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ir "ST1 " l?H?rmjM?ER WATCHMAN, Established April, IS SO. . :: J^^rWatea ??g. 2,1881.1 ^ t thy God's and Truth's.' "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country SUMTER, S. P., TUESDAY. DECEMBER lg? 188*- ___*ew S<*ies-VoL It^'M^ - ? oriA ua iarbaA-Lxxrhein T n/,aap?flnrl liAr ? was hanDV.I What OllT Editors S?-F. j be convicted at all. It seems to us THE TRUE SO?7THSON, Established Ju?e; ?8##* \^^?^^m?n : and vSwriftrfo?' PvUlisking SI?GER, S. C. '^?-^::-i-r^-% :: ?:. :., :.TERMS:. 8llt^?iH>- Dol??rs per amium-io advance. ||p-<|;? ;..JkD.y^BaT.I SB JI JB x T s. ^^^B^r^E^iaj^Srst insert?on.............~...$l 00 ^^..^^^.^pa^ Xocrthree montis, or longer wilt ^^^c^?aj?e^t re?pce^rates. ^^.^A?.coinnittnicatJons which subserre private ?^Jg,:,;:?gtetests.wHl becharged for ns advertisements. |p?f>?^twies?.aod. tributes of respect will be g?^0: .Marciage notices-and notices of deaths pub ^^p^^OHt^bk-woric or contracts for advertising 0W-<*&it^^W<ttekata* and Southron, cr apply at l^feflS^B^tfe^^^^-?i 0ST?EN, o.- . Business Manager. ! tJVVOC MARK j, REGlSTCftCD. H? m TREATMENT ;f ???f?3?ta, Bro?c?ntis+ ff?Uajrfc. Headache,Deb?i RS^mc?ism, Neuralgia, and all ^n&^r&Tus Tftsorders* m P A. GARD. ?^%|^^ttders??De4? having received great ad pexmanent benefrt from tie use of "COM ipP^?XTGEX," prepared and adminis w??^DKS^STAssxr & PAM?, of Philadel t??, and: beiojr satisfied that it is a new dis >*ety ia m?dical science, and, all that is ^inai*d.for ir, consider it a duty which we ire to the many thousands who are suffering ?moronic and so-called "incurable" ' dis tiertodoaH that weean to make : ti virtues gown and to inspire the public with confi t-personal knowledge of Dra. .Star " Ihejiare educated,, intelligent, wis pby'siaaas, who will not, . J?s?ke' any statement, which they or Relieveto be true, nor pub lyteMitaoo?a?s br reports of ca??s which I^^T^S?^f?^rof Congrus from Philadelphia, |^^<;g^T^ARTHUR, ' ' ^.>^.'^:^??^^a?i':Publisher "Artizar** Hom ^jf-^rp T^?^MMGsiiit,^. Philadelphia. ^^:?MY:3? CONRAD ^j^-"-tr'?'^EBbr'Atf "Lutheran Observer** \ \ - :'Philadelphia. .. ^ j Pa?&ADiipa?A, PA.; JOSE 1, 1882. ^^^f-I#?^T-1to-tneet? natural inquiry in re |f|pJS??$^ personal stand? >/ ~-?t|5;??d to gi? increased cotr5der.ee in our g^^M??y?fe-aad-.iifithe-genaroess of our testi ^^^awittafeand reports of. cases, we ' print *he ?^^Tg?^d;fi^%gen.tlernen well and widely j?f.*%w^^J*n*'of the highest personal character. Oxygetz," con- ; i?>V^iaMjy:*- history - of the discovery of and ^^?K?fe??;aejica of - ibis remarkable curative ^^^^^?^voi?^lAT^ record of surprising cures ^i?^^^^wmpt?otu.. Catarrh, Neuralgia, Bronchi ^?i^i^thinat etc-> and a wide range of Chron ^^6?iK??aW,%w?U;be sent fret. ^?^it?&s? '&s2r STARKEY & PALK3T. ^g-^feirjg ii l&Girtrrd Street, Pk?udelpnia^ Pa. Minns MU gBPK-SUMTER, Htefe^?iraY,:' Proprietor, ^^J|^XE?-;2A1X ANDREPUBLICAN ^^pr-^ ; ; . . STREETS. ^^^?^;"wr?e>y of GENERAL- 5?ERCBAN lj||???I)fSE'? :-?fo ODe_part?.cn?:?r thing a specialty ^^^^?^P^ everything from a Bair Pin up. ^^^^^J- GOODS. . ^^^^?sv?5llc^ Sating Tel ve ts, Merinos, AIus j^^A^'jlas. Ca??coe?, S?jeetir.gs, RiWbons, Ruch ingb;;tC^'llarettes, Cuffs, etc. ^Sl^K^yxniXG IN THE FANCY GEO ^ , CERT LINE. K NOTIONS. ? ???lhcrer ?fitJio ^leed attempting to enumerate the ? ;>.-." Articles in this Department. I keep everjthiug. v i also keep in Stock, CUTLERY, WOOD -AND WILLOW WARE, TIN WAKE, -TRUNKS, etc V My Stock of HATS, SOOTS, SHOES, etc., ?^^is.targe and will be sold cheap. ( ~: ' Give me a call, and my clerks will take anything you may wish to see. H. A. LOWRY, Corner Main and Republican Streets. : Sept 23 \_3 IP1M? .-; Q-. J5f ? I EE^PECTFULLY CALL THE ATTEN t:??c;jl?oB of roy friends and the pcblic general! j to Twy larje aud well selected STOCK, coosist ^tu? nfc J ' ?)Rr GOODS, ' - NOTIONS, . CLOTHING, ^.?EffiNEg? FURNJfSHLNG GOODS, " BOOTS, .. ' - snoES, ' v " HARDWARE, v "GROCERIES, &c, fcc/ : -- ? \j>3P??" I solicit a call and hope yon wilt give -ilBj' ^TOCK a cartrful inspection. I will e:? /d?i*or to make it to your interest to give me your patronage. I * Ms. ff: W. GARDNER and MB. L. ' W. JOYE, wHl jbeglad to see their friends. B* J. BARNETT, Oct 3-3 . ?j?axn Street in the Bend. A DESIRABLE RESIDENCE ?WELL SITUATED FARM of one hnn _^Ired and ten acres, about six*y cleared, , j?toated; one mile from Sumter C. H., S. C. A *bea^ifui grove of live oaks arouod the . dwefiibg, with well and Sae spring of water. Tenns accommodating. Applr to ^aly>15. A. WH1TB. Agent. F.E-ES?? ARRIVAL U '?? - --OF SCHOOL. BOOKS. .u For aJ? Schools in the. County, Teachers aud Parents will do well to get my prices before purchasing. ^SLATES, COPY BOOKS, CRAYONS, /? Book Straps and Bags, Paper, Pens, Pencils, Ink, ?c. ~ vEarents. will please send their children to .y^UlJ. A. SCHWERIN, Lire Book Store, opposite Court House. WO POISON IN THE PASTRY IF ABE USTTD. Vfinll??T.L^rT?ou, Oranjre. etc., flavor Cabes. Cream?, Podding ?fcc.,aa delicately and nat? urally as the fruit front which they ?remade. FOR STRENGTH AND TRUE FRUIT FLATOR THEY STAND ALONE? FREPARCO BY THC Price Baking Powder Co., Chicago, III. st. Louis, Mo? HAKC33 0? Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder Dr. Prices Lupnlin Yeast Gems, Best Dry flop Yeast, ross ffATm S'S" GKROCFTEBS. WE HAKE BUT OXE QUALITY. LIGHT HEALTHY BREAD Th? best dry hop yeast ia the world. Bread raised by this yeast is light, white and- whole? some like our grandmother's delicious bread GROCERS SELL THEM. PREPARED BY TM5 Price Baking Powder Co.* E&Tisci Br. Rice's Spacial Earaniis Extracts, Chicago, ill._St? Louis, MO? BIG STOCK -AND LOW PRICES -AT IX STORE AND ARRIVING ON EVERY J TRAIN _/ Fres?i c?-ooc&s Suitable for-all classes. HEAVY ANO FANCY 0R00EB?ES. PLANTERS' SUPPLIES. The largest SDII best assorted stock iu to\?n of 2S0CZ1EY, GLASSWARE, LAMPS, LANTE3KS. te. Elegant assortment of rill Ware3 Wood Ware3 Willoi Ware, &c. Ten Pieces of Tinware for $1.00. An Endless. Variety of Crackers. FRENCH AHO PLAIN 0?NB?ES, PURE AND NICE. Fine assortment of the best brands of CIGARS, CHEWING AND SMOKING TOBACCO, CIGARETTES, PIPES, &c. TRY MY CHIPPED BEEF. ?Sr All goods delivered free of charge to Railroad Depot or any part of Town. Sept 23_v_ NOTICE. Having purchased from Messrs. GREEN BROS., of New York City, all of the Debts due to late Firms of GREEN, WATSON & WALSH, GREEN & WALSH, GREEN, WALSH & CO., WALSH & CO., and E. C. GREEN, I am desirous of mal; i og satisfactory settlements, with al! who may desire to pay me something, and will be at Sumter from December 1st to January 15th next, for that purpose. A very large portion of above indebtedness, consists of Sealed Notes^ execu? ted before passage of the Six Year Exemption Law, and if cot satisfactorily arranged by 15tb January next, I will be compelled to pm same in Judgment, E. C. GREEN. Sumter, Oct 14, 1884. 3 FOR SALE, AND TO BE SEEN at Graham's Stables, a neat jump-seat Buggy, nearly new. Cost $12:>-00. Ofit^ed now at S90.00. Used but very little. C. Ci BROWN. OUR PREMIUM. Every farmer is interested in the welfare of Iiis stock, and should have on hand, for ready reference a "book describing the ailments his stork is subject to. and the remedies therefor. Jn consideration of this fact we have procured for the beue?t of our farmer subscribers a large number of copies of "Kendall's Treatise on ?lie Horse," o?e of which we propose to give to every one who j>/oys for his ?>ap?r in advance. The book is one of ?reat value, ns jp^-JtQ*$ it is an index of diseases which 'yz?&?ffiQ gives the symp? toms, cause, and gSegsa^ya tllc l>cst treat? ment of each. It con tai na a table, giving all the principal drugs used for the horse, with the ordinary dose, eifects, and antidote when a poison ; also a table with an engraving of the horse's teeth at different ages of the horse; a valuable collection of recipes, and much more valuable information. Remember we GIVE this valuable work to ail who pav tueir subscription in advance EXAMINATION QF TEACHERS. Office Bf Sui Kmm?mi SUMTER COUNTY. SUMTER, S. C., DEC. 8, 1884. THE FIRST REGULAR EXAM 1 NATION for 1S85, ofaopiicants for certificates to teach in the Public Schools of this County, will be held at this 0Trice, THURSDAY and FRIDAY, JANUARY 1ST and 2D, 1885. Thursday, January Isl, for whites, exclu? sively. Friday, January 2d, for colored, exclu? sively. Teachers will please talce notice that (in accordance with resolution of State Board of Examiners, adopted September 3d, 1884,) no cn berexamination can be held prior to July 1385- 'vV - . ? - - ? M ^te^rder ?oa?d ot?x*B&?c&*&& : : ;jv ' THE KAFTTJRE OF ENDE A Not faithful heart nor valiant hand Wins always honor's guerdon ; Uncrowned full many a hero falls, Before the encircling cordon. The patient delver in the mine Its wealth may not discover, And beauty's grace and tenderness Repay uot fondest lover. Yet still thc level balance waits, Poised true by-fate unswerving ; No perfect gift of heaven rewards The recreant undeserving. The tinsled baubles fame bestows Are tarnished in the winning; The goal attained through tear and i But mocks the grand beginning. Ob. soul ! that seest thy longed-for ] Bestowed upon another, Be brave to bear thy sore defeat, Thy grief and anger smother ; Nor back upon thy toiling years Look with regret forever; Thou hast the best that life can give The rapture of endeavor. Governor Thompson's X] gural Address. Senators and Representatives : ed for the second time bj the voie j the people to the office of Govert j South Carolina, I appear before y enter upon the discharge of the (J thus imposed upon me. lit the Annual Message, recently livered, information was given o condition of the State, and such re mecdations were made as seeme be necessary *or expedient. ' larger experience and your more mate acquaintance with the need the State will suggest such subjects ! quiring legislative action as I may failed to bring to your notice. At time, therefore, it is not uecessar; discuses any of those matters of pi coucern which demand your attenl Eight years have passed since political revolution-a revolution vi out a parallel in the history of State of this Union, by which the i trol of our affairs was wrested f alien hands and restored to those whom. it rightfully belonged, misrule, the oppression, the number wrongs which had brought our Stat the verge of anarchy, and which v the cause, as they were the j?stificati of the political revolution of 1S76, long to history. No reference to tl is necessary except to show the strife contrast which ^he changed condil of