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WORDS TO LITERARY ASPIRANTS. All the Professions Hindered for Want of Men to Do tho Work. Literature, like the ministry, medicine, the law and all other occupations, is cramped and hindered for wunt of men to do the work, not want of work to do. When people tell you the reverse they speak that which is not trua If you desire to test this you ueed only hunt up a first class editor, reporter, business manager, foreman of a shop, mechanic or artist in any branch of industry and try to hire him. You will find that he is already hired. He is sober, industrious, capable and reliable and always in demand. He sannot get a day's holiday except by coua tesy of his emyloyer, or of his city, or of the great general public. But if you need idlers, shirkers, half-instructed, unambiti ous and comfort-seeking editors, report ers, lawyers, doctors and mechanics, apply anywhere. There are millions of them to be had at the dropping of a haiulerchiel. The young literary aspirant is a very, very curious creature. He knows that if he wished to become a tinner the master smith would require him to prove the po3 sesion of a good character and would re quire him to promise to stay in the shop /hree years?possibly four?and would, make him sweep out and bring water and bnUd fires aU the first year, and let him learn to black stoves in the intervals. If he wanted to become a mechanic of any other kind, he would have to undergo the same tedious, ?l-paid appren ticeship. If he wanted to become a lawyer or a doctor, he would have fifty times worse, for he would get nothing at all dur ing his long apprenticeship, and in addi tion would have to pay a large sura for tu ition and have the privilego of boarding and clothing himself. The literary as pirant knows all this, and yet he has tho hardihood to present himself for reception into the literary guild and ask to share its High honors and emoluments without a jingle twelvemonth's apprenticeship to show in excuse for his presumption. He would smile pleasantly if he were asked even to make so simple a thing as a 10-cent tin dipper without previous in struction in the art; but, all green and ig norant, wordy, pompously assertive, un jjrammatical, and with a vague, distorted knowledge of men and tho world, ac quired in a back country village, he will serenely take up so dangerous u weapon is a pen and attack the most formidable subject that finance, commerce, war or oolitics can furnish him withal. It would be laughable if it were not so sad and so pitiable. The poor fellow would uot in trude upon the tin-shop without an ap prenticeship, but is willing to seize and wield with unpracticed hand an instru ment which is able- to overthrow dynas ties, change religions and decree the weal or woo of nations.?Mark Twain. * Mun In an Intelligence Otlice. Of all places in which a man is uncom fortable, an intelligence office is the one in which he appears least at ease; but oc casionally he rises superior to circum stances aud entertains " his feminine fel low sufferers by his rebellion against his appressors. Such a one sat in a South End office the other day and allowed him self to be catechised by some fifteen serv ants, but the sixteenth found her match. She mado the usual inquiries in order to assure herself that his home contained all the luxuries to which she had been accus tomed, and which her delicate health re quired, and atlastj said: "I shan't come." ?T was afraid you wouldn't," he answered pensively, ''but you ought. This house isn't much, I kuow; but I'm building one that's to have set tubs, and bells' and an slevator, and an electric fight, and a pia' . and a set of parlor furniture iu the , ><*m, and it would be like your child hood's home to you, and?I'll let you keep a pig in it. She walked out of the office, aud- the Dther girls were decently respectful for a few minutes; but a fresh arrival, quite unaware of his possibilities, soon attacked him. He answered her also with civility until her question became impertinent, and when she said, "Well, I guess I'll ?hire' you. How many have ye in family?" he answered uEighteen." "Eighteen!" she gasj-- "And what do ye bes paying a week?" ?? "$1.50." "Indeed, and Til not go," 3aid sue; and she also departed, for every body laughed. "And after all," said a lady ^hp had seen the whole, "ho found and engaged a nice girL If a woman had laid half as much she would have been i>_i3OSton Transcript * I - Thought He Knew Better. pre:-c :ia walked up the depot platform ..'