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By E. B. MUEBAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C THURSDAY MORNING, FEBEUAEY 11, 1886._VOLUME XXI.-NO. 31. -_- .--.--??- ? Tb}??he}r$'?olumn J. G. C5LINKSCALES, Editor. EXAMINATION. Don't forget the examination on Sat? urday, 13th. Come provided with writ? ing material._ *'^:\]llr. W. S. Lee has charge of the school at Denver._ Miss. Nettie Miller is teaching near Townville._ Miss Mary Roberta is at the bead of the Bchool at Town's Chapel, Honea Path. Township. The good people in that.community will give her a full school and sustain her in her efforts to develop the bright young minds she finds .there. . ^ We are glad to know that Miss Annie Emerson recently passed a fine examina? tion bet?re the Abbeville Board of Ex? aminers. Miss Annie sustains alike the reputation of her native County and the Anderson Female Seminary, the institu? tion at which she received her training. The patrons of Good Hope School in Corner Township show their appreciation .of-Miss Iva Cook's services as a teacher by employing her to teach again this session. Miss Cook is a first-honor grad? uate of the Dne West Female College, and is as thorongh as a teacher as she Iwas as a pupil. Mr. W. E. Breazeale was recently elected principal of the school at Belton. He is a young man of fine ability, is a graduate of Furman University, and, though he has never tanght any, we ven? ture to congratl?te the good people of Belton on their fortunate selection. Mr. Breazeale had the offer of a school in '?rangeburg County. Anderson County has room for all such sons. Ppliss Mamie Wilson, daughter of Dr. John Wilson, one of Anderson County% most-popular ex-Representatives, is em? ployed" by the-patrons of the Big Creek School on the Salada side of the County. Miss Wilson is a graduate of the Wil liamsion Female College,' and will, no 3obbt,.give entire satisfaction to her em? ployers, as well as reflect credit upon the systematic training she received at the hands of her alma mater. We.h?ve before us a specimen copy of the Southwestern Journal of Education, published in Nashville^ Tenn. This excellent paper has able editorial talent, and is devoted to the educational inter? ests of the Southwestern and Southern States. It Contains much excellent reading matter, many valuable sugges? tions for anxious, struggling teachers, and all for the small sum of one dollar per annum. .We would be glad to have any teacher call and examine the copy before us, as well as.copies of others.that we have on'hand; MiB3 Leila Roberts takes the school at ^edar Grove, between-Belton .and Wil liamston. : Little more than a year ego, the writer taught five weeks in the same little house. We managed to keep warm after, a fashion, but the weather was not such as we have had since Christmas. As "Seed Tick" Church has been devel? ops ;d into the prosperous and growing "Qedar Grove," so the scrawny little school-bouse ought to give place to one of larger dimensions and more handsome appearance;- The children of such men as Hugh Mahaffey, Alex. Copelaad and a host of others Reserve a belter house. And when we remember that there is a saw*mill?not more than.half a mile from Cedar Grove, we can't but be surprised that such men as these can be content when their little ones are being taught in such a poor apology for a bouse. . Miss Mary Boggs has charge of the school at Slabtown. Miss D-ggs is in a .fine section of the County. Before the late war, one* of the most flourishing schools in the State was at Slabtown. In the neighborhood of where Miss 5$oggs now teaches, the Rev. John L. Kennedy, a distinguished Presbyterian divine, taught a large number of young men. Many, young men from the low country found the pure/, delightful at? mosphere of. the Slabtown country con? ducive to their health, while their minds were being trained by that master disci? plinarian. As a scholar, Mr. Kennedy had few. equals in South Carolina, while as an uncompromising disciplinarian he bad: none. He had no doubt that a young man's ambition could be reached best by going through his coat, and, when occasion demanded, he did not hesitate to go through. Many of South Carolina's best men honor the memory of the faithful old teacher and date their ) .birth into a new intellectual life at the time they attended the old-field school at Slabtown. Nor.did South Carolina sup? ply all the pupils for that celebrated schoool. Georgia and North Carolina' contributed their quota. Indeed, the rigidity of the teacher became proverbial, and boys and young men who had mas? tered other teachers at other schools were sent to him as the last resort. Many in terestiog incidents that go to make up the history of that school are enjoyed by middle-aged men who attended it when boys. Tho Teachers' Column would be glad to have some reminiscences from some one who attended the school when it was most flourishing. . We make the following extract from a letter fromfCapt. J. W. Rosamond, a Trus teeinBrufhy Creek Township: "Wewish to know if we may not keep the schools closed- during the balance of the year. There are several subscribed schools in this District, and the Trustees desire to see tho result of having no public schools, believing it would stimulate people to hejp themselvos more in educating their children, and depend less on the public money, or, in other words, would show them that they1 could supplement the public fund to some extent, and "thereby run the scho.>!.-- longer every year, and employ better teachers. By holding the appropriation for this year until the next, the Trustees would be enabled to wav ihfl teachers tho cash monthly, and thereby save for them from ten to twenty five per cent. . The Trustees think that this course would not work injury to the community, and find some people who are in favor of not opening the schools this year." We are glad to know that the opinion of the Board of Trustees of one of the leading Townships in tbe County is in full accord with our own. Before the free school system can become effective, or even cease to be tbe source of some evil, some decisive step of that kind must be taken. The Trustees in Brushy Creek are disposed to "take the bull by the horns." It is indeed gratifying to us to know that during the month of January sub? scription schools were started, not only in Brushy Creek Township, but all over the County. This fact is unmistakable evidence of the determination of our people to educate Lheir children. Home, {February 3, 1886. Mb. Editor : A fox that had never seen a lion, when