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EMPSON MILUS. ?Htcr Hipp Lo YOL. ?. LAI KENS C. LIM S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1886. big job of Clothing _Baltimore Fir?. A I.K1TKU FltOM CAPT. TIM it A S. II? lilvotj lil? Vims on Certain 'I'la I it KM Dono by the LogUltitnro ut Uio Uncent 8 cxialou. To tho Editor of tho Nows nuti Couri er: Your editorial in the Tho News ?iud Courier of Docomhor 24, headed "Tho samo Old Trouble," is in tho main just nnd appropriate, but at the annie time it in misleading. For instance, speaking of the bills emanating from tho l'armera Convention, und which have boon either postponed, amended out ol' all shape, or slaughtered outright in the Senate, you say: "Who is responsible wc need not nay. Tho Senators will be prepared, of course, to explain their action to their cnn. stituents when the proper time ennis, and they will doubtless i>c givi n the op portunity. But whatever their reason, good or had, thc fact, remains that tho quarrel of thc fanners, il' the have any, in willi their own representatives. T?10 nonagricultural members of tho Genend Assembly have been willing and ready, SS they havo abundantly shown, to grunt every request and adopt every plan which the farmers should agree upon for j the advancement of their peculiar inter est, and to give to thom tho control of their peculiar affairs. Thc failure i:< chargeable to tho tuen whom they havel selected and elected to carry out their plans, and tho settlement must bo lindi with those who nie responsible for tho failure " You may rest assured thal ?hey will bo ''given thc opportunity to explain"! und that "settlemeut will be had" with sonic of them when again the farmers get n chance. If thc "farmers' move ment," which hus created snob a stir among tho people, is really a demand of the masses for reform und the correc tion of abuses, and an expression of a desire to see our rights as fanners re spected, it will continue to grow and spread, rather that) dwindle and die, und will have much to do with shuning thu future policy and polities of this malo. But let that be as it may. I only sci out to show you that, while correct us to the. House, your editorial is calculated to mislead when you say thc farmers in (he Semite arti alono to blame Ami in ortler to make this clear I will show the complexion of our present Son. ato as rogards occupation, lt is com po. id a? follows: Lawyers ir. Earitiers. I j Doctors :t Preachers ...... Editors and printers . j Merchants. 1 Total . .05 -of whom 20 aro now ?onntors und lol arc old Oin 0, two of the new ones sers lng unoxpircd tormii, Now, thc hill of all others in which . thc fanners iver.-mest deeply interested, and which they desired to novo passed most was thal unlitrgiug tho board of agrieult.oc anil reorganizing tho ngricul html d?partaient. 'I Ids tin Senate post poned, by a vott Of '-i! to li, Oil thc flimsy pretext, us voiced hy Senator' Yoiimans, that thoy "wnuted ni ?ru timo to investigate this important matter." Tho April Convention hud d in luded it. Thc November Convention bud demand ed it. Tho matter hus been thoroughly discussed for it year or ?u ne i t the ' press, und charges of extravagance and I of incompetence, or neglect ol duty on tho part "1 thc board, [.roven. But these j .Senatoria! lawmakers aloin needed ..litoro time to investigate," Well, wo ! hopo they will improvo tho two years olovon Ol them liaVO got before tile next . election to st inly tho matter utld be pre pared to give gootl reasons for their j votos whon oaken. If, indeed, your re porter bo correct in saying thu "Agri- j cultural Senators wen iulluoncod Ivj a determination not to submit to Tillman i dictation," it will bo a pitiful excuse for ; having refused to comply with thu wishes ttl'the farmers of thc Statt ; und j un acknowledgment of having allowed personal motives lo govorn their action .rather than a dosiro to legislate for the public good. Ntl member of the (?en-j .ural Assembly, either Senator or Reprc- | ?tonthtive, can truthfully say that I was tither obtrusive or dictatorial in pro denting to tbcra tho measures asked by tho two Farmers' < ?onvontions, rind it will be left to tho farmers all OVi r Hie State t.. resent in a proper way tho imputation that Tillman alone constitutes tho '?'Fanners' movement." Jiut if tho agricultural Senators ro souted "Tillman dictation," what indi: (?need tko oHior Senators? I will now proceed t< ' ow that thu farmers in the Senate are not alone to blame for de ferring this bil). My old friends, tho lawyers, took advantage of the fuss ?iiie?cl up by Messrs, Yoemans and Welford to plant u sly dagger in Till man's tiitle ami slap their agricultural constituents who have joined tho farm ors' movement in tho face This is shown by the rob', as follows: /hr th?tponftntnt, Ofcuputi Met/?