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BY E. B. M?KRA7T & CO. ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, M?B?lT?ir?ii? - " ? _^----^____- _ / VOLtJME XV.-NO: 3T" TILE ORANGEES? NEW YEAR. Worthy Maa tor*? Address on the Condition ortho Order-The DuUoaaud Aliuo of tho Patrons of Husbandry In South Carolina. Delivered by the Jinn. J. N. lipscomb, at the recent Meeting of the State Orange. Patrons: The year of 1879 bas passed , away, nod you in the thre jhold of the new vear 1880 are now met in serious conclave' to 'consider, consult, devise and determine what ic most needed and best for yourselves, your families, your State ana your country as to domestic, pecuniary, social and civic welfare. At such a meeting, custom, co-exiHtent with - the Order itself, makes it my duly to ad dress you, to inform you of tho condition aud the past annual transtacions of the Order, and to recommend action conduc ive toits future prosperity and advance ment. Since lost you met the struggle to sus tain, revive and firmly establish the Order in the State bas been most paticnt < ljt pe-aisteptlyy earnestly aud successful , >1y made1 by a>part of your officers, aided by some of the Maulera of Pomona and subordinate Granges, aud in some cases conspicuously by Individual Patrons un officially. But in many portions of the State, owing to the indifference snd apathy of tho farmers and the culpable negligence of Patrons, who, after allow ing themselves to bo elected to and in stalled into office, proved recklessly re creant to tbe solemn pledges aud duties they assumed, the Order hos not advanced but declined. In, all counties nod sections wherever Patrons and their officers have dono their " whole duty the Order'flourishes and ad vances by healthy progression, and it is not wrong to say that with the same spirit, devotion to duty, sense of obligation, pa tient and persistent isork, almost all the counties of this State could and would show rig creditable and flourishing an ex hibit of the Order as Colloton, Darling ton, Newberry, Kershaw. Lancaster, York and Spartanburg. In all cases of decline ? t?7-f ? .- . .-If. ? ._tU_t__ ur ian ute ti> ID emu vu oajr vu mino T? ?29 m.lu in office, "You have done those things you should not have done and loft undone -those things you should have done." No organization.association, corporation or body of any kind, either social or finan cial, religious or secular, ever succeeded or ever will succeed, unless its officers, leaders and members work, and work continuously, in ita interest.- Who ever made anything a success without devo ting to it time, toil, thought and money? The great mistake made by the officers of our Order has been and is that there is no obligation Where there is no salaiy. Th:; rule would ruin any organization, ? and the very opposite should prevail and be taught by us that while a man cannot be compelled to assume an office that does or does not pay, wheu viewed from an individual standpoint, still aa a member of any organization be is -bound to assume and discbarge tho duties that may be fairly and importiallyimposed on bim at any time for the common good. Further, that when by the aggregate voice and for the . common good he is. placed in non-paying offices, thia the obligation ?B imperatively incumbent Upon bim to either refuse to be installed, or being installed to more punctiliously and sedulously discharge all duties than if amply paid. I lay great streea upon this point, and urge that you will gi vo it your most mature consideration, for, in my opinion, just here must be instituted or inaugurated any successful attempt to . reform and revive our Order or society and the civic and political condition of our State and country. Look around and you will FCO thutofuces are sought or avoided an suits the welfare of the com muni ty, and offices, from the highest to the lowest, are now considered prizes to j be obtained by electioneering, maumuver . i"g,; Cu.ickn.fary,. deception and fraud. This bas been carried to such an extent that there ?B but little pretence now made to public tone and morals, and it is rap idly sapping the very foundations of so ciety and civilization. The only remedy is to establish and maintain that rule ol ou? pr^eirMiih regard'to office : "That no mah shall ?eek an office or shirk one;" "that the office shaU seek the man, and ' hoc ino man tho omeo." . jrairons, stamp this motto upon tho banners of your Or der, and nail it to your masthead ; carry it ?uto all the organizations to which you individually b?un?, whether social, re ligious, financial, civic or political, and demand that it be made an irrevocable rule, and in tho near future it will re dound in untold %ood to you and yours; to your country and io civilization itself. . The existence and continued vitality of this Order in the United States is no ion ?ger an experiment, and it is impossible to foresee, foretell, or estimate its future power and influen?a upon society, busi ness and, government. The National Grange,at its meeting in Canandlagua, New Yorky Aa Novcmboi last, considered, discussed. and took ac timi upc" questions'of'deep Interest and vast import to us, dur Order and thc country. 1 invite your' earnest at tention and consideration to their pro ceedhggB-VPBoiall^t'' bm more especially to the Tollowihg?vk: The reports of thc Committees on American Agriculture, o's .. Co-operation, ?n'Twhsporta;i?n,'on Res ol ?tiona, arid' Pro?mblo and Resolution: offered by Bro, Brigham W. M. of Obie State Orango, and report of Committee on Dormant Granges, which aro appen ded to and made pr.st.of this address Vt- - <?tt.>?i> j?f rt ?ujll . KA gggr? ?hol the ?ela wao . w~vspread, -th? thought deep and ,\tr the expression bold and manly, th? fusions decided ami determined, find ?.ho Intentions plain ly and moat unequivocally stated. While TC Aili and ntav. d?iwflrit from narnia vie ty i .'ind 'doctrines' contained' in these ant other pwv^cedings I. am sure it will bi cordial!; admitted they are indubitable evidence of devotion, zeal abd interest ir ssd tO.?b?'Ofd**; and- the people, in t broad and -liberal sense. Consider ene discuss them fully, giving fall expressiot to your cndorjeraeatordisacnt. But om ?amendment was proposed to *bo ConeHi lotion, and that I will lay before you foi your ratification or rejection, at tho prop cr time, and as ia required in such cases Let mo strongly nrgo you not lo let thii 'session pass away without some very ef feet!ve plana and rules being devised am . adopted a? to the revival of dorman Grange?. While the Worthy Secretar] gives you encouraging information aa i< tho number revived, still there are toe many dormant, aud I must loudly wan that the time will soon come whoa tin door of revival will ?Ve finally closed an? the revocation of. charter ensue. Financial and business plans and pro position? will bo offered for vour con sid oration; from them I confidently ex pee to see you reap