he felljin with him by chance for the first time in the forest, was so frightened that he came Joear dy? ing with fear. On his meeting with him for the second time, he was still much alarmed, but not to the same extent as at first. On seeing him the third time, tbe fox so increased in boldness that he went up to the lion and commenced a familiar conversation with him. "May the timid teachers not learn a lesson from this fable ? If they will exchange ideas with each other, either personally or through the Teachers' Column, they will be able to approach each other with less timidity; and, finally, become so fearless that they will uot hesitate to enter upon the discussion of any subject that will be of special interest to schools. We would be greatly pleased to see a piece every week in the Teachers' Column from some one of the teachers, stating his method of teaching history, geography, mathe? matics, etc. I find that in teaching his? tory, it is an excellent plan, and, also, very interesting to a class of small chil? dren, to point out on a large map the places where the principal battles were fought, where great victories were won, by whom, etc. Many other places might; be pointed out on tbe map connected with" historical events. Geography taught -in connection with history is much more interesting and impressive. D. N. S. ["D. N. S." has our thanks for his though tful suggestio We do earnestly hope our teachers wi 2ad what he says and act upon his suggestion as to discuss? ing different questions in the Teachers' Column. We have often insisted that our teachers do this. We repeat again in capital letters, LET US HEAR FBOM THE TEACHERS 1 It must be timid? ity, as "D. N. S." suggests, that keeps .our teachers from availing themselves of the opportunities herein offered. Our friend certainly has the correct idea about teaching history. The best educa? tors agree that history and geography should be taught together. If any other teacher has a better way of teaching his? tory, let him make it known. How does 'ID. N. S." teach arithmetic? Does he allow his pupils to cipher on until they come to a bard place, and, helping them over that, allow them to go on their way rejoicing until they strike another hard place and call for help again ? In how many schools in Anderson County is arithmetic taught in that way??Ed.J STIMULANTS TO STUDENTS. In my opinion the best stimulant that boys have to get knowledge, before the timo when they arc about sixteen years of age, is the school teacher's cane. I believe that a small boy's mind is inti? mately connected with his. nerves,, and is best reached and 'put in action by a vigorous application of that healthy but unwelcome stimulant, most familiarly known by tbe name of hickory withe. I do not intend to treat of stim? ulants of this class, at present, however. I will throw a screen over the woeful period of a school boy'e life, in which the mind is made to expand by the ap? plication of such an unwelcome stimu? lant, and pass on to the period when it is actuated by another class of stimulants. At the age of about sixteen or seven? teen years, in consideration of a boy's physical ability to fight life's battle alone, of his mental ability to think for himself (if he ever has it), and conse? quently of his comparative independence, the teacher and the parent generally cease to apply corporal chastisement to such an unwonted extent, and leave the boy more at liberty to see what he. will make of himself. At about this age those who are ever going to be of any account iu the world begin to see life ih its true light with all its disappointmeuts and difficulties, and if they are ambitious they resolve to take the measures neces? sary to shun tbe disappointments and overcome the difficulties; and those who are not going to be of any account, re? leased from tbe only iuceutive that will ever induce them to study, fall into that path of uaelesiuess and wortblessness which they seem predestined to tread. Haviug thrown a screen over the age of corporal punishment and sifted out the lazy, worthless and easily discour? aged fellows, we now have left only good, earnest, ambitious and aspiring youug men, who are to vie with each other in carrying off the prizes of life. They are our country's main hope, and destined to be her main support. Boys and youug men of this kind have many things to stimulate them. The lives of great men, made sublime by the grandeur of their achievements, stimulate them to great efforts in the pursuit of knowledge, while the ignominious failure of thous? ands is no lesi a warning and a stimu? lant. But while they have many stimulants they have many drawbacks. Nothing will take a youug man's mind oft* of study quicker, make all attempts to keep it there more ineffectual, or send all pre? vious plan.-; ami resolutions into the land of oblivion with greater rapidity than falling in love. Some young men are so constituted that they can keep the com pany of girls whenever they choose, without any great danger of beiug capti? vated, while others, because of their neculiar temperament or make-up, can not go in the society of young ladies stall without being in constant danger of fall? ing desperately in love. Those who be? long to the former class, at Urnes of leisure, may keep the company of girls with pleasure and benefit; for nothing ha3 a greater tendency to refine aud ele? vate young men than the society of nice, refined jjirls; but those who belong to the latter class must either give up the pursuit of knowledge or of girls. The goddess of knowledge is a jealous diviui ty and does not allow her votaries to worship things not divine more than her. Though tho stimulant which the school-master applies to the timid youth to start him up the hill of knowledge is somewhat unpleasant; and though, ere he is well on his way, being deserted by the helping hand of his teacher's cane, he is half frightened out of his wits by the grim aspect of knowledge herself as sbe comes to meet him, kindly to assist him on his way; yet, he finds upon making her acquaintance that he has a friend fully able and ever ready to assist him. By her encouraging words he is ever kept cheerful and light-hearted. By her direction and timely warnings he is enabled to avoid the unnecessary rough places that lie in the way. When at last he has reached the top of the hill sbe displays to bis astonished and delighted vision all the worthy things of the world and tells him they are his to use at his pleasure. This thought i? Mie strongest stimulant to a thoughtful young