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"BBBggg a '? '' I I L. nui.i gjgap^^ ... ' ? .. 1 BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY. OCTOBER 30, 1308. ? VOLUME XVI?NO. 27 '1 ?' " " ' ?k .miuk-jw ii m i hum.??a??am j?i ????pun ? ????? 7 T ?T'?T ' T <i Tho Acta of the Logtslafcure, i> > fi PROVIDING FOR Tnu NEXT GENERAL ELECTION AND T1IK MANNER OF CONpUCTINO THE 3AMI:. ^ L lie if, enacted by. the Senate and jjouae of R prcaentaliros of the State of f3->u$ -.Qttroliiiiu' now (Met ami sitting in 'ipeq^rAifAssembly, and toy theyuifrority'of the samo, The noxt general election in litis State shall bu held on the (jrst Tuesday after the iirst Monday of November next. II. For tlio purpose of carrying on such | ploction, il shall be the duly of the Qov- ; eruor, anjJL luj^ id hereby authorised #ud. eiijpowored^ :W appoint in and fur -each count*^ "three .^oinmjMionera of KIqcUoiis, whose?duiy it shall be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, to npnoinl i tlirue.Managers of Elections for each election jjjecinct^pf llie county for wljjcli they respectively be appointed. The said ? .Gomtiibbionora of Ejections and the eaid Managers of JS'oclions shall take and subm-ribe, before any officer nulhoiizcd io adfliitiister oaths, the following oath of office, prescribed bv Section 30 Article JI of the Constitution, and the same shall he immediately tiled, in each instance, in the ciifice of the Clerk of the county in which eiiid Commissioners and Managers shall be appointed ; and it there be uo such Clerk dii!y qualified by law, tbeu in the office of liie Sei-rHar) of State, III. The said election shall be held in each countv at such and as. many places as may bo designated by the Commissioners aforesaid, and shall be conducted in ouch precinct under the superintendence of the said Manager*, who shall confirm in such election to exis:iug laws and regulations regarding elections, except as hereinafter otherwise provided. IV ft, shall bo the duly of such Mannr i pers. tKiiiitiiL-ncitid twentv davs nrior to such ! FT O J - t I election, and giving ten days public notice i of the time and place of each revision, to j reyise, for a period of three days, the re;j- i Miration lists upon \vliich the election commencing the second Jay of June, one thoua Mini eight hundred and MXiy-fight, and ' ending the third day of June of the same ! yeAr, wrs conducted, by the addition to Bilidi Hits of tiie names > f all persons entitled to voti; unJer the OoiiBii.ution who have not already been registered, and by blriking from such lisU the naiix-a of audi persons ns shall not by law i>e entitled to vote. For the purposes of ?uch levioion, bucli Managers shall meet at the placed designate.! by the Uommi.tMotK-rM, an provided it. the next preceding Section. V. The Managers are hoieby authorized to appoint a elerk lo a.~<?ist them in whatever duties may be reqni?ed of them, w!:o nhali take I o oath ot olli.-o hereinbefore piflitiotieri before the Chairman of the It <>ard of Managers. Vf. 'i'lie Commissioners aforesaid and ! tjie Manage)* aforesaid, al their lirat meeting*, rd>-|i?ctiVeljr; *)?aff proceed to otjymize th> in>elves as h Hoard by &ppoiuting one of their number Chairman ol- the Bjard ; and such CjiaifjnMi. ill each ij)st^nc?, slmll |>e empowered to-administer ttip notsesoury ] umiin. | ? ,-vVlU;TJio .poll? shall be-opened, at finch j Voting place's a a slmll be designated at six o'clock iir'the forenboti a ltd cjused at six in 4l>e afternoon of the day of election, and filia l bo kept opefl (luring these hours without intermission * - adjournment. Vill. Hrpresentaii ves in 4)ie House of fcepresi-utatives of the Congress qf the United States sliall be chosen at such olee tion in the hcvcral Congressional Districts Jy the qualified ulectoia therein. The Slate Constable an J other peace 'officers of each county are hereby required ! to be pre&ent during the whole time that the polls are kept open, and uutil theelec- { tion in completed ; and they shall prevent j all interference with the Managers, and see that theie is no interruption of good order. It thero should be more than one polling place in any county, the S'ate Countable of ftUCb county is hereby-empowered and dif cut yd to inako such assignment of his deputies, and other peace officers, to M]t}4 c tlier polling as may. in his iudir meat, beat 6ubaorvo lUe purposes of qtiiot ?nd order. X. All bHr-rrootnH, snloons, and otli'T places fur the sale i f .iqnors by retail, shall bo dosed (luring lite progress of such election, and until six o'clock in tin; morning of the dny thereafter; and during the tiino aforesaid, the sale of Hit intoxicating liquor* aro prohibited. Any purson duly couvict* '?d, before a competent Court, of 41 violation ?*f this Section, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or by imprisons jnent not exceeding six months, or by both such tine and imprisonment, in the discretion of tho Court. XI. 