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g SUHTks WATCHMAN, Fj?tabii?he<i April, 1S50. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's thy God's, and Truth's." I CfcmsoUdftteu Aug. 2, 1881.1 SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1884. THK Tit UK SOUTHKON, Established Jun??, 1866. New Series-Vol. III. No. 41. PaMtahed every Tuesday, -BY THE Watchman and Southron Publishing 'te Company, SUMTER, S. C. TERMS: per annum-in advance. 1 V K R VISBMK NTS . first insertion.-. 71 00 rueo* insertion.................. 50 ^QPj^towts for three months, or longer will be made a> reduced rates. ^ ewniamcattons which subserve private - interests wij be charged^br as advertisements. ?Mtaarieri and tributes of respect will be ^Marriage notices and notices of deaths pub For job work or contracts for advertising .ddiess Wmtekmax and Southron, or apply at the. Office, to/ G. OSTEEN, * ) Business Manager. ; UBI 8 POWDER I Absolutely Pure. V This powder neve?, Taries. A marvel of j parity, atreo^h and wholesomeness. 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KEKOAITS fS?m'&'C?REi...... tit-,-.-. V ? TBE MOST SUCCESSFUL REMEDY ever discovered as it is certain io its effects and does not blister. Read Proof Below. From the "Spirit of the Time*," Dec. 22,4'83. It is admitted there is a great advance in veterinary science within the past decade, yet mapy will scarcely believe that a spavin cure is possible. Fortunate indeed, however, is it for the poor horse suffering from lameness of this kind that Kendall's Spavin Cure has been discovered, as it is certain in its effec's ?ad hSsjrorked wonders in thousands of such _ Send for illustrated catalogue, giving positive proof, al?o for sample copy of Ken? dall's Treatise on the Horse and hts Diseases ; both free. Price of the Spavin Cure, $1. Ad? dress Dr. B. J. Kendall Co., Proprietors, Eaosborgh Falls, Yt. Front the "Spirit of the Timce," Nov. 17, 83. The successful treatment of riogbones, Spavins, and joint lameness has not been prevalent in the veterinary profession, but we find that Dr. Kendall has discovered a remedy for such troubles that is doing noble work every where. This remedy is certain io its effects, and does not blister, but it basa magical effect in reducing the enlargement and driving out the lameness, as hundreds of testi<nonials prove. Price $1. For sale by druggists everywhere, and by Dr. B. J. Ken? da? Co., Eoosbnrgh Falls, Vt. SSSDALL'S SPATI2? C??BZ. ON HUMAN FLESH. NORTHVILLE, DAKOTA, NOV. 20, 1883. Dr. B. J Kendall & Co., Dear Sirs:-En? closed please find 25 cts. for your book enti? tled 'A Treatise on the Horse and biz Dis? eases.' You may look for more orders in fotcre if it is as advertised. Your Spavin Cure works wonderful with rheumatism, re? lief is immediate, and its action permanent. Every person ought to have a bottle of ir. Have bad no occasion to use it on my horses yet, bot too much can not be said of its re? markable effects oo human fltsh I used that pat np for horses, and its effects were truly remarkable. Please send the books as soon SS possible and oblige. Yours truly. A E. BROWN. Price $1 per bottle or 6 bottles for S5. All druggists bave it or can get it for you, or it will be sent to any address on receipt of price by the proprietors, Dr. B. J. Kendall ? Co., Eoosbnrgh Falls, Vt. SOLD ST ALL DSU00ISTS. E. P. SICKER & CO., SUMTER, S. C., DEALERS IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC Liquors, Wines, Tobacco and Cigars. We bave now the largest and best selected stock of ever offered in Sumter. Pure N. C. CORN WHISKEY and pure N. C. APPLE BRANDY a speciality. Try oar JOHN MCCULLOUGH CIGAR and BLUE JEANS TOBACCO. Parties in need of any goods in our Hue milt save money by giving us a call. REMEMBER THAT WE 6U ABAN TEE SATISFACTION at to quality and price, jj MAIN STREET, one door North Market Building-Sign of the Red MAN-HOW TO MANAGE HIM, 'Hove shall you manage jour husband I' I will tell yon, my dear, if I cao ; He's really a wonderful creature, That troublesome animal-man. Yes, really a wonderful creature, Inconsistent and dreadfully queer, But you'll soon know the secret by learning The modus operandi, my dear. If he stays ont too late in the evening, I Partaking of supper aud wine, ! Don't prove him a base fabricator, ? When he comes, by asking the time, ! For he surely will tell you the town clock, When it struck he had 'counted it over Just three times, before it bad done, If I didn't, just call rae a drover.' And then if his hat in the morning Is smaller by far than his bead, Don't hint by the merest allusion, That his lordship went tipsy to bed. But rather regard the occurrence, ? phenomenon puzzlingly queer, With a strange look of mystification Ia your eyes, if he's watching, my dear. And don't fail to sew on his buttons, Aud mend all bis clothing with care, Don't tease bim for money for shopping, Don't frown when he acts like a bear. Don't tell bim too often, my deary, That your head is aching with pain, Lest be whisper way down in his bosom, 'O, I wish I was single again V Don't tell bim tbat Mary, the bonsemaid, And Ann, tbe obstreperous cook, Refused to receive your suggestions, With even so much as a look. Don't tell bim bow very annoying, Yon so often have found it to be, To be told to 'get ont of the kitchen, And don't come a botherin' of me 1' But always seem cheerful and happy, And always look pleasant and gay, Than a frown there is nothing more potent For driving