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swr-"- - " - ... 7 ? yf /v ^ * ' : * - f 7^ I . >f, , The Abbeville Press and Banner. BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1894. ESTABLISHED 1844 Mode?t Demand. Mr. (S. A. Moore, chairman of the Federal Board of Elections of Abbeville County received Hie following telegram yesterday morninvc: Newberry. S. C? Nov. 13th, l?M. I demand your board u> throw out Latimer tickets lor congress because they do not K*y 54 h congress, If refused 1 give notice ot appeul to slate board of canvassers. "Robert Moorman." Of course Mr. Moore disregarded a request which was so foolish, and so contrary to equity and justice. Kale nf Vnlnsble Property. As Assignee and Trustee, Mr. J. R. Vandiver offers for sale the valuable property of the Bank of Lowndesville, of Mr. Franks, and of Mr. James M. Baker. Look among the advertisements and inform yourself on this important matter, so that you can act advisedly. c tha Plntono Stan. I I'.UIIUI OUIIU^ t/i kliw . lv?v?? tinel came over from Atlanta last .Saturday evening on theG.C. <& N. Vestibule on his way home he utopped over Saturday night Id Abbeville, while waiting to make connection with the <fc G. train which he look the next day. Mr. Boggs has many friends In Abbeville who arc always glad to see him. Card ofThnnkn. Editor Press and Banner : Will you allow us upaee In your paper to thank our frleud*, both whitea?<t colored, for tlielr kindness during and alter tbe burning of our home. We feel very nraterul to each and every one that helped ns. With best wishes to hII we remain, Very Respect lully, Mr and Mrs. Wrf. E. Bell. Gen. R. R. Hemphill was in Columbia last wt-ek, as a member of the committee to look Into the dispensary management. CALL TO FARMERS. Will They Ken pond to thin Effort In Their Proteetlou ? Th? Rmidev Convention, the object ol winch 1m u? devise and formulate plana by which the cotton grower* 01 the South can demand and receive a legitimate price for their cotton, Is to meet Id Atlanta, Gu., on the KIki lost. That Abbeville County may he represented in this all-lmporiaui convention and do her part toward* the furtherance of a scheme by which the South Is to be saved from financial rain and pauperism, we the undersigned, earnestly request all farmers and others In Abbevlhe County, who realise that nometblug must be done, that the products of our soil and labor may command at least a living price, meet in convention at Anbevii)? C. H., on Saturday 17ih Inst., at 12 m., for the purpose of sending a representative delegation of cotton growers to the Roddey Convention. 11. H. Hughes, J. A. McCord, J. B. Sample, B. P. Plnson, W.J.Moore, J. L>. Pace, ..R.T.Lea, J.Townes Mnbry, W. C Brown, J. A. Moore, S. C. Merriman. A. S. McKenzle, A. A. Arnold, B. S. Hodges, Q. B Riley, W. T. Jones, A. P. Calvert, J. U. Wardlaw, A. B. Ellis, J. C. Moore. EAILEOAD RACKET. t Itemn of Interest to Rnllroftd People aud Their Krlenda? Picked up Along the Roaul nnd About the Shop*. Mr. Joe Black, who has been doing (lay railing for quite a while. Is out on the road flagging lor Conductor Tom Capehart. Yard Master J. 8. Held of the Abbeville yard has returned Irom a trip to his old home down In Marlboro county. Engine 222 is now hauling the Elberton Shoo Fly and is manned by Engineers Hall and Kiuard. Engine 220 has just been turned out of the hope and 1h running on 88 and 41 on the Northend. Englueer Sam NeUler presides tn the cab. An extra train is being run this week from Abbeville to Colombia to accommodate those wishing to take tn the State Fair. The train leaves here at six In the morning and returns same day. Engine SOS Is being finished up in ttie shops by the machinist and painter's and will soon be ready for the road attain. Engines 11 and 227 are In the shops for repairs. Mr. Charlie Tribble. son of Conductor James Trlbble. is now doing day yard work on the Abbeville yard. A dinner was given In honor of General Manager John U. Winder by Mr. E. H. Spalding of Atlanta, at tbe Capital City Club in Ilmt city I&hiTuesday. The rouowing omcers of the Sei?>oard Air Line helDe present: Major John C. Wluder, Mr. John H. WinrW, M-\ V. E McBte, Mr. H. W. B Glover, j?.Frank J. Hoyle, Mr. Hodge H. E Uottand Mr. George C. Smith. Toasts were given and responded to by those present. Freight Ageot Frank J. Hoyle acted as toast master for tbe occhsIoi). The annual meeting of the stock bolder? or tbe G., C. & N. was beTd in Ailanta last week. No busines* that the public Ik interested Id w <* transacted Engineer Marshall has been on the sick list for the past week. Firemau Tobe Feizer of the Elbertlon Shoo Fly run came over from EibenoD Monday oiornlng and Hpent tbe day in town. Engineer George Dunbar, an old R. A D. Engineer who was with the Atlanta & Charlotte division for 12years, bas accepted a Job on theG., C. ?fc S. and l? now out learning the rood. Engineer J. L. Anderson, has lor Ibe past week been ruunlng 38 and 41 on the Southend. Engine 5'1. Engineer Sam Shiver's big Baldwin, was in the shops for some slight repairs last