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,&IA? mi oma J Y E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 27, 1885. VOLUME XXL-NO WAGONS, WAGONS, WAGONS. BUGGIES, BUGGIES, BUGGIES, BAGGING, BAGGING, BAGGING, TIES, TIES, TIES, BELTING. BELTING. BELTING, ROPE, ROPE, ROPE. ^\ E aro receiving ti large lot of the celebrated STUDEBAKER nod TENNES SEE WAGONS, acknowledged by all who have ever used them to be superior to all others, being manufactured of tho best material, nud put up in good style, light running, well painted, durable, and we warrant them for one year. Wo have been selling them for five years, and with good latisfactiob to our customers, as the fol lowing Testimonials will show : MESSRS. BLECKLEY, BBOWN & FBBTWELL, Anderson, 8. C.-GENTS : I have used a 1| inch iron axle Studebaker Wagon for tho last five years, and haviog used several other makes, unhesitatingly say that the Studebaker is tbe best of all of them. I have run mine almost constantly, often loading lt with as much as 4 OOO pound? at one time, and it has cost me nothing for repairs for five years. Yours truly, WADDY T. DEAN. MESSRS. BLECKLEY, BBOWN & FRETWELL : The Studebaker Wagon bought from you three years ago hos given ma good satisfaction, having never cost me any thing for repairs. The Wagon is a very light running ehicle; and I believe is the best Wagon made. E. F. I}EED. MESSRS. BLECKLEY, BROWN & FRETWELL- GE' .LEMEN: I have run a 2J Thimble 8kein Studebaker Wagon, bought from you, about tbreo or four years, and wish to say that I ara well pleased with it, never having cost mo anything for repair*, and that it has given me perfect satisfaction. The paint bas lasted weil on it. and the Wagon now presents a good appearance, and can recommend it to my friends and neighbors as a first claw* Wagon in every respect. J. R. FINDLEY. MESSRS. BLECKLEY, BnowN & FRETWELL: I have run roy Tennessee 2-horee li ?ucl? iron axle Wagon for two years, and am well pleased with it. It bas never cost a cent for repairs, and ha? never even had a loone tap, lire or bolt on it, 1 can recommend the Tennessee to my friends and neighbors as a first class, reliable Wagon in ovary respect. D. A. 8KELTON. ANDERSON. S. C.. DJC. 21, 1883.-MESSRS. BLECKLEY, BROWN & FRETWELL -GENTS : I have run a 2-horse iron axle "Tennessee" Wagon nearly constantly for the last five years without costing aoytbing for repair? of any kind, even stand ing last Summer's coutinued dry weather without requiring tho lies to be cut, and do unhesitatingly say that tho Tennessee is the best Wagon ever used by me, and that I can fully recommend it to my friends and the public as a Wsgon that will give good satisfaction in every respect. Yours truly, J. G. RILEY, Olio, S. O. ANDEBSON, 8. G., Feb. 9, e884.-MESSRS. BLECKLEY. BROWN & FRETWELL GENTS: I have used a 1} iron axle "Tennessee" Wagon for tho I tust five years, and ara well pleased with it, being a strong and durable Wagon, and I can heartily re commend it. Tho Wagon baa cost mo during that time scarcely anything for repaire, squiring the tires cut only once, aud that was causeo by the long continued drought last Summer, and being continually exposed to the hot sun. It is the best Wagon I ever used. IVY C. LOW. ANDERSON, S. C., April 4, 1884.-MESSRS. BLECKLEY, BROWN & FRETWELL -GENTS : I have been using a Tennessee Wagon, 1} inch iron axle, fer three years past, hauling brick and sand almost constantly with two large mules, and am fully satisfied that there is no better Wagon made. It has cost me nothing in way of cutting tire, &c. Has been standing in the weather al! the time. ! can recommend tho "Tennessee" to any ono in want of a light runniug, durable Wagon. Yours, ?Vc., J. C. DRENNAN. We are also able to sell you a first class BUGGY as reasonable as anybody, on easy terms, and would respectfully ask you to examine them before making your purchase elsewhere. We will also make it interesting for you to buy your BAGGING and TIE8 from us, as we have already bought a large lot of these, at much less than others pay for them, and we propose to sell them tn you accordingly, and will keep large stocks constantly on hand. To the Ginnera of Anderson County we wish to say that we keep constantly on hand RUBBER BELTING all BIZI*, and PRESS ROPE, and will meet any com petition in prices on these Goods. Call aud see us, inspect our Gooda and price?, and let us sell you wbutyou need. Our Ruyer in going North in a few days, and we will have something to any to you shortly in regard to other lines of Goods. Look out for our next advertisement. We say this now, however : That we will always soil Goods as low as they can be bought elsewhere, and that we are prepared at all times to meet legitimate competition. Respectfully, Aug 6.1885 Brown & Freiweil. 4 _5m MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS Bas Returned frora the 'Nqrtk, wbero she purchased an ELEGANT STOCK of THE HANDSOMEST GOODS That bas ever been brought to this market, consisting of STYLISH SILKS, BEAUTIFUL LACES of all descriptions, EMBROIDERIES. J ?TS and PARSE?SNTRIES, LOVELY EMBROIDERY ROBES In the newest shades. Oui l^RENCH-ANl) WHITE DH ESS GOODS cannot be surpassed. Wc lin ve CLOVES. HOSE. ?UPPERS and SHOES of every quality. Don't forfeit to notice our varied stock ni RIOBON. u:ul Come and try ^o?r ?tylish SI ATS on .ht-r?re i.uiT,hasing elsewhere. We fccl assured you can pleased. , U\k ?pac?