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?p^?v.>--"" v ? l#^^?^mau{ca??h8 intend^ foi ^ito^T?aiifcBllb?lollw ?d?ressed t? ?. H ^VvB?SSKOL, School Commissioner, Ander ?mm*mm?....:-:.-. .? ^^M^S^'?p.e?^n^: charge ."of. a ^^Kt^^^^er^denjce' in ? house, bat -l'"^^a?t^^r;toe.purpose. The children ^pwed -uiey-^ere. ?hcomfortable by their ?ratatiVei^rtsi^j^t to the fire. There ^Sui&t^l^SrSlto. work on, bot "oo^ij^^wbrkin^ and .poor ^ools to rwSf *with;vlBoth: teacher 6nd pupils u^oa^sympathy. teachers should occasionally give their 3' an "exercise in Civil Government. ^lbn^rM'"wfe ?ake? A young man rJy.^pla>'iBuq?gn; to cdst a [vote what |tHe^ciai;title of the highest civil officer in our State, and he .said it was ^vi'Ctolohel,"^ pressed for the B^Smei of tbeYmin, frankly admitted he m$r$ot know.-What in the world. t>-.2-':y.-:; ., ? .: ? s The school at Starr has re-opened r-^finnderthe management of Mrs. L._ M. '^.^anpe,' ; ?h? had ,been in charge only ^^?nff^eefc-'at the time ?f .our Visit and, ' hence,- was. too:;soou to expect resultsr. Hpat' i^know.something of the qualifica tions of the teacher, and shall confidently expect to see ; tangible" results when next vrd call around. We spent two or three ^^iour?'there pleasantly, and, we- hope, v profitably with her clasaesi ' {.-^ three miles .southwest of the city, and taught by Rev. Hugh McI^;C The { qualifications of this ^v- teauher are well known to the writer, and;;ve~^re^ sure~ that; the young - men ';/under his ' care enjoy- rare facilities "for /which.- form' the -Bub/structofr.; of our; ? own; and'no* one pan be a thorough " ''E ?-"i^wi&/&env - re passed the greater portion of the ttoqn with the Fellowship, school ; under the care of Mm Mauldin. We do ,?]?. not know what this:teacber, might do if j she;.had B?me;.-faciii?sa for teaching school, but aa.itis shois notdoingmuch, |||g^pl^ nor could &'/;any one else, under-similar surroundings. :.;The house is exceedingly uncomfortable, with next to no", blackboard,- and seats that will give one the backache. We . pity the. children from the bottom of. pnr heart.?'..'. : At Union Miss ? Florence Taylor is in ''. charge, and we can only emphasize what we have said abovel It is impossible for any; teacher to give value received for the public:'mphey^:paid out, in; a building ^^?^fsm^^e'^yflodomz or 3oots - have io stand-??open ia order to get light, and' r^i^%hexe the wind ia whistling . through the. cracks in the floor. ,. ? . Ip^jWeT' have .recently listened-:: to some glaring inelegancies "of' Bpeech \ perpe* ^^trated??.by teachers. For instance,, one teacher said in bur presence "I taken,1' ? ^.Vaaother said "I had went;" and still I another taught in our hearing that | Vbreak'V Bpelled "oreei," and "steak" spelled. "a^/1;. Verily the blind .were?] leading the blind in that case, and. iiTwa8| Ip^t'to be wondered at that bcth tumbled Into the ditch. How our heart goes out * in pity toward some of the poor little I ; children of the County. 1 ?&/^\?.-P'y- yt,* i,./.,."f-.-J...:- ;.*" J.; W. Harper's "colored school was vi? ;; ited:early. in the morning-,'so early that j ; we "arrived before the teacher, built a fire, for bipvand sat.down in company with | friend Rob Stewart to await'- th e" com ing of teacher and . .pupils! Satisfactory proof being furnished that tardiness irf opening was habitual with this teacher, : ^we thobght him, and we did so. 1$ is to the interest of the col ?^OTed children, and of those who pay the . taxes, that their teachers be held strictly to. a faithful and conscientious discharge of dcty. W?&We, found Miss Cora Kilingsworth at ; . the head of the Bethel School. We :; were favorably impressed^th'this^chool { and its teacher, although .the same com? plaint lies flgainst the house as the others. No blackboard, or "nearly none, slab aeats and/ few books, give a poor promise for the future, whatever the qualifies :P ' tions of the teacher may.-be. Friend Steward accompanied ua during thiB day's work, and informed us that .it was ;? the purpose of the Trustees to relocate ? these schools, concentrate on two places ,: and have good houses built. There is . abundant means In. these places spoken : of;to .put up good houses, and it only ; ^ . needs sbm6 one to lead .off'with energy. Under the general School Law passed at the recent session of the Legislature, . each School District is made a body pol ^:tic,;8nd'may levy upon itself, by a vote of the people, an additional school tax not to exceed two mills for school pur? poses. Would it not be well for the Trustees- to bring this matter to the attention.of the people, and discuss the :* propriety of levying this ,tax, so as to rqake it^ available as soon' as possible. One' valuable feature of the law gives each taxpayer the right to designate at ;? ?.what place his money shall be used. This tax would nearly double the school term, and add greatly tq the efficiency of . the schools.by inducing men and women I'^of^uperior ability to*enter the profession. -"It would fend to draw in ^airfd retain a class, of teachers who ^re. now repelled, , andvivottid 'drive from tbe'rankB those ~: who are "there from necessity, aod" not ? choice. _ .... c? ? ? ?; We arrived; aU Oenerostee* Axadpmy juat a* they had reached the closing exer ' Cises of the day, and could only speak a ::C-word of greetiog to them. After spend* -ing a pleasant night with our .old school boy friend, Joe Sherard, .'we. passed two hours of the morning in a delightful manner with the school. It is ..a great ^pleasure,':and *5comfcrtAtoofi;to look in ; upon a thoroughly; well organized'school Alike this. . The evidences qf the.master's f^aud atihe helm "are"all.;around ?the systematic',P. clock-like t precision' with .which everything moves along, and ,the ^^jB^^l^luri^jofihe pupils with the '' t in iand,rgive. proof of ft bora S.Jfc LANGSTOit teacher. The people of this section hate "struck it rich'.' in securing Prof. McEl roy and his accomplished -assistant, Miss Blake, to take charge of 'their school. Their hearty support of the school has taken tangible shape in the erection of a commodious building, in the shape of an "h," With the tea?'H.ePs desk in the angle. This school is the one bright spot in the educational horizon of the Cor? ner, and we shall carry with, us for days to come the pleasant .remembrance of the bright eyes and intelligent faces of the boys and girls of Gonerostee Academy. ?^??i??i Old Things Good Enough. Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 16.?Over on Brown's Hill, in the eastern suburbs of the city, in a little log; cottage,: lives Aunt Nancy Brown. Aunt Nancy, as her neighbors call herj wilt be 100 years old on March 9. In this same little log cottage Aunt Nancy has lived for nearly fifty-five years, and, like its owner, the little cottage is beginning to look very old..; Standing in the door of this'cottage by day smoke may be seen curling slow? ly up from-a'dozen great furnace stacks, the shrieking of the' whistles and " the rumble and roar of countless locomotives can be heard, and at night electric lights and the.glare of furnaces and coke ovens light up-the heavens; hut Aunt Nancy has never Been train or a furnace. For -fifteen years she has not been four blocks from her home. A dummy railroad to. one of the parks passes the house only a block away, ahd occasionally she will walk.to the door and see a train pass, but she cannot be induced to go any nearer. In all the one hundred years of her exist? ence she has never, been in a-carriage, or even a buggy. Aunt Nancy owns some valuable property, and has au income of several thousand a year, but she lives in -the style of three-quarters of a century ago. She has nev?r worn a dress made of finer fabric then calico, and has never engaged the services of a dressmaker. Nine yards of calico is all Bhe will put into a dress, declaring that more than that quantity would be a waste of mate? rial." Mrs. Brown was born in South Carolina on March 6, 1789. She married when' about 20 years old) and soon afterward removed with her husband to.Georgia. About fifty-five years ago they came to Alabama, and settled at the place where she now lives. AHer < husband secured one hundred and sixty acres of land from the Government by homestead entry. When the city of Birmingham was founded by the Ely ton Land Company,, in 1870, Mrs. Brown sold all the land ex- . cept fonr %ores ? to. that Company.. Her husband had been dead several years, and her family consisted of a maiden daughter and a married son, who is now: nearly 70 years of age. After a few years, when property became valuable, Mrs. Brown sold several lots,. and with ? the money built houses on the lots .which she retain? ed. From these houses she derives an income af several thousand dollars a year. 'She would not consent to give up the old log cabin, and there she;.still lives with her maiden daughter." Mrs. Brown can? not read, but she can-count money, and every month she calls on her tenants and collects her rents. * She cannot understand the modern system of babking, and has no faith iuJjanks. AU her money she keeps in;the bouse in purses knit by her OT?n hands.^ in 4the shed -room of the cottage there is anold-faBhiohed spinning wheel, .and ! occasionally; Aunt Nancy spins a bro^^'^Bheii^ fq jemind her i of old times?; .-^ %t j g ' ';' She cannot be induced to visit the great industrial city which lias grown np where only a few years ago she saw tan? gled woods and corn fields. She has been told of the wonderful inventions of Morse and Edison, but she refuses to believe the story; Some years ago! her son bought a sewing machine and presented it to her, but she refused to touch it. She says she lived happily many years without knowing anything about these modern inventions, and she does not care to see them now. She will not even allow a cooking stove in her house. Aunt Nancy says.ahe wants to live and die as people did in the good old times of long ago. She is in excellent health, and her eye? sight, hearing and memory are unimpair? ed. ?Everybody needs a spring medicine By rising Ayer's Sarsaparilla, the blood is thoroughly cleansed and invigorated, the appetite stimulated, and the system pre? pared to. resist the diseases peculiar to the summer"months. Ask for Ayer's Saraaparilla. Take no other. ? El Paso, Mexico, must have' some very public spirited ladies. An item which appeared in a recent number of one of the papers there reads: The fashionable ladies who engineered the last bull fight netted $281.53. which iLcy ?i 1 devote to the town clock fnnd.' :..'?-Tuscumbia, county Beat of Miller County, Mo., has not had a church build? ing of any kind in forty years. Blind tor Eleven Days, Mrs. J. T. Love, of Leesburg, Ga., widow of an eminent and successful phy? sician, Bays under date of Sept. 20, 1888: My husband in a large and lucrative practice used Swift's Specific, and with it restored to health many persons in whose cases all other medicines proved useless. One young man who bad been treated for six years for blood poison, his condition had gradually grown worse, and got to be horrible. Hs was helpless for twelve months and blind for eleven days. His cane seemed incurable. But he was cured sound and well by S. S. S. and to day is a strong and healthy man. Permanent. At the time I began taking S. S. S. my body and arm s were almost one solid sore, and I had been taking medicine for twenty-six years to cure blood poison. In'less than thirty days my skin bad all cleaned off, and I was a welll man. John B. Willis, ' 31 Washington St. Atlanta, Oct. 28,1888. Swift's Specific cured me of malignant Blood Poison after I had been treated in vain with old so called remedies of Mer? cury and Potash. 8. S. S. not only cured the Blood Poison, but relieved the Rheu? matism which was caused by the poison? ous minerals. Swift's Specific is entirely a vegeta? ble remedy, and is the only medicine which permanently cures Scrofula, Blood Humors, Cancer and contagious Blood Poison. Send for books, on Blood and Skin Diseases, mailed free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO. ., . Drawer 3, Atlanta,'Ga. Unconverted Men in the Church. A Sermon Delivered hy Ber. H, St. Allen at Gross Eoads, Sttadat Morning, Febrtt* ttry 3rd, 1888, and Reported by John K. Btetenltiot . ".TTotf trnw them/ for ihey have g6M ? in the way of.Cain^ and ran greedily after ^ ei tor. lof Balaam\ for. reward, and per? ished in the gainsaying of &re;"?Jude, 11. This,, epistle r is vety appropriately styled the general epistle of Jude. It is not addressed to any particular person or Church, but is intended for all Chris? tians. The primary design of the epistle is to call the attention of Christians to .the fact that certain ungodly men had crept into the Church unawares j and whether intentionally or not, by UBicg this word unawares he gives a very faithful descrip? tion of the way in which unconverted men?get into the Baptist Ch?r?'h in out own times unawares, or through care? lessness. It may seem strange to some of yon that an inspired pens man, or a minister of the Gospel, should ever find it neces? sary to inform his people that there are unconverted men In the Church, -.but if