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I Be Strong-, 0 Heart. Be strong to bear, O heart of mine, Faint not when sorrows conic; The summits of these hiiis of earth Touch the blue skies of home. So many burdened ones there are Close toiling ly thy side. Assist, encourage, comfort them, Thine own deep anguish hide. What though thy trials may seem grenl ? Thy strength is known to Go.l, ofo?? ??,i rn,?,?,| |mu| Aim To pastures green and broad. Bo strong to love, 0 heart of mine, Live not for self aloue; But find, in blessing other lives, Completeness for thine own. Seek every hungering heart to fee I. Each saddened heart to cheer; And where stern justice stands aloof In mercy draw thou near. True, loving words and helping hands Have won more souls for heaven Than all mere dogmas and mere creeds By priests or sages given. Be strong to hope, O heart of mine, Look not on life's dark side; For just beyond these gloomy hours Rich, radiaut days abide. Like hope, like summer's lalnbow bright, Scatter thy falling tears. And let God's precious promises Dispel thy anxious fears. For every grief a joy will come. For every toil a rest; So hope, so love, so patient bearGod doetb all things best. Particeps Criminis. A few weeks ago a judicial announcement respecting "policy" dealing was made iu San Francisco, to this effect, ?that in pursuance of an understanding between two of the judges of the Criminal Court, every visitor tw a Chinese lottery would be fined $ "><>, and in default of payment be imprisoned in the county jail for fifty days. A like penalty would be imposed upon those having lottery tickets in their possession, whilst a penalty of double thp exteut would be visited upon the keepers of the places indicated. The good feature of this ruling is, that it makes the visitors to those unlawful resorts, as well as those who hold the tickets, amenable at law, in common with the keepers. Within a day after the ruling, fines were promptly imposed up^ on two of the patrons of a policy shop. I do not know tne provision <u m<M'aHfornia lav under wUi'dt tb?; >.iii PrUuPeifK'Ojudg**."1 W?*re Haltled t?> r?i the above salutary "liiulvrsiandiuj:'." It would be well w?re the Pennsylvania statute correspondingly nunpiv hensive?or rather, that if were so much more so as to reach offenders, (keepers and patrons) of any and every nationality, without any reference to their Mongolian or other extraction. Let me cite an instance of the manner in which the present partial, non-punitive system works. About mid-summer of last year, a citizen made complaint to the Mayor, (Philadelphia), that a certain well-i known gambling resort was in full op~fpnm flip fiiff ciavivu, as r? ao ?fiuvnv ?; that a continuous string of people was to be seen going in and out of the place. The Mayor responded by sending a detail of officers, who succeeded in arresting about twenty-five persons, fouud engaged in playing pool on j Jnrse-races. At the hearing before the magistrate, three of the prisoners! were held as principals to answer at1 Court, the remainder were released 011 their good behavior. The actual trial of this case was not reached until a few weeks ago, about eight months after the arrests were made. One of the three, against whom the evidence was conclusive as having been a keep-; er of the house, failing to appear, his' bafj of $1,000 was forfeited, and a bench warrant was issued for his apprehension. The other two defendants were discharged, the evidence failing to implicate them as principals. pnnli of the* l a!ronizers of the place was, with the keeper or keeper.?, partic ps crhninis, and should have beeu fined, or imprisoned, or both, in order that something like an adequate deterrent effect should hav" been produced, and the commonwealth re-imourstd for its outlay. I may mention here that upon (he day of the above trial, an old man of apparently three score years and ten, seemingly in wretched health and innch broken down, being arraign* d for the kindred offence of policy dealing, was found guilty and sentenced to four month* in prison. The prosecutor, a saloon keeper, who l.ad pure).as ed a ticket, had naught to suffer. The sentence was entirely just so far as it went, and ranch needed on the community's behalf, but it was only partial. I also reflected how unaccordant with exact justice are men's judgments as compared with those of the Omnipotent Arbiter! Here we see a wretched old man, sentenced, and rightly so, to a prison cell, and ignobly carried away in a closed van to his place of incarceration: whilst foremost promoters of the lottery, like the two Confederate Generals in New Orleans. fill their pockets with ill-gotten wealth, and are accorded an ixalted place among their fellows. Mention should be made, as evincing a more discriminating spirit in legislation upon gambling than generally prevails, of the bill introduced by Senator Cooper of Delaware, in the Legislature of that State, ft provides for punishing policy gambling of all descriptions by a fine of $100 or $1,000, and an imprisonment of one to twelve months; and further that owners letting property for the purpose stated snail ue liable to the same