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Garflold's Birthday. M?K'i'OU, December L.?Nearly all Mentor was interested to day in celebrating General Garlleld's birth day. Two engine companies paraded all around his pumpkin patch and threw sever: 1 streams over the Northern rail fence in tumor of the occasion. About six o'clock the Gen eral got up, and, alter making the lires, turned out to see how kindly nature had smiled upon the 49 III birthday of the new Ohio sage. A stable boy from Hon. Henry 11. Payne's resilience, near at hand, was the first to meet him as he perambu lated thoughtfully through the cab bage garden in his morning gown and slippers. "Wish you many happy returns of your ."?-".'th birthday," said the boy, enthusiastically. ; The General turned away with an injured look, ami altera low wosd> ol thanks to the engine companies, returned to his study, where, ni'.ci helping to dress the baby and fill the tea kcelle, he sat down to await con gratulatory dispatches. Pour wires weie run into his study, and two Sie nogt'aphcrs, his private seeiolaty ami 6cven reporters wailed with him un til noon for Ihe enthusiastic outpour- ? ingot" congratulations that were c:: peeled. At noon a t< legrapb boy rate- tin bell and the entire household rushed to the doorway. All grasped at the dispatch and opened it with eager j hands. It read :, Many congratulations on yonr07lh! birthday. When you succeed lo the high ami holy mission to which the mug ni keen I voice 61' the Amcticaii people, LhWiiigh ihe sacjeii medium ol a pure, hough ^ightiy colon:/.-, d led lot-box has elevated you, lb; nol ibi gel the District A;CU>r.ue.ys!rip .1 o ell spoke about, A. <j. 1 >rri ::n? j? 1 i [ Pd. The Mentoi sage ivonl and st in cd ] Ihn kiU'.-m >iirj lv c?ucv?] L::srituiit~r tion. : An operator called out at thisjuuc lure tlial another dispatch was arriv ing. K very body rushed to hear it. It read as follow.-.: Livkim'ool, Nov. Du. To Gar/uld, M nlur: Congratulations, old boy, on fJthh birthday. Send me Minister to Kng land.. Else raise hell in 11 raid?ihe great American journal. J.\s. GouooN lli:xNi:rr. Collect. Gar field sauk iu his boots und mused that this sit least should have been spared him. The next dispatch j revived him- il read : Congratulations on your 08ill biri h-: day time. We vants der Deuteln: Tolc. I hells on dose Interior De partmenls, now you don't disrcnicui-1 ber of it. (. aiu. Islinu/. > The sage hemmed anil hawed awhile, and observing that two <;l the operators were Germans, walked out and rocked one of Ihe babies uu Iii the next dispatch arrived. When it came it was a startler: On your 70lh birthday please bear in mind that I was largely instvumcn- j tol in your election, and give me something at least as good as Ma>or. W m. U'Dow??. "Who the devil is O'Dowd ?" said Garfiold. Nobody knew. One ope ralor said he was the btolber-ln-law of old Daniel Pratt, the great Ameri can traveler, and he needn't mind re plying. Dispatches came a! so from Conk ling, G.iant and Sherman. Graut said : I congratulate you very much 011 your 08th birthday and jour elcc'i m. Don't you hope you uiav get. it in 1884? Coukliug seni word : The kindest regards?excuse me j Spraguo is said lo be in town. Sherman sent woid : 1 hope you feel pleased on join S.Olh birthday in occupying my place. But the closing dispatch ol ilu day was one which excil d the ivlude household lb 1 10-tol the evening. Jt was from lleor\ Atncs, ihe heir ol Oakcs Ames, and 11I : Please ream al once ;:' 1 '->. I'M?the principal and interest on r'-\>\) i<,; eight j'cai'3 al six pi r cent., and ilius avoid more Kleingern proceedings. You testified thai it was a l< an. ' Tho Presidentelect sank