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Resolution and Appetite.

A writer in the Saturday Gazette, in dis
cussing the subject of intemperance, says
thus warmly of the ever-fruitful subject
The first lecture we ever heard was
what they called "Washingtonian." i"
He was not one of your elegant and elo-
quent modern lecturers, with immaculate
linen and patent leather boots, but
sturdy, sun-browned, weather-beaten fell
low, clad in homespun, who had once
been drunkard but had now been re-
claimed. He took off his coat and rolled
up his sleeves Git was in the fercest heat
of August) and he gesticulated and vo-
ciferated with vehemence betokening
personal animosity against the demon
that had formerly enslaved him. We
listened with ears erect to the touching
story of his ruin and rescue. We were
filed with his feeling and when, at the
close, he called for signers to pledge OF
total abstinence, we were proud and hap
py to go forward to the little pine table
in front of the pulpit, and, remembering
John Hancock and the Declaration of
Independence, we wrote our names as
near like as possible, and with resolve
which was quite as high as his, at least
according to our boyish measure. For
that days deed we have more and more
occasion to give God thanks. Amid
temptations sharp and strong, especial
ly in college life, where boys learn much
besides what is taught in books, that
pledge held like an anchor. When, a
few years ago, we heard that one of our
earliest "chums" had gone down to a
drunkard's grave, we thanked God afresh
for the pledge that we took, and for the
grace he has given US to keep it until
now.
In the enthusiasm of our earlier years
we were led to hope, and in many a
speech we declared it. that at no distant
day, intemperance, with all its hideous
brood of evils, would be eradicated from
the land We are not so hopeful now,
perhaps because be are not so young
We have witnessed the rise and decad-
ence of all manner of temperance organ
izations, with banners and badges, and
signs and passwords We have watched
the progress of moral suasion move
meEts, and have seen the arm OF the
law invoked TO stay the tide of desola-
ton. Much has been done; we would
not disparage the work or the workers.
| But CHASTITY lacts confront and appaIi US.
| The evils we deplore still exist, and
seem to be spreading with fearful aug
/ In this SssNlstian city where we write,
there lxJj<iram shop for every lamp-post,
andAHe are no better, or rather, no worse
provEkedNp this regard than MANY other
cities'on the continent Thes6 aram'
shops are thronged with thiISty custo'
mers. Whether gold andSssqelSs are up
| or,down; whether other s6fs business
beshrisk or dull, these heIiss A@ways
full. And in the social circl ", in
many circle ri no be ChIN4h VIZ
think We have discovered downward
drift, u tendency to revive the drinking
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WHOLE NO. 1885.

been there, allow themselves to indulge
in potations which, fifteen years ago.
| they would not have dared to touch
| Perhaps the war is responsible in q large
degree for this deplorable decentralization.
| We retract. 1t is too much the custom
| to dodge responsibility-as Adam did
when he charged it upon Eve, and Eve
when she charged it upon the devil-a0e
are responsible for allowing such demor-
alization, and, perhaps, contribute tc it
| by the force of our example. We appeal
to Sunday-school officers and teachers to
consider this question as its terrible i'm
portance demands, and begin the work
O. reformation by making straight paths
for their feet, lest that which is lame be
| turned out of the way"
And then, let every Sunday-school in
clude Total Abstinence Society,"" and
let that society include every member of
the school. The more. excellent way is
to prevent the formation of the habit.
Marshal the children under the temper
ance banner Dry up the stream at the
fountain head. 1t costs no sacrifice, it
requires no effort for a child to renounce
a cup it has never learned to love.
Let temperance books find place in
every Sunday-School library. At stated
periods let the subject be publicly pre-
sented, and let the choicest talent be in
voked to make the presentation thor
oughly effective. Let the pledge be cir
culated, and get all the school to sign it
and our word for it, that within twenty
years, there will be a moral revolution
that will change the whole aspect of So
ciety. Fellow workers, will you try it =?
So far, SO good. But why not extend
the work of pledging to everyday
schools? Our school-teachers are-the
great majority of them-in favor of tenn
perance, and will cheerfully cooperate in
forming temperance societies in their
schools. Editors of school or education
al journals can do good by directing at
tention to this work. The entire Chris
tian church throughout the world ought
to help. Clergymen who fail to second
this enterprise come just so much short
of performing fully their high and holy
function of leading the people "onward
and upward"
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Again 4?