(afternoon and gazed for two or three uunutes at tho new train signals re :ently erected on tho south side of tho shed roof. Then he turned to Officer McElwee and asked: "What's them thiugs forr" "What things?" "Why, that jigumerig on too o' that ere roof." "O, that's to stop trains," replied the officer. A look of incredulity came mlo the man's face and he said: "Can't fool me, mister, with such trash. Trains stopped here many years before sich things came around. No man could stop a train with a piece of board 'way up there. Stop a train: Hear him talk!" A.nd the citizen enjoyed a good laugh and then coming to the subject again ho asked, 'But, mister, what is them things for, any way. You might as well give it away." "They are to stop trains with, I tell vou," reiterated the policeman. "Do you mean to tell me that a yard long piece of wood can reach 'way cross the track and atop a locomoky* Wacher riviif me!" "It catches on the smoko-sta.-k and puts an the air brakes," explained a passenger; ?'It's a new faugled invention for stopping the engine right away." "I've lived around Chester these fifteen rears," soliloquized the citizen as lie gazed with wonder at the shingle, "and I've never seen 'em obliged to stop trains that air way."?Chester Times. As Known Among His Neighbors. "The R. B. Hayes known in these parts," said one of the citizens Fremont, Ohio, recently, "is a benevolent, cultured and courteous gentleman, heartily in sympathy with his neighbors, instantly ready with purse and voice to forward every wise scheme for advancing the ma terial interests of the town." Those Who Leave the Sanctuaries. A test of the religion of those who leave the sanctuaries behind them is furnished by the help they give to the efforts to make the hot weather bearable to the sick, the'poor and the children who can not get away.?Boston Herald. The artesian wells, it is believed, will Bome day convert the arid-slaked plains of Texas into a fruitful region. Leopold von Ranke had a Rbrary con taining r.0.000 volumes. ON THE PLATFQfcM. HOW TO MAKE CERTAIN THE SUC CESS OF A LECTURE. The Audience Room?A Good Th'lng Is Improved by Being Enjoycwl In :i Goou Pl:ux!?To ""Work Up" an Audience? Other Item*. Out of some years of experience I ven ture a few suggestions that if followed will euable the hearers to get all the light and enjoyment contained in any public ad dress, and thai every time. . One thing even the most careless will see: The address that is a signal success to-night can not be a failure to morrow night if the conditions, the surroundings ure the same. Halls, churches, audiences, expectations change: the language of the lecture does not materially change, and only as ho is chilled by empty seats and the shivers of a cold stove, or opposed by the echoes, will his delivery change. If it be clear, charming, thoroughbred ((?-night, to-morrow night on a platform as cosy and before as many people, it will not be cold and half-bred. Having secured a spenker, you will be hove will please the people, of course you wish to do all yoti con to help him please. The tirst question then is that of an audi ence-room. A frequent mistake at this point is the dream fhat the larger the room the more people will attend, the more money be gained, and the greater the success every way. Of course you should know enough of the tamper of your people to form an idea of the number you and the speaker together can "draw;1' for you can count on the fingers of one hand the American names that, unaided, will draw a fair house, and those you must pay into the hundreds to got. Better choose a room n mtle pinched than much too large. Overflow the rcgu I lar seats. 