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!UROII ATTENDANCE. I ll PTRONG SERMON ON AN IMP OR Gk TANT SUBJECT. 01 kDinooure Eecently 1'reached by the me. J. L.mtokes. of [he .-outah Cara 7coufereoce. :-"Kotforakingxthe assetmblg kisdve together." - HE. x, 25. e have but a small congregation at a hi-place. Y u temind me that our bership is small. But we have F -eigh names on our roll, which i ktpretty fair showing. Nor is this a f M.Ae list of names, unrevised and un kable. The roll was caretully revised r " year, and there are not, I sup pose, d M! alf dozn ut wes ou it of perso.n out a reacn of the cuurti. You- teil we : country is thioly populated. But so much so but that eighty eight eSof members are umv eurmited. t we ought tL, have, az at ruie, ju oui ,to-try plaCe's as mnLty..at service as we 1 bvn lames on our cburcu bo As. I bt if we could expect s-> muc" iQ 'city churches, where the congr?-t is made up almost excIusivCy of of our own periuanitou. 11ert ii ii ft. Our B:ipzist br.hrt regzu 13 worship witu us; we have. or have, all the courcb-goers in the mmunity. So that, while many of r members are providentially liep: hurch from time to time, iomre be a sufficient number of visi tomake up for their absence. No, fillure ou the part of many of our embosa to attend regularly tha'. iv-s vacant seats. I know this to be r indeed. I have looked out for Ihave missed you. You say the explansown is in the fact our church is not centrally located. know that, and am willing to discouot my estilate somewhat on that accourt, t is, I knoW, Uot as Convenient for some of you to come as it would the if church were n arer Bat is not thii ha more pertineut fact hiere, rti:t Vyu allowed the inconvenience of com 14 get you into a stay-at-home ba ui t ..r t~at iL ii. Y-ou aLe noCjt willing to -..crifice a little; to put duty above mere veience, you have no: made the a indenae upon church services a matter of-c~urse. Tnat would solve the prot> iem. You farmers have a long. beavy rinv 1 it to Bamoerg. It is -i very in convetient trip. But you make up your K;.inds to it; it comes as a matter-of &use, and you do not mind it. Jus s 'ere. So I nave thoughc it my duty, as L your pastor, to ureacin you a sermon b&tUging home to you the dereliction .Vn are guilty of, and showing you the ..od-given reasons for the duty of .4"c attendence. L ut nastea to say that these remark ' -are~notintended, in their primary app-i tisu at esst, for a good ty number of 01sle present. I have not fonod any. awre better czmples of constaut at endance on the services of the sanc'u r I ed not name those who are at . asy in their places. You kave them curm yor eyes You ku<,w won they ase. While on the otber haud your pas to'AeCold mentioned those who are but :-Visitobr bete where they ought to be at s. Someimesthey are here it all o, Or the fancy is on them. Some '& ines they areat home, walking over , hcrop; or they are out visiting, wash ~tgover-aomebody else's crop, or discus 7tuapoiut'cs or what not. &> that it ,hpee I am moat credible inf oramed, s-ea'derst Yeats ago that a brother respect Sand loved by you all preached at this e.bmh, and his audience was not as ~re as the company that assembled ar eyday at a neighbor's house. cme to you, as your pa~stor, bolyou to most earnest, prayeuul ~~ay ol the demand of Godl, and your ~atin this matter. I sound ms tex' in syor ears as the word of the Lord. It ~utbe that you have lost sight of this wsvosaspect of the case. You surely enot felt the authority of a divine apmind behind you here. O.herwise men and women could not be so -as notice some of the reasons that be given forjhis "assembly of our esatogether." 1. The first, in our discussion, and in portance, is the fact that God has meded it, as we have seen. This, 4ieshould be the end of all contro ~syuwith us. A "thus saith the Lord" - siettle it. "Give me the book, and verse' my pastor, and that - 'ough for me." That should be our word. A minister was once tray on the cars, and sat immediately in of the brilliant Gen. Robert - be, who was engaged in an earnest 'on with a fellow-traveller. He ~sticed that the proposition for which SGeneral contended antagonized the 'piuteaching of the Scriptures Fi '-a~ydeciding to enter the debate, he irwned abiuptly upon his seat and said 4General Toombs, do you know that your pasiaion is opposed to the Word of God ?" Tbemeneral was greadly sur prised, but easered pleasantly: "Good evening, ~Professor 8. I had no idea I was in azas~bot of a preacher! Will you be' 'kad' eaough to give me your Scripture?" ~be passage was quoted, and clearly contradicted his argument. He at once k.arose-the man who had swayed Senates e'.nd atirred the thought of a nation Efted his hat, and with that courtly manU5ner for which he was noted, said: "I bow, sir, to the Word of God." Sa, brethren, let us bow to its majestic au thority. But this command of God is not arbitrary. None of his command ments is so. They are grounded in reasos. They rest upon sufficient foun dation.. Tnis command rests upon man's social constitution. We see this social ten dency in the humble orders of animal life. We see it as we catch a view of the cattle upon the hills; or as we "con aider the pants" plying busily at our feet. -This social disposition is quite mani fest in man. We find it in the size or great eities; in the neigh borhood gath erings; and most touchingly in the longings after home common to us al!. But the wisdom of this world has taught us the power of united effort. What mean these "Farmers' Alliances" all over the land? Do they not mean that the husbandmen are at last realiz ing that they can accomplish as a body what they could never do as individuals? Putting their lIttles together, uniting thought and effort, massing their capital I they become mighty when before they I were utterly powerless. Se here. 