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' A- . The Press and Banner. ABBEVILLE, S.C. Wednesday, Jan. 12, 1887. wliat I>ocm it Went) ? Several weeks ngo the surveying eorps on the Chester, Greenwoou anu aooevuie mm- i road between Abbeville and the Savannah River was disbanded. Their tents and other goods were deposited in Abbeville. Yesterday these things were shipped off on the railroad to Union. Notwithstanding this move., ment of the surveying corps, the friends ofi the road are seeking the rights of way along, the line from Abbeville to the river, and we; learn that our people generally are willing to, :glve that much, although the people of Mag-1 jiolla township have no idea of taxing them- j selves for the road. We presume that there: "are few land-owners in Abbeville county j who will withhold the right of way from tlie : road. The outlook, on the whole, seems good. | The stockholders of the road will meet In] Greenwood on the 20th instant, when important action will betaken looking to a consol-l idation of the road with the Georgia, Caroii-j na and Northern road. The Southern Christian Advocate. ' The first number of the Southern Christian Advocate, printed at Columbia, under contract \ with Mr. Calvo, came to hand last week. Like everything that comes from Mr. Calvo's office, It Is beautifully printed. The size of the i paper is much larger than it was under former contracts with theCharleston publishers, i The Methodists have reason to be proud of j their new paper. We learn that our citizens on the Savannah ; side are looking with ifore favor upon the, i! Chester, Greenwood and Abbeville Railroad,; and that the rightof way will be lreely given. J The necessity for the road is so great that it is! <o be hoped that no obstacle will be placed in the way of its progress or locatiou. Mr. "W. J. McKerall, editor of the Marion Star and the Cotton Plant, has bought an interest In the GrecinHnc Xews,and the Cotton Plant will be henceforth printed at Greenville. We| extend good wishes to the new firm. OrR Judges, we believe, continue to grart "ball to murderers of every degree. As long as our Judges do this, we need not expect to see | the crime of murder punished. THE NATIONAL BANS OF ABBEVILLE. First Annual Meeting of Stockliold crs ? .Satisfactory ItesnlJs for tlie First Year?The Old Officers Re-| elected. The stockholders of the National Bank atAbbeville metlu the President's olTk-e yester-! day. Out of five hundred shares, four hundred and twenty-four shares were represented in > person or by proxy. A full showing was made arid every detail | of the practical workings of the institution; for the first year was dismissed. The meeting was entirely pleasant and altogether satisfactory. All the capital stork w is | not paid in until May,and with theextraor-j dinnry expense account incident totheopening of a bank, a dividend of six per cent. I could have been declared, if it had bepn desir-1 ed. It. was thought best, however, to keep the surplus on hand. One very cntUfying feature of th" meeting was the reading of some pleasant h'tiprs from i distinguished bankers in distant parts of the j State who had policed t lie reports of the hank. < These let lei's spoke in most gratifying terms ; of ihe success of the h?nk for the first year, j As fares we have heard, every stockholder is abundantly satisfied. The meeting lasted for.a considerable length j of time, at the conclusion of which lh<* fo'low A. II. Wardlnw, L. \V. White, J. N. Young, | George W. Williams. Wm. II. Pin ker, J. Allen Smith, R. M. liaddon. The stockholders meeting thou adionrned, when the Directors met anil re-elected the old | officers, as follows: A. P. Ward law. President. L. W White. V!oe-Pre,sldent. B. S. Barnwell, Cnshier K. II. Wardlaw, Assistant ("ashler. The hunk is in a good eoiulitioii financially, and lt< officers possess the eonfidenee and1 pood-will of all our people, an<l the usefulness of the institution will iucreuso from >tar to year. MT. CARMEL NEWS. -< Pari ies?Snow?Rn 11 rond?Visi tors ? Xcw Comers - - - Sunday ScStool - - Knrthqnnke ? I.ottor-IJox - - - Itnsi-' ^ ucsv 4 c. Mt. Cat:mkt,. Jan. 11,1SR7. i On Tuesday night 4;li Inst., quite a pleas-! ant "pound parte" was given at tlie residence > of Mr. W. T. McDonald, where mirth, iiiumc, i song and Happy New Year greetings were en- i Joyed by nil. On Wednesday night. 5th in sr., the youngj folks bad a pleasant gathering at Mr. J'. A.j Covin's house, where they enjoyed themselves j by tripping away to inspiring music, in the! gay whirl of t'ie merry dance. On Wednesday morning about day'lght n ' *!i:ht sho:?k of the earth was felt, lasting only ! a few seconds. j Snow ou 5lh and till about two inches dep.! and high winds now prevail. It is bitter \ l-OUI. .Mr.Cuter and family, of Anderson, have! jjioved to this place. We extend to them a: hearty welcome. Miss Ellen Watson, of Georgia, is visiting friends here. Miss Eramn G. Bovkin is on a visit to Edge- j Held. _ The Methodist? of Mt. Cnrmol. hnve oriran ^ ^-^Ized aSunday School with Mr. W. T. McDouvltl Superintendent; Mr. J. P. Smith, Sec re tarv and Librarian. We hope to do much : jood In this field. ~ AVe are glad to report and upon stood authority, that with a liberal subscription from the peop'e of this place. the Chester. Groen>v-oo'l and Abbeville Railroad will run via Mt. Carinel. As there are men of influence and means already interesting themselves, it only remains fur those who are interested ?l?le and willing, t? he up and wide-awake. Then let thegood people of Mt. Car me) aronse. themselves and no longer sleep ov?t their right*, but call a meeting, and take siyh fiteps In the matter as wilt show to the world that we are interested and are willing to do nil we can to bring the read through onr: fast growing town. Let us strike right away, as this will put Mt. Carniel on a boom. Sunday was a good day to sit by the fire: no service In town. Could the eht rprisln:c edilo" of the press and TSnmier give the yo- mg folks a column for letter-writing and nail it. the "LetterTMv^o I ft u'oiilrl hn nniAVAfl liv thorn and would increase the circulation of his paper. What say the correspondents of the Pre** and Banner?Khali we have a "LetterBox," or not? Let us hear from you. one and all. We offer this as a suggestion, and "nope the editor will thlnlc of it. Business is improving a little, although no -v cotton Is cumins In at present. We hear complaint from some of the ladies about boisterous conduct at nisht in the strec-ts of Mt. Cartnel, greatly to the annoyance of families living near Mie business part of the town. The town council should look after this and consider the requests of her good and law-abiding citizens. Mr. Mitt P.tselml is sick ; we hope not serious, ?uch as "heart disea?<\" Mr. W. T. McDonald Is going to engage In the poultry business this year for a livelihood. Farmers are fearful that the late sowing of oats is much damaged, if not killed. M. BRADLEY LETTER. tVtiat tfic Farmers M?