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CAN TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF.
Senator Butler Definei the Presdent's
Authority for Making Appointtuent
Thinks Senators and Representatives
who Wish to Control Patronage
are Presumptive and Unrea
sonable-The People, not
They, Should be Con
sulted.
[Washington Post.] .
In anawer to a South Carolina con
stitueLt Senator Butler has givcu his
ideas about the President's course in
dispensing Federal patronage. He
things the Chief Executive is fully ca
_pable of naming people for the offices,
and shows the authority with which he
is vested to do so. While lie holds
himself ready to give the President his
opinion of constituents' fitness for office
he does net understand how Senators
or Representatives can expect Mr.
Cleveland to abdicate his constitutional
duties and de;egate them to Congress
men, and says he has never 1een able
to understand why they should expect
or desire to assume them. H is letter to
his constituents is as follows:
UNiTED STATES SLNTE. I
Washington, D. C., June 17, '93. '
My Dear Sir: I have received your
letter in which you criticise the action
of the President and his Cabinet in re
gard to-the so-called "South Carolina
patroage," and ask my opinion.
It is no part of my business to defend
4he-President's official conduct. He is
ab.tidantly able to take care of himself;
tmay say that I believe he will be
sustained by the great body of the pec
p'e, who are much more inter(st(d in
an honest and wise administration of
hEir government than in the doling
out of "patronage."
Let us see what some of his duties
are under the Constitution. I am quite
sure that a better understanding in t hat
regard will aid very much in clearing
up the political atmosphere and recall
to the minds of Senators and Represen
tativles (and to the people) their proper
constfuctional relations to the Execu
tive branch of the government. In
Section 2, Article II, of the Constitu
tion, it is provided:
"The President shall be commander
in-chief of the army and navy, etc., and
he shall nominate, and by and with the
advice'and consent of the Senate shall
appoini aminassadors, etc., and all other
officers of the United States, but Con
gress may by law vest the appointment
of such inferior officers as they think
proper in the President alone, in the
Courts of law, or in the heads of de
partment&"
This is the authority, and the only
authority, under and by virtue of which
appointments are made. If anybody
can find in this provision any right or
power in a Senator or Representative to
disppiewepatronage, I should be glad to
have i point(d out. It may be said in
rep!y Jo this that nobody has claimed
such a right or power in a Senator or
Representative, but that, being repre
gntativ'es of the States and people, they
have the right to recommuend, and their
recommendations should be potential
with the Executive.
That they have the right to recom
mend nobody denies-any citizen of
this country has this right, but that
Senators and Representatives have the
right to dictate appointments, or that
their recommendations should be con
clusive and unqjuestionled is denied.
That their political favorites and friends
sh.uld be selected in preference to the
political friends and favorites of other
people is also d'enied.
The recommendations of Senators
and Representatives are entitled to con
sideration and respect and weight so
far as they are judicious and wise. Why
any Senator or Representative should
complain that their recommen.lations
and endorsement of applicants for office
are not adopted by the Executive I
cannot understand. The theory of our
Government is that the legislative, ex
ecutive and judicial department, while
co-ordinate, shoulo be kept independ
ent of each other. The framers of the
Constitution wisely determined that
t:he preservation of -the whole could
only be secured by the independence of
each branch.
The Executive is held responsible
under the Constitution for "all oiIi
ces,'aod should, therefore, be allowed
thie fullest- latitude in making appoint
nints.~ The Le'gislative is held respon
sible for "all laws," and should, there
fore, be exempt in the fullest degree
from the dictation of the Executive.
This independence and responsibility
can only be maintained by the freest
exercise of their respective constitu
tional functions.
Take for instance the postoffices. It
is assumed, in some quarters, that
Senators and Representatives have the
right to control and dictate the appoint
ment of postmasters. Where do they
get;tbis right? Certainly not from the
Conistitution or any laws that I know
of.... Of all of the departments the post
offee department is nearest the people
It may be asked who is better qualified
to select postmasters than t he represen
tatives ot the people. I answer, the
people themselves. They are more in
terested in the proper conduct of their
respective postoflices than anything
else.
"Home rule" is the fundamental
princeiple of our government, and al
though the President is not bound to
consult aiiybody in making appoint
ments, I am quite sure he intendis to
observe this priciple as far as practica
ble in -making his selection of postmas
ters. He certainly ought to do so.
Subject to his constitutional right and
duty to make appointments, the pa
trolns of the offices, the people them
selves, those immediately interested in
the proper administration of the post
fficem should be consulted.