I'VE indebted to our honoTed friend an
craftsman, Mr.. Hector Orr, for the followir
poem, which good taste prompted him TO COP
many years ago from Fraser's AIagazne.]
Oh, sweet and fair Oh, rich and rare!
That day so long ago;
The autumn sunshine everywhere,
The heather all agloW.
The ferns Were clad in cloth of gold,
Tue waves sang on the shore:
Such suns viii shine, such waves will sing,
For ever, evermore.
Oh, fit and few! Oh, tried and true!
The friends who meet that day;
Each one the others spirit knew;
And SO in earnest play
The hours hew past, until at last
The twilight kissed the shore:
We said, 'Such days shall come again
For ever, evermOre."
One day again No cloud of pain
A shadow DER us cast,
And yet We strove in vain, in vain,
To cOnjure up the past
Like, but unlike, the sun that ShOne,
The waves that beat the shOre:
The words we said, the songs we sung,
Like-unllke, eYermOre.
For guests unseen crept in between,
And, when our songs flowed Tree,
Sang diScOrds in an undeTtone,
And marred the harmony.
''The past is ours, not yours they said,
''The waves that beat the shore,
Though like the same, are moi the same,
on never, nevermoTe -
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Limit Your Wants.

Lord Bolingbroke, in his Reflections
upon Exile" says: "Our natural and
real wants are confined to narrow bounds,
while those which fancy and custom Gre
ate are confined to none. oung men
who are just entering upon life, and
forming the habits which are likely to
adhere to them to its close, will do well
to treasure up in memory these true and
instructive words of one of England's fin
est writers and most philosophic states
men: ''Our natural and real wants are
confined to narrow bounds. 1t is sur
prising how little it is that is absolutely
essential to mans existence, and, if he
will take an intelligent and considerate
view of life, to his comfort and happiness,
Intellectual enjoyments are comparative
ly cheap. The cultivation of theemind,
which affords the highest and the only
enduring satisfaction, can be pursued on
an income quite insignificant for the sup
ply of luxuries. Our physical wants are
very few, if we preserve our tastes SIM
Pile, as they are by nature. To eat, to
drink, to exercise, to sleep, to keep warm,
and to be sheltered; small sum will
supply all these necessities. The pleas
ures which are pure, and which tend to
our Improvement, are within the reach
of almost every one. But the wants
Whlcn fancy ana custom create, as LORD
Bolingbroke well says, are confined to no
bounds. 1t is against these that young
men on the threshold of life should sed-
ulously guard. Beware of luxurious and
expensive habits. The qualification of
them may cost you much of the labor
and time which, ii given to intellectual
cultivation, would be far more conducive
to happiness. Itis easy TO do without
that which you have never INDUCED IN.
1T is hard to leave oil habits, however eX-
havagant and absurd When you are to
decide about adopting a mode or style of
living, consider well whether it is certain
that, W ,hout inconvenience, you will be
able always to preserve it. The only
safe rule is, to keep your wants within
narrow bounds.
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The Love Of God.

Like cradle, rocking -Cc}%.1g,
Silent, practiu-- 10 .t---l 40
Llhe a iaJtAal aEa= -a1as -.- 1JpiBs
ON the little face n- 1.--
Hangs the green eli -.-- #.-. --s .#-- EUE ming
JarrInS. nO.-=.r>s- --.
Fails the llgLt oi Gst's .-,-1 L--sE
Down ana WATCHING - as gN-
And as feeble babes that suueT.
loss, and cry, anu wi4l-nOt rest,
Are the ones the tender mother
Holds the closest, loves tine best,
So when We are weak and wIeJcA5d,
By our sins weighed down, distressed,
Then il is that God : great patience
Holds Us closest, loves US best.
y, great Heart of God Whose loving
Cannot hindeIed be, nor cToSSed;
VIII not weary, Will not even
In our death itself be lost
Love divine! of such great loving
Only mothers know the cost
Cost OF love, which, ali love passing,
Gave Son to save the lost.
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GKTH ANNUAL STATEMENT
OF THE
FARMERS INSURANCE co.
FARMERS
STATE OF OHIO,
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT,


