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ESTABLISHED IN 1865. NEWBERRY, S. C., THURSI)AY, JUNE 16, 18. MORE RAILROAD RACKET. What the Edgefield Papers Have to Say of the Great Three C's and the Consolidation. Edgefield Adrertiser. The merger was effected contrary to all pracedent, and we might say rea son, without exacting or asking for a single guarantee on the part of the Three C's to build within a given time, or at all, it was, here Three C's ! "I give myself away, 'Tis all that I can do." We understand that A. J. Norris, Esq., of our village, one of the dele gates and stockholders made a strong fight to have a guarantee as to tiwc for commencing work and completing the line, but that he was out voted. it seems that Senator Butler opposed the exaction of any terms from the big fish which was to swallow us, and that the great majority of the stock holders put their faith in his judg ment and also left the responsibility with him, where we are all willing to leave it. It is rumored around town that work will be commenced at this end of the line, simultaneously with that at the other end, and if such ru mor be true, it will be all that we have contended for. There are also -divers rumors afloat to the effect that the route-from Edgefield to Augusta will be changed, and that instead of going by Trenton, the original line by Horns' Creek will be adopted. The Three C's is working rapidly on the main line which runs from Co lumbia to Black's, and will have it completed by the 15th of September. And at that time they may pour down upon our end the three thousand hands which it has at present em ployed, and do a magical work for us in a very short time. The whole business, however, is one about whicl no man can reason; we can only wait and see. A PROMISING AND AUSFi'IOUS GOBBLE. Edgefield Chronicle. The Georgia and Carolina Mid land Railroad has been gobbled by the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chi cago. We are glad of it, and view it as a promising and auspicius gob ble. The directors and stockholders of these two roads held their pro posed meeting in Columbia last week. The result of the meeting-without details-in fact there were no details -was the merging of the Georgia and Carolina Midland into the Three C's. The Gerorgia atnd Carolina Midland has no longer a separate ex istence. I$.s name is dead. Its pres ident, attdrney, engineers, secretaries, surveyors and directors are functus oficio. The prestdent, attorney and other officials are to be paid up to the 1st of June, the first at the fate of $3,600 a year; the second at the rate of $2,20. Senator Callison initiated this road-the Augusta and Newberry. Soon after, Presi.dent Mitchell ag peared at its helm. From that time -to tbis, we honestly believe he has done the very best he could-active ly, honorably, conscientiously. And Edgefield owes him honor, and in some respects gratitude. And now what is the outlook? We are in the hands of the "Three C's," without guarantee, almost with out verbal promise. Very often in life, it is a good sign when men de * cline to bind themselves by guaran tees. And while many of our peo * pIe are inclined to mu:mur, let them ask themselves who, on their part have done this thing. There are Butler and Callison and Norris and Crouch, and the stockholders of Edge field; McCaughrin and Culbreath, of Newberry; Munroe, of Union; Black, of Black's. These men are not fools. On the contrary they are wise men and patriots. Of course Augusta was a little grumpy in the transfer. It was natural, inasmuch as the build ing of this road presages a time when Augusta can iio longer hold Edg4 field in her vest pocket as she has done for twenty-five years past, that is, without greater effort than she has for a long time made.I Col. McCaughrin, the financialI leader of Newberry, is not only hope ful over this transfer, but absolutely enthusiastic. He says that never be fore has this part of South Carolina had so bright a prospect. And as to Senator Butler, what has he done? Scarcely thirty days ago, he came hither, saying he was delegated or authorized by the "-Three C's" to treat with Colonel Mitchell -about consolidation. In the mean -time he has been to New York once and to Cincinnati once, in the cause. When his conference in New York failed of favorable result, he hurried home and stirred up the authorities ol both roads to further effort. And now, almost.withinl thirty days, the consummation is effected. And after one night at home, he is again in vmw York-working. In the light of this enerv and activiiy, we have no grounld to dout either his sincerity or his capacity. And after all, the money to build this road, or either one of them, is to come from New York. Butler is considered more of a politician than a financier; but still we believe that he will be powerfully