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L^JARUNGTON news, 1 v Karr HU BK I> A T MOtHIKO henry tTThompson, • PROPRIETOR. TERlS-*^ 8 Per lin * m 1b Aditnce. A a a 8qu*r®. One Squ*f«. ®« oond ln ?* rtl0a £9 E»ery »ub«eq«®t insertion 60 Contmot ndrertisemenU inserted upon the most r«*«o®»W* terms. Marring® Notices nnd Obituaries, not exceeding si* U®®®- i®«®rt®d frs®^ DARLINGTON ‘•FOR US PRINCIPLE IS PRINCIPLE—RIQUT IS RIGHT—YESTERDAY, TO-DAY. TO MORROW, FOREVER." 1 , n • • — - VOL. xn. NO 48. DARLINGTON, S. C.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1886. WHOLE NO 621. JOE EMTEiW. Ourjob dsparimcnt iei'uppiivil wiik over? facili’jr necessary to euaMv us tuconpe 1 ^ bcih as toprice ai.dqq^liiy ol work, with o.n those of the cities. huiJ we gnarentae sstif* faction in erny particulat or charge nothing for our work. We are always prepared ts fill orilers a" short notice for I'-Utikr, Rij Heads, Lotler ilsndt.. t arils, lian^ kvlls Posters. Circulars. i > an,phlctr, At. All job eork nuist bi paid for Cash on Delivery. Littla Ah Sid. Little Ah Sid Was a Chinese kid— A cute UttI® cuss, you’d deelara, With eyes full of fun, And a nose that begun Right up at the roots of bis hair. Jolly and fat Was this froliosome brat, As ha played through the long cummer day, And braided his cue Aa his father used to Ju Chinalatid, far, far away. Once o’er a lawn. That Ah Sid played upon, A bncoble-hae flew in the spring, “Melican butterfly!” Said he with winking eye, f<Me oatchee and pull off urn wing I" Then with his eap Ha struck it a rap— This innocent bumble-bee, And put its remains In ths seat of his jeans, for a pocket there had the Chinee. Down on the green Sat the littte sardine, }n a style thet was strangely denjtjre, And said, With a grin That was brimful of sin, “Me mashee um butterfly, sure 1” Little Ah Sid Was only a kid, Nor eould you egoeot him to guess, What kind of a bug Hs was holding »o squg, In the fold of his loose fitting dress. “Ki yal Ki-yip-yol” Ah Sid cried, as he Rose hurriedly up from the spot, “Ki-yi t ¥uk-a-kan ! Dam um Meliean msn 1 Pm butterfly belly much hot!’’ The Brakeiqan at Church. On the road once more, with Leb anon fading away in the distance, the fat passenger drumming idly on the window-pane, the cross passen ger sound asleep, and the tall passen ger reading “General Grant’s Tour Aronnd the World,” and wondering why “Green> August Flower*’ ghonld be printed above the doors of “A Buddhist Temple at Beuares." To me oomeg the brakeman, and seating himself on an arm of the seat, says: “I went to church yesterday.” “YeeT I said, with that interes ted inflection that asks for more. i‘Aud what church did you attend!’ “Which do yon guess !” he asked. “Some anion mission church !” 1 hazarded. . “No,” he said, “I don’t like to run po those branch roads much. 1 don’t often go to church, and when J do, I want to run on the main line, where your run is regular and '.you go ou schedule time and don’t have to wait on connections. I don’t jike to run on a branch. Good enough, but I dou’t like it.” “Episcopal!” I suggested. “Limited express,’' he said, “all palace cars, and 12 extra for seat, fast time, and only stop at big sta tions. Nice time, but too exhaus tive for a brakeman. AH train men £o uniform, conductor’s punch and lantern silver-plated, and no train boys allowed. Then the passengers are allowed to talk at the conduc tor, and it makes them too free pnd-easy. No, I couldn’t stand the palace cars. Rich roadj though. Don’t often hear of a receiver being appointed for that time. Some mighty nice people travel on it, too.” “Universalist!” I suggested. “Broad $augo,” said the brake- man, “does too much complimenta ry business. Everybody travels on p pass. Gond actor doesn’t get a fare once In fifty idbes. Stop at flag-stations and won’t rnu into any thing bat a anion depot. No srnot- lug car on the train. Train orders are rather vague though, and the train-men don’t get aloux well with the passengers. No, I don’t go tc the Universalists, bat I know some good men who ran on that road.” ' “Presbyterian f” I asked. ‘.