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BT E. B. MURRAY & CO._ANDERSON, S. C, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1880. VOLUME XVI.-NO. 10 The Influence of Woman in Hie Church. The following essay was read by Mr. B. Frank Mauldin before the Union Meeting of the Srd District of the Saluda Association, held with Sbiloh Church, in-Anderson County, on Satur? day, 28th August, and is published by request of said Church : I would but be stating an old and uni? versally recognized truth to say that the influence of woman, in whatever sphere or direction exerted, is most potential. While created by Qod "the weaker ves? sel/' not only in body, but in those pow . ere of mind that fit and qualify man for the sterner duties and conflicts of life, ' yet her work in her legitimate spheres of '' action, as compared with that of man in . his, is perhaps the better performed. And when we consider her influence upon man, from childhood up?upon his work and bis life?may we not safely assert that, directly aud indirectly, she exer? cises more control over human affaire than man himself ? Who can estimate how much of the success of a Washing? ton or Napoleon, a Judson or a Spur geon, is to be credited to u mother's in fluence and training? Who cau trace in the affaire of a nation the thousand secret springs of influence exerted by woman, and observe their effects upon men and . upon measures, and not realize the power of woman for good and for evil? It is ? stated, and I have no reason to doubt the '.truth of it, that the influence of one wo? man was sufficient to make Martin Van Buren President of the United States. And from the days of Samson and De lilinh does history record instance after" instance of heroes, statesmen and con? querors who, while ruling men and na? tions, are yet ruled themselves by wo? man. ' ; But the subject we are now to consider is not woman's influence in the world, but in the church. And let me here say that there is no field of us efulness or labor for which she is bettor fitted, or which she adorns more, or to which she owe) more. When we look into the heart of a pure won,an, even, before .the spirit of Qod has renewed that heart, we''find much of the divine image there, and 'tis easy to in press that heart and to convert it, and kindle within it the love of God. In ov.her words, there is natun.lly in the hear' of woman a closer affinity to the j, Divine*, more of a devotional spirit, more susceptibility to religious impressions than in man, and these advantages have their force and effect upon her life as a Christian. Then' the comparatively quiet, secluded life ot'woman is favorable to Christian development.. For while it. is true there are worldly pleasures and domestic cares and vexations to try and to tempt her, yet these things are not so strong in their influence, or so fatal to Christian life and character, as the temptations and snares of evil of every kind that beset the path of the busy man of the world. Every man is inclined to concentrate his ener? gies and his efforts in the pursuit of some earthly object of desire. One seeks am? bition, another money, and another the gratification of his passions and his lusts. And how often, alas! does one or the otter of these objects so take hold even upon the Christian man as to bind him in its toils and enslave him. Another advantage woman has in her Christian life is her faith. She reads God's word, and its promises are refresh? ing and sweet to 'her. She believed them with a simple, trusting faith, and stops not to weigh them in the scales of reason and skepticsm. Mail's faith is less simple and perfect, because he is more disposed to reason about things, and be? cause there are mysteries he cannoti r: fathom his faith is staggered. Then in his intercourse with the world he sees more of the frailties and shortcomings of those who profess to be Christians, and these things try his faith. A man, but a few days ago, said to me, "I used to bo a member of the Baptist Church, but I was treatird so badly by old and leading members that I loat confidence in reli? gion, and now I am not a member of the Church att all." ' Then the Church of Christ has pecu- j liar claims upon woman, for it has done so much to elevate her. Just compare her position in the world now with that before the light of the Gospel. Th j one idea then was that she was made for man ?not to be his companion and the light of his home, but his slave. Now, while retaining the idea that she was mado for man (because it is of Scriptural authori? ty), we realize that God designed he-, by endowing her with virtues suited to tiuch a mission, to bless man's home, and that it is true tint the more she is sheltered and loved, the greater blessing she will prove. He who said the woman was mado for the man, also said, "Husbands love your wives even as your own boditt." Having considered the peculiar fitness of woman for work and influence in the Church, as well as its special claim-upon her, let us now consider what are the particular duties that devolve upon her in this sphere. . First.?What are the duties of the Christian woman and member of the Church in the home circle ? Is it a wife? and is her husband unconverted? Then let her Jife be such as to compel that hus? band to respect her religion; convince him by your every-day life that there is n power in what you profess to make one better. Be sure of one thing, unless you thus influence him he will influence you, and instead of leading him upward be will lead you downward. If the hus? band be a Christinn let the wife's influ? ence be exerted to encourage him in his Christian course. Let her remember j that, immersed in business cares and ab-1 norbed in* the pursuit of worldly gain or: honors, lie is in great danger of slighting interests infinitely more important?the , interests of an immortal soul. With '^ftm&a'B tact, and -Iranian's! love, and ] M ... &? ??' : 'AB^HLm^ ._Uli woman's watchful care, let it be ber mis? sion to gently and lovingly lead his foot? steps back into the narrow path of duty each lime they stray. Aud God forbid that she should hinder his Christian use? fulness. If he has generous impulses, and would contribute liberally, let her not restrain him. I have known some women who would hold the purse-string so tight, when calls by the Church were made, that the puny givicgs of a whole year would not be as much as the cost of one bonnet, and