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BY GLINKS?ALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 12, 1892. VOLUME XXVL-? -F^.^5| SEASON OF 1892. Womens/ Misses' and Childrens' Fine OXFORD TIES! Duchess, Langtry, Brighton, Elite, Souvenir, Theo, Adonis, Everott and Southern Ties. Juliet,-Strap, House and Opera Slippers. YACHTING and LAWN TENNIS SHOES. JAS. P. GOSSETT & CO.. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Boots and Shoes,, ?' Anderson, S. 0 , under Hotel Chiquola, THREE CHEERS FOR TARIFF REFORM - aistd -? FREE COINAGE OP SILVER. THESE WILL HELP YOU, BUT CHAPMAN Will pnt money in your pocket if you will call and see his Goods and Prices. My STOCK IS NOW READY FOR'INSPECTION, and 1 ask the Trading Public to call and examine my Goods before buying. My stock was bought with the HAKD CASH, and I have? SOME RARE SARCASMS To oner the people of Anderson, thereby Baving them monoy on every dollar's worth* of Goods 70a bny from me. To my old customers and friends I would qay that I am in a better position to save them dollars and cents than ever before. My Stock of Prints is-... .Fascinating. My Stock of Canton Cloth is.. BeautifnL My Stock of Delhi Cloth is. ?.. Immense. ! My Stock of Ginghams is?....Lovely. . My Stock of CordDuRoi is. ^.WonderraL My Stock of Embroideries is.Surpassing. < My Stock of Laces. rjBeato the world. My Stoffe of Wool Dress Goods ; - There is" none better. My Stock of Braid is-.The Latest. My Stockei Shoes. .Beats the World. In fact my entire Stock is pretty, Bought Cheap, and v Will toe soM Cheap. b&. COME AND see me. W. A. CHAPMAN, Agent, Next to Masonic Temple. WANTED! ?RaGS,; HIDES and BEESWAX by PEOPLES & BUTBRI8S, at good! prices. SECOND HAND STOVES As good or better, than most of the new. ones now .offered you, which we are offering at a low price. We hope you will bear in mind that we deal in? 1 Tin, China Crockery, Glassware, And EVERYTHING in the House Furnishing line, and 'at prices that cannot be heat by any one. Price ehe where, then come to see us and you will be convinced. TIN "ROOFING. GRAVEL ROOFING and GUTTERING, Promptly done by experienced men. Yours very truly,, PEOPLES & BURRISS. DON'T FAIL TO VISIT I I, BHBWN k M, DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES, STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES, FRUITS and CONFECTIONERIES. We are selling Goods CHEAP, and will treat yon right. . \ Give us a call. sYours trnly, B. W. BROWN & SONS. HOW TO SATE MONEY! - * -"-'0 You can Save Money by Buying your School Books and Stationery at COLLINS' BOOK STORE. A full line of Scbool Books, Blank Booka, Stationery, Pictures nnd Picture Frames, and otber goods too numerous to mention, all at tbe lowest prices, PHOTOGRAPHS. My Photograph Gallery has been ? lately refitted with all the latest improved appara? tus for making Pictures of all kinds, from the size < 'a postage stamp to life size in tbe fines: Jniah. Portraits enlarged to anv \ size,, from small pictures, at reasonable I prises. Don't forget this if you want a aice Photo. Respectfully. J. H. COM/INS. CHARLOTTESVILLE CASSIMERE. i?JST received, one bale Charlottesville fj \ Cassimere for Summer. Any one ?whoVas worn these Goods will tell yon they he the BEST GOODS in the market. One hale of those pretty and good Checks ?as pretty as Ginghams. I still kfcep the? \ Best Coffee, x Best Tea, N. 0. Molares, Slour, eal, and Pnre Mnscovado Molasses. A large line of WALL PAPER, BOR? DER8 and CANVASS. . A few Shoes and Hats lit and below cost. \ Call on me and be convinced. \ A. B. TOWERS. P. S.?I forgot to mention three pieces of the best Cottonades to^be Lad. TflA?H#$'Goi,UMN, All communications intended for thisrColumn should be addressed to 0. WARDL AW, School Commissioner, An? derson, 8. C. memory gems. Sin is not necessary to one's happiness, health or success. What things soever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so unto them, The County Teachers' Association on the 21st inst. promises to be the best meeting of the Association ever held. Teachers, do not miss it. Messrs. J. I Spearman, W. 0. Field and J. H. Wardlaw now compose the Board of Truutees for School District No. 8. They will meet at White Plains oh the evening of the'20th inst., at 8.30 o'clock. We want every teacher in the County to be present on the 21st inst. st the Ommty Teachers' Association. Each one on the program has promised to be present. We will meet in the Court House at 10 o'clock. Please be on band promptly. Program of the Anderson County Teachers' Association to be held in the Court House here on the 21*t inst.: 1. "The Teachers' Preparation," by Prof. J. F. Rice, of Townvjlle. 2. "A Lesson in English," by Miss Maggie Evans, of this place, (a class of her pupils being present.) 3. "The Teacher's Aim in the School Boom/' by Miss Loa A. Carpenter, of Pelzer. 4. "A Lesson in Arithmetic," by Prof. J. M. Hamlin, of Lebanon, (a class from his school being present.) I 5. "Square Boot and Cube Boot," by Lieut. Miller, of the P. M. I. ! 