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"Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's .thy God's, and Truth's.' SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1883. Sew Series-Vol. III. No. 21. m. Polished ovdrr Tuesday, -BY THE Watchman and Sou?tron Puhlisliing Company* SUMTER, S. C. .>. TERMS: y Two Dolors per annum-in advance. ADVERTISEMENTS. <|**M9qu&re, first insertion.SI ? 'HSs?cj^a?^^neutii?mXion^. 5a Contracts- for three mouths, or longer will r* ie made at reduced rates. ^?^J?lcamnwettcations which subserve private laliiji ilii will be charged for as advertisements, ^bituariee and tributes of respect will be ?: . ^aaTOW^aotiee? and notices of deaths pub Saaedfree, . =||Per -job work or contracts for advertising ^t^atc?mtn^and SotOfiron, or apply at N. G. OSTBEN, Business Manager. ^^p?b^wder never varies. A marvel of " jwwjtj,'streng til and wholesomeness. 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Bal the Sun is written for lite, inhabitants of the earth; this same strip of intelligence ? would girdle the globe twenty-seven or twen eigbk tiroes. - Ifcvery buyer of a copy of the Sun during the past year has spent ooly-OJie-bonr over it, I? ?ad if fais wife or his grandfather has spent - another hour, this newspaper io 188:-i has af 'forded the human race thirteen thousand years ot steady reading, night and da}-. .^l?t??j????y bj little calculai lions like these ; that'jo? can form any idea of the circulation of the most popula* of American newspapers, or of its influence oa toe opiuions and actions of Amerirao men and women. The Sun is, and will continue to be, a newspaper which tells the truth without fear of consequences, which gets at the facts no matter bow much the process costs, which - pi?seats tba news of ?lt the world without wistoof words and in the most rea ? ab ie shape, which is working with all its heart for the causear ho nest government, and which therefore, b*U^ es th LIM he Republican party must go, and must go in this coming year of ear Lord, 1884. If jon know the Son, you like it already, acd you will read it with accustomed dili . gence and profit during what is sure lo be the most interesting year ia its history. If you do oct yet koow the Sun, it is high time to get. io lo the sun sh i ce. Tern? to Mail Subscribers. The several editions of the Sun ?re sent by mail, postpaid, as follows: DAILY-50 cents a month, $G a year; with Sunday edition, $7. Sg?i'AY--Eight pages. 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Endorsed by the leading citizens of the State, aod bj the best farmers in the State and Sooth. , 8end postal for specimen copies for your j?ITilillliirir il Billilli II i II Address v?v / W. J. McKERALL, Marios, S. C. CHRISTMAS. Again the Christmas holidays have come, We soon will hear the trampet and the drum We'll bear the merry shout of girls and boy Rejoicing o'er their gifts of books and toys. Old Santa Claus comes by at dead of night, And down the chimney creeps-a funny sight ! He fills the stocking full of books and toys, But puts in whips for naughty girls and boys. I wonder where that quoer old fellow lives, And where he gets all the fine things he gives? i Some children think he's one thing, some another, j But I suspect be's only father and mother. O'Donnell Dies Bravely. LONDON, Dee. 17.- Patrick O'Don? nell was hanged in Newgate prison at 8 o'clock this morning for the killing of of Janies Carey, the informer. De? spite boisterous and squally weather, a considerable crowd had assembled at the prison by 7 o'clock, hundreds of workmen passing by the jail waiting to gaze at the black fl?g. The crowd in? creased rapidly, and before 8 o'clock it I numbered 2,000 persons at least. The streets were closely packed, but the throng observed a quiet and orderly de ; meanor. The Irish clement was not I conspicuous in thc gathering. As the j moment for the hanging approached the ! crowd swayed up against the prison j wall, and the roadway, which before bad been kept clear, was blocked. The j police, however, moved rapidly through the multitude and easily cleared the j way. The clouds began to break as j the hour of 8 approached, and when the I black flag was run up it was distinctly ; displayed against the rising sen. There was no demonstration, although suppressed excitement marked many faces The crowd immediately dis? persed after the hoisting of the black flag. O Donnell's brother remained to the last, bitterly weeping, the centre of a sympathizing group. Ile occupied a doorway opposite the prisou, in view of the flagstaff. The crowd pressed so closely upon him that the police had to interfere for bis protection. When the black flag was hoisted he re? moved his hat and remained for some moments apparently praying, his fea? tures working painfully. He stayed on the same spot for some time after the hanging. To people who lingered around he said in a hoarse voice: 'My poor brother! Ile has died as bravely as man ever died ' This was received with cries of 'Yes.' He theu departed, aud the crowd dispersed. O'Donnell retired to rest at an early hoar last evening. This morning he rose promptly and took a good breakfast soon after five o'clock. At 0 o'clock Father Fleming arrived. He received the prisoner's last communication and administered