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^^m???L^ WAte?M?fe JataWiAe? April? 1850. ?r^?;?r?:*Li*-i' '. V . -iii -'?Ai-'' i J??*?? .*' ?!?';< * ^L- V " "~ * Aug. ^ 188U r "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's* thy God's and Truth's.* THE TRUK SO?THKON, Established Jun?,. 1866* SUMTER. S. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1885. Kew Series-To!. IT. So. 25. t_T>1 ?t_1_ orally m? tW frwlt Cr*w whfck ulcy^ar e udc ST?ENGTH AXB TB?E FBUIT Price Baleine Powder Co., ^.Price's L?p^il?i Yeast Gems, Tba best QJTT bbp jwnt tn UK worUt Braid raised by this yeast it light, whit? and waala ?om? like our grandmother's oefoiora bread CROCE^JELL^THEMl Price Baking Powder Co., v mru?Tusiner* m& m$m nsm CtucmwOt^fir ^Z- St? Lout?, Mo. For Cezsxmtion, JLxtkma. Brorichitls^ Dyspepsia* . Catarrh* ?eadaclie* Debili* ty, Rhenrnalism, Neuralgia, end aU Chronic and' Nervous Disorders. A CARD. We, the undersigned, having received great ano peraianeofcbenefit.frons the sse of "COM? POUND OX YGEN," prepared and std minis? tered by Das. Srxnr rr A PA tex, of Pb iiadel phia, sod being satisfied- that k is a new dis- . corery ia medical science, and all that is claimed &r it, consider it a doty which wa owe to tbe many thousands who are soffen Dg from chronic and so-called 'incurable" dis? eases to%o all that we can tt>make ita Tirtues known and to inspire the public wi th confi dence. I We hare personalknowledge of Drs. Star key k Palen. They are educated, intelligent, and cooack3tipos physicians,/-who mil not, weare sore? make any statement,, which they do-not know or believe to te true, Dor pub? lish any testimonials or reports of cas*s which ara not genuine. ;; . - . - * v WM. D. KELLY, ' - - Member of Congress from, Philadelphia. ??j& T. S. ABTSUR. y ' Editor and Publisher "Arthur's Borne ? * Mctgcziae," Philadelphia. ?? T. L: C9KRAD Basier of "Lutheran Observer." J - > Philadelphia. PHaaDSLPHIA, Pa;, JtJM 1, 1882. J'laorder to meet a natural inquiry io re gard to our professional and persona-! stand? ing, and: to fire increased confidence in oar statements and in the genni ness of our testi? monials and-reports of cases, we print the above card from gent Jemen well and widely known and of the bizhest personal character. I Ottr."JVeat?**o*<Xwn?>oow? Oxygen," con? taining a history of the discovery of and mode of action of this" remarkable curative agent, and a large record of surprising cores in Consomption, Catarrh, Neu mig??, Bronchi? tis, Asthma, etc., and a wide range of Chron? ic diseases, will be sesftfree.- < Address Drs.'STARKEY & PALEN. 110? ir 1111 Girard Street, PhOadelpnia., Pa, ?. H. Folsom, I? W. folsom. -_-BSTAB*J> m& . H. FOLSOM & BRO. Practical Watchmakers and Jewelers, Modn-Street, opposite John ReioVs, ? SUMTER, 8. C.? WALTHAM >3 XT O tri o S tr s? ts? Clocks, Silverware, Jewelry, Spectacles, Cutlery; Fishing Tackte, Violin Strings, Machiste Needles, - OiU, /fcc. Eepa??ng of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry | promptly done and satisfaction ^ r. -Hit or:HIM. Bachelor Brown waa a quiet maa h Whose scheme of li?e.wm? a charming plant Ha merely wanted to lire at ease. With nobody but himself to please; ?e doctor s orders were only obeyed. *or Bachelor Brown wa? much afraid ? Of;JeoWnff florid and growinjr stout, Be dreaded the very-name of gout? He thought a wale was a useless bera, - And nothing Ju Ufe annoyed him more I- Than-crying babes or asudden draught; ^ttdr^ealways frowned when other? laugh . :;v.. ad. (We wonder sot that Bachelor Brown Waa not muco liked in his native town; I Thftboysdeiiirhtedto play him trfc?ks. Aod^most of rhe foB? th^r eyes wouJdfUC j Ott.distant objects when h? paased by But heonJy tuouyht that they wei* shy. \ItwOfeUoutoa ?. enristra** Day'- " Tatt lad? ?nd lanes went ont to play Wheii snow- lay deep In tbe fluids hard by. And brigit and clear wa? the wiDtt*r sky. > AsnowbaB battle- waa soon/begun. [. When ?ol in the thick of figbesnd inn : AbaB was thrown-with a sudden, whirl. Bv a bricht and active tonguing girl. Eight through the window of Bachelor Brown,! - . " .i Who start* to bis feet with.? sudden frown;' And rusblag- forth he cries "with a hiss, ? "Who is the rillara who dared do this?**. [ They aH fell back and were quite -abashed bWhen..-thar saw their neighbor4* window . smashed. But the girl stood up and toss'd her head. And with laughing eyes ihe archly said: L.^Pie?se,air. J Wanted to ibrihg you.-ont To Join us in the snowball bout." When Bachelor Brown saw the pretty face And marked the figure so full tf prace. His anger fled, and he straightway fell : - in lore with the saucy Tt?tage :bede? ; Ar?j'strange thing had come to pass, ' ~ Twas found that the fractured pane of glass Was broken in fhape lie a human heart. Which, of courte, gave Bachelor' Brown a start, " ? .\'r.; ' Tor ho thought there must bea fate in this, So he sought the rollicking snowball miss. - With such, success did he ply h s suit - ;" That slie quite forgot hi-? old repute, ? - For when be proposed she couidn'taay no, - Anderetbe com mg'of next year's snow I Bachelor Brown han a c u arming wife. Who proved the Joy of his altered life. *A snowball," they said in thelittie town, "Had made quite a man of Bachelor Brown. THE TWO E?TEEB& Kine o'clock had jost -chimed from tbe town dock, and been echoed by the silvery tones of the handsome toy In his i ebontiy^-room, ' - when Mr. % Baldwin, senior member of the firm of Baldwin . & Henderson, walked into the room. He was a tall, lithe man, of about thir? ty years, with fair hair and blue eyes, distinguished in kis appearance, dainty as to his toilet, but without the' least appearance of foppishness. I healthy, aristocratic and.alone in I the world, wonder had long been fife in society as tc why he did not marry. It [ surely was not for want of a fit subject for his affections, for his friends had I frequently called his attention to this : or that girl as a desirable parti. But, 1 although quite a "ladies' man," he still remained heartwfcole ard fane1/ free. . Walking to his desk, he seated him*^ self in his* comfortable armchair and proceeded to look over Ms correspond? ence. Like the business.man that he .