affairs presents. Amid difficul which seemed almost insuperable ant the face of obstacles apparently ins mountable, the people of South Ca lina began the work of renovating government, and reforming the systc and policies of the State. The res is seen to-day in the complete resto lion of the public credit, in the revi of our institutions of learning, in enlarging and strengthening of < public school system, in the increai harmony between the races, in the j 'and impartial administration of eq laws, in the perfect security of per? and of property, iu the rapid expans? of our industrial-pursuits, in the stat development of our material resource in the revived hopes and the reawkei ed energies of our people. Undi' coi ditions such as these, with heart'' fill* with gratitude for the blessings, o f ti present, we may well look wih hoj and confidence to-the futut?. Th? hope and confidence find itcrease i the promise which the recett Feder; elections give of more perfec- harmon throughout our whole county. In the character and in the publi services of the distinguished citiz? who has been elected President we ba? the sure guarantee of a i*fe, an hone* I and an economical administration t the General Government. 'Equal and exact jastrce to all men of whatever State or persuasion, reli gious or political.' 'The support c the State governments in all thei rights, as the most competent.ad minti trations for our do-naestic concerns, an the surest bulwarks against anti-Re publican tendencies ' 'The preserva tion of the General Government in it whol? constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safet abroad.* 'The diffusion of informatioi and the arraignment of all abuses a the bar of public reason;' these ar among ^tbe priociples which Jeffersoi ? declared should be the creed of oe political faith. In the practical recognition of -tbes principles in the administration of th? General Government will be found thi correctiou of many of the abuses fron which wc now suffer. ' As is wei known, the result of the recent electiot was not achieved solely as the succ?s; of a mere political party, but it wa; due in large measure to the earnest auc united efforts of men who have hitherto been opposed to that party whose nomi nee has been chosen to the Presidency. In this fact there is much to encourage the hope that henceforth, however thc political parties in the Uuion may diffel upon questions of public policy, thc) will not again be separated by -race antagonisms or divided by geographical lines. This consummation, so devoutly tc be wished, will tend to the formation nf that more perfect uniou which out j matchless institutions were designed tc I secure. But bright as is thc promise thus offered to us we must not forget that the hours of victory briug with them great responsibilities. If wc are not equal to these responsi? bilities the popular verdict lately ren? dered may be, and probably will be, reversed at the uext Presidential elec? tion. The fact that in South Carolina all departments of the State government arc controlled by one race of the same political party but adds to our responsibility. Without the wholesome check which strong minorities in a gov? ernment oppose to the abuse of power wc should be the more careful to act with scrupulous justice and fairness. Both within and without the Slate fears are entertained of oppressive and un? just legislation, and distrust is felt of our motives and purposes. The result will prove that thc fear is groundless and the distrust unfounded. We can now show to the world the unfairness and the injustice of the mis? representations and the suspicions which we have long and patiently borne. ID thc history of this State, for.the lasi eight yea rs, there is nothing to warrantthe belief that the civil and ?MhfcgE^?ht^^Uhc iH?QDle will not be safely guarded and securely protect? ed. In all the exultation which followed ! the recent elections, I have .seen no where in the press of this State, or in the reports of public addresses, nor have I heard in private conference the ! expression of any purpose to deny the full and complete recognition of all i those rights which, by the Constitution of this State and of the United States, are guaranteed without distinction to all the citizens of this State. The people of South Carolina who bore without reproach the direst politi? cal adversity will be just and magnani? mous in the day of their political triumph. The supremacy of the white man in South Carolina is fixed irrevo? cably, but that supremacy is not incon? sistent with the full, free and franki acknowledgment and recognition ofa the political equality of the colorer0 man. But however pure our motiv h and honest our intentions, we must rfc ^ overlook the fact that the task befe a us is one which will cali for*\ie 0 exercise of the wisest statesma/^1? tl and of the most liberal and piogr*slve e policy. a The adjustment of the relat?8 be- p tween the races in South Carol;a Pre" b sents a problem among the v>st dsffi- 'I colt, the most intricate and ne most a delicate ever presented to a/ people, a No earnest, thoughtful man*vno knows v all the circumstances by wlcu we are s surrounded, and who see^ t0 forcast a the future, or even to pr^ide for the y emergencies of the pres^ can fail to h realize the grave re,'0DSftiliiics by il which we are coufront*- fr For one I have u^teriRg fa?t0 in b -the result. That fa** ls founded upon n my knowledge of l\ patriotism-of the tl people of this Stati.a?d mJ confidence h in their earnest pvpo$c to meet all the d requirements of their position with l firmness, prudent moderation and t justice. /..".. t Upon the fondation which we lay t posterity mus* build. Let us make f those founda-'ons strong, and wide, t and deep, s?