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<io?l anil Ouv Mitlvo i un<l VOLUME. VII. CAMDEN. S. C., Kill DA Y, NOVK-MBKll 20, 18%. NO. 45. THK FARMER'S THAN KfiOl V I NCI, ' The earth Is brown, rind skies nro (?r<\y, And the windy wood* a ro bare, Au<J tho lkst white llakuM o( tho coming snow Arq afloat in tho frosty air; Bv t tho sparks fly up from tlio hickory log Ou the homestead's* broad stono hearth, ; And tho wiudows rhake, and tho raficrs ring. To the lads' and tho Iii&Oa' mirth. Tlio farmer's faoo ia furrowed and worn, And Ids looks aro thin and white; But his hand ta steady, his voicola clear, And hit>ey? in bluo mid bright, As ho tarns to look at his swoot old wifo, Who sits in hor row n of gray, With tho cobweb 'kci-ohlof, and creamy frills fiho woro on hor woJding day. Ho bows his head to tho laden bonnl, And tho guests' thoy aro siloiit all. 'Thanksgiving, Lord, for tho suu and rain, Aud tho fruit on tho orchard wall. Fjr tho silver wheat, and tho goldou corn, And tho crown of a poaooful lifo? Tho groat oat blessing that Thou canst givo' A truo and a loving wifo!" This whlto-halrod lovor ho bends to kiss llor hand in Its frill of lauo, And tho fad o.l rosoon hor wrinkled chook, With a proud and a courtly uraoo; And tho snowflakos cliCK on [tho window I>ano, / And tho rafters riug abovo, And tho angols sing at thogatoa of God Tho words of tho farmor's lovo. ? Mlnnlo Irving. HOME AGAIN. A THANKSGIVING 610RY. ATHEIt a very sin gular name, Jane, such a very singu lar name. Oli, if it should be 1" The words were ft wail, m accents of such utter mis ery, that thostrong woman who heard them folt her eyes grow misty. Kho bent over tho loungo whero the /speaker, a /Silver haired old lady, helpless for years with paralysis, was lifting beseeching oyes to hor face. "Don't take on, bo, dcaiy, she said, soothingly. "There's many one tho woro's the pity, drivon to emcido by liungor and cold. W by should this ono bo ? " - .. Then eho choked. Her nursling, her babv, tho child she worshiped, drivod by huDgor and cold to suioido. "JBut, Jane," tho invalid persisted, "it is such a strango name. 800," and *ho pointed to ono sontonco in tho paper boforo her; "the only oluo to tho idoutity of tho would-bo Buioido is a woddiog ring marked 'John to Delphiue.'" ??I sec," said tho nurso, but? And again tho wishod-for words of comfort failed her. The paragraph ?cFus no - uncommon ono, merely tuG rooord of a woman's attempt at solf defitruotion. Sho had thrown herself off ft bridge, olaeping ft babo closo 111 her arms, and had beon resouod and taken, quite unoonsoious, to ft hospital, Her drees was described and tho in scription on tho ring given ; that was ill. But tho paralyzed woman roading / tho nowBpaper was journeying ovor memory's plain, back ? baok twonty fivo years, when a baby lay upon her breast, tho only ono God ever gave her A bluecyed babe, nursed ten derly, reared in every luxury, petted, indulged for twenty long years, the idol of two loving hearts. Then? oh, the bitter rook on tho plain? ono day this child or so much lovo loft hor homo to follow tho fortune of ft man who was so unfit for tho caro of her sweet girlhood, that hor father had forbidden him to enter tho houso where his ohild dwelt. Tho lovers? if tbo very namo is not b dosecration, where on ono side was morconary calculations, on tho ot or blind worship? met at tho houso o inonds and planned an oiopomouu When Dalphine was gone, when no doubt of her troaohery to her parents remained, hor father, a stern, ho tomperod man, oursed her, and for bade her name to bo mentioned in his houso. And her mother, oven tbon helploss, shivorod and moaned, and utlently prayod for tho child whose dcceit could not destroy hor toother s .lovo. ' And for Avo years no line oamo to tell thorn of repontanco, no prayer lor ^ Ono letter from John Hollis, tho man who had so basely stolen