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i l ' ; 3/.Jt'.H.vri IK -.'HI *, BY E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MOURNING, MAY 28, 1885. , 1 ?.>.:[. i. j ,:? li? . ?< ?LL VOLUME XX -NO. 46. WILHITES' ARCTIC SODA WATER, - BETTER THAN EVER I 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 WILHITF * WILHITE 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 the best mineral waters sold. ICE CREAM SODA WATER IS NICE. TET IT. WILHITE & WILHITE. May 14, 1885 44 u Go Tell all the People for Miles Around !" -- THAT JOHN M. HUBBARD* BRO. ARE PREPARED TO SELL MORE JEWELRY, MORE WATCHES, MORE SIL VERWARE, MORE CLOCKS, &C AST PRICES MORE TO YOUR NOTION. THAN EVER BEFORE. Jaar* EVERYTHING in the shape of a Watch, Clock or Jewelry thoroughly repaired. Feb fi, 1885 30_ WE BOW o our Friends and Customers who have so liberally patronized ns in the past. Wo. desire to return thanks, and offer our usual Spring and Summer Greeting ! * >. '.? .'. fi \ ' P?? 'el --.-o WE ARE PREPARED TO OFFER BARGAINS IN ALL KINDS ENERAL MERCHANDISE. PLANTATION SUPPLIES -AND FARMING IMPLEMENTS; "WK ABE AGENTS' ??MOJEt -: Daniel Pratt Gin Oo.'a Gins, Feeders and Condonscrs. Barbour Machine Co.'s Colton Seed and Grain Crusher. Empire Threshers, Engines and Saw Mills. ,, , Champion Reapers, Mowers ead Binders-tho world-renowned Harvesting Ma ines, which hare been sold and used in Anderson and adjoining Counties for the past .Y??w, and for durability and economy there ls none to comparo with the Champion. We would also mention the Count's Home-made 7-Fingered Grain Cradle-ra South 'lina production-of which we sold during tho season ol 1884 several down by woy Introduction, and kaye made arrangements to furnish them this season again to all no may desire a good home-made Cradle. ' ". ..... Oar "White Hickory" one and two-horso Wagons are well known throughout this ^^s?ffjS?' sad 'Mkekd Pulveriser is simplement that ?aid be on every farm. They can be used for cultivating crops of Corn and Cotton, lothe preparation of tho land for planting and sowing. Call ?nd sssthsm. - B^l^ooy*t*?' HeetSweep is growing \n favor every day. Invented and , ufactuf?d in Georgia. Used andWommended by tho late J. C. Fnrman, the great '?.sive farmer of Georgia, Tho blades being adjustable and cosily changed, make it a *PMadeslrabloBWee5. WVarc taking orders'1 for future delivery, and wonld ask W^^^^ta^aWM**^ aValky and Walking Turn ?lows in allsises. Tho b^t ChowingToba^olStOaVsrket, made by S. W- Venable, of Petersburg. *t. ?jnbracIng?i?cSeb??t^^ "Itapfdan/?*&oa Blas" and V-orimel." i Tal a??i^SSS?Mw guaranteed.' Other makes ind grades also on ; McCULLY, CATHCfaET d, CO. Andiron, S. C, AprliaO, 18S5 i II ' - lilli I Ilm! I i i TACKLE, Ht^CXKS and LILIES O** AX-jLi ..1KI?D8 AT . SIMPSON, REID & CO 'S " ' ?RUC ; STORE, Corne1*? Anderson, 8. C? THE SOUTH AT NEW ORLEANS. A Wouderful Display of Natural Resource*,. Qtlutnbia corretjKmdence Newt and Courin. Major Luther A. Ransom, the chief clerk of the agricultural department, is 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. He is an industriel authority, and on hts return a couple of days ago from a long stay in New Orleans I requested him ?o sketch for the Netct and Courier the ad vantage*, present and prospective, following thc exhibits mado by tho Southern States, mid particularly South Carolina. He has done BO, and I am sure that his in teresting account will be read with pleas ure and prol'a. Major Ti an rom'.: Account. Of course, it is too soon to make pre dictions as to the result of the Eiroosition, so far os the material interest of the Sta's is concerned, but some benefits are already apparout. Io a general way, I may say that the Southern exhibits have enthused the Southern people and as tounded the people of the other sections of the Union. The Exposition has un doubtedly fully demonstrated the superi ority of the South over any other section of tho country in natural resources. The beautiful exhibits of the Northwestern States are composed chiefly of cereal productions, the Pacific States aud Ter ritories of min?rale, the Northoru and Eo8teru States of manufactured products and_ machines, showing the inventive genius of tbeso energetic people, while tho Southern States exhibit everything that is shown in tho other 8tates and many things that are not exhibited in those States. The mineral exhibits of North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Vir giniii and Tennessee aro equal to those of ?iliforni:'., Arizona, Colorado, Dakota or New Mexico. The grain exhibits of South Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi. Texas and Kentucky areas complete aud attractive as those of Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa or illinois. The timber exhibits of any of the Southern States are not surpassed by those of any of the great lumber States of the Union. The exhibits of MANUFACTURED PItO?UCTH in the Southern States' departments fur nish conclusive proof that the Northern and Eastern States no longer enjoy a monopoly in that direction. The largest exhibits of agriculture machinery aro made by Kentucky manufacturers, while Machinery Hall contains numerous evi* dences of tho ingenuity of Southern me chanics. So that in all the principal departments of the Exposition the South is competing successfully with any part of tho Union. In