-. was, ne seemed to master the contents of each letter at a glance, and- then made a few notes on the margin of the paperas a guide: to his: book-keeper iii answering it. After awhile he wrote a letter to, 4kStern & Co.,1' of Liverpool, and, enclosing a draft for eight hun? dred and fifty pounds, put it into an ^envelop-By sealed it, and was just going 4*> direct it when $ne of his clerks an iuounced that a gentleman wished to see him: in the store. He left the letter ly . ing on the desk undirected, and went out to see the.gentleman, while his r/boofekeeper. Mr. Conway, looked after him admiringly, and wondered if he too would some day be the senior partner ?of a wealthy firm. * In a few minutes after Mr. Baldwin left the office, a friend of Iiis and Mr. Conway *s, Tom Ford; walked ia. ?"Ha?o! Conway, where's Baldwin?" "Just gone out," said Conway; "but if you will take a seat and wait awhile, I think hell be back soon.1* - "AU right; and while Tm waiting.. Ill write to my sweetheart." .^"What's her name, and where's her hame?" sang^ Conway, laughing. "MissSadie Cross,xl--^answered Ford? and forthwith began writing rap? idly,'soon Brushing hisT?tter?ahd after '.' sealing and directing it he put it in the mail box, and' bid&g Conway^wbo was busy with, his books? "good-morn ing," said he" believed he would not wait longer, and walked,.out, leaving \ Mr. Baldwins letter stitt lying on the desk. . In about an hour Mr. Baldwin return? ed, . and discovered the letter lying there, although he did not. recognize it "as. his-own. Turning to Conway, he asked: ' ' r " Who wrote this letter and forgot to address it?" "I don't know, sir," .said Conway, "unless it was Tom Ford, who was m .Herewhile you were out, and said he wanted to write a letter to his sweet? heart." . "If Tknew her name I would address it for him," said Mr. Baldwin. "Miss Sadie Cross. H-," laughed Conway; and MTV Baldwin proceeded to direct his ownletter, enclosing the draft for eight hundred and fifty pounds to Miss Sadie Cross,.. About a week Mer. Baldwin <fc Hen? derson received, a, letter from Stern & Co., pohtelycaB?ng-their attention to I th? fact that a bill of -theirs for eight hundred and fifty pounds, due several days since, had not yet been pa?d, which completely mystified the firm of B & H., inasmuch a* Mr.:Baldwin remem . bered writing the letter himself and en? closing a draft to. meet the bill. Of course they wrote back to that effect, and asked for time to investigate, and for the present we will leave them to solve the mystery as best they can, while we transport the reader to II-, * . * * * * ? "nere are two letters for you. Sadie, both post-marked at London; 1 did not know you had more than one corres? pondent there," said Mr. Cross to his - daughter, a3 he entered, the breakfast room. A shade of annoyance passed over Sadie's beautiful face as she recognized Tom Ford's well-known chirography. She felt displeased that he should per? sist in writing to her, after her positive rejection of his suit. "But whom can this be from?" she exclaimed, examining the address of the other letter, and turning it over in her hand. "It occurs tome that the easiest way to solve that problem would be to open the letter andread it." said-her father, misc??evouslyr andras Sadie complied her great brown eves opened to their fullest extent as Slr. Baldwin's" letter and draft appeared before* her. Of course it. did not take them long to gues^that theletter was: misdirected,, though Sadie could not imagine how Baldwin & Henderson had obtained her address. So she wrote a funny little letter to them, returning their epistle, and tell? ing them .she noped their good name had not suffered from the delay in meeting their bill. Sadie Cross was the only child and petted darling of wealthy parents, and out for her naturally sweet disposition would doubtless have been somewhat spoiled. Flattered and caressed in society, still she retained such lovable, gentle manners as endeared her to all who met her. Bather below medium height, with clear, olive complexion, large, liquid, brown eyes, rippling masses of brown hair, which almost defied hair? pins to keep it in place, so determined was it to fall to her waist in beautiful curls? coral lips just modelled to kiss, and teeth of pearl, it is not to be won? dered at that scores of admirers were ready to fail st her feet and worship her. But Sadie had never loved as yet. and so she kindly but firmly refused all offers. k4Too innocent for coquetry, too r fond for idle scorning," she never "flirt- I ed." Almost unknown to herself, she j had ? vein of romance in her ^omposi- J Uon which incuned her to expect some? thing ? little out of the ordinary in the wooing of the man she would love. It may have been this trait which caused her to look with such favor on there quest Mr. Baldwin made in his letter in reply to hers. After acknowlf *?-1-1 receipt of his letter and dr-* plaining how the mistake < . concluded b^ begging her the correspondence so singufe With the consent of herpa?ei answered his letter, giving him permis? sion to: write to,lier, and in a short whiie they had exchanged pictures; and he had asked and received per? mission to p?v her a visit. So, on a lovely May morning about six months after our story .opens, Sadie had arranged her toilet with unusual care to receive he! unknown corres? pondent. ' i . At last a servant brought her a card, and announced that the gentleman was in the parlor. Why linger over the story? They : met, and both were conquered. 