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ihe fort's Corner.
THE GEM OF THE SEA.
[The extravagant but beautiful fancy which
pervades the following lines, I found some years
since going the rounds of the press in a very
rude garb. I admired the rough diamond, but
detested its setting, and hence I have attempted
to improve its appearance by arraying it in a
semi-decent apparel, changing its orthography,
transposing many words and lines, and substituting
many lines of my own for those found in
the original. I have also added one entire stanza,
which, to my mind, makes the poem more |
nomniAfn Tim fonnifnl WAft thflt. F.rin \vji? form- ;
A uv .v>vv. .wv.. ?- ... .
ed outof a Star which the indignant Jove hurled
at the libertine Neptune, who attempted to assail
the virtue of Venus, is the quintessence of poetic
thought. I trust the author, whoever it be, will
not take offence at the liberty I have taken. As
presented now, I give him or her credii for the
jewel thought, I claiming only the readjustment
of the drapery. Ingomar.]
With all condescension
I'd ask your attention
To what I now mention of Erin so green;
And without hesitation
I'll show how that nation
Became of Creation the gem and the Queen !
It happened one morning,
Without any warning,
That Venus was born in the beautiful sea !
And by that same token
(And sure'twas provokin'),
Her pinions were soakin', and she could not fleeWhen
Neptune who knew her
Began to pursue her,
In order to woo her,?the wicked old Jew !
And he very nigh caught her
On top of the water,
When Jupiter's daughtercried out? Wirra-strn
Then Jove, the great genius,
Looked down and saw Venus,
And Neptune the heinous pursuing the child,
So he roared out like thunder?
"I'll burst you asunder !"
And sure 'twas no wonder that he should go wild.
Then a Star Jove espying
That round him was flying.
He seized without trying, and hurled it below,
And it fell with a crash
On old Neptunethe rash,
And gave the old sinner a devil of a blow !
Then that Star became dry land,
Both lew land and high land,
And formed a sweet island?the land of my birth!
Thus plain is my story,
Erin came forth in glory,
And despite English Tories 'tis Heaven on earth!
Then Venus so stately
On Erin jump'd neatly,
But fainted,being lately so worried-hard press'd ;
Fear did her bewilder,
But ere it had kill'd her
My father distilled her a "drop of the best!"
That glass was victorious,
It made her feel glorious,
A trifle uproarious perhaps I might say;
And sure none should blame us
That Erin's now famous
Fnr Rfiantv. and Whiskv. and hearts light and
gay f'
We have hearts like great Jove,
And all fair maids we love,
And our courage we'll prove should vile Xeptunes
assail
Virtue's jewel so bright
Which adorns with its light
The daughters of Erin from Fair Head to Kinsale!
Dumorous Department.
RANSOM CHEESE.
Uncle Billy Stokes, a colored individual
from one of the back counties in Mississippi,
where old-fashioned wagons Vith wooden
axles are still in use and where the primitive
"tar bucket" is part of their "running
gear," was in Canton, Miss., a few days ago
standing in front of Matt. Hiller's store
watching the unloading from drays of newly
arrived goods. One dray contained, besides
several barrels of groceries, a number
of boxes of cheese and a dozen or two boxes
r?f nnfpnt avle crease. Uncle Billv's eve
rested upon the latter, and he inquired:
"Mars Hiller, what yer ax fer one ob dem
little cheeses?"
"Only fifty cents, Billy; do you want
one ?" was Mr Hiller's reply.
"Wal, yes, boss; but ef I buy de cheese
will yer frow in de crackers?"
"Of course I will," said Mr. Hiller, as he
handed Uncle Billy a box of the axle grease
and then passed behind his counter and took
a handful of crackers from a box and gave
them to the old man.
Uncle Billy then went to the back door of
the store and seating himself on an empty
dry goods box, proceeded to enjoy his lunch.
He had been there about five minutes when
Mr. Hiller concluded he would see what
progress he was making; so, going to the
door, he saw the old man, with his barlow
knife* in hand, spreading the grease on a
cracker, while his jaws were vigorously
working and his mouth and chin covered
with crumbs and grease.
"Well, Uncle Billy," said Mr. Hiller,
"how do you like your lunch ?"
The old man rested his knife on his right
knee, and, drawing a heavy sigh replied:
i(D/\aa sls-vrv-k ft* n??n nl?o>?c O nAW^fnl OPAArl
JL>v/aoy UCI11 rti uatagio ttiv y\j tv iui ^wv* , |
but, lor, boss, dis am de ransotnest cheese,
fo God, I ever tested."
His Best Girl ox a Strike.?"More
trouble about capital," said the train boy,
diving into his chest for a last summer's
Sunday magazine to sell to a granger.
"What now ?" asked the brakeman, putting
back a daily paper and lifting a kiln-dried
orange. "Best girl's on a strike," replied
the news agent, "demands shorter hours,
Saturday night, eight to ten, with fifteen
minutes intermission to take breath and
listen for the old man at nine o'clock, extra
caramels for extra time, no new girls to be
taken on without consent of the present
force of employees and a half day off for
the matinee every time a new dude comes
to town." "What's capital going to do
about it?" "Hard telling," said the news
agent, with a weary smile; "I'm holding
out just now and offer to take her back and
sign the old schedule and no questions asked,
but there's a surveyor's party camped right
outside of town, a 'Mikado' company makin'
a four nights' stay at the Opera House,
a Salvation Army storming the town, and
the girl holds the key to the situation.
Reckon I'll have to sign the new scale."
