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VOL. XL " ietf and Nine." j " * how Mr. Sankey Composed a Hymn that Has Been Sung the World Over. IT WAS DONE BY INSPIRATION. 1(n Original Name Was Tho Lost Sheep, Hut Mr. Moody CliaiiKotl It. Tho story of tho 14 Ninety and Nino " 1 Illustrates apsly how great an effect may grow out of a small cause, and what surprising i owor may bo exerted in tho world hy oven so trilling a thing as a hymn tune. Tho other day, just before his departure for California, 1 Mr. Saukcy talked to mo for an hour 1 or more about tho 44 Niuoty and Nino," and could have gone on, no doubt, for hoars longer without exhausting his 1 memories and anecdotes connected with this most remarkable revival song. Tho " Ninety and Nino" is al ready of man's ago, for it came into the world in tho fall of INT.'l, a few months aftor Mr. Moody and Mr. Sauxey began thoir first revival campaign in Kngland. For three months thoy had been laboring in Scotland and were just leaving Glasgow for Edinburgh when a trilling incident, occurred which resulted in tho birth of this famous hymn. As tho two evangelists wero waiting for thoir' train at tho Glasgow station Mr. Sankey purchased a copy of The Christian Age and Light, a penny religious paper, which ho hud never hoard of, hut thought ho would glance ovoi on tho journey. This paper ho laid carelessly on tho seat of the railway carriage, paying no further heed to it till thoy wore some distance on tho way, when want of occupation tnado him take it up and bog in turning c its pages. Mr. Moody meantime was 1 busy in hiH cornor of tho carriage with v his correspondence. 1 As Mr. San key read ho came upon 1 some little verses tucked away at the bottom of a column and published ' anonymously. It is doubtful if he J would have noticed the versos at all, 1 had not the first two lines caught his 1 eye, but they had strength in them, c and so ho read on : 8 8 "Thero woro ninety and nino that t safely lay t) In the shelter of the fold." So it began, and Mr. Sankey followed t down iho linos, while the express for t Edinburg rushed on at sixty miles per v hour. t " Hurrah !" cried Mr. Sankey, bring- c ing his hand down on his knee in his characteristic enthusiasm : " I've t found the hymn I've been looking for !: for years." I "Yes?" said Mr. Moody, absently; r " what is it ?" v " It's about a sheep." u " A sheep ?" s " Yes ; a sheep that was lost on tho o mountains and carried homo by the ' shephord." 8 " H'm, h'm," said Mr. Mood>, not t paying much attention ; " road it." c Mr. Sankey did read it, and ho put fooling into his words, for tho beauty fc of tho verses impressed him, but when v ho looked up ho saw that Mr. Moody \ had heard nothing of tho reading, v being lost in his letters. f " All right," said Mr. Sankoy to r himself; "he'll hear that hymn later i: on;" and cutting out tho verses from t tho paper, he put them away carofully ti for futuro use. I1 A few days after this they held a c great revival meeting at Edinburgh at j tho Free Ahsembly hull, which was I crowded with the best people of tho 1 city. Mr. Moody spoke most eloquent- r ly on tho good shepherd, and then v followed a line address by Dr. Horatius 11 Honar, tho author of " I Hoard tho ^ Voice of Jesus Say Come Unto Mo and Host." As Dr. Dinar finished thero j; came over tho meeting that stillness ' and solemnity which indicates deep | spiritual feeling. Those are golden ' moments in tho evangelist's work. 1 Honding down from his pulpit toward a Mr. Sankey, who eat at his right by 11 the little me loci eon, Mr. Moody said : " Mr. Sankey, have you anything to sing on thin subject as a solo?" Kir. Sankey hesitated. He could think of nothing directly jn the subject except the twenty-third Psalm, which had already been sung three times that day by the congregation. They must have something else. Like a Hash it camo to him: "Sing the song you found on the train." But his second jthought was : "How can I sing a song without a tune?" Meanwhile the audience was waiting in silence. "Sing the hymn you found on the train," camo the thought again, this time imperatively. I wonder how many men would have dared such a thing as this at such a moment. Mr. Sankey opened his little scrapbook of solos, found the newspaper slip which ho had cut from the paper, laid it before him on tho rack of the melodeon, and then, aftor a moment of silont supplication, struck a full chord and began to sing. What notos ho sang ho did not know, nor what chords he played; ho took