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rr . -p aE peg - 7 -)0 A~ A. C. JOXNES & Co. Pubs. and P hrs. .1 Family Paper Devoted to Literature. Misellany, Nvoews ei/culou. Lar alets, &c. (17 s - VL. XXYI. NEWEBERY, S C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28. 1888. No. 17 I;LISHED EVER~Y WEDNESDAY AT ."',ellivrr i, 8. C. TER,r.-O:.,e ye ar. $2;:i ob $1; three ionthii 50 cents ; two roInth. 3 cents; oe imontli, 20 cent-s copy, 5) eent,. payable in advane. Expiration.-.-Look at the prilit.i -abel on the iper: the date thereon shows Wlien the .ub)eription expin. . Forward the money for- ren!ewal at lca-t one week in alvaince. Subscribers desiring the adtlres= (f their paper changed must give both th. old and the new addre.Zs. TERMS OF ADVERTLSING.-.:100 Pw _4uare the first insertion, and 50 ets. pt-r V re for each snbsequeiit iiniertioin iA.square is the space of nine 1ines of sI brevier type. Notiee:. n local column i le. per line for each inse:+ion for one month, longer at inch rates, w:th 5 er cent addIed. A reasonable reduct ion m-de for :d vertiseinetsby the three, six, or twelve mon t h. EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS Culled from the State Press. ANDERSON INTEL1WoENCE. The trouble which is upon us is not one of intention on the part of any class of our people, but it re sults from the fact that agriculture is the coutrolling and leading in. dustry of our State, and a system has been established. under the stimulus of high prices for cotton succeeding 1 the war, which has been sapping the resources of the planters of the State until a very large proportion of them have become embarrassed, and in their embarrassment have crippled all the branches of business with which they deal. It is almost im possible to check the evil which comes on us from this syst%m. To prosper, we must raise our supplies at home, and not depend on buying 1 t them out of a cotton crop that hardly i sells for enough to-pay the expenses of raismg it. orANGEBTURG TDIES AND DEMOCRAT. -No community can flourish with teerd straight highways, andi " tevel and hard beds. The fu ture prosperity of Orangeburg d"e pends as much or more upon com- i mon highways as upon railroads, be cause when the former are good it is cheaper to haul farm produce than to use the rail and pay freight. ThIh is the experience of every growingt town until it b.ecomes a commercial mart, when extent of territory andl t railroad connections becomes a ne- j cessity. There is no truer exponent r of the progressiveneCss of a country than its common highways, and there is r.o better way of enlarging our capacity for business and securing a sure supply of bus iness than by these methods, together with a cheap and s reliable market. Mr. Tillman's course is a very *strange .one for a mnan that does not want oflice ? When and there has he opened his imouth, or gone into print since the first of August last, except upon the subject of politics ? When has heC written and published ai single article or made one speech that the burden of his 'song was not1 colitics ? Where has lhe pointed out jt o the farmers of the State the errors r n the present system of farmuing or *ade them ai offer of a better sys- r in than they are now pursuing ? Weiave not seen anything like this. Mr. Tillmnan seems to ascribe all our s to the want of legislation ori 'roper legslaton. Now will ie or mel of iis friendis p)oint out to usa *e legislation that has worked det ment to the farming interest or (1 y oth er inteCrest in the State ? W,e suppose less interest ha's been antfest in the matter in York thain .v other county, and the apathy i av b.e attributedn to tie fact. as our ople construe thle subject, tha the te Government is managed with bonomy and a due regzardl for tne est interest of all classes ofcitizens. hile the movemenft may be viewed e it tust by some of our agzri ultra citizns as a mere political ovmn for the advancmenht of i rtain aspirants to ofhice, who wis reach their goal on the ever pop.