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The Abbeville Press and Banner. 1 BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1886. VOLUME WOMAN AND HOME. a variety of hints on "how tc be beautiful." Doctor and Fashionable Lady Patient? Keeping Open Accounts?A Debutant* ?Girls of India?Washington's Wopaei Clerks?Girl of the Period. To make the skin elastic and aid in removing the unpleasant spots that appear on the back of the neck, an emollient bath is recommended: and this may be obtained by / using a preparation of bran and barley inBtead of soaa Boil in soft water a dozen pounds of barley-meal aud four pounds ol bran, until the mixture becomes about as thick as a heavy oiL Apply this over aU unrfnnA of the bolv with a flannel cloth, and wash it off with warm water; then rub in some almond oil, take a quick bath, end dry the skin carefully?not as if you were rubbing a piece of satin, but tirmiy and softly, yet effectually. The flesh brush is not advised lor women with ordinarily sensitive skins, unless, indeed, they have become accustomed to its use. If one has not boon in the habit of using it, it is very apt to hurt the skin, shock the system, and do more harm than good. The ardent advocate and devotee of outdoor sports notices that her hands grow red and unsightly, and she does not like it Who would/ However, she can easily whiten them, for all that is necessary is that they should be washed in hot milk and water just before going to bed, then rubbed well with either almond, palm or clear olive oil, and a pair of chamois gloves drawn over (hem. Use hot water and good soap for washing, and in the day time wear gloves that will promote perspiration. Lime water, that is. *.h<. inir*4 of limtArt is said to be cood for sun turned hands. The other kind of lime water, more or less diluted and taken internally, will be good for the woman who suffers lrom continual malaria aad fears that her breath is feverish. Nothing is so mortifying to a woman as to know this, and yet, unless she does, she can not help herself. When the unpleasant odor is not due to the teeth or temporary inoigestion, a good gargle is made by mixing equal parts oi tincture of krameria and eau de cologne, diluting the whole with water. This if astringent in its effect, but not enough tc cause a sensitive pair of lips to suffer. The old-fashioned idea of using burnt bread for a tooth-powder is again revived, and rye bread is the kind recommended. lu order to be certain that it will not be gritty, burn the bread to ashes, pass the rolling-pin Over it, and then pass it through a line sieve, convincing yourself of its being a perfect powder. Personal experience has convinced the writer that the teeth wi II not present a perfectly white appearance unless treated to the usual number of bru-hings, and, in aldition, given a so-calL-d dry polish, that is, rut them, well with a flannel cloth dampened .just enough to hold the prepared chalk, and then rinse the mouth with tepid water. By the by, how many mothers realize that when baby is allowed to quiet herself by sucking her thumb it usually results in the upper teeth protruding in a very ugly way i If the two middle Angers are her comfort, then the lower teeth force themselves out It never seems to dawn upon the infant inind that the delight is not unalloyed, but .surely the pretty maid will blame you when she realizes what altered the shape q( her mouth from a dainty rosebud into a deformity, for in extreme cases it really becomes that. - The woman who hopes to enjoy herself And yet wishes to look well during the summer must caiofully observe a few rules. If she is to bo much in the open air a widebrimmed hat must be worn: she can not alwas be sure of an umbrella, while the hat is already on the head and furnishes a constant protection. Her gloves must be re snembered, and if gnats or musquitoss are troublesome she must not touch with her nails the wounds made by them A little diluted . afnica or hamameiis in a small, double-corked bottle, such as is used for smelling-salts, is carried by many ladies, and often proves a simple panacca for such slight ills as the bites of insects, the scratches of briars, +hrtiicor?'l_on/l.nna rrn'ohnrto lilrolv befall the merriest party ever started in ijues* of dog-roses and daisies Either ol the liquids mentioned removes the sores and &Mays, often prevents, 'inflammation. Then her diet most be rtgu a ted, and she must be careful not to overrate her physical strength while taking needed exercise. Weariness .affects the complexion in a most unpleasant way, and causes wrinkles tbat are not easily dissipated. The eyes must not be subjected to glaring lights, nor must they be tried in "darkened rooms. Just here may be said a few words tc women whose summer pleasures are neces sarily covered 6y a short vacatlou which is to be spent by the ocean or in the country. You are perhaps in the habit of having your vision fixed during the greater part oi tiie day upon a point near your eyes, and by the time the necessity lor so doing if Relaxed daylight has become softened by the shadows of approaching night To meet the strain of blinding white light whicb the open country or the seaside impose: upon the eyes at midday, provide youreell with softly-tinted glasses, not necessarily dark-blue ones, but wear them only whex actually necessary. None of these littl* cares are troublesome, and all tend not only to future advantages, but to present com' fort Attend to these details this seasor >ond you will see the result ere the autumc cornea?Butterick's Delineator. The Doctor and Fashion's Devotee. "By Jove!" said my little doctor, "when ] walked into my consultation room jusl now who should I see?U o'clock in the morning, mind you?but one of my mool K</\no kla lorlw noHonh T ha/) Knat treatin? her for a serious heart trouble?ont that pretty nearly took her oil her feel a year ago. Again and again she disobeyec me, and went to parties and balls, ant drank stimulants and didn't know what all i>ut at last i told her she would be a dea< woman at any instant and couldirt posiiblj live a month. That scared her, and bhi pulled up for two or three months, and go U. t>Arv mnph After that I lo>t fiiyh. of her until today. But to day she woj in a frightful condition. Her heart actioi was more feeble and irregular than at anj time before, and site?well, she looked prettj as a pi.'tore to an ordinary eye, but to t physician her red cheeks, her fles'uiiig eye: and her waxen skin were so many startling symptoms. 