Hope Republican, Volume 1, Number 1, Hope, Bartholomew County, 28 April 1892 — Page 8

BABKIES HUSTLED qwe* WAY OF MAKING THE EASY GOING NEGRO. STIR HIMSELF, At Pleasant Industry, tor the Charleston Colored Folk Originated by New York Tourists —Scrambling for Silver—Divj Sng for Greenbacks. .A steamer was just leaving Charleston, bound for Jacksonville, Fla. A . stop of several hours at the famous old earthquake city had, made a pleasant break the three days’ run from New York, Many of the passengers had sken advantage of it to drive about the inaint old town, curiously observing the Threat cracks caused by the upheaval that still remains in many of the buildings, Others took a • sail over to Fort Moultrie or to Fort Sumter, where the civil war was started. Perhaps the most interesting, point for the sightseers who remained ashore was old- St. Michifil’s church. Some of the more sturdy climbed, far up into the steeple, from whence General Beauregard had watched and directed the battle, until ihe Yankee gunners bad got the range of his observatory and put a cannon ball right through the steeple, not,far from the general's head, when he discreetly retired.; These passengers were so ranch impressed with the historical associations connected with the place that it was almost a relief when a half hour's diversion came to them. As the steamer was moving away, from herpier an ambitious little tug that puffed and - snorted and tooted enough for a couple of ocean liners missed its hold, and the big steamer’s bow drifted slowly around until she Hi? broadside to the outer end of the pjcr Here she was held for awhile by a stiff breeze that pinned her up against the pier and by the mud that griped her keek Perhaps it was the cheerful > recollection.' of past experiences which they hoped to have repeated that caused all the darkies, big and little, the six-year-old pickaninny and,, the grayheaded, stoop shouldered reminiscence of slavery days to hurry down,.to. the end of this pier, There are few things that will arouse.the dusky southerner who makes his home along the river front., He is an easy going, happy matured fellow, fonder of a laugh than he is of work, who finds his greatest content in dozing away in-some sun sheltered nook upon the wharf, resting to the full, from the arduous toil that he fancies he may be called upon, to perform,lathe week .to come. They were of • this class who came trooping down to the steamer by the dozen and, score. A careful patching into one suit of the attire of half of them would have made a beautiful crazy quilt gjtrb for one. It is doubtful if the most conscientious and painstaking cobbler could have constructed a decent pair of shoes out of the material he found upon that pier, However, it was a diversion to the passengers on the upper deck to see ,that motley crowd, ajjd when a dumpy little fellow with a wonderful mouth; that must have created a great vacuum in the atmosphere every time he breathed, pranced to the front and shouted, "Now, ladies and gents, jes’ you tro a dime at dis yew liple, ’n if 1 don’ ketch it she don’ count.” there were instantly three or four dimes aimed at the “hole.” But none of them made a bpilseye, I fancy the game must have been played before, for the instant the dimes flashed in the sunlight a half dozen stalwart negroes leaped upon the shoulders .of. the possessor of the mouth and bore, him to the ground. Then there was a scramble! A YaleMarvard football scrimmage is supposed to. contain as much of writhing, contortipning-, muscular humanity as it ispossi- * >Je to get into a given space. But a YaleMarvard tangle would be a sort of kindergarten frolic in comparison; That cae scramble lasted more than-ten miu'..vtOB.. During that time the pile,si? dusky humanity was tea feet high at !east,,.vnd there were twosome of writhing, forms, ip the heap, all struggling with desperation to get a t the unfortunate fellows down below who were supposed to be, clutching the dimes. I'll warrant that daring that ten minutes there was an individual waste of energy that would have kept the participants in Taod for a week if otherwise directed. / But that was only the beginning. The pport became ..as exciting to the watchers as- to those who took part. Quarters .•ud half dollars began to- shower upon ' .he wharf, which was now thronged ■with an eager, dark faced multitude, whose eyes glistened. The most sober minded passenger caught the infection -and began,to-fael around in his clothes fpr silver. A well known Bellevue hospital physician. Dr. J. Si' O’Neil, gathered together, aji the silver dollars that had. been given him, in change, in Charleston, and kept half a dozen heaps of darkies in turmoil at once. The climax came as the steamer began f ’pwly to .move away , from ..the pier.; ispme one, waved a two dollar bill and cvjked who would dive for it. “I-will!’ *mo from two dozen throats, and there , ■wps-a general peeling of jackets—from hose .who were dpdish enough to . wean jackets. The bill fluttered on to the., water ten feet from-The .pier. There was c.a anxious, hesitating, regretful, pause ft scratching of heads. Then there 1 Wi a.pHuge. a .few, sturdy strokes by a \ SUhE nngro, and. h$ clntchad - the bill.