to him the holy sacra? ment. At 7J o'clock O'Donnell was told to make ready for the scaffold. Ile was perfectly resigned. Ho expressed great sorrow for his outburst of temper tn the dock ai the conclusion cf h Ls trial. He said he had felt the greatest animosity for the witnesses who appear against him, but that had now disap? peared. A few minutes before 8 be was escorted by warders from his cell to the large room of the prisou, where the hangman Binns, the Sheriffs and under sheriffs, the govenor of the jail, and the prison chapluiu were stationed The operation of pinioning tho prison? er's limbs was quickly performed by Binns and was submitted to with a smile and without a murmur. Thc procession then moved to the courtyard, where the scaffold was erected. O'Don? nell walked with great firmness and de? clined auy assistance from the warders in ascending the steps of thc scaffold. Father Flemiug, by his side, repeated the service of the Oburch for the dying and he'd the crucifix before O'Donnell'* gaze. The prisoner took his place on the drop under the rope, the slack of which was held up over his head by a spiece of thread. He was perfectly I eylm and self-possessed aud looked i around with seeming unconcern. Binns I quickly fitted the noose around O'Don? nell's neck. Carefully placing the knot under thc left ear, he at once stepped back and pulled the fatal lever, and O'Donnell fell eight feet. The rope hardly quivered. According to the surgeon death was instantaneous, there being hardly any musclar move? ment As the black flag was hoisted those within the prison could hear a hushed murmur from the multitude outside the walls. The body hung for one hour. It was then cut down and the usual legal inquest held. The face bore a calm expression. The head was quite loose from the trunk of the body The rope made a deep indentation. Binns, the hangman, was good-hu moredly mobbed by the crowd when he left Newgate prison after the hanging. Ile aftctwaid drove away to escape ob? servation. The friends of O'Donnell continued their efforts to obtain a meeting of the jurymen who convicted him, until late Saturday night, when eight of them had been found. It was impossible to i trace the other four, and the friends of ! the condemned man were compelled to abaudon the search. Five of the jury? men were anxious to have a meeting of the jury. As an instance of remarkably speedy transmission of news it is worth record? ing that telegraphic information of the hanging of O'Donnell was received by the National Republican within i-even teen minutes from the time the trap was sprung. He was hung at 8:02 A. M. in London, which would be equivalent to 2:55 A. M. here. The dispatch was received at 3:20 A. M. Deducting the difference between thc old and new time gives about sixteen and a-half minutes between the moment of the hangii:? and the receipt of the news here.-Nation? al Republican. - IT? --? -?- - - Two of the known comets of short period arrive at perihelion in 1884 D'Arrests on January 13, and Brorsen's about September. For several months astronomers have been unsuccessfully watching for the former, and it is prob? able that it may nass unseen at this re The Legislature. The Senate met at ll o'clock, Monday. The calendar to-day contained even four score of bills, joint resolutions and concurrent resolutions, which the Senate proceeded to deal with in a manner indicative of a wish to get through and adjourn this week. On this subject of adjournment the lead? ing Senators are about evenly divided as to whether they will adjourn before Christmas or whether they will sim? ply take a recess and return after the holidays are over. Calendar was cleared without call? ing forth any debate of interest to the public and very little interest to pri? vate parties. During the session to-day United States Senator Hampton dropped into the Senate Chamber, and became the centre of attraction during his brief stay. He is looking well, and chatted pleasantly with all who spoke with him. It will be a hard task for the Senate to make its proceedings less interest? ing than to-day's were, to both hear? ers and and readers. Adjourned at 2.50 P. M. The House met at 10 A. M. The Supply Bill was taken up and read the third time, and the whole morning was taken up on the same. A number of other bills were read and passed, but none of special im? portance. On Tuesday in the Senate, a few uninteresting reports were received and referred to appropriate commit? tees. The calendar was a small one, as far as numbers are considered, but not so when the quality of bills considered. All of the tl) i rd reading bills, ten in number, were passed. The bill to repeal the Agricultural Lien Law created a heated discussion, and a motion to strike out the enact? ing clause was adopted by a vote of 18 to 15. So the Lien Law stands. The bill to provide for the comple? tion of the State House caused a slight debate, which mainly abounded in facts and figures, with an occasion? al flight of fancy and eloquence. The bill was killed by a vote of 13 to 19. The Hoose looked rather drowsy this morning after the late work last night, and Mr. Kennedy created con? siderable amusement by calling au up? country member to order for sleeping in his chair to the detriment of the dignity of the