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A Bad Rule for Cows.?"What's the
matter?" asked a passenger on a Dakota
train, as they began to run considerably
faster.
"Why you see, there's a blamed cow running
ahead of us on the track, and we're
trying to catch her."
"What do you want to catch her for?"
"Why, great gosh! to kill her, of course!
The rules allow us trainmen the hide and
tallow, and the meat goes to the directors.
You bet I'm going to catch that cow, unless
she leaves the track, or run the wheels off j
these cars. I told the fireman to break up j
the trunks in the baggage car, and heave j
them into the furnace to make a hot fire,
and I guess he's doingit."
An Over-Careful Old Legislator.? J
"Forty years or more ago I sat in the Indi- i
ana legislature next to an old fellow who al- j
ways voted 'no' on every bill that was pre-1
sented. One day I said to him. 'What's j
the matter with you ? Can't you say 'aye ?' '
Why, you haven't voted for anything since
you've been in this house."
"Well," said he, "if a good law passes all
right. You never hear anything from that, j
but if they pass a bad law I want to be on j
the record right."?Cincinnati-Times Star.
She Belonged to the Ciioir.?"Well, j
how did you like the sermon Sunday ?" we !
heard one lady ask another on the Courthouse
pavement recently.
"The sermon?"
"Yes, you were at church, weren't you ?"
"Yes, certainly."
"Well, then, how did you like the sermon
!"
"J. didn't hear any sermon; I belong to j
the choir," was the self-satisfied rejoinder.
Miscellaneous flending.
For the Yorkvillr Enquirer.
DIE WEST FEMALE COLLEGE.
AX JXTEJtESTIXG ACCOUXT OF THE COMM
ESC EM EXT OF 1880.
The annual commencement in the Due
West Female College is preceeded by a
thorough examination of all the classes.
These examinations begin on Tuesday of
the week preceding the week in which is
' PnmnipnPAmpnf. T)nv. -inrl nrp rnntinnpfl
for five days. The primary department,
which^ under the general supervision of
the college, but under the immediate control
of Miss M. V. Edwards, principal,
and Miss J. F. Kennedy, assistant, is examined
on Tuesday. On Wednesday morning
the examination of the college classes
is begun and is continued until Saturday
afternoon. On Friday evening the Amelian
Society celebrates its anniversary by the
reading of essays, the delivery of a valedictory
by a member of the graduating class,
and a debate which is participated in by
two members of the society. This is an important
feature of the pre-commencement
exercises. The young ladies read their own
essays and debates,and Greek meets Greek,
face to face, on the field of contest.
With regard to the examinations on the
present occasion, it may be said truthfully
that they were extensive and minute, and
that the young ladies acquitted themselves
most charmingly. It is often said that public
examinations are no test of what the
pupil knows. This probably is true; but it
is just as true that a public examination,
properly conducted, is a most excellent way
r\F tinr1inn> nut lirh.lt tho efiulunf dVUminPfl
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does not know.
At the late examination in the Due West
Female College, a very considerable numI
berof parents were present to witness the
examination of their daughters. All, without
a single exception, were not only pleased,
but perfectly satisfied with what their
daughters had been taught, and with the
manner in which the instruction had been
imparted.
Commencement Day, July 1st, during the
forenoon, was one of unprecedented rain and
wind. The clouds kissed the ground, and
hill and dale were covered with water, and
the wind blew as it usually blows in the
beginning of autumn. Notwithstanding
the wind and rain, the programme was
followed without omission or variation.
Lindsay Hall was full and everybody was
delighted. The opening prayer was made
by Rev. W. M. Leftwich, of Vanderbilt
University, after which the anthem,"Mighty
Jehovah," was sung by the teachers and
pupils, assisted by a number of gentlemen.
Essays, written by the members of the graduating
class, were then read in the following
order, and each was followed by delightful
music:
Salutatory.?Miss Lutie J. Briee. Read by Mr.
Paul L. Grier.
They never Fail who Die in a Great Cause.?
Miss Lizzie M. Belk. Read by Professsr J. I.
McCain.
"Yesterday, To-day and Forever."?Miss S.
Leona Blake. Read by her brother.
: Never Stoop to Conquer.?Miss Carrie Calhoun.
Read by Captain M. L. Bonham.
The Great Unknown.?Miss Claudia E. Ellis.
Read by Professor J. II. Miller.
Hope?Its Universality.?Miss Emma L. Fle'ining.
Read by Paul L. Grier.
Sunshine.?Miss Eula L. Haddon. Read by
Professor J. II. Miller.
L'Imperatrice Josephine.?Miss Maggie Lee
Haile. Read by Capt F. W. Dawson.
Waterloo Was Won at Eton.?Miss Ina J.
Kirtnn. Read bv Rev. Dr. Leftwich.
My Own, My Native Land.?Miss Lizzie B.
Miller. Read by Captain M. L. Bonham.
Venice.?Miss Sallie E. Patrick. Read by
Rev. J. T. Chalmers.
Westminster Abbey.?Miss Julia Phillips.
Read by Rev. J. T. Chalmers.
Obala Principiis.?Miss Clara L. Sharp. Read
by Rev. Morris.
Great Painters.?Miss May L. Teague. Read
by Rev. Dr. Grier.
Things that Money Can Not Buy.?Miss Bessie
N. Thompson. Read by Rev. H. T. Sloan,
D. D.
Books.?Miss Nannie W. Todd. Read by
Professor J. I. McCain.
On the Pathway of Duty Lies many a Thorn.?
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Leftwich.
After the reading of these essays, followed
the distribution of prizes and awarding
of medals." This duty was performed by
President J. P. Kennedy in a graceful manner.
