1 VOL. I. ABBEVILLE, S. C? WEDNESDAY, DECEMBEll 24, l E RSO N. Sur>eriut enden t. ^JONDKNSKO TIME CAK1) ?5a0E8lia Passenger Rcuto. In cffect September 14, 1SS1. SOINfi HOl'TB , Leave Oreanivood *6 20 nm + 4 00 pm Arriv? Augusta .11 3d nm 8 50 pni Leave AuguMla 10 JO am 9 00 pin Arrive Atlanta b 4;> |im ft 40 am Leave Augnsla 11 40 am Arrive LScanlort 60 jmi " Port Royal .... ft 0.r? nni " Chalcston ft pni " Savannah 6 4L ;>m " Jacksonville 9 00 am G 01 N 41 XOKTn. I Lear* Jaeksoaville . 4 SO pin " Savannah 6 5n am " Charleston 0 10 am Leave Pork Rural . T 25 am " Tleanfort T 57 am < " Augnata 1 40 pan Loava Atlanta 4 8 50 run A r ri t o Angaria fi 10 am ' Leave Augusta 4 00 put i 40 am A r rira (i io on wood 0 00 ]>m 11 SO nni Tickctfton anlc at (iivrnwund to hII points at tliiouga ratps - liiijrjjnjre cliockvil to ? ' voiumum ami i ppor r>omn i.aronna. < coKi>r.sxr.i> r< ;ikdi i.k. nnua ooina HTE8T. EAST. 00 am I.v . . Charleston .. . . Ar. 0 45 jmi 8 10 " " ... Lanes ... . . " 8 #5 0 48 " " ... Sumter '* 6 in 4< 11 00 pin Ar . Colombia . I.r. & 10 " 2 31 " " ... .Winnsbnro .. ' ? 4S " R ik " " ... Chester " J 44 " 6 2.S " " . Yorkr ille ' 1 00 " G 25 " " ... l.anoaater. " 9 00 " & 00 " " Hock Hill " 2 00 " fl 15 ' " . . . Charlotte ?' 1 00 " TTa pm Ar . Kewbcrrr ]. 5 0".! pin I 8 00 " " .. < recnwood ' 12 4S ' 6 60 " " ... Lauren* " T 40 nm 1 IS " " Andcr.?nn . . . ' 10 33 " 6 Oi " " . . . . (irceiiTill* " 0 50 *' T 03 " " ... WalluMa " ? 60 ' 4 45 " ... A Itl>e v i 11 e . . . 11 03 " k 60 4* *' .. S|iarli?nburjr ..." 1C50 " 0 JO ." " Z IlcnilprsonrillB ' f< CO ' Solid Train* between Charleston and Columbia. S. C. J V 141 V I V IT rr >1 I.'ll l.'li^AV r.??n l Sup't. fion'l Pa*. Ajront. C^OLUMRIA A Nil j ? GREENVILLE HA II.ROA 1>. 0* and after Octnhrr ft. 18S4, Vajsf.nof.k Thai** will ruu s* li o i owith indicated upon t-hia rMtd and ii.? brant-lingi. Paih/, t.rcpt finnrfaii*. ??o. s:;. i:p passenger Losto ''oluuibia S. O. .lunc'n. 1A 4ft pin " Columbia C. ii erry 1 Upm Ninotv-Si x 2 47 p m Greenwood I 93 p in llnd3Hpm Itrllon 4 40 p til at Greenville f> Oft pin No. i2. HOWN 1'ASSENGER. Leave Greenville at 0 50 a ni Arrive Reltou 11 Ilia in llodgen. lit 2.1 p in Greenwood 12 4fipm Nmolv-Six 1 32 p m Nawlierrr . . 1 1)2 p m AI?tou 4 10 p ni ' Columbia C. k G. 0 i 16 pm Arrive Columbia S C. .1 niic'ii. ft 30 p in irihtinbcm;, i'siok i- coi.rubi a k aii. boai>. ho. o.'l tp i'a SSKNfi kr. Al?ir*n 1 > 1,1 - 1> ill " ('aion . . S 66 p ra " ^partnnlmrg, S.I'.1 O.drpot 6 60 p n> KO, 62. IIOWN I'ASSKNCKIt. I.* v? Spurt's; It. A l>. . . 10.16 a in " Snart'g I", i. Depot 10 60 a m " I tiion 12 60 p m jkrrive ut Alston . . . t 4# p ir I. AI* R KN5 llill.vn.il>, Jjos y c Nnwlwr"? J 30 p in Arrive ul Lanrun.s f!. II. fi 60 ]> m l.earo I. aniens ('.II T 40 a in A rrivo at Newlierry ... 11 10 p in AliBF.VII.I.U llltAKfn. ]. \ > '? ' SOI TII CAROLINA ItAlI.WAV CO Ml'ANY. Coininencinfr Sunday, Sept. 7tl?, 1SSI, at 2 36a in, I'asscncer Trains will run as follows until further notice, "Kastern time:'' Co!m in Ziiit //iv /.?ion ? 0 a i l\ . Learc Columbia 7 48 a in o 27 |? in One nt Charleston 12 20 p in M 118 j> in Leave Charleston 7 <10 a til 1 30 |> in Due at Columbia 11 <10 p in 22 a in Ciiuiiicn /'/rinion -Dailv except Sundays. Leave Columbia 7 48 a in 5 27 p iii One Camden 12 55 p in H 25 p m Leave Camden 7 15 a jii ! 00 p m One Columbia . 