yet they call themselves Christians and pray "Thy kingdom come." And I have seen the same thing in Christian men, influenced by woman ?they are content to give less to the cause of Christ than they spend for to? bacco. But what shalf we say of the Christian mother's influence? Are not her boys and her girls to be saved? And is it not the aim and object of the Church, under God's blessing, to save them ? And who can do more to bring this to pass than the mother ? How many a boy in his downward course of sin and folly has by some little thing had recalled to bim amother's pleadings and prayers, causing him to stop and reflect, and finally to break away from his evil ways and com? panions, and reform and become a Christian. These seeds .of tuth, sown by a loving mother's hand, may lie dor? mant for years in her boy's heart, and theu be quickened, and springing up grown and bear fruit to the salvation of that soul and to the glory of God. Es? pecially are such influences powerful for good when death has robbed the way? ward boy of his mother. 'Tis then that memories of her love and her piety and her anxiety for his salvation steal silent? ly into his heart, coming fresh and bright as it were from the courts of Heaven it? self, and they lead his aspirations to higher and better aims. And then this home influence of the Christian mother can be seconded by the daughter and sister if she be a Christian. Let her, by the exercise of those gentle Christian graces, make the atmosphere of home peaceful and happy, giving a charm to the home circle that Will attract aud hold at home the brother who, otherwise, may seek other haunts and associations, the influences of which may be to evil. This home Christian influence of wife, mother, daughter and sister may be called woman's indirect influence in the Church; but there is a direct influence and an actual work for woman in the Church. We do not believe that it is ber duty to enter the ministry and preach the Gospel publicly; but tho' they may not become Pauls, they may be Dorcases j and Priscillas. They can visit the sick, t look after the needs of the poor. They \ can organize and carry on sewing socie? ties and other enterprises, and by these means raise money for missions, for put? ting comforts, such as stoves, carpets, &c, in the church building. We know of a sewing society of this kind that raises iu various ways .more than a hun? dred dollars each year. They now have in their treasury over five hundred dol? lars, which they are holding to assist in building a parsonage. We pity the Church that has no wo? man in it. for we fear it would be a dead Church, so far as activity and usefulness go. What would become of tho Prayer Meeting and of the Sunday School ? and how littlft of sympathy and encourage? ment would the pastor receive in his arduous aud difficult duties. The Sun? day School, especially, is woman's place to work. The attendance and interest of scholars cannot be forced?their hearts must be won, and this can bettor be done by a gentle, Christian woman than by any other. Then they are, as a rule, more faithful as teachers?not so bard to manage as male teachers: provided, al? ways, that they are sincere Christians. None other, in our opinion, ought to he teachers in the Sunday School, for the blind cannot lead the blind. We know that the home duties of the Christian mother leave little time for active work in the Church. 'Tis upon the unmarried ones and those who have no children that the burden of it will fall, and in almost every Church' will be found a noble band of workers of this class. But all can do something if they will only try ; and try they will if the love of Christ is filling their hearts. We would not underestimate these home duties?the careful house-wife and watch? ful, untiring mother are to be honored and commended?but there is an undue care and anxiety about these things sometimes that will check spiritual growth and influence. Like Martha, they may be careful and troubled about many things, aud find no time to sit at the feet of Jesus, as Mary did, and learn of Him. In concluding this essay, shall we not bless God for woman's Christian influ? ence in our homes and in our Churches? and pray that the day may never come when their zeal in God's cause and their simple faith in His word shall be swept away by the infidelity and unbelief that sometimes seem to threaten the very foundations of our blessed religion. "An ungodly woman is a moral mon? strosity." ? Success is only a persistent use of opportunities. ? "How did you like the new minis? ter?" asked a lady of a little girl when she returned from church. "Oh, he is splendid. I like him ever so much bet? ter than I did Mr. Edwards." " Why ?" asked her mother, amused at the little one's earnestness. "Well," Baid the child, trying to think of a good reason, "he has a better complexion." ? The prime conditions of health in a house depend upon cleanliness, pure air I and unpolluted water, the prompt and thorough removal of all refuse, and the 'perfect exclusion of^all foul matters arising oiitiside UieJug??MA?M?^. ? Peoplo~tal BW i the week to ? seventh. ? Wark for the Mouth. This is an important month to the far? mer in being the season of preparation for one of his most important crops, the ooe which requires more care, time and patience than any other. Intelligent apprehension of what it requires and careful determination of the conditions of success lead a long ways towards se? curing it. THE WHEAT CROP. Promptness in making ready for seed? ing and then completing the work when you decide the proper tirne has arrived is of first importance. On most lands, after plowing and harrowing, it is advisa? ble to secure a compact seed-bed to use the roller, the use of which prevents thtt light condition which is unfavorable to the wheat crop. Sometimes in turning down a crop of pea vines or other rank vegetable growth, the ground is made too putfy, and so requires the use of the har? row or the adoption of some device sim? ilar to that of the English farmers, who drive a flock of sheep over the land to remedy this unfavorable condition. The method of seeding most desirable, as a long experience now demonstrates, is by the drill. The economy of seed and fertilizer, the lessening of the dan? ger of throwing out by frost, the close? ness of the fertilizer to the seed, the cul? tivation of the surface soil by the teeth of the drill just as the