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Aunt Mary's IJ r ay.
" Wh»l % Md f»o« yoor wM'iwomfto
baa, UeleD." Aunt Mary reiDArkad
across the dinner table.
"Haa •he?” laughed her nieoe,
pretty Mrs. Wplford. “i hadn’t
noticed. But I know she is dreadfully
alow about her work. She la always
two or three hours behind the neigh
borhood in getting ^he clothes on the
line. 1 wouldn’t keep her only that
she Is so careful and particular.”
" To be particular and do the work
well is a good deal to be said for any
dne these helter-skelter days. She
doesn’t look strong ; do you know any
thing about her circumstances?” asked
Aunt Mary.
Not a thing,” Mrs. Walford an
swered. "I pay her when the work Is
done, and ask her no questions about
Lrr affairs. I don't know that It is any
of my business."
" And ynt yon belong to severa.'
charitable societies,” Aunt Mary sug-
feeted softly “One of them, 1 think
yes mid Is called the ‘Helping Head.'**
“Oh. the 'Boialag Hand' is eoryes-
cinsrsw, Aset Mary.” said Mr. Wat-
ferd. lightly. ** Yon hare to reach a
serlale geatawl aahsh hetere the tips
at Ms arWSeeraUs iagnse are hsM oat
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Doming," Aunt Mary said. “They
need a man to do chores, and take oare
of the garden, and I will see that he
gets the place. The pay will not be
very much, not more than tenor fifteen
dollars a month; but that will help
you a little.” ,
“Oh, ma’am, it will be like a for
tune to us. Ten dollars will more
than get our food, and to have it com
ing steady—, oh, you don’t know what
a help It will be ! I wash for the rent,
and sometimes both of us together
manage to get enough besides, to keep
the children warm, and something for
them to eat; but often they've had to
go hungry. I only wish I could thank
i for all your goodness and—”
Never mind,” Aunt Mary In
terrupted kindly, putting the basket
la her hand, “we all must try to help
each other.”
“I have hired a mao for you, Arthur,"
Auat Mary reswked that evealag.
“ Hired a man for sne he repealed
la surprise.
** \ m," she aeswred smlllag. M I
am gslag In he with *ua ler sensr Mata,
aad I want a gsad deal of wuiMag aa.
gussina the harun aa4 Baggy mady Aar
my naau ala I will ana ifcas he is
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i awe ef Aa An^tasS
• a.«y« that *aa An
atu tis hart
hald mow plains.
My eratrasting alth tha hrtghtaam
of light aad vivid oolors ef the fore-
grouad. marks the rasldoooeof the"Old
Itoman" during his riper years, nod al
so haa In Its keeping his final resting
place, adorned by a modern monument,
another place further up the river, of
like loveliness and wealth of rural
charms, is the birthplace and was for
sixteen years the playground for the
childlike and youthful sports of one
who has also and most deservedly re
ceived that same surname, although
he earned it In the course of a life
wholly differing from that we have
just describod—a life devoted to the
noblest and loftiest purposes of peace
ful times, to “duty and right,” and
characterized at the same time by a
charm of refinement, a love for literary
work, and especlaUy for historical re
search, so that while as to the former
he was perhaps Cleveland's equal, as
to the latter he was clearly hu supe
rior. Il was
u uovuusob h. r. rawY,
who was bora bars Novambsr JO, H0&,
aad ilvad ham as his fal bar’s farm Ba
ll! his !*U yaar. a haa ha dagarlad
tram A Is paiaraal buasasAaad Aa akbaad
ssbsai aad aflarwards Aa aaSar apaa
bis ula-aamar tha pamall af law. la
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Tha lam pa raters dsrtag tha
waak, kept wMhla oomparatlraly
row raoga, tba maximum raaarally
ranged between 97 and W with aa ex
treme maximum of 102 on the 12th at
Beaufort. The minimum ranged about
7o although the lowest was 52 on the
10th at Liberty. The average for the
week was 78 while the normal for the
same period Is approximately 7tf. It
was decidedly cooler over the extreme
western portion qj the State than in the
central, and eastern portions. ^
The rainfall for the week was gen
erally In the form of showers where
any fell, for quite large areas in the
extreme western, the central and the
southern counties were without rain
the entire week, or at least until last
Saturday, thn| 14th.
