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It is admitted there is a great advance in TettrtaraTT science wit h hi the past decade, yet joa?ylMMfd^?^?t)jyfete.that a spavin- aire is po?5iK*,FWu^a^5inde^d^ however, is1t for the poor horse suffering from lameness of this kind fhat Kendall's Spavin Cure has j^qcwaredias*t is Certain io its ^effects aad~ha? worked toaders in thousands or such Send ?briT?ust rated catalogue, giving Jpftl'e pro?J?Irto* for windle copy of Ken 4aiTrTreatise on the B?rse and his Diseases ; botitfeee. Price oribe Spavin Core. $1. Ad :*gmV&r?A3l fle&fatl Go Prop riet o? s, ?aoab*rgh>.F*l'fc YV ^ ; J. From thc "Spirit of tie ?t," Nov. 17, 83. The successful treatment of ringbones, *p*Tio*,'2*fa? folv*f.lameness rba? not been prevalent in the veterinary profession, but we find that Dr. Kendarl has discovered a remedy for s.uch troubles that is doing noble work every iv here. 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All Horaggists have it or can get it for yon, or Bit wrll be sent to any address on receipt of Mprice by the proprietors. Dr. B. J. Kendall t ?Co., Enosbnrgh Falls, Vt. I SOLD ST ?LL DBUG0ISTS. _ IE P. BICKER & CO., I SUMTER, S. C., I > SCALERS IN I yp??O?aN ANJ) DOMESTIC I Liquors, Wines, Tobacco and I Cigars. I Wt have now the largest and best selected I . stock of ever offered io Sumter. Pore N. G. CORN WHISKEY and pare N. C. APPLE BRANDY' a speciality, oar JOBN MCCULLOUGH CIGAR and BLUE JEANS TOBACCO. Parties ia need of any goods in onr line #Ui ?ve money by giving as a call. - REMEMBER THAT WE Q9 AR Ali TEE SATISFACTION as to quality and pricer Milli STREET, one door North Bmlding-Siyn of the Red "WHERE I LOVE I LOVE FOE EVER." She was a blithesome maid who sang, Close by the cottage window sitting ; Sweet and clear were the notes that rang Out on tbe air where birds were flitting ; Merrily, merily, sang the birds, But none could exaetly guess their words While the maid so cleverly, And blushing never, Sang "Where I love, I love forever !" He was a youth just passing by While the maid was sluging, ob, so sweet ly? , Who to the garden-gate drew nigh A?d listened there, entranced completely ; For the sound ofa-voice so fc?veet and clear Was rapturous music to bis ear, And he said, "Ah, never Would I wish to sev?r From one who loves and loves forever !" The maiden smiled on her lover's suit, When at her feet he made confession ; Her eyes were bright but her voice was mute When she gave her heart into his posses sion. Bot now together their lives are set, They sing in unison this duet: "We'll dissever ? Never-never ! For where we love, we love forever !" Senator Butler's Letter OE the Educational BUL UNITED STATES SENATE CHAMBER, WASHINGTON, April.5, 1884. MY DEAR SIR-I am io reciept ol yours of the 2d inst, this morning, and send by to-day's mail a copy of my speech on the Educational Bill. A few years ago I entertained the opinion, that it would be a good thing for the Sonth to have ibis federal aid to education in the States and introduced a Bill (not like the Blair Bili, however) and weat to work to prepare a speech in support of it. I had not previously examined carefully the Constitutional power of .Congress to pass such legisla? tion, and determined to satisfy myself by * thorough study of the question. This investigation convinced my mind that Congress has no such power, and thereupon abandoned the Bill and did not cali it op; / This Blair Bill under discussion is much more obnoxious to the Constitution as I read it than mine, and of couse I oppose it. But if the Constitutional power were clearly expressed and I had no.doubt on that score, I should vote against it as a matter of policy. Yielding to and sympathizing with an almost universal anxiety among our best people in regard to public educa? tion after we recovered possession of the State Government in 1876, I favored national aid to'education, but as I have remarked, I bad not considered mature? ly its Constitutional bearings nor the general effect and probable consequence of such a policy. I was simple minded enough to believe that the Republican leaders were sincere in their professed desire to see the negro educated. 1 am convinced now that in this regard ? was also mistaken. They are quite willing to vote the money in aid of common schools if they can control its disburse? ment from Washington, and thereby again get coutrol of the negro vote as they-bad through the-Freedman's Bu? reau and Union Lengue. This at least is my opinion aud every day's discus? sion confirms it. i know it is urged by some of our Southern Senators that this is not the purpose and they are perfectly sincere in this opinion, but I have seen too much of their crafty designs upon the South to trust them in a vital matter like this. If South Carolina should receive ontf million of this money and expend it for the schools with the most perfect and scrupulous impartiality between the two races, nothing would be easi?r than for the Republican managers to send emi saries among the negroes and flood Congress with statements from them that we had ignored them practically aod given the whites the full benefit of the money. iLvestigation by Congress would follow. The negroes would prove