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fcraps and Jacts. ? France lost 15,000 men in the Tonquin I campaign, and her losses in money, ii\- J eluding the cost of building forts hospitals | and frontier defences were ?43,000,000 while i China's losses were 100,000 men and ?38,000,000. ? The business failures during the week I ending last Friday, as reported to K. (J. ; Dun & Co., number for the United States; 184 and for Canada 19, against 150 the week previous. The increase is altogether in the Pacific and Western States. ? Judgment in the Riel appeal case has been given at Winnipeg confirming the sentence of the court at Regina. The French and half breed population is greatly excited in consequence, while the bulk of the whites are jubilant. The general opinion is that Riel will be hanged. ? Three hundred Mormons arrived at New York, Wednesday, en route tor Utah. They came from Germany, Scandinavia and England. All paid their passage and brought monev with them. Several of the women were much better looking than the average of Mormon wives. ? Walter L. H. Maxwell, the presumed murderer of Preller in a St. Louis hotel last spring, was taken into the court of criminal correction last Friday, and by agreement between counsel, the case was continued until October 19th, before which time the grand jury will have an opportunity to take the matter up. ? The Mormons are not destined to occupy Mexico without opposition. The papers are speaking out, and the Financier says they must be driven out. The papers urge that if they are too filthy to be endured in the United States that Mexico cannot stand them. The Roman Catholic priests are also active in the crusade. ? Heavy rains last Thursday have done untold damage to the crops in Mississippi, especially in Yazoo county. The fall of water is unprecedented, overflowing, almost washing away fields in some places. The Yazoo railroad loses several bridges, and the track is so badly undermined that no trains can be run to Yazoo City. The cotton crop will fall far short of last month's estimate, and farmers are being discouraged because of the gloomy outlook. ? At a meeting of the Republican State Executive Committee, held at Jackson, Miss., on Thursday, it was decided not to place a State ticket in the field, for the reason set forth in the following resolution, whioh was adoDted: That in view of the fact that organized opposition to the Democratic party of this State this fall is useless, because of the well known impossibility of securing at the polls an honest election, it is the sense of this committee that no convention be called to nominate a State ticket. ? A chart prepared by the agricultural bureau for the use of the Forestry Congress, which will meet in Boston shortly, shows that there are two hundred and eighty-five million acres of improved land, four hundred and eighty-five million acres of forest, seven hundred and thirty millions of unim{>roved and untimbered land. Incidentaly it is found that the forests are disappearing at the rate of twenty-five million acres each year. The forest product during the census was year eighteen thousand million feet, board measure. Last year it was twenty eight thousand million feet. ? William Mangum, aged 17, left his home in Atlanta on Wednesday night, and was found dead in a little cabin in the suburbs of the city the next morning with blood streaming from his nose and mouth. The cabin was occupied by two negro Voodoo women, fortune-tellers. Both have disappeared. It is thought that they killed Mangum when he went to have his fortune told. The negroes in the vicinity are crazed with fear and say that he was conjured to death. The authorities are investigating the matter. ? There is a growing bitterness between the Cherokees and the negroes who claim citizenship In the Indian Nation. The freedmen number between seven and eight thousand and enjoy all the rights of native born Indians. The present trouble is causnz-l h\r iho fraprlmnn flnimincr a. sharp of tho $300,000 recently paid the Cherokee nation by the government for land ceded to it by the Cherokees. This claim is questioned by the Indians who assert that the freedmen, not being of Cherokee blood, are not entitled to any share of the money. The colored men base their claim on the treaty of 1866, which, they say, accords them the rights of native born Cherokees. ? Lawrence Brainerd, whose defalcation as president of the St. Albans, Vermont, savings bank ruined thousands of farmers and working people a year ago, has been captured by American detectives in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The detectives spent four months in Winnipeg, passing as absconding crooks from the United States, and last week induced Brainerd to go duck shooting with them. They got him in a wagon and made for the line, which they succeeded in crossing, eluding the Winnipeg police who pursued them. Arriving at Minneapolis, while his captors were engaged in purchasing railroad tickets for the east, Brainerd slipped away and made his escape. ? Belle Hasty lived with the Peabody family at Urbana, Illinois, and was engaged to be married to young Robert Peabodv. The young man's parents opposed the match. On August 2nd his mother died, apparently with neuralgia of the stomach. On the 17th his father died with the same symptoms. On September 1st Miss Hasty and her lover were taken sick with the same symptoms and the girl died. Since her death a package of nit poison has been discovered in some ol her underclothing. Taken in connection with other facts, it causes the belief that Miss Hasty poisoned the older Peabodies to get rid of them and remove obstacles to her marriage, and subsequently attempted to kill her lover and herself. ? Such speeches as that of Senator Sherman a few days ago cannot do any harm when the antidote of truth is promptly applied by newspapers of his own section. Senator Sherman labored very hard to convince the people of Ohio that the colored people in the South are denied the right to ; vote, but the Springfield Republican reminds ! K?? m tV?ut in tho rjlr^vrnn to trie wV??r>li crar?or1_ I IMUl ?>?> IU MIX ? .^VVV. | ed Mr. Blaine received 770,000 votes, against Mr. Cleveland's 1,040,000. "There was probably some suppression or intimidation of the colored vote in South Carolina and Mis- [ sissippi," says the Republican, "but elsewhere the South never had a fairer election and Mr. Cleveland "could have spared both those States and still have been elected." So it is?as the Rejniblican says?false and j wicked to charge that he owes his election to crime or crimes." ? The Baltimore Manufacturer's Record j says: The King's Mountain Gold Mining i Co. has been reorganized, with prof. J. C.! Horton as president and superintendent. : He is now at the mine, near King's Mountain Station, on the A. & C. Air Line Rail- J road, and is engaged in working some of i the surface ores. The main shaft is over 300 feet deep and has a fine vein of quartz ! in limestone, sometimes having a width of 15 feet. The ore is of a grade that will pay well if the proper mode of treatment and management is used. At present they employ about 25 or 30 bands. They are figuring on a large steam pump of sufficient ca-1 pacity to drain the main shaft. They have j a 40-stamp mill, or we should say, the re-; mains of one, as parts of it have been taken from the mine during the late litigation, all ! of which will be replaced when it is expo-; dient. The mine produced $80,000 one year when in full operation. John Mackey, the bonanza king, was at one time a stockhold- j er in this property. ? Miss Ada Sweet, who is to be succeeded ?