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I lie Prsss and Banner. Dj Iiagh Wilson and Ii. T. Ward law. Wednesday, June 22. 1881. T>ie Keowee Courier's Demand for Office. .1* flirt /Vsi/ViV)* comes down on iisinan articleof sue!) ponderosity tlmt we "have almost lost oui brcatli. Except however, some inapplicable personal remarks which were perhaps thrown in by our friend to spoil his article, we reproduce it enlire in this week's issue of the Pres.* ^ -tincl Banner. As to tlie motives which prompter Ihe members of'the Convention ii *18?8, to nominate Colonel J. S. Colliran, tor tlie office of Solicitor we art as ignorant as we are of the reasons which prompted the previous nominating convention in 1S7-1, to make the nomination before t*he arrival of our delegates when it was known that they were aboard the train for l?elton, the place of meeting. The schedule was such that all the delegates were there, ' rim Abbeville. whe were the last to arrive. Before the arrival of our delegates the nomination was made. The public are as able to judge of tbejustrce of the act as we -are, When it is remembered that the presence of our delegates would have changed the result. That paper says that Colonel Aiken was nomii ated for Congress "because be polled the largest vote." That was right. He being the choice of a majority of the Convention, it was noth ing but just to the convention that lie should have it- The Kccrtccc Courier gives reasons anil motives fort lie nominations of Solicitor and Conrrrssman. We have no data upon which t> dispute his assertions, but we are inclined to the opinion ihat our friend has been led into an error. But if geography had anything to do with their nominations, we are sorry for it, and now protest against any future action of the kind. In its last issue it will be noticed that the Keowce Courier has changed front, or explained away its former position. in its previous ettbrt to rise by pulling down others. We hold that in its first article, that paper virtually admitted, "the superior fitness and competency'' of other citizens and that it askedjnr off.ee because no man from t&at county holds State office. It now charges us with a declaration that Oeo?iee and other counties hold ''iio outside office because of the lack of their qualifications." We did not think that Oconee was lacking in good men, and if our language is fairly conslrucd it will not, in our opinion, carry any fcuch meaning. The Keoiocc Courier this week Agcaks of the qualification of the canfrom Oconee. That is right proper, nn<l just what ?ve suggested he should do two or three weeks pmf'.ago. Let him bring up me:: who (.ail ? carry weight in the elections, who will "Wield an influence which will give Strength to the party, not only hi his '7: own county,oui in uisifin nun [injiuiHus Per counties. Wo agree with the Kcoivtc Jpt jjburi'er that "the offices should be dfs~ ^-.<rii)Uted as Tar as possible to different ?Sections of the State," but we deny that Oconee, Pickens, Anderson, Greenville, Abbeville, or any other county has anyiright to demand an -office, simply because other counties m?y have been more fortunate ii^^ " pttstWe see no rclevancy iiy^Pf^rec Couriers talk aboutUflffl^fhsyateni. That was onejypP^rDemocratic blessings whivl^^ass\Vept away by order ofjj&tni ted States Government, as ^condition necessary to the reconstruction of the State Government, and to the admission of our delegates to the halls of Congress. But suppose the parish system did exist years ago. It was a matter of contract, and the act of the people of the whole State. By some hocus pocus, the particulars of which we are not farmiliar with just now, the low country acquired, by the higher taxation of her property, and by our consent, the right to additional Senators. That subject however need not enter this discussion. V. The offices of Judge and Solicitor! are judicial offices?not political? and should be. filled by the best j and most competent men, but State! offices, which are elected by the, people, we understand to be political j offices. The men to fill the offices of; Governor.Lieutenant Governor.ComD troDer General, Attorney General,&c., j &c., we know are not always chosen alono because of their superiority, but because of the greater strength; which they may bo supposed to: be able to bring to the party ticket,! and because the party can better bar-; rnonize on one than on another. In the election of 1382 we have; against us a solid majority of thirty; thousand. Suppose we adopt the Kco wee Courier'?suggestion and make the: dominations from the little counties: with the heaviest Democratic raajori-] ties, is anybody ?o blind as not to see; at once the inevitable result? The: error into which the Courier has fal-j Jeuseemsto be in the presumption; that the offices are to be given out; by the party without reference, to any possible, if not probable, effect in j solidifying or in disintegrating the party. The party should choose its officers -wisely in order that it may continue in f>ower. A wise General arranges his; army, and meets his foe on the most i advantageous grounds, with an eye single to victory. To achieve political success over thirty'thousand majority requires great sagacity and the uuited **. efforts of our people. As to National politics, no Stute has ever claimed that she had the right to furnish the President, The presiuen>? tial candidates in closely contested elections are chosen, because of their supposed strength to carry some doubtful State. For instance, in 18S0, both parties played their cards to win the States of Ohio, Indiana and New York. What our friend says about the National Executive appointments is true enough. If we are not mistaken, the appointments of the President, Jibe the representation in Congress, is apportioned in some way to the different States, and wp of right complain jf we are deprived of either representation In Congress, or our due share of Executive appointments. There are perhaps six or seven State j offices. Therearethlrty-fourcounties.; Necessarily there are about twentyseven counties, like Oconee, without. 8tate offices. If each of the Democratic counties should, like Oconee, demand an office,tbe party would be in a i lamentable condition. For our own part, we are inclined toi tbiDk that this insatiable thirst for of* ' fico will be the downfall of the party. ! i There are not enough to go round. To commence now to quarrel about the offices will engender that strife which -will cool tbe ardor of our people, even , if It does not alienate a portion of our voters. If by choosing the Governor from BeaufortZwe would carry that ; county and the State for Democracy,! -weshould be glad to do so. We want to add strength to the partj'. What; lias Oconee done, that she should be singled out, and g'.ven an office? Letj our friend, tbe Courier, name tbe man In bia county to whom the party owes , ym offi 36? i |f tha Courier * III enter tbe race in j k J ) _S ; generous rivalry, we shall not object to , hid Dominance for any office, and it nniy be that ue will support hia man. But we cannot accede his ri^ht to de- J ! manci of the party an office for one of its citizens simply because lie may live i | in Oeoi'.ee. Rev. Mr. ScJilv's Address at Walhalla.1 i Last Thursday we were in Walhalla I to witness the Commencement exer-j oic.ic iif tlw> FpniftUt ('oHliW ?Mll? ?? I stated elsewhere, we wore much grali- i tied fit the evidences of the excellence I ; which tlifsCollege has attained ic the' art ef imparting knowledge. In j j the programme It was So arranged that the Rev. Mr. Schiy of Newberry, \vas J : to deliver the annartl address before i ! the graduating class. As a public ad! dress is a proper subject of criticism,! , we presume that it will notbedisa-l Jgrecably to the orator if we mate a j ' friendly remark about his oration. J : What we say is said inanofl'handj way, and merely from memory, as the, points occur to us. j In the first place he contended, a.s| some visionary and impractical men j j have (lone before, that the same moral i jstandard in society should l>e applied | ; to both sexes. And in speaking of the; j different standards in socieiy, the! speaker made expressions, which to say the least, were of doubtful pro-! Ipriety. To begin, the sentiment isi | wrong,and one which no orator, not a! j public enemy to Christianity, should i uphold. Christianity elevates \vo;ran,! and makes her our queen. Our tnon- \ Icy, and our lives ate devoted tothel 'preservation of her purity, to tiieculi tivation of her loveliness, to tliere-! ! linemen t of l;er sweetness, to the per-] i feet ion of all the excellencies which] make her adorable. ?he is protected j in the street from the jostle of the rub-; | hie, and is not subjected to the touch of j ithe elbow of any who "would taint or! tarni>h. She is kept in a purer at-j i mosphere, where even the rude winds! of heaven itself may not enter, while] I man is sent into the highwaj's, into; the streets, ami wherever else his am-' bition may direct, or his necessities! j may require. It is not, in the very jnatureof things, to be expected to fiml! in man that purity, that sweetness, I and that loveliness which is found in j I woman, and he who would alter the j j well established order of society, toapplv the same standard to woman that is applied to man, would degrade her beyond our respect, and make religion ! itself a mockery. It is true the same j moral law applies alike to man and woj man, but under the Christian dispell-j j sation, equality of the sexes is simply ;thc unattainable, and he who would level her to our standard, would rob nf ita provvninrr orJnrv? I *?v v,v O O %J | the elevation of woman. Another principle, which tine speak-! or announced, we believe to bt wrrtng.' He would speak sneeringly of tiie im| portance of both dress and address, while showing a disregard for the ad- > | vantages to be derived from a proper j j observation of the amenities and civil-, i ities of polite and fashionable society, \ i and added that fond mothers often at- i taehod too much importance to the.' [ subject of the marriage of theirdaugh-j ters. As well say tha* the r.totner was; ; loo anxious about the soul of \\vm .child. Marriage is the grca^^^^H | woman's life, ' regards St, ti It is ever^^^MHB8n^HBHB99 ^makiP^ffputation, even if it does not i ' go further, and make character. And j j the mother who disregards the appear-! anceand the accomplishments of her daughter is recreant to her duty. If,' I as was once said at Duo West oil a | Commenceiueut occasion, Nature; I adorns a clod with a flower, why may j I not woman, the finest work of the! hand of the Creator, pay attention to j j the adornment of her person ? For fear of drawing out this article! I to the great length of the address of) ! which we are speaking, we will con-j [elude by merely referring to one or, two peculiarities in the orator's pro-j unnciation. He said sperret for spirit; j tumble for terrible; cradel for cradle; i everywher for everywhere; maysure for measure; enquy for enquire, and accented the word influence on the last syllable, and said it perhaps forty times in an hour and twenty minutes. While we have made the above criticisms in kindness, we would add that tfcc address contained much that was; wholesome and commendable, and it would be a pleasure to us to present a portiou of it to our renders, if circumstances permitted. ?