I ?ne Press and Banner. ^ : - ... j 55y 11 *:$? :? Wilson. Wednesday, June ?7, 1353, 1^*-*- .^fc^rgwg*?rr.rp rjr^r**oorsrnowv_3*rcr-nrs^r^ ??.ill a (irtMt SJ:ili* h?? \.I'lim-if;:! to its I.'rriiJS' OitixnisJ Jtxljjo \Vttli?rsj?oon at tlic !ato tonii of the Conrt was so jint aii.l so nu'iviltil in iii.s sentences that we IVIt like writing an jirticSo expressing otir ijratilieation at the nation of a .T mlLTt* whose son tenia's s^etis- ' <-il to bo so free lYosn malioe ;;inl vi:i mouths in 1'iepcnitcnti>iri/ or t<> pay n tine <>f fifty dollars," while a vhite man who had been convicted of ' 'assault and battery of a high anil aggravated natu?e," was .sentenced to "four xwnths in l/ie coutiiy jitfl or pr.\ a tine of fifty dollars.*' \Ye do not pretend to say that the conviction in either ease was just or unjust, as we did not hoar either trial, -ami of the action of the jury an outsider can givo no intelligent expression of "c^inion. but the action of the .Indue is j r.t down in black and white, and in a flain and unmistakable way. Another matter upon which we would remark is the great difference in sentences for carrying concealed weapons. Koine Judges send such persons to the penitentiary, some to the jail, while others get elf with a fine of a few dollars. The law in our opinion should be spc-' cific, pud in every case tho pains of the law should be equally inflicted by every ^udire in every part of the State. There were, we believe, very few crises 5n our last Court which should not have been disposed of by the Trial Justices who sent up the cases. The Trial Justice viio is incompetent to try a negro lor' Mealing a hog, should resign his office.: **or this reason, wo think the law should require those officers to dispose of such case#, even if he were not allowed to send *he head of a dependent lamny to penitentiary for a year, or as the Saluua Argns would have it. for a term of years. "With becoming respect for the opinions 'of some of the learned Judges as to the in-! citttso of crime in Soutli Carolina, we; would express a different opinion. If Ihey have sat on the Bench, wo have read the newspapers, and we claim that, leaving out murder and improper assaults on rorr.ii'c-s, that there is almost no crime in this Stale worthy the name. In liio absence of real crime our law-makers seem Xo lia\ o been ?u.xio:is to do soinothingextraordinarily g>?> have been fori rears in tin* penitentiary, and who^ecdu-j ration in wickedness Iris been going on steadily during the whole time of confinejTiont, certainly needs to b-j changed. ! N'ot only are t!io s;imc crimes repeated,! but others of a character nvire daring and henious. Take tin* familiar case of' burglary: Criminal statistics show that tiio very same criminal has been punished over and over again for this oiVeuee.; Indeed, what else can lie d.> when released? Who will give him employ-' ment? Who cares to ii**l{ him on his: premises? His badge of infamy exclude** iiiui from honest work. His record follows him from place to place as if tiie brand of Cain were on him. Even if he were disposed to mend his ways, ho would be compelled to struggle agunsl tremendous dUlictilties. 'I his U a problem which urgently demand the attention of our wise mcil and pliilanlhrop-1 ists."1 The S-.ilnJ-i Ar;/us, in its cry for von-! seance, says: Sentences I'ndku Tit k Law.?There! eeenis to bo a great diversity in the practice of our Judges, in imposing the pen-, ally and under tin* law, upon parties convicted before them. The law, in attaching a penalty to crime, fixes its minimum j and maximum limits, so r.sto provide for the nio?t flagrant as well as/lie most ex-1 tenuated case, and the Judge istoexevci.se a sound discretion between these extremes. It is, indeed, as much a violation of the spirit of the law, to impose; none at all. One of the circumstances of aggravation which, we think, should invnko the extreme tienaliv of the law. is the increasing prevalence of crime. Tlsr3>rescrvat!(tn of s-wiety i? tlie objec; *Tiim?u al, and uot fo much the mercy ( .which irtar be claimed f??r the prisoner. | %VHy dn men commit crime at all. except for tho want of sullieicnt restraint, ami "L ?,?