one's husband away. And thus yon must ever keep striving, Yon will it find an excellent plan, For whatever yon do, dear, remember, That your husband is only a man. BILL ABF. IK Congratulates Himself That the Arp Household Has Safely Passed the Winter and Makes Some Allu? sions to 'Sweet May*-Its Effect on the Children, Etc , Etc, Daniel Webster begun a great speech j by saying that when a vessel had been storm-tossed for many days in cloudy weather and lost ber reckoning the first thing to do when sunshine came was to figure np aud find where she was, or words to the effect. The agricultural department sends me a circular and asks 'how did your cattle come out of winter quarters?' It bas been a hard winter and a miserable spring, and we farmers have been demoralized and disheartened, aud now when the storms and floods and ! cyclones have ceased to afflict ns, and j the blessed sun of this blessed mooth of May is warming up our hearts and I homes, it is natural for us to sum it ail up and see where we are aud what wc have lost, and be able to say bow we have come out of winter quarters our-1 selves. We went into those quarters j on the heel of a stingy crop, and take it all in all. have had a hard time; but, nevertheless, we are lively aod thankful, for it might have been worse : The elements have been on a fearful rampage, and the floods have furrowed the fields and carried our best soil away down into the gulf of Mexico, and left us more bottom laud than we wanted The corn we had .planted has departed these coasts, and the compost with it, and the work is all to be done over again. Fences and rails and water gates have gone on a scurshion, and there's work to do-lots of work-but there's uobody dead or hurt, nobody sick but me, aud Tve got only the rheu? matism, and nobody cares but me-that is-except Mrs. Arp, aud she says she does care a little. I've tried most everything that everybody has told me, except poke berries, which a preacher said was a sure cure, and Fm waiting for them to come; for I don't want to go grunting around like I was only half a man and prematurely superannuated. It is bad, very bad, aud jerks me around lively, and makes me get up away iu the night and huot liniment and sit by the fire; but it is a friendly disease that stieketh to you like a brother, for it dodges from the shoulder to the col? lar bene, and from there to the arm, and then to the back of thc ucck and then to the shoulder again, and seems to say, I'll play arouod a little just for a change, but I will never leave thee or forsake thee. So its all right, and I'll compromise with fate and fortune on rheumatism. It is not to be com? pared to war, or pestilence or death in the family, or long lingeriug dis? ease. So I think that, take it all in all, we have come out of winter quarters pret? ty well, and as the good old Methodist preachers say in their prayers. We thank Thee, Oh Lord, that it is as well with us as what it is. Blessings on the return of spring, the time when the little chaps can go bare? footed and paddle in thc branch and fish for minows, and thc older ones cao ramble over the fields and marshes and gather wild flowers and make bouquets for thc parlor and the dining room. I go about with them most every day and enjoy it. I have to get fishing poles and make whistles, and cut thc rough twigs from the crabapples that have such lovely blooms, and ? have to bait the hooks for Mrs. Arp aod the girls, for they don't like to handle the little clean wiggling worms, and when they catch a fish I have to get the hook out of his mouth, aod I have to watch out for snakes and lizzards, and blaze out the way generally, and of course it makes me feel proud and consequential, sorter like a rooster who gives warn? ing of the hawks, and makes a power? ful to ao, and when he finds a bug, call all the hens and eats it himself just before they get there. May has come with all her sweet memories and maiden ways. The children don't have to bc penned up in the bouse now. They are ever so happy. Last night it was splendid to hear them singing their little songs, so as to get a little grand child to sleep, and it took 'Dixie,' and 'There was a frog who lived in a pool,' and 'We'll pass over Jordan,' aud 'Shineboue alley,' and several more, bat the little thing surrendered wheo they struck up 'Scotland's burning,' aod she was soon in the land of happy dreams. These little grandchildren were born for the country, and they all ought to be there. Of coarse they can't be exhibited to visitors very often, aud don't have to dres3 i? their fine clothes', but they are thc better off for it. It is curious how easily folks change their opinions. Some of my older children used to think the younger ones were awful bad aud ought to have lots of whipping, aud if they had children they shouldn't do such things and so forth. Well, they have got children now, children of their own, and they are about as bad as the common ruo, but they don't get any whippings and j are not likely to get any, and they are mest too precious to be scolded, aud that is always the way, and it is right, too, I reckou, for if the mother was not blind to the faults of her bad children i they wouldn't get a word from any? body. Sickness and badness run together now. 'The little darling is sick, or she wouldn't be so cross.' 