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I<4 I~ANJ(~,CLRNDON COUNTY, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL7186NO1. X:-. At ae in t WI-n in id : , h hi:, Eht e n t e- - Thet Toe emc Y"< ae: r :in , - -I:, saw H:s ' Atas i whien fr""i hea'rt: when ca r" A s'ernr - Anduwth ohe 0111: fooo known wen hia ove - Th::t vwhen the y - t:sed The eensor s:oodi - Too ate we iearn n1 un. riel: Unjudgedi, accepted. u -; 1R. RAND ALLN'S MARAGE. Just on the connes of one of our arge anufacturin e st:md an imposing resid:nce( ol' row mone, elevated by terc;bv th rod su:r rounded l'y stotelv trs m w~ta l -wide' extent d: -~--n n I had bes.. nt yd 3 ing one of the:r.: weeks. and mY o had been excit -d 1 master of the dal,. was a tail, than tiftv ve:r-., w tainlv twenv Var - feeble old woman. Yet never \; -r. more seein1 oddiv-contr.t, th) 'hou.se Nh:. there. certaminl ;: for witnessmea eneeS, h:,d any When my wek: to m11v ow 1. later, byq stv to rue Ot -Mr. na From eriv is it dow1.. ... re : th la - -~ And tioccl~ v. 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Yytsetd ie uress inthcod t aw -y apeadr :ngr ha Serswarrmd ::m-,I liked :m y'. lie cer:dn!' resin eted :ud FOr two or three avS nw Aenak. - yv: from pif- im n nao, to make .IN nw potsta n the- lo~t, r bor i, ny ofI n :.r tn. .n later -brouhit in an . and 114,Ham=4 s A~ne! w .11 o*av been a h. n3~ : a ain. he ie *i il i ..IY - e h r a h :.:bout - n r~tvr~ngupoli a i- armndrdan (rmn: - ::1 n33 1- 1ve Vou 1::kiin roone rn u3i aSkCd: ", r all T - , C ;.,-I I . bridegroom: ou ot return to Your own --v owN hne:e I have no house. * u 1d'nly fte truh flashed know tha I %was I - --what :fool I have ,._ ashe h1usbbd put Knmrumd her: .I do love yon. I h t o revesed.,nd that u: vo: uL, never et very ar - d to it *1owN n .: )Iithrst of conli o3'1k hi.,. wif1? tile R- o : to dhis vifeh 1033 n --m-m nt on;er ndl perplx au ia Str-,; busne had. n yeas befre h died hit wanz - : . . cLtual h of n :--8, th * eavin of earpets. in a.! f:n m b-; a di:wst trus k1aa1ohol hav-e tAwen up some - :.in ly owi living :1d :3: , 51 i : P n.., :. ornham, and in - e neee.1 m.-, a!s her lvs it a<: n31j. v3 lry. I cpted~ ('in lb : rv I oe- eclse in t*~.(ha I S -r :: d(e!::.erni and1 we were - - : my p;.oion: The f~o-oy : * fah- conrole is closeod, 1 N 0"d fr(3 ,ii.nd of the, owner. I.:!,e e .1 1. ' t- o b S for a short - : "v m 1: dil anid found b .~me- ei :e .-tlsswept away * . !ieen cmt~u bor a moudest -r w~. un i (ou conquer all the i i.:.- cas :- . an our od u --.an ca err on t he whl ur- irctan teachI youl. as Ii helped my ,I,-. un1i VOul arek a rich miani -- I:wa nomt a matter for hasty de in Mr.. Rai:l~alb. remlembering his f 111ure. .as doub)tful of his own abili tvibut his wif haid her war,. and be fore their wedded life was ~six months old, Mr. Rlandall was engagedl in his nlew business. Surdon by an hionest shame that a womn had114'a better business head than.i his own, lie did w.hat lhe never doneC bJfor -thr w is whol soul into his ba:Infl.s,3 ni was amzed himself to 3ni ho r : l he ernied to guide it. &'r '3 y til 1hi- "eart with deeper 11r3;)obl .oma wh.'ii'Io was so SfItful nchlpmeate to himi; auine. know .leuge lie .aeketl. k-k ping a 1 gav h.imi elt Ia- two year~sof~ -- - uilr. melow, decar. -:- 1(eonomiclly in acontronedl her - n oth illdriia* of - 3l in.' .'3 r o' I !- rd' 'o gi ve he.'. b n :::iure . . . : 1 .- lilt ting . L'- '3 t~ 34 on.t that t -c ~oe a iee lirol itv Hie -iZdf1t ~ to ndolenr luvur *ie toud hd3 . ei nmd ctra:st t -n ih h thf:1 one hcl >eado h uied him. al i rsprt.H beau. A~~~~~~~~~ f!~ al ra f eiiu h~lucination '0!rrd o thi im both M. end w: s ut i::a t yom~r i t ad en i v for no bn to - l*'i:en t ' co ~mieae tsel t :lisra aind Stilt. th: ore of a few eek n dtradua vi-,n:s weret1 alse. muchir exeia men y as a:: .co It wut it onae to1-t a tiook phii attiwgirs mewou .ehout. a d bark likmde adsapn h etNpn mter toe kminu monote otantheo 0ir: who aw visions weir st.nding in h. e cri r. 1n v:liing up and dowil. d a wI drtd 1 (1 var-ant kinld of Stare. Gr-dually to: ;Inin qu ve icni to il od t hisit 'ecaiei fst and furious. Th1o el U."gil would danice, shout, and bark likedo. After twenty minutes of this they woLd1 fall donwn with a shriek. Their st.;:gh-S, eries, :an foanings at the m ithere dreidl to see. andpin many -:-sit took four or. five muln to holdt z:: m Vtill. Aner the !it was over they Cll exh. utd for .abou one hour; h, when thliw :ne to. thengave to A real th-.l ( lthese vis ions was, 0us 'nonsense .t one thin was .:rkb-they Spoke Of peV o1::le l o the : mile 1. 