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IN 1999. A Modern Mother Shipton Pro? phesies at Length. Io nineteen hundred and ninety-Dine For other worlds oor hearts will pine ; We'il know thu old one through and through, And look for some thine else to do. We'll ride tn bails from ?pop-guns shot, And quick as a dash be on the spot. Our letters sent io this way, too, Will postal service for 09 to do. Oar verbal messages the air Or Metber waves" will straightway bear. Of telegraph wires our streets will be free We'll oeed them no longer-it seems to me A bridge across the ocean wide Will sway and sweep from side to side ; . Tremendous jointed, hollow goats WilHst retch across like monster boats. The walls at sides will reach np high Tb keep the inside song and dry ; Aod windows thick to give a view For those who wish, in passing through. And so an easy task 'twill be Yo cross the wide, expansive sea. When wars are. rumored through our lani They'll end in baste-r-witb mighty hand ; For, sailing high, war-ships will be Oo **etber waves" instead of se* 'Tis sad to say, there'll be no bicycle. With wheel but one, 'twill be an "i-cycle ;" In front will turn a wind-mill small To rest you if yon're tired at all. The childhood sweet we now enjoy * Will pass away like useless toy ; For "men" and "wom?n," "large" and .small" Wi? take the place of "children" all. Aod, ob, ia bornes of cuitar? true, No childhood's voice will echo through ! So few sod far between they'll be That seldom baby face we'll see ; Bat coo*mon folks will Sod the land Witb immigration's mighty band ! And io our State-see where we'll stand The dark? will rale witb dnfkv hand 1 We manage bim now and won't agree To be raled by bim, bat then we'll see That numbers cou ot, and io the long ran, The darkies' side will nave safely won Please don't be shocked at the nex? I say, Bat graded schools will pass away ! As history of leo repeats ber role, Amd backward toms her nasty scroll, Of lessons at home parents will tire, And to something helpful will aspire ; And eo we will have no graded schools To form for oar children iron rules. Tile higher crines will pass HW?), Though truths they have taught will have foll away We'll have our Bib*e-treasured book Unaltered its pages ftfill ?ill look ! Bot one lasting truth WP all CAO see, And on this,point roost fu!;y agree : Our Father's love an eximple gave, To show us bow * ?ond to s-tve. No seminaries ?rill grind oat preachers ; No special schools for making teachers, Bat every son! some c*lt divine Will harket to and fail ia line Of wasted lives tb roo gb mischose? spheres We'll have bat tew-oh. bippv years ! COLUMBIA WARBLER. D?STANCB LENDS JBNCHANT ? MEUT. A Delightful Health Resort in the * Fines. CHARLESTON, S C., April 14, 1897. Dear Item : I have been to the Pine Forest Ian, which is al Sommerville, twenty-two miles from Charleston, on the Sooth Carolina and Georgia Railroad. This hotel, for such it really is, being situ? ated IQ. the pine region, is very beneficial to those who eirher need or desire .to inhale tbe pnogent a rona of the "pioe needles. It is a winter resort, and will be closed ia ten days fer tbe season. This letter, therefore, is not written to induce visitors to ?he place. Tboagb tbe writer will be sate to seek its sylvan shades next season. It will sot opea agata before next fall, bot this communication is eeot to you to let the people of the country know what sort of re? sort there ia to found io oar own State, and wbat-claas of accommodation can be bad within a atone'?throw of oar principal city. It kr now spoken of that an electric line may be ron from Charleston to Sommerville The surround in g3 are very beautiful Ever? green oaks and moss-bong pines, sloping swards aod rora! landscapes. Tbe hotel itself is as cleao and nice aa a new pin. Its rooms are large aod well furn? ished ; its stable contains thirty horses, some of which are the purest registered breeds. There are vehicles of all kinds, at tbe com? mand of visitors The supply of water is not only u ali mi ted, bat of tbe very best. An immense datero provides "aqua pare;" an artesian well yields any qaaatity of toe flow from nome mountain region, which is tapped at 900 feet below the surface. A powerfa! steam engine affords the power of forcing this water to an elevation above the fae ce ts of tbe top story of tbe hotel. The drainage and sewerage systems are very ex? tensive aod complete, and the electric light and power are supplied oa the grouod by two motors of great capacity. Every modero convenience and comfort can be'had in this inn. Bath rooms are adjoining roost of the chambers, and suits o? coons for thoie who desire them opening into j each other. There is a beautiful cottage lying adjacent to the Hotel, bat not so near, bat what entire privacy caa be enjoyed by its occupants. The wealthy proprietor bis made a pet and a bobby of this quiet retreat. He has spent over two hundred thousand dollars opon it already, and yet be is not satisfied He is now proposing to add another hotel to the grounds ; where persons of moderate means caa secure the blessings of this benignant climate, witbeut much cost. It is proverbial