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Ijy E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 23. 1882. VOLUME XVII. rWrllten for tho Anderdon IutelllReaccr.1 "B?TT?H-SWEET/' OK, nv AUNT SVK. It was a lovely day in November. The frost king had passed over the land, and l,is withering breath had changed the bright emerald of the forest leaves to gorgeous robes of crimson and gold, russet and amber, with hero and there bright patches of gre?u. And as they waved in the breeze and the sunlight, to tho imaginative eye they were bright tropical birds, with rainbow-tinted plu muge. The day bad been soft and balmy RH springtime-ono of tho hazy, dreamy days of the Indian Summer. I sat in the west veranda of my country home, watching the glorious autumnal sunset, inhaling the spicy breath of the violet? and raignonnetto in my garden, as it floated up to mo like incense on the wings of unseen zephyrs. I was rocking back and forth, as I saw tho bright clouds fade, the purple gloam ing cover the earth and tho Btara como forth. ? was thinking sadly of the au tumn of life-how like it is to the mel ancholy Reason-of the mutability of all things earthly, and tho truth expressed in these lines: "Pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the llower-tho bloom is shed ! Or, like a snowflake in the river, A moment seen-then gone forever." Then I thought o? uijr iwv'cu uiica, nuO had passed over the river of death, and were waiting for me on the otb shore. Tears fell from my eyes, nod my heart 83nt up a fervont petition that I might meet them again, I arose to go into my cozy sitting-room and was met at the door by my niece, a lovely child of fourteen summer*. Her eyes were sparkling, her cheeks crimson, and she trembled with suppressed emo tion. "Why, what is it, Jeanie ?" I asked. oh? extended to mc *? paper, saying i "Oh, Aunt Sue I See what I've found in the garret, amongst those musty old books. Do tell me who wrote it." As the lamp light fell on it, I knew at a glance it was the manuscript of a ro mance /had written many years ago. "Why ! Jennie, dear, this was written aga ago by your old Aunty. It is about two of the dearest, handsomest people that ever lived." "Oh I Aunt Suo ! did you write that? And did you really know Edna Linden and Austin Rutledge?" "Yes, I knew and loved them." "Please, Auntie, tell me what ever be came of them ; and all about them." The dear child looked so eager and was so coaxing, that I could not deny her request. So I seated myself by the table, and taking up my knitting, con tinued the conversation. "Yes, I not only knew them, but loved them. I was their staunch friend ; be loved and trusted by them. And I being a maiden who had passed into the mature Bummer of life, and had Been my heart's fairest flowers gathered and trampled into the dust of neglect by one who should have bound them into a bouquet of beauty to enrich his life-they were al ways to kind and tender, as if I were a protogee of theirs." I must have forgotten timo and place to talk thus to that wild, young creature So she aroused me with, "Auntie, dear, what are you talking about? I want tho Btory 1" So, after tl is tiresome preface, I place before my re. ders tho MS. before men tioned. After mat the continuation of tho same, it being tho utory which I un folded to my niece that stilly night in November. CUPID'S COURT. She was only a girl, in a bluo home spun dress, tripping along tho Behool path through the woods, with her arms full of boobs ! But peep underneath hc gingham bonnet; see those bewitching brown ringlets, that will not be tucked behind tho oar. Let tho30 mischief beaming hazel eve? flash on you ; note tho becoming poul of those coral lipB; mark the expression of child-like joyous ness and mirth which pervades every feature, and you will not wonder at sight of that dainty, young Artilleryman who joins her, and relieves bnr of her books. Ho is young, and yet several years older than my littlo village maiden. Any ono can seo at a glauco that he is city bred, polished, and rather on the verge of "dandyism." With the most polite of all imaginably polite bows, ho said : "How lucky I '?rn in having chanced to meet you, M.'RS Edna, and relieve you of this burden ; 'tis far too great for your tender arms. Hereafter, if you will grant me permis sion, I Bhall be happy to meet you every afternoon ond help you homo." "Oh ! Mr. Lacy, I couldn't think of troubling you BO. And what would Prof. Payne say, think you? were ho to see roo attended daily by a tall young gen tleman like you ?" "Pooh 1 you .need not care what ho may think-, but of one thing you may bo Bure, your Behool mates will all envy you." 80 ?aid this conceited "brass-button angel," as the soldiers were mischievous ly termed by the girls. Edna blushed as he made this remark, for she knew it waa true. 8he know her companions would nil wish that they, too, wero gallanted by handsome soldiers, decked with red stripes and brass but tO'lB. So, all too willingly, sha gave the de sired permission. So it will be seen that Behool discipline was very slack in those days, during tho war. Rapidly the wooka flew by. AB might uL-un lorcseen, Augusto Lacy was caught-entangled ia the net of his own weaving. One evening as they lingered 'neath the clustering rose vinos at tho home gate, Auguste whispered a tale of love into tho ears of witching little Edna. vVhtle sho listened, blushing and delight ed, (must I confess it?) she completely demolished heaps of the precious roses! Don't blame her, oh! ve knowing dames of "Ouphl's Court," for wa? he not her first IOVT? Edna was just nt the age so beautifully expressed by Longfellow, aa "Standing, with reluctant feet. Where the brook ami river meet ! Womanhood and childhood fleet !" 'Tis then a maiden's heart begins to Btretch forth its tendrils in search of something to cling to. And too often is it the case, that tho first manly voice that speaks to her in affection's tones strikes the magic chord, and it vibrates in unison with the music of mat voice. 