'Morning, doctor,' said she 'stopped in on my way home. "Went to th< opera last night, then to a private supper ~ then for a drive in the park, and a littli 1 reakfast at Fort Washington, and when i leave you I'm going to bed. I'm ail faggec out' 'Airs. said 1, "j'ou can go to bed or you can go to the races, or you can g< to Baxter street, just as you please; but yoi can not see me professionally again as~lon( as you live. You are trifling with mi ' more than I will stand. Go aud die 01 some other doctor's bands; you can't di< . on mine.' I was thoroughly angry and ou of patience with her, and I said what firs ame to my mind. But she is not going t< die on any other doctor's hanuS. I am t< go on treating her. She was as plain- spokw - - > ' ' - as I, and we came to an understanding. "'Don't be absurd, doctor,' said she. '1 shall not go anywhere else than to you. We misunderstand one another. Let ut ' come to terms. You have been, trying t? cure me, haven't you; to build me up, re store my physique, get my system nominal again, and so bring back my regular hear! action? Yes, I thought so. Now, that can ( be done by my retiring at 9 or 1C o'clock at night, abstaining from stimulant: 1 and sweets, going into the country and get ting plain food and absolute, quiet rest. Am I right:' " 'Just as you did do last year,' said L , " 'Yes, said she; 'just as you very kindly . told my husband I must do, you mean, and just as he made me do, staying in town six L months for the puruosa Well, my husband > is now in Brazil, and will remain there ' until May or June, and I am my own misOIaooo iinHoncfiftn/1 1Y1A. I | I llm 1UC1C;U1D yi^(Mv ut?Vkv?w?.UM ? waufc no building up and no systematic ' ti'eatment of any sort I wane a potion now which will put me to sleep from now | till to morrow morning. Will you give it to me;' ' "'Go on,' Baid I; 1 what else will yon have!' " 'I want a course of treatment,' said she, . 'that will fix me up for a champagne supper | and dance next Monday night. I want tc J be up all night, and to look my best on that occasion. After that, if anything else turns up that I want to bo braced up for I'll let you know. Keep me on hand for all the good times possible until the folks quiet town, and then present your bilL I may { never live to see another season, and I mean I to make the most of this one.' " 'You are a fool,' said L | " 'Certainly,' said 6he; 'and you are my , doctor. Make the best of a bad job.'"? Clara Belle in Cincinnati Enquirer. Do Not Keep Open Acconnt*. 'There is one danger to which I would t like to call the attention of every young couple about to begin housekeeping," said an elderly woman of great good sense, who has wide and profitable experience in the affairs of the social community. "What is that?" inquired a listener. "The practice of running an account at the store," she replied. "The housewife should avoid this as she would a serpent She is not usually either the wage-earner or the paymaster in the household. She gets whao she wants on credit, because there is no particular trouble in getting it She does not appreciate the size of the bills thus contracted, which grow with the phenomenal rapidity of a snowball running down hill. Spend only what money you have in hand. Don't buy anything on credit Don't begin housekeeping on a credit basis. The wife who buys on the book is a continual drag upon the energies of her husband. It is damaging to the peace of mind of both husband and wife when the air is full of the constant echoes of little bills forever flying homo to roost Under such a system of expenditures neither caD i properly understand or keep in mind the limitations of the provender fund, or how *- ?? ? t*??? no{/l Anf nrirl V?/-vtxj muuu limy Uttto unju Jjaiu vuv uuu uvn , much have been laid up for emergencies. "It is impossible to get an inch start in , the world by running in debt, ffhe beet i they can do is to live up to their earringa By keeping accounts with the butcher and the green grocer and other tradespeople, a I rich opportunity which they never neglect ; is afforded these people to charge high and excessive prices for what is thus purchased, i The storekeeper who disposes of his merchandise on credit is always obliged to make good the accounts of his bad customers by taking large profits from those of his credit customers who pay. By buying for cash you always get thing's cheaper, and thereby j increase the purchasing power oi your money, be the amount great or smalL The i cash buyer is always the preferred cus; toaier. , "Iiuymg UIl uouiv UUO a uouuouvj w create and foster wastefulness and improvi( dence. Thoro is no rule in the world like . the old saw 'pay as you go.' ''?Baltimore , Herald. Helen Hunt Jackson's Grave. [ These paragraphs from the letter of a k woman whose home is at Colorado Springs , have a general' interest: "One day was spent by four of us who could climb in visi iting the grave of 'H. H.' It was a sunny ! December day with no snow except where ; there was no sun. We had a fast team of horses, so we went to the western end of ! Cheyenne canyon, where are the seven falls, n?a nlvwn th? nth^r rpAfihinc to the too ol i Cheyenne mountain. At the extreme end ( of the canyon there is a semicircle of high ; rock, impossible to climb until within two or three years, since which time a staircase [ has been constructed of 160 steps. Up we l climbed for half /a milo, when we reached a plateau, an acre ol > which Mr. Jackson bought by request of 'H. H.' for her burial place. It , is a spot which she used often to visit and as often noted the fact that there the sun is . the first to strike in the morning and the ; last to leave at night It overlooks Col[ orado Springs, and Mrs Jackson's former i home, but the town is so far away that it > looks little more than a checker board on ; the vast plains reaching to the oars tern hor, izon. Her grave looks like any other, and j is coverod with kinnikinick, a trailing vine [ which grows abundantly there, and which - resembles the box cultivated in shrub form i in many old New Knglaud gardens. I am j told that the wish of 'H. H.' wwto have her grave level with the ground, with nothing . to njark the place, but it is presumed that j Mr. Jackson, will erect a fitting monument t there to her memory. The back of 'H. H. 's' writing desk at her old home is profusely covered with the kinnikinick vine which clings to her grave."?Springfield Repub^ lican. t A Yonng Hungarian Girl's DeJjut. s Eighteen years ago there appeared f<5r the t first time on the stage of the great Berg i theatre in Vienna?a theatre which is to > Germany what the Comedie Francaise is to t France?a young girl of not more than 15 I years of age, the daughter of humble I parents. For a moment the audience sat , spellbound at the charming, blushing pictl ure before it, and then, before the debutante r had spoken one word, broke into a perfect i storm of applause. That night Vienna had t a new sensation. The people at the clubs, t cafes and in society were wild. 3 Next morning the young Hungarian girl l woke to find herself famous as Janisb, the r favorite ingenue of the Austrian emperor's r own theatre. Adored by the public, and i with men of the highest distinction in the s world at her feet, it would have been extra; ordinary if a women, even so wonderfully ; gifted as Janisb, had lost her head; but by i a rare chance fate willed it otherwise, and . the great actress, to see whom crowds 3 flocked to the theater each night, remained [ | in private life tho same gentle, unassuming, 1 j modest girl that she had been when she ao, j companied her aged grandmother to early > mass euth morning.?Exchange, l r Women Clerks at tlio Capital. 