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A Mistaken Idea.

AS soon as boy leaves school and
looks about to see what he shall do next,
he is very likely to be told by some un-
wise person, "The world owes you liv.
ing" This probably strikes him as be-
ing very wise remark, and the boy says
to himself, eff it be true that the world
owes me living, then I'm all right"
He finds place and goes TO work man.
fully; but after time he concludes that
there is no fun in it, and he stops to
consider: eff the world owes me a liv-
ing why should l trouble myself? Let
the world pay its debt 10 me-" Sudden
ly he loses his place and has nothing to
do. He is surprised, end wonders why
the world does not give him his due.
"a nice bed, warm clothes, and regular
dinners are good things, and ought to
have them. The world owes them TO
me, and If do not get them I've been
cheated out of my rights"
At one time this country was wilder.
ness, where no man could live, save by
fighting the wild beasts. Some one
chased away the bears and wolves, cut
down forests, laid out roads, built towns
and dug canals. Somebody spent vast
sums of money in constructing railroads,
steam boats, docks, light. houses, schools,
Libraries, and all the fine things you en-,
Joy 80 freely. More than this, somebody
pays the policeman, the fireman, the
soldier, the sailor, the light house keeper
and the school. master.
From the day you were born your
father and mother have fed, clothed and
sheltered you. 1t has cost you nothing.
None of these great public works, roads.
canals, towns. navies and armies cost YOU
anything. How can you say that the
world owes you living? Is it not you
who are in debt? What has a boy done
to deserve all this? Not a thing. It ia
you who must pay not the world.
All /! boys, he was a foolish creature
who first said, "The world owes mo a
living" He told a very silly fable. The
world owes no man living till he has
done some worthy deed, some good work
to make the world better and fairer
place to live in. Those old fellows who
dug canals and laid out towns, who bull,
cities and invented all these splendid
things-these telegraphs, these ships,
these magnificent engines-had the
right idea. They worked manfully, and
the world did at last owe them living,
and paid 1t many times over. If you
mean to get out of the great debt you
owe to the world, do something, 20 to
work aud show you are O man. Then
when you have shown the world you can
work, it will gladly pay you living, aud
the finer and more noble your work the
greater will be your rreward.-.S. Nicholas
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BEAUTIFUL SPRING Go0Ds

Ladies call and
please pom in ausmty style and prices FLOWERS p! r Sa
be cm,ro. and
, Goods at the Lowest h most Fash
Confectionery. 'p''"'r' III McCuly
1851 au
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MIS-. Pickcns's Address to the Women
OF South CarOlinn.
EDGEwoop. April o6 1892

EDGEwooD, April 26, 1883.
10 THE WOMEN OF CAROLINA. As
your Vice Regent representative in the
Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. I
can no longer defer direct appeai To
you for assistance in raising funds with
which to restore the room in the mansion
OF Washington at Mount Vernon
assigned by the Council to the State of
South Carolina. Virginia, West Vir.
ginia, Maryland, Delaware New York
Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New jersey
ii massachusetts, Ohio, Wisconsin, Illinois
and The District of Columbia are now
each represented by restored and
furnished room in the mansion Geor.
gia, Florida, North Carolina and Ala.
paha VIII complete their rooms during
TINS summer. feel sure that it is owing
70 my own hesitancy and reluctance that
carolina Is last in this work of com.
memorative love, but had neither the
heart nor the courage, amid the gloom
y, neI own oltter necessities, the strug-
g'es OF her burdcned people, to ask aid
1or any OBJECT, however worthy, outside
OF ner immediate interest. Yet, now
that her woful night is past and the dawn
OF happy prosperity begins, am EN-.
oolaeheu 10 make this effort to enlist
that devoted love and pride of State 80
chafacter'stlc Of her daughters in days
gone oy. Those heroic days in which,
counting all the cruel past, they gave
their all Of life and love and fortune.
so va'niy yet 40 holly" to sustain in
honor and dignity her faith, her truth
ana her rights. scarcely need to re-
mind you that it was daughter of Car
oiina' Miss Pamela Cunningham, who,
win bread intellect and strong heart.
called to the women of the land to CO.
operate with her to save this hallowed
ana historic spot from desecration and
decay. In the generous response that
came from the common heart of the
country the work of Mrs. Chestnut, YOUR
hrst Vice Regent, and the lady managers
IN their respective districts WAS pre.emi.
nent. After the title to the property
was secured the rooms in the mansion
were assigned to the several States by
Act of Council, thus concentrating the
work OF the respective Vice Regents in
their efforts to restore from the mold and
dust of time the home Of Washington.
and admitting laudable State bride
into their harmonious whole. To Caro-.
lima was given the "Break fast" or "Morn.
ing Room" and it is for the purpose OF
restoring this room to its original beauty
that call upon the daughters of Caro-.
lima for aid. have adopted the prece.
dent set by your frat Vice Regent, Mrs.
