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The Vital Issue. Chairman Clarkson, of the Re publican National Committee, when asked recently in regard to the platform tobe adopted in Min neapolis, went on to give an out line of the declaration which he thought would be made by the convention. A part of what he said is extremely interesting to the people of the south. "I do not know," said he, "that the Lodge federal election bill will he specifically endorsed, but I do know that a human right's plank of unquestioned vigor will be presented to tne convention." Continuing Mr. Clarkson says : "Did it ever occur to you that yonr child may livi to" see as many negroes in this country as there are white people to-day? Within the next three-quarters of a cen tury I predict the colored popula tion of this country will be at least 65,000,000. And does any one mean to tell me that they shall be denied the elective franchise guar - anteed by the constitution? That ia the next great issne to be fought over, and we might ashwell open our eyes to its magnitude." As the negro is not deprived of the "elective franchise guaranteed by the constitution," Mr. Clark son's interview, when reduced to its last analysis, means that the great issue to be fought over is, whether or not the federal govern ment will consent to put the bay onet at the ballot boxes of the south, for the purpose of intim idating its voters, and allow the republican party to attempt to accomplish by force and bloodshed what cannot be accomplished with a fair and free ballot. The bayonet as a republican promoter, is the real issue and Mr. Clarkson goes to the gist of the whole business. We may talk about tariff reform and free silver and remark with considerable emphasis that they ,are great and growing issues, or we may say that this one or that one or that one is paramount. But it all amounts to nothing. The real issue between the two parties is one of sectionalism. That is the cat in the meal tub, or, to speak more pertinently to the facts, it is the nigger* in the woodpile. We can't escape that particular issue ; it is paramount and it seems to be permanent. So far as the two parties are concerned, there is no need for any - platforms or declamatory resolutions. The voters know in stinctively what each rep*resents, andjhey will ally themselves with each regardless of the issuee that play about on the surface. The democratic party as it exists to day is formed for the purpose of resisting federal aggression and opposing the spirit of sectionalism which appeals to the prejudices of the war and strives to turn the south over to an ignorant and ir responsible race led by corrupt white men. . The white people of t\e south may as well get themselves in readiness for a renewal of the old and oft-repeated contest. What ever the platforms of the two parties may say; whatever the names of the candidates may be, there will be but one issne-the southern issue, the sectional issue. Those of our friends who imagine that the campaign is to be fought out on the economic issues of the hour may as well lay aside their arguments and address themselves to the central and vital questions of the hour, namely : whether the - time has come to surrender the south to the forces which stand ready to despoil her states and overthrow her social organization. That is the issue and the whole of it. There may be a pleasing display of rhetorical fireworks over the tariff, the silver question and the other issues that form the burden of off-year discussions, but it will amount to nothing. It will sparkle and go out and we shall find ourselves scrambling about in the embers of the war and fighting against the effects of the combined and harmonious effects of the combined and harmonious effort of the Republican forces to Africanize the south and to renew and complete the ruin begun during -the reconstruction period. This issue is of more importance than all the rest put together. It is an issue that we cannot escape. It is all that holds the republican party together. The end and aim of its "war mission" is the spolia tion and degradation of the south. While the republicau organiza tion presents a formidable front the people here cannot afford to divide on any issue, for all issues are insignificant in comparison with this attempt to Africanize and despoil the states of the south.