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tBlS?STtB WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. kBo Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's Aug. 2, 1881.1 SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1892. THE TRUE SOCTHRON, E?t?bl!?bed Jon?, JS6? Sew Series-Yoi. Xl. So. 24. ?oiiijjr?n. Published orrery Wednesday, N. GK OSTEEN, SUMTER, S. G. 7KRM8: Two- Dollars per annum-in advance. ADTiaTISiKUia . dna Sqciare, first i oser tien.$1 00 Every subsequen t insertion.................. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will ba nude ax reduced rates. ' All communications which subserve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be ?hargedfor. ' _ TAX RETURNS FOR 1891-92. "1)BT?RKS of persona! property and poll ?gEfc taxes will ,be received at the fellowing jdacesand limes, vix : R. L Manning's Tuesday, Jan. 12. Tin-feil*?, Wednesday, Jan. 13. Wedgefield, Thorsday, Jan. .14. Gordon's Mill", Friday, Jan. 15. Johnston's Store, Monday, Jan 18 Shiloh, Tuesday, Jan. 19, Lynchburg. Wednesday, Jan. 20. Magnolia, Thursday, Jan. 21. ? MayesTtSe. Friday. Jan. 22. . 4^B?dVM?% Monday, Jan. 25. Bbbopville, Tuesday and Wednes? day, Jan. 26 and 27. Manvjlle, Thursday,Jan. 28. Spriog Hill, Friday, Jan. 29. Mechanics ville, Saturday, Jan. 30 Scarborough, Monday, Feb. 1.? Rambert, Tuesday, Feb. 2. Hagood, Wednesday, Feb. 3. ' Statebarg. Tborsday, Feb. 4 And- at the Auditor's office in Sumter on all Otter days, from Jan. 1st until February'20th, inclusive. Tba Uw requires that all persons owning property, or in any wise having charge of J aneh property, either as agent, 'husband, guardian, trustee, executor, administrator, 4a, return toe same under oath to the Auditor, wno requests all persons to be prompt in'making their returns and save the 50 pei -eest, penalty, which will be added to the pcoperty- valuation of ali persons who &?1 to? make returns within the time pre? scribed by law. A good way for the taxpayer who has mach property to return, xs to make a mem <Sraadoa of the number of horses, cattle, mules, sheep and goats, bogs, watches, or? gans and pianos, buggies wagons and car? riages, dogs, merchandise, machinery, mon? eys, notes and accounts (above indebtedness) furniture, 4c, which will save the taxpayer time and ena', le the assessor to progress in the work. Taxpayers renrn what .they own on the first day of January, 1391. Assessors and taxpayers will enter the first given name of the taxpayer in full, also osaka a separate return for each party for the township the property is in, and where the ? taxpayerHowns realty to insert the postoffice as their place of residence, and tt ose who only sown, personal property to give the partyfs name who owns tue Sand they live on as their, residence, which aids the taxpayer as well as tike c* un ty treasurer in making the collection and preventing errors. Every male citizen between the ages of twenty-one and fifty years on the first day of Jua nary, 1891, except those incapable of earning a support from being maimed, or from other causes, shall be deemed taxable polls. AH retaros that are made after the twen? tieth day of February next have to be placed on the additional Hst and fifty per cent, pen* airy added thereto, unless prevented by sick? ness or cut of the coon tv during the time of j listing. " Not knowing the time of listing is no exesse. And all owners of real estate might do their tenants who cannot read or taken newspaper, a great favor by making their returns or telling them tb- time of list? ing, and Shat if they {ail to make tsHr re? taros ia time that the valuation has to be increased fifty per cent, unless they have a ^?^amee&?ag and collecting of taxes is all ?jme now in the same year, and we have to aggregate "thenumber and value of all the horses, cattle, mules, Ac, as well as the acres of land, lota and buildings and their value, that there is in the county, and have same on file inane Comptroller General's office by the thit%efnday o? June each year. 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Call at the shop or address through Samter Post office Aug 13 EDGAR SKINNER, ADDRESS BY Henry T. Thompson, P. G. C. Delivered Before Gamecock Lodge, Knight* of Pythias, Sumter, S. (J , on Wednesday night, January 6. 