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HUMANITY IN CALAMITY. An Awful Picture of Burned Dis? trict. Touches of Human Sympathy. The suburbs of Jacksonville stand out like oases in the desert of desola? tion, a rest to the eve and a comfort to the heart. From Bridge to Laura a thin fringe three blocks deep stands uninjured along the river front, but to the eastward of Hemming Park, an unbroken bed of ashes meet the eye, in which gaunt chimneys rear theni ? selves like monuments in some forgot? ten city's cemetery. Over all stands sentinel our bronze Confederate sol? dier on his lofty pedestal of marble, facing undismayed and with erect front, a picture equal in sadness to that his prototype saw all over our section after Appomattox. But he knows. God bless him, that Jackson? ville will rise from its ashes, as did the south ; he has but gone on before, but our hope .is his certainty, our faith will be justified. Over this field of ashes lately struggled a seething mass of people battling for life and that which must sustain life, but always kind and con? siderate to each other, always helpful to the verge of self-sacrifice. The members of ' the staff of this paper were everywhere, and they can recall no instance of unkindness, while they saw a thousand instances of where the poor helped the rich with? out money and without price : where the rich gave of their means with open hand and as lavishly of that sympathy which is sweeter to the heart. This is true of both races anfl of every condition. Out of dread mis? fortune a new chain has been forged to bind our hearts together. HUMANITY SUPREME. Out of the smother of smoke and flame reeled a man who had plunged in to help. Looking in the face of the stranger who supported him, the un? recognized specimen of humanity pant? ed : * ' I helped you at your home. ' ' "Were you the stranger who worked with me f Tell me your name." There was an attempt at a laugh, which ended disastrously, and then the blackened one took several deep inhalations and ran off, saying: "To hell with your thanks !" Never spoke a tenderer heart with a rougher tongue. The recording angel who - blotted out Uncle Toby's oath took the feeling for the words, and never heard the imprecation save as a bless? ing. There are many meanings to the presidents' English. SAVING A MACHINE. A citizen rushed down a street upon which a canopy of flames was rushing with a roar, in his hand a few val? ued articles taken from his home. In front of him limped an aged couple, who pushed a sewing machine. "You must hurry or you will be caught," said he. "We cannot leave the ma? chine," wailed the old woman, "it is our sole support." Without a word the entleman dropped his burden, shoul ered the machine and walked before the couple to the dock, where he placed the three safely on board a vessel. The ancients clebrated the m piety of Aeneas, who bore from burn? ing Troy the aged father to whom he was bound by ties of natural love. Here the stranger was so entreated. From a flaming house bedding and furniture were borne by willing hands and piled on the sidewalk. But no wagon could be secured, and soon it was too hot for flesh to endure. "We must leave it." Then an aged woman threw herself on the heap. Let me go with it," she sobbed; "it is all I have." Shakespeare touched the heart of human nature when he wrote: "You take my life when you do take the means by which I live." On every vacant lot in all the terri? tory surrounding the burnt district last night families were camped. Some had piled furniture about them, spread over this a blanket, and so made an excuse for a tent. In many cases this covering was only enough for the baby. Some had brought a frying pan, some a coffee pot, some had money to get bread-ali were shared in turn. Over the gathering occasionally shrilled the mourning of a negress whose child was missing-to be followed by sobs in every key that told of the habit of repression in the Caucasian and the savage frankness of the African. "Bress de Lawd, dis am de cUty judgment. " shouted a relierions enthusiast. "Have mercy onus, O God!" responded a lower voice in another key. "Hush, honey," comforted a fat mammy, "de Lawd looks after His own : and dis minds me of de time after the s'render, when ? we "tins all camped out at Micanopy,, and I was a gal dat had lots o' fun ! and come thu all right." So it con? tinued under that pall of smoke while I the fires flashed across the creek and rose up, ever and anon, as if to take flying leaps over it. "COME WITH ME." "Come with me," said a lady to her friend; "my house is safe." "Have you room?" asked the other. "Every room is full, most of them with utter strangers to me" answered the first, "but surely I can make a palace for you if I put you in my bed -and I sleep tinder it." Late last night a gentleman well "known in the city observed a droop? ing form on the sidewalk. "Madam, can I help you?" asked he. "I am faint, so faint, for food," was the reply: "I have tasted nothing since breakfast." The gentleman had not a cent in his pocket, and he interro- J gated a long line of his friends j before he could find one with a dol- j lar, though all were eager to help. This morning in front of every res? taurant or corner stand where food was offered there were long lines of the hungry who had money, and piti? ful by-standers who had none. But each "who obtained something shared with those outside the line-not an exception was noted.