tbat Carolinians never fully Appreciate the advantage that are at their very doors, bot ge abroad to seek accommodations and rest, where they tbiok they are ti be had, leaviog better climate conditions nearer to their bornes. * Summerville and Sullivan's Island are illustrative of this. These t we places afford ideal atmospheres for Summer and Winter. Italy bas no more balmy air io winter, than one CAC breathe ja the Pine Forest Ino at Summerville Nw can any point on the At? lantic 9bow more bracing breezes in the Summer than Sullivan's Island. The South Carolina and Georgia Railroad gives excusi?n tickets to Sommerville, on Sundays, for City cents, good for the return trip also, which makes a rate of about one ceot per mile. One great charm about the Pine Forest Inn, i9 its absolute restfulness. Coe could not find in ail the land, a spot where more per? fect peace can be enjoyed. Tbere is a still? ness in the air, and a whisper iu the pioes ; which assures to restless nerves a periodof ? recuperation and repose. In point of health, nothing could be desire i j better than the coudr ions of hygienic charac? ter around the village, or town more properly, of Summerville in the Fall, Winter aod Spring season. It is a sad comocentary on our people, that this is not generally known. If such a climate and hostelry were si tua ted anywhere North or West, the Pine Forest Inn would be always crowded with Southern ! and Northern visitors Being at our very doors, we cannot se? it. It is too near and too accessible for Cbarlestouians. They do not have to travel far enough to see its beau? ties. "Distance lends enchantment o ttbe view." Hence we suppose that tbose who patronize oor Pine Land resort will continue to come from afar off. This season a ttusian Princess bas occupied the cottage, and graced the walks. TRAVELLER. LIVE QUESTIONS. A Series Articles Contributed by Auvaaced Thinkers. PATENT LAWS-WHY THEY SHOULD BE ABOLISHED. Patent l?ws? tariff laws, criminal laws, the questions of marriage and divorce, of woman suffrage, of popular education and of social progress should all "be considered in the light of axiomat? ic principles and with reference to the legitimate functions of government. Profitable attention may be given to patent laws which exert a potent influ? ence upon industrial conditions. They are laws declaratory and preservative of certain real cr fictitious property rights. If there be any natural property rights in a discovery or an invention, it is proper that the state in the discharge of its rig&t preserving function should provide for its protection. If, on the other hand, there be no such natural right, the creation of an artificial one is foreign to any legitimate function cf government and an unwarranted and injurious interference with the equal enjoyment of natural rights. It is clear that any man has a natural right to make and utilize whatever dis? coveries or inventions he can, but not so clear that other men have not a right to repeat the particular discovery or in? vention or even to utilize it, although not made by them. The importance of this subject is suggested by frequent complaints of the injurious effects of labor saving machinery upon the mar? ket for manual labor and the rate of wages. Thousands of men are engaged in some branch cf industry; a machine is invented, the introduction of which into general use will throw them out cf employment. Such a change, if occur? ring naturally-that is, without the in? terference or aid of government-would be one to which men should accommo? date themselves as best they could. In the natural order cf things thc machine would be gradually brought into gen? eral but not monopolistic use, thc la- ? borers, some of them becoming manu? facturers; owners an?l operators of it, while others would with less precipita? tion and greater success seek other and different employment. The government steps in, however, and makes it possible and profitable for parri cul arly favored capital to monopolize the use of the ma? chine and with it a particular industry. The evil results are, of course, aggra? vated by reason of thc fact that the patents generally come to be controlled by private corporations, but it is a seri? ous question whether the issue of the patent is not itself an abuse of civil power. It may be argued that patents encourage inventions of great benefit to society, which may be true, and yet few will contend that the state could justly appropriate the millions of a Vander? bilt or Astor to the promotion cf dis? covery and invention, no matter how beneficial such appropriation might be, nor can it with greater justice interfere for such purpose with any natural right or opportunity of any man. There was a time when men stood upon the shores of lake and stream angling for fish. At length one invented a boat, finding thereby deeper water and better fishing. Had he or the com? munity any right to prevent other men from using, making or selling boats: Another thought of the mast and sail Could he by right prevent others from making use of tho same contrivance? And so with every invention that mau may make, what natural right has he to prevent another