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?Mw, ? ?Vi ?II? M I'H ? >?mk 11 i ? ?> rl?i-.> ti WM fr TO THINE OWN SELF DE TRUE, ANO IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DAY, THOU OANS'T NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN. BY KEITH, SMITH Ss CO. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1882. VOLUME XXXIII.-NO. 4.1. BROWNS IRON BITTERS Vdllcure dyspcpsia.heattburn, mala .ria, kidney disease, liver complaint, *. *> und oilier wasting diseases'. BROWN'S IRON BITTERS *nrlches tlie blood and purifies the system; cures weakness, lack of ?nergy, etc. Try a bottle. BROWNS IRON BITTERS ls the only Iron preparation that docs not color thc teeth, and will not eausc headache or constipation, as Other Iron preparations will. BROWN'S IRON BITTERS Ladies and all sufferers from neu? ralgia, hysteria, and kindred com plaints, will lind it without on equal? YUTTFS 'BHBBBBBBBBBHagBl A DISORDERED LIVEN IS THE BANE pf tho present gonorntion. 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Try this remedy fairly, and you will crain tanoalthy Dlffcatlon, Vlft-orouoUody, Cum lulooil, SStroiifr Nc i TO?, and n **<"..?.:?.{ Um aV>rtoc>.x3Cout?. Onie?,80 murray Mt.? N. ?. il OHAY HAIR or WmsicEnschanged toaGr.ossv III.ACK by tx ?Inglo application of this DYK. It Imparts a nnturnl color,and nets Instantaneously. G&U1 liv Druggists, or sunt by express ou receipt Of Duo Dollar. Offico, 013 Murrny Str?ot, Now York. (Ur. TUTT'H MAXVAT. of r<t!ttab'e\i Mn formation and K/sr/til Jteeelpt? a win bo mailed fitSB on application,* July 18, 1882 84 ly I Sciut to MOOREN 'BUSINKSS UNIVERSITY _I Atlanta, Un. Vor lllusirnted Circular. A liv? neilin! BusI ness School. JistablUtud ttocaty ycart. lfcichiiioiiri Sc J>anvillv AS. IS PASSION G Ell DEPARTMENT. On and after thc 9th of July, 1882, th Passenger Train Service on t li o Atlanta om Charlotto Air Lino Divisiou will bo as fol lows: EA ST WA HD. Mail and Express. No. 51. 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Our beer is full of awful things, There's torro alba in our onudy, Falso notes too oft tho tenor sings, Our braody 's anything but brandy, Our tea would woko Celestials weop, Our woolens bubble o'er with cotton, Good fruit is ul ways on tho top, While underneath is placed thc rotten. Tho oyster laughs their skill to scorn, Thoy can't adultorato potatoes: Hut though wo know that eggs ate eggs, Thoy often seem half salaratus. Tho English alo is far behind Thc brew that pleased tho cheery Diokc And I'm convinced to buy a kind Of putcnt lignum vitai ohiokco6l On with the dance! Wo must not daro To spend a moment iu rcfloctiug, Since what wo cut and drink und wear Is fitlod with what wo 're not exuooting My farewell words, though few and sad, Pcrehanco may bo autioiputcd Our politicians arc soiled, They cannot bo adulterated! An Experience Meeting. WHAT ASTONISHED Tl IK ODD MAN Wilt HE REACHED A CLIMAX. "What is it I hcur ubout your pa bcit turned out of prayer meeting Weduesdi night?" usked the grocer of tho bad bo as he came over after sumo ?antelopcs f< breakfast, and plugged a couple to sec they were ripe. "Ho wasn't turned out of prayer meei iugatull. Thc people all went away, nu pa und mc were tho last ones out of tl churoh. Hui pa was mad, and duu't yt forget, it." "Well, what seemed to bo tito tro?bb HUH your pa become a backslider?" "Oh, no, his flag is still there. Hi something ?ceins to go wrong You sci wheu wo got Vcady to go to prayer mcctiu last night pa told mo to go up stairs au ?ct him a huukcrchcr, and to drop a lilt 'fumcry on it, and put it iu tho tail pock* of his black coat. 1 did it, but I guess ?ot hold of thc wrobg bottle of Tunion There was u label on thc bottle that suit Jumuicu Kum,' and I put on a whole lo Just afore I put tho hankcrcher in pa pocket, I noticed a puck of cards on th ?land that pa used to play hi-lo-jack wit ma evenings when ho wus so sick h couldn't go down town, beforo ho pc 'ligioti und I wrapped the hunkeuche around tho pack of cards und put them i his pocket. I don't know what modo m do it, ond pa don't either, I guess, 'oaus he told mu this morning that I was poa sessed nf a devil. I must go homo wit these watermelons or they won't keep." 