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Wischief Done by Good Natured Peo. ple. It is rather remarkable that what. are called good-natured peo ple rarely undertake unpleasant (uties it they can possibly avoid them. They do not like telling disagreeable truths, however urg ent the necessity for so doing, but transfer the mission to a sterner frien( with some such phrase as, "I should not like to (1o it," or, "I should not like to say it," just as if the habit of tLeir lives was on 1v to what they liied. Indeed, the good natured people we are de scribing are rarely generous in a grand way; they are seldom capa ble of self-sacrafice. If they are rich they give money rather than take trouble. It" they are people of leisure they probably give time, which, perhaps, is not very pre (ious to them; but doing some-. thing they greatly dislike, in or der to benefit another, is a virtue 1 too rare to be found among them. There is a form of deception, too often considered very venial, with 1 which so-call good natu red people, if they are good letter writers, are not seldoni assoiated. This isl drawing up letters for their less gifte(d acquaintances to copy and send out its their own. A really! goo(d letter often makes a very fa vorable impression; but it is some thing like a false Coin it it he not the composition of the signer. No doubt there are cases when it is 1 necessary some statement should he made in language more clear 1 a1d precise than the person eoi cerned can command : but in these instances the ready penman should 1 write in his own person for his; friend. We are afraid many situ :tions of trust and responsibility have b)een obtained on the strength of admirtble letters dictated by,1 another. BLut incompetence is sure 1 t o he discovered sooner or later, as i it is a deception, which is less for givable thuan want of ability. Long. 1 long ago, we knew of a case far more sad than the engaging of aniI icomnpetenit clerk or governess. A girl of goodl family and large far tune was won over to accept for a hlusbandl a young gentleman of ] mnall means and not much prinei-t ple, mainly by the eloquent, poet. ical, ver'y chat ming letters lhe ad- a (lressedl to her; nearly or not quite ( Vall of which were composedl by a < elever, brilliant friend who had< never seen her. When the mar riage proved very far from a hap)- . py onle-andl~ the rea.l scribe had1( a 1 wife and children of' his own-we have reason to believe that he deeply regretted the part he had played in dleluding a confiding girl.-CThambhers Journal. - A lawyer to avenge himself uipon an opponent, wrote the word "Rascal," in his hat. The oiwner of' tha hat took it up, looked rue fully into it, and turniug to the jndge celaimed1, "I claiml the pro teCtion of the honorable court. The opening counsel has written his name in my hat, and I have a strong suspicion that he intends to make way with it." A Wonderful Child. A Richmond (Ind) letter to th< CLhicago "News' says: We have t mathematical wonder here. It. if r child' six years of age. the Ron o M. L. Price, a journeyman carpen ber. The little fellow (oes no know figures any better than h<4 :loes letters; yet he mentally solvef problems way up in the hundredE ,hat would require paper and pen .il with the average business man rnd he gives you an answer a, promptly as most boys of his yeark lould give you their age. Aftei mnswering a inmber of question in multiplication he was asked i die was prompt in addition anl mibtraction, and as he replied it lid not know what that meant. et when given sums and subt rae ions to (1o he did them as quickh, is it' he had the examples in multi >lication. For instance, you giv< iin your age in years and he will ell you instanfly how many weekq >ld you are. Sometimes he wil inswer in this wise: TwentN timef hirty are ten sixties; but an in ,tant after he will tell yoi tell ;ixties are (00. Hlowever, in bis !alculations he is not governed by he rule of tens at. all, for he just s promptly answers when the mrnount does not include a ypheri is when it. concludes with one. His father said he began asking m(d solving problems in a small vay the latter part of last summer; mt hie gave uip the habit until tbout Christmas. when he again )ecaic interested in figures, or 'ather Mental ca1lcu.l:tious, ad ias rec(ently devel(oped the charac eristic that certainly stamps him i wonder. I n appeaale he is -hildlike, but iii actions more nanly. caring i more about. being vith his father and the latter's 1ssNo'Ciates than with his own play nates. In development his fore lead is rather broad. but the )ther parts of his head an'd his mdy are not beyond (rdinary, his rVeight being forty-six pounds. Iis parents have two other ch ild en, niot remar~k ably bright. SAr I)E.ATH or' Mit.,JAMES lImu~ y1s.