-Jacksonville Times-Union, Sunday. It is reported from Charleston that District Attorney John G. Capers will appoint T. Bothwell Butler, of Gaff? ney, and Ex-Judge C. P. Townsend, of Bennettsville, assistant United States district attorneys. Mr. Butler is a relative of Gen. M. C. Butler and Judge Townsend was a law partner of Senator McLaurin and is now his pri? vate secretary. BILL AEP EEYIEWS A BOOK. A Glance at Carrent History, It is only a little book-that the au? thor sent me, but a perusal of its pages has impressed me profound ly and has proved a real comfort in my old age. I have read most of it aloud to my wife and daughters and it has established them more firmly in the faith, if that were possible. This book is only 6x8 and contains 160 pages in large print-very large-so that veterans might read it without glass? es or a strain of the optic nerve. Its modest title is "A Glance at Current History," by Colonel John Cussons, of Glen Allen, Va. It is the work of a retired Confederate veteran, who is knowrn and loved by all Virginians and who was grand commander of the grand camp of Virginia Confederate veterans and the intimate friend of Gen. Maury, Dr. Hunter Maguire, Fitzhugh Lee and Joseph E. John? ston. This book was written with no selfish motive, neither for profit or fame, nor with any desire of crimi? nation, but rather to heal the breach and at the same time pre? serve the truth of history and hand it down to our children. There is not a line of malice or revenge within its pages, but a high-toned, digni? fied, conservative appeal to his com? rades to uphold the government that is now a nation and at the same time defend the south from any taint upon her honor. It is beautifully written in thoughts that breath and words that burn and no man, north or south, can question a statement contained within it. I wish that I was a millionaire. I would place a copy of this book in the home of every family in the south and in the hands of every young man, and I would make it a little text-book of history in every public school. There are only six chapters, each not more than ten minutes long, but there is not a wasted sentence nor a para? graph too much ' The last chapter is a defense of the American Indian, for the author was long a frontiersman and lh-ed among them and mingled with them for many years, and as Gen. Maury said of him, "He has more thoroughly studied the Indian character than any man now living." The first chapter is devoted to a review of a United States history recently written and published by Prof. Goldwin Smith, an Englishman, who was for years a professor of history in Cornell university and is now a doctor of canon law in Toronto, Cana? da. This history is published both in London and New York, and is amaz? ingly popular both in England and the north. It is intensely venomous against the south, and especially against Virginia. Now listen for a few moments at some of his historical utterances taken verbatim from his book. Listen and wonder that such a book could find patrons anywhere: "South Carolina got her start by com? bining buccaneering with slave own? ing and making her ports a shelter for pirates and corsairs such as Capt Kidd and Blackbeard. "Georgia was the refuge of the pau? per and bankrupt. Her first settlers were good for nothings who had failed in trade-a shiftless and lazy set-but later on some better elements came in -Highlanders, Moravians and perse? cuted Protestants of Salzburg. "The first settlers of Virginia were an unpromising lot-lackeys, beggars, broken down gentlemen and tapsters out of a job. To this crew of vaga? bonds were added jailbirds. English convicts were offered their choice be? tween the gallows and Virginia, and some were wise enough to choose the gallows. Even their place of settle? ment-Jamestown-has long been a desolation. They were not such colo? nists as the Puritans. They made the Indians work for them, while the Puri? tans worked for themselves. Many of them were kidnapped from the streets of London and all were of depraved character. Afterwards came African slavery, the bane of Virginia and her ultimate ruin. As were the people so were their leaders. A chief fomento r I of the quarrel with England was Pat I rick Henry, a man who had tried many ! ways of earning a living and had failed j in all. A bankrupt at twenty-three, he lounged in idleness till he found he could live by his tongue. James Madison was a well meaning man, but morally weak. Henry Clay was a daz? zling, but artful politician. John Randolph had natural ability, but lacked good sense and had no power of self control. He would enter the sen? ate with his hunting whip in his hand and behave as if he were in his dog kennel." He gives faint praise to Washington, and much more to Bene? dict Arnold, who, he says, "was one of the best American generals and the most daring of them all. He was slighted and wronged by politicians and had despaired of the cause. " Ben Franklin and Samuel