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_ f La ^ress and Banner. By Hiij^h "Wilson. Wednesday, Aug. 22, 1883. Why I, It ? We are inclined t<> ask v. Iiy the dift'eience in anxiety about the nc^ro. The |x)litici;ins will cry themselves hoar.se lit)<>ut the necessity ,<>' educating the "brother in black," and will make thej most soul-stirring appeals for money to] cducate negroes. IJut these same patriots) Vtii(>v assemble a! divine worship,, ?n<l in giving their alms to convert tho> heathen, never think of the negro orj their white neighbor. Is it because Uiej souls of these people are not as highly { valued by the Almighty, as those of tin* j t'mnatnan, or the Egyptian, or the Mcx-! Iran? While the religious world is training every nervo to rai>e money for, the conversion of the heathen, and is: upending thousands of dollars in I ravers-, ir-.g the remotest bounds of the earth in j #careli for suitable souls to save, it seems that it has never occurred to these religions philanthropists that they have! heathen at their very doors, and that the i Koufc of t?.0se same heathen are perish-; ing for the bread of life. Hut who, ex- | <-ept the politician, cares a eent about the! Ti?gro or the white man at ourj ?wn floors? Public peace and public! firosperity would be advanced by the re- J straining inllueiice of Christianity. Tni Abbeville county wo spend annually, thousands of dollars to punish crime, but! those of our people who arc so anxious About thesouls of the Mexican, the Kgvp-1 tinn, or the Chinaman, living thousands j of trules away, have not much nVonoy to 1 \vaste in the conversion of our own unconverted people, white or black. If the religious fanatics who are so anxious about the souls of foreigners would turn ! their attention to the conversion of their; own neighbors, and would preach to, them the blessed word, and urge upon j' th?m a higher Christianity, a higher mo- ' Jalitv, and higher regard for law, ami j Xlie rignis ni nuin>, mir jaii* <?uvi i" ; tentiary wmild not bo crowded with!' thieves and other evil doers. We presume the Lord sets as high hn j estimate on the sou! of a native Ainei1 van, white or black, ns he does upon that i of the Chinaman, tho Mexican, or the: Kgvptian. If this is so, the \fnrk of in-1; Milling poo l principles, sound morality, ] hihI tlie highest Christian precepts into our neighbors would be as acceptable tojj Him as that of running; after a distant j heathen, who is not worth a dime to country or to civilization, even after his so-called "conversion." What is the , ttortli of a "converted" Chinaman ? The field for doinc pood in tho Master's can so is most inviting at home. Great numbers of our own people have very little opportunity lor hearing divine worship. But who goes to the destitute { white communities to preach the gospel <>f our Lord and Saviour? Is it because J 11(1 nnnro??)-!Htf> no mouov for that !)Ur-! "v "i r* r- ? pose, that they are so uniformly noglooted. Are >ve not prodigal of our re- ' ligiou abroad, and very miserly with 1 it at home? Are there not dozens of v -white communities where our ministers 0 might go with profit to the cause which j' they have espoused? Are tli'-re not:*' many white families in Abbeville emnty ;rI who have not a Bible or a Testament? j v If this is so, why neglect them to run a>f doubtful errand in trying to cluv*rtge the religion cf the C'hinRman, wh*o holds 1 tlie same religion to-day tlj^tt ho held thousands of years ago**" ^ lias nnybodii^aid a word about "edu- 1 eating ^We heathen? It tlien seems thai ? we want to "educate" our own people, i' .. 11 while wo are straining every nerve 10 i "convert" tlio unconvertible Mexican, ' <'hiimman, Egyptian. Is "religion" or r "education" the most desirable?" It would see in that "education" is good;' enough for us?and that "religion" is ' what the heathen needs. Is it true that r we need "education" more than "reli- ' fiion ?" Are we noi a little "oft"' on the ' subject of "education ?" < ?? .1 ?.1 Xf..n..rn/V CnnnrtM JJld LiUiioiMl nnu tficviiiuv uuik. | Minds I ' ; i Tie editor of tho Abbcriftc and [, Banner niijiht advocate the return of st'nie coach transportation with just as I much reaso as he opposes a inauufactiir- 1 nt? system Ht the South. If Calhoun and < McDuffle were alive to-day. and of sound j jnind, they would not oppose tlie manu- 1 fui'tiiriiig interests of the South.?Augits- I! ta Chronicle and Constitutionalist. i We could answer our able and learn- . cd friend with equal authority, and say | that "if Calhoun and MeDttfHe were ; alive to-day, and of sound mind, they i would" be amazed at the presumption of .< the very intellectual editor of the.! "gn-itu i Chroniclc and iy>n>;titutionaliif. As long | aas that paper thought C.dhcun was on its : *i'i:jof the tarill' question, he was good;, authority, bnt now that paper, which j takes so much interest in South Carolina | _ politics would cast a slur on the memory j! of two of ourjireatest men because tbev I held ideas not in accord with those of the! .g~i? ........ io .mi m,iv wtK<>r than were: i DHIUI1 ?> u\J n .i--v .. J 1 thovo great Statesmen, but \vln> Is also. nble to direct the politics of two great j States. AVhat wo said again?t tho erection of j factories in Abbeville county was based j upon the belief that the taking of our people from the farms of a country so sparsely settled as ours, would not only j be injurious to our prosperity and happi- J, jness as a people, but that tho massing of | dependent people at factories, In-sides I dismantling our farina, would have a i tendency to unfit not only men and1 women, but little children, physically j, and practically, lor the ordinary duties or life. That tho hardwork, poor pay, and nn-( liealthfulnoss of factory life had no ten-j" <lency to elevate the morals of a people j;liko ours. That the omploj'ment of little children ;. in factories is a cruelty, which has toboj^ Abated in every commonwealth making , 4-laims to decem-v and to a display of! , . . . . 1 - i their manufacturing interests. | That by their employment in factories; little girls and young women do not j learn the art of sewing, cooking, keeping! house, and other work, which poor men xpectof their wivos. That their deficient training in this re-: ?pcct-lessens their chances of proper j marriage. In brief, the above are some of our ob-. jections to tho erection of factories in Ab-! beville county, and except Mr. llammett, ! none of which objections has any man attempted to answer. Tho stockholders have defenders by the score, and in this respect these inonied men are not unlike other men similarly situated. It is ill behalf of tlioso people whom the monied gentlemen would buy for a' tness of pottage, that wo speak. Nobody has denied that with iniquitous protection by the General Government, and partial Legislation by the States, j would enable nionicd men to make a profit by investing in factories. Nobody denies that the building of a I factory draws the population from other [ flections to that particular locality. Nobody has denied that various stock -: Jiolders there invest their money, untaxed, in the face of othfr citizens who pay taxes for every cent's worth of prop erty of which they may be possessed. j But who will say that the country is t beiug benefitted by the dismantling of the farms ? Who will deny that tho profit made out of factories is derived from unjust "protection" and the inadequate pay which is given to the operatives? Who will deny ihat little children of very tender years are now working twelve hours, or more, a day in somo of IKJO IOVH/MWM Who, except tbe defender of the rich in their oppression of tiie poor, will deny that this is an outrage, which would blacken the history of any Stale ? - * < . . \ The people of Ellenton, S. C., are ffreatly exercised about the misdeeds of a Campbclite preacher named Rev. W. L. Mosely. It was not the crime too often attributed to that dsiss of men, which he committed. But by systematic lying he had secured tho confidence of a parishiwuwr, and ihon chcalcd liiai out ol" ?(J6i v- v; \ Happy Resistor. | Kveu though tlio I'rr.ss an(I Banner j j should bo entitled to no credit for agitat- ' jintrtho mutter of propositions for clieap : advertising, wc- think the county press of i ! South Carolina otveiho Jicjixter a debt <>i graiuuuo lor tho following p;ua-; 'graph: 1 '"The squealers of the vountry prose ! had bolter shut up on those advertising ; propositions which excite their ire so; much. It is just giving away tho esti-| | mate placed upon their vrIuv as advertisling mediums by the shrewd business! [ men who make them the offers. The j IVe.ss >in<l Banner of this week is mak-1 ing faces over a proposition to advertise! the South Carolina Military Academy. Why. bless your dear soul, the same ad -1 vertisemcnt was sent to the lietfistcr at | it? regular transient rates and not a cent i oif for agent's commissions. And so of| tiie other advertisements which have) agitated the weekly press recently. Hut then, of course, the advertising agenffc can distinguish a good thing at a glance and know in minute who to make p >or house olfot s to. They all treat the Register j tirst class." So it seems th it the colleges have; been partial to tho Register, while they would willingly get from the country press, something for very little. Our spinal column is stiffened by the words of the I Her/inter, and if any college ever gets an ; advertisement in tlie ft'ess <nitl Iiminer j at otic cent less than our regular rates, il ji wilt bo when wo arc much poorer than ' we are now, or when a successor is in j t charge of this office. We agree with . Mr. (*rist, of the Yorkvilte Kw/uirer in the idea that theadvertising agent is the agent of the advertiser and not of the printer. We ex poet something like a uniform-j. ity in prices. Osir brethren can do as I they please, and little picayune colleges J that want cheap advertising ran send! 1 their favors elsewhere than to the Prr.su Ji'tniiT. The absence from our col-r umns of tho advertisements of ttiese 11 colleges may be fairly attributed ;j to tho faet that they aro either 11 nablt* or i unwilling to pay a fair price. Il maV be { set down too, as a fact that the nianag-jn nrs of these institutions have intelli- j V nonce enough to know that the influenceM of an advertisement in tho Pre*.? and r llotinrr, would do them as much good as j J in advertisement in anyone of a majority ' t of the county press. At any rate we arc in j! no doubt as to the stam.lin.tr of our paper s with our own people. Tho Duo West -J, L'ollc^es have been advertised every year.' ( IOrskino Col lego for twenty-five or thirty c years, and the Female College over since {! its organization, twenty years ago, and t :!iov have always paid a full honest price,1 ind of course certain of tho col- a leges will henceforth go unadvertised by \ * .fie Press riH'l liminer. Of one thing, we; v 'eel assured that we can get along as well -j ivithout them as they can without us. We are as ready to part company with j| hem as thev are with us. >a V Country editors from a careful reading a >f tho Itetjisfer's article may know what T, estimate that paper puts upon thetu in a n general way. , J, The Public Road:?. ' v Of course we know not What influence {J senator P.utlcr may have in directing tho u pinions of thoso who do not stop to <'*w 4 heir own thinking, and hence it ',u ilt t'1'8 i vriting impossible to l?ntiicato what t hange, if any, will bo jiiade in tho road uw of South Carolina. Tho letter ol t 'u.lye La.vreiK-v, which Senator Butler I luotes, attid which we published laat J' s-ceW, gives a most thorough account of j, cno working of the Ohio road law, as af- 1 fecting "my very large farms,'' and his t reasoning to tho casual reader are not j: without force. l>ut it docs not apply to L South Carolina. In Ohio the ground is j, more rotten and muddy during the <1 * t winter months. In that State the pro- j luets are wheat, corn, rve, oats, barley, ? potatoes, hay and grass, and of course r .hose products are twenty times as heavy Jj 0 haul ts our cotton crop?the only crop l which our farmers haul to market. Initcad of soft rotten earth, over which to li liaul, wo have sand or still' clay, ex- }] opt in a few rare instances. In Ohio the <" ob of hauling to market is more ? expensive than that of making the crops. " in South Carolina a mule can haul, even o jver our rough and unworked roads and J] pulleys, in two or three loads as much f: .'Otton as all hands can make in a year on [j 1 one-horse farm. The fact is, our peo- fl !>!