‘Narrow gapge, eh !” said the brakeman; “pretty track, straight as a rale; turned right through a mountain rather than go around it, spirit-lev^ grade : passengers have ■to show their tickets before they S et on the train. Mighty strict road, at the cars are a little narrow j have to sit one in a seat, and no room in the aisle to dance. Then ■there are no stop-over tickets al lowed; got to go straight throogh to the station you’re ticketed for, or you can’t get on at all When the car is fall, no extra coaches ; .cars bnilt at the shop to hold just so many, and nobody else allowed on. Bet yon don’t often bear of Un incident on that road. It’s ran rkht ap to the rales ” '•Maybe yon joined the Free- Thinkers,” J said. “Scrnb road,” said the brakeman; dirt road bed and no ballast, no timecard, and no train dispatcher. All trains ran wild, and every engi neer makes bis own time, just as he pleases. Smoke H be want to; kind ,of go-as-yon-please road. Too many aide tracks, and every switch wide ,open all the time, with the switch- « an sound asleep and the target- mp dead oat. Get on og you please, and get off when you want to. Don’t have to show yonr ticket a®d the conductor is’nb expected to do anything bat amase the passen gers. No, sir, I was offered a pass but 1 dou’t like the line. I dou’t like to travel on the road that has no terminns. Do yon know, sir, I asked a division superintendent if be knew where that road ran to, and he said be hoped to die if he knew. I asked him if the general superintendent could tell me, and he said he didn’t believe they had a general superintendent, and it they had, he didn’t know anything more abont the road than the pas sengers. I asked him whom be reported to, and he said, “Nobody ” 1 asked a conductor whom be got orders from and be 8aM.:de.didn’t take orders from any living man or dead ghost. And when I asked the engineer whom he got his or ders from, be said he’d like to see aubody give him orders ; he’d ran the train to suit himself or he’d run it into the ditch. Now, you see, sir, I’m a railroad man, and I don’t care to run on a road that has no time, makes no connections, runs nowhere and has no superintendent. It may be all right, bat I’ve railroaded too long to understand it.” “Maybe you went to the Congre gational Church T” “Popular road,’’ said the brake- man ; “an old road, too, one of the very oldest in this country. Good road-bed and comfortable cars. Well managed road, too; thodirec tors don’t iqterfere with division superintendents and train orders. Road’s might popular, bat its pret ty independent, too. Yes, didn’t one of the division superintendents down East discontinue one of the oldest stations on the line two or three years ago! But its a mighty pleasant road to travel on. Always has such a pleasant class of passen gers.” “Did you try the Methodist f” I asked. “Now you’re shooting !” he said with some enthusiasm. “Nice road, eh t Fast time and plenty of pas sengers. Engines carry a power of steam, and don’t you forget it; steam gauge shows a hundred nud enough all the time. Lively road ; when the conductor shouts ‘All Aboard!’ you can hear him at the next station. Every train light Shines like a head-light. Stop-over checks are given on all thiough tickets; passenger can step off the train as often as he likes, do the station two or three days, and bop on the next revival tram that comes thundering along. Good, whole soiiied, companionable conductors; ain’t a road in the conn try where the passengers feel more at home. No passes ; every passenger pays full trallic rates for bis ticket. Wes- leyan-house air-brakes ou ail trains, too; pretty sate road, but i didn’t ride over it yesterday.” “Perhaps you tried the Baptist f” I guessed onee more. “Ah, ha,” said the brakeman “she’s a daisy, isn’t she! River road; beautiful curves; sweep around anytiug to keep close to the river; hat its all steel rail and rock ballast, single track all the way, and not a side track from the round house to the terminus. Takes a heap of water to run it, though, double tanks at every s{ptiou, and there isn’t an engine in the shops that can pull a pound or run a mile with less than two gauges. But it runs through a lovely country; those river roads always do; river on one side and hills on the other, and its a steady climb up the grade all the way till the ran ends where the fountain-head of Ihe river be gins. Yes. sir; IM take the river every time for a Ipvely trip, sure connections and a good time, and no prairie dust blowing in at the windows. And yesterday when the conductor came around for the tickets with a little basket punch, I didn’t ask him to pass me, but I paid my fare like a littie man— twenty-five cents for an hour’s run and a Uttle concert by the passen- jers throwed in. I tell yon, pil- prim you take the river-road when rou want ” Just here the long whistle from the epgine announced a station, and the brakeman hurried to the door, shouting: “Zionsviliel the train makes no ■tops between here and Indianap olis.” majorities, and{|made gains where they had little or no hope of making them. Nor is it easy to detect any very clear principle of selection by which the changes that have occurred have been made. As we pointed out before the election when the nominations had been generally made, the contest in most of the districts was made largely on local or personal grounds. It is, there fore, ou a large body of relatively elections that any judgment of the