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Loiik Ago. 1 once knew all the birds that mine And nestled in our orchard trees, For every ttowcr 1 had a name, My friends were woodchucks, toads and bees; knew where thrived in yonder g'en What plants would soothe a stonebruised toe; Oh! 1 was very learned then, But that was very long ago. 1 knew the spot upon the hill Where checkberries could he found. \1 knew the rushe* near the mill Where pickerel lay that weighed a pound. knew the wood, the very tree, Where lived the poaching, saucy crow, And all the woods and crows knew mc Ly wuv Miav ?t?tj very iuiik ugu. And, pining for the jovs of youth, i 1 tread tiie old familiar spot, L Only to learn this solemn truth? m t ' tten, am forgot. youngster at my knee le things 1 used to know, ce was wise as lie!? t very long ago. ly to complain f the Fates decree; vishes all in vain, tat my wish should be? a boy again, friends 1 used to know, so happy then? very long ago. ) Field in Chicago Record. OUSIN MARY. sad i n i > 11. rt o ip . from ^Rd up, to be aiaiiu.ofn Pvaa not so handsome as 'en expected in the son of I mother and the voung fn^^^^^^Klicd before I was born, ami W"^M? beautiful, 1 was told. 1 wa^^^^Drilliaut, though both sides of t^^nouso showed meu and women of cKellont ability, and worst of all. 1 waswiot good, though this puzz.ed me not a little as a child, for my intentions were of a magnificent order, and the resultant bebavior not nearly so reprehensible as that of many boys I know, less punished. But, in some way, the things 1 meant to do failed of accomplishment, or were found, when accomplished, to have most unhappy consequences ; and the things I did under pressure of discipline were seldom satisfatory. Years of reproof and often overheard complaint as to my trying disposition finally convinced mo of my unworthinoss, and in time I grow to look at my life as a failure, merely an opportunity for as much self-induigouee as could be procured without too much expense. Being of a lazy and luxurious disposition, I early fell into the habit of deriving an inexhaustible fund ol pleasure from mure imagination ol what things intent oe ; iu console myself for my ineffectual struggle to make them such. As a little boy 1 was sent to bed with military precision H by my inflexible mother, usually with a sense of failure and ill-doing in the H day behind me, and I used to lie mute and still in my little chamber ami up to myself in royal bursts ^^^^H^H^^rcination for real How laid, thought be inspirit, not only established H H-cmim-ut virtues by a series of nobh ?so easy to imagine, so ditlieult to ^^HH^^^Wrform "in the gray irksomentss ol very day life?but besides this have I |BWglutted my infant soul with the sweet vengeance of magnanimity: arranging l^^^^^^^^iwparalloled donations and privileges ^ conferr5l by U1-, me lac IKh.Vrtabld^"^ "JJXorthy son. upon my grateful (^BU^and friends. One sweetest joy VFthese fair dreams was that, whenVl should be a man. my Cousin Mary, who disliked me for the disagreeable Iwjy 1 was, should love and marry mo. It was a sore problem with me in those days to decide whether I should indeed receive the open gratitude o( my beneficiaries, revelling gloriously th?\r??in ; or whether, proudest height of power concealed, 1 should bestow all benefits in secret, and yet remain, condemned and criticized by trie unwitting recipients of my bounty. But my Cousin Mary in these dreams always loved mo for myself alone, and then?afterward?ah ! the jewels 1 showered upon her. This habit of internally satisfying myself, of paying back in triumphant magnanimity for all " the stings and arrows of outrageous fortune '* continued with me as I grew, and remained my best consolation after I had become an unaspiring reporter on a great newspaper. And still in my solitary chamber down town when I was not so tired as to sleep perforce in what hours remained to mo. I would console myself for all mortifications of the day and of all other days in my unhappy memory, by proud, unhampered visions of what I would do under given conditions of wealth and power. Splendid conditions these, so easily imagined, fitting so smoothly to my shoulders as I planned and adapted them, but ah ! fo laughably impossible of attainment. And then, ill at once, by a chanee no a tranter, to be sure, than many a one 1 was in the daily habit of recording, there fell into my hands, not talent, and beauty and power, indeed, as I hid demanded in my boyish dream,, but wealth practically un-Lxtftded, such wealth as I could never of myself have earned, or won, or found, or in any least or faintest way deserve. To be sure, 1 had been laying myself out on the old fellow, as i should never have dared to do had 1 known him for a millionaire, but that was not from benevolence, but a purely selfish appreciation of his boundless fund of travel and experience. His society was worth money to me besides the pleasure of it, and