^hat future generations \ may erect taroon a superstructure with- t in whose /alls liberty shall always v love to dwM- n The ?ige?* experience in public^ i affairs wfb which I enter for a second t time upi* the duties of this office but \ increa^s the sense of the responsibility ]j I assume. - g Beering 'that there is no instru- $ men?lity in human society so potential f in is influence upon mankind for good \ orev? as the governmental machinery,' li I shill discharge my duty with steadfast (; purose to execute the - lawfully ex- s prised will of the people whose ser- ? V3?t I am. a Grateful beyond the power of words ^ o express for the confidence reposed in s ne by thc people of the State, and for f ;he honors which they have conferred \ 2pon me. I invoke your hearty co-ope- g ration,, and that of my . fellow-citizeo? a :>f South Carolina, to enable me to meei j ;he demands of this high, office ; and I j bumbly trust that the Divine favor may \ >o guide and govern all the councils of O ts :he State that enduring peace, proper? ty and happiness may bc secured to all 3ur people. ! 1 THE BAD BOY. "Say? .Von incendiaty little cuss, you, what is this I hear about you setting your pa on fire, and getting up a panic in the church ?" said the groceryman to the bad boy, as he took out .a .dog whistle and blew a blast, and started off with a sausage following Jiirp, he having tied a fine thread to the sausage before whist? ling. "Here bring back that sau? sage." "Well, chain up your sausage if you don't want it to follow people off" when they whistle,'7 said the boy, as the groceryman bloke the thread aiid put the sausage back on the countcfr. "I didn't get up no panic. It was pa. .You see we all went to church, and it was a long sermon, one of these to-b?-continued in-our-next ser? mons, with chapters, and everybody was tired. You know how uneasy a boy will get in church, and how he feels in his pockets all the time. I was feeling in my pockets and I found one of these cigar lighters that has a coil of cotton in it, and you touch a spring and a percussion cap inside of the concern lights thc cot? ton, and you can light a cigar with it. 1 took it out of my pocket and had it in my hand, just handling it, you know, cause I was nervous, when pa leaned over to me and said,'What you got there?' I said'Nothing very much,' and pa said 'Give it here' and I handed it to pa and he looked mad at me and put it in his pants pocket. Ile didn't know what it was, but thought I was fooling with some? thing I ought not to, and he took it away from me on general principles. When pa put it in his pocket I guess he touched the spring, cause 1 heard a muffled sound as though the cap had exploded, and T knew the cotton j would bc on fire, but I didn't dare tell j pa for fear he would hit me in the lip. Pa heard it, but I guess he thought it was something inside of him that had broke. Maybe he thought it was a rib, or maybe he thought one of ma's corsets had broke. Anyway pretty soon I smell? ed something burning, but it wasn't my put in and I didn't say nothing. Pa smelled woolen aburning and he snuffed and looked around at me as though he thought it was me celebra? ting, and then ho looked at ma, and ma looked at him I locked at the minister, and just drank in the words he uttered like a cow drinking slop. An old maid in the scat ahead of us looked around at pa and puckered up her nose, and pa thought she was in pain, and he leaned forward and asked her if anything waa burning about her, and she was mad, and flounced along to the other end of the seat. I kept looking at the minister, and everybody looked at pa and snuffed. Ma saw the smoke coming out of pa's clothes, and told him he* was on fire. Pa looked down at bis self, and the 6mokc was biling out of his coat, which was buttoned up, and quicker'n ecatjheju^apecl up and began to pull offris coat--ajad he. threv??t on tbe floor. Theo he ? it wasn't in. his Ci\V*"w "? mm his vest off, and f *at *im? every* body in the ho'e fought he was crazy or drunk-ana, 6om* of them said 'Put hi*'0?,4' ?nd a beacon came along a* "collared pa, and told him he musr?fc remoT an^ rao.r/lof his wearin/PPare1^ but Pa said he was on fir^nd tne wimmen scream? ed when ). P'd '$re/ and some men took pa /'tue collar and the pants and ui92^m wa^ turkey into llie ves*jjjL?i and the minister told the congr*- 00 t0 remain seated, as therewas n0 danger, on,7 a man Iin(3i the influence of liquor, that bar of the human race, and ho w?t on and preached a temperance p,mon, with pa a3 a text- Well, .ien they got pa out into the vesti ule they found his pants pocket was ll on fire, but it didn't blaze. It nly smoked. Pa wanted to kick off is pants, but the deacon who passes lie sassar, they took out his pocket nd .put out the fire, and then you ught to have seen pa. He realized hat he had made a scene, and his yes stuck out and his face was red, nd the deacons thought be tjid it on urpose, and were going to have im arrested, and he laid it to me. 