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CITY AND. COUNTRY. I'dl ruthlav MVOut hlere aiong the trees, IVithi t le singin' l'irds and tle bi m1'' bees, A-knowil' that I Canl do as I please, Than io live what. folks enl a lift' of ease, l'p thar in the ity'. For I really don't 'xactly nll derstaitn' Where the (omlifort is fer any muan In walkin' hot bricks al' usin' a fan, Al' in enjoyin' himself as le says he can, U t.har in the city. It's kinjder lonesolie., muebbe yo u'll sav, A-livin' otit here day after 1in this kinder easyi, ereless , y lut an hotir out. here is bet-telr ' a day Ip thalr in the city. As fur that, ius' look at the ltlowers lroll U', A.peepin' th ir lia'as up1) all over the All' tilt' fruit :i- heildin' tile t 'ees way dowi. You doll't lin suielh tllings as tihese in lowln, ( I 'l tilel in tie city. As I Siiii af'ore, Such thinigs a' Ies th s, The flowe s. the birds, an' the ln'i' ' Ani' livin' out i heea n the i t t ' treI s, \\here you can taet your iase andtllo as you i please. Mank s it n (lt vit v. 'Now%. all thet talk donl't 'mlount' to snuff. 'li t this kinder life Ia-h il' roligh, An' I'm sur it'S Ple ghIY en 011n1y1', Anl' I't en t y n . 'at . t:liint' half in t1111 \ . kin ' in 1he city. [a NEW PA cR C'NSTiTUT0iN, CIIANGI MA Il- i a: i THlS STATE Si 10ClIAT IC CONVA* NTION. The t 'leetion Of' ' y Cmiteliit 1-'i.lng of' the 'ledg e ol'Canleitiate tian. aci'U :.ttct. a u s, Time o h etgof the i.s constitution ofte aty and as this -i. ea m ain a r' 11 of intens'e interest. the changes are given in full, The aduition, to Ohe ohi constitution appearin (n'Uosed in parenthesis : .\rticle I. Ther-e s4hall he one Or mowre emocrat"ie eihs organized in each township C ward. aih (If whieb AuS 'ha have a distinct title, " Tile - i - -- -l a ie .::'.''and! shall aleet a1 pre,;:etc:1z. M ne Il "r mor vi Ce p I denV11 , a rCC, ': ai 1i 6 a 1 orreS 1)01kli i - exr. l dat ur and taI I Xae i.'.*iwo'i tlig Coolle it. tee:.. of r:0: l than threeLh mnmbers each. v 1, .\ t 1mm ti tit n registra tion, an 0eXVCe \ 11 ' ttee and uchl ot~er om e d toeah eiuhi Illay\ seem axl-eent. t i' m tin of the club Of tht. CanaU V lhi ithllnln' 1VIlemner Of the eciih wi .n 6t d .pedtsel' deliver anl ii f practia Nbe. M via -01. ni ' on thv fourth ",X VO n Col vention. tn 1 : 11 :. :--, \i a inl M ay, rts i. i iXy Ni:i ii ' -Cti' n CearU Prov'.ed.tClLtil\ That i an t t e eiti ve 0om1 ti e ii 1' Ct. r ..i - n ;iy oter ay wto a a:.e :-in an tie-ft.r \uc lu nhotim lv a;:. tb I. ithed- count taie : :O. :. a '. :- . C e e t te to e h. '..i' e ::. .i . :- Cd de e at i ite Satt e zt as t it mems pqr in wn 1 ".I k 1 ew rilC ti miv. gext .r. e~at ta uhi and at fuch texr l).' -~ -f b'ttl of thal-e 'oln tbCer .th tut - uru forth lh'n~it'a icCX nud operate un n te to Iu. h.ei ' t be ele te eeth. thr u ' -- -in t~ th a'aey e u- prv of th e cmite ahn tvote. ne a es (intans en he'tatct fl f'ol iall: ,.t't p art - vei dethu~ ijetona yei' coas j tions ad be ard by te F'. mt euutiv comm(itte to etrn geatle t tae 'riornvenior Live c'mrpoitie f lcin de. at ti'let nth inmber "'~ *he IL~.mocrair exeit Ive cm -- the ae by theotatei t*xe . .a. mfittee, toi eet evey ria''~a cctione yarmn on the. a tu 'wei snha an'eed ever JS~taetee-.ion i rount ang it l~atei'onv eient :Od ne 1' mr Wie dea May erc Cvention 'a. pcirnt r 'cn tes eoi'ttuo of er cu (In all elction wita -ouiter f~ fnover' majorwtyclrae c tin acoding to hi (eatirwi county conventions repctvla. a gethee wit the hairrrisan oftsco stitution.nrwt h a Ahrtcle V.emorathe puxpc o- - mc naite andiate cont Govenorlo ten omteno and all oter St ofirmamon incuds molbirs peinte repective ce pridets, a nrsMe tay.n raue.Aycut co v n i n m y p rm t o e o n z In their reecetivo districts, (an< United 4tatos Senators and all coulta ollicer except magist rates) and m1as tors and supervisors of registration a diroct primary election shall be hold on tho last 'Puesday in August of cech election year, and a second and third primary each two weeks successively thoreafter, if necessary. At this 0l0c tion only Demiocratie white voters wlic have blee residents of the State twolvc months and the county sixty days pro cceding the next general election, aiid such nogroes as voted the Democratic ticket in 187i, and as have voted thc Democratic ticket contiuotisly sinice, to be shown by thee certilicato of ten white Democratic, voters, (Who will pledge theimiselves to support, the nomi Inoes of Such elections, may vote), pro vided thlit lie personi shll 11be allowed to vote e xcept his nam1e he enrolled on the particular club list a. which lic olers to voto at least five days hofore the day of the first election. (llacl club shall haivo ,a separato polling lace for primary eleetions.) The elu rolls of the part y shalI conStitute the registry list and "shall be epen to in spect-ion iby any Imemiber of tile party, anid tite election unlde'r t I Is .clause dhall be Ie1d and regulated uner the Act of the (;eneral Assembly of tLhis State, approved Iceember 22. 188, and any subsetilent Acts of the l egislatire o I is statte. The State executive corn iiittlee shall imeet on the lriday after each prl iimary, or stil other timei1 iat iay be designited by the chaiiman, to cailvass th vote anid declaro th result as to all State otficers, Coigr-.ss lilen and Uniited States Senators. .