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Vol. I. SHERIDAN SIMS, Proprietors. Sunscuiji'TioN. ?Ono Year.?>,.81.50 Six Montbs.1.00 Ministers of the Gospel.1.00 ADVBRTI8HMICNTS. First Distortion.81.00 Knob Subsequent Insertion.50 Liberal contracts made for 3 month nndover. . ?wijyjtimrjj gjtmstixt. JOB OFPTCE 18 rREl'ACED TO DO Ar.I. KINDS OF Job 3?x?itLtiiig Premium List. ?'.The following is n full list of the prcmiums^awarded at our late County Fair: DEPARTMENT A?FIELD CROPS. Largest yield of upland rice on oue acre, Edward Rickenbnckcr. DEPARTMENT D?SAMPLES OE CROrS. Wheat, Win. Mackey ; rice, J. F. Livingston ; poa9, Jas. Stokes ; oats, J. S. Bowman ; barley, A M Salley ; p!ndcrs, Miss Lizzie Dukes ; cliufas, I J Dukes ; sweet potatoes, H Biggs ; Irish potatoes, W S Barton ; turnips, ,1 L Moorer; llour, county made, J S Bowman ; grist, Adam Smoke ; sugar cane syrup, J C Funchcss ; sorghum syrup and cane, J C Funchcss ; sugar cane, Jas Stokes; tobacco, George Mackey ; long forage, W F Barton ; second best long forage, W S Barton ; best sample of one bale cotton, up land, W F Barton ; second best, J (J Ilollrnan ; third best, J L Moorer; ramie, for spinning, Mrs F A May rant, Columbia; broom corn, Mrs W A Meroney; bc^t sample jute, II Riggs ; pumpkins, Mrs J L Hcidt man. DEPARTMENT C?HORSES AND MULES. Best stallion, county raised, D II Trezevant; best brood marc, Z E Stroman ; best one year old colt, Jas Stokes and E Hughes ; best pair draft horses and marcs, "Win Sain; best single draft borsc or marc, Mrs C L Stroman ; best combination horse or mare, D L Fogle ; best single mule, . South Carolina raised, D L Stroman ; imported stallion, George Arthur; brood mare, imported, K Hughes; combination horse, C. W. Culler. DEPARTMENT D?CATTLE, SHEEP, IlOtiS. Best bull, J L Moorer and D D Jones ; best cow, II M Moorer ; best htifer, II M Moorer and E E .Snider; best milch cow and calf, II L Ricken backer ; second best cow, C M Culler ; second best milch cow and calf, J M Riley; best fat steer, J B Danncr; best calves, Dr E Cooke ; best buck, II M Moorer; best pen ewes, J L Moorer; best pep lambs, J M Riley ; best pen weathers, J L Moorer; sec ond best buck, C W Culler ; second best pen owes, J M Riley; second I best pen lambs, C W Culler; bestj boar, A M Salley ; best sow, A J | Smoak ; best pen of pigs, W V I/.lar ; best pen of fat hogs, M J Me Michael; second best hour, Mrs C L Stroman; second best sow, A M Salley ; second best pen of pigs, W V Izlar. PEPART.MENT E?1 tOUSElIOLp. Best specimen bacon, Mrs C L Stroman ; second best specimen ba con, James Stokes; best specimen butter. Miss L 8 Stokes ; best speci men lard, Mrs W S Barton ; best ?peeimen hard soap, Mr W Snider; home-made bread, Mrs S E Moss; home-made rolls, Miss M Dudley ; home-made biscuits, mrs J L Heidi man ; home-made yeast, J G Wanna maker; home-made plain cake, K Gramling; home-made fruit cake, mrs S R Edwards ; home-made sponge cake, M A B Stokes; home-made va riety of crackers for invalids, mrs James Stokes; best and handsomest ornamented ice cake, Joseph Eros; egg puffs, Augusta Dantzler ; warers, mra II G Sheridan ; jelly cake, u?rs A B Stokes; crullers, mrs Snider. PEPARTMENT V?SWEETMEATS. Best variety of dried fruits, mrs W A Meroney ; one oabbagc pickles, Dr Baxter; two cabbage pickles, mrs 1) C Rowe ; preserved peaches, mrs D C Rowe ; brandy peaches, mrs E Ii Walter; peach leather, mrs A W Tharin ; blackberry cordial, mrs T II May rant; plum preserves, mrs W F Barton ; cucumber pickles, mrs T II Zimmerman ; preserved figs, mrs D Louis; crystalizcd fruit, miss May rant ; canned grapes, Mrs Jas Stokes ; lemon flavored preserves, mrs W J Snider; tomatoes, mrs W J Snider; peach marmalade, mrs D B Book hart and mrs Susan Felder, ginger wine, Mrs W P I lad Icy ; tomato cat sup, mrs T II Zimmerman ; canned peaches, mrs E P Barton and mrs D M Rush; scuppcrnong syrup, mrs Jas Stokes; blackberry jelly, mrs F II Murant; canned tomatoes, mrs W J Snider and D M Rush ; spiced pick les, mrs W J Snider and mrs J F Livingston ; watermelon pickles, mrs J, L Ilcidtmnn ; grape wine, Dr Bax ter ; artichoke pickles, Dr Baxter; wine, W F Barton ; apple preserves, mrs D D Jones ; whortleberries, Car rip Stroman ; chow chow, mrs James Cannon and -mrs A C Dukes ; apple jelly, mrs D M Rush ; bean pickles, mrs D C Rowe ; pear preserves, mrs E R Waller; canned huckleberries, mrs D M Rush; stand of liquors, E S Griffin. DEPARTMENT O-GAUDEN AND ORCHARD. Best variety of garden vegetables, mrs Jarues Stokes ; second best varie ty of garden vegetables, mrs W F Barton ; third best variety of garden vegetables, mrs Theo K?lln ; apples, W S Barton ; pears, F A Mayrant; best collection of flowers, mrs J L Heidtman t second best collection of flowers, miss Agnes Dibble ; pepper, mrs A C Andrews ; pomegranates, A Smoak ; watermelons, mrs E R Bar ton and mrs Stokes. ? DEPARTMENT II ? -NEEDLEWORK AND DOM ESTIG MAN L'FACTI? RE. Chair cover, mrs. W. J. Snider; pillow-shams, mrs. W. J. Snider ; laid quilt, mrs D B Bookhardt and mrs W J Snider ; infant dress, mrs E G Jenkins and mi5 P 1) Tillcy ; bed set, mrs E It Barton ; best quilt, miss Jennie Whittemorc; second best quilt, miss Hanget pillar; third best quilt, miss R S Albcrgotti ; second best counterpane, mrs W S. Barton ; gent's suit, band-made, miss A B Stokes; millinery work, mrs J 11 Ilartzog; rag carpeting, mrs \V J Snider; rug, mrs G C Williams and W V Izlar ; apt on, miss Annie Hall; gown, miss Annie Hall. DEPARTMENT ?)?FANCY WORK. Pillow slip embroidered, miss An nie HoUtnnn ; night robe, mrs J S Thomson ; .silk embroidered child's robe, miss Anna Moss; child's suit, Mis. C Dantzler j needle work, miss Anna Moss ; lace work, Mary Dierck ; knitted shawl, Annie Mouzon ; wors ted sofa cushion, (J C Palmer ; hang ing basket, miss Delia Buchanan ; worsted work, mrs E 11 Barton ; lisb scale, miss Annie Gilliland ; child's dress, miss II A Moorer; crochet, mrs W P Had ley ; zephyr shawl, miss L L Stokes; infant cloak, mis E S Hubbel; wax work, mrs O A Darby ; book work, mrs M D Bull ; hair pin work, mrs II G Sheridan ; hair flowers, mrs W J Snider; feather flowers, mrs \Y J Snider ; toilet mats, miss G Baum ; shell work, miss G. Gilliland ; tatting, mrs. J M Dantz ler, miss L Robinson ; wax fruit, mrs T A Honour, miss M E Connor; crochet, mrs A C Dibble; cushion, Mrs W N Scovillc; afgban, Mrs Jas Robinson; pillow sham, mrs J \V Summers; child's dress, mrs W P Hudlcy; embroidered handkerchiefs, miss M A B Stokes; crochet shawl, mrs B W Izlar ; child's sacque, mrs I? W Izlar; pin cushion, mrs Dr Baxter ^ largest collection, Miss An nie Culler; second largest collection, mrs J W Summers. DEPARTMENT 'i?MACHINERY AND MAN UFACTUUES. Ecst sewing machine, Domestic, T. Kohn, agent; wire safe, F. Kcui tney: umbrella iron and hammer, Arthur Brown; seed sower, W. H. Ebney ; invalid chair, W. S. Barton ; feed culler, Edwards & Thompson ; single buggy, 11. Biggs ; county made chairs, J W Folder. 1 > EPA KT M ENT L?M A N U FA CTU R ES. Tanned leather, H Biggs; wool, II Biggs; goat skies, II Biggs; har ness leather, II Biggs; palmetto hats, D B Uookhardt; palmetto han kcrchicf box, D B Bookhardt; dress ed deer skins, II Biggs ; South Caro lina saddle and bridle, O D Bush ; wagon or cart harness, South Caroli na, John Qgrcn; South Carolina band-made boots, P A Lolleplbal; South Carolina made rosin, Henry Davis; best specimen each feather fan and lly brush, mrs A P Dantzlei ; home-made silk, mrs A D Frederick ; whips, O D Bush. DEPARTMENT M?POULTRY, ETC. Game fowls, C M McMkhaol; Dorking fowls, mrs E R Barton; Cochin fowls, G M Sal Icy ; game cock, C M Mcmichncl; second best game cock, G M Mcmicliael; pair turkeys, B F Thompson ; Brahmas, Henry Hollrann ; English Ducks, L. F. Kisttunlc, mrs M A Smoke ; Eng glislt goose, II Dukes; pea fowls, mis W A Glover; yard dog, John II Rickenbaker; pointer or seller, W. Izlsr. DEPARTMENT N?FINK AKTS, ETC. Best sketch in water colors, miss A Alderscn, Charleston ; pastcll paint ing, miss A Alderscn ; Mosaic work, W F Brigman; glycerine, S A Beeves; essence of lemon and co logne, S A Beeves; fern wreath, mrs Snider; palmetto frame, I) B Book hardt ; hat rack, mrs M Robinson ; straw cabin, F I