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"??^^1 ? !^ZZ^!Zr?_^!!r^S!!^?^l!^^^??^^T"1T^''1111!'''**^^ i' in.?I.-MM?-ii .??inuit, II?-MI?-?- in II mi i-a-. BY E. B. MURRAY & CO._ANDERSON. S. C., THURSDAY MORNING. JULY 2. ??sT _ VOLUME XX.-NO. 51. WE havn't a BAT, but we have a curiosity ex ceedingly rare. So como around and see two hearts from ono living animal, which is vouched for by a truthful and responsible party. You will And it at WILMITE & WILHITE'S, The Acknowledged Headquarters for DRUGS, sVBEDSCBNESy CHEMICALS, PERFUMERY, EXTRACTS, PATENT MEDICINES AND DYE STUFFS. n "r ^ . r, 3 CL B 2 S 1 S a ? H ? I s H i j <1 ^ . P f <D Pi 'Pk' I Linseed, Machine, Sweet and Castor Oils. Combs, ftrusb.es, Hair Oils, Pomades, Bay Rum, Toilet Articles, Perfumery, j Sponges, Etc. Fhv? Soaps, Insect Powders, ?ly Paper. Indigo, Madder, Etc. Face Powders, Powder Puffs, Tooth Powders, Tooth Brushes, Ivan's Dentifrice, and Fine Toilet Goods. Trusses, Shoulder Braces, Supporters, Etc. Our CIGARS are of Extra quality. None better in the city. Best Coal Oil, Lamps and Lamp Goods. ?S you are troubled with Flies or Insects of any kind, come buy some of our Insect Powder and get rid of them. Wilhite's Soda Water is still the favorite beverage. July ?.fl885 _ j :_M_ ._._ FREE PASS TO THE EXPOSITION lix -4 at - % SMITH * CO.'S CLOTHiira- STORE. WE HAVE NOW ON EXHIBITION ONE OF THE Finest Stocks Spring and Summer Clothing in the market. COME AND SEE US. We will pass you in free, amloliorgo you nothing for look ing. We have just rerr?vn! from market ii beautiful lino of MENS' AND BOVB' CLOTHING and PUB MgllING GOODS. HATS for Mon and Boys. Come and see our SUITb FOR THE LITTLE FELLOWS. The impression ha* gone out that we wera out of the market, but we want to in form our old friends that we are here yet. Come and seo ns, and we will treat you right. Don't forget the place. SMITH & CO., WHITNEU STREET, Opposite Auditor's Office. March 26, 1685 87 BARGAINS FOR CASH ! I HAV??! A FULL LINE OF Boots, Shoes, Hats and Clothing That I will sell AT COST, and LESS THAN COST foi fha CASH. I also have a A PULL LINE OF OTHER GOODS that I will sell VERY LOW .or Cash. Good Bargains can be found herc. If yon don't believe it call and ste, and yon will not be disappointed. ?TAKE WARNING ! .After the 10th davlof April next tho Notes nnd'Accounts of thc old Eirm of REED ? MOORHEAD wiltfbo found in tho hands of an.Attorney for collection. Timo and money can he saved by calling before then and settling with mc. I j. r?iisrrc REED. March 20, 1886 ?_87 " Go Teil all the People for Miles Around !" rf '-THAT JOHN M. HUBBARD BRO. ARE PREPARED TO SELL ??ORE* JEWELRY, MORE WATCHES, MORE SILVERWARE, MORE CLOCKS, &C A4T PRICES MORE TO YOUR NOTION. THAN EVER BEFORE. , vI ; . J** EVERYTHING in the shape or a Watch, Clock or Jewelry thoroughly repaired. - <*?>5L188? 30 _ _. OP ALL KINDS AT SIMPSON, REID & CO.'S DRUG 8TORE, Waverly House Corner, Anderson, S. C. >t?ll 83, U8I 41 THE DIGNITY OF AMERICAN CITI? 2ENSHIP. A-lili <?.. ? or Maj. K. ll. Murray Ueiuro thc Mtcrarj- Societies o? Erskine Collage. L Without consulting Moj. Murray, during Ins absence in Columbia wc Uko thc liberty of publishing tho following address, which was delivered by bim before Ibu Literary Societies of Erskine College at Duo Vost during the recent Commencement, and Which we copy from the Abbeville /Yoi and Banner of last week, as we know it will bo read with interest by our many readers.]-[.OCAL EDITOR. . Patriotism bas in all JI^PS been account ed one of the highest of human virtues. It bas given to history its grandest hernes, ami has heen thc foundation stone upon which the best governments ol earth havo been built. It lends dignity to a people ami always clothes them and their efforts with tba sympathy of thc world, even ii the cause in which'lt ls exhibited doo* not command the approbation ol thc public j;!''^mcrit. Where it is displayed in tho support of a country whose institutions are just and right, it receives the plaudits of an admiring world awl leaveT to history ita most lofty tynes of manhood, and its richest larsons of statesmanship and valor. It is well, therefore, for < \ cry people to cultivate this virtue; atv. ??mt nation ia happy and worthy of . Knration whoso citizens are patriots. It la well for a peo ple not only to exercisi Ibis virtue, but to analyze the reasons .<rh ?oil actuate them in so doing, and to dut* tho distinction be tween the citizen who obeys tho govern ment, and a patriot whose aim and purposo is to advance the interest of a country and its people. The citizen may obey a gov ernment because it is to his individual in terest to do so, or because he has not the physical po .ver to resist? ita laws. The patriot shapes his coarse upon higher prin ciple than cither of these-his standard being the character of tho government and welfare of its citizens. Hence history abounds in instances of patriota whose fame has been achieved in sacrifices mndc or valorous deeds performed in thc defence of governments of which thoy were citi zens, and like-wise instances of the highest order of patriotism where men in thc in terest of their homes and their country, have risked their fortunes and braved thc (lungers of battlo and of the gibbet to over throw despotism and tyranny. TUE OIOltlTV OF AMERICAN CtTIXESSII!I*. Patriotism is not measured by ?ucce?s, but by heroic deeds performed in n merito rious cause. A great country whose insti tutions have been founded by the heroism and judgmont nf a noble population may feel a just pride in their inheritance, and it is both elevating and improving for thom to cont?mplalo tho forces which gave rise tn their government, tho principles which it representa and the duties which it imposes upon tho citizens who owe lt allegiance. It is my purpose therefore to day to ask you to consider the "dignity of American Citizenship" as reflected in the origin and the principles of our govern ment, and the obligations which |t impo ses upon its people. Revolution is tho Mother of nations, lt is the human agency