'A t great work is to be done. The world is I to be converted. The isolated individual here and there cannot accomplish it. it needs a union of all effort, an aggrega- t tion of all means to bring it about. Like c the million drops that make the shower, I or the hundred rivulets that make the I ajestic river. &krr thhange the figure, the church t is a grand army moving on to the con- t -quest of the world. Gallantly our Cap- t tain leads the way: but victory must c comee to the unbroken clumn that fol- g lows where he leads. Of what use is the fl camp follower far in the rear? Of what h punishment shall he be found worthy a gheakJks in his tent? u Again we *ti1 notice and answer some s excuses men make for not attending g the stated services of the sanctuary: b 1. One says, "I am so tired when ~ Sunday comes, I am obliged to stay at g home ad rest." But is that, in the first 'T place a sincere pl41at Is it Dot rather a i ere pretence? When absent from church you reaiv .t u - , A e L out viiin your elaive-s or friidsas. Le'tlmes farler otl .: tlhe house of i? Or, if -it hote, are you Dot walk y ..er tne crop, or plauuing the work 0 the comiLat week. or eveu arrangi.g u af- 'r I. &C (iia. i . t o Ii u proienyu are il iu etr. I . K dorstaudingDly trying t rent. For you Lve o.t caUgnL tWe id1e4 of rest i'- its ghest and truest sense. You have not arned what the Sabbatbhest was in nded in tue Divine Providleuce to be. it ty)e is it of the rest of the redeemed t he..ven, But the rest of heaveu is far -om being a season of icactivity. So ith its earthly type, the Saboath-rest! is not an idie, aimless inaction. True est is rather a chanue of occupation-a iversion-a changiug of the thoughte ad activities into new channels. Iudeed is olny tous that we can ue saved from nnui. So the .French cidl it. It means, ractically, that we are tired of rest. Ees, actually, we olten fiud inactivity ne most tiresome tbing in the world he normal state of man is action, ac ion. True rest is but the relief that :omes from a change of activity. The-Sabbath was given us that into iew and better channels the thought wd action of the soul should be turned. rnit tor a day the business of eteruity ihould take the place of the business oi ime. That we should turn from the nought of the trials and cares of earth o tue beckoning glories of the better luP. Brother, jou are not refreshea by your Sunday's rest because it was not rest. If yo.u had just let go every thiwg Saturday night you wouta have gone back to your work Monday morning witu new zest and spring. Bat you keep barp ing on the old string. You staid at home, and your mind was tilled witu plans for the next day. So Monday found you unfreshed. Brother, the Saoutat is made for man, as well as for God; for time as well ad for eternity. Try its pre ious rest. Turn from thougvt' of earth to thoughts of heaven. It will pay here and hereafter. 2. But you tell no, "Even admitting that, I ued not go to cnurch. 1 4an au just as well at home. I can meet itu God. I cau rcelive a Dlwintilg a:. Uoe aS well as at churcb." But g aLt ut wba. claim, that you might do as WLit !Ct We ask, do yout You tell me that you cali rea. a much better sermon thau you could hear at church; that you have weeklv one of Dr. TalIage's eerwon in your -Sunny South," or Constitution." But let me ask, do you really read tne sermont But granting that you do; does toe pinted column speak to you like toe liviLag voice of your pasior? Certainiy the sermon in itseli may Dc better, but des it have the same ellect I Besides, do you couple this readiug witn prayei? It was my great privil ge for three years, te last of his life, to be the pas.or of that saintly men, Rev. David Derrick of the South Carolina Conierence. Often le was unable to til his place. But it wss his custom when thus kept aUWay to spena the hours of service in Biole reaiiug and prayer. Brotber do you iil the service hour with devouons? Do you join prayer to your sermon reading? And do 3ou not miss this in yoir substitt~t f:r atteu dance.upon the Ward? No, nothing cei. take the place of the preacher's liviag Voice, tue inspiration of the holy song, the uuited prayer, and all the sacred ioluences of Lo house of 3.Yet you plead, "Well, it s not con venient for me to ge to churcb." But, brother, si'ter, dilly dies not wait upouf convenience. Many und many a use sacitices must be miade. lodet-d tue Christian isle is out oue great sacrifice, A thousand thing are not convenIent. however desirable, but we must pay the price. Others do it; so may you. 4. "'Yes," you say, 'unut it~s well-nigb impossible for all of us to go." Then, beloved, .ta~Lear, by roguh r t urns. Parents, let toeochildren have their time. Children, give the old folks a chance. But to conciude: 1. Brother, I mniss you when your seat is vacan'. I n.:e I your presence. your sympathby, .iour prayers. It is much easier to preach to yu in your place than to your vacan~t :eat. Then I am beating the air, and the spirit feels the sad lack of your help ul presence. 