from using it? The latter might have produced it a week or a dayUater although the former had never been born: That the so called rights protected are not natural is ad? mitted in that the government assumes to secure them fer only a limited term. Why should the life of a patent be 14 rather than 40 or 400 years if its object is to secure a natural right? Patent rights are privileges which the state has no legitimate authority to grant. Of the thousands that spend their lives in efforts at discovery and invention how few succceed, and of those succeed? ing how few themselves reap the reward that government assumes to provide! The inventor will invent as the poet sings cr the painter paints, because im? pelled by his genius. If he is to receive other than his natural reward, let it be given to him directly by the ' state, by the people, and let all the people share equally and at once in the benefit of his discovery. JOHN S. CROSBY. DO SOM?THING NOW. Everybody demands reforms, and most everybody is helping to reform by legislation. But this is a slow and un? certain precess. Statutes do not execute themselves. Most people live in blissful ignorance of law, and if all knew and helped to enforce law we should find that the world grew worse rather than setter. No nation was ever saved by statutes. Look at Judada, Athens, Spart3, Babylon, Carthage and Rome! Noble laws, resulting in debauchery, slavery, poverty and death. A few great teach? ers have seen the comparative useless? ness of legislation and have sought higher ways and more certain result*. Buddha, Jesus and Socrates inaugurated nobler movements and have gained sonie followers. We look around us and sec the many puerile and futile attempts io improve society by legislation. There are laws against trusts, discrimination in freight rates, municipal corruption, and yet there are larger trusts, more discrimination and more municipal cor? ruption than ever. We have a standing constitutional clause that there shall be no class legislation, and we have hard? ly any other kind. On the other hand, there are thou- I * j sands of suffering men and women who need immediate help. The number is steadily growing. What is to be done? There must individual and co-opera? tive effort Those who see the need must go at once and help effectively. By some, earnest. experience j-.ou.. will soon discover E5w liu??'thejr??lly"gobl? [ man has to do with legislation and how well he can get along wjAout all this enormous machinery o^egislatures and courts. Yon conld tal$e the money spent in maintaining legislatures and conrts and pension all the law "breakers and save 40 per cent, and certainly economy for the other parry and grab for our own is thejgsscnctt cf our modern poli? tics. Children and youth are be :ng crushed and trained in crime, they are being de? prived of their natural rights, and we are standing idly by, indifferent, or, at most, complaining. Why not put cn some plain clothes and go out into the "knrhways and hedges'1 and compel thorn, with love, to come into the better ways cf life? We must away with easte. Wc must go to the helpless. It is high noon in the day of social redemption. Selfishness is the only overthrower rf nations, and wc are somewhat selfish. There are sad and weary lives that we can relieve, and we shall never be satis? fied until we relieve them. Even if we were entirely happy we should still try to mate ethers so. But let us refuse to be happy until there is.no sorrow, re? fuse to rejoice until all other tears are dried. We shall perish in the effort? Then let us die like men. A noble death is always preferable to a doggish life. And what else is the life of the utterly selfish? Between the selfish and the morally depraved there is no choice, ex? cept you can often reclaim the latter, while the former dies in his sins. Go to thy nearest needy. Give thine all to him and live or die as duty may re? quire. A QUORUM ?F CONGRESS. Much Business Transacted Without One. Privileges of Representatives. In "?his Country of Ours," in The Century, ex-President Harrison gives this interesting view cf the workings cf congress: ''A majority of each house, under the constitution, constitutes a quorum for the transaction cf business. If a quorum is not present and that fact is disclosed by a yea and nay vote, busi? ness must stop until a quemm is secur? ed. But the mern bers present are empow? ered by the constitution to adjourn from day today and 'to compel the attend? ance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as each house may provide. ' A great deal cf business is done in both the senate and the house when a quorum is net present, the ab? sence of a quorum not being officially disclosed by a roll call. The sergeant-at arms is not an infrequent attendant at social receptions and dinners, but al? ways an unwelcome one when he comes to demand the attendance of truant sen? ators or members upon their respective houses. One-fifth cf the numbers pres? ent may demand a vote by yeas and nays, and the vote must be recorded in the journal which each honse is required to keep cf its proceedings. This journal does not include thc debates, which are, however, published in full daily in The Congressional Becord. "The senators and members arc priv? ileged from arrest, except for treason, felony or breach of the peace, while in attendance upon theirTespective houses and while going to and returning to the meetings of congress. A member may be punished by the house to which he belongs fer ^disorderly behavior, and by & two-thirds vote of the hcuse may be expelled.'