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Gentlemen of the General Astembly : The painful accident which happened to Governor Hampton on Thursday, the 7th instant, and which sent deep sorrow and gloom to every household in the State, having disabled him physically from the performance of his high duties as Governor of the State of South Caro- I lina, with that exalted patriotism and self-sacrificing devotion to the best inter- I ?ests of the State which has characterized him through life, as soon as he became {aware of toe full extent of his injuries he at once relieved himself by proclama? tion of the powers and duties of said office, and, under the provisions of the Constitution, the same devolved upon me. This took place on the 13th inst, and on the same day I took charge of the Executive department. Under these cir- I cumstances, it has become my duty to address you at this your annual meeting. This unfortunate calamity to Governor Hampton was so unexpected and the time has been so short since I assumed the discbarge of the duties appertaining j to this office, and the pressure of the current business has been so heavy, that I have been unable, up to this time, to inform myself fully of the wants and I necessities of our people so as to make snch full and matured recommendations and suggestions to your honorable bodies as the condition of the State may per? haps require, and as, no doubt, Governor Hampton, had he been spared this mis- I fortune, would have been prepared to make. The reports, however, of the very effi? cient officers in the different departments and boards connected with the adminis- i tration, which will be laid upon your tables at an early day, are so full and thorough, so abundant in information and so replete with valuable suggestions covering the special subject matters to which they severally refer, and these mattere embracing as they do almost the entire field of legislation, I feel greatly relieved thereby, and shall content my? self on this occasion with calling the at? tention of the General Assembly espe? cially to the valuable contents of these reports, with such recommendations thereon as within the limited time which has been allowed me I have been enabled I to conclude would be wise and proper. FINANCE. The annual report of the Comptroller General, to be submitted to you with the other department reports by the 1st of December, will contain an elaborate and carefully-prepared statement of the errors and inaccuracies in the books of his office and of the Treasurer's office, as . tuned over to the present incumbents by tbeir predecessors, and also a report upon the value of numerous accounts which cumber the books and render deceptive the balance sheet which he is by law re? quired to lay before your honorable bodies as exhibiting a true and accurate account of the actual state of the Treas? ury. I beg to commend this report to your consideration. Besides the usual statistics relating to taxes and the finances, his report will also be found vo contain some suggestions upon these matters, and other subjects relating^to his department, which I regard as valuable, being based upon the expe? rience and observation of the last two years of a most careful and competent public official. The importance of the subjects dealt with in this report, and the fact that any discussion of them, to be of value, must go into elaborate details and statistics, induces me to refrain from fur? ther allusion to them at this time, as the report itself will be found to be full, clear and accurate. There is one matter, however, which is brought out in the report to which I de? sire to call your attention especially. There are some evils connected with the organization of what is known as the Board of Equalization which eminently deserve con iideratiou. Io the report of the Comp*.oller will be found sugges? tions intended to remedy these evils. It certainly is just that every citizen in the State should be required to aid the gov? ernment io the shape of taxation to the extent of the value of bis property pro? tected thereby. The burden of taxation, however, should bear equally on all, and it is to be hoped that, in your wisdom, some measure may be adopted to im? prove the present system of assessment and promotive of the great end of equal? ity, so much to be desired. If this is done, no citizen would have the right to complain, uor would they complain, for I feel sure that all of our people are will? ing to bear their proper share of the burden of necessary taxation; but in the absence of this, complaints will not only be numerous but well-founded. The object of the Board of Equalization is to produce this equality, and to this end the manner in which the Board is to be organized is a matter of the highest im? portance. EDUCATION. The report of the State Superintendent of Education gives an encouraging ac? count of the condition of the public schools. The last General Assembly made im? portant changes in the school law, which is now better adapted to the wants of our people. The report shows that 116,239 children attended the public schools last year, an increase of nearly 14,000 over the num? ber reported for the preceding year. This fact, together with the increased interest in education manifested by all classes of our citizens and the improvements in the public bchool system, show that gratify? ing progress has been made iu this most important department of the State gov? ernment. I would especially recommend that, in accordance with the suggestions of the State Superintendent of Education, some octiorTbe taken which will secure more prompt payment of the teachers' sala? ries. During the past year much em? barrassment and loss to teachers resulted in the delay in the collection of taxes. Unless some remedy for this evil is pro? vided, it is feared that we may lose the services of some of our best teachers. The other recommendations contained in the report are well worthy of your careful consideration. The last General Assembly prepared a memorial to be presented to Congress asking the restoration to the State of the property in Charleston known as the Citadel Academy. I am not informed as to what action, if any, was taken by Congress in this matter. This valuable Eroperty, which belongs to the State, has een held since the war by the Federal government and used a3 a garrison for troops. The re-establishment of the Military Academy is a measure of great importance to our educational interests. The early opening of the State Uni? versity is, in my judgment, of the great? est importance. The Constitution of the ?State, Article X, Section 9, makes it the duty of the General Assembly to provide for "the maintenance of this institution. The fuithful discharge of the duty thus imposed is rendered more binding by considerations of the highest policy. There can be no doubt that the unity of our people in the past and the command? ing position which for so many