'hey came in after his coat and vest, nd just then the sermon was over, nd ma and me went ont iuto the estibule, and it smelled as though omebody had burned a rag. Pa sked me if I didn't set him afire nth an infernal machine, and I told im it was only a cigar-lighter and f he hadn't touched it off after he ook it away from me, he wouldn't ave had any trouble. They wanted ie to show how it worked lhere in I he vestibule and I saw a cigar stick- ! rig out of the vest pocket of the Sun a}f school superintendent, and I took he cigar and put it in my mouth and ouched off Hie cigar lighter and lit he cigar, and they all laughed, until hey began to think it wasn't just he thing to smoke in clwirch, and hey told me I had better go out. Ve went home, and pa smells as hough therje had been a fire in a rag carehouse.^ Ile was going to maul ne for giving the ci^ar lighter to bim n church, but ma took my part, and old him if he had minded his own lusiness and listened to the sermon ie wouldn't Jiave got up a confla? gration. I think pa was pretty cared when ho. found he was afire, or the minister had been telling low sinners would be bumed with iell fire, and pa thought the time if one sinner had come before the ched ule time. Well, a boy is mis mderstood more ?than any other nimal except a cat," and the boy whistled again at the groceryraan's ? ansage, but when the sausage didn't I ollow him, he said, ''Don't disturb t. - lt has culled up and gone to ?Jeep and as he went out the door, t pound weight struck the door cas ng, and the groccryman said, "0, f the man who stole Charlie Ross vould only take him."-Peck's Sun. BILL ARR The Young Folks Give a Candy Pulling. Candy pullings are a nuisance, but [ suppose we have to have them. 1 lave now arrived at that age and rame of mind that I submit to any? thing-anything to please the chil 3ren. And so when they got their mother's consent the matter was all manged and the company invited cvilhout consulting me. There was i spare room in the house and as I :iad some writing to do I adjourned myself lhere to have a quiet time. While I was ruminating before the Sie aud smoking the pipe of peace ind tranquility the young folks began to gather and before I knew it thc young ladies were ushered into my room as a reception room, and I was lewdly informed that I would have to vacate. With a sigh of resigna? tion I retired and poked around gen? erally. I wish 1 had a room-a room of my own-and Mrs. A rp says she wishes she had a room-a room of her own. But she can't have ono. She never will have one, for children and grand children would be lost and ? would be lost. She can't slip off to Nabor Freeman's but what a dozen want to ktrow where she is and when is she coming back. The dog and I he cat follow her-no she will never have a roora to herself. But 1 found good company at the candy pulling and had a good time anyhow for 1 do love these naborly visits. I love lo see the young folks happy and 1 love to discourse politics and crops and naborhood news with the older ones. But this candy busi? ness is not all serene, one of the girls burned her hand dreadfully and is Rlill carrying it in a bandage. And then it is so messy, as Mrs. Arp says. The children get candy all over the floor andjlie tables and bureau, lt slicks to'my stockings yet when I get ready to go to bcd. lt melts and smokes on the hearth. The dishes are all daubed and hard to clean up again. The door knobs and dipper handles are sticky aud they keep sticky as long as the candy lasts. But every pleasure lias its drawback. After every dinner the dishes are lo be washed. After every repose' the bed has to be made up. We ride and drive and then the horse has to be put up and fed. We dance tc sweet music and have to pay the fiddler. We go on a picnic or an excursion and come home tired and weary. Every pleasure seems to be followed by pain or by trouble just as the night -follows the day. But still it is right, for it is nature. We live in contrasts and enjoy them. Suppose we do hunt all day and find no game. Hope is a good thing, and it was one of thc questions we used to debate when I was a boy "whether the pursuit or the posses sion gave thc most pleasure." J took the affirmative one time wher I was pursuing my sweetheart wit! love and hope and devotion, and 3 argued my side with earnest elo quence. But when I lost her anc another fellow got possession I floop ed over to the other side. In a yea or so I recovered and pursued Mrs fear and' tumbling,, am - - f-"*- - - I The pursuit is a lively, interesl and uncertain business where a svi young maiden is concerned, but possession is solid and sure and n? gives out. We had a frolic at our cour academy last week. The night ; were all jubilating in Atlanta we w quietly enjoying ourselves near homes with our wives and our c dren. The ladies, God bless iii invited us to a supper, in the aci my, a splendid supper, a feast of gi things with no headache in tin My folks killed a turkey and bal spme cake and the nabors did li wise, and they got oysters somcwh and* long tables were spread : groaned with good things and thought it was all a free show un we got there and found a doorkee and