*""- Ihdl farmer. Bietvumn Mor'nt A hotel keepd. Black..Doctor. Hy ni , Doctor. Erwin ... farmer, Honiphiil . Lawyer. Howell ..Lawyer, i/.Jar .Lawyer. Kennedy .Lawyer. MeM aster .Lawyer. Moore .Lawyer. Munro .Lawyer. Patterson Lawyer. Kimmo .Lawyer Hey nolds .Lawyer. Smith .Farmer. .Smythe Lawyer. Wi/igiird Parn? r. Wc fiord Eainur. William* 1 'reacher. Venman - . .Mor'nt and funner. -total 21, of whom oloven aro lawyers, six aro farmers, two arc doctors, ono is a paeaohor and one is a merchant, This looks very much like tu? "eli j^aivby of lawyers, ..I whom I have ?spoken ito of ten korotoforo, tlid it? Jt looka very mindi like tho non-agricul tural members t?f thc Sena??', at all ovonta, are willing to sneer at anti spit upon farmers'elfor's to obtain "control of onr jiceuliar artair"." Il thc six farm er Senators controlled the fifteen non? .agricultural Senators in their action, it -5a tho first instance on record of an ngri .ouStnral tull wagging thc levai dog. I. the ifarmors wbOae votes aili th?ta nu n ifo tho ttejjato have any self-romped, ll I they have-any manhood and a proper sense of resentment; if they aro uot the doge they uro taken for, they will, win n ; tli" time comes, see to it that tho nun vho thus contemptuously put this in dignity upon them are properly reward j ed. lt" we cannot reorganize tko agri cultural department, we eau reorganize tho Semite. The farmers of the Shit'1 are fast sinking to tho level of serfs j hewers of wood and drawers of water fur others, An oflloiont and representativo board of agriculture, together with an I agricultural college to aet as a pioneer in mapping out the new .system of farming ; we are compelled to pursill ere wc can expect nny chango fqr tho l>ottor, could I do much to aid and assisi them to re cover their lost prosperity, Hut, those six agricultural Solons and their (Iltoon professional associates say to thom in [effect: "You don't know what you want. Wo will Coldinne to tax yen to support a department of agriculture which you do not feel ?8 beneficial to your interests as now Conducted, because WO like it. Wc will vote your money to support tlc South Carolina College and Citadel be cause wo think those schools oro al wo need; but your Agricultural College is a humbug. Wc know it. 'Wisdom will ?lie with us.' So wc will not even spend your own money to investigate the mat ter ami h t a commission report so we can act intelligently.-' lt maj be said the farmers in the Sen ate were divided, as they were six for and six against the bill. Then if the professional men in the Senate hud needed light as to the wishes ol' the farmers ot the State, if thc actions of two funner.-, convention had no weight, the almost unanimous vote by which the bill pas asl tho House, composed largely of farmers, should huve made thom h?si t?t' to postpone it. lint I have my own opinion as to how this thing was brought about. I visited Columbia three times during the recent M : sion of the. Legislature. 1 kopt my oyes and ears opon, I learned a great (h al that would be of value to ibo peo ple if I had timo to tell it, un i I will, when occasion oilers, let out some of the "true inwardness" of what I saw and learned. I could tell why und how thc hopes of tho people ns regards roforme and reduction of expenditures, .Vc, ro suited only iu tho cutting off of a beg gaily thousand dollars the Lieutenant Governor's salary. I could show thal once an abuse is planted and takes' root in South Carolina it is harder than nut grass to gel rill of. Hut just now 1 wil ? lily give my belief as to why tho Sonata postponed the bill tu reorganizo tin agricultural department. Of course some of the Senators voted against it bee./.se of tie ii resentment against "Villmar, dictation," for Mr. Gonzalo says so; sonic voted-t?vo at least-bo CUU6V they never vote against ono of tin Senators from Charleston, bo 1 am told others voted against it because 1 an credited with having had much to d< with thc slaughter of the < olumhii Canal and the liing wanted revenge though, to tell the truth, 1 um totally innocent in that matter. Some volet against it because fanners and ..farmers movement ," stink in tin ir nostrils. I'm thc real causo, though many Senator ?lo aol know il perhaps, is that tin phosphate interests of the Stat? ure eon troll? d by tho department of agriculture and Hie Coosaw alimug Compuy is to? Well .satisfied with thc present manage tn? nt of that interest to allow a chang if it could proven! it ! Why a board of agriculture shouli have anything to do with collcctinj mining royalty, farmers bf ordinary in telligoUCO cannot understand. We ?1 not see the connection between tin- tw< but perhaps some of those who starte this thing, and some of those who kee it up, can give us light. This board ? agriculture, which is liked so well, h. spoui $ 170,(100 since its creation in Issi and wc would hive some on?' to tell t what benefit it hus been to us farmer who pay for it alone. Will som?; Sena to "agrh'ulturuhst" or otherwise, nnswei Or will some member of the board te us? I>. lt. TILLMAN. Hoper's, S. C., January J, LSs7. AMII ll Kit HAPPY .?Kill . A ( nilii<-<-t ir ut (Dai liman KbipoH Willi ll Rm ploy rr'? DattRJitr-i'. The villagO of Bedding, ( ?mu., greatly ?'xcit?'