the special exhibits the South is far ahead. Louisiana sugar is as superior to the Minnesota product as is possible for one article to surpass another in excellence. Louisiana salt is practically without a rival. South Caro lina rice heads the list. Florida defeated California in the contest for premiums for citron fruits. North Oarolina golden leaf tobacco ia unequalled. Tennessee marble is the richest and mo3t beautiful at the Exposition, with the possiblo 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 display of fruits, apples, peaches, pears and grapes of any States in the Union. The Sea Island cotton of South Caro lina is not even approximately approach cd by the staple grown anywhere else in the world, while the phosphates of our State command the attention of the sci entist, the man of commerce, and espe dally the agriculturist. If the exhibits of all the other States were grouped to gether thoy would thon 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 io Buopose will give a a?ret?t Inpetoa to the development of Southern reoources. The commissioners from the South arc enthusiastic- over the prospect, and are unanimous in the opinion that their States will be immensely benefited by their exhibits in the near ?c tr re. Coming down to particulars, it ls hard to say what immediate good has been done, but I may mention some things of probable profit to South Carolina. Some few weeks since the Japanese commissioner called at the South Caro lina department for information regard ing the PHOSPHATE BOCK of the State. He said that he was a member of the Japanese bureau of indus try and, under a commission from that bureau, bad been for two years in Lon don investigating the manufacture and use of commercial manures. In his in vestigation ho had found allusions to the 'jonth Carolina phosphate deposits, but tbs information he bod been able to obtain was very meagre. He examined the "rock on exhibition in Ibo Slate de partment and the chemical.! used in Its manufacture. He found that fish scrap was one of tho ingredients used for am nion tating purposes, and fae at once ex pressed the opinion tbat as there are millions of tons of it in Japan it might be transported to South Carolina and exchanged for phosphate rock, and \f Bach an arrangement could be made it Would open a splondid market for the rock and develop an industry of consid erable magnitude. He returned to bis own exhibit and brought the commission two samples of the scrap alluded to. This was sent to Prof. Chant, the chem ist of the department of agriculture, who analyzed it and reported that its com mercial value was "about 25 per cent, higher than the scrap now used by the manufacturers of fertilizers. This was communicated to the Japanese commis sioner and he expressed the belief that while thia chemical test showed the superiority of the Japanese article that it could be laid down in Charleston at a mach lower price than the manufacturers now pay. He subsequently informed me that be had communicated these facta to his Government, and hoped to have all the information necessary to enable bim to decide whether or not il is practicable to establish the business he desiree. Ha says he will visit Charleston at the close of tho Exposition, if not sooner, and in vestigate the subject fully. Allusion to the matter-was made in an editorial in j oae of the local papers and met the eye called at the South Carolina d?partaient to examino tho phosphate exhibit. He said h? was. Jijejested Inkainlt-deposit in Germaay7aad.be saw no reason irby a similar arrangement could soi be made for the exchange of kainlt for phosphate rock, fl 3 obtained HU ch information aa be desired and promised to cali again, or correspond sith v?h manufacturers and miner*.' A Mississippi planter who had no vcr user', com m e rclal n; enures in forvo jd me that he would order thirty tons of South Carolina fertlliwi? thia season and waa induced to do ao by tho exhibit. A, gitnUcman who owns two Urge orange1 groves said that himself aod inr.ny other I owners of groves, who bad heretofore ueed j Northern fertilizers, would hereafter use nothing but the Carolina products. An owner of oue of tbe largest sugar planta tions near New Orleans said that ho used about two hundred tons of fertilisers every season, and nearly all of it was manufacture?! in tbe North, but hereafter I bo thought he would buy largely of the South Carolina manufacturers. The ! Florida commissioner wu? prisented with a quantity of tbe South Carolina fertil izer, shipped to New Orleans for distri bution, aid it was used on bis orange groves, and bo reports that the results nave been so satisfactory that bo is euro many of Ibo owners of groves ir. Florida will use it another year. Many farmers from the Western States wbo have never used commercial manures of any kind are anxious to make some experiments with them, and it is possible tust some orders may bo received from them, and if tbe introduction of the?c fertilizers is ?atisfactorj it will be followed by a large bu?'