Adams were lacking in the ordinary traits of gen? tlemen, and as for Patrick Henry, nothing better was to be expected, for the character of an English gentleman ? is not to be formed in the backwoods. " Concerning the civil war he says: "The slaveholders escaped military service and thrust the poor people un? der fire. Guards impressed men in the streets and conscripts were sent to Lee's army in chains. At the taking of Fort Pillow the negroes were nailed to logs and burned alive. The South? ern lady was but the head of a harem. She was soft, elegant and? charming, but the civil war disclosed an ?lenient in her character of a different kind." This is enough of the scandalous and slanderous book, and it is only popular at the North because of its vilification of the South. He flatters New England and the Puritans and gives praise to Benedict Arnold, who was born in Connecticut, and more to old John Brown than to General Lee. These are the kind of books that the Northern children read and study and believe. How can that section ever be reconciled? And yet there are people at the South who condemn us for de? fending the honor of our ancestors and the heroism of our soldiers, and speak of it as "ex-Con federa te rot " Lord Macauley said: "A people who take no pride in the achievements of their ancestors will achieve nothing for their own children to be proud of. " Some of our most gifted men are still toadying to please Northern appetites, "licking the hand that strikes the blow." Of all sucha patriotic North? ern writer says beware of the "chron? ic reconciler," the man who im? proves every opportunity to haul out his faded olive branch and wave it in the eyes of the peopK When any ' man, North or South, talks in a mel ? low way of his love for his old enemy, I watch him. He is getting ready to ask for something. Watch him. There is something pathetic in the picture of the north and south clasped in I each others arms and shedding a cur I rent of hot tears down each others : back, but the aged mothers on either ! side have not yet learned to love the ; foe with much violence. Nor does the i crippled veteran love the adversary j who robbed him of the glorious youth j and left him in feeble ruin, nor have the patriot soldiers on eiher side de? serted the cause for which they fought. But think of Virginia-the glorious Old Dominion-the mother of States and statesmen. Her domain extended from Carolina to Canada* and from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans. Born upon her generous bosom was Wash? ington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Lighthorse Harry, Robert E. Lee, Joe E. Johnston and Stonewall Jackson. Who would not be proud to be a Vir? ginian? Who can wonder at the patri? otic pride of those two venerable sis? ters, Miss Judith and Miss Anna Thomas, of Southampton County, now passed their eightieth year, the only sisters of General George H. Thomas, and who, ever since 1861, when he ac? cepted office under Lincoln, have uni? formly declared that they once had a brave and noble brother of that name, and that he won renown in the war with Mexico when he was a major in Colonel Robert E. Lee's regiment, but that he died in 1861, and now they have no brother. Ever since Virginia seceded they have pathetically de? clared their dear brother died in the spring of 1861. Every Virginia officer of the old army, save George H. Thomas promptly resigned and volun? teered to defend their state. These lone? ly old maidens seem really to believe that their brother did die. The county of Southampton had presented to Major Thomas on his return from Mexico a beautiful sword and after our civil war he wrote to his sisters and requested that the sword be sent to him. They replied that they could not part with it, for it was the only memento of a ve rv dear brother who died^ in 1861. They still live alone and in poverty in the same old man? sion in which they were born, but neither friend nor neighbor ever pre? sumes to mention General Thomas in their presence. These venerable and venerated ladies are but a type of the old Virginia aristocracy. Well may they be proud of their State and their ancestry BILL ARP. P. S.-I do not know Colonel Cus sons nor the price of his little book, nor have I any interest in advertising it, but I do wish that every veteran and every veteran's son had" it. His address is Glen Allen, Va., and he is the publisher. I suppose that SI will buy it postpaid. B. A. "The exact test of Mr. McLaurin's status in the Democratic party in this State must be made in the convention which meets to order the primary next year, and there will be abundant op? portunity for settling the question then and there. In fact the real is? sue will be made prior to the meeting of the convention, and delegates from the several counties will be sent to Columbia with instructions to vote for or against McLaurin being admit? ted to the privileges of the primary election. This is the milk in the cocoanut, and it is right to decide McLaurin's political status in ad? vance of the convention for the simple reason that his admission to the pri? mary is an acceptance of the doctrine that a man can act as he pleases when he gets into office without