man. V. I. M. THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. The holidays have come and gone, And we are sad and all forlorn ; But everything must have an end, For Nature's laws we cannot mend. We've taken up our books once more, And begun our beads to store With knowledge, 'till the last of May, Or fourth of June, I might well say. - But while the holidays did last, (Which now are gone, so quickly past,) We each had all the fun we could, The girls, the boys, the bad, the good. Some boys spent them safe at home; Some the streets did nightly roam; Of these two sets, it may be said, The first got early into bed. The second I care not to rate, But still I'll say they got home late. Roaming at night is a pleasant thing, But sure as Fate, it brings its sting. Now that school's commenced again, Let us study, wc ^ like men, Study hard and never fear, 'Twill be easier next:year. Studying hard will make time fly, Till holiday will be so nigh, That we will all exclaim; "How soon, Why here it is, the fourth of June."' P. F. G, The British Cabinet. The new Cabinet has been named and is looked upon as a sort of compromise. Still it contains Gladstone, Chamberlain, Childers and Morley, who are known home rulers and who will go as far as possible for this great. reform. The Cabinet is mnde up as follows: - Mr. Gladstone?Premier and First Lord of the Treasury. Sir Farver Herschel?Lord High Chancellor. H. Childers?Home Secretary. Earl Roseberry?Secretary of Foreign Affairs. Earl Granville?Secretary of the Colo? nies. Earl Kimberly?Secretary for India. Mr. Bannerman?Secretary for War. Sir W. V. Harcourt?Chancellor of the Exchequer. Marquis of Ripon?First Lord of the Admiralty. J. Chamberlain?President of the Government Board. Geo. Trevellyan?Secretary for Scot? land. A. J. Mundella?President of the Board of Trade. John Morley?Chief Secretary for Ireland. A cable special says that "Mr. Glad? stone is in great spirits. He is full of hope and confidence in his power to settle the Irish question. This has been strengthened by the election of Mr. Childers at Edinburgh. Mr. Childers is an excellent financier, but what is more important, he is now a decided Home Ruler, and has advocated homo rule in many of his public speeches. Mr. John Morley is also a Home Ruler, and is quite prepared to concede the demands of the Irish party." Political experts believe that the only practicable land scheme which Mr. Gladstone can adopt is one looking to? ward sweeping agrarian reforms .in Ireland. This proposition, they say, should embody a liberal scheme for the purchose by the government of small holdings of land, and a complete system for the speedy relief of the prevailing agricultural distress. The effect of an equitable imperial. measure would be speedier in its effects and more pacify? ing in its results than abstract home rule, which would perhaps satisfy the fancies but not the stomachs of the Irish people. Mr. Parnell would cer? tainly accept a broad proposal for the correction of the existing abuses in land tenure as au instalment, and would sup? port a ministry which satisfied him in this direction. A Merry Funeral, The grandfather of Lord Brougham, died in Brougham, in Westmoreland, when the future great reformer and statesman was only five years of age. The funeral feast which proceeded the carrying of the corpse to the grave was presided over by a neigh? bor, the Duke of Norfolk. This Duke was witty and convivial, could make a joke and tell a story with the best. At the close of the funeral banquet his grace rose and delivered himself after this fashion : "Friends and neighbors? before I give you the toast of tho occa? sion, 'The memory of the deceased,' I ask you to driuk the health of the family physician, Dr. Harrison, the fouuder of the feast.' " Such hard Jrinking follow? ed this facetious toast that when the mourners reached the grave the ?coffin was missing. It was ultimately found at the bottom of a river over which the college had passed. Into this stream it had been jolted out of the hearse, with? out the drunken driver or merry mourn? ers becomiug aware of the accident. Farmers' Column, BS?* Communications from our Fanners on any matter pertaining to Agriculture, are respectfully solicited for this column. One of the leading merchants of Anderson, in a conversation with us a few days ago, upon the condition of the farmers of this County, told us that an examination of his books shows that the men who had bought corn from him on a credit, have almost invariably failed to pay off tbeir accounts, while, the men who bought other things but did not have to buy their corn, have been able to pay off their debts in full. This state? ment tells the whole story of this coun? try's trouble. No man who has to buy bis provisions and food for bis stock, can raise cotton enough to pay himself out of debt at tbe end of the year. The cotton farmer lives more economically and works harder lor the privilege of getting poorer, than any man in the country. It may be safely claimed that the men who raise their own corn and meat at home, are fairly prosperous in spite of the hard times. To be independ? ent, tbe farmer must raise his supplies and raise cotton for his surplus crop. The Farmer's Factory. The Rural Messenger gives the farmers of this country something worthy of their thoughtful attention in the follow? ing article, which presents the idea of a self-sustaining farm in a striking man? ner. It says : "The pasture, stock range and stock pen are the farmer's factory, and the cat? tle, sheep, hogs and poultry are the oper? atives. This factory, run to near the capacity of the farm, not only manufac? tures meat and meat products enough for the farmer's usq and some to sell, but it manufactures all the manure the farm will need and so furnishes tbe material for the future crops, and thus completes the circle, making the farm self-support? ing. "First, the stock converts the raw food of the farm into meat and meat products, thereby enabling the farm to put bulky things that sell cheap into forms more concentrated, alway in demand, and that sell better. At the same time the rejects arising from the home consumption of raw crops goes back upon the farm, more than compensating the depletion of the soil arising from their cultivation. This brings greater crops back to the factory, agaiu to be worked over, turned into profit and returned the third time back to tbe soil. "And so the farmer's factory keeps running on, self sustained, selfcumula-? tive, always growing. Every farmer can and should keep this factory in running trim.. He need not be a stock