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BY E. B. MUEEAY & CO. ANDERSON, S, O, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 12, 1886. VOLUME XXIMM NEW CROP TtFRlSTIP SEED, IMMENSE LOT,'-JUST ARRIVED, AND THE BEST ST'^tJiT JARS ? AT ? -SIMPSON, RE ID 3c GO'S IXRUG STORE, "Waverly House Corner. ~0gNS?Lf YOUR INTERESTS ! f T> EED & STEPHENS -will be pleased to quote Bheir prices and show the numer X&> pus styles of Carriages, Phseions. Buggies and Wagons of their . manufacture; Western or Columbus, to any one who intends^to purchase. We have a largo eic^ to select from, and guarantee satisfaction to every purchaser. For neatness \ and diiraitility our wort cannot be excelled in the Southern States. Be sure and see us before you buy, and we will make it to your interest to do so. Pt<a sell on time to good parties. Call at the right place. Oar Factory and Show Rooms are on Main Street,Twtween the Square and University. REED ?^ AndersohvS.C., JulylS, 1S86 1 & STEPHENS. it OWE COMBINATION FENCE, MANUFACTURED BY ' 35 BROTHER FENCE COMPANY. Chicken Tight, Mule High, Bull Strong! Durable, Handsome, Portable, CHEAP! PUT- up for convenient handling in bundles of 50. feet or more. Nothing but sound Pickets and best grade Bessemer'galvanized Steel Wire used in the manufacture of bur'Fencing. TBIS iS CERTAINLY THE FENCE OF THE DAY! AndTisFATJ SUPERIOR in many respects to any other kind of Fence ever in vented. ? , ? The above cut exhibits its appearance, and the Fence need only be seen to be appreciated. , . Orders Tor fencing filled promptly, and all correspondence in regard to same will have our immediate attention. .. ' . THE SULLIVAN & BRO. FENCE CO., S?I^LIVAlW & BRO., Proprietors. Anderson, S. C. E. PEOPLES A.gent for the Celebrated W WiHfCLf fill, FEEDER IND COROENSEB, Manufactured at Atlanta? Georgia, and to which Pre? miums were awarded at the Atlanta Cotton Exposition, Charleston Industrial Expo? sition Feb. 2,1882, and'at the South Carolina and Georgia . State v . Fairs 1881.. THE VAN WINKLE FEEDER AND .CONDENSER can be attached to any other Gin, so parties having other* make df Gins and wishing Feeders or ."Condensers can be supplied by sending in their order in time, and I will guarantee satisfaction. All kinds of PULLEYS and SHAFTING-and most IMPROVED CANE MILLS and EVAPORATORS furnished to order. Van Winkle King ?otton Press Has long been before the public, and is too. well known to need any further description. Its chief points of merit, are : It takes' very little room, is easily handled, and takes so little pow? er ; can be used on ajl kinds of powers?horse, water or steam. Ginning and packing can all go on at the same time, without interfering with the Gin.: A two-inch belt will .pack a 500 lb. bale of cotton. It saves its cost the first season in labor. Read the following testimonial: Anderson, S. C.-^Mr. John E. Peoples?Sir The Steam Power Van Winkle Cotton Press bought from you last Fall has given entire satis? faction. I packed bales of cotton-jveigbing 660 to-725 lbs. in five minutes with all ease, using a 4-inch belt and 25 lbs. steam. , There did not seem any more strain on the Press than with a 400 lb. bale. For'durability, strength, lightness of power, small quantity of steam required, economy of space, I deem it the King of all Cotton Presses?especially so aa the low price At which it can be bought for puts it within reach, of every man running a steam.Gin. In fact I would not be-without it forjtwice i& oost. I would advise alKmy friends to buy one of Van Winkle's Steam Power Cotton Presses, as you will save its coBt in labor in one year. ......... M. A. COBB~ BOSS PRESS I am Agent also for the "Boss Hand and Power Presses," which are strong, easily handled and easily erected. STAR PRESS. I am- Agent also-for the Star Hand Press, which gives general .satisfaction. Suitable for traveling Gins. - THE HALL SELF-FEEDING COTTON GIN, Manufactured at Sing Sing, N. Y., has given satisfaction wherever used. The saws are made of the best imported steel. The saw shaft is the largest made. An ex? amination of. other Gins will convince you it is the most substantially built Gin in use. It <novei'. breaks the /oil, and therefore does away with the expenee of the ^revolving head, a* the secret of making the Gin to prevenLits breaking the roll is in tHe^bpSfshape of the roll box. Every oneshould Examine the improvements in the Hall Gin madeinls year, especially the improvement in the Feeder. Second-hand Machinery. ? 'l have a lot of second-hand GINS and PRESSE3, which are almost as good as new, that I wilLaell for about one-half the price of a new one. ? {?* Cornell and see mo and got prices before buying Jane 24,1866 JOHN E. PEOPLES, 50 3m Te}aghe}i$' Column, J. G. CLINKSCALES, Editor. We regret to lose Mr. Vickery from Anderson, but, at the same time, are forced to admire his determination to prepare himself for the duties and re? sponsibilities of his chosen profession. He goes next winter toFurroan Univer? sity to complete his education. To sus? tain the reputation of the New Prospect School for thorough'work, his successor must be wide-awake and full of energy. It ia refreshing to try to teach a class in a school so well drilled as that has been. If there is a man in the County that doesn't believe that the system and order of the cily schools can be introduced into the country schools and be made to revolutionize the fossilized method of assigning and hearing lessons, let him make a visit to the New Prospect School. In neatness, order, system, and push, that school has no superior in the County. The teacher came to Anderson County an inexperienced second-grade teacher. By close attention to his work and by almost unremitting study, not only of his text-books, but of the best works he could find on the science of his profess? ion, he has placed himself among the very first of the first-grade teachers in the County. He puts brain and heart and muscle into his work. With these three elements, what teacher could be a failure? Mr. Editor : I was glad to be greeted by your cordial hand shake at my little schcol house on the Brushy Creek the other day. I hope you will come again. I have been trying the plan of teaching on the black-board, addition, subtraction, etc., in which tho teachers were.instruct" ed at the Institute, and find it very valu? able. It relieves the monotony of the school room duties and pleasantly en? gages the attention, ot the pupils: it begets in the scholars .a laudable rivalry, and, io a abort time, imparts a"facility?in the art of combining, separating and multiplying numbers, that would other? wise occupy years iu the" acquiring, or worse, not be acquired at all. So much for my school. If thero is any class of people worthy of the