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VOL. III. MANNING, CLARENDON COUNTY, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APR
THE CAUSE OF THE DEADLOCK.
Something of the Bil That Has Blocked
Work in Congress.
The direct tax bill, against which
seventy odd Democrats-mostly from
the South-have been filibustering way
brought before the House for the pas,
sage at this time in pursuance of a de
cision of a majority of the Committee on
Rules, consisting of Mr. Randall and two
Republicans. The other members of
the committee, Speaker Carlise and Mr.
Mills, were oppo to its being brought
forward, but Mr. Mills was absent from
the committee meeting, being sick, and
Mr. Carlisle was over-ruled by the pro
tectionist members. The bill was passed
by the Senate January 19, by a vote of
48 to 10. It was a Republican member
of the House that offered the resolution
directing the Committee on Rules to
bring the bill up at once for passage,
and its staunchest supporters are the
Republicans. In their eyes it has the
merit of taking $17,359,685 from the
treasury, and of diminishing to this ex
tent the pressing necessity for a tariff
bill, and the further merit that, of the
amount named, much the larger part
would be distributed in the North, the
South having to content itself with a
small proportion, and with being for
given the part of the tax not yet col
lected. To further the passage of the
bill Mr. Chandler, it will be observed,
on Monday introduced in the Senate a
bill proposing the immediate collection
of the quotas still due from the various
Southern States. The direct tax bill,
approved August 5, 18 1, provided for a
tax of $20,000,000, to be apportioned to
the several States acording to popula
tion. In cases where the States did not
pay, the amount required was collected,
in whole or in part, from individuals.
The amo collected, as already stated,
waag,30 ' 685, lea ng $2,640,315 still
dues
The'Seiate bill over Which the fight
is being mad~proposes to return to the
States what they paid of the tax and re
mit the sums unpaid. The majority re
portof the Houae.Judiciary Committee
favors the bill, on the ground that it
will erase from the treasury books the
claims still pending against States that
have not paid in full and..do justice to
those that 'did pay; "The minority re
port hem that the money when collected
belongedabsolutely to the United States;
that no State or citizen has any claim to
it; that to return it would be to give a
gratuity, and would be an unconstitu
tional act; that the passage of the bill
could be made a precedent for repaying
any tax whatever-the cotton tax, for
example-and would open the door to
innumerable propositions for dissipating
public money.. Last, but not least, the
filibusters urge the bill as a proiection
istdevice, akilfully designed to prevent
any reform of the tariff at the present
session of Congress. It is an inter-State
log-rolling measure, they afirm, which
has strength from the fact-apart from
its relation to the tariff-that it offers a
huge bribe to twenty-eight States, and is
well pushed by claim agents. It is
further objected to it that it is the en
tering wedge for a bill to repay the
$69,000,000 cotton tax. No argument
for repaying the direct tax bat will
answer also for the cotton tax, or for
any tax, in fact, that the government has
ever imposed. It is to be remarked that
Speaker Carlisle is opposed to the bill,
and that the filibusters include in their
number a large-proportion of the talent
and worth on the Demoeratio side of the
House. Muh is said of their action
i ' r'billand other im
the power of the House to enter upon
the oodsideration of those measures
whenever it sees proper t. do so.
In response to inquiries sent by tele
graph from Washington to the Govern
ors of many of the States asking what
amount tlie State agents would receive
in the event the billlto refund the direct
tax became a law, replies have been re
ceived as folows:
The State agenc of Iowa is to receive
25 per cent. on $384,274, or, in round
numhers, $96,000; Kansas 10 prcent.
pezreinthriS 257702, or $89,425; Mary
land $130,000 of $371,299; Massachu
setts 25 per'cent. df $700,894, or $175,
000pMihgan-40 per oent,--on $426,498,
or-S? 8M inesta25-per cent.s on
$92,250s or $23,064; Missouri 15 per
cent, on $647,000, or $97,043; New York
15 ner cent. on $2,132,100, or $319,815;
Ohio 18 per cent. on $1,332,025, or
$133,202; South Carolina 35 per cent.
on $368,576, cr'$127,249; Nebraska 50
THE DEADLOCK BROKEN.
Sunset Cox Moves to Adjourn, and "A pril
4th" is Passed Over.
WAsarse-roN, April 12.-The House
convnditl11.45 anid Mr. Cox imme
diately moved sin adjournment and called
fotheyasind nanys? The- Republican
members were nearly all present and
voted "nay." The vote proceeded on
party lines. The House, by a vote of
130 to 133. refused to adjourn, and the
legisltive day of Wednesday, April 4,
stl continues.