\ll contests for all nominations i priinary elections shall be heard firsl by the county executive committee o0 the cotunty in which such irregular ities may have occeu rred, and may le, reviewed by the State executive corn liittee, whose actio shall he final: provided, that no Vote shall be count ed for any canilitate who does not file: with the chairman of the State execu tivo committee, or with the respective chairmi n of the county executive coii. imiittees. a pledge in writing that Ie will abide the result of such priiary and support the parly 1nmilees. anm that lie is not, nor will lie become the Cnduidate for any faction, either priva tely or publi ely suggested, other thar the regular Democratie nomination provided further. that no candidiate shall he declared nominated ui less li receives a tuajority of the votes eas1 (for the otfice for which lie is a candi date. I'ro vided, That tiie pledge 01 such candidate shall be tiled on 0l before tile day of the first camapaigI meeting of the county or State i'e specitively.) o Article \ 11. The oficers of the State coniveition1 shall lie a president, one. %ice presidenut from each Congressiona distriet, two secretaries and a treas Lii~etl. Article \'ill. The State executive L'omminitte shall be comiposed of oll. neiii leer froi each cou nty, to be elect. Od by tile cotnty collven tiolls oil the( first Monday in \ay of each electior Vear. When elected said executive Lollittee shtil choose its own oleers, 110t, DVe essa l' i i' e lbers t*'elk'of Ilerioi to said election : l'rovided, That ani slieer so elected wiho i5 not a lieli hers of the coinnit tee shall not be en titte'd to a vote en any queztion. e xe pt the Cilai'irnall. and thell only inl case of a tie. voe. The State executive corn luiutee shall Imeet at, the La.1 of the Cehaiirtn or an1 ivie Cuilers, and at such tilme and aIce as lie or they ma appoint. The lell ber of the National 0hinocratie' e.xe.cutive collit tee from South Carolina .halli be elected by thle .\lay State convention in 1 ie, and every foulr years theireafter, and ivhell elected shali Ihe ex otfieio a mlembler Il the State e xecut ive committee. \'aeai. eies on said exectutive comimittee, by~ de'ath, resignation or otherwise, shah h'e rilled bcy the respective couty ex eeutive coitmiittees. The State execeu tive comminit tee i~s chargeud withi the e xecution01 and direction o.f the pol1ies ojf the party in thIiis State, subject tt tis conistitution). the priniciples5 (I. lare ie~~n the pl~atform Of priinciples,5 ali: suhl inistruction, by resoluition or nitiw-c. as a State conlventioni it) re.' : timue to timte adopt. noet jino ste'lt~ ithi thiis const ittion andi 111 hlat. con)tinute ill oflice for two year: romui the time of election or tinLtileil ,:ec'essors have been elected. (T'he cc Lri'mittee shall n om iniate I'residential e e.eters5 and if any vaace occurS ii: aeitate tie'Kel or of etectors or 01 ii her of tihe nat 1.iona executive com le~e by d eathl. res ignlat 11 or' other -e. the comintittee shall have the *..r.? to :lii the vacane by a ma ty~ vote eof tihe whlie commlIittee. .\~eeiN. The vote ini theC respiee * r'lnties for all of the State otli er.(sges-Onen, and(I n itced Stateu a ns:-shal he transmitted by the e.. .aen of the respective county exo aive. commin~ttee~s to the ebiairnan o1 t ..e -tate exeutive coimmeittee as early a- prati :hl> after eachl primary, whe d~.:poce to canvass tile veo and .rtie'. N . \\'hen the State conven-l I (:: a i- m I'es it shallI be called to ordol . Ii rmlanl e the State ex-Jentivc Co n litittee. .\ temporary chaei rmial lah henomintedt and .alected~ by the I c' littion, and after its organ izationi the ecor. entilonhll pr11 eoceed immed1(1i ad y to th0 ceection of permianien -:r anul tee the t ransact ion of 1,ui n. I \hn the h..inelCe has beenI con. h-ied it ab..i djrn iine 11 die. Ar'.eleN I Bfore. theI IiCAtini it ' ii a ac. eectio threcafter. the - - es '.o a. 'and..idates foe T- oaddee-ti c lpeopl.e o c - --: . e Sate, fix tion o a-t - power to fill any V yr... . Article XI\'. This cjr t.t..,. :.a. .he amended 0or altered ait the r':'~ I) May convention of the State or at ane a convention called spoeitically for thi l purpose, the call for iwihih shal 'specify the changes to be made. .5 ArtIcle XV. Any county falling e a refusing to organize under the pr< e vIsIons oif this constItutIon sihall ne di have repriesentation ini tile State I) i-fmocratic convention. - D). 