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Sings wbile the light fades in the weit ?
:i So sings ray fain ung heart while bops fades
from my brees t.
My good man's boat with weeds o'ergroWn,
Lies idly by beside the shore ?
How listless looks it and how loW5
A tangled vine holds f&st the oar'
That never new such months of weary rest
before.
I Oh, where onelong-iost ship .may ,be,
_ If stranded opon* distant lands,
K?r sank Far down, "cone knows bat He
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And holds the waters in the hollow of His
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?Tbe riverirannetb to the'?e??
It giveth without stint or lack ;
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Who stand and watch its silver track ;
The sea, it taketh all/ but^yieldeth Botbing
?iS back. : -
And so, beside the bank I wait.
While linnets trill their lullaby,
And, like the mavis singing late,
I sing while hope doth fade and ?ie,
Slowly- as fades the light from out the
darkening sky.
Emma. A. SmuLler.
[Written for the Watchman and Southron.]
THE WORLD'S PAIR
"MR. EDITOR :. The pecuniary value
of a visit to the World's Exposition at
New Orleans can not be estimated.
Tbose who attend this unique exhibit
of the world io miniature only for sight?
seeing do not go away dissatisfied, while
to the student of the arts, agriculture,
mechanics, - ^geology, or. othersoever
classified Knowledge, there is a super?
abundance of material to engage all
opportunity for study. If classes from
all the institutions of learning in our
land could visit this accumulation of
diversified matter, arranged with re?
markable order and easy -of access, they
would derive a-clearer insight as to the
subjects under consideration than is
possible, to possess apart from the visi?
ble, tangible or audible. Such a visit
under the direction of a skillful instruc?
tor, would be of incalculable advantage,
and might well ocsugy a full term of
four years, should the authorities keep
open ~ doors for so long a time. The
United States Government could do a
wise thing in sustaining the Exposition
at considerable expense for the purpose
of imparting instruction to the youth of
the^ land^we live in. What a grand
national university it could be mad
under management of competent men in
each department!
Of all the Exhibits, the States have
th?' most complete andi and best ar?
ranged. Here we find the various
States of the Union arranged in order
with their resources. After walking
throughout one State and forming in the
mind an adequate Idea of what it is and
what it contains, by easy traosition you
enter another, and thus a complete and
eminently satisfactory canvass of the
whole country is made. It toot tbe
writer all of four days to pass hurriedly
through the govern men t b uildin g. T he
men wnp, have been engaged with so
much care ^and interest putting in pro?
sper ord?r tjie State Exhibits, deserve at
the !fana*s~?of their several common- .
wealths great.honor. It may be said
they - are paid Co do the work. But
such is not strictly true, for the pains?
taking, :patri?iie endeavors put forth in
striving to show to the very best ad?
vantage the resources of each State,
could not be secured with dollars and
<wnts? *Jottb?ir^?oor'beit(s?aid, these
men seemed not to consider the financial
profit to ?ccfW to [themselves from the
Job, but* committecTthemselves faithful?
ly, arduously to secure the highest
>possible* benefit to the State they repre- '
;sente<L . ?~ . ^
Mexico occupies no inconsiderable
j>lace in the picture. The handiwork
of her-dttteus, the workmanship of her
artists and artisans are put oo exhibition
to the^admiring crowds that daily fre?
quent her departments. Within a
.handsomely . wrought pagoda,, separate
from the other buildings, may be seen a
display' of the minerals of Mexico^ that
to the adept in that science furnishes
occasion for instruction,, delight and
wonder.
Japan, with" characteristic pushy has
spared no pains to be abreast of the
foremost of the foreign countries iu
displaying ber advancement in art and
science. The exhibit of Japanse arti?
cles of utility and ornament is except?
ionally good. With business-like air,
and with an eye to business, several
Japs neatly dressed- in American cos?
tume entertain the visitors to their
Space in the main building with interest
and instruction, managing if possible to
send the folks at home some souvenir
of little cost.
China puts her best foot foremost and
scruples not to pu", on exhibition the
process of innaman torture into beauti?
ful littleness the feet of her women. IL
is an acknowldged fact that hts infalli?
bility, the Pope of Rome, unduly mag?
nifies his great toe. So it appears
extremes meet, evea among intelligen?
tes: The Chinese wardrobe occupies
a prominent place among her exhibits.
Here too, may be seen figures persona?
ting the Chinese occupied in several
lines of industry. Confessedly they are
life-like. In this connection may be
mentioned-thongh not connected with
the Chinese exhibit-the Heno Tea
attraction. An attraction truly, for no
other exhibit in tho whole Exposition
seemed so constantly thronged with
visitors. The writer verily confesses it
possessed a peculiar fascination that
drew him thither several times in a day.