- is tor'limited to exhibit our (h.rdB. Anything you do Uot see call for It, >ltracttv?: v^r^fg, DlBg, stQBEi ? Mareil SS 'ia?fc-gi-- 1 57 Just In and to arrive Car Load of the Famous ; ' COLUMBUS BUGGIES, CARRIAGES, SURREYS* &c. Oa^^^&^m&toi upwUb tho BEST Vehicle you everrodein, GUNNING-HAM & FOWJLEK. TURNIP SEE?; BINDS. AND Simpson, Hei*! & Go.'s V OfcUG STORE. . . |^^j?HQuse Corney Ande ns on. ?. ff? A AMrjuetejoftU* as to Wru* TO Wara ?VB 1 o ""t,inr0 vision for Music and Pa.nf ?teV^ '^ **wo?^ Norfolk, Va. WILHlfrs " AO J?. gif* P?flO i EYE WATER IS A SURE CURE F?ll SORE EYES, OR ANY COMMON FORM OF INFLAMED EYES. WE SELL BT With the understanding that if it does not prove bene ficial or effect a Cure, after directions have been carefully fol lowed, the sum paid for it WltL BE REFUNDED. It has been sold on j these conditions for the past FIVE YEARS, MM and as yet we have ri NEVER HAD A COMPLAINT OP IT, OR HEARD OF A CASE IT DID NOT CURE! fl u IT IS NOT \ 1 A ??EW PREPARATION. ^'J?HD HA8 BEEN VHEuJ FOR THIRTY YEARS, But has been only four or five yoaro on the market as a PKOPRiETARY MEDICINE. If you have never *useditJor know nothi?g* of its effects on Ask your neighbor, or sonya ! one who has seen it tried. IT HAS CURED SEVERE., CA^E* i mM l i x' IN FROH i l?OTTEtS I Pie, 25 Cents pr MITE & WILHITE, PROPRIETORS, AB* fc, 1885 ' ? MR. CUAS. it. MOISE'S ADDRESS AT WENNETTOVILLE. Tba Svut?tui r.irocti* of Fruit Growing .ed Tine Culture upon the Health, Mor. ftUty and Happtaeta ?f the People. The fol lowlog address, on fruit grow lug and vine culture, was made by Mr. Chas. H. Moise, of Sumter, at the recent "Joint summer meeting" at Bennetts* ville: Trite politeness has been defined aa things you' know all' ?bout, ' vrfien they are tola to yod by a man who knows nothing'about'them." This was said by i tho Dulce de Moray, the right-hand man of Napoleon III. I will not make such a demand upon the politeuess of thia joint meeting, for I would not presume to address practical farmers upon' the management of agricultural malters. But 1 propose tu oller a .few : thoughts, upon n tine which'rises above tho actual operations of tba field, the orchard and the vineyard, aud treata of the hygienic and humanitarian aspect of the auoject. In doing so I will confine myself to a sioglo branch cf agriculture, viz : Fruit growing in its broadest son.-.e. This honorable and interesting avoca* tion, aside from its practical uses, in volves vast and far-reaching interests: nothing teas than health, sobriety ana consequently, happiness here and here after. You have all, doubtless, experienced the plcasures which attend horticultural occupations. You know how hinch hap piness arises from the careful observation of the wonderful operations of nature: how sweet it is to watch the gradual unfolding of fruit blossoms; to notice the BIOW growlb of the fruit, and mark the changes which succeed each., other, until, for example the ripe peach clothes itself with .a down as delicate as that upon n maiden's cheek, and with colors which rival the hues of the -rainbow. You know bow delightful it is to eat the fruit of your own raising. When.the inspired writer wishes to describe the acmo of domestic happiness, be speaks not of waving fields of golden grain, nor of "lowing, herds," which "wend ildwiy o cr tho lia," but he tells us of that rural beatitude "when every man aita under his owb vine and under bis own fig tree." To ouch an extent does the love of nature, as shown In her works, pervade the Sacred Scriptures, that even in the dire extremity of war the chosen people wrre forbidden by law to destroy the enerr ''a fruit trees, foi', says the lawgiver, "1 he tree of tho field is man's life," meaaing the means by which man may live, and only of those trees which bore no fruit, it is said "shalt thou destroy and cut down." Again, "what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? Let bim also go and retnrn unto his bouse, lest he dio In the battle and another man eat of it." Io the Old Testament (King James's version), fruit and kindred subjects are treated of in one hundred and forty pass ages, and the vine, viz : grapes, vines, and wine in two hundred and forty-seven passages I ' The vast ct ride;; made iii fruit growing and vine culture in the past few years must have struck you forcibly. ' Persons like myself,' who have passed tho merid ian of lifo, can easily remember the time when strawberries were cultivated in small quantities and of inferior .quality. Now they are grown in large fields, and are sent to distant marketa by carloads. The dainty epicure of New York has paid as high as six dollars a quart for the earliest, wnile thousands of oaakets sell annually at one dollar each. This little plant can yield more profit to the acre than the beat sea