no hoed of harmony nor of the laws of musical progression. Ho was not thinking of such things. He was thinking of that poor, torn sheop on the bleak mountain side, and of tho good shepherd who searched for it through the night and brought it home. And what ho sang was tho joy that swolled in his soul, tho hope that was born, the love for those who suiTered and needed holp. And somehow ho got through the first stanza. And then as ho paused and played some chords on tho molodeon, waiting to begin the second stanza, he knew that every heart in that vast audience was with him ; that every breath was held in expectation, and the thought camo to him : " Can I sing the second stanza as I did the first; can I remember the notes ?" and ho concentrated bis mind once more on the effort and began to sing again. And so he went through tho five stanzas, and tho audience sat still as death until he finished with the last glad shout: l< A _ 1 A 1 1 J 1 1L. Iiiu i buu nn^uiH wuuuu ruuuu buu t'iroao, Hojoice ! or tho Lord brings back his own !" i When it was all over Mr. Moody eatno down from the pulpit, and, resting a hand on Mr. Saukey's shoulder, looked with wonder at tho newspaper clipping. " My dear friend," ho said with emotion, " whero did you get that song ? 1 never heard anything like it." "That," said Mr. Saukey, " is tho hymn I read you on the train?tho one you didn't hear." Aud thus tho tuuo of tho " Ninety and Nino" was born into tho world, a t,uue which has gone literally around the world. And as it was sung that day in Edinburgh by inspiration, so it has been written down in tho hymn books, aud so it has boon sung iu tho many languages, and no note or chord of it has over been changed, nor would Mr. Sankoy consent to the slightest change, not to please all tho musical critics in the world. "Tho critics say they can see nothing in tho tunc of tho " Ninety and Nino," said Mr. Sankoy, smiling. "Thoy can't account for it j success ; that is beeauso critics, with their rules ami theories, muko no allowance for inspiration of tho soul." It is interesting to note that in the great gathering which thrilled at this lirst singing ol tho " Ninety and Nino " was a woman, back iu ono of tho galleries, who was made very happy by Lho singing of thoso words sinco she recognized in them tho very verses written three years before by her jistor, who was now dead. And after the servieo she tried to speak to Mr. San key and thank him for what he had done, but the ci ush of people was ,00 great, and it was only 011 receiving a otter from this lady that tho evangelist came to know of this incident ind learned tho name of tho author of die hymn. That name is Elizabeth C. Jlephano. After the lirst success of tho "Ninety indNinu" there came many requests o publish the hymn, but Mr. Sankoy lid not consent to this for u long timo, diinking to got hotter results by keep* ng it exclusively for their meetings, ispecially as they were going into a >art of Scotland where tho words vould bo particularly appreciated. \nd many a time during subscouent nontlis ho had tho satisfaction of teeing in tho groat open-air gatherings which they held grizzled, woathorjeaten shepherds, men of tho inounains, who had come from long disances with their staves and rough dotbes, standing there with tears treaming down their bronzed cheeks liivy nsii'iiiu bU tiiu hiui v ui he shepherd and tho lost sheep. That ippoaled to then) us nothing elso could. Oddly enough tho name by which .he hymn is now known is not tho one >riginally givon it by Mr. Sankoy, vho preferred to call it "Tho Lost Jheop." But for some reason the pening words wore tho ones that took dr. Moody's fancy, and, in giving out he hymn, he would always say : " Mr. iankey will now sing tho Ninety and ^ine.'" Several times Mr. Saukey eminded Mr. Moody that tho song vas about tho lost sheep, and not ibout tho ninety and nine that were afo in tho fold, but Mr. Moody would mly smile and say: "Never mind, Tho Ninety and Nine' is a good name," ind so at last Mr. Sankoy had to change ,ho name and it became what it is tolay. To tell of tho wondorful effect this lyiun has had upon men and women vould be to multiply instances to till a 'olume. A single one may be given vhich is doubly interesti' g from tho act that it occurred during tho first evivul meeting held by Moody and >ankey in the United States aftor thoir wo years' sojourn in Ungland. Tho neetlng was at Northfield, Mass., Mr. doodv's home, and such an immense srowd had gathored that tho church :ould