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~? Itt" ItaS , inE SVMTE?; WATCHMAN, Established April, iS5?. "Be Just ana Fear act-Lot all tho Ern Consolidated At?. 2, ?S81.] SUMTER. S. C., TUES _ m_^ -, ?^MM^Mtaas,^. meiBBftgaaa isssmars._ -2Y THE Watchmaii and Sovtlirozt Pulliskhnj SUMTER, & C. TEI??3 : Two Dollars per annum - in advance. ADVK5TI8K.MKNTS. (Jae Square, first iusertiou.? I 00 ?very subsequent insertion. 50 ' Contracts io? three mont-hs, or longer will be made at reduced m?es. -" AttcommnuisttiotiS which subserve privat? ia teres? will bcch:ixged for as advertisements. ' Obiiuarics anet tributes of respect will be charged for. Marriage notices and notices of deaths pub Kshed-iree. For job work or contracts for advertising address Watchman and Southron, or apply at tbe Office, to N. G. ?STEKN, lousiness Mauager. TOE! Absolutely P This powder never varies. A uiarvel .br fiunty, strength and wliolesoroeness. More economical thau the ordinary kim?s, and can? not be S'??4 Tn competition with the multitude bflow test, short weight, alum or phosphate powders. Soldi/idy in cans. .ROY Ab RAK? ING PuWL>KUCU., lOo Wait-it., N. V. AND ?&S?C?LT?B?L Bili WILL HOLD TH Kill ?IFTE ?H1?AL FA?E .-ON THE 18th, ISth, 20th and 21st CnAS. II. MOISE, A Off 5 SECT Y & TIM-; A.S. TRADE AlARiC f/. RZC SSTC^ZD. A NEW TREATMENT for Coitsnmticm, Asthma, Bronchitis, Dyspepsia, Catarrh, flead'tche, l/cbilt 1^, Riiettmalisvi, Xevrttitjia, </7/(? Chronic and Nerants Disonlas. A CARD. Wc, the undersigned, having received great hod permanent benefit from the msc of ..COM? POUND OXYGEN/' prepared aud adminis? tered by I>ns. STARKEY & PAL.\.\, of Philadel- j phia, and being satisfied that, it is a nev. dis- I co very tn medici! science, and that is j claimed for it, consider ita ??u.?y which v.e ? ?we to tl?e roany thoosacds e. ii.? are st'STering j from-chronic and so-cstttd.-'i'uct.nible*' dio- j c?ses todo all that we eau to make i:.: viriucs i k'uown aud to inspire thc* public with cc,:.:';-! dence. 'We have personal knowledge of ??r?. Star .Icejk Palen. Ti?e\ are edut-aud. int-?i m. ? and conscient ions physicians, who v. ill ..:!, ? wc are sure, make any statc?:i which they j do not know or berke**t* to ? <. ?rv, ;-<?r pub-j lishany testimonials or reports o? cases which ? ?re not genuine. { WM. J). KELLY, M*mt*rr nf C'.>v<jr<-*s frvuft Phi?addjdtia. i T. S. AWI IT if. Editor and 2'ahashar uArfhwr*t ?Loan \ Magazin*. ' ' / 7. ii . rh l?. /. i i. V.L. CON?AD Ed'dor of i:/.?.'heran Observer,1 PhitMyhvi. PAILA OEuniu, PA., JUSS i, ?SS2. Tnordcrtomeetanatur.il inquiry in r( gard to our professional at:.: perso:::*.! gt and ing, and lo give increase?: confidence in < :r : statements ?nd in the-geauines: of on? tesli- ! inonialsaud reports ol* cases, we ??:??:?: 'he! above card froiu. gentlemen v.: ! and known and of the hiebest ? .?.....? ona! .' Out "Tfcat?eon^Jvnri<atwi Or J . '' faining a history of the discovery c;f and j mode of action of this remarkable eu ral i ved agent, and a large record of surprising C?JP S ; ?n CoDsnniption. Cat? rr h. 5ettr:itgia, tir?n; :.?- : tis, Asthma, etc., and a wide range of Chron- ! ie diseases, will be sen'/rec. Address Hrs. STARKEY & PALEN. j 1109 & UH GirardStreet, pft?udel?.i,i<., l'a. i " A DESIRABLE BESl?EH?E j AWELL SITUATED KAUM ofone hun- j dred and tea acres, about sixty clean .:. ? Situated one mite from Sumter <*. ?'.. S. I A beautiful grove of live oaks mound thc j dwelling, with well and fine Spring of water. *TeroJ3 accoiuraodati:i<r. Applv to July 15__A. WiliTEv A ?rent. FOR 8AL?. j THAT DESIRABLE SIX-Rt ?' ?*' iM>USE, j with all the necessary &??!-??u??di?gs, : situated on Church Street, opposite thc rcsi .uenceof Col. J. H. Mari--, where ? nov. resid . j Fine ehade trce^, fruit trees, -*.:?d nz r,ood : water as can be four?!. All large rooms ; hou?e newly painted, ;.:?d \ lot contains about three acres ol ta nd. Centrally located io Schools. Churches and j business. Terms reasonable. A rarechance for pur- ? Chasers. Possession given at an*. . IK'J. WINN : Joly 29. ! FOR 8A.LE. I^VNE TWETT-KO?SE POAYE?? EN'C?NE ] \J and Saw Mill complete, also two ?'??'ty Saw Gins and Power Press. Will make lil?- j eral terms to good parties. For information ? call 00 or address ! J. RYTTEXBEItG k SUNS, Jul/ 25_Sumter, S. G. FOR 43 A LE. j ?39 SAW COTTON GIN, manufactured j I by E. J. McCreight k Son, of Cam- ? , S, C. Will sell cbciip for cash. Apj.lv I to E. W. IlABBS, " . Agent, j A LITTLE HA>TB. Thine is a lillie hand A tiav Huh? band Bot 2:' it clasn With timid grasp Mine owe, ah .' me: i ?veli can understand Thc pressure ol' that Ihtle band ! Thine is a Hille mouth A very little mon?b Dut oh ? what bliss To steal a kiss, Sweet as the honeyed zephyrs of thc South, From that ?ame rosy little mouth 1 Thine is a little heart A lit Lit: ?alieriag heart Vet ii is wann And pure a ?J ?I calm. And ?ores tue will: its whole untutored art, That palpitating lillie henri! Thou arta little girl - Only a little giri Ve? art thoa worth Tiic weat di of earth Diamond and ruby, sapphire, gold and pearl To me. thou blessed little girl ! Bill A rp on tho Negro. " I was riding along on the railroad the other day, we stopped at a station and a colored 'scurscbioa' g<>t on and settled down all around mc- They were well dressed and well behaved, but when the conductor came along after tickets two of {heat hud no tickets and no money. He stopped the train in thc woods and put them oil. ? was sorry fer thc rascals, for they did want to go so bad. I asked some of tho crowd why they dident loud thew some money, and they showed their pearly teeth and said : Wc know dcm niggers ; day nobber pay bael:. Dcm nigger's like a broke bank - dey owes everybody now. I>ey just tryin' to siip and slide along, tiuk de conductor no find 'ctn. You know, boss, dar is always some sheep among de goats/ Well there are, and sometimes t think the darky expressed it righi though nc dident mean it. T?tere arc a power of gouts in this sublunary world, and if it was not for a few sheep scattered, society and law and order would bc in a bad fis Dut I like thc nigger. ? like him better than ? did ten years ago. I can look back and remember what he was soon after thc war, and ? am satisfied he ts improving Ile works better and is more respectful. ile has almost ijttii politics and settled down to his natural condition. 