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The gnet's Gnruer.
THE GEM OF THE SEA.

|The extravaganza but beautiful fancy which
pervades the following lines, I found some years
since going the rounds of the press in a very
rude garb. I admired the rough diamond, but
detested it's setting, and hence I have attempted
to improve its appearance by arraying 1t IN a
semi-decent apparel, changing its photography,
transposing many words and lines, and substltu-
ting many lines of my own for those found in
the original. I have also added one entire stan
"a, which. to my mind, makes the poem more
complete. The ~fanciful idea that Erin was form
ed out of a Star which the indignant Jove hurled
at the lihertine Neptune, who attemptedto assail
the virtue Of Venus, is the quintessence of poetic
thought. I trust the author, whoever it be, will
not take offence at the liberty I have taken. AS
presented now, I give him or her credit for the
jewel thought, I claiming only the readjustment
of the drapery. INGoMAR.]
With all condescension
Id ask your attention
To what I now mention Of Erin so green;
And without hesitation
I'll show how that nation
Became Of Creation the gem and the Queen!
It happened one morning,
Without any warming,
That Venus was born in the beautiful sea!
And by that same token
And sure twas provoklnO,
Her pinions were soakin', and she could not flee
When Neptune who knew her
Began to pursue her,
In order to WOO her,-the wicked old Jew!
And he very nigh caught her
Or top of the water,
When J~upiter's daughter cried out WnTa-strm!
Then Jove, the great genius,
Looked dow and saw Venus,
And Neptune the heinous pursuing the child,
So he roared out like thunder
"In burst you asunder y
And sure twas no wonder that he should 60 wild.
Then a Star Jove espying
That round him was flying,
He seized without trying, and hurled 1t below,
And it fell with a crash
On old Neptunethe rash,
And gave the old sinner a devil OF a blow!
Then that Star became dry land,
Both low land and high land,
And formed a sweet island-the land of my birth!
Thus plain is my story,
Erin came forth in glory, -.
And despite English Tories it's Heaven on earth!
Then Venus so stately
On Erin iump'd neatly,
But tainted being lately so worried-hard press q;
Fear did her bewilder,
But ere it had kilrd her
My father distilled her a "drop of the best
That glass was victorious,
1t made her feel glorious,
4 trife uproarious perhaps might say;
And sure none should blame us
That Erin's now famous
For Beauty, and Whisky, and hearts light and
gay!
We have hearts like great Jove,
And all fair maids we love,
And our courage We'll prove should vile Nep-
tunes assail
Virtues jewel so bright
Which adorns with its light
The daughters of Erin from Fair Head to kinsale!
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faculty consists of Christians, chosen not
because of their d~enominational peculiari-
ties, but because of their high Christian
characters, scholarly attainments, and apt
ness to teach. They represent four differ
ent Christian denominations. The result is
that it is patronized by all Christian de-
nominations of nearly every Southern
State r. T..
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a Man of Grief!
LIKE LAZARUS!
HIS RELIEF AND JOY!

VNHE Doctor says When Mr.. James Edwards,
of Senoia, Ga, began to take "GUINN'S
PIONEER BLOOD REVIEWER" I saw him.
He was covered, body and extremities, with a
characteristic syphillitic eruption that seemed to
have batfled all treatment. / saw him a second
time in about ten days, when he was so changed
in appearance by having the scales removed and
the eruptions healed, that I barely knew him,
and in a remarkably short time he was relieved
of all appearance of the disease.
n. B. DREWRY, NJ. D., Spalding county, Ga.
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fearful an evil, and to remove it instantly ;
while he who won the victory over the
calamity would be extolled as illustrious,
and, crowned with honor, become a house
hold word from among the children of Escu-
lapius. Yet here one single cause making
this deadly havoc, a cause we'll known and
easily removable, in spite of its evils and in
the face of its easy removal, is permitted to
remain in sight with a majority of the army
of medicine looking on in apathy, plying
us ''poor foolish fanatics" who are eXercis-
ing our limited powers to uproot it, and
some, with the rest of the world, so shar-
ing the calamity as to become copartners in
the distinctions which follows from the par
ticipation.-Sientifc american.
