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MaMMac? X <3?sM i.'...<..vJj TO THINE OWN SELF SE TRUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE BY KEITH, SMITH & CO. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1880. [Original. In Memory of Minnie. How lonoly ami how sad aro wo At twilight's poonivo hour, As busy thought iii waking fast, r Food memory's silent power. Tho solomo stilluoss of the hour, With a wo our bosom fills; Tho cricket's weird sud plaintive chirp Our inmost being thrills. While memories dcm- and memories sud Conic rushing o'er tho .soul, The feolings docp that thought awakes Aro f?r beyond control. Those footings ol un tor fast around Sweet M i ti ti to loved so well; Our Miunio dear, our Minnio '-.till, Within our heart? to dwell. For ovovytlitng wo hoar r.ud soo Reminds of Minnie dear, Tho hou:;o ia sad, i J lonely now, Without her voice to cheer. Wo inis3 our Minuto with thc dawn, Wo mias he" moro at noon; Still moro ns evening shadows grow Aud wc uro loft alono. Her tiimblo foot, hov ha9toniug home From ;;o!ioul will hoar no moro, Ah! never moto lier footstep:) light Hear wo nt entrance door. The plato for Minnio filil? i? set, Hut Minnio ?3 not tliore, Sweet Minnie's voice wo scum to how, Wc pto her vacant chair. Tho Hule Iroasurca sho h:is left, I5aoh plaything and each loy, ISaoh playmate nod each friend reminds Of Ai tonio's lifo of joy. And though wo miss our Minnio iure, Oft shed tho bitter lenr, Our heart..' have comfort still, blie'a well, Aud kilowa no paiu, no fear. Her body sloops beneath tho cod, Watched o'er by tinged bands, Her ?pi?it mock among tho Mest, lu radiant beauty .??lands. [From the Columbia Register, May li).] Commissioner Butlor'a Report. Thc Most Ghccriny Accounts from Ah Paris of thc St atc- Crops Good ant thc People Happy and Prosperous-J Document Which Should la Head L? Peery Citizen in the. Stale. Tho return.1! received by Commissiono Butler from special correspondents of tin Department of Agriculture show that thor, is hind for salo in all tho Counties, rangin? in price from $2 to 550 for improved urn from 25e. t? CIO for unimproved-th Dvorago being about $12 and 81, respec tively. In all those counties Ibero aro flourish ing agricultural societies. A deep ??teros is manifested iu ed lion, and new ; chou! and colleges: ave hoing established om propel ly sustained, lind those already or ganized ?re on n firm and permanent bash In omphatio denial of nome charges made by u few Northern families, tho return: show chvivchcB in ev?, ry 'Ju'in ty of o per; denomination, and wi:h a largo member Bhip. Tho Department note.; with much satin, faction, that diseases muong ato?le arc rar -very few correspondents reporting un dost niel i vo disoases. Tho people ai\i ehthuaia&lio on the nub' jcot nf fish oulturo, nud tho obstructions t tho free passage of migratory fish ave boil); removed, hud tho Commissioner ox prouse rho hopo that in ;i short timo no ou uso fo complaint will oxist in :bi:; maller. All tho iel uri!:- givo encouraging roporl of tho gvowing crepq, mid tho prospoot fo fruit of various kinds i:? moro than good. Thc farm or? i>ro usiug more fcrtili/.ci limn lust year, nnd in como Counties, mot than any previous your. In como Conn?t manufacturing enterprises oro being iuau gu rat cd> In York, one factory, with ca pacity for 0,240 spindles, built entire] by local oripitnl, will bo in operation b November 36th. Tho planters ave buying about Ibo san; amount of supplies us laut year, and in largo liumbor of coses nvo resorting to tl] Hen system of running Iheir crops. I every County (bc field labor is reported i move eflieient, nnd in only ono County lhere any scarcity of labor, and thovo it attributed.to Ibo negroes renting moro lat: and to nome extent omploying t!io flontin labor. The overage prloo i:i 50 couta pi day, 80 to 88 ncr month, and $75 to OK per annum. livery correspondent reports that oi people aro not leaving tho Stato for ar other location, but aro determined lo roma: at homo and develop their own StatO, be HoviOg that (hoy can do bettor ut hon than ol?owhoro, and tunny who had I'OlOOv cd nie returning. In a few Coutiti Immigrants aro coming in and oro we ploaood. Our peoplo nie improving Iheir