'Hut hold on," says the grocery man ns ho gave tho boy a few raisins wit worms in them, that Ito couldn't sell lo keep him. "What about tho proyc mcetiug?" '.(). 1 like to forgot. Well, pa and m went to prayer meeting and mu came alon? afterwards with a deakin that is mashed 01 her, I guess, 'oausc ho says she's to b pitied for having to go through lifo y ok ci to such a old prize ox as pa I hon rd hin tell lill that, when ho was helping lier pu on lier rubber water privilege to go hom in tho rain tho night of Hie sociable, am sho looked ot him justus sho does ut m when wu nts; UlO to ?o down to thc hui foundry after her switch, and said, ?0, yoi dcor brother,' and oil tho way homo h kept her wator privilege on by pulling hi ami on tho small of her baok. Ma a6ko< pt if ho didn't think tho donkin was rea kind, but thst wss sforo ho got 'ligion. W> sat in a pew nt tho prayer meeting, next ti um and thc deakin and thcro wos lots o pious folks all mound. After thc presche had gone to bat, and on old lady hud he innings, praying and tho singers had go out on first base, pa was on deck, and tin preacher said they would like to hear irou tho recent convert, who was trying to wail iu tho s?raight und narrow way, but win found it so hurd, owing to the many orossci ho had to bear. Pa knowed it was bin thst had to go to but, and ho got up um said he felt it was good to bo thcro. [li , said at times everything looked dark to hin and ho said ho feared ho should faltor b; tho wayside, but by a firm rcsolvo he hep his eyes sot ou tho future, and if ho wa; c tempted to do wrong ho said get theo bellini j mc, Satan, and stuck in his too nails for i - pull for the right. He said ho was thank ful to tho brothers and sisters, porticulurl] to tho sisters, for nil they hod done to maki his burden light, and hoped to meet thou 3 allin "When pa got down ns faros that he sor J of broko down. I supposo bo was goinj J to say heaven, though after a few minutei J they oil thought ho wanted to meet then 1 in a saloon. When his eyes begun to leal d pa put his hand in l?is tail pookot for Ii ii 1 hankerohcr nod got hold of it ond gavo ii 1 a jorie and out oamo tho hankcrcher em 1 tho oords. Well, if ho hus shuffle! .1 thom and nm had out them, and he hat dealt six linods thoy couldn't havo beer doalt any better. They flow into every body's lap. The deakin that wns with tnt 'i got tho jack of spndes, ihreo noes and t >1 deuoo, and mn got oomo Dino spots and ti d king of hearts ond ma neatly fainted >1 'oauso sho didn't get n better hand, 1 sposo il Tho preacher got a pair of deuces nnd s il queen of hearts and ho looked up nt pa OE A (hough it AMIS a misdoal, nnd o old woman ? who nat noross tho aisle, sho only trot two d oards, but that was enough. Pu didn't sec d what ho lind done ot first, 'cause ho had thc r. hnnkercbor over his eyes, but when he ?smelt tho rum on it ho took it away, and tbt n Ko saw everybody disourdiug, and 1M thought ho had struck a poker gnuie, nod ho looked around as though ho was mud 'cause didn't deal him out u haud, tho minister adjourned tho prayer meeting and whispered to pa, nnd everybody went out holding their noses ou aooouot of Da's Turnery, and when pa cunio homo ho asked ma what ho should do to bo. saved. Ma said she didn't know. Tho deakin told her ?ia seemed to be wedded to his old idols, 'a said tho deakin better run lits own idols and pa would run his. l'don't know how it is going to turu out, but pa says he is polo' to stiok to tho church."