-~ ar cry of 'farmers' rights." ' Et has been shown that in all p)roh-l bilimv the money received by South ~arolina' undecr th'e Blair bill wouhi 9ost her at least $5,00)0-00 Itis ot for t.hose who point out this Srave objcCtion to the schemei to (le Sonstrate how much less the State ga toI th Ge neral Govern inL th e absence of the Blair bill. oncugh for thenm to show, as far .e he c that it will cost' w than it will be worth. One tf s crtan Ths mil if : man re:uction a) ie tar:: 'nd N r svral eS all e1nr S mnt of~ t :C expe:., ofthe ( Go r s n nt:e other hand. i it is de- rt a t. rc is at ieas I :e : : (o. and opportuiky ior sl'ci retrIch.Inf. So that ift olr taxes s shoul not :. .:ess, there wie 1c no t re,-on or excuse for the failure to th :nake them~ so. ti. .,r ,naal t'or the niany 00.1 reasons con tanei in the s!nop.'s of his -e which we %ubli-hed yesterday. Sel ator Butler is convinced that ther is no use anA no necessity Cor seret se ins of the Senate. except when COPns.ering reatis witiu tragn na-i t o)s R(presCntng the freest peo ple in the world, Unite! Statr's >Cnators o mvie wn h those oi Mexico aloin!the reproach of hiding fro-n the pcople when passing upon ues- C .' , 7 . Cie tions o!* pblic interest and im,110r tance-. S-nator 11utlr did not quite commit himself to the assr-rtion that P the secre- of the ex,cutive se'l: is only useful as a cloak for the1 frivolous character of tic grounds on which -action is refused on nomin. co Lons. but he intimated very >laii N Die that it has not served any better pur- 1 oQ during the present scssion. I an should have notiIUa to conceal. and vould have notins i its actions xere desizned solelv for tILe good ot :he whole peope. Secrece tends ta And tempts to conspiracy, as has ;een, (emonstrated bl the events of he Ia*s few months, and the present l s as good a time as any other to let n upon the Senate also the who'e ;(nme ligt of puh!City. No honesL >ublic servant s7ould fear to he 1H is conduct know. end everv )rotest against g,iving tne eol niler knowledge of the managien-2t >- icir own afairs is but an addi 'on: arument wy they snoul:l (te. nand and have that knowledge. o [urn on the light Y EIS AND coran. If any evidence were needed to n'Jvince the thining public of thc. nnoCence of Attornev General Gar and il the Pan-Electric telepho is natter., his own evidence before the co* .1vestigatil' con ite on Lnay ct bould0 proe conclusive. lie As th ever nuuale2 any attempt to conceal co1 .s connection with the aIfair. and his on Chole con:i1et as been th'at of a "v horou/bh- honest an': conscientious ki ian, djespite assertion and mn]iiuenuo S ro theO Contrary. Jie inlvested in Pan- -4 :lectric stock as a punrely business atter. had never taken stock as a T t. and righ:tl regarded that, in eing connected with: thle company.o e was not uilty of any greater ima-CC ronriety lion wouldl ::.tt: to an)- u iembner of. Co rss hob.l:a2 rauroa toe.i or practicing jor mnoney 1n thice :nited States Supremne Court. sev .It I r.\s upo t 1( :nLp.anc . In', Te Chosnicle wouie to tu heChi..t wotslfa ful II' '- to1( AtOut onehi nc oist uon the1 mporne . rofI adth completIcaSin o the narrow : . 0)u1e ralroa to wonerie.mam t'o .sC5 exeson isin tConas tof the . t woulti make s he ctenre is ane of . aeamost pl ele al noisig il ai e prie ' n h SCoth,a :.1 iul rab atth two~ etrte the c'..:ed cnie in hes two Sta es or l1lon andesvi!e enoneide nd ewer .on 'o the er,i nai on.'s n t h saertile atmrs aonbl o . The r ay secion re ea nAgua. iiE ~c; : ur h( ni:dbr m.iC . ou tributiayt teyre re We hav la n thae paisd to a4c- h e '\ lcrim v e o o inon .a xpes the es~.. a hearil t-ire ConvUteim an~d iare pernxiou o n entions Kere .IhaveC faiewe ti o "So' zr caxatin North andW Suthd yb ouhtofa othern Stat e..::an'- Thsshw os mc Southrn :. ates in favor of the ITn ttrr. Among the Southern States orth Carolina is the lowest, being .37 per head. and Virginia at $3.07, 'he highest. South Carolina is ed at 1).85 per head. Among the ew England States Vermont, at .25. is the lowest. and Massachu tts -413.94, is the highest. Amon e Western States Kansas, at 5, is e lowest. and Illinois. at SG.24, is e highest. Among the Pacific ates Oregon. at Sp.37, is the lowest, I California. at S 14,G0 per capita, the highest. These statistics have en taken from the last census. G(R E FN VI L .E N E VI. 