therefore did 1 court him assiduously, with many an ntortainment and excursion, which again wore no credit to my generosity, for had I not the interminable tickets and passes and the duty of going to all these weary things??a duty much lightoned by the society of the lounging. invalid old gentleman, whom I supposed no richer than myself. I told hirn my story, such as it was: and 1 am fain to think that some substle sympathy, some consciousness of a similar experience in his own boy hood, made nun uikc more 01 an intercut than I then suspected in tnis poor series of failures 1 called my life. .Then ho died very suddenly and serenely, leaving me some unbelievable millions, and as no one but his solicitor knew that he had any money, so no one knew that I had any : and Ik hold me forthwith inexactly the position of my childish heart's desire ! What joy ! What wild, free rapture of plans, with occasional bursts of fancy which oven I dismissed as quite untenable. For instance, I had no longer any faintest hope of marrying my Cousin Mary. She was quite taken up with another cousin, Fred by name, and would huve married him Ion# \ siaco, do doubt, liud bo been able to j support u funii'y. But. bo was proud, i and would not marry until ho eould t offer something' to bis wife. I knew that, for In* bad told mo so. However, it was now my delicious i fate to be ablo to arrange matters for i these two so that they should be able to marry : neither knowing how it i come aitout, nor in the least corner i of their hearts suspecting me. Then with wliutswelling pride should 1 look i Upon their happiness and know that 1 had given it?I, who so far had given only trouble and mortification to my iuiuily ! it was an easy matter to make my mother's last years comfortable; and all! the pleasure, the selfish pride I took in iciueiubering small personal wishes and gratifying them bit by bit, whil3 never suspected ! it was an ousv matter, too. throneh my agent, to buy the very paper on which I wrote: to slowly dismiss the men who were a disgrace to it, to promote and engage men whose work made it a great voice soon, and through it slowly to win the public conlidenee and work my will, little by little among the allairs of the city. Such a splendid game it was to arouse public enthusiasm over some free baths, or children's play-ground scheme or other, to start subscription lists, and covertly head them myself: to machinate safely and quietly through my great pages, and all the while having my copy refused half the time, and the other fellows wondering how I kept my place. All this, and much more, was easy ;lnd exciting : more of a triumph and a joy even than I had ever imagined it would bo: hut my pet scheme of schemes hung' lire a little. Kred got his now position, in u porfoetly natural manner; ho was :i good follow and desorved it. Still there was no sign of an engagement between him and my Cousin Mary. Then I thought, being an independent girl, she might be waiting to have something of her own ; and after as pretty a bit of finesse :ts I ever saw in iny life, if it was my own invention?and small wonder, for had 1 not schemed at such pleasant miracles since I was eight years old ? ? t managed to provide her with a neat little fortune of her own. Still no result. So one day when I was home ?I did not go often, for mother would always lecture me 011 my habits, and somehow I never could entirely get over the hurt of it, big as I was?I chanced to be alone with my Cousin Mary for as much of an evening as she would he willing to bear my company. I felt very happy to see how beautifully she was dressed in these days, how her hands were white already, and grown smooth again where the delicate lingers used to he rough w ith countless needle pricks. The house was a comfortable one now, my mot her was far easier in her mind and therefore a sweeter companion. Everything looked pleasant around Mary, and 1 told her how glad I was to see it. I did not tell her how glad 1 was to see her, how in all tae rich and varied jo} of my present position, as in ail lIh- unuterahlc weariness ami dulncss of my former state, to sen her was the keenest delight I ever felt, or over hoped to feel. Calm, strong, beautifp! woman that she was : perfect in love^.'jM^uJface and form and character?tutor t'Vumph. alt' rJ*/*> *-- eould not eVhlrivo to , inak#lier happy. j I ill watciiiug her, and she watelieu i & leaping llanies of (ire; and 1 ; ereil clumsily in what possible < i eonld force her into the happi- i which shouhl he hers, when ail 1 at once slie rose arul came to my side. 1 "Cousin Tom." she said in that du- I licious voice of hers. " vVhy don't , you amount to more?why don't you , do yourself justice in some way? Is it"?and here she hlushed beautifully ?but the cousinship gave iier courage and she went on. " Is it for lack of ? money to make a start with? Because, i you know, 1 am quite rich now?because 1 want you to let me -you'll