- ? o ? ? Wilkes Connly Talks cF the Slock Law. The light of civilization and progress moves towards Wilkes county, Georgia. An election on the Fence or Xo-Fence question is to take place in that county on the first Monday in July. Enjoying the benefits of the j law, as we do, we are unable to under-j stand how any county will persist in the old fogy way of allowing mangy pigs and scrubby cattle to roam at large * 1. - .. .. t - ~C K ~ <WJ uie uivjjs?unites iuu uv. ueisi/t uic, farms should be able ami willing to; build a barricade around the products ; of the field. As time are still a few j old fogy'counties in this State which j refuse to progress with the age, we should not be surprised at anything; Wilkes county may do. But letj Wilkes adopt the law and it will soon j extend its benefits wherever there isan ; intelligent and thrifty citizenship, j The law being equitable and just,' reduces the expenses of the farm, and I increases the area of cultivatable land.) Under the law as it once stood in a I great part of South Carolina, and as it; now stands in Wilkes county, Georgia, j much of our best lands could not be j I cultivated at all, owing to the great ex- j pense attendant upou the building of: fences. While we expect the best part i of South Carolina to enact the law, we' are not certain that any part of Geor-' gia is progressive enough to get out of; ' the ruts. Even in a live city like Au- j gusta, which spends a million dollars j j tor a canal, and then puts up two mil-1 lion dollars more for factories, to say | nothing of building the Greenwood! and Augusta Railroad, has not opened her eyes to the importance of thisgreat' I law. If a man chooses to do so, he j may there engage in the cattle raising 1 business, and turn his stock out on the streets of the city and on the adjaceutj farms, to deprecate on the farms at; will, and with impunity. Commencement it Walhalla. Last week we spent a very pleasant day at Walhalla, and witnessed the graduatingcxercises of the Female: College on Thursday. On Wednesday the Commencement exercises of the Male College Undisplace. The exercises of the two Colleges were of the most satisfactory kind, both to the public and to the Professors having the Colleges in charge. The essays, of the graduating young ladies j were really excellent, and showed; not only the intellectual vigor of the; graduates, but evidenced commeuda-j ble proficiency in the art of usinggood; English. We think the people ot Wal-1 halla are peculiary fortunate in hav- j: ing two sueh good institutions in : the town. In the catalogue of Adger College we find the following Abbeville names: Robert R. Tolbert, jr, , James W. Tolbert, Joseph W. Tolbert, f Greenwood; Jas. A. Anderson, Nine- < iySls: Fuller Jonw, Coronaca. Thej The A. & F. B. T. R. B. The work of surveying this roai! progresses most satisfactorily, and W( are pleased to learn that the route ii more easily graced than its most sail gulno friends eVcV ekpe'eted to find it There are several miles of the roa< that can be graded for less tlrrm thre< hundred dollars a Mile, and no dee] whole number of students in attendance, 12?. Rev. John I?. Riley, of this county is Chairman of the Faculty ; Mr. S. P. Boozer, A. B-, of Greenwood, is Professor of the Preparatory Department. With two Professors, from Abbeville county, the people of this section cannot fail to feel ft deep interest in the prosperity of this institution. We have not a catalogue "of the Female College, but we know that Abbeville had representative* In that College too. The Commencements in Walhalia i were pleasing and gratifying in every! parttcular. ? A Xew Deal Probable. I The indications are as plain as possi-j Me that we are to have a new deal at I the next State election, and that those i who have been in power for the past | six years wi7! Irave to stand aside in j 18S2. \\ hether tne change will ue ot benefit to South Carolina, remains to be seen, but the change is certain th come. The Democracy is &troiig!y com twitted against ''third-terms,'' ftVid being pi'c-emlnently a party favoring rotation in office, any combinations Or engineering which Maybe done by individuals or coteries to keep the samej men in power forever will no longer be effectual, but wi'.I have the effect of disintegrating the party ascertain an the effort is attempted. For six Vchitt!ie people, by theactof their nominating conventions, have been compelled j to vote for and to keep in power the same men who obtained the offices in! 1870, but it is evident that they will | no longer submit to this state of affairs. They \Vant a change, not that i there is nnv verv tanrrible cause of I complaint, hut because of a belief, that j a little agitAtion of the stagnant waters will have a desirable effect, and Aill disabuse the minds of those who] may have doubts as to whether partiality has been extended to oftloial fa- j j Vorifes, to the exclusion of others,who j may have had equal claims for either: political favors or ofllcial preferment. Much of the existing jealousy on the' part of the outs of the party, is without just cause, but the fact that dissatisfaction exists, is not to be denied or concealed. Neither is it to be 'denied, that the Democratic party 1s'eoAi posed | of two elements, each at heart as antagonistic with the other as possible, lint nil 1 V7 Inuc (in f Kon (ur'n fli^ nnr. rupt Government which was then car-! trying the State to destruction. The 1 administration lias done notftiftg to conciliate the jealousy and opposition of those who, from the very nature of things, were the unwilling allies of those who bore ofF the prizes of a political revolution, and the breach at every step has been widened, while the disposition oh the portion of the party not in power to as-ert theirown rights has been intensified to that degree, that nothir.g of which we have any conception at present, can avert the ttct. When the time comes the Democratic party, composed of the Hampton and the anli-IIampton elements, will meet in Couven^wHtfB Columbia, where if tl^^^ttWS9K9c| party v e n t 'A9Xthe DemoBMSSflMPffiVo for their votes begSwHPreat mass of Republican vo-j ^Tthis State. By whatever nahie ^he new party may be called, it may be sK down as unquestionabe,that the Republicans will go with them as against that part of the Democratic party, known and characterised rs Bourbon. With the Whites divided, the purification of the ballot-box will follow, and the result of the election after these! events have taken place,amy be easily j foretold. j ? ?S? The Greenwood and Augusta Railroad, j We arc glad to see by the papers that the control of the Greeuwood and Augusta Railroad will not bo transferred ! From Its present owners. We believe: it well for us and Augusta that neither, of the great corporations or monopo- j lies should have it. The road has been ! 1. ..!*i /V- ^ ll - ?. !-1 - / - J ? oum ior me special purpose 01 aavaucing the interest of the city of Augus-j ta, anil of benefitting the people along] its line, and these ends can be best sub-j served by keeping the property in our I owu hands. The advantages of the! road are very great when the trifling j cost of its construction is considered, | and the owners should net let It slip! through their fingers. Laurens County has already voted a| tax of $75,000 to grade the extension of i t'rifid tlirniifrh tlirtf nnlihftr oVwl Spartauburg will vote on the Oth of July on the question of subscribing $75,000 to complete the work of grading from the Laurens line to Spartanburg Court House. Let every energy now be directed to the completion of the road to Greenwood. The crops in a little while Will i be laid by, when labor in abundance) can be secured without interfering with the agricultural interests of the country, and if any additional hands should I be needed we doubt not they cuu be j secured as soon as the work on the factories iu Augusta shall have been fin-i ished. With the mouey in hand toj finish the work, we can only lose by delay. 