rick; vase, Miss Emilie Scovillc ; plate decorations, Miss M Seignious ; penmanship, mas ters A P Kohn, Robt Jetfcrs and miss Fannie Moseley. CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT. Patchwork quilt, miss M C Salley ; braiding, miss Carrie Moss; knitted socks, miss H Wannamaker; afghan, miss Annie Folder; worsted motto, miss D Stroman ; crochet tidy, miss Emma Brigman; feather flowers, miss Dora Lartiguc; crochet work, miss Mary Edwards; hanging bas ket, miss Ilnttie Oilman; Mexican shoes, Miss Adelle Kaysor ; pin cush ion, miss Emma Brigman ; pair socks, miss Noia Wannamaker ; pair socks, ' miss Mary Wannamaker. tue OltAKOB premium. The Grange premium for the larg est collection or articles on exhibi tion was awarded to the While Cane Grange. P.emiums were awarded to mr D J Jamison for essays on cultivation and upon manuring, and to inr W M Thompson for the best broken bull. Horrible Tales Tub House of Correction, at Mil waukee, is furnishing one of the most terrible sensations to the country it has been cursed with lor many a day. Daniel Price, who just completed a two-year sentence in that institution, charges that two inmates have been murdered within two years?one un der the management ot Dan. Kennedy who is now Chief ot Police of that city, and the other quite recently, under the present Superintendent of tin house. The}' were whipped, stav ed, led on rotteu food and common garbage, and confined in a horrible place denominated the "black hole," connected with the institution. The inmates, as a common thing, have been fed upon embryo veal and rotten meat, and beaten, over woi'li cd, and confined in the dungeon without mer cy, and without rcgaid to law and justice. Their bread was of horse feed, sawdust and plaster of Paris, their meat consisted of dogs, horses and abortive calves. Price has bones of dogs and horses to prove his state ments. A detective employed for the past two weeks substantiates the charges, ami an investigating commit tee has been appointed. Price's state ment occupies eight columns in the .Milwaukee Sentinel, set in line type, and is probably the most horrib'c tale ever told. To Attain Long Like.?He who strives after a long and pleasant term of life must seek to attain continual equanimity, and carefully to avoid everything which too violently taxes his feelings. Nothing moro quickly consumes the vigor of life than the vi olence of the emotion of the mind. We know that anxiety and care can destroy the healthiest body ; we know that fright and fear, yes, excess of joy become deadly. They who arc naturally cool and of a quiet turn of mind upon whom nothing can make too powerful an impression, who are not wont tobe e&citcd cither by great sorrow or gicat joy, beat have the chance of living long and happy after their manner. Pieserve, therefore, under all circumstances, a composure of mind which no happinoss, no mis fortune can too much disturb. Love nothing too violently ; hate nothing to passionately; fear nothing too strongly. The New Harmony (Ind.) Regis ter says : "Last week Major Simpson, the editor of the Madison(Ind.) Star' a Republican, shot and killed Wil liam Howard, ex-City Treasurer and a Democrat. The ail air was the unhappy termination of political dif ferences, yet wo have seen no at tempt to make political capital out of the result. Had it occurred in j the South, and Howard had shot Simpson, however, the Radical or gans would bo howling themselves hoarse in the contemptible ellbrt to make the whole Democrat party re sponsible. It is a reproach to Amer ican civilization, this dragging of per sonal quarrels into politics. We are g'ad to note that the Democrats do not have to resort to such low appeals to prejudice. Early Rising and Beauty. The early morning hours have a po tent effect on the complexion, and it is better to see the sun rise, and sleep in the middle of tho day if one must, to secure tho necessary sleep. The pure morning air has a tonic effect on the nerves and circulation of the blood. Of course, the out-door air is what is needed. If too cold, plant yourself at the sunniest window. American