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# i ^ v. VOL. XLV. WINNSBORO, S. C-, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1888. ' NO, 22. ?? can???mam uriw DOMESTIC ECONOMY. A man who'd lead a happy life Mast hand his earnings to his wife, And lot her, with a woman's sense, tPay oat and plan the home's expense. He'll save himself a world of care; He'll have far more to eat and wear; 80 will hi* wife, who'll also lay By something for a rainy day. FThe pennies, man will never prize. Are big as dollars In her eyes; She weighs eAch wall before it's spent And, when thoy'ro gone, knows where they went. A woman asks: "how mnch," be tore* She boys, and not a fraction more j Than what she orders will she take; And always connts the change they make. A man, afraid of seeming mean, And vainly hiding that he's green, "Won't ask the price at all, and beys yv, Whatever meets his eager eyas. Then, grandly throwing down a bill, _ He. victim of the tradesman's skill. And paying twice the right amount. jf octets tn? cnango ne rears 10 count --? __ The money that a husband earns, ^?Kept in his pocket, always horns, AncLtJll It's squandered, lost or lent* He, soihchow, nerer feels content. Stan's forte*i-to earn, but not to spend; SJb wife's ambition, too, will end f Jf she sees money slip away >_ ,Wlth debts increasing day by day. 43q he who'll wisely lead a life Of perfect bliss will let his wife Be treasurer, as nature meant, And owe no man a single cent. ?3. 0. Dodge, in GoodalVt Sm. "WILT THOU BE MINE?" i. Shought-Reader's Recipe for Making a Proposal. Jcsfe Bow a Man Should Ask the Woman \ So Lore* to Harry Him?Stick to the Point, State Tour Salary Pa r.nnruoNHAn<i, A girl may, in the sweetness of her heart, : o^rlook the clumsiness of a wooer, and j L pledge herself to a man whose offer has not been made in the proper form; life is full of uch instances of feminine charity. But he thing will rankle in her mind, be she at* lotDV T*nll I r ~~ H.I riW *Ui GbUgUX) UUU v/i. i?WV4 ***** I encounter the rebuff his awkwardness do- I served at the outset, and suffer the more j because he has hoped to escape his punishaient. How then ought a man to propose! How to he to avoid the method lacking in adroitness, the which, if he haplessly employ it, hk ?uat result iu his more or less immediate discomfiture? B The first rule which I submit to the consideration of the faculty has more in it than HB m?ets the eye. When you promote to a lady, ask her to marry you. I Under the seeming of a truism, this is a most subtle regulation. You must ask. You must make it clear that you ask her, lor men have been known to betroth themselves tc Angela when they really meant to ask Angela to countenance their suit to Angela's, sister. A proposal is like a bullet from a oae hundred-ton gun, a forcible and weighty missive, which must be speeded in the right direction and no other. You must be sure that you ask her to Has arranged-a marriage wiui when in fact he has only secured her hand lor the cotillion. The converse obtains, too ^ ?it is a dreadful position in -which you place yourself if you want to dance with Angela fyr an hour, and in your fervor give her to understand that it is a life-long partnership which you propose. Again, you must ask her to marry you. 31ft fre it plain mat u is ior yourseiL you pruyose; Miles Standish did well on the other ^ tack, bat his was an exceptional case. If B* Angela had been in donbt whether to give tior heart to you or to your frieud Billy, and you, in the obliquity of your wretched deliBr cacy, begin your set speech with a modest disquisition upon Billy's superior claims to ter favor (and men not uncommonly grow mock modest in affairs of the heart) Angela may suppose that it is for Billy that you plead, and be disgusted with you both, B thinking you a numskull not to speak for L yourself, and Billy doubly a numskull to let you conduct for him a negotiation which every man should conduct for himself. Next: Bk Avoid figures of speech and circumlocuIII lions. I have heard a man (he subsequently warrled a. termasrant. and served himself jaghtly) boast that he had never put it in W, way Roman's power to say him no, plumps' ly. It was the habilf of this ruffian, when fce desired to offer his hand to a lady, to disguise his meaning in a parable; so to put L the matter to her that if she wanted to B marry him she might say so, and if not might avoid the issue. He was a coward, Of course, and a sneak as well Think of it from the standpoint of Angela! In leaving jrfmaetf safe he put her in the most hideous 0 position imaginable. For if she inclined to H marry him, and said so, sho left it quite ? *-? xr;aa *Qpen xor timi w "? .ABgela, you altogether misunderstood me. "When I asked you if you would confide your life to my keeping I had no such pur. - yow as you imagine, but intended merely ^ to ask it you would share my baggy with W~ me to-morrow evening, and rely upon my bringing you home in safety and without an txpset." Such cowardice is quite unpardonable. "The worst that can happen x> the man who proposes is to be rejected, which is surely so dreadful matter. Iam at the present moment most desperately ii. love with the impress Dowager of I have made no declaration of my passion, because the disparity between her exalted siatiort and n Any own comparatively humble^jftg* would Arader such a union iU-ad?asMp0eside which ^^is old enough to be afy grandmother, Hp H^orbidly ill-temper^ But would I Hteto offer her-rrn^Band, if I wished the ^HRnnity presented HI itself, because I I should be said i Hfe. Bay? Not a bit no disgrace to be refused. 1 am r^EHre tnat it is aiways a calamity. are not less than a dozen women whoin^if I proposed to them, I should sincerely tha^ic for refusing me. I remember, one very cold evening in St. Petersburg, an experience mtch in A point. I was numbed and blind with front; Pt it was in a sleigh on the ice of the Neva. and I was unmarried at the moment. There JT were two sisters, one young, beautiful, ao oomplished and fabulously rich, the other a . mere nonenity and cross-eyed, and in my dense frigidity i onerea my aaau w uio uuo I didn't want. She declined me (perhaps "because the cold, which was extreme, even tor a person aoclimatized by some five and forty Russian winters, had benumbed her too), and did I feel unhappy, do 1 regret my rejection? On the contrary, I rejoice at it, it is the only circumstance associated with cold weather?a condition I abhor?which I recall with any satisfaction. And yet how many men dodge about the v*rr . ^ question a3 if it would blast their whole lives to meet with a refusal. It is a pity, in this connect!', n, tlir.t Th? oM custom of kneeling to mahc u:i offer ever die J cut. The attitude has its inconveniences, un- > . doubtedly. It is not suited to our modern dress, and results in abominable kneeing " ?