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VOL. III. MANNING, CLARENDON COUNTY, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APR THE CAUSE OF THE DEADLOCK. Something of the Bil That Has Blocked Work in Congress. The direct tax bill, against which seventy odd Democrats-mostly from the South-have been filibustering way brought before the House for the pas, sage at this time in pursuance of a de cision of a majority of the Committee on Rules, consisting of Mr. Randall and two Republicans. The other members of the committee, Speaker Carlise and Mr. Mills, were oppo to its being brought forward, but Mr. Mills was absent from the committee meeting, being sick, and Mr. Carlisle was over-ruled by the pro tectionist members. The bill was passed by the Senate January 19, by a vote of 48 to 10. It was a Republican member of the House that offered the resolution directing the Committee on Rules to bring the bill up at once for passage, and its staunchest supporters are the Republicans. In their eyes it has the merit of taking $17,359,685 from the treasury, and of diminishing to this ex tent the pressing necessity for a tariff bill, and the further merit that, of the amount named, much the larger part would be distributed in the North, the South having to content itself with a small proportion, and with being for given the part of the tax not yet col lected. To further the passage of the bill Mr. Chandler, it will be observed, on Monday introduced in the Senate a bill proposing the immediate collection of the quotas still due from the various Southern States. The direct tax bill, approved August 5, 18 1, provided for a tax of $20,000,000, to be apportioned to the several States acording to popula tion. In cases where the States did not pay, the amount required was collected, in whole or in part, from individuals. The amo collected, as already stated, waag,30 ' 685, lea ng $2,640,315 still dues The'Seiate bill over Which the fight is being mad~proposes to return to the States what they paid of the tax and re mit the sums unpaid. The majority re portof the Houae.Judiciary Committee favors the bill, on the ground that it will erase from the treasury books the claims still pending against States that have not paid in full and..do justice to those that 'did pay; "The minority re port hem that the money when collected belongedabsolutely to the United States; that no State or citizen has any claim to it; that to return it would be to give a gratuity, and would be an unconstitu tional act; that the passage of the bill could be made a precedent for repaying any tax whatever-the cotton tax, for example-and would open the door to innumerable propositions for dissipating public money.. Last, but not least, the filibusters urge the bill as a proiection istdevice, akilfully designed to prevent any reform of the tariff at the present session of Congress. It is an inter-State log-rolling measure, they afirm, which has strength from the fact-apart from its relation to the tariff-that it offers a huge bribe to twenty-eight States, and is well pushed by claim agents. It is further objected to it that it is the en tering wedge for a bill to repay the $69,000,000 cotton tax. No argument for repaying the direct tax bat will answer also for the cotton tax, or for any tax, in fact, that the government has ever imposed. It is to be remarked that Speaker Carlisle is opposed to the bill, and that the filibusters include in their number a large-proportion of the talent and worth on the Demoeratio side of the House. Muh is said of their action i ' r'billand other im the power of the House to enter upon the oodsideration of those measures whenever it sees proper t. do so. In response to inquiries sent by tele graph from Washington to the Govern ors of many of the States asking what amount tlie State agents would receive in the event the billlto refund the direct tax became a law, replies have been re ceived as folows: The State agenc of Iowa is to receive 25 per cent. on $384,274, or, in round numhers, $96,000; Kansas 10 prcent. pezreinthriS 257702, or $89,425; Mary land $130,000 of $371,299; Massachu setts 25 per'cent. df $700,894, or $175, 000pMihgan-40 per oent,--on $426,498, or-S? 8M inesta25-per cent.s on $92,250s or $23,064; Missouri 15 per cent, on $647,000, or $97,043; New York 15 ner cent. on $2,132,100, or $319,815; Ohio 18 per cent. on $1,332,025, or $133,202; South Carolina 35 per cent. on $368,576, cr'$127,249; Nebraska 50 THE DEADLOCK BROKEN. Sunset Cox Moves to Adjourn, and "A pril 4th" is Passed Over. WAsarse-roN, April 12.