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J.G. CJIJNKSiOALES, Editor. The School Commissioner will visit some schools nest week, possibly yours. . We have in this office quite a number of approved claims. Parties interested will please call, or send, and get them. Mr. J. F. Clardy has been appointed Trustee in District No. 8, instead of Mr. T. M. Mahon, resigned. Though a young man, Mr. Mahon has served his District well as Trustee. May he get the girl he loves. Attention,.GentrevilleYour Trustees request us to announce that the public schools in Genterville will' be closed Friday, 26th inst. A meeting of the Board is held in this office every first ? Monday. ? ; .-? _ . Mr.' W. X. Compton's school in the Pork is doing well, and is very large. Miss Mamie Dalrymple is.: now assisting him and is giving him entire satisfaction. Mr. Comptou has had several years' ex? perience in the school-room and wears well. The Teachers' Column expects to bear from him soon. Dr. :J.VG. Duckworth, the newly ap? pointed Trustee in Gar via, is exhibiting his characteristic tact and zeal in the *- discharge of his official duties; We have ynot forgotten how friend John kept things astir when we were classmates. He made his mark as a school-boy, and will make it as a school-trustee. ? . A lady writes: "Will* some of our teachers tell me of a plan which they have found successful in teaching his? tory? ? At what age, or grade, should a child begin-thia study V The sugges tons of VD. iff; S." as to the best.plan for teaching history were good. Let's hear from others. Don't wait one for another. Mr. WillCt Prevost .visits the schools ' in bis neighborhood about once a week. * He tells us he sends hfe papers regularly to the schools for the benefit of teachers and pupils?the Journal to one and the Intelligences to another. His opin? ion is that the children, in many in? stances, are better posted as to current ?? events than their parents. Few Trustees are so thoughtful and attentive! " - 'Mr. C. W. Welch, Editor ^of the Teachers' Column of'. the Newberry , Herald and News, in a letter, of 22nd ult, said: "I read your column in the ; Intelligsncer last week, and wished then that I had such a.hearty supporf fronr rny co-laborers." Let our teachers be encouraged. In his efforts, Mr. Welch, certainly deserves the support of every teacher in Newberry County. He is a strong writer, an experienced teacher, a progressive educator. Every family in the land ought to have the regular visits and helpful influence of some good religious paper. If you are a Baptist, you can not find a better paper for your children than the Baptist Courier, published in Greenville, and - edited' by Col. Hoyt, so well known to the peopJ?/ of Anderson County ; if a ' Presbyterian, take that able paper edited by Dr. Greer of Due West; if a Metho? dist, take the Southern Christian Advocate, published in Charleston and edited by Rev. vV. D. Kirk]and, one of the roost forcible and practical writers jn the State on subjects either secular of religious. Miss Maggie Graham, of the Dean ville School, has rather a novel way of mak ? ;In'g Out monthfy reports. Every pupil's name is on the sheet of paper with the ?? number of perfect recitations he made " during the month, and the number of days he was absent. By this means the parent sees the proficiency of >U children as compared-with that of his neighbors'. . In the report before us, the grade of Misses Alice and Pallie Dean is especial? ly noticeable. Indeed, three-fourths of the school made high marks during the v month of January. If the average report for the session is up to this, good work is doing there. -;?? . "In teaching spelling, how will it do to have, the pupils write the words on paper and hand to the teacher for correc? tion?" [That will do very well provided you require the ,pnpil to re write the words hei misspells. We like the blac'- ooard exercise better. There, every member in the class can get the benefit not only of his own successes and failures, but of the correct and defective work of all his classmates. Combine the black-board aBd pass book exercises, and, in our judgment, you have the art of teaching spelling brought down to a fine point.? Ed:] -? MissLela Roberts writes: I think I am getting along very well with my work at Cedar Grove. I have over fifty scholars. [Too many for one teacher.? Ed.] I have them as well classed as possible under the circumstances, but ^have to teach nearly all day in order to get through. _ My patrons give me cheer? ing words and encourage me in many ways. I do the best I can, and try to teach my pupils all I know outside of their books. [Right, a thoughtful teach? er can give her pupils many lessons not found in the text-books.?Ed.] I require the children to spell the words on the book, pronounce them distinctly, and then spell them "by heart." [A very good plan.?Ed.] ATTENTION, GABVIN! The Trustees of Garvin request us to annonnce that hereafter no pupils will be transferred from their District except in cases of absolute necessity. Their schools are conveniently located for near? ly all the children in the District, and parents would do well to consult the Trustees before sending to other schools. They request the teachers, too, to bring in their papers on the first Saturday after the plose of every school month. The meetings of the Board are held at Leba? non, ? o'clock p, m. Mb. Editor: I notice frequent men? tion in the Teachers' Column of the Carolina Teacher: will you please tell me where to send for sample copy? Though not at present a resident of your State, I feel fully as much a South Caro? linian as when I was really one, and the Teachers' Column is read with as much interest by me in the "Lone Star State" as when a teacher in No. 4, Anderson County. The three years I taught there (my first and only experience in teach? ing) were the happiest years that I have ever spent. I don't think it possible for me to become more attached to a school than I was to that one, and my greatest regret in leaving South Carolina was the necessity, by so doing, of diving up my school. I meant, when I commenced, to write only a few words; if I have in? truded on your time, please excuse. I did not forget my promise to write some? thing for the Teachers' Column, but some how could never muster up sufficient courage. Respectfully, Mary Campbell. Sherman, Texasi Feb. 26, 1886. [The friends and acquaintances of Miss Campbell will be glad to read the above letter. Her patrons at St. Paul rejoice at the success that attends her efforts in the