by which old dynas ties are torn from the seats of their powor and new governments established in their stead. It has been alike the source nf good and evil lo mankind-has in turn carried tfie conquering arms of civilized nations into thc rcaiioiis nf darkness and tuen given tn the world the "Dark Ases" as the result of barbarian triumphs over thc old nations of the earth ; and yet again it has restored civilization, morality and intel lectual power to the mastery cf tho moro fovored portions of the globo. Like all human agencies, it is not an unmixed biassing, but thc World's history will show that the tendency of revolution is to purify and improve, though its ends arc wrought in a fearful expenditure of treasure and of human blood. The mad tempest which gathers in seething blackness as its grim and awe-inspiring clouds rise above the horizon, amid the lurid glare of the un chained lightnings which send forth peal upon peal of thunder, making the earth vibrate and tho structures on it tremble, often wrecks the forests and habitations of men as it rushes from point to point, bear ing death and destruction upon ita crest ; but the calm which succeeds it is sweeter and purer und brighter and better. Thc disturbing clements which raised the tem pest have been calmed and the sultry stillness with its noxious presence bas been borne away upon the wings of tho storm, leaving sunshine and beauty in their stoad. So it is when years of wrong, oppression and '. y ran ny, exercised by man in th? name of government, have boen borne by a noniiin I?, submission, cr it may be in abject despair, until endurance is too much for human nature. Tho angry passions of a long suffering people have blazod into thc fury of a revolution, the scenes of carnage and of conflict incident to that struggle often display thc darkest passions, of thc human heart. Thc crime, tho wrong, thu woe and thu anguish of war may most grievously scourge a people ; but when thc end comes it often happens that tho tyrant's sceptre is broken and his sway is over thrown, and in their stead a government founded upon the interest of ?.he people is established. Thc AinericaruUnion, was tito creature of a great Revolution. Tho British gov ernment had established a colony herc With that disregard for human right: which marks the despot's away, thc home government gave no rec ignition to thc settlers of the young colony, except theil riebt to obey the mother country and con tributo to its revenues, without a voice ir its councils. The Revolution was the out burst of a noble people's aspiration foi Liberty. In every revolution the tcrapei and purpose of tho revolting party follows from tba character and wishes of thc masse! who engage in it ; and the character one purpo:"s of a people can always bo lea ri iee from the study of the leaders they pu forth as the representatives of the cause ir which they are engaged. -.T'ldged by tbesi rules no count!y has ever preserved, so ncai an ideal type of" the true, tue great und lui good, as the United States of Amorina. "J government of tho .icopie, by '.be peopL and for Mic people" was to be substitute* by tbe colonists tor a monaro1..'', arbitrary sway, and it is not strange that mast o minds directed the colonists ii a move ment for auch grand resnlts. It was th accomplished Jefferson, who formulate? these beneficent principles ol governmtn which recognized the equality of all mei in their right to the exercise and pr?t?oti?l of power; that claimed and maintain*, a such rights, lifo, liberty and the pursuit o happiness, and establishes before the worl as the bright exemplar among nations - the government of the United State?. It was tho glorlons, peerless Washingtoi who laid 'own a commission in the King] army in answer to his country's call. H placed bis life at stake upon the rcsull Ho guided the strong arm of tbe army c tho young States and cstnbl'sbod In hatti these great principles of llbf rty. In psac ho illustrated, ana by exan pie impressed upon the world the slnceri.y of his pnrpos and the beauty, thc pow?- r and the perp< tnhy of the institution', for which he ha fought. Rome, in tl>j halcyon days of h< Republic, bad lier "rc t Caesar who elevate ber reputation ninon.? nations. Ile carrie ber triumphant armies in glorious conques over the landa of ber enemies, and lande the first hostile army upon British shore Plenteously did Rome lavish honors upo her hero, and thrice did bo refuse a pro fered crown ; but be finally yielded to sn billon, grasped the sceptre of power, pn claimed himself Emperor, snd In a sea < blood buried forever tbe liberties of Rom . England had her Cromwell who, wit gilded promises and apparently noble pu poses, fed the spirit or liberty against tl wrongs of Charles I. Bat no sooner he Ute headless body of Charles testified to tl triumph of tho revolution than Crom wc at the hoad of a protectorate evinced greater ambition and aa total a dtsregai for the rights or the people. This pl tinge I England Into soother war, io restore tl ! kingdom, a lesser evil tbsn Cromwell I protectorate. France had her Napoloon Bonaparte wi r?rved the republic, and imperceptibly u derminod its institutions in order to esta Hali bis own power ; sad. yet again h Louis Napoleon, who followed in the fix steps of bia illustrious uncle. But it was i served for America to produce the high? type of manhood that history records. It waa (or Washington to lead the forces of a revolution and vanquish the armies of Groat Britain. This were distinction of great degree, hut it ?B insignificant in Wash ington's tame. While a country's adora tion anti a world's plaudits were being lav ?.lied upon bim for bis victorious leader ship In war he deliberately refused to ac cept on immoderate extension of bis tenure as President, and fixed a term of eight years a? the limit beyond which no man should be President of tho United Sta*-?*. He lind fought, not for conquest, but for his country's freedom- Ho lived not for ambition, hut for his country's good, and richly does his memory deserve the praise of Byron's pen : "Whore may the wearitsl eye repose When gating ou the Great, Win r,' neither emily i: 1 . >ry glows, Nor despicable state? Ye.