a young, trusting girl from ft happy 1 follow his ovil fortane#, the father answered, crushing forever the hope of fortune that had prompted the ^Suoh a letter as be read, grinding his teeth with Impotent rage, effec tually prevented * second demand m>on bis father-in-law ? W * DejrhinOS**: ;tu jtbrt boar misery fey before hdr. ^n'V-don'i Uke on w." ; 2&. ??ddn'fr^don ^ **Ht only knew, it I only knew," oh. Jam! oen '1 1 lift to* i ttti errand, THE MO HA I, WAHFAHTC. <)yr (ftthors to Uif>ir gruvoaliavo k<>iio; 'Choir fctrifo Is past, ttieir triumph won, But Rtornor trials wait tho raoo Wbl.'li rlso.H in ihoir honorovt plaoo: it A moral waiiuiv with tho orlmo And fully of an evil I woo. Ho let it bo. In Ootl's own mitfhf \\'o tfirvl lis for tho oominij tlpht; Anil, etron# in Him whoso onunu in our*, in oonrtioi with unholy nowerv,\ Wo tfruap tho w.vapous lto litis Kivon ? Tho Light, tho Truth, anil T.ovo of Hoavon, ? Whlttinr. AN INTERRUPTED THANKSGIVINGS SERVICE. "Clone out? Why, ho never goos till after 10." Down in the cosy library, v^ero Jnmos Bernard enjoyed tlio well earned by yoars of mercantilo toil, tho mornings newspaper h I been opened deliberately, the money article Scanned, tlio foreign n?wa <m- , joved, and the reader was i^y loolan^ over other columns, when ft sentonoo seemed to spring out of the pago bc fore him, so clearly it stood dertnod against the mass of print. ^ ??The only olew to thp% identity of tho would-be Buioido ?,.A wedding ring, marked 'John to Polphmo. ' Eagerly every line of the tragedy was r^adf tho sweat standing in great beads upon James Bernard's lace. "Shabby weeds 1" ho muf.terod, 'a widow, starving 1 Thou in hid honrt arono a great ory, breaking through tho stern reproeniou 0fMDolphino. my girl, my treasuro ! Ho oovild read no more. Only that ono pitiful recotd could ho soo upon the whole broad printed shoot, and tho yearning bitterness of hishoart would not bo stilled. , ' -'"I must bo sure, he thought, length. "I hope Delia will not see this Shall I see? No, my face would betray mo. I will not see her until I oan U'll hor it is not ortr child, or "What? Ho would consider no fur ther, but put on his overcoat and hat, and hurried out into tho bloak Novombor air. It was Thanksgiv ing Day, and the city wore its .holiday air. Stores wcro closod, and groups woro going to and fro with tho expression expected pleasuro brings upon faces worn with tho world's caree. The butohers' carts rattled about noisily and hurriedly, that turkeys mifrht bo delivered in tuno to securo longer holiday for tho carriers^ Children with "going to 6rdUfma ? , logibly printed on their faces skipped lichtly ovor tho cold pavements. Nobody noticed tho handsomely drossod old man who strodo rapid! ly in the direction of tho city hospital, getting carriages, horso cars, every thing but tho ncoessity of satisfying that dreadful doubt in his heart. Now' ho sickenod for fear this des perate wretch was his ohild ; now ho prayed it might be, that ho could olaitn hor for his own again. ??Here- yes, sir," said tho phy?* cian, in answer to his inquiries , 1 ing? oh, yes, sho'll get ovor it, uoods food aa much as anything. O^ .you eoo liter? Certainly? Sarah, v oftll'nj? 0 nurse, "take this gcntloman to 3J ^"SSLpaupor,'' lay upon a . cot that was scrupulously clean porfo y coqafortablo, yet sent a clnll to Jamos Bernard's hoari. , . Hor babe, a lovely boy of 80m? month?. palo, but with lare<>,dftjk eves full of iutolligonco, was seated btt Bido her, and tho mother's eyes rested upon his face mournfully, but without auy dolirious lire. James Bernard stapfgorod back a iittle, and the nurse whispered : "She's quite herself this morning, though she will toll us nothing ot her golf. Shall I speak to her ? ^ - "No, I ? I will spoak to her. The voice was hoarse, choked, but the woman upon the bod hoard it, and cry of anguish, of dying