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Jill f \ b IIIIIWIO-?f I ?J TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^P NIGHT THE DA ll S hi toil HY KRITir, SMITH & CO. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FBBR???Y 2, 188?. NIGHT THF. DAY, THOU CANS'T NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN. VOLUME XXXin.-NO. ll. ?illili lilt OJ I Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Sorcnoss of tho Chest, Gout, Quinsy, S oro Throat, S ivo flings and Sprains, Burns and Scaids, Goner ai Bodily Pains, Tcoth, Ear and Headache, Frosted Foot and Ears, and all other Pains and A chas. No rr-,i\'u.v.t<Yn rm earth equals ^T. T icons 0.1. ns '. /.?/*?.,??/rr. simple ahd cheap External Uommty. A trial entail* pul ?tic comparatively trifling outlay ??ii' r>o <'oui?. ai?l every ono sulfuring willi pain cnn have < heap anti positivo proof ol' its claims. Direction* iv. Moven Languages. SOLD KT ALL DRUGGJ?H'l'? AND DEALEU3 IS MEDICI KB. A.voer^r;K, sc co,, HaUhnorc, ara., u. ti. ty?fX " y?M " 1 t?t* ""i '' >"" >'?.-.. '. 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' j' ., im Uli LulilltlKj I ; ^ HOP ' ^ f .,.ii. '-' Atv.' ? .. ..'MM ! ino*?,??J Li*/on wt 11 kn) A ; I ..' : cl '-. . " '..I Klein-,.l.t."..ai . iMTTnVl' ' . ' ' i Hot> DKtor? B - jl?ibwwoU?* . . ?t v;<? lix-:.:'., ? p.-.h^S. y.B i,,u,.-r-: ..N:v-?^v.-:hV~:-;^A April 7,1881. ' * " 21- ly AGENTS WANTED <ifiv; MRCIIMC'ever Invented, win kuli a nair ot ntiii kin^-:., wau li v.Kij anil TOTO complete, lu a) intnutca. lt win n\uo ink a gri ?it variety of fancy work for wliicbthoro ls always a ready market. .' icu 1 for circular mid lorn? to ihr- Tivombl)' Knit? In? />Ji< dit m-, t'o., HM WAtltlnctoii tit,, Mouton, Mass. l'artomt' Vuraatlvri Pitta ?inko Nowltieli Jllooil, anti will coiiiiiletcly chango the 1.1.10.1 0, (Ho cn 11 rc ny slam in tit reo mouths. Anvpcrson Nv.Ki will lake I iiill euell lllglll from 1 lo I2wc?kfl may ho rcrttiii'c.l losottml henllli, ir sucha Illing ll? ii.v-.-il te. seul liv mail for S loller nlnilins. /, .*.-. .iou.v.so.Y >c CO,, Manton, MUSH., \onuerly JianttW, M.;. May 12, ISSI 2? ly Wai hr* I hi. Foin a lc College. 'PIUS lu: lilut ion will open its Fifth Cession 1 {JJirriiMiili-U 81?, 1881. THUMS: Collegiate Pcpnvlnionl. 10 months, 00 Aeadcniio Dcporiment, 10 months, in fin Primary Department, 10 months, H 00 Jnvoiillo Department, 10 months, fi 00 Donni, Pile), Ll g li I ami Mooni per month, IO (.0 Hxccllonl facilities for .studying Music, Wax Yl'orlt ami Painting. Bend for n Catalopno. .1. 1>. SMKLT/KR, I). D., l'rcsi-lent. July 21, ism 30-If Notice. ALT. pevsons indehtcd to Adgov (.allege arc rcriucsled lo make payment during my alisci.ee in ll?v. ll. Strong, who is authorized lo receive and receipt ter iho sumo S. T. DKNDY, Tronsurei' Adgov College. November " I, 1881 2-4t i PUK NOT KS and ACCOUNTS or 8. Iv. DKNM 1 will bo tefl in the binds of J. W. Slielor, Ksq., Trial J list I Co, during my nbsenco and prompt payment Iheroof 10 bim requested. f.. 1'. DENDY, Attorney. November'-M, 1 ^81 2-dt IIOMKSTKAI) KXl?MPUON "rVTotl0o Ifllioroby given Unit Marv Perry, wltl Xl ow ofSaninel Perry deeea'-ed, lias made application to me to appraise and sot off, for thc benefit of herself and her minor children. r>, homestead in the real and personal estillo of her said docoused husband, on tbefitb day of February 1882. lt IOU A HD LEWIS, Master (Jconeo County, Januarys. 1882 7*<it. J. B. SANDERS, Deputy Surveyor and JYotary Public, tt/?Lh ?{ive spcoial allenlion lo the fbirvcying ? ? of Lrthtl, writing Deeds and Mortgages, taking Dower.'i. proving Deeds, Accounts, ko., upon slioi 1 nt I ice. Ornea AT - - OAKWAV, H. C. Nov JO, 0*81 ?.2 ly Tho Wife's Frayor and tho Bmukard's Rosolvo? BY IIYAN If. LONG. Flush, nay dear! thc winds oro monning Through thc ragged window pone, And thc rotten roof is groaning 'Neath ttic torrent falling raiu; Close thino eyes und let them slumber Through thc dailiness of this night, And hear not tho owful thunder That will roll befoul thc light. ITnrkl seems now I hear a footfall, Ah! 