-j Oi ones trousers, in is a musu uuwufortable position in which to bo surprised by an inopportune stranger. But it was definite?there was no feeling one's way about . it. Toe lady couldn't dpubt your meaning, j ^ once to uwere literally at her feet. Another rule, and one especially to be . considered, is: ' Avoid digressions. 7 Nothiag is more deplorable than an interval in a proposal. The natter should be gone through with speedily, once your attack begins. It is an attack, always. No " " * " - ? ;.V - ' '0T bmC?i?B???BH juj -mmmammm uww reaay-nearted Angela may be, there is a little perfurictory hesitancy, only natural to her modesty; and you must not give her the opportunity to turn the current of her wooing. Do not stop to tell her that you only take three glasses of claret with your dinner, or that you don't owe a penny in the world. Information of this sort you should convey to her long before you ask the momentous question; it is rele rant, no doubt, and may abet your enorc greatly, but yet it is prosaic ?nd out of keeping just at the moment of crisis. The more nakedly you confine yourself to declaring your love and asking her hand, the better. Bear in mind always that a proposal partakes of the nature of an onslaught; that no matter how apt and willing your lady love may be, she has still a maidenly sense of preservation, and you must afford her no opportunity of avoidance, but bind her most strenuously to the issue. Give her but the slightest pretest for branching off upon a side issue of controversy, and you will never nin her to the ooint. The last rule with which I propose at present to burden the diffident courtier is at any rate not less important than 1fce others: Eschew elaborations. Under the head of elabo? ations I include exaggerations, affectation and false pretenses of all sorts, objecting to them not upon the ground of their vitiating dishonesty, for I entertain a certain regard for the immoral maxim that all is fair in love and war, but upon the score of inexpediency. At all times a woman's perception of deceit is keener than a man's, and it is peculiarly so when the matter under consid??? ? VIf *a f! erauuu wuw ua uci ?UCUMN/UO. IU xo uuw charity, not the blindness, of women which makes them tolerant of a want of clarity m men they love. You can. not cozen Angela, and it is distinctly indiscreet to make the attempt. Do not try to make he? believe that you are a better fellow than you are. If she gives you her heart it is not because you are the noblest of men. If we were loved for our deserts only we should all die lorn bachelors; it Is in spite of your defects that she loves you, and it would do you no Rood to trick ber if you could. Tell her honestly that you are but an indifferent, honest fellow, not more than passably clevflr not too well furnished in worldlv erear? say this by way of preface, leaving her no opportunity for other interruption than a formal protest at your self-depreciation? and then?then at her, my merry man; tell her how you love her, and have no fear of pitching your song too high on this pointswear that you love the street she lives upon, and if you do not you are no true lover. ?Washington Irving Bishop, in San Francisco Examiner. A WEDDING STORY. An Englishman Who Had Not Much Faith In St. Paul's Exhortation. The homily with which our marriage service closes lacks intrinsic cheerfulness and its peculiar charms, actual or suggestive, are seldom appreciated by the more youthful class of brides, says the London Telegraph. Neither, despite its slight delicacy do all bridegrooms relish it with a perfect zest, although, in summarizing the obligations of matrimony it puts the case for the husband a good deal more advantageously than for the wife. I remember an odd incident, illustrative of the objections entertained toward this tiresome exordium by men of the "time is money " and "self help" ways of thinking. It took place at the second wedding of an honorable and gallant friend or mmo^jTose numor was aounaant, ouu _of as "dry." He was be "m8 B^'say, at South Shields, a and, having bee^n through the ceremony before as a principal, was sharply on the lookout for the homily which he regarded in the light of a vexatious superfluity. Accordingly, when the curate?a young and somewhat nervous ec clesiastic?had completed the "buckl ng-to " part of the service and was mildly bleating out the exhortations to " bear what Samt Paul saith," Captain P held up his hand, to the officiant's uttar dismay, and interrupted him with the words, "I | beg your pardon, sir; but are we legally married?" ''Why, yes; certainly you are," was the hesitating' reply. " Then, sir," rejoined the captain, "I'll not trouble you to tell us what Saint Paul said. Saint Paul may havo been a very good fellow, but he -wasn't a South Shields man." This said, he gave his arm to his newlymade wife, and led her away calmJy in the direction of the vestry. The curate, it appears, entertained. so hi>:h an opinion of the occult virtues of the homily and of the beneficial eftect they could not fail to exercise upon a young married couple, that he took my friend ar.ide a few minutes before the wedding breakfast anl timidly asked him whathar he would permit him, the said curate, to impart Samt Paul:s views to him and Mr3. P? oraliy on their * - ? - * return irom tao aoneymoyn mpr j.v ijuao i question, dictated by professional zeal which would have done credit to an Early Christian, my friend returned a polite, but evasive, answer. When, however, husband and wife came back to their native town, at the conclusion of what th? Germans so happily term "Die Flitterwcchen," they were so obviously a happy pair, and the subsequent harmony of their married life proved so delightfully continuous, as far as their many friends and acquaintances knew, taat the reverend enthusiast never found occasion to "place'' his favorite homily, and wisely 1a*4 rv-P TTTA^^A/I nO>>t>nAnOT^l IOXW <Ui> IC651; OV>V V/A UiO u&uuvu pui. -Jiuvi-VA. ^ to work out their connubial felicity in their own way. GRACEFUL WALKING. An Art Understood by Fovr and Practiced by a Still Smaller Number. Did you ever have an opportunity to observe carefully the walk or gait of a large number of people? asks a writer in the St. Louis Republic. There are gaits and gaits, yet how few really know how to walk. This lack of grace is especially noticeable in tha ferairv'-.; V1 crowd. To be sure the ladies have a great deal to contend with during the present mode of dress. What with tight lacing, big bustles, ex ?ni1o?c ?anf) ru-iirTtT>H-t/w?fi hi<?h-heeled Ox ford ties, it is a hard matter for them to manage to sustain their equilibrium even. Now, men have nothing of ail this to cope with. They need not wear the above-mentioned articles and still be in style. That little five-lettered word I How many have died martyrs to