agony, oTVfiiteous appeal had( rupg through tha^S^panper' ward, but never ono of m^assion.Wen treaty than tho ono word, father I tnat. burst fxoiu tho lips ot the woman, anetohod from death by a pohoem^a s rough grasp not twenty-four hourf bo (ore. The morning wm dragging wearily ?long in the room where every wealth could commend was heaped ?boot Mrs. Bernard's invalid lou nge . Trembling with ^roitement, mingled hope end fear, the mother watched the bands of the eloek travel slowly over the faoe. Ageinjfcnd again Jane bed gone U> tho library, only to roturn to maker the name report. ^ "Ha'e not oo?? in yet, ma em. It wee pftet noon when the long ?trained patience ge*e way. 4 4 Jane you ma?t go to the hospital. 1 .heir die in thu agony of doubt. y'V- ? thu i? ftitrenger, if not? ob, Jnue, raf?ry^wrelj, hor father will forgive her now. ? Ail if is ftnewer to the crv Jemee Bernard at this moment ontcrcd the j room. Upon his faoo thcro wa'i a strango solemnity, and not seeming to see tho quivering lips, tho iiuploiiug eyes lifted to his faoo; ho kissed lii6 wifo tenderly. "Delia," hs said, gently, "did you roo.d tho nowapaper this morning?" "Yes, James? T ? " "l'ou saw, porhaps, a paragraph de scribing tha attompted suioide of n woman ? named ? " * "Dolphino I James, you road it? James ? Jumes you will see if itoan bo onr child. James, you Will forgive hor now 1" And tho poor.holploss flguro writliod A? if tho poor mothor would have thrown herself at hor husband's foot. "You thought? too, "he said huskily. "Yes, yes, Jnno was going to go, but now you will go. You will seo if our darling, our Dolphiuo, has been driven to such mad misery as to . try and take the life wo oheriehed so ton dorly. Jamos, you will go?" "Delia, you must try to be oalm," cried hor husband, frightened at tho terrible agitation, bo much moro piti ful from her inability to move, oxeopt abovo hor waist. It was awful to see the white, thin fingers twisting and working, tho pule faoe bo agonized. Literally afraid to tell his tidings, James Bernard took tho little flguro in his arms. "If you will be quiet, love," he said, "I will toll you pood news." Sho was quiet enough then, lying panting with exhaustion in hor hus band's arms. "Thou you know 1" ehs gasped, "I have been to tho hospital." "And it is not our Dolphino?" "Delia, it is our Delpoine!" "Oh, Jatnes? James !" and hero the {oars broke forth, and tho invalid shook with sobs. "Our Dolphino, Delia." "Dying?" 1 "Thank Hoavon, no ! Sho has had hours of unoonseiousness, but is ra tional again, and sho know me. Her illness now iB not dangerous, only tho ol'oct of? Mv^yith a choking sob: "Starvation I" "Oh, James? Jamos 1" "Sho can bo nursed back to life." "There?" "Can you bear it, Delia? Sho is here I" "And not with mo? Oh, how can yon keep her from hor mothor?" In answer to theory, James Bernard loft the room, motioning Jano to fol low him. Only a fow momonts lator ho roturnod, half supporting, half carrying, a weak, trombling woman, who. .sank, half fainting, into hor mother's arms. Thero wao a long silence, broken only by the voice of Mrs. Bernard, speaking low, ourossing words and -.7- t IllUUUUiC) lli l?uouui| iWiuv ??? iw II I full of tondaruess. Tben Jano appearod, asking: "Is there no welcome for my bon nio boy, tho darling with grandpa's eyes?" And a glad greeting .followed tho painful, yot joyful^^e&iing between tho paronta and tho long lost ohild. It was a sad story Dolphino iiollis told to sympathizing listeners; but tho miseries, the trials of the unloved wifo woro softened in tho widow's ro dital, and over tho doad was spread a mautlo of gontlo obarity and -forgive ness. "Dinner, Mrs. Bernard," Jane eaid, at last, "and Thanksgiving." And whilo she set tho invalid's table, James Bernard escorted Dolphino to tho dining room to preside oyer the bountiful repast providod there, with a heart fall of most sincere