~J v ice, to which expression istfiven in some form of crinv*. These remarks are sujiKested hy what is regarded the very moderate sentences imposed at tho lust t?rm of onr court. Some of llio Judges' Are probably up to t!ie full measure of the requirement of tho times, but the majority of them are too lenient. ami it is an inteiesting inquiry to determine how far ' tbey may be responsible f >r tiie increase r>f -crime: at any rate, until the full measure of the law is meted out to criminals, itis imp^ssiliie todetcrmine whetlier the failure to check crime is chargeable I to an inst'ffleienev in the law itself, or to * the manner of its administration. In reply to tho expression of the J 177 a* about "leniency," which has never been Ahown, so far as we have been informed, tve would say that an unmerciful sentence is a greater crime against the county, than petty larceny, tho currying of a pistol, or ?lio knocking down of un offender. Wo believe that somebody on some occasion said that tlie certain'!/ of punishment was tho best preventive of crime, j??d 8i^*ii^jt time every man who alM?'' others fo. think for him bus V&-?-- - been saying the same thing. The idea j a,-."' lias been stereotyped in the public mind, *nd it may be inferred from their verdict that members of the juries who tiy -n-rs have heard the remark. On tin* subject of ccrtuinly of punishment, wo trust th.it wo may be allowed to quote the remarks of an eminent teacher before the Teach era'Association at Athens, < icorgia. He says: "Authority should wear the nir of an ?asy confidence. I have h"m*d it said often that certainty of punishment is better titan severity. 1 will toil you what is bet-J for than either: itis uncertainty of pun-! ishment. Certainty hardens. The idea' that the teacher should have the right to puniah, hut should try and avoid it, has | fteen much approved by school autlori-1 licv*. I am trying harder every day to Judge children bv their intention, and I . cordially indorse Governor Seymour's1 experience, 'The longer I live tiie fntt- r opinion i have of people's hearts, and the . poorer of their heads.* " In further proof ol the falsity nf the assertion that it is the certainty of punishvteiil that restrain*, we hope that ? o may he allowed to mention tho action of tho great miiitary ueuerais 01 uie war. ???r Relieve that it does not occur of record where a Gen end could find reasonable technical or other grounds for disapproving the death sentence that he did not do " 5o. And it may be remembered that 011 various occasions all prisoners confined j in guard houses, whether under sentence j or not, were ordered to be released. I The C. l\ G. & C. Ii. R. Anderson and Pickens counties arc stir- ( red to their depths on the subject of a j>08sible change of route <>f the Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railroad. The "dank movement," as they call it,' ttjade by Greenville, they think i's against their Interests, and in consequence they ore violently op nosed to any change. The Anderson Intelligence)' says: "If any Ohange is made Anderson ought to have s. Yon < .] Hiiscii!.*' In Mic tri.il in Xe.v Vi?rk ! '*! \v'o!< of lii'liiuniust tlio n!" tli'\ /.-.> < li'iJil-I ' >I" v| tl.c I';;:' ' 1 iit.i* rcc.-illi-l v.'iin* insinuation 1 I . i'l n.-e ?f> i !;? li || .?;! |(i,:irv ( !' Mr. i; i >1 < i" ii'l'll. :illIi 1: "Yes. Vini t) 'I t'Ki' .l, i \>ii! ?i\vt':?r t?? i?." I'liiu f |ioi miiN-l an attorney to thus ins-til :i witness tiin;iir!it i? proper to * < bake t'io \ iu"-r <>!' Mr. !*??Ji*"s roplv. when lho latter lYiiinrknl tint lie rruivttetl 11>:?. itt the prcxoneoof the court the insult (ill'cri'il liiui sin?l the outrage f 11i-s mother can soil him t<; make :i rop'v t!:nI. was rmle hut nevertheless li'lii". Mr. I>olm?:rt to ! curb:Ii#* it: iv-1 vivo an s?i?l shuuicr against an honorable j ll'irn". We refer to this hoeruiso witnesses ,ns :i j rule are u it piv>teete>f lawyers wli'? take ailvantage of their position to* assai! the character of witnesses to break j the force of their testimony, knowing i that tin* witness who if mitsiile of court iniul't iv-'i'iit !. insirie ts prnvcniNs 10 cr. s->. W.? have known of instance* where,I a.