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^^"''''^^._;".,..i:.j..i j.i. j'.,, ;,, ",,,,,., . , , .,;.". - TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ NIGHT THE DAY, THOU CANS'T NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN* v BY KEITH, SMITH & CO. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1878. VOLUME XIII.-NO. 25. , ^roFessiona,! O sir d.s. "WM. 0. KEITH. JOHN S. VIJHNER. KEITH Sc VERNER, AT a1 OH NE YS AT LAW A ND Solicitors in Equityt Viii prnotico in tho Stnto Courts on tho I Eighth Judioiiil Circuit und in tho Unitod .St ut OH Court Office OH Public Square, Walhalla, 8 O Jon 0, 187o 8 tf fe, MCGOWAN, it. A. THOMPSON Abbovillo, S 0 Walhalla, S 0 MCGOWAN & THOMPSON, AT T 0 li NE YS AT LA W, Will givo prompt attention to all business confided to thom in tho Stato, County, and Unitod Statos Courts. 'Office on Court House Square', Walhalla, S C -. \ no junior partnor, MR. THOMPSON, will |r>lso practice in tho Courts of Piokcns, Gr.oon ville and Anderson. January, 1870 tf Ay er's Cathartic Pills, For all tho purposes of n Family Physio, and for curin?r Coativcooss, Jaundico, Indication, Foul Stomach, Uronth, Headnoho, Erysipelas, Ithoumnttsm, Eruptions nnd Skin Diseases, Bil i?uHnos.'i, Dropsy, Tumors, Worms, X?ouralgin, ns ri Dinnor Fill, for Purifying tho Blood, ti- . Are thc most cf !'. c fectivc and conge :V \'; ni^purgajivocver y ? discovered. J hey V aie n,'"lh 'n,t " ^ fccliml iM t,,oir ''^OTTT operation, moving :< tho bowels surely V ; and without pain. /M1 fl Although gentle rf?'^C*0^ kW ?ki they arc still the ?^kk^^?Sm most thorough and -CfiSi^r^-*->x -- searching cathar tic medicine that can be employed : cleans ing the stomach ami bowels, and even thc blood. In small doses of ono pill a day, they stimulato tho digestivo organs and promote vigorous health. AYKU'S P/r.i.s havo been known for moro than a quarter of a century, and have obtained a world-wide reputation for their virtues. They correct diseased action in ? tho several assimilative organs of the lxxly, and arc so composed that obstruc tions within their range can rarely wilh . stand or evade them. Not'only do they euro tlic evory-day complaints of evcry v lxxly, but also formidable and dangerous diseases that have bolllo.d the best of human skill. While, they produce power ful clFects, they are, at the carno time, thc safest RIK! best physio for children. By their aperient action they gripe much less than tuc common purgatives, and never give pain when tho bowels nro not inflamed* They reach thc vital fountains of thc blood. and strengthen the svfetcm by freeing it from the elements ot weakness. Adapted lo all ages and conditions in all climates, containing neither calomel nor any deleterious drug, these Pilli*'may be taken with safety by anybody. Their BUgar-C?atihg preserves them ever fresh, and makes them pleasant to take ; while being purely vegetable, no harm can arise from . their uso in any quantity. rmtPARKU ur Dr J. C. AYER ?Si CO., Lowed, Mass., Practical and Analytical CliniiiiMH. SOM) HY AU.. iJllUUOlSTS KVKUVWHtiltR. Hampton and Homo Rulo! THENEWp?D COURIER. A LIVE AND FEARLESS DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER. Largest Circulation in the City. Largest Circulation in the Stato. Largest Clrcou?l"n in tho Cotton States. ALL THE ?EW8MB0UT SOUTH CARO LINA-ALL THE NEWS ABOUT THE SOUTH-ALL THE NEWS F??0M EVERYWHERE. PURE AND UNDEFILED DEMO CRACY-UNION! JUSTICE! EOT AL JRIGHTS! ? Recognising tho paramount interest folt in tho APPRO AC/UNO POLITICAL CANVASS By ovory Democrat who hopes to soo tho gr?at work of tho redemption of tho Stato modo complote and permanent so that ibo poople may roap and fully enjoy tho Fruit of thoir Sacrifices, TUE NEWS AND COURIER WILL Direct all its Energies and Resources to Prosonting from Day to Day, and from Week to Week, Full and , . Interesting Accounts of . tho Progress of tho ' Campaign., TO PLACE THE PAPER WITHIN THE REACH OF EVERYBODY DURING THIS EXCITING CONTEST WE HAVE DETERMINED TO OFFER TO MAIL SUBSCRIBERS THE FOLLOWING Reduced itatos for tho Campaign : TUE NEWS AND COURIER, Daily Edition. 0 months, $4 00 TUE NEWS AND COURIER, Tri* Wookly Edition. 