WHEREAS, The Farmers Insurance Com
pany, located at Howard, in the State OF Ohio,
has filed in this office sworn statement, by
the proper officers thereof, showing its condl-
ton and business, and has complied in all res
poets, with the laws of this State, relating to
Fire Insurance Companies. .ss
NOW, THEREFORE,, In pursuance of law, i
William r. Church, Superintendent OF lnsur-
ance of the State of Ohio, do hereby certify, that
said Company is authorized to transact its ap-
propriate business of Fire Insurance in this
State, in accordance with law, during the cur
rent year. The condition and business OF said
Company at the date of such statement DE
cember 3lst, 1881 is shown as follows:
Amount of Actual paid up Capital. 500 900 70
Aggregate amount of available Assets lSl $40 2S
Aggregate amount of Liabilities lex
cept capital,) for Reinsurance only,
being fifty per cent of Premiums on -
risks not 40,ITl W
year in cash. SO,74s 15
Amount of Income for premiums on
risks written during the year, not
PAID IN caSn iUZI Al
Amount of expenditures for preced-
ing year in cash 1879 6e
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, L have hereuntc
~ subscribed my name and caused the
| SEAL. seal OF my office TO he affixed, the day
| ~ and year above written.
| W. F. CHURCH, Superintendent
j. A. WHITE, Agent,
jackson @. r., Ohio.
! July 49, '74-1m f.
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A st. Louis paper had a two-column
account of hotel of that city. The bed
bugs, after reading it over carefully, held
meeting and denounced the paper for
not mentioning them.
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The young married man who found
himself at the theatre the other even
sing, with feet eneased in steel-colored
shepts, from liberal application of stove
EblaelIing in the dark, wants to know
"how long the house cleaning business is
going to last, any way.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1874-11-26

Who is the LATEST man2 The furni-
ture dealer; he keeps chairs and lounges
about all the time.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1874-11-26

According to Sthe Milwaukee Netos.
young lady asked booksellers clerk if
he had "Festus." "No, was the answer,
'but I'm afraid boil is coming on the
back of my neck,
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BANKS.
Government Sccuritie

and Revenue Stamps on hand and for sale.
Persons wishing 60 remit money 10 foreign
countries, can obtain at our office, drafts on
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Discount notes and Bills, buy and sell Ex-
and do a general Banking business on the most
reasonable-teTms. viii also allow interest on
Deposits.
DIRECTORS Isaac Brown, w. T. Sappington,
James TIipp, James Chestnut, 7. P. sutherland,
VT. SAPPINGTOS, Cashier.
dnr1I -2--tf
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-04-16

DIRECT TRADE-While the Committee of
the Taxpayers Convention is eXerting itselfto
have the condition of affairs in South Carolina
rightly appreheuded in influential quarters in
Washington, a quiet commercial movement
has been made by the Charleston Chamber OF
Commerce upon the cities of the South and
West which promises no Insignificant results.
The chief impedimeut to the successful estab-
lishment of a line of steamships from Charles
ton to Liverpool, consists in the difficulty of
obtaining return freights The facilities which
the port of Charleston offers, in its location and
natural advantages as port of entry for the
trade of the West Indies and of Europe, have
been overlooked in the popularity and more
active business interests of Northern Cities
But it is plain that the West and South can do
better by importing directly through port on
the South Atlantic coast. Acting upon this
idea, the Chamber of Commerce has commits
stoned Mr. ]. Adger Smyth to bring the sub
iect before the cities of the West most directly
interested in the project, and to guarantee that
the freights would be as low as by any other
line. He has been the recipient of marked at
tentions and warm encouragement wherever ne
has presented it. Augusta, Atlanta, Knoxville
and Nashville have pledged to the line an ac-
tive business, and otherwise promised to encour-
age it's success The railroads leading to
Charleston have co-operated by offers of liber-
al rates of freight. There is something prac-
tical in this. We are pleased to see the
movement receive so much favor. 1t is sig
nifcant sign, occurring simultaneously with
harmony of views between these two great
sections ON the currency question, and indica-
tinp a closer alliance between them in the flu
ture.- Columbia PhGniJ.
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Gen. Gary vs.. President Grant.