5eIfroo tth. it (*ur it\ wtlfud il Some e5sei that V-Iat .hey hd 1een C)rresponded a:el ih. iti~d t the etentS Vt :i 0 m.V1 r ble feaitur in this en'ot t-i w -< thait was not contined to a so.Ahaast sim:mosyin tve:, ret-nt on thi de land. ofther iSeul i\ fhv o ile louand twerve brtriei ph:'-cd .sfir thetbrceak in-ll urd ii . nr olii t a dsnsf 11ing0 tes un isme t Scnie of the --Sho i .n : ' thsy w.re call Up an onteisadao400~ ort eDX wole wir seize. anr win wit Sind toug ir, wuid run, eis if be lu)irt-bl . cacter wee sepzed where though te : ots-ecd. viiatter how fo :,k the ::kd would ti fith hil s wee epl ho be-lnged to the baptist schet w.ason uic t hei r visionsenre ,Ot I the dn al but of the distin1 tive rgle inutof dctrine of their see . Vergowving- accounts were even of the varous punishfments and tortures reserved for the wicked in hell, and they were most liberal in dispens ing( theseC punishmients amiong their UP and down the island about 400 or .,0Cpeople were seized, and it was at (irst thoiugt it was a kind epidemie of bsteria. Cn In a few cases girls of highe re~spectable character were seized, and, alIth hey did not se visions, yet for weeks they would have fits daily, and such was tleir sonerhba strength that I have seen a young airl of 16 strinle out of the lrasp of fur strong meti. The outbreak osted from Jas ar to July, ind at one thie it w s fear fd it wol'd lead to seioes consequences, heliseitord ingted viwosren abern tined e theshelvesthlin umstingsrt eay and godniltordntne huing, nom-inatio and teg vaou ofthe et Inthe dpaytedr animseiy The exndytemer ha id pocessiow nthean ae ceased to some asa elingand An tonecinteet of pJebce Sta. zromd papmere byt Geeral anallwho iseivdin the visior Cntuy wereuotera les, et teb' Stuardth was t~ cour inganfelootw-ail towar best chrman bAtetowar eveir ownedA pathculard aomnation after wearious oftheet adneitmn ofa cDwedlulnw and rtuart ae ineaed todexs asr to eeral SLtado Whente li hadndones Gienera niet ui Aneoted Jb Stuart. wi ahle., Theepo Stuart turned vroudr in fello tacklydonn the caarymn Micaep eneralodued tte awayond Ianas soon reture. wetuar was still leepng.ee askoell for Pore,n Stuart spreiangdhs* mad aid.or toHeea, eea.'We ehddoes eea 'GrLee saiehphaineod.r 4at youatmo endta buthe qted ortrp tove oni theilett ThenraeupnSur mored aaryund th rhitaklydw.o h rud ut awsoeudber is head lfnd isaidl ntanhour wtured Shtuart swung histilf eeinto ede ankd rorl imat nd rtartd prantlo sigfieg aodl s -HeruIla, giral.t ev.A~1 a t ends calmesgel to holup troops tver o e lefit t with a evolr, cavalr he Stuat,~ and cithedhaheyung himsel snt t onde aned o oldath t ain, alodpd sonsgaskinuly wshe ituld, Jtnelte cavry.Sethnhldu smaerbrookte,~ Cansada, boasteayoung i with tere.iit !At aond pmakng up arty,. whr on abatneingteskl of ee iascllengedO.t to. hold .)p a smeall tinmto :e ihtLt t~ with a ri~eovem, was h vekned and:~ dec.l1:ine.~A young ay md1I dit so uhakinglyt while i hes ia eres. able ieda itneo woelveV han: She then heldr upi ta Uetnit Stthes are intead bpicinorup n ftepeshldi o ute THE CALWORNMA ROAD RUNNER. A very singular and yet a very little known bird is the roadrunner chapar ral cock, or, as it is known in Mexico and the Spanish section. of the United States, the paisano. I belongs to t!e cin.ekoo i:mdliylv, 1,%t liaS noe of the hd habits br which the European cuckoo iZ best kncwn. It is a shv bird, but is not by any mcan< an unfamiliar object in the southwc:;ern portions of the United .States and in Mexico. Sonietines it wanders up into mid(le California. 