A prize was offered to any young lady
who would discharge every school duty
during the year. This includes regular attendance
at roll call, church, walking, dictation,
recitation, meals, study hours, practice,
calisthenics and prayers. The following
young ladies won thIs prize: Miss Ella
Carroll, of Yorkville ; Miss Mamie Lindsay,
of Chester; Miss Eliza Scott, and her
sister, Miss Nannie Scott, of Yorkville, and
Miss Emma Flemming, of Laurens, S. C.
A prize was offered to any one who would
keep all the rules, punctuality included.
Miss Eliza Scott, of Yorkville, was the only
young lady who won this prize.
A medal was offered to.Mrs. Bonner's
pupils, including Miss LeGal's piano pupils,
for the best execution of scales and exercises.
This medal was won by Miss Made
Brice, of Micanopy, Florida. Honorable
mention was made of Misses Zula Brock,
Nannie Hood and Leona Blake.
A medal was awarded to Miss Mamie
Lindsay, of Chester, by Miss A. K. Leftwich,
for the greatest number of perfect lessons
in scales and exercises.
A medal was awarded to Miss Carrie
Boyce, of (iastonia, N. C'., for excellence in
essay writing. This medal was given by
Miss J. T. Clarke. Honorable mention was
made of Misses Mamie Anderson, Mamie
Lindsay, Nannie Lathan, .Susie Whitesides
and Bessie Mitchel.
A prize was awarded Miss llhoda Ilammack
for perfect lessons in Latin. This
medal was given by Miss J. T. Clarke.
A medal was given by Mrs. Kennedy to
Miss Allie Pruit as the best mathematician
in the Senior class. Miss Anna Young gave
Miss Sallie Patrick, of White Oak, S. C., a
medal for the greatest progress in painting.
In this department honorable mention was
made of Miss Mary Cochrane.
Miss Julia Phillips was awarded a medal
by Miss Anna Young for the greatest proficiency
in drawing.
A prize was given by Mrs. Kennedy to
Miss Susie Lee as the best mathematician
in the Junior Class, and one to Miss Sallie
McGee as the best mathematician in the
Sophomore Class.
The distribution of prizes and the awarding
of medals was followed by the reading
of the Valedictory, the preparation of
which was by Miss Allie L. Pruit. It was
read by lie v. Dr. Grier. The exercises of
the day closed with the Baccalaureate address
and conferring degrees by President
J. P. Konnedv. This was done in the most
felicitous manner. Every one was pleased
with what the speaker said and with the
manner in which it was spoken.
During the year the number of pupils in
the Due West Female College ran up to one
hundred and fifty-five, and notwithstanding
the heavy and unusual pressure, the year
closed propitiously. The past history of the
institution has been one of marvelous, if not
unparalleled success. The Due West Female
College is the property and under the control
of a company of private individuals.
It is supported by neither Church nor State,
hut lives and thrives by its own merit. Its
faculty consists of Christians, chosen not
because of their denominational peculiarities,
but because of their high Christian
characters, scholarly attainments, and aptness
to teach. They represent four different
Christian denominations. The result is
that it is patronized by all Christian denominations
of nearly every Southern
State. it. l.
PECULIARITIES OF THE INDIAN.
Marrying into an Indian tribe assures the
white man an immunity from danger he
could not otherwise secure. Though he is
not considered one of the band, he is in a
measure attached to it. His relationship is
that of a mortgage to a house, whose owner
can't discharge it. In the event of a difficulty
between his people and his tribe he
remains perfectly neutral, taking care to
keep out from between them. As an enemy,
he would be hunted down. When
trouble looms up he packs his traps and
removes until it is over, and then returns
with a Rip-Van-Winkle-like yawn, wondering
what has happened in his absence.
It is this position that has made him an
object of some suspicion among the whites
and Indians where neutrality is an unknown
force. He is on neither side in a fracas, a
situation more unfortunate than to be with
the defeated, among the people who take a
hand in everything. He may be brave, but
he is circumscribed, bound down by his
domestic relations, but powerless for action.
According to prairie law it is disreputable
for a white man to abandon his dusky wife
until she has grown too old to work for him.
Then he may send her back to her tribe if
he so elect. The obligation upon the wife
is different. She must not desert the husband
for another white man, but she may
leave him for another Indian who wants to
marry her, provided she has no children.
If a squaw desires to abandon her husband,
the Indian of her choice must put back the
price originally paid to her mother. He
may abate no jot or tittle, and it is in such
payment that the divorce is perfected. She
then becomes a single woman, free to marry,
but she cannot live near her former
husband. She must move away with her
new venture. Such divorces are not infrequent.
It is a difficult thing for a squaw to
perfectly adapt herself to her white husband.
He may be of the kindliest disposition, but
his ways are not as her ways, and though
shp fitrinwlA with nil her strength to draw
closer to her existence a part of his, she
cannot make him one of her kind, and she
drifts away from him. The birth of children
directs her thoughts into a new channel,
and lessens the chasm between them;
but without them he has but little hope of
keeping her to himself. Sooner or later she
will find her affinity.
THE THRONE OF WOMEN.
The well-being of society rests on our
homes, and what are their foundationstones
but woman's care and devotion! A
good mother is worth an army of acquaintances,
and a true hearted, noble-minded
sister is more precious than the "dear five
hundred friends." The love we experience
for domestic blessings increases faith in an
infinite goodness, and is a foretaste of a better
world to come.
Our homes, as one well observes, are the
support of the Government and the Church,
and all the associations and organizations
that give blessings and vitality to social existence
are herein originated and fostered.