Lone Star State. Anderson County never had a more faithful, pains? taking teacher; and pupils, patrons and Commissioner all regretted to lose her. The Teachers' Column asks frequent visits of her.?Ed.] Mr. Editor: 1 am sorry you saw nothing but bulk about "Weston" to command order in the Ivy Hollow School; but since it is effectual, I am proud Of even that. Though I do not use the rod often, every child knows he will get it when he needs it. I am proud of our school and the interest of the pupils, which is growing. I have no "cipherin" in my school. The arithme? tic lesson is assigned, studied and recited just as any other. I use the black-board a great deal in all my classes. I find that our globe is almost indispensable in teaching geography. My knowledge of teaching is limited, but, prompted by a deai re to do my full duty, I hope to enjoy a success of which my patrons will be proud. I learn something new from the Teachers' Column every week, and have learned to look forward to it for some? thing to guide me in doing better work next week than I've done this. Teach? ers, let's be move foxish. Hearing from others has done me good, and will con? tinue to do so. It will stimulate the patroDs of" the Ivy Hollow and all other schools to lend their aid in building up first-class schools in the country. My school did not stop for the suspension of the public funds, as Mr. Rainey inti? mated, for it was a subscribed school, aud would have gone on had there been no public money. I will attend the Teachers' Association, and will join a reading circle or anything that will enable me to do better work in the future. Due to the efforts of Mr. L. S Clinkscales, we have as comfortable a house as will be found in the District. We have a large, new Btove, and sash in oar windows, and are now quite com? fortable. Come to see us, and you will always find the latch string hanging out? side. W. W. Sadler. programme fob teachers' associa? tion, march 27, 1886. Opening exercises by the President, Rev. S. Lander. subjects for discussion: The importance of thorough work in the common schools.?J. B. Watkins, Miss Mary Boggs. The best method for teaching a child to read.?W. P. Holland, Miss Leila Brown. New methods in school-room work.? G. N. Q Boleman, E. Z. Brown. The best text-book on Grammar.?D. H. Russell, C. P. Kay. Best method for teaching Geography. ?Miss Maggie Evans, Miss A. E. Eatle, Miss Maggie Graham. Changes needful in the School Law.? W. A. Neal, W. F. M. Fant, Robt. Pen nel, W. H. D. Gailliard. ? The Committee earnestly desire every white teacher in the County to be present and every Trustee that can find it possible to attend. The question box will be a prominent feature of the occasion. The speakers appointed will be expected to open the discussions ; after them others will be expected to follow in short, pointed remarks. The ladies to whom subjects have been assigned will be ex? pected to read appropriate essays. J. G. Clinkscales, J. M. Lander, ?Miss L. C. Hubbard, Executive Committee. Kot n Joking Subjeot. There is oue very careless habit of a great many excellent married people. How often we hear a man joke his wife about getting married a second time, or a wife perpetrate the same sort of ghastly pleasantry at the expense of her husband. They would not do it if they were to stop and think but a moment. Did you ever hear a wife joke about the death of her child, or her mother, or her brother, sister, or father? No, no. But society is running over with those who joke about the death of their husbands. It is the most thoughtless sort of humor ever invented* It is trifling with the most serious subject on earth. We decry irreverent passages iu a play or a public address. It makes the blood chill to see rude bauds laid on that which is sacred. Love is sacred, mar? riage is sacred, death is awful. The one ever painful thought to those who are happily wed is that death comes at last to take one away and leave the other a lonely survivor. Conceive, then, th hideous flippancy of that wife's conver? sation who speculates in jest as to her successor. What violence does a hus? band do a precious thing when he in his imagination jumps over the grave of his wife and dance? like a clown into the arena of widowerhood, ready for another matrimonial enterprise??Chicago Tri? bune. ? An Illinois man has been married seven times, and yet some folks contend that moral courage 1b od the wane, LIFE IN THE SOUTHWEST. How Texas Winds Lit orally Pull up Grass by tiio Boots. Some man who was undoubtedly a good judge of nature has said that if you wish to know what a wind really is, go to Texas and you will get the desired information. - It blows so hard here that the grass is blown up by the roots in mariy places, and sprouts are unable to grow to the 'size of trees from the same cause. A "norther" is a fierce North wind peculiar to this State, which seems to Bhrivel up everything it strikes in the relentless course over plain and hill. Now everything is sere and yellow ex? cepting the tops- of a few cottonwood trees, which still present green crowns, as they did in mid-summer. But even these must give way soon, as the Decem? ber northers respect nothing. The dust Whirls and dances along, powdering everything so that there i* a strange uuiformity of color given to every place. Even the cattle look dust covered and nasty, the red, white, gray, and black one resembling each other in a remarka? ble degree. The brands even appear indistinct, which is saying a good deal for a brand full in length, as most Texan and Mexican brands are, besides being as intricate and artistic as a Chinese letter of the alphabet. No man can say whence they came or whither they are tending. There has always been something ot a mystery about the scarcity of trees, but the high winds readily solve it. Besides this, there is a very uncanny appearance about a whirlwind of dust far off, and I have sometimes mistaken them for signal smokes of the Indians. This is more easy on ground which has been burnt over, leaving ashes and coals lying on the surface. Then away they fly, straight up in the air, to be answered apparently in another direction by a similar pillar of smoke. The inhabitants of tbe country are quite deft in these matters, having learned much from their old ancestors of the forest and prairie. No advantage can be taken of these smokers or whirl? winds, so far as known to me, except by moviDg quickly into some gorge, shelter? ed from the storm, and then letting the winds whistle. Though the Texa? climate is ordinarily so mild and