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' - teK St?M^fEB WATCHMAN, Established April, 1S50. Cip^ Aug. 2, 1881.] "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou ?ims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's " T?lK TKUK SOUTHRON, Established Jone, lS69f, SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, JULY ?30, 1886. New Scries-Yoi. V. Ko; 51. SSV MQMGV WlflOBA^DG [e^S?ic^i?iEii milt Scn?^r?ii . - Published ?sery ?nesday, '':'lf.- .-' ?v>.; BT v >T. Gr. OSTEEN, - SUMTER, S. C. ^2 TERMS: --c?wo Dollars per annum-in advance. . ' ADTSRTI8?MSSTS . . .^6?0'Square,-first insertion..?1 00 ilfccery subsequent insertion. 50 :: -., Contracts for three months., or longer will .made atreduced,rat?s...- ^ . . r "^IHFconranmcaf?ons w"h?ch subserve private interests will be charged for as advertise" .ts. Obituaries and tributes of respect wu* be ^charged for. * BROWN'S BITTERS ^ : ^WILL: CURB - ; ]?HEADACHE ; ^MLJGUSNESS DYSPEPSIA NERVOUS PROSTRATION ^ MAIJi^ . CHILtS ANT> FEVERS . KRED* FEELING "^Gf?j?E^AL DEBILITY " PAIN iK THE BACK & SIDES . ?T0IJRE BLOOD V CONSTIPATION ":FEMALE INFIRMITIES -RHEUMATISM .NEURALGIA . - i ^ -KIDNEY AND LIVER ?'? iti v?TROJJBLES i^jFOJt SALE BY ALT. DRUGGISTS ..Tbc-Genome has Trade Mark and crossed Ked On wrapper. "TAKE "NO OTHER. - -' - . . ... ^^^^^^ A?R?Nfl! . tff?Hnf tlr^*a?ttCM><I'gT^T> ??Met maTilrrrxi are ongin 5? " ?^canfledbya?isoTdered condition of thc LIVER. - - - ForaH campWats of this kind, sach as Torpidity of tl?Liver, Biliousness, Nervous Dyspepsia, Indigei: *. ?. ttoo. Irregularity of the Bowels, Constipation. Flain ^ . faocy. Eructations and Barning cf the Stomach J . ? Caometimes called Heartburn), Miasma, Malaria, "". Roody Flax, ChS?s\ADd Fever, Breakbone Fever, 1 ? JKahaUB?on before cr after Fevers, Chronic Diar \ . ?i?. Loss cf- Appetite, Headache; Foul Breath, " Irregularities incidental to Females. Bearing-down SS^ STHDIGER'S 6UBIBTH > ?ImraiuaDifl. It-?no*?panacea for a?diseases, . ^/^TfOt^ diseases of the LIVER, .nfl y*?HB STOMACH and EOWELS. It "change? the complexion from a waxy, yellow .tinge, to a raddy, healthy color, it entirely removes .?'-tm. g&omy spirits. It is one of the BEST AL : TERATtVES and PURIFIERS OF THE BLOOD, and Is A VALUABLE TONIC. - STADSCER'S AUR?NTU TarsalebyaaDtngKists. Price Si.OO per bottle. C. F. STADICER, Proprietor, - - FRONT ST., Philadelphia, Pa. SAVE YOUR mm "4 -' BY JWMfflCiNG YOUR CLOTHES o -, .-sw? . -WITH HUBBER STAMP >&; X.'/t-s*?-i- .. -." ?J,, A?1?-. D?BELLIBLE INE. a FOR.SALE, BY i '^p:;OSTEEN, TH^t; yatc&nan" and Southron Office, .V .?s^*"^--.. '' "STJMTJBR, S. C. '*W??.l*& Warranted Irid^U?Ue. - - ? - , - ? ..;? ..."_?___*._ ^^'^l^r^^Ip?lemes and ?IN?. SOAPS. HAIR AND TOOTH , BRUSHES, PERFUMERY AND FAN CY " TOILET ARTICLES, ?c.. Ac TAINTS; OILS, VARNISHES AND DYESTUFFS, GLASS, RUTTY, $c. FuG, supply of Fresh Garden*Seeds. -April 9 . ^_ PAINT YOUR. BUGGY FOR OneDollar. One coat gives an old buggy the blackest fejackyou ever saw and a handsome gloss without varnishing. It dries hard, ic a few haors. JSo- robbing! Nb varnishing! No extra trouble. Each can con tains more than enough to paint a carriage. Retailed at One Dollar per Can. For Sale bj - - ;_DR. A. J. CHINA. " FOB SALE. ALWAYS ON H AN I >^^^^^^^ FOR SALE; ~% ???ap for Cash, or Approved Papers Payable on Jan-1,1887. One TEN HORSE TOZER & DIAL POR? TABLE ENGINE. One 60 SAW BROWN COTTON GIN. One Stearn BOSS- COTTON PRESS, and About 30 feet of SHAFTING vkb all nec? essary PuUejcs and-Belting to run thc same. Apply.to or address ,, , ' . A.D. RICHER, April s Sumter, S. .C. THE TEMPERANCE WORKER, - Rex'j.ved from Columbia, S. C. A Live, Temperance Paper, Published Semi-monthly in SUMTER, Si C. Under the Editorial management of KEY. H. K. .CHREITZBJEKQ, ?r.W.C7. OF I.O.O.T. 09 g. C. Assisted by an able corps o: Editors. The patronage and influence of all friends of Temperance- is solicited. Terms oaly 60 eta ta a year. To advertisers desiring a wide - circulation, it offers an excellent medium. - Wbosiaesa, address ^- G. OSTEEN, )*??<?. ' Publisher BRIEF RECORDS. THE BABY. The man that owns a baby, If he's any sense at all, . Will himself arise and soothe it When it first begins to sqnall. [Neu? York Mail. The man that owns a baby, By blundering ia at night, Deserves a squally lecture On the text of getting tight. {The New Era. The man who wheeis the baby In its coach around the square Is a very model husband So most wives declare. [Baltimore Town and County. The man who drops the baby, ''Kerchunk," upon the floor, To surprise his little lady/ Had better hunt the door. [ Columbus Herald. The man who takes -the baby To Barnum's moral show Thinks it wicked te visit such places, > . But the baby wants-tb go. [Burlington Rawkeye. The baby that has no colic ? And needs no catnip tea, is the brat with which to frolic And dandle on one's lenee. {Wilson {N. C.) Mirrow. The babe that sleeps through all the night And never makes a fuss, Is what we call a baby right, And just the one for us. [Record. "CALL A MAN. j Any one who is disposed to try a j hearty laugh must make the neces ? sary preparation before reading the I following amusing sketch of a bashful I young man : I John Jackson was a very industri? ous, hardworking young man, of i twenty-three years. Being the eldest child and the only son, he had always remained at home, assisting his fath? er upon the farm. John was much respected by every one in the neigh? borhood in which he lived, and many a bright-eyed and loving damsel had secretly thought tttat she would like to change her name to Mrs. John Jackson. But John could not be fool? ed m.this way, for he was no "ladies' man.'7 The fact was that John was a very bashful young man. Ile would rather hoe potatoes or mow ; hay a!l day than undergo .the. cere-, mony of an introduction to. a