The scene which followed the an
nounoement of the vote resulting in a
failure to adjourn the Hcuse was the
most exciting that has taken place dur
ing the long deadlock. Naturally the
Republicans expected defeat after the
caucus action of last nmght, and the re
fusal of the House to adjiurn was agreat
surprise. As one man the 132 Republi
cans began to applaud, while their roars
of laughter, intermingled with yells,
rang out into the corridors like a storm.
The Speaker pounded on his desk for
order. It was a scene fit for Bedlam.
There was a crowd aboat Mr. Sawden, of
Pennsylvania, the only Democrat who
refused to stand by the caucus action,
and he was implored to move a recon*
sideration of the vote by which the
House refused to adjourn. The motior
for a call of the House was withdrawn,
and unanimously the ayes and nays were
ordered on the motion by Mr. Cox thai
the House adjourn. The motion pre
vailed by 148 to 137. When the voti
was announced both sides began almosi
deafening applause. Members rose an<
hurled documents, letters and scraps o:
paper in the air and screamed with de
light.
A Boston daily has established the fac
to its own satisfaction that Job was s
Irishman, for it attributes to an Irish
-a the phrase. "ki of hia itit,"
THE JOBBERY IN IT.
Speaker Carlisle Says that Persons Are
Lobbying for the Direct Tax Law.
(Letter to the New York Herald.)
Speaker Carlisle, referring to the di
rect tax bill as reported to the House by
the Judiciary Committee, says that the
one provision in the bill as it came from
the Senate that was meritorious, if any
portion of it could be so spoken of, was
that it provided the government should
return to the persons from which it di
rectly collected the tax the amount ex
acted.
"There was but one instance," said the
Speaker, "when the government did
that, and that was in South Carolina in
and about Beaufort. Many of the prop
erty owners whose estates were levied
upon would be benefited to a small ex
tent if the tax was refunded, but it is the
only instance, In every other case, as
in Kentucky, the citizen paid the tax to
the State, and no family or individual
could possibly have the money refund
ed. It would, if appropriated by Con
gress, go direct into the treasury of each
State, less the amount to be paid to the
agent of each State.
"And there again let me call your at
tention to the character of the amend
ment made by the House Judiciary
Committee by striking out the Senate
proviso. The Senate enacted as the last
provision of the bill 'that no part of the
money hereby appropriated shall be paid
out by the Governor of any State or Ter
ritory, or any other person, to any attor
ney or agent under any contract for ser
vices now existing or heretofore made
between the representative of any State
or Territory and attorney or agent.'
"I do not know how many such con
tracts are in force, but there are some
persons acting as attorneys or agents
who certainly arabot exerting their in
fluence or spending their time to secure
the passage of the bill without hope. of
reward. If there are not interested par
ties, why is it proposed to eliminate this
clause from the bill as it came from the
Senate?"
Our Public tichools.
A good deal of attention is being di
rected to the subject of public education
in South Carolina, but there is not as
much interest taken in this important
matter as there should be. Our people
should give their children the opportu
nity of getting an education by estab
lishing and maintaining good schools in
every part of the 'country. This they
could easily do for the present by supple
menting the regular two mill school tax
by a small tuition fee,as is done in many
places, but the Legislature ought to do
something of a general character for the
improvement of our public school sys
tem. In this enlightened day it is very
generally accepted that education is
necessary for the greatest enjoyment of
life, and we are not going to write a long
sermon on a text that has been worn out
by abler pens than ours, because we
think the people generally understand
the value of education, and consequently
a sermon on the matter is unnecessary,
but we want to say something about our
present system of public schools. It
will be readily granted that there must 1
be a system of public schools for the
education of the children, and it seems
to be the general opinion that the pres
ent system is not as efficient as it ought
to be. There ought to be longer terms
and better equipped school houses. How
to secure these is the question. Some
are very confident that the people wiil
not bear a higher tax for education.
But we take it, as the world around be
comes enlightened and progressive, so
our State willnot be contenlt with what
has haen dagie or what is doing, but will
press towards the mark of higher achieve
ments and greater taings beyond. The
present tax is more than it was under
Radical rule, and with time it may be
increased. At present it may not be
judicious to make the tax higher. But1
it is possible to have a large educational
fund. When the Legislature shall de
vise a better, a more certain, a thorough
sytmof asessing-property and compel
amen wio~ vote to pay a school tax,
there will be money enough. A the
Winington Star says, itlooke ridiculous
for a people to higgle over a million dol
lars school tax when- they spend eight
or ten minns annually in voluntary
drinks.-Marinn Star..
Western Farm Mortgages.