11 00 it ui 0 22 p in .4 vi/iislit Pirision ? Daily. I.eave Columbia 5 27 p in One Augusta 7 41 n in Leave Aujrusta 3 50 p ni Ouo Columbia !l 22 p in Con ncrtion* Made at Columbia witli Columbia ami (ireenville railroad by train arrivmir at II 00 a. in. ami departing at 5 27 p. in.: at Columbia Junction with Charlotte, Columbia anil Angust a railroad by hamc train to and from all points on both roads. At Charleston with steamers for New York on Saturday; and on Tuesday ami Saturday with Ktearner for Jacksonville and points on St. John's river: also, with Charleston and Savannah Railroad to and from Savannah and nil points in Florida. At Aii&u.sta with (icorpin ami Central rail | roans In ami from all points West ami South: nl lilackville to ami from nil points mi Barnwell rail mail. Through tickets can lif purcliasoil tn all points South ami West by applying to 1>. Mt-QcKiiN. A front, Columbia, S. C. Joiin II. I'kck. Cpnoral Mannircr. 1). ('. A 1.1.us, ticn. Pass, ami Ticket Ac't The (Georgia Facilic Now Short Lino, via., Atlanta, fla.. nml llinnin^ham, Ala., to Points in A Inhinvd, Jlf ississippi, IsOiiisimw, Ar/ritn.tfix, Texas mxl the 11'c.v* and Xorlhircsl. Th? favorite route TO THIS WORLD'S 1? A 1 1 > Vli'U' /\I>1 IS i 14 i n i n, . * u ?> waiii4A?in? Ii\ . /lOMM KNCIN'O December l?t, 1884. vj Double Daily Trains, with eh'gant S1o??|>in*r Cars attached, for which the low rate of $1 for each section is charged?(he lowest sleeping car rates in the United States, llerths secured ton davs in advancc. SK'.I that yonr Tickets flScjy-IIoad l,*l\t)M?i^8 ATLANTA, ?? CKOHCIA l'AiMI'lv' IIA !,\YAY and mUM INi; 11 AM. A I.A. For further information write to or call on 1j. S. r.lidW'X, lien, l'ass. Agent, 1 >iRmINi;11Av, AI.A. A. R. Til W15ATT, Trav. Pass. Agt., Atlanta. ?12 pin 11 30 a ni Toocnn c 8 64 p in 12 04 p in Seneca ('it v d 9 i!) p ni I 00 p ni Central 10 32 p in 1 62 p ni Liberty 10 53 p m 2 13 p in Kaslev 1110 p in 2 27 p m Greenville < 11 42 p ni 2 47 p ni Ppiirlniihnrpy ... I 01 h m X 56 p in Guvtoiiia i) 3 20 h in 6 64 p in chariottc U 4 10 a ni 0 40 p ni Smith? >;; in Italiiin (Jap jiino 0 34 a ill S 30 |i in I.iila . . ...10 0l? m hi 8 50 |> hi | (ininesville ll) 3C> a in It 25 |> in Allan!h I 00 i> in II 30 a in Express. ^ Mail. Freight trains on lliis road all carry |insspn- , CTwm: passenger trains run Ihrmifrh to llanrillct and connect with Virginia .Midland rail- i way tn all eastern cities, and nt .Jllanta with all lines diverging- No. 50 leaves lt>chninn Ukiiklev, Supt. A/. SI an (i liter. (Sen. I'a??s. Aj;t. A. Ii Hivch. 2.1 V. 1'. and (Son. Man. CAKPKTS. CAKPKTS it inl House Furnishing < !ood.?, the Largest Stock South of Baltimore, Moquet, Brussels. 3-Ply and Ingrain Carpet*. Hugs, Mat* and Crmuh Cloths. Window Shades, Wall Papers, Borders, Lara Curtains, Cornices and Polea. Cocoa and Canton Mattings, Upholstory, l-'ngrarings Croinon, Picture Frames. Writo for samples and prices. HA 11-1K Sc CORK Kit Y, Augusta, (in. AI.Ii th? new shapes in Huts ami Hnnnetfi, with Itibhon*, limU, Flowers, Satins ami Velvets to mulch. It. M. HADDON A CO. Ivxamino our Stock before buying your wedding and Christmns presents elsewhere. Speed it* Lowry. Subscribe for the Messenger Legislative Proceedings. Tho Registration Laws?The Divorc Hill?Oniclnl Iloiuls and the Militia In (ho (hreo weeks that have elapse sine* (lie session commenced ahont tilt hills have been passed, the rate of wor being about three hills per day. One o t wo matters of importance have bee disposed of?the principal ones bein the bill to prohibit the sale of seed cot ton by certain persons; the bill to re peal the Usury law which has been kill ed in the House, and the attempt to re peal the Act for the encouragement c manufactures. This bill has been dis cussed very fully in both Houses. I will he remembered that in the Senat it was defeated by a majority of on vote. In the House it was passed to third reading by n vote of 84 to 2!