-The House convnditl11.45 anid Mr. Cox imme diately moved sin adjournment and called fotheyasind nanys? The- Republican members were nearly all present and voted "nay." The vote proceeded on party lines. The House, by a vote of 130 to 133. refused to adjourn, and the legisltive day of Wednesday, April 4, stl continues. The scene which followed the an nounoement of the vote resulting in a failure to adjourn the Hcuse was the most exciting that has taken place dur ing the long deadlock. Naturally the Republicans expected defeat after the caucus action of last nmght, and the re fusal of the House to adjiurn was agreat surprise. As one man the 132 Republi cans began to applaud, while their roars of laughter, intermingled with yells, rang out into the corridors like a storm. The Speaker pounded on his desk for order. It was a scene fit for Bedlam. There was a crowd aboat Mr. Sawden, of Pennsylvania, the only Democrat who refused to stand by the caucus action, and he was implored to move a recon* sideration of the vote by which the House refused to adjourn. The motior for a call of the House was withdrawn, and unanimously the ayes and nays were ordered on the motion by Mr. Cox thai the House adjourn. The motion pre vailed by 148 to 137. When the voti was announced both sides began almosi deafening applause. Members rose an< hurled documents, letters and scraps o: paper in the air and screamed with de light. A Boston daily has established the fac to its own satisfaction that Job was s Irishman, for it attributes to an Irish -a the phrase. "ki of hia itit," THE JOBBERY IN IT. Speaker Carlisle Says that Persons Are Lobbying for the Direct Tax Law. (Letter to the New York Herald.) Speaker Carlisle, referring to the di rect tax bill as reported to the House by the Judiciary Committee, says that the one provision in the bill as it came from the Senate that was meritorious, if any portion of it could be so spoken of, was that it provided the government should return to the persons from which it di rectly collected the tax the amount ex acted. "There was but one instance," said the Speaker, "when the government did that, and that was in South Carolina in and about Beaufort. Many of the prop erty owners whose estates were levied upon would be benefited to a small ex tent if the tax was refunded, but it is the only instance, In every other case, as in Kentucky, the citizen paid the tax to the State, and no family or individual could possibly have the money refund ed. It would, if appropriated by Con gress, go direct into the treasury of each State, less the amount to be paid to the agent of each State. "And there again let me call your at tention to the character of the amend ment made by the House Judiciary Committee by striking out the Senate proviso. The Senate enacted as the last provision of the bill 'that no part of the money hereby appropriated shall be paid out by the Governor of any State or Ter ritory, or any other person, to any attor ney or agent under any contract for ser vices now existing or heretofore made between the representative of any State or Territory and attorney or agent.' "I do not know how many such con tracts are in force, but there are some persons acting as attorneys or agents who certainly arabot exerting their in fluence or spending their time to secure the passage of the bill without hope. of reward. If there are not interested par ties, why is it proposed to eliminate this clause from the bill as it came from the Senate?" Our Public tichools. A good deal of attention is being di rected to the subject of public education in South Carolina, but there is not as much interest taken in this important matter as there should be. Our people should give their children the opportu nity of getting an education by estab lishing and maintaining good schools in every part of the 'country. This they could easily do for the present by supple menting the regular two mill school tax by a small tuition fee,as is done in many places, but the Legislature ought to do something of a general character for the improvement of our public school sys tem. In this enlightened day it is very generally accepted that education is necessary for the greatest enjoyment of life, and we are not going to write a long sermon on a text that has been worn out by abler pens than ours, because we think the people generally understand the value of education, and consequently a sermon on the matter is unnecessary, but we want to say something about our present system of public schools. It will be readily granted that there must 1 be a system of public schools for the education of the children, and it seems to be the general opinion that the pres ent system is not as efficient as it ought to be. There ought to be longer terms and better equipped school houses. How to secure these is the question. Some are very confident that the people wiil not bear a higher tax for education. But we take it, as the world around be comes enlightened and progressive, so our State willnot be contenlt with what has haen dagie or what is doing, but will press towards the mark of higher achieve ments and greater taings beyond. The present tax is more than it was under Radical rule, and with time it may be increased. At present it may not be judicious to make the tax higher. But1 it is possible to have a large educational fund. When the Legislature shall de vise a better, a more certain, a thorough sytmof asessing-property and compel amen wio~ vote to pay a school tax, there will be money enough. A the Winington Star says, itlooke ridiculous for a people to higgle over a million dol lars school tax when- they spend eight or ten minns annually in voluntary drinks.