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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-10-27
Summer in Norway.

A writer in thc atlantic Monthly thus
narates her impressions Of the almost un,
interrupted daylight of Norwegian sum .
mer:
Ooc comes actually to yoarn for little
Christian darkness to 60 to bed by, much
as he may crave stronger sun by day, to
keep him warm, he would like 10 have q
reasonable night timc for sleeping. At frs,
there is stimulus, and weird sort Of trim.
ph,nt sense of outwittiog nature, iu find,
ing ones self able 10 read or 10 write BY
The sums light till nearly midnight of tbs
clock. But presently it becomes clear that
tho outwittiug is on the other side. What
avails it that there is light enough for one
to write by ut ten o'clock Mt night, if he is
,ired out, docs not want TO write, and longs
Tor nohing but to 60 10 sleep? If it were
dark, and ho longed to write, nothing
would be easier than to light candles and
write all aiSht; if he chose and could pay
tor his candles. Bpt ocithcr money nor
ingenuity can compass for him normal
darkness to sleep in. The Norwegian
house ls one half window; ia their long
winters they need all the sun they can get;
not an outside blind, not an inside shutter,
nv o"iN bnauc 70 DC seen; streaming,
fiootiing, radiating 10 and around about the
roo"s, comes The light, welcome or un-
welcome, early or late. And to the words
"carly" and ''latc" there arc in Norway
summer ncw meanings: tho carly light of
The summer morning SETS in about half past
two; the la'e l:ht of The summer evening
fades in!o luminous twilight about eleven.
Enjoyment Of ibis species Of perpetual
day soon comes TO an end. After the
tiavelsr has written home to everybody
once ny broad daylight at ten o'clock, the
fun OF 'hc thing is over; normal slccpincss
begins to hunger 70. its rights and dissatis-
faction takes Che place of wondering
amusement. This dissatisfaction reaches
its climax in very few days;
then, if he is wise, The traveller provides
himself with several pieces Of dark green
cambric, which he pins up at his windows
at bed time. thereby making it possible to
get the seven or eight hours rest for his
tired eyes. Blu. the green cambria will
not SHUT out sounds; and he is lucky if he
is not kept awake until one or two O'clock
every night by tho unceasng tread and
loud chatter Of tho cheerful Norwcgiaps,
who have been forced to form The habit of
sitting up talf their night time, to get in
>'''o course of year their full quota of
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-10-27
The Song Of Labor

with tt wreatha Of shining laurel
The hero's brow is bright
Deep in the costly marble
Ills battle nauie VIC ycitej
who sings the patient thousands
That won for him each fight?
The world rings With their praises
Who conqueriand and sca,
By lines Of speech electric
Or roads yhare ships sail free;
Who sings tie patient thousands
That wrought caoh bolt aad kcy7
With rcverent love we rescue,
Though centuries dcspoil,
Tho statues and The pictures
Of artists sacred toll;
Who sings The patient thousands
That ground their Stone aud oil2
Oh, men Of sturdy musoe,
by them the world grows fair;
The name'ess patient thousands,
Who in no glory share;
But unto toll aud dYugcr
Daily heir bosons bare.
The noble, patient thousands!
Oh, careless rorld and blythe,
BE grateful and unlooscn
Each needless chain and wiiio.
And giving them Of your iriunphs
Their just and honest tithe.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-10-27
Warmers Address.