?l ?iver thc elopement < Miss Eunice Hill, daughter ot Ibo mo prominont and wealthy citizen of tl placo, with her father's coachman, Frei erick Hicks. Hicks is twoitty-SOVt years old and ia said to be a vory ?li agreeable looking young fellow, appears that Hicks had been in the ci ploy of Mr. Hill for about ton monti during which time Mis? Hill fell dospc ably in love with him. Tho young lad who is accomplished in every w a v, faultless form nnd very beautiful, w not only the bollo of tho village, but all the neighboring towns. She tung u doss in Sunday school in her lathe church and luul many luluiircrs. Sot months ago thc conduct of Miss ll and the couchman caused much villa gossip and it dually reached thc fattie curs. Ile was highly indignant a threatened to kick Iiis coachman fri his premises. Hut Miss Kindee begg him not to, as it would create a som lion, and she Huntly succeeded in havi the servant retained. Recently Hick conduct toward Miss Hill was so obji tionablo that the girl's father said must go. Tho Coachman secured a situation ii livory stahl?', but kept np a commnni lion with Miss Hill. Lust week he eat to Mr. Hill's residence and begg?xl tl gentleman to take him back into his s v??v. This Mr. Hill refused to ? While thc two men were in oonversati Miss Eunice nniotly stole out of t house and got into her lover's carrin as per arrangement. Tho couple ?lr? at once to Brewster's, a neighboring i Iago, where they were married witln delay. The father of the girl is groa enraged over tim affair. Another "mammoth cave" is report I his time in Missouri. Tho first oxph don was only a partial one, but tool .vera! chambers And was prosecuted a ?h.stanceof a ?piarter of a mile, end f Othet chamber; and labyrinths of pi ces lay beyond in ?eyeral din eti? t be scenery is reported to ho indes ably beautiful, tho abundant stnlact ?ind staglamites assuming all sorts of I I.i'd io shajios. "Tho Lost Chord"-Tho wood nih hem yuin pile overnight 1NIHSTKY or TIIK HOL'TII, Til? MurVollOHH l'rir;iv.. ot thc Your I issi, -ii Kitriiniwcs an\ k'ciir, Kv cu of the Lilli WolMll'lllll l)OCIl<l?a Eu ita annual review ol tito industrial progress of tho South, tho Baltimore Manufacturers' Record paya that 1880 waa the most remarkable- year in immy respecte in tho history of tho Southern States, and more accomplished for the prosperity and progress of the whole South than over before in any year. This is shown iu tho enormous invest ments of capital in industrial enterprises and in tlu- growth ol couHdonco among Northom and Ku-opean investors in (In stability of tho South's iron and other manufacturing interests. Tho amount of capital, including tho capital 'dock of incorporated companies, j represented by now manufacturing and miuiug enterprises organized or char tered at tho South during 1880, includ ing tho onlargcmont of old plants und' tho rebuilding of mills, aggregates $120, 220,000, $00,812,000 in 1885, divided among States, as follows: Slate?. 1880. L885. Alabama , .? 10,848,000 $7,811,000 Arkansas . 1,524,000 1,220,00(1 florida. . 1,050,000 2,010,000 Georgia 0,500,000 ti,000,000 Kentucky 28,40-1,000 18.303,200 Louisiana 2,240, OOH 2,118,500 Maryland . 8,705,000 0,0(10,800 Mississippi . 771,ono 7i*d..'.00 N. ('anilina . 007,000 028,000 S. Carolina 1,208,000 850,000 Tennessee 21,240,000 2,002,000 Texas . 5,004,000 11,232,000 Virginia. 8,514,000 ?{,314,000 W.Virginia. . 8,885,000 12,050,000 Total ...$120,220,000 $03,812,000 The development of iron manufactures ' employs thc hulk of this new capital. ' Other interests as well as iron, however. J are being rapidly developed. I ucl Uti Ci I in tho list of new enterprises < rganized in thc South during ISM! were: ?8 iron furnaces, 50 icc factories, 08 foundries and machino shops, many of them of I' largo size; 1 Ressemer steel rail mill, '.!''> I ' miscellaneous iron works, including non ! , pipo works, bridge and bolt works, otc; 8 Btove foundries, JI gas w orks, :'. I elec tric light companies, ll agricultural im-1 plement factories, 171 mining und quar rying enterprises, IC? carriage alni wagon ? ' factories, 0 cotton mills, 28 furniture factories. 42 water-works, 58 tobacco factories, H2 flour n ills, 118 lumber mills, mot counting small portablo saw mills,) including saw and pinning mills, sash and dom- factories, Btavi . hand lc, shingle, hub and spoke, shuttle-block , factories, otc. : ?li addition lo w li ?oh I bore was a large number of mibccllai rons r*n- i i terprises. One of tho most gratifying I' features of the South's industrial progress, nays tho Manufacturers' ito- 1 cord, is a witle diversity of now indus- ] tries that are developing all through that section, i \ I.Coi n.INO CltOSIMUUTY, |i ( From ta? Newt MI I Courier, i It is exceedingly gratifying, of course, ' to read the stud men! made b\ the Haiti-1 1 more Manufacturers' Mccord m evidence of thc wonderful di vclopmont of mann- 1 factoring in tho South din ing the past year. The total increase of investments , in all kiuds of enterprises in tho South* om States during 1880 is shown to hoi1 nearly $08,000,000, and i' is claimed I with truth, upon thc basis of these figures, that tho year which is now i closing bas been thc most remarkable m i many respects ill tho history of the i South. ' It will not escape attention, however, i that the development of iron manufac- j < tures is credited with thc employment . i of tho bulk of tho new capital, about $30,000,000 ol* the total increased invest- i ment being divided among the three : States of Virginia, Tennessee a: d Ala- I bama, while, a decided falling "?y is < shown in tho States of YV? st V irginia i ami Florida. Arkansas, Louisiana, Mis sisMppi and North Carolina barely hold i their own. There is much ground for gratification in view of thc development i of the iron industry in tho States whero < it has taken such a hold, but. it would bo I far, far better for tho South if