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M^%?i?UM4M||MlMM'*MM|l?I?"??,?i??i??W?m?u',? THOS. J. ADAMS, PROP'S,. ,,"."."."?".?,.."...."..".|,..u..,.."..,r.|...UMM.....,.".,,,l1,..,.l,,..,.ll,.|,..o.l|M|(?tMlllM,I?M...tl|...U?^>.?'M??U?W-.?V.".?'uni*??.?l?.*...?.<.' EDGEFIELD, S. G., TUNE 9, 1881. .i.n.,.,,.I.^>.?1I,'.'"I,">'..' VOL. XLVL--NO. 27 Spring Announcement HAVING just opened my SPRING and SUMMER STOCK OF GOODS, I can show positively the Largest and Most Select Stock, that I have ever ottered. The following are a few of the many bargains I am offering: Prints, f>, 0] and'TJc. For Gie can give some of the best brands. Quite a large variety of beautiful patterns. Bleaching, 5c to Pvc per vd., by Piece, for the very best full yd. wide. Splendid Pique at Sc. Victoria Lawns at 10c and up. Colored Mueiins, Lawns, Pique?, 10c and up. ? Very nice Dress Goods, 10c. Parasols, from 15c to very handsome Silk ones at $.! 50. Full line of Domestics, Ticku gs, Ginghams, Linens, Cottonades, Cassi meres, Black Cashmere, Blxck Al?aca, Black and Colored Silks. Splendid Stock of Table Damask, Doilies, Towels, Oil Cioths, &c. India Linens, Linen Cambric, Thread Cambric, Irish Linens, Nainsook, Mull Muslins, Dotted and Striped Swiss Muslins,-and in fact every thing i in the White Goods line at close prices. Fans, 3 for 5c, and up to beautiful Silk ones. Tremendously large lot of Dress Goods, Lace Buntings, Black All-Wool Bunting at 25c. Immense stock of Core t?. Ladies' Hats, trimmed and untrimmed. Flowers, Feathers, Ornaments, &c. Lace Fichus, Lace and Silk Ties, Silk Handkerchiefs, Buchings, Cuffs and Collars, Veilings, Kid doves, Lace Mit?, etc., etc. HOSIERY.-Only an examination of our Goods in this department can give any idea of the extensive and beautiful line of these goods we carry. RIBBONS.-I call special attention to my large and choice stock of Rib bons. Full line ol all "the newest shades. [any one. Buttons, all the novelties, and an assortment that WiP certainly please j LACES.-Having devoted a gcod deal of time to this department, we I can show a very large assortment of Val., Torchon, Languedoc, Breton and many other varieties. Russian Laces, elegant patterns, entirely new. All of which are being sold at prices which [ ' .hem within the reach of ever\r one. Hamburg Edgings and Insertions, Iriih Trimmings, Cash's Frillings. Shoes for Children, Ladies and Gents, a very large stock-and such as we can recommend. Very full stock of Ladies' and Misses' Slippers. Gents' Shirts, Collars and Cuffs. Gents' Clothing. Gents' and Boys' Hats, from 10c to the nobbiest styles in Straws & Felts. Stationery, Saddlery, Coopery, Tinware, Hardware, Fancy Groceries, Crockery-complete assortment in each department, at prices that will give satisfaction. My stock is positively unequaled, except in large cities. Purchasers will find it to their interest by giving me r. call. jAJLv-iri Hart. Edgefield, S. C., April 13, ISSI -2ml9 Landfilm, Bothwell d Co., Wholesale and Retail Dealers lu BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, TRUNKS Satchels, Umbrellas, etc., ?A ngustai Gra? 608 Broad Street: HANKING our Edgefield lriemls tor past favors, we will endeavor to laave nothing undone tc merit their continued patronage. We guarantee our PRICES TO BE AS LOW as any House ?in the City, for the same class of Goods. Call and see for yourselves. Full Line o?' Mackinaw and other Straw Hat*. LANDRUM, BOTHWELL &. Co., Apr. 21, '81.-3m20] 2d Door Above Railroad froging, %tk fifi iliiifiiOT Bimi;, Xo. 72S Broad .Si., Under Central Hotel, Augusta, fia. Miss NELLIE PURCELL RESPECTFULLY announces to her Edgefield friends and patrons, that she is now receiving tho must beautiful assortment of Spring and Summer MILLI NERY GOODS she has ever bad the pleasure of exhibiting, embracing Fine French Millinery. Novelties in Neck Wear. Velvets, Ribbons, &c i?SF- Prompt, personal attention given to all Orders. Augusta, Ga . Mar. 15. ISSI_?ni\? REA DY HA DE CLOTHING HATS, CAFS AND FURNISHING 'GOODS -:o: I AM now receiving d*ily mv SPRING and SUMMER Stock of CLOTH ING, FELT and STRAW HATS, for Men and Bovs, from thc BEST to the CHEAPEST. I have a Resident Buyer ali the time in the market, and am prepared to give Bargains at any tirap. H. S. JORDAN, Apr. 6,1881.