4<?? Did the Confederates Threaten toj Burn Columbia I There is no doubt that Sherman i burned Columbia, as has been often1 proved beyond a doubt. The tes-! timony of the citizens of tlie place are j a unit ou that point, but'did uot the J Confederate authorities threaten to; burn the town before it should fall in- j to the hands of the Federals? Wasj not a military order published in the I daily papers of both Columbia and Augusta, to the effect that each of these cities would be destroyed by fire in case the Confederate forces were compelled to retreat ? If any one has files of the Columbia papers for six weeks ot two months L previous to the destruction of the city ; we afe of opinion that in them will be j( found such an order signed by a Con- , federate General of the army. As the i Register has taken much interest in the matter, and has proved conclusively what every body in this part of the!1 country knew before, that Sherman isi, a great incendiary, we .should be glad, < for the sake of history, if he has access! { to the files of the daily papers of Co- j | lumbia, from, say loth of December:' previous to the destruction of the city, if he would say if such an order Was not published over the signiture of a General of the Army. domination for Governor* j ] Elsewhere we reprint from the | < Greenville Notes a communication put- j j ting the Hon. F. A. Connor In nomi-ji nation for the oflice of Governor. No '1 man in South Carolina would make a! j more efficient or a more acceptable !< Governor, and as it is quite likely that j j the Chief Executive of the State will | be chosen from upper South Carolina, 1 his ability and bis distinguished ca- * reer in the "Wallace House" mike t bim a prominent mau for the office. J ? ? f Last week our friends at Walhalla l iiscussed Woman. This week we pre- c >eut an excellent paper on the Bubject >f Man, by the Rev. Frask Hallam. Be sure to read it. 8 cuts or high fills are found nhywhere except right at Abbeville village where there seems to be some dH'rr's:t; of opinion as to tlVe best location fo the depot. The route hi its hatura course as surveyed would indicate thn the depot should be at or near th Morse house, but a majority of our cit ixens want the depot much nearer t the business part of the town. Th< ' - -? ?!.? present liHiicauoiis art' mm uiu urjju will be put on the lot of Mr. Graydoi on Main Street. This would necessi tate ft horse-shoe bend in the road, i heavy grade and some deep cuts. An other proposition will be made to liav another survey in order to locate th dopot on the vacant lot between Judg Medowan'sfcud Judge Cothran's, will the truck running up the street be rfveen the Presbyterian church and th Perrin lot, tbenee around on the ridg .vtf.nr Mr. Pftrkev's, and across tli< branch to the ridge leading to tJppe Long Cane Church'. The surveyors have jOne as far a Due West, where a f&'eetfiig of the Di rectors was to take place yesterday, bu as yet we have heard nothing from th' meeting. The friend - r-f the road are greatl; encouraged at 'lie eminently practica route which they have discovered. Ii a little while the work will lie Segul in earnest. Judge Hudson Gets Mai! and Cavorts a Little. Lasl Tuesday we thought to give i full account of the trial of the raei !d target) with the murder of Willmn Maddox, and for this reason borrowei the indictment from tho Solicitor The next d-ay we went away from towi and forgot to return the paper. In th mean time the Solicitor had forgot It11 that he had loaned it to us. When th paper was wanted it could nowhere b found,toiid the Judge, weleam, ihre?.t eningly tore around considerably. A soon as it was ascertained that the in dictment wag at the printing oflice, i \va9 sent for and promptly turned ove to the Clerk, when his Honor quietei down and went on with his work ii the even tenor of his way. TflE Atlit'STA FNOXYILLE. Action of the .Board JoT Directors?Tli Proposals of the C'lydcs and of tli Virginia Midland System for the ?nr Hiflwn of Ihp Road Rrlooted. News and Courier. Augusta, Ga., June 18,?A full moctinj of the directors of the Augusta and lino: ville Railroad was held to-day, includinj all the South Carolina directors. Presi dent Verdery stated the facU? of the re cent proposition made by the Clyde Svn dicato to tlio vily authorities, and tli^ read a eonmVniiit-atioi^mu^iygMflB ifTooo t mHHHHHMWTito Augusta am ^HE3|HBjBBl^^n seventy live thou aB^Hyl^^^^naltion to this is reeeiv ^PB^^jooks of subscription shall b closed and no more subscription shall b allowed, The Virginia Midland authori ties pledged themselves to retain in cflic the present menagcrij of the Augusta am Knoxville until the road is completed t Greenwood, when the line shall pass i: to their hand. The mayor of the city who is also a member ol' the board of di rectors, said, In his opinion, August should Control the road, and the com pa nv already had money enough to com plete it to Greenwood. Otlier director spoke to the same effect, awl thefollowinj restitution was unanimously adopted: Resolved, As the sense of Hie board o directors 0!" the Augusta And Knoxvill Railroad-, lhat it is expedient to cntertaii no proposition looking to a transfer o the property of this company, or a con trolling interest therein, to any part}' o parties whatever until the line is comple ted and in operation to Greenwood, am in no event will this directory eutertaii any proposition Which is not lueseJrVativ of the interest of the bondholders of th Augusta and Knoxville Railroad. A resolution was also adopted closiuj the books of subscription finallj'. The mayor was requested by the boart not to act finally on any proposition whicl might be made for the" city's stock with out consulting with the board of direc tors. It is now considered certain that in n< event will the Clyde Syndicate get contrc of the Augusta and Knoxville. - " - rt\ J Jie si<>CK oi tno i^narioue, ldihiiiih and Augusta Railroad lias weakened sine the action of the board. The Holy Scriptures a Printing Jofc The second thoughts of English publi opinion with reference to the revision o the Now Testament ore not favorable t( that work as an accepted sacred book. I is admitted that the Work of revision wa pushed too far. Instead of correcting th errors it became a rewriting and icstora tion of the New Testament. The valu ol the Book in a devout community as it supreme and sacked authority. 1'eopl believo it to be tho Word o God?the cas ual spoken Word, taken down by hob men for their comfort, guidance and edi* fication. Whatever displaces that faitl or destroys the authenticity of tho worl itself, or weakens the belief of G'hristiai men in the existcuce of the Bible, is dan gel-oils. The value of the Bible from 2 literay point of view is that it is a land mark of our languge. No work in tin English tongue, as a mere matter of writ ten composition, has had so profound ttr influence upon Etiglish literature as th< Bible. That influence is to bo attributei largely to the fact that the English of the Bible Is plain, homelj', sincere and Sax on. Many of the words are antique ant rugged, dominant with the stern, sincere homely character of the Anglo-Saxor race. There has been a tendency in mod ern literature to dispute those influences to sacrifice sense .for fehohony, to dilut< our language with ffisthbtic and hartno nious conceits. Books like the Bible Shakespeare, tho "Pilgrim's Progress,' have been our landmarks, which no liter ary conceit or cunning could submerge Tho closer we keep our literature to tin language of tho Bible, Shakespeare ant Bunyan, the better it will be fbr it* strength and purity. The revision of tin New Testament is a destruction of one o these landmarks, To that extent it is ti be deplored. It only remains lbr tho revi sers to carve and hack af Shakesneareant Bunyan and bring them to the modern tastes. When to this we add that the pub' lication of the Bible In England lias beer conducted upon the most solfish business principles, that it has been really a schetm and a job for tho making ot money, th( list of objections to the whole work if complete?objections which we are afraid will be fatal to its claim as a holy book;? New York Herald. A Nomination for Gorernor. Greenvim.k, S. C., June 15, 7b the Editor of The Daily yews : Who is to be tho next Governor of South Carolina, is a question that is under daily discussion among our people^ With your permission, I venture to suggest the name of Mr. F. A. Connor, of Rock Hill, as [>ne eminently qualified for the position, md entitled to our respect, confidence ind support. Always active and zealous in behalf of the Democratic party in its darkest days, he has served th9 State in the Legislature and various other responsible positions to her entire satisfaction md with honor to himself. To a modesty that is almost a fault* he adds a purity al character, administrative ability, high zentlamanly bearing and scholarly attainments equalled by few and surpassed by none of the many worthy men spoken af iu connection with this office. Up-country. % flifc ?rlestcr Acquittal. Under the balmy solace of tho oft told iale of "insanity" this wretched pariside lias been freed from tho fearful crime with which ho was charged, though his hands ire stained with tho blocd of his own father. Yet enough was told to the jury to make them say "not uuilty." Justice is gain forced to veil her head in mournng, and those who pay homage at tho alar of Judue Lynch can now with some show of propriety blow londer their trumpets, and wave higher their plumes. IIow meart'i this verdict could have been eached we are unable to pay. It seems o us that the lowefct depth in Dante's In'erno tfus the mostsuitablo place for him, jut his countrymen havesatd otherwise, nd we mast hear it. Murder! Murder! Murder! Dreadful to contemplate! but he check upon it seems light, indeed, ,<?hen we consider for a moment tho great iiifaber of murderers who liavo escaped >unfel>ment under the same plea?insaniy. Ufitil a lew of these insane? trends iro hun^ murders will continue to increase in our land.?Camden Journal. ?V?