11. TVOM[PK1NS, ChiIrmane. IT. X. GUNTE:R, Bietay o --A lrgeiquntity of Getorgia ma11 tob te n the c n~ ructior. HOME THE DEAREST SPOT ON EARTHI BIlL AMP TAL.HS ABIOUT FLOW. "'its. lie Goes into icestacles Over Nait ure'v iteautl h'ul Bloomns aid Uredits lih Wire With ltMaking Him Work. I ami not a II ligi it, but have bee: told ther6 is no languago but ours tha lia a word or expression signifying " home " In the swcot, sentimenta mean ing that wO attach to it. e10Cre ar words enoughothat mean a dwelling house, an abiding place, but home ha: a broader compass and includes all the emotional surrounldings-tho garden the well, with its old oaken bucket. o: the crystal spring at the foot of th hit ll--the vinIes over. the dioorl and or the lattice--the shade trees, the lanid scapo view from the w inadow. the cradle and the old armn chair: th clock onl the mantle, the pictuire-, 01 the walls, the faithful watch dog,. ti playful kitten, and even the crickets chirrup on the hearth. it 't more that all these are the loved ones who mee us and greet us at the threshold. The wiso men tells us of the timi whe man goethi to his long home am the mourners go about the streets Outr home here is very brief, we know but is the dearest spot. on earth. ant should be loved and clerished by ever; one who goes out from its sacred por tals or aetuirns with in them to I-es from the calres of a busy world. It i one of miy constant regrets that ther are so Imany good people in tihis grea big world who have no home--not al arer on tod's green earth they cal call their own. If every family had a home the children would grow u; bt.ter citizens, better patriots tile parelits would hold up thei heads and be thankful to God for hi blessings. The good wife and daugh ters would treasure the vines the plantcd, and the llowers they grew il the front yard-Ilowers that are th smilles of Cod upon a sin-cursed world Til e poet Says : l'The World l a I ha n thing too ba la tow; l-'rom mur , n sth e i* ur joys mu-t ilon And t hat dear plaace our hlie.' I was rumimainating about things as sat in my veranidah in the shadow o the vinles--the Virginia oreoper, th madiera and cinnamon vines that hi day and by night are elimbing highe' and higher, enlarging and unfoldiin: their tender leaves that will sooi cover the trellice. I love to watch thei daily progress. I built the framneworl for these vines and am proud of it ovel though my wife did boss tiht jol and ile, teo. 'Twas she who made Im :at tile pobts out two feet from ti edge of the verandah and brace then to the top of the column mis. 'Twas sit who suggez.ted canlies from the cant brake-long canes that were stuck i1 the ground and their tops cut ever ani fastened to the crossbar. Thes canes are just one foot apart and am laiterlaced with horiz.ontal canes, ails ft foot apart. and the basket worl kce js the whole fabrie good and stroIg Stronig and vigorous vines0, have al Itad V a eiblld and tw inted around ever canie. but she said there must be win. dow - in the lattice, so that we coul sit. in our chalits and see the trainsz g< by and the carriages and bicycles ant funeral prOceSsion ;s and pienlic partie; and the children go ihg to school Im fok at oiur mneilihors who live aeros: the wav. S. there is a space of tlrae feet where the vines elina close to the rpendic ular poles, bu1t are not allow ed to send out any borizontal shoots Thaistgive u ls amllle v isior of the outem world, and I sit daily in my big arui chair and re.-t my feet uploni the railing tad ruminlate upon life with its bless igs and am thankful that I live. Ju tst a wordt abhouit thiat railing. I ut ed to be abot three feet hiighI an:d top1 rail too high a'nd the bottom oni. too low for a good foot rest. So whet I bought the propecl ty the lirst thiinug didi was to recfortu the lonig verandah it cost but a trille to take out the urp righlt pieces anid lower the telp rail an) irun a middle one and then put shor stoilare pieces be tween thiem and alter nate thlemi liko a road to Jericho. Thi *makes the cheapest and most coinfort able railing ini the world, and gives al old man choice of thr eo elevations fo his feet anid gives a modest woma choice of two. I have alr-eady obser-ve in my brief life that there are twa classes of people wvho like to elevat thir pedal extremities w hen in a stat of desuetudite- -oltd men and lazy lawyer Old age is eaxcusable, for his legs air tired, especially when his corporosit' inceaes~' with advancing years, or h is bossed arountd the tlower- gar-den b his loving w ife ;thec average lawyer excuasale, too, 1 suppose, for it is th br-ain that quickens the flow tof bloo to the extremities, andl if the brain ha nothing to) work oin-no cases, ino clienat -the legs get sleepy and must hav rest. I can tell a towna loafer's age )pett well by his paostuire when scatetd. A told, conifirmed loafer wants two chiaira *one to res~t Is feet upon. If ho is lawyer lhe profers it table. I Iut I am oilf the subject againi. was thinkinig about the llowers-th new anid beautiftil Ilowers that Mrn *Ar-p got from Mr. Berekmian-thes cannias that are0 so gorgeously lovel, anti are now blooming into beat WVe hlad some yellow ones before, biu notw have other colors thamt arc bril liant aiid attractive- I tdecorated in vegetable garden last year with su llowers, but I doni't think liy wif fancied them- She said they matd her- eyes tired, but sho is delighte with the car imsoni and oranigo and vai r ieagated cannais and lier Marnescha Neil raises and earnation pIiks. Sh wanlts only1~ $: oir $3 wvorthi of noi lower- aevery sprinig, and up to tIm im :has hlat it, thank the gee I od for Iis mecrcies. Th'e weathe has been awftil hot, but I have had t -.aind fork up theo ground an] hau - ft .t!er ite whoo barro an d la; n theol ones andI tote water an< - iOan raike aroiuind tilli m; n: .nts weemos and -- -.. -'. fe. - - 'ed 'a do ii)In threP0 ' . . 