5 ItMr. Baldwin had been attracted by har letters and picture, lie could not fail to be enchanted with herself. Suffice it that this visit was repeated several times, with innumerable letter between, and when December rolled around, Sadie Cross became Airs. Bald? win, and now graces the palatial home of her husband. Prospect For Apple Orchards. At a recent meeting of the Western New York Farmers* ?Club, the question **Xeed: Orchardists be Discouraged?'* was discussed. Mr. Quimbv said that some orcbardists had ceased to hope ia consequence of three successive fail* tires, and were digging up their trees, as the land was more valuable for farm crops. But he thought the failure only temporary, and . that with good man? agement orchards will continue to bear well in the future. Some, with the best treatment, had horne well the past season. There were instances in past years Where apple orchards had yielded as high as$500 and even $1,000 per acre. He, would renovate old or? chards or plant new ones. Mr. Bogers said his experience had been unfavor? able. He planted an orchard eighteen Sears ago on rich land, hut it had borne j tole. Mr. Simmon said that thrifty orchards had been dug up because the> j land was worth more for. farm' crops. It appears that these trees had grown too fast, for a case was reported of an orchard which bore a good crop, which had not been plowed for many years; and Mr. Quirn by mentioned the case of a tree girdled by mica two-thirds around under a snow-drift, which bore a heavy ?ron, all the other trees being. barren, Mrv Reed had observed th at trees whioh had been bruised by teams bore better than others.: It appears that the trees in some of these orchards on very rich land had-been too highly cultivated; although cases were reported of barren orchards in grass. Shelby Reed said his orchard bore better than usual the East season, and from four acres he ad $300 worth ot fruit Some of the speakers had allowed their orchards to be killed by the canker worm; others destroyed the insects easily with Paris green. Seasons and unfavorable in? fluences can not be controlled, but ex? perience has already proved that great j benefit has been derived from intelli? gent and vigilant management. Oki ore. a ? ni s which have made little growth -indicated by the length of the annual shoots-have been brought into abund? ant bearing by a copious and broad? cast top-dressing with yard manure, and by judicious pruning, cutting out | dead branches, and thinning the! outer 5art' where the growth, was too thick, he ; canker worm is easHy-destroyed with Paris green, and the codling worm killed by spraying several times with Paris green, in seven hundred times its bulk of water, when the young fruit is the size of cherries. On poor land, cultivation and manuring will often give moderate 'crops every year wh?? 1 Dearing was only in alternate years be? fore. Early thinning c f fruit in abund? ant years promotes annual bearing, and gives finer apples. How a Proverb Waa Originated. Albert Durer is more famous and more widely known as an engraver than*as a painter. Eis first copper* plate engraving was made in 1497 and from that time he executed numerous works of this kind. One of the first of these was * 4St. Jerome's Penance, " a good impression of which was sold a few years ago for five hundred dollars. In 1498 Durer published his first series of wood-cuts illustrating the Apoca? lypse of St. John. These cuts marked a new era in wood-engraving, and showed what possibilities it contained. Before this time it had been a rude art, chie?y used by uneducated monks. There are one hundred and seventy four wood-cuts -attributed to Durer, The other important series are the ..Great and Little Passion,*' showing the sufferings of Christ, and the "Life of the Virgin." He often chose such scenes as remind us only of death, sor? row, and sin. Again, his grotesque and fantastic humor was snown; and nothing more wild and unusual could be imagined than some of his fancies which he made almost immortal through his great artistic power. A wood-cut called the "Triumphal Arch of Maximilian" is two and a half feet high and nine feet wide; it was com? posed of ninety-two blocks, and all the remarkable events- in the Emperor's life are illustrated in it? as well as many symbolical figures and pictures expressive of his praise, nobility, and power. It is said that, while this engraving was being' finished bj the engraver Bosch, the Emperor drove often to see iL ?On one occasion several of Bosch's pet cats ran into the presence * of the sovereign, and from this incident arose the proverb, * 'A cat may look at a king."-Clara Erskine Clement, in 8L Nicholas. The Subtle Fluid. An electric lighting pole opposite the Dime Savings Bank was too strong a temptation for a lot of boys. They climbed it and straddled the cross pieces. Snddenly the current was turned on, there was a yell, a sudden letting go, a fall of a lot of boys on the heads of the people below, and then six bpvs stood shaking as with the palsy. .*&>sh!" said one, "what was that?" looking up astonished at the place he fell from. ?.Liteniu!" replied anoth? er. "We mighter bin kilt." "Glory!" exclaimed another, ,4wasn't it orrai!" They then took to their legs and for? got all about th? fire.