women need more work in the open air, if it is only that afford ed by balconies. .I I II ?HIHIMIMII1IHIIIIM1-I Courtesies Bolweon Candidatos. An nrtic.lo of a contemporary, pub lished a few days bcforo the recent election in Ohio, is as follows : The two central figures in the Ohio can vase, Gen. Tom rowing and Mr. Charles Foster, met at Newark, Ohio, the other day, not in opposition wordy, but face to face and hand to band, like other civilized beings. The meeting was a chance one. Each stopped for dinner in the- railroad de pot, and met in the waiting room af terward. They smoked and chatted together for an hour, mentioned the j current canvass quite as a mailer of 'course, and went oil'together on the train to Columbus. There is nothing extraordinary in this, oraourse. Ri vals arc not necessarily foes, and gen tlemen will be gentlemen always ; but the Newark crowd waited impatient ly for a flstit uff between the candi dates, or, at the very least, a war of words, and were terribly disappointed that nothing of the kind occurred. The ignorant Newarkers, who think that opposing candidates everywhere are ready at any minute to fall upon each other with the edge of the sword, should have visited North j Carolina (luring the gubernatorial | campaign of 1870. Thtf candidates, Gov. Vance and Judge Settle, not on ly went from point to point on the same trains, but in the mountain dis- j tricts they traveled together frequent-1 ly in the same vehicle. Meeting up on tbe stump,they lathered each other in good style, and when the speaking was over imbibed out of the same r bottle and proceeded on their way together. When they ?riet in debate in Charlotte, Governor Vance's borne/ that gentleman's friend., called will)1 a phaeton, drawn by horses with] plumes in their heads lo carry him to the spcakiug ground, stopped at the hotel for his competitor?-"my honorable competitor," they called each other in debate?nd the two were drawn together to the grove; nor did they fall out onJ.be way, nor fight nor roll out of the ,'duieton. All this is in the Sogpj "Ihr ?M8d South," where a Republican is not only ostracised, but where a Demo crat never looks at him except to draw a bead on him. Hampton and Gary. If Hampton is an embodiment and type of the strong and ruling conser vatism of South Carolina, then Ga ry, the only man of prominence in ! the State who has dared to differ with i him and publicly denounce bjs course, J is certainly a representative type of I tbe opposition element. In proof of this, it is ii noticeable fact that most of those who now support his claims were strongly and blatantly opposed j to the movement which resulted in , the downfall of*Radical robbery and rascality in this Slate, Give us fori governor a man who will continue, tbe policy and principles inaugurated in 1870, and so gloriously exemplified J by Hampton and Simpson.?Marion Merchant and Farmer. Burned to Death. On the night of the 24th tilt., a house near Windsor, in Ibis county, which was occupied by Eliza Johnson and Martha Turner, wilh several chil dren encb, was burned, and three lit tle children perished in the flames. Suspicion points to these two mothers, who are said lo be very trilling wo men, as the perpetrators of the dreadful deed. One of the women, so we have been told, was once before confined in our jail charged with hav ing committed a similar crime. II they arc guilty, wo hope they will gel their just punishment. We also learn that n negro child was burned to death near Monttnorcnci last week, while asleep in a cradle.?Aiken Journal and Jieview. The Nevada Miner says (hat wher ever in any part of the world silver mines have been worked they ate worked now unless by war, the inva sion of Iuilians etc., the wo:k has been slopped. There is no silver mining region in the world that has given out. Mexican mines worked by the Azlccs before the conquest by Corlcz are still as profitable us ever. The old Spanish mines, opened long bcforo Hannibal's time, arc still worked with enormous profits. Tbc South American mines have constant ly yielded their wealth for more than three bundled