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/ ft /J) ! THE AIKEN RECORDER. CHARLES E. R. DRAYTON, Hanagcr. AIKEN, S. C., TUESDAY, HAY 24, 1887. VOLUME 6.—NUMBER 32. Professional Advertisements. THE NEGRO IXTHE CHURCH of the rights of negro ministers. It is ' said that these legislative rights be- Haviiand Stevenson, Attorney at Law, Aiken, 8. C. j AX AHLK AKTICI.E BY AX EPISCO PAL (LEItGYM AX. Special attention given to Collec tion. 0. C. Jordan, Attorney at Law, Aiken, S. C. Jame* Aldrich. Walter Ashley. Aldrich k Ashley, Attorneys at Law, Aiken, S. C. Practice in the State and United States Courts for South Carolina. D. S. Hesdersox. E. P. Henderson. Henderson Brothers, Attorneys at Law, Aiken, 8. C. Will practice in the State and United States Courts for South Caro lina. Prompt attention given to col lections. Edw. J. Dickerson, Attorney-at-Law, Aiken, S. C. Will practice in all the Courts of this Slate W. Quitman Davis, Attorney at Law, Aiken, S. C. Will practice in the Courts of this Circuit. Specia attention given to collections. John Gary Evans, Attoknky-at-Law. Will practice in (he Counties Aiken, Edgefield and Barnwell. of Dr. W H Courtney. Dentist. -OKKICE- Bichland Avenue, Aiken, S. 0. Next door to Henry Busch & Co. Dr. R. H. Teague, Dentist. -OFFICE on- Richlaud Avenue, Aiken, S. 0. Dr. J. H. Burnett, Dentist. OFEICE AT- Graniteville, Aiken County, S. 0. Dr. Z. A. Smith PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, VAUCLUSE, - - - S. C. ISPOffice near Depot. AIKEN INSTITUTE, AIKEN, S. C. FRANK H. CURTISS, President. T~\ESIGNED for the higher educa- XJ tion of young ladies and young gentlemen. Course of study thorough mid exhaustive, covering a period of eight years exclusive of collegiate course of four ye.irs. Each department complete in itself—Primary, Inter mediate, Grammar, Preparatory Aca demic, Academic and Collegiate. HATES OF TUITION. Per Month, *1 50 2 50 3 00 4 00 5 00 1 00 2 50 2 50 Primary Intermediate Grammar Prep. Academic, I Academic, { Collegiate German and French, each Instrumental Music Special Drawing Lessons. . Painting, Oil, Water Color, Chi na, Lustra 2 50 For any desired information con cerning catalogues, rates of board, or any other matters connected witli the Institute address the President. A limited number of students de siring hoard may find a pleasant home in the fumilv of the President. FRANK II. CURTISS, Fob 1, 1887.-tf President. A Scar in ilie Convention not One of the Ex-Ofticin Itights of an Episco pal Clergyman in South Carolina. 7'o t/tr Editor of the irs and Cou rier'. Before the late war and the sub sequent emancipation of the negro much time and attention was given by many Christian owners and the rectors of the parishes of this Diocese to the religious instruction and moral training of their slaves. It was felt to be a duty and obligation which, while it pressed heavily on the conscience, they’ tried to meet as well as they could. The result was measurably encouraging, many of the slaves be came, as far as human judgment could determine, kumble and consistent followers of their master’s God and Saviour. The journals of the Con vention of Soull. Carolina show, by the parochial reports, that some thousands were communicants of the Church. In the opinion of the writer, who gave the best portion of his time and ministry to this work, these com municants; were better and more con sistent Christians than many of the same race who now profess great de votion to their crude and ignorant ideas of religion. In the “dreadful” days of slavery the catechumens were taught the truths as well as the mo rality of Christianity. Their children were instructed from their earliest years in the fundamental doctrines of revealed faith, and the morality they were required to practice was not only impressed on their couscienehut en forced by the authority of the law of the master, so far as its outward ob servance was necessary. We allude to this state of things to show there might have been and were manyChris- tians among the negroes in the days of slavery. The decree of the fanatic and Congress has not made them bet ter acquainted with Christian truth and a Christian life. .So far as man could see, the people of those days were baptized “by the one spirit into one body,” “whether bond or free,” and the white Christian people (who were oppressed by an institution imposed on them for greed by North ern slave traders, and intending abo litionists,) tried to bring their depen dents into a knowledge of the truth as it is iu Jesus. In many cases they had reason to think they were success ful, and they greeted the bond-slave as “a brother, beloved” in the Lord, (Philemon.) But they did not, as with our more enlightened Christians of this day, think because a man was fl.or,; J ; ’ a ]j Cmu'MiuUm lUidfri- "57; SPRING A New and Elegant Line of m DRESS GO JUST OPENED. Seersuckers, Ginghams, Soudan Cloths. Call early and get first selection. F. B. Henderson. Turnbull T Laurens Street, Aiken, S. C. HE public are