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the glob?, and by iom? of the foremost men of this country. This farmer is practically a scientific man. The point applies to all books on machinery. There are books whioh discuss machinery. It means that here is valu able knowledge which has been fovnd out by men who work on aaachinery. Well now, let your mind range just an wiHolv no ?An ?D~ ^ mo Jf VU picaoo# n UO" giu with what we have of Socra tea, then Plato, and take what we kave from Aristotle and Thucydidcfl and Herodotus and then take the poets. They give us - the sum and substance of the knowledge which had been accumulated by men in their time. Take Plutarch's Lives. You can obtain more history by reading Plutarch's I.ivAn mr?r? ~c ww aMv/k o uia uv/1 y U1 \ the old Greeks and Romans? than you can by the old mode, because he has given us the sum and cubstauce of the accumulated experience of the greatest men up to his time. Passing to the Roman side?Tacitus especially, I?ivy, Horace and Virgil?you fiud that they give you the accumulated experience of the old Komane, Cicero gives you the aimple thinking of the Romans iu his day and time. The Romans did not have any ideas at all but > - what you will find iu the writings ?f Cicero. He gives yo-* the past. This applies to our own literature. Why it Shakespeare so valuable? Because he has learned the whole scale of human experience, and the marvel will always be how he did it. , He absorbed ideas ; if there Iwan nn? there, he absorbed it. In his pro* (tactions he selected just such olements from the experiences of men are realized at some time or other by more or less of the human race. A book then has no walue except in so far as it is the real exponent of life, and we ought to look at it from that (standpoint. Sometimes we say we are very busy with our work, and that may be so, but as long ?ls a man can do that, he will do it. You will excuse me for referring to myself. During the lapt week or ten days I hare |had a Rood many things to do on account of sickness aud had to do some ftiousehnlft x*rnr\r 1 ~ .. v#? ? iujooii [lernonaily?1 do not want to go into details here before these ladies, they might ask some questions? bat at odd moments I read the life of David Crockett, Thomas Hughes' life of Alfred the Great and the story of Siegfried and ne or two other books, d SHBi < A good book is something that ae elevating and helpful and gives ? the life of many, many men in different ages. 1 do not know JwheuJJIJJhave ^ been more inter??i?H I _ .m.v.,v.?V44VUMU4|TTUOU I read David Crockett. There are some things in the book that are objectionable. He believed in taking his drams, but with that and ons or two other exceptions he was a great man. You remember he perished at the Alamo. Only two that were in the fort were saved. They were Mrs. Dickinson and a negro serwant. This book tola of Crockett's skirmish with buffaloes and f his deer hunts. All of this is fine v educational material for boys. Now that is my conception of mhat a book is; so that you may take one hundred of the best Ixioks and they will put you in possession of the experience of the race so that the individual is enlarged and enriched by the ex perience of the race. We are the richest people that Uie bod ever shone upon and we Advice to the Negro By One of His Own Race? Dr. Warner's Lecture in the Colored Graded School. Reported lor The News. The lecture delivered by Dr. A. J. Warner, of Charlotte, Fri day night in the colored school building was very practical and met the approval of the large and appreciative audience that heard it. He said in part: As a race we have much to be proud of and much to hope for. We should seek the friendshiD of all nt r?nr i - ? - V/M* neighbors and try to make the best of life. We have always had friends as well as enemies. We must not allow the vicious vituperations of Mr. Dixon and others of his type to excite us. It is true that his sayings together with his lamous exhibition may somewhat intensity the already strained relation between the races, for a short time. I don't think we have anything to fear. I learn that Mr. Dixon's exhibition has not been well received by many of the good white people of the