<? Inivo vprv 1 i111 r> iKn I'nr rnnfle oc nnm. ^ ' " " v...... I, [tared with tho people of Ohio, and it in ? plain to be seen from Judge Lawrence's letter that the expensive roads aro relicts J i II >f tho past. That no new roads of this o 2X pensive character are being built even in * icountry, where good roads are so much! needed and where the people are so rich* * Another objection to Senator lJutler'9, t plan of taxation, is, that it will create'fl ibont a thousand paid officers. The j1 money which he proposes to pay theso s same officers would rrioro than payj ihe present expense of keeping tip our; public highways, which aro to-day asi 'ood, or better than tliev were a hundred | years ago, (before we had anv railroads) , I when wc needed good roads much more , J than we do now. Any man who may think: \ :hat we can keep our public roads from jc. being hilly or muddy is meroly dreaming. J i All w> need is to have the washosand mud i! Iioles lillcd tip, and the loose stones to be | ( rerr oved,and our roads wiil good enough, for ail practical purposes. Otir taxes, too. are enough. and the roll t if pay ollicors is long enough. We need : no in?<ro masters. Unjust "Law. I The laws of South Carolina prohibit thej Sheriff from employing a lawyer as clerk in his ofllce, and yet the State, so to, Hpeak, makes the Sheriff a judge. In all i i-ases which arc contested, ho is made a j Judge, and unlike any other Judge, lie I is made responsible and accountable for; his mistakes. If a Trial Justice, a I'ro-1 l>nfo .Ti!<l:T> r>r :i Ciivnif. .Tnriirp prrs in . judgment, the higher court reviews hisi Jecisions and corrects his errors and the inferior Judge is not a sufferer in costs or 1 >ther\vise, except in the mortification of liis prldo which may follow the reversal j >f his judgment. Not so with the Sheriff.! [{ the Sheriff errs in judgment, he is I made to foot the bill of costs, and is re-1 juired to make good in money, any error i which ho has committed. With this un-j fairness of the law which discriminates igainst him, is it right to deny him the benefit of the legal advise and aid of a member of the liar, as clerk and conn-j i-illor ? | No Misunderstandinfr. j For fear there msiv ho some misunder standing on tho subject, would suy, that i we arc always glad to receive letters and j { news items from anybody in Abbeville,' county, when sent direct to us, but as a i rule, we do not copy such cointriunica-1J tions when sent to papers out of the t county. It is therfore needless for any I one to expect to see their writing repro- < duced in tho /'/v.s.s anil Bmnirr from an- J other paper. Of course we make no * complaint, if a writer prefers to get his j effusions in a distant paper, and ho in ' turn has 110 right to complain if wo fail to f copy that which is not sent to us. ! An Improvement. t The Uaffncy <Sty f'rralinhin has done < tho proper thing in adopting the patent ' outside plan. Now let that paper throw ' i away the stuf! they call ink, and send to! the New York Newspaper Union for four! dollars worth of best news ink,and make1 a new roller. It will then be as neatly ', printed as any paper in tho State. It is nselcss to trj' to print a paper on tho ink j which is sent out in pay for advertising, j It can't be done. We tried it for years j and liave now a big keg of it on ( i l distvise of at VCI'V I IJiUKl, ? IIK/U nv nv?4\t v..vr? ? low figures. The North Carolina Teacher. Wc have received two numbers of the North Carolina Teacher, a monthly publication of forty pages of muling matter, j at one dollur a year, by Alfred \VTlliams ! it Co., Raleigh, N. C. This is a splendid magazine and wo bopo that it may continue to make its visits to our office, i when we Khali be enabled to make some choice extracts from it. Every teacher should take it. Any single number may bo worth ten tknos the price. | Judge Jerrimiah Black is dead.; I ' Pcrliaps Senator Hampton will toll u: what lie really did ?ay to the reporter o the Philadelphia Press. The Senator hai been unfortunate before in his reporter utterances.?A agmta Chronicle. And as far an we have notiecd the -1m ynxta Chronicle and Conxtitu? ion a I ix t ha.' said more unkind things of fiamptoi LI I.Ill itIIV UlIRT JliipLT. J. I M'UiII* 11 illUl strange that :i Georgia newspaper shouk exercise itself so tnueh in braiding tij one citizen and in tearing down anothei of South Carolina* 8 honored sons, "Esteemed-*' Contemporaries. Tt may i?e that some of our brethren o the editorial fraternity do not know frorr whom and from what motivo tho won "esteemed" was first used. Our notioi nf the matter is that the Xnr York Sm always used it in ail ironical way, whej that paper was speaking of the Xi ir Yuri If<'r<iI<1, or any other paper for which ii had the most supreme hatred. It now seems to hcaenmmon word among tin South Carolina editors. Honest Lotteries vs. ft Corrupt Press. (iencral Hauregard is very profuse o his certificates of the "honest^*, fairness ;uid good faith'* of lottery men in taking tlio money of gudgeons, lint the saun [listinguishcd citizen is extremely severe in abusing tlio corruption, deceit ind venality of the press of the country. \ certificate from such a mail is certainly worth very little. Our London Letter. I.ON PON. K.Vdl.AN I), July JO. IS83. kililor I'rrsa and liiinurr: There is Midi u t-liint; known to lawyers as i "writof error." Ttiis dues not apply to the awycrasan individual, as he never is willns to admit lie Is in error. Tlt? same may ipply to editors, hut you will pardon me if I joint out a lew typos.aphieal errors in tlio ettins l|P <>f my ln-t letter, dat?'d .1 uly 2. and vliich appeared in your issue July Kill hi'-t: >haki;sp<mv is made to say opportune instead >f importune. Now, Stratford \V111 was u very shrewd old fellow, although neither a lawyer nor an eilitor, but I am satisfied !.< wou d lot like such 1 inerty taken with his text. Do lot apologise and say it. was gross neglect on lie part of our "devil." or that our chief odiorial stall' was absent at the time, sir ltieh\1*? I I.. # <? &. M.iiu-ioii It? flw. . /.rn/.K tyf 'punish Spanish Square, hut Spanish l'laco, danclicslcr Square. "W. C.," menus West 'ily. J like to he exact ahout all undresses as Or Richard has a ureal wcakre?s for editors, ind you iijuv someday hover around Ills fes411 hoard, and should you reach Loudon at (ieht.it would be wise to have your place of Icsiination well defined, lest you should by iccidcnt, be lost in London. You have Inning ur dinning out?by all means let it be underload as dining out, for If there Is anyone liing that an Kngll?limnn like* more than mother: it is this "dlimine out" process. While you think over these little, hut most m port nil t corrections, I will turn over a page >r two In my note book and see what can he otind to enlighten and amuse the reader. I Ind so:nc mention as to having Keen tons of urnips growing on the const of Ireland. I rill pass this, as the 1'rrxx and Hnnner is al. ays careHil to glvea caution as to this best of ll winter vegetable, and the proper time to uw the seed. A little further on, page 1?), I lotlce this heading: a pleasant day upetit k itli a commercial traveller at "The Stork," n Huston SquahJ, ('otnluercItU School, Ac. 'his would be of interesl. as you might like f> know all about it, and upon some principle ou could organize a Home tor Editors or heir families, should they by death, cense to gitate the introduction of cotton mills or .'rite up their views in one issue and take It 11 back In the next! Now listen: In all England there avC about ">0,000 men known as 'ommcrclalTravellers while In America they re known as drummers- the mildest Mm on c rutul. my friend Mr John 11,, is one ol tho Inn and while he !s the happy possessor rJJ lie finest, lamest, and most elegant u c found in Kngland or America > " , ast deal oftravellling and to-:;f??T^ .. V i ^ o sd<3 tV.?" J?tfiiiliir 10 iin; in on wi ?uc ,ord Chancellor." My friend Mr. J. M? had llnner ordered for two, to he served at. Iho tour of ft 1*. M., sharp. Alter the renio\al of lie soup the maid in waiting said "gentleueti will .von now have the Joint of muttou >r the joint of roast beef?" You can bring hem both and then we can do as we like, on know," wild Mr. II. If I followed the bill if fare through you nodoubt would becrowdd for space to insert It. So let us see how his nobie army of martyrs live more and lave then being In order to net Intelligently, 'lie candidate to be admitted into the fold lays to the trustees of a large fund, known as ite Commercial Travellers Society the sum of ?">/ five pounds. Bachelors are charged double ates ! So take warning, Mr, Kdllor, it would ic cheaper to haven lamily. Tbis fund draws nterest with the annual interest. There are , number of schools supported for the chllIrcn of all commercial travellers, and for hem alone. I saw one o' these on my route rom Liverpool to London. It Is in the ountry about 10 miles from London. A large irm belongs to the trustees, and the large ehool tiulldiug is built thereon ; everything s conducted on a healthy basis and 200 chllIren are given a good practical education. Cvery comfort is provided as to health, norals, and Christian training. But 1 am caving mine ho^t and his good dinner and minor. The beef was cooked to a turn, while he roast fowl could not be excelled as to lavor or size. "Mr. J. II.," said I, "commorial men in England seem to be a prosperous lass." O, yes sir, we have a much favored lass. You will observe (in this hotel and iearly till English hotels,') a commercial com, and In tills room the best Is served for me half the price. On 1 lie other side of the iall yon will notice the guest's coffee room, .% tK.ii *?ov? mnra ftlltl do IWit. I'Ol. 11HV h(?lt(T i\rc. I suppose. said I. yon liuve to be one of he clan in order to avafl yourseli of this reuetlon ? "Will, yes. tills Isotiti ofthcqualiIcations. You saw our school to-dey and anther feature, if one of our number should die li.s widow or children receive In cash (?i.>liK).) ine thousand pounds, or $.3,000 in American noney." All courses having been partaken of our inner was ended by a cup of cofl'ee, nnd the naid in waitina presented a silver waiter for ine penny each, equal to four cents. This utn was put into a box on tbe mantle, murkid for Commercial Travellers School's. My letters end with this dinner, and an iniiilit into tiie workings of tiiis well regulated ivstem of schools for I he benefit of commerintl /urn and their families. I wish the editor and renders of the Prrsi nd Jirtniti'r hcul(l), wealth and prosperity, ind hone in timothey will have large famiics ai;u good schools for practical education ame. Yours very irftty. MELLVILLE. Calisthenics In' Country Schools. I Thn yorth Carolina Tcnclier.] A crcat many teachers say, "()h, it is imposH>le f<>r me to have calisthenics in my school, t is out iu the country, w here I have noappaatus, and where the children have plenty of itiier exercise." Now, dear fellow teacher, I rant to tell you a little about the advantages if calisthenics in Ju<t such schools as most of ou teach ; and I will draw from rny own cxicrlence, slight ns that has been, for 11 lustralons. that you may know It Is not more "book a]k." I!) the first place, we will talk about the other exercise." To be sure. most of them vnlk some distance, ami have many Utile hings to doat homo to help fallierand niolli>r; but these do not irlve the uniform action o every muscle In the body, that is necessary o the lull perfection of the human frame, f you understand calisthenics yourself,or (ms s your boundon duty) have attended some me of our normal schools this summer, you lo not need to he told bow th? rythmic moions of head and body, feet and arms, bring, >y turn, every muscle of the body into play? lot energetic enouuh to fatigue, but just jnonjh to gently exhilarate. Have you never contrasted the awkward, leavy movements of some children with I he trace of others, and wished that nil could novf softly and without knocking agnlnst 'veryihlfiir within reach ? Then try this plan. I'ake a specllled time everyday, or as often is you may And it advisable, for the rrt/uhtr . allsthenlc lesson. Von will find that no ompulsion Is needed and but very little discipline. That bad boy, who troubles you so nneh. will either have his attention entirely Kjcupied by the effort to master the movcnents, so new to him and sodeiightfnl as afording another oullet for his high animal ipivils. or else will learn so fa-t that he can e made the leader of the class, thus glvlnsr ,'iui a lever to work with ift moulding his haracter. Very often, when the school iceiiis dull and listless, you will find It a irood dan to open the windows and give a short exercise,Just enough tochanee the thoughts >f your pupils into new channels. Jn one ehool where I was an asslsiant, my classes vould sometimes come io me nuu HMrt'p, m o all a ppearences, or perhaps Just huhbilm; >vcr with mischief. In ellher case, five or en minutes of calisthenics would nearly ilways brim; matters all riuht, Tiicn again on rainy days, the time for re ess can lie very profitably