and fervent thanksgiving. Their First Thanksgiving ' at Home. Mr. Nowbryde (attempting to carve tho turkoy) ? "Good hoav^ns, Mary I what have you staffed, this turkoy witht" Mrs. Newbryde (with dignity) ? "Avhy, with oysters as yoa told mo." ,/Mr. Newbryde (again trying to foroe Wis knife throngb) ? "Bat it feels like rooks or stones." Mrs. Newbrytfe? "Ob, yo*t mean, horrid, cruel brate t That U the oys ter shells. Yoa always told m^ tha only way yoa liked oysters was in tho shells. Boo? hooTliodr? ? *"ZT~ ' W - " I ? ... A fanny way to make money Write iokea. ThanK*gh Ing l)ocorallon. The old question com oh up again and again a< to how to devise qoiqo* i thing novel for Thanksgiving decora- ! tiou. Tho day is oho pre-eminently homely and simple in its spirit and . traditions ? n day sot apart for return ing tl?ank* becauso of tho noceasitiorf and every day comforts of life. Nothing is so appropriate in com- J momorating tho occasion hh tho em- ; hoilishmonts from tho harvest Holds. In drawing rooms nothing is moro ef fective than Indian corn and diminu* tivo yollow pumpkins, tho corn with ! it* long stalks tin (I golden oats on either side of tho wide doors or grouped in corn o r tho small pump- i kins with more oars of oorn piled at tho base. Vines of cranberry orowdo.l with tho tiny rod globoa ei\u trail aoros* mnntol shelves or twino up and down columns, while garlands of ro;l and greon poppers, all sizes and shapes, ! and great bunches of wheal and oats , aro rich and beautilnl in otYeot. Frniis of all kinds ? grapes, Into pours and J poaohos, roBy apples and purple plums muiglod with thoir own foliago ftro ! unique aud highly typical of tho har vest home. For dining table ornamentation a novel and most attractive moilo is to cut from tho ordinary gardou vogoU bles shapes simulating flowers ? from the beet a doo|> red rose ; from the yollow tnruip, a tiger lily; a white lily or ohrysanthomum from tho pota to, with lettuce leaves for foliuge, while cabbage, oolory, canliilowor aud tho dozun other kitohon garden pro ductions add blossoms to this origiLal bouquet. Ono of tho oruaiuonts serves at each plate as a favor, while a Lugo group ininglod with fruits forms ft hue oenterpieo(j. It is a vei'y simple unit tor to bhupo those mook flowers, a sharp kuife and a little skill is all that is required. They may bs prepared tho day before Thanksgiving and kept fresh in a bowl of water. ItCVCllge. "What are you doing that for?" | askod tho old Gobbler of tho youug Tom, f\3 ho observed that lino looking bird standing in a oorner of tho bftrn* yard on his loft leg, and drawing In and shooting out tho right with monotonous persistence. "Hardening my muscles," replied tho young Tom, shifting to tho right leg and lcoeping up tho performance with his loft. "Aro you entered for thoThanksgiv* ing games?" inquired tho old Gobbler, "No," rospouded tho young Tom; "I am onterod for tho Thanksgiving | dinner, and that boy who livos In tbo big houso has boon coming out hero ovory day for a month to 000 how lata coming on. Well, if^I must bo oaton, I must, but that boy isn't going to give many thanks whon ho taokles mv drumsticks, that's all!" ? Harper a Weekly. A Thought for Thaukggiriug, "Tho only way to rogoperato the world is to do tho duty ^vhioh lies nearest us, and not to bunt after grand, far fetched onon for ourselves. If each drop of rain okoso whero it should fall, God's showers would not fall as they do now." Tale of a Tough Turkey. Rlf;ht up to tho market stall strodo he, Aud bought a bird that was tou pouudnthroo, Thon quickly homo to his wlfo no spod, Aud told hor all that tho cuan bad said Or how to pick and ?tutT aud 000k. Aud ho with loving bauds sho took That tough old bir#thut wushard-aud gray, Aud'lnto tho ovon sho Biowod him away. And then? for their mariiod llfo wns youug? Wli h joyous hearts tboy sat and sung Until, as