raiser like the Western men, but he should be a meat and manure raiser to tbe extent of meeting tbe home wants. "Farmers, make the most of the stock you have. Pen nightly, save all the manure you can, have the raw crops of the farm consumed at home, and sell only such things as arc ready for con? sumption when they leave your hands. Don't have some fellow standing between you and the consumer, working your crops over into other and more saleable forms, and reaping the profit that you ought to save. Look out for the factory ?tbe farmer's factory, and keep the wheels moving. This is the way to make the margin of profit as wide as possible." Luring Hams. The following is the famous recipe used by Mrs. Henry Clay for curing hams, several hogsheads of which were annually sent to Boston, where, under the name of "Ashland hams," they com? manded tbe hiebest price, especially among the wealthy Whigs of that city. For every ten bams of moderate size she took three and one-half pounds of fine salt, one pound of saltpetre and two pounds of brow'n sugar, and after mixing them thoroughly together rubbed the hams therewith on each side. They were theu packed in a tight box and placed in a cool outhouse for about three weeks, when the hams were taken out and put in a pickling tub or hogshead and covered with brine strong enough to swim an egg. After remaining in the pickle for about three weeks they were taken out, thoroughly rubbed with fresh salt, and hung up in a well-ventilated house for a few days to dry, after which they were transferred in the smoke house, where there were hung up and smoked with green hickory or walnut wood uutil they had acquired the color of bright mahogany, when each ham was sewed up in canvas, the coverings whitewashed ? aud' hung up to dry, after which they were whitewashed again and packed away in hogsheads with hickory ashes until wanted either for home use or sending to Boston. The Germantown Telegraph has also a famous recipe for curing bacon, beef or mutton, which.it publishes annually for the benefit of its readers, and it is as follows: To one gallon of water add one and one-half pouudso-of salt, one half pouud of sugar, one-fourth ounce of saltpetre and one-third pound of pot? ash?increasing the rates to any quan? tity desired?and boil these together until all the impurities have risen to Lite top and been skimmed off. Pour the same into a tub, and when cold pour it over the meat, covering the meat com? pletely with the mixture, taking care not to thus put down the meat for at least two days after killing. Some omit boiling the pickle, and find it to answer equally as well, although it mu*t ho ad? mitted that the boiling purifies the pickle by throwing off any impurities that may he contained in both the salt and sugar. It is said that if this recipe is strictly followed it only requires atrial to convince any one of ils superiority over the common method of putting down, and the meat will be found unsur passed for sweetness and delicacy of flavor. The potash, unless of the purest kind, may be omitted. ? Snow falls all around Snlidn, Colo? rado, but seldom in the town. On the 2nd the stirroumliug country was white, tthile the streets of the town were dry and dusty and the sun shone bright and and warm. The Cow Tea as a'Fodder Crop. The American Agriculturalist says: "The cow pea is one of the most valu? able fodder plants for the South. We have seen a crop of peas which yielded four tons to the acre of most excellent fodder, and it left/the ground in the best condition for sow iug wheat. Another farmer sowed peas among his corn, at the last ploughing, covering them with the plough, and we should estimate the yield on the ground, of both crops, at a ton and a half of corn fodder, and forty bushels of peas, with the corn equal to thirty-five or forty bushels to the acre, and a large quantity of pea straw, which makes good feed. The common opinion that the South is not a stock country is entirely unfounded. With the long growing season, the really rich but badly managed soil, and the great variety of fodder crops and feeding stufTs, it is not at all exaggerating the matter to say that beef cattle can be reared to one thousand pounds weight in three yeers, at a cost of oue cent per pound live weight, and in addition there is a large quantity of manure left, which is really invaluable to the Southern farmer." The Agriculturalist does not put the advantages of a pea crop too strongly in this article. The farmer can grow more valuable hay from an acre of ordinary land planted in peas than in any other crop, and at the same time leave his land in better fix 'than when he planted it. The trouble in getting our people to raise pea-vine hay is, that the crop is difficult to cure properly. To obtain tho best hay it must be cured in the shade, and this requires a great deal of room, for when put in layers of more than one to two feet deep, the vines are apt to heat and be greatly injured, if not ruined. We have seen good results obtained by stacking the vines in rail pens, so that between each layer of one or two feet deep, a space is left through which the air can circulate freely. The pen can be built to a considerable height, and room economized in this way?one shel? ter covering the whole of it. Many per? sons succeed in curing a very good article of pea-vine hay by cutting*and piling the vines one day and on the morning of the third day again spread? ing them out so that the heating process' which has begun, is checked and the vine cured so that in a day or two it may be put in the barn. If the vines are cut after the peas begin to mature, the value of the bay is greatly increased and stock can be successfully wintered on it. The value of the pea-vine as a fertilizer and as a hay crop combined, has never been properly appreciated by our farm? ers. The Advantage Of Ensilage. About one hundred farmers attended the fifth annual ensilage congress in New York Wednesday. Col. George G. Smith, of Vermont, who made the opening address, explained fully the process of making enc:,age. From one farm of twenty-five acres he had made 688 tons of ensilage?enough to support 50 head of cattle from October 1 to Jul. He said that the resultant butter was equal to tho best Philadelphia brands. On another farm of 70 acres he had made 1,500 tons of ensilage this year?enough to feed 200 cattle. Cattle fed on ensi? lage were as healthy as those fed on hay. The butter had no taint or oder. Cattle fed on ensilage gave milk through the winter. The work of curing the ensilage on the small farm of twenty-five