next Congress has to be based. Looking at the matter in this way, the most conspicuous feature is per haps the fact that the Republicans have lost three seats and gained one in Massachusetts Ranuey’s defeat in the Third District was due mainly to what was considered his practical tre achcry to revenue reform, by voting against taking up the Morrison bill, after declaring himselt in favor of revision ; and though this vote was plauaibly de fended, the character of the man prevented the detense from having the weight it otherwise would have had. His contemptuous attitude toward civil service reform and his subserviency to the Bell Telephone monopoly also counted against him. Burnett’s election in the Ninth and Russell’s in the Tenth District were victories for revenue reform and for civil service reform as well. That of Russell is a great gain for the cause of sound legislation in every regard. Ou the other hand, Loveriug’s defeat by Cabot Lodge in the ttixth District was largely due to the fact that the former, ac cording to the Springfield Republi can, “privately arrayed himself against the Administration in a w^y to disgust a good many in Ids own party.” The solid Republican delegation of Minnesota is broken up, and three of its five members are Demo crats. The causes of this change are not entirely clear, but they probably have arisen as much from local sentiment as from the feeling on any general i^sne. As counter balancing any Lhauge* brought about by the action ot revenue re formers, the Republicans can fairly point to the defeat ot Col. Morrison, tbe tautf reform leader par excel- Ifnce, in I linois, to the rather nar row escape of Speaker Carlisle in Kentucky, to the election of Guen ther in Wisconsin, to tiie gains in Virginia, and to sundry districts in which the Democrats sustained protection as much as their op IKtnents But the offset is more apparent than real. Co!. Moirisou has been a very faithfu , but not a very su cessful or skilltul leader tor revenue reform, and Mr. Barker, who efea’s hitn now for the third time, is not, a bigoted protectionist. Morrison’s place as leader can be tillen, and his successor in that post should have a stronger follow ing and a clearer field lhau Mr. Morrison has enjoyed. Mr. Hewitt will, of course, be missed, but rath er 98 a maker of speeches than as maker ot votes. The aditude of tbe new Congress toward the Administration cannot be foretold. The uresent one, so far as the majority are concerned, is sulky and grudging. Tbe next will hardly be that It must be either cordially friendly or openly hostile. The chances are for hearty support by the more intelligent leaders and acquiescence by the followers. It is a matter that rests a good deal with the President. If he advances steadily, as we are confident he will, in the p?tb he has chosen, he Will not oiily com mand but compel the support of his party representatives, because they cannot afford to defy the great ma jority ol the voteis of the Union. —New York Times (Ind. Keb.) The Fiftieth Congress. Many changes have resulted from the Congressional elections, both in the politics of various districts and in the fortunes of more or less well known members ot the House, and there has been a decided re daction in the Democratic majority, probably by rather more than one- half. It this had been accomplish ed by the loss ot a score or more of districts, amounting to, say one- eighth of the Democratic strength, hile the remainder had been re tained, we could arrive at some definite conclusion, by taking into account the average majority, as to the general verdict of the county in the Democratic policy in Congress. But the net result is brought about by a great number of changes on both sides all over the conutry, the Republicans having lost many seats which they were confident of holding, retained other* by small Thoughts for the Month. (W. L. Jones, in Eouthera Cultivator.} {coiic!ud«*d ) The frequent destrnction of fall oats by cold, has discouraged the fall sowing of oats and a partial substitute is very desirable, espe cially in the northern portions of thr cotton belt. Barley appears to he the best with in reach. It is very hardy ; seldom injured by cold and supplies a very excellent feed for horses. The unsettled question is. in what shape and how to feed it! We have seen it stated that, in Cal ifornia, horses are tamed loose on a stack of barley as cows are upon a stack of bay or straw. After bar ley is threshed and the l*e*rd brok en off the grains, the latter could certainly be fed like any other grain. Cannot some reader throw tbe light of experience on this point! If barley is sown on ordinary land without fertilization, not more than one and a half or two bushels should be sown on an acre; and Novem ber is a good