-, in the case of Mr. IJelmont. worthy j and respectable people were subjected t win and a fee at stake. All lawyers do not, r>f" oonrsi>, do this, and all courts do not permit it, li-it it is entirely too common. Witnesses have rights in courts. should lie treated respectfully and not as criminals or doe*, and th" .Indue who siis on tlx* It'Mtch and permiN ale,i?o is not in ins proper place.? C^'trlulfc Journal-Oliver-, nr. j The ah-ne expression of the 0'>*<:rrcr is fully endorsed l>y the Press and l)r the physician. I,c* U not be forgotten, when diarrlirca ocepjr after measles, that it is caused from tV.:?" irritation of the bowels, which is jucidcM to the disease, and that If calomel or other strong medicine is taken into the system, the chances for recovery are against the patient. In no case should a patient sick of measles, take strong medicine, and the vafer plan is to take only the least quantities of the most mild medicines. In no disease can the patient stand less experimenting and fewer mistakes than in measles. Warm drinks, an 1.1,. ,, .in.l Luunl/i ilir.f tu n ia;2ti;ti*ir iriiii'ti.umv, u.im u.m, ?%?%. about :tll that is needed in many oases; but where complicated eases appear, the thinner from strong medicine is even greater than from the disease itself. We h-ipo thy mortality from measles may stop. Wo have had enough of It. . . The Corn (Juoslion We do not lieiir anything of late from those iwicul!ural editors who so often advise the farmers to "plant more eorn." The folly of such advice is strikingly exemplified by the present condition of the crops. While tin' dry weather ha* not materially injured the cotton, and it is' flowing off linely, the little upland eorn that was planted is barely alive and will scarcely return the seed that was put in the ground. This is a cotton country, and the farmers know it. There should I di versified fanning; hut corn cannot bei made a staple product with us. It is a waste of land and labor to plant corn on uplands. What our farmers need, as a. Has?*, is more grasses, more small grain, moro cattle and sheep?and more .system in farming operations.?.Xcubcmj ObWlWf. If any reference is had to us in the J above paragraph, we are only sorry that' our neighbor shall think so little of our' abili v to speak on a subjet so familiar to ! " -- ? ,|... ?ii 1 11% JiUl 11 was never IIIH-IIUUII m.ii. mi j men should have equal talent, or lie equally wise in the pursuit of life. We have no information as the results of lah ?r ou the farms in Newberry, but we would say that wo have never known an ! Abbeville farmer to prosper who did not raise hi* own corn, and wo have known many farmers. We have in Abbeville county enough bottom lands to raise all the corn that we need, and we have thousands of acres of uplands suited for the grow ill of oats, in the Spring wo urge the planting of corn. In tlio Fall we favor the sowing of small grain. If this course shall bo "folly" in ilie sight of our Newberry eon temporary, wo would only say in reply that theoretical farming in Newberry may produce results entirely different from those which follow actual experiment in Abbeville. ? ? railiifcl are tl-e Wounds of a Friend. Out friend, the Columbia Rcfjinlci', is no doubt induced to think the remarks of the X'itbrr >/ o.Wj-t'cr "pertinent" be-, cau-e of its iccollcrtion of a long-to-bereiiiemben-d speech which the amiable and s\vrct-lcmpci*cd editor of that paper mane at a "junK?ving 01 me rress assi'oiaiii.u ' in thy hotel at Spartanburg some three or lour years* ago. The Hryinter .says: Tin' Xt-irhcrvy tihxrrvcr asks this pertinent question : "Will tiie Press Association do anything practical this .session to elevate the standard of journalism in the State? Or will it he simply a dead-head junketing as heretofore The meetings of the Press Association heretofore may i.ave h:td to t!ic Observer more the uppearanee of a "dead-head junketing," than of a meeting of business men seeking the elevation of thoir standards. We shall not deny the charge, Kut we trust that our Newberry friend, who ia so competent, may attend our meeting next week, and give us some useful lessons and worthy examples in tho work of elevating the standards of .South Carolina journalism. lOur hearts are in the business, and we will certainly be tVnhful students. Bciii.s from Kerosene. Tho number of deaths that occur from the careless handling of kerosene oil is surprising, and the little heed which our people pay to the frequent warnings which they get against the careless holding of this dangerous explosive, is still cnrnriaiii r. Xr-irlv fivtrv week somebody is burned V> death by it. Read the following: "CJ 1iiiitvd*at-h?