Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Peope say 1hat khid's pecudli r* ihibrinlging up ofbo Tha's the wnt 'to w m hae'ai 1:t 01t'v~v. or :'': I 'ru t! All ixith' ''("l "Wtind I- hmo t oaog Froml t he wzy VWe 11-4d I (1do. ~ViLI 11VI- Tl'V WVZ1 I I 'k 10 :1 V 111111111111,% Show 'em how to dive and side-suoke. What is right and what is Xvrong. 'Take 'em fishing and out hunt ing Join 'em in a game of ball. Teach 'em how to tind the niuskra And to know the plover's call. Laugh at all their triting mihis. Let them laugh in turn at me: Take their dares from jtupn.1v fece Round to shinning a m a I "So we're jolly hoo:o onw:U Best of chums my 't n" - Bond het ween It-. :111 he b e Tripie-woven:" ' . he, "Bette'r lead a Iy)\ tlha, armii him: It's b% far the better pln. Then you need not fear the future When he 'grows to be a ma. TATMAGE'S SERXON. Cheering Words of' Encouraglement to All the Timid and Doubting. In this Dr. Talnage's first disec.ure for the new year he speaks words of encouragement to all the timio and doubting. The text is Exodus xii. 2. "This month shall ie unto you the beginning of months: it shall he the first month of the year to you." The last month of t he year haS pass ed out of sigt. and the first month of the new year has arrived. The mid night gate last Wednesday opened. a;d January entered. She deserves a bet ter name. forshe iscalled after Janus. the heathen deity who, they supposed. presided over doors and so might be expected to preside at the opening (it the year. This month was of old called the wolf month because. through the severity of its weather. the hungry wolves came down seeking food and devouring human life. In the maissals of the middle ages Januray was repre sented as attired in white. suggestive of the snow, and blowing the tingers. as though suffering from the cold. and having a bundle of wood under the arnr suggestive of the warmth that must be kindled. LYes January is the open door of the year, and through that door will come what long processions, some of them bearing palm leaves and some myrtle. others with garlands of wheat and others with cypress and mistletoe. They are coming, and nothing can keep them back-the events of a twelvemonth. It will. I think. be one of the greatest years of all time. It will abound with biessing and disaster. National and international controver sies of momentous import will be settled. Year of coronation and de thronement. year that will settle Cuban and Porto Rican and Phillippine and South African and Chinese distinies. The tamest year for many a decade past has dugits millions of graves nd reared its millions of marriage altat s. We can expect greater events in this fear than ever before, for the wor Ids population has so vastly increased there are so many more than in any other year to laugh and weep and tri umph and perish. The mightier wheel~ of. mechanism have such wider sweep. The fires are kindled in furnaces not seven times ~but sevenity times heated The velocities whirling through the air and sailing the seas and tunneling tihe mountains will make unprecedented demonstration. Would to God that be fore the now opening year has -closed the earth might cease to tremble with the last cannonade and the heavens cease to be lighted up with any more confiagation of homesteads and the foundries that make swords be turned into blacksmith shops for making plowshares. The front door of a stupendous year has opened. Before many of you there will be twelve months of opportunity for making the world better or worse, happier or more miserable. Let us pray that it may be a year that will indicate the speedy redemption of the hemisphere. Would to God that this might be the year in which the three great instruments now chiefly used for secular purposes might be put to their mightiest use in the world's evangeliza tion-the telegraph. the telephone. the phonograph! Electricity has suet po tent tongue, such strong arm. such swift wing, such lightning foot. that it-occurs to me that it may be the angel that St. John saw and heard in apoc alyptic vision when he started back and cried out, 'I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them tha$ dwell on the earth and to every nation and kindered and tongue and people!" They were tongues of fire that sat on the heads of the uisciples at the Pentecost, and why not the world called to God by tongue of elec tric fire? Prepare your batteries and make ready to put upon the wvires the world wide message of "whosoever will." - Furthermore, this month of January has the greatest height and depth of cold. The rivers are bound in crystal chains. The fountains, that made high est leap in the summer parks now toss not one jet. for every drop would be a frozen tear. The sleds craunch through the hard snow. Warmest attire the wardrobe can afford is put on that we may defend ourselves against the fury of th elements. Hardest of all the of us take under charge one poverty stricken household or one disabled man or one invalided woman. On our way home from such a charity, though the wind may be howling and the night tempestuous, I should nowwonder if we could hear a voice that sas heard on Galilee and at the gate of Nain and by the pool of Bethesda saying. "Inasmuch as ye'did it to them. ye did it to me." Behold in this January monthI the increasing daylight. Last month the sun went down at 4:30. but in this month the days are getting longer. The sunrise a~nd the sunset are farther apart. Sunlight instead of artificial light, and there isfor our dear old bat tered earth growing light. "The day spring from on high hath visited us." We shall have more light for the home. more light for the church, more light for the nati, on more light for the world-light of intelligence, light of comfort. light of rescue. light of evan. gelization, light from the face of Gbod, light from the throne. But, vou say the light increases so slowly. eac dayv of thislJanuary only one minute long'er than its predecessor, the sunl settLing the 1st day of January at 4 o'clock and 43 mninutes. the sun setting the 2cd day of January at 4 .'clock anud4 minutes. the 3d day (of this month. the sun setting at 4 o'clock andC 45 min utes. the 4th day of January the sunt setting at 4 o'clock antd 463 minutes. This eveningr it will set at 4 o Cl'ck t m l ,ight i !