acres took just eight days, and the entire cost for planting, raising, harvesting and curing was ?530 for the 688 tons. The general opinion of the congress was that ensilage, in its various forms, is better than any other kind of fodder for cattle. A gentleman from Pennsylvania said that he had used clover ensilage advantage? ously in feeding horses, and that it had a fine fruity flavor. He packed it in the silos dry. A gentleman from Con? necticut said that he had been unable to make good en&ilage from clover, but that he had packed it wet. Other farmers said that they were breeding sheep on clover ensilage with good results. It was voted to make the organization a permanent one. Garden Work for February, Dress Asparagus beds, sow Artichoke and vegetable oyster late this month; sow Tomato Egg plant and pepper under glass, in gentle heat; plant early coro; finish pruning, transplanting vin;s and fruit trees. Plant strawberries, horse radish, English Peas, Onions and Irish potatoes, and bed yams for slips. Sow asparagus, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, carrots, turnips, radishes, parsnips, Mus? tard, Spinach Beets, Parsley and Cress. Married Life. Bachelor?I have heard and read a great deal about the miseries of married men?shose with children I mean?of their having to get up iu the night to get the paregoric, and to walk the floor with a crying baby and so forth. How is it? Do your children keep you awake at night? Married man.?They do. B.?With their crying? M. M.?Oh! no; they are quiet enough and sleep soundly as a rule. B.?How then are you kept awake ? M. M.?Well, I have six of them, and I am kept awake thinking where I'm to get the money to pay rent to keep-a roof over their heads, B.?Well, after the rent is paid? M. M.?Then, there's tho grocer's bill, the butcher's bill, coal, wood, boots, shoes and clothing. After one bill is paid I am kept .TWake wondering where I'm to get the money to pay the next, and so on. B.?Well, after all the bills are paid? M. M.?Then the rent is due again. The Bachelor pursues his way iu deep thought.?/lotion Courier, ? Grandma?"Clara, do you think your mother would approve of your sit? ting up so late?" Clara?"Why, grand? ma, it was only half-past ten when Frank left last evening." Grandma? "Clara, your grandpa happened to be awake just as Frank was leaving, and didn't he hear him say, 'Now, Clara, just one,' and didn't the clock strike immedi? ately?" OUR NEW YORK LETTER, [Froni cur Jict/ular Cunrspondnil.] New York, Feb. G, ISSC. I heard a lady at nn evening parly 3ay the other night, "Oh, if I could only live in New York." She had .1 beautiful borne in a quiet country town and a happy family. Her husband is in gocd business, and she herself at ihe v*ry pinnacle of her social circle. Wb;re .she lived there were no one above ber; in short she had everything that the heart of a reasonable woman could desire, but she \va3 willing to abandon it all for tbe social triumphs of New York. Foolish woman ; she little knew the pitfalls that beset tho feet of dwellers in this goodly city. Like thousands of others she saw only the outside and was unable to count the cost. Life in New York is a sea beset wilh perils, and you never know when you are out of danger. No better illustration of this can be found than a case now pend? ing before the courts. For some reason best known to themselves, two gentlemen of high social position who were closely related, brothers-in-law in fact, becam? suspicious of each other and eventually each employed a detective to watch th<3 other, and at last detectives were employ ed to watch detectives; then the detec? tives entered into a conspiracy to rob this principals by means of cooked up report!! having tbe appearance of truth to the unsophisticated mind, but having no foundaliou in fact. The plan was to inveigle one of the principals into a disreputable house, and then have his enemy's spies surprise him there. This is a very old game with this class of villains, and nearly proved the social ruin a few years ago of one of the most prominent politicians in Washington. To carry out this villainous scheme one of the detectives employed his own wife, and she a youug woman, who might be supposed to have some decent and honest instincts, was willing for a pecuniary consideration to enter an infamous house with a man she did not know, and her husband for money was quite willing to have her go. Fortunately for the man he had a faithful colored servant who informed him in advance of the plot. The syren laid wait for him as be left his store. She was young and pretty. She exer? cised all of her blandishments but in vain ; the gentleman passed the peril without the smoke of fire on his skirts and came through unharmed. Thousands of dollars were spent by these men, for tbey were both rich each doing his best to ruin tbe other, till in the end each discovered that he had nothing against the other, that they were both all right, and yet for over two years they have been trying to ruin each other by the most infamous means, and with the questiona? ble aid of New York detectives nearly blasted each other's reputations for life. A few years ago a bill was pending before tbe New York Legislature which involved an overhauling of all the Life Insurance Companies. There was a country member from one of the middle Counties who had made himself particu? larly obnoxious to the Life Insurance Companies, and a prominent officer of one of the largest Life Insurance Compa? nies in the United States employed a United States detective to lead the man to ruin. A special detective was employ? ed and sent to a hotel near the member's residence, where he passed for a railroad surveyor. He made the member's ac? quaintance in his home right in the , midst of his family. He offered to run his railroad right through this man's farm, and pay him an enormous price for his land, and in order to settle the pre? liminaries he invited the member to New York to see hie board of Directors. Everything was arranged, a magnificent suit of rooms was engaged at a promi? nent hotel, and eight detectives were engaged to dress themselves up in swal? lowtail coats and white chokers to per? sonate the board of directors. After tbe meeting he wa9 to be taken to dinner, plied with wine and eventually to be decoyed into a house of infamous char? acter, where he was to be surprised by some other detective. The house was to be raided, and the next morning the member from the couutry would turn up in the police court with bis fair name blackened and blasted for ever. When the