-mis 2] 736 Broad St., Augusta, Ga. T. Markwalters Marble Works Broad SU ?ear Lower Market, Augusta, Ga. MONUMENTS, TOMBSTONES, and MARBLE WORK generally al ways on hand or made to order. A large section ready for lettering and delivery at shortest notice. Several hundreds of new designs of the most modern styles o? Monuments, furnished at a lower price than ever before in this market, and of the best workmanship, similar to that of the new Confederate Monument, recently erected by me in this city. THEO. MARK WALTER. AUGUSTA, GA., Nov. 25, 18S0. Iv51 Driller in All kinds of Cooking Stoves, Ranges, Slate Mantels. Tubs, Wash boards, Bread Treys, Biscuit Boards, Roiling Pin% Wooden and Stone Oh urns. Tin Bed-room Sets, Bath Tubs. Milk Buckets and Puns, Water Coolers, Bird Cages, Lanterns Tea and Cottee Pots, Andirons, Shovels and Tongs, Smoothing Irons. Crockery and Glassware, Spoons, Knives and F<>rks, Sieves, Knife-brick, Stove-polish, Coffee Mills, Sheet Iron Stove Pans. Wallie and Wafer Irons, Iron and Tin Saucepans, Granite Iron Ware, thc nicest ware ever made for cooking vessel?* Wholesale or Retail. Cheapest Place to Buy Kitchen Furniture. Augusta, Ga, Mar 1, 1881.-iel:: KEEP YOUR PROPERTY INSURED TUE OLD Georgia Home Insurance Co. IMG TRIED! EVER PROMPT! ALWAYS RELIABLE! THE GEORGIA HOME INSURANCE COM PANY, of Columbus, Ga, continues to insure I i IV K L Ll Ni LS, ! ?A R NS, STABLES, M ERC HAN DISE, ?c., ifec., at the LOWEST BATES, and invariably pay? its losses promptly, fairly and hon estly, and without resort to equivocation or sva Uion. Ordinary Dwelling risks will be carried per an fnum at v per cent., or ST 50 for $1,000 insurance. On the two-year plan, at 1 I-f) per cent., or -*12 for 81,000 insurance. On the three-year plan, at li per cent., or 815 for $1,000 insurance. And on the five year plan, at -1 per rent., or $22.50 for $1,000 insurance. Parties desiring insurance in a solid and reliable Company, can flo no better than plicin? their risks in the iu?>t]y popular GEORGIA HOME." S&* For insurance, or further information, apply f o Mr. W. p. ADI ?ISON, whe will canvass the Countv, or to the undersigned. D. R. DURISOE, Agent. Edgefield, S. C., Jan. 24, 1531. Iii NES ON MART GARY? UV .1A M KS P. TRADE .VKLL, .1U. i The proud Eagle of Edgetield is cold in bis grave ; His free pinions are fettered at last. And the brave neart that nothing on earth could appall Has yielded to death's icy blast. TJie hearts of his soldiers are stricken with grief And filled with the deepest regret, For full well they know what a friend they have lost What a bright constellation has set. All silent and still is his eloquent voice ; Cold in death is the warrior's hand ; The Eagle forever has taken his flight, God grant, to a far belter land ; And we, who so often have followed bis plumo As it waved in tho front of the light, Can true witness bear to a splendid ca reer Ol' this brilliant and chivalric knight. As a leader of men he had scaroety a peer, In State-craft, on forum or field ; And be dieil as he lived-a true knight without fear, With no sinister-bar on his shield. Wherever in battle we Raw his proud plume. There we knew was the deadliest fight; And he ne'er sent his men, hut himself led the way An heroic and well approved knight. May he peacefully rest, his warfare is o'er; The eye of the Eagle is dim ; His clarion voice we shall never hear more ; Carolina will long mourn for him. And well may she mourn, for her war- i rior son ; And his name and his fame shall not die As long as our /lag bears a palmetto tree, Or the ^-'Uthern cross gleams in the sky. He sleeps his last sleep; the soldier's at rest ; The long roll can awake bili, no more? And in Mart Gary's breast throbbed as knightly a heart As Richard of England e'er hore. His soldiers his mem'ry will ever keep bright, Guard his fame with affection and pride, And reconnt to their sons the brave deeds ! of the man How he fearlessly lived, fought and .lied. Sleep, General, in peace; your bright, gloaming blade Shone o'er many n red battle-plain ; j The charge of your squadrons, the cheers I nf your men, Cannot call you to glory again. No! never airain shall tho proud Eagle soar ; He forever has folded his wings ; His eyrie is vacant, his weal or hi* woo Rests alone with the great King of kings. THE ATLANTA Exrcsmox-The construction of the cotton exposition building in Atlanta has begun and will be actively pushed forward to completion. The main building will be 720 and the short will be 400 feet in length. The building, when com pleted, will contain more than a mill ion three hundred thousand, feet of lumber. Special premium crops have been planted on the exposition grounds under the ri.arge of the Hen. Mark A. Hardin, Superintendent of the'de partment, and a number of valuable premiums have been offered to the successful competitors, aggregating more than .