serene, there are times when it gets its back up and cuts up some didos which are the reverse of seemly and sedate, to say the least of it. Cattle get very much frightened at these times, and gallop over immense stretches of country, only stopping when thoroughly exhausted?hundreds run themselves to to death. Horses, too, get possessed at such times, and run as if tbe evil oue himself were riding them fully booted and spurred. The animals become mad with excitement, and with flowing mane and tail go careering over the ground, their eyes flashing and their sides heav? ing from violent exertion. When a norther changes into a snow storm there is liable to be a great deal of suffering both to man and beast. The snow drives along thick and fast, and being about half rain, whatever it touch? es soon becomes wet through and through, as it is exceedingly penetrating and tenacious. No coat is proof against the moist influences, and animals seek such shelter as can be obtained, and if none be available their bones are apt to bleach upon the plain ; but with all this there is nothing like the mortality here which thins out the flocks and herds further north. A ranch in this country is worth visit? ing, and truly there must be a charm in living in it, as many people from the north take kindly to ranch life and will not change it for any other. The build? ing is not as a general thing very highly finished, nor are the surroundings such as denote great wealth, but the freedom from care and anxiety make it desirable and frequently homelike. Cooks are plentiful, though not excellent, and it is a happy thing, therefore, that the inhabi? tants do not care much for what are known as creature comforts. Ordinarily thero are three or four Mexican herdsmen living near the main building who have wives and children to look after and support. Being frugal people, this is not a difficult task, and i t is really de? lightful to see how happily they get along. Of the pomps and vanities of the world they know little about and care less. We burn live-oak wood here, which is nearly as heavy as stone-coal and makes equally as hot fire. The tree is of low growth but plants its roots firmly among tbe rocks and then thrives. Whole mountain ranges have beeu denuded of this precious fuel, but the hardy moun? taineers are on hand to replenish when? ever it is deemed necessary. This wood makes a clean, nice fire, and does not pop or crackle at all while burning. Those who are acquainted with the country find great quantities of it in unfrequented places and by paths. A good log of it will last all day, and, fortunately for us we have good fireplaces in which to burn it, such as our ancestors had many years ago. A room containing a fireplace has the best ventilation possible, and no foul odors can last long therein. That is the reason why our ancestors had such a long and healthy lives; they breathed pure air and ate wholesome food. They were not stuffed up with the vapors of bitumi? nous coal, nor were they obliged to breathe the atmosphere over and over uutil there was no oxygen left in it. Mesquite wood also makes an excellent fuel, and in some places the long roots are dug up for this purpose, there being but a few scrubby bushes above ground, caused by the searching winds and prairie fires. If you have ever eaten a piece of venison cooked in the. open air on mes? quite coals you need not look for any greater delicacy on this earth, for you will never find it. Hunters live well, at any rule, when there- is a good supply of game about, and each one knows how to broil venison and make coffee.?Texas Cor. Chicago Times. ? Woniiin was made after man, and still preserve* the same order in conver? sation?she always has the last word. ? A philosopher otserves: ' Six things are requisite to create a happy home." One of these is a good cook, and the other five are money. THE KNIFE'S CRUEL WORK, A Citizen of Piedmont Kills his Wife and Cuts Iiis Own Thront. James W. King has been living iu the town of Piedmont, twelve miles below here, fur three years. He was a small and rather sparely built man of forty years, with sandy hair and blue eyes and wore no hair on his face except a light colored moustache. He had a wife who war apparently about his own age, a tall and slender woman with dark eyes and hair, not'especially attractive in appear? ance and thin almost to emaciation, her features having a drawn expression as if she suffered habitually from ill health. Mr. and Mrs. King had seven children, the oldest, a girl, seventeen and the youngest, a boy, four and s. half years old. The lived in Pleasant street behind the church and did not in any way attract attention. The children, except the youngest, worked in Piedmont facto? ry. King was a quiet, industrious and sober man who worked at ditching, wood chopping and other odd jobs, and was for several months night watchman at the factory. For some time past it has been known in Piedmont that King and his wife did not live happily together, although no reason was known for trouble. He had been beard to complain that he had lost the reins of government in his house and could not regain them, but bis statements did not excite remark or cause fears of a serious outbreak. Mrs. King was a Miss Philips of West? ern North Carolina, and her brother, who is a well-to do and respectable citi? zen of that section, has been visiting her. Yesterday morning he lefi for home, taking the freight train on the C. & G. R. R. from Piedmont" for Greenville. Mr. King went with Mr. Philips to the train and saw him off and then returned home. The children went to their work in the factory leaving all quiet and peace? ful at home and the youngest boy went to the residence of Mrs. McCall, across the street from his own home, leaving his father and mother together. At about 6 o'clock Mrs. McCall heard a disturbance and a sound as of scuffling at the Kings' house, after which all became still. She went over iu about half au hour, the little boy going ahead of her and pushing the front door open. Mrs. McCall stepped in and looked on a horrible sight. Mrs. King was in one chair against the wall with her head hanging over the back of another chair in front of her. Her husband lay on his face on the floor by her side with his right band in her lap. The floor around them was soaked with blood which stood in coagulating pools, and they were dead and fast be? coming cold and stiff. The alarm was quickly given, and, of course, a crowd sonn gathered, but it was seen that nothing could be done, and a telephone message giving