universal sympathy and support of mankind, it is our country school teachers, and yet, they possess very little ot either. My own aching back and limbs and brain and heart (school teach? ers have hearts), since I have entered the listu, have caused me to do some serious ruminating. Our public school teachers are paid about twenty-five dollars < per month. For this mere pittance they are expecte'd to devote the whole time of a cultivated mind to "one of the most ex? hausting and mind-ransacking pursuits in the catalogue of human experience. Don't think me complaining or seeking sympathy for myself. The experience of the new phase of life, on which I have launched, will amply reward me for the few weeks that will have been devoted to it: and it is well, for that is about all the reward I will receive. . The lawyer charges five dollars for about five minutes use of his pen in fill? ing out tue blanks in some legaldocu mtrot. .He qolLecta a fee of from.fifty.to a thousand dollars for defending some slleaged criminal, the principal thing being the making of a speech, the get? ting-up of which, at most, requires but a few days'' study. The doctor charges from three dollars upward for a few min? utes of his wise-looks, drug-giving and pulse-feeling.' ' The minister receives from seven hundred to two thousand dollars a year for conducting a prayer meeting once a week, and .for preaching one or two sermons on Sundays. Even the farmer, whose bard lot is so much lamented, has ease and quiet and a good healthy diet iu his country home. And what of the teacher! the meek, self forgetful, uncomplaining teacher! He ia in some cases superior, in many cases (ought always to be) equal, in mental capacity and training, to the adherents of any other profession. He is expected to possess all the cunning of a lawyer, the knowingness of a doctor, and the wisdom, gravity and unimpeachable morals of a minister. He toils five days in a week (aye, sometimes seven or more) devoting himself to labor and the study of other people's interests ; and for his meek, unselfish and almost unremitting labor, the State, in her bounty and ex? treme solicitude for justice and the wel? fare of her people, pays him twenty-five dollars a month, hardly enough to provide the necessaries of life. It is unjust, a shame, preposterous: but the facts re? main the same. And who must change this perverse state of affairs, if it is to be changed? The teachers, assuredly. j Unity gives strength. The farmers know, this, and bind themselves together in their Granges, and Farmers' Clubs/ Merchants and mechanics have similar means of co operation. If the teachers would accomplish anything, they must bind themselves together in'united effort to make themselves better teachers, and to create a demand for their services. They must magnify their profession. The Institute is the organ through which the Anderson County teachers .should, act. We have every reason to rejoice with you, sir, at the success of the late session. Through it, if the sessions are only frequeot enough, and the' Teachers' Column, our teachers have an opportu? nity to fight a glorious buttle for educa? tion, their country and themselves; none tho less glorious though not' victorious, aud it will be victorious, if properly fought. . ? But my letter grows lengthy, and you, my dear sir, inayhiips, are growing wearied. Begging you to excuse the un? wonted appearance of selfishness I as? sume in appropriating so much of your valuable space and time, I am, yours truly, Teacher. ? In eighteen months the Administra? tion has weeded out 22,747 of the 03,514 postmasters. It is a big job, soberly, deliberately, wisely performed. It marks a policy of zeal tempered by discretion and denotes a victor who is just to his friends arid magnanimous to his foes. ? A girl baby born in Georgia during a terrible storm, has been Darned Cyclo nia. OUR EUROPEAN LETTER. The Journey to Pnrls. Special Correspondence Anderson Intelligencer. Tuesday morning, June 29ib, we strap our baggage on the wheels, and move slowly towards th<5 Black Friar Bridge, the streets are alive with vehicles, and it was with some difficulty that we could rido. We reach the bridge, howover, cros* over and steer for the suburbs. We found the wheeling here very rough and slippery, the sprinklers having showered the streets with water. Our wheels slips from under us once or twice, but we reach the limits of the city in safety, nnd take the most direct road to Brighton. The day is beautiful, and as we roll into the rural districts we find the roads dry and smooth,-and for bicycling the best that we have found in England. We . turn about to take a farewell view of the great city, but the highest dome of London is out of sight. We ride on a few miles further and stop to rest for a few minutes in the cool morning shade, for the sun is growing warm. We make a sketch of the surroundings, and are soon on our way again. We stop several times dur? ing morning to make pictures of the scenery along tho road, for an American it was quite attractive. We arrive at the little village of Crawley, about 3 o'clock, and put up for the night. At an early hour in the morning wo were up, and on the road. The air was cool, the wheel? ing the very best, and we spin along at a lively rate, halting now and then to make a sketch. We complete the journey with a five mile coast, and arrived in Brighton for dinner. This is the great watering place of the Kingdom, It is beautifully located, and much has been done to make it attractive and pleasant. At present it appears to be dull, but we were informed that the busy season usually commenced the first of August, and continued until December, and that about one hundred thousand visitors spend the summer there. After riding about the upper part of the city we spin up and down the maiu Ave., which extends for four miles along the sea shore. The water seems so inviting we roll down and bath briefly, for the water to us seemed very cold. Bedtime arrives aud we retire. Thursday morn-, ing, July 1st, we are out early and on the road to New Haven, ten miles away. Our route is along tho sea shore, and just hilly enough to make the Star do some climbing, for iu some way or other, it took me ovei them all, while Columbia and Royal Mail needed much urging and pushing. We-arrive safely and wheel to tho boat landing, for in the afternoon we are to set sail for Dieppe, France. We book our machines, buy our tickets and ascertain that our vessel will sail prompt? ly at 2 o'clock. Having several hours to wait, we examine ourselves and it is our sad misfortune to realize that there is not I a drop of French blood in our veins, and not a French word in our minds. We had expected my brother who speaks the language, to accompany