$2,000 in value. The results of the recent town elec tions in Virginia make up a melan coly spectacle for the contemplation of Mahon e. His party seems to have gone to pieces in several of ita former strongholds, and ro be weak bey o id expectation in the State at large. What of November ? Is there any reason to belied that the Repudiat ors will do better than they havf been able to do in May9 As the Admin istration declines to recommend the | local Repnbl.can leaders to coalesce with Mahone, and present a combii a tion State ticket, in opposition to the one nominated by the regular Dem ocracy, there will be a triangular cor . test. And the conservatives will .vin, of course. The signs of the times are sil with them. A RELIC <*?; THE ROLLICKING REI'UME.-One day last week, as a gang of laborers were cleaning the recesses of one of the oki files rooms in the Treasury Department, ii two j gallon jug of antique pattern war. brought to light, to the handle ol which was attached a mouldy card bearing the following inscription : "The Hon. Howell. Cobb, Secretary of the Treasury, with the compli j ments of Lewis Wigfall." I'pon re i moving the dirt-encrusted cork, it. ; was found that there still lingered j within a drop or two of "Old Her- : j mitage Bourbon," whose fragrant j bouquet, like the long-bu.ied Faller ; nian exhumed iii Pompeian excava- ; I lions, perfumed the air and bewilder- . ; ed the senses of the fiuders of the j I precious relic. What a flood of mern- 1 I ories this ancient amphora recalled of the days when "Old Buck" occu pied the White House, and the warm Southern blood gave a tropical im ! pettis to the society of the capital. Was h i nnt<m Hep ubfican, The Columbia Register says: Beu j j-irain and Richard James murdered ? David Merewether Harrold in Ma ; rion County in August last and were j sentenced to be hung on the fiiat ' Friday in June, but the three prin cipal witnesses against R chard hav : ing been proven to be guilty of of [ fenses which rendered their testimo ? ny null and void will be granted a i new trial, but Benjamin will suffer ' the penalty of his crime. Colonel T. A. Ccott. Death of this Remarkable Man-Sketch ol'hi? Life. ACROSTIC. Toll the bell slowly ; reverently Heed wo its solemn tone. O'er the land how speedily Must the sad news have flown. A man whom the people honored, So genial, kind and true ; A friend of the poor and needy, Such men are rare and few. ' Called from the midst of his labors, O'er all hearts a gloom is spread ; There's bereavement in the message: " Thomas A. Scott is dead." JV/., in Phila. Timen. PHILADELPHIA, May 21.-Colonel Thomas A. Scott died at nine o'clock this evening, at his country home, Woodburn, ve-n Darby, in Delaware county. After sinking rapidly du ring the afternoon, he fell into a state of total unconsciousness at seven o'clock, and remained so until the moment of final dissolution. He was surrounded afr the la3t moment by members of his family" and several o' the officers of the Pennsylvania Rail - road Company. Colonel Scott was born at Loudon, Franklin county, Pa., in 1S2!. His father died when he was quite young, and Thomas was obliged to stare out for himself. In 1841 he was appoint ed a clerk in the t ll collector's of fice, fit Columbia, Lancaster county, Pa., James Patton, his brother-in-law, being t he collei tor. While in this position he displayed a rare aptitude, lor figures, and six years alterward be was transferred to Philadelphia, to act as collector to the chief clerk. Shortly after this he married. In 1850 Colonel Scott was appointed a Station agent at. Duncansvllle, and af terward superintendent of the Wes tern Pittsburg division. While serv ing in that position his abilities for the first time made themselves strik ingly evident, and he acquired a per fect, knowledge of railway transpor tation. On the dea-h of Wm. B. Foster, Vice-President, in 1860, Col ?mel Scott was elected RF his sue .essor. While he served as Vice President ie played a very distinguished part n assisting the Government: in the .ran6porLation of troops and supplies luring the war. His first movement ,vas to open a line via. Annapolis to Philadelphia and the East and the :'"orth. Shortly after this he was ap pointed Colonel of the Di3tiict volun teers, and on May 23J, 1861, he was selecied to take charge of ali (JOV ?inment railways and telegraphs. In August ofthat year he was appointed Assistant Secretary of Wa?