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??m strum WATCH*AK, Consolidated An?. 2, 1881.1 "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends toon Alms't at; ba thy Country?, thy God's and Truth's." THR fltCK SOUTHRON, Cttalrtihe* Jone/ 1866. SUMTER. S. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1885. ill ^^^fj?r^f?!; it: Jfcjfi V ir . -BT SUMTER, S. Two Dollar* per aanuae~io adraace. AS?T??THIItl?Tt. QM*Senate,ftit?saciHtfi mi *1 00 *^25!^^!rS5^ir*?, or loeger willi All ce?awnJoot?oaswhich tobsette prfrat* totereets wiB bedwftd^rata? nithin tts. Obit?arit**ad triWee oTreeaect win bo ofdoathtaaV] Fee job work or contract* for edrert?sing Mfcwi y^tiniin und Sont*T09\ or ?gp! y at tat 0??vtOr r .. fi? OST?W, 1EffB08BA?IMP0fM!Wlir. HC TEST tF TK IRL PRICE BAKING POWDER CO, fcrtmj m wi. Ta? t>u J*y Bmw T?Mt ta. ta? Woe?. .. . SAU rr coocsits. MOST PERFECT MADE PLU mc ?arl struuxeat Natural Froit Fiaron? TMMSDK Larnoo. OnifB, Almond. Boee, otc^ ?kV /or &WU*J?/?O*, i?tbaa, Bronchitis, Dyspepsia, Catmk.&adad*, MiHr ty, Rkcxnudinx, Nenrv?g?a, and a? 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CONRAD Zd?er of ?Luth*** 0eeemr," PhUaiefyhia. ? pHnootLpHiA, Pa., Jurs I,1883. ~ Ja order to meet a natural inquiry is re card to oar proteas ional and personal stand fog, and to giro increased con6dence in "our statements and in the genuines* of our teeti - axmie48 and reporte of euee, wa print the aboTccard from gentlemen well and widely known and of tho highest persona! character. Our "Trrati*- sr. Compound Oxygen," eon tatonga bietory of the diecomry- of and mod? o? action ct thia remarkable curative s ?feat, and a large record of eorpruing coree ia Consomption, Catarrh, Neuralgia, Brooch i ?a, Asthma, etc., and a wide range of Chron? ic diseases, will be rent free. ? Address Des. ST?RKET * PALEN. 1109 A HU Girard Street, Philadeipnia., Pa. F. H. Fotaovn, I* W. Folsom. -KSTAB'D 1888. F. H. F0LS01 & BRO. Practical Watchmaking and Jewelers, Main-Street, opposite John Reid**, SUMTER, S. C. cr WALTHAM ?S docks, S?iermrs% Jewdru, Spectacles, Cutlery, Fishing Tvc?tle, Violin Strings, Machine Nettles, Oils, Ac. Bepairiog of Watches, Clocks aad Jewelry promptly dote and aafiifirtioa guaran teed. TOM 803tBBODY>8 SAKS. As om life's mountains and rales Oar pilgrimage jon ni ey we take, We ?dd to oar trouble end cere, A ed beerier bardens we beer tot somebody's sake. Tboogb deeply we're wounded by grief, ? Tboogh the heart amy cooriaoe to ache. Oar sorrews we keep oat of tight. And oor faces are smiling and bright For somebody's sake. We labor and toil all toe dar, And many a sacrifice make, . And at sight maj be weary and worn ^ With the trials we're cheerfoUr borne For somebody's sake. Tbongb bambie oor dwelling mae be, Tboogh simple the food we partake, . Oor happiness may be assured, A ad poverty's ills be eo?ared - ;'. For somebody's sake. What wonderful tasks we achieve ! > What wonderful deeds oodertake I ; AadAow sweet is the r ictotm woo, L Wheo all we're accomplishedwas dose ?i For somebody's sake 1 The straggle that's owly for self No joy among angels may wake, Bot the brightest of crowns will be gi re a To those-who bare soffered and striren For somebody's sake. - Jmjiih* Pollard. The True Aims of A^to?txural Ast> cutta* and th? Best way toSuHd np the same? gStAT BX COL J. HAKTIT WUL80X, BEAD SW01S ?stC SUSTKB IQSJC?LTURAL ASSOCIATION, AFKIL lt, 1885. ? Appreciating the compliment con? fered through the partiality of your Executive Comm Hfee in selecting me I from among so many of the intelli? gent, and progressive farmers who compose this organization, to read an essay upon a subject fraught with so much interest, tiot only to the mem? bers ofthis Association, burto tel who are engaged in the cul ti ration of the son*. Le; Tba true aime of agricuUu ral associations, and the best way to build np the same. That, I cannot retrain at the outset,' from return? ing my thanks for the honor you do me, and at the same time expressing the unaffected wish, that your choice bad fairen upoirooebetter calculated to do honor to you, to the occasion, and to himself. While the simple announcement that the primary object of all agrical ttrralasaocte?oos, ia to develop and foeterlbe agncuituraf industries of the country is literally true, it fails to satisfy those who are earnestly 81:ri? ving to |baiM t?? agriculturist rap, to lilt him from the low plain, wl?en "alas too many who pursue the vocation of farming are forced to remain, sud place bim in that higher sphere, where God in the pleuitude of his goodness intended him to dwell, and make him not only a blessing but an honor to society. U &volve*jnpon us togo further and show that these association? un? der proper conduct, not only add to pnrjnsteiisl prosperity, but that they contribute-to our social enjoyment, and extend our influence. I conceive that it comes within ?he legitimate scope of an essay upon thia subject, to show some of the causes which conspire to keep the farmer in this fallacious position, and. to point out, what seems to be in our bumble judgment the remedy. It is not my purpose on this occasion to burl, anathemas against, or; heap in? vective* opon tooses.engaged in other pursuits. We know that outside the pale of agriculture, there are sharks and