young lady. Not that John disliked the dear little and loving creatures-far from it. We believe that he, in com? mon with all bashful, well meaning men',' entertained the very highest re? spect and admiration for them. And this, no doubt, was the principal cause of his -bashfulness. Lie felt that they were the weaker vessels and superior beings, and that he -*vas unworthy to associate* with them upon terms of equality. But we car-! not stop to moralize. U.,-N?ncy Ciark was a gay and dash? ing girl and was the daughter of a i respectable farmer whose lands ad? joined the Jackson farm. Nancy was a.pretty, saucy little buxom lass, and she liked John Jackson. When they were children they at? tended the same school, and as he was a few years her senior was usu? ally her champion in the childish disputes that arose, and her com? panion in going and returning. At last John, became so much of a young man as to be. kept at home from school, as she had been in past years. John in the meantime dis? covered, too, that he had been growing in statue, and it seemed as if he had been growing out cf shape. His feet and legs appeared very awkward ; his-face pained him, and taking ali in all, he was inclined to think he was not more than half put together. Now the truth was John Jackson was really a line looking young man, and nothing but his admiration of Nancy could have suggested any such "foolish thoughts about himself. As the novelists say, it was on a* lovely day in August. The heavens were clear, serene and beautiful-the trees were laden with golden and de? licious fruit, and the beautiful birds twittered their heads, warbling songs of love in the branches. The earth (there, we have slid down to the the earth once more ; such lofty and elevated heights they make our head dizzy.) We were about to say that the earth had yielded her bountiful harvest of a year's grass and clover and honeysuckles, which the noble yeomanry of Chesterville lied garner? ed within their store-houses-but upon second thought concluded to word it thus : "The farmers of Ches? terville were done haying/' John Jackson's sister had a quilt? ing that afternoon. His father had gone to "Keith's Mills" to get some wheat ground for the occasion, and John was left at home to repair some tools to bo ready on the next day to commence mowing the meado w grass. Suddenly it occurred to John that if j he remained about tho house in the ? afternoon, he would certainly be call-1 ed in at tea time and required to do ! the honors ul" the table. This, John: could not be induced to accomplish ! under the state of his bashful mind. ? To avoid this, an idea bashed across ! bis disturbed mind to leave the place, ! so he quietly shouldered his soy!he ! and stoie away to the meadow, half a \ mile distant, fully resolved that he ! would not leave there until it was so j dark that he could not see to mow, j and thus avoid seeing any of the girls. The meadow was surrounded on j all sides by a thick forest, which ef- j fectua??y shut out what little air there ! might be stirring. Thc sun poured out its rays as though the little mea? dow was the ibcu3 point where thc heat was concentrated. John would mow and sweat-sweat and mowed ; until he was obliged to sit down and : cool off. Then it occurred to John j that if lie took off his pants, having j on no drawers, it would mo mort; plea- j saut and much more comfortable to ! him. He thought there ceuld bc no impropriety in it, as he was entirely concealed from observation, and there was not the slightest reason to sup? pose that he could be seen by any person. So John found himself stripped with no cover save his linen-corn- j monly tailed a shirt-he resumed his I mowing, ile had not the slightest ? idea of him being disturbed in his eluded position, and he was just ci gratula ting himself upon the go time he had haying, and the lucky cape-he had made from meeting < girls, when he chanced td disturl huge black snake, a genuine twist with a white ring around his ne( who thinking that his rights and lib ties were being encroached upc placed himself in a defensive attituc John was no coward, but he w mortally afraid of a snake. "Sc preservation" was the first "passag* that flashed upon John's mind, a "legs take care of the body'7 was t next. Dropping his scythe and spi ning round like a top, he was rea< to strike* a 2.40 gait, when, at th moment his lordship, the snake, w near enough to make a strike ai hooked his crooked teeth into Johr. shirt, just- abov? the hem. With tremendous spring he started off wi the speed of a locomotive. His fir jump took his snakeship straight ai clear from the ground, and as Jol stole a hasty glance over his shot ders, he was horrified to find tl snake securely fastened to the tail j his shirt ; while the speed with whic he rushed forward kept the snak j straight in the air at an angle of niu ty degrees with his body. Here was a quandary. John ; once thought that if he stopped tl. snake would coil himself about h legs aud body and squeeze him t death ; if he continued the race h "would soon fall from sheer ei haustion. On he flew, scarce dariu to think how bis dreadful race woul end. Instinctively he had taken th true course for home, when a feelin of relief and security came over hin Suddenly flashed across his mind th true state of affairs-Iris father gone the big quilting-and worst of al meeting the girls in his shirt-tail This new horror sent .the blood bac curdling about his neck, and he came t a dead halt. In a moment he felt th body of the cold, glassy, clamhr snake in contact with his bare legs his tail creeping around them in sort of an oozing way, as though Iii .snakeship only meditated a^little fun by way of tickling John upon th knees. . This was too much for John to" en dure. With a yell, such a6 a mai never utters save when in mortal tel