'ding iiy rhetumatii n .l* LlaX e' cornms and1( thu a a:ia aa,:a .-i. the aight, and sU I - - t.y , water evepy eve a)a " . l' -. L r man servanl -'' l t 'h . . w all, cons ioif 1 '. 1 ai., ar' the giarls smnih. -..' *.' ea tr> seo how a littb -.ua u ,. .-pr-rme en. H ;M a .e': yesta-rday from a sulfer t I ing benediet, w ho says 1h18girls wantet 1 1 hm to stop chopping and sowiing pea: anti send senme help to take up the car r llots antd whitowash the pal ings anm the trees anal the p)ig peni and clean uj it thaings generally, for seine town kin -folks were threatening to visit them girls, but his wvife re-enforced then '1nd1 said they dident ask such favori mt twIce a year and wer-e the bese dlaughters in the worild, and e-h< rthought he maighit sparoe a hand for a ,day or twoi and now he writes to na take a hand from the fild or not No of course not. The way to do-l to do all these little bortschold jots yoursolf. Yonucan tuko upa car pet and hang it on the paling and beat the dust out of it as well as any body, and whitowashling Is nothin g but good fun. You can hang a window curtain or put in a puIO of glass or mond a baby carriage or repaint the mantle piece. My girls papered every roomii in our- house. Their mother trained us all to do these things, and it savcs a lot of money. Nly friend, that whitewashing must be doe if the world comes to an end. LAet the c'iton sufer for a day. 1 ex pect you have too much planted, any how. It erybody around here has. The good wife and daughters have to stay in the house or about it nearly their ti 3ne3, and it should be made 115 pleasant and inviting as possible. Yours in sympathetle bonds, 1311,L Ami'. WC14IAIAY CIROP BULLETIN. Genl Jimilprovemlent Caused by file IReceit ItaIns--Iintited Arcas StIll lDry. I Th is bulletin covers the weather and crop conditions for the week end ing Saturday. May 2:3. and in its prep aration were used reports from one or 1more correspondents in each county of - the State. . The averago mean temperature of 1 40 places for the week was 79 degrees, the same as for the previous week, and was dIe to somewhat lower day ten peratures, but warmer nights. The m ueans ranged 'from 71 at liagood to 83 at Gillisonsvill. Tho normal for the week is approxiately 72. The maxi mum tepll)eiature was 100 'at Black villo on the 17th, Gillisonisville on .the SISh, and Cheraw on the 21st: the - minimum was o0 at I3atesburg oil the r 21st. Greenwood on the 22d and 2.ld. There wOrO nunmerous showers dur ing the last three days of the week over the greater portion of the State, but in lower liarnwiill. (olleton, Hlampton, Charleston and Hleaufort counties the rainfall was either very light or entirely absent., and there the drought was intensilied to the detri tuent, of crops genlerally. Thore arc otber limited areas where but little or no rain fell, as follows : In the vicinity of Hawthorne, Windsor and Oakwood, Aiken County Spring field, )re!.g.. borA :g Z: .l rdlan, Clarendon County : Winus boro, w ost ward to Broad River, ia'rlield County; portions of Pickens and 'reenville counties: Water;uo, .aurens County: 'overty t.l 11111 a l Treitol. -:dge licid County : Santuck, l'nion County Lit tle lountain3, Newberry County :1and Icesville, Lexing ton County. Ifeavy rains damaging crops and washing lands occllcd inl a Lkt, Ci r iland, Greenvilve. l'icken-. and Anderson and I-'irtield counties. Ilail fell in various wve--trn and central couities on the 21st and 22d, damaging the ;tands of otto to some extelt. The fo'.lowin0 heavy rains were re ported: Coluhia 1.20; Greenville 2.07: 'loreniei e 1.11: Ellingham 2:3: Camuden 1.o: F..1oro 1.50; 1Uberty 1.51 : Central 1.30 : l'inopolis 3 2-1' I jarlington I..i. : Statetburg 1.51 Clemson Coliege 1.2.1. Six other places roported amon ts from 0.5)o to 1.00 inch : and 22 places amounts under (.50 of an inch, tWe average of 42 re ports being u.-ll and the noirmal for the State is apprloxiOimately 4 1. The sunshine ranged between 71 aad 90 per ccent. of the 1>sw.ible. except in Blerkeley and Williamsburg counties, where it rang.'d ht ween :10 and (i0. The general cond ition of erops is decidedly better than it was ont the previous week, the exceptions being contined to those sectionfs whero there was little or no0 rain, as alreadly noted. and elsewhere to such crops that were too far advanced towards maturi ty or were too nearly ruined by the prlevious d1roughit to 10ho ene ittced by the late rains. Corn has made nati..factoryv ad vance in growth and has been generalI Ily well culitivated , c lean, hecalthyv and of good1 color. In places it wilted badly during the day. .irl iest plant ing is about ready to "lay by."' lad worms did someW dhmage ton bottoms ini I-'.dgelield County, but generally worms1n have given very little trouble. L ate corni cominog up1 and~ .0,ome being Ipllanted. WVith the exception of smiall and coruparatively un iiimlpo:taniit areais where the stands were damaged by hail, and also wvhere it is juist coming up, or canie up irregularly, cotton is in line condlition. it is of fair growth and imnproving :is of good, healthy color, wiell IculIti vated and only