it! Naturally the first thing to be considered is the dress. To begin with the shoes: They must neither be too long nor too short, too wide nor too narrow, too light nor too heavy. They must be just right. Your feet will bo blistered alike if your shoes are too heavy or too light. Have amediumweisrht, flexible, broad-heeled shoe. It depends entirely on the shape of the foot whether the heel should be high or low. A -Tc Hr?cf T fhinlr li/CU_LUi_U. lllgLL kJ L UVVi VfcA-? -- ? | Now for the walk. Throw your shoulders well back; hold your head up, with your chin drawn in; throw your whole body from the hips up slightly forward. Now step out, moving the less from the hips with the slightest possible bend ia the knee, to prevent a stiff-legged appearance. Take steps of moderate length, with the toes turned out. "When walking, the best position for the arm is to let it hang easily at the side. Do not swing them, but do not hold them perfectly sti?. Systematic i'unctuarion. Ia a Boston newspaper oSce not long ago the chief proof-reader had been greatly annoyed by the extraordinary use of commas that cropped out in occasional "takes" on his proofs, and, finding that they occurred regularly under a certain "slug," he went to 'Slug Fifteen's" frame to expostulate with him. He found that the man was a new "sub," who said he cams lately from Nova Sootia, and had learned his trade m a firstilass office in Halifax- "For pity's sake," exclaimed the proof-reader, "what sort of a system of punctuation do they employ In Halifax?" "The rule in our office," replied the compositor, with a patronizing air, "was to put in about three commas to % Line." , , .. , NOTES OF THE SESSION. A GLANCE INJO SOUTH CAROLINA'S LEGISLATIVE I1ALL?. Some Important and 3Iany Unimportant Mcasarv* Considered?A Great Dejil ol Work with. Kather Little Speech Making. CoLrnBU, S. C., December 22.?Tbe Session of 1888 is about over. Uy tbe time this paper is read the members will all have gone home?in time to eojoy their Christmas dinner. Both houses adopted a resolution io adjourn sine die on Monday next. Below will be found a synopsis of the proceedings since the last report. FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLABS FOR PENSIONS. The Pope bill to establish a home for disabled Confederate soldieis. (bearing an unfavorable report,) the bill io repeal the .State Pension Act of last year (with a favorable report) and the military com mitteo'd substitute bill to appropriate annually $50,000 to pensions for the most needy ana deserving applicants came np together for consideration in the Senate. There was a loDg ai_d earnest debate. Senator Murray moved to table tiie soldiers' home bill with a view to taking it up tho committee's bill. Yeas?Alexander, Bvrd, Bui&t, Donaldson, Edwards, Erwin, Feld, Hemp hill, Ho well, Iziar, Mason, McMaster, McCall, Moise, Moody, Moore, Munro, Murray, Ready, Sinkler, Smith, of Horry, Smith, of Spartanburg, Verdier, "Wilson and Woodward?25. Nave?Dozier, Ferguson, Patterson, Pope and Sojourner?5. So the motion prevailed. The committee's bill then came up. Senator Pope's motion to table it "was lost. Sen? t-3 Pope then moveu. to strike out the provisions for county boards of veterans to pass upon claims. Agreed to on a division by 16 to 7. The bill then passed without a division. Sentt ;r Murray next moved to conu -. i- - ?u:..?> 1 u:il cinue iiie suiuier? uumo um uuuz iuc next st saion so as to let it be on hand when tiie pnbiic had observed the working of the committee's bill. Lost 14 to 15. The bill was then indefinitely pottpone d and the fight was 07er. CUTTING DOWN SALAKTTS. The last special order was Senator Field's bill to cat down the salaries of State officers and clerks. Contrary to expect itions, there was no debate on this bill. On Senator Howell's motion it was immediately killed by the following vote: Yeas?Senators Byrd, Bnist, Dozier, XT' Tr,]av Af/?\fOC JULUUJyiiia) JUiUU) ?uul\/.mm?u ter, McCail, Moise, Moore, Monro, Murray, Pope, Smkler, Smith, of Horry, Verdier acd Woociward.?18. Nays?Senators Alexander, Ed words, Ferguson, Field, Meetze, Moore, Patterson, lleady and Wilson?9. At a tete hour Senators Donaldson and Mason rose to a quebtion of privilege and announced that if they had vscii pivsent- at, tue time of vote, the\ would hiivo Vwtid for the bill. LIQU0B BILLS. Two bills relating to the sale of liquor in the town of Chtster were considered 1?it f->,A pftch liavinc been ere pared by representatives of the two factions into which the people of Chester appear to be divided on the liquor question. Tha firtt on the calendar was one to enforce the present prohibitory law in Chester by prohiliting druggitts &c. from frilling liquor, even under prescription, to any one whaisuever, and even from giving it away. Heavy penalties weie provided for violation of tiie bill. The second was one to repeal the present prohibitory law of 1882, and provide for local optican elections and the granting of licenses, in case they are authorized, at the high figure of $500 each. ? O v.!,*nA + *-?nrron Xlie OtLlittUi iJLUJLU iuutvu to substitute the prohibitory bill for the license bill. This motion was tabled by a vote of 21 to 11, and the high license bill passed -without debate, the prohibition bill being killed. THE STATE TAX. The bill to levy taxes for the payment of the gen? rai expenses of the fctate arid county governments excited muoh discussion. Mr. Haskell first made a statement in behalf of the committee of the financial aspect oi the situation. The Legislature, he said, would have to provide for about ?910,000 to meet this. The committee calculated upon $175,00!) phosphate royalty, which ieit $73(5,000 to be provided by taxation. Their calculation was oased tirwn an ChS# <??# <! Vfllne of S14r5.000.000. and they estimated that a mill would yield about $137,000, making allowances :or delinquent taxes &e. Thus a tax of mills would yield about $620,1)00. Add $175,000 of phosphate royalty and the fund woaid reach $^91,000, about $16,000 short of the needs of the State. i"he committee thought the State could t-qutc-ze through on a levy of oi mills, bu'i the House must remember tbat tie State was now drawing against an empty treasury, and the members must decide whether it would be the better policy to just squeeze through, or endeavor to accumulate a fund that could bo held in reserve for future contingencies which were liable to arise at any time. Air. Waller, of Abbeville, moved to amend by rnsbiog the levy 5 mills instead of 6 mills, fired off a volley of figures compiled from the comptroller general's report to show that 5 mills would be cnoagli. The figures were as follows: Appropriations, SST^UlKJitt'SfeseK vame, 31*0,000,000; a 5 mill tax would yield 3700,000; the phosphate royalty is placed at ?190,000; total revenue, $890,000. Mr. Waller calculated that a 5 mill levy would leave a surplus in the treasury of about $40,000. Mr. Wilson, of Sumter, advocated a oi mill levy, and he too fired off figures to prove it. He advocated the gradual accumulation of a reserve fund in the treasury. Alter some further discussion Mr. Waller and his friends accepted miiie as a compromise. Mr. Haskeli, however, if-lied a vote to test the sen~e of a the Hocs-5 on a levy of Sfjnills. Only live or f-ix members voted with him. then v<.