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.?*.-< f??m?.,. MUM-m--.?. ?? R. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON. S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 19, 1885. VOLUME XX.-NO. 36. WtLHITES' ARCTIC SODA WATER, ETTER THAN EVER ! Twenty-Five Tickets . - . For $1.00. When you come to the City, and wish a good, cooling, refreshing glass of Soda, Vichy or Congress Water, go to And call for Soda Water with "Red Orange Syrup/' Beats the world. Strawberry, Raspberry, Pine Apple, Banana, Sarsaparilla, Vanilla, Orgeat. True to name, and of best quality. 25 TICKETS FOR $1.00 Good for either Soda, Vichy or Congress Water. Congress Water relieves Headache and Dyspepsia, and is one of tho best mineral waters sold. ICE CREAM SODA WATER IS NICE. TRY IT. WILHITE & WILHITE. May 14, 1885 44 . " Go Tell all the People for Miles Around !" -THAT ?JOHN M. HUBBARD * BRO. ABE PREPARED TO SELL MORE JEWELRY, MORE WATCHES, MORE SILVERWARE, MORE CLOCKS, &C, AflT PRICES MORE TO YOUR NOTION, THAN EVER BEFORE, a*- EVERYTHING in the shape of a Watch, Clock 01 Jewelry thoroughly repaired, __F?? 6, 1885 30_ WE BOW Po our Friends and Customers who have so liberally patronized fis in the past. We desire to return thanks, and offer our usual Spring and Sommer Greeting ! WE ARE PREPARED TO OFFER BARGAINS IN ALL KINDS ?EMERAL MERCHANDISE, PLANTATION SUPPLIES -- AND FARMING BMPLEMENTS; WE ARE AGEN*rB: i^OR Daniel Pratt Gin Oo.'s Gins, Feeders and Condensers. Barbour Machine Co.'s Cotton Seed and Grain Crushor. Emplro Threshers, Engines and 8aw Mills. . ? ..; Champion Reapers, Mowers and Binders-the world-renowned Harvesting Ma fckieo, which have been sold abd used in Anderson and adjoining Counties for the past ra years, and for durability and economy there la none to compare with tho Champion. ? We would also mention the Count's Home-made 7-Fingcrad Grain Cradle-a South jolina prodnction-of whioh wo sold during tho eeason ol 1884 several doion by way 1.introduction, and havo made arrangements to furnish them this season again to all ??> ouy desire a ?rood homo-made Cradle. ..... gW '?Whit* Hickory" one and tWo-horso Wagons aro well known throughout this t^^^?mM???m???SSS? and Perfected Pulveriser is sn implement tbst WM be on every farm, they can be used for cultivating crops of Corn and Colton, ^M.S.???lhe preparation ortho land for planting and ?owing. Call and , il&?2S?S?^' Patent HwISweep is growing in favor every dav. InYeuted?and ^factored In Geostuv Ur*d and recommended.by tho late J. C. Forman, the great "?sivei farmer of GaSUs,' Tho blades being adjustable and easily changed, make it a **f and desirable Sw?e?^ We are taking orders for future delivery; and would ask wio mi and ox?mino it . . Ti?as,fl0*5" *bo Mi?hft'waka Bnlky and Walking Turn Plows injff/^P?lmhani a. ?5.? ChowiDg Tettwe? totneWket, made by ^^??S?i? Bte*? a$ i?? embracing tho celebrated brands of "Blue Jeana/'"Rapldan," tf'True Brae ana IKwimel." Atriala?ke^^ Other makes |nd grades siso on McC?JULY, CATHckET ? CO. AOdersoin S, a, Aprt? 80, 1885 j _ ^' i-JSS?m_l_L^-_ !.. ...-.J. . ..j.. .".r-^-^ FISHING TACKIIE, ^OOJSB and LIKES OF ATLIi KINDS AT _ '| REID & co;s DRUG STORE, HoM$e Corner, Anderson, S. C, -1695 41 ' THE SOUTH AT NEW ORLEANS. A Wonderful Dltplay ot Natural Heaourcea. Columbia correqwndence Nevi and Courier. Major Luther A. Ransom, the chief clerk of the agricultural tlopartment, ia known throughout South Carolina and beyond its borders as a gentleman thor oughly posted io regard to the resources of South Carolina, and active and intel ligent in making them known. Ho ?san industrial authority, and on his return a couple of day? ago from a long stav in New Orleans I requested him to sketch for the Newt and (burier the advantages, present and prospective, following tho exhibits made by tho Southern States, aud particularly South Carolins. He has dono so, and I am sure that his in teresting account will be read with pleas ure and profit. Major Rnnaom'a Account Of course, it is too soon to make pre 1 ictions as to the result of the Exposition, io far as thc material interest of the State is concerned, but some bcueGts are already apparout. In a general way, I may say that the Southern exhibits have Both used the Southern people and as tounded the people of the other sections t>f the Union. The Exposition bas un Joubtedly fully demonstrated the superi aritv of the South over any other section af tho country ia natural resources. The beautiful exhibits of the Northwestern States are composed chiefly of cereal productions, the Pacific States aud Ter ritories of minerals, the Northcru and Eastern States of manufactured products ind machines, showing the inventive genius of these energetic people, while the Southern States exhibit everything that is shown in'the other States ana many things that are not exhibited in those States. Tho mineral exhibits of North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Vir ginia aud Tennessee are equal to those of California, Arizona, Colorado, Dakota or New Mexico.. Tho grain exhibits of south Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi. Texas and Kentucky areas complete and lttractive as those of Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa or illinois. The timber exhibits of any of tho Southern States ire not surpassed by those of any of the ;reat lumber States of the Union. The ixbibits of MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS n the Southern