'If any company or corporation who Lave obtained, or 'may hereafter obtain, a cj^yt^r fa>m the Jjrgi*I>mtre of ^tys ?t?te for tbo benefit of such company or corporation, slt^U discharge, or threaten to discharge, from ooiplpyntent tusueb biytineiis, &OV. onerativa. or ainolornii. liefuiA or aftw any election, for or oh. account of his political opinion, or for voting or attempting to-.vot?' a? be or tliey any d*?ire, said "obftrier.hiuIi.be deemed and token to be forfeited, apd fhall have no legai Wnding foroS' it any time thereafter, 1>utrtboll j^e utterly null and void; and lWt>eftcin dideharged may have an action iw tre*p??? to recovtr damages for bis Ioaaea "herein tainod ngxWtst **id qomparrf Of, ?arpora tio#?; 4n^ ehould, ah/ agent or dlent in tlie^ eiftplOyiiMnt of 'WCb "company or.cojpfy a-j lion* discharge, or Uireateu to. ?Ji?cU>*rg?, . any employee on aceouflt of j Iris political opinion, or for voting o? attempting to vote AH It A AT. iil'PV mutf if kuauKarr cf^rk it not immediately dieeiS^eif' lirl??n aid co<ap*nv or coriwrvjW,b^<ioca.e? MMMof ?ae&'Wbrnral6it)e*jd Adfpitj^? eorpGra'lfov Ite Jftr Ute %r.in<?, afcd be liable to.lfea penalties* which shall contaiu written bl^rinled, or r**$ frHte&^tfaM#* f the person* voted for, Mid Vb* offices to which sueb persons , are jriteadtd.te bej chosan, and shall be ?o foKied'ae to oopce*!" thecectenu: aybfWU/fe de-J posittfMn ? b& 'WU kept 1.11J Ji-.p tc4 of ?? hereafter provided. XIII. There shall bo oue genera! ticket, j on which shall ha the names of the persons | voted for ?a Representatives in Congress, j and State, circuit an<l county officers; anil on Another general .ticket (ho names of the persons voted for as E colors of President and , ViccTprcuiduul, us hereinafter pro vidfiil. XIV. The Commissioflers of Election shall provide two, boxes for eaeli election precinct. An opening shall he made in the I lid of each box, not larger than shall be sufficient for a eingle closed ballot ?o be iflsorUd therein at one timc,-through which each ballot recoived, proper to he placed in \ audi box, shall ho inserted. Each box shall j be provided with a sufficient lock, and hall bo looked before the opening of the poll, and the keys thereof delivered to one j ot the Malingers, to bo appointed by the Hoard, mid ulisill not bis opened during tbe election. Such boxes shall l>o labelled as J follows: 1. Electors. 2. Congress, Circuit | and Cotnuy OHiears. XV. liacli cleric of the poll shall keep a j poll list, which shall contain ono column i headed " X*mes of Voters," tmd so ' ma'ny^* addition id columns hj there are boxes kept at tho election. The head-I itig of each udditioiml column shall cone- i ypei d with the naiue of one of the boxes ?o j kept. XVI. Tho name of each elcclor vpting j shall be entered by I ho clerk in tho column of his poll list headed "Names of Voters and when there shall be more than one box kept, opposite such name shall be wiitten the figure 1 in each remaining column of such poll list, corn sponding in its heading with the name of the box in which a ballot of the elector shall bare becu deposited. XVII. At the close of tho election, the Managers shall proeped publicly to canvass tho vole?, and such canvass, when commenced, shall bo continued without ad journmeiit or luterruptiou until tlio same bo completed. XVI if. J5-ch box being opened, the ballots contained therein shall be taken out ami council unopened, exac-pt so far as to ascertain tljut eae.li ballot is single ; ami if! two or nioro ballots shall be found so fold | ?-d together ns to j resent tlie appearance of j a single ballot, they shall be destroyed, if I thu whole number of ballots exceed the whole number of votes, and not other wipe. XIX. If 'he ballots shall be found to ex creed in number tlio whole number of votes on the correspondent columns of the p II I lists, they shall be replaced in tha box,nnd j one of the Managers shall, without seeing the same, publidy dr*w put ami destroy so mauv ballot* unopened as shall be equal to sneli erci ss. XX. The Board shall then proceed to canvass and estimate the vo'.tu. XXI- If after, having opened or cmvass j cd the ballots it should be found that tin- ! whole number 4>f thein exceed the whole j nuinher of votes entered on the poll list, j the Malingers shall return all the ballots \ into tlie box, and aliall thoroughly mingle < the siime ; and one of the Managua, to he 1 designated hv the Hoard, ahull rinMii?K> I dr.iw out of audi b--x. without seeing the ' ballots coutiuneci 11jerei 11, so many of such I ballots as *ha1j be equal to Uio excess, which shall forthwith he .destroyed. XXIL. The canvass shall ho completed by ascertaining how many ballots of the | same kind corresponding in respect to ilie | names of per?ons thereon, and the offices j fur which they aro designated, have, be-on ! received ; and tlio result being found, the! Mutagen shall securely attach to a stale ment of such canvass one ballot of each ; kind foetid tu have been given for I lie officers to bp chosen at such election, any or either of them, except those given fur Electors of President and Vice-President; and 1 they 6hal! state in words, at full length, j immediately.opposite such ballot, and writleu partly on i?ijch ballet and partly on tlio paper to Which it shall he attached, the whole number of all lha ballots that were IPPJUVfiH voliiall r*A?iil *? !