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BY. CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 5. 1894. VOLUME XXIX.?NO. 23 We Won't Be Undersold ! JUST RECEIVED, FIFTY ALL WOOL BLACK CLAY WORSTED SUITS. These Suits yon have always paid $12.50 for. Our price only $8.75. B. O. EVANS & CO. CLOTHIERS, HATTERS, and FURNISHERS. SALESMEN-BELTON O. EVANS, formerly with C. F, Jones & Co. JOHN M. FLYNN, formerly with The Means Company. The SuccessM Advertizer! Is the man who writes something the people wili read, and reading, believe. In this p^e of education and erdightenment, when men read and think for themselves, all thru stuff about "selling goods cheaper than your competitors buy them," being the "only competent dealers in the line," "handling better stuff than anybody ; else," Ac, is mere clap trap, and subjects the writer and the firm back of it to the contempt of all right- thin king people. The ' mac who has something to offer, and then tells the folks about in a plain, business way, is the man who "getsi there," and getting there, stands. Lots of people handle Faint. Some handle ore kl ad, some another, bat they all realize, if they have any business sense at all, that in order to make that business a permanent success it is absolutely neces? sary (x> give the people the very best ma? terial This we have tried to do, and at a price that puts it in the reach of all. Ia this connection we call attention to the fact that crops are about laid by, time is plentiful, and a little paint not only fresh(3ns and beautifies, but improves won? derfully the itanltary condition of the premises. If your house is all right may? be the fence needs a coat. A little Paint .would keep that old baggy from falling down, and the wagon might last a year or two longer by spending seventy-five cents or a dollar in Paint on it. Remember this, the longer you pat it Oil the more it takes-and the less good it does* Bemember another thing, it costs just as much, and tat.a just as much time, to have cheap paint put r. as it does good Paint. Always buy the ?Bt, even if you pay more for it HILL BROS., Driig-gists, ANDEBSOfT, 8. C. ? > - ? ' _'_. fbivx. m. ICukpht. j. Foskas Evans MUEPHY & EVANS, Attorneys at Law, ANDERSON, - - S. C. OLLECTZONS and Commercial Law given special attention. Part c. Orates?Over Farmers' and Merchants' Bank. June 6,1894 49 6m EevGeieiMBMCo. MASONS' SUPPLIES, 276 EAST BAY, CHARLESTON, S- C, IMPORTERS OF ENGLISH PORTLAND CEMENT, - aitd dealers in Eastern and Southern Bock Lime, Rosen dale Cement, N. Y. Plaster Paris, Hair, laths, Shingles, Tiles, Bricks, Fire Clay, All sizes T. 0. Pipe, * Best Full Size Fire Brick, Booffing Slates, and all BUILDING MATERIAL. Telephone 291. Aug 22,1894 8 6m W. 1. Douglas s3 shoe NO ifQUEAKING* $5. Cordovan, FROiCH&EWMELiEDCALE ^??FlrCCALF&K?N6AR0tl $ P0LICE.3 Soles. *2.te?0YSSCH00lSH0E3. ? LADIES ? , SEND FOR CATALOGUE ML'POUClLAS, BROCKTON, MASS. You can save money fcrjpurchasing W= L. Douglas bhoe t, , . Became, we arc the largest manufacturers of advertised shoes in the world, and guarantee the value by stamping the name and price on the bottom, which protects you against high price* and the middleman's profits. Our shoes equal custom work in style, easy fitting and wearing- qnaUUes. We have them sold every ?where at lower prices for the value given than any other mat:. Take no substitute. If your dealer cannot rapply yon, we can. Sold by C. E. ?JOIVES & CO., ANDERSON, S. C. GEERIBROS., Beiton, S. C. -VTOTICE OP FINAL SETTLEMENT. J3( The undersigned. Administrator of j Estate of 8. Jackson Mattison, deceased, hereby gives notice that he will, on the 15th day of December, 1?94, apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discharge from his office an Administrator. J. J. TRU83ELL, Adm'r. Novl4,1894 20 _5 "VTOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. J3l The undersigned, Administratrix of tbe Estato of D, H. Hammond, deceas? ed, hereby gives noticV that she will on the 15th day of December, 1894, apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson Coun? ty for a Final Settlement of said Eatate, and a discharge from her office as Execu? trix. MARY A. EIROD, Ex'x., formerly Hammond. Nov 14,1894 20 5 "\TOTIOE FINAL SETTLEMENT. J_M The undersigned, Executor of the Estate of Payton T. Barton, deceased, hereby gives