penally. This is the bill which mysteriously disappeared from the clerk's desk after ii had nearly passed both Houses, and was evidently about to become a law, /?n duplicate bill being thence presented and favorably acted on. Further, an ordinance was lately brought before the Board of Aldermen of Richmond, Virginia, which prescribed that any minor obtaining liquor in any place where liquor is sold should be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punished accordingly. The Commonwealth's attorney being present by invitation, addiesscd the Board upon the subject, giving it as his opinion that such a law would put the strongest possible impediment in the wav of the sale of liriuor to mi nors. He had always believed that if the frequenters of faro-hanks were punished equally with the keeper#, such places could be more easily broken up, and this ordinance would work similarly. The bill passed the Boani by a large majority, and it is presumed will not be defeated upon its presentation to the Council. As an incidental remark, T will say that the Richmond Board considered it 110 usurpation of their prerogatives that the prosecuting attorney of the Commonwealth should express his practical views upon this matter in their presence. The facts and the law were successively laid before them, and avoiding the delay and the possible pigeon-holeing of a salutary measure by some sub-committee, the Board proceeded straight forward * ? ?v* *v? n i a f 5fo (r/\A(l ?m i ? I lie t'UIISU ivjii \/i no ^wvrvi |?iupose. This may have a bearing upon the late action in our Common Council, in negativing the proposed invitation to the Mayor to declare in person Ills views ou the surface drainage matter. Finally, I adduce the action of the Michigan House of Representative* last winter, in passing (unanimously) a bill for the suppression of vice, which provides that all persons keeping or resorting to disreputable houses j" ~ " I shall be subject to live years imprison-j mentor line, or "both. (This is, J 'presumably, the maximum penalty j ' named in Hie lull.) There is, without ' a doubt, legislation in this direction needed in every State, because, sorrowfully truthful is the allegation, which has been extensively made by lho Christian women of the land, to ...-.t. u\v? I > Hon I inn t < l tha (lis W I I . ?> f Ituvin..'.. graceful fact thai protection of (he person is not placet! by our laws upon so high a plane a- protection of Hie1 nurse." A single instance: "In New York, yes;e:\lay, on their conviction of robbery, \Y. M. i-inl M. Mel) ,uojr.;; / ) :Illinois', were sentenced io Siiiir Sing f ir ten years each. The aggragate value of the booty obtained by them was less than sV' /* r :;nn'i (i: The keeper of a saloon in this city, of known low character, a man of middle age, pleading guilty to the charge of issuing advertising cards i upon which there was printed lanlangunge of too indecent a character | to 1)0 road aloud, was simply fined $ )<> and costs, and permitted to walk out of the court. Would such a shameless offence against decency have been harshly dealt with, had the perpetrator been 'punished with the maximum penalty allowed by our law,?a fine of $.100 and a single year's imprisonment? Would not purity have been better estimated I in this community, and would not woman's virtue have thenceforward had i an additional safeguard thrown around 1 i n._ 1. ill (ini.clifin II, 1111(1 llll* 111*1 IllHISl UliVlllA, vjv.w..?.. been visited with a penalty identical j to that laid upon (he two lads?'"incorrigible*" though they may have been, j who, for thievery, were given ten years within the walls of Sing Sing? Likewise, a young man in his teens, for a felonious assault upon a female, j may (very justly) be punished by imI pri.sonment for a term of four years or upward; but on the oilier hand, i.s that by any means an edoq-iate punjishme'nt which merely fines a man, | mature in years and in the ways of i vice, fifty dollars or twice fifty dollars ' for spreading abroad printed or pictorial matter which directly incites t?? I lie perpetration of fcloiiinio assaults ,and <>!b?'r ufleoees agaiusi purily? If is verily . ><?, this Woman's cry whieh ought to ring in the ears, and conscience, and arouse tli?> rialit sen?e of every judge ami law-maker in the land, that "protection of the person j [/. e., the virtue of woman] is not placed by our laws upon so high a | plane as protection of the purse." "Well-Built Christians. A well-built Christian is harmonious in all his parts. Xo one trait shames! another. He is not a jumble of inconsistencies, to-<lay liberal to one cause, to-morrow niggardly to another; today iluentin prayer, to-morrow fluent iu poliie falsehoods. He does not keep the fourth commandment on Sunday and break the eighth 011 Monday. Hei does not shirk an honest debt to make a huge donation. He is not in favor of j temperance for other folks, and a glass j of toddy for himself. He does not ex-, lun-fr or nrav at each of the few meet-1 ings he attends to make up arrearage's for the meeting which lie neglects. He docs not consume his spiritual fuel during revival seasons so that he is as cold as Nova Zcmbln during the rest of: the time; nor does his spiritual fervor ever out-run his well ordered conversation.? Ciiylcr. Gratitude. _ I As the branches of a tree return I theirs.