*( I>o, and ,\l hat the "l'rcwi and Banner'* 'Should I?o. JitJAiir.KY. S. C.. January P, 18.'". Plenty of snow and very cold; trade is .dull; times are h,ird; taxes very high ; money alarmingly waree. ...... I.. Ihla tn.Sir 1. tinrln wwl 'lV/i daily repeating the words-of our Saviour when he was suspended on the cross: ".My God, iny God, why hast thou forsaken us?" No corn, no wheat, no oats, no home-raised pork or bacon, a few poor eittl<! and mules about hull" covered with mortgages. It seems that the wolf Is at tbe door. Generally, you must, cry aloud and spare not, and use all the means that are within your power to envouraire them to make one i*ore Herculean effort for life, liberty. ni;d independence, and my word for it. if it is itade Willi a resolution to succeed, with prudent mnnuiremeiit mid ccouoini/.inj? ere the dawn ol" another year you will see tbe farmers and the country generally iu a much better condition th in they now are. Such papers as yours car. do much to shape the future progress of our country. Tttk hard times continues, and tlie hard pressed creditor urg<-s iiis impecunious dcblyr Willi more pcjiisicucy tUau ever before. , THE CHINAMAN'S SINS. I UNFAVORABLE TRAITS I!? CHINESE CHARACTER?HIS OPIUM HABIT?HIS LACK OF TRUTHFULNESS AND HONESTY. Scrnton by the Rev. 31. W. WliiliimJ Delivered hi Use Mottioilist Church nt Abbeville in the Union Meet- | ias":. January 2, 1SS7. J One who has lived anions the Chinese for( sixteen years says, much that, ho has seen "would do honor to any nation or kin-: dreil of men." The Chinese are not warlike, though they j arc patriotic; they are polite ana afliihle;: they have great respect to age and are cener- i ally free from that pride which would lead them to despNe those who are in a lower pecuniary situation than themselves. While,: however, there are some traits eormnondahl". ' the laid traits alas! greatly overbalance the good. We wouUl call your attention to some; of the unfavorable traits of the Chinese character. INTOXICATING DRINKS?TICK OPIUM HA HIT.' (1) Intemperance. The art of distillation! is generally considered by us to have been; discovered between ninehu died ami a thou-1 sand years ago. S-ime of the Chinese, hnwcv- j or. profess an earlier knowledge of this aril among them. They claim it as having been discovered by] one of th"ir number ata period in which, \r.: fwtniiinn. would he more than twoj I honsand years >>H'ore the beginning of t.he Christian Kra. The discoverer handed some Ii<ltior t<> tlir? reig;>in-.r emperor (o drink. The : emperor simply tasted ii and snid. "Coming ages will make this their ruin." A philosopher in mentioning thus? things among tho j emperors which rendered th?m particularly } illustrious said in praise of this cmpetor. "He hated the taste of wine; ho loved virtuous deeds.'' Tlie discoverer was banished by this, emperor, and his name handed down in dis-l grace. The uspof intoxicating liquor is condemned I by the best writers among the Chinese, it I has been said by one of their writers: "Heav- i en sent down the decree at first, that ardent; spirits should be made only in use for sacrifice*. By this we see that they are regarded as having been perverted from their proper; use. Formidable roheliions and the ruin both of largo and small states have been at-! tributed to the use of ardent spirits. The; people were once instrnet'-d tints: "Let the I occasion of n national drinking he when sac-1 rificex are offered, then use it moderate- j ly, so as not to become intoxicated." An emperor said to one of his governors: "In respect to drinking carousaN, don't fail: to apprehend every officer, in order to return I him to me; I shall probably punish him with j death." In an imperial edict, it is remarked, that it is generally seen that In five or six | cases out of ten involving life, which cotne i before the criminal board, the evil has Arisen ; from spirituous liquors. The intoxicating drinks anion? the Chinese! are of various kinds. The most common is j made from rice. It i* common for the Chi-1 nese, when they drink to excess to drink in! private. I cannot say certainly that I everl vow dii.iumiin Intoxicated. I once, and; only once, saw it Chinaman who exhibited the appearunecof a person untlertlie influence > of arilfiit spirits; but I was told that tiiis per- i son wa? deranged. Jf this was tho ease, then j I have never seen a case of drunkenness in China. I In China there arc taverns in which travel-1 lers may obtain ardent snlrlts; whether or not there are any places tiiere correspoding to our bur-rooms is not very clear. Some writers ! sa.v thorn arc; some say that there are not. the custom of drinking the health is some-j times followed by intoxication in our country; hut if reports be true, it can with didicii'ity be followed by intoxication in China, as the cups used arc said to contain but a few drops | In connection with the subject of intoxicat-; itiKdrinks a 1110112 the Chinese, we would re-; mark, that they will sometimes prepare an I article far more injurious than anything they : themselves use, and sell it t.? A me: lean or1 European sailors. They prepare an article that produces not only an intoxicating:, but a maddening effect. It has been described as "caiisiut: a state of drunkenness more fero-j clous than that occasioned by any other spir its, and leading t'? riotous sceiu-s of the great- j est enormity." It is said to be composed of; alcohol, tobacco juice, suvrar, and sometimes arsenic; and when taken in considerable: quantities, not only destroys the reason and senses of man. but at intervals t hrows him into the nuift violent paroxysms of r:i?e.! The name by which this liquor is called j means "thrice fired." f>r intemnerance in China' X il?T HI VOV is opium. Tin- Chinese nlways smoke opium in private*, and they lie down when tiny smoke. BeirtTiirs hav been known to use for the-purchase of opium, money that hud boon given to them forthepuscluise of food. Thus, alas! it i? in <'hina, in She love of opium, as it is in our own land, in the love of ardent spirits. A m:m in our own country will sometimes, through the love ol strong drink, forget the wants of those whom th?* teachings of revelation ami tlie laws of ljhlurc command hi in to support. Opium, or the''olack weed," (as it Is sometimes called) is so expensive in China, (lint when a poor man is known to use it, It is supposed he has stolen either the opium or the money with which he has purchased it. I was inforni"it in China that it was worth lis weight in silver. Rev. X. CummlnL'S, a Russian missionary, says of opium: It undermines health, ruins character and destroys life, its victims hecome useless rnemiiers ol society, and a burdeu to their friends. They lose all regard for their own comfort or that of their families. They even sell the clothes of their children and tlieir wives, and finally they part with their own, to obtain the m-nins for gratifying their appetite. And when all other resources fail.children and wives must themselves be sacrificed. These are mercilessly sold, that husbands and fathers may be able to obtain opium. Such is the ellect of the drug upon the family. Its Influence on character is equally disastrous. It bezels in its victim a perfect recklessness in respect t'> moral principle; ami there is no species of dishonesty to which they will not resort. They soon become addicted to the commission of crime; ari l they persevere In a course of wickedness, till an outraged community casts them out: after which they wander us vagabond* through the streets, heguing the means of subsistence, and finally He down and die of cold or starvation." A writer tolls us that "the use of opium is Increasing t.> an alarming extent, and plunging hundi'cds and thousands into irretrievable ruin.'' He says "the disastrous eBeets of the use of opium, in a country so thickly settled as China, in'i.-t be gr**at beyond all calcnlulalion. We see but little of its doings, because we are so much shut out from the people. Could we have const int. intercourse with all ..n inw, families, enter privale abodes, we would nod t.ibt tin<i that a largo amount of the pauperism, crimp, disease and dcu:h may lie trace;! to this prol'lie source.'' This poisonous utu-r (raised troin the poppy ! mostly in India) was introduced in China with the knowledge, aiul it may lie snid with the sanction of a government that may bo | called a Christian aovernment. I The secular press in England has not lienii silent with rcl- rcnceto this outrage. The ed-" [itoroi a London periodical remarks: "We systematically and insolently infringe the ; laws of a country with which we are at peace, ' expressly for the purpose**!' diirnsinsr a poison j anions; tiie people, which it is estimated destroys at least two millions of them every year; and what is worse than even this wholesale a est ruction of life, sinlfs multitudes of tliem into an abyss of sensuality and debasement, where they are transformed into worse than brutes. 