'When he is well he is just as good as ! be caa be.1 That is the modern phi los- j ophy, and so when the child is bad and | cuts up aud disturbs the general tran? quility, it is sick and must have some carminative or cherry pectoral, j I or 60me other bad tasted stuff, j I and that gets up more squalling and j does less good than a little dose of car? minative with the palm of the hand on some tender place that was made for counter irritants. But May has come at last and there is no excuse for anybody to be cross or gloomy now. From time immemorial May has been honored and sung more than any other month, for it is a type of . the new birth of nature. Thc ancient Britons danced around a May pole aod forgot their troubles. The first May j queen was Maid Marian, and Robin ; Hood crowned ber. The old Romans j had festivit?s most all the month, and ! the 11th, 13th and 15th were dedicated to decorating the graves of the dead with flowers, and nobody ever married oo those three days for it was believed j that one of the wedded pair would die i before the end of the year. How like | those people our people are. Full of j superstitions, and decorating the graves of the dead as they did. The May day of the moderns came down to us from tiie Romans celebrating five days in honor of Flora, goddess of flowers Those days were from April 28th to May 2d ; but the busy moderns couldn't spare so much time and reduced the festival down to one, and a good many are too busy or too poor to take even one day. What a glorious thing it would be if all the poor children who live in scanty houses in crowded cities could get out in the country for even one day, and breathe the breath of spring, and gather flowers and be hap I pv. The good things of this life are j not for all, and it is sad and pitiful, j but tis true. But may be their timo j will come-will come in a land where ! flowers and green fields aud sunshine j and happy hours can be had without I money aud without price-? hope so. I BILL ARP. A War Story, Getting Mixed Up Decidedly on the Countersign. j Colonel Owen, of a Philadelphia j regiment, *vas anxious to show off I his commat.J before the division corn j mander. Ile had endeavored in ev i ery way to perfect his men in guard j duty. Ile had drilled them on guard I mounting in challenging and receiving I the "Grand Rounds.'7 Ile thought i he had got them perfected in this part of their military duty and felt very proud of his achievement, till he i was informed one day that his men ! were all the time making mistakes in j the countersign. So he drilled them j in that, giving out all conceivable j words, easy and difficult ones as ex ! amples. Ile lectured his lieutenant j colonel to be watchful aud to severe ? ly punish every dereliction of duty in j this regard. On this occasion the ; word "Cayenne" was given out as j the division countersign. The lieu j tenant colonel, a very careful officer, i said to the officer of the day of the j regiment : i "Just think of Cayenne pepper and ! you can easily get the men to re j member the countersign. Now, mind j ye, the Colonel and the General are j going the rounds with me to night, ! and if yez make a mistake ye'il catch i it." The division commander, General ? Charles P. Stone, came and Owen" sal I lied out with him quite proud to show j him his finely instructed regiment, j Everything went on well until *,hey I reached one of the posts and were ! challenged in broad brogue : "Who ! goes there ?" I "Grand Rounds." ! "Halt, Grand Rounds ; dismount! j Sergeant, advance and give the coun I tersign." j The officer of the day heard, to his dismay, the sergeant told that the i countersign, Cay PH ne was wrong. I When the sergeant reported the lieu j tenant colonel dismounted and in great wrath approached the sentinel j on duty and said : i "You blundering fool, why don't ? you take the countersign and let the j Grand Rounds pass ?" ; "PH cul yer head off if ye speaks j to mc like that again," replied the I sentinel, and then bringing Iiis gun I down to a charge bayonet, said ; "Stand back or PU run a hole in ye. How do I know but ye are some of the inemys trying to pass unbeknowns i to me?" "Call the corporal of the gaurd," ! commanded Owen. ! The corporal of thc guard was call I ed, and the Rerttinel said there was a ! body of men out there who called i themselves the Grand Rounds, but he didn't believe them for they ha lii't got the countersign "What did they give ye ?" "Cayenne," said he. "That's right," said the corporal, j "No, it's not," replied the senti j ned, "fur ye tould me with your own j mouth if anybody axed me Cayenne I I must thirfk of Cayenne pepper, and ! it's Cayenne pepper, that's the sign to-nigbt, and divil a one I'll pass here this night until he speaks Cay? enne pepper." "Cayenne Pepper" was given him and the Grand Rounds were allowed ? to pass. An Amusing Story. A quiet, uneventful life was mine until I left the shelter of my father's house in Gorham, and accepted the desk of a book-keeper in the whole? sale clothing- establishment of Shears & Prescott, in the busy little city of Weston. But there one fine afternoon in Oc ! tober, and just in the midst of the ! Indian Summer, I incited Lillie Pres j cott, with whom I wa6 nearly in love, ! to walk in the park with me. lier little hand in its delicate prim j rose-colored glove rested on my arm, and her black eyes were lifted to my face. I felt particularly happy and ? confidential, and at peace with all the world. We were speaking of the gorgeousness of the distant hills, clothed as they were in all their man? tles of crimson foliage, wheu I was brought to a stop by hearing my name pronounced in a tone neither sweet not agreeable. "Mr. Smith, I'll just trouble you to stop a minute !" ? looked up. A woman of fifty or thereabouts, effectually blocked up i the sidewalk before ns ; indeed her I proportions were collossal. If ever j I have seen the personification of in? dignation, I saw it in her expressive countenance. "Madam!" I exclaimed, retreat? ing a little from the battery of flash j ing gray eyes which she brought to i bear on me. "You needn't madam me !" she ? cried, waxing redder. "I'll just j trouble }rou to settle this little bill !" j and she thrust an ominous piece of paper before my eyes, which read substantially : Richard Smith to Juliana Diggins, Dr, For six months' board.S190 00 For six mon tbs' washing.?.... 