1-ut not ofm-n, seem ing to prefer the more desert.d. hotter, and sandier parts of southern California and from there stretching its habitat as far east as imiddle Texas. It is not by any means a brilliantly colored bird, although some of its hues are verv beautiful. The prevailing color of the roadrunner is olive green, which is marked with brown and white. The I top of the h-ad is black blue, and is fur nishied with an erectile crest. The eyes are surrounded by a line of bare skin. It is not a large bird, being seldon twenty-four inches long. with a tail tak ing more than half that length. The tail, indeed, is the most striking feature of the bird, being not only so very long, but seemingly endowed with the git of perpetual motion, since it is never still, but bobs tip and down, and sidewise, too, into every possible angle, and al most incessantly. But while its tail is most striking, its legs ate most remarkable, being not only long and stout, but wonderfully muscular. How muscular nobody would be able to imagine who had not put them to the te&t. A traveller in Mexico tells of going out with his ranchero host to hunthares with a brace of very fine hounds. Going over a long stretch of sandy plain, re lieved only by pillars and clusters of eactur the Mexican called the attention of his guest to an alert, comical-looking bird some distance from them. With the remark that the gentleman should see some rare coursing, the Mexi can slipped the leashes of the straining hounds, which sprang off as if used to the sport, and darted after the bird. For a moment it seemed to the stranger a very poor use to put the dogs to, but lie was not long in changing his mind. Instead of taking wing, the bird tilted its long tail straight up into the air in a saucily detiant way, and started off on a run in a direct line ahead. It seemed an incredible thing that the slender dogs, with their sp ce devouring bounds, should not at once overtake the little bird; but so it was. The legs of the paisano moved with marvelous rapidity, and enabled it to keep the hounds at their distance for a very long time, be ing finally overtaken only after one of gamest races ever witnessed by the visit ina sportsman. The roadrunnc-, however, serves a better purpose in life than being run down by hounds. Cassin mentions a most singular circumstance among the peculiarities of the bird. It seems to have a mortal hatred of rattlesnakes, and no sooner sees one of these reptiles than it sets about in what, to the snake, might well seem a most diabolical way of compassing its death. Finding the snake asleep. it at once seeks out the s)iniest of small cacti, the priekly pear, and, with infinite pains and quietness, carries the leaves, which it breaks off, and puts them in a circle around the slumbering snake. When it has made a sufficient wall about the object of all this care, it rouses its victim with a sd dcei peek of its sharp beak, and then quickly retires to let tix sniake work out its own destruction, a thing it eventual ly does in a way that onught to gratify the roadunneiir if it have any sense of humor. Any one vwatching it would say it was expriesini the liveliest emotion with its conistantly and grotesquely- mov ing tail. The first impulse and act of the as saulted snake is; to coil for a dart; its next to mlove av:ay. It qtui-kly realizes thnt it is hemimed in, in a circle, and finally makes a rash attemplt to glide over the obstruction. The myriad of tiny needles prick it andl drive it back. The angry snake, with small wisdom, attempts to retaliate by fastening its fangs into the ofeinding eactus. The spines fill its mouth. Angrier still, it again and again as saults the prickly wall, utntil, quite be side itself with rage, it seems to lose its wits completely, and, wvrithing and twisting horribly, buries its envenomed fangs into its own body, dying finally from its self-inflicted wounds. After the catastrophe,the roadrunner indulges in a few gratified flirts of its long tail and goes otf, perchiance to find its reward in being run diowa by the- hounds set on by men-John RI. C.orycll, in Scientific Anw.rican. Suburban belle-How dlelighitful it must be to spend Christmas in a great country house-Ilike Stilton Grange, for instance. Delightful stranger (from London-Yaas. By-the-by, her Grace of Stilton has fust written to say she ex ects me there for Christmas week. S'pos I shall have to go! Sub~urban belie-W~on't you tind it rather lonelv? Delighutful str:Inger-Lonely! A-whyv? Subur ban belle-Because1 saw in to d-av's m'orninug Post tha~t the duke and dihess andl f:iinihy ni-c net expecte-d baick fronm Australia before February! (C ollpe 0f delightful stranger.)