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IT really seems to us that the "'"fhe'n ITcs-
byterium has for Il year devoted more Oh l'S GU
itorial space to the defence or James ""o'-
rows hcresy about evolution than TO the ait
vanccmcnt Of the church or to the c"nvcr-
sion of souls TO the saving grace OF our LORD
and Saviour Jesus Christ
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Glorious Old Charleston.

SOUTHERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, RICH
MOND, RICHMOND, VA, September ., lSS6.-
Capt. +. W. DawsoD-My dear friend: have
Just returned home and read with deepest
sorrow the story of Charlcstons horror.
Shall telegraph you as soon as the lines are
open, but send now this hearty line to assure
you Of our warmest sympathy and our de-
sire To do anything and everything In our
power to help stricken. suffering, historic,
heroic, glorious old Charleston.
If your own family can come to Richmond,
would only be too glad to give them shelter
under my humble roof at l03 +. Main street.
Telegraph Inc if they can come.
Remember me most kindly To your family,
and believe me with best wishes and most
fervent prayers, now and always.
Very truly "yOurs 10 count on"
r WM JnNFc
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Aid from Augusta.

The following dispatch was received on
Wednesday by Chief ONeill, of the fire de.
partment:
at your command. Can reach you by Yefnas-
see, unless Ashley Bridge Is gone
Chief w. Z. PLATT.
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I'm the Departments at Washington.
Washington Critic.
Qnartcrmaster Batcllelder has been ordered
to Charleston tu distribute tents tu the home
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Heart to Heart.

RICHMOND, September 1-Mldnight. .-Vir-
ginians sit with Carolinians in the dust OF
Humiliation before Almighty God, and groan
for groan. Where you sit we sit. Our broth
crs and our sisters you are. urchurchcs and
our hearts are sending up intercessory
prayers for you this night, succeeding last
night of horror
God of Mercy and God of Love! pity and
bless our friends and lovers. We have wept
together before and rainge 0nr tears to night.
Beautiful and stricken Charleston! kiSe
from your ruin more majestic and more love-
able than before. Richmond speaks from her
heart to your heart when she assures you in
great love that chastisemcnt is good for q
town when the first bitterness be OverpaSt.
RORERr ". LEMIS.
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Thc Congressional Race.

We are authorized to state that Mr. Hcnct
will not be II candidate for Congress at the
coming ELECTION.
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J. H. OLDHAM,
Greenwood, S. G..
II
Steel Engravings, Chromos,

'OIL PAINTINGS, at low prices, suitable
for presents Fine line Of moudIngS aud
frames Toilet looking glass with levels and
thermometer attached. New goods.
]. y. CIIALMkRS 60.
Nov %, 1856. II
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The News In Newberry,

NEwDERRy, September 2.-You have our
warmest sympathy in the. great calamity
which has befailen you and your beautiful
city. A. Z. JONES q 70,
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THE WHOLE WORLD KIN.
OFFERS OF AID FROM ALL PARTS OF
THE COUNTRY.

Universal Sympathy with Charleston
in Her Great CaIamity--.PrOInpt
Contributions of Money, Tents
and Supplies, md Tenders of Per.
sonaI Assistance, If 1t Should be
NaptIoG.
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a Bi-.Heartcd North Carolinian.
Rfchmond's Offers Of Relief.

RICHMOND. VA, September Ito the
Mayor of Charleston: Call on c. W.. Barr,
commander United Veterans, for S25 for the
relief Of earthquake sufferers.
G.. PICKETT,
II. Fl. Fox,
P.kEENAN.
RICHMOND, VA, September 2.JTo the
Trcdegar Company for $500 for the benefit OF
your needy. Jos. X. ASDERSoS,.
President.
RICHMOND, VA. September 2.--Dr. T..
Pcyre Porcher, or Capt. +. W. Dawson: ::
Richmond Medical nnd Surgical Society ten-
derS SympathiCs and professional services If
any doctors are needed. Telegraph us how
many. We will bear expenses.
JOHN &. S. KELToM, NJ. d., Preside
No. Z +. CLAY, RICHMOND, September p
Editor News and Courier: Last night the
churches and people OF Richmond were In
deep exercise of heart for the noble Charles
ton people, and early, this morning, finding
no action bad been taken by the authorities,
the mayor being sick, suggested to the Chnm~
ber Of Commerce TO move for the people, who
only need II leader, and wien Richmond
moves as she shouC bave done yesterday,
the country at large will follow. Yours,
ROREEr w LEWIS
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A Tender Of Tents.