years South Carolina held in the councils of the nation was due in some measure to the influence of the college. Nothing will contribute more to the matefial pros? perity of the State than the restoration of this institution to its former condition of usefulness. I do not underestimate the denomina? tional colleges which now exist in this State. They are contributing largely to the education of our people, and they well deserve the patronage which they receive, and more. But in order to com Clete our educational fabric, we should ave a State institution not only worthy of the past, but fitted for the increasing wants of the future. This matter, how? ever, is solely for you. You are better informed of the wants and wishes of the people and of their necessities, financial and otherwise, than myself; and with {rou, to whom this subject properly be ong8,1 respectfully leave it. MILITIA. The general condition of this branch of the pnblic service shows great im? provement, as will be seen from the full exhibit in the report of the Adjutant and Inspector General. Many nominal or? ganizations of the National Guard, which, on inspection, had failed to meet the requirements of law, have been dis bandea, but all effective bodies have been retained,-and the State Volunteers have rapidly increased in numbers and effi? ciency, and their condition is highly creditable to their officers and the peo? ple. The supply of arms and equip? ments, however, is totally inadequate. Many of the commands are entirely with? out outfit of any kind, and, though sev? eral artillery companies have been or? ganized, yet the State does not own a single piece of ordnance. The usual source from which such sup? plies have been drawn is the general gov? ernment By Act of Congress, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars is an? nually appropriated for arming the mili? tia of the States, and efforts are now be? ing made in some of the Northern States to have this sum increased to one million per annum. Under the present law, the quota for this State is the sum of $3,358. 50, due on the 30th of June of erch year. Under the proposed increase, South Car? olina would be entitled to about $16,000 annually. This sum would be adequate to the wants of the department, and would soon place it on a first class foot? ing. There exists, however, serious difficulty in the way of obtaining the ordnance stores needed from the general govern? ment. In the year 1869, Governor R. K. Scott, being authorized to obtain two thousand stand of arms from the United Slates, actually drew ten thousand stand of obsolete muzzle-loading muskets with equipments. The government claimed to regard this issue as having be?n drawn in advance of the whole quota of the State in the years thereafter, and now declines to issue any ordnance stores to South Carolina. Under the third Sec? tion of the Act of March the 3d, 1875, this State has also beet charged with all its quotas during the period of the war, although six years be:ore this Act the large drafts above referred to bad been made. It is believed that Congress will readjust this account whenever the facts can be made known, and it is earnestly desired that the matter :,hould be brought to the attention of our members in Con Sress by such action as your wisdom may ictate. Until this matter is settled, the troops must remain unequipped to a great extent, as the financial condition of the State at this time will not justify the expenditure of the large sum necessary to purchase the arms and accoutrements needed. Some legislation, however, will be needed to perfect the system, and I respectfully recommend to your conside? ration the report of the Adjutant and In? spector General as embodying the imme? diate wants of this department. PENAL AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. The reports of the officers of the penal and charitable institutions will give you all necessary informatiou as to the con? dition and wants of these institutions. I have had an opportunity recently of vis? iting the Lunatic Asylum, and I must congratulate the State in having a Board of Regents who are most zealously de? voting much of their time, without com? pensation, to the amelioration of the con? dition of the unfortunate inmates of that institution. This Board, as well as the Superinten? dent in charge and his assistants, deserve the gratitude of the people. The report made by the Board will be sent in at an early period, and I invite your careful attention to its contents, and, if our bur? dened Treasury can possibly bear it, spare something to the humane objects suggested for the benefit of this stricken portion of our people. COURT OP CLAIMS. I have been informed by the Hon. J C. Coit, Judge of the Court of Claims, that, in the discharge of his duties, it be? came necessary to have counsel to repre? sent the State, and that Mr. John R. Abney, Solicitor of the Fifth Circuit, rendered professional service to the Court at such times as he could spare consistent with his duty upon the Circuit. The Act organizing this Court authorized the Commissioner, in cases of doubt or difficulty, to call in the aid of the Solic? itor of the County, but no provision was made for his compensation. I respect? fully recommend this matter to your con? sideration, both as to compensation for past services and also as to the propriety of fixing a sum for the future if counsel should be needed. THE PALMETTO MONUMENT. Permit me also to call your attention to the coudition of the beautiful monu? ment which stands on the Capitol grounds to the famous Palmetto Regiment of South Carolina, which, by its gallantry on a foreign field, reflected so much houor upon its State during the Mexican I war. Two panels, containing the names I of many of the officers and soldiers have been lost. They could be restored at a I trifling cost and thus the monument pre-1 served, as it was intended, an ever-exist? ing memento of that gallant band of Carolinians. MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT. I hope,.gentlemen, that the period is now rapidly approaching when the peo? ple of this Suite can give less time and attention to political affairs and devote themselves to the material development of the State. I do not mean to imply that they should abandon all interest in those public matters usually understood as political. On the contrary, every good citizen should take a deep interest in such issues. The character of the government under which a people live exerts a more power? ful influence upon their destiny than all other agencies combined, and that char? acter almost entirely depends, upon the character of the governmental officials. That government is best which is best administered, and the highest and surest guaranty to this end is capacity and-in? tegrity on the part of those to whom the different departments are entrusted. Under our system, this depends on the 1 manner in which the elective franchise iia