a few Ssections are thbreatened with grass. it is free from I iets and disease gener ally. Th e d roughlt did cotton no ap piarent i nj ury, and the abnor'mal heat sin1ce plainting favored its development. Sriu ares aire formiing plentifully on A priil cotton. T1obacco growing wvellI and trans planin~lg is again being p~ushed1. Plants continue searce, and( soime in bedIs are too0 Large to transpllanlt, so that hands intended for tobacco are being put to Icorn. WVheat ino the western cou nties prom-i iscs a fair yield, but elsewhere-o is Spoor. Oats arc generally poor, amiO s pringi oats will ai~mit, to noth ing. Wheat andl oats harvest quite general. SSugar andio rinho enne1CiO are ini very - oodl condition andI seemingly have not sug Iered from lack of rain. Melons generally in bls( om andl .looking oromiising. I lnvo e n at00iltackc ild andii are dlying fromt a funjgus dis (3ase in lower liliehlanid County. - Swvoet potaito draIwH beingi tirans Ipdlantedl anmd are doing wellI. lIn New berry aind Unioin counmtlirs are beiing wa'iteed. Irish p)ota~toes areO not, prlom ising, and are oiferior quhal ity and1 IsmnalI size generally Gardens are somew hat revivedo, ibut, vegetables are very searelo and of poor quality. In plaos gardens aire en t~Iro ly ruined. I ru it prinospoets are poor. I'l'ne continue to dropi and apples to rot on the trees. It is the oii on of coir respondents that, the ox treimo heat was tunlfavorably for fruit. Ie'l no black berry crop) ini Pickens Cou nty, and( generally over theo w hole Stato. C~oluimbla, h-. C. T'1ho famous sun51 ion500 brIdge at Niagai-a falls, wvhich was bullt, In 1855, is to bo superseded by a now steel struicture, wvith an arch 550) feet long and 2(60 feet above theo water level "IThe) old br-ige, buil11t by LIoobl ing," .says Th'ie Chicago Chiroicle, "was I one of the modei n v-ondoers of the world, as it, wa~s the fIlrst, sun pension brIdge huilt, for the purpose of carry iIng railiroad tr-ainm. The new bridge will, hlowever, bo a gr-eator marvel of sciee than the (ld. It will have two hlors, tile uiIpper for r-aiway trains and the lowor for- a roadway, foot walks and trolley tr-acks. The new bridge will be built, on the exact site of the old1 suspenisionl affair, but there will bo no inteiference with trafilco, which is one of its greatest marvels. Them work will occup~y about cix A DIS.GU8qrlD POSTMASTIalt. HO Gives Preildent Oleveland to Untlerstaat that fie Owns the Post Oflee. 'Squiro Zanford is displeased with the present administration. The lsjulre who was Postmaster at May Bioom, was recently removed, or rath er was informed that hereafter .hi8 public duties will be discharged by some other citizen. Upon receiving information of his dismissal, tho'equire addressed the following letter to the president: " I reckon you think that you've done a mighty smart trick, or bendin' down here an' tryin' to havO me put outen my own house. This here post oillee belongs to me, I want you to un derstand. I built the shanty and dug the well.- Thar never was no mail in this hero community till I started this yore ofice. My oldest son fetches the stuff over frum the railroad, 20 milcs frum here, so you see we've got everv thing in our own hands. I think you have jumped up the wrong rabbit. You can set up thar in a rockin' cheer an' chaw your torbacker an' spit over teh banisters, but you can't git none uv the best Uv ie. Tamper along with. me an' you'll think you've trod on a wildcat's tail. Oh ! I'm here, an' mily name ain't ID)nnis, nuther. My father could split 500 rails in a day an' my sister married the muan that shoved the steer offen a feray boat. I don't kere nothin' for the monel that's in the ollice. A dollar an' a half a year ain't no moro to me than 25 cents is to you, but I don't want to be fooled with. No, it ain't for money that I kere for, but I do kere for the standiu' that, the ollico gives ie in society. I am a great hand in society. Presidents is ung-rateful. it hain't been mnor'n two weeks sense I naied one of my boye arter you. lie is ID years old an' up to two weeks ago wo called lhm Buck, but thinkin' that you would do tile squar' thing we changed his name. Now, sense you have turned out to be) again us we are goin' to call him lhluck agiLl. Sho'tly arter you tuck your seat, a man wanted t) bet me you wouldn't be in vilice mor'n a year till yOL would make some big mistakes. I bet him a cow. Artei I got 3our notice tellin me to git out, I driv the cow over to the feller's house an' told him that lie had won her. You not only cut a man's pri(le. but you break min up in business. I believe you take pwasure in makin' a feller feel bad. I wh -Ji you would consider all this, an' let me know as soon as possible. W'rite the letter as soon as you git this an' give it to the mail rider early the iiext mornin'."