" Si ^T^-S?MT?e? WATCHMAN,. JErtaMWwd April, 18?S0* f?olidated Anff? 3^ 188l4 kBe Just and Fear not?Let all the Ends thou Aims'! at. be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jane, 1S66? SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1885. New Series?Yol. IV. No.- 31. mm?? Wkidunan and] Sont?iron , Publishing : v^?mter, s; a terms: Two^?oJ&rs;pex atroaair-?? advance. . ?r ^?1?? v xetisimssts. v OnetSqxraT?j ?pt iaaertioa-............$1-00 Bvet^eotoeqoeat insertion^. Coajrxao&\f^T&ree months," or longer will b?'made atreduced rates. J\??tt communications which 'subserWprivafe interests ^?rfe charged for as advertisemen ts. Obitaar^'aod tributes" Of respect will, be 7 ?t?^gf?filfor^ j?? Marriage Notices and notices of deaths Sub te?* - : * ?? * For jotewdijk or cpptractsj for^adrertising . address JUttthmah am*Sout?zo?, or apply at . the Officer? X. GL OSTEJEN, Business Manager^. IN THE PASTRY :V? Va?lIIa?I>aM>?,Oraa?e, et*., aevor Caie?, C**e?*?Jn?*?t??*^Ac.??* delicately a nd a?t? 1 STE??RTIIf Ax?* TKUE FRUIT ? TL&T?? TBE? STAXD ALOSE. &j Price Baking Powder Co^ ? **0, Ut. . ^ . ~ St. Lotti?, Mo. DrrPrfc*'* ?r?nn Baking Powder Dr. Pr?ce'fela?elin Eeast Gems, The nest dry hop yeast in the woridj Bread soca? l?fca onr yandmothfef^ delicious bread XROCEfifS SELL TKEM. prepared -sy~Tue? - ^e?^iB?k?rig Powder Co., ??iTrs s? &. fiaf?Ssaai?feYcniig Emacia, nco^go?lljL^._ . .. JSt. Louis,Mo. OXyGSN," prepared and adrninis - itati bV-D??. Stabk?y ?.P m, o? Philadel phia, and bei rig saiis?ed that it is a new dis covery in medical science, and ail- that .is ?la*me?^'?tj;eon?der ita doty which we oweto the many thousands who are suffering from chronic and so-called, "incurable" dis eases to do'alHhat we can to make its virtues known and to inspire the public with" confi -denee.^ . We have personal kfi-owledge of Drs. Star key 4 Palea- They are educated/intelligent, and conscient ions physicians, who will not, -we axe sore, make nny statement, which they do not know or believe te be trae,. nor pub lish any testimonials or reports of ?asea which are-not geo nine, y mrxw?>. KELLY, ?&? Member of Congress from. Philadelphia. a ?? *?Jgi&rkaid ?EnB&?et? ^Arthur's / ^fi^^a2i^%^mieMpkn.- ^ ~?.?J~ Bditor^of /'Lutheran Observer," >rder-to,meet a*- natural inquiry,- io -re fto^r^rt?fessiot?il *od personal- stand ing, and io give increased confidence in oor statements an?TT?T the genot'ness of our testi moT^??sTsCt?? reports "of cases,. we print the aWSv ca?dr frow g?tfi?enten well and widely known ann of tiie-bipbest personal character. OnsJt^rfie^sem. Compound_J)xygen,'' con tainin^ a^sjtoryj qf thef (I'sc0^.1^ of and aode of*"icuon of this remarkable curative . agent, and a large record of? surpr1s:ng cures in Consomptions Catarrh, Neuralgia, Bronchi tie, Asthma, etc., and a'wide range of Cbrou ie diseases, will b*' sent free. ~ " ? AT?resV Drs.; STX ffKEY & PAL'EK. U&'k 1112 'GirardStreet, Philaddpma... Pa. .F. H. Fol?om, : I?.:W. Folsom. ^-S^i-ESTAB'J> 186ft:-? & BRO. Praetol Watohmakers and .Jewelers, Main- Street, opposite ' John Reid?$> S?7MTER, S. C., *:? '? ?O C9 ^^^^^ W?LTHAM 3 - o ta o ct o .? * ** ?4 Clocks, Silverware, Jtwelrif. Spectacle*, hi 'O?t?ryf>?F?h?ng? pacid?, rJvo?in : - J$!t?*2** Jfac&?wi Needles, - "^?Wp?mng ?f ' WatcK?, 'Cl?ckis: "an d Jewelry -. . ft&mp&y A ? *04 aatia?actioa guarasteed. THE DEVTL AND TH? LAW Si -i ? YEES. ~- ~- - ' "The devil came up to the earth one day, And into the court-house he wended his. way. Just as an attorney^ with T?ry grave face, Was proceeuTng"~"fo argue" the points in. the .' case. Now a lawyer his Majesty .never had seen, For to his dominions none^ver had been, And hVfelt-vcry anxious the reason to know. Why Done had been, sent to the regions below; *Twas the fo.uk of his agenta, bi3-Majesty . thought* y} That, .none of these lawyers had ever been caught, * And for bis own pleasure, h? felt a desire : Toc?me to the earth and the reason inquire. Well, the lawyer who rose with a* visage so grave Made on this opponent a consummate knave. And the devil was really greatly amused To hear the attorney so greatly abused. But soon as- the speaker bad 'come to a close, The counsel opposing then fiercely arose, And heh?aped such abuse on the bead of the /first/ That made him vil lian, of all men the worst. Thus they quarreled,? contended and argued so long, ? - ? 'Twas h?wr& to determine, which of them was wrong, - And, concluded bed heard quite enough of the"fuss," :. - Old Nick turned away and soliloquised thus : If all they have said ot each other be true, The devil has" surely been robbed of bis due; But I'm satisfied now, it's all very well? For th?se lawyers would ruin the morals of Hell. ^ * They have puzzled the Court with their vil- j laioous "cavil, And I'm-free to confess, they have puzzled the devil; - ^ My agents are right let the lawyers alone, ?f ? bad. them, ; they'd swindle me out of.my .throne.:, ,.. Views. < ofBifhop McTyeire on'Education. . Mr.x JZditor : Mach was said . and done- as was to fe expected, on higher education by the ChurcbV The expedi ency ancl practicability of it, tbe neces sity of it, was?t?