>ine pnper. Lexington i?a* ;;ooil rca oii ti> l.ft proud of her ut'.v?paj*v, which >houl.i g<> t>? every fireside in | lh.it county. Let t!k- people of l.exing-; ten sul>si-iitii' fur it, and never ;;o bark on tin; Lrxingtiii I>;sp ? Mr. Hi'iut's Spcrcli r.t (ircmvillo. . \Ve !lnd;Iio following abstract of Mr. HcnptV s; (' ch at tli?* Furmau I'niver?i!y Commence-, j incut in the X.ti.'t tiii'l Conri-r, that our! j people may know something more of thei i:Tii!ity of the orator, inej that. wo may a!-oi know in what hifrh eslceni lie is held abroad! we take phasuiein transferrins: ili< >a:ne to i onr columns, Wc would Ijo glad to publish! I In1 addresses entire 'I'll'' event, of the (lay was the lite ary ad-: iliv-snf \V. Iteiict, Ks| , nf Abbeville, lie-! fort; tile societies of (lie l'niverMty. His splendid address enlisieii earnest attention! dnrmg tin; hour and a half consumed in its! d' livery. Mr. iSetiet was fittingly Introduced hy tie! I'ev. I?r. -t. ('. l'liriniiii, of (In- faculty of ihe l'niver; il* 'It: announced as the mi I'Jed ol. his address "run amkijuwn: his iiistoktai. position a.n l> mission." In di?rus?ing who the American washe first toM hisaudicnce who was not the American : i that he was not any of the well-known but ontrr types that so strike the stranger and ! torni the stajile for so many hooks and niava-' /.'lie articles written by "the intelligent"! fi?reimier on men and manners in the I'niie i Stales; that the "intelligent foreigner" had smalt opportunity of knowing him, since: there was nothing very striking about hilii. Nor was the discontented foreigner the' American lie would speak of? not they who' come to this country not seeding the adoplion of sous. but. to"use the freedom and I lie Hair of America as a vantage tronnd from | which lo harass the count rios they leave tie-' hind tliein and a cloak lo conceal ami protect | their murderous designs?whether Nihilist,i Socialist, Internationalist or Fenian "I?yna-j in iter." True patriots all, for b"it understood Tiiev left their country for their country's gr.od. The American wax not the reit Indian, the' negro nor the ('hinanmn. lie was of Caucasian type, estic,- tally ol' its Teutonic division, j and still more especially of Knglish blood, whether himself :i son of tin* soil or one who had conic seeking a home under kindlier skies. He might be N<>rthernor. Southernor! or Westerner?Republican, Democrat, or neither; lie was the man.whose'.riuinphs of pi ace and Industry had made America gr?>nt. | the man of whom the Fathers framed the Constitution and founded the various States.) Mr. Konet then In a few pictorial periods traced the pedigreet?f the American. ISc^ilining with tlie grim Teuton, dimly seen in the dawn of history, emigrating from the cradle of the race, "going West," :is his descendants do to-day. driving his ox cart, lie described the wonderful westward march and progress of tlie race until the English division under Hengest landed In lhitain in -MJi. anil hel'ore long lhitain became England. Me showed that wave after wave of conquest left England English still, the conquered al ways varnishing the conqueror and assimilating him. lie then trr.cd the long struggle for liberty and the growth of English freedom and law until the Mtntjiuwrr sai led across the AI Ian I ic and a New England was founded. Americans should remember Ihat their history begins not with Hunker's Hill. Plymouth Itock, or the .lamestown Settlement: that the American did not spring upon the world's stage like Minerva from Jove's brain a perfect creature full-armed; that the river of his descent did not like the Rhone gusli out at once a full-grown tor-, rent, tint like bis majestic Mississippi, its beginning small, Its course long and its growth gradual. } lie then discussed the characteristics of the race. It is an extirpating race, the only rare whose presence is fatal toother races. This quality, and Its pride of race, make it the best, indeed the only colonizer. It is a liberty-lov- j lug race; of little moment under what ont-j 1 waul forms of government: liberty it will' have it* spite of kings, presidents, or mob majorities. It is a hard-working race, and a! hearty cater; the roast beef of old England and ' t!..,,".'