being amenable to party discipline, which admission is the very quintessence of party folly. McLaurin's acceptance as a Democratic candidate will mean that the door is flung wide open for the en? dorsement of Republican principles and policies, and the aborogation of Democratic tenets and practices. A convention that would permit such a thing ought to amend its constitution and rules by substituting the word 'Republican' for 'Democrat' wherever it occurs. Mr. McLaurin and his friends need not lay the flattering unction to their souls that are going to deal with the executive committee about signing the pledge and paying the the required fee. He has raised a much more important question, for the pledge comes under the review of his own conscience and judgment as to its propriety, while his status as a Democrat is a matter of public con? cern, of which every member of the party is competent to judge, and has a right to the expression of an opin? ion, which can be done in voting for delegates to the county conventions, from whence will be sent representa? tives to express the will of the people. In this way Mr. McLaurin is apt to receive his dismissal from the Demo? cratic party, rf he does not go hence prior to the meeting of the conven? tion. At any rate it is useless to dis? cuss the probable action of the ex? ecutive committee, which will receive its instructions from the people indi? rectly, it rs true, but none the less effectually. ' '-GreenvilleMour.taineer. A locomotive trust has been formed and all the locomotive works in the country, except the Baldwin works havel>een purchased. Standard Oil and Vanderbilt interests control the trust. A shipbuilding trust with a capital of sixty-five million dollars has been formed. It has been chartered as the United State?Shipbuilding Company. The Newport News, Va., Company* the Union Iron Works, of San Fran? co, and all the other important com-j pa??es except Cramps have been abso ri>ed. The Standard Oil Company paid out twelve million dollars in dividends on Tuesday. Three months ago twenty million dollars were paid out, making 32 per cent, already paid out in divi? dends this year. Last year 48 per cent, was paid to stockholders. Buffalo Bill attributes much of his magnificent health to moderate eating and drinking. He sleeps only about four hours a night and rises early. If some grunting sick folks would eat, drink and sleep less, they might fare better in health. Gluttony of various kinds makes doctors rich and drug? stores prosperous. / ii PROTEST AGAINST UNHOLY WINE. Should the St*te Bestore Vine . yards to Honored Place Amor g Profitable Professions? - The dispensary was pretty generally c; iscussed by the candidates for office curing the campaign meetings through? out the State during last summer, and : at times since then, but its merits : and demerits, especially the latter, : Lave merely been skimmed over, j v/hile the inward, diabolical depths of its craftiness, and the evil influences it has secretly exercising have remain ! ed untouched and as yet concealed. In ? what respects has the dispensary ben e?tted the people of the State and proved successful as to the purpose for which it was ostensibly established? Financially it certainly has not proved a success, unless it has very re? cently begun a new and more prosper? ous course, for it profits must have been largely expended in carrying on vari? ous lawsuits in which the State became involved in conducting the business of tie concern, besides losses of greater or less amounts, continually met with from stealage. As a political machine and ring establishment it undoubtedly has been successful in securing to its leading projectors and supporters a long run of political power and lucra? tive positions where cunningly hidden from public view in the performance of their official duties, they have been enabled to appropriate to their private use as much of the dispensary s;uff as they pleased, without let or hinderance or fear of detection. But as an instrument of moral reform and of progressive advance in righteous? ness, it has been an utter failure: aye, even worse than a failure, for it has held up to men a temptation to drink, in this, that the more people bought and consumed, the greater would be the profits to the State, and to the people a corresponding reduc? tion of taxes. It has tempted to lie, steal and to commit murder or manslaugter, not a few cases of which latter crimes have been committed by the villainous c! ass, who were appointed to act as de? tectives in ferreting out trangressors o:;: the law, and who were assured of the governers' protection in case in? temperate zeal in the performance of their dirty, tyrannical duties should, a" any time, provoke resistance, lead? ing on to acts of violence, which would render them liable to indictment and trial as violatiors of the crimi? nal laws of the State. A good and beneficial law would never have called for the employment of such a vicious let of men as composed the dispensary constabulary force, whose deeds of violence have brought disgrace upon the State, and instead of promoting harmony and good will among the people, have tended greatly to in? crease strife and discord and