'twas but (hut hingoloss gate Dashed again by storm king's fury, Dealing out its due of fato. Sleep, my childi (?io lightning flushes May but calm thy sweet repose, But thy mother's tired lashes When they'll rest but Heaven knows. Ah! upon my eyesight pain tod, Holy Boones of long ago, With tho sparks of radine?3 tinted Sweet os sunset's clearest glow, When within the harvest, garnered, T a blushing bride was scon, With a youth whoso brew was tarnished Not with sin's daile, loathsome .-creen. Hut. the change! oh, tearful wailing! My poor heart can scarce contain All the woo that lies there railing, In its bitter, s.id refrain; When the tempter, vile and nullen, Tero thc splendor from that brow - Swept thc lustre from his eyeballs - Darkened orbs of misery now. Yes, he comes! T hear him stumble, Oh, my God, heir mc up! 'Mid thc thunder's pealing rumble, Help me dreg this bitter oup; Help mo still tho wail of anguish That seems bursting from my breast; Blessed Jesus, waft me heavenward Let mc ou thy bosom rest! Ah! thc door bflhiiH bira closes; Seems to walk with firmer tread. And those eyes seem not as buming, As when tinged with Satan's rod; As before the grate he's standing, In the firelight's fading glow, Seems 1 seen a m?mly picture, Ono I'd .'?cen jears ago. "Wife!" tie turua and ec'r his features Gloamings of angelic light, Seem to float, in waves of splendor, Driving out tho horrid night. Lifting from my care worn bosom All thc loads ot sorrow there, Filling up that hour with gladuess. Banishing all thoughts of care. "Krc lo nihill you hushed tho sob bi uga, Of our boy in yonder bed; Kro you'd brushed *.hc golden tingl?is Thai aro shrouding this youog head, While you were with tears bemoaning That this home should bc his fate; I Whoo thou saidst tho winds aro roaring, And thc night is dark and late. "I beneath tho eave was listening, Listening to thy offered prayer: Heard you sobbing o'er our offspring, Hoard and trembled standing there; AP I heard the cold vain pattering On thc roof above my head, I resolved to shun thc tempter, 'Kro DUO thor tear was shed. "There I kneeled beneath the window, Clozing toward the. clouded heaver., Asking God, if e'er his aid Tinto mortal man was given. That he let it strengthen mc, Through this scene, my hour of need; Help mo save my labor's worth, The mouths of wife and child to feed. "And l?o heatd nie, wife, I've conquered I no more will touch the cup That with hell's dark doom is mantled, That has burnt my earnings np! ? no more on earth will cause thee In thy loneliness to shed Teavs of anguish o'er our offspring, That now lies on yonder bed. "But while heaven is all ng'owing, Arid all earth's bounteous store, I will '..ry to be moro grateful Than I've ever been before, I will try to beal thc rupture That lias lorn thy heart in twain; I will try to soothe thy sorrow And receive thy smile again." Tho Work of tho Legislature* COLUMBIA, January 25.-The proceed ings of the House to to-day, unlike the proceeding four of live days, have been ol' considerable interest, and inn! terri of great importance to tho pooplo were dis posed of For weeks past tho report of tho com mirsion appointed to consider and suggest amendments to tho Constitution of tho State has been nt the head of tho column of special orders, and has regularly every morning been discharged for ibo day. This morning Mr. St mon ton, inscad of making tho usual motion to discharge, said that, in bis opinion, the matter should bo disposed of, and in order to tesl tho sense of tho House on calling thc question of a Consti tutional Convention, hu submitted n reso lution declaring that "the General Assom bly are of thc opinion that it is necessary to call a Convention of tho people to revise and amend tho Constitution," and providing for a volo on tho question nt tho next geno. ral election Mr, Barker, of Abbeville, mover) tri in definitely postpone thc resolution. Mr.? [mont?n coiled tho yeas