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Whisky Changed the Picture:

The other day we noticed him as he
came across the bridge, with his wagon
full of cotton, and chickens, and eggs.
He found ready market for his pro.
duce, and we thought how happy his lit
tie ones would be when he returned home
in the evening with toys, and dresses,
and shoes, and food for the morrow, and
some clear money in his purse. We
thought we could see his wife standing
in the doorway 10 give him cordial
greeting on his .oturn, so desirous were
we that he should make one contented
and happy. We could almost see his
cheerful face as he,,returned to his family
after days absence. So we thought
and returned to our work. n y
But oventide came. and he passed by our
window again. He had nothing that
we thought he would have. The bed of
his wagon was bare. No little shoes, nor
toys, nor dresses, nor food for the NOR
row, nor money in his purse, We dare
say. The poor man was drunk. He had
changed, or whisky had changed him.
This changed our thoughts of his home.
We could see the children shrinking
from his approach, and the wife so care
worn and sorrowful. She could not
meet him with the pleasant smile with
which she had hoped to greet him. He
was breaking her heart and preparing to
make paupers of his children alabama
Baptist.
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The Money Value Of Women.

"For every man who lives a single life,
caring only for himself, there is some
woman who is deprived of her natural
Supporter" says Henry George.
1t is cool and unwarranted assump-
tion on the part Of society that wives are
supported by their husbands. The per-
sons who assume this will seldom deny
that wives usually work as many hours
~ day as their husbands, and frequently
more "But then," they will say, "the
wife's labor is unproductive; it has no
money value"
Such q position needs no very close
analysis to prove its utter absurdity.
Let the wife fall sick, and it is immedi-
ately discovered that her labor has a
money value, for it takes money to hire
help to take her place in the household.
To take her place did say! But who
can take her place? The wife's labor is
not unprodnctive. 1t is as necessary to
cut and sew cloth into garments as it is
made or to weave that material into
cloth. 1t is as necessary that food be
cooked as that it be provided in readiness
for cooking. A house-keeper is as es'
scntial as house-buider.
1t is not supporter" that self:
respected woman asks for in society. but
equal pay for equal work.-Iadustria
Appeal.
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Carrying Out His Orders.i

Hugh Mcclure, son Of the Emerald
Isle, who had volunteered in the Tenth
Mississippi Regiment of infantry, sta.
toned at Pensacola, Florida, in 1861.
was placed upon picket one night on the
beach, with orders to walk between two
points, and 10 ALLOW no one to pass with
out the countersign and that to be given
in whisper. About midnight the cor
poral with the relief discovered, by the
moonlight, Hugh up to his waist in water,
the tide having set in since he was posted
two hours before.
"Who goes there?"
"Relief."
"Halt, relief; advance corporal, and
give the countersign."
Corporal--"I am not going in there to
be drowned. Come out here aud let me
relieve you."
Hugll-"Not bit will. The lilten-
ant towld me not to lave my post"
Comparatively, then, I'll leave you
in the water all night" going away as he
spoke.
Hugh-"Halt, I'll put hole in ye if
ye pass without the countersign. Them's
me orders from the liftenant," cooking
and leveling his gun.
Corporal-"Deuce take you, everybody
will hear if 1 bawl it out to you"
Hugh-"Yes, me darlint, and the lif-
tenant said it must be giver in whis.
per; in wid ye. Me fingers on the trig-
ger and it may go off,"
The corporal had to yield and wade in
to the faithful sentinel, who exclaimed ::
"Be jabers, it's well ye're come; the
coullerin' tide has almost drowned me"
Detroit Free Press.
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Gossip-,About-- the Mormons.