hold but a small part of it. ''armors with their families had come 11 from all directions, and tho streets icar the church wero blocked with vagons and vehicles. Mr. Moody manned to make his way into tho church hrough a back door, and, coming orward on tho platform announced to he congregation that, as they were ar less numerous than those who were vaiting outside, tho service would be leld in the open air in front of tho jhurch. Then there was a groat crumble to get out with much chagrin miong those who had come early for food seats. After a splendid service of prayor ind exhortation Mr. Moody turned to dr. Sankoy and usked him to sing for he first Limn in Amnrien thn livmn vhich had been 80 wonderfully blessed n Kngland, the "Ninety and Nino." \rid, seated on a narrow platform ir. ront of the church, with his littlo pelodeon before him, whore it had )oon carriod from within, Mr. Sankoy >egan to sing the familiar w jrds. It vas an impressive moment: the people stood with heads bared iilling the wide treet before him and stretching away >n either side as far as ho could seo. Still under the spell of Moody's power, hey listened as the evangelist of song iftcd up his voice, it was a beautiful lummer's afternoon, those late still lours wlion evening is coming on and laturo is so beautiful. Mr. Sankoy sang is perhaps ho had never sung before, ind the music of his voice swept across -he valley on the calm evening air, lounding over the Connecticut river, lowing at thoir feet, and was heard m the hills opposite a mile away, and .here in a cottage on one of these hills >at a man who was in a state of anger ,oward his fellowmon, out of sorts with everything. Ho was a well-known jharactor in the vicinity ; ho did not aelieve much in ohurchgoing, and jelieved, least of all, in Moody and Sankoy, whom ho regarded as arrant humbugs, chiolly beeauso ho bad grown jp with Mr. Moody and years before had workod side by side with him on t-he farm. And tho idea that sensible people, his neighbors and the members of own family should waste an afternoon going to hear this man preach was too much for his serenity. They wore fools, and Moody was a fool; that was the man's attitude of mind as he sat on his verada. And then a strange thing happened. Suddenly this man beard distinctly the words of tho " Ninety and Nino" coming to him from across tho river. " And although the road bo rough and steep, I go to the desert to find my sheep. I go to the desert to And my sheep." Those words he heard and all the others up to " lUjoioe, for the Lord CONWAY brings back His own." And although bo tried to drive these words out of his head they kopt ringing tbero a 11 that night and the next day and for days to come. And then, somehow, they got iuto his heart and begau making troub.o thero. And do what no wouiu no couiu nut forget them. The outcome was that r..o weeks loiter this hard-headed reprobato (so ho was generally regarded) went to a prayer meeting in the very church whence these words had come to him, and arising to his feet told tho people what had happened and asked them to pray for him. And from that day ho beeamo a zealous member of Mr. Moody's congregation, aud could not do enough to show his gratitudo for tho change that had been wrought in him. For eight or n>ne years he served Mr. Moody as his powers best permitted, carrying trunks back and fortli between tho station and tho seminary, attending to the mails and making himself useful in other ways. And whenever Mr. Sankoy would come, to Northtteld this man would oomo forward and grip his hand and ask him to please sing tho "Ninety and Nine." One day ho lay on his doathbed, it was again a Sunday afterno >u, and it happened that this day was the one appointed for tho laying of tho corner stone of tho now Congregational church. And again Mr. Moody was conducting a great open-air meeting, but this time Mr. Sankoy took no part, being merely seated in tho congregation. At tho close of his address Mr. Moody, acting on ono of his characteristic impulses, called to Mr. San key and asked him to sing the " Ninety and Nine" while tho congregation bowed their heads in prayer. And us Mr. Sankey camo forward, somewhat disconcerted, for ho had no melodeon to accompany him, Mr. Moody said : " Never mind tho melodeon, get up on the corner stone and sing tho " Ninety and Nino.'" Mr. Sankey did so. And at this moment tho siek man across tho river turned uneasily on his bed and said to his wife : " I hear tho singing, open the window." llis wife thought