*)]) to the root from whence it( arose; iis a river pourethjris stream to the sea, f.'oiu whence his spring was supplied, so the heart of a grateful man di ligritvtli in returning a benefit received. Me :ifk:iow!ctl;.;e!l: his obligation with cheerfulness; he looketh on his benefactor with love and esteem. And if to return it be not in his pow< :\ ho nou:i?hclh the memory of it in his hre:v-t with kindness; he forget-! lolli ii no! s'.I! I he days of bis life. The hand of she generous man is like the clouds of heaven, which drop upon the earth fruit, herbage, and Mowers; the heart of the ungrateful is like a (ieseri of sand, which swallow?>ili with {freed iness the showers that fall, but burieth thorn in its bosom, and produceth nothing. ? + Fvery man has to consider his temperament when engaged in his' work, and particularly when thinking of his religions duty. The man of stern, austere or violent disposition lias need to gui.rd against too great rigor, while the one of tender, gentle feeling is required to he on his watch lest he become so complaisant as to he unfaithful. The former is likely to injure himself and his work by a disproportionate contention over trilles. and the latter l>y an easy-going way of treating things that are very important. .Some .of the theological wanderings of the period are not the result of new life from the Svriptme<. but the efi'ect of the growing kindliness of Christian ; society. The thought of eternal punishment is disagreeable, and therefore ii i< not iiiilniyed in. " * o When anybody trots to thinkiu' a rood deal of anybody else, why, it don't make so much diU'erence about yourself: the other one stands first. If you kin see the other one happy, 'you don't know any differencebetwixt that an' hein' happy yourself; aif if I you kin only do something to make : the other one happy, why, it comes beI fore anything else. That's jest the way I feel. I've got eddicated up to j it.?Christian Union. Not a day passes over the earth but : men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words, and suffer noble sorrows. Of these obscure heroes, philosophers and martyrs, the greater part will never he known till that hour when many that were great shall be small, and the small great. "To work rightly, to work effectual: !y. we must work from God, consciously, faithfully, piously, from God. His I Christ must be our leader; His Spirit our law. His will our motive. Not as jof ourselves alone, but. out of Him ! must our power come." f.od "iveth grsice to the humble. He pours it out plentifully oti humble hearts. His sweet dews and showers slide off the mountains, and fall on the low valley <>f humble hearts, and I make them pleasant and fertile. Near iho close of his life. Patrick Henry laid his hand on the liible, and said to a friend, "Here is a book worth fwitnil nflwivc: \'nJ if its ??t? mia. I HiUIC lUUil tui V/mvin , J V* II. lil ?U,y ill IO[ fortune never to have read it with proper attention until lately." He is not the friend of man th"< would not do all that in him lies 10 give force and energy to the spirit of peace, and who would not rejoice to see it infuse itself into the councils of nations. Where there is much mire it causes the foot even of an elephant to slip?i. e., the most pious and abstinent are in dnnirorof falling into vice, if they go in the way of temptation. I The art of exalting lowliness and giving greatness to little things is one of the noblest functions of genius. i PRACTICAL AND FORCIBLE REASONR WHY WE SHOULD REORGANIOE THE | SUPREME COURT. ? ? _ _ Tlio Number or Mn |?romo Jiidcos S !?p Inrrraiiod fo Four, anil ii Coiii'ioi' hnoi-K Should 1?o Established. A nitnrjrnn Tnh'lllnrnrnr. ! Tlic recent decision of the Supreme , Court of this State, on the right of a niur| ried woman to mortgage her separate esj tate to sec tiro a debt of another, has only served to bring out the dissatisfaction : which exists all over the Stale, to a greater or less extent, with the current, or rather lack of current, of the judicial determination in South Carolina. There is scarcely anything settled on some of the most- important questions in the State, and no person knows how long things that arc now settled will remain so, at the rate with which decisions are changed in South Carolina. Take the homestead, for instance, and it will be admitted that it is almost impossible to guess wnai me law of certain states of facts will be, for the decisions of our Supreme Court on the subject are decidedly inconsistent. The trouble seems to be the lack of practical adjudicature for precedent by our Court. They undertake to regulate each case too much 011 what they conceive to be the merits of that particular transaction, without sufficient regard for precedent, or its effect upon other cases. The result is confusion in our laws of the most serious kind. Another trouble with the Court, as at present organized, i< its tendency to legislate. In the married woman case, they hold the words, "as to her separate