'ile special comgressional coM ttee on the strikes is getting into ep water in its inquiries concern the present condition of trade d labor. It will reach after a while the con ision that there is now more of ervthing men make than there is a nand for-than man has increased power of producing beyond his wer of consumption- The popula ion of the known world cannot rease more than twenty per cent. a decade. and machinerv and dis ery have increased the power of b. individual to make what is eded by himself and others for life J co:.fort many hundred per cent. The remedy is hard to find. It ist be reached by natural processes. can noL be made but it can be re ded by laws and artificial devices. As the ground is the source of all have and is the only thing we r).v having in itself the principle life and the poxer to give and intain life, it may be that the :it problems now before the world I be solved by a stupendous reac ;-that multitudes of men will be cei to return to the first principlies 1 dependecce for food and clothes the results of their individual cul e of the earth. It is easy to see v such a result might come. The -Miseries of Large Cities. 3ome of the miseries of London low are p.ainted in ghastly colors by agents of a citizens society which naking efforts to supply -balls and ee houses in various parts of the It is pointed out. for example, t out of 2.290 persons living in secutive houses at Bow Common y eighty-eight adults and forty en children ever attended any d of Suny services. while in one :et, Leicester Square, containing ifamilies, only twelve are said to represented in church or chapel. Ssqualor and degredation, the and wretchedness of the "homes" hese people is shocking beyond iprehiension. The poverty of ny who strive to live honestly is eriieti as ap)palling. In St. >Jrge's-in the -East large numbers women, and children as y ugas en years, are employed at sack king at a cent apiece. Shirt fin ers who earn sixpence a dlay think v do well. ivery great city has to tell just b stories as the above. There is Sas miuch miserv in Paris as in ]don. Bunt. class for class, the abitants of the French capital are ser more cheerful than their ghbors across the Channel. TLhe -isian artisan of little higher rank n tile people just referred to has a ed deal of amusement in the course is life. For the majority of -kmen, Sunday once a month is a idny. On the afternoon of "pay ]dayv tile free-handed laborer is to take his family beyond the rier for a walk in the country. yy have a simple dinner at a cheap .iuranit, and wander in the woods, king flowers in their season and e.rally enjoying themselves. Sat ay evening is the favorite time f or thieatre. On Sunday a few visit aalleries, Further down the he there is, of course, dissipation ~er than enjoyment in a rational .The dance halls prove the of many youths. It is but a from them to the haunts of crime the -"mysteries of Paris" about ch sensational authors write.--I e York Dsptch. Free ra~de. 'he outlook for free trade in the tth does not look encouraging. :th Carolina denounces free trade rice; Louisiana in sugar ; Ken *ky in whiskey; Ohio in wool; Al ma in iron: ; iriniaL in tobacco. I against the repeal of the tariff raw cotton, which keeps the In a and Egyptian product away n the New England mills, thieeo South would rise in arms to op e and resist. Free trade is a utiful theory on paper only, but gore a man's ox with it and see -he rushes to his protection. ~tsrille ( Ala) 3lmmiry TIIE NARRUW G A;G RMADS. A Quteer Talk by Presidient 31itchell 'is" "Greenville Brani0" and What he Proposes to do wit h it--R1imarkaWe Gas or bad IN-port ing! "Yes. all the Red Line roads in the Carolinas will center at Aiustn. said Col. "Iitchell to the Evening News to-cay. How will the scarlet line run? asked the News man. i-The first or main sten will run from Augusta to Edgefield C. .. ther there will b.c a branch road from that point 50 miles to Abheville, another 110 miles to Greenville. and the straight line to Newberrv 70 miles. I have just returned from the latter town, where I was tendered $50,000 in seven per cent. twenty year bonds to aid the construction of the Au gusta, Edgefield and Newberry." Will that road terminate there? "I think not. I was met at new berry with a proposition from Union County to extend the line to Union court house and to Yorkville in York County. Both these counties pro pose, I was told. to issue bonds for ,100.000 each. These bonds can readily be sold at above par, and Au gusta would thus have about 1.33 miles of narrow gauge ruuning al most direct north through a very rich ccuntry." What about the Greenville branch? "It will be 110 miles long, and grading is now progressing rapidly on that line, and to-day I received a proposition from Polk county. N. C., to extend it through that section. This county proposes to issue $50.. 