To relieve the curiosity of the uninitia?
ted it may be stated that here is ireely
dispensed, at the expense of the pro?
prietor, a most deliciously refreshing
draught, known as Heno tea. hot or
cold as it pleases . you to prefer. The
company deserve the largest success in
their business, for-so generously serving
the crowd indiscriminately. Should
the eye of any. expecting to attend the
Exposition, fall on this article such arc
admonished to avail themselves of the
special privilege of being weighed on
the Fairbank's scales hard by this
famous tea resert, and at the more
immediate comer of the Mexican exhib?
it.
The visitor must needs notice the
fact, and fitly too, that agriculture more
than any other single industry stands
out prominently ia the vastness and
variety of exhibits. Representing as it
does the real basis of national greatness
j ia this hurrying, eager age of the
I world, our owo oatiooality has doue
I herself large credit in giving first rank
j to her yeomanry in the display of the
products of the soil. The bread-win?
ners of other climes may well esteem
this Goshen as the ideal abode of'plenty,
contentment and peaceful pursuits, than
which no happier home is found beneath
the sun.
Horticultural Hall furnishes io itself
an Exposition that will largely repay
the outlay. In the centre of the build?
ing, from the water's edge in a pool
perhaps 30 feet across, issue about 40
I jets of water meeting at one point in an
imaginary dome. From the confluence
of these jets there arises a stream of
water reaching almost the top of the
tower in height, and it falls back in
spray giving an air of fairy workman?
ship to the scene. In either wing of
this glass roofed building are long lines
of tables covered with citrons and other
fruits in the widest profusion and al?
most endless variety, from various
sections of the country. About this
display of fruit may be seen many
kinds of shrubbery aud flowers lending
fragrance and beauty to the surround?
ings. Around the upright pillars
swing in their cages, tropical birds
chiming in their shrill and melodious
voices with the monotonous bum of
human tongues and the ceaseless play
of sparkling fountains. Under the soft
brilliancy of. the electric lights this
place seems enchanted.
The. Art Department vies in elegance
and cost with the celebrated Corcoran
gallery of Washington City. The lat?
ter, lavishly supplied with money and
connoisseurs, possesses a placa second
to .few in the world. And yet this
collection in the World's Exposition is
little, if any, behind it io costliness of
some of the paintings and rare beauty
in portrayal. Some of the pieces would
grace any gallery, and evidence supe?
rior skill in portraiture. As you linger
in this hall and look upon the pictures
there, delineating all phases of animate
and inanimate, creation, yon naturally
feel how near divine is the painter's
art. There can be seen in Mississippi
(Government building) a life-size
painting of superior excellence and deli?
cacy of shade, representing "Ginevra,"
You will stand before the life-like form
of exquisite beauty almost entranced,
and be driven ar~y ouiy by the recol?
lection of her melancholy fate.
To one unused to the buzz and din of
revolving wheels and glancing bars,
Machinery hail in action is quite dis?
tracting. One ponderous pipe conveys
to numberless chests the subtle propell?
ing ether, called steam The power
thus distributed all over the buildings
and grounds is simply immense. The
click and jar of motion is perceptible j
in every part of the huge, main build- j
ing. By this means exhibitors show j
in actual operation the machinery of j
their construction or iuvention, the
manufacture of articles unnumbered,
and the utility of their mechauism.
Very much of the material wrought is
for sale or to be given away as samples
The water works form an attractive
feature of this department.
Between the Government and Main
buildings are to be seen two artificial
islands, and situate upon the smaller
one is a life-saving station containing
the equipments for rescuing seamen
from wrecked ships. There is an in?
teresting daily exhibit of the practica?
bility of the enterprise.
In the California exhibit will be found
specimeus of lumber remarkable, for
width. Plank six feet in width and
susceptible of extra fine finish are to be
seen. The crowning wonder of this
exhibit is a cross section of the Big
Tree, (sequoia giga.ntea'). The block
on exhibition is 18 feet in diameter and
was cut off 96 feet from the base of the
original tree, Calaveras County, Cal.
Its height was 308 feet, and at its base
measured 56 feet io circumference.
Some of its bark is 2 feet thick. The
tree was - felled in 1853 by meaos of long
pump augers. Five men worked twen?
ty-five days boriug it off.
JThe most complete and admirably
arranged Forestry exhibit is to be
found in the" space allotted to Florida.
The base represents the body of the
tree, natural size, with bark on; and,
immediately upon this isa longitudinal
section, one part of which is shown as
nature, another as polished io varnish
or oil. Just above this is a card bear?
ing specimen leaves together with the
botanical aud common name of the tree.
Of course the citrous fruits of Florida
were prominently displayed, though
California was not one whit behind her
in thc beauty of her exhibit in this
line.