property," to be equivalent to "for the benefit of ber I separate property." There is no warrant, either in "law nor in the use of the English language, for such an assumption. There is not, and never has been, any writer 3incc creation, so far as we have read or heard, except the majority of the Supreme Court of South Carolina, who has made the words "as to" mean "for the benefit of." The inconsistcncj' of the Court may be illustrated by the course of adjudicature on the jurisdiction of the Probate Court to sell land for partition, and the adjudicature on the rights of married women. To begin with, tho Constitution establishes a Probate Court, and prescribes certain duties. The Legislature gave tin* Cniiri these duties, and aluo I the right to partition Ian*!. The Supreme "Mini, decided that tin* '?>ns(ituti?ni, Iihvinjr expressed certain jurisdiction lor ' this t'ouri, w:t.<? conclusive, and ouhl not be enlarged by th* Legislature, and hence in Davenport vs. Caldwell they derided that the Probate Judge had no*jurisdiction in partition suits. The Constitution enlarges the powers of married women, and saj's what the\' may do. It provides that they may alienate, devise and bequeath their separate property, as if unmarried, The Legislature enlarges this grant, and says she may ivMitmefc and ho contracted with the samo as if unmarried. The Supreme Court holds, in this instance, that the Legislature-could enlarge the Constitution and makes valid these contracts. A large amount of land had been partitioned by the Prob-tte Courts, and another case went back to the Supreme Court, and this time they held that, although the Constitution excluded tin? Probate Judge from selling land for partition, that it was a common error over the State, and that on the ground of this common error such sales were valid and binding. In other words, they placed the ignorance ot the people above the Constitution,and for the lirst time that we know of in the history of jurisprudence they made ignorance of law a higher law than a Constitutional provision. The Legislature amended the law as to married women by inserting the words ''as to her separate property,'j intending to limit her power to contract, ao as to require her contracts to be made as to her separate property, which would not give a general liability on her part, but only a liability as to the property as to which the contract was made applicable. These words have been construed in New York I in able judicial opinions, and on the (strength of the belief that a mortgage | from a married woman was perfectly safe and valid, thousands of dollars have been I loaned in this State. The former decisions of the Supreme Court have contributed to these errors, and yet, in this inj stance, they hold the contracts and mortgages to be void. They do not protect tlie creuuors uere oh uih ^mhiiiu (ji TOini in on error, although Hint common error j was as to a Statute, and not as to a ConUtitution, as in the other ease. \Ve did I not, however, intend to make this article I a criticism upon the Supreme Court, lust .merely mention these things to show the I necessity for a change. What that change I is to he is receiving more than a passing consideration at this time, and we would like to suggest to the profession the reorganization of our judiciary in such way as to combine the features, with slight modification, of the old Court of Errors of South Carolina and the Supreme Court of the United States. To begin with, we would have the Supreme Court consist of a Chief Justice, and theae Judges, so that it would be necessary to have three ! Judges concurring to render an opinion, | Where they divided equally 1 ' 'he ease j be sent up to the Court of Kn which j should consist of all the Jim,: iu the I Stftto mul meet, sav once in two ve.irs. to hoar those cases, and any others which the Supreme Court might <lcein necessary to be determined l>y this highest Court. One trouble with our Supreme Court, as now organized, is tlie lack ol praeti -e experience by the Court. IT these J ml ires went among the people around the Circuits they would get many valuable ideas j of practice, and much practical information as to the administration of the law | that they do not now have, and the nfl'ect I would, we bteieve, tend to practicable the adjudicature in this State, which is now | too often forced and theoretical. We j would accomplish this by requiring all of I the Judges, except the Chief Justice, to l take their turns on Circuit. We would J make up the Supreme Court by taking j for one year at a time, in regular altcruaj tion, three of the Circuit Judges. This i would elevate the Circuit bench, and | make the Legislature careful always to select the ablest and best men for Circuit Judges, and would combine theory and practice in such way as to improve" both lb" Circuit and Supreme Courts. It would nive us more careful and consistentadjudicaturcs, and tend to make our Supreme Court reports what thc3' were before the war?a systematic, .harmonious eodo of laws, ably expounded, and consistently adhered to. This would give us certainty in the place of doubt, uniformity instead of constant change. Death