I stand ready at all times to give to
the President and Postmaster General
or other miembers of the Cabinet such
informati,ni as I may have touching
the qualitications of applicants ior
otfice, but I shall certainly not take
offence if my recommendations or sug
gestions are not followed. On the con
trary, I would much prefer to be left
perfectly free and independent to prop
erly dibcharge my constitutional duty
to "advise and consent" to such nomji
natious as may be sent to the Senate
for confirmation. That freedom and
independence is best preserved by my
having nothing to do with appoint
ments until they are sent to the Senate,
when the Presidtnt's iesponsibility
ends and mine begius.
I think that the custom which has
grown up, outside of constitutional or
legal authority, of Senators and Repre
sentatives demanding this or tha- up
pointment, or being expected by their
constituents to demand them, is a
vicious custom, and much better "hon
ored in the breach than in the observ
ance."
For myself, I deem it my duty to
transmit to the Executive all applica
tions for office and papers relating
thereto, and -xpress nfy opinion if it is
requested. Having done this, the re
sponsibility rests entirely with the
Prasident and his Cabinet.
The Postmaster General informs me
that he has adopted the following rules
for his guidance in appointing post
masters, which, I take it, like all other
similar rules, are not arbitrary or invi
olable, but su bject to mod ificat ion when
exigencies demand it.
1. The appointee must reside within
the delivery of the postoflice, and that
he did not establish his residence for
the purpose of securing the appoint
ment.
2. That he must be the choice, as far
as the same can be ascertained, of a
majority of the patrons of the office,
that is, a majority of those who receive
the largest amount of mail matter,
etc.
3. That while he will always give re
spectful and proper attention and con
sideration to the opir-ions and recom
mendations of Senators and Represen
tatives, he cannot permit himself to be
conclusively bound by them in making
appointments.
These rules meet my approbation and
seem to be in strict accordance with the
requirements of the Constitution. Al
executive officer cannot abdicate his
constitutional dutics and functions and
delegate them to Senators and Repre
sentatives, and I have never been able
to understand why Senators and Bep
resentatives should expect or desire to
assume them.
Yours very truly,
M. C. BUTLER.
PRESIDENT OF CLEMSON.
Prof. E. E. Crafghead, or Wofroird College,
is t he Chosen Man-The Selection Is En
tirely satlsfactory to the IBoard.
[Special to News and Courier.]
CoL.UMIA, June 22.-The Columbia
members of the Board of Trustees of
Clemson College returned to the city
to-day, after an all night's session. Trhe
chief purpose of the meeting was the
selection of a president for the institu
tion. The Trustees have for a long
time been trying to come to some con
clusion in the matter, and it was the
determination of all of them that a final
decision should be reached at this meet
ing. At the opening of the session it
seemed that there woula be another
deadlock, but after four ballots Prof.
E. B. Craighead, of Wofford College,
was declared elected. The selection
gave entire satisfaction to the trus
tees.
Prof. Craighead is comparatively a
new man in this State. About four
years ago he came here to accept the
professorship of Greek at Wofford Col
lege, aed has filled that position with
credit. He has interested himself con
siderably in the improvement of the
teachers of this State, and has had
charge of a number of institutes. He
is a married man and is about 34 years
of age. He is a native ot Missouri and
came from that State to Wofford Col
lege. Prof. Craighead will take charge
of Clemson College on the opening, the
6th of July.
Mr. Craighead is said to be in every
way fitted for the work he is to under
take. Upon the completion of a course
at thbe academic schools in his native
State he attended the Emory Coilege
in Missouri. From Emerson he went
to Vanderbuilt, where he spent a num
ber of years. He then went abroad to
put the finishing touches to his educa
tion. He remained at Leipsic six
months, eighteen months at the Uni
versity of France and six months at the
University of Italy. Upon his return
to this country he accepted a position
where he remained until he went to
Wofford College.
The board of trustees found that
everything was in readiness for the
opening on the 6th of July. It is ex
peted that there will be a very large
a ttendan ce at thbe opening of the school.
The board attended to considerable rou
tine business and adjourned at abotut I
o'!oek.
As a blood-purifier, the most eminent
physicians prescribe Ayer's Sarsapa
rui. It is thbe most powerful combi
nation of vegetable alteratives ever
offered to the public. As a spring and
family mletiieinle, it may be freely used
by old and young alike.
If You Will Ask
your Physi ciatn, he will tell you that
there is nothing better for the Liver,
Blood and Kidneys, or Rheumatism,
than the Harris Lithia Water. tf.
THE DEATH DEALING CYCLONE.
A Score or More of People Kiled and Many
Seriously Injured in Arkansas.
PERRY Kas., June 22.-The most
destructive and death dealing cyclone
that ever visited Western Kansas passed
through Williamstown and the sur
rounding country, in Jefferson county,
about 7 o'clock last evening. It trav
eled southeast and took in a scope of
country half a mile wide and about six
miles long. Not a house barn or tree
was left standing in its path. It was
accompanied by a terrible rainstorm
and midnight darkness.