\onc!r\n urrnnt in ^UOIVH U^VllV Alt VliIVU^\/ k/J i'llOi A'AUii' | on Mulligan, says, concerning the change: "Since the time I was requested to resign, last April, by Commissioner Black, I have desired to become independent of the whims of political schemers. At that time something was due my friends and myself, and I refused to comply with a demand which seemed to me to be most unjust. But when last week a position at a large increase of salary was ottered me by one of the leading firms of the city to manage a branch of its business in the East, I immediately accepted the offer and at once sent my resignation to President Cleveland to take effect Sep- , tember 30." In her letter of resignation Miss Sweet refers to the business change she is about to make, and then says: "Thanking you for the confidence you have shown me, and for the courtesy and 1 consideration bestowed upon me by you and i the officers of your Cabinet with whom I j have had business relations, I am very re- ^ spectfully your obedient servant." ^ lite fJttrfeviUc < V i YOKKVILLE. S. C. : c i mi?tT?\rirv t v* lr nnr*m ir lOO" ritUKSiiAi uiukmiM*, sari. w, ioao. \ DEATH OF COL. J. M. IVF. ! Colonel James Morrow Ivy, of Rock Hill, j died at his residence in that town on Friday 1 afternoon last at o o'clock. The immediate { cause of his death was cancer of the liver, r. though a shattered constitution and general I exhaustion of the entire nervous system, caused by overwork and unremitting atten- 1 tion to an extensive and varied business for ? the past twenty years, contributed in no i small degree to sapping the vitals of a c vigorous life, and he was cut down while t yet in the prime of manhood, at the time i of his death being in the 46th year of his age. Though from previous reports concerning his condition the event was not wholly unexpected, yet the intelligence, j when received here on Friday evening, ( cast a gloom of sorrow over the community, i Col. Ivy was well known by our people and i by them universally esteemed for the many < high and prominent traits distinguishing j his personal character, and as a business ( man controlling large interests. Col. Ivy was born in Lancaster county, . this State, on the oth day of December, 1849, 1 and is a son of Rev. Adam Ivy, a well ' known minister, now living. He began his studies in school at Rock s Hill, successively under W. H. Thomasson, Col. J. M. White and Gen. J. A. Alstoii; 1 and when Gen. Alston was called to take J charge of old Mount Zion Institute, at Winnsboro, in the year 185S, he followed i him there, where he remained one session, , * ? "? 1 - * T.i r> t ana men enterea cne scnooi 01 oonn j Shurley, at Ebenezer. At this school he t completed his preparatory course for the ' South Carolina College, which institution 1 he entered in the year 1859. Here he pur- , sued his collegiate studies until the Spring ; of 1861, when on the breaking out of the < war he joined the military company com- < posed of the students of the college, and I commanded by Captain John Gary. This ; company was ordered to Charleston to re- ( port for duty to Gen. Beauregard. In his < command he served as sergeant and was an s eye witness to the inception of hostilities, ( the bombardment of Fort Sumter, in April, 1 1861. After the fall of Fort Sumter the \ "College Company" was ordered back to f Columbia, but Mr. Ivy with many other < students, decided to enter the regular service, and soon after the return of the company to Columbia he withdrew from the ! college and joined the Washington Light Infantry of Charleston, under the com- j mand of Capt. James Conner, and one < of the companies of the famous Hampton ( Legion. He passed unscathed through the 1 first battle of Mannassas, on the ever-mem- ^ orable 21st of July, 1861, although several j times struck by spent balls; and was in a < desperate charge on Bickett's Battery, j where the Hampton Legion suffered so severely. He remained in the Army of ^ Northern Virginia during the fall and win- | ter of 1861; and in the spring of 1862, was , transferred, with his command, to the Pe- i ninsular, where, in the battle of Seven 1 Pines, on the 31st day of May, 1862, he was 1 severely wounded in the left shoulder by ^ a Minie ball, which he carried to the grave, j and from the effects of which he never fully ( recovered the use and strength of his arm. ' In consequence of his severe wound, he 1 remained in hospital at Richmond until ( about the middle of July, when he was J honorably discharged from the Confederate ^ service, and returned from the theatre of war, a disabled soldier, to enter a new and 1 happier life?the knight of Mars becoming < the slave of Venus. He married, on Au- 5 gust oth, 1863, the daughter of Hon. Henry Conner, of Lincoln county, X. CM who, in , 1814, entered the U. S. Army as Aide-de- j camp to Gen. Joseph Graham, in the Creek ( war, and afterwards served as a member ' of Congress for twenty consecutive years? from 1821 to 1841?when he declined a reelection. Owing to the failing health of Major Con- ner, Mr. Ivy settled at Reattie's Ford, in i Lincoln county, the home of his father-in- i law. It was then that he first commenced \ his career as a merchant. He opened a j store of general merchandise at Reattie's | Ford in 1866 and conducted a successful and | prosperous business for three years. .< In 1867, he conceived the idea of seeking j 1 another and wider field for the exercise of j' his business tact and energy, and upon in- ] vestigation decided that Rock Hill afforded ' rare facilities for opening and developing the mercantile business. Accordingly, he [ established and organized at Rock Hill, in ( that year, the firm of Ivy, Roach & Jones, < and left the Rock Hill house with his part- 1 ners, giving his own personal attention to | his business at Beattie's Ford, but making t occasional visits to Rock Hill. t In June, 1861), after the death of Major \ Conner, he closed out his business in North c Carolina, purchased property in Rock Hill J and returned with his family to his native ; State, to make his home amid the familiar ^ scenes of his boyhood and among the friends \ of his youth. From that date he was the 11 head of several mercantile firms, conduct- i ing a large business, and at the time of his death was a member of the firm of Ivy & t Fewell, merchants, which partnership was i' formed in 1S77. The house of J. M. Ivy & J Co., was distinct from that of Ivy Fewell, f and was engaged strictly in the cotton and i i fertilizer business, under the immediate t control of Col. Ivy. In 1872 he introduced into the Rock Hill market the system of * dealing in futures. By this plan of opera- ? tions he handled about 20,000 bales each ({ season, his purchases extending to all the surrounding markets, where he kept agents ^ regularly employed. It is claimed that he \ was the first buyer in this section to afford ] to planters the facility they now possess, of fc selling their crops at remunerative prices s in advance?to be delivered m tne ran? a thus eijsuring the planters against the fiuc- t tuation of the price of the staple and render- j ing their transactions in cotton also safe. ] Besides his enterprise as a merchant, he ( was always among the first in all things y concerning the public welfare, lie ever 1 manifested liberality, a charity and a public spirit excelled by 110 man in the community in which he lived. He contributed 11 liberally to aid in the building of the Epis- 1 copal church of Rock Hill, and gave gene- a rously to all other churches and charitable g associations. He ever showed a disposition c to aid all who sought to advance them- 41 selves, and owing to this characteristic was g connected with several enterprises outside of his regular mercantile pursuits. ^ lie was twice elected intendant of Rock 0 Hill, in which position iie served with efti-1 c ciency and satisfaction. Without taking a 1 !> lotably prominent part in politics, he dismayed a lively interest in all that concerned ;he public and political welfare of the State. 3e was the president of the Democratic j :lub of Rock Hill in the eventful struggle j >f 187G, and was accordingly chosen to inroduce Hampton on the occasion of his j ,Tisit to Rock Hill during that memorable ( ampaign. He was also selected to welcome f iovcrnor Hampton to South Carolina, on , lis return from Washington after the his- < orical interview between the Governor and 1 3hao? /Ion f I-FotTrvo ( luniuviiu His recent business complications, which lave been the subject of much discussion, , >ut in connection with which not a word >f aspersion has been uttered, are now hi- f niliar to the public. His enthrallment was < lue, no doubt, to his failing health ; or, in )ther words, had not his system given way j mder the severe strain to which it had j )een subjected dtying the past few years, i le would have overcome all the difficulties jurrounding him. Feeling the near ap- j jroach of death lie pursued the wise and lonorable course of placing all his earthly )OSsessions in the hands of his creditors, rhe strict integrity for which he has ever >een noted impelled this course. As showing the mark of esteem in which le was held, the occasion of his funeral on Sunday last attracted a large concourse, , nany being present from the adjoining : :ounties, while the sympathy manifested in he misfortune and death of so good a man 1 s genuine and universal. ALL ABOUT T1IE RAILROAD. In response to a notice to that effect, the rxf iK A Anlr K aM Ave Af tKn I I^CIUD ui me oivumiwiucio \ti i/uv ord Construction Company met in the :ourt house in Rutherfordton on last Wedlesday morning to complete the preliminary details requisite in order to permit he Massachusetts and Southern Construc;ion Company to begin work upon the Rutherfordton and Shelby division of the Charleston and Cincinnati railroad. Col. R. A. Johnson, general manager, Major John F. Jones, chief engineer and superin:endent of construction and Mr. A. Urqulartof the latter company, were in Ruthjrfordton and Col. Johnson presented to the igentsa series of resolutions when the board idjourned until Thursday at ten o'clock. On Thursday morning the agents met with Mr. Martin Walker, president in the ?hair, and Col Jas. A. Miller, secretary. They decided to have the bonds engraved md issued at once, and placed in the hands of i trustee, to be held in trust under the provisions of the contract. The board then adourned until 1.30 P. M., when it proceeded to the election of the trustee. After six ballots Judge George W. Logan was elected trustee. The board considered the resolutions once more, and adjourned to meet again at 7 P. M. At the night session the whole series was adopted. The resolutions, which are }uite lengthy, simply provide in detail for the execution of the contract of June 2, L884, and its modification of July 21, 1885. rhe bonds of Rutherford county are to be lelivered to the Massachusetts and Southern Construction Company under the conditions similar to those in the case of Cleveland bounty. The resolutions also make the provisions usual and necessary to similar contracts between railroad companies, so that the Massachusetts and Southern Construction Company will be enabled to go to work at once without embarrassment. A COUNTER MOVE. On Sunday morning Major John B. Winder, general manager of the Seaboard Air Line, of which the Carolina Central is a part, accompanied by Gen. R. F. Hoke, arrived in Shelby on a special train over the Carolina Central Railroad. A carriage was jbtained here and the party left for Rutherordton in the afternoon. Captain John B. Eaves and others were called upon and injuiry was made as to the relations existing , imong Itutherford county, the Rutherford Construction Company, and the Massachu>ets and Southern Construction Company. On Monday the County Commissioners of itutherford county were in session and the 'riends of the respective parties in interest were assembled in force. A proposition was presented to the commissioners offering o extend the Carolina Central Railroad Tom Shelby to Rutherfordton within Avelve months for $100,000 in the bonds of Rutherford county, to be delivered upon the ;ompletion of the road and a cash deposit )f $25,000, to be forfeited i a the event of the jontract being broken, was also offered. The commissioners replied that the county was already under contract with the Massajhusetts and Southern Construction Company and could consider no other so long as :he existing contract was adhered to by that company. The feeling of Rutherfordton was decid!y against the Carolina Central Railroad Company for having appeared upon the scene at so late a date, after having for 18 years refused to build the extension. Eviry confidence in the sincerity of the Massachusetts and Southern Construction Company is now felt in Rutherford county. The Carolina Central people say that they have tieen so tangled up in litigation of recent years that they were unable to build the extension. THE KING'S MOUNTAIN ROUTE. Dr. F. M. Garrett, of King's Mountain, was in town yesterday to ascertain the prospects of King's Mountain obtaining the location of the new railroad through that town. The doctor offered, on behalf of King's Mountain, to grade and cross-tie from Shelby to Yorkville via King's Mountain for $5,000 per mile, lie learned from the railroad officials that the matter was dill open and would be decided upon purey business considerations. Should these be i i x? i.i jaianceu mat rouic wouiu uc vnuxu wiik-h .vould give the most satisfaction to tiie greatest number of friendsof the road. the cleveland county bonds. Col. Johnson and Major Jones appeared before the county commissioners yesterday ; o confer with them in reference to the en- , craving and issue of the Cleveland County , >onds voted in subscription to the stock of tutherford Construction Company and to ; he contract necessary to be made among i he county, the railroad company and the rustees that my be selected. The contract 1 vas read and appeared to