us through France, and dissappointedly we were left without an interpreter, and all we have in this world that is a least bit Freuchy is a little green covered book containing a few English .and French sentences. Well we all s?t down, put our heads together and took our first French lcsBon. On the thirty-fourth page we find "Apportez moiuu biscuit," and the hook' says it means "Bring me a biscuit." *J. M. intimates that it would be a good plan for him to learn to' say, but prefers to-have the last word biscuit changed to a large loaf of bread, and thinks it a good idea to put a pan of milk in some where. We all are anxious to learn French, so we peruse the book. On the forty-eighth page we find that "Du pain" is bread. We aro unable to find anything that, means a large loaf, so we suppose "Cent livres," (a hundred weight.) We find nothing that means pan, so we supply "Un petit baril" (a 'small barrel,) and "Du lait" meaning milk, we have "Apportez hoi un cent livres du pain', et un petil baril de du lait" (bring me a hundred weight of bread, and a small barrel of milk.) We inform bim that this is what hs must say when he desires a large bowl of bread and milk. He makes a stagger at the prono?nciation but we find it incorrect, bo we pronounce it for bim. He then retires some dis? tance away to say his piece. Each one tries to become familar with that part of the French language that be thinks he will most need.. We- soon discover that our wants are prcdigious and it is quite evident that we have a big job on our bands. Wo have no time to Tose, so some one suggests that we resort, in case of necessity, in some natural method, or in other words, that we gesture it out. In view of the fact that wc, collectively and individually, have a limited idea of what the Fren"1 language is and believing it expedient .0 resort to any or -all reason? able means through which it may be possible to make a multitude of wants known. We believe the lost suggestion a good one, and adopt the plan. The whistle blows and we forgot our troubles for a short time to make ready for the voyage. At twp o'clock, precisely our little aide wheel steamer gl ides out of the harbor at 'the rate of sixteen miles per'hour, and aa she steams along the great white cliffs ? she seems but a speck but she moves so beautiful that we are more delighted with her than with the great "City of Rome." But as we push - further out into the channel, the sea grows heavier and soon the waves toss her about like a bobin to a fish line, and our opinions go down as our dinners go up. We lose all relish for the French language and the desire to see France. In fact we loae pretty much everything but our boots. Well we don't talk about it, and to cut a long story Bhort we concluded that it might bo pos? sible to make ^Frenchmen out of us but sailors impossible. "We are not built that .way." Thanks, to .kind Providence a't-7.30 we arrive in Deippe and all there is left of us goes upon shore. We have hardly reached the end of the gang plank when a squad of blue jacket fellows swarm around us and commence firing ' their French at us. We arc taken rather unawares, and before we could get time . to converse with them in their own lan? guage or otherwise our coats wero unboL toned, and our. persons and baggage examined. Well to tell the truth we didn't try to talk much and I don't have any remembrance of any.of us trying to gesture for thero was a lot of men with red pants and long swords that kept their eyes on us and we didn't care to make any false motions so wo stood thero like clothier's dummies and let them havo it all their own way. The ceremony was Bhort and right to the point and we soon learned that they were custom house officers and they meant no harm. An English hotel had been recommended to us which wo soon found, and it waa our pleasure to converse in our own language. We are kindly invited to make ourselves at home. We are yet weak, aud our landlady recommends some soup for our stomach's sake, so we indulge moderately and retire. We remain Friday, July 2, in Dieppe, and are very much interested in the quaint old city, for such it is in the truest sense of the term. The streets are nar? row and the buildings are crumbling with age. Tue customs and habits of the peo? ple are much the same as hundreds of years ago. That part of the city lying along the coast has been built up during the last century, and is now quite a fashonable summer resort. But we must not tarry too long at Dieppe, so on Satur? day morning we wheel toward Paris via Rouen and Mantes. The weather' is quite warm but the scenery is so attrac? tive and the roads so fine that we forgot about the heat. We have not the space to give details of Lbejourney, it was very pleasant throughout and the many funny experiences we bad in trying to make ourselves understood along the road only made it the more romantic. We found .the peasants kind and obliging, however, and did what they could to help us on our way to Rouen. My machine attracts a good deal of attention, which was worth more to us than a letter of introduction, for we found the acquaintance of several wheelmen, one the President of a bicycle club, who showed us the way to an En? glish hotel and did all in his power .to make it pleasant for us. Rouen is one of the many attractive places of France. Its history making it of unusal interest to travelers. We visited many places of interest and hasten towards' Paris, arriv? ing thero on Monday, July 5th. We wheel down that magnificent Avenue de la Grand Armee, near to the Arch of Triumphy, and stop at the Hotel du Chateau. Van De Venter. Cat Hhn Down. The people of the Third Congressional District, in common with those of all South Carolina, love and honor Judge Cothran, but they ought to defeat him in the contest he is making for Congress. He is violating a vitally important prin? ciple and trying to make a very danger? ous precedent. The property, liberty and lives of the people are secured only by the purity of the bench and its freedom from the in? fluences of politics. For that reason the power of electing judges is taken from the people and vested in the Legislature, terms are made long and liberal salaries are provided. The spirit of our customs and laws is to the uplifting of our judges beyond the need of seekiug popular ap? plause or the favor of individuals. Judge Cut bran's character and record give assurance that he is, so far as man can be, beyond the power of selfishness in the performance of bis official duties. But no man is beyond the suspicion of disappointed or defeated litigants and it is easy to imagine how the rage of per? sons against whom he is required to de? cide causes would seize on his candidacy as a pretext for shaking the confidence of their