their statements by evidence made to order and ultimately federal school inspectors would be appointed and finally entire control of the schools would pass into federal hands. What would be the result. Every common school in the State would be required to use school books from which our children would be taught that you and I and every man who felt he was doing his duty to the South during the war are vile traitors, and-that those on the other side actuated by no higher sense of duty, were pure and unselfish patriots. This may come in time in spite of us, but I do not intend to help it along if I know it. A proper and healthful national feeling m ny be' cre? ated in the South and will be without condemning the dead and living. You say the "papers are giving me hot shot." Well lot them fire away. They have a right to their opinions, and 1 to mine. I have a few shots in my locker that I am willing to exchange, if they will come at me fairly and one at a time. Let the papers that are firing -tbeir"hot shot" at me give the people an opportunity to decide by stating my position fairly and honestly side by side with theirs, and I sha!! be willing to abide the issue and shall not com? plain. So far in my public life I have taken positions on public questions according to the dictates of my own judgment and conscience, and have not waited to en? quire whether they were popular or un? popular, whether the newspapers would vouchsafe their approval, in the main, when differing, they have treated mc fairly in their criticisms. So I have nothing to complain of. No doubt. I have made mistakes. I expect to make them in the future, but I shall not be driven from what I believe to bc right, by adverse criticism or uninformed opposition. Upon mature reflection I am con? vinced I was in error when I favored this national aid to State common school education. A man who docs [ not change his course, reverse it if need I be, wheu he believes it is leading him j over a precipice, and drawing it with I him, is either a fool or what is worse, a j knave. Acting upon this principle I have changed my mind about this whole business. The race question we will have to work out ourselves, each State for it? self. Every time the General Govcrn ' ment interferes it makes matters worse, ! and retards, postpones and embarrasses ! a proper solution, and I am opposed to ; it, whether io the form of aid to com I mon school education, Civil Rights Bills, political prosecutions and perse? cutions. Thc illiteracy of the emanci? pated slaves is as fixed and incurable as the decree of his freedom. AU thc money in* the United States Treasury cannot remov? it. The generation that has grown up since freedom must take their chances with other freemen in the race for education. They must go to work and contribute to their own edu? cation like other people, or like other people who do not work and help them? selves, drift into that army of drones who first try to live on their wits by idleness, and finally land in thc peni? tentiary or exile. Excuse me for troubling you with this long letter. Your own well con sidered aud timely observations as ex? pressed in your letter have drawn me into a more extended letter than I had caculated upon. The discussion on the Blair Bill has been able and interesting and I will try and send you some speeches of other Senators. Very truly vours, M. C. BUTLER. HON. F. A. CONNER, Cokesbury, S. C. Buy a Grape Vine. j If there is-one thing that we have I these many years endeavored to se ! cure, it is that the family of every farm j er shall have an abundance of fruit. I Not fruit now and then, as a luxury, but fruit as a matter of course. Enough for old and young, as much as the .children wish at each of the three meals, and a plenty between ! meals with some to give to the less ! provident neighbors. To begin with, send to a nursery for a Concord #vine. Twenty-five cents should insure a good vine, well packed and post-paid by mail. Our plan does not preclude more than one, but we wish to make sure of one. Of course many grape fanciers will ridi? cule our choice of the Concord. We want grapes, and plenty of them, and whoever has a Concord vine will be quite sure of these. Concord grapes are vastly better than no grapes. While we cultivate fifty or more bet? ter kinds we still believe that the Con- j j cord is the best grape for the begm ! ncr. When the vine comes to hand it is to be planted. It is well to have I it near the house, and if there is a ! suitable place for it by the veranda : ot "stoop,'7 set it there. Good, fair, ? garden soil will answer, and no ma ! nure is to be used in planting. The ! vine will, of course, have a stem and j roots. If the stem has more than three buds cut it away at about an inch from the third bud, counting from the lower one. If the roots are over two feet long, cut them back to that length ; if less than two leet, cut off two or three inches of the end, at any rate. To plant the vine make a circular hole, of sufficient diameter to contain the roots when extended with the vine in the center. The bottom ? of the hole should be convex, or rounding, say five or six inciier below the surface at the center, and eight or ten at the edges. Set a stake in the center