around tho elook hands spun, Sho said with n nmllo that the bird was dono. And holaugbod nloud, nud his Joy was great, For bin stomach told that tho hour wm Into. And he klssod hta wifonnd ho cried iu gloe At tho floe old bird that wa.i ton pound tbrco, And said, "I will cut him now In two;" And took his kuifo that was bright fad now And hacked away for an hour or boj Till hla blado got doll and hie movement? ?low; f And then, with prayer And A momaat'* rasf, Ho took off his ooat and then hta voat, And hacked away till twilight oame, And nls anus wore *or? aud his baok was lame. And (bo hours wore on and the weeks sped by, And still, with % sunken cheek and eye, Hd worked niriyf and ztts wife ut tbsra * With patient race, la the same oid chair; w ?,/ Until one day, m hto knife blade broke, And hl> withered frame eaak dowa, aha spoke, yXaA an wtrh-w BiiiHe, that ww hrtf wwee* "I ahonid think you wouM learn to carte, I tns dear," ~v m )fiH JLXKI JEOMMk Significant Display Mado at the Stato Fair Kast Wook. SUPERIOR PRODUCTIONS, | OtllPI* K. vhibitH of NotO" lli>l'0lllf(?l'0 of (ionoial I ntoroHi . Tho Columbia State of laat week says ihero woiv> vjiuo features of tho reoeut St-ato fOu which wore overlooked and jomo others which could not bo givon that nolico t hoy so well merited (luring tho crush ami rush au?l turmoil of tho week. Notable unions those wiih the most interesting and instructive din play on tho grounds, that of tho cotton nulla and textile interests of South Car olina. There wero exhibits irom fac tories representing an aggregate capi tal .stock of nearly 310,Ui)0,000, The whole of tho t.iain nooond floor of .'the old fair building was given up to this iliaplay and it was a plueo about which tho .visitors lingered. Many wero the expressions of astonishment heard that jueh ?oods wero being manufactured iu this State. Kvporiomuul cotton mill men who examined tho exhibits stated that most of the products shown wore of butter (pialitv than thoso made in tho east. Tho exhibits wero in charge of Mr. II. 10. lirue.e, of this city, un ex perienced dry goods man, who gave ex planations about tho exhibits that were most entertaining to tho vibitoin. Th" cotton nnllsof I ho State deserve the thanks of th > people for the dis play, which slowed what is being dono in munufiu-turiug circles in this State, for it was from a spirit of patriotism only that tho display wiib made; the ! mills had no intorostfl to advance by making displays*, for their markets uro ulsowhere. They made t! ./display at the personal solicitation of President Chihls. Tho exhibit* wcro well displayed. Tho Piu'olct mills had a lino exhibit of samples of ila drillings aud sheetings, i ho I), }'j. Converso Coiiijtiiuv, of Spur* tanburg, showed very superior samples of the same classes of cotton goods. Tho (bilVuoy Manufacturing Company had in its excellent exhibit. aonio bcau tiful Ppcciijieus of bleached and un bleached sheetings^ and drillingH and bleached lone cloth. Tlio Standard Cotton Mills, of York, mado it striking show consisting of (ino ?zephyr ginghams, plaid and str.ped dress goods, checked whirlings and holorod suitings. Tlio prints worn nil strikingly clear and artistic. Tho Tucapnu Mills showed a hand soino variety ot print cloths finished in turkey red. It also displayed black d i'Ob? goods uud liniug?, as well as some specimens of long cloth. Tho lCuoreu mills mado lip its exhibit of unbleached drillings and sheetings of exocllont quality. Tho Columbia Hosiery company had j a much -ud mi red caso containing speci mens of bftlf-hofio for mon and chib dren and ladies' hoso. Ono of the most attract ivo of tho ex hibita was that of tho Richland mill#, of this city, mado up of its high grade flno cotton goods topped by ft largo picturo of tho mills. There wOro to be seen flno unbleached and bleached sheeting, and bleached cambrics and long cloths of excellent