and nays which resulted in tho adoption of tho ino- I tion to indefinitely postpouo. Yeas 03, I nays 44. There was no debate, nnd in this wny was disposed of ono of tho most important measures before tho General Assembly dur- ? in? tho present session. The defeat of tho ! resolution was overwhelming when it is j ts koa into consideration that in order lo 1 hove passed it a two thirds voto wau required. ! There is no chance of u resurrection of tho matter, because n motion to reconsider wan i Inid on tho table. THE EDUCATION A f. AMENDMENT. Tho Dost constitutional amendment pro posed by tho commission was to amend Sec tion 2, Article X of ibo Constitution of tho State so as to provide for a Stato Hoard of ? .Education nnd tho appointment ol' County School Commissioners. Mr. Kaskell moved to strike out tho re solving words of tho resolution. Mr. J, M. Johnson said lliut tho resolu tion had been suggested by tho present efficient Suporiotoudont of education, lt was intended to correct the evils bf thc present system by which men nro very fro? quently elevated to thc oilicc of school com mission cr purely on personal or political grounds and without regard to their quali fications. Tho amendment would allow tho people tho opportunity of correcting this defect in tho fundamental law. lt wool i also improve thc composition of tho State Hoard of Education. Mr Haskell said bc had made tho mo tion lo indefinitely postpone tho joint reso lution without reading it, but after esatni nution of it. he was still unable to support it. Ho oouoidorod thut tho power of the Legislature to nitor thc Constitution should bc exercised only in emergencies. Ho did not consider that any emergency now ex.. isled. Ho had favored the culling of n convention bcoauso there wcro defects in the Constitution which might with advan tage bc corrected. The Legislature is not lilted lo deal with these malters. They were distracted by local issues and overrun I by routine, matters. Ile thought it dan 1 gcrous to place before thc people u meas. ure to take away from lite people tho elec tion of tho officers which they have had for years. Mr. Simontotl said that thc gentleman from Richland protested ogAinet hurrying through thu General Assembly ut this time ill considered matters. This mat tor, he said, was printed nud in tho hands ot every mouther ol tho House before tho Christmus recess, and yet my friend from Richland says ho has not read n lino of it I 1. object to tho statement that we. aro hur rying through thc House this matter when it has boen in tho hands of tho members for weeks. Coder tho present Gonitttution tho State Hoard of Education is composed of one commissioner from each county ol the Slate. This body of thirty three tuon soon to bo thirty four, meets in Columbia every year and discusses schools. Thu Su perintendent of Education thinks this body unwieldy and unsuited for practica! pur poses. This amendment propos?e instead j of this largo hotly a small commission, li ! order to keep this question out of politics nnd to prevent, a tuan from being electee school com missioner simply because of hir popularity or his necessities, without refer ence to his qualifications, thc power is giver this commission, selected by thc Governoi and approved by thc Senate, to secure tin best men in thc .Stale. If we are going tc pass any Constitutional Amendments nt all let us pass this one. I agree with my fiicnd that the proper place to amend tin Constitution is in a convention, but tin House has voted down that question. Mr. Haskell disclaimed any intention t< charge the com mit tee with forcing upon tin House ill considered legislation, and ht hid in mind too vividly thc fate of th youth who taunted tho bnldhcndcd. prophc ol) argo tho venerable gent loman from Charles ton with any such intention. Mr. Murray said that tho (I ene ral As? scnibly twnlvo months ago had placed it seal of condemnation on thc Constitutioi and especially on the present school system and os evidence of this they had