1 don't know so well about thc towns and cities, but the country niggers ure doing very well where they are raised up with white folks in the right proportion. Most all negroes are good natured, and love to depend cn the white man, but the white mau, mast treat thom fairly and kindly and set like he was not only a master but a friend. The negro is conscious oi his inferiority and is con? ten? with it. Re likes, a man who orders him around in a dignified way hotter than the mau who puts himself on an equality with him. Thc white man was born to command and the negro knows if.. Tho white man ranks him, and rank is a thing recognized and submitted to everywhere, .and has been in all ages, and it is right. Hank is the safeguard of thc social circle. I rank some folks and some folks rank me, and wc arc all happier and feel more at ouse in our own circles than in those above us. I was once invited to a part y in a fashionable city, and there were distinguished gentlemen t?tere and splendid ladies, ami I put on my very best behavior, and??ifter while a lady friend called me out on thc verandah and laughingly toid mc that the hos? tess, a lovely and accomplished lady, said to her : "Oh, my dear, I feel so much relieved, for 1 dident. know Mr Atp and was afraid he was rough and common, and wouldeut know how to behave in this elegant company, but 1 find him to be a perfect gentleman.' You see they ranked me and ! knew it, but I came out pretty we'd. When 1 tdd Mrs. Arp about it site said : * Well, t dont wonder at ir, for you write so much foolishness the people who dont know us think wc are all crackers.' Then she looked away off, and added ; 4But I dont care. I know what you aro, and its nobody's business. We ran ??ave gentlemen here as well as there. Some folks dont know a gentle? man when they soe him.* 'i?ut you do. my dear,' said i. 'You always did. You hud that knowledge away buck yonder, and that is thc rcasuu you _? 'Nevermind that now,' said she; 'that will do. The best of us arc mis? taken sometimes.' And she resumed .her work. Thc negro is a good invention, and he wi?i continue to be good as long as he L a ..<?;';.;>. V? hen they try toad bim up with a hifalutin education and make a white mau of him, he becomes a new creature and a purdie nuisance. Thc colored colleges ur?; tm iling otu a j smart set every year, but where are ih<:j, and what are the}' doiitg 1 The men arc vagabonds, and Inc ?omen aro - well, ask anybody who knows. A mau said to mc not long ago that thc fact that the negro was capable of a high order of education was proof enough i that they ought to have it. There was an educated hog exhibited in Home some vcars ago, and ?iee,uh! spell your name with card-, at;?: tedi the time of j day on a walch. Bo I suppose we ought to set up ali the hogs in a school ; house. 'Now, thc negro is a distinct creation of the tilmighty, ;tud hus original trulls and instinct: as ali the unmixed nations have. lie loves li present g<?od, and has no morbid desire to accumulate riche.:. Unlike tko white man be rare? ly cheats or swiudlesanybody. Cheating swindling, overreaching, deceiving i. thc sin of our race- tho foundation,of al! the civil suits iu our courts-bat the negroes dont do it. They arel more sinned against than si nain'-' in that regard. The white e.:an Will steal on a large seale if he is mean enough to steal at all. The more he gets the better j satisfied ho is. Uat thc negro wont. He wouldent rob a bank. If he found a pocketbook with n big roll of money in it ho would take it to some white mau ; but he wilt pick up little things like a chickeu, or a bushel of corn, or a dollar, or a breastpiu with a serene and peaceful conscience. ?Smai! pilfer? ing is the extent of hts capacity and the extent of his inclination. When my darky finds a hen's nest and brings me half thc egg^I thank Lim. Whoa our cook Lides awaya little Hour Mrs Arp shuts her eyes and says uotbing, for it hurts their feelings so bad to bc aroused when they aro gullly. But for hard work, corrected work, humbie work, who could take their places on thc farms and on thc drays, and thc steamboats and the railroads? Who would do the white man's bidding with so little murmuring and so much cheerfulness ? Thc negro is still aa im? portant factor in our southern homes and southern industries, and I hope he will remain, ile is grafted on to the southern tree. Oilier nations have seen transplanted, and live and pros? per. Tho Jews, like thc mistletoe, fasten and feed upou every tree, but they have preserved their habits, their religion and their nationality. Thou let thc negro alone My faith is: that a wise I'residence will take care of him and of us. BILL ? KP. Keeping Fruit Witiiout Cans. In our issue of July l?th, says thc Prairie Farmer, wc published a com? munication from thc editor of the Sharon (Mass.) Advocate, describing a simple process of keeping fruits in bowls and ether ?