Eleven dead bodies have so far been
recovered, and it is known that at least
live or more persons were killed. The
dead are: L. F. Evans, Emery Evans,
Mrs. John Hutchinson, Samuel Kin
caide, Clara Kincaide, Sadie Kincaide,
Walter Kincaide, Eva Kincaide, Wil
liam Kincaide. Samuel Stewart. Their
bodies are horribly mangled. Mrs.
Hutchinson's arms and limbs were
found in a tree a mile from her house.
Eva Kincaide's bead was severed from
her body.
Three persons are known to be se
riously hurt. The fatally injured are
James Baker, William Geoffert, Mrs.
Geoffert. Seriously injured: Rose
Gray, Horace Jones, Walter Mc
Cracken.
Probably at least twenty persons
were killed and thirty houses blown
down.
FEARFUL CYCLONE IN MISSOURI.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., June 21-News has
reached this city of a disastrous cyclone
at Conception, Mo., sixty miles north of
here. The house of John Doyle was
blown down and Doyle and his wife
and an old man were killed, the latter
being decapitated. The solid front wall
of the Abbey of New Engleburg, being
erected by the Benedict*ne Monks, was
blown down. Ten thousand feet of
btiek was tumbled inside the structure.
Torrents of rain completed the destruc
tion of the edifice- Houses and barns
were blown down and a number of
people hurt. The Omaha and St. Louis
Railroad depot was unroofed.
ATLANTA BARELY ESCAPES.
ATLANTA, June 22.-A cyclone swept
for forty miles across the counties above
Atlanta this afternoon. Dallas, a small
town on the East Tennessee Virginia
and Georgia Railroad, thirty-five miles
above Atlanta, was badly wrecked, and
the following buildings were destroyed:
Residences of T. J. Foster, D. W. Low
rance, Mrs. Kaiden, J. B. Hunt, Con
nelly & Connelly's drug store and
Owen's brick hotel. Twenty houses
were unroofed, but no lives lost. Crops
are ruined over a large tract.
As the storm approached Atlanta
many people here became frightened
and ran to cellars. Two hundred peo
ple collected under the new Forsyth
street iron bridge for safety. The cloud
split on the western edge of the city and
passed to the North and South, unroof
ing small buildings and destroying tele
phonic communication.
A TORNADO IN ELLENTON.
[Special to News and Courier.]
AUGUSTA, June 22.-A terrible wind
and rain storm visited Ellenton, S. C.,
last night, which blew down the Bap
tist church, which was dedicated last
March, and the roof of a house was
taken off. Great damage was done to
corn and other crops. It was the sevel
est storm ever seen in than section by
the oldest inhabitants.
Senator Stanford Dead,
M ENLO PA RK, Cal., June2l.-United
States Senator Stan ford died at 12
o'clock last night of apoplexy. He
passed away peacefully at his home in
Palo Alto.
Senator Stanford was in the best of
spirits yesterday. He took a drive
around his stock farm and seemed as
well as ever. He wvent to bed shortly
after 10 o'clock, and about midnight
his valet, going into his bedroom, dis
covered that he was dead.
Among the greatest acts of his life is
the magnificent Leland Stanford, Jr.,
University, at Palo Alto, thirty miles
from San Francisco, in memory of his
son. Mr. and Mrs. Stanford con
veyed to the trustees three tracts of
land comprising 85,000 acres. Trhe
corner stone of the University build
inge was laid May 14, 1886;. Up to his
death it is estimated Senator Stanford
gave i20,0J00,000 to the institution. The
buildings themselves cost over $1,000,
000, and are superb examples of archi
tecture.
HIE WAS wvORTH THI IRTY-FIvYE MILLION.
SAN FRANCIsco, June 22.-A careful
estimate of the late Senator Stanford's
property indicates that its value is
somewhere in the neighborhood of
$35.000.0(00.
Phillips Brooks. and the Canadian Bishop.
[ From the Boston Budget.]
A few years ago the rector of St.
Paul's wvas elected to a Canadian bish
opric. He was a slight, little man, and
made but a very small showing when
he dressed in the full Canadian regalia,
including knee breeches. In fact,
when Phillips Brooks saw the newly
elevated prelate he hardly knew what
to make of him. His first sight of him
was la rear view. Walking up behind
the little Bishop, the Doctor laid his
heavy hand gently on the other's
shoulder, and looking down gnizzically
said : "Bishop, do you wear pants-?"
When the blood is loaded with im
pu ri ties, the w hole system becomes
disordered. This condition of things
cannot last long without serious re
suits. In Luch cases, a powerfuil alter
Iative is neede<d, such as Ayers Sarsapa
,.m.. IT never fails, and ha no ennal.