1892. Brother Knights, Ladies aod Gentle? men: Gently lifting for a moment the misty vail that now in part obscures the past, turn-the current of your fancy to that memorable time, the darkest in onr country's history, when thc dingy smoke of battle fell like a sickly pall opon onr sonny Southland, when the ceaseless din of deadly musketry dulled the senses with its dreadful roar, when the very children's cradles were rocked by thunders of artillery, when the mail? ed hand of brother was upraised against his brother ?H cruel fratricidal, strife, when, as often happened, thc dead alone were left to bury the dead, and out from every home went forth a wail of anguish from some broken heart ! Extending around the harbor of Charleston, and guarding well ito every entrance, lie the Federal gunboats, completely cutting off all succor that would reach the city from the direction of the sea, while, from time to time, the sound of a crashing shell, directed against some prominent land-mark on the coast, serves as a reminder of their unpleasant proximity. Undaunted by the extremity of the weather, or by the imminent dangers which surround them, seven fearless souls man a small torpedo boat, and feel their way cautiously down the harbor in the direction of the blockading fleet. Suddenly an awful roar is beard, and the United States gun-boat Husatooic. struck by a deadly torpedo, is seen to reel and stagger like a drunken man. Five of ber crew, thrown into tbe water by the concus? sion, sink to rise no more. Greedily the insatiate waves, set in motion by the fearful shock, reach out their eager arms in search of further prey, and the intrepid crew of the Confederate torpe? do boat, hurled to their destruction, share the watery grave they had pre? pared for their enemies ! in Virginia and the West, the galiant "boys in gray*' sleep on their arms, and in their tired dreams, from wbioh there is to be a rude awakening, are carried back to their far disant homes io Carolina, and to the loved ones whom they will never see again ! Faraway from these scenes of death and desolation, butin the very self-same hour that they are being enacted, a tiny sub-beam finds its life. Nurtured in the breasts of those, who, like Richter, believe that "Friendship has steps which lead up to the throne of God," this gentle ray of light slowly expands, and adding unto itself Charity, that unspeakable gift, which by St. Paul is ranked as the chief of the Graces, the natural outcome of the two is Benevo? lence. Brightest bow of promise, spanning with its emblematic colors, i the highest va?lt of beaven from the rock-bound coasta of Maine to the sunny "Land of Flowers!" Justus H. Ratbhbone, a poor school? master, inspired by the reading of the history of Damon and Pythias, and impressed with the beautiful story of Friendship that it teaches, conceived the idea of forming a society, the chief object of which should be tbe cultivation of this cardinal virtue. Li'tie did he dream that the humble efforts of him? self and his four companions in the City of Washington on the night of Feb. 19,1864, would set in motion a stupen? dous power which was destined in a few years to extend over the entire North American continent, from the frozen regions of the North to the sterile plains of Mexico, from the blue waters of the Atlantic ocean to where "the setting sun kisses the golden sands of California!" Born amid the throes of the cruelist civil conflict the world has ever known, the Order of Knights of Pythias grad? ually enfolded within its sheltering arms, alike the victors and the vanquished. Beneath the loving folds of its glorious tri-color, march the boys who wore the blue as well as those who wore gray ; and it can be truthfully said that within its ranks is known "no North, no South, no East, no West!" No better evidence ?9 needed of the intrinsic merit of this socitey than its unprecedented popularity and its phe? nomenal growth. The little band of five members in 1864 bas become a grand army of 803.000. an increase of 46,000 during the past year, greater than that ever attained by any other fraternal organization io the twenty seven years of its existence, and the click," of the Chancellor Commander's gavel is now heard in 4,000 Castle Halls throughout the world. There is a large membership in every State and Territory of the Union, while in Mexico, the Dominion of Canada, and the isles of the sea, the tenets of Pythi anism Lave gradually extended their peaceful sway. We belong, my breth? ren, to a body of men so vast that the tramp of their feet, as they march to the sound of Pythian music, resounds half? way round the globe! " Proud must be the thought that comes to each and evey one of us, that South Carolina ss contributing her full share to building up of this g re a* and i noble institution. The Grand Lodge of the State was organized June 29, 1886, with five Lodges aud 311 mem? bers. The number of Lodges is now 48, while there are no less than 3,000 persons within the borders of the State who wear our symbolic tri-color oo their breasts, while carrying the beautiful lessons which they teach us deep down in their hearts The past year marks the greatest increase in membership the Jurisdiction ha9 ever known, a fact which is due to the untiring zeal and signal executive'ability dislayed by thc distinguished member of Game Cock Lodge who is now Grand Chancellor of thc State. In our Endowment Rank, which is separate and distinct from the other Rack of the