thc devel opment were more general ami more equally distributed. The imp. ins given i ' to the iron business, it is conceded, | conics from without, and the profils | from that business will largely e,o ont of tho South. While a good deal of money has doubtless buen made by Alabamians and Tennessceans, for instance, in dis- t posing of their lands, the bulk of the profits has gone to speculators who bought up the lands in large blocks and at nominal prices. Tho control of the i lands, moreover, has passed forever out : of the hands of thc people who live on ? them, and tho enterprises which have been founded bv small home capitalists in thc mineral districts aro rapidly pass ing into the possession of outsiders, as has been reported in several conspicuous instance), Another and certain result ol tue great rapidity with which tho production of iron in thc South is increasing is that tin; production of the same metal in thc North must be cheapened enormously, or else thc South will eventually monop olize the iron industry, lt is too much p. expect that thc ?ron manufacturera of Pennsylvania, for instance, will eonsont to have their business crippled in either way. lt ia probable, therefore, that these will soon come forward and oak for lower dutios on coal to enable them to compete successfully with tho South ern districts; and, when thu demand is mate, the Kamlallites and other Pro tectionists will hesitate no longer about striking any sort of blow at the Alabama and Tennessee coal and iron mines and iron manufactur?e than they would hesitate now to destroy tho sugar in dustry of Louisiana, if 'lie votes ol' the Louisiana Representatives were not courted by their sclllsh allies, Tho vory prosperity of the iron in duntry at the South, in short, is fatal to it/- continuance, unless it passes into the bauds of Northern owners, and the ne., ly converted Protectionists in tho South ern iron producing State . will Ibid in the end that they Imvo Hold ont tho true interest of the South and of the country for a pri/.e that will crumble in their hands, or pans into the hands of non residents as soon as it becomos worth tho taking Michael Davitt has traveled over ten thousand miles, delivered forty-eight speeches, and been man ?ed, ail in a period of lesa than ten weeks. I'tl* KUTI 'S Ml A ROU. I.?>i.-nil Alexander'* trtivluun Um )mitl< or <iot(ynbui*K In Junuurj < eiitury. In tin- January number uf tho Century are articles on tho third day's tight at Gettysburg, by General H. J. Hunt and \). P, Alexander. From tho latter's ac count of Pickett's charge wc quote as follows: "At exactly ono o'clock hy my watch the two signal guns were heard in quick succession, hi another minute every gun was at work The enemy was not slow in coining buck at us, end the grand roar of nearly the winde artillery ol both armies buist in ou the silence almost as suddenly as tin- full cotes ot an organ could lill a church. The artillery of Knell's Corps, how ever, took only a small part, 1 believe, in this, as (hey were too far away around the town. Some of theta migld have done good service from positions ho- j tween Hill and l'?woll, OU lilading the i batteries fighting us, The opportunity to do that was the singlo advantage in our having tlio exterior line to compen sate for its disadvantages. Hut our line was so far extended that all ot it was not well studied, and tho oilicers of euch corps had no opportunity to examine each other's ground for chances of co op, rut .\o work. .. rho enemy's position scened to have broken oui with guu;t everywhere, and from Hound Top to Cern otory Eiill was' bla/.ite: like II volcano. The air seemed full of missiles from ' very direction. Tho severity ol' tho tiro may bo illustrated by the casualties in my own batallion under .Major Huger. "before tho ennuouade opened 1 had made np my mind to give Pickett Ike order to advance w ithin fifteen Ol'twenty minutes after it begun. Hut whou I looked ut tho full development of tho enemy's bath ries, and knew-that his in fantry was generally protected ? rom our Uro 1 \ stone walls ?iud swells of tho ground, I could not bring my sci I to give Lhe word, lt seemed ontdness to launch infantry iulo that lin?, with neatly thrco iiuurlcrs of n mile to :;o in tho midday July sun. I let th. fifteen minutes pass, ' ind twenty, ami tuen y-live, hoping vainly for something lo turn up. Thon I wrote to Pickett: "If yon aro coming it all you must come ut once, or I eau not give you proper support; bul the rummy's lire hiv not slackened ut all; at least eighteen guns an-still (Iring from the ct nu ti rv itself." l''ivo minutes after scuding that message, thu enemy's Uro suddenly bogan lo sluokou, and lue guns in tho cemetary limbered up and vacated lin- position. "Wo Confederates often did such tilings as that to save, our ammunition ror uso against infantry, but 1 lu I nev? r before stan thc Federals withdraw (heir gillis -.imply to save thom up for the infantry light, Sil sind, 'Il he ?loes not nm irish batteries in then- in live minutos, this is our light.' f looked inxioufly with my glass, ami tlio live minutes pass? il without a sign ol lifo on the deserted punition, tdill swept hy our lire, und littered with dead men and horses and fragments of disabled curri tige. Then I wroto Pickett, II gently: 'For God's sake, cum- quiek Thc l ighteen guns are gouo; come ?puck, or my ammunition won't h t mo support you properly.1 "I afterwards heanl from others what took place with my lind note lo Pickett. "Pickott took it 10 Longstreet. Long street read it, and said nothing. Pickett said, 'General, BIIOII I atlvauco?1 Long drool, knowing it had to he, bul unwill ing to give the won), turned his face iway. Pickett saluted and said, 'I am i?oing to move forward, sir," galloped off to Ins division and immediately jmt it in motion. "Longair? e'., leaving bis staff, carno Mut alono to .vhcrolwos, Ii was then danit I. IO p. m. [ explained the situa .ion, feeling then more hopeful, but ?fruid our artillery ammunition might iud hold out for nil we would want. Longstreet said, 'Stop Pickett, immedi lU'ly. ami replenish your ammunition.' 