12 00 $208 Ou I returned the bill to her. "I owe 3rou nothing, madam. I ne*er saw yoi before in my life." "You needn't lie to me," sheened, setting her anns akimbo. "I hain't kept a genteel boarding house for fif? teen years for nothin,' sir! You'll ! either fork them over on the spot, or ! PU take the law." j "Take it," remarked I ; "you're i welcome to it." "You think to scare me 3'oung . man ! Remember what you promised ! j PH have yon took np as sure as my j name is Diggins ! I'll learn you bet I ter than to deceive a trusting widder j woman in that way." "Madam, you insult me. I-" "Oh, it looks well for such as yon to stand on your dignity ! Mighty lofty all at once ! You've forgot the j cream flapjacks I used to make for j yon, and the kisses you used to give me every evening after the rest had j gone to bed ! You've forgotten the I half dozen shirts I made you, and j never charged you a cent, and .you ! forgot you solemnly promised that j you'd many me on last Tuesday morning! You've forgot all that have you ? Yrs-yes-I never ! no !" she cried in a rage. "Yes : forever and a day after I ward !" I roared out. "Do you think j I would many an old termagant, like j you ; Pd sooner wed m}r grandmoth? er." I saw the fire flash in her eyes, j The widow was waxing dangerous, j I dodged the ridicule she aimed at i my head, and fell over backwards as j she charged upon mc with lier hali I mournful parasol. Miss Lillie turn j ed and fled. I thought discretion the j better part of valor, 60 I leaped over ? a garden fence and was immediatelv attacked by a large watch dog that sprang out of a kennel near by. 1 siezed a dahlia pole and hurled it at the belligerent, made good my escape by fording a duck pond and reaching the next street, from which I hurried home at the best pace I could com? mand. I was resolved that I would not re? main in Weston a day longer. Evi? dently there was some other Richard Smith in the City for whose notorious self i was mistaken. 1 penned a hasty note to my employers-giving my reasons for leaving them-packed my trunk, paid my board, and marked ray baggage "Richard Smith, New Hampton," I entered the cars for thc locality specified on my trunks. In selecting New Hampton as my destination,1 had no very definite pur? pose in view ; but in a place of its size I had no doubt of being able tc secure some lucrative situation and the office of 'boots'was better ifl could be left unmolested, than the station of president, if I must lose my identity, and be attacked by viragos in the streets. It was near noon of the next day when thc train whirled up to the de? pot at New Hampton, I alighted and was hastening down the platform to look after my baggage, when I saw i a young lady in a brown silk walking dress earnestly regarding me. As she caught my eyes she threw up bet vail and it revealed the loveliest fact 1 ever looked upon. 1 had nevei dreamed of anything half so beautiful, In involuntary admiration 1 stood still. She threw herself into 1113 arms-her arms fell around my ned -her velvet cheek touched mine ami such a kiss as she planted lull 01 j my lips! My face was in a blaze. I j felt as if 1 had been stewed in honey ? with lavender for flavoring, j She repeated the kiss-thc munifi I cent little angel-exclaiming: j 'Dear, dear Richard ! How delight j ed I am that you have come at last.' I was dumb. My mouth was seal i up with the sweetest of her kisses . I dared not speak lest I should dis solve the spell. 'We have been expecting you foi four whole days ! Only think what .* period of suspense !' went on tin . soft voice of the lady, as, clasping i my hand, she drew me unresistingly j to a phaeton in waiting. There I j make yourself easy. Pu) going t< i j drive. Isn't it pleasant to bo waite* i on, Richard ?" ? j The arch brown eyes sought mine as drawing up the fur lined robes, mi i j companion shook the reins of tin I? white horses, and we went whirling I away at a rapid speed. 'Papa is so anxiou? to see you or more, Richard ; but his rheumati is worse to day, and he could i drive. William is absent on an rand for the bride. But I wot come, for I wanted to be the first o to greet you, dear Richard, you oug to be the most grateful man alive !' 