Rates for February. Following is a list of a number of citics and the annual death rate for the month of February last as complied by the <SVmifnri/ Era: Charleston, S. C 25.4") Chattanooga, Tenn 24.89 Boston, Mass 22.0:5 Brooklyn, N. Y 20.00 Chicago, 111 10.01 Lowell, Mass 31.SI Mobile, Ala 33.31 Newark, N. J 22.28 New Orleans, La 20.41 New York, N. Y 24.00 Philadelphia. Pa 22.0S Pittsburgh, Pa 21.4:5 Sanfrancisco, Cal 24.20 Savannah, Ga 37.0ft Washington, ft. C 20.47 Galveston, Texas 14.62 Two hundred and sixty-one new Kng)i^'i saints will be added to the calendar on the occasion of the Pope's Jubilee. I They will consist of the English martyrs from the fifteenth to the seventeenth fanlni-v Woll if Pmtnctnnla wfirfl to : establish an order of sails, and include all those that the Roman Catholic Church slew because they would not submit to it, there would be, at a moderate calculation, more than one saint for every second of (hue in the year. The Thirteenth Annual Session of the South Carolina State Press Association, will convene in Charleston on Thursday evening, June, 2d, 1887, at 8 o'clock. Eitiicnlc the Ula^eK. "Of the twelve Cleveland county con-| victs who left here Friday for the pmii-i I tentiary, "nly one man could write ar.dj J he was a poo. .scribe. Yea some wise ed- j ] itors in North Carolina oppose tho Blair) j bill for the education of tho poor illiter- j 'ales. Ignorance breeds crime, therefore let us have a school house on every iiill- j | top.."?Shelby A nrorn. Cleveland made a hud showirg. Rut is) fit true that "ignorance" produced the' j crime? If so, how is it that there arej I live times as much erimo in Massachu-j j setls to-day anion*; the people ? here 1 i auiong tlu; whites in North Carolina? 1.-. the school house the great panacea?S li<! eternal cure-all for crime? So thought; j the able Horace Mann. But his ovvnj j State, Massachusetts, wives overwhelming! evidence to prove that education does not prevent or lessen necessarily criuc. What are the facts? The Slur has again and again presented them. As late as March (ith and 10th last it gave facts and figures that knock the bottom out of all editorials like that of the Aurora. There are more saloons to population in Boston than anywhere in the South. Mr. Stetson, a Massachusetts I writer, has shown that there vas one to j every 12T> persons. | Mr. Stetson also snoweu mat mere w:i? i I one arrest in Boston for every 121 persons. That is to say there was one arrest for every, tour of the voters. Awful!; Is not Massachusetts good missionary I ground? And yet Massachusetts has had and has now tho best possible com-1 mon school system and education lias! j not prevented'or cured crime I Mr. Stetson, In his remarkable paper |on "Literacy and Crime," shows beyond | all question that rrimo. is alrcatlij on the. I increase. His figures show that as a reI formatory agent and preventative of 'crime education of the intelloet is a tremenduous failure. We copy from our] (own editorial in the Star of the 10th of j I March : I "In 1850?even years before tho war? ! the population was 984,514; in 1SS0, it 11,783,085. In 1S50, tlie number of persons ! in the prisons cf the State was 1,230, or 1 in every 104 innabitants; in 1880, there I were 3,059 persons in prison, or 1 in every 4S7 of tho population. According to population there wore nearly twice as many criminals in 18S0 as there were in 1850. "Now mark the facts. The native criminal population has n><<rr than donb-, led in thirty years. This too in the f:iee <>f "our system of instruction, our hnrchis. "iir charitable institutions, ami all tiio ciliiciiiional ofVnris ami appliance" known to modern civilization.*' In lfO" over one-half of I lie criminals \vcrc na live born; in issu, over two ihinU were , of this class. "Hut further, in the entire State in 18,SO, j j there was one arrest for every -) persons, i ; or one for every six families." In the same editorial we gave the <1 i-1 'vor?o statistics. Wo showed from the' , figures that there was a groat increase of, crimes against chastity, and mark, the! increase was much greater among thorn-1 tire burn citizcnx, than among tho foreign ! born, the figures bring <><> to :?4 per cent. Massachusetts has a very "hiifh rank in literacy," as Mr. Stetson says, hut then ho says, and it is a fearful admission, that this superior grade of education in accompanied by a (treat decadence in public moral*. So education is not a great re-j i generator, lifter up. purifier, preventive, panacea. One fact is worth a million theories. Wo put the facts futnlshed by j Massachusetts against, all the fine-spun j theories of all tho "wise editors" who go | it blind for tho Blair bill. Blair's own State, New Hampshire, is ' not doing as well in educational matters as several of the Southern States arc do-j linffv I J*ow for another faet twice presented in , ; these columns. The son of one of t ho j most prominent of the old-time Aboli-j tion:.