-Milwaukee Sun. The Greonback Party is tho Ne gro Party. [From thc Charleston News and Courier.] Why do tho Radical loaders Virgo thc negroes to vote for the Greenback und In dependent candidates? It ^is not on oe? count of tlic character or capability of such candidates, us tho Rid ic il leaders admit that the Dcmooratio candidates, ns a whole, tower above their opponents, und that there arc not moro than two or th roo Greenback or independents, if so many, who havo any claim to respect to consideration. lt ts not io vindication of any high principle, us thc Radical St a to Convontion, while ad vising thc negroes to vote for the Green back candidates, repudiated unequivocally thc peculiar doctrines of tho party. It is uot, ns is pretended, to sccuro a free vote anti a lair count, us the election low guar antees that, and every election iu which thc Radicals havo had a hand iu South Carolina was blackened by flagrant oud un blushing frauds. Tho reason that thc Radical leaders order their dusky leging to volo for Green buck and Independent candidatos is that, by so doing, they expect to divide tho Domooraoy two years hence. There can bc no doubt of this. Thc Radical loaders, in tho Stale convention, declared this to bc their purpose. There Was no disguiso about it, in tho secret sessions of tho convention. Thc Greenback leaders Were in cotisuU talion with thc Radioul leaders in Columbia at tho time that the Radical Convention was in so-sion, and made a bargain of 6otne sort with the Radicals. What the terms of the baguio aro we do not know. Wo do know, however, that tho Greenbaokers sought nod desired Ino endorsement of tho Radical convention and got it. Thc Gmmtnckcrs know that tho wdiitc members of their own party are not numerous enough to make n ripplo on the sUiface of Stale polities, and that nothing less than thc solid negro vote will enable them to elect their candidates. Upon thc ucgro vote they rely, and by thc aid of the negro vote they must Win, if they win at all. This is thc essetiou of thc Greenback movement. It is a deliberate eflurl to capture tho Slate by nod with the negro vote. Thc Groonbaokors claim that, when they shall have elected their candidates, by negro votes, theirs will still bo a white man's party. Was there ever u more bold at tempt to pull wool over tho eyes oF tho people of thc State? As the mass of its supporters is, so must the party bu. The negro vote can no more bo purified and en lightened by thc effusion of a handful of white votes than a muss of rotting mud can by a stone which is cast into it Moreover, tho Greenbaokers aro warned in advance that thc sole aim of thc Radicals is to usc them ns n Trojan horso, in thc bowels of which lurk thc foes of honest government, decency and civilization. Tho Radicals will huvo no further use for them when, by their moans, they hnve penetrated within tho walls of tho Democratic citadel. Tho Greenback movement, on tho port of ils rendors, is nothing moro nor less than a desperate effort to A frican ixe tho State. Its an effort to do it, buoau.se thc Oreenbackors know what tho consequences must be and still persevere in tho hateful work. Tho names differ, but the issuo is unchanged. In 1882, ns in 1870, thc negroes, as a body, uro fighting the white people of tho State. Then, cs now, tho maintenance of white supremacy, with the honesty, public coonomy and security that tho phrase implies, depends on the defeat of tho opposition cud tho success of the Democracy. IIionr.Y ESTEEMED-Thc youthful color and ric h lustor aro restored to faded or grey hair by tho uso of Parker's Iluir Balsam, n harmless dressing highly esteemed for ils pcrluinc and purity. A gentleman who lived in tho Soul li wns finding fault with ono of his hands for noglcot of work, and saying ho would havo no moro preaohing about his place-they had too many protracted meetings to at tend. "Rill ain't no preaoher," says Sam; ''ho's only a 'zortcr." "Well what's tho diflcrcnco between o preacher nnd on ex horter?" "Why, you know n preacher, ho takes a tex' and den ho done got to stick to it. Rut a 'zortcr, he kin branch." A Into presiding elder of thc Ohio Con* ferenco said to Iiis preachers: "Brethren, I wish each of you would moko out tho ap pointments for tho next year, and let mo soe how you nrrongo tho distriot." One* of tho preachers, whoso mind ia noorly olwoys made up, and tho only ono in tho distriot who is closing his third year, said, "Elder, I alrendy have them fixed." With interest tho cider asked, "How liovo you got them?" The proaohor replied, "In tho first place I am thc only ono who luis got to bo moved; 1 have ooncluded lo leave nil tho rest where they ale, toad yon IO ray charge ?nd- L tako thu dibUU-V' BULLY AN?