*. On June 1, 1862, he retigned and resum ed his duties as Yice-Piesident ot th? road. On the death of Mr. Thom son, President, Colonel Scott succeed ed to that ellice. During the rail road riots of 1877, millions of dol lar.*1' worth of property belonging to the company was destroyed. Colo nel Scott worked unceasingly night and day, and contracted a disease which finally impaired his health. About three years ago his health be came so poor that he was obliged to TO abroad, remaining away nearly a year. He returned much better. Short ly after he arrived homp he suffered a stroke of paralysis, end on May 1, 1880, alter nearly thirty years serviue with the Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany, he resigned. Jr. is said that at the time of his death his fortune amounted to ?13, 000,000. His liberality throughout his lite was shown in many ways. Among hi? latest gilts were ?.50,000 to the jefferson Medical College, $50,000 to the University of Penn sylvania, ?50,000 to the Washington and Lee University of Virginia, $30, 000 to the Orthopedic Hospital, and $20(100 to the Children's Department of the Episcopal Hospital. Colonel Scott was married twice. His first wile, whom, it is said, he married when he was receiving a salary ol on ly 850 a month, was a daughter ot General Stewart, of Philadelphia. She died more than twenty years ?igo, leaving t wo children-James P. Scott aud Mrs. Howard W. Bickley, o? Philadelphia. Shortly before the war broke out Cel. Scott married his sec ond wile, Miss Anna Riddle, ot Pitts burg. Two children were born to them-Edgar Thompson, now about eight yeats of age, idH. Mary, who i? a lew years younger than her brother A Double Murder in Alabama. CHATTANOOGA, May 30.-A special giver an account of a double murder at Bridgeport, Ala., yesterday, twen ty miles lrom Chattanooga. Au Irish tramp named Mehan while bathing on Saturday mornitig with some young men became angered because they spattered him with mud. He rushed for hie knife and cut William Cope land in the nock, causing instant death. The tramp was sei?ed and ? bound hand and foot, and while ia prison Sam Reese, a couoin of Cope land, shot Mehan through the head, causing death immediately. Reeee e.?rsped. The two.cousin are con. i nected with the wealthiest and most ! .substantial families in that neighbor hood., * I The fly ig never po?uve. He al ways specs 9o. i Sheep Husbandry.--.! Chance for Capital. Mr. J. Washington Watts, of Lau* j rene county, who haa given a greal j dea'.of attention to the subject, writes ; that "it is really surprising to see ; how. little encouragement sheep hus ! bandry gets from the Press of the j State. No branch of the farming in j terest pays aa well, and it ought to i be encouraged in every possible way. ' Mr. Watts is right. We do not j appreciate our great opportunities, p.nd the resources of the State are not half way developed in any branch of industrial enterprise. With a little ol' the care that is given to the culti vation of the cotton crop bestowed upon improved breeds of ahaep, South Carolina might easily become one ? the largest and most successful wool producing States in the South. There ?6*"?8v"cry inducement to invest capital in sheep raising. The mild climate, the natural growths of both field and swamp, the abundant supply of wa ter and the large extent of wood and pasture land are ail very favorable to sheep husbandry, aud should attract the attention of those who aro hunt ing for aa easy, pleasant and reliable j investment for their money. The State contain* a total area of thirty four thousand square miles and haa a population of less thar? one mi! ribn. Immense bodies of land are lying idle in all sections of the State, or cultivated in an infeiior and in many cases wholly unprofitable man ner. Cotton is the chief product, and it is raised to the neglect of other j valuable crops and to the exclusion ?l?ost of any other practical indus