>. Th House bill now goes to the Senate, wher the discussion will probably bejrenewoi during the coming week. The colored Senators. Simons, o Berkeley, Reynolds, of Heanfort, am (he llev. Hruce Williams, of George town, voted against the repeal of th law. The reactionists hope to chang the votes of these Senators, but the; will he disnnnoiuted. for ! have rcct'ivui assurances from each of tin* Senator that thov have 110 idea of changing thoi voles when the matter comes up, ami i is not improbable that at least one of th white Senators who voted in favor ti the repeal of the Act will vole agains (he repealing hill when it comes uj again. The question of an increase in th number of the .1 ndieial Circuits in th State has been postponed till the nex session. The Legislature slill has before it Urge number of important subjects, 111 (liscusaion of which will more than con sume the time loft, provided it is de eided to adjourn before Christmas. Th following synopsis of bills on the llous f'nlondfir will Ko nf iiilnruvf i t\ o :i[i|>oiiiumi. wumn ien diiys alter ro ceiving such notification, to signify ii writing his acceptance of such appoint ment; and in ease any such person assist tin* Adjutant and In r spector-tienoral in the inspection of th 0 militia of the State. A section also pro vidos that the number of aides-do-raui; to the (lovernor shall hereafter not ex coed live, but the present aides are no " to be removed. (Joi.UMiUA, December 15.?The lirs 1 attack was made upon the appropriatio of $14,(KX) for maintaining the militi nr'rnni7nli(\nc l?i* n mntinn frnin V( ? W II. Wilson* .Jr., of York, to strike on the clause. 1 Mr. Haskell said that tho reason gov erning tin? I'onunittee was that the found the existing law required such a ' appropriation. If the clause was reject 1 -d it would in rfleet repeal that law. Mr. Wilson said that he had made th 1 motion in full view of the elloct sup {rested, hut while one Legislature ha the right to make a law, it imposed n 1 binding force on another to make th s appropriation. He assaulted vigorous! 1 the policy or utility of the expenditur for such purpose as contemplated. 1 The discussion was entered into l> Messrs. Mcllugh, Kennedy, Mc vei Antrum, Simons, Iioykin, Davie, A. M Youmans, Schumpert, Lee and O'liryar The yeas and nays were demanded o nuostion anil rr>?iiltf*il V(>n? imvc Kl When the item appropriating $20,(X> for the support of the beneficiary cadet ' of the Oitadul Academy was reachei Mr. Dantzlcr moved to strike it out. Mr. Pope supported the motion, bp cause he felt that lie was not bound t " vote for an Appropriation for the Citade as it wns unnecessary, Mr. Dautxler said he opposed the aji ' propriation, on the ground thut the in structiou there given could be had at lb State University at a much less cost t * the State, anil because there was no no ' cesxity for any military academy in th ' State. Mr. Holland at one limo thought h would bp opposed to tho Citadel Acad Lj. einy appropriation, but upon further ex j animation ho had become sufisiied tha there was a necessity in ti.is State fo j military education, and that to suspen this Academy would be to lock th 1 wheels of progress and put the State i the position of endorsing a crawlis ' policy. I Mr. l'rcttigrew thought the statomen made by the opponents of the measun that there was no need of military cduos II tion, was ono of those unsupported as portions which would hardly control th ' votes of members who, like himself, be lieve that such necessity now exist** V and would always exist, and if the di mand for it is not met hero it woul b sought by our young men ouUidc of th State. Mr. Brookor simply called attention t v the (net that if the motion of Mr. l)nnt> e ler prevailed, it would send sizty-fiv - poor young men, now being educated i e ihe Citadel Academy, to their homes. ? Mr, Brawley made an able defense < e the Academy. It supplied a dctnan - for oducntioii in the mathematical an e practical hrnnchoH, which was not suj e plied Ity the University; and, ahovc al ?f it involved the good faith of the State i n the establishment of the institution, e If the Acadeinj had sent out no otlit f> man than Micah Jenkins, that \va II worth all the money that had over boe c expended upon it. >f Mr. Douglass moved to lay tho mc ?