ha'd to pay to go in. Then tl finished up with bills of fare, and everything there was a price, but couldent back out, for the sight ? the savory smell provoked*an ap tite. After I had'made them a lil speech, which I had prepared for ; occasion, one kind lady manager c ducted me lo a seat and said I v her guest and the ? choicest viai should cost me nothing ; with this surance I partook amazingly a feasted to my entire content, a about that time another kind la presented me my bill and called fo dollar-a whole dollar, and said I li oysters twice and turkey twice, paid it willi cheerful alacrity I somehow I don't appreciate so ma managers on such occasions. Nev theless I had the honor of being o fair lady's guest even though I vs auother's victim. Then ? paid Mrs. Arp and the children a thought 1 was done, but they had fish pond in one comer, behind a c tain, and the chiidren wanted to dr a line just to see what they wot catch-well that cost some dimes a next came a raffle for a fine, lar cake, and they all wanted a chant and Mrs. Arp took a notion she coi throw 18 with three dice, and sht enough she threw iour and retir with matronly dignity and said t* 'didn't want the cake nohow. , Wt the show went on, and on unteil th got all our change and had enou, money .to plaster the school hon? There waB good music there and J trustees were consulted by the you; folks about a dance, just a little dan j to wind up on, but they said "n< aiid they said it like they meant and 1 reckon they did, and the youi j.folks surrendered and said, well, .^ve can't dance we can have a lill twistification. Before anybody kne what that meant the fio?iMv?s cleaii and th? music began and the twist! cation, too, and' they twisted : around and about, and crossed ovt and hands all around, and chang? partners, and promenade all, and pi ly voo Francais, and I don't .kno what all, and the solemn truste looked on with enjoyment, and we satisfied because it was only a twis fication. Well, it was a goodly frol and no feelings hurt, and we all we home happy, butv awful scarce change. Governor Brown has g some prcfered slock in our scho house. We prcfered his money anybody's, for he had more of it. we had had him there, with his sw: low-tail coat on, we would have pr fered seme more. When he gives i two hundred dollars more we'll nan it the Brown institute, but not ,t then. The name is for sale, but v are not going to do like those Daltc folks and name our school for him b fore we get the money. They ha-, never got any yet. Governor Brow don't pay for honors when he can g them for nothing. Old father Do bins is our rich man up here, and w are going to try him for an endo? ment and call it thc Dobbins old-fiel school. Ile likes old-field school but he has no use for colleges or ser in aries or universities. He says 1: has watched them for forty years, an every year they turn out a splendi crop of elegant high-strung- vag bonds, with but ?ew?exceptiot>s. Bi education is the American watchwor now, and we will have to conforn If the nation gets an overdose I reel on we will find it out sooner or late BILL ARP. -?-??S-*?-.. Deadly Combat With a G?ics lie didn't scare worth a cent! J few nights ago Mr. Luther McAtcci living near Craigville, in this count} attempted to play a joke upon Mi Robert Sistare and Dick Drainn, young boy, which came near costin him (McAteer) his life. About on mile this side of Craigville, on th public road, a few years ago, Jir. -MeCorkle killed himself by hangio and ever since the place ?has been re? garded by the superstitious as haunted Believing that Sistare and Draf?. were of this class, McAteer on th night mentioned arrayed himself in ai thc paraphernalia of a ghost, iucludin, a false face, &e., and when the partie named approached the place commence^ to cut up such antics 'as only a ghoa knows how.' Dick run for dear life but Bob says he was so bailly scare that he'couldn't move. McAteer seiz : ed the trembling form of Bob, but n sooner did he do so than Bob com meticed an outslaught on thc ghost witl ? his kuifc inflicting several bad wound i on his face and hands which caused th ghost to call for quarters. Thc ghos was required right then aud there t : beg for morey and prcmi.se never t , attempt- to play ghost any more.-Lan ', caster Ledger. The other day a grocer sold an ol? 1 farmer a gallon of tar through mistak , for molasses. After discovering th . mistake he waited to hear some com , plaint, but, hearing none, wrote th - old fellow who replied as follows I 'Much obliged for the creckshua, bu i it comes too late, as all of the stuff i i done sopped up. Wife she iowed tha [ thar was suthen outen fix with the 'lass - es ; but I 'lowed she must be pregedist. 