great benefit and satis fae tion, but ns this is strictly private I wi) withhold my v?ows,'.and .also "caution' all aa to tue loo frequent manner ii which financial and busmen matters ar difceuswd and spoken of, in violation o ibz imperative Injunction of ?mr Ordes It affords me great pleasure to official ly Inform you that by the wise and libers legislation of the General Assembly Bureau of Agriculture ha? been establish - ed In this Slate. The department ha been organized and is at work. Not with standing much unfavorable and unfriend ly prophesying concerning it, I most Ban gui nely and confidently expect and pre dict that it will be a great and maguifi centBucceae; annually growing in strength and symmetry; r.ouunlly expanding its sphere and scope ?f work and usefulness : bringing money, muscle and brain to aid in redeeming and rebuttdirig bur state and developing ita immense resources, now idle and useless; furnishing-much und varied information, useful, beneficial ant interesting to the entire agricultural, ? mercantile and professional community now within our borders, and inducing many from without to come in. Let me 1 bespeak for it your confidence and sup Bott, in return for which it will prove a lessing to this State and people. And now having been BO handsomely and lib erally recognized as a class br our own State Government, let us ali, aa agricul turist and as a people, use our right of petition and our influence, and join our j voices to so many thousands of others throughout thfo broad Union, to induce Congress to make the Commissioner of t Agriculture of the United State? a Cabi net officer, and raise his department to equality in dignity and efficiency with tue others. In view of the immense importance it could be to, and tho untold j?ood it could do for, that great producing class who support the whole government and peo ple; the niggardly support given, and j the indifference anown by Congres? te* tho Department of Agriculture, is an out rage and nu insult that should no longer bo endured by a civilized and enlightened people. On this subject I have a letter, urging i action, from Bro. D. Wyatt Aiken, J Worthy ! Past ( Master of this Grange, and now one of the represeiiative* of this State in tho United otate* Con gress, which I will lay before you. Patrons, we are here in council to de vise and determine for the good and welfare of our beloved order, of our wive." and little ones, our people and our State. Let us think for a moment, and thou try to realizo tho immense power we can wield, IMO immense good we c^n do, and the great obligation resting upon us to fully exert ;h*t power and to do that good. Then at oui* to work ; utilize this Order. While you strive to increase, build up and strengthen it ; at tba nanto time U86 it ; make it work for you ; keep it bright and smooth by constant use. UBO it how 1 Uso it for everything good flint, any nodal, educational, financial or civic purpose that will benefit or interest us and ours. All men have some special order, organization or association to sub serve and promote tbe special interest of a special class; and to get ita benefits for that ningle speciality, they expend any amount of time, thought, toil and money needed to succeed. This order, thus used, and thus treated, will return a thousand fold for all expended upon it Then sustain it well, and use it well. Use It at homo, in the neighborhood, in the township, iu the county, in the State, in the Union and with foreign countries. Use it from the minutest in terests and objecta of the home and fami ly to tho grandest schemes of statesman al'i and diplomacy. It is actually im possible for us agriculturists and farmers to any longer derive sufficient profits from our toil mid labor to feed and support our families, without this or some similar I Organization by which we can relievo and protect ourselves from the ruinous exaction of State and Federal legislation, aud customs of trade, and tho unjust ana extortionate discriminations of corpora tions and monopolies. The earth yields bountiful crops, improved implements, and increased intelligence enables the husbandman to reap more aud more each year ; the prices of produce at pointa of consumption are good, and a fair de mand for the whole supply exists ; but : still, with all this agriculture is on the : declino; the fermera are getting poorer ' each year; each year more and more of them become bankrupt; each year the number of landowners becomes smaller and smaller, and unless some change is made, or remedy- applied, it is only a question of time when wholesale bank ruptcy and ruin will overwhelm them as a class. Why is thia? Because there is an abnormal and undue amount of or ganisation and comb iiistion fiots^on?st?c to agriculture, and absolutely none in its defence or behalf. The poor individual farmer stauds si nely ned alone confron ting an army of thousands, trained, drill ed, officered, organized, armed, equipped, supplied and "ready" to move at a moment's notice ;" and there stands the farmer with nothing I 'Aa one of our aol diera once complained, "nothing to tat and nothing to cook it in ;" nothing to shoot, and couldn't shoot it if he had ; no ammunition bot adozen "bird shot," and a spoonful of wet powder all mixed to gether in his "breeches pocket ;" no sup plies but a little "lien," "dry aalt" meat j no one to help him, and ho can't help himself. I So. *pfc?u the . contest begioi who can and .will get the most of the am aual crops of this poor farmer while ii ii tn transilu from bim to the consumer i It can ba easily seen how much chance ho stands. It is a wonder ho gets any al PM. Thib is rspsiod annually until bard work and hard living bring bia premature death to end his misery. .Is this picture truo? Look and judge foi yourselves. Look around 1 You will seo tho evidences of extravagance and prodigality, both governmental and social public tod private, spead broadcast ovei the whole country. Tho government ?Wt ?lint; honnla ranlrlpJUtlir ntumrinff ill to waatefmanJ unprofitable consumption and expenditure, nil of which must bi paid for by these annual producta oi values derived from tho toil and sweat o: the farmer. To raise the means to sup port all thia governmental and social ex travaganco <t becomes nc?essary to. B< shape the 1 ?ialatloh of the country, bott Federal und State, foreign commercia treaties, revenue lawa at a taxes, that al government?, corp?rationst combinationi I and monopolies may be abie co seize one 1 appropriate almost tho entire amount o the proceeds of agricultural labor, leav i ag a bare pittance to support existence I solemnly ask you is this to continui ? without any effort to check or chango it ' To check or change it will require some thing beside individual effort or work it will require complete, thorough ant strong combination nud organization o nurrfoera of people. If any one can givi .us a bette: br strongcVj let him do so a once, but