1 explained that it would take too long, md tho enemy would recover from tho ?Ib ct oui lire was thea having, and we lind, moreover, very little to replenish with. Longstreet said, 'I don't want to make this attack. I would stop it now hut thal General Leo ordered ii and ex pects ii to go on, I don't see how it can uccecd.' "I listened but ?lid not thin "tier a word. Tho battle WHS lost if wo stopped. ,\mmuuition was far too low to try any thing else, for WO lind been lighting three di vs. There was a chance, and it was liol my part to interfere. While Longstreet was still Bpeaking, Pickett's division swept out of the wimd and bowed tho bill length ?dits gray ranks ind shining bayonets, UH grand a sight as ever a man looked on. Joining it ?>u thv loft, Pettigrew stretched farther than I could see. Goncnil i >iek Garnett, just Dirt of tho sick ambulance, ami buttoned lip in an old blue overcoat, riding at tho head of his brigade, passed ns and sa luted Longstreet. Garnett was a warm personal friond, and wo had not met be fore for months. Wo had served ou tho plains tOgothor b' fore tho war. I rode with him a short distance, and then we wished Cooli other luck and a good*byo which was our last. "Then I rode down thc line ?it guns, selecting mich as i ud enough ammuni tion to follow Pickott's advance, and starting thom as fast aa possible. I got, L think, fifteen or eighteen in a little while, and went on with them. Mean while, the infantry bud no sootier de bouched mi tho plain than all the enemy's line, whick hud been nearly silent, broke out antill with all ita but teries. Tho ( ighteon gnus were back in tho cemetery, and n storm of shells be gan bursting over und among our in fantry. All of our guns, silent as tho infantry passed between them, reopened when tho lines hail got a couple of hun dred yards away, but tho onomy's artil lery lot ns alono and tin tl only at the infantry. No one could have looked at that advance without feeling proud of it. "but ns our supporting guns advanced wo passed many a poor mangle?! victim loft in its trampled walo . A terrific in fantry tire was now opened Upon Pick ett, ami a considerable force of the enemy moved out to uttm k tho right tlsnk of his line. We bulbed, unlimlier ed, and Opened Uro iijam it. Pickett's ; men never halted, but opened tiro at close range, sv.arnie?! over tho fi ne, s and among tho onomy's guns, were swal lowed up m smoke-and that was tho laat of thom. Tho conflict hardly scene d t?? last live mimites beforo they were melted away, aud only disorganized btragglors woro coming back pursued I ? a moderate tire. Just then Wilco , s brigade passed by us, moving to Pickett's support? Them WUK no longer auything to support, and with tho keenest pity ttl tho usoloss WOStti of life I saw them ad vance. The men, ns they passed us, looked bewildered, as it' they wondered what they wi re expected to do, <>r why they were there. They were soon, how ever, halted and moved back." story of H Ueorglti To WM, Tr ut1 bul Terrible. 1 was recently in a small Southern vii loge; tho county was Anti-Prohibition, and of the four stores two were bar rooms, or whiskey shops, ll was uo common sight to BOO staggering men and orowds going and coming from those shops. On court days, for tho county court house was there, many mi tl instead 0? eating good wholosomo food for din ner, would go to thu har aud dj ink theil dinner. Just think, a dinuor o? this vilo huming poison; were they lil men to judge their fellow nun.' a thousands times no. But while I sojourned at this placo, I know three bright promising lit tle hoys, aged four, the and B?X. Then , there ware two others, little ones, seven months and two years, each having ? nurse, young colored (.uris, lino day at dinner WO were at the hotel, the oldest boy haid Mama, .Mr. Barbcr-shop mau, i the pro uri i tor of tho barroom also out hain called US and gave as all some cider. Liz took Clyde and tho baby too, and ho made every one 01 ink even the littlobaby. Tho Mama said, I will punish you and your brother for going. 