States' departments fur bish conclusive proof that the Northern md Eastern States no longer enjoy a monopoly in that direction. The largest ?xhibits of agriculture machinery are nade by Kentucky manufacturers, while Machinery Hall contains numerous evi lenceH of the ingenuity of Southeru me :bsnics. So that in all the principal lepartments of the Exposition the South s competing successfully with any part )f tho Union. In the special exhibits .he South is far ahead. Louisiana sugar s as superior to tho Minnesota product is is posai h o for one article to surpass mother in excellence. Louisiaua salt is tactically without a rival. South Caro lina rice heads the list. Florida defeated California in the contest for premiums for citron fruits. North Carolina golden leaf tobacco is unequalled. Tennessee marble is the richest and most beautiful it the Exposition, with the possible ex ception af the North Carolina flesh col ored specimens. Alabama iron is as superior as it is abundant, and her iron deposits and coal fields are inexhaustible. Arkansas and South Carolina make the most varied and extensive displuy ol fruits, soples, peaches, pears and grapes of any States in the Union. The Sea Island cotton of South Caro lina is not even approximately approach ed by the staple grown anywhere else in the world, while the phosphates of oui State command the attention of the sci entist, the man of commerce, and espe cially the agriculturist. If the exhibit* nf all the other States were grouped to gether thoy would then be considerably below the Southern States in the variety of their productions. These facts have, of course, impressed themselves upon all Intelligent and observant visitors to the Exposition, and it is certainly reasonable 10 suppose will give a great impetus tc the development of Southern resources The commissioners from the South an enthusiastic over the prospect, and an unanimous in the opinion that theil States will he immensely benefited bj their exhibits in tho near future. Coming down to particulars, it is bare to say what immediate good has beei done, but I may mention some things o probable profit to South Carolina. Some few weeks since the Japanesi commissioner culled at the Smith Caro lina department for information regard ing the PHOSPHATE ROCK of the State. He said that he was i member of the Japanese bureau of indus try and, under a commission from tha bureau, bad been for two years in Lon don investigating the manufacture am use of commercial manures. In his in vestigation he had found allusions to tbi South Carolina phosphate deposits, bu the information he had been able t obtain was very meagre. He examine? the "rock on exhibition in the Slate de paiement and the chemicals used in it manufacture. He found that fish sera] was ouo of the ingredients used for am mon Sating purposes, and he at once ex pressed the opinion that as there ar millions of tons of it in Japan it migh be transported to South Carolina an* exchanged for phosphate rock, and i such an arrangement could be made i ivould open a splendid market for tin rock and develop an industry of con aid jrablo magnitude. He returned to hi t?wn exhibit and brought the commissioi two samples of the scrap alluded tc This was sent to Prof. Chazal, the chem 1st of the department of agriculture, wh inalyzed it and reported that its com meroial value was about 25 per cent sigher than the scrap now as?d by th manufacturers of fertilizers. This wa zommucicated to the Japaneso commit doner and he expressed tho belief th* ahile thia chemical test showed th superiority of the Japanese article tba 11 could oe laid down in Charleston at much lower price than the manufacturai now pay. He subsequently informed m that be had communicated these facts t ii? Government, and hoped b> have al the information necessary to enable hil to decide whether or not it is practical)! to establish the business he desires. H my? ho will visit Charleston at the cloe jf the Exposition, if not sooner, and ic restigate the subject fully. Allusion t he matter was made io au editorial J iee of the local papers end met the ey it a Gorman who waavjsi?ug tho fcxpt .Mea, rHe woe eolntereatedlo it that fa Ailed at tho South Carol!na departmer to examine the phosphato exhibit. H laid he was interested in kaimt depo* lei GennauyVabd.be saw no reason wh I similar arrangement could not be toad Hr the e*ebenge of beloit/or phospnol rock. ? Ho obtained such information ( io desired suri.prr?dsetl to call.again, ? correspond with the manufacturers aa miner*. A Mississippi planter who ha a ove r u?cd commercial manures informe nt that lie would order thirty tons ( Jouth Carolina fertilizers this season an nan induced to do BO bj tho exhibit. . r?n?eman who owns two largo orani groves said that himself and many other owners of groves, who bad heretofore used Northern fertilizers, would hereafter uso nothing but the Carolina products. An owner of one of tho largest sugar planta tions near New Orleans said that he used about two hundred tuna of fertilizers every season, and nearly all of it was manufactured in the North, but hert>rtfter he thought he would buy largely of the South Carolina manufacturers. The Florida commissioner was presented with a quantity of the South Carolina fertil izer, shipped to New Orleans for distri bution, and it was used on his orange grove?, and ho reports that tho results have been so satisfactory that bo is euro many of thc owners of groves in Florida will use it another year. Many farmers from the Western States who have uever uBed commercial manures of any kind are anxious to make some experiments with them, and it is possiblo that some orders may bo received from them, and if tbe introduction of these fertilizers is satisfactory it will be followed by a large business. The South Carolina fertilizer exhibit bas given such a boom to this industry that manufacturers all over tho Union will bo benefited, but of course 1 not to the same extent as our own com panies. TUE WOOD BXUiniT has attracted almost as much attention ns the phosphate display. Lumbermen from all sections of tho country havo .'