'Tia then a new existence begins for her. She is a child no longer, and how quickly will she mature into a woman. How sweet it stems to her to love and bc loved. All things wear a garb of beauty-the whole world is tho "color of the rose" whon viewed through the ro mance of "tova's young dream." True love is beautiful-'tis pure, bliss ful and holy, nut, alas! too often are the thorns of doubt and distrust hidden 'neath the roso of affection. It is not to be doubted that Edna ac cepted thc proffered love of Auguste Lacy; and she believed her heart re sponded to his in the same lanRuaRo. So when they parted at twilight, tho simple village maid was the betrothed of the elegant city gent. Ah ? since that day, manj a nobler man than ho of kid glove, and eau dc cologne notoriety has fallen captive to the charms of Edna Linden. My heroine waa as willful, exacting and capricious a little fairy as ever lived, and thu way in which she exerted her power over her lover was amusing. He was tho most abject slave to her whims, and she ruled him with a wand of iron, but sheathed in velvet. Once they were strolling along tho banks of a meandering brooklet, pluck ing wild flowers, stopping now and then to read some sweet love lyric, or prattle soft nonsense. In fact, they were enjoy ing the stroll very much in this lazy fashion, wheu Edna suddenly espied some tempting muscadines in a tall treCj whose branches extended over the stream, Clapping her hands with delight, she ex claimed : "Now, Auguste, dear, prove your love for rae by getting me some of those splendid muscadines!" "Why, little Edna, do you require more proof of my love than I have al ready given? Then pray exact it ic some other form, for I assure you I am not acquainted with the art of climbing, You know I love you, my rose of beauty and will do anything I can for you." "No, no! you must get me some o: that enticing fruit, or banish yoursel from my presence !" With a rueful glance at his kid glovei and immaculate tucked bosom, he pre pared to mount the tree. Oh, "shade o Venus," protect him ! What would bia city companions havi thought could they have seen tho elegant fastidious, dignified Auguste Lacy climb ing a tree? After pauling and toiling upward will flushed faco and perspiration starlin] from every pore, he reached tho desirei fruit, and called faintly : "What shall do ? I have no basket." She answered briefly: "Shake then down." He attempted to do so. But, alas ! h shook himself out also, and where shoidi he fall but in the middle of the stream Fortunately, it was shallow water, bu pity him, nevertheless, for his soiled am torn kids; his elegant cloth snagged am wet; his tender flesh rock-bruised, nm his face pale with auger ! It was cruel in Edna to fall on lb grass and laugh until tears came into he eyes, and I fear she wns wicked euougl to enjoy that fall a HUI J. With compressed lips aud flashin] eyes, Auguste advanced to her, and said "Well, has your ladyship any more com mauds to lay on me, or aro you satisfier with my ridiculous failure to comply wit! your former one? I am glad that yoi at least, enjoy the situation !" Edna arose, and exteuded her bane saying: "I am so torry, Auguste! D forgive mc for laughing. If you coul only have seen now funny you tookee you would no', ?dame me." And again her joyous laughter bur f<-: th al remembrance of tho scene. "And how should I know you coul not climb? I thought all men couh Why, Tom Jenkins can run up a tre ?ike a squirrel or a monkey," and BI smiled roguiah'y at him. "I am sorry I ara not possessed of f commendable an accomplishment 1 'An pray, who ia the wonderful Tom Jet kins?" "Only ono of my country frienda nothing wonderful. Would you Uko I learn of him how to gather "bullaces5 Mr. Lacy bit his lips to hide the ami that hovered there, for ho was really good-natured fellow,' had smothered h justly provoked wrath, and, seeming a ready to forget bia miafortuuo, waa coi templnting with dfciight the fresh, your beauty and naive simplicity of h'm/tam So they parted good friends. This Incident ia only a specimen of tl "scrape?" into which ho was blindly lc Sometimes he vowed ho would no long follow thia ignis fatuis, that would at le lure him on to ruin. And again, she w so kind nnd gentle, so fair and winnin that he felt ho would pass through firo please her. At last hia leave of absence exp?? He waa called lo the ?eat of war. Wi ---i many a vow of eternal v.ob*luuoy, Au guste and Edna parted, their hearts buoyant with hopo and love. They wero to correspond, and in two years he was to return and wed bia love. It is well for our poor human hearts that wo can not pierce tho veil of tho mysterious future. Ero two years had been marked on tho "calendar of limo," Edna Linden had crushed tho hopes of Bcveral youths, who had sought her love ; had broken her troth with AugUGte Lacy -and he-was married to another I Such is life I From that timo Edna was thc reigning belle of B-. All who came within her sphero went away with wounded hearts. She was not cruel or heartless, but she could not heir, being attractivo any more than tho violet can bloom and not shed fragrance on all around it. At eighteen aer beauty had reached tho zenith of its glory. And Auguste Lacy, then a widower, returned to Edna, and on his kuecs implored of tho woman what tho girl had once given him-her heart. But "no" was her answer. Not for him did Bbc liv?. So numerous did her conquers become, I thnt some called her a flirt, and the beaux began to stand off and adore, fearing to have their wings scorched if they ap proached too near the light of her bril liant eyes ; and we all know that "dis cretion is the better part of valor." But Edna Linden was a true woman, after all. And so surely as the sunbeams will reach tho heart of tho rose, BO surely will love find its way to every human heart. So when the noble Austin Rut ledge came with tho courage which true love gives to the most timid, and ventured to unveil his heart to her, sho acknowl edged that she was not exempt from the common fate of woman, which is to love with all her heart's devotion ono being, who i?, in her eyes, set apart from all others as loftier, purer, moro beloved than any other one of God's creation?. So Edna and Austin aro soon to bo BU preraely happy. For 'tis certainly true that tho 20th of next month will bo the wedding day of these two, so well Buited to each other. I know Bbc will be superb in her pure and elegant bridal robe, with the lovely wreath rc.