ror, poor John again set forward a a break-neck pace, and once more ha< the pleasure of seeing the snake re sume his horizontal position, Borne what after the fashion of a comet. On he flew. John now forgot tin quilting, forgot the girls, forgot every thing but the snake. Iiis active exercises (he paid par ticu?ar attention to his running,) to aether with the excessive heat, hac broug?c ou bleeding at thc nose, auc as he ran, ears erect a?rd l^ ^thro^vi back, his chin, throat and shirt boson were stained with the Sowing stream of blood. As he approached the house hie first wild shriek had startled the quilt ors, and out they rushed to ascertaii the-cause, wondering if it was no! some mad Indian prowling about. B v this time John had got within a few rods of the barn, still running ai the top of his speed, his head turn? ed 60 that he could keep one eye on the snake, and with the other observe what course he must run. The barn for a time was a 'shield to conceal him from thc girls. He knew that they were in the yard, having caught a gi i m ps j of them as they rushed out of the house. A few more bounds and he would be in their midst in his awful predica? ment. For a unment modesty over? came fear, and he once more halted. But the snake, evidently being too well pleased with his new and rapid transpoitation, manifested his grati? tude by again attempting to enfold the naked legs of our bold hero within his icy embrace. With an explosive "ouch !" he was urged forward by circumstances over which he had no control, poor John bounded onward. The next moment he was in full view of the girls, and as he turned the corner of the barn, the snake came around with a whiz something after the fash of a coach whip. Having reached the barn yard, lo his dismay he found the bars up ; but time was too precious to be wasted in letting down bars. Gathering all his strength by the time he reached the bars, he bounded over " them high in the air-the snr.ke ditto and as he alighted on the other side, his snakeship's tail cracked across the upper bar, snapping like an India fire cracker. Well, this just made John get np and git, and he set forward, now ut? terly regardless of the presence of the girls, for the extra crack of the snake's tail as he' leaped over the bars, seemed to have banished all tho bashfulness and modest}* which sur? rounded him, but he still had the pleasure of finding the ugly varm?ut hanging en in a straight linc, draw? ing steadily at thc hem of his shirt tail. The house now become thc center of attraction, and around it he re? volved with the speed of thought. Every time in each revolution as lie turned the corner, his snakeship carne around with a whiz which was quite refreshing and amusing to the girls. While describing thc third circle, as he came near the group of wonder struck girls, while removing his gaze from the snake, he managed to cry out : m j "CALI, A MAN." The next moment ho whisked out j of sight, and, as quick as thought, ? reappeared on the other side ol' tho j house ervine out : "CALi- A MAN !" And away he whirled again tun;- j ing the corner so rabidly that tho \ whiz of thc snake sounded halfway between a whistle and thc repeated pronunciation of a double-e. Before cither of thc girls liad stir? red from their tracks, he had perform- ! ed another revolution and bawled ' out : "CALL A MAN." i Away he flew, but his strength was 1 rapidly failing. Nancy Clark was . the first to recover her presence of mind and seizing a hoop-pole, she took" her station near the corner of the house, and as John reappeared, she brought it down upon the snake with 6uch a force that it broke his back and his hold upon John's shirt tail at the same! John rushed into the house and to his room, and at tea time appeared in his best Sunday suit, but little the worse for the race, and to all appear? ances cured of bashfulness. That night he walked home with Nancy Clark, The New Year they were married, and now, when John feels inclined to laugh at his wife's hoop, or any other peculiarity, she has only to say : "Call a man," when, he in? stantly sobers down. What Our Editors Say. The Farmers of Greenville. Marion Star. The movement in this county has taken a firm and fast hold, and is earnestly and heartily supported by our best men. We have given cur support from the commencement, and propose to do so un? til it becomes (like many other move? ments) dead to the interest of the peo? ple. They believe in a change in offices -taking men fresh from the people who know thc needs, necessities and bur? dens which the farmers have to labor under. S. C. Advocate. If we compare the present with the past, there is no more striking truth elicited than the lack of trained, patri? otic statesmen in this day. It would seem that loyalty to party is about to take the place of patriotism, and adher? ence to party measures is coming to be considered the test of fitness for public leadership. Politics is distinct from statesmanship; the latter is of large discourse looking forward ani back? ward; the former is narrow and selfish, inquiring only about offices, plunder and influence. There is no more short? sighted animal than your average poli? tician ; he may rave.about the splendid past;and the great future, but he is thinking and watching only the narrow pr?sent, and that, w'ith reference merely to the fleshpots. The display of igno? rances and intolerance that is made on the floor of Congress when great mat? ters like the tariff, the civil service, the silver question are discussed, is ludi? crous and humiliating. Men do not hesitate to appeal from that high place to the prejudices and ignorance of a nar? row and selSsh constituency. They use their noble opportanities to foster the bigotry' and ignorance to which they owe their exaltation, and by paodering to which they owe their axakution, and