6. "The Importance of Physiology and Hygiene in the Schools." I Each lesson and subject will be open for discussion in short talks. The prea | ence of every white teacher in the Coun | ty is desired. j UEARDEBINGS. Miss Maggie Stevenson,, at Cook's, is one of our most earnest and energetic teachers'. She has a good school; and is doing a work that she need not be ashamed of. We were very mach pleased with her methods and the thoroughness of her pupils. Miss Maggie is a con? scientious and painful teacher, who has in mind the real development of her pu? pils. Mr. Burns, at Starr, i i giving such en? tire satisfaction as shows4 his work to be excellent. Miss Hurst, at Dean's, has a very in? teresting school. We heard in this school some real pleasant and interesting little speeches and recitations. Miss Annie is a good trainer. The following letters were written by two pupils of Miss Bettie Earle's school at Long Branch: , THE OLD HEN AND CHICKENS. . I remember that my mistress once set me on ten eggs. I sat ou them for three weeks. It was a good while, but I did not care all, just so I hatched all my eggs. And when they were all batched out of the shell aud taken from the nest and put on the ground to eat what my mistress gave them when a big turkey came up and pecked one of my chickens nearly to death. My mistress once had company and she had to kill one of my chickens for dinner, and so I had only nine chickens left. Age, eight years. Luhe Milford. THE ENGINE. I was first dug out of the ground, then I was put in a large furnace and melted. I'll tell you it was a dirty face man that dug me out of the grown. After I was melted I was made up into a large, dan? gerous looking engine. I was black as soot, and was ready to jump up on the railroad aud fly. In a few days I was put upon the road. I was made in Troy. The man that was to run me had his cap set on his head wrong. I thought then he would get me broke some way by his looks. He had the brim of his cap be? hind. One day ho got drunk and pnt enough steam on me to pull forty coaches, while I only had twelve. So just as we started up the road some one hollered, "Are you drunk ?" "No, I'm alright," he says. I had not got far until I was in forty pices, and so were I the cars. Age, twelve years. Henby Milford. Wanted to be on Hand. There are some droll Irishmen in Con? gressman O'Neill's district, according to the Btories be relates. An amusing one was told by the congressmen at the capi? tal not long Bince, says the Washington Post. An old fellow who had scraped together twenty-five or thirty thousand dollars, wanted Lawyer O'Neill to draw up his will. When the document was apparently finished the lawyer asked if there was anything else he wanted put down. "Oh, yes," said the Irishman. "Fifty dollars to be spent on the boys when I am taken to the cemetery ou the day of my funeral." Cavalry Cemetery, in which all the Catholics of St. Louis are buried, is sev? eral miles beyond the outskirts of the city, and there are numerous road houses at which "the boys" are in the habit of stop? ping for drinks on their way back from a funeral. Mr. O'Neill naid to his client: "I presume you want the fifty dollars spent on the way back from Cavalry." "Bejabers, no!" exclaimed the client. "Spind it going out. I'll he wid 'em, then." ; ? Bucklens Arnica Salve The best salve in the world for Cuts Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe? ver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chil? blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give per? fect satisfaction, or money refunded, Price 25 cents per box. For aale by Hill Bros. SOUND DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINE. & Convincing Statement at to the Politi? cal Parties?the Only Hope for the South Is Democracy. In response to a letter asking for his views upon the political situation, Gen. John B. Gordon has written at length for fine benefit of the farmers of Georgia, by whom he waB elected to the United States Senate two years ago. The letter is too long for oar columns, and we will omit the introduction altogether, so as to give the main points: THE GRIEVANCES OF THE FARMERS. " One of the most serious complaints is against the National Banking system, against its partiality and its incompetent oy to furnish a sufficient and low rate circulating medium. Who imposed this system upon the country ? The answer is, a Republican House, a Republican Senate and a Republican President, and in doing this they destroyed your State banking system. I cannot pass this point without briefly contrasting the two pys tema. Under the national banking law one thousand dollars of gold will not pay for a one-thousand dollar bond on which to issne bills, and, therefore, each thousand dollars of gold under this system would furnish less than one thousand dollars for circulation; whereas, under the State banking system each thousand dollars of gold furnished the basis for $3,000 in bills, or more than three times as much money for circulation as is possible under the national banking law. Again. With the national banks, your land is not regarded as security. Under State banking, real estate was one of the best of securities. A second complaint is that the coun? try's currency is concentrated largely at certain seasons on Wall street and in the money centres. This was impossible un? der the State banking syBtem, because the currency was local and largely confined to the limits of the State; but