--nue-th? first-the last-tb? liest The t'lnclnnntus of the West Whom euTjr dared not hate ileipiealhed tho name of Washington, To make tuen blush there was but ono! "First in war, first in peace and first lu the hearts of his countrymen" he not only was anti is, but will remain the example of thc highest typo of Citizenship. His char acter, my friends, presents to my mind the fullest, roundest, moat complete standard or exalted manhood which has eyer been bequeathed to history by statesman or war rien In a publie point of view he was aa a general tho equal tif Ciesar and greater than Napolcau-greater than Napoleon, because he could bear adversity and rescue victory from defeat, which Nupoleau never did. This assertion may astonish thoso who have laid aside their judgment and given play alone to their admiration for Napoleon's brilliant exploits at Lodi, at Austerlitz and Jena, but history will sus tain tho claim that Napoleon never extri cated au army from defeat. Hence, he lost live magnificent hosts. His genius only enabled ulm to utilize tho values of victory, while Washington, hy his prudent and sagacious powers, was ablo to parry tho strokes of misfortune and achieve success under circumstances in which Napoleon won hi have failed. As a statesman hu was far-seeing, cautious and jealous of the in te-e;'. of the infant government his lead srship had founded. Instead of presenting to thc country thc spectacle of ambition, be gave the only instance on record of a great military chieftain setting a limitation upon bis own power. "Hear shall we rank thee upon glory's page. Thou more than soldier and just less than sage; All thou hast been, reflects le*s fame on thee, Far less than all thou hast forborne to be." The independence of thc United States iavc ttl the world the only real republic that it has ever seen, except the little dis trlct of some Vwenty-two square miles upon die top of the Alp.-. San Morino, with [ess than one-fifth the population of Ab l)cvilie County, has for over fourteen hun* Ired year? been a free State, govorned by its own people because it was too poor to lempt the spoiler or to engender Internal liosentioiiM. The great republics of which history tells, we ru so only in name. Rome i;ul her classes, thc Patricians and the Plebeians, whoso influence and opportun I ?es were vastly dilFerent. Her laws wero aol equal or uniform and her tribunes, consuls and dictators were but modified Torms of monarchy. Thc same is true ol' Athens and the Republic uf Greece. In it he chief magistrate often held dictatorial power and prescribed as Solon dbl, the laws Evliich were to govern the people, wno were ts in the Roma:' Republir, divided Into --lasses with different rights pertaining to :aeh. In such a republic, with a citizen ship willing to submit lo such distinctions, it was meet for their groat lawgiver, Solon, ivhen asked if he had given Athens the liest of laws, to reply "the best they were ^nuable of rccoiving." The modern republics have likewise been Tar from such governments as would prop erly entitle them to the namo. The gov ernments of Mexico, Central America, and Sont America, havo been in continual liscord and frequent revolt. Even the Re public of France, has not been able to cull those principles of liberty and maxims of government which premiso perpetuity to a nation ; but in ker laws to-day we find censorial powers invested in her officers. It is only in tho United States of Ameri ca that thc spirit of liberty and equality before the law finds a genial soil in tho hearts of thc people. It is here that a homo is ofibred to the lovers of liberty through nit tho world. Under our laws none of the rights of man are abridged except so far is may bo necessary for the wellbeing of tho whole people, and such abridgements ire only made by the people themselves. In monarchial governments tho laws are made by one supreme head or by a council whose selection is not left to the people. In a government, like so-called republics, thc laws aro fra m cd by bodies hut little bot ter than mobs. lu our Union the laws are guarded with the ntmoit caro and every person who participates in their enactment is selected from among tho people. They ire directly responsible to the source of their power mid are easily changed when they abuse or misrepresent th? trusts im posed upon them. With principles so benign, with safe guards so strong our government has within the first Century of its existence extended thc limits of its territory until to-day its flag floats, with protecting power, over the fourth government of the world in area, and the fifth in number of citizens who owe it allegiance. Tho loyalty of Hs ci ti - cens is unquestioned. We have tho small est standing army of any nation in tho world, except Denmark which with a population of less than two millions, and un area of less than fifteen thousand square ailles, has an army that ls only eight men less than ours. Tue greatness of the moral power of thc United States is better illus trated by a comparison with Russia, which bas in round numbers a population of 100,000,000, while ours is only fifty mil lion, and yet Russia has a standing anny of more than a million men, while our army ti umbers only thirty-six thousand. Russia has fourteen times as many Boldlers in pro portion to her population-that is, it takes one man out of every one hundred men, women and children in Pussia, lo guard the Kmp?rc ir. time of peace, while it only luquires one out of every fourteen hundred in thc United States. And yet our shores ire laved by the tides of two oceans whose yiasts aggregates over 4,800 miles and our [ronlier reaches more than 3,700 miles, 2500 of which bound the possessions ol Great Britain. This ia a sufficient com mentary on the greatness of our country. Its constitution ls a bulwark of freedom. Its justice and its Integrity are a tower ol strength. Clothed in the panoply of these attributes lt is safe from