000 of bonds to aid the extension. Now. if you will examine the map you will see that one of these roads would eventually have Knoxville as a terminus and the other Charlotte. N. C. in all there are 351 miles of road projected, all Lavlng Augusta for their objective point. Some of these roads were projected to cut Augusta off by passing through Ed,ge field court house and on to the At lantic coast, but by some manage ment we have succeeded in turning them all to this city. The red lines are many it seems? -Yes, and they are all proper back ing to float a 6 per cent. hond at par and interest. These lines are like the A.. G S.. intended as feeders to Augusta. They pass through the richest counties of the South. They would bring us more trade than we could obtain in any other direction. 'You may not be aware of it, but lands in westei-n South Caro lina are the finest in the State and readily sell, in six t.o eight miles of a railroad, at $20 to 8:30 per acre. What is Augusta's chief needl now? -Trade. She needs patronage from as many persons as can be brought here. We can get all the goodls we want if we can sell them, andl the sure cure for discriinntions in freight rates is to sell goods sufli cient to make it an object to freight agents not to discriminate adverse lv." When will you begin grading on the Newberrv road? "-I shall start an engineering corps in about two weeks. and if you will cast your eye, about that time, to the top of Schumltzs Ilill, you may see the flags of Caroliina and Georgia float. ing over the camp. By Junc 1st we will have finished the grading on the Sandersville roadl, and then the two hundred men now working beyond Gibson with a splendid equipment will attack the Carolina hills." What have the citizens of Augu.staj subscribed to the Newberry road? -Thirtv-flve thou-sand dollars to date. I want fifteen thousand ulol lars more from the people of A ugusta, and the subscription list will stand as follows; Augusta, $50.000; Edge fild. SGG,000; .Ne wberry. $50.000; a total of S106.000, or about $..400 per mile, which forms a pretty good basis for an issue of only 9824.000 of per cent. bonds. You will ob serve that the issuc of bonds is about double thle stock list, or 2 to 1. and before the war such an issue of bank bills beyond the capital was consid ered good banking. llence the Red Lines, as you call them, ask our peo pIe to invest, not to gi ve."-Anyus/a Eceoning N:w.. Cuttings of roses. heliotropes, etc., will grow better if taken off at the junction of the old and new wood, and should be cut off just below a joint or bud, as the roots start from that point, and if a bud is not left nmear or close to the base the cutting~ is liable to decay in the soil. .-The~ farmer, says au exchange, "is the most independent man on earth." Just so. See how lie works all summer. and( steps5 into a bank in the fall and p:.ys the interest omf his mortage. CIVIL SERVICE REFOIDI. Opinions Expressed by Reprent lye Men in Augusta Chronicle of April 18th. LE--EN 1n10' 1oN. JOHN !;. 'uNAT ::i, 1on. Patrick JVdsh. ) n Sm :-In response to yours of the 24th inst.. I have the honor of answerinV your interrogations as fol lows: 1. What do you think of t1he Civil service policy of President Cl,-v; land? 1. 1 do not hold President Ccve land responsible for the Civil Service law. At was introduced by a Demo crat; passed by Dem(owratic votes; embraced in the Democratic Plat. form of 1884-"We favor honest Civil Service Reform.