- We regret to anno'unce he killing of Mr. .James Hughes, highly es8teemedl young man re iding~ near Richland, byMr. Be , on last Tuesdlay night. Thle zreumstances under wich the leedi was committed were, so far 1s we have beenl able to learn, as 'ollows: Mr. Hiughes, who had ieenl to the fireman's pie nlie at Walhalla, in returning home about [( o''clock at nig'ht ced at the mouse of Mr. Brewer, who is a ten Ant upon his farm. Some of the nmates of Mr. Brewer's house, iearing him outside awakened Mr. Brewer andl told him that some mel was attempting to break int< ;he house. Mr. Brewer, jumping >ut of his bed and taking his shiol un, went to the door and seeing Inl ind~ividul in the yard, called ut to him and then fired. The Montents of the gun entered the back of' Mr. Hughes between the shoulIders and penetrating hii heart he fell over and (died in fif been or twenty minutes.-Senees F'ree Press. Smiorronj DituLNK A (am.-Sherifi S1)oflord summoned i. posse of be tween forty and fifty of the most tresolute meIn in the county to at 4tempt the capture of V. B. Cash r last night. This posse was t( leave Cheraw at 12 o'clock, but the sheriff did not arrive until 2, and was then persuaded to put some one else in ointmand, he be ing unable to act efficiently. Ma jor W. It. Hancock was placed in charge, with E. T. King, J. A. Sellers and Henry Jackson as deputies. The posse went on leaving the sheriff nearly a quar ter of a mile from the scene of ac tion, and surrourded the Cash mnanision, the residence of the his torical Julia Ann and another house, whe re it. was suppssed W. B. Cash night be. These were thoroughly searched, the ( ash mansion from its base to the gar ret. but the bird had flown if he had ever been there. Dr. (Clayton did not fanev hav ing his house sairched. but wits inforimed that he would have to submit tnd that ni term s woNuld be made with any one. ('ol. ( 'ash said that if the sheriff and certa:tin men he nasmed would ome wh en he notified them both he an1d11 his SoI woulI accompanyI them to the court-hoise. IlIe waIs 11swred that. he would have to 2- wit:h ljust such IIenl as the fl'icer in charge should cboos to have with1 him, anld no( torswudb made with him. There has iever been a day when any number of M en cou 11d not h ave beenl obtlai ned to exeen1te the W:rrnt ,of :ITrest in spite (f all the ( 'ashes onm the face i of the ("11rth1. itnd tie ollv trouble is in tinding V. B. ('ash. Ihis failure Imight have been predicte i after the mole of sum moning mflen for the posse and the inability of the sheriff to act was known. It is reported that Mr. Coward can not live mo~re than tvwenty-fou ir hours.-Ngevs and Courier. A- P----n-.u. P--ro-. -.-Id at pro(posal fromJI anyV of the fa ir sex since leap yeari began ., Jones.r' "I have Brown. 1 had a propo sati fr'om~ th'e daughter of my b~oard ing mnissus.' "Gimini ! vou are in lutck. llow did she muster courage to make it. andl( what did you sayY' "Well, you see,. she keeps the books for her mot her. so sheP (came1 to mue the other dlay and1( prIoo ed."' "Yes. yes. lucky dlog-. go on." "She proposedl that I pay up miy arrears or git." I"Whew !" ---A mnaiden lady, not remarka ble for either youth. beauty, or goodl temp~er, camne for advice te Mr. Arnold, as to how she could get rid of' a troublesome suitor, "Oh ! marry him! marry him!" he advired. "Nay, I would see him hanged first." "No, madam; mar ry him, as I said to you, and I'll assure you it will not be long be fore he hangs himself." --Powder is something likt money.' 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WVeke'ep con)stantlyo h1 liui a full line of chtolce Oroceries. TIobacco, &'c. $&'G ive us a eal) and we will be smtE~ to sell to you if low prices are dIesired. Jan i8-12m ~J. Q. BLAVE, Main St.. GreenvIlle, 8. C. 3?rd .7)ioor .>bore coj)-ee St. (3ENUINE Wm. Hoesctey General as.sort met of goo dJewiery carful~ly uIseeted, IBest famidly a specialty, andi at ess flgures. Renairing wou .a l jwelr,.