.u esa. Tho South Carolina fertiliser exhibit bas given sucb n boom to this iudustry that manufacturers all over the Union will be benefited, but of course not to the same extent as our own com panies. TUR V jo.) HXHIBIT bas attracted al; . wt as much attention as the phospba'e display. Lumbermen from all s . ms of the country bavo visited tho Exposition and have been pleased with the exhibits from all the Southern States. In the South Carolina department there are about 140 sped* mens o? nativo woods, all of merchanta ble size, and they attract much attention. Inquiries relating to tho timber resources of the State have been frequently made, and these investigations will no doubt result in a rapia development of the lumber industry at no distant day. Tho exhibit of manufactured goods and (be maps of the water powers of tho - o have attracted attention to the advan tages afforded by the State for factories of every description, and this should result in bringing capital here for invest ment in Buch enterprises. Tbe varied agricultural productions of tho State illustrated by the exhibit bavo given a correct impression regarding our agricul tural capabilities, and the interest that bas been shown by visitors in this divis ion convince me that it will bo tho means of inducing au INFLUX OF PBOSPEBOU8 SMALL FAB MBB8 from the Northwestern States and else* where to South Carolina. The display of ores end building stones will, I am satisfied,. cause the development of our resources in that direction. Our ipecial exhibits, rice, naval stores and fish, have been of immense benefit to the 6tate in Bhowing tho 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 the splendid displays of the Smithsonian Institute, and bave not been equalled by that of nu v State. South Carolina bas never been more favorably before tho people of the world than she is to day, and I do not exag gerate the IMPORTAN CK OF TUE EXHIBIT when I say that the good impressions re- \ garding tho resources of tho State are ir a large measure due to tho stand we have taken at the Exposition. Some of the States could have remained away from New Orleans and not havo been greatly injured by their absence, but South Car olina has been so long and so persistently misrepresented that it was absolutely necessary for our State to disabuse the public mind of the impressions that have been created by these fslse statements. I do not hesitate to say that this bas been accomplished, and that hereafter we will stand before the country in our proper position. But great as the good may be that our State han derived in this way the greatest benefit bas been in the knowledge of our resources that the ex hibit has given our own people. Old South Carolinians who loft the State ttftrt ago visit the department ot New Orb ans end aro ?tonished at the variety, quur.tity and qut'ity of the exhibit. Our own people ore little less surprised, and they leave the Exposition with a higher regard for their homes than they ever entertained before. They examine tho products of the other States, and then their own and they realize that South Carolina o flo rs thom overy oppor tunity for the acquirement of wealth or the delights of a home that any other section does, and they return to tbe State with the determination to develop ber resources and to spend their lives upon her soil. If, therefore, we waive all the ?possible benefits to come to tho S tato rom outside, we have been amply repaid for all expenditures on the exhibit by the elevation of the State in the minds of her own citizens. In addition to thin, the work done by our people in assisting the department in the collection of these specimen') bas given them a better under standing of the varied resources of tho State, and this will result in a better sys lcm of agriculture and tho development of new ideas, and this will, in itself, go a long way in tuc advancement of the ma terial progress of the State. A Contract. While the Army of tut Potomac vet erans assembled at Baltl'jiore, the other day, fraternizing, with a few paltry ex ceptions, with numerous wearers of the grey uniform, the Sun took occasion to present some remarkable statistics drawn from official sources, which aro worth recalling. Tho Northern State?. arrayed against the South 2,320,272 DMD, largely native Americans, but formerly of foreign birtb, embracing,86 nationalities. 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,'' u ?rant expressed it, the South was grar* sally wasted away. Lorne back and c ashed. What coola 200(000 men, how? ter valiant, do agsinst 2,320,272 men wed armed and equipped ? The salvation <<f military honor waa all that could to hoped for against not only ' these odds on land, bot a mastery of commerce and a prepondere ot navy, on the seas. Betides this the North bad wisely developed, ss far as permitted by ; sectional jealousy or obstruction, her vast internal industries, while the South had allowed ber mines, mills'aod workshops to be of small consequence. The wonder is that the South bold ont as long as she did against snob enormous disadvantages; and yet, If we sra to credit Gen. Longstreet and some other critics,'tho struggle might bete ended differently had not two or three capital b?uudera been committed, In the selection of leaders and maintenance of a aulcidal ^B2* it Is over. What we have to do now is to make another sectional -war Inpossible and to be so united in all the arts of peace and power as to make an attack from abroad an act of madness upon the part o? any foreign (OQ.