The following telegram was received yester-
day from the Hon. w. L. Trenholm:
WASHINGTON, D. Civilian Trenholm,
Charleston, $. c.: Telegram received. Gen.
Drum, acting secretary OF war, has Kindly
promised to send Immediately all tents avail
able. Those from eastern points will be ship
ped to Wilmington, and from western 10 Sa-
vannnh and sent by revenue cutters TO Charle:'
ton, unless the railroads are opened. Mean
while telegraph me the prospect OF reopening
railroad Communication, with view 10 haV.
ing tents delivered at the earliest moment
possible.
The clerks in the comptroller's office have
paid me fifty eight dollars and fifty cents con-
tribution in aid Of the suffering people or
Charleston, a noble offering, costing the gtVers
O real sacrifice. Draw on me for this amount
and turn 1t over to whatever you consider the
proper distributing agency. The whole com.
munity of Washington evince The deepest
concern for our afflicted people, and receive
from oil quarters expressions or sympathy.
Anything that cnn be done by the govern
ment will, am sure, be done quickly.
w. l.. TRENHOLM.
The Northeastern Railroad and Savannah
Railway will bring the tents free.
$500 From the Phoenix Insurance
Company.
New YORK, September Ito S. Y. Tnpper :
Our sympaShieS 20 out to the citizens OF Char
lesion in their great cniamity. Please draw
on the Phoenix Insurance Company at Sight
for $50 for the relief Of sufferers. Approprl.
ate same us your judgment shnll dictate.
WIN. Il. CROwELL.
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Offers From Ornngcburg.

ORANGEBURG, September 2.-I Yesterday s
Ne,cs md Courier was reccived.lere this morn
ing and the account was read by hundreds.
of our citizens with an interest that has never
been manifested before. Much sympathy has
been expressed Tor the grand old city, In this
her greatest calamity, ana our people stnnu
The one question that was asked thousands
OF times here during the past two days WAS,
SIS there any news from Charleston?"
The Times and Democrat appeared to-day
and makes n strong appeal to our citizens In
behalf of the sufferers, and offers to head Inc
list with a liberal subscription.
\ number OF Sefugees are here from Charles-
ton and Snmmervilie, ana others are expect
them and others, as far as they are able:
One Hundred Dollars From Rock
Hill.
Rock HILL, September 3.-F. w. Dawson :
You will notify authorities that they are all-
thOriZed to draw on w. l.. Roddy e. Son. bank
hundred dollars for the relief Of sufferers.
y. II. WHITE, 1ntendant
Bersner & Engers Sympathy.
Mr.. A. Tieienthal received the following dis
patch from Bergner & Engcl, the Philadelphia
brewers:
PHILADELPHIA, September IA. Tlefen-
thal We deeply regret to hear OF the mis-
fortune that befel your city last nigDt. CDm-
mand us IL we can be OF any service To you.
THE BERGNER & ENGEL BREWING 20.
Another Offer From Richmond.
DIR. L. Parker received the following dis
patch from Richmond on Thursday: ~
"rhe Richmond Academy Of Medicine Will
send you volunteer surgeons If their services
are needed.
GEO. BEN. JOHNSTON, NJ. d."
An answer of thanks was sent TO DR.. john
st0n and notice that there was no necessity
for medical assistance.
Fifty Dollars From OrangeburS.
[News and Co,nier.l
ORASGEBURG, September 3.-F. W. Daw-
soC: The city council OF Oranghurg contrib
utes her mite to The Charleston sufferers.
Draw ON me for fifty dollars.
j. S. ALBERGorrI.
A Noble Heart In Jacksonville.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, September g. Capt.
F. W. Dawson have wired Charleston say,
inES Bank to pay to your order one hundred
dollars. Please apply to the aid OF the Char.
lesion sufferers.
GEO. D. JOHNSTON.
Cincinnati Charity.
CINCINSATI, OHIO, September 2;.Bernard
O'Neill & Sons, Charleston, $. G.: Please fur
niSh relief committee one hundred dollars
for our account. S. DAVIS, JR., & Co.
Aid From AsheviIIe.
AsIEvNLE, \. c., September 3.-1f assist
ance is needed by the sufferers by the recent
disaster plense draw on me for two hundred
and fifty dollars. FRANK COKE.
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Sale Of Town Residence.