-Arkansaw Travelier. GRtADUATING ISAS A Welcome Iunioviation in School Conimnm enceint. HExercises. Writing of "Girls and Literary Ual'nisthen'ifs," in the Ladies' 11omoe lournal, E.dward W. Iok directs iu1006 atLenuon to the literary reatures of girls' schools' com ience ment exercises, especially the su'ijects for essays v osen for or by graduatiig students, which lie holds, in very many instances, are entirely innappro priate. Mr. Bok n rites that " When Ahe parents and friends of the gradu Ates assemble to see the honors of the iclo)Ol year coming to their girl" it is nly natural that they should wish to ;et somle assurance that the money Jevoted and the time given to their 2ducation shall not huav~e been for naught. But I do not think that these parents take the slightest pleasur-e in seeing theli' daughters wrestle with the topics given themu for their essays --topiCs that are nearly' always far b.ayond the ken or' concption of gir-l hood. I took the pains last .June t' carefully follow the reports of comn mencement in di tlerent lparts of our con try, and the mistaken topies d is. 01ussed in gr'aduiating essay's wcrc some thing r'emarikable.'' A mnong the topics r'eferrmed to he cites "A 11listomy of Civil ization,"''' I3iipbl ic ver~isus .\lonarchyi,'' "' Trade5' Unions and .\onopoly for Labor," "TIhe Negrj~io and'hlis I ighlt to \'ote," and others (qu1i t as inappr~mopriate for girls to write upJon. M\l'. ibkc contends that "there arie lenIty of topies to be found in the recalmis of history, ar't, astr'o niomy, liter'ature or music, which, if commencement cssays ar'e deemed necesaryand, to my mind. they are noteanhefar' more wisely cor accept ably discussed th in those referrmed to. Hut why have commencement essays at all y For the most part they bore the audience rathuer thamn interest it and bore the girls who read them, too, I fancy. In sever'al of the colleges. w hos3 comm nencement, pr'ogramns for last yea" lie before me, I notice thiat the tradiitinal essays arceommni tted, and simplly genew'ai exerceises were followed, or~ an address by a prominent, educator was given. Trhe change is a welcomi one, and the principIals of co)1ll'e Lthroughout, the country will be v .e if thty imitate the examples of NO PO~4L'i0S IN IT. Thie lIslghnsar'y Willl be tuin oni Strict. EInmsiniess Prlincipiles. Thel, Stato I ioar'd of Control has Is suied tibe following cir'cular' letter' whi ich e:xpluain Itself: ')I:IM IA, N, C., May 25, 1X91. 'i'o Countlly I )ispensor's: Inrform ii tion has besm rceivedl at i s ollice thbat in soume of the counties of this Ntuuteo l)lspensers have announc 0(1 thmemsel ves as ecandidates for' dilfer' en, L 11i1o' to be ll led next fall. TIhec Statte lind Ioit'f'Conitrol has ordered that whbenm a.Ilssp'nser announces hiimnself as a cnid ate forollhco he must at once resign as l)ispenseor, This is to warn and notify all l)ispensors who violate l.hiis iiom'ativye torder of the State I itard of Control, that upo pr lioper' evidlenco they will be promptly remov' (3d by the State I oar'd of Control. lIn connuiectioni with th is, w( take oc (asIin Lu) stateo that ',ho State Hln(- of Conmtm'oi demands that, the I)ispensers carry out the l)ispensary law strictly andt to tihe letter and~ that, no violation will lbe permitted under penalty of in stant, remnoval. It is the'I i'lrm in telltioni of the I loai'd that the busIness of the l)ispensar'y shlallI be cond uctedt on str'ict business pincmliples,. and that politics shall have no par't in) its mantagemenut. Wm bm-: .JONEi8. Chairman Stato Hloard of C mntrol. N, W. St-'imuuas, Oler'k Stateo lioam d of Conitrol. --Governor i'vans has granted a commutat ion of sentence whereby the tine of ,Iohn R. J)ial, who was coni victed of violatIng the d ispensariy law in Laurons recently, was r'educeed fr-omn i$i50 to $100, the alt-rnative imprison ment being left the same. -A negro named 11lurh Cox was killed by lightning a few (lays ago near the Marlboro Cou nty line. I~e was in i the field nloughing at the ime. GOV. OLAUDJ MATTHEIS A 13'l 1 Skolbhi orlIn(liaa,%'s Fayvoitq Son--fle Will be Ur ged fa' lite Pl.e Itlontal Noaltiation. 1P, J. Aloran in A tlanta Constitution. Born in Kentucky fifty years ago Governor Matthews was educated a Center college, in that, State, and Is A graduate of that Institution. Shortl after his graduation he removed to Indiana and married the daughter ano only child U ox-Governor and ox United States Senator James Whit comb, one of the ablest and best o Indiana's early statesmen. Inmediatol0 upon his marriage Governor Matthewt settled 1pon IL farn in Verlil ior county, and has from that hour to thi been, in every sense of the word, A' practical farmer. lie b(3ecUmo largly interested in live stock, more especially short-horn and -Jersey cattle, and wae the moving spirit in the very sue cVssfully organiz ~atlons which have gtrown up in the past few yealrs in tie. United States and Canada for the in provemeznt of cattle. He is a nittural leader of mier., ai it was, therefore, natural that wher 010 DeimocratiC l)arty of the county 01 \rmillion and surrounding counties in 1876, seeing tile necessity for nomi1i iating a strong man for tile legisla buro to OVercomoj a large lIpIblical mahjority, chose unanimouly youi1 L'iarner Matthews, who went into the race, as le (oes everything else, witl 6vill and enargy. OvercUnming tiL age Republican majority of 200. lt was elected by a muajority of 250. It l 90 the Deimocrats of the State, desir mig tile strongest and most I I.