week. Mr. N. A. Clark, who has been Engine Foreman at Monroe for quite a long time, bas rAflicrnetl thai nnulMnn Miiri vnne Imrk to run nlug on thf road. Mr. T. B. Willis, for quite awhile Foreman at this poiht. and who resigned Home six months ago aud moved to Monroe, has again taken a position with 'he 8. A. L., and Is now night Foreman at Monroe. Engineer Hoibrook, an old Air Line Engineer. has gone to work on tbe G.. C. & N. and is now lettrninir the road. CapL. James Magheun, Superintendent of Motive Power department of the Seaooard Air Line, wliti headquarters at KaleigU, came down ou the Vestlble yesterday. Mr. YV. J. Hartman, tbe Air Brake expert ol the 8. A. L. Is in town. We are still holding on to low prices. We will give you tlrsuclass goods cheaper than you ever bought them. Tbey are straight goods and no dead or auction stock. W. Joel Smith A Sons. The latest 6tyles out are tbe seamless waist and are made by Mrs. Taggart. Mra. Taggart receives millinery every week. Dresses cut to fit and made to order on short notice by Mrs. Taggart. Fresh buck wheat flour to be bad at Living ion & Perrln's. Frulu of all kind at Livingston & Perrln's. Fresh cod flsh at Livingston <* Perrln's. Prime seed wheat Tor sale by W. Joel Smith & Sons, call on them and get wbat you want. If you haven't tried our 25c a dozen spoo' cotton (200 yards to the spool) you ought to. W. Joel Smith A Sons. - Id a Chinese restaurant iu Canton, enough dog stew may be purchased to feed a lot of Coolies for 10 cent#. This is black dog stew, which is better than that made from yellow dog. It is cooked with a tuft of the hair left on the end of the tail as an evidence of good faith. Cat meat is higher thau dog meat and rat meat costs less; but tabbies are killed only to order. PHILLIP S. RUTLEDQE. Xenrlnic the Gloomy 'NIIIm or Death. He who wax once a conspicuous figure In the uotei, the livery stable and s-Hge businens at Abbeville Is now far advanced in life, being well In his seventy-eighth year, aud too leeble to be ou our street*. He stays at the borne of bis daughter Mrs. C. V. Hammond, and Is now not seen at ail by tbe busy folk on the Public Square. Like a broken piece of furniture, be la thrown aside by the busy world, which forgets a man as soon as he Tails out oi ranks. His only solace is tbe love and . flection of a dutliul daughter, and his only coiufort Is the attention 01 those of her bouseuoid. His lack of averice lu his youth, aud his generosity wh,-u he was strong and vigorous, have left biui penniless lu his old age. Mr. Rutledge was born in Abbeville county May 16, 1S17. He commenced business lor uioiseit early in lite, and has beeu all these years distinguished for hlseuergetlc pursuit of business and for his honesty of purpose. He has always done the right as he saw it, but we believe has never been a communicant of any church. He delighted In handling horses, and often drove tbem, or traded iheiu. When be was h young man tbl6 country had no railroads. The old fashioned stage coacii was the means or public conveyance, aud In those days many men accumulated large estates In the stage business. He carried the mall in bis stage from Read^ River, twelve miles below Ltaurena L-oun nuuw m .luuciouurmc, iLi Anderson county. For tweniy-tlve years he drove a stage between points in North Carolina, through soutu Carolina to different pulu'8 In Georgia. in this business bo was contemporaneous with Mr. Wm. Verell. vofien calied Stage Verell) and Mr. Verell, like Mr. Hutiedge lingered long ou the stage of IIle after all iheir associates had passed away. Mr. Verell has been dead only a lew years, and when Mr. Rutiege pavies away, as Tar as we are In formed, all the old stage drivers of me olden ilmen will bave gone to their reward. Mr. KtUiidge, like all men whose dealings for a lifetime arewltb the public was gen- < erous aud kind to all men. In his own lam < ny he opened bis purse string and never denied them anything. Although he wa? himself (he rough unpolished aNbier, yet he I had a kindly bean beneath the rough ex- < terlor, and was Justly ambitious for the welfare ol bis children, to all of Whom be gave f a collegiate education He married Miss Mary Green, of Greenville county, in 1838. To them were born I eight children, tbree sons and five daughters, i The sous bave gone to their graves. Mrs, < Hammond, of this village, a daughter In I Sparlansbujg and one In Georgia, are all I that remain of the daughters. One of the daughters had a romantio career. When she was young and pretty, Mr. William Porn, the owner of the Horn gold mine, In this county, sought her band in marriage. The products of the mine made Mr. Dorn Immensely vealthy. and at the close of the war be owned two hundred ne- ' groes, and hu held lilies lo village lots lu various pariB of the State, while wide stretches o t farm lag lands la different sections p*Id tribute to him. He scarcely , kuew his wealth. But misfortune came and it was all swept away. Mr. Rutledge's tlrst wife died long ago, and he married the second time. Hts second wife has been dead several years, and he aiohe is left, broken in health, dlsoonsoiate, poor 16 purse, and odly waiting for the Reaper to bear hlra aw?y to new scenes In that undiscovered country to which we are all hastening. DUE WEST. Wedding Reception-Debating; Society? Prominent People, Etc. Due West, Nov. 12. 