seed are placed in the ground, the evenness with which the seed are deposited as regards depth and position, all are in favor of its use. The varieties to sow and the time of sowing depends upon local conditions, which vary in every section. It is well to try occasionally some of the new in? troductions, but prudence dictates lim? ited experiments at first. The question of the quantity of seed to the acre is now being discussed, and elsewhere will be found some instructive facts in connec? tion with it. In sowing with the drill the average is from 5 to 6 pecks; when sown broadcast 1 to 2 pecks more is used. The washing of the seed-wheat to avoid smut is to be commended. A so? lution of blue-stone of the strength of j one pound to a gallon of water, 'is used by many. Others use a strong brine, and some dust air-slaked lime over the seed, which are previously moistened. In choosing fertilizers those which con? tain some nitrogen are considered the best. The plant by their use is given early a push forward, which enables it to establish itself before winter. A mixture of one-third Peruvian guano and two thirds fine bone is a good application. Another is 500 pounds Peruvian guano, 600 pounds fine bone dust, 600 pounds dissolved bones, and 300 pounds sulphate of potash. From 250 to 300 pounds of | this lo the acre is a good dose for most soils. Many approved brands of super? phosphates contain proportions of pot? ash. RYE. If not sown, ought to be at once. Give land not in good heart the advantage of | a dressing of manure, or of some super? phosphate or bone. Sow five pecks when grain is to be harvested, or double that quantity when the rye is to be cut green. MEADOWS. These may still be renovated by thor? ough harrowing and the sowing of mixed seeds. Give a good dressing of manure and you will be the gainer thereby. TOBACCO. The most important time of the to? bacco crop is now npon the planter, worms to catch, plants to top, ground leaves to gather. We are satisfied in our experience that topping and pruning will produce a superior article over the old-fashion way. We hope that some of | oiir readers have determined to use fur? nace heat, which, if judiciously applied, must prove advantageous. Scaffolds and sticks ought to be immediately prepared and set up, so as to be ready when want? ing. CORN FODDER. If you aro going to save the tops and blades at all, it ought to be done care? fully. Corn sowed for fodder should be cut when in in full tassel, and cured in large shocks or in thick piles against the fences. Turnips sown at once, may, with a favoring season, make a crop. LIVE STOCK. If not already done, lose no time in weaning the lambs, so that the ewes may gc1 in good order ready for winter. The breeding stock should be carefully ex? amined, to see that all old sheep are left out. A ewe five or six years old will often do as well as any once more, and perhaps better. It is not to be recom? mended to keep a sheep after her teeth are much worn away, unless she is very valuable as a breeder, and will pay for extra feed and care while the lamb is with her. If you are so situated that you can raise early lambs, the buck should be turned with the ewes early in this month. But before you do so, go carefully over the flock and cut iff all tags from the ewes; or if cutting off the tails has been neglected, now will be a good time to do that too. It will be found a great help to the buck to keep him in a stable at night, and give him some grain duiing the nrst of the time he is serving the ewes. The most important thing, next to go?????d care and feeding, is to get a real good thoroughbred buck, and you will be astonished at the great improvement. The lambs will show over the old flock, as the grades are often quite as good for genena purposes as thoroughbreds; but never use a male unless he is thorough? bred, of any breed. For any one having a lot of old breeding ewes that are not worth keeping for breeding another year, we would recommend keeping them away from the buck, and feed some grain as soon as the grass begins to fail, and have them ready to sell for mutton at any time when the price is favorable, which will usually be in February or the first of | March. Sometimes it will pay well to hold on till they can be sheared, which can be done late in March or first of | April. Very frequently the wool alone will pay as much as the old ewes would bring in the Fall. Now is a very important time with hogs thai are intended for pork this Fall. Be sure to begin feeding the new corn as soon as fit for table use, no matter how much old corn you m'TcL.have. The new can be fed stalk and ail, which will save the labor of husking, and the hogs will eat a large part of the stalks, too, while they are so full of sugar, which will be found to' give the. porkers a fine start. Always remember that a hog to be profit? able must make at least one pound each and every day of its life, aud more can be done with any well-bred hog if it has been liberally fed all the time after it is old enough to eat for itself; and the mother, too, must be liberally fed while she is suckling the pigs. While on the pork question it will not be out of place to repeat what has so often been said be? fore : that it is much better to reduce all litters of pigs as soon as born, so that they will all be good, than to alloiv a sow to raise a great numberi^pigs, all to be poor in qiniditr, ^jgs^^n>r' improvement made in good pigs?that is if he is fit to have the care of a good We would recommend keeping the milk cows, not yet with calf, away from the bull for at least two months from this time. All experienced dairymen say cows are more apt to die of milk fever in June than any other month in the year; for at this time they are mostly fat; the grass is at its best; all of which make the risk of death very great. After July' 1st the flies get to be so thick that they cause enough loss of blood to reduce the risk at the time of calving. Should the calves be intended to raise, they too will be better worth raising if either later or earlier. Any of our readers who intend buying steers for. grazing next summer or stall-feeding this winter should carefully watch the market and buy as soon as such stock as they want can be obtained at a fair price. It is not likely that the price of cattle will be less in 1881 than it has been in 1880, now the export trade seems to bo on such a sure foundation that it must