~~~ The improved Little Qein fruit can for ale by H. V\\ Lawson & Co. > / V - What is a Man ? I ! EQUIPOISE IN HUMAN XATURE. I 9 ' A * roujitr UnfAi'A IliA AMlOvlllfi AU liv*v5U J JVlsfHA U'WIVl V l/IIV U WU I aitv J Literary Club by Rev. Frank Hallam, July 10th, 1881. When Mr. Caxloti a*kecl 611 tTiat memorable > morning when he first heard of the birth or "bIs illustrious son,, "What's a boj ?" lie uii? willingly put "n. more perfTexIng question Ihnw the one which heads this essay. A boy 1 Ik a mystery ye; unexplained. The labyrinth J of his nature is too Jntrlcat's to oe penetrated by the sages wjilch the jvorld Vials so VaV furr nlshed tK Man is ft slViipler subject for en1 q\Ury. tie is to a larger extent comprehensible. His ways are not so dark, nor ills tricks t sO vain. Woare metioiirsclvrs.Hndaretherc! fore resilng on ground sulHcienily common e | for a mutual understanding. Wh'ereas the . i boy is to us a dim vision of A oy-goneage, surI rounded with illusions and btvlpaef memory OjUiat like the distance In this material world ; or ours lend cnehnntmcnt to the view. When e i We have boys of our own the Illusions brgtn tJto be dispelled, but 1 donbt if they are e\er | wholly dispelled, because general testimony l goes to show that "our" boys are very dltt'erI cut beinys froii wliut we are In the habit ol I innnclnir th.-/rt Mail IsKl'llloIll lnVfStCd (I I wllii imaginary glosses; He Is a plain fact; | not always picturesque. lit* sometimes 1m an - | uu-iy fact. Intensely so, mentally, morally and I physically. If we meet him very often we e ; are very likely to know Just what he Is. Kven e ; If he wears a mask, he is likely to thr<V.v Hot) j In the midst of I lie hard btif.lno.ss of life, or B | drop It by aceldent In some unexpected crisis; I or to become enamored of Ills own skill In I j presenting an appearance as to wear the mask . | unnaturally ami unwisely thin. Then .Mr. j Wellers patent doublo million pus m'croe scopes are not necessary to see as far us llic j under side. L | Hut plain, and sometimes hard, and always g. an every day uiliilr as man Is, as a subject ol | enquiry he is not a simple alphabet, or even a l'j primer. Whe n we have penetrated Into the | remotest depths of his historical existence; | when we have examined the most significant s , and abstruse phases of his life; when we have stud-led him closely by the light of experience - , and philosophy, we have not encompassed nur II subject. I speak here, of course, of man in the ?jessence or substratum of his naturo. What r, i Ira3 already been said of the individual rc; mains true. Hut I take nil Illustration from j tlift philosophy of the schoolmen, when I . I spca^ of the individuals us the accidental y j u.ahifestntfons of the substance which forms | the common pedestal of human nature; and II say that In this view, philosophers and pollj : tlclans, lawyers ami clerics, doetors i nd men | of mercantile life,?all close students of man 1 ?have spent their time and scrutiny to some extent In vaip. , .Shall it lie said then tlmt rrmn Is not an Interesting or profitable subject. bccause untlqunteJ.and already can vasscd. and canvass, red in part Without, results? By no means; ' we may not personally bo famished with I IUOSC rcsuiLH Wllicu iiinu icwnmiu uiv ^v.ut:i of others; besides, r.othlng that Is perVnanent a Is antiquated,and wan Imh permanent feature in the world, with promise of viut duration. * He Is interesting f-rst, I suppose, because ol -, hximan pride. Jinn reduced to unit is self, nnd humiliating as It may be to reflect upon, j self, simply because it Is self, is a profoundly I engaging subject. Man, moreover?It may bt ' said byu iyof his representatives without I (gotIsm?Is the greatest of physical creations, | He is the noblest work of art; thcsubtlcstand 0 most comprehensive Interpreter of nature; the architect of history; the most precious 1 and sublime of poetic volumes; the monarch in constitution and capacity of living beings l" here on earth. When, t<y the instruments ol e I literary art surrounding nature is to tie dlgnl] (led it Is Impersonated or humanized. Uhet | orlc crowned a noble work of art by InventI ing the llgureof impersonation: and lttaughi ? I thereiiy that nature and life had reached their . zenith when they were made in the Image ol man. t I feel then that I am treading upon steadfast soil when I repeat the question of this es* say's title, "What Is a man?" j Philosophically speaking, I need not say that he is an individual of the genuahouto, I] But we love wisdom too henrlily to rest here. Some where I have read that he was defined as an animal that ajtghs, but this does not Mitllcienliy distinguish hiin from the grim hyena, the opossum and the "Heathen Chinee.'' Let us add that Professor lluxiey defines him,-body, soul and spirit?as a fortuitous concuricnce of atoms, the blossom of a protoplasm. Let us go fai titer and observe that Mr. Darwin rewards him as the remote ? ofl-spring of the Illustrious tad pole, ami ttie remoter representative of n cabbage lnad, . Doubtless wc have all been acquainted with Individuals who were capital illustrations in Irony of the plauslbilhy of these theories, But it is humiliating to And ourselves insucli company. How much more comforting the !{ theory of the gent 16 Charles Lamb. When x the tlusky chimney-sweep, crayoned with the s'>ot of innumerable flues, sought repose with? in the sacred curtains and on the snowy rnv" erlidft of a nobleman's bed, fc-.tinlis. Ay*]'ten - sentiment saw an, ^ i.iiuTti of the - Swf-ens L'eji'1"I ho propensity for the 1,1 to his mind a sign of the congenial!' yaKi'; two. .1'iTiKi'K, UTusi" Lamb's words' of a lost ancestry or a lapsed o pedigree." How much more pleasing it - would t>e to reflect with the young Imp of ebj ony, that we are the scions of a noble house, How much more dignified would be the definition, that a man Is the natural grand son " of n king. And let it be noted here that In e this last, definition there may be something 0 more tlran A grain of truth, that seriously _ speaking it lakes precedence, in point of re' speelabllity of each of the others. j The direct discussion of them, however, It !l rntiier aside from the purpose of this essay, o For whether man is a development from the u original elements of the universe, or a combination thrown at hazard Into kaleidoscopic ' form; wheth .*r lie was In former years a beast * or a savage, we propose to take his average, :i and his sum ootal and fiomthem to formulate 1 a definition. Wc propose to make casts ol him from different paints of view, and to eon . ' stitute a atatVie with the combination s The trutli is t4icse definitions of the stMeng title men a^e inadequate. They are the baldest | V?."isi Die statement, not of what we are, f but of A'liat we ciRie from, liow we got to In. 0 what .ve are, and the mere utterance of o name that they see fit to call us by. ' We ean advance upon tlsclr definitions bv 1 CI Vlll(? .1 Ul'pn>? V lilll l.;ij llliin lllf-.ll . is 'ft livingtorgnnism, endowed with intellfcet .. tin I and moral power, capable of appreciating tlic mystery of his own existence and lite scl" once of (he un I vers". Ho has lunations and J duties to perform. lie lias a development it ii follow and an Ideal to realize, and lie best In I e fills.Ih<? purpose of his being when he rises tr ? th? highest pitch ol development of which he In capable. There aie men t)f a great many pnttcrnsaml J varieties,hut these do not. all till up the nieas' vire of tny definition. They are more or les? ) wanting In manhood. '1 hey are only sped I mens of a marvellously comprehensive orl?i' II nal. They arc chips from a block of surpats ing gracc and amazing beauty. They reprc - sent different views and varying characterIs lies of the model by which they were Impcr ^ feetly fashioned. They are parts of a naturt . which they In consequence only partially im|J personate, and which they are at least In some very high measure able lo restore, and to sel a fortn for inspection In the massive strength e and Inspiring grandeur of Its restoration. In otner words a man In the highest an J a model man, for there may be different mod els. us there niny be different conception? which would fotm a moifel. 1 mean Ideal In C the truly philosophic sense of the word, th.'il ,f form of which these specimens iirenll Innucqimto manifestations. and which in Its own u self embraces all the pood and rejects ull tlx 1 bail In the specimens. Diogenes described s this Ideal man, when he lit hi" lantern In thf [? f treet of Athens, under the hit -'ng light 01 . the sun and went In search 01 ilm. 'l'hc freaks of anecdote have robbed the Incident ' of Its true character. Anecdote represent;! S h!in as looking for un honest man. It was e not so. Fraud alld theft were not the cry ins . crimes of his duy. nor Iho peculiar oblccts ol his bitterness. He Was In search of a ninn. ' one worthy of the name; and when the speel" mens crowded forward at, his call he fiercely i beat them back with hlsclub saying "I called c for men; ye are excrements." l Diogenes was scurcely our Ideal man him. self. Chesterfield would no doubi have warm. ly borne testimony to that fact. But Diogenes had a very accurate suspicion of the posslbll" Ity of an Ideal man. It would no doubt be lu 3 the line of his thought to describe a man,one - best entitled to the name, as he In whom manj hood finds Its highest development, ho In s whom the best properties and characteristics r of human nature oro found in strongest force. 