exercised, not by a few but by the whole people; hence, it follows that every good citizen should take active part and exert all bis influence towards the accomplishment of that great end? food government?which in itself is the eginning and foundation of all progress ana prosperity. But good government has now been accomplished in South Carolina. Home rule has been rescued from the hands of those political brigands who marauded the State for so lo ng a time, and I hope that it has been made permanent; it not, it certainly can be made so by the continued observance of those great and wise principles of justice and equal protection to all which has so eminently distinguished the present ad? ministration and which so fully meets the approbation of tbe great heart of the people. Such being the fact, it is time to begin material recuperation in earnest. After good government, in this lies the strength, greatness and power of a people. All history teaches the fact that there are three grand departments of human industry?agriculture, commerce and manufactures?which are the corner stones of human progress. The temple of earthly prosperity rests upon them, and that people is most fortunate who have been blessed by a kind Providence with material for their full development. Now this is precisely the condition of this State: Small in extent, limited in territory, yet it is full and abounding to a remarkable degree with all the mate? rial elements necessary to the develop? ment of these main industries of Hie. No part of the globe is blessed with a more fertile soil or genial climate; no portion of the Atlantic coast is marked with better harbors; nor can cheaper roads be built elsewhere; and where can there be found in any country better fa? cilities for the building up of all kinds of profitable manufactories, both great and small, than here f When you look at the State and see it thus so full of such important natural resources, it would seem that Providence had intended that a great and happy people should dwell within its borders. It should be our aim not to defeat this beneficent end of Providence, either by suffering misrule on the part of the government or by sloth and inaction on the part of the citizens in failing to make use of the advantages by which they are surrounded. And I would earnestly recommend to the Gen? eral Assembly to take this matter under consideration and to see how far legis? lation can aid in the buildiug up of these industries. I have no special scheme to recommend, but I have thought it would not be out of place to suggest the great ends to be accomplished, leaving the means to your better judgment and supe? rior information and wisdom. I will, however, venture to suggest, in reference to agriculture, one measure which, in my judgment, is greatly need? ed, at least in much the larger portioa of the upper country. I refer to what is usually known as the stock law. This law has been tried in several Counties in this State and in other States, and, from my information, wherever tried it has invariably worked well, and ultimately gives satifaction even to those who were opposed to it at the outset. It greatly reduces the expenses of farming opera? tions, improves the stock, more effectual? ly protects growing crops, brings thou? sands of acres of good land under culti? vation, and, what is of great importance in some sections of the State, would pre? serve tbe timber and forests of the coun? try, and it adds in every way to the end ot all investments and labor, viz., profit. In some Counties in the State it has been adopted by a vote of tbe people, under a previous law enacted by the General As? sembly. With great deference, I would say that this mode of legislation is an in? novation of doubtful policy upon the es? tablished manner of enacting laws; and, besides, elections upon local questions generally produce discord and strife and split communities into parties, which has a tendency to involve other and per? haps more important matters, to the gen? eral prejudice of the country. Id this connection, let me say that I have understood that during the past two years there have been 600 able-bodied men constantly on the list of Peniten? tiary convicts, besides others in the County jails. This is a great mine of useful labor comparatively lost to the I State. All this labor should be utilized in the development of our resources. We have rivers that need deepening, canals that ought to be dug, mines ex? plored, railroads built. The beautiful stream that flows by the capital now use? less and wasted on account of a few trifling obstructions across its bed near this city, might be made a vital artery, high above this point, to the internal commerce of the State; the old Santee Canal opened; those immense phosphatic deposits which lie imbedded in the rivers of the lower country fully explored and developed, and many other important enterprises consummated by a systematic employment, through a series of years, of the labor supplied from this source. If men will eommit crime, what better atonement to the public for their vicious conduct than to be made useful in the development of those matters in which the whole people are interested. The forfeiture and sequestration, so to speak, of their labor to the public good, it seems to me, would be a more sensible, humane and effective punishment to them than the immuring of their bodies in cells and dungeons, and at the same time would afford some compensation for the evils which they have committed. I do not know how far legislation al? ready had may accomplish results in the direction indicated, but I would recom? mend the whole subject to your careful consideration. If we intend to become a great, strong and prosperous State, the mudsills of our building must be made of material devel? opment. Commence with that, and all the other elements of strength and great? ness will come of themselves. The lien law expires by its own limi? tation on the 1st of January next. This law Beems to have been well matured at the last session. It protects the interests of the landlord, opens a way for the poor man who has nothing but his health and muscles upon which to obtain credit to make these available, and it cheapens the arrar?rement of recording and filing, and I think it would promote the welfare of the people to have it re-enacted. CONCLUSION. In conclusion, gentlemen, permit me to congratulate the General Assembly and the whole State upon the peace and good order which has marked the con? duct of our people during the past year, and especially during the exciting cir? cumstances of the political campaign through which we have just passed. Since the late war we have constantly claimed that if tbe State could but be placed back under tbe control of those to whom it rightfully belonged, on ac? count of their superior qualifications of integrity, competency and interest, free from foreign interference and domestic incompetency and misrule, that