sharpers who take advantage of tba necessities, and practice opon the credulity of the fanner, bot we realize also, that net connected with agri? culture, there are many who are real beoeactors.of the human, kind, and to ailtnch we extend the right hand of fellowship, and bid them God speed iff their efforts to build np the waste places of the land. I propose to look thc subject squarely in the nee, and to place the fault where I conceive H mainly lies, at the farmer's own door, and while I shall discuss it in a plain and candid manner, I shall be guided I trust by that spirit of fra? ternal charity which should ever characterize the efforts of those strug? gling in the same great cause to at?! tain the same great ends. Prominent ? among the causes which combiue to ] keep many of our farmers in this al- ; most servite condition, is the want of jj concert of action. The necessity for j organized efforts, seems to be more \ fully appreciated in every other pur- \ suit than that of agriculture, while none surely needs it more. Among farmers, and especially among Southern farmers, there is entirely too greata tendency to individualism,i and too little disposition to unite in concerted efforts for the improvement of agriculture and those engaged in it. We have been siow to learn from the example of those engaged in other pursuits. Look around us and on ? every hand we iee medical and legal societies, mercantile associations, boards of trade and exchange, meehan ic leagues, fertiliser combination? snd a host of kindred associations, while the farmer, who represents the greatest interest in the world is content to launch his boat upon the rough ocean of life, and breast the storm alone, each striving to reach the same haven, but each preferring to go by ; roads of their own choosing. No wonder so many of them are found upon a stranded wreck, lt is true that scatered here and there over the country there are a few agricultural associations, and a few granges, but the paucity of these compared to the great host marching under the ban? ner of agriculture, renders them of but little avail outside of the commu? nities in which they are located. We are satisfied the experience of every one present will bear me out in the assertion, that rr bei er er these socie? ties are found there the greatest im? provements bave been made, and agriculture becomes a more dignified, honorable and profitable employ? ment. When properly managed, thes-.: so? cieties become a fruitful source of in? formation. Here we secure the con? centrated wisdom of many minds to enlighten us upon all subjects ger? main to agrieu?t Etre and farm economy. Is order Stat th-ae ajeceMiont- may accomplish the greatest good? i one connected with them abo made to feel perfectly at hom? that he has a personal right to appertains to it, that it is not by, or ron In the interest of a dividual* and that ?re are not a interested in the brilliant ac j tiona of wit, tbe grand flashes ! quence, or the beautifully rc rhetorical sentences? as we i getting the experience of the sons'of toil in the art of prc* corn andi cotton and all else thi tr ibo te tb feed and clothe the Every member of the asso< should be encouraged to give 1 perience, to report bia succeed bia failures, and thus the moat cient maj learn lessons of profi the experience of the novice, whi beginner will reap untold benefi the adrice, and connsel of thc* have been bearing the beat and den of the dayr fora much 1 time, and will I be thus en ablt avoid the dangers, and abm pitfalls that beset bia pathway. Another cause" which op* against the success of the farra the want of proper agricultural cation, and while it may not strictly within the province ol essay to treat of education tn ag tur?, I hold that it is not only right, bot the duty of societies posed of farmers, who pay more seven-tenths of the taxes to su j the government, to demand of I m authority, that in all of our p schools, and those colleges thal ceive liberal appropriations iron State, that the science of agrien! shall receive that consideration w its importance merita. In orde adapt ourselves to the altered ct tion nuder which we live, and we may reap a fast reward for ot bor, and be enabled to obtain only the mere necessities of life, that we may enjoy some of its < forts, and its. luxuries, nothin more imperatively demanded tba radical change in our system of ed tion* - Progress is the watchword of boor, sod in order that the far may keep abreast of the times, be o be educated for the work, so tbs may properly apply those princi that underly success in his call In every other profession or occi tion those ' iii feudi ng to engage them are educated for the duties fore them. To become a lawyer t are compelled to take a course of strocrion in law', to become a ph ciao they must study the science medicines, to become a mechai study the science of mechanics, w! muter the existing state of? affairs, that is necessary to become a 1 fledged farmer is to obtain possess of a few acres of land, a mule, an few crude agricultural implemei In agriculture the most importan! all sciences, because upon its succ depends thc success of the woi education, though most needed, most neglected. I know that it the prevailing Opinion of many, t a theoretic knowledge of agrieult