1 *\-Ar/cansaw Traveller. r I The Agassiz Association, 'for th . ^*|j^^hj^^^nJstudy of natural oh Tlie Advantages of No "W Keotcee Courier. A writer to the Newberry C as io the effect of Prohibition i ton, Laurens county says, after of nearly six years, prohihhii prohibit. There is no selling c tn Clhton. No flaming lights our youth. Nc gaudy saloo them enter. No pimps of the lure our boys into the entra?e? pit. Our streets are free from di ness, profanity, street brawls an howling, hooting, yelling n White and black are alike order peetable and sober. And that i working a lifetime to win. The writer says further the cl have increased from three to s the membership has almost ire The sheels have made wonderfu ress. Five years ago there we SO pupils in the white schools ar year 2*20, while this year the i has increased and the town is be< an educational center, drawi patronage from far outside the limits: There bas been progr every direction. The writer saj doubt if there is one man in ( that could be found willing to vc the barrooms.' He shows alss. ti tax to run the town is now less t was when money was obtain* license. As to the effect of proh in Prosperity, Newberry county, respondent of the same paper Business has been growing ever we wiped liquor selling out o town ; aud we hope to never se Jay when a drop will be again here. There are citizens who here from all parts of the coun trade ; and ladies can walk our at any time without danger of run against by a drunken man, 01 ing peals of oaths grating upon ears ; and our school, the pride o? town, is still flourishing, which v not believe would have existed hac town not gone dry. Parents wou have wanted to rear their children and there may be others that we c know of who would have been to-c Newberry College if there were no 1 sold there. We know of some were selling liquor here at the tim town went dry and were very I about it who are now strong hibitionists. I have interviewed of-our business men concerning business since the town went dry cencurpthat business has increased morals are mach Detter and" would not have whiskey sold here z j any consideration.' ? As to prohibition in the to* i Newberry, a writer says, that fr compiled return made in 1879 will consent of the railroad, of spirit acd fermented liquors, thc sale liquors, &c, for twelve months in town amounted to. ?125,000. Of ?125,000, now utterly thrown a lhere is not a business ox profess: man, a mecbauic or day laborer ii town but would have received a ? This, we take it, would be true to e town, and if so, does not prohibition b money to every business man bc laborer or not, wherever it prevails Greenville Kcics. The bill now pending before the j eral assembly to reduce the rail commission to one man does not g( enough. It ought to provide that one man shall be a deaf, .dumb blind imbecile with both legs amp ted and his nostrils plugged \ rosin, and that he should wear a fifty pound steel rail attached to his neck a log chain. That- is the style of o?] demanded by the interests of the i roads in this State and they seem to all they want. There was never more idiotic legi tion than that which left a commissio existence at a cost of some ?10,00( year after seizing all its powers functions ?nd immolating them on shrine of the great Clyde. The c< mission should be abolished or enal j to do something. Greenville iVw*. It seems as if it should go against grain of the South to vote for a pens for Grant to reward him for licking t There are many old Confederates, h< ever, who would be willing to pens Grant on the ground that he al?ov the Confederacy to live six mon after any other mau would have kil it. Futhermore, a large and rapi< increasing numder of people in I South believe that the individuals w wore blue clothes from "61 to '05 real did us the best possible service by i ministering the thrashing we got. \ j hope Grant wili get his pension, win ever the motives inspiring those w vote for it may be. He was the coi mander of the armies of the Unit States and the South, as part of t United States, wiil favor taking care him. But he ought to sign a bond stay away from Wall street and eschc any form of gambling more demon izing than faro. Pardens and Commutations, Picken* Sc?itinel. We have received an interest!' pamphlet containing a 'statement pardons and commutations granted I Hugh S. Thompson, Governor of tl State of South Carolina, from Nevcc ber 5, loSo. to October 21, 1884.' We would recommend this bock the careful attention of our Legislator This book, we think, proves ccaclusiv ly that there might be some improv ; mont in the laws, so as to relieve tl ! Court from the necessity of trying so? , of the cases. For instance : lo tl case of the negro woman from Pickei with twins, charged with a mor; offence, the facts upon which a pardo [ was granted were all known to tl , Court at the time of the trial. Thc ? why cousuttic the time of the Court 5 convicting a woman it was almost cei j tain the Governor would pardon o j receipt of application? The Govern< I could not have rcfuied it. 3 There is much in this little beck I t which wc would like to call the atter . tion of our Legislators, but have L' ? the space. We believe every pardon was base on reason, justice, and common scns< Q and from many statements of the Solfe - -tors and J.udgcs we are at a i^i I ^gj^ta|^ey allowe? \thcpri^^R i that the Solicitor should want nothing bat justice between the citizen and the State. Any idea that it is creditable to convict every prisoner, whether Uhr noeent or guilty, is .as erroneous as ii is unjust. Could thc J*udge not b? alloted some* discretion? Greenville Netcs. The Columbia Register, discussing the causes of the decrease of democrat? ic majorities in the Southern States from 1880 to 1884, assigns-th?