sedition at home ; inipregnible to invasion from abroad. It) a little more than a century our father; have built a system so strong, that a fearful civil war could not destroy, but only per rected it. Disagreeing upon the theory ol government, their differences were arbitra ted In bs^hsenfl thCrmuIt hs* vindicated the course of each, Tho South in defeat hos riseu to her former equal .ty, with ever> principio reserVcd. for which sha fought save atone, the right of sccesnlon, which is destructive of government. Secesi?n ls a thing of thopastybut'State sovereignty in the gof$r?)nfn(t dr ifs; citizens" is s funda mental principio of our government. The blo?dy Issue? of the war for rt time made our free institutions tremble in the balance but the old "ship of state" wss too firmly Anchored to be torn from her mooringa, and tho teachings of oar Washington barred tho un holy ambition of the laurel crowned Grant, who was his Nation's herc and who sought, Uk* Couar ar Napoleon to inordinately prolong, if not to psrpetu ate, his power. But tho republic hal no degenerated. T!ie people were intelligent and honest and proved themselves to bi the "safe-guard ot their own liberties," ant to dav tho republic stands resplendent ir the glow of triumphant principle. VHS OBLIGATIONS WntCB AMERICAN CITIZEN ?mr inrossB. We have thus traced th* origin and prin dples or eur government, and now come t< the consideration of the obligations wbicl it Imposes upon its citizens. Of cours every government requires or Its subject Obedience to its laws, but in a republic th er ls a higher moral obligation resting npoi them than mere obedience to the law. Th a obligation Is to qualify One's self for th dixchnrge of the duties of citizenship. I every country it will be admitted that th ruler? end public officers should be qosli fled to discharge th* duties of the position held by them; and where such quaUncatloi is absent tho oi?cial is a reproach to the government amt ts soon retired. In our country the people aro the sovereigns and the individuals contribute to thc determi nation of the momentous issuca of State, and therefore every man should be quali fied to conaprehenu and pass upou the great questions of national policy. A person standing upon the Mississippi at New Or leans and viewing the majestic stream which moves with resistless forco along ita course, floating the whlto sails of the ships of every nation, and being likened to a i vast inland sea, ls not apt to consider what ! forms the mighty torrent. A drop of wa ter would be counted but abnbbloupon the ocean "one moment her? then gone for ever," a thing of no account, and yet, away in tho Rocky Mountains, upon the sum mits of untrodden peaks, around whoso head the sun beams bathe in eternal snows, warmed by tho tires of Heaven the little trickling drops start on their way to join the deep, roaring cavorns of the Atlantic. At times they are so small that little children in their childish glen could dam them with sand and turn them obedi ent to their wish, but ono by one and little by little they trickle down thc mountains steep, seekinc the precipices and gorges of the dreary hi'ls, until united again in bake Itasca, wlienc hey start anew, gathering the rills and br. nch?s until they become a river whose pn .ress continues augmenting in power ami majesty until mfiliono of money is required to confino thom to their bed and nations of men could neither stop nor dam them. And yet that vast river ls made up of drops of water. So it is too often, when men contem plate, thc union of our States. Thoy seo a country stretching from the rock-bound coast of Maine upon the North, to the golden fields of California and tho rugged hills of Mexico on the South--upon whose shores the boisterous wave? of tho Atlantic arc dashed to foam whero the coming sun wakes the morning in the East and tho placid waters of the Pacific woo to sleep aa the shades of evening gather in the Went. They see a country whose climate varies from thc sub-tropical regions of tho South to the colder climes of tuc far North which embraces a greater variety of products than are possessed by any other nation's contin uous territory. They seo a country croat and respected among nations, the sails of whose commerce whiten every ocean and bring golden treasure in return for our life giving grain. They seo a country in which tho applications of science to tho wants and comforts of man have distanced compari son. It was hore that thc discovery of steam was first vigorously utilized. In th:., ! State the railroad was used for tho longest \ distance then known, and the first steamer speed its wheels in thc blue waters of tho Hudson. Hero thc lightnings of Heaven were chained and bidden do man's service, bringing into every day use tho telegraph the ocean cable and the telephone. Herd the implement* for cultivating the soil havo been carried to greatest perfection. This country has given to the world corn and cotton and provided the gin by which the latter product is easily prepared for use. And last and greatest, it hos given to tho world the grandest government of which men have ever conceived. T.'IK HOl'RCB AND FOUNTAIN OK A NATION'S rowan. In contemplating this vast country wc uro apt to consider a mau as insignificant, und yet all of this greatness liss been wronght hy men, and individuals, in theil aggregate capacity, are the source and foun tain of its power. How much then, gen tlemen, is it incumbent upon you and m to preparo for tho humble part which wc arc to take in the discharge of tho duties ol this dignified citizenship. With us "everv mau is tho architect nf his own fortune. There are no titlod nobles here. There arc here no eiu.Iusive paths to greatness or tc business which are opened only to favored classes. All rre equal- In this republii "esteem and love were never to be sold' but won freely by merit, and the humblest if found worthy, obtain preferment as sure ly as the more favored of fortune. 