1 strictly for bade it. Th? little boy said Liz, (tho oldest nurse i said come on, your ma won't care for nw? i t cider, and " ?rs. Max lets Mi-, Walter go. Mr. and Mrs. .Mux wei0 all present: and I'll not forget the look of horror these words brought to Mr. Max's face. He was a strict Presho terian minister, Walter, their one little lamb: he turned to his wile ami said, Udna is this true; doyen let Wattergw to this drink shop? She replied, U0 weat there to get his hair cut, mid brother Ralph said ho was to.? young for any harm to <;omc of it. Ile mid, why don t Von seo even the baby is ii?.! lou young, rho man knows his part well. Ho begins with tho tender young babe, briugin ; them up, Cultivating a taste tor if. bail ing thora for his own aim, I nm horrified that m this fair village there is such rile, black crime, and our beautiful boy, Oh! I shuddor; I wished t>> say when lie bi catii? a mun, Walter has nover : et fi i I in a dram shoji, and nov. I cannot, little did I dream of this, so young. Why, I'd lot Ilia hair groa long upo!, his sin ud ders, and I'd punish him uv rely il ho knew it was a whisk) sh..-.. I'M na, I ..i . surprised ar you, his mother, nearest to him on earth ; you v\ Un should ho ever so wary ami watchful of this ovil. I tun deeply stirred within me. W alter, nover set loot in this mau ., shop Uglliu, un i never taste or take anything ho offers you. If 1 hear ol you doing so, I shall punish you severely. Tho ol..er two mothers showed equal distress for th. ir bi.ys. Tin mother of tho babe especially, to think, as tho good minister ?aid, bc waa bringing up oven the bubla - to love his drink, liar fn her drank awuy reason and life, under this -ame man's intluence, and her only brother on the verge ol manhood; Oh! she trembles to tiiinb what will be his fate. Is this fitful gaiety, this bright bloom upon his young faoe, the bloom und gaiety of youth'.' SI . tremble's and prays Clod it may bo, ami not tho fatal poisoning bi..om and gai? t \ of strong drink. I'.dna, Hod watch nut guide your fair boy. And tho wi 1 ?wei mother of the otln r two, the two oiliest may sim uevor oxporioueo the deep soi row of socing bor boys intemperate, < >h village, Oh! county, banish alcohol fl'Oli your land, from your people, am! yoi banish these fearful crimes thai aro HOT racking you with deep distress, then yoi will see progress and prosperity, win n now ?H dilapidation and non-progro sive ness. Whisky your curso: trombl for your children, tremble for Uni future. Lo yon recognize lins tm.- j.ie ture? lt is os it really occurred! ( leorgi Tem pera nee Advocate. Waaia in Um Kio lo n. Waste in the kitchen is vory often groa from apparently trivial sourc< H. In cooking meats, thc water is throw out without removing the grease, or th grease from the dripping pan is throw away. Scraps of meal an- throw ii aw ij . Cold potatoes are left t i sour and Spoi Dry fruits ure no! looked all? rand hi como wormy. Vinegar and sauce are I - -11 standing in i Apples arc left to decay fur want < "sorting over." Thc tea canister is h fl open. Victuals are left exp? iscd lo bo eaten b mice. BonOS of meut iud the CiU'CiVSH of ttl key arc thrown away, when tho) cool bo used in making food soups, Sugar, teu, coffee and nee are ear lossly spilled in the handling. Soap is left to dissolve and ..?ste ; thc water. Dish towels ar?' used for dish cloths. Napkins aro used for dish towels. Towels aro used tor holder?. Brooms and moje arc md hung up, More cou! is burned than necessary l not arranging dampers when not uah thc lire. Lights are left burning ivhcii not, use Tin dishes are not properly,olonnsi and dried. flood now brooms aro used in sent bing thc kitchen Moors. Silver spoons are ired in scrape kettles. Cronin is loll to mold ami Spoil. Mustard is left to spud in tho cm etc. Vinegar is allowed to stand until I lin vessel becomes corroded and .-poi > Pickles become spoiled bj tho loaki out or evaporation Of tho vinegar. Pork ?pods for want of salt, and h. because the brine wanbi scalding. I lams becomo tainted or Ulled wi vermin for wind of care. Cheese molds and is eaten by mice vermin. Tea and coffoo pots sro injured on t stove. Woodenwaro is uuscaUled and left warp and crack. ?. .> All apprehensionr? touching the san of stoves using gasoline for fuel aro at rest by the improvements observa in tho Front VepOT Stove. For furt.l particulars, seo advertisement. \vjSA\*zt.j-r--TTrnmmMiMMiTM r??nr>?CT>?Wrai*>ri 1)1 < ?IN . I lll'l HAM t, ?.> T. \. I'owtltu'ly, <.. ?tl. \V.. ul th? KtlIlg liff I.Mimi . Tho growth of mu-(.nier ami th . notice taken of it hy thc press o? tin- kind hus awakened au interoat lu tho labor novo* mont among mon who bavo novor given tho (ptestiou of organization a thought. Thousands of mon an- knocking for ad mitt ance; thoy are actuated by all sorti M? motivos. Among thc number who would like !<. becomo members, 1 lind . 111111 - : t fow liquor dealers, nut! 1 mu written to every day to know "it" pauuot hr admitted; it is true, be is en gaged in tile liquor traillo, Or bis wile jells liquor, or ho is in wme way coo li. .-I' d with tin- rum intercuts, but we know Ii** would mano a good member'" Tho decisions of tho ?enornl Master Workman uro now published in hook inn. Turu to tho pages of thai, book md you will seo decision utter decision m tito eligibility of those connected with tho saloon I ?usiuoss. I >ne of my correspondents asks why 1 ?ex r id thc decision of my predecessor; kho decision remisas follows: ....J. Mon of good report, respectable iud honorable keepers of roadside inns, for the bona lido entertainment o? trav lers and their animals, with bi d and loard for tho same, connooted with tho real int. real of tbe locality in whick bey live, do not come under the ela^si lieatiou of saloon keeper and liquor Ai aler, and may bo admitted to rn- tuber ibip under tho "IttW of tho ballot. ' lt i.