texture, oven lighter goods than tho Fruit of tho Loom. Tho Joncsvillo Knitting mill had on exhibition a tine lino of half-hose aud tho Lexington cotton mill sent some superior samples of bod ticking. Tho drillings and sheetings from tho tfruu itoville and Spartanburg wills attract ed much attention. Tho Rock Hill and Arcado mills of Rock Hill hail samples o / sheetings of fine quality. As has been stated, theso mills gave their exhibits to tho Thorn well orphanage. Tbo Newberry cotton mill exhibited a fiuo liuo of sheetings and drills and ono piece of bleached sheeting. In this exhibit was a sainplo of tho goods made by tho mill for tho Chinese mar ket, having tho uuiquo ChincsO'trutlo mark upon it. The most notnbio exhibit of all how ever, and tho largest, too, for that mat ter, was thatof tire Columbia mills. It made u dinpluy That was oven more at tractive than that it had at Atlanta, l'his mill showed duck which ranged in width from 10 feet to G inches. Then it had ropes aud twines of all kinds, sash cords, ship sail duck, U. S. Army tent duck, 17. S. msil bag duck, heavy beltings, press cloths, porous oidur press and hydraulic press goods and so 011. Tho exhibit waft in charge o f Mr. C. 8. Green and was most uttructively arranged. CJ/BMSOn's ttATRY. In tlio household department Ihero were shown somo of. the products of the Clemson collego dairy department. Most notable among them were tho cakes of Clemson creamery butler, eaoh pound cnko being stamped "C, A. C.,'S? and tho jar of granulated butter, something new in this section. Tho lattor uos examined with much oarioaity bymnny, who wondered how tho globules were made. 7 Mr. J. J. Hnffinnof Rock Hill <J?? played his useful invcot;on in tho mechanical department. It was a molasses filler for filling jags, keg* *ml bottles with dispatch and without waste. Tho Star Pea Msehino company of Beonoftsvillo displayed ono of its ma* chines for the hailing of peas. It hulls .and cleans 35- bushels. of - pea* an. hoar, when operated by steam, and is a oredjt to Bontbejn invention a n well a* a dc vice of peeular valuo to the Sontb. -- - ... ? . Clemson's admirable cadet band came early in the week and the boys earned their money, not ceding their Inborn until Kridny evening, 'they ooneludod with The bniul in nu excellent one and iu ft credit tu tho institution, ltd member# are olover vtniiiK' gentlemen who will ever ho wcl eonie ti> Columbia. Thoy furnitjhod the beat musio that li an hue n given at any State fair of reocut year#. tin: suk of tiir c|iowp. It ht\a been impossible yet to fiooure Hit' actual tlguroa from tho ruilroada and tho State fair people to fthow tho exact number of visitors horo during tho fair, but tho lluurea obtainable, when the nuiulvr of railroad-paid fair* ground passes are taken into consider* ation, along with tho attendance from tho eitv, tdiow that The Slate's est imate of on the grounds on Thursday will bo very elo&o to tho aolu'tl count. The railroads are supposed to have brought into Columbia upwarnaof I-, 000 visitors on fair week coupon ticket a. Tho crowd was one of tho beet humored that ever gathered in South Carolina. Nothing aoomed to arouse tho bad feeling in anyone. Not oven an angry word wnu heard on tin gi omuls, Tho poboo had practical!* nothing to do. Chief Daly thinks it was the beat natnred crowd ho ever tiaw to bo a-; largo a>? it \? us. Ho and hia men drove j tho pickpooketa and orooks out of the city, but t ho idickost ot thorn disguised theuiKcUca ttndritnto back on the traim< on Tnursday when tho crowd was si great that police oll'icers could no. j move about among those e<;.u)prisiii it. Thus it wtiti that they reaped harvest. FA 1C J IIS ANI> BIDK B1IQW8 OO . All tho biiio show people ami takn; who wore on tho Midway Jolt 011 i block ticket which read to Jnekt?o\ vi llo?, Flu. They carried a whole car load of baggage. They were