~tO fe~l~e~. 'ln otdt'spisp 4): f i nt.'V'asincr 11,1t : 1: f1r the church :mnd the V:rh!. I bt it coni slow.IV. As wt Ire w ini 1 his seasn gradually goinit 1 .a rd the loeesitil day of next suminer. so our world is moving forward toward the long day of emnciptI itn mZl Christly dominion. It ima ina w V kihe state and t he cimreb.i andI I th world he January Cold. )ut V. ' vI re 1n th1! w11 v to J. hiarvests at. 'epeb.iier Ir ela rd-. 1>0 not~i rea I .r al;inana backward. li ) i1 W it aad ask the trees hu ng wi1 iuicles 1 .Jianuary storm whether th. will ever again blossom in May laianes.s will resume its dow. the cro eus Wil c'ine up at the edge ot the snowbank, the morning star will open the o( r for the day, and the armies of the world will "ground arms' all around the world. The January of frost u% ill be abolished. and the bahn and radiance of a divine atmosphere will till the nations. If you do )t see it and hear it for yourself. I think at the utmost your grandchildren will see and hear it. The heavers will take part. in the contlict between r1ihteousness nd sin. and that will settle it. and settire it alright. and set tle it forever. In ti;s very mont h of January. 164'. oI months after a great battle had been foight between the army of the king and the army of parliament. hepherds and travelers between 12 -rd 1 o'ehlCk at night heard the battle repeated in the skies-the sound of drums. the clash of arms. the groans of dying mien and then the withdraw al of the scene into complete silence. These shepherds and travelers repeat. ed in t he neighborIng towns what they heard, and large numbers of people, expe,:tinz that. all was a deceptin. went.ont On the folowing night, and they heard the same uug,uar nd t umult in the heavens-the two arml s in battle. The king. hearing of T-his sedming e .mbjt in the heavens, sent embassadors to Inquire into the mys tery. In the. night they al.o iward the confliet and came back to the king and took solemn oath as to this mys terious occurrence. Whether these shepherds and trav elers and embassadors of tble king were in delusion I cannot say, but this I know-that the forces of God and the forces of Satan are now in combat, the heavens as well as the earth in struggle as to who shall win this world for blessedness or woe, and, as the armies of God are mightier than the armies diabolic, we know who will tri umph, and we have right to shout the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. The King of Kings, the Lord of Hosts, the God-of Joshua and Havelock. leads in the confliet. I have no fear about the tremendous issue. My only fear is that we will not be found in the ranks and fully armed to do our part in this campaign of the eternities. Again. I remark that the month of January has seen many of the most stupendous events in the world's his tory and a rocking of cradles and the digging of graves that have affected nations. In this month American in-, dependence was declared, followed by Lexington and Bunker Hill and Mon mouth and Valley Forge nud York town. January saw the proclamation that abolished American slavery. Though at the time there were two mighty opinions and they were exact ly opposed-those who liked the docu ment and those who disliked it-there is but one opinion now, and if it were put to votie in all the states of the south. "'Shall slavery be reinstated?" there would be an overwhelming vote: of "No!" The pen with which the document was signed and the inkstand that contained the ink are relics as sa cred and valuable as the original Dec laration of independence, with all its erasures and interlineations. The in stitution which for seventy or eighty years kept the nation in angry contro versy has disappeared, and nothing is left to fight about. The north and the south today are in as complete ao. cord as ever were flute and cornet in the same orchestra. The north has built its factories on the banks of thle Chattahoochee and the Roanoke, and the sou~th has sent many of its ablest attorneys into ou- northern court houses, its most ;killful physicians into our sickrooms, its wisest bankers into our exchanges. its most consecra ted ministers into our pulpits-all this the result of the proclamation of Jan. 1 1863. But January. like all the other mths of the year, has had its sadness es and its disasters. During this month died Linmecus, the botanist of Sweden and the world, who called the roll of the flowers and shrubs and trees, putting them into companies and 'calling them by their names. his beautiful statue standingin a park of Stockholm. a rose held in his right hand. During this month expired Francis Bacon. and Garrick, and Louis VI., and William Pitt. and Francis Jeffrey of the immortal pen. and Disraeli the first, and Edward Ev erett. arid Bruce. and Catiline. In this month died Peter the Great, the man of whom it was written: "Hie gave a polish to his people and was himself a savage. He taught them the art of warfare. of which he himself was ignorant. From the sight of a small boat on the river Moskwa lie erected a powerful fleet, making him self an expert and active shipwright, sailor, pilot and commander. lie hanged the manners, customs and laws of the Russians and lives in their memory as the father of his country." But I cannot read the epitaphs of 'ne out of a hundred illustrous graves in this first month of the year. Many of those well known gained half their renown and did half their work through the help of those of whom we know little or nothing. Lord Herschel is known all the world over and will be known through all time, but little is said of her who was born this first month