A few correspondents stated that
rain was needed while generally the
ground had plenty of moisture. In
addition to the showers of Saturday
and Sunday afternoon, (14th aad 15th)
n general rain aet la early Monday
looming so that the rainfall detei-
eacy. where It misted baa been felly
A lew reports of riceeslvs rain
raerlsad i
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Wbee Mm «aaS* •» «St rmm
fas Mm sasa yaa baea
Mnbvs Mm mm M emu.
Aad gtms a Ml te um s*e»s» *
Bat my hembls friend Cobe says
wa’va had 'boat enef and he wants It to
stop right now. “We've had a bund
aaoe,” says Cobe, “and I'm afeerd there ,
won’t be any nubbine to feed the steers.
on this winter and no seed Inters to
plant next spring.”
Another one-horee farmer says he
Is afeerd he will make more cotton
than he can get picked out.
Was there sever such a bountiful
crop year ? Wheat, corn, cotton, pota
toes and fruit! Mr. Roberts, who farms,
on Pumpkin Vine Creek, says he feels
sure of 1,000 bushels of corn from one
field of ten acres—that he can select
one or two acres that will yield 120
bushels each and there are several
square rods that will make a bushel to
the rod. That would make IflO bushels
per acre. If every rod was as good. Mr.
Itooerte Is no brag. He Is a conserva
tive, truthful man aad a good farmer.
Mr. Akermaa sonde twenty-two bush
els of wheat lo the acre right In the
suburb* of Uta Vows aad be bus more
bnauUfal fruit Uaa am ever grows
Oar market le ruaslag
I vblngs apples, paaniss
V
rim
dellsVoas fruit
e or
a! Wi
reoer • on
In Ao InAaraaAof Ue i
m of Kdlolo. Ho eto
sooo of I .MM pooplo
the I7M (net.
county scheme oT KdUAo. He showed
the advantages of small oouatlss, and
said that If hn lived. In tha proposed
territory ha would vote for the new
county, but he wanted the people to
think over the matter and act for their
own best interest. He made a long ani
forcible speech In the Interest of the
dispensary. He charged the present
board of control with inoompetency,
and said that the election of the board
should be taken away from the Legis
lature, as It was almost Impossible to
secure good men so long as there wm
so much “log rolling” among the mem
bers for their friends.
One man would say, you vote for me
and I will vote for your man ; hence
the inevitable resu't Is the selection of
men unfit for the position. He said
that while some of the members of the
present board were his personal
friends, aad all of them Lis political
frleads, be did not propose to let that
binder b m from tailing tba plain truth
la refereeee to their maaagemeatof
the diepeaaary
He said that l bey shea Id all meiga
aad five any te maa aba eeaid i
wubm rue tbe Ml
•htob
ill
s praaiUg salt water,
must fflye glvea way |
> stream 'of air-babbtoa l
lad to breathe Inward
with the pm
time I must
dreaded stre
the surfaoe.
A few weeks before T had
the drowning of a oat la Aha
water of a running at foam. Tha
bn Irani was tethered to a stone, aad
had fought with apturnad face (or
liberty. When the bubbles roan la a
silver fountain from tho corners of Its
mouth, It stood at the bottom swaying
In the gentle current, turned over, aad
after one final struggle gave ap tha
ghost. This scene came vividly before
me. I thought of this wretched cat,
and waa half amused to thlak that any
cnee was the case of the eat. Thera
was do fear: The actual rln iinsstaaaaa
filled my atteotloa aad tba piteous
longing to escape and the Inability of
my efforts eedil.-n y heoeiaa subordi
nated to the fee Bag of favourable pale.
Kyae, chest, limbs warn all eae solid
if*, of
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Aaat Mary UM a dasalaiag baud aa
aa bar arm. aad sasd with gaatis
sympathy. ‘ Dos t Uiab me laAmslv
bat a 111 you not tall me yoar trwsbie ?
