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Turkish Reconstruction.

How the map of Europe will be chang
cd by q violent settlement OF the Eastern
question remains to be seen. What may
bccome of the Turkish people, if they
chance to be favored with Russion "rc-
construction" we can conjecture by re-
ferring to other peoples who have had a
taste Of that particular reformation. We
know very we'll that Russia, when
she feels disposed, can be tolerant even to
Mohammedans, far more So, in point of
faat than she is to either Roman Catholic
or Jew. We also know, that, if the case
demands it, she can emulate the Ameri-
can carpet Dagger, and, in some respects,
Guido that species of modern despot.
Take the Poles, for example. A Wash
ington contemporary sums up the system
towards the Sarmatian population, thus:
"The Pole is forbidden to use his own
language or to teach it to his children.
All the professions, even the medical, are
closed to him unless he takes al oath
which would make him a renegade to his
country's cause and to his religion for
the first pledge exacted Of a ChristianPolc
who submits" as the term goes, is that
he shall become a member of the Greek
church. Failing in this, he cannot open
a shop in his own name, nor buy lane.
nor become n school teacher. No money
can secure his exemption from serving ten
years in the army. His boys are taught
out of Russian histories, which treat his
country with contempt and tell them that
their patriot ancestors were %brigapds.
No Pole molestcd ny a Russian can get re-
dress, but if q Policeman, woman or
child-molests a Russian, a public fog
ging is the punishment. 1t is a penal OF
fenso to publish a book OF newspaper in
Polish, and all works in that Language
accumulated III private families have
long since been destroyed. Every NV
and then it is pretended that Il conspiracy
has been discovered, so as to tighten :ht
grip of tyranny on tho-e who are bclicr.
cd to be dlsaflccted, anu strike terro,
among the Poles serving in the army
Notwithstanding all this, a Pole remains
q Pole all his life. lie is powerlcss, OF
course, for all political purposes, but h,
nevertheless continues to keep alive
something Of the old national spirit in h:
children"
European complications likely enough
will spare the bulk OF Ottoman subject:
such an infection but God help those
! who happen to remain within apprnpriat
ed territory. ut the close of hos'ili'ics
! We can conceive of but one con. olAlloI
for a follower of the Prophet Of Arabia
under such a dispeusation, and that is tll'
conditions "Holy Ru: STA" will surel!
impose upon Bulgarian and on Rouman'
ian Christians who, hoping to be tibera
ted from the thrall Of the Sultan, wi!
have fallen under he yoke aud system o
the Czar.---C Chronicle and Constituencies
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Sensational journalism.

Ono of the greatest curses Of the day
is sensational journalism. We do not. al
this time, particularly refer to the diator-
ton of news matter by telegraph or i'll
vented abrications, but to that peculiar
feature which is based upon an invasion
of the domestic hearth and sets at def
ance all private privileges. a certain
number of persons may be pleased at
their names being constantly paraded in
public prints, but we arc satisfied that
such a license is condemned by the great
majority and pronounced all intolerablt
abomination. Emitting n city of the
South, which appears to consider Chica-
20 as a specimen for imitation, we are
satisfied that the citizens Of all o;het
places, in this section, desire their home
and not matters to be hawked about, in
'.Cheap john style, day after day, in the
newspaper press. This new style Of
Journalism is, we believe, in its coarse
ness, essentially American, and where it
has crept Snake-like into the South it has
had to trace its origin to Northern cities
of very bad odor morally. The abuse
too, if not checked in time, becomes an
enormous nuisance. At first, the Paul
Pry paperis Is, apparently, innocent enough
though still offensive to all delicate and
refined perceptions. Then, made auda-
cious, by supposed impunily, il advances
step by step into paths which are Mt war
with society itself. Every city in the
North has had an experience Of this de-
scription. We have seen some of the pa
pers published there which are only fit
for tho pcrusal ofthose unhappy creatures
who infest the lowest haunts, and vet
they began with moderate responsibility,
but did not remain decent very long. A
Southern man who has accidentally en-
countered one Of these so-oalled society
papers, in a Northern city, cannot help
wondering that. such q leprous concern
could exist after the first issue, and he
forms a very emphatic opinion of a peo-
pie who permit the scrofulous editor OF
such pig-wash to abide among them.
We are Of opinion that the tendencies Of
such journalism are debasing, always
going from bad to worse. The harm it
does is unreasonable. Luckily so rank
a plant has but a small patch of congo
NAL soil to thrive in, at the South, and
we hope that aver that slight margin Of
chartered libertinism will ere long be re-
stricted. Chicago is no doubt justly
famous for its enterprise and its hogs.
1t is also notorious for its bad mora 8.
We may praise its enterprise and buy
the hogs, but we do no want it demolal-
ling journalism Chronicle aud Con-
StitutionaliSt.
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Tea Culture,