instrumental in raising further sinews s of war for the great achievement now before him. n OUR BIG RAILROAD. From The South-Yew York. f "'ith an unusual amount of push S nd energy there has been construe- 1 ed within the last twelve months a C section of fifty miles of railroad 1 vhicih stands in all essential features y proninently one of the best roads 1< 1vcr constructed in the South. a Bridges and trestles that are of a c solid and substantial character; ma- h sonry that cannot be excelled; a s: roadbed of excellent character in its d very detail of form and construc ,ion, upon which a 60. pound steel rail is laid, resting upon oak ties of g standard size and length, and aver aging 2,900 per mile; safety switches, a noticeable buildings, and each and n every appointment indicate a master q band directing; and that the com- t, papy which is building it is doing h so with reference rather to future ti earnings and success than to possi- a bilities of the present. We refer to n hat section of the Charleston, Cin- n :innati and Chicago Railroad just o ompleted between Blacks, S. C., , and Rutherfordton, N. C. i In 1885, R. A. Johnson, of Boston, o in whose mind the scheme originated n >f building this important line, suc- e eeded in organizing a company d alled the Massachusetts and South- s !rn Construction Company for the b purpose of building it. Mr. John son is the general manager of the ii ompany, and J. F. Jones, formerly h >f Hartford, Conu., is the chief en- e ineer and superintendent of con- i struction. Work was started in the n all of 1885, and at that time the b scheme was known as the Atlantic 1 nd Northwestern Railway, that be- ti ng the name under which it was pro- I Dosed to consolidate the several com- c 3anies chartered by the States of h south Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee b Lnd'Kentucky, through all of which h ;he route us projected lies; but in S 1886 the several States passed r such acts as enabled the consolida- s ~ion to be effected under the name of a ~he Charleston, Cincinnati and Chii- f ~ago Railroad. 1; A mortgage was executed in favor b >f the Boston Safe Deposit Corn pany, of Boston, providing that $2,000 per mile of bonds could be ssued, and agents of several foreign e ~ompanies have made such prelim- r nary and favorable examination of t hie project as to warrant them in naking proposals for the entire is.v ue, but to date the Massachusetts ind Southern Construction Company d das followed the unusual and unpre- y ~edented method in such matters of , ~urnishing from its own resources ] ~he capital required. - .* . A New Medicinal Plant. Kew York Herald.t A very interesting discovery that ~ a plant well known in India, which Es entirely harmless, destroys the e power of tasting sugar, has been re- C :ently published in Nature by Pro- ~ essor Thistleton 1yer. The plant is the gymnema sylvestre, growing widely in the Deccan Peninsula, and S also met with in Assamn and on the ~ Coromandel coast. A late Governor of Madras and other residents of ndia who have tested the propertiesC of this plant certify that chewing two or three leaves of it absolutely ab lishes the tongue's power to taste seetness. Professor D)yers ex Pe cments with leaves sent to him at Kecw, in England, corroborate their testimony. t This p)lant is likely to prove a r most valuable addition to modern 1 materia medica. Its power to de- E stroy the taste of swer.tness suggests t its use by p)hysicians to correct mnor bid craving for sweetmeats, which I is a source or widespread disorders t of digestion. General Elles, of ~ M1adras, is reported as having found 0 that gymnema abolishes "the power of enjoying a cigar." While smokerst 8 may not relish this, physicians may prize immensely a pl.nt which, ad- t mInistered to patients who use to bacco to excess, would for a time, at least check inordinate smoking. The I power of the plant to render tasteless many drugs which are extremely ~ nauseous promises to commend it to I the medical profession. r It is said to be a matter of indiffer-r ence with "IIor:est" John Sherman 1 whether Foraker ever gets to be pres identor not. Since the demise of I his Miss 'Liza, "Honest" John has1' lost all interest in other people. A HEROINE OF TWO WARS. he Romantic Life Story of Old "Crazy Yeggy."