-Marinn Star.. Western Farm Mortgages. The department of -agriculture has in stituted an investigation into the condi tion of Western farmars,.and rome start ling facts have been elicited. It had been known before that Western farms wereieavily'encumbered, but the mag nitude of the obligation resting upon them had never been suspected. It ap pears, from the investigation, that the mortgages on the farms of ten Western States aggregated $3,422,000,000, Ohio leading the list with an aggregate of 701,000,000. In Michigan one half of the farms are mortgaged, the aggregate debt secured by mortgage being $350, 000,000. A striking fact of the situatio..i is that the aunual net .earnings on the capital invested in farms in the United States is but 4 or 5 per cent., while the mortgages in question command from 7 to 9 per cent. The insurance companies of Hartford, Conni., own $70,000,000 of Western farm mortgages, and the loan companies of Boston hold them to the amount of $76,00(4000. -Mr. Clemisonl's Bequest. The Laurensville Advertiser says Capt. G. W. Shell, of Laurens, has received the following: DE~R Sm: Mr. Clemson died last night. His property, both real and per sonal, goes by will to the State for an agricultural college. Besides special bequests it is certain that $80,000 will be at our disposal for our college. If the State does not accept then the (7) trus tees will carry out his wishes as well as the means will allow. Col. R. E. Bowen, Pickens; 31. L. Donaldson, J. E. Brad ley and J. E. Wannamaker, Orangeburg; B. R Tillman, R. W. Simpson and myself are the trustees, If the State accepts it will appoint six additional. Orfollege is a certainty; our cause is strengthened, and we will go into the canvass with victory perched on our banners. What arguments will our op ponents meetnus with, now the question of expense is met? All honor to Mr. Clemson. Au early day had better be named for our meeting. In haste, sincerely yours, THE NEGRO IN THE CHURCH. The Plan of Settlement to be Submitted to the Diocesan Convention at Anderson. At a meeting of the deputies who withdrew from the Diocesan Convention of 1887, held in Charleston on the 23d February last, it was Resolved, That the delegates who withdrew from our late Conveution can not recognize the meeting to be held in Anderson under a resolution passed by those who remained as a constitutional convention, and therefore recommend our churches to send no delegates to the said meeting, and in nowise to recognize the same as a constitutional convention. Resolved, That a committee of seven be appointed who shall be authorized and empowered to suspend the rule of action if, in conference with a committee or other body duly authorized to bind those from whom we differ, they are enabled to reach some settlement of all the differences now existing, provided such arrangement be based upon the separate organization of the two races in the government of the Church. Resolved, That the right of appeal from the ruling of the Chair be main tained inviolate. The committee appointed under these resolutions have not met any persons authorized to bind those from whom we differ, but at a conference of several clergymen and laymen who have hitherto espoused different sides of the question which have lately divided the Church in this diocese, it was agreed to recom mend as a solution of these unhappy differences: 1. That the colored people of South Carolina who are, or may be hereafter, connected with the Protestant Episcopal Church shall constitute a missionary jurisdiction of the Diocese of South Carolina. . 2. That to effect this purpose the next Convention of the diocese adopt a canon :r constitutional provision on the basis :f the canon recently proposed to the Council of Virginia. 3. That at the next Convention the Constitution, Canons and Rules of Order :f the Church in this diocese be referred o a committee of-elergymen elect ad by the clergy in the Convention and >f laymen elected by the lay mem ers of the Convention to revise the came. 4. And that no other action be taken >y said Convention upon the matter of ifference now existing." The committee appointed at the meet ng on the 23d February think that their -ecommendation presents a basis upon which the unhappy controversies in the hurch may be settled, and as the same iss been approved by several of the :hurches in tha diocese at the recent Easter election, they recommend that he delegates now elected attend at An lerson, and meet the evening before, or .t some convenient hour preceding the >pening of the said Convention, and bmit to the clergy, and those who lave hitherto differed with us, the fol owing resolution embodying the recom nendation of the conference above men ioned: Resolved, That a commission be raised >y the Convention, to consist of three lergymen to be elected by the clergy, ad three laymen to be elected by the aity, which commission is hereby barged to prepare a constitutional amendment to provide for the ultimate eparation of the colored race into a dis inct organization under the Bishop, and intil such ultimate separation to consti ute the same into a missionary jurisdic ion upon the basis of the lately pro sed canon in Virginia, which saideon titutional amendment shall provide that he general convocation suggested in the aid proposed Virginia canon may elect