2 Sister, you arc losing gronid, as you stay away from the house of G..d. Certainly, if providentially kept it is dierent. .Your heart is here with us. But if this be your choice, there is no heart in the matter, and quickly you will find yourself slipping, drifting far from God. 3. I exhort you, dear brethren obey God; inherit the promises Hie gives us; use this preci'us means of grace; put yourselves in the way of receiving the blessing He is waiting to bestow! We see it iu the reciprocal ionuences we exert over each other. One of the subtlest, and yet one o[ the most rest things, in life is this influence usted in man's social nature. By it men are con stantly led upward or downward. B1 it men are saved or ruined. How many testimonies confirm this. "I was led -o Christ by the example and influence of a dear friend." ''I was brought to this night of sin and despair through ungod ly associations." Yes, God, man's mak-er, knowing the possibilities, knowing his needs, organ izes the church upon a social basis. And the faithful of the ages have ever justiied the Divine wisdom here. We have felt the eibow touch of sympa'hy. Heart has answeied to heart, and hand has joined with hand to maske us strong. Deep has called to deep in our enjoy ment of the communion of saints. It has become a very ty pe of hesven. 2. The second reason for this "as semling" is the Divine promise. Cer tainly God has promised to meet with the indiviaual soul. Me has said, "Eter into thy closet, and * * * pray to thy Father which is in :,ecret; nd thy Father which seeth in secret ihall reward thee openly." But there are :ese additional and especial promises to hose whbo meet together: "Again I say an:.o you, that if two of you shall agree n earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of ny Father wbich is in heaven. For here two or three are gathered togeth sr in my name, there am I in the midst >f them." 2. There is also, a third reason here, ~e example of our Lord. Says one: * * * "And straightway on the 'abbath day Jesus entered into the ynagogue." Luke on a similar occasion ys Jesus went to t.he synagogue 'as His ustomn was." This custom of Jesus has nore than a mere suggestion, or advice, or us. It may well have thbe force of a aw. What was to him a priviege may e well considered our duty. This is he more significant when we remember hat in those days there was much of] orm and mechanical routine in the syvn gogue services. There wss much that< ras unsatisfactory and e'ven repulsive to] he mind and heart of Jesus, yet his ustom was to attend the synagogue. e did not forsake the assemblies of 1 sreal on the Sabbath days."< 4 We have, besidjes, the example of1 e little band of one hundred and twten- i - disciples in their ten days' prayer eeting preceding Pentecost It wa a rucial period with them, a time of ret need, a time of expectancy. Tb, yr iight have scattered themselves to their. 1 omes or the homes of their friend. ,and ngly plead with God. kit no The a rgent need, the one desire, the fellow- a 2ip Oi loving hearts brougiht thxem to-t ether. They need-d each 1t her. They elped each other. In son:e myseaus ay faith touching raith went out in n rander sweep. Tne ans~wer cause. b he Holy Ghost descended. The church Il as annointed for h e gret work. u . A wel migh b s uend the c -stant practice of the eprly ehurcb. .cting uudt.oubtediy under Divine guid 3Ce, The ti:,: Christiatis met ou the Ords day every where. And the history f the church'S progress is !argely a Vci f " ar.e Oce---week :g thern I 4' : <.,il-I in th r:e b a'.e-1 .: o r or woIhtIp 6.~~~ But lieothtmst nt. h verlooked fr i n- asserot1;es-- sI videuL reason-is the instruction sEr )ivine truth which is their recestrv ccoipauitment. Here is God's appoint a -eiool for the incuieat ion of the truth. Jere ite ministry-a Divine order--is to >our out for the bezzefit of the while :hurcb thit treasure of knowled1e it has >een enatile to ncqiure. Here the buRy nau of the world uay have given bitu xhat. ie has no-teisure to acquire fur At3ei 1. iere the ignoira t are put up Jn the satie footing as the wise. The plain practical trutii ;b set he re i1 For thii the ministry has I een set hrt -men chosen of God, given leisure for this very thing-that *oey irn te teU instructed scribes, rightn% dividiing tihe word of truth. . And it ut ei irr lie route:iied tiat they are Wise t ilr we. metn. In their lintes nany men r their caugregations may b)- t- : r iuperios. But I oes stand to a'oi t Ii hm-. rie should be best qualitied to h. b, re-,ir, indeed, in any departni-nt-w'-1i iA 'drawn all his studies that ay.' 7. It foliows frnm what wC have al ready seen that hcse a emmlies are a means of grace. A miran is a channel or vehicle for.the co-nvey(cei to us -f good or evil. A tcaris - f g'aee iQ a chatinel along which spiritu-i good flows into our Fouis. The insructiotis we re ceive in Di vi trut h at chureh isi such a means of grace. S, is the felotbipi of purpose, prhyer ani faith in the con gregation of God's saints. Migh'y waves of tctluence ieik over us.. Insensibly we find ourselves stroazer. My broth er's artn invisibly encircles me. My pen itential tears minule with his. I am borne along with rapturous song an the glad hallelujah! I ask you if it is not so? Have you not found it so in your own experience? Have you i prie-ed it true bi. b in the use, and again in the nclec' of hit means of grace. 