Cnesnut; of lady manager in each dis.
trict, whose collections will be sent to
Mayor ConrteDay, Of Charleston, who
kindly consents to act as Treasurer OF
the fund. Lucy II. PIcKrNs
n
Vice Regent Mount Vernon Ladies'
Association of'South Carolina.
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Way 7io Did ii.

The New York Tribune of Tuesday
contains the following letter, which Il
says was never in print before "Lynch-
burg, Va, June 6, l882.-Dear sir: In
reply to your inquiries have 10 inform
you that the town, Chambersbu-S vas
burned on the same day on which the
demand on 1t was made by McCausland
and refused. 1t was ascertained that a
force of the enemy's cavalry was ap.
preaching, and there was no time for
delay. Moreover, the refusal was per.
emptory. and there was no reason for
delay, unless the demand was q mere idle
threat.
AS to the other inquiry, had no
knowledge of what amount Of money
there might be in Chambefsburg. I
knew that 1t was town Of some $4,000
inhabitants.
The town of Frederick, in Maryland,
which was a much smaller town than
Chambersburg, had in June very prompt.
~ responded to my demand on 1t for
100000, some of the inhabitants, who
were friendly to us, expressing a regret
that had not put my demand at $780,
600. There was one or more national
banks at Chambersburg, and the town
ought to have been able to raise the sum
l demanded. never heard that the re.
fusal was based on inability to pay such
n sum, and there was no offer to paw any
sum. The value of the houses DESTROYED
BY Hunter, with their contents, was fully
$10O. 900 in gold, and at the time made
the demand the price of gold in green
backs had very nearly reached S3 ant.
was going up rapidly. Hence it was that
! required the $500. 900 In greenbacks,
If the gold was not paid, 10 provide
against and further depreciation Of the
paper money.
would have been fully justified by
tho Laws of retaliation in war in burning
the town without giving the iuhabitants
tho opportunity of redeeming it.
Very respectfully yours,
J. A. EARLY.
Ddward w. Box, Esq, Brooklyn, N. Y
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:. When the man in the dock fumbles
IN his pocket for the zone dollar and
cost" Is 1t case of fine feeIins3--Bosfon
1t seems impossible that a remedy
made OF such common, simple planta as
Hops, Buchu. Mandrake. Dandalion.
&C., should make so many and such great
cures as Hop Bitters do; bu. when old
and young, rich ard poor, pastor and
doctor, lawyer and editor, all testify to
having been cured by them, you must
believe and try them yourself, and doubt
no logger.
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= Some valuable phosphate beds have
been discovered In Florida, which will
before long be brought TO public atten.
ton and fully developed by Georgia
capitalists.
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A permanent restoration of exhausted
and worn out functions follow the use of
Brown's Iron Bitters.
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= The approximate color for infants
this aeasoa will be yelier.-Spyinqfeld
to- Nesrs.
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Alabama femalea have majority
of II, 7,247 in tho State. ~ =
g. Hens may be q little backward on
eggs, but they never fail to come 20 the
scratch sshen flower beds are concerned -
Heay1ne. q
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money and tho gates are flung open
There is q second contest Of strength
within the gates, ending, as matter Of
courso, in tho giving up of the maiden
and her departure with the victorious
party.
The Khords have turned marriage by
capture from comedy into farce. Rid
ing one night among the hills an En-
glish officer beard lord cries, seemingly
proceeding from village hard by.
Making for the spot he saw a man car
rJing upon his back something On.
velopcd in scarlet cloth. He was sur
rounded by twenty " thirty young
follows, who had all their work to do
to protect him from the desperate as.
saulta Of number OF girls. Tho man
had Just been married, and was con
yeying his blooming bride home; and
not until he was within the boundaries
OF his own cottage did his fair pur-
surers ceaee hurting stones ut him, ns
lie and they ran their hardest.