island cotton or Joshua Ward's rice in their palmiest days. Those who are engaged iq its cultivation may rightfully claim the strawberry leaf from the coronet of a tottering English nobility of birth, where it has been long recognized as au aristocratic emblem, and wear it proudly as a sign ot the only true nobility, the nobility ot honorable labor. In like manner, did time permit, could I speak of the rapid progress of the cul tivation of all the other berries ; of the extensive orchards which flourish all over our State ; of the vineyards which adorn the slopes of Barnwell, Aiken, Darling ton ana the entire Piedmont section of South Carolina ; of the wi nc.J which are made in nearly all the counties removed from the seacoast f of the luscious mel ons which are sent to market by special trains ; of the figs which weigh down the wide-spreading trees in the old "City by the Sea ;" of tho railroad depots stacked up with crates of apples and poaches. All these, .bear upon material and monetary interests. I como now to the higher theme, to the orchard and the vineyard, aa they affect the health the virtue aod the happiness of- our peo pie. As our Stat o enjoys the same climate as middle and southam France and northern Italy, it follows that every fruit which flourishes in those favored region: of ?he earth will thrive on South Carol! na soil. And so it is. The pomegranite, the fig and the orange perfume the mow clad uve oak region of tho coast; while the peach and its cong?no ra, the nectarine and apricot, together with tho plum and I the grape, cover tte middle section ; Und the hardy apple grows luxuriantly on the hillsides and mountains of tho northwest counties. AU ripe fruits are extremely whole some, and in our warm climate tba long summer ia shortened by the grateful /boa furnished by our prolific soil.* , ! Tho health-giving quality of fruit has been sung in verse ana rehearsed in (rose by sacred, by classic and .by/ modern a vol?me to teil the tale. Let me take a single example; the apple. At ona timo it was the common crab-apnle of Europe aod Asia.;. but by careful "culti vation it had risen, ai a very early period of history, to a high position among the most valued kinda of food, and sow the < persistent labors-of pomolog?a ta bav? produced not leas than . two thousand vari?lica I ? This luscious fruit has been highly prised, in alt ages, for its beauty, ita delicious taste, but above all for its health-giving qualities. Wo find lt frequently mentioned in tba''Song of Solomon ;'r in "Proverbs'' the most precious portion of the r -o, tho pupil, Is called tba '.'apple of the eye," ? The ancient Bomana: concluded their famoua banquets with apples? and the proverb "ab oto usque ad mala," which has boen handed down to na by Horace and Cicero, originated io the custom of beginning tho feast with "eggs" and cn|lng them with "aprfee" r These, however, were not the earn? fruit aa the "golden i pplea" of the Scrip tores and tho elastics. Tho latter were "oranges," from "aureulium," "golden." tho color of that delightful fruit. Of these sad bf the ?hola family of the V?tmfl;.??brsclog 'oranges, ? ?eti-bR i hm ii and citron, ft ia unnecessary to speak. Tboy are not only extremely pheasant aa food, but enter largely Into tho domaln of remedial agencies. I Of apples proper the btat kinds con tain from 7 to 10 per cent, of sugar, and ' from 8 to 1 per cent, of those albuminous substances essential to the human organ* ism. Were not apples in so great demand in their character as food it would be profitable to convert them into sugar, for they contain double the quantity of sac charine matter to bo found in beets, which are extensively cultivated in Europo for sugar-making. The healthfulness of apples as food is nell khowni The learned and eccentric Burton asserts, on the authority of "Lau rentius," (by which adjective he seems to describo Pliny, the younger, so-called from the laurel trees of his esta to near LaurentUm.) that apples -.viii cure mel ancholy. Be-this as it may, we know that tboy promote digestion and sleep. We have the > highest authority for saying that people, whose ordinary beverage is apple cider, are entirely ex empt from stone or gravel in tho bladder ana all kindred diseases-di?ases which are seldom enrabie, even in their incipi ency, but when permitted to take hold of the human system are attended by STeat suffering, and usually terminate atally. In addition lo ita many pleasing aad healthful qualities, the apple noaoesses a rare and valuable feature, It may be kept sound fer a considerable length of time, and retaina its original flavor and taste to the last. . < The Southerp States purchase thou sands of barrels of apples every year. Why should this be so ? South Carolina alone could supply the entire South, and Bend millions of bushels to other States. By so doing, we would keep money at homo which now swells the surfeited coffers of the North, increase our wealth, and by cheapening thia excellent fruit greatly improve the health of our people. So much for apples. . Beforo leaving this branch of my sub ject I am tempted to