^ true that uty iii ci.sionsure iii COU ?liol with tho above, but it was through io disrespect to brother Stephens that 1 nade them. Tiley uri- as follows: 4,il7. All agent for y ny In mor estuh isbmcut (bo that establishment whole? udo or retail,' or Ito bc tho agent, manu* ac tu ic or dialer) is UOt eligible to mom ?oral ii p." "85. No person can be u mouther ol bc Order whoso wife sells liquor. Jh mist i ititi r gi ! a divorce Dom bi \vif< .r from this organization. The lattci MU bu grunted in th? shape of an hon ?ruble w itbdruwal curd." "SO, Uiuusellers e.VN NOT bc tubnittet 0 membership, and un member ougagei H the business of rumsolling, directly a indirectly, wi ie thor by barrel, gallon inuit, pint, or gill, who solis either bj ums. ti lu pe?-son or in proxy, must ap . ly ii>r .uni bo granted a withdruwa aril; aud if be neglects to make appli ut iou th< ref or, al one.: the IhrcordUlf ieeietury ol' tbe Local Assembly sind lotify inm Ids neglect, and .1. tin icxi meeiing a withdrawal Card shall Ix Kstied to tbe brother." 1 "07. If during tho interval bctwooi he i h ellon .md initiation ol a candidat ic engages in thc liquor traille, oithe: r ! . own purpose or of another, bei lisqualiiicd, and cauuot bo oovorod will mr shield." "Jil. The manufacturer of he-.- dhu Hs, the proprietor or owner of tb newe ty) is not eligible to inonibershir. fhe men employed in Hie browovy ar eligible to membership. If you turnt inges v?.s."), Proceedings of General Ai .ciniily ot IMSO, you will get an Iden < vhy I oppose Hie admission of tin io Ol {aged in tho honor traille. Our Qrd< ;unnot he benetioial lo the liquor denk iud the laborer." ff the reader will examino No. 2.1 can idly he will si o that if allowed to stun is lav. it would opon thc door to over .iimseller in tilt! land. Tho man wk iee]is a saloon on broadway. New VTorl s tho "ki epor of a roadside mn. un ip to tho present time no ono bas beard nan engaged in tin liquor business at mt that he wai mit "respectable ?Ul louorable, " I0v< ii with the law .e. now stands iiu pesteretl every tiny with inquirii ind upped* from Assemblies here an here to giv? a decisiou on the odvisl uiity td admitting some one who lias t nteresl in a liquor establishment. A ;orta of excuses in order to open tl loors ot' the Knights of Labor ?o tl lealer in spirits. To-day I lind theft owing on my desk : ".Mr -1-is a good-nature lin ral mun, and very favorable to n Inc of our iiiemhers, while in hi pla ipoke rather unreservedly of the allai if tito Order. Mi -hus gained \ now ledge of our st cn ls. Wo ure of tl ?pinion that a dispensation from you dlow us to initiate Mr.- won .ettie the dlllioulty." This is my answer to thal request: viii never grant a dispensation lo ui nun engaged m a fulling likely to bril liscrcdit to tho Order, lu frequent! his man's place a member lososliiswi 1 he gets UltO the l h ill I' lui Will 1)0 it K>silion to do moro injury. I do i ?ure how rood natured he may be, tl icloiigs to his trade. The spider W?1 >o considered good-natured by the p ion who saw hun invite the My into 1 tarier, but ii Mr. l-'ly could get ont he purler his testimony WOtlld coliv bo spider of hoing "good-natured" i purpose. This mau muy be hoer mt if other nu n WCI'0 not idiots iOltlll liol he so \( ry liberal ou t nonev they stole from his wile a 'luid to give I" him. Ile liiuN he libel ?ut you cannot alford io bo, bcoausoj lave given lo Hie saloon keeper yt innings. I um asked il a young mun Worki or himself, over twenty-one years Ige, may become a member if bis lat! ?ells drink. I have no objections mob a. person, but if his presence in Vsaombly is likely to kati ono pen nlo his tallier s "purlor" w ho would itherwise go thoro, then 1 am oj?po 0 his coming m. I regret lo note tho narrow inter) al ? li given to my rulings. lt is lie saloon le eper I object lo, it II lltluoilCO Of rum; und if I know I h admission of any man or wor viii lend men nih? saloons, I um of opin hat his place is outside. My decisi vere alt made with a view lo protect he Order anti the canso of labor, inly do 1 oppose tlic man who Bells, he man who thinks as well. I bftVC ISM for a man when ho is drunk, um my one can point out to mo a lie leed, a manly act, a noblo acliieveni lorformed hy a drunken man. T gladly apologize for all tim hard th 1 bavo saitl of the drunkard. I liavOStood at the foot of tho gal nut have soon the drop fall from tenth the foot Ol men who were quids in all things but ono - they d ? i get drunk, and w bile drunk they t mittet) murder. 1 have aeon mun hefts, burglarios, all orimea comm ?y mon who wore drunk, but havo I to soc a mun who oirioks perform au act that other mon could applaud, unless ho commits suicide. THE CONFEDBUATE VET? lt A Nit. What tho Stul?