House. The House last night remained in session until nearly midnight. The morning session lasted five hours and the evening session seven hours. The journal shows that at the latter session no less than eighty-nine meas? ures were disposed of on their second reading, sixty-seven bills and nine claims were passed to third readings and thirteen were tabled. Such a nig it's work hasn't been accomplish? ed for many 3rears. Nearly every House bill on the Calendar was dis? posed of. The third reading of these bills took hours of this morning's time. There was a lively discussion OJI the return to the House of the joint resolution p. viding fora commission to simplify the tax laws of the State with an amendment reducing the membership from five to three, but it was finally adopted by a vote ol'50 to 23. When the bill to prohibit the sale of liquor in Oeonee County came up for a third reading Mr. Si mon toil moved to recommit it, which recom? mittal at tin's time would bo equivalent to defeating it. Mr. Stribiing defend? ed the bill and said that only ono place in the county sold liquor, and this bill was designed to stop the sale there and to provide for the enforcer ment of the law. Mr. Haskell said that he must vote against the bill. He was opposed to any such legislation. It would tend to complicate the political situation and injure the Democracy. After considerable debate in which the usual stock arguments were used by the liquor men, the bill passed to tho third reading. The General Appropriation bill was much discussed and amended, and finally passed its third reading with appropriations amounting to $778, 775. At the evening session, the House took up the Supply bill. After re? ceiving a great number of amend? ments it was passed to its third read? ing. One of the most important sections in the appropriation bill is that ap? propriating ?10,000 for the represen? tation of South Carolina at the New Orleans Cotton Centennial and World's Industrial Exposition next year. Not a voice was raised against this item. A Dastardly Outrage. We have just learned of the particu? lars of the most cowardly outrage ever perpetrated in our county, which oc? curred on Wednesday of last week, cu Carver's Bay. It seems that while Mr. Harvy L. Carter was absent from home, attending a celebration that a party of men went to bis house, about twenty-five milos from town, and deliberately shot a load of buckshot into the bed wherein they supposed bim to be, no one being at home except the ladies of the family, consisting of an aged lady and the two Misses Carter. The fences around the dwelling were also burnt, about fifteen panels being cuusumed, when thc females mustered up courage to veuture out and subdue the flames. On thc following Saturday night, they went back and shot down thc only work animal Mr. Carter owned, a Gue mare, fur which be bad been offered, only a few days previous, $150.00. We can learn no cause for this out? rage, except that Mr. Carter, as a ?rood citizen, and as the constable for Trial Justice Spivey, bad been active in pros? ecuting parties for selling liquor with? out a license. Trial Justice Spivey, upon the neces? sary affidavits being made, had G. W. j Kay, P. W. Kay, Erviu Powers and] before bim on Wednesday last, aud j enough evidence bains braucht out, I O * CT 'j bound theo) all over in tho sum of ?"2, OOO for t lie ir appearance at the next! term of court. We hear that a posse of twelve men were called out, and guard- j ed the prisoners for four or five day3 aird nights, camping out in the woods j all the while, aud our informant tells us that Carver's Bay .almost resembled a military camp. The evidence against the above nam? ed defendants is purely circumstantial, we believe, consisting of threats made at the last term of our couri___.racks leading from Carter's stable directly to the house of the Rays, etc. If a case is made out agaiust them, no punish? ment will be too severe. It was a henious crime, and should be punished accordingly. The only thing wc arc surprised at is that the Trial Justice! should release any one on bond who is I charged with arson. It is not a baila- j ble offense.-Georgetown Times. What Our Editors Say. Senators' Clerks. Columbia Register. Right on tho heels of Senator But? ler's bil! to abolish internal revenue comes his bill to provide each Sena? tor with a $1,000 a year clerk. We believe that the Senator is sincere in his view of the onerousness of the revenue system, although we do not agree with him in regard to the abo? lition of the tax ot) whisky and to? bacco, but lite country will hardly relish the idea advanced by him, that it is all right to lop off the tax on j these luxuries, thereby depriving the Government of some $120,000,000 of revenue, and at the same time furnish the Senators with the luxury of clerks at the expense of the Government. If the Senator is in favor of reduction of revenue he ought not to favor in? crease of expenditure. Militia. Newberry Herald. Governor Thompson thinks the j General Assembly should do some? thing for increasing the efficiency of the militia force of the State. For our part, we distinctly object to com? pulsory military service, and wo see no need of spending more money upon the militia force. It may have been true in other limos, aud it may