by pandering to which they hope to rise still higher. Down with * these dema? gogues that make their high places 'the lawless perch of wing'd ambitions, and a vantage-ground for pleasure." j Greenville News. The Mexican pension bill has receiv? ed the sanction-of both houses of Con? gress, and now only awaits the presi? dent's signature io order to become law. The measure is ono of "such manifest wisdom and justice that President Cleveland will hardly feel called upon to exercise the vero power in reference thereto, and the likelihood is that the provisions of thc bill will soon be in active operation. The act has been tardily executed; but, that amid the in? consistencies of pension legislation as now conducted, it bas been executed at all, is matter for congratulation. It has been just forty years since General Taylor led his army of vigorous volun? teers into Mexico and brought them back "war worn veterans," with the imprint tff coppery skies, and burning sands on their weather-beated visages. Those forty years have made the bardy veterans, feeble old men, or else it has laid them in the grave with one chief mourner to shed tears upon the soldier's resting place. . But it bas not left them in shape for active 'political' work, and therein lies the secret of their long neg? lect. Demagogues of Logan's stripe must needs have something more than the trivial sentiment of right and justice to urge to the support of any measure. In the new bill for thc relief of Mexican vetrans, that animus was lacking ; hence the delay. The men who fought tn Mexico have been long neglected, but thc day of their recognition is come at last. Candidates and Campaign ?ssue3. Pce Dec Index, The approaching primary campaign, especially ior the nomination of mem? bers of the Legislature, will be uuiquc. No issues have been before the people since '7G, and wherever the primary system lias been adopted the nomina? tions have largely depended, all being democrats, on the pcrsoual popularity of the candidates, without reference either to ability or measures. Latterly there hus been growing dissatisfactions with thc extravagance of thc Legisla? ture, and especially so with the iastses siou. Warnings have boon mounded both by the press and people through? out the Slate. At length these mutter? ings found expression in the Farmers Movement, which hus now taken organ? ized shape in ali paris of the State. It is well kuowu that Thu Index has not agreed with ali the features of this movement, winch hay subjeciod it. to much unkind criticism. This was to be expected and wc have made due al? lowance therefore, as many of thc advo? cates of thia movement at this first blush Iouk upon it. as a panacea for the present agricultural depression and are therefore governed by what they believe will bring instant relief. In this, of eourse, they arc deluded, and friendly, iotellhreuc criticism will go a long ways towards pruning off the oi-jeerional feat? ures of the movement, J el this move? ment has buen thc means of putting is? sues before the people, and, if we right? ly divine the signs of the times, no can? didate will be uominated this campaign, cither on account of his pedigree, his personal popularity, his record in the war, his ability as a Sunday School Singer or .May Day orator. Nor, in? deed, should he be. These arc not the qualifications requisite to make a legis? lator. Let him in the first place be a man who has shown his ability to man ???c bia o'vu utfairs before he is made trustee of a great estate. Then let him declare himself on the issues in this campaign. Don't let him sit astride the fence. If he does so at home, he will do so in the Legislature. The Bloody Work of a Young Lady. Abbeville Press and Banner. In another column we give a most extraordinary story of slaoder, violence, and blood-shed in Barnwell county. It seems that John A. Steedly confided a damaging story of Miss Emma Connelly to a friend who betrayed him by makiog known the secret which had been con? fided to him. The young lady's broth? er and a friend confronted Seedly with pistols, and commanded him to stand while one of them flogged him severely. Steedly says he was attacked 'before he had any warning,7 and that his assail? ants had their hands on their pistols when 'he was told by both these men that if he moved, they would kill him.' The affair was given notoriety in the columns of the News and Courier with headings that were irritating and prejudicial to the man who had been overpowered and disgraced. This oc? casioned a reply from Steedly. In that reply he aggravated his former offence by giving publicity to a matter which, we think, Bhould not have appeared in print. This reply, it is alleged, caused j Miss Connelly to shoot her assailant on Sunday, the fourth of July, while the Sunday School was in session. Ordinarily, we have no sympathy with the results which may follow to the man who assails thc character of any woman, but in this instance, we think Steedly has been as much 'sinned against as sinning.' Ile did wrong in the first place, and 'All agree that between heaven and hell The greatest sin is to kiss and tell.' His friend betrayed bim in the second place For any man who will listen to scandal, and then betray the man who has confided in him, the world can have but one opinion. It will be observed that this case of cowhiding is noli unlike other cases which have Heretofore occurred. The attacking party, so far as we recollect to have noticed, always arms himself with pistol and whip, chooses his tinje, and then takes his victim unawares. By means which are not recognized in the code, the victim is compelled to submit to his own disgrace and humilia? tion. The world scorns the disgraced man, but seldom investigates the reprehensible means to which resort has been had to secure the man's ruin. As the