The following extracts from CHARLES
Dudley Wu:uc,'s address before The Social
Science Association, at Saratoga, will be
read with interest:
The newspaper is private enterprise.
It's object is to make money for lis owocr.
Whatever motive may be given out for
starting Il newspaper, expectation Of profit
by it is the real one, whether the uewspa-
per is religious, political, scientific or iIcr-
ary. The exceptional cases Of newspapers
devoted 10 the ideas of Causes without
regard to profit, are so few as not 70 effect
The rule. Commonly, the cause, the sect,
the party, the trade, the deiusioD, the idea,
gets its news paper, lis organ, i!s advocate,
only when somc individual thinks he can
see pccuniary return in establishing it.
The chief function OF The newspaper is
70 collect aud f,int the news. The second
function is to clucidate the news, and COM
ment on it, aud show its rcations. a third
function is to furnish reading matter to
the general public
AMGRIrAN AND FoaeIGN JOURNALS.
In pa,'iculariiy and comprehcnsiv?ness
If news coslcciingit it may be admitted that
he American newspapers for time led
the world. | mean in tho picking up of
local intelligence and the use Of telegraph
to make it general. And with this arose
the old uotion that news is made important
by The mere fact of its rapid transmission
over The wire. The English journals fol.
lowed, speedily overlook and, some Of The
wcaIthier ones perhaps, surpassed the
use Of he telegraph and in the presentation
Of some sorts of local acws; not Of casual
ties, and small city and ncighborhood
events, and social eossrs (nn'il very re-
cenfly,) but certainly in the business of
the law courts and the crimes aud mishaps
that come within police and legal supcrvi.
sion. Che leading papers of the German
press, though strong in correspondence and
in discussion Of affairs, ere far less com.
or the English. The French journals VIC
are accustomed to say are not newspapers
of all And this is true as wo use the
word. Until recently, nothing has been of
impo, tancc to tue Frenchman except him
self; and what happened outside Of France,
not directly affecting his glory, his profit
or his pleasure, did not interest him.
Hence, one could nowhere so securely en-
trench himself against the news of the
world as behind the balricade of The Paris
journals. But let us not mako mistake
in this matter. Wc may have more to
learn from the Paris journals than from any
others. If they do not give what we call
| news, local news, events, casualties, tho
happenings of the day, they do give ideas,
opinions, they do discuss politics, tho social
drift, they give the intellectual ferment of
Paris, they supply the material that Paris
likes to talk ovcr--tho badnage of tho boulc-
ward, tho wit Of the salon, tho sensation of
tho stage, tho new movement in literature
and in politics; this may be important or it
may DO triviul; it is commonly moro in
teresting than much of what wo call
| news.
THE REpoRTER's WORK.
J Not socohd 10 Importance to any dcp'rt-
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-10-27
Character and Credit.

We often near young men who have
small means, dolcIully contrasting heir lot
with that Of rich men's sons. Yet the
longer VIC live, the more We are convinced
that the ole merchant was light, who said
to us when wc began life, "industry, my
lad, is better than ingots Of gold, and char
acter more valuable than credit" We
could furnish, if need were, from our own
tho truth Of his remark In all branches
of business, in all arocations, character, in
the long run, is the best capital. Says
Poor Richard: Th, sound Of your hammer
at five in the morning, or nine at oight,
heard by a creditor, makes him easy six
months longer; but il he sees you at BILL
lard table, or hears your voice at tavern,
when you should be at work, he sends for
his money the next day.
What s true of the young mechanic, is
also sruc Of the young merchant, or the
young lawyer. Ola ard sagacious firms will
not long continue to give credit for thou
sands of dollars when they SEQ tho pur-
chaser, if young man, driving fast horses
| or hanging around drinking saloons. Cli-
cnts will uot cntrust their caecs 10 those
advocates; however brilliant, who frequent
the card table, the wine party or the race
course. 1t is better in beginning life, 10
secure reputation for industry and pro-
bity, than to own houses aud lands, if with
tiIeu, you have no character.
a facility of obtaining credit at the out
set is often an injury instead Of a benefit.
il has almost passed into provcrb, in
consequence, that The aons OF rich men
never make good business men TO sue
cced in life we must learn the value of
money. But a supcrnuily Of means at the
outset is nearly certain method of render
ing us inscnsibc to its value. No man
ever grew rich who had not learned and
praciccd the adagc, "if you take care of
The pennies the dollars will take care Of
themselves knowledge of men, self dis
cirlinc, thorough mastery of our pursuit
and other qualifications, which all persons
of experience look for, uro necessary to
give the world security that a young man
is Of the right metal. Capital may be lost,
but character never. Credit once gone, the
man without character falls. But he has
earned reputation for capacity, integrity
and economy, even f he loses his capital
retains his credit, and rises triumphant over
bankruptcy itself A man with charactc,
can never bo ruined. 1t is the first thing
that a young man should seek to secure
and it may be had by every ono who desires
it in earnest A poor boy with charactc,
is more fortunate by far than q rich mans
son without it.
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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-10-27