0 months, $2 00 THE WEEKLY NEWS, 0 months, 75 Subscriptions will bo rocoived nt thoso ratos, FOR MAIL SUBSCRIBERS ONLY, until , May 15. In all casos the cash must accom pany tho ordor. Friends of tho Cause of Honost Homo Rulo in all tho Counties oro invited to nid us in swelling our Compaign Subscription Lists, winch ?ought to inoludo every intelligent voter In tho State, i , 1< JORDAN & DAWSON, Proprietors, Charleston, 8. O, Tho Conscionco ami Fiititvu indi; mont* Tho following beautiful linos wcro pub lished originally in tho Spectator, ond eub quonlly in Lit toll's Living Ago of July 10th, 1 sot nlono with my consoionoo In n placo whore time had ceased; And wo talked of my former living, lu tho laud where tho years increased. And I felt I should havo to nnswot Thc question it put to me; And to foco tho answer and question Throughout an eternity. Tim ghosts of forgotten notions Carno floating before my sight, And things that I thought wcro dead things Wcro alive with a tcrriblo might. And tho vision of all my past lifo, Was an awful thing to face Alono with my conscience sitting In that solemnly silent place. And T thought of a fur away warning Of n sorrow that was to be mine; In a land that then was tho futuro, But now is tho present time. And I thought of my former thinking, Of tho judgment day to bc; But sitting alono with my conRoicnco Scorned judgment onough formo. And I wondered if there was a futuro To this land beyond tho grave; But no ono govo m<y an answer, And no ouo carno to save. Thon I folt that tho future was present, And thc present would never go bye; For it was tho thought of my past lifo Grown into an eternity. Then I awoke from my timely dreaming, And tho vision passed away, . And 1 know tho fur away warning, Was n warning of yesterday. And I pray I may not forgot it, In this land beforo tho grave; That I may not cry in tho futuro, And no ono como to sayo; And so I havo learnt a lesson, Whioh I ought to hnvo known before; And whioh though I learnt it dreaming, I hope to forget no moro. So I sit alone with my consoionco, In tho placo where tho years inorease; And I try to remember thc future, In thc land where time will.ocaso. And I know of tho futuro judgment, How dreadful so o'er it bc; Thnt to sit nlono with my consoionco, Will bo judgment enough for me. lFloi'itfn's <T ?MI na fi? iicsult of a Secret . Agent's Search for Truth-Con/cssions oj Frauds-Alleged Indisputable 1'Jvidencc that Tilden car ried thc State-flow a Justice oj thc Peace made a President. JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, April 23, 1878-In occordanco with ovdor, your cor respondent jreoched this city a few days ago. After n patient ond careful investigation ho is cnblcd to report tho following, whioh may bo relied upon, nothing being stated but what there seems to bo the most perfect authority for. For several months a capable agent, has been at work in tho State of Florida scouring suoh evidence os would go to show thnt tho Stato wont for Tilden and was fraudulently counted for Hayes, lt ?H impossible to Say in whoso interest or by whoso orders this investiga tion hos been made Thc agent lins boon well supplied with funds, has accomplished things that usually rtquiro monoy, has worked systematically, and has hud a heavy correspondence with Washington nnd New" York writing to ovidently ficti tious names. It is said on ono hand that ho is in high Bomooratio imploymoor, and by others thnt ho represents the nnti-IInyes wing. Thnt ho is at work for BOH?O powerful nnd determined organization is certain. Ho has worked with tho utmost secrecy, and perhaps not half a dozen persons outsjdo of thoso directly interested suspect whit he has boen doing. He declines to say a word oven in regard to mattors I hnvo traced to his vory fingots; Ho was in Florida during tho returning board campaign ns a llopub lioan official, and has since bcon North. Ono thing is certain -ho boa sucocodod Tn in getting from tho manager's of tho count tho most completo confessions of thc fmuds'thoy oommittcd. Knough hus bcou confered to givo tho Stnto to Tilden by a Iorgo majority. MoLin, ohnirtnan of tho rotbrning Board, fins written nu nflldavit, in which ho says that ho is now convinood ho was misled in tho oount, and that tho Stato really wont