1111 up the aisles, and you lift your speaker up to a point whereon, if he be a mental athlete, h<> will lift the people. There is eloquence Hi a row standing against the wall. No man ever ad mines himself or the audience while speaking to fifty people and ?O? chairs. In the average town of t.oofi to 3,000 people you do well when you get 200 to pay their way tti a locturC: and a smull room will seat that number. Having determined how. ..^aU a room will lit the audience, looktof the room that has the l>ost reputation for ease in speaking ami hearing. Where it is hard speaking it is hard hearing; and you never thoroughly liked anything you worked hard to listen to, yet missed parts of it. Between the hall and the church of suitable size, etc., always take the church. It is generally better lighted, seated, wormed, and ventilated, and infinitely cleaner, quieter and more in harmony with right sentiments, even when set to the music of humor. The average hall has a high miked stage, with wings and curtains that check the ijound of the voice, a bare, dirty floor, hard, soiled roote, dingy walls and windows, tobacco on the stove and the stairs paint?d with it. Your minstrel patrons like to go there, but they don't go there for the lecture with a moral pur pose and pay their way; and even when free they ouly lounge in and out to the an noyance of all listeners. Your best, cleur rninded thinkers and workers?your men and women wi;h whom the good thought is seed sown in good ground?do not like to enter such holes up stairs; food for brain and heart does not relish well there. A good thing w improved by being en joyed in ti good place. And the free lecture iu the down-towt. hall, if it has any delicacy of wit and sentiment,.is ruined by the con stant tramp over bare floors by boys and loungers who can not digest a thought in public. It Is a mistake to bid for such there; they must first be trained in the schools and by conversational inter course. To "WORK-VP AS AUDIENCE." When you want to "work up au audi ence"' you say: Well, the way to do it is to work, at least when ou-trance means money; and often it requires skill to get a good free house. Having engaged a speakej begin to build up an interest in him uud his theme. Get into your local paper a brief sketch of the speaker, or vuecdotes, etc., about him, and perhaps omething about the lecture, its age, num ber of times given, etc Anything in this hue that bus the tluvor of ft news item your Journals commonly will insert with out charge. Then when you ask the peo ple to buy tickets the name is fumiliur, and they more readily respond. Keep the people awake to the coming lecture as an important event. Speak of it to all you meet everywhere, except at a funeral. Good personal talking is the most paying advertisement. And yon may be su-re that the more earnest you are to get nn audience, the more enthusiastic will peo ple be to attend. If it is a lecture chiefly for entertain ment, an admission fee should be charged: sad theu to get an nudio?cu, pay ex penses, and have something left, you must Bell tickets in advance, and the further ahead the better, for the ticket-holder be comes a friend inviting others to attend. And don't leave the canvassing to chil dren; they are easily put off. Send out, by districts or streets, your best-known and esteemed members?those whose good will everybody likes to share. The people you want are the fekinking, read ing, souls capable of a pleasant evening at home; and to get them out you must convince thorn of something good to cone. Simply the announcement of the time and place and tho deptieK of tickets at Smith's store will not so convince them. That method may do for a mlnsi.rel show, for tho spirits it caters to don't know how to be happy at home, but are on the watch for some clownish evening resort.? James Clement Ambrose In Inter Ocean. I The Outfit of a "Gospel "Wagon." The "gospel wagon" which the Central Union mission of Washington is usirtg commends itself as being the outcome of practical common sense. It is an ordin ary omnibus and contains a cabinet or gan, a good choir and sovoral speakers. Every Sunday afternoon it is driven to re gions whero tho inhabitants do not often hear the gospel preached, and religious services of an interesting character are held.?Washington Letter Th*? Proik* of Breeding Porchcrons. A correspondent of Thfc Philadelphia Inquirer, writing