1 Every one I* feeling the cold wave. Mrs. M. J. Cain Ik in town with relatives. Mr. W. A. Clintock, of Ora, came over last Friday and spent a few days with bis many friends In town. Miss Nannie Todd, who Is leaching at Ora, came with him to visit her mothers family. The yoatig men of the Phllomathean Society bad arranged to give the public Iwo inter- ( eetlng speeches on Friday evening, November ' 2nd. but tbe heavy rain prevented a full at- . tendance. We regret that tbe young men J did uot have a fail bouse, Tbe speakers for ' the evening were Messrs. A. J. Hansom and J. . V. Black, of the Seminary. These young men had excellent addresses. Dr. John McBrlde, pastor of Greenville cburoh, will preach ut Woodlawn school house next Sabbath afternoon. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Bell were pained to hear of their loss by fire last week. They have the sympathy of our people , Mr. Hayne McDill, the popular furniture dealer of Abbeville, was np last Friday to atiend the reception at tbe Kennedy House. 1 Rev. R. L. Bell left last Friday for his work , in Georgia. He came by from Synod and , spent two weekB molt pleasantly with family ! and friends, ' Tbe Presbyterian has adopted tbe plan of i presentlOK its readers with a cut of some * prominent minister, accompanied by a sketch or sermon by. tbe same in each issue. Rev, O. Y. Bouner U In Gaston la, X. C.. , preaching for Rev. J. C. Galloway. Rev. F. Y. Press'y and Dr. Urler preacbeu , In the A. R. church last 8abbath. These two discourses were greatly enjoyed. Mrs. H.E. Bonner Is In Indiana, visiting a sister who is very slcfc. For some months tbe friends of Mr. J. T. McDill have watched and walled wlib Interest to see tbe result of his negotiations in Florida, when last week be returned from his t final trip, bringing with blm the Jewel he baB ( been seeking to obtain. All Joined In hearty , congratulations at bis success in winning so 1 fair a bride. Mrs. E. P. Kennedy, with whom Mr MkTiim hruiriiftl far a numberof Years. , gave tbe happy pair aud a few frlendB and ' relatives.a reception at the New Hotel. A , sumptuous supper wait served in style and i enjoyed by ail. Mr. McDill will be found at < Mrs. Jane Todd's tbe remainder of lbs year, ' and will with tbe new year begin keeping < bouse. R. S. U. ] THE TROJAN'S TOPICS. After R. S. O.?Manic In Mexico? j Preacher* lu Tennessee?Happy In Their Union?All Sorts of Persou- , la. Troy. S. C., Nov. 12. 1894. Jack Frost is reigning supreme, and has changed the attire of our beautiful park. Rev. T. W. Sloan will leave for Tennesee this morning to visit bis mother, hence no services in tbe A. R. P. Church until the 1st Sabbath in Deoember. Miss Bessie and Miss Leila Youngblood, of Winter Seat, were the guestsof Mrs.Qlover last week, Miss Eilie Smith, of Augusta, is tun c ainu. Miss Kate Tolbert. of Edgefield, Is visiting Miss Eva Doro. Mrs. 0. G. Prentiss and little Carrie May, are spending sometime In Greenwood. Dr. G. W. Piessly, of Cedar Springs, was In town Saturday night. He always nasakind word and smile for every oue. Miss Sarah and Miss Vlrgle Slbert are visiting In Beaufort. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Harris attended the mar-' rlage of Mr J. S. Harris and Miss Eva Smart. Rev. T. W. Sloan per formed tlie ceremony. Rev. J. J. Grler, of Abbeville, spent Thursday ulgbl in town, "We. won't tell thiR time." Mrs.T. P. Thomson and little Frank, of Abbeville, were down visiting relatives last Prof. McElroy has a good school, and is progressing nicely. We welcome tbem aud hope they have come to stay. Some of our farmers have killed bogs, and are enjoying sausages. MUs Onle Kennedy is teaching school near her father's Mr. A. B. Keunedy's. Where Is the price ol cotton. It is discouraging to the farmers. Rev. R. F. Bradley's house Is much improved since it has on a coat of paint. Mrs. John Beauford died near here last Friday and was curled at Long Cane Saturday. They have the sympathy of our commuuliy. Mr. Robert Hunter, of Hunters, S. C., passed through town last week on his way to Newberry with a drove of horses. we all enjoy reading u. w. u. s letters in me Frees & Banner, wish be would double the length of ibem. Dr. J. D. Neel has glveu the academy at Del. Maiz, Mexico, a handsome plauo. That is where his daughter, Miss Lavtnla In teaching. This is a nice gilt. Mr. Jennings, of Modoc. 8.C., is assisting Mr. O. U. Prentiss In the depot. Mrs. J. W. Doro is selling her millinery at( cost, give ber a call belore buying elsewhere. She will please you. "Nick" If you expect to ride or hunt this Reason go to w. Joel Smith & Sons for harness, saddles and guns. ROARING EOCKY RIVER. The River Thitl Snoreo ami the River That Sleeps. LowndeMVllle, S. C., Nov. 12,1801. Ml?8 Meta, Mi.