ntool and aro of (lie opinion (lint a smaller nun ber of good breeds aro moro profitable tin . to many of common blood. The correspondent from Chesterfield r< poito tho best stand of cotton for sever years. From Groen vi I lo a notable iaiproyi ment in onttlcj Jerseys being tho fa vori I From York in tho liaatorn part of ll County tho aroa in cotton is (wico as lar( of tho County tho ?ron in oom and cotton ia about equal. From llorry, "tho natural ndvontagCB arc, on ovory hand, oh oap land, good otook ruugo and convenient market." ns that iu oom and tho area in oats thrco times that in wheat. In tho Western part From Spnrtanburg, "CHftou Factory is bctug built and will go into operation in October with 0,000 spindles." From Ab beville, "Tho introduction of now vari?lica of sorghum, together with tho improvement in tho tn nun facturo of syrup have given this branch of agriculture quito au impe tus within tho last two years. Within a radius of ouo mile, taking my house as a contre, ibero is now being planted enough of thin crop t:> produce with average BC0S0U8 between 4,000 and 5,000 gallons." lt is estimated that at Olio depot on tho Green ville ?md Columbia Knit road it will require one third of a large cotton crop lo pay tho fertilizer billa. From Darlington, tho improvement in stock is chiefly among hogs ami sheep. The correspondent from Chester makes a good suggestion, viz.: that a small tax might Le permitted, to bo levied on euch land owner, to open up the river and cnek bottoms, Thc&O lands would bo very valu able if redeemed, und it could bo doue without much expense. In their present condition they tire next to worth loss. Thosugucsiiou is made by ibo correspon den), froiu Marion that "Experiment fields or stu I ion?, hwy one or two in tho lower part of tho State and na many in tho upper, Wi uld bo profitable io resulta to tho deport ment, especially if conducted by intelligent, energetic end painstaking persons." Tho oorrospendeut from Fairfield says: "There aro indications of improvement ii building?, moro ciro taken to pre-iorvc r.nd restore lards, lo plant orchards, inorcasec enquiry for hinds, iuoroasiug love for tin old County and Stato, and expectations tho we end our childreu will livo and dit here." Tho most popular grope in tho Luceme A good deal of hay ia made in the Summe from German millet; 8,000 pounds of dr millet hay was oblaiucd from ono aero, noa Winnsboro, ln3t year. Tho correspondent from Aiken is satis lied that tho farmers ave in a much bette condition, pecuniarily, than in any yea tinee the war. Ho thinks with presen prospects tho farmers will bo ablo to uiak< their own terms with commission morohanl another year from Ibo ncroigc planted i Aiken. A harvest of 15,000 bushels < lice will be gathered. From Kershaw n vast improvement i reported in breedo of stocks. Tue correspondent from Newberry ob serves: "One remarkable fen turo in tl consideration of Newberry County is tl dcorcaso of malarial diseases, ns this ox emption from this class of disease coincident with tho improvements in ugri culture. I explain tho fact thus: Tl first cottiers of thc country cut down ou forctlB covering tho highlands bccnuso li labor in cultivating tho slopes was casi? tba.i what it would have been in tho bo toms. In this way n most beautiful count! was really murdered. Meanwhile thc lo lands unversed by streams were ncgleotc und no obstructions to the free How of tl ' water were removed. Tho nutumntd feve i were therefore fearful. Eui, having e haustcd tho soil of these highlands, ll farmers were driven to the creek bottoms obtain the fresh land. Tho result w highly gratifying. Tho deserted hilltoj and sides rapidly grew up in old field pine :?:ul the ehnnnels of tho water courses wc straightened out und tho rich, alluvial s-; gave uut. luxuriant crops, all of which boil followed by un entire d'- eontinuntioo o? tl dreaded autumnal foyers, Thia has bei the e:?;-o during the lust fifteen years. Tl pine forests are now boitiginpidiy eut dow and tho discovery has been tnnde that the r of ouch clearings in ne good ns it was af* tho clearing away of tho original oik fi est?; some of th? farmers arc of the opiiii that it is better." Tho correspondent from Goorgctov thinks