wo clerical delegates, who shall have he privilege to speak and vote on mat ers relating exclusively to the condi ion, work and needs of said jurisdiction, ut which privilege shall not be con trued to permit said delegates from said onvocation to speak or vote upon any uatter which may in anywise affect the white race in the disocese, nor to permit olorod clergymen to have seats in Con rention. The said commision is also instructed o revise the Constitution, Canons and Rules of Order, and to report amend ents to the same so as to incorporate herein all provisions relating to tLe or anization of the Convention, some of which at present are to be found in our ianons, and also to provide that the ight of appeal from the ruling of the Chair be maintained inviolate. Upon the assurance that the resolution will be adopted by both orders, the un ersigned, of the committee appointed at the February meeting, recommend that all delegates-elect appear in the Convention at Anderson, and for this purpose waive the question as to its egality. EWR onDJ. W. C. BENT, CH. RIcHAUnsoN Minns, iR. S. DESPoBTES. We join the majority of the committee in recommending that the deputies meet at Anderson on the evening previous to the date appointed for the Convention to meet, ini the hope that some settle ment may be reached. But we dissent from them as to the plan of settlement proposed. ..CpBL W. ST. JULEN JEEY. The Virginia Canon. The following is a statement of ques tions asked of the Southern (Virginia) Churchman, with the answer of the editors of that paper: Would you be kind enough to give me privately or through your paper informa tion on these points, which may come up in May in our South Carolina Con vention: 1. Is the Virginia Canon No. 13 "of colored mission churches" a compro mis? 2. If a white minister is in charge of a colored mission does he attend both the Council and the convocation? 3. So also a colored missionary, would he attend both the;Diocesan Council and this colored convocation? 4. Have you at present any organized colored parishes with their lay delegates in the Diocesan Council? 5. If not, when they are organized at parishes, would their lay delegates with. draw from the convocation and attend only the Diocean Council? 6. Has the Canon No. 13 any refer nee~ toncolord rectors and lay delegatei from a colored parish, or only refers to mission stations and their missionaries and laymen. The plan proposed by our recent Epis copal Conference may be good, but it ought not to refer to the Virginia Canon unless that is a compromise. We re!ally want light and I hope you will give some to us. *** Our correspondent will get answer to all his above inquiries by our saying that this canon is not of the nature of a com promise; that colored ministers have a seat and vote in our Convention; that there are no colored parishes, but only congregations organized under the canon relating to mission churches; that such congregations, whether white or colored, are not entitled to lay representations; that there has been no convocation or ganized under Canon 13, and that the practical questions which our corre spondent suggests have not arisen in this diocese and are yet undetermined. If this answer is noc satisfactory, we will try to be more explicit on any indicated point. WINTER GRAIN-FARM ANIMALS. The Monthly Report of the United States Department of Agriculture. The April statistical returns to the National Department of Agriculture re late the condition of winter grain and of farms animals. The season for seeding was long, three months in some of the Southern- States, and the appearance as winter set in was uneven, though the plants were general ly vigorous, and those of early seeding well rooted. In States affected by sum mer drought there was slow germination in soil not well pulverized, causing thin stands in such areas, hence a superficial impression of condition was made, which our trained correspondents saw at once was deceptive, and that the impairment of status was slight. Later rains im proved the prospect in the South. The soil was in good tilth, and the field growth was generally good. In the Middle States the season was moderately favorable, though in some places the soil was dry. In California, with some exceptions, a very favorable season for seeding and germination is reported. The drought in Oregon delayed the plant growth. Only partial winter protection was enjoyed in the Northern belt. The variable temperature of March seriously injured the plant in central States of the West, and loss from winter killing ap pears even in Texas. On the Atlantic coast winter injury was very slight. South of Maryland the temperature was mild and favorable. The present appearance of the crop is quite unfavorable, as the spring is late and the present growth of late sown wheat is comparatively small. Favora ble spring weather might make a materi al improvement. The average of the present condition is 82, lower than in recent years, excepting only 1883 and 1885, when the averages were 80 and 76 respectively. The averages of the States of principal production are as follows: New York 94, Pennsylvania 90, Ohio 68, Michigan 76, Indiana 75, Illinois 