* Growth oT '.English. The growth of the English language during the present ceutnry has been without parallel in the history of any tongue. The commercial associations of the English and American people with all the nations of the?earth have brought contributions from every clime to enrich our mother tongue, and the result is that there are words in common use in the English language from every known language on the face of the earth. Johnson's Chill and Fe? ver Tonic is a ONE'DAY Cure. It cures the most stubborn case of Fever in 24 Hours. Cinco Cigars are made by a firm with 47 years' experience and a reputation for first class goods only. Sold in Sumter exclusive? ly by H. G. Oateen & Co. Hammocks all sizes and prices-H., G 03 tee ri & Co. Sick Headache Permanently Cured "I was troubled, a long time, with sick headache. It was usually ac? companied with severe pains in the temples and sickness at the stom? ach. I tried a good many remedies /^S^K recommended for " this complaint ; but it was not until I be? gan taking AYER'S Tills that-I received anything like perma? nent benefit. A sin .rlo box of these pills did the work lor me. and I am nowa well man." c. II. IIi.TciiiNiiS, East Auburn, ]Me. For thc rapid cure of Constipa? tion, Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Nau? sea, and all disorders of Stomach, Liver, and Bowels, take JKSk Cathartic Pills Medal and Diploma at World's Fair. Ask your druggist for Ayer's Sarsaparilla, Right Prices You can pay more money for a bicycle, but you can? not secure a machine of higher grade than the Cres? cent, or one that will pleass you better. Crescents are the mest pop? ular bicycles made--70,0?O Crescents soid in J396. Crescents for everybody men and women, youths and misses, boys and girls? Light, strong tandems. WESTERN WHEEL WORKS CHICAGO NSW YORK Catalogue free. Agents everywhere. Garden Seed?# Buist's and Ferry\ just received. All kinds. Most Reliable. Onion S?ts. Red and White. DRUGS ! -Toilet* Soaps Frostilla for Chapped Hands ! Fresh Drugs Every Week. Prescriptions Carefully Com? pounded Day and Night J. S. HU6HS0N & CO., DRUGGISTS MONAGHAN BLOCK SUMTER, S. C. Tie Lanes! anil Mos! Collete rt Geo. S. Hacker & Son, -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, Moulding & Building Material. rffice and Warerooms, King, opposite Can? non Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. ^SJ* Pn rebase our make, which we gu?rante superior to any sold South, and" thereby pave money. Window and Paney Glass a Specialty October 16-o Fine Bug; Do you wan't a nice Vehicle to ride and well selected Stock of Baggies, Surre Office at Epperson's Stables. W. L. DOUGLAS $0.00 SHOE The Style, Fit and Wear could not be improved for Double the Price. Merchants, Bankers, Lawyers, Physicians and all economical men wear W. L. Douglas Shoes because they are the best. For sale by L. Douglas $3.50, $4.00 and $5.00 Shoes are the productions of skilled workmen, from the best ma? terial possible to put into shoes sold at these prices. We make also 52.50 and $2.25 shoes for men, and $2^0, $2.00 and $L75 for boys, and the L, Douglas $3;50 Police shoe, very suitable for letter-carriers, policemen and others having much walking to do. _ We are constantly adding new styles to our already larjre variety, and there* is no rea? son why you cannot be suited, so insist on having W. L. Douglas Shoes from your dealer. _ We use on?v the best Calf, Russia Calf (all colors), French Patent Calf, French Enamel, Vici Kid, etc., graded to correspond with prices of the shoes. If dealer cannot supply you, write W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. CATALOGUE FBEE. J. RYTTENBERG & SONS. m e e GunniDol STRICTLY HIGH GRADE. The Best is the Cheapest. There is none better than the. GUNNING Finest in Finish. Best in quality of material and work Style unequaled. Tool Steel Bearings* Seamless Steel Tubing", Perfect in every detaiL We are "GUNNING" for you. Send for Catalogue. . EiQin Sewing IWiae ic Bicycle 60. ELGIN, ILLINOIS. 25 HEAD Horses and Mules Just Arrived at JW. .If. GIUAHJUWS Feed and Sale Stables, Sumter, S. C Also on hand Buggies, ALL FOR SALE LOW FOB CASH. Jan 27 THE COLUMBIAN CYCLOPEDIA. 35 Volumes 7,500 Illustrations 28,600 Pages, Complete and Up to Date. The laruex? American Cyclopedia. Includes nn Unabridged Dictionary. Pronounces all Titles. Infonnnnon R ebt Down to Date. 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For full descriptive circulars and 1 fjlnn PnlnTilhioil DnflV Pf) J 81 Whitehall St. terms send to our Southern agents / HI? UUllUUUldI? DL'UiL Ul., I Atlanta Ga. gies. Surreys and Carriages* io this Spriog. If you do, call on roe and examioe my stock, I ha?e a large '58, Carriages, etc., and my prices are as low as the lowest.