-Atlanta Constitution. .The industrious man touches all the buttons and the loafer takes the rest. The first battering ram was pro bably made, of a hard-headed man wbo-wWiot upright. I Second Croi,, Irish Potatores. Lay aside all the small potatoes from the'size of an hulled wal nut down to that of a small hickory nut, as the crop is dug in June or early in July. Accumulate as many seeds as it is desired to plant, and expose them to the sun until they assume a greenish cast. Then take and clip on the seed ends of each small potato, throw? ing this clipping away. Near a well, or other convenient source of water, scoop out a place in the soil eight or ten inches d?ep and line the same with straw 01 leaves. Spread out the potatoes in this hollow, three or four inches deep; cover them with a little atraw and then throw on several inches of soil. Wet the seed be fore covering with soil from time to time,>very day for as few days. If rain does not fall .'on the bed, apply enough water to keep the potatoes steadily moist. After ten days have expired, begin to watch for their sprouting and as soon aE this is indicated have the soil made ready to recieve the seed, Have the land well plowe'd and the furrows laid off in good time. If a rain occurs to wet this open furrow just as the seed potatoes have sprouted, (sprouts just started grow so they will not break off in handling) it will be a decided gain in startling the crop to drop tho potatoes in the fur rows, as soon after the rain ashcan be done and not too wet to plow. Drop the seed every fifteen inchee and press them firmly into che mellow soil with the foot. Then with a turn shovel run a furrow each side of the seed furrow, and far enongh off to make a square bed over the seed. By this opera tion moisture will be conserved to the use of the already sprouting potatoes to bring them up in ten days or two weeks if another rain should occur in a week after planting. On naturally moist soil, rain may be deferred some weeks with out interfering with germination, When the potatoes are up keep the soil stirred shallow. If the neces sary plant food is in the soil the second crop frequently is much larger than the first one. A trial of this plan will show that a second crop 'is more easily grown than you now think.-Southern Farm. u 'Have you seen anything of a dog going down the road, with a tail an inch or an inch and hali or two inches long?' "And the man answered, 'Yes, he went down the road about an hour or an hour and a half or two hours ago, and he has had time tc get a mile ]and' a half or two miles.' ' An inference is always more 01 less dangerous. There is not much wind in the blows of the sledge hammer. A prophet is. never without honor in his own ward. Experience is one thing that cannot be transmitted. When a .goat wants to do a complete job, he uses his head. Dr. Talmage Tells a Story. The Rey. T. De Witt Talmage tells with great gusto the following experi ence, which he attributes to his brother, also a clergyman: "He had just recovered from a long spell of sickness," says Dr. Talmage, .'and weak in body, emaciated and pallid, he was walking slowly along a street near his home when he was ac costed by a big, burly fellow, who said to him cheerfully: " 'Say, is your name Smith- Jim Smith?' " 'No,' replied my brother, 'my name is Talmage.' " 'Well, I didn't know. Tm looking for a man named Smith. They say he lives near here. He's dying of consump tion, and I thought as soon as I clapped eyes on you that you might be the man.' " 'Sir,' said my brother, 'I am a cler gyman, and I may look thin and pale, but you must not judge of consump tives by that. In my time, now, I've preached funeral sermons over scores of fellows just as big as you. Apoplexy, you know, catches you big fellows every time. I hope I shall not be called upon' "But," says Dr. Talmage, "the big fellow did not wait to hear my brother to the end."-New York Herald. Do You Appreciate The advantage of buying always from a clean, fresh stock of goods? If yon do, you can bave that advantage by baying shoes, slippers aud hats from Mulherin, Rice & Co., Augusta. Prices are lower than the lowest. Gentlemen, we have the handsomest line of fine dress Shoes in this market. Prices low./Give us a call and we will please you. More new dress goods to arrive this week. J. M. COBB. Dotted Swiss will be worn this sea son more than ever, we have a full line with laces to match. PEARCR & A I.LKN. MissAinoss will leave Edgefield in about ten days, and persons wishing dresses would better call at once and see her. PEARCE & ALLIN. Tne Spring is Upon Us, And we are receiving this week a nice line of ? Spring Calicoes, Ging hams, etc. CAI and examine tnem. Very truly, W. H. TURNER & Co. lOf Ginghams for 6^. This is for 10 days only. PEARCE & ALJ.FN. 10? Windsor Ties, now 5?. PEARCE ?