say ? word about the "olive" arid the "fig.1' Instead of raising olives, aa we do camelias, as a garden curiosity, and in stead of depending upon tho generous fig tree to bear what it will in some de serted corner of our premises, wo can raise extensive crops of both by proper care and industry. The earliest settlors on our coast brought olive plants from France, and intended to raise them on a large scale j but rice, accidentally intro duced, native indigo, and finally the Minotaur, Ling Cotton, drove the bum ble olive plant into oblivion. Yet the olive grows and flourishes In many parte of onr State I have seen an olive tree, as high np as Columbia, covered with fruit and as large as an ordinary oak. It ls a most wonderful tree and will con tinue bearing at the age of two hundred years. Some treea were planted in Geor gia in 1835 whjch produced olives from which oil was mado equal to the best imported from Bordeaux. Olive oil surpasses all other fatty substances as a culinary agent, and were it not rendered so dear by an unrighteous and unfair tariff duty, would soon drive those wretched impostures sold as "nure leaf lard" and "Goshen batter" from the kitchens of our Southern homes. This valuable and most wholesome plant can be raised in unlimited quantities upon our soil, and its general use would greatly improve the health of our people. The fig tree requires very little culti vation. At a very trifling co.it Wo might raise figs enough to supply all the de mand for the table, in a fresh or dried condition, and have millions of pounds to export to less favored lands. The fig tree, with its wide scope, from the dear little "celestial," through all the stages of "white," "blue," "Mack," Ac. ; though its various Bpeciea of elastic gums such as caoutchouc, up to the celebrated ban yan tree, with ito vast extent, covering sometimes a space of five hnndred feet in circumference, presents posibilitiea to the agriculturist which are almost dazzling to the imagination. Without Eursuing this interesting theme, lt may e safely asserted that we could easily turn the tables upon Smyrna, and causo the busy merchants of that thriving Turkish city to seek another markot for their "dried Aga," in cartoons, drums sad boxes, by raising figs enough, to sup ply the American- market, ana to com pete with tbs best eteme in every Europ ean port. ? singlo fig tree taMicanopy, Florida, bears over.fifty bushels every ye?r. The fig ls the chief nrticlo of food for thousands of human beings. In.Its fresh condition lt is peculiarly grateful and wholesome in our climate, and has valuable curative qualities., "ti ? As much as has been said of the apple, thc olivo and the fig, may with truth, be asserted of many of thc: other fruits which aro easily raised upon our soil. It is generally conceded that a large portion ' of the food which is eaten Tri this country is positively, injurious tc health. Even if tho viands are wbolo some, there io ni: intemperance in eating aa In drinking.. The habit of gluttony growsimperceptibly, and the man whe commences to undermine ula oonstltutlot by on occasional indulgence, soon elnar to thc level of tho brute>;;yea. ever bolow the brute ; for the animal kingdon eat only to live, wbi|o.there are man* men who, unfortunately for themselves live only- to eat.: o Boran writers affirm that aa many per abns'die annually from excesses in e&ttai ax fa drinking. ,h ' ; It is well known that nearly all fruits when-sound and ripe/ are admirably adapted to Buttain the human body while roany of them posses* velaabh med: mal qualities. Thia species of foot cannot be eaten to excess. Fraila ari ab easily assimilated that they product no strain upon the, dUgestive organs They afford a light, agreeable and cntireb barndee? diet, and their beneficial eiTecti extend to tho mind os well as the body ti, If, hi the. increased cultivation o these del ?gb t lui and heal th ful articles o food, you can place them within th* reach of all the inhabitants of the State you will have conferred a boon upon thi people which will entitle yon to thei ! tating gratitude. Your labors will d moro good than the efforts of tho mos accomplished phyaiciaus. The moa skilful docto.' can only minister to i diseased body, and he must frequent]; fsil to effect a cure. It is the noble pris liege of the fruit grower to preserve ii Its natural heaUh and vigor tho body o ?an, that casket pf the soul, which ha boen e.