'I-I-believe I am !' exclaimed as, reaching up her sweet face, t little enchantress favored me wi another kiss, which this time I reps with compound interest, and th blushed, boiling hot to think of it. At this moment the phaeton stopp j at the door of a fine old mansion an aristocratic street, and mecha cally I alighted and lifted out ri companion. The hall door flu? open. The clasping hand of I young lady drew me gently with the vestibule-her musical voice ca cd softly at the door of the boudoir Instantly the door flew open, and dark-haired beautiful woman cat forth. She gazed at mc an insta with unutterable tenderness, and th? embraced me, with a mingling of ft vor and shyness absolutely bewild? ing. Verily, 1 was a favored indivi ual. An elderly gentleman, supportii himself by a cane, now came forwa and saluted me, calling me his "de son," and cutting short everything attempted to saj' by his joyfuly vt ubility. The folding doors separating tl silting-room and parlor were throw open. I heard the subdued hum voices, the rustling of heavy silk and waiting in the all covered arch an east window, I saw a clergynu in gown and bands. The elderly gentleman took tl hand of the dark-haired Alice ar placed it in mine. 'Take her,' lip said with emotioi 'and may God prosper you ! We wi have the most important thing fir :md dinner afterward. The gues are already getting impatient.' I glanced at Alice's dress. It w; a brilliant white and her beaulif hair was crowned with a wreath i orange blossoms. The sight gave me a tremor, felt weak and faint. My pallor mu have alarmed Alice, for she clutchf my arm wildly, and gazed into n face with painful anxiety. 'What is it, Richard ? Are you ill Merciful heavens ! Helen look at hin He is ill !' 'It is nothing-nothing " I gaspc< 'Only I cannot-cannot marry yoi I-' 'Oh heavens !' cried Alice in ho rified dismay ; seeing she was aboi to fall, I flung my anns around lu for support. At this moment the hall door ope ed, and turning at the sound, I sa with m}r own eyes my second sc enter the room-My exact counte part ! Richard Smith, No. 3. His fierce eyes look in the seer at one glance. Ile rushed towai j me with a wild ejaculation, and tea ing the half fainting Alice from ni arms, he planted his firm grasp on ni throat. I put my hand on the san: locality of his body firmty. 'What are you doing V he thunde ed in my ear. 'What arc you doing?' I thunde ed in response. 'Your life shall pay the forfeit?' h exclaimed with mad violence. Th man who has dared to win Alic Hereford's love shall die ! 'Gentlemen,' interrupted the swec voice of her whom they called Holet 'be patient, there is some mistak here. Which one of you is name Richard Smith V '1 am,' replied I. 'I am,' replied my counterpart. 'But which is Richard Smith-th son of Archibald Smith V 'I am,' replied my second self. 'And I am not,' said I ; 'my lathe is named Herbert. Helen looked at me a moment, ha . in doubt evidently how to treat m after what had occurred. Finally sh held out her hand. 'I beg pardon, Mr. Smith ; it wa . all a careless mistake of my owt: Can you forgive me V I thought of the kisses she ha given me, and wished the same mu take might be made over agait: , though 1 was wise enough not t make my wish known. 'Let me explain,' she said, frankly 'We were just expecting my brothc ! Richard home from the South, wher ? he had been for four or live month past, and were quite sure he wooli \ arrive on the train which brough i you ; he has been some years cngagei . to Miss Hereford, and the marring* t ceremony was to take place immedi ately after his arrival. I went dowi - to the depot to welcome him, and bc ? cause of the striking similitude ii [ your respective personal appearance 1 mistook a stranger for my brother . That is all, bi other Richard. Mr \ Smith is entirely blameless of air j wrong. Let me present you to eacl . other as good friends.' ! My counterpart shooks hands witl me, and begged my pardon for dislo . eating my necktie. ' And then, at a sign from the elder ly gentleman, we all walked into tin k drawing room, where, in a biiefspac< of time, my coutitcipart was made tim ' husband ol'tho blushing Alice. The acquaintance so singularly bc ' gun with the Smith family sooi ripened into friendship ami bccam< one of the most precious ol' life'i ! blessings to me. Helen Smith hat kissed me, and she could not forget ! Ila man can ffct a woman to th i ni of him-it hardly matters in what way-iie has a claim on her ; and si it was in my ease. 1 believe that 1 never met Helen but she blushed ai thc memory which stole over her % Three months after our first meeting \ she kissed me again and called mi 9 'dear Richard.' And this time slit was well aware that she was not ad ' dressing her brother. \ Is it a fortunate or an unfortunate thing to have a counterpart ? Wiiei 1 think of the boarding house keepei j j I say 'no,' but when 1 look at Helm 3 j and recall the circumstances of om r ! introduction, I am accustomed U ' j answer 'yes.' What Our Editors Say. The True Season for Opposition to Federal Aid to Education. Aiken Recorder. It will be observed by reference to the report of the proceedings of the Beech Island Club, that a vote was taken as to whether South Carolina should receive Federal aid for educa? tion, and it was decided in the nega? tive by a considerable majority. We were present at this meeting and we had the opportunity of con? versing with many of those who voted against Federal aid, and we feel safe in saying that in almost every instance the objection is direct? ly traceable to a re-actionary senti? ment on the subject of popular educa? tion. It is believed that no good re? sults are produced by the education of the negro, that his morals are not im? proved, while his capacity for evil is increased. It is believed that educa? tion is destroying his utility as a hewer of wood and drawer of water, .md furnishing him with convenient cools for the commission of crime; all this