& ALLEN. "Dearie's" Innocent Prattle. An exceedingly pretty and graceful young woman and a little girl of per haps five years of age, boarded a Tre mont street electric yesterday after noon, and the car being nearly empty walked up to the forward end and took a seat where the young miss could watch the motorman twist and untwist tiie brake and turn on and off the elec tric current. She watched him with the deepest in terest for a long time, and when'the car started without th 2 aid of horses, or any visible signs of power, she became deep ly perplexed. "Mamma," she said, "what makes thl cargo?" ' "This is an electric, dearie. Electric ity makes it go." "Mamma," said the little miss, after a long silence, "we learn more'n and more'n every day, don't we?' \ "Yes, dearie," mamma answered, with a far away look in her eyes. "Did you pass that bad quarter on the 1 conductor?' dearie queried after that individual had just gone by collecting the fares. Every person in the car heard her and tried hard not to smile. "Papa said if the conductor wouldn't take it you could pass it in the contribu tion box next Sunday. Could you do that, mamma?" i MaTrima, signaled the conductor just then. As they were getting off dearie was telling mamma that those three red haired women were awfully homely, i and when the car started off again the red haired women blushed even redder ' than their hair, and a strange, undefina , ble constraint pervaded the car until the last red haired woman had got off, which was somewhere near the end of the route.-Boston Herald. Taking Advantage of the Tear. ' Over the line in Paulding, Ga., there ; lived a widow whose name, we believe, was Brown. But it is not Browr now. She is there no more, nor is she a widow ' any more forever. She was fat and fair, i but not forty. About three weeks ago there came along a middle aged widower of fine mien and prepossessing appear ance. Ostensibly he stopped for a drink of water at the well The widow, in , the goodness of heart, kindly gave him the water. Her looks pleased him, and 1 at once to business he went. Neither i one ever saw the other before. He ask ed her if she was married. She told him no, that she was a lone widow. Whereupon he informed her that he , was a widower hunting for a wife. "Yes. sir! walk in." Here we drop the curtain. In her own language, how ever, we give the_result: "It is sufficient to say this is leap year, you know, and at 8 o'clock that night we "twain were made one.' We fixed it all right there and then." Tomorrow she leaves for his home. Where it is or what sort it is or whether he has one, she knoweth not. She says "marriage is a lottery any how." She was on our streets yester day as gay as a lark. Now, who can ? beat a widow "for business" when she is i in dead earnest?-Atlanta Constitution. Female Jesters. Nothing better illustrates the dullness of society in the Middle Ages than the custom used by all high placed and wealthy persons of keeping a profes siona? jester, nor was it confined to Christendom, for we read that Cortez 1 found an individual of this profession 1 at the court of Montezuma. Our mod ern clowns, though very different from the licensed jesters of old, owe to them, of course, their origin; but, so far as I know, the female jester, who was in . vogue before the male, has no presen' ? representative. We are told by Erasmus that in all the gre it inns on the Continent uhere i was in his time a female official of this description, who enlivened the-com pany ati she waited at table By witti 1 cisms'and repartee. It should be added, > however, that she was generally young , and pretty. So late as 1853, we read in Mrs. Hornby's "Travels" that she found a female jester at Constantinople, who was exceedingly amusing.-London Il lustrated Newa Animals' Eyes Flag Trains. "Yes, we have a good deal of experi ence with wild animals," remarked an engineer, "but not so thrilling as that of the engineers on western roads when the buffalo was common on the plains. But there is enough still left of wild animal life to make it interesting. The eyes of the wolf, coyote, wildcat, jack rabbit, polecat and other animals look like a red light when facing the headlight. Did not these animals quickly undeceive us by turning their heads, an engineer might think his train was being flagged and stop his engine. The wolf, wildcat and coyote are quick and jump from the track, bat the jack rabbit is less fortu nate. The headlight has a strange fas cination for this animal and often it is killed."-Denver Newa An Electrical Finger. An electrical finger for surgical uses has recently been invented. A bulb, at tached to a long probe, is attached to a finger stall. The bulb is double and the outer skin is flexible. The two layers are connected with opposite poles of the battery, and wires connect the inner layer with the finger tip. Pressure at any point closes the circuit and the elec trical current is transmitted to a corre sponding point on the finger. The sur geon has thus a means of feeling and measuring things which he can neither see nor reach by ordinary means.-Phil adelphia Ledger. A Surprised Official. The following story is credited to Con gressman Boutelle, of Maine: There was once a secretary of the navy from an interior state. He had never seen a ship before arriving in Washing ton. Some weeks after his induction into office, he visited a ship of war. Af ter landing on the main deck he looked down the main hatch and seemed great ly astonished. "Never dreamed," he said, "that the durned thing was hol low." _ Useless Expense. A prince received from the house steward his monthly statement of ac counts, in which occurred the item of 1.50 lire for the keep of a cat in the palace. The prince immediately wrote in the margin, "If there are no rats in the house, it is no good keeping a cat; if there are any rats, the charge for the keep of the cat is superfluous." And he struck out the item.