3 A woman can give no stronger proof of l | her necessities than the fact that she is a s j g>vernmont clerk. A lady was passing t ! through the treasury and was stopped by a t watchman, who said to her: "Do you wori j here.'" "Thank God, no!" she replied, "and g I'm sorry for all the women who da" > Woau>n have to b* as promptly at theil desks as tho men beside them, and to work the same number of hours. More liberties are taken in ordering around a woman than ' Is taken with a man, for the size of the s&l> ary has much to do with the estimation in which clerks are regarded by their assoi ciates. i The half-masticated, hurriedly-eaten i breakfast, seasoned with anxiety, produces 1 indigestion, and the harassed woman for the > first time feels that the struggle is too much for her; she sufferers from low spirits, she i distrusts her ability to be accurate in her work, she is too disturbed to feel confidence in herself, and so the ironclad rules break down the usefulness, as well as the happiness not of one, but many. It requires moro iitfluence than the mere fact of being a con scientious, deserving and valuable clerk to ' induce a chief of bureau to recommend ah increase of salary for any woman, however meritorious. The Bright Girls of India;, Miss Gardner, a retired Indian missionary ; for Cawnpore, says: "It was in 1807 that the first missionary [ of the Union Missionary society visited India. Permission was given freely to open up schools to the boys, but "do not come near the girls," was hoard from the fathers, i brothers ani husbands. Six years ago i there was no enlightenment in Cawnpore i Now there are twenty-live schools. Every ; girl was married at the age of 12. Very , poor children were allowed freedom until I after their marriage, then they were secluded. If a man is asked if he is a sinner | i he is quick to answer, no indeed, that he has I washed in fie water of the Ganges. If you 1 persist that the outside only is cleansed he ' drinks of the water, and thus is clean inside i and out "It was easier to teach collectively, but no easy task to collect a schooL The ' weary missionary goes into every house, and , is asked: 'How much will you give us to j teach our girls?' They considered them as j stupid as a cat or a dog about learning, but ] ?n every instance girls learned as quickly as > , boys, and were usually very bright Those < women are very similar to our women in ' UaViUa on/1 oil AvAArtt. moPA ovtiirnala " . Courier-J ournal. - I ] Doing Away with Abbreviated Kamoi. J The propriety and good taste of doing ( away with abbreviated names among < women is Cast growing into favor, and the J good old fashion of giving the full name is j regarded as the correct and dignified thing. , Moliie and Mattie and Tillie and Maggie are again Mary, Martha, Matilda and Margaret?stately names, ail oC them, and full ( of significance, whoreas their diminutives 1 are silly and moaningless, and women are ] gradually awakening to the fact that it is | lar more elegant to reserve these pet names, f if they be used at all, for the household and ' to sign themselves always in addressing j , those outside this little circle with the full , name they received at the baptismal font. f In this respect our ancestors showed a i proper amount of dignity and it would be * well now if the old form of addressing , women as Mistress Ann Page, Mistress Catherine Smith, etc., were revived. The 1 present custom of retaining the maiden * nnmn ao n. mfddla name after marriage and < the use of the husband's Christian name by widows are both sensible, as they identify the individual witli a certain family.?New York World. The Girl of the Present Day. The girl of to^lay is generally proficient in needle-work. She^an not only alter her own dressaa, but cut and make those and her under-clothiug as well. She has a knack at trimming liar hats and furnishing up her wardrobe, and does her full share at helping the dressinak^V, who comes to assume charge of the spring and full sewing, She understands the various branches of mending, and takes that division of labor off her mother's hands, as well as the care of parlors and dining room, the arranging of flowers, the supervision of the manners and apparel oi tne younger cmiaren, ana sometimes 01 j their studies, too. Let full justice be done to the "girl of I the period," or, rather, let there be a clear comprehension of what should be really represented by that much-abused phrase. It is not fair to take the weakest specimens of the sex as types of a class comprising .earnest workers, with strong con -options of life, its responsibilities and burdens, and a steady purpose to bear them according to the best of their a^iaty.?Philadelphia Presa Defense of tlie Mothor-lu-Law. Did you ever stop to think of all that is involved in the term "Mother-in-law}" A mother has received from heaven heaven's purest gift?a precious baby. She baa brooded over every moment of its infant life. She has stood next to God to its helplessness. She has nursed it through terrible illnesses. She has. guided and contro.led, prayed away temptation and interposed her own oosom oecween tne snais ox sorrow ana its tender heart Her child has grown to womanhood, dear as her own soul, as necessary to her life as sunshine is to the earth, when, lo! up comes a dapper youth and beckons her girl away. When love leads, young feet Will follow, and the mother heart is robbed of its treasure. Given over to the care of of a stranger, the lamb for whom the mother's heart was the tender fold!?"Amber" in Chicago Journal. A Lady Lawyer In Oregon. Mrs. Mary A Leonard, recently admitted to practice law in Portland, is the first woman to achieve this distinction in Oregon. The supreme court in the first instance re fused to grant her a license, whereupon she succeeded in getting a bill passed by the legislature placing women upon the same footing as men before the courts of the state. The supreme court, upon some technicality, a second time refused her request, but was subsequently won over by the force of her arguments, and she is now a recognized i member of the Oregon bar. ?Chicago Times. : Discarding Skirts for Trousers. A beautiful belle of Berlin Heights, Cleveland, is gaining a national reputation as the leader of a select circle of divinelyformed ladies who have discarded unwiedly skirts for trousers, which closely resemble those of men save that they have rultios at the bottom. A neat-fitiing coat is worn over a corset, reaching about half way to the knee, that placing the lady behind an ordinary counter, nothing unusual would be observed in her dress. The idea in this dress i3 simply greater freedom of the lower am us.?i\ow urieans j. lines- uomuuitiu In the Midst of Her rets. The wife of a senator at "Washington receives callers in the midst of her pets. As these are from four to six dogs of diirereat sizes, ages and breeds, a nervous visitor is i not apt to bore her with a long calL? Chicago Triuune. The old fashioned idea of using a sage i. leaf or two on the teeth at each brushing has i i come up again. iSage is said to whiten the I' teeth, und is a very aromatic substitute for ' tooth powder. , i i The best way to cook a codfish is In a ? J Dutch oven placed in front of a good fire. 1 ' It is then neither boiled, baked or fried, but ! J Is cooked in its own juries. Mrs. Mackey, at the quwa's last drawing- j 1 room, wore luce which was made expressly ' for the empress of the French, . * "TIE CHARMED SPEECH." UNCONQUERABLE IOVE OF THE TRADITIONS WHICH LINK US TO A HERO EC PAST. Addrens of Rev. W. 91. Grler, D. D., ConvcyluK tliie Frnternnl RelatiojiH from the Attsbciate Reformed Presbyterlnn Church to the General Assembly of the United Presbyterlan Church at Hamilton, Ohio, May 28, 1886. United, Presbyterian. At four o'clock, according to previous order, the Rev. W. M. Grier, D. D., was presented to the Assembly. Dr. Grler Is President of Erskine College at Due West, S. C. He is a man or fine presence, and was at once given a cor3ial greeting. He is n fluent, graceful speaker. The address was one of rare elegance and force. He carried the audiencc with him From the first sentence and was frequently interrupted by prolonged applause. Indeed the members do not remember any scene like 11 at W.liy pruviuiiu Jtiseuiuiy. jiLiiiii;umici.y *fter adjournment, by a spontaneous movement, the members (ame forward and were Introduced by the Moderator. The rcadors of the United Presbyterian Mrlll bo glad to see the full report of the address which we are able bo give, but they can only In a limited measure share in the cojoymoat ol' those who Heard it. ADDRESS OF DR. GRTER. "Mr. Moderator and Brethren of the Auaemily: I count It one of the privileges of mill fe to be prescqt with you 011 this occasion, to look into your faces, to shake your hands, xud to sit with you as a court of Christ's nouse, and hear of your abundant labors in the vineyard of the M(inter. 