grow, and will greatly re? lieve our market of all the best quality of beef cattle of suitable size. When buyiug remember that it pays to geiigood blood, for such will always sell best when fat. Butchers are learning fast that it pays them well to get nothing but well bred animals.?American Farmer for Sep? tember. Prosperity of the South. The South can afford to let the partisan politicans misrepresent and malign her, for she i3 able to stand alone and attend to her own business. The census shows that she is rapidly gaining in the best sort of population by the in? flux of sturdy, hard-working pioneers from the North and West, as well as from Europe. She had no part nor lot in the tremendous "land grab," by means of which the West and Northwest were not only reticulated over with a compre? hensive railroad system, but landed terri? tory was lavished upon those sections such as enabled them to offer irresistible inducements to foreign immigration ; yet, nevertheless-, the railroads of the South have been repaired, consolidated, extend? ed and multiplied in such a way as to afford ample, cheap aud convenient facil? ities for transportation, and the best sort of stimulus to the development of agricul? ture and manufactures. Her great sta? ples, cotton, tobacco, sugar and rice, have resumed their commanding positions in the aggregate of the world's indispensable products, and now yield crops greater than ever before, while greater attention to diversified husbandry is teaching her people their ability to feed and clothe and supply themselves, their leading crops thus giving them all the profits realized upon their leading crops to be applied to their own uses. Her mineral resources are also being de? veloped most rapidly; cotton mills, furnaces and forges are erecting in many sections; there is a new spirit of thrift and enterprise observable among uniform distributon of wealth which is the ac? cepted sign of a happy people. Under such circumstances the outcry of the po? litician against the South is recognized to be "a vain thing," the more so from the fact that it will not be heard any more after November 2. The cotton crop last year was 5,000,000 bales the largest ever raised, and it is es? timated that this year's crop will exceed last year's very considerably. In the last fifteen years the cotton crop has yielded at tho ports of shipment an aggregate of ?4,000,000,000 in gold, paying the culti? vators an average of S60 a bale, or$3,500, 000,000, and yielding in surplus, over former averages (as a credit which may rightly be place to the account of free labor), $600,000,000 in gold. In Arkan? sas the crop has increase from 111,000, 000 pounds in 1870 to 318,000,000 pounds in 1878. In Texas the increase has been from 150,000,000 pounds in 1870 to nearly 500,000,000 in 1878, mid probablv 800, 000,000 pounds in 1880. The cotton crop of the South in 1879 gave employment; to 12,500,000 spindles, ?1,000,000,000 capital in buildings, machinery and operating expenses, and found work for 800,000 personR. The South has begun to take part in the manufacture ofits ejreatstaple. Its spindles are already seven per cent, of the total number employed in the country, aud aggregate (including 113,000 in Maryland) 774,000. These Southern cotton mills are small, but more profita? ble in proportion than the more extensive establishments at the North. Careful estimates show that the saving in cost of raw material in favor of the South is at least twenty per cent., a very important factor when we consider that raw mate? rial amounts to sixty-four per cent. Mak? ing of cotton-seed oil is another rapidly growing industry at the South, employing forty-one mills. The oil sells readily at high prices, and the pommace left over is an excellent fertilizer. The irou ores of the South are being worked to great advantage already. Georgia alone pro? duced 100,000 tons of pig iron per annum. Large iron works are established in Green burg, Newport, Covington, Louisville, Chattanooga, Knoxville, Rome, Ashland, Atlanta and other places, where car wheel, spikes, nails, steam engines and other things are produced. The ore of Tennessee and Alabama can be worked more cheaply than the British ores of Cleveland. At Birmingham, Ala., pig iron cau be turned out at ?10 a too. In East Tennessee hot blast, stone-coal, mill and foundery iron, made of brown aud red hematite, can be produced for ?11 per ton, and Blessemer pig, made of magnetic ore, for $16 a ton. These prices defy com? petition. The South Carolina phos? phates will suffice in a generation or two to renovate and repair half the wasted old fields of that section. In Louisiana, Texas and Florida the sugar industry is making notable progress and yielding remarkble profits. The Louisana crop last year yielded $19,000,0000. One planter raised on 3,287 acres of land 6, 840,000 pounds of sugar and 7,230 barrels molasses, selling for $575,000. The Dal rymple wheat farm in the North consists of 23,000 acreas, yet its tolal product was only $450,000, ur $100,000 less than the Louisiana plan got from one-seventh the quantity of laud. We say nothing of Flor? ida orange crops, of the countless herds of cattle aud sheep on the broad plains of Texas, for the facts already adduced in testimony to the prosperity and the teem? ing resources of the South are enough to explain why so many enterprising men are pushing thither from all sections, determined to put in their sickles ere the harvest is ripe.?Baltimore Sun. EUgcfleld's Candidates. Edgefield, September 3.?Tho fol? lowing is the result of the Democratic. Srimary elections held here to-day: For t?te Senator, James Callison. For members of the Legislature, W. J. ToN bert (farmer; J. Uj?g?jfo (lawver ;1 James H. S'^i^fl I^Q?i, Den Butler on the Three Hundred and Twenty-Nine. Ben Butler's vagaries are as amusing when our side receives the benefit of them, as they are irritating when exer? cised against us. In his recent speech at Boston he took the ingenious method of attacking Garfield under, cover of a de? fence of his friend, the late Oakes Ames." He 'said: Mr. Oakes Ames, of Massachu? setts, had undertaken a great enterprise of doubtful"3UCccss. The Union Pacific Railroad Company had been chartered by Congress. It had been given great privileges and great subsidies, as they afterward turned out to be. These were subject at any time, to bo attacked in Congress by any set of designing, un? scrupulous