Order, and which a mem? ber joins or not as he pleases, life insur? ance may be secured in the sum of one, two or three thousand dollars Con ducted as are the affairs of this Rank on principles of the most rigid economy consistent with its usefulness, and ou ? the very safest business basis, with no j salaried officers to absorb its earnings, i the members are guaranteed, at a fling monthly outlay as safe mu insurance as is to be bad anywhere the world. Organized fifteen y ago, the Endowment R*nk now n bers 25,000 members, with a paid capital of $28,000.000, and during few year3 of its existence has disbui oo less than $3.230,000 to the fara of deceased members Another "side Rank" of the Oi is that known as the Uniform Ra which, for the purpose of arousing interest of the younger members, organized some ten years ago, and i has 36,000 members;-a well dri and throughly equipped body of m ready at a moment's cali to take field in defence of their country. ' Order universal rejoices over the I that one of these Divisions of the I form Rank has been organized in y City during the past year With material of which it is composed, i with such officers as have been cho to direct its affairs, the Sumter Di sion gives promise of great future o fulness, and will doubtless refi infinite credit on the flourishing c which it represents. The story of Damon and Pythias familiar to us all. These two ill trious men were natives of Syracuse the Island of Sicily and flourished ab< the year 400 B. C. They were Gr? philosophers, and were members of tl society instituted by Pythagoras on I theory that "the two most excelle things for men are to spe the truth and render benefits to ea other." This maxim was so thorough wrought into the very beings of Pytl gora? and bis followers, that it becai the controlling principles of their liv* The Tyrant Dionysius had condemn Damon to the block, and had given b but six short hours in which to liv He expressed a desire to see bis w and child, who were leagues away, 1 fore death should part them forever. "To this appeal the Tyrant answer made: 'Suppose this favor now is granted thee, And preparations for thy execution staid, What pledge for thy return canst gm antee?' i 'I stand bis pledge', bis friend, Pythias, sa; 'Let Damon go ; take me ;' 'Into his dangeon cast me, my limbs enchai As hostage keep me so that my dean friend May see his wife and child but once agair Before bis guileless, honest, virtuous 1 shall end.' " Filled with astonishment at this ex! bi ion of pure and unselfish friendshi which bis gross nature failed utterly comprehend, and, curious to see wb the result would be, Dionysius resolve to put their devotion to the crucial te that they asked of bim. Mounted on swift steed, Damon flies to his distres ed wife, while Pythias, loaded wii chains, is taken to his place in tl loathsome dangeon. The six hours rt spite are well-nigh exhausted ; tbei are no signs of the return of Darnoi who was delayed by the ruggedness i the road over which bis coarse lay, ao the Tyrant, bis cruel heart gloatin 'over the impending doom of the unfoi tanate Pythias, orders him led forth ? the place of execution, taunting him a the while with the perfidy of the frieo in whose stead be is about to yield a bis life. To all this, Pythias, whoi sublime.'' confidence in his friend hs never been shaken in the least degree only replies, "'Tis sweet to die fe those we love." The attendants bar the neck of the doomed man, and plac his bead upon the block ; the cruel ax is raised oo high, and the deadly strok is about to descend, when loud huzzah are heard without, and the returoin. Damon dashes into the court yard springs from his smoking steed, ant throws his arms around his self-sacrifi cing friend. Struck dumb with amaze meut at the chivalrous devotion wbiol they display, the Tyrant is forced, fo very shame, to grant Damon a pardoi on the spot, and both of the immorta heroes are thereupon released. Th graphic representations of this thrilling scene which has been given us by th* great actor Forrest, and later by Join McCullough and by our own brotbe Frederick Warde, leave a picture oi the mind of the beholder which time can never efface. The principle of this exalted spirit o friendship is as old as the world itself History, both sacred and profane, i; filled with instances of it, while bards and poets have sung its glories in al the ages past. Such was the loving affection which Abraham had for hit kinsman Lot, and such the picturesque friendship that existed between David and Jonathan. Such was the spirit thal moved Simmia8 to consent to suffer for the escape of his master Socrates, and that, at the court of the younger Diony? sius, caused Archytas to save the life ol Plato at the risk of bia owu. Under its influence, Nisus, vainly endeavoring to rescue bis friend Euryalus from the cruel dagger thrust of the mighty Vol scens, fell with gaping wounds upon the dead body of him for whom he ren? dered up his life. "How beautiful," says a learned au? thor, "amid the havoc of war. and the barbarous customs of the ancient world, shines forth tbe inimitable conduct of Tygranes, a prince of Armenia, who, when asked by his conquerer Cyrus, 'What ransom do you offer for your life?" replied, ?My possessions'. .What for your wife V 'My life I' was tbe prompt reply. Penetrated by the magnanimity of bis conduct, Cyrus re? leased bim. On retiring from the pres ence of Cyrus, Tygranes asked his wife ber opinion of the king. 