-Her Career as a Spy In the War Between the States. From the New York Mail and Express. There died in an humble apartment i this city the other day a woman !ith a remarkable history, if her atements are trustworthy. Even er neighbors did not know her real ame, and it is from a friend of the 'oman, who had heard her history 'equently, that the story com:s. he was the daughter of an English >rd and heiress to a moderate estate. n an adjoining estate lived another )rd, to whose son she was betrothed. Ehen the Crimean war broke out the >ver enlisted. For a few months fter his departure letters were re eived with regularity from him, and e seemad to be in good health and pirits. Suddenly all correspon ence ceased. His name did not ap ear in the death lists which were ublished in the London papers, and was evident he was either sick or a risoner.. In an agony of fear and nxiety she could stand the suspense o longer, and determined to go in uest of him. Her parents, however, >rbade it, and her friends dissuaded er ior a short time. But the con nued silence proved unbearable, nd she finally stole from home one ight, secured an appointment as urse, and before her relatives had btained a clue to her whereabouts ,as on her way to the front. Reach. ig the Bosphorus, she was placed in ne of the hospitals at a small town ear the border. She scanned with agerness the faces of the sick and ying, but found no sign of him she Dught. Remembering that he might e in the same condition as were the oor soldiers around her, she entered ito the work of ministering with all er heart. Her efforts were reward d in an unexpected way, for one day, i talking with one of the wounded ien, she ascertained that he had een in the same regiment with her )ver, and that the latter was a cap ve in the hands of the Russians. 'rom that moment, although quietly ntinuing her nursing, she bent all er facilities to planning some scheme y which she might gain access to er lover's place of confinement. he fina concluded to assume the ole of a spy, and requested permis ion from the commanding officer to ct in that capacity. He at first re used, but upon her pleading earnest y he gave her consent and supplied er with papers necessary for her assing the English lines. BRAVE WOREFOR A LOVER. She disguised herself and pretend d she was half-witted, and by that eans got within the Russian terri ry. So artfully did she play her 'art that she became quite a favorite rith the soldiers, who styled her Crazy Peggy," and allowed hir to o as she pleased. It was many reeks before she learned the town in bich her betrothed was a prisoner. ya neat stratagem she induced the .eeper of the prison to give her ac ess to the cells. The jailor thought .er a harmless creature, and permit ed her to chat at will with the En lish captives. She soon disclosed er identity to her lover, and togeth r they planned an escape. On a ark stormy night she acted more in. anely than ever, and in one of her ts snatched the keys from tihe belt f the warden. Running down the tairs, she unlocked several of the oors, including the one behind which er betrothed was confined. In an astant he was out, and hidden in a ark corner, he donned a Russian uni. nrmn furnished by the faithful girl. ~he jailer gave chase to "Crazy 'eggy" and regained the keys, but ot before her lover had walked up be stairs and into the open air. Peggy"' lollowed him, and they fled hrough the darkness until they eached the picket line. Here the asswordl, which had been discovered y "Peggy," enabled them to gain he open space between the rival rmies. An English coat concealed eneath her clothes was put on and he Russian uniform discarded. In afety the lines were passed, and the fficer returned to his command. So rell executed had been all of "Peg. ;y's" plans, and so anxious was her etrothed to continue in service, that hey both remained.in the army, she .s a spy and he as an officer. They rere married by a chaplain, however, iefore entering again into active duty. Just before the conclusion of the rar her husband died. Nearly heart. iroken, "Peggy" accompanied the emains to England.to: find that her 'arents were dead, and that there was othing left for her except a neat ittle estate. The associations of the lace were so painful that she deter nined to come to America. She did o, and settled in nennf'the Carolinea, where she taught the slaves several times a week, with the permission of the owners. A NURSE IN TIIE CIVIL WAr. The war broke out soon after, and the old war fever coursed through "Peggy's" veins. She enlisted .as a nurse in the Confedarate army. But her ability as a spy reached the ears of one of the officers, and she agreed to undertake the dangerous business. She disguised herself and as a half witted woman went at will through the Confederate and Union armies. Twice she was held on suspicion and once was placed under guard until an examination could be had. In some way she managed to destroy papers on her person and was re leased. A few evenings later she was attacked by a drunken picket and received wounds that scarred her face badly for the rest of her life. In fact, it was largely because of her repulsive countenance that during the last twenty years she has kept in absolute retirement. Her favorite commander was Gen. Robert E. Lee, and he regarded her with marked re spect. "Peggy" said that once, at Gen. Lee's