Those who have played around the same
door-step, basked in the same mother's
smile, in whose veins the same blood flows,
are bound as a sacred tie that can never be
broken. Distance may separate, quarrels
may occur, but those who have a capacity
to love anything must have .slimes a bubbling
up of fond recollections, and a yearning
after the joys of by-gone days.
Every woman has a mission on earth.
Be she of high or low degree?in single
blessedness or double?she is recreant to
her duty if she sits with folded hands and
empty head and heart, and frowns on all
claims to her benevolence or efforts at the
welfare of others. There is "something to
do" for every one?a household to put in
order a child, to attend to, some parents to
care for, some class of unfortunate, degraded
or homeless humanity to befriend. "To
whom much is given, of them much will be
required." That soul is poor, indeed, that
leaves the world without having exerted an
influence that will be felt for good after she
has passed away.
There is little beauty in the lives of those
women who are drawn into gay circles of
fashionable life, whose arena is public display,
whose nursery is their prison. At
home does woman appear in her true glory!
In the inner sactuary of home-life can she
be most like those who walk above "in soft
white light" and follow the Lamb whithersoever
He goeth.?Christian Advocate.
The Shakers.?The head of the Shaker
Church is the parent family at Mt. Leba
non, N. Y. Two brethren and two sisters
are at its head?Elder Daniel Powler, Giles
P.Avery; Eldress Eliza Ann Taylor and
Eldress Harriet Dullard.
There are seventeen societies in the country
as follows: Mt. Lebanon, Watervliet
and Sonyea, in New York ; West Pittsfield,
Ayer and Shirley, in Massachusetts ; Shaker
Station, in Connecticut; Shaker Village
and Enfield, in New Hampshire; Alfred
and West Gloucester, in Maine; Pleasant
Hill and South Union, in Kentucky; and
Watervliet, Whitewater, Union Village
and North Union, in Ohio.
Little is done in the way of oral praying.
The Shakers believe that "every breath
should be a prayer"?that prayer is a feel
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ing impossible 10 express in worus. j>eiure
and after each meal they kneel at theirchairs
in silent devotion. In meeting the dancing
is conducted by the men and women
first arising and standing in two separate
rows. They march backward and forward,
singing earnestly, and when sufficiently
warmed up, arms, heads and bodies keep
time with the beating of the footsteps.
The Shakers are supposed to preserve
uniformity in dress. The costume of the
men consists of a blue waistcoat, a drab coat
and trousers, and a wide brimmed, drab
hat. Cinamon colored hats and trousers
were often worn, and at one time Parker
mixed cloth of blue and white was used.
The costume of the women is a drab or cinnamon
dress with a small white cap and
white kerchief. The well-known Shaker
bonnets are worn out of doors. The Warrensville
settlement observed the custom of
their society when they made their own
garments, but since they have become land
poor and have to buy their own clothing,
they have been unable to observe any uniformity
in dress.?Cleveland Leader.
Blackherry Wine.?Place in an earthen
or tin vessel any given quantity of ripe
berries. Pour over them boiling water till
barely covered; let stand overnight. Next
day strain through thick yellow homespun.
To every gallon of juice add two pounds of
sugar; stir well. Fill your demijohn to
overflowing, so that as the liquid ferments
it will throw ofiT all scum and sediments.
Have ready in another vessel extra juice,
which must be used to refill the demijohn
daily. At the end of six or eight weeks
all fermentation has ceased. Strain through
flannel; add to each gallon two tablespoonfuls
of pounded rock candy. Jlottle for use;
always cork tight. I have been making
the above wine for eighteen years, and have
never had a failure.
SOUTH CAROLINA DEMOCRACY.
COXSTITUTIOX OF T1IE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
OF SOUTH CAROLIXA, AS AMICXDED IX
COXVEXTIOX, AT COLUMBIA, S. C., AUGUST
2, 1SS2.
Article I. There shall be one or more
Democratic clubs organized in each election
precinct, each of which clubs shall have a
distinct title, "The Democratic Club,"
and shall elect a president, one or more
vice-presidents, a recording and corresponding
secretary and a treasurer; and shall have
the following working committees, of not
less than three members each, viz: a committee
on registration, an executive committee
and such other committees as to
each club may seem expedient.
Art. II. The meetings of the clubs should
be frequent after the opening of the canvass,
and some member of the club or invited
speaker deliver an address at each meeting,
i f practicable.
Art. III. The president shall have power
to call an extra meeting of the club, and
members of the club shall constitute
of quorum for the transaction of business.
Akt. IV. The clubs in each county shall
be held together and' operate under the
control of a county executive committee,
which shall consist of one member from
each club, to be nominated by the respective
clubs and elected by the county convention,
and such other members as the convention
may add.
The executive committee, when elected,
shall appoint its own officers and fill all
vacancies which may arise when the convention
is not in session. The tenure of
office of the executive committee shall be
until the next general campaign unless sooner
removed or suspended by the county
convention.
Art. V. County Democratic conventions
shall be composed of delegates elected by
the several local clubs?one delegate for every
club, and an additional delegate for
every twenty-five (25) enrolled members?
with the right to each county convention to
enlarge or diminish the representation, according
to circumstances. This convention
shall be called together by the chairman of
the executive committee, under such rules
as each county may adopt, and when assembled
shall be called to order by the chairman
of the executive committee, and proceed
to elect from among its members a
president, one or more vice-presidents, a
secretary and treasurer. The convention
shall proceed to business, and when the
same is transacted it shall adjourn sine (lie.