PUBLIC EDUCATION.
A Larger School Term Urged ani More
Attention to the Training of Teachers.
Awmid the clash of contending polit i
cal factions, the unrest of financial ill
terest, and the elements of uncertainty
which enter so largely iuto all of our
calculations as to the immediate future,
we are brought face to face with a
probiem, which, like Bznquo's ghost,
will not down; (i. e.) the preservation
of the prestige of our common wealth.
It is a fact, established beyond the
uttermost realnis of the conti:ies of,
doubt, that no organic body is, or can
be, stronger than the ma'erial of which
it is composed; and it is an equally in
di.putable proposition, that every con
stituent part of such body should con
sider it its highest duty to bend
every energy to the one idea of foster
ing every issue looking to the succes
of principles upon which, and the pur
poses for which such organization is
effected.
History never repeats itself with
such unerring accuracy in regard to
any other fact as it does when it treats
of the unsuccessful efforts of the differ
ent peoples to perpetuate institutions
founded upon a basis that was wanting ]
in intelligence; and it is the height of
folly for us, in this century of progress,
to suppose that an invidious distinc
tion will be made in our favor, and
that we will be exempt from the comi
mon lot of those who have been un- i
mindful of the oligations that they
owed to posterity-obligations that de- 1
mand a conscientious interpretation of 1
the higher definition of the terms 4
honesty and policy.
The name of South Carolina has been
inscribed among the proudest upon the
scroll of fame. "South Carolina" has
ever been a passport to popularity. 1
This would not be so without valid
reasons-reasons written on flood and
field by her soldiery, imprizted on sci
ence, history, romance and song by her
authors, and proclaimed from the foruij
by the most courtly gentlemen that
ever held within their magic grasp the
destinies of nations; reasons, inter
woven warp and woof with the lives
of their sons and daughters, and de
manding the sacrifice of everything
save honor, for their maintenance,
pointing with the finger of prophecy
to still greater heights, if we are able
to appreciate our possibilities; or, on
the other hand, draping with the man
tle of shame the structure of Statehood
if we fail. What offering are we bring.
ing to the altar of sacred memories?
What material are we raising with
shoulders broad enough to bear the
mantle of Calhoun, McDuffie, Preston,
Hayne, and a host of others whose
memory will shed fragrance o'er the
past of our State 'til the annals of time 1
shall have been filed among the
archives of eternity.
Is it sufficient that a small minority
are endeavoring to elevate their chil
dren to a plane which will confer upon
them the capacity for the enjoyment
of the highest privileges of citizenship?
[s it not rather a cause for humiliation
that the great mass of the people aret
content to plead the indefensible pre
text of poverty in extenuation of their
failure to come up to the full staure of
manhood and womanhood that is de
manded of themn by the import unate ex
igencies of the timies? The cry, that the
rich are growving richer and thbe poor
poorer is but a concession of the supe
rior intelligence of the rich. This state
of affairs will never experience a change
until "Greek meets Greek" in the
marts of trade, in the prescribed arena
of science and art, and in the broad
fields of journalism and literature.
There is no disposition on the part
of those who are acquainted with the3
true inwardness of the financial state
of our country to deny the ex -
istence of hard times; but, to admit
this as an excuse for the want of inter
est in the educational advancement of I
our children, is but to fly in the face of3
the equally well known existence of
an indulgence in minor extravagances
that might not be considered as such,
were it not for thbe fact that the amount
per capita, spent in their indulgence,
would ro:1 up a school fun d that would
be the marvel of the age, and would
go down to succeeding generations as
an example of sacrifi::e worthy to t>e
ranked as the inception of the Augus
tine era in the statehood oif the land of
the palmetto.
The State, in its collectivel:capacity,
has wisely made provision for the in
auguration of this effort in the passage
of a lawv permitting the erection of
school districts and the levy of supple
mentai taxes for the maintenance of
longer terms, whbich will, of necessity,
guarantee the raising the grade of such
schools as come under the provision of
the act.
When it is considered that the sup
plemiental tax will only amount to two
dollars on the thousand dollars worth
of property, it is hard to realize that
any one can be found so bliud to the
interest of posterity, as well as to the
enhanced happiness of the declining
days of his own existence, as to op
pose the progress of this latter day
reformation, and when, upon further
consideration it is found that a larger
majority pay taxes upon less than half
of a thousand, one is compelled to raim
sack the pages of history for a parallel
for this evidence of self abnegation.
It is the more imperative that we
should meet the State over half way,
when we are confronted with the mnag
nificent efforts being put forth by our
sister States in this line, which is tak
ing away large draughts of the richest
young life's blood from the arterial or
ganism of the body intellectual of our
adly defircient land.
