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Has Married Man Any Rlghtsa :

"I sayp said friend, the other day,
"you are an old hand at it. I Ionlygot
married the other day, and don't under
stand much about the business. But has
q married man any rights when he once
assumes the hymeneal responsibilities.
"Rights? Yes, lotsl Hes right to
pay all the bills, too" &
"Stopl I mean this. Let me give
you an instance. Every box and drawer
and portmanteau, and in fact every
available receptacle of every descriptions
is stuffed full of my wife's property, and
when I want to put away few cuffs and
collars,
"Hold hard | I know what you mean.
Listen, young man: If your bed-Ioom
were two hundred yards long, and lined
from the floor to the ceiling with drawers,
and you wanted place to stow away q
couple of shirts, you couldn t find nook
that wasn't filled with the hairpins, frizs
zers, pads, scentbottles, old gloves, pow.
der pufs, rings and things. So just
accept the inevitable. Wrop your per-
sonal property in an old newspaper or
some brown paper, and hide the parcel
under the bed"
He smiled loudly and ironically, and,
passed on, wiser If not Q better man,
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THE ROUND LAKE SUMMER SCHOOL.

Round Lake, the celebrated camping
ground, near Saratoga, is to be the seat
of summer school this year-the School
of Methods and Practice. There will be
a department of industrial art-includ-
ing clay and sand modelling, phonogra-
ply, type writing and penmanship; a
department of fine arts-drawing, paint
ing and music; of oratory of language
English, Anglo.Saxon, French, Ger.
man, italian, Spanish, Latin, Greek and
Hebrew; of natural science; of history
and economics; kindergarten, and a
model primary and intermediate school.
Heretofore the summer assemblies at
Round Lake have been occupied with
religious or temperance meetings, but
now education, which is really the twin
sister of religion, is to have place on
its program. Round Lake will ever be
a popular resort, Christian in character.
This has been, is, and will hc it's glory.
But it must broaden its spirit into noblcr
catholicity and become ministry to the
deep intellectual cravings of heart and
mind. Religion and education must
work together for the enlightenment and
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A Rare Bird.

County Auditor Percival, who has ac'
ouired quite a reputation as collector
Of natural curiosities, has the most re-.
markable rooster on record. be bought
the cock and two hens several months ago,
cd ehout four weeks since the rooster
showed s sions 81 oiT'wrsspting to set, taking ms
Macao nlsca on nest and staying there eon.!n.
uously for several days. Captain se.s,a Sad
al having his attention called to 1t, m's'
five eggs put in the nest, expecting,
however, that the gentleman fowl would
soon tire of his self.imposed maternal
duties. To the surprise of every one,
however, the rooster continued to set
until the allotted time for incubation
when four little chicka came forth to
greet his anxious and persistent care.
He has since shown all the care for them
which any hen could scratches for them,
calls them with rather base attempt at
cluck. but which the little chicks
recognize as readily as if he was she,
and at night he gathers them as regularly
under his wings as though he had been
used to the business all his life. Coca.
sionally, as if TO assert that he is still q
rooster, be crows Justify, and will leave
the chicks for few moments to show
some little gallantries to the hens in the
ward. quick returning to look after his
few orphans again. Altogether it Is q
remarkable case of departure from AMI
NAL instincts, and is rather startling
manifestation of the doctrine of evolu.
tion.-Glum6ia Register.
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WHO Burned Columbia.