of the hole, place the stein of the vine, and spread out the roots in all directions toward the outer edge. If the roots are matted and tangled, carefully separate them ; when the roots are properly spread, throwing a little soil on them, if needed, to hold them in place, cover the roots with the best of the soil, taking care to have it filled in, leaving no empty spaces among the roots. When the hole is nearly full, press down the soil firmly with the foot ; rio not tramp or stamp it, but press it squarely. There will be nothing more to do to the vine until growth begins. When the three buds left upon the stem be? gin to start, rub off all but one, leaving the lowest one, if that isas strong as the others, and if other shoots start during the season remove them. The shoot from the vine is very tender at first, and care must be taken that it is not broken ; when it is a foot or so long it may be tied to the stake, using a strip of cloth, or bass matting, and it should be kept tied, up as it grows. Try one vine, piant it properly, and watch its entire growth ; it will teach how to grow man\' vines.-American A'jricu ll u rut for March. The Latest Love Letter. Wc do not know who is the author of the following billet deux, but we do know that whoever he is he has got 'em bad: "DKAUKST MAMIE: My love is stronger than th.e smell cf coffee, patent butter, or the kick of a young cow. Sensations of exqisite joy go through me like cohorts of ants through an army cracker, and caper over my heart like j young goats on a stable roof. I feel as j if I could lift myself up by my boot straps to the height of a church steeple, or like an old stage horse in a green pasture. As the mean pup hankers after sweet milk, so do I hanker after your presence. And as thc gosling swimmcth in the mud paddle, so do I swim in a sea of delightfulness when you are near me. My heart flaps up and down like a churn dasher, and my eyes Stand open ?ike a cellar door in a coun? try town ; and if my love is not recip? rocated, I will pine away and die like a poisoned bed-hug, and you can come and catch cold on my grave. "Yours, lovingly. J." Wanted to be Counted In. 4Oh I I think it must Le so nice to be connected with a newspaper,' said Miss McFlynn to young Qui M ri ver, as they sat together one evening. 'Ves, it is so,' he replied; 'but why do you think it is V 'Why, it, has so many advantages, I should think you would glory in thc freedom, thc power, the liberty and all the privileges of thc press.' 'Certainly, I do. It's a pity with all your enthusiasm on the subject that you are not a journalist ' 'I think so, too ; but you know it is hard for a woman to get recognition. I should be delighted to feel that the press embraced me. *Oh I you would, would you? Great Scott! wait till I turn down the gas.' Perishing at the Stake. Charles Gibbs, ?a negro, worked for j a farmer Damed Louis Moore, near Ly- j ons Statiou, in Burlisoo countv. Texas, ! on the Santa Fe Ka i I road, He bad ; been in Moore's employ about t;vo ', moo tbs. His record is said to have I been a bad one, including a murder and ! a term in ' the penitentiary. Moore; went to Lyons OD last Saturday, the j 12th, leaving his wife aod two children ; at home and the Degro at work in the ; field. Mrs. Moore delayed the evening meal until after 8 o'clock, and. as her hus- ? baud was still absent, she concluded not to wait any longer. Just as she ; and the children sat down Gibbs came j in through the kitchen, and, noting the j vacant chair, asked if he could not sit j down with them. Mrs. Moore thought that the man was joking, and made some jocose re- j ply, when thc fellow repeated the re quest in a manner that indicated he j was in earnest, at the same time mov- ? ing toward the scat usually occupied by j Mr. Moore. Then Mrs. Moore told j bim he could not sit at the table with | the family. A quarrel ensued, which was cut short by Gibbs grabbing an axe and striking the woman on the head, killing her instantly. Mr. Moore returned just in time to see the the negro ruu- j ning away, but did not suspect any thing wrong until he had entered the j house. Then he gave the alarm, and ? pursuit was commenced and kept up ! till Sunday evening, when the murder- j er was caught about twelve miles from where he committed the murder. He was taken back to Lyons, arriv- j ing between 10 and ll o'clock at night, j By this time public feeling was highly ! incensed. A crowd secured chains, i tied the negro to a post oak sapling. ; and, tearing down an old dry house, j made a funeral pyre around him. j Then, saturating the wood with coal j oil, a match was applied, and the wretched murderer was soon burned to j death. Mauled for his "Freshness."