. 1 /1 i, 1 more to L'.'lill Water-' ' loo Hum gunpowder ami load. U is u race j ' fond of outdoor sports and violent exercise, j No doubt inuclt of Knglitnd's greatness was [ into to the Middle, the oar, the cricket-bat, tlie foot-hall, wrestling, boxing, tunning; and .'who ea? foretell the injury which this race will suflVr ii'i America, unless we pause in our [pursuit of wealth and success to give our. selves breath in healthful recreation ? ! Mr. I'.enet then discussal tlie essential unity ofilie Knglish toik iiere and elsewhere, as! seen in the language which is their common' ; inheritance?a language for which he claimed the pre-eminence anions all tongues; and in jibe twelve centuries of literature which is the birthright of the American as well ns of him ! who is liriiish-born. This literature showed ! how true and strong are the tics of brother-, hood.which bind America and Knglaml to-, j get her. It was easy to throw oil' allegiance lo a certain King George, but the American still pays homage to a greater king t'an ever sat on England's throiie.a king concerning whom I it was asked by that vaine King George, "Was I ! there ever such stuflnsxlisil:cspear6?" They j I are not two peoples who sing, tli'c same songs i and hymns, chant the same psalms, read the same Hible and pray the same prayers. 1 In considering Hie American of the ftiture lie asked if America aiforded tlie environ-' lnent suited to the production of the baldheaded, toothless, inert, web-footed man of the I .future" of Kay llobertson; or would Hie j commingling of the Aryan races here pro-j dnce a finer type of man than had ever been seen?as Herbert spencer recently predicted.) Immigration and commingling of races can j I only be for good to America ir confined to! kindred" races, and our race Instinct will talic< care of our future. The greatest danger lay in our comparative; negligence of our rights as freemen, our too [ great devotion to scltish pursuits to liiooxeltislon of that Jealous and watchful love of liberty niul the disuse of that right immemorial of Englishmen. tlie right to grumble,! protest, and resist and rebel. ] There is every reason to believe, said the ; speaker, that our race is destined to be notonly the greatest, but the last; that in the! great eantiiet which is the destiny of man toj | wage tlie last tiuttalllon is in the field. Heaven ! grant that time's last offspring may be her. i noblest. i In closing his address, which lasted a hour and fifteen minutes, Mr. 1 tenet urged the. young men of the Literary Societies tore-; member that they were in the foremost files j of time, the Inheritors of all that the past and the Old World had done for man, the possses-j sors of advantages and opportunities in th<> grand continent such as had never before iu the history of mankind been given to any people. That they should be proud of their lineage, tht ii language and their literature, proud : that they were of English I.loud and born in ; America. Ho reminded them that the future| of this Commonwealth was in the.keeping of man I, rwo n# ? 1111 r?t! \V i 1 ]| HiPI'P mark that iiuinuii life and hope wore dead and (iyini; in Ai.su and Africa, and there were symptoms of deeny in F.uropo. The Old World looks to Amcriia. America looks to, her youn.u men. The star of empire is in the Western sky. the sceptre is in the hands of tlio young American. The address uhs received with frequent and hearty applause. Examination and Commencement in Duo West. The public examinations will bos in on the follow!nt: dates this year, and continue from . day to day uniil completed: Ti'ksdaY, June lUth? Female College. " " " Krskine College. j: Friday, " 22tld?Theological Seminary. Sahhath,June '1\? h.iccalaureate Sermon by Uev. Win. Adams, 1). I)., of An: uv members of the Senior Class; Ilacealaureate of the President. Aktkrnoon?Anniversary Oration by Hon. \V. .M. Koblus, of North Carolina. Alumni Association of Frskine College will meet at o'clock. I'. M. A'nmn.'O Association of the Female College will meet nt ") o'clock. 