for Tilden by f>00 or OOO majority. Ho says Noyes, of Ohio, offorcd him nil sorts of preferment nnd reward if ho would only stand up for I layes, adding that ho wns authorized to spook for Boyes. MoLin snys, iofiucnood by this prossuro, by his strong partisan bias and by tho tremendous stoko ot issuo, ho was misled, sad gnvo tho Stnto to Hoyos whon it should havo boon Tild?n. His affidavit is gonoral in its Osturc, and is a moro promiso of what ho will soy whop, tho OOOSB?OU offers. Two ?opios of this aflUlavit aro in existence-one io New York and ono in this city. Tho most important admission is modo by Donuis, Uro littlo giant of Aioohua, who hos confessed in a wri.ttou statement to tho fraud of Archor number two, whero 210 votes wcro added bodily to thc Aioohua vote. Dennis says that ho scoured election returns signed in blank boforo tho election. That night ho had Vaneo and Black nt bia houBO, and they destroyed tho roal returns aud filled out those that wcro signed in blank, adding 211) names. Tho wholo details of tho work aro given in tho confes sions. I havo not seen this paper. The mysterious acont, I am informed, failed to get it, and it is denied that it is iu existence. 1 have tho most positivo information thac ibero is a copy scaled and in tho hands of n prominent Democratic official, awaiting n cottain contingency. I havo seen two men who havo seen this confession. I hm told that Donuts disclosed it to Gen. Butler (who is his friend iu Washington), and that ho possibly has a copy of it. I am also reliably informed that Dennis road it to Senator Sargeant, and demnndod a good po8itiou nt tho hands of Hayes. Threatening to publish it if ho v/as not satisfied, ho received, a fow days ngo, o commission as revenue agent in Ohio. In the meantime, there wcro seven indictment* against Dcnuis iu tho Stato courts, which his friends claim wcro political prosecutions. Agaiustthcso cases a nolle prosequi was entered on tho 10th instant, by Stato At torney Hocker. About this timo a full confession of Dennis as to Alachua wc??t into thc Iranda of a prominent Democrat, and is there yet. It is said that Vance, tho negro member, who eworo stoutly in tho Alachua case, has also confessed and made a statement. 1 eau not vouch for this however. Vance is now io a department in Washington. v Dennis' lawyer claims that ho did not want tho coso suspended, ond that tho State did so because it could do nothihg with them. ?? A few days after tho eleotioo a scaled message was scut to Dennis, asking him to "add moro names to tho list, os thcro isn't enough." Ho said, impaticully, "I'vo added all I have to it already, and I can't add another nome." I havo this from the most undoubted source, and it is n part of Dounis' confession. Green lt. Morro, who swore in this Alaohua caso to tho fraud and then denied it, and then rcsworo it, wuB killed tho other day. Floyd Duke, a negro, who sworo oil tho limo that it was a fraud, still sticks to it; so do Black aud Bolton. Tho Alachua fraud, thoreforc-a plain and proven fraud-whoo first, brought beforo tho board, now stands confessed ot ?vowed by every one of thoBO who partici pated in it. Tho Baker County caso is shown up quito as completely. It will bo remembered that this county, reliably Democratic, nnd near to tho capital, was held back until thc very last. Tho ollieiul return gavo tho Democrats ninety-fivo majority. By ti strange coincidence, the Stato was just evenly balanced on tho prima facie return; without this county, so thnt ns it stood Til dou would havo had tho Stato by ninety five majority, or just his majority in Bukci County. It was, of course, important thal Hayes uhould have prima facie victorj so that there would bo no appearance ol changing tho verdict of tho people. Ac cordingly a new justice of tho poaco was appointed and a new return made by drop ping out two precinots, BO that it gavt Hayes an apparent majority of forty-throo, Tho Democratic managers wcro astounded ot this disclosure, mode only on tho day o tho count. A dramatic socno occurrce whon tho false return was road. McLir waa forced to produoo tho original return but tho false: return was adhered to, and il was adopted in tho final dount. Tho wholo story ia now mado plain