-s Lena and MIsn Maud Brownlee, of Peuny's Creek, were here Monday and Tuesday, guests of Rev. H. C. Fennel. Miss Annie Kay bo r, of Beltoo, came over Monday and spent a day or two In town. Mr. C. T. Baker was called to Anderson Tuesday on business. Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Mnseley left for Atlanta, Oa., Tuesday, where the latter went lor treatment. Birth?Tuesday, to Mrs. 1). K. Cooley, a daughter. The election on Tuesday was a very quiet one, less than our uhuhI vote being polled, as wilt be seen by the returns, which will come our in ihu issue of the Press and Banner. there was dispensary about, so far as seen or smelted by this scribe. Rev. and Mrs. J. D. Crput, went to Anderson, Wednesday evening to the home of the mother of the last named, Mrs. \V. A. Hodges. | Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hawthorne went to Anson Friday and returned Saturday. Miss Maggie Brooks, of Warrenton, spent j several days last week, with the family ofj Rev. H. C. Fennel. Mr. Tom Cooley went over lo Wllllamston Saturday to see his home folks. About a week ago, Mr. H. A. Tennant killed a fine hog, salted it down nicely, and the next morning found out that it, bad all been stolen excepting one or two pieces. On Tuesday, Mr. A. L. Latimer had two large hogs, estimated by Judges, to weigh 250 pounds apiece, run over and torn up by the down train. Miss Lillie Huckabee bad quite a pleasant gathering of her young friends at her home Friday night. Rev. John T. Morgan who runs a public gin near Barn's Station, was unfortunate last week, with his colored hirelings, In that, two of them were badly burt?the one was smartly cut on the bands ami bead by the gin. A] day or two alter, this man's father when | questioned as to his sod's condition, said "he! is getting on all right, he's bard to kill, he was struck bv lightning a year or two ago, but It did not hurt him/' The other was run over by a wagon, which had upon It, a cord of wood, and he Is about as far from being dead 18 ever. For several mornings during the pant week we hid a killing Irost, and If the ground had been wet we would have bad some hard freezes. Killing frosts rarely come so late In reason. At this writing it Ik feared that many here had their potatoe crop damaged, as very Tew bad dug them. Troupe. A PUMPKIN STORY". rhe Debating- Society Dinennneii the the Convention. Jones, S. C., Nov. 10,1891. A delightful entertainment was given by Pbllologian Literary Society, last Monday Dlght in the academy. A large crowd was present and the participants distinguished LhemBelvesi well by having good subjects, and discussing them well. The society was called to order by the president E. A. Cooper, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain. The following program was rendered: Header?B. K Morrison. Declalmer?Wesley Morrison. We failed to get the subjects of the above. Essayist?W. A. Moore?Subject?"The Habit of Swearing." Origiuai Orator?J. H. Davie?SubJectr-"Our Country in the Nineteenth Century." Extempore Speaker?M. P. Culbertson?Subject?"The Southern Negro." This brought them down to the subject of debate. A Committee was appointed by the four *peaHers commuting or tne rouowmg gentlemen : J. F. Morrison, Foreman, JameH Dlardy, C. W. Brlssey, R. L. Golden and J. L. Martin. Subject for debate?"Resolved, Tbat the proposed Constitutional Convention should be Bold." The first speaker on the affirmative, R. A. hooper. First speaker on the negative, Dr. i SV. T. Jones, followed by a speech from the afSrmative by J. A. Morrison. He was followed >y J. H. Ulackwell, negative speaker. Each speaker was allowed two speeches and be dl8oussloD closed. The committee retired i indwasoata few minutes. Mr. .1. F. Morrison, the foreman, with his humor amused the mdlence a few minutes and then gave In the leclslon, which stood 13 to 16 In favor of the ifflrmatlve. Tomle Ooddard, of the Laurens side, Is nick of typhoid fever. Joseph Oulia who has been quite sick for lometlrae, will soou be able to be up. Mr. W. C. Brown, accom panleti by his wife, >ald a ^Islt to relatives here last Sabbath. J. H. Oulla has a pumpkin vine which Is 100 eet long and about 80 feet from the root of .be vine is a pumpkin wb'lch weighs 28 rounds, It is a close to the yard where the shlckens have eat everything like a "pumptin" off. This long vine run ofl down in the leldtofinda "pumpkin" that the chickens wouldn't find. Kev. D. H. Swindler could not meet bis ap>olDtmerit with the Sunday school last Sunlay evening. But 0. S. Price was present and nadeatalk. J.H.O. Jr. Jnpitnene Oirln. In a book entitled "Japanese Giris tad Women" an interesting account )f the duties of a daughter in the family iB given. , "If she is the eldest daughter, to the servant she is 'O Jo Suma,' literally, young lady ;'to her own brothers and listers, rAne San,' elder sister, i Should she be one of the younger jnes, her given name, preceded by the honorific O, and followed San, meaning Miss, is the.name by which she will be called. "As she passes from babyhood to girlhood, and from girlhood to womanhood, she is the object of much love and care and