! Quite a sensation was caused in the treasury department in Washington the ; morning of the 12th by a lively set-to I between one of the clerks and an out- j sider. Between 9 and 10 o'clock a j stranger asked a doorkeeper where bc j could find John T. Cramer Ile was j directed to room No. 22, fourth auditor's j office. He proceeded there and in an- | swer to the summons Cramer came iuto j the corridor. With but two or three j preliminary remarks the stranger i knocked Cramer down, kicked bim and ; handled him pretty severely generally, j scattering blood all around. He was ? prevented from doing further damage by a messenger. The watchman was ; called, aud the stranger was taken to ; the Twelfth street station-house. He j gave his name as John R. l?isdou, gro- ; cor, and stated that Cramer had used j his influence to obtain a position on thc I extra force in the internal revenue j bureau for his (Risdou's) sister-in-law ; ! that Cramer then addressed letters to i the lady asking her to meet him at ! night. These were shown to Risdon, j who proceeded to take summary von- j geance in the manner described. He said his sister-in-law didn't want to see ! Cramer, but he (Risdon) did. He I gave collateral at thc station-house and j was released. Risdon returned to the j treasury department at noon, and laid j before Secretary Folger the letter re- j ferrcd to. The Secretary immediately ! wrote a letter to the fourth auditor or- I dering Cramer's dismissal. Silk Cannon. The "leather" guns of old, barrels of leather bound with iron hoops, aro ! to find an imitation in cannons of silk j and steel. A German inventor pro- ? poses to wrap a steel tube with silk until a diameter is attained correspon- j ding with the ballistic power which i is required for the cannon. Fur | any given diameter silk.possesses a j tenacity as great as that of the best \ tempered steel und lias the advantage of a superior elasticity. After the tube has been made it is centered up- ; on a lathe winch turns with a great i velocity. Above and parallel with j thc tube are arranged a number of; spools of silk, which cover the sur- : face in a form of a helix, bv means of; guides, without leaving any space be- j tween the threads. When the desir-j ed thickness has been obtained, thc i silk is coated with gutta percha or : hardened caoutchouc, in order to pre- ! serve it from air and dampness. The j silk being a bad conductor of heat, j the gun can be fired very often with- j out getting hot, and it is stated that ; it. can be more easily managed, since j its weight is only one-third as great j as if it only were ofsted. Prof. N. Joly, of the Faculty of j Sciences at Toulouse, Fiance, thus ? briefly sums up his conclusions concern- ! ing the orginal homes of domestic aol- ; mais: 'The Eastern origin of certaiu i species now domesticated among us is j open to no manner of doubt. Such are, | for example, the pea cook, a native of j india: the common pheasant, brought! from the banks of thc Pbasis after the i expedition of the Argonauts ; the c<>ck ; perhaps ; and the silkworms cultivated 1 in China for nearly 3,000 years. A ; few animals only come to us from Africa i The guinea fowl, the canary, and per- ; haps also thc the ferret, :ire install?es, j Others, lastly, have been imported from ? America at a comparatively recent j epoch. Those are the guinea pig, th?; turkey, thc musk (lucie (improperly j termed the Barbary duck,) iii?* Canada ! goose and thc cochineal from Nepal. ? To Iva rope belong, in our opinion, thc j dog, the cat., the horse, the as-, the ? pig, the ox, the goat, the sheep, thc j rabbit ; among birds thc pigeon thc ; common fowl, the duck, the common j goose, the swan ; aud among insects the j bec.' - mnm - 'James, my son, take this letter to the postoifice and pay the postage for it.' j The boy James returned highly elated i aud said : 'Father, I seed a lot. of meu putting letters in a'little slit of af hole, and when no one was looking 11 slipped yours in for nothing.' What Oar Editors Say. Palmetto Yeoman. We clo not believe in thc permanent retention of office by any man or set of men. Tito occasional infusion of new blood in every department nf government is wholesome and neces? sary. But our officers should have a four years term anyhow to make the positions worth holding, secure the highest degree of official efficiency and avoid the frequent repetition of exciting j political contests. Therefore we ac quiese in the proposition to re-elect all of ! the present executive officers of our . State without contest or disturbance, j Two years hence it will bc time for a new deal and ja general change, and we ought | to have it then regardless of thc line of promotion. Wilmington Star. The effort to get the tax on wool restored failed in the House hy a vote of 119 to 126 nays. Mr. Hurd, an able man from Ohio, discussed the sub? ject at length. He gave expression to a sentiment that was received with great applause on the Democratic side. Said he: 'For one, I don't care that the party to which I belong shall come into power unless it shall bc to give freer trade to the people, a better investment to eapi ital, larger wages to the laborer, ned j greater glory to the American name.' ! Let the Democrats in Congress stick to that text through evil and good re? port. Mr. Morrison slated that the wool question would bc considered when the Tariff caine up which he proposed should bc on the 15th of April. Jury Exemptions. Pct Dec Ind tx. We see it stated that thc committee appointed to ascertain into the causes which led to the recent riot, in Cin? cinnati and to make sugesti?n* to prevent its recurrence, among other things suggest that, there are too many j legal exemptions for jurors; that for I one cause or another many of thc