does not avail anything, that yon < only learn the art of farming by act experience on the farm. Yon mij as well tell me that it does no good study law, that you can only learn be a lawyer by practicing at j bar, or to become a physician practicing upon suffering bumani No, theory and practice must go hs in band. We most learn the theory agriculture in our schools and c leges, so in later years when we coi to apply the practice we will be al to give an enlightened reason for we do. We wfll know from practh observation when and how to pl ou j and from theory why to plou| Then let na make it one of the doti of these associations, to agitate tl matter anti! an entire revolution sh baye been effected ia our system education. '' We might point ont many otb causes which tend to keep the farm from reaping the reward bis effoi seem to merit, such as the too ir ose of the credit system, instead endeavoring of operate upon a cai basis. The all-cotton system instei of diversified crops. The extensii instead of the intensive plan of fan ing, and then show bow it proper comes within the province of agrioi tura! associations, to use their unite influence to effect much needed r form in these matters, but time wi not wat ran tour going iuto detail and besides an essay might v.ry pr* pedy be written on either of the? subjects, and I have no doubt tie will receive from you proper atten tion at the proper time. Admitting then the importance an I might add the necessity of these ai sociations, let us briefly address oui selves, to the investigation of hoi they can best be maintained. Tb first thing to be done, is to adopt constitution and by-laws founded npo i justice and equity, and see that thei j requirements are strictly compile? with. Embody in that constitution th? doctrine that the society is establish ed solely in the interest of agriculture and that none can ever obtain con trol of it, bot those actively engag?e in the cultivation of the soil. Tin grange started out under the mos favorable auspicies, the country wai ripe for just sachan institution, but it many places it bas been destroyec and its influence everywhere itnpairec by admitting to its membership thoa who were not identified with its in terest. Let os profit by the ex peri euee of that institution and shun tbost errors which have almost proven dis astrous. Let us not present the ridicu lous spectacle of having an agricultu ral society in name, run by profes sional politicians, wire pullers and tut like in their own interest. 1 have nc words of condemnation to uttei against politics or the politicians, on the contrary I bold that it is the duty of every good citizen tc take an abi ding interest ?j everything pertaining to the welfare of his country, and tc be a live waker in promoting he! advancement, but we mu*t all be taught to abide by the doctrine, a time and place for every thing, that here we meei as farmers, and not as j politician S?d tiiat lu* w?o would attempt to nee hts influence in the society ss a stepping stone to his own preferment mott be required to "step down and out11 Here we should discuss all subjects pertaining to the farm, and strive by every available means within our power to add dignity to the profession. Agricultural exhibits, and agricul? tural fairs should be held under the auspicies of agricultural associations, but in order that the associations may be benefitted, and the mira themselves, made a success, too great care cannot be taken in the management of them. The officers should be men , above reproach, and all of the com? mittees on the various exhibits, should be those whose very name would war? rant fair dealings in the smallest af? fair?.. 1 believe that we should ban? ish from the fair grounds, drinking saloons and all "fakir" arrangements and everything calculated to. impair the morals or the dignity of society. I hold that it is never right to do a moral wrong for a pecuniary consid? eration, and besides I am not satisfied that your revenue will be diminished by the abolition of these establish* menta. * I know that some who are patrons of the mira where these insti? tutions are alllowed, will be conspicu? ous by their absence. On the other hand many who keep aloof on account of the existence of these evils will become zealous patrons, so that all losses from one source will be more than counterbalanced by the gain from another, and besides we will have the consolation of knowing that we are working in the interest of moral reform, and that we are con? ducting a fair where the purest of the pure can come without the slightest chance of having their delicate sensi? bilities shocked. The women woold approve this course, and take a much deeper in? terest in the fair, and I tell yon that without their influence and their aid you cannot attain success. And right here may I not remark that I believe it wonld be a good thing to open the doors of these societies to the wives and daughters of its members, and admit them as auxiliary members. I am no advocate of woman's rights outside of woman's sphere, but hold that this is her proper sphere. Agri? culture is of Divine origin. When God crested Adam, be made' bim a farmer, He planted a garden and gave it to him to keep, and he soon saw that it was not good for him to be alone, and he made woman, and