!. WASHINGTON, December 3l.-Judge
Carlton, of the Utah Commission. who
is here, says his observation leads him to
believe that polygamy is gradually dis
appearing among the Mormons. Only a
small proportion Of the Mormons are
polygamists. A polygamous Mormon in
Utah to day would make poor showing
in comparing.aIthe number Of his wives
with those of Joseph Smith or Brigham
Young. Even the late. Bishop Lee, who
had only nineteen wives, including one
very old and ugly who he married just
10 save her soul, would beat three or
four of the best families of to-day.
81 don't believe" he said, "shat in
Utah to-day there is a single Mormon
with more than seven wives"
"Where do the Mormons come from
principally"
"Well, they come from all parts of the
world, but mainly from Europe. A lar.
ger proportion, perhaps, comes FROM
Denmark than from any other country.
There are a good many Germans and
and good many English, but very few
Irish. They come, also, from various
parts of the States. They come in or
ganzed bands, including good supply
of wives. Strange as it may seem, the
register shows that there are more men
than women. Isupposc that most of the
Mormons in the Territory now were
born here, and it is evident, that more
boys are born there than girls"
"Does a plurality of wives mean an
immensely of children 2"
"Nell, no not exactly. think that
one man with six wives would have
more numerous offspring than one man
with one wife, but not so numerous as
six men with six wives"
"Since the church compels the man
to support all their wives and children,
is it to DO expected that only tho wealthy
would be po!ygamists.?"
"That is not so. Very poor men in
deed have several wives. The poor are
most pious and polygamy, you know, is
part of their religion"
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Wise Massachusetts,.

We understand that even the tickets
used in recent Atlanta election were
printed in Cincinnati. This WIS not
vic or patriotic. All such work should
be done at hcme. Suppose il did cost 4
trilic more, would not the money be bet
ter used at home than abroad? We hold
it, as an axiom, that our people would be
gamers immensely if they purchased,
even al a small advance in price, what
ever they needed at home. BY so doing,
immense sums, annually lost to circua-
ton here, would remain and stimulate all
kinds of trade. We would grow rich
rapidly. 1t is the contrary custom, in
only too many instances, that keeps us
poor and unenterprising.
We see it stated that Massachusetts,
gave the contract for her militia uniforms
to Boston tailor, in the face Of q lower
offer from Philadelphia, aud then ex-
planned that offers from outside the State
were not wanted. The same State dis.
posed Of her mortgage bnnd, iii the New
York and New England Railroad to a
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There is Danger i'll Buying at Official
Sales,

Oar object in writing this article is to
correct very common error which is
prevalent among the people viz: That
the titles to lands sold by the Sheriff,
Master and Probate Judge are necessa-
rily perfect titles, because sold under
order of Court. There is Latin maxim
of the law applicable to such sales, the
meaning of which is, in English, "Let
the purchaser beware"
In the first place, officers of the Court
merely give "quit claim title," without
any warranty whatever.
In the next place, those officers only
proposes to sell the interest of the de-
fendant in the land, be that much or lit
tie.
If the defendant is a married man, his
wife or widow will have the right of
dover.
If the land is sold under foreclosure of
mortgage, and if an older judgment
should be of record, the sale under fore
closure may not give purchaser clear
title.
If taxes are unpaid the purchaser may
be liable for them.
In hundred ways q purchaser may
pay very dearly for lands which are sold
by officers of the Court, even though the
bid for the same be low enough.
Our own opinion is, that prudent,
careful man will always Investigate the
titles to any lands which ho may choose
to buy, no matter whether from private
individual or an officer of Court, but
more especially when buying at forced
sales. "Let the purchaser beware" A
small fee to good lawyer before Sale
day may save the purchaser much cost
in money and much vexation of ofspirit.-
AJbeviNe Press and Banner
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They Stopped Laughing.