the facts was sent to this city. Coroner A. McBee went down to hold an inquest, taking with him E. A. McBee and Dr. G. T. Swandale. Under King's clenched hand, in his wife's lap, there was a two bladed iron knife with the large blade, three and a half inches long, open. Mrs. King'B body bore two wounds, apparently caused by this blade. One in the right breast was comparatively slight, the point of the blade having been turned by the breast bone. The other was a long and deep gash in the right side which had pene? trated the lung and cut the liver. King had but one wound, a stab in the hollow of the throat just where the collar bones come together. It had gone in and down and severed a large artery, causing death almost instantly. Little evidence could be found besides that given by the bodies themselves and nothing is known of the causes of the tragedy or what immediately preceded it. The matter is really a mystery for there was nothing known in the circumstances of the family that could have led to such terrible desperation in the husband. The jury gave a verdict of death at the hands of a party or parties unknown The bodies will be cared for and decently interred to day, and the mystery of the murder and suicide will probably be buried with them. Mr. Philips had reached this city when the telephone message of the tragedy caught him and he hurried back. He will take charge of the orphan children. Mr. King is said to have been of a good family in North Carolina, his father being one of the most prominent men in that section.?Greenville News. Alleged Cures by Prayer. JANESVTLLE, Wis., March 1.?Presid? ing Elder Lugg of the Methodist Episco? pal Church reports the following remark? able cases which have come under his I observation: At Allen's Grove, Wis., during the past month, Mrs. Slosson, who claimed to have been herself healed by faith, was called to the bedside of a gentleman named Hoerley, who had been sick for six months and had been given up as incurable by two physicians. He expressed a belief in faith cure, and a prayer meeting was held at his house, in the course of which he believed himself cured and arose from his bed. He dress? ed himself, walked around and was able to walk to church the next Sunday. The other case is that of a veteran of the civil war, named Smith. He baB not been able to walk without crulcl.es for years, one leg being diseased, and for weeks at a time he was unable to go out of doors. He was converted during a revival, and like Hoerder professed to believe in faith cure. A prayer meeting was held at his home recently, and before it was ended he was walking about as briskly as a:iy one. Both parlies insist that their cures were accomplished through supernatural agencies. Although Elder Lugg is no believer iu this kind of healing, he gives the facts as he found them, and admits that ho is unable to account for them. ? "What a murderous-looking villain the prisoner is," whispered an old lady in a court room to her husband. "I'd be afraid to pet near him." "Sh !" warned her husband, "that ain't the prisoner. He ain't been brought in yet." "It ain't 1 Who ia it, then?" "It'o the Judge," THK BACHELOR PRESIDENT. Cleveland Suhl to 15 el love that hods Des? tined Never to Marry. "President Cleveland will never be a married man?mark that," said a Buffa Ionian to your correspondent to day. "Why ? Well, I will tell you. Pie is a social philosopher, or, in other words, he philosophizes on social matters. I had a long talk with him about 'household affairs' the other evening and I tell you he has a bushel of sense about them?all practicable, too. But he won't marry. He believes certain persons were born to fill certain positions. He believes in foreordination?at least so far as being at the head of a family is concerned." "Does Mr. Cleveland believe he was born to be a bachelor?" "Precisely. He said it was all very well for other people to get married and raise families and all that, but as for Grover Cleveland the idea wa3 so foreign to his tastes that he long ago concluded to remain a single man. The more he saw and heard and|the more he thought of it the more be was convinced of the truth of the adage that 'our first thoughts are our best thoughts.' He has mapped out in his mind an ideal bachelor, maid? en, wife, husband, and has bis distinct ideas about how they should live. My ! what a pious old husband he would make if he would live up to his creed." "Then be thinks there is reform in being a husband ?" "Yes; he believes that the domesticity of a home is a part of a man's religion? that there is something even more sacred iu the world than the church vow, be? cause in the former you link the life of one with your own, while in the latter you stand alone. Mr. Cleveland and his sister both believe they must remain single, but in this matter I think the latter may be a little selfish. There is nothing selfish about him. He is very companionable and he is generous. He has a system for everything, even to his generosity, and I guess he must be syste? matic in his way of concluding that it was decreed that he should be a bache? lor." "Isn't he getting tired of life at the White House?" I inquired. "Mr. Cleveland wouldn't get tired any? where. He has the happiest way of ad? justing himself to the circumstances and making himself comfortable and satisfied of any man I ever saw. I have gone fishing with him up North. Now, peo may talk as much as they pleusc, but the man who can trudge along a river bank all day without catching fish and never swear nor get drunk is a good one. I remember once to have walked fully ten miles with him fishing, and along in the afternoon, when we began to get tired and had caught nothing, Mr. Cleveland drolled out in a way that made me roar with laughter: '?b, let's sit down in the shade and have alittle game and give the fish a rest. It's evident the suckers are all away from home to day?'" "The President bears up under his burdens, does be not?" "He tells me he has gained several pounds on account of sitting so quietly at his desk. I suppose the thing he he misses most is the exercise be was used to even after he became Governor. He was fond of putting his arm in that of a friend, after his six o'clock dinner, and wandering away out on the unfre? quented streets, and talking and staying out till late. As I sat with him in the White House the other evening, where it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop, he exclaimed: 'It would seem like Sunday here every day if 'twere not for the office-seekers.' I remarked that I