-Don Chisciotte. A Dentist's Way of Expressing lt. A story is told about a popular dentist who was a farmer's boy before he studied his profession and the metaphors of the farm came glibly to his hps. He had just opened an office and one of his first customers was a young lady, whose teeth he carefully examined and then remarked, "I find, miss, that one of your hind teeth needs a little filling."-Spring field Homestead. Gets Warmed Cheaply. A Havre jeweler, who has an alternat ing current transformer in the basement beneath his store, has placed an iron grating over it. and in this way warms his place at the electric company's ex pense.-New York Journal. For 10? we will give you a white Persian Lawn, worth 16jV PSARCS & ALLEN. PHOTOGRAPHING ASTEROIDS. How Photography Has Come to the Aid Of the Enthusiastic Astronomer. The Boston Scientific society has held a meeting of unusual interest, at which S. C. Chandler, the eminent astronomer, gave the first public presentation of the remarkable work now being done by Has Wolf at Heidelberg. He said: "The position of asteroids in astronomical science is a peculiar, and I might say practically a useless one, so far as tangible results from their dis covery are concerned. The discovery of a new comet is a matter of great impor tance, and the increase in their number contributes much to the knowledge o? the science, bat with asteroids, they must be found in large numbers before they become of especial significance, and in that event it has always been a debated question whether the immense amount of labor required in keeping track of them and performing the neces sary computation is really worth the while when the actual results obtained are so small. "There are known to exist by the thou sands and tens of thousands down to the size of an ordinary rock, and to col late and preserve the knowledge ob tained of them as fast as discovered has been a difficulty well nigh insurmounta ble. "But the development of photography in connection with telescopy has seemed to open up an opportunity for accom plishing something in this line. If cer tain whole strips of the heavens could be tracked and a record kept of the ob servations, a long step would be taken in solving this problem. Apropos of this matter, young Max Wolf, of Heidel berg, has been making some very unique discoveries. "He uses a small telescope of 6-inch aperture, and has devised a piece of mechanism by which he can not only follow the heavens for a number of hours together, but can put away the plate, take it the next night and con tinue the record consecutively from the point where he left off. This continual exposure of the same glass night after night has hitherto been regarded as im possible, and Wolf was scoffed at when he attempted it, but he has succeeded nevertheless. By this process he has been enabled to discover asteroids by observing their motions. "Moreover, he does not use clockwork. His plates are exposed, and he keeps bia instrument fixed for hours together on a given point by means of a subsidiary telescope. In this wa}' he has discov ered seven new asteroids and found be tween thirty and forty old ones, and thinks also that he has discovered a new comet, though that has not been fully demonstrated as yet "He has also discovered the tracks of meteors and has found a succession of variations of their light by means of duplicate impressions with different tel escopes, recording five or six distinct oscillations in brightness. His duplicate impressions agree perfectly. Wolf now trying to find the companion of Al gol."-Boston Advertiser. J v NI \ 1 I I I V for tht Mourning; Colors. Ecclesiastical colors include all th? primary colors and black and. white, which are used at various church offices. The cardinals of the Roman church have adopted scarlet as their color, which was originally red. In ancient Rome the occupation and rank bf many peopli were made known by the colors of the garments which they wore. Black in common use among us for mourning but the Chinese wear white, the Turks wear violet, and in Ethiopia brown is the proper hue. White was originally the mourning color in some European countries, but black is generally accepted now. Dif ferent colors have frequently, been adopted by opposing parties, and the colors of various nations are incorporated in their flags, for instance the <4red, white and blue" of the United States. Harper's Young People. A Bear Climbing a Tree. Even professional taxidermists some times make blunders in their work. A funny instance of lack of thought by an animal stuffer is to be seen in a'show window of a Broadway cloakmaker, where there is a dead polar bear in the act of climbing a tree. Thousands of persons pass that bear every day, and it is safe to say that not one in a million ever sees how untrue to nature it is for a polar bear to climb tree. There aren't any trees in the polar re gions where the white bear comes from. Perhaps the bears would learn to climb them if there were.