One of the passengers on a st. Paul
train was a man neither young nor old.
His face was youthful but his hair was
turning gray. His skin was bright and
smooth, but there was queer look upon
his face. Ee sat gazing out Of the win
dow, motionless and rigid. His eyes
rarely winked, and his gaze was an empty
stare. Presently he turned, for the first
time in an hour,'and reached into trav-
eler's grip ch'lay upon the seat beside
hir From this valise he pulled doll,
large and pretty, with delicate!y-painted
face, golden hair, bright blue eyes and
handsome little gowh. The other pas
sepgers looked and wondered. Then the
man clasped the doll to his breast,
pressed its china cheek against his,
kissed its painted lips, smoothed its haxen
hair, gazed into lis glass eyes, and talked
to the ears that could not hear. The
other passengers Uttered and began to
make remarks. There was a grin upon
every face aud a jest upon every tongue.
But just then the brakeman came in and
held up his hand to attract attention,
and placed his: 6nger to his lips, epjoin.
ing silence.
"It's nothin' to laugh all" muttered
the brakeman to three or four who gath
cred about him, "an' you ought to be
ashamed of yerselvcs. know that man
he's a commercial traveller and gen.
tleman. Six months ago be bad q wife
and child-I've seen 'em both many
time, an'.thay were lovely. But one day,
when ho was ont on the road, he received
telegram telling him to hurry home
Before he could get there his wife was
dead. Two days later the little girl fol-
lowed her mother. There was no one
left for him to love but the doll his little
girl use to play with, an he packed that
up with his kit when he went out on the
road. There wasn't nothin' for him TO
do but to go on with his work, an keep
as much away from the old home.as pos.
sible. He carries that doll with him
wherever he goes. At night its head
rests on the piiler with his, an only yes
terday he was in town buying Christmas
presents for it-he has 'em there now in
his grip. Poor man, he's little off in
his head bout the doll, yer see, though
never saw him take it out in the cars
before. You fellows oughter be ashamed
for laughing at him-au' ye wouldn't if
you had any little girls Of your own, as
I have"
Like breeze the word was passed
through the car. All laughter ceased
and the passengers sought their seats.
Nobody seemed to want to talk to any
body. And as the man with the youth.
full face and grayish hair aDd.queer look
shaded the dolls eyes from the light and
wrapped his coat about it and hummed
a little lullaby as he rocked it to sleep
against his breast, the brakeman went
out upon the platform and the passen'
gers held their newspapers and maga-
zines close to their eyes.-'S. Louis Globe
Democrat.
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The Boy and the 'Gator,

"Boys will be boys" observed a trave-
ler from the South, sand guess it
doesn't make much difference whether
they are white are black, city or country.
Down where I have been in Florida
there's little black boy hanging about
the place, and he is the latest chap [
ever saw. He is almost too lazy to eat.
He sleeps two.thirds of the time, and
doesn't get more than half awake the
other two-thirds. He has no ambition
10 do anything but snoczs and get
enough grub to keep him from hunger.
ga few days before left was taking
walk down by the shore of the bayou,
when l heard scream. Rushing into
the tall grass and weeds that fringe the
water l saw the most horrible sight my
eyes ever bcheld. .ms,That colored boy was
hanging with his hands to sapling, and
his feet we're in the mouth of huge
alligator. 1t WAS plain to me that the
pickaninny had been asleep and.the
gator had crawled up and seized him. I
was SO Mortified that it seemed as if my
heart would refuse To beat. I wouldn't
look upon such spectacle again for
$4,000. Itdrove me finally wild. had
no weapon, and as sou may imagine I
was frantic. 1t is my firm belief that
the sight Of that gator with his awful
jaws upon the poor boys feet knocked
an even ten years out Of my life"
"But did you sueceed in saving the
boy"
''He didn't need any saving. The
little rascal was as safe as you are. this
minute. As I seized q fence rail and
rushed up TO beat the reptile over the
head that boy grinned st me in delight.
You see, the alligator was dead one,
and the picksoinny had gone down there
and stuck his feet in his mouth and hol.
lercd when he saw me walking his way.
guess the LATEST kid that ever lived was
not too lazy to play prank. k."-CAicago
Herald.
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Capital and Prohibition.