whip? ping of a victim is usually a premedi? tated, cold blooded act, in which the aggressor has taken every precaution for his own safely, and ha3 taken his victim at the greatest disadvantage, we think one way for injured and ruined men to act in such cases is to take iu taro the same advantage of their assail? ants. Let the horse-wbipped man, who was forced to submit to his own degrada? tion, lie tc wait with a shotgun and shoots his assailant io death. We do not believe there is " a jory in all of christendom who would con? vict a man for killing the man who had cowhided or horsewhipped him and we sincerely hope that the next man who is cowhided may lie in wait for his man and kill him, as ne deserves to be. If after getting into tho scrape, Steedly had used his shotgun, instead of pen, it would doubtless have been better for him. All in t?io Same Boat. Hews and Courier. Organization alone will not cure the ills from which the farmers suffer. Com? mon sense and uncommon economy in the management of their farms and bus? iness affairs must be added before any improvement will be seen. Mr. Thom? as, at the Sumter meeting, said: "We ace running our farms on borrowed capital, at a fearful rate of interest," "the interest often exceeding ike profits of the farm,V and no farmer who sub? scribes to this confession of mismanage? ment can hope to be relieved of his bur? dens by simply joining a club. So long as the farmer cannot "even control thc crop" he produces, and so long as his every crop is "mortgaged to some mer? chant before it is made," and so long as the interest on the advances exceeds tbs reasonable expectation of profit, so long will his lands continue to be im? poverished, and so long will he get ? nothing in return for bis labor-except j thc money advanced to him, for which he is co?tent to bargain away every? thing ho owns and ever hopes to own. So far from being the natural enemy of this class of improvident planters, the merchant is their only friend and I protector, and stands between them and the consequences of their folly and im? providence. He furnishes them with ? food and clothing and money, where? with to keep soul and body together, and the high interest he exacts is pim? ply the measure of thc risk he takes in extending to them a helping hand. The plain trudi i.s that tho di??icultics under which the farmers are laboring i at this time are shared by tho whole j people cf thc State alike, but no other j class takes, or dares to fake, so many j chances for thu future. The merchant or thc lawyer, or thc mechanic, or the \ newspaper man wno sh ou 1 tl attempt to ? discount the earnings of iris business | for a year ahead, at tho rate of interest j which the farmer undertakes to pay. j would be swamped in a season or two. i It is the strongest possible evidence that could be given of pruik.s of i'.irin-. inj? in South Carolina, that so many farmers survive the system under which which they work year after year. A.s mattcrsi .'stands it is questionable wheth? er, they bear the whole uf the losses they cause. It would Oe interesting to k.inv hour, large a share vj their ff. Hare* ia j past years rs V'i:v repr:scni*i<l ot lJie\ hooks oj tilka' chis; - s. ttU/'tr'rui'.nJg <>f\ merchants tctl/t irhvitt tit*g a< al. \\ lien crops are good they pay what t:n:y owe : but when crops are bad, what then ? Tho farmers eurfer undoubtedly, but every other industry iu the State suiters with them, and uonc sutlers more severely than the merchant who fur uished tho means by which tho crop was planted, aud who has little more than his notes to show for lae advances ; j he has made. It is unwise and un- j jufit, therefore, for the fanner to set [himself fcrwardas ib-e only sufferer by ' bard times and bis improvident methods. When thc day shall come that he can support himself and his family upon the profits'of his labor, with something to spare- at the end of thc year, and with supplies in his barn to carry him through the nest year's operations his troubles will be at an end-and not before. Aud this time will never come so long as he gambles on his cotton crop, and spends" the pro? ceeds of that crop, for any purpose, before he has made it. By organization, and by discussing all these things in and out of meeting, the farmers of South Carolina will learn wisdom from each other. The example of one successful, prudent and economical man in each county will teach others, the way to prosperity, and there are many such teachers iu the* State. It is encouraging to note, of course, that the meeting at Sumter had regard only to practical work and to material progress, and declared itself resolutely opposed to doubtful and dan? gerous political experiments. Thc evils with which thc farmers of South Carolina have to contend are not of a political character, and they have nothing to hope for from political divi? sions and dissensions in the State. As they can control the Democratic party, moreover, it is but natural that they should pin their faith to it. There is certainly no hope ^of improvement for them in any other political organization in the State or in the Union. Holiday Time. Now children it ia vacation, and no doubt you all are having a glo? rious time, and we hope yon will en? joy it to thc fullest extent, not only in making yourselves, but others, happy. And that idea leads us to what we wish to say. There are some people who never have any vacation ; work season does not last nine months, and with three months, holiday at the end of it when the}7 can frolic, hunt, fish and visit, but from the fourth of July on to the next fourth, it is one long round of work. Maybe your parents belong to the class who have no vacation, aud now while you have two or three months can you not, if you are not already doing sc-, help to give them a little rest time? Just think of the very many things a handy little boy or girl can do aroand the house these long summer days : The floor to sweep, table to set, dishes to wash, beds to make, vegetables to gather, gardens to work, batter to churn, water to bring-and all lo be done by two tired, overworked hands un? less you, little boy or girl, should take up some of the burden and help. So now will you not all do something to heip, Pa, or Ma, or big sister, and not be too selfish with your time. We hope so.