men who should attempt to levy blackmail upon its management. Mr. Ames himself might not be there-to defend it. Nobody might take any in? terest in that defense. He wanted no further legislation in its aid. He only wanted that it should not be exposed, as everything else with which the gov? ernment has anything to do is, to be prayed upon by those who, under the name of lobyists, and by connection more or less with newspapers, make their liv? ing by playing on business enterprises within the power of Congress. Mr. Ames, therefore, sought to interest leading members of Congress in his en? terprise by selling them shares of stock in the construction company of his road. Sanguine in its success, where men were willing to ultimately become owuers of the stock, he promised to carry it for them ; and so sanguine that he promised to guarantee them 10 per cent, on the investment. He offered to some half score of his associates in the House and Senate pottions of this stock. They took it. It was profitable. They took the profits. When the election of 1872 came on, an attack was made upon these men who took the stock. That frightened some of the weak-kneed Representatives and Sen? ators who hadfthe stock, or the profits of the stock, which had been allotted to them by Mr. Ames. And as some of them had not received their certificates of stock, they were foolish enough to come out in the newspapers denying that they ever had any of the stock. Congress came together. The Speaker of the House left his chair and called from the floor for an investigation. That investigation was ordered. The gentlemen who had published these unfortunate cards were put in this dilemma. They must either testify that they had not received any of the stock, directly or indirectly, or the profits thereof, or else their cards would show an evident at? tempt to deceive. The only witness against them was Mr. Oakes Ames. They concluded that a half dozen of them would have strength of reputation enough to swear him down, as be hadn't their names to any paper, having simply paid them the stock dividends in money and charged it against them on his books. It was hoped that the investigation would jot be too close. Mr. Ames was importuned to say simply that he had not delivered any of the stock, and the investigation was to stop there. That he said, and said truly; but, unfortu? nately, there were some men upon the committee who had personal griefs with some of these stockolders, and they pushed the investigation so closely that these men, in their testimony, were ob? liged to deny that they had ever received the profits from any stock from Mr. Ames, which they did do. Among them was the now Presidential nominee of the Repulican party. This put Mr. Ames in the predicament of naving called upon his company for dividends to be paid to these gentlemen, which they denied ever having received. That brought Mr. Ames to the stand again with his memorandum book, and his check-book, which show this money had been paid, and in some cases it was traced into the bank accounts of some of these men who had sworn they had nev? er received any of it, and then these swearers went under. . At least this testimony between the Bepublican nominee and Mr. Ames seemed to agree that he had received ?329 of Mr. Ames. But here arose a question of veracity between them. The nominee said the money be had was a sum that he had borrowed of Mr. Ames. Mr. Ame3 said it was a dividend on the Credit Mobilier stock which he had paid him. It was agreed that, if it was money iborrowed no note was given for it. If it was a dividend on the stock, no receipt was given for it. Therefore the whole question was left as to the probabilities of what that money was for. Was it a loan, or was it a dividend ? Now Iho stock dividend would exactly amount to $329. That precise amount was a very odd sum for one man to borrow of another, unless the borrower had one dollar more and wanted to make up ?330 or unless he had more and wanted to make up $350. As a rule, however, even impecunious Con? gressmen don't run as near the wind as that in their financial transactions. The probabilities, however, most likely led the Republican Iuvestigating Com? mittee to find that the nominee did re? ceive the money of Ames as dividends on Credit Mobilier stock. The facts in regard to Mr. Garfield, as found by the committee, are identical with the case of Mr. Kelly to the point of the reception of the check for $329. I believe most of the gentlemen of that committee now say that there was noth? ing to impeach the integrity of the nom? inee of the Republican party in receiv? ing that stock. I agree with them. I do not think there was any harm, and never did think there was any harm in anybody's receiving the stock from Mr. Ames, under the circumstances. All the members who frankly testified before the committee that they had received the stock received no censure from the com? mittee or from the country. But that is not the point of my objec? tion, which I am trying to mako plain. Having taken the money as a dividend ?for, says the proverb, "It is no worse to eat the devil than to drink his broth" ?my ideal of a President would not have denied it. The case is not without par? allel in history of men not able to with? stand the pressure of public opinion. Peter, when he got among the servants and retainers of the high priests, denied his Master three times over, and cureed and swore to it until the cock crew shame on bin. and then he went out and wept bitterly. But then I should not have voted fo; Peter as a President to stand up in a crisis. Should have preferred one of the other disciples, even the doubting Thomas, who stood by his master after he was convicted." Worthless Stuff.?Not bo fast my friend; if you could see the strong, healthy, blooming men, women and chil? dren that have been raised from bedjL-ufi sickness, suffering and almost deav\,. 