through thc confession of tho participants at least two of tho thrco havo mado writtcr affidavits, and, I think, tho third ono also Tho low in Florida required that thc returns of thc various preoinots in a count] should bo canvassed and cortifiod by tin olerk of thc court, a justico of tho pence and cithor tho county judgo or ehct ifl as i third party. Io Baker County a loca {lolitioien, co tho confession run3, ogrcod ti told tho returns bnok until it was decidet what was needed to oarry tho Stato, ant thon to BO oanvass the returns os to mee tho omergency. lt appears ho had pcrfco control of tho judge and sheriff, so tho when tho olork and justioo, who hod super intended tho election, applied to o.ioh o thom to assist in tho canvass, nnd certify t ita correctness, they dcoliued. Thc canvas was then made and forwarded by tho oler and justice. When it was discovered who was needed, a new justioo was appointe just for tho occasion, and a false canvas wa mado and forwarded. The now justioo now writes a oonfesaioc and says that ho was approaohed by a'pol tioinn, who asked him if ho didn't want t boa justioo. Ho agreeing, tho man pullo out his commission ready mado and hondo it to him. Ho then told him that unloi tho returns from Baker wero proporly doo torod tho Domoorota would boat thoa After somo persuasion Green wontjnto tli scheme. Tho thrco mon onucusod an wcro notified thnt a difference of about on hundred and fifty votes was noodod. Thc thereupon looked tho roturns over und sc leotod ot random two preoinots-Darbyvil and Johnsvillo-which gavo tho Demoorni just 148 majority. Finding that thia nutt bor would bo suffioiout thoy throw out ti two preoinots entirely. Ho swears that tl first return was tho truo and correct rotun and that tho last ono* was falso ?iud. u made cspocinlly for tho purposo indioatcd. Thc nllidavit is baokod by n similar ono from tho sheriff who participated io tho falso canvass, nod, it is said by tho judgo, also, thc affidavits aro precise, strong aud defiuito. In Columbia Couuty, quito ns serious frauds uro confessed to. 1 learn that an affidavit has boon proourod from u mau who swears that he was sent into Georgia and procured 179 negroes to como over aud voto iu tho election. Ho was to bo paid 8500 for this und soourcd 8300. Tho Leon Couuty uouut is also ripped up and cxposod. Thcro oro, 1 learn, three affidavits bearing upon this subject, definitely acknowledging tho frauds and giving tho manner iu which they wore ac complished. This is tho oounty in whioh Howes' "littlo joker*" wero used, they being thumb nail tiokots, whioh wero bid don in tho largo tickets, lt involves a loss of about 200 votes to Hayes. There aro numerous other oases upon which affidavits havo boon obtained, but I cannot writo definitely of thom to-night. It is certain i that tho whole Stato lias been carefully reoanvesnod, und iu almost every caso that . was nttaokod by tho Democrats ovidonoo of j a dircot sort has boon obtained. It is usually in thc shape of a confession or aili davit, from ono of tho participants. It is impossible at present to get posses sion of any of tho affidavits or copies of thom, or ovon a look at them. Tho parties who havo mudo them say that it will nil come out ofter a while. Au attempt is hoing made to-night to suppress it all, and thcro is a closing up of all avon nos of infor mation. Tho Dem?crata npponr to know very little of tho lottor, aud tho Republicans not much moro. I was informed to-night hy n prominent Democrat that the contest over Hi.-bee's seat had bceu kept open until now simply for tho purposo of oarrying theso new developments boforo thc people, if ull other efforts to got thom before Con gross failed., Another informant, who told mo of Dennis' confession, says that that paper was givou with an understand ing that it was not to bo usod against His bec' I havo just seen an intimate friend ot Hennis, who decline;! that he docs not be lieve Dennis has given any written state ment at all. He was in Gainesville when thc oases wero suspended as Dennis' lawyor, and docs not believe any paper was passed theo or on account of those oases. I have, however, tho best of authority for my statement that it is now in tho hands of a D?mocratie offioial, and that ho has received it at Gainesville. If it is donicd I shall particularizo and give names. 