-boston fourier m i e?t A correspondent from Cairo de? scribes an Ostrich farm in that neigh? borhood. The owner began four years ago with twenty-four birds, and h?s now 210. Each fall-grown ostrich yields nearly 700francs' worth of feath? ers. The hen lays about forty-eight eggs; about one-fourth are bad, and of the remaining three dozen half are left with the bird and half are hatched ' ar? tificially in warm cases of sand cover? ed with flannel. The difficulties in this process are in keeping a uniform heat and in cracking the shell at the right tuns and place. The most disagree a? bio work is plucking thc feathers. Three Arabs can hardly master cae What Oar Editors Say. Break It Up At Once. New York Sun. The House of Represen ta ti ves lately i passed a resolution, introduced by di? rection of tbe Naval Committee, request? ing the Secretary of the Navy to com? municate to the House any information be may have obtaioed in relation tb the cause of the death of Frederick S. Strang, late a cadet at the Naval Acad? emy. The committee submitted with a res? olution a report regarding the case of young Strang which shows that the condition of things in the Naval Acade? my, both as to morals sod discipline, is to the last degree disgraceful. This boy was appointed from Oregon, and arrived at the institution in October,. 1883. He seemed to have been at once set upon by the older students, for twelve hours after, reaching Annapolis he was carried to the hospital mortally injured. He had been put through the process known ar hazing, and which in his case consisted in rolling bim about in a barrel. The authorities at the Academy have apparently refused to give the friends of young Strang any of the particulars of the murder, but have rather , used their efforts to conceal the truth as to the outrages committed by the students in the course of their brutal hazing. It baa even been denied that the practice exists there in any except a mild form, and yet the Naval Committee say that some of the tricks played OD the enter? ing students are simply diabolical, and that in general the moral tone of the school is .horrible/ Young men who Have any religions principles, for in? stance, are thus treated by their blas phemous companions : .Soon after the arrival of the .plebes' the august third class mao ascertains who are the pious young men. There are always pious young men at the first part of the academic course, but there are very few on graduation day. When the pious ones are found out a religions service is held. With the pious ones for ministers and deacons, there is a meeting. It consists of preaching and prayer. Once every minute each one of the audience is required to give vent to hearty 'amens.' ' The committee say. also, that they have received letters from the parents of boys who have been at the, academy, expressing gratification that their sous, were removed from such contaminating influences. The whole place seems to be morally rotten, and the discipline of the institution must be very bad, for rebellious demonstrations baye been made by the students, who are-in part, at least-a coarse aod rough set of yoong ruffians. Moreover, when they' engage in baring they violate an oath .they take on entering the school ; and yet they are supposed to be 'officers and gentlemen,' and are in training to exercise command and to have charge of the property of the Government. In other colleges hazing .is going out of fashion, not so much through the efforts of the authorities as because the young men themselves bave too much I self-respect and good senre to engage in such horse play. There is none of it at Harvard and Tale, but at the two mili? tary schools of the Government it coo "tioue8 to be as brutal as ever, though they make a great boast of their discip? line, and the students are officers of the army and navy, and get pay as such. As the committee said, if the reports f as to the moral condition of the Naval. Academy are true, the institution ought to be broken up. That seems to be the only way to get rid; of the glaring evils which they describe. Besides, it is useless, for what do we want of a school for making more navy officers when we already have five times as many as we need, and the whole service is becoming demoralized because it has so little to do ? Meat and &read. Florence Time?. The most pertinent question before our people now, is the great one of meat and bread. The condition of the coun? try is anything but encouraging to the great mass of people who are struggling for their daily existence. In this sec? tion of our country, labor is not so materially affected by the stagnation in the trades, because a large majority here are agriculturists, who, however, have heretofore followed the suicidal policy of raisiug a staple which they can neither eat nor spin, aod, conse? quently, are on the last verge of de? spair. The bad seasons, and the low prices of cotton for the past few years, and particularly the last, should be enough to prove conclusively to our farmers that the only s?fe policy now is ta raise their own meat and bread. It is the veriest fallacy to depend upon the grain fields and hog pens of the West for our hog aod hominy,, when wc can raise each here, with cotton as a sur? plus crop. We say, it is foolishness, for the man must be an idiot who says his land will not raise enough wheat, oats, corn, fodder, peas, potatoes, col? lards, turnips and vegetables to feed his family and his 6tosk. Keep cows, hogs, goats and sheep, everything in the meat and bread line, and if you have a surplus, sell it, for ther- is al? ways a market for such things, and who there is who ever heard of some? thing to eat lacking bidders aod buyers We can fall back on nature when our clothes wear out, but wheo -~*:e stomach calls, something edible is the only thing which will satisfy its demands. If, then, you make and raise grain, vege? tables and meat for your own consump? tion, what have you to buy ? Shoes aod clothing, which cao be paid for by planting cotton as a surplus crop, and at the end of the harvest your barna will be full and your pens crowded with stock to begin operations another year. It would be a god-send if farmers were compelled to pay five dollars a seed for cotton, for we fear that until some such exigency is forced upon them, they will continue to make thi* crop to the exclu? sion of everything else, when it but brings