-Tempeiwice Worker. A Cockroach in a Cigar Box; "While I was on the Union Pacific," said the conductor, "I made up my mind to break up card playing, because it led to so many disputes. The boys used to get the best of me, however, and they always had a substitute for Hoyle's game of chance. The best .1 ever saw was one time when we were comlrg east from Ogden. There were four in a party, and one of them had a common cigar box \\ Ith a hole cut in the center of the top. "Within was a cock? roach. Each of the party placed a piece of lump sugar on the corner Of the box nearest to him aa it was placed in the middle of the quartet. The 'ante' was a dollar, and the game wa3 to* see whicj. lump of sugar the roach, would tackle first when he came up through the hole. His highness made his appearance soon after the chunks of sweetness were placed hi position. The fun then began. The roach would take a survey of the" situa? tion and then dart for one corner. "Just as the lucky owner would think his sugar was to be seized and the stakes won, the roach would turn suddenly around and go for another lump. Thus the excitement would be continually on the rise, and the outside bets would com? mence. Sometimes it would be twenty minutes before the roach would light ou a lump, and only those who ha,ve seen this game can imagine the interest created. Why, poker is nowhere in comparison, j and the night I speak of it caused more confounded trouble on my car than fifty games of cards. The ladies grew wild over the game. 1 must confess I got inter? ested myself, and came near missing some local fares. The roach game kept up all the way to Cheyenne, and over 8700 liad changed hands among the players, to say nothing of outside winnings. I was after? ward told that tho man who had thc box had just come out ?1.500 ahead on the Rame in Frisco, and that there it was ail the rage."-Omaha Hallway News.. Thc Brazilian Emperor and Empress. Easy going as Dom Pedro is in pretty nearly all matters, there is one sub? ject in regard to which lie is wont to be somewhat punctiliious. lie is in the habit of delivering little lectures upon sci entiiie subjcels and humanitarian, topics, nnd at these lectures he exacts the pres? ence of members of tue imperial house? hold ami the great nobles ol" the empire. He requires tho closes: attention, and any one is liable nt anytime lo timi himself; or herself, called upon to stand thc test of ti rigid examination. The express is a woman of rare quali- | Lies, chief among which are her womanli- ? ness, her charity, and lier affability. She j is much moro practical in her eharirabic ' undertakings than is Dbm LY-lro. am! she I is said to frequently remonstrate with rho j emperor l or being so easily hun; bugged j and misled. She is rt -nie lorkinold j fei'iy, with snowy while hair, and a bright, ! kindly faire. Dom Pedro i? particularly proud ot i America, and looks np.-n lTn-i?_?3 ? States as the m ode i country <:i the wv:: i. A number of New Kurland and western ideas have been rutrodu'-ed into P.rrudl. I Kc Icokswith grati!'?cn:i'iS! r.:)on the progs : ress made low.:ri! ?li?- a:?;>l? ??.??I of si:: wry j in Brazil, und. :nth.:!i^:i ai lite litvul or* ari . empire,.-his sympathies ;-:.> distinctly '.o- j warjy advanced liberalism.- Nev/ Ve:?; i Journal. IT;?!1 t:f JI i ?rr un ter*. Thu fall of n meteor on ice was lately i wit nessed on thevcoa<t of Norway, a h.dy a f?"?t and a !...!! ::: diameter beiugmady j throuvrh eL-iil i::- hvxj ice.-Arkaiiraw ; Traveler. 1 K.UVC Lotter-* tii'ion^; ro tito Writer*. j Three of ttie lords justices of Kn ...*;.;. .'. ' ?a ve decided itvit ': -ve letters belong .. their writer-, wt:-.*, ia eise bf estran ..; j ment, may demand them back. j ? ' i ZTey t'Vvor liiis Vean City P.ir.oa- 'Jeing to have the hay fever this year? Country t'arsoa-No; ruy congregation can't fi??vrd it. Tn nine years caken piles at Micros. Spain, have taken ou the appearance of stone coal. The'-ba/iuel at Santa Barbara is said ; to be fairly alive with shoals vf tar?mes. ; CAVALRY SERVICE. DISCUSSION OF THE MERITS CF GOVERNMENT HORSES.. SJardsMps of tho Service on the West? ern 1'lalna-Selection of Gallant Steeds for Uncle 5a:n-Rigorous Examination -Tho "Oast Test-Good Memory. A few days ago a reporter engaged in conversation ?with, a recruiting sergeant in the United States cavalry service, and in the course of tho chat the officer drifted into the discussion of the merits of horses supplied to the service, and the manner in which they are furnished to the govern? ment Not long since 500 horses were pur? chased in this city, St. Louis, Chicago and other large mercantile centres for troops in the four bia* western departments of the Platte, Dakota, Missouri and Texas, tn which divisions it i3 estimated that three-fourths of the army of our country is comprised; "Most of our cavalry norsos," said the recruiting sergeant, "are lost on the plains In the west. No one here east can con? ceive the rigor of our western military duties or the hardships they entail for the soldiers and their beasts: We suppose that the great west is teeming with ver? dure and forage, whereas the fact is that in vevy many tracts of country scouting parties are compelled to ride for a week or more, at the rate of perhaps fifty miles a day, with no grain for their horses and very little gras3 by the way. A general