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J. G. CLIIffiSCALES, Editoe. We hope next week to give our readere something about onr recent visit to the Mammoth Cave. - ; ?; Misstela Eoberts will teach again at Cedar Grove near'Williamston, but in Bel ton township. . Mr. F. M. Pickel^ having accepted a cVi to The Belion Bcbool, the Big Creek col is without a teacher. . Any trustees needing teachers vwill . please drop us a card. We have several iuames of teachers wanting work in No ? ???? Mr. Johnson, of Laurena County, will teach at Cleveland next session. Mr. Johnson has taught in Anderson County before/and is said to be a fine teacher. We welcome him to our ranks and shall m him. Boards ^f Tr ?b tees send in their reports at once. If you find it impossible to give me the average>attendance, fill out the other '?:??'?* blanks with*th'e information you have at hand. The report of the School Com? missioner mast, be made out soon, and your reports will greatly facilitate his work and contribute not a little to. the accuracy of his 'report. -?1 - - ? ? Prof. :.W. T. Lander goes very s??n to , Vanderbilt to farther prosecute his studies. Mr. Lander has onr best wishes, v South Carblmii can send no better repre V sentative, and we predict for Mr. Lander a bright future. He puts his soul into rv. - whatever; he? undertakes. Aa a school truatee he has few equals and no superiors. ? - Every,interest that came within.his ju ? risdiclfoaiajj hie closest attention.' The ; headers oRri? TBaehW Column- would be glad to.hear from Mr. Lander when he becomes adjusted* to his-new snrround ing^ beyoiad the mountains of Tennessee. Miss Alice Davia's school is a blessing to the Mountain Creek section. She has taught there several years, and the chil? dren^ as .well as the patrons, are very ^fond c^ her. . The life and energy which Miss Davis throws into her school with such natural ease are, indeed, refreshing and stimulating/ Her methods, as is the case at i;he school at Denver/ have stood | the teaV of tbev schoolroom. She. has not "ad<pfced-all ?be has> heard of, or learned, but eliminated the impracticable j and objectionable, holding only to that which Btanda the test of all new methods. |j$jioola closed with the | last wetifln 'August.' Othere'will close Friday. The rapidly opening cotton de? mands the attention and the nimble fingen* of the children. While so many I of the ieachers am idle, let us hope that1} they aru not altogether idle, but simply recuperating for the next fight with ignor? ance. Two months of close attention to 1 the besl. methods ef instruction as found j ia your educational .. journals..and as learned at i our_ recent Inter County : Teachers'fnltithTe will make you/afa^re? enthusiastic, a more energetic,' 'a more intelligent teacher. I mi a more We'd? hope the trustees will not wait till the first of November"before they - make effort to secure the services of first class teachers. And let us insist that the trustees look after this matter of em? ploying teachers more closely than they: have done in the past. The teachers of j public iichools are to be employed by the trustees. L9t no teacher be employed except on the score of merit; let none he emplS?yecT because they happen" tri be related to some of the patrons, or had done somev one/ a spemal ftvor.VIf a school trustee has any business in him, it must show itself when he comes to the ' -matter of selecting teachers. v We were recently very* much pleased to find in Miss Carrie. Watkina's school , room .it. Denver a veritable sand box, . >iuch ai the one used, at Williams ton by . Miss Leonard. These sand boxes are ab? solutely necessary for teaching, children geography in city or village schools, but ' ai e not needed by the teacher whose school room is near, a spring branch, as the large majority, of our country school : 'Iwmses are. Where yo? have-access to the stream, the- natural ^surroundings will giveHhelittle ones* much clearer views of the science of geography. Mies Watkios's school, though small, is doing . well. Her pupils are neat, prompt, at* tentive and posted. ?iea? An*nieJEaiersons has.' just -^osed ^J^er^y'igu^^M^^^^Wy^m at Neal's Creek. Miss Annie is a born teacher. Though she taught in a house ? whose cracks were not even chinked with mud, the system and order of a well-regulated city school were observed so far as possible. Every thing moved like clock work, and Miss Annie was at all times Mistress of the situation. We are glad to know and to be able to state that the clever patrons of that school are moving now in the direction of a nice, neat, new school building. Thesaw mill is right there within easy reach of the church, and, in a short time, the lumber will be ready for the saw and hammer of the carpenter. de. l. e. klemm' 8 addbess AT the IST15B-C0U1JTY teachebs' institute * AT WIUJAMSTOir. Ladles and QentSemen: In taking leave from you I feel obliged to compliment the town for its spirit of enterprise and atmosphere of culture. No bad spirits .are retailed here, and the spirit of the people, in consequence thereof, takes a higher flight into n^e reals of thought and action. The people here are courte? ous and obliging in a high degree. Even . the.;bpys. are gentle mannered-; a fact which I attribute to the refining[ influence of the college upon the town and its in? habitants. Dr. Lander and his excellent family have discovered the means of aking the good contagions. Will iam8ton is singularly well suited ?a teachers'institute, be that county, county, or State institute, A large absoitba .$he..institute; here .the in? te absorbs the town, that is, it draws r & co. all its thinking and cultured people into its folds and proves a blessing in more senses than one. Besides, Williamston glories in two medicinal springs, a phys? ical and an intellectual. The college and its able professors. Dr. Lander and his amiable and lovable family will forever be connected in my memory with the spring in yonder park. I have spent two delightful though laborious weeks in Williams ton. The only drawback I experienced was that I was destined not to be a guest of tbe college. Not* that I was treated badly at tbe inn. I received the best of inn at? tention desirable. My substance would have increased to tbe tune of ten to twenty pounds, if it had not been for tbe beat. . But of that: "Least said soonest mended." On tbe whole, I tbink our institute was a success, if it can be measured by the enrollment, attention and stick-to-it iveness, both on tbe part of pupils and .teachers. . And. that .success is .largely due to my colleagues of the faculty. They were selected with a memorable felicity. They acted-:harmoniously and worked into each others hands. ? There was not a jolt or jar, not a single mis* undersUnding'.marred j the order and serenity. Cheerfulness is the sky under which everything blooms exhuberantly, save poison. No wonder our institute flourished. Each professor .contributed to the aid of his colleagues, and sacri? ficed cheerfully where a sacrifice of time or inclination seemed desirable. Dr. Lander,' the moving spirit of j Williamston and the most valuable de? vice for mechanical, educational and in? dustrial motion, specially invented for wider circles of usefulness than Will iamston, deserves to be mentioned with much praise. I have rarely found a man who comes nearer my ideal of a Pesta? lozzi an school master, than he. His ac? curacy in language, his inventive genius, his gentle manners, his admirable talent in teaching, all combine to make bim beloved And admired. Miss Leonard, sweet tempered Miss Leonard, eminently skillful and enthusi? astic, as we hftve learned her to be, haB greatly added to the success of the in? stitute. Her varied accomplishments, the practical way of presenting her sub? jects and the active teacher's sympathy which she calls forth will be forever in the memory of both students and teach? ers of this institute.' No wonder she was sent south to do missionary work. She has crept into our hearts there to abide as a valuable friend fore verm ore. I am somewhat restrained from speak. ing of Brother Morrison in the glowing terms which I should select, had I the' free will to do as I pleased. But you see, my friends, he and I were room-mates for two weeks, and I am afraid he might re aent my speaking too unreservedly. Yet ] I cannot refrain from saying, that these ftw^o -weeks of intimate-cpmpanionship wil( be lovingly- remembeferK by me. The State of-South Carolina and the en? terprising city of Greenville have reason to congratulate, themselves for having a missionary for the graded school, such as Prof. Morrison, so faithful and fearless a locaThistorian, and so decided a'.success as schojol manager.> ~ ? s . , < I have learned^ love my .'co leagues, and with the permission of Mrs. Klemm, I will not exclude Miss Leonard, though the love in question is rather of a de? formed kind, being all on one side, as it were, . - - As principal of the institute, I have striven to let my authority be felt as lit? tle as possible. 'Alex. vonHumboldt said to the King of Prussia when he re? turned from America, that the Americans had a government which could neither be seen, nor felt. Such government is my ideal and if I have succeeded in. im-, itating it on a small scale, I 'am amply rewarded. In one thing I have been in? exorable: Pinefsted upon* promptness in beginning and maintaining order, and was nobly, yea, heroically, assisted by Col. Olinkscales, who "kept time" with a faithfulness and devotion to duty rarely excelled.. His graceful way of presiding over our experience meetings did. ranch to assist young teachers in gaining "the experience they had come for. Brother i Clinkacales is a born leader of men,, and | a commander in the best sense of the word. Valuable advice also was given by his brother commissioner, Mr. May field, whose proverbial modesty kept him in the background. And now one word about our audience. I must say,'that "I barely, if ever, meet ' with a more intelligent, sympathetic, at? tentive, and appreciative audience than the one I had the pleasure of addressing during the past two weeks. You, ladies and gentlemen, have put up patiently with our hobbies, if such we rode. Yoi haye .shown an inquisitiveness such as' cannot be equaled by any institute in the country, go where you may, from Maine to California, from Duluth to San Anto? nio. May you have been benefited by the instruction you received here. Car? ry the seeds of popular education into your own homes, and propagate the ideas of rational instruction so that South Car? olina will in no far distant day stand in tbe front rank of tbe States in education? al efforts. South Carolina has never been want? ing in will power. See to it that this will power of your State be wisely direct? ed by correct judgment, and supply the emotions which act as irritants to bring {volition into correct action. When I compare the citizens of this State with those of others which modesty forbids me to mention, and notice tbe innate sense of justice and fair play in this State, the readiness with which new, pro? gressive ideas are tested, accepted and applied; the willingness with which issues are- buried; the tenderness with which true hearted friends are remem? bered ; the purity of thought and action found everywhere among this almost un? defined Commonwealth?I cannot but bespeak a great future for South Carolina. I am strongly inclined to make it my home when I shall have returned from my comtemplated voyage. . Eemember, my friends, that teachers should always resemble the knowledge they impart: Teachers ought always to be in-formation. I take this one inspir? ing thought with me, namely that my teaching has not been in vain. ? Unlike the famous philosopher, Hegel, who said on his death bed: "Among all my students, there was but one who under? stood me, but, alas, be misunderstood me." I have the proud consciousness of not having been misunderstood. And now, God bless you and good bye! Cure for Typhoid Fever, Mr. John R. Cos, a citizen of Balti? more, publishes the following communi? cation in the Baltimore American, of that city: "Some time since a gentleman inform? ed me that he knew of several persons who had been cured of typhoid fever, by the application of mashed raw onions to the feet. Two patients were so ill that tbey were not expected to live over a few hours. Six large onions were pounded to pulp and applied to the feet of the first patient. He was relieved in a short time and got well. The second case was a few weeks later and the result was equally satisfactory. The first opportunity I had I tried it upon a col? ored boy during one of my visits to the house of reformation for colored children. He was very ill with typhoid fever. I named the matter to General Horn, who immediately ordered the application. In a few hours he got to sleep; rested well' and recovered. The next opportunity was that of a son of a friend of mine in our city. I called to see him on busi? ness when he informed me his son was very ill with typhoid pneumonia. He had been delirious for a week or more, and