until something better is found let us bold on to thia Order, and ase itt? save ourselves from ruin and destruction Let ns avail ourselves of this meeting ii this our beautiful "City by the Bea,* t remove the many misapprehensions tba exist as to tho objects and tenets of uu Order ; show and convince all who wil iiaten, thai we arc not dasir?cUv* o militant ; that we seek to injure none that wo are conservativo' and defensive that wo only seek to get the same beucfi and aid from organization and co-opern l'on, in our pursuits and undertaking* that all others around us are getting that we propose no innovations on lon established rules of business.. That wail wo wok to remove all useless and wortli lesa manipulations, producing exaction nud taxes without value of products i transito from the farmer and nianufactt rer to the consumer, Btill we are wiitin aud expect that all needed manipulation handling and carriage shall receive full couir-nsat?ou ; .that vre ?eek to inform ourselves how and where to sell most profitably, and to buy most economically ; that by selling and buying together, we get the benefit quantity always gives in either, an? in freights and charges. That we seek and desire the most friendly relations with commercial and business men and ccmpauies ; that we claim and confident ly assert that if we could, and should consummate our undertakings, it would redound in benefits to business and other clauca? equally with the agricultural; that they and all should aid us, "os we i work for all." We do not claim that the annual crops belong to the husbandman alone, bat admit it to be a common prop erty, belonging to all who work or serve the community, either physically or men tally, and each is entitled to . laim in proportion to tho value of the services rendered, but no more : and we deuy the right of those who neither work nor serve to any share at ail. No matter bow much conflict there may be between the' agricultural class nud interests and other classes and interests in other States abd coun tries, still it is safe to say there. is and should be none in thia State. No enter prise based upoB capital, commerce, trade, manufactures, or transportation, bas yet reached such magnitude and power in this State os to sensibly cause it to directly antagonize thc great aud fundamental in terest of agriculture, and, whenever it is attempted, it is by those who, failing to realize and understand the int?r?ts they representare tempted by inordinate and selfish greed and aggrandizement to a course- that ia not endorsed by judgment or approved by conscience. Then let us invite and appeal to the sense and wis dom of the leaders of all classes and in terests to join and aid us ia dovisiugand inaugurating plans and schemes that will revive and foster the languishing ag ricultural iuterest of the State and coun try ; join us to influence and cause more considerate and friendly legislation and action. \yr>th Rfcnf.fi an? TvAdnrol . ain n? tn remove some of the too many heavy and unjust burthens with which agriculture is now, so loaded as to crash and stifle it. Then will it soon revive and prosper, con ferring sustenance, profit and happiness of not only tliorc immediately engaged in it, but also on all of ovory class and interest. May yonr Bession bo harmonious, pleas ant and fraternal;, may your work oe so .*?Tl and wisely done, and its fruits sp Bweei and abundant as to entitle you to tho praise and thanks of those you'repre sent, and cause you to be glad that you are here. A Stenm Koad-Wngon. During the winter months Professor Saroni has beon busy in perfecting his steam wagon, and be will this week for ward his model of the machinery to Washington, D. 0., for the purpose of securing: letters patent upon it, ho having PO far been operating under a simple caveat. Sinco the appearance of tho op Eamt us upou the streets last fall it has eeo vastly improved. By a double sys tem of clutches and pulleys, one at each end of the driving shaft, the. power can ba applied for speed or for slow work with heavy draught. But the greatest novelty that bas beon introduced Into the. machinery is a system of propulsion for uso in caso of ascending a steep hill. Taking an idea from the fact that a horse can draw a much heavier load than its own weight, the inventor has introduced two sets of lovers that correspond (factly, in movement and in the application of power with the two hind legs of a horse, the one alternating with the other, pre cisely as do the limbs of the animal, li is difficult, without diagrams, to illustrate how this ia accomplished, but it? ?filet ean be understood with sufficient clear ness from the foregoing ; comparison. The second important advance ?sade ?? in a device for the rapid generation of steam, which bi a marvel ot ingenuity, os. well as a marvel of success. As former ly, gasoline is the fuel employed, and the flame is made to play upon pumice-stono, which heat to a whiteness, and thus not Anlv ffyaotflq a rnaartinir nf nnwqt?Ht Tl?.?t but Bnould the ??me t>? tcmpotarily ex tinguished by a sudden jerk of the ma chinery, as it is apt to be, it is rekindled. The pumice-stono occupies the fire-box above which are arranged coils of pipe containing tho water, which are ro ar ranged aa tb give the water both lateral and longitudinal motion, and to permit the sediment to settle in the lower pipes on the side of the fire-box, where it can be readily taken out. A second and smaller boiler is used to generate steam first, and this super-heated steam is con ducted to a nozzle, at the end of which t .d below it is ?'aced closely a second nozzle. This .w.tion of the apparatus is similar to thc atomizers which are BO familiarly known and used in procuring fine spray from bottles of perfume, ana tho action of the steam atomizer invented by Professor Saroni is precisely aiuiil?r to that of a perfume, bottle. The jet of superheated steam, aa it emerges from its nozzle, meets n jot of gasolino~vapor from the nozzle immediately below the steam nozzle, arid steam and gos are together f>rejected into the fire-box in that infin ity divided condition so favorable tb chemical combination, resulting in in tense combustion and-tho rapid produc tion of beat As soon as the pumice stone has thus been sufficiently _heated, ibo atomizers are shae on and tho ordi nary service jets are turned on. By thia means steam caa be generated from cold ? t??er to a pressure of 100 pounds in four minutes. . It nv.> bo added that the "leg propulsion," if it may be co termed, can b? UScd Wit'i Or Triitiu'ut ibu u?ow-mui?on i Eulley. or the locomotive apparatus may ts entirely uncoupled, and tue power ap plied to driving a thrashing-machine, with the wagon remainiug stationary. ffL Pani { A/fan.) Piano* Fran. ATTACKED -BYAN EAOLK.