Art. VI. The mode and manner of nominating
candidates for county offices, or for
the State, Judicial and Congressional Conventions,
shall be regulated in each county
by the respective county conventions.
Art. VII. The State convention shall be
?\^ond ,\f rl (A arret f oc frAm nuoh nAnnt.v in
luhij/1jjcu v/l huui ^uvii vvmiivj ) the
numerical proportion to which that
county is entitled in both branches of the
General Assembly.
Art. VIII. The officers shall be a president,
one vice-president from each Congressional
district, two secretaries and a treasurer.
Art. IX. The State Executive Committee
shall be composed of three from each
Congressional district. The delegates from
the counties comprising the Congressional
district to nominate the candidates from
that district, and the convention shall then
proceed to ail election. The member representingSouth
Carolina in the National Demnni-utiiiCnminittoo
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berof the State Democratic Committee.
Art. X. The Executive Committee shall
elect its own chairman and other officers,
and shall meet at the call of the chairman or
any live members, at such time and places
as he or they may appoint.
Art. XI. The Executive Committee shall
have power, by the vote of a majority of
the whole committee, to call a convention
of the Democratic party of the State, at such
time and place as it may designate; and is
charged with the execution and direction of
the policy of the party in the State, subject
only to this Constitution, the principles declared
in the platform, and such instructions,
by resolution or otherwise, as the State Convention
may from time to time adopt; and
shall continue in office for two years from
the time of election, or until the assembling
of the next State Convention for the
nomination of a State ticket unless superseded
by the action of the State Convention.
And if any yacancy on the State ticket be
occasioned by death, removal, or other
cause, the committee shall have power to
fill the vacancy: Provided, this shall not
apply to the office of Governor when there
shall be sufficient time to call a State Convention.
Art. XII. When the State Democratic
Convention assembles, it shall be called to
order by the chairman of the State Execu'
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president, and shall proceed immediately
to the election of permanent officers and
the transaction of business.
The convention when it has concluded its
business, shall adjourn sine die. And when
a convention is called by the Executive
Crmmittee, such convention shall be composed
ot newly elected delegates.
Art. XIII. Representation in Judicial
and Congressional conventions shall be on
the same basis as in State Conventions. A
majority of delegates shall be present at a
convention to constitute a quorum for nominating
a candidate either for Congress or
solicitor. The delegation of each county in
a Congressional or Judicial convention shall
have power to fill any vacancy in the delegation.
And whenever any county is or
shall be subdivided among two or more
Congressional districts the delegates to the
conventions of the several Congressional
districts shall be elected by thecounty Democratic
convention, and apportioned among
the respective Congressional subdivisions of
thecounty in proportion to population.
In every convention to nominate a candidate
for Congress or for the office of solicitor,
a majority of the votes shall be necessary
to a choice, and the votes shall be
taken viva voce and recorded, unless there
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may be taken by acclamation. As soon as
a Congressional or Judical convention has
nominated the party candidate for Congress
or solicitor, it shall adjourn sine die;
and whenever a candidate to till an unexpired
term of either office has to be nominated,
it shall be done by a new convention
of delegates fresh from the people. The executive
committee of each Congressional
district or Judicial circuit shall consist of
the several county chairmen of the respective
counties and parts of counties composing
such district or circuit, which committee
shall elect its own chairman, secretary
and treasurer, who shall continue in office
for two years in a district and four years in a
circuit, respectively, or until their successors
shall have been elected. It shall require
the consent of a majority of the whole
executive committee in any district or circuit
to call a Nominating Convention.
The executive committee of each district
or circuit shall be specially charged in its
discretion, except as herein provided, and
subject to the State platform, as well as under
the supervision of the State Executive
Committee, with the conduct of every election
for Congressional representatives or solicitor
in such district or circuit; and said
committee shall meet at the call of the
chairman or of any three members at such
times and places as he or they may appoint.
Each Congressional Convention shall meet
within its Congressional district, and each
Judicial Convention shall meet within its
circuit.
Fatal Ekkkcts of Alcohol.?-According
to Dr. Richardson, alcohol cuts down
by disease, in England and Wales alone,
1,000 persons a week. What, adds the doctor,
if any other cause of mortality did the
same? What if 1,000 persons a week died
in the same area, from the bite of the rabid
dog or the snake, or by swallowing arsenic, j
opium, or prussicacid ? What if.some thousand
personsa week were known to be killed
by the secret devices of the slow poisoner,
who, under the guise of friendship, went
about and instilled into his victims some
subtle drop which led to the shortening of
their life and the production of lingering
organic fatal disease? What, indeed, then
would be the cry and the action? Why,
all through the ranks of the great profession
of medicine there would be tumult of
labor and toil, such as never before was
seen, to remove the calamity. Men would
be ambitious to be first to discover by experiment,
by experience, the cause of so
fearful an evil, and to remove it instantly;
while he who won the victory over the
calamity' would be extolled as illustrious,
and, crowned with honor, become a household
word from among the children of Escu- :
lapius. Yet here one single cause making
this deadly havoc, a cause well known and
easily removable, in spite of its evils and in
the face of its easy removal, is permitted to
remain in sight with a majority of the army
of medicine looking on in apathy, pitying '
us "poor foolish fanatics" who are exercis- |
ing our limited powers to uproot it, and
some, with the rest of the world, so shar
ing me calamity sis to Dccome copartners 111 ,
the destructions which follows from the participation.?Scientific
Ame.rican.
- ?