from the tercho. district in France, sajj that M. Tacheau, tho largest lr.tfder of Percho'rqs horses, has made ^,fM3,(w francs in the business in ten or fltecn years, his profits this year up to June amounting to ?20,000.?Ex change. Stumbling bat boe:i Crom the earliest period eoueidered amiiwcp. Cicero meu tioas k among the euporstitlous of his day. A lobster and a Dragon. Lovers of the curious in art will be re warded by a visit to the Japanese depart ment of one of our business houses, where may be seen a couple of pieces of work manship of the most unique character. The ones referred to have quite a history attached thereto. The patient care and accurate handiwork of the OrienJt has no . better example than these two pieces of iron, -which have so remarkably heen I worked out into representation of a lob ster and a dragon, that are reproduced in such perfect manner that one wonders nior.' and more at the talent of the Japan ese artist who fashioned them. About 540 years ago a mechanic by the name of Mio-Chin made a couple of similar pieces of work. One of them became the prop J erty of the mikado, the other one of the , daimios. Both of these august individ j aals handed them down to his successors, they" thus passing on as heirlooms until the then daimiu of twenty-five years ago sold his to an American merchant now in New York. Since these pieces were first I made many attempts have been made to i copy them but without success. When Mr. Kusufaro Tanaka was in Japan three years ago he came across a very clever mechanic, und he had such faith in his talent that he employed him to make the pieces ho now has. Working steadily for three years he has made just four pieces?two lobsters and two dragons. The first Mr. Tanaka sold in New York to a party there for $000?who in turn sold them to a Boston merchant and con noisseur for $1,500. They are exact dupli cates of the two now here._The peculiarity of the work is that it was all done in a similar manner to the Yankee process of whittling?tlie difference being that the material operated oa is iron in the one case and wood in the other. It should be stated that they are not mere carvings? the joints are perfectly articulated, with j the result of making the work more life like and more wonderful.?St. Paul Pio neer Press. Vva 1'icturo of Senatorini 1) ''v. As I sit here now it is curio;? ? .'.atch , the actions of some of these senators. Cui ! loin, of Illinois, is playing with a string, I and Uolph, of Oregon, is tapping his ; knees with his spectacles. Eli Saulsbury, j as tall us Jack's beanstalk, is walking , i about, the chamber with his hands in his j pockets, and Senator George, of Mlssis j sippi, has one of the ends of his gold spec i taclo frame in his right ear, and he is using this us an ear pick. Henry B. Payne is picking his teetli with his knife, and as I look in I note that another senator, who i has been performing the same operation I upon his molars, has taken the blade out of his teeth and is cleaning his finger nails with it. The knife is often used as a toothpick by senators, and a half honri rarely passes when one or more may notl be seen touching their teeth with the cold steel of the penknife. Evarts, when he laughs, looks very much like the American eagle on a broad grin. I have noted that Senator Hoar reads a great deal in the senate chamber, and that the books often cover several different languages. Joe Brown, of Georgia, sits very quietly, and one of ins gestures is stroking Ins long white beard. Beck, of Kentucky, is always busy, and Logan now and then seems to grow a little nervo'ts and nt such times he keeps his hands or feet moving, and often walks out into the cloak room. Gen. Manderson, of Ne braska, has a way of putting his thumb^ in his vest pockets when ho -walks abcn? the senate, and Van Wyck is continuously^ moving here and there, now gesturing violently, and always ready to make a speech when he sees the government in danger.?"Carp" m Cleveland Leader. t Who Sets Fashions for Women. The Gainsborough hat is again coming into style. Some four or live years ago It was quite fashionable, but was driven out of vouge by the ridicule of the press and sarcasm of