required constant watching for fear he might do himself harm. I advised him to try the onions. He did so and thus Bpeaks of it: "Immediately on its application he began to improve and continued until he finally recovered/1 Pei haps they might be efficacious in otl er forms. The remedy is simple and sa.e, and a trial iu any case can do no harm. They have cured dropsy. Mr. Balph Brunt, a very respectable gentle? man, informed me that his wife had suffered for a long time with dropsy. She was swelled from her head to her feet. She was attended by different phy? sicians, who finally said: 'Mr. Brunt we can do no more; your wife cannot live. We can give temporary relief by tapping her/ His wife declined the operation, as it would but prolong, her sufferings. At this time his attention was called to a paragraph in a newspaper in which a gentleman made the statement that he had been cured of dropsy by eating onioDS. His physicians had told him that he could not live. One day he wanted to eat some raw onions and?did so. After eating them he felt better and tried some more. He then made it a rule to eat six a day, afld in a few weeks he was well. He felt it his duty to pub? lish it for the benefit of other. Thus Mr. Brunt knew of it. He called the attention of his wife to it. She was willing to try it; did so, and at the end of one week discharged her nurse, attended to her household duties, and was so reduced in size that her friends could scarcely recognize her at first sight. She lived for more than thirty years afterward, and died some two years ago over eighty-years of age. If the forego? ing prove tbe means of benefitting any one, the only regret I will feel, will be that I did not attend to tbe promptings of duty sooner." i " Idle Brains and Hands. Bishop Feck has lately produced some prominent ideas about dormant forces and idle muscles. He instances the idle young man. No power comes from his muscles. . They were made to be strong for work, but he does nothing. His muscular ability is simply good for noth? ing. Devoted to agriculture, or hand? icraft, the 'physical force which is dormant within him would give breadth and health, and respectability. As it is, he is only a nuisance; perhaps a loathsome object of pity and contempt. And tbe Bishop takes the true ground, that an industrious boot-black is better and better off, than a loafing miscreant sprig of aristocracy. Work is demanded everywhere. All departments of industry are languishing for want of faithful, skilled workers, whether it be making streets, sawing wood or in the higher branches of skill and art, "and yet witnesses the good bishop, amid all the din and labor of farming, manufactures in all tbe indus? trial arts, these men have nothing to do I How did other men get work ? By think? ing quickly and acting promptly; by seizing the best, tbe first that came to band. Tramping, lounging, begging, never gave employment to any man. The thousands of idlers have made them? selves viciously brainless. Tbe lapse of powers,;? active, and bright enough in children, ""has come-of parental indul? gence, gormandizing laziness, indulged dependence, drinking, disuse or misdi? rection. Grand fields of industry, wealth and usefulness lie all around this idle, shiftless nuisance, but he cannot think himself into tbem. He has lost his sole eyesight. The very bread, money, comforts, elegance he sighs for are within reach of his hands, but be cannot see them; wouldn't know them if he did see them. : But he does not only denounce the idler but he tells how to find employ? ment. Employ yourself then. Sell that apple instead of eating it. Sell it and buy two. Sell the two and buy more. Before you know it you will, have a basket-full?be a trader, a merchant a valuable citizen. Do not bang about the city doing nothing. Push out into tbe country, seize that saw and axe; cut a few sticks of somebody's wood. Earn your dinner, don't beg it. Get hold of a spado; show somebody that you are the man they have wanted for a long timo to make a garden. Seize a plow, and if you don't know how to bold it, learn. "Hands all blistered!" Very well. Glad of it. The first signs of life in you for a long time. If you had blistered tbem before they would have been tough and good for something by this time. ? Ex-President Jefferson Davis has accepted the invitation to attend tbe State fair at Macon, Ga., on October 2Gth. On that day there will be a grand re? union of surviving ex-Confedernte oldiers. )EKSON, S. C, THU THE COLORED TROOPS AGAIN. A Sensational Story From Kansas. From the Topeka Stale Journal, Aug 29. The meeting of the colored people to? morrow night means much more than the majority of our citizens think. The promoters of the State Protective League to be organized at that meeting have been.In correspondence with leading col ored men in nearly every Southern State, and the plans have been laid for the simultaneous organization of the League all over the South and also the North. The purposes of this Leage, which is to be organized on the same plan as the Irish National League, are to secure to the Southern negro the right to vote as he pleases, and to have the vote counted, to abolish the laws which now compel the plantation negro to work at starva? tion wages and make all his purchases of the planter, who outrageously cheats him, and to abolish all laws which are made against the negro as a class. Col. John M. Brown, of the State audi? tor's office, enjoys the distinction of hav? ing first laid out the plans of this organi? zation, which promises to revolutionize the condition of the Sonthern colored people. A reporter visited him this morning to obtain the full particulars concerning the League. The first move to be made by the State Leagues will be to carry test cases to the Supreme Court of the United States. The consti? tutionality of all such laws as the Glenn bill is to be tested. No single individual in the South dare bring such a suit, but when it is brought by an organization there is more probability of it succeed? ing. Col. Brown says that the upward movement of the colored race in their straggle against oppression is now be? ginning and will not cease until the negroes have their full political rights. "We will proceed peaceably, but if our legal rights are trampled upon as they have been in the past, the South will see another Hay ti. We expect to devote our lives to this cause, and if half a million people have to die before we get the rights of freemen, let it be so. The con? dition of the Southern negro is as bad as it was in slavery