2 tailor became President in Filmore am Johnson, a laborer in Lincoln, a tanner ii Grant, a canal boat driver in Garfield, nm a clerk in Cleveland. Heve "Honor am) ahame from no condition rite, Act well jour part, there all the honor Iles. . ...?? Worth mau-.i the man and Want of lt tho fellow. TUE 1IOPB OK TH." COUNTRY. But lt must not bo supposed that thos mon who achieved greatness despito ad verso fortune, succeeded without a strug (rio. Their lives wore examples of faith lui, diligent, patient work and energj All of thom obtained education, and b their self-development, commanded th success they attained. Tho great dut which rests upon tho youth of our land i to utilizo tho advantages of wealth, an mind, and health which God has givo .,.ium to qualify themselves for the batt! of life, and the propor exorcise of the di tics of citizenship. On your mental an moral development, young gentlemei depends the "uturo of our country's prc gross and perpetuity. Tho church an tho college are tho hopo of our rep ubi i Their com bi ned i nil uenoo is necessary fe the full development of man. Th oso a tho forces which have irresistibly drive America forward as no country has evi progressed. A church unawed by pow< -that ls free to pour tho light of truth, i they hold lt, upon tho world, hasbrougl blessings to Atnorica which no creed nc sect, established by government, cou give. It has engrafted upon our peop the love and veneration for liberty of coi science and of action without which 01 social and political fabric would crumb as an Insubstantial structure grappled t the demon of a storm. WHAT COLLEGES HAVE DONE. Colloges have given training, cultu and depth to tho American mind. Thc are and have been, Uko Erskine in its n ble work, bringing np tho youth of o country to the statue of full grown me Scientia Cum iloribut Cbnjuneta. They ha laid broad and deep tho foundations knowledge and sent forth tb * ung m of America prepared for tra' thougl the equals In practical scho nip of t citizens of ?nv country. Young gentlemen, 1 have bought to ii press upon you the dignity of being ci cens of the foremost republic of the worl Do not fail to realiza the obligations whi it carries with it. You are to become part of the force and power of the repnbl Napoleon addressing his Bold lora befe Cairo exhorted them to deeds of valor telling them "forty centuries aro lookl down upon you front yonder pvramldi It is no inanimate atons Which bnhol the men of America-tho young man to-day. The liberty-loving people every nation watch the Institutions America. EACH. OF US MUST ACT A I*A UT. You and each of you havo a psrt tn 1 Issue. It is for you by oxsmple snd precept to contribute towards tho cornfo tho progress, the prosperity and the hi piness of all our people Whether It destined for you to tread tho paths greatness, or to attest tho Makers nobl work, "an honest man" In some priv sphere, "Still in thy right hand ca gentle peace to silence envious tonga Ho just and fear not. Lot all the ei thou almost at be thy Country's, 1 God's and Truth's." Cultivate tho moral along with the tellectuat powers of your mind andstr to impress upon the community Ut wh you live tho beauty of duty well porfoi ed and you will be benefactors of ye race, Revere and sustain the Church-est lian in every community the co mn school snd open wide* its doors to te the young-and lift yet higher tho < leges of our Union, tost thoy may n ii? full measure their golden teams of toraturo, science and the useful arts c our country, lighting up its dsrk pl and stimulating to nobler deeds snd bl er attainments ker scholars that, on reo try's glory may shine undimmed andi her sons may go from honor to hom from blessing to blessing snd marci on* Unending progression o f pros por 11 thr ages AU the measure of time snd i no shadows fall to tho East from tl Institutions for which we pray "ato ;> tua.'*_? _ - While preparing a chicken, wi be had killed for the table, a few i Sgi\ tx citizeu of Monmouth County ...lound a n>:!; plo stuck in the cc of its h^rt. AUF'S COUSIN. Deiirce t<? tho Heat and yule! of Country Life. Atlanta Constitution. KU.'M:, UA,, June 22-My dear Cousin William.- Thie is summer weather down boro; the thermometer marking up in tho nineties regularly. It makes me long for the rest and quiet of somo rural retreat, where one can set on tho broad varandah of a ?.-osy country home sur rounded by unorageous oaks, and a bab bling brook in the distance, beside a genial relativo, smoking tho pipo of peace and tranquility. Feeling that you wero such a cousin and kinsmen I have decided, as my children aro now all at home again, to pay you a long promised visit. Our oldest daughter, whom you re member, bas just been roleasod from 'uer arduous course in collego and very much needs a frolic in the country. Our oldest boy has just returnod from h?9 alma ma ter mid brought with bim a good share of collegiate honors. Ho too is justly entitled to rest and recreation. There aro a lot of both sexes and all sizes who bavo long been ponued up in town and want the liberty of tho country, the fields and fountains and fruits fresh from tho trce-1. Wo waut to come over and bring tho family entire. Our youugest boy has a favorito dog to whom he ia much at tached, and if you hove no objectious we will bring tho dog. He is well be haved aud atylish. Another ono of our boys hos a pair of fancy goats, and aa they aro trained to work in harness we thought that Carl and Jessio would onjoy seeing them and playing with them awhile. Our nurse will accompany us. Please write me and say what day it will be convenid., foi you to meet us with conveyances at the depot. Give much love to all the family.