personal request, she got as far as Washington and secured some important information. Before she could get back within the Confed erate lines, however, she was shut up in an insane asylum. She , escaped, but too late to render the news of any practical use.' When she first came from England she invested most of her estate in land property in the South. The war almost im poverished-her, but she managed to save enough to keep her in an hum ble way ever since. Soon after the war she came Nortb, and lived at various times in Pitts burg, Philadelphia and Boston. Then for some reason she went to Newark, N. J., where she resided until several years ago, when she came to this city and took two plain rooms up town. She is cultured and is under stood to have corresponded with a number of eminent men here and in England under an assumed name. Gen. Lee wrote to her up to the time of his death. '-Peggy" refused to disclose her real name to her few friends, but she evidently had dis tinguished relatives in England. She admitted close relationship to Mrs. Gladstone and the Duchess of Cam berland. Her knowledge of the En glish stage and its lights was also ex tensive, and she said she had known all the leading actors and actresses of a quarter of a century ago in Lon don. Unknown "Peggy" was not quite 50 years old, and had evidently been handsome in her younger days. She once admitted in confidence that her husband's name was Edward Lewis, but never levealed her maiden name.. A New Theory of the Cause of the War. New York Herald. Dr. Deems has solved the problem of the war. With a logic that is more novel than cogent he proves that it was the inevitable result of "climatic influences," which differen tiated the North from the South that they were actually compelled to fight, dont you know ? Why, it is as plain as a pikestaff, and the won der is that-so simple and self evident a proposition has never been visible to the naked eye until now. Of course? The whole difficulty was caused by the' wet season of the North coming into contact with the sunny South and creating spon taneous combustion. Well, we have an imperative duty to perform. We must immediately fence in our climate, for it will never do to let it run about loose in that sort of way. We shall have to get out a license, muzzle it and then lead it round with a string like a dog. Our Western -cyclones ought to be fitted with a patent steering appa rtus, for if they should get headed for South Carolina the "climatic in fuences" might "differentiate" and make the people of that State so mad that they would capture Washington before we could call out the Seventh reiment. Mr. Deems is an eloquent clergy man and when he talks seriously, a fine humorist. Mr Lincoln's Great Head. New Haren Register. Ex-Secretary of War Lincoln. the popular son of Abraham Lincoln, is not anxious to take second place on the ticket with Mr. Blaine. He was invited recently to "come to Augusta, for a few days" by Editor Manly, Mr. Blaine's faithful lieutenant. He replied by letter that he was too busy, the distance was too great, and he was going fishing for a couple 6f weeks. His friends assert that he is not to be caught napping in this way, and that Mr. Blaine "must look else where for a-,.ail to the ticket," THE CROP OUTLOOK. Condition of Cotton Higher than in any Year Since 1880. WAS1INGTO, June 10.-The June returns of the Department of Agri culture indicate a reduction of nearly two points in the area of Winter wheat. Changes in acreage of States are very slight, except in Kansas where a reduction of 22 per cent. is reported. caused by bad harvests and low prices. The Spring wheat area has been enlarged G per cent. from an increase of immigration and farm making west of the Mississippi in districts traversed by the Northern Pacific Railroad. Most of the in crease is in Dakota, which reports an increment of 24 per cent. The total area of wheat is about 37,000,000 acres, a fraction of one per cent. more than that of the previous crop. In the condition of winter wheat, there is no marked change, the average being 84.9, a reduction of nine-tenths of one per cent. In 18S6 the June average was 02.7. The area of winter rye has been diminished over 6 per cent., mainly by a large reduction in Kansas. The condition is better than that of wheat, as usual averaging 88.9. An appa rent enlargement of barley acreage of 3 per cent. is indicated. The in crease is in Dakota, California, Ore gon and the territories. The condi tion averages 87, being slightly above that of wheat. There is a continuance of the ex tension of oats culture. The increase is 4 per cent. This crop has taken part of the increase formerly in wheat in Kansas, an advance of 30 per cent. over the acreage of last year. The increase is large in the Northwest, and there is a tendency to enlarge ment in all