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^^^^^^^ s BY E. B. MURRAY & CO._ ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 24, 1884. VOLUME XIX.-NO. 28. Three Particular l'oints. Point Ute First.-BROWN'S IRON BITTERS is not an intoxicating com pound. It is a tonic medicine, not a drink. It is a skillfully compounded preparation made to restore strength and health; not a beverage to be sold In bar-rooms and taverns. Point the Second.-BROWN'S IRON BITTERS is free from everything injurious. The most delicate ladies and the most enfeebled infants may use it with perfect safety and with great advantage. While it is powerful in its'remedial agency, it is gentle inks operation, restoring wasted "strength and imparting robust health in the most efficient manner. Point the Third,--BROWN'S IRON BITTERS is made by the Brown Chemical Company of Baltimore, a long-established house, whose reputa tion is well-known to the business world and the general community. There is no risk in buying such a medicine/ ? LADIES' STORE ! " -o AFTER nu extended trip by the Louisville Exposition, Cincinnati, Niacara New York and llaltiniorc- b ' MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS IS AT II Kit OLD PLACE WITH A HANDSOME LOT OE ' DRESS GOODS, HATS, NECKWEAR, GLOVES, -AND SHOES OF EVERY KINO AND QUALITY. She selected her SPLENDID STOCK in person, and in ready with her accom plished assistants to wait on the publie. She has determined NOT TO BE UNDERSOLD. Clive us a call and be con vinced. Sci-t 21, 1881 | | | 10 ^ ^ ^ ^^^^ ^ ^ :? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ' * ^ " " ^ ~ ~ ^ '"^ ^ *k^*^-p ^ REV. JAMES DANN ELLY. Address Before tb* Historical Woclsty of '.bo 8. C. Conference, Dec. 13th, 1883, by Kev. II. IK. Mood. Among the heroes who grace the gal my of modern Methodist history in South Carolina, none shioo with more peculiar lustre than ito?. James Dannclly. Hold, ardent, brilliant and eccentric, he waa sui yeneris, and at cace tho moat popular a"bd efficient preacher of the up country. j In person he was of tho medium height, 3nit- corpulent, weigh i ug nbout two hun red and fifty pounds, had bi t one leg, the other being supplied with a woodeu stump. H?B lace was rouud sud florid, hair thin and of silvery white uens, fore head high and partly bald, nose arched and aquiline, much resembling in. nh apo a hawk's beak. His small gray eyes, set unusually far back in his head, snapped and scintilated with a peculiar lustre wheu he was excited. His voice I pitched on an unusually high key, with a peculiar nasal twang, was shrill aud loud, being distinctly benni at the re motest parts of the vast camp-meetiug audiences to whom he often preached, aud when he became aroused, hud a vol ume aud music which, Uko noland's mar velous hom, at once spread consternation among tho foes of God, and marshaled the church militant to victory. Rey. James Daonelly was a c'uild of uflliction. He lost a leg by ulceration, and constantly suffered from painful sores on the other, which wero kept in flamed by the henvy weight of bis body, served to disquiet his mind, and gave him a severe and harsh utterance, which made him A terror ta evil doers. Iiis nature, however, was tender, sympathetic and generous, and tbose only who knew him intimately understood him properly, and knew how to appreciate him. In his day he was the most popular preacher of the up country, maintaining bis popularity to the day of bis death. An appointment published for him to preach uevcr failed to attract a crowd, even when disease and trouble had well nigh crushed him. Ue frequently gave offence, and pereous beep me very angry with him, but he seldom or never failed to secure their attendance aud improved behavior the next lime. We have heard as thrilling eloquence from the lips of Rev. James Dannclly, as we over beard from any man. We have seen immense congregations greatly moved under his sermons. The ministry of Rev. Jame? Dannclly was a ministry of rebuke. He felt called to grapple with the popular vices and frivolities of the day, which he did "with gloves ofT," cutting to the bone, and dividing the joints and the marrow. At S. Camp-meeting, Mr. Den nell y preached the ll o'clock sermon on Satur day to an immense congregation. The preacher seemed particularly unhappy io his feelings. He began rough, and got rougher and rougher. He not ouly shocked our sensibilities, but outraged all the decencies of our nature ; we were abashed, ashamed, and hid our faccu in our hands. His closing sentences were the climax of all coarsenes we ever heard from the pulpit, and instead of yielding his place to the preacher who was in the pulpit to close the service, he took the hymn book and gave out "A charge to keep I have, A God to gloryfy," and said : "If any persons present desire to forsake their sinB and seek forgiveness, let ihetn approach the alter." Of course we expected no one to come, ns all proper feeling seemed to be killed out by the sermon ; but what waa our surprise to see an unusually huodsome gentleman from a remote part of the congregation come rushing to tue altar, prostrating himself under intonso feeling-a number of young men following, all deeply ailee ted. Our curiosity was excited to know more of the case ; so, finding at which tent this gentleman would dine, we directed our atteution thither, and at the table interrogated him with regard to the ser mon. He declared it