labor in that County is hecomi move cot tied, bu';, still uncertain. Hi commanded f?ll pri?es laut season, and, thc whole, thc rico plantations ure m< hopeful. Thc correspondent from Oeonco Bays S C. L. Heid, of Walhalla, harvested on t 7th inotaut, from (ino*third of nu nc 1.052 pounds of nicely cured rod clov lt is no longer a question whether c\o\ oan le grown in thia County, On t contrary, ti ger.tIonian from a clover coan who ?aw this patoh, stated that be beliov that it waa better than clover genera grown there. Willi good seasons this cl vcr can bo cv t once or twioo moro t h i J ye Timothy hay and Lucerne nro being gio to o. considerable extent in Oeonco. Tho correspondent from Col'cton ser tho Commissioner n long mid interest nocouut of lands in some portions of t County, tho many advantages they poss for small capitalista, having a mero not nal price compared with their great val selling from two to thrco dollars per nt Th oro arc millions of tons of phosplu cropping out in alternate seotions, a sup which nt tho present rate of demand would not. take very many yours lo oxhai Tho loiter from thia correspondent is able exposition of tho resources and adv tugosof (Jolleton County, and will probn be incorporated in thc band book of St.ito to bo published by tho Como stonor. Thc Commissioner (fl making every fort for tho successful propagation of ? Tho United States Commissioner hnv Offered tl fine shipment of shad for disi billion in tho State, thc Commissioner engaged tho services of three experion inossongors, and very soon tho shad fry bc released in tho waters of our State? Dr. O. H. Ott, of Brouchvillo, wos ex-? trcmcly kind, and furnished, at great trou ble to himself, tho tornpornturo of tho Ed isto Uiver every day iu tho mouth of April. This ia au important mutter in fish cul turo . Mr. W. St. J. Mnzyok has contributed a vuluublo and entertaining letter on tho nativo fishes of South Carolina, lt will ulso doubtless God a placo in tho annual report. Tho Board cf Agriculture instructed tho Commissioner to correspond with tho vari ous routes leading from New York to South Carolina, und a?oertuin tho rates for iinmi giants, und make tho best terms possible. 1 n respouso to Colonel Butler's enquiries tho Charlotte, Columbia and Augusto Kail road und its connections egree to take immigrants ct tho rate of 1? cents per milo. Thc South Carolina ltuilroad will bring them from New York to Columbia for $10, and on any way stations ut 2 oent3 per milo. Tho Air Liuc Railroad is actively cu guged in inducing immigration. They have un Agent at tho Astor llouso, in New York Tho road is onxious to co opcrato with Commissioner Butler, and carry immigrants to destination for 1J cents per milo. Congressional. WASHINGTON, May 19.-Tho joint resolution for adjournment was read twice and referred to thc cotmnittco on appropri ations, ufter n debate which showed o difference of opinion as to whether iu ila present form it required tho President's signature. Mr. Conkliug intimated that it had been purposely made joint instead of concurrent, iu order to throw thc responsibility of tho adjournment before important bills were passed on thc President. Mr. Butler spoke against thc resolution to unseat Kellogg. Ho didn't think tho Sonate had u legal and constitutional power to unseat members, who had been admitted after a contest on the merits of his caso exoept on n motiou lo expel; how ever much ho might personally regret thc partisan action of tho Senate in scaling Kellogg, he was bound by it until it should be showu that a majority of thc committee and of tho Senate nolcd fraudulently. Tho proceeding of tho Senuto in passing on tho qualifications of ita members aro essentially judicial, and there is no power with appcl tite jurisdiction. It would bo unsafe und daugorous to establish u precedent or adopt a rulo by which au appeal may bo taken from ono majority to another, lt would lo no sufficient justification to him to doparl from tho linc of conscientious duty in pas sing upon tho constitutional power of thc Senate over thc scat of one of its member: on which it had already adjudicated, thal thc Republican party in thc past had disre garded tho restraints of thc law. It woulc bc a Btinging rebuke