best. ! citizens of the city of Ciucinnatti are ! exempt from sitting as jurors. Tor sometime we have entertained the same view in reference to the legal exemption of jurors in our State, and the recent term of Court has confirmed this view By law. township, assessors, school trustees and other similar officers are exempt. The school trustees and township assessor-, three of each to each township, in Marion County makes I one hundred and eight exemptions. These citizens arc selected fer their fit? ness to discharge, the duties of these positions and are generally tho most intelligent citizens. Thus it will be seen that by legal exemption one hun? dred and eight of the best citizens of the couuty do not Mt on juries, and thc } benefit of their intelligence and expc- | rience is lost in settling the grave { questions of life, liberty and property. Our opinion is that the laws exempt? ing her sons from sitting on iuries should be repealed and those appointed to the positions named abovj should be paid for their services. Selection of Conrmon School Teachers. Abbeville Press and Banner. A State exchange announces that, trie Public School of thc County in which it is published, will close this month, because the school funds are exhausted. It is said that this exhaustion, at so early a period of thc year, is not be? cause the amount apportioned to the county was less than the usual amount but because of the large number of teachers employed. This statement is suggestive of the criminal indi {Terence with which important public trusts are discharged. It is not probable that there was a necessity for every teacher em? ployed, and it is less probable that ali who were employed were qualified for the responsible duties of thc position. Does it follow that because an appli? cant is able to answer certain questions propounded, that he or she is fit to be entrusted with the duties incident to a school-room-even though it be a public school ? or is it that a public school ? differs from a private school in so much that, those who would be considered totally unfit tor duty in the latter, may be employed in thc former. The public school differs from the private only iu the matter of paying the teach? er; the one by private funds, thc ] other out of thc public treasury. ! but docs that authorize thc employ? ment of any and everybody iu the public schools, without regard to their integrity of character, and moral worth V j Tito pupils to be taught in each are the | snme; they are tho children of thc j country who are to become its tueu and j women, and to be charged wit.ii thc j responsible duties of citizenship, j There is, in reality, another difference i between thc two, of very grave charac? ter. In tiie private school tho pupil has the watchful eye and solicitude of the parent attending his instruction; every parent is a special commissioner, not, for the purpose of disbursing funds only, ? <. tin: teacher, 'nut for th'* infi? nitely higher purpose of noting the character and quality of instruction imparted to the pupil, by cnctuple, as well as precept. Together they form a board of trustees tinder whose super- j vision, tiie welfare i/f every chi!?] is j cared f"r; hut in the oublie school this j duty liv.* principally \vir!i thc county j Hoard of examiners, with whom the ! responsihlity rest.- in a greni measure, j They are the public guardians, and j execute their trust solely through thc teachers whom they com mission lo teach. Is the selection of a common school teacher, then a matter of trifling importance? Should not the same . j utilities, toonil ami intellectual, he re? quired for thc tue, that >s ile tn and ed for tlie ('tiler ? Ought children to have ! preceptors iti the public schools who j would not. be tolerated in the private: and yet, what hoard of examiners have ever enacted a mural standard, and made it a qualification for the common j school teacher V Will it bc contended | that this is not tho province of the board, but only to examine into the in? tellectual fitness of the applicant. Then why apply a different rule to thc teacher of a private school. Vv hy en- j danger thc moral safety of a neigh- j bur's child in the public school when it ' would not be done willingly in tbe private? There is an increased weight of responsibility attending every public trust, and he who undertakes to dis? charge it ought to rise to the full height of that responsibility ; if it is but a pri? vate matter, its neglect hurts himself only ; but if a public trust is neglected it hurts others. We contend that no persons ought to receive a certificate as a teacher of a public school who does not produce convincing festimo- | niais of a correct moral character and of integrity. It is certainly within the province of the examining board, and it is no less certainly the demand of the public safety. Erecting such a stan? dard would greatly diminish thc num? ber of successful applicants, out of the greedy throng who rush to the public j treasury for support A low estimate j of official responsibility entails heavy public grievances : in thc case alluded ? to in this art?cele, it closed the schools of the county. They Stopped a Thief. William Garrison is an employee of the oil works at Bergen