the son .of Adam was a murderer, if there was an accursed Sam in the select family, of Noah, if there was a traitor among the chosen Apostles of the incar? nate God, then we need not be surprised to find evidences of an uuregenerate heart in a member of our Church. It seems impracticable for m to effect? ually close the doors of the Church against every unconverted applicant. The preacher may-ba learned, sound and earnest,, the deacons, may be wise and prudent, the Church _ may be alive and active in the service of God, and yet unconverted men will get into the Church notwithsfanding every possible precaution. The text describes unconverted men in the Church, by comparing them to three men with whose history all Bible readers are familiar, and this description is so bold and booad that if we follow it closely we shall touch the life of every unconverted Church member at some point. "Woe un to them I for they have .gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core." These three characters contain all the elements of, character that belong to ungodly men, whether in the Church or out of it I, They have gone in the way of Cain. It would be an insult to Bible readers to'repeat here the story of Cain. Let us rather describe him as a self-righteous 'fellow,: possessed of.that peculiar turn "of mind and fondness for self which quali? fies one for a certain kind of very common self-examination. He had an eye and an imagination that could find a great many- good thin ga in his own character,, and he was, therefore, well pleased with Cain. He brought of the fruit of the' field a thank offering unto God, which was very good in itself if it had been offered in'the proper spiritand with certain other offerings which was more necessary than the thank offering. By faith Abel offered a more excellent Sacrifice than Cain, because he, offered a lamb for a sin offering, - by which he expressed his faith in and his need of the promised Messiah. The secret of the whole matter is this: Cain had never' felt his need of a Saviour, and, therefore, had no faith in Him. His'failure to bring the lamb for a sin offering along with the thank offering tells the sad !8tory. " % Every unconverted member of the Baptist Church has appeared before the altar of 'God with an offering. This offering is not necessarily an offering of the fruit of the field, but is more com? monly in our own day feeling, good feel? ing, good opinion of one's self, a sort of general good feeling toward everybody and everything. God does not require lambs of us now, but he does require faith in his son and the fruit of faith in oar lives. Faith in Christ can not dwell in ub until we have felt oar need of him. The mind must be enlightened, its dark? ness must be driven away by the light of God's word; the disordered faculties must be restored to their proper places by the power of God'e Spirit; our stony hearts must be broken in pieces by the hammer of His word; and our dead souls must be raised from the grave of tress passers and sins by the same Almighty Power of God which raised the dead body of Christ from the grave. I have thus briefly indicated the differ? ence between Cain and Abel, the false and true professors of religion in what might be'termed the very beginning of their religious lives; but the question arises, How do these unconverted mem? bers of the Church, or those Cain-like Cbrfrt'anB, show themselves in their lives ? Tbode Cain-like Christians show them? selves by their lack of interest in real Church work. They can sing and shout and pray and talk and make lond profes? sions and tell the world bow good they feel, but so far as the real work of the Church is concerned they have never borne the heat and burden of the day. 0, how it does cool the zeal of some shouting Christians to ask them for a dollar for missions. The work of the Church and of the individual Christian is to care for the poor, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, visit the sick, and above all to give the Gospel to the world. Faith in Christ has directly or indirectly erected hospitals for the sick, houses for the poor, and it is sending as rapidly as possible the Gospel to the benighted nations of the earth; in short, Christ is the motive and faith-, that power tbat shall conquer the world. We Baptists believe in real Christian work, not because we expect to work our way into Heaven, but because real work is the legitimate fruit of the Spirit. Do you expect to gather wheat from the field you have sowed in wheat ? Do you reasonably expect apples to grow on the apple .tree? When faith is planted in the human heart we expect the fruit of faith in that human life. Brethren, bow about your religion ? Does it lead you to bear heavy burdens cheerfully for the Master? ? Does it influence you to deny yourself and take np your cross daily in real work for.the good of humanity and the. glory, of God? Some time ago I heard of a gentleman who has been loud ANDEKSON, S. C, in his professions for the last year or two, and now he says he does not think there is anything in religion. If he had said there was nothiug in him, it would have ?howed that he Was, at least, capable of telling the truth. I once heard of.a poor aMicted ttettiberof the Church who was actually suffering fof* the necessaries of life. The Deacons and a few members df thai Church assembled to pray over the poor felloft, and as* they arose from prayer the son of a Deacon who was not present called at the gate and said: "Come out and get .Pa's prayers; he could not come/bo111 brought his prayers in the wagon. There is a hatti, and here is a sack of flour, and there is some sugar and coffee." "If a brother or siBter be naked and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithBtand ; i?g ye give them not those things which are heedful to the body; what doth it profit? t Even so faith, if it bath not works, is dea?." Those Gain-Hke Christians sho? them? selves by the coldness of their zeal in trying times. When religion is popular and every one is in a sort of happy-go easy way, then those feeling Christians can tell the world how much of God's love the'y ha.ve taken, in, and how free and cheap religion is, but when we come into trying times their zeal cools rapidly. Let vice and immorality begin to steal in and threaten the destruction of our young people, and those Cain-like Chris? tians do not rush in and throw them? selves squarely against the evil. On the other hand yon will hear them Bay they do not see any harm in drinking a dram occasionally, or in playing cards or dancing. By the looseness of their lives