-to oi: "? mills with little r sacct-5?. i'he Ho use then adopted, oy an overwhelming vote, the amendment of mills and the bill was thereupon ordered to be engrossed for the third reading. TOWNSHIP BONDS. The House judiciary committee reported a bill whieLi is intended ss a substitute 'or all townthip railroad bills. It is as foloisrs: "Whereas, certain townships in this | State have by their vote expressed their willingness to subject themselves to taxation for the purpose of paying bonds issued by them in aid of certain railroads; and, whereas, by by reason of a defect \ in the Acts authorizing the issue of said bonds they have been declared invalid: "Now, therefore, for the purpose of carrying into effect the expressed will of the people of said townships, be it enacted, &c.: "Section 1. That the township bonds heretofore issued by county commissioners, as the corporate agents of any township in the State, in aid of any railroad, by vote of the inhabitants of said town snip, are nereoy aeciarea so oe aeois 01 said townships respectively, having authorized the issue of the same, and the interest and the prinoipal thereof shall be paid according to the terms of the said bonds or tax, by the assessment, levying and collection of an annual tax upon the available property in said townships, as may be necessary, in like manner and by the same county officials &s the tax levied for county bonds in aid of railroads is assessed, levied and collected; said tax to be known and styled in the tax books as the township railroad tax, and when collected shall be paid over by the treasurer of the county to to the holders of said bonds as the, interest thereon may become due and according to the terms thereof." TJ /V? OA O 1 rvf TT J.uo uvuog liau n *cij \awwmww on the bill reported by the committee relative to township bonds issued in aid of railroads. Mr. Brawley moved to amend by striking oat all after the title oi the bill and inserting the following as section 1: Section 1. That the township bonds heretofore itsaed by county commissioners as the corporate agents of any townships, are hereby declared to be debts of said townships respectively having authorized the issue of the same: And the interest and principal thereof shall be paid according to the terms of the ( aid bonds, or tax, by the assessment, levying and collection of an annual tax upon the taxable property in said town oui?J ac JLU?j uc nc^ceoaij, m lu?uuox aud by the same county officials as the tax levied for county bonds in aid of railroads is assotsed, levied and collected. There was a long and spirited debate. Finally the bill passed with an amendment to the effect that no township should be liable on its bonds unlets the road subscribed to should be actually built through the township. THE CLEMSON COLLEGE. When the CJemson Agricultural Col lege Dili came oeiore iiae oenaw it was debated for three hours and passed, seventeen Senators voting for and fifteen against it. The biil came up at fifteen minutes after ten o'clock as a special order. The debate was opened by Senator Edwards, of Darlington, in a long and forcible argument in support of agricultural education in general and of the acceptance of the Clemson bequest in particular. Mr. Sojourner, of Barnwell, followed in a spcecn in which he declared himself as a tanner in favor pf agricultural education, bat opposed to the establishment of the Clemson College, on the ground of its location at one end of the State acd because the property was to be used as an endowment and not for building an agricultural college. Mr. Murray, of Anderson, headed the . thft hill in a brilliavfc I speech, in which he enlarged on the Clemson Collej. e movement as a covert attack on the South Carolina College. He attacked the legality of Mr. Clemsou's will, and called on the Senate not to follow the lower House and put the Staie in the undignified position of contenting with the great granddaughter of Caihoun for the possession of historic Fort Hill. Col. McMaster, of Richland, spoke briefly against the pending measure and against agricultural education, which he believed to be a humbug, and moved to postpone the bill. This motion was withdrawn to allow the debate to continue and Mr. Pope, of Newberry, took the floor to advocate the bill, wliich he did in an eloquent 1- x-?11 - ? ~i. 4-* epeecn iqu ox ttrguuicuL nuu jp^ucp w the positions taken by the opposition. He discussed the legal difficulties alleged to be in the way and described them as "bagbears" by which no oue would be frightened. Mr. Buist, of Charleston, advocated the postponement of further consideration of the bill to the nest session, pointing out that immediate action was not imperative and declaring that the only way to secure a prompt hearing of the will contest in the United States Supreme Court would be for the State to hold off, when the interest of the State in the decision would cause the case to be advanced on the docket. He declared his willingness to vote a hundred thousand dollars a year if necossary to run a grand Agricultural College, provided the bUte should have its absolute control. ?>lr. Donaldson, of GrtetviJle, called on the friends of the bill not to be led " xv . x 2 U-. away irom cue true jsauo uj mc piut iui delay. He demanded that the representatives of the people should come squarely out and say whether or not the cry for an Agricultural College should be* heeded. He made a strong plea fcr education for the farmers' sons and urged that the State accept now the grand gift of Mr. Ciemson ior that purpose. Mr. Patterson, of Chester, opposed the bill as failing to meet the demand for an Agricultural College for the State. Mr. Hemphill, of Abbeville, arraigned the opponents of the bill for voting money "to the Winthrop Training School ovt-r which the State had no control and refusing Mr. Clemson's because the State's control was not absolute. Mr. Sinkier, of Berkeley, stated his position as being in favor cf postponement though he was not opposed to the Clemson College. The debate then closed and the roll w&3 caKed 01 the motion to postpone the bill to tbe next session. Tne following Senators voted "aye": Byrd, Buist, Dozier, Erwin, Howell, Izlar, McMahtsr, Moore, Murray, Patterson, Sinkler, Jeremiah Scr'th, Sraythc, S-.-journer, Verdier, Woodward?sixteen. The fallowing Senators voted "nay": Alexander, Bell, Donaldson, Edwards, Ferguson, Field, Hemphill, Mason, McCall, Meetze, Moise, MuDro, Pope, a-.