for- ; give my awkwardness, won't you ? to ] let me give you some of it, Tom, a < whole pile of it." ; That blessed, generous, self-forgetting creature ! She looked so lovely as I >iii- Miftu it tiiiti my iiriiin ain 1 dizzily. | : " No," said I, at length, "it is not j 1 lack of money, my dour Cousin Mary, itut sheer personal incapacity that ' prevents my amounting to anything. ' I am an ordinary, stupid fellow at ! dost, and my family are too elear- 1 headed to ?ive me that hlind loving ; faith whieh makes even stupid fellows ! do very well sometimes." " You are not stupid," she cried, ^ "nor ordinary?1 know you hotter . than you think. You could be some- ] thinif splended if you ciiose. Why don't you choose?" And then -die looked at nie with i I such an earnest, tender believing j t tflanee as fairly drove me to her feet. i "Oh, Mary, you blessed an^el 1" I i , cried to her; "eouid you-would you ! is it possible that you, after all, can : liiid it in your sweet heart to make a ; plaee for such a useless jjood-for- i nothing as I?" And then my Cousin Mary just came ' | into iirms iitwl ri mi fi >rt i . I inv heart with a thousand tender words of . hope and faith. And she said tin- , sweetest joy of joys to her was that \ no'v siie was really able to help me < wit.lt her preeious little fortune. And j since she values it so much 1 have let Iter h?dp me with it always. As if any < fortune, great or small, vvere to be ' mentioned in the same breath with her love ! ??^ IllMi AKI* ON HAPPY PAYS. Mow Many Does the Average Alan or Woman See Maeli Year? Airs. Arp ' Takes a Voyage ami Oris Seasick, How many happy days does the average man or woman see in a year ? ' Suppose we take a family a man and his wife and half a dozen children ? how many real happy days do they see, not counting children under twelve years. I was discuorsingr my triend Met'ay about it ami he said that while ; traveling in Kuropo with his wife and i three children. Itetweeu fifteen and | twenty-one, he made a bargain with ' hims'-lf and them to keep a tally sheet ( and give each one a black mark who in j anyway niarrtMl inn happiness ot the ' family or any member of il during the day. The proposition wjis readily as- < aentcd to by every one and the rules laid down were that no unkind word i be spoken by one to another?that < there should no no eoinu^^in-f about things that could not voided or < that could be remedied by theniHelves j ?no fault finding in a <|uenilous way. no tardiness in coining to meals, no de- ' lay in getting ready for church or for i the ears or the diligence on any i journey ! no forget t iug and havimr to i go hack or send hark after it. My : friend, the pater families, was to he i the judge of any infraction of these | ruI *s and if he broke an) one of them j himself his wife should he the judge, i " Now," said ho, "we kept that tali.v f>heet fair aiid square for 120 days and 1 have it now put away as a keepsake. How inuuy nays do you suppose passed in those fou?* months v. ithout a mark ? Guess hv.iv many? " L)ol the mark of one mar the whole day?" 1 inquired. ' Oh, yes, of course," said he. "The offense or the neglect of one member of a family efleets the happiuess of ajl. I don't mean that it d? -tro^s the peace of all. but it mars their perfect happiness. Of course it is lawful and permissible for the wife or the daughter to forgot her parasol or her gloves or sumo message she wishes to leave to the servant, and this for a minute stops the procession, but it must be ad mi tied tliut it would bavo been better, a little better, bad she not forgotten, and so the black mark had to come." ' Were you keeping house or boarding during this time," said I. " Hoarding," said he. "and visiting from plaeo to place." "No little children to tear their clothes or stuiup their toes or blow their nose?" "None," said ho. "No servant Dinah to break the china? No neighbor's cow or long nose sow to raise a row ? No duns or debt to make you fret?" "None," said he. Well, you ought to have had ultout 100 days out of the 120,"said I. "Well." said my friend, solemnly, " wo didn't have but four -only four, and 1 believe that my wife and my children are better than the average, but in spite of ourselves there way something went wrong almost every day. Suppose you try it at yourohouse !" " Don't think 1 will," said 1. "1 bavo so long enjoyed these little miseries that I'm afraid 1 would be unhappy without thorn. It is unreasonable to expect, a heaven ia this sublunary life. My habits are fixed and I'm too old. It would boa good experiment for young people to make. The poet says : "Can't that, day last whose low. descending sun Sees from thy hand no worthy actiou done." The more worthy actions the more happiness. A century or so ago there lived a very wealthy lord who had several inousatm poor tenants on nis lands and every Christinas ho oll'ored to give every man and wife a Hitch ol bacon who would come before him and