*' ?aok of enthusiasm over Cleveland and lack of organization as causes, and adds tbis.r 'Again, the seinsh use which has been made of the situation ' by many democratic organisations has spread a great deal of ill-feeling and deep per? sonal antipathy in the democratic ranks. The people largely feel that they have no voice in the elections. Everything is cut and cried for them by - manipu? lating wire pullers, and it is impossible' uuder the circumstances, to., excite pop* ular enthusiasm at all. There is nd more disposition now to forgive or fbr get past repubiiean wrong and oppres? sion than ever. It is only this bitter, burning memory of the atrocities.-of - carpet bag rule that has kept many sub? missive to the personal service which* . has largely characterized the manage-' meet of the southern democracy.* It might have been added that -tfee" absence of opposition and the feeling that the result was a foregon? conclusion -, kept many thousands of voters frOm the . polls. T . ID the extract quoted above, howeier/ the Register touches a point which wilt demand very serious consideration " be? 5? fore many years. If our politics were 5 iq anormal condition the: (lemocratid party ia : this State; would. - have been \ overwhelmingly defeated -two years' ago. We believe a majority of " the white men oppose'the prevailing policy and management bf the "party and would abandon it if th'erdanger of. rsd?-> - . : cal and negro rule did not- impend-tcf keep them in ranks. . There ht ubi%\ ' bolt and rebellion simply because m?e?v;';'..-':: ligenfe men koow'that such action would imperil the safety? of the ?State. :.-Ex> . act?y how long the people will prefe? ^; submission to what they believe to. be : imposition to the fearful risk of resist tance we do not know. We beHeve? / however, that one man with brains; : character and nerve clough coul.d, takd - ';.. this State out of the democratic : column1. unless the democratic-party very mitf. . terially changes its policy and methods? -. J. Hendrix McLane, who is ?s near ;. nothing as a grown man eau be, - wo& ried us in 1882. What would th&jte* g snit have been if the independent*, sff called, had been lcd" by a dashing ;~-> dauntlcss* brilliant fellow - like JorM .-. Wisc, of Virginia. " i -\\ '?. It it well for Democrats to thinlr.of . these things. We have little hope that, anything we can sa.y will impress ?f&ff --. leaders who tell themselves that ?ii well even while thc fiocd is very -near* 15at thc- men down in the ran?rs W^irf ; / do the work at elections know the truth: ot what we say. The ward ?nd: pt?* cinc? railycrs cac tell how hard it is" fer- ... get men who spent days 'anct-nigh& iii - the saddle and faecd danger for ?anipf : .. ton ia 1876 to go to the polls and Vot?-*". . cow. " h, bas sometimes happened rtf wirf - that thc .pr:vate soldiers could see -drag ? ger when tho commanding oScers be1* ? lieved all to bc secure. A Political Heminisc?rice; . 'Rut kerford,' said J?raV Hayes,as* ~, she watched that .^ent?eman s?oWl^. . - mixiog the meal for t&e chickens which: were peeping about "him waiting to bo' . ' fed, 'Rutherford, they say that that marr ; Cleveland is really elected.' *S? Fve : heard,' answered.Mr. Hayes afc-lie fitt? ed the dough dish and listened- Co -.Chis" plaintier peep of a little chick evidently, coming down with pip; ?but they.il probably be able in someway to count him out. You knew we counted -ouir-;. Tilden eight years ago. Now that was a curious affair. You see,' ho continued, contemplatively,, as he. knocked over with his spoon an,adven- . turous chick that was climbing inttf the dough dish, *when tisey counted \ ? out Til-' 'Mr. Hayes,' cried law/ with a frown, 'will yoe look after those chickens ?Dd then couot out theeggs\; for market.' Anonas the cx-oec?pant bf; - the White House went back to :b?rf work aiid began to get thc eggs ready for market, he thought of the good-oJ<l~ ... times of 1870', aud absently counted cut eight eggs into a space that ottl/- - held se von.-Boston Post. Slangs ^Weight It is well that all persons slibuWT know what the normal, weight of maff really te. The following shbw? . the* relative height and weight,of individ? uals measuring ?ve feet aird np wird, il; F*ve feet and ono inch should, be 120 pounds ; 5 feet 2 inches should be. pounds ; 5 feet o inches should ne -?SJfr^. pou rut s ; 5 feet 4 inches should be 136" pounds ; 5 feet 5 inches should be ;14& pounds ; 5 feet C inches.should be 145' pounds : 5 feet 7 inches should be \4& pounds; 5 feet 8 inches should fee -155^.... pounds; 5 feet 9 inches should ne- 162f pounds ; 5 feet IO inches should fcfrlt?? pounds ; 5 feet ll inches should be-ITO*, pounds, and G feet should bc I'Z8^?> A Cruel Shock- ' s \ Dressed for church, she stood before the mirror admiring herself. Tall *ad thia, her height seemed-.greater than -itr actually was, in consequence, of a bunch' of ostrich plumes that floated in snowy masses over her hat. *Yes, I Vno??r% t am handsome,' she said, 'but i.-^can'fr help it;' and turning togo out caught sight of her little brother iur the doer^ way. 'What are yon dmVg -there, Bob V she asked sharply. 'Looking :ar you Fanny,' returned the artless ^ebild, 'What do you want to be staring at >??f for V 'Cause you look just like s. ;fo?g handled feather-duster.' j And s?l?&jg. all alone in church that^in^J%?s?w| wondered how "she would ??eh if 'Bolf* frotf thc measles and died; r -"