% *!?? ^ . v^?r>.rvi| vwifUP^VIIU "UU H'C UUC so attaclip*^ so that one of each kind of tfie ballot* received at such election for the officfc^s theil to be chosen slin.ll be attached to such, paper, witf) a statement of such canvas*. liiey-.shaH also attach to such papvr the original ballots, if any, rejected by tlietii as beingr detective, which were given at snob election. XXIIL When H}leotors of President and Vice: President sbalt be chosen at said election, the Managers shall inaKo a separate canvass and statement of tlie vut?8 giveu ! for Electors, in the manner prescribed in the taut preceding Section, by ascertaining how many Ijalluts of the same kind, corresponding in rcspect to llio names thereon^ have been received ; and tbo result being found, Hic'MithfigQrs shall securely attach to owper oner, origin#! ballot of each kind foujidto b^ve been'given for Electors, and shall State. i? Words at filll lancrfh. nnmitim tu^li 'Ciitfot,"mid partly written thereon and pafily on the jpanur (o v^hjeh it shall be 'attached, the. whole number of batlole fur Electors that' were found tq 1ih?c been received corresponding with the one so attached. They shall also -attach to such paper ajl (Jriglpal ballots for Electors injected ^y-llwm &? bHtfjgr dtefective: XXIV. The atatefloent to W niiide by the Mgn*g4& s&ill coniaio a caption, slab-, jug' lhe day on which, JrIM ttye precinct anJponiiU aiwijicb, the election was held it sliallLjusO 66ntai|?'a statement s5o?in# the wtiolti n?tuber of b?llotr taken for each pvrsoD, designating the oflic.j for w.hi/jh they ar? given, whiefc ets^eineet ehatT tre written in words at length, AbdAt the end thereof a oe.'tifioate -Uifti tucli st^enMj&iU correct In .all re?g?eu, which.'certificate thai) be signed by tSq Msnngarfj^ v> '. XXV; Dupli<wte^*tel^iito^???pW!j[ided in tjje l??t priceding'Sectiofc, ?Uall be mad6> by the Managers hbA filejJ.io tM of thp Clerk of tbe cdttlttj there' b? no suek Clerk jJriily. ?iiali8dd to law, uieo to the offlje of the Secretary of State. ' '** ' XXVI. The ori^BMl iktalerneirts, duly cOriitieJ, shall be defiyored by the Manager#, or by one of them, to be depuVed for that purpose, ou the Tuesdny nexl following the election, to^he Commissioners ot Election at the county teat, who shall there assemble at that time. OV TUB COXXISSIO^KRS OF ELECTIONS AS CANVAS6KUd AND TIIKIll PltOCKHDIXGS. XXVIT. Tho Corniuisbiotiers of Elections j shall nieot at tho county seat, as providod in the Inst precodimr Section, ami nhall pro! ceed to organize,ami shall form tho County I I*o:ird of Canvassers. XX VIII. They slmll meet in souio convenient place at tho county teat, on tho TuesJay next following the election, before | one o'clock iu the afternoon of that day. I They ipay appoint somo competent person | as Secretary. Tho Chairman shall then i proceed to administer the Constitutional i oath to each member ol the Board as Canj vassers, and shall administer the Conslitu| lioaal oath of olfico to tho Secretary, nud tho Secretary ahull administer to the CbairI .nun Ii..? ? I ?uv UIMUU viti.lt Will ill; 9||HII Il.iyu J|0" miuistorcd to the oilier members of the I Hoard. XXIX. The origiu:il statements of the canvass j:i each precinct shall then bo produced, and from them tiie Board shall procoed to estimate the votes of the county, and shall make such statements thereof as llio nature of the election shall require, within three dnys of llic time of their first meeting as a Hoard of (Joiii.'.y Canvassers. ' XXX. Duplicate "statements shall he made and tiled in the oi'lco of the Clerk of the county ; and if there be no such Clerk duly qualified according to law, then in the oflicjM of the Secretary of State. XXXI. Tliey shall make separate t-tate- , meats of the whole number ol votes given I in stieU county for Representatives in Coo- j gross; and Sfparate statements ol the votes j given for Eleclor-> of I'resident and Vice- j lhesidutU; and separate statements of all i other votes given lor other ollh'ois. Such ! statements shall contain the names of the j j'vizuua ?ui ?vii"iu aUL'll VOUJS Were "1V0II, | anil the number ut? votes given lor each, which shall be written oul ui words at fuli length. XXXII. There ."-hall be prepared by the Coinmi?sioners three separate lists of each statement, besides the list to be tl ei! in the j office of the County Clerk or Secretary of j State, and each list shall be certified to as correct by lite signatures of the Commissioners subscribed 10 such Certificate. XXXIII. Within three* days after the final adjournment of the li jard of County Can vast-era, the Chairman of tlie Hoard shall deposit in the nearest post ollice, directed to the Governor, Secretary of Slate and Comptroller?General, (the full postage Dald.l L'xcll. (UII4 111' ill" t ?/ 1 vvi tiHWVI V/V'j/U'3 U1 I the statement and certificate of voten, pro- | pared as piovided in llie last preceding Section. I OF Tllli FORM ATI OX A"ND I'KClGEEUIXGS Ol' | TII12 IiO \I!D OF STATU CAXVASSKUS. XXXLV. The Secretary of Slate shall appoint a mooting of the State Ca>iva?ser?, to be held at his ofl)ce, or some convenient place, on or before I ho fifteenth day of IXceijiber next after such genera! election, for ilia purpose of canvasting the votes of all j offiwts voted for at Bueh election, except i Electors of iVebid?