74, Missouri 82, Kansas 97. The average of Texas is 88 and of most of the Sourthern States higher, from 87 in Arkansas to 971 in Tennessee though the area, seeded is small in this region. The condition of rye is much higher, standing in 93.5 for the entire breadth. The condition of farm animals is com paratively good. There has been some disease among horses, and hog cholera has been somewhat prevalent during the past year in its usual habitat. The esti mated losses from disease and calualties are averaged as follows for each thousand animals: Horses, 18; cattle, 29; sheep, 6; swine, 78. A Deadly Disease. There is a new and dangerous form of lung disease, common in spring, and wich seems to be swift and deadly in li course. Sudden changes in weather and excessive moisture are apt to bring it about. Cronpous pneumonia attacked and carried off Chief ,Tustice Waite and Governor Dorsheimer before many peo ple knew they were ill. It is limited to one lobe of the lung, and is said to be a "general disease with a special deposit in the lung." It is an infectious malady. The cold season, especially winter, is supposed by many people, some of them* in the medical profession, to be that in which croupous pneumonia is most liable to occur. But statistics teach that the changeable weather of spring is particu larly liable to be accompanied by it, and that the month of March is credited with more cases of this kind of pneumonia than any one of the others in the round year. It seems that the degree of cold to which an individual is exposed has nothing whatever to do with contracting an attack of pneumonia. The cause of crupous pneumonia, frankly, is unknown. A well known au thority gives this pathological review of this new and deadly disease: The sudden and enormous loss of strength which marks the condition of the sick man from the chill which ushers in the disease shows that it is something more than a mere inflammation of a piece of lung tissue. The remark able disparity between the number of the heart's pulsations and the acts of breathing per minute is another circum stance that marks croupous pneumonia as a disease differing in almost every particular from all other infections in which the lungs are involved. Colds, coughs, and catarrha of the ordlinary kind show a tendency to extend their duration without definite limit, while in croupous pneumonia the duration of the entire affection is seldom more than two weeks. The points of difference between this affection and all other diseases of the lungs are thu's seen to be numerous and striking. Another point-this affec tion seldom, if ever, is followed by the deposit of tubercles (consumption). This is in happy contrast with broncho-pneu monia, which is so often the first event in a history of consumption.-Augusta Chronicle. The Emperor Frederick, in decorating Dr. Mackenzie, said: "When you came the first time I congled in you, as you were recommended by my German phy sicians. I have s~'e had occasion in my own experiet value your capa bility. I am gi -ow upon you this order in . mowledgment of your mer' 'mory of my accession to 'e Emperor then shook Itackenzie and with 17 HE WOULD NOT SWEAB. A Juror Committed to Jail Because He Would Not Take the Oath. (From the Atlanta Constitution.) "Be steadfast in the right and the Lord will uphold thee and give thee suc cor in the hour of thy extremity." These words were delivered with unc tion, in a solemn voice, and they emanated from a dreary abode-the Ful ton county jail. The speiker was Mr. W. E. Lively, who is devoting his days and his nights to a very sombre news paper with the appropriate name of "Last Days." "Why are you in here?" was asked the prisoner by a sleek moonshiner, who was taking his afternoon airing. "I am here," was the quick reply, "because I would not sacrifice my re ligious principles; would not trample upon the teachings of the holy Scrip tures, and would not disobey the pre cepts of our Lord and Master Jesua Christ." "How did all that happen?" asked the inquisitive moonshiner, and a group of prisoners stopped their exercise to catch the reply. "It happened in this wise. I refused to take an oath in the court and the judge sent me to this dismal retreat-to this abode of malefactors. But do I re pine? Do I seek to escape the conse quences of my righteous action? No, sir, never. I am here to stay until my Lord-ransoms me. Paul and Silas and the apostles and our Redeemer were im prisoned by tyrants, and I count it an honor to be incarcerated for maintaining the right. I was firm and shall remain firm.a I am a minister of the gospel and shall not lose this opportunity to work for the salvation of those I find around me. I may be an instrument in the hands of Providence to save souls." The conversation was interrupted by the turnkey, who conducted the clerical prisoner to his apartment. How came Mr. Lively to be sent to jail?. Briefly told, the facts are: Yester day morning when the superior court was organized a panel of jurors was drawn, and Clerk Walter Venable pro ceeded to administer the customary oath. One of these jurors was Mr. W. E. Live y, who is widely known in Atlanta. When the Bible was handed Mr. Lively he declined to