-.ting xnftly on hoi sunny curls, and the snowy veil enshrin ing her queenly form. It will be sad for us to give up oui mischievous, fun-loving, warm-beartoc friend, who is truly tho lifo of hoi father's house. But sho will go to make another homo happy, to cheer with hoi love one heart that is entirely here. And to no one could we so trustingly give her os to her true and loyal love Austin Rutledge. WEDDED BLISS. Well, they were married at the ap pointed time. It wu* evening. Th church was brilliantly lighted, and taste fully decorated with evergreen branche and fair, sweet flowers. Tho house wa filled with friends and acquaintance c both patties, who gazed with ad mi rat io on the splendid looking couple, as the slowly and gracefully advanced up th aisle, followed by a train of handsom men and maidens. Perfect silence reigned throughout tb assembly, as they knelt before the ma of dod, and listened to the solemn! beautiful and impressive service of tl Episcopal Church, which united tl lives of those two, BO perfectly suite each to the other. I cannot give you an idea of tho reg beauty of Edna as a bride. Or tl princely look of her lover as ho walk? beside her. Ho was tall and fine formed ; of a graceful carriage, b quick and airy in his movements. I had very beautiful eyes, grey in colt Boft and gentle in expression. He wo a moustache, but no beard then. K nature was genial and sunny, amiat and social, full of fun and merrimci but the soul of integrity and honor. After several days of festivity a: mirth-halcyon days never to be forgi ten-Edna bade farewell to her hap home and fond parents, and went tru ingly with a heart full of hope, love a happiness with her husband. Tho first months of their mnrried 1 were spent in the sunny "Land of Flo era." There, wandering amid oran groves, plucking the delicious, gold fruit, inhaling tho fragrance of I snowy blossoms, or gliding over the cr tal waters, or seated with friends on I pleasant piazza overlooking tho grn and beautiful scenery which bordei the banks of the mighty river flowi near, ever attended by ber beloved cc panion, the halcyon days sped by Uki dream of beauty, or like an episode fairy land. Edna looks back oa tb days os a living poem-a beautiful Ic But a Aer awhile they carno down fr their airy heights to tho real life. They made their home in one of i Southern cities. Mr. Rutledge was pi ner in ono of the first business house the place. Ho belonged to one of highest families in tho State, coopeqai ly they moved in tho best socieij Darno fortune smiled on the young < pie ; they were prosperous and har. aud by his energy aud industry Au rapidly amassed a fortune. They no children, therefore they were al all to each other Tho devotion betw them was peculiar and remarkable, was honored among women, for ' heart of her husband" did "safely t in her;" and she was indeed his qu Back and forth they flitted betw the two homes, carrying sunshino w ever they went. Christmas-that sei of festivity so dear and sacred to So cm hearts-was always spent at the , homestead, where, joined by all iho ? ily, the days flew past with music feasting and fun, with exchange of i appropriate to the season. I was ah a welcome guest at that time. Edna'i rents were two of my best friends, ai i was considered almost one of the fat Tho long, bot summer days also were geuerally spent in the large, cool, airy rooms of the homo nest, tbougb somo tim tbey went away to tbe Northern sp?ing8 and lakes, or quaffed deep draughts of happiness on tho sen shore. Ab, daya never to bo forgotten ! days heavily freighted with love, hope and happiness! How swiftly they fled, and were buried in tbe irrevocable past. Six yeara of "wedded bliss" were given to Austin and Edua Rutledge. I thank God for tb ia. For I come now to that which tears my heart with anguish even yet when I remember it. Austin, my loved nud nublo friend, was stretched upon a bed of suffering from which ho never roso. For many weary mouthy he boro pain and anguish unspeakable, with a patience and gen tleness unsurpassed. Hia darling wife watched and tended him faithfully and untiringly. It was beautiful to behold. And even when ber heart waa bursting with grief, at sight of her darling grad* ually slipping away from her devoted arma, and with sympathy in his suffer ing, half of which she would cheerfully have borne could sho have beou permit ted, even then she would sing for him his favorite hymtiH, if he faintly breathed a wish to hear them. Our Heavenly Father, in infinite wis dom, uaw fit to take this His child into a glorious rest; and when at last bia pure spirit took ita flight into realms un known, his bonnie wife's heart was well nigh broken. I will draw a veil of silence over that time. Hor grief was too deep, too sacred to bc spoken of. I cannot do tho sub ject-justice, either, for Jennie, dear, you know not how we all loved him. Time, the great healer, in mercy binds our wounded hearts, and wo como to kuow that "there ia balm in Gilead." Years have passed since the sad day which made my friend a widow. Sho has not forgotten-she never will-tho dear husband who made her life all sun shine. She may love again ; it is natu ral tbnt she should, though not with tho freshness and fervor and purity of first love. She ia quite young, and ls altogether the most charming of widows. She has the same love of fun and mischief that characterized her ns a girl, and the warm est, tenderest, most generous heart, that over beat in woman's bosom. She is rich and independent, travels a great deal, moves in the best society, and is courted and caressed by women os well as men. To the other BOX ?ho ia fascinating and bewildering, for she cannot help being attractive. Consequently, sho is sought in marriage by rich and poor, high and low. Clergymen and M. D.'a, lawyers and merchants, strive for the prize, but not yet bas sho said tho magic word to any. Loving her own sweet will as she does, In my opinion she will be a wisc woman if she remains free. Besides, it will bo a