devoted to calls* lienies, thus fioelng the eiiiidren from the lunger of taking cold out. of doors, and you mm the dlsauteeahles connected with recess >11 such a day. It is perfectly practicable to 10 this. In many of the best Northern choois recess is being abolished in favor of ,t!I sthenics; but while til's may answer veiy veil in crowded cities, in our country schools lie fresh air is better, as a rule. This reminds no of another point, some of you may say hat your school-rooms are ton small for the luinlier assembled there when seated, and not learly large enough for that number when 11 ealistiienlc i/?iilon. There are two ways nit of this difficulty You can divide the cliool, or you can take them out of doors. Ill is latter plan has obvious advantages ?ver the other, and can nearly always he arried out. except in case of b.ul weath r The advantages coming to lioth teacher and luplls from a regular course, of calMhenic xerelse are incalculable. The inuscjes are leveloped symmetrically, the chest Isotilarg il, the limbs are made to move In harmony .villi each other, each individual is trained to ict rapidly and surely, thinking of his tnoions lust enough not to Inc'imniode others, iii?1 the whole general health is Improved, ['poll this last statement, I want to tell of a gentleman who once visited the school I was caching, coming in while I was giving the 'ullstiienlc lesson. Afterwards, lie spoke a I'W minis 111 HII III. c.i.? Ills inn. .. >, .. before ho was declared u hopeless consumptive, but lie had attained his state of evidently robust healIh Just h.v the use of this very Imple means. Naturally, he was enthusiastic upon the rallsthcnle question. I hope I have said enough now to make you nnxlous to at least, make the experiment >1 Introducing this new branch In your schools. P.ut some of you may say that y< u have not learned yourselves, and how can you teach others? by the simplest of all processes: begin to learn, and teach your pupils Just as you learn li yourself. There are manuals on the subject, some very cheap?twenty or twentyfive cents?and some such more expensive, They are all very easy to be understood, and give many beautifully exercises. Perhaps you arc troubled because you know you cannot get ail the paraphernalia sotnr think necessary?the dumb-bells, the rings the wands and the pretty calisthenics suits Well, these are alll very nice, but by n< means liidlspenslble. School children? eoun try school children especially?are not prner ally incommoded with fashionable movements. Fists answer for dumb-bells, or r carpenter can make them. The boys will a"fc rrr> greater pleasure than to be permitted t< cut canes or slender saplings for the wholi school. But rings! Alas! I know nothing which can take their place. Cannot some om tell us what will, that costs little or nothing' For most parents will serlcrtisly object to baying anything for school use that does no come under the head of "books and stations ry"; and prejuces, even If opposed to our owr wishes, must be reRpected and melted nwa; by our tenchers. lr inesu puuuno u.^, your "new-fanclPd motIons."and accuse yoi of "wasting the time on calisthenics." be abb to show them that the time Is more than madi up by the Increased vigor with which tin children return to their books. Invite them on some special day, and take pains to shov them the improvement In their own children Only keep on. trying your best, and vou wll Roon see all opposition melt away, and you school improving faster, in all respects, thai ever before. ? Certainty of Weal or Woe. 1 THE IMMUTABILITY OF THE CONDITION OF THE SOUL AFTER JUDGMENT. 41 I! Sermon by the Rev. W. M. Grier, >! I). D. r Delivered in the Presbyterian Church; at Abbeville. Suuduy Morning, July I '20, 1883. ^ Luke xltl and 2/i verse.? 'When nnen (lie i Muster (if the house is risen up and hit 111 shut j t? the door." This Is n period of probation. Man Is here i in it stale* of trial. While everything is tend| Ing towards a fixed ami chaiiaeless state of 1 , rewards and puitishnu ills. the>earu reserved i for the lite toeoine. What inerey and irru'-o is j this to sinneri. Justice waits Ioiijj In claimL* inrs i I e L'</irli ilnnu T inli.rnl thn tiii?MltiiiC ( Ik) ( li:ilidnifiid of love*. And while love pleads nnd entreats in a language (tint eniijlit t<? melt : a heart ??f adamant, Justice earnestly warns against the time to coin". While the lirst transgression deserved the full and J flunl award e.f the moral government. e?f Cod, while man might have been dealt I with solely on the principle of Justice as I ; were the angels who lost their nr*t estate (Jod was graciously pleased to make a dlfler- j ( ence in favor e>f the humhler creature, lie' has given to us a second Adam, through, i j whom we may regain otir lost Inheritance, [ and for who?e sake t he final execution of the (Penalty of transgression has been postponed.] 5. The very language of the verse befe>re us itn. plies, most clearly, that, the present is a dis pensation of grace, in which man Is piled! with Inlluencesthat tend to rcste>re him to tlic f favor of eiod. The ilnur of rrpi'Mt'ince Is still open. fSod i I commnnleth men everywhere t'> repent. Man j i is not yet hedelen hv the cords of his Iniquity. ! lie may turn from the error of his ways. The ] very chief e>f sinners may become a preacher ; of righteousness. The very publicans and j harlots may have Hie whole current, of their I ! lives turned Into new channels. They may j ' become example-; of all vlrlne and models of j ,!all excellency. That which they once loved i t.liey may hate, and that, which was emce I without "form or comeliness they may esteem | | as altogether lovely. Some that crucified the [ Lord of fiiory. even, found a place for repen-; tail CO and became the devoted disciples of j - r.x?? mlwtcA 1 \ 1 f ,i\i I lllAV lnwl flllrsf ffl j Mali may yet case to do evil and learn to ; (to well, lint?the time Is coming when he | cannot. The time In coining when the door ol j repentance will he shut: when the heart, will j : cease to feel the nuilt. ofsin and Ihe conscience 1 will cease to utter its warn I ties. ] The door of divine forqivenatx Is still open. | This is the day of merciful visitation. ' I The Gospel of glad tidings is preached to men. that whosoever believes on the Lord IJesus Christ shall he saved. The most, do; graded and abandoned wretch may avail himself of that otrer. If we believe with the i heart and confess with the mouth our sins shall be forgiven. God now waits to be ; gracious. While men nrc delying his authority and trampling under loot, his law, he Is saying unto them, "turn yo, turn ye," for j why will ye die? Though our slnsbe nsc.rlni| son and as scarlet, he Is ready to make them I as wool and as snow. The door of forul veness j Is still open, wide open, and our Heavenly Father Is waiting the return of his prodignl children. Hut. that, door will not always he open, for He IhinMIt a certain day, saying. "To-day'' if ye will hear his voice, harden not | your hearts. If a time may come when inen |cannot repent, a time will come when God will cra?e to forgive. ] There Is another door yet. open. It Is the ' door of hope. The atonement of Christ Is sufficient for u I the sins of all men. The ble?si lugs of that alonement are offered to all who hear the Gospel. So far as God Is concerned he is reconciled In Jesus Christ. So far as His ! mora! government. Is concerned the law has : been fully satisfied. All its claims have been I met. None, therefore, need despair. Chrlst.ie l the way. the truth and tlio life to evethat seeketh salvation. . wm find Ilut the time Is coining w,V"scek to enter In that door closea. 1 lifts; probation will have ami ,u.'.vlV? will have begun. p!'y?i 1)1 Its very nature Is 1 i nil to:!. ''.Wniust come a time when (lie case will !, i.Vi dosed and settled. To speak of endless | probation Is to Involve ourselves In a contraj il lot ion. The two Ideas are incompatible. ; That limitation is marked by the present life. The .Scriptures speak of no probation ] beyond and reason and the consensus of the 1 churches are against the theory. I Inasmuch aw this subject of a probation, 'alter death, is a feature of the theological innovations of our day, innovations that, have the support of a few great names, it might be well to look at It a little. We say that Scrlp'ure Is against it. This testimony is both direct and indirect. Under I the indirect, but none the less impressive ami i j conclusive because indirect, we have that | large class of passages whlcn urge men to a I : prompt, and immediate acceptance of the i (Jospei. "We pray you in Christ's stead be i ye reconciled to (!od." "Seek the Lord while i he may be foumi, call yc upon film < : while lie is near." "Turn ye. turn ye. i turn ye why will ye die." How shall ' we escape the urgency of these and I I like passages of the word ol God is inex- < plicable il men have an Indefinite period of 1 ; (line in which thev may reitirn. The spirit of | jail truth seems trifling with us In such ex- i ! hortations If we are to have another chance, < liftiip wleke.l are to have the opportunities of < grace in the life nfter death. There Is no ne-1, cation for thin treinendouspresmre of en treaty | and threaten I ne. h The direct testimony on tho subject is abundant and pointed. "The harvest Is past, the j summer isended and we arc not saved." "In i ! the place where tlie Ireo fulleth there It t ! shall be." It Is appointed unto men once i I (once for all, finally) to die, but nfter this i the Judgment." "Xow Is tlie accepted time, i now is the day of salvation." In Revelations j we arc told, "The time is at hand. lie that is < nnjnst, let him be unjust still : and he (hat < ; Is filthy let him be filthy stlil: and he that is righteous let him be righteous still, and he j ; that Is holy let him he holy still." Plainly [the idea there Is a permanence and continu- | 'ante in those moral s'ates and conditions In : j which we enter t'.jc futuro world, and that just as death find" us. so we must remain. i j Take tiio case of Dives and Lazarus. Im- i mediately after death.the one was In torment i jand the otiier In Abraham's bosom. Alula treat gulf was fixed between them.au Irnpns- : .sable harrier, which tlie efforts of eternity cannot bridge. Our Saviour said to the Jews, i ; "Ye shall die In your sins; whither I go ye i | cannot come." "How are such passages to be i l Interpreted in any other rational or Intelligible j way than that for those dying Impenitent < ' there is to be no second probation ; no subsequent eh- Ice; no remolding of destiny." i : How striking, too, is that saying of our j Saviour in reference to Judas, "Woe unto I that man by whom the son of man ishctray! ed, It hud been good for that man If lie had j i j not been born." A second probation Implies < I a possible change of condition in eternity. |< j How could cur Saviour have uttered thlsh lawful sentence against, Judas If there was a I > possibility of his future restoration. Says a < ! writer commenting, on this passage, "When therefore our blessed I.ord piercing with ills infinite glance to the utmost bounds of fu- < turity, and summoning Its everlasting scope i within Ids vision, deliberately declared that Judas, who was to travel all along Its endless ( course, would better never have been bortt? | he meant that his punishment was to be unj remitting." Says Iir. Hodgo, on the same pas- i sage "If. after any period of suflerlng. an i i eternity of iiappluern awaits a man, his being I {born Is an unspcaKHDie messing. mi* fms-i ; sage Is Itself conclusive. But tlie whole dortrine of ii great Judgment day, when (Jod ' i jcomes In his might, to be glorified In his ; j saints and to take vcngeance on them that!: . obey not the gospel, that day In which the luI equalities of tins present slate with its tri ntuniil'igof (ho Wicked and lis oppression of! I the rlgteous, will be adjusted, that day when j ! the hooks will be opened and every man give i ! account of himseit, tliis whole doctrine we say i proceeds upon the supposition that the future i state Is Irreversible, that the great separation | i is final. The grand climax of Its solemn pa- i| I genntry, tlx: tremendous issue of Its judicial I process, all ronecntrate In the sentence. "De; j>art ye cursed into everlasting lire prepared for the devil and liis angels." And Death and Hades shall be cast Into the lake of lire. I Tills is only a tithe of that evidence direct. ; {and Indirect which the Scriptures furnish] ! against that treacherous doctrine of probation j 'aftei death. All its teaching, Its positive declarations, the whole tendency of Inspired utterances pronounces that hope utterly lalse land delusive which is bused upon such a be-] lief. ! Reason, confirms It?Reason that is relied; upon with such confidence, Reason that Is ap-1 | pealed to