take an oath. "You may affirm if you have religious scruples," remarked Clerk Venable. "I will neither swear nor affirm," re joined the recalcitrant juror, "for is it not written, 'Swear not at all?' Besides, I will not sit in judgment over my fel low man. Christ said, 'Judge not that ye be not judged,' and he was too merci al to condemn even her who was ap prehended in the act. Can I be less? No; I'll not be sworn, for I am not a proper juror." "What is all that interruption?" Judge 'larke asked. "This juror refuses to be sworn," said the clerk. "Why?" queried the court. "Because," answered Mr. Lively, "I will not swear or affirm. My religion willnot allow me to do so, and I am op posed to courts and juries." "An inadequate excuse," said the :ourt. "You must take the oath, Mr. Lively." "I refuse to do so, because-" The reason was cut short by his honor, who directed a bailiff to take the juror to jail for contempt of court. The bailiff took Mr. Lively to the county jail. On the way thither the stubborn juror spoke many strange hings. He declared that he did not ob ject to going to jail, because the judg nent day was near at hand, and he ex ected to be liberated by the interposi ion of Providence. Mr. Lively was quiet and reticent last ight,and was in a sound sleep by 10 'clock. Some of his friends will mnake n effort to get him out to-day. Judge- Clarke says that he is com nitted for five days for contempt of iourt. Brethren, Pass Him Around. About a year ago Dan Rutherford, epresenting the Columbus (Ohio) Buggy Cmpany, visited Marion, and at one of he hotels, without provocation, opened a bitter denunciation of the South, the onfederacy and our leading men, say ng that we "were all d-<d rebels, and ught to be hung." His abuse of Jeff Davis was bitter in the extreme. He was spared a thrashing by the proprie or, who had been a Confederate soldier, because he was a guest under his roof. But last Friday he was here again, and while waiting at the depot for the train, began, just as the proprietor came up, to boast of last year's performance. Rutherford cowered at the command to stop and without resentment, even by word, submitted to as strong a present ment of his character as words can con ey. In a few moments he would have been sever.ely thrashed had not the oars aforded a timely retreat. These charac ers are seldom met now, and the few that remain are the meanest and the lowest of the low. The company has missed one sale of which we know be ause of this man, and there may be many more. Such a representative as this will injure any firm. Brethren of the press, please pass him around and let the people know who it is with whom they deal.-Marion Index. DEAR MR. Enrron:-Won't you please tell your male readers that S3 will buy a ine, strong and serviceable pair of pants, made to order by the N. Y. Stan dard Pants Co., of 66 University Place, New York city? By sending 6 cents in postage stamps to the above firm, they will send to any address 25 samples of cloth to choose from, a fine linen tape measure, a full set of scientific measure ment blanks and other valuable informa tion. All goods are delivered by them through the U. S. Mails. A novel and practical idea. Advise your readers to try the firm. They are thoroughly re liable. Yours truly, * Wnt TaA' VANDERBII/r. According to M. Blavier's theory, the great earthquake disturbances of 1755, 1884 and 1885 are to be associated with the abnormal accumulations of ice about the North Pole. He supposes such ac cumulations to have caused a deflection of the Gulf Stream away from Europe, producing great climatic changes and a sight disturbance of equilibrium in the sea bottom, followed by a possible local ractur angethe line of least resistance. POST-MORTEM EULOGIES. Some Odd Addresses Made by Well-Mean ing, but Ignorant Ministers. (Good Cheer.) Laughing at funerals is such a gross violation of the rules of good breeding and common decency that the provoca tion must be great if one can be excused at all for such scandalous conduct. The writer owns up to several irrepressible smiles and one or two wicked giggles while attending several funerals in cer tain rural districts. He offers the facts in each case in justification of his con duct. An aged farmer had died from the effects of a kick from a mule. The clergyman officiating at the funeral was an antiquated specimen of simplicity and ignorance. His first words were: "In assembling around this cold corpse and in reflecting on the means by which it became a corpse, we air reminded of the oncertainty of life and of the onex pected disasters by which cawpses air so often created. Skeerce twenty-four hours ago our dear brother was in full possession of his health and fackilities. Little did he think of his approaching end at the hands of a mewel hitherto considered harmless and docile. But, ah! my dear friends," and here he be gan to weep, "even so ornery and trifin' a critter as a mewel may be the means of converting us from the rosy bamness of health to the white paleness of a cawpse. You have all seen both the cawpse and the mewel in this case; may the lesson they have taught never be forgotten. May'it make an impression that will cause you to feel serious con eern for your own latter end whenever you gaze on even a mewel." At another funeral in a little Western church the officiating clergyman said, at the close of his discourse: "In accordance with the desire of the family of the dead deceased, the coffin will now be opened that his friends may enjoy the felicity of gazing on him for the last time," and the entire assembly proceeded to "enjoy the felicity" of the )ccasion. A minister once called at the home of eath to make arrangements for the uneral of the husband and father who 2ad died suddenly. While talking with the widow he asked: "Is there any particular hymn you would like to have sung at the funeral?" "Yes," she said, wiping her eyes, 'have 'em sing, 'Hallelooyer! 