The Charleston Ne1cs and Courier and
other journals in the State have brought
the subject of t%ea-culture prominently
before our people during the past few
weeks, and the publication of Especial re-
port by the Department of Agriculture
on "the practicability of it's culture and
manufacture in the United States" has
supplied some valuable information.
As to the culture of the tea-plant, there
is no doubt that the sunny lill-sidcs of
our undulating ~up-country are Us admir-
ably adapted for the growth Of the thea
yirtdix as is the hill country in its Chi
nese home; and upper South Carolina
with its sandy loan soil might produce
tea sufficient for this continent. The
difficulty lies in the manufacture. In
China the preparation of tea for the mar
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forty-six thousand five hundred and
thirtv-si1; seven thousand and eighty
nine; ninety-sevcn; eight thousand.
Q. 4 bale of cotton weighing 326 POUNDS
was sold for S65.75. How much was hal
per pound? Ave
10. Subtract IS A. 8 R. p P. from l23 A.
3 II. 25 2. ILL.,
II. If So yards cost $4,000 what is the
price per yard?
II. How much butter at Is cents a
pound can | buy with Sll.324?
l3. What is the interest on Si65,375 for
) wears Ill . DCr cent?
ii. How many men Will II thkcto 40 hs
much work in L days rs : mon did III Is!
II. If : horses eat II bushels of oats III
! II DAYS, how many bushels will 81 horses
cat ms days?
! III. divide : by !.
II. Add and J.
! is. Subtract / from 4.
The above had been printcdlate onTucs-
dav night and no candidate had an OPP
portunitv of seeing the questions. IhcS
had not even the slightest intimation OF
the nature of those ~propoundcd until
The printed slip containingthcm was plac-
cd in the hand of each candidate. Inc
cxaminaticn was conducted in the Court
! House, where fifty-tive white candidates
, appeared ut eleven o'clock, on canes
! dav morning with pen, ink, ana paper.
On Thurs,.a; at the same hour ftty-thrce
,olorcd candidates went through the
same ordeal. The board gave some gen.
NO.
eral instruction as to the mode OF eH-
animation, and the candidates forthwith
SGT 70 work earnestly and silently. Most
IF tbc candidates took four hours to COM
plcte their paper. At the close OF each
| DAVIS work the papers were handed i'll to
tho examining board to be looked Overland
renorted ID AS this is the first year
of such an examination, 3 few candidates
failed to appear on the days appointed.
Those we're examined on Saturday, but
nv an entirely different set OF questions
specially prepared for them in justice
to themselves and those previously eX-
amined. The examining board were
ANXIOUS to mete out impartial justice,
and so far as we can learn they have sue
cceded. They have since then carefully
looked over the various papers, II we
learn that they are gratiied at the
high average status Of the teachers
of this county both white and
black, as evidenced by tho examina-
ton papers.
REPORT OF THE EXAMINERS.
To John 4. Wier, School Commissioner,
of l6beuiUe County, Sir: We have
examined all the papers handed us by the
lis candidates, and the following Is the
result:
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Examination Of Public School Teach