The following is the extract from the speech
of our townsman, Gen. NJ. w. Gary, which has
so aroused the hitherto phlegmatic and i'm
movable President of the United States, deliv-
cred in the late Taxpayers Convention OF
S. c.:
81, for one am unwilling to be knocking at
the door of the White House for political or
other fayors; I am willing to concede that
Grant is great soldier, fit to have stood BY
Caesar, Napoleon, William the Conqueror or
Washington, if needs be, and give direction
in battle; but by accepting presents OF great
value, in throwing the responsibility of bis
speculation with Fisk and Gould, whereby he
made twenty-five thousand dollars, upon his
wife, he has tarnished and thrown away fame
that might have perpetuated his name tor all
time"
We must confess that we are little surprised
at the display Of sensitiveness and anger on
account of the above charges, which has been
exhibited by the imperturbable President.
The first charge, as many will remember, and
as can be proved to all, was contained in the
speech of the late Charles H. Sumner, deliv-
cred iu the Senate Chamber of the United
States. The second charge, as to the Presi-
dents throwing the responsibility of the
"Black Friday" gold speculation, whereby he
is said to have made twenty-five thousand dol
l2TS upon Ills Wlle, was PuuIloneu az VIZ ..iiN,
in almost every newspaper in the United States,
and was the occasion of the witticism OF the
late James Fisk, the Presidents then intimate
friend, who when examined before commit
lee as to who in point of fact received the
twenty-five thousand dollars, replied, "It went
where the wood-bine twineth." The exact
meaning or application of Mr.. Fisk's phrase
we do not pretend to explain.
We have never seen where either of the
above charges has been disproved or authori-
tatively denied by the President. Indeed We
very strongly fear that our crafty Chief Exec
utive conveniently made this portion of Gen.
Gary's speech the excuse for flying rather dis
courteously in the face of the South Carolina
Delegation. At all events, it is certain these
charges had neither the charm of novelty nor
the force of originality. 1t was, in fact, the
constant repetition of these truths that at last
unmasked the President.
And in conclusion, it is but justice to our
friend and townsman, to say that the idea of
his meaning any attack upon Mrs. Grant
whom the whole world knows to be one of the
purest and loveliest women that ever lived, and
q worthy scion of one of the staunchest and
most knightly Democratic families in America
is sheer nonsense. Such thing was very
far from his intent, and still farther from his
character-Edgefeld Advertiser.
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REMARKABLE MEMoRY.-There is a negro
girl in Brucetown, about 9 years of age, whose
memory is truly marvellous. Her wonderful
powers were first brought to the notice of a
white man, who keeps grocery in that part
of the city, about two weeks ago. He had been
reading aloud in her presence the day before
and accidentally heard her repeat, word for
word, what he had read from the paper, though
twenty-four hours had intervened. After this
he tested her memory frequently, and has
found her capable of repeating thirty or forty
lines from book after hearing it read once
over. Her intellect in other respects does not
seem Mt all above, fequal to the average. Such
instances of memory are not very unusual.
Mary Summerville tells of all idiot in Edln-
burgh who never failed to repeat the sermon
word for word, after attending the kirk each
Sunday, saying, "Here the minister couughed;"
"Here he stopped to blow his nose" She also
tells of another whom she met in the High
lands, who knew the Bible so perfectly that if
he was asked where such verse was to be
found, he could tell without hesitation and
repeat the chapter We remember, also, to
have read year or two ago an account of
man in New York, who could read one side of
the Herald, and then repeat it, word for word,
advertisements and all.
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The volcanic disturbances in North Car
olina have revived attention to traces of similar
influences in the mountain ranges of other
parts of the country. Extinct craters arc said
to exist in New Hampshire and Vermont,
though now filled up by deposits of soil Heaps
of ashes and lava have been found in several
localities. Many earthquakes occurred during
the first century and half of the settlement of
the eastern coast, those of 1727 and 1855 being
peculiarly severe.
The Chicago Times suggests q way in
which money may be made plenty, and "cheap"
without the expense of printing. Congress has
only to enact that all Confederate notes now
outstanding shall be legal tenders, and receiv
able for all taxes and all dues to the United
States.
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- The Richmond Kentucky Register says:
"Ifall the returned Confedcrates should do as
we'll as General John B. Hood toward repopu-
lating the desolated South it would be but
short time until the places of those who were
killed and those who died of disease during
the war would be filled Dy new generation.
From private source we learn that General
Hood has been married just five years, and
that he is now the happy father OF seven chill
dren. Considering his bad luck during many
to think that the long lane has taken turn,
and that Providence has smiled on him at
last"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-04-16