them deeper io debt every year. Shameful. Wilmington Star. The Republican party ought to be ashamed of itself. It would be asbam- j ed if it had any character or conscience, j After cracking tbe sky with its terrino j bowlings over Soot hero outrages ; ? after ly i og year after year about D ?Ute aod Copiah aod other real or a posed wrongs; and after having manner of aggressive, bulldozing, grading legislation aimed against Southern whites to turn aod io the v centre of thrift aod education to-becc the violaters of law, the intimidatora voters aod the enemies of a 'free bal is a great reproach aod disgrace. ] solved upon carrying O Bio at every e the Government actually loot itself bulldozing white voters io Ciociot sod throughout Obio. Tbe investi] tura showa that the Government f Dished the rascals who were appoin bulldozers with 600 bull dog revolv of heavy calibre-44's. The fell Wright, who bossed as U.S. Marsh pretends that he supposed the pist were furnished by the Republican ? tiooal Committee. But that is ' thin.' Wright was a United Sta official. Where Lies the Blame ? YorkvilU Enquirer. On the day before Christmas, io I town of Abbeville, Arthur M. Beoedi a clerk io a store io that to wo, a shot down by Jobn C. Ferguson, wb the latter was crazed with drick. a account of the affair we published lt week. It possesses several ead featur The slayer is a young maa, highly i spec ted, of a respectable. family, a has a young wife and one ebild. ? one fault was a love of whiskey. -T victim was a quiet, inoffensive you man, a native of Austria, aod had be living io Abbeville bat a few. yeai The killing was done with what is call a 'bull dog' pistol of 38 calibre, wi which Ferguson was armed wheo entered the store. Closiog a lengtl account of the occurrence, the Pn and Banner indulges the folio wit reflections which are applicable: io t many places besides Abbeville, and nu provea profitable ad monition to oth communities : : Io meditating on this scene of bloc which has saddened so many hearts home aod abroad, would it not be we for each aod all of os to inquire \)<? much of this blood may be proper chargeable to us individually, might be well for us to i o quire to wh extent we are individually to blame fi this homicide, and it may be well fi us to ask ourselves, if we, as a peopl are not more to blame, than the mt guided neighbor who bas slain the Je aod the stranger. If we as citizens, witnesses, juror and court officers, sod as a whole, bs done our full duty io the years that ai past, would this homicide have been probability? If we bad given mor: Support to the law agaiost carrying cot eealed weapons, it is not impossible thj Ferguson could have' slaio Besedic If those who knew that Ferguson wt carrying that pistol bad used prop* effort to prevent it, Benedict wool have been a live.man to-day, aod Fei guson would have been happy with hi family, and as hopeful aa the best < our youths Tbe courts being the exponent, oe only of the law, but also of publie opio ioo, has that tribunal and that publi [opinion, upheld the ^sacredness c human life, and visited just pooisbroeo I to those who would deprive the citizei of bis richest estate ? We leave it fo others to say if public senti meo t is DO almost wholly responsible for the recen killing. We made oo protest agaiost this vio lation of the law io carrying the pistol aod, we objected not to the legal?zinj of the sale of the whiskey which craze< his brain. . While these facts are oo excuse fo Ferguson, yet are our otu skirts clear' We leave it for others to say if then are not to-day many noble youog meo violating the law io reference to pistols aod who are only waiting for the prop* er oiomeot to arrive, wheo they maj plunge themselves aod their tam i lie! into a sea of trouble, where sighs anc tears will be u ?availing ? Besides a good healthy moral senti? ment, we need a Court which is organ? ized and maintained for a higher pur? pose than of cleansing guilty stains from the red bauds of the citizen who may choose to imbue them io his neighbor's blood. Io the oame of peace aod good order, have we not had enough Of bloodshed ? Then will not our young meo lay aside tfieir pistols, aod meet their grievances io a more courageous way thao that of the murderous pistol. Shall the ?ommon Schools Go? Carolina Spartan. The editor of the Newberry Observer thioks that if the public sentiment io this State were aoalyzed, it would be ascertained that the ardent friends aod supporters of free tuition io all the branches of the State University are least friendly to the com moo schools. He states that Governor Thompsoo io his recent inaugural devotes aboutthree times as much space to the University as he does to the education of the masses in public schools ; that Colonel Coward, Superintendent of Public Education, io his annual report, exclusive of statis? tics, gives three pages . to common schools and forty-one to the University and higher education. He does this wheo his work should be with the com? mon schools and oot with the Univer? sity. This editorial of the Observer is suggestive. It may be that the com? mon school is the coming question io our State, aod not the tariff or prohib?? tioo. We believe our people are ready to grapple with any vital question, eveo if it shakes the State up io an unheard of sort of way. It has beeo koowa to many that since 1S76 there is a strong opposition io this State to the educatioo of the masses. It was with the greatest difficulty that tb>e two-mill constitutional amendment passed the House. Many meo believe that the State University should be most liberally supported, aod that the common schools should receive nothing, or tbe oierest pittance. They stand ready aod anxious to repeal the two mill levy ari y day that the question eau be brought up. Those who urgently demaod a Constitutional Coo veo tioo