Nor BOUND TO KISS TIE BIBLE.-The
court of chancery in New Jersey has just
rendered an opinion holding that a witness
in that State who swears by the Bible is not
bound to kiss the book.
A woman when sworn had laid her hand
on the Bible but refused to kiss it. The
only reason she gave for the refusal was
that she had ''never kissed the book" She
was allowed by the master to testify, but a
motion was subsequently made to strike out
her testimony. Here is the law, as laid
down by Vice Chancellor Bird:
"Almighty God, or the ever living God,
or the like, is called upon by the witness to
witness that he will speak the truth. The
rest is form. The solemn invocation, affir-
nation or declaration is the substance. All
else is shadow. The witness in this case
was sworn with her hand upon the book.
There can be no doubt but that if she made
a false statement willfully she is liable to in
dictment for perjury.
"But it is said that this may be true and
yet the conscience of the witness not be
bound, which is the object of the oath.
There is great force in this. How did the
witness herself regard it? She is presum-
ably a witness, for nothing to the contrary
appears. She accepted the form of the oath
as usually administered, without objections,
except kissing the Bible. BY this act on
her part the court is justified in presuming,
without further inquiry, that the witness
intended that her conscience should be
bound. Speaking from the forum of her
conscience, she declared that it was not
essential to kiss the book in order to impose
upon herself all the obligations of an OATH"
NeW York Herald.
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Waiting the necessity of moving the engine.
Prices reasonable. Terms, cash on completion
of the work. EDWARD THOMAS.
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TRYING TO FIT A ROUND PEG IN A
SQUARE HoLE.-Another great mistake OF
parents is made a little further on when
the education the child is to receive and the
work he is to do in life begin to be con-
sidered. Most parents have ~preconceived
ideas of what their children shall do in the
world, and it is sometimes very hard to
modify or. change them in accordance with
the chiId's natural tastes. They are like
the parents of a boy with whom [ had ac-
qu~aintance, who had determined even be-
fore the boys birth, that he must be a law
yer. The boy proved to have no taste
whatever for the law or for a Students
life, but seemed possessed of real mechan-
ical genius. From a child he could do any
thing with tools requiring delicate manipu-
lation, was always continuing and invent
ing new machines to work Within short,
was a decided genius of the inventive or
der. But he was laboriously drilled in Lat
in, wept unavailing tears over it, was sent
to college at a great sacrifice on the part of
his friends, graduated, was made to study
law, did study it, was admitted to practice,
and tried his best to do what he was I'M
fitted for. Having now come to a mans
estate, he took the matter into his own
hands, turned his law office into a machine
shop, and began successfully the work he
should have been encouraged to undertake
in the first place.-Hatie Tying Griswod.
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I would inform the public that I am yet max
ing PHOTOGRAPHS in all the various styles.
Also, FerrOtypes and other cheaper Styles OF
pictures. Pictures by the Photographic process
enlarged, and all work done in the best style OF
the art at reasonable prices. Gallery on West
Liberty street, near the Jail.
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C. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD
5&M zFM TI!!5Ili5iIHhHiMM
NW WV M

CCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains
= from Lenoir, n. c., to Chester, S. G., taking
effect at II o'clock, Noon, Sunday, February
7th, 1886.
GOING SOUTH.
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THE THRONE OF N

The well-being of society rests on oul
homes, and what are their foundation
stones but Woman's care and devotion! A
good mother is worth an army of acquaint'
ances, and a true hearted, undetermined
sister is more precious than the "dear five
hundred friends" The love we experience
for domestic blessings increases faith in an
infinite goodness, and is a foretaste of a bet
ter world to come.
Our homes, as one we'll observes, are the
support of the Government and the Church,
and a. the associations and organizations
that give blessings and vitality to social ex-
istence are herein originated and fostered.
Those who have played around the same
doorstep, basked in the same mothers
smile, in whose veins the same blood flows,
are bound as a sacred tie that can never be
broken. Distance may separate, quarrels
may occur, but those who have a capacity
to love anything must have at-times a bub,
bling up of fond recollections, and a yearn'
ing after the joys of by-gone days.