friends and other in the purity of his motives. He offers a weapon to all who are tempted by passion or self-inter? est to assail the administration of justice and throw dirt on the judicial robes. There may come after him men lack? ing his strength and honesty who would yield to the temptation to use their office for their ends and win popularity at the expense of justice. Such men have been and will be judges. They ought to be kept from the possibility of temptation by being kept out of political struggles. They can not be kept so with the example of a man like Judge Cothran to point to and the precedent of his success to urge them. It is generally understood that Judge Cothran can not resign to enter the con? test for Congress without injury to the State and damage to litigants who have cases in his bands; In these circum? stances we believe he made an unfortu? nate mistake when, he became a candi? date. We do not question his motives. The people have nothing to do with them. Facts are all we ought to consid? er. The fact is that a judge on the bench is a candidate for Congress seek? ing the suffrages of the people among whom he sits as judge. The people owe it to themselves, for their own safety and to secure the sanctity of the bench in the present and its purity in the future, to forget the love and respect they justly hold for J. S. Cothran the man, and to declare by-an overwhelming adverse ma? jority their rebuke of the judge who actively engages in politics ana their Eurpose that no man shall be on the ench and a candidate before them for other honors.?Greenville News. Care of AuJmnls la Summer, The American Humane Association presents the following suggestions rela? tive to the care of animals during the heated term : Provide water?fresh, pure water. Think, reader, how you are refreshed by a drink of cool water on a hot day. The lower animals are equally in need of the means of quenching thirst. The active dog requires driuk frequent? ly during the hot day, as does also the cat; and a dish of fresh water should stand where they can have access to it. Undoubtedly many a dog is driven to madness through lack of water; and the testimony is that hydrophobia is almost unknown in those localities where dogs can drink when they wish. Every city, village and country town should be liberally supplied with drinking fountains for animals, and they should be so constructed that even the smallest dogs can drink from them. No gift to a people confers a greater pleasure than a fountain, and that person who turns aside a stream from the field and gives a water? ing trough to the roadside, or provides a fountain at which' man and beast can drink pure water, is truly a public bene? factor. Give the horse frequent opportunity to quench thirst at times when not too much over heated, and before eating. To drink freely immediately after eating prevents a favorable digestion of food. Provide shade. How instinctively we seek the shadow when the sun is pouring its hot rays on the dry and parched earth. If the pasture is not provided with shade trees, in a convenient locality set four, six or eight supports, across which place straw or grass, and thus, in a brief time and with little labor make a shade in which animals can rest from the heat of the sun, to the great comfort of them solves and benefit to their owners. Remove the harness from the horses in the hot day whenever you desiro to give them a full, free rest, and once during the day, preferably at night, a thorough currying and groomiug will not only give rest,-but will do about as much towards improving the animal's condition as will the oats. Examine the harness on your working team, and you will discover that blinds, check reinB and cruppers are simply tor? turing contrivances, serving no useful purpose, Take them all off for the con? venience of yourselves and the comfort of the horses. Keep the stable well ven? tilated and free from the strong ammonia which is injurious to the eyes. Assist the animals to protect themselves against flies, feed regularly, hitch in the shade, and remember that the caro which will give comfort to the lower animals will make them doubly profitable to their ownors, asido from the humane bearing upon the Btibject. ? "Pa," inquired a little boy, "if you can say that 'people run for office,' why can't you say that pooplo walk for offico?'' "Bccauso they are in too big a hurry to walk," explained the intelligent father, BILL ARP'S LETTER. Ho Institutes a System of Family Reform. Atlanta Constitution. Nature can beat art sometimes. I've been to the theater afore now, and the players acted the play so natural and sympathetic that I got all tangled up and excited, and would cry or laugh just as they did ; but nature can beat art some? times. Just about eu-idown, the other evening, while we were all sitting in the piazza calm and serene, there was a wild shriek down at the corner of the garden, and it was Carl calling, and he said, "Run here to Linton. Liriton is killed; ruu, papa; run somebody," and we did run, and Mrs. Arp and the girls crierl, "Oh, mercy! Oh, good Lord !" and all sorts of interjections and conjunctions- at every step, and there was a wild and fearful panic when we got to the boy, and he was lying pale and senseless on the rocky ground, with a big limb across his breast. He had fallen about twelve feet from the top of a venerable apple tree that, they say, was planted by the Indiaos about sixty years ago. I heaved the old broken : limb off of tho boy and took him in my arms and then up the hill to the house, and my escort oh, oh my escort, with their cries and screams, demoralized me fear? fully. He was a stout lad of thirteen, this grandson of ours, and as tough as a pine knot, and I knew he was hurt, badly hurt, but I can always keep calm and serene on such occasions if the women will let me. Laying him gently on the bed, Mrs. Arp ripped his garments with trembling hands and motherly sobbings to find the flowing blood and the gaping wounds, and broken limbs, but they were not there. He was shocked and senseless, and breathed hard and gurgled in his throat, and groaned and sighed, but I bad seen those signs before with the other boys and had faith. And, sure enough, in about an hour he came to himself, and looking around upon the excited family asked what was the matter, and said, "Grandma, I dreamed I was falling from the apple tree." The doctor came about that time and found his arm and shoulder badly bruised and one rib hurt, perhaps fractured, and said he would be awful sore for a day-or two, and then get well and be ready for the next skirmish. But Mrs. Arp was not satisfied, and watched him all night, and as he slept she listened to his breathing and felt his pulse and imagined that