The department of -agriculture has in
stituted an investigation into the condi
tion of Western farmars,.and rome start
ling facts have been elicited. It had
been known before that Western farms
wereieavily'encumbered, but the mag
nitude of the obligation resting upon
them had never been suspected. It ap
pears, from the investigation, that the
mortgages on the farms of ten Western
States aggregated $3,422,000,000, Ohio
leading the list with an aggregate of
701,000,000. In Michigan one half of
the farms are mortgaged, the aggregate
debt secured by mortgage being $350,
000,000. A striking fact of the situatio..i
is that the aunual net .earnings on the
capital invested in farms in the United
States is but 4 or 5 per cent., while the
mortgages in question command from 7
to 9 per cent. The insurance companies
of Hartford, Conni., own $70,000,000 of
Western farm mortgages, and the loan
companies of Boston hold them to the
amount of $76,00(4000.
-Mr. Clemisonl's Bequest.
The Laurensville Advertiser says Capt.
G. W. Shell, of Laurens, has received
the following:
DE~R Sm: Mr. Clemson died last
night. His property, both real and per
sonal, goes by will to the State for an
agricultural college. Besides special
bequests it is certain that $80,000 will be
at our disposal for our college. If the
State does not accept then the (7) trus
tees will carry out his wishes as well as
the means will allow. Col. R. E. Bowen,
Pickens; 31. L. Donaldson, J. E. Brad
ley and J. E. Wannamaker, Orangeburg;
B. R Tillman, R. W. Simpson and
myself are the trustees, If the State
accepts it will appoint six additional.
Orfollege is a certainty; our cause is
strengthened, and we will go into the
canvass with victory perched on our
banners. What arguments will our op
ponents meetnus with, now the question
of expense is met? All honor to Mr.
Clemson.
Au early day had better be named for
our meeting. In haste, sincerely yours,
THE NEGRO IN THE CHURCH.
The Plan of Settlement to be Submitted to
the Diocesan Convention at Anderson.
At a meeting of the deputies who
withdrew from the Diocesan Convention
of 1887, held in Charleston on the 23d
February last, it was
Resolved, That the delegates who
withdrew from our late Conveution can
not recognize the meeting to be held in
Anderson under a resolution passed by
those who remained as a constitutional
convention, and therefore recommend
our churches to send no delegates to the
said meeting, and in nowise to recognize
the same as a constitutional convention.
Resolved, That a committee of seven
be appointed who shall be authorized
and empowered to suspend the rule of
action if, in conference with a committee
or other body duly authorized to bind
those from whom we differ, they are
enabled to reach some settlement of all
the differences now existing, provided
such arrangement be based upon the
separate organization of the two races in
the government of the Church.
Resolved, That the right of appeal
from the ruling of the Chair be main
tained inviolate.
The committee appointed under these
resolutions have not met any persons
authorized to bind those from whom we
differ, but at a conference of several
clergymen and laymen who have hitherto
espoused different sides of the question
which have lately divided the Church in
this diocese, it was agreed to recom
mend as a solution of these unhappy
differences:
1. That the colored people of South
Carolina who are, or may be hereafter,
connected with the Protestant Episcopal
Church shall constitute a missionary
jurisdiction of the Diocese of South
Carolina.
. 2. That to effect this purpose the next
Convention of the diocese adopt a canon
:r constitutional provision on the basis
:f the canon recently proposed to the
Council of Virginia.
3. That at the next Convention the
Constitution, Canons and Rules of Order
:f the Church in this diocese be referred
o a committee of-elergymen elect
ad by the clergy in the Convention and
>f laymen elected by the lay mem
ers of the Convention to revise the
came.
4. And that no other action be taken
>y said Convention upon the matter of
ifference now existing."
The committee appointed at the meet
ng on the 23d February think that their
-ecommendation presents a basis upon
which the unhappy controversies in the
hurch may be settled, and as the same
iss been approved by several of the
:hurches in tha diocese at the recent
Easter election, they recommend that
he delegates now elected attend at An
lerson, and meet the evening before, or
.t some convenient hour preceding the
>pening of the said Convention, and
bmit to the clergy, and those who
lave hitherto differed with us, the fol
owing resolution embodying the recom
nendation of the conference above men
ioned:
Resolved, That a commission be raised
>y the Convention, to consist of three
lergymen to be elected by the clergy,
ad three laymen to be elected by the
aity, which commission is hereby
barged to prepare a constitutional
amendment to provide for the ultimate
eparation of the colored race into a dis
inct organization under the Bishop, and
intil such ultimate separation to consti
ute the same into a missionary jurisdic
ion upon the basis of the lately pro
sed canon in Virginia, which saideon
titutional amendment shall provide that
he general convocation suggested in the
aid proposed Virginia canon may elect
wo clerical delegates, who shall have
he privilege to speak and vote on mat
ers relating exclusively to the condi
ion, work and needs of said jurisdiction,
ut which privilege shall not be con
trued to permit said delegates from said
onvocation to speak or vote upon any
uatter which may in anywise affect the
white race in the disocese, nor to permit
olorod clergymen to have seats in Con
rention.