'I did not see him/ was the reply. 'Not see him ?', cried the astonished priuce. 'No,' she replied ; I was so taken with gazing on him who offered his life for my ransom, that I saw no one else ?" If, as Cicero says, man resembles the Gods in nothing so much as in this high attitude, how nearly did the con? duct of this chivalrous barbarian ap? proach the sublime ! How closely did it accord with the teachings of Him, who, several centuries afterwards, so perfectly exemplified in his life and character that idea of uuselfish broth? erly love which is the very foundation of our Oder! "All that a man hath will he give for his life;" and "Great? er love hath no man than this that he would lay down his life for his I friends ;" or, as St. Paul so eloquently j exprf 8-ed it, "Peradventure for a good , man one would even dare to die." I 'Ibid as Marcker, a learned German theologian, expfaius. "must be t in the sense of one friend dying foi other," and he further suggests the inspired writer "was thinkio Damoo and Pythias'' when he use( expression. The age in which we live is pregnant with examples of those have freely laid down their lives at post of duty, or for the sake of t frieods,-examples which might be tiplied far beyond the limited scop these remarks The American < War of a quarter of a century ago nished such opportunities for the play of this god-like virtue as w have touched the heart of the i cruel stoic of ancient times. On the 25rh of December, 1870, well known Sptoswood Hotel, in city of Richmond, was discovered t on fire, and the flames enveloped building so suddenly and comple that it was found impossible to ref the guests, many of whom peris miserably. Samuel H. Hines, a m ber of the Order of Knights of Pyth while standing on the side-walk, informed that E W. Ross, a brot Kuigbt, was one of those thus dooi to die. Determined to save him if ; sible. Hines, despite the earnest pro of his friends, rushed into the burn building, from every exit of which dread fire and smoke were belch forth, and was never seen ag? Tl.us nobly perished, in the very pri of life, he who is justly revered as first Pythian martyr. Other instances are not wanting Knights who have freely rendered their lives on the alter of Pyth frieudship. "Brother Early must go alone ; if he should be attacked the yellow fever, who will care him ? I will go to aid bim if need b Such were the words spoken by martyr Dickinson io the Castle Hall his Lodge, when it had been det mined to send help to the yellow fe? sufferers in Memphis. Together i brothers went; together they w> stricken down, and io the church-y; of their native village, where they u sleep side by side, no monument of m ble is needed to commemorate the etc of their loving sacrifice. When the Hudson River tunnel v. flooded with water some years ag Woodland, as true a knight as ei couched a lance, freely gave his life save bis comrades, and was overwhel ed in a watery grave. History dc not record a more heroic instance self-immolation than that performed Brother James Ward and seven otb members of the Order who went wi him to the assistance of their broth Knights in the burning mine at Sava nab, Indian Territory, on April 1 1887; while the story of the galla effort made by certain Knights to rt cue their perishing brethren from t burning shaft of the Alta mine in N vada, will live as long as our noble 0 der itself endures. TLe founder of tmr society h "sought to build around the dull sk< etion of tradition the living fie: of reality, and to bring forth fro the shadowy past" the story Damon and Pbythias for the sal of the beautiful parable which teaches. Thanks be to God, there a comparatively few of us who are ev called upon to encounter the crucial te which was imposed upon those bra' souls in ancient times, or upon Hine Woodland, Early and Dickinson in oi own day ' Yet there is none, be h lot in life never so lowly and obscure, whom it is not given to bold in reve ence the heroic deeds of these immort heroes, and, to emulate their examp in the every day duties of life. From the dead and gone institution < ancient chivalry, the effort bas bee made to rescue and preserve all that wt worth the saviug. "The days of chn airy," says one of our most gifted wr ters, "are indeed gone. Gone, and i their stead has come the truer