The Orangeburg democrat. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, April 02, 1880, Image 1
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"Vol. II.
ORANGEBTJRG, S. C, FttlDAY, APRIL 2, 1880.
!N"o. 14.
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JOB OFFICE
IS rUSrAUK? TO DO ALL KIM DSC*
JoTb Fainting
The Fence Law in the South.
Editor Orangsburg Democrat:
As you have opened your columns
for the discussion of the Fence Law,
I enclose an article from the -Home
and Farm, which I think commends
itself to every intelligent farmer in
the county, and ask its insertion.
St. Matthe-WS.
There is considerable interest mani
fested over the effort now being made,
in some sections of tbc South, to
abolish the old unjust law whereby
each farmer is compelled to fence bis
fields; and to compel instead, the
owners of stock to coufino them.
Wherever intelligence becomes wide
ly disseminated, the injustice and
folly of the present law is recognized,
and the oppression of an enactment
by which a ^farmer is compelled to
build and keep expensive fences to
prevent the depredation of others
cattle, becomes realized.
In no civilized portion of the world
is the farmer required to protect his
fields against slock ; , and it is a sad
evidence of old fogyism, general igno
rance and backwardness of agricul
ture in the South, that such a law as
that now in force can exist. When
the country was very sparsely settled,
farms few, and timber very abundant,
the present law was enacted, and, like
many laws and customs, it has out
lived its usefulness ; and from being
for the greatest benefit to the greatest
number, it has become operative for
their greatest injury.
A few facts regarding the expense
of the fences will demonstrate the
wastefulness of the system. The av
erage size of farms throughout the
seven Southeastern States is about
200 acres, and the yearly tendency is
to further reduce the average size.
Now, the actual first cost of a rail
fence around such a farm, where good
pine limber is abundant, is about
?250, or $1.25 per acre ; but where
pine is scarce, and oak is uBed, the
cost m?re frequently rises as high as
$2 per acre.
Theactual statistics obtained from
every country and published by the
government ut Washington, show
that the number of acres in farms in
the Southeastern Slates is about 03,
028,000, and the actual first cost of
the fencing for these farms was 8177,
200,000?an average of over 81.90
per acre ; anil the value of all cattle,
sheep and hogs is about 857,000,000.
From these figures it appears that, for
every dollar's worth of stock, about
83 are expended to keep them out of
the fields.
Many of us have heard of the fool
ish boy who invested ten cents in a
candle to look for a three-cent piece
he had dropped. The annual cost of
repairs to a rail fence is known by
all fanners to be about one-leulh of
the fence ; thus the amount spent eve
ry year by the farmers of the seven
Southeastern Slates must approach
$17,000,000.
Now, upon my own farm, which is
situated iu one of the heaviest timber
ed sections of the South, I find that
the annual cost of repairs to my
fencing is about fourteen cents
per acre; in other sections, where
pine is scarce and oak is used, the
annual expense is doubtless much
greater. Moreover, the extent of
land wasted under a rail fence
amounts to two acres on a farm of 200
or one per cent.: equal in value to
about ten cents per acre annually.
A farmer'owning a farm of 200
acres grumbles loudly at being com
pelled to pay a State tax of about
nine cents per acre, but without any
disquietude submits to an annual im
position, under the present fence law,
of an unjust tax equal to not less than
twenty-four cents per acre.
The small farmers pay a propor
tionately heavier tax to the fence law
imposition than the large, for it re
quires more rails per acre to inclose
a small farm than a large one, as is
readily demonstrated by the fact that
whilo one acre requires 840 feet of
fencing, four acres require, not four
times ns much, but only twice as
much, say 1,680 feet. Thus, the
poorer the farmer, and the smaller
his planting operations, the heavier is
the rate of his tax ; while the richer
the farmer, and the more extended
his undertakings, the lighter is hia
rate of taxation. ,
Even If the present system of fen- 1
cing is considered with regard to 1
common honesty, its gross injustice is
equally mauifest. The land outside ,
of th? farm is as much the property
of lue farmer as that he may cultivate,
and truly in essential justice no stock
of others' has any right thereon, with
out his expresB permission. With
just as much equity may the law give
all the world a legal permission to
steal n farmer's corn out of his barn,
unless it is lociccd, as it does now to
give permission to other*/ cattle to
destroy his crop, unless he fences it
in.