The said commision is also instructed
o revise the Constitution, Canons and
Rules of Order, and to report amend
ents to the same so as to incorporate
herein all provisions relating to tLe or
anization of the Convention, some of
which at present are to be found in our
ianons, and also to provide that the
ight of appeal from the ruling of the
Chair be maintained inviolate.
Upon the assurance that the resolution
will be adopted by both orders, the un
ersigned, of the committee appointed
at the February meeting, recommend
that all delegates-elect appear in the
Convention at Anderson, and for this
purpose waive the question as to its
egality. EWR onDJ.
W. C. BENT,
CH. RIcHAUnsoN Minns,
iR. S. DESPoBTES.
We join the majority of the committee
in recommending that the deputies meet
at Anderson on the evening previous to
the date appointed for the Convention
to meet, ini the hope that some settle
ment may be reached. But we dissent
from them as to the plan of settlement
proposed. ..CpBL
W. ST. JULEN JEEY.
The Virginia Canon.
The following is a statement of ques
tions asked of the Southern (Virginia)
Churchman, with the answer of the
editors of that paper:
Would you be kind enough to give me
privately or through your paper informa
tion on these points, which may come
up in May in our South Carolina Con
vention:
1. Is the Virginia Canon No. 13 "of
colored mission churches" a compro
mis?
2. If a white minister is in charge of a
colored mission does he attend both the
Council and the convocation?
3. So also a colored missionary, would
he attend both the;Diocesan Council and
this colored convocation?
4. Have you at present any organized
colored parishes with their lay delegates
in the Diocesan Council?
5. If not, when they are organized at
parishes, would their lay delegates with.
draw from the convocation and attend
only the Diocean Council?
6. Has the Canon No. 13 any refer
nee~ toncolord rectors and lay delegatei
from a colored parish, or only refers to
mission stations and their missionaries
and laymen.
The plan proposed by our recent Epis
copal Conference may be good, but it
ought not to refer to the Virginia Canon
unless that is a compromise.
We re!ally want light and I hope you
will give some to us. ***
Our correspondent will get answer to
all his above inquiries by our saying that
this canon is not of the nature of a com
promise; that colored ministers have a
seat and vote in our Convention; that
there are no colored parishes, but only
congregations organized under the canon
relating to mission churches; that such
congregations, whether white or colored,
are not entitled to lay representations;
that there has been no convocation or
ganized under Canon 13, and that the
practical questions which our corre
spondent suggests have not arisen in
this diocese and are yet undetermined.
If this answer is noc satisfactory, we will
try to be more explicit on any indicated
point.
WINTER GRAIN-FARM ANIMALS.
The Monthly Report of the United States
Department of Agriculture.
The April statistical returns to the
National Department of Agriculture re
late the condition of winter grain and of
farms animals.
The season for seeding was long, three
months in some of the Southern- States,
and the appearance as winter set in was
uneven, though the plants were general
ly vigorous, and those of early seeding
well rooted. In States affected by sum
mer drought there was slow germination
in soil not well pulverized, causing thin
stands in such areas, hence a superficial
impression of condition was made, which
our trained correspondents saw at once
was deceptive, and that the impairment
of status was slight. Later rains im
proved the prospect in the South. The
soil was in good tilth, and the field
growth was generally good. In the
Middle States the season was moderately
favorable, though in some places the
soil was dry. In California, with some
exceptions, a very favorable season for
seeding and germination is reported.
The drought in Oregon delayed the plant
growth. Only partial winter protection
was enjoyed in the Northern belt. The
variable temperature of March seriously
injured the plant in central States of the
West, and loss from winter killing ap
pears even in Texas. On the Atlantic
coast winter injury was very slight.
South of Maryland the temperature was
mild and favorable.
The present appearance of the crop is
quite unfavorable, as the spring is late
and the present growth of late sown
wheat is comparatively small. Favora
ble spring weather might make a materi
al improvement. The average of the
present condition is 82, lower than in
recent years, excepting only 1883 and
1885, when the averages were 80 and 76
respectively. The averages of the States
of principal production are as follows:
New York 94, Pennsylvania 90, Ohio 68,
Michigan 76, Indiana 75, Illinois 74,
Missouri 82, Kansas 97. The average of
Texas is 88 and of most of the Sourthern
States higher, from 87 in Arkansas to 971
in Tennessee though the area, seeded is
small in this region.
The condition of rye is much higher,
standing in 93.5 for the entire breadth.