The Palmetto State stands pimus
inter pares in the rank of her exhibits.
Our phosphates, rice, and small grain
industries are shown to capital advan?
tage. Her natural history collection
is surpassed only by the Smithsonian.
Your correspondent is assured by the
length of this communication that he
has presumed'upon the patience of your
readers, Mr. Editor ; and in extenua?
tion has but to plead the irresistible at?
tractiveness of the Exposition.
Yours truly. W. A. B.
-i ma -
Qualities of Sound.
Mrs. Minks-'The nurse seems to
have trouble with baby to night. He
is crying yet.'
Mr. Miuks-'Yes bless his little
heart. I wonder what ails him T
Mrs. Minks-'Oh! Nothing serious.
How sweetly shrill his voice is ! So
clear and musical.'
Mr. Minks-'Yes, I-but hark?
These sounds do not come from out
nursery. They come through the walls
from the next house.'
Mrs. Minks-'Mercy! So they do.
Why can't people have sense enough
to give their squalling brats paregoric
or something instead of letting them
yell like screech owls.*-Call.
Josh Billings: "When I was a
young mao I wus alwas io a hurry to
hold thc big end of the log and do all
the lifting. Now I am older I seize the
small end and do all uhe grunting.'*
-^?tmm~-**- - -
"Shall I take your love to your
mother?" said a lady visitor who was
going to see the mother in question to a
little child of three years. "She has
my love," was the quaint reply.
The Best Modes for Preventing the
Exhaustion of our Lands ; and the
Beclamation of the Same.
E3SAT BY R. M. COOPER, READ BEFORE
THE SUMTER FARMERS* AGRICULTURAL
ASSOCIATION, APRIL ll, 1885.
The subject yo? have assigned me
is so comprehensive, it will be diffi?
cult to restrict its consideration to
the limit which your patience might
justly prescribe for an article of this
kind.
To intelligently consider the sub?
ject, it is necessary to notice briefly
the general origin of soil. Geologi?
cal studies teach us that what is uow
soil, was once solid rock.
The causes that could produce such
I results are indeed wonderful when
j compared with processes and events
which we observe in a lifetime, but
nothing marvelous when considered
with the age of the earth itself and
the cycles of periods through which
the changes have been accomplished.
By the successive influences of:
1-change of temperature ; 2-mov?
ing water or ice j $ -chemical action
of water and a:; \ 4~influence of
vegetable and animal life, these rocks
have been broken, decomposed and
disintegrated into soil. The most
importaut of the minerals composing
the rocks from whence the soil is
derived arc viz : Quartz, feldspar,
mica, amphibole, zeolite, apatite,
phosphorite, etc., and these in weath?
ering in the soil give us the following
eight substances, viz : Potash, lime,
magnesia, soda, sulphuric oxide, phos?
phoric oxide, silica, chlorine, and all
of these and only these (with traces
of alumina, iron and manganese,) are
fouud in the ash of all well-grown
plants with which we are familiar.
Since all of these substances are
necessary to make the ash constitu?
ents, if any one were wanting or
present in too small quantity it can?
not be remedied by even doubling
the quantity of the other. The ones
most commonly wanting are potash
and phosphoric acid, in consequence
of plants drawing so heavily upon
these, and their soluble compounds
being leached in a measure from the
soil. Each different portion of a
plant will give an ash, with its differ?
ent constituents varying relatively in
amount. If everything else be fur?
nished the plant such as mineral food,
exposure, climate, " &c, one other
condition must be complied with,
that of furnishing sufficient nitrogen?
ous food.
Now a soil fails to be productive
when one or more oiUbese substances j
are. warrtfng," or present in an inade
quate amount. To determine which
substance or substances exist in in?
sufficient quantity for the full devel?
opment of a plan!, is the real question
we are to deal with.
It was once thought that a chemi?
cal analysis of the soil would furnish
a direct and conclusive answer to
this question, but now it is generally
conceded that analyses of soils for
this purpose are of little or no value.
It fails to answer thc question for the
following reason s :
1st-lt ?6 difficult to get a repre?
sentative specimen, lt may either
be accidentally enriched- or impover?
ished.
2nd-We do not know what is the
strength of the solvent of the soil.
The reagent used in analyses may
reveal au element present, which from
its insoluble combination in soil, is
unavailable to the plant.
3rd-A.substance may exist in
such small quantity in the soil as to
be inappreciable to chemical test,
and yet be in abundance for the de?
mand of the plant.
4th-Owing to the retentive power
of the soil it is impossible to wash
out all of substances soluble in liquids
of the^soil.
Now if we could determine with
accuracy the "Bed Rock" from which
the soil originated, an analysis of it
would give the constituents of the
soi 1, with . its soluble compounds in
lesser amounts, (some having been
leached out iii the process of weath?
ering). But it is difficult to identify
soils with rocks.