they become fellow helpers of the devil by keeping open certain doors through which sin may enter into the weak or the thoughtless young people. Brethren, feeling in religion is all right if that feeling is the result of the work of God's Spirit in the heart, but if your religion is all feeling, then it. is empty, it is hollow. Ton may be ever so unutterably full of good feeling, and yet, that of itself, will never move yon to work, either for God or against the Devil, at a time when that work will cost you something; and work that costs is the only kind of work that will ever amount to anything in this world or the world to come. II. They ran greedily after the error af Balaam for reward. A wicked king offered Balaam valua? ble presents and great honor if he would curse Israel, bat the Lord forbade; him, saying : "Thou shalt not curse the people, for they are blessed." There was covet onsness in Balaam's heart, and the valu? able presents and great honor brought it to the surface, and he begged for permis? sion to curse Israel, and finally he Becretly planned the ruin of Israel, hoping thereby to gain, at leaat, some of the valuable presents. Covetousness is still a wide spread and deep :rooted source of evil, for the love of money is the root of all evil and many are running greedily after the error of Balaam for reward. Covetousness shows itself when we give our attention* to the things of this word to the neglect of religion. From early in the morning until late at night men labor and toil and wear their very lives out for worldly gain. They lie awake at night and strain every power of their minds in trying to plan some way by which they may grasp more of this world's goods. They have no time to read God's word, no time to study its profound and precious mysteries. They have no time to put themselves in the way of God's spirit by prayer and meditation, no time to commune with their own hearts and God. Covetousness shows itself in our con? versation. This might be called the talking age. What shall we eat, and what shall we drink, and how shall we be clothed? How shall we manage to make money ? They continually speak of the world and the world heareth them. Covetousness shows itself by our tact in oar wordly affairs and our stupidity in the business of the Church. There are members of the Church who are not wanting in business tact and money sense, who are very stupid and dull in the business of the Church. They have but little interest in such things. Covetousness shows itself in the small amount we contribute to the cause of Christ. Bat few men are so low down and stingy as to give absolutely nothing to the cause of Christ, bat how many of as give liberally out of a liberal heart ? Who is it that gives of his means accord? ing as the Lord has prospered him? What part of your income have you given back to the Lord ? Covetousness shows itself when we, like Balaam, resort to questionable means to make money. The will of God, and not man's conscience, should be the rule, We should dare to do right, even if we loose money in the operation; but the common question is, What shall I do to save the money ? Brethren, covetousness is eating the life out of our Churches. It's weight has dragged the glorious banner down into the dust. It is the weapon with which the Devil is slaying thousands of souls in our midst. 0 I man, what mad? ness has (aken hold of you ? What shall it profit you if you Bhould gain the whole world and loose your own soul ? III. They have perished in the gain? saying of Core. Core was a contentious fellow in Israel. He thought Moses was taking too much authority and receiving too much honor. He was a heady, high-minded fellow, and loved, pleasure more than he did God. He was a sort of crooked thing that could not be straightened. High minded ness shows itself in a great many ways. For instance, Borne people forget that the Church of Christ is the highest authority upou earth, and that whatso? ever is bound on earth shall bo bound in Heaven,- and whatsoever is loosed on earth shall be loosed in Heaven, and, therefore, they do not hesitate to oppose every effort of the Church to perfect it's plans or to further the great work com? mitted to the Churches. When they brt^Sthe peace and stir up contention and play havoc with the Church like Saul, they think they do God's service. Others forgetting that the Church has any claim upon them, or authority over THURSDAY MOENI give" themselves up to a light hearted, trifling, empty life off pleasure. They attend Ohurch occasionally, and some of them can behave themselves at Ohnrch, bnt they take pleasure only in the trifling pleasures of the world. Brethren, such are the unconverted members in our Church, they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error1 of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast wltbi yon1/ feeding them? selves without fear. Clouds they are, without water, carried about by winds. Trees whose fruit withereth without fruit, twice dead,- plucked up by the roots. They are like raging waves of the sea, foaming out of their own shame. Unconverted men in the Church; how shall we know them and what shall we wish them ? Let the minister preach the truth in love. Let him lift up a standard for the people. Many preachers may I present this as well as any other truth in i a way that is calculated to drive men away father than win them to the Gos? pel; bnt if the plain'y simple truth is preached in love there is hope that some of our unconverted Ohurch members may discover their mistake. A great many men have joined the Church under excitement, or they have mistaken feel? ing for religion, and they are deceived in themselves.. We have ? great many well meaning men in our Church who do not know that they are in a lost condi? tion,, and while they are only a dead weight to the Ohurch, yet they are here and a grave responsibility rests npon ub. What can we do with them but teach them? It requires ten times as much thought and patience and prayer and work to reach a member of the Ohurch as it does to reach nh outsider, but we. must do it, it 1b our only hope. Let the preacher and the people live the truth. Teach them from the pulpit and give them example in the pulpit and in the pew. Let us raise a higher type, of piety in our Ohurch; if there is a spark of religion in us let us show it in our lives. ? ^ Let ns give' tHecrt ?trict, wholesome New Testament discipline. Let the Ohurch cease to fellowship drunkenness and profanity and lying and extortion and other forms of ungodliness that are so common in our midst. 