supposed the men who came to see about offices were therefore a Godsend, when he said : 'I thiuk I prefer it to be Sun? day.' "? Washington Letter to Pittsburg Leader. Evolving a Story, "Ah !" said Smith, a commercial trav? eler, to a group of friends, "I was witness to a sight just before leaving Chicago." And then he told how he had seen a poor German immigrant with his wife and family of eight yellow-haired chil? dren, how he had become iuterested in them, and had learned that they had left their native land to seek a home in the Northwest. He was touched with the tenderness of the father and saw him purchasing apples for the children. All tbe family except the father had taken their seats on the train and ho was just making change for his small purchase when the train began to move out of the station. He made a rush for it, slipped, and then, before the eyes of the poor family and other horror-struck passen? gers, his head was taken off by the cars. Smith's friends were much affected and it was decided to take up a purse for tbe poor widow and fatherless children, and this was speedily done and a neat sum preseuted to Smith to be forwarded. He, with tears in his eyes, said : "My friends, I thank you, but I can conceal it no longer. That train took off the rest of the man, and he still lives." Smith will not travel this week. He is laid up for repairs.?Detroit Free Press. He Forgot Something After All. Bloomsby, who is out on the road a great deal, is quite forgetful. When packing his valise to go away he is pretty apt to leave something whose loss causes htm not a little inconvenience. The last time he went out his wife told him to think of the articles he wished to take and then to lie striugs around his fiDgers to represent each one. As fast as he put an article in his valise he could take off a string, so that if any strings were left he would know in time that he had for? gotten something. He concluded to follow her advice, and the articles he wished to take and the string-: on his fingers corresponded exactly. "This time," he said, proudly, as he laid down his valise to go to breakfast, "I have the satisfaction of knowing that I haven't forgotten anything." An hour later he was well on his way to Kankakee. Suddenly it struck him that he had forgotten something. He thought a moment and then groaned. Ho ha;l neglected to I ring his valise.? ?San Franciscan. ? A thousand evil spirits wait for an The EdgefleM Court. Edgefield, March 3.?When Senator Butler, the leading counsel for the de? fence in the Cnlbreath case, stated in open Court that it would, perhaps, be belter for the community of Edgefield that the trial of the thirty-one lynchers should be indefinitely postponed, he did not utter the sentiment of the people of Edgefield County. When Attorney General Miles said that if the law had been violated it should be vindicated, he must nevertheless have btcn clearly im? pressed with the conviction that that vindication was a thing of the very dis? tant and misty future. It is safe to as? sert that the people of Edgefield County are anxious and willing that the lynch ers shall have at least a speedy trial, and, if they are convicted, will not stand in the way of an equally speedy and proper punishment of the murderers. There has not been at the present term of the Court anything like either a loud-mouth? ed denunciation by the enemies or an open approval of the homicide of Cul breath by the friends of the lynchers. It may, perhaps, be a contradiction in terms to speak of the friends of the lynchers, but it is, neverthless, the fact that they have a large following, who will use every endeavor to secure their acquittal. It may be unnecessary to state the fact, but these friends are to be found solely in the neighborhood in which the assassination of Hammond took place. In any ordinary murder trial the accused will always have some defenders. In this most extraordin?r case it is not surprising-that the lynchers should be hedged in by jjn army of friends. Many of the defendants represent large families, and considering there are thirty-one de? fendants, it is evident that, including their relatives and intimate acquaint? ances, they are backed by a powerful clan financially, bfluentially and other? wise. Culbreath also was a man who had a host of friends, and between his clan and the lynchers' followers the feud which grew out of the first tragedy is in? creasing in virulence frum day to day. It is doubtful, whatever way the case may terminate, whether peace will be declared among them for at least a gen? eration to come. It is not at all impos? sible that more blood may be shed be? fore a final disposition of the case is reached. This is very well understood by the people of the county at large, and they are naturally anxious that a trial fairly and freely shall put an end to the continual risk of unpleasant develop? ments. The clamor against the lynchers is of course loudest iu the section of the county from which they come, and chiefly from those who have been direct? ly or indirectly aggrieved by the exer? cise of lynch law. The only public opinion in Edgefield County at present is that the defendants should be tried for the offence with which they are charged. This trial will be hi d sooner or later, and for that reason it is somewhat difficult to understand in what way the present dila? tory tactics of the defence will eventually inure to the benefit of the accused. Upon its face the showing of the defence was a strong one, and one that the Court could not overrule. The defence, how? ever, either by design or by the force of circumstances, unmasked one of the bat? teries of their case in the affidavits upon which the continuance was asked. It is now apparent that quite a number of the accused will endeavor to prove that they were not present at the lynching for which they are indicted. Lieutenant Governor Sheppard announced that he had other affidavits to support the motion for a continuance, and these were prob? ably of a similar character to those read to the Court. By this process of proof and by such a line of defence it is just possible that all but a few of the thirty-one will be eliminated from participation in the lynching, and that the remaining ones will set up a plea of self defence, inas? much as it is claimed that Culbieath fired the first shot. It is said now that the lynchers were fully informed of the fact that Culbreath did not assassinate Hammond, and that their object was merely to extort from him a confession as to who had done the deed. How it was proposed