was tho grandest sermon he had ever hoard. "Why," said he, "it laid open my heart as no other sermon ever did." . At a camp-meeting held at Sandy Spring, some years ago, Mr. Dannclly preached at ll o'clock on Sunday, to a largo and appreciative audience. It wa? one of his characteristic sermons and finest efforts. Being much exhausted, he returned to the preacher's tent and laid down on a bed, pulling and blowing from beat and exhaustion, when an old gentleman came running in, exclaiming as he came, "Mr. Dannclly I I am so glad to see you," ?tc., ?tc. We cast our eyes toward the speaker and observed that Mr. Dannel ly bud put out his hand, in his peculiar style, twisted, with the ; palm up, a sure indication lo us that he did not heartily reciprocate the warm cal li ation. Mr. Dannelly did not open his mouth until his enthusiastic friend had I completed his greeting ; then in his loud, shrill, nasal tone, said, "Do you ?till whiskey yet t" The last word being pro nounced in a kind of shriek, was the stunning question. The friend was non plussed, but rallying up replied, "Yon know Mr. Dannelly, we never could agree upon these questions; twenty years ago we argued them, but could not agree. I keep my still, and make a little for the convenience of my neighbors." "Do you sell whiskey yet f" the last word pro nounced with a still louder shriek. The friend stagr^red under the persistent force oi the qui 1 1, but rallied in a mo ment. "O, Mr. ;annelly, how can you be so hard on an old friend ? You know we never could agree on these subjects, I still sell a little along, but hope I do no h?rm by it." "Do you drink whiskey yet f" he uttered, with a still louder em phasis. The old friend coughed, hemmed, laid bis band on the arm of the fierce Karson, patronizingly : "You must no) e bard on me, my old friend. You know. Mr. Dannelly, we never could agree on these matters ; twenty years ago w< talked them over and could not agree. J still take my dram three times a day.' "Are you a deacon in the Baptist Churct uetf" vociferated the excited preacher in thunder tones. "O yes, Mr?Dannelly I am still trying to serve my God and make my way up to beaven. Jost thei Mr. Dannelly raised np in the bed, ant in bis loudest, shrillest voice, sereamei out, "You are the worst man X ever aa? in my life. Your breath now smell like a rum cask. You have made drunk ard* of all the young men in your ccuu try." The loud, shrill voice of th preacher, as it pierced tho ears of hi now terrified victim in eearchinc toner aroused his fears lest the crowd ontslrj might be attracted, and seeing noothe way of escape bot by percipitate Sight jumping up, away he went for the dooi the vociferations of the thorough! aroused preacher reaching the ears of tb terrified wretch after he bad made hi exit from the tent. After the sudde flight of the old friend, we said : "Brothc Dannelly, you most have had a bard cat on band." "Yes,*.' said he, this old ma is the most corrupt person in this cor : try. He stills up tho coru, makes drool ards of the men. Is a hard drinker bin self, and, with all, ls a high functiouai in the Hard Shell Baptist Church of th country." One of the characteristics of Mr. Dan nelly was sarcasm, burning, withering, as the following incident will show. At a camp-meeting held at C., there waa a young doctor whom Mr. Dannelly had known from infancy, who had just re turned from Charleston with a diploma as a physician. During a service at which Mr. Dannelly officiated, the young doctor did not behave well, and the preacher, true to his instincts, pronounced in his own way a scathing rebuke. This enraged the disciple of Esculapius, who dclcimined at ouce to bc revenged. I'm curing a rattan walking cano ho ap proached tho preacher's tont whirling tho instrument in bis hand, and inquired at the door for Mr. Dannelly. ile was pointed to the back part of tho long dark building to a bed, where the exhausted preacher lay panting and puffing from extremo heat and fatigue. Approaching the bedside he demanded in a loud and imperious tone : "Did you mear, me, sir, in the offensive remarks you made from the pulpi??" Tho preacher, raising up on his elbow, responds with his shrill 7oice, now rendered much keener by a certain nasal twang : "You, B. ! moan you ! Why, if I had a little cut-tail, snub-noso dee, and he was to bark at such a fellow as you, H., I would knock him in the bead and kill him. I never notice such trash as you, Ii." B. evapo rated. Mr. Dannelly bad a great dislike to anything which savored of pretence, and usually dealt with it roughly, aa the fol lowing incident will show: A certain methodist sister, of large wealth and equal osteutation, bad for three years been very urgent in h?r in vitations for Mr. Dannelly to visit her, and spend some timo at her bouse, but a? she lived out ol the iine of bis usual travel, bo had failed to do so. To gratify the hospitality of the sister, he sent au appointment to a church in the neighbor hood, and on Saturday rodo so as to spend the night at bor bouse, but un fortunately was taken quite sick on the way, but finally reached the place quite indisposed. The lady came out with unusual demonstrations of hospitality, exclaiming as she approached, "Alight and come in, dear Brother Dannelly. I am so glad to see you ! Come in." His only response was: "I'm sick. I'm sick. I want nothing but a bed." "Yes, Brother Dannelly, you shall have a bod. Come in