-pen for /csscls, simply covered with thc unglazed cotton, such as is purchased in the stores rolled in blue poper, as follows : 'Directions : Usc crocks, stone butter jars, or any other convenient dishes. Prepare and cook the fruit precisely as tor canning in glass jars: fill your dishes with thc fruit while it is yet hot, and immediate? ly cover with cotton batting securely lied on. Remember that ali putrefac? tion is caused by the invisible creatures in the air. Cooking tho fruit expels all these, and as they eau not pass through cotten batting, 'he fruit thus protected will keep an indefinite period. Tho writer of this has kept berries; cherries, plums, aud many other kinds of fruit for two years with no cover save batting on the jars.' [As previously stated, if fruit can thus be unfailingly kent, it is a matter cf great interest. Wc Cnd in the Sha rou Advocate of July 25th, our ar? ticles and remarks copied, and the fol? lowing editorial remarks, which are confirmatory of tho previous statements, and we advise at least a limited trial of; the process by our readers. We will : not discuss tho theory of thc method, j which is of less ita mediate importance : than the practical outcome. Mr. Wiekes 'This subject is of such importance to tbo public, and so little understood, taut wc again refer to it. Brother Judd, Iviitor of tho Fratrie Farmer, is no doubt correct in supposing that the preservation of fruits in tightly sealed cans results from tho exclusion of the oxygen of the air. Wc suppose, however, that depriving the Bacteria of oxygen deprives thom of life, as no : auimal lifo can exist without it. Pro- j fesser 'lyndall demonstrated several j years ago that ail putrefaction was ! caused by the Bacteria in the air, and \ could be prevented by enclosing tito ar- j tiele in cotton batting. 'The published results of Tyndall's j experiment fell under the c\c of Dr. ; Chase, an eminent physician of Thom- : aston, Matoo, and he at once saw its : practical value. At his suggestion, ? Mrs. Chase put up several gallons of Damson plums in stone pois with but little sugar, the jars being only covered with cotton batting. Thc plums kept perfectly, until opened one and two years afterward Mrs. Chase told thc result to the editor of the Advocate, and and we have for three years put up ber? ries in the sante way. and never had a jar fail to keep. Last year we opened in the presence of several people, ajar of blueberries that had been put up just two years, and feund them in nice or? der. To Professor Tyndall belongs the honor of the discovery, and to Mrs. Chase the honor of being the first to make a practical use of it. Wo desire to make so useful a matter known to tito genera! public, and we only claim ! to have been thc first to publish thc directions.' How to Euio Hen. 'I think if women only knew how sweet and lovely they arc and hov? much they can do with men they would pay more attention to their personal cultivation than they do. Why, if a woman only gees about it right she can do anything with a man, and make him conform to her ideas in every particu? lar. She has tact, skill, talent, beauty, refinement, and comLiue her intuition vvitb her fascinating powers,-she can change his politics, reform his religious ideas, alter the whole course of hts life, and shape his career to suit herself, j But she must not L?c foal, ? can tel! i \ <>u. nor must she forget for an instant j thc art and iinesscc by which she rules. ; 'Man is at bes? a brusque, selfish, < impulsive creature; full of conceits and : vagaries, and anxious to rule and cen- ; hoi. lie has strength and he wants to use it : ho bas creative faculties and ; lives to execute.. But whatever ho i. he looks to woman ?or his pleasures^ . and ??.<.. one who can idease him eau ; rule hi; : I do with Him what^he will. A woman is young nut:: tvventy iive, and ; mat; v. tain; his youth ten ; years longer, but after that there is j nothing live for but home. Life lias . .<;: ; tts zest, and there is no charm !U . thc t<-}.-> and amusements ol yesterday. J iou roust admit that a vvomau ta rries j fi ir convent" ncc. She wants a home, protection, immunity from labor and the delights of companionship. "\o\v, ?? niau makes this home, il he stands , between her and danger, if he cou tri? bu ?es t!;<- best, interests of hi* life f-.-r her maintenance, he certainly Ls en ti--i lied to his reward, ile wents his home beaut i & <?. ?licil with ;'.i<i;<; ; ;:;;'i *:.?>?'! einer: he wants to be pi tied, admired, i respected, encouraged and loved. ?le i wants to be king, in .-bert. 'Oh, yes, you may say pi tting is ali , nonsense, but just let me tell you that you arc mistaken, and ii thc husband cannot get that loving affection at home he will will get it some place else, j Caresses can bc bought like every other | luxury. 'A wife must be a sweetheart all her ? life. She must never get too old to be : charmin;:. She roust cultivate a sweet temper and an ailable manner, and her only anxiety tn**;' bc a dread of cifexd in:: her husband. Another !o;::g: sarcasm won't work, it ban u?:? audou title offense in thc home circle, st ntl, r.o matter how pertinent it may be, a wo? man cannot aiford ever to say a harsh word to thc man she loves. .Beautiful ? No woman need he any? thing eise. If she has a poor corn pi ax? ion, there arc powders and cosmetics that defy detection ; she can have beau? tiful eyelashes and eyebrows ; no mat? ter how poor and coarse her hair is, it can bc remarkably well kept and KO be? comingly arranged as to bc admired ; the most irregular teeth can bc polished like so many pearls, and clean toe!h and sweet breath are not sc. common as to be despised : white hands and tapering, polished nails will atone for a very iii shane of hand. What it* the feet arc largo, if they aro well shod 7 it the figure ;s poor, it can bc so clcau, so healthy looking and so delicately per? fumed that your very presence will bo wholesome and refreshing, and, I iel! you, clothes make thc refinement that belongs to a lady or gentleman. In? deed thc raiment is typical of much that is within. If nature I?as meagerly be? stowed her charms, that is thc very reason why a woman should have re? course to art. If she cannot shine in music, pain laing or thc sciences, she can become a pleasant if not a brilliant talker. She can read and observe and bc an authority on current literature, and if she will but study thc why and wherefore of things and the very host points in her friends, she can make for herself a circle that will bc thc very envy of her prettiest competitor. ?For instance, we will suppose she is invited to a theatre or a concert. Let her procure a programme in advance and make a study of the play, the actors, the music, ur thc artists. Let her have some interesting matter io talk about. The gentleman goes to the expense of thc entertainment and hus a right to expect that the lady bc has favored will snow her appreciation in some way. 