The surest method is by practical
experiment. Use a single crop on a
piece of laud and apply single ma?
nures aud note accurately the result.
Or plant diff?rent crops making
different demands upon soil and
noting which do well.
Should a crop, that is known lo
make a heavy demand on the soil for
potash, succeed well on your soil,
you could resonably conclude that
your soil is not deficient in potash,
aud in compounding a manure for
such soil care should be exercised,
only, to apply that substance in pro?
portion to the draughts made upon it
by the growing crop, to prevent its
being exhausted in the soil below the
point necessary for remunerative cul- j
tivatiou. lt is au error to suppose
that all soils, however barren, can be
improved. I mean improved to a !
point of remunerative cultivation. |
Some soils which have been disiute- j
j grated from rocks naturally poor in j
j mineral food and, added to this in |
j many instances, have poor exposure j
i for heat, ?LC, cannot be improved to j
j a point of remunerative cultivation, ?
but were intended doubtless to grow ?
only such vegetation as wc find na- j
ture adapt6 them* for But 1 hold !
that any soil originally good, with j
good exposure for heat, Sic, however |
j much it has been exhausted from
Continual cropping, can be brought
back to its original fertility.
The natural growth is a fair indi?
cation of strength of soi!, as is ad?
mitted by ancient and modem, ob?
servers, oak, hickory, ?fee, indicating
best lands. This indication is not
trustworthy unless ?ve lind the
growth to abound. If we find a plant
i multiplying and flourishing in a
J ground that is undisturbed, we may
j infer that its ash constituents are fully
! supplied by that soil and that any
j other plant making an equal or less
! demand can be supported by the
1 soil. The growth of weeds, when
I that growth is abundant, eau furnish
I valuable information as to the coin
! position of the soil. As with natural
1 growth, wo would expect to lind ou a
j soil that was scarce of any mineral
food, weeds that make small demands
for such food, and should we find
weeds known to make heavy de?
mands for certain mineral food grow?
ing in abundance, we may conclude
that such food is also sufficient for all
other plants making equal demands.
Fro)'. Dunnington of the University
of Va. has made analyses of several
weeds, which, owing to their wide?
spread occurrence, are of considerable
value for reference in this connection.
I have here copied a few of these
analyses, taking the table where sili?
ca, alumina, iron and manganese ox?
ides are left out in the calculations,
not because they are non-essential.,
but to obtain a better view of other
more important substances which are
more frequently wanting io soil. I
have selected.
1. Broom sedge-beard grass, in?
dian grass, purple wood grass.
2. Wire grass-dog's tail grass,
crowfoot, crab or yard grass.
3. Blue thistle-blue weed, blue
devil, canada thistle.
4 Potato weed-Carolina potato,
prickly night 6hade, horse nettle,
sand briar.
5, Purslane-pot-herb, portulaca.
6. Sumach-common sumach.
. 7. Sassafras. * I
8. Kag weed-bitter weed.
9. Mollien-common mullien.
10. Dock-broad-leaved dock..
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b ? b to *. b ?J Purslane. ?
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Jsumach. ? S
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to cc-- ! >y
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CO to C7? -J -4 CO Ci j [> .
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to CT to CO 00 W ' tu
to b b b cc cc b ; Raff T eed. 2
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CT O CC CC 05 -J CC
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Dock.
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From an examination of above
table, some-conclusioiisjiay be.drawn*
which, though ttfeylnay not be abso?
lutely tnie, st ill are in a high degree
probable, thus :
Where broom sedge, mullien or su?
mach grow abundantly, the soil is
probably sufficiently supplied with
potash, not needing other ash constit?
uents than phosphoric acid.
Where sand briar grows in abund?
ance the soil is evidently well sup?
plied with phosphroic acid.
Where purslane is found in abund?
ance is evidence that the soil is good
and evidently contains a sufficiency
of potash.
So upon the examination of the
abundant growth of other weeds, in?
formation equally probable may be
obtained. You will observe I have
endeavored to emphasize that the
growth be abundant. A sparse growth
of any one may exist anywhere, and
its presence indicate nothing of prac?
tical value.
The mineral food for plants exist in
the soil in two forms. One soluble in
the solvents of the soil, and the other
insoluble. The insoluble, however,
are annually weathering into soluble
compounds. Plants get their food,
directly, only from the soluble por?
tion and by continuous ?roppiog of
any one crop, lhere is great danger
of exhausting the element upon which
that crop draws most heavily, faster
than the insoluble portion eau sup?
ply it. j
It is recorded that Mr. Lawes of
Rothamstcad, England, raised more
than 20 successive crops of wheat I
on the same laud without fertilizing, j
The first crop yielding 15 bushels
and the last 17 1-2 bushels per acre,
the average being 16 1-4. Few of
us, I think, have soils that will stand
such severe test.