The establishment of an agricultural
tnd mechanical college is a long and
imely step in the right direction, and
ret in order to reach the richest bene
its frorn this institution our boys
ihould be efficiently trained in the
-udiwentals before they matriculate,
Lod then there are so many thousands
f the youth of the country who will
iever have the opportunity of attend
ug there, that the good arising frol
t will be confined to the preparing 0
lompetent instructors for such institu
ions as we may have for the exercise
)f tneir pedagogical powers, and right
iere it might as well be said, that if
he schools of the State are conducted,
ts at present, Ioth as to time and re
rnuneration, that other places are wait
ug with open arms to receive the pro
luct of our "Farmers' College."
No more forcible argument could
3ave been adduced to prove the imme
liate need of a better or more thorough
:ourse of instruction in Newnerry
jounty than the result of the election
)f teachers for the graded school last
,veek, when, out of a lot of nearly forty
ipplicants, only one out of a possible
light had the privilegeof calling them
elves Newberrians. Strange! do I
aear you say? No, not strange, but
iumiliating; for, the gentlemen who
>ccupy the position of trustees, were
kctuated by principles which raised
hem above the promptings of favorit
sm and indicated a line of procedure
,vhich must find a remedy elsewhere
han in blame.
How many efficient teachers are
:empted into the county by the three
nouths terms and parsimonious pay
)f the "old field school? A name char
tcteristic of their true condition, (i. e.)
.urned out to grass, and allowed to
row up in such species of scrub and
edge as the winds of adversity may
)low into them
The excuse so often clanged into our
ears that "we're obliged to have our
:hildren to help us in our farms" goes
ff into mid air on account of its own
'eatherweight worth, for there are not
L half dozen days between the 1st of
Kovember and the 1st to the 15th of
4ay, when they can be profitably em
>oyed on the farm. So you see here
ire six months straight that they might
)e at school; and, again, from the 1st
>f July to the 1st of September, there
Lre two more montbs devoted to the
trduous duties of doing nothing that
night be thrown in to make up a total
>f eight months of intellectual culture
ithout the least disparagement to the
amily resources. I. speak from the
.tandpoint of a small farmer, and do
iot have to ca-t about for facts to es
ablish this assertion.
In conclusion. Unless we wish our
:hildren to be "hewers of wood and
Irawers of water" we must educate.
juless we wish them to treasure
gainst us in after days a sense of
vrong, we must educate.
Unless wve wish to be recreant to the
rust imposed upon us by the God who
ave them, and give themn back to him
t maturity, splendidly constructed,
ut tenantless temples of humanity,
ve must educate. If we wish them
o be an honor to us, a profit to them
elves, a stay to our declining days, a
>ulwark of safety to the land of their
ativity, and a repository of such ex
ellencies, physically, mentally, so
ially and spiritually as will do homage
o the likeness in which they are cre
ted, we must educate.
F. WV. HIGGINS.
EulalHe's Cigarette.
(From The Chicago Record.1
This cigarette question is largely one
if geography-of environment and
raining. For a Spanish woman, a
Russian woman or a woman of the
)rient a cigarette is hardly m. out of
lace thau a bonbon. When en.. :tain
g women of these nationalities it is
Iot hard to see how the practice may
>e copied temporarily outs of courtesy.
ut in this country prejudice of train
ng-"silly sentiment," if you will
nay be relied upon to keep ladies from
be habit. Ethically, smoking is pos
ibly no worse for the woman then for
e man. But American mankind
vill revolt against it for much the same
reason that he would object to seeing
uis sister, wife or daughter doing any
bing which his tradition had deter
nined to be purely manish and' there
ore neither refined nor womanly.
The Decline of Proranity.
[Century Magazine.1
The habit is dying out. It was,
witin the memory of those who
lo not like to think themselves
ld, very common. I have heard, on
what I am sure is trustworthy an
:hority, of a clergyman of the last gen
ration who, summoned to breakfast
while at his morning devotions, turned
pon the unfortunate messenger with
:his exclamation: "- you! How
are you interrupt my prayers!" Much
less extreme instances are known to
many of us which would be simply im
possible. A re we becoming more
pious?
That is not the general impression.
fs tbe fiber of the lace softening? That
is often maintained, but I do not think
uccesfully. The civil wvar is there to
disprove it for Americans, at least. Or
are we, as Frenchmen and women did
long ago, learning more adequately to
master the resources of our own tongue,
anud becoming indepandent of this
rude and rather stupid-to call it
nothing worse-device?
The plain truth is good enough for
Hood's Sarsalparilla. No need of em
bellihment or sensationalism. Hood's
AP.P'S NEARLY DEAF,
Some Good Jokes on the Deaf-Old Man
"Hasty" and His Ready Responses
Rcv. Mr. Braham Is Introduced
to Captain Howell, Etc.