0, Spirit of God, burn these truths into our hearts, and weave them into our lives* If, indeed, we are the children of God, why are we so dull in spiritual things ? If there is life in us, where is the indication of life ? If the Spirit of God dwell in us,'where is the fruit of the the spirit? If we have faith in Christ, where is the proof of it ? The Grave of Marlon. Spabtastbubg, S'. C, Feb. 10.?The grave of Francis Marion, in which Mrs: Cornelius Vanderbilt is manifesting an interest, as we learn by reading the Green? ville News, is in every way an historic and interesting spot, and some facts about it are not out of place. The grave is situa? ted on "Bell Isle" Plantation in Berkeley County, on the verge of the Santee swamp, and some fifty miles from Charles? ton. It does not stand alone, but is sur? rounded by a number of tombs of those connected with the plantation. The grave yard is square, and about one hundred yards from the mansion house, looking from the front righthand corner, -and within the same inclosnre. In thus placing the family burial ground in full view of the dwelling the earlier owners of "Belle Isle" followed the habit of the country. The same thing can be seen at many of the county seats of that section. The custom is said to have originated from the necessity of revolutionary times. People then buried their dead where the graves could be protected from desecration by maraud? ing bands or hostile soldiers. Perhaps, too, the danger of depredations by wild animals, and the scarity of cleared land when they first began their task of sub? duing the forests increased the utility of such an arrangement. And in that troubled time no doubt the tomb atones of their dead were to these exiles the companionship of loved ones, as well as a memorial of the dear old homes across the water. ? Marion's tomb has no headstone, but has a large marble slab laid flat upon a firm brick foundation elevated some five or six feet and handsome in comparison with those around it. The writer has often visited the spot when a boy. The graveyard was well kept then, and latter? ly the place is well nigh abandoned, and a tree falling upon the slab has shattered it badly. "Belle Isle" ia itself a place of rare and romantic beauty. The style of the farm house comports with the antebellum residences of the wealthy planters of that neighborhood. It stands at the end of j an avenue about a mile in length which leads to it from the broad high road that passes by old St. Stephen's Church, Pineville and Big Camp, and the many plantations that lie in upper St. John's parish. When the writer knew the place the house was shaded by live oaks, syca? mores and cedars, while red birds flutter? ed in the Cherokee rose bushes, and the whole scene filled one's idea of a pictu? resque Southern home. The walks of an ancient garden at the rear lead off into the dense foliage of the Sah tee swamp. Then the place was owned and occupied by Walter Peyre Deveaux, whose inherit? ance it was; but the writer is given to understand that Mr. DeVeaux has since removed, and no one lives there now. The old homestead stands a monument to the general desolation of a country where nature is lavish. Some of the direct descendants of Francis Marion, who still bear the family name, reside in the neighborhood. It is of more than local interest to know that General Marion had a summer residence in this (Spartanburg) county. After the revolution be bought a place near the present town of Oampton, where he used to come to catch the mountain breezea. ? It is a good rule to accept only such medicines as are known to be worthy of confidence. It has been the experience of thousands that Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is the best mecicine ever UBed for throat and lung diseases. NG, FEBKUAKY 28, BILL ABF. ' Bat It Proved to be a Hunchback Miller. Atlanta OoriiCitiUion. The Sunday school lesson was about the demons who were cast out of the man and went into the swine, and the swine ran down into the sea and perished. A man gets tangled up awfully in trying to ex? plain such things to the children, for it is all a mystery and it is hard to find a man who has any cleaf Convictions npon the subject. Of course we don't beliete in spirits of ghosts as a regular thing, but almost everybody has got some wonderful story to tell about something that was almost a ghost if not quite. "We are all so fond of the marvelous that we had rather believe in ghosts than not, but I don't know of a we'll authenticated case of a spirit having been seen by anybody in our day, or even in the past eighteen. hundred years. I believe that good spirits have sometimes communicated with flesh and blood, but the power of evil spirits to do so was cut off when revelation was made complete and the Christian era began. Of one thing I am certain: I have never seen a ghost, nor has my spirit made itself known to me. Several times in my youth t -tame very near seeing a ghost, One. night I was riding along in the pale moonlight and as I came near a country graveyard and was looking out for white things 1 saw coming towards nie Slowly a man in white clothes and with no head upon his shoulders? not a sign of a head. His shoulders were broad and square and had a splendid place for a neck and head, but they were not there. If I had not been going towards home I think I should have turned and got away with alacrity, but I stood my ground, and, with my heart thumping in my breast, waited to see the ghost come en. My horse trembled and snorted, but I held him to the spot as I gazed upon the apparition. Just at the most critical moment the moon came from behind a cloud and the ghost spoke to me and said, "Don't be skeered, sonny, I'm no? body but old Tom, the miller.". And sure0 enough it was old Tom, the old hunchback miller going home from the mill with a sack of flour across his shoul? ders and bis head bent forward so that it did not show above the sack. If I had not stood my ground I should bate be? lieved to this day that I saw a ghost. My mother was a little dubius about ghosts and haunted houses, but my father was solid as a rock against the whole concern. Napoleon said that all men were cowards by night. I don't believe that but all women are. Mrs. Arp is very brave now, but the time was when she used to hunch me with her elbow away in the dead of night and whisper, "What's that William ?. Don't you hear that noise ? Wake up please." Bnt it was men she was afraid of?not me, but some other man. - In later years she is not afraid of anything except snakes and rats. My children won't go upstairs at night by themselves. They