'Natural? Oh, I hate natural peo? ple ? They arc rude, curt, heedless and presumptuous. I like people to antici? pate my pleasures. 1 like to hear them say pretty things, to use pretty lan? guage, and to acquire. pretty manners. One need not necessarily bc a hypo? crite, but if there is any cindee I prefer thc polite hypocrisy of thc French to the rude candor of thc l-ritons.' - ----t rJC-*- -o-^? -ge i ? - - Eaeli Pounded a Tempor?neo Society, Judge William Carter, of Sheboygan, Michigan, and Judge Caswell Marks, of Selma, Alabama, were beth natives of Lexington, Kentucky. In boyhood they had jammed the same cat's head into thc same milk pitcher, stolen peaches from the same tree, got trounced by thc rame farmers, and were otherwise enviously intimate friends, afterward chums at college and then errand boys iii thc same of??cc. Later in life they parted, and rose to sublime honors in their separate places. Last January they met for the first time since their parting, iu Lexington, and brewed a convivial, bowl in honor of the event. About midnight, full of af? fection and enthusiasm, they retired in the same bed. It was a huge affair, standing in the middle of the room, and capable of being drawn up by ropes to tim coiling while thc room was being cleaned. It was a very cold night, and they placed their clothing upon thc foot of the bcd. Just after they fell asleep four friends entered softly, drew the bed by the ropes nearly to the ceiling, and left them thus suspended about ten feet from thc fiouf. They then locked the door outside and retired. At o A. ?d. Judge Carter woke with that species of thirst which usually comes after Kentucky punch and tech? nically known as dtot coppers.' Leap? ing lightly out of bed to get tito ice pitcher, ho wont, whirling down ten feet, alighting with a soul-stirring tl:ump on ali fours. There was a long and painful ptiu^e. Then he peered upward through thc darkness and called : ?Caswell !' [Nu reply.] .O Caswell !' [Feeble cri.'S. 1 .Ouz!1 'i'm: - um?-what V Thc judge was awakening. 'I've .fallen through a trap," yelled thc now affrighted judge ; 'got up and light a candle.' 'Where are you?1 queried Judge Carter, sleepily, framing his opinion thal his honorable brother was drunk. 'j-<r,vn herc. WW through a trap. Don't. ?fet out on my side of the 'oed.' 'Alfright.' And Judge Marks sitting out on lus own side, turned three somersaults and landed <>n thc small of his back, l?oth were now convinced that they had fallen iuto a den of thieves, and were possibly to bc murdered. Tho jokers bad closed the heavy wooden shutters so no light could etiler and remove', all the fur: i-ure. Tho judges groped around on hands and hm nearly frozen to death, ?nd only a: daybreak discovered the bed. climbed into i; and go' warnt cuough to talk thc tiling over. There VvX i erdec ; :i! y tw-~ temperance sooicti' .' started undi t glorious aasph :.-. Thu headquarters of one isa: Sch;.a, tl... other at Shcboyg; u. Cultivated Carp. ti encrai Paul (}u aft! oban tu o| [,..< vil!<\ ]j. dingtet; County, has wt itt-::: ry inc Pi.-ii Commissioner that bis experi? ence ?his \i::ir in earp culturo has beets crowned wi'h completo suoee-o, !!.' lins two ponds wv!I stocked with r-nall fry, fro:;; A to 4.1 inches bv.:g. which ho (nm catch J::.M-.; rapidly with ;i U< ok than nny other kind he ever ii. hod for. upper pond has no oilier-fish but thc scale earp, which were IA to li indies long when ho received them in rien nary, l88o, and by tho following I>oecmber they had grown to bc lo and 15 inches long, when they were trans? ferred to thc second pond. In April last they spawned and tiow thc ponds are alive with young carp. In tho io war pond he has some mirror carp. Paris claims to be thc cleaned cr ty :u thc world Want, Our Editors Say. Tho Wirrir.- of Politics, A~;zc5 Courier: Ben. Butler, it seems to us, is get? ting a great deal more attention from tho press and p^?kieians taaa ho ::. worth. L^fore tho Chicago Conven? tion he managed, by dint of brazen lying, to create tho impression ia many cuar? tera that he was a PrcsiJcut-i-il possi? bility. iL: never had the ghosf cf a chance of getting th;; Democratic nomi? nation. Now, he prancing around New aork -JU'] Washington irving io I make people believe that the chances ; of the eaarpaign are ii: some mysterious ; way io hinge i:po:: the nial o? his hab? ! Lea.'] andtho glance cf his crooke: oyo. There is nothing ii! it. lt is not of thc slightest co?i?c?"iaej?ce what Bec. i>atler nifty do, or fail to do. Cleve? land docs not need his help and can can alford to iaagh at his opposition. Tito Popular Demand for a Chango. Columbia Resister. Tho Domination of Clo relaid und riendricks has been received with ap? proval ia ali parts of the country, ana this approval eames not or.ly from Dem? ocrats, but fron: thc honest and indepen? dent dement of thc Republican party. Tho liJainc ticket is regarded by the best raes of thcliepublicau party as being utterly unworthy of their support, arid the truth is being every day made apparent that tho conservative senti ment of thc country is steadily towards a chango of National Administration There was only wanting the opportuni? ty for such a sentiment to express itself, and now ila opportunity has como. At the close oi Lue war the It? publican party stood high in the confidence of tho couti try; it had tho prestige of successful conduct of.? great war, and if it could have maintained that pres? tige it would have been even yet invin? cible. Jiu- year after year it has added corruption'...to corruption, until it now only continuos in power by sufferance, j and now the people are losing patience and will no longer bo stayed ni their purpose to reform thc adm i hist ration by placing it in newer and cleaner hands. Demoralization is one of the frequent fruits of victory, and mea drunken with success do u ?I know the meaning of moderation. So it has been with tho U-.