iuvited to inspect my stock of CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES, which 1 am selling at rook bottom prices. I buy none but the best and pell as cheap as the cheapest rights which appertain to the whole range of human life and society, they rather believed with the inspired Apostle, that while all might he ves sels of God and the Holy Ghost—they were all intended for different pur poses and to fill different stations, they did not feel called upon as Chris tians to be wiser than God, and to make black white; to use a homely ph rase, fit a square plug into a round hole. If the negro is entitled to be a legislator for white people now be cause he is a Christian, he was enti tled to be one when he was a slave if he wap a Christian, and our fathers sinned against God and truth. Does not the Apostle say: “There is neither Jew nor Greek—there is neither bond nor free—there is neither male or fe male—for ye are all one in Jesus.” We quote the whole passage, for while the jealous advocates for negro legis lators for white people are very fond of this passage, I have never known them either in speech or writing to quote the whole. They keep shy of the female. Many of them, when the measure was proposed in Convention, opposed the right of females even to vote in parish affairs for vestrymen or delegates, and even though they, the gentle sex, are the main supports of many parishes. Some may reply that the laws of the land did not allow their ad mission to all the rights of j Christians. The law of the land can not take from or add to the law of Christ. If we believe and hold the Word of Christ, we must be ready not only to advocate, but die for it. A j resolution of Congress could not add ' to or take away a Christian negro’s I right. But the passage from St. Paul had very little and nothing to do with the admission of negroes to social and legislative rights, either in Church or State. And now as to ordination, confer ring legislative priviliges and rights. We do not propose to follow the posi tions taken by those who assert that “legislative powers” are among the functions conferred b3’ ordination, nor is it necessary, for the “dense igno rance” of “ecclesiastical polity” and catholic usage—of those who are op posed to the admission of the negro (just out of the shadow of heathen ism; tothe dignity of counsellors in the Church of God—will hardly be thought worth consideration. Be sides, these positions are bare, bald assumptions, the premises are taken for granted and the conclusion easily follows long to them “ex-officio” by ordina tion and not by virtue of any consti tution. I have no recollection at or dination of having received any such “ex-effleio” powers, and in turning to the ordination services Ido not find any such conferred. In those services the power is given through the Bishop to exercise the office of a priest or deacon in the Church of God, to preach the Word, administer the sacraments and do all such things as belong to the clerical function. This, and nothing more; not one word as to a right a to sit in Convention. It may be said that, in order to do these things effectively, there is an inherent right in the clerical body, as thev are men and priests, to legislate and make such laws and provisions as are necessary. Granted. But they must make those laws and regulations within a certain line, within the powers which belong to them as clergymen. They cannot undertake to pass ordinances which, however promotive, in their judgment, of the success of their administration, will be binding on the conscience and practice of the laity, who have had nothing to do with their enactment. They have no power to lay assess ments, enact laws which are only in directly connected with the Church’s welfare, and call upon the laity to obey, if not under pain of physical punishment, at least spiritual anathe mas. Some have asserted this right, hut only the Church of Rome and ex tremists in our branch of the Church Catholic. If the clergy have legislative rights as clergy, to make constitutions, so have the laity who are as much a part of the Church,as the clergy, our blessed Lord appointed His Apostle and their successors, not to he the Church, hut teachers and laborers for souls in the Church, not to be lords over His heri tage, hut the servants of all, that they might build and advance His king dom. It is a mere sophism to say, be cause there is an inherent right to make a constitution, therefore there is an ex-officio right, not to live un der the provisions of that constitution. The people of a State have an inher ent right in America, to call a Con vention to frame a constitution, but the constitution hazing bepn enacted, they must live by it, according to its meaning when adopted. This is the position taken by the opponents of the admission of colored ministers, in the Convention. When the constitu tion of the Church in South Carolina was adopted, it never for a moment was thought possible, that any but a wliita itM* proper place, but that