LAtlanta Constitution.]
Old man Hasty was deaf-very deaf.
He was a nabor of mine when we lived
in the country, and he hauled a load of
wood to town every day to sell. He
was poor and old, but he never com
plained. The town boys used to poke
fun at him, but he never got mad.
"Good morning, Mr. Hasty," they
would say. "Seventy-five cents," he
replied. "How does your corporosity
sagatiate?" Won't take- a cent less,"
he said. The boys would laugh, and
the old man would smile and drive'oi.
"Wo, wo,' said the 'boys to the steers,
and they would stop again. "Git up
Dick, git along, Brindle, you old lazy
rascale; every time you git to town you
want to stop every half a minute. Git
up, I tell you," and he frailed them
with his thrash pole. About the time
they were fairly started, the boys said
"wo" again, and the old man had to
lick them again, but he never got
mad.
. I was ruminating about this, for I
kam deaf myself, now, and began to
realize its inconvenience. For several
years I have been deaf in one ear, but
I didn't mind it, for, the other was
good. The only trouble was that while
I could hear perfectly well I couldn't
locate distant sounds with much preci
sion. I couldn't tell what church bell
was ringing or which way the train
was coming, or whether the mocking
bird was singing in this tree or that
tree, but I got along very well and
could always hear Mrs. Arp when she
told me what she wanted. There was
some good in having but one good ear
in mosquito time, for I:could just turn
that ear down close on the pillow and
the little varmint might sing away all
night in the other if he wanted.to.
My head trouble has all settled in
my good ear now, and I reckon it will
go out at that orifice and leave me
after a while, but I have suffered-yes,
suffered-like a poor sinner ought to
suffer, and the whole family has to.fly
round and wait on me when these
paroxysms come on. My ear -is nearly
closed up now and I'm waiting for it
to burst or do something. Mrs. Arp
tries to amuse me and some times saye,
"Good morning Mr. Hasty," and-I
always respond, "Seventy-five cents."
The other day I met my old friend,
Rev. Rich Branham, in Atlanta. He
is very deaf, and while we were talking
secrets on the edge of the sidewalk
Evan Howell came swelling along
with his corporosity and stopped to
shake bands. "Mr. Branham you know
Colonel Howell," said I in a gentle
whisper that attracted attention across
the street. "Colonel Towers-yes,
Colonel Towers, I am pleased-"
"Howell, of The Constitution," said
Evan, screaming in his ear. "Thank
you," said Branham,. "my constitution
has given away very much within the
last-" "This is Evan Howell, of The
Atlanta Constitution," said I. "Oh,
yes; yes, I see; yes, I understand. I
used to know him very wel.l, but he
quit knowing me and so I quit. know
ing him. He is running a great political
newspaper, and I am running a great
religious newspaper. He thinks he is
doing a big athing, but I -know that I
am. The Christian Index Is a power
for good. 'The constitution is a power,
too, but whether it is~ for good or not I
can't say." And they laughed and en
joyed each other's wit and humor and
so did I.
I've been helping out deaf people all
my life; that is, I have been giving
them some of my time, for they don't
have much pleasure in a social way,
and it always pleases them to be noticed.
A deaf man feels very much like he is
outside of society. The world has gone
off and left him. My folks were telling
something at the table to-day that was
very funny, and the laugh went merri
ly around and I laughed,. too, but I
never heard a word. But whenever I
make a misfit,answer to my wife she
elevates her voice and says, "Good
mornihg Mr. Hasty." "Seventy.flye
cents," says I. And I hear her say
some other things, too, ever and anon.
She told me this morning that she had
a new moon vine she wanted me to
plant out for her if I felt like it. "It
changed yesterday," said I. "WVe had
a new moon last night." And I looked
solemn'' and sad and put my hand up
to my ear after the position of deaf
folks. There is no dodging her that
way. She went and got a little pot and
pointed to the ground and I went and
got the hoe and planted the vine, and
she smiled at me and said: "Good
morning, Mr. Hasty," "Seventy-five
cents," said I. Yesterday she said she
reckoned she would have to get Mrs.
Roberts to make up that last dress I
bought her if I could spare the money.
I got a glimmering idea of her remark
and nodded assent, for I wouldn't give
her a nice dress and not pay for the
making. I am not that kind of a man.