The passengers gave mm a cneer ana the steamer sailed away. —New York Herald. ___ WAITING TO BE R05BEDt~~~ The PasM-apera Were All Ready for theKamdits. but They Came Not, A gentleman from Kansas tells a.rather interesting story of a sensation towhicb he and his fellow passengers were treated a short distance from Vicksburg. The train was flagged at Cleveland, a small station in a- comparatively uninhabited section, at which passenger trains are. not scheduled to stop. The station officials boarded the train .with a badly, frightened. negro,, who informed Conductor Clark that as he was walking along the track about,- two miles below the station he had seen six masked men working.at the track, with a , crowbar, evidently bent on; displacing the rails and ditching the train. They had their ponies tied to trees- near the track and every saddle had a Winchester rifle slung across it. The darky did not care to disturb them, but as he was-trying to steal away unobserved one of the would be trainwreckers called out to him, commanding, him to halt.. This was just what the negro did not, wish to do, and plunging into the thicket he scrambled;' through the thick underbrush .and over fallen logs as rapidly as his legswould carry him. He had just reaohedCleveland in time, to warn the stationagent to flag the down express.. This was startling news,. and Conductor Clark at once made preparations to guard his train against attaek. Every light, .avert to the headlight of the looomotiys, was extinguished and Winchester- rifles were placed in. the hands- af.the train, officials, while the negro porter was armed with a- revolver and placed in the baggage car, to guard its tents,Before the lights could be extinguished in the passenger coaches it was necessary to inform the passengers of the reason why such an extraordinary precaution had been, rendered necessary, and then it was-that some curious scenes were enacted. Some put their money in their boots; others, pulling, off their coats,.stowed away small, rolls of. bills in their, shirt sleeves. Others appeared to think that the lining of amah-shat-made a snug little pocket in which to stow away small sums of paper money. But the disposal of their valuables did not appear'to-the passengers a matter of - such vital importance as the defense ofthe train and. the.lives of those upon it. Money, jewelry and watches were quick-, ly hidden . away, but when it came to fishing their-pistols out of valises, “gripsacks” and hip pockets ■ the- business of hiding away valuables was “nct in it.” Tho Kansas man-who-tcld the story said That in his day he had seen a, great deal of rough life on the frontier, but lie had never seen anything approaching such a show of firearms as was suddenly displayed on that, passenger train in peaceful and prosperous Mississippi. All;the money, he said, on the train would not serve to make the first payment on that grim-array of., firearms, even on thy weekly installment plan. One man had no .weapon, but he was promptly supplied by. a Mississippian who bad three 44-caliber Colts in bis valise. Thy stranger accepted the loan rather- timidly and walked to- the door of the car, with it in his hand. He put his head, out into the darkness and. the first object that met .his eyes were three solemn looking...men with Winchesters., It was dark and .be took them for robbers. Fortunately he did .not open fire. On the contrary; he dropped his pistol, and running backTo the,middle of the car tried.to crawl under a seat. In the meantime, all being ready, the darkened train ran slowly; down the track to within 100 yardsmf.The spot in-, dicated by the negro and -stopped. No robbers appeared and then lanterns were lighted and a party, of armed, men went ahead to search for , them,..but they had made their escape. The advance guard found the hoof prints of their horses- in the thicket where the negro had seen, them tied to the sapplings, and The track, though left in good order, gave evidencsof having been tampered with. Something had. evidently disturbed, the-, wreckers^-possibly the. escape of thenegro, whom they- knew to have seen them —but, at all. Greats . the train reached Vicksburg in safety.—New (Jr-, leans -Times-Democrat. The Gow Tree. . The cow-tree, the sap of which close* ly resembles milk, is a native of South and Central America. U, is a species of evergreen ,and grows-only in mountain regions. A hole bored into the wood, or. even a wound made in the bark of tills remarkable tree, is almost immediately filled with a lacteal-like fluid, whloh continues loflow until it coagulates at the mouth of the wound, soon healing the abrasion. This curious fluid is both palatable and nourishing. — Philadelphia Press. 1 think you will find that people who honestly-mean toihe-tune really contradict themselves much more rarely than those who try to be consistent. — Holmes. Every baby is the. sweetest baby in theworld. You were once considered the sweetest thing in tab world, although you may not look it now. It is-just as well to make than best of everything when you can't help it, but you can try .as«iy».')kJi*1kd*.as8iaUimi9 mfe

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