Ins mind was wandering and tried to quiet him. " No, no," ho persisted, " I am right, I hear singing, open tho window." Then slio did open tho window and tho dying mau heard once more and for the last time tho words of tho hymn he iiad loved so much, tho hymn that had meant so much to him : " Rejoice, mr me l^ora urines naex ills own." AliL. SORTS OF PARAGRAPHS. Gatherings IVoin Our Exchanges on Various Topics ?A Mississippi man is at work on a Hying machine which, lie says, will settle tho mystery of the North polo. ? Florida alligator stories aro frequent ,but the latest und best is that of a saurian that entered a garden and attacked a woman who was hanging clothes on aline. Her husband came to the rcscuo and settled matters with a shotgun. ?Tho German agricultural papers make the remarkable statement that tho imports of American apples into the German empire last year were more than twenty times as largo as in any previous season, tho shipments in 1890 having amounted to 110 less than 0,000.000 double centners?tho centner being equal tj a hundred weight. ?It is said that Governor Johnston, of Alabama, will appoint twenty'delegates from that State to attend a Southern insurance convention to be held at Southern Pines, N. C., on April 28th and 29th. The object of tho convention is to boycott tho various Northern and foreign comp anies who aro taking money away from tho South. ?Ex-Senator David 13. Fii'l says of President McKlnley : " Ilo isastrong man, of force and clear ideas. lie Is a strong partisan, and I see that some people-have been criticising him for it. That is foolish. He has always been aggressive and no one can expect him to change now. He is man of ripe experience, and his knowledge of men and alTairs will stand him in good Htead now." ? Near Kuthorfordton, N. C., Mat Davis and a man named Matthews met, and were disputing tho depth of tho river. To satisfy themselves, they unuresseu unci vent in, out still could not agree, whereupon thoy got out their knivos and went at it hot. Matthews was pretty badly cut up in the face and oh the head, Davis receiving several ugly gashes. Matthews was carried home and is not expectod to live. Davis has not been seen since. ?Thero is more rain from September to March than from March to September, because the temperature of tbeair is then constantly decreasing, and thero is, therefore, a greator condensation of tho vapor into water, which falls as rain. Between March and September, on tho contrary, tho temperature of tho air is constantly increasing, and, with this increase, its power to hold vapor. Bonce, thore is less precipitation during that season. ?Tho Pennsylvania prison roport has sumo interesting statistics relating to tho condition of the convicts in tho penal institutions of that State. In 189G thero were received in the penitontiary (>23 convicts, of whom -192 had attended tho public schools and 38 had been pupils in private schools. Of the total, only 91, or less than 15 per cent, were illiterate, while four-fifths of the entiro numborr had received some benefit from the public educational system. Clearly whatever may be said of oducation as a preventive of crime it doos not appear that illiteracy is a necessary adjunct of crime, at least in Pennsylvania. rPhn Maur V/\t*Lr h'uAnl nnr P/iot uuua * ,1V 4 Vl " * * UWJO . Tho faculty of the Union Theological Seminary, this -olty, awarded the second place in tho graduating class ol 181*7 to Miss Kmilie Grace Briggs. Mist Briggs is tho daughter of Prof. Charlet A. Briggs, and she is tho first woraar who has over boon graduated from t Prosbytorian theological seminary. It speaking of hor graduation Dr. Thomai S. Hastings, tho president of the Unlor Theological Somlnary, said ho con uidorod that Miss Briggs' success mark ed an epoch in tho historv of tho Pros bytorl .n Church of the United StaCoi and in tho history of the advancomon of women. S. C. THURSDAY, A Another Shocking Tragedy in tdgefield. A SOIjICITOH'8 DKADLY lU I/MTT. II is Victim Died Almost Instantly Al'tcr Doing Shot?A Single Witness to the Deplorable All'air. A sad and unfortunate homicide occurred in Edgefield at ( o'clock on Wednesday afternoon. Sollol tor J. W. Thurmond shot and killed W. (?. Harris, a drummer for The Murray Drug Do., of nnlninhiiL S P. Mi* llui*i*ta iu h nephew of Collector of Internal Keveuuo Townes, and a son of W. G. Harris, a prominent cili/.cn of Kdgofled County. The trouble, it seems, arose ojt of the fact thai while Mr. rhurmond was a member of the Statu