-iU drW JL\6UUT, -IV. JJLL* Oi-U.ILi-lj TT XICVJJl oiavuwui The result was a tie. Lieutenant Governor Mauldin, occupying the chair, voted "nay," and the Senate refused to postpone the bill. The ayes and nays were then called on the motion to pass the bill to a third j ceding. The on]y change in the vote v/as by Mr. Sinkler, who had voted for postponement, but on the direct question voted for the bill, making the rrnal res-nit seventeen ayos and fifteen nays. Senator Moody, who would have voted f->r the bill, was paired with Senator Rhame. When the Senate met the next morning and the Senate Clemson College bill came up for its final reading, ana toe HoUbS bill to the same effect being substituted, Senator Murray moved to adjourn the debate until 11.30 a. m. The vote resulted: Yeas?Byrd, Buist, Dozier, Erwin, i Howell, Izlar, Moore, Murray, Patter son, SinMer, Smith, of Horry, Verdier Woodward?13. 1 Nays?Donaldson, Edwards, Fergu- : son, Field, Hemphill, Mason, McCall, Metz, Moise, Mnnro, Pope, Ready, : and Wilson?13. Senators Smythe, Sojourner and : Rhame, who would have voted in affirm- i ative, were paired with Senators Smith, 1 of Spartanburg, Bell and Moody. ; The Chair (Lieutenant Governor Maul din) voted "no," so that t'ie motion : was defeated. < Senator Buift offered an amendment providing that the bequest be not accept- ' ed'by the State until the injunction < granted be dissolved. Senator Pope : moved to table. The vote and the pans < were the same. The tie was broken by the Chair, who voted "noi' thus definitely committing the Lieutenant Governor to the support of the bill. Then Senator ' M array moved to continue the bill to the next session. Yeas?Byrd, Dozier, Erwin, Howel-, : Izla", Moore, Murray, Patterson, Sink- ; ler, -Smith, of Horry, Yerdier and "Wood- ' ward?12. Nay e?Donaldson, Edwards, F^rgn- : son, Field, Mason, McC.iU, JL c: z., Moise, Munro, Pope, Readv and Wilson ?12. Senators, Buitt, Rhame, Smjthe, Sojourner, and McMaster, who would j hav6 voted for the motion, were paired ' with Senators Hemphill, Moody, Smith, of Spartanburg and Bell, who would have voted against it. Senators Mc- ' Master and Sojourner were both paired : with Senator Bell. Messrs. McMaster and Sojourner were both present. The ' point is two votes in favor of the motion to continue were swapped for one against . it. Jf Mr. Bell's pair had been only one ; Senator, the bill would have been continued until the next session. As it was a tie, the Chair voted "no," and the ? <3 A#Art+a/< 1UUMUU waa ucioai-cu. i Seuator Murray next moved to recommit the bill. On this vote Senators ] Rhame, S my the and Sojourner were paired with Senators Alexander, Smith < of Spartainburg and BeJl. The vote stood 14 to 14. The Chair voted "no," and the motion was lost. Then, by the i $-ame vote, the bill passed its second 3 reading, and the Senate bill to the same j effect was given its final reading and sent to the House. ? IXOREN'OE COUSTT. Wben the Florence County bill was j taken up, the walls of the House were f decorated with maps of the new county, j the desks of doubtful members loaded i with pamphlets, statistics and appeals, and the floor crowded with lobbyists. 1 The fight was opened by Mr. Nettles of Darlington, who opposed the bill in an 1 elaborate argument. He was followed < by Mr. R. G. Evans of Darlington, who ravored the new county. Speeches were ] made by Messrs. Cannon of Darlington, j Mosea of Sumter, Graydon of Abbeville, in opposition, and Mesar3. Peurifoy of j Edgefield, J. G. Evans cf Aiken, and { O'Brien of Colleton, in favor of the bill, j Finally Mr. Kelly, in behalf of the < Williamsburg delegation, made the an- i rouncement that Williamsburg county no longer opposed the bill, which was 1 subsequently passed by a vote of 83 < to 27. 1 THE PBI>UR? ELECTION BILL, { passed the Senate, was substituted for Mr. McCrady's House bill. It went 1 through without opposition. The penalty for wilful violation of duties by ] managers of primary elections is fixed at $100 cr six months' imprisonment, and ] for fraud and corruption at $500 or j twelve months. The managers and voters are to be sworn and made liable < to indictment for perjury if they sw.ar ] falsely. i THE RAILROAD BILL. f Tiie bill to amend an act entitled "An * Act to amend an act entitled an act to < provide a general railroad law for the 1 matagtment and regulation of railroads in the Stite, and for the appointment of a railroad commissioner, and to provide ? for his powers and duties," approved February 9,1882, said act being incorpo- < rated with and known as Chapter IL, ? General Statutes, 1882, and therein en- 1 titled of "Kailroad corporations, general t railroad law." J Mr. Heskt-U opened the debate by I < moving to strike out the enacting words. J ? He said he thought the bill would briiig injury not only to the railroads, but to ( tbe people of the State. He reviewed ? the history of the railroad law, showing i how powers were given the commission before, but on petition of 10,000 citizens ] t'ae law wes repealed; but in twelve i months the Richmond and Danvi'ile read had losses of $150,000 on account of mis- J managenent by the commission. There < was no justice in putting millions of 1 property into the hands of men nolo- 1 riously unfit. He would be willing to i vote to amend the law, but would not i vote for a bill to give the whole manage- J ment of the roads into the hands of a < commission. t Mr. Moses said he thought it time to give the people a chance. The railroads i have been robbing and swinging the people long enough, and it was time for i it to stop. < Mr. I ^rifoy made a characteristic 1 argument in favor of the bill. The people in bis S9c;ion had been swindled by < the railroads, and were tired of it. The i bill v. as a good one. If tho commission has no power we bad better abolish it. < Mr. itaysor opposed the bill. lie 3 said the constant tendency to leg??late 1 on private matters kept capital away f from the State. Mr. Buchanan made a strong and f-arcastic argument in favor of the bill. He said the railroads were trying to take , rights from the State in the name of the j people. The railroads didn't want time, as claimed, but wanted eternity. The j qaestion bad been ctiscuaeea in twotuirds of the counties during the campaign, and the people wanted the bill. Mr. Graydon opposed tue bill not on account of any fri^dship for the roads, but for the people of the State. Mr. Kaysor moved to reconsider the vote by which the House refused t ; continue the bill to the next f-essioa, bat the motion was lost on a divided House. Mr. Haskell here withdrew his motion to strike out the enacting words, and : ffcrtd the following amendment to S rction 2: < "Provided, said commission shall fix \ r>r, vntoc virtlfttinff Sf.fitioil 1443 of the