One of the most important princi?
ples of good farming, in rn}7 opio ion,
is that of systematic rotation of crops.
Some of the advantages accruing
from this system are,
1st. You present to the soil, in
turn, different crops making different
demands on soil and thus lessen the
danger of exhausting any one of its
mineral substances.
2nd. The rool6 of different plants
enter the soil differently. Some feed?
ing from lateral while others feed from
a strong tap root as well. Now snell ?
plants which feed from a considerable j
depth serve two beneficial purposes, j
Besides drawing some of its mineral j
food from the depth of the soil, their i
roots penetrate the "Hard Pan," j
(which often forms just below the;
level of plowing and is nothing more'
nor less than soil reverting to rock |
again) thereby assisting the drainage j
and capillary action of soil
3rd. lt enables you to study and
become more familiar with your soil, j
lu attempting to renovate soils that
have been exhausted, I fear that
many a lori ot fertilizer has been ap?
plied from which we have reaped no
return. Not because there was no j
merit in the fertilizer, but because we j
applied it iud isa eel ly. A soil that !
has been exhausted of mineral food ?
and deprived of its organic and :
nitrogenous substance is in no condi ?
lion to be improved by direct applica- j
lion of commercial manure.
We must first build up a soil by
the use of green crops, and aa Dr.
Page emphasizes, a liberal use of
lime. Lime is considered an excel?
lent application for all soils not abso?
lutely calcareous Besides furnishing
! a mineral food for the plant it pei
; forms some very important functions
! io neutralizing soil and influencing
i thc mechanical condition, rendering
i 6oil more fi ?able and powdery.
1 am one of those who lean hard
; upon the pea crop as the surest, cheap
et?t aud most effectual renovator of
! the soil; Alter seeing that the (Ira
! age is sufficient, 'most any exhaust
soil which has become exhausted
cropping, will respond well to lei
lizers after first having obtained'
good growth of pea vines and th
given a liberal dressing with lin
I believe the pea to be to us wh
clover is to others. With the use
j lime it will, I think, form the bas
for all other improvements.
Soils vary so much from one plan!
tion to another and even on a sing
plantation we often find several v
rietie8, it is impossible to give ar
general method of treatment, so th;
each farmer lias to study expenmen
ally and learn the nature of his ow
soil. This is the most difficult las
a farmer has, and it furnishes a fiel
for the exercise of all the brain an
energy lie can muster. But I believ
by patient, painstaking and releutlet
experiment a degree of knowledg
will be obtained, sufficient for a
practical good. I believe that b
more thorough devotion to farming
our lands can be made to yield muc
more abundantly, and so far as agr
culture at least is concerned not a fe\
of us would be ready to rebuke thos
who hold to the degeneracy of al
things and who continually refer t
the prosperous and halcyon days o
our fathers. "Say not thou, what i
the cause that the former days wer
better than these ; for thou dost no
enquire wisely concerning this."*
What Our Editors Say.
A Question of Propriety.
Newberry Observer..
Some friend has sent ns a copy o
Bishop McTyier's letter and the Grier
Simonton controversy on the Soutl
Corolina University question in pam?
phlet form. These are kind friends and
Bishop McTyiere and Dr. Grier are
good and great men, but it strikes us ii
they would preach Jesus Christ and Him
crucified and let South Carolina politics
alone, they would find more congenial
and profitable employment.-Pee Dee
(Marion) Index.
We have seen that sort of stuff be?
fore. In some quarters and among
people of a certain calibre it passes for
exalted wisdom.
Neither of these gentlemen, so flip?
pantly alluded to, is allowing, or has
allowed, South Carolina politics to in?
terfere with his preaching; and there is
not the s.igbest danger that he will.
They are not expected by reasonable
people, however, to renounce their rights
of citizenship, or their right to express
their opinion and to use their/influence
concerning any mj^tef^aTaffects the
public welfare.^
Drx^kier,can pay his taxes to help
support the government, a part of which
taxes, by the way, goes toward build?
ing up an institution as a rival to his
own ; he can bear his proportionate share
of the burdens and responsibilities of
citizenship; when his country calls for
defenders he can go to the front, and on
the field of battle seal his devotion with
his blood-but he must "let South Car?
olina politics alone.'*
Dr. Grier is not alone. Bishop Mc?
Tyiere, Dr. Furman and all other min?
isters must let politics alone. Any
bummer with a half-gill of brains and a
half-pint of whiskey can exercise bis
right as a citizen, express bis opinion
on public affairs and exert a political in?
fluence; but a doctor of divinity-never !