it answer? ed all the purposes for which the people needed money. I will not stop now to Bhow, by further argument, how the national banking sys? tem necessarily contracts instead of in? creasing the currency, nor how it taxes the people to pay (he interest upon the bonds on which the, system rests, It is enough for my present purpose to fix up* on a Republican Congress and President the responsibility for that system and for the destruction of the State banks. A third and general complaint is that silver has been demonetized. Who is re* sponsible for this? Who struck down this class of dollars and dishonored a currency which had successfully main? tained its position in this country for three-quarters of a century ? The answer again is that this outrage was consumma? ted by a Republican House, Senate and President. A fourth wrong of which we complain is the needless and cruel contraction of the groenhack enrrency in the mad and untimely, efforts to force specie payments by too rapid strides. Who is responsible for this great wrong upon the debtor class and upon the masse8 of the people? Who controlled the government and established the poli? cy of rapid contraction, by which gener? al and abounding prosperity was sudden* ly changed to universal panic and widespread ruin? The same answer is the true answer?a Republican House, a Republican Senate, a Republican Pres* ident. A fifth and most just murmur of dis? content comes from farmers, producers and intelligent laborers, because of the cnjuBt and discriminating protective tar? iff, which, like legalised theft, is enrich? ing one class of citizens at the expense of other classes. Why is it that the righteous demands of the Farmers' Alli? ance and of other industrial organizations for the reform of these iniquitous tariff laws have not been heeded at Washing? ton ? It 1b because the ears of Republi? can lawmakers have been deaf to these appeals for relief. It is because the ef? fects of tariff reformers in one branch of the Congress have been defeated by high Republican officials in other branches of the government. If there be any answer to this allegation let the objector demon? strate its untruth. A sixth cause of discontent is the stu? pendous national land grants and subsi? dies which have enriched gigantic corpo? rations and encouraged extravagance and corruption in high places at WaBhnigton. The sole responsibility for thia policy also is upon a Republican House, Senate and President. A seventh complaint is that while eve? ry item of property belonging to the far? mer and the laborer is subjected to taxa? tion, there is no tax, graduated or other? wise, upon the princely income of the rich, who are most able to pay and who receive a larger share of governmental protection without bearing a just portion of the government's burdens. Where rests the responsibility for this condition of affairs? Again the answer is that a tax upon the incomes was once imposed, but the law has been repealed by the ac? tion of a Republican HotlBe, a Republi? can Senate and a Republican President. Another outcry is made by the farmers and the industrial classes against the needless accumulation and the extrava? gant expenditures by the government. Who are the authors of this monstrous imposition upon the country's toilers and producers? Again the answer comes with marvellous monotony that the Re? publican Congreas and Republican Presi? dent are responsible. D?ring the recent Congress, when the Senate, House and Presidency were all controlled by the Republicans, they not only expended the $100,000,000 of accumulated surplus, but, in scornful defiance of the people's demands for economy and lower taxes, they loaded us down with still more grievous burdens of increased tariff taxa? tion. REPUBLICANS ALONE RESPONSIBLE. It will be seen, therefore, that in this long list of grievances, everyone of them is chargeable directly and solely to the Republican party in every instance; without one exception the Republican party is the author of each and every wrong of which we complain. On the other hand the constant, avow? ed and only available opponent of that party in all theae years was the persistent, resolute and indomitable organized De? mocracy of this Union. This is the sim? ple, nnvarnished, unanswerable trnth. Yet we witness the painful and astound? ing upectaole of a few would-be-leaders seeking to mislead our people by the un? worthy and untruthful declaration that we have no more to hope for from the Democracy than from the hostile Repub? lican party. Such a declaration is so ab? surdly untrue that onr honest people will not long be deceived by it. I will not now disease the proposition to elect United States Senators by popu? lar vote; because it requires an amend? ment to the Constitution to accomplish it, and Is therefore remote; and, because there is no immediate benefit or damage to the people, in either its adoption or re? jection. So far as onr present welfare is concerned, it is immaterial whether we be for it or against it. Nor do I propose to discuss at length the demand for government ownership of railroads; because ic is wholly impracti? cable, and even if it could be accomplish? ed it would not bring the relief sought. It would involve