something was internally wrong. The boy carries his arm in a handkerchief now, and can't go in a washing nor shoot a sling nor climb a tree, and he and Carl have to stay in the house and read story books and look at the pictures. But the like of this has to happen. It is part of a boy's raisiug. I wasent much account until I fell down a ladder bead foremost and was picked up for dead. I told ray wife I wouldent give a cent for a boy who bad never fell out of an apple tree or got his arm broke or his head gashed or something of the kind. If a man has never had any narrow escapes, or any wounds, or any broken bones, or been thrown from a horse and picked up for dead, what kind of a father will he be ? What has he got to tell his little boy, and excite his wonder and admiration ? I had lots of mishaps my? self, and as I grow older Mrs. Arp says they grow more bigger and more numer? ous. Well, of course! Nobody wants* to tell the same old thing the same old way a thousand times. Amplification is a sign of genius. Being knocked down and addled, is a big thing; but to be picked up for dead is heroic. I've got these children to watch now. Mrs. Arp has gone to visit her old home in Gwinnett, and she gave me a whole catalogue of admonitions and ordinations and recapitulations, which I've forgotten already. She has gone to see brothers aud their wives and children, and the dear old homo where her father and mother used to wear the parental crown, and bad more love and more power than a king. What a sacred temple was that old family room. It was the court where' she brought all childish troubles and got comfort. She remembers every nail in the floor,' every brick jn the hearth, every knot in the ceiling overhead. She wanted to see the big old oaks in the back yard, under whose shade she played and swung and had her playhouse of broken china. Tho cooing pigeons made love upon their spreading limbs by day and the noisy katydids by night. She wanted to see the big old spring at the foot of the bill, for she knew there was no change, no decay, no mortality there. The water is still running and though the frog and the crawfish and the spring lizzard that used to excite her youthful fears have departed this life interstate, they left childreu to inherit and enjoy that peaceful shady spring. The little branch still flows on over its gravelly bed and down into the little fish pond below, and the ripple of its waters still sings that same old song: "For men may come and men may go, But I go on forever." I know that her memory will linger there sweetly, for she used to wade in that branch, and she would like to wade in it again if nobody was looking, but I reckon she won't. There is a 'siramon tree on the hill close by that she used to climb in the Fall of the year, for she was as fond of 'simmons as a 'possum, but she will never climb it aoy more; I reckon she won't. The grape vine swing at the back of the garden and the saplings she used to bend down and ride are gone all gone; but she doesent want to ride saplings now. Old Aunt Peggy has gone, too; gone where' the good darkies go. She was always old and wrinkled and dried up, but she was faithful uuto death, and the children loved her. Nobody knew how old she was. For forty con? secutive years she said she was a hundred ?no more no less?always a hundred. But dearest of all is the old graveyard that is close by. The village grave yard where "the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep." I know she will linger there with sweet and sad emotions, for there sleep her nearest and dearest ones?father and mother and brothers and an only sister, and sweetest of all, a dear little babe of her own. How surely does life and love repeat the scenes of our youth. Hers were fond parents and there was a flock of children, fair children, all hopeful and happy and loving and they were ten, just ten. She and I have succeeded them and we have ten, just ten. ? We>too, have a cottage home and a spring at the foot of the hill and a branch for the children to play in, aud a fish pond, ?nd 'jig oaks with pigeons cooing on the limbs. Just as they had we havo pea fowls to scream, and ducks aud chickens, and sheep and cattle, and dogs burk and cats purr, and our children and grandchildren come and go, and by and by we will go to sleep ,aud leave them all alone, just as we were left. And this is all right, all right. Wheu we have served our day and geueration then let us go. Let us marshal them the way of life and give good counsel and retire in peace and Christian hope of a reunion. Not a reunion like the soldiers have, that comes every year with dimin? ished numbers, but-a reunion in a better land that grows and grows to countless legions, and every year brings new recruits from kindred and from friends. How often do I sitjWevorie when I hear of a good parenr death and dream- I hear the glad voices of those who have gone before as they bring tidings to each other and say, "Our father has come," "Our mother has come at last." What a welcome to the orphan when the angel mother gives the warm embrace aud says, "My child, my child, God bless my child." Some folks don't believe in this, but I do. I'm going to wallow these hoys if they don't mind. I've humored and indulged them until they think there is no willipus wallipus on the plantation. They slipped off and went in a washing this evening about four o'clock, when the suu wns as hot as blazes. I bad promised them they might go in late, when the shadows of the willows had covered the pond; and now they say they misunderstood me. Their backs are nearly blistered, and I've a good mind to blister them a little lower down. I would have done it, but Linton had a lame arm and Carl was running at the nose. I see a lame guinea hopping around, and it hops very Tike a slingnhot struck it. They killed a pigeon not long ago and Raid they didn't mean to bit it, but was just trying to see how close they could miss it. 1 found my first ?ind big? gest melon plugged in the patch, and, though I didn't believe they would do me that mean, I held a court-martial and look testimony and looked as fierce and majes? tic as possible. They declared their in? nocence and showed a heap of wounded I feelings and told how they found our ; little darky's knife in the melon patch, and so the little darky surrendered and confepsed, which never was done by a darky before and his mother whipped him from Dau to Beersheba and my boys were discharged with honor and the com? mendation of the court. Carl is a very good boy by himself and Linton is good by himself. Each of tbem.work well in single harness, but hitch them together to a wagon and they are bound to break sometfc ing. I'm going for these chaps while Mrs. Arp is away. I'm for civil service