this room and make yourself as comfortable as possible, and I will go out and attend to a fow household duties." The sick preacher WAB soon in bed, when his acute ears caught the /bllowing, uttered in a loud whisper: "You lazy heifer, why do you not hurry 1 Don't you know that Mr. Dannelly is here, and nothing done?" She takes her exit to the yard, but is soon back ia tho same adjoining room, when the same loud whisper arresta the preacher's esr: "Why don't you hurry up, you black wretch. I tell you Dannelly is here. If you don't hurry I'll brook your head." Out again she goes. After n while she returns. "Hurry up, I Bay, black devil ; old Dan nelly is here, and I can't get you to do a single thing." Next morning tho preacher is better. The elaborately silver-mounted carriage stands beside the rickety old buggy, and a-few miles make tho church. The con gregation is large. The pious hostess, splendidly attired, sitB immediately in front of the pulpit. The preacher an uounces his text : "Tho heart of man is deceitful above all things, snd desperately wicked ; who can know it?" The speaker, as was his wont, having read his text, pauses and looks all over thc congregation. "The prophet must have meant women BB well as men." Then he makes one of his emphatic grunts and long pauses. "Now here sits before me sister L., who, for the past three years, has been urging me to come and see her, I sect this appointment, and got there yesterday sick. She was delighted to seo me-called me dear brother Dannelly. I told ber I was sick, and needed nothing but a bed. She then, in hurrying up the servant, called me Brother Dannelly. In the course nf the evening, irritated with tho slow movements of the servant, she abused her and asked her if sbe did not know that Mr. Dannelly was there. Still more excited, she said Dannelly ; and finally, in a rage, said Old Dannelly, and at the same time calling ber a black devil. First 1 was dear Brother Dannelly, then Brother Dannelly, then Mr. Dan nelly, then Dannelly, and finally Old Dannelly." The preacher continued : "I'd rather be a stray bound without an owner and ronnie sj round at night to get my living, and nave an honest heart, than to glitter in gold, satin, and silks with such hypocrioy." The hospitable sister wilted under the rebuke. At a camp-meeting at H., a young sprig of a lawyer failing to observe the proprieties of the occasion, was publicly reproved by Mr. Dannelly, and deter mined at once to raise a quarrel with him so aa to get a chance to "cues" the preacher, aa he expressed it. 80, going up to bim as be limped out of the pulpit, said in a loud and angry tone: "Come outside of these tents, sir, and I will give you tbe bent whippiog ;ou ever had." The old parson stretched out his neck, and giving his shoulders a peculiar shake, said, his voice rendered more shrill and nasal for the occasion : "My mammy hasn't licked me for forty years, and do you think that I am such a fool as to take tho trouble to go behind the tent to get one now? I wouldn't go for two." And limping off, left his as sailant speechless. At Cokesbury there waa quite a reli gious interest manifested among the stu dents. At this time there was a large number from abroad in attendance upon the Cokesbury Manual Labor School. Several had presented themselves for ?rayer, and a few professed religion. lr. Dannelly, who lived at Lowadesville, was sent for to assist at the meeting. It was Saturday night ; the house was < Towded, and an intense interest marked ;ho faces of all present. The preacher aanonnced his text, and made a long pause, looked around and began thus: "You call thia a revival I A revival I You don't know what a retival is. There bas not been a revival in thia country for thirty yean 1 A revival I A revival i You are just gathering* iu tbe trash ; gathering tnt-the trash I and it will take the preachers ten years to get tho Church clear of it." Notwithstand ing thin unseemly rntroductioc, his ser moa was4d-oemou*tration of power,- and numbera crowded forward for prayer at tho close of the sermon. ? Mr. Dannelly bad not the fear of man before his eyes, whether layman or Bish op. 1 At the O. camp-meeting Bishop --!- was present, who preached ?very day at ll o'clock, to the admiration of the multitude in attendance ; but there waa no special stir, only a calm, delight ful feeling. Everybody, saint and sinnet-, seemed to enjoy the meeting. Hr. Dan nelly was appointed to preach on Satur? day afternoon. After berating the peo ple generally for their coldness nnd for mality, he took up the preachers in par* ticular, and the preachers there present especially, about in thia styl?: "You come out here to this stand, preach your big sermons, go back to the preachers* tent, tell your anecdotes, creek your jokes, laugh and fuu, spew out j our to bacco spit, and make chimneys of your notes, and all the people ara going to hell. If it were not for my wooden leg. I would bo among the people praying mid trying to save them. From tho Bishop to tho Presiding Kider, and from the re siding Kider to ?ho preacher in charge, and from tho preacher in charge to thc jtiuior preacher, and from tho junior preacher lo the local preachers, you aro all alike. It is jukes, and fun, and good sermon*, tobacco smoke and juice, all mixed up together; and you aro doing nothiug to rescue th eso people from the Devil. I toll you now, iu tho name of God, that the blood of these people