1 il,? rti.ll k.li..lltl^ (n ml.,/,* miu me v?II 4uiiiiwivB in iiioj(,iiiui-uiinuuu/r3 lly; he in whom the various parlBof human . nature are nearest to an equilibrium. ] And this last idea is the ore which I wish specially to emphasize. The philosophy ol ' equipoise is not sufliclently valued. l)lmly and partially we see Its worth when, apply ln? It to opinion, we say that the truth lies , some where between extremes. Clearly nud j with Infinite admiration wc witness Its place ' In the realm of physics, when we see that It Is the life and support of the universe, that > without It the lustrous stars would cense their ' Shining, and frith this fascinating planet of - ours would find their ruin In the "crash of matter and the wreck of ages." We are slow, | however, to learn that It is equally Important : to the constitution of man. We kuowab1 stracily that wherever there Is the most comi plexltS' of organization there Is the greatest > need of that order which balance or equipoise C alone will give. And wo know that nothing is morecomple.x than man. With marvellous ' skill the physical, intellect ual moral and splr ltual parts of his nature, are Intel-woven with I each other, and each of these Is the snbjeetof i a separate stlenee, and a variety of specialties. The physical part alone has absorbed the Intellects of hoiiic of the tlrst minds In the 1 world, and holds out fresh worlds (o be coniiquered by their success*?rn. Think then of ; * the villue of equipoise to h.iman nature! An > i undue development of the phy?lcul side will convert a tnan into a brutb. Intellectual ex; cess will make hint a mud-man. Moral and I spiritual extravagance will cause him to turn -1/unntic, hermit, eveinlte; Which Is simply to inako him a mud-nmn without the phrcn/.y. And In all these cases a nitin viewed from the Ideal stand point, becomes a dwarf or a monstrosity A blacksmith with the arm of a Hercules and the body of 8. piginy, or a child with the head of a man, Is a shock to our sense of proportion. Equally so Is a gladiator, an Olympic racer, a professor of the "manly art" in our own enlightened age. They have quenched the inspiration of the iiitellect. Equally so is the muidcier, the burglar, 'the midnight assailant and ti'e gentleman I fraud. They have extinguished the light of I their being. Equally so Is the fancy theorist, the wild Intellectual speculator. the religious enthusiast, the absurd genius. They have Ignored constituent parts of their own being, and slighted manhoods private scales of Justice. And these are only illustrations of a law that belongs in greater or less degree to all development of human :aature. They are rather extreme ones for they present to us monstrosities; hut monstrosities and deformities dlfler only in degree, and every development of ohe part of human nature to the detriment of another Is, in the Ideal view, a deformity. Form and proportion and symmetry belong as really to t&e mental and spiritual as to the physical. IS'o science can be cultivated in onedirectlon tothe exclusion of the other without in a measure cramping the oth|er in tho eyoot htm who cultivates it. And this fact accoltnta for the narrowness, the bigotry, we meet with In every department of life. Men devoting themselves ton favorite pursuit or study are disposed to under estl-1 mate the importance of every other. They! are disposed to tlililk thai, tho Interests, the true ahd only important interests, of the] world are In their keeping, and that without; them tho world must of necessity cxjilrc?go; i out with a puff and an explosion. 'J hey are ; I blind to the fact that they rind their pursuits I are only parts of a great system of machinery I In which each lias peculiar functions; and ! I that while the loss of any one would mar the i completeness and symmetry of the system, j and destroy the Interests of sonic, tho world would nevertheless make shift to wheel about on Its axis and roll on Its 01 bit all the same. | With the law ot equipoise before us we can i appreciate, with all that it i-ugpests, that very trttc but valuablephrnse "a sound mind in a sound body." We will not f;o so farus a noted : free-thinker of our own limsarid country whd, said that "the inventor of a good soup did , more for his race than the hinder or any erecd;*' the palpable want, of bHlunce In this: Htntemont is an Indication that the speaker had possibly Imbibed something stronger than the average soup; but It is safe to say that in cultivating his physlqus a man Is ful-1 flllinga part of hlsdeatlnj". The cxplojts of; , talent and genius in defiance of the laws of j health and neatness have done mucn to Inspire the minds of ambltlcus you lb with the laea that such is the path to greatness. That Dr. Johnson should sputter has beon thought warraut for believing that sputtering is the mode for developing a ponderous intellect. That the greatest of Russian Generals should have been a human swino; that Napoleon should have slept but two hoars In twenty four and dons Herculean mental labors p.1 a i si11lnjr; thut sc?ii:e of '.be old philosophers < should liavc defied decency, and lived like brutes; 1 hat Simeon KtylitesnndSt. Anthony I should haveredu<e I their bodies lofckeleions, ' and shrunk their frame'* until Ihey were liv- I lng images of death?all these extravagances i and their like have hern r< garbed us commissions for aspiring Idiots toconiert themselves Intofools. It sometimes serins that ihe telling of anecdotes of great men should he miuic hy law a capital ofrenee. They live when nothing else but the names of those they concern are remembered; and by tliein iireutness unit rldh-ule are linked In perpetual union. The t-'ors and Mites of great men are no: doubt largely due to their negiect'Of physical laws. A disordered liver and a dyspcpUpj stomach are the cause of more derangement of mind and heart than tongue or pen (ton ever exoresa. Thev mav color Hfe twenty shades darker thon It ever would "have bieii j without tlrc'ni. They rriiiy ruin mental labor, and sour social happiness. I'hcy may make life full of discomfort if not of crippling; disease. They may reduce a man to thai puny | attenuation tor which country youth will ec-; statically smile nt him; and their causes may ; so extend his girdle and encumber his bones j as to make htm the highest ambition of aclr-; ens owner. Now I say the ascetic, the gour-i maud, the physical sloth, the man of genius and talent so sedentary that he regards nothing but his brains, arc all departures from the Ideal proportions. 86 far as their careers arc j I concerned they Are wooing blight and death. I So far as the purpose of their existence is concerned they are destroying the unfathomed j possibilities of their nature. The human! ! hotly is a flower that was not made tri wither j away a sickly life in a hot h'ou.-'c, nor to grow rank and gross |n u)C pastures of gluttony and sloth. Jt Was born to he reared and cherished and developed until from head to pedestals, trunk and members, hone und muscles, j blood and sinews. It becomes typical after Its' kind of physical manhood. May I be pardoned therefore for introducing j here so homely a thing as a beef steak ; for saying that any Greek or Koman deity should J have been appeased In his fiercest pu&lort by i an offering that distilled such luscious and 1 1 ambrosial blood; for saying that men are! realizing a part of the hopes of their birth i when they embrace It warmly in their !ipV, i and Us streaming Juices course In rippling j j streams ami laughing rivulets down their j thirsty throats; and theperlumes of its flavor I rise In clouds of grateful incense to I lie brain i j to < tier It their adulation. Beef steak, seared j on either side with a heated knife blade, lose-] i ?l.? 1, , / > [ *rw I tw.il and a half minutes on one side, and twound a! hnir minutes on the other, by the watch. 1st the parent or more brain* and happiness than ! the world has ever given It credit lor. And as j It is the prlneeol culinary dainties, the arlsto- * crat of the tuhle I will commend It as the r?-p- j resentatlve of all thinus good for growth in j stature and in health. Physical action Is not to be despised! even in the presence of a beef steak. [ I Without it men get. tlabhv it ml have | vertigo, and ore tiablc to be whipped if they ] j get Into ditllculiy. They should indulge in iti I libeialty,systematically, fi am a sense of duly i ' to themselves and their fiimiilcs, when li be- j I comes irkhomf. They will haveclearer bruins ! happier dispositions, better consciences. They will beaMeto accomplish more in the | groat business ol life. If they are not called I by their peculiar business Into active habits, j they should use artificial moans. And it. Ik well to obrerve that artificial tilings nre not to be despised under the Impression that they I : j are Shams. Their name proclaims them the products of art; and thouuh art isnotso good, ' j so perfect for our pnriwes, as nature, it Is yet ! art, the result of mental consideration and ; ] scientific genius, not by any means always a ; patented piece of imposition or a finely excj-cuted specimen of tom-fool( ry. 11 The development of the body hos -ilso a dl' I rect social bearing. It fosters that sen so of Lj order so essential to one who would observe 'jibe proprieties of life. It cultivates the a-sj thctlcs of social intercourse. Order and n*?j Miotics like charity begin at home; and by at: ten lion to his physical nature a man becomes ' more presentable in society, more acceptable r to his fellow-men. It clothes him with at* [traction; it Riven mm symmetry; it may 'make luin a thing of beauty; itgives him "i grace. Ami it Is by no moans an indication ' of vanity for u mail to .{rive all that attention , I to his personal appearance which is involved i In the proper care of his physique. The vain ; men are strictly presentable only at rare in* :! tervnls. They are the men who, win n they 1 t.Tint to create a sensation, get on what the ' University students call a "dike," and during l;the greater part of their time appear as the : ''tilth of tue earth and the oil' scouring of nil tilings.'' Tidyness and genilemaniy hcarinu are duties that men owe tothelr fellow beings. Thej should be gained with an effort if they do not "'eotue natural." No man has n rluh toatfronta community by presenting hlsown unsighillness before Its eyes. And if he xtoCs he has no reason to expect that, the community will lay Its tribute of ro>p< et at his unworthy feet. If he desires to win the courteous recognition of friends, the honor of his children, the affectionate homage or enthusiastic devotion of a refined ami uentle wife, hctnust l CIIUUIIU1 incnt to hi.H personal appeainnceand habits which win mar-k typical sjcnlle ! una tlffe T"itter u mfffl. [| Hut mental equipoise,us already hinted Is ; as valtiiililc as physical. It is vastly mure co. The mental realm is broader; ifs possibilities ' more subtle; Its achk-vcments- higher. Audi _tlilpJfJt_4? worthy of con.sjderatlon from the ''tact that mental t?etoriulty~1s mucii more [startling and much more common (ban is generally supposed. Apart from ulioey, in' sanity and dellclency, there are such things a* mental paralytics, dwarfs and monsters. There, are Mowers in the menial world thai i seem to have been horn to wither and to die ; long before ihey had burst into maturity.I ; Tlierehas been mu hpoetry stifled in aeountilnjr house; much art crushed In a machine) ' shop; much budding talent < ruelly destroyed by the prejudice or a petty irade or calling. 