'You have a little sister, some have thought ler a wayward sister, who for long yeam has i welt alone. While she was surrounded by Dany Christain kindred, with whom she minified In pleasant fellowship, she never felt the thrill and glow of a greeting from the old norne. That saddest of all alienations, a famly.estranpcment, cut ber oft' from those who Oone could sympathize with her in her most cherished beliefs and her most sacred tradllons. But love is as strong as death; many vaters cannot quench it, neither can the loods drown It. The Fongs of the household, .hose divine songs,'indited by the (Spirit cf lim to whom all hearts aro known,' kept ilive, however feebly, her affection for those lctHi\ iv(?ro niirfiprl nf. f.h? anma Our :ommon history 1b inwoven with every line )f tho?3 inspired Psalmsand bymns and sptrtual songs. They ware the lullabies of our :hlldhood when voices now hushed in death, lerhaps, sang soft and low, Yea, thought I walk through death's dark vtUe Yet will! fear no ill.' "The memory of our Balnted dead has rnssMl Into their majestic numbers. They nave leen the Inexhaustible resources in every exjerlenceof Joy Hand sorrow through whloh \e, as a Church, have passed. They are the ,le, stronger than any cuble of expediency or iclf-lntertst, that binds our hearts together, rhey are tliecharmed speech which, like the JnlclInR of sil ver bells on hill and dale, toU jack the scattered flock. For example, sir, t\ tic these {icenes are all new and strange, scarce u familiar face in these [<reat crowds, ind yet when this grave, sweet melody of songbnrittt ori my ears t here comes over me .hatold home feeliw?,and I could easily fortet that I am in Ohio and not South Carolina. "The little sifter, to whom I have referred, inu mo hl'ltlff vnil U. ttiPSMflPP. Of sincere and fraternal good will and affection. So lorg isolated, she h<?s grown reserved and shy, but your ^repeated manifestations of inerest In her well-being have touched her leart. For nearly twenty years one and an)ther of your household liavo come to her >vith e?rnent invitations ta closer relations. I lave sometimes wonlered if you knew us jetter whether these invitations would be so renuentand cordial. "Mr. Moderator, we ire very old fashioned. 5Ve hold not only to the old doctrines in their mtural and obvious mear.ing. but to the old >ractico8 flit well. There* In neither a new -heology nor a progresdlvo theology amougst as! ">*ow, it might be possible, that on closer icquaimtance you would come to think our onservatism too intense?that it was a slavsh, unintelligent. retarding reverence for the ild ways. Perhaps there may be au element if that sort in it. Wo know, there are good ind wise men who maintain that there are such thlngsi in church I y rotations to society an dead Issue.' It was the saying of the lamentid Garfield.'Do not pitoh your tents in the jruveynirds of dead Issues*' No doubt the (tatesman wax thinking; of the political ispects of the subject. Hp saw before him, jerhaps., the Bourbon Democrat who 'never earns anythlug, and who never forgete anything,' or, perhaps, there was In his eye the irdent Republican whosboutf; himself hoarse *ith the cyy. 'The old flag?and an appropriation.' Rut there are tliose who contend that his saying has Its application to the Church, aid that t he soundest, purest, most orthodox Jliurch may, In the progress of tinie, feel call?d upon to part with some of Its prescriptive Imitations. However th?x msy be, I repeat t?your old-fashioned sisler receives wltti a creatdealof caution^ill changes; not because liey are necessarily wrom.% but. because they epresentand minister ton tendency that has wrought infinite mischief to the simplicity of he gospel. We are s:ire. however, that the Jnltcd Presbyterian church looks with a citidly charily on this unconquerable love tar the practices of our forefathers. I apprelend it is Jusi this common love for tho old uid the true?for the old because It Is the true -that is drawing us togeU er. It is not morcy becauso of our doctrinal unity, not becauso ive hold In common that venerable and justly /enerated symbol of our faith, the Westmins,er Confession, but above this ; It is because >f our congenial view* of troth in their comprehensive and minute relations?It Is bejause we believe alike in mnttcrs of Church irder and worship?it is because of a iamily Ikeness; so strongly marked that we might je taken for twins?It is because of those ohershed traditions whluh link us to a heroic j.ist. It is a proud memory, sir, that our, an:estcrs stood together I n the utruggles of the Secession Church ugalust v,he 'hirelings o;f the state.' "So strong is this sympathy that the movenent towards closer relations has taken a deinlte shape. Your able Oomiriittee of Conference, who are so pleasantly remembered by 3urHynod, in consultatlou with a similar committee from our body, have adopted h uasis of union,' which is now in lho hands of lur l'resbyt-erles, and which is receiving the crave and serious consideration which the niportancc of tho subject demands. What nay be the immediate issue of this overture innnot be safely predicted. What is to be the inal outcome of these negotiations In, I hmk, certain. The sentiment In favor of unon has grown with ua in the past twelve noutlis, and we feel persuaded that time and riendly discussion and a generous prudence iviil prepare the way for the desired consummation. "Let it be confessed, however, that there are ivlth us good, earnest, conscientious men who <ay,'The time is not yet.' They still feel the nlluence of bitter sectional agitations, and :hey feel even more sensibly the elfecu of Jiat drcadrul conflict through which we have jasseil. You have read of the Irishman who ieelared that lie was nearly dead, that his physician had so drenched him with drugs kbut he was sick a long time alter he got well, to it is with us, Mr. Moderator. And, perhaps, it is no wonder. Why, how many are there ft lth you who still sit pensive around vacant lieartti-stones. Only the balm of tiilend can jure that hearthache, only the divine PhjsiMan can'pkick that rooted sorrow from the Drain.' But, wo may rest assured that as the years go by, while those memories will lose nothing ol'their preciousness, they will part with their sting and bitterness. And ltseenis to me that the Church of God, which Is the ippointed representative of brotherly love on Lhis purth, ought Lo be forward ill tills tood work of complete reconciliation. What an opportunity Is offered to us to inakc the first decisive movement In this direction ! "The overture which has been presented Is no visionary scheme, based upon a bastard charity. It proposes