solicitude; but she does uot grow up irresponsible, or untrained to meet the duties which womanhood will surely bring to her. She must take a certain responsibility in the household, must see that tea is made for the guests, and in ail but families of the highest rank, must serve it. She must know the proper etiquette of the table how to serve carefully and neatly. "She also feels a certain care about the behavior of younger members of the family, especially in the absence of the parents. In all but the very wealthiest aud most aristocratic families, the daughters of the house do a large part of the simple housework. "In a house with no furniture, no carpets, no mirrors, picture-frames 01 glasses to be cared for, no stoves or furnaces, no windows to wash, no latest styles in clothing to be imitated, the amount of work to be done by women is considerably diminished, but still there remaius enough to take j a good deal of time. "Every morning there are the beds to be rolled up and stored away in the closet. Breakfast is to be cooked und served, aud marketing done. Of sewing there is always a good deal to be doue, for many Japanese dresses must be taken to pieces whenever they are washed, and are turned, dyed, and made over again and again so long at* there is a shred of the original material left to work upon. Then there are everv-day dishes which our Japanese maiden must learn to prepare. "The proper boiling of rice is in itself a study. The construction of various soups, which form the staple in. the Japanese bill of fare, the preparation of mochi, a kind of rice dough which is prepared at the New Year, or to send to friends on various festal occasions,?these and many other branches of the culinary art must be mastered before the young girl is prepared to assume the duties of married life. The Love of God. Like a cradle rocking, rocking, Silent, peaceful, to and fro, ! Like a mother's sweet looks dropping On the little face below, ilxngH the green earth, swinging, turning, Jarless, noiseless, safe, and slow. Kails the light of God's face bending Down and watching us below. And as feeble babes that suffer. Toss and cry, and will not rest, Are the ones the lender mother Holds the closest, loves the best; So when we are weak and wretched, By our sins weighed down, distressed, Then it is that God's great patience Holds us closest, loves us best. i O. great heart of God ! whose loving Cannot hindered be, nor crossed, Will not weary, will not even In our death Itself be lost. Love divine! of such great loving Only mothers know the costCost of love which, all love passing, Gave a Son to save the lost. Sax Holm. GRAINS. Unholy tempers are unhappy tempers. Sarcasm is bright, but it casts a shadow. Truth always lives in a house that is built on a rock. Big word9 often make a poor cloak cloak for a small idea. God's laws are never kept until they are written in the heart. God wante?man to gain in manhood rather than in possessions. Be careful of your actions, for they reveal your character. It is when the devil looks least like a devil that he is most daugerous. The fact that enemies are loved is proof that Christ has been on earth. A disinterested act of kindness is something the carnal mind cannot explain. Man can do everything with J hi on oic Kill lia mu.it nnt nftomnt. to Hn Wll J UUI. UV IMUOi MVV V > ? oo much with others. The man who has contentment lias something that will do a great deal more for nim than money. There is no sin so little, but that if it had the right of way and time enough, it would wreck the uniyerse. God never did, never will, never can make a mistake. His will and ways are always right. If a Christian's love has any special value, it ought to be operative at times wbeu a godless person's love would fail. If we could see things as they are instead of as they seem, we should be throwing away some things which we value, and reaching out after some flint, now we have no wish for. Wheii the mind thinks nothing, when the soul covets nothing and the body asketh nothing that is contrary to the will of G?d, this is perfect salification. Let him who prays suffer not his tongue to outstrip his heart, nor presume to carry a message to the throne of grace while that stays behind. The true Christian is like the sun, which pursues his noiseless track and everywhere leaves the effect of his , beams in blessing upon the world around him, All the way tup and down in the universe, union is strength and division is weakness. A family quarrel is fatal to family life. A household divided hath its end just ahead. How prone we are to think that one whom we dislike is acting in a wrong spirit, when he is obviously doing tmnri works! If we cannot deny the O"? - ? propriety of his conduct, we can at least sneer at his motive?. Be very slow to believe that you are wiser than others; it is a fatal but common error. Where one has been saved bv a ttue estimation of another's weakness, thousands have been destroyed by a false appreciation of their own strength. Remedy for Earache.?There is scarcely any ache to which children ( are subject, so