give as a strong reason the repeal of : this educational clause. There are. pleoty of meo io Spartaoburg who say that the money of the property-holder < should not go to educate thc children of < tbe poor. Some of them-intelligent and thrifty men, too-go so far as to say that when yon educate a poor mail yon spoil him for farm work or other drudgery. Then some of those who oppose education say it is the negro they wish to deprive of this privilege, and not the white mao. As evidence of this, in the last session of the Legis? lature a bill was offered and reported on favorably by the Committee on Educa? tion,we believe, and it may have passed the House, which was to appropriate the money paid by white people to the schools for white children, and the money paid by negroes to the schools for negroes. Another bin was offered and recommended by the delegation that no application should ever be made io a certain town for a special levy for school purposes unless said application was signed by persons owning or repre? senting a majority of the property in said school district. So anxious are some of our people to cripple the com? mon schools that a joint resolution was offered at the late session of the Legis? lature to repeal the two-mill levy au? thorized by the Constitution. This op? position comes from all parts of tbe State. It is also a known fact that some of our Congressmen are opposed to public schools; some of our State officers are lukewarm, if not opposed ; a majority of the present General As? sembly is opposed to an equitable ap? propriation of mooey enough to provide for the primary education of all the children of the State. The question is taking auch shape that the . friends of common education may prepar? them? selves for an attack, lt ls going to come one of these day, aod it will come from a. strong faction. Taking aw ny the school privileges the common people now enjoy, and saying to them, .You must hire your own teachers aod pay your own tuition, would remand^ the State to a condition of illiteracy, even among the white people, unknown be? fore the war. Let us have the common school aod universal education. The poor need this ; the rich will be benefited by it. Interstate Commerce. . The Inter-State Commerce bill, as it passed the House? provides that it shi.ll be unlawful for any person or persons, engaged alone or associated with others in transportation of property by railroad, or by pipe Hoe or lines, from one State or Territory, to or through one or more other States or Territories of the United States, or to or from, any foreign coun? try, directly or indirectly to charge to, pr receive from any person- or persons any greater or less rate or am ou ot of freight, compensation or reward, than is by.him or them charged to or received from any. other person or persons for like and contemporaneous service io carrying, receiving, delivering, storing or handling the same. AU charges for such services shall be reasonable, and any person or persons having purchased a ticket for passage from one State io, another, or paid the required fare shall receive the same treatment and be af I forded equal facilities and accommoda? tions as are foro ?shed all other persons holding1 tickets of the same class with? out discrimination. But nothing tn this act shall be construed to deny to rail? roads the right to provide separate accommodations for passengers as they may deem best for public comfort and safety, or to relate to transportation -re? lating to points wholly within tbe limits of one State, provided that no discrimi? nation ?8 .made oh account of race or color, and that furnishing separate ac? commodation with equal facilities and equal comforts at the same charges shall not be considered discrimination, nor shall any railroad company or its officers charge to or receive from 8ny person who is to be conveyed from one State or Territory into another, any sum exceed? ing three ceo ts per mile for the distance to be traveled by such pet, roo, and all persons engaged as aforesaid shall fur? nish without discrimination the same facilities for carriage, receiving, deliv? ery, storage and handling of all property of like character, carried by bim or them, and shall perform, with equal expedition,, the same kind of services connected with the contemporaneous transportation thereof, as aforesaid. No break, stoppage or interruption, nor any contract, agreement or undestand ing shall be made to prevent the car? riage of any property from being and being treated as one continuous carriage in the meaning of this act, from the place of shipment to the place of destination, unless such stoppage, inter? ruption, contract, agreement or under? standing was made in good .faith for some practical and necessary purpose, without any intent to avoid or interrupt such continuous carriage or to evade any of the provisions of this act. Section two prohibits drawbacks or rebates to shippers. Section three forbids pooling combi? nations. Section four prohibits a greater charge for short haul than for a longer haul, which includes the shorter one. Section five requires freight schedules to be publicly posted. Section six applies this act to all transportations, whether it be confined to one or several roads. Section seven provides civil penalties for infractions of this law, and pre? scribes that no cases brought under it shall be removed from the State to the United States Courts. Section eight prescribes criminal penalties which may be imposed upon individuals who carry on transportation business and who violate this law. Section nine declares that this act does not apply to transportation wholly within one State. Section ten defines who are embraced in the words 'person' or 'persons' used herein. Domestic Troubles. " Justice (to henpecked husband who has made a complaint against his wife) -'You say your wife threw a billet of wood at you ?' Henpecked husband-'Yes, your Honor. Justice--'Well, givo me the whole facts of the case. What did you say ?' Henpecked husband (earnestly) 'Judge, as true ss fm settin1 in this rourt-room, I didn't do no thin' bot judge.'