will be required at your hands." The saintod Gamewell was in the pulpit at tho time as Presiding Kider, having charge of the meeting, sud we were struck with bis dexterous mode of managing tho caso. As soon as tho sermon closed, ho arose aud said : "Dear brethren, as ministers of tho Gospel, we had thought we wore doiug the best wo could to advance tho cause of God, but the wisdom of years should admonish us. Let us try tho power of prayer. There will bc three prayer-meetings, to begin forthwith, hold at-tents. Lot us not remain here a moment, but let us go to tho prayer meetings." I?cfoio tho sun set tho camp was in a blase of religious feeling. Homo of Mr. Dannolly's most powerful efforts wero in Georgia, at tho largo camp-meeting gatherings, where neither Presiding Kider nor Bishop could sur pass him in pulpit efficiency, lie ap peared at one of tbeso cump-meetings, where Dr. George K. Pierce, now Bishop Pierce, was Presiding Kider. Un Satur day he was invited to preach by tho Doctor, at ll o'clock, hui replied "No." Was urned, but said "No." Tho Doc tor told him ho was Presiding Ki der, and required him to prcuch. Taking up thc Bible, bc hastily turned the leaves over, and placing bis finger on a text said: "How will this do?" Tho Doctor replied, "It ia certainly a grand text." lu his laconic stylo and nasal twang, be said, "Rough or smooth ?" "Smooth," said tho Doctor. "Nothing will bo done," ho replied. Ile preached a charming sermon, lull of com fort and pathos, and as smooth as the gentle flow of the gliding river, with ?tn laudscape of verdure and flowers on both banka. There were many tender henrts and moistened eyes. K very body was de lighted with tho sermon, and so much pleased was the Doctor that ho tuld him bo must preach at ll o'clock on Sundav. "No," said he. "I insist upon it," Baid tho Doctor. "I preached yesterday," said be, "and nothing was done." "Why," the doctor replied, "everything was done, and tho success of tho sermon hns induced mo to ask you to preach to day." "Well," said he, "If I must, I must," and getting up n Bible and plac ing his finger upon u text, said : "How wit: this do?" "Very well," said tho Doctor. "'Rough or smooth ?" "1 pre fer smooth," saul the Doctor, "but bro ther Donnelly Use tho text in any way you think best." He had nothing moro to Bay. As tho hour approached for "How long before the horn would blow ;" seemed anxious aud oppressed. The au dience was immense, and when thc preacher arose there was a sea of up turned faces. After announcing bis text, be looked over tho immense crowd and began by saying : "The ways of tho Loni are mysterious, ll is :i matter of aston ishment to mc that I am permitted to preach, and so many abler and better than I have died." lie thou mentioned Boveral great men who had f?llen, "I can only account for it," said the preach er, "on this wisc. I have such u brazeu mouth, that I eau tell tho people of their sins in a way that others dure not." Ho then took up the gross nins of the times, unlocked the doors of social crime and threw them wide open to the gaze of thc congregation, lifted up the secret trap doors and let the audience smell thc hor rid stench arising from the sewers of sin. He hunted out tho sinner bid nway in bis secret debauches, and with a giant hand dragged him forth and held him before the eyes of the congregation. He had little to do with sin in tho concrete, but dealt with it io the abstract. The outside strollers had been drawn in under the arbor, and were packed in close standing order, fringing tbe seated portion of the audience. An awful still ness prevailed over the vast assembly, while, with vehement earnestness and stream'ng eyes, the preacher portrayed the horrid sins of the people with such point and power that every sinner felt "1 am the man," and taking up tho skirt of his coat, shook it with nervous power over the terror stricken audience, declar ing that he was freo from their blood, and descending the pulpit steps limped away. There was a tremendous pressure upon the minds of the people. Dr. Pierce at tempted to preach in tho afternoon, but there was an incumbus upon bis mind, and be moved along with difficulty to himself. When about midway his dis course, there wa9 an outburst in the con gregation. At once hundreds wero cry ing for mercy. The work continued nil night, and hundreds were convicted among them somo of the most hardened sinners of that country. Occasionally hi? harshness al bay, thc love of Christ transported him, and bis eloquence, like a mighty torrent, swept everything before it. It was the eleven o'clock service ou Sunday at one of the largest camp-meet ings in the State. The weather was fino, and the congregation immense. His in troductory prayer was unusually fervid ; and few men could pray like he did. He read his text: "Ob, that my head were waters and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep over the slain ol the daughter of my people."