A railroad manager said, not long
since, that the public could not realize
the extent of the damage done by drink
as it was seen by these great corporations.
He thought that, if statistical table of
the accidents, deaths and losses to rail-
roads, directly tsaceable to drink, were
made and published, the people would be
incredulous at its enormous extent.
Hardly an accident occurs that is not
remotely or directly connected with the
drink habit.
The law courts have been full Of suits
against railroads, and courts and juries
have awarded heavy judgment, where the
only defense was that the employee was
drunk. That did not matter; railroad
company must pay the damage. At last,
through moneyed necessity, aud not by
reason of sentiment, these heavy corpo-
rations have adopted prohibition. 1t is
said that the Erie railway company have
decided to discharge employees who are
not total abstainers and the New York
Central orders all tenants who sell liquors
to vacate their premises. Of course
there is an awful howl, personal liberty
being in peril; yet is it fair to compel
railroad company to pay for damage
caused by drunken employee, and not
have the privilege of employing none but
abstainers?
Other capitalists are taking the matter
up. The Pullman Car Company have
built prohibition town. Large manu-
facturers in the East are enforcing the
same rule. Capital everywhere is finding
out that the morals taught by the church
are good investment in business and
among employees. While the rule has
been enforced, and the earnings of the
workingmen have gone into the comforts
of home, even they have become ardent
prohibitionists.
The doom of the dram shop is not
hard to fc-esee when corporations, manu-
featuring establishments, capitalists,
philanthropists and churches combine for
its overthrow. Our motives may differ,
but our object is the same. No move.
ment gathers such momentum as this
one against the saloon. "For God, for
home, and native land, isa motto which
is to be at the head of all banners of
patriotism, liberty, and Christianity in
our country.
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An Outrage at Aiken.

On Saturday last several of the North.
ern boarders at the Highland Park Ho-
tel, including young ChatGeld, son of the
proprietor, and also a number of young
negro roughs, were brought before Inten-
dant Davis on the charge of disturbing
public worship at the colored Baptist
Church on New Years night. 1t ap-
peared from the investigation that parlor
matches were sprinkled on the floor,
which, of course, would explode with the
noise of gun caps when trodden upon,
and that while the congregation were
engaged in prayer inflated bladders were
squeezed, tin horns blown and such eu'
couraging and lively remarks were made
as "sachez ALL" "hands round all"
promenade ALL" &C., which, though in
tensely amusing to these offenders against
decency and violators of law, was 80 de-
moralizing to the congregation that the
preacher had to discontinue the services.
We learn, however, that no fines were
imposed and that no prosecution has
been entered against any of the parties,
although this is a most serious infraction
of the statute law of the State, punisha.
BILE by severe penalties of fine and i'm
prjsonment.
Does it not seem strange that Northern
men, who are so fond Of distorting facts
in regard to the relations which exist
between the white and colored people of
the South, should come SO far from home
to perpetrate so Aagrant an outrage upon
the "brother in black ?" Might not the
house consecrated to the worship of God
have been spared from such an indecen-
cy2 If such piece of blackguardism
had been perpetrated by Southern White
men in company with negro rcughs,
would not the New York Tribune and
other Northern papers have blazed forth
in such startling headlines as the follow.
ing: Another Southern Outrage
Peaceable Negroes Routed from their
Church while Engaged in Public Wor-
ship by the Explosion of Matches, the
Squeezing of Bladders and the Shouting
of Dance Figures-No Fines aud all the
Offenders Discharged" Such an infrac-
ton of law, order and decency is calcu-
lated to produce no good results, and
ought TO be punished regardless of who
the persons may be. Much less than
what happened at the colored Baptist
Church on New Years night has caused
riot and bloodshed in other localities.-
Aikcn Recc Ter.
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= The Southern Passenger Agents
Association met in Atlanta on Tuesday
last. The main question which will
come up is the failure of the Louisville
and Nashville Road, and others which
had made contracts, to transport West,
at reduced rates, large numbers of labor
ers. Increased rates, however, went into
effect on the 18th of December, before
the Louisville and Nashville contract
had been completed. The Western far
mers threaten to sue the railroads for
nun performance Of contract and the
complications growing out of the matter
which threaten TO break up the pool will
receive the attention of The associa-
tion.
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Prohibition to be a National Issue,