--Mr. Law- ! nisky, 5 Pobvnder who'came to this coun try from Michigan, aud who resides ten miles east of bare, was greatly frightened on last W'.dncrday. by rm occiwrcuco parilous position.,. !Thp..chJla, Varar, was in Ih 6 -bttn-y?rd . feeing ebirtf Hi> th e ehiekesas and i'stte xratk finding sr child isb^rouseraentv ..Tho little bojy bubbles of glee, blown through the reed ' 'cf joy soon bu tnt, end e?en- of ?distress' were borne upon the air to the father's' ears. An engl o which had been soaring" above the jard for some time, hud po roped upon the lad, nud commenced (tn -attack "upon Ijlm with ita talons. The child. rendered hepless by extreme fright. wAs tl ragged along the ground a short distance :by the rapacious representative of t?t?-dojlar gold coln; and would no doubt'h'avo been seriously injured but for thc opportune arri ya! of the father, who, with remar fe a ble presence mind. :picked np .a rail and be&tio?'. tho bird off from its intended victim jK^h dispatched it. Tho boy suffers more from th? .shock '-occasioned by the fright than by ihe few scratches. The bira measured1 7$ feet : m?ength and is of the bald species.'--Arkantaz Traveller. AT 0DT8P0KEH CONGRESSMAN. Tuc HOB. D. Wyatt Aticen Fx plains bis Views and Action on Ute Political Assess? rorats BUL WABHIKOTON, March 15, 1880. Tb the Editor of the New? and Courier: In your ?BSUO of tho. 18th inst., appeared the following: BOMB MOKE "FOOD FOB THOUGHT.'' "ia it possible that Congressman Aiken favor? the infamous system of assess ments upon public officers for political purposes? We canuot believe that be coe i. But if he does hot, why did he .nore to lay on the table the Anti*As sessment bill, having as bis followers all the Republicans aod only two Dem? crata, Moore, of Massachusetts, aud Wells, of Missouri?" Of whom do you make this inquiry? Is it of me, or ol that public whoss opin ion you would, I fear, haply if you could, mould to my demerit? There ii an insinuation always shrouded in inter rogatories submitted as you submit thc above, that to my mind suggests a sinis ter motive in propounding the inquiry If, however, in this instance this impres sion is groundless, and I am mistake . ic my view of the matter, I will only ot pleased to know I am incorrect]?* im ?rc?scd. But as Sam Scott, the Cntawbi ndian chie'of my boyhood day?, would say under similar circumstances, "Tl smells like it." During the extra session of last sprinj the committe on civil service reform re ported a' hilt prohibiting assessment upon public officers for political purposes Another feature of the Dill was to make it a penal'offence for such officers to aliov themselves to bo assessed for such purpo BOS.' The discussion upon this bill con sumed over two weeks of the extra Bes sion, and caused much "bad blood" be tween tho two parties, resulting in re peated and continued abuBO>-f tho South and the "Confederate Brigadiers" in th House, with never a friend, from th North, glorious Democrats tbeugh the; be, tb raise bia voice in our deronco, eav a few words from Gen; Tom-Ewing c Obie. Asa special order cet for a certain da thia session tbU bill came up again, am bad monopolized more than a week's tim nineo the 1st cf December last; - M Bouse, of Tennessee, made an exhaust ive speech'of two boura und a half agaim the civil Bervice reform policy ot M Hayes, and indirectly in favor of tho bil ' Similar time was allowed the Repubt can side of the House. That was coi sumed, and the member presenting th bill moved the previous question. Th I Republicans demanded further time 1 discuss the bill, and a large number < Democrats were disposed to grant it. The gentleman (Hosietler, of Indiana having the bill in charge persistently; r fused, and the Republicans began l "filibuster" by refusing to vote at al and the Democrats not having a quoru of the whole House present, had tl point made upon them after every' vot that a "quorum was not present." A cn of the House was ordered, and 243 men hers answered to their, names. Aooth vote was ordered, the roll called, abo 130 Democrats voted; but noRpublican and another point of order that there w no quorum. At this btage of the contest I saw i evident disposition on- the part of t Democrats to open up discussion agai Cuibonof Simply to allow theRcpub cacs another opportunity to abuse t South, and shako unmercifully t poor old tattered and torn bloody shirt our faces. Meantime the bill had been so load down with amendments from both Den crats and Republicana that its nutt would not have known bia bantlit wrapped as it was in ita variegated gi menta. Then it was that ! roso aud asked it would ba in order to lay Ibo bill a amendments oft tho table? Being tc that it would be, I made that moth which was lost by nine votes; but I 1 licvo the defeat of. my motion bau : complished what I desired-the wi drawal of this stupid bill from tbe ? federation of tho [House. I bad opel the way to more practical and useful ! islaiioii. ' ; But as you have ferced me into the : pers again, let tho whole truth be tc After my motion waa mudo, and' House in great confusion wero wra ling over (?orno points of order, tho ? thor of tho bill, (not the member hav: it in charge, bat the author) came to. i and asked mo to r-odiiy'" my "inoli And no lesa than a score pf Democ voluntarily said : "Aikgd. if you 1 moved to recommit I would have Vc with yob; but I .won't"vote io fabio bill." And this was tho volco of thc tiro South Carolina delegation. Do you comprehend tho differer] Had it been recommitted to tho cor?iini lt would baye remained in Damner hands, and conld have been amen I satisfactorily and presented 5" adifici garb in the future; or it could have b smothered in the committee, and wc never have again beeb beard.of. Bu have laid it on the table would havo I voting to BU . t the wishes of the Repu cans, and, ' therefore, an ackriowled quasi-defeat of tho Democratic mojoi which would have bed a teudoncy demoralize the party. , There Were not ?. baker's dozen , m bera that thought'tho bill wise ; i more tba:: half tbb remov?ais.ihoi it unwise, indefensible, and would p: adead-ietter upon our Statut? books ii acted into Jaw. But tho party had sv the "horse was sixteen feet high," they proposed to "fight it out ou linn." T tuna ri nt in al iha ? amarina^ thought it apt w:.60 to lake the c That's all there ia about it. Ono word further.' There aro ovo teen thousand clerke in Washington ; haps ten thousand oro men, and al thcrn -Hc~;:b?:TT. SU"?"OSC ' ono of them gave ten doltars To^a ? paign fund, as they did last summe elect Foster governor over Ewin Ohio, there will be a fund of $100 'How' will you prevent this amount b raised? This bill says such an . c> mont- shall not be mane. Supposo these clerks i know that continuance in office depends upon publican success next Fal!, and thc forward, and voluntarily give $20 Lliha raising $200,000 for the Rcpub campaign, what steps would you ta pr?ventif? . ' This bill says, that shall bo consii a penal offence. What-punished lo posing Pf your money as you think p after you have earned it ? Ai wei me that, after I had nold a