'tis done.' 1'a allus liked that and I think it'd kind ' tickle him to have it sung over his cold hymn was therefore sung over a's "cold clay." Let us hope he was where he could be "tickled" by hear ng it. "rho Last Victim of the War." In the April Century Judge W. M. Dickson tells a pathetic yet shocking ;tory under the caption, "The Last Victim of the War." The victim was homas Martin, and he was shot near Jincinnati, under the sentence of a drum lead court passed a year previous; the late of his execution was May 11th, 1865. The boy, for such he was, had been saptred in Kentucky, brought to Cin sinnati and sentenced as a guerrilla. He was illiterste and claimed to be a Con ederate soldier, though he barely com ,rehended the difference between the wo. It was not expected that the sen aence would be carried out, and General Willich, who commanded in the city, gave the boy his liberty and employment about the military headquarters, and be same very much attached to him. The tory from this point is such a shocking revelation that one almost regrets its publication, but it throws a light apon the character of General Hooker and dds one more chapter to the study of the men of the war and its publication a proper. Hooker in taking leave of this depart nent to which he had been relegated as i defeated general, and a bitter and re rengeful man, came across the papers in the boy's case, and learning that the entence of the court, intended only to have a quieting effect upon Kentucky, and passed a year previous had not been arried out, ordered Willich to execute the boy. Willich was horrified at the idea of executing a boy who had served him for a year and with tears in his eyes appealed to Judge Stallo, now minister at Rome, and to Judge Dickson to aid him in changing Hooker's bloodthirsty letermination. Hooker had gone to at tend Lincoln's funeral at Springfield, and these gentlemen appealed to Stanton in Washington. An answer was not re eived until the boy was on his coffin awaiting the fatal command, then a con rier arrived from the telegraph office bringing a message suspending the exe ation until further orders. All re turned to the city joyfully. Hooker upon his return, however, was nraged to 1.nd that his order had been uspended. He hated the administra tion at Washington, and this renewed interference. With savage satisfaction, he demanded of Stanton the right to control his department, and Stanton yielded. The boy was shot on the 11th of May, after the war was over. Lee had surrendered, and the guerrilla com mand to which the boy had belonged had also surrendered, and been granted the same terms as were accorded to Lee's army; shot after his comrades had been recognized as regular soldiers. Year by year the history of the war is being written; year by year the heroes and grand characters of the Christian soldiers shine brighter. Hooker, the incompetent coward, who sneaked away like a whipped cur from the front of Lee's little army, the butcher and mur derer, has no place among them .-Macon Evening News. It is interesting to learn that Mrs. Cleveland always calls her husband "Mr. President." Mr. Cleveland addresses his wife as "Frank." Martha Washing ton in her younger days called her hus band "&eorge," but in the last twenty five years of her life she always addressed him as "General." While in the White House Mrs. Hayes called her husband "Mr. Hayes." Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Garfield always addressed their husbands respectively as "Abram' and "Jim." Niow the question is: What should a President's wife, according to etiquette, call her husband? Precedent seems to give no answer. You may speak out more plainly to your associates, but not less courteously than yon do to strangers. A VERY LUCKY STEIKE. Bread and Water for Breakfast, in the Afternoon a Millionaire. Sn4urom, PEiux., April 12.