times, worse?for more negroes are murdered now than then." Col. Brown's account of the five years he spent in Mississippi shows a condition of affairs that would have made France before the revolution a - paradise com? pared with it.' The colored man is still lashed, shot, hung and robbed as in the Kuklux days. The Kuklux may seem to have disappeared, but it is only because the negro, overawed by frightful butcheries of his race, has sunk into a sullen apathy, combined with an ever intensifying hatred of his oppressors. "Twelve hundred thousand Southern voters have but one representative in Congress. O'Hara, from North Caroli? na, being the only black man who is permitted to represent his race in that body. The colored man is as much intimidated as when the white leaguers were riding about killing and destroying. If an unusually bright negro lifts him? self above bis fellows and shows the character of a leader, a charge of outrag? ing a white woman is made against him and he is lynched in the twinkling of an eye. That is what accounts for the fre? quent occurrence of that kind recorded in the daily papers. In all my five years' residence in Mississippi I never knew of but two actual cases of such outrage in the whole State. The negroes are not permitted to form organizations of any kind, and I know as soon as these leagues begin to start up in the South, the shot? gun and the rope will be brought in to suppress them, but if they attempt it we will make the South a hell on earth for them. The negro is not the docile, sub? missive creature he once was. He is a man burning with the knowledge of his wrongs, and with the intelligence and the physical force to right them." The meeting to morrow night at the Courthouse will be enthusiastic and largely attended. It is, without doubt, the beginning of a movement which will bring trouble to this country, but a trouble for which the Hack race is not to blame. A Man With n Good Conscience. At one of his NorthGeld meetings on Monday, Mr. Moody, who was preach? ing about "Prayer," Baid: "Man may pray like a saint, but if he has a dollar in his pocket not acquired honestly, his prayer is a sham, and be must make res? titution if he expects ever to have God hear his prayer." Thereupon a mer? chant from Dallas, Tex., rose in the audi? ence and told a story that emphasized this point. He had, he said, got dis? honestly from men in his business some $5,500, and had built a house with the money. Then Mr. Moody happened along and preached on this subject of restitution and the merchant was present. "I beard you," he said, pointing to Mr. Moody, "and I went out into the street conscience stricken. I went straight home and told my wife that we must sell that house and restore the money. And we did. We held an auction, and our carpets, our laces, our furniture all left us, and with the proceeds we made res? titution." The man then told how he and his wife started again in life with nothing, and how he had prospered. His credit, his prosperity had never been so good.?Nero York Sun. A Godless House. A little boy three years old whose fath? er was careless, praylees, and irreligious, spent several months in the dwelling of a godly family, where he was taught in the simple elements of divine truth. The good seed fell in good and tender soil, and the child learned to note the difference between a prayerless and a Christian dwelling. One day, as some one was conversing with the little fellow, about the great and good God, the child said: " Wc haven't any God at my papa's house." Alas, how many such houses theie are in the world?houses where there is no prayer, no prase, no worship, no God! And what houses are they for children, aye, and for men and women, too. How much better is the pure atmosphere of Christian love than the cold, selfish worldlineBS of a godless home. RSDAY MORNING, MARRIED BY THE GOVERNOR. A Runaway Match of Jew And Gentile In Columbia Columbia, September 6.?There is not usually much romance in Columbia's business circles, but there was crowded into one episode to day enough of this salt of life to make amend for all past deficiencies in our commercial world. Mr. H. A. Harth is a young man of Lex? ington raising, who has lived in Colum? bia for a number of years. He accumu? lated a competency of six or eight thous? and dollars by merchandising on Market street. For some time past he has been engaged in making loans at very snug rates of interest. No one would suspect bim of the tendencies of a Romeo. Miss Rachael David is a pretty young lady of Israelite faith, whose family have been and at present are engage in the clothing business on Market street. Mr. Harth has been the friend of Mr. Aaron David, the young lady's brother. He has been often in his store, and of course became acquaitted with his sister. At 4 o,clock this afternoon a represen tarive of the News and Courier happened most opportunely to be in the Executive Mansion. Governor Richardson sat on the porch with an expectant expression upon his benign face. As the city bell struck the hour a closed carriage drew up at the eastern gate of the grounds, and three persons, emerging from it, advanced slowly up the walk to the Mansion. The Governor advanced and greeted them at the door. They were Mr. H. A. Harth, Mrs. Meetze, Mr. Harth's sister, and Miss Rachael David. Entering the drawing-room of the Man? sion, the party were introduced to Mrs. Bichardsou and Judge Andrew Crawford, who, like the representative of the News, j and Courier, had happened a few minutes before, to be in the drawing-room. Gov? ernor Richardson, with a significant look remarked to Mr. Harth that the business before them had better be dispatched. He placed Mr. Harth and Miss David in position and taking a small Episcopal Frayer-book stood with his back to an east window of the room. The Governor had constructed from the materials in the prayer book a matrimonial service which was short, sharp and decisive. It only took five minutes for Hampton An? derson Harth and Rachael David to make their vows and be declared by the Chief Magistrate of Sonth Carolina man and wife. Every one who has beard the Gover? nor's vibrant and impressive voice will know that he united his first couple in a manner befitting a bishop. At the con? clusion of the ceremony, bis Excellency led the way to the dinning-room, where the hospitality of the mansion was sus? tained by a refection of cake and wine. The health of the newly married couple was drunk by the company and some time was spent around the board. Mr. and Mrs. Harth left