now be true in other countries, that peace is a time of preparation for war, but the maxim does not, apply j ?0 our country. The militia force of i this State is not thorough in its or-1 ganization, simply because its exist- j euee is forced. We can obtain sol- j diers, and good soldiers, when ceca- j sion demands. Honesty the Better Policy. Palmetto Yeoman. This is true, even if it ignores prin? ciple, and does not iook beyond mere policy. Honesty is the better policy, then, even as a matter of policy. An honest, upright, straightforward way j of dealing with all men in al! the de-1 partmenis of business as well as polit- j ical life, and in a public as weil as a ! private capacity, is always the safer j as wei i as the inure profitable course, i 'Cheating never thrives' is the school j boy's maxim, and it contains more j truth dian poetry. The principle in- ! volved and thc sentiment inculcated, j extend their iufjuonce and application \ beyond-the contracted aroa ol the play j ground or the tickle fancies of lite j tyro's brain. Even the success of j narrow, selfish and sordid ends are j mare often attained by a course of j strict integrity, than by deception and prevarication. Free Whiskey. Morning Star. Senator Butler is anxious lo protect the'pine-top industry' of South Caro? lina, lie seems to think it is much ? more important that there should be j free juice than free clothing or free I cotton ties. When he says that the | internai revenue taxes are the most j objectionable to all the people' he j plays upou ignorant prejudices and | misrepresents the facts. Outside of j four States lhere has been no loud call I for ftee whiskey and 'free chaws.' ! Thc intelligent people of the other i States and thousands of intelligent ! people of the four States prefer a tax ! on needless luxuries to positive ne- ? cessaries. There is nothing in South Carol ina that can bear a tax so well j as tho favorite 'pine-top.' Practical- j ly, tilt; cry of Reformers of the Butler type is-'Down with the horrible and j damning tax on whiskey and beer and j keep up the righteous and just tax of i the poor man's apparel and sugar and i trace chains.' A Good Bill. Bar n well Sent in el. In the bill introduced in the House j by Mr. Bobo, of S partan burg, there j is more just equalization than in any of the many measures yet brought be fore that body. It is a bill to repeal that portion of the G encrai Statutes ! relating to the exomotion of certain ', * ... property from taxation ; if it becomes j (as it should) a law, that one-sided j piau of exempting factory property j from taxation tor ten years, will be at J attend. It is however out of the! power of our law-makers to reach the ? factories, whose owners were en- j cou raged to erect them under the i persuasive inducements td' the law. | As the law stood, it was unjust, from j the fact that factories form, no more. ? valuable part of a country's wealth j than any ot lier private enterprise, ami i ali a citizen of South Carolina iiad to . do to exempt his property from taxes \ tor a period of ten years, was lo con? vert it into factory stock, and thc j greater the amount so con vet ted, thc j greater would be the State's exac? tions from other classes of property. I Mr. Bobo has done just that thing j wi:?eli he ought to have done, and ? which every property owner will 1 thank him for. Self-Reliance. Lexington J)i-<?>atch. Next to a definite aim and purpose in life, lhere is no quality that gives a greater assurance of future success ! than self-reliance ; and the young man who cultivates the habit of doing his i own thinking, and funning his own decisions early in life, in nine cases out of ten develops into the man whose career is attended with pros? perity. The young* man who attains his majority without any definite ideas about what he shall do, or how he proposes to do it, or who is spirit? less enough to remain in helpless de? pendence upon his family, waiting for 'something to turn up' or for some one to come along and give him a 'lift' without raising his hand to help himself, usually spends his life in this condition of dependence and expect? ancy. Of such is made up the army of unfortunates, a burden to families, a terror to Iiiends, a nuisance to ac? quaintances, who never get on in the world, who are always ready with plausible excuses as to why they didn't do what they should have done, always prompt to place the blame for the waut of their success everywhere else than where it be? longs, upon themselves, and always just too late lo take advantage of fa? vorable opportunities. Tho man who early in lifeforms a purpsse, and has the courage to adhere to it, usually ends by accomplishing it. The Political Trials in SoutTi Caro? lina. New York Sun. The Republican National Commit? tee at Washington adopted the other day a resolution declaring that they viewed with regret and indignation 'tho recent attempts to suppress hu? man rights and to destroy free suf? frage and an honest counting ot bal? lots in various States by methods ai war with humanity and civilization.' At the same tinte all the power o? the Federal Government that could be brought to bear for that purpose was being applied in South Carolina to the prosecjjUipn of numerous Demo? crats, who-SRwe charged with com? plicity