the vio? lence and turbulence thereby engen? dered, and which were fast becoming ^hronic features in her history, would in Btantly disappear and that peacov and good order would immediately reassert themselves. In 1876 this revolution was accomplished, and the late campaign du? ring the present administration fully vindicates the justice ar d truthfulness of our claim in that event, and should silence forever the libels and slanders to I which the character of the citizens of the State has been so long, so unjustly and i so shamefully subjected. We as a peo? ple are entitled to rejoice at our redemp? tion from governmental misrule and its consequences, and I feed sure that good j men everywhere, when they come to un? derstand the situation, will join with us I in our rejoicing, and will sympathize with us in our struggle for the perma? nency of that redemption. Let me ex? press the hope that nothing will occur in the future to mar this record, and that our people throughout the State will unite together in the preservation of the public peace and the continued suprem? acy of the law. I have purposely refrained from dis? cussing any matters connected with the Federal government, for several reasons; among the most prominent is the fact that, while the State and [Federal govern? ments are closely connected with each other, and while the happiness of the people of this State is m uch dependent upon both, yel the orbits of these two governments are entirely separate and distinct, and the harmony of their move? ments can be best preserved by each con? fining itself to the discharge of its own functions as defined and limited in tho Constitutions of this State and of the United States. This was certainly the intention of the founders of our system, and could that be strictly carried out, home rule and non-interference on the part of the gen? eral government, except as to those mat? ters embraced in the Constitution, and which are the foundation stones of that system, would be the grand result?a re? sult which would be hailed with joy, opening, as it would, a bright futurt to the people of this State. In closing this communication, permit me, gentlemen, to invoke the blessings of Almighty God upon your delibera? tions. May he give you wisdom from on high, and may the performance of your arduous and responsible duties be marked with that harmony which so eminently distinguished the General Assemblies of the olden past in South Carolina, reflect? ing honor upon yourselves and lasting benefits upon your people and State. . D. SIMPSON. Keep Oat of Debt. The slow fire over which mortals are toasted and consumed, and which press? es like a palsy upon their minds, is debt; and it more frequently causes death than is generally supposed. No one enjoys perfect liberty as long as he is indebted to others. From the moment he signs bis name to any paper "promising to [iay," or has an account against him, he oses very much of independence, that is, if be is honest and intends to meet his obligations. If a rascal and has no in? tention of paying, ae cares little for any? thing. We know, as do all who have been engaged in business for any consid? erable time, the great difficulty of follow? ing the golden rule of "pay as you go," much as we may desire to do so. The needs of the hour are sometimes too pressing to be denied, and confident in our future ability, we yield to the siren song of credit, and permit the chain to be slipped around our necks, aud are no longer free. But debt is a slow and sure fire. As long as one is in it, he is work? ing for others, aud it hangs as the heav? iest of millstones about his neck. It is a fire above which he is cous'-antly sus? pended, and which is ever kept supplied with fuel. In the distance looms the execution aud the sheriff. I. robs man of his sleep, and sits a skeleton at his table. It sticks by his side every hour of the day, and is the veriest imp of nightmare when darkness rules the hour. A man beyond tbe suspicion of debt stands fair before the. world; one known to bo in debt is often suspicioned. It robs a man of his fair name, for, be he ever so houest, there are many chances against paying?life, health and shrink? age in values; and iminy a time he cannot pay when be has promised and expects to do so. Some one has failed him ; his failure causes another, and so on through a long line, and perhaps even to disaster and ruin. With a weary heart the debtor toils. He feels but loo deeply that the proceeds or his work must go to pay for others fail? ures, and it is* difficult for the moat honest man to submit cheerfully. Payments may become due when he is needing the money for pressing uses. It is usually hard to pay old debts, and the worry consequent upon it is the slow fire that is the worst torture to many a man. A man, if blessed with health and strength, who is out of debt, may snap his fingers at care and the world. If the reverse, he is ever rolling the titone of Sysiphus up hill and it is constantly roll? ed back upon him so heavily that it may crush him, despite his best endeavor. Many a one has his quietus made with little more than a bare bodkin, when driven by debt; many a man has been roasted over the slow fire, to at last give up the struggle and perish miserably. It is the iron collar, the iron mask, worn by him whose name has never been written upon the pages of history; it is as a shirt of" hair, constantly galling. It will be a day of rejoicing when credit is no more. Shall we ever live to tiee it? It is doubtful, yet we can do something to baslen the time, and all should work earnestly for iia dawning. The sooner it comes the better. The sooner account books arc banished, the sooner will busi? ness be established upon a firm basis. Like many another necessary evil, earth need not weep over the downfall of credit. How, as nearly as possible, is this de? sirable end to be gained? The answer is a simple otie and contained in a nutshell. We should all pay up as soon as possible and avoid, as much as in us lies debt in the future. The coming times promise belter opportunities than the past. Let us avail ourselves of the coming sunshine, keep out of debt, and avoid death by its slow fire.?Lexington Dispatch. A Vexed Question Answered. "What shall I do to get rid of till this flesh ?" is the question that has been asked again and again of phyicians with? out receiving an intelligent reply. Sev? eral of our popular lecturers and writers have atempted to answer it, but the force of their disquisitions can be summed up in a single sentence : I3e content you are not lean, and starve yourself,?a course of treatment that will mjver cure obesity, cs thousands who have tried it can attest. Pharmaceutical science has given a ra? tional answer to this question in Allen's Anti-Fat, which will reduce the system from two to five pounds per week. It is purely vegetable and perfectly harmless. Sold by druggists. ? "Kissing your sweetheart," says a 1 trilling