So late az the seventeenth century
it was customary in some parts Of
ireland for the bridegroom's frieuds to
receive those Of the bride with shower
of darts, carefully directed 80 as TO fall
harmless; and Lord Kaimeu, who died
in 1852, deposos that the marriage oh.
acryanoaa Of the Welch Of the day
were significantly symbolical Of mar.
ringe by capture, the respective friends
of the bride and groom meeting on
horseback, the former refusing to de-
liver the lady on demand and bring
about sham conflict, during which
tho nearest 'kinsman OF the bride, be.
hind whom she is mounted, galloped
away, to be pursued by the opposite
party until tho men aud horses hnd
had enough of it, when the bridegroom
was permitted to overtake the pretend
ed fugitive and bear her Off in triumph.
The Berricors of France arc the only
European people among whom the
form Of capture still survives. Upon
the day Of the wedding the doors OF the
brides house are closed and barricaded,
the windows barred and her friends
mustered within, Presently the bride.
groom's party comes, asking admission
on one false pretense after another
Finding speech of 10 avail they en-
deavor to force an entrance, with no
better fortune, Then comes parley
the beaiegers proclaim that they bring
the lady husband and are admitted
within doors, to fight for the possession
OF the heart, win it and the bride witt
1t, the couple being forthwith united
in the orthodox fashion.
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That most queer fish, the anabas--
which respires and lives and thrives rs
well out OF water as in IL; which has
its rampages upon tho plains and fresh
pastures as well as its gamblesamong
the weeds under the briny waves. and
which is even reported to climb aerial
trees as easy as 1t does the coral shrubs
of the sea-has been known from re-
mote antiquity to oxist among the
wonders OF the East, but never until
now has ii visited the Western world.
France is the fortunate country
which, thanks to tho learned piscicul
turist, NJ Carbonnier, has welcomed
into hisaquariums living anabas from
the far off Indies. There is nothing in
the exterior appearance Of the anahas
to indicate its aerial habits or capaci'
ties. II is purely fish in its forma
ton, and its power OF creeping or walk.
ing upon the earth is due simply to the
fins and tail which control its move =
ments in the sea, and which belong
only to the tribes OF the hnny deep. A
post morten Examination is necessary
to discover the secret OF its amphib
iousnoss. In the head rs found the
special organ which invests II with the
faculty of living two lives, as II were r
aquatic and perial. On each sido q
the head, instead OF being hard aud
rigid, as with other fishes, tho upper
pharyngeal arohes are divided into tne,
irregular lamir &C or plates more or less
numerous, forming cayitios and little
cells capable Of continuing couaidera
bio quantity OF air, and ,olentisia aa
sert this fact 10 verify statements which
challenge both charity aud Incredibly
la tho latter part Of the last century
a Danish gentleman, MIR, DuldorR
communicated an account Of the anaba'
to the Linrmln Society Of London 10
which ho stated that ho hal himself
socn II in the act Of nso. aiding piln
tree, and had taken ID al a height o
ave feet fiom the ground Aud NJ Dc
Ia blancherc, iiom whose statement ii
La Natsre W. have derived the fac
hero given, sllgma that friend asapre,
him that he had shot an anAbAs ia
lgee, IN view Of thiu marvellous asaar
anoc, M. blauolgefo nAively lemark
mat 'sa'h n sometimes stranger thai
| aclion'
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this. lac seized two daggers, aud after
theutricaly trying their cdges, sheathed
them again with the excuse that the
fatal moment had not yet arrived Then
no bid Sporus begin to sing his funeral
song, and begged some one to show him
how to die. Even his own intense
shame at his own cownrdicc was an in
sufficient stimulus, and he whiled away
tho time in vapid epigrams and pomp.
uus quotations. The sound OF horses
hoofs then broke ON his ears, and vent
ing one more Greek quotation, he held
tho dagger to his throat. 1t was driven
homo by Epaphroditus, one OF his lit.
erary slaves. At this moment the cen
turion who came to arrest him rushed
IN. Nero was not yet dead, and under
protense Of helping him the centurion
began to stauuch the wound with his
cloak. Too late" he said; lis this
your fidelity 2" SO he died. and the
bystaudets were horrie with the way
in which his eyes seeml to be starting
begged that his body might be burned
without postlumous insults, and this
was conceded by Icelus, the freedman
Of Galba.