1 havo not yet been ablo to seo Dennis, but ho will bo here to morrow. Thcro is no doubt that ho has prepared ono or moro confessions, tho only doubt being us to whether or not ho has yet delivered any of thom. From tho nature of my information, I bcliovo that his papor is now in Washington. Dennis, it must bo remembered, did not swear in any of tho casca boforo tho llo turning Hoard. In tho present "suppressed" condition of things, it is extremely difficult to get any information? Fach mau that is willing to talk knows only an item or two, is in tho dark os lo everything else. Those who do know tho truth will not talk, of speak' evasively nt best. It will roport to morrow upon points of importance, that a determined, systematic and very suoocssful attempt to unoovor tho secrets of tho oleo toral count iu this Stato hos boon mado. It cannot bo doubted that this effort is wide spread, well organized aud powerfully backed. I am enabled to stato, from information just received, that is conclusive, that Den nis' statement, full and explicit, is now in tho hands of certain parties in Washington. It was forwarded by NV. H. Hloxham, Sec retary of Stato, of Florida, who roooivod it from Dennis. Ho had it at Gainesville. He has rctuinod a copy of it. SInmi?ton mid thc Up Country. Wo printed a wock or two ago on nrtiolo from the Springfield Republican, on Hamp ton and his government and future pros pects. Tho correspondent did injustice to tho up country in thatartiolo. Tho Ander son Intelligencer has an artiolo in'reply which meets our viows fully. Wo append it hero: On another pago wo publish on odtorial oorrcapondonoo to tho Springfield Republic can, whioh, though professing to compli ment tho government of Governor Hampton, is n vila and groundless ?lander upon tho pcoplo of upper Carolina. Tho lotter was writton from Charleston, and this foaturo may account for thc sectional complexion whioh it assumes, and tho actual ignorance whioh ita writer displays in speaking of tho "igooranoo and poverty", of tho Stnto lying in tho "up country," which lt nsecrts is controlled by "Bourbooism." Porhnps ho lind been reading Mr. Mommingor's spoooh about tho South Carolina University, and bcliovcd his wholesale statements about tho ignoranoo of our pcoplo, or drew his inspi ration from mon of similar bigotry and lack of praotical information. This nrtiolo has hoon copied in tho Charleston dailies and in tho Columbia Register, and noithor of them lakes issuo with the statements it contains. Thcroforo wo do'em it propor an a represent ativo journalist of tho scotion it traduces to protest against tho truth of n portion, of tho stotomontsit makes. It is a contemptible slander to assert that our pcoplo did not ex po it Hampton to koop thc pledges bo modo du ring tho canvass. It was oyr reproacotntivcfl who modo tho platform of principien upon which Qovornor Hampton wus nominated, and Inn promises in tho canvass did not go beyond thoso modo in our platform. Tho letter yory oridontly Books to belittlo tho pooplo of South Carolina by intimating that , they uro doing right simply bcoauso Gov. Hampton makes them do so. This we presumo is considered a compliment to tho Governor, and ns far as it goes in that di- . reotion wo ngroo with it. Governor Hamp ton is a conscientious, high toned and < honorable man, but ho docs not have thc . misfortuno to bo tho only man iu tho Stato '. with those virtues, nor is it a fact that they i aro confined to tho lower portion of South Carolina. Governor Hampton neither pro- ' sides ovor a party of hypocrites nor fools* ' He is the exalted louder of a high-toned and 1 honorable constituency, which extends from > tho mountains to tho sea board. Qovornor ' Hampton does not make tho pooplo of South ? Carolina what they are, but on tho oontrary ' thoy, by their noble oourso io 1870 and tho - eventful days that have followed, have inado him ono of tho greatest mon of his Stute. Tho support which is given Governor Hampton iu tho upper oountics is ns genu ino, as strong aud as hearty ns that given i him in ony other quarter. Wo do not f objoot to any praiso that is bestowed