helplessly t in his chair and said he didn't want 'any more birthdays. The evening : close with music.?iYeie York Star. j The Bloody Shirt. A significant ait;eh?by the linn. i fJcorgu S. Uoutwell, i ihe North Amerti H< c! no lor Deccubcr, en titled, "Tho Future of the Ropnbli can Parly," is sure to arrest attention. Written al'lcr the result of the recent election had been ascertained, Ibis article d dines Hie position v.bids the Republican [tarty is, in logic and in policy, bound lo assume toward the Southern Slates. Concession, coin [iniiiii- i', com-i'iulum, t!iean:!e>r - insubslitnce, will no longer be tolerat ed. No pet >ou in lo be ad in it led to a seal in Ilu* Senate unless the rc< >rd < I hi-, clectiou is clear. New law > "re Lo be passed lor the supervision am protection of the ballots in the elec i lions id the members of tin- 11 ?use ". j Representatives and Pi e: !?!<?;.? ial ch i tors. The civil, magistrates inns have ihe mean.-; within call ('he ai mv i of protecting the ! al lot and keep ing the peace. The United States j must insure to the people of each Staai a truly Republican fortn ?d| govcrttine'.i'. No grants wiil In ' made for internal improvements in any Southern Slate where l!.<- equal; ?> !'i all incn belbic l!ie law not u living, practical fat'.. Hid Capacity. li had Mown \eiy, very l.\?.e, :md despite her vawiis troui ear o car Ihe young man's jaw still ecaseicKsn rose and fell. ' j '?Suppose," he said?and he kind ? >l hitched !?;> closer?-??suppose'!? and he sort of put one arm around I her Iragilo waist?'?suppos-'o*'?ami j somehow be <..ot hold oj one of hei ; little I iinds?"Su'pjmiso"?and. iisccai j L'd as il he diew her head down (iu his ma.i'v :?>>? w-yau were iu con niand ol a gallant ship, in what I capacity would you like to have me go iu lb'- vessel:' j He thought sic- would say "first male,' hut it had grown very, very late and us his arm eucichal her waist, and her little Land rested in I bis, she !*:>.I hoi' golden head against his pnSko-spoltcd shiit front, ami ..!< epilv and brokenly murmured :! '?As donkc)?doukc; pump." 1!:; iui.-li his squat fell hat and car ried !:: icecream heart out under I liie silent ilara. Siic Discriminated. X-, traveling through lliii tainy, a-!.-> an old woman who is pe.d d:i:.g cio: <i* s and medals at a church potch, the pi ice of a certain li inkel. *! > it for )our wife or your swet-l-j heait?" die asks. 'For my sweetheart,' replies X-! not precisely seeing the drill of her kTen li anes.' 'Ten M anes?phew !' says X-, j turning on his heel. ?Come back, come back,'cries the old woman: 'take il for three. You've is en l^iug lo mo, though ; you lime no swi diu ai I ? i! if hail been Ibi* her sen".I have bought ii "t. o ec \ line ? | lc,?r,U, ibe price. lake il?here are your three l i a ties.' 'You haven't a wile either?ii':' had been for her, you'd have beulet inc down to two franci. Uli! \<'U men, you uu ii !' &ftoney. Many work for it, beg for it, starve for and die for :i : and all the while troui Ihe cradle to ihe gtave, nature antl Co i arc thundering iu our ears he soh inn question : "What shall it profit a mail il he gain the whole viovld and lo. e bis v\\ u ..oul'r" The madness U r money i - Iho slioiijiesl and lowe I ol the passi in ; il is lie insalial ? Moloch Of Ihe hninan heart, before whose icuini.-t-iess altar all the ii.,.?!? a:lii':.u!cs ol biiinaui'y arc si'cii fiued. Il makes merchandise of all liial i- iCi'i d III tlio luiinatt aileciion.s, and even t.iidlie:-i in Iho nwlul -solemn i i ics of i iic i lei nal. i The Printer. 