and bette chivalry of today ; a chivalry which i everywhere displayed. Wherever ma obeys the promtings, of humanity whether he overcomes dangers or him self ; whether he conquers thc iostinc of fear or sordid selfishness ; whethe he contends in armed fray or eilentl; endures and watches ; wherever humai sympathy gushes forth in deeds wbicl assuage distress and mitigate the pang of pain;-everywhere it is the sam spirit of genuine chivalry and mora knighthood The physician who, un known perhaps beyond the narrov circle which bis self-forgetting servie? has blessed and brightened, braves th? unknown terrors of the pestilence t< succor his fellow man ; the engiueer who uncouth it may be and illiterate, hnldt his heroic band steadily on the throttle valve and camly goes to certain doon; in the chance of saving the live? o! those committed to his care; the youtf: who, in manhood's prime, closes his heart to the love that might crown and beautify his future, and shuts ambition from his soul that he might devote hie life to the care of a widowed mother ; the boy who stops to help a poor old wo? man across a crowded street ; a man who, honoring all womankind, resents with quick and honest indignation the covert snare that might assassinate a woman's reputation-these, and men like these, are they, who, in this modern time do truly - 'Keep the lamp of chivalry Alight in hearts of gold.'" Such is the ideal on which our Order ?8 founded. Such the standard the neophyte is to strive to attain from the very first moment he enters our Castle Halls, and he who, failing to absorb as a part of bis very nature the beauty of this ideal, does not resolve from that time forth to lead a better life, has lost the most precious privilege vouchsafed him by his membership-its great un? derlying principle, and the practice of it, which has made thc Order of Knights of Pythias what it is today. In the Castle Hall where the pro? ceedings are conducted in accordance with the requirements of our established laws, the member is afforded the op porunity of coping with bis brethren in friendly debate, to the steady improve? ment of his mind, and the sharpening of those intellectual weapons with which each and every one of us is called upon more or less to fight his way in the world At at same time, be enjoys the social in? termingling with fellow-beings whom the toDofe of the Order teach bim to reoog nize as bis friends in the very big sense of the term-friends betv, whom and himself the entering wee of differences in politics or rein never come. As we have shown it t the case wirbio the Order as regards great national parties that control destinies of the Union, so it ia with political conditions existing in onr < State. Pleasant indeed for the 1< Knight must be the retrospective gla along the two years of heated polit; strife through which we have just p ed. Whatever bitter feelings t have been engendered between indi' ual members of the Order, they co not but feel that they yet owed aile ance to a common cause. By the P? thrill as of yore were they moved wh io the Castle Hall or on the street, warm clasp of a band was accompan with that magical sign which conve? rge intelligence, "I am your brot Knight !" How quickly does that ii matioo, fly from the band to the bra and thence, find almost instantan? lodgement in the heart ! is there Knight within the sound of my ve who has not experienced its pleasura thrill? Alas for him, if such there the noblest, truest impulses of the ( der are a sealed book which no effort bis will can ever open for him ? We have seen that Friendship is l foundation stone upon which bas bf erected this mighty monument of Pyt auism ; resting opon this base is l pure white shaft of Charity, that m inestimable gift, while crowning all Benevolence, a fit capping-stone for harmonious whole. These three v tues are inseparably linked togeth and each is interdependent upon I two others for its own life, as well for tne support of the entire structu Friendship, the firm substratum, Ben olence, the crown of beauty, and Ch; ity, the living body which connects thi all together and completes the trio in unity. Out of Friendship sprin Charity ; forth from Charity comes I nevolence. One of the most distinguished writ* of our Order has divided all the bene olent societies now in existence into t three great groups, 1, - Those like 31 sonry, which rely upon benevolence its broadest sense "to the extent of i dividual sacrifice for the meaos of rel to be given, that the principle of brot erhood may be distinctly realized each occasion of its exercise both donor and recipient;" 2. Those, li Odd-Fellowship, which, while recogni ing "the moral and social relations brotherhood, aim especially to make fixed and sure provision for relief frc the chief misfortunes, limiting the b stowal of benefits to occasions of sic ness and death ;" 3 Those that restri the