reform now. Their mothers are afar off and I'm the autocrat. I'll teach them how to grabble the goobers before they are ripe. No, I won't either, and they know I won't.. These boys are mighty good to me. They bring me fresh water from the I spring without being told. They black my shoes when I am going to town. They follow me around the farm and help me get roasting ears. They listen to my marvelous stories with an affection? ate wonder that flatters my vanity. They borrow my pocket knife. They find my hat and my walking stick, and help me dig the potatoes for dinner. They are good company, these boys, now that Jessie has gone. I miss "Jessie, the flower of Dum blaue." She is my special comfort when I am ailing or have the blues. She rubs my head and brushes my backbair and talks so loving and kind, and always kisses me goodnight after she has said her prayers. Mrs. Afp will go to meeting Sunday. The same old church is there close by her old home?the church she was raised in and where she went to class meeting, and heard [old fathers Murphy and Ivy and Norton talk. The church where Judge Longstreet used to preach at quar? terly meetings?Judge Longstreet who used to distress old Uncle Allan Tomer, a good old man, because the judge would play on the fiddle ?und the flute and wrote some unheavenly stories in the Georgia Scenes. Both of these notable men always found welcome at her father's bouse, and while the judge was discnu ra? ng sweet mnsic in the parlor, Old Father Turner was walking the piazza, interceding in silent prayer for his for? giveness and reform. There were never two Christian men more unlike than they, but they are both in heaven now, and maybe Uncle Allen has got recon? ciled to music. Wo are all a bundle of prejudices, as well as habits, and I am glad to know that the age in which wo Jive to-day is more tolerant than the last.? Bill Abp. How They go to Sleep. There is an article~going the rounds entitled, "How the girls go to sleep." The manner in which they go to sleep, according to the article, can't hold a can dlo to, tho way a married woman goes to sleep. .Instead of thinking what'she should have attened to before going to bed, she thinks of it afterward. While she is revolving these matters in her mind, and while snugly tucked up in bed, the old man is scratching his legs in front of the fire and wondering how be will pay the next month's rent. Sud? denly she exclaims: "James, did you lock the door?" "Which door?" says James. "She cellar door,!' eays she. "No," says James. "Well, you had better go down and lock it, for I beard some one in tbe back yard last night." Accordingly James paddles down the stairs arid locks the door. About the time James returns and is going to bed she remarks:- ? ' ' "Did you shut the stair door ?',' "No," says James. "Well, if'it is not shut the cat will get up into the chamber." "Let her come up, then," says James, ill natu redly. "My goodness, no!" returned his wife; "she'd suck tbe baby's breath." # Then James paddles down stairs again and steps on a tack and closes the stair door and curses the cat, and returns to the bedroom. Just as he begins to climb into his couch his wife observes: "I forgot to bring some water; suppose you bring some up in the big tin." And so James, with a muttered curse, goes down in the dark kitchen and falls over a chair, and rasps all the tinware off th'ii wall In search of the "big" tin, and thim jerks the stair door open and howls: "Where the deuce are the matches?" She gives him a minute direction where to find the matches, and adds that she would rather go and get the water herself thim have the whole neighborhood raised about it. After which James finds the matches, procures the water and comes up stairs and plunges into bed. Presently his wife says: "James, let's have an understanding about money mat tern. Now, next week I've got to pay?" "I don't know what you'll have to pay, and don't care?" shouts James, as he lurches around and jams his' face against the wall; "all I want is sleep." ??" "That's all very well for you," snaps his wife, as she pulls the covers viciously j "ycu never think of the worry and trou-, ble I have. And there is Araminta, who, I biiliev'e, is taking the measles." "Let her take 'em," saya James. . Hereupon she begins to cry softly, but about the lime James is falling into a gentle dose she punches him in tbe ribs with her elbow and says: "Did you hear that scandal about Mrs. Jones ?" "Where ?" said James, aleepily. "Why, Mrs. Jones." ? "Where ?" inquires Janics. "I declare," said his wife, "you are get? ting more stupid every d?y. You know Mrs. Jones that lives at No. 21 ? Well, day before yesterday Susau Smith tola Mrs.. Thompson that Sam Barker had said that Mrs. Jones had?" Here she paused and listened. James is snoring in profound slumber. With a suort oT rage sho pulls all the covers off him, wraps up in them, and lays awake untii! 2 a. in., thinking how badly used she is. Aud that is the way tbe married woman goes to sleep.?Cincinnati Enqui? rer. How It Feels to be in Love. "Bill you've been in love, hasiri't you?" said cue stripling to another a year or two older than himself. "Oh, yes, Tom ; I'vo been there head over heels a couple times." "Does it make a fellow feel as though his clothes didn't fit him?" "That's it." ."A od sorter gloomy and saddish moat of th'a time?" "Well, I should rather say so. If you've got it in earnest, Tom. you feel as though you .had been fishing and didn't get a bite." "Bite! Gosh! feel as though I didn't even have no bait." THE MARTYR OF SEVENTY-SIX. Death of Hon. Samuel J. Tilden, of New York. Yoxkeiw, N. Y.. August 4.?Samuel J. Tilden died at Greystone, this morn? ing, at 10 minutes before 9 o'clock. He bad been enjoying his usual good health up to last Saturday evening. While sit? ting on the stoop of his residence,, at sundown on that evening, he was taken with a slight chill, which settled on his stomach and bowels, producing inflam? mation from which he suffered all night. In the morning he was slightly better and was able to ride out. On Sunday evening he felt much Worse and contin? ued to grow weaker, but until last night there were no fears of the consequences. This morniug it became apparent that the eud was near. Dr. Ohas. E. Sim onds and Miss Gould, a relative of Mr. Tilden, were at his bedside. A few moments before he died he tried to speak, but only moved bis lips, failing to make any sound. He passed away quietly and peacefully. - . New York, August 4.?Flags all over the city are at half-mast in recogni? tion of the death of Tilden. The news of his death spread through the city very rapidly. The newspaper offices bulle? tined it early and tbe news was scattered broadcast. Expressions of sorrow were beard on all