sections of the country. In the acreage of cotton an increase of 1 per cent. is reported. There ap pears to be a slight decline in the States of the Atlantic coast and an in crease west of the Mississippi. State averages are: Virginia 90, North Carolina 99.5, South Carolina 98, Georgia 98.5, Florida 97, Alabama 100, Mississippi 100.4, Louisiana 102, Texas 106, Arkansas 102.5, Tennes see 100. The condition of cotton is higher than in any year since 1880, the average being 98.9, and has only been %xceede,.d three times since 1870. The best yield in that period was in 1882, when the June condition was 89, a figure that has been discounted six times since 1870. It is a good beginning but does not insure a good crop. The State averages are: Vir ginia 99, North Carolina 99, South Carolina 9 e, Georgia 99, Florida 98, Alabama 99, Mississippi 99, Louisi ana 97, Texas 91, Arkansas 98, Ten nessee 97; general average 96.9. There is generally an unusually "good stand." The "plant' in Texas, early planted, did not come up well, but late planting is better. There is not a full plant in some fields in Ar kansas. Clean cultivation is report ed as the rule, and healthy color and goodl growtfl. The Democratic Party Is All Right and Will Keep the Lead. 2\ew York Herald.. 1'he Sunt objects to Mr. Cleveland's advocacy of civil service reform, and expresses a hope inferentially that the time is not distant when the motto "To the victor belongs the spoils" will have full and undisturbed swing. It looks forward to that aus picious hour with eager longing, an parently. It even asserts that "the Convention of 1888 will declare its oppositio:i (to this reform) without any reserve or ambiguity." Our neighbor may have sources of know ledge which are unknown to others, but if we judge by observation we hes'tate before accepting so broad a statement, since th:e facts point in the opposite directionz. In the dem oratic plr.tform of 1884 the p arty pledged itself to "honest civil service reform," and on that plank, among others, the party elected its Presi dent, expecting him to carry out its policy in good faith. The Sunt may -and we infer does-regard that plank as a mistake, and would be glad to have public office used as the prize of party services. But that is ot the Jeffersonian doctrine, by any means; it is Jacobin republicanism. Why, the country turned the re publicans out neck and heels be cause they were tired of having the Presidency'used as an auction block from which offices were sold openly and unblushingly to the highest bid der. Republican mouths were full of fine phrases while their pockets were full of the people's money. Bargains and deals and perquisites were their chief characteristics until a long suffering people issued a pro cess of eviction and told the demo cratic party to go to Washington and give us a rest from this cursed peculation and speculation. There are no signs of change in public opinion in this respect. The Jaco bins are chewing the cud of discon tent because they tried to ruin the country in order to enrich them selves, and the conservative Giron dists are in power because they be lieve in economy and the people.. The Sun adds that Mr. Cleveland will not be a,candidate in 1888, be cause only a few Presidents have been accorded a second term. We can hardly think our neighbor se rious in the use of such logic. It is the logic of ill will, not the logic of facts. There is no law against a second term, neither is there any custom against it. On the contrary, the precedents are wholly in its fa vor. Four years are a short time in which to rectify the mistakes of twenty-five years of Jacobin misrule, and the people know the force of the old adage about swapping horses when crossing a stream. If Mr. Cleveland means business in the matter of reform-and that is a sub ject on which the public is listening to favorable evidence-if the indus tries of the country go on as prosper ously as they,have done during the last two years and a half, and if the administration maintains its caution and its economy, there will be no basis on which to predict a change. The country is happy and prosperous and contented. What more do you want? As for Governor Hill, he is an able man, a promising man and a young man. He has a bright future before-him. But he sees that there must be no split in the democratic party, and that it will not do to run any risks in 1888. He bides his time, which is not yet. That time will come, but there is no hurry. A republican success would certainly mean foreign complications, possibly a war. A democratic success will mean peace. That is important, and Governor Hill will not allow any personal ambitions to interfere with the stability of our institutions or the welfare of our people. He will, therefore, put the democratic party first, and himself second. A TOWN IN TURKESTAN WRECKED BY AN EARTHQUAKE. One Hundred and Twenty Persons Killed and 125 Wounded-The Governor of the Province Among the Killed. ST. PETERisBURG, June 10.