hard to bearand difficult to cure as earache. But there is a remedy never known to fail. Take a bit of cotton batting, put upon it a pinch of black pepper, gather it up and tie it, dip in sweet oil and insert into tbeear. Put a flannel bandage over the head to keep it warm. It will give immediate relief. How to be Really Happy. I remember once listening to a sermon preached by Dr. Talmage. It is uow twelve years ago, but I never forgot one little sentence in it: "Slay where you're happy," writes ttuwara VV. Bok in au earliest discusion on the lessons to be learned from the past year's business depression in the November Ladies' Home Journal. It sounds trite to say that a contented mind is a man's or a woman's greatest possession, but it is as true now as the day it was first uttered. And we would all be happier if we believed it more than we do. We always show our own incapacity when we envy the capacities of others, and this is true of other people's possessions. Let others have what they choose and can earn; let us be content with what we haveor can have. The things we want most in this world are always those beyond our reach. Jf we had them we wouldn't be a particle happier ; we only think we would be. No matter how little we have, we always have plenty to be thankful for. And be cause tins passing year Das iioi oeeu as pleasant and profitable as we might wish for, is no reason why our Thanksgiving Day should be less festive or indicative of our gratitude. The worst part of our national depression is gone and has passed into history. Let us be content to leave it there. If we cannot be exactly as thankful as we might wish for the past year let us be grateful for the year before us. ' Flattery is like cologne water?to be smelt of, not swallowed. The man who hasn't a well-balanced ' head usually parts his hair in the middle. All things should be true to nature? a hornet that can't sting is a inelan\ choly failure. Sympathy. A very sweet story i9 told of the Prin cess of Wales concerning the death o Duke of Clarence. The princess wilh accustomed reticence tried to hide her grief at the loss of her first horn, and it showed itself only in her Jailing health and added thought for those about her. While walking near Sandringham with one of her ladies, she met one day, an old woman tottering uuder a load of bundles. On inquiry it appeared that she made her living by shopping in the town for the surrounding country people. "But the weight is too heavy at your age," said the princess. "Yes, you're right ma'am; I'll have to give it up and then I'll starve. Jack carried them for me, my boy, ma'am." "And where is he now ?" "Jack! He'sdead.'Oh, he's dead," cried the old woman wildly. | rne princess, witnoui a wora, uurried away, drawing down her vail to hide her tears. A few days later a neat little cart with a stout donkey were left at the door of the old woman, who now earns her living comfortably, but she never knew the rank ol the friend who made her life easy for the sake of the dead boy.? Boston Herald. A Wooden*LeKg;ecl Cow. A pennsylvainia cow rejoices in the distinction of a wooden leg. Having lost oue of her four supporters through a railroad train which cut it off below the knee, a veterinary surgeon took the wounded animal in hand, and through his skill and care her life was saved. A cabinetmaker completed the good work by manufacturing a wooden leg that seemed to answer every \ purpose ; and, when the stump of the leg healed, the artificial substitute was successfully strapped on. At first the cow persisted in hopping along on three legs, and holding the injured one up from the ground ; but before long j she grew tired of this, and cautiously tried the wooden one. At Jast accounts she was doing very well with it, although going about with a decided r limp; and she has the proud distinction of being the only cow in the world with a wooden leg.?Harper's Young People. c . c New Abbreviation. ( A lady tells a story of a young man who had come from the country to the i city in which she lived, and in a t short time fancied himself equal to I any social emergency. He never asked * advice upon questions of etiquette, v and in consequence he made many ? mistakes. At one time the lady issued a cards to a party, and among the in- v vited guests she included this rather I conceited and exceedingly awkward ? young man. He was to be out of town at the dale t of the party, and so was unable to o accept the invitation. At the foot of J the card he read the letters R. S. V. s P., and was much perplexed as to o their meaning. However, he was o nothing daunted by his ignorance, I and wrote a note declining the iuvitation in as formal and stilted terms as b he could command, and after signing u bis name, added the letters, M. S.It C. C. "a On bis return to tbe city, after tbe a party, went to call on the lady, and in c the course of the conversation asked, s "By the way Mrs. Clapp, what did c you mean by R. S. V. P. atrthe end of y tbe invitation you sent me ?' o "Why," replied the hostess, without a note of surprise in her polite