young man, "is like eating soup with a fork ; it takes a long time to get enough." ? A bachelor merchant's advice in se? lecting a wife: "Get hold of a \ iece of calico that will wash." MOSS-ROSE. The Wedding Among tho Flower*. From the Courier Journal. Once upon a time there was a great stir among the flowers; such a fluttering hadn't been for many a day ; such whis? perings and "putting on airs," for there was to be a wedding among them. Such an event was not an uncommon occur? rence, but it was the great difference in the social standing of the bride and groom elect that gave rise to the excite? ment and occasioned the "talk." It could scarcely be believed that Brown Moss, of such low origin, with his rug? ged, dark features, so homely in appear? ance, had really wooed and won the fair and elegant White Rose. Yet it was true, and the morning for the wedding had come, a bright morning on the last day of June?the sweet month of roses. The sun arose and sent its rays of golden beauty over hill-top and valley to awake the floral world from its sweet slumber. The queenly Lily, with her lovely com? panions, the verbenas and Petunias, the graceful Ferns and tender Smilax resting in their marble vases; the modest Myr? tle blooms, the timid little Violets and blue-eyed Forget-Me-Nots asleep under hedges, or in the dewy grass, were alike touched by the mild Sunshine and bade to get ready and make haste to the wed? ding. "Isn't this marriage the oddest thing 1" whispered a proud Scarlet Ger? anium to her nearest neighbor, a sweet? ly-perfumed Heliotrope, who answeded ; "I don't appreciate her taste, I'm sure?" while a Fucshia near by declared, "White Rose need never be jealous, as it isn't likely any of us will ever fall in love with her chosen one I" "Nor with her, either, as to that, for she is no beauty, the colorless thing I" sneered a Yellow Rose, whose heart was full of envy. "But she is lovely and good, and I think is doing right to wed the one she loves," spoke an independent Carina, while sha? king the dew from Iiis tall figure. "I agree with you, Cauna," said a rich Red Rose, whose warm heart was full of love and kindness for all, while a soft sigh of assent came from the pretty Lilies of the Valley, a fragile little family, with hearts as pure and white as the dress they wore. "The sweetest and best of Heaveu's gifts is love," came in whispers from the Pan sies, whoes lives, devoted to peace-mak? ing, had won for them the title of "Heartsease." A haughty Japan Lily and a flaunting Scarlet Sage, both very vain of their splendor and the admiration they excited, gave their opinion that "White Rose was doing an unwise thing to wed one so much beneath her; she should keep up the aristocratic standing of her family, one of the oldest and best in the floral wc.rld; and then she was setting a bad example by her condescen? sion ; it would cause others of the lower classes, like Brown Moss, to try and get above themselves"?lor you must know, little reader, that flowers have their "up? per and lower tons," their rich and poor, their fashionable and unfashionable cir? cles and classes of society, like the rest of the world. The flowers, whose kind and unkind words we have repeated, be? longed to the fashionable world, and it was little trouble for them to get ready for the wedding, with their rich and el? egant apparel at hand. But not so easy was it with the humbler classes when the generous Sunshine, who showed favors to none, awoke and gave them invita? tions to the wedding. They had no care? ful atter.isnt to look after their wants; their old clothes, in the way of dry and dead leaves and wilted blooms, were not removed by the hand of one employed to nurse and encourage their well-being, as the favored ones had, but had to care for themselves, and live as they best could. Those with discontents and envy in their hearts didn't like tins, ana wrien me Zinnias, thcuth an honest, good family, looked over at their neighbors, the Dah? lias, and saw them that morning arrayed In the richest of velvet, in every shade of cream and scarlet, their hearts were filled with pain, because their dresses weren't as uhowy; ho, after thinking awhile, they concluded, like Flora Mc Flimsey, that they "had nothing to wear," so would stay at home. Not so with the happy-hearted, jolly Holly? hocks, and their intimate friends the Poppies, who made the best of everthing, thinking their lives too short to waste in repining, preferring to laugh and dance the happy hours away, being as conten? ted living in a fence corner or in the outskirts of a poor man's garden as they would have been in a ribbon-bordered bed on a well-kept lawn. So to the Sun? shine's call they nodded their heads in merry answer, and without preparation were ready for the wedding. The But? tercups and Daisies, with the help of the clever Red and White Clovers, spread the breakfast table, but flowers have dainty appetites, and the sweet nectar furnished by the liberal Honeysuckle was the only refreshment at the dainty repast. Very lovely was White Rose on her bridal morn, for when lifting her fair face to the Sunshine, so sweet was her smile, so full of purity and truth, that out of love for her the Sunshine quickly changed the dew-drops that were clinging to her face and form to spark? ling gems. No bride ever wore more brilliant jewels nor robe of such snowy glistening sncen. The beautiful Morning Glorie?, the lovliest of flowers, and the first to awake and greet the morning, chimed the wed? ding bells, sending merry peals out on tbe fragrant air, while the Trumpet flow? er sweetly sounded notes of joy and glad? ness, the Canterbury bells and Columbine joining in the melody, until a gentle Zephyr softly whispered?"hush;" then he began tbe beautiful ceremony that linked together the two loving hearts. White Rose inclined her graceful form and bowed her head nearer to Brown Moss?the faithful lover by her side, who had dwelt by her, and loved her all her young life. Tbe flowers held their breath to listen to the marriage vows. Brown Moss' were uttered in tones heart? felt and true, firm and unfaltering, while the trembling White Rose's were gentle and loving. After the benediction, when the Zephyr had wafted a sweet prayer to heaven to bless the union, White Rose bent her head a little lower that she might receive her lover's caress, and as he embraced her, and kissed her fair cheek, right gently and lovingly he threw around her a soft clinging mantle of brown, that it might shield her ten ness from the untender winds, and, when she again lifted her face to her friends, she smiled upon the drapery and kept it there, where her lover had placed it, as an evidence of his thoughtful love. Through all the after years she wore it, aud with gentle pride, for it told the sweet love story. She wore it too that the floral world might see how true was her allegiance, and that she loved to honor and wear the name of Moss-Rose. Annik English