to get that confession is a story that can only be told by the de? fendants when they go upon the stand. The lynching, according to this view of the matter, was not a bloody vengeance for a crime which they supposed Cul? breath to have committed. As far as the transaction in the town of Edgefield is concerned, it was only the beginning of the tragedy, and affords good material either for the prosecution or the defence of the prisouers. The subsequent crime, when Culbreath was taken out of the town and left by the party on the road? side in a dying condition, will probably be the feature of the case on which most stress will be laid both by the State and defence. Of the details of the transac? tion, when Culbreath received the wounds from which he died, nobody kuows any? thing except the lynchers themselves, and the verdict will, of course, greatly depend upon the character of the story they toll. One thing, however, is par? ticularly evident, and that is that when the case comes on, the lynchers will lack nothing that friends and money can con? tribute to their defence, and that if they are convicted it will only be after a pro? longed and desperate struggle. None of the lynchers appear to be much impressed with the fear of a con? viction. They are all pleasant looking fellows enough, and are not such men as one would pick out of a congregation of sinners and denounce as a set of double dyed criminals, that is, judging them solely fn-m their personal appearance. But whatever may be the real merits of J the cast- ihcy have all relumed home, j when.' they will be quiet I engaged in I agricultural pursuits until the August j term of the Sessions. They will then I again be the sensation "f the hour. If i the case is not tiied in August they wil j again iin home to harvest their crops and j come hack agnin in November. Should ] a-ulli' i' iit number of witnesses be then I alwt-nl tin y will most probably run home i'l i' 'he Christmas holidays and appear ; again in tin-spring. The circuit of the busy seasons will then have been com? pleted, and pending theroturn of a bench warrant or two the fishing season will be upon them. Most likely then there will be ;i picnic to Bi?r Stephen's Creek, and the lynchen?, being out-on good bail, will probably slay out until the close of the sea=on of festivities.?Dispatch to News and Courier. Sized Her up Wrong. Old Col. Porterfield was a hard mau. He worked his wife?a good, patient woman?to death upon his plantation. On her death bed, -wh^n too late, his eyes were opened to the great wrong he had done, and he begged her forgiveness. "Tt is easy enough for me to forgive," she gasped, "but my forgiveness will not camie your coming punishment to be lessoned. I feel that you are going to be punished on this earth." She turned her face away from him and died. . The Colonel's season of grief was not lont;. He soon put on his best clothes and showed himself at the hog killings and other places of amusement. His friends were shocked, but said nothing. Soon there came into the neighborhood a graceful woman, Antionette Polworth. The Colonel met her and was charmed. He called on her. She received him kindly and eventually they were married. Six months of almost unbroken happi? ness flew away, but now the Colonel's face sometimes wore an anxious expression His wife was not so fair as she bad been, and the Colonel had discovered that the wavfmg hair which he had so much ad? mired was sometimes at night hung on the corner of the mantelpiece. He found also that he had been deceived in other ways, and the spirit of revenge arose in. his injured breast. "Antionette," tbe Colonel one day remarked, iu a voice which had lost much of its wonted gentleness, "Caroline is ill to-day, and I want you to go out and weave jeans for the negroes. I got a good price for the stuff and I cannot afford to see the loom idle." "Well, then, don't look at it," Antio? nette c:.relessly replied. The Colonel nibbled his lips and sternly said: "Woman, I want no foolishness." "Don't have it then." "I won't. Go out there and weave or you'll feel the ungeutle force of retribu? tive i.uthority." Antionette laughed. Tbe Colonel took hold of her nose and gave it a turn as though he would unscrew it. Antio? nette put aside a stocking she had been darning, knocked the Colonel down with a lightning-like slap, put one foot under him, threw him across the room, sat down and resumed her peaceful occupa? tion. After awhile the Colonel sat up and gazed upon her in astonishment. "Antionette," he feebly said. "What, dear." "You needn't weave." "Thank you, dear." "You have convinced me that a woman should have a few rights, but, say, how did you doit? Where did you acquire the facts which you have just embodied into Jiuch an unanswerable argument?" "Colonel," she replied, "pardon me for not sooner telling you. For many years I was tbe cannon ball woman and the iron-jawed maiden in the circus. Don't get e.scited, dear. I shall not give you another exhibition until you attempt to get a divorce from me. Then I will take you up in my teeth and shake you." The Colonel went out, leaned on a horse block and groaned. His first wife's prediction was verified ?Arkansaw Trav? eler. A Great Many Widows. The-report of the Commissioner of Pen? sions presents some curious facts. At the close of the last fiscal year there were on the rolls, "2,945 survivors of the war of 18] 2, and 17,212 widows of those who served iu that war." In other words, the widovi3 outnumbered the survivors six to one. According to the same authority the total number of applications filed from 1871, when tbe law took eflect for this class of pensioners, to 1885 was: Survi- i vors, 34,073; widows, 43,883. This shows how rapidly the survivors' widows have gained on the survivors. When it is remembered that the warof 1812 closed over seventy years ago, sur? prise may be well excited that there should now be more tbau twenty thou? sand pensioners on the rolls, of whom 17,212 are widows. At what age did they marry, and are soldiers' widows excep? tionally endowed with long lives? Ex? act answers to these questions would furuish interesting information, and might reduce the number of pensioners. The Commissioner says that "extended inquiries are being prosecuted with a view to purging the pension iolls of the various agencies of the names of those fraudulently and illegally borne thereon, and great success is attending the work." This assurance is general in terms, and, of course, does not apply to any special class of pensioners. But every class should be