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fr berr~ eral E STAnLISHED 18"ofa5_ NEAWBER-RY S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE2,19. _____PIE$50AYR 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