1 The Jewish Wedding. The Jewish wedding ceremony which took place in Columbia last Thursday afternoon was an occurrence of a kind which has been extremely rare in this city of late "years ; so rare, indeed, that many grown up people among the Gen? tile portion of our community have never witnessed anything of the kind. The ceremony took place at the residence of Mr. Charles Elias, on Sumter street. The bridegroom was Mr. Micheal Kalisky and the bride was Miss Jeanette Morris. When we entered the room, they were standing side by Bide, under a canopy resting on four upright posts, each of which was tastily covered with ever? greens and rare flowers. The top of the canopy was of crimson silk velvet, and four gentlemen supported the structure. On eutering the house we had doffed our hat as usual, but were courteously in formeefby the hospitable geutleman who met us at the door that it was the custom to keep it on on such occasions as this, and we acted accordingly. The room was full of ladies and gentlemen, the latter with their hats on, it being the traditional custom of the Hebrews to remain covered when addressing the Diety. The officating minister, Rev. Henry Steele, had already gone through with a portiou of the ceremony, in the original Hebrew language; he, however, trauslated it into English also. The part we wit? nessed was very solemn aod imposing. The bride was surrendered by Mrs. Elias and Mrs. H. A. Samuels, and bridegroom by Mr. M. Morris and Mr. H. H. Sam? uel?. The form of the question and an? swer is as follows; "A. 13., son of-, do you, at this moment, in the presence of these witnesses, of your own free will, fully declare that you will take the wo? man you hold by your hand as your law? ful wife, to wed her according to the law and rule of your faith? If so please au swer, I do." The turning to the bride he says; "C. D., daughter of-, do you at this moment, in the presence of these respec? tive witnesses, of your own free will, fully declare that you will take the man you hold by your haud as your lawful husband, to become united to him ac? cording, to the custom of your race? If so, please answer, I do." Then the minister sayB: "In conside? ration of these intentions, you shall be lawfully united." After some reading from the Hebrew ritual, the minister takes from his pocket a ring and hands it to the groom ; the latter places it upon the finger of the bride and repeats a sentence in Hebrew, which being translated is as follows: "Behold thou art wedded tome with this ring, according to the laws of Moses and Iareal." The minister then reads the marriage contract in Hebrew, but on this occasion he also translated it into English. It is a legal document in a form prescribed by the Talmud and sets forth the pledges of honor, respect, protection, &c, to each other; also the sum of money provided as dower, and the obligation of payment by the groom and its acceptance by the bride. On a li* tie table just in front of the couple and u^der the canopy, were two lighted candies, a wine glass and some other articles which we do not remember. At this stage of the proceedings the min? ister filled the glass with wine which he caused the bride and groom to sip and then sipped it himself. The book was then transferred to two elderly relatives of the parties who intoned sentences in Hebrew which we were informed were a blessing upon the newly married pair. The minister then delivered an address to the couple on the new relation they had assumed to each other. It was ex? ceedingly appropriate, instructive and we only regret that we have not room to give it entire. At the conclusion of these remarks he placed an empty wineglass on the floor at the feet of the groom, who crushed it into innumerable fragments with his heel. Then the minister, offering his hand, said: We now offer you our hearty congratulations. May prosperity attend you through life; be you nover separated as these fragments before you can never again become united; may you never find cause to regret the important step you have this evening so willingly taken, and may you never forget this holy and eventful moment. The parties are now at liberty to receive the wishes of their relatives and friends for their fu? ture welfare." Then followed kisses and hand-shaking and congratulations for a few moments, after which refreshments were served in the same room. A few moments later the whole company went into an? other room and satdown to dinner. And such a dinner as it was ! Profusion and variety are scarcely the words to de? scribe it. Every delicacy that can be obtained in this market was there except such as were forbidden by the Jewish law. The meats had all been killed ac? cording to their rites, which will not per? mit anything defective or unclean to come on the tables of the Isrealite. And the dinner was served with the solicitous and delicate hospitality which character? izes the children of Abraham in their own homes. We had almost forgotten to mention an interesting fact connected with the cano? py used on this occasion. It was first made and used about the year 1838, and since then it has done service for not less than fifty couples.? Columbia Register. Twelve Years Without Food.? Mis3 Eliza Burnett, who lives in the upper part of Edgefield county, in what is known as the Callison neighborhood, is a sister of Mr. Hezekiah Burnett, of this county. She is now about forty or forty-five years of age, and has not eaten a pound of solid food in twelve years. She can drink water, but anything like nourishment is immediately ejected from the stomach. Her bowels are moved only at intervals of years. We get our in ibrmation from Dr. A. T. Wideman, than whom no man stands higher in Abbeville county. He has never been called to see Miss Burnett professionally, but several years ago was the family physician of her brother, from whom he obtained the par? ticulars in her case. Miss Burnett is kept alive by enemas of gruel. She has been confined to her bed for more than twelve years, and is very much reduced in flesh, though her mind is unaffected. This Is certainly the most remarkable case of which we have ever heard, and it is one which deserves the notice of the medical profession, the exact facts of' which should be carefully noted by a physician aud given to the world.?