-Se vere shocks of earthquake have oc curred at Vernome, in Turkestan. The town was almost entirely de stroyed. One hundred and twenty persons were killed and 125 injured. Among the latter is General Friede, Governor of the Province of Semi retchinsk. Shocks still continue to be felt at intervals. The inhabitants of the town are panic-stricken and have fled for safety to the open country. They Stick to Cleveland. MIEMPHIS, June 12.-Sometime ago the Memphis Evening Scimeter sent out circular letters to the leading newspapers of Alabama,' Arkansas, MIississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee and Texas putting the following query: "In view of President Cleveland's pocket veto of the river and harbor bill, do you favor his renomination by the Democratic party in 1888?" Thirty-five replies were received. Of these 27 were in the affirmative, O in the negative and two non-com mittal.. Yellow Jack at Key West. KEY WVEsT, FL.A., June 12.-One new case of yellow, fever has ap peared since yesterday and one pa tient has been discharged from the hospital. The B>ritish bark Brothers and - Sisters sent three sick men ashore. They probably have Chagres fever. The Floods in Hungary. VIENN, June 12.-Twenty-five thousand square miles of land are in undated in Hungary. There was another hurricane at Maco on Satur day. Water washed over the dikes and destroyed a number of bridges. The laborers at work 'rn the dikes fled, but were driven back by the soldiers. Sherman on Lee. Galceston Newes. For Sherman to criticise the mili tary capacity of Lee is a farce of im mense proportions. There was not much of the torch and smoke element in Lee's generalship, but in all the essentials of a great military chieftain he was too far ainve Sherman to be mentined in the same connection. THE COLUMBIA NEWBERRY AND LAURENS. The Election in Columbia. Special to the News and Courier. CoLUIA, June 8.-At last night's f meeting of the directors of the Col umbia, Newberry and Laurens Rail- f road it was ordered that President t Moseley advertise for bids for build- i ing the stone piers of the bridge I across Broad River. This bridge f will be built by -the subscription of $40,000 from Columbia township. t Engineer Ellis reported that he had t located the line to Newberry. New- I berry will soon vote $10,000 to se cure a connection with the road. This morning at 11 o'clock tje county commissioners met to receive and tabulate the vote cast yesterday i for and against the township subscrip- t tion to the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad. Some of the ene- 1 mies of the road had endeavored to c get the commissioners to refuse to t declare the result favorably to the subscription on account of the speci. fication in the Act that the subscrip tion must be carried by "a majority of the qualified voters of the town ship." The commissioners did not, however, choose to have the respon sibility for such an obnoxious ruling and consulted competent legal au thority, which prove favorable to the declaration that the subscription had been carried. Col. F. W. McMaster, in the ab sence of Lawyer M. A. Carlisle, of Newberry, the attorney of the road, appeared for the railroad company, and made a strong presentation of the case. He quoted from the re ports of the Supreme Court of Wis consin a decision directly upon the point at issue. This Court held, in the case of Sanford vs. Bentice and others, heard in 1871, the following opinions: "The voter is the elector who votes-the elector in the exer cise of his franchise or privilege of voting-and not he who does not vote.' If the Legislature had in tended a majority of the qualified electors of the district, they would undoubtedly have used those words instead of the words "legal voters," or in some other way have made their intention plain. There is .no deci sion upon this point in the South Carolina Ieports,-and Col. McMaster did" not.know of sany, elsewhere et. t the one just quoted. * county commissioners, after hearing' from Col McMaster, uinani mously adopted a resolution to the effect that a majority of the votes cast having been in favor of such subscription, the board will subscribe in behalf, of Columbia township $40,000 to the stock of the road, ac-1 cording to the provisions of the Acti of the General Assembly. The bonds will be issued as soon as they can be prepared, unless injunction proceed ings be instituted by the few reac tionists who have opposed the sub scription. It is reported that this will be done; but there is no cer-i tainty about it. The fight wouldj cost the protestants more than they could save by defeating the tax. This, by the way, is ridiculously1 small to cause contention. The an nual interest at &. per cent. will be $2,400, or about 2 per cent. increase in present city taxation. The tabulation of the vote made by county commissioners is as fol lows : For subs. Against. scatt'g. Total. Wardi...72 - 1 . ; ward 2........ 