Every woman has a mission on earth
Be she of high or low degree-in single
b~lessedness or double-she is recreant tc
her duty if she sits with folded hands and
empty head and heart, and frowns on al
claims to her benevolence or efforts at the
welfare of others. There is ''something tc
do" for every one-a household to put in
order a child, to attend to, some parents tc
care for, some class of unfortunate, degrad'
ed or homeless humanity to befriend. "Tc
whom much is given, of them much will be
required" That soul is poor, indeed, thai
leaves the world without having exerted ar
influence that will be felt for good after she
has passed away.
There is little beauty in the lives of those
women who are drawn into gay circles Of
fashionable life, whose arena is public dis
play, whose nursery is their prison. AT
home does woman appear in her true glory
In the inner sactuary of home-life can she
be most like those who walk above sin soft
white light" and follow the Lamb whittier
soever He goeth.-M Christian Adrocate.
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Anmarnns department.
RANSOM CHEESE.

Uncle Billy Stokes, a colored individual
from one of the back counties in Mississip-
pi, where old-fashioned wagons with wood
en- axles are still in use and where the prim-
tive star bucket" is part of their running
gear" was in Canton, Miss, a few days ago
standing in front of Matt. Killers store
watching the unloading from drays of new
ly arrived goods. One dray contained, be-
sides several barrels of groceries, a number
of boxes of cheese and a dozen or two boxes
of patent axle grease. Uncle Billy's eye
rested upon the latter, and he inquired:
"Mars Hitler, what yer a. fer one ob dem
little cheeses?"
"Only fifty cents, Billy; do you want
one ?" was Mr. Killers reply.
oval, yes, boss; but eff I buy de cheese
will yer frow in de crackers"
"Of course I WILL" said Mr.. Hitler, as he
handed Uncle Billy a box of the axle grease
and then passed behind his counter and took
a handful of crackers from a box and gave
them to the old man.
Uncle Billy then went to the back door of
the store and seating himself on an empty
dry goods box, proceeded to enjoy his lunch.
He had been there about five minutes when
Mr.. Hitler concluded he would see what
progress he was making; so, going to the
door, he saw the old man, with his barlow
knife in hand, spreading the grease on a
cracker, while his jaws were vigorously
working and his mouth and chin covered
with crumbs and grease.
swell Uncle Billy" said Mr.. Hitler,
show do you like your lunch"
The old man rested his knife on his right
knee, and, drawing a heavy sigh replied:
"Boss, dem ar crackers are pow'ful good
but, lor, boss, dis am de ransomest cheese,
TO God, I ever tested"
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REGULARITY OF A HORSES EYE.-One
often hears the expression that a horse don't
know its strength. That is a mistake. A
horse is fully aware Of its strength, but oW-
ing to a popularity of its optic lens it is
kept in a costant state of intimidation. A
horses eye magnifies nearly six diameters,
and a man looks like a giant to it. Queer
isn't it ? but true. A series of curious expe-
riments recently made by Partisan savants
have established it beyond any question.
That accounts for the many odd fits of fright
the best horses are subject to.
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VyHE undersigned would respectfully inform
the public that he now has in operation, on
his lot o.. K:l' Mountain Street, a FOUNDRY
AND MACHINE SHOP, in which he Is prepared
to do all manner Of work in light iron and brass
castings, and general machine work.
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CONSTITUTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC PAR
TY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, rs IN
CONTENTION, At COLUMBIA, S. c., AUG UST
g. 1882.
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STRENGTH AND DIET.-The Roman SOL
diers, who built such wonderful roads and
carried a weight of armor that would crush
the average farm hand, lived on coarse
brown bread and sour wine. They were
temperate in diet, regular and constant in
exercise. The Spanish peasant works every
day and dances half the night, yet eats only
his black bread, onion and watermelon
The Smyrna porter eats only a little fruit
and some olives. He eats no beef, pork or
mutton, yet he walks off with his load of
500 pounds. The coolie, fed on rice, is more
active and can endure more than the negro
fed on fat meat. The heavy work of the
world is not done by men who eat h egreat-
est quantity. The fastest or longest winded
horse is not the biggest eater. Moderation
in diet seems to be the prerequisite for en-
durance.