certain y an interesting looking But of people, and to tho student of human naturo at folded a rare treat. One of tho bofit < them was a largo fellow, aliek aa oil, who went ubout all tlio week < th< guioo of a farmer, carrying a big whip in 1\ih hand. Tho boyu Oidlul hiu "Kttbo.'' His makeup UttOlHho B'fiii biiquetnnd vico versa. -llo ehi.rined tho crowd for the tent in which was tlx "What Ik It?" and did it ko wol' ?.tat tho fakir brought in $>50 in dimes 1 1. one day. Wliut bo told tho other farmers to noud them there is not ex netly known, but tboy wont and whci they glided at the razor-back hog ami heard the "Kube" tell how this strange animal" wan boldly captured after a desperate light by a posse with iumRci; at the head on tho wild, sloping, ll.il plains of far- away Californina, tlu\ had that tire(d foiling and wore asham ed to tell any one olso about the "What .1 i It?" when they went out. "llube" would give a glowing and thrilling atory of the capture and ?hnd. a tear or two when he garphieally do ucribed how the wild animal had k?-v ered limpet dog's head at a vicious snap. Oh, the "Rubo" is a daisy. I f t would havo rondo Charles Diekom. imagination faint. The fakiru wih very likely visit tho fair at Fitzgorul.', On., and then go to Florida for th winter. J) .TRUMPeTOALLS,, Sam'e Worn fioundt.a Warulnsr Not? to (lie Unredeemed* K ie N O W I N U Christ well la bound to make ue generous. MoklnfMho re ligion of Christ nttrnctlvo Ik help lug G6d. Jf ICvyry h o u s o built on tlic sand will uooncr or Ifct er liavtj to fuli. Keep yourself right with Clod, nnd nothing else will bo wrong. Our tr nls show us liow utrong a hold \vt have on God. ?' Don't throw nwoy your tlckot when you get is* i?.o tunnel. Tho more we love the more God will permit us to so* to love. The new br*t thing to owning a thing Is to be satis/led without It. Don't run from a shadow. It means that there Is a light closo by. Faith Is always a giant iiilier. no matter how humble It may look. Tho hedgehog should not complain If ho recolvcs porcupine treatment - Don't pick out tho cross tli.it shines If you would bear tho ?*ipht one. True rellglop ought to be Just a s truo In a street car as It !s in church. Truth may bo put In the tfiavo, but !t will come out when lca.'jt rxprctcd. It Is only when the I^-rC's fojccCs aro divided that the dovll oat ahead. . Tho world la not so much In r.ced of better preaching as It Is of holier prac tice. If the tfovll Vid to Irate) with un covered face, only devils would foilow ;ilm. Holding on to any kind of a r'.n fill sooner ?tf' later cau*o us to glv* up Christ. When a wise man and a fool aro thrown together tho fool rtocs nil talking.- . "v"; ; ? A. good roan will not camp all night on grouud that he doca not know to bo ?afo. People who bar? nerer fcund out that they have any faults liare n> trus friends. ' \ One way of biding your light tinker s bushel Is to keep your church UtUFHa. jour^ trunk. , Every step a food man take* TeSTsj some sinner that he enght to feohav? I Mm? If.- - - - ? ----- W? make to-morrow imnlsr ty **? t nm^X^ir?BBvasm v*v it-* most bo met to-m?rro#* ...? ? _ f IfllOHlHIBillS | ? - Leagues Arc to bo Formed All Over tho State, * ? THE OBJECT IS TO PROHIBIT Tho Sale of (liquor for Any Other Thau Modlelual ami Moolinnlcal Purposes? A HIM for (ho Loglala 1 uro (o ho IVOpftrOil. During Fair week, in Columbia, ft mooting of Prohibitionists nod their sympathizers was hold in the V. M. 0. A. hall. Mr. E. D. Childs prosidod. 