1'. M. Nhsiit? Address before the Alumni Association of Krskine College, by Hev. I). (5. Caldwell, of North Carolina. TrixnAY. June "JMh?Commencement in the Female College. Alumna' Kssay before the Amelhin Society of tile Female Collage, by Miss Sall'c Miller, ol Alabama. NnsiiT?Keception by students ami teachers in tiie Female College. Committee of Kxnminatlon in F.rskine Co|lesc: Kov. J. C. Calloway, Kev. F. I'. Met'Unlock, t?eo. S. Mower, Ksq.. Kev. Mason W, l'res-le.v. IJev. J. Spencer Mills, and H. \V. Harris, F?'|. , Committee of Fxnmimition in tlie Female Collide: Mr. IJ. S. Calloway. Kev. .1. Koyee, i>. I>., l?r- .1. I.. Mill-r. I>r. K. II. Kdwants. Dr. .1. W. Widcinan, Kev. .1. ?. f.indsuv, 1>. It.. Kev. .1. Me. Todd. Kev. \V. I,, l'ressly. Kev. J. N. Voniij;, Kev. ('. I'lcs-ly, Ca|il..l. M. Cochrane. Mr. it. 10. Ilonner, Mr. K. C. lirownlee, Mr. J. 1". Calboun, Mr. I.. 1'. Kennedy. Mrs. 1{. *. (iallowav, Mr*. 1'al Cochrane. Mrs. I,ou Cowry. Mrs'. N. Crier. Mrs. F. MeCeo, Mrs. M. F. Hrock, Mrs. I.ula .McCain, Mrs. M. lirownlee, Mrs. Anna llrice. Miss Kose l'nssly, Miss Annie Young. Director* ol Theological Seminary: l'rof. .1. I'. Kennedy, l'rof. .1. N. Young, Kev. \V. I., l'ressly. Kev. II. T. Sloan. It. 1?.. I?r. .1. I,. Miller. l'rof. Win. Hood, Kev. F. F. I'.nvee, Kev. J. C. Chalmers, Kev. K. F. Kradley. Kev. r?. F. tladdon, Kev. \V. M. Crier. I?. !>., Kev. F. 1*. McCllntoek, Kev. J. I'.oyce, i). I). The Monument (o I)r. Bonner. | [Associ'if'' Ii']f'>rmctl Prexbytrriiiu ] An Interesting: part in the Commencement exercises will he the unveiling of" the monument erected by the Alumtue to l>r. Iionner. The monument Is already in position in tho campus. The ceremonies will take place on < . Thursday afternoon, Rev. I ?r. II. T. Sloan will make the address on the occasion. It is 1 expected that an unusual number of the ! A In in me will be attracted to Commencement this year by this feature. | The Association, and especially those who have had the direct management of this inat 4i>r, deserve great credit for the successful I manner in which they have prosccuted the j work. t Tin? monument is a handsome one, over, eleven feut high, and bears the following inscriptions: On its front face looking towards the Female College, I "REV. J. I. BOXXER, I). I)., Founder Of the I me West Female College and for near J twcnt.v-two years Us 1'resldent. IKiO?1881." | On the face looking towards the church, "Erected I15y the Alumnte, and affectionately inscribed to the memory ol Rev, J. I. Iionner, V. 1>." Imprisonment and Bailing. I fkjffejleltl A drcrli.vr.] 1 A white man named Peas, the son of a ren1 peclahle butcher of Augusta, stole a horse : from Mr. I>av|d Strother's livery stable at Johnson on Tuesday evening theoth. lie was followed, captured in Abbeville county, and ! lodged in our Jail on Friday the 8th. On MonI day bis fai her arrived In our town, and em-; 1 ploying Messrs. Gary ?fc Kvans as his counsel, i i applied before Trial Justices Glover and1 ! Wardlaw for a writ of habeas corpus. Jus-' tlces Glover and Wardlaw after due consider-' atlon In the premises, granted the writ and ! the prisoner was released. Theumounl of Ills ball was set at ?I(!0; anil, as l?eas, the elder i had no property or personal friends on this ! side the Savannah, he was allowed to deposit Si'iO in lieu of individual security. The pris-i oner, a man apparently of twenty-four, left; | our town with his father. We doubt if heapj pears for trial next week. In the face of his | | crimcs, tne sum oj ssi'i, or even ?iw, wnum im ; a very smnll sacrifice if he could save himself i | ,'rora the Penitentiary by It. 11? II II IIW nam I Ml ma III I II iwi mm in gumr firmw ? Host for the Wc:\rj". f A ma it an Farmer. ] Should tliose practical ?u rirf>>tic::= of mine! rc.u ii, us they nro meant to d?