bnle of c the money received for it should n spent aa I thought proper. . Thei {toints in Die bill will ?how you thc ect inutility pf enacting such leglil ian, i* proposed. Ono niora postscript, I bold E amenable io those who ? ent nie her. am over mady to ciro.account o stewardship, but! protest being bc account by thoao who, ignorant o surroundings, seem ever willing toi me for'political apcMtacy, I am no a eton, and 1 do not believe it ia th' of my constituency that I shoul Neither, do I propose to "go it j upon ?ny question solely becatvje it fa Democratic. I claim tho right of exer cising private judgment on all political questions upon which I am caliea to leg islate, and if upon examination I find I dicer in my views with those w.th whom I am in accord politically, I propose to vote as my judgment dictates. If called to account, 1 will be prepared to show cause both for my faith and my work's, Vory truly, D. WYATT AIKEN. A Texan (Jeni as. A Texan farmer mad? a discovery on the 8th which certainly bids fair to raise bim to more prominence in his owoBtate then if he had found a new ?a?erold of tho nineteenth magnitude, right ascen sion, 23 north, or invented a new steam pump. Surely and tersely the discovery was a method for tho extermination of the Texan ant. "Next to every one knows that the ant is an ?nsecv (bat mutt he dealt with prudently yet vigorously, com batively yet with caution. From the microscopio but highly-flavored species Uian haunts the sugary spots of the cub board to tho fierce and intractable pic nic variety, the ant is acrcature inculcate lng feelings, of profoundest respect, not to say awe, in tho human breast, and there is not a housekeeper in the broad land that can look unmoved upon bim when once )ie bas established bis home in tho neighborhood and gono. actively into- th?'business of multiplication and increase. Professor Doi?mus, of : New York, once estimated- that there were 19,344 different species of ants in Amep<> ca; and the Galveston Kewf, promptly recognizing tho " ui tuniloa, ' rose - and; claimed 19,323 of those species as the ex-, elusive property of Texas. Selfish and inconsiderate aa this claim may^aeem. i it bas never been contested ; and nineo tho Encyclopaedia Biittnniea, in the now. edition, bas accorded 19,300 varieties to Texas, it will be seen that the Gavcloton Newt'e apparently violent and boastful claim is well backed up by. eciectific au tboritj. But to thc discovery. ThoToxan farmer whose fame bids fair to rival that of the discoverer of America was in such humble circumstances i a year ago that he was only able to keep two hogs and one ants nests ou his ranche, twenty miles beyond Unvalde, on the Kio Prio. . Being Btill further re duced, he determined to give up ioo ants aud cling only to tho hogs. .Tho resolution was easily made. But bow to giye up tho ants?-ah, that was harrow ing. The farmer got out his two sons and three spades and started to dig up the nest In two minutes after, break ing ground tho impracticability ol min-, gling excavation with war danco and pro fanity became painfully evident, and he and his heirs retired to disrobe and ap ply arnica and ponder new methods of revenge. Next day ho poured two pounds of powder down tho muin hatch and touched lt oft". This blew half a million of anta to kingdom como, and excited the rest, but next morning thoy. were at work, cheerful as ever, having I just discovered where the farmer kept [his corn mea!. Then ho poured a gallon of kerosene down the hoi-) and set it on fire. Thenntsdidu't Uko this, but kept holiday ia the cellar while tho thing was blazing sud then came out again* Then tho farmer tried hot water, vinegar^ nitric acid, molasses, Paris green ana ammonia. He built bonfires over the 'nest by night nod rammed gunpowder. ' aud nitro-glycerine in it by day. No use. He tried prayer-the ants got away with his bag of cracked wheat. He tried profanity-they invaded his pork barrel. ' He Bat down in calm despair-they^ crawled up bia trousers and chewed the calmness right out of him. He dissem bled-ha, bal yes h J dissembled, and he watched. Ooo day ho saw nn ont crawl along tho top of a now empty cracker box end over on a straw lo tba. muzzle of & beer bottle near by, look down the abyss.and then drop in. The discovery was made I Tho farmer danced ? a solemn festal dance, got but . his old bottles, and waited' for night. Next morning the unsuspecting insects xo3p and i came out to disport themselves. Around the main entrance to their laby rinth there were five Bmall but. curious looking holes. ' Tbs* ?Dve?tb'%t*?L On? deputation dropped In after another, but not one came back. The camp was thrill ed with curiosity.--The rush to the holes was tremendous-tili, towards evening', not ar ant could bo. found, when the farmer came forth, unearthed the douii I johns, built a huge fire, and; consigned [ fifteen gallons ofants to perdition. ? Th? plan bj so simple, and yet so efficacious. All Texas is in arms and ecstasy, dig? ging aroend ant nests abd' picoting bob ties. . The farmer has been'-presented with ? gold modal by tho City Council of Galveston, and tho publicspirit/.d cifdr zens of Unvnldo voted him ? card of thanks in the Callee Deafer of the 23d,^ - That gold croates are often hollow I is well enough known, but-.few petsoni bavo discovered what a french wnS^bas -~the nse to which this vacant apace is put by English ladles. It is filled, be I says," with cordial, br sherry, or bra'ndvj for sipping in poi J lio places; and thus the religious symbol is inado to edebinia} ter to creature comfort, "This custom cai) bo observed nightly at tho opera, where a charming young. English lady is in tho habit bf pressing to her lips at tho ?nest pathetic passages ian enormous gold cross.1' If this story is as invention H i? atlea?i?ui g?nions. - The uniform green color of the vegetable world is duo to chlorophyll; This substance, however, exists only in minute quantity in plants, the leaves pf a large tree containing perhaps not more than IOU grains. It appears to be a di rect product of tho action of tho sun light upon vegetation, ns it docs not exist in plants kept In darkness. The changes ia the color of leaves in autumn are sup posed to be dne to the oxidation of their chlorophyll. - Tho WcttminUter Review reckons the public debts of tho w.;vi>> at the prcai ent limo at $24,000,000,000. The rail way indebtedness has been estimated at $0,000,000,000, and , municipal debts at $5,000*000,000, thu? bringing the public indebtedness of the world np to the vast sum of $35,000,000,000. It is not ftrpec? ted that this will ever be paid, but it constitutes an annnal lien on the indus try of tho world of $1,700,000,000. -. An unusually large kangaroo has just been placed on exhibition at Cen tral Park, New York, Within, the last few days too young elephants from India and an iguana from South America ?.._-.i-ij.j ...L. _.