solemnly declare they had not said an unkind word to each other during the year. And they were to be continued in their statement by some proof from their neighbors. Christinas morning brought most all these poor tenants to the great hall where the lord hold his court. Some came to claim the Hitch, but more out of curiosity to see a man and wife who had not quarreled fori* year. A lliteh of bacon?well-cureu bacon?was a big thing to a poor peasant, for none were allowed to raise hogs and some of the tenants didn't mind deceiving the old lord to get it lint he was very shrewd and examined them iike a lawyer would do and foi years and years caught them in then stories and nobody got any bacon. At last one old couple came who stood the test and gave the proof and the old lord gave judgment in their favor ami there was a great -iiout among tin people and they took tiio old man and his wife upon their shoulders and carried them all around the eastle singing and shouting as they marched along. The story goes that for a hundred years this eu-toin was kept up among the old lords descendants and no 'fsyunle ever got the liacon save those wis* had been married at least thirty ycarsi'aVw very K<w of them. It takes a man and wife a'\i4?nir timf to Lssitnilate and liecome ner'eod,1" Sled to each other. Seine don't fju:- *rei, but they pout. and that is the worst of quarrel iny. it doesn't disturb their noiyhbors, but is like u funeral in the house. How very, very sail is the room Where love, domestic love, no lonyi r nestles." Then it is that the man takes to lrinlc or to the clubhouse and the woman to morphine. My wife took a notion a few days lyo to run over to Tampa with a youny la Jy friend u? her chupcrcn. They crossed the bay from St. l'eterabury ind a lovly passu ye, ior the water wis smooth and the inorninys beautifill. They took in all the siylits on the main streets, includiny the museum of makes and other tropical creatures iliul then went over to lunch at the wonderful Tampa I lay hotel. She was harmed and deliyhted with the wonlers and beauties of that yearn I institution. She inspeeb',1 every square Inch of the yround lloor and talks ifushiuyly about the puintinys and itatury and vases anil ornaments and tells ail about the pcoph , the yuests, the rich folks, the proud and the vain, the old and the yonny, the Knylish tn.l American and Spanish and the hand that discourses sweet music. ' Oil, it was so line and so {jraiitV she -aid. About .'I p. id.. they took the oat to turn, but tiu- sky was overcast mil the wind eamo up and the boat rocked and by the time it nnared the wharf my wife was very siek and her liosoin heaved, hut she kept her own -eeret and made no si^n. They had to ^o downj some steep little steps and aIoii^ by the boilers to the (runaway md Mien slie surrendered and cried [or help. The captain, male and pilot md i!eek hands all hurried to lier side on! gently helped her down. "Hold >n to me." she said in despairing tones. " Hold to me or I will fall on the boiler. )i>, I am so siek." And they were kind. "<>h. so kind." she says, and sab'ly they agisted her on the wharf and into the ear that was waiting. " (>h. what a relief to tret out of that and into tha* ear." she sr.id. " I have seen Tampa and the yreat hotel and I inn elad of it. hut I will never go that way a<rain if I live a thousand years. Kor the last hour it was perfect iitfony." Hut she is all ri^ht now and ere this letu r foes to press will he hasitintr in the sunshine of her old home in (ieort'ia that is if the sun is aver tfoine to shine up there ajrain. III LI? A <<!'. A Diamond That Dreaks I he l{i\oial. The I 'all Mill! (iazettoof KohriWry 27 says Mic I'ope has received f>vin Lin- I're-ident of I In- Transvaal 1V1inihlic a diamond woi^liiiif !)7I carat*. The stone was found by an Africa\ liief in tlic mini's of .iatrerfontien, ani\ is the largest known. It is of a blnishivhitn cast, ami is practically perfect, N its only Ml finish beinfj a tir.v spot, | which is invisible to the naked eye. If the ileseriptiiin of the diamond ' referred to in the above dispatch he It la ., nlinnnm I 'I'l. Ii Kohinoor. one of the most celebrated* liiimoruls in the world, weighed. whoa it, oamo into tin* possession of the < ISritish rrowns, I sti I -1 <? oarats, hi <1 * was red need hy outline to |nt'? |-l<i ( ' carats. The Great Mo?;ul. which ' mysteriously disappeared at tho hbck ! inyof Delhi, is doserihod as weighing I rants. Tho OrlolV. inountod in ' the imperial sorptreof IJussia. weighs I'.'.' oarats. The Urgent, another iiistoriea'lv famous gem, &nd among tho 1 most perfect in the water and cutting, ' I ~ origiwally known hs the Pitt diamond weigfed in the rough state 410 carats, whicB was reduced in cutting to 130} ' carats Tho stone, pure!.used by tho L)uko oXOrleaiM in 1717 for tho French Crown, iN now the property of the French llrpublie, tind is valued at $2, 500,000. 