-et. v nan to head tile State ticket as .aandidate for Secretary of State, soughi l'armer Claude Matthews and, prtc Aially without any effort, on his part tiominuted him11 for that high t'llice do well did he satisfy the r(quile. ments of tile trying position of a can. .lidate at tile head of the ticket, ant later the requirements of the respon. ,ible ollice ol Secretary of State, that, when two years had rolled around and , governor was to be electea the diemo. 'ratiC palrtV of the State again turnL Ats eye oil S icttry of State Mattliowt ind diemided that. instead of being eLLnominated for Secretary of State, the mnly persoll"! aibition ho at that time had, lie snould cCel)t tile lolination ror' govel-ilor. This le did and earrieu he State by the largest muajority eve givon to ia candidate for governor. In this enlarged field of usefuilnest lie met q(juarely every obligation thbat was put upon him. 1le is in 1O bens" .f the wori a triniuer. lie bclievet hat, the best serviceu any public of icial canl do his party is to honestly, rearlessly and intelligent y d iseliarge Ahe duties of the posi ton to w h1 icl tie 'Otcs of 11s counltirylei have ele'vated Govemrr Mlattlews is iL man of broad .iCws. 11-' could not, be called a one den manl. from aiy posSible stand oilit. In tile adm1in istrationi of the >ulic ai'i.tirs wit which lie has been mntiruted lie has shown aL a.1 tines ,he broaIds11t, iiberality coistet with ,he plbieic good, and tibe li gest ty pe >f moral courage. It has never o Lirred to hii. and never would occur ,o him, tl it, thiere was anythiig for a mublic oli ial to do but his whole duty, oder all circumstanCes. Governer Matthews has many quali ics which especially ilt him for a pr - idential candidate. as weil as for ,he >residency. lie is esentially a man if the peollc. His Demiiloeracl.,y is of he warp-and -woof of his characteri. :1 is knowledge of men comes from his :lose cotac:Lt with meni. It imay be ruly s-aid oif him that from his 'very >ariiest boyhood he haIs touchied elbows vith the world. H is m-.in ners are IligniLlied and engaging. lie believes a the fuliest possib11 le dieussion of all nestions aleetinzg his party and hiis >unizti'y, and is ready at, all ti mes to ove the fullest aieniice to quiestjine sonceiruing party anid public welfare, vhether thle viewts exprei'ssed atgree vithi his o~vn or not. Hec is a clean man in every relation >f life. lie woulId miake a l 'resident, ol v nom the whioIle ntry might well >e lproud. Inudiana will present him i v itl. enthutsiasmn andl puts h h is canididacy vithi earnestness, belicyving t[hat slie vyI iihereb be doing thme whole coun ,r nlervice. t. Ihtndall writes as follows in lisa orresp~ondence from Washington to ,hie A ugu-tLa Chrioniile: I see that senator Till mani, at the South Caro i naU con Ven tiion, mado goodi h is bJoas~t, ri a recenit debate with Sen-ator 11l1, hat lie C(oild dlo whalt the New~ Yorker vouldi fa Il ini accomnphlish ing, control lie comnmonwieal th lie represented. suppPoo that it might have been just .ia well toj (iiit, the denunciation of Aeveland, as the Iowa Democrats d(id, but TLilIlmnan anud h is followers are at lea4t frank, hold m1en1 and prefer the pitchfor-k systenm. In that South 2ar'o Iu lal )1tform or coinmiittee report there were some11 st.iiong, timely and rinzginug dcclarae~tiomis that bin g hack thbe spirit of Thlomais .lelTerson in Ia way I hecartilIy appilrove andI wvhic h will meet wvith the cordial asseiit of paL triots everywhere. The silver cause S i oarein zg oni and( it wVill control the Ubhicaxgo con venitioii so that, if any hiolLi nr is to he done. thc gold nmen must inauguraite it. Th'lere is a lHrook lyn, papfer al rea~dy counselling such action ini advanic: but Senator lull w'.ill never couniitennce it. If Senator Tellr', its is likely. depnert, from the St. b/mi-; convention and( virtuailly abandon the lI epubl icans, it is not limploss~Il t,bIa he atndi Senator \Vl-I thalhl. of M\ ississi ppi, ma~y he nioinaitedl at Chicago as aL wining ticket for the West andI S',mth. Thei priob~abil ities, however, favor Stevenson and somel 10astern man, like Black, of Pe'nn sylvania or St. .lohin, Ncw York. At piresent, however, thme platform is the primal consideration and, when that is settled, men to fit' It will not be di f luulL of obtainment." ---A New Orleans ma&n th us speaks of ha t city in the Washiigton Timies: Th'le metiopol is of thme Southi is really n at phlenlomenalIly piros perouis conidi ion1 at the piresent ti me, amiil the citi ens5 haIve somre t:hdmii for th~ r driearns if gireat ness. In thme last i-i months Ii,EI000.000) hushiels of corn w ere sh i pp~ed 'rom Neow Y ork, whlile 15,i)00,00 bI t ush >1s were expoirtedl thbrough New Or eans. Othe r figureOs (of expoits atre :orresp~ond' ngly. largo in com11patrison). and it, is n:t, all imiprobabhle that Ithe paltie of the Souitherc n city3 will soonm 'I val, if not surpass, that of New --Wtade3 II. Malinning, wvho was pri 'ate secrotar'y to Governor liamipton, Ilns jpennied an attracti v andi historical y aN~o.