South. We should look elsewhere for enemies. The "carpet-bagger" taught us that our only friends were in the North and we had little enough sense to believe him. Had we been taught then to make friends with our tormer masters it would have been much better for us. We have now learned that ignorance is never to rule intelligence, nor poverty to rule wealth. Many would-be leaders ot our own race have gone North and paiuted the condition of the race in the south to be much worse than what it really is. They are enemies. Their object is to get money. Thousands of our people go I North and West annually. They are filling up many of the large ciues. They claim to be seeking better conditions. Many of them are ignorant uud shiftless. They make a bad impression and hurt us all. They are our enemies. The best type of the race is to be found here in the south, buyiug land and building homes. There is great competition in labor now and we must show ourselves worthy of the position we hold as laborers, by doing our work intelligently. If we neg lect our work for pleasure and continue to show too little regard 1 for a contract, our places will be filled by Poles, Sweeds and Scan* dinavians. We must not allow such a condition ever to obtain. Dr. Warner gave some good and wholesome advice, which it heeded will result in much good. He declared that the young peopie of the race are doing well and that they noed more encouragement and less abuse. J. L. Black. ! i ought to apnreciate it and we ought to use it and we ought to make it richer and we ought to make it better than it wan when we received it, and we can do that at leant by helping to circulate that which we have received from the winent men of the pant. Thin is my conception |of what a book in, and I believe it in a correct one. I Dispensary Profits Dry Counties do Not Want to be Deprived of Funds Now on Hand. Columbia Record: The dispensary fight against tl r* i me rmce ihw by Messrs. Belling er and Welch and John G Cap era is on again. Major Robert H. Welch appeared before Ohiel Justice Y J. Pope at Chambers in Newberry yesterday and secur ed two orders in connection with this matter. In both ina'tera the petitioner is Adam Aull, a resident taxpayer of the county ol Newberry. In the first petition he sets out that out of the net income derived by the state from the sale ot liquors in this state under the dispensary iaw. after annnrlir?uinc th?* ? "?-. ? 11 i-> icir"lcu amount to the deficiencies exist, in^ in the various counties of the state, there is still remaining in the state treasurer's hands, sub ject to payment on the warrant of the comptroller general, a large surplus subject to apportionment by the comptroller general, and he contends the common schools of Newberry are entitled to a portion of said surplus That the said comptroller general threateus, aud is about to so apportion said surplus fund, as to deprive t he common schools of Newberry of any part thereof, and refuses to draw his warrant in favor of said schools for any amount whatsoever. Miss Lilla Quighey, teacher in the Memminfier School, Charleston, died suddenly in her class room last Friday. President McCurdy, of the Mutual Life Insurance company, has had his salary cut, at his own request, from $150,000 to $75,000 a year. The store of J. E. Krown, in AiKen county, whs blown up with powder Thursday night. The residence of Mr. B. Frank White, in Yorkv lie, was burned Friday morning. More than one hundred per ?Dns were drowned Sunday morning by the sinking of a steamer in the British channel Notice to nil Persona Indebted to the Lancaster Mercantile (Jo. I As you woll know, wo made some business changes the first of last year, and it is absolutely necessary that we must collect all past due notes and accounts in order to settle with the late members of our concern ; therefore, we now ask our friends, whom we have been so liberal with, to now make arrangements at once to pay us. All past due notes and accounts not settled promptly will be placed in the hands of our lawyer for collection. Yours truly, tf Lancaster Mercantile Co. i bMAiij , so years' fry oirpip^np Pm | I RADC MARKS Designs rf Copyrights Ac. Anyone sending a sketch and description mar gutokly