He must let politics alone. Why? ls his
judgment of public affairs not as good
as other people's ? Is he not as well
informed ? ls he not as mach interes?
ted ? Are his views and opinions not
as valuable as those of newspaper editors
or average politicians ?
But a minister should preach the
gospel. Of course he should. The
merchant should attend to bis merchan?
dise; the doctor should attend to his pa?
tients; the lawyer to his briefs, the far?
mer to his crops, and the editor to his
business. And politicians should at?
tend to politics? Isthat the idea? If
so, it is a wrong idea.
Every man is interested in public af?
fairs; and every man has a right to ex?
ert whatever influence his character and
position give him for advancing the
public welfare. The better the man
the better the influence.
But the South Carolioa University is
not a matter of politics It is a matter
of public policy. It is a question
whether the policy is right and just, and
whether it is required by that. Constitu?
tion. Upon this point people differ
The opinion of such men as Bishop Mc?
Tyiere, Dr. Grier and Dr Furman is
certainly entitled tc as much weight as
that of any other citizens.
Praying for Grant.
Abbeville Medium.
.From millions of hearts thc incense
of prayer arises to heaven for the poor
sufferer. Throughout his painful dis?
ease he has shown the most wonderful
patience and christian serenity, and he
will go to his loog accouut we have no
doubt in peace.'
Tbe above is from the Newberry Her
tddand Xcics and refers to Gen. Gra:it.
It is a new view of Grant's character.
We have always bren of thc opinion
that he us an agnostic and therefore prc- j
sumed his serenity was inspire**, by his j
grit and not his piety.
Who is pray i ti 2 for him outsUe of
the Herald and. Xc?cx and Pardon New- ;
man ? In thc latter ease Grant is rep- :
resented to have said that he didn't
suppose that the prayer did him any :
good but he did not wi&h to hurt the j
Parson's n-clinjrs
We think it very wrong to set Grant
up as a Christian and a generous and
kind hearted man because he has never
been anything of the kind. There isn't
an editor in America who can prove it..
Neither are people down on their knees
! praying for him. No day of National
I fasting has bceu appointed. No spe?
cial services have beeu hel l in any of
the churches so far as we have seen
All this pretty talk is sentimental and
while wc are sorry to see any mau die
' as Grant is g)\n<z off. we believe for the
truth of history he should bc held up
before the people in his true character.
To bring the matter to a point let
any one tell what Grant has done to
commend him to thc honor and respect
of thc wisc, patriotic and good. Has
he built any churches7 Has he en?
dowed any educational institutions ?
, Has bc helped any of God's poor ? Hai
j he given heed to any cry of humanity
Didn't he violate every principle
American liberty, daring his two tern
as President? Didn't he protect tt
thieves and jobbers who surrounded bia
and distribute pardons to the scoundre
who preyed for years upon our peop
and robbed the widow and the orpha
bf their substance ?
It is due to the good, the virtuous an
the patriotic that this thing should b
put down right.
A Darlington Invention,
' :*- Darlington News.
With- th? intensive system of cotto
planting, and the improvement of im
pl em er. ts for cultivation, planting an<
preparing for m?rket, the problem o
picking has never been solved, ezcep
by the use of the hum?n fingers. Tb
Mason Cotton Picker, of which so mud
was written and said some months ago
seems to have come as yet to naught
and the problem seems to be as far fron
solution as ever. Stil1 a machin? ca'i
and will yet be made ;o do the "work
and with this idea in view, R. K.
Charles, Esq., of our county and ?
practicing lawyer, has for some tim?
been perfecting io his mind such a ma?
chine. Ile has had it patented and from
the description and drawings, we find
that the machine is mounted on wheels,
to run astride the cotton row, the right
and left portions running independent?
ly. The main part of the machine,
that which picks the cotton, consists of
a number of gibbous shaped plates, cov?
ered with picker teeth,"somewhat like a
cotton card, the plates revolve at right
angles to thc row, and 'between the
limbs of the plant. The machine also
has a variety of parts to conduct the
cotton to the proper receptacles after it
is caught in the pickers. The machine
is simple in construction, not liable to
get out of order, and shows in its con?
ception, a close study of the work for
which it is intended. If any machine
can pick cotton, we judge that this one
will, when perfected.
The Murderous Pistol.
Camden Journal?
We believe that the pistol is the most
useless implement ever devised or made
by human ingenuity. It was made es?
pecially for taking human life, and
nothing else. It is fit for nothing else
It is an instrument of the devil placed
in human hands io order that men may
destroy each other, and bring woe and
suffering upon thousands of innocent
women and children, besides filliog onr
penitentiaries with convicts and furnish?
ing victims for the hangman. Not a
maU'tiome^^
accounts of the murderous work oTtbs
pistol, in the hands of evil doers.