'An opium house,'said an eyewitness. once cited by Sir Hubert Injilis in the Ilonse of Commons,'Is the aiit<"chumlier of hell.' He says lie saw on his tirst visit to one of tliem, Malays and Chinese, old and young. ii> r.nu iii one common herd, wallowing j in their MMi, beastly, sensual. dev'Ji.sh." Of ; the iiHMi who are content to draw the wealth liy which tliey are enriched, iroin litis ii.nl | sink of debauchery, what can he said? Or what.avail will it he to say anything? If 1 thfir wiiiscioiui's were imt dead already, one would Imagine that even in the midst of the splendid mansions built ami uaruished out of tin- protltsof this acni'scd trade, they would nightly he haunted l?y visions of the glini'tly and cadaverous witehes who hy their asrcncy are constantly hut led Into the perdition til" body and soul." We have been speakini of England's participation In the opium trallie. Thouirh she , lia< been so sirenuoits In her opposition to the s|jiv" trade: tliouvh one of her p.e*ts has said, "Slaves cannot breathe in KiikUiihI," | yet. there are many in China that are hreaMiism out a miserable existence, slaves in the lowest s'-ush, and made so hy thcopiiini taken in Kmjlish vessels to thai, heathen land. Xor have Americans, in their Indivi lual capacity, been free Irom blame. Our American consuls, in some of the ports of China, have been largely interesied in the profits of the opium trade. X?? wonder if Chinese -liould manliest opposition lo ircli'.'ion of nations who seem bi-ni on minin-i thetn. One who lived in China makes the following statement: "A man used about forty, came to nie lo tiud employment as a teacher, lie was then (four years ail") much emaciated, stooped a* he walked and his snllow countenance led mi; lo ask him if he did not smoke opium, lie readily confe-sed that lie had indulged himself forahout twoyears, hut finding the habit lapidly preylmr upon his health, and diminishing his property and blasting his character. In- was alarmed ; and in order to break itofl altogether, he wished to come and live wi'h me, where he wouid ' " I t?i?ntiii!on to smoke. He said he i smoked to exee?s, sj) jinlin;t most of liis time for thpse t \v? years. either siitnkintr, or under; thfl efieets of the dnur, ami litul expended in tills luxury about two thousand dollars miDually. In order inure fully to carry liis designs" of reformation into cflTcct, In- had homrht some strong Manila to ha ceo, some of. it saturated with opium, which lie hoped! soon also to lay aside for the weak Chim-so weed. I gave him a trial.and for four months or so, ho mended apace; his improvement' .was uiilccC vwy-trucouruging to iiiun>i-ll. At mB3CglP33BBfgBC PBBBCBBBBCTP?gW i the end of this time, ho went trr Singapore, I nil In, whore he remained six month*. On his return to l.'hinsi, he asniti lived, nt my house, and f"r si time, things went, on very well. After several months, ' t.i? t.W?. nfTotiulvn lirp:itll led ine to suspect that ho hft't yielded to ills I [ apnetite. hilt oil being charged with it., he aiJirincd wilh itn oath, and wished me to understand that, it was the strongest asseveration he could make, that lie had not touched I [ the forhiddden thing. This no reiterated! again and imam. The fear of lo-dng both hisji j place and character, on beina turned away from my employ, were, he said, the principal |i I reasons which led him to abstain. Ills eon- < stant cough, he said, obliged lit in tf? take tnedl cine which was the cause of his sallow looks. I I However, he went from bad to worse, grow-1 | ilia weaker and more attenuated, and evl- j dently fa-it verging to the arave with consumption. After his death, I ascertained! from the most unquestionable sources, even from those who lived in the same room with I him, that he had been in the constant habit j of smoking opium ever since he returned I from Singapore, and had engaged them to keep silent. His own repeated declarations : before his death,exhibited <mch an utter pros-1' tration of all moral principle, a mind so dead < to all reasoning or entreaty, blind to the oer-1 lain consequences of continuing the habit. j that one is almost ready to say that lo see the j ? -r - ?*?i iit nn/1 ; uiorai smsnipiuiium a iu.ui * , }J dead (from the habitual use of that which at. j first was looifiwl upon with disapprobation) i is even more sad than to behold the decay and death of the animal life. A long contirmcd and habitual opium smoker in China, is. in ordinary cases, far beyond the reacii of 1 moral suasion." THE CHINAMAN'S IDEAS OF INTEGRITY. (J) Dishonesty. The Magistracy is corrupt. 1 For example, otliceis are paid by government , for tiic prevention of smuggling, but the sal- J aries of these olllcers are not sufficient for their support; therefore these officers fre- ' quently receive a sum of money from the ! smugglers as an inducement to permit them 11 toMnug.:le. They are paid hy government ' to prevent smuggling, and they are pnul by smugglers to permit It; so that they receive 1 two salaries lor two opposite kinds of busi- 1 nesK. ; A law was once made that no new house should he built in a certain town, anil instead 1 of the magistrates preventing it, they would receive a bribe and allow a man to build. By the favor of t he emperor, donations In time of famine are sometimes tna'lo to the ) poor; iut. the musrist-ates defraud the people and tn?is the donations are not received. So too it has been sometimes ordered, that some j of the junks or Chinese' boats which have commenced to rot should lie given the poor ' as firewood; but the officers sell these, in Siet'.u r>i usmu mum .k.lw. ?? .... Keepers of prisons have b<>en known lo present bills for two coffins, when there have | been two deaths. They would then have 1 but one eotiin made. In which they would 1 pi ace the two bodies, and put into their own pockets the money with which 'hey have purchased a second coflln. Thus they are not ('(intent with robbing the living; they must also rob the dead. When r magistrate is waited upon by an injured m?i, he will sometimes say that, the evil act was not committed in his district, and thus endeavor to rid himself of the responsibility. A Chinese merchant was once robbpd of a cargo of goods which was on board of a boat on Its way to the place where his store was located. lie went to the nearest magistrate for redress, and carried a sum of money and gave it. to him, as a professional fee. The magistrate kept the money and directed him to a magistrate of another district, whose duty, he said, it was to attend to it. The merchant not knowing how much more money j he would have to pav, and having little or none, returned home, without receiving any compensation for his loss, neither were the robbers punished. so litilc confidence do the Chinese place In each other, that when a man goes to market, he sometimes carries bis own steelyards with him, that he may not be detranded; and il lie sees proper, he weights the articles in the pre-encc of theone from whom he makes i his purchases. We know that an action of] this kind would be regarded among us as one j of the greatest insults. On oiic occasion I rented.a nonse in i I was.spoken to concerning the house by my Chinese teacher who informed mo t?