1>. F. Taylor once paid the.follow j ing tribute to the toilers tit the ease : The printer is the adjutant ol thought jnu 1 this evj>' ii . ti.e m\stery of the wondci .at word that eau kindle a hope us no song can?l!ial :an wi rm : heart >as no hope?Lhat word "we,"' with a hand lii-han?i warmth in it, lor the ? the author and piinleraie engineers together, engineer indeed ! When the little Cur.sicau bombarded Cadiz at the distance ol live miles, it was leeucd the very triumph of engineer ing. 11 what is lhat range to this, whereby Ihcy bouibaul ages yet l< . lie? There al the "case** he Munds am ; marshals into line the forces mine.. for truth, etothed in immortality and j Knglish. And whal can !'>? luiblei I than the equipment of a thought in ; i lint! S:iN;ii,?Saxon with the i i. ; of-?pear ou shield thereon, and Ihul commissioning it when we arc dead. to move gradually 0:1 lu the 'dates'. I sy llable of recorded I hue..'1 This is 0 ?\;:: a victory from death, lor l!d. lios no d ' in ' i'.i il. j .1 be pi inter i called a laborer, a 1 1 'the olliee he pi : form ?, toil. Oil, it is not work, but a sublime rite lhat !;? ! i? pel'ormii g, when be thus sights tin ? bgiho lb it 1-. to liing :i worded truth . iii grander curve than missile e'er be fore described?Hing into tue bc.soni of an ago yet unborn, lie throws oil Iiis coat indeed ; we hut wonder, Ii e rather t!ml he doe-- mi! pul his .do. ? from od Iiis fei I for l!a place whereon be si a mis i- holy ground; A litthi sony v.. - idtrred some j where, long agi ? ii wamlered Ihi 1 .;:gh tie- twilight fee hi r lhan :i -::>.:? I died uputi the ear. Hut Ibe printei ?aught it up win 16 it \.:>- lyiiijj t* err j in silence like a wounded hird; ?? he equips it anew with wings, anil h< sends ii jfortb Item the ai k thai Ii 1 fux'seyw-d :i,-a.*i ;i i-jres rbttft-intri I future wilh Ihu olive btatcli of pcaci und a:omul the world with melody, like the dawning of a spring in .ruing How the type have buili up the broken a:dies in the l> idgo of lime. How they render the brave utterances beyond the pilgrims audible and <. io ipieni?hardly lettering the free spirit hut moving?not u word, not a sylla ble tost in the wlii;I of lite world ? moving in connected paragraph and period, down the lengthening line of yeais. Some men Und poetry, but I hey do not look for it as men do foj uuggets of gold ; they sis \i in nulurc's own band writing, lhat so few know how to read, and tender it into Kng LUh. Snub are the poems lorn 1 i ligh! bout und a nook in lire heart ; we may lie under the tiers when we read them, und watch the glouming,' and sec ti;>- faces in Ihn clouds, in the causes ; ???.?? may rctul them when! tiie winter coals are glowing, and l!u forgetful hand, and still, live evi ning hells, Ihc melodious thoughts will ring on. j " ' "' " I An Inter, sting Pi ..'.!.-. In a storm nt ? a there wan a Chris iau captain ou boa id 11 vi ? -? 1 .'.it. h lieen sea in t u, ii ho chanced i ? tnrol with a Tuikish vessel wilh Ihu same number oI seamen in her, who were I'm dangci ol hein? The Tuik 1 isli captain mi st catncstlv entreated I he Christian captain to lake him ml Ids men on bumd his vessel in ordei ! io sa\ 0 them i:< !.i the dan: r to I which they were exposed. The Cht.t/ lliun captain consented and took him and hi men on 1 0:11 d hin \ Issel, i> il, ! ihc storm still inen using until Iheir destruction seemed iueviiable, ii was then ?gi ccdi .1 by !?< th cup tains lu nlace all Hie in n on d< ck :u d cast . II every ninth man, until ball Ihu 111 11 win > 'brown ovoi i?1 . itt order t o ssiyc'tbe othi-r bull. The Christian Ciiptain performed this ?? illi ?-".<:: simplicity, accuracy tiud ingenuity lhat, by casting oil cyer\ ninth man, he drowned all lite q'urks and -.r.?'