-Jer. ix. 0. His left hand grasped the upper part of his wooden leg, bis face is lit up with emotion, and his deep-set eyes snap and flash with excitement. His first intro ductory sentence is short, sharp, sarcas tic, like the crack of a rifle, followed by a peculiar grunt and a long pause. It baa bad its effect, every eye is riveted ; the vast multitude is hushed and motion less. Another sharp sentence, n more Thus he proceeded ; his sentences grow* ing longer, his grunts more emphatic, and bis pauses shorter ; his voice deep ens into a rich, musical tone, his bands are in earnest jeaticulation, tears course in torrents down bis face, and the audi ence is electrified by flash after flash of the meat thrilling eloquence, until from sheer exhaustion the speaker stops, grasps bis wooden leg, as he was wont to lo io a state of rest, his broad chest heavea with emotion, and tho tears pour down his face. He has tapped the foun tain, and tears, sobs and cries are seen in every part of the vast assembly. The preacher strikes up bis favorite song : . "Our bondage it shall end. By and by, by and by." His shrill voice Is rich in melody ; shouts of triumph are' heard : crowds rush to the altar for prayer, and cries for merer escape from every part, of the vast mul titude. Rev. Jamea Danneliy, while possessing the usuel frailties of human nature, pos sessed strong and valuable traita of char acter. With a keen and vigor?os perccp ho became restless. Asked emphatic lion, distinct und clear analysis, a sound ?ind discriminating judgment, a bold, fervid eloquence, lie wioldod a power from the pulpit which but few mou of bis day did. Ho alway? impressed bit j audicuce, cither exciting their risibilities, 1 (stirring their anger or melting them to i tears. Feeling himself called to a ?pe* ?ul work, which was to grapple with and ? expose tho popular vices of the day, ho did it without fear or favor. The la?t Hermon I ever heard from bim i was at tho Newberry Conference, in ; which ho described a graduate, in bis pronunciation giving special emphasis to tho first syllabic. "A <7rnduate," Baid tho speaker. "Hero be comes, fluely dre -vd in broadcloth, beaver and boots, driving a splendid span of horses in a line buggy, all on credit ; ?ports a mons j tache, Utts a double-barrel gun inside ? uud a pointer dog outside ; a tickler of whiskey in ono pocket, and a bunch of Spanish segars in tho other. This is a oraduate." Some of tho audience laughed. He stopped nod, with indig nation, said : "What aro ..ou laughing ntl Aro you in a theater?" In a mo ment every thing becamo utill again, while ho continued his sermon. The latter part of his life was spent near Lowndesville, Abbeville Co., S. C., where ho hos loft tho memory of his purity and fidelity. Tho Caslt Systeui, Tho failures that have taken place among farmers and merchants during thc past year would nut hnvo been so general had it not been for tho loose and uubusiness-iike methods which aro no prevalent. Ever since the ~sr there has been a mania for engaging in large trans actions, and thc idea of acquiring sudden wealth has become so firmly fixed in the minds of thc pooplo that its eradication is a mattor of extremo difficulty. The phenomenal success of a comparatively small number seems to bavo set the rest on fire, and they rush into all kinds of enterprises and speculations without a proper knowledge of thc unyielding laws of trade, and without being able to see far enough iuto tho future to avert the disasters that oven tho ordinary vicissi tudes nf thc times render inevitable. No buainess can bavo a reasonable probability of success unless it is foundod on ade junie capital and ia conducted with prudence. A mau who would be certain to succeed in an entorprlse which corresponds in extent with his means, only invites disaster when ho inflates hie business by uso of the fictitious capital which an unwise credit system renders only temporarily available. There are instances ot the success of men who have begun business without substantial cash foundations, but they nre few in number, and should only serve to call at tention to tho risks involved in mich ca se?, and to waru the many from hazard ing tiieir all on such uncertain chancos. Thc mau who goes in debt without having a reasonable certainty of being able to meet his payments when due, does a wrong not only to his creditor, but to himself, his family, and lo tho community. There is a degree of un certainty in all human transactions, and it is altogether too common for mon to become oversanguino, and involve them selves in debt tn ihe hopo of making lucky hits and in anticipation of fortu nate contingencies which aro of rare oc currence. Credit is always dearly bought, evon who. o the security is ample. Interest is a consuming fire that burns day and night, und tho percentago in always in creased in proportion to tho risks th? creditor takes, uud in thia those who will puy arc expected to cover the losses oc casioned by those who do not. A fnrmer enlarges his operations be yond his means. Land, stock and sup plies nre bought on a credit ; money is borrowed to pay current expenses, and perhaps ho may do well for a year or two. This tempts him to greater risks. In Mich cases it is only a question of time when the Bensons will be unfavor able, crop-, short, and everything ho has will be forced on the market when there is little or no demand, and he is ruined. Tho same is true in regard to the mer chant. Ho buys largely on a credit or with borrowed money. He is anxious to cell, and is tempted to take great risks by the high prices obtainnblo. Crops are short, bis collections fail, and bridg ing over bis troubles from year lo year only postpones and intensifies his dis tress. "Misfortune, like a creditor severe, Hues in demand for her delay"-nothing cnn be more true. "Borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry," aud buying on a credit ia the most extravagant kind of borrowing. There is but one absolutely safe rule to insure success-lot every one pay as ho goes, and be will be not only sure to live within his income, but it will not be long before a basis for a perma nent prosperity will be laid that will prove a blesiing through lifo.