In addition to the oppressive injus
tice of the feneo system, the experi
rience of the civilized world has
clearly demonstrated it to be a use
less and wasteful one. Wherever
farming has been brought up to the
high condition it deserves, and to
which it must be brought to be profit
able, the law regarding fences is di
rectly contrary to that in force
throughout most of the South.
When farm stock is restrained, and
tho responsibility for their depreda
tions is thrown on their owners, capi
tal is released from tho very unprofit
able investment of fencing, nnd made
available for farm improvements.
One of the very first effects is the im
provement of tho stock ; and only the
good ones arc kept, and the inferior
are killed or sold off. All the ma
nure, instead of being wasted, Is saved
and the way prepared for the steady
improvement of the soil. None of
the land is wasted, and the fields arc
cultivated down to the edges of the
road 8.
The best proof of the advantages of
the abolition of fences is found in the
fact that no section of the country
thai bus abolished fences for crops is
willing again to return to the antiqua
ted system, now oppressing the agri
cultural industries of Ihe South ; and
if tho farmers of the South would
think mure carefully of this matter,
discuss it with the lights of actual ex
perience, instead of stubbornly clos
ing their eyes to facts, and hugging
their antiquated prejudices, they
would sood see where their own in
terest lay. A. P. Fokd.
Bjjxnwell County, S. C.
"The Mug of the Kid."
Two years and two months ago,
says the Albany Journal, Peter Mc
Dermott wub employed upon the new
Capitol as a stone-cutter. He be
came acquainted with a handsome
little blonde named Maggie Moran.
Being a likely-looking fellow, she
yielded to his importunities, and they
were married. Three months later
he abscodded, and she heard nothing
of him until recently. In the mean
time she had borne him i child. The
first intimation she received of his
whereabouts was from a letter which
he wrote last week to a friend still
employed on the Capitol, in which
he rcquestod the latter to get "the
mug of the kid." (photograph of the
child), and forward it to an address
in New York which he gave. The
friend gave tho letter to Mrs. McDer
mott, who in turn handed it to Chief
Maloy. The result was that Juutioe
Clule issued a warrant, and yester
day, Court Oflicei Byrne went down
and suprised McDermott. The offi
cer returned with him las', night, and
this morning, after an examination,
he was sent up for a year. As he was
leaving the court-room, the wife said :
"You wanted to see the mug of the
kid, did you? Well, look at it now,
Tor it's the last opportvnity you'll
have in a year." Peter, with a mut
tered curse, continued on big way.
Going for Congress.
Old Miss Susan goes for Congress
igain in this wise:
To the Honorable Senate and
[louse of Representatives: Susan B.
Anthony, a citizen of the United
States, a resident of the State of New
York, County of Monroe, City of
Rochester, hereby respectfully peti
tions your honorable body for the re
moval of her political disabilities,
and a specific declaration by Congress
that she is invested with full pow
er to exercise her United States citi
zen's right of self government at the
ballot-box, all State Constitutions
and statute laws to the contrary not
wilhslnnding.
Fraternal Delegates,
Wo lenrn that Dr. Atticus Iluy
good, President of Emory College
and Editor of the Wesleyau Advo
cate, and Dr. J. H, Carl is Is, Presi
dent of Wofford Colloge, have been
lppoinlcd fraternal delegates from
.he Southern Methodist Church to the
Sencral Conference of the Northern
Church, which meets in Cincinnati
in May.
A Romance of Two States.
The story of Miss Amila Linkhaw,
of Lumberton, who shot and killed
Ed. Hartman iu the parlor of the ho*
tel iu that town, was tried for her
life and acquitted on the plea of tem
porary insanity, is still fresh in the
minds of the readers of the Observer.
But the romance of her life does not
^eud here, another and a pleasantcr
incident having been added to a
career which began in love and ended
in tragrdy. During the period of her
confinement in the jail at Lumberton,
when the only companion she had
was her child, which was born after
the enactment of the tragedy, she re
ceived many letters from sympathet
ic persons in all parts of the country.
Among her correspondents was a
man named Lytie, who is represented
as a custom bouse officer stationed at
Sullivan's Island near Charleston.