t voice, "they stand for tbe French t phrase, Repondez, s'il vous plait? t Answer, if you please." g "Oh, yes! Well, I was all right, c theu !" said tbe young man, in a tone f of much satisfaction. "I thought I s should bit it in my answer!" i: "Now that you speak of it," said I his courteous hostess, I do wish to ask 1 what M. S. C. C. stands for. I can't imagine, and I can't lind any one who has ever seen tbe abbreviation used !" "Ob," replied her visitor, airily, "that meant 'Mighty sorry couldn't f come.' T should think that was plain ( enough!" lloncMt With Himself. | Little Fraukie was forbidden to [ touch the sewing-macuine, auu as ne was generally a pretty obedient boy, bis mother, auntie and his auntie's ' friend were much surprise! Jone after- } noon to liud the thread badly tangled ' tiud the needle broken. Frankie was, without doubt, the culprit, and he was ? called before the family tribunal of t justice. . "Frankie, did you touch the sewing- ' machine ?" asked mamma severely. "Yes, mamma," was the tremulous answer. He was such a mite, so frail 1 and delicate, so utterly helpless ad he s stood before us all with parted lips, 1 and bi? frightened eyes, our hearts < went out to him in pity. "Now, Frakie," continued his mother, "you f know 1 said I would punish you if you ] disobeyed me, and I shall have to keep < my promise." * , "Yes, mamma,"came in a trembling ( whisper. Surely the little fellow was | punished sufficiently, and yet we rea- j lized that justice must be forced. "It is a very Jong time since you forbade hir., tniii'h flip manhine: tier ha ns he ' forgot," suggested his aunt. "And if be forgot, that would make a ' difference, would it not ?" I ventured 1 to suggest. j "Certainly," answered his mother, 1 "did you forget, Fraukie ? I kuow my boy will speak the truth." There was a pause, and in that pause there was a struggle between right and wrong ; then came the answer with a passionate cry as though ^Ije struggle were almost beyond his puny strength: "Ob, mamma, mamma ! I did reiuem- , ber. I shan't make believe to myself." I Brave boy! How often we children I of a larger growth lack the courage of being honest with ourselves.?New, York Observer. In warming over potatoes or in using them in a salad there is an objection to a very mealy potato. (ierman potatoes are sold "in large cities for these purposes. They are small and,! like a new potato, will not crumble if cut in tubes or slices. If these potatoes cannot be obtained use mealy potatoes, but have them under-boiled, i II! Willi! Ill J. ALLEN SMITH. J. M. HAR President. ' ~ ~ a This cotton plant waR fertilized with cotton Reed meal. The above cut is an exact repro plants from same pla ,VE ARE PREPARED TO SUPPLY Hulls and M< a win riTTM trATTp rir C1UU Will \JI ^11 jf vui w ftW Pay Highest Market Cloves. From Zanzibar, the principal source >f the world's clove supply. The ilove-tree was recently introduced into the islands, and its cultivation is now heir chief industry. The seeds are planted in long trenches and kept well watered, and in he course of forty days the shoots ap>ear above ground. They are carefully vatered and looked after for two years, vhen they should be about three feet ligb. Then they are transplanted? ibout thirty feet apart?and well vatered until they become rooted. rrom that time they require only tfrdilary care. In five or six years theyj come into tearing, when they are of the size of rdinary pear-trees, and very shapely. 1 ^hen the young^lantation is a pretty ight. The leaves of various shades f green tinged with red serve to set ( ft' the clusters of dull red clove t iuds. The limbs of the tree being very irittle, a peculiar four-aided ladder is ] As fust as the budsare collected, j1 hey are spread in the sun until they 11 ssuine a brownish color, when they 1 re put in the slore house ready for aarket. A ten-year old plantation ; hould produce twenty pounds of j loves to a tree. Trees of twenty ( ears frequently produce upwards of >ne hundred pounds each. A peculiarity of the clove-tree is hat every part of it is aromatic, hough the greatest strength is in the iud. Besides the buds the stems are 1 ;athered, and form an article of comuerce, commanding one fifth the trice of cloves and having about the atne percentage of strength. To this s due the fact that ground cloves can >e purchased in the home market at a ower price than the whole cloves. H?iinehol<l Hints. Apply castor oil once a day to warts rom two to six weeks and they will lisappear. 