-James Bailey, of this city, has fallen heir to $1,600,000, left him by his uncle, Wm. 0. Munson, of Newport, England. Bai ley hag a wife and seven children, and for the past four months has missed many a meal to appease the hunger of the little ones. He went on a strike with the rest of the Philadelphia and Beading men in January, and did not secure his place when the strike was declared off. He was compelled to ask aid from the poor district. This morning he received a letter from an attorney in England in forming him of his lucky windfall. Bai ley, twenty years ago, was the deceased uncle's private secretary in England. Falling in love with a comely young sewing girl, he married her, despite his uncle's earnest protests and threats of disinheritance. After the marriage he and the bride bade adieu to England, sailed for the United States and came to the coal regions, where he has since lived. When Bailey was apprised of his uncle's legacy, he simply remarked: "Well, this morning we had bread and water for breakfast, and for dinner we'll eat chicken for the first time in many months." Next week the ex-coal digger will sail with his family for nga to take possession of his riches. Heis an intelligent man, 58 years old, and enjoys good health. Our Elecion System. Strange as it may appear, Mr. Lin oln was elected President against a ma jority of 4,185,658 votes that were not cast for him bus for Breckenridge, Doug las and Bell. Breckenridge received more votes than Lincoln who received 1,866, 352, whilst Breckenridge received 2,220, 920. The whole popular vote cast was 3,052,010. The total electoral vote was 313 and Mr. Lincoln received 180, which placed him in the Presidential chair against the votes of a large majority of the people. The same was true of Mr. Tilden, who had a popular majority of more than 250,000 over Hayes, though he had only cne majority in the Electoral Coll ege and was defrauled out of that. . Cleveland had a majority over Blaine on both the popular and electoral vote, but it was a very close election. Some statistician has figured it out that a Presidential candidate might hav s majority of nearly a million on this year's probable vote, and yet be defeated m the Electoral College, and as a matter yf fact seven of our Presidents have been inority candidates as regards their popular strength. This has led to re peated efforts to change the law so as to provide for the election of the President by the direct vote of all the people, and very careful measure designed to se cure this has recently been introduced into the House. The change would be a wise one but will no doubt meet the fate of other attempts to amend the Constitution. It will fail, not for want of merit, but be mause of the rooted indisposition to hange the organic law.-Florida Times nion. Teaching Children to Save. Beginning with Lent, Superintendent Donnor, of the Episcopal Sunday School [n Youngsville, Pa., gave one cent' to ach of the thirty-three of his scholars between seven and ten years of age, re luesting them to invest each penny in something which they could sell at a profit, the amount to be reinvested until the end of Lent, when each scholar was o turn in the result of his or her busi ses transactions resulting from the one cent capital. The total profit amounted to $76.25. Flossie Davis, aged nine years, turned her penny into twenty. She started in the pen-wiper business, making and selling the article herself. She enclosed one to Mrs.. Cleveland, iking her to purchase it, and received the following letter in reply: "ErEcunivE MhimoNr, WLSEwcrGoN, March 9, 1888. "My Dear Little Friend:-I am very glad to boy your holder. You did not say how mch it was, so[ send you 25 cents and I trust it will help you a little. [ think it is very nice for little girls to know how to help, and I trust you will go on all your life doing what you can for others. "Sincerely your friend, "2aa0Ezs F. Czmvzrsanr." Rattlesnake Bite Cured. One morning last week, about 9.30 o'clock, Mr. M. B. Smith, who works in the Southern Express office at Atlanta, Ga., was bitten by a rattlesnake that lay concealed in a crate of cabbages. The cabbages were shipped from Jackson ville, Fla., and Mr. Smith was moving them preparatory to their delivery to a comiission merchant. As he placed his hand on the crate he felt a stinging sen sition in one of his fingers and saw that a huge snake had fastened its fangs in his flesh. In afew seconds the hand and arm began to swell, and Mr. Smith was driven hurriedly to Dr. Gaston's office. Dr. Gaston saw the young man was in danger of losing his life, and he gave him a hypodermic injection of perman ganate of potash-a solution of two grains to a drachm of water. This anti dote to snake poison was first used by a Brazilian physician, and its efficacy was so great that the doctor was given a handsome reward by the government. The treatment relieved Mr. Smith imme diately and he was sent to his home. From last accounts he was doing well. Kissed Her Child to Life. On the 5th of April the little daugh ter of A. 0. Swift, Deputy Postmaster at Nebraska City, Neb., was pronounced dead from typhoid pneumonia, and had all the appearances of death. The mother could not be persuaded to leave the little one. About 3 o'clock the next morning her screams of joy awoke the whole neighborhood, and several persons entered to find the child sitting on its mother's lap, refreshed and apparently well. It has improved steadily since then, 'and is now doing excellently. The mother says that she was weepmng over the inanimate form and was kissing the cold lips in an agony of grief, when sud denly the little one opened its eyes and the next instant threw its arms about her neck. A girl should marry for protection, in. stad of for revenue only.