?sited the Exposition and have been ' ?leased with tue exhibits from all the outborn Slates. In the South Carolina department there aro about 140 speci mens of native woods, all of merchanta ble size, and they attract much attention. Inquiries relating to the timber resources of tho Stale have been frequently made, and these investigations will no doubt result in a rapicT development of the lumber industry at no distant day. The exhibit of manufactured goods and the maps of the water powers of tho State have attracted attention to the advan tages afforded by the State for factories of every descriptiou, and this should result in bringing capital hero for invest ment in such enterprises. ? The varied agricultural productions of tho State illustrated by the exhibit have given a correct impression regarding our agricul tural capabilities, and the interest that has been shown by visitors in this divis ion convinco rae that it will bo tho means of inducing au IKFLUX OF PBO8PEROU8 SMALL FAB MEB8 from the Northwestern States and else where to Sooth Carolina. The display of ores and building stones will, I am satisfied, .cause the development of our resources in that direction. Our special exhibits, rice, naval stores and fish, have been of immense benefit to the State in showing the variety of our productions and our natural wealth, while the exhibit of birds and animals from the Charleston' Museum has not been excelled in the quality of the specimens even by tho splendid displays of the Smithsonian Institute, and have not been equalled by that of any State. South Carolina has never been moro favorably before the people of the world than obe is to day, and I do not exag gerate tho IMPORTANCE OP TUE EXHIBIT when I Bay that the good impressions ro-1 garding the resource* of the State are in a large measure due to tho stand we havo taken at the Exposition. Some of tho States could have remained away from New Orleans and not have been greatly injured by their absence, but South Car olina has been so long and BO persistently misrepresented that it was absolutely necessary for our State to disabuse tho public mind of the impressions that have been created by these false statements. I do not hesitate to Bay that this has been accomplished, aud that hereafter we will stand before the country in our proper position. But great a? the good may be that our State lias derived in this way the greatest benefit has been in the knowledge of our resources that the ex i hibit has giveu our own pooplo. Old South Carolinians who left the State years ago visit the department at New Orleans and are astonished at the variety, quantity and quality of the exhibit. Our own people are little less surprised, and they leave the Exposition with a higher regard for their homes than they ever entertained before. They examino the products of the other States, and then their own and they realize that South Carolina offers them every oppor tunity for the acquirement of wealth or the delights of a homo that any other section does, and they return to the State with the determination to develop her resources and to spend their lives upon her soil. If, therefore, we waive all the ?iossible beuefits to come to the State rom outside, we have been amply repaid for all expenditures on tho exhibit by the elevation of the State in the minds of her own citizens. In addition to this, the work done by oar people in assisting the department in the collection of those specimens has given them a better under standing of the varied resourcea of tho State, and this will result in a better sys tem of agriculture and the development of new iaoas, and this will, in itself, go a long way in tho advancement of the ma terial progress of the State. A Contrast. While tho Army of the Potomac vet erans assembled at Baltimore, the other day, fraternising, with ? fow paltry ex ceptions, with numerous wearers of the grey uniform, the Sun took occasion to ??reseat some remarkable statistics drawn rom official sources, .which are worth recalling. The Northern States arrayed against the South 2,320,272 men, largely native Americans, but torn' eily of foreign birth, embracing 86 natl* ualities. The Confederate-States never enrolled more than 600.000 men, from first to last, of whom only 400,000 were* at any one time in active service, and the total number in the field never exceeded 200,000. By "weight of meat," as Grant expressed it, the Sooth waa gradually wasted, away, borne back ana crashed. What could 200,000 men, however valiant, do against 2.820,272 men well armed and equipped? The salvation of military honor was all that could be hoped for against not only these odds on land,. bat a mastery of commerce and a preponderant navy, on the seas. Besides thia the North bad wisely developed, a? far as permitted by sectional jealousy or obstruction, ber vast internal industries, while the Benth bad allowed her mines, mills and workshops to be of small consequence. The wonder is that the Sooth held ont as long as she did against snob enormous disadvantages; and yet, if we are to credit Gen. Longstreet and sons other critica.'tba struggle might have ended differently had not two or Utrea, capital blunders been committed, In the selection of leaders and maintenance of. a suicidal policy. . t Bot it is over. What we have to do now in to make another sectional war impossible and to be so united In all the arte of peace and power as to. make an titodk tV?m abroad an art of madora ! upon tu part of anj'Jb?ign,foo.