gives him no ex-officio right to be a member of t£e Bar Association, organized with a charter and constitution for the good of the Bar and the promotion of its interest. The negro doctor is recog nized in his place and profession, but be cannot claim admission to the Medical Society of the State or the American Medical Association, by reason of his certificate as a physi cian, apothecary or surgeon. So with the colored clergyman. He is recog nized as a clergyman in Ids ecclesiasti cal relations; he can exersise all the rights and offices of a clergyman, but that fact gives neither him nor the whiteman rights iua body which is or gunized as istheDiocesau Convention working under a constitution and governed by rules of its own making— a body which has for it purpose the teaching of spiritual truth undl dogma, however indirectly it may •do) so but purely and simply to advance the general interest of the Church in the diocese. On these grounds we as sert that the clergyman has no rights in the Convention outside of the con stitution of that body no ex-ojflcip rights.Ifso, there must be some proof given, besides assertion, that it H. catholic usage. I turn to the ordination services and find no such power con ferred. H. THE SUMTER CANAL. I know enough to assert that if it ha< been thought possible—all or a vast majority of those who then voted it into existence—would have seen that it should be so worded,as not to be mis interpreted. Therefore, it was that the proposition to i nsert “white” be fore clergyman, in several articles, was rejected. It is there already, though unexpressed. It was more in order to amend bv the insertion of black or colored. But further as to the assertion of an ex-offlcio right in the clergy to legislate it is enough to say, let them try it in England, in any State in America, in any coun try or branch of the Church in the world, and they will be immediately confronted by the law of the land, the constitution of the particular State, or the stern mandate of ecclesiastical authority, or the custom and prece dents of time and place. The truth Is, and we think history will sustain us, the mode by which the Church has been and is now governed—I mean in its merely external human aspects— has varied and now varies according to time, place and circumstances. In England it is in one way, in Rome another, in the East another. In America it has more or less conformed to the inodelof the United Stales. And just here let us say a word about a contlict with the general constitution of the church in the United States. This general constitution was in exist ence before the emancipation of the slave, when be, the negro, had no right in the legislation of Church or State at the South. There was no conflict then. There might be incon sistency in appearance and resem blance from the nature of things-as, for instance, the difficulty of making black white, but there was no conflict There should be none now, but Chris tian forbearance, love and charity, and an earnest desire on the part of all to enlighten, teach and Christian ize the former bondsman ; and to de liver him as far as possible from his slavery to all manner of sin, and so make him, by God’s grace, a free man in Christ Jesus. If he is a true hum ble follower of the Divine Master he will consider it honor enough to have the office of leading his fellow-coun trymen in the way of eternal life. He will not want to sit in the high places of the synagogue or to pass laws for his white brethren. An attempt lias been made to estab lish an analogy between the legal, medical and ecclesiastical rights of the Relief for Ingrowing Toe Xuil. For that very painful affection, in growing toe uail, the simplest meas- But as to the superior intel-1 colored people. We would like to sav j ure of reliefwhich has been advocated ligence and knowledge of the negro a few words on this point. There 1 is the application of tannin. One who The Parliamentary Question in the Convention. To the Editor of the Xews and Cou rier: As a complement to “the race question in the Convention” (so well stated by “A Looker-on in Vienna” in your paper of Saturday, May 14, 1887,) I will state “the parliamentary question in the Convention,” stripped of its arguments and collateral is sues: On Thursday, the 12th day of May, A. D. 1887, tl«ere assembled in St. Phillip’s Church Charleston, clerical and lav deputies elect to a Convention called to meet at said place and time such Convention being a representa tive quasi legislative body in the Protestant Episcopal Church of the diocese of South Carolina. Accord ing to constitutional or cannonical provision, a temporary organization was effected bj’ the Bishop of the Dio cese taking the chair, as president ex- officio, and the secretary of the last Convention calling the roll of the clergy from the Bishop’s list of cler ical deputies laid before the body and the roll of the lay deputies from a list prepared by him (the secretary,) and a quorum being found to be present the respective lists