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EAGlI GRADE IS (NLY $2l; on 9.) for the ENTIRE TnREFE ORaiEs, inchid* og the Gutitar Grd ' Tihe ave offer will hohd good for a shrt time oniv. More than, Five Dollars' worth of seicttific musical knowledgre can thus he obtainied for this paltry stum. This sytmis of equal advanttage to the ad n uit as to those who knowv no thing about music. gr Agrents and Teachers of this Sy,tenm waitehd in ev-v town in the State. To honest wo:-kers a hanidsometncom Ctis giuar ateedCt. Cend for pamphlet aids on \lusic dd ouir (sNtraIordina~ry induce menCIts to Aets. Mr FREE MUSIC TO ALL. 32 Mrs, WV. i. CLARK, Gen'l Agt. W. H. CLARK, STATE SUPERfITEDNT OF AGENCIS, NEWBERRY, S. C. -W. H. WALLACE, Attorney -at-Law, NEWBERRY, S. C. s3etry. IN THE OL) CHIT RCH TOW Etc. In the old church tower Hangs the bell; And above it on the vane, In the sunshine and the rain, Cut in gold St. Peter stands With the keys in his two hanilz. And all is well. [i the old church tower Hangs the bell. You can hear its great heart beat, Ah! so loud and mild and sweet, As the parson says his prayer Over happy lovers there, While all is well! In the old church tower Hangs the bell. Deep and solemn. Hark! again, Ah! what passion and what pain! With her hand upon her breast, Some poor soul has gone to rest Where all is well! In the old church tower Hangs the bell A quaint friend that seems to know, All our joys and all our woe; It is glad when we are Wed, It is sad when we are dead, And all is well. HE LEARNED TOO LATE -0 The summer wa like no other summer the world had ever known. Never was June so sweet; never were mornings so rosy and radiant ; never were light so ten .ler. A young and beautiful girl stood ooking at the sunset as the last rarewell glow bathed the blue waves in golden radiance. To ool at her face one would never ream that her position in life Wa$ ot among the proudest; but a flance at her simple dress would lispel the illusion. Flossy Thay r had been brought up by her randfatber in a quiet, secluded ountry neighborhood. The old entleman was wealthy. Flossy was the darling of his heart, and reat pains were lavished upon ier education. The grandfather's rIealth was not good, and they raveled a great deal, often spend ng tbn winter in the South. 'hey had been there when the ,rash came ; Mr. Thayer lost his mQney. H-e was the most hon >rable man alive; he retturned tome, paid his li~abilities to the ast farthinig; sold the beautiful ~ountry seat wvhere Flossy had pent her childhood and estab ished himself' in an old4 farmhouse y the sea, with hardly enough money left to live upon. So for four years Mr. T bayer and is granddaughter had lived quiet ly enough in their retreat. So far as the old gentlemnan knew, Flossy had bteen happy, but in truth she was alway waiting for omie wondlerful change that was to free her from the humdrum life in which her life was passing. But it wvas nevetheless true that no palace ever sheltered a maiden more royalIly fair than she. And so thought some one else as he drew near her with quick. light rotteps. Tall and straight, with dark, laughing eyes and mouth shadowed by a moustaebe, Mark Norton was just fitted te win the fancy of a young, inexperienced girl. 'So you have been waiting for me ? Happy man to have won the love of' one so fair and sweet.' A glow of crimson tinged the girl's facee as the eyes uplifted to meet her lover's told plainly what was in her heart. While the young people conversed Mark took Flossy's hand in his and told her something which made the teardrops quickly start. 'Do not grieve, dear Flossy. 1 shall only be gzone a short time, and you know that if it were not neesary noLhing could take me trom you. You are ntot afraid that abhsence could alter my love ? Flossy, you do not doubt me ?' She was young and unused to the world, and it is no wonder that she trusted Mark Norton, who, to her, was the noblest and grandest of men. They parted. Mark Norton, following his phy sician's advice had come that summer to the quiet country town by the sea to regain his health, whi.h bud long bhen delicate. In rne of his rambles he had met Th Flossy, and being shy and tered shrinking, it had been the work a br ,f'a long time to establish himseif A litt upon friendly terms with t0e girl, besid whose beauty surpassed ay be Ilooke bad ever seen. It was not long did t b)efore. with a thrill of vanity, satin