~ 2. Was not the election of Presi dent Cleveland a rebuke to the Ad ministration of the Government by Republican methods and oflice.hold1 ers? 2. Unquestionably the eleetion 0 Cleveland was a rebuke to a party that had abused its pow-Ur:which had lost the confidence of this country. 3. Did not the election imean that the Republican office-holiers were to be turned out and competent Demo crats entrusted with the offices in every department of the Government? 3. Although believing personally that Democrats should reap the bene fits of their victory, there would he an inconsistency in turning out pro miscuously without cause. The Civil Service law and Tenure of Oflice act seems to preclude that. 4. Has the Administration of'Pres ident Cleveland met the fmul expecta tions of Democrats in your State? 4. The Administration of Presi dent Cl6veiand (in my judgment) has met with the approval of a large ma jority of the Democratic party, of Missouri. "Where there nre appoint muents there will a!ways be disap pointment." 5. Is President Ceveland's policy calculated to strengthen the party and insure success in he comingr elections? 5. 1 have cofideiee that the wis (lom of Mr. Cleveland's course will be approved in the future. and that it will he beneficial to the Democratic party. There is no doubt that there is a feverish, unsatisfied feeling among manny Democrats. irought -as I believe-by a misunderstand ing~ of the Prsdn' inltentio)ns to wards the party. which time and a better understandingr will remoive. Yours. v-ery respectfully. IJTNs G. PIarrIn.:n. D)emocrauic Nat. Com., for Mo.I 1:rrEn Fuo.M HION. D. P. D)UN.\N. UNION., S. C.. A pril 12. 1885. Ioni. Patrick fVl:/h. Aamin.sta. Ga. M1 r Di:.un Smi :-Your c:ircular let ter was duly received. Whilst not caring to offer any meaningless ex cuse. yet I will take occasion to say1 that I am not in the habit of writing for the public prss and this is why I have not rep)lied to simuilar commu nictions I have received from your ofice. lBnt as conti nued( silence would in dicate indifference or show want of interest in questions of great pulic moment. I have forwardled you the enclosure on your questions on the Civil Service law, which you may use as you deem prop)er. My under standing on the question is that -civil service is a general namec for all the duties rendered to and paid for by the State or general Govern ment other than t hose relatin&g to naval and military matters." All positions of honor. trust or of emo)i uent under our formi ofI governmn.nt are held either by ele'ction or appoinot ment. Ilistory teaches us that the salv 1 tion of republics are their different parties. Without strong competition one party will soon become corrupt. Witness the Republicanu party. that. by its long conitiniued su1cceses in ofice, by its great financial amd n merical strength, had grown to be lieve that might was right and thatI none could hold it responsible, no matter what its excesses might be, or who they might puit in office-hence the nomination of Mr. lBlaine in 1884. It was at this juncture that the Democratic p)arty, aided in somel masure by the conservative l'epub lican element. defeated tie Republi can party at the election of 1S44. and mde Mr. Clevecland President. Now, if a party has a~ priniciple or a policy not the same or in keeping with the doctrines of another party. is it natural or to l)e eXpecCted tha:t the party in power should select mia terial from the opposing element to carry out and perform its duities oflice? On the other hand whilst tihe elec ti. of Mr. Cleveland meant 1)emo eratie rule and in on2 sense offices to be filled I DCnocrats. vet it is not to be denied tiat with his pledge to maita-i and see Carrid out the so called civil service law, "Mr. Cleve !an has not. neither could he, turn out evory inncriihe;it at the wish and call of every oflice-seeker, without any consieration as to their going. I believe the Prsident is a true Dem ovrat. and that he truly wishes to see every (41;ee in the gift of the Govern inent filled by true and honest Dem ocrts. andt that. with but few excep s.it will be so before his term of oillce expires. As fir as I am able and capable of judging. I believe the :iministration of the President has given satisfac tion! in this State. Our people be lieve if he has made mistakes it is 1)ecanse he has been misled by his ;isers from among our own publie In my humble judgment, the trouble at the root of the whole matter is the civil service law, which I consider mure or less a great humbng, and should be repealed. If I had no other reason than the way the Repub lican party has tre ted the South as regards Federal appointments, I should say let it go. Who have been appointed to office in the South since the first days of reconstruction? 