theatre-goers. It disappeared from street and parquet for a time, but has become again the rage. The other j day during a brief interval of suushine a I lady wearing a Gainsborough nearly three feet in diameter walked on the west side of State street, from Lake to Adams. She was stared at by 10,000 curious eyes, and was the object of 1,000 remarks rang ing from sarcasm to wonder. She did not seem to mind it, but strolled leisurely j along with her parasol at an angle of 45 degrees, and hummed un air from the "Mikado." She was In no hurry, but stopped at every other shop window and gazed therein. She had not waUced a i block before the universal feminine com- | ment was: "The Gainsboroughs are com ing In again." And so^ they are if that lady is as good an advertisement as she has been in the past. She is under salary from a millinery firm on Wabash avenue, and I have seen her walk more than one article of head dress into popularity in the self-same way.?Chicago News. The Toothpick and the Tcoth. The toothpick is an important instru ment in taking proper care of the teeth; it should be brought into requisition after each meal, and a thorough use made of it in removing all particles of food or other foreign substances which may be lodged between them. The best tookpick yet in vented is a quill from the wing of a goose, sharpened so as to readily pass between each tooth and its neighbor. The vigilant and thorough use of this simple little in strument would almost insure an average set of teeth from the ravages of decay. Too much importance has been laid upon tooth-powders and washes; most of them are harndess'and some beneficial. Precipi tate chalk is the principal ingredient of nearly all tbe powders and tablets in the market, and is measurably beneficial.? Dr. S. H. King in Western Journal ofHenlth. Servants in Washington City. Of course, in this city of cheap house rents, you would suppose that housekeep ing would be a pleasant and easy matter, as help gets only an average of $12 a month. From persoual experience I can say that nowhere in the country is it so ditlicult to get good servants as it is here. The best help is black. There is plenty of It, but very little of it is good. All the women are ??ladies," and I know of one housekeeper who lost'her cook and wash erwoman two days ago In this wise: She wanted an extra woman for some pur pose and spoke to her cook on the subject. Dinah said she could recommend "a lady" who would answer. The housekeeper said she did not want "a lady," but a "woman" who could scrub floors, lift bundles, and I generally help in spring cleaning. Tho cook flared up, declared that black ludies are as good as white ladies, threatened to . have the lady of the house "boycotted," ' and left, taking the washerwoman along with her.- Cor. Rochester Union Gen. Logan's Great Kl.uk liagle. Mrs. Gen. Logan, at the suggestion of Bancroft, the historian, hus named the great black eagle, recently sent to the gen eral from Tennessee, by the appropri ate title of. "Old Hickory."?Chicago Jour* THE TEA POT. SSX? ( Peter C. Brimson Announces that hi- has opened the TEA POT UNDER WAY'S HALL, And invites an inspection of GOODS ami PRICES. I have determined to start out by giving the BEST .VALUE for the LEAST MONEY. Anything in the Eating Line, from the fresh Teas to a pound of Flour will be sold at the Smallest Possible -Margin. You will certainly get fresh Goods und Guaranteed at Lowest Prices. Be .sure to cull on me when you want Groceries, and 3-011 will save Money. AUG. 1. 18<JC. PETER O. BRUNSON. UNDER WAYS IIALL Removed TO OUR NEWLY FITTED UP STORE OPPOSITE THE TENT. N 0 TIC E. We ilu not propose t?> undersell everyone else, l>nt we arc ready tri meet lair competition. Our .Stock is I now complete; give us a call I Mr. I. S. CUM .MINGS is with us, I and will lie glad 1 *? see his old friends I j and customers. 1 We sell the. ROYAL 'ST. .101 IN SEWING MACHINES. Machines of all inakeg repaired. Large Wogoa Van' in rear of Store. V0SE& SALLE Y. HAMILTON'S LYSIUA.YCK AGK.XCY LICENSE. Executive Deiwiitment. ? ( Office of Comitiiolleh Genekai., > Coi.?MJUA, S. C, April 1. 