the appointment, by central authority, of thousands of agents, and it would result at last in general dis? aster. Sorely the experience of Georgi? ans in the management by the State of one short line of railroad ought to be a sufficient warning against the policy of government ownership of all the rail? roads. Even when managed by our best and ablest executives before the war, the State Road rarely paid, was frequently in debt, and yet transportation over it was more expensive to the people than it is now. And after the war, when that Bame road was managed by the Republican party, it involved the State in debt and ran down to the very verge of wreck and ruin. The only sensible solution of the great problem of transportation is in the "most rigid, honest and just State and National governmental control and su? per vision." AN APPEAL TOKSOBER JUDGMENT. In the light of the serious and undis? puted facts enumerated in this letter, I appeal to the dispassionate, sober judg? ment of our people for one sensible rea? son or excuse for abandoning the Demo? cratic party and trusting onr hopes and fortunes and liberties to an untried, untrained and heterogenous Third Par? ty. Does any one answer that the Demo? cratic party does not grant the needed re? lief to the people ? Upon what facts does ha base auch an opinion? The Dem? ocratic party has not had control of the government for one session or one day in the last-'thirty years; and in those thirty years of Republican rule, every evil of which you complain has taken root and become embodied in onr laws ob the avowed and permanent policy of Repub? lican administration. During all that long period, the united Democracy has carried the flag of revolt against the Republican policies, arraign? ing its leaders, denouncing its extrava? gance, its corruptions and its usurpations ?confronting and fighting it in States and Nation, nntil a majority of the Srates and an overwhelming majority of the people have enlisted under the Demo? cratic bnnner of reform. What possible excuse, therefore, for deserting our flag now when glorious victory seems within our grasp and when . Democratic victory means defeat to the authors of all the wrongs of which the people com? plain. But commanding as are the considera? tions set forth, there are still more mo? mentous reasons for standing unitedly and firmly in the ranks of the De? mocracy, which is the true party of the people. First and paramount among these rea? sons is the fact that desertion by Demo? crats now, renders more probable the continued supremacy of Republicanism in the government, the perpetuation of their hurtful policies, and the in? definite postponement of the day of re? lief. With the Republican ranks united and Democrats divided, we may lose control of the next House of Representatives, as well as of the Presidency, and thus ren? der possible the passage of the hydra headed force bill, with its endless trains of evils, the horrors of which no lan? guage can exaggerate. In the great and memorable battle against the force bill and for the rights and liberties of our people there was no difficulty in locating our enemies on the one side and our friends on the other. There were some brave and magnanimous spirits among the Republicans who appreciated the enormity of that iniquitous force bill and who revolted against the party which sought to inflict the measureless wrong upon the Southern people. But the vast majority of the Republican party wrote for, spoke for, or labored for the passage of that bill. Where did the National Democracy stand in that fearful crisis ? There wss not a solitary Democrat in any State, j city, town, or country district in this whole Union who deserted us in our ex? tremity or who failed to oppose this threatened destruction of the prosperity, tranquility, peace and liberty of the Southern people. How then can any Southern man, who loves bio country, get his own consent to desert our Democratic brethren after such an exhibition of fi? delity to principle and such devotion to our essential rights ? The. Southern people are not ingrates. They have never been charged with in? gratitude, and I do not believe that they will Hubject themselves to criticism now I by deserting the friend:} who did not de? sert us, either iu the force bill fight or during the reconstruction reign of terror. THE ROADS TO RELIEF AND TO RUIN. There is no short or royal road to finan? cial relief, but there is a very short and rough one to political and industrial ruin. Relief can only come through ultimate and complete triumph over the party, which, for thirty years has inflicted upon the country, as I have said above, all the evils of which our farmers and the masses of the people complain. This single and only road to governmental relief, although a long one, can and will lead us to success if we press forward with singleness of aim and com* pact ranks. Bat we shall certainly fail and invite defeat and bring to oar people still greater financial and political woes, if we now give heed to those who counsel division in our ranks and seek to preju? dice our people against the only party which has any prospect of triumph over ! onr enemies. The Southern man who seeks now to lead us away from the Democratic