Not Bound to Krss tiik Bihle.?The !
court of chancery in New Jersey has just
rendered an opinion holding that a witness
in that State who swears by the Bible is not !
bound to kiss the book.
A woman when sworn had laid her hand
on the Bible but refused to kiss it. The (
only reason she gave for the refusal was
that she had "never kissed the book." She
was allowed by the master to testify, but a
motion was subsequently made to strke out ,
her testimony. Here is the law, as laid i
down by Vice Chancellor Bird :
"Almighty God, or the ever living God,
or the like, is called upon by the witness to
witness that he will speak the truth. The
rest is form. The solemn invocation, affirmation
or declaration is the substance. All
else is shadow. The witness in this case
was sworn with her hand upon the book.
There can be no doubt but that if she made
a false statement willfully she is liable to indictment
for perjury.
"But it is said that this may be true and
yet the conscience of the witness not be
bound, which is the object of the oath.
There is great force in this. How did the
witness herself regard it? She is presumably
a witness, for nothing to the contrary
appears. She accepted the form of the oath
as usually administered, without objections,
except kissing the Bible. By this act on
her part the court is justified in presuming,
without further inquiry, that the witness
intended that her conscience should be
hrtunrl Wnn./iL-innr frnrn thr? fnrnm nf hpr
conscience, she declared that it was not
essential to kiss the book in order to impose
upon herself all the obligations of an oath."
New York Herald.
t 4
. Trying to Fit a Round Peg in a
Square IIole.?Another great mistake of
parents is made a little further on when
the education the child is to receive and the
work he is to do in life begin to be considered.
Most parents have preconceived
ideas of what their children shall do in the
world, and it is sometimes very hard to
modify or, change them in accordance with
the child's natural tastes. They are like
the parents of a boy with whom I had acquaintance,
who had determined even before
the boy's birth, that he must be a lawyer.
The boy proved to have no taste
whatever for the law or for a student's
life, but seemed possessed of real mechanical
genius. From a child he could do anything
with tools reauirincr delicate manipu
lation, was always contriving and inventing
new machines to work with?in short, I
was a decided genius of the inventive order.
But he was laboriously drilled in Latin,
wept unavailing tears over it, was sent
to college at a great sacrifice on the part of
his friends, graduated, was made to study
law, did study it, was admitted to practice,
and tried, his best to do what he was unfitted
for. Having now come to a man's
estate, he took the matter into his own
hands, turned his law office into a machineshop,
and began successfully the work he
should have been encouraged to undertake
in the first place.?Hattie Tyng Oris wold.
Labor and Machinery.?The mechanical
industries of the United States are carried
on by steam and water-power, representing
in round numbers 3,500,000 horsepower,
each horse-power equaling the muscular
labor of six men; that is to say, if
men were employod to furnish the power to
carry on the industries of this country it
would require 21,000,000 men, and 21,000,000
men represent a population, according to
the census of 1880, of 100,000,000. The industries
are now carried on by 400,000 persons
in round numbers, representing a population
20,000,000 only. To do the work,
then, accomplished by power-machinery in
our mechanical industries and upon our
railroads, would require men representing
a population of 172,500,000 in addition to the
present population of the country of 55,000,000,
or a total population, with hand processes
and with* horse-power, of 227,500,000,
which population would be obliged to subsist
on present means. In an economic
view the cost to the country would be enormous.
The present cost of operating the
railroads of the country witn steam-power
is in round numbers $500,000,000 per annum,
but to carry on the same amount of work
with men and horses would cost the country
$11,308,500,000. These illustrations, of
course, show the extreme straits to which a
country would be broughtif it undertook to J
perform its work in the old way.
A
century ago an infidel German
countess, dying, ordered that her grave be I
covered with a solid granite slab; that
around it should be placed solid blocks of <
stone, and the whole to be fastened together
by strong iron clamps, and that on the stone
to cut these words: "This burial place, purchased
to all eternity must never be opened."
But a little seed sprouted under the
covering, and the tiny shoot found its way
through between two'ol the slabs and grew
there slowly and surely until it burst the J
clamps assunder, and lifting the immense
block, the structure ere long became a conr
1 ? c ?-vrtmAn/* irMnVi in irnr/1
IlISl'll IllitSS U1 KlL'h, iiiuuiij; ntu<.M iu iv>u
ure and beauty grew the great oak which
had caused the destruction. This truth dis- i
lodges error; thus her branches spread in
splendor above the ruins of the false, and
thus "he that exalteth himself shall be 1
abased.''?Lutheran.
?? J
Strength and Diet.?The Roman soldiers,
who built such wonderful roads and
carried a weight of armor that would crush
the average farm hand, lived on coarse
brown bread and sour wine. They were
riinf marli]nr nlifl pnnshmtin
It'll J tVLVx III UiW|
exercise. The Spanish peasant works every
day and dances half the night, yet eats only
his black bread, onion and watermelon.
The Smyrna porter eats only a little fruit
and some olives. lie eats no beef, pork or
mutton, yet he walks off with his load of
S0(> pounds. The coolie, fed on rice, is more
active and can endure more than the negro
fed on fat meat. The heavy work of the
world is not done by men who eat thegreatest
quantity. The fastest or longest winded
horse is not the biggest eater. Moderation .
in diet seems to be the prerequisite for endurance.
i
-
Peculiarity of a Horse's Eye.?One
often hears the expression that a horse don't
know its strength. That is a mistake. A
horse is fully aware of its strength, but owing
to a peculiarity of its optic lens it is
kept in a costant state of intimidation. A
horse's eye magnifies nearly six diameters,
and a man looks like a giant to it. Queer
isn't it ? but true. A series of curious experiments
recently made by Parisian savants
have establised it beyond any question.