selected commission lo suggest such amendments ? they might deem proper. Wc have, sui that the Constitution needs amendment, an now if wo vote down all these amendment because wc have refused to call n Conven tion I think wo will place ourselves in position whick will lay us open to sever i criticism by the people in tho coming cleo j lion. Mr. Parker nrgucO that tho Legislatur last year did not set its stamp of condom nation upon tho Constitution. He olsime that the instrument itself contained inue of good. It had been made up largely r tho old Constitutions, while its proa m bl tfas perhaps the greatest political lie eve written. While H. should have read: W the recently emancipated slaves of Sont Carolina, together with a handful of ou rpo baggers upheld and supported by tile bayo nets ol the United States Government, ol (biin this to bc the Constitution of Soot Carolina, (fcc , yet it w^s not wholly bad an he did not believe in tampering with it i thc way proposed. There was but on uincudmont proposed by thc com missie which was tu all necessary and that Wi tho separation of tho Federal lind Stal j elections. Mr. Rice, of Union, warmly oppose thc passage of any of thc nmendmen proposed by tho commission- If til Hineudmonts were not. to bc digested hy convention of tho peoplo ho opposed nu constitutional ohiwigcfi to bo mudo in tl way proposed, f.^1 move to indefinitely pos pone tho joint resolution. TI1?3 motion w idoptod.yean ?>/', nays ll. . Jir.SQVAi.U'ICATto.N QJi" FEbONfl. Tho next amendment to tho Constitution proposed hy the commission wns to amend Section 8, Article VJ IL of thc Constitution of this iStato, respecting tho disqualifica tion of electors. '?Tho General Assotnbly .shall never pegs any law that will deprivo ony of- thc citizens of this State of tho right of sufi'rugo, exoept for treason, mur. dor, burglary, lu roc ny, perjury, forgery, or any other infamous orimo, or duelling; whereof tho person shall havo been duly tiiod and convicted." Mr. Mdrioh nindoo strong argument in favor of Infi' amendment, in which ho showed thc inconsistency of tho present article of tho Constitution which disquali fied a person who fought a duel hut allowed thieves and perjurers und burglars to enjoy al! tho rights ol the fra nob iso. Tho amendaient was adopted hy n voto of 100 to 0. Thu color:'1 mombetfl nearly all voted against tho amendment. TKttMS OT OITIOE. Tho next suggestion made hy tho com?, mission was to amend tho Constitution n? follows: Sl?OTl?N 1. Tho terni? of office of thc Senators and [loprcsotl tatt VOS chosen at a general election BIUIII begin on tho .Monday following such election and continue for four years. SRO. 2 TJJ.O. Governor, Lieutenant Gov ernor, Comptroller General, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Attorney General, Adju tant and Inspeotor Ooucral nod Suporinton dent of Education shall hold their respec tive offices for the term of four years, and until their successors shall bc elected and qualified. SRO. 8 Tho general election for mem bers of the General Assotnbly, and all Stato and county officers, shall bo held every fourth year, at euell time, in such manner and in such plaoo ns the General Assembly may provide. This matter very naturally pallet] forth considerable (lobato. Mr. Devereux, moved to inseit, three instond of four years, his object being to divorce entirely the State and Leodora! elec tions. This motion wa:? tabled. A ini>!.\ : by Mr. Dendy lo Strike ont the rcsolvingAj*\ds of the joint resolution was also la bleu V Mr Packer moved lo amend hy striking out Sections I and 2 and inserting; "The general election for members of tho Gene? ral Assembly, State officers and county officers shall ho held nt such place as thc General Assembly shall provide.'