scrutiny of the condemned army horses would show that their retirement from, the service is due more to starvation than any tiling else. Very often the 'troopers horse drops in the ranks from sheer ex? haustion and others are so badly used up that they never recover from the priva? tion and fatigue, and are. finally con? demned for use in the field and shipped to recruiting' stations, where they answer much better'even than green horses for drilling recruits." PHYSICAL QUALIFICATIONS DEMANDED. "What .are the physical qualifications demanded for the selection of horses for the cavalry service?" "Well, in the first place, none but geld? ings are taken. The government do?3 not Care for stallions or mares. The animal submitted for purchase should stand at least fifteen hands high and weigh about PCO pounds. Ke should bo short in the back and also short in the pastern joints. A long-legged beast with a badly-shaped head wouldn't pass mus? ter at all Low withers is one of the most essential points, because a horse with high withers is liable to work the saddle for ' ward and get sores; and once in that con? dition he loses flesh and becomes worth? less. In addition to thes? specifications, h? must l>e absolutely free from contracted hoofs, or ha won't pass the inspection of the board." "In what manner are horses secured for the cavalry servicer*" "Generally by advertising. The partic? ular class o? animals desired is becoming scarcer every day. This, I suppose, is due to the fact that breeders are giving their attention to the raising of draught horses ! of the Percheron, Norman and similar stock, which aro, of course, too slow for cavalry purposes. It is a singular fact that horse dealers, as arnie, consider the government legitimate prey for all sorts of imposition. For. instance, at the last inspection, only eight out of sixty horses ollcred were accepted. Hostlers trotted them out for inspection full of confidence that they could unload their employers' full stock of useless equines. Some of the animals' manes and foretops were plaited and decorated with strip3 of red flannel. Their tails were done up in com? mon bagging of so bulgy a shape as to suggest the probability of their being about ten feet long. Of course, thoso dec? orations had to come of! to make sure that the tails were all there, and that the manes were of hair instead of oakum. The eyes of ii horse nuder inspection are closely examined. A RIGOROUS EXAMINATION. '.If he, in general outline," is regarded as worthy of consideration at all, he is sub? mitted to a rigorous examination-which takes up about a quarter of an hour-ali o KT ,?!ni from his teeth to his fetlocks and hooffs. Theil *he hostler is directed to walk tho animal up and down the length of the yard and afterwards to Tun-hjna as fast as the beast can ga If his actiorr-is^ easy he is ordered *'tied in' for the final inspection. "The last test ls a run up hill fer a dis? tance of 200 yards or so to see if his -wind is good. No saddle is used. Tho hostler simply mounts and trots to the starting point, riding back as fast as a "ibero! ap ; plication of cowhide to his beast can carry him. It the horse passes this muster he I is purchased and led to the blacksmith I shop to be branded. His first decoration 1 is a big U. S. on the left shoulder. When he is detailed to a regiment he is burned j 'again with thc- regimental brand and with i the brand of his company on the left hip. ! For more perfect identification he receives ! an additional marking on the hoof and is ! then ready for business. I know of noth? ing more painful than the branding of a beast, and I think ho knows of nothing more painful himself. The brands bo I come obscure in a few years andar? neces ! sariiy renewed. It is s peculiar fact that i wheo the time comes for renewing the operation nine one of ten animals remem ! ber the previous dose, and it is no easy ! matter to repeat it.-New York Hail and Express. Tending ??ong Island Oyster Beds. Oysters in deep water discharge their spawn carly in" August, at. which time they are poor and unfit to eat. By trans? ferring them to shallow water the sun in? duces" them io ripen in July, and conse? quently two or three weeks are gained. Land from which oyster? have been taken for shipping purposes is new being covered with shells and stones, to which the young animals after hatching wi! ^at? tach themselves. Not v.nrii some object is found to whicr? it- may cling does the oyster commence to form its snell. Plant- j ers ave using every effort to keep ia subjec? tion the principal enemy of their crop, the : star fish. Small steamers with dredges aro ? constantly taking up rae oysters, and, j isl'ter culling ont the stars,. spider?, >md j periwinkles, the cleaned oysters are shov- j e?ed overboard cn ground where no enemy J exists. The stars MOU find their way to j the new beds, however, and the operation j oi div: l-i lng an'i culling has constantly ia '. be repealed:- New York Sun: Peculiar Substitute for CO:H??OT: Words, j The Atlanta Cunstit:uti&3 cia:.AS that ! ?ho use of the word "drug" in "knocked ? down un?! drug our,"' is peculiar io . Ge.r.-iria. And The Indianapolis Journal adds that when a HiKJsier says, "the coon sank behind alog," he has a sui; stitute for rho word "sneaked,-" known only in Indiana.-Now Orleans Tlaies Democrat-. Cattlemen in western Texas have organ- ! 'X2*\ ci;-*ociaxi?>a tor tile sinking o? an ' extensive system of Wells fer tile watering : o? stock. In Nov?" Jen ./ the mas?p; ;.>?... are so . O'*"' ?iii ? rh. bra!:! w??riv '> the in.?.?? , healthful, and cou.Iuc?o ?iio^c. Lo I?^.igev- ; hy.-Dib Lewis. ? M r. T. B Aldrich has a horror of un- I Tidy .Vi'pv." wants every eohi r?? Hitor ; and corre.-pondent :?> >tud ::: a.- ;:?;?..;.^i: OwII?-r i) f I>;vii?.-* *.">?.!> ?i<-r"s A ri? r. j The !.!!?. Horario Soy mt ?ur was the ownej i i>r' :)?.