Between the first Of April and Septcm-
Der, 1881, three hundred and fifty persons
have located at points along the line of the
Atlanta and Charlotte Division Of tho
Richmond and Banvillc Railroad. OF this
number, fifty seven are reported from North
Carolina, ninety nino from South Carolina
and ono hundred and ninety four from,
Georgia.
Franco has ], 900 600 lunatics
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-10-27

Marion. Alabama, Standard: a Perry
County woman, whose arms arc cut off ust
below the elbow, threads her needle by stick
ing it in her dress aud taking her thread be-
tweecn her two stumps of arms md forcing
it through the eye Of the needle. Sho does
neat sowing hoes corn well and can pick
fifty or sixty pounds Of cotton per day.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-10-27

It costs moro to avcnge than to forgive.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-16
Power ofthe Piug Hat.

The plug hat is virtually sort of
social guaranty for the preservation
of peace and order. He who puts
one on has given a hostage to the
community for his good behavior.
The wearer Of a plug hat mqst move
with a certain sedateness and propri-
ETY.. lie cannot run or jump, or
romp or get into a fight, except at
the peril of his headgear. Al the
hidden influences of the beaver tend
toward respectability. He who wears
one is obliged to keep the rest of his
clothing in decent trim, that there
may be no inoongruity between
head fand body. He is apt to be-
come thoughtful, through the neces-
sity Of watching the sky whenever
he GOES out. The chances are that
he will buy an umbrella, which is
another guaranty for good behavior,
and the care of hat and umbrella,
perpetual and exaetiag as il must
he, adds to the sweet seriousness of
his character. Then the man who
wears a plug hat naturally takes to
tho society CT women, with all It's
elevating accessories, He cannot
90 hunting or fishing without aban-
doning his beloved hat, but in the
moderate enjoyment OF female COM
panionship, croquet and lawn ten
his, he may sport his beaver with
impunity in other words. the con-
slant use Of plug hats makes a man
composed in manner, quiet and
gentlenanly in conduct, and the
companion Of the ladies. The in
evitable result is prosperity, mar
riage and church membership.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-16
Political ard Spiritual Uampaigss.

"It is sometimes held" says the
Christian Adrocate, "that the analo-
gy is so close between political and
spiritual campaigns, that churches
would do well to model their plans
for aggressive. work after those which
are so effective in the political world
Like many other statements, this
contains great truth and a great
error. The Immediate object of the
managers of a political campaign is
to bring the greatest possible num-
Der to the polls on the day of cleo
ton to vote the ticket of their party.
The great question being to secure
votes enough, it is relatively unim-
portant whether the voter be rich or
poor, educated or ignorant, honest
or dishonest, reasonable or passien-
ate, a patriot or apartisan, OF wheth=
or his mind was made up before
the day of election or not till then.
These facts explain the conduct Of
campaigns.
"The immediate object of a spirit
ual campaign is not to induce man
to say on a certain day, L call my
self a christian and fhen leave
Christianity to church officers, but
to produce a radical change of char,
acter. 1t is immaterial in spiritual
things, Whether men be poor or rich,
educated or ignorant, if they be in
telligent enough toperceive the truth
and surrender to the claims of God
but II Ia not immaterial whether
they be honest or dishonest, or
whether they be governed by reason
or passion for man cannot take
one step toward Christ without a
sincere desire to do good. The
means of influencing the people are
human and divine. The human
are meetings, exhortations, books.
pamphlets and private appeals, but
there must be no perverSions, no
appeals to selfishness. The divine
factors are the influences OF the
Spirit on the heart of the preacher
and the hearts of the people, the re-
result of prayer and conservation to
the work.
"Edifying and arousing are two
distinct parts of the spiritual cam
paign. Edifying the body of Christ
is sought always; arousing may be
done at any suitable time, and the
human means can be used in hum
bic dependence ON the divine.
Those who rely on the divine, while
negleoting their personal duty, are
deluded, and substitute fancy for
faith. The manipulators of human
means alone lose sight of the radical
change of character, and act as if
the purpose were to get men to vote
once for Christ. A charitable OBJ
servation of the results of their
methods, if it be discriminating.
shows that the proportion of way
side and stony ground hearers that
they attract is immense their fruits
for good are general transient, but
for evil often permanent"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-16
why should NOT Caucus Rule ?