- of South Carollun HMS Dona loi- their support. i South Carolina [umished moro soldiers to the armies of the lute Confederacy, in I proportion to lier white population, than j any State in the Confederation of seced ? iStates, which is, however, only natural, considering tho fuct that acces sion had its birth in her borders. She ; hus also done less toward relieving her maimed und wounded soldiers than any ! Southern Stute. Tilia is, perhaps, owing to the fact that tho Stute was longer uu ? der thc cont nd of tho carpet-bag regime I than other States und that showas prob 1 ably tho worst-plundered States in tho South under that plundering reginio. Soon after war, when tho Hirst Legisla ture met under Governor Orr, and be fore the enfranchisement of tho black?, HU Act waa pasted providing for tho fur nishing of artificial limbs for those of her soldiers who bud lost ti leg or an arin in thc service. I nder this Act dis abled soldiers received from $100 to $200 each, the necessary funds being appropriated annually. lt is to tho credit of tho carpet-bag Government that this appropriation, about $10,000 annually, was never withhold. When tho Government reverted to tho whites by thc revolution of 187*1 an at tempt was linnie to provide pensions for tito disabled soldiers, but Hie State waa too poor, aud tile one-armed and 0U0 leggcd Confederate soldiers in the l?eg isluLun were always the most strenuous in opposing tho measure. Every year since 187? half-dozen or moro Acts have oren passed appropriating specific suma ranging from $20 tb $200 to maimed or disabled Confed?rate soldions, euch Act being, however, a specific appropriation for an individual named. Nu general pension Act bas ever been passed. At the recent Bossiou, which closed on i)c ccmltcr 21, au Act waa passed enlarging tho provisions ol w ind is known as tho Artificial Limb Act, and extending its ben? lits to person;, who huvo resided in the' State for ten years, whether they w? re natives or not. This is about ail that bas ever b on done foi tho maimed soldiers of the State. I IIE HAND or ooo. \ lt I ns ph oiu or Curses Mi- ('rca lol mid In siri? lion ITO li Ca ru I j -I?. Doi'oi.AK, <i\., January 4. "L hopo that Clod may paralyze mo" worn tho Motels sp ikon by William burkett. At once his han la dropped to his side, bis legs refused ko uiovo and his eyes rolled .\ildly around, iii- pruyor waa answered .i . be stooel parly zed on tho spot where but a few minutes before bo was a mag nificent type of physical manhood. Ho tried to speak, but ins tongue would not move'. Half a dozon men, who wore present, were rendered motionless by the ovident visitation of tho hand of God. When they recovered self-pos session they tenderly moved the utllicted mun to bis residence, ii hall milo dis taut. When Miss Rhody Burkett saw tho plight in which ber father WOB brought home the screamed und fainted, and died a few days Inter. For years Mr. burkett hud been tho ferryman nt tho liawkiusviUe road cross ing of the ( lomulgCO Liver, ile was of giant physique, with long gray locks, and became' especially noted because of tho brace of revolvers which he kept, strapped to bis waist. Ho was a great hunter, und the', ferry being in tho mitist of a swamp, ho was convenient to un abundance of game. From those who lived around bim it is lem ned that bo was fearfully profane. Whenever bo sighted gume and was culled oft" from it by au alarm from the ferry he would pour out such a volley e?i oaths as would make tho tlesb of ordinary men crawl, lt was while in one of these profane spells that be cursed his Creator, and wound up with the. expression above quoted. Tho i: ws soon spread through thc country, and scores of people called to see tho victim. Ho was at brat Com plete ly prostrated) but .subsequently was enabled to take u few steps, whoa ho would fall. When spoken to ho replies in un inarticulate mumble', ami acts in the most idiotic maunor. Tho physicians CAD uscrihe no natural causo for bis alUiotion, but admit thal it is n visitation ejf God. Tho preachers in tho neigh borhood have used tho incident iu theil sermons with great effect. A l-'oarful Itailroud Accident. A dreadful acoidonl occurred near Ti flin, Ohio, ut four o'clock em Tuesday morning. The tied train on tho balti more anil (?Ino Railroad, which loft New York about 0 o'clock Monday tor Chicago, with live- conchos and four Bloopers, all woll Ulled with passengers, oollidcd with an eastern bemud freight train. The fast truin was abo il I i i tty minutes lato and wus running nt tho rate of sixty miles au hour. Lushing liopublj , n sundi station, like n ?lush, it maned along to a curvo ono mile wost of that town, when suddenly the- engineer saw UH freight truin limier full headway withui one hundred yunis of bim, (j,. ai 0nci appiiud tho brakes and revoraed tho cn gun , but it did no goe.el, aud tho ncxl instant the crash came, telescoping tin coaches and piling them up on cool other. To add consternation to th? horrible. HCOnO lire broke out in th< smoking cai ami soon spread to tho otho cars. Many wore killed outright, wh? etiler.., wedged in among tho brokoi oars, were slowly consumed by th llames. Tho acoidonl was duo lo u rnisundoi : landing ol truin orders. Anothor stab mont in that tho engineer of thc Creigh train was druuk. Tho whole number c passengers was 06. Tho number of bille wus 20, with many wounded. Thomas Stevens, who is making a tou of the world on a bicycle, and who a tv days ugo waa supposed to be lost nomi where in China, lias been hoard from I Hong h..i ig. lio ruports se ?me prott rough expericnoos, and expects soon t bo in San Francisco. ( >no of the (meld and biggest nugp?e of gold ever found in California i A O exhibition in San Francisco. It is i largo as an ordinary derby hat an weighs thirty-flvo pounds t,??y. It worth $20 an ounce and vs almost pu gold.