years, and are as pro ductive as ever. Mines in Hungary that were worked by the Romans bc foro the time of Christ still yield an abundance of ore Do Not Gossip. That person is to be pitied?for what lie lacks by nature or lias miss- i cd in experience?who can sec the course of true lovo without in his heart giving the lovers his gladdest benediction. But no one can give 1 better proof of a vulgar taste than by making the love affairs of other peo ple the subject of flippant or familiar tnlk, especially in their presence, i Flirtation that h:t9 no heart in it is i entitled to no special consideration, i But any true attraction between a < young man and young lady so < touches the holiest experience of life, I that none but rude hands will tear the < vail away from it, or drag it from its ' privacy into giggling gossip. Wc abomina'o the gushing people who wear their hearts ou their sleeves, but v.e too often seem to think it quite 1 the thing to lay hohl of tho sensitive ' friendship that wc sec blossoming into love,and toss it up in conversa tion, and joko about it, as if it were just as lit a target for the town talk as a cattle trade, or a concert. This practice of gossiping is ono of the grcatsst social evils, and ought to be discountenanced by all good people. A New Departure. A number of prominent Roman Catholic priests in New York have ; broken the papal bands and become leaders in the move to organize an Independent Catholic Church. The move is creating a sensation in New York city. The Rev. Father McNa mara was appointed President of the meeting. From his address the fol lowing extract is taken : ''This move ment, beloved friends, has no?v as sumed proportions that render it ne cessary 10 adopt measuics calculated to meet the exigencies of a great and wide-spreading reformation; From the beginning wc aimed at impress ing upon our people the true basis of Church organization instead of the hierarchical and un-Scriplural pre tensions of the Italian or Roman domination. The Holy Scriptures teach that tho people of Christ, and not a hierarchy, arc the governing body of the Church." What the end of this new departure will be remains to be seen. Making Governors. Nearly all the papers, says an ex change, are amusing themselves mak ing Governors. There arc several men in the Slate who are worthy and i well qualified, and we do not sec any use in editors going into rhapsodies j over this or that man. Matters are moving along very serenely under the administration of Gov. Simpson, and wc do not care to plunge into the turbulent waters of another political campaign for some time yet to come. Our Slate is safe if our people do not become divided through the wrang ling of newspapers over personal fa voiites before tho time comes for making the nomination. One paper ; brings out its favorite, and then j another one sets about the task of killing him, and thus that political harmony wbic.i is so desirable and so essential to our political well-be ing is to some extent disturbed. Give us a little rest now, anil let us make our next Governor next year. There are a few things regarding the Indian outbreak which common people are permitted to know. They know that a number of soldiers have been killed ; that the General of the Army, who was at the time .attending u county fair, thinks the army ought to bo iricrensd ; that ihe President is wailing in Ohio for election day to come *o that he can vote, while the officials of the Indian Bureau are watting for him to get back to Wash ington so that they can give him the news about tue uprising; that the Secretary of War is away in Iowa making slumpspecches ; that the War j Department, holds the Indian Bureau responsible for the trouble ; that the i Indian Bureau holds the War Depart I ment responsible, and that there is I great excitement all over Colorado. But why tilings and officials should be in this frightful condition common pcoplp, arc not permitted to know. j A gentleman in a draper's shop had Itho misfortune to tread on a lady's skirt. She turned round, her face Hushed with anger, but seeing tho gentleman was