in just such attempts as this resolution denounced. The cases were tried in the United States Circuit Court of Columbia be? fore a Republican Judge and Republi? can jurors According to the corres? pondent of our esteemed contempo? rary the New York Times,' 'the Gov? ernment was represented by District Attorney Melton, Emory Speer of Georgia, two special agents from Washington, and two writing ma? chines.' This array succeeded in ex? cluding from the jury box every Democratic juror whose name was called. Notwithstanding all these advantages, the prosecution wasunsuc cessful in every one of the three cases tried ; two were mistrials, and in the third the Judge directed the jury to acquit. Tiie charges were in the shape of informations filed by the District Attorney, and were not founded upon indictments. 'There was not a case before the court,' says the Times correspondent, 'that a fair Grand Jury would not have thrown out.' The utter-failure of these political trials in South Carolina, which is thus made particularly prominent by the loading Republican newspaper in the United Slates, is a timely and in? structive comment on the absurd and unfounded resolution of the Republi? can National Committee. The result must also suggest certain doubts to the tcind of thc President. It the af? fairs of the Department of Justice ! were administered with sagacity or good sense, would the Government officers have persisted in prosecutions which prove to be so entweiy without any adequate evidence to sustain them ? His Education was Neglected. The street lamps had just been light? ed as tiiej emerged from the ball ground. Clinging closely to his ann she said : 'Dariing, co you love me V 'Yes, Elnora, you are my only coif? fure and joy. The thu lights that are ever upperuiost iu my mind at home and in the office, are that some day you'll bc my bride.' 'How kind of you, Rickey, to tall* thus; would that it were iu my power to speak the same way of you.' 'Then you do not love mo, lenora, and wherein have I o f?en Jed V 'Your education, Rick, has been sad? ly neglected.' I 'In what respect, may I ask, Elle : did I not carry oil high honors at the j high school V "You did, iudeed, my faithful chape? ron, and can make out an insurance re? ceipt as prettily ami in as rapid a mau ner as any clerk in towu.' 'Thank you fur as much as that, Elle, but what other accomplishment must I add to call you my own ?' 'Learn to play base-ball, Rickey, and become a good catcher, then the town will ring with praises of you, and my cup of happiness will be full.' ?Ry jove, darling, I'll do it. These soft hands will loam to catch balls hoi from the cannon's mouth, even if every triper finger becomes a thumb, and every thumb and each palm is split in twain in the attempt. I'll raise a nine which shall electrify the towD, yea, thc whole country.' With tearful eyes she looked up into his face and said : 'Now, darling, you are my only joy,' and they chose a quiet nook and sat down to \g?t. Hov/ to Kiss a Girl. Au experienced writer says : 'Don't l;i.<s ali over, li iv--- grasshoppers walk. Don't kiss everybody, including nasty little dogs, malo and female. Don't sit down t<> it. Staud up. Yon need not bo anxious to got in a crowd. Two persons are plenty to coruer and each a kiss. More persons spoil thc sport. Stand firm, lt won't hurt you after you're used to it. Don't be in a hur? ry. Provideuce will give you strength for the ordeal. Don't jab down upon a beautiful mouth as if spearing for frogs. Don't grab and yank thc lady as if she were a struggling colt. Don't muss her hair, scrunch down her collar, bite lier check, squizzle her ribbons and leave her mussed and rumbled. Take good aim, the lips meet, the eyes close, thc heart opeus, heavcu itself opens, before you, and-the art of kissing is learned. Tho Conference. Thc correspondent of the Ncics and Courier writes as follows of the last day's session of the Methodist Confer? ence at S a tu Der : 'The session Monday morning was taken up with reports fret? committees until 1*2 o'clock, when the question of missions came un as'the order of thc day. Dr. X). ? Kelly, of Nashville, treasurer of the missionary board, was present and conducted the inquiry into the missionary operations of the Church, it was found that the collections in thc Conference for foreign missions were in j excess of the assessment. This was ] secured by the excess paid in a compar- j atively smalll number of charges. In j five of the nine presiding elder's dis districts there was a surplus, and forty four pastoral charges out of the one j hundred aud forty-one charges iu thc Conference had either paid in full or ?had brought up a surplus. Dr. Kelly then made inquiry into thc methods pursued by the different preachers who had succeeded in collect!ug all required j of them. The methods were various and j.rovcd that not so much depended on thc plan as on the man aud on the amount of earnestness he put into his work. Dr. Kelly closed with a stirring missionary speech. The Doctor was for a number of years a missionary iu China, and he now has a daughter io that. Empire, the wife of one of the mis? sionaries cf the Southern Methodist Gb areli. Additional interest has been j given to the missionary features of the j Conference by the presence of Mrs. i