The girls make up all their dresses but
my wife shall not make her's any more
so long as I live. She has worked
enough. I haven't forgotten the beau
tiful plaited bosom shirts she used to
make for me before there was ever a
sewing machine in the world. I haven't
forgotten the hundreds and hundreds
of little garments she made for the
children. I haven't forgotten the les
sons that she taught them by night and
the faces she washed and the stumped
toes and cut finger she tied up, and the
scoldings and frettings and worryings
that meandered around the house. But,
alas, alas! Those scoldings and worry.
ings I will never hear any more for I
am (leaf. I told her this morning that
my greatest:regret at being deaf was
that I should never more hear the
sweet music of her voice. She looked
right pitiful at me and then smiled
and said: "Good morning, Mr. Hasty."
"Seventy-five cents," said I.
] expect they will play off on me now
and say all sorts of things to try me,
for they don't believe that I am deaf.
I wish that I weren't Iremember about
a young man who out of mischief
wrote to his mother that his intended,
was the loveliest girl in the world, but
unfortunately was- deaf-very deaf.
She was wealthy and beautiful and
smart and amiable and domestic and
loved him devotedly and he loved her
most fondly and was going to marry
her very soon and take her to his home
on a bridal -tour. The rascal told his
intended wife that hisgood old mother
was the best woman In the world, but
Was deaf-very deaf and it would be
quite an effort to talk to her, etc. In
due tine they were married and journ
eyed to his mothe's home. The
mother and.the bri4e, met at the gate
and-embraced most lovingly and then
began to scream in each other's ear
their congratulations while the young
man stood off to one side just dying
with laughter, for- the truth was that
neither the bride nor the mother was
deaf at all.
But there is some good in every aftic
tion. Deaf people are generally good
people, thoughtful and kind.- If they
get so from being deaf then there is a
chance for me.yet. Then, again, they
are exempt from being asked many
questions and from hearinp' many
things that distract the'.mind and
harden the heart. I never knew but
one right square out honest street cot
ton buyer, and he was deaf. He' bought
for a ba0ker who was as deaf as he was,
and it was funny to see them go out
behind the banking housa to talk busi
ness. You could hear them from the
back alley, but they didn't have any
secrets, for the banker was the purest
and best man who *ever lived in Rome.
Deaf men can't have any secrets, for
folks won't tell them any. 1'hey have
to talk too loud. So I'll never hear any
more town talk, and I'll never have
any occasiop to abdise anybody any
.more.
Bit I've had another birthday and so
has my grandson, the junior, who is
now twenty-one. I am forty-six years
his senior, ;bat he is.gaining on me.
Old Annc Domi-ni never stops to take
breath, and the years' are all coming
this way.
We had a peaco.k, and- a turkey for
dinner and some ice cream for desert,
and -everybody -was happy. I can still
hear the dinner bell, thank go6dness.~I
recelved a bushel.of kisses and wishes
and-some cuff buttons and a beautiful
chair for the patriarch, and a kind
lady sent mesome old-fashioned ginger
cakes maide un with. black molasses. I
would have given a hundred dollars if
they had tasted as good as when I was
a boy, but I ate them, nevertheless.
My wife .believes in birthdlays and
birthday presents and .Christmas gifts
for her children and grandchildreu, and
for me too, though I am no kin to her
in the woi'ld.. If she can't get presents
any other way she will go to town and
buy them and have t.hem charged to
me. That is all righ't, of course, for
what Is her's is her'sand what is mine
is her's too. 8o It is all right and. no loss
on our side. There Is no similarity, of
course, but sonibh'6 it reminds me of
what Aunt Ann said' about Uncle
Sam: "My ole man Is powerful fond of
chicken: if he can't git chicken no
oder way he'll go off and buy one."
BILL ARP.
"What is Life?"
"'What is life?" -some one asked
Montford, and he 'beautifully replied:
"The present life is sleeping and wak
ing; it is 'good night' on going to bed,
and 'good morning' on getting up; it is
to wonder what the day will bring
forth; it is rain on the window as one
sits by the fire; it is to walk in the gar
den and see the flowers and to hear the
birds sirig; it is to have news from the
East, WVest, North and South, it Is to
see.pictures and hear music; it is. to
have' Sundays; it - is to pray with a
family morning arid evening; it is to
set in twilight.and meditate; it is to
have breakfast dinner and tea; it 'is 4to
belong to a town and have neighbors,
and to become one circle of acquaint
ances; it is to have friends and love; it is
to have sight of dear old faces, and with
some men it is to be kissed by thesame
loving lips for fifty years, and it is to
know themselves thought of many
times a day, in many places by
children, grandebildren and many
friends."
The Elliville YostoffBee.
Who wants to be postmaster at Bill
ville-on-the-Bend i
The candidates are comin' an, no tell
in' where they'll end;
There's fifty-seven women an' nine
teen men applied,.
An' six men wounded in the war, an'
that "bled an' died !"
Who wants to be postmaster at Bill
ville-on-the-Bend ?..