with such supreme reverence by ! the advocates of this other Gospel, not oitly j f.cur.iiti fn the declarations of God's word,but | ! smrgests lis own am mounts In its favor. Reason suggests that God Is Just. Ills character Is Infinitely perfect. In all Ills dis pensalIons there arc not wanting terrible in{tiniattons of wrath against sin. The safety of jthe universe demands our admiration of , righteousness. Even heathenism had Its Jfeme?ls, (lie person ill en lion of a rigorous and In flexible Justice. lisSlsyphusllsTantalusanil ! IxIon are Its representative sufferers, doomed to unending wretchedness. It Is a mere sentiment, a false sentiment which contemplates God as u Father only, whose i essential character is benevolent. He Is ji Sovereign, a moral Governor who ; must vindicate the right and punish the wrong. John Ituskln cannot be charged with i any special theological bias, and yet he says. In voids a* beautiful as they are true. "Wrath i and threatening are Invariably mingled with ] ! love, and In the utmost solitudes of nature the existence of hell seems to rue as legitimately declared by a thousand spiritual lit-: ( ranees, as of heaven. It N well for us to 'dwell with thankfulness on the unfolding of the flower, and the failing of the dew and the j s)eep of the ureon fields in the sunshine ; but I the blasted trunk, the barren rock, the moan-j | ing of bleak winds, the roar of perilous whirlpools, the solemn solitudesf>l moors and seas, ] the continual lading of all beauty Into darkness, and of all strength into dust?have these j no langugae for us?" i If the mercy of God Is conspicuous, if we j I?I.. ?!.? Aw.t thill l<l? vm-v Oitlfnl. and , Unit his compassions are great, lie lias tioi I left us without witness that his pat Ion cc: mny I in" exhausted ami lliat his compassions may ! Tail foievermore. I Ken son sujjicosts further, that a probation I after (loath perpetuates in eternity the conflict between uood and evil. It. leaves the issue of that conflict still in iloiiht. All the uncertainties of time are projected into Ihc future. Destinies may change. If the wicked may he restored and finally gain the heavenly places in Christ. Jesus, suit follows hy a necessary I I inference that the blessed may lose their bliss. I Probation for tho wicked means probation I for the righteous. A sense of Insecurity would j j haiitf about lliem In lleaven and the woes of! the >oht Would threaten tliein in the mansions j of the blest, and dim all their glories. That j I longhi;: of the Christian for rest from (lie ' struggle with temptation would bo forever | j unsatisfied, How confused all Ibis seems ! j j How Iteontradicts our natural senseoflhlnR.s,! land bewilders us In a chaos of doubt. Anyj | view which Involves such consequences must j I he (also. It can never secure the verdict of j " human consciousness. I lieasop s 11 quests again, that the possibility . of change, which is assumed in thy theory of j | a second probation, is met by the very nature j . i of sin, in itsconstant progression and Incrcos- I ! Ing power. It is one of (lie awful fads of, | tiansgresslon that the sinner by every act, . of transgression becomes more and more In-; 1 " ???n?? losviniH less tiowor of resis.; ! lance. The moral faculties become more and j j morn impotent, the moral sensibilities more ' 'and more hi tinted until iniquity has possessed j .{ills reins. Its dominion In absolute and Is tin-! 'disputed. The Inttuenccof hrthff. lends Its In- j , J vincible power to complete the hopeless bondnage. This constantly Increasing tendency to; . uo on In sin, is one of the umiuostfoncd facts i . j in the experience of every man. . j -j Now If the sinner has resisted nil those In-1 i, f! nonces which would draw him to Christ and i ;|wln iiirn to Heaven; If lie has stood out >i ajiaint these to his dying hour; If lie enters I s, the world to come with the tremendous mo-; ? rnentum to transgression acquired through j ? tiie whole period of his enrthly life then Is It I ? not morally Impossible to clteek thlsdown-l - ward tendency, much more to reverse his po- j lllnn n?'l tlnrl lilm (in IL II p \V 11 fe ? In tills I . single feet, so fearful In Its consequences, you j i have An Impassible barrier to change. It Is; f the fixed gulf. i The dangerous tendency of this doctrine Is I i apparent. It will Inevitably lead to continued ; u Indulgence In sin and a postponement of the j b great concerns of the sonl. Once persuade) e men that neglect of present opportunity la. , not fated and nothing Is more certain than J if that they will give themselves up to the lusts i. of the flesh, tho lust of the eye nnd the pride I of life. How prone we ure to deluy, even r wheu we believe that the nresentllfe, bo brief, i so uncertain, Is our only (lay of grace. What fearful risks- we Uko wlieu we arc assured 11 J iMiMum iiiMiimiin I in i a i that dentil is doom. How we trifle with mercy and tempt the vengeance of Heaven even under the conviction that, ntany moment we may be thrust out Into thedestlny of ?... 11 nr.. If Iin/li>v nil tluw nniivliMlmiH and motives Ui Immediate action sinners | still say. when I have a con vcnlcnt season Ij will call lor thee, what rampaut iniquity, what defiant ungodliness may we expect, when we preach this new Gospel of "eternal hope." fill, he persuaded that there !k node-1 Iimiou more ensnaring than tills. It lulls the1 conscience to sleep. and ({Ives loose rein toad I our sinful Inclinations. Let un exhort you to holdfast t he old Gos-I pel, with Its sword in one hand aud its cross j 111 the other. As an earnest writer puts It. surrender not this gospel "for ihe languid sentimentalities that would supplant it. I.etj lis not now hegln to make peace with that arrogant spirit of skepticism which tells us that, these are ignoble thoughts of (Jod which believe that lie would proceed to extremities with evil, that spirit of unbelief which bids us in Its liattering speech cherish a "larger hope," a larger hope than Apostles and .Martyrs." And now may we not conclude with thesnyIng of lilm whoso words were full ofgmeo and truth, antl a saying which Is on that account all the more solemn ami significant. When lie made Ills list visit to.lerusalem. when lie was on ihe threshold of the closing scencs: when tlii-ir deep shadows were gathering about. film ho tlilvEc. when In' was come near lio in-held tin; city mid wept over It say in*, "If tli.ni Imdst. known even Ihou.at lonst, in this thy ilny iho thing* which belong unto thy pcaec ! but now they are hid from thine eyes." !i0 FAREWELL KISS. How Thoughtless Ncgloct Pains the Heart of LoTinp Puirs. j It was 7:2"i by the clock In the Tombstone. Iirpublican ofliee. The bu;:gy was at the door to take a Tombstone man to the train. ITIs I hand was on the knoti. "Good-bye," ho out I - j cpout. There came from some one upstairs,! tliroui;h tiie lmlf open-door, a feminine voice,1 ' (iood-hye," Then lie had gone out. into the glad Spring air, odorous with the .foretokens of coming life and musical with the songs of the nest-builders. Hut there was nosong In ! his heart, no Spring hope and light in ills lifej as lie took Ihe reins out of his groom's hand : unit spoke to (lis horse ii sharp "<l?i oii !" p And lie rode throu<ti the royal iivenuetlial.j led up to the liotisc this Is wliut lio tlioiiirht: f "If I lind been a guest Martha would have j been up nnd dressed. She would have laid a! sprnyol fresh flowers sit my plate. Xlio would | have set at the table and seen that my coffee | was (rood and my e^gs hot and my toast! iirowned. And I should have at least a part-| ing shake of the hand and a hope expressed; that I would come again nnd perhaps a wave | of tho handkerchief from the balcony. And; I should have carried away with me that j smile that Is brighter than the sunshine | us I he last gift of her gracious hospitality. 11 j Is u chance If she would not even have proposed to ride to the station with me to sec me iff. For she knows. If ever a woman did, how Lo welcome the coming and speed the parting guest. Hut I am only her husband and I can | eat my breakfast aloue, as if I were a bache-j lor, and get my eoflee muddy or clear, hot or j :old, as llridget happens to make It, and take ; l'ss hard or soft and toast burnt or soggy, as It chances to come from a careless cook. And nobody eares. And when I go 'Good-bye' is Hung after me like a dry hone after an 111:ared-for eur. Heigho! What's the use of jeing married anyway ? ' And this is what she thought, as she put the ast touches to her hair before the glass and .rled hard to keep the tears back from her 'yes before she went, down to see that the ninlly breakfast was ready: "I wonder if flugh really eares anything for me nny moro. ?<*?> ?!./? ii'Acn Hivf marrln/1 hr? novor 1 ivon Id have gone oirin this way, atul with a rare less 'Uood-byo' tossed up stairs as he iilirtit toss a well cleaned bone to hungry dog. lie would have found time to run up and kles ne frood-h.ve and tell me that he missed melt breakfast and auk was I sick. ..Ueifian to :ious to his friends, a nerjjje'?e lie is tired of svery one hut liis wlftvi nlm so. It would be no. I wish I cout would he belter for him! lard 011 loestn't think such things as these. ^'ellJLj^hodoos love inc after all. But?but? t is coming to be hard to believe It." And so iv I lit a heavy heart she went to her work. And the sun lanclied In at the open windows, ind the birds chirped cheer (o her all day. and he flowers waved their most graceful beckin lug to hor In vain, all for want of that furcivoll kiss. Oh! husbands and wives, will you never cam that love dies of slightest wounds, and hat the husband owes no such thoughtful :ourtesy to any other person as he owes his cvife; that, the wife owes no such attentive :onslderatlon to any guest as she owes to her lusband, and that ottliines a little neglect Is a larder burden for love to bear than an open ind flagrant wrong ? Narrow Gauge Itoaris. IAUffUsta Cltroniclc.] As the Southern Slates become more populous they must build thousands of miles of railway. Hence the question of gauge, coinpassing, as it does, the saving or Jlio losing of from a third to a half of the millions which must be invested in the structure and equipment of railroads Is a question of supreme moment now. It is an Interesting subject, ind It should be discussed calmly with an ?arnest desire to arrive at a popular ileci.-lon. rue people want ugni. nnu mw- miuuiu imn; It. Evldencei8 certainly cumulative In favor a narrow or throe feet gauge. A gentleman tvho Is well known In botli Augusta ami Atlanta, and who iR now a director of the Knst ind \Vo<t Railroad of Alabama, and Its chief snglneer, has recent y spoken emphatically an the subject. He is no other than ('apt. John Postell, of Atlanta, consulting. Inspecting and practical engineer, and from whose pamphlet we <|Uote : "There Is a mowing preference for the narrow pause system ail over tne country. The rapidity with which these roads are being constructed In the United Slates is something marvellous. Kight thousand miles are now under construction, and new enterprises are continually being projected and organized. The narrow gauge has a great advantage aver the standard gauge in being much sheiiper In point of construction. Tlicv can be operated with ease on over eighty-three Feet grades and ten decree curves. These would be considered excessive in the standard Jaime, ar.d to lesson them increases very much the cost ef gradation. The narrow gau^e Is cheaper in Its malnlenance. This is obviously so, as the materials ure lighter and therefore subject to less wear ind tear. The replacement Is less, and, carrying less deail weight, the wear on the superstructure is also less. The crtrr?