-:iiv i Webster's arm-chair, ii:s lire-j piaes ^;'.".s \v?t.;i i.iaea li?^T 1?AC hc.tr: L:v.-.: Ii.: Jo-ii. Juy. / Sugar-Making. On most of the large Louisiana .sugar . plantations, in cid times, the negroes honored the hauling of the last load ol/ cane from the fields to the manufac? tories with a grand celebration. It was for them u regular carnival time ;. disci? pline WHS for a while wisely relaxed without any. resultant evil eSects> audi a limited supply of grog was served alb. around to both men and women. There was a spirited procession during.the day. cf ali the carts and wagons on tlie plantation. The headstalls and other-/ harness of the mules were decked witt - miniature flags and ribbons; banners and streamers of white, red, and blue* flannel (ultimately destined'to become* shirts), were borne aloft in the line* above the wagons. Barrel-drums bead? ed with deerskin were vigorously: beaten ; large sonorous conch shells were blown;, the plantation bell wa* f kept ringing like a bell gone craxy.. The sugar-house whistle was- blown to* start the procession, and it moved off with the music of 'corn songs' and*jigs tn the forward carts, while the more se? date' brothers' and 'sisters' of de cau;cb,r in the rear wagons, made the air vibrate with those ecstatic short-metered hymns* whose rhythmic periods are punctuated by a slight squat and jump on the part of the enthused vocalists. Even the veteran mules responded to the prevr aient spirit, and displayed ail of the unseemly hilarity of young colts. After riding around the mansion houser and receiving the congratulations ol' the season from the 'white folks/ tbe procession traveled over several miles of the public roads, ferenading the neigh? bors, and returned home to wind up* .the. ceremonies with a glorious feast and dance at night. It is likely that this was the most immense style of harvest celebration ever seen in the world. It was a general rejoicing over the gathering of a twelve months' cropr saved through the dangers of spring Hoods, summer drouths, and winter freezes, where labor had defied alike the attacks of July sons and December sleets ;. and it*had reason to rejoice. It is a pity that the good old local eos* tem is rapidly becoming obsolete. I? 'fifty years, probably, it will be as com* pletely forgotten as the semi-barbarous festivities of wild and uncouth minstrel? sy held half a century since on Congo Square, in New Orleans. The last procession of this kind that I ever saw was in a linc over half a mile in length. It was com-' posed of twenty-five wagons,- contain ing two hundred and fifty field-hands, and drawn by seventy-five mules. The occupants of the carts in the vaa . were singing their characteristic bamst songs, timed to the beating of the bar* rci-drum, and dancing their jigs, while the -chu'eh folks,' in the rear of the line, were shouting those spirited, hymns which are so trying on toe sill* of the -meetin'-house' floor and on toe bottom planks of a wagon, because every body jumps up and comes dows at one time. The sash-begirdled dri? vers and teamsters, the gaily caparison? ed teams, the Seating streamers and banners, the drums and horns, the songs and hymns, the jigs and jumping, ail made up a scene worth traveling si thousand miles to witness.-?. A* Wi?kinsoii, in June Bivouac. . Push. When cousin Will was at home oQ his vacation, the boys always expect? ed plenty of fun. The last frolic be* fore he went back to his studies'Waff \ a long tramp after hazel nuts. p"~^~they were hurrying along- itt high glee, they came upon a vei? dis^ j couraged looking man and a dis* ccuraged looking cart. The boys did not wait to be invited* but ran to help with a good will* "Push! push!" was the cry. Tho man brightened up ; the old cart trun? dled along" as fast as rheumatism would allow it ; and in five minutes they all stood panting away at thc top of the - h:li. "Obliged to ye," said the man, .'?j-ou jest wait a minute," and hurried into the house, while two or three pink-aproned children peeped out of the door. "Now, boys," said cousin Wfll, "this is a small thing ; but I wish we could ali take a motto cat of it, and keep it for life : 'Push.' It is just the word for a gi and, clear morning like this: it is just thc word for strong arms and young hearts ; its just the word for a world that's so full of \ work as this is. s ..If anybody is in trouble, and you see it : don't stand back ; push." "If there is anything good to be done itt any place whose you happe* to be push ! "li there's work going on in Son" Jay School, then push." Don't draw back, I beg of you. You will surely do one or the other. VWhenever there's a kind, a chris* lian thing, a happy thing, a pleasant thing v.-h ci her lt's your own or not, whether it's at homo ot in town, at church w at school, just help with al! your might-pus/il At that moment ibo farmer came out again, bringing a dish of his wife's beet dough nuts, and a basket of lu's own -best-apple*; and lite boys Ita?! u fine lunch, as the reward of Push.^* TcTiipa aaec W'vi'Lcr. How Loas: Would She Sun if Wound Up? J. A ?d..b-M?eu, mud-covered granger' entered a Main street clock store about dusk Saturday evening, and with a be? wildered lock, a:-kcJ : 'Mister, ta thia-, where a -ann kin git a clock V *V. .-. -ir,* >.;id the clerk. .\Vsaid ,ihe granger, 'what be' ; ha t'.'t Icker worth'" pwi:>t'in? to an or iuiv and intricate niece of time-record^ mcciut'niMa on thc shelf. .Ti.:.i, .sir," said the clerk, is a wott* der-ui timepiece. U rs worth $200, and will lui. three years without wind* lng irtt .:t Scott " gasprd the' granger, .three year* without winding ! Say* mister, aar/ long weald the blamed thing run ir .-he v?.n> tfouud Up T-Coa~ We st;uul fur personal liberty.--^ CV:;.-../.. ?J.-v.-;, { h-'jKCrjo.irnal,) Chicana