Try virtue Of power Of sale, conferred upon
Nichols dated 9th June. 1856, will sell ut
public outcry, at AbbeviIle Court House, Oh;
Saleday In October next, AZ BY the residence.
on Washington street, lately owned BY me,
dwelling contains TEN comfortable ROOMS,-
and iS very convenient to the public square.
TERDIS-One-halfc cash, the remainder pay
able in one year. with bond and mortgage to-
secure the purchase money. -.
W. A. LEE, Mortgagee..
Seps-7, 1886, At
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Ne,Us and Courier.
It's consolation in our dire distress to
feel that we have the tender sympathy of our
iellow-men In all paris OF the world, and that
everywhere the nObl ble-hearted are extending
to us a helping hand. First, of course, comes
the generous offers of our sister cities, SnVan-
nah, Augusta, Columbia and Wilmington,
and from them the word Of sympathy has
spread. The dispatches of sympathy and Of
fcrS of aid are published below:
Acting Mayor Huger received on Thursday
ne following kilograms pro1ferfng aid anC
sympathy to the people OF Charleston:
savannah's Prompt sympathy.
SAvASNAH, GA, September, Ito the
Mayor OF Charleston: The citizens of Savan.
nah, in mass meeting assembled, request me
to express their deep sympathy for the citi'
Zens of Charleston afflicted by the disastrous
earthquake OF last night, and to tender To
them whatever aid may be needed.
RUFUS l.. LESTER. Mayor.
Columbia Tenders Sympathy and Aid
to Charleston.
AS soon as 1T was ascertalned yesterday ina,
the communication with Charleston was re
established Mayor Rhett addressed the fol
lowing telegram 10 acting Mayor Huser o.
Charleston:
COLUMBIA, s. c., Sept. l, 1885.
To Hon. IFm,. Huger. acting Mayor Of Charles
ton.
ton by the earthquake are still very vague.
telegraph our heartfelt sympathy, and dispo-
sItiou to do all that VIC can.
JOHN T. RHETT,
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Macon's N[ercifulneSs.

,,MAcoN, September l.-Hon. w. a. Courte-
nay, Mayor: Please wire me, In brief. .condi-
tion Of your city AMI people. State whether
assistance is needed and what kind would be
most acceptable. Yours truly,
S. B. PRICE, Mayor.
SAvANNAII, September Ito the Mayor OF
Charleston Suggest in what manner we
Gun best help you.
RUFUS E. LESTER, Mayor.
MACON, September Ito Mayor Courte-
nay: Draw upon me at sight for 500.
S. b. PRICE, Mayor.
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willing WllmingtOninns.

WILMINGTON, N c.. September Ito the
Mayor of Charleston: Volunteers from citi-
Zens of Wilmington, one hundred strong,
stand ready to come to your relief with men
and means. Shall they come and In what
capacity most needed? The committee OF
relief appointed at Il public meeting tonight
remember 1852. w. 4. THOMAS, NJ. d..
At the meeting in Wilmington at which the
above Telegram was ordered 10 be sent the fol-
lowing resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, In the name and on behalf OF
this entire community, q large number OF
whom are assembled here tonight, that we
acknowledge the power OF Almighty God,
whose presence in our midst last night was
manifested in the earthquakes shock, and
we pour out our hearts before Him for His
mcrciful delvcrance.
Resolred That tho lamentations which
have reached our ears today from our sister
city Of Charleston, coupled with our grateful
rccolections Of her merciful nlinistrations TO
us In the past, have taken the place Of all
consideration of ourselves and of our deliv-
erancc, and filled us with emotions Of the
deepest sympathy and Sorrw.
Resolved. That we tender to the people OF
Charleston our sympathetic aid, and assure
them that our hearts and our homes, as well
rs our purses, are open to their needs, and
ready to do them service.
A Big.Heartcd North CarOlinian.
SAnAToGA, n. y, September 2.-Havc Just
heard details of your calamity, should assis-
tance be needed please draw on the Bank OF
New Hanover, of Wilmington, n. c., against
my account for S25O.
WILLIAM LATIMER,
Wilmington, n. c.
The Russellville Democrat., 1886-01-28
SMILES 1T THE DOOR.