no compromise with error. Itconlemplates no mixture of heterogeneous religl >us beliefs. It Is rnthcr a recognition of that power of combination which Is :ine of the most marked features of our modern civilization?a power which alone has rendered possible the fabulous material prpsperlt.v of this country. Is there not occasion lor religious.combination? There are soberthinking man?men who have been taught of Giod,ai)d with whom Is the secret of the Lord ?who believe that we arc on the eve of a vast raligiouH movement. Tliey see, or they think they see, tho great lines of history rapidly sonverulng to iheir tM-ophetlc focus. There Is 11 mighty quickening of the pulse of the Church. Not only are liberal things devised for the (Hunch at home anil abroad, but, Willi unprecedented earnestness and unanimity, the Church is taking hold of groat moral :|uestion>). On the temperance question the battle Is already Joined, and there is heard in every Slata the thunder of the captains and the shoutings. Our very women and children have en tered the camp; tLey have takou their stand at the feuns. ali'd like trained veteran! are pouring a raking Are Into the ranks of th< enemy. The Sabbath question, too, stands a the door, pleading for the championship o combined Christian effort. Is ther'e no mag netlsirt in commanding Issues like these? Ii there no attractive and cohesive power lr these great moral conflicts? Shall those wh< are ro one in history, doctrine and practlci refuse the lesson which the men of this worlt are teaching us? Must the Church ever res under the reproach, 'The men of this work are wiser in their generation than the chll dren of light' ? "But this overture hot only recognises th< power of combination: It recognizes as wel that higher principle that schism is a sin, t grievous sin against that Master who prayed that they'all might be one.' If we wonlc but appreciate our opportunity, what an ex ample It might be te other religious bodlei who, like ourselves, are separated only bv t line that ought never to have been known tr ecclesiastical history?Mason anc Dlxon'i line. How might the blessed contaglor spread until one and another shall say. ^Se< how these Chrlstnlns love one another let us go and do likewise!' "And now, Mr. Moderator, before I take no's peat let me assure you that this Is no men ecclesiastical courtesy. It Is the expresslor of earnest, sincere good-will on the part o the Associate Reformed Church.* She rejolcef In every evidence of your growth and prosperity, because you are propagating prlncl pies and emphasizing a distinctive form 01 our Chrlstainity to which she is devotedly at tached. Formyseltlam glad of this opportunltj of expressing my personal Interest in thest negotiations, and I trust that tho issue whioii they contemplate may be tor the glory ol God. In the meanwhile our fervent prayer it that peaco may be within thy walls and proaperlty within thy palaces." SUPREME COURT DECISIONS. , COnnty Claims?Exclusive Jtirindic tion of County Commissioners? Hnndamus. Jennings et al. vs. Abbeville County. The plaintiff's brought this action ngainsl toe defendant to recover toe balance am them on a contract with the county comrals uloners of the county to build a bridge in said county, which the county commissioners had reiused to pay, alleging that the plaintiffs had not complied with tJie contract. <fec. Th? claim had been approved by the county com missloners and payment in part made; but finding a defect, as they allege. In the work the commissioners refused to issue checks foi the balance of the price agreed upon. The de fendant demurred on the grouuu prlnclpnllj that the Court of Common Pleas has not jurisdiction to hear and determine an orlgiual action upon a cbunty claim. The Circuit Judge overruled the demurrers and sent th< case to the Jury, who found a verdict for th? plaintiffs to the extent of tho whole balance of tho price agreed upon. The defendant ap: ; pealedi TViin la iVia fl/toon In *rrVi InK 4V>a miAoltnTi has been made in the Supreme Court, whether under the Constitution of 18B8, and the lawi since passed, the board of county commissioners have exclusive jurisdiction to audit and provide payment for that class of demands which, being contracted by thfe com mlfisioners as representing the county, arc called "Cbunty claims," subject only to the right of appeal; or whether the Court of Common Pleas may take original jurisdiction 01 such claims, and hear and determine them rejecting or givingjudgraentagainstthecoun ty as in ordinary cases. The Court, after a careful consideration oi the provisions or the Constitution and the Acts of the Legislature on the subject, decide that an original action in the Court of Common Pleas upon an Ordlhary county claim if not only unauthorized by the system provided for the settlement of county claims, bul can be productive of no advantage whatever as in that case the judgment obtained ugainsl I t.ha nnnntc could not he enforced. The Legislature has made special provision that certain actions of h particular character ?actions ex delicto, for damages on account o: defective "repiilre ou highways," the destruo Hon of houses by mobs, <?c.?may be broughl directly against the county In the Court o: Common Pleas. (See General Statutes, Sec lions 1,087,2.571 and 2/572.) The Judgment creditors In this case could not claim the benefit of the express statutorj provision made for the payment of Judgment.' recovered in the special cases of tort referred to. It would therefore be necessary for then to go back to the county comroiselouers to ob tain warrant on the couaty treasurer for the payment of the judgment as tne treasurer If positively forbidden under penalties to paj any kind of county claim, whether in Judg ment or hot, except upon the warrant of the county commissioners. In case such warrnni was reftised, they might apply for a writ Oj mandamus to test the question whether the board of county commissioners, having alrea dy audited this claim, are not bound to Issue ft warrant lor us payment, ana nuii, rigm they had, as clearly a? now, before tboy com menced this action In the Court of Commor l'lean. Moses on Mandamus; 104: Boyce vs Hupervlsorsof Cayuga County, 20 Barb.) The People vs. The Supervisors of Chenango 8 .Sel<l., 318; State ex rel. Marshall vs. Starling 13 8. C,, 206; In re Conaht's Claims, 21 8. C.; SOl Judgment below reversed and cohipiaini dismissed, without prejudice to the plaintiffs to enforce their chUm by other proper pro ceedlng. Opinion by McGowau, A. J. Filed April 20,1?8<3. Messrs. Perrln & Cothran, for appellahtfl:. Messrs. E. B. Gary, Graydon, ior respond' ents. m THE RECENT CATACLYSM. The Fearful Work of Destruction on ih<> <'nliniihin and Oreenvllle Rail road and the Probable Cost of Ke pairs Two Weeks Yet Befor? Trains Can Ran Over This Koad. [Columbia Record. | Yesterday afternoon a representative of th< Record went up the Greenville road, aboul eight miles, where the workmen are busy re pairing the damage caused by the rccenl freshet. Though much work has been accum plished ill the pant week the evidences of th< fearful destruction that this road met with are still visible and gives the observer somt idea of the vast power of nature's forces as compared with the insignificant works o! man. From near the eight mlloposttoAl sUm, seventeen miles, the track la so badlj damaged as to necessitate relaying, and e quarter of a mile will be trestiework. More than two