expe? rience has taught us that it ja as po? tent a truth to-day as it was when it fell fresh from the lips of Jehovah. "It is not good for man to be alone," and besides, I believe our Southern women, (and God never made any other just like <hem>) are as deeply interested in solving the problem of how to make a. apport for ihose de? pendent upon them as the men are, and every one present, I doubt not, can cal! to mind instances, when death having robbed a family of the father, the mother with a heroism worthy the cause, assumed control of the farm, anjl managed successfully to feed, clothe and educate Isrge families. The trials sod the heartaches through which she bas bad to pass to accomplish it, is known only to her? self and her God, for in ncr trials among the many other virtues she has learned the lesson, to suffer and be still. If admitted into your so? ciety, her presence will add charms to every occasion, and ber influence will redound in lasting good. I might point out other means well calculated to maiatain these societies, bot I am admonished by the length of this essay, that I have already taxed your patience, and white I am aware that 1 have not brought to bear upon this subject any very new or original ideas, if I have succeeded in impressing upon your minds the im? portance of putting into practical operation, truths apparent upon re? flection to every intelligent thinking mind, my object has been accom? plished and my desire gratified. BILL ?BP. Chats of tho Affairs at Home. [From the Southern Caltivator.J I was thinking about the odds and ends of time bow they may be uti? lized ; not the days nor the hours but the minut?e. It is wonderful what a habitual use of these scraps may ac? complish. There sits my good old mother knitting, for it is all she can do now, and while she talks and lis? tens, her needles are crossing the stiches and every day or two there is another pair of socks or stockings for some of thc grand-children, and they are better than any that come from the stores. And there sits my wife with her day's work done, her sewing sud patching and darning and cleaning up and helping nurse the grand-children, and hearing Carl and Jessie say their lessons, sud now she is resting in the same old corner, but she is working still, for she, too, has her knitting and though the sock grows slow it grows sure, and the stiches run with tho moments and keep up with them and there is no time lost or wasted. We men come in from the field, or the shop, or the store and sit down and do nothing ; we smoke or talk or read thc papers ; but the old mothers are busy until bed-time and make no fuss about it either, lt is a world of work to keep the clothes in order and to keep ac? count of numberless garments, that go out and come in fruin the washer? woman. Then there arc the sheets and pillow-cases and tablecloths, and towels and nobody kuows what all but the mother. The whole economy of life is in lit? tle tilings. Thc farmer tl)inks his cotton bales a big thing, and struts around them with pride, but the pro? fit that is in them don't amount to much. His wife liss saved him more money by her year's quiet unpretend? ing work. A long time ago when I was a boy, my mother experimented in a small way with some silk worms and made a little sum bf money, and she was very proud of her success, lt cost roy father nothing and not much of my mottber's time-she ?eeJed-a few pounds of silk sod sold it for six dollars a pound. A my father thought thc silk busi big thing and he sent off and g tings from the Morus Matti ana planted two it three acre? a year or two they were all rea silk worms, and he built him s story house and filled it full of and hardie? and it took my b and me and all bands to site them, lt was a nasty bushiest wore ns all oat, for ~wfien The i got hungry and began to cruise for breakfast they had to be fe fed all over. So after a while the berries were stripped and the v, were still hungry and my brothe myself bad to get np long before every morning and go five m iL another orchard after leaves am back by sunrise and it wore us but we worried through with it then when the cocoons were all o we had another filthy job-reelio the. silk in bot water and we i 140 poonda and sold it for 5 doll pound and qoit the business. It too big a business ; and so it is many things. They are too big little grist mill on a branch wili e a man a good living, but these ones that roo by steam are risky tares. A tittie country tan-; makes money. Thc farmers' * make money raising common chid and turkeys and selling eggs, these big henneries oWt do m Common folks can attend to 1 things and waste no time nor mo but when a man bas to neglect regalar business, it won't pay. father's silk ventare called him f bis store about half bia time and e be made on silk be lost other way His next ventare was in the gi boiioeaa. He got bim some bc ou vineyards and wine making bow to make ras i ns, and so he plat four acres in English grapes, and ter they got to bearing be prei oat the juice io large poplar trou and strained it and pat it away barrels tn a cellar, and aller so loti time be.sampled it and fonnd he bs big lot of fine vinegar bot no w: He had no better lock with bis i ins, ?nd so be quit that business ; stack to bis store. The store