'i'fy prhje paid for it in 1717, was $07.").i?.Ctiic Victoria, or Imperial dis.iond, weighs 180 carats, and was purch:ised by tho Nizam of tiydci'ahud for $l,.r>00,000. Another largo Wiaiuond is tho Do Boors.. It weigtu|22b carats, but its value is considoral'y lessoned by tho fact thut it is of a light yellow color. It is ownod byun I|ultun |>i inco. ft will, perhaps, ' be alstj interesting to known that a I carat ife .'1.2 grains troy, so that the '< diamond just presented the I'ope ' weight) verv nearly (?4 ounces.?Pittsburg Catholic. ithk COTTON CHOI*. I Time to Close the Debate and Vote ' t'pon the (Question. Southern Cultivatior. The. question of the cotton crop of 1 the fijture has been debated through- ' out the country by contributors and editors until it seems thsit the time to 1 close the debate had about arrived. In parliamentary phrase, it were best to call "the previous question," and 1 vote upon the proposition. ' There have been some very fair reasons advanced for keeping up the 1 pi'eseut acreage, *<ut the weight of the ' i 'guuieut is altogether on the side of reduction of the crop. Many reasons have been given for 1 the low price of cotton ; from the overproduction of the crop to the demoniti /.umou <m suver ; utui 11 may oe tnai an 1 of them have had some in Hue nee in briuging the price of the staple down j to present figures. Hut we take the position that it makes little ditTerenee ' whether we agree as to the cause of 1 the decline or not, we do all agree that the decline has been great, and preioiit prices are ruinous, and leave the 1 farmer without profit on his cotton. What then must bo dono to prevent further decline and further loss? < Neither the farmer nor the merchant can control the coinage of silver, nor dictate prices to the lOnglish cotton 1 buyers, but the farmers can refuse to grow cotton at a loss. They can decline to work the year round in planting. cultivating, [licking, ginning anu hauling cotton just to keep their hand.in practice, and furnish cheap raw material to the manufacturer. They can reduce their losses by reducing their crops. They can aiso cheapet i the cost by intensified culture anu 1 careful selection of seed and fertilizers T1 to Kngiish and New Knglam h manufacturers want cheap material, and all the inlluenee they can exert i1,. lr - ?i i hi rv*:< jj uj? uu*" ? a?u iiiiu lvVJi.'| down prices. Another 10.000,000 bale crop fur ISilo means .1 cunts cotton next fall. If cotton at 5 cents leaves n< pro lit to the farmei, and the South without money, pray what will he out ] situation if cotton lalls to 11 cents pel pound We have heard the idea ad v a need that if the South reduced the crop ol cotton and raised all the provision i crops she consumed, that it would ) paraly/.e the North western St.it.es, hecause they cannot urow any money crop except jjruin and provisions. The ifreat States of the N'ort iwest may am. do feel the diminished demand for their products in toe South, hut they Vi'iU (Vn'Yi"-'1' whether the South pur chases eo*;n and wheat from them or not. Thoir-yindustries are varied and j extensive Ui'mI their products lino ready mat^^Aiu the East and in Kurope. i-el u- iiiak \the most of oui? op portunitius and/ grow perfectly incj ! pendent of the rest of the world, if wi j can. J ,-T . ? " CUIIA WIlMi ItF. FltKK." I*ro\ isiouul (*ovc Oiiiueiit Organized and Marii .Mailv President I p ( risiiiK in l-l:tstci-ii Cii^ii. Tami'A, Kia.. March V.}.? When the Olivette arrived last evening from ' Havana, a rush was made 'for the pus- ' senders in search of (Julian revolu- < tiouary news. Very few won id admit knowing anything until linalf.v the Times-Union correspondent struck a 1 (Julian who had come on an important ] mission, lie stated that a provisional government had been organized ami 1 that Ueiieral Marti hud been made Provisional I'resident. (J'Mieral Clonic/ ! was made Oeneral-in-cliief. The revolutionary army as now organized * consists of live tliousand infantry and ( three thousand cavalry. The (.Julians are armed with machetes and rides, 1 while the Spanish forces are armed 1 with rilles and the old style sword, which is very clumsy. Last Saturday a peace commission ' in behalf of the government visited ' Manzanilla and conferred with the insurgent Commander CJonoral Maso, , with a view to inducing that ollieer and his command to lay down their 1 arms and take the oath of allegiance ' to the government, in which case they would bo granted pardon. The com- ' mission consisted of Cleneral Marco \ Garcia, one of the most noted rebel ' leaders af the last insurrection, and ' K. Spoturno. They returned ensue- ! ...... r..i ..?.i 41..........