- lion to strike out on the table, and the motion prevailed hy a large vote. Mr. 11 omphill moved to reduce the if appropriation (or the support of the v schools in the South Carolina I'niversity it at Columbia from tir>, to - lie took tlw ground that the law regu>f lating the admission of beneficiaries into tf the I'niversity had been flagrantly vio lated. No student had been admitted d on the recommendation of delegations - from the respective Counties I>3' appointi ment of the Coventor. and after a com petitive examination, livery student 11 had heen admitted free, and the advantages were open to the son of -lay Could - or any other millionaire in New York or 1- I elsewhere, for which the people of the V State were required to pay. His proposed amendment would allow $2lO to e eaeh of the thirty-four ,beneficiary stuy dents provided for by law. and for this e provision the amount of $15, in the y Hill was alomst double what was requiv* site. Pending the debate, at 3 o'clock, the * llonsu took a recess until 7*3<> P. M. The House rensembled at 7.30 and the t? r.n ; 1*211 ? * miilowing mus were liurmiuceu : 10 enr corporate tho Troy Cotton Seed Oil L'oin? pany ; to amend an Act to provide for ? the payment of election expenses in the '* State ; to amend an Act to authorize the Town Council of Georgetown to estahs lish a system of registration of births, deaths and marriages ; to provide for the more speedy development of the Co!. liimhia Canal ; to incorporate tin- town e of Waterloo; to renew and amend the . charter of the town of Central ; to pro( provide for the payment of JftftK) to .Joseph K. Hobinsou for making certain indexes ; . petition of citizens of Lauren*, praying I that the charter of the town be not . amended. Mr. Doyle?That it be referred to the - Committee of Agriculture to inquire as e to the cause of the diminution of shad in llw? mtnnr wninra nf riv/?ri! in llu* |> Slate. The debute on the Appropriation Hill * was renamed, llje question being on Mr. Hemphill's amendment reducing the apt propriation for the I'niversity from 15.n (*X) to^K.WO. a Mr. I'ope said that in consistency with the position which he hud taken in the t House, to oppose ewry unlawful and unnecessary expenditure of the public - money, ho was bound to give his snpy port to the amendment proposed by the n gentleman from Abbeville. lie claimed - that tin: fund for the establishment of an Agricultural ami Mechanical C'olloire c arising under the Ac?. of Congress, had been divested from its legitimate use by d dividing it between the South Carolina o Jollege and Clalllin University. lie e would rather ser tho whole of thai fund y given to the University and make it in e fact, what it was now only in name, a university. If the law of the Sli te y limits the number of professors in the :, University to ton, end their salary at [. each, and $2U,OOt) has already i. been appropriated to the Military Aoadi) emy as a part of the University, it was [. impossible, under the law, to uppropri0 ate another dollar to the South Carolik 11a College. I, Mr. Mmonton saitl that tIn; line or attack upon the institutions of the State - had been now fully developed and it o must lie lairly and successfully met If I. the amendment proposed was adopted. it would close up the College; this was i- the issue. He charged that the argui incut of the gentleman from Newberry o was the merest sophistry, and proceeded o in his usual clear and