were referred to appropriate committees on creden tials. Upon the coming in of the re- iprfc _ i was made and seconded the report. The president received and put the motion to the body; the vote thereon resulted in the loss of the motion, and the President so announced. In the faceofthis act of the body itself its president nevertheless there upon declared that the Convention was duly organized for the transaction of business,i.c.,permanently organized claiming a constitutional right so to do—or, rather he did so in effect, by ruling as in order a motion to trans act some business. From this ruling an appeal was taken and the president put the question as follows: “Shall the deeission of the Chair stand as the sense of the house?” The vote hereon resulted in the failure of the decision of the Chair to be sustained, and the presi dent accordingly announced that his decision had not been sustained. In spite, however, of this second deliber ate judgment of the body itself and the consequent failure to effect a permanent organization for the trans action of business, its president or dered the transaction of business to proceed according to the rules of order. An appeal therefrom was de manded. but the president refused to entertain it and also stated that he would entertain no other motions or appeals tending to organization. fc?ome maintain, ll Ecelesia in Epis- copo est," the plain English of which is, “The Bishop is the Church”—the above furnishes as a corollary to such proposition Conventlo in proesidente est, the plain English of which is “The President is the Convention.” A LOOKER-ON IN CONVENTION. Trouble Between the Engineer and Town Council. Correspondent of the Register. Sumter, S. C., May 15.—Sumter is considerably agitated over the canal project. It seems that L. J. Burbot, thecitj T engineer of Charleston, was employed to locate and report the best method of clearing out Turkey Creek aud what was necessary, and the cheapest mode of draining thorough ly the town of Sumter. Mr. Burbot submitted two plans, with profiles and specifications. Under one plan he stated that it would require the excavation of 6,637 yards of earth to dig out and remove all obstructions to the old canal But, in his judgment, the canal should be completed through the swamp to Dingle’s Mill, a distance of five and a half miles; and to straighten out the old canal, clean it out and complete the work to Dingle’s Mill, would take out 12,600 cubic yards. On this report the Council went into the project and awarded the contract to General E. W. Moise. V. D. Barbot, the engineer’s son. was then employed to superintend the work and look after the interest of the town, at a salary of $100 per month. Mr. Barbot resigned on the 7th in stant, but council desired a report be fore acting on his resignation. On Thursday evening they met at 6 o’clock and after a session of five hours, refused to accept Mr. Burbot’s resignation. It was stated that the estimate fell short about 2,000 yards, and a good deal of work has not been touched and but little has been fully finished. It was said that L. J. Barbot, who furnished the estimates, did not run the line at all, aud used an imaginary line, and in this manner mislead the council. Also, that his son, in loca ting the line pegs, did not use the line as intended by his father, and by not following it, a great deal of the ^old canal was not utilized in the new. It is now said the town council wilj refuse to pay the salaries of the Messrs. Barbot. t The B<‘ll Cord Doomed. The Richmond and Danville Ruil- iroad officials have adopted a device '\which will soon cause the time-hon- pred bell cord to be numbered among things of the past. This invention lias been in use for some time on the passenger trains of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and is a complete success. Looking at it from the outside of the train, one merely sees what appears to be an extra air brake pipe connec- Oit the inside KAISER WILHELM'S GRANDSON ting the ea.ru- * a! V _ ^ Characieristiirs of the Possible Suc cessor to the Veteran Monarch. From the New York Times. Prince William is still ayotiug man. He is in his 29th year. It is difficult, therefore, to say what he will become. His character, however, seems already formed, and it is undeniable that he gives promise of beluga distinguished king, if not. indeed, a great ruler. He differs entirely from his father in that he has a will of his own and a deter mination of purpose which nothing can thwart. The Crown Prince is easily swayed ; his household is a nest of intrigue, and advisors or compan ions are thrust upon him, against his will frequently, us if he were a mere puppet, nnd is ruled with an iron hiitid almost by his wife. His son, on the contrary, lias none of these weak nesses. He knows what he wants, and if he follows the advice of others it is only because it meets his views or serves his purposes. His judgment of men and things is generally correct and tempered for one so young in a remarkable degree