8. Be the flial rearnn we adduce is that our stated atrherings are a necessit'. to the pr *ecuti i of tne work of the church. B other, perish the bott_-h , that tie prec.,tus treasure, the "pearl t>f great price." is t.. b,- ]pid up. as it were in a ospkin aid h-ddeu sway. It -s to bring m,rathe, I rgee:urf, -o 1ne L ird of wh,.rm we are stewards in :ne t-aiva tion of souls. STARVING IN VIRGINIA. Many Families In Great Desticntion-Aid Wanted at Once. RrCnxoND, Va., Feb. 6.-The people in Greenville county, this State. are in a condition bordering upon actui .-'rva tion. Tber- are several hundret people in absolute want, most of them csloied, and stirring petitions have been sent out asking for aid. One part of the petitiov sent out states: In the natne of charity, humanity and mercy, we, the uidersianed petitionera, farmers ol thie clunity of Greenville, Stae of VirL-inia, a'k your attention Wo this sutmmuary acconutt of the destitute conditi.r of ourselves and families, a conuitiin of want brought ah.>ut by no netlie .-e or lack of indui'try (in our poi, ba-i by a total failure of our crops. The ree-i e sown. the usuni-iexpr-nd ture .i: tibr and money for securing a yield arid harvest was applied, but the continuius raini of the summer and fall wrought. ruin and destruction tn the agricuiturail class of this country as effeet tually an~ if they had been swept by a J. hnsown fi ,oid ir lived in the track of a western cyclone, and the resuit is a com plete parratysis of money and I-tbor, withb wanrt of turead, the niecessaries of life, aud black despair fisllowing in the wake of such a ot ri-ks to our class. The cry for tire-sd has alread, gone up, and as the winter advances a wail for warmth will add ani accompariment of woe and. suffsenng. We, yoiur earrnest and urgent peurtiiners, beg you not to turn away from the cry of women and children for aid and breathe a sigh of pity only, hut turn to your abundance arid from it send assistance to this unfortunate yet worthy class of 1ou r countrymen. Provisu.ni and money have already begun to pour in, and the Legislature will be asked to aid at or-ce. A One-armued Priater. A one-armed printer is as much or a curiosity as the armless man who dexterotusly handles a knife and fork with his toe There came Cincinnati two days ago sucn a n1onder, and he is-now working as a ''sub" in the Enquirer office. His name is Harry Penrod; he is 27Tye-tre old, and hails from Wash ington, where he learned the trade on the Republicani. Penrod, six years ago, went on a trip out West, and. while gone lost his arm in a railroad accident. Only a short stump, ex tending but a few inches from the shoulder, remains. Nothing disheart.. ened by a misfortune that would have rendered most men helpless, Penrod set to work to manage the intricacies of his craft with one hand, and he suc.' ceeded so well that he now sets as big a "string" as the brst printer, and he justifies his own matter and does it well. In "setting" type, Penrod places the "stick" on the cas~e in front of him, and then nimbly shoots the type into place, working very rapidly and with as apparent ease as a man with two hands. Petnrod has worked as a "sub" on all the gseat newspapers of the country, and makes a competent livelihood. He is the only one-armed printer capable of earning a full day's wages at the case. Hlonors for a Sparzanburg Lndy. The friends of Miss Callie Haynes, formerly of this city, will be pleased to learn that she has been appointed physician at the luna tic asylum at Staunton, Va. A committee from the board of directors having been ap pointed to inquire into the expediency of appointing a woman to the place, decided, after mature consideration, that such appointment was desirable. here were fourteen applicants for the place-all having strong testimonials. Df the final action of the board, the Staunton Vindicator says: "The board thenunanimously elect ad Miss C. L. Haynesa M1. D., to the ost of an Assistant Physic~ian in the lemale Department. 