rare thing if ever sho finds a second hus band as true, noblo and devoted as was her first-her truly lamented Austin Rutledge I As I ceased speaking, Jennie ex claimed: "Oh ! Aunt Sue, I want to see this beautiful friend of yours. I know I shall love her. Where is she now ?" "Let's see ; she is away up North somewhere. She has influential and wealthy friends there, also ; and, indeed, ia so much pleased with tho people, and mode of living there, that I sometimes fear one cf those shrewd and clever Yankees will capturo my dear friend and take her completely away from us. Her last letter informs me that sho will be nt home before Christmas. So I hope, Jennie, you may seo and know her." "Well, Aunt Sue, if I wero Edna Rut ledge, I think I could never marry agaiL I think it would be a sin." I smiled at this decision, for I knew that ibis child, in her innocent and ten der heart, with the romance of girlhood investing the subject, did indeed think it almoat a crimo for any one to have thc appearance of being untrue, by contract ing a second marriage. I used to feel so myself. "No, no ! not a sin, Jennie Somo persons tbink it rather a compliment to thc departed companion to wish to enter tho married state again. They nrgue that if a man or woman ia happily mar ried they will wish to continue so. Now Edna has no one particularly to love and protect her. I know that she will never forget him who has passed 'over tho river,' and aho will never love another os well as abo did him. But it will bo natural and right for her to feel a pref erence for one, and she will bo a blessing to that one. "Now, I will tell you what Edna Rut ledge is like. It is contained in ono of Wordsworth's exquisite poems : " 'A perfect woman, nobly planned To warm, to comfort, and command ; And yet a spirit still and bright With something of nn angel light. " 'A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food ; For transient sorrows, simple wiles Traisc, blame, love, kisses, tears and smiles.' " - Edgcfleld is indulging in tho small pox excitement, just as all sensible towna in the country aro doing. The Advertiser gets off the following parody on Mary and her little lamb as pertinent to thc local situation : Mary hod a vaccine scab Upon her snow-white arm, She warned her beau to thia effect, For fear he'd do it harm. But when they came to part that night, She gave a mighty grab, And whispered, "Hug me awful tight, And never mind the scab !" - The Philadelphia Times, observes: "The people who insist that wo uught to thrush Chili, subjugate Mexico, annex Canada, set ireland free and capture tho north polo, dead or alive, might do well to remember that thia couutry already is a good deal bigger than its statesmen." - A Canadian Judgo baa decided that tho leane of a pew in church gives thc lctrsee a right to sleep and snoro therein during divine service. THE FOUL DISEASE. A Dlscuntlon of tho Causo of tho Disenso, tts Fatality, and tho Mram for lt? l're vcntlou. Tho dreadful disease is prevailing very largely in various parts of tho United States. Il has already fuuud its way in to eighteen or twenty states and territo ries, and is rapidly spreading. So far os wo know, not a Bingle caso has yot oc curred in any part of th J stato of Geor gia, hut as we arc in constant communi cation with places whero tho disease is doing it? deadly work, wo need not bo surprised at any day to *>. 3 it among us. Indeed, it will be surprising if we escape. Much as this disease is talked of tho masses of our people really know very little nbout it, and as the sincero friend of our reade.s A*O propose to givo them some information on tue subject, which wo hope will be valuable. Many will doubtless bc startled al our Htatement that this disease is incompara bly and by far tho greatest scourge ever inflicted by tho providence of God on the human race. Hut if they wero ac quain'"l with tho history of its ravages, they v uld not regard our strong expres sion as at all exaggerated. The diseaso is one of the most agoniz ing, and one of tho most fatal, that flesh is heir to. lu its violent form, tho whole body, from tho crown of the head to tho ieet, is covered with oozing sores, each one of which is a sourco of lancinating paiu : some times these sores beconio confluent, and then tho whole body be comes ono hugo sore-one shocking mass of rollonuess and borrow. Tho inner surface of tho body, no less than the outer, are covered with these ulcera so that to swallow at all is liko swallowing scald ing water; and perpetual swallowing fol lows tho expectoration which is needed to prevent suffocation from accumulating excreta ; frequently blood exudes from tho mucous membranes of tho mouth, nose, t-anCnnd bowels. The odor of tho body is offensive beyond expression, and tho filth from tho discharging Hores is horrible. Tho eyes aro closed, tho head is frightfully swelled, and so indeed is the whole body, and, during part of the time, fever with all its concomitant distress rages. Delirium sets in, and the sufferer lingera until death ends thc scene. True, every case is not marked by symptoms so unutterably dreadful as those which wo have attempted to describo ; mnny die before tho disease has reached theso su perlative stages ; some die speedily from complication with other diseases ; and mauy having tho diseaso in a milder form recover; but every ono who is wholly unprotected by vaccination, and who ha? the diseaso, is liable to all that we have tried to set forth, and if possible to more ; for it ?B impossible for language to exag gerate the anguish, the loathsomeness and the torror, of this fearful scourge. If any ono thinks that wo have overstated the case, he can easily correct his misappre hension by reading the standard medical books. Wo have spoken only of the worst cases ; in its less malignant types tho diseaso falls far short of what has been said, but in its mast malignant form, if wholly unchecked, it is still ono of the most distressing maladies known to man kind. It is one of the most communicable of all diseases, being both contagious und infections, that is, it may bo communica ted by touching a person who hos it, or by touching a garment