1 am cars you are carry tag a burden ;
l#l fl&6 tbar* lib* 9
Tbs saddea tears gushed forth, aad
tbe poor creature sank sobbing Into a
chair ; but she quickly controlled her-
self and looking up wistfully, said, “ I
don't often give way like this ; I hope
you will excuse it In me.”
Aunt Mnry nodded, stroking tha
toilworn hand she held.
“Things are very hard with us just
now,” she. went on, “ My husband has
had no work, only an odd job or so,
since the shops closed last year. We
have four children, and I am not very
strong and so slow at my work, that
we can hardly>get enough for them to
-
“ You are a conscientious worker,"
Aunt Mary Icterposed, “ haven’t the
societies helped you ?”
"A little at first,” the woman an
swered, “but they seem to think we
are not deserving and that my husband
Is idle and shiftless. Heaven knows
be would thankfully Uke anything to
do, so that he ooulu be earning some
thing. Oh why do they not have
work esougb, some bow or other, so
that all Abe poor mee could lake cam
af their tamuioe. Tbe poor meet base
wurh or star**, if tboy am Wm proud
ao4 j—ae> to hugermaal bbaegMbe
nbM^^svmsMMaiy a** eg ** I r
tax.**af I/be ms
iam..ee as A
Is Aba Kwmieltoe
ary war. aad ae maay o* thatr dasaaad
sale emu now am laaad Aa ba, 1% As Able
maa Of eatraordlaary six*, (bis
weight algb M pounds . ef a muscular
strength almost Incredible, of an en
durance of Will, of hunger aad thirst
unequalled, be combined with these
qualities a fearlessness and courage, a
presence of mind and a directness of
judgment, a truthfulness and honesty
of character, that In reading of him we
verily believe to have the picture of
Hercules presented to us. Though
having never in his life attended a
school, he managed by self-study and
application to acquire sufficient educa
tion to become a land surveyor, and
later on, when elected Judge of the
District Court at Ninety-Six, though
he had never read law, his decisions
were invariably marked by clear judg
ment and correct legal views. He must
have been a man of great authority
and influence among his people, which
is proven by the fact that, while the
names of other contemporaries of hts
are forgotten, not only his name, but
even countless stories about .him live
even In the present time among the
a le. Bo In Wilkes County, where
rst settled, you can still bear of bis
feet* of valo*. of hie Ilf hie with lad-
lane, Torlee aad wild beaete. performed
bln laaaiy aeadertage over tbe
inla-ee la tba pars nil uf bis •e.-.ag
ee else A • speeall
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Bynum, tbe editor of n Nullification
B per, published la Graeevllle, aad
r. Berry, who advocated tbe opposite
side of that political queetloa In his
paper, The Mountaineer—a duel to
which the latter was forced wholly
against his will and Inclination, and
which resulted In the death of the
former.
We will not harrow the tender feel
ings of our readers by a minute descrip
tion of the dread Incident, so wholly at
variance with the progress iof eur
boasted civilization, nor would we with
our firm beliel in man’s better and kin
dred nature, entertain for a moment
the supposition, lately advanced, that
political animosity had gone so far as
to premeditate the death of Bynum’s
opponent, but what we will do, what
we here will endeavor to point out as
Ex-Governor Ferry’s everlasting merit
about mankind, Is to say that he by
this silent yet most eloquent detesta
tion of the duel, ds a barbarous relic of
ancient times, notwithstanding tbe
manly courage be manifested on the
this special unfortunate affair, by the
Impre—lvsa—e of bis aobie example of
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has aaeetoaei aaaa msp* areas alia ,
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is ms berg CtawaAaa. aa4 CMusSev.
a>though aet caa4aa4 Aa tbaaa cstaa j
Uaa xba crop la bael la tba eeeV
era coaallaa, bad Marlboro. Yiarloa.
aad tba aortbaaatara coaatiaa gaaar-
ally.
Too much “ wood ” alth too little
fruit la a common complaint, but cotton
generally Is heavily fruited
Picking Is ns yet confined to the
more easterly counties, although the
early varieties are opening in the
central and western counties. Pick
ing will not be general for some time
to come. An Increase in size of bolls
noted since rains of previous week.
An insect Is puncturing the bolls and
ruining them in Edgefield. More or less
shedding is reported from a majority
of the counties.