->U lit" twice visited Wilmington.' ' On both occasions we held a long eonver-1 sation with him. On his last visit?somo! years a jo?he told lis this. He said he; i had visited every penitentiary south of i North Carolina and he made it his special ! business to Inquire into the condition of I the >/o air/ convicts. He said he was shocke3 to find that more than half could read and write. In fact, he thought about !two-thirds of tho convicts wore) {able to read. Ho said ibis y:?-tsfied i.. i that iiterc xchoolina would not keep ; neurroc* from crime and tho penitentiary. 1 The ttlair bill is extremely nnwi.se ami uncifhstitulional. This has been shown a j thousand times. A wNer" imm than any of our North Carolina editors, exSpeaker James ft, Carlisle, of Kentucky, ' said a few days ago : n ! "Now let ns look for a moment it the hill providing for Federal aid to elueaneation. Jtsefl'eets must he apparent, to every intelligent observer. Promoters of tliat seheino say that the Federal appropriations would not eontinnc linger jthan eight years. T say?once begun they would continue forathousand years, i and why? The reason is plain?the certain etl'ect of Federal aid would be the ; demoralization and ultimately tho destruction of our .State systems* of education. At the end cf eight years the States would be entirely dependent 011 the flonfral fiovernment for an educational fund, and Federal aid would then be a neres' sit v from which there would be. no escape." - ? < -!? ... .noiilllil.V Anion;; l.lljuor ni'111-r.i. 1 The London /'<>.?/ ;inr hns tho fol: lowing report of Mr, Wallace's pnper hel'orc the Actuarial Society ot Edinburgh on the ralo of mortality among liquor ; sellers: i The last meeting of tho Actuarial Society of Edinburgh for the present .session' j was held April Nth, Mr. Sorlev in tho chair, when an interesting paper was read jbvMr. Wallace, F. F. A., actuary of the j North ltritish and Mercantile insurance j company, "On the rate of mortality i irnong liquor sellers." Mr. Wallace said that of all the hazardous occupations that [of tho liquor seller?a term which In used 'to denote any person engaged in the re1 tailititr of intoxicating drink?is one of the most l'atiil. The reports of the registrar goneral conclusively showed that the mortality nl" persons of this class :s upwards of liftv per cent, higher than that .of the general population, and the experience of those insurance companies which have ljeen published, the Scottish Amicable Standard, and Law Life, confirm this. Who thinks of being thankful for qersonal deformities? A celebrated actress said she owed her ugly face a groat deal . of gratitude. It kept her from many a perilous temptation.'She recognized it and was uot only contented but thankful. Yet how strangely it sounds in a woman to return thanks for her ugliness. With equal wisdom many a man might return thanks for his obscurity and poverty. Tn these alone is his safety. A lottery tickei that has. freed the mechanic from the necesaity of daily toil has hastened his ruin morally anil spiritually. Many a preacher of the gospel, now faithful and untiring in his efforts 10 d.> good, would become a cipher in the church if he wore to inherit a fortune. There have been i practical illustrations of this in preachers marrying rich wives.?.!. Pn sbi/tcri: mi. | Tnoimi.Ks ok Hunt ciirnciimkn.?On I ja recent Sunday morning rather an; extraordinary scene was witnessed at St.: | John the itabtist's Church, Liverpool. | jTho vicar, as he entered, was seen to! , carry a lighted taper in his hand. Hej | immediately lit the can riles on the altar.: j The church-wardens, who worn sitting in i front of the chancel rails, stepped forward j J and put out the lights. The vicar lit the j : candles a second time, and as soon as they j were lit the church-wardens advanced' ' .1 l t. it.. ,1 :.l ' win uit.\v iiiil lite Mollis. J IM- \ u <u uiu not light them a third time. The service! then proceeded without "altar lights." Wherever England has pushed her eon-1 quosts slit has introduced the liquor; traffic. Already a hrewcrv is being creeled in Mandalav, th.ecapiial of I.niniiih,. so reccntlv captured by (he Jlrili>li; troops. A hill prohibiting I ho use of ?'.nws on! passenger trains alter November Isi. was 1 passed by the New York AsseinHv. ' Tho Lancaster Jienicic says the chinch bug is entirely destroying whole fields! of small grain in Lancaster county. I m an? jHwumBnmWMMWM?WM Water and Mobs. . T have a trrc.it belief in the efficacy of | fire engines against a tnob. Wet clothes dampen ardor; few men arc bravo when cold and wet; and this fact is s-> well \ known that a conain French politician j living in Paris during the period oft?x-j rose, of looking out of tlin window, and: if no found that it was ruining would ex- j claim with a sii;n of relief: "No revolu-l tion to-day." We also learn that when i Louis Philippe was replacing Napoleon's, statue on the column in the Place Yen-, d?>M" liio ?