II is rather amusing TO see some |
of the politicians and others who !
claim to be the especial admirers of
Mr.. Grow abusing the caucus"
when the fact is the Grow support /
ers at Harrisburg have held ten eau J
cuses to one held by any other par
ty. We do not call attention to
this fact to reflect on Mr.. Grow, but
to show how inconsistent and sense
less persons often are in their abuse
of things that they think little
about What is a caucus? 1t is an
|assemblage of persons with COM
mon purpose to discuss the situa-
ton, to secure concert ofaction, and
to strengthen their prospects by an
an understood unity. 1t is held
everywhere, where men deliberate,
but is always known by that name.
Synod, Presbyterics, &C., would prob
ably be shocked to know that their
proceedings aresurely the outgrowth
of caucuses-called by some other
name with swceter fragrance-but
such is the fact. There is a good
deal of nonsensical talk also about
"rings." Whenever a number of
men in religion, politics or else
where, have the same way of think
ing, and act together to bring their
thoughts into practical success, they
are in "a ring" under the view that
some people now take of the coop
Grafton what would be accomplish
ed? An individual power for
achievement is not great unless he
can succeed in obtaining the help of
others; and this help must come
together under organization. 1t is
this fact that makes parties essen
tial; it makes church organization
essential to the promotion of Chris
tian principles and the spread of the
gospel by missionary and other eff
forts. Without organization of this
kind there could be but little achiev-
ed for civilization. Without great
political parties, factions would
lspring up like mushrooms, and an
archy would follow. Mexico for a
long time was torn and rent and
ruined by these factions, no party
growing up there strong enough to
concentrate the better element Of the
country on any harmonious and
united action for the nations wei
fare We never want to see the
United States. which are so inviting
a field for the existence of factions,
have peace and security driven from
their borders by the contentious of
aspiripg little mischiefmakers all
over the land. Let the great par
ties, which nov bring men into
harmonious act . from all parts of
our broad tg Ty, be abolished
and the brcs up Of the Union
would 10 but a question of time.
Parties and caueGses, &c, may be
abused by those conducting them,
but they are a part of the essential
machinery, where people govern,
and when discussed there should be
more intelligence in the discussion
than we now frequently find in the
Iopinions Of men who seem to under
stand very little of what they are
talking about in this relation.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-16
How they Ruild Sewers in Paris,

Il watched them building sewers,
near the Seine, in Paris, said a Chi
oago capitals. to local reporter.
! It was splendid work. But let me
tell you it costs money. The sewer
| saw constructed cost $50 per lineal
FOOT
What was the process?"
In the first place, the trench was
twenty feet deep and eight or ten
feet wide. The sewers are made FIVE
feet in diameter. When the trench
is dug they pat in wooden pattern,
something like if You were to go to
wcrk and start with hangho!e and
build u barrel around it. Around
this wooden pattern they pack stones
and fill in with cement. Nothing
more. Anybody can do this. They
employ the commonest kind of un-
skilled labor. The stone that is used
is itself a kind of cement, and when
packed with cement it makes solid
rock foundation. When completed
the wooden pattern is taken out.and
what is left is a FIVE foot hole through
a solid rock, that will out-last time
ITSELF
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-16
The Law orpar,ncrsiip.