of the year and without whose help lie never could have been what he was-his sister. Caroline Lucretia Au usta. She helped him hunt the worlds. She repaired and adjusted his telescopes. She ciphered out his stronomical problems. She planned for him his work. She discovered seven comets and made "A Catalogue af Nebuhe and Star Clusters." The month of January introduced her to the observatories, but she has never been properly introduced to the world. According to my text, "This rnonth shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you." Through it make preparation for the other eleven months. What you are in: January Coui ill probably be in all the other months of the year. Prepare for :hem neither by apprehension nor too sangine anticipation. Apprehension i misfortune will only deplete your body and gloom your soul and unfit you for arty trouble that may come Ln the other hand, if you expect: too Citivadt! NitI i 11 (Ki iitd 61l Feen, Ihat he W-ill do foi' Vou that.0 hicl ! best., and yul l bI ready or eiter mzunshInIe or (Ih:-do w. et r' ollov! -t he lumd W)o wsoro rd Thlie lup I -i iS'i u e! Bot ween 0ri aoee gie 11C yarI Wnd e h i f Th1egi t he re wilE he in:iny 1 imes wlen y:I will wanta God. You wil;h11 qe tions to dccik which Il need supe nlatural impulse. The r yb ill 'less of the ho&.y or perplexities of inL or spiritual exhaustions to be healed and comforted and st rengthened. Du ring the remaining twenty-six dais f this month lay in a supply of faith and hope and courage for all the days Of the eleven months. Start right. and you wiill be apt to keep right. te fore the ship captain gets out of the New York Nar'ows he make. up hi., inii- what sn ru:1' he will lake. While vou are in the Nmarrws of this month make up your mind which way you will sail and unroll youlr chart and set your co mpass and have the Ii fe ijats4 well pced oil th d:vits and he ready for smooth vyIe all !he way across or the swoop of a Caribbean I whir!win d. Rev. S'oollmonl spaldin.! was for some time ini poor health. and io while away the time he wrote a prepester ous religious ronmnee. One Joseph Smith soiehow g o hold of that hook biefore it wa printed and pohi shcd it as a revelation of heaven. calling it the "Took of Mormon." and from t hat publication eam Mormonism. the m'Aosterahominalit ion of thee arithI. IRev. Solomon Spaulding might have been b~eter e)gage1 ihan writinv Ihat book of falsehiod.. Hiowever tlhii we lia"vce. wenerha i:- d wron. Iraess .Januar fo- e months in its tra in. , YOU mar dio for God h'vwe:n o'a. the, 31st of next Am rTe intratiee~d by .i~aler IIa :1 Enigland from a(tI wh!ich d ie Poe' planited that twi-, and from" I a all the wrepinitg willows of England and1. Anerica and your smalest plant ing of good may undei Godi br.ine 4t influence continental aind ineron tional. Now that the train of months has started. let it pass, January followed by February, with longer days. and March, with its tierce winds: and April. with its sudden showers: arid May. with its blossoming orchards: and Juno, with its carnival of flowers: and July, with Its harvests: and Au gust, with its sweltering liats: ani September, with its drifting leaves: and October. with its frosts: and No vember. with its Thanksgiving scenes: and December, with its Christian hil arities. March on. 0 hattalion of the months, In the regiments of the years and the brigades of the centuries! March on and jit;n the months and years and centuries alrettdy passed u-i til all the rivers of time have emptied into the oceanl of eternity, but none of all the host ought to rencier ligher thanks to God or take larger comnfort or make mnore magnificenlt resolve than this the tirst month of the new year. But vyhat fleet foot hath the months and years! P'eople lightly talk about how they kill time. Alpis, it, dies soon enough' ~ without killing. A ni lon ger we live the swi fer it goes. WVil liami C. Bryaint sai1 an old frien-1 of his declared] tiat the going of t ime is like the drulnmin of part rid.g or mufied grouse in the woo-is, fa!!!ng slow and distinct at first and then foi low' gr ach other moicre and more rap idly till they' end at last in a whirring sound. But Dr. Young. speaking of the valtue of time, startingly exclaim ed. "Ask deathbeds' A Mine Disaster. From 13 to 17 miners are thoughit to have lost t-heir lives as the result of a cave-in at the bottom of the old shaft at the Negaunee mine Thursday The names of the dead so far as knowna are: William Williams. married: John Sullivan, single; JTohn Pascoe, single: John Pearce, married; .Tacob Aunlalla, married: (Hluniall's body has been recovered). Dominio itasso. an Italian, was rescued alive. His story is as follows: "We were sitting around the pump at the bottom of the shaft when. without any wvarning. thousands of tons of ore came down. 1 remembered io more until I heard the sound of picks and shovels in the hands of res cuers, and their shouts. . When they found me I was in a drift 73 feet from the place where I had been sitting. Hundreds of men are at the mine eager to help in the work of rescue. but it is thought the other bodies can not be found within 24 hours. The Negaunee mine is considered one oIf the most unlucky properties in the Lake Superior district. Much trouble has resulted in sinking and driftingr from surplus water and quicksands. It was at -his mine that $1,000,000) wa recently expended to sink a shaft to the ledge. [in Freezihg Water. Mnnoni".e Brethren in Christ of Spring City Pa.. Thursday afternoon held Baptismal services in the ice-cold water of the Schuylkill River. the ex erises beir g performed by the past'r Rev. W. J. Fretz. near the White Bridge. a short distance above the town. The ice-that had formed along4 shore had to be cut in order to allow~ a passageway to the depth required, andI while the converts were being baptiz ed the congregation stood close by singing old-fashioned hymns and offeri ing fervent prayers. A large number1 of spectators