that he has han* died, or it may bo carried in the air, and thus communicated to a person who never nilw nnr over came very near tc ene afflicted with it. It may como from handling paper money ; it may be brought by mail in a uewspaper or letter, or in a package by express ; it may be caught from a fellow traveler on the railroad, or from a passer-by in the street, or from the casual visit of a friend. Tho germs of it will remain in bcd clothing, carpets aud the like, for months and perhaps for years. It respects no season of tho year, and no spot on the earth. It visits the tropics ; it hos slain its millions in Mexi co; it nearly depopulated Greenland ; it reaches tho mountain tops, and it breaks out in mid-ocean ; it ha.n no favorito localities ; the whole cartu is its homo. Its most frightful slaughter was in the 17th arid 18th centuries. But in those days there were no railroads, and no steam, and but little commerce, no express companies, and but little mail matter, and very little travel in any way. In these days of ceaseless intercourse and perpetual running to and fro, if tho dis ease were unchecked as it was then, its ravages would probably soon depopulate the whole civilized world ; and perhaps this proposition would remain true, if the '"ord civilized were stricken out, for it is a well established fact that tho dark skinned races arc much more susceptible of it than tho whites, and aro also more likely to die from its effects. It may be asked, if this disease is HO eaisly communicated, why is it that it hos not long since swept the population from tho earth ? Tho answer to this question is I ready : it is because it has becu checked, I by a most wonderful preventivo which 1 has been vouchsafed to us in the provi dence of God. While on the one hand it is the most terrific of all epidemic dis eases, far moro deadly than tho yellow I fever, aqd far moro dreadful than tho horrible plague of London, on tho other hand, there is no disease which can bo so easily and so certainly prevented. The most astounding discovery of modern times, aud tho most beneficial of nil time, was the discovery of tho prophylactic Eowcr of vaccination ; and thc greatest uman benefactor, immeasurably the greatest, who ever blessed tho human raco, was I?dward Jenner, who discovered it. Did any other man ever savo the lives of his fellow-men by million?, and by millions upon millions? Some may question that Jenner has done this? Let him read tho literature of tho subject, and ho will question no moro. Now it will be in order to ask nomo practical questions. 1. Does viccination protect? Not ab solutely ; nor does small-pox itself, for cases huvo occurred where tue name person bas had tho disease twice, but these cases aro exceedingly raro. So it is with vac cination ; when it is complete and perfect tho risk hi almost infinitesimal. But vaccination may be complete or it may be partial, but tho person imperfectly vaccinated is Hallie, (though in less de gree than if he were not vaccinated at all) to the disease ; but iu such cases the disease is always modified in proportion to tho completeness of thc vaccination. A simplo illustration will make it plain : one may bc vaccinated to the extent of, let us say, ninety cents in tho dollar, if so he is by no means very liable to take the disease, still he might take it, and if he should, ho would have it in its mildest form-a mere varioloid, accompanied with but little suffering. Ho might bo vaccinated to tho extent of fifty cents in tho dollar ; if so, his liability to tho dis easo would bo correspondingly greater, and he might experience asevere attack, but il would probably not bo mortal. He might be vaccinated to the extent of ten cents in the dollar, and if so, his vacci nation would afford but little protection ; ..till, if he should have 'the disease, its virulence would bc nome what nbatec' and his prospect of recovery would be better than if bc had not been vaccinated ai all. Thus a ??'.'.'.e is good ; moro is better ; and completo vaccination is com plete protection. 2. How aro we to know when it is com plete? Tho host way to settle this ques tion is to exhibit tho scar to an experi enced physician, and ask his opinion ; and to cover accidents, it ia prudent io bc vaccinated every few year??, and always when the disease is prevalent. 3. How long does ?ls protective power last? No definite answer can bo given to thia quotion. Somtimisit seems to have maintained ita strength for fifty years or more, and sometimes to be exhausted in a very few years. No ono can possibly know, in hi-5 own case, to what extent ho is protected. Tbe only safety is in vacci nation repeated nt intervals. If.it docs not "take" no harm is done: if it does, insurance is renewed. One thing is cer tain-a person onco well vaccinated never takes the disease after a recent revaccina tion. If there are any exceptions to thia rule, they arc so rare aa to amount prac tically lo nothing. 4. Doe? vaccination ever do any harm ? If tho operation ia performed by n phy sician who knowa when as well aa to know how to perform it, genuine vaccination ia always harmless, mid the mont timid need not have the slightest fear. There is mich a thing ns spurious vaccination, which ; may bring disease and which yet aflords no protection against small-pox. Hut with tho ordinary cnre of nn ordinary 1 physician, tho risk from this causo ?H not one-ten thousandth part as great as from small-pox. Tho chance of heing'mnterinlly ? injured in this way is leas than the risk 1 which every one incurs of being ?truck by lightning, or of being bitten by a mad dog ; and certainly is much less than 1 thnt of traveling a hundred miles on n 1 railroad, or in n carriage. When our blessed Lord was upon tho 1 enrth ho went about doing good. Tho I bodies of men, no less thnn '.heir sonia, I were tho objects of bia benefaction. He ? who was touceed with the feeling of all I our infirmities had compassion on theaick, 1 and multitudes were healed by bia touch, '. of all manner of diseases. His gracious 1 example, in alleviating human Bullering, I should be for our humble imitation. If, ( in His merciful providence, we have been 1 lcd to discover how to forefond by far the ? moat awful of all epidemica, he surely is 1 doing a Christ-like work who sprcada tho I information. Actuated ns we trust by this i spirit, having no motives but those of ' pure benevolence, and fully informed as 1 to tho facta we have stated, we consecrate ( thia article, prayerfully and lovingly, to tho wei faro of our renders. A Sensibio View or tho Work of tho Legislature. Tho following editorial from the Sum ter Spirit of Thc Times has a good deal of sound reason and prnclical good sense, which n great many of the editora of tho State and sumo other peoplo would do well to read nud pouder. It is n very complete nrgume:?