1 And where there was liberty, genius ha:- tun ; into riot, until It is swelled hideously with Its : own excess; and the brain has been crowded I ]Into narrow limits until it miuht be naturally j ! taken for n child of tiie Indian Flat-heads. 'I I think that Kdgar A. Poe was a rnonstrosl; ty ot genius; and that Fielding and Smollett; : .Sw ift and Sterne; und in some parts Chaucer ' und even the immortal Shakespeare, were lit' crary lepers, 1'oe's genius.subtle us he was In i analysis acute as he was in logic, musical as 1 he was In rytiint, fascinating as lie sometimes wurt in m;iii.iiiii;ii||? l??.- i> miim.i n.inui uuiu-i ; bolleal order. His infatuation for gloom, for ' savnue sensation, for rellncim-nt of cruelty. I 1; ic?r ghastly scenes, for shocking visions, for ,' pcttlryinir and putrefying horrors, is somei thing perfectly Irrecpnclliable to mental sym-1 1 j mctry. Fielding and Smollett, though array" id In the ranks of standard Htemture; though ''libraries are cohsldca-ed Incomplete withxJU' [ them; are authors il-.ut gentlemen would 1' nam their wives and daughters not to totoch 1 with their little finger. So u'.so portions of '. Chaucer. And Shake? pea re escapes some cenJ sine, because his vlleuei-s only appears In ' spots and It 15 more'ditllcult to warn against . tnem; but the spots taint all the same uhd ure I full of corruption and unclcunness. It Is well i known that luiiKunge was balder in the days I of these authors than it is In ours, and words i were not as course as they have became. Hut ! there are facts und nets und episodes d( scribed , in these writings that are unfit, tor our eye* jund thoughts, and that will in time drawdown | lo their own depths the daintiest words that ; may tie used todeseribe them. | We at e told that Goldsmith was socially in tmanners and in conversation extremely absurd. Sheridan was a sot, with ail his wit; ' and died a sot in spite of it. And these are II only Instances of which there lire other enn.; splcuous ones with which this company Is fa1' miliar, of exaggerations or deficiencies of inI j tellect. And they are illustrations of the fact " that where there.is extraordinary developII merit. In one direction there is often a corres11 ponding hick or shrinkage In another. It Is ?** * tiluxifd If lo Vmt un Ittl hm 'i murk tlidt, but It Is likely to besb. And in 1 one view It Is very comforting nnilsuggeslive. ' i When I sec a mini conspicuous for habitual 1 folly or absurdity, I often wonder If lie is not '! possessed of some remarkable talent, which ri he and tho world have never yet discovered. ' And ns mother nature Is very Just. Judging ' from the mass of her dealings with tier eliii1 jdren.the reflection suggests that shft may 'i have made it a law of her action, that as she permits deficiencies for talent she also makes ' compensation for dellclencies. ; llut the line of thought 1 follow mr.y sug. I cest the Idea that all genius is itself a deform j I ity of intellect. Is it so? Not at all; As well might we call the towering mountain peak, that lifts its lurbnned head above the endless ' | range, a deformity. As well the stately river. '! because it rolls with swelling volume to the ' ocean, and is not dissipated over the stir' rounding country; as well the morning nlar because it has not dimmed Its lustre to the I tneasure of its neighbors; as well the whole | blazing galaxy of heaven, beoausejllie planets I have not formed a commune, and distributed their light equally to all the star*. >o, genius Is not deformity. The deformity Ik In t he other parts. Genius limy bCeojtie a deformity, because it rtlay be permllted to run Into extravagances. A man may wreck his itutural talent, defy the order of society, crush the ' hearts of his .family, ruin iris constitution, and finally blight and destroy his future, liecause lie permits nothing but genius to govern him. lie may d?? what Is more respectable. He may develop one (acuity or taste uhtil all the others are shrunk away and dead of inertia. And the world views him i>niy at lire I point of his genius; it doesn't see that paraly: sis has seized the remainder of his nature. . Ami this same development of peculiar fneI ultlesaud tastes is by no means characteristic only of the man of genius. Thousands ate | dwarfed and misshapen by It In the common walks of life. Like Klehard who was "deformed, unfinished, sent Into ibis breathing i woriuscarce nan maa*: up, mtry miiu iummi^ii j | life In the same condition, like liiin tu "snarl land blteund phiy the dost" toward those who (differ from them In mental structure. Thin partial development is at the root of all llie narrow mlndedness with which the world Is ! curfcd. It Is the fountain of that Intolerance (which sends its ley streams over every thing ! In reach, to chill and freeze out all It touches. (A trade or an occupation is scorned, because ) Its merits have never come home to the mind j t(iat scorns It. A profession or a science Is slighted, because Its treasures are too remote from the eye of him who slights It. A special calling is v.dhered to, and praised ntul trumpeted ad nauseam to the rest of the world, because forsooth to the contractcd cranium of tho man who follows It, It seems the soul of ! existence, the chief end of roan, his perva ding and crowning glory fdr 11 fo and for Im mortality. And so the world over brains are bo'jnd up like the fcet of a Chinese belle. The fact Is manliest on the very surface of society. Men have grown to carry their callInns in their countenances, and to display them In their conversation Even In the higher grades of society the air , of what Is broadly termed the shop may be, constantly felt. Men ns I said In substance, ( I look shoppy" and talk "shoppy," and their| j shopplness lsheraldcd by titles, and In posl; lions of bight and dignity they are expected | I to maintain It in their entire demeanor. ( The good taste of sbclety has seen tit to I purge this alvay In a measure. Titles are j dropped in the halls of the American Congrss. and class and occupation lines arc obllt-!. crated, by the more dignified rind democratic appellation which Is common U> every private gentlemen. Traces of the same good tnsto struggling for broader; life are.found In the private visiting ciuds of ladles and gentlemen; In cards of Invitation to that most interesting of ceremonies, the ceremony of j marriage,; and to other occasions of more than ordinary Interest. And I wish that their | examples were only the herald or van of a i progressive movement toward the levelling of ! all distinctions in social life. Occupations are for work; society is for pleasure and for culture. Society does not aesire to have wOrk perpetually thrust beforejlts weary eyes. It does not not care to have those same eyes ! ' dazzled withutltle which is itself thecniblem i of work that Is uclther faclnatlug nor taste-; I ful to all sensibilities. Hut tills Js not social commun Ism that 11 advocate. If It Is It. Is the communism of ex-| cellencc. I do not caresomucn for the level- j ling of social dcstlnct ions In themselves; but I for what that levelling would stand for In I , other thing?,and for the Way in which lt< coiild if It ever should be brought ubout,! This could only be by the progress of the com inon mind in breadth and depth. Hut this Is a j progress entirely posslblejfor those who choose I to thlhk and act. Men may rise and expand i fn knowledge andculture until social dlstlne- | tlonnare lost In the breadth anil excellence of i social conversation and habits. It istruo that every man must devote tho bulk of his " time to that calling by which he sup- < ports life. Cut time is a trwisuro in which ; most, men are far richer than they are in the { bablt of supposing. Poverty is more likely c to lie In the Inclination. Time can he devo- , ted 10 extending their Information their In-1 terest their sympathies. ; It has been said that thero are two things i that goto make a man, tho spirit that Is in \ him and the eircmnstnnies of his life. It Is 11 comprehensive statement; but would stand 1 betterl think if lhos6 two things wero said to J make a man what bo is. That which goes to make a man In tho high sense of the word 6f which I have spoken j Is doubtless chiefly the spirit that is', Id him. Circumstances go for. but will 1 and genius no farther.! They may ' matter clrcums'.anccs, they moy trt> ? J m MM 1 h 1 Jmph <11 thi lr endeavors lu defiance of circumstances. Mun hasalready mudetbo tierce wind hisscvanl,and hits caught the flasli ol lieuveus artillery and made it do Ills bidding, rue grentcst victories of history have b.-en those won in the heavy baltla with clreumsinners. On tne other hand (he ino?t conteinplble ol human being? U the puppet of eircum>tanres; ami a man Is ley's a inan when be become* their vieilm where lieshouid have been their concjncror. So also is a man so much less a man if he linn not dev?.