witnessed the baptisnm. Good Advice. The Carolina Spartanl advises its readers to begin the new year by learv ing off abuse of the weat her. We have seen professing Christians and : even preachers in Spartanburg speak of the wveather as "had," "miserable.'" "wretched" and soime of them even use stronger epithets. Rain and thu consequent mud are as necessary as the sunshine and dry days. Sleet. out hail and sinow in this latitude are sent by the s'ame All-Wise Fatlher who gives us liowecrs and fruits. CONVENTION wvill he held ini the city1 of Augusta for the Stat es of Georgia I nd South Carolina. from flie 20!th ila the 25t h inst ant, inclusi ve. This willI he an imnportaint meeting. (Gov. Mc Sweeney has appointed dielegates5 to attend it from this Sit). and he Gov ernor ( handler. (of Geo{rgia, and other proinealt persons: will be t here (In ihe 23d and 2-r b to lend their co-opera inn in 1the nirer .1 TEN MILLION GIFT fo Found 5 Iigher IhstituTiori 6 Learning. DONATED BY MR. CARNEGIE. The Object. ur'pose and Scope of the Proposed Institution its Set Forth by Mr. Car nlegie Himseif. (ticial annnement was made Thursday of the board of trustees of the Carnegie inst it ution. which has ben incorporated in Washington un der the 810.000.000 gift of A n.rew Carnegie. The only iidicati as to the form of the gift is that it will ho in "five per cent. bonds." This is re ferred to in a single sentence as fol lo w-,: 'It is Ihe purpose of fr. Carnegie to transfer $10.000.0OO in tivt per ent. bonds to the board of trustees for the purposes above mentioned.' The announcement was made in the form of a statement given out by Chas. ). Walcott. secretary of the incorpo rators, in accordance with the .express ed wish of 'Mr. Carnegie. The board of trustees elected by the incorporators to carry out the pur poses of the institution r.s indicated1 re as follows: T'he p)r.-sident of the United State~s. T.ie :rrsiln 01Of the United S'tatQs senate. T: spkeakr of Ve Lmm~se (f repre- I e11 at i- s. h seret ar of i he SmO:thsoni mn ii Tn "reshletnt o' jine Natdonal .toa my of Seiences. Grove" Cleian'l. New .JerYi''. .Jo'. i. ~ liilingis. New York. Wm. N. Frew. P.ennsylvaniv t Lyman J. G1age. Iln~Ai. DaIie C. Gilman. 3iry1:nd. John Hay. District of Columbia. Abram S. Hewitt. New Jersey. Henry L. Higginson. Massachusetts. Henry H itcheock. Missouri. COnas. L. Hutchinson. Illinois. Wm. Lindsay. Kentucky. Seth-Low. New York. Wayne MacVeagh, Fcna.; ilvapia. 1). 0. Mills: California. S. Weir Mitchell. Pennsylvania. W. W. Morrow. California. Elihu Root. New York. John C. Spooner. Wisconsin. Andrew D. W. hite. 'New York. Edward D. White. Louisiana. Charles ). Walcott. District or Co lumbia. Carrol D, Wright. District u! Co lumbia. The board of trustees will meet to organize and elect oalcers. in the ofice1 of the secretary of state on Jan. 'b. Mr. Carnegie's purpose. as stated by hImself in regnesttng the various members of the 'board to become mnem bers is as follows: "It isproposed to found in the city of Washington. in the spirit of Wash ingt on. an institution which. with the moperation of institutions now or hereafter esaisit. llere or else where. shall. i the broadest and mes1 liberal manner encourage invest iga-~ tion. rese'arch and discovery; encourage~ the application of knowledge to the iproven.ent l ankind: provide ieh buildinigs. tahorn tories, books and 2ppratus as may be needed. and af fod instrucition of a'i advanced char wctr to students whenever and where ver found. Inside or outside of schools, properly qualified .to profit thereby. 'These and kindred objects may be ittaied by providing the necessary apparatus for experimnental work, by employing able teachers from the va ri~us institutions in Washington or elsewhere, and by enabling nwen litted for special work to devote themselves to it. through sn.laried fellowships or scholashi ps, or through salaries with or without pensions in old age. or through aid in other forms to such men as continue their special work at eats of learninlg throughout the world, A Good Farm story. The Charleston News and Courier is famous for its stories of wonderful ihiievements by South Carolina farm 3rs, but it has nlso a reputation for reliability that causes motit of these reports to pass at .par. One of the latest of the series tells of a Mir. W. 5. Goodson, a D~arlington county far ruer. who cleared above all expenses last year $1,440 on two-and-a-half 1eres of tobacco. The Atlanta .Jour al says it is 'not surprised to learn :hat 3lr. Goodson's phenomenal sue ess wit'h his last year's tobacec patch aas caused many farmers in his vicini y to turn their attention to tobacco nlture. It is not probable that: many f them will make any such record as 4r. Goodson did. but they can fail far ;elow that and still do mighty well. There is undoubtedly much fine land n South Caroli:ua and parts of the tate are admirmhly. adapted to the >roduction of high-grade tobacco. ,outhl Carolina a-lso has some very en erprising farmers and erery time one f them makes a remarkable hit the Newvs and Courier is likely to get wind >f it and make it famous. A promin 'nt newspaper can do much to encor ige the development of the state in vhich it is p)ublished and it can hard v find better business than is open to t in that line." A Long Beard. The Clinton Gazette says Jacks .ownship, Laurens county, can loudly yoast of having the longest-bearded nan in South Carolina. Mr. James ewis Simpson. one of the best men. >v the way, that lives and moves and ias his being, possesses a beard which he most devout dunkard might wells nvy. Mr. Simpson's beard. combedl ttto its full length, measures bmy theJ eglation yardstick 77 inches. He is rather tall man, and. standir g erect .t his full height. his beard trails in lie dust at his feet. lie appealred on lie .sreets of Clinton a few days ago vithi his beard in ali its glory and was he centre of marked attention to tihe nany who saw him. When his beard s tucked up it. has thle appearance nxy of an ordinarily heavy set of hiskers. but when allowed to "run~ ,t 1arge" out-talis the av'erage horse's ail y~ several in('hes. Mr. Simpson lugit'to visit the Charleston exposi on. and there eclipse the midway Cu AN OLD DOCMENT. Ai hiorad.v So~Ne .; i L'zp: ~ has br.ut ht to light a dh umeint Yel low wit h ar' which it Publishes for A Vie especial edification of the Spring tield lRepihlican. the Hartford C.