r. stranger she smiled complacently, saying ; "I bog pardon, sir; I was going to be in a dreadful passion ; 1 thought it was my hus band." The Cost of Fences. It would seem that few farmers un derstand the great expense of fences. A forty-acre piece of land, if square, will require 320 rods?one mile?of fence to enclose it; if not square, but i longer one way, it will cost still mote fence to surround it. At the yery least, fence will cost 81 per rod, making a cost of $320 to enclose forty acres of ground ; then if it he cut into four lots, with a fence i across it each way (the shortest that i fan be done,) 1G0 rods ?r.oro, adding i 51 GO to the cost of the small farm I fence ; in all, 8180, or 812 per acre? i scrtainly a serious expense?a sum j that would be much better expended 1 in manure or fertilizers. j This expense for fences can be ] nearly all saved by having a law re- i quiring all owors to keep up or take i Bare of their stock, which would be a ! much cheaper operation than fencing against all the stock of the communi ty. In some States people arc required lo keep up their slock, and after try ing it, tlicy found it dcsirible; and i when cllbrt was made to have the law i repealed, the people rose and peti tioned in such force against it. that the effort failed and was abandoned, and where the measure is under- i stood it w ill be approved. In many instances, the fences of the farms i cost more than the land is worth i which the}' enclose. Bad Advice. The leading Republican paper of | Iowa, the Lemara Sentinel, which ex- ! presses in every way Republican senti- < incut in that slate, says: "What we need is encouragement, not curses: protection, not violence." "We clip the above," says the Sentinel, "from lire New Orleans Weekly Lousianiun, edited, owned and printed by niggers, i who sent us a copy asking an ex change with the Sentinel. Wo will grant the gentlemanly darkies the boon they crave, that they may study African ethnology from a Stalwart standpoint. *Wbat we need is en couragement, nol curses ; protection, not violence.' That is nigger all over, why, you great wooly-hcadcd boobies, what you need is to learu to 'curse' and practice'violence,'and all these other things will be added to you. If you have not sand enough to slant! j up and curse these lantern jawed Brigadiers and their whitc-livctcd re tainers, Iben the Republican parly made a great mistake in giving you your freedom. If these unhung trai tors dare molest you when you go to vote, shoot them . as you would so many dogs. If you have not the courage to do so, get on the auction block and let I hem sell you to the highest bidder." A Chance for Roscoe. A distant relative of Benedict Ar nold, one Isaac N. Arnold, formerly a member of Congress from Chicago, has taken the lecture field to defend his remote kinsman from the appro bium which the American people have heaped upon him. Perhaps this will encourage Mr. Conkling to believe that after ho has been dead as long as Benedict, some kind relative will undertake to prove that he never did the SpragUO family any barm, and that on tbe evening of the cele brated episode at Cnnonchct he had simply called to borrow a little s?ile t alus lo make some tea biscuit at 1?3 boarding house. There are many would bo aiisio crat who have litllo more claim to blue blood than the old Irishwoman, who, in bidding her son good-bye on his leaving the parental roof, said : i "No, Jimmic, when you get ycr stand, an'haz ycr peanuts an' ycr np pics shin'like shtnrs in the bivins allin a row side by side, an' the ginllcmcns come along to buy, don't forgit who yoz arc. llouhl your head high, for there's great talk now about, furrust families, tin' as vor tloin* up tbe bun dles tell tliimycr grandfathr was the furrust man who ivcr set foot or squat ted upon the bogs bcyont." Interesting Young Men. "The interesting young men," must be palo and thin, have long hair, but no side whiskers, cat little in public, never smoke a pipe, bo short-sighted, have a big pain, talk about himself, be impudent, bo ex treme in opinion, especially on theol ogy and medievalism; bo popular