m money-a good deal of money, and ! would have got tich ' but he wai Presbyterian and Presbyterians 1 ? too high when they have a store I their own. They have one custoi ? thai bays freely and never pays, j that customer generally keeps concern on a strain. So he did get rich hot be kept about even t ? we childi en had a good time and kn no wants, and did not learn mt economy. A yoong man ought to i careful about marrying a Presbyter j girl if lier father has a store ; and i young girl ought to be just as care ! about marrying a. Presbyterian b< j .ltira. A rp made that mistake wli ! she took me and I have kept her pc all the time. Wo have- lived w< mighty well, but we are. getting c now and there is not much laid up the feeble days that are to com nevertheless we are by no mes alarmed and we have had a good til and seen our share of happiness, think I know several rich men w have more money and less cootel It is a mighty nice thing to have ri folks ways, bnt I don't know of b one class of people that can risk without danger and those are ri* folks who have no children. If richman bas children ho ought raise them justas though he w poor. If be dosent they will be po some day and then they are in a bad fi 1 bought Carl a pair of shoes abo a month ago and one of them is near worn out now, for it was a Tank* cheat and I have to have it hal?eole bat if I was rich 1 reckon I woo throw them away and boy a ne pair, and that would be a bad le son for Cari. I have to mend tl chairs and patch the window glas and stop the leaks in the roof, and ri np the chimney back, ami. make ne bandies for the rake and hoe, and ? the rollers on the beadstead, and do thousand little things that cost monc if yon hire it done, and all thia household economy and mast t practiced by ordinary folks, or the will come to grief. This is one < the advantages of living in the com try where carpenters are not handj Every farmer ought to be his own m< chanic as much as possible, and teac his boys economy sud cont ri vane? Little things make up life-litt! things are bigger than big ones, fe they come ali the time while big one come seldom. About that insect that has a tun ing lathe in its jaws and cuts off tb persimmon limbs, 1 wrote about i my last and 1 have since received letter from Mr. Harrell, an observing friend in New Orleans, who says !n was rained in North Carolina wood and had observed the same thing, arie was for a long time perplexed abou it. But he watched close and long and one day discovered that it was ; large beetle, or what we would call i big black bug. lt had a curved pro jection from each jaw-curved like reap hooks-and on tho inner edge were fine saws or notches like ver} small saw teeth, and when his bug ship felt like taking exercise, grasped the limb between these saws and Iel ali hold lo se and opened his wing* and l9ew round and round I he li ml with a buzz, holding on with his pro jected jaws all the tine, and as he buzzed he sawed, and as he sawed he buzzed, so together it was thc origi? nal uupatented buzz-saw. It did not take him long to make h's mark and cut in to the hcait deep enongh for the limb to fail, and as it fell the bug flew away to parts unknown. Now that is satisfactory as far as it goes, but still the question comes up, 'what for?" My conviction is that the bng had already deposited its eggs in that limb and instinct said the limb must be cut off so that when the egg hatched, the larvae could bed in Hie ground. Thc locust splits a limb and lays her eggs ; thc eggs hatch and thc worm fastens its own web and swings to the ground. But this bug, 1 expect, has no web and so the limb must be cut off and fall. ? i i m -mm*~-+ i e- ? If you are not already a subscriber te the Temprane? WorkervHu? for s taoiple copy. w nat uur x*ut Lura o?y? The Yellow, 8fcarv*d; ??linir, F?r tire Cir? Prom?t Grt**r?k fre1ci. Gol. J. Washington Walu publishes a letter reciting the lotset he hat suf? fered from ear dogs preying on bis sheep and kids, and urging the need of a dog law rn thu State. He it right. We ?an not understand the timidity of tbs legislature in handling the doc question. That body has in terara! matters ignored tbs rights sod withes of the people, sod its reluctante to enact a lair which ?enid be distasteful to only a small and aoioflueotial pro? portion of the roten sod eagerly wel? comed by a large and inflosatial pro* portion U inexplicable. Judge Mackey used to say irs could only raise such hogs as had the speed sad bottom to distance tbs predatory colored brother ia a go-aa-joo-pleate pedestrian contest. It it a tact that our farm erl ssh now keep no sheep unless they are strong and swift enough to defend themselves against or escape from the dogs of their neighborhoods. The dogs constitute the only obstacle between our farmers and a great deal of wealth, especially in the up-country where the sheltered moo o ta in cores ofter magnificent sheep pasturage. A tremendous increase in our horns food supply would be given by Button ; wool would tdd tassy dollars to tbs money crops, and wool manufacturing estab? lishments would give employment to much capital and many bands ia the towoi. Tbs yellow, ?diing, ttsrved, furtive eur, good for no imaginable ute, with complicated and unidentified an? cestry, innumerable posterity and