*gly set forth, espec ially in"tne appeals made for the Wof ford College. The State, it was argued, cannot do this work for us, and we may not, in good conscience, relegateli to the Srate, which, at -the utmost, aims to keep good feUh" with the public by at taining to neutrality in the moral and religious influence ?xCrted by its insti tutions.. This aira is not high enough ; but looking at the. elements at work iu thts formative'"'period of manhood, who believes that even neutrality is attained ? ^'32^calaattty of a Church, having its young men of; best mind and future in- ! fluecce educated away from it, or iu : hostility to it, must be averted. Even? the blank loss of this critical time in j the building up and shaping of charac ter is not to be eodured by those who are responsible for the event. "Now, brethren, help. The State offers free education at tie .University, This draws away many paying pupils from our College. We need it, any way; bat to compete with this powerful neigh bor, weioiust gee up au endowment/' Nay, more, the present distress urges The professors are poorly paid; uothing but loyalty to the Church keeps them where they,are. The annual receipts fal i far below . the current expenses of the College that au assessment is levied for raising an annual subsidy to keep its doors open. . This might raise the question, is it nght'for^State^?^iv^reky to^offer free tuition ? While w?iw?re. io- session, the act of the L eg i s li tu r e . at Co 1 u m bi a w as passed/ granting . ?37,000 for the sup port of the University and the.Military Academy. I must admire the patience or the pa triotism of the brethren, lay and cleri cal, in* and out of the Conference. Tbougiuthey were wrestling with the prdbTera how-to keep up-Wofford Col lege, there was t o unfriendly allusion made to ao oppressive perversion of the public funds. If .such perversion be persisted iu. the tri aiutai an ce of Wof ford College is hardly possible? How can a few hundred itinerant preachers, whose.salary does not average ?700 per annum, a?d the voluntary contributions of a few thousand members, compete with a great State, - gathering its hun dreds of tbousagds of revenue by the strong arm of taxatiou ? Even though another Wofford arise and give another ?100,000 foe endowment,. the State, with its longer purse, could still overbid or underbid, and offer, not only free tu ition, but free board, free books, and free transportation. ' -We ?o not:propose to go into politics; but, at the same time, we must not be so afraid of politics as to let politicians destroy us. Tbe English Wesley ans pursue their calling as a pure and un worldly Church with singular fidelity* They have, however, and have long had. a Committee of Safety, charged with the duty of seeing that the connec tion suffers no harm from unfriendly legislation; and more than once it has thus been saved from unequal and op pressive measures. Dr. Kyergon led the Methodists of Canada in the famous contest over the Clergy Reserves ques- I tiou, when it sought to discriminate against and degrade Methodists and other 'Dissenters,-' even to a point where they could not perform a legal marriage cereutoey among themselves. It was a long and hard contest; biu by spreading light and by engaging lawful combinations, tbe right prevailed. Otherwise, the position and usefulness of Methodism in British America would have becu very different from what it is to day. Baptists, Congregalonalists. and Presbyterians shared iu the benefit of that victory. Christian people, and Methodists with the rest mean to maintain the Christian Sabbath, to restrain drunken ness, and to promote higher education under religious influence. It may be a question bow far they can properly go. j invoking State legislation in favor of these objects; but they surely cannot look with indifference upon a legislation which arrays itself against them. As things are drifting, every Church col lege in South Carolina, Virginia, Geor gia, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas must sooner or later go to the wall. uMethodtst.or Baptist people canuot com pete with themselves as citizeus?work ing in the latter character by taxatiou, with all the taxable population superad ded, and in tbe former as a fractional part of tbe population by voluntary contribution. ' Not a. few thoughtful persons take the : ground that States sod municipal cor porations sbocid coofine their work to j the conmion-school education, and that j with colleges and universities they prop- j erly have nothing 'to do. Primary in struction?including what has been facetiously styled the three ITs, reading Writing and rithinetic?is almost a natu ral requisite for cititzenship. man who caouot write bis ballot, or make out a civil summons, or read a legal ad vertisement, is badly equipped for even tbe lowest sphere of life. Society owes to itself and to him that such disqualifi cations should not exist What is neces sary for all should be free for all. Eren enforced atteudauce upou instruction, to this extent, has its arguments. Be yond this, mouey belongiug'to the pub lic may not-go. ? People must not starve; but tbe public purse may not be drawn upon to feed them on turtle soap and plum pudding. It is communism or agrariautsm to give A. B. and C, a classical education, or fit them for pro fessional life. As well tax the public to give them a house or farm, or to set them up in business. The key of know ledge has been put into their hand by the common school. If they have taste or aptitude for greater things, they may be left to make their way up. It is, moreover, held to be bad politi cal economy for the State to charge it self with doing that which, if let alone-, religious zeal and private munificence can aad will do as well,and eveu better.? There is a class, not without activity and influence, who affect breadth and j eie vatio*, and in the face of this axiom of political economy> cry out. *'What, must a great State be dependent on sec tarian and private benevolence for'the higher education of its sods!" Their exclamation goes for argument, ignoring the fact that the best literary institu tions of pur country -have had that ori gin. Th? anti-Church'sect is