meet all the ne- , :essities of the case, and the engraving and i ext of the bonds was discussed. As the ext of the bonds had not been prepared, j he commissioners adjourned to meet in ; pecial session on Friday, when everything ( vi 11 be settled. The conference was entire- < y satisfactory to all parties concerned. railroad work. < In the meantime preliminary work upon ] he railroad is going actively forward. The { ine between Shelby and Black's has been \ ompleted and all estimates have been nade. Between Forest City and Kuther- i ordton the li ne .is ready lV>r work and the j ntermediate line is now being examined < >y the engineer corps. t Major Jones, superintendent of construe- ' ion, stated to a New Era reporter that ;rading will positively be begun in tenor welve days near ltutherfordton.?Condensed from the. Shelby New Era, Sept. \)fh. ? ( Deatii of an Estimable Lady.?Mrs. ( Jary E. ltoddey, l. Jier of our townsman, < Jr. J. E. ltoddey, died at her home in \ 'airfield county, on Tuesday of last week, i Speaking of her death the Fairfield Herald < ays: ".She had been in failing health for i ome time with that dread disease consump- ] ion, but her friends did not think the end i o near. .She was a daughter of the late * fohn Simonton, and from her early childlood had been a member of New Hope 1 /hurch. She was kind and gentle and her 1 vhole life exemplified the true woman in 1 ts broadest sense. She leaves a son and < wo daughters."?Rock Hill Herald. ? - ? - 1 From High up the Creek.?There is a \ nan in the Horeb neighborhood whom the t legulators want to get their hands on. The i foresaid man is from Lancaster and the Keg- t ' 1 ? i-t. ^ /ilr 1 i r\ ff Kim T uuiors art; raiucr uuuiuus w miming mm | j itice he came from that locality. The Lan- i aster man, in consulting a lawyer, said the t law justified a man in runnin' if he kin t it away;" but if the ku-klux corner him j a ie will practice the art of his native heath | 1 nd ventures to remark that somebody will 1 skin the weeds." lie says he is the "boss \ f that settlement," and they are trying to f ower him, "which he don't do."?Winm- c oro News. t BETHEL PRESBYTERY. A FULL AND INTERESTING MEETING OF THE FALL SESSION. ? [Reported for the Yorkville Enquirer.] Bethel Presbytery convened in regular fall session on Wednesday morning, September 9th, at Bethesda Church, and was opened with a sermon by the retiring Moderator, llev R. A. Webb, who based his discourse on Acts xvi, .'11. The roll-call showed that out of a total of 22 ministers, IS were present, and out of a total of 41 churches, 31 were represented. Rev. IT. B. Pratt, of Lancaster, was elected Moderator. Itev. I). Harrison resigned the office of Stated Clerk, and Rev. R. A. Webb was chosen his successor, nev. ueo. 3ummey, of Chester, was elected assistant ?lerk. Concord Church presented a call for Rev. E. G. Smith, of Mars Bluff, S. C. Hopewell Church called Rev. J. S. White for one half the time, which he accepted, and arrangements were made for his installation in November. Allison Creek and Beth Shiloh Churches presented callsfor Rev. Roger Martin, of Shoe Ileel, N. C., and he signified his willingness to accept the calls. Aim well and Longtown Churches called Mr. H. II. Newman, a candidate for the ministry, who has been supplying them during the summer. Fishing Creek Church was chosen as the next place of regular meeting. * On Thursday morning, Rev. T. R. English preached an able sermon to a large and attentive'audience; and after the sermon a congregational meeting of BethesdaChurch was held, at which the Rev. J. Lowrie Wilson resigned the pastorate of this old and most honorable Church, of which he has been pastor since 18G9. It has been his first and only charge. The congregation promptly determined to resist the acceptance of the resignation with energy at the bar of the Presbytery. The Presbytery heard the request of Mr. Wilson, and unanimously and heartily declined to accede to it, and refused to grant the dissolution. After some discussion of the Presbytery's method of conducting its work through an Executive Committee, the Presbytery defnrm!tmrl ofllioro trv itc nlnn nf worki 11P* through a general committee. Rev. Roger Martin, of North Carolina, preached on Friday morning a very interesting sermon to an attentive audience. The discourse was universally spoken of with the highest appreciation. Some ringing speeches were made in behalf of the venerable and useful college of Davidson. The Rev. Luther McKinnon, the new president, is on the ground, and has begun his career under the most favorable auspices. Three new professors are also at the institution, making a full faculty of seven able men, who begin with 90 students on the grounds. The Presbytery, on assembling, found everybody, male and female, young and old, discussing Olivet's move to McConnellsville. Olivet Church lies about two miles west of McConnellsville, and the village has heretofore been exclusively the territory of Bethesda, which is four miles distant. This summer about twenty-one members of Bethesda went to Olivet, and Olivet thereupon determined to come to town. At once a contract for a $2,700 brick building was let, and the foundation of the new house was laid. The session of Bethesda protested. The feeling on both sides rose high. The action of Presbytery touching this matter is the following: Whereas, it has come to the knowledge of members of Presbytery, that the Session of Oliyet Church did lately enter upon and take possession of certain territory, which was also claimed by the Session of Bethesda Church, and this after thejr were requested by the latter session not to do so till the question at issue could be decided by Presytcry ; Resolved, 1. That in the judgment of this Presbytery it is not right for one ot the parties to a disputed claim, thus practically to settle in his own favor the question in dispute, and this action of the Olivet Church was a practical adjudication of the claim. Resolved, 2. That the Presbytery regrets that the courtesy of waiting, in answer to the request of the Bethesda Session, was not shown; but since the matter has proceeded so far, Presbytery will not interpose to check the building of the Church, only enjoining most earnestly upon the parties hereafter tenderly to respect the rights of others, and to study the things which make for peace. This paper was unanimously and heartily adopted, and the hope is generally expressed that all will now become quiet. Tho Ppoahvtprv'e cnmmittpfi tn nrenare a *uuviT vv*iJ " -- I l narrative to Synod on the State of religion, as exhibited by the reports from the various Churches, was so doleful that all the members under the jurisdiction of this body ought to read it. It is as follows: Bethel Presbytery respectfully reports to the Synod of South Carolina, that it Is in great grief at the low state of practical religion in its bounds. It comes clad in weeds and ashes. It brings no report to gladden the Synod's heart. Things are not depressed as low as they can be; still we search almost in vain for a single refreshing sign of progress during the past year, and we have to front the prospect of a still lower depression in the future, unless the Cod of all