'i'ho mooting was openod with prayer by Hov. M. SitYoy. Mr. Childs stated that tho object of the mooting was to take into consideration tho hroadoning of tho work already undertaken by the Gospel Temperance Union and the advisability of oflooting ft perma nent orgnni/ation noparato from that of tho Gospel Tomporanoo Union. .Mr. '1'. ?1. HaMotto was nominated for socrutary and asked to bo exousod, ami Hev. 10 . O. Watson waa nomiua ted. Tho following roll was called and members answered to thoir names: Ab beville, P. Ij. Sturkio; Aiuon, Hov. J. E. Heard ami J. E. Quinby; Harnwoll, Hov. S. P- H. Ehvoll; Chester, T. N. Horry, M. E. White; Colleton, J. IX Aokoi [littn; Charleston, I\ov. A. S. Willoford; Edgefield, W. F. Strickland; Fairfield, li. II. Jenninge; Florence, Hov. 0. O. Herbert; Groenvillo, J. M. Whitmiro and .1. C. Colomau; Eau* reus, S. D. Garlington and Hov. A. J. StoUes, Ai C. Fuller, '.T. L. MoEior; Lexington, A. 1$. Bridgfcrs, Hev. J. E. Sifloy ; Oraugoburg, I). B. Moss, F. P. -McCain, J. ,H. Hamilton, Mrs. E. 1). Herbert. Hov. E. O. Watson, Rioh land, Hov. J. AI. Piko, T. J. LaMotto, Hey. J; W. Nooly, Goo." N. Williams, Dr. D. L. Boozer, Roy. John Manning, Ij. D. OhildH, F. H. Hyatt, 0. D. S?anloy, Hev. J. E . Duron, Hov. J. B. Dale, Spartanburg, Bev,ti? W. P. Smith, IV M. Adams: Sumfrgfr. Jool E, Hrunson; York, Bov. II, B. Browne, Hev. T. C. Ligion, Bov. J. Dr Harris. A committee on resolutions couBi?t< ing of G. D. Stanley, liovs. S. F. II, El well, J. L. Sifloy, W. P. Smith and C. C. Herbert, reported tho following i oHolntions: Wherea'j, it in tho sonuo of this cou fo'reuco thattho timo has arrived when every olYort should bo put forth to, unite ovory elemeut of opposition to' tho liquor t raffle in organic union and active vigorous endeavor to stop tho -ovil-^aH it oxinta in Jhia Slate, in both legalized and illicit form; therefore ''bo it /Ccftolv cd, That thia conferonco does hereby orgamzo itself into ft sooioty to bo kno.vn as tho Frohibition Loaguoof South Carolina, whose purpose is hero* by declared to bo tho supprossion of evory form of trafTlo in intoxicating liquors lor bovorngo pnrpoacs by tho ouactment of such laws as will by propor enforcement ecouro this ond. A motion was adopted to substituto tho word "prohibition" for "suppres sion." Tho committco roportcd also tho following:' That tho presidont appoint as early as possible, from tho members of this conteroneo, as a State oxocutivo oom mitteo, fivo membora who con moot conveniently and frequently, and who shall bo charged with tho duties of car rying out tho plans of i ho convention, and other possiblo work on tho lino of suppression of tho liquor traffic. That in- addition to tho abovo flvo persons ho shall appoint on thiu com mittee as members oto person from each county in tho State as counsellors and assistants to tho fivo moinbers ap pointed from thia body, a general mooting of -whom may bo called to gether as may bo deemed nccossary by tho chairman. f Membors of tho oxocutivo committeo oro urgod to organizo their counties into locul loagues and tho local leagues shall orgauizo in ovory section of tho county. mi - ? ,, /A iii _ i_ i tiU UAOOUIIVU vyuilllliivu n ur> I li * fitructed to prepare, for tho next Lecis laturo a bill amending tho present Pis pensary law bo that liquor shall bo sold only for medical, mcchanicaland scien tific purposes. It was further resolved that all pas tors and public speakers favorablo to tho reconstruction of the iiquor traffic bo requostcd to address their audiences ono or more times bofoio tho closo of tho year. County oxocutivo commit-, tecs are urged to eontiibuto to tho county papers mattor relativo to the plans and iti ins of the organization. Ah thorn is no provision for fees or dnes tho county executive committee wore left at liberty to pursuo such plans aa they saw fit to raiso monoy w ?h which to proseeuto the work. On motion of Mr. F. H. Hyatt, tho mooting contributed $110 for tho work in hand. Tho exccuti?e committeo was in* structed to prepare an addroso to tho people of tho Stato sottiug forth the aims. of tho association and urging oo* ?poration w;ththo lo*??o. The following wore eh Dent offloori: L. I>. Child . T. J. LaMotto, ?ecroUry; F. treasurer. Tho mooting tho call of tho :