sides, and from parties of all Eolitical faiths, at the loss the country ad sustained. Though it was kuown that Tilden bad been in bad health for some time, his death not being looked for, and coming so suddenly, was quite a shock to the community. Whon the news was received at police headquarters some of the officials regard? ed it as a hoax and refused to believe it. The wires, however, soon settled the question, and then began a season of speculation and retrospection, and many were the expressions of. sympathy for the dead man which were evoked by the dis? cussion of the election. of 1376. His noble fight for Hancock was remembered, and many expressed the opinion that it was the defeat of the Democracy in that year that led Tilden to declare that he was no longer a candidate for tbe suff? rages of the people of his country. Anecdotes of his early political life, mingled with memories ot his great aversion to official life and his adherence to the principles of his party, were heard on every hand. One great feature of the talk incidental to bis death was tbe loss it would be to tho Democratic party, that has of late been robbed by death of such leaders as Seymour, Hendricks, Hubert I. Thompson, John Kelly and others. The business men of the city lost no time in paying respect to the statesman's memory by displying flags at half-mast. Every building of prominence down-town bad its flags lowered to half mast. , Flags were also displayed at half-mast on all public buildings as soon as the report of hi? death was verified. No arrange* meuts for the funeral have yet been made. Geo. W. Smith, Tilden's private Secretary, says .he has not received any instructions from Mr; Tilden's relatives. Flags are all flying at half mast on the public buildings in Brooklyn to-day out of respect to the memory of Tilden. Expressions of regret for the departed statesman are heard on every side, and his loss is greatly felt. . Washington, August 4.?News . of Tilden's death was received at the Capi? tol to-day with/every manifestation of sincere regret. No one in this city had received any intimation of the precarious condition of tbe deceased statesman and many of the members of-Congress, in? cluding even Hewitt, first heard of tbe sad event when tbe resolution of regret offered'by Mr. Morrison was read from the clerk's desk in the House. An Asso? ciated Prea3 bulletin was flashed, over a special wire to President Cleveland im? mediately upon its receipt iu Washington, 'and caused a sensation when received at the White House. Mr. Randall was, perhaps, more visibly affected than any other member of the House. He spoke in deep sorrow of the loss the Democracy bad sustained in Tilden's death, and his sentiments found sympathetic response among the rank and file of the Democratic party in both houses of Congress, while prominent Republicans were not wanting in express? ions of sorrow. Telegrams from all parts of the country announce meetings held for the purpose of passing resolutions of respect to the memory of Mr. Tilden. The following resolutions were adopted by the State Democratic Convention in. Columbia last week: Resolved, by the Democratic party of South Carolina in Convention assembled, That we have heard with profound regret of tbe death of tbe Hon. Samuel J. Til den, of New York. Resolved, That this illustrious citizeu exemplified in his life the true patriot and devoted supporter of constitutional liberty, and that by his death the nation has lost one of her most eminent and useful statesmen. Resolved, That though by fraud de? prived of tbe office of President we shall cherish bim in memory aloDg with Jeffer? son, Madison and Monroe, and the other great statesmen that have by their wisdom, and love of liberty brought such lustre to the institutions of our country. Important Medical Discovery,. Detroit, Mich., July 28.?A series of experiments were performed yesterday at Milan, a small town in the Southern part of this State, that are thought to make certain a great advance in one branoh of medical treatment. Mr. Eugene Allen has perfected an instrument which he has been working at for a number of years, for the transfusion of blood directly fnw one animal or person into another, and it bids fair to overcome the only heretofore existing obstacle to the success of this operation, the clotting of the blood and dangerous following Jrom injection of such , clots. In the experiments a sick sheep was. placed at one end of the in? strument, and-a healthy one at the other, and a very visible change for the better was in tbe sick one. Tbe other was then allowed to bleed as long as'blood would , flow,.and was resuscitated by blood taken from. a calf. There were present Profs. Vaughn aud Langley of tbe Medical Department of the State University, and I four or five local physicians. The Pro? fessors took an instrument back to Aun Arbor. It will probably' be introduced into the hospital there. The inventor is a lawyer by profession, enjoyed a fair practice until!ill health compelled him to. partially give lip work. . Unexpected Arrival. About a year .ago a citizeu of this country was riding along a certain road, whistling a nice little tune, when his dog ran a small squirrel up a sapling. The dog was well developed as to mouth and his lungs lacked not strength. Soon his furious barking so frightened tho squirrel that it leaped from the sapling and shot headforemost into his mouth just as he opened ic to bark. Tho squirrel disap? peared like a flash into the interior de? partment of the d?g. The dog seemed stupefied by the sudden shock and began turning ro?ud and round, as if crazy. It was evident that the free lunch did not set well oh the dog's internal econo-. my.' In a short time he was seized with a fit of vomiting and the squirrel was heaved up. Tho little animal, without a moment's pause, darted for the sap? ling and was soon seated on its topmost branch. Since then tho dog cannot be induced to bark at a squirrel up a tree.?Alapaha Star. Mountain (^eck^||^^?^^^^ffl| It was our privilege to ministerial labors among t^B attached to this old church. ? Creek is one of the oldest <9 the up-country of South CarBmlfflKB earliest records have been - loj? that are preserved runJbMji? which wc- w?*e^*vor5d ?T Iba deacon McCown, we were impressed.^wflyH the fact that the good men who' first ? tered into this organization, and thoSS who have succeeded tbom, have runwd jl maintaining a godly discipline. y.u? true of churches, as it' fa oTindiv'iduaBsffi men, that those v. jo bear a good dwacm tcr will enjoy a good reputation, it lid been so with Mountain Creek. Wbifl we heard nothing from them lite sen commendation, it has been veryjjl?aMm| to us to hear persons not connected iri?H them use. such expressions as th'escfl "They can be depended on;" ? ? "?heME| will do what they say." ?