grace visits us. While there has been preaching, with somo degree of regularity, in all our churches during the past year, and while every pastor comes up credited with faithfulness in the discharge of duty, yet there is an array of facts which makes us bow our heads with shame. We have failed to establish family religion in our homes, though we have tried by entreaties, by instructions, by admonitions, by warnings, by emphatic injunctions, to prevail upon our parents to indoctrinate and govern and hold worship with their families. Every Church under our jurisdiction comes to us and tells us to our faces that this matter is deplorably neglected. And furthermore, this radical cvif appears to be striking its roots deeper in the face of all the opposition with which we can confront it. In addition to this, only one church out of forty-one, reports anything like a special revival during the past year. This strikes our minds as a grievous thing and a bitter, and our hearts cry, "Hath tho Lord cast off forever?" Again, there is intemperance among many of our members. The complaint comes up from many churches that this evil exists among them, and some report it as increasing. Again, the majority of our churches inform us that they have members, and some of them whole families, who habitually neglect the Lord's house, word, worship and service, and there aro no signs of improvement in this direction. Still further: While most of our churches inform us that the sentiment of the people is against worldliness, there comes to us at tho same time the report that this evil prevails in the face of this sentiment and the discipline of the church. Peace and harmony is reported as prevailing imongour Churches. The Sabbath, in most congregations, is said to be well observed. Our Evangelist is enconrogcd in his endeavors to recover the waste places in our bounds. We express great sorrow at this report of the date of religion in our Presbytery, and ask for the concern and help of the Synod. The Presbytery adopted heartily the following resolution of thanks, and then adourned to meet at the call of the Moderator, luring the session of Synod at Chester in October: Ilc.solveil that the thanks of Presbytery are lueand are hereby given to the good people of licthcsda Church and vicinity for their kind and jencrous entertainment of members during sessions of Presbytery, and to the railroad lines for reduced rates of travel. llethcsda handsomely entertained the Presbytery, and seemed anxious to do till that the comfort and convenience of the brethren could ask for.' May temporal and spiritual blessings be abundantly bestowed jpon them. / REGULATORS^? FAIRFIELD. For sometime past the papers have made X'casionai reierenee tome uoiugs 01 uanus >f white regulators in Fairfield county, :his State; but their motives were not fully mderstood until last week, when a thorough nvestigation was made by a representative )f the Columbia Itecord. From his report, t would seem that miscegeneration prevails to some extent in that county, and it s the determination of the "regulators" to ibolish the practice in their midst. The operations of the regulators date as ar back as last July, when some young nen visited a farm near Bidgeway, where ived a white family named Boyles, and )ne of the daughters living openly with a tegro man. Two others kept a direputa)le house for negroes. The regulators .vhipped Boyles, his wife and two daughers, and warned them to leave the county n ten days. Boyles begged to be allowed o harvest his crop, and on account of his joverty he was given leave to do so. But, n the meantime, the original order being lisobeyed, the regulators gave the family mother whipping. Next the regulators j visited parties between Itidgeway and ATnnsboro and whipped them badly. Tom )avis, who had a negro mistress, was next visited. He got away, but his household urnilure was badly broken up and his colled family warned to leave. Tom Davis, he richest merchant in Kidgoway, reported i to be worth $45,000, was given ten days to : quit the place because he had a negro mis- i i tress and family. He left his business in [ the hands of hisclerksand put out for Mississippi. Ross Williams, living on the other side of Ridgeway with a negro woman, was visited and showed tight, but he was severe! ly whipped, as wits his mistress, and orderi ed to leave. About ten families, all mixed, i have felt the power of the regulators so far. i The reason the regulators give for their 1 action is that the grand jury don't take! cognizance of those living in open adultery, because it is so hard to prove the existence : of such a fact. These people could not be reached by law, and so it was determined to reach them outside of the law. The chief offenders, whether warned or not, are dissolving their establishments and leaving for fear of exposure and punishment. The regulators diguise themselves while visiting by covering their faces with cloths. No weapons but hickory switchs have been used. For the Yorkvllle Enquirer. THE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. The York County Teachers' Association held its first meeting, since its organization, in the Female College at Yorkville, on the Gth of this month. There were present about thirty-live teachers, for the most part ladies?very few male teachers being present. Why was this thecase? As every one knows, this Association grew out of the normal institute which was held at Yorkville last summer. I have heard it intimated that quite a number of the teachers of the county objected to the appropriation that was made for the normal institute, and that is the reason why they refuse to identify themselves with the Teacher's Association. This is a "progressive age." Teachers, as well as any other class or profession, should readily take hold of anything which promises improvement. It is both interesting and amusing to note that not a few of those who consider themselves our best teachers, are very much concerned, lest young teachers should discover that there is something new in education. Educationally, the world is moving, and unless the old fogies take the step also, they will have to get out of the way of the host of young progressives, who have "Onward and Upward" for their motto. Our Teachers' Association can be made a power in the land if the teachers will give it the required support. Meeting together at stated intervals and exchanging our views cannot but be productive of much good. The grace of an inspired teacher can convert those mentally lost from the error of their ways to a bright and living intellectuality. It is an evangelism worthy of the noblest minds. How many are intellectually lost! How few know the joy and peace of a mind in harmony with truth, whose chief delight is in searching after its principles. Tf ia o nrrvr>/J ftvuloilPB r>f TinVVPT nf mind J.L JO <1 gV. ? 1UV..VV v..