So he died the last Of the C.e sara
And as Roboepierro was lamentod by
his lndady, 80 even Nero was tenderly
buried by two nurses WHO had known
him in the exquisite beauty OF his en-
gaging childhood, and by Acte, who
had inspired his youth with genuine
Low
But the history does no. end with his
grave. He was to live on in tho expec-
tation Mike OF jews and Christians.
The fifth head OF the Wild Beast of the
Revelation was in some sort to roappear
as the eighth; the head with its diadem
and uames of hlasphemy had been
wounded to death, but in the Apoca.
lyptic sense the deadly wound was to be
healed.
The Roman world could not believe
that the heir Of tho deidod Julian race
could be cut off thus suddenly and OBJ
scurely like foam upon the water The
Chistians felt sure that il required
something more than an ordinary death
stroke TO destroy t3e Anti Christ, aud
to end the vitality Of the wild beast
irol. the abyss, who had been the first
to set himself in deadly antngonism
against the Redeemer, and to wage war
upon the saints of God. Canon Far.
JUF.
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There is no need to dwell on tho mis-.
or bic spectacle Of his end, perhaps the
meanest and most pusillanimous which
has ever been recorded Tho poor
wretch who, without panR, had caused
30 many brave Romans aud so many in.
uocent Christians to be- murdered, could
not summon mp resolution to die. He
devised every operate incident Of
which he could think, When even hia
most degraded slaves urged him TO have
sufficient munlintss TO save himself
from the fearful iniamies which other
giso awaited him, hc ordered hia grave
tn b, dog, aud fragments OF marble 10
be collected Coz IT. adornmenl. and wa.
tor aud wood Tor his funeral pyrc, per.
pelnally whining, "What ana artist 10
p.tishl' Meanwhile q copIior arrived
lor pha0n, Aoro auAtebcd his Dis
paiohea out Of hia hand aud read that
tho Senate had decided that ho should
ba punished Ia lko ancestral iaahion AZ
public enemy, Asking what the am,
oeslgal fashion was, no was iaiorned
that 10 would 10 a,slp.ssa aatet s,nd
aeourgcd % dssth viii soal, visa hsf
hoad plrass MiN lctk Mortified aN
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Ahont Right.

Just think OF Chicago being less than
fifty years old. and with population Of
over 100000. Ii that is not mushroom
what is Il? And that reminds usoi an
editorial in the old Louisville Journal
many years ago, addressed TO some
Louisvillians who had gone there and
invested largely In real estate. The
old man Prentice argued warmly that
land was worth too much there, and
thore would DO a crash, aud everybody
would DO ruined, winding up a column
article with the Injunction repeated
three times Ia type, with rising scale
realized, II those 20 whom II was adj
dressed took his advice they lot alp a
fortune, for land has gone up 100000
per cent, there since then. Ii was
chartered on august 10, 1883, and Goa
sequenly will DO fifty years old next
August. On that day II hed sos in
habitanls, Its growth is unparalleled
ia this country Of rapidly growing
cities, except Ia the mining districts,
wherever that Va surpassed. But the
growth Of Chicago Is iounaod upon
legitimate principles, which will make
4 endure ioran timo. II not only has
tho hnest water transportation IL the
world, but a network Of railroads uno
Qualed ia America. Chicago Il bound
% slaudand Improve. Naahptlle BaA'
nsr.
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obviously Happy.

Among the inmates of tho insane
asylum on Blackwalls Island is q hand
some man about SO years Of age who,
tue physician in charge says, is the
happiest man in the world and has
been 80 for the last two years.
He imagines himself enormously
wealthy and his delight is to offer costly
presents to every one he meets. He
wants to make all the world us happy
rs himself and hence he promises val.
uable presents to everybody he comes
in contact with. He civ away, in HE
fancy, houses, farms, money, jewelry,
and rich wearing apparel, adapting in
every case his gifts TO tho condition OF
the people who are to receive them
The physicians say this poor man will
come to a sudden death, for hais sun
ing from general paresis, Il disease
which, it is said, has greatly increased
during the last decade. Formerly such
cases wero very rare, and physician,
would travel miles TO investigate the
mental phenomena OF their condition
Nov they can ind them in any asylum
They live in wild delirium of Joy
and can readily bo picked out Of /
q crowd Of lunatics by a lay visitor, by
they excessive and unnatural cheerful
ness. II would be a fortunate thing i
lunacy always took the form of genera
paresis, for an immense amount OF sui
fering would be saved the most infor
tunate class of Unfortunate beings. Suf
ferers form the disease are move
violent, simply boisterously iubilant
They think tho whole world is thei
friend.-Dsmoresfs Monthly.