>u (it and tiie Boston newspapers. It is as follows: "Know all men by these presen(e that I Seth ingersoll Brown of Boston in the County of Essex and Common- P wealth of assachusetts. Free holdt r 13 for and in consideration (if the full and ( .Just Sum of Fifty pounds good and a lawful money paid to me in hand by i Cyrus Sholes of Boston aforesaid. 1 Mariner, have sold and by their pr(s' V enc Sell. Convey and Confirm to Sd I Sholes his heirs. Exeters and Admin- t istrators a Certain Fegro Man by tl:e C Nare of Cato Frye being my property 1) Goods and Estate, and do by .the.:e 1) presende Delivery the Sd Cato to the c S-d Sholes to have and to hold as his $ propper Gols or Estate to have and v to hold, or to Dispose of at his pleas- i ure and I do warrant the Sd Cato Frye v fie and clear from the Lawvful Claims s of any person or persons whatever. in I! witness whereof I have hereunto Sit f my hand and Seal this twenty seventh n dyy of april in the year of qur Lord 0 one thousand seven hundred & eighty V six and in the tenth year of American e indeqendence, Seth I. Brown. t "Signed sealerd and delivered In pres- V ence of Elias Richardson. Nathan MIles. "I As will be seen. in the tcnth ycar ( f ' American independence (and of the t pronulgatin of the do::tri e that ill i1 m-n "are 1orn free and e mi.) put- C lie seniment in Massac1:etts ind not Yet dereed that " r' of.- .he e .Ngro M-n v:iot v s*o .J 1-.e shi s p.d south C, 0. D. at .the owcr's 2 cariest co::venience in order to a*oi scandal. That policy d vel by edI hter -after the "Goods" were forl o '14, unproitale in large quantities in a sectio:n where agriculture couldi n':r become the leading industry. t Our Charleston contemporary made a good use of its opportunity. but over- V looked one p.Ant. It should have t wound up its merry gibes with the re- Il quest thflt Massachusetts pa pers a would please copy. The youth of New n1 England know noItiling about the t Hartford conveintion. but it is lessim portant to tocp from them the trans action in the 'Sd Cato." t Less Legislation Wanted. The ten-lency toward less frequent t sessions of state legislatures is percep tible in every section of the ceuntry. 0 says the A tlanta Journal. Alabama, in her new constitution, provides that that her logislature shall meet but h once in four years. unless some emer gency shall require an extra session, It is said that this provision was one of the most popular that the conven-h t!On pt into tho state organie law c Within th~e last few year several oth~er S states have widened the space between sessions of their legislatures and ing others there is a demand for like re- a form that seems likely to be recogrnizedc fl in the early ftuire, The Gieorgla lgislatur2 meets every ye:ar. but its sessions aire limited by the c'nstitxo a tion to fifty days and we have (on e'n a average fower legislative days than wet had when the legislature mnet hienni ally in its regular session, but had thle b privilege of a summer session the year n after.the regular one. The opposition to frequent sessions Is based partly on0 consideration of expense, but mainly on the idea that a multiplicity of new law is unnecessary and mischievous Last year no less than 15.000 new laws a were enacted by our ssate and territo- o rial legIslatures. Of course, many of c these had a merely local application. ~ n but a very large proportion of them extended throughout the juridiction of S the enacting bodies. Experience leads i us to expect that many of these new laws will be repealed at the first op-a portunity. and. it may be. before they 3, have had a fair trial. The people are a: growing weary of this making and uni- d making of laws. They prefer to have I well-m'atu red legislation that will meet a& all reqjuirem'ents for some years to f, come and disturb the citizen and his t< luiness less than more frequent pas-c sage of new statistics. In some states the peoplple hardly become aware of n the enactment of new laws before y they are wiped out; the legislative d authority busies Itself almost inces santly with making and unmaking rules cf conduct and dealing. Every legislature has a number of members , who are ambitious to make an inm- v press upon the code of their state, and C they are apt to indulge an injudiciousg ativity in endeavoring to do so. Thisd accounts in large measure for unneces- t sary legislation, which, in many in- I tances is pernicious legislation also. The demand for a slower pace in law making is well-founded. Invited to Charleston. The South Carolina D. A. R.,C hrough Mrs.. H. W. Richardson. State regent, have invited the delegates to he annual convention which meets at . Washington on February 22. to visit . Charleston on February 27. The in itation has been accepted by a large umber of delegates, among them the ~ ;resident general. Mrs. Fairbanks, and he ex-president general. Mrs. M'an ng. They have also invited Admiral b Schey and Capt. Hlobson to be present mn that occasion and address the Daughters and their friends. The c] nvitation has been accepted by both ri Admiral Schley and Capt. Hlobson, md both of these distinguished naval >licers are expected to be present. Will Visit Charleston. Arrangements are being made for the o resident to go to the Charleston ex osition mn February. The president ill probably be accompanied by most w )f the members of the cabinet and a1 ome of the cabinet ladies. They will cave Washington on the 10th, arriv- c ng in Charleston the following day. le wo days, possibly three, will be spent t the exposition, when t-he return Lrip will be made directly to Washing .o. re An Old Woman. a Mrs. Bridget McCarthy, of Ansonuia. ce onn.. is almost 109 years old. She of vas born in Mitchellstown, Ireland. hed n May 10. 