conditions of their charities to t! minimum limit. Though mindful the brother's welfare while living, th< make his heirs the especial benefician after his death, securing them at on against want by a single ample don tion. While the intention is far from c to say anything derogatory of the soci ties forming these three classes, some which, like Masonry, for instance, hai bestowed such benefits upon sufferirj humanity as will make their names d? servedly blessed while the world las: we cannot avoid the conclusion that tl chief points of excellence to be found i such associations are more thoroughl combined in our Order than io an other benevolent body that has ev( existed. The Knight in sickness ( distress of any kind is visited by th brethren regularly, and his conditio reported to bis lodge at each meeting It is the duty of the members not ool to lend financial aid when it may t needed, but also to render any service DO matter how delicate or difficult that one of the brothers of a famil would commonly be called upon to pei form for another. The last moments e the suffering are made more peacefi by the thought that though he may b leaving his family in poverty, they wi not be friendless; that though he ma not have taken the precaution to ?nsur his life in the Order for their benefit the brethren will see to it that bis love ones do not suffer for the necessaries c life. The benevolent feature of our Orde stands forth pre-eminent in that it is no to be circumscribed within any fixei limits: in that its limitations are ool; to be determined by the actual necessi ties that may exist under each individ ual case. Many are the instances it our own State, which lack of time aloot forbids me to enumerate, where a lodg< has patiently borne its burden year afte? year without the slightest murmur When the resources of the individua lodge have become exhausted under sud ad rain, and the members have contribu? ted all that it is in their power to give, recourse is had to the Grand Lodge ot even to the Order Universal-an appeal which is never made in vain. In times of great public calamity, such as the yellow fever scourge in thc Southwest, the earthquake in South Carolina, and the Jamestown flood in Pennsylvania, the members of the Order throughout the world hasten to forward their char? ities to their suffering brethren with a liberality that affords living evidence of the fact that the revered word which we have chosen as the very key-stone of our arch M not an empty sentiment? ality-that it is something far more than a mere "charm to lull to sleep " The Knight of Pythias traveling far from home finds that he is not in a land of strangers if he be in a community where there is a Castle Hall. If he should be in need of money, it is ad? vanced him upon his showing satisfac? torily that be is in good standing in the Order, and those who assist him are afterwards re imbursed by bis home lodge. If be fall sick, brethren whom he has never seen before, but who feel , bound to him by ties stronger than death itself, watch by his bedside, and I supply, a? far ?s possible, the place of i his loved ones who are mourning for I him far away. Day after day and night after night did the members of the Order in Darlington watch by the bed-side of j poor brother Proctor, of M*iue, who, in 1883, was stricken down by disease in that town, where be bad not even a sin? gle acquaintance. And when at last the fell destroyer came, and he was re? leased from bis sr-fferings, it was a brother's hand that cloded his eyes in death-they were brothers true and loyal who accompa&ied bis remains to their last resting place in a iar-dista State. The terrific cyclone which swe away a considerable portion of the to\ of Darlington in 1884. completely d molished the bombie abode of James . White, a poor printer, and a faith? member of the order, burying benia its ruins his aged father and motbe killing them instantly, and inflictit upon Brother White himself, injuri which he carried to his grave. Hom ! less and afflicted, his brethren came bis aid, and when the dread summot called him to bis final home l*ss than year ago, be left to his helpless wife ac little ones, besides the insurance on h life, a neat cottage, which, togethi with the land on which it stands, hs been purchased and presented to hi by the Knights of Pythias of the worl< There are many who are opposed our Order because, as they say, it is secret society. The ladies, io partici lar (and we are sorry to add, not witl out some show of reason,) object to because it monopolizes too much tic of their brothers, husbands and swee hearts. "Pietty secrets they must be, says Mrs. Caudle in coe of her famot curtain lectures, "when his own wil can't know 'em. "Now Caudle," sh adds persuasively, "don't let's quarre there's a goo 1 soul, tell me what it's a about; a pack of nonsense, I dare say still-not that I care abour. it-still should like to know. There's a d?