/iii</ C(ijxtril)/ U jutt about equal to ttuit of thvxtm'ulnr-i qrtuyc. This may lie easily accounted for by tne f:?ct that having lcs? dead weluht lo curry, a proporuomuc iiich-hk tnny be made In freight. I*'<>r example, a standard gauge car averages about four ton* more In weignt lliun a narrow gauge car. This Is ii train of twenty cars, gives eighty tons In favor ot the narrow irange. The greater durability is in favor of the narrow gautrc. The trains heing ll'/hter, the rails itro subject, to less wear, and there being less dead weight, and the wheels near the centre r?f the axle, the chances of endurance and durability are proportionately increased. The safety of the narrow fffinge as compared with thcRlandard Is no longer an experiment but a /act fu'I// determined and settled. The question of safety, especially In turning short curves, Is deeidedl> In favor of the narrow gnuce system. There being less bonded Indebtedness to be provided for, there will be proportionally larger dividends." These are logical conclusions. They appeal to common sense. Hut what Is the result of experience as to narrow gauge roads earning large dividends ? Take the earnings and expenses of the thirty-seven and a half nillos of the Hast and West Railroad, of Alabama, now built and running, for the year 18M : Cash receipts, S101,21C.o(J; cash disbursements?current expenses, 835.21S.7S; balances to W\ ami i A. Railroad, &c? 821i.M1<.27, and the net cash profit is $.SG.S.in.fil. "From which it appears," nays ('apt. Postcll, "that the expenses were S.'t">,2l8.7K and the net profit f.Ki.H.'iO.ol, thus showing that the expenses were less than 50 per cent, of the gross Income." Quite n good showing, and In the Interest of (he people, we shall pcrsne thlssubject further at an other time. Henllh on Farms. Farmers are wont to think that miasm is mostly confined tocitiesand larger villages, and that country air Is pure and farm houses necessarily healthful, but whoever has carefully Inspected the premises of the average farmer has found abundant occasion for the low fevers which are the scourge of the country as well as the city. In the nrst place, all farmers should look well to their cellars. In too many of them will be rotten apples, cabbages, turnips, onions, etc. In some will bo found old brine, with pieces of decayed ] meat, sending forth an odor, when the cover of the barrel Is taken oft", vile enough to wrench the stomach ofl" a pig. In others there will be musty elder barrels, possibly vinegar casks. In which the vinegar has passed the putrefactive stage, dissetnlnaling the spores of decay and death, not only through the upper part of the house, but even escaping through the collar windows and poluting the out door air. Decaying wood generates one of tbo most subtle of poisons, because the odor Is not particularly offensive?itotleu timber in the cellars and moulding wood or chips In the I wood house (111 the air with spores, which,j breathed by a person in lull vigor ol health may be thrown off with impunity; but inhaled by any one whose blood Is low may find a! congenial seed bed anil generate disease. Un- j der the elder and vinegar barrels, and around the potato bins, may often be found old timbers and boards that are full of rot, ready to propagate Itself wherever the rot ton particles may find a lodgment. In the well also rotten is a subtle poison, more dangerous than a decomposing toad, as tlie latter makes ills presence known, while few tastes are so keen as to detect the presence of decaying wood. Probably the most prolific source of disease around our farm houses Is the cesspool Into which pass the kitchen and chamber slops. In the cities and large villages these are carried oil' in the sewers, but seldom does a farm have any system 01 sewerage. i iic smp too often thrown out of the kitchen door, and left to generate vile odors on t lie surface ol'the ground. To keep the air of the cellar and it round the house pure and sweet, wo have | never found anything more economical, j pleasant and efficacious than a free sprink-i ling, as occasion may demand, of dry, unslaked Mine. Chloride of lime Is a| greater absorbent of vile odors, hut this Itself Is offensive to most olfactory nerves, and is also quite expensive. Common lime is cheap. | and If scattered freely In the collar and wherever there are Impurities, will render ihe air sweet and wholesome, even in the most decomposing dog's day.?Rural Record. Early Marriages in Lancashire. Early marriages are nowhere so common as j in the manufacturlngilistriclsof La n can shire, j England. Hoys and girls not out of their! teens, but earning wanes, and having their feelings of Independence prematurely (level-; oped by the absence of home life, net united j In holy wcdlcek at a time when, in the higher | ranks of society, thev have not left school nor begun to think of a calling. Saturday is a! favorite day for getting married, because It is I a short one and the ceremony can be cot' through with a minimum of loss?a thlngcer-i tain to be considered by a thrifty operative, i The town Is paraded for a few hours In cheap I ? *1 I.. nnlnliD j lawury iiiht.y m mu. i i.K , ........ v.... never serve any useful purpose again ; perhaps one of the watering places Is visited If It be (Inc. and on Monday morning the newly ] married couple may he found at their looms,1 In defiance of all noctryof romance, and thei wear and tear of life begin with thein once i more In real earnest. Marriage makes no alteration In the position of the wife, fo fur as mill-work Is concerned ; she puts In her ten hours a day now as she did helore. Indeed, she has incomparably the worst of the bargain, for when the day's work is Is over it Is her privilege to light the tire at home, get the supper ready, and do the necessary householti work, while It Is the prerogative of the husband to use his leisure hours according to his own sweet will. When the time comes for the bahy to be horn, the mother-expectant withdraws from the mill for a few weeks, and when she Is well enough to resume her place at the loom, the baby Is placed in the care of some old crone, who is past work herself and ekes out sufllcient to live on by taking charge of Ave or six of these luckless babies for the con6lder<itlan of a shilling or two a week. Ono of the liveliest women of her age Is Mrs. Pace, near Saluda. Some visitors called to see her a few days ago,and ascertained that she had .just assisted in scouring the houseand sanding the floor. She is 02 years old and gets abotlt And dons not. grumblchalf as much at doing tHUIc housework as some girls of sixteen. Slip said she broke her hip when she was 84 years old and that gavclier a little I lnconvenleiwe sometimes. She was notqulte -- * 1 4 1*m4 n/int,lnnf fVivnliilft |?N licuvu 1,3 UUIUIC lUttl UWiu(,uw, VV..V...? ^Spartan* , - - -v. ,< ' * ' '*-~h S-.J - _ % ^ . - ? TLe Crops in the State. A GLOOMY OUTLOOK FOR THE SOUTH CAROLINA FARMERS; I What tlie Fffects of the Long Pronjrht have boon in Different Parts of the State- Caterpillars on the Sea Islands. [AVu'.t and Courier.] | For Mime weeks the Intelligence from the Interior 'of this State In reference to the gr- wine crop# of | cotton mid corn lias been quite nnsaiisfact ry, nn<l I has caused a fc. line of uncertninty and iinei.Mnesss i in reenid to the nltimnte result. These reports c une from nlmost every section of the Htnte in the1 'upper, lower nml middle counties, and represent the fruitfuliiess ot the cotton p'ant as crmily diminished by the drought in July ii-il August, ami a still greater injury is threatened unless better seasons aro soon obtained. From an interview with some of our leariiins factor'.enitis mentioned that the section of the State on t'tc Alr-Ltne Railroad from Charlotte to Georgia will not average two bushel!) of corn to the acre on the uplands. On bottom lands the crops at present nre promising, and will be crently assisted by the crops i on those ftrtile spots. The irrowth of cotton is irregular, and Mime have had favorable weather and a i promising result Is anticipated. Others have suffered i i to the extent of 2ft per cent. In this r- gi?n a fa;r crop of oats and wheat has been secured, which will greatly KS?:8t the people to reach another season. On the linn of the Orcenvllle Railroad the crops have generally sustained injury. Willi some the lo>s has ii.-en '25 tier cent., while In extreme cases the yield tins probably been diminished one-half. The grain and ev> n vegetables have suffered and hive been I-trgely cut off In the country shout Anderson, Pendleton, Helton. &e., where no rain h*s b on had for seven oreiirht weeks. Thu upland corn Is almost a complete failure. In the eastern section of the Strite. embracing the tine lauds of Miriboro'. Marion and Darlington, wbete the farmers are generally successful, It is! thought the c?tton will be diminished fully onefourth, while other crops will be lessened in proportion. On the line of the Northeastern Road the same cinse lias anted to produce a poor prospect, and the cj"p? generally loo-.k Indifferent. The country alone the Hoiitli Carolina road promises h better result, anil the cr- ps lmve Miff-red less tli in those In the blither country, while the crops in in sandy lands are standing the season and show a better growth than tho<e on red c!ay noils. It Is esti- j mated that the present condition of the cotton crop | In in this .State Indicates tlmt not over three fourths ! of an average yield enn bo exp?eted; but n? cotton is ft j dry weather plant, and Is greatly benefitted by ft flavor- | able fall. It Is posslbl- that an improved prospect m?v t yet bo secured. On the seacoast of this State the j rains have been abundant, mid the sea Island crop has developed finely, and If the eoterpillor does not! take I1 e plant a fair yield of that staple may be had ! Tlio growing rice Is looking well, and with a suitable j season on average result may be anticipated. Much of the above Information is from Col. Krank i Taylor of our city. A letter from Orangeburg, S. (!., I to Messrs. W. H. Williams A Son. indicates a fair re-I solt In Ornnfrohnrff 1'iinini ft la <lntu#l Omiiivj. I burg, August IT. 18S3, nnd reads as follows: "Tin1 i ciops are nut much damaged since 1 lust wro'e. Some complaint of mat, but chiefly In sandy lands, on which the crop Is about matured. My own crops are usually Bind, cotlon just commencing to open In fields planted In April ; my corn crop full for the dry|season, about 16 bushels rn-r acre. I hear of cotton worms In this coun'ry. but know of none near me, except a small caterpillar attacking crab grass and rice. Our County Agricultural Society reported on | Saturday, the 11th Inst., the crop of the county: Corn 75 per cent., cotton 90 pi-r rent., as am pared i with last year: some members, however, insisting j that this estimate is entirely too high." Late Intelligence mentions that showers ar.i gradually Ing Into the interior, and if they dn ?wrote rainfall volume and produce .sluing and dry full season may may bo oC.<-?" Improve the situation. The presence yet At caterpillar Is mentioned In several places, but tnelr presence Is not yet announced as extensive among the uplands. The Sea Islands. The present season of the sea islands has boen very unfavorable to the cotton planters, and has developed unusually unfavorable conditions. The late spring mode it difficult for the planters to obtain any stands, and curtailed the (.'rowing season at least three weeks. Ago to the planter is considered nine points In the game. Following In the wake of the late spring there ! caine a protracted drought, which made the plant nil-1 able to take on the necessary growlh until the recent i rains, which have made the fields look as verdant asspring or early summer. Then there has been a heavy j casting of fruit, consequent on the second growth. [ To add to the complications of the situation, there has been an unusually early and heavy devlopment of cat'-rpi lars, which, fostered by the present lavonible condition of the plant, will make a clean sweep unless exterminated by tlw use -if Paris Green. The effect* of these rvils on the agregatc ol the crop will be disastrous. The negro farmer plants or in.,L'.ia tlirnu.nii'iilr.pA nf tin. rmn nml relies more on the number of acres than on the yield per acre, i Ills cron not being manured to any extent It h:is nut! been able to withstand tins sudd-n changes of weather and is>. therefore, exceedingly poor. The nejrro fariner will not use Paris Oreen, and three-quailc a of tho j crop will, beyond doubt, b<- swept by tho caterpillars, i and the utmost vigilance will have to be used on the part of tho white planters to prevent the spread of the Insects. The third brood or caterpillars will be vcrv torgo and their depredations most disastrous. Three-fourths of tho crop then belli* planted in n ; slovenly and primitive manner anil not burins the ; forcinir Influence of manure to enable it to withstand j the vicissitudes of the season, nnd the ptescnt gratis- | green c >udition beinsi favorable in the utmost decree j to the depelopment of the euterp ilur, together with! the safety from injury of the oi h?*r fourth banging In j the ha'ence, the aggregate of liie crop will certainly , be only through a cbarp advance In prices that the farmer will be able to weather the storm. A Less Gloomy Outlook for the.' Farmers oi' Union County. Union, August 17.?The long and bitter drought j has lieen broitn at last. Within the last few ilays: there have been over the country generally abundant' showers, just such in most ca?es as the farmer should j wish for. It is. however, too late In the season for any amount of ram to benefit greatly either corn or cot-' ton generally. There are, however, a good many | eases In whirl) both these enp* will be very greatly I benefitted. The prospect Is certainly much less I gloomy than It wis three days <-go, and the farmers' will at once address themselves with energy to put-1 ting In larire crops of turnips ami oats to supply the j Inevitable deficiency In the food crop. d. j. j Effect of the Long Dry Weather on! the Corn nnd Cotton Crops. Dap.m.soton, August 17.?I said soino time ago that tne crops would he cut short here this year about one-iblrd; 1 think yet it will not be much more than that. The lo>s in the corn orul> will be somewhat compensated by tin* small grain er.i|??, ns the must f| the corn raised in fur iho stock. Verv few of the: farmers. except the negroes, use It oa tlu-ir Utile. As ?n Inriance of the dislike of nnr people fur c-irn ' bread, ono thousand barrels of tlour were received | at this place hist vear. As something of an uff?