Anderson. -* Chaste and Delicate.?The most I chaste and delicate perfumes for the j handkerchief arc Dr. Trice's Unique I Perfumes, Pet Rose, Alista Bouquet, j Hyacinth, Sweet Brier, or any of his ' odors. The exquisite delicacy of their j fragrance will delight all lovers of sweet I Bcents. "licit is Life-Cold is Dcalli." There is no greater fallacy than the opinion of many, particularly the young and strong and vigorous, that winter especially a sharp, frosty one, with plen? ty of snow?is the most healthy season of the year. Very few seem to realize the fact that cold is the condition of death, and that in warm and cold cli? mates it is our unconscious effort to main? tain our bodily heat at a temperature of ninety-eight degrees, that wears us out. To this temperature, called "blood heat," every cubic inch of oxygen that serves to vitalize our blood must be raised by our own bodily heat, or life ceases. .Since in cold weather the maintenance of a suf? ficiently elevated bodily temperature ver ry often becomes a difficulty too great for our strength, the advent of a severe win? ter is really more to be dreaded than a visitation of a pestilence. The saying, "Heat is life?cold is death," has a stri? king tllustratiou and confirmation in the reports now regularly submitted by Dr. Russell to tbe Glasgow Sanitary commit? tee. The death rate rises and falls with the regularity of the thermometer. So many degrees less heat, so many more deaths, and vice versa. In one of bis fort? nightly reports, Dr. Russell says: "The death rate in the first week of the fort? night was twenty-one, and in the second week twenty-five. The mean tempera? ture in the former week was 40.8 degrees Fahrenheit, in the latter 39.5 degrees." He attributes the low rate of the first week to the high mean temperature of the preceding fortnight, which was 47.03 degrees, and adds : "This is a good illus? tration of a law which we frequently observe in these reports of temperature and death rates,a week of low temperature produces a rise in mortality the week following." In our climate, it would probably be difficult to find a more fre? quent cause of serious ailments than ta? king cold. Whatever weak place we have, whatever constitutional disorder we be subject to, cold will surely discover. We take cold because our vitality is too low to ward of the effects of the reduced temperature around us. As a matter of first importance, then, to resist cold and the various derangements of the system consequent, it is necessary by proper nu? trition to maintain our natural animal heat; second, to retain this; heat by a sufficient quantity of clothing; third, to regulate with care the temperature of tbe air we breathe. Contrary to the opinion current among lovers of cold weather, a fire in a bed-room in tbe win? ter is cheaper and better than a doctor's bill ; for, owing to our inactive condition during sleep, the circulation of the vital? izing blood is both slow and imperfect, and hence the danger of taking cold by breathing cold air is greatly increased. A cold is the beginning of everything that is bad. If any one conscious of hav? ing caught one, feels cold chills running up the back, let him apply a mustard plaster to the bottom of tbe spine and lower part of the back at once; and by so doing he may avert a dangerous ill? ness before it is too late and medical ad? vice can be procured. It should never be forgotten that "heat is life?cold is death.?Seientifiic American. Miss Hosmer's Motor.?Thia is an nge that threatens to overturn all our conceptions of the stability of things. Even the cast iron mechanical laws that are hclipvt d to govern the equilibrium of the universe are in danger of being set aside by those untiring investigators of the mysterious secrets of nature who are bent on showing that the word "impossi? ble" must be expunged from our modem dictionaries because it belongs to a dead language. The telephone enables us to hear a friend speaking five hundred miles away, the phonograph makes a word ut? tered au eternal physical record of an idea, and now comes an application of the magnet as a motor that promises to cause a revolution in mechanics such as the wildest dreamer had not imagined. Such, at least, are the opinions of prac? tical men who have had opportunities of examining the operation of this new motor on a small scale. That there ex? ists an irresistible, if unregulated, force in magnetism has not been denied by sci? entists. The nature of the power exerted proves plainly enough that our present appreciation of it cannot measure what may be exerted to an unlimited extent when unknown agencies cause a develop? ment of its latent forces. The steam that only lifted the lid of Watt's kettle has been applied to the Corliss engine. So can the subtle power exercised in raising a needle by a magnet be devel? oped to a degree cquni to the movement of an ocean steamer. That Miss Hosmer should be the discoverer of some of the secrets of this mighty fores is a matter of which her country has reason to be proud. We only hope that Edison and herself may not drive us too fast toward the time when all that is to be known will be known.?N. Y. Herald. Ax Augeii WHICH Bores Square Holes.?To send a verdant youngster in search of a drill wherewith to make a square hole is one of those time-honored workshop jokes, the freshness and origi? nality of which is perennial with suc? ceeding generations of perpetrators. But the laugh is now over, or at least it is on the side of the victim, for, incredible as it may appear, this apparent impossibil? ity has been accomplished, and in a way so simple and so easy that any one may prove the fact for himself. As may be supposed, the invention has excited more genuine astonishment among the mechanics gathered at the Exposition than any of the other wonders here dis? played. There is a constant crowd sur? rounding the inventor, watching him bore hole after hole square, and puzzling over the very simplicity of the provok ingly simple solution of the problem. If I had not seen the thing done, I should have refused, as many of your readers will doubtless feel similarly inclined to do, to believe in its possibility ; but, for tunatcly, here is a case wlierc nothing need be taken on faith. All that is re? quired is an ordinary hand drill-stock. A stationary one with a chuck below for holding the work, the inventor, Mr. Ju? lius Hall, of London, uses; but he says a common brace will answer?"anything, in fact, will do that will properly hold the drill." The tool itself is the usual lorm of three-square drill, so that it will be seen that no special apparatus at all is required. Clamp or chuck this drill in its holder so that it will "wabble," and you have the whole secret. Instead of making a round hole, as it undoubt? edly will if tightly grasped, when loose? ly held it produces a square one. Why it should act thus is at first to all appear? ances an impenetrable paradox, and, even after the