-ai Eh? Oh don't tell me there's notbio in it. I i's an insult to a woman for man to be a Knight of Pythias, an let his wife know nothing about i I But I know what it is. Oh, yes, thet I can be no doubt. The secret is to il! use poor women ; to tyranize over then to make 'em your slaves-especial! your wives. It must be somethiog < that sort, or you wouldn't be ashame to have it known. What's right an proper need never be done in secret. Verily could old Caudle appreciate t the fullest extent the cynicism of th father who objected to his daughter being taught French on the ground tbs one tongue was enough for a woman But we beg to differ with old Mrf Caudle. Let me assure you, ladies that all our secrets are harmless ones and are on ly such as are designed fo the purpose of truly testing the stanc ing aud loyalty of a Knight, and t prevent the Order from beiug impose upon. In fact, we would gladly tel them all to you here and now, but tba we are warned by a great philosophe that there's only one way a woman ca keep a secret, and that is, "Keep i going " And there is even a greate philosopher dill who bas admooishe us, "Discover not a secret to another ' Io recalling the fact that this last ad viser was gallant old Solomon himself how applicable does bis admonitioi seem to our own case When we con sider what was the probable effect of hi having, in a moment of weakness, "dis covered a secret to another," and tha other, one of his seven hundred wives we feel that the poor old gentlemai spoke from the fullness of his heart and that, having been tried in a cruci ble of fire, he more than any other mai that ever lived, was qualified by a steri experience to advise us on this subject But, we would say to you, ladies, b< not deceived by those faithless male rel ative8 who would have you believe thai "lodge nights" occur about six nigh ti in every seven. The teachings of oui Order inculcate in every member, abov< all else, the idea that he must not ig nore the calls of home and family for an\ cause whatsoever. The two duties, the one to the family the other to the lodg< are collateral and inseparable, and yoi may feel sure when you find a membei neglecting one, that the other is alsc suffering. For the benefit of those who maj have experienced something of ,the pre? judice to which I have referred, but who are honestly open to {conviction oo the subject, we would a.*k leave to ap ply one or two simple tests to an exam? ination of the Order itself. "By their fruits ye shall know them." After what you have heard stated in a feeble way tonight, and in view of the benefits you have seen arise from it during the brief time it has been k DOWD i n your com? munity,! ask you whether its fruits have not been such a3 to lead you to believe that the Order of Knights of Pythias is founded on a desire to benefit aod uplift maukind ? Again; who compose its membership? 'Tis unfortunately true that in all associations, religious, polit? ical and social alike; are to be found some evil men-men who work injury instead of good to the cause with winch they are conoected. Judas Iscariot sat down at the last supper wish Christ himself-and there may be Judas Isea riots in some of our religious assem? blages of to-day, but does that weigh as anything against the fact of what Christianity has dooe for the world in the last nineteen hundred years? Think you that if the 0;der of Knights of Pythias were founded on anything other than good, its roll would be filled, as it now is, with the names of some of the country's most distinguished preach? ers, lawyers, doctors, soldiers, and statesmen ; that Bishop Usher, one of the purest men that lived, and an enthu? siastic member of the Order, would have lent the precious gifts that God gave him to the preparation of some of those beautiful sentences in our ritual which fall so sweetly on our listening ears at each recurring meeting ? Brethren of Game Cock Lodge, for the honor you have done me in inviting me to address you on this occasion, I thank you. If anything I have said should result, in ever so small a degree, in promoting "the good of the Order" which we mutually honor and revere, I s?mil feel that my humble efforts have not been iu vain. In the welfare of this particular lodge, having officiated at the ceremony which gave it birth. I shall ever feel the deepest interest. The fact of your present prosperity can? not but afford the greatest pleasure to every loyal member of the Order throughout the world. The people of the two connues of Sumter and Darlington have always been united by bonds of the strongest sympathy aud heartiest good-will. May this ever continue so. Between those of us who are held together by the ad? ditional ties which bind us iu Friend? ship, Charity and Benevolence, there exists a feeling of brotherly love and 1 affection that mere words cannot