fold assumes a truly fearful responsibility. We may not all agree as to the special methods of relief; but we do agree as to the necessity of relief. Some favor free coinage; some land loans ; some a sub* treasury plan; some the lending of mon? ey by the general government of States, and by States to individuals; some the re? storation of banis of issue in the States ; some the purchase of United States bonds by treasury notes issued in pay men t, and uome the purchase with green? backs of a much larger amount of silver bullion. All these plans have their ad? vocates, who earnestly and ably support them. Bat iusistance upon specific plans breeds dissension. On the main I issues, however, we all are practically agreed. We are all in favor of lower tariff and j taxes, lowijr interest for money and largely increased volume of money. On these vital issues an overwhelming ma-1 jority of Democrats are in absolute accord with the producers, farmer and labor unions of the country. How mach wiser, then, to cease quarreling about the pians and fight together for the general cause. How infinitely more sensible to stop the chimerical efforts of organizing a new party, which insures division and invites defeat. How much more patriot? ic to rally to the glorions banner of De? mocracy and reform, with the enthusiasm and fidelity and heroism which have made Southern men famous, and bear that flag to triumph in both State and Nation. I cannot,lay down my pen without one more solemn warning to my friends and countrymen who have contemplated joining the Third Party movement. Of course they do not wish to disor? ganize cur agricultural industry and bur? den it with additional trials by convert? ing again our contented orderly colored laborers into active and violent politi? cians and dissatisfied place-hunters. Of course they do not wish to see re? turned to power and to the control of onr Stale that inglorious mass of ignorance] and political mockery from whose dead-1 ening clntch wo -rescued Georgia some twenty years ago. Of course they do not wish to see our State plunged again .into that abyss of political woes and financial bankruptcy and social disorders, which for some years after the war filled our minds with appre? hension and our hearts with anguish. Our Third Party friends would turn with horror from the contemplation of any such direful calamity resulting from their movements; and yet so sure as ef feet must follow cause, so sure are they courting danger and harrying us toward these dreadful pitfalls, by dividing the white race and enticing our people to abandon the Democratic ark of safety. Turn back, my countrymen. Yon can? not afford tbe risk. It will be too late to turn back when dissensions shall have re- [ suited in our ruin. I am, faithfully, your friend and fellow-citizen, J. B. Gordon, How Rabbers are Made. t Many people suppose that rubber shoes are made by melting the material and rnnning it into moulds. Snch is not the case. The manufacture of rubber shoes is not very much different from the manufacture of leather shoes. They are made on lasts just the same, but in? stead of being sewed they are cemented "We got some of the raw material from South America," said a drummer. "It is about the color of molasses, and is of a spongy nature. First it goes through a crushing or rolling process and comes out in sheets and looks very much like cow's hide. Then it is taken into a com? pounding room, where it is mixed with a compound and vulcanized. After that it is cut up into small pieces, according to the parts of the shoes we wish to get, and is afterward fitted into lasts by the working men in the same manner that leather is." How much pure rubber is contained in the manufactured article ? About seventy per cent. The best Para gum costs ninety cents a pound, so you wee that rubber boots and shoes cannot be made for nothing. In the smallest rubber shoe there are about two ounces of rubber, and from that to probably four pounds in a pair of rubber boots. Old rubbers are ground up, lining and all, into what we call rag carpet, and is used for insoles. The work is nearly all done by hand, and in tbe factories are employed young children, men and wo? men. A boot maker gets 20 cents a pair for making them, and a good man can turn out from ten to twelve pairs a day. There are between fifteen aud tweuty rubber boot factories in the country, with a total capacity of . 160,000 pairs of boots and shoes a day. f hare are four factories having a capacity of 40,000 pain*. It is a mystery where they all go to. _ How's This. We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO , PropB., Toledo, 0. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last fifteen years and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligation made by that firm. West & Truaa, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Whole? sale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internal? ly, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all Drug? gists. Testimonials free. ? Idaho will be the thirty-fourlh State o adopt the Australian ballot system. USURY. I Herald-land Presbyter. A lady writes: "We have a good deal of agitation here in Kansas about usury, some claiming that the Bible for? bids tbe taking of any interest whatever. Would you be so kiud as to tell us what your understanding of the word "usury" in the Bible, and oblige "A Constant Reader." The word "usury" occurs many times in our common version of the Old Testa? ment, but only twice in the New Testa? ment?in Matt, xxv: 27 and in Luke 19:23. In both of these passages the re? vised version substitutes "interest" for usury, and very properly ; for usury, which meant originally the fair and rea? sonable premium for the use of money, has come to mean, as Webster says, "in? terest in excess of the legal rate exacted by the lender of tbe borrower." Our Saviour, in his parables of the talents (Matt. 25:27), and the pounds (Luke 19:12), seems to justify the loan? ing of money on interest. The Greek word that he uses is tokos, which means, literally, "a child, an offspring," The Lord says to his servant: I put into your hands that which was intended to be productive; money properly used or invested ought to gain an increment. You have failed to use it thus, and are therefore guilty. The common sense and legislation of tbe Christian world have indorsed the j ustice of this statement, Money is not to be hoarded, but to be used. And he who has the use of anoth? er's money, in order to make money by it, onght to pay for that use as he pays rent for a farm, or hire for a horse. If we should make all payment for interest illegal, nobody who bad money would lend it, and nobody who needed money could borrow it. The result would be stagnation. The accumulated capital of the country would lie idle, and the energy and enterprise of the country would not have means to operate with. But we are told that God did not allow the Hebrews to lend money on interest, la order to understand how far this was so, or why it was so, we must examine the law itself and study the circumstan? ces of the people to whom it was given. The law is as follows: "If thy brother is waxen poor, and his hand fail with thee, then thou shalt up? hold him. . . . Take thou no usuiry from him or increase, but fear thy God, that thy brother may live with thee. Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury nor give him thy victuals for increase. I am the Lord your God which brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan (Lev. 25:35-38)." "Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of anything that is lent upon usury: unto a foreigner thou may est lend upon usury, but unto thy broth? er thou shalt not lend upon usury (Deut. 23:19-29)." Here we see that the Hebrews were not supposed to be borrowers unless they became poor from sickness or some other cause. Then tbey were objects of charity, and their prosperous brethren were bound to help them and not to take ad? vantage of their necessities. As a nation they were farmers, and not merchants and speculators. When they wanted money, it was not to buy land with or goods to sell at a profit, but to buy food. And God had a right to say to the pros? perous, You must help the needy of your tribe and neighborhood, for you were all bondmen in Egypt. I brought you out and gave you the land of Canaan. You are all members of one family, and my tenants. So I have a right to enjoin upon the rich among you the care of the poor. But when the foreigner came and want? ed to borrow money of the Hebrew, God said : "To him thou mayest lend upon usury." He has not the same claim upon you that your brethren have. He does not come to you for charity, but for tbe means to trade on. He expects to make money by using your money, and you have a right to your share of the profits. This exception in the case of the foreigner shows God's recognition of the right of money to earn and to claim its increment, as well as lands or herds of cattle. Money is the represen? tative of value and he who has earned it, J or has come lawfully into the ownership of it in any way, is not bound to lend it to whosoever would borrow it without receiving any interest. It is cur duty to help the poor, but not to furnish cap? ital gratuitously to the trader or the speculator. The bearing of the princi? ples involved in tbe Hebrew legislation in regard to usury is well stated by Dr. Gerlach in bis commentary upon the Pentateuch:" "The reason for the prohibition has re? spect to the oppression of the poor, and has a perpetual meaning for all times and countries. That the lender should re? ceive compensation for the risk he runs and the advantage,, he confers on the borrower is not only fair, but likewse mutually advantageous. A literal pro? hibition of usury (interest) would make loans very rare, and thus act injuriously on tbe borrower, to whom the possibility of a loan on interest is of the greatest service. But in its spirit the Christian will still faithfully observe this law. He ought to regard himself as simply tbe steward of goods that do not belong to him but are simply entrusted to his keep? ing. Usury in general is forbidden, but taking it from strengere is permitted. The relation of all Israelites to God as their common Lord was plainly the ground of tbe prohibition. From his people should no usury be taken, and so far tbe result of the general, brotherly love, by means of the use of ail earthly goods ought to be common to all