> BRAGGART. TUE PUDLIO RECORD OF J. HENDRIX M'LANE. COLUMBIA, S.O., Soptomber 26.-Th behavior of J. Hendrix MoLooo, tb Greenback candidate for Governor of Soutl Carolina, et Winnsboro' yesterday will no surprise those who oto fuiniliur will) hi record. On ucocpting tho nomination fo Governor, with uplifted hands and eye fixed on the coiling, bc exclaimed: "I wil bc Governor or by tho eternal wc will hov a milU.w) Government." This harmonise about us well with his conduct at WinnB boro' os' his oaths uud threats years agi agreed with his conduct when tho hour o danger came. Throughout his lifo McLuni has becu metaphorically THIRST! NO SfOU ti ORE, and nothing but blood, and oceans of it would satisfy him as lung as there was ni danger that wiiat lie invited would Gome Tho contrast betweon the protestations o the man and his conduct, aod tho recul, lection of his treachery, will go fur to ac count for thc rudo tuon ncr in Which ho wai treated by a few undisciplined Democrat; ot thc Whillsboro' meeting. Tho homo of J. Hendrix McLano is o Feustcrvillo, in Fairfield county. Ho ii without education and n miserable poo: speaker and bis whole political career Ul Y Ks TUE LtB to his present empty professions of fair dcul ing, free speech and political reform Whenever and wherever AloLane has bcci able tu prevent it, there hu? been neithei free specoh nor fuir play ita South Caroliua Thc coloicd people of the Stato havo nevi had a moro heartless enemy than he, and ii ho did not make a colored graveyard ol South Carolina it was only becauso he could not keep his courage up to thc stick* iug point when thc critical moment oume M'LANK AS A KU KLUX. Years ago, When rumors of Kukluxisra filled, tho uir J. Hendrix MoLuue paraded himself ostentatiously as one of tho band, Ho avowed himself ready to undertake anything thut was demanded of him. Dm us a mutter of course nothing was demanded Mci/nie had suoccoded, however, in searing himself by his stories of his exploits, und when tho Kuklux prosecutions began he (led from the State and rcmuiacd abscut for some years. In 187? ho returned to South Carolina and JOIN Kb THE RKD-SH?RT DEMOCRACY, being just us violent then in Iiis declura (ions of hostility to negroes us ho had been in Kuklux times. Ho went fur beyond tho most extreme regular Democrats in thc county. Mohano declared that "if tho negroes could not bo taught any sense, it should bo beaten into them," und that armed men ought to bc posted along thc highways to shoot them down if they attempted to go to thc polis. Of oourse the Democracy had no taste for such pro ceedings as these, but thc fact remains that MoLanc advocated PROSCRIPTION AND 0LO0D8HBD, and must bc presumed to have been sincere in doing it. During tho campaign he was President of thc Feastcrvillo Demo cratic club, and Secretary pro tem. of the Democratic Executive Committee of thc county. All accounts agree in saying that ko Was tho most extreme man in thc county, and that Democratic leaders had a? much trouble iu restraining him from at? taeking thc poor colored men in those days as Maj. Tom Woodward had in keeping thc exuberant Democrats from kicking him more than once at Winnsboro' yesterday. MoLanc WBS adjutant fur Maj. Woodward in organizing thc clubs in Fairfield county and tho order book containing his cooked chirography is still in existence. A few years ago Mohano had in his possession a gun which he olaimcd to have captured in a raid which ho inudc on the colored peoplo in tho spring of 1871. At that time a negro oompany had been organ ized in Fairfield county and was drilling ut night. Tho loads were picketed