-ILon don Punch. The following is one of the unre pealedl laws of New Jersey. passed while the State was a British colony: -That all women. of whatever age, rank, profession, or degree, whether virgins, maids, or widlows. who shall after this act impose upon, seduce, an d betray into matrimony any of his ma-' jests subjects by virtue of scents, cos metics, washes. p-aints, artificial teeth, false hair, or hitwh-heeled shoes, shall in cur the peiiahtvof the law now in force against wite-hcratft and like misde meanor-s." Husband (r-eturning from the funeral) -"-The minister, in his funeral sermon, seemed to be very much overcome. If I am not mistaken he was affected to tears" Wife-"Yes; the deceased, poor man, was worth over $100,000."-New rk Times. Fish-Spearing Through the Ice. About thirty years :i.o, I was stranded by the severe winter vcather, which put a stop to navigation, at the old army station of Green Bay, now a Ilourishing city in the great Staite of Wisconsin, at the mouth of the Fox river-at the south western extremity of a lona arm of Lake Michigan. I had frequently noticed on Fox river a curious lot of black dots on the ice, in the retired nooks and coves along the farther shore. "What are thev?" I asked: and the invariable re ply was: "They are Indians fishing." This puzzled me still more, and I re solved to investigate. So one day I crossed the frozen river, and approach ing one of those mysterious black dots, found it to be apparently only a bundle in a blanket, scarcely large enough to contain a human form. But, looking closer, I could see, first from one bundle and then from another, the quick mo tion of a pole, or spear-handle, bobbing up and down. A word. a touch, even a gentle push, only called out a rmunt in reply, but at last one bundle did stretch itself into a bright young Indian brave with wondering and vonderful eyes peering at me from under a mop of black and glossy hair. A little tobacco, a little pantomine, and a little broken English succeeded in making him un derstand that I wished to know how he carried on his fishing under that funny heap. Then I saw it all. Seated, Turk fash ion, on the border of his blanket, which he could thus draw up so as to entirely envelop himself in it, he was completely in the dark, so far as the daylight w-as concerned; and, thus enshrouded, he was hovering over a round hole in the ice, about eighteen inches in diameter. A small tripod of birch sticks erected over the hole helped to hold up the blanket and steady a spear, which, with a delicate handle nine or ten feet long, was held in the right hand, the tines resting on the edge of the hole, and the end of the pole siicking through an op ening in the blanket above. From the other hand, dropped into the water a string on the end of which was a rude wooden decoy-fish, small enough to represent bait to the unsuspecting perch or pickerel which should spy it. This decoy was loaded so as to sink slowly, and was so moved and maneuvered as to imitate the motions of a living fish. Crawling under the blanket with my Indian friend, I was surprised at the distinctness and beauty with which everything could be seen by the subdued light that came up through the ice. The bottom of the river, six or eight feet be low us, was clearly visible, and seemed barely four feet away. The grasses, vegetable growths, and spots of pebbly bottom formed curious little vistas and recesses, in some of which dreamily floated a school of perch and smaller fish. Eaich little air-bubble sparkled like a gem, and the eye delighted in tracing and watching the mysterv of beautiful water formations, where every crevice seemed a little fairy world, with changine lights or shadows made by the sunfight through the transparent ice. Suddenly, from somewhere-I could not tell where, it seemed to come by magic-a large "dory," or "moon-eyea pike," appeared on the river bottom. The watchful Indian slowly raised the decoy-bait toward the surface, the larger fish following it with interested and puzzled eyes. There was a sudden movemot of the spear; down it darted; its sharp prongs pierced the unsuspect ing pike, which was speedily drawn up and thrown wriggling on the ice. Then the bikt was re-adjusted, and the fishing was resumied. My bright young Indian friend said he cotuld catch from twenty to thirty pounds of fish in an afternoon in this manner, and some times could even secure double that quantity.