*nt and Vice-president. | XXXV. 'Vlie Secretary of Slate, Comptroller-General, Attorney-General and Treasurer shall constitute the State Oanvu-c.rc ...I .1 II 1 ?* " - v.... u vi ?iiuiu tnJill- uu a bULUOlCDl | number to form n lizard, # j XXXVI. If h iiiHjority of those officers shall bo unable, or shall fail to attend, one of the Justices of the Supreme Court and the Mayor of the city of Columbia, being notified by the Secretary of Slate, fchall at- i tend without delay, and, with the officer attending, shall form the Board. XXXVII. The Board wheu thus formed shall, upon the certified copies of the state men to made by the Boards of County Cauvusser9, proceed to in tke n statement of the whole number of votes rriven ?nM. _ __ 0-- ? " election for the various offices, noil each of them voted fur, distinguishing the several couaties in whiuli they wero given. They shall certify such statements to be correct, and subscribo the hauio wiih their proper name*. XXXVIII. Upon such statements, they shall then proceed to determine and declare what person* have been, by the greatest number of votes, duly elected to such of; tioes. or either of them. XXXIX. They shall make ami subScribe, on the proper statement, a certificate pf such determination, and tdiall deliver the same to the Saerelary of State. XL. The Board shall have the power to adjourn, from day to day, for a term not exceeding.fivo davs. j XLI. The Secretary of State ball record ! ifl his ifliue, in a Louk to bf? kept by him, j for thai puiposp, each certified statement and d pterin in at ion which phnll be delivered to bim by tbo Board of Slate Canvassers and every disspiit or protest that shall have been deliverod to him by a Canvasser. TJa shall, without delay, transmit a copy, under the seal of bis office, of such certified determination to each person thereby declared to bo elopted, and * like copy to the Governor. XLIII. lie abnll 'cause a copy of such certified statements and determinations to be printed in 6n$ or more of the public newspaper* in aafth county, tf *PJ shall be published 'thereto.. ' XUIV. IJe shall prepare a general certificate, under, the Seal-of the State, and at* tested b? him o ? !>????/? - - , ?" v "*' ed to-th? H?ia?q'pf"Kq7re8oi>tniive? of the United States ia .th?tl3oagraa? Joe which ,ttflf P*r?on shall have been choMtfOi fbfe xltie 'efootfoe'ot Ui? person* n6 tbosen'tit ?uch election ,aj? &cpre?ent?tW/ea- of! Ujia State in Cohgro^; nod Rimll ttaoemit the samo te~ the Raid Howe of itepr^uUtiree Vtheir fir*t meeting. ' j">'t \ 1 Xl,V. The Secretary of State dial! enter fa? a be6k, te i>e k*pt In lifcotBce, t<M of foe respective .county officer? iq {hit State, specifying the counties for Mr]>idh (hflt *or? ? - * - ^ * I ?j ? ~ ovTciiiiif ?wci?u( aim meir piacu of residonco, tho office for which tlu>y were % t respectively elected, and thoir terra of of; fico. j Of THE ELECTION' OF El.ECTOUS OK TKECl HUNT AMI) VICE rRIISIDENT. XLVI. At tho next general olection pro j vided for in this Act, there shall bo elected , l>y general ticket, as many Electors o | President nnd Vice-President as this State | shall bo]] entitled to appoint; nnd caul | Elector in this shall Lave a right U j vote for the whole number of such Electors j and tbo sovcral persons, lo the number re | quired to bo chosen, having the higheui 1 number of votes, shall bo declared anc i ; deemed duly appointed Electors. XLVII. Tbo Commissioners of Election; of each county shall make four certifioc copies of the statement of votes given foi Electors in their county, one of which copies thull l o filed in tlio office of tht J C'eilc of the county, if thee be such Clerk duly qualified by law; mother of buc'j copies they shall forthwith transmit to tin Governor, another to the Secretary of Suite and i!fliver the ether as hereinafter directed XLYIII. The Commissioners of Election ! for each county shall appoint a ine?scng*r and shall deliver to sucii messenger the te maining certified copy of the statement ol the voles given in their counly for Electors, securely enclosed ami under seal, and t-ucli messenger shall proceed forthwith to dei;..u? - - ?- ? ?? ? - - v?c diiiiiv iu vuu .secretary 01 oiaie. XLIX. The Hoard of State Canvasscri shall meet at the office of lite Secretary ol State on tho Wednesday next after tlie third Monday of November next afier tsucli election, or sooner, if all tlie certified copies of the statements of the County Canvassers shall have been received from ail the counties, to canvass th? rotes given for the Electors of President and Vice President and in caso all the certified statements shall not have been received on thai day, the Hoard may adjourn, from day tc day, until the same shall have been received, not exceeding five days ; and if at tho expiration of f<.ur days certified copies of the County Canvassers shall not have boon received from any county, the Boaad shall proceed to canvass upon such of tho saitl statements us bhall have been received. L. Tho Board nf Siuln Cnnvnc"" proceed in nittking a statement of all tht votes; and determining and certifying the persons elected, in tht) manner prescribed by law tn relation to