Point. Jere? miah Hathaway of Pittsburgh, a friend of his, is paying him a visit. On Sat? urday night they came to New York to spend the evening with a friend who lives in Third avenue, near 12Gth street. It was mi ?night when they left their friend's house. They walked down Third avenue. When they were between 124ih and 123d streets a mon came running around the corner of the latter street, and ran toward them at full speed. Ile was hatless. The next iustant another man turned the corner of the street He was evidently in cager pursuit of the hatless man, for he cried out : 'Stop him ? Stop him ! He's got my pocketbook V Garrison and Hathaway headed off thc flying man and seized him. He pleaded with them to let him go, de? claring that his pursuer had robbed him of his watch and was chasing him to secure his pocketbook. That a man who had been robbed should be wildly flying, with the robber in close pursuit seemed too unlikely a story to the cap? tors of the alleged robbed man, and they held him until the pursuer came up, panting from his run. 'This man has got my pocketbook !' exclaimed the latter. 'Please huid him until I get it.* In spite of the protests of the hatless man and his emphatic declarations that the other man had robbed him, the two captors held him until the pantiog in? dividual had taken a wallet from one of his trousers pockets. 'There it is. you scoundrel !' said the panting individual. 'Gentlemen, you have donc me a great favor, and I thank you. Now that I have my prop? erty I run satisiid. You may let the rascal go.' The lenient gentleman walked hur? riedly down the avenue for a short dis? tance, and then breaking into a sharp run, disappeared Thc two friends released tba man they had captured. Without a word he started on a run after tho man who had recovered the wallet. Supposing that he intended to make another offert to secure the plunder he had lost, Garri? son and Ilat.hway ran after him to ren? der any aid that* might bc necessary to prevent the robbery. When they crossed 128d street they saw thc man who had recovered the wallet standing under the gaslight on the corner of 122d street. His pursuer joined him, and the two disappeared together in the cross street. Garrison and Hathaway thought that was an exceedingly strange proceeding. When they reached thc stairs at the next elevated railway sta? tion, and Garrison found that his pock? etbook containing ?v30 was gone, and Hathaway discovered that his gold watch was missing, the proceeding dui not. seem so strange.-Neic York Sun. She Showed Her Ticket. Tho gates at the passenger depots which sont out all people not having tickets for the train were yesterday closed at the Union depot against an elderly woman wearing spectacles and using an umbrella for a cane. "Can't, pass without a ticket," said the man at the gate as she came up. "1 want to see if there's anybody on that train going to Port Huron," she answered. "Can't pass without a ticket, mad? am. " "Pvc got a daughter in Port Huron, 1 have."' "Can't help it, please. My orders are very strict." ?'I tell you I want to send word to my darter !" she exclaimed, ad just? ing her spectacles for a better view of the official. "Yes, but wc can't help that, you see. Please show your ticket." "I want this 'ore railroad to under? stand that I've got a darter in Port Huron, and she's got a baby four weeks obi. Mini Pm going to send her up word in spite (d' all tho gates in this depot !" "Please show your ticket, madam." | 1 "I tell you once more-" "Please show your ticket, madam.'1 She gave thc old umbrella a whirl ! and brought it down <>n his head with nil the vim (d' an old-fashioned log raising, und as lie staggered aside, j sin? passe?! him and said : "ThereVmy ticket, sir. and Pvc | gol more behind it ! M ebbe a man | ' and gate can stop mo from sending ' word to my chiller to grease the ba- j . br's nose with mutton tallow if thc weather changes cold, but 1 don't be-? I ie ve it. '"-Raihcju Aa*. .Yen say that Mr. Smith gave you twenty dollars for ol?Vciatiog at his wed? ding, mil Mr. Brown only gave you two dollars?' saiil tho wife of a clergy? man tn IHM- husband. 'Yes.' he replied. 'That, seems very strange.1 continued the lady ; 'Mr. Smith is a clerk ou a | 1 small salary, while Mr. Brown, I have 1 always understood, is a very wealthy | man 'Ile is, my dear, but this is the sec- j 1 ond time Mr. Brown has been married.' i When it is cold without and scold within, the married man has a rough ? time seeking comfort. Was it a Miracle ? Dorins the gale last wee):, when :hc terri Se forest fires swept over our iounr.y with tho fury of a demon, de? stroying almost every inflammable irticle in iheir way, several churches ?oem to have escape.1, the flames as if by divine interposition. Antioch Church is surrounded by heavy pine forests, and just before the fire reaehed the immediate vicinity of the church it divided and went around it, joining together on the opposite side and sweep? ing on with its former fury, leaving the church untouched. At Mount Zion, above Camden, the Elames acted in almost ? similar man? lier, passing close around the church, but harming nothing. At Pine Tree Church the fires passed '. under and around the building, burning j 5traw, wood and lumber around it, but j doing no injury to tue church. At Sandy Grove the fire w^nt'through j tho church yard, burning all the fenc- ! lng, railing and sheds around it and the ; cemetery adjoining the church, but ! lid no injuury to the church itself. Do not these incidents look like the | work of a kind Providence itself in I saving the churches from destruction?! What have the doubters to say about I it ?