-Sun. Toucning riciure o? vanaer^ bilt Mr. Vanderbilt was deeply touched by tbe distress of General Grant. . He was unable to attend to business all day long, and sat in his study poring overa well-worn map of tbe Lake Shore Rail? road. Io that position a Journal re? porter fpuod bim. The aged philan? thropist reached for a gilt-edged pocket handkerchief wheo the hame of General Grant waa mentioned. . .It's the saddest thing that has ?ver come across my unusually sad experi? ence,' said be ; 'to think that all them little trinkets from tbe Pr?sident of Siam, aod the horse from Gamarabac, and the swo?d from the Shah of Prussia, all have got to be sold.' .Why do you allow it, Mr. Vander? bilt?' .My dear boy, this time last year ? would not have permitted this sacrilege, but times are not what they used to be. To use a coarse expression, I'm hard dpi Willie K. was bad e?ougb, but when Corneel went down oh the Street that settled their poor old father. Aod all the time I thought Corneel was at the Yoong Men s Christian Association.' The old gentleman looked around at the bare wails which cost $100,000 to kalsomioe aod then at the bare pictures and statuary which- cost so much more. He tipped gently back io a $100,000 chair and allowed hts feelings to bav? foll play in a handkerchief which cost $100,000 a dozen. 'It unmans nie ito think that the savior of our country should be obliged to, part, with bis war relics at a discount. But I need the money. All the servants in thc house have struck for their wages and I had to wash the windows myself thia morning. Theo the bath tob froze up in that cold snap and I haven't mon? ey enough to .have it thawed out.' .William !' shouted a sharp voice, 'go right out and shovel io that cool on the sidewalk.' .You hear,* said Mr. Vanderbilt faintly.. The reporter left the magnificent ruin alone with bis sorrow.-JV. Y. Journal. An Old Reprobate.* .You aee, Martha got into the habit of Bitting np for meat ao early age, aod she can't break it off. I couldn't per? suade her to goto bed aod mind her own business, so I studied on the mat? ter. We live in ooe of the center houses of a block of five-story aod attio buildings. The/e's scuttles in the roofs of them all, aod I persuaded Mr. Green? up, who lives io the adjoining house, to let me in bis house last night about 1 o'clock, aod I went op through his scut? tle ?od over to mine, and so down into oar bed-room. I could see Martha, from the head of the stairs, sitting in the front room eyeing the clock with a look that was a very tart chromo. But I undressed and quietly got io bed, and there I lay waiting developments. F very now and then I'd hear Martha give a s h ort, fidgety cough. Then Fd hear her get op and prance around the room a little, aod by and by go to the froot windows aod slam the shutters. 'After I'd lain there about an hour I heard ber get up and go staod out on the froot steps for a good five minutes. Theo she came in and slammed the dcor aod locked it and commenced coming op stairs. Every other step she'd safy : .Ob, tbe wretch. . Won't 1 give it to i bim ! I koow where he ?al He needn't think to deceive me ! Oh, the villain V 'Boot the time she had nearly got to the landing I think she must have seen the light streaming out of the door that I'd left ajar. I co old bear her stop, and theo I commenced to snore. I was afraid to look, you koow, bot I coold feel ber cautiously come op to the door aod look io. Weil sir Fd given my pension from the war of 1776 to have seen her about the time she saw it was me. I'll bet it was fun. . Bot I was afraid to do any? thing but snore. Then she came into the room, and; by the way she breathed and stood arouod, I had to nearly bite my toogoe off to keep a straight face on me. I could feel that she sat down io a chair, aod* was dumbfounded. 1 oever let on, bot kept on snoring like thunder ; but wheo she kicked over a chair I turned aod pretended to wake op, kind of dazed like, and says: .Why, Marittj dear, ato't yon come to bed yet ? .Jarphty,' said she, awful slow aod solemo like, wheo dil you come io ?' .Why, must be four or five hours ago. Doo't yon remember wheo I told you not to go to sleep again in the rocker, but to come op to bed ? aod I turned over aod professed to go to sleep agaio. .She oever made any reply, but acted io a dazed, bewildered Sort of way, and when she got to bed I could tell she < didn't sleep a wink for three hours. 'This moroiog it was fuo to watch Martha. I could hardly keep a straight face. At the breakfast table, and all the time I was about the house, she'd eye me when she thought I wasn't look? ing; then wheo I'd notice ber she'd turo away aod be awfully busy at some thing. She caught me kind of grinning once, aod by George, ? thought the explosioo was about to come. Bot it didn't, though the look of blaok unfath? omable suspicion she wore on her face i all the time was the greatest show oo , earth. It nearly broke me up, aod i I've laughed till my ribs ache ever since. I koow it won't last. I koow there's a day of repenting a coming, and the ' thermometer is going clear out of sight in the Jarphly family. Bot who's j goiog after trouble ? It'll come soon j enough without hunting it, aod I'm ] goiog to enjoy that scottie io the roof ? until the explosion comes.'-Chicago , Tribune, < The Curse of Brandy. } 'Broody.' said a man during a con? versation on temperance, 'why it's the c worst drink io the world. That's what i killed Bill Fellers.' 