- We long for your puru spring water and somo frosh country air. You must not trouble yourself about UB as we oro com ing to bavo a free and easy time. Your loving Cousin, HENRY. AT HOM i-:, Juno 24-My dear Cousin. -Your lotter delighted us beyond ex pression. My wife Bays, "well I do want them to como and bring all the children. They have been mighty kind, good cousins to me and I always did love them and I know they aro tired. The children want to romp some and wade in the branch, and their poor mother haa bad a timo of it just like me-a thousand children and no niggera-born rich and ?ot to work hard and die poor I reckon, 'ell them to come along and bring tho whole cnlaboose." "They won't stay long I reckon," said I. "It dont matter," said she ; "let them Rt ny as long aa they want to." "Of course," aaid I, "but, I waa think ing about where you would put (hem about bed;? and rooms, oto." "Never mind," said she, "wo have bad aa many or moro at ono timo and always got along. We can borrow some mat tresses from jiw. Freeman and put thom down on the parlor floor." "How about vittela?" said I. "Why, tho garden ia full of vegetables," aaid she, "and wo have got some spring chickens and you can got some more I reckon, and there aro lota of berries to make pies and things." "Did you say pisen things? " said I, solemnly. Mrs. Arp looked at me one of her looks and aaid : "Never you mind about tho vittela, I will attend to that ; I never had any body to come to see ua and go off and complain about the vittels." "Of course not," aaid I-"of cou rao not by no meanR, but you know that our cousin keepa a first-class family grocery and is a good Presbyterian, and they alwaya live well, even if they dio poor. Somo folks upend their money on tbeir backs, but a Presbyterian with a family grocery looks alter the stomach and leta the back sorter go second-hand." "Well, it dont matter," said she. "Do you write them to come along and bring the last chinkapin from tho oldest down. I'vo forgotten bow many tbore are now, but if there is a nurse then thcro ia ono moro than I counted on. I thought cou sin hod quit-poor thing 1" Well, now my dear cousin you under stand the situation. Our end of the lino is all fixed up and all you have to do is to telegraph the morning you will arrive and we will meot you at the depot. We have a double buggy and a big wagoo, and if they will not bold all and O.Q baggage tho boya can walk out and pe ruse the country. So come along and be happy. We dont care anything about your dog ; we have one here that will eat his ears off in two minutes. Bring the goats along sure, we are just out of goats and want to get up a barbe cue while you are here. Mrs. Arp thinks I can just go out and pick up good things in the road, and when we nave town company X have it to do, bot I told her you weve tired of good vittels and wanted to enjoy conntry air and water and scenery and babbling brooks and meandering branches, but she says she knows better; that ahe never aaw one of the name that didn't eat heartily and eat a long time. But I do hopo you will all enjoy the air and the water-they are so pure and abundant. You needent bring fishing poles nor worms for bait, vre have plenty, but you might bring along a few nice fish for they are awful acareo in the creeks since tho mill-pond was draw off. Huckleberries are rfpo now and the children will enjoy picking them, ticks and chiggers are ripe too and they will enjoy picking them too about bed time and all next day. It is a luxury to scratch and pull a tick off. Town folks dont know anything about it. They haye to take 8. 8.8. or B. B. B. or Cu lieu ra to keep the epidermic cuticle in good condition but country folks just have to scratch-that's all-so come along. I wouldeut mention it to my wife but it has occurred to me tbat aa you are about to break up for a season you might just as well bring your cow along for ours are about played out. It would do the cow good. And this reminds me that my wife scraped the bottom of the sugar barrel yesterday. It does take a power of sugar for these country berries. A few ponnda from tbe family grocery atore would not come amiss, and I dont sup pose you would ever miss it from the store. Do you keep cigars now 7 I was thinking about those genuino Havanas you used to keep, and those good pickles -good gracioua what pickles. Wo hare put some cucumber In brine bat they will not be ready for some time. Wh*vt do you generally feed your dog on ? We i hardly ever have any scraps lort at our hou-jo and our dogs have got to eating ! crawfish. This kind of food makes a I dog hold on when he bites. I suppose your'nurse wouldent mind Bleeping in the potato ?bed. The roof la low and flat and is a good cool place to roost at night We have no mosquitoes, and snakes are not very common. Carl kill* ed a rattlesnake In the garden yesterday bat it was not a very large one, and we can soon train your children to avoid them. So come along and enjoy the air and the water. It is well worth a visit over hera to- see the Bine mountains and watch the young cyclones meandering around. Wo bavo no storm pit yet, bot thora ia u dungeon ander the house. A cycloue como in aigbt of us last year and killed a lot of children and mules aud went on. But we know how to dodge them now. Bo just como along. I am delighted to hear of the high fosition which your son took at college, t in very gratifying to a parent. I see by tho newspapers that all the boya car ried off all the medala everywhere this summer. And the college girls aro said to bo smarter and sweeter than I over know them. Doea your oldest play the Caliph of Bagdad on tho piano ? I want to hoar that piece oi music once more before I die. If your college boy belongs to a band and a baseball club 1 wish he would bring over lils boru and bis club when bo comes. Carl has an Alabama sling tbat be will lend to tho email boys, but for tho larger ones we have a thing that is a novelty to a town boy. It ia called a hoo and ia used to kill groas. Killing grass is a very manly Bport in tho couutry at thin timo of the year. It is more useful than baseball in tbo cities but does not attract so much attention. 80 como along and let the children frolic. Havo you got one about big enough to tote water from the spring? Tho bill is long and ateop end I do get awful tired wbeu Carl is at school. And then again we need a lively chap to turu tho grindstone and keon ftics off at din ner time. Dc your children eat at the first tablo or tbo second ? Aro they fond of sorghum and mumblepeg. As ever your?. Bl Mi ARP. P. S.