the most bigoted and intolerant of all the sects These gentlemen have a way of getting into the management of ail public trusts, and of dispensing or enjoyiug the pat ronage. If they wish . godless and on sectarian colleges aud universities, "this is a tree country; let them build and run them at.their own expense. It is ask ing too much of a Christian people to do this for them. If, however, the State goes into the University, business let it charge for tu- I ition. With all its resources, connot the State compete on equal terms with the colleges chartered by it, and which deserve to be protected and encouraged, rather than crippled by its hand Aside from economy, the best, if not the only, moral safeguard of a State University is the healthful existence of similar institutions under denomina? tionai patronage. Living men may recollect tbe bad moral atmosphere that infected certain State Universities be fore denominational institutions arose to shame them into propriety. Infidelity, drunkenness,, or profanity, was no bar to a professorship, and the corrupting exploits of teachers were a jest among students. When Dr. Cooper, eminent -for science, was President of South Car olina College, some of the choicest youth of the*State were tainted with his infidelity. -There was no alternative to j a parent who feared to expose his son to that influence but to send btm abroad. With Dr Carlisle at Spartan burg, or Dr Furman at Greenville, a Dr. Coop er at Columbia is impossible. The University was practically closed under the dynasty of Fox and Moses? who was last seen on his way to Sing Sing prison: Wofford and Furman then gave to South Carolinians tbe only home opportunity for college ^education. The control of State Universities is lia ble to perilous fluctuations. - Columbia in vain tried to draw Dr. Carlisle'to'her faculty. They seem de termined to cut away tbe ground from under him at Spartan burg. It is too serious f?r a farce, though one can hardly help smiling at the pre posterous absurdity of offering free Uni versify tuition; where free common schools can hardly ran four mouths in the year. Of the over six millions of illiterates who disgrace and threaten our country, a very large proportion of them are iu those Southern States that are invi ing their citizeus to free Uni versity education ! It souuds well to say, "Our State University is uow open to the poor as well as the rich. The farmer and the mechanic can educate bis son there on the same terms with the millionaire." Look at this a moment. The farmer wants his son to chop out cotton and help gather* the crop for a few months in the year. The mechanic wauts his son in th? shop during the busy season. Offer to them a common school, within ; reach, for nine or teu mouths in the* year, and you offer them what they j want and cau accept. Moreover, could I these boys be spared" for two or three I years from the plow and anvil aud ? work-bunch, their parents cannot afford the expense' of travel and books aud suitable outfit for the University J It is mockiug them to say it is open and free. The rich and well-to-do ujain! get. the benefit of this free tuition, and they are able to pay for it. Agrarianism this of an uncommon sort; it robs the poor for the benefit of tbe rich. When tbe Legislators (practical men) meet, the State Universities must make a larg? showing of numbers for all this money; therefore they take in, upon a low standard of qualification, many boys and girls who ought to be iu j grammar schools. Thus, not only the I colleges are broken down, but a valua ble class of teachers are flauked aud dis couraged who are essential to the higher education?meu who, at their own ex- | pense, keep preparatory schools and j academies; tor why should one pay them | when he cau pass by and go on to the ; State University, so-called, and get tui- j tipti for nothing ? The famous training schools once taught iu South Carolina by such men as Alexius M. Forster aud Moses VVaddell, would meet poor pat ronage, iu our day, anywhere within reach of the State University or Military Academy. What is to be done ? Tbe answer will, I trust, be formulated by those who are better qualified to do it than I jam. The Agents, Committee on Edu cation, and Trustees, in all tbe reports ! aud addresses which ? have seen and , heard in all tbe Conferences, seem un I wilting to recognize the situation. : With singular uuauimity they preface their appeals for aid by magnanimously } declaring they have no complaint against this destructive legislation, do issue with the State Uuiversities that are cut I ting rates, etc, etc; and they concltitie by asking from a few Methodist friends help I in their hopeless contest against tr?men dous Odds. I greatly mistake if this tone and attitude will not have to be al tered before relief comes. Toe daily paper which brought us the news, in Charleston, of the annual appropriation of $37.000, added that it was done by "a diminished minority vote."' The appropriation formerly had been hotly contested; but the opposition was weak ening No wonder. If those most nearly concerned stand with indifference, and even with implied approval, while tbe cord is tightened, can rising men who have Judgesbips, Attorney-general ships, and Senatorsbips in view, be ex pected to sacrifice a career for the princi ple at stake ? The Methodists. Baptist, and Presbyterians, and others, citizens all, who are pledged to a higher educatiou | under positive religious auspices, when ! they wake up to this matter can, irrres pective of political parties, force the State institutions within proper lines; and their champious should beware lest, when this work is begun, it may go farther than that. correction of abuses wilt be accom panied by a few things concerning those who take part in it. 1. They will make up their minds not to be popular with certain men and newspapers. 