go two at a time to keep the boogers off of each other. Of course this wears off as they, grow older, and the best way is to let it wear off. You can't force it, and it is cruel to try. There is no worse agony to a child than to be alone in the dark. Superstition is just as natural to the human race as the fear of God or the love of children or any other emotion. We know that away back in the ages there were spirits and wizzards and witches and demons. The witch of Endor called up the spirit of Samuel. A dead man was let down in the tomb of Elisha, and as soon as his corpse tonched the bones of the prophet it came to life and stood up on his feet. The fate of Belshazzar was written upon the wall with the fingers of a spirit. Legions of evil spirits took pos? session of men in the days of the apostle. I reckon they were little fellows that just had the power to aggravate a man and make him a maniac. And on one occa? sion where they were driven out of him each one straddled a hog without saddle or bridle, and away they ran down into the sea. They are bound to go into something, and if they can't get a man or a woman they will take a hog or a mule or a mad dog. The old philosophers said the air was full of spirits?little devils, impecunious imps, who are hungry for mischief and keep society in a stew and foment slander and backbiting and envy and jealousy. ? They even venture into the church, and will dance around the choir and go'to the sewing society, and are sure to kick up a row wherever they go. Hudebras says the devil has a pulpit at the back end of every church. I reckon that is the reason why so many people love to sit' back there. I wish some gifted artist would draw*a picture of the inside of a fashion? able church with a shadowy pulpit on the rear and the devil with* his forked tail Bitting up there watching and wink? ing at his part of the flock and whisper? ing devilment in their ears. Old Satan is a power in this land of liberty. He can quote Scriptures to suit his purposes. His impudence is' amazing. He dared to tempt the Saviour and offered him the whole world for his allegiance. He con tended with Michael, the arch-angel, for the possession of the body of MoBes. I wonder what the old rascal wanted with it. But I suppose he claims the earth and wants everything in it just like his human followers. He went to Job's par? ty without any invitation and said he was just walking about and thought he would call. He is doing that yet walking about and calling in to see folks ?overseeing hiB big plantation?getting up wars and tumults and strikes and making people steal and swindle and tell lies. He can make a little boy tell a lie by winking his eye and make him smoke cigarettes around the corner where his father can't see him. He will whisper to a sweet little girl abour her beauty until she is as vain as a penocck, and has en't got as much sense as she bad last year, and just runs about to show herself. He is an invisible old scoundrel and wo hare to fight him all the time of be will run over us and ruin us, "resist the devil and he will flee from you," says the good book. Some priests use holy water and some people count beads and wear charms to drive him away, but he dou't care for that. Sometimes bo makes a trade with a man and gives him pleasure or money for his soul, just as ho traded with old 1889. man Faust. There are thousands of peo? ple selling him their souls nowadays, but they don't know it. Some of the old writers say that the devil has a govern? ment just like nations have governments. It is splendidly organized and has a gov? ernment of seven devils. Beelzebub is the chief of false gods and idols. Belial is the author of anger and1 malice. Ar modeus of revenge and Satan of lies and deceit, Abaddon is the destroyer and the formen tor of wars and tumults.. Diabolus scatters slander and despair. Meresin is the prince of the power of the air, and breathes out pestilence and plagues. The next in rank are Molocfc, and Fluto, and Leviathan, and Mammon, and Proserpine and Lucifer, and Antichrist. These last seven are ambassadors from foreign coun? tries?the seven kingdoms of England, France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Spain and Scotland?where Christians have Bet up the cross. This country was nop settled then, and had no infernal ambassador, but we have one now?two or three, they say, one for the north and one for the south to keep us fussing, and one for Kentucky to keep the distilleries going. Then there are thousands of sub devils, and they run for office just like our folks run for office. In fact, most of our officeholders go there When they die and* ran for an office right away, and gen? erally .get it o? account of their experi? ence. The head devils arfd chief officers all have secretaries, and body guard's, and "valet-dechambres." Then there are the directors of public amusements, and gambling houses and round dances and shameful literature. The directors attend to all this kind? of business that is going on in the world, and see to it that it is done up in brown and in the most devil? ish manner. They make weekly reports to the beads of departments, and if the business is dull and they have sold short the old devil wants to know what's the matter and he raises a rumpus, and either deposes the officer or gives him more help. One writer says that the air is not so full of flies in summer as it is of devils all the time. The most intelligent men in all ages believed in these personal devils. St. Paul and St. John, Homer, Socrates, Plutarch, Cyrus the Great, Milton, Shakespeare and Walter Scott, have all expressed their convictions. For a time wizzards and witches had a big run as we s?e in Macbeth and Tarn O'Shanter and the "Haunted House." The Puritans laid the blame of every misfortune upon the witches and had thousands of them burnt at the stake. Their victims were not men but women?not wizzards but witches. The pusilanious cowards I They never gave the women half a chance. They wouldn't let a girl wear a red rib? bon on her bonnet, nor a flower in her hair. The more I study history about these Puritans the more I don't like them. Macaulay says "they hated bear baiting not because it gave pain to the bear but because it gave pleasure to the spectators." But it is enough for as all to know that no good man or woman or child has ever been harmed by ghosts or witches. I believe in the influence of the spirits both for good and for evil and that we can court the one and drive away the other. Our duty and safeguard is to "deal justly, love mercy, and obey the Lord out