He became deeply interested in her
and wrote to herrepcatdly while she
was in prison. On the night the
trial was expected to close, he was on
the island, and in attemptidg to reach
Charleston during the prevalence of
a severe storm, that he might hear at
the earliest possible moment whether
she was to live or die, he barely es
caped being lost by the capsizing of
the boat. Alter the acquittal of Miss
Linkhaw, the correspondence wae
kept up, photographs were exchanged,
and a proposul of marriage was made
and accepted. A weeek ago Miss
Linkhaw, accompanied by her child
and one of her Bisters, left Lumberton
and proceeded to Florence, S. C,
where she was met by Mr. Lytle and
the marriage ceremony was quietly
performed. The three, mother, child
und husband, then left for Mr. Lit
tle's home and here the story for the
presents, stopB.? Chariotte. Observer,
March 24.
I_i
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I Found.
The lone woman who always looks
for a villainous mun under the bed,
has found him again. It ia always
pleasing to know that people get whotj
they search for, and in this instance!
the pleasure is doubled. Two women
have discovered tho objects of their
search on two distinct and separate
occasions, and in two separate and
distinct places. One lady lived in
Essex County, New York, and the
other in Ballston Center, in the same
Statt?. The young women were in the
State of New York just before they
made the discovery, but were trans
ported into the slate of terror imme
diately after. This seems to show
that the acquisition of a long looked
for object does not always bring hap
piness. These ladies of this district
who look for the man under the bed
ouce in every twenty-four hours
should take courage at tho success of
the New York ladies and continue
the .search.
A Brazil Newspaper.
A Phenomenon in journalism has i
just made its appearance in Rio Jano- |
iro. It is a newspaper published in two
languages, and its editor announces |
that "to serve bettor our country and
those who have in it their intorcsts,
we will publish in Portuguese and
English language tho articles that
will be convenient to the nationals
andforeigners." its Portugese may
be good enough, hut the quality of
its English may be sampled by the
sentence in the prospectus which de
ciares that the paper proposes "to
trace himself his line of conduct in
the press, and in the analyze of fucts
and events he will have the reflected
calm of the imparciality." Its notion
of business methods may be under
stood from the statement that "we
will consider our subscribers all per
sons to whom our paper will be sent,
if not retnrned it."?Boston Journal.
Ohb happy result of the upheaval
in Russia is said to be a reconcilia
tion between the Czar and Czarina.
The gratitude of the former at his es
cape from death was so great that he
addesscd a communication to his wife
expressing regret at past misconduct,
and promising that in the future there
would be no occasion for scandals.
Tho Czarina's health is reported much
improved in consequence, and the
reconciled royal pair are preparing
for a season of retirement in the moun
tains of the Austrian Tyrol.
Eleven of tho seventeen daily
newspapers in Philadelphia are op
posed to Grant; and twelve of tho
thirteen weeklies arc on the same
string.
Constitution ot the Edisto Brass Band,
Article 1. \
Sectiok I.?The namtfof this asso
ciation shall be tho Edisto Band, and
its officers shall be a Teacher, a Sec
retary and a Treasurer, j
Seo. 2.? The Teacher shall have
full control of the Band in every res
pect, and If unable to attend Band,
meetings from any causei shall desig
nate a member to act as Leader pro
tern., who shall have like authority for
the time being.
Sec. 3.?The Secretary shall keep
a roll of the Band?keep snch minutes
as may be ordered by the Band, and
conduct its correspondence. He shall
also watch all members and report
all violations of this Constitution and
the rule of the Band, to the Teacher
of the Band.
Sec. 4.?The Treasurer shall re
ceive and disburse the moneys of the
Band under is direction.
Article 2.
Sec. 1.?The regular meetings of
the Band for practice will be held On
every Tuesday and Thursday nights,
when every officer and member of the
Band will be required to attend, and
any one absent without a good excuse
will be fined, if an officer, fifty cents,
if a private member twenty-five cents.
Sec. 2.?No cursing, swearing or
drinking shall be allowed in the Band
room, or whem members are on duty,
and for violation of this section a fine
of one dollar shall be imposed for the
first offence, two dollars for the sec
ond oflcncc, and suspension or expul
sion for the third.
Sec. 3.?Any member with his.in
slrument in hand shall be considered
on duly if in Ihe Band room, or in
any public place or on a serenade,
and on all such occasions every mem
ber shall conduct himself with gentle
manly propriety, and shall entirely
abstain from any spirituous or intoxi
cating liquors on penalty of a fine of
one dollar for each and every' viola
| tion of Ibis section. ;'
Sec. 4.?Whenever the Band is as
sembled under the Teacher or leader
pro lern., no member shall h^are with
out permission of the Tendier or lead
er as the case may he.
Sec. 5.?Every member shall be re
quired to keep his own instrument in
perfect order, and whenever it sh:.ll
become damaged, unless by unavoid
able accident, it shall be repaired at
such member's expeuse.