Legislature he recommended that Governor Evans appoint a gentleman named GLver as magistrate instead of Harris, the old incumbent and father of tho deceased. Since Mr. Thurmond has been solicitor ho has had nothing whutover to do with recommending applicants for positions of magistrate, but under Governor Kllerbe's administration Mr. Harris, senior, was again an applicant, hut Glover, who was appointed nv Gov. Evans, was rr ?nj"'n!. d by I.J Mr. \V. G. Harris, deceased, scorned to think that Solicitor Thurmond was instrumental in having it done and about it ho accosted Solicitor Thurmond this afternoon at about 5 o'clock in tho drug storo of W. E. Lynch. Mr. Uarris, it is said, had been drinking and us< d very hot language. Thurmond, to avoid dinicuity, left the Lynch btoro and went to his otV.ce. He was there engaged at work when Mr. Harris passed by on the way to his hotel, in company with Capt. DuHose, the proprietor. On reaching tho doorway to Thurmond's ofllco Harris stopped. Captain DuHose walked on a few steps. Tho subject of former discussion was again brought up by Harris, tho latter finally* saying to Thurmond time ho (Thurmond) had acted like a "G d d d dog and scoundrel,"and throw bis band to his pookot as if to draw his pistol and placed his foot on Thurmond's doorstep. Thereupon Thurmond fired from whero he was sitting. Harris staggered backwards and fcl 1 upon tho sidewalk. He got up and walked a few paces, when ho fell dead. Tho ball entered from tho front just below tho shirt stud and passed into tho cavity of tho heart. A jury of inquest was summoned, and, after viewing the body, adjourned until to-morrow. Groat regret is felt hero over tho occurrence. Solicitor Thurmond was never known to have had any troublo before and is regarded by everybody as a peaceful and law ahidinc citizen. He surrendered him self and is now in jail. Ho is completely ovorcotno by itis misfortune. Ho bus retained Messrs. Croft and Tillman and N. G. Evans to defend him. The Columbia Stato says: The tirst news of the tragedy in hdgeliold was received hero in a dispatch to Dr. W. J. Murray, saying simply: "Your Mr. Harris was shot and killed hero this afternoon." Dr. Murray was very much shocked at the intelligence and dozens of Mr. Harris's friends expressed i sincere regret. Mr. Harris had only left this city at H a. m. He had spent i the day preceding in Columbia and had i been up to the government building i to see his uncle. He was in tine spirits and it was hard to imagino the cause of the trouble which led up to his i death. He had given no one here any reason to think that ho was anticipating troublo of any kind. Mr. Harris has boon in the employ of the Murray Drug Company for several years. He was well known in the city both socially and otherwise. He was on the road the most of tho time and had friends all over the State. His homo was with his father, eight miles from Augusta, on the South Carolina side. Ho was unmarried. Will Harris was not of a quarrelsome or combative disposition and His friends here never heard of his having a quarrel with any one; neither have they ever heard of his carrying a pistol about his person. Solicitor Thurmond was to have been hero week after next, at which time the court of sessions convenes in spring session. There are three murder cases on the docket. What will bo done about a prosecuting oHloer at tho coming term, remains to be seen. i THE HEEI) DISTRIBUTION. Government Competition Disastrous to l'rivutn Enterprises and Destructive or Heed Improvement. Practical Parmer. The failure of ox-l'resident Cleveland to sign tho agricultural appropriation bill in tho closing hours of tho last Congress, brings before the now Congress the free Heed question, as tho item for this annual seed distribution was contained in that bill. In tho bill, which failed to become a law. tho item for free seeds was in a moro ob jectionable form than any precoding provision of this kind, showing tho steady growth of this ovii. Should the distribution bo carriod on and extended during the next few years as it ha9 been tluring tho preceding throe or four years, it is not difficult to see tho total obliteration of tho legitimate seed trado of tho country. At first thought, tho avorago farmer who sees tho prospects of froo seeds supplied on demand by his raem^or of Uongress, and in sufficient quantities for his , needs, may not look at it as much of an evil: in fact,may regard it as rather of an advantage. Hut wo are con' vinced that tho sober second