by circumspection. He studies effect as well as self inter est. Without much regard for thedeal- ings of others, he knows how to flatter and dissimulate when it pays. In this way he has managed to make himself popular in all classes of society. He affects a love for the army and is adored by it in return. You do not find this young scion of royalty at court receptions dawdling away his time with young ladies. On the contrary, he is always s$en in the company of gray-haired soldiers and old generals, whom he looks up to and to whom he listens with a condescend- ii g reverence at once touching and captivating. No wonder lie is the idol of army circles. There need be no fear that the army will lose its prestige when he is called to the throne. He follows the routine of the camp or garrison with as much zeal as other young men of his years or opportunities would the gayeties of life. He submits te the dreary disci pline of a military eareer with a cheer fulness which inspires the rank and file with enthusiasm and commands the respect of the entire country. A subaltern officer in the First regiment of the Foot Guards he reports daily when in garrison to the colonel of the regiment, drills, inspects and looks after the personal comfort of his com pany, uml in every other respect as sumes the same duties which would fall to an officer in the same station but of less exulted rank. AN ALGERIAN DUEL. idvlco to a Young Man. door. The condu spring and a small whistle in the^en^ glue cab is blown, and this is all there is of it. The affair operates on the principle of the air brake, the pres sure escaping through the whistle in the engine cab, and causing the whis tle to give out a sharp shrill sound. It is much more reliable than the old bell-cord system, and can be operated with the greatest ease. A full equipment of apparatus has been sent to the company’s shops at Columbia, Manchester and other points to be placed on the cars as quickly as possible, and when this is done, the old rope whose swinging be comes monotonous on a long journey to a traveler, will disappear alto gether. The railroad authorities have also ordered a full equipment of “chime whistles” to take the place of those now in use on the engines. THE INTERSTATE LAW. COMMERCE Torn to Pieces by a Wild Beast. New Orleans, May 16.—A colored child who went last evening with a party of blackberry pickers on the Diagre place, ten miles below Baton Rouge, was torn in pieces by a wild animal supposed to be a panther. The other children saved themselves by j taking to their heels, abandoning the youngest to its fate. The Louisiana tiger is by no means rare in the swamps of this State. One was killed in Ascension Parish last year meas uring over twelve feet in length. It had seized and made way with a colt, and was trailed by the colt’s hoofs dragging on the ground. A Protest from Georgia Against the Suspension of Section 4. Washington, May 10.—The Inter state Commerce Commission has re ceived a petition from a committee of citizens of Newnau, Ga., protesting against the suspension of the fourth section. The petition says: “We respectfully submit that the enforce ment of the fourth section means the growth of smaller towns; means more large towns and fewer large cities; that the distribution of industries and population among the smaller towns which must follow the equalization of freight tariffs will bring the consumer, manufacturer aud producer in close proximity and give to loth manufac turer nnd producer a home market aud secure the prosperity of all. Commissioners Sehoonmaker and Walker not having returned, no pub lic meeting of the Interstate Com merce Commission will be held before to-morrow, and probably not before Wednesday. advocates, whatever may be said of i seems a marvelous propensity on the Canned Goods in great variety and tl.e ignorance of the opposing clergy, 1 part of the advocates of the negro’s from the best houses. WM. TURNBULL. H. F. Warneke, Baker and Confectioner AND DEALER IN GROCERIES TOBACCO ani CIOABS, TOYS, FIRE-WORKS, Etc. AIKEN, • - S. it cannot be alleged of many of the rights to bewilder and lose themselves laymen. Many of them have given i in a fog. The assertion is made by more time, thought and study to ec- ; them that the position of the colored clesiastical polity and the bearings of lawyer and the colored doctor is par- this deep question than those who ac- allel to that of the colored clergy- cuse them of ignorance. They show it bv keeping their bal- man—that as the black lawyer aud black physician are recognized as auce under outward and foreign pres-J 8UC ^ * n t ^ e ' r respective spheres, so sure, and the temptation to be thought should the colored clergyman, Just so- advanced—spiritual, Catholic, Chris- the cases are analogous but it does tians and churchmen—ami by giving no ^ make for the negropliilists it reason for their opposition to the t proves beyond question the position fanaticism of the day—strange to say, those \s ho oppose the admission of more extreme