There is a heavy penalty for every one
who may be convicted of carrying a
concealed deadly weapon in this State,
but notwithstanding all this there are
numbers of persons right here in our
midst who call themselves gentlemen
and lawabiding citizens, and yet they
are guilty of lugging around with
them these instruments of death and
general cussedness. We sincerely trust
that our Legislators may yet be able to
muster up courage enough to legislate
the infernal implements out of existence
-or practically .so. We would like to
see it tried, anyhow.
Chicago News.
The person who has been appointed
postmaster at Indianapolis is said to be
the oldest human living male being on
the American continent, having origi?
nated among the mountain fastnesses of
North Carolina some time prior to the
dawu of the nineteenth century. His
name is Aquila Jones. Aquila is a
Latin word-a common noun of the first
declension, feminine gender. Original?
ly, it was written Aquilla, bot at the
time of the invasion of Britain by Ma?
jor-General, J. Caesar the name drop?
ped the last "1." One Aquila Janus,
was a ccnturian in Caesar's Roman
army, and such was his valor that his
effigy is up to the present time intro?
duced iu all the stirring mimic battles
in which Lawrence Barrett, Tom Keene,
and other classic actors utilize a Roman
army. Old Aquila Janus-or Aquila
Primus, as he is called by Latin histor?
ians-was the great grandfather of the
Indianapolis postmaster. As thc cen?
turies rolled on, Janus became corrupt?
ed to Jon us and anglicized to Jones.
Among his family relics Aquila Jones
has a sword and scabbard which his
great-grandfather captured fron Ario
vistus. king of the aboriginal Germans,
and subsequently used with conspicuous
valor against the heathen Britons.
Salem All Right.
In our news items some time ago we
mentioned the fact that some miscreant
had cut the mill-dam belonging to Capt
Pat. Gibbons, who is known to many of
our readers. The following from the
Clareudoo Enterprise tells how his
friends treated him while in his ??rouble.
The friends of Captain P. M. Gibbon,
assembled themselves together at his
mill and viewed the damages caused by
some malicious person or persons in cut?
ting his mill dam which was cot only
very damaging to him, but also quite
detrimental to the public travel, and
also to the community in which the
mill is located. They therefore resolv?
ed to repair the brrach, and restore to |
the people, public travel and also the
benefit of the mill to that neighborhood, i
?nd on Monday the 10th inst., the fol- j
lowing named geutlemen gathered at.
the place, viz : the two worthy Bache?
lors, II: G. Dennis and II. F. Laven?
der, with Daniel Vapor, J. W. Du
Hosc, J. T. Gibbon. W. EH Gibbon,
J. P. W. Gibbon, IV. M. Mollette, T.
M. Dcard, J. P. Gibbon, W. T.
Welch, R. J. Coker, Ashbey Hudson, !
H. S. Flemming; J. W. Gibbon, and ;
Joe Brand, colored, with mules and '
carts, spades aud shovels They went
to work in earnest, and in five days'
work they repaired thc breach. It is
said by some of our oldest citizens that
thc dexterity of thc work surpassed
anything of the kind they had ever wit?
nessed, and when thc work was com?
pleted they al! with one accord denounc?
ed the diobolical act, and unanimously
desired that thc guilty parties be
brought to justice, and that io foto e
they would have more respec for them?
selves, their families, aod .for thc com?
munity in which they reside, than ever
to be guilty of the same or any similar act.
A SkillfuTPr?iessor.
'Ah, hah V exclaimed Prof Sfayo>
Imffjookiog; jap froai a book and turn?
ing to his wife. " ' . """ '
'What have you found, dear?*' "". '.V
'Listen to this from Horace .Greeley :
'I am fully persuaded that if. chopping
wood were " universal, rheumatism and
I dyspepsia would be unknown!7 "
.Well, what of that?' asked Mrs.
Mayor h liff. ' ".' V V ". 5 * *'*' l>
?What of it? Why/ i shall chop
wood, that's what there is of it.
'Did you ever chop wood V " "*'.' !
.Did I ever chop Vd'oS.?'.' Haven't I
been editor of the Woodman" for years ?.
Didn't my article, 'Howto', #tear up(
New Ground,* create Vs?ns?fton'? Of
course it did.. $an?, ? sw,ear that some*
times I believe you are bli?d. '1 Did I
ever chop wood, indeed]/; ?b?vejus?
ordered a cord of bard oak" wood and f
shall chop it myself.' Aside from the
healthful exercise, it will; ??V?- money*
? shall order in at f?'be seht op j ?st aa
soon as I go down town.'
When the professor retur'??'d'ardlhner
time, he asked if the ax had come."
.Yes, ?t's out there on the porch/
' Welt, I shall go to work at once.'