-i. i.. .1: 4...1 i LTSMIII UiJU IIIWI UIB^UStUU. Gen. Maslo received them courteously, 1 listened to their arguments ami 1 planted them an hour in which to 1 leave camp, or else sulTer the pena'ty ' of being shot. "Cuba will he free ' from Spanish misiulo,'' said Gen. ? Maslo. "for war will endure ten 1 years or longer if necessary." I From Santa Clara in the eastern 1 part of the island, conic reports of a ' general uprising during the past ten ' (lays. In Havana there are no signs J of rebellion, although during Tuesday 1 night the police quietly raided a home i on St. Nicholas street and confiscated 1 x magazine of cartridges and powder 1 stored there. No arrests were made, < as the house had no occupants at the ( time of the raid. In Havana, up to * the time of the departure of the < Olivette, no word had heen received 1 regarding the firing upon the Colon- ' New York mail steamship Allianca hy 1 a Spanish gunhoat. < "If the outrage occurred, as there ' is no reason to doubt from the state- ' incut of Captain Grossman," said a 1 well informed passenger, "it must have been the torpedo boat Nuevo ? Kspaniu, which lias been painted black 1 since being assigned to shore patrol ?uty." The Nuevo Kspania is known f o be on the east coast, and is only I bapable of running liftecn to seventeen i knots an hour, which accounts for toe ' ease with which the Aliiancadistano d I hor. ; 1 in mors have for several days eir- ' ;u la ted in Tampa that a consignment !>f arms was en route to a gu'f port for . [ shipment to Cuba in ; i , of the t ['iiliun I luiMir. ...? i. ...^ I.' .... ... r.M.ll..... jooincd founded tluit a tilibusterintf ex- i pedition would receive tin- arms at t lliis pluco and sail for Cub.i. v * * ? ? Last your was the slackest time t unco the war in tlio matter of railroad i xuibtruction. 1 AN EXIRABES8IONA8KRI). i ? ? rhe NoitniCH Make) an Appral to llie | Governor For A not Iter lti'Klsira- I tlon. ! A committee from tho Colored Min- , isterial Uuion, headed by Gx-Congre^- ( nan uoorj^o vv. Murray, waited upon , Governor Evans last week in regard lo the registration matter, and made , Die request of him to eali the State | Legislature iu extra session, for the , purpose of allowing furthor time for ] the registration of eolored voters, , averring that the ten days allowed by ] the act have been entirely insufficient , and inadequate to permit of the registration of those qualified voters who applied. The committee waited on ' the Governor at the executive chain- j ber and presented to him the following paper, making statements in ac- ' cord therewith : , "As representates of | the Ministe- ^ rial Union and'the Republican party urgauized to aid the musses in quali- | fyiug themselves to discharge tin highest function of citizenship in ordci that they might take part in choosing ilelegates to the Constitutional convention. in which the status of thcii ' citizenship is to he fixed or destroyed, having received advices from all parts | >f the State relative to the manner, conduct, and extent of registration during the ten days set apart for re- , gist ration which arc exhausted today, we assure you that not more than It),000 electors were registered within the entire State ano that many more than 100,000, after unparallcd exposure, sutTering and -uteri licos, remain unregistered and dis francised and that the four remaining Jays under the law, namely the first , Mondays in April, May, June and July ire wholly inadequate, therefore in ,ir ,,r thooo ? < vwuuit Wl VUVQV vu\/Ui?aiIUO (/I W I V?II ^ UU untl injured persons, wceull upon youi oxeelleney to pray that the Legislature ! bo convened in extraordinary session to provide means whereby these more than a hundred thousand citizens may \ (iialify thomse'vcs to exercise their constitutional right in the selection oi | ile'egates. " We respectfully submit that stat utes creating such conditions as re juire electors to travel from ten to lift.v and seventy-live miles to the various county seats and to expose themselves in sunshine, rain and cole for weeks in endeavoring to qualify themselves, and to have been sent 1 iways at the end of which without even an opportunity to register, to say nothing of their unconstitutionality, are too cruel and barbarous for tlucivilization of the age. " We further submit that the time j"t apart for registration is wholly in iullicient. Under a recent decision ol the Attorney Genet al in relating t< placing the penalty on delinquents in the collection of taxes, persons who were in the tax oilieoduring the period for paying the same and failed of an ipportunity, are exempted from the p na'ties, and we claim that registration as conducted in our State is analaifous to paying taxes, and that electors who did all they eouid to qualify themselves within the proscribed period and manner a c not entitled to the pcualty of disfruncuhcuu n'. " W. 1). ClIAlMMlLLK, *' I v. K. II AltT, "Gko. W. Murray." Governor llvans informed the comnitteo that he would take the matter into consideration, and asked that the 1 paper he turned over to his private secretary. He told the committeemen that lie thought they were unduly exsited over the matter. The matter was resulting in no more injury to them than to the white people who bad not