lawless? ness. If it is not wrong for the, S.ate to sell spirituous liquors for profit, it cannot be wrong for citizens tc do so, under such restrictions and enactions as the legislature might see fit to impose upon those wrho should be authorized to carry on the traffic, and in denying to citizens this right of competition in the business, and in assuming the sole power to do so, the State has established a huge, tyranni? cal monopoly and trust, in contraven? tion of the rights of the people. But if it is wrong for citizens to sell liquor. under the restraints and authority of law, then is it ten times, aye a hundred times worse for the Slate to monopolize the traffic and for the sake of an increase of gain, so to conduct it as to cause even more wide? spread, demoralizing and insidious evils than existed before. There may be less open drunkenness apparent on the streets of cities and towns since the suppression of bar? rooms and saloons, but is there in fact arv decrease in the consumption of liquor, especially outside the limits of incorporated communities,, throughout the country districts ? Apparently this is not the case. It has become the fashion of the day to hoist up intemperance in drink to the public gaze as though rt were the chief of vices and sins and the cause of more crimes than any other evil habit that a man can be addicted to or afflicted with, whereas is it not like other criminal vices and sins, many of them more deadly and damna j bl? than it, simply a symptom of spir? itual disease, the evidence of a distem? pered heart? "an evil heart of unbe? lief, in departing from the living Godr and hardened by the deceitful? ness of sin." Drunkenness is not only a criminal act in the sight of men but rt is also a stn against God: for "no drunkard can be an inheritor of the kingdom of God."r Our Savior on one- occasion said to hi;? disciples, Mark VII, 15 to 20, "There is nothing from without a man that entering into him can defile him, but the things-- that come out of him, these are they that defile the man. For from within, out of the heart of men proceed, evil thoughts, adulteries, fornication, murders, thefts, covet? ousness, wickedness, an evil eye, blas? phemy, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within and defile th:? man." The heart of the drunkard th ?nv is a distempered heart, harden? ed by unbelief, and the deceitfulness of sin, possessed of a devil that drives hi TI to drink atwell as to the commis sicai of other criminal and sinful acts. Ci:n the dispensary law, or any other la>Vy. prohibitory or not, cast a devil cwat of a man's heart? It may bring the culpit to trial and punishment for hhi transgression but it never can heal him of hrs infirmity. What said the angel to the prophet Zachariah? "Not by might nor by power, but by my sp\rit" saith the Lord of hosts." And St. Paul, speaking of the inspired laws of Moses, in his epistle to the Gelations, III, 21 to 24, says: "For if there had been a law given, which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the la1*. But the scripture hath conclud? ed all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. But before faith cane we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justi? fied by faith." If by their futility in effecting any change in the hearts of men, the dis ix>nsary law and other criminal laws could only act thus, as a schoolmaster, to bring the weak and erring to Christ, thfre might be a hope that some good results might at length bo attained by piing up law opon law, as they fail one after another to correct or in manner check the ever increai iniquity and lawlessness that pre throughout the law. The church at Stateburg, bein; need of wine for sacramental purr some six or eight months ago, it remembered that the late Bis Howe in his lifetime had recomme ed for this purpose the wine made a communicant of our church. A ter was written to this gentlemar inquire whether he had then any s' wine and if so could he dispose some of it. His reply was in the lowing words : "I have the wine but the domin element in the body politic will permit me to sell it nor will the St buy it. As Tillman is the State I wr him in February last to use his in1 ence with the legislature to pen wine makers to sell their products i der dispensary regulations, but took no notice of my letter, whicl know he received. "Tha dispensary iniquity has drn many energetic and upright citiz< to other states besides causing ms murders, yet the people submit, have just dug up ten acres of gre vines and planted the land in corn I failed to see any relief probable di ing my lifetime. " Thus through the crafty sug?esti or subtle influence of " that old s pent called the devil and Satan," t dispensan- la A- was SO framed that t vine which, ever since the time of t flood, when the righteous patriar Noah planted a vineyard, down to t present scientific and progressive e: has held an honored place among t possessions and upon the grounds the husbandman, was by the ena? ment of this law, treated as a corm and noxious cumberer of the grou of the State and, as it were, rooted ? and cast out of the limits of the co] monwealth and the churches with the same limits were, as far as t law could