11as not a dishonest Republican, a scalawag o-r carpet-bagger been al ways preferred to an honest Demo crat? )id not this policy give to the country Mahone. Longstreet and Mosbv?-a few in this State and several in Georgia who were tarred with the sanc stick-men who in the davs of our a,versitv were ready for an oflee to betraN ad sell out their own peorle and State. It is not of ten that a desolated nation writhes under the blows of its children and the cruelties of its own offspring, and vet these were men. who, amid the graves of their kindred. amid the an g.ish and despair of brave men in their crushin, overthrow, amid the grien fields and blue skies of the land of their nativity. were ready for some Federal appointment to'betray and iesert Dhe emocratic party. and now when (le day of our political prosper:ty is at hand they would hold on under the sham of this civil service iaw-as witness Mahone's eih on as to appointments in Virginia. And dare say this is the trouble with the Savannah po-t oflee and the ens tomi louse crew. Let this law be repealed and I have nio fear but what President Cleveland will answer your five ques tion in a very satisfactory man ner to I he whole country. Very respectfully. D). P. DUNcax. i..T I Ti:o IA1.. . .L. FA1RLEY. S u:!T.uNncI:. A pril 15. D::,\n S::-Inv answering your quio s to the civil service policy of l'resident (icveland, and whether there should he a complete change of olie holders. I will :reat the -subject generally inisand of taking up th e riuestions eeriatimu. liin amnong those who had no well dehined opinions on the civil service reform, and willing to wait unitil time, observation and experi enee has enabled me to come to a conclusion. I have watched without prejudice the p)rogress of events, and read with interest the discussion, both pro and con. finally arriving at a decisionl which is satist:tctory tol my mind, at least. TIhe civil service idea is a very good on.* as at mere theory, b)ut is not suited to a gtovernment like ours. being -ct rar v to the D)emocratic spirit of all of its institutions. Com narativye exa:ninvations are no fair test of merit, in the first place, and the holding of uulfce "for life or good behavior" is a principle which ought to be repudhiatedi in this country-, ex cept. perhaps. for offices of a judicial character. All society has an aristo cratie tendency, and one of the great est dange~rs of every- republican gov ernmnent is this tendency to a strong~ governimenit. or tyranny on the one hand. which, when allied to the of lice huoding and money power, is apt to biecome too strong to he resisted. IfI the perfect f reedom of American in stitutions. and of the American peo ple, are to b)e maintained, we mu,st resist every tendency towards givirng p)erni:anent po)wer or position to any sort of nen. who will soon, under any na'r:elome interested in the con tin uationi of the existing order of thing~s. Wh at more powerful class conld a gouvernment create than a wcll- paidl ofmee-holdding class, "for' life. or od b,ehaior,' wielding an inflcence. by' vi rtue both of acctumu lated wealth and of oflicial power and patronage. and likely to become ire;s.i at sme time in the future? If --for life or good behavior" is to be the rule. how easy it will be for the son, with proper training, to suc ceed the fath'-.r, and for office to be come a part of the family inheritance; and is not such an arrangement as good as a favored aristocratic class? The English government, where fa voritism under the name of civil service has so long prevailed. will not do for an example. GOV ERNMENT BY PA.TIE. It is unphilosophical to rail at par ties, party spirit or govcrnment by parties, for these are the natural and legitimate outgrowth of our system of