-l<^pcd himself with that colturr which Is the erown aixl ornament of life. Kvery thinking man ought to lie a specimen of pen I lis. The prize of conquest In the n-alm of thought ishis II he will only struggle to gain it. What are called the born geniuses tji history have net a monopoly 'of tne pearls oi knowledge or the genu of thought and fun C} What is tliolra by inheritance from mother fortune is ours l?y the instrument of capture, Wlil is the minimum of the spirit which makes a man,.and It may become the inaxl, mum of a tuceeshful career. Nature had set forth her Ken I uses lo be the patterns of excel lence for the great bulk of her children, the pal terns of excellence io the rnrlous departments of mind. The Ideal man Is tnc combination of them all. The man who is most a man Is he who approac hes nearest to the ldc al. Nor should reason and cllort be palsied at such a thought. Surely nature's highest purpose In the creation of her Jewels Is that they should be in the pcftcssion of her great family. Geniuses are the heirlooms of hu Inanity. And they arc rno'e. The figure only partially describes the underlyihi; thought ffie highest form of possession is In actual personal aopropriation. Ami so I slmpl.v change the figure in saying that natures highest purpose In creating genius is that men may Join themselves to It and make il bone of their bone and spirit of their spirit that the twfthr m'ay be made one. The bridal of cllort and xenius Is the great end of progress. And it is a bridal that 1 am bold to express my conviction may be realized ; If not more than partially now. at least in thosejrraml vistas of uucomiucred dominions which the future opens to the march oi cr> 11 u re, when man has learned somcthluu moreof those depths of hisown nature, which I"' m?u' TIip r>liI -Hid lionillal proverb "porta tuucUur lion fit" as applied ic ull the lights of genius Is doomed to contra diction. Toarccent article In Temple liar, 1 am indebted for Hie following quotation from Thomas Moore, und for ?>inie ol the 'fart* relative 10 other prominent literary eharaeicrs which I am about to mention: "Nothing great und durable," says Tom Moore, "has ev er been produced with east;. Labor is the parent ol all the lasting monuments of till.' world, whether In verse or iu stone, In poetry or pyramids." "A man may write at any time," said Dr, Samuel Johnson. If I remember correctly, "11 he will set himself doggedly to It." Demosthenes it is well known wrote and re wrote his orations repeatedly. The tlretsmtence of I'lato's Republic was written ninedifferent ways. The Urst chapter of Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Itoman Ktnpire wns written throe tlmesover, and nearly aquartei of a century was devoted to the composition of the whole "orlt. Sheridan's wit was the result of stud. >us arrangement, at.d careful iif-c of the note 'loiik. Izack Walton labored Incredibly. Chi.rJes James Fox and Addison found It necessary to take the greatest possible pains. Goldsmith said "every one writebetter because lie writes faster than I." Ami what, seems to be the erueh si pos-ibleblow tc the "iiocta nnscitur'' Is the astonishing fuel that Virgil, the stalely ami the grat eful, Gold stnilli, Johnson, uacme, iscn .unison mm ropt composed their poetry originally In pro.aic prose What bow t?d less possibilities are here sag gcstei" for the human race! What worldare opened for the conquering brain of nalure's dimly children, for the sons of menl-.il toil! What srolJen opportunity for the attalnnient of that glorious equipoise of mind In which each branch of knowledge, and eacli interest of man Is an acquisition of our own in which art and poetry, philosophy and tlx drama, invention and discovery, oratory and poililes, theology .tiid the science of capita and trade shall belong to us by virtue 01 our own achievements. Let it nol L-e sup posed that these thoughts give license u smattering. The acquisition of knowhdgm\ist be Sectirc to have (my valye, It must Ik thorough to be secure. Step by step we mare! to victory; and it is a giand vision to sec be fore us the images of the men we may be cause by advancing to that triumphant devel opment in which we can re|?eat from tlx depth of our spirits that priceless saying o theanclcut philosopher, which is the heritage of our race. "I art a man, I esteem nothing pertaining lo man foreign lo ine," J line piUPtUK rajuui > , imu uiciiniui^nnji; " nly listeners has already been too huivlh taxed. A few words more mid I have done The subject is so broad and suggestive, tha itioiiphtscrowd for utterance which p:ig>-scnn not bold, lint it would l>c unjust to I lie pro portion of the subject did I not my that tin proportions of man's spiritual nature shouh be preserved along with his physical am mental. Unfortunately the mind oflhcworli is so likely to bo possessed with the idea tha any spiritual utterance of one of a rertnir -ptoffssion is from the fetters of tlieologlca thouvbt. that such nturanoes are likely t ? b< aecej ted with a reservation. It Is however enlirely possible lor one of that class to liavi a spiritual idea wholly independent of iili profession. '1 lie idea of a spiritual nature li so far human to be as old, in the non-rell jilous world at least as the second of historl Ureelt philosophers. Moreover, men beeomi eonseious of a spiritual nature by that Inde finable and ethcrlallBeil seme of pleasure which the contemplation of nature and life ii ail Ihelrsubtie charm gives them. That enjoyment can scarcely be aecounle( for by the supposition of a condensed proces of ratiocination, which is forgoitrn utterly a: quickly as aecompllshcd. The splittuai na tine assorts it.-oil-, more strongly .even, In it >enseof.the motal quality of thought and ac tion, and of obligation .More strongly stilhn all know full well in the unsatisfied and through life. Insatiable yearnings for soinr thiiiK we have rtot. Briefly then the develop mcnt of the spiritual nature is the formalini of character. Ify this it is that the equipoisi of human nature is to be attained and pre served as really as by the development o mind and frame. Imagine the Great Spirit o the Universe?I use this title to avoid tin phiaseoloiry of a profession?imagine tin Oreut Spirit of the Universe trazing upon i man duly developed In all directions but tin spiritual, and question if He would not b viewing jv being disfigured by a shocking dc feet. It would be like viewing thesiatue of i deity with his head oft; or a living human be Ing with his heart out. They are quite mate riiiitstlc fisrures I know: but ticures will b materialistic sit all events; and in them mule riulism struggles to express what, as in thi case, Is infinitely superior to Its power of ex presslon. I know 01 nothing which so full; represents what might be called the equity <> living and ncllnj: for one's self and the worli as a high development of cliarueter. Wllhon It th'c symmetry of man's nature is falall" damaged. He stimds like a rnno with Ills right arm withered and helpless; with ill lira in half stricken to death; with emr?l< sockets where the mirrois of his s>oul ha< shin i'd. It men would he what destiny cnlls thrm t< be, if they would he men In atl the power mil urandeur of manilood, they must seek pat terns of spirititalexb'ollencc, and move in em ulatlon. rat terns are not wanting. Thealsle of theirreat temple of history are rev.rrbeia tins: still with Hie sound of their toot falls Their stately figures may still Ik* seen movlni onward aiid upward to thp snnciuary of sa cred excellence. Ahd at the hixh attar of thi Inner court of the temple stands One whosi glorious thnnhood eighteen centuries havi swept across without leaving- tho taint o time, or the rust of decay, and whom flu world of thought religious u:ul profane, tie lights in proclaiming the rarest and lb grandest of the sons of man. In that Presence let bigotry vanish, whethe It he the bigotry of class, or country, of occu patlon, of spiritual and intellectual bondage Let manlibod move on to t he glory that await it. Let equipoise of inlnd and heart am frame and spirit be the Inspiring purpose o life. And let man think thatthecqulpols?hi so heroically seeks is that which commend and dignities the seats of human Justice which reign* with honest honor 011 th thrones of monarch*; which elves to man tin crown and! fullness of his being; and whiel pervades with superhuman majesty the na turoof tho Deity. When the Fields arc White lVitl Cotton. "No money now; can't buy Pianos or Or cans till cotton comes In." Yes you can Hake up SID Cuxh on an Orpan or Si"> Cash on i Piano, and we will sell you during June, Juli A ugnst and SrjUembcr, at, ROCk 150TT05 CAslI KATES, and wait 3 months for thebal ance, without one rent of interest. Cash RatesThree Months Credit". No Interest. Don' forget it. Grand Summer Clearing Out Sal< of New and Second-Hand Instruments?5M Pianos, olio Orgaps. All.Styles. All grhries All prices. Mil ft he c'oscd wt. Special Term lo Installment buyers, ( ash prices advnnciu only Ten Pt Fifteen I lays T*st Trial Ouurarteed Instruments from ntxbent mnkers Catalogues anil full Information mailed freeo charge. Avoid being imposed upon by Beattj or any other man. by ordering at once fron the fireat Wholesale Piano an>i Orpan Depo of the South. lrripkx a HATES'Southf.u: Music Hocsk, Savasxaii, a a. 4t ^l?o Let. 'IMIE build in? of a NEW VENCK nrouni 1 the JAIL LOT will be let. t<> tnc lowes responsible bidder 011 Saturday June Sith, a 12 m. Specifications made known on that day W. T. COWAN, County Commissioner. June IS, 1S81, tf H, 6. SCUDDAY, Attorney and Counselor at Law, ANDERSON, 9. CJ. OFFERS his professional services to the citizens of Abbeville. Parties desiring to consult with him, may do so at each session of the Court for the Coun ty, or by letter at An derson II. June 15,1881, tf L. W. PEIIRIN, T. P.C'OTHKAJ.