month to sow it when the object is not grazing or soiling, bat the production ol ^rais and straw. It should always, however be sown 00 tbe best laud that is available, and more or less manur ing will pay, as it does on almost every crop. As there is great cer- taiuty of not being winter killed and the crop 1* as free from casual ties as any grown, one can very trustingly apply manure to it. Since writing tbe above, Judge Betts, the Commissioner of Agriculture of Alabama, has informed us that for twenty y« ars he has raised barley for horse-teed in northern Alabama, witli great success, and feeds it just as he feeds sheaf oats. With bar ley as with rye, it is important to sow homegrown seed. Most of the seed obtained from the North is spring-raised, and will not do well in our climate. The May birds are the greatest enemy to this crop They usually pass through our sec tion when the barley is in milk, and prove quite destructive. Boys and shotguns are the best remedies. As cold weather approaches, suitable provision should be made for the care of stock. Ckse barns and cellars are rarely needed in our warm climate ; but shelter from cold rains and barriers against cold winds are imperatively called fo". Simple sh»-Uers planked up, or even well brushed up ou tbe north and west sides, will answer every pur- |K)se. They may be constructed cf poles, to be had ou every farm, and covered with plank roofs, which can lie taken down when the win ter is over and stored away under shelter until the next season. Thus managed, they will Jast a very long time. Tne usual practice in feeding “roughness” is to throw it 011 the ground, and let the cows pick over and tramp upon it, and the tramp ing usually exceeds the picking. It is a most wasteful practice. A bet ter. and at same time inexpensive and convenient method is to have racks, with the slats near together —not wide enough apart to admit the cow’s nose, but only its tougne, so that it can pull out only a little at a time. It not only pre vents waste from forage being pull ed out and trod under foot, but en ables the animals to tear off pieces small enough to be chewed—to di vide a shuck, for instance, into sev eral mouthlu s. It is also very desirable to sup ply animals with water, not too cold during cold weather. Cows drink a large quantity of water, and when the latter is nearly at the freezing point, it has to be warmed up in tbe stomach by animal heat —raised, say forty to one hundred degrees. Now, animal heat is gen erated from food, and it an aiiiiu.d drinks much cold water, it must eat more food wherewith to warm it. It practicable, water should be con ducted in a pipe, some distance un derground, from a spring to tbe lot. It would thus get withiu reach of animals at a temperature ot about sixty degrees. Such an arrange ment would also insure animals against the neglect of servants in supplying water or of supplying it regularly If one consMers the time consumed in drawing water from a well and carrying it to ani mals, or in leading animals to a wa tering trough day after day and year alter year, how long would tbe labor and time thus expended run up a bill of costs in excess of that of the piping an.I other fixtures re quisite to convey it warm and fresh te every stall. The r» marlrs about warm water for stock apply with equal force to warm food against cold. The prac tice of cooking food, which atone time was largely practiced, from the belief that its nutritious ness and digestibility were largely increased thereby, has advantage in tbe matter of heat, though shown by experiment not to be superior to uncooked tood in other respects. Under some circumstances it might be more economical to warm the food of cows in extremely cold weather by cooking or steaming, than to have the animal warm it by consuming more food. As a rule wood and coal arc cheaper than forage and grain. It is sometimes tbe case that cooking or steaming is decidedly advantageous by imparting the tia vor ot the more palatable to that which is less so, in a mixed ration. Wheat straw, for instance, abounds in hydrocarbons, but is deficient in nitrogen ; cotton seed meal abounds in nitrogen; the two supplement, each other and make a good teed. But if fed separate}’, an animal would not eat the straw well, be cause it is not a palatable food ; it is defective in flavor. The quanti ty of cotton seed meal proper for an animal is too small to tie mixed well with the necessary amount ot straw even when the latter is cut np. But steaming will impart the flavor of the meal to as much straw as is de sirable. The compouudmg of dif ferent kinds of feed in proper pro portions, is not only desirable for the health and thrift of animals, but extremely important iu an economi cal poiut of view. Excess of any one iogrediejt