men. And our American commentator, Dr. Oowles, sayH: "Tbe render will scarcely need tbe suggestion that tbe Hebrew law against interest in our Christian age ap? plies only to tbe case of loans made to the poor to meet their necessities. The spirit of the law unquestionably does not apply to any other." Rev. D. Davies sums up the whole matter in his terse and telling sen? tence : "Money gain is not the business of life. There are occupations nobler than money getting. Contentment is better than gold. Tbe cnltnre of the mind is better. The discipline of the moral powers is better. Brotberlj kindness id better. The diffusion of knowledge is better. Earthly prosperity is to be hail? ed especially as a condition for doing good. To have and yet refuse to help is a sin. That man's gold is a curse." In these days, when weaith is increas? ing so fast, the question as to the re? sponsibilities and duties of those to whom it is given becomes one of great and growing interest They are called "mon? ey kings," but iven the kings are not absolute and irresponsible. Power is entrusted to them for the good of others. They are to rule benevolently and not selfishly. God says: "By me kings reign." "There is no power but of God, aud the powers that be are ordained of God." And again, "Thou shalt remember the Lord thy God, for he it is who giveth thee power to get waplib." The money j ower in this land is as truly "by the grace of God" as the power of Queen Victoria in the British Empire, and its responsibilities, like hers, run parallel with its prerogatives. I find in the New York Mail and Express this paragraph, from an address by Dr. George Alexander, at a meeting in be? half of church extension in New York, held in the parlors of Jay Gould : "You have got money aad you do not need to be told that money is a power. It is an energy stored and .ready for ubo. We all know that. A man who has no money can lift with his own bands. A man who has got a million of dollars has a lever which will enable him to lift more than one hundred average men, that is, provided he is master of his wealth and that his wealth is not master of him. Now, that is a very serious question for every man to consider, as to whether he is master of his or not. Be? cause it is unfortunately true that men become so mach engrossed in the acqui? sition of money that they very frequently fail to consider what they are going to do with it when they get it. They cul? tivate the faculty of acquisition until it becomes abnormally developed, while they neglect the greater faculty of how todispence with it. They forget tha^ there is no such thing as absolute owner ship in this world. "The earth is the Lord's and tbe fullness thereof; the ! world, and they that dwell therein." No man is anything but a trustee, and soon? er or later, he must give an account of his stewardship." That is the Bible doctrine, and it needs to be emphasized in these days of selfish? ness and greed. A Wallace Honse Incident, Seaing some allusion to Ool. Orr's leading the members of the Wallace House into the Stale House in 187G, I was reminded of another incident that occurred on the same day. We got in and were seated when the members of tbe Mackey House came and the utmost confusion began. It seemed as if there would be a general fight, I had no arms to defend myself, so I went out and up to John 0. Dial's and pro? cured a good pistol and a handful of car? tridges, and returned at once to the State House, but when I presented myself at the door I was told that we could not get in, as the Laurens and Edgefield delega? tions had been counted oat. I felt that I was in a dilemma and turned off into the lobby, and found my frieud aud colleague, D. Wade Ander? son, sitting on a box looking as forlorn as I felt. I took my seat by his side, but in a short time the portly form of that noble patriot, James N. Limpscomb, de- j ceased, appeared near us, who at once j took in the situation, and1 went back in i the ball and in a few minutes we were called to the doors, where stood the above named, Col. A. C. Haskell, Col. James L. Orr and John D. Brown, ser geant-at arms for the Wallace House. These brave men formed themselves into a hollow square, poshing back their opponents, and we passed through to our seats about as much relieved as prisoners turned out of jail. It looked as if this would precipitate the fight, but the deter? miner! bearing of these men and the p rn dence of Speaker Wallace averted the storm. Who but au ingrate could forget this scene and feel grateful to these brave men for their promptness in risking their lives to shield us? And this is but one of the many incidents that could be told of their unselfish risks for the good of their prostrate State, and the small honor of Lieutenant Governor is very small compensation for the services rendered them. One of those men has been abused be? yond measure for party purposes. The other is nick-named Shanghai, a feeble effort to defame a man who has not a blot on him ; his career has been above reproach. None of the traits of the Shanghai apply to him. I will suggest to his defamers who think he is a Shanghai to try his pluck and, my word for it, be? fore they are done with lain: they will conclude that instead of a