2. They T?ill>not act like a boy who throws a stone ata hornet's nest, and then runs. Steady, systematic move ment is required. Polititions will soon detect this and give way. 8. Tbe religious weeklies, planted as they are at controlling centers, will dis cuss the subject in a religious way? calmly^ fairly; avoiding intemperate ex pressions that may furnish- catch-words to demagogues in the opposition. few stroug secular papers will join them in giving light on the subject. . 4. All personal compliments and flat teries will go for nothiog, while th? friends of reform refuse to be divided until "their righteous eoii is gained. 5.? The end will surelj be gained, to the advantage of true education, and to the benefit of Church and State. P. S. The Conference assessed upon its congregations $4,000, in aid of Wof ford College, during the year. That noble institution- must be sustained, and I trust tbe amount will be raised for its curreut expenses, and tr .t the Endow ment will go forward For, while pros pects are gloomy under the preseut sui cidal acqoieseoce, 1 do not believe that, in South Carolina and elsewhere, it can last much longer. In the better day coming let our Collegesbe fouodstandiug in their lot, and ready for even greater usefu I u ess.?Condensedfrom Nashville Advocate. The Mackey Romance. Some tweuty odd years ago thnre dwelt in California a family of three per sons, father, mother and daughter. The latter was a mere child. AH- were youug. The father was a physician, Uufortunately. he injured his uot very extensive practice' by intemperance. His habi s became so dissipated that his poor wife, despairing of his reformation, and also of the possibility -of independ ent action on her own part to secure support for herself and cbild, proposed a separation. Tbe man agreed to it; but he was not put out like Kip Van Winkle. He was assured that while he lived she would uever cease to help him, and that when he mended his ways their old' relatioos should be restored. He departed to cure himself, if possible, and become worthy Of the woman who, sorely ' beset, undertook tbe maintain ance of the family. Encouraged by his wife's prayers, letters,' and heroic con duct, the doctor redeemed himself. At least he thought so, and his poor wife was more than willing to believe it. He returned to her home and heart, warmly welcomed back to both. Un luckily, he had either miscalculated his will power, or the demon of indulgence was simply asleep,' and by no meaos dead within him. Re went back to his cups, and very soon the skeleton finger of poverty was laid upou his domestic affairs. The devoted wife unwilling to undertake aD_ experimental separation, and unable to remain where she was, determined to try whap change of scene would do for this miserable man who uat urally kind, talented, and wholesome, seemed to be insanely abandoned'to the devil of stroug driuk. Just at this cri sis rumors had reached California of the Comstock lode discovery, and thither many of the mining population drifted. Across the Sierras to Virginia City this little aud most wretched family journ eyed. The doctor pulled himself together for a while aud did some business, but his health was gone, aud very soon he died. Widow and orphans were left in the very depts of poverty. The gene rous miners had clubbed together to bury the doctor. They made up a purse for the mother and child from time to time, and thus saved both from ? utter deprivation of food, shelter, and raiment. There was at that time, su perintendent of one of the mines, a steady young Irishman, who, from the lowest round? of tbe ladder, bad beguu to push his way to fortune, He was uot theu more than moderately well off, and little dreamed of tbe Monte Cristo casket in store for him. He used to carry the weekly or m ont hl y stipend to the widow, and his visits became more aud more frequent. At last he married her, and her days of fear on the score of poverty were over. She possessed a well-to-do husband, who was master of j his possessions, and certain to mako his I way in tbe world. But in the days of I distress the unhappy woman had resort ed to the morphine habit, and could uot, of her own effort, release herself from it. A youug physician of Vir ginia City, who had recently graduated in France, informed her that if she ! would visit Paris and put herself im ! plicitly under the'care of his old master j there, ber cure would- be guaranteed, j Wbile the husband remained to uncover, j with the present junior Senator from j Nevada,-the ricbrst silver deposit the world has ever knowu. the wife crossed the seas aod submitted to a rigorous medical treatment. It was successful after months of endurance. Meanwhile, ' the famous California and Consolidated Virginia mines were penetrated by tbe husband, and the world-reoown?d bo nanza, of which he was principal owner, made him at least forty times a million are. The wife in Paris, now perfectly cured and blooming, at once rose into j prominence and celebrity, for bow i could the marvel-loving Parisians help I adoring a woman whose, talents and I beauty were matched by such fabulous j wealth so romautically discovered. For ? years this lady, who is no other than ; Mrs. John Mackey, has been a silver queen in the most splendid capital of Europe. She has lived in palaces Noblemen and men of genius bave paid court to her shrine. Now all Paris and therefore all tbe universe, is iu a ferment over tbe marriage of Miss