ou tho ? low country Donioorooy, for they have aotod J nobly against ?inmenso odds, and deserves , tho most sincero commendation, but at tho . same time every sensible man in South , Carolina, who is at all familiar with Stato < politics, knows that tho Stato could never > have been rodcomcd from Radicalism with 1 out the up country, and that tho low conn- ' try could not to day rctnia control of tho 1 Stato without the iuflucneo and strength which is extended thora from thc up j oountry, which tho Springfield Republican 1 sneers at for its ignoronoo and hypooricy(?). Wo boliove that the Democratic party \ throughout tho entire Stato is oomposcd of 1 patriots and gentlemen of intelligence and ' honor. It has always boon so. lu tho days ' that aro past the np country boasted of its [ Galhouos, its MoDuffies, its O'Neals, its Wardlaws, its Ons and other great mon, who woro the poors of the Haynes, tho Iiutlodgcs, tho Lownde, the Legares and others of the low oountry. Geographical lines do not mark tho diffusion of ability in thia State, &s wc might easily prove by an OOUlucratiuo of tho prominent men of thc prcsont timo. Thoro is no delegation in tho prcsont General Assorably whiob has rondored moro efficient and valuable services to thoDomooralio party iu this Stato than tho Anderson delogation, and to tenn them "ignorant and Bourbons" is to apply tho samo tenn to Governor Hampton himself. Tho lcttor to thc Springfield Republican is a pack of ingouious misstatements, clothed with enough truth to give it the appearance of fairness, and was evidently written under tho inspiration of some one holding local prejudices. Our daily papers should correct such orrors, io order that persons abroad may not have a false aud unfavorable im pression produced towards our State. FAors FOR THE FARMER.-It is worth whilo for all farmers, cvorywhoro, to re member that thorough culture is better than throo mortgages on tho farm. * ? That an offonsivo war against tho woods is fire times loss oxponsivo than a dofon9ivo ono. That good fences always pay bettor than a lawsuit with neighbors. That hay is a* great deal ohoapor rando in summer than purchased in winter. , That moro stook perish from fumino than I founder. I That n liorae who lays his ears book, and looks lightning when any ono approaoho3, is vioious. That scrimping tho food of futtoning hogs is & waste of grain. Thotoduoating children properly ts money lent at ten per oont. That ono evening spent ot homo in study is more profitably than ton spout in loung ing around saloons and tavons. That cows should be milked regular, and cloan. .-? . - KxVRRT MENTH IN CORN PtANT?NO. About twonty-five yoors ago, Dr. Parker, in tho vicinity of Columbia, S. 0., planted oom on upland 4x4 foct, 2,700 stalks to tho aero, and gathered 22 bushels. In his second experiment, lie planted 8 feet by 10 inches, 17,400 stalks to tho sore, and gathered 147 bushels. In bis third experiment, he planted 2 J t'cot by 10 inches-a trifle over 2 squnro foot to tho stalk, 21,000 stalks to tho aoro, and gathered 200 bushels. There oro 43,600 squaro feet in on aoro. Thoso experiments indicate that tho limit of crowding corn has not yot boon reached; but it must bo remembered that tho pro priety of thus crowding d?pendu muoh upon tho character of tho soil, its strength and moisture Low, rich modoratoly damp lands will boar crowding tho best, whilo it would soarooly bo profitable to crowd boyond thc first experiment above, on high rolling, or flat sandy soils. Whcnover crowding is dono riohnossand moisture must bo prosont. Tim Chcrokoo Georgian Sttysi Tho gold ox uilcment in tho vicinity of the old Sixes mines is continually increasing. Largo quantities of machinery foriopornting tho mines 'ately discov ered httvo boon shipped, ond active preparations aro being made to develop tho hidden wealth of that part of tho oounty. Wo saw a neighbor tho other day rolurning from tho Payne & llill houso vein, and ho gave us what seemed (o bo a fabulous account, of gold lo ho seen in tho earth and or? at that plaoo. Mossrs. Olarkslon k Co. are using an otogino of ino largest capacity at (hat locality, and aro making arrangements, we learn, to do business on a so.ilo horctoforo un known In