EDITOR COLUMBIA REGISTER AS
the Northern papers have again revived
the question as to who burned Columbia,
| it may not be out of place to state few
facts which came to my own knowledge,
and which have never been published,
although it is pretty we'll known and
even conceded by the North that Sher-
man was the destroyer. My father, who
remained in Columbia during its occu.
pancy by Sherman, and whilst standing
on the. front porch on the evening of the
18th, with Major Whitner of Mount
Pleasant, Iowa, whose headquarters we're
at our residence, observed some signals
across the river and asked what was the
meaning of those signals. The Major
said:
"Mr. Niernsee, your city is doomed.
That is the signal for the 18th corps to
enter the city and commence the work of
destruction, and would advise you i'm
mediately to take your family to place
of safety, for it is not safe for them to
remain in the city"
Besides this, myself, my brother Geo.
and Flynn Davis we're the last OF Hamp-
toms cavalry who left the city. When
we left ne saw Mayor Goodwin and the
late John Agnew in barouche riding
out Main street to meet Sherman's ad-
vance guard, and when we turned into
Elmwood avenue, by Judge Persons
house, Sherman's advance was entering
the city. I distinctly remember that at
that time there was no sign OF lire IN the
streets or elsewhere, and we had passed
through the principal streets, in which
bales of cotton were piled, and noticed
that very few bales we're broken or scat
tered.
Also, following up Mr.. Elkins' remarks
in this mornings issue in regard to
Hampton's letter restraining Sherman
from shooting any more prisoners, l can
freely verify the same. I was taken
prisoner in fight between Liberty Hill
and Lancaster Court House, South Caro-.
lima, and confined in Lancaster Jail with
some seventy five or one hundred other
Confederates. Whilst in Jail, was COM
PEELED to draw lots as to the number OF
some ten or twelve who were to be shot
in retaliation for some of Sherman's men
who we're said to have been murdered by
Hampton's men. We all drew, and
those who got the ill-fated numbers were
detailed out, but the shooting was never
carried out. Afterwards I learned that
General Hampton's letter was the cause
of the order being rescinded. | was re-.
captured by General Hampton in fight
at Rock Fish Greek, near Fayetteville,
N. @. We were all confined in pen
built Of rails, ataaiiaaiiHHg about l60 Con-
federateR. The guard on seeing, Hamp'
ton charge in our direction, and seeing
that we were about to be released, deNio..
erately, at pointblank range, emptiedd
their rifles into u. and then took to their
heels. During my captivity l repeated.
ly heard Nlhe men say that they had
license to do AS they pleased whilst in
South Carolina, and time and again l
saw them fire dwellings, barns, etc, and,
in fact, anything that would burn was
set on fire. But their ferceness seemed
to subside as soon as North Carolina was
entered, although they did a great deal
of destruction in that State.
FRANK NIERNSEE.
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From Black to White.

Student, Seneca, S. c., to Atlanta
Constellation "Is there any authentic
instance of negro turning white?"
DR.. Hutchison, of New York, tells OF
case that occurred in 1851. The sub.
ject was slave belonging to Mr.. B., in
the neighborhood of Marshal, Salina
County, Missouri. BE had been born in
Kentucky of negro parents, and was,
himself, perfectly black until he was
twelve years Of age. At the time DR..
Hutchison was called to see him he was
for.y.fve. At twelve portion Of skin
an inch wide, encircling the head within
the edge of the hair, gradually changed
to white, and so did the hair covering
the portion. A white spot next appeared
near the inner canthus of the left eye,
and from this the color gradually extend
ed over the face trunk and extremities,
until it covered the entire surface. The
complete change from black to white
occupied about ten years, and but for the
hair, which was crisped or woolly, no
one would have supposed, at this time,
that the mans progenitors had possessed
any of the peculiarities of the negro, his
skin presenting the appearance Of that
of healthy, fair complexioned Euro
pean. When he was about twenty-five
years old, dark brown or copper 'colored
spots began to appear on his face and
hands, being limited to those portions of
the surface which were exposed to the
light. He had the measles and whoop-
ing cough when black, and had them
both again when white. This recurrence,
though remarkable, was not unprece..
dented in the same person. The color of
his eyes remained jet black. With the
exception of chronic rheumatism and
the occasional illness mentioned, Joe, as
he was named, enjoyed excellent health:
DR.. Hutchison obtained the history of
his case from the subject himself, and
from Mrs. B., q respectable and intelli-
gent lady in whose family Joe was born
and raised.
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An Infants Peculiar Death.