too when the expense is almost entirely by the white man. From what we have seen and heard we feel satisfied that there would be hard? ly a voice raised in opposition to Fede? ral aid or any other aid to the commoD school?, if the negro were eliminated from the question. Wc apprehended just such a re-action of public senti? ment when the seventy-three buck negroes met in convention last July in Columbia and proclaimed that 'we wish the American people to understand and he informed that we are cursed with the most damnable form of State gov erment to which a free people have ever been subjected.' Labor Coming South. Chester Bulletin. The extensive cotton mills of a firm in one of the suburbs in Philadelphia, which have given employment to over a thousand hands, bas shut dowu in? definitely. Thc main cause given by the proprietors for this action is the strong competition that has grown up in the South, and as labor is much cheaper herc, the South is naturally becoming a formidable contestant in the cotton trade. Besides labor being cheaper in the South, the climate is more propitious. The question might arise if labor is cheaper South than North, why should laborers come South. Because although wages is not as high in amount in thc Southern States as in the North, yet low routs and fuel, and cheap food much more than make up the difference in rate. Thc South? ern laborer has a great advantage over thc Northern laborer. The wages of a Southern laborer has an advantge of at least 80 per cent, more purchasing power than the wages of a laborer iu thc New England States. This is no small difference and is beginning to be appreciated better and better every day by Northern laborers, who have been oppressed year after year by factory monarchs aud railroad kings. Hence, the condition of labor in thc New England and Middle States, has been growing worse every year, and tho labor question, like the tariff now, will at no very distant day, become one of thc greatest issues in American politics. Greenville Sens. If the story that thc steamer State of Florida was destroyed in mid ocean by au explosion of dynamite is confirmed, it is time for an active movement by civilization of the world against the dynamite fiends of all nations, and especially those of Ireland who are perpetrators of this deed. While thc explosions of dynamite were confined to Euglish soil we might look on from this side, leaving the British Governmeut to protect its own people. But the high seas are the property and thorough? fare of the world and the people of every nation traverse thom. The helpless women and children and unoffeuding citizens of America go down with tho ships destroyed on their way to and from this country, and the American government and people must protect them. Kvcry man who is iden? tified with the secret use of dynamite as an instrument of warfare or who sympathizes with it ought tobe hanged, and if there is no form of law to hang them by, thc predominating law of self protection and popular will should be left free to act. Tho fact that O'Dono van Rossa's back is deeply scored with English stripes does not give him a de? fence for staying iu this country and instigating thc cowardly, cruel, whole? sale murder of iuuoccnt people. Finish the State House. Orangeburg Times and Democrat. We are emphatically in favor of the completion of this haudsomc struct? ure. In its present condition, it is an eyesore to every visitor to Colum? bia, and makes us feel ashamed every time wc view its dilapidated proportions We are wont to claim that our State is on the high road to prosperity, and yet we propose to let our State House go to ruin for the want of a little public spiritedness, while we aro spending thousands of dollars on objects less worthy. A uumber of efforts have been made to obtain an appropriation to fiuish the buildiuir, but with no success, aud it stands to day as a monument to the unwillingness of a large class of cit ?zens to look thc future fairly in thc face and go bravely on. Thc State is to-day wealthier than when tho State House was projected and began to bc j built, and the Spartauburg ?Irruid puts j the whole tiring in a nutshell when it j says that there is really no rcasou for its nou completion except the insane I desire of representatives to bo placed j on record as opposing 'unnecessary' j appropriations, aud 'wastingthc people's j money.' Thc truth of tho matter is the State has too many irons iu thc fire. She would do better if some of them ttcre taken out, and thc money spent iu keeping them hot, applied to thc com? pletion of this building. Let thc mat? ter bc agitated, and brought before the people, and we arc sure that they will bc in favor of having thc work car? ried to a successful termination. As long as our public buildings are tum? bling down from decay, eau we expect ? strangers to settle in our borders ? Not j a bit of it, and it is nonsense to expect it. Let us help ourselves, if we want I others to corne to our assistance. Don't patch up any longer. It is just so much money thrown away. Go to work and finish the building as cheaply as it can be done well. Oats-Planters to be Success? ful Must be Systematic. Editor Cotton Plant : The late severe winter has taught tue farmers of South Carolina a lesson which should not be soon forgotten, and while we still have time to note thc effects of certain causes, I beg leave, through thc columns of your valuable paper, to call attention to the same, so 1 