of food abont its due proportion, js not appropriated by tbe animal, and is practically lost. The subject is Uo large, however, for development here, and must be reserved for a future number. Fall Houghing. [W. L. J., in Atlanta Constitutive.] Is it better to brake up land be fore Christmas, or wait until spring! Mr. David Dickson, of Hancock county, a wonderfully close obser ver, states as the result of his ex perience, that (all ploughing gave best results in about one ye ir tpit j of service. When the winter is dry and cold, fall plowed land gtew bet ter crops than spring plowed. Mr. Dickson tested the matter by leav ing strips through the middle of full plowed fields, which strips were not broken till springs. Mr Dick son’s experience was a local one; will j hold good for all climates and soils! The prime object of plowing land is to loosen up tbe soil, to make it friable, so that gases may penetrate it, and roots may grow and ramify and spread through it readily. Why does land have to be broken every year! Onee loosened np by tbe plow, why does it not stay loose! Because it is beaten d. wu and run together by rains. Every rain diop hammers it down, and the earth, semi-fluid when wet, yields readily to this hammering. M oreov »-*t , i tho rain water, as it sinks in the soil car ries down with it the finer particles (particularly clav) and lodges them between the coarser particles below. This also tends to consolidate the soil. Now at the south oar greatest rain tails are in winter anil early spring. Hence laud plowed ib tbe tall has unusual oppoi tuuies of be ing compacted again before plant ing time. But is this not more than compensated for by the up heaving, loosening effects of freezes! Near the surface it may be, but how sel dom is it that our soils are frozen four inches in depths! Plow in au tumn that the soil may be pulver ized by the frosts of winter is fre quently urtced by nortlieru writers, in their climate the advice is gqod. With them the. ground is often fro zen eight to twelve inches deep— the gentle fall.ng snow settles down quietly upon the upturned furrow- does not pelt it like the falling rain, hence, land there, plowed iu the fall, is almost in the same condi tion when spring comes as it was when treshly plowed. The rain has j not compacted and ran it together and the freezes have made it, if anything, lighter than it was left by the plow. Such is rarely the casein our southern experience. It. very dry, cold winters, the condi tions approximate those st the north and the results are somewhat similar; but ordinarily land is none tbe better for being plowed in tbe •fall. Breaking just before planting, it tbe ground is not too dry and one bas the team and time to do it, is tbe Dost plan. An exception mav be made in favor of sandy soils,, these are rather too open uud loose immediately after plowing, and ills well to give time for them to be set tled bv lain before planting a crop on them But, it may be asked, if sandy lands arc Dm loose alter they have been plowed why plow them at all! Sometimes a shallow taming is de sirable to bury and mix with the soil vegetable tua ter which is ou the surface. But, inasmuch as de composition goes on more rapidly in an open soil than iu a dense (e’ay) one, the turning iu of vegeta ble matter ou light sandy soils should never be done long in ad vance of planting a crop Alter the first of January would be ample time for turuing over sandy soils. Again it is desirable to turn over a soil deeply, to bring back to, or near, the surface fertilizing sub stances which have sunk down iu the soil. There is u constant ten deucy lor such sinking, especiall} in wet seasons; and it is greater in sandy than in clay soils. An occa sional deep turning of the former is, therefore, decidedly beneficial, provided it 'lues not bring some ob jectionable raw subeoil to the sur face. Our Senator and Representatives. In the News and Courier of the 23rd inst., there appeared the fol lowing sketches of our Senator and Representatives now in the Legisla ture : SENATOR B. W. EDWARDS Col. B. W Edw ards, the Senator- elect from Darlington Uoqnty, was born iu Spartaphurg Gounty, 8. 