-Savannah Naos. In tho Tall of a Comet. An ingenious theorizer bau written a book, which was published by tho Ap pletonn, to prove that many ages since tho earth must have passed through the tail of a comet, and that certain distur-. bances observed on the surface of our planet wero caused thereby. The ?cratches and erosiona from the north east to the southwest found upon all bills and mountain* ia the northern hemi sphere were attributed to the action of the more solid matter of tho comet's tail, leaving its mark?, together with bowlders and detached rocks, which are found in such profusion in the Temperate and Frigid Zones. Although this theory would account for much that is mysteri ous, it has not been accepted by scientist*, as it is not believed that tails of cometa are formed of any aolid material. Early in Deceuibor last, some curious atmos pheric phenomena were noticed in dif ferent portions of the world. At eansofc and before sunri.e the heavens were per* mealed with a glow of rosy light, such aa might have been caused if a great con flagration had been raging. These strange appearances were noticed In both Europe and America. They have puz zled the scientific world. But Bomo.vou turecome theorists have again put forward the hypothesis of the world being sur-' rounded by the atmosphere of a comet's tail. It is known that about the time these phenomena occurred our planet was in the track of Biela'a comet, and in a part of the heavens that. were filled with meteors. It is known that comets are more numer?os ia the heavens than' fishes aro in the waters of the earth. Their numbers are so great as to be in conceivable to the human mind, and it is not at all improbable that the earth in past times may have been entangled ia the tails of these wonders of tho sky; We live in a marvelous universe. < "Thora are two things," said tho great philoso pher Kant, "which always fills me with awe and admiration, ana th oso aro tho wonderous heavens by which wo aro au** rounded and the moral law. within.'" DcmoTtsfs Monthly for Ftbrwury. jw" :.J{? - One man's fault should bo another man's lesson. ' ' ' * .. I :. , . ..-T.ibu IS THERE A SPLIT t IMffcrcuces Among the Dem?crata o? tb? House M to Tarlo* Legislation-A Knott/ Question. -'v'.'i?:'?(? to the ConttitutioH. WAKHINUTON. Jauu?ry Jo.- A good deni of loose, talk has Leen indulged io recently regarding the diverse views of the Democrats in Congress ou Tariff Legislation, and the effect this division will have on the action of tho House. Mr. Randall, Mr. Curtin, 7dr. Eaton, Mr. Converse, and other Democrats who oppose an agitation of the tariff now, on the line of Mr. Carlisle's inaugural address, have certainly had no couclave to deviso the means of scotching the legislativo wheels whou they threaten to turn in thu direction of reduced duties. They have not expressed any opinion as to what the action of the House, if it acts at all, should be on this question. Mr. Morrisou bas intimated that no ex treme measures will be brought in by hil committee. In fact not one indication bas been given out to show the shape the tariff quostion will assume before Congress. Vet the most common talk of the hour is as to a probable Democratic schism. In one seuse this is idle gossip for no one really representing either opinion umang the Democrats has allud ed to tho possibility Of such a split, In another sense there may be something quite serions in tho talk referred to. Party lines are queerly drawn in .those days. Two mon, both called.Democrats, go ?uto tho same caucus, discuss their common party p!?nft' ana yet differ in their views on ?very practical question that trill arias 'jeforc Congress. People are trying to surmise what the views of the Democratic majority in the commit tees aro on the vital questions of bank ing, currency and coinage. Tho simple fact of being a Democrat or a Republi can dooi not locate a man on theao issues. On the tariff widely difforing views of expediency and policy exist among the Democrats. The difference is not DO striking among Republicans, but it exists. When you say that the Republicans assert the right of protection for pro tection's sske, and that the Democrats deny this, but are willing to do tho best they can in the way of incidental protec tion ip the raising of governmental reve nue, you have drawn the only line pos sible between tho two parties on that question. But whan you come to analyze tue opinions you have grouped on the Democratic side of the line, you are in a peck of trouble. The distribution of this incidental protection causes a clamor as loud as that over tho right to protect at all. The leader who can satisfy all thc interests grasping for the alicea of this pic woulu be thrice welcomo just now by the majority in the lower House. Mr. Ellis, of Louisiana, nay? it is of Brime importance to shelter sugar. Mr. 