mys? terious means of livelihood stands with tail tight between bit legt and snarling teeth to drive all this prosperity sad wealth from nt, sad scatter mange-and hydrophobia in place of comfort sod dollars. A license of two dollars a year for keeping a dog, with exception io favor of boanda which should be required to wear blockt at night, would remove the trouble and leave ut some sheep. A Good Government. Newberry Herald. The country needed s Democratic Administration, sud it has it. It had been to long misgoverned by a Repub? lican party, whose misti?n wat taxation, fraud?, waste and stealing, and all of this carried on upon the largest and. grossest scale, that the need wat press? ing and it. brought about the election of Cleveland. Reform did the work, brought about the revolution of '84 and turned the corrupt old party adrift, and a part of that revolution it that which sow turoiogJ^tmtjmsM| IjH the new gov^fl the^tj H best m4B B believe and not a tioglel I We are satisfied with it, and every one I else should be. I Stay at Home. Hampton Guardian. Ta those of our people who hare the Florida fever we would recommend the following from that eminent physician sod truthful gentleman. Br. W. T. Bree land, whose viewt of the maeh vaanted "Land of Flowers" have been expresaed in communications io the last two numbers of TJte Guardian. He tami ap and says : After looking at all that glitters, sod conferring with tbs olde?t settlers sod former friends, this it my conclusion sod their advice : A mao who has a horns io Hampton County had better stay sad be satisfied. This can also be construed to meso that it it josi; ss essy for s poor mao to seq aire a home and competency in Hampton county ai it it in Florida, and altogether there is s world of meaning tn the little paragraph quoted above. The aim of those who leave Sooth Car? olina for Florida ts to better their con? dition, but oioe out of ten do not soc coed. They learo that with the*same amount of labor they could have lived easily here, bot io Florida the emigrant is subject to all the discomforts of a change-climate, health, mosquitoes, tropical reptiles, hammocks and labori? ous work. The sweat and toil expended in clearing up land, building, becoming acclimated and wrestling with difficul? ties of which the emigrant did not dream until he encountered them, would have made bim independent on his native bills io old Carolina. The tenth man may rise rapidly, but be would do so anywhere. Very often he bas a pocket? book filled with money and goes into J the busioess of orange growiug, which 1 reqoires capital to make it remunerative ! within a reasonable length of time. I We do not mean to say that Florida j is not a great and growing State, bot we are bound to assert that Sooth Car olios is the better of the two for the very best of reasons. We, tberefoie, beg those who have the Florida fever to consider the adrantages of home and the disadvantages of a removal from the fertile, health-giving hill? and dales of the Palmetto Slate to the malarial re? gions of Florida. Those wbo are in j duttrious cao live as easily and acquit e as much money here as they can in Florida or io any other State.. There i ia a better day coming, we believe, and : the old common weall li is gradually aud surely recovering from the disasters of the past. Stand by the old State. Cleveland and the South. Baltimore Sun. A distinguished visitor vf the Presi? dent called to his notice the record of most of the Federal appointees iu the Soutb, and the urgent necessity for tbe summary removal of those who have vi? olated every principle of civil service reform in using their offices for thc basest partisan purposes. The Presi? dent was informed that the people of the Soutb bad prayed for and htruggled fur the election of a D?mocratie President more in the hope and belief rbat they would be relieved of the bad officur* wbo bad been set over them thau for any other reason. Thc Soutb, he paid, was disappointed and dissatisfied that the President had not up to this time shown ?ny signs of a purpose to ro<oe to its aid rn this respect. Tbe Presi? dent replied that he thoroughly under? stood and appreciated ?ll that^^^Hjen j laid, tod that he waa anasm Bru Ula ?UCIKIVU ?v vuvi? w ?. ?... ? ?..> tant object, at he .regarded Ijt, ts ?ooo ?s^ji?saiblc. ..Bo>f", he . cori tin ned. !;my t?th? ti 00 entirely, occupied tilt .1 hire teen absolutely, .unable to att?fld to s? ti rai matters which I look upon as fupeTj.ttvely argent and pressing." be PreehJent said, tait ?hen, tko Ret?? ate adjoined ..H? . had fan tinder the ?mprew?po. ?h?t: hg would Bate inore lc bm fe, sot saet? iras sot the case, as the Senators were still here, and be was compelled to devote ss noch tisse to them ss em. fie raid the considera*, tion of the diplomstie sppoiormeots had j required long sod careful attention, sod he wa* happy tbs! bis work was com* parstirely disposed of, or stall events tbs apjK?otmenU reta aie inf te be. made could be determined ope* much mora expeditious!y. It was his purpose ss toon ss Senators sad others who bad claims on bis tims shall go swat to take vp and act ?poa, not dalt the matter which but visitor had at heart, bat all oth? ers which bad been necessarily delated, and it would be bis aim to gite to the