on thc Republican revolutionary methods fur tho present ma jority to show tho country that it hal courage to respect the judgment of lin Senate in tho face of the terrible tempta tion to retaliate in a most aggravating case Tho interest of tho public requires tba there bc an ond of litigation. If thc d?ci sion of ono maj urti y is io be reversed b; another majority tho cuse will never end Who oxocpt thc Senator from Georgi; would venturo to arrumo infallibility o judgment and suv who was wrong and win right? Ile resented Mr, Hill's recen insinuation that tho Democrats votitij against tho resolution would bc actuated b; other considerations than law, oonstitutioi or evidence. He called on that. Senator t speak openly and not take refuge in iuuen docs, lie could not understand why Mi Hill had specially nlluded to South Caro lina, unless to put on rcoord tho fact tba lie never belonged to that "peculiarschool1 of polities represented by thut State (quoi ing fl ill's language). Ho need not hov troubled himself jo pay that. No on would eve r iioouso him of hoing of Ih.i school which hid no disciples exeof tho!e with fixed and well defined politiof principios, thorough convictions and open] developed political methods, llcdcciiucd toll Hill pponk for tho honor of Sooth Carolin! und In tho course of his ?ppo?h made wove ral other koon thrusts at Hill. Tho poop] of Sou'.!) Carolina had freed thomsolv( fruin thc carpet hag rule ty Ihc BU prom efforts of despair and again twined thoi arms around thc grand column of America liberty. Ho would not havo them tur buck and wallow in thc mire of carpet ba infamy, ond for this reason and othci would respect the judgment of tho Senat If (ho sitting member were unlit for Senator tho proper remedy was oxpulsioi Timo was cicatrizing tho wounds of Louis ono. Soon this last thorn in her side woul bo expelled by t' o festering it create Better so than tear it it out by tho root Ho did not bclievo that tho Packard Legi laturo was legal, but unfortunately tl Senato had decided it was, und its jud] ment could not bo disturbed. Ho dosi by on elaborate legal argument favoring tl doctrine of the re.i adjudioata. Mr, Garland took the floor on tho Kel logg resolution. Mr. Hill said that both of tho Scnnlo from South Carolina had insisted on mi construing his remarks ond oommcntin unjustifiably e.i his political record. I; would reply to them when he could get tl floor. Tho resolutions wcro informally la asido, ond the Bayard bill regulating tl rank and pay of deputy morshals was taki up. Messrs. Carpenter, Teller and Cont ling offered several amendments inflictii penalties for intimidation in connoct'n with elections, etc., which wcro rejected I o porty volo. Mr. Bayard supported tho bill, claiming it waa substantially vvlint hud boforo posacd Congress and ?net no objoction from tho President, oxcopt that it wus on tho appro priation bill. Messrs. Conkling and Edmunds pointed out new and what thoy thought bad features in tho bill. Mr. Yoorhoes thought tho bill on im provement on tho existing law, but could not voto for any law recognizing Federal supervision of elections. Mr. Thurman supported tho bill. No new argumcut was developed in thc debato. An Uii3ottlod Question. At tho South Dccrliold (Mass.) Farmer's Club, in ? recent disousaion on tobacco culture, several Massachusetts farmers guvo their views as to thu beat varioty. C. E. Williams said that tho best variety is ca yet on unsettled question, us Havana had not becu sufficiently introduced to tho manufactur?la. Seod-lcaf paid tho best loot year, and ho was discouraged iu grow ing Havana. Ho Bold it at 14 omits and his seed leaf at 10? cents, aud thc income per aero was in favor of secd?lcaf. Ho rocommonded ploughing in tho fall to do atroy thc grouud worm, and would mix tho wan oro nnd plough it iu shallow in tho spring, plough again before fitting, and harrow in either line manure or special fer tilizer, aud uso u ridgcr. Oct good pluuts with good roots, aud handle oarcfully from beginning to ond. Mr. Williams said that tobacco raising did not pay. Ho had not raised a ovop since 1872 that paid for raising. W. W. Saudcrsou thought that many mistakes have been modo iu growing and tilling Havana; it should bo grown only upou land that will produce a heavy orop, and thc fertilizer ought to bc near tho plant. Ho recommended medium heavy soil, with a light cont of manure ploughed iu and thc land furrowed out, and fine, woll rotted mauurc and Peruvian or fish guano strcwu in n furrow and oovorcd with a ridgcr. Sot thc ploata two feet apart, keep clean, top high, sucker clean, handlo oaro ful ! y and raise nouo but fancy crops. 