^46 ocville Press and Banner. ? A little girl observed her mother measuring cloth by holding it up to her nose with one haud andjgflti^g oujt to She as after ["How Can fargle, is 30 a spe Eid similar jccessfully All Sorts of Paragraph3 ? Georgia has only twenty inhabitants to the square mile. ? Eighteen postmasters in Mississippi draw salaries of $1,000 each. ? Many farm laborers are going from Tennessee to Texas to pick cottton. ? People do not like to acknowledge that they are poor except to book agents. ? A calf with three horns astonished the natives of New Iberia parish, Louisi ana. ? The sugar enp of Fort Bend county, Texas, will average two hogsheads per acre. ? Ripe tomatoes will remove ink and other stains from white cloth and from the hands. ? Men show their character in noth? ing more clearly than by what they think laughable. ? A Texas dog was born without a tail, and he will sit right down beside an old kettle. ? The State Treasury of North Car? olina received last year $7,432 35 from marriage licenses. ? Africa has 70,000 Protestant con? verts, the result of the efforts of thirty three missionary societies. .? Notwithstanding the ravages of worms, there is as much cotton in Texa3 as can be taken care of. ? Young oranges are splitting badly in the Florida groves. One grower ex? pects to lose 10,000 oranges. ? One hundred and forty duels have been fought in France since Jan. 1. There were no death out of a possible 280. ? The Philadelphia News thinks it strange that the man who first invented sleep did not extend the invention to babies. ? A familiar instance of cojor-blind ness is that of a man taking a brown silk umbrella and leaving a green gingham in its place. ? An old lady says she hears every day of civil engineers, and wonders if there is no one to say a civil word for conductors. ? Seuator Lamar has so far recovered his health that he expects to take the stump in Mississippi before the Presiden? tial election. The best is the cheapest. Buy Shri ner's Indian Vermifuge, as it is guaran? teed to destroy land expel worms?the child's greatest enemy. ? Dr. Tanner, in a sort of stage fright, broke down in an attempt to make an off hand address at an Ohio agricultural fair a few days since. ? A medical student says that he has never been able to discover the bone of contention, and desires to know if it is not near the jaw bone. ? The census gives Philadelphia a pop? ulation of 847,542. The city and the vi? cinity inclosed by a diameter of thirty two miles has 1,039,259 inhabitants. ? A correspondent in Kaufman coun? ty, Texas, writes that 500 acres of cotton in that county will not yield five bales, owing to the ravages of the boll worm. ? It is given out on good authority that Judge Key did not pay his two per cent, assessment before leaving his late office. It ought to be stopped out of bis salary. ? R. P. Davis, a practicing lawyer at Monroe, Ga., has invented a cotton-press, which, it is claimed, will compress a bale of cotton into one-half the'ordinary di? mensions. ? Whoever looks for a friend without imperfections will never find what he seeks. We love ourselves with all our faults, and we ought to love our friends in like manner. ? The b jsiuess card of a New York house announces that they manufacture "every requisite for commercial travel? ers." Wo would like to see the whole? sale price list for cheek. ? Several newspapers of the South tell of cases of poisoning from eating water? melons and pumpkins which were raised in cotton patches were Paris green had been used to kill boll worms. . ? "Sara, why don't you talk to your master, and tell him to lay up treasures in Heaven?" "What's the use of him laying up treasures up dar?" replied Sam. "He never see um again." ? From what is known of Republican thieving, it Is safe to say when Democrats have access to the books of the Treasury, it will be plainly shown one half of the war debt represented what had been sto? len. ? "That is what I call a finished ser? mon," said a lady to her husband, as they wended their way from church. "Yes," was the reply with a yawn, "but, do you know, I thought it never would be?" A correspondent, writing from Evans, Sharkey county, Miss., says: "There are lots of colored Democrats here, in spite of all the Republicans say to the contrary, and they will be heard from on election day." ? The "rebel" Democracy nominated McClellan in 1864, Seymour in 1868, Greeley in 1872, Tilden in 1876 and Han? cock in 1880. No wonder the intelligent North is alarmed at the action of these traitors. ? Forty-Five colored delegates occu? pied seals in the Democratic county con? vention at Banwell, S. C, each name rep? resenting twenty-five colored Democats, making a total of 1,125 Democratic voters in the county. ? Tbey were at a dinner party, and he remarked that he supposed she was fond of ethnology. She said she was, but she was not very well, and the doctor had told her not to eat anything for desert but oranges. ? "Hold on dar," said a colored man, hailing an acquaintance. "Does yer cross de street ebery time yer sees me ter keep frum payin' dat bill?" "No, I doesn't." "What fur, den?" "To keep from being axed fur it." ? Chief Ouray is dead, but Sitting Bull's years seem to be long in the land out of which he was wheeled. It is a very discouragi ng fact to note that only the good Indians die young. The bad ones are reserved to keep society lively in the West. ? Grant and Conkling are going to meet at Indianapolis soou to start the enthusiasm for Garfield in Indiana. They will meet with the prestige of the Chicago Convention to sustain their ef? fort?the prestige of the Two Great De? feated. ? "Is this my train?" asked a tra. eller at the Kansas Pacific depot, of a lounger. "I don't know, but I guess not," was the doubtful reply. "I see it's got the name of the railroad company on the side, and I expect it belongs to Lb em. Have you lost a train anywhere?" ? An old lady recently visiting a prison asked one of the attendants why the prisoners received such coarse food. He told her it was to keep their blood from bceoming impure. And when asked what they would do if their blood was impure, he dryly responded, "Break out." ? As an indicAtiou^jJiowthe cam? paign ic progressing Btated that th|Aare seven Mauv&jIT and English caBMjgn clubs in the city of Meriden and oJHK Garfield and Authur club. The ffl clubs represent over 500 vo? 1 the Garfield nura ? Must the Southern people .'vole f<: Garfield in order to be considered loyal to the flag? Will a .vote for a man r? thousand times his superior as a soldin and a patriotic statesman 3tamp t he voter as dangerous to American liberty? Thai seems to be the argument of the army of officeholders now on the stump.?Boa ton Globe. ? A fore and aft schooner, while lying in a harbor on the northern coast. in"'the absence of the crew, was boarded by rats in such a number that they ate away all her standing rigging, including head stays, and aUo the jibs, foresail and mainsail. All were destroyed beyond the possibility of repair. ? The New Haven Register has this to say