Shanghai they have struck a ten pound game cock with all the good traits of that noble fowl. You will find it hard to find a cleaner Bet of men than John C. Sheppnrd, Jas. L. Orr and Joseph B. Humbert. I pre? sume the balance of the Conservative ticket are just as good, but I don't know the rest as I know these. Good men should examine into the moral as well as political standing of both tickets and see who will stand the test of moral integrity, for in this consists the great difference in the men?for they all claim to be Democrats.?J". Washington Watts, in Laurens Advertiser. ? A farmer brought in a sleigh-load ol June butter, packed in wooden tubs, and the grocer was examining i~. with a view to purchasing. "Hallo, farmer," said he, "here's one tub broken open." "Wall,'J drawled the farmer, "I knowed some o' that butter was pooty strong, but I didn't calc'late twould bust them tubs." ? Husband?I know I'm going to die. The doctor says I am suffering from "cir? cumscribed subcutaneous inflammation, characterized by indurating and suppu? rating with a postular tumor." Wift (rushing alarmed to medical dictionary] ?Oh, darling, darling. That's all right That's only the medical language for a boil! S?w AH Sorts of Paragraphs. fi| ? A man's jud\ sent is warped wH|S he can't go straight past a saloon, gffijj ? Jefferson Davis' grave is eachB^ decorated with a buncb of fresh fionHHfl ? A man's political friends are noB we/s tbe men be would like to trag horses with. | 1| ? Money is not exactly a roligiousBf; tide, but still it has a denomination owNm own. Wsjffi ? Why cannot a deaf man be legflH convicted ? Because it is not dawlum condemn a man without a hearing. H ? We truly believe De Witt's. 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Miss Gwacie: And yon- 8 mind me of win6 and milk. SyllabflH yon know. ? There are two factories in;Philad?H phia that use up in the season 100 hog hides a week each, to cover base bafil They are alum tanned. One hide m furnish covers for ten do.sen No. 1 bajfi and five to eight dozen inferiors. ? It is a fixed and immutable law tin to have good,'sound health one must hdw pure, rich and abundant blood. TherqB no shorter nor surer route than t>mB course of De Witt's Sarsapar?la,?WilhH & Wilhite. gg ? Deacon Jones (solemnly)? zfij yonog friend, do you attend a placeg worship? Young man?Yes, sir, reg? larly every Sunday night Pray, tell i where you go to worship ?" *Tm on t way to see her now." ? Wheat sold last week for frc twenty to twenty eight cents a bash less than it did a year ago, and corn j thirty cents less. So much for the b crop. Can any one see what benefit t farmer derives from the productive tar on wheat. . ? "Lato to bed and early to rise w shorten the road to your home in t ski*s." But early to bed and a "Litt Eany Riser," the pill that makes U longer and better and wiser.?Wilhite Wilhite. ? "See here. You told me dot y< would pay for dem close on de 15th sure as de sun rose. Yju area nice ge tleman of your vordfc, ain't you "Well, the sun didn't rise. It never doe Why don't you take a course in astront my?" ? The flowers are the angels of tl grass. They all have voices. When tl cioads speak, they thunder; when th whirlwinds speak, they scream; whc the cataracts speak, they roar; bt when the flowers speak they alwaj whisper. ? Bright poople are the quickest to r< cognize a good thing and buy it. Wo so lots of bright people the Little Early R sers. If you are not bright these pills wi make you so.?Wilhite <fe Wilhito. ? 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Augusta, Ga., is said to have becomi the easiest place on earth to secure a di vorce, not even Chicago excepted. A special of last Saturday from that citj says that no less than seven divorce case were put through in tbe space of oni hour, and verdicts were granted to th< plaintiffs in each case. ? It is a truth in medicine that th< smallest dose that performs the cure h the best. Do Witt's Little Early Risen are the smallest pills, will perform tb< oure, and are the best.?Wilhite <k Will hite. ? A Pennsylvania jury acquitted i man of trying to kiss an unwilling widow but sentenced him to pay the costs?fo: his clumlinces, no doubt. He got off verj lightly. The man who makes mistake in judging the probability of when t widow is unwilling to be warmly wooed , should be sent to jail and kept there un? til he learns better. ? There is no accounting for taete. < Ants are eaten by many nations. Iii 1 Brazil they are served with a resinow sauce and in Africa they are stewed with butter or grease. The Easl f Indian;i catch them in pits and carefally i mash them in handfuls, '.ike raisinsJ . In Siam a curry of ant eggs is a costly , luxury. i ? Early Risers, Early Risers, Earlj Risers, the famous littlo pills for constii ' pation, sick headache, dyspepsia and nerj vousueas.?Wilhito ?fc Wilhito. J ? I have a good many bald patieaH and have been making a study of ttieW I find that 95 per cent, are dyspepfl , There is something about dyspepsia tB ? goes to the roots of the hair and ctxm ) the hair to fall off. In the treatmetifl I several bald patients for dyspepsia, wfi , / have been able to arrest thedi*eajH i aave found that the hair is becomi heavier.?Interview in Chicago ^^t4?l