with women, not able to shoot or ride, hale wet feet, be disliked by men, and, in toto, bo "a double iool." Death Instead of a Wedding. .Shepherd's settlement, a little ham let two miles from Marcellus, N.T., furnishes a sad romance with a fatal ending. Flora A. Shepherd, grand daughter of Edward Shepherd after whom the place was named, a pretty girl of twenty years, was engaged to he married to Henry A. Fulmer, of Elhaidge. The ceremony was to have taken place on Sunday, but when that day arrived Fulmer, camo and Etaid he had heard suspicious ?torics regarding her character, and asked to have marriage postponed until ho could he assured that the stories were groundless. She offered to rcleaso him from the engagement, but ho re plied that he did not wish to be re leased. She requested him to go to church with her, he consented, and she went up to her chamber, ostensi bly to dress. lie waited from ono until three o'clock, and then scut her brother up to find out why she did not come hack. He said his sister* was in bed. He went up to her room and asked what the matter was. She did not reply, but pointed to a paper on a stand. Fulmer read the paper. He supposed that Flora had taken poison. She confessed to her grand parents that she had eaten a quantity of cobalt. A doctor was called and prescribed for her, but after he left bIio took another dose of the drug and died at twelve o'clock that night. Don't Grow Old Too Fast. No don't. Try to keep your sym pathies fre?U, and your interest ia little things active. Don't be afraid of nonsense, or hesitate to take part in it. Remember that you wero young once, and tolerate the crudi ties of youth. Yes, do more than tolerate, try to understand, and don't be impatient if the young eyes can't sec things just uj you see them Gray hairs and wrinkles you cannot escape, but you need not grow old in fooling unices you choose. And so long as your age is only on tho out side, you will win confidence from, the young, and find your life all the. brighter for coint?ct witu'lheirs^But " you have too many grave thoughts* too many weighty anxieties and du ties, too much to do, to make this trifling possible, you say. The very reason, my friend, why you should cultivate fun, nonsense, lightness of heart?because you need them so much, because you are "weary with, thinking." Then d? try to be youngv even if you have to be foolish in so doing. Grant said some years ago it made no difference what mistakes the Re publicans make they can certainly count on the Democrats making big ger ones and in the light of the past we are inclined to believe there was truth in the uttcrar.ee. It is to be hoped, however, thar wc have been so badly whipped by our mistakes that we will henceforth, be more careful, and the Democratic corn ed}' of errors has been ended by tho recent explosion of the "Ohio idea" and the wild schemes involved lu it, Citizens of Spartanburg and ad joining comities have erected a monu ment to Miss Francis Woodward, tho young lady who was cruelly murder ed some months ngo near Vcrnou ville in that county. The man who did the foul deed, it will be remem bered, was lynched in open day light. Tho monument is erected to Virtue? the supposition being that to aavo this priceless gem the young lady sac rificed her life. Tue Onedia's Community last year made profits of $7G,000 from 700 acres of land. That beats cotton planting all hollow. Tho Oneida community arc wrong on matrimony but right on agriculture. Nothing "complex" about thut. An old maid from Orangebnrg went to Wcalhcrsbec & Esstcrling'g last week to buy an "old bachelor," advertised by them in our local col umns last week, and they showed and sohl her a sack of salt. *'CMd com* fort."?Uarnwdl People. Tin: " Editor's Easy Chair" is all I in your mind. It's .1 piece of fnrnU lure that's used only by thoie that j wear the honors?the. ones that do I the work don't have anything easy. IBut this in your scrap-book, among the anxious. Tub Palmetto Yeoman says Judgo Mackey claims reldtiohstl p wittiChas. Mackey, the famous British po.it. Our sympathy is altogether with tho. poet.