* Mr, Huotter fa vor od elections every two I years This was necessary, hp contondod, in order that the ruters of the people might bo hold to a strict accountability for theil ads. Any postponement of elections bo I youd two years lessened tho feeling ol responsibility of the government to UK i people, Mr. Dargan moved to jay the amend mont on the table. The people, lie con? ?tended, would bo delighted with an amend I mont lo thc Constitution which would re? I quire them to lay aside thoir businessaffair; I but once in four yeats. What South Caro lina wanted wns more attention to business I and less to politics. Mr, Sii^ontou ;i.v.d Mr, Parker's amend' mont made i,o new features with rol'orciioi ta the State and l'Vdernl elections. Th< commission had taken this question out o tho Constitution and left the fixing of tlu day of election with tho (Jencrai Assembly This would enable tho General Assembly t< change the day whenever they saw lit ant and thus have it in their power to kco| the State and Federal elections always sept rate. Mr liomphill agreed with Mr. Dargan Elliot ions but once in four years would bo most popular measure with thc people. Th people were fast becoming disgusted will having tho business of tho State upturnc every two j ears, and uow that registra! io had been adopted there was moro roaso than ever lo have the election only once ii four yeois. The present system upturnc business, djs organized tho labor systoi and interfered with thc prosperity ol' th State. On motion of Mr. Haskell tho amend mont of Mr. Parker was tabled. Mr. Ilutson moved to insert thc followin which was adopted: SF.O. 8, All county officers .shall hoi their respectivo ofiicos foi* the terni of foti years and until their successors shall t elected and qualified. Mr. Paikei moved to insert two insten of four in line three of Section 2, Th motion was also tabled by a vote of S3 lo 2i The joint resolution was then ordered to third reading. TUB Alt BA OS COUNTIES. The joint resolution suggested by H commission lo fix tho constitutional area i Counties Ot 400 f-quarc miles was laid oil tl tub'o by a veto of 51 to 48. j On motion of M r. Sinionton nil tho 6th( I constitutional amendments proposed hy tl j commission; were then indefinitely post poned. ' Tho [louse then proceeded to considi ' tho general ord ors, and disposed oT sever measures. Among thos? wu3 tho hill : i amend tho general slock law with refer enoo to Williamsburg and Georgot?w ; Counties. Under this bill tho counties of Charlot ton, Aileen, Hetnifort, Collcton, Jlnmptoi Orangcburg, Chesterfield, Loxingtoi Georgetown and Williamsburg ore exempte ', from thc operations of tho bill until Ootn ber next, and Morry, whioh is tho onl county in tho State which is entirely c.v empted from thc operation rf tho hw givon until October next tc build thc rc qnisito ?ino fence. Bo Indopondent. There ?3 nothing in this world Mint in sures success so completely ai doos perfect indopendenco. Peoplo who uro ttlwnys waiting for help may wait a long timo ns a general thing; ti littio assistance a little com mendation, a little influence, is not to bo had for miking; but is always something ono can do for himself. Do it, whatover it is, nnd do it with a will. One thing leads to another. If you aro n girl, don't sit nt?ll and kopo that a rich mun will morry you, while your old father toils for your daily brood. Lcaui how to help yourself, and tuite O'iro of yourself ns much ns possible. Kathnr be one who doo:? things for others than ono who must lnvo things done for yon or suffor. Two hands, two feet, sight. and strength-these ought to enable you lo dispense with help while you aro young nud healthy. Wo like men who can defy adverse cir? cumstonoos, and could earn n living in any quarter of tho world in which they were dropped down; who can roll up their sleeves and set to work nt almost everything that Offers, and who can c7en sew ou thoir own button? and make n cup of toa when de prived of tho help of womankind. Wo like women who are not annihilated when -'thc girl'' goos oil' in a buff; \?hc could preside nt tho White House or scrub the kitchen floor, if cither unpleasant effort were necessary; who are not afraid to travel n few miles aloue, and who can split kind ling wood