think thero is not pleasantor thing Comes into my daily life Than the answering smile my smile will bring On the lips of my own dear wife, At the morning meal, on tho evening hearth, It briQhtens my household place; No mntter how rainy the day may be. There iB sunshine In her face. But still th ere ie twice in q working day That in in her smile spell More subtty sweet, moro cherrtly str0ngs Than tho tongue of q man can tell The first is when, at tho morning hour. etnrt for the bufy et0rc, And hopefully take, af the garden gate Her last sweet smile nt tho door. For then, no matter how anxious lam, No matter how dark the day, keep good heart and do my bcst Until will can manage way. That parting emile at the open door, Goes with me the whole day long, Is brighter than sunshine, stronger than vine, And sweeter by far than song. But the swoetest and dearest smile of au 10 the one that every night Makee the beautiful face love % w60 With welcome and Love alight; When turn the corner it beams on mo, And every trouble 10 0'er;. And then Tcould do well-what could not do For the wife who ie waiting with love % true And smile at the open door2
 --Lclte E. Bnsr. tsp ". Y. LedgT.
The Russellville Democrat., 1886-01-28
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The Russellville Democrat., 1886-01-28
The Birth Rate og Georgia.

The census of the United States for 1880 shows for Georgia that there were within it's limits at the time of the cen sus 5S,378 babies under one year old. of which 226G. 226G 0559 were males and 26,Sfi females. This is S4 to every 1000 of it's population, and there are three other States which have the same pro porsion-Tennesssec, North Carolina and South Carolina. Texas comes first with 37 to every 1000 of it's population. Louisiana and Florida rank third with 8, Kentucky and Virginia have 32, Indiana 28, Pennsylvania, 27. Ohio. 26, New York and Vermont 23, and Massa- chusetts, least, with 2l. Remember, this only includes those living, and under one year of age, and not those who were born and died before they had reached their first birthday.
 The mortuary report shows the num- Der If deaths in Georgia under one year of age to have been 5,552, making the total number of births in the State for the year to have been 55.930 In Gcor- gia the birth rate of the white and col ored were the same. In South Caro- lima the white was 32 and the colored 36 to the thousand.
 Another peculiar incident In the births of the whites and colored is in the predominating sex of each race. In Georgia the annual birth rate of the whites is, males 14,464, females 13, 284, an excess of 1, ,180 males over the females among the whites, For the colored it is exactly opposite. the females predomi- hating about 800, the coiored birth rate being males 12,603. females lS,027. In both instances, as the age increases. the males augment in number, showing & larger death rate in both races among the females than males. This is partic- ularly noticeable among the blacks, for while the females are in excess five hun drcd, under one year old. yet when the voting age is reached, the excess Is re- versed by predominance of 1,e3l of males. Old age again shows change, the colored females being largely in ex- cess at the age of scventy-fve, and when the age of nincty-five and beyond is reached, the discrepancy is remarkably great, the males numbering 169 and the females 369.
 A stranger difference still is noticed among the whites, the 1,180 excess of the males dwindling to an equality at about the ago of fourteen. and from then the excess of females grows steadi- ly for every year, tho average excess be- tween that age and seventy-five being about 1000 females. The death rate if therefore proportionately greater among the males than females, and like. wise greater among the blacks than whites, while births are proportionately the same with both races. The colored death rate of Georgia and other South ern States is from two to five per cent. greater than that of the whites. AtlGss- ta fGo.j Consultation.
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The Russellville Democrat., 1886-01-28