10. Jnokson said that need-leaf is tho most profitable to raise. Half an aero caoh of .seed loaf and Ilavaua grown by him last year resulted in obtaining 1,000 pounds o( wrappers from thc seed leaf nnd GIO pounds of wrappers from thc Ilavaua, and tho same ninon ot (about 200 pounds) ol fillers from oach kind. Thc orop is not sold and buyers do not offer any moro lor thc Havana than for tho Bcod leaf, althougl both arc called good crops. Mr. Mono, who lind obtaiucd tho sam? weight and price for Havana and seed leaf believed it would pay to raise Havana ot suitable land, os it can bo grown with leas manure than seed leaf. For oithcr variety ho would work over tho mauuro OIK plough it in shallow and plough ngaiu ful depth. A. J. Billings said ho liked Havana, bu at present prices it docs not pay as woll a tho seed leaf. 1 Io believed that a kine called improved seed loaf was tho boat, ll is a broader leaf (han tho red seed leal but is not. thc broad leafed variety. Th only way, in this gentleman's opinion, I raiso tobacco tit n profit is to fertilizo big end grow only as much as can bo cultivate! in tho best possible inonucr. Another member said that only tho bet crops paid for raising, and recommcudci growing Havana upon suitable land, i crop of Havana is almost worthless, and i set too thick it will make a thin leaf. T cultivating, do as much work with a hors as possible; pulverizo thc ground thoroughly use lino manure that is ready for plant food exerei'.-c u great care in handling from bo ginning to end to avoid all damago, an liurt and pack in the befit manner poasibh Mr. Sanderson's observations load him t believe that last year un average ciop c seed leaf paid better than Havana, but th best crops of Havanu better than tho bet of seed leaf. AN INDIAN P?IKAOII EU.-Among tl delegates to thc Presbyterian General Ai scinbly now in session in thia city is tl Hov. Allen Wright,a full blooded Choctaw Indian, and formerly chief of the nattai Mr. Wright, isa man of education and rt finement, u grad?alo of Union Collcg Schenectady, and of Union Theologie Seminary, New i'oik, City. Ho is accou panted, ns h. y delegate, by Elder Mille UroWti? of thc Choctaw Prcsbytcria [Jliuroh, and n noblo specimen of physic symmetry and strength, Both mo gues >f tho Rev. Dr. Vcddcr, of this city, wi ivas at Union College nt tho samo timo wit Mr. Wright. It will bc remembered th ivhilst tho Crock and Seminole tribes wc iivided in thu Into war the Choctaws wc llianinioualy for tho Confederacy, and ha heir full regiment in thc field, of one vhich ibo Hov. Jlr. Wright was ehaplai ind Elder Brow? and officer. They n >oth zealous Christians, and represent t tarnest Christian Church lying since estai ?shed among a noblo people. [Charleston News and Courier. ---? . - Comparatively few persons know he ho White House at Washington got i Kimo. It was given to it because of i ?olor. Tho building is constructed rcestono, mid ofter tho British burned tl ntcrior in 1814 tho walls wcro soblaokotn lint when it was rebuilt it was found no issary to paint them. Ever since at inte M Is nf a few yoars tho wholo struoturo i loives a frosh coat of whito paint. T lUmbroua ti tlc of oxcoutivo mansion w roy naiutally dropped for tho short a iterally dosoriplivcnomo of Whito Hom md now only figures in official dooumci md correspondence. Gonoral Gordon's Resignation. UNITED STATES SENATE CHAMBER, Washington, D. C. May 15,1880.-To his Excellency, Uovoroor A. H. Colquitt, At in?lo, Ca.