-Ju WHAT MAH SHOULD EAT. Tho Unman Anatomy Arrangea for Ani mal Food-Ufl?r and Milk Good. "Stuff and nonsense," Bald an experi enced Chicago physician, laying down an English illustrated treatiso on vegetari anism. "Why, tho entire human anato my would have to undergo a change," he continued, "to make a man, unlew affec ted very especially by disease or tome idiosyncracy duo to disarrangomcnu, a herbivorous animal. The digestive ap. paratus of the vegetablo feeders is far more complex an arrangement than that of carnivorous creatures or of human beings. Tho stomach of a cow, for instance, is arranged in four parts-four stomachs, in fact-through each or which tho food must pass before return* ing to the mouth to be still further maa* ticated before it can bo digested. Flesh eating animals have but a single stomach, like a hollow sack. One killed three or four hours after it has eaten a full meal will be fouud to hare an empty atomaoh, whilo in an oz or sheep killed the same length of time after eatiug tho process of digestion will bo found to bavo hardly finished its first stage. It is apparent from this, if from no other evidence, that human stomachs, especially if weak or belonging to nervous persons, should be saved tho labor of converting vogetable substances into a form fit for assimulation so long aa they can be spared tho task by being supplied with animal food. "I am disposed to exclude vegetables, with the exceptiou of cereals ana a little fruit, entirely from the dietary of nervous persons. Why? First, because animal food is more nutritious to tho nervous systom aud to the body generally than vegetable. It has all tho essential ele ments for the formation of the tissues of the body, and is easily digested. It seemB possible for man to exist on it alone and in any climate, and continue in a normal condition. The first food taken by humanity-milk-is strictly an animal substance It contains alf the elements necessary to the growth of tho human body and to its maintenance in a state of health. ThU can not bo said of any one article of vegetablo food. Then tho nervous system consists largely of fat, and this subs'ance must be supplied in some form or --'.her in order that the brain and other nerve structures shall be properly nourished. If a person uses up iis brain faster than he makes it he soon becomes irritable and nervous. And if he docs not assimilate enough food to supply its demands his mind soon is sure to become weak. The healthiest and strongest individuals, even, should eat a far greater proportion of meat than of vegetable food. Beef Bhould be taken as the standard meat. It answers every purpose of the systom when not cooked too much. Veal and pork are uol ns easily digested. Pork, so far os its com position goes, is an excellent food for nervous persons, but it is not riadily digested. Yes, in the army we used tc think nothing better for wounded men than bacon. But. as a rulo, salt meat is not adapted to the requirements of the nervous individual. The nutriciouE juices, to a great extent, go into the orine. "The flesh of young animals digest? quicker than that of mature ones. Thin is true, also, of the flesh of wild birds which is more tender than that of do mesticated ones. This is accounted foi by the greater amount of exercise tbej take, thereby renewing their flesh more rapidly, and making it younger that that of birds which live n more quiet life. This is a hint that might be o benefit to ladies of sedentary habits whe are desirous of prolonging an appearanc? of youth. Fish of nil kinds is good foot for nervous people. Kaw eggs, contran to the general opinion, are not so digest? ble as those which nave been -cooked They should be boiled just enough t< barden the white. Some persons diges hard-boiled eggs better than those eookec rare. Neither fried eggs nor anytbioj else fried should be eaten by ncrvou people." "Do not most persons injure thei: digestion by eating too much ?" . "No ; the great majority, especially ii this country of abundant food, don't eat enough. I am quite, sure of it. Thor are more people killed by not gettici sufficient to eat than by overloading thei stomachs. Many of those who do ea ? sufficient quantity are prevented b; como disease from digesting enough fd the economy of their systems. The ver first thing for any one who has exhausted himself by mental work, or one who hs been born weak and irritable, is to fut aish his brain with sufficient food t [thor repair the damage it bas sustalne or to build it pp into a strong* bealtb condition. j "Such persons usually, suffer fror nervous dyspepsia. Their stomachs ar inadequate to the task of digesting th food put into them. Owing to the doO clent nerve-power of the individual 1 lies there unacted upon by the gastri joice, because there is either none or a insufficient quantity