Mackey and the Prince Colonna. Tbe drift is ouptially to Borne, the City of the doul, and'to Italian nobility. It is a miracu* loos bridging of the chasm that lies be tween the mining gulch of the Nevada Mountains and St. Peter's Church, where stands tbe supernal splendor, "the grandest dome that mortal man has painted against God's loveliest sky." Little did tbe widow of tbe wretched doctor of Virginia City imagine that she would roll in wealth, dwell in palaces, be courted by Church and State, be fa miliarly associated with the proudest names of the decendants of the crusa ders, and finally became the mother-in law of a Prince Colonna, whose nobility dates back almost to the time of Saladin. The family name is as famous as any. in history aud tbe heir of the Colonna family has. at 27 years of. age, wedded the daughter of the poor:doctor who fell by the wayside in Nevada, and sleeps ii?s sleep iu that stony desert-?Agusta Constutionalist. The Alarm. Burglars!-' ?rbd Mr Jones. Burglars !' screamed Mrs. Jones. 'Burglars !' screamed the Missee Jones. 'Burglars screamed Ma9ter Jones, as one after tbe other lights flashed in the upper rooms and hastily draped forms appeared at the bedroom doors like the signal figures of a barometer. Jones and son, following each other dowD stairs, ope whh a poker and tbe other with a croquet-mallet, found the street door open, saw a silk umbrella and two hats vanishing around the cor ner, and yelled 'police!' but only the echoes aoswered ; and, after ? careful search of the house and some fomenta tions over the hats and umbrella, tbe Jones family returned to their pillows, though each one declared next morning that be or she had not closed an eye. 'And th? worst of it is,' said Mrs. Jones, 'they'll be here ag?in. When burglars determine to enter a house they always do it.' know a fellow who has a splendid dog that he'll sell,' said Master Jones 'The fiercest fellow ; bite a piece out of you as soon as look at you. I'll get him if you like, and we can turn him into the hall nights.' Thank you/ said Mrs. Jones. "Td as soon have my throat cut by burglars as to be torn to pieces by a savage dog ? 'But he'd know us all in a few days,' said young Jones. 'Pa, don't you think it's the best plan !?the biggest fellow^; you out to bear him howl.' dog is impossible in a city house with only four feet of garden ground,' said Mr Jones; 'but I'll buy an alarm and a pistol ; and keep it louded under my pillow.' Then I shall sleep elsewhere,' said j Mrs. Jones. 'No. sit up all night j every night until I die, before that'shall he done.' 'All women are idiots,' said Mr. Jones. 'All men are crazy,' said Mrs. Jones. 'But you sball have- your way aud shoot your family if you like That always comes, of having fire-arms about. * 'Let them come in and murder us, then,' said Mr. Jooes. suppose you object to tbe alarm, too.' But finally the alarm was decided upon and purchased and attached to all the doors and windows on the lower floor, aud two days after this was done Mr. Jones, being obliged to leave home on business, congratulated himself upon bis promptitude of action. 'With this alarm you are quite safe, my dear,' he said, as he took bis de parture. 'The minute you hear it, open the windows and scream for the police men.' Mr. Jones then stepped into tbe car riage, which whirled him to the train, which conveyed him to a distant city. There ho became very much occupied with certain important affairs, and when he had been absent a month forgot all about tbe burglars, as well as all about the alarm. The letters from home did not men tion it, and so it passed entirely from bis memory; and, as at last he found himself on his homeward way upon a night train, which be had taken quite unexpectedly?tor he had written the day before that be should not be back for a week?it occurred to him that his arrival would be a delightful sur prise for tbe family. He had bis latch key with him. and he quite chuckled over tbe thought of letting himself in and being found snug in bed next mowing. 'Won't there be a time !' said he to himself. 'Ma'll scream. T*he girls?I can bear 'em laugh. And Sam wiil pretend not to be astonished?ha, ha, ha!' So, with his portmanteau in bis hand,- Mr. Jones, having reached home, ascended the steps of bis domi cile and deliberately but softly proceed ed to open his front door. As he did so the alarm was sprung, a racket and jingle filled the house, and simultaneously with that, Mrs Jones, the Misses Jones, Master Jooes, tbe .cook, the chambermaid, and the waiter thrust their beads out -of their respective windows and screamed 'Po lice!' Almost as they did so two clubs struck the pavement and two giants j in uniform seized Mr. Jones by the arms. *Ab, got you this time,' cried one of them. We've beeu looking for you for , some time, too.' 'Let me go,' said Mr. Jones. live here It's a mistake.' ' *Yes I've uo doubt it's a mistake,' ; said the policeman. But tell. them?tell them ; let me | offer proof,' pleaded Mr. Jones. 'They all know me; tell them its Mr. Jones.' c He says it's Mr Jones,' cried the policeman to a nightcap and shawl at i the window. My husband is in Chicago/ said Mrs. Jones. But she peeped out nervously. How I ever, she did not recognize her husband. I Mr. Jones bad left home in a tall bat I and overcoat, but during his absence i he had unfortunately purchased a traveling 'ulster' that touched bis heels, and a cap. He wore, both, as was natural upon a midnight journey. *No I never saw that object be fore,' said Mrs. Jones. 'Do take him away.' 'You'll appear to-morrow V said the policeman. 'You'll appear against him, ma'am V 'Decidedly.