1793, and she therefore ta ived ireland when it had a parli- N. nnt. PA 8EE) THE H01.:E "e 2'na Vote 6l nicaragua Bil1 Pfah6otically Unanimous. DNLY TWO VOTE AGAINST IT. Un Un~fi-'eViu Attemnpt Was Made it Ve. the l'anama Mieasure to Defeat the Nicaragua Canal Bill. The liepburn Nicaragua canal bilL assed the house late Thursdav after oon by practically a unanimous vote. >nly two members out of 310 voted gainst it. Messrs. Fletcher. Repub can of Minnesota. and Lassiter. )eno-rat of Virginia. were the two otirg in the negative. The opposi on to committing the governnent to ie Nicaragua route attempted to se :re amendmients to lodge with the resident the discretionary power to archase and complete the Panama nal, if it could be purchased for 10.000.00J. The test came the first 't, wnen the advocates of an alter ative rontc polled 102 against 170 tes. At each succeeding vote their :rength dwindled until Cannon of 11 nois, urinder whose leadership the ght was unable to get the ayes and oes on a molia to recommit. All 1*her ameJidments failed and the Dill issed exactly as it cam2 from the )mmfittee. 'None of the votes except lat on the final pa. age -of the bill 'as a record vote. The debate which preceded the tak ig of the final vote was rmade memor ble by a clash between Mr. Hepburn, :ie author' of the bill, and Mr. Can -n. chairman of the appropriations immnittee. On several previous owca ons they have measured swords 6ver inal legltion. Two years ago a milar bill was passed by a vote of '4 to 36. TE BILL AS FPASED >day authorizes the president to se ire from the State 'f Costa Rica i:d Nicaragua. in behalf of the United tates. control of such a portion of tie territory belonging to said States 3 may be desirable and necessary on hich to exeavate. contruct and pro ct canal suitable t- the wants of wdern navigation and commerce, and ppropriate such a sum as may be ececssary to secure the control of said rritory. Section 2 authorized the president fter securing control of the needed arritory to direct the secretary of 'ar to construct such canal from the aribbean sea. at a point near Grey nwn, in Nicaragua, by way of Lake icaragua. to a point on the Pactific :-ean near Brito, and also to construct roper harbors at the terminal of said inal, and to make necessary provis ins for the defense of the canal and arbors. SectIon 3 and 4 authorize the presi ent to make such surveys as may be ecessary and to employ such persons i I constructing, the canal as may to im seem wise. and direct that in the Instruction of the canal the River an Juan and Lake Nicaragua~ shall e used as far as they a-re available., Section 5 authorizes the president to uarantee to the States of Costa Rica nd Nicaragua the use of the canal nd harbors upon terms to be agreed pon. for all vessels owned by said tate and by citizens thereof. The last section makes an appropri-~ tion of $I0,000 to carry on this work, nid authorizes the secretary of war. .i enter Into proper contracts for ma :rial and. work as may be deemed ecessary, such work and material to e paid for as appropriations may be lade from lime to time. The section xes the aggregate cost at 5180.000, 30. to be drawn from the tresaury on arrants of the president, Here is indpenilence. Speaking of the lhidependent Orders This and That. the Newberry &b ~rver says: "the mo~st independent cder that is known in this town or :unty is the Independent Order of treet Loafers-an order whose cardi al principal and consistent practice to live without work. -They live .ne how or other. Of course they ye by the wor'k of somebody els'e. rme of them live by picking up things I st'ores or wherever they can find 'ticles of value. There are scores of ich. Just watch the sunny~ side of iy street corner these fine sunshiny lys and see them stand and talk and ugh hy the hour. while hone-st men. e working for a living. There ight to be some way t make these ilows work or huStle 1:1iem out of wn. Loa f'ers aii i 'menace t o an:v >mmunit y. "What is true in this ispect of' Newber'ry is true (If every her town in the State. What is reded is a rigid enforcement of the tgrant laws by the mayors (If our iferent towns. A strange Compnet. An interesting and puzzling sight reets the visitor to -Mount Moriah emetery, Philadelphia. Some 20 ears ago three eccentric men of *e.Ch put up in the most secluded :rner three tall shafts of rough hewn ranite. They had been friends a long .me and they agreed that as each ied his shaft was to be broken and ie fragments left where they fell. he second of this trio has just passed way and his column has been shat tred, as was that of his former friend ears ago. No fence incloses the :range monuments, and no names are irved on the granite.-Chicago hronicle. Terrapin for Slave, and Hoga. Judge Page, of Maryland, comment gon ai paragraph in the New York ress to the erect that in colonial times ssees of slaves were obliged by law t o ~ed the negroes on terrapin at least ice a week, states that this was no udied compliment to the black men, ir in those days the finest diamond ecks were regarded as food fit only r slaves and hogs. In feeding them the latter the terrapins were iopped up with a spade and served ,w.-Chicag'o Chronicle. Theo School for Him. Doctor (to patient)-What ails Patient-Indeed, I don t know. I dy know that I sufter. "What kind of life do you lead?" "I work like an ox, I eat like a olt, I am as tired as a dog, and I eep like a horse." "In that case I should advise y.ou to1 nsult a veterinary surgeon."