>nt it belonged to a very wealthy man. This man was generally known, being considered, as lie would be called in any community. a prominent citizen. I afterwards found out that iny teaelier had stated correct I y concerning the ownership of the house. The teacher came to my residence accompanied by two finely dressed Chinese, one of whom he introduced to me as the owner of the house. The pupers were prepared, and as it is common in China to pay hou-c rent or a part of j it in advance, I settled for it and look a re-j ieeipt. My teacher was not a professor of the i iChristian religion. I afterwards ascertained: t that this teacher had deceived me; that there j was no ownership in the property on the part j of either of the Chinese who had called. One of them, however, was secretary to the; i wealthy owner, and rented the house to me for a certain large sum. IJe reported to the owner a smaller sum, and paid this smaller ! sum into the owner's hands. My teacher was ; a partaker in the fraudulent transaction, liavl ing doubtless received a sum of money for : the part he acted. | I wtnt with a Con-rregationalist missionary | to see the owner. When the case Wits staled liesaid that the secretary had cheated him, as i well as myself, lie knew that he was responsible tor the doings of his secretary. He enj deavored to evade making reparation : but he was told that p-rhaps the subject would be brought, before the American Commissioner j This lia'l it? efleet. It was finally agreed that | we could divide the lo-s. My teacher having heard of this matter, left, the city. Now, sup: (losing that there was no impropriety in what , the secretary had done, the conduct of my i teacher could not be excused. He took advantage of my want of knowledge of the real , ni.tvcui ioik ? >??. ( TJIK LACK OF TRCTIIFULXFSS? A NATION OF PEOPLE WHO DISREGARD TRUTH. f (3) Truthlpssness. Of an Emperor of Ohinn, ' It was said?"The Indignation of his Majesty I has been aroused. by tlio unprincipled and ; corrupt conduct of sonic high ministers. ini eluding Hie princes of tlio blood His anger i?directed against th<-ir conduct, in general; 1 the particular ca?e which excited it, is that . they passed a urund military examination, an individual wholly ineapableof performing I the military exercise required. j This Ktnpemrsays. In subs'ance. "we have ' dlreets'l the government of the people for sixteen years, and it seems that none of our Princes iind (Treat Ministers can yet see, that| I all we seek for is comprehended in the onej | word, truth." J Another Emperor snys: "to speak straight : Oil, telling tttC SllllpiC U lllll. I* nim.. ..I,. , vant?, the oflleers of eovernment, never do, l i or will not or cannot do." This is not- confined to officers, l>nt extends | j to all classes. Of course. Chinese, as well as! ! people of other nations, know that some trnth j ; is iiec<'.s?ary to the preservation of civil society. We do not mean, therefore, that :i China| titan tells a lie every time he makes an usser-| jtion. Thl<, w? know, would be Impossible.! Hut the Cliinesc come nearer to lying withcutj ; a motive, than any pcohle we have ever read ! ! of. Kvery Chinaman knows that every Chi-i | natnan will tell a falsehood, if it suits his! interest or convenience to do so. j Some have supposed that the Chinese who! | profess the Christian religion, will likely doj i more goo:I. exert more influence among the ' people ot their own land than missionaries I j from Christian lands. Th?\v naturally sup( pose, that if one raised an idolater turns from ! i iieathenistn, he is better prepared to talk . i with the heathen on the subject, of religion,! I than'those whose who have received a Christian education; just as we would suppose a I reformed-drnnkard could make a stronger ap-j ! peal on the subject of intemperance than one ! who had always lived a sober life. Now, if! we believed 'he reforme.1 drunkard was aj I man of truth, of course lie could accomplish | [ liiuch good. and inljuslit exorcise a favorable.1 influence; but if we have no confidence In his word, llie (-i?p would he different. If we i believed lie professed reformation while he| did not. desire It, or professed it only for a | time t<> gain a certain object, his appeals | would lie made in vain. Now. as every chinaman knows that every I Chinaman is uuilty of lyintr, why, when tlie professed Christian Chinaman arises to adjdress his countrymen, one of the first thoughts, doubt hss, that occurs to their . mi litis is, "Does the speaker speak the truth ? ; Is he sincere in what lie utters? >Ia,v he not! have joined himself to the Christians to gain j , some worldly end ?" j Chinese know that Chinese will deviate' : from the truth for the sake of money; conse-j ! (Hiently. tliey view the China man with suspicion" when he talks to them of havingi I changed his religion. ' I have sometimes requested a Chinese) preacher to go In advance nl me to the chapel i j and open services, and on my arrival at the j 'chapel, I have found that the services were I j n-ot commenced. The preacher has told me! that he could not. ga'her a congrec-iiion. I] would then go to tl.edoor and invite the poo-t pie in, and fliey would enter and a congregation would he gathered in a short time. We inu?t make some allowance, it Is true,! for t he curiosity ?>f the ncople; their wish to | see an American or Knropean and hear him ...if. i..., .... /l.nm tlm u'iiiiI /if confidence' which ('hi tinse Iik ve in cneh other is a ennsid- i cruMi> iihstiiclo to their uivlnsi 11 favorable hciii'ins to one of Uncrown nation. 1 do m>t| say that a Chinaman ikiii never eolicct u con-. gregation, or nev.-r gain the attention of n j : coiiL't'cuuiion : still, the -rood which ChineseI preachers win accomplish has been some-, timesoverrated h.v those who live in Chris-! tian countries. Willi ns one of the greatest ln?ul's which n; man can r.U'-ris tocharse us with l.vinir: Willi t he Chinese. it. is regarded as one of tlic least, I or none. It Is a very common thin<r for thcChlncpe to charge each other with tclllim falsehoods,! ami tliey seem to care very little for the aceu-j sal Ion. They are so apt to charge each other j with falsehood, that. I hey are sometimes ready to suspect that. American or Europeans who are with them, are addicted to the vie. On one occasion I was distributing tracts. I distributed until my supply was exhausted. A little boy came up and asked inclorone, J. told him I had tio more. At once he accused mo of speaking falsely. Now, he did not' uieatt to itisult me. The Chinese do not mean to offer nn Insult, to any one by making a charge of falsehood; | nor does the Chinaman accused regard the; charge In the liijht of an Insult. If we become acquainted with a man In America, and won after our acquaintance detect him in a falsehood, we nt once conclude that he is a had man, and It is hard for us to think that he has anything amiable about. mm a whinr enva however, with reference to the Chinese, that If we meet with h Chinaman who tells lies, we must not from this, suppose him to he a mean man, for all Chinese are truthless, and you may find on acquaintance with this Chinaman much that Is worthy, of praise. I A missionary once left C-inton for a short I distance, in company with his Chinese teach-! er. The Chinese teacher was afraid, if It was known that he was closely connected with the missionary, his countrymen would Injure him. He therefore told those among whom they travelled that lie was a painter. Here was the case of a man who in his own country. J was a literary man, yet he did not hesitate to tell a falsehood. Some may say, that this Is an extreme case, rs fear wit* the* ground of the falsehood; but this Is only one of many cases that could be cited. In America, the custom Is for tho people to felt tho truth; t tic exception is. that people will toll falsehoods. In China, tho custom Is for people to tell falsehoods, ant3 tnis custom is without exception as far as I know the character of the Chinese people. During a war between England and China, the English forces went up the Canton River to storm and take the city of Canton. The Chinese officers p;Wd a large sum of money to ransom the city. The English left. After they were gone, the officers told the people, that the English had returned?that they had gone away, because they were afraid. It would bo naturally supposed from what hits been said, that tho Chinese aro flatterers. Fheir politeness frequently leads them not to r>nntrndtot, u-hat the missionary says, and even to assent to the truth of It. "Missionaries have sometimes wished that the Chinese would nol he so re:id / to yield assent; for if they would contradict wliat the missionary says, tire way would l>e open for the discussion of religious mutters. But the politeness r?f the Chinese frequently causes them lo keep back I heir thoughts and prevents them from speaking candidly. When a man Is detected in a falsehood in America, he is