* ugainst flying into indcpcndeut:am because ono does not Uko ail that a Legislaturo has done at one session : The General Assembly adjourned on on the 9tL- instant, after a protracted ses sion of over forty-nine working dava, and at a cost to thc State of about ono hun dred nud sixty-five thousand dollars. Tho measures which have attracted tho greatest attention, and received the sever est criticism, are : tho General Stock law, thc Registration and Election ?nw nud the appropriation to thc Citadel and South Carolina University. It would be useless to pretend that the cntiro proceedings of thia body have been regarded with satisfaction by the people generally, or even by the Democrats of the State; but we aro fully convinced that each enactment was a sincero en deavor to promote the best interests of the people, however much it may havo conflicted willi their opinions. If many of tho measures which have been adopted incur thc disapprobation of constituents, or utterly fail to accomplish beneficial results, this Legislaturo will form no ex ception to the many which have preceded it. Tho ever-changing interests of tho nelpie, and tho fallibility of human judgment make it impossible to devise n code of laws which will perpetually pro tect and promote tho interenta of tho majority. Every enactment is an exper iment nt best, and our statute-book con ? tains thc record of many unhappy guesses. From tho beginning of our existence as I a State, we have been busy nt thia work of law-making, yet thc prevalence of I poverty, crime, litigation and unhappi ness allows how far wc afc from the com pletion of n final nnd perfect arrange ment of civil and social relations. Near ly evory legislativo proceeding is a tacit confession of incompetency ; and altera tion, explanation and repeal form tho chief employment of every session. There is scarcely a bill introduced but is entitled "An Act to nmcud An Act," and every preamble is introduced by a "Whereas"-a confession of legislative miscarriage. With this experience of a hundred years it seems strango that wo should expect anything elae, yet strango as it may seem, every blunder that is made is treated with as much apparent surprise as though ir were the first on record. It seems to us that tho moat we can expect ia wiadom and hone 'ty on the part of our representatives, and endowed with these in an eminent degree, we should not bo surprised nt repeated fail ures of judgment, in the creation and chango of statutes. Of cour?? dissatis faction is inflamed by opposing politi cians whoso nucce-ss depends upon the overthrow of the party in power, but bc foro a chango is contemplated let the people be well assured tint another party will display a wiadom which will avoid those errors which have characterized the proceedings of scores of similar assem blies. Tho rise of overy party to power is at tended by ample professions of ability to improvo tho condition of tho people, and by faithful promises to widen and pro mote tho rights of tho majority, but their futile endeavors should make us pan ie before ofTecting a chango unless sure of thc advantages derived therefrom. - Colonel Hen. S.Ricks, of Mississippi, the second largest cotton planter in the South, in a recent letter declares that he would not take $20,000 for what he learned . f improved machinery and methods by a visit to the Atlanta cotton i exposition. Ho thought he was a pretty good farmer bo foro visiting thoexpoaition, but confesses what he learned there will aavo him several thousands of dollars annually. - Mr. Inman, of New York, who had pledged himself to put a$500f00n cotton mill at Augusta, Ga., inside ot two years, hos abandoned the scheme, because the authorities havo declined to allow him 1,200 feet front on thc river side of the canal, thinking GOO or 700 feet sufficient. - A lady noticed a boy sprinkling salt upon tho pavement to t?kc off ice, and remarked to a friend, pointing to the salt, "Now that's benevolence." "No, it ain't," said the boy somewhat indignant, "it's salt." WOMEN WHO SMOKE. A Ilejiutcd Interview with a Kew York Itcporter. . A New York Sunday paper prints a reputed interview wit!? "a lady who is widely known in society, and moyes in the first circles," which is a fair illustra tion of tho extent to which an impecuni ous "piece" reporter can draw on his imagination towards tho close of the week. Said the lady : (?) "Kcally I must say that you aro living behind your ago any day if you do not know that seven women out of ten smoko nowadays with relish every whit a? keen as any smoking man ono can see on Broodway during an afternoon stroll. Tobacco ! How I do love it! It makes mo forget tho cares and annoyances of life, and after a good dinner to retiro to my mom and indulge in a nice, quiet, soothing smoko hieb is a half siesta, is a little short of an earthly paradise. Ono is not deemed chic in tho eighties without one can smoke. It is an easily acquired and exceedingly comforting habit, and I only echo the opinion of tho lands of my ?ex when I say that tho beauties of home are magnified tenfold by thc dis creet uso of tobacco. After a day's shopping it is so nico to retiro to your private parlor or room and burn two or threo cigarettes or a mild cigar. Tho smoko Hiiliiecs to keep moths from set tling in l!ie carpet and cushions; docs not scent a room unpleasantly, and then it ?wallow cf cordial or a bit of lemon or orange will ilavor one's breath so niels. I learned to smoko tho season following my debut in uoctety, eon'nucd