Lovernment. There is a certain sort of philosophy. or sense of justice, on the part of the people which makes them grant a sufflcient lease of power to every party in control until it has fulfilled its destiny and become cor rupt, which (as has been humorously indicated by Bill Arp) seems to be the ultimate fate of all parties. Un der such a state of affairs, and with new id!,as and issues before the coun try, what is more reasonable than that the old party-like the dead [eaves of a forest-should be thrown ff altogether. so that the new re forms could be carried out witlout being retarded by the indifference. anwillingness. demoralization, or hos 'ility of the old? Not only every office holder, but !very member of a party in power, hould be made to feel the responsi Ailitv resting upon it, to give the best ?ossible government, and when, after . long lease of power, and of office lolding, the party abuses its trust ind becomes corrop. it should be urnied out. with all of its followers ind influence for example sake. Party fealty, as an incentive to ac ion, is next to reliious zeal with Ae average American citizen. OFFICE SEEKING. It has become-the fashion to decoy ind declaim against the desire for Affice. and -the civil service reform," for life or good behavior "competi ive examination" idea is be.ng held ip as the only true remedy. When wve remember that honor, -power and )osition are the rewards to be held >ut by a free people to those who dis -lay the highest publie spirit and pa riotism. and the "noblest self sacri ice and heroism, in war or in peace ill of which are far better tests of nerit than any competitive examina Aon. Then we begin to see that the struggle for oflice is not such a great 3vil after all. It is. indeed, one of :he greatest ir.ducements for some etofaithfully serve h epe ~ho otherwise might have abused ~heir power, or been indifferent to ~heir praise or blame. Will not this >e the tend.ency when men hoh'i their >ositions *-for life or good behavior. ind are not dependent upon a party >r the people for their ccntinuance in People generally. p)articularly in :he D)emocratie party. believed that L Democratic success meant that a somplete change was to he made. ex 3ept, perhaps. in some of the dloubt 'ul States, where the Independent ;ote was to be conciliated. Consid ~red from a p)hilosophical stand point, t is to be feared that the civil ser ,ice policy is wrong in p)rinciple,t 'ase in policy, and likely to prove njurious, not only to the D)emocratic yarty. but. if per-sisted in, to the 4hole country. HI. L. FAIrLE. A Parisianl 3iilionaire's Bed. A Parisian millionaire, M. Lang, ias recently had made for him a vonderful bei whichi is certainly one >f the most luxurious pie'ces of Ikurni nre we have vet iheard of. If only t could become universal, what 'a >ooni it would be to early risers [he description makes one envy the anfortuinate posessor. The bed tself is a model of comfort; and the ollowing devices hav'e been adopted o render rising fromn it as little un lesat as possible. Whein it -s im ogtup. a chime of bells rings. [he occupant continues to sleep. Suddenly a candlie is lit by a clev-er nechanical arrangemnent. The sleep 3r rubs his eves. and an invisible iand p)roceedls to divest him of his mightcap. B:.' means of electricity i spirit-lamp with coffee-roasting ap) >aratus ailxed next begins to burn. [lie water soon boils, and the smell >f cofcee soon fill!s the room with leliciouis frag~ranice. Lu xuriously re ;eling in a crowd of agreeable sen ations. the occupant.- now just be0 ~inning~ to awakl.e. is soothe~d by ound's proceed ing from a costly mu lec box. AM length the bells ring >t another merry pea!, and at the 'cot of the bed a card with "-Levez rous" (-'Get up") inscribed on it ap ears. If this invention is without affect a powerful mechanism lifts the >ccupant bodily from his bed and de )osits him on the floor.