that they who have the opportunity, can go into the fields and see aud read for themselves. Many of our planters who delayed j putting in their oats until November j and December have lost from ODe half to two thirds cf their crops, while the 1 earlier planting of that grain have passed through thc winter with but lit? tle or no injury. Observant persons have noticed that, on high lands, where I the late plantings were generally killed, oat* in horse and cattle tracks, low spots (oot bottoms) aud water furrows, j survived thc freezes. I One of my neighbors had occasion to do a good deal of hauling through one of hi* oat fields ; thc re?ult is that he has a good stand on the ground over which his wagous rolled and his horses trampled while uothing remains on either side of the track to show what was planted there. Another neighbor, I have been told, used a roller ou part of his crop, ou that part the oats were not hurt-but the balauce of his crop was severely in? jured. Ono planter and his frieuds noticed that in his field a small triangle of oats was severely injured, and the balance of the field but slightly hurt This fact could not bc accounted for until it was suggested that when thc oats were planted the triangle was left unrolled. Another planter, when putting in his oats, about the first of November, turn? ed under a lot of peavines. Where the peaviues were turned under thc oats were killed out right-the rest of the field but slightly injured. A third planter in harvesting his oats, last June, arter they had become thoroughly ripe, cut them with a Mower, and gathered them with a Horse Rake, consequently leaving a great many shattered oats on the ground. This was on a stiff red clay soil, naturally inclined to run together aud bake, and there is to-day in that field a good staud of oats aithough the seed received no covering whatever except what little was afforded by the beatings of the rain. Now sir, what do these facts teach ? Do they not teach us, that if we would be successful plauters we must become more systematic iu our habits and trust DO longer cither to luck, or the seasons ? That for the purpose of preserving our small graiu crops from being win? ter-killed, we must plant them early in the season and by the usc of the Har? row and Roller thoroughly pulverize the soil so as to assist Nature in com? pacting the same before winter sets iu. That if wc would reap thc full bene? fit of the winter freezes we must put the ground iu as open and porous a con? dition as wc eau aud as often as possi? ble just before and during frosty weath er. I have often been told that if frost fell upou young corn and tender vegeta? bles which had just been worked, they were almost sure to be killed, while others right along side of these and un worked would escape with but slight injury. An old North Carolina tobacco raiser told me in giving a description of how to burn a tobacco bed, that if the ground was thoroughly burnt and well grubbed, raked, pulverized, and smooth? ed off, it icotdd never freeze. If this bc true, thc information is of inestimable value to every one who wishes to raise early vegetables. In conclusion I must add that there arc two questions which I would like to see fully discussed in the columns of 'The Cotton Plant: 1st. Can we plant oats too early after the 1st., of June. 2nd. Why should our oat crop cost us more than thc cost of thc seed, the trouble of sowing, one or two harrow ings in thc spring aud the trouble of harvesting them. On June 17th, 1SSL\ I planted a small patch of cotton on a piece of ground from which I had already harvested a crop of seed oats. Thc cotton received two workings but no oats made their appearance until September or October. On account of their being volunteer oats not much was thought of them, and a favorite cow was allowed to keep them grazed down until late in the Spring of ISS3, but notwithstanding the bad stand and the severe grazing they had received, a fair crop of oafs was gathered. A fine patch of oats can to-day be seen on thc main Camden and Charles? ton Road between Stateburg and Wedge? field, which grew from shattered oats left, in the field at the time of harvest? ing and turned under in planting a late crop of corn. Please keep the ball in motion and oblige. R. Wedgefield, S. C., March, 1SS4. j Tommy Tripp's Composition. Wun timon frog and a hop-tode they met, and thc frog sassed thc hop-tode 'cos it. was clumsy, but thc tode it said, 'If you will come herc on this fiat stone, where we can start, even, Til beat you jumpiii' Iii' best two out of three.' So they done it. and the first time thc todc it only jest cleared thc stone, but thc frog it went up so high that it hurt it? self coming' down, aud couldn't jump no more at all and the hop-tode beat il tho other two times. .- mm ??+??*?* mu Dr. Hammond thinks that grcal harm results scuding children to schoo at too carly an agc. Thc best way tc j do is to scud them out to worry thc j neighbors. It will help the childrct j and give the schooluia'aui a rest. Count Von Borcke. [Correspondence of ihe >;. C. Presbyterian.] Count Von Borcke, tbs daily papers tell us, will visit this country in May, io see once more some of bis old Con? federate comrades. As the paragraph conveys very little information to the average reader, it may be of interest to give a brief account of this gallant Prus.