-AW cjktia Chronicle. WHAT MANJ^JX FACTORY. The llaman Anatomy IL. Year's Work In mal Food-Ueaf andi., 9f Trade. "Stuff nod nonseuse," sifjrom the report enccd Chicago physician, laa President of English illustrated treatiso ^ Greenville anUm. "Why, tho entire bu?m be lound my would have to undergo a ctfng : continued, "to make a man, uok one who led very especially by disease <>Mtion of idiosvneracy duo to disarrangome?oars to herbivorous animal. The digestiveeason paratus of the vegetable feeders is *ions more complex an arrangement than thoo, of carnivorous creatures or of bumana beings. Tho stomach of a cow, for? instance, is arranged in four parts-four stomachs, in fact-through each of which the food must pasa before- return ing to the mouth to be still further mas ticated before it can bo digested. Flesh eating animals have hut a singlo stomach, like a hollow sack. Ooo killed three or four hours after it has eaten a full meal will be found to have an empty Btoraacb, while in an ox or sheep killed the same length of time after eatiug tho process of digestion will bo found to have hardly fiuishod ita first stage. It is apparent from this, if from no other evidence, that human stomachs, especially if weak or belonging to nervous persous, should be Baved tho labor of converting vegetable substances into a form fit for asaimulation so long as they eau bo spared tho task by hoing supplied with nui mal food. "I am disposed to oxclude vegetables, with the exception of cereals and a little fruit, entirely from the dietary of uervous persons, Why? First, becauoe animal food ?B more nutritious to the nervous systom and to the body generally than vegetable. It bas all the essential ele* monta for tho formation of the tissues of the body, and is easily digested. It seems possible for man to exist on it atone and in any climate, and continuo in a normal conditiou. Tho first food taken by humanity-milk-is strictly an animal substance. It contains all the elements necessary to the growth of the human body and to its maintenance in a state of health. This can uot bo said of any one article of vegetablo food. Then tho nervous systom consists largely of fat, and this substance must be supplied is eo.ne form or other ia ordor that the brain and other nerve structures shall be properly nourished. If a person uses up his brain fastei than he makes it be soon becomes irritable and nervous. And if ho does not assimilate enough food to supply its demands his mind tuon is sure to become weak. The health lest and s .ronge?t individuals, even, should eat a fir greater proportion of meat than of vzgetable food. Euef Bhould be lauen as tile standard meat. It answers ovary 1 arp?se of the systom when not cooked too much. Yeal and pork are not us easily digested. Pork, so far as in com position goes, is an excellent fco ' for nervous persons, but it is not riaoily digested. Yes, in the anuy wo used to think nothing better for wounded mon than bacon. ?*u*.. as a rulo, salt meat is bot adapted to the requirements of the nervous individual. The nutrlcious juices, to a great extent, go into the brine. "The flesh of young animals digests quicker thau that of mature oaes. This is true, also, of the flesh of wild birds, which is moro tender than that of do mesticated ones. This is accounted for by tho greater amount of exercise they take, thereby renewing their flesh more rapidly, and making it younger than that of birds which live a more quiet life. This is a hint that might be of benefit to ladies of sedentary habits who are desirons of prolonging an appearance of youth. Fish of all kinds is good food for nervous people Baw eggs, contrary to the general opinion, are not so digesti ble as those which have been -cooked. They should be boiled just enough to barden the white. Some persons digest hard-boiled eggs better than those cooked rare. Neither fried eggs nor anything else fried should be eaten by nervous people." "Do not moat portions injury their digestion by eating too much 7" "No ; tho great majority, especially in this country of abundant food, don't eat enough. 1 am quite, sura of it. There are more people killed by not getting sufficient to eat than by overloading their stomachs. Many of those who do eat a sufficient quantity are prevented by some disease from digesting enough for the economy of their systems. The very first thing for any ono who has exhausted himself by mental work, or one who bas been born weak and irritable, is to fur 3ish bis brain with sufficient food to ither repair the damage it bas sustained cir to build it up into a strong, healthy condition. i "Such persons usually suffer : from nervous dyspepsia. Their stomachs are ibadequate to the task of digesting the foci put into them. Owing to the defi cient nerve-power of the individual it lies there unacted upon by tho gastric joice, because there is cither nona or an insufficient quantity to have any power, The food, instead of helping to renew the body and the nervous system with the rest, undergoes fermentatation, and the body it should nourish starves. The fiersbn is In a.worse Btate than if thc bod h*d cot been eaten, for the fermen tation develops acids and gases. I "Nervous people may get all the fal they need out of sugar ana starch, but II is better for those-whose digestive organe are very weak or whose nerves are in t highly sensitive condition to get it from the animal kingdom than to compel theil enfeebled stomachs, intestines and pan cress to create it out of starch and sugar Good bread with