0. He graduated in the South Caro lina Oollene in 1850. Altec having been at that college f >r about three months be was offered the benefit of tbe Manning scholarship, then vacant. Having borrowed money tor tbe purpose of completing his education, be accepted the scholar ship. He taught school one year after graduation. Ho graduated iu I) ne Law School iu 1853. Prac ticed law in Sumter County from 1855 to 1858, and since then in Darlington. Was a member of the ffth S. C. V., C. S. A , for a short time, while holding the office of master and commissioner m equity for Darlington County', having re ceived permission from Gov. Pick ens to enter the service. Has never heid any political office. He was a strong advocate of the “straight out” movement in 1870, and from Uiat time has rendered earnest work for the Democratic party. REPRESENTATIVE W. S. KING. W. S. King was born in Darling ton County. He.served with credit iu the 2Ut uud afterwards in the Oth S C. V. Had but one furlough during the war, and that was given by special order of tbe command ing general to men who had never had a furlough during their term of service for any cause. Was ap pointed a trial justice by Gov. Hampton, and has held tbe office ever since. He is • farmer. In early life he paid tor his tuition at school by economy iu saving his earnings. REPRESENTATIVE J. O. BYRD. Dr. James Orr Byrd was bom at Timmonsville, Darlingt.ou County, iu 18.50, and received his education at the High School in that place. Ho studied medicine with his fath er, and first ailcnded lectures in the Medical College iu Charleston, S. C,iu 1872. He Baltimore in 1874, honor iu his class, ticed medicine at liamsburg County, at Stiiloh, Sumter graduated in taking second He bar prac Scranton, Wil- S. C , and also Count}, S. C. Dr. Gunn’s Liver Pills. Removes Constipation, prevents Malaria, cures Dyspepsia, and gives new life to the system. Only one for a dose. Free Samples at Will* cox k Go’s. Drag Store. Problems in Confederate Arithmetic. (From tbe Lancaster. Pa., Inquirer.) Book cariosities are not all anti quities. In a Philadelphia second hand book store I saw, tbe other day, a work on arithmetic which certainly does not lack interest, historically. It is an elementary work, made by “L. Johnsop, A. M., Professor of Mathematics iu Trinity College, and published iu Raleigh, North Carolina, iu 1804. Tbe time and place of its produc lion are aufficieut to indicate its secesb” character.. Some of the examples in it probably seemed funnier twenty-two years a g aronnd Raleigh than the} do now, viz : “A confederate soldier cap tured eight Yankees each day for nine successive days; bow many did he capture in all !” “If 1 Con federate soldier kill 90 Yankees bow many Yankees can }0 Con fed erate soldiers kill !” “If 1 Con fed erate saldier can whip 7 Yankees bow many soldiers can whip 49 Yankees !” He who has no taste for order will be often wrong in bis judgement and seldom considerate or conscien tious in bis action. door, ati<j i lie is row a practicing physician in Timmonsville, Darlington County. He also has a tang near that place Hu took an active interest in the Hampton campaign in 1870, and has been for six years a member of tbe county e-xecutive committee, lie is a warm adherent of tbe farm era’ movement. REPRESENTATIVE Z. T. KERSHAW. Z. T. Kershaw was bom in New Jersey, but bas been a resident ot the town of Florence, 8. C., since 878. He lived during childhood 11 Fayetteville, N. O., and received ris education in tne schools of that jLice. He is a machinist, having served his apprenticeship it Pater son, N. J. In the rummer of 1870 lie went to Louisiana, and wits in New Orleans during the stormy times there, when Governor Nichols was striving for tne mastery ot the State Government. Kershaw was one of the advance guard under Mitchell, to whom the city police surrendered iu the Supreme Court room adjoining the arNehul. He was iuteudaut of Florence in 1881, ami was shortly afterwards nude trial ustipe, which post he has Mince jeid. Be was the nominee of the Knights of Labor, who combined with the Ti Itnau element (o control the County Convention, making the price ot their support the nomina tion of Kershaw. He will fuvoi sus taiuing car State educational iusti- tntions. REPRESENTATIVE J. S. DUBOSE J. S. Du Bose is a native of Dar lington County, and received bis education in the common schools of his neighberhood. He is about tor ty-five years old, is an Advautist preaciter, as well as a (at liter. He bas never held any office in the gift of the people. He was nominated in the Convention at the last min ute in place of Mr, McLaughlin, who had been selected by the can CDS. Vance’s Great Speech iu the Sawdust King. (From Iba Ualtituora American.) Washington, November 14.