ashamed. His conscience may tell him that lie has done wrong; itnd whether it does or not. he knows ut. least, that public opinion is against him. When, however, the Chinese are detected in a falsehood, if you fee the blush upon the cheek, it is not. because they feel that they have done that which Is wrong; it is not because they feel, that If it Is known, it would disgrace them; but it is becaus? by b?lng detected, they see that they are not ns ingenious as they supposed they were. Among the Spartans, we know, that detection In theft, not the theft, waa the crime; so, amougthe Chinese, detection in the falsehood, and not th<* falsehood is the crime. Chinese on becoming acquainted with Americans or Europeans are obliged to see that they have some regard for their word. A Chinaman once wrote a tract in which he condemned foreigners for several lensons?lor Introducing among the people, n poisonous drug (opium)?for allowing men and women to mix In society and walk arm In arm In the streets?for sending their fleets and armies to rob other nations of their possessions; but after all tills, he adds, that truth is tho only (rood qua icy 10 wnicn iney can i?j luciewi claim. The impression then must have been made on the mind of this Chinese writer, that Americans and Europeans have reuard for truth, and by culling it a eood quality, he admits its excellency; notwithstanding this, that man would have told a falsehood as unhesitatingly and as unblemlshinsly ns others. One acquainted with their literature, tells us: "They are condemned by their own standards of morality and confess their inability to save them: still they hate the gospel when they hear it. aud pre madly attach ed to their senseless idols and bitterly trample heneath their feet tUe righteous claims of the Son of God. ' They are those poor, simple-minded, honest hearted objects of pity, which some suppose? doingns well as they know how and unjustly condemned. If they are punished at all?but they are all guilty of damning sin, th?.v themselves beingJudgps. having violated the laws of morality and religion, and having no provision for pardon they are without excuse and without hope. The christian's creed condemns them and their own law and their own lips confirm the condemnation. The World of Truth declares that all liars shall hjive their part in the lake, which burnetii with fire and brimstone, which is the second death; and their own law declares "thou shalt not lie," while their daily lives confirm the language of their lips from childhood upward, that they live in falsehood and love it well. No one acquainted with the Chinese character ever pretends to trust the word of nn unchrlstalnizcd rriilimman. Those lorgest associated with thorn and intimately acquainted with their character and hahits never export a pagan Chinaman to Rpeak the truth when there is a chsince for him to tell a lie. Yet this very people will toll you by their own laws and by their own lips, that it is u vile sin to lie and deceive." AN* APPEAL TO THE UNCONVERTED CHRISTIAN. To those not professors of the religion of Christ, we make a few remarks by way of Improvement. I. We have spoken of the Intemperance of the Clilnet-e their addlotodiioss to the use of a drug that lias sin intoxicating effect?that weakens the body and beclouds the mind. Look to yourselves. You are intoxicated with the vanities of the world; you are buried In a slumber far more deep than that which opium causes, and yon, from '.he influence ot siu, are sleeping nsleop from which if not awaked In tliis world by the c race of (Jod, you will never awake until only in time to see your folly. While therefore yon condemn tliethonsnndc that are slaves to an appetite for a pernicious drug. see to it, that you ?ire not slaves to those lcelings that, rise in rebellion against your maker, unci while you pity the victims thus hurried to the grave, see to it, tlint you are not tlie victims of rejection of the Gospel of Christ. 2. We have spoken of the dishonesty of the Chinese. You may not condemn yourselves for want of honesty; yon have robbed no man of his ?old. his silver, his food or his apparel. But luvve you never committed a robbery ? You may think you have never violated the command?"llion shall, not steal,"' because you have never defrauded a fellow being : hut have you acted with fairness towards God? "Will a man rob God?" ask Jehovah, and then He replies Himself?"yet. ve have robbed me." A1id when you ask "wherein have we robbed Thee?" God answers "In tithes and offerings." You hnve neglccted to give Ilim the honor that is due. '"A son lionoreth his lather and a servant his master; If then I be a f.iiher where i< mine honor? and If I lie a master where Is my fear? salth the Lord of hosts." You have kept from God the homage of uratefnl hearts and the obedience of consecrated lives. 3. We have spoken of the truthlessness of the Chinese. You may not condemn yourselves for want, of truth. Uprightness makes your doings; what you promise to your leiiowinen, you always perform, and vour word you rejfird as valid us your liond. All this may be true; but has every promise that you have made been fulfilledV You have fulfilled your promises to men; but have you lullllied rhem to (Jod? On beds of slelsness and in lime of danger, with how much apparent sinceriiy have you promised (iod, that if ho would remove the danger or restore to health and strength, his service would lie your work for the residue of yourllf<?; but the fulfillment of your promise has been us "ihe morning cloud and the earlj* due"?"Better is it- that thou shouldst not vow, than vow and not pay." Break all the promises yon have ever made to man. if vuitl. Hif. liino Is cnrnlnc when man will forget t hese broken promises; hut beware how yon trifle with prombes inside io God. "Bo not deceived, God is not mocked." OUR BIG RAILROAD. Wlint n Correspondent of the "AnKtiNln ChronicIc" l?ns to Say. Athkss, Oa., Jun. 10,-Therc n -e three prospective railroads coining to Athens, which are,at tliis time, claiming the atlention of ourcitizens. Iii magnitude and Importance the Georgia, Carolina and Northern stands first. Its northern terminus will be Man roe, N. where it. will connect with a system east and north to Wilmington, Norfork, Washington, New York and Intermediate points. This system is said to l?e controlled by the mighty Pennsylvania Central, which is anxious for a souihern outlet. Its Southern terminus will he AtIanIn, passing through Athens and Elberton. Oa., and important Carolina points. By almost universal consent. It is conceded that no road could lie built Ili:it would benefit Athens as much as this, und ? :?pil:?lists iind business men here who bnve rcftmed for years to contribute to nny proposed railroad have taken stock liberally In this lino. A largo part of the S?j.0on required of Athens has boon subscribed and there will lie no trouble about raising I he balance as soon as It. Is needed. The only fair of its failure is Mint the projectors ami inaugurators of tin-line will sell out before it is built to the Richmond and I)anville. whose strong rival it will lie. Our peo pleare watching with deepest, interest everything connected with it, ami are much gratified 'hal u purveying corns is n?w being organized here to locate a line to tlie Savannah river, where it will meet the corps from Mituroe, N. 11. Gen. Hoke, of North Carolina, and Mr. Iloke .Smith, of Atlanta, are the earnest, advocates, and if,as they say. Its being built depends entirely upon local subscriptions according to the amounts assessed. We will hear I be whistle of its train by the appointed time. Its benefit to Athens will he incalculable, and it Is generally believed, as a prominent cotton man said a short time ago. "in two years after this road is built the cotton receipts of Alliens will be over 100,000 bales. seed wheat, seed wheat. I'. Rosenborg ft Co. 11J U i KM tfVlfilf WBBPMHMB?W^????? W?HM? A COLOSSAL LOO JAM. 1 THE WORK OF BREAKING IT UP WATCHED BY THOUSANDS. r Onomtlonfl of I^nmborinon at Taylor** ' Falls, itHun.?