-Sir: 1 horoby teodor to you my resignation as United StatcB Souator from Georgia. In taking this stop I am simply oarrying out a long chcrishod dcBiro to retiro from publia lifo. I havo hitherto subordinated that desiro to a noose of duty and to my rcluotanoo to leave tho service of a noblo nud geucrous people who havo honored mo with thc most exalted station and supported me in tho dischnrgo of its duties with un swerving confidence. Sinoo April, 1801-for nearly twenty years-my life has been ono of incessant anxiety aud of great labor. l?or more tbau ono half that long period, either in war or in publio office, my energies havo boen de voted to what I conceived to bo tho wclfaro of thc Southern people and tho best interests of tho whole country. And now that tho restoration ot Louisiana oud South Caro lina to tho rights of self government, secures to thc entire South her full and rightful representation in tho Legislative department of thc federal govornmont, my most oherishod object in politics has tccu attained. 1 am left free therefore to oou uult my incliuations and thc imperative in tercuts of my family, without the least detriment to tho publio service. I givo way to somo successor who will, I trust, servo tho country with greater ability thuu myself; but who, I. om sure will not do so, with greater devotion or purer mo tives. 1 am most respectfully your obedient servant, J. ll. GORDON Immediately upon tho receipt of tho foregoing letter, Governor Colquitt sent tho following dispatch, bopiug to proouro its withdrawal: GOVERNOR COLQUITT TO CIENERAN GORDON. May 18, 1880-Gonoral John 13. Gor don, Washington, D. C.: In behalf of tho pcoplo of Georgia, I beg that you roooll your resignation. If you con not do so unconditionally, withhold it, at least uutil thc meeting of tho General Assem bly. ALFRED II. COLQUITT. GENERAL GORDON'S HEl'LY. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 19, 1880. Governor A. II, Colquitt: In responso to your flattering request that I withdraw my resignation, I beg to say that, though anxious to oblige, 1 feel constrained to dc oliuc. JOHN B. GORDON. NASHVILLE, May 19.-Ex-Governor Joseph E. Brown, of Georgia, who ?B here, received a dispatch to-night nnnouueing his appointment to thc United States Scnato from G eorgia, vice Senator Gordon, resigned. Governor Brown aoccpts thc position. Beautiful lives have grown up from dark places, as pure white lilies full of fragrance have blos somed on slimy stagnant waters. We bear within us thc seeds of greatness; but su (1er them to spring up, and they overshadow both our sense and our happiness. Can there bc any greater dot age in (he world than for one to guide and direct his courses by thc sound of a bell and not his own judgment and discretion. Energy will do anything that can be done in this world; and no talents, no circumstances, no op portunities, will make a two-leg ged animal a man without it. Eaton a little town in Gibson County) Tenn., boasts ot' a citizen who is postmaster, mayor,jtisticc ol the peace, Sunday school su periutendont, newspaper corres pondent, worshipful master in thc masonic lodge, elder in thc church, leader ortho choir, cotton speculator,extensivo farmer, deals largely in thoroughbred chickens, imports fine grades of wheal, runs i rea por and thresher, and is ti )rofessional mule trader. Five thousand immigrants ir .wonty-four hours at Now Yorli adipales tho unprecedented vol une ot the current exodus from ? Sn rope to the United States Thc magnitude of this trans-occ mic movement of population if especially remarkable in view ol he fact that it is almost altogethei nade up of individuals and fann ies or small parties, acting in lependently and without con jcrt, rather than of organized jolonies. Whon n man looks book into thc din ?sta of bygono years about tho only t)vn? io cnn romoinbor is his mother's slipper iis first pair of boots, tho old schoolmaster nd thc 1 itt lo rosy ohcekod sohool girl win iscd to make bis boort fluttor whoneve ho oBkcd him for n bite of his chowing :um. Lifo was worth living for in thoa lays, evcu though there wasn't muoh mono n it. It is a Quostion of Doconcy. Not long since wo expressed to a very dear young fricud our delight that on her first appcarauco at a bail, eho had declined to participate in tho round danoo. Wo commended her courage in refusing, sud sought to persuado hor to persist in it, by intimating to hor what wo know to bo tho Bontimcnt and Inuguago of tho gentleman partner in regard to tho young women who allow thom tho immoral familiarities which such