-t for. the loss In lh? first and mdldle crops of c?llon. it is! hoped llmt will be somewhat compensated by the top , crop if the fa'I should be late. Our farmers will have to plant oats as a substitute ; for corn, a* it Is not us easy affected by thu drought, i Fodder-pulline tlnie is now on hand, but it will b? ; very licht work in most place#. The firmers, having laid by their crops, nre nmv < having picnics and religious meetings by the whole- ] sale As no evil Is without its attendant good, the | draught has dried tip some of our streams so that flsh can be caught to an extent that hits not been known t here befoie for a 'onic time. It Ins also dried up many : marshes and stagnant places, enabling many to utilize I the soil thus drained without their help, and bus also helped sanitary conditions. ( We have had one or two refreshing showers of late,, tint need some more. The ox-cn-p farmers are (lie noes that have suffered most from the droifzht. The i drought has taught the useful lesson of the necessity > of keeping the crops clean. MINIM. | Another Version of the Drought in Durlingtoa. IIartsxille, Aue 16.?Since nading the report in! your paper ' f crop prospects from ds.rlingtoii County, | I have passed over a good portion of Hartsville, Leav-1 enworth and Bwift Creek townships. It is quite an; error to think there will be over two-thirds of an aver- | age crop of cotton made. As to corn there are a few i farmers that have a very fair crop, but as a whole! there will not^be over a half crop, if so much as' that \> c nave naci no wf uinz rain since uune #, mm 1110 scorching wllid* have been very severe. 1 lip weather 1 now is very tuucli like 'he Int er part of September, j and lite crops have much appearance of that time, es* ! pecially cotton, which has a bard, dry look with very j f~w blooms or squares upon It; only bolls, and th>-y | ure small, and only a light crop or them. We htvej not hud enough rain to benefit tni p?a or root crops at ill so far, and they must as a coiierqucnce be very* light. j What the Papers Say. j The Winnsboro' lYews and Herald Buys: 1-Copl-1 mis rains have fallen in many sections of tint conn-1 ty during the week, but it is generally thought In be i too l.ite to do the cotton crop any material good. The opinion Is thought by some to he erroneous uml wo hope It Is. The late corn end other crops w ill undoubtedly be much benefited by the lafe seasons. Crop report* throughout the countiy are not generally favorable." The Darlington Xcws says: ' The dry weather still continues and our prospects tor a crop aio blue not only on tile uplands but in the river swamps. Observant farmers say that there are hundieds of acres of corn j which will make nothing, and that the disaster will be greater than In ISM " ...... . Opportunities Afforded at Fairs. Men who are young In tin* business of cnttlc ! breeding, tint] many of those not young us breeders, but who have been a little slack In; their methods, and have not kept pace with i advancing tastes, can ullli/.e llio fairs very j greany io iiil'ii-uuvuuuige, ii >vm. cannot be done hy n casual call, nor by a bur- i rleil run through tbc grounds, but only by a| carcful study of animals that have successful- j ly passed under the bands of entirely competent. committee men. To the man who Is I making the endeavor to breed any strain of [ cattle of the beef breeds, it Is fair to presume ' that he knows the characteristics which alone' can tit animals to pass under the eye of experienced dealers and butchers, and bring the i top prices of the market. .Steers that can do this must necessarily have characteristics that are, to quite u degree, like the cow of a beef breed that can win In the show-ring. | Men who have had very excellent oppor-] Untitles in the feeding yard, becoming good' judges of the merits of steers, are quite likely I to doubt their ability to Judge of the higher | classes of breeding stock. They do not consider that a well-modeled, tat ewe must nee-' essarily be quite like a well-shaped, fat weth-, cr,and that to improve their ideas upon cat-' tie by examining the winning breeding cows' at a prominent fair, they must view tlietn from a practical standpoint. In other words,! they must be guided by (lie same general rules j that they would apply to a fat steer or a fat wether. The broad, well-rounded front, the! tnlck, smooth shoulder, well-tilled crops, full- J spread loin, hips, and rump, long ribs, well j sprung, tlank and twist well down and full,! united In one animal, whether cow, heifer,' steer, or fat sheep, show the forms It Is always safe for the beginner to study, and follow as a ' model in breeding. If the cattle at home do not compare with j ttiose seen in me snow-ring, numuiK um ?i-, lowances for certain stylish characteristics.; deemed essential for show animals to possess,; anil for excessive fitting also deemed innies-1 sary, then it may be safely said that thej herd is not whata reasonabieanibltlon should demand : and to go straightway and remodel It is the proper thing to do. Some men fritter away a lifetime governed by the Idea (hat all necessary improvements have been made be-[ fore their time, and !t remains only for them to receive from other hands animals intended for coupling together, and that the process of; planting and cultivating a crop of corn; the usual expectation being, that the crop reaped will be like the seed planted, neither better nor worse. It is not through this kind of reasoning that animals have been bred uu to the require-i incuts of the show-ring. Kccent efforts?not I the manipulation by breeders at a remote! period?lmve accomplished this. Stock-men, | taking the country over, have not used their ; wits as industriously as have ti e mechanics, during the past decade or two. as appears to J r>e shown in the rapid advance in mechanical appliances. A very apt explanation of this, may be found in the fact that thore is 110 de-; | mand for inferior tools and machinery, while i ! there Is ready sale for any meat producing an-1 Imal whose sinewy Joints will make soup, and whose tlavorlcss and tendinous tiesli can ; be boiled and put Into a tin can.?Xntionul , Live Mock JouriHit. Death of a Much lieloTod Young: Lady. [Barnwell People.] | In all the history of our little village 110, event has caused a profoundcr grief than thej deatli of Miss Maria Itronson, daughter of Mr.and Mrs. K. A. Hronson, 011 the morning of the 9th Inst. In the bright morning of her ? ?!??. on ?.? o>i.i/iu.ni011 r nf rare vir lues that clustered nrouml her she hnB been called away leaving a wide circle of devoted friends and loving relative* to raourn her un' timely death. To those who loved her so well the tenderest sympathies of all our people are extonded In this hour of their sore bereavement. \ . v ' >V3?S' *"r'* 'ti:-'i. Bermuda Grass. [American Farmer.] Having beard so much of lato years about this remarkable anil valuable grow* (so called),r i I had quite a curiosity to sen It when on aj recent visit to some of the .Southern States. N I haw It In ail its glory aud delightful freedom ! In Mississippi, and was more disappointed ! than pleased to And It an old acquaintance of several years' Ktuudlng upon my own place j uero in iiuryianu. 1 saw mere wuotecounnes; overrun with flermuda gruss which had! taken entire jioswesalon of the land where it I had obtained a foothold, ana many plantations were being given over for sheep and cattle ranges. The spread of this flra^s may prove a boon to some of the Southern States, as sloelc raising Is found to be more reinu- , nerativo than cotton growing. It Seemed to me that kind na tire, to stop the ruinous system of over-cropping the land and the following of a style of farming which tended toward the permanent exhaustion of the fertility of the soil, had Kent this grass ns n bar to further violation of her laws. I was told by planters there that clean culture for several 1 years would annhiliate Bermuda grass, but < saw no Illustration of this theory among the good, easy-going planters of that, section, and 1 I am convinced from my own experience that < It is no oas.v matter to eradicate it. It spreads! hy means of Its long, tough and sharp splice- 1 like roots which till the ground for a foot or I more below the surface, forming a mass of i roots hard to turn with a strong team and < hesf steel nlow. It makes no nnmireitt. illf. I ference with licrmudagruss what kind of soil I it happens to get Into ; lis growth Is the same 11 whether on blowing snnd or brlrk clny. It ls.1 stlil more tenacious of life than "witch grass." < about which an old saying exist* among ' farmers, that the only way to kill It Is to "dig j < It out clean, root ami branch, hung li on the 1 fence several weeks to dry,.then smoke It In : I yt.ur pipe and be iery careful where you | < throw the allies." IIow this grass came upon my place Is ajj mystery. I have never seen any growing!' nearer than Norfork, but know of several j truckers near me who have it in spots about < their farms and eiiuallv puzzled how it came there. No doubt the seed or Joints of the < roots came In the manure hauled from Ba111- f more along with several dozen other species 1 of weeds and grass now quite common here, < but which were unknown to our forepurents. I may be taken to task for saying tnat Bermuda erass cornes from the seed ; as nine out of ten writers osscrt tnat It does not seed, that it Is propagated from the Joints of the roots; therefore, 1 would agree with the majority, but this season, for the first time In rive years, it has blossomed and that profusely, with promise of a fair crop of seccf, which I hope will never mutnre. If ltdoes, I may bo under thp necessity of turning truck l atches into a grazing farm which I am ioith to do. It had obtained a foothold a.;d been carried about on the cultivator teeth before I knew Its < lift me or rhn.rnnf.otv find T will ?nv hhi?p thnf wherever a piece of root Is left Bermuda grass will spread In a fast widening clrcio. It Is a most excellent pasturs grass; ca!tle and horses relish It above any other. It grows with me ton height of eight or ten Inches, and continues green anil succulent during the severest drought*. If nny one wishes to stop washing hillsides or set a piece of poor land In grass, upon which nil grasses fall, I think he will And Bermuda grass the one to fill the bill. I frequently sco in the Southern agricultural papers advertisements ollerlnc tne roots of this grass for sale at so much per bundle. I propose to enter Into competition with them. In fact, I am perfectly willing to to cut the acquaintance of my llermuda grass which now covers an acre or more, and will ship any one a tlghly-pacUed barrel of roots for SI to cover cost of digging. Now If an.i* waslHn^hiHsfd~8^*k"chiince toget ?") valuablc^rass^^ h<Harinans, A. A. Co., Md. Marriage. Men and women, says Theodore Parker, and especially young people, do not know that It takes years to completely marry two hearts, even ol ihe most loving and well sorted. Hut nature allows no sudden chungc. We slope verv gradually from the cradle to the summit of life. Marriage is very gradual, a fraction of us -t a time. A happy wedlock Is a long fulling In love. I know young persons think love belongs only to brown hair and p'ump, round, crimson cheeks. Hodoeslts beginning, lust a* Mount Washington begins at Boston Bay. But the golden marriage Is a part of lovo Which the bridal day knows nothing of. Youth Is the tassel and silken flower of love, age Is the full corn, ripe and solid In the car. Beautiful Is the morning of love with Its prophetic crimson, violet, purple and gold, with Its hopes of days that are to come. Beautiful also is the evening of love. Its glad remembrances, and Its rainbow side turned fntvunl linn vpn u*nll uspnrHi. Young people marry tlielr opposite* in temper and general character, unil such a intirriage Is generally a good one. They dolt instinctively The young man does not say. "My black eyes require to be wed to blue, and my over vehemence requires lo be a Utile modified with somewhat of Iullness and reserve." When tho opposltes come together to be wed they do not know It, but each