in time to take the 5 o'clock train for Augusta, Mr. Harth proposing to journey to Knoxville, where he will establish himself in the insurance business. It may interest the ladies to know that the exigencies of the occasion compelled Mr. Harth to wear a business suit, while the bride had to content herself with an aline silk, trimmed with velvet of the same color, and a seal brown bonnet and plume. Mr. Harth, who bad been terri? bly nervous, was, after the ceremony, ecstatically happy. Mrs. Harth bore her enjoyment with less of outward manifes? tation. The marriage came about in this way: Owing to the manifest aversion of Miss David's family to her marrying a Chris? tian, the lovers arranged for a civil marriage and flight. The Governor was requested to perform the ceremony. Before consenting to do so he satisfied himself that the parties were of age and that there were various precedents for his action. Time and place being deter? mined, Miss David left her borne and proceeded to a distant quarter of the city, where she.met Mr. Harth and his sister in the closed carriage. Entering it she was driven with them to the Executive Mansion. It became the unpleasant task of the News and Courier's representative to ap? prise the family of the bride of her elope? ment. Desiring to ascertain all the facts, and supposing that of course the family had heard of the affair, he visited the residence of the Davids after 9 o'clock to? night, and Bought information as to the preliminary movents of the parties. The brid's mother demanded and received an explanation of the course of the inquiries. She and her younger daughters were ter? ribly distressed. They -had not had a suspicion of the truth. Miss David left her home before 3 o'clock to-day, telling ber sister that she was going to visit her aunt in a different quarter of the city and might remain all night. The family at first would hardly credit the news. It was ascertained that a month ago when Miss Drvid was visiting in LexiDgton, a report of her elopement with Mr. Harth was circulated. Mr. Aaron David tele? graphed her to return home at once, which she did. Mrs. David said that her daughter bad to her knowledge only met Mr. Harth in the store. The elopement cannot fail to make a profound sensation among the Israelites of Columbia and the State.? Correspondence News and Courier. Rough on M'Gluuis. Hostetter McGinnis is engaged to Miss Esmerelda Longcoffin, who is one of the bells of Austin and a great flirt. As Hostetter was coming away from the Longcoffin mansion a few nights ago he was overtaken by Gilhooly, who said: "Why, what makes you come away so early this evening ?" ( "Miss Longcoffin is not feeling well." "What's the matter with her ?" "She has toothache." "Ha! ha! ha I She tells you that to get rid of you. She probably expects some other gentleman this evening." "Sir, you are insulting." "Como now, don't get huffy. How can she have toothache when her upper and lower teeth are all false ? I've been there. I was engaged to her myself some years ago. Toothache! Well, that is a good ono on you 1" N. B.?The McGinnis-Longcoffin mar? riage has been postponed on account of the weather.' SEPTEMBEK 15, 1? Onr Bridges. The Walhalla Courier, of the 1st inst., says : For years a large proportion of our county taxes have been expended in the building and repairing of bridges. Situ? ated at the base of the mountains our county is intersected by numerous streams of varying size. On either side of these streams the land is undulating, creating extensive water sheds, which rapidly empty heavy rainfalls into them, converting branches and creeks into foaming torrents, bearing along timber and brush and sweeping away bridges and all opposing obstacles. Under such circumstances the safest bridge is a low bridge, well constructed and securely weighted down. The water may flood them, five, ten or f' oen feet, but when it runs down, which requires but a few hours, the bridges will be there unin? jured. As the velocity and force of water increases as the stream rises, the understrata remaining unchanged, low bridges enjoy the double advantage of not having to oppose so great a down? ward pressure and also of passing over them logs and driftwood, as these rarely come until the water is above the bridge. There are low bridges on Twelve Mile which we know have stood the freshets of years, and in this county there are also some. With one exception only, so far as we know, all high bridges in our county were swept away by the recent freshets, while low bridges either stood or were merely wrecked, costing little to repair them. Another improvement, which cannot be made under existing legislation, is in the manner of letting bridges. The law requires that the rebuilding and repair? ing of bridges where the cost of the work is under $100, and over $10, shall be advertised by posted notices and let to the lowest responsible bidder, and where the cost is over $100, they shall be adver? tised in a newspaper and let in the same way. This looks fair, as it leads to com? petition among the people; still we are satisfied that nine-tenths of the bridges so let could be built for one-half, or, at most, for two thirds of the price at which they are bid off. The assertion is virtu? ally sustained by facts growing out of the recent freshet. Two bridges over Cane Creek, (each 40 feet long) near Walhalla, have been rebuilt for $10 each, which i usually cost $35 to $40 each. The long bridge over Little River at High Falls was of such importance to the neighbor? hood that the citizens, without waiting for the slow process of advertising, met, collected what material they could, replaced lost pieces and rebuilt the bridge, trusting to be paid a reasonable price for the work. We venture the bridge under this plan will not cost one half what it would have been bid off at under the law. Last year the building of a rock arch nnder the covered bridge over. Keowee River was let to the lowest bidder and was bid off at about or near $400. We have been told the entire work cost the contractors a fraction over $100. We might mention other in? stances, but from what we can learn the bridges in this county have of late years cost on an average double what they could have been built at. What is the remedy ? As the law stands there is none; but we believe the Legislature could frame a law, giving the County Commissioners such discretion as would enable them to secure better bridges at greatly reduced cost. If the law would authorize and direct County Commissioners when bridges need rebuilding