detective who had shared the hospi? tality of his home aud who had lured him down to New York realized the ter? rible position in which an honest and un-offering man would be placed, his heart smote him ; he met his man on his arrival in New York and told him that in consequence of the sudden illness of the President of the company the meet was adjourned for two months. The old gentleman jumped on the train and re? turned to his country home ueverdream? ing how near he was to a ruined home ami a blasted reputation. The detective returned to his principal and told him that his man had failed to keep his ap? pointment; ho told a white lie but he saved a fellow being from ruin. The officer of the Insurance Company who plotted with the detective for the mem? ber's ruiu is still an official of high dis? tinction, he ia pious too, a regular attend? ant at church, powerful in prayer and sound on Bible Societies and Foreign Missions. The detective system is the curse and banc of our social life. Wives track their husbands, husbands their wive.', merchants their clerks, and clerks arc bribed to spy upon their employers. While there are respectable detective agencies like Piukerton's and a few others whose services are beyond all praise, there are thousands of harpies who under the name of detectives make their living by black-mail and other more questionable means, f 11 the case of tbe 1'inkertons their value lies in the unquestionable honesty of their men and the thorough reliability of their reports. He would be a hold man indeed who would try any tricks with Bob Pinkcrton ; constantly associated with crime of every kind and character, probably having an intimate personal acquaintance with ; more thieve*, burglars, forgers am! conn ternteers than any other m:in in 1 lie Unit ! ed States, there arc few men win) stand higher in the community; ho has the entire confidence of all our great bankers ani merchants, to whom in years pust, like hin father before him, he has been of infinite service. A singular phase of robbery came before the courts last week which devel? oped a species of larceny hitherto un? known to the calender. A man stole his wife's leg and pawned it for fifty cents with which to buy rum. The leg was a cork one to be sure, but some other leg? less individual came along and bought the leg of the pawnbroker, and now the original owner is stumping about on a couple of crutches, though I rejoice to say that swift and retributive New York j justice overtook the offending husband, and he now pines in the penitentiary, a wholesome warning to all malefactors who steal their wives' legs. This has been one ot the jed letter weeks of the winter for balls; for the season may now be said to be at its height. In a few weeks hence we will be feeding on cod fish balls, and mourning for the evil deeds done in the body. The week opened with the ball of the Circle Francaise, aud a jollier set of dancers I wot not of. This has been one of the famous balls for many years ranking among nur French population as the Arion and Leiderkrantz do among the Germans. While there is no ques? tion that the ball of the Circle Francaise was patronized and supported by very many respectable people, the impression somehow got abroad that the affair had a sort of gamey flavor, and that at least a portion of the females were a little off color. Be that as it may, respectable fathers carried off their wives and daugh? ters at one or two in the morning, and after the elite of the company had retired it was said that there used to be pretty high kicking which brought back memo? ries of the Jardin Mabille and the Cha? teau Rouge. Thi3 year the managers took special care of the newspaper scribes, and the consequence was that these "abstract and brief chroniclers of the times" found everything lovely and the goose bangi?g at an indescribable elevation. Financially it was a success, and its manifest prosperity will materially increase the champagne import for the next twelve months thereby assisting u~ to liquidate the debt of the United-States ?for this all thanks to the Circle Fran? caise. Colonel Tom Ochiltree of Texas took a little spin at the ball, and came pretty near falling iuto the clutches of ihe police. Sweet Charity had a ball on Tuesday at Opera House and everybody who is any? body was there; as it was entirely the proper tbing to go, money bags and in? tellect were there?blue blood and high toned respectability. Aristocracy stepped down from its icy throne and cent, per cent, forgot his ducats. Everybody was exceedingly gracious, and the whole affair was thoroughly correct and enjoya? ble. Sweet Charity netted several thou? sand dollars which will find its. way into tho homes of the poor. For this heaven be thanked, and bless the Charity bal'. The next on the list was the ball of i;he French Cooks, and people who de? light in good feeding never grudge five dollars for a go there. The Chefs de cosine of all our great hotels arc French, und each bouse gives some piece de resis? tance for the supper. Some of these pieces are magnificent works of art, and serve as a standing advertisement for the botel to which they belong. They were a jolly set, and the morning light was breaking in through the windows of Teutonic Hall before the last cook found his way to bis hotel kitchen. Society is to be congratulated on the nabblingof Billy Porter, who was gobbled up this week by Pinkerton's detectives. Ee is one of the most gentlemanly scoundrels in the United States. In ad? dition to his burglaries several murders lio close to his door A polished dsspe rado, an accomplished ruffian, it is to be hoped that Sing Sing, Auburn orDanna mara may profit by his abilities fur the next twenty years. The lock out of nine thousand cigars makers right in mid winter is a calamity, the evil and suffering of which it it hard to estimate. It is the outcome of boy? cotting and kindred systems which have compelled the employers to band together juat as their employees have done. They say that what affects one affects nil, so when the employers of one firm were asiiialed the whole of them immediately closed their doors. With all the aid that caa be sent the strikers, there will never? theless be terrible suffering. The weather is mild for the season of the year. Stocks pretty steady, and our markets abuudantly supplied with every good thing. Very truly yours, Broadbrim. The Blood-Worm. In China the blood of the dog is ofteu fouad swarming with an infinite multure of minute, thread-like worms, the parents Of which, three to five inches in lengh, are found