criminal negligence. am not to blame. My father sent mo here. Heavens! was this his sonp Ills gasped for breath, and awakened with . groan from the terrible nightmare. The man going out of the dooi pressed the trigger of his revolver and went softly down the stairs. His heart was beating so it almost smothered him. He entered the long parlors and was about to go as he came in, by the win dow. when, in the dim obscurity of the further end of the room, he saw a man standing--a man with face as white and desperate as lis own. Caught was hep Not yetP He took step forward So did the man. whose eyes were fast eued upon his. Another stop. They were face to face. He raised his right hand So did the other. The burglar fired. Crash! The stiffness of the night was rent apart by the horrid re- port! A rush of many feet-screams
 and the awakened household hastened to the spot But all they found was an open window and the great mirror at the end of the parlor slivered into . thousand fragments.
 Yes, they found one thing more. Kitty, the houscmaid, picked up an old cap-it had been worn long time and looked almost like boys cap.
 s.I see man wearing that there cap this very evening loafing on the corner opposite, ' she ended in 3 scream.
 "This will be clue for the police, ," said Colonel Rossiter, looking into the cap to sec if there was any name.
 What he saw there no one knows, but he was taken with fit of shivcring, just as Mrs. Rossiter who had been look ing about, screamed to him that his pocket-book was gone with all his money in it. They got him to bed. and sent for the doctor, who said it was con gestive chill, owing to the excitement. But it has been 8 great mystery to the servants why they were not allowed to ever mention the affair again, and that no steps were taken to recover the money. At the same time some efforts were made, as the following obscurely- worded Personal" in prominent paper tested;
 If the party who entered private dwelling house in this city, and took . pocket-book containing one thousand dollars in two five hundred dollar bills, will communicate with owner of said money, all will be forgotton and for given. Address in confidence. X. Y. c, at this office. "-Mrs. M. |. Raync, in Detroit Free Press.
The Russellville Democrat., 1886-01-28
TWELFTH YEAR.---NO. ?.
NEWS AND NOTES.

Minister McLane is very popular with the American colony at Paris. The New York post-ofiice employs more than 2,Q00 men.
 George Bancroft has library oi more than l2,000 volumes.
 Raney, the cosored cx congress man from South Carolina, is running q coal yard in Washington.
 "Let me write che ballads Of na- tion." sad wise man. 'sand care not who makes it's laws" This Ia true, and it may also he said that the discovery Of St. Jacobs Oil,-the conqueror of pain, has been ot more value to the world than the finding of comet.
 Mrs BrownIow, widow ofth spar son" ex-governor and United States senator. is still l,v.pg in the Brown. low homestead, Knoxville, Tenn. She has with her one daughter. all the other children are scattered oyer the couDtry.
 A MIDWIFE of long experience writes: The Holmes Llniment, or Mothers Friend. is truly blessing to mothers. In every case that have used it, the labor pains have heen less, and the mother left iu a good condition to recover.
 Send for our Treatise on s'Health and Happiness oi Woman;'' mailed free.
 BRADFIEID KEGuL ,ToR Co.,,
 Atlanta, Ga,
 Three ladies in Vermont, O., hid $2.000 worth of jewelry in the ash barrel and then sold the ashes for 10 cents The ash man declares that he didn't find the vaiuables and they arc probably lost forever.
The Russellville Democrat., 1886-01-28
NEWS AND NOTES.

-"
 In Zululand good-looking young woman Is worth eight or ten head of cattle.
 North Dakota has 100 newspapers. Nothing else can thrive so well there.
 Miss Catharine Wolf, the wealth. fest spinster iu the country, has $l5, 1000 ,000.
 It is now said the pedestal for the Bartholdi statue will be ready about April l. It is a suspicious dste.
 IL is fact too well known to be denied, that if it was not for Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup hotel proprietors in Florida would put thelr rates up to ten dollars per day.
 Mining enterprises employ $S00,- 900, GOO capital in the United States and produce over $400. GOO, 900 worth of metal.
 "Am delighted with Tongalinc; it is the remedy for neuralgia So says Wnid Howard, M. D., Boonville, Mo-, and physicians gencnerally have warmest words of praise for this almost infallable remedy for neuralgia, rheumatism and headache. For ladies subject to nervous, neu- ralgic or sick headache Tongaline has no equal.
 "How to be Happy Though Mar ried" is the alarming title of a vol ume that has been presented to the Princess Beatrice.