-J. U. Rloorbach, in St. Kicho las j'or Februar.. An Inflexible Juror. "There are some infernally obstinate men in this world," said Frank Funai the other day, "but I struck eleven of the worst specimens last week I ever came across." "How was that?" "Why, you see, I was on the jury. In one case i'd no sooner laid my eyes on the prisoner than I made up my mind he was guilty, and the testimony only served to strengthen that opinion. To my surprise, I found, when we went out, that the other'eleven jurors were unani mous in favor of acquittal." "And of course you gave in." "'Not much! I had a duty to society ,hiCh I had sworn to perform, and I determined to do it if it took all night. I reasoned with them calml, tearfully, prayerfully, but 't was no use." "4Iow did you bring them around?" "Finally I said: 'Well, my mind is mind up. ~When you fellows~ get over your dashed obstinacy wake mc up.' And I just tipped my chair back and settled myself down for a good nag. Then I snored. Ever hear mc snore?' We all expr"m'.ederegret because we had never : ye that pleasure. ".:.'....rhad those fellows, In ten miru:es they were wild. Some of them wanted to jump out of the window, but couldn't get it ope~n. In ten minutes more eight of them gave in, and in fif teen minutes they waked me up and said they were satisfied I was right. The judge promptly granted the prison er a new trial on the ground that the verdict was against the evidence and common sense, and~ discharged the jury for the term. That lets me off jury duty for another year.' -3illinery Trade Recice. The Autumnn of Life. if Autumnal days are shorter, they are likewise cooler: the time for storing away fruit in the bins has come; the tints on the leaves are still scarlet and olden, the barren Winter is not yet. So 'et all these; and with buoyant heart, quickened with grateful memories, I resume the study-chiair and begin a new lease of labor. No patience have I with that stale phrase about "the shady side of 60;" if a servant of the Lord gets on the side of the hill that faces heaven, it ought to be the sunny side. Nor is that other nonsense about "the dead line of 50" worthy of respect. The Psalmist did not believe such stuff, or he would never have talked about trees that for more than a half-century have been bearinoe-trees are still "full of sap and mr.RoTh-. T. 1. Cuvr,. Evangelist. The Carolina Central CoIES OUT SECOND BEST IN ITS FIRST LEGAL WRESyE wiih TEE BOSTON AND SOUTH ERN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY - JUDGE AVERY DISSOLVES THE INJUNCTION. [From the charlotte Observer, April 1st.] The first legal battle between the Carolina Central Railroad Company and its rival, the Boston and South ern Construction Company, was end ed at Lincolnton yesterday, and the Carolina Central lost the fight. Judge Avery, presiding at the present term of Lincoln Superior. Court, before whom the issues were discussed, ren dered a decision under which the Boston and Southern Construction Company are at liberty to lay their track side by side with the track of the Carolina Central between Piney Ridge and Rutherfordton, in Ruther fordcounty. The pleadings and the affidavits in the injunction case of the Carolina Central Railroad Company against the Boston and Southern Construc tion Company were read on Tuesday afternoon and night. On Wednesday Judge Bynum, for the plaintiff, and Mr. M. H. Justice, for the defendants, addressed the court, and Judge Sehenck began the closing speech for the defense yesterday morning. Judge Schenck concluded, and Col. Fuller, for the plaintiff, closed the case at three o'clock, when Judge Avery delivered his decision. He took the view that the real issue was as to the title to the right of way, which could not be tried in this proceeding. If the Carolina Central could prove title to the right of way in dispute, it had a remedy at law. He, therefore, denied the application for an injunc tion. Inasmuch as the affidavits were not i clear that the defendantshad proper ty in North Carolina, the Court held that it would have to require a bond of fifty thousand dollars. This was furnished in five minutes and the in junction was dissolved. The Carolina Central Company, we are informed, j promptly entered an appeal from this , decision. The outcome of this suit is that Rutherfordton will shortly have two railroads, for it will be a race now be tween the Carolina Central and the Boston and Southern Company to see which can first get trains running be tween Shelby and Rutherfordton, For at least four miles of the distance between these two places the tracks of the two roads will run alongside of each other, just fourteen feet apart. Blind Chaplain Milburn's Labor Speech. WAsmNooN, April 1.