registered. lie, however, promised the eommittco to let them have a reply as early as possible. "CURRENT EVENTS." What a Greenville Woman Thinks of the World's Doings. I1 reel i vi 1 le M nin lai neer. ti : . . r - i f litre is ;t grnooiui summary 01 interesting items us read by one of the ladies in the "Thursday yVfternoon Jlub " last week : " Boast not thysolj'of thine high state" is a luaxiwf wliieli all poor frail humanity would do well to heeil, ivhetij each revolution of Fortune's riant wheel at whose crunk Fate stands, grim and inexorable, countless milieus of human atoms are crushed lencath its relentless tire, while on its ummit those whom Destiny elects to favor sit, glad anil triumphant, forgetting in the rarilied air of prosperity die depth from which they were resetted. How pathetic a picture of human re- , verses is that of the poor dusky Queen >f Hawaii : she may have ami perhaps lid merit the punishment allotted her, yet it is no less sail to contemplate the bitterness of despair which must bo liers, when, from the power and sovereignty or a throne, she descends to i prison cell, a convict's stripes. The myriad descriptions and illustrations of the liould-Castel lane marriage, with which the papers are teeming, reminds one of Aladin's magic lamp. To us benighted, povertystricken Southrons, the whole alVair <avors strongly of fairy lore: Mich pi vers of glittering diamonds; such opes of gleaming pearls: such a heaping together of ruby, emerald anil uipphiro fires: such an exhausloss ui pel ly of gold and silver wrought by jumiin^c art. into every coneeivublc form: sueli an endless prodigality of lowers, iiuis.il! and geneial gorgeousiess : the " u " in (Jould should really tie. eliminated, (fold would be a symbolic name, indeed. all this princely 'candour having been evolved from its iiagie power, line cannot help inoral/lug a little and wondering if all this nagmliccnce adds one tithe to the irideV happiness. It appeals, of '.ourso, to her vanity and to her pride >f possession but is powerless to bestow one grace of tender womanhood, >r to call into being one impulse of aith or charity. The curiosity of the American public must furnish an ininense amount of amusement to our ,'ousins from over the pond, when we ,hink of ten thousand people standing or six consecutive hours patiently vaiting to see the Count d'Custellane ina pany pass, km iiii^t repaid by only i !U-ftin?r glimpse of the titled forjiifnors. Tin* llower fad seems to be daily 'rowing and assuming gigantic pronations : at the debut, a short while itfo, of one of the Vanderbilt heiresses, .lie very modest sum of $2.">.noo was extended for Moral decorations alone and it tliis rate the florists are destined to je the coining1 millionaires of America. The Valentine edition of the Atlanta lournal, edited and presided over by ] southern women, w?s a most brilliant nicecss in every respect. We, as wonen, have every reason to be proud of die achievement The articles were veil written, the selections admirable, f Icinonstriil ine a faet lone since proven hat the lield of successful journalism .s (#pen to women as well as to men. | I'he sum of $.">,1)00 realized will add i rery materially to the fund for the benjfit of the Cotton States aud International Exposition. The 'Columbus Enquirer-Sun will follow the Journal's aoblo example, and for one whole day will bo subject to the dominating power )f the female brain, and the graceful witchery of t.ho feminine pen. America succeeds 111 distancing the mother country occasionally. This feat was accomplished lately at the jrachting carnival on the Mcditorrajean, when Mr. Allen's yacht Dacota vanquished the cutter owned by the Prince of Wales, as well as several ither English vessels. The guests composing Senator llrico's i inner liurt.v a few jurn miwt. I,-,.-.. performed the most miraculous of gastronomic feats : it is startling to think of a few pcr.-ons consuming $12,000 worth of viamls. 1 am afraid the host was forced to dispense wit h the usual formula as to the deiightful time spent, ute.. as, according to all preconceived ideas, they must have heen too full for utterance. The greatest triumphaut in the art of book-making has lately been achieved by a Philadelphia linn in the production of the largest and handsomest volumes Known. They consist i?f four scrap hooks made expressly for Lho C/.ar of ilussin, and they are box 17 inches si/.e and 4' incites thick. Three of them are bound in black seal lined with purple silk, and tti these are carefully preserved clippings from American papers and magazines relating to the last illness, death and obsequies of C/.ar Alexander III The fourth volume, bound in red seal and with while silk hinges, contains the comments of the American press on l.hn /*f I !'/o ? V iolwtl.. " ? wii\/ iuwi v^??i iwiiuia^, auu ir? also embelishod by many portraits of himself and of his bride. The books are provided with massive clasps of S*ohl and stiver b ninny the cipher of the present Czar : on thelrontispi. iv of each appears the imperial coat of arms of Llussia: the heraldic work and on^ravititT, described as the mo.