-New York Herald. Schools and the French Army. The total expenditure for normal schools in France was, in 1872, near $11,000,000; at present it is upward of $25,000,000, or an increase of 127 per cent The French republic has spent and is still spending untold millions -upon the army and navy. But on ac count of that it does not forget the school. And without a doubt the re publican school will outlive the repub lican army and be a blessing to all gen erations to come, for knowledge makes us free.-Chicago Herald. Bombay's Water Works. The Tansa water works for the supply of Bombay were only completed after very great physical difficulties had been overcome. The work involved the con struction of a masonry dam two miles long to form a lake of nearly six square , miles in area. There are fifty-two miles of ducts, twenty-seven miles of iron mains, four miles of tunnel and nearly a mile of iron girder bridges.-New York Times. _ Bows and Arrows in a Modern Battle. Many readers will be as much sur prised as I was in learning that at the battle of Leipsic the Russianflirought into the field numbers of Baskir Tartars who were armed only with'bows and ar rows. So we read in General Marhofs "Memoirs," written by himself. The general was himself wounded by an ar .ow in the battle.-Notes and Queries. GEORGE B. LAKE, - AGENT FOR - The MUTURAL LIFE INSUR ANCE CO., of New York. . The largest and best Life Company in the world. Agent also for the following Fire Companies : HOME, of New York. GREENWICH, of New York. .. HAMBURG-BREMEN, of Ham burg, Germany. LANCASHIRE, of Manchester, England. ST. PAUL-GERMAN, of St. Paul, [ UN Minn. MECHANICS and TRADERS, of New Orleans. TRAVELERS ACCIDENT INS. 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C., We have now removed to our new quarters on the corner next to 9 Farmers' Loan and Savings Bank, where we shall be pleased to ? and entertain our friends and the balance of mankind, right (rally. That we are prepared to do this, a bare inspection of our inner ornings will establish. Our liquors, Wines, Cigars, Etc., Etc., 3 of the latest, best, and most approved brands. Give us one call d you will need no further invitation. Respectfully, McHngh Bros: B. B. EVANS, Ufe ana Fire insurance Wi EDGEFIELD, S. C. -REPRESENTS1 The UNION MUTUAL LIFE, of Portland Maine. Its polices ) the most liberal now offered to the public. -ALSO The PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, of iladelphia. [t will be to the interest of parties contemplating insurance to ex line their contracts before insuring elsewhere. K7~E are receiving SPRING GOODS every day and will be glad tc have the public come and see them. We do not require yoi buy but only wish to satisfy you that we have a nicer selection thai* 11 can get elsewhere in the town. Also that /Ve Guarantee Prices. Everything has come in except Dress Goods, Gloves, Hosiery and Qbroidery; these goods we are looking for every day. We will have .ARGER and MUCH NICER line of DRESS GOODS this season m ever. idantau Malling'. We have added Mantua Making to our business. Miss Amoss, a ebrated dress maker from Baltimore, will preside over this depart nt. Remember we guarantee every dress to fit. Our terms are RICTLY CASH. SHOES ? SHOES!! We will also carry a large line of Ladies' and Gents' Shoes, the it, without any exception, that has ever been brought to this place; ring bought close and discounted every bill wo care nothing for npletion. Try us and see ! Bepliyrs stud ?Sillas*. We have added Zephyrs and Embroidery Silks to jur stock ; ne and see them before they are picked over as they are selling very OUR PRICKS. We will not quote prices or mention, at this time, the different ids of goods we carry in stock, as we keep everything that is wanted a first-class dry goods store. You will save money by trying us we ask is a trial and we will convince you. PEARCE & ALLEN. Kgh Prices for Cotton IS MADE POSSIBLE BY INVESTING WHERE YOU CAN OBTAIN EST VALUES FOR LEAST CASH. ( LOWEST PRICES, A GOOD TEAM ] ( BEST GOODS. Weare headquarters for BLANKETS, CLOAKS, DRESS GOODS fDERWEAR, and everything in Dry Goods. Come and see us when you come to the city. MULLARKY & HARTY, IO Broad St., A.ugusta, G-a. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR POPULAR PRICED, STLISH, WELL MADE CLOTHING. We with all sincerity recommend you to call when in Augusta, and see the immense stock of I C. LEVY & CO., Tailor Fit Clothiers. AUGUSTA, - . Gr A. GEO. R. LOMBARD & COMP'Y MACHINE, BOILER aM W WOHIS HILL, ENGLVE ail GIN SUPPLY HOUSE. 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