plenty of sweet butter is an excellent food for the nerves. "People troubled with insomnis, ncr vons starting from sleep, and sensation) of miling, can often be cured by limiting themselves to a diet of milk alone for t time. I mean milk and nothing else An adalt requires shoot three pints oi two quarts daily, Uki ag a pint for a meal ."People wita weak nerves require usually a larger quantity of water thar those whose brains and nerves are strong It aids ia the digestion of food by raak lng it soluble, and seems to have a direel tonio effect. A quart or two of water not-iced-ma? bo drank in twonty-foui boars In cold weather add io Bammet twice as much. Hot water should neve: be taken in the stomach, for nothing i more relaxing toit. "With proper eating and drinking wi should have fewer broken-down nervott wrecks and fsr more.vigorous intellects The prese jt human species cannot elimi nate flesh from ita food and amoaat to i row of pins. The notion that nothinj but vegetables ?hould be eaten Is on that Is apt to overtake persoas somewhere in lil?, bat it usually passes away, and i duo, as I said before, tb some . dis organ 1 tatton. The fancy is more apt to asaal tho yoong than tho mlddle-agtd, am females moro frequently than males, i nervous, wetly girl of twenty-one wa poi ander mv oars! about eight month ago. I found out that sha had imbib? that notion, and hod practised it fo ! about a year. I limited her diet io . ' much per meal nod 4 small quantity c J breaded fruit, with a pint of mill [Von wouldn't know she was tho tam ' girl if you had seen her then and sai PRESIDENT AND PART VT. Mr. K*udall% Estimate of Ute Situation. WASHINGTON, May 18.-Your corre spondent bad to day a very interesting conversation with Mr. Samuel J. Randall, which, with bis com eui, was later written down and is now, with his permission, sent to the Herald, after his revision. It will he observed that Mr. Randall speaks with entire freedom and frankly of the political situation, of tho Preaidont and the Administration, and of what, in his judgment, lies in tbe future as to parties and politics. Your correspondent asked, " Whs', do yon think of the Administration ?" j Mr. Randall replied : "In my judg ment it is going on aa well/is possible, 0jnd I am certain that it ls making a good j-tipression ou the people I notice some ?nir S finding here and there, but I notlco \ir0\hat no one pretends to doubt the vesr at^y an(* bouesty of the President's thnt at ?9** Wben so groat a change teen vears* aUor B <luarter of a century, It lu? Tn soi'10 but l"at 8ome minor errors nftiw' ,i??.r'?ade. But the people do not but au oosW witb PubHo men for BmaU rate? wi?liSSsrAt, if ouly they see ibo3 ^As^sa? ?e? system will bo caloera' : J don t holders of tho boV0"0T^ them whon they ar^fc0?8*?'Anj'??S? choose to keen tbem???t???S?? tho interest from the*T1* h?8 P*** but So of course they will K- p,"u.nt up and give up their ban! tbe other means is found for co^ .mmA existence. Tho banks nov>* ?(.JT ?"S one-third of tho bonds ?JV,T^.,1 securing their circulation by t^S? T1?? So that there romalos but abd*"*" seven hundred million dollars"1 SK ?J bonds that can be taken up befo ,.':-u:j:tv foundation of the banks must go. \rftt:T, will bo absorbed in ton years at the F-Y?!? ent rate of paying off the national dc Even now, at every bond call some ?Fr the bonds bold by banks are hoing calleo.,' foi, but at present tho banks may replace' those called with others bought on the markets. But by and by the number left over will be so small there will bo noth ing to be bought to take the places of those called. Yet with a possible lifo of but a little over a decado, the number of banks goes steadily on increasing until it reaches 3,000, with a capital of between five and six hundred millions. Thc number of banks organized this year will not be quite so large as last year. Those of last year outnumbered those of any preceding year. The growth in amount of capital in tho past two or three years is not so notice au! o as in some other years, for the privilege given them Domo two or three years ago of organiza tion with a capital as low as $00,000 has lessened the aggregate capital put into tbe new banks. Probably tbree-fourths of the new banks organized now have capital not exceeding $50,000. New York and Pennsylvania are the great States for national banks, as they are for cigarmakers and political bosses. New York has about 300 of them, and Pennsylvania something like 250. Of all the cities of tbe country, however, Pittsburg removes the dilapidated linen from the shrubbery as a location for national banks. There are twenty-five of them, or half as many for thin city of ono hundred and seventy-five thousand as for New York city, with ?ts million and a half of people. There are only three cities in tue country whoso banks reach as large a number os those of Pittsburg, ana yet there aro cloven with larger population.-Cincinnati Time? Star. A Close Shave. AUGUSTA, GA., May 12.