>I.iny Feats of Skill. ^ Activity and Paring? llilJy tlio Kid. Tlio "Whole Jam Moving. The Dalles of the St. Croix, as the rocky gorge is called through which plunge the fall and rapids of the river, are a marvel of scenery worth a long journey at any time, j but just at present, for a space of three miles, not a particle of water is visible, nothing but j a vast chaos of logs jammed in between tho j j rocky jaws of the gorge and representing i I 150,000,000 feet of lumber. Huge trunks of j | trees, 80 to SO feet long, they lie heaped in [ every kind of indescribable position, some bolt; i upright like piles, some at angles of 45 deI grees, some headed down stream and others | straight across it. Meanwhile, the whole i force of the fails and rapids of a great river j has to work its way through and under the enormous mass. Of course, the problem is ! how to dislodge this tremendous block, so that tho log) can float down to the Mississippi, I and the whole work has to bo done at the j lower end. I As tho visitor camps down on the rocks I overhanging tho river, to watch tho sight ho ! feels for all the world liko a spectator in an j old Roman ampitheatro about to witness a fight between men and the ugliest specimens j of tho bruto creation. Indeed, the choice between grizzly bears, lions and tigers, and the terrible forces of such huge tree trunks with the pressure of an avalanche behind them, and rapids that can make them individually leap and spin like so many howling dervishes, is not one worth drawing j lots for. The combatants are taken in at a ; glance as a hundred or more men, strong as lions and spry as cats, clothed most of them ; from head to foot in bright red flannel, and armed each with a long pole, shod with a Steel spike and a hinged semi-circular lever, for clamping round tho logs and rolling ; them over. Throe hundred yards below the jam lies a powerful steamboat, with a capstan capable of exerting a pull of 200 horse power, and around which is wound a hawser, the end of which is carried on to the jam, and attached to what aro called the J key stone logs, that is, the logs that evince j the most obstinate, dogged and absolutely rebellious temper. BEGINNING OF THE TUG OF WAR. And now the tug of war begins. The capI frtan slowly revolves, the hawser lifts from I the river, line jets of water spuming from it I under, the iicrce tension. The upright treo I trunks writhe and groan and twist, their 1 anarchical bnrk-clothes torn o.T under the I irresistible police grip in wliieh they are held, till they are left all white and naked, and at I last slowly, sullenly, and with groans and curses of despair, a detachment of perhaps I 600 logs is torn away from tho main body. | Aud now tiie fun coines. .Nimble as so many i cats, the red-shirted, red-trousered lunilwrmen leap on it to break it up. Here a dozen nre shouldering away with their levers to roll o.T a lmgo trunk at the top, here they aro pushing down under water to head the right way ? cross-binding log. As Iho units of the mnss g.'i, more and more dislodged, huge j boles of shoot up from undenieath, and I fairly leap like enormous fish out of the i water. Everything is now spinning and | ' plunging, and an unlettered layman weald ! ' us lL?f attempt a promenade down hill on the sides (if so many rolling ba~rds, as essay the feats there agile fellows are easily up to. Down below stands ready aud manned a rowboat for the rescue of any who should ! fall into the rapirls. But tho tiling is uot to i fall in, for the risk of drowning is as nothing j to the risk of being caught and ground up | between tho logs. Only onco did wo seo a : man tumble off, but while women shrieked j and his mutes tore round to a point of the j ' ledge where they could drag him out, tho ! bravo fellow himself seemed to take it as a ' 6imple little incident of the profession. I Every other time there were logs enough left I between tho torn off and captured dctock* I nient and the main army to enable the men | to leap back from point to point Billy tho j Kill, as the universal voice had christened | one lithe, graceful, yet powerful young fel| low, was always in the lead. lie woro a ' white rose in his hat. Leaping liko a deer i from log to log he was always at the point j where effective work was to be done, and so ! great was tho glow of admiration he awakencd in every onlooking feminine breast that | he would only have had to leap dripping ; ashore and fling himself, a soused Leander, j at the feet of any Ilero of them all to hava i borne her off as his forever. THE FASCINATION" OF THE SCENE. Very curious is it to observe how, wlicni ever a chanco is given for seeing splendidly | developed human bodies in vigorous action, a | a perfect fascination sets in for watching tho . um<! nno nlrl lnrfv. fif a sillCTU- I I B1&I1I/. IUH? ^ ? I larly bright and intelligent face, sitting on j i the rocks, who said she could not tear herself , ! away frora it, that sho sat there all day long j ! and day after day. On my cravenly and i materially saying to her that I must really go up to the hotel to get something to eat, she ! broko out in the most reproachful tone, "Oh, i let your dinner go; tho men may any minute ! start a quarter of a mile of the jam, and then j it will be the greatest sight iu tho world. I'vo I ordered my dinner lo be brought out to me ! on tho rocks." Such enthusiasm was truly I admirable. Contagious us was her example, I must, j still in contrition, confess that I did go up to , the hotel?some fivo minutes away?and had just sat down to a bowl of soup, so:no beef . and canned corn, when a cry was raised: j "The whole jam is moving!" Billy tho Kid j himself would have been put to it to make better time than I for the river ledge. What , a sight it was! For fully a quarter of a mile ' hi length and (590 or T(K) feet hi breadth, tho j vast press and throng of tho mob of giants j were in furious motion. I could think of j nothing but a countless herd of frantic bulla! loes leaping over one another and trampling | i one another under foot, tho irresistible ava- j ! iancho of motion and terror from behind if. ra.-orvfliin'r fr? tho front. ; *m ? ~ j Indeed, the tremendous jam, thirty to fifty | | feet in depth, was working perpendicularly j up and down ns well as forward along all its | j line. "Whenever a temporary opening was ! | made, enormous tinnks that had been sub- j ; merged deep down would leap out into the j i cir and on to the backs of the others with ! J precisely tho motion so often witnessed in I | herds of cattle, ileanwhilo tho wrenching, i straining and groaning was such that it i j seemed as though tho wholo mass must- Ikj j ground up into pulp for the paper mills. For | j perhaps fifteen minutes this striking sceno | lasted, when finally the vast body of logs be- j ! camo consolidated again in another jam a | j quarter of a mile, farther down tho gorge, at j j the extreme end of which the same process 1 t,? luxmn nver airain.?Minnesota Cor. I Boston HenilcL j | For Acknowledging New I'ubltciitlon<i. i Sheridan had a convenient formula for ! i acknowledging all the new publications thai [ were sent to him: "Dear Sir: I have reeeivoi { your exqui.