-Our Juuo applea aro ripe. I road the other day a ead account about tbreo children dying of June apple colic in ono family. N. B.-Our cook is to leave UH next wce'x and our girls aro goiug toGwinnett on a visit, but that dont matter. Just come along and enjoy the puro air and water, "ALL lili? H KABLE SIN HfiBS." Tho Treatment of Convlctn tn tho Southern State?. The Cleveland (Ohio) Leader{ com menting on tbo treatmont of convicts by contractors io South Carolina, naya : "Brutalities of tbls uaturo have been going on for a long timo without inter? terence from tho State authorities. It is now said that the Governor and Superin tendent of the Penitentiary are about to investigate these Inter cases, but tho matter will doubtless eud with a white? washing of the incarnate fiends by whom tho cruolties were perpetrated. A State permitting such barbarities ougbt to be ostracised by all civilized beings. But South Carolina was onco a slave State, and her people bavo not yet got rid of their brutal instinct-'. Tbo work of tho missionary is badly needed down there." Thc.so remarks bring to the front Mr. K. BriukerhofT, of Mansfield, Ohio, who rebukes the Leader in these words : "Now it has so happened that I bave been a missionary, or more properly, an investigator, in several Southern States upon thia and other subjects, and three weeks ago I visited the South Carolina Penitentiary at Columbia, and I am sure you will be glad to publish a report that will not corroborate the supposition mado by tho Leader. I found a peniteutiary now rapidly approaching completion, which, whoa finished, will bo equal io all ita appointmenta to the avorage of Northern prisons, aud certainly will be superior to our own in Ohio. The South wing is already occupied, and the North wing will be ready for use in a few monthi. The grounds upon which the ?rison and shops are located consist of 4 acreB, and are enclosed by a substan tial wall already completed. The prison ia under the control of a board of five directors, c * which the Governor is ex officio chairman. The officera in the ira mediate charge of the prisoners are the (superintendent, tho chaplain and the surgeon. ''The superintendent, Col. Thomaa J. Lipscomb, will compare favorably with our best prison wardens at the North, and the whole tone of the prison waa elevated and humane, and I am willing to guarantee in advance that an investi gation by him will not be a whitewashing process by any means. The total number of State prisoners ia about 1,000 ; of tbeae about 300 are leased out, and the remainder are inside of the prison walla, and mostly employed upon contract labor, the same aa m Northern prisons, and 1 have no doubt are aa kindly treat ed. So far aa the loase ayatera ia con cerned, I did not find a man in South Carolina who approved it. and every body aeemed delighted at the near pros pect of ita entire abolition in the State. The eame can be aaid of North Carolina aud Tirginia, and within a year or two it will cease to exist in all three of tho States named. "The truth is the South is rapidly ad I vancing in all directions, and nowhere more noticeably than in ita methods of dealing with the dependent, defective and criminal classes. "At Charleston, South Carolina, I vis ited an orphan asylum, which, in tbe fierfection of its m?thode, among all the nstitutiouB of its kind I nave ever seen, ia second only to the Protestant Orphan Asylum at Cleveland, Ohio, and thia I am sure is high enough praise for any institution. "In abort, the time has come when it would seem entirely proper for us to recognize tbe Southern people aa men and brethren, and to give them tbe right band of fellowship. Because Bia very caa existed, and some unseemly customs still prevail, lt does not follow that tbe Southern people are sinners beyond all others. Let us remember that for twenty-five years after Ohio waa settled our criminal code authorized whipping poste, stocks, pillories and ear-cropplngs as civilizing institutions, and for a longer period the poor were ?old out to the low est bidder, and yet it would barjly be fair to claim that our father; were inhu man m on s te rs. So with oar Southern brethren, let as look more to their virtues and leas to their faults, remembering the truth of the Episcopal liturgy where it says 'We are au miserable sinners.' " - - No woman will love a man bettor for being renowned or prominent. Though ho be the first among men, abe will be prouder, not fonder ; aa is often the case, Bhe will uot even be proud. Bat give her love, appreciation, kindness, and there la no sacrifico she would not make for his content and comfort. The man who loves her well ia her hero and king. No less a hero to her, though he is not to any other ; no leas a king, though bia only kingdom ia her heart and home. It is a man's own fault if he is unhappy with his wife, In nine cases out of ten. It is a very exceptionable woman who will not bo all aha can to an attentive husband, and a very exceptionable one who will not be very, disagreeable If she Arida herself willfully neglected.-Ala bama Baptist. - An exchange says that the ten plsgues of a newspaper office are bores, poets, cranks, rats, cockroaches, typo graphical errors, exchange fiends, book canvassers, delinquent subscribers a)ri the man who always knows how to ma the paper belter than the editor him self. A ROMANTIC ELOPEMENT. Thc Ilrtdo lu her Night Drews Carried off on an Engine. LUKAY, PA.. Juno 27.