Senator Blair, of New Hampshire, has
been interviewed as follows: "Neither
high nor low license will receive my
sanction SO far as the District ef Colum'
bia is concerned. For you might just as
consistently authorize murder, grand
larceny, burglary, rapine and arson, all
of which are the natural accompaniments
of the rum shop. There is a necessity
for decisive legislation by congress on
the liquor question, and as for myself l
am in favor of absolute prohibition. The
best thing that could be done with the
rum now in the District of Columbia
would be to take it and pour it into the
river, and then its baneful influence
would not be felt.
"Duripg the forty-ninth congress I
propose 10 devote my time to securing
the adoption of a bill introduced early
this session looking to more thorough
knowledge of the effects Of intoxcants
in the interest of the young people Of
this generation. If the youth of the
land can be taught that alcohol in any
shape is as deadly poison as strychnne,
arsenic or prussic acid, few will. be in
clined to taste the stuff which destroys
body and soul. Since tho battle of
Waterloo there has been no one year in
which the combined suffering and pecu-
mary losses inflicted upon the Caucasian
race by war, pestilence and famine has
equalled tho total destruction chargeable
to alcohol in the same lapse Of time.
"This liquor question is assuming
gigantic proportions. And in the next
presidential campaign it is destined to be
an important issue. And unless the
Republican party comes out squarely on
the side of a prohibitory enactment and
amendment to the constitution its remiss.
ness may prove fatal to its prospects.
Let all the people concentrate upon one
grand effort to amend the constitution
so as to prohibit the manufacture, sale,
importation, expectation and transporta-
ton of alcoholic beverages anywhere
within the limits of the national domain.
That is the way to rescue and preserve
the States. Tho evil is national and the
war which saves the nation must be
fought by the nation, Nothing can be
done now but to get two-thirds of both
houses of congress to vote to submit the
proposed amendment to the people. The
thing is easier than it seems to be-"
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keep up appearances, which.are atoned
for in sccret:by privations and annoyan
ces that make US miserable. Probably
half of all the money re spend in life'
even when We have no money to spare,
is spent for the sake of our neighbors,
and, at the end, the loved ones who sur
vive us, take new burdens upon them
selves to appear in suitable mourning
garb, aud to bury us handsomely, before
the eyes OF the neighbors.
The worst of it all is that your neigh
bors are engaged in the practice Of the
same folly, and see through all your
shallow devices quite as plainly as you
see through theirs.-Garlcston Sunday
Mems.
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Boston syndicate, in spite of better offer
from New York syndicate.
Until our peopleslcarn to saYe money
as well as make it, they cannot prosper
materially and many thousands of dol
lars would remainsin Augusta annually,
for ihe common welfare, if the men who
make their money here would spend even
the larger portion Of it in this city.
When this is done, we will have saw
ings banks ard other Developments for
the public good.-AuNlsia Chronicle.
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Death in the Fortleth of a Second.

A learned writer in one of the scien-
tiGc magazines claims that death by
hanging is the most humane method of
putting criminals out of the world that
has yet been discovered. From numer-
Gus observations of executions and care.
full computations OF time required for the
censor nerves to carry the feeling to the
brain, he thinks the pang occasioned by
The fall is very brief, and places the time
which man is conscious of his own
feelings, after bringing up at the end of
The rope, at OPS of a second. In other
words, a man who is hung has his senses
Just one-fortieth Of second after the
line is taut.
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The Kingstree Herald says there
seems to be good deal of commotion
among the laborers of that County as to
their plans for another year, and the
question of labor is unsettled. Large
numbers of the best hands have and are
still going to Florida and Georgia to
work turpentine and some of them are
carrying their families. The farmers
cannot compete with the prices offered
by those engaged in the manufacture of
turpentine, and are therefore put at q
disadvantage 80 far as labor is concerned.
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At a special session of Charleston

= At special session Of Charleston
Presbytery, held in Charleston on Mon
day night, resolutions were adopted cx-
pressing loss of confidence in DR..
Woodrow, and directing the student,
from that Presbytary, Mr.. j. G. Wen
zenberger, to withdraw from the Colum
bia Theological Seminary at once.