- I shall consider it my .duty,' said the lady, and shut the window. Then Jones remonstrated with the policeman, and begged bim to have Mr >Smith next door called, and was told to hold bis tongue. Jones was not a mild man. In a few minutes his wrath boiled over; be attacked the po liceman with his umbrella bravely and was totally defeated He arrived at . the station-house with a black eye and a bruise on his forehead,, and frothing at the mouth with rage, and was lock ed up after having been recognized by several espert? as 'Tommy the Tapper,' a ?Doted burglar, for whose arrests large reward was offered. - His valise was taken away from bim, also his watch and pocket-book. He was shut up in a cell with an intoxicated tramp who bad arrived at that stage of delirium tremens at which snakes are the. favorite delusion, and who took poor Mr. Jones for one, or several of tbem, and iusisted on treading on his head.' In argument and single combat with this gentleman Mr. Jones passed the hours uutil morning, when he was taken from his highly perfumed seques tration and dragged through the bleak streets to a court of justice, where he attempted to explain matters once more, and was still explaining theni without .producing the slightest effect upon any one, when his wife and son arrived. Even then the ulster, the cap. and I the black eye deceived poor Mrs. Jones ; for a few mome?is, and, but for Sam, there is no knowing.- what might have become of the unhappy gentleman : However, Sam came to. his rescue, and the three weut home together in a cab, Mrs. Jones moaoing and wringing her hands ^all the. way, and Mr. Jones threatening to sue for a divorce. He forgave his wife at last, however, but he never forgave the alarm, which he'demolished forthwith. The Bad Boy. "I guess the neighbors will be mighty glad when you folks get off to Florida," said the grocery in an to" the bad boy as he came in with a linen duster on, and ! stamped the snow off his feet. "Such carryings on as you had in church last Sunday night. The minister was in here this morning aodthe says he don't know what to think of your family. ' He says your pa' was taken with hydrophobia iu church, and frothed at the mouth, aud barked like a dog, and the deacons had to take him out and sit down on him. What did it mean, and what in thunder have you got ou a Ii neu duster for in the middle of winter?" "I am wearing this duster to get ac customed to it. When we get 'South we shall have to wear palm-leaf clothes all the time," aud the bad boy wrapped the tail of the duster around his cold legs and backed Up to. the coal stove. "But you'd: a dide if you had beeu iu our pew Sunday-night. You see 1 was reading in a paper about how the Sena tors iu Washington amuse themselves, and there was a story about Wade Hampton's joke on Senator Garland. Hampton eats caramels, and G-ariaud always comes along aud takes caramels off Hampton's desk, and so t'other day Hampton took a piece of brown soap and whittled it just the size of a cara mel and wrapped it in a glazed paper and laid it on his desk, and Garland eat it. It tickled me, and I thought of pa in a minute. When, we go to church pa gets nervous, cause he,can't smoke: and be always wants to be chewing some thing, and-as I always have some candy or something in my pocket, pa reaches in my pocket, on the sly", when he is watching the minister, gets a gum-drop or something, and chews all through meeting. I dou't think it is right for an old man to chew iu meeting, anyway. So I took a piece of soap aod fixed it ju>>t as Senator Hampton did, and put it in the pocket next to pa. In the other pocket I had some sure enough caramels, cause I did not want to get the soap myself. I was chewing right along, atad pa stood it until the minister gave out the sociable notices, and prayed, and when we stood up to sing pa he nudged me for candy. I was. busy finding which song they were singing, cause they all look alike iu the hymn book, and when they got on the last verse pa nudged me again, and I kind of winked my left eye and glanced down totvard my pocket, and pa he had his hand in there quicken: a wink, and he got the brown soap cara mel aud had it in his mouth in no time, and then the choir got to the home stretch, as pa says, and we sat dowu. I guess pa bit right through the soap the first round, for he snorted and said 'yab,' and 1 guess that was what they thought sounded as though he barked like a dog. Everybody looked at pa, so he couldn't spit out the soap, and be held on to it.- An old maid that sits in j front of us turned right around aod j look at pa as though he was a dime museum curiosity, and she never took her eyes off of him. I think a woman ought to keep her eyes off a man loog enough to let him spit out a chunk of soap. Well, you ought to have seen me look at the minister when he gave out the text. Our folks always com pialo 'cause I don't remember the text, j so I was bound to commit it to memory I if I busted. I dasseut look at pa for fear I would snort right ou^ but ? peeked out of the corner of my eye, and ' he. turned red and white and blue, and I he tried to keep from e walle wieg th?1 soap suc s. I thought I should catoip and qui'.Iwheel, right there on the floor. Pretty soon the soap suds and foam be gan to show on pa1 a lip and moustache, and be looked offol I tell you. Every body was looking at him, aud the min ister stopped and looked over bis spec tacles, and just then pa couldn't stand it no longer, and he got up and said 'Yah1 again and walked over some of" my feet and got out in the aisle and he walked towards the vestibule real fast like a man in a hurry to get somewhere, and the soap was making lather enough to shave