—It is rarely that a circus and a United States Senator run up against each other, but such a thing occurred down in North Carolina a day or so before election. It happened that oueot the small road circuses 01 the South struck Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, N C., one day am found, to the horror of the manager, that the town had been billed tor a grand Democratic mass meeting, with Senator Zebu'on B Vance as the great attraction. The circus bad had a hard summer, and the proprietor thought when it reached its native health, in North Carolina, it wonld strike it rich. But tbe pro prietor waa nearly pauicstncken when be saw the flaring Democratic *■' * * " posters and bu nd tbe people talk ing about tbe great anti civil servie Senator, who bad more relatives in positions under the Unifi-d .States Government thnii all the other Senators mil together. After think ing over the mutter fora long time, t he proprietor concluded to go ami see Senator Vance, and see if a com bination of the t wo shows conld not be made. So be called on the Sena tor, ami found biiu—as every jjpdy else has—good-nfitnreff, jolly nnd pleasant The proprietor mention ed his fears to the Senator, mlU said that he feared the opitosition'. “Yes,’’ replied Senator Vance,* candidly; *-l am something ot a circus myself. csiteciaUv ns I give a free show, and I am afraid I wilj hurt your bnsiuess.” “Then, don’t you think it would be of great benefit to ns both if you would address the crowd from the circus ring under my tent, and ou top of tbe lion’s cage!” Senator Vance thought for a jjttl* while, and then concluded tlifU it would iu* a good joke, and so ha consented. The proprietor of the ctreus concluded to cut the price of admission down to twenty-fiveconu. so every one con hi come. ’ Just before thr, show began, and a great crowd had collected abot l the door. Senator Vai;ce made hfa way toward the entrance, but be- tore be got theft be was somewhat startled to see the clown mounted on a chair outside the hear him exclaim : “Step this wsy, ladies and gentle men ! Here is the greatest show on the fgee of the globe. Not only is the show in itself a whole cdi»U- tent of wonders and an aggregation of talent never bel'ON} collected U- getber under one name, one roof 01; on one stage, bat it pieaenls to night an additional featu , 'e. Step right up, (tidier and gentlemen j do not bo aftii'd. The lions are caged', and the monkeys harmless. Aa I remarked, we have an attraction to night which eclipses all the wonders of heaven, and sinks in utter oblivion all tbe freaks o earth. This great feature,jadie and gentlemen, is a real, live Unit States Senator, who will addrei t*ie c/o*d from the top of the lion's cage. S:ep right up, ladies and gentleman! Tickets only twenty- five cents ! We have reduced the price one-half, so all can see ami bear tbe great anti civil service re form Senator, Zebulou B. Vanes, »>te|, up! Step up! don’t be bashful!” Tiie Senator '.bought he bad bet- ter go in tv fore he heard any more, and be did. The clown sul! oon- tinned Lis liaiangue, and was the means of filling the tent. After the regular show the lion’s cogi) was drawn out into the ring. A step ladder was placed beside it^ id tlij-ee chu,r^ were placed od top. Then Senator Vance mounted this rostrum and delivered Ids speech. It was a great success*. The people were delighted. When the Senator became prosy the lions iu '.be cage below grew somewhat restive, and claimed the attention of tbe audience—at least of the spot when 1 the Senator spoke. It is but . list to add that the 8th distriot,’ it) which Wilkeshorongh is situated, went Democratic, and it is ali arid to be owing to Senator Vanoe ami tbe circuc. l « Seed Cotton Traffic. Tiie Sumter Watchman and Southron is correct when it affirm* that the opinion is rapidly gaining ground that the traffic iu seed cot ton must be regulated by legiala- liou. The injury done tbe farmer, the merchant, and the laborer is pa tent to every intelligent observer. The farmer loses .ti e trait* of hi* year’s work at the hands of tbievsi who steal because of tbe oouventoaf existence ot the crossroad shop*j the merchant loses by having tb* crop which is rightfully bit, sold iu driblitsby dishonest lienors; while the laborer is demoralized by thf temptation held out by these earn* shops. L the shopmen were satia- fied with thccotton traffic, the Injury though great would not be near so serious aa it frequently become* by the practice not only of buying cot ton but of selling whiskey, and tlierety making a still greater nui sance. A high license wonld ef* fectually legislate tbe eroas-voad shops out ot existence, and that ia one of tbe nerd* of tb« country. In the foregoing remark* we in* tend uo reference whatever to the sloies scattered over tbe eoaoty. Step up, uu<] Wo refer solely to tbe shops pat ap in the Kali,when pickings and steal ing are plentiful, and which prompt ly closed at ihe end of tb* cotton season. Stop the seed cotton tmfflh and relieve the country of one of H* worst uninauc-m.- Orangeburg Tim* and Democrat To do all the good yon non to your lellow being*, to have n pnif conscience, to gaiii an honorable livelihood, procure for yourself by work, a lit Me ease, to i#uke tbonea* round \ou happy—that is tine hap- pines*} ail the rest are mere access ories and chimeras. All is bat lip wisdom that laokr experience. v-v-W*: ■ mg Wk