God." Bill Abp. ??Too Black." We heard an anecdote the other day that is too good to keep. The congrega? tion of a certain colored church in South Carolina is composed to a great extent of mulattoes who consider themselves very 'high falutin,' the bon ions, the creme de la creme of colored 'society.' Now it happened that the Conference appointed to this charge a minister who was said to be a good preacher, an efficient pastor, and a good man. But, unfortunately, he was of pure African blood, and when his first year as pastor of this church was about to close, some of aforesaid bon ions, objected to his being sent back to them another year. When asked what their objections were, these 'high falutin' mulatoes said that they had nothing in the world against the reverend brother, but he was 'too black.' What next? Sumier (S. C.) Advance. ? A terrible disaster occurred in Hart? ford, Conn., on February 18th, costing at least fifty people their lives. At five o'clock in the morning the boiler in the basement of the Pars Central Hotel ex? ploded and the main building fell in ruins, burying all the inmates. The shock blew out windows in surrounding buildings. The ruins took fire and the most heartrending scenes occurred. Among those lost are a ni aber of promi? nent citizens. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that contain Mercury, as Mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucus surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescrip? tions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do are ten fold to the good you can possible derive from them. Hall's Cattarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney ?Sc Co., Toledo, 0., contains no mercury, and is taken internally, and acts directly upon the blood and mucus surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genu? ine, it is is taken internally and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. BgL.Sold by-Druggists, price 75c. per bottle. ? Miss Jane Holmes, who died in 1885, bequeathed $300,000 to the public charitable institutions of Pittsburg, which was so well invested that it has already doubled, and in a few years will be swell? ed to SI,000,000. ? Mrs. Vicey Chance, of Polk county, Ark., is reputed to be 122 years old. She has a son who is 88, and considers her chance good for several years yet. Eczema, Itchy, Scaly, Skin Tor tares. The simple application :>f "Swayne's Ointment," without any internal medi? cine, will cure any case of Tetter, Salt Rheum,. Ringworm, Piles, Itch, Sores Pimples, Eczema, all Scaly, Itchy Skin Eruption, no matter how obstinate or long standing. It is potent, effective, and costs but a trifle. 15 VOLUM] CAPTAIN JANE SMITH. Who Became Independent by Farming one Hundred Acres. Smxtf, Ga, Eebroary 15.?By the roadside three miles and a half from this town there is a comfortable looking cot? tage with a big old fashioned stone chim? ney, and in the background the stable and corn cribs. There are forty comfort? able matronly hens picking abont the yard, and nnder a tall ivy covered tree is a little log house from which, on rainy days and evenings, yon will hear the noise of the loom and the droning of the spinning wheel. In the front room of the cottage is an aged lady who rises to [ meet the stranger and says blandly, "Who are you 7" When he makes known his business she calls to some one at the spinning wheel; "Jane, here's a gentleman, who wishes to see you." Miss Jane appeared at the door in a neat homespun frock and quietly greeted the stranger. "No, I don't want my' name in the papers'. I have only a small farm, and I don't see that my business interests any one else," said she rather indignantly. Some notice in a local newspaper had offended her and at first she refused to talk; but on a prompt disavowal of any discourteous intent, she consented to tell her story. Miss Jane Smith is known among the people of this neighborhood as "Captain Jane Smith," and has won this distinc? tion by the energy and courage with which she has worked her way to inde? pendence on a hundred acre farm, Left on rented land with only a mnle, two cows and four hogs when her brother went to the war, she and her sister have, out of crops of their own tillage, support? ed themselves and their aged mother, bought the farm and built a comfortable dwelling. Their brother had just planted a crop when he was called away 'to fight for his home; and the neighbors seeing his anxiety for the welfare of the mother and Bisters he was leaving without a protector, promised to see that the crop was tended until his return. Turning wistfully away from these home cares to the stern fortunes of war, he set bis face towards the enemy, stifling care as best he could until, at last he buried it in a soldier's grave. In the midst of their grief those young women realized that their own hands must make a support for themselves and their mother, or they must be dependent on' their neighbors.. With a heroic resolution to be independent they set to work. This neighbors came and plowed the crop, and Miss Jane and her sister did the rest of the .work with their own hands. Rising at 4 o'clock summer and winter, they worked a field till .after sunset and fed the stock in the dark. From supper time till 10 o'clock there was a constant clack and clatter of the loom, ? with the humming of the wheel rising above it. They spun and wove the cloth for - their garments, and the white and Colored counterpanes that they wove in elaborate patterns, with six sheets of harness, are apparently new, twenty years after they were made, and would almost cause a store bought counterpane to turn crimson with shame. Everything they used, except coffee, was made at home, and in war times they made that by drying chips of sweet pota? toes. They raised everything to eat?corn, wheat, sorghum syrup, vegetables, hogs, chickens and everything that conld be produced on the farm. By such industry and economy they had saved ?250 by 1873, when they bought the farm for $900, pacing $250 cash. In four years tbey paid the other $650 and went on with other improvements. Three years ago Miss Smith built a new house for $800, paying the carpenters $2.50 a day as the work was done. Miss Smith believes in fat hogs. She always raises hogs and never has lean ones. The four killed this winter weigh? ed 924 pounds net and the largest 275 pounds. The smokehouse is well sup? plied with hams, shoulders, sides, fowls, lard and sausage meat. Their plan is to Bait the meat and let it hang till a windy week in March, when the salt is rubbed off, and the pieces are washed and packed down in the ashes. The hams are pat in sacks and keep perfectly. "I never kill hogs till they are years old," said Miss Smitb*-ji? , easier to keep a grown hog. AY' ,n a ? tttu ?.. ? ?