-ido^ed by onr Heavenly Fattie with ,wonderful functions and rowen In the words of Shakespeare : "What i piece of work ia a mani how hobler ii reason i bow Infinite in faculties I li form and moving bow express and adm! rabie 1 lu action how like an angel I li appearance how life a God 1". To save this ''paragon of nature" fror diaeaso and dsatb, bodily and mental, 1 indeed a task worthy of our highest ai pirations. ' Let us now inquire what can th? sine grower accomplish 'inwards remov?a from tho people of this great countr that phya'f ca? ind ta or? I ?cou rg?, u ndc ins crit lattes of whloh the heaitk $n etamcter; of th? American pteplo * now continually lacerated, and their ver lives endangered. I all ucl o to the dreat foi plague of drunkenness. ?fc b not necessary for ma < to dcac rib tho appalling cons?quences which folio' upon (lin inordinate indulgence \o fatoi letting liquors. I need not relate how millions of human beings, "created in the Image of God," aro nontiallt added to the larar house, already crowded with beggars, maniacs and criminals, by means of alcoholic drinks. It ls useless to dwell upon the painful fact that alcoholism not only ruins tho individual who practices it, but also sends its baneful effects down to genera tions yet unborn ; that in the drunkard's blood the dread prediction of Holy Writ Is sadly fulfilled, for his sin is literally "visited upon tbe third and fourth gen erations. The moat reliable writers agree as to the terrible effects of bard drinking upon tho descendants of the drunkard. Mot only do his children and bis children's children inherit tho habit of alcoholism, but they are peculiarly liable to ali the various degrees of idiocy and mania ; the male are naturally inclined to'every vice, and many of tho females are- nor? malty inclined to prostitution. Judges, high in rank and of great ex* perience, (among others Chief Justice Coleridge when he was simply a Judge,) testify to the fact that a vory largo pro portion of persons who aro convicted of crime have been, or are at the time, ad dioied to the inordinate use of intoxicat ing liquors. When we think of the sin, tuc misery inflicted upon innocent wives, mothers and children ; the millions upon millions of dollars annually wasted in tho worship of thia modem "Moloch ;" the diversion of immense granaries of corn which ought to go into the general marketa of the world, and thus reduce 'ho price of the poor mau's bresd ; the physical, men tal and moral deterioration of the human race, which in this country threatens its very existence, we stand appalled at the horriblo record. The life of a nation depends upon the lives of tho individuals who constitute the nation. What, then, shall we say of the future of America, cursed as it is by the drunkard, past, present and future ; when we discover that the expectation of life as between drunkards and moderate drinkers is about as follows :. Tho Temp?ralo Drunkard. ?fan. At 20 years. 16.5 yrs. ?4.2 80 . 13.8 30.4 40 . 11.0 28.7 50 . 10.8 21.2 00. 8.0 14.2 ("Deterioration and Raoo Education." Samuel Royce, third edition, Boston, 1880. Vol. I, p. 420.) Tho temp erato mau at twenty years of age will outlive the drunkard nearly three years to one. Truly does Mr. Boyeo say that drunk enness Is the bridge which connects pau perism to insanity, and these three to gether threatened the completo destruc tion of the human race. We all know the extent of ?he evil. The question is what is the true remedy 1 Mankind lu all countries and at ali ages of the world have required stimu lants. Eminent authorities, among oth ers Dr. Balfour, contend that the mode rato use of stimulants tends rather to a healthy action than to excess, and actu ally keeps the people temperate by satis fying a reasonable requirement of human nature. Another able writer says : "A nation al love for strong drink Is characteristic of the nobler and more energetic popu lations of the world." Again, "it accom panies public and private enterprise constancy of purpose, liberality oj thought and aptitude for war." Dr. Parks bas shown by experiment! with soldiers in the British army, living upon a constant diet without and witt alcohol, (of course in moderate quanti ties,) that there was noperceptlble differ ence between the two classes.. Dr. Dupre hos discovered that whet persons abstain from alcoholic drinks foi six weeks, and even in the case of a tee totaller, a substance is formed in the hu man system "giving all the reactions or dinarlly used for the detection of thi traces of alcohol." 'd Alcohol is latent in a vast number o vegetable productions. It is a principa of animal life. A wise Creator woul< not have planed it th*tv; unless it war useful to man. Having to deal with i natural d?sira fer stimulant?, and one .which when Indulged in moderation produces good instead of barm, It seem I io be the part of wisdom rather to direc i men to a safe method of gratifying thi natural craving, than to attempt the im possible .task of altering tho natural in stincts implanted within us by the Ores tor himself.. A AH movements in the direction of sc called temperance, but in fact tt tal at atinence, have thus far ended in failur< And frota. the very | nature of the cai ?must always prove ineffectual. Prohibition only drives the liquc trafilo out of sight. Just as usury lav, increase the rate of Interest to the bo: rower, because the lender has to charge certain, amount to cover thc rsk of dctc? Moo and punishment consequent thcrcoi BO does the liquor-seller add to hit tuan selling prico enough to bribe tho polio or if not that, at least to idemnify bin self If detected against the expense ? prosecution, j and the : fines and penal t ii which follow upon conviction. -Both.tl money-lender and tho liquor-dealer wi bo sure to ch