'ibbie, of South Carolina demands first consideration for rico, Mr. Converse, of Ohio, says tho wool growers of Ohio care nothing for the party that cares not for them. Mr. Randall thinks his friends with n few hundred millions in iron and steel milli), rnauy of which are now shut down, aro entitled to bo beard. To give these gentlemen and the dozen or so other classes whose interest? have friends enough to satisfy their demands would bo hard as a simple problem. But it comes with more complications. Tho large agricultural classes in the West are dom au ding, (or some of tho representa tives are doing so, which is the same thing here) such n reduction of taxes as might offend all these gentlemen with their pet interests to be incidentally pro tected. Then comes in the demand for tho total abolition of the internal reve nue as the most pressing duty of the hour. What bill can bo made to trim among all these interests and give gener al satisfaction? In view of this mixed state of affairs no suggestion from any congressional leader is needed to arouse expectation of a pretty wrangle when tho reform of tho tariff is. attempted. Party tactics, as well as general princi ples, will induce the Republican minor ity tc throw every obstacle it can in the rvay of any bill or to help in framing one to make it as objectionable as possible. No One d?ni?s that the Democrats do not think, with .any degree of unanimity, on Ibe duty of the hr.ur to country or party la reg&td. M thhv question. The state ment timi any one leader of tho conser vative element, and, say fifty, of those who thmk'his view? sound, have agreed to ?jefe.it any bill by wh?Uoeter man atfvres cati prove' available, ls without the slightest foundation. But men vote* according to their interests. The repre tentatives chosen by a majority of their votes come to Congress and stand up. for those interests. This may not coincide with romantic views about leading and not following public opinion, nor with pretty talk and abont that high political independence which exists only in Arca dian imaginations, but it is the way pol itics and legislation go and we -must make thc mest of li. Looking St the case just as it stands, I think the passage of any general tariff bill by the breaent Congress extremely doubtful. In the boc te are difficulties thick and stubborn, but suppose all these gotten over in some fashion, we muat remember that a few feet away sits the Senate,rrep'resenting the wishes of the party opposed to that which must make the bill in the House. Can it stand this second ordeal ? Hardly. Dying- of Thirst. '"'Did you ever suffer extreme hunger or thirst ?" was asked of a Kentucky Colonel who bad been relating some solid stories about himself. "Well," he replied, "I never suffered what might be called extreme hunger, but no man knows bow to endure the agonies of thirst better than I do." "I remember the time well," he contin ued retrospectively. "I wai on a fishing excursion and became lost in the woods. For three days not a drop passed my lips. My lengthened absence finally caused alarm, and a party was aent out In search of me. They found me lying in an unconscious condition on the bank of ? little trout stream, and it was hours before any hopes of. saving me. were en tertained. ??Wae tba trout stream dry?" asked ono of tb'einterested listeners. *4Dr?? Certainly not, How could I catch neb. if the stream waa dry I*' "Well, I don't see how you could suffer from thirst with a stream of water CIOBO at hand." ?"Water close at bandi" repeated the Kentucky Colonel. "And what ,has wator got to do with a man's being thin ty V'-Pt??adMpln.CalL_. - A Georgia preacher naid : "I once loaned a, cart and ox to aome boya to go to cam pm ce ting. They tied a nubbin of corn to tho shaft so it would bo a few inches a bead of, ibo ouimnl'a nose? ? He ^^^^^MnteJC ktM?? ilfl?&*w- Jw?w?%.M?? atimf?M -^Y&i/' said Mba Penn, "? rcj?dtcd Uk Hogg. Nice follow, but ? couldn't have the ennoancsment of my m?j-ringo ig&?s m Come Willi the Crowd. See here, my boy ! The bells bare rung tbe old year out and a new one in, and a new watch has como on deck. If you think you are going right along in thc samo old grooves, while the rest of us are making changes, you are up n tree. You've got to too the mark along with the remainder of the world. Now, then ; you are beginning life. You are from sixteen to twenty-one years 'old. You think yon ki AV all about it. but the fact is you aren't more than half-baked yet. What you don't know would cover all Lake Erie, while your worldly wisdom wouldn't knock an owl oil his perch. Suppose you make a resolve to begin tho year 1884 by not knowing more than half as much a? Plato, Diogenes and other wise men. If you should condescend to admit that you didn't even know more than your own father, it wouldn't greatly affect yonr general standing with the world. Perhaps you smoko and chew. What for? What's the use of paying out $100 a yoar to insure bad breath, headaches, red eyes, decayed teeth and nervous de bility, when you can secure a broken leg, which is far nicer, by a tumble down stairs? Chewing is a vicious, nasty habit. Smoking affects the brain ano, nerves and stomach. We admit that a young chap of your age looks like a great statesman when he comes down the 1 avenue puffing away at a five-cent grab, but suppose you didn't look 1 i lr o anybody butyourself? Maybe you drink a little ; very proba bly you do. A young mau ol your age i* apt to'-lHnfc ft Buicit io guzzle down lager and tipple wine, but there's where he is lame. Even old drunkards would caution you against the practice. Drink not on\v wastci money, but it cavern friendships, breeds anger, brings