-The chap lain, in his prayer in the House this morning, said: "Give ear, oh! God of Jacob, and awaken us to see the danger which threatens the civilizedworld,a revolu tion more tremendous than any of which histoiy tells, ir which the scenes of the reign of terror may be enacted in every capital of Europe and Ameri ca. For long the few have mastered the many because they understood the open secret-tools to them that can use them; but now the many have learned the secret of organization,drilli and dynamite, Rouse the rich men of the world to understand that the time has come for grinding, selfish monopoly to cease; that corporators may get souls in them with justice, honor, conscience and human kind ness. Teach the rich men~ of the 1 country that great fortunes are lent 4 them by Thee for other purposes than I to build and decorate palaces, to< found private collections of art, to< stock wine cellars, to keep racingI studs and yachts, and find better company than hostlers, grooms and t jockeys, pool sellers and book makers.I Teach them, oh, God ! that it is Thee who has given them power to gett these fortunes; that it is to provet them, to know what is in their hearts, i whether they will keep Thy com-a mandments or no, and that those c commands are that 'Thou shalt love t the Lord, thy God, with all thy heart, I and thy neighbor as thyself;' that if the c rich men of our land keep these com- z mandments the poor will follow the i example, and we at least will be say- z ed from the days of tribulation that i are fast coming on all the world. a Help us, 0 God, and save us." a The Torch Again Applied by t Spiteful Negroes. s Several weeks ago we published an account of the burning of the crib of t Mr. S. H. Huey, together with about 600 bushels of coin. Also an account of the arrest of two negroes, who, on their way to jail confessed to having 1 done the burning to gratify a spiteC they had at Mr. Huey. On Wednes-t day night last, about 0 o'clock, an other barn on Mr. Huey's place was a burned. When the fire was discover- e ed parties ran to the wells for water I but found the ropes cut and both e buckets in the well. His cow, which ~ was tied under a shed near one of the ~ wells, was badly cut and bleeding,and ~ the rope, with which she was tied, cut ij in several places. Tracks, made by a y person in stocking feet, were found b leading from the barn to a corner of 3 Mr. H's dwelling and back to the barn, but, as yet, it has been impossible to ferret out the guilty party. The s burnings have created a great deal ofc excitement in the neighborhood and, d it is thought, if the guilty party is as certained he will be roughly dealt a with.-Lancaster Ledger.b THE LAST HTMN. The Sabbath day was ending in a village by the se, The uttered benediction touched the people tenderly, and they rose to face the sunset in the glowing light ed West, and then hastened to their dwellings for God's bless ed boon of rest. But they looked across the waters, and a storm was raging there. I fierce spirit moved above them-the wild spirit of theatr, and it lashec and shook them, til they thundered, groaned and boomed, and, alas, for any vessel In that yawning gulf en tombed! Very anxious were the people on that rocky coast of Wales, Lest the dawn of coming morrow should be telling awful tales, Nhen the sea had spent its passion, and should cast upon the shore its of wreck and swollen victims, as it had done so oft before. With rough winds blowing round her, a brave wo man strained her eyes and she saw along the biHows a large vessel fall and rise. )h I it did not need a prophet to tell what the end must be, For no ship could ride in safety near that shore on such a sea. [hen the pitying people hurried from their homes and thronged the beach. )h! for the power to cross the waters, and the per ishing to reach I Eelpless hands were wrung with sorrow, tender hearts grew cold with dread, Lnd the ship, urged by the tempest, to the fatal rock-shore sped. Me has parted in the middle! Oh! the half of her goes down I ;od have mercy! Is heaven far to seek for those who drown? o, when next the white, shocked faces looked with terror on the sea, )nly one last, lingering Agure on the spar was seen to be ! iearer the trembling watchers came the wreck, toss ed by the wave, Lnd the man still clung azEl floated though no pow er on earth could save. 