-William 8. Roberts, President of tho defunct Bank of Augusta, for whom a requisition was mado ny Governor Hlll? of New York, which ls now pending in tho Court, cut bis throat with a razor from ear to ear this morning. While the wounds are gaping and ugly, the physicians say they will not be fatal. The jugular vern auu carotid arteries are not severed. . His recent complications bavo so affected his mind as to render him partially insane. The grand jury found true bills against bim for perjury and embezzlement as Preslaont of the Bank of Augusta. He wns required to furnish a bond for his appearance in the sum of $16,000. These true bills, with the other trouble, led to the raah act. It ls also reported that the grand jury has found a true bill against E. H. Wal ton. Cashier of the Bank of Augusta, for perjury. Bail is required in Walton's case in the sum of $12,000. AUGUSTA, May 12-Night.-Mr. Rob erts, who attempted suicide to-day, is resting quietly. The doctors say there it no danger of death except from second ary hemorrhage. Before cutting his throat Roberts attempted to shoot him self, bnt was prevented by his friends. His son took his pistol and left him lying in his room over his oftico. A few min utes later, hearing him walking bael and forth up and down the stairs, his soc went to the room and found his fathei with a razor in bis, hand and blood streaming from a w . in his neck The son called for aa aco, but, before it arrived Roberts bau aiade two gashes in hts throat. Sheriff Daniel notified Roberts las! uigbt of the indictments found agalnsl him by the grand jury and directed bin: to como Into this city and make bis bond The Sheriff went to his office this morn lng and found him tn the hands of th? surgeons. ' There is no question that Roberts wai demented by the many ttoubles thal bave crowded upon him. It is slated that he said recently that he could no stand hi ? trials any longer, and that ir order te end bis miseries he would tak< bis life. Roberta's attempted suicide has created a sensation, and great sympathy is iel for bim In the community. For man] rears he was one of the leading cottor merchants here and ls highly connecter socially. Not Going to be a Dode. . A young lady, a Sunday school tesche: in a church near the cower of Gil mon street and Lafayette aveene, was, ot Sunday, defining faith to her class o young Americans, Aged from G to ll fears. She set about ber tank lu a prac tical way. "Faith in anything," sh said, "is to believe that something exist ed which could not be seen. "Suppose,1 aho said, "your yapa should tell you hi bad pot ten dollars in the bank fer yon Mid that yon might draw it from th bank when yeo grew .older. Yondi? uot see the money put in, but you knoi lt ia there because yeo believe what yon pana telle yout and when 70a grow n\ and want the money, you dress you rael I with your gloves on,and your high hal and your cane, and voa-" . At talc Juncture the teacher was start led by ene of the boys, who cried Outr MWhet aro you giving as? DJ yo thinkl'ejtadt?et'? Tho young lady says she felt prostra Led, and that It will be sometime bete *e stirs un the question of faith ogaii -A a?l?nvoTC AnicrttxDi. SOME MATMMOH?AL ADVICE. DIU My? Gives UM Girl? Borne Word* of Vf Udora. "HOT SPRIHQB, ABK, April 0,1885. "JVy D?ir Sir ; Would it bo asking too mucb for me to request a brief reply lo one or two questions wbicb ninny other married women as myself would like to have answered? "I have been married now for five years. To-day is the anniversary of my mp.rrir.g9. When I waa single I waa a to ?ch or', and supported myself in com* fort. I had more pocket money and dressed fully as woll, if not bettor, than I do now. Why should girls who aro abundantly able to earn their own livelihood struggle to become the slave of a husband and children and tie them? selves to a man when they might be free aud happy? "I think too much is said by the men in a light and flippant manner about the anxiety of young ladles to secure a home and a husband, and still they do deserve a part of it, as I feel that I do now for assuming a great barden when I was comparatively independent and comfor table. "Now, will you .<auggest any advice that von think would benefit the vet un married and self-supporting girls who are liable to make the same mistake that I did, and thus warn them In a manner that would be mach more universal in its range and reach ao many more people thou I could if I should raise my voioe'? Do this, and you will be gratefully re membered by ETHEL." It would indeed be a tough, tough man who could ignore thy gent?o pion, Ethel : tougher far than the pale, intellectual hired man who now addresses you io .his private tr?* underhand manaor. You say mat you had more pocket money before voa were married than you hare since, Ethel, and you regret your rash step. I am sorry to hear it. You also say that you wore better clothes when you were cinglo than you do now. , You are also pained over that. It seems ut hut marriage with you has not paid any amah dividends. So if you married Mr. whtbol as a financial venture, it was a alonitake. You do not state how it has should:d your husband, Perhaps he had just orsocket money and better clothes them to the married than be has since, to pursuers two people do well in business call for sucelves out when they go into the consent* they bust higher than a kite, Ercsament or ?How me the free English ring ont the*.an expression which you correction woult understand if I should tasteful to them ii tho original Roman. I have no doubtipportlng young ladies authorize their recepbave to go very light empower the Presiutbat, and still thoy individuals or States fidoar Ethel. They willing to contribute, Wanua only. They of