*, PERRIN & COTHRAN, .Attorneys at Law, ABBEVILLE, S. CJan. 111880, tf TEA' TEA' A SUPEROR ARTICLE* OF \ror.N(i IIYSOX at 85c; Imperial at T.'io; . Gun Powder at 80c; Mixed at Sl.'cc; in fancy pound and half pound boxes. Edwin Parker. June 1.3,1681, tf DICTIONARY llfEHSTERS UNA BR IDO ED. W EDWIN PARKER. Juno 15, i8Sl,2t Change of Time FOR special meeting of the Stockholders of the Savannah Valley Railroad Company. At a meeting ol the Hoard of Directors of he Savannah Valley Railroad Company at Vnderson, s. ('., on tlieTlh inst. The time of he special meeting of the stockholders was ihangcd irom the 22d lo the :t0th day of June. J. E. BREAZEALE, Secretary Hoard of .Directors, e*. V. R. K. Co. Juno 15,1881, 2t DAVID H. MAGIII, Attorney at Law, ABBEVILLE, S. C. [STILL practice In. all tho Courts of the Iff State. Jim 21,1880, tf Low Prices! SUMMER CALICOES, 6^ cents, COLORED DRESS GOODS, 10 cents, % HRO. SHIRTINGS, 7 cents, | SIU>. SHIRTINGS, S><, cent?, HRO. DRILL, 9 ccnts, BRO. LINENS, 20coti(^, HEAVY OSNABURUS, 12'A cents PLAID OSNABURGS. 10 ccni5, COTTONADES. all prices, at j | May 11,1*81. : H. D. Reese, J1' EWKLER AND WATCH-REPAIRER at Abbeville, H. C., liason band a beautiful ;! assortment oi Watches, Clucks, anil Jewelry, [. which be guarantee* to be as rein'eRcrtlod, t j and which lie oilers fur sale ut reasonable ' j prices, I The ItepalrlK'*'of all goods In fills line a i j specialty. Call at tlio More of It. W. Bartl.! well, where be may be always found. H. D. REESE. . | May 23.lSSl.tr !| Componnd Fluid E' XTRACT OF BUCIIIN; for all ailments of the Bladder nnd Kidneys. , iiDWIN I'AUKER. I April 13,1881,3t Citizen's Meeting. A meetingof the citizens of the vlllacowill be helu In the Court Ilouse next trlilay afternoon nt six o'clock to take lulu consideration the subject of buying a town clock. A f general attendance is desired. June 1, 188 h ; ATTEW TON! FARMERS 11 \lTEnro now prepared to furnish FAR, MKIW with ail kinds of farming Implement?. ! PLOWS AND PLOW STOCK, 1 [ Trace Chains & Back Bands, I, AXES AX!) HOES. f< J, ; -ALSO ALWAYS ON IIANDiftai snii Rmh Tflnnr snfl- Mfial VI>1 U UUll JJUVUUj 1 iUUl UUl* AIXUV41J I SUGAR, COFFEE, &C. 1 QMRLES & CO. I Feb.!), ISsl. If I To Let. ! 'PIIE building of tlie bridge over C'nrltail , . 1 creek near Cannon's old place, will l?? let . to the lowest. responsible bidder on Saturday, . 125th June, lit li m. Specifications made i I known on day of sale. J. T. BASKIN, ' County Commissioner. June rf, 1581, 2t State of South Carolina-, County of Abbeville. | IX THE PROBATE COURT. I [n the n.utter of the Estate of A. A. Noble, 1 j deceased. i Petition for Finn I Discharge* < VOTICE Is hereby civen Mint J< lm F. Cul- < : 1 > lioun, Executor of A. A. Noble^dcceiised, | has ninde application to this Court ior a dls" chaixe from Ills trust. ' Ordered, that Friday, the 8th of July, 1881, '* b?> appointed us the chiy for the settlement of " the cslitto, ?nd iliachaiye of the Executor. : All persons Interested will take <lue notice. 1 J. FILLER LYON. , JuneS, 18SI, Gt Judge of Probate. ; Bridge to Let. 'IMIE REBUILDING OF THE BRIDOE AT] J S I SEAKLE'S MILL will he let to the lowest I , responsible bidder on SATURDAY tlie 11th. IJ of JUNE, ISV1?12 o'clock, in. ' .Specifications made known on nbove day. i JAilLS T. BASKIN, Jit., l* Commissioner. May 2o, 18SJ, 2t \ T H E H EAViESTi I ODORLES \ Machine Oil, ;j At 65 Cents per Gallon. ij5 Gallons, or over, eu cents !| per Gallon. H. W. LAWSON & CO. 1 May 2.% ISSI, If :| Marshall P. DeBrubl, Attorney at Law, i AlJIJKVILIiE c. H. S. ; State of South Carolina,'; v! . _ _ H County of Abbeville. !i IM TIIE PROBATE COURT. j In the matter of the estate of Lewis Covin, i. deceased. s Ex I'arto P. A. Covin nnct S. R. Morrah, Excc1. utorsand Petitioners. ? ' Petition for Settlement and Discharge, s VTOTICE Is hereby given that P. A. Covin 1 ; Li and S. R Mnrrah, executors. as aforesaid IJ p tiave this day tiled theirpetilion in thisCourt. ' 0 praying for a settlement of, and discharge : ) from their trust. 1 It Is ordered, That Tuesday the 21*t day of 1 June next, be lixed for settling the said e.?tato, an?l granting the discharge as prayed for. I Given under my hand and the seal of this Court, this May lUh A. D. issl. 1 J. PULLER LYON, Prooate Judge A. C. I JJuy 17,18SJ, 4t \im m BUGGY WORK.: I! J, B. BAKER, : H j ' J 1 I LTAS Just receivedan improved Tire Ilender .11 iind Up-Selter, which enables him to | shrink Wagon and Buggy Tires without cut'i ting, which strengthens the weaker places. , j All work in this line will be done In a tirst j ciass manner at the cheapest rates. Consult ' ') your interest and take your veilIclcs for re i uairs tb J. B. BAKER, Washington Street. Abbeville. May 1?, 1881, tr ?/" A LSOMIXE. , ! IV EDWIN PARKER, [j May 18,1831,2t jj OILS! OILS! I. IrEROSINK OIL.'Tanner's Oil, Machine" )l Oil, Sowing Machine Oil. if I EDWIN PAKIER. i J | May 18,1831, -t j* BOOKS l A M. E. Hymn Books, Gospel Hymn's No. 1, Tanner's Catechism. EUMIN PAKKER. , May 18,1S81,2t j| Assorted Paints I X 1 pound boxes, and Varnish Brushes. ? E. PA UK EH. 11 May 18,1881, ->t j iiiilmv, Have a large and well selected! stock of DRY GOODS,' -AND- I" groceries! ?and the newest style* of? -READY-MADE CLOTHING, L BOOTS, SHOES, Hats and Caps,'0 ' WHICH THEY SELL CHEAP. T Oct 6, im, tf ( L J. 3ESLTJElZ5,"il Boots and Shoes, Har- g ness and Tanyard. BEST material used, line workmen employ , G ed, custom work made promptly, and at ct ! the lowest bottom prices for cast). Hides al-1 Ways bought at the highest market price fcr.'te cash or in exchange for leather or work. January 'J*, l&O, ly, I - : A. II. HILL & SONS, J Dealers in Groceries and Ttfl t uarmers Supplies of every -Description. Abbeville, S. C, Dcc. 15, 19S0, tf. -NOTICE n m mm i rHE County Auditor hereby gives notlca I that returns of re?l and personal propery, subject to taxation, will Uc received at th6 allowing places, on the duys designated l>c* aw, viz: SALUDA SIDE, Ninety Six, 1st, 2nd and 3rd of June. Donnu!dsvillc,7tb nnd Sth of June. Due West, 9th and 10th of June. lIod?es Depot, ltth and 15th of June. Greenwood, 10th, 17th and ltth of June; Evans' Mill, 20th dnd 2lst of June. White llall, 23d and 21th "f June. Chiles' Crot<s Heads, 28th and ifflth of Juno, SAVANNAH SIDE. Abbeville Court House, 1st, 2nd and 3rd iftjf [una. WlekllfTs, 6th nr.d 7th of June. Mountain View,8th of June. LowuuesvillOjflih of Juno. Smith's Cross ltoails, 10th ot June. Cnihmm's Mill.*, 2?th und-'lst of June, McKittrlck's Mills, 22nd ol June. Darn's Mine, J3d of Juno. Cedar Springs, 21th of June. Hester's Store, 27th of June. Arch K. Watson's, 2-th ot June. K. Wcstllelu's,3!Mh of June. Capt. Jamtei Trait's,1st of July. In addition to the appointments abrivd nado for Abbevlllo Court House, I would ncnllon tl at the olltco will be open for re^ :cl vlng returnscn Monday, Tuesdny, Wi-daeS1 lay and Thursday of Coutt weeit, and froiii :he 1st to the 2Uth of July. j. T. PARKS, ADDITOE, May 1,1XSI, tf KTotice. \L1j persons having demand? agolnvt thb estate of the late J. \V. ROKERTSOtf n ill present Ihtiri duly atUKled, and all those mlcliiel lo the sxme will inuke immediate I'uytuent to IJKNJ. S. BARNWELL, my duly xuthoilzcd nguut. AGNES B. ROBERTSON, Administratrix.' MArcli l?i 1881, tf New iiliiSlil Lawson ^ Wardlaw ABBEVILLE, S. C. FJAVK ripened n ncw.'-tnek of FURNITURE 1 over tlie store of .A. >1. Hill A Son, and .vi11 lie pl?ovod to receive u rail Irom their Ylend*. Their sioek consign of every variety if FL'HNI I'l'RK usually kept In a ni'Ht-ciaM ton;. Ail of wliieti !i> olfercd at prices to suit ,lie times; '* '' JL Feb. 21.1881. tf Tt-rJI A1 jsaroer anop. i'HE undersigned respectfully Informs tho ini bile I lint ho has recently removed his I'onsorlal Emporium to tho hull abav3 Norvood brother's store, whore he Is prepared to tccoiumodr te his customers, and the public renerally In hair cuttini;, shampooing. sliavng, dyeing, in the best style; anil at reasouihle prices. Terms per month for hnir-cuitlnc, sham loolng and shavinsr, only fl.UO. llcspcttiUlly, Richard Gantt; RAILROAD NOTICEr ^UHSCRIBERS to. the capltitl stock of thd i Atlantic and French Uroad Valley Rall <>ail are hereby notified that the first InstaU nent is now ciillcd lor. Prompt payment Is required, as the work Is o ho begun at once and will be pushed vlgor)U?ly. . , lty order of W. K. Bradley, President A.and F". 13. V. K. It. J. W*. PERRIN, Treasurer. Treasurer's Ofllce, Abbeville. May 10,1881. I, L. CALHOUN, M. D. Sure-eon and Physician; ABBEVILLE "s.C. Office?In rear of O.T. Calhoun'slaw office? March Si, 1881, 12m "A. B. C. IIND8AY7" DENTIST, . Practical and Operative, HAVING attended the Lectures of tbo Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery tiers Ills professional services to Iho public is a Dentist and Oral surgeon. Calls through lie country attended to. All work warrant d and charges reasonable. , ,, Residence 5 miles cast of Calhoun Mills; >outh Carolina. June 1(>, 18S0. Rat Poison. JORSE. Cattle and Man's Liniment, Light T 111 ng Liniment, Sowing Machine Oil, very no. Nerve and Boue Liniment. EDWIN PAKKER. April 13, XSSI, 2t _ _ POWELL'S 7EEF, Cod, Liver Oil and I'epslne; a vnlua' ble tonic, ticsh g.meralorand notunpleasiit to the taste. E. PARKER. April 13, 1881,21 BARKER'S "1ELEBRATED Horse and Cattle Powders. j EDWIN I'ARKEtt. March IB, 1831,2t ljumb er. J ARTIES having Hard Lumber, Ashe: Hickory, and White-oak, cau |tind fcal? ,r the sauic at SEAL & McILWAINE'8. Carriage Shops, Abbeville, S. C. March lii, issl tf CIGARS. 'HE following popular brands of 5-CENT SEGAltS, oIod Shingle, Oiir Firm, Live Oak, Eurckn, * AND THE CELEBRATED alhoiiu Chewing Tobacco, and Little Joker Smoking Tobacco,' -ATlunningham & Templeton's; April at, 1880, tf 'S3 lilustra Female Colfeie EsrKCTKl'M.Y oilers Its services to those pants who desiro to secure t'.>r their ilaughters ie thorough aud symmetrical cultivation of leir physical, intellectual, and moral pow s. li i* conducted on what Is called tbo I17S-3T7D7" PLa:7. with a Skmi-ANNUAI. >1*1 wk of Study ; and, by a sjstem of Tuional Premiums, its Low ltates arc niado ill lower tot ALL who average 85 per ccnt. No Public Exercises. No "Receptions." raduailon, which is always private, may ocir eight times a year. For lull information, write for an Illustra(1 Catalogue. Address, REV. ?. LANDER, President, Oct ^7, SO,Iy Wllllauikton. 8. 0.