The thanks Of the county are due the
Examining Board for initiating SO thor
ough and impartial il system of eNamina-
ton as is reported in u columns this
morning. 1t is to be hoped that it will be
continued in Abbcvllle county and
adopted and practiccd throughout the
whole State. We commend 1t to the at
tention of the State superintendent OF
Education, and we are sure that its adop-
ton by him would before long raise the
status Of the school-tcachcrs of South
Carolina. A plan somewhat similar t"
the followingmight be p~ursued:-Let the
State Superintendent propose questions OF
proper testing quality and scope; let a
sufficient number Of printed copies DC
sent under seal to each county School
Commissioner with instructions to be
opened only in presence OF the candloate
printed on the outside; let II day in
each year be appointed for the ami
alton of candidates all over the State
and let properly qualified examiners III
each county examine and report upon
the papers. We arc confident that a
system such as is here roughly sketched
would work infinite good in the schools
Of our State.
Our negro fellow-citizcns are fast max
ing progress in education. There being
virtually no other learned profession
opcn to them, the ambition of the better
educated among them finds field and
room in the teaching profession; and
the results of the examination sllow a
most gratifying improvement III tile
teachers of that race. the negro teacher
is taking pride in his work, and rising
accordingly. If tho white teachers 90
not bcstir themselves, the time will como
when the negro teachers will be rs well
qualified and better organized as 4 pro-
fcssion. The mass of the negroes will
never excel or even equal the mass OF
the whites in educational intelligence
but the negro teachers as a class seem
bound to equal the white teachers as a
class unless the latter will take rs deep
and abiding an interest in their work and
as great a pride i'll their profession as dc
the former.
Among the negroes the toacheris respect
ed and honored as 4 man Of ability and
intelligence: among the whites he is,
with a few honorable exceptions, too Of
ten looked on as the unsuccessful farmer,
the bankrupt merchant, the shirker OF
hard work who makes the roof of the
school-room shield him from the sun.
In vain shall we look for an efficient
corps of teachers until the avocation OF
the instructors of youth shall be consider
cd by the public and the teachers them
selves as Il profession rs honorable as the
clerical, the legal, or the medical. And
this will never be brought about until the
public are willing to pay the school
teacher adequately.
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charging his weapon in the air as he fell
clearly prove.
His family were telegraphed on Satur-
day night the result Of the meeting.
LEFT FOR HONE.
Mr.. c. II. Farmer, his friend, finding
that he could do no good by remaining;
left for his homo yesterday afternoon.
LEGAL ACTION.
The matter of the duel was considered
to-day by the grard jury of the Chatham
County Supreme Court, and efforts were
made to apprehend the participants, but
up to 10 o'clock to night there had been
no arrests, as none of them could be
found.
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ment in twenty DAYS, or be attached fol-

ment in twenty days, Or be attached for
contempt.
The case will go before the Supreme
Court on the ground that the Judge erred
in decreeirg the agency invalid, and that
the relief granted A in the decree, is.op-
posed to the code, which DEGREES, Sec.
325. "In ordcrto save to parties the right
of trial before n jury that i'll cases of this
nature, when third parties claim all in,
tercst in property attempted to be levied
on, the Court shall appoint receiver who
shall institute proceedings at law to test
the title of pr~operty-in regular session
of Court and not at Chambers
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WHITE CANDIDATES.

WHITE CANDIDATES.
First Grade.
Females, 10; Males, l4-Total, 90.
Second Grade.
Females, IL; Males, lO-Total &c.
Third Grade.
Females, ); Males, Total 4.
Failures.
Females, l; Males, Total 2.
Total So. Total 26. Total 81.
coLoRED CANDIDATES.
First Grade,
Females, 0; Males, Total 2.
Second Grade.
Females, ); Males, l2-Total 10.
Third Grade.
Females, IL; Males, lS-Total 90.
Failures.
Females, 2; Males, 6-Total s.
Total I6. Total 80 81.
White Candidates.
Female 81, Male rs, Total 81.
Colored Candidates.
Female lG, Male IS, Total 81.
Grand total ll5.
We examined the papers carefully and
noted all the mistakes and omissions.
The white candidates on the whole did
good work. The papers of three of the
female candidates and two of the male
candidates were nearly perfect. AS to
the colored candidates, it is gratifying to
state that they have made great progress
since last year.. Two of them obtained
first grade certificates. The paper of one
of those was scarcely inferior TO the best
of the papers handed in by the whites.
As a fair test for both c0lors and for all
three grades, the ungrammatical and
miSspelt paragraph entitled "English'
was given to all for correction and the
results carefully scrutiniZed., as follows:
While two Of the white candidates
females-had no mistakes. and eight-ot
both seXcs-had only II mistake, the
average number of mistakes was 81. AS
f,r the colorcd candidates, while n man
had three and two others had four mis-
tlkes, the average number Of mistakes
was 25.
With reference to English Grammar,
this curious anomaly was presented
that wnlie the candidates, with few OK
ccptions, showed by their passing an az
curate knowledge Of the rules Of Gram
mar, very few seemed able to apply those
rules in their own composition.
The papers OIL History were very
meagre and incorrect. On this subject
the best paper was wrstten by II Of the
male coiorcu candidates.
The geographical papers were more sat-
isfactory than the historical.
All the candidates both width and col
orcd showed a moro intimate acquaint-
ancc with Arithmetic than with any of
the other subjects. The papers on this
subject were highly satisfactory.
Respectfully submitted,
w. G.. BENET.
SAM'L. G. CASON,
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TrrNs-Twc Dollars n wear. in advance
or Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, if pay
ment is delayed. -.
AnyrnTlSENESTS will be inserted at
tbc rare of one Dollar per inch for the
first insertion and Fifty Cents for cach
subsequent insertion. o
Greatly reduced rates will be given 10
those who advertise by the quarter or by
the wear.
An obituary notices, tributes OF rcSpec',
and other matter of a personal or private
nature will be charged for at the usual
advertising rates.
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It will pay to give Shrincr's indian EeTm,.
fugo a trial. IT will destroy ana eNpc' yin
I'd bcautify the complexion.
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A Refined Man.