<r^ :^HB We spent one night with a good brotbH er who cultivates pretty largely the bofll tomlands on Generostee Creek. ThBH heavy rains of tbe Spring and early ScntRfl raer had destroyed all prospect of a^nflH crop ; but bis only expressiorr-of4WHBB| was in regard to the colored pe?pflRfi whose labor would thus be renderai'tfH productive to them. ' We have sometrjdWS felt that we wonld be glad if some'' ofJH Northern friends who imagine' HBflMjj Southern men are enemies, and opffl sors of the black man could beorl^HBfl these calumniated Southern-- men-H among tberriselves.* They weald J that the ill-feeling and savagery aecrfl to the whites was imaginary. WhenH war of .the Union against- the StaTesM over, bold and bad adventures, like bfl of ill omen, alighted on Southern.'HB and with the mercenary purpose of vantage to themselves, cajoled ' tbejfcflj ored people, gathered them into leigpH injected into their minds diBtiurt:iimaH suspicions, taught, them thst their. eolvHflj safety was in compact political antit^fo^B nism to the white man, and that, witawtH with the torch in hand they could; ro'gjflf j| the whites tremble at their .power. Cog tain evils naturally grew out of Jh^H|BM normal state of things. That men wM the scent in their noses of burnt foddei stacks and barns and gin-houses, and;|H utter hopelessness of relief by K<flH ings in courts, should have taken raatt|? in their ov.-n bands and used measures?] punishment and prevention, is not | be wondered at. And yet we do not beffl itate to say that a large measure .crplqffl was felt for the poor, deluded negro;.anjfl that the chief indignation was felUjB ward the bad white men who^u?Sf>?HHH8 as the tools for their own selfish entle Had these base men staid at home,-$8 white mon of tbe South and the fctfHffl men would have worked into their r^je relations kindly and easily, without J^Bjgj jar and friction which resulted fromW uncalled for and malignaut interfereJMSB There has never been any trouhl&jS tbe colored people about Mountain CjfjuBjB Church. They have their own placffiH worship, and during the progress of IS recent meeting, the pastor of Mounting Creek Church received a note from tbJB minister conveying an invitation tOj4m|0vj to preach for them whenever he jaa^flg find it convenient. Vif! The meeting-house stands on a leveTIH tract, and near a public road leading a from Anderson to the Savannah River, 1 six or seven miles from Anderson. The H site was once finely shaded by a grove of fi oaks; but. a number .of these were blown jfl down by a cyclone, which also blew o?Va-^H part of tbe roof of tbe building amL*i?WS of the gable ends.. This damage to building has been repaired ; and now thfc f|l structure, with its clean walls and paint- ?|B ed sets and green Venetian blinds, pre- M senta a neat appearance. *^jM Our meeting did not occur withinjl usual limits of protracted meeting tin There was any quantity of grass in lEfflj fields to be subdued by plow^ardJn for the extreme wet weajMrtff prWH weeks-had given it every opportunM root itself and very little opportu^fl dislodge it. Some persons, tbereforsKj themselves compelled to be in the tieias^^ who would gladly have been at chorch^B Still the congregations were very good- B But, better still, they'were very attentive. jj? They greatly appreciate tbe faith'fw? earnest labors of their pastor, Bro. B.31Z Pack. We should be glad to see^-WH settled in that region of the State. En present home is in the town of Hartwelh^Q In this connection-we take occasional suggest to our, country churches the ejp peaiency of providing themselves paf-j3| sonages. Ordinarily, the putting up a snug home for the pastor, would be aidediiSj by a large- number, and need not be a heavy harden upon any. Then it would have a tendency to make the relation of ? pastor and people a, more permanent * thing. We believe the . old system ofV j yearly calls is gradually dyinpjia.t'; 14*^8 sooner it disappears the better; 5'$B A part of the services of 'Sunday*Sf@B[ the ordaining of two brethren, Stepben son and Burriss, whom the church had Jjj chosen as deacons?two brethren sharing^T? very fully the confidence of their breth- W ren as men of deep piety and good sense. ..^ It is believed we had a genuine revi- J val; for brethren who had never under- -1 taken the duty of leading in prayej^KT -I public began to do so; and four pafsons^>J deliberately and without any nrgingSjg sought the privilege of being baptizediTTT We trust that other fruit will yet be gathered to the praise of our Saviour's grace. From Anderson to the plac^fmect*: ing, and back by another road, we^Sasserl-^t over a body of lands of fine texture and complexion, presenting a large amount of comparatively level surface, just s?chtig as would stimulate a farmer's enterprise. * There was little to be seen of that ugly^J deformity of up-country farms, tho gul- V lied hill-side. Cotton was bettor than - we had seen it elsewhere; and upland ? corn gave promise of an abundant yield, Srovicled the present sun-shiny weather -gk oes not harden into a drought. ? The name of the church may wgaatfa^ its vicinage to a mountaiu region n>ut*33 this is not the case. There is a single point where the surface rises into an ele? vation which looks like a spur )of a mountain chain, but it stands "alone in ?, its glory." Sorr.<; time or other, it will ^ probably be a vine-clad height, more/ especially as from its side it is now j throwing back the shrill whistle of the \ locomotives and tho rumbling of trains IE on the Savannah Valley Railroad, just now about opening the connection be? tween Anderson and McCormick's, on the way to Augusta. :v .? One word more. We had ocular (and -\ oral) demonstration that carp-raising is \ more than a fancy. We saw two pondV"^ in which we witnessed the inmates of U the water disporting 'hemselves with a B fish's activity and glee; and we saw,;: .1 upon more tables than ono, dishes which j they supplied with.a luxury quite equal y^l to the "fried chicken" of which minis- j ters are credited (how truly we know not) '\ with being particularly fond. We are ''.?r** not much of an authority in such mat? ters, but express our opinion and let it go for what it is worth.?James C. Pub man in Baptist Courier. ? "For years or more ago I sat in the Indiana Legislature next to an old fellow v ) always voted 'no' on evory bill that was presented. One day I said to him. 'What's the matter with you?. Can't you " say 'aye ?' Why, you haven't voted fot anything since you've been in this house." "Well," said he, "if a good law passes all right. You never hear anything from that, but if they pass a bad law I want to be on the record right."? Cinownati* Times Star.