carefully examined.?New York Sun. A Georgia Pine That Hears Acorns. Captain John L. Martin a prominent citizen of Johnston County, Georgia, has shown the editor of the Washington, Ga., Recorder au acorn which grew on a pine tree. Says the Recorder : Near his plantation home, which is situated eight or ten miles from this place, stands the Iree?a simonpure pine ?which bears the unnatural fruit. The tree is an ordinary, medium-size speci? men of its kind, and to a person standing twenty steps away, would attract no special attention among the others stand? ing thickly grouped about. A nearer inspection, 1 owever, would reveal its re markab'e identity. Thickly perched upon' e very twig and bow are to be seen these acorns, varying in size the same as they flourish on their parent stem, the oak. Interspersed here and there upon the tr?e are the original pine burs. Captain Martin considers it a most re? markable frea'< of nature, and he is cer? tainly correct. He cau form no plausible reason for the amalgamation and cannot in any way sec >unt for ti e hybri 1 Htate thus e?tablished. The tree, .with the acorns on it, is there to show for itself, and the captain will take pleasure in showing it to any oce ?In would ike to reo the wonderful curiosity, Spirits. Men in all ages and in all lands have believed in them. In addition to the idea of an invisible God or gods, the idta of beings like ourselves?though with? out bodies?seems to be universal. And ?.ve find such beings referred to all thnugh the Bible. God is a spirit. Christ promised and sent to bis disciples ?e Holy Spirit as another "Comforter." The holy angels are spoken of as spirits. So arc Satan and his angels. So are the souls of those who have died. There can be no doubt that we are surrounded by hosts of unseen intelligences, som? good and some evil, all of whom are deeply interested in us, and do more or less to help or hinder us in our heavenward journey. We are all too much inclined to forget or ignore this fact, and to live as if the world of sense were the only which wo ought to care for. Hence if modern Spiritualism recalls our attention to this neglected facts, its errors and evil may be overruled for good. Let us dwell briefly upon some things we know about spirits. 1. They are very numerous. The an? gels that stood around God's throne when John went up through the open door into heaven were "ten thousand time? ten thousand and thousands of thousands." And they were only a small part of the whole number. Myriads, no doubt, were traversing the universe, do? ing the will of their Lord. The redeem? ed from earth at that time were "a mul? titude that no man could number," and how great it must be to day ! Bryant says in his "Thanatopsis"! "All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom." But the souls or spirits of those count? less hosts are in the spirit world. Dur? ing the nearly G,00u years since Adam was created there have been nearly two hundred generations. The number of the dead therefore can not be less than fifty times that of the living. This would give a population of 7,500,000,000 that the earth had added to the myriads who are invisible to us. Well, then, may we speak of dying as "going over to the majority." 2. They are intensely active. How wonderfully a mind works, even when shut up iu a body? Who, then, can im? agine the speed and power of a disem? bodied mind? Spirits travel as thought travels. 3. Some of these spirits are deeply interested in us, and especially in those of us who are Christians. Paul says that the holy angels desire to look into the mysteries of the gospel; that they are "all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation." And that to the principali? ties and powers in the heavenly places shall be made known by the Church the manifold wisdom of God. But there are other spirits who hate us because we love the Lord, and who do all they can to de? ceive and destroy us. Satan is called the adversary, the tempter, a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour, the spirit that.now worketh in the children of disobedience. And Paul admonishes us that we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of darkness of this world, against wicked spirits. These facts are sufficient to justify and claim far more attention to spirits than most of us give. We smile at the story of Luther hurling bis inkstand at the devil. But he may not have erred on the one extreme as far as we err on the other. If we are to wrestle against wick? ed spirits, they must be as real to us as the angel was to Jacob at Peniel. But while we are to have our eyes opened and see by faith, as Elisba did, horses and chariots of fire around us, we are not to be afraid of spirits, or doubtful as to the issue of the great conflict in the spir? it world. For we should remember, first of all, that while Satan is a mighty spir? it; while he has studied the tactics of temptation for nearly 6,000 years, and can, when he will, transform himself into an angel of light, yet be is a finite being. . He can only guess the future and can not foreknow it. He can be in only one place at a time. His power, though great, is limited. He has been foiled again and again, even by the angels (see Dan. 13; Jude 9 and Eev. xii. 7). He was signally foiled by Christ in the wil? derness and by the crucifixion, which he no doubt regarded at the time as a vic? tory. Though he is a roaring lion, he wears a chain, and one end of it is in the hand of God. M"'ghty and malignant as he is, he can do only what our Heavenly Father permits him to do. On the other hand, the Holy Spirit is divine. He is omnipresent aud omnipotent. He knows all things, aud he is given to abide with us forever. 2. We should remember that God has doubtless more angels than Satan has. And as they are holy and in daily inter? course with the Father of lights and the Source of all strength, they are wiser and stronger than the fallen spirits. With the Holy Spirit and myriads of ministering spirits "who excel in strength" on our side, we need not fear Satan and his angels. 