<>__.i_r ??? wron Dinreu wiuowncvuvuw ant mala. The iguana is of tho chameleon species, fivo ?eet id length, and isthe only species in this country. ' I tis of V dark ish brown color, with changes in ?^e sun light. Banana? are its only food. Workingmcn.^-Before you begin your hea'*,."pring work after a wintor of rc IaxRw..iri. your needs sleaivib-** and strengthening; tb prevent 'an att.\e? of Augue, Billious or Spring Fever, or some other Spring sickness that will un fit you for a season's work. You will use one bottle of Hop Bitters < in your family this month. Don't wait.-JJur linglon Uaxcliegs. THE STATE DEMOCRACY. Constitution of tba UemotmUo Party vt \ South Carolina. The Constitution of the Democratic party of South Carolina, which was adopted hy the State Convention, and went into forco in the campaign of 1378, is aa follows : . ARTICLE I. There shall beoneormore Democratic Cit .us organized in each elec lion precinct, each of which Clubs shall have a distinct title, "The-Demo cratic Club,'* and shall elect a President, one or more vice-Presidents, a Record ing and a Corresponding Secretary, and a Treasurer, and shall u?? J tho following working committees, of not less than three members each, vie: A Committee on Registration, an Executive Committee and au?ib other Committees us lo each Club may seem expedient; ART. II. The meetings of tho Cluba shall be frc mont after the opening of tho canvass, ana somo member nf the ulub or invited speaker deliver, an adress?t I each meeting if practicable. ART. III. The President shall have Eower to call an extra meeting of thc Hub, and --- members of the Club shall constitute a quorum for tho transac tion of business. ART. IV. Tho Clubs in each county shall be bold together and operate under the control of a County Executive Com mittee, which shall consist of one mem ber from each- Club, to be nominated by. the respective Clubs and elected by the County Convention, and euch other mem bers as tho Convention may add. ' Tho Executive C unmittec, when eleo ted, shall appoint its own officers abd fill alt vacancies which may arise when the Convention is not insession. The tenure bf office of tho Executive Committee shall be untfl the next g?n?ral campaign, unless sooner removed or suspended py tho County Convention. The present'County Executive Com mittees shall continue in office until the j first meeting of tho County Conventions under this organization; ART. V: Ooiinty Democratic Conven tions shall be composed of delegates elec ted by tho several Local Clubs-one del egate for every Club, ond an additional dolegate for every twenty-fire (26) eb-, rolled members-with tho right to each County Convention to enlarge or dimin ish the representation according to cir cumstances. ? Tim Convention shall be called together by the Chairman of tho Executive Committee, under Buch rules as each county may adopt, and when assembled'sh?ll be called to order by the Chairman of the Executive Committee, and shall proceed tc elect from among its members a President, one or more Vice presidents, a Secretary and Treasurer; Tho Convention shall proceed to busi ness, and when the same ls transacted it shall adjourn .vue die. ART. VI. Tho modo and manner of nominating candidates for county offices or for delegates to the State, Judicial and } Congressional Conventions shall bo reg-1 u lated in each county by the respective ' County Conventions. ART. VII. The State Convention Bhall be composed of delegates from each county in the numerical proportion to which that county is entitled in botb branches of the General Assembly. ART. VIII. The officers shall bo A. President, one Vice-Pr?sident from each Congressional District, two Secretaries and a Treasurer. ART. IX. Tho . State Executive Conj mitteo shall bo composed Of three from each .Congressional. District. Tho dele gates from, tho counties comprising the Congressional District to nominate tho candidates from that district, 'and tbe Convention shall then proceed to an elec tion. ABT. X. Tho Executive Committee shall elect its own Chairman and otbejr officers, and shall inset at. thu cali of the Chairman or any five members, at sunh times and places as be or they may ap point. , ART. XI. Tho Executive CommiUep shall have power, by the vote of a ma jority of tho whole Committee, to call ? Convention of.the Democratic party of the if ato at euch time and place us it iii a j ucDi^DBtu, auu u vuwg?u liivit tuc execution and direction of the policy uf clio party in the State, subject only to this Constitution, the principles declared in tho.. platform,, and such instructions^ by resolution or otherwise* as the State Convention m&y from tim? to timo adopt; aud shall continuo in Office for two years frotn tho timo of election, or until Ike assembling of tho uext State Convention for tho nominaci?n of a State ?c?ct, un less sup'erccded by the cction'of tho Statt) Convention.' ; And if ?ny vacancy bo occasioned by death, removal, or other cause, the Committee shall h&vo *Mjwe to fill the vacancy. ART. XII. When tho StateDemocratl Convention assembles, it 'shall bo called to order by tho Chairman of. the Stat* Executive Committee, Bhall elect a tem porary President, and shall proceed im mediately to the election of perm anon officers and tho transaction of business. '"' Tb?Convention, whon it has coacludqt its business, shall adjourn iw? :di<. Am when s Convention ia called by the Ex fcutlvo Committee,. auch ?onventlot *hnil be composed of newly elected dele gates. '., ' ART.XIII. Representation in Judidia and Congressional Conventions shall be nu iUe au jv. J. U^?l. -JJ ?- COSTSE-I lions. A majority of delegates shall be present at. a Convention to coratitutc ri quorum for nominating a candidato cithor for Congress or Solicitor. Tho delegation of each county in a Congress^ ional or Judicial Convention shall hayo power io iiii any vacancy in tho dciega* lion. In every Convention to n?mbralo candidate for Congress or for the office o Solicitor a majority of the venes shall? bi necessary to a choice, and the vote shall ?-.-t._-p _.. . i -l-.i .;_t^" wo inbcu ?vu rn? ?uu IVWIWVU) nmmumm there is but one candidate, in which event the volo may be taken by acclama tion. As soon as a Copgrcesionpl or ,'Jaj dicial Convention Iras nominad . the party caudidate for Congress or Sob .?tor, it Bhall adjourn tine die, and whenever a candidate to fill ab unexpired term Of either office has to be nominated, it shalt be done by a new. Convention of dele gate- fresh from the people. The Exec utivi Committee of each Congressional District or Judicial Circuit shall consist of tbe several County Chairmen of tho respective counties composing such Div trictor Cimiit, which Committee shalt fdect its ?v n Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer, who . abai I continue in OfficP f\.r ly*i y>ars lb' a District' "and' T6t foti i years ina.Circuit, respectively, or until their successors ehall have been - elected; It Bbe.ll require the consent of a majority of the. whole Executive Committee ~ iii any District or Circuit- to cali a Nomi* nating Convention. The Executivo Committee of each Disc trict or Circuit ahall .be specially charged Is )ir. :V'-~"?w"; ^?O?pt BA. JJ m ?T u pro-" vided, and subject to tho State platform, aa well es under the supervision of tho State- Executive Committee, with the' conduct of-every election ipr Congress-} ional Representatives or Solicitors in nuuh District ol' Circuit, and ?aid Com* mlttee shall meot at the esl) of tie Chair roan or of any three members at sucb times and places as ho or they may ip* point. Eacl? Congressional Convention shall meet within its Congressional District, and each Judicial Couveution shall meet within Its Circuit. Ant". XIV. This Constitution shall not go into force until rho State campaign of J.878. . . , . . .. What the Ex.Prcsidont Thinks tb? 