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TEXAS TOPICS.

Tho Texas 1.-Two Stock Association
m n,ee, ~, Austin on The Grst ines.
~ The an Of February 1ss8
-
Glory, backed by ample capital, will
on be started in San Antonio.
The Eagle Pass Times says the
iportation from Mexico at that point
the year VIII amount to over SlUV''
Willie Point Chronicle Hlhbon
ne, in this county, made 800 gallons
syrup to the acre this senson' ana
ose who raised cane have found ready
le for the syrup at 90 cents gallon
Hopkins County Echo iha ~.
ouis 4 San Francisco road Is to be
tilt from 1T, Smith, ARK to faris' a
stance OF l6J miles, immediately. a
rec OF l,OOO men Will go to "orh III
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New York, Dec. 29.--Mr. Richard
X, Fox, proprietor OF the Police Ga
Fstte, received from Jem Mace in San
Francisco to day telegram in which
the pugilist says;
81 send this dispatch to lot you know
that have taken up my quarters at
Patsoy Hosan's Palace hotel with the
big unu' His MIMI IL nerugrt a.
Slade and he is an Australian by birth
He stands feet q inches in height,
aud when in fighting condition weighs
over 200 pounds. think he will be
d good match for Sullivan or any Other
man. Although am now in my fifty.
second year, am still champion of the
world with the gloves, and would only
be too happy to have a trial with John
l.. Sullivan, tho American wonder, es
Pecially as you state there is so much
money to BIO won by beating him. HI
must be q great pugilist il he knock,
me out in four rounds. have sent {
letter by mail, with full particulars. ant
| call your attention to my companion
Slade. wish you would mako no ar
rangements until you receive my let
ter"
Mr.. Fox was asked If he had mad,
any arrangements in regard to Jen
Mace.
ayes" be replied, Il have sent wore
for Mace and his party to give an exhi
bition in San Francisco and come on h
New York at the expiration of tw,
weeks. have received offers from tw,
railway lines to bring the party ON an,
have taken tho best offer and sent o.
four tickets, and When they arrive W
will make match, il possible to figh
John il. Sullivan for any amount"
The reporter found John L. Sulliva
at VIM. Bennetts surrounded by Bo
Farrell, Peter Mccoy, Mike Moran
Joe Coburn, Jas. Dugrey, Samut
White, Steve Dubois and other wei
known sporting men He said:
will fight Mace ii have to, but woul
rather Gght tho younger man (Slade
as there would be more credit in i
Mace. according to his own say, is {
years Of age. | will box Mace, an
agree to stop him in four rounds cas-
!. ly. II Mr.. Fox, after tgo years lookin
around, thinks he has found the ma
to whip me, l will tight him for $500
side to accommodate him, but woul
rather have it $4,000 side. j cal
nothing for the title of champion
the world, as Mace claims, but am 50
ished with that Of champion Of Amo
/ lea"
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Randolph broke successfully with
Jefferson, Madison, Monroe and Jack
son He was always disappointed man
His ecoentricities kept him on tho Dor
der-land Of insanity. In riperyears he
had a passion for drink, and an ayArice
which took complete possession of him.
He had no family ties. One who knew
him we'll said that "be did things which
nobody else could do, and he made
others do things which they never did
before, aud OF which they repented all
the days of their lives" He fought a
duel with Clay. ON which occasion Ran
dolph appeared in the field in white
flannel wrapper, but OF such large pro-
portions that it was impossible to tell
in what part Of it the eccentric man
was hidden away. Clay's bullet pierced
the wrapner, hut did not hit Randolph
The combatants aftorward shook hands
He accepted special mission to Rus.
sia, spent ten days in that country
went thence to England, where hespont
a year. and returning home drew S2l,
i07 from the Government, with which
ne paid of some OF his debts. Aitei
this fragrant bit Of iobbery by one
who protested Roman virtue, there
was not much to hope from the furthe
career of Randolph. There were n,
results OF which his friends could speal
with pride. The excuse constantly
urged in mitigation Of his strange con
duct was that be was partially insane
But this insanity was largely due /,
drink. San Francisco Bullelin.