About twelve miles from the. city, iin'
the upper section of the Couyt last;
Wednesday night, the nine.moaths hs.oM
child OF VIM. Eaton met Its death under
circumstances that are unique In the an:
mails of death by accident. During the
night, while the babe was sleeping By tho
side of its mother and on the edgeof thes
bed, next to the wall, it rolled of the
bed, and being caught between the rail-S
ing of the bed and the wall of the roorn,S
hung suspended there until the small Isum
of Its young life 7as breathed away. The,
cries of the child failed to awaken the
mother and when she arose in the morn.l
ing it was to find her infant hanging by
its neck lifeless corpse. The grief Of.
the mother was hcart.rendfhg, and rem.
dered doubly intense by The dreadful
manner of the babes death GrasnviiS
Metus. "
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How Did They Know?

A writer in Land and Water says: I
saw a curious case recently of what l
may call the hereditary instinct" of
animals. was in field in which there
we're some FIVE and twenty COWS and a
bull grazing. 1t was Sunday, and all was
quiet and still. I heard low roar or
below. 1 thought it was the bull, but
every animal in the field lifted its head
and left off grazing. There was another
loud roar, and all the COWS began walking
towards and "centreing" on the bull, just
as if they were going to mob o dog. and
while 1 remained watching them they
kept at attention" not resuming their
grazing. Wombwell's menagerie was
about q quarter of mile from the field,
and the roar was the roar of lion: 1t
must have been hundreds, aye, perhaps
thousand of years since the ancestors of
these cattle heard the roar of lion, but
still they recognized it as nm enemy.
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Not Called to Preach 5;

An exchange relates the followin
good stories Of candidates rho thonghts
they lad received calls to preach theges
pei: 6
a young man Of African descent offer
ed himself to the church asa minister,
stating that he had q dream in which het
plainly saw G. P. G. in large letters,
which he interpreted to mean go and
preach Christ. Ayenerable brother Wh0s
did not have very exalted view of his;
young brothers. qualifications spiritually
or mentally, said he did not doubt the
vision and the letters, but his interpretss
ton of G. P. G. meant to. go plow corn
and 20 pick cotton. That settled the
matter and the church advised the young
aspirant for ministerial honora to follow:
the vision as interpreted by the venerable
brother.
A good many years ago John Smith
familiarly called "Raccoon John, = Vas
pastor of church in Eastern Kentucky
a half.witted enthusiast applied fos
license to preach, and all the persuasions
and efforts of the deacons and members
failed to induce him to abandon theidea.
He honestly believed he was called
The church was sorely perplexed when
the pastor arrived on his monthly yisits
When the matter vas stated to him, he
advised the brethren to let it come upsins
conference. At the proper time, the
young man, who happened to have very
large feet, presented himself as 8 csndi-
date for the ministry. My young
BROTHER" said the preacher, .if prove
by the Bible that you are not called soi
will you withdraw your spplisasss
lion 7n->SSYes," he answered without hss.ss
itation. Opening s the Book st RomsgssS
x:5, Mr.. Smith read: "How BeSutifll
are the feet of those who preach hal
gospel of peace" Pointing to the pair,
of number twelves before him, he added
"your feet can not be called beautiful
brother" The argument was conclusive
and had the desired effect. Fl
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inspiration of all society. knowledge is
power. Mind Graves it. The ambition
Of the age is to know that we may do