The condition of farm animals is com
paratively good. There has been some
disease among horses, and hog cholera
has been somewhat prevalent during the
past year in its usual habitat. The esti
mated losses from disease and calualties
are averaged as follows for each thousand
animals: Horses, 18; cattle, 29; sheep,
6; swine, 78.
A Deadly Disease.
There is a new and dangerous form of
lung disease, common in spring, and
wich seems to be swift and deadly in
li course. Sudden changes in weather
and excessive moisture are apt to bring
it about. Cronpous pneumonia attacked
and carried off Chief ,Tustice Waite and
Governor Dorsheimer before many peo
ple knew they were ill. It is limited to
one lobe of the lung, and is said to be a
"general disease with a special deposit
in the lung." It is an infectious malady.
The cold season, especially winter, is
supposed by many people, some of them*
in the medical profession, to be that in
which croupous pneumonia is most liable
to occur. But statistics teach that the
changeable weather of spring is particu
larly liable to be accompanied by it, and
that the month of March is credited with
more cases of this kind of pneumonia
than any one of the others in the round
year. It seems that the degree of cold
to which an individual is exposed has
nothing whatever to do with contracting
an attack of pneumonia.
The cause of crupous pneumonia,
frankly, is unknown. A well known au
thority gives this pathological review of
this new and deadly disease:
The sudden and enormous loss of
strength which marks the condition of
the sick man from the chill which ushers
in the disease shows that it is something
more than a mere inflammation of a
piece of lung tissue. The remark
able disparity between the number of
the heart's pulsations and the acts of
breathing per minute is another circum
stance that marks croupous pneumonia
as a disease differing in almost every
particular from all other infections in
which the lungs are involved. Colds,
coughs, and catarrha of the ordlinary
kind show a tendency to extend their
duration without definite limit, while in
croupous pneumonia the duration of the
entire affection is seldom more than two
weeks. The points of difference between
this affection and all other diseases of
the lungs are thu's seen to be numerous
and striking. Another point-this affec
tion seldom, if ever, is followed by the
deposit of tubercles (consumption). This
is in happy contrast with broncho-pneu
monia, which is so often the first event
in a history of consumption.-Augusta
Chronicle.
The Emperor Frederick, in decorating
Dr. Mackenzie, said: "When you came
the first time I congled in you, as you
were recommended by my German phy
sicians. I have s~'e had occasion in
my own experiet value your capa
bility. I am gi -ow upon you
this order in . mowledgment
of your mer' 'mory of my
accession to 'e Emperor
then shook Itackenzie
and with 17
HE WOULD NOT SWEAB.
A Juror Committed to Jail Because He
Would Not Take the Oath.
(From the Atlanta Constitution.)
"Be steadfast in the right and the
Lord will uphold thee and give thee suc
cor in the hour of thy extremity."
These words were delivered with unc
tion, in a solemn voice, and they
emanated from a dreary abode-the Ful
ton county jail. The speiker was Mr.
W. E. Lively, who is devoting his days
and his nights to a very sombre news
paper with the appropriate name of
"Last Days."
"Why are you in here?" was asked the
prisoner by a sleek moonshiner, who was
taking his afternoon airing.
"I am here," was the quick reply,
"because I would not sacrifice my re
ligious principles; would not trample
upon the teachings of the holy Scrip
tures, and would not disobey the pre
cepts of our Lord and Master Jesua
Christ."
"How did all that happen?" asked the
inquisitive moonshiner, and a group of
prisoners stopped their exercise to catch
the reply.
"It happened in this wise. I refused
to take an oath in the court and the
judge sent me to this dismal retreat-to
this abode of malefactors. But do I re
pine? Do I seek to escape the conse
quences of my righteous action? No,
sir, never. I am here to stay until my
Lord-ransoms me. Paul and Silas and
the apostles and our Redeemer were im
prisoned by tyrants, and I count it an
honor to be incarcerated for maintaining
the right. I was firm and shall remain
firm.a I am a minister of the gospel and
shall not lose this opportunity to work
for the salvation of those I find around
me. I may be an instrument in the
hands of Providence to save souls."
The conversation was interrupted by
the turnkey, who conducted the clerical
prisoner to his apartment.
How came Mr. Lively to be sent to
jail?. Briefly told, the facts are: Yester
day morning when the superior court
was organized a panel of jurors was
drawn, and Clerk Walter Venable pro
ceeded to administer the customary oath.
One of these jurors was Mr. W. E. Live
y, who is widely known in Atlanta.
When the Bible was handed Mr. Lively
he declined to take an oath.
"You may affirm if you have religious
scruples," remarked Clerk Venable.
"I will neither swear nor affirm," re
joined the recalcitrant juror, "for is it
not written, 'Swear not at all?' Besides,
I will not sit in judgment over my fel
low man. Christ said, 'Judge not that
ye be not judged,' and he was too merci
al to condemn even her who was ap
prehended in the act. Can I be less?