-puhlican par'y. i . t. t now the moral seu>c of the helter men of that party has at last revolted against its corruptions and against tho dishonor of-thosc professing Ilepublican pnv.i pies, ii once a change is demanded and it is bound to como. A Very Bcd Snoring. M.,rulu<j S;>:r. Thc Republicans have had centro) of the country for twenty itiree 2.ca?>. During that time one ?>i the riva;, ai -.>;' panics occurred and la??ed for live years or more lt began ia 1%T$ and did not cud before 1S70. Si;.cc then the failures in the country have steadily increased in numbers and in liabilities. All this has occurred under i i ige. Pro? tection. And stilt the friends of Mo? nopoly insist that the Tariff needs no revision. In ISSI the number of fail? ures was S.250 fur the first sis months ; in 1S84 thc number bad risen to 5,444. in 1881 the liabilities were ,$31.533, 5:>o ; in ISSI they had risen to Si-i, 101,357; or nearly four times as great. This is for six months. Tor the year the liabilities will probably bc 3250. l?Q?,?U?. What can show life rotten? ness cf the country more than such ligares ? Under bad government, wrong views and unequal econ: ?nie laws tins condi- i lion of these things has bee:: brought about. Is ir not rime tu haven change What say you men of reelection and tax-payers't Awl:) ton Jvurii'd. ?lev. A. Coke Smith, 'of. (hr'ambla, publishes a letter in the Charleston Nctrs mul Courier of last Tuesday ia which he acknowledges himself to hi' iiie author of a recent editorial article in the Te'/i'tperaucc Wvrkcr i<> the L??ecL that 'our public schools are lack? ing in system, arc not what, they should be, not what, with proper effort on the part of thc ?State Superintendent of Kducation, they might ho; that Col Coward, has not discharged the duties of thc oi?iee as he should, and I that ito could not do so and teach King's Mountain Military Academy : and that he should either give ap his school in Vo-rkville ot decline thc nomination, nf i-'ta te Superintendent of ivducati-m ;' and tioii he proceeds to answer calmly and dispassionately au anonymous re? viewer of his flrst article wir? wrote under the signature of 'York.' It seems t;i us that Mr. Smith has rather the best of inc situation, having sub? stantiated ?i?ss position with the state? ment of facts and arguments. Wc deemed the actio;: of our late State Convention hasty and ill-advised, and ive believe it. will yet he proveu so to j the satisfaction of lue body of the party in Sout?: Carolina. Let Col. Cow: ' or bis friends prove that aha Sniilk is wrong Fu this particular, or let the evil complained ol hf righted as soon a. ; p- s.-.i-'c We eat:: :i :.:'.!. '. a party divi.-don as rn thu proper cehJact of j ur State a ?Va i rs. GrctKvWe A'. :;..?. borne hopeless erat:!; writes to the X?\v V?ir.:: ban a ni. :. >: hi-n that veland he xvil?ulraW'.i am? Mr Til? den ::: !ce-i io iahe his pla.-a on thc tick? et. 'I i:i said eran!; i.- the mur?; persis? tent :W:; t. <?; ;.,i,j. ; we ever heard cf. IViOody >''t ru: ie ni-icc: t-> t'leve laiid ex.;epi the phmi,: rcpohl leans, th-. ?'I.-?a.ift>r of o!i : provincial I ie Vi?- j ? :.;?..?. i:: .Ww iVrjr, John Kelly and , rho* Now Vol k Sun There i< muon talk of d?mocratie iii ... ::;:.-fa ct ion by th .-rilling individu:! ls-, but i Ii cir assertion: ar; backed by facts, names or figures. The Democratic bole lav utterly failed to ninteralizc ii: 1 spite of tho'mos! careful and persistent oursin g ano booming. Thc names of many of tho bolting republicans have been i i i .?'iii aioi 'he; hr? vc appeared visibl) ac in-.-?-: :o;rfc. riv'crybotly eau j see them with the narced eye j Ih?t who lias named or sen: the j bolling democrats : has asserted ? assembled io endorse I?:aine wer'/ ai' Veteran republicans 'i Nobody-. V. S observe ?i;::l si::ce the N.CW 3 or!: Son begun irs sneaking an? coward's system of'cariare -iii Cleveland, i! !:.:. ceased to publish its circulation at thc head of it:; cedumns. as it has been doing heretofore ? * . r years. This does net in? dicate that tis polities are popular now. - .MIT? wjm. - . - Tho Grent Exposition. The Imposition at New Or Joans is attracting she attention Ot' the press in ai: pani of thc country and abroad. Almost every newspaper has some! him: to say about thc preparations that are being made to further the werk ut State or local associations The spe? cial representatives of tho Exposition commissioned by President Arthur, fer rhe purpose of procuring exhibits Us TC found the newspapers ready to report speeches end print thc latest news relat? ing to thc World's Fair. This circum? stance no doubt springs from the fact that thc people throughout the bind read with much interest all that is printed concerning this great enter? prise. By the wide-spread influence of the press the Exposition is known and talked about in India, Australia, on thc banks of the Congo, in the .South American republics., and in the frozen regions of the North . Seeming impos? sibilities have been uvereomc, and tlie scheme limited to a cotton exhibition at ?irsr, has been enlarged by degrees '.iii i: now embraces a grand exposition of arts, manufactures, mines, agricul? ture, and in fact about everything in which thc people of to day arc inter? ested. Thi.