3. iss Hanynes is Snative of South Caroltraa, a graduate >f the;Women's Medical College at hiladelphia, and is at present resi-ie t >hysician at the State y'emale School Lt ~Palmer, Mass, Dr. Haynes brough t he highest letters from the President >f the Women's Medical College vere she graduated and other sources t nluding one from ex-Gov. Hugh S. Chompson, of Sou~th Carolina, who as Assistant Secretary of the Treae try under President Cleveland, and is ow the Democratic neinber of the J. S. Civil Service I ommission. Shed ili assume the duties of hergosition s soon as she arrives here. The sa3. ry is *750 per aninum with board at he Asylum." l The cntested case ofi Smith against c ackson, from West Virginia, has t: een decided in favor of smith the ii sepublican lSpeaker Reed to the last i sed the tabclis denounced in the Dern- li To T E COLNTRY. \YASING~Cm iW h.. U- -T -> B.: isle has prepared ',or pub 1-> following st:'ee-nenlt of thep I)L"l pJ ;ition of the Democratic membears of the House, whiih is tobsig'.ned y al! of them: T h e 'Va ifesto . The pr:seat sittuati3 i t . luI"1 -3. of Represcauivais iS > ano!.. dious, and the unprecedented ufeci--a of the Speaker areso fall of dcn.;,etr - ; mtegrity of future legislation, that w conidler ir. a.;r duty:. su:mtna brief stitemeut of the facts in order tihat the propriety of the cour.e we have taken maybe fairly determined. A RECITAL OF WRONGS the Ihouse IUt on r'c 2d of Decem be-, 1SS9, and imnediatoly organimi! by the elect-ion of a bp r ga otiwr oilicer.. Oi the same (1'y, resou - tion of the Houne, the r pek v, - uthorizedl o appoin t a cs i - rules. and the. rules of the last - ing House were referre; io ha e,;m mittee. The committee, cons1tog of the speaker himseif, and four otLer members, was appointed on Decemher 5, and on the 9th it made a report authorizing the speak er to sppoint all other committers and ddinirng r heir jurisdiction. The committee on cc tions, to which was refer;ed all caes involving the rights of teinbers to seats, was appointed on the 9th of December. Although nearly tw;o months have elapsed since the cogi~mittee on rules was appointed, it has made no report on the matters referred to it., except the partial ans made on the 9th of De ceuber, and conseqnently the House has been compelled to conduct its business withont any rule or systcm excemt general parliamentary law as consfrued by the Speaker There hate been no Calendars, no order of busi ness, no fixed time to receive reports from committees or for the consitiera tion of bills or resolutiou, and in fart no regular methods whatever in the proceedings of the House. The American House of 1 epresen tatives has been during all hii. time and still i , so far as rules fo: its gov ernment arc concerned, in precisely the same condition as a popular meet ing or political convention in which the chairman and his parti ans have absolute control of all proceedings. No measure can get before the House for consideration unless the Speaker chooses to allow it to be presented, and members have no means of know ingin advance what they are to i:e called on to discues or decide This is the first time in our history that a legislative assembly or even a public meeting ha.* attempted to traniact business fur any coniderable period without a regilar code of rules pre scribing the orter of its proceedings, and the inconvenience and injustice resulting from such an attempt have been forcib'y illustrated in the present instan ce. REED's DICTATORSHIP. The Speaker h's repeatedly durin these er raorditary pr:ceemInCs re fused to cutertain 1.arliamnentary mo tiens tha.t have be-en recognized- as legitimate over since the Governmen was established, and when attemnis have been made to appeal from his decisions he has refused to submit the question to the Huse-. By his ar bitrary rulings, sustained in some in stances by les- than a quorum, b.s has subverted ueerly every principle of constitutional and partiameutary here tofore recognized in the Hocuse. The address then recites that upon a contested election case bein.: brought up, the Democratic membcrs raised the question of consideration, and, on the call of the rail, refrained from vot' ing; that the Sp~eaker, contiary to lawt and long-estahlished usage, cournted the members not voting, declared a quorum present and declaied that the House had decided to take up the case; that, from this decision an ap pern was taken, and, on that questton te Speaker repeated his pre vious unlawful proceedure. After reciting the constitutional provisions involved, and recalling the uniform practice of the House in the past, the address contains a warning against any toleration of such revolu tionary proceedings, and closes with .these words. "A majority ruling with out limitat'ons or restraints upon its power is pure depotism, and is incon sistent with our system of govern ment." polygamy and Bigamy. WAmso-rox, Feb. 5. -The Supreme Court of the United States has rendered an opinion through Justice Field aflrm ing the judgment of the third Judicini Ditrict Court in the famous Idaho test oath case, regarding tbe constllutionali ty of tbc test u'.th section of tbe Ed mundswcr poliygamny law. The Court decidert:hat polygamy and tbigamy are offenses .against mankind, and are not properly part of ainy re;igious belief and that a. memnber of the Mormon church or any sect that encourages puis gamy, can not take the test oath on ap plying for registration to v:>te, withcut ilating the law. Ilomielde in Union. UNmoN, S. C., February 5.