STEPPING SEED BEFORE PLANT1Ne-The
agricultural world has long desired, and espee-
cially at the South, a successful steep for seeds
before planting, that would act as stimulant
and fertilizer, and, at the same time, not oper.
ate iniuriously to the terminating powers OF
the tender seed. Most all countries have their
favorite modes of sleeping and preparing their
seeds. A new steep and mode of application
has recently been introduced here, which ap-
pears, from the ready sales it is meeting with,
to have some claims to success. We have our
selves seen some strong testimonials from par
ties of experience, and in whose opinions we
have great faith. They speak in high terms OF
it. Mr.. John Commins, of Charleston, intro
duced last season mucilage which certainly
has great advantages over water, as by the aid
of the mucilage a Strong coating can be made
to adhere to the seed-such as wood ashes, dry
earth. and other kindred substances. The
mucilage, it is claimed, has all the elements of
fertility suited for the seed in its infant state,
which helps to nourish it while in that condi-
ton. It has been ascertained of late that the
Chinese have long since adopted the plan of
opplying muclage TO their seeds before plant
inc, containing the essential food required at
the stage when the young plant mostly requires
it.-RuraI Cdr0liniGn.
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"A Virginia railroad was made to pay, S25
for killing rooster. The engineer said he
spoke to the gentleman with the whistle as
kindly as possible, but when the fellow dropped
one wing on the ground, raised his good eye
heayenward, and commenced whetting his spur
on the rail, forbearance ceased to be virtue, and
he lit into him with thirteen freight cars.
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fate Of the child ia always the work ongueThe
"I.e..ana 'N the mind
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-11-14

The VIRGINIA DEDr-CoNFenENcE
OF THE BoND-HoLDERs.- The Governor
and Treasurer of Virginia met the
bond holders of that State in o. infer.
ence in Richmond. on Tuesday, as an.
nonnoed by telegraph. The amount
OF bonds represented by actual holders
of authorized proxies is not definitely
ascertained. MIR. Hugh MuCulloch,
representative Of the Britiph bond.
holders conncil, did not claim to huve
power to do anything to bind his prin
ciples. The DispatcA says:
"Governor kemper read to the con
ferenca long communication. It
showed that Governor Walker, in his
MESSAGES previous to the adoption of
the fuuding bill, had uis stated the
condition and resources of the State,
and misled bond-holders. It also
gave his Governor Kemper's) viows oil
tho States present financial condition.
which were not cheering.
The committee appointed to con.
slider Governor Kemper's address ou
tho financial condition of the State
reported O resolution, which wus
adopted, recon amending the State to
permanently setting apart u sprc,!ic
portion oE its acoruiug revenue for the
prompt payment Of two Der cent. intr-
rest semi-annualIy at London, New
1ork and Baltimore, and the Treasury
OF the State, aud the issue of cer.ifi
Gates for the unpaid interest, payabi.
Mt the pleasure of the State at any
time within ten years; aud if not paid
within ten years. theu snch certificates
ought to be- fnndabie in four Der cent
bonds; that the State ought to resume
payment at full six per cent. interes,
ut the earliest practicable moment"
Tue Dispatch adds: ut is stated
that the agent Of responsible English
capitalists was in the city with pro.
position to fund the.entire debt OF Vlr.
ginia in four per cent. bonds. having
ten years to run, or in five per ceut.
bonds, having twenty years to run. 1t
Is required that the interest shAll be
lnvIolably guaranteed to he paid in
London, New York and Rich mond.''