-iIar m Life. Grewesome Securities. A small parish in Zurich canton has cently been endeavoring to procure oan of $7,500, but is unable to offer I y security other than the village metery and a suicides' morgue. Both these being in use, the negotiations .e hung fire, the bank declining to ke in pawn such grewsome pledges. Out V Pac3. in New York, Phi!adceiaU, Chieg an t r itirs ck (e brating,, thie buan - di! grim 1-athers. In to' course of; these dinners manv eminent statesmen and juristsspoke nigh word of praise of the anc.estors of the New Englanders. Much that was said has a valuable bearing on current policies, but chiefly by way of contrast. It requires a wide stretch of -he irnagination says the Spartan burg Herald, to think that the,! present generation of Ameri cans with their desire far war, their nmbition for world power, their 1 nd-grabbing procivities and their allaround jingoism descended from the sturdy Puri tans, who, having landed upon Plymouth Rock, set about the task of building up in this country a government that would offer the largest -degree of individualliberty-au asylum of the oppressed of all nations. When these speakers pointed t ancient Rome as a horrible 'ex am pie of the evil of immoderate passion for enpiri and when they pointed out that this thrist ing'for new worlds to conquer was tbe cause *of the downfall of Rome they iquoted history ocrrectly.' The mention of these chapters fr:m Roman history, however, is out of place ata New England dinner except to show the dangerous tendency Qf mod ern statesmanship, to forget the mrodest simplicity, the unselfish devotion to principle tnd -pu're patriotism of the Pilgrims. If the speakers had pointed out that the-modern American spirit delights in war for conquests, and that the favorite politicans of this age are never so honored as when "asserting our nation allity" by force of arms, they might have impressed upon the coutry at large that we are fast following in the footsteps of those Roman rulers who con tinued in power for a hundred years after the republic was dead. The examples drawn from Rome and other military em pires show the superiority of the principles and policies of the forefathers who shape this government and those who have maintained it along lines -dia metrically opposed to a "mili .tary empire" for inore than a hundred years, but the lesson is faifetched whet drawn by those who seek to justif y "incorporat ing a remote province" Th' Bunsi Free D.:live-y The rural free delivery of mail has grown remarkably in the pat few years. According to the report of the postmaster general at the beginning of the fiscal year, 1899, there were less than 200 routes in operation - There are now 6.000, while ap plications for 6,120 more are pending and ~awaiting action.. The '-ural population now receiv ing daily service is nearly six million, and more than a quar ter of the elegible portion of the country is served. A t the pres ent rate of establishment the en-i tire area suited to the service< will be brought within its' scope in less than four years. T he ex tension of this service has been1 phenomenal. At the beginninz of the fiscal year 1900 only 1,276 routes were in operation, an d atI its close t'aey had increased to 4,301. During the past year the increase has been more rapid, and by July 1st. 1902, it is ex pected that 8,600.routes will be in operation This f ree rural delivery was, an experiment. It was objected that cost-of the service would so far exceed the returns, as toi make it a heavy burd an, but the! actual results have shown an in crease in the postal receipts wherever a route is established, and a material retrenchment through the discontinuance of star routes and postofficesi The postmaster -general declares the' service, which has within three years wrought such a great im provement in the ~gonditions in rural life, cannot be 'haltid--it must go on untit it is completed The postmaster-general makes the point that the government an carry the mails to the farm ers much cheaper tb-au tne farm es can go to the post office, and 1 that it is the business of the; overnment to deliver the mails as far as possible. He says: "It is clea~r that if a saving an be effected in the curtail ment of star routes and fourth lass offices to the exetent of| oe-sixth of the cost of rural de ivery, and if the a nnual gain in| jostal revenues shall advance werever it is apptied from two er cent to eight or ten per- cent. hen the net e-utlay invo'lved in he complete development of the ystem will not be so great that t need deter congress fromn the rosecution of this enihgh tenedi olicy." The rural dleivery of nail is a great benefit a-nd con- ii enience to the people lviug in ,e. country districts and they ti hould do all in their power to v nake it a success by putting up P ~uitable boxes and having thei r nail depcsited therein F-ARMER's DAY.-The spring meet ng of the State Agricultural and decanic-al Societyv will be held in the uitorium of t he ex p~sit ion grounds. t* :balson, onl t heC -tu day of Febt-uary s< text,- at 12 o'cloc-k. In conse-guence of c his meet ing. this (day has been set c sde b~y t he ex posit ion authorities as i -Farmiers' Day.' and the general at- ' edanc-e of the farmers oft the State i x pci ed. In addo. ion to the interest niachnt 1the mneetingr and the ex )iiluni. Ihe. G~od Roads convention iiul ovene in Charleston on-the 3r~d rad cont innlte thbrough the 7th. Fehiary txt . atid t hose attending the mee ings I t he so~ciety can i3lso take in ih (:t in&es of the G-ood Roads~ conre his will bje (uite an. interest nc etut ion and one well wor-t h : e, i n. ance of all far-m'rs. All mem -rs a- se CHANGED HIS TUNE. "Cock-a-doodle!" crowed a rooster, Standing on a fence: "Cock-a-doodle: Cock-a-doodle:" With a noise immense. "I'm a gay and festive felidw," Was his daily song, "With my glossy neck and plumage, And my tail so long. "Cook-a-doodle! Cock-a-doodle! Watch me wlien you can !" Over him a hawk came sailing How that rooster ran! SOME CLEVER CHILD iEN. What Dickens Could Do When He Was Nine Years Old. It has been contened that preco cious eleverne-s foreshadows a career the reverse of brilliant. But this is not. always the case, for, wllle It is. undoubtedly