or repairing, to employ some competent foreman, who could hire hands and teams and rebuild the bridge, the average cost to the county would not exceed one-half the cost of the work as now done. The best hands could be employed at 60 to 75 cents a day, and six or eight hands would rebuild a large bridge in ten days or two weeks. The ! work would be done at actual cost, the bridges would be better and the county benefited. Under the letting out plan none but responsible men can bid, for they only can give the bond required and hire hands. We are told by the build? ers of a bridge across Cane Creek, that the getting and hauling of sills 40 feet long cost $1.25 each. The plank for such a bridge, 12 feet wide and one and a half inches thick, would cost $7.20, and where no arches are required such a bridge would coBt less than $15. Take a bridge 120 feet long, and to build it we would need 15 sills of 40 feet (over for lapping) and for arches, mud sills, &c, a like number of pieces, (in fact less) and we have 30 pieces of hewed lumber, cost? ing, delivered, $37.50, with plank to cover, $10.60. The framing and raising would bring the cost to about $100, and yet such bridges 18 or 20 feet high cost generally $250. The iron and bolts could not cost above $20. We do think the law should give a wider discretion to Commissioners, at most leaving it optional with them, to have rebuilt or let out all bridges. We believe wo would have better bridges at less cost. The proposed plan would require cash pay? ment for work, which is in the end bet? ter. Tito Richest Man. In speaking of the wealth of some of the ancients, you class Tiberius as the wealth? iest, at $1,18,125,000, and give that of Crcesus, the Lydian, at about $8,000,000. You have not mentioned one wealthier than them all, who was Pythius, aon of Aty, the Lydian, who possessed in silver and gold together $24,516,000, which add? ed to his possession of land and slaves at a proportionate value, would swell his wealth to about $500,000,000. I mean hi3 gold at the Doric value of $5.22; if reckoned at the valne of the stater siebos it would give him in coin $6,036,000 and with slaves and lands in proportion, a wealth of over $120,000,000. This man Pythius, without touching his silver and gold, entertained at the city of Cakence the army of Xeixes, over 5,000,000 Btrong in his invasion of Greece, and on a prev? ious occasion made King Darius, Xerxes' father, a magnificent present?a gold plane tree and vine. This Pythius then, was the wealthiest man in the world, and it is doubtful if there has been any one before or since to equal him.?New Or leanes Tims-Democrat. 37. A Clergyman's Suicide, Baltimobe, Sept. 6.?The Rev. Mr. Fisher, who is reported to have commit? ted suicide in Los Angels, Cal., came to Baltimore five years ago from Detroit, having accepted a call to the Reformed Episcopal Church of the Redeemer of this city. His relations with the Vestry were not altogether congenial, and at the end of twelve months he accepted a call to Emanuel Church, at Eden and Hoff? man streets. There he remained in the active discharge of his duty until the 1st of July last, when he resigned the rec? torship and went to California. All the while the Rev. Mr. Fisher was a student of the Johns Hopkins University. He had already received the degree of M. A. from the Illinois Wesleyan University, but his object in studying history and philosophy under Dr. Herbert B. Adams and Prof. Ely was to obtain the degree of Ph. D. at the John 5 Hopkins. He failed in the examination of the past two years, and, though his disposition was naturally hopeful and buoyant, it is thought that his failure to obtain the coveted degree caused him much disappointment and weighed heavily on his mind. When the Rev. Mr. Fisher resigned his charge at Emanuel Church be went to Los Angels, Cal., where he proposed to open a Beminary for tbo education of youth. He left Baltimore with the brightest expectations about the middle of July. He had already made a trip to Los Angels the year previous, and as be had surveyed the ground his friends were inclined to be hopeful with him. Another cherished project of his was to secure a position as lecturer in the University of California. He was negotiating for the position, and according to the statements he made to his friends he,-had a reasona? ble prospect of getting it. The only doubt be seemed to have on the subject when he left was that his failure to obtain his degree of Pb. D. at the Johns Hopkins would operate against his secur? ing the desired position in the university of California. His doubts were possibly only too fully realized for his piece of mind, and it is probable that his failure to be appointed a lecturer for the ensuing year in the university of California unhinged his mind and prompted him to commit suicide. The Rev. Mr. Fisher was about 35 years old, and was married to a charming lady. His father is the Rev. A. J. Fisher, a member of the Illinois Metho? dist Episcopal Conference. The unfor? tunate gentleman grew up in the Metho? dist faith and remained in that denomi? nation until he professed the faith of the Reformed Episcopal Church. Bad Smelling Feet. It is a misfortune to any person, man or woman, to be afflicted with bad smell in feet. They are annoyed themselves with the consciousness that they are annoying others. It is often a difficult matter to correct this miserable affection. Many remedies have been suggested and used, some with partial success, but many of them without any good results, howev? er. There are several causes for bad smelling feet. One is the want'of ordi? nary cleanliness. In such a case a plentiful use of soap and warm water will remove the difficulty at once. A person is almost criminal who goes ten hours with bad-smelling feet from this* cause. Another cause is the thickening of portions of the skiin, especially on the joints, heel and bottom of the foot, which by remaining long in the place seems to go through a semi decay. It is no wonder that it should give off a bad odor under such circumstances. In such a case, the feet should be soaked well in warm water, and with a sharp knife cut away the dead and thickening skin. This may meed to be repeated every few weeks as the thick skin accu? mulates. At present there is no remedy known to prevent the accumulation of dead skin. In some cases there is a general dis? ease of the skin of the feet, especially contiguous to the sweat pores. There is a large and unnatural perspiration, which remaining on the stockings and coming in contact with