by thc oompany and thc neighborhood was con siderably alarmed. Au attack was made upon thc company und ono negro was eliot Whether MoLuno shot him or not I am unable to say, but ho claims to have been thc hero of that raid and boasts of his prowess on (hat occasion. Y7et was ho ALWAYS DiOI'OSKD TO HUN when trouble o tine. In 1873 bc organized a Greenback club at Feustcrvillo. At ono of tho meetings a squabble took place and Moh?no fancying himself in danger retreated to the Uni versalis! Church. The story is that ho ran sc fus! that n bog of Fiat money would havo found a sccuro resting place on Iiis ex tended coat toil. liefere tho election of 1870 M chine urged tho Feustcrvillo De mocracy to pass a resolution binding every Democrat to refuse employment to any negro who would not voto thu Dctnoctatio ticket, und ho demanded further that tho Democrats should evict from their houses and throw out into tho road every negro who remained contumacious. Tho moro conservative Democrats resisted this propo? sitien and it was voted down. Tho night before tho day of tho election ho tried to get a squad of Democrats to go into ambush and SHOOT DOWN THE NEGROES as they wended their way during tho night towards the polls. Ono of his Ku klux osploits was to placo a collin with a bloodcurdling insciiplion at thc door ot Wyatt ColctrYun, who was at tho timo n Trial Justice Coleman trucked McLano to hts house and openly ooousod him of having dono tho work, which Moho DC did mit deny. Mr. lt. C. MoCnrthy, Sheriff of Fair field County, gives the following account of ?NE OF M'LANK'S ELECTION EXPLOITS. ''O? tho night beforo the election in 187G I nos sont to Feastorvilio with United States Marshal Grant,' who went tboro for the purpoBO of rnaoipnlating tbo elcotion and to arrest any mao intorforiug rv i th tho olectioo, On that night Win. Pcako and Israel Bird woro sent to Foastorville willi Republican tickets for distribution. They called on Grant to protect them. When wo got to Fca8torvillo wo stopped ot tho houso of Major Fossct, whiob MoLane had converted into a perfcot armory. About 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning tho negroes begun to como into Fcnstcrvillo in squads of 100 and 200, firing their pistols and hurrahing for Chamberlain. McLauo, who WHS iu command of tho Democrats at this place, gave orders to stop thc uegroes und intimated that if they did t stop they would bo ambushed and shot down. Graut, Trim und myself und several others mot sud hulled tuc negroes ond asked who they were when a deputy United States Marshal named Green stepped out into tho road and mudo thc ncocssary explanation. Wo told them our orders, und told them if they did not disperse and go quietly to tho polls McLano would havo them all killed. McLuuc's polioy was to KILL THU NEUUOES out and exterminate them. Ile avowed his purpose to bc to get a Democratic ma jority by killing negroes if bc couldn't get lt any other Way." Such is tho man whom thc colored voters of tho Statu oro asked to support. A DULLY, A HRAQOART AN? A SNEAK.. A man who vowed that ho Would bo Governor of South Carolina or havo a military government, but slinks away at thc first hint of danger ot Wiuusboro' A man who Wanted to throw .tho colored people out into thc road, iu 1876, if they did not vote tho democratic ticket, and who is now hugging the negroes to his broast nod howling against tho Democracy. WHO CAN TltUST HIM? Certainly the colored people ought not to ropoio any confidence in ono who has been so bitter an enemy and who worked so actively for their overthrow. They have had .'some 6cnsc beaten into them." The honest white people of tho State cannot voto for him, for he has neither tho ability, nor '.ho will, nor tho manhood to servo them faithfully. A patriot without prin cipio, a leader without a party, a reformer without charsotcr, A POOH M ISKRA I) 1.1'. PRETENDER, hoping to build Up his owu fortunes at tho expenso of pubUo decency. J. Hendrix MoLane merits thc derision of every honest citizen of