That accounts for the many odd fits of fright
the best horses are subject to.
Ihe ?0tMle inquirer.
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FOUNDRY
AND
MACHINE SHOP.
THE undersigned would respectfully .'.n.forrn
the public that he now has in operation, on
his lot "t KV^k,'j Mountain Street, a FOUNDRY
AN D MACHINE SHOP, in which he is prepared
to do all manner of work in light iron and brass
castings, and general machine work.
REPAIRING,
Of all kinds, promptly done on short notice.
Steam Engines, ana agricultural machinery of
any kind overhauled and repaired. Besides, any
class of work that may he wanted in his shop, he
will attend any call for repairing stationary engines,
doing the work on the premises, thus obviating
the necessity of moving the engine.
Prices reasonable. Terms, cash on completion
of thework. EDWARD THOMAS.
The Howe Machine Company's
LIGHT RUNNING. HIGH ARM,
M NewHowe "
WHICH IS THE BEST
SEWINC MACHINE
EVER MADE.
I CALL special attention to the following features
:
The NEW IIOWE is a new machine throughout,
differing in every point from the machines
heretofore manufactured by the company. The
needle is self-setting. It has the most room under
the arm; the perfect Howe stitch; no holes
to thread, except the needle; the easiest shuttle
to thread ; the most perfect take up ; the loose
balance-wheel; the largest bobbin ; absolutely
no vibration; the most perfect tension. It is
the lightest running; noiseless, and the most
pleasing in appearance.
Prices within the reach of all. Call and get a
descriptive circular, and see the machine, which
is always on exhibition at my Photographic
Llallery*.
PHOTOGRAPHY.
I would inform the public that I am yet making
PHOTOGRAPHS in all the various styles.
Also, Ferrotypes and other cheaper styles of
pictures. Pictures by the photographic process
enlarged, and all work done in the best style of
the art at reasonable prices. Gallery on West
Liberty street, near the jail.
J. R. SCHORR.
HEADQUARTERS
FOR tj
q PUKE BEER, AC.
Bottled Beer a Specialty. Q
0 I) K A I, Kit IX
UQI ORS AXI) WIXKS. U-l
Agent for H
H I'OKTXKK'S TIVOLI BEER
And
Tlic Borgner A Engel Brewing Co.
Shipments promptly attended to. Owing
to our facilities for handling the above
goods, we will guarantee satisfaction.
C. C. IIA REN I CUT,
Columbia, S. C.
May 0 IS :hn
"MOORE COUNTY GRIT"
The bent Millstone in the World for Table Meal.
Samples of meal sent on application. Send for price* on
Portable Corn Mills, Upper and Under Runners and Millstones.
We aro agents for Kiieinr*, Boiler*, Saw
.Mill*, f'otton (iins, Planers. Shafting. Pulleys. 4c..
also for Kotler>.Mill Outfits which save oOto ".Icents
for the miller in every barrel of Hour he makes.
Write statins what you want and terms you wish to hnv on.
Give references. Address, North Carolina .Millstone
Co., Parke wood, Moore Co., N. C.
June 23 2."> (Jin*
.131IXII (OWS.
I IIAVK :i number of FIXE MILCH COWS
which I will exchange on reasonable terms
Tor FAT DRY CATTLE.
Call at the Yorkville Meat Market.
S. A. MeELWEE.
April 2!) 17 tf
GARRY IRON HO
Manufacturers of all kinds of .
IRON ROOFING
CRIMPED AND CORRUGATED SIDING,
Iron Tile or Shingle, MMflflj
PIKE PROOF DOORS, SHUTTERS &C?
THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS 0
May 10
C. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD
SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains
from Lenoir, N. C., to Chester, S. C., taking
etl'eet at 12 o'clock, Noon, Sunday, February
7th, 18SIL
GOING SOUTH.
Leave Lenoir <>.00 A. M.
Arrive at Hiulsonville,? '1.124 A. M.
Arrive at Lovelady,* (>.-10 A. M.
Arrive at Hickory, 7.10 A. M.
Leave Newton.... H.05 A. M.
Arrive at Maiden,* S.33 A. M.
Arrive at Lineolntou, 9.10 A. M.
Arrive at Hardin's* 9.42 A. M.
Arrive at Dallas, 10,07 A. M.
Arrive at Gastonia, 10.23 A. M.
Leave Gastonia 10.40 A. M.
Arrive at Crowder's Creek,* .* 11.07 A. M.
Arrive at Clover, 11.30 A. M.
Arrive at Yorkville, 12.05 P. M.
Leaye Yorkville, 12.25 P. M.
tll/UUlllllUnVUlCf A 1U?
Arrive at Lowrysville,* 1.30 P. M.
Arrive at Chester 2.00 P. M.
OOINO NORTH.
Leave Chester, 4.25 P. M.
Arrive at Lowrysville, 4.55 P. M.
Arrive at Guthriesville, 5.30 P. M.
Arrive at Yorkville, 5.55 I*. M.
Leave Yorkville (5.10 P. M.
Arrive at Clover, 6.45 P. M.
Arrive at Crowder's Creek 7.10 P. M.
Arrive at Gastonia, 7.40 P. M.
Leave Gastonia, 7.55 P. M.
Arrive at Dallas, 8.11 P. M.
Arrive at Hardin's, 8.35 P. M.
Arrive at Lincolnton, 9.00 P. M.
Arrive at Maiden, 9.40 P. M.
Arrive at Newton, 10.05 P. M.