tho election cf olhei ollicvrs. LI. The Secretary of Stafe shall, with I out delay, cause a copy, under tho sahl of his office, of the certified determination of the Board of Stale Canvassers to be deliv ered to each of the persons therein declared to be clouted ; and for that purpose ho mnj i employ such and so many messengers ni j ho shall deem necessary. I LIE. Tho determination and ceitiflcatc | of tho Board of State Canvasser* in relai sion gf the choice of Electors shall be puL | lishc-d in tho same manner as herein pro i vided in relation to the certificates of tin election of other officers. LI 11. If any of the inossengers shall be guilty of destroying (lie certificates ontrust ud to their care, or of wilfully doing anj I act that shall defeat the duo delivery o them a? directed l>y this Act, he shall b< punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary at hard labor for a term not less that two uor exceeding four years, and if anj pcrsou shall be found guilty of taking I away from any messengers, either by ford or in nny other manner, any such certifi cates entrusted to his care, or of will full; doing anv act that shall defeat the due do | livery thereof, tut directed by this Act, h< | >hall be punished by imprisonment in th< I peuiloutiury at hard labor, for not luss thai j two nor exceeding four yearB. LIV. If anv officer or ?? - &" ? I whom any dutj is enjoined in thia Act sliaH be guilty of any wilful neglect o such duly, of of any corrupt conduct in ibi execution of thosnme, and be thereof con victed, he shall bo deemed guilty of a mis | demeanor, punishable by fine not exceeding fire huudicd dollars, or impiitonmeat oo exceeding one year. . LV. Tho messengers employed or ap pointed uuder this Act shall receive fo their compensation twelve ceOtB pcr mili fur travelling, to be audited* by the Comp trollor General upon the certificate of thi Secretary of Slate. - v? LVI. The Commissioners of Eleetjoi shall revive fur their compensation tbrei 'dollars per day for .their cervices wtrtV actually employed; arid the Manager shall receive tfo dollars per day while nc tuaHy employed; and ihd cl6rk* of th Commissioner^ and tl?o clerk# of U?e,kf*tt agora, raapecti ve)yr s]i?H rtcelve two dollar rpet'4nj wjjlle fetjlQalJy etfiflfojfed. " J . i/ltTlI* Sa ioitoia for the tereral OircoU ; $ ttfa _>* el?cU^' *if ihi'tfct .gepecal -eiftoliop provided ford* rtihr A?St ; Waoi, auitabU perfofli to t ?*<Upc< -fu'-finy eipcliVe ,ofBo? >o ,auy CQUuif, c wlivcU,%t latvrt. flftaeu days' pre??iufcg-rioue< ihatt.bagjveo, by-tha prowlttdtttUltt Of (ti iiovepmr: 7'" r\ / ' Ilpdae, tha twioty ?i*Ui da] of $^^n?LH-^lfl on thoaaMDd ?a4 iixtv*?ighl ? : h ' -v VrMhlen& nC tii? Seti?tto .f rank war J?- K08Wf a* , 1 Speaker House of ltepro*entaUve?. ' Approved: llotoEnrK. Scott, Gcvcrnoi Angry Words. i i Angry words are lighlly spoken, } In a rash ami unexpected hour; , Brightest links of life are broken By their deep it sidious powor. i Llenrts inspired with warmest feeling, 1 f Seldom l>y a paction stirred, ^ ? Oft are rent past human healing \ ( By a single angry word. x ' Poison drops of earo and sorrow, Poison drops often are they, 1 Weaving for the coining morrow ' ^ Slid d est memories of to-day. I I Angry words, oh ! let them never I i i inii <iiy iuiijjuu uiiuriuicu yip ; ilny the heart's beet impulse over i j Chuck them ore they eoil the lip. ^ | , L Love in much too puro nnd ho y, < friendship id. too snored fur, ( 1 For a niomout's reckless folly, ^ ) Its deep peace to stir mid mur. Angry worda are lightly 8poken, i Bilterost passion* oft nrubtirreJ, Brightest 'iuka of life ure bnkeu l Uy n eingle nngry word. t Ministers and Lawyers, 1 * TTnder t his caption tlie Pittsburgh j. Cfuixti'in Advocate hits the following ! ^ valuable article. AVe coiiiiiicikI it es- j 1 pecially to the notice of ministers. | 1 The facts, as stated in connection with the Methodist Episcopal clergy, are r precisely similar to what is observed { ' in the United Brethren Church; ^ It can hardly have escaped the notice of observing men that, as a rule i! I..*> -n i .....jvio iciiuu uiuir niui'uvL'in'ss ami i ' i power in their profession man}* years J longer than do clergy men. Whoev1 er will look about him in the ministry, 1 especially in our own church, will find that almost universally the principal ' appointments are filled by coin par a tivcly young men. As confirmatory ' of this fact wo have just looked over, 1 carefully, the appointments of one of ' the largest conferences in the eoniico1 tion. That conference has in it about twenty of what may be called first ' class appointments. In looking over ' these twenty first class appointments we find that not one of the preachers I tilling them is fifty years of age, and one of the preachers filling the second > | rule appointments, not moro than two a 11 qr tlii-oc at most are over fifty years F r old. And yet there are quite a limn- f her of men in that conference, in the effective ranks, over fifty years of age who onou filled these first class ap^ pointments, but who now occupy the less important fields of labor, It 1 must be a mutter of intoneost interest ' to the minister to know why this > retrogade