incisive manner i- to make the charge good. He gave a e succinct history of the legislation by which the educational institutions of e this State had been rescued from the 1- degradation to which they had been re duced 1)3' the republican party while in it control of the a Hairs of the State. Hp r showed that the loth Article of the Oond stitution, when it used the term "free," e in connection with thw system of public n education, it was construed to ho fairly h applicable to that institution which was wholly supported by the money of the it people of the State, and that in opening ?, it to the son of every man in South Cari olinn, the Trustees, instead of violating i- this trust and the law of the land, they e were indeed fulfilling in the highest ?- sense the spirit and letter of the Constid lution, as well as meeting the very rc? (juirements and demands of the people ie who created both the Constitution and e the trust by which its provisions were to be made effective. He characterized n the specious objections and tlimsy sophistries of the opposition as coming from e those who showed that they did not u know what they were talking about, and furnished the proof that they had been >f driven to the last ditch in their vain ef<1 forts to stop thu progress of education d in our State. )- Mr. Spencer followed in a glowing 1, tribute to the work of the South Cnrolin na College in her past history, and if the State was to ho put abreast of the edu r (rational progress of the age, it must be 8 done by a liberal provision for the Coln lege. Mr.Hctnphill corrected the irnqression >- which had gone abroad that ho had ovci j characterized tin- South (Carolina College i I ns au at istocratical institution. Such an 5 j expression liatl never passud his lips. 1 j His opposition was not, In' emphasized. ! to the College or to liberal education, , and the amendment proposed hy him si was inspired by no such spirit, but was * simply designated lo bring hack the management ol" the institution wi'hin ? the limits and hounds set lor it by the Constitution and law. Clatlin I'niversi- 1 ty was put upon the Stnte, and the ajiri- r cultural scrip devoted to it contrary to < the Constitution and laws, ami such leg- r islation must in the end return to vex i the Stale. Is it conceivable that such M a provision would be made to euuble girls in that institution to learn the art s of crochet and fancy needle work hy those who had to labor in the cotton field ' to furnish the means to secure the aecom- j j plishmcut ? p .?? i . i uiiuiHin muu II M \vn^ 11*111% ilS ni- \ leged by ihi* gentleman from Abbeville, < that the conduct of the Trustees was in s such open and flagrant violation ^ of tin; law and infringement of the Con- .? stitution as to be apparent to every one, it was strange that these flagrant violations should l?e perpetrated by Trustees placed there by this Legislature, com- j prising the three .Tudgeti of the Supreme Court, the Speaker of this House and j President of the Senate, the Chairman t of the Committee on Education of each t brunch of the General Assembly, and a number of lawyers and gentlemen whose attainments would dignify and honor ( any bur and any State in this great , country. These were the men who are i here charged with flagrantly conspiring ' to violate the most sacred trusts commit- | j ted to them, and of the Constitution , and law of the State. He examined the 1 meaninjr of the term "free," used threw ' . . . t times in the Constitution, and showed lluit under this Constitution ilie I of the I; ni versitj" must stand before the t wall of tliut institution and, as with a I flaming swonl like tliat which barred ' tho entrance to Paradise to Adam and Kve, declare that not more than thirtyfour of the poor boys of South Carolina could enter there. To say that children i shall he compelled to luarn, as says the 1 Statutes, and to close against them tin- 1 doors of the only institution which can j give them "the education which the}* [ need, is to be more than guilty of ihe folly of killing the goose which laid the 1 golden egg. lie implored the House to stamp the seal of condemnation upon ( this ell'ort to destroy the institution. 