to have any powe The food, Instead of helping to rene the body and the nervous system wit the rest, undergoes fermentaUitlon, an the body it should nourish starves. Th person is in a worse state than if tb food had not been eaten, for the fermet tatton develops acids and gasea. : "Ncr voua people may get all the fi they need out of sugar and starch, but ! is better for those whoso digestive orgai are very weak or whose nerve? are in highly -on si ti vo condition to get it fro! the animal kingdom than to corcpsl the enfeebled stomachs-, intestines and pat creas to create it out of starob and suga Good bread with plenty of sweet butti is an excellent food for the nerves. "People troubled with insomnia, ne vous starting from sleep, and sensatioi of falling, can often be cured by limitin themselves to a diet of milk alone for time. I menu milk and nothing els An adult requires about three pinte < two quarts daily, taking a pint for a mea "People with weak nerves requit usually a larger quantity of water ths those whose brains and nerves are stroni It aids in the digestion of food by mal log it soluble, and seems to have a direi tonie'effect. A qiiart or two of water not-Iced-may be drank in twenty-fot boars in cola weather and in Summ< twice as much. Hot water should nevi be taken in the stomach, for nothing more relaxing to it. "With proper eating and drinking v should have fewer broken-down, nervoi wrecks and far moro vigorous intellect The present haman species cannot elim nate flesh from lbs food and amount to row of pins. The holton that nothii bat-vegetables should be eaten is 01 that is apt to overtake persons somowhe in life, but it usually passes away, and duo, aa I said before, to some disorgac tatton. The fancy U mom apt to ?rsi the yoong than the middle-aged, at females more frequently than males, nef voua, eickly girl of twenty-one w put under my ?ar? about ?lg? mont] ago. I- found out that abe had imbih tuat notion, and bad practised It I about a year. I limited ber dtetto i modi: per meal aod a small quantiiy bread .and fruit, with a pUi't ; of mt! You wooldn't know sho wa? tho san girl if you baa seen he* titan and u her now. Ail of that absurdity^has left ber with ber growth of strength and nerve power. No, meat is the food of butnanity, aud man must stick to it." Only Seventeen Years. WASHINGTON, May 8.-Tbo fiscal year will closo with tim total number of Na tional Banks reaching to 3,000. The exact figures aro not yet made up, but the total will not bo much above aud not below that figure. The steady growth of this system is something remarkable, j Even now, with dissolution staring it in the face, it continues to grow. For, un: less the ingenuity of the national finan ces shall enable them to invent a now system, it is easy to see that the days of j n"tiona' hanking system aro number ed. Thero are but little over a billion of dollars of national bonds now outstand ing. We have been reducing tho debt this yesr at tho rate of $60,000,000 a year, so that at this rate lt will lake only seven teen years to call in every bond outstand ing. In some formor years tho reduction or the debt has been much moro rapid, but supposing that il may run on at this rate it will be butsoventeon years before tha last vestige of foundation for tho system will be called in. Of course the holders of tho bouds need not tender them whon they are called for if they choose to keep them, but they will lose the interest from the date of thc call, So of course thoy will havo to givo them up and give up their bnnl?B, unless som? other means ls found for continuing theil existence. The banks now hold abou j one-third of the bonds outstr nding ! securing their circulation bf this mcani So that tbere remains but about six o seven hundred million dollars of th bonds that can betaken up before th foundation of the banks must jjo. Th will bo absorbed in ten years at the prc ent rate of paying off toe national del Even now, at every bond call some the bonds hold by banks aro being calli for, but at present tho banks may ropla* those called with others bought on tl markets. But by and by tho number le over will be so small there will bo not' ing to bo bought to tako the places thoso called. Yet with a possible lifo I but n little over a decade, the number i banka goes steadily on increasing until roaches 3,000, with a capital of b?twee five and six hundred millions. The number of banks organized th year will not be quite so large as la year. Those of last year outnumbore those of any preceding year. The growl in amount of capital in tho past two < three years is not so noticeable as in son other years, for the privilege given thel ? some two or three years ago of organizi ! tion with a capital as low as $50,000 hi lessened the aggregate capital put ini i the new banks. Probably tbree-fourtl I of the new banks organized now hay capital not exceeding $60,000. New York and Pennsylvania are tl I great States for national banks, as thc are for cigarmakers and political bosse New York has about 300 of them, an Pennsylvania something like 250. C I all the cities of the country, howeve I Pittsburg removes the dilapidated line from the shrubbery as a location fi national banks. There are twenty-fh of them, or half as many for this city < one hundred and seventy-five thouBat as for New York city, with ita millie and a half of people. There are on three cities in the country whoso ban] reach as large a number os those i Pittsburg, and yet there are eleven wit larger population.