thought of the intelligent farmer, will bo against tho whole system, and espoI daily so if tho etTect is to bo the ellm> ination of soodsmen as a factor in the 1 supplying of soeds. And for this reai son : No observing farmer who has > watched tho development of tho soed i trado during tbo last twenty-five or i moro years, and its ofTect upon the im I i provement of varieties of grains and | i vegetables, can but admit that the i seed man, alive to tho necessities of - his position, and the keen and iacroas ing competition of his businoss asso elates, has been a most potent, factor, ? tho main factor, in the introduction of t new varieties and tho Improvement of the old. This process of selection i kPRI L. I, 1BS=>7. and iinprovemont has extendod int every variety of gram and vegotabl trrown by the farmers and gardenei Not only that; lio lias maintained tb purity of old varieties and kept thoi vigorous and productive by the systoi of pedigree seed growing, which i now followed by all the leading seodt men of thin country. llow bus it been with the seed dit tributlon as undertaken by the gov eminent? Up to two years ago, who contracts wore made with leading am well-known seedsmen, tho seeds sen out by tho government, and purehasot in many instances from irresponslbl parties, wore inferior to those sold b tho seedsmen, it was a necessary con siquonoo of tho manner in which tin seeds were procured, and points vor, significant ly to what they will be in i few years, as tbo result of tho proson wholesale expansion of tho free sect distribution. With the execution o tho legitimate seed business, as is mos certain to follow tho governmental com petition at its present rate of growth will pass away tho present business ii terest in the preservation of t he proson typos of seed, both In purity and vigor and the search for improvement am for new types. The govern menta buying and distribution of seeds woulc bo as barren of good results in tin I., arc as it was in tho past, when i depended on private contracts to irro sponsible persons for its supply o seeds. Wo do not now recall tiie in troduction of a single now variety 01 the improvement of an old one, as n result of tho government free sect distribution. All these improvement! have come through private ontorprist developed in tho seed business. He jtroy this business, as tho proson governmental competition will if per s'sud in and extended as threatened and you destroy tho means by whioi improvement lias and can only como private enterprise intelligently dl rented on husiuoss principles. The supervision which lias directed tin growth of seeds and developed it inti i science, will ho gone, and withoui the competition which required and (lc manded tho host art of tho profossiona seed grower, it will becuno a lost art Wo say nothing hero of tho domoral i/.ing effect which this free seed husi ness has on tho farmer himsolf, or tin nbtitudo in which it places him as i ponsioner on tho bounty of tho govern meat, which no other industry asks o to which it would bo grunted. W< havo spoken of it before, and it 1h hi solf-ovident that it needs no comment The elTects on the art of improvinj strains of seed and developing ncv types, so essential to our agricultura interests, would he so disastrous, am so little has been said on that phase o the matter, that we deem it vitall; important to call attention to it. OI*I'OHKI> TO CIVIIj HKltVICK The Senators Will Consider the Pre priety of Repealing the Civil Sci vice Law?Shall Senators he lClecl etl by l'opuiur Vote ? The United States Senate indulge a few days ago in an almost one-side denunciation of the civil service lai and its administration. The jiuvtte catne up in the shape of a rosolutio nlTered by Senator Alien directing th committee on civil service to iuquir into tho dismissal of some half doze employees (microscopists) of tho buroa of animal industry in South Omah? Nebraska. 