-Chca'go Tri;ic The Trouble with the Tilmanites. The Tillman. or Farmers' Move ment. may be said now to be under fp:ll sil. The different counties in the State have had meetings and chosen delegates to represent them in Columbia. As such delegates thev are chosen under the addresa sent out some time ago by B. R. Tillman, and signed 'by quite anum her of farmers from diff-.rent sections of the State. Going to the Conven tion under that call, they are pledged to certain lines of action. Of course, Tillman will ride his Agricultural College hobby, and since by resolu tion numbers of the Carmers "do in straightforward terms endorse B. R. Tillman in his movement to redeei the farmers of the State from the thraldom under which they are now laboring; and since Tillman believes that salvation lies alone in an Agri cultural College, therefore the farm ers' delegates will mount the same hobby, and follow where their 'Moses' will be pleased to lead them. They will therefore have to devise ways and means for the es tablishment of an Agricultural Col lege. It is to be feared that they will not see far enough into the fu ture, to see that money will be re quired year after year to run the col lege. A Legislature composed of farmers, however, could easi;y make an appropriation annualfy, of the public funds to rua it, although such - annual appropriation might not ligoten the burden of taxation now com plained of. And then the delegates from all the counties will wish to re duce the taxes. In order to accom plish it, they --desire a more econom ical disbursement of the taxes;" they "wish fewer offices both County and State;" in short, they wish to elect a legislature pledged to the calling of a Constitutional Convention by means of which they propose to over turn our present system and rev a tionize the whole State government. And yet strange to say, at nearly all 4 the County meetings, the farmers hre by resolution, disclaimed the movement to be political j*its nature and "express their confideR'e a fealty to the Democratic p Stranger still. no resolutions bearing'. (ir-ctly upon the agricultural inter.; ests of the farmer, without some po litical significance. have been voted - unon in any of the County meetings. le conclusion is. therefore, irresist able, that the movement is strictly political in its nature; and at the risk of being called a "liar," I mildly..1 ver.ture the assertion, that Tillman expects a place for himself, and like wise his most active subalterns in the m~ovement have th'-ir eves longingly " lxedi upon some place that they havc ___ beretofore sought and not found. The County meetings held through- ~ >ut the state, as a rule, have been ittended by small crowds of farmers. Flhe conclusion then is, that quite a respectable mnajority were at home iauting co.tton and corn, and there rore not yet thinking of politics or - larmers' movements, (so-called). But ,his majority who have been at home, many of them, can tell you from ex- i perience, what is the trouble with the rilhnaniites. They will tell you $hat ~he trouble is not in the State Con stitution, not on account of high taxes, tot for the lack of an Agricultural Dollege, but chiefly because the farm-A ~rs are in debt and without money. Phe Farmers' Movement (so-called), ~hey say, will not raise mortgages, ~ay debts. and put money in their ?ockets; but more bountiful provision ~rops, and strict economy, with cot on as a surplus crop weill do it. In conclusion, the Farmers' Move nent as a political move, will have ~o deal with the negro question,. 1'heir action at Somerville showed~'" ,bat they were wide awake, and of yourse ready for any emergency. Phe Republicans are looking on with nuch interest, hoping many things. -A(;tucor.A, in Marlboro Democrat. A Goose Farm. A goose farm is one of the curi ,sities of agriculture on the eastern shore of Virginia. Within an area of atbout 3,000 acres live 5,000 geese, of several varieties, attended by herders and regularly fed. with corn, etc. The >)bject is th~e collecting of down for ' p~ilts and pillows, and oncein about six weeks a plucking takes place. Only the breast and the sides under Ahe wings are plce,and it re -uires the yield of nearly 100 gees Lo weigh a pound. The raw feather are sent to Philadelphia for cleaning and sorting. WVhen skim milk or buttermilk can be secured at from two to three cents per gallon, it is one ~ he cheapes foods that can be given to chickens. It may largely take the place of flesh, and will induce them to lay early and often.