-- Exposition is to be open? ed in December next, covers mere ground, has more exhibits entered than can be recorded of any other World's Fair ever attempted. Aside from tho pecuniary means fur? nished, thc untiring industry of. its directors, this marvel et thc nineteenth century ow es much, of its renown to the power of tho newspapers. . I?a??:os:l I?ates io the Expedition. Director General Burke bas written to tie.- Stare Department of Agriculture stating that round nip tickets from Charleston to Nc w Orleans, during thc Exposition, ?ill be issued at ?24 20 : fro;:; Savannah tit .*-'.-' : from At? lanta at ? td.75. The Charleston and Savannah Hoad will make rates at an early date. Special excursion rates will of course be much cheaper. 'An' now i want to say a few farder words to you.' resumed tho President after a solemn p..use. 'You am gwine to cut loose tin' sail in de company of strangers, an* dar am a few things you would do well to remember. .Remember, dat a lawyer wiii work hariier t:> ci'ur a murderer dan lie will io convict a thief. Mvemember, dat a habar u no offers you de loan nf his hoe am ashia' around te secure dc loan of your wheelbarrer. 'ilemomber,'dat you can't judge of de nome happiness of a man au' wife by sccin" 'em at a Sunday sku?c picnic. 'Ile m om ber, dat while de aivcragc man will return you de k'rect change in a business transackshun, he'll water his milk an* mix beans wie his coirco. 'Remember, dat all de negatives of best photographs am retouched, au* dc wrinkles an freckles worked out. 'Hem cm ber, dat society am made up of good clothes, hug-rry stomachs, de? ception, heartaches an' mixed grammar. .ivememher, dat people will never st?.;, ia -.mostion de truf of anv rumor or scandal affectin* your character, but it .aires y'ars to satisfy 'ctr* dat your great grandfather wasn t a pirtttc au' your great graudmuddor de lendiu* gal in a iiftceii-eenc ballet. Your kin new set dowe nu" close y cr eyes MJ' reOcct an J:_ri >?, nn* de res: of us- will pureeed to carry our de usual programme -ol''.-de meetin. -'i/cirvll ?vc?: /Vc.<*\ Jolinny5s S-Ilstakc. Cok 3?cLeod, although tint had !.;:..!: ;it heart, tires wry rough language 1:: his intercourse with iiis family. On returniug tu Iiis home from his ?>i:?cc of business a few days age lie found his wi:'c very much excited over the outra? geous conduct (?i a tramp, who, being iJissatirtied wit!: tire feed given him by Mrs. McLeod, had abused her in a mest, outrageous mrnncr. '?Jehuny,' said Coi McLeod m Ids in-vear-oid so;:, 'wi?en von heard that cowardly scoundrel a bu .-in ?j your moth? er, why didn't you run m thc si ero rjuick and let toe know: Didu t you hear?' *?.'es p.a 1 was out in the stable and heard what he said about thc victuals ma gave him, and how ho abused ber, bul-' ''Jut what V .I thought it was you scolding ma. ?ie used the same words you do when the dinner don't suit you. I didn't think anybody else would dare to talk tu ma that way.- - :<.../* S.j'??.t-j?. '."iv-.- or six e- uples had b.:< :s i ii vit ed in t.> play curds and listen to music, and reaches bad been passed with other ref;e>hmeals. The party was just : ready tn break un when tao terror of j the family entered thc parlor and called mn : -There, pa, what did .. .; ;- il you ':' The 'governor' pim!.ai.ry knew what \v.:> coining, but before be could get the youngster out of thc way he shu! oil the j orber harri 1 with : 'Ma said ii wo bought clingstone peaches we'd >.:ve :;t !o">i half, and we Lave'- /.'< ti'vil free L..un.ltiras ts : nar:mise P.Vr lazy peo j hj. A ?:T:.t. v, mechanic; or jvlantor cnn rar:.? enough in a fortnight te. snp j.ort him !;:':? year: sud ealing for little bey'on-.: a mere irving the majority 0"i tile inhabitants do rn-; work moro than a few we. ks in a year. Thc soil is rc marji ably fertile and the climate ?a!abiious. Thc natives are extremely ionglived. Active centenarians, it is said, are not at all uncommon, and -i man died rooontb, who had ai la.ned the ue:e of I-ti ye;*::-. V/N.?C?UJ records ?itJestei'i i!<e !:?..:. of his great ago .-r,---:- :r-3c Lobito: .Stanford oilers i'en. t irant I and his fy;n;Iy home ???? e Ue a.- b h has often bern sali ihn? nothihg ?.: vc biufinoss racees? money COU S&tur?s a ( Lia: to soeial re; Cognition on this cou-st; S;':;, us even wi:!, ,?a:ehillus? trai.? >!...* ui tho met tts tho Sharon tr!?:! Valore them, our Eastern friends C-??: hardly understand :..< v; absoluto sui-: rubi is hore. we can hardly r*c-?;t ibo following perfectly true incident to bo believed ou: ol our own state: One night not long arro thc dausrbtcr ot ono of cur best citizens was sw:u enftd by u noise in her roo;::, and, ?rr on sitting up, tf'scovcied r< maa dis gui-a-d hi ti Mack mask standing beside her r?t-?i and calmly cont! mudall:.- her foulures Uv lao aid ct a bud:.- ?. vc lan? tern. '.J?on^le a?aruied, miss,v ho said; "i haven't takes anything ye:."' "Bless mor* ria:." tho girl; ""I do bc lieve it's a burglar." .*Of course il is." sr.i-i t!:e house? breaker, tri: h ar; ungraiifying sadie, ns ho Ik a ebrarette: .'An?: i ant proud o? -t.'; **>vhat dc ron ant?"' d?^mnd?>ithc young lady. ..Well, ? did want to "ampio your Jewelry case,'' said t?ie robber, "but yon looked so ai'-:irod pretty lying there v.-.i h yo rr Kilburn hair-just my style-that ? Couldn't help waking yo-: to .??<! if you also had dark eyes. I'M terribly fond or Ugh! hair "and dark eyes, myself.'' " "Well, I have," said the voting ?:1(1V> glancing ut tho mirror. **B?Jt i must look like a fright ia thi ;-- this dress.*' "On tho contrary, white is very be? coming iti you,*1 said the tiis-.-inic of jimmy Hope, tenderly, "ly/ the way, ar:: vou engaged?