>itj work, and I bavo no doubt I, shall bo highly delighted after I have read it." j Fur trimming forcionks &c. Wm. E. Boll. 12-1 ! I Fentlier trimming for drosses and wraps.' | Win. E. Hell. 12-1 1 My trade in dress Roods never was larger, anil I will continnp torccelveno\vuoudsevery . j wed:. Win. E. Hell. 11-10! I I have Indies to tit and elianze all wraps.1 anil can guarantee a lit. Mrs. Taygart will i make you one in case you can't get a lit. Win. |E.lJell. | Short wraps from :M to -10 with feather and astrakhan trimming. W. E. Hell. 11-10 Black and brown New Markets in all sizes; and as cheap as you can buy same quality | goods in any large city. Win. E. Hell. 11-10; j Hondo Jackets for Indies and misses in black j ' and colors, with large buttons. W. E. Bell, j | Fresh stork of ladle* and misses shoes Just received. Wiu. E. Hell. 11-10 ??????????WP THEIR METHODS OF TRAINING. nflrl Ath1?trta>Kll(llcSl *14,w * *?u?v*a ? Errors of Trainer*? <??lf-I>enial. -jEver since athletic sports havo been folowcxl people hav? put themselves on record hrough misstatements a boat priza fighters m<l their methods of training?how this or T hnt man's death was caused by overtraining >r too rapid a preparation for any special cat. No question has brought to light so nuch gross ignorance as this one. It is not ?ver1 raining that causes the trouble, but insufficient work, or total negligence of trainag. Tho writer's experience dates back to he time when drenching and many hours of P> atiguing work were tho ride, and, even with ?dl their errors, tho trainers of a quarter of a T enturyago got their men into batter con- tl lition than tho latter day trainers do. Tho modern trainers go to tho other ex> ;rcmo, as they scarccly work their charges at K ill, preferring to havo their men big nnd w strong rather than thin and overdrawn, ^ Somo have struck tho happy medium, and b; ;hey invariably present their men fn good dSrira. Tliis is generally accomplished by slow S ind careful work, which, whilo not being showy, is none tho less thorough. Ortc of tho t< most radical errors modern trainers plunge ^ into Ls tho rushing system. They get hold of ^ 1 strapping young fellow, who is high in b 3e?h, and think that by tlio driving process 0 they can get him fit in a fortnight They u generally do succeed in getting him down to *tho last stage of sparsenoss of flesh, but the s athlete's strength has also passed away with superfluous tissue. ' The man looks well to the eye, but ho is very much like a cardboard house?apt to fall in if hit in the middle. Many an athlete e has stepped into the arena looking fit to con- * tend for a kingdom, while, in reality, he wag c If^s able to stand as much punishment or 1 staining as hu antagonist, who was fat and e had done no work at alL Of course, thero I are some men who can reduce very rapidly f and retain p. certain amount of physical 1 strength and vitality. Yet even these find 1 constant and speedy tnriuing spells take all 1 tho steel out of them, and each succeeding 1 spell of preparation find them less inclined * than ever to jump out and take their gruel with that zest which shows that an athlete < has lost none of his old power. ' Such methods as these have ruined more ' men than anything else, for a lazy man will < r)n mnm li.irm in a week than con be undone ' in a month. No one, only those who have < undergone a severe athletic preparation, ] knows what is endured during tho first week < or so of training, The removal ?f the k)oso < fat, especially that which is insfde, seems to ' engender an all-devouring thirst, and tho i first thing an athlete does is to resort to- 1 liquids. If he bo a professional it is ten to < one that he craves for something stronger ' than water. Here is where the- self-denial 1 comes in, for should he give way all thef good ' work done by exercise will be undone in a 1 very few minutes. If he manages to fight 1 tho craving down his reward will Ixs great, **??? iwm.lii'no' tltiref. will rrvn/ln?i1]v flfean- I ' pear. Tho superfluous flcsli tvIII melt as 1 though by magic and in its place a healthy growth of muscle will make its appearance. ?Cor. New York Star. 1 Talfcli:? About Hat WrRther. "Talking about hot weather," said a brakeman, "that wo hail tho other day was nothing long sido of whet I've seen down on , the Southern Pacific. I was braking down there last summer, and in some o' them dead, desert vallej's o' Arizona, where rain never falls and the sun's always blistering, I've seen weather that'd remind a man of what's in store for him after ho leaves this vale o' tears and boardiu' houses. One day last summer we were running along in that country whenan accident occurred such as I s'poso was never known hi all tho history of railroading. "All of a sudden the locomotive was seento bo bouncing along liko a ball, an' tho engineer was so frightened that ho shut off steam as quick as ho knewi how and whistled like sin to call all of tbo men forrerd. Wa rushed up ahead and ho told us what had happened, but we laughed at him and! made so much fun of him that ho finally pulled open tho throttle ag'in just to show us that ho knew what ho was talldng about. I hope to drop dead in St. Louis an' be cut up in a mcdical collogo if that locomotive didn't bounce just liko a sbia in a swell. Wo were all so frightened that wo begged tho engineer to shut off steam and stop her. What was the matter? Notbin', tho rails were so hot that they sagged down between the ties whenever the engino struck ''em, an' the wheels were so hot that they were pounding out flat. Yes, sir, if we'd run a miic furthor we'd a-had notliin' but square wheels under our locomotive. None of us had ever seen an engine run with square wheels, and sol we didn't try it.?Chicago Herald "Train Talk." Ho Smcllecl His Breath. A bright little 5-year-old boy was visiting bis father, who belonged to a New York regiment, in camp. One day, as ho was playing boforo his father's tent, ho was accosted in a pleasant wuy by a sprucely dressed soldier. IIo was accustomcu 10 using iiouceu?a cuuu iu camp being a great luxury?but from this soldier he showed evident signs of moving away. "Come hero, my littlo mail," said the officer. Tho discerning child replied: "I don't want to; you aro a doctor; I know you are a doctor." "You aro mistaken; come here; I am not a doctor." But tho littlo fellow only put his head out of the tont far enough to say: "Yes, you are a doctor, too; I know you aro a doctor, Cor I can smell tho medicine on your breath." That New York officer never received any other name afterward during the war.?San Francisco Chronicle. Kit Carson's View or CIiuck-i*-r,nck. Kit Carson, by the way, was a good deal- of a gambler, and after every payday he could UO 1UUI1U UUumu a swt'aiuum, m buuu suuuj nook, ready to seo the boys. At ono time he said to me: "I have played cards from Maine to Mexico, and, being of a mathematical turn of mind, I have ciphered out tho percentage in favor of the dealer in tho various games, and I'll tell you confidentially that chuekraluck is 75 per cent better than stealing." Chuck-a-luck caused moro trouble in tho army than chronic dysentery. I have known tho bravest men in the company to be so carried away by the excitement of winning and losing that they couldn't hear a rifle crack nor tell the difference between the whizz of a rebel bullet and tho buzz of a mosquito.? Inter-Ocean "Curbstone Crayons." Bananas in tho En^liAh Trade. Bananas aro a lately introduced noveiry in | the EngiLsh trade. Th07 are brought from | the West Indies in a chamber in tho vessel, the temperature of which is caroiully regulated by machinery. The English people look at the fruit askance, and suggest that an appetite for such products is probably the result of education.?New Orleans Times-Democrat. To the Tuno of a Fortune. Ismail Paalia, the ex-Ichcdive of Egypt, who wjis one of tho chief creditors of Victor Emmanuel, holds 1 ho bills of the late King Lud? wig to tho tun* of ?5:1,000. The Xonon Jersey, the l>o?t thills'out for the 1 money. W'm. K. Hell. 10-27 I liavp a large stock of ladles and mioses j winter wraps, which will lie sold cheap. Cull; s and secure a bargain before it Is too late. Win.1 ( E. Hell. H"10!. TIiitp cnsos of millinery antl dress goods'i ju?t received. Wm. K. Hell, 11-10, Fresh stock dress ginghams just receive'!. L Win. K. Kelt. 11-10]s Money saved, i? money made. I can snvo|j yon money on a winter wrap. Wm. E. Hell. Iiave Mrs. Taszart to make your dress and yon will be pleased, she guarantees ull work to tit or no fifty. W. K. Hell. . Full line of colored Astrakhan for dress trimming. W. K. Bell. Florence silk I This is a wash silk for etching and embroidery. Permanent dyes atul . superior lustre. Win. E. Bell. 10-27 ' ??? VOTING IN ENGLAND/ - J HE METHOD BY WHICH MEMBERfll A OF PARLIAMENT ARE SELECTED. be Polling; Place, Ballot Box and Booje j Writ in and Stamping Ballot#?In Cav? Objection 1? Made?All Paper Accounted for. The polls are open on election day from $ <. clock a. nt until 8 o'clock p. m., and tha ' 3 -esiding officer, with his clerk or clerks, to v i duty at the polling station all that timet [ : ~ he returning officers of the borough sit in |.; ; 1 ie vestry hall at the parish church, and the | v'. leriflf in the shiro hall, to receive appeals i om persons who may have changed their ( '!; r >sidencos since the register was completed, or ho for somo other technical reason are not ! ; Ho wed by the presiding officer to cast their H._ allots. Tbo polling station is a large room, j Lvided across by a strong railing, with a ^- ^ ateway in it. The rear part of the room is < irther divided by a railing at right angles - > the first, In the rear of the room aro lbles at which the electors write their bal- i " >v. )ts. They are divided one irom we otuer aj ;j igh board divisions reaching to the ceiling ; I f the room, so that a man at one table can V j either see nor bo seen by a man at the next. ?