try. There ii not a stock farm of considerable size or a sheep ranch in the State, notwithstanding the fact that (by the census of 1870) there are about 1,230,000 acres of swampland, 6,443851 acree of wood land and 2,650,890 acres ot other unimproved lands in the State which return but little retenue to the owners and help to drive away a thrifty ola-s ol immi. graute. These neglected acres fur nish unparalleled ad vantages tor sheep and cattle ranges, .and although this is t*ue they have continued to lie idle for years and are yet unproductive of S.UV good to their owners or th<* State. By the census of 1870 there were only 124 501 sheep in the Stale, many of them of an inferior breed and good neither for wool nor mutton. There ftgjgB twelve wool-cardin'* and cloth dressing establishments, employing only forty banda, and with a total capital of $17,200 and total products amounting t ) $21,250. The -number of factories making woollen goods were then employing thirteen hands alo representing a capital of $3,700! Tbc total value of their producta ? amounted to $13,200. These ligures I are sufficient to show that the manu facture of wool! en'goods in this State cm be made almost as largely remu nerative as the manufacture of cotton goods. With more careful attention to sheen raising, t he larger invest i nent of capital in improved breeds j and the establishmentof a sheep ranch I ">n every farm, the wool product and jnianuhVtnres of this State are sure jjto be not by any means the least prof itable of our industrial interests. Unprecedented Immigration. j Yesterday was a red hotter day in j tie Castle Garden calendar, no lees j tian 4,200 steerage passengers having i-hec landed, and all by steamships of j tie Inman Line from Liverpool. The j City of Berlin brought 1,413, the City rt Paris, 1.558, and the City of New ! "fork, 1,205. This is the first time j b the history of the Garden that ? hree steamships belonging to any one ; ompany, with such large passenger ! ists, have arrived so close together I ;8 to have their passengers discharged j >a one and the same day. The Fur i ?essia from Glasgow, and the Vanda* j ia from Hamburg, are expected to i.rrive to day. The number of immi. frants received at Castle Garden du jring the present month aggregates in 'the neighborhood of 02,000, and it is \ ?expected that the total number of ar- j ?rivals for the mon h will foot up fully | : 75,000, which will far exceed any j I former emigration statistics. The SOO J j passengers uf the steamship Nevada, i ' on which smallpox was discovered, ' are still detained at Hoffman Island, and will be kept there by the health authorities until all danger of new j i cases being developed is past,- ?V. 7 i Sarald. : STRYCHNINE AS A MEDICINE.-Dr. ? Lewis Hall Sayre, ot New York, was . /med by a certain Mrs. Annie Mor ? a*n for $25,000, her claim being based . .on the alleged injury which she suf- j 1 fered from the unskilful treatment of : j)r Sayre. The substantial nllega ; tiou was that Dr. Sayre had prescrib- j ? ed strychnia for her in such quanti- | ties as to undermine her constitution and destroy ber health. The trial rc , Halted in a verdict for the defendant. J 1 Pr Sayre was able to show by the ; testimony of eminent members of his j profession, and by the standard med- j irai works, that the medicines which he prescribed for his patient were pre "?Bely those that ought to have been given for the disease of which she fi , j i comulftiueu. The CUfiin University for Colo Students. The annual catalogue of the C lin University at Orangeburg, S. for 13S0-'81, illustrates and exam fies the eiibrts South Carolina is m ing for the higher education ot* people. This University is tor i ored students exclusively, ?nd is s ported by the State. Connected w it, by special Act of the Lesislatr is a branch of the State Agricultu .College and a Mechanic's Institr the University as a whole being rected by co operating boards trustees. . The institution is un< the. vigorous administration of Kev. Dr. Cooke, whose long exp? ence in New England and the Nor west qualifies him for his arduous ? ties. He is assisted by a corps able teacher?, the faculty in the c ferent departments numbering ni including the president. The Claiiin University is di vid into three departments : .the colle proper, the nounal school and t grammar school. The college y? is divided into