*' "Thai's tx iii?:\" said tho eira "No, but are you-hon-, si Injun?" "Weil, yes, J am-io ? young IUVV vcr; hut i doa': eare for him uo very Littch.*' -J ic':; poor, isn't he?" "Ora i;v.::ukv' 'v'xaolly, I thought ?IS much. Now my dear giri, don't \ . ?u know there ii nothing ia ii:!-; love-m-a-c;n.i.'tge busi? ness:1 You dici'i wau't to p? a along nursing babies in some sturdy b:.cd> room lor lite next ten years, do yc*y?" ">*-r.-U-?V' muriuurod tho girl. "Thoii "Yt hy not iel this ieIIi''.V slide an fi Lake mo? iTm pretty eyiiii;;r;::biy lix-;d. Itusiaoss luis icc:: jrood thia season, a::d our ??r.-iii? are iar^o. Our iirrj ii ::'.>'...* running a tua:.ci under a Marysville bank, :?:.? i've got a luuriii interest. ??eji?es, i'm sec:olary o? the Bunrlars* l?otootive Assoeiaiioa". What d'; er say? " "Couldn't wc go ah-road :.:%xi sum? mer?" askcti lia: giri, tho?^hijur?y. "\Vi:y, cer:aia;y. I ex]?eet to hare io. Just thiak o' er the uiatter, aral I'll drop tu >oa.e r.i;.;i:t lalor in thc woo;:. I !-:.:ow h.o.v to -et h:.*' And. sho:t;dcri?:?: ids kit, the secretary step? ped oi:i of the window :mi went c?i' to open a jewelry :,:oro ?or an engagement ri liri. And t;:c next day the young lawyer received back his Idlers and vhoto graph. (o:r ;^:ns kr.ow on v.'h?ch ?ale their broad i.: buttered, and you can bet on it. Corde?tc on t?ic Farin and Garden. This month is a gb'od ?!?no tb pay thc Interest eu y^;::r i.:":U;::o"c "Uvl renew thc notes voa gave a year ago. Ii is also a Pretty tr??J : time to taite up t!:e notes yoi?nv.ditiuirly r:: vo tn tho clorh peddler last .Christmas nader t':? im? pression that yuu were oa:y shruiug a contract. Oats thrive best in r.n elevator. A farmer who has 30,000 bttshcls oi oats in an elevator neobine* worry about tho weather. Always raise oats ia a ?rood elevator anti keep out oi a deal with thc Chicago man. Loch after thc benn polos yon had loft over from last year. Yon will look a long time before you lind :o:y, T!:oy have gone, partial:v into tho iasati.iie maw oi the all-devcuring ?rc-piaoc, and tho neighbors bavo stolen the rest. Raise chickens. If you have got a nice little gar: i en by ail moans raiio chicken?. Your neighbor's boas aro tho best one; to raise. You will had them from 5:30 a. m. until 6:20 p. m. on your lettuce, ouiou, radish, and l?owcr leds. You c::a raise liiem bigl? er with a slctasa: than anything eifc D.-Always eal the hen you rai^e. T. ?\-Cook the lea before caiia::. I*. SS.- li-Jt^ro eating tile hen, lint is. j Crush egg shelis and feed them to your own chickens, ii V:::? uro foolish enough to keep any. ii the wi.ii.s and yolks are removed iron tiio shell first, they vii: crash more easily. If a good horse shows symptoms vi . going biiad and is developing a few lirsi-eias:: s^:.vi::s, il is lilac to se!! bim. Soil him out cf rle country i: possible. Beware of the deacon who las a little blaze faced **pickr maro*' that lc wants lo trade tor "just .a:e;: a boss.*1 Eternal vigilance is tl:?.* ?rice oi the potato croa. About ten leurs a day, devoted to crushing potato bugs with hard sticks, will probably save lac up? per part ol the p:;iek ter voa. l'y the time voa dig tho potatoes you will . bc so disguste.! with everything per? taining to norato culture that you couldn't look a : .?a.:<> in the eye wiih out a feeling o? aaa ea, and as t >r cat? ire* one--. Bu: this enables yea to sell tae whole cashel whhoat a pang. Younu lens tay more eggs than cid oaes. This !.> 1 ; cau. e tire giddy young things have not y.-: learned their value, hi a few years wiri luo^- just how to siand aivaa '. un a strike wh ;n eggs aro $?.7? a dt>zen. and then rush out and work double time. When egirs are go common the tran:as "won't eat them. ???exican -i a a .]..: s" ai?d Street Cars. Newcomers in tire City of Mexico, says ?he New York .*.'.: '. aro sar; rised on lin iiag so ur- av of ra.- c :-uver.ie:;ecs common to lar-"e cities at Irome, snell as the telephone, tar electric Light, a police fore:', and an-exe lent street-ear service Tae electric ii. hts aro ca ll;?"1 t>.?^ ot iron reis running np ir..>m the iras iama-pesis. The eoliee . re far more suhiieny tuan tuerigiaar army et the eua.:rv. They wear a I.duc ii.ima i suit, tho coal buttoned up, and their eat) has a covering ol white, winch, with t' standing linen collar, is al? way s. immaculate. In t'a ir letts on one side thev carry a club and en tho other a iarge revolver, i: ono wishes to soe a policeman a. har onl\ tv' ro t-.? thc nearest corner, aad he will surely lind him standing there, for he lais no beat to w::iiv over Tho speed at which stVfOt eavs .-.> ia :i.sto?ii>:i:ii?. ia.-v . dash alon?; as ?aM as mines can pail thom, and as tley approach a corner j tho driver gives a loud toot ?u: a horn for tl.e purpose <u >\:::.u:!j; people at tho crossing ti? got our . r the way. A young maa who believes ia self improvement, having recently married, suggested to his wife that *!a-y should argue some questions frankly and , fully every morning, in order to learn more of each other Tie ri rs* luosimn happone-r! to bo "Whether ?? woman eov.h bc expected r<% e<o along without : a ia *," aa ! ho took the ai?irmative. : and wi:cn ho ;v.:s las? seen lie had. clirnbed up into thc hay-loft aad was pailiiisr '-ac 'adder aft i r bini.-Auburn ?;*:.;.':?:- and t?c Critics. Singers love ?:. ; :-:>or critics very dearly, make it ? rule io repeat ia their presence "v/ha; they say behind their backs. Two lamons "'artists'* were standing cn Broadway the other morning .'..arin;: out their hair over ? criticism which hat* appeared in one of tho daile papers m which they had been liken??.] <o a pair of "braying jackasses."' "Mio caro!" shouted thc te^cr, the i:r.::v. oi whose mustache sto^i up Hka sc many r k stasis; '\:o rou eier read 5OTliesiii?