ex press. When the bill providing for the creation of the new County of Flor? ence came up before the General As? sembly several years ago, the strongest argument used in favor of its passage was the inconvenience suffered by the inhabitants of West Manoo, who were separated from the'*- Court House by the mighty waters he Great Pee Dee. The opponents ( : jjeasure showed that some of the p. . !e of the proposed new county would likewise be cut off from their Court Ho.uce by Lynch's River, but the reply to this was, 'Oh Lynch's River is so narrow that pcrsoi S standing upon opposite banks can shake hands across it !" Fjr the sake of our mutual friendly relations, we of Sumter and Darlington rejoice that this is so. But, my brethren, if that historic stream were as wide as the Amazon afr its mouth, yea as wide as the mighty Pacific itself, it could not interpose any barrier between you and vour brothels co the otherside. Even then,tn faucy, would we feel the warm cla^p of a knightly hand, and the accompanying token of that Friendship which lasts alike through prosperity and through adversity, through life and through death-that sublime, god-like Friend? ship that so bound Damoo to Pythias, -i ???? -i What Some Foreign Coun? tries will do for the Exposition. It is evident that there will be massed together in tb-? foreign quarter a very gaudy, impressive, and unfamilar jum? ble of picturesque and peeuliar struc? tures, contrasting strangely with the stately group of huge palaces on the main grounds. -We know that with part of Mexico's three fourths of a mil? lion of dollars she will erect a fac-simile of an Aztec palace ; Guatemala will set up, out of her $120,000, a model of a palace that disinguishes her ruined city of Antigua : Colombia, which has ap? propriated ?100,000, will reproduce her splendid capitol ; Ecuador, which bas allotted 0125,000 for all her expenses, will agaiu show, as she di i in Paris, a copy of her Temple of the Sun ; Brazil will make a magnificent contribution, at a cost of at least half a million of dol? lars. Around the beautiful palace which she will erect will bs gathered lesser buildings illustrative of the habits and industries of her people-huts witff oative inhabitants, a sugarmill, and coffee planter's outfit. Glimpses of the rubber industry will be among the ad? ditional exhibits. Brazil's most famous band will be sent here, also, perhaps to compete with the band of the Coldstream Guards of England, and certainly to blend its melody with that of the great orchestra which Theodore Thomas is to lead, and with the music of the thou? sands of choral singers to be trained by Professor Tomlins. Almost all the South American countries, even the smallest, and even the colonial islands off the Aiantic coast, have signified their intention to present themselves at the fair. It is known that there will be sent from India ail that is needed to picture life in an East Indian village. Turkey, reluctant to bear the expense herself, ha* authorized private individuals to construct a realistic reproduction of a Turkish street, probably of shops, and showing not only the wares peculiar to the country, bat her mechanics, artisans, and professional entertainers. Egypt will show a more complete and pictu? resque refi-x of the life of her people than that which was demonstrated by the famous Rue de Caire in the Paris Expee'tion. This exhibit wil! a!so take the form of a street, it. will be four hundred feet long, and lined with shops cafes, dwellings, and amusement balls, lt will be peopled with donkey-drivers, Egyptian serving-maids, dancing-girls, jugglers, merchants, women, and chil? dren. Japan will spend half a million dollars in reproducing what is most picture-qus and effective in her archi? tecture and io scenes from ber home life ; while China, exhibiting witb governmental sanction for the first time, will add a notable feature of the fair. Persia also promises what will prove ft glistening drop in the colossal bucket. It is whispered that from many of these foreign countries royalty i'self will come in numbers and consequence greater than ever distinguished any universal exhibition since the last effort of im? perial France. A dozen kingly and p'incely visitors are talked of as our possible guests. All aud more-or none at all-may come. No one can speak one whit more positively upon the subject, it is even possible that some of the things that are here set down as fixed and certain of the expo? sition will be changed or omitted. It is certain that a host of iuviting features not yet known evett to the managers will be added to those here set forth. Allowance should be made by the reader for the uncertainties of so long a look ahead.-From "Our Exposition at Chicano," by Julian Rilph, in Har? per's Mtg3zine for January. ? ?ililli m II -? For Over Fifty Years. 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