Aim cm: 3.
Sec. 1.?The initiation fee shall be
two dollars for each member now be
longing to the Band, and each mem
ber hereafter elected shall pay an ini
tiation fee of three dollars, which
shall accompany the letter of applica
tion.
Sec. 2.?All applicants shall be
recommended by three members, and
shall be elected to membership by a
majortiy vote of all members present,
at a regular praclico meeting.
I Sec. 3.?Tbc members shall pay
fifteen cents per month to the Trcasu
i rer to meet the current expenses of
' the Band, and said sum shall be paid
wilhin ten days of the closo of each
month.
Article 4.
I This Constitution may be altered
or amended at any regular practice
meeting by a vote equal to a majority
of the entire Band.
We, Ihn undersigned, adopt the'
foregoing Constitution and pledge
ourselves to observe the provisions
and regulations of the same.
B. B. Owen. P. A. Lefvekdahl,
P. W. Bull, Joseph Eros,
A. D. Cannon, Joseph Strauss,
T. L. Wannamaker, A. Creutzfeldt,
G. J. Dexter, C. P. Brunson,
S. E. Owen, Clifford Oliverob.
Whiskey and Votes.
There is one abominable practice
tint should be discountenanced by all
good citizens in our country during the
pending election, and lhat is, the use
of whiskey for eleclioneeriug purpos
es. Especially should our people set
their faces against Ihe practice of
carrying whiskey to the polls to be
used in influencing votes on the day of
the election. Men whose vote can be
thus influenced do not deserve the
name of free men; and we hope
every good citizen will regard each
and every candidate who will, either
themselves or through their friends
at the. polls, attempt to buy votes
wilh whiskey, as only fit to represent
men whose vote can thus bo bought.
It is a most degrading practice, a
disgrace to civilization, and should
not be tolerated in a Christian laud.
Johnson Montier.
Mr. Stephens' Lov? Romance.
Amnog bis pupils, when he kept
tho high school at Madison, Ga., in
1838, was a girl of great bcanty and
! gentleness. With all the siucerity
and earnestness of a passionate and
refined nature, he loved that girl.
But he was poor almost to ponury.
The curse of ill health, which had fol
lowed him from his birth, clnag to
him still. He was assured by medi
cal advisers, and ho believed that
death might come to him at any mo
ment, lie loved with an earnestness,
a loyalty, and an unselfish devotion
which few men know?loved with a
love which, in its lender intensity,
was almost womanish. But for more
than a score of years he kept his se
cret to himself. No human belog
knew the cause of his ever-present
melancholy. Day by day and night
by night duriug that time at Madison
he pondeicd over the affection which
he knew could bring him nothing buk.
sorrow, and at last he determined to
resign his position and leave the
place. Yeara afterwards, in writing
to his brother, he half drew the cur
tain that had concealed bis sorrow,
and telling something of these days
at Madison, said further: "I am
tempted to tell you a secret. It is
the secret of my life, and I have nev
er told it to any one, but I will tell it
to you, and I fear you will not
believe it, but it is true, and if you
have never suspected it, that shows
how true I havo been to myself in
keeping it."
A Touohing Picture.
While I was lecturing at Washing
Ion I saw a lady with an intelligent,
pretty face and bright eloquent eyes
that were rarely lifled toward the
speaker, and then for only a flash of
time. They were bent upon her
husband's bands almost constantly.
Brilliant and accomplished, a few
years ago, she hud gone down into
tho world of voiceless silence, and
now all the music and all the speech
thai comes into her life cornea through
the tender devotion of her husband ;
and as I talked' I watched him telling
oif the lecture on his nimble fingers,
while her eager eyes glanced from
them to his sympathelic face. It was
a pretty picture of devotion. They
were so young to have this cloud
shadow the morning skies of their
lives, but as I glanced from the
voiceless wife to her husband I
thought how beautiful the sunlight of
his devotion was, breaking through
tbase clouds and tinting even their
aflliction with a tender radiance.
This discipline of attending upon suf
fering is a good thing fot a man. It
rounds out his life ; it develops his
manlier, nobler qualities ; it makes
his heart brave aud tender and
strong as a woman's.?Hubert J. Bur
dette, in Hawkeye,
A Hurtful Swindle.