make it obligatory on the] compelled to procure the wine, th required for sacred use, after it h passed through the adulterating ai polluting channels of the dispensar But the crowning offence and dam ing iniquity of that devilish law a revealed in the dishonor and reproai it has cast upon our Lord and Savio Jesus Christ and in the treachero snare by which to introduce a def ing element into His church. Re xii, 12: "Therefore rejoice ye heave: and ye that dwell in them. Woe the inhabiters of the earth and of tl sea! for the devil is come down un you having great wrath because ] knoweth that he hath but a sho time." Hence the activity of the powers evil manifested in these latter day not only in South Carolina bi throughout the whole world. From among all the trees and shrui that grow upon the face of tl earth it pleased the Lord io select tl vine as His emblem to represei the intimate and mysterious relatior ship and connection between Himse and His church. St. John xv, 1-6: " am the true vine and my Father i the husbandman .... I am th vine, ye are the branches. He tha abideth in me and I in him, the sam bringeth forth much fruit, for witt out me ye can do nothing." It i customary among all kingdoms and na tions of the world to be represented o symbolized by some emblem and won I ? not an aet tending to discredit or dis honor any such emblem be regarded b; j the power represented by the embler i as a direct insult to it although th emblem is merely a figure without an; vital relationship or connection wit] the life of the nation, whereas in th' case of the vine the Savior has com manded that hrs followers shall drinl of the fruit of the vine, whenever the; meet together to commemorate Hi lastfsupper with His disciples and a a memorial of the shedding of Hi: blood for the salvation of mankind j St. Matthew xxvi, 27, 28, 29, "And h< took the cup, gave thanks, and gave i to them, saying, drink ye all of it for this is my blood of the new testa ment, which is shed for many for th? remission of sins. But I say unt( you, I will not henceforth drink o the fruit of the vine until that da] when I drink it anew with you in nrj Father's kingdom.T By the act of the dispensary law. prohibiting the use of the vineyard, for the purpose of making wine fo: sale by any one, in this State, th( vine, in effect, has been pronounced i corrupt tree, bringing forth evil fruii and so has been condemned to be due up and cast out. May it not be in? ferred from this proceeding that the Reformers who made the law, "sup? posing that gain is godliness, " have more concern in the power of theil law to bring in abundant profits tc them than they have faith in the blood of Christ Jesus, of which the fruit of the vine is the emblem, tc redeem the people from their sins and thus virtually manifest their secret desire to thrust Him out from theil presence also. The Gadarenes besought the Lord that He would depart out of theil coasts and He delayed not His de? parture. Who can say how long He will suffer His holy spirit to contend with such reformers and indignities and blasphemies of the dispensary? Under the old testament dispensation of Mosesv the people were forbidden to offer in sacrifice to the Lord any animal that was diseased or maimed, or had any blemish whatsoever, for I it woald not be accepted. Can Chris? tians, believe that the adulterated i wines of a corrupt political establish? ment are meet for the Master's table, ; and will be accepted by Him in place of the pure fruit of the vine, that could be obtained from the vineyards of honest and God fearing husband? men? Our Savior said, "A corrupt tree cannot bring forth good fruit, neither can a good tree bring forth evil fruit. Therefore shall ye know them by their fruits." And these are the words of the apostle Paul. He? brews x, 28 to 31, '1 He that despised Moses' law, died without mercy under two or three witnesses. Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trod? den under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the cove? nant, wherewith he was sanctified an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the spirit of grace. For we know Him that hath said, vengeance belong eth unto me: I will recompense saith the Lord. And again the Lord shall judge His people. It is a fearful thinK to fall into the hands of the liv? ing God." Now then is it not high time that the State should withdraw from this unhallowed and devilish co? partnership, and restore the vineyard to its time honored place among the profitable possessions on the grounds of upright and godly husbandmen, from whom the people, and especially the churches of the Lord Jesus Christ may procure pure and unadulterated wine within the limits of the State? For where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty, but only tyranny and "strife, confu? sion and every evil way" where the world, the flesh and the devil hold joint sway. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Gallations v. 19 to 23: "Now the works of the flesh are manifest which are these, adultery, fornication, un? cleanness, lasciviousness, idolatory, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emula? tions, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revel lings and such like. Of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things, shall not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentle? ness, goodness, faith, meekness, tem? perance: against such there is no law." W. W. Anderson, M. D. Stateburg, S. C. Jefferson as an Inventor. Originated Several Devices, But Would Not Patent Them. W. E. Curtiss writes as follows in the Chicago Record-Herald : Thomas Jefferson was himself an in? ventor, but, consistent in his belief in the natural right of all mankind to share useful improvements without re? straint, he never applied for a patent. His first original device was a fold? ing chair, which he used to carry to church in early days, when services were held in the court house at Char? lottesville and the seating convenien? ces were insufficient. His grandson tells us how he would "mount his horse early in the morning during the latter years of his life, canter down the mountain and across the country to the site of the university, anet spend a long day there, directing the work, carrying with him a walking stick of his own invention, now fam? iliar to all, composed of three sticks, which being spread out and covered with a piece of cloth, made a tolerable seat." Mr. Bacon, his overseer, in his reminiscences says: "His servants came with him and brought a seat, a camp stool of his own invention. After Mr. Jefferson got old and feeble a servant used to go with him and carry that stool so that he could sit down while he was waiting for any? body, or attending to any work that was going on." He invented the revolving chair, now a familiar and necessary article of furniture in all offices and counting rooms. The Federalist newspsapers used to call it "Mr. Jeffersons5 whiri-i-gig, " and declared that he had devised it " so as to look all ways at once." He also designed a light wagon or sulky with a comfortable seat and two wheels, with which he frequently drove around the country when he was too feeble to ride horseback. Mr. Jefferson invented the copying press. He writes to Mr- Madison in 1787: "Having a great desire to have a portable copying machine, and hav? ing studied over some experiments with the principle of large machines made to apply in the smaller one, .1 planned one in England and had it made. It answers perfectly. I have set a workman making them, and they are of such demand that he has his hands full. I send you one. You must expect to make many essays before you succeed perfectly. A soft brush, like a shaving brush, is more successful than a sponge." He also sent a copy? ing press to the Marquis de Lafayette as a present. Another of his inventions was a hemp break, which he says1 fchas long been wanted by the cultivators of hemp, and as soon as I can speak of its effect with certainty I shall describe it anonymously in the publie papers, in order to forestall the prevention of its use by some interloping patentee." He invented/a pedometer to measure the distance he walked. He sent one to James Madison, with the following explanatory letter: "To the loop at the bottom of it you must sew a tape, and at the other end of the tape a small hook. Cut a little hole in the bottom of your left watch pocket, pass the hook and tape through it and down between the breeches and drawers, and fix the hook on the edge of your knee band, an inch from the knee buckle; then hook the instrument itself by its swivel hook, on the upper edge of your watch?pocket. Your tapi being adjus? ted in length, your steps will be ex? actly measured by the instrument. His most important invention was a plow. Mr. Bacon, his overseer, says: "He was very ingenious. He invented a plow that was considered a great im? provement on any that had ever been used. He got a great many premiums and medals for it. He planned his own carriage, buildings, garden^ and fences and a good many other things He was nearly always busy upon some plan or modeLv' Jefferson's plow received a gold medal in France in 1790. During his European tours he had been struck with the waste of power cause?! by the j bad construction of the plows in com? mon use. The part of the plow called the "mold board," which is above the snare and turns over the earth, seemed to him the chief seat of error, and he spent many of the leisure hours of his last years in France in evolving a mold board which should offer the minimum of resistance. He sent^ the original design to the Royal Agricul? tural Society of the Seine. The medal which they" awarded for it followed the inventor to New York, and eight? een years afterward the society sent him a superb plow containing his im? provement. _ _ Prof. A. H. Miller, of Furman Uni? versity, has been- elected president of Orangeburg College. The Board of County Commissioners of Newberry Countv " has decided to pay $400 of "the $1,500 expended by the city in fighting the smallpox. The losses of fire insurance compa? nies bv the Jacksonville fire foots up $4,748,000 so far as can be ascertained. The Liverpool, London ?fe Globe heads the list with a loss of $310,000. A writer in the New York Sun notes that the sentence, "Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs," contains all letters in the alphabet.