hundred laborers are at worn undei the supervision of Mr. R. Southgate, Assist ant Engineer ol' the road, and everything possible is belnsj done to expedite the work 01 repairing. Thf entire road forceof trackmen, trestle builders and bridge earpentcrs of the Columbia and Greenville Road, and forces from the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta, a 4- t !.?a onrl Ui/>hrnnnH wml T)nnvillp Knuds are concent rated betweon Columbia and Alston, and notwithstanding the large force engaged It is thought that fully two weeks more will elapse before trains can pass over the road. It is estimated that the cost of repair* will reach &">0,iK)0, not Including the largo revenue the company loses dally by their nonability to run trains. About !M00 per day is required to pay those engaged in the work ol repairing. In consequence of the unlooked for extraordinary work the date of changing the guagc of the main Hue of the Columbia and Greenville Road, which was to have been done June 8, will very likely have to be postponed to a later date. There are several trestles and considerable of the roadbed on tbe Spartanburg, Union and Columbia Railroad washed away, and our representative was informed that it would probably be about July 1st before trains can run to Spartanburg. The Spartanburg Road will ;be repared and the guage changed at the same time. This wash-up makes the third time that this particular portion of the Greenville Road has met with a similar fate, the same thing having occurred in 1852 and again in istjo. One of the section musters superintending the present work says that lie helped toropali the damage caused by the freshet of 1865 and the same process has to bo gone through with now that was necessary then. In a fewfriore decades he will probably become reconciled to these aquatic inrnslons and be an authority us to the best methods of repairing the damages they cause. The Au^iiNtn, Edgefield and Newberry It. R. Edgefield. Chronicle. The A. E. N. Is boominer and the -whistle will soon blow In Edgefield. President Mitchell has three hundred hands on tho road and the grading is being pushed with lightenmc rapidity. Last Saturday he had over one mile craded and the good work is eoing on. Hr has ordered ten miles of railroad Iron and will lay It down as fust as a mile is graded President Mitchell is having a new engine and train of cars made for the road and will soon be running tho enclng Micnie Mitchell, out. toSummer Hill and bringing out bun dreds of the gay people ol Augusta to enjoj the South Caroliua breeze and picnic season - . 1 i r ggjiiafeS . s DDI. WEST NEWSf t . 3 TYPOGRAPHICAL, TH^OLOOICAt, AND > MUSICAL. 1 I The Champion Bane Ball OI nb?Cloning Exercises of the Seminary-? An Excellent Sermon ? l>lstln? gnlshed Visitors. t Due West, May 31,1886, [ Dr. Edwards orchestra has beeh emplbyed I to furnish muslo at the Greenwood Com. meucement, 3 Dr. E. Jf. Edwards will set up his soda fount lain this week aud be ready to dispense the i best soda to all wtio thirst. , Rev. \V. F. Pearson preached the dedication , sermon of the Presbyterian church at Seneca > City last Sabbath. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Alexdnder of Wdshing' ton, Ga., and Mrs. Edwin Calhoun of Modr terey, 8. C., were visiting their klnfolks, Col. , J. P. Calhoun and family last week. , Revs. O. Y. Bonner and B. H. Grler preachf ed at Union Academy last Sabbath. j The many friends of Mrs. Lou Brownlee are . pleased to see her again. She has been mak. Ing an extended visit to her son, the Rev. J. r L. Brownlee of Edwards. Mississippi. > "Who Is on the Jury?" Is a very common question now. But no one wants to be. Mrs. H. C. Fennel of Monterey was down , on a vtsit.tQ.uer rat tiers iamny, ine Jttev. j. u. i , Lindsay, I>. D., last week. r Miss Hattle WTdeman" of Troy, is visiting . relatives here. Mr. E. H. Prather the young and handsome typographical artist of the Presbyterian olHce spenta day or two In Willlamston last week. He was on a visit to bis mother and his dulcln'ea. It Is said that the mineral water at that educational centre Is benetlclal to those aitllcted with heart disease, and of which the young man is now suffering greatly. ~ Mrs. McGee who has been spending the last five or six months iu Greenville with her ' sons, B. M. and James, is now with her son Henry P., and will remain with hini the present summer, she has a host of friends here. The union meeting at Donnaldsville was l largely attended and yras altogether quite an j Interesting meeting. The discussions of the various subjects was animating, and showed I a thorough investigation of them by the parI tlclpant8. The hospitality of those good pcoI pie waB unbounded. The next meeting will > by beld with the Beulah church ou the 6th Sunday in August. , Mr. Hols. Poor and Mrs. Dean ofBelton, , spent a night last week with their relative Mr. H. C. Poore^of our town. j nie jnenus oi jur.'iv. jci. aiicu huu who ui . r Greenville, are glad to meet them once again . at bis old home. Mr. Allen is the head of a . I large grocery bouse Jn'the city ofGreenvilie . b and is doiug a thriving business. They keep j j the neatest grocery it hns ever been our plea- , j sura to see. Due West has never given tc the . i world two more successful business men than , i R. K. and H. W. Allen bf Greenville. Mr. \V. Ira MoDavld reacned home Inst Fri- . t day. He hns been engaged for a few montbs . pant In teuohlng school near Ninety-Six. The I i now life seems 10 agree with him. His friends . . are glad to bave him with them again, b Mr. J. H. Wren, the contractor, goes this j . week to Anderson to build a house for Mr. S, . D. Brownlee of that city. j Last week witnessed, tbe closing exercises ) in the Theological Seminary located at this ftlace. Tbe examinations began on Tuesday , n the Seminary Hull in the presence of the , , Faculty, Kev. J. Boyce, D. D., Rev. R. Lathan, I D. D.. Rev. W. M. Grier, D. I)., Rev. W. L. Prtjssly, and others. The students were regu^ 1 r iariy examined on nyaiuiuttuo tueumpy uuu , > churcli history, on Ulvibe government and ) pastoral theology, on Greek testament and . apologetics and ou Hebrew. At the close of i the examinations Wednesday afternoon, by a previous order from the Faculty, Dr. J. Boyce, t as chairman of the Faculty, delivered an ap; propriate and very interesting address ou [ "the ministry as an important factor in the church's work." These interesting exercises t were closed by a sermon on Wednesday ev? nlng to the students, by the Rev. J. Lowrte f Wilson, pastor of the Presbyterian chtorch at - Abbeville, which was well received by the l students and a large audience. The following r resolution was adopted by the Board of Direo tors of the Seminary: liesolved, That we have listened with proI found interest to the able and eloquent serr mon of the Rev. J. Lowrie Wilson to the stui dents of the Seminary and hereby tender I him our hearty thanks for his services in i their behait Ihe students of the middle class - are. H. B. Blakely of Orn, Laurens county, 8. ) C., T. B. Stewart of MofTattsville, 8, C., O. Y. j Bonner and B. H. Grlen of Due West. T. G. r Boyce of Charlotte, N. C, of the junior class, - The first four were recently licensed on condis tion that they spend another year in the Semt lnary. There being no vacancies in the secf ond Presbytery to which these young men be) long they will labor during the summer In . the First and Tennessee Presbyteries. 