South Carolina, white or black, Democrat or llcpnblioau. Who Was His Neighbor And it came to puss as a scrtain man journeyed from thc cradle to tho grave, he fell among saloon keepers who robbed him of his good name, destroyed his reason, and then kicked him out worso than dead. A moderato drinker oamo that way und when ho saw him ho said: *Ho is but a dog; they served him right; let him die; ho is a curse to his family. And also a licensed voter carno that way, and when he saw him he said: Tho brute! put a bull and chain on his leg cud work him on thc strcot. And a fanatic teetotaler oarno that Way, and when he saw him he had compassion on him aud raised him up assisted him to his home and administered to tho wants of his family, got him to sign tho plcdgo and started him on his journey io comfort ?nd happinoM. Who think yon, wse tho groat friend of humanity, tho saloon keener tho moderate drinker, tho licensed voter, or tho toctotlor? - Thc Watchman WHAT A HOY WILL DO.-An exchongo says a boy will tramp 217 miles io ono day on a rabbit hunt und bo limber in tho even mg; when if you tink bim to go aoross tho sleet und borrow Jones' two inch auger, ho will bo as stiff as a meat block. Of oourso he will. And ho will go swim ming all day and stay in thc water tinco hours ot a time, and splash mid divo mid puddlo and puff, and next morning lie will feel that un unmeasured insult hus been offered him when he is told by his motbor to Wash his faco carefully so as not to louve thc score of ebb and flow so plain to bo seen under Iiis gills. And he'll wonder around a dry crook bcd all thc afternoon piling up a pebble fort, nnd nearly die when his big sister wants hin to please piok up a basket of chips for tho parlor stovo. And ho'll spend tho biggest part of tho day io try ing to corner a stray mulo or a bald bucked horse for u rido, and feel that all life's charms have fled when he comes to drive thc cows homo. And ho'll turn a ten-acre let upside down for ten inches of angle worms, and wish for n voiceless touib whoo tho garden demands his atten tion. Rut all tho snmo when you want fl friend who tvill stand by you and bo true to you in nil kinds of weather, enlist ooo of thoso some boys.-JIawkc?/c THE II K.I OUT of FOLLY-To wait until you uro in bcd with disnaso you muy not got over for months, is tho height of folly, when you might bc easily cured during tho carly symptoms by Purkor's Ginger Tonio Wo havo known sickly families mado tho healthiest, by a timely uso of this* paro medicino- Observer. Tho onion forms ono of tho common sup ports of lifo in Spain and .Portugal. The dried onion contains from 25 to 80 per cont, of gluten and ranks in this respect with tho nutrition;! pea and tho g-tain. Firing on Sumter. [M. Qu?d in Freo Presa.] Daylight is breaking ovor Charleston, ri it ia tho morning of the 12th of April, 181)1-tho mont momuntus uiorning in tho history of America. Fifteen thousand citizens of Charleston have crowded to tho esplanade, nod every man baa bis faoo turned toward tho sea. To tho right, UH you look down thu harbor, is Morris island; to tho left Sulivan's, and midway between is fort Sumter, grim and silent, and not ovcu showing a Hag. Tho grout crowd trembles with excite ment sud speaks iu whispers. A bloody civil war ia about to open. Tito young men ur ready to huruh over tho prospects! but thc older ones look grave os they real ise wliut wur moans. Now tho grey mist creeps up from tho wntcrs of tho burbot' and floats away, and tho eastern horizon bcoomcs tinged with red. You can sec moro plainly now. At tho bead of Sullivan's Island is thc.flouting iron buttery, and it is to Uro thc Gist guu. Its echoes will nwuken thc hugo iron mon sters asleep in Forts Moline and Johnson, ut Cummings point, ut Point Pleasant, and other localities. There is a flag over each confederate fort and buttery, und with a good glass you can see men ou thc ramparts. Silenoo now! lu thc floatiug buttery is an old grey haired moo-Edmund Puffin.' Mo has sought tho privilege