about quarrels, and there is no end to tho train of wretchedness it entails. Yes, great lawyers, statesmen, poets and philoso phers drink, but they lose respect by it. Men have a contempt for their weakness, and the world reads their epitaphs with sneers. Don't make a persimmon of yourself because aomo ono else has. Played poker or faro yet? If so wo hope you got such a skinning as will laBt you your life-time. Let gambling alone. Fight easby of gambling rooms < at you would of a mad dog. People tell you about luck. That's all bosh. The gambler bas you by tho throat tho mo ment you enter his door. You can't make any money ont of him, but he will seo to it that you add to his capital. NjOW, na to your personal traits. You may have como naturally by your ego tism, but keep it in check. Tho world in general looks upon it as a disease. Even if you know all you think you know the rest of us won't admit it. Men hate boasters and braggart?. Bluntuessisa good thiug sometimes, sometimes it isn't. Civility and a con scientious regard for other people's feel ings are trump cards in the game of lifo. Be charitable without encouraging vico ; be honest in your opinions, but don't imagine that it ts your duty to break up A family or start a church scandal; in your dealings bo square. You may lose by it for a time, but when the public comes to understand that you are a just ?nd upright man you'll make money and keep friends as well. In fact, young man, suppose you square up with your tailor, pay the bal ance at your bootmaker 's, part your hair c-n the side and fall into procession with the rest of un. We don't claim to bo pretty, and wc don't cnn all the braies [n the country, but we can teach you l?verai things that may come uieful in Future years, and we guarantee to preve that homo sense and square dealing are certain to pay a semi-annual dividend. Detroit Free Preta. All For Lore. CINCINNATI, January 14.-Yesterday, iii Alexandria, Ky., M?BS Weaver, tho affianced wife of Edward Beier, went to church with Nicholas Beier. Beier be came BO enraged that he wont to the bouse where the young lady was stop ping and demanded bis presents, being refused, he put a pistol to Miss Weaver's bead and snapped it twice, without shoot ing. He was then put out of the house, ind going to tho back door shot himself twice, one ball penetrating the heart. GREENSBUBQ, Pa., January 13.--Th? Fisher Houso, the most prominent hotel in the town, is. m a naged by the threo sons of the late. Major Keenan. They fire all exemplary young men and do a most successful business. Some time ago a bewitching young widow came to board at the hotel and the three brothers Immediately fell in love with ber. Tho courting was done very quietly and un known to each other. AU three made offers of marriage and were rejected sev eral times. Finally Edward, the eldest, was successful and carried off the prize. The announcement waa a decided shock to his brothers, particularly to James, the youngest, who, as the wed ding day approached, grew melancholy and despondent. Last night Edward und the widow were married, but James did not attend the wedding. He stayed at home, walking through tho halls and rooms tho entire night os if frenzied. All efforts to quiet him proved unavail ing, and it was thought best to let him alone. This morning he held a consul tation with hit brothers and withdrew from the partnership, saying it would kill bim if he had to live in the honse after what had happened. The separation papera had just been drawn np and signed when he jumped to his feet and ran from the room into1 the ball. Two pistol ahota were heard in quick succession, and when his brothers ran ont they found him lying on; the floor dead. He had blown hts brains out. _ _ OVER THB FEKCB.-Mr. Slingonia put her head ove; *ho fenc? and tuus ad dressed her neighbor, who was banging out her week's washing : "A family baa moved into tho empty honse across the way, Mrs. Clothesline.1' "Yes, I know." "Did you notice their furniture?" "Not particularly." "Two loads, and I wouldn't give a dollar a load for it. Carpets I I wouldn't put 'em down in my kitchen. And the children I I won't allow mine to associate with 'em, you bet. And the mother! She looks as if she had never known a day'3 happiness. The father drinks, I expect. Too bad that such people should come into thia neighborhood. I wonder who they are?" "I know them." "Do you? Well, I declare. Who are theyt" "Tho mother is my ruste J-, and tko father ts the Superintendent of the tic tb od Ut Shhday-schooi." - A painful pause ensues.-Somerville Journal, .' h ! streets A grave-digger walking th} te theoiher day ehaooedto^aod - behind bim. I the proccesion!"'returncd he. j6?- SMALL Accounts ore no harder to | i pay with small crops,..than full Accounts nre with lui! crops. This being true, col lections up to this time have been line, and to those who have so promptly .'ftHfUAItEIV up with me have my thanks, and to those who have not are URGED to do so AT OSiCE, as I greatly need thc money to pay my debts with. Come along with your Cotton or Money, and if you owe anything pay it, or if you want to trade I have a lar^e Stock of Goods at prices that can't be undersold. Respectfully, Ac, J. J. RAKER. Oct 4, 1883 12 J. A.. DANIELS. Jen 17,1884_ 27 THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. A. H. Ford, Plalntttr, ngalnst N. E. 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