of the political outlook in Connec? ticut: "Accessions to Hancock are repor? ted from all parts of the State. Scarcely a town but reports numbers of former Re? publicans who have determined 'to vote for Hancock. Unless all signs fail Con? necticut will give Hancock and both En? glishes 10,000 majority." ? A suake two feet long had a lively fight lately with a chipmunk on the banks of the Wallkill River. The snake coiled around his antagonist several j times, but the little fellow slipped out of the folds and turned again, biting the ! snake's body. Soon the snake was un j able to crawl, and the chipmunk killed it. ! ? A mule in the Newark Cement j Company's works refuses to do service j after the bell sounds the hour of noon, j If he is hoisting a load he deliberately { allows it to settle back. After feeding i he allows himself to be hitched up, but no amount of cc 'xing or beating will induce him to work until after the 1 o'clock whistle. ? The heir of the Spanish throne will be baptised in water from the river Jor? dan, presented in a bottle, for that pur? pose, by M.Montilla, the Spanish Min? ister at Constantinople. A Madrid dis? patch says that on the occasion of the expected birth the Spanish government will grant an amnesty to the Cuban in I surgeut leaders now imprisoned in , Spain. i ? A paper devoted especially to the j interests of colored men and edited by j a colored man, is published at Mont I gomery, Ala. It thus disposes of the i Republican cry about iutimidation and ; fraud: "Fraud is the cry of the Repub : lican papers of the north about the . Democratic party of Alabama. Sing on 1 as much ana as long as you please; we j colored men aided the Democracy in i rolling up the large majority; and don't j forget it, we are satisfied." ! ?The good Deacon Richard Smith, in his religious daily, the^Cincinuati Ga : zette, says : "Every claim agent who rep [ resents the demands on the treasury for j losses sustained in the south during the war is for Hancock and English." You don't say so. Every carpet bagger who j plundered the south under Grant, every j veuderofpost-traderships, every wbiskey ? ring thief, every Wall-street gambler who pays the agents of the government for j "points," every contractor who helped ' Robeson and Shepherd to rob the treas ' ury is for Garfied. And Garfied is as big ! a speculator as any of them. Are not j these things so, deacon ??Boston Globe. j ? Persons arriving at Louisville from Cave City, Ky., report that two stages j which run between that town and the : Mammoth Cave were stopped by high? waymen last Friday night and all the j passengers robbed. The stage to the cave j was the first attacked, about four miles ! east of Cave City, and the one passenger I on board was robbed. The coach coming ! the other way was shortly afterwards met by two men on horseback, heavily armed, who ordered the driver to stop. They then compelled all the passengers to get out and stand in a line, and ordered them at pistols' point to give up all their prop? erty. The travellere were unable to re? sist successfully, so they had to deliver up their valuables. The robbers took possession of all their money, jewelry and watches, aggregating in value about twelve hundred dollars. After the ex? ploit they made the victims take a drink of whiskey with them and rode off. The greatest excitement prevails in the neigh? borhood where the daring crimes were committed. ? Talk about bulldozing voters in the :. South. New England is far in advance of the South in that department of rascality. Read what the New Haven (Connecticut) Register has to say upon the subject: "In? telligence comes from different parts of the state that the Republicans have al? ready begun a systematic scheme of intimidation of Democratic voters. Com? mittees have been appointed to go. through factories and demand that Dem? ocrats employed in Republican establish? ments shall sign a paper to vote for Gar field and the Republican ticket. If they refuse they take the risk of being thrown out of employment. This scheme is an outrage upon the right of free suffrago. and deserves the condemnation of all honest men. But it will not succeed in staving off a disastrous defeat of the Re? publican party. Many men may be co? erced to violate their political principles, but there will be enough who can not be intimidated who will vote the Democratic ticket and ensure its success. In Menden the Republicans have become so alarmed at the defection of former Republicans to Hancock that a committee of five has been appointed for each ward to look up these Hancock Republicans and to at? tempt to bully them back into the Re? publican ranks. It won't do, Messrs. Republicans 1 The tide for Hancock is too strong and the Republican party can not save itself from defeat either by coax? ing, bullying, or corrupt use of money. Democrats should watch these Republi? can ;~;cks and promptly expose the men who are engaged in this nefarious work." ? A dog in New Mexico, returning one evening with his sheep to the fold, discovered that his master was still in his shanty, and kept very quiet. The next evening it was the same. But after penning up the sheep the dog smelled about the door, scratched, barked, and even howled, as he was getting very hun? gry, but his master did not move. The dog, true to his appointed duty, went out with the sheep on the third day, but that night when he drove the flock into their pen the last one to attempt to get in be? came the victim of the dog's appetite.? This method of providing for his own wants became a part of the faithful dog's ^ ily duty. Every evening the last leep to try to enter the fold was seized by him, and seved for supper and break? fast and for dinner the following day. The ranch to which tire dog belonged was in a solitary part of the territory, and out of the track of travel of visitation. For two years from the time of the mas? ter's death?as ascertained by data left by the latter?the dog tended the flock committed to his charge, and had fresh motton for his supper every night. The flock was not decimated by this steady drain upon its resources. On the contra? ry, it increased in numbers, and when, at the end of two years from the time of the death of the proprietor, the ranch. Jma visited, and the remains of the oA 6 *^\~- Saund, the dog wasatill ^tiflutit of duty, ffilffitfi' - driving ^9^MKg^^^^^^KS^S^SBk day and^JgjjPraSHBH which hMB8iwfij|Wra