emancipation to all e. [This is a little cient number would be il1 I thought of enable us to try tho expel*8* jokes this prove successful most or thV-K"1 of my lo the measure would dlnappt individuals still remained unvoting to send their negroes to the army, ff day and of public opinion in the Smtc-Jskotn at soon bring about such legislativ c?u,r.e? would remove all obstacles. I thinK" ?'B* matter ohoukl be left as far as possibly the people and to tho States, which aloftT can legislate as the necessities of thu11 particular service may require. As to*} the modo of organizing them, it Bbould be left as freo from restraint os possible. Experience will suggest the best course, and it would bo inexpedient to trammel the subject with provisions that might in tho end prevent tho adoption of reforms suggested by actual-trial. With great respect, your obedient servant, R. E. LEE, General. Tho Thornwell Orphanage. There is perhaps no "country" Institu tion in South Carolina, so well known as this, and vet it is just about to celebrate the first d?cade of its existence. It was begun on the Btnall capital of fifty cents ; tho gift of an orphan boy. but from that original fifty-cent piece it hos grown until its buildings are now tho moat prominent mark fa'the landscape of the village of Clinton, South Carolina, whero the In stitution is located. In these ten years many orphans have enjoyed ita fostering care, ana a family of fifty is now shel tered beneath ita roof. An ample farm of 3 25 acres furnishes all the firewood, pasturage, vegetables, and a part of the- support. ? large stone dwelling-ibo first house erected contains thu girls, and "Faith Cottngo" a neat concrete building ia the home of the noys. The school is domiciled In . ? handsome house recently erected at a cost of $6,000. There ; ?B also a solidly built house for the culinary and laundry work. Nearby, a hew cottage for an other family of orphan, boys u in pro cess of erection. The maintenance of this work exclu sive of the baildings requires an. annual outlay of about $3,600; and the mystery is as to where , it cornea from. As only poor children are received, there ls no in como from tuition or board. The large majority of the orphana are of too tender an ago to be able to. do mach towards their own support. The older ?nea can do little moro than to do all the cooking, washing, ironing, sewing, ?tc., for the establishment. This they do, and they do it with great regularity and cheerful? ness. The President, of the Institution tells us that "the Lord provides" for them, but the Lord uses means to do bis work, and the meaos that the Lord uses In this case to do this work are the gifts of the charitable, throughout the bounds of oar country. A good idea-for each reader of those lines to sit down quickly and lo forward a donation for the orphan* to Wm. B. Bell, Esq., Clinton, a C. Let it be either provisions or money. A Woman Thrashes a Sheriff. FAYETTE CITY, PENN., May ll.-A widow named Lynn, of Washington Township, Fayette County, having failed to keep np the payment of installments on an organ which she was 'buying, Sheriff Stirling to day proceeded to pat up a notice on her house that ho would sall the organ on a certain day tc meet the debt. He was interrupted by the widow, who ran ont of the boase armed with a horsewhip add severely cowhided him. The Sheriff shouted for help, ap pealed for mercy/and altered epithet* which wonld have been quite ont of .place at a prayer meeting. Thia was not enough though, for young Master Lynn, seeing tho Sheriff helpless and acomia-1 ? sfvay rushed in and proved himself a L valuable ally to bis. mother by pommel ing bim wtth all tho enorgy of au embryo pugilist. At last the widow and her soo stopped to tafeo breath and the Shena took a ran. ' He did not stop till he was ont of sight of 1 tho ' muscular widower* and In tho rebarba of Fayette City. U ? ~*ne. ffri? *t Vassar College ??ve sent President Cleveland a hugs Eponge cake of their own construction, and he "Mothers Boy." Wheu.Iaee s tall, brosd-shouidercd youth stooping to Uss his mqlher, while sha IB occupied at some ooo of hor man ifold houatmold duties, tho tears of glad ness fill my ?yes. for I know that bis heart is loving sod unselfish to th? one who was first to love, and carets hjtn be? fore.he was conscious of iL My mind wanders in dreamland, back to ? time when this youth lay a helpless babe, pressed close- to n fond, proud mother's heart How much sha planned and bow earnestly she prayed, for his futuro happiness ! Those dimpled hands resticg so quietly in sleep en ber breast, beside that little curly head, what may they not bring to pass, os great ach?ve ments in the near future, when 4&? strength of years bsa como to them? Tho king of the household, blessings on his carly head I His mother's lips part in a sweet smile of contentment, as uer eyes rest on ber sweetly sleeping, innocent child.. Bbe rises noiselessly from the low, ? rocker, whero she has been sitting crooning a lullaby, without disturbing'tils alambor, and gently lays bim in his cozy crib, to enjoy his much-needed nap; bat she cannot refrain from stooping, to imprint a parting kiss on the velvety cheek. Tho years have flown into tho silent past, and I wake from my day-dream with a start, to see before me in this san* browned, curly-haired youth, the baby of earlier years. And os ho stoops and kisses her, as she did the same to aim in the earlier years, she smiles up in his . face and calls him "mother's bey." Wo emile, too. through our. tears as we look on this picture, a sweet one, dear readers, for it scorns hard to realize tbat this toll, robust specimen of humanity is a "boy.'