No; I'll not be sworn, for I am not a
proper juror."
"What is all that interruption?" Judge
'larke asked.
"This juror refuses to be sworn," said
the clerk.
"Why?" queried the court.
"Because," answered Mr. Lively, "I
will not swear or affirm. My religion
willnot allow me to do so, and I am op
posed to courts and juries."
"An inadequate excuse," said the
:ourt. "You must take the oath, Mr.
Lively."
"I refuse to do so, because-"
The reason was cut short by his honor,
who directed a bailiff to take the juror to
jail for contempt of court.
The bailiff took Mr. Lively to the
county jail. On the way thither the
stubborn juror spoke many strange
hings. He declared that he did not ob
ject to going to jail, because the judg
nent day was near at hand, and he ex
ected to be liberated by the interposi
ion of Providence.
Mr. Lively was quiet and reticent last
ight,and was in a sound sleep by 10
'clock. Some of his friends will mnake
n effort to get him out to-day.
Judge- Clarke says that he is com
nitted for five days for contempt of
iourt.
Brethren, Pass Him Around.
About a year ago Dan Rutherford,
epresenting the Columbus (Ohio) Buggy
Cmpany, visited Marion, and at one of
he hotels, without provocation, opened
a bitter denunciation of the South, the
onfederacy and our leading men, say
ng that we "were all d-<d rebels, and
ught to be hung." His abuse of Jeff
Davis was bitter in the extreme. He
was spared a thrashing by the proprie
or, who had been a Confederate soldier,
because he was a guest under his roof.
But last Friday he was here again, and
while waiting at the depot for the train,
began, just as the proprietor came up,
to boast of last year's performance.
Rutherford cowered at the command to
stop and without resentment, even by
word, submitted to as strong a present
ment of his character as words can con
ey. In a few moments he would have
been sever.ely thrashed had not the oars
aforded a timely retreat. These charac
ers are seldom met now, and the few
that remain are the meanest and the
lowest of the low. The company has
missed one sale of which we know be
ause of this man, and there may be
many more. Such a representative as
this will injure any firm. Brethren of
the press, please pass him around and
let the people know who it is with whom
they deal.-Marion Index.
DEAR MR. Enrron:-Won't you please
tell your male readers that S3 will buy a
ine, strong and serviceable pair of
pants, made to order by the N. Y. Stan
dard Pants Co., of 66 University Place,
New York city? By sending 6 cents in
postage stamps to the above firm, they
will send to any address 25 samples of
cloth to choose from, a fine linen tape
measure, a full set of scientific measure
ment blanks and other valuable informa
tion. All goods are delivered by them
through the U. S. Mails. A novel and
practical idea. Advise your readers to
try the firm. They are thoroughly re
liable. Yours truly,
* Wnt TaA' VANDERBII/r.
According to M. Blavier's theory, the
great earthquake disturbances of 1755,
1884 and 1885 are to be associated with
the abnormal accumulations of ice about
the North Pole. He supposes such ac
cumulations to have caused a deflection
of the Gulf Stream away from Europe,
producing great climatic changes and a
sight disturbance of equilibrium in the
sea bottom, followed by a possible local
ractur angethe line of least resistance.
POST-MORTEM EULOGIES.
Some Odd Addresses Made by Well-Mean
ing, but Ignorant Ministers.
(Good Cheer.)
Laughing at funerals is such a gross
violation of the rules of good breeding
and common decency that the provoca
tion must be great if one can be excused
at all for such scandalous conduct. The
writer owns up to several irrepressible
smiles and one or two wicked giggles
while attending several funerals in cer
tain rural districts. He offers the facts
in each case in justification of his con
duct.
An aged farmer had died from the
effects of a kick from a mule. The
clergyman officiating at the funeral was
an antiquated specimen of simplicity and
ignorance. His first words were:
"In assembling around this cold corpse
and in reflecting on the means by which
it became a corpse, we air reminded of
the oncertainty of life and of the onex
pected disasters by which cawpses air so
often created. Skeerce twenty-four
hours ago our dear brother was in full
possession of his health and fackilities.
Little did he think of his approaching
end at the hands of a mewel hitherto
considered harmless and docile. But,
ah! my dear friends," and here he be
gan to weep, "even so ornery and trifin'
a critter as a mewel may be the means
of converting us from the rosy bamness
of health to the white paleness of a
cawpse. You have all seen both the
cawpse and the mewel in this case; may
the lesson they have taught never be
forgotten. May'it make an impression
that will cause you to feel serious con
eern for your own latter end whenever
you gaze on even a mewel."