General Statutes." The amendment was adopted Mr. Haskell moved to add to Section 4: "Provided, if any rule or schedule i directed by said commission, .shall ia ; any respect be a vioiution of the law, no J railroact company shall be held liable for j snc'n violation." ] This was adopted. i Mr. Haskell also moved to amend by : adding after Section 6: "Provided, ] further, that until the election herein ! rM-oj^rihprl oVifi.il hp held, thft nresent i commission shall continue in office"; adopted. He farther moved to amend by adding the following: "Provided further that the salaries of said commission be paid from the state treasury like j other State officers." , Mr. John Gary Evans moved to lay ( the amendment on table. The yeas and 1 nays were demanded, resulting yeas 52, . i nays 34, so the amendment was tabled, i Mr. Bang moved to amend by making the term of commissioners four years instead of six. Mr. Kaysor moved to table, "which motion was carried. The opponents of the bill, it seemed, if they could not defeat it, determined to amend it to death, if possible, and Mr. Gray don followed with another amendmatin or fVio +Arm twrt vpftrfl. Mr. Gueaa moved to lay the amendment on the table, wiiicli motion was sarried with the usual large majority which supported the bill. The bill then went to a third reading, and Mr. Moses :imeltfcd the matter by moving to reconsider aud lay on the table, which was .lone. KHXIXGS OX CALENI'AE. The House bill reducing the salaries of Circuit Judges from 33,fc00 to $3,000 sra.'- killed by the following vote: Yeae?Bui6t, Byrd, Dozier, Howell, Fzlar, McMaster, McCall, Moise, Moore, Munro, Murray, Rhaxne, Siakier, Smythe, Yerdier and Woodward?16. N&vs?Donaldson. Edwards. Erwin. Ferguson, Field, Hemphill, Masor, Meetze, Moody, Patterson, Pope, Lieatf.7, Smith cf Horry, Sojourner and Wilson?15. 'lilt killing was effected by reason of bhe abseace oi Senators Alexander and 3mitb, of Sijartaiibnrg, ^ho were expected to vote against it. The* House biii to amend Section 2,037 of the Revised Statutes relating the power of marrit d women to make contracts was Killed after considerable speech-making. Senator Field's bill to reduce the per 3iem and mileage of members of the Legislature was killed after debate by a rote of 24 to 6. other matters. In the Houee the salary redaction bill *as continued until the nex; session. The Cook's Creek, Berkeley County, | bill wss r-ssed. Mr. Berkeley's $1 per diem and five ;ents a mileage bill was indefinitely postponed. Mr. Trantham's bill to give to coul ties which have aided in the construction of railroads all funds collected by taxation ior State purposes was, on mot'on of Mr. Trantham, continued till next session. The bill to repeal the seed cotton traf ic law, passed at last session, was passed jO a third reading. It withdraws. Berke.ey and Aiken connties from the provisoes of the Act. The following were among the bills !?hich passed a second reading: Bill to require county auditors to file ivith the comptroller general certified jopits of the returns of banks, &c. Bill to exempt school teachers from road duty only while engaged in teaehag. The bill to reqr-r-jthe agricultural bn* reau to pay over ail its receipts to the State treasury passed, with an amendment providing that it shall not go in effect until twelve mouth-' hence. It tvili probably be killed in the Senate. The bill to require tue Circuit Judges :o arrange the r?- ler of the Circuit Sfcurts, aud to fix the time for holding ;he same in the different counties of the 3iate evtry five jears, was killed. The bill to repeal the agricultural lien anr TOo-i J-i i fho cor The following passed their second reading: To amend Section 1,457 of the General Statutes, relating to the duties of railroad commissioners. Authorizing the county commissioners of Greenville, Pickens, Berkely, Kershaw, Anderson, Georgetown, York md Samter counties to borrow money ;o pay ordinary county expenses, jnrors md witness certificates and teachers' ;lairas and past due claims against counies. To incorporate the Sumter Institute. To pay the widow of Secretary of State Leitner $1,407. To amend an Act limiting the number >f justices in certain counties", &c., with senate amendment, excepting the folowing counties from the provisions ihereof: Newberry, Laurene, Oconee, Sichknd, Charleston, Lexington, Lancaster, Barnwell, Colleton and Ander iOE. To amend subdivi?ion 4, Section 919, )f the General Statutes, relating to physician?, and to repeal subdivision; 6 of ;aid section. To amend the law with reference to mc-xpended school funds remaining on land at the end of any fiscal year. To provide for tho establishment of separate school districts in the several lities, iucorporated towns and villages of ;he State, to authorize the levy and colccfion of spocial taxes therein, and to mtkorize the levy and collection of specal taxes in the several school districts 3ow formed or hereafter to be formed outside of cities, incorporated towns ind villages. To incorporate tho Industrial Buildng and Loan Association of Charleston. Trt nrnliihif t.lio cbIa r>f aniritnnTis ( r ' riv-?" -i- -.nroxicatmg liquors by apothecaries, Iruggists or any other persons in the :own of Yorkville. This di*pos>d of all tho Senate bills | m the Calendar np for a second reading. A message was received from the Govirnor transmitting a letter from Govorlor Scales, of North Carolina, in rela;ion to the boundary line between North ind South Carolina. A Great Invention. The Palmetto Hoe is the greatest, indention of the age, in the way of a IIuo 'or field and garden use, having an ad ran tag e over all other hoes now m rise, n th it it baa four cutting edges and is so constructed that the handle can be jhanged so thitt each edge e>in b9 ntilzed. .iJy reversing the hoo it btcomes jerpencieuiar with the plant, and ,hereby prevents) any injury to the piant n taking away i<vuss cirtetiy from the root cf the plant. Besides these advantages the blade can be replaced when Torn out, at one-third cf the original jost of the boe. The Palmetto Hoe can 3e bought at the same cost as the goose leek, or any other steel hoe now in use. 5old by all hardware dealer*, or can be >idered from Sheble & Klemm, Manufacturers, Philadelphia, Pa. PIANOS A.