thinks the other Just like himself. Old people never marry their opposltes: they marry their similars and from calculation. Each or these two arrangements Is very proper. In their long Journey these opposltes will fall out of tho way a great many time*, and both will charm the other back again, and by and by they will be agreed as to the place they will go and the road they will go by and become reconciled. The man will be nobler and larger for belnir associated with so much humanity unlike himself, and she will he a nobler woman for having manhood beside her, that seeks to correct her deficiencies ami supply her with what she likes, if the diversity be not too great, and there be real piety and love In their hearts to begin with. The old bridegroom, having a much shorter Journey to take, must associate himself with one like himself. A perfect and complete marriage Is, perhaps as perfect personal bean ty. Men and women are married fractionally ?now a small fraction, then a large fraction. Very few are married totally,and they only, I think, after some forty or fifty years of gradual approach and excitement. Such a large and sweet fruit Is a complete marriage that it needs a winter to mellow and season. Hut a real happy marriage of love and Judgment between a man and woman is one of the things so very handsome that If the sun were, as the Greek poets fabled, a God. he might stop the world In order to feast his eyes with the spectacle. o A Suggestion About Drainage. A Missouri man, says the Michigan Farmer, relates an experience which otters suggestions which, while they may not be exactly new, may have for many farmers praotlcal value. There were upon his farm several depressions which in wet seasons held ponds of water. To drain these by ordinary mains would have been very expensive, because no gravel could be got near the farm, and there was no factory In that vicinity. Open ditches were out of the question. Tne services of an expert wellborer were secured. He sank several tc*t shafts In various parts of the farm, and lound that the underlying ground was a tenacious blue clay, fourteon to sixteen feet thick, and almost perfectly impervious. Beneath this was found a strata of white sand. The wellborer and his machine were placed In a wagon which, byTfieans of a long rope, was hauled to the deepest part, of the pond, about an acre In extent. Here he bored a well down lo the sand, completing the operation before sunset of the day when Jllie work was begun. In thirty-six hours tho water had disappeared and the pond was dry. To make this short perpendicular drain permanent he had It cleared of sediment, sunk the shaft about two feet into the bed of sand, and filled It to the top with cleun, course gravel from a creek bed. The gravel was heaped about a foot high above the shaft to strain the water propeily that the shaft might not become choked There are thousands of places, where year after year, farmers have ploughed around such wet spots, giving them up to the possession of rushes and frogs. Yet they could be drained easily in a few hours. In Western Michigan a large swamp lay for years on the southern edge of the village, a noisome barrier to progress anil a bone of contention In village and township politics. To drain It a large ditch a mile or two long would have been required; butsnmeonc fortunately discovered thata thin sheet of clay wasallthat kept the waters from going down Into a deep strata of gravel, boulders, and sand. The lunllu 11'i.miiiinli nml fill- *Wnmns I homllS'h I V I drained at an almost nomlnai cost, leaving rich black soil, which is the most productive! and valuable In all that district. There may i be thousands of similar swamps, yyhere two! or three days spent in sinking test shafts > would show a ready means of converting! slouzhs or swurnps Into fields of wonderful fertility. A Righteous Hanging'. fColumbia RetjiMcr.} Perry Cely, colored, was han'ed at Greenville yesterday lor the crime of murder. The execution took place a few minutes past 12 , o'clock. In private, only a few witnesses being; admitted. The was a lance crowd In thocitv, | but guards were stationed to prevent them I gathering Immediately around the place ofi execution and the gallows was concealed by a screen of bagging. The murderer's neck was not broken. When the trap was sprung and . tlie body dropped, the knot slipped to the back of Cely's neck, and death ensued from strangulation. Life was pronounced extinct In thirteen minutes, and the body was cut . down In tweuty-eight minutes. I Perry Cely had been criminally Intimate with Perry Anderson's wife, all colored, and 1 this coming to Anderson's knowledge, lie had ordered Cely never to enter his premises. On Sunday night, the?!d of April, lfW-'t. about 8 o'clock, Anderson went home and found Cely at the gate talking with his wife. His wife j' went Into the house, and Anderson inquired i of Cely what he wanted. Cely replied that lie had come to have a friendly talk. Anderson j said he dul not wish to have any talk, and or-1 do red Cely away. Anderson then went to-i1 ward his house, when Cely llred a pistol shot, | at which Anderson turned and faced Cely, < when the latter tired a second shot, which en- ? tered at the right of the left eye and lodged In }' the brain, causing instant death. Cely went' to the corpse, fell It, and said: "Yes, I have i! killed liim and they will hang mc tor it. lle[ threw his pistol down by tlie body, went to! i tlio Baptist Church, told his wile what he had done, and still'tcil to tlie city to surrender , himself, when ho was met by an officer wlioj' took charge of lilm. He was tried and eon-i' victed, the Jury belli? absent ten minutes.!' He appealed to the Hovernor for commuta-' < lion ot sentence to life iniprisonment, which I, was refused, and yesterday lie paid the penal-' ty of Ills crime. As usual with those who die j tiy the hangman's hand, he claimed that lie 11 did not willfully kill l'erry Anderson; "the11 way the witnesses swore aj;aln<t hint was I, shameful." All was rlulit bctwe -n him and' lilsUod, and ho would take hU s.eat among the saints. |' lIoyoK to Whom Ho*oit is T>i*k.?The'1 many friends of the Rev. .1. M. Todd In Wins-1 ' boro and throughout the country will be; i highly gratified to learn of his recent election [. to the chair of I.alin and French In Krskliiej College. .Mr. Todd Is now and has been for some months on the editorial start of the| Associate /{r/iinnrd l*rvxtiytrrlun, and In that work lias been doing much service to the i Church and Kiate. There was conslderaale ur.aninliy in the liourd of Trustees lliatij elected him, and the compliment should be the more gratifying to Mr. Todd and his. friends, when It is remembered there were a number of applicants of ability for the posl-1 tion.and that he was soughlout, the election i being w.thout ills knowledge and solicitation. The newly elected professor has accepted the ini^r will) it?i iwcoiiiDjinvinsr resoonsi bill ties. iind we feel sure that he will bring to the ills-1 charge of lis arduous duties a vigorous mind, 1 a ripe scholarship, and an unswerving conscientiousness which will redound to his credit and to the honor of the Institution with which he Is connected. We congratulate Kr.sk inc College upon the happy and judicious choice of her now Professor of Latin and, French.? Winsboru Xrwx anil Herald. ^_ i Personal.?The Hev. IT. T. Slonn, I). P., of Abbeville county, has been spending several. days in our town. l>r. Sloan assisted the Hev. J. T. Chalmers In the communion services oti! lnstsunday.and during Ills stay here preached some thoughtful and eloquent sermons. He. carries with him to his home the best wishes 'of liis many friends of Wlnshoro. ' President J. I). Kennedy, of the Due West i Female College, with his wife and daughter, arc on a visit to his daughter. Mrs. James A. Ilrlce, of this place. I'rotessor Kennedy has. [had charge or the Female f'oilege at Due! I West for Hie past two years, and under his wise and efficient administration it has | rapidly increased in popularity and useful-i I ness, and the college over which he presides Is I now one of the best institutions In the South, j I We wlKh for him and family a pleasant stay ; among the hospitable people of Winnbboro. I ' ? )Yinaboro Xcwa. - < > am Socd Irish Potatoes. [Southern World.} As the cost of feed for planting I* considerable, several truckers at diflerent points have been experimenting with Hie Northern seed and seed taken from the borne crop, with o view to relieving themselves of the great expense of buying seed every year. Attherecent meeting of the Jeflerson county, Fia., truckers, Capt J. F. Tucket ?tated that in a crop ol potatoes plnnted from the home crop, by himself, marketable potatoes predominated, t'uptaiii Charles A. Choate, of I.eon, writes t? the Floridian, the following as tiie result of an experiment with home seed: "In February last, about the 15th, I planted ngaln from the culls of the fall crop, and have Just harvested the crop. 1 And the yield at menu-em ninety mree ousneis io me Here, sixty-throe of which were shlpulng potatoes, forty-three bushels being very laige and tine, and twenty bushels thut would class no "No, 2," thus leaving twenty nine bushels ol culls. "The only fertilizer used whs stable manure liberally applied broad cast and plowed under." Mr. J. D. Pepper, a citizen of Leon mudeafalr lest this spring as to the merits of both Northern and home seed. The Flvri<IUtn uives the following as the remit of ills experimenting: "On the same day lie planted both sidebysldr, In the same manner. using the name fertilizer, cultivating and taring for both In all respects alike. One day last week he dug ashort row of each with the lollpwiiig result: Northern seed?one peck nrlimw, three pecks seconds, and two of culls. Florida seed?two pecks primes, three seconds Hid one ol culls. While the yield from both troth" same, the Florida seed are superior In luallty. This Is Indeed a good showing 111 favor or Florida seed, and In every Instance reported the potatoes produced from Florida iced have been fully equal in all respects to hose grown here from Northern seed. In Mr. Pepper's experliiitut the only difference s In favor of homo-raised seed, the yield of prtines being double, with half the number cf MilU and the tumiA miAnilt v of m???nn?l?i "Last August Mr. i'epper planted whole ;ullfi from his early crop of last year. This ipi'int; he cut anil planted potatoes from his all crop, with the gratlfylug result tuentlon>d above." Ersklnc College?A Signal Station. [Aa.iocia/e Reformed Pretbyterian.] Tho meteorological instruments of which reference ha* heretofore been made In this pajer are now In successful operation, under the nanagenient ol Prof. Hood. The Instrument* ionslst of thermometers, maximum, mlnlnittn, wet and dry bulbs, barometer, wind wne. rain guaue, and aneinometor. They ire all of the very best make, and very perrect, having been tested and corrected by the :hl?f officer of the signal service of the U. S. Vrmy. The anemometer is provided with an flectrlc self-recording attachment by which he wind-travel Is registered on a revolving yllnder. By this ingenious pleeeof mechansm, the operator can determine the force of tie wind without Inspecting the dials of the memometer. Hence observations can be nade on a passing storm, without going out nto the weather to consult the Instrument tself. Prof. Hood Is making these observations or the state Hoard of Health, llesides the ango of the temperature given by the thernometer, the data furnished Include the rela,lve pressure of atmosphere at the p'ace and imes observed; the dew point, and conso ,ucnt depression of heat necessary hepercent.of hunilrtj^su{Jn!o'irtfln fall; tho mil the cq^j force, or speed of the wind ; the leptu in incnes 01 rain tnai talis in a given ,lme. We congratulate the College that our town ins been made one of the stations of the Soard; for, while It Is not dlrcctly connected vltli it, students will no doubt l>e allowed no saslonally to see observotlous made, and thus earn the use of such instruments. - -- Editor Potty on U&rdcntn?. This dry weather Is Interfering with late jardenlng. Simp beans plait ted now will nako a good late crop, provided rain sufficient 'alls on them. Irish potatoes might be jedded and watered and then when the rains set in they could be transplanted. Land can je prepared for turnips. If they be planted low they would be ready to come up the first uin. Tills Is also the month to transplant itrawberrles. Plant now 011 good soil and juKlvate well anil a fair crop may be expected lext Spring. Squash vines that are nearly lead, if hoed well, will come out and bear till rost. Tomato* vines which have done little jood during the summer are worth looking ifter. There Is a chance for a fine late crop. [>o not give up thegaiden in