people bf the South reputable, honest and efficient officials. War or,. Peace-Which P W?n??jgtun Star. Will there be war ? That is the qvestion now agitating the eitilised world. In London they do not teem to be able to answer the Question any more than they can answer it. in New York. The ?oglish Ministry bare evidently so stomach for the fight. We hare no doubt they hate reasons for avoiding war, if possible, that are not known to newspsperdom. England is for postponing the etil day and aa. long as possible. It is conceded on all hands that England is not ready for was, and that Russia is, io so far as a large and efficient army is concerned. Shs bas less money theo is necessary, bot she bas everything else. Bot io England the people are more warlike than tbe Government. It is saul to be an unquestioned fact that among commercial and financial men in England the feeling for war is tory strong. The Government is represented to be anxious to defer hostilities as long as possible. The London correspondent of the New 3fork Time* of Sooday, who is tery inimical to Mr. Gladstone, rep? resents that pease will be made at any sacrifia?, bot that war is only postponed for a few years. The Time* editorially thicks that England most go to war or contra? dict flatly 'the motives that have been attributed to the Government. It points oat the advantages Rassis has, bot it insists that England cannot evade the issue with a just te^u^afa her-MM^nterests sno^samj There is apparently no exception to the rule that there is no earthly good without ?ts attendant ill, no rose with? out its thorn, no silver Hoing without its cloud, no pleasure wjthoot its fa? tigue, DO shad without its bones. Gen? erally speaking, indeed, there are more braes and scales than shad, in the afc ?tract ; more cloud than lim og, more thoras then, roses, and ?bo thorns re? main, alas ! wheo ? the roses, sro faded and gone. Tho latest supposed devia? tion from Nature's persistent plan now takes its place ?pon the old familiar Hoe, anet the one unmitigated blessing of oar nee is yet a thing to be sought -not found. The Carp has its disadvantages, ti is not bog since ha was presented to oar hope, and who does not remember the letter of introduction that accompa? nied vhis advent into American ponde t He was io hq the *tand-bj of the sportsman, the Saturday playmate, of the school-boy,, the pride and profit or the farmer, the unfailing food-fish of ??; -r-, ?... As game as a salmon, he was des? tined to afford lasting delight to the sportsman without involving the latter irr toilsome jooroeys to far away streams, sod wading8 and waitings, when there, to find bim and entice him from his lair io watery depths.. No gilded fly or flaunting feather would be required to provoke bis omnivorous and ever r?ady appetite. Nor English rod nor silver reel, nor silken or catgut line would be needed to challenge bim to the fatal contes1; in which he should play the doobly interesting part of player and prise. Always bandy, always hungry, always numerous, he was evidently formed by nature in a melting mood to supply the angler with just the logar? ithm he has ever sought-the right fish in the right place at the right time. To the school-boy, again, he was to be a blessing indeed. If there is any person in the world who means bosiness when be goes a-fisbing it is the young citiseo of America, with hts breeches rolled up, his bait in his pocket, his pole in his hand and spool thread and hook tangled on a convenient alder bosh on the edge of a creek or mill pond. He goes in for sport, of cours?, but the sport he likes best' is 1 if ti cg speckled or s poi ted or striped cr plain beauties out of iho water abd on to the grass, where h? slays them with a club to male sure of their possession, and lays them oat in the sun thoroughly to dry. Once his book is in the water be wants something to swallow it quick, and be bas not much choice between a trout and ? terrapin. To bim, then, tbe ?arp came like the realisation of a hope-tao very foti61 his Friday B?g?rfs cream's*. Bot, if a boon to the sportsman and scbool-boy, what was tbe Carp not to be to tbe up-country farmer, to Whom all ?fc?i h&d become but creatures of hearsay and things of thc past, whereof b?s grandfather had heard the Indians tell V To him the Carp was a promue and a revelation. Not only a veritable ?s?, but a domestic one-a kind of mill-pond ! porker or creek chicken, to be raised ! without expending the scanty and dear I bought store of corn, and that should be always obtainable, without frenzied pur? suit, when "company" dropped tu to dinner. The Carp pond would take the place of the obsolete pig pen and *'hen house," and furnish unlimited supplies of fish meat fit for the table of au epi? cure. All that iras necessary was to provide a lake or pond or pool and stock it with a dipper full of fry sod the Carp .l&u?ijgg (o ij^jfr.tj^;, li w&j .T?? Jr#W;i*ffC? i$*t..n?e?*u ? po?? .wss njec^r#.n| /ijiJr^ Jg bucjfe t, cr ??en a damp place on the ground, could be made to answer on a? pinch. They bad been kmwn to live, and thrive all ?inter wrtpped tn a l?t$Jt wet moss and stored with t??e apeles a?d potatoes m tba cellar.