argo too much addition; profit rather than too little. Thus tl unfortunate Inebr?ate pays for bis indu genoe a still higher prico, and tho ten parate man is compelled to pa^ tor tl sib of his drunken neighbor. The sa of tb> liquor is not discontinued nor eve reduced, but tho wife and children bf n drinkers, whether tctnpcr?to or intompe ate., aro mulcted for the sake of an in practicable Idea. Prohibition does h prohibit. I annex a few examples dinned fro recent newspapers, and will add my on experience. In the town of Sumter i fried prohibition one year. During th time there ?ere elevoo barrooms reg larlyplying their vocation. Tho ne Sear we fixed the license nt six buudn olin ra por annum, and we had only S barrooms open. Tho Washington Ndtiomt Bepublia sayo that prohibition in Iowa has prov? to be tn utter and absolute failure, pr duci og mu ch evil and nb good. The fit yen.* of the new Bys tem expired on Ju 4, nod the statistics ?ho W that the numb of drinking saloons Increased duving ti year, that drunkenness has been mo common than before, nod that not ono the good results which bad been for etc has beou realized. The temperance ya Ria ill Iowa, if tho BejMK?an is correi j informed, went too for and too fast. A whosala liquor hou so In Atlanta se a carload of White ?uga a mon tb. Tb are filled with whiskey and aresold pri cl pal ly in tho prohibition counties. T deal?rs say that "In addition to getti cash for what we soil we charge .frc flfly couta *o ono dollar a gallon roc arbon we ?ell to a prohibition Coan than we do ?neu we sell to any ott section." Io Uk? manner, as wury lawa add the difficulty of borrowing moucy **c< at very high rates, the Immorality Uw-bfelng by both borrower aud lei er, so does prohibition not only iocr* tho cost of liquor, butd^gradca both bc cr and seilet by converting them . U trasvea and liars, A system of bisher licenses will not o fleet the quantity of liquor sold nor decrease the number of drunkards. It merely throws the business into the banda of a smaller number of dealers, and com [l?ls the habitual drunkard to pay for tho Icense in every drink he take?. Such a system will of course Increase the reve nue of the town or city and enable the corporation to afford a better protection against disorder and riot', but it does riot atop nor oven diminish tue sale of liquor. Temperance societies effect very little good. They commen?a with a misnomer. Temperance is derived from the Latin verb "temperare." tu mingle, to mix, to moderate or modify, and Us application is to bo found in the ancient custom of mixing wine and water together, so aa to reduce the intoxicating power of the beverage. All the nations of antiquity were temperate, as compared with the moderns. The Egyptians were a sober people. They lind barley wino for the poor, and the fino grape wines of the district of Fyoum for those better off. These wines were both abundant and cheap, and when too strong were rcix*d with water. The Jews had two kinds of wine, fermented and unferaionted. Tho former was the cheaper of the two,' sud was that in common use among the people;-.? hence there were occasional Instaures of excesaa in drinking. Tba unferroented wine was preserved by boil* ing, and was used by ?be highe?- classes and upon all religious occasions. The Greeks and Bornas mixed their fermented wine with water, and they both understood the art of preserving nnfermented wine by boiling, which they probably learned from the Jew?. Whon a Greek or a Roman drank unmixed wine thoy were said to drink like Scytbians.or Thracians (Russians or Romelians.) The Arabs drank wino in moderation. "Their most illustrious cavaliers cultivated their gardens with their own liando." The ??ason of the vintage was a favorite time with them, "when the fruit of the grape not abused to the injury of man's power wera gathered into th dr gamers." (Condo's "Arabs in Spaic") AU these nations practiced temperance, but the modem zealot is interoperate in his total nb.it: nonce, Wollaston'? "Religion of ?Tature" tells us that temperance permits us the use nf drink for thirst and as an "Inrp ?..it cor dial against the ovlls of life,'* A some times '"merely for pleasure." The total abstinonce men proceed upon a wrong principle, If they desire io improve the health and mora'? of the people they should direct their efforto towards masses of human beings and not towards individual delinquents. The reforming of drunkards is not the high est aim of the true philanthropist. "Prevention is better than cure." In order to deal with the enormous evil of drunkenness the true reformer must address himself to men as God has made them. The pledge of tho habitual drink er is too often "like dicers' oaths," made only to be broken, and to his fearful crime he too often adds falsehood and a total indifference to the obligation of an oath. The only feasible cure for drunkenness ls to direct tho natural taste for stimulants into a.harmless obannel. We must fur nish men with something which, while supplying the demand implanted by God into tho nature of man, will not prove injurious to his health or