! hi ; own men. The question is. how rt'erc the Ihiii.y men pinned i:> line? I Have \ ou j nid \utir s ibf.ci ipl inn. Thb Methodist Conierenoo. L'or.lho in formation of our readers ,\ e publish tlie .following list of lay idclogoles and reserves to tlfe South Carolina Conference, which meets at .Marion Courthouse one the l?lh ol I ?ecomber : Orangeburg District?B. A. Mc 1 Kil?bon, Dr. J. W. Summers, Jnme? Stokes, Rev.John Inabnit. Reserves: .i. Ii Wniiiiamukur, 1?. V. Dibble, Ciiurk'Slon Eist riot?Wm. blokes. A. K. Williams, Dr. N. F. Kirklaiid, V. fi. Dibble. Riserves : W. S. I ?lscy, J. Rl. Brtibbraui, U. Cogswell, j VV. ,j. Cause v. j CVkesbury District?Re v. M. M. ,ib\ <!,,). F. Lyon, .1. R. Wrigh', T. S. : Mu rmuti. Reserves: T. F. Harmon, O. < 'fi W dker. ( oluuihia District?Abrain Jones, I !'. i.. Wtight, Dr. W. M. Walker, ! i v. A. 1>. Brown. ''Reserves: B. R. inipsceft, W. T. D. Cousar, R. D. ; R. II. .Jennings. I < ivecuvillc DisLiiet?W. S. Morri I . 1'. A. MeDtlvid, J. W. Daniels, ' !. *C. Turner. j S;.?arianbnrg Dintr'u-;?S. Ai. Rice )i. A.'C. Fuller, T. L llamcs, .1. 11. "ambus. ? 1 SiiVule* District?W. 11. Slcinmey-1 ?r, .lohn O. Durant, William R. j Croshlroy, E.. Rollings. Reserves: J. W. ifembert, M. I-!. MeDouaid, S. II. j Spmiccr, Dr. James M. Burgess. FlbrcnecjDislrioi?J. B. Clarkson, Hoinneycr, .J. F. Carraway, II. 1'. Brock. Reserves: .J. Kons, W. A. Rruiison, RR. Lo.wson, J. .V. Kclley. M:\rlon Disir?f:l-T--;A.lessip. Nt rto>i, :?? lb ! b l\ M. I lamer, .1. C. Coving o::. Reserve: Dr. il. L. Swelt. Good Advice. In various'parts of the South in iiicalipns arc cropping.up of the ics dnlioti by Southern merohanls to' patronize ailhcrn cities,and refuse Vb-V--- M.vvciij' to-4i>3 -i '?? ptiign funds of II ?? South-hating Re- . publican party, by purchasing from Philadelphia and New York. It is impossible that there can be organi zation iu the movement, but tin u t-aig'iji general ma id fest a lion of de li ritiination that will soon make Itself! .(. ;:. The anxious alaciity with . which a number til Northern dealers and manufacturers spread denials ol charges of bull-dozing their employ-, ees for the Republican ticket, shows I that I hey respect and fear ihe com-; incroia! South. Let us all determine j to do each hispr.it lowarda making! the South materially solid, ami teach ing ti:.' h ?son that we can accept re- i bulls nod ii'.ake our disapproval o sec tional hatred fell, I'atrui;i/.c !!:.! i moic, Charleston, Riehmond and At lanta, wherever possible. Muko the South ii; '?< ]'? i dent of her enemies.? ! (?'/>aiviUu X f.:. How Georgia Loot Her Vole. The Electoral vote of Georgia is probably lost lo It ineoek ami English for the foil.iwiug reasons.: The Re vised Statutes of Ihe United Stales provi ie, in See!ion L'57, that '.he elec toral co'legi ?. ol the si reral Slates sball nice: on the ;'.:.-,t \V???::???? day in Det-c nlber an ! east ll.eir \.-:.-. Tl.V Georgia Code, Sei lion ',:>'. :.. pro*, hit* that the Go vi i n< r hail i otily the electors to iticel al the capital on the !i: it Monda;, in December, to b ready bit the Wcdi esday lollowi g to east their vote. This the Governor has done, hut the electors did not meet m>i vote, ami ? iu though) by leading ollicials and law) eis thai Ihey have no rigid lo meei ami vole next Wed m .11 iy , Not a Bigot. Bob ingcrsol, iu defending biinsell from Ihe charge of drunkenness, sa\ s : I d.on'l |'H Und to be a 11 . a Her. I I i aitl a slob\ the ot bei day liitil li iales my iti Ti:. : e V. a- all Ii I dllUMU who jollied i ie Sons ot Tempe aiieo,, and ?< '>? ? daVs allei wards oi.e of his hi i;?i-? -:n. : im in a saloon with n gl ! ? ' ttn-.->nt Imli' ttil of wl iskey in hl-, !. .! ti. : od lie : ?! 'aI, I though) you m'ie ??!??