The following may be of interest
to many of our readers, it is proba-
bly, not generally known what the
law concerning visitors to bar-rooms
and drinkins saloons really is:
A case was decided at Philadel-
phia lately by which one a Of party
of four persons, who had spent the
evening at public house, was COM
PEELED to pay the whole, his compan-
ions having neglected to pony up"
their portion of the expenses. The
defendant held, that as be had not
drunk the whole nor ate the whole
that was ordered, but only fourth
part thereof, he was responsible for
payment only of that ratio.
The Judge was of different opin-
ion. 4 company assembled at a
public house can be consided by the
landlord only as one person, they
have Joined themselves together,
and he has no right to put them
asunder. He cannot say to one, as
he eoters "yon may drink and to
another ayou shall notn nor ask
any one whether he has money 10
pay for his reckoning. One may
treat another for what he knows. or
he NAV treat the whole. II IS a
partnership for that night. and
what RIGHT has the landlord to in
ouire who has ue capital? They
are equally accountable TO him for
the whole deb.. 1t is not enough
that one paws his mart. be must
take care thai the whole is paid .
that is his concern not the land.
lords
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-16
Fees of Doctors.

The fee of doctors is an item that
very many persons are interested
just at atpresent. Webelieve tho sched;
ule for visits is $500. which would
tax a man confined to his bed for a
year, and in need Of a daily visit
over 81 900 a year for medical at
tendance alone! And one single
bottle Of Hop Bitters taken in time
would save the $1,000 and all the
years sickpess.-Posy
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-16

ing associated capital engaged in
mining or manufacturing, at a high
er rate than individual capital, while
many reasons may be urged against
it. The only additional burden TO be
laid upon such capital should be an
annual:ax for the privilege OF excmp
ton from individual liability. Al
other taxes should be imposed upon
the property itself, whether real or
personal. owned by the corpo.a;ion,
and at the same rate as though own
ed by inG.' iduals. 1t is Believed
that som- scheme calculated to
bring TO light all the property in the
State liable to taxation, and 10 adj
just the burden equally upon it,
would not only disclose an immense
quantity of property that now es-
capes altogether. but would recon
ellie the people to propmpt and
cheerful payment when each becomes
satisfied theat he could be called
upon for no more than his just
share.
''That a very considerable pro-
portion of taxable personal proper
tv escapes the state taxation under
the present system, a glance Eat the
last report of the Auditor General
will show.
"Under the existing laws man
in moderate circumstances whose
property is all in sight, consisting OF
his house and lot, farm or occupa-
ton, pays a full rate on his assess
ment, while the more fortunate
neighbor who has gained bonds,
stocks, mortgages. and money at in
terest escapes with a far less appor-
tionate taxation. In truth our taxes
are mainly paid by the corporations
and the poor.
Every consideration OF justice
and sound policy demands thorough
review and reform in the tax law;
of the State. The method ! suggest
may not be the best. 1t is at leas;
not open to the objection of novelty
since it is in operation in severa
places elsewhere. The result anC
not the method is, however, thC
] main consideration. Our Common
wealth is, ] believe, great and pros
porous and honest enough 10 be
Iiust.n
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-16
Buried Alive.

SAN FHANcisco, January 31.-A
dispatch from Santa Cruz says
eighteen Cinnamon who were en-
ployed in cutting timber for n mill
company on the line of the South
Pacific coast, near Dougherty's mill,
fourteen miles from Santa Cruz,
were buried alive on Saturday by
half mile of mountain sliding
down. Of the eighteen employed
but ten escaped.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-16

Marquis Tseng, the Chinese Am
bassador to France and England, at
tracted more attention than any other
person at the recent dedication of the
Temple Bar memorial in London.
Heappeared in gorgeous array, with
a purple cap, from which depended
an enormous tassel, a heavy dark
silk petticoat, and a yellow wide
slceved jacket. Recollecting the util-
ity of All Sins famous sleeve, the
spectators eagerly watched the AM
bassador as he required qarious arti-
cles about his person. At one time
he was seen to take handkerchief
from somewhere near his right shoul-
der and return it to his breast. Than
he drew an opera glass from one OF
the capacious sleeves, and appeared
to produce 8 watch from the vicinity
of his neck and put it up seemingly
in his boot. Meanwhile he was all
smiles, carefully observantof the GER
emonies and delighted with the
marks of distinction rendered him.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-16

Regulate first the stomach, second
the liver; especially the first, so as
to perform their functions perfectly
and you viii remove at least nine
teen-twentieths of all the ills that
mankind is heir to, in this or any
other climate. Hop Bitters is The on
ly thing that viii give perfectly
healthy natural action to these two
organs.-Jfdine Farmer.