three terms. In t College classes during the year tht were twenty students-juniors ii, ; phomores S, freshmen 10. lu t Normal and College Preparatory the were 126 students, and in the Grai mar school pupils, making a toi of 388. The attendance varied som what during the different terms, tl average number of pupils being In the several departments tl courses of study correspoud with tl curriculum in other well conducti and progressive institutions. Tl classical course is constructed on tl same liberal plan as the undergrad ate course in the best American cc leges; the agricultural and et-ientiJ course is adapted to the wants of tho who desire a higher education for tl indubtrial pursuits ; the Normal echo course of three years is designed prepare teachers for the comme schools of the State ; and the gran mar school course of two years is n garded as a necessity, and is intende to ground the pupils in the rudimen and equip them for the sharper cou petitions of more advanced literal labors. The institution is authorize to issue oerti?V.ite? ol graduation ! students completing the normal oniirs the usual baccalaureate degree i those completing the classical .our. nnd the degree of bachelor ot philo* opliy to those who finish the ogricnl tura! and scientific course. The re quisites for admission to the Uoiver sity are a satisfactory examination ii the studies: of the preparatory eoure and testimoni?is ot good moral char acter. The institution controls a bou one hundred and titty ames ot land the greater part of wlii^h is undo cultivation, and scientific and indus trial education ar^ practically united so that the student, by manual laboi OD the farm anti in theshop.can mak< his own way through college and greatly aid in meeting all his expenses Connected with the University there is also the " Baker Theological Institute," in which young men are trained for the ministry. The tuition in the University (except in randie) is free, and the incidental expenses amount to only four dollars a term Rooms with bedstead, mattress, table, chairs and washstand are furnished without charge, and board can be se cured from ?4 to $6 per mon* h. The University has a library of about twelve hundred volumes, two literary societies, the necessary philosophical, mathematical and chemical apparatus, and a reading room well stocked with newspaper: and periodicals. The nnnnal commencement exer cises of the University will take place this year on June 8th. By the char ter of the institution no student can be refused admission or denied any of the privileges of the University on account-of his race, complexion or re ligion : the State system is to have only colored students at Orangeburg and only white students at the South Carolina College in Columbia. The progress of the Clallin Uni versity is morit satisfactory, and *ince 1876 it has steadily improved. It is mainly supported, like the College at Columbia, by the annual interest on the invested proceeds of the sale of the Land scrip given the State by Congress. The whole of the sum in vested was lost or stolen in Radical times, but th whole of the principal has been replaced by the Democratic Legislature, and the interest, of course, j is paid regularly. South Carolina j takes as much pains to educate the ; colored people as the white people, and any who are still averse to seek- j ing aid from the National Govern ment in enlarging the channels of ed- j ucation can probably remove their scruples by recalling the fact that the j only State Colleges we have owe their ; existence, in their present shape, to the funds derived irom the sale of public lands under the Agricultural Land Scrip Act:.-News and Courier. "Dar ain't no use o' tryin' to hide yer sins under tine clo's, fo" de Lawd can see slick froo broadcloth," said the Rev. James Delavan, at a Kansas ! camp meeting. Dan. Kirby, a well dressed gambler, construed the words 1 ae a personal insult, and whipped the ' preacher after the services. ! Denunciation of the ?lian?e the Text of the Revised Bibi LoNBOS, May 18.