morality. This great desideratum is only to be found in an abundant supply of cheap and good wine. . In the South of Europe, where pure wine la cheap, drunkards are seldom seen. Among the ancient nations, who had wine in abundance, excesses in drinking waa very rr re. If men must have stimulants, which soema the universal rule, surely it is better to use "wine which maketh glad the heart of man," than to consume those strongly oleoholio liquors which contain over 60 per cent, of that, dangerous spirit; or to follow the example' of the four hundred millions of* tho yellow races who besot themselves with opium. I cannot understand how any believer In revealed religion can condemn tho moderate use of wine. The Jew cannot say ?grace at his dinner table without thanking God for (he "fruit of the vine." He cannot marry without wine. He cannot initiato hu infant son into the covenant of Abraham without wine. Ho cannot celebrate the anniversary ol the Exodos without wine. The conclud ing word? of his most solemn fast on his great day of atonement, are as follows : "Go, eat thy bread and drink thy wine io peace, for thy God hath forgiven thy tranagresslons.". ,: j,-. ...?..**.' '.* i Tba Christiana cannot partake of thc communion table without wine; Thc pages of tho Nov/ Testament ara full ol ovidenco that the moderato Use of Wine was sanctioned by Him who ha? left U all men the most perfect epitomo o: prayer and the Sermon on tho Mount Both Jew and Christian regard tho OM Testament aa divinely Inspired. Yet li ita sacred pages wino, and fermented wini too, ia not only permitted, but advised OJ beneficial toman. Wines/ whew not adulterated to suit tb< vitiated tastes of English topers, con tain not over an average of 10 to ?0 pei cent, of alcohol. For those whd do bo d?sirs* any alcohol at all very geocVunfer incuted wine can bo had, such as ia madi for medicinal and sacramental porpes? -The light wines of Europe contain Ter; little alcohol. I have recoiltly seen flt advertisement of Heidsick champagne guaranteed to cob talc not - over IO pe cont, of alcohol. Of such wines as thes does the Kev. Adam Clarke say: "Win In moderate quantity bu s wondrous ten den cy to re vi vo and Invigorate the humai bring." ^ "Ardent spirits exhilarate, but the; exhaust the strength, and every due leave? man th? worse. Wine, : on th contrary, exhilarates and IhvigoratseV 4-1 makes him cheerful, and provides fo the continuance of that cheerfulness b; strengthening the muscle? and bract?j the nerves." Thus the testimony of experience, th deductions of science; the judgment c mankind, tbs gravely considered an solemnly announced Opinion of one < the greatest Ugbj^of melera theolog and tho pages of Scripture unite th ?ott mending pur? wine, not only aa au ince cent, but as a beneQcIal beverage for me toute. Farmers of ?outb Carolina ! you hat it In your power to contribute largely, t tho health, sobriety, morality, longevit and happing of tho people among whoi ?ou live, and of whom yon aro an impoi int pan' . r. When, in Edition to making tho grei crops which ?Q2? and clotho mankint taltaodriM.wlBev, so; obimo>ntfs2 cheap aa to bo within tU > reach pf tl poor, then will you have performed great sud uaoiul work. Thoo will peso -plenty and-bmpplnets- reign eupraiu within our border?. Our Jalla will t empty, our pcorbouocs and lunatio tu>\ Jadea, of which Johu Wilsou says ; *"Tho oounlry aa a whole exhibited Sue j g Mgh cultivation, rich and varied #r< duce and widespread plenty ind content? mont aa the world has never yet ciao whero produced on an equally extensive scaler -? Blow lng ur? a Steamboat. PuiLADEf.n?A. August 17.--A botter explosion occurred on the Steaew & M. litton off Chestnut street wharf thia morning, lust after sho had left her dock on' her trip to Wilmington, Del. The passengers and crew ware startled by the explosion, which shook the boat from stem to stem, and when the smoke clear* ed away it was found that tho entire forward part of the teasel above the water line had been badly damaged and several passengers injured, some of them severely. The pilot house and entire upper deck was lifted and fell to the lower deck. Toga took the boat In charge and rescued the passengers. The mischief was not caused by the explosion of bollon, and there is already a settled conviction that it was the work of design. Tho explosion occurred in the bow of the boat forward of the boil era. whoro no freight is over stowed,. One boiler head Ia cracked across and deeply indented, bub the indentation ia from without and not within, aa wonld have been thefcase if the oxpiosive force had been Inside the boiler. Many persona afQrm that the air waa filled with the fumes of some kind of powder? and the completeness of the wreck of the forward part of the boat suggests dynamite or some zonally powerful explosive of small bulk which could bo camed on the boat as a parcel of hand luggage, and the lo cation precludes the possibility of it hav ing been sent aboard aa freight. The air is full of conjecture. The boat donged to the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Bal ti moro