3. We should remember that in all the long-contest since the Fall, between the powers of light and darkness, every --substantial victory has been on the side of the former. The success of wicked men and their invisible allies has always been temporary and more apparent than real.? Indeed, as in the case of our Sa? viour's death, their most signal triumphs prove to be disastrous defeats It will be so until the end, when S.itwi shall be cast into the bottomless pit. 4. We should remember that wo have in this contest not only tin1 Holy Spirit and tin holy angels working with and for us on file earth, hut the "Captain of our salvation" is i i the mid?t if the throne. He is exalted there a Prince and a Saviour. He watche* with onmis cient eye. No foe, however wily and disguised, can steal upon u without his knowledge. And to him all power is given in heaven and on the earth. He is able to save unto the uttermost. Hav? ing loved his own, he loves them to the end. Hence nothing can come to pass that is not according to his will. His foes and our' can not tempt us beyond what we are able to bear. Their wrath awl malice will he overruled for our good. The issue r.f n ejunpaV? under such a leader, with such an army to do his bidding, can not be doubtful. 5. We should remember the promise in James iv. 7, "Resist the devil and he will flee from you." Thin j* positive and emphatic. We need only firmness and courage to secure deliverance from the most subtle and persistent attacks of the tempter. Satan i? strong only when we are weak. If we yield, then he presses the advantage that we give him. He is like a human bully. Present a hold front and he will flee. G. We should remember, finally, that in this contest, while Satan tries to en? slave us, God and his angels respect our freedom. They will not help us so as to degrade us. They wait until we call upon them. They want, us to develop our Christian manhood by leading the as? sault upon the powers of darkness, trust? ing in them as our allies. "We are to "fight the good fight of faith." If we don't believe in the Holy Spirit, and yet ask him to work in us both to will and to dp, he will not force his way into our hearts, but will staod without, grieved by our neglect, and marveling at our un? belief. If we don't believe in the minis- , -try of angels, they will not minister to us. Their Lord will not send them where their services are not recognized and honored. 0, if there were faith in the Church to day in "the horses and chariots of fire" equal to that of Elisha in his day, such miracles of power and love would be wrought as the world has never seen.?Herald and"% Presbyter. The Vanderbilt Boys. The young Vanderbilts?I mean Cor? nelius and William K., the present heads of the family?have "gone at it" as if they meant to double the fortunes their father Jeft them right speedily. Indeed, I don't see how they can help it. Corne? lius Vanderbilt is 40 now, and he is worth, I suppose, at least $80,000,000, perhaps more. This, at compound inter? est, should double every twelve years, which would make it no less than $640, 000,000 when Mr. Cornelius is 76. It would increase a good deal faster than at the interest which he is to day receiv? ing on his stock and bonds, but there will come panics, reverses, cataclysms, perhaps, and he can not safely count on making more than $460,000,000 in thirty six years. These young men are exceptional characters. They started in the path of life under the iron rod of their remarka? ble grandfather, the old commodore. He didn't believe in boys alkali; be didn't believe in anybody much, and when Cornelius and William K. got out of short clothes he said to their father: "Look a here, Billy, boys are no good; there's only one way to save !em, and that is by putting 'em at something, and making 'em work like the devil all the while. Now, stick these boys in some? where, and make 'em come down to it. Don't let up on 'em." William H. was not half as hard and inflexible as bis father, but he was accus? tomed to mind that gentleman?as obedi? ent when he was 40 as when he was 14 ?and he knew perfectly that it was better1 to kick a boy out of doers than to pet him and give him money ; so he told the boys as his father had told him, that they "must support ihemselves." Cornelius got a little clerkship in the Shoe and Leather bank when he was 16, and for four years he got there as early as any clerk, and worked as late and as hard. He allowed himself no extra holidays, and neither his father nor his grandfather did anything to make his li.e easier. During the?e years his uncle Torrance, going to Europo for the com? modore, invited "the youngster" to go, with him, and the grandfather relented and consented. The boy was delighted at the chance, but the question of salary was involved. He presented tbe matter to the president. "You can go," said that amiable functionary, "but of course y.ou will lose your salary, $150." That settled it. Cornelius turned his back on temptation and declined to go. When he was 20 he was made a clerk "at the bottom of the ladder" in the Hudson River railroad office, and his younger brother William K., was put at work there the next year. For more than eighteen years, now, they have "bowed down to it" in that great concern, and they are far better trained than their father ever was in all the details of the business. They are not fast men. They own no yacht. They care nothing for clubs. They are content with one wife apiece They love their children, and each fami? ly, filing into church, looks like a pair of gently sloping stairs. They care little for fast horses. They do not swear. One of them is superintendent of a Sunday schooi, and both are deeply in? volved in the various charities of tbe city. Cornelius is first vice president and bead of finance, and William K. is sec? ond vice president and master of trans? portation. Each knows his business thoroughly. The most striking thing about either of them U that they work as hard as if they were hired by the job ?which they are, by the way?and that they are perfectly democratic and acces? sible to anybody who has business with them. On the whole, the present seniors of the house of Vanderbilt are about the most quiet, unassuming, well behaved, well trained, and level headed of the New York millionaires of the present day.? Cor. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette^ ? A Tennessee man finds there are 390,0011 worthless d< gs in that State, which consume food euoug'-, if fed to hogs, to make 30,000,000 pounds of bacon, which would be equal to feeding meat to 100,000 able-bodie 1 men a whole year. At lOcenu per pound the bacon would be worth $(>,000,0(.0, and if in silver would load down ninety-four two horse wagon? and make a wagon train more than half a mile loug. Again, the worthless curs ? prevent farmers from keeping 2,000,000 she?p, the mutton and wool from which would be worth $5,000, 000. Including the sheep annually killed, the whole expense of keeping the dogs of the State amounts to the pretty sum of $9,000,000.