tho habit [luring my engagement, and on my bridal night felt miserable because I wa? on Lhe cars on my wedding tour, and could not ?teal away to myself and smoke in peace. When we reached Mobile, and I liad a few moments to myself, I ignited a cigar and again enjoyed tho comforts of life in n civilized clime. On returning to thu city I consulted with a lady friend it? to how I could contrive to smoko in tho presence of my husbi .. i without an gering him or degrndir r myself in hi? estimation. My friend n oduced some splendid chcroote, and v. ii lo ejecting the serpentine looking colu. is of smoko through my nostrils, HIIO advised me to go to my family physicinn, ?tate my case plainly, and ask him to gently prescribe smoking for some fanciful ill. I did aa directed and then ?et to work systemati cally to hoodwink my husband. For two whole days I was cross nud peovish, and poor, dear Nat felt HO badly! Th? phy sician came and ?aid that something was wrong with my nerves, and that i must learn to smoko by way of a remedy. I Btoutly declined, threatened to die, and my husband really became frightened. By and by I yielded to his entreaties, and smoked a few whiffs with a distortion of tho facial muscles and n shrug oi tho shoulder? accompanying each whiff, and Nat was so delighted that ho gave mo a beautiful set of pearls." Hero the lady, unable longer to con trol ber risibilities, laughed herlily, until tears of amusement welled up in her eyes, coursed down her cheek? and mois tened tho dimple? at either side of her mouth. "New York ladies," the repor ter's fair informant continued, "wero taught to smoko in tho main by actresses. To oo sure the ladies of France, Spain and Mexico have smoked for a century, but they were not accepted as illustrious examples. When Jenny .Lind carno to this country she taught the women of thnt generation to rofl cigarettes. Bar num, if he will only refer to his ledgers of thnt day, will find tobacco and paper fo."-lenny Lind among many of hi? ex pense items. "Charlotte Cushman was avcreo to smokiug at first, but she gradually over came her objections to tho weed, aud before tho curtain was rang down on her lifo could smoko a cigar as readily as any person. Nillson ?niokcd imported ciga rettes. Neilson always smoked before retiring, and it is no secret that Adah Isaac Menken has smoked os many as twenty strong cigars a day. Tho ladies now ou tho stage who smoko ure logion. Emma Abbott smokes Vanity Fair ; Patti pr?f?ra Spauish cheroots ; Sara Bernhardt hos quite a collection of meer schaum pipe? and cigar-holders ; Mary Anderson, Fauny Davenport and Lotta love mild cigarettes, and Kate Claxton, Alice Oates, Mme. Junauschek, Minnie Palmer, and nine out of every ten of the leading women of New York theatre? aro confirmed smokers. Before White law Heid was married, Anna Dickinson and he were wont to get together and puff flagrant Havana a ill a manner half Bohemian, half icthetic like," This lcd tho reporter tc hasten to a prominent tobacconist, where ho learned that ladies wero profitable customers. They call as though purchasing a present fur husband or sweetheart, often make many pretty little excuses, aud all tho while their lips are enacting a silent patomime. It has not been a fortnight since a lady was run down by a coach near tho corner of Broadway and 18th street. Her muff rolled to ono side, and. when picked up a broken package of cigarettes fell out. Young girls learn to smoke as readily as a parrot learns to chatter or a duck Icarus to swim. Tho reporter was informed that four-fifths of the young ladies' societies in New York were retreats where the fair maidens Bhut them-elves in from tho world and in dulge in thc pernicious habit of burning tobacco. An attempt was made to gain admiftsion to one of these secluded and carefully guarded establishments in 34th street, but there was a lady sentinel at the door who refused to be interviewed. - The Washington correspondent of the Springfield Htj-ublican says that Rep resentative Skinner, of New York, in calling on President Arthur recently iu regard to an appointment, suggested that he had some fear that tho "Half-Breed" proclivities both of himself and his can didate would stand against him. The President replied in substance: "Tho quarrel of last summer was ended when Miller and Lapham were elected to the Senate. If it is kept up it shall not be my fault. In my official capacity I shall not ask whether a man was a Stalwart or Hulf-Bread. I shall be guided in all these local appointments by the recom mendation of the member of Congress. If I find that he recommends n capable, worthy man, one likely to provo a good officer and ono who is endorsed by tho leading men, or a sufficient number of them, of his section, I shall appoint that man. Of course, I expect him to be a member of the Republican party." The President went on to tell Mr. Skinner that he wished that he could make it understood in New York that the fact that a man had been a Stalwart, would of itself weigh very little in his favor, and the fact that he had been a Half-Breed would go for nothing against t ~. Thc only woy in which it would bo (^CM?ible for tho President to make this understood would bo in his appointments, and he believed that tho character of these would show his Now York friends pre cisely what his intentions were. - Tho. ?uily drawback to cocoanut I raising itt Tiorida is that it take? ter . ye ^Tor thu trees ta bear. SOMEBODY ELSE SCARED. Frantic Appeal of a Bouxboru Radical Ornan for an "Antl-Hourbon" Alliance. Beware the leaven of thc Pharisees. Your party can not livo without growth. Do not fear to fellowship' with your enemy's foes. Do not fail to rebuke any who narrowly repel recruits. Tho Bourborn Democracy novel forgives any body for desertion. When you find a robel against Bourborn authority you havo found an ally in the cause of law and order. You can not control this Nation with thc votes of those only who wero opposed to tho extension of slavery in 1856 or 18G0. You cannot have a majority in oichcr House of Congress by the votes of thoso only who wore on the Union side during tho rebellion. The Southern States havo