11 in assertion wan that th dismissals wore for political reasons. Senator Gallinger, Kcpublican, c Now Hampshire, did not favor th proposed investigation, because i would bring out so many hundro other like grievances ; and Senate Hoar objected to it on tho sum grounds?saying tiiatsuch a horculea task should not be thrown on any coir mittoo at ihis special session. Th civil sorvico law, as administerec was characterized by Senator Gallir ger as ' a monumental humbug." H favored blotting out the law and ri turning to a condition of tilings thu would " give to every man and woma an equal right to hold oilice with ever other man and woman." Tiiis declaration of principle was iq plaudcd by tho galleries, and tho ga lories were appropr iatoly lectured b tho Vice l'rcsidenton that breach i propriety. Instances of absurdity 1 civil service examinations wero fu nlshed liy Senators?Senator Gallingc mentioning tho requirement of wouli be compositors in tho govornmcr printing ollico that they should ho twelve times on one foot; Senator Wi son saying that civil service examini tions had been ordered in his State f< a cook in the penitentiary, and a sav yer on an Indian reservation; and eve Senator llawley, who ha<l been member of tho House committ( which reported the law original!, udmitting that*tho law had fallen ini a stato of "conspicuous incompetency and giving as an illustration tho fa< that when an army engineer in char; V>1 to u/nrlr (in I .nnir (vlllim) Sour had selected a competent inspector the person of a steamboat captai who knew every rock and Hand bar the neighborhood, the commission hci to him "a schoolmaster from Khoi Island." The only Senator who d fended the law and its admlnlstratlc waa Senator Lodge. The upshot of it, all wan that Sen tor Allen'a motion wan agreed to wit out a division, but amended so as instruct tho commlttoo on civil servii and retrenchment to inquire and r port whether tho civil service la should be continued, amended or r pealed. Senator Turpio, Democrat, of I diana, made an argument in favor ol constitutional amendment, to ma! United States Sonators elective by popular vote instead of by State Log latures. Ho summed up i\is arguine in those words: Tho ponding amor mtnt is in strict accordance with t groat precedent of progress and t vancoment (>ot forth in tho preainl to tho constitution. Our purpose is form a moro perfect union hy bring! tho national legislature in comph accordance with tho legislative a**sc blies of tho States; to establish granting to the voters of tho Sta that equality of suffrage which t present system denies; to perpetui the blessings of liberty to oursel1 and our posterity hy a further t nobler recognition of duties and rig mi kOV/tl L; illfci mfm &4KIH*5 POWDER Absolutely Pure. Celebrated for Its grout leaven inn strength and heiilthfolncss. Assuret the food against alum and all forms ol adulteration common to the cheap brands. ItOYAL RAKING POWDER CO., Now Y'ork inherent in all citi/.ons ; no that the supremacy of the people, never gainsaid, ho often with lips confessed, with the tongue asserted and maintained, shall at last be and hocomo a vital forco, a living presence, a fact accomplished in the government of the Republic. This will glvo to our past Its full meaning, to ttio future hope yet more abounding, and for the present it ' would place a iixod star in the galaxy of progress, visible in all the latitudes of liberty throughout the world, TAKING OAItK OI-'OIA) SOIjDIKIIS. A Suggestion That Kaoh County establish a Special Home tor Confederate Velerans. The Columbia correspondent of the Nows and Courier gives the following information, which embodies a new idea for nrnv itl i lie shelter and raiment [ for aged and indigent veterans : From time to timo suggestions aro r made for a Confederate homo, and on 3 several occasions hills have been [, offered In tho General Assembly looking to the establishment of such an Inj stitution in Columbia for the Statu at v largo. I Two years ago the general appro,1 priatlon for Confederate soldiers was f raised to $100,000, and by doing this, y perhaps, the idea of starting of a general Confederate homo, of which the expenses were to bo defrayed by the State, was abandoned. Tho impression is that the State will not undertake to ox pond more t ban $100,000 for tho Confederate soldiers who > are indigent, as whether this be suftielent or not it is all the members think the Statu can stand at this time. ' It is left to the old soldiers themselves how they wish this money expended, (j and the opinion among them is that (j they would rather have the money N sent diroctly to the pensioners than tc r have any considerable portion of it spent for tho support of a Confederate home. Tins feeling is augmented by (S tho idea that many of those who really n need help would not enter a Confedu erato home, from that koen fooling t of pride which now makes many ol J the old soldiers hesitate to accept as sistuneo. < Capt. It. S. Desportes has now conic 0 forward with an idea that each county ^ undertake the work on a 6mull scale, (l and on this line lias addressed the r