1 Tin; speech of Mr. Youmuns was one s of his most brilliant cH'orls, and its ell'ect ^ \> ua fiutuiLui , 11 w iu Willi J the in tensest interest during its entire I delivery, which occupied about thirty minutes. The yeas and nays were demanded, and rcsuted : Yeas U'J, nays 7li? the decisive vote showing that the interests of education are sate in the keeping of the present House ot Representatives, and are proof against the assaults which may l?e hereafter made against them. Till'? WKH I'KY.IN TlilO .NIGHT. (.St. Louis (Jlulic-Doiiincrat.) My name is Anthony Hunt. I am a drover, and live niir.' miles away upon the Western prairie. There wasn't a home in sight when I lirat moved there, my wife and I, and now we have not many neighbors, though those we have are good ones. One day, about ten years ago, 1 went away from home to sell about (ifty head j of cattle?fine creatures as I ever saw. t I was to buy some groceries and dry > goods before 1 came back, and, above * all, a doll for our youngest, Dolly. Slulinil novi'v Intil a ilnll nf lirr nu n only rag babies her it.other made her. ( Dolly could talk nothing else, and > went down to the very gate to call after J me to get a big one. Nobody but a pa- ( mil can understand how full my mind | was <>f the toy, and how, when the cattle were sold the first thing I hurried off to " buy was Dolly's doll. I found a large j one with eyes that would open and shut , when you pulled a wire, and hail it r wrapped up in a paper nnd tucked it itn ? der my arm while I had the parcels of calico, and delaino and ten, and sugar ( put up. Then, late as it was, I started 1 for home. It might have been more ' prudent to stay until morning, but I felt j anxious to get back nnd eager to hear Dolly's praises about her doll. i I was mounted on a steady-going eld horse and pretty well loaded. Night set J in before I was a mile from town, and J settled down as dark as pitch while I , was in the middle of the darkest bit of I road I know of. 1 could have felt my ' way, though, I remembered it so well ; ' and when tlio storm that had been hrew- , ing broke ami pelted the rain in torrents, i I was five miles or maybe six miles from 1 home. | I rode ns fust ns I could, but nil ol a | sudden I heard a little cry like a child's j , voice. I stopped short ami listened. I heard it again. I called and it answered j , me. I couldn't see a thing ; all was as dark as pitch. I got down and felt around in tho grass?called again, and ( again was answered. Then 1 began to 1 wonder. I'm not timid, but I was known ' to be a drover, and to have money about I-v. Mi H?awaamj^ no. It might l?c? ? trap to catch me uniwaros ami rob ami murder inc. I tun iot superstitious, not very, but how ouhl a real <*!iil?t he out on (lie pruirie ii such a night. at such an hour ? I night ho more than human. The hit of i coward that hides itself in most tnen ihowed itself to me then, hut onco noro I heard the cry, anil said I : "if any man's child is hereabouts Anhony Hunt is not the man to let itdie." I searched again. At last I bethought 11c of a hollow under the hill nnd ;roped that way. Sure enough I found i little dripping thing that moaned and lohhed as I took it in my arms. I etill>d my horse and the boast came to me iiid I mounted and tucked the little loaked thing under my coat as well as I ouhl. promisiuy to lake it home to itauima. It seemed so tired, ami pretty oon cried itself to sleep on my bosom. It had slept there over an hour when saw my own windows. There were ijjhts in them, and I supposed my wife tad lit them for my sake, but when L ;ot into the doorway I saw something vas the matter, and stood still with a lroad fear of heart five minutes before I 'mil.I I?r? il.? vf i?