~ r" " ? to notice how easily any one may be influenced to do wrong. If mind has such power over mind for evil, how much more does it have power for good. Then let us meet together and discu.ss the best methods of teaching. If any teacher has tried a new method successfully, let him pass it to his neighbor and in this way help his fellow teachers. There is as great salvation for teachers as there is for pupils, and it comes in slow degrees as regards both teacher and pupil. But sometimes it bursts upon their minds with a bright and holy light that will forever warm their lives and reclaim their intelligence. Every teacher should be the prophet and priest of this mighty intellectual salvation. Then, progressive teachers, come to the front. Let us have an enthusiastic meeting at Yorkville on the 3rd of October. Progress. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, September 11.?An interesting meeting has been in progress for several days at the Baptist Church. Services are held in the morning and at night, and have been well attended. The pastor, Rev. R. W. Sanders, has beeen assisted by Rev. J. 1). Huggins, ol this county, whose earnestness is one of the chief features of his acceptable preaching. Rev. John Stout, pastor of the Baptist Church at Society Hill, arrived on last Tuesday, and since his arrival has been rendering the pastor very efficient ser- J vice, lie is an attractive preacher, having a soft, pleasant voice, a good delivery and the power of presenting his thoughts with force and clearness. Mr. Stout will leave i to-morrow for Cleveland Springs, as his j health is not good. Rev. Dr. Furman, of Greenville, is expected to arrive on Thurs- j day next and will aid the pastor in the! meeting. As his reputation as a minister is established, he will doubtless attract large congregations. The meeting has already resulted in several accessions to the Church,1 and doubtless many more will unite. The dedicatory service of the Baptist Church will take place on next Sunday. Rev. Dr. Furman will preach the dedication sermon. Our Baptist friends are looking forward to the occasion with great interest and pleasure. J-JUa .teamster, coioreu, ageu iu years, was found dead in her father's house on last Tuesday. The verdict of the jury of inquest was that she came to her death by an accidental shot of a pistol in her own hands, while playing with the same. Mary Dennis, colored, of this county, was found dead in her house on last "Wednesday. Coroner Murphy investigated the matter, and found that her death was caused by dropsy of the heart. William Simpson, colored, of the neighborhood of Blackstock's, died suddenly on last Friday. The verdict of the jury of inquest was that he came to his death from congestion of the bowels. Capt. O. Barber went North last week to buy new machinery for his cotton factory. The Bishop of the Diocese, Rev . W. B. W. Howe, J). D., will visit this parish tomorrow. He will conlirm any candidates that may present themselves for confirmation. Nine persons were immersed yesterday afternoon at the Baptist Church. The ordinance was administered by the pastor. F. T. Morgan, Esq., editor of the Bulletin, returned on last .Sunday from a trip of several weeks in New York City. His health was greatly improved by his trip. When he left home it was his inteution to spend the greater part of his time at Saratoga, but he found New York so pleasant in every way that he staid there nearly the whole time. Cotton is selling at S.G5. Farmers do not like the low price. m. MERE-MENTION. It is said that Judge Mcllvaine, Republican nominee for Supreme Court Judge in Ohio, withdrew from the ticket because lie was assessed ?2,500 for campaign purposes. Vice-President Hendricks made a ringing speech at a meeting in New York Tuesday night, called to express the sympathy of Irishmen in this country for local self government in Ireland. The Brunswick, Ga., Jlerahl says that Senator Brown, of Georgia, hires 500 convicts of the State for ?25,000 a year and puts them to work in a coal mine at a net profit of ?100,000 per annum. A correspondent of the New York Evening J'oxf makes two recommendations looking to the completion of a perfect postal system for the United States. These are the establishment of postal banks and the reduction of the registration fee to five cents. In a local election at Milam, Texas, on Tuesday the prohibitionssts pre vailed by a majority of 86. The sever-1 est cyclone of the year visisted Ohio last week, doing immense damage. Besides the destruction of public buildings, idivid- j ual losses in the town of Washington exceed j 8250,000. Sept em it Kit Cotton Hepout.?The Sep- \ tember cotton report of the department of agriculture shows the prevalence of hot and dry weather during August, except in Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida. Shedding of bolls and decrease of vitality have resulted quite generally. The drouth has been serious in Texas and Arkansas, and quite general in western Tennessee, southern Alabama, Georgia and Carolina. Caterpillars have caused much damage in southern Texas, Arkansas and in central and southern Alabama. Their prevalence is noted throughout central and southern Georgia with small effect as yet. The boll worm is causing much damage in the black belt of Alabama, and in Arkansas and Texas. The condition lias declined in every State. The average is S7 against 9GJ in August. li OCAL AFFAIES. r NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. tl Mi jam in R. Smith?Administrator's Notice. n P. L. Jackson, Executrix?Planiation For Rent. Joseph N. Steele, Chairman?Railroad Election j: in Broail River Township. p J. A. Darwin?A Plantation to Lease. V H. F. Adickes?We Claim Excellence. Hunter <k Gates?Gone to Market. ? W.('. Latimer?New Goods. fi T. B. McClnin A Co.?Seed Oats. t .J. W. Dohson?Livery and Feed Stables. v J. Beatty Williams, Judge ol'Probate?Citation? * Jos. F. Wallace, C. C. Pis., Applicant?Joseph G. Smarr, deceased. Jos. X. Steele, Chairman?Railroad Election in ^ Bullock's Creek township. 8 J. X. Steele, James B. Allison, B. W. Whitesides, V Board of Co. Commissioners?Railway Contract. F. A. Gilbert, Town Treasurer?Pay Your Town Tax. McElweeA Darwin?Tallow for Sale. 8 t UNTIL JANUARY 1ST, 188(1. We will furnish the Yorkvili.k Enquirer from this dato until January 1st, 188(5, for GO cents, the cash, 111 all cases, to accompany uie ^ subscription. THE HOT SPIUXGS TOURISTS. c All the party who left here about the first of 2 August for the purpose of testing the medicinal h virtues of Hot Springs, in Arkansas, have returned except Messrs. Gordon and Mr. K. Frank a Clark. Those who have returned were not im- j proved by the water. Mr. D. A. Gordon and 1 Mr.lt. F. Clark think they are deriving some f benefit from the baths and decided to remain a while longer. / GONE*NOHTH/\ ( Both Mr. llunter and Mr. Oa^s, oljthc firm of 1 Hunter A Oates, and Mr. JoluKJu-^atta, of the 1 firm of Latta Bros., started to the northern mar- y kets last Thursday to make their fall purchases. Mr. T. M. Dobsoti and Mrs. Dobson started I North on Tuesday, the former to purchase a ( fall stock of dry goods, Ac., and Mrs. Dobson to i purchase millinery and fancy goods for the house ' of T. M. Dobson A Co. Mr. Haskell Dobson ac- < eompanicd his father, and will enter the Poughkeepsic Commercial College. < 11AILKO AI SELECTIONS. By reference to our advertising columns it i will be seen that the County Commissioners j have ordered an election in Bullock's Creek and t Broad Itiver townships, on the 17th of October ? next on the question of the townships respectively voting a subscription in aid of the George- j town and North Carolina Narrow Gauge Rail- | road. There is also published in this issue the j terms of contract proposed between Bullock's . Creek township and the Massachusetts and 4 Southern Construction Company. . Q ACCIDENTAL DEATH. J On Monday morning of last week, Mrs. Frances V. Parks, wife of Mr. Allen O. Parks, started on horseback to her home from the house of Mr. James < Jood, near Iloodtown, in the south-west- ( ern part of the county, where she had been on a j visit. Mounted on the horse behind her was her ' little son, and in her arms her baby, Lelan Obe- ' diah, aged 11 months. After starting, the horse | became unmanageable, and rearing up it fell f upon the babe, from which it received such inju- } ries that it lived but three hours after it was hurt. { Mrs. Parks was also hurt by the fall, but not so- | riously. < CHURCH NOTICES. ' Episcopal. Sunday-school on next Sunday at 1 P. M. On Wednesday of next week, Rt. Rev. W. B. W. Howe, Bishop of the Diocese, accompanied by Rev. E. X. Joyner, will make his annual visitation to this parish. Thero will be ] morning service with the holy communion, at s 10.45 A. M., and evening service at 7.30 P. M., on I that day. j Methodist Episcopal?Rev. J. Thomas Pate, | Pastor. Preaching at Yorkville next Sunday at ] 11 A. M., and at Philadelphia Church at 4 P. M. Prayer-meeting on Wednesday at 7J P. M. Sun- 1 day-school at 41 P. M. Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. Ser- 1 vicesat Union nextSunday morningat 11 o'clock, j and at Yorkville at 7.00 P. M. Snndav-school at 9.50 A. M. Rev. R. W. Lide, of Darlington, will preach at the Baptist Church in this place this 1 (Wednesday) evening at 8 o'clock. ' King's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. Johnson, , Pastor. Services at King's Mountain Chapel next Saturday and Sunday, at 11 A. M. Presbvterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. ! Services next Sunday at 10.30 A. M., aiul 8 P. f M. Prayer-meeting at 8 P. M., on Thursday. ' Sundavj-school at 4.30 P. M. KILLED BY FOUL AIR. (Vn Saturday the 6th instant, at the residence of Mr. 0. J. Gwin, in the south-western part of the county, Marshal Hamilton, colored, lost his life from suffocation by foul air in the well of Mr. Gwin, which he had undertaken to clean. < He went to Mr. Gwin's house about 8 o'clock in i the morning to begin work, and Mr. Gwin fear- ; ing the well might be contaminated with gas, i lowered a lamp, which was at once extinguished, satisfying him that his suspicions were correct, i The lamp was lowered a second time with the ; same result, when Mr. Gwin decided to defer ' the work until after 1 o'clock in the afternoon, i On lowering the lamp for the third time, in the i afternoon, the flame went out as before, and , notwithstanding Hamilton was cautioned of the danger in descending, he persisted in goingdown. Ho brought up a rail that was in the well, remained up about half an hour and then went down again for a board that was at the bottom. Ho was told to put the board in the buckot and come immediately after it. While the bucket containing the board was being drawn .up, the end of the board became fastened in the wall, and the bucket could not be drawn up. Hatnil- j ton was told to unfasten the board, but failing to ( do so, and not answering when called, light was j roflected to the bottom and he was seen sitting 1 motionless. The body was taken out of the well as soon ! as possible, and on Sunday Trial Justice J. P. s Blair, acting as coroner, impaneled the follow- s ing jury of inquest: J. S. Gourley, Foreman; 1 J. B. lvirkpatrick, J. M. Kirkpatriek, F. K. 1 McKnight, H. M. Stephenson, A. W. Stephenson, John Gwin, Amzi Pratt, James Gill, Amzi Orr, Dan Galloway, L. Orr, who after hearing the -t testimony of Dr. T. M. Gwin, 0. J. Gwin, Henry Strouder, and S. Z. McMackin, which was substantialiy according to the statament above giv- $n, rendered a verdict that "the deceased Marshall Hamilton, came to his death from the effects of carbonic acid gas in the well of O. J. 1 Gwin." 0 { || Ml | | Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. | ? LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. t Rock Hill, S. C., September 14.?Col. James M. Ivy died on Friday afternoon, in the 46th year of his age. Never has the death of any one cast such a gloom over our community. He was honored and respected by all, both white and black. As soon as his death was announced, business of all t kinds was suspended, and on Saturday evLin;!nocu hnncp. the TJevaUl office, the engine hou.se, the hall of the Knights of " Honor and the Legion of Honor, the M. E. Church, the factory and several private res- idences were draped in mourning. The last three days have indeed been sad ones to ^ our people. ? Col. Ivy was buried in Laurehvood Cemetery yesterday morning at 9 o'clock, from j the Episcopal Church, the rector, Kev. E. N. Joyner, officiating. The remains were I escorted to their last resting place by a dele- (J gation of the business men of the town, and h one from the Knights of Honor and the ' Legion of Honor, of which orders he was an active member. The salesmen in the store of Ivy & Fewell acted as pall-bearers. Nev- :: er before has such a concourse of people assembled together in Iiock Hill to pay their i< last tribute of respect to any one. Men, tl women and children stood around the open 511 grave with tears in thcireyes, fully realizing ()| that they were laying to rest a friend to all. ~| In the death of Col. Ivy our town and ? county have lost one of the most liberal- ii hearted and public-spirited citizens?one h who was ever ready to assist any one in distress. He has done more towards build- 11 ing up the town and bringing it into prominence as a live business place than any one ti man in it. He had his life insured for c< about ?40,000, of which sum ?15,000 goes to tl his family. I le leaves a wife and four chil- ai dren who have the sympathy of the entire ?( community which mourns with them in their great loss. A kind and indulgent y husband and father, a firm friend and a tl Christian man has passed away. r< /The lit. llev. W. 11. W. Howe, Bishop of >?; the Diocese of South Carolina, will make ^ his annual visitation to this parish on Sun- ? clay next, at which time two candidates for deacon's orders will be ordained. TheBish- j1( op will he assisted by Itov. A. Toomer L 'orter, of Charleston, and other ministers. Rev. A. P. Pugh preached a sermon to tie young people at the Baptist Church last ight. A series of services is being held in the 'resbyterian Church at this place. The astor, Rev. W. B. Jennings, is assisted by lev. R. A. Webb, of Bethel. ?Mr. John H. Steele took :i number of his riends by surprise when he stepped from the rain on Tuesday last with his bride. He ras married on that day at Ridgeway, to liss Cora Parker. All the merchants have returned from the lorthern markets. Cotton is coming in lowly and trade seems to be dull with the nerchants. IIal. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Several of the river planters of Kerhaw county have suffered seriously from he depredations of the caterpillars. ? The Richmond and Danville Railroad efuses to allow the Greenwood, Laurens ,nd Spartanburg to join their track at Sparanburg. ? The sheriff of Newberry county has reeived a stay of execution in the case of \Tinnie Nance, who was sentenced to be langed on the 25th instant. ? The United States Court at Greenville idjourned last Saturday, after one of the ongest and hardest terms ever held there. V large amount of business was despatched luring the term. ? Capt. W. K. Lane, formerly a citizen of Williamsburg county, where he at one time arried on a large turpentine business, was cilled in Georgia two weeks ago by a negro .vitli whom he had a dispute in regard to ,vages. ? Jeff Floyd, colored, of North Carolina, a efugee from justice, shot and killed an- , ither colored man named 1 laynes McKay, n Marion county on Sunday of last week, rhe difficulty originated about an accord>an. The murderer made his escape. ? R. IT. McMurray, a traveling photographer, has been bound over for trial in :he Fairfield Court of Sessions charged with ittempting to burn down the Thespian Hall in Winnsboro. He had a gallery in :he building, and the alleged motive was to secure $700 insurance on his stock and instruments. ? J. W. Morrah, of Mount Carmel, Ches:er county, has a sample of Mexican corn jrought from the Exposition at New Groans which is seventeen feet high, of rank rrowth and still crowinfr. It has not tas jelled yet. It has brace roots on the stalks Mght feet from the ground. Col. Davie, ol :he same county, has fifteen acres in cultivation and has already gathered and cured i very large amount. ? Greenville News, Friday: Parties who :ame here last night from the neighborhood )f Reidville, Spartanburg county, confirm ;he story of the hanging of the man who assaulted an insane white woman. They give 10 particulars, but say it is a fact that a body has recently been found hanging in a secluded place in the woods and that it was ecognized as all that remained of the man iccused of the assault. It was undoubtedly the most quiet lynching ever known in this section. Ularlitt Reports. YORKVILLE, September 16.?Cotton 85 tosj; NEW YORK, September 14.?Cotton firm; middling uplands, 10. Futures closed quiet but steady, with sales of .'11,000 bales as follows: Sep:ember, 9.63 to 9.65; October, 9.50 to 9.51; November. 9.49 to 9,50; December, 9.54 to 9.55; January ).G1 to 9.62; February, 9.72 to 9.73; March; 1.83 to 9.84; April, 9.93 to 0.94; May 10.03 to 10.05, Tune 10.13 to 10.15; July 10.21 to 10.23. LIVERPOOL, September 14.?Cotton quiet with fair inquiry; middling uplands, 5 7-lCd. CHARLESTON, September 14.-Cotton steady ; middling, 9. CHARLOTTE, September 15.?Cotton steady ; middling, st 10 ??. Comparative Cotton Statement. NEW YORK, September 11.?The following is the comparative cotton statement for the week gilding September 11, 1885: 1885. 1884. Receiptsatallportsfortheweek, 53,045 42,505 Total receipts to this date 75,793 47,259 Exports for the week 10,027 14,429 Total exports to date, 17,70* 20,421 Stock at all U. S. ports 152,153 121,400 Stock at all interior towns 8,700 8,454 Stock at Liverpool 554,000 054,000 A.mericanatloatforGreatBritain 95,000 19,000 %raal ftoiias. Pupils in Demand. One very great advantage of the conservatory of music is its reputation in musical circles and the fact that its pupils arc so much sought for as , instructors. This fact is frequently illustrated. On yesterday Prof. De Camps received a letter from the principal of the Philadelphia high school, Glenn Springs, Spartanburg county, asking for musical instructors for that institution. Ten or twelve of the young ladies from the conservatory are now at work teaching music in different parts of the country.?Greenville Neiv.i, September li. Sept. 17 38 It Wisdom and Folly. It has been said that we learn more by the follies of men than by their wisdom. Judge for yourselves how much of truth there is in the sentence, but be assured that no wise man will watch his neighbor paint his house with "Slop Paint," or other cheap material, and in a short time see it scale off, and then go and apply the same stuff to liis own dwelling. In this case folly begets wisdom, and wisdom teaches you when you make an investment to secure yourself, if possible, against loss. This is just what the guarantee attaching :o Longman it Martinez' Pure Prepared Paints Is for, and it is in no vague and uncertain terms. The proprietors are tangible beings that can be ieen,heard and felt, and Kuykexdal, their local igent, stands ready to see this guarantee made ?ood in all bills sold by him, if it is applied by a jractical painter. Dr. 8. <(. Lit pi us. J)r. !S. t?. ijapius oners ms services 10 uie tautens of Yorkvillo and the surrounding country, ind can lie found at the York Drug Store at ill hours of the day or night. Nature's Laws. It is one of tho laws of nature that there is noth- . ng lost. Matter that is apparently destroyed, J inly assumes another form. You may not he i hie to recognize in the dust of the ham yard or lighway all the Harness, Shoes, Bridles and iuggy Tops that have gone before, hut they are here, nevertheless. All things earthly will decay, Proofs lie thick along the way. In leather alone this law you foil Bv usingJ. I. Harness Oil. Sold only at the Y. I). S. A Nation in a Day." The capture of Urease by Chinese Cleansing 'ream. See particulars in another issue. Kuykkndai.. HYMENEAL. 1 Makkikd?In Fairfield county, by Rev. J. It. IcAlpine, at the residence of the bride's father, n Wednesday, the Dth of September, 1885, Mr. OHN II. STEELE, ot York county,and Miss ORRIE B., daughter of Mr. Eli Parker, of 'airfield county. September :2nd, 1885, at the residence of Mr. I. L. Elliott, Winnsboro, S. ('., by Rev. JohnT. halmers,assisted by Rev. D. E. Jordan, Rev. J. , [. McALPIN E, of York county, S. C.,and Miss ,ULA ELLIOTT, of Winnsboro. ^ OBITUARY. Dikd?Near Hopewell, York county, on the Hit instant, DOCfE ALBERTIE, infant daugh;r of H. E. Pauline Wilkerson, aged 4 months ud 8 days. ROBERT TURNER ALLISON was born July id, 1873, and after nearly twelve years of sunny liild-lifo closed his beautiful eyes to earth April hid, 188"). His disposition was bright and lovlg, laughter and song bubbling constantly from is lips. Only the bereaved family and their teavenly Father can know how much he is lissed; "how still and sad the house has been ithout him. Robbie had early shown a strong >ve of right and manly conduct, and a detestaon of drunkenness and other vices that had mie under his observation. His friends thought icy saw in these things the promiseof a worthv ii(l noble manhood. Hod knowethbest, and He >nt his angel-messenger to take him home, an mocent child. O! mourning friends, who atchcd beside him during the paroxysm of pain. ou need no longer say: "God pitv him, for le loving Father has removed him from the such of suffering. Wo, who loved him, need no loro say: "Gou bless you, darling," for what lessing can be added to the gift of a heavenly ernallife? and this we know is granted him, ' ir Ho who said: "Suffer little children to come nto me," said also: "Blessed are the pure in eart; for they shall see God," and this sight is il'e Eternal. His Tkachkk.