>'apolconists assembled con-i iMiual'y in cxciLod crowds around the I pedestal. The crowds were, however, soon dispersed by copious streams water l>( iu^ pumped on them. The ma-' terial efleet of a si ream of water project-' cd from n lii-t* online through a hose is j considerable. No man can stand against: it. Besides, on tho principle that tlie mishaps of others afford human beings a certain amount of satisfaction, the members of a crowd aro.sure to laugh at seeing their companion * wetted, and a crowd j which begins to laugh* ceases to be dnn-j serous. J would therefore suggest that; whenever a serious disturbance is anticipated a few fire engines should be placed at the disposal of the police.?The Forti>it/h(It/ lieview. Tf tho hypocrites are in your way, it is becausp they are ahead of you; and if I were yon, T would not confess that I was hindered from serving God by a hypocrite. Let tnc tell von, in all candor, that I think you are lying when you talk about being kept from serving God by us poor fellows who are in the church.?tfavi ./ours. Prof. Proctor savs the Star of "Rotlile-1 liem, or the Pilgrim, or 15 Cassiopeia, ought to be visible May i?. Its period is j .100 years, hut several years more have] ; passed since the time limit is supposed to have elapsed in JSSO. Making all usual allowances, it should appear very soon now. The famous Dismal swamp is no longer used as a shelter for runaway negro slaves of course, but it is believed to be the hiding place of at least :T hundred white men who for various reasons want to retire to private life for a spell. Threshing Machinery. Nkw i iii sk'-o.vp hank sati.?r>ict.ion for I this ; )* | >l y l?v l?-l I ?*r t<? J. M. M VITHKU'S, Alay ||, |.<*7. :;i. Kirl?scyV, s.? Notice. t I.I. .*? : I i;si:ilc owner* aild II:<11 I A in Abbeville county are-required by an i act of the Legislature known as the drainage! sirt to remove in the months of May and An-1 gust in each year all trash, trees, rafts and; timber from the running streams through their I.1 ml. All persons subject to provisions of this law will proceed at once to conform to its requirements. By ordei of the Board. J. T. PARKS, tiuru i>. v. u. Abbeville, S. C., May 2, 18^7. 2t. Executor's Notice. HplIE DEBTORS AND CREDITORS of the 1. estate of Col. D. WYATI' AIKEN, deceased, will present their claims and settle their debts with the undersigned without delay. VIRGINIA C. AIKEN, Executrix. DAVID AIKEN, May 11,18S7,4t Executor. P. B. SPJSED, * RE: COM ME NO EDIYPW^oians. The eye Is the most delicate organ of the human system, yet,Jit is the most recklessly a;id carelossly used. Don't be deceived by peddlers but call and get Zinemans "Dinmanla" spectacles and eye-glasses, a fit guaranteed and charges reasonable. If any glasses wanted In very fine mounting, a lot will be ordered at once from which you cau make 1 your selection, i*. i>. npccu, Ageiu. i-su Get the Best. WARRAXTKJ) for 5 years. The New High Ann Davis, Vertical Feed Sowing Mo - iilie. No ono else allowed to fell them In ; Abbeville county. Write to me for prices. I sell tin* New Doincitic, the New American. The best sperm Sewing Machine Oil, Net " !<&(!., for all Machines. I oiler the best J cMcape.-t .stock of Furniture, Coffins, Ac., in the county. HKNllY J. KINAUD, Agt, | March .'it', 1S.S7,1-tn Ninety-Six. S. C. Coffins at Due West. iT*IIK tindersigned has in store a variety of | t mi FJNS of all SIZKS AND STYLES. A 1IKAUSK will be fnrntshed wh'-n needed. A. SKM'KN KENNEDY. . April fi, IR-:7,12tn Shrink Your Tires. ri'HK nttenlion of OWNERS of WAGONS. I Rl'UUIES, CAltUl AGES and all kinds of vehicles Is called to thp importance of having their TIKKK SHRANK In the best manner when they need it. If you want your TIRES SIIUITXK call on LEWIS RICH KY, who lias one of the latest improved SHR1NKEKS, and will do your work in the best possible manner and at prices to suit t he times. IjKWIS RICHKY. May 4,1S?7,1 m Coffins at Mt. Carmel. TW. SKJX has cotlins at Mt. Carmel In the care of \V. II.-I'oWKIil.. The HEARSE ! will be sent, from Abbeville when desired, j Jan. 5,1887. U If HILL m I ! II you propose going West or NortliWesi, t<> write to me. I represent the Short Line. I'ltKI). I). JUUSJI, I). 1\ A., Nov. .'I 188G, Gin. Atlanta, (>n. Coffins at Lov/ndesville. Jff. SK?X lias COFFINS at I.owiulcsvilie , in caru of Dr. J. M. MOSKI.Y. The Hearse will In' sent from Abbeville when re<Iuired. Abbeville, May 12, ISSi;. tf We are Sole Agents j^OllTIlK "KLEl.Tinc CUTLEKY. Scls. koiv, Shears, Kazors anil Knives; absolutely t lie bo.-t goods ever offered to custo1 mers. If iha hulics will give the "Electric'' i^4a>ars ami Scissors and Hie gentlemen tlie "Kleclric" llazors a trial they will not have 'any thing e!se. Lookout for our handsome I "Electlie show case on tlie right, as you en: tor our store. \\\ JOEL SMITH & SON. Jan. fl,1NS7, tf Medical Card. I - * t..4 t? n.rt -r?r>T"fi HA* i.Mi som my iihuii-m hi mu business, 1 will from this time devote my whole time to the PKACTICE OK MEDICINE AM) SLKGEUY. G. A. NEUFFElt, M. I) i Jiili. 5,1SS7, tf Real Estate Broker. T1IK utidersi-rncd oilers his services to the citizens ?>l Abbvville eounty in the purchase and sale of real estate. I also represent two reliable Fire Insurance j Coin panics. J. T. i'AKKS. Oct. 12 1S.S0 If Notice. ' i' 11 E School t 'oiuniissiuiicr will be in his of. 1 tico on ilie following: days to register school claims and attend toother business, viz : Saturday, 2<>th Murcli. ~<;uiiru<iv, nun Saturday, I lt.li May. Saturday, ts*ii ,ln?