dunces permit aud necessitate As our young friend is not a follower of Jesus Christ, wo appealed to herself rcspcot os a pure girl. SVo bogged her to consider tho mutter, not merely from thc standpoint of religion, but as a question of com mou do ccnoy, und to protect lier porson from lust ful handling und her good unuic from tho smirching of foul tongues. Thc Central Presbyterian has thc follows ing in point: Thc argument against tho dancing now practised by our young people rests on a qucBtiou of deceucy. Wc need not cali a jury of Christians to sit on tho cose, wo only need a jury of old fashioned Virgin ians who may play cards, run horses, drink their grog, and do many other things in disregard of tho precepts of tho Christian religion. Wo aro perfectly willing to rest tho caso without argument iu their hands, whether they think it consistent with female modesty for u young woman to pass through thc soencs of a modem ballroom. Tho mero act of dancing is nothing; there may bc little or no harm in tho old fashioned cotillion in a private liouso with reasonable hours; what tho standards of tho Presbyterian Church condemn is "lascivi ous dancing." Wo mean no sort of rc? flection on tho young ladies whocugago iu our modern dances; many of them do it iu innooenco and in mero thoughtlessness, and swept aloug by tho demands of sooicty; but wo do not insist that the thing itsolf comes within tho prcoiso idea aimed at by tho standards of tho Westminster Assembly. How can wo bc contradicted'/ And is this a thing for n Christian woman to do? Would a Christian girl, who has really giv on herself to her Saviour, defend tho practice of "lascivious dancing?" It be? comes, then, a mere question of fact. Doe? tho act of a wo ni au's handsome throw ing herself into thc arms of r. young como man within tho idea of "lascivious?" Thc truth is thc modern dance has revo lutionized tho rclutions of sexos in this country, lt has introduced into our draw ing-rooms the indecorums of thc M-tb il lc aud tho .Chateau Rouge. It has changed thc attitudo of our young mon towards tho gentler ses. They do not regard them with tho samo respect, with tho carno knightly devotion; they arc regarded moro as "fellows," who do not live in that at"? mosphcrc of sublimated guilelessness that they formerly occupied. Thorn is a famil1 iarity practised by tho young Dion towards tho young women which is simply shocking and it is largely tho fruit of thc dance. Woman hos experienced thc change which came over Franco ot tho close of thc lost oonlury, when all revcrenco woe lost for everything. In one cotton factory in Co Iambus, Georgia, 1,800 operatives are employed, and all are natives of the State except tho foreman. Th is concern paid out $6,000, 000 last year, and used 13,000 bales of cotton. It won't be many years before every man in Geor gia will wear a white shirt. [Boston Post. When the average old woman is free from rheumatism, tooth ache, or a lame back, and her mind is clear ot funerals and mar riages, she has yet one consola tion left. She can ailinn that (lie world will soon come to an end. The teacher of a Sunday school class inquired if any one could tell who went into the ark with the animals. A little fellow said, ?P. T. Barnum/'' Thc man who will wait two tiours for his turn in the barber's chair will get mad and thrash aud scold if a shirt billion isn't sewed m in just ten seconds. In a little family discussion tho other lay, tho madam remarked, somewhat tartly: 'When 1 marry again-" "I supposo you vii) marry n fool, interrupted tho husband." 'Beg your pnrdon," enid bue, "I will do tothing of the kind. I profor a ohaugo," Tho lord and master wilted. ---? ? ?. Young man, don't swear. Tlicro is no iccasiou for swoariug outsido of a ncw9< laper oflicc, wlioro it is useful in proof cading and indispensably necessary in ?etting forms to press, lt has becu known Iso, materially to assist nn editor in looking vcr tho paper nftor it is printed. But thcrwiso it is a vory foolish habit. Senator Cnmoron osked Tonuibs if thc iou I her ii pcoplo hud over found out that ho North had whipped them, "Whipped te!" said Toomba, "no, sir; you didn't whip is, but wo woro oursolvos out Whipping iou." Subscribe tor thc COUKIUR.