-ian officer's history. It is as fall of romance as one of the old-time novels that tell of noble knights and ladies fair-might easily be spun out, then, into the traditional three volumes, and will certainly suffer from our attempt at condensation. The world is rapidly losiug, in its old age, all romance and sentiment, and it is well, ndwand then, to have a fresh, breezy bit like this to bring it all back to HS. ?orne thirty years ago.young Von Borcke was a junior officer in the Royal Cuirassiers of the Guard, ? crack regi? ment of the Prussian army, and mainly officered by the nobility. He was tall, fair-haired, handsome, the heir of large estates and of a noble name, for the Voa Borckes had from father to soil for gen? erations held high places at the court, ile had won, too, the heart of a fair and noble damsel of the court, and all of life seemed bright before him. Led on by his jolly, reckless companions of the Guard, however, this vc?ng officer, in one way or another, became deeply involved iu debt. Uis father was stern an i strict, and. breaking with him, joting Von Borcke determined to come and offer his sword to the Confederacy. He distinguished himself in thc army of Northern Virginia, and won a colonelcy and vote of thanks from the Confederate Congress. He was severely wounded in 1863, and being wholly unfitted for active work in the field, was sent by the Confederate Government in 1864 to England to look after arms and sup? plies. Ile served faithfully there and to the end, being left, after the surren? der, without a home or country. Ile could not enter his fatherlatid because of proscription. In 1866 he wrote to Prince Frederick Charles, asking for leave to serve as a private in the Prussian ranks against Austria. On account of hts Confede? rate service he was pardoned, his fath? er forgave him, and the Emperor (thea King William) restored him to his former rank. He was promoted, served i on the Prince's staff, and his father became tremendously proud of him. And now for the part that do?s not ac? cord so well with the light and progress of this nineteenth century, bat takes us back to thc aforementioned old romances. In all his wanderings, through n I i his sufferings, unmindful of distance and time and wearying separa? tion, his love had been true to him. Ile found his sweetheart of the olden days, a lovely woman now, still trust? ing and true. They were married, and on account of his old wounds, the need which his father had of his help and care in managing the estates, and, may we not add, his own desire to spend some part of his life in the quiet of home, ho retired from the army wheo peace was declared. His castle was in the beautiful region of the Riesen Gebirge, and on the death Of his father some years ago, he became the head of his family. An old Confederate com? rade visited him. on his pressing invi? tation, a short time ago, and, driving up to the castle, saw floating from one turret the German, flag, while the other bore bravely up towards the heavens the battle-scarred flag of the Confedera? cy. Von Borcke wore amid thc dozen decorations that covered the breast of his uniform, and right next the Iron Cross, the badge of the army of North? ern Virginia, and it was to meet our 'Southern Guest' that all the notables of the neighborhood were invited. His heart still beats warmly for the cause and the people for whom lie fought so brave? ly aud shed his blood these twenty years ago. F. P. V. ? . ? II i . . - Selecting Jurymen. .'In getting our fhrymcn we law? yers frequently make terrible mistakes -terrible mistakes,*' sighed a well known legal defender of criminals, as he sat in Judge Moran's court? room and watched tao selection of twelve good men to try a prisoner. "We study lite faces of jurymen all our lives," he continued, "and still we blunder whenever called upon to lill up a jury box." "What ate the general rules that lawyers go by in selecting jurymen ?" asked the prisoner to whom the at? torney had spoken. "There are no safe general rules," was lite reply. "Lawyers try to es? tablish such rules, but always find them misleading. All lawyers con? cede, however, that an American me? chanic or small man oibusiness makes the best jurymen to get at the merits of thc case, and return a true verdict. Some lawyers hold that a German will convict a prisoner on insufficient tes? timony because of his high regard for law, and that an irishman will show sympathy and help a poor devil oat of difficulty by finding him not guilty when it is possible. Some say that old men are more likely to tinda pris? oner guilty than young men aro. A low-down juryman, who never had a chance to exercise any authority itt his own ur any other people's affairs, will vote to convict everybody that comes in his way, simply to revenge himself on the human race that has kept him down so long. Then there is thc weak-willed juror, the addle head juror, and the sleepy-lazy furor, who are mere nonentities and will find a verdict at random. Thc bull-dog juror and the passionate juror are the fellows who will either have a_T?Xa diet all their own way or will have no verdict at all. But the thing that counts and what 1 like to sec in the jury box above all things is "blood!" -Blood V "That's it. "A born gentleman is the best juror in the world. A good figure, a fine eye, and dean cut fea? tures are unanswerable arguments to convince the coarser eleven that their favorite associate understands the case more thoroughly than they can hope to do. Blood will tell as quick? ly in a jury box as any other place.*' - Chicago Newa.