-Camden Journal. State Press Association There was a meetiug of thc Execu- j :ive Committee, also of a special com- j nittee of the State Press Association at i ,he Grand Central Hotel in Columbia last j ?reek. Present, Hon. T. B. Crews, of! he Laureusville Herald. President of j :he Association, Hugh Wilson, of thc I Abbeville Press and Banner, L. M. j inst, of thc York ville Enquirer, T, } tl. Clark, of thc Camden Journal, ll. j FI. Greneker. Jr., of the Newberry j Sews, and Frank P. Beard, of the! Kershaw Gazette. The object of the j neeting was to select a place for the ! lext meeting of the Association, and ' Uso to fix the time of the meeting. \ Charleston was selected as the place, j md about, the middle of May as the ?nie. Messrs. Crews, Clark and j Beard wfre appointed a committee to j nake the necessary arrangements, and j hey left for Charleston thc next morn- j ng in discharge of their duty. Food for the Sick. As much depends on the food of: pour patient as on medicine. If one | aver learns the light value of food j ind drink it is over a sick person, \ when the processes of strength and ; growth alter with a few spoonfuls j more or less of the right kind of nour- j ishment, and you feel the pulse sink j under your linger for want of the \ 3rauglit of beef tea, or sip of wine and ! milk, which keeps the Hutten ng- j strength alive. M a nj* a patient in a J fair way of recovery has bern lost for j .i want of food to restore the lost vjtali- j ty. You need to learn much to cater ? for the sick : to give fever patients ! lemons, acid jellies-not fiuit jellies made with sugar-but gelatine flavor-j ?d with wine and a breath of spice, i little piquant soups, a few spoonfuls j ;>f which revive one so much, and j which the system absorbs as a sponge ; iiiuka water, almost, apple pulp j scraped with a silver knife, or the.juice | from the ripest of strawberries, given irop by drop, together with barley j water made in the good old way with j lemon-juice and sugar candy, and j calves foot jelly, blandest and most blissful of foods. Nervous and weak- j y patients who need building up \ require strong broths without a drop j A fat in them, savory roast chicken, j ?artie and such essence of meat as ive j ?et by putting five or six pounds of I the neck or shoulder of beef in ? stone ! [ar, covering tight without one drop j jf water and baking in a moderate j >ven two hours. The jar will be found half-full of the richest gravy j which is the very thing to build up j nerves and brain. A cupful of this '. gravy heated scalding hot, with a ? fresh egg dropped in, and toasted j oatmeal crackers, is a very hearty j mea! for an invalid. But remember, j :il! food for a sick person must be the j freshest best quality, for anything j stale or injured which a healthy sys- ? Lem might get over will hopelessly i derange a feeble one. Remember, : ilso, that if half the care were given j to the health of well people that we ? take to cure invalids, there would bc j very few sick. Humor the fancies of your patient all the doctor will allow, j If there is a craving for any one thing ? in particular, whether it is roast j chicken at midsummer when chickens ! ire scarce, or oranges out of season, : jrnava Jelly or velvet cream or white grapes, get that very thing if you can, uni say nothing about the trouble of j jetting it. That will worry all the j pleasure? out of a weak patient, when to gratify his taste may bc the turn- j lug point to health, lt is wholesome j [br people in this world to have their iwn way about their personal habits inyhow, sick or w<ll, always provided ; it does not interfere too much with tlte comfort ol'tithers, and to tho sick everything should give way. Lay ! this rule to heart.- [Vide Awake for April. j All Going Together. Little Nell- Oh ? 1 have such good : nows. Mamma and papa and 1 are all j Hoing to another city to live. Visitor--Indeed ! You amaze me. ,' What city is it ? < Little Nell-lt has such a funny . name, lt is called Harry, and it is an ! awful old city. Visitor-Oh 11 guess you heard tho natue wron--'. Little Nell-Oh ! no. ? didn't. It j was ai* tho breakfast-table. Pana told j mamma to gd to thc old Harry md mamma told papa to go there himself, j ind then 1 asked them to take me, and they didn't snv anything, but I know j they will -Philadelphia Gall. mm - Robert Byrd, of Marion, is a hero of ' throe wars. He served in the Florida j war. thc Mexican war, and the late war. in thc late war he was a gallant soldier and was severely wounded. Ile is now upwards of SO years old, poor and al-1 most helpless ' In His Element. They met on the crowded avenue iri^ front of the city hall. One was a yoan? man of about twenty-two, the other ? man about sixty years old. One lives in the northern part of the State, the other in the southern. Fate had brought them together. There was nothing cor? dial in their meeting. They didn't cry out 'Put it thar V and pOmp-handle each* other like a couple of old friends. On the contrary, the young man grew red m the face and breathed bard anrl stammered out: .Ten years ago I went ?o school td you V .Yes, yon did !' was the calm reply. .And one day you Hoked me almost tcf death for an offence cotnmitted bf another boy !' .Well, you were always ?tf need of ? licking.' 