- Cincinnati T?mt Star. A Clono 8have. AUGUSTA, GA., May 12.-William I Roberta, President of the defunct Bat of Augusta, for whom a requisition w? mad? by Governor Hill, of New Yor which is now pending in tho Court, c h?B throat with a razor from ear to e this morning. While the wounds a gaping and ugly, the physicians say tin will not be fatal. The jugular vein at carotid arteries are not sovored. H recent complications have so affected fa mind as to render bim partially insao The grand jury found true bills agait bim for perjury and embezzlement President of the Bank of Augusta. I wns required to furnish a bond for 1 appearance in the sum of $16,000. Thc true bills, with the other trouble, led the rash act. It is also reported that the grand ju has found a true bill against ?. H. Wi ton. Cashier of the Dana of Augusta, 1 perjury. Bail is required in Walto: case in the sum Of $12,000. AUGUSTA, May 12-Night.-Mr. Rc erb?, who attempted suicido, to-day, resting quietly. The doctors say there no danger of death except from secot ary hemorrhage. Before cutting 1 throat Roberts attempted to shoot hi self, but was prevented by his fr?en His oon took hu pistol and left him lyi in his room over his ofiico.. A few mi utes later, hearing him walking ba and forth up and down the stairs, his e went to the room and found his fatl with a razor Io bis hand and bk streaming from a wound in his ne The BOO called for assistance, but., befi lt arrived Roberts had made two gast in bia throat. Sheriff Daniel notified Roberts 1 night of tho indictments found asftii him by the grand jury and directed h to come into this city and make his boi The Sheriff went to his efilco ibis moi log and found bim in the hands of I surgeons. There is no question that Roberts v demented by the many troubles tl have crowded upon him. It is stat that he said recently that he could i stand his trials any longer, and that order te end his miseries he would tc bis life. Roberta's attempted suicide has creal a sensation, and great sympathy ls 1 for bim in tbe community. For mi years he was ene of the leading cot1 merchants herc and ls highly coonee socially. Not Going to hb ft Dode. ? young lady, a Sunday school teac in a church near the corner of Glim street and Lafayette avenue,, was, Sunday, defining faith to her class yoong Americans, aged from 6 te years. She set about ber task In a pi tical way. "Faith in anything,'' said, "ls to believe that something ex ed which could not be seen. "Supp? she said, "your papa should toll Von had put ten dellars In tho bank rory ?iud that you might drat? it from bank when yon grew older. You not see the monav ont in. but yon tri St ia thero beeanae yon believe whet y --p- UUi you, arm when jon grow and weet tho money, yon dress youri with your gloves on,?nd your high 1 and your cnue, oed f?kt? * At this juncture the teacher wt? it lcd by ono of tba boys, who c;ied out . "What aro yon giving tat Do; thinkM ? doner Tte yoong tody ttys she felt pros ted, that it will bo sometime bel ohestir?up the question of faith ag, ~-BdWimoreAmettsxau NEGROES AS SOLDIERS. A latter of Goa. Loo Advising Their Vt o Sa tUe Confederate Army. WASHINGTON, May ll.-In a speech delivered in tho Confederate House of Representatives, in February, 1865, by Mr. E. Barksdale, of Mississippi, on the bill to authorise tho employment of negro troops by voluntary enlistment, ho quoted a letter of Geo. Leo, which, it ia j saidj has not bees generally published. Mr. Barnsdale, who ls a racmborelect of the 49th Congress, furnished a copy of the letter from his musty files. It is as follows: HDQBS.CONFED'TE STATES ARMIES, ) February 18,18G5. J E. Barksdale, Houso of Repr?senta tives, Richmond : Sir-I have tho honor to acknowledge tho receipt of your letter of the 12th inst., with reference to bo employment of negroes aa soldiers. I think the measure not only expedient but necessary. The enemy will certainly use them against us if be can get possess* ion of them, and as bis present numeri cal superiority will enable him to peno* trate many parts of tho country, I cannot seo the wisdom of tho policy of holding thom to await bis arrival, when we may, by timely action and judicious manage ment, uso them to arrest his progrese. I do not think that bur white population can oupply tho necessities of a long war without overtaxing its capacity and imposing groat Buffering upon our people ; an tl I bel iove wo should provide resour ces for a protracted struggle, not merely for a battle or a campaign. In anawer to your second question I can only say that in my opinion the negro under proper circumstances will . make an efficient soldier. I think we i could do as well with them as tho enemy, and he attaches great importance to their assistance. Under good officers and good instructions I do not BOO why they should j not become soldiers. They possess all j tho physical Qualifications, and their habits of obedionce constituto a good 5 fouodatioo for disciplino. They furnish ^ -a more promising material than many m armies of which wo read in history, ? which owed their efficiency to discipline . alone. I think those who are employed 6 nbould be Treed. It would be neither . just or wise, in my opinion, to require them- to sorve as slaves. The best course to pursue, it seems to me, would be to call for such as are willing to come with tho consent of their owners. An im I pressaient or draft would not be likely to bring ont the best class, and