movement in the ministry at bueh an 'age. Neither the nodily > strength, or judgment of these men is impaired by age. Were they far mors or mechanics, they could still do . quite as much work as ever; but ns j preachers, their power in the pulpit has been diminishing. A careful examination of other conferences would . probably show the dame general as. ' pects as the conference wo have ex* f amined, tlio rule being in the case of i the Methodist ministry, that, by the ?gc of fifty, our ministers ai*o losing i their power in the pulpit. A comparison of ministers with ? lawyers would seem to show, clearly > that ministors can and ought to retain their pulpit power much longer .than ' they generally do, Among lawyers ' the ruh\is, that those having obtained ? position and power at the bar, and wishing to retain it, do not wane in 1 their power as speakers or thinkers nnJttt they havo long passed the age i of fifty, unless physical infirmities have CQinovtipon. thoni. As a rulej . f they are'as'strong at tho bar from ? fifty to sixty, or'sixty ty-fivo, as ever before. And the sumo is true (if our statesmen. They are/ ordinarily f growing men in their profession till t loiigjtdsfc fifty/ Why thctai f?honld pub- 3 lie fepeaking ia itho ministry lose pow- x or. oyer man "at an curliej? age than j r ,pttbli<J spooking in other professions 1 r loses power? Tho explanation obvi-. 1 - oualy lies in this: There- aro circum- ' i sti\ucc3 iij other, pvoicssiens thnttond 1 to fort? the of thoe$^ profes- 1 ? sions to 'cdrisfaht' mental activity,. | ? Every ploa tha lawyer ftiafrek tefc'^bo 1 ?. court, or argument ?hut ho makea to >\ ' the jmy, mast be a new one. No ' L' matter how1 well ho may have prepar-. 1 . L i,i - - ?I e.u ujiuaun u? any previous case ftflvlng L< I the same general eHar^etcy; ?a?h par* ' ? tici4fe? ehaA'hi* ad xctxny futures pp-v< miliar po itself, that the gld j>lea or 1 arguipeptt will .not anawor hero, bu$. ' V nhistbe^^ai^A < f fhqft tt\$> tdiua of thb lawyer is, by.H f tli? crrou matnrices of hifj j>rofess?op, ! ftjWO&'h^o eottHtaht activity, proyen Htiog>ataga*fci?>n aiidUullneaa. 8q With M r J the ' Btatesjton. Bv^iy ejpe^c^ .he j e | mal^a nj Parliament, or Congress^ ; ' bclug Oovf ] to ho ia u>lorcBtc(J ui fc, andb be- i Jng luttwklf interested in it, he Can i hardly fail to instruct bis hearers, i r. An ancient classical writer furnishes ' is the key to success hi public spcakng when ho says: "If you would uivo mo weep, you must weep ourself." If tho speaker would' nagnetize his hearers, his subjects mist lirst "magnetize him j and few j peakers can magnetize themselves; vith one of their old preparations, j Vnd have we not here an explanation | vhy preachers fail in their powor as I niblic speakers, sooner, as a rule, than ! lo lawyers? A sermon on practical j oligion, appropriate to a congrega- j ism In ? ""v ' ,,,4V i ilu to another congregation a score ol' j curs licncc ; therefore, as the prcach?r changes from congregation to con- j ;rcgation, ho finds himself strongly ! empted to repeat to this congregation he same sermon which he preached .villi great power to a previous one. [f good then, why not equally good ion'? If it affected tho audience hen, why not equally alfect it now? fhe true answer is, that tho sermon loes not ali'ect tho preacher now as it j lid limn. Jjet the preachcr do from ! principle what tho lawyer does from 1 lecessity?so far as possible make J icw preparation* for the pulpit?then i .vi 11 hits power as a speaker, like that < >f a lawyer, increase to a ripe old age. l'licre are many preachers who show hat this can be done. Little Girls, I cannot well imagino a homo more ncompleto than that one where there h no litllo girl to fill tho void of the lotneslic circle which boys can nover 111, to draw all hcarta within tho mag o ring of her presence. Thero is lomothing about littlo girls which is ispccially lovcuble j even their wilful i laufjhty ways scorn utterly void of all I >vil, when they arc soon followod by ! ,ho ssveot penitenco that overflows ij) iueh gracious showers. Your bo} a iro groat, noblo follows?generous, oving, and full of good impulses; but hey arc noisy and demonstrative, and j loarly as you lovo thom, you aro glad heir plune is out of doors. But Jenlie, with her light stop, is always be. iiuo you j mio Dt inga mo suppers lor >apa, and with Lor pretty, dimpled ingurs, unfolds the paper lor bim to cad; sue puts on a thimblo no bigger ban a fairy's, and, wilb somo vory nysterioua combination of "doll rage," ills up a small rocker by mamma, .vith a wonderful assumption of wonanly dignity, and even more than womanly grace. ? And who shall tell how the little .hrcad of speoob, that flows with such iwcet, silvery lightneHs Irom these nnccent lips, twines itself around tho nother's heart, never to rust, not even .vhcL tho dear litile face is hid among .ho daisies, arid comes no more forever, as so many mothers know ! But Jonnie grows to boa woman ind there is a long and shining track *rom tho huli-latohod door of ohild jood till tbo girl blooms into tbo ma,uro woman. Tiiero are tho brothors ivho always lower their' voices when .bey talk to their sister, and tell of ,heir sports, in