^ When; placed fa a pond u not necessary J? preferred, it waa claimed, jo the moj? ai the bottom, and wooJd rrpf at a.rr| taeodcu* rata opon aneo adrent?t?o^i d|et food wotffd,. Soi. be . WJst^(<jm them, however, seeing that tbej woojl grow faster when fed. It did not mat-' .ter what was.giren them. Scraps from tbeublewdth^ leaves,,old newspapers, all were welcome to the Carp-whic?i in" sfetj ; was al? leged to. be the gr?st. dea?derj?tp?, die long-song ht, nev er-rjefcre-f??pd ?od fc eond meter pf sn m?^?i?bfe f?t?t softly, a sob-aquaticdomestic .go?. ^... ^ 4 ?y He was a bright dream ; .ratfier; tsp bright to last. Tile #at has gone forth, and the ponds that knew, ojm wjll know him no more. Carve diem--the Carp has had his dsy. He must now take his place with the things that were fore the war." Though clad io * bropi? coat of mail, tbe beauty of which wsf the theme of his admirers for so many Tears sod which enveloped bim io proof* from bead to filmy foot, die adrersary lisa found his one vulnerable point, aaa h&jtjoitten J^-defenceless_ heel Wrtfr migb't.^ HCs^s been icrestigateo^and fourni to. pe, if not the v?ritable ntferobe of malaria, about the ^oext worst th i o jj to it. His booie is alardeo of infe*> tioo, sad be devotes bis leisure tnooteots to scattering the seeds of chitts ?hd ffc ver. He has been oroijgh't;tb tnt! Edgefield sod bas beei .found *u$ty; Sentence bas been virtually*?Hsw apo? him. Io the language of the t^mit tee of the State Boord of Health tho sat oo his trial; bis pood must be duh continued. "The arrest of draieage1 sod damming back of surface and sub? soil water by converting the natural war ter-eseapes toto pools is attended with danger.'* His personal habits have also been considered, sod are adjudged tied: His "burrowing io the mod ?od tittil disturbing decomposing organic materi? al and gases generated in the soil is n?t free from harm." He is a rascal, ano mut bs turned out. The people of the Uoited States will welcome almost any class of immigrants, bot they most draw the line somewhere, and they 8f?w H ai the agents of the dynamite? Iflu W ma?^^Jtfcttt and /^rter-^^s^flflmmi low OpttfcSB. . ...? 'J * ' *1 ' apfointinent of Mr, James M. Morgan ss Consol General at Melbourne most not be ascribed to the infiueuos St Mugwumps, although tbs . appointes was an active partisan of ?f. Blaine down to the day of the Presidential ?lec? tion. His admiration for Mr. Blaine's foreign policy was so great that he wrote and published, here in Kew York, ,s> pamphlet ?/consid?rai adveeatj jog Blaine's election on the ground thai it would be s guarantee of protection to American citixens abroad. Mr. Bayard ought to sst ; fi organ for a Copy ..of that pamphlet before, making out nts eooi mission;.asteas perchance the appoint ment was made op?n grounds of special fitness for consular duties, overing aj? party,, $oM?eM<tits.n--N. fl ?v?ningPik; ^. ,{ , .;< Those who knew Mr. Morgan io this city recognise him aa the boon company ion of rXcpublicaoa in tbs flush tistes 05 Kadical ru?e here. . He wassaid te be s sboorist, sn athlete,' and, as the ifcws and Courter informs us, acqoafatetj with many languages-as it would seem bs ma?yJfaT&s.. .fy?J*& Morgan, was. W.?z?^jffl&JsP jnemorabTe braw? in ?Ko P?Uock i?oose, f??^^?WUraa g???erl, he forgan) having been shot aVthe time hy Cap? tain Tupper. " Our npw Consul, fhe?, is not, ss we^~ supposed st ?rat, ap unknown man, bat has made his mark here after a most vigor?os fashion when the Meltoas were5 the go.~Cdumbia Register. In the case io question (Morgan's ai* poiotmeot) the practical joke oo the; State of Sooth Carolina is exceedingly amusing. The appointment reminds os* of the leaving ofjao ueao't&ori&dj un? welcome and unidentified rn/Mt oh the frontdoor step of s pious bachelor ot precise habits'; mature yeai^an'd unim? peachable rcspecUbiaVy.-Greenville Seid. , " the t? that Mr. Jam es M.. t?<*%??? who supported and. worked. (for ?&nO t n rough cot the late presidential cao vasa,* bat been appointed to a |cod Coosols^p' bes grejiGy enc??ratfed jfte fie v. ?r. Burch ard, who broke dowt^ at it were, at the tait enc?of toe camparlo.-JV; T, World. Per eofitr?i; &C J53ge?eld ??ixrtistf .. Thc ?'rst appointment from South' Carolina to a foreign mission or consul? ship, under Cleveland s administration/ is that of Major James M. Morgan'] ot. Charleston, to be Consul General at Melbourne-for the British colomie in! Australia. This appoinrr?ta'it ia^ii ev? ery respect a good one. >?aj;or ^Jor? gan, a native of Loujstana,, 4>u?0ng an1 honored citisco of ?>oatb Carolioa? was ia gallant soldier t?rougnpuV }th? late war, and id no less a ?eraVand respon? sible civ???an. fie is an aa^mplisQed linguist, ?nd a man ct not J aoility and energy. l?e married^ ene et the most' distinguished ladies of^our capital. A leading Northern temperance ad vacate states tn? tVc Sooih,^ much' more advanced t?aO t?e North io re? formatory^ processes, and adds : 4 'Mis? sissippi has 93? saloons; Minnesota, with about th j same population, oas over 3.000 saloous ; Arkansas bas f^* 3& saloons; California, with', about this same, population, has 9.3^9 saloons. Old ?borb?n Kentucky has 4.46? sa-* Icons', and ?hio ?'?.390. Startlio? as the statement may be, io proportion' to the population, the North bas twice at many saloons as the South." Qos by one the slanders against this secti'?a fiS to the grouod.-^i-'jrc/whye/