>-J )n the other side of the room and behind the Bcond railing sits the presiding officer with i3 clcrk, while in front of him stands the allot box. TUB BALLOT BOX AND BOOK. Shortly before 8 o'clock in tho morning of ' * lection day a policeman takes his stand at ho gate. There the presiding officer and his :lerk bring m the ballot box, still sealed up, ind the package cf papers. Each candidate is - , tntitled to have a "personation agent" at each Killing station, and in the presence of these igents tho seal of the ballot box is broken and he box shown to be empty. The box is nade of tin, is about a foot and a half high, ind a foot square. On the lop it has a slit iboat one and a half inches kmg and a frao;ion of an inch wide. In the sealed package of papers-aro, first, a complete printed copy of the register of tha x>rough; sccoiid, that portion of the register tvhich contains the names of the electors entitled to vote in that polling district; third, a book containing the ballots; fourth, a book containing fifty ballots printed on colored i% paper, to be handed out under the objection jf the "personation agent" of either candidate. There is also a stamp with which to rtamp each ballot as it is given out Tho iverago register has leaves about as largo oa those of an unabridged dictionary, and itf ' $ about one-third as thick as that necessary book. Each page is divided into five v columns; intha first appears a number, in tho second the voter's name. Then in thethird comes his residence, his occupation in the fourth, whilo the property on which he votes is described in the fifth and last column. " The ballot book is like a largo and thick* check book, the ballots being the checks. They aro about as largo as the regular small blotting papers. Each ballot is numbered, a corresponding number being printed on the' stub which remains in tho bock. Tho namesof the candidates aro printed ?i the ballot, a ;, large blank space being left opposite each. Abovo each table where the electors write" their ballots hangs a notice printed in largeletters, setting forth what tho voter may and may not do. When theso notices are put in placo and the books laid out on tho tabic, the* presiding oiDcer and his clerks take their places, and at 8 o'clock tho polls are declaredopen. Tho would-be voter passes by the policeman on guard at the gate, who allows - . only 0110 person to enter tho inclosuro at a time. Ho goes ilrst to the table, and gives hi* name to tho presiding officer, who finds it in tho register. What is your residencci" asks the preside ing officer. The voter glvesit "Your occupation?" continues the officer: and when the answer corresponds with the statement in tho'register, he asks the voter ttf dcscribo tho property on which he claims a right to vote. PREPABtlNG THE BALLOT. Not until all the questions aro answered far accordanco with, the printed form docs the' presiding offieer offer tho voter a ballot paper. Front tho register ho takes tho voter's numberr and writes it in ink on tho stub of the ballot book, immediately below the number - - ? * * *- ?-A -J ? of the ballot, wincn- is prmwu on mo ^uu, Then be tears out tho ballot paper,- stamps it with bis stamp, and bands it to tlwvoter, who" . goes over to o:jo of tbe tables. Then) pensr inland blotting paper are provided.. There, as be is directed by tbo printed notico above the table, bo marks a c ross against the name of tbo candidate for whom ho is voting, blots his- ballot, fokls it, and, returning, it to the table by the railing, holds it up aol'drops it into the ballet bos. Having doue this, 1h _ makes room for tbo nest voter. In case any objection is made by fee agent* of cither candidate, and tho voter insists upoi> casting Lu ballot, the presiding officer gives him a ballot paper froinihe small ballot book. Tho procedure is tho samo as though the man " were casting aH unchallenged vote, but his ballot is thrown asido when the votes are" counted and tho objections to it considered later before it is counted. If any voter is unable to read or write, it is tho sworn duty of. \ the presiding officer to go with bim tothff >, ?*> v table, tell iimi CDenamcooi. iuuvuiiuiuavca,uuLr , place the cross opposite tho name that the voter wishes, anil he must never reveal the . nanio of the candidate so selecteiL ^ The polls arc closed at 8-o'clock in tho oven- \ in", after having been open twelve hours. S The presiding ollicer is expected to-be present all the time; ho is allowed to be absent no' more than thirty minutes during tho twelve hours, and for thoso thirty minutes ho must appoint a deputy. Immediately on tho closeof tho polls tho ballot bos lis sealed up,, all the papers and books made into a parcel, all bal- t lots spoiled by voters placed together and sealed, and an account made of every piece of paper used in tho polling booth during ther day. Tho presiding officer and his clerks, with the agents, then take the box and pack ages to the shire town of the county, wher ho swears to his returns, and when the votes are counted.?New York Sun. Paul H. Rayno, tho Southern Toot. Of slight buUd, and a figure below the* medium height; he stands straight as a:* arrow, and every gesture and motion is a poem in itself. The smooth, rather pale facc, cleanly shaven, except the bristly mustache of mingled gray anil brown, is lit up by at pah* of brown eyes that gleam with the light of geniality. Perhaps physical debility helped. to make him more spiritual in his appearance when I first met him, but I imagine that he is just tho sort of man to tread the thorny path of life courageously, preserving at all times, and under all circumstances, ttio strong ami telling features of bis individuality. Ho doe* not appear to bo over diffident: neither is ha overbearing in bis claims.?Cor. Atlanta Constitution. All Thnt Money for Nothing. Father?Well, Jennie, now you've had' a first-class education, and I suppose yon aro ready to assume tbo duties of a youug woman In society. Ob,, by tbe way, let mo see you?* diploma. Daughter?I?I?I?IVc lost it, father, II was burned up this morning by accident Father?Great Scott I Then I've spent all that money for nothing!?Tid Bits. Oortieclli silk. Tlicse goods are put up for ho convenience of those persons who (Ipslro o use silk, either for embroidery or knitting n lengths greater than are usually sold In ikeins, or 0:1 small spools. Each ball eonaihs one-half ounce of pure silk, superior mallty, uhhouuiou lor oeawy aim uuraumi} >r color. Win. 15. ltell. 10-27 S11U floss la nil shades. A beautiful line of haded tlo*s. Win. K. Hell. 10 27 Prepare for the winter nnd sccnrea bargain 11 wraps. Win. 15. Hell. 10-37 Mrs. Tagearl will continne to cut dresses nt i0 cent". Win. E. Boll. KMT Moss trimming, something new, for dress rimming. Win. K. Bell. 10-27 Ladies' and misses electric gossamers in all izes. Win. K. Bell. 10-27 Ladies' and misses' rubber shoes with siHt iiilng. Wiu. 15. Bell. 10-27