Railroad, and is large and well equipped. About two hundred passengers were on board when the explosion occurred. There has been considerable rivalry bo? tween the Felton and other bonts running to Wilmington; and reports have gained ground that eomo malicious person placed an explosive on deck. The wrecked upper works took fire and a frightful panie ensued. This was speedily check* cd by the coolness nf a number of men who drove the women and children aft snd prevented many frantic women from hj&pfng overboard. Besides those seri ously h?r{ a large number were almost or quite stunned by tho shook. Au incident of the disaster tros tho presence of eomo Bisters of Charity, who seemed in no way excited or affected by tho terrlflo upheav al. They passed quietly among the shrieking passengers, searching out tho ' wounded, and in one case ono of tho Sisters was seen to make bandages out of . her clothing. The promptness with which asalstano? came from ail aides from passing steamers and from shore allayed tho panta and prevented tbs fire from spreading..-Tho : passengers were taken ashore and the steamer was towed down the stream. She is not injured below tho water lino, and beyond tba tearing away of her works ' forward is uninjured. It is said that the cost , of repairing her will not exceed fifteen hun dred dollars. The list of injured HO far as known numbera Sixteen, a half dozoa of them so seriously that somo of them wil! die. A humber '-. of legs and. arms were broken. One-man had afoot blown off and was crushed internally. It seems marvellous that half the peo ple on board escaped death." Eye-wit nesses say that at the moment of the explosion everything became enveloped in darkness and tho boat rocked aa, if in a heavy storm. It was supposed that no one leaped over board, but a man who asenred a ? fe-preserver afterwards came ashore as Walnut street wharf, apparent ly uninjured. The passengers were most ly women, taking babies for a fresh, air trip on the river. Their remarkable escape is accounted forby tho facfclnafc but few of them were in tho forward end of the steamer and the. forward canvas awning had hot been sot, and thc sun shining, theremade; the passengers, seek cooler spots in the stern of tho boat. If the canvas had been set ?Ed tho n-tran. En congregated on tho forward ."deck a rge number would havo been killed or wounded. If a hole had .been blown in. the boiler no doubt many of tho 200 per sons on board of tho boat'would have been scalded to death. ^v:'---.:;:-v Iiteeognlalng Confederate Bank. Gan. Gordon relates au incident of bia experience in New York Which appeared to have touched Mm,very :deoply..Ho was complimented in the first pf&ce t being invited to ?ct aa aide.npon Gen, Hancock's staff. When he called to report for duty he was handed an order which directed staff, officgre to take their position^ in the lines *KWrilI'--{^^J when he read this. .H * hW^eld ono of the highest of offices ia the Oonfcderato I. army, but under tho existing order of things ho had no rank. So ho solved*he . vexed question of his position by coipg modestly to the end of tho lina Wlow - every one' of the tegular army offfdere down to the humblest. But- he waa wot cor milted to remain there. An ?lio from . General Hancock came galloping and'directed Gen. Gordon as tho rarda?g officer to take'Ms position at tho heil of the staff next to Hancock bimset Thia recognition of bia old grado deeply touched Gen. Gordon, not that bemired anplng ortho posi?on itself.^ He is too much of a man of tho world to bo moved about1 trifles, brit tho spirit of courtesy and friendliness that dieted tho offer stirred his chivalrous; nature to Ita fallest depths. Again at the^Bb; Geri. Gordon fell-back, deciding to yield th? place to ?orno of Gen. .Hancock'* regular military associates. But'..-even than be was foiled in bia attempt- by the watchful courtesy ot Gan, Hancock. Word caine quickly to Gen. Gordon that he was out of position and b o waa direct ed to move up above Gen. Hoger Jonen and hold his p'.aco until the close of tho ceremony. ?}-. Oa last Satarday William went ont. alone Uv' haul some stool mill, and need his mirto to help pull log on the wagon. The mule sudden! gtivC - back, and tho log rolled down o him, crashing him beneath it. He? left home ab?at 7 ia tho morning, sod at ? c/clock acme ?adies i?&?Ug tkbiHM near by beard his cries and groans. , Wilow ing tho sound they found him R?U alive with the hura loo- lying acre* ab chest r-too heavy, wt tbenfto move. They hurried for assistance, but whan it came he wai unoonseioua . and died in av few hours, i He was a hard, woridog, Indus? trions yoong mnn, about ,85 yeari cid, A leaves a young wife, -f^ten&urt - We have some of the Ua^uSifctfeo-! in :&e world right here lu P?jAtk?, vsay? .the i??xaw^ aw i? Sommer they liva on . " Vb ?nd melons. ' We saw ona of these /'Ntotates tte other .'day'.'; He had fishing ?ia* tied to bia dog'a ,fo?rfdl?g, 1 Whorl a fob. would blt? hs wald give Jog a fc?ck. ?:- . . Tfc> timber work of dornt? of the Ohux'jh of t5t Mark, at Venice/ is mare thoiv 840 0i& and ?A #1 fr P