* Mother-love seems not to realizo that time's relentless march brings her baby in n few years to mon's estate, and that he is no longer a cbild, until one day he will tell her that ho intends soon to bring home a wife to occupy the old .homo henceforward with '.hem. She fcoio now thai the love of a life time must be shared with another, and that abe will no longer occupy the first place in his heart, as abe always hos dono until this news came to her. " But stop a moment, doar, selfish moth er, and ask yourself a reasonable ques tion. Does it follow because your boy has found a loving companion outside his home to journey hand in band with for tho future, that tbe love he has al ways felt for you will be lessoned, under the above circumstances? . When you married and left home, was your lore for your mother diminished In that event? Do not treat your son's v/ifo coldly when he brings her home as such, thus causing her to feel that you look apon ber at. one coming between you and the lovo of a life-time. She will read at once from your manner, unless you are .cordial to wards her, that von feel unprepared to receive her and love ber as your son's , wife. Bbe will feel grieved but too proud to allow you to see it, and a coldness will spring up betweon you and your new daughter, wbich in time may gen?rele a fooling of positive dislike between you. Your "boy" .will Boon learn, if thia feeling continuos in the family, to feel that you think he has made a poor choice in selecting a life companion, and that you fall to see wherein he saw anything ? attractive about her. He will also feel ifhat you ought to love her for hie sake, . for no other, since he has always :t7Tpced BO much affection towards you, 'jhtpnly now is he sharing it with nu limsoTt without lessening it all towards eek a r?**?ani ?ou *U1 fi00a feel kIaQ,Ijr is seo tew meraljor ot y?ur family, and In the 'i -s0 *? towards you if she >ven/orkediPa trying to like her and a?? er h tocPew borne pleasant for'her. ?ase. WhenV0h*rlie llk^ h?B ???P??*: 13 out of bed a\y?J^^#W P**?"*1 norning, aud ^?dumplings, and ff she jaat vo? ara m?rn domeetfc mattera aha fife ^?otbmmm^m mu deform his bo?W0? aW?bw Pro? if so many sons i^t?gl^?M bouldered, bow-backg00? Jm 7?^jf. leformed, and tba origln^ nttV6 done all )verexertion "while growhL. MZS^^'I There isn't a farm in thV? ?n?er.and vhich the hours of labored ^tUm?; hortened to ten hours without JP?.51**6 ess of ?25 por year. If taff* V?J?' mough for a dltch-digger it is ; armer's son should be called V'??jL?j^! induro. If there are two hours brjT^MJ: I o'olock and darkness on a Sum^WS. weeing the boy can take up a bool\H11* laper, or put lt to good uso In eoine ott Jv va/. 'As it is now, he knows he is ox00 >ected to slave from day light till dark"}0 (nd when night comes he ia weary Ins; ?ody and aggravated in spirit. . ? . ?' ; Aiid tho remedy is not altogether in hcrtening tho hours of work.' The) boys . nuBt havo things to Interest and amuse hem. They want books, magasines and lewspapera, If ibera'e a chance to, fix ip a bowling alloy let the bpys go ahead ind make ono. Tho game of bowls Is a \\. icaltby exercise, and furnishes plenty of port. If one of the boys has a taste for - nusic help him on with it. Let bim tave a fiddle, accord?on, organ, or what* iver instrument he feels he can bring nusic out of. But boys and girls should >o encouraged to sing. To (bis end they hould be encouraged to get up singing liasses, which might meet around fro ai < io us o to house.. A young people's social dub: to meet In the same manner would . >rovW very Interesting. The farm can be toado pleasanter than be workshop-tho farm-house aa full of om fort and happiness as any home In . he city. When this take's place tho armer's eon will not bo the young mm '. tels. He will be jovial, content, and intbnelsstie. He will be able to appear veil In any eocicty, to converse with .any ' m the topics of the day, and he will i a vo some future outside of the day '.?,': ind day out toil-which Ls crooking, hin lack and thickening uD his brains.- . ?f. Quad in Detroit free Press. , ?Sign Hy Name lo ThaW ? .Spurgeon says: "Make the bridge rom the cradle to manhood as long aa ?oilcan. Have your child a child just. A long aa you can, especially If you liva n a city. Be not in baste to fore o your hlld into oremature development by'' ntelHgence ?r onjythfcg else. Xe* it bo > child, and not a little ape of a man unuing about the town." : . vu H And Mr. Spurgeon lo right. The ton [ency to force children into preaatura ovefopment Is radically wrong. It pre eats them from over becoming trao moa ed w?mea ia ' the Mgh sanee of that rord, arid makes them oaly "apes" ol ??on end wouiea. To seo a great big manly boy is itt&eed " ' ile&sant, but to soe a mannish Utile boy J just tho roveree. When tbe two reach V he ego Q?m*?te thew^m* U 0 mannish still, for the reason that tho bridfe from tho cradle to manhood", in )s case was mado too 'saort. The fault Im Into prematuro manhood or have let. bn run tip to eeoc] by reason of fhel; eglect. .