with, and his upper lip was covered,, and everybody looked at him. The deacons followed him out, and the ushers got there justas he began to throw lather on the carpet, and he coughed, and sputtered, and they thought he was made for sure; and they grabbed hold of his arms, aud. as he struggled to get bis hand in his coat tail pocket for his handkerchief they said, 'Don't let him bite you?don't let him get hold of his revolveri' and they scuffled till pa could get the taste out of his mouth so he could speak, and then be said it. was all right, he had eaten a caramel and didn't know it was loaded. Then all was quiet, and the* minister went oh with the sermon, and pa we;nt to tbe hydrant and turned the hose on his mouth, and after awhile be came in and sat on a back seat, and after church t didn't see him. I hain't seen him yet, 'cause I asked b?ra be fore church if I couldn't go and stay all night with my chum, and be said I could. If you was in my place how would you explain that soap business to pa ? I don't want to deceive him, and tell a lie. I guess I will tell him, it is believed to be the work of an in cendiary,' and then run. Well I must go out and get acclimated to this linen ulster^ before we go to Florida," and the bad boy went out on a hop, skip and jump, while the groceryman looked at bim ?s though he would like & murder him in cold blood.?Peck's Sun. The Stuff that Startles. Few people know what dynamite is, though the word is in common use. It is a giant gunpowder; that is, an ex plosive material, varying in "strength and safety of handling according.to the per-centage of nitro-glycerine it con tains. Nitro-glycerine, wneuc? it de rives its strength, is composed of ordi nary glycerine and nitric acid : com pounded together in certain proportions and at a certain temperature. Nitro glycerine, though not the strongest ex plosive known, be?Dg exceeded in pow?r by nitrogen and other prodccts of chem istry, is thus far the most terrible ex plosive manufactured to any exteuf. N^tro-glycerine by itself is no* safe to Handle, hence dynamite is preferred. It is extensively made and consumed in the United States, under the various names of Giant, Hercules, Jupiter and Atlas powders, all of which contain.any wbere7rom thirty to eighty per cent, of nitro-glycerine, the balance of the com- , pound being made up of rotten stone; uon-explosive earth, sawdust, charcoal, plaster of Paris, black powder or some other substance that takes up the gly cerine and makes a porous, spongy mass. 'Nitro-glycerine was discovered by Salver?, an Italian chemist, in 1845. Dynamite is prepared by simply knead ing with the naked hands twenty-five per cent, of iufusorial earth a d Seventy five per cent, of nitro-glycerine unj?l the mixture assumes a putty, conditici, not unlike moist brown sugar. Before mixing, the infusorial earth is calcined in a furnace in order to burn out all or ganic-matter, and it is also sifted to free it of large grains.., While still moist if is squeezed into cartridges, which are prepared of parchment paper, and the firing is done by fulminate of silver in copper capsules provided with patent expIoGcrs. Nitro-glycerine is made of nitrio acid one part and sulphuric acid two parts, to which is added ordinary glycerine, and the'mixture is well washed with pure water. The infusion is composed of small, microscopic silicious shells, which have lost their living creatures. Tbe cellular parts receive the nitro glycerine .and hold it bv capillary at traction, both inside and out. The earth is very light. Water is expelled from it by means of a furnace, and then, in the form of a powder, it is mixed with nitro-glycerine. Nitro-glycerine. bas a sweet, aromatic, pungent taste, and tbe peculiar property of causing a violent headache when placed in a. small quantity on the tongue or wrist. It freezes at 40 de grees Fahrenheit, becoming a white, balf-crystalized mass which must be melted by the application of water at a temperature of about 100 degrees Fahrenheit.?Cincinnati Enquirer. Had Suspended: 'Ah,' he said, as the door opened, 'but do I address the lady of the house?' 'No sir,' replied the girl, as her face melted a little; *I am the house-keeper.' Um. She is out then7' 'Yes, sir?gone to the skating rink.' 'And the gentleman?' 'He's gone off to a raffle.' Urn. Any daughters?' Two of 'em. sir. Tbe oldest, which is Fannie, is across the way learning how to play eucber, and the other, which is Susie, has rigged up as an ac tress and gone down to have a statu esque photograph taken.' Um. No sons?' 'Only, one. sir, and this is the hour when he takes his boxing lessons. Did you wish to; see any one In particular?'-! Well, I'm taking in orders for the Family Bible, and I was io hopes to se cure a subscriber. Pebapsyou-* Oh, it's no use talking, siri' she in terrupted, as the door began to close. 