which she takos almo6t is much intorost as they do, while in ,urn sho inntructs tbom in all tho lit:lo dotails of homo life, of which thoy would grow up in ignorance if not for ler. And what a shield sho is upon .ho dawning manhood, wherein so nany tomptaiions' lie! Always her iweet prcsenco to guard and inspire ,hcm, a check upon profanity, a living lorraon on immorality, a sweet exam)lo of purity. How fragrant tho oup of tea she <1 -i -t_ _ J I juiiuc luuui uv iqo evoning mcai j how. jheorful lior voico as 6ho relates the it'tlo incidents of tho day ! N-> silly a'k of incipient boanx, or^lovesof faung mon met on the promenade. girl tike that has no empty spaco in lor hoad for Buch thoughts to ran riot n, and you don't find hor spending he evening in the dim parlor with a jueslionablo young man for her com* jjany. When hor lover comes, he< mast say what ho has to say in \^e farprly si (ting-room with falser, and rnother, or, if ashamed to, thoro is no room for Himtbore. Jennie's young ieart baa riott befep tftlfrtod by the; pernieious Donsoafee which respite in 10 many Unhappy marriages, or lusty iiirmuuxt ftmir irirf oK? ? >!? ?J wwv ?M?una,. yuijr rf what a good hvine she bad, what! ileftr brothers, and, on bended knees I srttvefe the blessing of heavod to rest jo thsm ; but bUo d6ea not know bow top, very tar, {or time and etorpltyy Iivt own pare; ?xatn|)le go66~**how'it *ill rad'mto as - a blessing to 'tftUer homes where a -sister's *menaoi^r will bs' tb? sonsecrAted groaftd Gf the ffclt*; -v;* ?;^r/;7;. "f; f Ohoria^ thsp,.4ho Httle plea dMriu>C*t wbttAoar thsis aprons ' ?nd oot tfeenubJf-tUutiis/ *?d ?at the aagar and salt of I j ' ?et thorn drerfs and undreaa tli* doll-babies to flarcir hoaria* con too) and don't teV i thorn "Tom Thumb" and "Red Riding Hood" aro fiction, but laavo thorn alone till thoy find it out, which thoy will all too soon. Answor all llio funny questions they ask, and don't mako fun of thoir baby theology; and when you must whip them, do it so that, you should rcmombor it, it would not bo with tears, for a great many littlo girls Iobo their hold suddenly, before the door Irom which thev havo iunt escaped ib abut, and find their way back to the angels. So, bo gentlo with ibo darlings, and soe whut a track of sunsbino will follow in tbo wnke of tho liltlo bobbing heads that daily find a groat many hard problems to solve. .??^ i How to Make Hogs Fat. Hogs well fed and kept clean will fatton rapidly. If truo cconomy be uuiitjuncu, tuo grain will bo ground and cooked. Ilogs havo good pppetitcs and a powcrtul digestive apparatus It is u well-known fact that the appetito will fu.il long before the hog's abiliiy to digost well is impaired by surfeiting. Though swine in thin ileal) j fatton very rapidly-, fat hogs ineroaBC I in weight slowly, often greatly to the | disappointment of their focdoie. This | is duo usually to the failure of the appotito, and in tho oaso wo want hogs very fat, wo seek to remedy the d.fiioully by varj ing tho food and stimulating a desiro to eut, in various ways, feeding littlo and often, in ordei to mako tho animals oat as much a: possible. A good story was lately told us of sevorul neighbors who, year af tcr yoar, vied with ono another in trying to produce tho fattest hog each taking a pig from tho same litter, or in some way starting fair and square with pigs of tho same age and size, and doing his best to mako it as iat as possible before Chrisnnaa. One farmor invariably beat the others out and out, so thox-oughly that his good luck oould not bo accounted fur at accidental. Thn nnr?rAf. 1r/?rx* w ??o uw|'w WVI himself, bat being watobod by some one determined to find out, the dis-> covory was mudo that jealousy is a grand appetizer for hogs. First, the pet monster was allowed to fill hiinsel1 to his hoarL's content, and, when hif appetite was satisfied, a half-starved shoat was lot into the pen by aside door. The fat ono would at onoo begin to fight it off, and meanwhile, tc gorge himself, simply to prevent ih? poor, squealing victim of unsatisfied cravings gotting any food. This wc a daily programme, and the result wat as stated- The faot is worth bearing in mind, for in preparing hogs for vAuiuibiun, ur mr sumo reason, wo arc often desirous of expediting the fatting process.?American Agriculluritt TUq Minister's Wife and tJie Parish. Must a minister never never lose his heart to a bright-eyed woman whose goodness, and sense, and hulnor, antl grace take take his fancy? Must he always inquire whether she is Glover at managing a Dorcas society and can hold herown in a committee? Must ho ask her to spond ii month on trial amoiighitf people^ and get "a majority of two-thirds" of the ladies in her favor, before ho ventures to propose. Ho may cordially adnii.ro and honor women who have tho special faculty, ns Well as tho religious carneatness, for talcing the lead in every kind of Christian work; but is he unfaithful to tliQ chtfrch and to his Muster if Uo tliiiiks good to take for a Wife a woipan of a shy and timid Firirit, who would be ill for a month it she had to "take the chair" at a ladies' meeting, but who knows how to charm him into oblivion of his anxieties, can win his wearied mind away 'fVorw incessant thought about Kin work, and can wander with him id the pleasant paths of reading and speculation ,*VMeh refresh and regen orate the; Exhausted strength? A doetor'a wife owoS no duties to hci husband's pationts ; a lawyer's \Vifc owes no duties t6 hef husband's clients ; but a minister's wife .is regarded as 4 kind. of lady-bishop, or, at [ lbast, an tHufrda'in&I curate, who, by virtue "of fierposHion, is bound to (Hs61*arj!?