the leather of the shoes, by fermentation which is always a decay of material, produces the bad odor. In such cases the Act need to be well washed with soap and warm water and wiped dry with a hard crash towel. Then they should be washed with Boracic Acid, of about ten grains to the pint of water. Then they should be allowed to dry or nearly so on the feet, and wipe with a dry towel. This it may be neces? sary to do for three or four days in sue cesion, but at the very outset there ought to be a marked correction of the odor of the feet. If after some days there is discovered a recurrence of the unpleasant odor, the use of wash needs to be re? peated.?Gco. L. Cur tits, M, D. Hard on the Counsel. The following experience of a Missis? sippi lawyer was related by himself to the writer many years ago. He said: "I was defending a prisoner for horse stealing, and seeing no other means of defending him, undor the circumstances, I set up the plea of insanity. I argued it at length, read many extracts from works on medical jurisprudence, and had the patient attention of the Court. The prosecuting attorney did not attempt to reply to my argument or controvert my authorities; I seemed to have things my own way, and whispered to the prisoner that he needn't be uneasy. Then came the judge's charge, in which he reminded the jury that there was no dispute between counsel as to the facts of the case. Indeed, there could not have been for several witnesses had sworn positively that they saw my client steal the horse. 'But,' concluded the Court, 'the plea of insanity has been set up, and I charge you, gentlemen of the jury, that it should receive your very grave and serious deliberation; but I must be allowed to say, gentlemen, that for myself, upon a review of the whole case, I can discover no evidence of insanity on the part of the prisoner, except, perhaps, in the selec? tion of his Counsel.'"' -rHe that hath no bridle on bis 1 tongue hath no grac.i 1 in his heart. Tbe Democratic Outlook. For the first time in thirty years, the Democratic party holds the trump cards in the political pack. It has only to play them to win. The record of an ad? ministration which has addressed itself to the business of tbe conntry with clean? liness and directness; the possession of tbe National House of Representatives at a moment when the reduction of tax? ation is an inexorable demand of an overflowing treasury; and tbe personal character of a candidate who has im? pressed the popular imagination va? riously, hut on the whole favorably, and whose renomination is assured without a contest, complete a very strong hand. It is the Republican party, whose discipline and tactics have been so in? vincible in days gone by, which is irres? olute and which trusts to luck. It has only a single suit to lead from, and this it has nearly, if not quite, exhausted. Out of a throng of brilliant captains, but one, whose name excites universal enthusiasm, remains to it, and on him there appears to have fallen, with tbe genius and renown, also the fatality of J Henry Clay. That luck may save it, as luck has saved it, is possible. Bat there is bad luck oo less than good lack, and Burchard did not look like good luck, which, having whipped over to Cleveland and the Democrats, seems to stay with them. ****** Peter Simple's ingenious friend sur? mised, in accepting the challenge of a famous duelist to fight with rapiers, that the expert would be more disconcerted by bis adversary's lack of skill than helped to a victory by his own superior swordmanship, which, indeed, was proved to be true by this issue of the en? counter. Such freaks of humor used to be common and favorite devices with a certain class of play-writers. Mr. Pierce O'Hara on the race course and Sir Pat? rick O'Plenipo in diplomacy perpetrated blunders enough to baffle all calculation and keep the'audience in a perpetual roar; yet, somehow, to their amazement, everything went to their profit?worked, as far as they were concerned, by tbe rule of contraries. The President seems to be a lineal descendant of these happy go-lucky sons of Irish wit. The World's Largest Cities. Tbe following information is often in? quired for, and, as it may be useful in many cases for reference, we have com? piled a table of the largest cities of the world, with their populations as stated by the latest authorities. In the absence of any official census, the Chinese cities have simply to be estimated, and, of course, must be accepted as an approxi? mation only. We have not given any city whose population is below 500,000, though there are many we could enumer? ate which closely approach that figure. It will be seen that iu the thirty-five cities tabulated below there are 32,510, 319 souls, or nearly the popnlation of tbe British Isles, a fact which cannot be grasped in a moment by any ordinary intellect. Aitichi, Japan..".1,332,050 Bangkok, Siam. 500,000 Brooklyn, N. Y. 771,000 Berlin, Prussia.1,122,330 Calcutta, India. 766,298 Canton, China.1,500,000 Changch?ofoo, China.1,000,000 Chicago, 111. 715,000 Constantinople, Turkey. 700,000 Foo choo, China. 630,000 Glasgow, Scotland...... 514,048 Hang-Chow-foo, China. 600,000 Hang-Tcheon, China. 800,000 Han-Kow, China. 600,000 King-te-Chiang, China. 500,000 Liverpool, England. 573,000 London, England.3,955,819 Madrid, Spain. 500,000 Moscow, Russia. 611,974 New York, N. Y.?.1,400,000 Paris, France.2,269,023 Pekalonga, Java. 605,204 Pekin, China... 800,000 Philadelphia, Pa. 850,000 St. Petersburg, Russia. 766,964 Bartama, Japan. 962,917 Sian, China.1,000,000 St. Louis, Mo. 500,000 j Tat-Seen-Loo, China. 500,000 Tien-Tsin, China. 950,000 Tokio, Japan. 987,887 Tscbautchau-fu, Cbiua.1,000,000 Tsin-Tchoo, China. 800,000 Vienna, Austria. 726,105 Woo-chang, China. 