at the South than at colored legislators iu the Convention the North. Still wc will notice one or : to be right. Let us see. The colored two of the assertions of the advocates lawyer is recognized in Court. : n his lias had many years’ experience with it uses a concentrated solution (an ounce of perfectly fresh tannic acid dissolved with six drachms of pure water, with gentle heat), nnd has the soft part around the nail painted twice a day. Two cases recently had no pain or lameness after the first up» plication, aud went about their avoca tions which they could uut do before. After about three weeks of this treat ment the nail had grown to its proper length and breadth and the cure was complete. No other treatment of any kind was used, though formerly he introduced lint under the ingrow- iugedge in such cases.—Medical Jour nal* England’s Greatest Good. New York World. To every man not warped by Eng lish arrogance and obstinacy it must beplaiu that the pacification of Ire land by the concession of the reasona ble and just demands of all her people is really Englands greatest good. It is her only hope of safety in the pres ent and self-perservatiou in the future Hence those who favor home rule for Ireland and denounce the coer cion bill are in fact Englands best friends. It is said that John Wesley was once walking with a brother, who re lated to him his troubles, saying be did not know what he should do. They were at the moment passing a stone fence to a meadow, over which a cow was looking. “Do you know,” asked Wesley, “why the cow looks over the wall?” “No,” replied the one in trouble. “I will tell you,” said Wesley; “because she cannot look through B. Aud that is what you must do with your troubles: look over and above them.” This is genuine Christian philosophy. _ in Brooklun Eqale. wneu you meet a gooa Tied, genial follow, open-handed and generous, who spends money free ly when he has It, who “doesn’t know the value of money,” who only esteems it for the good it can do, who believes iu the lively shilling, and al ways does his best to make it lively, who can,t hoard up money for the life of him, who gets it and spends it, aud then gets more to spend, so that all of us may get a little of it, who doseu’t put down every cent ho lets a friend have, as though he was a money lend er, who, if he has only $1 in the world will let you have OOc.of it if you ask for It, a good, whole-souled, generous fel low, who knows no more aud cares no more about money than a pig does about Greek, and he is a little hard up, nnd wants to borrow $10 of you for a few days—my boy don’t you lend him a cent; don’t lend him a cent. Eh ? Do I want you to be mean, clos- fisted, stingy, weighing all friendship and good fellowship on the scales of the money lender? Ob no, my boy, I didn’t say any thing of the kind. I said, aud repeat it. “don’t lend him a cent.” I don’t want you to be mean, I only want you to be business-like. Give him $10. if you have it to sub scribe, and feel like it; give him what money you can spare, and your heart and head justify j’ou in giving but nev er lend that kind ef a man a dollar. Only lend money where there is at least a remote possibility of its being paid back. That’s all. You may go now. By the way, I took care of that note of Jack Merrihart’a that you didn’t tell me anything about; it’s all right now, only don’t lend Jack any more than you can afford to give him. A man who has no idea of the value of bis own money has just as little comprehension of the value of yours. Fierce Encounter Between an Arab General and a French Journalist. Manchester Courier. There was formerly in the French service in Algeria a general of Arab origin, Yusuf by name. One day all Algeria was moved to laugh ter by a satirical sketch of Gen. Yusuf in the local papers under the title of “Monsieur Joujou.” The writer, it was said, was M. Arthur do Fronvelle, the editor of the paper, who took the responsibility. Soon after, one fine morning, the journalist herd a terri ble knocking at the door. "Come in!” It was Gen. Yusuf, who showed his Arab visage at the threshold. He was followed by an ordnance officer. M. de Fronvielle was still lying tran quilly iu bed. “Are you Monsieur de Fronvelle?” asked the General. “Yes” “Was It you that called me‘Monsieur Joujou?’ We must fight!” “At your command, General. I will have couple of ray friends—“No! no! None of that nonsense!” thundered Yusuf. “We will fight immediately. Under stand? I want to kill you!” “Ah! in that case permit me to rise. And where shall we fight, if you please. General?” “Right here!” Ip niy bedroom? “Yes.” „AI1 right.” And this gentleman will serve as a witness?” “Yes.” -Very Wf?ll. I’m ready for you now.” Yusuf drew his sabre, and at a sign his ordinance officer did the same. The bedroom was very small—nothing cheerful about this strange duel. •‘Take your ehoiee, Monsieur,” said the General, holding out both swords Fronvielle took the officer’s sabre. Yusuf threw off his tunic, rolled up his sleeves and held his sabre in his bare arm, which was corded with the muscles of an athlete. His white teeth shoue from his swarthy face. Uttering yells like a jackal, and bounding like a tiger, savage and frightful, he was making ready to transfix his adversary with his first stroke. This stroke the newspaper man fended, but it cut him terribly on his right arm. Yusuf stuck the point ot his sabre in the floor and said: “You can’t use your arm; to contiuue the combat would be mur der. We will finish this affair after you are cured.” M. de Fronvielle sa luted. The second day after (he fight the General presented himself at the wounded man’s lodging, and regular ly every morning thereafter. “I hope you will forgive me for getting well so slowly. General; a little patience and I am with you,” said Frouvielle, THORXWELL OPHANAGE. A Noble Institution Supported by the Contributions of Bencrolent People. The Thornwell Orphanage, located in Clinton, South Carolina, (an insti tution under the fostering care of be nevolent people everywhere,) was originated by the Presbyterian Church and is under the care of that denomi nation, but it does not confine its ben efits to orphans of any denomination or locality. More than halfof its wards are from other States than South Car* oliuu, and from other denominations than the Presbyterian. Fen Slates and seven denomination* are repre sented among the inmates. The Orphanage was first thought of only twelve years ago-Aiul from the beginning has depended for its all upon the voluntary fiemations of per sons who could give only small sums. Poor men have bqiR it. only a few wealthy doners baiug counted among' its patrons. From the small begin ning of a fifty ceqt piece, it now has * farm of over a hundred acres, threw substantial stone dwellings, a large stone school;bpilding valued at $8,000,. and two other buildings, also of stone* for industrial purposes, a combined! property in all of thirty thousand dol—. lars. The number ofiemates in the ibstl-- tutio.ii is over sixty and is increasing- rapidly. These are fed, clothed edu*- cated the yenr round, and provldSdi with nil neccessary supplies at a cost: of adout $5,000, annnully, all of which., is donated by persons who read ac- . counts like this and send their gifts to the President, Rev. Wm. P. Jacobs, Clinton. A peculiarity of the orphanage in that the orphans are retained in the institution only by the sense of their need aud advantage. They are not bound iu or bound out. They do not belong to the controlling board, but come to stay as loug as they can be benefited, and leave when fitted to take care of themselves. The Duty ot Workingmen. JVctv York Herald. If workingmon want reform, not of the pinchbeck kind—the kind that the politic schemers howl about when they want to get the “ins” out and get themselves in—but the genuine article, eighteen carats fine, they can have it by pulling altogether and pull ing with all their strength. It Is a. grand day for the Republic when the aboring classes organize for the pur pose of making government purer and more honest. — Let them go ahead wit**-* da. imr' very pa atSKHjk. 1 Gen. YUsuf was the first to meet him. But it was to offer him his arm, and asked him to lean on it. All his anger had slowly changed to esteem. Starvation in Texas. Austin, Texas, May 12.—Yesterday the Governor received a petition from the county officials of Medina County asking for a special session of the Legislature to provide for sufferers and famishing people iu Medina, Trio Atsoca and portions of Bexar, Ed wards, Uvalde, and Bandera coun ties The greet mass of the people are represented as having no money, no credit no crop prospests and no proper ty that can be sold, pledged or mort gaged. Many are living upon half rations ofcoru bread and tank water and seed corn aud cotton have rotted in the ground. In one precinct in Medina County three hundred men, women and children are in a famish ing condition, and in other precincts the people will soon starve unless help is furnished. The petition is certified to by the county clerks in the respective counties. Gov. Fltzhugh Lee, of Virginia does not believe in permitting politics to interfere with the harmony ot the ve teran Association of that State. Some opposition was manifested to John S. Wise becoming a member of Lee Camp, Confederate Veteran Associa tion, and Gov. Lee learning of it wrote a letter in which he said: ‘T write to express the hope that no objection will be made upon the part of any member to Capt Wise joining the as sociation, The credentials and mem bership are based upon the Confeder ate’s record as a man, and not upon his politics and I should be very sorry to bear that fvalty to either political party was the test of qualification to membership of the Lee Camp.” OneWay to Abolish Poveity. Xr.u< York World. Near the little town of Rising Star, in Eastman county,Tex., a curious secret society lias been organized. The object of the order is to suppress idleness and make everybody work. When an able-bodied