Who's got a friend in Congress, or the
cash ter buy a friend ?
Who's got a nerve that's steady an'
can live on grits an' grace ?
Jes let 'em holler "Ready "' and come
roarin' in the race !
Fer the campaign2sopened lively, an'
they're swirigin' on the gates ;
There ain't a stuinp with standin'
room so 'thick's the candidates !
An' if the ladies win the race, the
men'll still beswimmin'
Fer, with the Lord's amazin' grace,
they'll mory all the wimni'en
Golden Wedding Poem.
The following poem was read on the
50th anniversary or golden wedding of
David and Eunice T. Jones, near West
Milton, Miami County, Ohio, on the
25th May, 1893:
Old Time, with still unwearied flight,
That stops for none we know,
Hs brought the corresponding night,
To that, (which does my verse invite),
Just fifty years ago.
Of guests who then partook our cheer
Alas! alas! not one is here. (a)
Where are they then? It must be said
Graves many, here can show;
Some unto other lands have sped,
Part are, but whether all are dead
We've not the means to know.
One sleeps in death in lands afar,
A volunteer in Mexie's war. (b)
What grateful thoughts! what need of
praise,
- To our good'Lord is due.
Say, what thanksgiving should we
To Him who's lengthened thus our
. days.
With health and vigor, too,
To meet the cares, the toils, and strife,
That appertain to human life.
Those cares and toils, we've bravely
met,
No egotist I'll say;
Prosperity was pleasant, yet,
-When dire misfortune us beset,
- We conquered in the fray.
Through painful years we've lived to
see,
"As is thy day, thy strength shall be."
And of the many children dear,
Whom God to us hath given,
Eight still are living, and are here,
This night to give us gifts and cheer,
The other three're (c) in heaven.
From those who live, we hope to find
Comfort and aid in life's decline..
Dear love, what shall I say, or write,
What tribute pay to thee,
Who, five decades. ago, this night,
Gave, midst youth's prospects, clear
: and bright,
Thy heart and hand to me
With power while we through life
should go,
To bring thee joy or bring thee woe.
Though I perfection find in none,
To all here, I'll avow,
No woman lives beneath the sun,
Who'd betterWV6ldved, br more'd have
done,
For me, than hast done thou.
If e'er I've caused thy tear to flow,
All is forgiven, well I know.
This night we feel both joy and pride, %
(In what,, each friend must please;).
Pur daughter dear's become a bride;
Has launched her bark upon the tide,
Of matrimonial seas.
We hope while with her love she sails
They'll favored be, by prosp'rous gales.
With us the bark of nuptial life,
Long sailing o'er life's main
Through storms- and calms, with peace
and strife,.
(With which such voyages are rife),
.Ere long must sink-tis plain.
We pray, when'er that voyage shall
cease,.
To meet the change with heavenly
peace.
(a) -As the parties belonged to Friends
Anud violated their discipline in mar
riage, very few' relatives attended for
fear of disown ment.
-(fb) David M. Cole, our groomsmau,
born in- Newberry, South Carolina,
but mainly reared and educated in
this county, afterwards -returned to
Newberry, enlisted in the Mexican
war, and died in that country.
(c) The other three died young.
A Costly Bluf.
[London Figaro.]
A landlord proprietor from the Ger
man provinces was staying not long
ago at a hotel in Berlin. He got into
conversation with .the landlord one
evening, and they talked of the hard
ness of the times.
"It seems to me," said the visitor,
"that the Berlin people have got no
mouey left," taking from his pocket,
as he spoke, a bulky purse, from which
he took a couple of bank notes, twisted
them into a spill, and calmly lit his
cigar. Boniface and 'the other people
present stared at him in open-mouthed
amazement.
A few hours afterwards came the
time of the visitor's departure. Once
more he took out hIs purse, this time
in order to pay his bill. He counted
through his notes, and suddenly
turned white, and then red. He found
himself still in possossion of a score of
flash notes, which he kept for the pur
pose of playing practical jokes; but he
had lit his cigar wvith the only two
genuine notes he had with him.
Killed by Ligtning in a Circus.
RIVERFALLS, Wis., .fune 21-At 4
o'clock this afternoon lightning struck
the large circus tent of Ringling Bros.,
which was crowded with people, in
stantly killing eight and injuring more
than twenty.
The performance was not quite over,
but the terrible storm caused the im
mense throng to crowd out of the tent.
While the people was passing out the
tent was strucs: - twice by lightning,
with the above results. A fire started,
but was extinguished.
The lightning struck the centre pole
of the circus tent. The greatest con
sternation followed. The rain con
tinued falling in great sheets, and the
bodies of the dead were soaked through
before they could be removed.
New line of Oxford Ties at Daven
npots ti