despair. The condition of half the farmers of our :ounty Is truly pitiable. Ill the burnt sections ihere arc hundreds of acres of corn that will not make a bushel to the acre. The uplands ire cut oireveu In the neighborhood lavored cvilli rain. Many fields of cotton are not six nches high and the growth ceased several weeks ago. The present outlook Indicate* mly two thirds of a cotton crop, even If rain should fall tills week and the balance of the pe:ir be favorable for maturing and gathering Lhe crops. Should rain hold oil two weeks longer It Is probable that the crops will not reach hall of last year's yield. It Is too early lowever to estlinuto the cotton crop, for It nearly always deceives one. One thing 1s wtHiil though, and thut. Is many of our farmers are suflerlng from the severest Irouth that has visited the country since 1815. -Carolina Spartan. Attend to Your Own Side. [Camden Journal.J Tlin Auqutta Chronicle and OomlUuiionalim it this time seems to be giving very great attention lo (he affairs of South Carolina in record to the election of Mr. Randall to the next Speakership. It is the especial prop and <upport of Messrs. Dibble and Tillman. und 'peaks of us over here as If It had divined the thoughts of every voter in South Carolina. We can say to our neighbor across the rivei that they are literally groping in the dark, li the.v for one moment think that Randall could get a corporal's guard of the populai vole in this State. It Is true that Messrs Dibble and Tillman may vole for him whei: I'ongress meets, but we are sure that If thit question had been sprung before the last elec tier, that he (Randall) would have gotten uc support from our State. In the mean time ran t our esteemed contemporary attend t< It's own side? We will manage to take am of our own cass, and correct all evils at the proper time. A Met'iodist Minister Murdered in Texas for an Alleged Domestic Offeuce. Txi.ino. Texa9. August 15?Yesterdnj afternoon Lawrence Penman met the Rev R O. Sewell on the street, an 'drawing a navj revolver fired at the minister four times, In fllcllng wounds which In a >hort time causec his death. The causes leading to the shootlnj are of a domestic nature and can only hi Cubllshcd on the trial of the cuse. N'ooim lames Denman. and yet the Rev Mr. stwel is regarded as tiio victim of a conspiracy,m lie asserted In an antemortom statement Both parties are highly connected. Sewel was a Methodist clergyman und local agent o the American Bible Society. Amenities of Journalism. | ycwberry Herald.1 The Prp.it and Banner has, in iLs Inst issue some timely words on the amenltiea of Journ alism. We commend them to ourselves an< otir brethren. It does strike us that too nianj of the press take up time and space In Iin pugnlng the motives of those who differ froir them which should he used In discussing th< merits of the Issue?assuming that all arc honest In their convictions, unless there b( clear evidence to the contraiy. Attain, we are too much given to taking u{ whole columns In issue after Issue trying V vent some personal spleen or gratify some personal prejudice?It may be, concerningf matter about which ttie public cares as littU as Jay Gould does about the public. A Distressing' Affair. [Charlotte Journal.] Dr. F. W. P. Butler, a son of Senator M. C Butler, of South Carolina, while out horse back riding wi'h a young lady friend at Lancaster Court House, yesterday, met with a distressing accident whfch may result, It It feard. In his death. The horse he was ridlns became unmanageable and ran away with him. llv. was thrown off and as he struck tht ground, the horse fell on him, crushing him badly and causing concus-lon of the hraln He was in an Insensible condition yesterday afternoon and the doctors had but little, ii nny, hopes for his 'recovery. Dr. Butler has been living at Fort I.awn.s. C.. for sometime post, where he is a great favorite with the people. Jeff Davis and Judge Black. [Orjmden Journal,] It Is seldom that we see men of such power and ability crossing swords, and upon this occasion we can see no earthly Rood in It. Crimination and recrimination can etl'ect nothing benellclal, and [fives little to the historian In future to write about, as all the mutters discussed are already well known, und it doe* the country uo good to be stirrluc up the embers. We are sorry to learn of the appcnrnnce of rot ton worms In this section. They have Invaded a tleln belonging to Mr. T. J. Harper, lust below the city; also Col. Thomas Tuyler'a place.?Columbia yeoman. Pnnctuation. Prof. Anderson wrttes to tho Lauren*uille Herald to correct what he deems an improper use of the apostrophe, and the rieraht accuses him of having made three errors of punctuation in the first four words of his letter. This matter ol punctuation is very imperfectly understood, oven among graduates of high institution* of learning, and we might almost say among tho Professors themselves. Speaking of the "office of the apostrophe," is it not mistook when used in writing Tatar's Head, Cloud's Creek, Spann's Church, or Span's, and many ither words of like character. We seo "C'tesar's Head Hotel" advertised in somo of our exchanges. Wo would like to see or hear some Rood grammarian wrestling with those three words, while the apostrophe is permitted to till its pos jessive easeoince, as in ino insnnce uurc quoted. Our idea is that Crusars Head is i compound noun and the apostrophe has no proper plaeo in its etymological makeup. And so of Clouds Creek, ind Spanns. We would like to hear from tome of our brethren of the press in reference to this use of the apostrophe.? Edgefield Monitor. 4W> Advice to Intending Ministers. Mv dear brother, if you honestly prefer it, if you honestly feel that you have something to say in the pulpit that people must hear, then preach. Hut : If you can't do anything else.- if you can't plow or reape"; if you know'not how either to tish or cut bait; if at anything else you would starve, then, in Heaven's name, keep out of the pulpit. God nover yet established a church as a pension agency for anybody. If you have made up 3*011 r mind "that you'll have to preach or starve, yoy will confer a favor upon the community by starving. Or, you can edit a newspaper, which ih a respectable way of doing the same thing. Anybody can edit a paper. Except the editor. He doesn't know the tirst principle of his business. Any man whom ho has had an occasion to bring into the dissecting room for demonstration will tell you that.?Bob liurdcttc. To Our Advertisers. In the future no notices will boinsertcd in the "Local columns" for less than ter cents per lino. We cordially give oui regular advertisers a local notice upor A?. nliumvn /* ' limit* uH. Ill lftl> \H WIIHU^U "I I.UVI* UM vertisements. This is as much as thej can ask of us. If wo buy a billofJICK from a merchant that transaction does 1101 give us free access to his stock of goods ?Lancaster Ledger, ?J-"*"*" > "l i - 150 Bn?hel? Rust Proof seed sale, by Miller Bro's. Pain^J and oils! Paint* and oils! P^^^HN | and oils*! ju?t received at Miller Bro?^^^^H Paint briJbhos, full line, at Miller Are yoi ?oing to paint* MllJor ' will mix f cofctfyoo '< def.ire, out 7!i pure Jeud and ora-, The Town Council have bou of theTise Well fixtures, fot tfTe well, which were brought down Greenville by Mr. Adams. It satisfactorily, and in one of the bes^^HH ' ventions ever offered to the pubUc^HBH 1 empties its buckcts, without KpilllngH^^H splashing the water. Is safe bee&u^^^^H has a self-acting break. And is eas^BB^H draw, having two buckets. Mr. ttonhatn, Jr., will explain its wurki^^HH and take orders for fixtures. My patrons will take notice that be absent for some time from Augval^H^^E and give me tlleir orders for machlt^H^H for September delivery by that date. W. Cannon. White pinucs and lawns at Wardlaw & Edwards. * mm! CONGAEEE mi woil Coumbia.S. Agent for CH APMAN'S PERPETUAL 17AP0BAtH fPHESE WORKS WERE ESTABUBl^^^l 1 in 1847 by Messrs. Geo.U.ncjaiuttd Andernon and purchased by mHu the 18o0,and from that time till now carrlctiH H successfully by myself. My friends and tomerswlll hear witness or the large and peudousJobs executed by me. It wv> at words where the largest and almost only B of Its class ever executed In this city wasd^^^^H viz.: the making of *hf-,~'*y? -wvthe WjJLer^qrU-^J^ tne year 1856. ln\^_J|^^M "Such as the FOUNDING. I can say thaW^I Bl My stock' largest belli ever cast in the KAL WOU1C for the CltvHall In ColumHS large nnd various, tfttllerns for ARCHITEC^^^H conies, Gardens and CMNS for Store front^^^B largest variety and mosJn RAILINGS for many of these are paten te&meterles I have^^^H chased the right for this 8tat modern pattei^^^H In the machine line I can i and * " trons with HTEAM ENGINEM-iwJ"Trcrro~^^^^B of any steeand description. My CIRCUL^H^^H ?y .11 iiiijs anve carried oir tho prize ery State Fulr held In thU city, and In construction I have taken pains to comt^H^B simplicity with the mostaseful modern provements, find may flatter myself that CIRCULAR SAW MILLS find favor wllhH^B ery enwyer who understands his bnslneafcBH^I The many orders I am steadily receivlnjt^^^^B SUGAR (.'AXE MILLS prove that the appreciate the mills of my make, and so^^^^B 'with my OKA RING for HORSE POWE^^^B GIN WHEELS, GRIST MILLS and otB B MACHINERY. H| I have the manufacturing right of PATENTS, such as castings for ROCK TON AND HAY PRESS and three or f^^^B different FEED CUTTERS and other ImflB^^I I will be pleased to send my circular* to ^^^^B applicant, togelher with price list or e*tlm^^^^B My prices are moderate, and I assnro the pHB lie that they are lower even than thoae^^H^E Noithern manufacturers,??nd tbat my wBI will compare favorably with tbat of any qBI^^I er maker. Address John Alexander, ^B Concauke Iiion Works, Columbia, S. (B fl unto tic DURING a few weeks absence. I mv business here In charge of Mr. ^^^^^fl MclLWAIN, who will he pleased any one wanting auythlng In my line. THOS. BEGOHSI August 1,1SS3, tf USE WELL FIXTURH : *|*HE TISE WELL FIXTURE to by Air ^RH I i inoNi perieci ana complete Invention , its purpose that has ever been made. No danger of children being hurt by It. Anybody can draw water with It? from r depth. It Is safe, reliable and coavenl^^^^H I Sold by J. J. ADAMS, im Greenville, S. d.BB Mr. M. L. BONHAM. JR., at ABBEVILI^BB ) will take orders for the proprietor. August 1, 188:1, 3m | | DUE WEST mm (iLtfl Exercises begin october 1st. of board and regular tuition for tbeyc^^^H 1 Bc?t facilities for music And painting. ; For catalogue apply to the President. J. P. KENNEDY. Hb August 1,188$, tf f ANDERSON MILITARY SCHOOLS ANDERSON, S. C. jfl I^he cheapest first-class scho^^^b In the South. For circulars address \V. J. LIGOIf, |H H. G. REED, 'M Principals. August 1,188.1,2m H. D. REESEBj ABBEVILLE, S. C.. H Repairs watches, clocks axHH Jewelry In the best manner at the lov^^HI . est prices. Long experience and close appl^^^l cation to business merit consideration rror^^^H fi those huvlnv work to be done In his line, ;; keeps Jewelry and .Silverware for sale. Feb. II, 1883, 12m L. W. Pekri jt, T. P. COTHIUU^^H PEBBIN & COTHBANH Attorneys at Law, WM ABBEVILLE, a. C- __HB J. Knox & Col ?AUEIV175 tUit? MR. TOM YOUNG'S I PURE CORN WHISKEY! TIIK best and purest CORN KKY brought to tills market, June 22,1881, tf Just Received. OVER 100 BASKETS?Lunch Baskets. ket Baskets. Salcliel Baskets, Key l7Bi^^H| kets, Nursery Baskets. BR It. M. II ADDON Jc CO. Feb. 28, 1883, tf IF you wnnt n nice Spring Suit call on CUNNINGHAM & TEMPLETON. I March ?, 1*83, tf Paragon Axle Grease. rpHE bosi In innrket. Which I will seljfl^| I i cheap to dealers by the package. Retalt^^H 1! price 10cents, or three lor 25 cents at the Ala^^B| ; ton corner. THOS. BEGGS. March 14,1883, tf Shoes, Shoes, Shoes. [MI I A DIES Fine Shoes. Children's Fine Sbocs^^^H j Ladies and Children's Slippers. /'H It. M. HADDON & CO. I |M March 21,1883, tf ^S|f!i^4I I.A'^vv I i v&' tv ixtitxs vtKjssitx'OE to mm \ J- tfostroy niiti cxj'-ct Worms HH ' ' r ? <*"< I. fi m n n hnliv. BHH \v\ a it I whrre Ihfj exist, if I ''/!<>? V.?'f no?T.r<li?c to tlie direo |H ' 'J? ^"v* -1 *^',n-4' It i"a nafe and ro? 8^H| linWo rvniwly. I igf-*i!i tJ FOS SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS fli I j AND STORE KtEPERS. '$$%} J David E- Fouir. Prop, H i '* ' "'"' l!\ l.'i l^O"Pr.. MD. I I L? POWDERS ? BH I., m I *' s _V j.i H | f r.:-v. !'! c!!<> r.f r .??.-. ?. t? Pr Lrxo Fl'.. . ir i |H 1 >. .?4v . i n rimrtRA, '! p- \|* IX KoWL4 . ( . . ? v ,;t t? i; -'n' -intltv of mlllt ^H| mi i.tv c<*::;., ou.i n.f.l:c tiio buturflrm r i'o-v-'rts * ;n Piir? orprrvpnt nlmort m?T H| \ t -v.iiit-.t |i.-.r? s: :! !* :tl'ti;iir<? iiihjpct. ' l*i>U|?r.S UI.M. OIVV fATlSr ACTIO*. L !?>4U tverj wjitrs. I AV:3 r. -r>rT3, Proprietor, BAiTiizonr.JCD. . ... n Tin J?rj -- - . , 7 aiTS."- -V^ JHH -:. ir