-The $ktn< this morning ha? an editorial on reyi^eJ iernion of the New Te mont. The following aro the-n points: Tho writer o'' the article sert* that, "whatever scholars 1 think of the labors of the revi* the impression produced upon public mir'? is.one of disappointm and dissatisfaction. It is obvious ; a great many of the alterations adi ed have been approved for reason mere literary criticism, which ma us rather skeptical as to the i rift bi li ty or even good taste of the re era." "Where no material change in sc or substance of the authorized \ sion has bzeti shown to be requi by the revisers, for the proper 0 struction of the original, they' lu nevertheless thought themselves i tilled in mending the English ? improving the grammar ol passa which have struck deep root in hearts and memories of the Engl peuple. One word has been substi ted for aaother ai the .whim of 1 New Testament company; moods ;i tenses have been shifted about to fl isfy some pedantic scheme of synt tical symmetery. "The system upon which the re sers appear to have acted is altogetl erroneous and deplorable. Even i Lord's Prayer, which every Engl: speaking child learns to lisp at mother 's knee, has not been spar? The revisers have handled it as abc commentator might handle a noto ous corrupt chorus in the 'Eumenid or the 'Vacchfe.' St. Paul's praise charity, unequalled in its own" ki for ringing ar;d rhythmical eloquen in the old version, is mangled A made irreeogni/able by the senselc substitution ot the word 'love' J 'charity.' "Had they purged the sacred te ol the errors which had crept into and placed, where it was uecersar the mriwum readings in thc margi they .would have performed une] and acceptable work. Rut in the i fort to attain dry and merely meemi leal accuracy Ot expression, they ha so 'reviled' the noblest book iii t English language as ro deprive it much of its beauty, .tnd iliey li? de.-;roved many ot' it- historical as* elations/' lu conclusion ihe&ko' f/rd writer says that it rem lins 110 for the revisei - io revise-the text th " have produced. If this new verair is ever to be generally used and 1 ?arpersede th* authorized vers: many of the alterations that im been made must be discarded. The New Tinted Stales tulumi; sioner of Agriculture. "Dr. George B. Loring 0; Mass: cmnsetb- who succeeds Le Due p Commissioner of Agriculture, ho long been the standard cattle .?hoi orator in that State, and ou him ha usually devolved the duty of arlin M temporary Chairman of Republi san State Conventions. Thia fact I finally oauie to speak ol as "this ar tiual honor" when he stood up to ex press his ?hanks to the assembled de! agates. In Massachusetts a oatt!' show is a display ot pumpkins, man gel-wurzels, bed quilts, patent churns embroidery, apple-paring machines wagon jacks, and other articles use Fol to farmers and their families, witl \n occasional quadruped'by way 0 notification of the name. In everv hamlet that has within the last twen y years or so held a cattle show th< aime of Dr. Loring is a household vord. Dr. Loring is considered ? landeome mau by the. farmers wives, Be wears a Prince Albert coat, but ;oned closely, and his nen voice leems to proceed from the region ol ;he middle button. He has the fae. ilty of becoming eloquent on topiun ittle calculated to inspire men io el )quence, and he can speak to any ength and breadth on any subject vithont forethought. When Le rises n the tent at a cattle show and waxes ?loquent upon the soil of the snr unndirig hills, even the squashes ?eem to crook their necks to get a matter view ol him, the conscious pumpkins turu a deeper red, aud the cinches of seed corn prick up their :a.rs. Di Loring is also equal to an >ration at short notice on eentenni -.l occasions and that sort oi thing, and 10 lias never been known to refrain Vom heilig eloquent. Dr. Loving is 10t a practical tiller of the soii. He s a doctor c-i medicine-whether ) rac tical or not. we- are. not informed -and his home ia in historic Salem. [Te may not prove himself equal to LeDno in originatiag-sluh projects as inquiring for his native lund a mo. loply in the matter of tea and lear ng China and Japan out in the cold; Dui it is not to be feared that the ?ountry will derive less benefit from the Bureau of Agriculture under his -onfroi than under the guidance of L?Duc. After a clergyman has taken a free bottle ol tonic, felt better, and?writ ten out his certificate of the curative equalities of the medicine.