nnd unoork a bottle with thc scissors, if nothing bettet is at hand; nnd who, moreover, if plunged into tho depths of poverty, would light their own way out of it, asking help of no man. Indopendenco makes no woman loss lov ing. The. most hf I pf ul women aro fondest and truest, wo think; mid ns for n man, never trust him in any capacity if ho has not witnin him thc true spirit of indepon, dence, without, which neither strength nor sweetness may bo hoped for. In thc butt lo of life there is but ono woy lo succeed: fight it out yourself. Give tho helping hand when you may. Take it if in some sore strait it i? offered freely; but nover ask for it; be indopondent as far os tnnn may bo, if you would honor yourself, or be honored hy nthors, or bo happy. - -> - - Hi&tovy of tho Tomato. A good many year? ago a man who had recently arrived from tho Bermuda [elands was sent to Voil: County, IV, jail for some offence committed against the. laws of tho ! com mon wealth, lie h;id with him a few seeds which he planted in thc rich soil of thc jail yard. Indore tho plants which sprang from thc seeds reached maturity, he was disohai ged, and no ono knew the carno nr nature ol' them. They grew luxuriantly bearing fruit cf a largo size nod unusual appear.nee. As that Htrango fruit ripened, its color changed from green to n brilliant red, nnd becamo un object of wonder nod admiration of nil the inmates of tho jail. Mrs. Kliuofolor, the lady keeper, cautioned all tho prisoner.-! against eating any of tho fruit, as she war, suro it was poisonous, nnd besides planted the seeds, ns she would en - deavor t-> preservo sp?cimens of ii for him should ho return in time. Just when thc fruit was fully matured the Bermuda prisoner revisited ibo jail nnd asked to soo tho pl ant. Thin request granted, he next col lt tl for salt, pepper and vinegar, and to the horror of tho good Indy commenced to cat of tho supposed poison ous fruit with a relish that astonished the beholder?. After enjoying tho strange re* past, he informed Mrs. K. that the fruit or vegetable was the tomato, or love nppie, and it would be found wholesome and nu tritious. Tho seeds of the remaining toma toes wero carefully preserved and distrib uted among the friends and neighbors of tho lady, and tb Uti thin now popular escu lent HMS introduced into the ancient nnd goodly borough of York. For many yoars thereafter it wis cultivated ns nn ornament rather than for table use, but by degrees its merits began to bo moro fully understood and appreciated, and there, as elsewhere, it grow info general public favor. M.wsiMtF. ron MKASUHK.-A friend lolls tho following anecdote, which wo pro nounoo decidedly good: "Ooo of the store keepers of this pince, n few days since, purchased of an Irish worn9n n quantity of butter, tho lumps of which intended for j pounds, ho 'weighed in tho bataneo and found wanting.' 'Sure its your own fault I if they are light,' said Biddy; in reply to tho complaint of (ho buyer, 'it's your own fault, Fir-for wasn't it n pound of ttotp 1 bought hore myself, that I had in the other end of the s.tnlo when I weighed 'ctn?' The storekeeper had nothing moro to say on the subject." Thc search for pearls in thc mussels of Ohio has been a considerable industry for i years. Tho Nashville American reports I nn oulbroak of pearl hunting in .Stones j Hiver, Rutherford county, Tennessee. Not i less than 500 people were engaged daily I in laking tho bottom of that stream, delv ing down in tho mud for mussels, which aro piled nlong tho banks, opened, critically examined for tho treasures contained in many of them. Ono ptarljis reported for which ?80 was paid in New York. Tho general rungo of value, however, is enid to bo froo) f)0 cents to S2?. There is no eloquence Uko tho cloquonoo of example. A man docs woll when ho talks with words; but ho is irresistibly con vincinir when ho tnl!-.3 with tho deeds of an honest life. Homo io where (ho soul finds rest. Apprehension of evil is often worse than ovil itself. If you not with n view to praiso only, you deserve none. Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong. One of tho sublimest things io the world is plain truth. First tho ncoecEary, then thc usoful, then thc ornamental. Hasty tempers, like hurricanes, oficn do irreparable injury. He that, workcth wickedness by another is wicked himself. Thc wrongs wc iufliot upon others follows us like a shadow. Dispatch is the BOUI of business, and method thc noul of dispatch. Have n caro of whom you speak, end what and when mid whore. Ho who labors for mankind lins already begun his immortality. Habit, if wrong mid firmly fixo.d, is worse thon oh ionic disc iso. Look at thc bright sido. Keep thc sut)-? shino of a liviug faith in thc henri. !.<ifo is inst long enough for a mao to decide as lo whore ho will spend eternity. Always act, na if you believed God wa.? present, uud that you must give an account to him. ?t is tt foot worth remembering that ifc doos not take half eo long to moke a wound as to boat ono. If your cause is good, bo ouro that you do not injure it by a bod spirit: if it is bad, givo it up at ooo. 1 Jc submits himself to bo seen through a microscope v/ho allowa himself to bo caught in n panaiou. In our last hourn, and tho last, houri will como to nil, it will comfort US moro to think what wp havo dene for others tl.an our selves. No slouch-A high hat. ^Laying down ibo law"-Tho judge on tho point, of resigning. Maud 8. is morely another il lustration of thc fact that time is monev. J MAY.-May io considered an unfortunote marrying month. A down Fast editor nays that n girl was asked not long sinoe to unito herself in tho milken tio to a brisk lad, who namod May in his proposals. Tho lady ten derly hinted that May wanan unlucky month for marrying. "Well, make it Juno, then," honestly, replied tho awain, anxious to nc - coin modo to. Tho damsel paused a moment, hesitated, cast down her pyoo and said with a blush, "wouldn't April do ns wcH?" in an opinion rendered January 9, tho Supremo Court of tho United States dc cides that the bonds and stooks of ono Stato mny bo constitutionally taxed in another. Whether Stn tc bonds aro taxed or oro ex pressly exempt from taxation nt home, tho fact in either caso, tho court holds, doe? not prevent thom from being taxed else where, for thc reason that no State cnn ex empt property from taxation out of its own jurisdiction. Judah p. Benjamin who was Secretory of the Confederate Government and ought to know as much about tho subject as any one, baa written n letter from London on Ibo subject of Con fedora to bonds sold in lOngland. Mr. .benjamin docs not bolicvo 1 that one penny in lo bc found anywhoro in Europe of thc asncts of the defunct Confederacy.'' He abo asserts that if any thing can bc recovered by thc bondholders "it con only bo by Government action in tho United States.'? This shows plain enough-for Mr. Benjamin knows what ho is talking about, hoing ono cf the first law yers of thc English bar-that tho recent boom in Confederate botidn wa* a wild bi^ of Speculation find that tho holder? of thin .species of paper in the South who took advontago of tho occasion lo poll out were wisc in their their day and generation. Among tho nation:-; tho United Slates has by far tho largest mile age of railroads in proportion to population. Sweden comes next and tho British empire third. Great. Britain sends tho largest, proportion of letters and postal cards, the United Stales next and. ?S'wit/.erland third. Switzerland is most liberal in tho use of tho telegraph. Belgium has tho largest mileage of railroad in proportion to area. The improvement ot means of travel, transportation and intercommunication has been marked hy an extraordinary in crease in the tendency of popula tion towards great commercial centers. There are various opin ions as to whether this is a healthy tendency or not, hut those impelled hy it will never be con tent till they have tried it, and contentment is what till aro after, Subscribe for your county paper.