>. thieves of the ii-.'il \vc?:pklr.c women who have to maintain 1 i.ln.%r purs Jon o! the dr.firs wisl-ii u farmer's lift: requite*. under tlisadvantW* nir.eh ureal- j tv than tlicir husbands have to content! Willi.; i i-mi thini; di' nothing ino:c imp.tiinnt losay lo tlifii) :tl this ; I tut.- lii.ui lo caution I hem { t OVOT-Worl{. I.'p to a certain | oint f,f independence, n f.irtmr's lift,* is a haul ?!:? : as hnnras In* mu?t. til" iiecos?lty, follow t!i?' plow tunl tiil the soil earl.v and laic himself. and have also the core si ml rcspo-ihility all u|><>n his own shouldcs.! it Is tim|iio?!lo!inlily si hard life. Almost always I lie life willtin doors Is correspondingly ; hard. Cooking. washing. hutter-maklng. lo-l get her Willi Hit; endless round of ordinary .voinnuly duties, art- enough to bewilder one ! even to contemplate. lint when t!io>* have all | 1 and lit'd'"alt with h.v one or two pair of hands. it re'iuins about us much , head work and hnnil work ns iiny mortal Is c|tial to. and ! here is added to this. rr^ent or ntospeeii ve nmliierhoo I. til <*:ts- is iiRgrcgatt-d l.c.voiid ordinary conception. * Farmers' wives em seldom procure help as readily as their husbands ean. stmt when tlioy do, t Iti-lr duties are mi varhd and con if I icaled that they cannot get as much real hclpfiom litem: besides tills, neitlur pati.v Is as ready to sec when help Is real'y needed indoors as tl.py are lo see upon tlie firm: farm work must he done, "whether or no;" house work, i! Is assumed, wiii get done somehow. This " oinchow" does not uvuii thai It shall ficinditi'crently done, or dune out of time; it tin aits rather thai the "powers tlinf he" are super-human, and that the legitimate work of l wo or t liree ean "somehow" tie performed by one ami is eonfid.-nlly c\pr-cled to lie dnisc., Ureal: fiist, dinner and t"a must tie on lime? .vo< kitten must not he kept, waiting *br ii m:i-i titpiif, even though they have the noon hour of re.-t he lb re them: how aliout- the housewife who knows no 110011-restin,? hour? While they are resting at noon and sitifhf she must lie washing the dishes, or the clothing;, or dt and lliecoura-'C Intake i it. Sotnewiii.no doubt, laugh at the idc:i of ] coil rage being rciuiivcl for such a purpose,. but it Is no laughing mutter; there are plenty j of women who think themsclvis subject to I unjust criticisms, whether it is so or not, and ' they do not fancy being call< d lazy or self-in- J diligent, or by any other of ihe ill-natured ! construe)ions to which they are liable. This ( is weakness itself, .ind should not weigh an; atom aiainst taking needed rest. I'riiie in the amount you can accomplish, or thesupe-; riority of .strength and endurance does not! pay; yon may boast of It for a time and lie-j come rcinnikablo among your neighbors, but | in the end you will surely sutler for such looi-1 1 shness. Vol) disdain the sitting down to wash ; d'shes or at the Ironing table and call it indolence or coddling, but it is, nevertheless, wise to do it before you are forced to. The J weaknesses to which our womanhood is liable, render the constant slanoiiig ai.d run-j ning about ruinous to some and Iry-to s?li; j therefore, if there is any portion of the work ; \\ hich can be done as well sitting as standing,1 it> hould he so done, and if a stool, somewhat ; higher than a chair, would be mor? eon von-1 nienl, sueli a stool sliotild be provided for the; purpose. A lounge in some cool corner, handy to your work, enables you to snatch a few moments rest now and then while watching or waiting f>r something, and this, by elevating I your feet, takes the weariness out of them | much faster than a silting posture, it is a | worthy ambition that leads you to strive for! the accomplishment of everything the order j and comfort of your own anil your husband's i home need, but it is a mistake to make your- j sell sick and Uncompanionable In the effort; : the (idler! and best-ordered home is gloomy If Hie prcsHmis genius w n ciiry unti win n uui ; hence tin- wi-dom of recuperating as you a<> | Yon and I know very well