this county. MAY. HY JOnN VANCE ClIENY. Whon beeches brighton io carly May, * And young grass shines along ncr way; When April willows meet tho broez? Like softest dunn among tho trees, Whon smell of Spring fills all tho aWf And meadows bloom, and bluo birds pair, When Love first bares her sunny hoad Over thc brook and lily bcd; Nothing of sound or 6ight to gricvo From choiring morn to quiot ovo, My boort will not, for nil its case, forgot the days to follow thoso. Phis lovolincsa shall bo botrayed, This happiest of music played From field to Geld, by stream and bough Shall silent bo os tuneful now, The silvor launch of thistles sail Adowu thc solitary vale: flint blue solicitude of sky Sent over beauty doomed to die, With nightly mist shall witness hero Tho yielded glory of tho year. Attention is hoing directed about this tim? [o tho artificial production of ico. Naturo is incertain in hor supplies, and at tho South ispcoially a scarcity of ico is often Kcvcroly felt. Various machines havo boen invented for the manufacture of ico, somo of whicH linvobcon proved to accomplish a good result. Pho chief points to be considered, of courso, iro economy in making and tho production if an article cqunl to natural icc. In Rich* mond, Virginia, an extensivo factory is about to bo oroctcd for tho manufacture of ioo by a Motbod reported to bo both novol and remu nerativo. * Two negroes woro io tho woods splitting rails, whon tho question of what was tho best thing in tho world oamo up. A etako >f "fo' bits" was depositod ou a neighbor ing stump, to bo takon by tho ono guessing ;he most palatable dish. Aftor throwing 'heads and tails" for first guess, tho winner jxolaimod, "'Possum and sweet portotorl" .Sh-h-ool" ejaculated tho other, "toko do stoney; 1 didn't tink you'd guess do borry bos* fus' ting!" It is a practice on somo of our railroads' to allow clergymen to lido for half fare. Recently, o minister recoivod a clergyman's half fare travoliog oard, as they oro called, ?nd wrote to the superintendent, asking "if ho oould not cmbraco his wifo, also." Tho juperintondont replied that ho thought bo sould, but did not want to say positively until ho had scon his wifo, ns ho was a little fastidious io his tastes. Tho Grand Lodge of Good Templars waa in session in Charleston last wook. Tho )filoial reports show tho present condition? ' jf the Order iu the Stato os follows: Num ber of lodges organized during tho past pear, 14; number reorganized, 3; number lisbanded, 22; totol number in good stand mg, 72. Among tho Grand Lodgo officora slooted for tho ensuing yoav, is Kev. T. ?. Qilbort, of Yorkvillo, G. W. O. A lady who did not think it rospootable to bring her children up to work has lately hoard from hor two sons. One of thom \? a bar-tender in a flat bout, and the other irf n second class steward in a brick yard. At the Into session, tho Legislating re pealed tho act ondor whioh tho property of tho Atlanta and Charlotte Air Lino Rail road Company has hitherto been exempt from taxation. "Ah, parson, I wish I could oarry my gold with mo," said n dying man to bi? pastor. "It might molt," was tho consoling answer. "Why ia a baby liko a sheaf of whoa.tr* Because it is first cradled aud thon thrashed, and finally becomes tho flower ot tho family. Tho expenses of tho recent session of tho Louisiana Legislature wero 8200,000 lossr than any year nineo reconstruction. So muoh Domooraoy. 1 An intelligent Gorman thu?? expresos his preference for a quack doctor: "I vouldn't oall him ov mino cat vas dead." A man occasionally loaves property, but nowadays tho proporty usually leaves tho* man/ When you hoar a man say: "Lifo is but a droam," tread on his corns and wako bira up. Lifo is real. The woy to get tho new silvor dollar is to' cam it. 11 auto trips up ita own heels, fetters and stops itsolf. Sow good thoughts and you will reap good actions. ??ohavior is a mirror tn whioh ovory ono shows his image. If thou faint in tho day of adversity thy strength is small. Truo happiness- costs lit?lo, if it bo dear it is int Ot good quality. Truth is simplo, requiting neitbor study' nor art. To extol ono's own virtue is to mako a vice of it. Straw hats show whioh way tho ?tod blows. A parados-two physicians.'