Leave Hickory, , 10.50 P. M.
Arrive at Lovelady, 11.20 P. M.
Arrive at Hudsonville, 11.37 P. M.
Arrive at Lenoir, 12.01 A. M.
* Flag Station.
G. R. TALCOTT, Superintendent.
February 18 7 tf
AMan of Grief!
LIKE LAZARUS!
HIS RELIEF AND JOY!
. . THE
Doetorsays: When Mr. James Edwards,
of Senoia, Ga., began to take "GUINN'S
provvh'R ur.nnit unvinvru " t oaw i.i...
lie was covered, body and extremities, with a
characteristic syphillitie eruption that seemed to
have battled all'treatment. I saw him a second
time in about ten days, when he was so changed
in appearance by having the scales removed and
the eruptions healed, that I barely knew him,
and in a remarkably short time he was relieved
of all appearaneeof the disease.
X. B. DREWRY, M. D., Spalding county, Ga.
A CERTAIN CURE FOR CATARRH !
A Superb Flesli Producer and Tonic !
Giiinn's Pioneer Blood Rcnewer
Cures all Blood and Skin Diseases, Rheumatism,
Scrofula, Old Sores. A perfect Spring Medicine.
If not in your market it will be forwarded on receipt
of price. Small bottles ?1.00; large bottles ^
?1.75. Essay on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
free. MACON MEDICINE COMPANY,
Macon, Georgia.
For sale by DOWRY A STARR, Yorkville.
June 30 " 11 ly
JOB PRINTING7
OWING to our superior facilities with the best
machine presses, an abundance of type and
tirat-class appointments throughout our office,
we are prepared to execute all manner of JOB
PRINTING in superior stvle, and at prices that
will eoiirpaie with New Tfork or Philadelphia
charges for thosnme quality of work and materials.
We have recently made a reduction in
prices for the following classes of work, to which
we invite the attention of business men:
I5IL.L HEADS.
For 5(H) ForlornHalf-sheet
Bill Heads, $3.50 ?<>.00
Fourth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.25 3.50
Sixth-sheet Bill Heads 2.00 3.00
Monthly statements at same price of sixth-sheet
Dill heads. We will till an order for bill heads,
giving any desired number of either size of sheet
at proportionate prices.
LETTER HEADS.
For 500 For 1001'
Commercial Note, $2.15 $3,25
Packet Note, 2.25 3.50
Letter (large size) 3.00 5.00
For the above work we use a superior quality
of paper, and guarantee entire satisfaction in every
instance.
We also give special attention to the printing
of Briefs, Arguments and Points and Authorities,
which we furnish strictly according to the
requirements of the Justices of the Supreme
Court, and in proof reading exercise the utmost
care to ensure accuracy.
We are prepared to "furnish all other kinds of
printing, from a visiting card to a large volume,
and will be pleased to furnish estimates for any
style of work desired. Address,
L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C,
TO THE CAROLINA STOVE TRADE.
T RESPECTFULLY inform Stove Buyers all
JL over the Stale that I carry in stock, for Fall
and Winter trade,
550 Cooking and Heating Stoves & Ranges.
By actual count, requiring Store and Warehouse
room, 25 by 2<>0 feet to contain the stock,
and can till orders promptly.
COOKING STOVES FROM $8.00 UP.
Warranted to give satisfaction.
Best Box Heating Stoves from $2.50 Up.
The goods are bought from parties who sell
large jobbing trade only, and challenge a comparison
of quality and prices of Stoves with any
market North, South, East or West.
Z-ir Write for circulars giving prices and a full
description of Goods, and
SAVE MONEY.
I am very anxious to get a sample Stove sold
in every neighborhood in the State. TERMS
, i.ami i>.> pr.iiiv jviii.
J. D. RATTERREE,
Chester, S. C.
October 15 31 12m
18867 WEST LIBERTY STREET. 1886.
Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables
ARE still on a boom, and the year 18SG finds
me with some of the finest* Vehicles ever
shown in the Livery business in Yorkville, and
surpasssed by none. Everything will be kept
in the best style. Give me a trial and be convinced.
Cincinnati and Columbus Buggies
I Of every description will be kept. Spring Wag|
ons, Phsetons, Ac., of the best make, always on
hand.
FOR FUNERALS
j I have a fine Queen City Hearse and a Clarence
] Coach, which will be sent to any part efthecounj
ty at short notice. Terms reasonable.
A Big Bargain.
I have a Jumpseat Ph:oton and some Ruggies
on hand that I will give a big bargain in, if sold
soon to make room for my new stock.
HAVE YOUR HORSES FED
At the Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables, where
thev will receive the best attention.
F. E. SMITH.
MARYLAND
MILITARY AND NAVAL ACADEMV,
OXFORD. JID.
(1AI)ETS areto be appointed from several ConJ
gressional Districts of the STATE of S. C.,
and those desiring appointments are requested to
make immediate application. Cadets receiving
appointments enter the Academy free of board.
I Total enrollment of Cadets 254, representing
j thirty-threeStatesand two Territories. Session
! begins July 20th. Full information will be given
by applying to Col. 15. .J. ill" K< JESS, Supt.
June 2:5 - "> 4t:*
C H ATTE L >10RTGAG ES,
MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to
Real Estate. For sale at the
ENQUIRER OFFICE.
July 7 -7 tf
OFING COMPANY,
AP IKON ORE PAINT
Ancl Cement.
152 T0 ir's M Ell WIN STR EET
Cleveland, O.
W-w I Send for C'irctilarand Price
F IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD.
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