in the cavities of tho heart. In the same country, in India, Egypt, and Hrsilil, worms of the same appearance have been found in the blood of man, and have received the name of Filaria sanguinis hominis. These worms are so small that fifty of them might swim side by Jiide through au aperture the size of a pin hole without interfering with each other's movements. Dr. Mansrm, from Arnoy, China, is couviueed that they are spread from man to man by way of bites of the musquito. The dog is the only animarinfested with them, so far as known, and it may be inferred that the musquito may carry them from the dog to his master as well as from man to man. When the lymph channels in man are obstructed by balls of these worms an enormous overgrowth of the skin t ikes place, forming the dis? ease known as elephantiasis, or "Barba does leg,'' the latter name being derived from that one of the West India islands, where it has been frequently observed.? Globi' Democrat. ? Dog< are to be trained to do duty with sen I i nets in the German army at night on outpost duty; it is believed ; these sagacious animals would more readily scent danger than a man and I sooner ghe warnim'. ? It is claimed that $300,000 is an? nual y expended for Christmas cards in this country. A LIVELY DAY IN COLUMBIA. Throe Fights Kctwccn "the Bureau" and the Register. Columbia, S. C, February 2.?Tbe News and Courier yesterday contained a brief statement in its Columbia corre? spondence vindicating this Bureau from the charge of the Columbia Register, that it had made an "ill-timed detraction" in referring to the embarrassment of the Vienna Bent-wood Furniture Company of this city. It was deemed proper to make this vindication iu_deference to those of the readers of the News and Courier who, residing in Columbia, see the Register. Conclusive evidence of the hypocrisy of the Register wa3 adduced in the fact that the mauager' of the News and Courier Bureau had, before he quoted the name of the embarrassed compny, telephoned the Register reporter, offr.uig to withhold the name of tbe company lest the publication might do it harm and also offering to dismiss the matter in a few words if the Register would do the same, which propositions were declined by the Register's reporter. This morning tbe Register published a column and a quarter of local matter attempting to justify the course of its reporter, and attacking scurrilously the manager of tbe News and Courier Bureau, Mr. N. G. Gonzales. In addition to the main attack, there were crowded into a few lines on another subject at least half a dozen falsehoods intended to prejudice the character of Mr. Gonzales. The article was of such a character as to preclude discussion in the columns of the News and Courier. It had evi? dently been written by Mr. Thomas Jef? ferson LaMotte, the local reporter of the Register. Mr. Gonzales,atabout 1 o'clock to day, found Mr. LaMotte in the office of the chief clerk of tbe agricultural department, and forcibly impressed his answer to the attack upon the left eye of Mr. LaMotte. Being restrained by sev? eral gentlemen present from further emphasizing, in the manner indicated, bis resentment at the newspaper attack upon bim, Mr. Gonzales took bis usual round about the State-House, and did not meet Mr. LaMotte again. At 2 o'clock be walked up Main street accompanied by-Comptroller General Stoney. When he reached the News and Courier Bureau he bid bis companion good day and turned to enter bis office. At this mo? ment Mr. Charles A. Calvo, Jr., the pro? prietor of the Registei'? who had, during tbe absence of Mr. Gonzales, called at the Bureau to see him?came up from the Northward, and, when he had ap? proached within about ten steps of tbe entrance to the Bureau, beckoned to Mr. Gonzales, saying "I want to see you." Mr. Calvo had his overcoat closely but? toned except at the lop and had his right hand hidden in his breast. Mr. Gonzales advanced and met Mr. Calvo half-way, just in front of Dr. Jackson's drug store Said Mr. Calvo: "I characterize your assault on my reporter to-day as a-."? Before the sentence was finished Mr. Gonzales struck at the proprietor of the Register, who, dodging the blow, was only grazet' by it, moving backwards in order, it is presumed, to secure room for striking. Mr. Calvo pulled from under bis overcoat a twisted cowhide and struck his opponent. Mr. Gonzales im? mediately closed in and shoved Mr. Calvo against the glass window of Dr. Jackson's store, breaking the glass. Mr. Calvo still seeking arm-room and Mr. Gonzales constantly closing in, the con? testants whirled about the sidewalk. Realizing that Mr. Calvo proposed a "war to the knife," Mr. Gonzales pulled out his pistol, a Smith & Wesson, double acting, 88-calibre revolver, and proceeded, despite the clutching of his arm by his opponent, to belabor him across the fore? head with the muzzle. He could have killed Mr. Calvo with ease, but he pre? ferred not to do so. Blood spurted freely from Mr. Calvo's scalp. The combatants fell together. Mr. Gonzales's pistol was knocked from his hand by a bystander When Mr. Calvo fell he cried : "Help me! I'm killed !" and repeated this ap? peal. His face was covered with blood, and be seemed disheartened. Sheriff Rowan and others came up and separated the prostrate contestants, who still clutched each other. When Mr. Calvo was raised be again expressed the belief that he was killed. He was taken to a doctor, who dressed his wounds. These consisted of several scalp cuts and a cut on the thigh at a point where he sat upon the broken glass of Dr. Jackson's window. Mr. Gonzaies's only injuries were two slight abrasions on the neck, where he had been struck or scratched. KEEPINO UP THE EXCITEMENT. The third act of the newspaper war occured at 5 o'clock this afternoon. Mr. Gonzales, after concluding certain office work, left the News and Courier Bureau and walked toward Law Range, intending to ? inquire of the sheriff whether any charges had been preferred against him. As be reached the corner of Main and Washington streets and was about to turn into Law Range a young man, who had been sitting with Mr. W. S. Monteith on the steps of the insurance building, located on the corner, left bis place and rapidly followed. Mr. Monteith called to him to stop. Mr. Gonzales turned and confronted the young man. As he came up he s:iid something excitedly and inco? herently, then announced himself as William Calvo, a brother of the Register's proprietor, and then began to curse Mr. Gonzales. The latter drew a light pistol and dealt his opponent one blow over the head