inspiration of all society. knowledge is
power. Mind Graves it. The ambition
of the age is to know that we may do
aud be.
The assembly, as at present managed ,
aims at this by its normal work and
lecture system. In this it has done good
work. But the time has come to double
its teaching power, and touch other needs
of other hundreds, who, having never
had good educational advantages, yet
hunger for knowledge, and now having
the leisure of few weeks of summer
vacation, can take up long.neglected
lines of study for mental and social cul'
ture.
The school will be under the director
ship of Prof. j. 81. Worman, Ph. D., the
author of the noted series of language
books. This will afford an opportunity
to the teachers who have used his books
and are desirous of studying with him,
or those whom he has trained, an oppor.
tunity of doing 80.
The faculty includes over forty we'll.
known teachers and as many eminent
lecturers. The attractions of the place
ore we'll knoNn-a beautiful grove on
the borders of Round Lake; and its
location is directly on "the Broadway of
American Life"-the route from Albany
10 Saratoga, Lake George, and the Adj.
ronacks Cd. & 81. G. Co. R. r. Special
rates will be made for those attending
the school, and every Saturday there
will be excursions to the neighboring
places of interest. Mr.. j. y. Rogers, of
Round Lake, N. Y, will send circulars,
or the Round Lake Journal to all appll.
cants.
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Sometime.

All | sad and dreary must be the heart
to which that word sometime" brings
no joyful anticipation.
TO the most of us it is sweet song,
murmuring to and fro among the topmost
bough of hope, filling the whole air with
such Joy and gladness as do the songs OF
the birds when the summer morning
comes out of the darkness, and day is
born again to the world.
1t is possession of the future. There
is the soft music, and the sweet, fragrant
flowers which our hands would fain grasp,
while now We can only catch the faint
perfume, and hear the melody as far-off
strain.
To one this possession is homestead
over whose roof no shadow falls, over
whose threshold no voice of sorrow is
ever heard; to another it is palace built
upon eternal hills, proud In grandeur of
spires and pinnacles; again, to the worn
and weary, i. is.a season of complete rest
and to ali is an untiring enjoyment.
It is most fit subject for the most
fervent petition, to pray to be delivered
from the despair which comes when hope
in the future, In the "sweet sometimes" +"
is lost.
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The higher schools have direct fin
fluence upon the lower, and all improve.
ments in one cannot fail to benefit the
other. Pestalozzianism is as applicable
tothe university professor as to the prima-
ry teacher. When the first impetus was
given to improved methods by Comenius,
Froebel and Pestalozzi, the lower schools
only were reached, but it was soou found
that natural methods were even more
satisfactory in their results when applied
to the study of fishes, Greek transations
and astronomical Investigations. Empi'
rical teaching was cnce all but universal.
The book containing the letters was
given to the infant with the command,
aLearn them." Another book, full of
remarks and exceptions. was given to the
college lad with the same command,
"Learn them" The aim was. storing
the mind with useful knowledge" When
Agassiz came to Harvard he astonished
the book teachers by bringing his pupils
into direct contact with objects. Nature
was his book. The book of written and
printed pages was made by observers.
Agassiz was pure Pestalozzian; 80 was
Lowell Mason; so, in measure, was
Horace Mann; 80, in truth and reality,
was David Page; and, in verify and
force, so is Col. Parker. Among the
universities no other is SO truly Pestaloz.
zian as Johns Hopkins. Its laboratories,
apparatus, books, everything is for the
purpose of use in investigation. Jour-
mails of mathematics, philology, history,
biology, and chemistry are printed for
the purpose of publishing what the
students have found out. Investigation
is the law of the school. Johns Hopkins
will grow, because it is founded on a
correct educational principle-because its
basis is upon the rock, '"That method Of
teaching is the best that leads the pupil
to investigate for himself" f."-SchooI Jour-
nnl.
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We are very glad indeed to 6ud that
the teachers whose privilege it was to
attend the Institute have carried into
their school rooms many of the ideas and
much of the inspiration gathered while
in attendance upon its exercises. At ST..
Paul, Miss Minerva Drake is doing tbe
best work of her life. We were not in
the house a minute before we had ocular
demonstrations of progress in the way of