'Could we send him a short message? Hare's a trumpet. Shout away." rwas the preacher's hand that took It, and be won dered ihat to say. Ly memory of his sermon ? Firstly ? Secondly ? Ah, no! 'here was but one thing to utter in that awful hour of woe; ,o, he shouted through the trumpet, "Look to Je sus ! Can you hear?" Lnd "ay, ay, sir " rang the answer o'er the waters, loud and clear. 'hen they listened. He is singing "Jesus, lover of MY soul," Ld the wind brought back the echo, "While the nearer waters rol" strange, indeed, it was to hear him, "Till the storm of life is past," linging bravely o'er the waters, "Oh, receive my soul, at last." le could have no other refuge, "Hangs my helpless - soul on Thee," 'Leave, oh, leave me not"-the singer dropped into the sea. Lnd the watchers, loaking homeward, through their eyes by tears made dim. ;aid, "He passed to be with' Jesus, in the singing of that hymn." M1RL4.NNE FAE=GHA The Agricultural Problem. -DUSTRY AND ECONOMY THE GEAND SE CEET OF SUCCEs. [rrom the Johnston Monitor.] The farmer, including his rights d wrongs, is now prominently be 'ore the public in this State. In fact t would seem that he is about to rowd out the lawyer in the amount )f sympathy and consideration he is receiving. How to enable him to dig he most money and provisions out of heground, is perplexing the minds of oth him and his friends. Sugges ions are being made on all hands, nd every one is ready to favor the :ublic with an opinion as to how ands should be worked and farms ultivated. But talking and writing done, are not the things to make corn nd cotton grow. Industry and conomy, guided and directed by a evel head, a brave heart and willing ands, is, after all, the philosophei's tone, the grand secret of success. WVe must look to ourselves to correct e evils of which we complain. Our aboring element will be a failure as ong as the management is wrong. he subordinate hand must be in pired, encouraged and controlled by leading head that is maste? of the ituation. We must set the example efore we can expect it to be follow d. "Come on" is the command that he laborer understanlds, while "go n" is apt to pass unheeded. The Luestion, "Is the negro a failure ?" is tow being pretty thoroughly discuss d, and able articles are being writ en on both sides. The same inquiry night be made about some who em >oy and propose to direct him. If he negro fails as a farm hand, it may ot always be his own fault. He is an mitative being, and if the proper ex mple is placed before him, in nine ase out of ten, he will make a pret y fair following. We intended to ave said something about what we onceive to be the impropriety of teglecting more important and press ag duties to attend societies, public eetings and conventions. They, erhaps, have their advantages and re good enough in their way, as far theorizing is concerned, but it r'on't do to stop the plow or the hoe : attend them. It is like the Phari ees who laid great stress on the ithes of mint and anice, while they eglected the weightier matters of e law. -The Republican gossip at Wash Ig, as predicated upon the probability f Mr. Manning's retirement from the 'reasury, is as tollows: "That Secre try Whitney should be transferred to e Treasury Department; that Post iaster-General Vilas should be made ecretary of the Navy; that Mr. Mc )onald of Indiana, should be appoint d Postmaste-Genleral. This arrange lnt would give New York the treas y Department, and put in that osition a man in whom the President uid the party have frull confidence, and would relieve the administration of rhatever embarrassment there may e in having two Cabinet officers from iw York." -Goerors Marmaduke, of Mis min, and Martin, of Kansas, are both Liarged by organized labor as being >o friendly to corporations in laborl ifficulties. The chief of the Missouri urea of Labor Statistics was stated t the time of his appointment to have n nthe employ of the railroads.