Mark could see the hold he had diam 1iiuo<i in her innocent heart. One Mi lay, in answer to his whispered sent qtucstion, Flossy acknowledged Fl< that, her heart was his, andi he strati placed a golden band of betrothal ed, at upon her slender finger. ing S For a time after his departure 'A etters from her lover came regu- shall ar to Flossy ; but after awhile 'Sh the letters came less frequently, Mark utid then when three months had he w passed the looked for letter came 'I fe it read, oh, how coldly, and con- shall "-ined his farewell 'I am going she tbroad. I shall probably be ab- heart -ent. several years. Our imme- Wi diate marriag,e is now, of course, but i an impossibility. I could not ask him you, nor do I feel it rigbt to hold At 1 you through an indefinite time, She to your pledge, therefore I free joy you.' him I Once, twice she read the letter turn< Lbrough; thou, with white face had i; and tearless eyes, held it to the conte match with a steady hand, nor let harsh it fall until the flame crept so es a '-lose that it blackened the tender doom lush and the letter lay singed and 'II :harred under her feet. That day I lov ie vent into her grandfather's and o -oom and laid her head on his. A Don't tal6- to me, grandpa,' she Floss said, 'and don't ask me any ques- arm ,ions, but we will keep house said, done, you and I, and we'll forget too 1; .hat we intended to let anybody despi also in.' Ma 'The ecoundrel! If you had fore xen rich, my child, this sorrow He fe ,vould not have come upon you. the E But, mark my words, some time heart -ou will have your revenge.' ton r * * * * * pack( Four years have swiftly passed. toget eated in a room in one of the bon. )opulor hotels in New York were 'Flos wo young men. Suddenly one of 'Mr.i ,hem, looking out of the window, - xclaimed: 'Look, Aubrey I See if you cnow who that lady is. What a ovely woman. Do you know THE 'I should think that I did, and Th .hink myself honored that I do. dist she is the belle of New York and oe ~he most beautiful guil I have Cityr ~ver knt>wn.'cic A smile curled Mark Norton's gt ips as he ttqrned fronm the win: first low. enica 'You speak, warmly, Aubrey,' the io said.Ste 'You would not blame mc forSte ca se apeaking warmly if you knewCof ier,' he answered. '.ler history s a romantic one. If you like [ ter will tell it to you. b 'HIer name is Miss Flossy Thay- odist ar. When I first knew her she gave was not wealthy, though in my resul ayes oven then her beauty sur- twee passed anything that I had ever sides seen. It was not long after you view went on your travels that an un- tuall' le of mine, who had p)urchased a te place by the sea, invited me to tied. apend the summer with him. It to e~ was a very quiet, secluded village, cussi and I soon became acquainted migh with F'lossy. Not long after that chars he old grandfather died, and my feren kind aunt took the sorrowing girl Eg into her house. My uncle had orabl the mining papers in his posses- who sion of~ some minir'g shares that respj he old gentleman had long deem. the d worthless, which suddenly were grose, first to par, then so widely cban above as to enable Flossy to re- Confi ;ain her footing in the world. emin Xs before, all that the grandfather sitior bad crumbled into powder, now Lond I that he had left was conver ted atten into go' the A Mark O.rton listened va- the ied exp,ressions fiitted across his moi(J race. He knew that the maiden Con whose heart he had won arid cast was aside for his own amusement and that this beautiful heiress must be one pract and the same person. Might it Tb not be that if he exerted his art of tee o fscination to the utmost he could terdt soon regain the lovs he had once jone held ? odist 'Aubrey: he said, '1 should iike eral I to meet thbis Miss Thayer. Could Conf yo mana...nto present me to her ?' avail at night the two friends en- th the drawing room, in which vi( Iliant crowd was assembled. cr le later Mark Norton stood ne a Flossy. She had nover Cc d more beautiful than she cL >en in her creamy costume of U arid flecey lace, looped with as )nd stars.d ss Thayer, allow ic to pre- ed you to Mr. Norton' be Issy bowed as to ar, utter on ger. An instant her lip cur- Mt id then she hid it iu ati allur- ha rile. th he has made me suffer, so la bis suffering be.' til e loves me still,' thought te Norton, proudly, as later, th Mt out. into the starliti night. th ired I had lost her, but I sh win her yet. How lovely th s. I beliove this time my su will be the stake !' N th proud confidence Mark d e aitOdi the best time fitted for w to speak the fateful words. g SL the oppoltunlity was his. M miled, as he thought, with th s be asked her now to give by is reward. Then the smile Ie d into icy sporn. the look he ca terpreted of love altered into bi; mpt, tYa sweet tones grew an as in a few cutting phras- M he spoke the words that W ed him. M oye you, Flossy-believe me, Fr you for yourself,' he replied, di nce the man was sincere. Jr look of scorn flashed- from Bi y's eyes as she withdrew her from his. 