^^k0 a Z:?i?" "liol ioa/ervas so trank lest nids," ?rrcwied ?he baritone, carving the air in his fury, "zr.: j.,- ?on1 vas ap" to saw ;:<: stage, lie dorl*, know no more, sboud '.! moosie or zo gr-rand nias taire zx:: z?t horse-ear!"" '.Eei ? efer zee zat fer,*' exclaimed ti c ; ru -:f?:;.-. "I viii ?mesh zo i:osc in his face-P Just then Ibo critic carno along, and tho worthy melody murderers hastened toward with out-trot cued arias. "A?io '. ' exclaimed tho. tenors "Luv,' veli yo? .coking' zn; morum', rc.cstr.ir Ve vas roost talking aboud zooms' poautlful-a noteece in tiie papr.ir. jfou vas zo kind. Grazia? gra . zia, mi-> carol" "E? il could write a liim-a z.ut I vouid no moro sing-ri," said the baritone Then they hurried away and pledged erich other iii Apollinaris" waier.-0.ct6 York Jcurri'jL ilad Somoihi.sg Left. ! Two or three years ago ono o? the ': appropriations ir: the river a::d harbor ; bill was lite sum of ?15.000 for im ! proving ?Joose Creek, Habana. Tito j government engineer for that district j succeeded in Hading tile said creek thc otaci <.i.a., alter tv search of twenty-six ? months. Ile lou::.: a rivulet three I miles iona six inches deep,'and titree feet wide, sad on thc banks he found I a solitary sci'lv". "Thc government has appropriated $15y0tf) to in:prove luis creek," ob? served thc engineer. . .*i know it, and I've been waiting," was the reply, i "1 don't ?cc what improvement is nodded or eau be mu ic." ; "iCeckon v.y, Ui-?ng ns you aro a stranger, bu; this \ re c:ish was appro* pri?t'.:..: to sisovoi down this 'ere "bank ! so that my ol-.* mule con ld git down to water without breaking his infernal i back." Tho improvement of Goose Creek was :.: a cost of >.;>, and tho en? gineer ?.viii <-i:: or have to turn thc cur rent up s'i*e.~.m <>r sen.: ino rest of the appropriation back td tito Treasury. Stats ad Kp=grains. Thc chestnut li ior thc man who takes iii sued o? i?e is ene of those men in whom ne? cessity is the mother of virtue. . If bad temper were a fever, there wouldn't bc hospitals enough to hold us ali. It is ii poor sort cf business to waste your breath whistling for yesterday's breeze. Tuc world is hard enough, God knows, without enc shutting one's mouth tho day ii rains comlits. To a woman's eye*, there is always an atmosphere of youth loft about a man who has once made love to her. Another man's admiration is a back? ground against which many an ordina? ry woman has shone elad in unaccus? tomed grecos to her lover's eyes. It is only a foci who would expect tho wind to be always blowing from tho' same point cf compass. And a real sorrow-an old sorrow-I've known if to act like a ballast It's heavy, aye, but it trims thc boab There's many a man wouldn't sai: se straight if there wasn't some dead weight o' that sc.: at his heart to steadv him. i'hc Forgot Her Baby. A curious instance of forgetfulness occurred in this city last week. It is a confutation of the saving "Cana moth? er forget her child?"" Two ladies, with an infant of apparently two years, call? ed at a carpet store, and after the usual inspection of patterns selected one to sui:, ike busy clerk attended to other customers, aud the hullos went out. This was ai ?out 1 o'clock In the after? noon. At ..' o'clock, Imagine the sur? prise cf thc clerk when Lc found thc infant calmly sie >;>ing in a snag cor? ner behind a pile of carpet, bile soou awoke and began crying. Thinking that she might be hungry, the clerk -.vas sent CL:: with her tu a restaurant, where her little ladyship's good immer was restored by a dainty repast. As they were on mair return le i!:e store onO ol'thc forgetful ladies came hur? riedly up and, with "Where have you bee:: with my child:"' she seized thc neglected lamar and hurried away. Uurifvrd .<...>'/ Takes. Sis Lepci Grill:a, in his paper on "American I'adities," reprinted from the ?'oKni fi ' >? A* C . tc ia tho Modern J:g?i, observe* gravely.of New York that "the onin.cieial capital o? tho United States may now bc 1 airly reck? oned, io: s ue an I population, the see cud etty ct tho v rid, i: 15r?K>k?yn, New Jersey "(sic*; and tue suburbs bc includ? ed wilkin i;:- boundnr: The latins: fad in crazy <p:ilts is tc* have thc >...::-ri->. painted. A square vd ^vi:i;^' :.:-s a corn-, r spray of v:o le:>. a ne c: of cardinal a couple of half-blow:: tea r< ?.. . A strip of white salt:: ribbon is adcrnct: with a graceful ; pr:;;, ct arbutus blossoms, and one i>f palest 1 lue with pink heat!:, rreiiy nu nue *::" blccits hr; ve lite initial of the d< nor tn gilt, fros:'? d ever with dia? mond et..-: and <u vvincd with sprays of ??owcrs. 1 often sc?- .on with your mamma at church, ' sai i a young lad} to a littlo ht? in dress, s, who inv. e.enc to at ii ad c! :1V . pa: :\ ?er house. *T alwavs go." . - i tittie Howard, as he str:?.?atened a; and a.-.mnred a manly tone'?i voice. " ' : ant intending to joia the churci: very soon." "t ':>. nia:ama,> cried out a nce-year bld wl.o had lu . *. - . lliutened against the ear window, "did voa see that shop b:ick !::. :.. wo inst pa<s.)d?" "No, <.?-.:r, \\'.vas iii? 5 "V, hy, ma anna, ! i>-.:.-.!;:; :iu r a a. I there v/i? a stan wit:: a hanancr and a nail in his hand ht had ryji r horse's b'U" t;p ta ki^ tap a::.; \va> pounding on it." "That was a blacksmith shop, dear." '.:>.;:, rnannua," ipaeried the yonagster alter it thoagiitfui pause, "ls that the place where they buiid now horses?" Young Chick -Mamma, why do you scratch with ? ne foot and then with thc other, and don't iook down until you get through? Gift hen (brought up in ?i?>toa) - Because, my de:*r oiV^prinir, if I were to excavate the soil with b..-Ji inv :?cda'i ;...;....: :!-. - simultaneously, and direct to*-" organs .'t vision on the ?rr?,si?},- ni .a.- "i:a?i, i would lose n.v eouiiibritita and prcscti? thc tindig r::;:ed s)M e*::< lo oj balaneing myself on :uv cranium withott: any vlsi bm means ji ?aaooit -JV'vw i s. \ /?furru?L