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AN OvER-CAREFUL OLD LEGISLATOR
"Forty years or more ago 1 sat in the Indi-
ana legislature next to an old fellow who al
ways voted mo- on every bill that was pre-
sented. One day 1 said to him. what's
the matter with you? Can't you say aye"
Why, you haven't voted for anything since
you've been in this house."
"Well," said he, 'if a good law passes all
right. You never hear anything from that,
but if they pass a bad law 1 want to be on
the record right."-Cfncinnati- Times Star.
SHE BELONGED TO THE CHoIR.-"Well,
how did you like the sermon Sunday? ?" we
heard one lady ask another Oh the Court
house pavement recently.
"The sermon?"
"Yes, you were at church, weren't you? ?"
eyes, certainly"
"Well, then, how did you like the SER
mon
81 didn't hear any sermon; I belong to
the choir" was the self-satisied r%ejoinder.
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FATAL EFFECTS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ing to DIR. Richardson, alcohol cuts down
by disease, in England and Wales alone,
l 900 persons a week. What, adds the doc
tor, if any other cause of mortality did the
sameo What if / 200 persons a week died
in the same area, from the bite of the rabld
dog or the snake, or by swallowing arsenic,
opium, or prussic acid? Whatifsome thou
sand personsa week were known to be killed
by the secret devices of the slow poison
er, who, under the guise of friendship, went
about and instilled into his victims some
subtle drop which led to the shortening of
their life and the production of lingering
organic fatal disease? What, indeed, then
would be the cry and the action? Why,
all through the ranks of the great profess
sion of medicine there would be tumult of
labor and toll, such as never before was
seen, to remove the calamity. Men would
be ambitious to be first to discover by ex-
pertinent, by experience, the cause of so
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THE SHAKERs.-The head of the Shaker
Church is the parent family at Mt. Leba'
non, n. Y. Two brethren and two sisters
are at its head-Elder Daniel Bowler, Giles
B. Avery; Eldress Eliza Ann Taylor and
Eldress Harriet Billiard.
There are seventeen societies in the coun-
try as follows: Mt. Lebanon, Watervliet
and Sonyea, in New York West Pittsfield,
Aver and Shirley, in Massachusetts Shak-
err Station, in Connecticut; Shaker Village
and Enfield, in New Hampshire; Alfred
and West Gloucester, in Maine; Pleasant
Hill and South Union, in Kentucky; and
Watervliet, Whitewater, Union Village
and North Union, in Ohio.
Little is done in the way of oral praying.
The Shakers believe that ''every breath
should be Il prayer'-that prayer is a feel
ing impossible to express in words. Before
and after each mealthey kneel at theirchairs
in silent devotion. In meeting the dane
ing is conducted by the men and women
first arising and standing in two separate
rows. They march backward and forward,
singing earnestly, and when sufficiently
warmed up, arms, heads and bodies keep
time with the beating of the footsteps.
The Shakers are supposed to preserve
uniformity in dress. The costume of the
men consists of a blue waistcoat, a drab coat
and trousers, and a wide brimmed, drab
hat. Cinnamon colored hats and trousers
we're often worn, and at one time Parker
mixed cloth of blue and white was used.
The costume of the women is a drab or Gin
namon dress with a small white cap and
white kerchief. The Well-knoWn Shaker
bonnets are worn out of doors. The War
rensville settlement observed the custom OF
their society when they made their own
garments, but since they have become land
poor and have to buy their W clothing,
they have been unable to observe any uni
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BLACKBERRY WINE.-Place in an earth
en- or tin vessel any given quantity of ripe
berries. Pour over them boiling water till
barely covered; let stand over night. Next
day strain through thick yellow homespun.
To every gallon of juice add two pounds OF
sugar; stir we'll. Fill your demijohn to
overRowing, so that as the liquid ferments
it will throw off all scum and sediments.
Have ready in another vessel extra juice,
which must be used to refill the demijohn
daily. At the end of six or eight weeks
all fermentation has ceased. Strain through
flannel add to each gallon two tablespoon
fuls of pounded rock candy. Bottle for use;
always cork tight. I have been making
the above wine for eighteen years, and have
never had a failure.