183 23 0 2-/7 Ward 3 ... 143 14 0 192 Ward 4....109 440 0 149] Hamptoni'.. 2 7 0 0 Totals ..64 8 1 69 Demoralized Bloody Shirt Wavers. Utica Observer. In a recent speech in New Or-t leans Jefferson Davis said : "United you are, and if the Union is ever to be broken let the other side break it. The truths we fought for shall not encourage you ever to fight again; but keep your word in good or evil." This manifestation of Jeff Davis' complete resignation to thet existing order of things will - be a grievous disappointment to the gal lant army of bloody-shirt wavers in the North. It is a scheme for Davis, thus to deprive them with one fell stroke of the eampaign material his alleged unregenerateness afforded< them. Our Boys and Girls Boston Globe. Between our boys and our girls this is getting be an embarrassing coun try to stay in. If the elders have al ready become so foolish and degen erate that they mqst needs fall back upon the undefiled wisdt;m and virtue of the rising generation, we should all begin to set our house in order for t.he new change of base. For the HERALD AND TEWS. Selections for the Young. BY MRS. E. S. HERBET. The Chicago Standardcontains the . y ollowing on the wine theory: An accomplished Greek scho'or in orms us that the wine in classic-. ,imes was always, before drinking;: lilated with water;--two-thirds water, ;,' e says. "It was," he adds, "bad -v orm" in Athens to drink undiluted vine." Our own reading confirms hese statements. We notice that he Christian at Work offers a simi ar explanation; adding that our Lord mnd his disciples, at the last supper 'drank a light claret mixed one-half rith water." Now, it says, "let any one take* ialf pint of light claret, mix it with he same quantity of water;-be vould with his eyes closed sctreelf e able to distinguish the character f the draught." Is there a new hought in this for anybody,? How to Save our Boys. The following is a leaflet sent out n Michigan during the recent cam )aign. It is respectfully dedicated o the high'license campaign in other_ 'tates. Mother. "Our boy is out late ;r lights." Father. "Well, we must tax'.he : ialoons $50." M. "Husband, I believe oha [rinks." F. "We must put up that tax to 6100." M. "My dear husband, our -boy is )eing ruined." F. "Try 'em awhile at $200." M. "O my God ! my boy came 2ome drunk.". F. "Well, well, we must inakeit ' $300." 'M. "Just think. William, our boy n jail." F. "I'll fix those saloons. Tax 'em' g400." M. "My poor child is a confirmed ]runkard." F. "Up with that tax, and ma rei $500." - - M. "Our once noble boy reck." - F. "Now I will stop ' ]y[. 'We ~ae 1rudk nade that tax $1,090." - A Idfe'seene. Mother and son-one whom si learly loved, her favorite, add youngest born-face to face. Oi bhe agony of the heart makes itsit print on the face as she standsbe aim, a full-grown man, and p1 Horace, you will kill me, I mndare this !" His face is that lemon, fury vividly portrayedt mn. His eyes bleared and bloods7~ ~he sweet face she has often kissed ~n his innocent childhood, where -is t, and what has caused the hideons3 ~hange ? As the last words passed der lips, he raised his hand, an.d with ne cruel blow fells her to the2loor~ 'Die then," he hissed, and tuaned iway ! Can it be ason could do so f'oul a deed ? Perhaps you telf me. ay; but this is truth, and the solving>'' f the problem will be found in onez word, "Intemperance." Shall we sit with folded hands ad 4 silent lips while this work goes on ?L True, she lived, but oh ! the cruel~ aeart-blow-poor mother, poor wf tud children; shall I tell you of themnd soday ? The heart-broken mother-sleeps in leath, and the wife fled years ago, in nortal terror of him who had sworn a "love and cherish her till death" -and he is friendless and without a iome-alone. Oh ! Father, pity while I write, 6 He's lost I-a cast-away ! Is it not enough to stir our souls nto action? - I hear many remarks regarding emperance. "Oh ! we know all about t-it is an old story, over,and over." E'es, 'tis an old, old tale, neverthe ess a tale frought with so mudr I iretchedness and crime to remain; ianoticed, a tale,.so filled with horror is to almost curdle one's blood writh )nly half the telling-shall we re nami; "Silent, inactive, deaf and mute, Blind to our duty'? No!i refute King Alcohol." ANNIE DE G. VAN SICKLE. Who Wonia t be a Roporter I Mrs. Cleveland refers to the Wash~ , ngton correspondents as "the boys. ". When she stepped on the train the-z >ther day she threw a kiss to '-the " ioys," and tickled forty-seven noble , tearts with this one sweet gesture. -Atlanta Constitutions.