'Mr. Norton,' she Fr 'your repentance has come pr Lte. As I once loved, I now is e you.' t h rk Norton's face -ushed be-o the contempt in her voice. an It that she had read aright ni elfish motive of his false ev .Not long after Mr. Nor- M ceived a letter and a small m ,t nontaining two cards tied w( her by a kznot of bridal rib- PC Upon one was the name pr ;y Thayer' upon the other, inj Lnd Mrs. Aubrey Merritt.' by -~sP th "p ECUMENICAL IETHO- di MDIST CONFERENCE. e first eumenical Metho- Il th Conference ever held was ad yesterday morning at the oad Chapel. From documents ated in connection with the th ring, it appears that the >roposition to hold an Geum- ' l Conference emnated from be Wesleyans of the United th B. The Wesleyans in Ameri- th i a message to the Bradford m" ~rence, held in England someh ago, in reference to the mat- " The proposal was opposed se 3veral of the English Meth- tu( n, but the majority of them b~ it a favorable reception. The "0 wg a c:orrespondence by tb Sthe Methodists on bo0th a of the Atlantic. so that the 6 of each should become mu- thi r known and understood. and tin necessary arrangements set In Rugland it was decided fel :clude doctrine from the dis- ml ns in any Conference that Bi t be held. As soon as the di: eter of the proposed Cou- DU ce was determined upon, the iisl sh Committee reported fav- en y to their own Conference, pr sanctioned the p)roposal and p ointed the Committee. All hi lethodist bodies in England .N, then irnvited to anine-w e of views as to the proposed w ~rence. Th response was ca antly favorable to the propo- us .A meetiog was held in w; on in November. which was at ded by representatives of all to ifferenit Methodist bodies off ai: :ingdonm. A decision unani- S ly in favof the (Ecumenical I: ierence was pass'ed, and tL.ere an o equally unanimous opinion oc the Conference should be of a pt ical character. to e General Executive Comamit- p the Conference opened yes- it y consists of one clerical and re lay member from each Meth- by body appointed by the G~en- Iw Jonference, Episcopal Board, of arence President, or other w shleautborite nactirnr duringr W e past year. The Committee is di ied into two sections-the East i, including British and Conti ntal Methodism and its affiliated Nferences. and the Western, in iding the Methodism of the iited State, and Canada as well its various mission fields. The legates who hare been appoint to attend the Conference num r nearly four hundred, about e-half of whom retresent the .thodism of America. The other If represent the Methodism of e British Isles, the Continent of rope, and Australasia, the An >odean delegates numbering six mn. It has been the desire of 0 arrangers of the Conference It the clerical and lay elements ujd be equally represented, and at desire seems to have been :-cessftilly realized. From the )rth American States come 80 legates, and from the South, lich keeps up its separate or nization, come 38. The African -tbodist Episcopal Church of e United States is represented 28 delegates, and other niinor (ies in proportion. The Ameri n1 representatives include 14 bops., 67 doctors of divinity, d 34 men of' color. British thodism is represented by 90 esleyan Methodist, 36 Primitive Ahudi-ts, 22 United Methodist ce Churchists, twelve Metho Vr New Connexionists. ten sb Wesleyan Methodists, ten ble Christians, four Wesleyan form Unionists, and two United ee Gospel Churchmen. The incipal object of' the Conference. 'to devise means for prosecutin g e home and foreign work so as result in the greatest economy d efficiency, to promote frater. 