Sea-Island cotton Improved and shed
ding less than last Week.
Tobacco curing making rapid pro
gress. Some planters have finished.
Worms damaging late plants.
Peas are doing well. Cutting pea-
vine bay has begun in Barnwell.
Rloe Is ripening rapidly and where
not Injured by caterpillars is In promis
ing ooodltion.
Turalp sowing continues aad belter
■lands have base attained from tbe
labor seed lag*. A large acreage will
he plashed
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tin bm earn* ata t aa Ms AnM. mat sir.
da Lmrd aia’t say s an ‘AenSSaa Aa btm
as all and da aebll la reanla* blm. Mat
dsTl^erd iliuie' mms mad gab'maaa aaaid base Aa bn las tod
ble earn# aa da Anai. Ue doa't let blm
git fat aad elteh Ilka Jim Aaeila
whom da Lord losaAb He chastiseth.
and date de reason yoar glaboaea
ta*
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burned up aad your buggy mare die,
aad may cm date why MlasTuUann take
sick away off at school aad corns home
In de ooffn. She was n Messed child,
•he was, and seems to me dot some
times away In de night I hear her
ou. Master, old "
callln
to trou
'you. Master, old Jack don’t like
uole you about dese flags and he
wouldent if your name wassent on de
book.”
Uncle Allen used to finish up the
story with.the master’s conversion and
Jim Austin being killed.
Betteritlmes'are coming, sure enough,
but politics has nothing to do with it.
Politics dldent give us a great crop of
wheat and a short crop in Europe. My
friend Kirkpatrick, of Atlanta, says
these revulsions in trade and prosperity
go by cycles of seven years and that
our cycle of dlstrees and disaster has
about expired. He almost proves It by
reference to the past and tells how the
failure of Jay Cooke precipitated the
panic of *73, nod our trouble lasted
ssvea years, aad tba fal Is re of Baring
bt aa tbe aaxA
eaeaa years.
Mat a beat bad nassaa are tiling sa* '
Brothers broegt
aad that lasted <
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How do you steed on tbs Hoa a Aortal
s'* asked eomeoee In tbe audience.
1 decile# to answer," said tbe beaa-
# “1 advised you nil last year la
elect Evens aad you would not do It,
and 1 can’t see how you can expect me
to take sides against any of the candi
dates, ns they are all I Reformers, and
you must decide for yourselves without
any Interference from me.” He closed
amid great applause.
HOW IT FEELS TO DROWN. J
The Experience of a Young Man Who
Was Rescued from a Horrible
Death.
Cassell’s Magazine.
“Drowning Isa pleasant death ” Is
a remark constantly made by those
who never gulped down salt water Into
the delicate tissues of their longs. I
was hathlag In rough wsatbsr on the
beach of a waAeriag place ta Nortbera
I rene* Hwept oat to sea. I struggled.
A beeame I ns* es I bln, aad eas sa**d
the eae rags aad efciil af a gallant
’reanhw so - e ha e role
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far 1
yasabea la bes bads ead eald bamaa^
ear Trtaads seed for a aopy ef Iba Aalla-
Ala. aad laars that a Aaad during Mag,
Jeae aad July le able aad wllilag Ae
eat several thoaeaed cutworms, eevatai
tbousaad striped bags, aals, poSaAa
beetles, aad la fact every warm. If,
beetle, or bug that it oomes serose.
Every night It fills and empties Hi
stomach four times, and ail lib food
consists of Insects, 80 or more per
cent, of which are Injurious to csutl-
voted crops.
Partridges and quails are great
worm hunters. Yet when you notioo
the presence of one of these game birds,
you reach at onoe for yoar gun, son
you will not rest until the bird isobob
or driven away. Why wlir/5irflboof
No better cut worm hunter is known
than the skunk. You can afford lo
give him a few rotten eggs onoe in b
while, or even a live chicken, rather
than take off his hide for a pahrj #
or 75 cents. Weasels have bean of I
much benefit to me by clearing
barn of rate, aad tha i
orchards of mice, as they have I
me by killing aa oooaslonal fnwL
usually give thorn tba
bahi sstll rats aad mb
of. aad thee. If they di
that/ awe osaard. bat
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