-Robert Moorman shot and killed Lee Schultz, contractor on the Georgia, Carolina & Northern railroad, at Fish - Damn, Union County, on Monday, shooting him with a revolver. The murder seems to have been a cold-blooded and cowardly one. Ho is a Republi can and was recently appointed p)ost master at Newberry and is very un popular. Schultz was a Virginian and wealthy. He had previously chal longed Moorman to settle the trouble between them by' a duel. Susan B. AWhony, Clara Barton and other more or less prominent women have organized the Lucy Webb Hayes emple Association. Their aim is to srect in Washington a monument to the late Mrs. Hayes. They want 5, )O0 charter members at $5 a member. overal hundred members have al -eady been obtained. Mrs. Hayes was ertainly an earnest laborer in the :ause of temperance, moralty, and uristianity in general. She deserves o be held in "everlasting remem rance" by all true women. The Rev. Richard D. Harlan of few Yrk is one of the preachers who toees not believe in proselyting. In a etter to the Evening Post he sets forth gis opinion on this subject in the fol :>wing emphatic language: "If a minister be true to.-the genius f our Church, he never attempts, in die first instance to make Presbyter ins, but Christians. The genuine leal Presbyterians would not lift his ttle finger to make a proselyte from THE VALUE (-F TERACING. A N cbj:)ci 'That hoda: Enage the Atten iiuo ofX iverv Go(oe Farmer. To 7 te Ea of )C :e aTAMstrG H. AL.: Ii i were iliwed to make a i:g g..in:,iaid o'nly 0ne, to my brother a2:7-t amnauanes that aIrk;ae n;.:I .. ': izcussed -sue as fe.izero, eS::i...ages, Ailiances, t.riff, Clasoo (JUt ge, March Conventions tc. It tuc be i;:n-terrace your lands. I hive never m.uc a better time for such thau right now. The winter has becsuch 5as to allow us to be away ai,:nd wit our plowing-so much, so tuat rnOetiens farmers are worried iIOut what to do next. Well, if your farm is not well terraced let me beseech ;, out to worry about what you ought do, but buy, borrow, or make a terr ein;; instriument and "to the work ! to e worK ! Afier an experieczc. of twenty yetrs (r m.'ue o:: tbe i rm, I know of no better numu:leut of time, labor and money, i.n terracing. - If reading, writing and talking have not yet convinced you of its uk;iny, and you know of a farmerl with toice or four miles of you that has d:m w-mfC scientifc terracing, say about lr, (-e ago, and who kept them well t up, go upon his f#rm, walk over ii-s, wati round about ani .$tnd ou the top of one and study them well. * k. i w IC soil just below is so much lower than that above. Measure the deptli of s il above and below, and note the diffLreacc-deeper above because all ihe soil that has been moved by the rains, the piw sad hoe has been kept above. A log placed in a running stream lod-'ea sand quite a distance above; and on the .n.priaciple the terrace acting as a Sriction holds and deepens the soil I back from its foundation. Look at mne old corn and cotton staks or stubble mn tue one side and then on the other. Phe ones above are better than the ones oelow. The rows having been (by virt ue of the terrace being there) laid on a level, notice how the decayed vegetab!e imatter has been retained by the terrace and water furrows-such as aralk and caves etc. The nitrogen, organic and :nonrganic, humus etc., have been retain ed, and you can see the traces of these in the sediments before you and how the :-uth's su f ace has absorbed it and i. iiolding it I >r another crop; while on 'tie other hand if no terrace had been :bere the rows in all probabity would have been inclined downward and the water would have taken this plant food up and carried it to some gully near by, and no traces of sediment and regetable matter would be seen in water furrows, but generally speaking a streak of red subsoil where the last furrow was made in the summer. How often have we heard ruch talk a tbis-"That man has a good farm; there is a gocd field." Why 4o? The r-ply is -wby, it is level and holds all you pul on it. Just so. And teie is no good reason why by terracing nine-tentba 0: Our fields can not be placed i the same category as the man's level farm or Seld. Now, while still c-igitating on top 0 the terrace, see if you can't understand how it is possible for him to make a! good crops as you do with eue-third the .rount of rain -and a much better one cith the same amou-t. His soil, in the zirst place, is deeper, his rows are on f -vel, his furrows and terrace holds the -ns and allowr the soil to drink it up and holds it in reserve-for the growin2 crop; and in your fields it has movec from point to poit undl it has found at ')utlet and passed of! in the neighboring stream and helped to swell the torrenl odl do more damasge belowv. If you w4at to' add at one venturi about ten per cent. to the value of you1 farm, in the judgment of this writer. terrace it well. If you have any objec tions to terricing. what ars they? Speal out and let's get the bottom facts. FARMER. Sp.artanburg, S. C., February 6, 1890 AN IRON RIVET IN HIS NE(K. A Mtan Dies of a Wocad Which Arm: surgeoe Claimed Did Net Eist. RouM, N. Y., Feb. 6.