A refined MAJ is never "loud' in his
dress, for refinement is always allied to
simplicity and a judicious and tasteful
EMPLOYMENT of the means of the good
and happiness which it has at command.
It seeks to divest itself of supertluitlcS,
and aspires continually to the utmost
possible purity. Refinement leads to per-
sonal cleanliness and elegant n%eatncss.
good taste and simplicity. Needless dis
play and bashfulness are alike r%epugnant
to its spirit.
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ket is Il process thoroughly Oriental in
it's t~ediousncss, and nicely. Each leaf is
plucked separately from the t~ig; the
p!uckcd leaves arc carefully separated
and classified !; they are subjected to n
wearisome system Of sun-drying, honsc-
cooling, haud-tosSing and clapping three
tines repeated and then follows treat
ncnt in drying-MasketS, Stoves, charcoal
fire heating, separation according to size,
final drying and thcn packing. This
iirrSnmc operation is performed by en-
pcricnccd laborcrS who can ne hired III
China at from " 10 eight cents a day
The practical questions for Il considcra-
ton are thcSe-iS this slow, careful ano
laborious process of manufacture indiS'
pensablc to the preparation of tea, or Is
it simply an instance Of Oriental con
servatism? Might not American ingcnu'
ity invent some machine that would dc
| for tel culture what the gin did for cot
ton-culture? Until these questions are
answered satisfactorily, il would be nSc'
less in our farmers to plant their hillsidcS
in tea when labor is twenty times mo
expensive here than III China.
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TREE IS Known BY ITS FRUIT"

"Tutt's Pills are worth their weightin. gold"
REV. l. r. SIMPSON, Louisville, Ky.
"Tptt,s Pills arc a Special blessing Of the nine
teeuth cen,ury."-REv.' F. r. osGooD, New York.
IT have used TUFTS PMS for torpor Of the liver.
They are superior to any medicine for hillary dis
/. p. CARR, Attorney ct Law, Augusta Go.
at have Used TUFTS Pills hve years in my family:
They are unequalcd for costivcness and biliou:ness.'
+. r. WILSON, Georgetown, Texas.
az have used TUFTS Medicine with great benefit
W. w. MANN, Editor Mobile Register.
wv ..,l 6ftv boxes TUFTS Pills to five of all
others.'-SAYRE d CO.. Csrtersvillo, Ga.
"Tutt's Pills have only 70 be tried to establish
their merits. They work like magic."
w. n. BARRON, So summer ST. BOSTON,
"Thcre is no medicine so well adapted to the cure
of bilious di>ordcrs rs TUFTS Pills" =.
JOS. BRUmMEL, Richmond, Virginia.
AND A TH0JsEND MORE.
Bold Jy dru1gists. rs CENTS a 6or. O6aee
SO Murray STREET, Net0 Iork.
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Dir. HARLEY's INTENTIONS.