(\ and every Saleday during i lie t-'cliool i:iout lis. K COWAN, Fob. li>, IS."7, tf School Commissioner. "HTSP-A IR SHOP AT IONALESVIILE. 'ri:i: ;;niv,:i:s!(;ni-:i> has kwknti.v 5 i.lii il itn lii< sliOl* nnd Is now propnrecl I.. .;<i i.lnirs! ki'ii! nf work lint! m.-i.v he iI on MUX IKONS nr si'ka.m MXCiNJ-s. All kinds ui' I HON Tl'UNlNO ni.-cly ilnno. sn v.> <!i'liiys. Height,ami loss of llnic liy taking your wot k to 111'O 11 W11,SON, SKMOK. Hooalils, S. April (i, lStf", tx' INSURANCE LICENSE. Executive Department. Office of Comptroller General, Columbia, S. C., Sept. 24,18SG. [ CERTIFY, That 5Ir. J. T. PARKS, of Abbeville, A cent of THE CI1EASAPEAK.E I IKE INSURANCE COMPANY, tucorporated by the District of Columbia, has complied with the miuiHitiouH of the Actof th? General Assembly entitled "An Act to regulate the Agencies of Insurance Companies not in corpora ted in the State of South Carolina, j and I hereby license the said Mr. J . T. Parks. Agent aforesaid, to take risks and transact all business of Insurance in this State, in the County of Abbeville, for and in behalf of said Company. Expires March 31st, 18^7. W. K. STONEY, Comptroller General. April 7, J886. BLOODED AND GS.M0CK FOR SALE. TfillsEY BULL CALVES, GRADE JERil sey Heifers out of extra milkers, Essex Tigs, Tirou/.c Turkeys, Game Chickens, l'ekin Ducks and Scoicli Collie l'ups All from prize stock. Address W. H. FRAZIER, Dec. 1,18S0.1 m N Inety-Six, S. C. \VM. H. PARKER \V. C. McGOwAN* I PARKER & McGOWAN ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS, ABBEVILLE, C. If., S. C. WII.Tj practice also In the CI rcu it Courts 01 the United States for South Carolina* Jan 7, 1880. tf Cloaks and Jackets. \\T K have a few lailies cloalts ami jackets y\ si ill on liniul that we are offering at less ' than net. cost. Come nnd get one. W. JOKL SMITH & SON. j Jan. 5,1887, tf School Books ! All of the Books taught in the Public Schools may be found at the store of H. W. LAWSON & CO. j Greenwood HI LEAYELL & GAG Latest Designs in Americai FOREIGN MARBLE. + <4^* Headstones and Monument ways on hand and made to o: ORDERS SOLICIT ? 4^ WORK GUARANTEEI to the ra: WE ALWAYS I TWENTY TO TV MEAT, CORN, FLOUR AND CAN GIVE PROMPT AUGUSTA SF are shipped lis on consignment, and will Ask lor prices by WIRE. Satisfaction guara Jan. 20,1857. tf fltji)T (MfflyrOiuxa Z4>'/tfyVfcqcMSB M ~2>ir/flO??J For Sale by W. , I TOYS! TO Don't fail to see E. A Toys. Ve ; If you want to see sometl sortment of French Candy it TEMPLETON & CO'S. E. A. TEMPLETON & CO 1 now have complete lines 01 Furnishing Goods, Crockery, The 5c. counter at F. A. T] ed every day. Don't fail to < Notions, Notions, Nctions < E. A. TEMPI PALMETT< "III Largest ml Bet Hi WITH SELEC' j?l*K oli> WUI8KEY. J3RAND JJOMESTIC, TJUBLIN AxD ^LE,.JpHESH JJK1 ^LSO A JTjlULL J INE OF FJIOB/ mountaix gap rvb y^<nHN TtnnsKii *J~"" vv Thos. McGettig . Spring Goods! ; * . ?v3J3 Spring Goods Ij w ?ft^f"Rinpnrt A nn r, nUStNtftltli a uu. HAVE just receivcrl tlielr immense stock of SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS. CLOTHING! CLOTHING! Special care has been taken In selecting their stock of CLOTHING and not only have they the bestquality but also the latest styles. Cull and examine their stock. Everybody can be suited. Thfi largest stock of SEERSUCKER COATS ever brought to this market In plain and Norfolk Jackets. Having bought unusually large it will enable them to offer these goodx to the pubWc at lower prices than ever before. '' ?*ry one can be suited in a STRAW HAT, as they have an Immense slock of the latest style, which t!i?y lutend selling at prices wlthlu the reach of every one. They have the very thliig for the young men In NECKWEAR. Special attention wa? gtv* en lu the selection of these goods ami the styles and prices are not to be beaten by any one. Their stock of ys TPkT)v nA/^-na j /J_Vj JL uvv/j-'a NOTIONS. PIQUES, LADIES UK ESS GOODS, DRESS GINGHAMS, SEERSUCKERS AND LAWNS, both white ii nd figured, Is larger and will be sold lower than ever before offered in this market. . A large stock of SHIRTS, lnundrled and unlaundried. Their 50c. Shirt cun't be beaten. Tlielr stock of LOW QUARTER SHOES Is complete, also TRUNKS, VALISES, LADIES HAND SATCHELS, &c., always on hand. A complete stock of > . Tobacco, Hardware,Groceries and in fact all STAPLE GOODS at the very LOWEST PRICES. For CHEAP GOODS AND FOR GOOD GOODS CALL ON . P. ROSENBERG & CO, mm* COTHRAN. .A.ttornevs at I^aw, VHBKVI i.iji. s. r. arble Works! IE, PROPRIETORS. ERCHANTS ! i *'*-^3 IAVE ON SPOT fENTY-FIVS CARS , AND SEED OATS, I I . & " . IIPMENT AT ALL TIMES. THESE GOODS be sold at market prices. nled. ROGERS & CO., Augusta, Ga. ' :i &" '., Svr^Vt,'?i. rOEL SMITH & SON. 5TS! TOYS! . TEMPLETON & CO'S iry Cheap. a ling beautiful go and see Ast the New Show Case at E. A. --? ? 11* + V>oiv ctnro and let V C UHCU up but*** ?vv*v Dry Goods, Groceries, Gents &c. EMPLETON & CO'S isrenewexamine the 5c. counter. )f all kinds, at .eton & co. 1 ) saloon!i House ii tie Up-Connlry. T BRANDS OF VXDY AND "T^TINES, J^OREIGN Avn -r ivmprtfiT, T&ORTER 1j ~ r br always ox jjaxd. icco, ^ugaks and qigaretts, AND QTONE jyjOUNTAIN :s A OjPECIALTY. i*an, Proprietor No, 4 Washington Street.