5 Dr. Bruce of Anderson spent several days I In town last week. - The Due West Base Ball Association was ori ganlzed on the ItSth lust. The following of. ilcere were elected. President, Dr. C. B. Cowl an; Manager, J. B. Bonner; Secty., and , Treasurer; J. P; Kennedy, Jr.; Captain, R. 8. , Galloway. The association resolved to retain : the nAme under which they have battled so t, successfully for two seasons past. The Widej man Base Ball Club. It is named in honor of - our distinguished townsmau, Dr. J. W. Wideinah. Under this name they have been successful In every contest they have ever been ln--wlth the Willlamston, Newberry, Honea Path and Anderson Clubs. The Secretary was authorized to tirrange fdr a game at this --1 oWm a nnloH ninb Hnrina Pnm. men cement week. The club Is now ready to to tackle a,ny ainatehr nine that throws the gauntlet at their fefct. The Widetnans challenged the Club nt Dcmalds last week, they accepted and their flrst game of the serisons i was played at Donalds on Friday afternoon. The game was called with Donalds to the bat. ' Kennedy was in the pitchers stand, Harkncss . was behind, Galloway was on the 1st base, Pressly was on the 2nd and Bonner on the3rd. 5 Abercromble was short stop, Edwards was in the left fleld, McDavld in center, and Johnson was in tho right. W. W. Dodson made a safe base hit, C. H. Dodson made a two bagger , over McDavids head a wild trow by him to I 3rd made two runs. They were retired th^re ? in the one, two, three order. Wideman's at the bat with Watkins in the pitchers stand, C. H. Dodson behind, W. \V. Dodson on 1st, > J. E. Baldwin on 2nd, Seawrlghton 3rd, Bowie ,* short ston. Prultt In left fleld, Barmore In cen, tre fleld, A. A. Baldwin in right. A base hit j from Abercromble resulted in a run, another f from McDavld made them two, equal .with . Donnalds. Retired in one, two, three order. In the second inning a base hit from Pruitt ! gave Donalds a run?and that was the last s they got Due West came to tho-fcat buHfidn't . make anything. They couldn't get liold ol . Watkins balls some way. In the third W. W. Dodson failed to find j- Kennedy's lightning flashes. A fly by Watkins, and caught by Kennedy retired C. H. [ Dodsou nt the 1st also, Due West did nothing , but beat the air this time. In the fourth Donnalds was retired on nine ! strikes. Due West followed snit. In.the fifth Donnalds struck hard but didn't . hit anything. Kennedy made one for Due , West, Edwards got to the first but couldn't get I any further. j In the sixth Donnalds retired with blank. Due West got the hang of Watkin's balls and . made live tailys. i.? enuanih "nnrmnlils RPArPd llAthin?. fl r Due West look pity on Wutklns and only ? mnke Ihree taliys this time. t In the eighth Donnalds failed to"keep their , eyes on Kennedy." Due West by hard work , made three runs. , In the ninth Donnalds made some bases but couldn't get to the plate. By the rules of the , game Due We.*! didn't play the nintii Inning. DodsoD, Wntklns, Bowie, Holt!win.- J. b. j Sea wright and Barmore camiht tiles. For I Due West, McDavid Hnrkness, Gollowuy, j [ Kennedy, and Edwards took them In. r Watkins pitching fooled tbe Wideman's c [ badly for a while. In connection with the ( first base man he rcllred 8 men. f Kennedy's pitching was simply superb. His c j bulls go like bullets and almost as quick. c ilarkness neVer missed an important ball. ( Watkins made a beautiful fly catch. Galloway made an almost impossible catch , . oti first. The Kainc stood 14 to 3 in favor of j I the Widemanfi. Jlr. P. L. Grler umpired the ( game and by his decision and fairness he gave s , satisfaction to all. lie is 011c. of the best um- f j pi res we ever saw. { i A Judge Who Wouldn't Waste Time, i [Palmetto JPost.] j Those who run away with the fallacy that i > his Honor Judge Wallace can be caught nap- j i ping have been signally defeated this week.' \ The strngetic movement of certain "lawyers" ! j ?exhausting tiio panel by a full exercise of.|< , the right of challenge, hoping thereby thatii ' additional near-nei^libor jurors would be [ drawn and thus give them a coigne of van; tage?'was too transparent to escape the eye of , iiis Honor. Too much of the cloven foot ; played In and out beneath the skirt. Instead j i of wasting the lime of the Court In the draw- . lag or wlshed-for Jurors, his Honor quietly j ; "continued" the oases. It may have been an-1 j j noyingtothe forementioued "lawyers," but ] it was thoroughly good. , r Buttons! buttons for trimming ladies' and i . children's dresses, Wm. K Bell. 3-31. t THE KORAN AND MOHAMMEDANISM. An Interesting Paper on thf by Rev. B.W.' ^hllden of Abfc?. , i^ ' *'y&5 - Tbese articles are based on a translation oT/. ^fegM Ik the Koran by George Sales, on a preface to the y--':\s5H '" ? translation, end on preliminary discoaraeand? aotes, all by the same writer. . He was born In 1690, and died In 1788. - Hfr - - , was an English lawyer, and .contributed to a ?reat extent to the diffusion of Oriental l!tei>? \i?jB iture. We learn; on good authority, that he , .. jgKBS 'pursued his studies through a life of want; ; ;:?x?5K4. when he quitted his studies he too often wanf-v ;d a change of lioon. and often w&ridered fncr?-;^jQ : the streets in search of some compa>BlenateV^gMI .>>g frlehti who would supply him with the We do not design In these articles to say siything on the subjects Indicated it) our ti^lje. ' - JiraBRj The Koran contains one hundred and tonr- rteen chapters -varying In length, from two ind a half lines to mora than fifty pages. The* OjgK? /fe introduction, or what )s also designated as the first chapter, reads as follows: "The Preface %\ ?39 jr Introduction : Revealed at Mecca In the , name or the most merciful God. Praise be to.' 3od, the Lord of all creatures: the most mer- *. 'Ji . ^ :i(ul, the King of the day.of Judgment. Thg>'t.aisM'.f3 to we worship, and ot Thee do we beg a ince. Direct us in 'the right way, In the wftr^^SfgO >f those whom Thou hast been gracious ; h<^ v3,AjB ' * )f those against whom Thou artlncensed, nor ;j jf those who go astray." A tie woru "ivorHO" la in ins/vramc yiwcue** he ~ jy the word "A1" This word la simply an Arabic article signifying "the." It oogbp '<^1 ' # Lberoforo to be omitted whenever tbe English - * 'w3&'?\ trtlcie is placcd before "KpranTo say "the r* \i Koran is tautology, Juntos mqeh aoa# 4o . <& '% my, "tlie river Rio Grande," or, *han mountains"?tbe word "Rio" being the j Spanish for "river," and the wotd "8ban" be^ , . '*igss Z. iik the Chinese (canton dialect) for "maun- :J The word Koran seems to be derived ftpra v ;he word "Koraa," to rfeaQ: It slgnlfle*, ao?^v-. jM 'M wording to some, "the reading," or "that which ougljt to lj.o read.'*: According to otbj , ' sgH3S ;rs It la called Koran, because It is a collection- Vwg -/& >( loose sheets that compose it?the word Ka aa meaning also "tQ oollecU" It is usedby :,he Mohammedans to denote not only tbe en* tire book, bat It also means any particular i:hapter or section ; thus In chapter 12th entt*':/j<ra ' -"4 :lcd "Joseph," we have this pausBgc?we re late unto thee a most eicellent history, byS,S%'0&v revealing unto thee this Kor^n." Other. / -' hawAikoan ttfln Ia 4# |*i i\ n in*-f-"*>r '"vm ToTXJ CO r -pr??v,???ycr?rwj?inri-r^I Will 11 |>fc wl, ^ A1 Kltnb," "the hook by way,of eminence.'' . -,4 "Vdj Tbc chapters of their manuscript copies are rCffflP iot difstingnisbod -by tbelr nnmerlc&l order, Tb Is of-der Is obfleved ljp the translation for tb? , >r ronvenlence df tbe reader. They. are .how- .