--?a it takes Ie When it is over a ye-*-- 53 16 fand ? v.-? t thef^1 S mUle thafc MtM Jai in tnr0u.t of a stable three years ago ar hnter??rSl19' Tbem^" as gent n??' and Miss Smith sa7a sfc w^l!TnnTM k f0r'$175' The 0ld ^ wouldnotsem^b Mr gmith that was bough?^., . t.? * before he went tM?," f,'11 HeisSSyearsoldlt^f./W0,t0 d! good work. MissSmita^rched him.?l yesterday and plowed up tH^8? ln J little while. When asked how she made tneLcrpP! Miss Smith said: "I hired the hljjpf done and did the plowing myself untuSJ had the house built. I plowed day after day. None of us were ever sick a day in lour lives, and I never lost a day out of rthe crop except when I was away on business. We never had a doctor in the house till this winter, and he came to see mother, who is now 82 years old. "We raised this year five bales of cotton, about 200 bushels of corn, oats and fod? der enough for the stock, potatoes, sor? ghum syrup, hogs and chickens, and wove the cloth we need. We don't buj anything now but coffee and flour. We used to raise wheat, but there is so much trouble to get it threshed that we buy flour now to save trouble. It is no more trotible to raise wheat than it used to be. The farmers put their cotton seed all on the cotton land and expect the other land to make.wheat without the seed, and it won't bring it. "Some years we don't make so much as others, but I have never lost a crop. I don't subsoil the land, and don't use any tarn-plow. We just watch the crop and work it. When I go to the station I see fifty men standing around doing nothing, and I know most of them ought to be at work at hoire. That is the trouble. It takes work to make crops." E XXIV.- -NO. 34 Mrs. Smith, the aged mother of Miss Jane, brought out an Irish spinning wheel seventy-two years old and of a peculiar pattern. It spun a more even thread than the other, and worked with a treadle. Among her household relics was a patch-work quilt made of English calicoes before the Revolutionary war. The calico was made with a linen, warp and printed in elaborate patterns. The .- ?* quilt was yellow with age, and had been hid in a cave with other goods to keep; . them out of reach of the tories. The" poultry on the place is carefully , looked after, and the forty hens had >^ furnished the family and given eighteen dozen eggs for sale since ;he first of Janu- ? ary. An account of the egga was kepf*|g| year before last and a 130 dozen were' .'* sold. The two cows furnish a wealth of milk ; and butter, and there is always a plenty v " of every thing to eat at home. Miss Smith is known throughout^ Talbot county, and her independence and success have won great respect for her among the neighbors, among whom- her. history is quoted as an example. She : and her sister took special pride in showv'-.- ^ ing their handiwork in the elaborate counterpanes and other fabrics, as they did not wish people to think that they, could not do fine work because they had ';X done so much farm work that is usually done by men." They did not wish any notoriety and did not seem to think they had done any- v ^ thing unusual, but finally consented to talk when it was suggested that , their example might have a good effect on other people by stirring up a spirit of independence. ..^S?fi. Cooper. ALL SOBTS OF PABAGB ? James Howe, of Baltimore, ate five dozen raw eggs on a $5 wager. ?? Stock-growers say that all domestic animals would live longer if more kindly treated. ?- A tame crow belonging to a farmer near Ridge way, Canada, has been taught to distinguish colors. ? An Indiana man has been convicted of stealing 540 plows, all of which he had stored away in a barn. ? In Warren county, Ey^e^hachelpf\ of seventy years and a spinster of sixty, were united in marriage afters courtship of forty years. "While there is life there is hope." ? A colored woman testified at a trialjpffl in Stanford, Ky., "that she would have ~? been killed had she not seen the bullet, which was coming straight at her, and dodged it." ? Senator Vance will have a glass eye".'^ placed in the vacant socket, over which'??>.{: ? he now wears a bandage, in about twb*--^ weeks. He will then resume his Coin- . gressional duties. r ? A mas in New Hampshire who was';, sued for a debt of $4 made oath in court -\ '. that he had never been worth over $6aJt?^ onetime in his life, and that his income was not over $1 per year. " // ? Henry Baker, aged 76, and Joe Sny^fS der, aged 80, walked four miles to decide\::'?sk a bet at Ithica, N. J., on Monday.~--STry-ri^ der won in 43} minutes. Baker willr$|g probably die of his exertions. ? Missouri is the only' StatejcL Union that makes no provision for her militia. In 1886 there were .seven: regi-|| ments in the State, while now there are.y but two, numbering 1,800 men. ?There will be a mob of million? aires injthe next senate. Their combined wealth will foot np $139,000,000. It fine thing to have an asylunr^or^ o rich men so attractive that they ; wi into it "voluntarily. -f- ?-.. ? The medical student wl. j suicid in New York the other day left a messag reading: "Idie because therevja room for any more doctors." have'been crazy. Hundreds of are graduating every year and finding ' patients. ? The first bank in the United Stafc was the Bank of North America; tered by congress at the instance Robert Morris, in 1780, and by the State, of Pensylvania in 1781, with a capital $400,000. It is still in existence in Phil? adelphia. ? This item appears in the South bridge, Mass., Journal: ."Charles Gav? otte goes to the house of correction for. six months for beinga aaw^n drun? kard." If weha^wTlaw in Sou~ na trmL/^^hed common drunkards TOn^OTld have fewer of them. ? A person convicted of any crime China, except that of murdering, oneof: the royal family, can hire a substitute to? tale the punishment, even if it is death. ; The rate of day of these substitutes has lately been advanced 20 per cent,, and the / blame is laid to the English. -Be?. Sam Jones opened a series of meetings at Sacramento, California: oni ^eWthinst., with a congregation;ojP 2,000 people. The local papers saylS every seat in the large armory hail wis' filled. The meetings will continue' unT the firs week in March, and the p? is that they will constitute an erM Sacramento's religious annals. ? Georgia's newcapito nearly ready fotjxfa ^Legislature, whic^eetaTJuly Bold its sesaionain it. 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