800,000 ?Pall Mall Gazette. Angels in Tennessee, On last Saturday evening, at about sundown, on the Sterling Johnson place, two and a half miles southeast of Milan six angels were seen to fly down into the yard of Mrs. Wood, a widow. It seems that Mrs. Wood was very low with sick? ness and several ladies were present attending to the wants of the sick, when a noise in the yard attracted their atten? tion. Upon looking oat of the window they saw an angel, and in a moment more it was joined by five others. They were there only a few minutes and took their flight, flying straight up until lost to view. They, with the exception of wings were in the form and shape of man, with clear cut and finely formed features, and were clothed in garments of pure and spotless white, while a halo of heavenly light encircled their heads. The above was told to us as the truth and can be vouched for by the ladies who were in attendance upon Mrs. Wood. Be that as it may, it has', created considerable ex? citement in that neighborhood.?Milan (Tcnn.) Exchange. Corn Bread For TIgor. Corn is the pioneer bread of this country. Tbe fathers of the younger generations were, in cases, raised on corn bread and pork meat. Even after years of prosperity brought more delicate food for their wives and children, they clang, in a measure, to that which bad been their strength and sustenance in their early days. There are a great many people who like to have the old-fashioned corn bread and some salt pork for their breakfast, and there are few perhaps who will read this who know how good it tastes, and who through this reminder will order such a breakfast in the near future. xxm.-NO. 10. Stick to the Old State, Chester, September 5.?Mr. Mat? thew White, who has recently returned from the Northwest, is not so carried away with that section of our country as; some others who have been there and1 written about it. While he speaks' favorably of it, he does not regard it as an Eldorado. He states that a great. deal of land is worn out there as it Is here. In his opinion, a greater amount of clear money can be made on land in this State worth $10 per acre than on land in the Northwest worth $50 per. acre. As he is a good farmer and & close observer, his opinion is entitled to con? sideration. Mr. White remained about two weeks at one place in Illinois, and had a good) opportunity of informing himself upon all matters bearing upon farming in that State?the quality and value of lands, the method of farming, the kinds of, crops, the profits of farming?and after j obtaining this information he does not : hesitate to give the preference to farm-: ing in South Carolina. Taking every-? things/ ito consideration, he states that mJ our'f^mers have advantages over those of the Northwest which ought to make them satisfied with their condition. *;); In Mr. White's opinion, with the aame^ economy and industry' which character* - ize the people in that section of our^tr country he has recently visited, ' our ,. farmers would obtain a higher degree of *. success. He represents the people of the Northwest as satisfied with Cleveland's. ;: Administration. Prohibition, he states/-; is the. issue that is. exciting more discus- . sion among them than anything eJse.?v Correspondence News and Courier. Advice to Young Housekeepers, The young housekeeper should avoid/^ the temptation to spend money too freely upon her house. It is a hard struggle sometimes not to buy this or that that would add to the beauty and i comfort of the little home;. but while the'. refusal to acquire it often brings a sharp pang, its purchase may result in a more serious character. An excelle rule for people with limited means;-?\ttfji buy nothing for which they are unable to pay cash. Anticipating money is sorry business. With judgment and economy the housekeeper can, generally save a email sum from her weekly allow? ance. A quarter here, a balfdol there, a dime perhaps in another place,\ may seem almost too unimportant' to aside, but the aggregate proves very useful occasionally. "Despise'not the:: day of small things," is, a motto should be learned and put into practice by every housekeeper. Sach say should be put away for any additions to her household belongings that she may desire to make and not thrown 'into the general fund. No one has a right to say what shall be done with such sums if not she who has earned them by her econc as truly as does her husband his sat by his labor.?Exchange* Dueling Between Women in trance. : A Paris dispatch says: Dueling i women threatens to come into vo Paris, and the old practice of demol ing chignons, tearing off hats or bonnets^ and leaving the imprint of nails in faces when quarrels are to be adjusted, will', soon probably be discarded for summary means of obtaining satisfaction* Yesterday two well-dressed women came face to face with each other in the Bue? Laurence Savart, and bystanders we surprised to hear them suddenly beg to objurgate one another in a voiceferous manner worthy of Mme. Angots of the Central Market. Public interest in the: spectacle was, however, more deeply aroused when one of tho scolds pulled a<;; revolver from some mysterious part* her bodice and leveled it at her adver- ; sary. The adversary fumbled about for , her weapon of defense, but before had time to present it a bullet wl near her ears, and she fainted away, in a manner hardly worthy of an amazon. The assailant, a Mme. Celestine/ was seized by the on-lookers and disarmed, while her unlucky rival was carried in- ? sensible, but uninjured, to an adjacent pharmaceutical establishment. America's Timber Supply. Notwithstanding the great draw upon the wood reserves of the country there is no danger of exhaustion at present. New . England is by no means deunded of its timber. The great Northwestern pine? ries are comparatively exhausted. There is also a vigorous second growth of white pine in New England, where ^ the forests are already yielding between 200,000,000 and 300,000,000 feet of ber annually. Southern pine, althoi stripped from the banks of streams ing into the Atlantic, is practically t touched in the Gulf States, ear. those bordering on the Mississippi, hardwood forests of the Mississippi basin are still prolific. In Michigan, particu? larly the northern peninsula, hardwc is plentiful, maple especially. In Pacific coast region the great forests fir are practically intact. The capacity of the country is vast. St to say, the decimating element of inc potence is fire, and not the axes of me cenary timber speculators?Boston . tin. The Sensations or the Dying. It is doubtless the case that in instances?and perhaps they are majority?dying persons lapse into an unconsciousness that ends the bodily pain, and saves them from anguish of the final parting with that they leave behind. It is uncommon, however, for clearness, of comprehension to persist to the last) and perhaps it is still more common for some -i of the special senses to preserve their I activity. We think ic was Ernest Wag? | ner who, in his "General Pathology," jj dwelt particularly on the preservation df> the sense of hearing in many cases long after the apparent occurrence of uncon- 1 sciousness, and who tenderly cautioned 1 his readers that this possibility should be a borne ir _v~.t. nr~j;^-i:2k Journal. ?"Grass widow" is a misleading term% Such widows are never green.