'Jotic try Owes ?lim. 1 When ho was first elected to the Presi dency, Gt-, Grant claims that it was by the imperative of the whole N?iion." Tho cry for him'waa ad powerful thai politicians had no power io oppose his nomination, and be was so strong that he did not requ're their support. He,was. elected by the voice of the people in ap-, position to th a politicians. Being- thus elected, it was bis aim to weaken, the power of professional politician:!, and'jil order to do BO he withdrew from the Sea?; atora who were in Congress et bis inau guration their share of patronage. Tho consequence was that he incurred the hatred of the whole tribe, and they are now opposed to his renomination, lu something of the carno way, he says, be incurred the hatred of journalists. Dur ing tho war it was bis constant object to snub them and to rofuso them any assis tance in the prosecution of their labors. The consequence of this snubbing of the press baa been, according to Gen. Grant, that almost every newspaper in the,Uni ted States has alw^vH been opposed to him. At the timo of bis re-election tho press was bitterly - hostile to him, yet he was triumphantly chosen by tho poop o, and what nos been done once can bo dp io again. If there shpuld . bo a Plob?8ci|c,: ivis the opinion of Gen. Grant and M is party that he would receive the votes of nine-tcnth:i of the American people. ; - Outside tho iivnor and power that n Third Term woiild ;imfer . on him, there aro several other re'ftvOnS'to mako Ccu. Grant anxious to obt?i i the nomination of his party. He saya ty ia ? poor man',' not even as well off aa h >' i young son,who1 is practicing law Jn New York. When ho wa? elected President bo was.obligcd to resign bis position iu tl > army, sad in consequence of the fay TO. of tho Constitution to provide a pension for an' er:President, ho now finds himself witp-: out profession or business,'' and well ad vanced in years. The proposal mudo to him to take tho, presidency of .the- com pany to bo formed to construct tho loth mus canal was tho work of politicians, who hoped by hiB acceptance bf it \6 re-, move a powerful and:dangerous candi date. Again, it will probably' ba -neft*?" s?ry. ho th in hq, to havo as tho Republican' candidato a man of tried nerve and firqi ness. When, at tue last election, tho Commission declared Mr. Hayes Presi dent, Gen. Grant took decided steps (o' have him inaugurated. His preparations' were complete to'use military forcc? tn; case the Democrats attempted to enforce the claims of Mr. Tilden ; that gentle man, .the recalcitrant Democratic ?cna-!: tors, and Mi. Randall would immediately havo been nrreatcd and imprisoned Ju Washington, and any State governments that objected would havo been beized by the military. It was tho knowledge of these preparations that deterred tho Democrats fmn any effort to capture, thc Presidency, but it required Gen. Grant to' take thean effective steps: Now Mr.. Hayes,''the present incumbent," as'Gon. Grant euphemistically terms -bim, is a very weak OTTO, and should thc number of votes for ?? eh candidato bo anything. should bo elected by a small majority, ft is not unlikely that trouble would ensue, j for the North and West would not readily submit to a Government chosen by that means. What, then, is tbo-u'Uural resuljt of ull this? In Gen..Grant'? opinion it is necessary that tho Republican c?ndlv. date'should'bo; a man wh?< will not heai! tato to .uso proper forco to obtain bia rights, and the mau who would not fcur I to order out tho military is tho candidato Who is wanted. . . . Moreover, ' as between the' different ruin* irv ri ihnfe niara between Conklingand Blaine would render either of them-a weak candidato. | abd Secretary Sherman would, bo still weaker. Tho financial policy under which ' resumption. bas. taken place ws? no .creation of Mr. &h<u ann,' and his loudly Taunted Buccess' ,r'*'.i!b entirely to the policy begun' and planned by Gen} < Grant. During the inourr heney of. Mr. Hayes, the real power hf? been in tbs b?nde of Sherman, end overy one knows how it bas been used. If any ono wanted ab office it would ba much better'to b(| refused by Hnyes.and supported by8hteiv man,, than to; bo promised an. office by Hfye? and have Sherman only a hike* .warm supporter. . ! Tho foregoiug are the sentiments ex* presecd by Grant and his companion? iii ? conversation since thej?: departure from Cuba. Tho one leading idea that seen? to possess them is the neoescity of bav'it?d a Republican candidate who will noth?a? itate to call out.the military and employ force if-by any chance-there ?s % coniroi Veray as to which candidate is elected, iq November next-AVrieo Ot? Cbrrupohl ?dence N. Y. Sun.-. ?' * - f> I i WHY -WH BOTTES QUH BHE^J?.-ri layers of tho wheat bsriy, a.?, we, proceed toward tho centre, becony. .nore and moro completely starchy, and At. tho oen-i tro but little else is found, and this por-', tion makes the finest flour. The finer the flour the less fit it is for nutrition.; Iii Ivo iiniurni etaie, ino wheat, wija-aHj its components present, is not fitted fori perfect human development.' " There isj .deficiency in tho potential heat-produc ing, materials, especially for cooler clim ates, there being only 2 -per cent, of '?M; Ifi whAfiiL - We'in?tinc-iivoly-supply fb*V: deficiency by1 the addition of fatty bodic5., Wo spread butter upon brea?, we mingle lard or butter with our biscuit or ?ko,1 and . tho fat. meat ; and bread are taken; alternotcly or coincidentally. The starch being acarbob hydrate can aflord com paratively but little heat in consumption, and the mts are demanded by the'wants .of tho system,;- United States Miller, - Tho Northern.part of Adams'Ccuu ty; Miss., has been tue scene of a terrible affair. Ao old farmer. Morris Browny wa* remonstrating .with his daughter Elisa aboutsomotnvalaffair, when the latlerbe comiug enraged, tci-icd an nxoar.d striking ber father ou tho head felled bini! After he had fallon Rho chopped hho on tho neck, i i.b. ?.vain' endeavor: .t*i sever his bead from his body.. Medical attendance was immediately bad but thc old "man wilt die. ' Elisa is' said io be demented.; Both' parties; are colored: The woman! has been arrested arid lodged ih jslh, > \ ?v?