A man professing to sell ''Arnold's
Nickle Plating," for plating Brass,
Coppef, Brittania, German Silver
and other metals, is traveling through
our country and imposing upon our
people. We desire to call attention
to this fellow, not for the reason that
be is taking money under false pre
tenses, but for the hurtful etlccts
from the spurious stuff he is hawking
over the country for sale. It is
"warranted not to corrode or tar
nish." He should havo loft the word
not out of his label, for if that was a
recommendation of his stuff it could
not do its work mere effectually.
Yesterday we saw sornc of its work
on some show cases In a storo on
Main street, and they have been
ruined by the applications of this so
called "Arnold's Nickle Plating."
The damago done is great and the
swindler ought to be arrested.
Anderson, Abbeville, Newbeiry and
all points dowu the Greeuville and
Columbia Railroad are cautioned
against him. Let the press pass him
around.?Greenville News.
Self Respect.
Always remember no one can de
base you but yourself. Slander, sa
tire, falsehood, injustice?these can
never rob you of your manhood.
Men may lie about you, they may de
nounce you, they may cherish suspi
cions manifold, they may make your
failing the target of their wit and
cruelty; never be alarmed?never
sworve an inch from tho lino your
judgment and conscience have mark
ed out for you. They cannot, by
all their efTorts, take away j*our
knowledge of yourself, and purity of
your nature. While these are left,
you are, in point of fact, unharmed.
Social Life in Washington.
Mary Clcmmer aays that in no oth
er American city is visiting carried
to such an extent as in Washington.
Every lady *'iu society" has her day
for receiving calls, and the distribu
tion of cards is enormous. But calls
may be made extensively without in
vitation. "When strangers visit
Washington," she adds, (,and take up
their abode at'a hotel, they have only
to discover the days of public recep
tion, hire n hack, and proceed to vis
it. On Monday they can go to
the homes of the Judges of the
Supreme Court and other courts;
on Wednesday they can call on the
Cabinett ladies; on Thursday visit
I all the Senatorial families; and on
Saturday go to the White House to
seo Mrs. Hayes. In every drawing
room the visitors will find standing
in its centre from one to a dozen la
dies, richly attired, receiving all with
politeness, few with that gracious
charm which makes the loneliest
stranger feel nt home. This is not
strange. These Indies are compelled
so constantly to greet so many
whom they do not know that the
task becomes not only monoto
nous but irksome. These culls in
volve no personal recognition. The
lady who received you on Wednesday
in her own parlor, on Thursday may
meet you on the street without a
glance of recognition."
Too Sharp.
One may po3sibly be so very sharp
that he becomes dull, and so fearful
ly shrewd at a bargain that he suc
ceeds only in cheating himself. A
young man belonging to the Teutonic
race fell in love, or at least thought
he did, with the daughter of a ban
ker. When, however, he seriously
thought of the subject of matrimony
he concluded that love, though very
beautiful in ils way, needs a little
i money behind it to make it perman
ent?a conclusion to which other
than Teutonic youths sometimes ar
rive. He wanted to marry the
beautiful girl, but he wanted also to
have the marriage certificate cover at
least a small portion of the old gen
tleman's substance. A proper com
bination of affection and cash makes
a delightful bouse. He went, there
fore, to the paternal parent to talk
the matter over, and, as though he
I were bestowing an everlasting favor
on the family by bestowing his con
ceited self, he said, "I can't possibly
marry you daughter, my dear sir,
unless she has a dowry of 10,000
gulden." The old gentleman, with
great dignity, replied, * Then, sir,
you can't marry her at all, for she
happens to have a dowry of 50,000
gulden. I wish you good morning."
Propositions to Advertise.
We had intended to write an arti
cle on this subject, but find the fol
lowing in the Edgfield Monitor, and
as it is veey nicely said, we appropri
ate it as our own, and endorse every
word of it. That paper says: 44 We
wish we could be spared the annoy
ance of advertising agents sending
their circulars to this office with
propositions to advertise. The ab
surdity of some of these propositions
is sufficient, it seems to us, to place
the senders of them in jeopardy of
the fool killer. For instnnce, an
agent sends a proposition to adver
tise for a Cincinnatti baggy manufac
tory, payment to be made in buggies.
That is, if we will advertise to the
amount of $83.50 and then send them
seventy-two dollars in cash, they
will send a buggy which thuy price at
9155?the same kind of a buggy that
was hawked through our streets a
year ago for 855. It must be under
stood too, that the freight from Cin
cinnatti to this point is to be added
to the $72 required in cash. Could
impudence go further?"