At another funeral in a little Western
church the officiating clergyman said, at
the close of his discourse:
"In accordance with the desire of the
family of the dead deceased, the coffin
will now be opened that his friends may
enjoy the felicity of gazing on him for
the last time," and the entire assembly
proceeded to "enjoy the felicity" of the
)ccasion.
A minister once called at the home of
eath to make arrangements for the
uneral of the husband and father who
2ad died suddenly. While talking with
the widow he asked:
"Is there any particular hymn you
would like to have sung at the funeral?"
"Yes," she said, wiping her eyes,
'have 'em sing, 'Hallelooyer! 'tis done.'
1'a allus liked that and I think it'd kind
' tickle him to have it sung over his cold
hymn was therefore sung over
a's "cold clay." Let us hope he was
where he could be "tickled" by hear
ng it.
"rho Last Victim of the War."
In the April Century Judge W. M.
Dickson tells a pathetic yet shocking
;tory under the caption, "The Last
Victim of the War." The victim was
homas Martin, and he was shot near
Jincinnati, under the sentence of a drum
lead court passed a year previous; the
late of his execution was May 11th,
1865.
The boy, for such he was, had been
saptred in Kentucky, brought to Cin
sinnati and sentenced as a guerrilla. He
was illiterste and claimed to be a Con
ederate soldier, though he barely com
,rehended the difference between the
wo. It was not expected that the sen
aence would be carried out, and General
Willich, who commanded in the city,
gave the boy his liberty and employment
about the military headquarters, and be
same very much attached to him. The
tory from this point is such a shocking
revelation that one almost regrets its
publication, but it throws a light apon
the character of General Hooker and
dds one more chapter to the study of
the men of the war and its publication
a proper.
Hooker in taking leave of this depart
nent to which he had been relegated as
i defeated general, and a bitter and re
rengeful man, came across the papers in
the boy's case, and learning that the
entence of the court, intended only to
have a quieting effect upon Kentucky,
and passed a year previous had not been
arried out, ordered Willich to execute
the boy. Willich was horrified at the
idea of executing a boy who had served
him for a year and with tears in his eyes
appealed to Judge Stallo, now minister
at Rome, and to Judge Dickson to aid
him in changing Hooker's bloodthirsty
letermination. Hooker had gone to at
tend Lincoln's funeral at Springfield,
and these gentlemen appealed to Stanton
in Washington. An answer was not re
eived until the boy was on his coffin
awaiting the fatal command, then a con
rier arrived from the telegraph office
bringing a message suspending the exe
ation until further orders. All re
turned to the city joyfully.
Hooker upon his return, however, was
nraged to 1.nd that his order had been
uspended. He hated the administra
tion at Washington, and this renewed
interference. With savage satisfaction,
he demanded of Stanton the right to
control his department, and Stanton
yielded. The boy was shot on the 11th
of May, after the war was over. Lee
had surrendered, and the guerrilla com
mand to which the boy had belonged
had also surrendered, and been granted
the same terms as were accorded to Lee's
army; shot after his comrades had been
recognized as regular soldiers.
Year by year the history of the war is
being written; year by year the heroes
and grand characters of the Christian
soldiers shine brighter. Hooker, the
incompetent coward, who sneaked away
like a whipped cur from the front of
Lee's little army, the butcher and mur
derer, has no place among them .-Macon
Evening News.
It is interesting to learn that Mrs.
Cleveland always calls her husband "Mr.
President." Mr. Cleveland addresses
his wife as "Frank." Martha Washing
ton in her younger days called her hus
band "&eorge," but in the last twenty
five years of her life she always addressed
him as "General." While in the White
House Mrs. Hayes called her husband
"Mr. Hayes." Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs.
Garfield always addressed their husbands
respectively as "Abram' and "Jim."
Niow the question is: What should a
President's wife, according to etiquette,
call her husband? Precedent seems to
give no answer.
You may speak out more plainly to your
associates, but not less courteously than
yon do to strangers.
A VERY LUCKY STEIKE.
Bread and Water for Breakfast, in the
Afternoon a Millionaire.
Sn4urom, PEiux., April 12.-James
Bailey, of this city, has fallen heir to
$1,600,000, left him by his uncle, Wm.
0. Munson, of Newport, England. Bai
ley hag a wife and seven children, and
for the past four months has missed
many a meal to appease the hunger of
the little ones. He went on a strike with
the rest of the Philadelphia and Beading
men in January, and did not secure his
place when the strike was declared off.
He was compelled to ask aid from the
poor district. This morning he received
a letter from an attorney in England in
forming him of his lucky windfall. Bai
ley, twenty years ago, was the deceased
uncle's private secretary in England.