rationale is discovered, it scarcely seems quite clear.?Pari? Letter. Extract from the Ton.?Dr. Price's Vanilla Flavor is extracted from the Mexican Vanilla Pod. This popu? lar flavor, as made by Dr. Price, embod? ies the delicate aroma of this agreeable fruit, freo from the strong ranf; taute of those extracts sold as Vanilla, made from the cheap Tonqua or snuff-bean. ? Memphis thinks of surrendering her charter to get rid of her debt. Paying in Promises. "I brought up some cotton to-day and sold it, but I had to pay taxes, buy some provisions and settle up my guano ac? count and am dead broke. I had in? tended calling 'round and paying for my paper, but haven't got the money just now?will he in town again some day and see what I can do for you." "Hope deferred maketh the heart sick," and we are tired of such empty promises as this?the very east wind of indefiniteness. Why have we to wait until every store account, guano bill and tax execution are satisfied ? If the paper ain't worth the subscription price nobody will force you to take it, but don't call around at the office and say you want it and that you will pay for it and then never do it. Our subscription money, although it is but two dollars, is of as much consequence to us as the mer? chant's store account or the guano agent's bill. Publishing a newspaper is no child's play. It is a constant, steady ex? pense. It takes time and talent and money. It is an evcry-day, all-year job, through storm and sun, week in and week out. The profits of the business, even under the most prosperous conditions, are very small. Come up, then, and pay your subscription, pay it promptly, pay it in full and pay it in money. Sell your wood to somebody else and bring us the cash, turn your potatoes into money, drive your ducks to some other market. You wouldn't think of paying your phy? sician in pindcrs or a lawyer in 'possum grease?why bring such trash to publish? ers and try to palm it oft" on them for money they have worked for and honest? ly earned. "I will pay you in the fall" and "I'll call 'round again" ain't worth a cent. You can't buy a box of blacking or a pound of cheese with any such cur? rency.?Abbeville Medium. Modern Samsons. In the last century there lived in Eng? land a man named Thomas Topbam, who was renowned for his muscular power. He could, with ease, roll up in his fingers the pewter platters which were in fashion at that time, or strike an iron poker upon his arm until he bent it at a right angle. He took a bar of iron and, placing it be? hind his neck, holding the two ends in Iiis hands, he brought these ends forward until they met in front, then?a feat which required still more dexterity?he brought it straight again in a similar manner. He is said to have lifted with his eeth, and held out for a time, a wooden table six feet long, and with half a hundred-weight attached to one ex? tremity. The .e performances are record? ed by Dr. Desaguliers, a French scien? tific writer, who made it his business to investigate the subject personally, while collecting material for one of his works. In 1744, being then thirty years of age, Topham went to Derby and obtained Eermission of the authorities to display is prowess in public. A stage was erec? ted for him, aud on this stage, among other performances, he raised three casks filled with water, the total weight of the three being 1,826 pounds, and it will be observed that in doing it he brought the muscles of his neck and shoulders par? ticularly into requisition. Tbe muscular strength of his legs had been affected by an injury he sustained during an incau? tious experiment. He had undertaken to pull against two horses from the trunk of a tree, but, being unscientific in his mode of exertion, and placing himself disadvantageous^, he was defeated, and his knee-pan was fractured. It was the opinion of Desaguliers that, had he gone properly to work, TophaDi might have pulled successfully against four horses instead of two. The two-horse feat was accomplished in the last century by a powerful individual, a German named Non Eckeburg. This man sat down on an inclined board, with his feet stretched agaimt fixed support, and two strong horses were unable to remove him from his position. Standing on a platform, like Topham, he sustained tbe weight of a iarge cannon round his waist, and, at another time, bending his body in the form of an arch, he allowed a stone of more than a foot in thickness to be broken upon his abdomen by the blow of a sledge-hammer. Of Maurice, of Savoy, son of the Elec? tor Augustus II., it is recorded that his strength of finger was so great lhat he could snap iron horse-shoes between his fingers like pieces of glass, and, on one occasion, finding himself in want of a cork-screw, he took a long nail and with his fingers, twisted it round into the shape of the implement he required. Such are some of the feats which the human body is able to accomplish by muscular exertion. A Revolution Indeed.?During slavery I owned one of the blackest as well as meanest negro men in South Ar? kansas. He was known in the neighbor? hood as Crow Sam. I used to thrash Sam about twice a week. Steal! he'd steal from himself and then deny it. Well, when the war came on he was one of the first to turn against me. He went into the army and served till the sur? rende*. After peace was made I moved over into an adjoining county and went to work, trying to repair my broken fortune. One day a negro that I had working for me knocked down one of my horses, which so enraged me that I struck him several times with my cane. He went away and returned with a constable who summoned me to appear next day before a magistrate. Officers were not quite so numerous then as now., and the magis? trate's office was several miles away. Well, sir, when I got there who should I see on the bench but old Crow Sam. He was fat and greasy and had on au enor? mous pair of spectacles. When every? thing had been made ready court was opened, and old Sam, giving me a search? ing look, remarked: *' 'Pears that I've seed you afore." "Look here, Sam," I said, "I don't like to be mixed up this way. Try to settle this affair without malice." "De law is gwin to hab its direck course," said Sam. "Things hab kinder changed since we was in business togeth? er, but the principle of de nigger havn't rcvoluted. Dis nigger is as big a rascal as I used to be, so Marse John I'll dis? charge you, flinging de black ape in de cost."?Little Rock {Ark.) Gazette. His Objection- to a Juror.?"Are you satisfied with the jury, gentlemen?" asked Judge Noonan this morning, after the jury had been impannelled. "We are," said the lawyers in chorus. A tall, gaunt figure solemnly arose in the jury box, and said impressively," "But I'm not." "What is your objection, Mr. Snooks," inquired his Honor, blandly. "This young man, on my right, your Honor, has been eatiug onions." "Objection overruled ; go on with the case."?Elmira Gazette. Beyond a Question.?Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder is free from all adulterant's, hence the purest and most economical. It is beyond all questiou the best and most perfect of anything in the market. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder is not sold in bulk, it is put up iu cans, securely labeled. GENERAL SEWS SUMMARY. ? A man in Florida walked ninety one miles to vote. ? The business of the cotton and woollen mills of the East is improving. ? Some Indiana Republicans call for a ticket reading '"Grant and Harrison." ? The Commercial convention will positively meet in New Orleans Decem? ber 3. ? A bill providing for a general State registration law has been introduced in the Georgia Legislature. ? The Senate of Georgia defeated, by a vote of 24 to 17, a bill making seven per cent, the legal rate of interest. ? Col. Claiborne, of Pointe Coupee parish, La., has made fifty thousand pounds of sugar from thirty acres of cane. ? The faithful body (so-called) servant of the Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, is reported as being a richer man than his master. ? Gen. Hancock won the swoid at the New York Cathedral fair, the votes be? ing: Hancock, 631; Newton. 624; Jos. E. Johnston, 515. ? There are 226 counties in Texas; of these Tom Green and Crockett; are as large as Massachusetts, Pecos as Connec? ticut, and Harris as Rhode Island. ? The next Legislature of Louisiana will stand: Senate?Democrats, 25; Re? publicans, 11. House?Democrats. 72; Republicans, 18; Nationals, 2; Indepen? dents, 2. ? A correspondent writing to the Hartford Courant from Boston, says that Butler will hereafter cast his political fortunes with the Democratic party.? God forbid I ? There lives in Franklin county, N. C, a man forty-nine years old, who never heard a sermon preached, never read a chapter in the Bible, never fired a gun and never saw a white man married. ? In a joint convention of the Senate and House of Alabama on the 27th ult., Governor Houston was elected to the United States Senate by an almost unan? imous vote, there being but two votes cast against him. ? The editor of a Republican paper in Michigan opposed the candidate of his party for county clerk, for which ho was set upon by his late associates and tarred and feathered. ? Notwithstanding the low price of cotton, it is stated that the working peo? ple of Southwest Georgia, both white and black, are, as a general thing, better off than they have been at any time since the close of the war. ? A larger number of people than usual are emigrating from the mountains of East Tennessee. They breed there like bees, and the exodus that has con? tinued for years does not thin out the population to any great extent. ? Sheep husbandry in Western Texas has grown at a marvelous rate. In 1866 San Antonio received but 600,000 pounds of wool, while in 1877 she received 2,000,000. In 1866 there were shipped from Corpus Christi 600,000; this year there will be shipped 6,500,000. ? Three Southern women were dis? charged from the Treasury Department recently, to be followed, it is said, by all that remain. This is a feature of the "new policy," and is declared by those who know to have been brought to the attention of Mr. Hayes before adoption. ? There was a singular scene at the Houston. Texas, court house: A negro named Allen Smith had betrothed him? self to six different damsels, all of whom were in waiting to be espoused. After considerable parlance, but one was chosen and wedded, and the residue indulged in bitter invectives against the ba<e de? ceiver. ? The Courier-Journal says that not less than 14,000 people were swept away by the yellow fever plague of the past season, while the direct and indirect losses in money and trade have been es? timated at $175,000,000, but will doubt? less largely exceed that sum. Probably $200,000,000 would hardly cover those losses. ? An exchange notes the fact that the lowest price at which cotton has sold in this country during the last fifty years was in the spring of 1845, when it went as low as four cents per pound. The highest price for it, during the same period, was $1.90, in 1804. It sold as high as fifty-two cento, however, for good money, in 1866. ? That a large per cent, of the yellow fever deaths in Memphis were never re? ported is shown by the fact that Superin? tendent Phillips says there were 1,084 burials in Elmwood cemetery, and the total interments during the epidemic be estimates at 6,000. Seven thousand dol? lars were allowed the City Undertaker, and an additional claim is under consid tion. ? If the people of the South do not organize against the tramp nuisance the organized tramps will take the country. One hundred desperate vagabonds can capture any county seat, commit any and all kinds of outrages and terrorize a whole county. We do not produce the tramp in this part of tbe country, and should not feed or tolerate them.?Mem.' phis Appeal. ? A poor Irishman at Rochester owed a rich man some money, and was unable to pay. The rich man obtained a judg? ment and an execution, but there was nothing on which the Sheriff could levy. The Irishman had two large pigs, but the law allows a man two, and the Sheriff could not take them. The rich man then bought two little pigs, had them presen? ted to the Irishman, and thereupon took his two large ones. ? A better season tor sugar turougnout to this date has perhaps never occurred in Louisiana or any other sugar-raising district in the world. The yield is vari? ously estimated at from one hundred and sixty thousand to two hundred and fifty thousand hogsheads. The yield of mo? lasses will be much less in proportion to tbe amount of sugar made than last year, owing to the superior condition of the cane and its immunity from injury by tbe weather. While the sugar, however, is finer and better in quality, the molasses is also much improved.?New Orleans Picayune. ? The searchers after Mr. Stewart's body acknowledge defeat. Each clue that they have followed has led to noth? ing. It is not said that they will give up all effort, but for the present they have no indications to go upon, and the hunt is wild and formless. There seems to be no immediate prospect of recovering the remains unless a big reward is offered and immunity to the criminals guaranteed. What a theme the afTair affords for tho moralist upon the dark side of life, with all its intricacies and mysteries! Tho thieves may bide their time, and if the conditions arc not met, the bones of the millionaire merchant may rot away in some unknown aud unmarked pit. In that case the vast and stately crypt under the Garden City Cathedral will go with? out the tenant for whom it was especially built, and future visitors will say that "here is where Mr. Stewart's corpse was to have been laid to its final rest." The merits of Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup arc acknowledged by all who have ever used it for the diseases of infancy. Price only 25 cents a bottle.