A terribly fatal mistake was that
made by Mr. F. G. Noonan, of Kan
sas City, Mo. Mr. N. and his wife
were awakened from a sound sleep by
a noise, at an early hour in the morn
ing. Supposing burglars to be in the
house, Noonan took a revolver and
went into the front room in the dark,
followed by his wife. She became
frightened, and threw her arms
around her husband's neck; he, sup
posing himself assailed by a burglar,
fired, killing her instantly. The Noo
nan's are well-to do people who mov
ed to Kansas City from Milwaukee a
few years ago, where Noonan was a
prominent merchant. He is a gradu
ate of Yalo College.
it
Neighbors' Academy.
Editor Orangeburg Democrat:
No doubt, few are aware of tho
origin of its name and locality. It
was built and owned by neighbors ro
siding near the school, hence the
name. It is situated iu South Poplar
Township, on the Monck's Corner
Road. It has been open for five and
a half months, with that experienced /
and successful teacher at its head, '
Mrs. J. S. Thompson, youthful wi
dow of the late, lamented Dr. Chas.
R. Thompson. The day was cloudy
and the ground saturated by a very
heavy full of rain the night before,
but quite a number left the busy cares
of life to attend the closing exercises,
which took place on the 1'Jlh instant.
Students were examined on English
composition, grammar, geography
and arithmetic. Problems in interest,
present worth, discount, per ventage,
&c, were solved in such a manner
that reflected credit upon the teacher]
and caused the audience to say and
repeat, what a success! The oratory ;
department was finely represented by '
students, who had never spoken be-?
fore. I will os4y mention a few t
Longfellow's Immortal ??Psalm of '
Life," was well delivered by Master
Tilley Livingston ; "Try, Try Again"
was splendinly said by Julian Felder,
also, a piece of prose about boys, was
spoken in a very praiseworthy man- .
ner by Eustace Felder. There were
others?but no more on that subject.
Speeches on education were called for
by the principal, but only one was
delivered, by Mr. C. C. Felder. He
spoke about the indifference of par*
ents about education, and said that ..
the present occasion reminded him of
a family garhering. They, as paliona
had met to see the progress their chil- ,
dreu had made, and to thank the
teacher for the success. He urged
the parents to be careful in future
who they selected as teachers, and to
assist their children at home. I think
'.he cause of education has received a
new impetus in this neighborhood-.
After a good and bountiful dwuer-,
the crowd dispersed, to think more
favorably of education. Your in in- '*
terest, Lvnton.
Speaker Randall.
The Washington correspondent of
the Chicago Timies draws this pict
ure Speaker Randall: "Sam, Ran
dall would attract interest in almost
any crowd. He is tall, broadkshould
ered and individual in his personal
bearing. His face is a dead sallow,
white and stands out in market! con
trast with his intensely jet-black eyes
and coal-black hair. He almost
always wears steel-bowed glasses.
The lower part of his face, which ia
always clean shaved, indicates bull
dog firmness and tenacity, lie
almost invariably dresses in black.
He lives in a very quiet, unpreten
tious way in a very inexpensive
house on Capitol Hill. He is never
seen in a carriage, but walks about
town. He used to be a great drinker
several years ago, when he first enter
ed Congress. The temptation of
Washington life were for a time
too strong for him, and a weaker
man would have been absolutely
ruined. He brought that bull-dog
tenacity of his to bear, and absolute
ly foreswore the use of liquor some
four years ago, aud since that time
no one has ever seen him taste a
drop. So far as private life goes, ho
is u model. He is devoted to his
family and his children."
Step to the Rear.
If a correspondent of the New
York World is to be believed, the
Tilden iuilucnce in the National
Democratic Executive Committe is
exceedingly weak. A trial of its
strength was made at the last meeting
of the Committee on three proposi
tions, each of which was promptly re
jected by a decided majority* of the
Committee. One was the choice of
St. Louis as the place for holding the
National Convention; another was
the adoption of the "fraud issue" as
the heading question for the comiug
campaign, and the third was the ap
pointment of a sub committee o ar
bitrate between the Tilden and auU
Tilden Democrats of New York. The
rejection of all these propositions
ought to show Mr. Tilden that his
day in politics is over.
A senior, after vainly trying to ex
plain some scientific theory to his lair
inamorata, said: "The question is
difficult, and 1 don't see what 1 cau
do to make it clearer." "Suppose you
pop it I" whispered the blushing dam
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