Falling in love with a comely young
sewing girl, he married her, despite his
uncle's earnest protests and threats of
disinheritance. After the marriage he
and the bride bade adieu to England,
sailed for the United States and came to
the coal regions, where he has since
lived. When Bailey was apprised of his
uncle's legacy, he simply remarked:
"Well, this morning we had bread and
water for breakfast, and for dinner we'll
eat chicken for the first time in many
months." Next week the ex-coal digger
will sail with his family for nga to
take possession of his riches. Heis an
intelligent man, 58 years old, and enjoys
good health.
Our Elecion System.
Strange as it may appear, Mr. Lin
oln was elected President against a ma
jority of 4,185,658 votes that were not
cast for him bus for Breckenridge, Doug
las and Bell. Breckenridge received more
votes than Lincoln who received 1,866,
352, whilst Breckenridge received 2,220,
920. The whole popular vote cast was
3,052,010. The total electoral vote was
313 and Mr. Lincoln received 180, which
placed him in the Presidential chair
against the votes of a large majority of
the people.
The same was true of Mr. Tilden, who
had a popular majority of more than
250,000 over Hayes, though he had only
cne majority in the Electoral Coll ege
and was defrauled out of that. .
Cleveland had a majority over Blaine on
both the popular and electoral vote, but
it was a very close election.
Some statistician has figured it out
that a Presidential candidate might hav
s majority of nearly a million on this
year's probable vote, and yet be defeated
m the Electoral College, and as a matter
yf fact seven of our Presidents have been
inority candidates as regards their
popular strength. This has led to re
peated efforts to change the law so as to
provide for the election of the President
by the direct vote of all the people, and
very careful measure designed to se
cure this has recently been introduced
into the House.
The change would be a wise one but
will no doubt meet the fate of other
attempts to amend the Constitution. It
will fail, not for want of merit, but be
mause of the rooted indisposition to
hange the organic law.-Florida Times
nion.
Teaching Children to Save.
Beginning with Lent, Superintendent
Donnor, of the Episcopal Sunday School
[n Youngsville, Pa., gave one cent' to
ach of the thirty-three of his scholars
between seven and ten years of age, re
luesting them to invest each penny in
something which they could sell at a
profit, the amount to be reinvested until
the end of Lent, when each scholar was
o turn in the result of his or her busi
ses transactions resulting from the one
cent capital. The total profit amounted
to $76.25. Flossie Davis, aged nine
years, turned her penny into twenty.
She started in the pen-wiper business,
making and selling the article herself.
She enclosed one to Mrs.. Cleveland,
iking her to purchase it, and received
the following letter in reply:
"ErEcunivE MhimoNr,
WLSEwcrGoN, March 9, 1888.
"My Dear Little Friend:-I am very
glad to boy your holder. You did not
say how mch it was, so[ send you 25
cents and I trust it will help you a little.
[ think it is very nice for little girls to
know how to help, and I trust you will
go on all your life doing what you can
for others.
"Sincerely your friend,
"2aa0Ezs F. Czmvzrsanr."
Rattlesnake Bite Cured.
One morning last week, about 9.30
o'clock, Mr. M. B. Smith, who works in
the Southern Express office at Atlanta,
Ga., was bitten by a rattlesnake that lay
concealed in a crate of cabbages. The
cabbages were shipped from Jackson
ville, Fla., and Mr. Smith was moving
them preparatory to their delivery to a
comiission merchant. As he placed his
hand on the crate he felt a stinging sen
sition in one of his fingers and saw that
a huge snake had fastened its fangs in
his flesh. In afew seconds the hand
and arm began to swell, and Mr. Smith
was driven hurriedly to Dr. Gaston's
office.
Dr. Gaston saw the young man was in
danger of losing his life, and he gave
him a hypodermic injection of perman
ganate of potash-a solution of two
grains to a drachm of water. This anti
dote to snake poison was first used by a
Brazilian physician, and its efficacy was
so great that the doctor was given a
handsome reward by the government.
The treatment relieved Mr. Smith imme
diately and he was sent to his home.
From last accounts he was doing well.
Kissed Her Child to Life.
On the 5th of April the little daugh
ter of A. 0. Swift, Deputy Postmaster
at Nebraska City, Neb., was pronounced
dead from typhoid pneumonia, and had
all the appearances of death. The
mother could not be persuaded to leave
the little one. About 3 o'clock the next
morning her screams of joy awoke the
whole neighborhood, and several persons
entered to find the child sitting on its
mother's lap, refreshed and apparently
well. It has improved steadily since
then, 'and is now doing excellently. The
mother says that she was weepmng over
the inanimate form and was kissing the
cold lips in an agony of grief, when sud
denly the little one opened its eyes and
the next instant threw its arms about her
neck.
A girl should marry for protection, in.
stad of for revenue only.

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