-t exquisite work of ai l, was designed and axeeuted by an American woman. Miss Amelia Kitterhof, of New York. It jhoulJ be a subject of national priilc that this master work is altogether the outcome of Amerieau brains, suppleinento i by American energy. Speaking of these hooks colossal reminds lue of perhaps the smallest one extant. This lilipu .m volume is even sma'ler than the inch square dictionary. contains so leaves and hears the euphonious title of Hop o'er mj thumb." For a government whieh prides itself upon the justice and stability of its laws, up mi t he freedom of tin ught and ai t. UOeorded its i-i L:/.fns. Lhn .ontiinim Kiuiof tho r\>oi Congres-," which antiounc d to the worhl tho ad j uiri.m nt if that body, was a ua/.iug to say the least of it. " llo who run* may r? ad." The entire fUjire nitcy of tho gender feminine has not yt n established, but wo have every reason to think that it may bo when wo read of Mr*. Howen's brilliant exploits a'ong the liu? matrimonial. This brave and gahani lady is already po.?s ssed of c ght hnhands, and is still youthful. It is appalling to think of th?* army of liege lords she may secure by the time she becomes fair, fat and forty-five. PITHV POINTS AND SAVINOS. ( leanings from I lie Field ol Humor and Philosophy. ?Rubber was little used except for erasing until 1S:I0. three hundred years after its discovery. ? A church in London still possesses an income originally given to it for the purpose of buying faggoD for burli ng heretics. ?The longest continuous street railway in the United States is tho fortytwo-mile strip from Lowell to Haverhill. Mass. ?The Klectrical Review says tho Wertern Union Telegraph Company collected about $1..*>o0,000 la-'t year for tilling the time of dav. ?The Ttussiau Government has sanctioned a telegraph line from St. Petersburg to th? Marman coast, at an expenditure of about .">00.000 roubles.. ?A mathematician has discovered that a bicyclist can travel !.*? miles over .rood road on his wheel with less exertion than he efm walk three miles. ? Mexico's great draiflage canal, which is .'to miles long, will be opendd in about sixteen months. Its construction will cost something like $20,OUO.btMI. ?Our <;rcat-grandfathers believed that unless the siirn of the cross was made before the mouth when a man yawned the devil would lly down his throat. -?The Lord Mayor of London takes precedence of every other Itritish subject within the jurisdiction of that city, the Prince of Wales oven not bein*; an exception. ?A Darlington farmer sold last week 2,100 pounds of tobacco at.'t^ cents per pound and realized $70**. This is as much as thirty-live bales of cotton would give under the present price. ? Last year the copper production of the United States was .TIO.oOo tons. The increasing demand for the metal, for use in connection with electricity, promises t > become unlimited. The Jewish Messenger notes the fiet that it has become quite common, especially in the West, for Jewish raibbis to invite Christ ian ministers to preach in their pulpits. ?The electric light which is to bo erected on Fire Island on tho Now York coast, will give an illumination of about 2.70.000,(ioO candle power. It expected to bo visible 120 miles out to sea. ?Mrs. Nell Stnploton. of liruzil. I ml., has had her husband arrested on the chargs that he bewitched her and forced her to marry him. She alleges that he is possessed of supernatural powers. Buy Best Material to Your Advantage From FLEMING Cement ami Brick Co. rtl II Headquarters for all Mason's Supplies, 27?> Last May, CharlesUrn, S. L1MK, I 'LASTKM. KOSKN DALK. KNCMSII DOltTLANl) ('KM KN'T ALL Sl/KS TKUIl A Co'l'TA I'll IL I'M UK MUK'K AND CLAY, IIAIU, MKICK. T1LKS, KTC. MIXKD LOTS. (JAll I.OAI) LOTS. 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I/ouIh, \Vo ?<ld last year, WTAST HIjKSS CIIIIJJ tlirco u I ready In tho (IniK busliv an that khvo Hiicn unlvA l?tUi/U ua yuur 'i'vulc. Yours truly, 1 AlINKY, CJ> Ji Unity 1 Garden Se{ BH| HB selected si Harden Seed ever * to Union. pfojkit}?? ivlirJ'i^ Vvf-mv to si \A\\>Jr>iin come I :-a;,i.-i,..j^E''.<,./i.; 3 ha\j from one relit a N \m ' v?li& 1 I and tlfff/Pi ly crrifl tlv. should h' planted in tlJis seetioijjlfi SKKl) I 'OTrW'OKS, ^JHMH to others. us and Ijfli^l^^H ;^r^| H Seed in the Grocery 1 fl H CANblbA ThBMB DRUG TRAr^^^^H county, and this THEIR PLATFORMHHH quality of our roods. v^B^^s^SBQk Accuracy Competency ^HQ^HflHR| liuee^H ffl county. of M cd ici IS illlllirMsi',^^H H and is purchased from the largest man- H ufaetui in^ and importing houses in tho |OB .'?. VVo carry a*fult stonk of tho best I H Paints, Oils, Putty, Whitewash and Hj Paint Paint I trashes. t^HH| Wo carry the linest lino of Spec- VHH8 tacios and l"'yo Glasses in the county. Union Drug Co.^^M WALL