'My beau brought me in fifteen dime novels last night, and I goto three dan ces a week, and I'm just catching on to old sledge, and really, sir, you had bet ter hit the family next door. I'thiok wc have suspended business in your line of goods.' _' Mr. Elliott Whetstone had a figjit with. Mr. C. M. Hutto, of Orang?burg, last week. Mr. Hutto cut Mr. Whet I stoue. Mr. Whetstone and Mr. Hutto wer3 both drunk. Mr. Hatto was lodged in jail to answer to a charge of ' assault and battery with intent to kill. 1 Mr. Whetstone may get over it, al l' though he is badly injured. A New-PasMoned Flood Gr?te. Dr. E. J. Rembert, of Sumter. re cently exhibited in Charleston; a model of an automatic flood-gate, a new in vention, which can be adapted to mill ponds, rice fields, tidal drains and all places where it is desired to regulate the flow of water through iati enclosed place. The invention is not only re markable for its great labor saving properties, but also for the simplicity, with which it works. It works auto, matically by means of a lever and ie easily explained: '- The gate is'swung between a frame composed of two up right posts.aod a cross-beam. On the top of this beam is placed a lonjc beam which acts asa lever. A bucket with several holes pierced in it ie fastened to the rear end of this lever, and leading from the pond of water to this backet is a Jong trough at tached to the main frame at a desired level. When the water rises above' this level it flows through the trough. and falling into the bucket with a cer tain weighted force, carries down the ? lever and releases the gate1 from ite catch. The gate, which is arranged with wings for the purpose, is then swung around on its axis by the pres sure of the water, and being held up by a short cross bar attached to ine front eud of the lever, leaves a clear openirrg'for the passage of the water. When it is necessary.for, the gate to be closed, or in . other words, when, the water in the pond or whatever place it may be has goiie.dpwo to thV given level, it stops runh?ng'?trouga""? the trough and the water in the bucket pours out through the holes in it. ? The lever being thus lightened of its weight goes up and the g?te f?te back into its place; conjpletely- shot-1 ting off the flow of water. It St? claimed that this gate does away with the old fashioned cumbersome flood gate, which has to be worked by band and requires to be watched night and: day during a'rainy spell. The gate-* was invented by Mr. Jas. ?. Gallo way, of Sumter; .... l , - A Eeformatory for Youthful Criminals/yJ The News and Courier of Friday lias a very interestinig and valuable article on youthful criminals,* which, we- pub lish for the benefit of our readers. Jn commenting upon this it says': : "South Carolina will have accomplished a great deal, when there snail %Q'zk^1h?tY of reformatory for juvenile, offenders, ' It is true that nearly, all these jo^io?e criminals are colorectehildreiu but .this is no cause for inaction, aod.is no safe guard agai*-?t'danger/ There' S^mofe need, indeed; of stringent' measure* of reform with the colored' children iiaan with white children. It would be diffi cult to reform colored children^perhaps, under a suspension of sentence, as in Massachusetts, but there * wonld?&e' a chance for tbem, ami some hope for *bem, if.they.jcouid.be put under' proper * restrictions iu reformatories, instead of being thrust into the penitentiary to become hopelessly ^ueb?sed ?.nS '??pri? ved. There" ?s" ' another*? suggestion which is worthy of noie, although- it is wrde-ofrthe immediate/., subject/.. It. is that, in the managetnen t. of public-iosti tnttons having the care and 'eir?o3y4ot worn entun? children, including the in sane and the blind, deaf aod'dumb, the State should allowwomeoto be repre sented on. the Boards of Control, there b|*?vailiag itself of woman's superior j segment in household affairs" and 'of her knowledge of the wants Of B?r own sexi In some jiuhappy ins tau ces;it has been found that delicacy, on. the part of the female, sobqr&oates,"* n'as stood in the way of their coin m o c ica ting to the' managing board important information necessary to the protection of the inmates. We agree with Presi dent Letchworth in his remark, thai to deprive female, inmates, suffering"either ? from bodily or ment?i: diseases, of that protection which is insured them by the participation of their own sex in ' the management of the institution, is an unwise exercise of power which , must result in unhappiness, if not great in Charlie ?. Brownlee, a,; negro, murdered very mysteriously, Friday, 20th ult., oearC Antr?ville, ?n Abb?* ville Couoty. Trial Justice Harkn?s* held an:inquest' but failed to- find any clue to the murderer.. . The relatives of Brownlee not being satisfied, they sent for the Coroner who held another: in quest, in which a man nato ed John Ale wine was criminated and th? jury found a verdict in accordance therewith.. The heads of th? bank notes of ffiffeV ent denominations are not getferafly known, and very few persona can teU what portraits are on the different notes. They are as follows; On United States ?-?1, Washington; ?2, Jefferson: Ja?kson; ?10, Webster* ?20,; Hamilton; ?50, Franklin; $100; Lincoln; ^ , Gen. Mansfield; $l,000,.:De Witt GUo ton; ?5.000, Madison; $10,000..Jack son. On silver, certificates??10, Rob ert Morris; ^0, Com. I)ecatur;?50, Edward Everett; ?1?0,: Jam?s^VJonr?e; ?500, Charles:cShmner; and ?I;0(K>, W. L Marcy On gold, otes??20; Gar field; ?50* Silas Wright; ?100. Thpmw H. Bentou; $500, A. Lincoln; $l,l000, Alexander Hamilton; "$5.000^ James Madison; and ?10,000 Andrew Jackson. ,Jt is indeed ar mighty severe old bit ter that has no sweet clinging to ita outer vestments. The recent dynamite explosion ' in London was terribly alarming and deeply eare est to the no bility ; but sti4i it has lifted a great load from the shoulders of the m?rt?ed men of that metropolis. Of course ^o man can be expected to carry '& ?* for his wife, now, that the^police have orders to watch aod arrest all package bearers. ? Wayne Powers and fr??rge*Gil?ionx were hanged ?t ' Eaetvtlle^ Vat?flaet Friday, for the murder, of^WS?jfcm Gibson last April, I?oth addressed the ciowd ?ckiiowledgiug tbefr guilt j and exone^tibg^aBah ?ow?xs> .who I was 'also * convicted the^afnjjjo^ j fence, buWeprieve^ ^uwe^^n ? ? pamphlet, confessed havjngattetn^ed 1 to murder his own br?iherla?#roany . others. He ascribed alJ1its54i>e* to \ "whisky, cards and^is#te.V--^?Fesi*.