ascertain oar opinion free whether an Invention la probably patentable CommunlcaUonaitHctlyeonndentfal. HANOWOK on Patents sent free. Oldest agency for seeSrtnepetents. Patents taken through Mnnn A Co. receive vpcctnl nodes, without charge, In the Scientific American. A handsomely Illustrated weekly. largest circulation of any sclentlflo Journal Terms, $3 a WfSsSlEff MONEY TO LOAN. I am prepared, as usual, to negotiate loans, on Improved cotton farms. In Hums of 300.00 an* upward* for Ave years. Interest at 7 per I cent on sums of II,000.00 and over. Under 11,000.00 8 per cent. Interest. No brokerage J or commission charged?only a reasonable fee for abstract of title. , . d R. E. WYL.IE, K Attomev-at-Law. * i] t Town Properly for Sale. ? The following lots in the town of Lancaster, S. C., belonging to the t estate of the late Mrs. Julia A. Tay- a lor will be sold at public auction at o Lancaster court house the first Mon- v day in December next, to-wit: ti The vacant lot corner of Chester- y Held Avenue and Market street, lying / West ofL. C. Lazenby's residence, t containing 3 acres?lot-capable of k division into several desirable build- o ing lots. t Also lot, with commodious, 2-story t dwelling thereon, south of Lancaster v & Chester Ky. depot, formerly occu- b pied by Col. II. O. Moll wain. f A perfect, guaranteed title will be d given purchaser or purchasers. The d heirs of Mrs. 'laylor being all of age e will join in execution of titles. v WALTER S. TAYLOR, 'J MRS. II. G. MCILWAIN, y MISS JULIA A TAYf.np .1 B U K HO UG H S T A Y LOH, Heirs of MRS. JULIA A. TAYLOR. rssr ^ "^''OU can hurry me all yoi ^ A stuff for your THANK thing you can name that yo ^ and get your orders filled cor ^ ries, Olives, Cranberries, Cran ^ Catsup, Preserves, Saratog ^ Cakes and Crackers, Cheese, J Dates, Citron. Just anything ? Huyler's Candy | J. B. MAC [wan I Tim Trailing Pi IftiftV i I We have the Big Cheapest Stock of ever had. Webou cotton was chea higher prices, ai such being the ca more goods than u Our stock of ORESS / S NEW AND We pride ourselv medium-priced lii ING in the town well-assorted and GENTS' FUH And at prices tha tion?quality cons When you think of rTr?> Think of us. We carry thei styles and quality. We ha Shoe for men, and Kippendoi pair guaranteed. Give us a call; we welcc or not. Yours, with Honest Goo? Funde 1 .St Notice. To the overseers of the Publto s Loads of Lancaster County. 1 a (tain ask you all to warn out our bands and work each of your ections of the public mads, as many ays as the law renuire* ?>r until et yeur road in goou condition. I rant to find that each section of road [i the county is worked good between his and the last day of Movembefc. is you all know you can't do muon ood working the clay roads during he winter months. The grand jury held a meeting oh he first Monday in September last nd requested me to give notice to all f the overseers to put four days' Fork on each sectiou of road by the rst Monday in Oct. and for each of ou to make a report to me that day ind I did so, but many of you failed o work or to make any report. So 1 indly ask you all to read the report f the grand jury at the last term of he court. You will see by that report hat they want to have the roads Forked better than they have ever ieen in the past, or have the law enorced against any one who fails to lischarge his duty. Let every one lo his duty, and the law will not be nforced against any one. but otherwise, they say it must he done, ake due notice therefore and govern ourself accordingly. nespecuu'ly, M. C. Gardner Co., Supr. HURRY! J HURRY! I i want to; I have got the 0 [SGIVING Dinner. Any- * u will want. Call on me 0 rectly and at once. Cher- 0 berry Sauce, Celery, Pickle, 0 a Chips, Candies, Honey, S Maccaroni, Nuts, Raisins, 0 I you want. J r for De Gals. ? Korell $ tedI iblic to Know | gest, Best and Goods we have ght goods when p, anticipating d. of course, tse, we bought isual. GOODS C 0 M P LE T E. es ou the best no of n t rvr rr ?v VI VliVlIl* t. We carry a up to-date line >NISHIN6S. I ,t defy competildored. >ES 1 n in an endless variety of I ndle the Forbush Cushion rf Shoe for women. Every >me you whether von 1mi? ? I is at Fair Prices. rburkCo.I