Koger, of Brazil. Mrs. Koger is the i wife of the Rev. J. \V. Koger, super ' intendent of the Southern Methodist ; missions in Brazil, to which country he went three years ago. Mrs. Koger was compelled to return to the States on account of her health and that of her children. The voyage from Kio Janei? ro to New York was accomplished in a little less than a mouth, and the sea trip proved beneficial to the sick ones. The ladies held several missionary meetings ia the lecture room of the Presbyterian Church, and much inter? est was aroused in this cause. The statistical secretaries rendered their report which showed a most grati? fying increase in all respects d.aing the year, notwithstanding thc great drought which wrought such disatcr iu the State. The board of education presented a report, jrbich called forth some discus? sion. The resolutions it contained pledged the Conference to its utmost - endeavor to raise the sum of 0112,000 for educational purposes next year, one hundred thousand t*>r the endowment of WofFord College and twelve thousand for liquidating the debt on the Colum? bia Female College. The preachers all seemed in hearty sympathy with this J movement and there is good propect of thc money being raised. Next year is ? the Centennial of American Methodism, j arid the last General Conference resolv- j ed to attempted to raise two million dollars-one million for education. The j action of the Conference to-day puts the I South Carolina Conference in Hue with ! :he whole Church. It is devoutly to j te wished that WofFord mr.y receive a generous endowment. An afternoon and an evening session were held, and the business of thc Con? ference completed. The session | throughout has been one of the most j pleasant the buoy has ever held. Noth- I ing hos occurred to mar in any way thc perfect harmony of the occasion. Thc hospitality of the people of Sumter has been abounding, every preacher claim- j cd that he had the best house. The ! people seemed to be delighted with j their guests, and as the pleasure seem- j ed to be mutual, all are gratified. if Sumter ever wants another session of thc Conference, it will not be difficult to get the unanimous vote of preachers and laymen. When the question was asked, 'Where shall the next Confer? ence be held V Charleston, Spartaburg and Camden were put in nomination. Charleston was chosen by a large ma- ] jority, and the vote was then made unanimous. Long before the hour for thc assem? bling of the Conference this evening the house was deusely crowded with people anxious to hear the appoint? ments read. A memorial service was first held. The Kev. David Derrick had died during the year. 31 r. Der? rick was an old mau and had been su- j perannuated for mari)' years. The | iiev. J. L. Stokes read a memoi . of the i deceased, and two or three short trib- j utcs were paid to his memory by mern- | hers of the Conference. The Hov. S. j B. Jones. D. D., had occupied thc! chair during tho memorial service. Thc Bishop now appeared and the excitement became intense. ile ad- i dressed the Conference in an earnest j speech and then proceeded to read the j appointments. As ono by one the preachers were appointed thc tension on the nerves aud brains was relieved, j and when the last name was read there j was an outburst of conversation all over j thc church. The doxology was sung, ] the benediction pronounced and all was j over. Some were pleased, but some ; were grieved. There is elasticity enough about Methodist preachers to rebound from any depression, and j doubtless thc next Conference will find those who go to their work this year in j grief and heaviness desiring to be re- j turned, they having found that their fears about support were unfounded. So mote, it be.' A Largo Couple. Patrick William Parsons O'Brien, ,*><> vcars old, 7 feet and ! 1 inches in height, pounds in wcrgiit. was mar? ried, Nov. 20th, iii Pittsburgh., to Christianna D. Dunz, 20 years of age, 313 pounds in weight, 7 feet 4 inches in height. They had a wedding cake measuring nine feet in circumference. The couple first met at Harris's Muse? um, in Cincinnati, where they fell in love. The bride's dress was of white satin and contained 70 yards of goods. Thc waist was fashioned to form a square necked bodice, while thc skirt was cut en train, so that a square trail extended about 8 feet, which was sup? ported by a midget. Thc trimming of; the dress was of Spanish lace. There j was a veil and wreath of orange bios- j soins and the largest pair of white kid gloves ever manufactured ia New York met the satin dress sleeves at thc elbow The bridal couch was prepared, ?t their hotel hy placing two large beds togeth? er, sideways, the counterpanes being composed of Gentian, irish, aud Ame? rica!) flags. Some very costly presents were received in thc way of jewelry and silverware. TlieTsad Bey. My pa saw me riding the bicycle, said the bad boy to the grocery man. and said he could do it as we!! as I could, if Le could once get ,;n. but he couldn't spring up on i< quito as spry as he used to, and be wanted me aud my chum to hold it while he got on. I told him he would get hurt, but he said there couldn't no boy tell him anything ? about riding, and so we got the bicycle I up against a shade tree, and he put j his feet, on the