>1> OUUAAS. Pianos $225. Organs $50. ChickerDg, Mathhushek, Mason Sc Hamiin, Sterling and Arion Pianos. Mason & Hamlin, Packard and Waterloo Organs, it Factory prices for cash or on easy [nstalments. Fifteen days test trial and freight paid both ways if not satisfactory. Order and test in your own homes. Delivered to Dearest depot freight free. Don't forget bottom prices and square iealing. Write for cuts and prices. N. W. THUMP, Columbia, S. 0. Mll : t It is reported that the Malaga grape crop is short this year, and only one hundred and fifty thousand barrels are coming to this country in place of three hundred thousand barrels that were expected. A single storm destroyed one hundred thousand barrels of the fruit. % FASHION NOTES FROM PARIS. Dresses Seen on the Stage and Elsewhere. (From the New York Times.) Oil Tuesday subscription nights commenced at the Francis, and on Saturdays they occur at the Opera Comique. These, with the Patti representation, call my attention first to evening dress. Empire styles modified to long waists seem to enjoy unlimited favor. Golded satin, with a band of Russian sable around the bottom and a scarf of the same encircling the low corsage and crossing in front, meet with general attention. A wide satin sash did not bunch np under the arm, but was shaped downward, giving to the slight figure all its grace of outline. A large feather fan of the same shade as the dress completed the toilet, and the hair, which was dressed on top of the head, was a diamond and black pearl corent. Three rows of Oriental pearls of goodly size were carelessly thrown aronnd the throat beneath. The usual band of fur was tied on one side, with a yellow bow. The lady had a long half-fitting opera cloak of cream cr?ue de chine heavilv embroidered like an ordinary shawl, but all the outlines of the flowers were defined in gold thread. The long sleeves were finely phited and seemed like hnge white wings. The collar came up very high. It was lined with feather bands, and on the outside an ostrich boa fell to the feet. The toilets worn in the unsuccessful play "Jealousy" at the gymnase are not remarkable except for simplicity. Mde Malvan has a delicate lilac satin, perfectly plain, but embroideried with narrow columns of gold reaching to the waist On OLe tide was thrown a cluster of embroidered morning glories in all their delicate shades twining in and out of the glittering columns. The lovely draped stripes are of crepe de liase, with also j frills about the V-^haped throat. Mile iuaxvj.li wears aisu a pa-.e grajr c^ksiimcic braided or embroidered in black, with a tight-fitting half-open jacket of natural seal. Inside tiie vest is made of piaitid cream tulle under cross bands of black velvet. The otner toilets were neither novel nor interesting. On the Paris bouievards a fancy ball dress could find many a delightful idea. A fio wer quartet is charming in a costume. The lilly is represented by short white . aiin fringed out around the bottom in iiiJy leaves. The wai&t is a mixture of satin and crepe de lisse, the latter foimj ing folds and the former a sore of twist braiding to confine them all. One side is made of lilies pointing upward, making an epaulette of diamonds and flowers. I Tn lie encircles the throat and arms and lilies crowd the bionde curl of iht | coiffure. Violets pick out tulle of a verj pale shade, and a fringe at the bottom sho ts a pale green underskirt An emerald-greun satin sash seems to confine a shower of violets making the corsage. There are no sleevts, only jewel bauds of amethyst poppy. ' A dress in sattin over pale-lemon tulle skirts has a coxsige made like leaves of flowers in satin, and green satin leaves reach higher still, making a low neck with diamond dewdrops sparkling between. A beautiful dress is one that is a mass of embroidery on tulle, with a broad sash oi tendrils and green grasses tnd brown stalks. A. head dress is most curious, the back of the head being *? a* a J ~ 7^ covered wiui xmy nowers maue i>u xxc flat and compact and increasing in size to the front, where they form a cornet. Stockings are all flesh-color embroidered in flowers to unit the costume. Daisy garlands are seen to twist around a bare leg, while the poppy gathers itself on the instep and aukle. Violets dot oniy pale rose tint, and a lily points downward from the knee. The dresses, os they are, might be found too short for parlor wear, but otherwise they are exquisitely faultless. THAT TO>"GUiS OF 1XGALLS. The Way It Wagged When It* Owner Wa? the President's Guest. /Frn-m th? Vpw York World A Washington, December 18.?A characteristic story is in circulation in clubdom here with regard to Senator Ingalls and his "bitter and vindictive" sentiments towards tiie President. During the latter part of January President Cleveland gave a dinner at which a number of Senators among other distinguished guests were present. Senator Ingalls was among them. It so happened that j when the party gathered around the great table in the dining-room, Senator Ingalls found himself seated by the side of a well known society lady. The Senator had very little that was pleasant to say of any subject broached by his neighbors at table. He indulged in a number of disagreeable personalities, and finally began a tirade of abuse oi President Cleveland, at whose dinner table he was then sitting. The lady referred to was extremely annoyed and :iia her best to let the Senator see it without being obtrusive. The Senator, however, apeared to be oblivious or -ndifferent to the feelings of the President's guests who sat about him, and continued to speak in disrespectiui terms of his host. The lady is possessed ol remarkable tact; she is also very patient, but tliis latter quality was weil-nigh ex Uau t-.d. Turning to Senator Lngalls, she ta d in her very sweetest tones; i "Senator. when I invite vou to dinner I shall certainly give joa the pea^e of | honor, on my right." The Senator I promptly expressed hia appreciation 01 this prospective courtesy, and was about to indulge in a more effusive compliment vlion his fair neighbor interrupted him: "Btcaus .', Senator/' taxd she, "if I have you vvitbin earshot I shall be sure you :iru noi; paying >e\*t ro things about me." Don't bo deceived by fictitious or paid f-;r ;:exLliodtes. All testimonials printed in i.ur paper concerning the merit ol B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm) are true , Wyifii T^lnn/1 ( lil I Atlanta, Ga., for "Book of Wonders." An enterprising man who had just embarked in the milk business distributed & lot of circulars announcing that be was prepared to ser^e his patroDS with "milk of the lirt>t water." As a failure he was a success. The corner in copper has caused an al most clean sweep ot the old brr?ss household utensils that artists and b.ic-a-brac hunters covet. ?nd yet tho syndicate is not broken. "Worrtcn rauH hare lie'a happy :p 'h* tiu;o of Noah." " Z hy k>?" Because it Jr o l/-\n rr tim/i tr\ rrn\cit /J/1 in t V\r?C?j C* '?/l\ C* blWUkV IV V II ViU IMVfcV days." How strange it. is that as soon as a wealthy man dies in the United States the widow and daughter seek consolation in the sorrowful city of Paris. lime aiiu wiuc nan ?