that having, hy , hard work, helped t<> make a comfortable liv- i inir and cozy home, if we pay the penally I with our lives It. will not be difficult for our husbands to eel a help-meet to enjoy the; fruits thereof: hut we don't want to he laid i aside when the time for taking comfort out! of these things arrives, nor do we want them to have lost every | ersonul attraction. There-; fore, it behooves us not to wear out before our legitimate time for doing .so if v e can In lpit. | ckk:?s. i How fo Keep (lie ?:rro. [.1 iKjHxtn Chrniiirlc and ConxtilnHnitnlixt.1 i Wesceit stated without credit in one of our; exchangfS that a North Carolina farmer has | struck upon what, he con-iders a solution of one branch of the tiesro piobh in?how to make tlie colored laborer keep his contract mid stick to the farm. The plan is thus outlined : "Acting on the belief that the farm is not vufilciently attractive, lie proposes to erect a ; huge dancing lia!i on Ids farm and at hast | once a month he will have a free conceit with music and lemonade, free and plentiful for all. rndouhtedly lie has struck the key to success. The humdrum of farm life is get- i ling too monotonous for the average darkey, j and as a consequence they flock to town, where they can >ce ami hear the Inspiring i music of the bands, join in I he procession, go | to the plc-nies. drink lemonade and soda water ami have a good time generally. Thnat-j traction of free watermelons ami low chick-' en roosts are not slromi enough to overcome! tlie allurements of city life, and the natural . consequence is a never ending gravitation to the towns. The North Carolina man lias evidently struck the rinht string. The idea of a genuuine 'blow out' at least once a month > will prove an attraction yrcaler than anything else that has as yet. been thought of." This is adapting an ancient custom to modern exigency?the pouring of new wine into an old bottle. The Roman proprietors and master.* hit upon a similar device and for II, ,. ,.,,.1 'I'll a*' Ix^lllilto.l Ii'iii/m it hirc'iist'i, which we freely translate; free-lur.oh and monkev shows. They argued j the best way to keep down turbulent masses was to till tiio stomach ami divert the fancy. This was woildly wise, lint. 11 na entered intoaspir-, Ited contest fur the possession of neuro labor i hy halts of lemonade, s a man realize an ii'.ea as you realize it, is what is necessary to make liim understand liis nee * Extra-Judicial. (Xcu berry Herald.) It Is a mntter of deep regret Hint any one should ever feel called upon to avenge a w rong or wipe out ail insult by taking the j law into his own hands; but there is an extreme case in which society will pardon the man who appeals to the quick bullet rather than to the slow machinery of the courts. The man who. Willi honey on his lips and a hell of lust in his heart, deliberately wins the con-fidenee of a trusting woman, that he may despoil her of her virtue, and steal away "the immediate Jewel of her soul," lsan enemy to! society, and society should be speedily rid of bis presence. lie at once violalcs the sacred rights of hospitality and tramples upon all law, social, civil and moral; and the first and last resort of tbc kinsmen of the wronged womnn should be to powder and ball. The castle In which female chastity dwells is sacred; and 110 punishment Is too sure, swift or severe for the miscreant who duies to Invade It. I Our Prisons. [Auffuxlo Chroinclc aud C'ntix'ilutior.alisl.] Tiie prif-ons of K!i?!n:id at Uip lime John JTowsinl commenced <;ls i? fOi in movcim til; were lihTitiiy (tolls njon car:!!. The mind is j harrow* '1 i*y th-lails 111 i I h ns"?l to iiavc compassion mi men oi:llaWed i-n l in durance, because lie reflected that Inn lor the blessing of good parent uo and pMi< training, lie ni:?lit have been a t'i-1iill, (luce before we quoted tin: words isf Joint Wesley, when behold ill'.' :t convict on the way to execution: "There goes .lol.n Wesley littl for the mercy of (Sod!" We are apprehensive that in some parts of the South convicts are not trented as liiey ou'tht lob". Nocomplaints iiave recently come from (ieorgia, hut very dreadful informal ion teaches us front other