of filing the first gun of tiio war. Tho lanyard bo holds iu bb bond is tito rope which wiil ring tho bell of destiny. When that bell btrikos a mighty republic will full to frag ments, and it will take thc blood of a hun dred buttles to cement it. "Boom!" Thc bell lins slruok. At tho word tho old mau has pulled thc lu ny rad, und a solid shot whirrs across the water nod strikes tho brick wall of Fort Sumter with d' heavy thud. For a long minute no ono speaks. Tho echoes of that gun ure frauglt. with mighty issues-thc whirr of that shot means death lo a quarter of a million of soldiers. AH thc thunder rolls up and down tho harbor and dies away twenty thousand peoplo cheer. Thc wur hus begun. There can bo no backward step now. Old aud young cheer and shout and shako bands and feel a glad relief. A LADIES' TOAST TO THE MEN. At a literary meeting, Mrs. Duoiway "toasted*' thc men as follows: "God bless 'cm. Wc halve their joys, doublo their sor rows, troblo their exponeos, quadruple tlioir cares, excite their affections, control their property, nod out monocuvcr them in ?very thing. This would bo a dreary world with out UiCQ. lu fact I may say without 'cm it would not bo much of a world anyhow. Wo lovo 'cm, and tho precious fellows don't: kuow it. As husbands, they oro always convcniooG though uot always on hand; tut beaux they aro by no means matchless. Thoy arc most agreeable visitors. They aro bandy at State Fairs, and indespcnsablo ut oyster saloons. They aro splendid escorts for some other fellow's wife or sister, and as friends they aro botter than women. As our fathers they aro inexpressibly grand. A man may bo a failure in business, a wreck in ooustitutionl not enough to boast of os a beauty, nothing as o legislator for woman's rights, and even not very brilliant as a member of tho press, but if ho is his own father, wc overlook bis shortcotn ings, cover bis pccadillos with tho divino mantle of charity. Thoo, os our husbands, how wo long to parado thom us paragons! In tho sublimo language of tho inspired poet: Wo'll lie for thom, We'll cry for thom, And if wo could wo'd fly for thom, We'd do snjthiug but die for thom. FBMALK SOCIETY-What is it tbnfc makes nil thoso men who associate habitu? ally with women superior to others who do not? What makes tho woman who is un customed tc, and ot cusn in thc society of men, superior to lief sex in general? Solely because they aro in tho habit of free, grace? ful, continued conversation with thc oilier sex. Women in this way loso their frivol ity, their faculties awaken, their delicacies und peculiarities unfold all their beauty and Captivation in tho spirit of intellect ual rivalry. And tneu loso their pedantic, rudo declamatory or sullen manner. Their asperities arc rubbed off, their belter ma terials polished and brightened, and their richness, Uko gold is Wrought into finer Work maii8hip by thc fitigcis of woroon' than it ever could bo by those of men. Thc iron und steel of their character aro liko tho armor of giants by studs and knots of gold and procious stones, when they nro' not wantod in actual warfare. Klingenbcrg-on-Main is a small town not far from Asehaffenburg, which derives' BO large an inoomo from its properties iri quarrioa that it is not only enabled to dis pon80 with levying any taxes upon its inn' habitants, but to presont every ono of its free burghers, at each succoedme Christmas tido, with tho equivalent in German our? rcnoy of flvo pounds npicoc. It is nov/ stated io tho Cologno Gazette, thut Klingen? berg celebrated its Sedan festival this year by distributing money gifts to its houso holders and children of all ages attending sohool. Kach hood of a family rrcoivcu two marks-overy sohoolboy and girl twenty pfennigs, or about eight cents. HOT. Henry Ward Bccohcr denounces tho nomination of Judge Folgcr for Gov ernor* of New York, and says ho will lei .Iiis right urin wither boforo ho will vets for him. Hut as to who ho will volo for, Poocher says that question may bo asked' ' him aftetf tho clectiu?v