Ing the STOd!lu SelcClcu lOC tuC Couludt,
and before the meeting took place, Mr..
Harley wrote a few words to his wife on
the leaf of his memorandum book, Of
which the following is q copy:
my DARLING WIFE-I am about to
meet Fishburne. I will not widow Clau-
dia, for 1 do not intend to shoot at him.
(Signed) w. S. H."
HIS CONDITION.
Mr.. Harley was considered at a late
hour Saturday night to be in III extreme
ly critical condition, and it was thought
he would die before morning. Yester-
day, however, there was an Improvement
and he was somewhat better. with faint
prospects of recovery. In the opinion of
one of the attending physicians, the ball
did not penetrate the cavity, but struck a
rib and passed around the body. The
other two physicians who have seen him
are of tho opinion that tho wound will
prove fatal.
EFFORTS TO SETTLE THE AFFAIR
AMICABLY.
It is but proper here to say that efforts
were made on the ground to settle the
difficulty without resort to hostile pro-
cedure, and tho parties with Mr.. Fish
burne expressed a willingness to enter
tain a peaceful solution. Mr.. Harley re-
fused to make any retraction whatever,
as he has persistently done up to the
present time. He was conscious yester-
day, and stated that he could not have re-
traoted anything he had said, and that
there was no possible way of avoiding
the meeting. This seems strange, mas
much as he had determined not to return
the fire of his antagonist, as the note to
his wife shows, and his action in dis
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A PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE.

On the 18th instant from Mr.. Fishburne,
which concluded as follows: II demand
that you meet me at the junction of the
Gulf and Savannah and Charleston Rail-
roads tomorrow Saturday. tho 18th in
slant, at half-past twelve o'clock, to give
me satisfaction for tho insult offered.
My friend MIR. VIM. M. Rivers, who will
hand you this, will arrange all Details"
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l. Divide G535s547S23 by 557s.
2. A man left H. 04 dollars among nine
children; how much did each receive?
3. Multiply fifty thousand and ninety
three by nine thousand and seven.
4. Multiply 1856 by q.
5. How many seconds are there in q
,. y
6. How many feet in seven miles?
7. Subtract &C, 1904 from sever hundred
and thirteen. 49,
!. Add nine thousand and fo~rtv-seyen;
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REPORT OF THE EXAMINERS.

To John 4. Wier, School Commissioner,
of l6beuiUe County, Sir: We have
examined all the papers handed us by the
lis candidates, and the following Is the
result:
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-07-13
Farm md Garden Nofes.

SHEEP and swine in the orchards are
recommended to exterminate the codling
moth.
A FLOWER garden should be sunny ;
soil, rich black loan, and sheltered from
the wind.
lNTERROGATEyour soil experimentally
and thus learn what is needed in the
form of fertilizers to produce thereon
remunerative crops.
SOME gardeners use WILLOW twjgs for
tying raspberry canes, as well as currant
and goOseberry stems, to stakes.
DURING the summer the earth of the
flower garden will need an occasional
stirring with the rake or hoe, especially
if the summer is dry.
THE health and vigor of a full.grown
OK depend greatly upon the food and
care it receives when young. If badly
reared it cannot be expected to become
a profitable beast.
IMMEDIATELY after weaving, Young
pigs must be fed often, say six times a
day, the number OF feeds being gradually
diminished to three, which latter is the
proper nLmber for stores and fattening
pigs.
DON'T kill the loads. They are the
gardeners best friends, from the fact that
they are the mortal enemies of insects
and worms that depredate on garden
vegetables. Being perfectly harmless, it
is tar better to carry them into the gar.
den than to injuro them, as is 50 ire.
quently done by thoughtless persons.
THE soil Of a garden, for the growth Of
common specieso OF shrubs, perennials, and
ANNALS, should be a richloam, If any
plants require sand it can&Asily be sup.
piled. Peat is but little used in general
gardening, it is only required for rhode
dendrons, a~zaleas, and IN the culture OF
some of eur fine native plants.
ENGLISH authorities reckon potatoes to
he superior to Swede tuFnips as 200 to
GA, TO beet root as 200 to lO5. and 10
cabbages Is 20O to 10; 200 parts of raw
potatoes and no Of boiled are equal 10