> ahei r ?So I an,," said i'at, 'but, Hi ink (?? >l, i am Uo i-:-.:"'. ? i A Fatal Feast. Nkw Youk, November 21.?A Knoxvillo. Term., special gives the following particulars; of-a recent poi soning in the vicinity of Kingston, forty miles from Knoxvillo. On Thursday evening last was celebrat ed the marriage of Joel llombell, well known in thai couuty, and Miss Dai), an accomplished daughter of Colonel Dail, at whose residence about lifty ladie> and gentlemen bad assembled. Subsequently a reception was tender ed the couple, and extensive arrange J mcnls had been prepared for their en I icrlaiumcnt. Uy some means in pic Iparing the least arsenic was used in stead of soda. About forty {personsj immediately after supper was served! exhibited j-yuiptoms of siekuess, and' I :ive of the number have since died. I , ,' . . . ? ? i |.uc lirst victim was Robert Dail, a I OVolher of the bride ; the next was lit tle Mis.-> Lowerv. an oipnan. Mr. ; May, ol Missouri, and Ml. Gullaher, ? of Ibis city, also died the following lay. To day another one is atjdcd to the number. The lather of the ' bride who was not expected to live is' : reported better to-day. About thirty j jollier persons who were present are reported seriously ill, a number ol whom will probably de. The poi soning is thought to have been acci dental. He Did See. Many years ago there lived at Sa lem, Connecticut, an eccentric man named Amasa Kilbot n, about whom numberless stories ore told to liiia; ? lay. On one occasion in sumufcr he had a live acre lot of chofbe mass cut > i and spread out to di^-. ? Surf he after noon a shower came up rfhrf djgitfhed ic The next day I he ha/ tj^ftgpread ' out to dry. Aiiothc^8how\r'c*amc up j and rc-drenchcd it. Oiulhc third I lay the Vt'ograinme was repealed. I On Jh<i jbiij tlj<:ay nt?-r '.InvJjav Juvjj. been properly drie 1 and raked into, windrows, a cloud pillar moved up .!?.! r the western horizon, and a dis tant giuu 1 (/l thunder echoed from the hills. K Iboru v.:>.-> mad. Ho looked a' Ih clolld. "linn up to the home, boy," he said, in a voice Iretubling with icsciilmeul, "and bring down a lire-brand, quick, now!" The hoy a iked ^no questions, lie came back with ihc blazing Lorch, and Kilborn1 touc hed oil each windrow. "There," said ho, "I'll see if this hay will get wet again !" Woitta.Ys Suffrage. i < >re ?on I.:. - a i. ;j' ilaluie lhat is not J afraid ol woman. A bill has passed both branches extending the ii lit ol j suifinge to (!.? few women they have in the Slate. The question now has 11 v/ be submitteil ?o thepci p!c? lhat is, ? to ihn men people?for appioval. I fbc males are largely in i:i?- majority I in ih it State, a: d there seems no dan ger oi anaichy roriul ing from woman snJIVanc. While in Utah, a little ifnrthui south, u man is allowed any ?.vheic from on? to a di /.en wives, in Oregon n man is lucky if he gets one. In I * I ah poly gnu \ is allowed, in Ore tin] -. gau v i- c: forced. The nc lion o! the Oregon legislature seems a bid lot emigration '.d wi men U> ihc Stale, and we may soon be able lo learn the i lice s of woman suffrage, were men aic more couragsous lhan heic in lim South. At a social pally in Alleghany City, Pa., on Satuiday nigh! lasl the <?ucsts an " ed themselves by indulg ing ::i private theatricals. !:? one ->\ the scenes enacted a marriage cere mony was perl ?rined, Ibe parlies be in?; Mr. Krank l leint y mid Mis-; Willi uns. Although lot emit d as a slnitu ceremony, ii was conducted in i e.Miiar foi in, the usual question?' b'c iu?' prepOuiuh laud thenhswers.'made properly. At the conclusion of the cOieihony Ihn c up! ? discovered thai the nelson otlH -**.:u va- a bano lido ci-iem-i:i, that tin mj'.rriago was and il ? ?' ? ? n i ? . lc>uuu one o untie, W ? wi hi <?. i \ man who takes ihi> papt i w i ii I st t.i fe up. Gossipcro. Wc commend tho following to tL)e gossipers of Ornngeburg: ''Can tbo evil wrought by gos3tpcrs be estinstlt ed? Wc think not. A wise woman can scarcely say too little in company if the ocuversation trenches in the least updri .scandal. Many a social, noble minded woman has-been obi 1^ cd lo withdraw herself Iroin r. neigh horhood intimacy which would bavo been pleasant otherwise, because Ircr lemarks were returned by some jtlie talc-hearer, so perverted ?s' to mako her doubt the existence of genuino I friendbbip, and accept loneliness for j the sake of the safely it' brought* j You say wc must talk 'about some* j.lkwg." Yes ; and through that very j fact we see a remedy for the evil, to i so thoroughly interest ourselves in other and belter ihiugs that wc find j ? no space to spure for our neighbors allaus. bet us talk of our honied, Our house plants, our books or our babies. Let US teach our eyes lo find beauty everywhere, while we blind them by constant wulchlulncss to. blemish. IS"ever, under any circum j stances, cast the first stone. Then, i,f an erring neighbor goes down, you cannot blame yourself for assisting in ihe downfall. -.??'-? i-'i '-A . Ghosts. North Denver, Colorado, is exer cised on the subject of ghosts. A genlleaian of that place, while passing a cemetery at a late hour, was scared itito rapid HighL by a number of while robed figures. Returning with, courage stioiigthencd by the posses* sio?v ofu revolver, ho heard a full chorus of earthly and unearthly uoiscs, will? h caused a second and more precipitate llight. It is suspec ted by manylthal body-snatchers were al work, ami adopted these means of preventing interruption by passeriv Tub Mexicans aio fond of dancing but at Saute Vc i t.o waits is not cjun? teuanced in gooil society, and can only he seen in the low public danco houses. "At a fashionable gather ing," says a recent visitor, "even the. square dunce is conducted with great decorum. The ladies all sit on ono side of the ball room and the gentle men on the other, and when the mus ic begins the young i&eu walk out in to the middle of the floor und beckon lo the young ladies whom they desire for partners. At the close of iho dance the Indies return to their side* ofjlhc room ami the gentlemen lo Ihcir own." Sow: months ago the fourteen year old daughter of Ellen Dausbuvy a respectable colored woman of Mem phis. Tcnn., was attacked while at home alone, tho family having gone to church, and beaten and stabbed to. death by tinki own hands. Last ? Sunday night the girl's mother and In r other daughter were attacked on their way to church by a man aud a woman, both unknown, and beater* with tlat irons, being ptobably fatally , injured. The family having no ene mies that Ilu y know of, and the mo , ii\e^ and perpetrators of'.he uuvdera are mysteries. ! A tragical story comes to us frot? Kock Hill. Mr. .lohn M. Howe, a eili/.eii of lhat place and a liquor dialer, was known as a snake charm,--, er. He had no tear ot the most) veu |onions snakes,, and indeed had a rat llesnake for a \vl. Onu day lest week he look the snake out of its cage,, and was amusing himself by allow ing it t > e. il about his arm* as lie had hi't ii in the habit of doing, when suddenly i'. became vicious and satik; i's r.-nigs into I;'.. ling >r. 1 n thirty cunli Howe was dead, despite tlvJ i 10 ' persistent eil'or's o save him. \Y mean what we say and wc say it <-, ihe simplest way. Cons sens' I I litiituciii is l he he?l Lini ' n ;: i hcnmaltstti, lu.ek, neuralgia, watts, corn's and > e throat. 1'ticc .*>?> cenisk While's Cre.un White is the lest worm killer. Kor sale by IV. Ji. G*. , \V aur.atutik.ci. \