-About twenty uiUes from this town, in Pogo County, lives n farmer, named Charlea Adama, whose daughter, Miss Bertie, aged seven* teen years, baa for the paat year been ?uite a belle in the neighborhood. Misa tertio is a graduate of a Catholic college in Maryland and a fine musician, in addition to these accomplishments she is pretty, intelligent and rich. Her mother made no secret of her determination that Bertie should only marry a rich man. Alexander Watson, a young man liv ing in the same vicinity, was only a poor farmer with about one bnndred acres of land, but thia did not prevent his falling desperately in love with Mies Bertie. Watson is a handsome fellow of 2?, in dustrious .and popular among his acquaintances. Miss Bertie gave bim encouragement and about two weeba ago caused a scene by hiding her head on her father'? ahouldor and confessing that abe loved the young man and wanted to marry him. Mr. Adama seems to have given a con ditionnl promise to consider the question. Mrs. Adams, however, proved hard hearted, and whon young Watson next called to take Bortio out driving Mrs. Adams turned bim out of doora. She supposed that ehe had effectually parted thom, but on Wednesday discovered her daughter and her lover in conversation about two hundred yarda from the Adama mansion. Mrs. Adams thereupon locked Miss Bortie in a second story bedroom and announced that the girl ahould stay there uutil she had promised never to I apeak to Watson again. Late in the I evening Mrs. Adams discovered Watson assisting M?BS Bertio out of the window by means of a ladder. The intended elopement was interrupted and Mies Bertie recaptured. Watson was threat ened with arrest and bis sweetheart woe put to bed. Mrs. Adams removed all her child'? clothing from tbe room, except the night dress, and looked her in the bedroom after nailing down the window sash. On Thursday evening Wataon visited ibo house while the family slept and inter viewed his sweetheart through the closed window. Tho girl was compelled to rise from the bed, wrapped in the bed cloth ing, and place her ear to a crack in the wiudow in order to listen to the loving words of hpr untiresomo admirer. She explained to him her predicament in the matter of clothing, and then they ar ranged for an elopement last night. Watson's brother-in-law ia an engineer on tho Shenandoah Valloy Railway and runs an engine North from a little water station near the Adams mansion to Luray. At 4 o'clock this morning he had his engine in waiting at tho water station, with fires burning brightly and a fall hoad of steam on. About 1 o'clock young Watson drove to the Adams man sion, carrying in his light wagon a full suit of ladies' underclothing, with black silk dross, hat, veil, gloves, &c., which his sister bad prepared for him. The programme waa for him to pasa the clothing to his aweetheait through tho window, and after she had dressed she was to ny with him to tho waiting engine, by which they were to roach Luray. When Wataon arrived at the Adams residence, about 3 a. m., he found to bia dismay that during the long drive over the rough country road the bundle of clothing had bounced out and been lost. In despair, he seized a carriage robe which he had brought along ona mount ed the ladder to Miss Adama window. Tho girl waa waiting in fear and trem bling, Bitting on a chair near the window with the bed clothing wrapped around her. Wataon explained the mishap and desperately proposed that the girl should come with him anyhow. It took a half hour of pleading to induce her to accedo to the proposal. The lover finally gain ed his point, aud, forcing tho window, entered tho room. Under Miss Bertie's direction he wrapped her trembling form up in a blanket. Then ho envoloped her in the carriage robe and carried her down the ladder. When near the ground the ladder snapped in . two, and Misa Bertie screamed aa they fell about four feet. They were uninjured, but aa they regained their feet Mr. Adams's head shot out of tbe window and he cried to them to stop. Wataon apron g at the girl, who neem ed half i ucl ia cd to obey, and throwing her across bia shoulder ran . to the wailing wagon. Ten minutes' drive brought them to the railroad. It waa now brena day-light, and as the lovers climbed into tie cab they caught sight of Mr. Adams riding madly towards them. He fired a shotgun and roared at them to stop. The engine waa at once started and was soon flying towards Luray at the rate of thirty-five miles an hour. They clopped just out side the village and the two.men took' turns in carrying the half unconscious girl to the house of a friend. Here she was supplied with proper clothing, about 9 o'clock a. ni., went into Luray Caverna with her lover where they were married. Mr. and Mrs. Watson then drove leisure ? ly home. Old, Bot Good. The Cincinnati Gazette, a, number of yean ago, published a good story on a distinguished lawyer named Benham, of that city. He was a fine orator, ont much given to a display of hie vast class ical learning. In a murder trial he warned the jury to not allow publio opin ion, which was against his client, to influ entse the verdict. In concluding his ap peal, he said: "Gentlemen of the jury, give up ; drop all feeling in thu matter, and be like the ancient Bomen - in his uduc renco to the truth, who, in its dmnnce, eloquently declared: 'Amicua Cato, amicua Plato, amicua Cicero, aid nuig?r veritoa* (I em a friend to Cato, a friend of Pinto, a friend of Cicero, oat a greater friend to troth).. The papers the next morning reported the eloquent lawyer aa having "closed his great speech, to the jury by finely saying : > may cuss Cato, I may cuss Pluto, ? I may cuss Cicero, said Major Veritas.' " Thia ia something similar to a story that has been going the rounds of the press concerning General Sherman. He waa walking along the streets of St. Louis with a friend and was very pleas antly accosted by a gentleman whom tho general did not. quito remember. The gentleman seeing: how it wee, aald in a low voice: "Don't yon remember, rae. I make, yourshirts." "Ob ! yea." replied the general, smiling, then turning to bb) friend, said ; "Colonol ---, ni low me to introduce my friend, Major Schur tz." - Pleesent: For a man to open hie w i fo'a jewel-box, and d loco vcr a at range gentleman's hair done up aa a keepsake, and thea to be told by hie wife, lavas* placation, thal "it va only the heir of poor Adolphus, ?hom pa wanted me to marry, before I saw you, the only maa I could ever think of loving 1" -The French call lore the "tooth acbo bf the heart." The tona is not : strong enough. You can have an ach ing tooth extracted ami still enjey life.