'And 1 swore.' continued the young, man, *aye, I registered a vow, that if ever I met you after I had grown up I would have my revenge ! Prepare to* be pounded to a lifeless mass V 'T'm prepared,' replied the o?d school? master, as he spit on bis hands, and in a minute the fun was raging. The young man rushed upon bim with a war whoop, but his nose struck some? thing and he fell down. H? got ?p and rushed again, and this time bc was flung down, rolled over, stepped on and left with a number of loose teefh and a' spitting headache. The police look him in, but when they came to h?ff? for the old man he Was across thc street trying to pin up a rent in hrs*" coot and saying to some of his friends f 'Ah ! it brings back all the merao ries of the old red school-house to get my hands on an unruly pupil in the first reader class again v' Kindlings in Paper Bags ?tc/ Calling one day by chance at the' humble but pleasant cottage of a co? worker of by-gone years, the writer was, welcomed to the 'Prophets' Chamber,' which we almost feared to enter on a cold night, after many chilling expe? riences in 'spare-rooms.' In this plain? ly but neatly furnished chamber is a small but ample stove, a box of pine wood behind it, a few hardy plants hy the window on an easily moved sup? port ; half a dozen inconspicuous but strong hooks or pins, very convenient for hanging up one's clothing on'wheri retiring, and so on. But the new thing to the writer was* found inside the wood-box. The paper bags brought from the grocers had beeri preserved, and some of these holding one to two quarts, were filled with shav- ; ings, bits of wood and chips, and the open ends twisted together, or tied with* a bit of thread. So on this cold morn? ing it was only necessary to spring ou6 of bed, place one of these filled bags iri the stove, throw in a few sticks of wood/ touch a match to the end of the bag, and back to bed again-all done in less than a miuutc. In quick time ? warm room was ready for dressing in eniire comfort. A dark enameled ket? tle on the stove, found ready filled, soon' changed the temperature of the half frozen water in pitcher and wash basin. Before leaving said room, we wrote this* item, partly in gratitude, but more for the beuefit of tidy housekeepers, who" desire a convenient mode of keeping kindlings in a chamber, or elsewhere/ without the usual litter.-Orange Judd, in Amer icon Agriculturists for 31 arch. A Serious Case. A violent ring at the door, and tho' doctor poked his head out of an upper window and demanded : 'What's* wanted ?' .For pity's sake, make haste/ came back the answer, 'lt's a case of death j I'm Mr. Simpson, and yo? are wanted at the house immediately!' The doctor closed the window, and tn about fifteen minutes later sauntered leisurely out of the front door and said : 'Ah, Simpson, your wife has another fainting spell I suppose?' 'No, no; worse than that. It's her little dog, her pet poodle. He's air rolled up with cramps.' .What?' shouted the now alarmed physician, 'her pet poodle sick? This is indeed serious. If she should die your wife wouldn't live a week.' And the two mon dashed madly up* the street.-Philadelphia Call. This is a boy's composition on girls; "Girls are thc only folks that always has their own way. Girls is of several thousand kinds, and sometimes one girl can be like several thousand girls* if she wants to do anything. This is all I know about girls, and my father says the less I know abottt? thom thc better.' 'Po I believe in love at first sight V said the Widow Monigirl ; 'of course I do. You saw how that Pasbington fellow hung around me the other even mg. That was a ca.se of love at 'first sight.' Indeed, he told me so; but the .first sight,.' I suspect referred to my bank account rather than to myself.' Boston Transcript. 'What are these for? asked a well-' dressed man of a jeweler, pointing to some elegant-silver cups on thc show? case. 'These are race cups, to be given as prizes to the best racer. 'If that's so suppose you and i race for one:' and the stranger with thc cup in his hand, started, and the jeweler after him. The stranger won the cup. -Detroit Post. Mamma (a widow of considerable personal attractions)-*l want, to tell you something. Tommy. You saw that gentleman talking to grandmamma in thc other room. Well, he is going Lo be your new papa. Mamma is going to marry him.' Tommy (who recollects something of the life bis old napa used to lead)-* D-d-does he know it yet, mamma?'-London Punch. .Your daughter? It is impossible! Why you look more like twin sisters.' 'No ; I assure you, she is my only daughter,' replied the pleased mother. And the polite old gentleman spoiled it ail by remarking : 'Well she certainly looks old enough to be your sister.' Rochester (A7!*7.) Post-Express.