been discordant and alien sinco the war, except when for a brief timo they were controlled by ex ternal power. Thc faint-hearted portion of the Republican party in tho North long ago gave up efforts at preserving order and protecting rights in the South, and that region became a Bourborn abso lu tihm. Republicans of the North will do well to look at the situation. If they are will ing lo affiliate with all who are opposed to the restoration of the Bourborn De mocracy to power they can secure for that purpose tho next Houso of Repre sentatives and half of the electoral votes of the South in 1884. If they adhere to a narrow, closo communion policy, tho next house of Representatives is already lost ; and as such n policy would be a withdrawal from the Virginia Lioernls it would make a Republican Senate im possible in 1883. The Nationnl Repub lican is for no compromise with the ene my and for no lowering ot the party flog. It advocates affiliation with Southern Liberaki as against. Southern Bourbons, nud it will oppose so-called Republicans who aro on tho otherside of this propo There is treason in our party, and it is not hard to trace. Tho very highest in rank in tho Bourbon empire arc now in treat- with Republicans who bato our pari; and seek its overthrow. These trai tors aro among tho greatest sticklers for . the integrity of tl ? Republican party wherever they believe such n courso is surest to defeat Republicanism. They aro going to do all the harm they can a? Republicans boforo they declare war, and thou tboy will be found lending them selves as tho figureheads of a nimm Lib eral movement in tho South to be con trolled by tho Bourbons and Pharaohs of titan ??u?ppjr ie?;?ou. The Republican party can ward off nil danger by keeping within call of the anti-Bourborn element of tho South. Soon enough their aid will bo needed to help us fight tho alli ance between Bourbons and fah-c Repub licans.- Washington National Republican. Incidents of Two Senators. The Washington correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle and Constitutionalist relates tho following incidents in the career of two distinguished Southern Senators which will interest our readers: Senator Lamar was knocked down, the other day, by coming into collision with a carriage horne. Tho Senator is given to contemplative moods, and becomes in different to the hurly-burly around him, but that is no reason why the driver should exhibit ?UCu Cfir?i??i ucgi?gc?C?. For a moment, after being prostrated, Mr. Lamar was stvnned. Then snccdily reacting and getth.g upon his feet, ho offered a considerable reward for the identification of the rudo hackman. The Senator says this is the second time he was ever knocked down. . Tho first event is thus narrated: Years ugo, when he had just begun ;nc political career thal bas become so glorious, Lamar had a dis pute with a local celebrity, at Covington, named Zacharie, familiarly called "Uncle Jimmy." Thia man was very powerful. When thc war of words came on be was Bitting in a chair, and Lamar confronted him erect. Knowing well enough that his only safety was in intimidating his gigantic antagonist, Lamar drew a piBtol, pointed it at tho sitting man, and said : . "Uncle Jimmy, if you attempt to rise from that chair, I will kill you 1" Uncle Jimmy concluded to obey, though with ill-suppressed wrath nud profuse prom ises of future settlement. Not long afterward, when Lamar was treating some Democratic fellow-citizens, at a corner grocery to benzine or wine, he heard an exultant voice cry out behind bim : "Lu cious, I have got you now 1" Suiting the action to the word, Uncle Jimmy let drive his muscular arm and fist, which, coming in contact with Lamar's hoad, causea the body to stagger and fall. Lamar rose and Uncle Jimmy precipi tated his hugo bulk against bim like a catapult. Then tho Democratic party present thought the tim?; had como to interfere, and Uncle Jimmy was seized by sinewy grips and told to release bis hold. Not satisfied with his method of doing so, he had a second peremptory admonition. At this juncture bo plain tively squealed: "I aiu't holding him, he's holding me." Suro enough, on ex amination it was found that Lamar had Uucle Jimmy's finger in his mouth and would not let it go ? During the melee Lamar had seized a skillet and rando quite a mess of his burly fueman's face ar, i head. But this was tho first time ho i .id ever been knocked down, nnd the last time until Thursday afternoon. So, it seems that in the nnnnls of Georgia, L. Q. C. Lamar ante dated Mr. Stephens in "toting bis skillet," with the difference, however, that Stephens toted his own and Lamar another man's. Qpn. Wade Hampton says ho never had but one fist fight, and that was with a Columbia bully, who attempted to add him to the number of his conquests. "I was a good boxer," said tho South Caro lina Senator, "and every time the fellow rushed at mo I floored him. Tho last lick I gave him broke his thumb. A policeman came up and arrested me. When I was pinioned, tho man rose up, drew a knife, and was about lo rush upon me. I asked the officer to let rae go and give me his club. He did so. Armed with that weapon, I faced the desperado, and warned him that though I did not wish to kill him, I would surely do so if ho advanced a riep farthor. He took counsel of his /ears, and prudently re tired. I had not a scratch, but the other man was laid up for three weeks." - A canary bird died lately In Cincinnati of consumption. A year ago last summer the bird was left hanging In its cage ono evening in the open window. Previously an excellent singer soon after ward it began to droop and sing but littlo. " Six months later the bird developed a well defined cough, which could be heard dis tinctly in tho next room. Remedies were i administered, but without success, and ? tho bird pined away and died, doctors i who'wero .consulted said, of consilmp . ?ion. ' From an extonsivo use of St. Jacobs ' Oil in the editor's family, wo aro able to Teak confidently of its groat wor*h In numerous ailments, and fully recom ? mended it as an article most desirable to i have on hand in the medicine chest.-" . j pamford (Conn.) Herald.