-? i I:-I :? > i %% iv ii i ** V Kl.lt I MH? It IIIM4 ia\v tin1 room full of neighbors and my rife amid thom weeping. When she ;a\v mo she hid her face. "Oh, don't t?-11 him,"' she cried. '"It vill kill him."' "What is it neighbors ?"' I cried. "Nothing now. I hope. What's that ,-ou have in your arm "A poor lost chil? ?;..i i-iii i ii.ui. nit niin; cm hi nau wanuut I think of it ofton in tho nights and vomler how I could bear to live now if had not stopped when I hoard the cry or help upon the road hardly louder han a squirrel's chirp. That's Dully yonder with her mother i) the meadow ; a girl worth saving, I liink ; but, then, I'm her father and lartiul, maybe : the prettiest and sweetest thing this side of tho Mississippi. A Mnu is a Man. As a deliberate expression of senti11 ont and oninion. nothinir mom oss or worthy of condemnation and rwn signature. .Junius expressed his ssault 011 the manhood and humanity >f the vast majority of men anonimousy. Mr Randall en torses it over his naino. If it had been said that a man could lot he independent and honest and rich he truth would have.been more nearly onched. The Creator and Exponent of II knowledge and wisdom has told us iow hard it is for the rich to possess nd hold the characteristics to fit men or the kingdom of heaven The inciliuit of the man who turned from Ilim md went away sorrowful because ho uid great possessions has boon repeated vithin the observation of every inaturo nan in every age. The wisdom of tho Vlmighty is borrowed and used by the Catholic church in its requirement that hose who consecrate themselves to tho erviee of tiod in her ranks should dies! themselves of the wealth that clogs he upward (light of souls and presses Item lo the earth and its timers. Tin- man who can not imagine tin honist ami independent poor man lacks a nun's virility and heart ami isa supple, lending nothing in clothes, with tho iody and appetites of a man and without the feelings that make humanity nodi'. lie is lit for nothing hut to he a slave and will inevitably gravitate to slavery. No law can make him a free nan, and whether lie works with hi* iody or his mind he is a voluntary servant and bondman proud of his collar ind pleased with his own servility and legrndation. Mr. Ihindall probably does not know t, but there is no earthly happiness oinpared with that of the man who can ieop starvation and suffering from him ivitii his own labor, knows himself to so honest and is afraid of nobody. I'oor men arc honest and independent ind very happy sometimes. The feeing of strength that comes with coni men, nmi no kiiows nna iouis it. i 110 freedom and courage that makes the li)ii hold his hosid so proudly and give terror to the *??rcam of the eagle, intpire, strengthen and ennohlo. Life is protracted delight and luxury. There is happiness in every breath he draw < mdall his senses gather pleasure for hi in. An honest and manly man is the nol?lost thing God has made and wo 1? lieve (iod loves and cares for him with Kpocial love and care. We are told th.ic David with his spendid courage and unlive majesty, was a man after Clod's own heart despite his innumerable weaknesses and dark sins. Wo do not '? lievo tho in&n who crawls through lifo dependent, servile and cowardly commands his Maker's respect, even when ho so lives and believes as to receivo his mercy.?Daily yews. v ' < "- . . c^yi'SSWWffi