& jtftuutniriljo senriecVto the cobgf&gaticin. Sho may,bo a,young girj, .wfch-^nO ^xporichco of human Ulfer Arid p church business ; ,but is ox't&CtCif to b6cOmd tliri nptIv/>ni-nuI.Ui.? . r.vM? V |'lVi71UVII( |.of al|thd benevolent institution^ supported by the ladips of her husband'* charge. She iAay^h?v? throe or four Uttlojchildrcn, whom she has to teach ^orqelf, and whose dresses most be m^fdo and mended by. ^cr own hands ; but she is expoeted to visit all tlu sidle and tho poor. Sho has her natural sympathies, aud, howovcr warm her heartmny be 'oward every one > " who likes her husband's preaching, she?eauuot bo the intimate aucl confidential friend of every lad/ that belongs to the church; but people who themselves arc far from being distin; guished for a universal cjiarity ure indignant if she finds one house more pleasant than another, and if she naturally associates with ladieB.of her own ago and with kindred tastes.? ThcEnylish Independent. THE LIBERTY OF ABSTINENCE. It will do us good to be reminded often of litis view of Clirialiim libertv. ** nro seated by tlio Pucific: It is sorcietiuies objected to our claim of a broad Christian liberty, that it is not broad enongh to allow us many things, which in % themselves aro harmless, through our fcarof giving offense to the weaker brethren. Wo answer that our freedom is such, and so greM, that it permits us to abstain even froft*- many harmless things for the e?ke of othern It is a freedom to make sacrifices for love'a sweet sake, and to entei thereby iuto that boundless realm of spiritual ei-joyment over which our groat High Priest presides. We cannot bnt pity those who deem it hard and slavish to give up anything, to indulge in which their belter judgment tells them would be an injury to others. They can know little of true spiritual ei'joyment who match any selfish induU gcnce against it. Does any one suppose that Paul felt that he was placing roaaaclo on his wrists, and fetters on his feet: that, i ' i ' ' at least, he was putting a most disagreeable . restraint upon his palate, when be nttered I those memorable and noble words: "If meat cause, my brother to off, nd, I will eat no mtet while the world stands, We know, rather, that lie must iiAvd regarded ' it as one of the p roudest moments of his life that he was able to say that; that in tho breadth of his Christian freedom he was not compelled, through the indulgence in things which were innocent as-it ooncerned himself, to imperil his brother's soul, A nd J no one shall tell us that we are - making slaves of ourselves to others' whims, when we abstain from any one of the mntlitudo oi habits and indulgences which the majority of people may consider innooeut enough, but whiuh we suppose inay become Injurious, through the weakness of somebody who thinks differently. We want to abstain. We love to do it, for their sake. And if we find more happiness in the denial, than others in their indulgence, who shall say that the bftiancaof genuine liber ^ ij ih uut m our iator f ? ?'? I A Conscientious Widow.?A poor man k on bis death-bed made his will. -He call} ed bia wife to him aud told ber of its provi, sions. i "I have left," ho laid ,M my liorfte to my > parents ; erell and hand over the motley yon . receive. I leave to yon ray dog; take good care of him atod hewillBerve you faithfully.. ; The wife promised lo obey, and in duo time 6et out for tbe neighboring mnrkot with the horse and dog. "llow much doyon nant for your borso?" inquired tbe farmer. , "I cannot sell the horse atone, bat you may have both of them at reasonable rates. Give me $100 for the dog and fur the i horse." - * The farmer laughed, bat aq the terrob were low he willingly accepted them. Tbem the worthy woman gave the ' bus* bnnd's purents the dollar rccaiverd. -for ?th? horse and kept the hundred dollars to her wif. t " ' . * . -t ? ,J; . ~ r\i "wlfo wtll ca^BT ve 0v*h-?,k-?a few year# qgo, in-a Now E-ivglurul-village, a little boy lay upon his death bed. Starting Buddenfy up, :ho exclaimed, *" CH mothbv, mother, I see nuch a beautiful country, and bo-ninny little children, who are beckoning mo to them, but there ore high mountains between us, too high fbe imo to eKmb. Who will i carry mo ovdr f\ , After thus expressing himself, he cleaned upon his pillow, and for awhile seemed . to be in deep thought, when once more arousing, and stretching out his -1 little hands,, he ?i?ed, as Itrnd as his feeblo voice would permit^ " Mother, ' mother, tho Strong Man hasootnt to rmrry me .over ttte monotainB," then fell peacefully asleep. ! Tlio .strong man had indued come tc Carry tlx ? little oue over. . ? : . *i! . '! , . *': nl > : * ;."*** ? ' * .? , . i ; , -v r. 1. . . 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