-Michael Fnn who formerly kept the California Honse near here, served in the war of the Re hellion in Company E. New York volun teers, from 1861 to 1863. He wa wounded twice-once in the left hit and once the neck. The latter wound be supposed, was indlicted by a spen1 ball. The surgeons, however, failed tr discover any trace of a ball and said the man was mistaken. He. was awarded pension of $4 per month for the wound in the hip, but notihng for the one it the neck. He always felt a pain in his neck, and eventually lost all power of speech and became a physical wreck. In 18S3 Dr. N. C. Scudder examined the men and gave it as his opinion that a or some such .substance was lodged at the root ol the larynx. Mr. Finn died in :885. In order to enable the widow to ob tain an icease of .pension, if possible, Dr. Scudder and Just ice Bowers, of this city, made an examination of Mr. Finn'i neck on January 19, 1800-five years af ter his death-and found imbgbbed therein a button shapped rivet of iron. which he had carned for twenty-five years, and which was the immediate cause of his death. A Dress Ma de of Rlattlesnakes. From thseTampa(Fla.) News. We promised a description of the "rattlesnake dress" in yesterday's pa per for to-day. Mrs. Donaldson, who is making the dress, is really an artist in her line of business, such as you seldom find in a place of this size. The dress is Eigelshade, a rich shade of brown, fine and beautiful in textnre. It is a tailor-made gown, strictly on the severe English style; a perfectly plain skirt, with a panel about seven inches wide of the tanned skin of the rattlesnake. The skin is a beautiful specimen of its kind. A. polonaise, also severely plain, closed at the side with straps of snake skin and buckles. A vest, V-shape, of the skin, and col lar and cnffs of the same. With it will be worn a helmet shaped hat, trimmed with material to match the dress, but the visor will be covered with snake skin. The shoes, the uppers made of material the same as the dress and tip pted with snakeskin, complete this unique costume. It will be wonder fully pretty and effective, and an object of envy to some of our fair dames who delight in original and charming cos tumes. The lady for whom the cos tume is made is from Ocala, and came to Tampa especially to secure Mrs. Donaldson's work for her dress-mak ing. A Newspaper Man Catches It. BIRMINGHAM, AL A., Feb. 4.-The Sunday Critic to-day gave details of an alleged debauch o1 M. C. Shelly, a young society man. After seeing a copy of the newspaper Shelly procured a heavy horsewhip, and accompanied by his brother, went to the office of the Critic. Leonard Button, business manager, was in the office and was asked if he was responsible for the publication. He said he was, where pon Sbelly drew the whip from un :er his vest and lashed the newspaper :an furiously. Button dlretv a pistol and attempted t o fire, but the cartridge mapped and before ho c-ould press tho rigger again, Shelly's brother made im drop the revolver. The men then grappled and a rough-and-tumble fight esued. Shelly is a son of the Fourth Luitor of the'iTreuasury undbr Cleve ands adlmiuistration. The dna i. k : :be Montana Seuale ~as breu :bo: by tCtics s1iara tot r.: u-u ys::ear Reedi OUBRENT _NEW. iow. (athored lurc aud -ae:-e bv -i. ::rap a,: sCsrs. TLv: two dummy railrcads in At l:...na hauled iuriug 168J one mii !iou and ohe huuudre d thouas c p)ie w;: paid Mr. Utml~-erz,, or 1:.i-.:ppi, will urge [ the pasage (: a la un ib,, F ral - c -tril 4A e:eeiocal in w nicr we.oets off Co'ugtet et o be voterf [o:. A tire in the d.e buse of the Eagle and Puiix Mili at Culumbus, Ga., on 31onday caused a loss of $12,000. It is % ell coverediby insurance. A. B. Fleming has been declared eic:edI gover< r of theo Stute #f West Virgioia. Pre::ient Carr vot:ng with the Democrats The vite was 43 to 40. The Rev. R. M. Frazier, a well kuon n Presbyterian preacher and iec turer on Japan, ha suddenly be come insaneat hisi home at Youngs town, Ohio. Boud offerings yesterday $214,000; all accepted at 124 for tour per cents and 104t for four and a half. $104, 000 per cent were surrendered in liqui dation of goverr.nent deposits. Airs. Ann:t laven rkins, of New L-udeu, Count , decea, 1u rer will icave $400.000 to pu~cbre ta-ks fur a public itnsiby. Her father, Henry P. Haven, iett $'0,000 flir a iibrrry build Mg. Miss Anny C. Fowler a young and beautiful Engi'i h woman who became a nun several N ears ago has gone to the Hawalian Island- to take the place of Father Damien as missionary to the lepem It is reported that ten of the twelve jurors in the case of Mrs. Morris, the pretty North Carolina widowraccused of poisoning her husband said they believed her to be guilty but refused to vote so. Two colorel men, Gray and Randle, were aspassinated in the woods near R.