true 'that most men and, women do their b:;t work at about the? period of middle age. there are plenty of instances of persons who have risen' to uositions of eminence who'displayedr sgns of genhis at a very early age. -Atrihe age of !.. Dickens used to 'e li1ht his coam1panic'ns by telling them stories. while Scott .composed a -num ber of interesting tales when he .was only 12. Charles Bronte, too, wrote nUiro'us stories, poems and plays whei he was 14, Pnd at the age of 6 Mracaulay compiled a universal history.' Writers in other lands have not infre qtently given similar evidence of pre-w" ocious cleverness. The great Scan dinavian poet, Adam Wehlenschlager, hen quite a child, evinced unusual skill in writing verses, and in his nintlt ear produced sevel. short-comedies.. f6r private theatricals. .Tohn Payne, an A merican - actor and dramat was another p;rodigy from childhood.. H-e wrote.for the Press-and was editor f the Thespian Mirror when only:1. Tie musical world has brought forth mny infant prodigies. Before he wa ight years of age Mndlessohfn excited the wonder of his teachers by -his I redible facility in playing music at iitht. and when he was only 11 he~ wrote his first cantata. Mozart playe En public when lie was 5, and Bee-. tihoven at 7 attracted attention by his phenomenal performances. The distinguished G.'rman musical Lomposer. Robert Schumann, also showed at a very early age remarkable La!ent for playing and composing. Al though at the outset of his studies he ost the use of -his right hand, he worked steadily on. struggling against ill obstacleis and achieving success by hs.indomitable energy and genius.' Amqug artists, Raphael worked' li he studio at 12, at which age Titian painted a Madopna. Landseer, the :reat animal painter, exhibited his pIC tures at 13,.but he bad previously gienM .rly indications of his genius by rawing animals well before lie was 5 vears of age. Turning to -individual instanceft ronthful precocity it Is recorded ofa Hanoverian lady named Dorothy Schlozer that she had the degree of doctor in philosophy conferred upon her when she was only 17 years-of age. Before she was three years 'old. she was taught German and tliree~years later she. had learned French. Other languages followed in rapid succession and before she was 14 she had become in excellent classical scholar. In addi-' ion. she made herself acquainted *Ith every branch O~f polite literature,. as! well as many of the seienes. Another prodigy was. Thomas: Mal kin. who learned to .read. and write with a rapidity thatt fiibled-:him:.at he age of f{ to composeietterss-A year ater lhe had acqnired reniarkable pW ieiency in Latin. and in bis-seventh rear he wrote fables, while 'some at tepts he made at poetical composi ion were very creditable. But his; n-ost eelebrated achievement was the oneption of an Imaginary country alIed "Allestone," in which, In a series f letters. he gave a vivid 'and intelli rent description. He drew a map of :his fanciful kingdom. giving Imagin-. try nantes to th~e principal mountains, *ivers, towns, and so on. This, how ver. was one of his la'st efforts, for he lied at 7 years-of age. - Of an individual named John BafS' -'tier ;t is declared he was the master f five languages atthe age of 9; while n his 14th year he published a learned etter in Latin and translated the. Travels of Rabbi Benjamin" from He. rw into French. Four years later he fame of his learning and wi~g tttracted the notice of the profes. f the university at Hlalle, who were o deighted with his wit and knowi ~ige that they effered him the degree f (doctor of philosop'ay. Blaisse P'ascal. one of the most pro *ound~ think~ers and accomplished writ s of France, is said to have shown reocious proofs of genius, particula.~-' v in mnatmenldtics, from his. earliest 'hildhood. At the age of 16 he corn osed a ~tractate on conic sections vhih excited great admiration, and efore he was 2G he had composed the reter -part of his mathematical works. 'and made the brilliant experi nents in hydrostatics and pneumatie or which lhe is renowned. At the present moment the 4-year-old on of a butcher is attracting consider ble attention in Germany by his won erful gifts. Only recently he was pre eted to the Anthrvopological Society f Berlin. as a remarikable example of ~aly intelligence. His chIef delight Is ending, in which he showed himself xcetionally proficient at the age of aro 'years. He evidently possesses a ~eetive memory. for he can repeat a mrge number of historical, biographi :l and geographical dates, including :he dates of the births and dah * nruerable Generals, poets and I >sophers. Al! this knowledge, it Is ;tated, has been self-acquired. Mr. Goodthing (enga-red to .Johnm's ister.-ohuniy. I'm going to make ou a present. What do you wish? Johnny-A box of camndy. Mr. G.-What else' ' Jonny-Another box of candy. Mr. (.-Oh, wish something else; our littie stomach couldn't hold all, lht candy. Jouny-Anoher ;tomnach -St. Louis Repubic. Siande'rs Southern Women. The students of the medical depart tent of Grnt university of Chatta-~ ooga. Tenn.. in mss mneetingFriday: V uimouliIs ri~sing vote asked the usee of thle universty.to dispense -ith tile servics of Rev. R. 5. Cooke, rofesor of historical theology. for his. Etack on the Daughters of the Con 'deracy in a religious paper. When [r. Cooke entered the mess hail while e students were -at supper he was udly hissed. Grant university isun r the control of the Southern Educa nal society and Freednien's Aid ciety of the Northern Methodist irch. The' editoral in question mpared the Da&:hters of the Con ~derav to Emma Gloldman and Herr ost and charged them wit-h teachings e ason. - - Moses Goes to Pris. A dmil ting that his picture was in' e ro me's gallery, and that. for a: of eeas he had icen famiiliar iH Wo "lowest depths of New,-York. jim iin." yet pleading for mercy an th '.urt. Franklin J1. Moses, :o nrn' '< Satmth Ca mol:na. way r mn1ths' imprisonment for larceny~