'Bill Fellers is i oct dead,' replied some ooe, 'I Raw him < out io the mountains the other day.' j 'Well, no difference,' said the first 1 speaker, 'brandy is what will kill him.' .I doo't tee how it cao, for he. never drinks a drop of it.' 'Ah, well, it's ] what wovld kill him rf tte were ?o' drink < it. Yon are so confounded particular i that a mao can't talk to you.'-Arican* ] saw Traveller. ' \\ uncie xom s rmiosopny. ? Constitution man passing tbe Cus? tom House yesterday morning observed a typical colored-man of the old school sitting on the stone steps sunning his paralytic limbs and mumbling his peti? tions td heaven, while an amber stream trickled dt?wn either corner of Lbw month and foutra* a lodgment is the in-, terlacings bf his frosted beard.. \ ' The reporter is no respecterof per 8CD8 ; high or low, man is bis legitimate prey.^ In conformity with the instincts of bis ti?ture, with an interrogation point tn each eye, lie approached the venerable creature, and &e following colloquy ensuedi '.You've attained a ripe old age, uncle; tell me s?taetfaiog ?bot?t your? self^ "les,, boas, lse ? hundred y'ara ole, sn'mo'." "Been living in Atlanta ali these yeats ?" "?d? sar; I coin? from Cow?ta, whar de #faite folks call me ?ocreT?m an' de niggers, spesbly dese young nig? gers, call me ole man." ''Are you tyuite sure jo? ?re ? hun? dred year? old ?" ' **Ye8, Tfli past d? hundred mlle pos', boss ? I ??rtinly is. ? iros tock out er de fiel' thirty years 'fore freedom, an' wui?n ole man den , settin' id de drib shellin' feawn." '.Is your wife living yetr '.Yes, -Sar; hilt shes a wtcl 'ornao ; she dosses, rind ber tongue does run, ano5." ? '.. r v . "How old is ?be ./ ? ' - ' 'She's niuetf-fo' y'ars dis p?si *dem? ; ber.'.' "flow do j?'tt get i living V "Wees got ? spot ?* grb?u' out in d? : rnbarbs, ad' manage t?f pick along, I don't 'spec* ter b? byar much longer n? ?, hoir,.sar; des? die finta 'fase to b'?r \ me a'ready, au" Is? might} jfo'?y .'bout de spine." "Wfi?t'?.toe best thing j?? bav? fo?tfd ?u'th? world?'*. I -:'U "' 'Ligirin is de bes*. ?foon' Chrk? : nigh on to sixty years ago ;' btfe I can't 'auade de ole 'oman, ter jine de church, kase she cusses a?' talks frefer ; daftST*'' de only badness shVs got; io? ' ? * "You haven't done anything wrong; ? then within' the past sixty years?"J-7 >?---: "No,, sar; if you '?cuse some little .... 'sputes.'twix me an her., jt ain't .stole outbl?' but 'bout a dollar'8"wutniTn'my life, sad dem wax mos'ly watermilons; f I never has been, to de chicken1 c'tf?p; nor don't 'spec' ter.". "Do you want t'61 jlwef; t?o?H?? ?an- ,.. dredyearsi" " . ? "No, Lord, no ; fm jf??fi?' to -fi? tuck oot'u d? world r??t? It^ p?w'fril wicked, l.tho?jh't ? Wus g??n' to' d?? dis morn??' 'f?'.?'g?t dp, biott de Lord wouldn't talf m'eV. I hopes Hell cafl me 'fo* long:Atlanta Constitu tiwi. - \ . . . .;: - r,i > : nfc? . y ' .. Eloquence I?deed. 'I hear yon are highly satisfied with* your new; minister, Brown t ; ? 'Satisfied ts a. tame, word to express oaf opinion of brm4. We are delighted with him/ .He is very eloquent, I undersf?ftd.' '?Hocfaei/t I Why, sir, when he is~ preaching he affects* the cbngregattou so powerfully that there is hardly any interest taken in the mutations of the choir,' - Jfc Every fresh' deta'rt received from ttf? /: Spani?h distra?is in which the earth quake s*fctocfc was Neverest adds" new [horror to' fh? vgreax : catani it^ - At ; iNeirga, ff town of 6;000 people in the 'provence of Malaga, and 27 miles east : of tbe city of the sanie name, the earth \ quake was followed by a hurricane. ;Tb?s ffnished the destruction of many * bouses which had* already beetrbrbrfght' to the brink bf ruin" by the previous5 ' shock. The intoftants fled in terror. from their nouses ind camped: outside'\ . the- town. 3f Och suffering has been caused by th? scarcity of provisions. The New York World: poof?nes ? ; very clever Christmas cartoon* in which Cleveland figures as Santa .Claus bear?' ing packs and boxes labelled with the difieren it offices which will " be. st his dis? posal after March 4tb. C. A. Dana's stocking; is filled with a horrible picture of Beast Butler, that of Whitelaw Reid,; of the Tribune, contains a disheveled crow, St. John's holds a black bottle, Belva Lockwood's a tricycle and Dp: Burcbard's a donkey with a wooden" head. Blaine appears on a large I dish1 marked 'cooked goose/ A ^MODERATE COOK.-"I b?ar you have a sweetheart coming to see you every evening, ^n't you ashamed of yourself?" said an Austin lad/ to ber colored cook. '.What, am yon making sochf a fuss about one pore, missoble gemraaof How de debbil kin a cul Iud lady hab' less dan one 7 If I was one ob d?s?* immoderate niggers and encouraged^ gem man s, and habde house full ob ad? mirers ebery evenin', den yer mont' kick; but ter make er fuss ober one" obj ec' ob my effecshuns am ridicilus." lg A young mother, traveling with ber infant child, writes the following letter to her husband at home: "We are alf doing first rate and enjoying ourselves' very much. We are in fine health. The boy can crawl about on all fours. \ HopiDg that the same may be said of you, I remain, &c, Fanny. ''maim Iii mmm - 'Mollie, I wish yo'z would be a bet? ter little girl,' said an Austin father tor bis little daughter. 'You have no idea' bow sorry I am that mamma has to scold you all the time.' 'Don't worry ibout it, pa,' was tie reply of the little ingel ; *i am not one of those sensitive mildren. Half the time I don't bear * bat she says.' The editor of the Anderson InteJU* jenner bas received? letter from a friend, i n Arkansas, in which he says : .: "If a ? nan has a home of bis own in Anderson ' bounty, be if a* lunatic if he s??fs H fo" ?o West." He also says the Weat is a : lombog. A sample of American cheese io ijoodOn, says the Oronge Comt^Fam^ T., proved to contain neither milk noi my of ito d?rivations. It esme from. . ?iew York State, and was compos** principally ot lard and coloring matter.