accumulated pebbles and sticks for object
lessons. We are confident that in the
hands of Miss Drake the reputation of
that school will be fully sustained. The
school at Brushy Greek is in good hands
and starts off we'll with twenty-five pupils
enrolled. There we find some first rate
homemade desks. They are not what
might be desired, but are infinitely better
than the rough slabs found at other
places.
Mr.. Bagwelps school is large and
promises increase of numbers. He
thinks he will have about one hundred
and twenty-five as soon as the people are
all through work. Of course the Trus.
tees will give him an assistant. No one.
man can teach that number of scholars
successfully in this country. We do
hope the patrons will see that Mr.. Bag
we'll is better equipped for the work he is
trying SO faithfully to do. He has a
little blackboard about eighteen by
twenty.four inches very good size for a
slate, but a poor apology for black
board. How man can teach school
nowadays withouta blackboard, we can't
zee. We again express the hope that
some of Mr.. Bagwell's most thoughtful
patrons will look after this matter rs
aoon as they are through with their crops.
1t would be impossible to estimate the
value of black. board, which need not
cost at the outside seyenty-fve cents.
AT Brushy Greek they have very excel
lent blackboard, and we found that the
teacher knew how TO use it to advantage.
At Shiloh we found capital new
house furnished with good black-boards,
but the irrepressible slab seats were on
hand.
At White Plains, there is very little of
anything to be found but teacher and
a host Of children. In the first place,
there is very poor excuse for house.
There is no lack Of ventilation, which at
this season is not Objectionable. Mr..
Vermillion has no tools to work with. I
wonder that he doesn't leave the whole
thing in disgust. We might as reasona-
bly expect dentist to do good work
without any instruments except a broken
bladed barlow, as to look for good results
from Mr.. vernillion's labors. 1t takes
a man with determination. to try to
teach in such house and with such
tools, or, with no tools. The teacher
regrets that be did not attend the Insti.
tute. Just two days at the Institute
would have benefited him aud the chill.
tlren and the community more than all
the work he will do there thissummer
without its help.
Mr.. johnson moves of. we'll at Prince.
ton. He took in the Institute, and
certainly moves on a higher plain than
he occupied last tsession. We expect to
find the result of much good work there.
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- "I'd pity you if 1 were your
mother" said n lady on the street to a
young boy whom she observed commit.
ting some mischief. $50 you ought to,
and so would everybody pity me, if l
had such terrible.lookiDg mother as
you."
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Prof. Watkins and Miss Virginia Ro-
samond will attend the State Normal at
Grceuville. We wish more of our
teachers could be there-none of US can
get too much training of this kind.
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"A New York woman, who is fond of
notoriety, has had the hoofs of her horses
gilded, and they create sensation when
driven in Central park.
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= Nellie (who has just been hustled
out of her chair b! her small but OBJ
streperous brother)-"Do you see, mann.
ma! Herman is such a naughty boy !
| do wish, dear mamma, you would bo
more careful in the selection of your
childrenW
"A boy in Hancock County, Tcnncs-
see, shot aud killed himself to save him.
self a threatened whipping.
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'TE;A6HE'BS'Go4UMN
j. G. CLINKsCALEs, EDITOR.
Il. S. Thompson, one of our colored
teachers, is in Columbia attending the
State Institute for colored teachers.

Mr.. Belcher regrets that on account of
the sickness and death of bis little
daughter be could not attend the Insti.
tute. He has our sympathies.
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- In q Chinese village during time
OF drought n missionary saw a row of idols
put in tho hottest and dusticst part of
ihc road. lie inquired the reason, and
the natives answered, "We prayed our
gods to send us rain, and they wont; so
we put them out to see how they like the
heat and dryness."
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A cur;ous freak of nature was

"A curious freak of nature was on
exhibition in the stables of Messrs. W..
R. Doty & Co. on Thursday. 1t was a
pig, born with all Its parts fully devel-
oped except its head. In the centre of
the head was one large eye, and just be-
low it was snout, resembling very much
the trunk of an elephant. It is needless
to say that it was dead, and was viewed
by large crowds during the whole day
Wnnsboro Ne1rs and Hfrald.