'Y, to increase the moral and angelical power of a common .thodism, and to secure the >re speedy co-nversion o;f the >rld.' A large number of pa rs on various subjects have been epared for discussion. The read of each paper is to be followed the observations of some ucially invited speaker, and an en discussion. It is so arranged at the reader and the first aker shall be representatives of fYerent parts of the world. The nference will occupy twelve ys, not including Sunday, and ere will be two sittings each y. The platform, and the whole of e dloor of the City-road Chapel, thb the exception of' 200 seats to. trds the back of the chapel, have en reserved f'or the members of e Conference, In this space ere are 436 sittings. The re ining 200 seats on the floor ve been allotted to those min ers and laymen whro have wed on Committees in promo in of the Conference but who ye not been elected as repre ntatives, and to the ministers of c severail denominations repre ited. The gallery, containing 0 seats, is left open to those of o publie who have precured kets. The first .Mession of the Con -ence commenced with a ser >n in the morning by the Rev. shop M. Simpson, of the Metbo it Episcopal Church. The Rev. '.Osborn, Pretsident of the Br-it SWesleynn Methodist Confer ce, and President of the day's oceedin gs, occupied the princi I chair-. Bishop Simpson read Stext from what is known as 'esley's Field Bible,' respecting iieb there is a dispute as to etber it has been so called be use0 it was published by a person med Field, or because Wesley ts in the habit of carrying it out with him whenever he bad preach in fields or in the open -The text was taken from .John. vi. 63, 'Thbe words that speak unto you-they are spirit, d they are life.' The discourse euied one hour anid a half. The echer gave a sketch of the his ry of Methodism, and dwelt intedly upon the great progress has made. The progress, he marked, was well exemplified the present Conference, at aieb were representatives, not England alone, but of the mole world. The doctrine of parts of the globe, and in as many as thirty languages. He attri. buted that gre.t success, in a con siderable degree, to the fact that unity was the leading charac teristic of Metbodism, to the sim plicity of its doctrine, and to the beauty of its hymns. During the existence of Methodism there had been no division as to its doctrine. They had not assembled to day for the purpose of legislating as to any new doctrine, or to intro duce anything fresh in reference to matters upon which they bad been for so many years fully agreed. All they were invited to do was to make known and con sider the condition and prospects of Methodism all over the world. This Conference, he hoped, would wead'to a Protestant (Ecumenical Confertee. The secoud Session was fixed for half past two o'clock. It was not opened for nearly an hour af terwards. Close upon two hours were occupied in devotional ex ermises, and die reading and an swering to their names of the del egatei present. Of the 400 there I were orJy a few absentees. The Rev. Dr. Osborn, the Presi dent, delivered an address expres. sive of welcome to the delegates, particularly to those who had come from foreign parts, and of thankfuluess for the progress which Methodism was making in til parts of the earth. The Rev. Bishop H. A.M'Tyeire, of the Methodist Episcopal Church of the Southern States of Ameri ca; the Rev. Bishop H. W. War. ren, of the Methodist Episcopal Church ; and the Rev. G. Douglas, of the Methodist Church of Cana da, responded on the part of all the delegates, and gave detailed particulars of the position of Methodism in the oeuntries they represented. The Rev. J. Withington moved a resolution expressing sympathy with the President of the United States and Mrs. Garfield in their suffering and anxiety, and hoping that ere long General Garfield will be fully restored to health. The lateness of the hour prevent ed any observations being made on the motion. Mr. S..D. Waddy seconded the proposition, which was supported in a few words by General Fisk and the Rev. Dr. Rigg and passed unanimously. A telegram was ordered to he sent at once to Mrs. Garfield, in forming her of the r-esolution just passed. This concluded the day's busi ne8i. The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, who are ,members of the Wesleyan community, gave a reception at the Mansion House last evening to the delegates. The state apartments were brilliantly lighted and decorated for the oc casion. T he guests numbered close upon nine hundred, the greater proportion of whom were ladies. The gentlemen included a