-for publica tion, it makes him unhappy to have a ?lector come along and pronounce the atuff gio bitters; and bad at that Brevities and: Levities. Mi n who recklessly run in debt ?vi e j freoauntly inclined to eau de V. j A. vei! is a protection against the j sun of heaven und the sons of earth. j Why is the eartii like tf.bte? kboard *.' j Because the children of raen multiply Lon the face of it. ? .. - j A lady friend says that ' bachelors I are like-a butch of biscuits-good I enough after they are mixed". Translating from . t he German-es carting yuur giri home from the fash ionable dancing party. Soot: of a mau with a rope around his neck aud a mob at the other end : " I'm saddest when I swing." Every business man lik^sto be pat ronized, provided his jut:on does not patronize him in a patronizing manner. Never despise small thing?. A flea "will get over more ground, in pro portion to his ?ixe, in Qrie,.second than an eleph-int. will caver in an hom 's traveling. . A professor asked his class, " What, is the' auront ? "A"student," ;"hesitat ing, replied : " Professor,* I diel know bnf I have forgot te n*'* " That is sad, very sad," rejoined the professor. ,; The only man . in the world that' ever knew has forgotten it." Men owe their resolution, and mest, of their ' success, to the opposition they meet with. ? The divinity- of charity consists in relieving a man's needs before they are forced upon us. A strong man is one whose passions stimulate his reason sud whose rea son controls his passions. . ./ 'Unfortunately, the only- pedigree worth having is on? that can be nei ther transmitted or inherited. j. One of the kindest things heaven has done for man is denying him the j rower of looking into the future. Even machinery isjppen to persua i sion. The tiremeu of an English ? steamer cokes the steamer to make it ? go. j Talk is thinner than milk. If you j don't, believe it set a pan of each side j by side, and see which affords the ; mor.f cream. ' " There is a giri with * line figur?,** 1 *aid Leonardo Toppletc ;.his friend Frederick Von Weises; - ht, as tro ? uugainly Miss Dromedaries stalked by." "Doyen call hers a fine fig ure?' was the astonished <piei v. "I Cio ; she has $10,000in her own name." t -Roeftrxiw ThmocToJ.. French savants have discovered that mau is a venomous animal. Rab bits inoculated with rite saliva taken from any child or from an enraged mau will die. The deduction is that parasites exist in the stomach which infect the saliva pf young children, and also that ol a grown person when the latter becomes angry. We print this morning a special dispatch from Washington which gives the opinions of many of Mr. Conk ling's friends, both in and ont of the Republican party, of ?hatgentleman's real motive for resigning. According to these gentlemen, Mr. Conkling has grown uncomfortable in the Republi can party and xs seeking, ina some what indefinite way, a new alliance or a restoration ol' his old snpremacy. If he cannot again become the leader that he was, he would prefer to see the party with which he has served so long go to pieces, in the hope that he can secure a benefit from thc chaos that will ensue. He seems \to have put ont a feeler for the votes of those who are opposed to monopolies, or the overgrown power of corporations, lt is very probable that Afr. Conkling is striking ont tor a new party. That the stoty we publish to day comes from some of the Senator's closest friends makes it entitled to great re spect. If Mr. Conkling really in tends to strike out from hi* old asso ciations, it is ? political event of the very first importance.-Philadelphia Timex Th? Relative Patriotism ot Roscoe Conkling and James G. Biaine is nu der discussion by some of the Repub lican Organs -in- New York State. Neither 01 these uien did an}* light ing in tlie wai1 and the great, point to b*? settled is. whether Conkling had patriotism enough to send a substitute. It is well known that Blaine.did meet .tl! the te^uiremento ot patriotism in this respect, and "perhaps Conkling did, but it lois not be?-? ascertained so far, and until it i>: die real merits of tbe controversy net ween Conkling and the administrationcannot be de termined.-Philadelpltiii Tine*. A curious, stoty comes from a town .ii Columbia County. N. Y. Some yeats ago a loving couple became es tranced. Each married, and in the lapse of time the companions ci both died. A year or so later the couple met, ?md not long alter they were married. A few months ago they both 'lied within a tew hours of each other. They were buried on the same day. the wife by the ?ide of her first husband, the husband beside hi? first wife, .