- ~ 4R % >ver, in tbe manuscript*," distinguished by , he lilies. Tbe titles,,are'sometime, tales- , rom a particular-matter treated ofc orpprsott .\' ;S nentioned In tbe-chaptergenerally, tbejr . ake their names from the first important ' irord mentioned. Sometimes tbe 'word is lji, . '.'.vram be middle of the chapter, and pometlmasjt <%? ' s evqn at the end.. . > ;l?3|8^K Some of tbe chapters are considered a* bar- v\ nK beeu revealed at Mecca, and and others at' - 'aBH Medina; tb.fe mention of 'the place revealed . rakes 'a part of the titles. .Jhere are other. - -grafts li Visions; the most oommon is Into thirty ' \ icctlons. These thirty sections in some of .V heir places*Qf wofsliip?royal for example-^ . > ire"read over ohce a day, there being in these ' .#211 jljtces of worship thirty readers, each of: ;fegSraE whom reads hi's appointed section daily. . - ' Tbe subdivision into verses is common and J/M " tvell known. The translator says, however . hat ho has never seen any manuscript h? V-*aHK' ivhlch the versesarpaotnally numbered; bat :",J :tiat in some 01 tne cupuv uiu uuui^r w. . . -verses tssct down after the titles of the chap- .. -''Sfi "'i There are different editions of the Koran. .. ^ ind the principal difference la in. the dlvlafaa .<^?9 % ind number of versep. The principal edi- ?. Ions (or ancient copies) are seven. Two of hese were published and used at Medina,' or? . . vr<;5 .* it Mecca, one at Cnfa, one at Bafra, one Irf < ; . vCM jyrla. The seventh Is called "the common Or : -sP3H fulgur edition: These editions vary In tba '* lumber of verses, except the second one pub- ^ ~?-:X-3rS lahed at Medina and the one pub!isbed.ttv.~> . ,-r 8afra, which two agree. The smallest norti--'..' . ^ )er or verses found in any edition Is six thou- tand; the largest, six thousand and two ban* MmBm ired and thirty-six. Though they vary in,. ' ' iwSSfk he number of verses, they are all alike in . ? he rrtunber of words and letters?the former jtfng seventy-seven thousand and thirty-^ '.'.<#80 line; the latter three hundred and twenty*' : ,hree thousand and fifteen. According loan- ' >ther computation, the number of taijhfyUi, v.: lionrt nf pvprv chanter In th?? ''' except tbe ntatlv, Is "the expression?1"in the' name of tlie most Merciful God." To accoonf for tbis omission, tbe Mohammedans are Dot ?? agreed. Tbe expression mentioned they do 1 J not limit to the Koran, but they place it be! lore alt their writings as a sign of their reH- ' "'*'438 rlon, and Uiey consklen If they omit it, th?( <'>% they are guilty of Impiety. Tbe translator M- :^jsM j( the opinion; that Mohammed took thi* from the Persian Magi who were in the habit . >3wh jf beginning their books with similar word*. Some of the Mohammedans are of tbeopln? : -'fjB Ion that the expression and also the titles are human additions; most of the doctor*' and ' A'/tmWS lommentators believe them as mucb divine 18 tne texi itseu. . , -'v^jnn There are twentj--nine chapt-prs, after the :vi titles of which chapter^ there are certain let- ' . ?;*** tors of tbe alphabet: The Mohammedanq suppose that they stand for certain words; but the meaning f? not agreed upon, for tbe words for which they uro supposed to Ktaod :i ire matters of dispute; The tribe of Korelsh is said to be the most .,'--1 loble and polite of all the Arabians. Thetr ilalect Is usually termed "the pun Arabic," .< ? )r, an the Koran Calls It "tbe penpfeaotut Arabic." Its elegance lti attributed to the Koreish having the custody of the Caaba and dwelling In Mecca, tbe centre of A rubla and Lhus more remote from intercoun?e with the foreigners who might corrupt tbe language; Mefcca too was visited by the Arabs from "different quarters, not only on a religious aosonnt, but to settle dltferencee; thepeopfeo( Mecca took frorti these visitors whatever words and phrases they Judged particularly . pure and elegnHt, by which moann tbe benu- " v ties of the whole language became trans- v fused into their dlalcct. In this dialect, the Koran is said to have been written with ad ? vJ&Sl x-caslonal mixture tif other dialects. The style of the Koran Is concise and o fieri ibscure, adorned with bold figures after the .*$ ??! Ivisteru tnbte, enlivened with florid and sen^ :entious expressions; In many places?espe^ .iniitr tuhorii Mienttrlbntes of God are alluded ii? o?sublime. The translator says however ,h?it, notwithstanding his efforts, the tnvns)*-' ;lon does not equal the original. The Koran " tself teaches that it it Inimitable by human sen. Jlobammedans on this aocoont speak irs'Jtfi >f it as a permanent miracle?and greater. - '"^fs ban that of raising the dead?and of itself ' T-$ iulllclent to convince the world of Its divlnlr ty. The excellence?purity and beauty?of .5? he language of the Koran, was the means of ;ou verting from idolatry to Mohammedanism; i distinguished Arabian poet. He read hut a 'ew verses in the second chapter,and declared . ~"^?h hat such words could proceed only from au ' '"fl nsplred person. In the original, the senences generally conclude in a long continued * byme for the preserving of which the sense ht "'-*v| >ften interrupted. The Arabians are much >1 eased with this kind bf i-hyine, and employ y?{ t in their most elaboratel-omposittons; t/ie*e . jomposltions they frequently adorn with ' usages from the Koran or references to itv . t is therefore a very difficult matter to un-* lersfcaml those compositions without a good wiiowlodge of Ihe Koran. Mohammed took idvantaxe of the love of Arabians for rhyme j - 'jJj tnd, knowing its elt'ect, employed It in thd . iompoHltion of tlie Koran. SK B. W. WHIT/DEN, Abbeville, S. C; " . Jadce Cothrail's Letter. Sitmtf.p Court Hocse, S. C., May 25,1888. ~z!M r. L. TriOble, E'q., Anderson, 8. O.* My Deah 8ir?i have your favor of the' 8th In&t., addressed to me at Abbeville. Id eplyingto sundry letters of like Import re-' .'-f ...iuori wiihin nnst two months. I havo repressed myself as being content with the .: tfllclal positlor. which I now hold. These :ommunications, however, have been adIressed to individuals. I now feel oalled op- " >n to define my position dearly to tbe public. It Is welt known to my friends tbaM bavo ' "?*? lever sought or desired political office of any clnd. A public office is a public trust, and me who holds such, to some extent at least, lurrenders his right to choose, Regarding it,- . ?':_p urther, us a thing neither to be sought nor lecllned, I have only to say if the people of his Congressional District, after tbe retlrenentof ray neighbor and friend, Col. Aiken. lemand my services as bis successor, I do not ' - ? eel at liberty to decline to serve tbem, always. rearing In mind the distrust that I have of ny own fitness for the position, contentment . - ..-i villi my present office, and knowledge of tbe? ' ' act t hat there are others desiring the office iu juestion who are well qualified for all of its . - . ' equlrements. Very respecfully a j}'1 Senator Wilson, of Iowa, says that his State' las solved the question, "Does prohibition jrohlblt?" and that it has answered It In the' iffirmutlvc. "Prohibition is a success In owa," says he. "and-we have driven tho sa-" oons out of tbe State. I have no doubt that ve shall continue to keep them out, and I ,hlnk Iowa Is the advance guard of a movenent In the West which lain the future dea* ,lned to bGcoine national." .. ' . . - - . ; JK . . ,' ?