treadles, and told us to ! turn her loose. Well, honest, T shut ! my eyes 'cause I didn't want to see pa i get tied up in a knot. But he did. i ?Te pushed with one foot, and the biey J cle turned sideways, then he pushed j with the other foot, and it begau to wiggle, and then he pushed with both feet, aud pulled on the handles, and the front wheel struck an iron leuce, and as pa went on top of thc fence tho hind wheel seemed to rear up and kick him, and pa hung to the fence and the bicycle hung to him, and they both went dewn on the sidewalk, the big wheel on pa's stomach, one handle up his trous ers leg, the other handle down his coat collar, und the other wheel rolling around back and forth over his fingers, and he yelling to us to take it off. ? never saw two people tangled up the way pa and the bicycle was. and wo had to take it apart and take pa's coat oif and roll up Iiis pants to get him out. And when he got up. and shook himself to see if he was all there, aud looked at it as though ho didn't know it was loaded, aud looked at mc and then at my chum in a sort of a nervous way, and looked around and scringed j as though he expected the bicycle was j going to sneak up behind him and kick ! him Dgaiu, ho wanted mc to 30 and got ! thc ax to break thc bicycle up with, j aud when I laughed he was going to j take me by the neck and maul thc biey ! cle, but I reasoued him cut of it. I j wasn't tc blame for his trying to gallop i over au irou picket ronco with a bicycle 'caus: I told him he better keep off of it I think if men would take advice j from boys oftener they wouldn't bc so apt to get their suspenders caught on ! an irou picket fence and have to be I picked up in a basket. But there is no J use of us boys telling a growu person j anything, and by keeping still and I letting them break their bones, we save getting kicked. It would do some men good to be boys ail their lives, then they wouldn't have to imitate. Hello, I there goes the police patrol wagon, and I ' am going to see how it rides on the back ; step,' and the boy went out and jump j ed on the hind end of the wagon, and thou picked himself up out of thc mud laud felt of his head where the police? man's club dropped ou it.-Peck's Sun Right Places and Right Y/ork True freedom demands stern self-dis? cipline and in nothing so much as in Unding and keeping our right places ami doing our right work ?t was once said of an ambitious mau who had left a good trade to study divinity that he ! had spoiled an excellent shoemaker to make a very poor preacher ; and this kind of work is constantly going on in vatious directions. Youths who might ! have made their mark as masons, car? penters, or machinists sink into utter i insignificance as pettifogging lawyers, incompetent physicians, or inferior tradesmen. The man who had it in him to become a scientific farmers turns himself into a third-rate bookkeeper, and the other, who might easily have worked his way up io thc head of a largo manufactory, struggles with poverty in an attic, writing what uo one cares to read. From experiments upon dogs, Lew aschew and Kl tko witch have concluded that the eiiect of ordinary Datura! miu eral waters is to increase tho quantity of bile and to make it more fluid and watery. This increased flow i.-> benefi? cial in freeing the gall-bladdtr from stagnant bile. The action of artificial solutions of alkaline salts, as well as of hot water, was found to be similar to that of the natural mineral waters. _Zi>- -<?.?? .Doctor' Mary Waiker has been for? bidden tc enter the Interior Depart? ment, in which she claims a position. Now the right thing to do is to follow this up by placing her where she should lon" a<ro have been-iu an insane asy lum. XAREQW ESCAPE O? X&OF. IVATSVX. Speaking of astrology iu China, ? am reminded oi tho unceremonious way in which the late Prof. Watson, of AUD Arbor University, Michigan, was com? pelled to quit tho Chinese empire about thc tillie oi' the transit c* Venus a fe*s war- ago. Pro''. Watson, with anothei well-known astronomer, was at tue Chi? nese capital. Tho Emperor ot Chins ".vas token fcick with tho sniall-pox, and he theil after a short illness. The ovoid : v.-:is looked upon, as all great events ar<i ! m < hiha, as influenced by the stars, and j it became noised abroad that the tw< S distinguished astronomers had so in j lTnenced the stars as to cause the Km ! peror's death. The Viceroy, who di? i not share in the popular belief, qrieth i informed the astronome?, that fchej ' might lose their lives if they diu not gv away. They departed in the night. interview with J^rof. J. W. Draper. Q' ?STIOX-Why is love always repre? sented as a cliild ? A -Because it nevei reaches the age of experience. Q. Still, old meu have been known x. A. Yes; hut they were in then c^onJ childhood. HEBE is the account of tito f ortes! courtship on record: "Rachel, tiu Lord hath sent me to marry thee," sais: the suitor. " The Lord's will be done,' was tho submissive reply. TV A HIE OF FVEJ. In domestic economy the waste of fuel j is exceedingly great, Lut it is not easy i to give precise figure s representing the j loss of ef?ect, owing to the manifold pur I poses to be aceomplishcd, including j cooking and the beating and ventilation of apartments. Ii ven?i?a?on coulct be neglected, close