tho uso ol , correction would make tho mesaure dis tasteful to tbein and to their ownors. I have no doubt that If Congress would authorise their reception into service and empower the -President to call upoc individuals or Slatey Tor such as they an * willing to contribute, with the conditio: of emancipation t& all enrolled, a suffi 1 clent number would be forthcoming U enable na to try the experiment. If i \ prove successful most or the objection t'i the measure wouTd disappear, and 1 individuals still remained unwilling t . Gund their negroes to the army, the fore of public opinion in the States woul roon bring about each legislation t , would remove all obstaoles. I think tl matter should be left as far a? possible the people and to tho States, which alo: can legislate as the necessities of tl particular service may require. A?t the modo of organizing thom, it shes be left as free from restraint as possib! . Experience will suggest the best conn ana it would be inexpedient to tramm the subject with provisions that mig! in the end proveut '^J? adoption of refon suggested by actuaWrial. With great respect, your obedie servant, B. E. LEE, General. Tho Thorny*ell Orphanage. There ic perhaps no "country" Instit tion in South Carolina, so well known this, , and vet it is Just about to celebra the first decado of ila existence. It w begun on the small capital of fifty cent tho gift of an orphan boy. but from th original fifty-cent piece it has grown nu its buildings ore now the mest promine mark in the landscape Of thc village Clinton, South Carolina, wh?io the I atitulion is located. lu these ten yet many orphans have enjoyed its fostori ! care, and a family of fifty is now shi , tcrcd beneath ita roof. An ample farm of 125 acres furnish all the firewood, pasturage, vegetabl and a . part of the > support. A lar i Btono dwelling--the first house erected ; contains the girls, ano}. "Faith Cottag a neat concrete building is the home the boys. The school is domiciled in handsome house recently erected at \ cost of $5,000. There , ia also a solle built house for the culinary and laund ? work. Near by, a new cottage iori 9 other.family of orphan, boya Is in pi cess of erection. The maintenance of this work exe ' sive of the buildings requires an anni outlay of about 53,500, and the mysti \ is as lo where it comes from. Aa or , poor children are received, there , is - tacoma from tuition or board. The lat majority of the orphans are of too tone I an age to. h? able to do much towal their own support. Tho older one* c do little more than to do all tho cbokii washing, ironing, sewing, &c, for I establishment. This they do, and tl do it with great regularity and cheer/ ness. The President of th? Institution U us that "tba Lord -provides" for thc but the Lord uses means to do bis wo and the mesas that the Lord uses in t case to do this work are the gifts of t charitable, throughout tho bounds of < country. A good idea-for each rea of these lines to ?it down quickly and forward a donation for the orphans Wm. B. Bell, Esq., Clinton; S. C. J it be either provisions or money. -. ri . ?-. . A Woman Thrashes a Sheriff. FAYETTE CITY, PB**.,. May ll. widow named'Lynn, of Washlngj Township, Fayette County, bating fal to keop up the payment of instaume on an organ which she was buy! Sheriff Stirling to day proceeded to i up a notice on her house that he WO , sell the organ on a certain day to no ' the debt He was int-vrupttd by 1 widow, who ran ont of the house ari with a horsewhip and severely cow h i I him. The Sheriff shouted for help, penlee! for mercy, and uttered epitl which would have been quite out of p] at a prayer meeting. This was enough though, for young Master Ly I 83ciagtho Sheriff helpless and subi sive; rushed in and proved hlmsel valuable nilv to his mother by pome lag him with all tho energy of an emt pugilist. At last the widow and ber. stopped to toko breath and the Sh took a run. He did not ?top till ho out of sight of the muscular ?rick and In tho suburbs of Fayette Oliy. - .AO girls at Vase**.' College ? sont President Clavelaoi a huge apo Cake of their omi construction, am doesn't know whether to cut it into st aaduse It fer bte*!** ps^'t*;**?!] abr^hiaw?ih?ii}?W?fldowB. Short Talks with the Boys. "I ara a farmer's son and am not satis* Ced with my surroundings." This paragraph or a portion of it ia certain to bo found ia four of every five letters received from the country, and it is a matter which should be investigated. Our statesmen and journalists, and phil* anthropiBta aro continually praising agri culture as a vocation, and the idea that the farmer is independent and happy prevails Sn overy story of rural life. What hos dissatisfied formera' sons 7 Why is it that BO many of them want to leavo tho farm for any work which will bring them a good living? In most cases tho trouble will be fonnd with tho farmer instead of bis son. It is a curious position in which an old-fashioned farmer and his son aro placed. The old man is content with somo improvements on tho ideas, of fifty years ago. He, can't see why any ono should want anything better than bara floors, Windsor chairs and cowhide boots. Ho would ss soon go to meeting without a collar as with one. . He "rather likes" the music of an organ, but if he buys an organ he won't feel like building that addition to the barn. He can't really see how any one can sit down and get inter ested in books, and why -Henry and William should waut "nial cloth" collars . and cuffs is a deep cou a nd nun. When 8 o'clock comes he gets ready for bcd, and be can't see how the boys and S'rls can "nbcar" company who keep em up until 10. The farm io conduct* ed after tho fashion of a quarter of the last century. The house may bo painted once in fivo years, but the chancea are that it is allowed to go ten. Tho barns have needed repairs for years past, bat it's cheaper to lose a toa of hay by the leaks than to buy new shingles. .Tho fences are rotting down, but next Winter will bo a good timo to split rails. Thero are half a doten panes of glass needed about tho house, but if the broken lights were renewed they might be smashed again. The democrat wagon has been "about worn out" for tho last five yeara. and that's the excuse for not having lt painted. The harness will hardly hold together, but they must last for another year. The boys aro held to "serve their time," like so many slaves or convicts, and tho amount of cash finding Its way into their pockets yearly woola not keep a boot black in stock to do business. Is the picture overdrawn f I can add twenty per cent, to the strength of each assertion and then not exceed the troth. \nd now what's the matter with farm* et boys? They live in a new world the father in an old one. No matter how little schooling they have bad, they are botter educated than he is. No matter If the father refuses to do more than sub scribo to a weekly newspaper, his boya are fairly postad on the daily happen ings all over the world. He wants to farm after old Ideas-they after new ones. Ho got along without knowing j whether England was east or west of the United States-without grammar, orthog raphy or being able to more than write his name-without collars or coffs or neckties-without books or papers or amusements, and he is quite certain that the boys can do the same. The number of farmers' sons who aie leaving home, either with a half-hearted cor -ont, or running away, is greater than yon dream of. They flock to the towns Bud cities to learn trades ; to accept of menial positions ; to take any work which will pay their way and prevent the reces* sit? *f re.-, ning to farm work. .The farmer who realizes this must ask himself where i;he blame lies, and then seek a remedy. Is there a remedy ? Let us seo. In tho firs', place, farmer's Bona aie overworked. There is no doubt that tba farmer is, too, hut that doesn't alter the ess*?. When yon root a boy of 14, ?6 or ?8 oat of bed at 4:80 ot 5 o'clock In the morning, and work him till 7 or half Eut, you are making a white. clave of " ira. You not only peril hiB health, but yon deform his body. Thai's the cause of so many sons of. farmers being lop . shouldered, bow-hacked or otherwise deformed, and tho origin can bo traced to ovoroxertiou-while growing, i There isn't a fr.rm in thia country on which the hours o? labor couldn't be shortened to ton hours without causing a loss of $25 per yeari If Sjn boura is enough for a ditch-digger lt is all that a farmer's son should bo called upon to ondure. If there ore two boura- between 0 o'clock and darkness on a Summer's..-. t evening the boy can take up a hook or ' paper, or put it to good usa inst?me other ' way". - AB it Is now, he koowa ho lo ex* . peeled to slave from day light till dark, and when night comes he is weary lu body and aggravated in spirit. .r Aildthe remedy ls not altogether in sh or toni ng the hours of work. ' ' Tho) boys - : . must have things to interest and amase ^ . them. They want books, magazines and ; newspapers. If there's a chance to fix N up a bowling alloy let the boya go ahead and make one. The game of bowls ls a healthy oxeroiso, and famishes plenty of sport. If one of the boys hos a taste for muslo help bim on with it. "Let him have a fiddle, eooordeon, organ, or what ever instrument ho feels Ho can. bring music out of. But boys and girls should bo encouraged to ?lng. To thia end they should be encouraged to get up singing classes, which might meet around from house to bouse.. A young people's social club, to meet In the same manner would . prove? very interesting.' The farm can belade pleasanter thoo ..' the work-shop-the farm-bouse as tull of comfort and happiness as any home In the etty. When thia take's place tho farmer's son will Hot be the young man he is. Ho will be jovial, content, and - en th uolas tic.. He will be able to appear weil in any society, to converse with any on the topics of tho day, and ho Will have some future outside of the day in and day out toll which ls crooking bis back and thickening up his brains. 3fi. Quad in Detroit Ires Pren, j ?'Stga My lt ame to That.? .Spurgeon says: "Mako tho bridge from the eradlo to manhood R?? long es you can. Havo your child a child just as long as you can', especially if you live in a city: Be not in haste to force your child into oromature development by intelligence ?r anything ebie. Let it bo a child, and not a little ape of a man running about the town." And Mr. Spurgeon ii right.. The ten dency to force children into premature development is radically wrong. It pro mote them from ever becoming true moa and women itt tho high sense of that word, and makes them only "ap-r," ot men and women. . To see a grast big manly boy ia indeed pleasant, but to ?ee.a mannish little hov ls-jus* the revorae. Wheo tba tro reach bo rosnnish still, for tho reason that tho "bridge from tho cradle to manhobd? fn h|s case was made tao short. Thc fault i him run up to seed by reason of their neglect.