/r?? Tho, oldest surviving ,Congre3sm.t,rf is Hon. John A. Cuthbert, now n JTR t???n??'?itWy??if Ot ??obi?fc. Kit ivaa bo: ?ri- Savan?ahj Ga.,^ iu 1788/ nod jep* ri miwul ?-'.vfgi?, ?? xkt?grva? ir? I3?0. Ona'of tho wise nun' who knows every ?< THE LAWB OF THE STATE, Acts reused by th? I^ftttlaturo ot tb? JUtto gelston. A? ACT Further to Amend the Law In Reference to the' Drawing,- Em jin Hel ling aud Term of Sorvice of Juries. Be it enacted hy the Bennie and liouuo of Representatives of the Stete of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of tho same; . SECTION.!. That hereafter the Board of Jury Commissioners in the several counties in this Stute shall, in making up their annual jury lifts iii their respect? ve counties, put upon their lists tho names of all such persons KS the said Board shall deem .competent and fn;e /rora all legal exceptions, without, regard to whether such ?parsons, sb placed upon said jury liais live within five ?niles of the court house or mere than five miles .from the court house. SEC. 2. That the grand and petit jurors drawn from said lists, na hereinbefore Srcscrlbed, shall bo'summoned by tho herid", abd .shall;attend'arid servo ac cording to the exigency of tho summons. SEC. 3. Tiwi hereafter the Clerks of tho Courts in tho several counties Ju this State, in c.i.,.auo!l?r?g Juries No. 1 and ?o. 2 for the trial of CAUSC?. in tho Courts of Common Pleas, shall place tho names of all th? petit jurors in attendance upon the Courts-, written'or printed on slip* %f paper of tho same size, into a hot or I'ox, and therefrom shall draw, os ia tho trial of felonies in tho Court of Session'., and tho first twelve so'drawn Kuall coriAtitule Jury No. 1, aird thc next twelve so drawn ?hall constitute-Jury No. 2, sod those remaining undrawn aimil be tales'ibror*. Who shall be drawn in like.manner when beeden }ri-?li? progress bf ti ? Court 1 SEC. '4. That irons and a ler tho firm day of June next, whenever tho t?rros of tho Courts of General Sessions and Com monness in the .counties bf Edgefic-ld, Barnwell, ?Marion, Aiken, Williamsburg, Uamntou abd Collelbn shall ho for two brlriOrb Weeks, no petit juror shall bo re quired to-iaerve ?monr -tban' pn? - week at any.term -pf. the aaid Courts ; -.that, thirty ?ix jurors shall ho drawn, in t lie manner irovided by, law, to BCrv'a tor thc fiit;' weck, arid a like' number shall be so drawn ti? serve for each subsequent week of each term-of said Courj?t:-.I-*rov\dedi That whenovcr a jury nindi ho charged with ri case such jury ?h?ll pot'b? dis charged'by . r?asco of anything in: this Act contained until a verdict shall have been found.or a miKtrial ordered in such Ca^e. That separate writs of venire s}iall ?BSU? for the juron* .drawn to servo! for each weeV of said ternis of Court. SEC. 5. That in'case at any time after the passage of this Act it shall bo brought ti? the attention of the r.csidont Circuit Judge.of any circuit that', 'an irregularity has occurred iii tho' drawing of juries for any Circuit Court within bis circuit, prr,?hat!nuy act hue heep, done whereby tho validity of any jurtea drawn ot to bo drawn . may bcApjestioried, it shall bo lawful Kr suets Circuit' Judge to issue lib order to the Board of JuryColn- . missioners of the County for which said Circuit Court shall be held at least fifteen days btioro tho silting thereof to proceed to draw jurors for euch torrii or to taire such measure"! as may bo necessary to correct such fe? ror. , SEC. 6. All Acts or parts cf Acts iu cripsiBtent with this Act aro hereby re pealed. Approved February 20,1880. , T|ie Ureai .?omct of. I845V Tho following.cr?-~t rfr'?fef^p? Pei rufa 'ectute ob: comets'and mc tee?.J contain- a description of tho.Wonderful .-pomet of lfi^pf .which .Gould's, comet is supposed to bo a rp-appearance. . "About boon bu tho 2Sth ?f'F?bViiary, l ?l^, groups oij^taplo in bi?riy of tho [clowns of New xing.*rid? .especially in Portland, Maino, e-igtvt?ll ftt l&e? coreena ?f the streets, gazin^up,toward tho .sup. 'rotccting ?heir eycj^ tri Ao'shadows of I the bouses, they sa;r a v??%'it':'i?: -c?. [close,to the ann. Such a iriarvelouVepec taolo had novcr before* beisn?;%cen. A thoughtful ' eea Captain,, Mr, Clark, brought oUii ui? rsuAturti, rina repewieuiy. . tri ^na. i ?/i.'l i li ?? A lAto n.tux .Skf > ki?tm^?e?a nW? I ject from the liriib of tho ^Burf."^%cso unlquo observations aro; oni r?cord/.and, submitted to rigid, criticism, attest tho ! accuracy of tho observer. . In about, a week from this time a wonderfully bril liant tall of a comet wasaeon skirting tho her ison soon : ?fier, Jiui?et, and reaching more than one-third of thejway round the : sky. It was now a tall without ii bead, as it'waa at firisi hoad \vUhd??:;ta?f; but ?tbey'W'or? ? rt'ebb?r? of the' e?tao conibt. j The b*fct determination; of ita-pa^h was ocwmpliabcd by the distinguished as tronomer, Sears O. ,Wnlker. At its pcri ' boHim U possed nbarer tho aun than" any 1 known co tn et, with tho" riugl? exceptio? se I obnimatiry taii.% Th?se' two co^?^' en-. r proAchAd e?i close to the son that rt would \ ?paito possible that they.^cbed its icc, dr nt leoai swept in nearer tb ap the'solar corrina. If Would not fcavsbeeu ti?nYa&Sttrd hypothesis that-.they1 were lejocScd from thu ?tin *t th e/time; of pene tration, bad it not been.for, the.fa^ that the comet of iOSO was seen vis ita way A?wrt ta **>4 ann. find ?nr tK? ?I ?.K1~ phenomena which wa" ?re almifc to d?? I. scribe concerning tba comet of 184& It may be claimed a? a coi imRtwsibl.o hy potliesie that each of,these corneta was at some former time the product of a solar ?ruption in .aceordan<t? -sritb -nwgft?% theqry ?f the origin of comets. Ikw?uld only Involve a fv>rce^lcij would double ( the greatest Vftiocitygiyon. to tW aolar field of hydrogen. Buta juster ibterpro tai?or, cf the pnen?m?riori, c/i? bao which j ?volda the .necessity of an extravagant '. volcanic B?t?ou. IA t?; bo foy nd ii? ^s? .t^tr Int iou between the cornela and tbs mete ors. It i* ?imply the Bpla^'of ?Ab inn ing meteors. It* about ari hour arid A half the comet of 1848, like tbst of 1680, .went) round the sun from ono ?Ide. to tito other. \Vhnt would bavo become of tho tali, w?i?ch was reaching out about 10t>; 000,000 of miles from the sun to the earth's.orbit?. -There hate been tbo?o .who baye actually adopted the; incred ible, ? may say ibu ionossroie, by pctho bis that tho tail rotated through i: meuse circuit, developingv ^otrrifiJgifl iforce which all 4he united powe* oftbes universo copld co?h^e'suat?ined. Nc . Tho comet practically left ?te toil bellina i t ari'dj began io grow ajoje w tai 1 ? ceded; from the sun.-posion A "Whatisrthe; matter with tht cr^store,?-". The biby 'wss^ ?fsi ously. but th?nurse had ?-.bottle .ttuU's Raby Syrup at . fellow waa soon comfortable. : ii