stoves, Mich as are nseT? '1 "* in Russia, would nnques?onabiy furnish the most economical mc-d? of bating om* apartments; but heaHh and comfort axe, after all, of gre iter impoi tance than economy, and these five best secured by means cf a-: open chimney. Not only does an open chimney give ri*e to an active circulation of air through the room, which ih a IJC? ssity o? our well being, but heat is suppHed to the room by radiation from the incandescent ma terial instead of conduction from stove surfaces. In oim case the walis and fourniture <:*' the room absorb the lumin? ous heat rays and yield them back to the transparent air, whereas, in the latter case, the air is th? iirst recipient of the stove l:eat, and the walls of the room remain comparatively eo'd and damp, giving rise to au unpleasant musty at? mosphere aud to dry rot or other moldy growth. The adversaries cf the open fireplace say that it warms you on only one side, but this one-sided radiant heat produces upon ihedenizens of this some? what humid country, and indeed upon all unprejudiced people, a particularly agreeable sensation, which is proof, I think, of its healthful influence. Tho hot, radiant fire imitates, indeed, the sun in its effect wn mau and matter, and be? fore discarding it on the score of waste? fulness and smokiness we should try hard, I think, to cure it of its adniitted imperfections. If incandescent coke is the main source of radiant heat, why, it niay bo a?ked, do we not resort at once to coke for domestic fuel ? The reasons are two-fold: the coho would be most difficult to light, and when lighted would look cheerless without the lively flicker? ing flame. Tho true solution consists, I venture to submit, in the combination of solid and gaseous fuel when brought thoroughly under control, by first sepa? rating these two constituents of coaL I am bold enough to go so far as to say that raw coal should not be used as fuel for any purpose whatsoever, and that the first step toward the judicious and eco? nomic production of heat is the gas re? tort, or gas producer, in which coal is converted either entirely into gas, or into gas and coke, as is the case in our ordi? nary gas works.-Siemens, in Nature* TUE FLEA. This insect l)eicngs to the genus Pu? les. When he gets on your arm you Pulex-citedly at your sleeve. You are anxious aiso.for the insect's leave. The flea has a strong love for man, but he manages to get over his attachment. He is a leper, in olden times they used to drive the leper out of the synagogue. When the flea gets on you, he sees sin agog in your heart. The flea is a para? site. You have not to cross the ocean, therefore, to see a Paiis sight. Fleas are very plentiful. You remember that Mary had a little lamb whose fleas were white as snow. In ancient times, how? ever, the golden fleas were very scarce, and consequently. much sought after. There can be no doubt about the habi? tat of this social infect, for does not the Bi?>ie speak of it as the "flea, from the wrath to como ?" And again is it re? ferred to as the "wicked flea" which " no man pnrsuetb.*' But we prefer not to dwell on this subject. Neither dowe wish to have tliis subject dwell on us. We might, ere long, have a flea in our ear should ve not stop.-Boston Tran? script. IT is queer that America has not T>t boen able to produce a "grape which w*il make raisins, though there is something like it in California. SINCE lF0t> 9,000 divorces have been CTanted in Italy, Milan being set down for v.o 1? ss than Li,OOO. Since 1S7? Romo <ns had HOOL EFFECT OF FLOWERS O.Y HEAL!EU An Italian professor has made some very agreeable medicina! researches, re? sulting in the discovery that vegetable perfumes exercise a positively healthful influence on the atmosphere, converting its oxygen into ozone, and thus increas? ing its oxidizing influences. The es? sences found to develop the largest quantity of ozone aro those of the cher? ry, laurel, clover, lavender, mint, juni? per, fennel and bergamot; those that give it in smaller quantities are anise, nutmeg ano thyme. The flowers of the narcissus, mignonette, heliotrope and lily cf the valley develop ozono in close vessels. Flowers destitute of perfume vio not develop it. and those which have slight po: lilllie develop it in small quan? tities. Keasoning from these facts, the professor recommends the cultivation of flowers in mashy districts, and in all places infested with animal emanations. The inhabitants of such regions should, he l'?ys, surround their houses with beds of the most odorous flowers. LETTERS of inquiry concerning the is? sue of more small notes are beginning to be received at the Treasury Depart niont at Washington. Every year about this time complaints arc received from the West as to the scarcity of $1 ai?:l $2 bills, and the Treasurer is urged tr) increase the number in circulation. The demand for small notes comes al? most entirely from the West, where they are wanted far use in harvesting nnd moving the crops. A MAS Mw no right to occupy such high moral grounds that he is constantly so far above his fellows that he can be of no earthly assistance to them. MEX will never know ns by our faith, for that is within us ; but they know us oy our works, which are visible to them. CATTLE hoofs are now $50 per ton for