'I'"' ??vliii?iru horseradish for .XIJ e>? ? he removal of the cough which follows the grip. Eat it at meals and >etweeu meals. Bread and cake bowls or any dishes u which Hour and eggs have been lsed are more easily cleansed if placed n cold water after usiug. Celery may be kept all winter by letting it in boxes tilled with earth md keeping it in the cellar. The dantwill grow and whiten in the lark. If cake is to be baked in sheets and lot to be iced, sprinkle powdered iugar over it before putting it into the iven. This will give a smooth sugary :rubt. A skewer will bo found to be of ?reat assistance in sweeping a room. S'othing else can so thoroughly dig >ut deposits of dust from dusky cor iers. "For still smaller recesses a bit )f twisted wire that started life as a lair-pin will be found equally effective. Keep a pair of scissors on a nail in he kitchen, and do not allow them to je taken to any other part of the house if you have to resort to tying them there. They are often needed, and it is waste of time to be obliged to run to some other part of the bouse for another pair. A delicious drink can be made by taking three bananas and rubbing them through a sieve and then adding the juice of one lemon. Pour over the pulp a half pint of boiling water. When cold stir it well, sweeten and strain. Add to it a bottle of soda water and some cracked ice. To clean hair brushes quickly and easily, take a dessertspoonful of hartshorn in a quart of eokl water in a wash basin. Dip in the hair of the brushes and rub them together until clean. Then rinse well with cold water, rub dry with a towel and stand upright in an open window. The Russians are the most religious' persons on the face of theclobe. never1 touching food or drink without mak-, ing the sign of the cross, and never starting upon or returning from a journey without givinp thanks. I miimni. DEV. W. P. FERGUSON, Manager. Superintendent. our No cotton seed meal was used on this plant. duction of photograph of two ntation this season. v jal for Cattle Food. >tton at current rates. Price for Cotton Seed, Farm and Garden Note*. Cleanliness is the key tq success in the poultry business. A hen is not old until she is aged five or six years.. It will pay to spade up a portion of ' the poultry yard occasionally. With the exception of the black Langshans, all feather-legged fowls are poor egg-producers. Calves should always be treated gently. It is the only way to make them docile when they come to be cows. Potatoes are the most costly of all foods in proportion to price, as they are composed very largely of water. In feediDgfor eggs good jndgment is required to steer between the two extremes of insufficient nourishment and of overfeeding. Wheat is rich in nutriment, and at present prices is a good and cheap feed for horses. Use it sparingly ana mixed with other food. It is cneaper than oats and better than .bran. The wild cherry tree grows more rapidly than walnut, it is freer from insects, and furnishes a larger amount 9f mercaD table lumber, whioh ranks ueAi/ to uiaiiogany in vaiue. With apples, in nearly all cases, as soon as the fruit will part readily from the tree it is ready to be gathered, and any delay in this is usually done at the expense of the keeping quality of the fruit. ^ me To Cure LockJaw.?A writer in Clark's Horse Review gives his experience in curing lockjaw, in which he says : If a nail is picked up, get It out of course as soon as possible ; then get a half pailful of hot water, as hot as the horse can possibly stand it, pour in plenty of, vinegar, also plenty of salt. That is all, only it must be so hot that at first when you put the horse's foot into it he will pull the foot out of the water, put it in again, and keep doing so until you can hold the foot out of the water, put it in again, and keep on ?.**! ??/\m nn *-> ViaI/I tha frvnf In UUIlig au UUlIl JUU VOrU UV/IU vuv ?w? AM it steadily. Hold it in half an hoar or longer, and repeat again after two hours. Do this at least four times or more the first day, and repeat the process the next day. In nine cases out of ten it will save horse. Some one may say this remedy is no good ; but if I had a valuable horse it is the remedy I would try. Nothing will kill the blood poison quicker if taken in time. Origin of Nursery Rhyme.?"Three Blind Mice" is a music book of 1609. "A Froggie Would a-YVooing Go" was liceneed in 1650. "ljUUe jacs jnurner is ujuci tuau the Seven teeth century. "Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat, Where have You Been ?" dates from the reign of Queen Elizabeth. "Boys and Girls Come Out to Play" dates from Charles II, as does also, Lucy Locket Lost her Pocket." "Old Mother Hubbard," "Goosey, Goosey Gander," and Old Mother Goose" apparently date back to the Sixteenth century. "Cinderella," "Jack the Giant Killer," "Blue Beard" and "Tom Thumb" were given to the world in 1697. The author was Charles Parrault. The Babes in the Woods" was founded on an actual crime committed in Norfolk, near Wayland Wood, In the Fifteenth centurv. An old house in thp neighborhood is still Dointed out. upon a mantelpiece in which is carved the entire history. Au Irishman went to a lawyer with a case, but the attorney wanted a retainer. The Irishman was poor, and finally the lawyer said he would take the case on a contingent fee. It was settled, buc the contingent fee part of the agreement bothered the client. He coulided his ignorance to his friend Paddy, and asked for an explanation. "An' it is the meanin' of a contingent fee yer after knowin' ? Sure, I'll tell ye. A contingent fee means that if ye lose the case the lawyer gits nothin.' If ye win, you git nothm'