following lotter to a member of the 0 board of county commissioners of thh n county : > COJ.UM Hi A. S. C., March 17. o Mr. Lowis T. Wilds, Columbia, S. C 1. ?My Dear Sir : I wouldrliko to enlisl ' your interest in a matter whioh I have o no doubt already has your sympathy 3- and this may bo tho opportune time ^t as I observe you are, in your oflicia n capacity, prospecting for a change foi y tho improvement of tho condition ol those of our fellow citizens who fall t( > tho necessity of asking nublio aid t< I- sustain life during the last remaining iu vears of thoir existence. You migh J * if not bo pormittod, technically anc n legally speaking, to provido for a clasi r- of persona, but tbeso things could be sr arranged, and no ono would have th< J- heart to object. I refer to some specla it and separate provision for old am p hoi pleas Kx-Confedorato soldiers. Th< 1- time 1b near at hand, if not hero al it- ready, when some few maimed anc >r impecunious heroes of many Holds wil v ask for shelter and bread. It has oc in currcd to me that in making thi a change for the said improvement o jo the condition of the poor of the countj y, you might provido for the erection of i Lo long narrow building, with a 11 replace ," in each room, and a long piazza ii ct front, and set it apart for theso old sol jo diors who servod their Stato and coun id ty in tho bloom of youth and youni in manhood, and who for tho next fev n, years will suffer for tho hare nocos in sities upon which to subsist, tit You will say, no doubt, that this 1 lo a poor roturn for valbr, but it is th o- only thing that it seems can bo done m if this can be. It would lie a home fo tho ox-soldlors of tho county at tho oj a- penso of tho county in the absence c h- a gonoral homo for tho soldlors of th to Stato at the ox penso of the State ce Should Klehtand County lead off 1 e- this high and patriotic mattor it rnigt iw bo that other counties In the Stal e- would follow, and tho obligation of th commonwealth would be discharged i n- detail. a If you concludo not to remove tt ko oloomosynary buildings now occupioi a raayDe you couiu orcci a uuuuiuk i is- described above on tho same lot for th nt purpoao. Yours very truly, id- K. S. DESPORTES. ^" ? An',attempt to acclimatize ostrich } " in southern Russia has proved su cossful. The ostriches born in Uuss * are much loss sonsitivo to cold thi tho imported ones, and their plum ky are equally good. tea ?In thehouseof Mrs. 1'aulinoShai ho who died tne other day In Columl ate City, ind., has been found over $5.( ves sooretod in various places. Mrs. Sha ind for a long time lived in squalid p< hta Lerty. - 1 1 X V NO ?Since 1880 Kulatnazoo celery has had firut place in the markot, and tho small Michigan town has built up a national reputation for itself on tlto strength of its celery-growing. Tho excollenco of Kalamazoo celery is said to bo duo to a small area of meadows or bottom lands, where tho soil consists of a peculiar form of black muck, tho result of vegetablo decomposition, especially favorable to thocolory's needs. These meadows are largely covered by glass hotbeds, by means of which four crops a year are raised. Tho work Is principally monopolized by Hollanders, occupying frame dwellings on their small holdings. It Is estimated that tho Kalamazoo celery beds produce 3,000,000 to 4,()(M),0<)0 dozen bunches per annum, netting the town at least $000,000. The carpenters of tho town supply tho wooden boxes in which the celery Is packed. Tho largest celery farm uudcr one management in the country is said to be that at Groon' town, Ohio, where lf>0 acres aro covor' ed with celery beds. t ?mrnamt* Tlio Host Way I'o Cure Disease is to establish health. Pure, rich blood means good health. Hood's Sursaparllla is tho One True Hlood Puritic;r. It tones up tho wholo system, gives appetite and strength and causes weakness, nervousness and (pain to disappear. No other tnedicino has such a record of wonderful cures as Hood's . Sarsaparllla. Hood's PILLS aro tho host aftor- j dinner pill; assist digestion, prevent constipation. 25o. t ?A Gorman naturalist has curiously developed tho " scarecrow " idea. Tho dragon lly Is a deadly onomy of tho mosquito, and tho naturalist has found by many experiments that tho dried bodies of a few dragon flies suspended by threads around the bed keep tho mosquitoes at a distance. There is nothing that causes women greater discomfort and misery than tho constantly recurring Headache. 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