Rev. Dr. Osborn, President of Wesleyan Conference; Bishops Simpson, Holland, M'Tyeire, Warren, Hol sey. Payne. Thompson, Hilary, Hood, Shorter,'Bowman, Brown, D)ickenson, and Peck, of the Meth odist Episcopal Churches in A meri ca or A frica ; thbe Rev. Dr. Douglas, of the Methodist Church in Can ada; the Eev. WV. Arthur, the R~ev. E. E. Jenkins (ex-President), the Rev. Dr. Rigg, the Rev. Dr. James, thbe Rev. Dr. M'Kay, of the Irish Methodist Church ;~tbe Rev. Dr. Pope, Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Fowler, M.P., Mr. A. M' Arthur, M.P., the Rev. Dr. Ger vase Smith, the iRev. Dr. Tiffany, Mr. W. S. Allen. M.P., General Bussey, Mr. Waddy, t9.C., General Fisk, Mr. H. H. Fowler, M.P., &c. T he company were received in the .Saloon by the Lord Mayor and the Lariy Mayoress. and their names were announced by Mr Ilarker. His Lordship was at tended by the Sword and Mace Bearers and City Mdarshal. A se lection of operatic music was1 played by the Coldstream Guards band, and a choir of vocalists, un der the direction of Madame Secbnegans, sang several pieces. In the Egyptian Hall, during the nevening, the TLnrd Mayor aven the delegates a formal welcome. In the course of a short address, his Lordship said that never was \fethodism more united than at present, and never was it more conspicuous for faith and good works. The Rev. Wm. Arthur, Biahop Warren, and other del egates, on behalf of the members C)f the Conference, thanked the Lord Mayor and the Lady May ,ress for the honor done them by an official reception in the City of London. An address was pre iented to the Lord Mayor from the Irish Methodist body for his great services and munificent gifts to and sympathy with them. About eleven o'clock the company separated.-London Paper. DONN PIATT AND THE POET. One day Cucker, the poet, ap proached Piatt on the piazza. 'Colonel,' said he 'I wrote an* address last summer a year, on t he occasion of the guests of the Old Sweet visiting in a body the g,ests at the Young Sweet. Would you mind if I repeated it to you ? The Colonel took off his hat and wiped his head of brown hair -not a hair on the crown gray, though life is a little old with the wearer. 'My dear Cucker,' he said, in a kind, passive way, 'nothing would more please me.' The poor numbskull repeated two hundred lines of weary drivel, and the Colonel said, 'My dear Cucker, that is a remarkably grace ful thing. Would you mind repeat. ing it all to me again ? I know I am asking a great deal, but you will oblige me.' The astonished and delighted Cucker repeated the whole lugu brious performance. The Colonel sat in apparent ecstasy, not a twinkle in his face, and at the end he said: 'Thanks, my dear Cucker. What pains you have been at to gratify me. Now won't you select some of the pas sages that strike you most in that poem, and repeat them to me? By that time I shall have a living memory of that extraordinary composition, for so I must call it.' The bewildered Cucker looked into the Colonel's eyes, and met there the gentlest reverence, the sincerest interest. So he galloped through two-thirds of the stupid ity a third time. The Colonel had a headache all that day, aad could not sleep at night. I said to him, 'Great heav ens ! what did you do that queer thing for ?' 'Well,' he said, 'I thought the Almighty might put it to my credit to try and make that poor fellowv happy.'--'Gath,' in the Chki cago Tribune. Little Charlie is sitting in the parlor when Julia's beau enters. Wishing to make a friend of the stripling he has come to regard as bis fture brother-in-law, he talks to him about toys and picture books and Indians and finally asks him : 'Have you seen the comet ?' 'You bet,' answers Charlie, 'and Jule says it reminds her of you.' 'Of me! Come now Charlie, what else did she say ?' 'Nothing, only that it reminds' her of you because it is chiefly gas.' The difference between being perfect and constantly trying to be so, is the difference between an angel in heaven and a good man on earth. Flattery is often a traffic of mutual meanness, where although both parties intend deception, neither is deceived. Extraordinary virtues are de famed by those who want the courage to imitate them. A weak man will say more tharL he does; a strong one will da more than he says. All real life is cheerful, and the only proper place for croakers is the graveyard. A court without ladies would be a year without a snring.