-c of Wmc. liost, the Olori.l e~teran of three wars, wihi ch is iion to be puihed51(. -1 I. I'. Chial mers, a farmie r a'n f..r mci member of tihe fareisltm . w IIleos by lightning Tiuesdiay aftern)oon t his home in .Jalanla. -During a thunder-storin Wednes day afternoon two daughters of Mr. I. S. Sullivan, a well.to do fat mwr, I li tttrw In L'tncaster county, aged 1,1 and 17, wor3 struck and intutantly killed by lightning. Tie girls bad beeni hocing 'ur th - fild and were taking shelter fron the o ai undcr a trco nearby when killed. -Gen. 0. 1. Walker, in coninand of the S.C. d slon of )( United Con tticOlatpe bsa bas appoilted MIs N Lotti h . cap'l omobf a011)111, Sponsor (otil~IIe S. C. Dil'if) ait the ' oa~t tiCetintg in Iticlmond. MISh Cper I one of the most, a tctiv a ps lilts ruig ladi(es in thto Stat ad tile sa jetiolt of Con. Walkert will be gteral. ;y approved. -Accordiig t tlo census, of 1890, there aro .),),Ol;0l w ito Ix ope iI the Staito over I0 yeva-s of ntte.wito tre un able to real anil n rile. Thde 1o,, ed polatiltjep in tihe talmu fix argart e at es :1,.2:2 The ptoportion of illi ori'e w hite is; 18 out out of 10) anl the prx, por tioti of illiterate blatIcs is f it. of -isetms that thmitr: is some ii.,tlke .tho('ut tih latenn t ta t Senator Iiy alled Sntater 'l'tman a *e inl the I cenit Sta o (Cntv nttm Onl y onle or tLwo men 0tiltim d to have fiCarl;' it-, MAI onl bing askeId about the Iiatte-, den to' Irbv satid that. h3 used 11 , bUCIt ex p res" ton. -"I iave tioticed with some stx. ,M ise," siys Mars. I agIey. "that. a ge . tiillittn alw ays takes out hiseig . biets oil tbc eid, Iights the n atch and takes two pmt b.fore lie asks, Is .moking d isagreeabIe to yout? --I the (tily. of Quaeen H-'lizabetl, oach guest aL, a tinnter p y always tt-oLlriht, hiS OWI knife antd 81)0011. A Califor-nia chemist has robbed Cas ttt' Oil of its bad tate. LUxol is its Vva tae. 4 A $25 COCKIG STOVE " 44 44 wirti A i.."irtOUI FIT FOR 1192,:~ $2,00. ;4 tieivele ' i arnt raetrovi doip.t, all f I i;:it . . - a . t....a . 1 de ,cr. . i - . ..n -. . .,-nt i ( i.ekt a h t o; 2 x.: in , .., .. :: I.-), 11C.4o * W 0 h:. '1 (\ a f r m t ie a enin os; N :;e.. ..b - fe trs 0 a 5 l a -.s ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ *--A a lal a t N ' - k n gd atr t a .. .: i t l2 ,g.dlk (A l p m : - *' , 1 *e o i ol- .1 tar. titer, i '-' |0 i. I lion !ca ket tie, I a'. . 1;1 w ,: 00 4.a e cuA btinier., anlil li.a a. in v .:r t'a-t rf tl Io y businai.no to in . b a u .d; sise.i our ac fiian e a : .1: . II.' -.1 \ 'u will tul'p -a . 1 .d rai iking tove p Mand the abioiae t' ai aaareiii to an deot. * att fretputch~ate, i . at t 'rtiy $ 200d Wht:8 till) ca I. istt.H 115l || i e( ord.-r 'ih t, 5stove is a goit mi:..widl iariao, aI.ti wivat *give entire eal h fr 'a' ('ar (ilust r' inai Icatalogue otf F'., alt -. 1'SI a u-. ii] *~ Carriages mailed free . Attto:.s L. F. PA D)GETT >U 646 Broad Street, A ueustat , ft SOTER RAILAY. PIEDMONT AIR LINU. Condensed Schedule of Passenger Tr'aa. N'orhbound. No.38 No 36.No. 12 No. 1I Jan. 5. i 896. Daity IDaily Daily E Bun Lv. A tlanta, C. T. 12 00m 11 15 p 7 60 a 43 35 "' Atlanta, E.T. 100p 12 1: a 8 50 a 535 " N'orcrosis............ 1256a 0 38 a 628 U liuford ............10 10 a 7 08 " isainesvill.. 225.201 a 1044 a 74 "* la................. 223a 1104 a 814 " Cornella ...-..--... .........1 20 a " .ttt. Airy..... .......250 a ll20a. " Tocca.. .. ......... 3 1 a 11 63 a . " Wesltmlinster ........ 365 a 12 2711. 4 oua ....... 4071 a 1242pa a C'entral.....445 p 4.3a i 20 p. "' treenvile . 50p 519 a 21 lp " spairtani burg. 0 18 p 6 18 a 3 22 p " tino 'se ..... .... .... 6 3 a 4i10p a ilackamtrg.. 706p 70'Ja 430p. " Ki:ga' Mt... .... .... ' 2 a bO00p. t Gasttonia .... .... ...7 3 a o 'i p Art. Charlotto .... 820 p 833 a 620p. atavlile ..1 100 a 130 p i11 25p At. 11achnnond.. .. 6 00a 6 40p 4 00a. Ar Washinaagltn . 6042 a 9 40 p..... 1 lialtmaa'e. P IR 806 a 11 26 p. " l'liladet lia. 10 25 a 3 00O a...... SNewYork.... 1263n 620a..... Ves. FatS~ NM 11 o 5outhbouand. No. 37 No. J5No iN. y liatay Daily Ptuily E Bun Lv. N. Y.,1P,Rl1l . 480 p [2 15 . " l'iladelp~hia. 0855 I, 360 a..""..."". " laltimor te.... 9 20 p 6 22a a. .~ " Wasthingten . 10)43 p 11 15 a....... Lv. itichmaond ... 200 a 12 55 P 200 a Lv. l'.nvillo... 0 a 0 06p1) 00 a 4 arlot to .... 9385 a 10O65 p 1-201). "a e iastonns. . .. .... .....1:30 p I D06). " 11ilac saurg . 10 49a 12 0~ a .0 " ;fallnys ...i.....:1 23 a 2 18 . " .irtanuitrg. 11 37 a -~ 129 a 3 05 p. " rnetnvile.. 12 28 31 1 60 a 4 to " '(onitral...11p 235a 54 . " i oeea ...itit.. .........00.6 tJti " 'tinster..-".---------..- 6 l> " Mt. Airy...-----.....71-1 " (3ot'Volla.. ~ - -2 da "i Norros. ---a S007p 748a Ar. A.'.una. 'T 5 6a1 90 .. .tL . . .20 a 13ps 8O4 Na, 7 '-nt 18--Washfigton and $Oulthwestern Voeab . .bniited. Tht ughi P'ullman al9pr bet wi on .\w York and New Orlear a, via Wash ing n,.aAtlanta and Mont omesry-, and also be. tween .ew York and Miemnp lts, via Washington Atha ita .o li iirmifnghama. DinIng cars. Nat. E' antd 36-United States Fast Mail. Pull. r at1 'o >ing cars betwenAlrtNwO atns ats [New York.wenAataNo e Nosn. Ii and 12. Pullman sleeping ar betweeg Rihcaod, Danville and Greensbi. Gens! :tpc., Tra oM'r W uington, D. C. Washngton, D. V#\ WV . Il YDER, Ruperintendent, Charlotte North Carolina. W- .T . it8~C . HI. IIARDWICK, Gen n i . Ag's Aaa't Ge't' Pass. Afl W ash ngto , E .0. A lan