\ji uu mau, uut when & woman is In the case, even time and tide must wait or go on wit&out her. "What is the best position in which to sleep?'' asked the patient. "I usually lie down," replied the doctor. An outsider going into a newspaper office on publication day can readily see that it is by no means a bed of roses. ARIZONA'S BURIED CITY. ^ Lieut. Gushing Describes the Relics of the Fast Unearthed at Los Muertos. "In to-night's lecture," said Lieut. Frank Hamilton Cushing at a special meeting of the Academy of Science, "I will detail, first, the circumstances which led up to my discovery of ancient Los Muertos, or the City of the Dead, in the Salt River valley of Arizona, and then sjqow cue relations ui uie tmarauwarisucTs of this city to those of the modern Zuni, and vice versa. "At an early age I contracted the habit of wandering about the woods of western New York and discovering fossils, curious stones, etc., and from their resemblance to living forms I had seen I tried to formuiate some theory as to their origin. These theories, I subsequently found, harmoDizedvery wonderfully with those entertained by a whole people as a religious belief. I refer to the Zunis. I began to ponder whether there was any /skfAw/wl Krr fliAon nAAmla in -fViia ajctcui WOCJi?*;u wj nuwv iu WAM matter, and I was led to observe charac- _ _ teristics of soil and topography wliich ao " companied the occurrence of a camp site among the Indians." After minutely describing his course of training in this respect, and showing how, even in plowed fields, traces of former human occupation had been discovered. Professor Cushing referred to the five or six years he had lived with the Zunis, and said that the narration of his experiences and discoveries had so interested a New England lady named lira. TT?ry?infra*t lint, clip nr<rrmi7<vl flip TT<->rr> ingway Southwestern Etletiological expedition to carry out the line of his explorations. and this led to the discovery of Los JIuretos. "A number of like mounds," continued the speaker, '"happened to meet my gaze, and hidden away under the mesquite forest I saw unmistakable signs of an ancient Indian village. Art remains?fragments of pottery and other peculiarities precisely similar to those found in Zuni?were discovered. After several feet of excavation had been made the walls of a veritable city more than three miles in length were laid bare. From deductions made from all the surroundings I concluded that the newiy discovered city was about twenty times tlio cisro tVio rrtn^orn Tlio tecture may be characterized as composed of terra cotta. ' Thirty-three blocks of houses have already been excavated. The population of Zuni being 1,G00 souls, that of Los Muertos may be estimated at that about eleven centuries ago, when it was abandoned. The most interesting characteristic which proved that the city had been overwhelmed by a succession of earthquakes was that the walls opened up, as it were, as though they were on hinge3 at the bottom. Similar peculiarities havt? been observed during the recent earthquakes in Mexico. ' "On account of the suddenness cf tf?J catastrophe the inhabitants had no time to remove a single article, and, therefore, all that could withstand the effect of time are scattered about as in the days of their use, such as ancient jars, mills and axes. The latter bunches, with their handles burned off, lie on the ground as they fell. p "A most interesting discovery was mnde," said tho lecturer, "respecting the pottery in this ancient village-.^ The^-J water jars contained an apparently arHT^^I tificial break in the continuity of an ornamental band on the exterior a?d the " -.-z food jars on the interior precisely s^i]^ to those of the Zunis. so that I am lw believe from this and other peculiar-^ that the inhabitants of Los Muertos the ancestors of the Zunis. Tliese banc I found, while living with the latU people, were not caused accidently, ana possessed a deep meaning. "I endeavored to learn the unmanly art of making pottery, for the women always make it, and while sitting among them molding some clay, I commenced , to whistle softly. The women rose in horror arid exclaimed: 'Child! child!' I was amazed, but an old woman led me aside and said: 'You must never whistle or sing or make any sound that would awake an echo in the canyon while mak ing pottery, ior u you uo iue vujw ?m go out while it is burning and the pottery will crack.' "All savages, I found, believed that ?? ?? everytliing that has motion, heat or sound of itself must have life. The Zunis have observed that whenever a vessel breaks or becomes useless, in other words when it dies, it gives a loud twang, especially during the burning process, and they think a vessel is imitative like the echo. Furthermore, they think when a vessel is put on the fire that it sings, and they believe that the vague existence they give to the vessels has something to do with the l^UUllL?rO Vi. iWU UVA^U 1WU* ? them. ' They would not let me whistle because they believe the sound of my voice would enter the clay and break it when it was subjected to heat. These ideas give a more rational aspect to the superstitious feeling the savages bear towards their fetiches and idols. "I supposed there were no Zuni ruing.1 west of the center of Arizona, but here, much further in that direction than I could ever have imagined. I found this marvelous city of the dead. The Zunis consider their households as entities, and by a natural course of reasoning they have been led to believe th?t their house hoM articles should take their place among their gods. Hie Zunis' conception of the soul is "very curious. It is supposed that the priests of heredity have also by heredity power over "their owa souls, which enables them on great occasions to separate their souls?from- their . ^ ? bodies, and at death they do not require ? any ceremonial or sacrifice, like ordinary mortals."?San Francisco Examiner. ??* Main Field of Educ;it: t?. A physician declares that our adu rational sysienis overlook the fact that the main field of education is the nervous system. A comprehensive system of physicial education is necessary for the development of latent power, so that thought, desire and will shall take the form of action.?Chicago Times. Berlin has a Technical high school, built by the city at a cost.of ?4,800.000, and maintained at an annual cost of $190,000. There is nothing in life that slips by more stealthily than an opportunity. As usual on the eve of the new year, and ^ the day of 6naDcial reckoning, the exodus of American embezzlers to Canada increases. It is doubtful if Edison's new talkicg machine will ever supersede the old reliable sewing societies. "All men are born free and equal," but unfortunately some are born equal to two or three of their fellows. It doesn't matter how homely a man is; if he is only rich, some beautiful women trill thinlr fKot ?a '*1 /-viraltt 99 "iU I.A41UXX lOJMtU JUV AO iU ? WJ Disea es peculiar to women, especially . monthly disorders, are cured by the j timely use of Bradfield's Female Regulator. 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