1SS0. ) t certify that Mr. John A. Hamilton, of A Oranseburg, S. 0., Agent of the NORTH BRITISH and MERCANTILE, QUEEN Insurance Companies of North America, WESTE1! N ASSU KA N CK, FACTOR'S and TRADER'S, PE1CAN and ROM IS INSUR ANCE COMPANIES, has complied with the requislitions of the Act oftltc Uencrai Assembly entitled An Act to regu late the Agencies of Insurance Companies not incorporated in the Stale of Snath Caro lina, and 1 hereby license the said JOUN A. HAMILTON Agent aforesaid, to take risk.; and transact all business of insurance iu this State in the County of Oraugcburg for and in behalf of said Couioanics. Ex pires March 31st, I?S7. W. E. STONE Y, Comptroller General. hot ivayi: is NOW APPROACHING IN 1 earnest, and I wish to inform you that the Emporium of Fashion is the place to secure Clothing for hot weather, you will find hi stock. Blue and lllaek Serge Suits and Drap D'ete. Just what is needed to keep cool and comfortable. Besides these thin suits 1 have a full a>sortinenl of Seer sucker Coals and Vests of all the latest patterns and in all sizes from si. 7.1 to ?7.0u. Black Aliipacaand Silk Serge Coats in all sizes, including Extra Sizes, als?) Gents Underwear of India Gauze, Lisle Thread and Balhriue.nii. .In-! what von need (his hot Season. aotio:. i will give to every cash purchaser (o the amount of gl0 or over, a SOLID SILVER NICK LH STEM WINDING WATER BURY WATCH, a perfect timepiece and of the new series, (leutlenien wishing to secure one of llieec watches had better make, their purchases at unco a~. the num ber of watches are limited. ItESI'ECTFL'LI A , M. L. KIN ARD, COLUMBIA S. < . B*?r .'?alc. ONE s.VW MILL Ol I M 1 t O.M plete and ill perfect order, viz : One THIRTY HOUSE BOILER, One TWEN TY-FIVE UORSE ENGINE, One SAW MILL with 33 feet Carriage. Also, all Tools necessary, has been used only one year. Also, olio NEW IU HUKsL AMES UPRIGHT BOILER, one SEVEN HORSE ENGINE. Apply to May 27-amos. GEO. 11. CORNKLSON. 1 m f? TT pOKSKLSON. ?83/? 1886 VTo XI. l^ORNELSOJL lfcS? OUR rNCREASE [N TRADE PROVES j wr\ conclusive!;, thai nur GOODS sire FIRS*T-< LASS il ??. Iielug sj-old CLOSE, or they would not be sold so rapidly. You will find the prettiest ami host selected STOCK OF DRESS GOODCJ TOOK OF DRESS GOODU With TRIMMINGS to match in this mar ket. It is useless to call over the different kinds. A visit to / IOR.N'ELSON'0 -MAMMOTH STOitTT? l/ORXELSOX'S MAMMOTH STORH* w ill prove the assertion. I HE N< >TI< >N DEl'ARTMEN'l is complete ami \vc defy any house in .the Stale to i nderscll us. DRESS TRIMMINGS, LADIES" NECKWEAR, GLOVES, HOSIERY, RUTl'ONS. LACES, PARASOLS, Ac, &c, Are specialties with .us. it is an established fact that CORNEL SON'S is the place to buy your SHOES as he keeps the largest Stock to select from. Among them you will find the celebrate I Zeigler's Fine Shoes For Ladies, Misses, Children and Roys. Other Makes for Ladies, lie also keeps BANNISTER, and TA i - LOR and CARR'S, CELEBRATED IIA N D SEWED AND MACHINE SHOES for gents in any style. He warrants every pair or money refunded. In fact every pair that leaves his Store, matters not of whose make, as we only deal with first class houses, who are willing to stand by us. We lead in VIIE < LOT II I X? IttJSirVKriS. We have a large and fresh stock of the latest styles and Patterns, all uf winch were selected with cure. 1; j oil need any thing like Cl<?;!:?!:?.'. v!?!lg "'kh the prettiest Stock n| HA'Js ever brought here. .Call at CORNELSON'S ami you will never ie grei it. such a- Neekw<;ar, Jewelry, Collars, Drawer-. Undershirts and the e N-bnitcd "Pearl Shirt, : are leader- al I OR NEL SON'S Iti'iuember ('OUNEl^ON i< beail -pinr ters for FURNl'l L'RE. If you wan: HARDWARE, ivineuibei a) n iRNELS' ?>": is the nl ?-. in i r.vn where yon can supply evcrj need and priei > guarai tin I. The Ih'M FLOUR, I1ACON, LARD, CANNED HOODS, SUGARS, HAMS, FINE TEAS, JAY V ? \<< I'EAI'ERRY ami KOASTKD < OFFLLs, IOBACCOS and everything in '.he Grocer; lim ".: Charleston ipiol itioiiv m be :. ui il i '??!: N EICON'S. UORNELSON'S DOMESTIC <tOUK hvnrtli Inokim: at lj you need aiiymmg m HARNE-V? or SA DDLE Ii \ Ii.all on us 1 guarantee every sale made, i oidj uu | ploj lir.-d class men, who will . eise my e^s I turners as tie.) ahm,id uv. GEG. H. GOBIILSOI.