>cky Comfort, Ark., on Friday. They were cutti!;g tinsber on government land, as it ia claimr-ted, and had been warned away by parties who claimed they intended to homestead the land. Green and Suiith, wbites, have been arrested on suspicion. It is one peculiarity of the New York Mail and Express that its edi :orial column is always topped with a quotation from the Bible. Under the quotation, is a paid advertisement disguieed as a leading editorial. Deacon Shepard is doing much to elevate journalism by combining business with morality-Bible quotations with paid-for puffs. Judge Field, of Kansas City, Mo , ren dered a decision in the suit of Samp son Yuu'ger, colored, against Abraham Judah, lessee of the Ninth Street thea tre, for damages for refusal to allow him a seat in the parquet after the purchase of a ticket. The court held that the colored man had no :ase, as he wrs admittea only under sufferance from the propriettors, and bad no abrolute right there. The commissioner3 of the State reser vation at Niagara, in their annual re port, oppose all projects looking to utilizing the falls for manufacturing purposes. In so doing they doubtless reflect public s ntiment. Last year anattempt was made to get a bill through the Legislature giving a bus iness corporatiorf certain rights in con nection with the falls, but it fell dead as soon as the people's attention was called to it. This is very natural. The popular conception ef Niagara as one of Nature's grandest works is in compatible with the idea of turning it into a mill site. Col. 31oaby'n Nice NeuagE. WAsumre*s, D C., Feb. 6.-The Su premne Court has through Jtgtice Blatch ford rendered a decision allowing Col. Johni S. Mosby, the well known Cosfed e.rate cavalry leader, $11,788, in his suit to recover from the Treasury Depart mnent fees as Consul at Hong Kong, which he had turned in, but whieh he subsequently learned were due him. The Court of Claims allowed Col. Moaby $13,839, and he appealed from the de cision to the Supreme Court. The CourtJvas With Hm. A young lawyer was making his maid en efert berore a jury in defense of a criminal. The evidence was all in, and he arone to utter the brilliant thoughts that had been surging through his brain. He was primed for a fine display of ora torical pyrotechnics, but somehow or other he could not get a start. His mind became a blanit, and be stood trembling for a momeot. Then way ing. his arms he b:gan: "May it please the court and gentlemen of tbc jury My-ahem! My-- 0Ocer, kind !y get me a drink of water." H* waited for the attendant to re turn, and tried to gather his faculties. After taking a sip of water be began again: "Ma.y it please the court and gentlemen of the jury. I am happy -yes.'' After a pause he again extended his arms, and exclaimed: May it plase the <ourt and gentleman of the jury. My unfortueate client-" Tbis impressed him as a particular', bad opening, so he again hesitated' "Go on, counsellor," said the judge encouragingly, "nso far I am wi:h you.' The circus business pays in this country in th~e hauds of a man who, understands it. John Robinson left a fortune of $1,000,000. The estate og Adam Forepaugh will realize fully that sum. P. T. Barnum is reputed to be worth a great deal more. Dan Rice failed as a circus man, but made a success after all. He joined the church aud married a wealthy widow in Texas. Another instance of the devetion of a good dog to his master is furnished in the record of a sad accident that oc curred in New York last Saturday. The 14 year old son of Mr. W. W. MacFarland was skating on Staten Is land. A large St. Bernard dog, the pet of the boy, had gone with him. Suddenly the ice broke and the boy sank into the water. The dog imme diately plunged in after him and would have saved him had both not drifted under th, ice. The bodies o the boy and the dog were found close - together. - People who ask for suibsidies are by no means inclined to be modera-e in e their demands. A sample of the extent ti to which these requests sometimes go g, is furnished in the statement of Mr. z, H. K. Thuiber, of New York, that it I a will require a subsidy of $60,000 a trip a to make a ship line between New York si and Buenos Ayres successful and in k< vite capitalists to engage in such anb enterprise. A line subsidized at this it rate and making two trips a month 1. would receive in bounties the neat sum' of $1,400,000 a year. But Mr. Thurber thinks one-half of this amount shculi te be paid by South America, and thiat m i the scheme wculd cost the United Iat States "only" $720,000 a year. As! inay be imagined, Mr. Thurber is will- u ing to go into the steamship business .>n these trms. Some other folk wourld doubtless like to take a hand! in te same sort of thing. E-STABLSHED'1844. Charleston Iron Works, Mianufacturers and Deal-brs in #arine Stat ionary ad Portable Engines and Boilers,, Saw till Machinery, Cotton Presses, Gins, Railroad, Steam ioat, Machinists', Engineers' and Mill Supplies. M-RIepair ,executed eith proniptiess and Diptch. &ndfor price lits. East Bay, Cor. Pritchard St., Charleston, S. C. R. C. BAnBE.rY, President. C. BrssEL J Gen'l Manager. RicaURD S. GATrr, Sec. & Treas. The Cameron & Barkeley Gompany. 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Special attention paid to cutting of eh& Iren's hair. Homme's Restaurant 228 King Street, Opp. Academy of Musiq, CHARLESTON, S. C. Manning Shaving Parlor. AIR CUTTINO ARTISTICALLY EXECUTED. aA Sbaving e.<ue 'i; tes' Razors, :ee ! ;.Atection paid to shampooing I hv, e r Cn conri-rt,1- - - ence in D'uon' :, . cu--o'n,e'r-. P-; or nxt .MANs-iNO TIES. E. D. HAMILTOK.