man is found to be habitually idle he is warned by j a committee to go to work or leave ; the community. This society is said j to have converted the southern part j of Eastman county into a perfect hive of industry. It is an unlawful organ ization, but it.seems to be doing some good in the world. One way to abolish poverty is to abolish idle ness. The Nation makes the suggestion to the followers of Henry George and Dr. McGlynn that they start a Church of their own. “We do not believe,” it says, "that any of the existing re ligious denominations has the requi site accommodations for the doctrine that the land of the country may be lawfully taken from its present own ers without compensation.” As I'oliceman Warren, of the West End precinct in Boston, was standing at Cambridge and Temple streets 2:30 o’clock Saturday morning, he was startled by the sudden appearance of an apparition in white gliding out of Lynde street into Cambridge street, Warren started after the ghost, which began to run at great speed, its hair streaming out behind. By a hard spurt Warren overtook and seized it. The ghost materialized into a good- looking young woman in bare feet and an embroidered nightdress; but the maiden said nothing, aud War ren thinking she was iusaue, took her to the station, where she still main tained silence. It was evidently a case of somnambulism. Lieut. Gas kin laid his hand upon the young wo man’s shoulder to sec if it would rouse her, when she suddenly threw her arms about his nock and laid her head upon his manly breast. Hhe was still unconoious, and the embrrassed lieu- What a man can do In tbo world is largely decided by what a man is de termined that he will do In the world. A tallow candle can be driven through an oak plank, if only a fair charge of found herself. She was wrapped in a t them move on the earthworks of intrenched corruption wherever they find it. Let them start an avalanche of bal lots that will bury out of sight every politician who does not believe that public office is a public trust. Let them make it thunder all round the horizon against the invasions of the jieople’s rights by which monopo ly fills its pockets from the earnings of the masses. A cyclone of that kind, sweeping across the continent aud tearing exist ing evils up by the roots, is something to be welcomed, not feared. If it is started by the workingmen rather than by the statesmen of the land, all the better. It will show, what the Herald haa always asserted, that both the heart and the brain of the wage earner ara in the right place. Now then, gentlemen, what do you propose to do and how do you propose to do it? You beloug to the Demo cratic party pure and simple, and minus any “sham.” That party is the party of the masses; therefore It is your party. You will insist that your rights as citizens and wage earners shall be jealously regarded bv wise and vigorous legislation? Good. You will require the leaders of that party to remove ail unnecessary taxes and burdens, to get rid of a corrupting surplus iu the treasury, to put an im mediate stop to the waste of the peo ples money, and to give the poor man every possible benefit of the situation? Good. You are right. Under a Republican regime monop oly’ was rampant. See for yourselves how it has grown during the last twenty years. Great corporations have received great privileges, by which a few have become immensely rich at the expense of ths people. That kind of Republicanism was a sham and a humbug. You expressed an opinion on tho subject in 1884, when you said, “We have had enough of you—step down.” Under the same regime your land has been stolen by the million acres—you sec that we are calling a spades spade —and the farms—your farm which your children or your childrens’ chil dren will want by and by, have been taken from you by hocus pocus mixed with perjury waist deep. You want to check monopoly and reclaim this stolen land? It can be done and you cau help to de it. When Mr. Cleveland went to the White House, at your bidding, he was pledged to rip open these plots for aggrandizement. He has been opposed by interested parties, by pow erful cattle syndicates, by railroad corporations with millions at com mand, aud shrewd lobbyists in the Capitol to “influence” legislation. But he is a good fighter. Your party, the party of the democracy, must stand by him. During the last two years an area of territory more than twice the extent of Ireland has been reclaimed, and the laud grabbers have been told, “You eaa’t have it. Emp- tenant had great difficulty in escaping from her embrace. A physician was y 0 ur pockets of stolen property, sent inr, and after about fifteen min- — utes she roused and was terribly shocked by the situation iu which she X'. powder is back of it iu the rifle barrel, j quilt and taken —S. E. Tin\ee. > Lynde street. to her home on Friends of Frank Moses are tryiag to have him pardoned out of tha Massachusetts State prison on ac count of his bad health. His term of three years will be out in October.