while') the hitter simultaneously reached for his pi3tu!. Another moment would have settled the matter by the death of one or both parties, but on the instant a policeman threw himself upon Mr. Calvo, and Mr. Monteith bore down on Mr. Gonzales. The policeman, rein? force I by another, subdued Mr. Calvo, after a struggle in which the officer was bruised about the face. Mr. Gonzales's pistol arm was held, and in the struggle he aud Mr. Monteith feil tog-jth-r into the doorway of Mancke's saloon. Here several bystanders interfered and wrench? ed the pfctul from Mr. GoDzales. Mr. Calvo was conveyed to the stationhouse. Mr. Gonzales was summoned to appear before the mayor at 9 a. m. to-morrow, at which time the city (reasury is likely tobe greatly helped. After this it was repiir'ed that 5] Arthur LaMotte, a son of Mr. Thorn Jefferson LaMotte, w:is waiting for M Monteith iu front of the hotel, but 3J Monteith failed to find him there. Itj also teported that the two Calvoa at two others are seeking a collision wit Mr. Gonzales on the street, but the latt has not met them in his evening's wal Fivm the Columbia Register Feb. 2. The public are already familiar wit the fact that on account of certain slat ments made in the Columbia correspond enceof the News and Courier on Salu day last, which pointed to the affairs i the Bent Wood Factory, the Reg'ust, reporter on Sunday made certain correi tions of those statements, and coalmen od on the damage which might be dot to the enterprise by such inconsideral statements. To this the correspondei of the News and Courier rejoined in thi paper on Monday, characterizing th Register as hypocritical, &c. To this the reporter of the Regish replied in an article yesterday, whic was designed to turn the point of th opprobrious epithet against the correi pondent of the Neics and Courier. 1 seems that this was done, most effective ly, as the sequel in the unfortunate pei sonal rencounters of yesterday shows. Yesterday morning Mr. T. J. LaMotte in pursuance of his usual rounds of call in quest of news, was standing in th office of Mr. L. A. Ransom in the Agri cultural Building, in conversation-wjtl Colonel Butler, Messrs, Ransom, Husk and I. E. Orchard. N. G. Gonzale entered the office. His entrance inter rupted for a.moment the conversation c Colonol Butler. Mr. Gonzalez, as h entered the open door, stood for a mo ment inside and spoke smilingly to thos present, and was responded to by all including the reporter of the Rcgislei who nodded recognition as was his cus torn, and turned his head away to Col onel Butler to hear the conclusion of th remarks which bad been euspended ci the entrance of Gonzalez. White in tbi poait'on, the latter, by a quick move ment, advanced upon Mr. LaMotte witl no note of warning and dealt him a blaz? on the side of the face nearest to him when Colonel Butler spraug from hi seat and interposed between the partie before further blows could be exchanged The attack was entirely unexpected b; any one present, and was so sudden ant the interposition of Colonel Butler si prompt, that the affair was over within j few moments from Mr. Gonzalez's en trance. Colonel Butler induced him t< retire, Mr. LaMotte remaining in th< office for about thirty minutes after when he went unattended to the Regis ter office. Mr. C. A. Calvo had ascertained th< facts of Gonzalez's attack on Mr. La Motte before the latter reached the office and feeling that the assault was on< which he should resent, shortly aftei went out on the street in search of Mr Gonzalez, having no other weapon that a cowhide which he procured. Mr. Calvo left the Register office alone without notifying any one of his pur pose, Mr. LaMotte remaining at his deal writing up the busine33 of the morning until notified by telephone a halfhou later that a difficulty had taken pis? between Mr. Calvo and Gonzalez on th? street. The statement of the affair as made it the Record yesterday afternoon is verifiet as substantially correct by eye witnesse save that Mr. Gonzalez after drawing hi pistol did make repeated efforts to shoot only failing in this by having the guan instead of the trigger under bis finger The Record*8 statement is as follows: "Mr. Calvo went to the office of rMi Gonzalez, but be was uot in. He thr went to the State House, but did no find him. Mr. Calvo then walked uj Main street, and on his return was nea Dr. Jackson's drug store, when he sa* Mr. Gonzalez walking up with Captaii Stoney. As Mr. Gonzalez was iu the ac of turning into his office, Mr, Calv beckoned and called to him. "Mr. Gonzalez met Mr. Calvo in fron of the lower window of the drug store and the latter proceeded to denounce th attack of the former on Mr. LaMotte a cowardly, when Mr. Gonzalez struck hie and threw him off bis balance. Mi Calvo recovered, drew a cowhide am struck Mr. Gonzalez repeated blows o: the neck and over the head. Mr. God zalez clinched his opponent and shove him against the window, breaking th glass, upon which Mr. Calvo fell and wa severely cut on the left leg. "Both parties regained an uprigh position, when Mr. Gonzalez drew a sell cocking pistol, which he did not fire, bu used as a club, and with the hammer o which ho repeatedly cut Mr. Calvo oi the head. The pistol was wrested fron Mr. Gonzalez by Captain Stoney. "In the struggle which followed, hot! parties fell to the ground, when it wa discovered that Mr. Calvo was blcediu) profusely. The combatants were thei separated, and Mr. Caho taken to th office of Dr. Talley, where his wound were dressed. "Mr. LaMotte's face has been disfig ured, Mr. Gonzalez has two bad mark on his neck, and Mr. Calvo'a thigh am head are badly cut aud bruised." Subsequently, at about G p. m., Mi Gonzalez was proceeding down Mail street, and when passing the entrance t the Insurance building between Willard' and Mancke's saloons, he was hailed b Mr. W. B. Calvo, a younger brother c C. A. Calvo, who informed him that h was a Calvo, and denounced him. Bot parties drew their pistols, but the pres ence of the bystanders and police, wh took charge of them, prevented furthe difficulty? These are, as nearly as we have bee able to ascertain, the facts of the whol affair, and they are submitted to th public without comment, believing the upon them they will be fully able t make up a correct judgment as to th culpability of the partie* to the unfortt nate affair. ? No arrests have been made of any < the parties save that of Mr. W. B. Ca vo, who was taken to the guard horn after hU encounter with Mr. Gonzale but was subsequently released on bail t appear before the Mayor this morning.