*'I hope so. "'We ar? needing some
now, for the weather has turned awful
cold.' / ' "r
. 'Doh'r/fr?tr You shall hive all the
wood you wantl' " '' " : '
The professor' went ont and after "hw
boring three hours, brougfctih two sinal?
sticks that looked 'as though they had
b^en gnawed in two.
?This enoughT :' ?
'Enough' the* Mischief! It's not,
enough to start a fire.' " / . i '
The professor puffed i: and 'Mowed'
awhile, and then weht:,o?? a&ain*; ~r '
Three hours later be came in again
with: two more sticks, . ,
.Tnisuof- : i u
'Of cours?' it won't. We'll have
snow before morning.' - '*"*
'Snow !'' he. exclaimed, wiping his
reeking brow*,
'les, snow. :.
'Well, I don't care if it falls fifty feej*
ieep, I am not going" to chop any more
to-day\ 'Needn't expect a man to kill*
himself just because we are going to
bav? snow.'
Just then a rap came at the door.
'Come itif called the professor, top'
tired to get up. What have you got
there?' .;' /'. , ?; .."
'Ax from the hardware store. Made
i mistake before and sent you a grubbing
joe.* * ./
Mrs Mayorhm?^houte^ an^he
'essor collapsed.-Arka.n1T*~m*^~*
?A
'While- .out ri3!?^nlhe country on"
Monday, we came upon a negro plowi?
ng a milk cow in the field... "You have
i novel nag," said we; "how does she
Fork ?" She's a mighty good worker,"
sah, and steps as lively as a peart'
nule." "How long have you workedr
ier?" "Gwine onto two year. She's
i heap bett?r as a ox." "Do you milk
ier?" "Oh, yes sah. She. supplies
Ie whole family, and gives.a mighty
right o' milk." "? must say you've got1,
a cheap nag." ' "Yes, sab, and a good
ane, too. Back 1 Gee ! Haw !"
And he went on at his work of making'
:otton rows, while we thought how'
much better it would have been bad h?
been planting corn ora turnip patch,
ind to what extremity some people are
forced.-Flor?nc? Tin?s.
If advertisments were allowed on tho
Washington monument'everybody, for?'
wonder, would not want their cards "afc
the top of the column."-PhMadelphia
CaU.- ?: V >?>
4'Did you say that y??r wife nerer
gave you a curtain lecture after you1
came home late at night ?" "She never*
did." "How is that?" "She always
goes along with me when I go oat."
Texas Sifting . . \
'.Where land ts"worth twentydollars,"
an acre, one glass of beer at five cents '
would represent a piece of land twelfe'
feet long and nine feet wide; and tmV
money duly invested in this land would'
be paving the way to a good home and
prosperity all around." J.
A letter from Central Africa saysV
that one of the savage kings of that'
country had been converted, and one of"
the first acts of his new life was to order*
the keeping of the Sabbath*. : Second; ?
he issued a prohibitory liquor law.
Score one for Africa.
It is said that bees will never sting a"
person whose head is smeared with mo-'
lasses. The bother of it is, wheo a man*
has incurred the animosity of a colony."
of bees-, he dosen't have much time to
go home, get molasses and spread it on/
bis epidermis. The old-fashioned wajF
is the best-just run.-Burlington Free
Press. t
In Montgomery County, says tv
Macon (Ga ) journal, there is a pear?
tree eighty-seven years old, which has "
not failed to bear a crop of fruit in over-*
eighty years. The tree was. set opt by
Stafford Davis in 1793. The fruit re^
sembles the sand pear in shape ,acd
fiavor. The tree ia six feet in circnm-:
ference. By the way, it would not be
amiss to state that Mr. Davis is now it
resident of Worth County, where be* re*
moved from Montgomery many years
ago. He is now 10? years old. :He
married four years ago (at the age4 tjf
103) a young lady of eighteen years'ot?
age. Mr. Davis is a farmer, aod made
a good crop last year. He plowed reg?
ularly through thc working season. .,
- ~~j- ' - ?
"A Right Smart Town."
?Yes, sir,' said an en th osiaatic citizen,
of a new Western town, 'we've got a
right smart town, stranger.' 'Why,' be?
continued impressively, 'it's only sir*
months old yet and it's got two hotels, <
forty-eight beer saloons, twenty-seven;
gambiin' places, four drugstores, to Say.
nuthin' of grocery and clothin' sstorefr/ -
and the best half-mile track west of the
Missouri.' - . .
'Any churches ?' asked the stranger.
'Any what?'
'Churches.' - " : - '''?'
'You mean them bui?diu'swith a long
pint sticking up in tue air?'
?Yes.' ' * ' " .*
.No, we hain't got any of the1*j:,
Thar was-some talk about bu>?dtn- o?ey >
but we finally allowed it would look to j
dudish.'