notice that he will ap? ply tc the Judge of Probate for Anderson County on the 11th day of December, 1894, for Final Settlement of said Estate and dis? charge from his office as Executor. G. M. McKEE, Ex'r. Nov 7, 1894 19 5 STATE OF SOUTH CABOLINA, Anderson- County. By W. F. Cox, Judge of Probate. WHEBEA3, W. W. Lindsay has has applied to me to grant him Letters of Administration on the Estate and effects of Milton Lindsay, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admon? ish all kindred and creditors of the said Milton Lindsay, dee'd., to be and appear before me in Court of Probate, to be held at Anderson Court House, on the Oth day of December, 1894, after publication hereof, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. ' Given under my hand, this 19th day of November, 1894. W. F. COX, Judge Trobate. not 21, 1894 21 2 Enterprise Furniture Co., -Dealers in all kinds of CARPETS, RUGS, WALL PAPER, WINDOW SHADES. LINOLEUMS and STRAW MATTINGS, AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. And without any purpose or desire to be extravagant or high-sounding in what we have or what we can do, allow as to whisper the tact that our Stock is very fall in all its departments, and to farther say yon had better see ns before buying anything* in onr lines. We have recently added a complete Stock of? UNDERTAKERS' SUPPLIES, And having secured the services of a practical and experienced Em balmer, and? AN ELEGANT HEARSE. We respectfully solicit your patronage in this line, promising, at any hour, promptness, consideration and efficiency in these sad services. ENTERPRISE FURNITURE CO. LEND ME YOUR EAR! I won't keep it loDg, for I simply want to tell you fiat in addition to my usual stock of? STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES. CANNED GOODS, CONFECTIONERIES, &C, That I have a fine stock of FRUITS?Bananas, Apples, Oranges, etc.? which I am offering cheap. SANTA CLAUS Has also opened his headquarters with me,and I have almost everything to. please the little folks during the Christmas holidays. And don't iorget I have a fine lot of TOBACCO and CIGARS, Give me a call, see my goods and get my prices, and if I can't please you no harm will be done. Yours to please, GL F. BIGrBY. " A WORD TO THE WISE " Is an old adage generally understood bnt often MisappUed. ?^TTE mean it for yon to take the hint offered by ns in our? BIG DRIVE ON DRESS GOODS, And cairto see onr BARGAINS before it is too late. We have a magnificent Stock in all grades and prices, and your opportunity for providing yourself with Dress Goods at small cost was never better than now. We carry in addition a handsome line of LadieV and Children's SlIuES, Men's, Youths' and Boys' Shoes and Boot?, Hats, Tranks, &a, <fcc. Heavy Groceries and General Merchandise, At prices LOWER than ever known in the history of this country. Flour and Bacon by the Car Loar*. WE ABE ALWAYS IN THE COTTON MARKET. McOULLY & CATHCART. SH&KEM UP AND LETGO GROCERY! WE beg to announce to our many patrons in Anderson and throughout the County that we have moved our place of business to the elegant and commodious salesroom? IN HOTEL GHiaUOLA BLOCK, NO. 5, Formerly occupied by D. S. Maxwell & Son. We will be better prepared than ever to supply you with the BEST GROCERIES at the lowest price consistent with the quality of Goods given. "We haven't disappointed you in the past, and hope to do even better for you in the future. No compromise nor winking at adulterated goods. Strictly pure food at popular prices. Come and see us. We are ready to make things lively. Shakem up and letgo, J. A. AUSTIN & CO. GLASS IN ALL SHAPES, CUT TO ORDER, AT Evans' Pharmacy. S&* REMEMBER our $5.00 TURNIP PRIZE, due November 20,1894. Bring on your Turnips aud have weight registered. NO, 4 HOTEL CHIQUOLA. BLUE STONE AT ORR & SLOAN'S, HOUSE BILL ABP'S LETTER; The Little Things Count and Pennies Make the Dollars. Atlanta Constitution. It is strange that people -who are the most needy are generally the most wasteful and extravagant. This is proverbial of the negro who will spend his last cent on an excursion .or watermelon. Thcro are many white folks, too, who look not a day ahead, but live like the tramp and say: ' 'Fate cannot harm me?I have dined today." m There is a marked contrast between northern and southern people in this regard. When I was a boy I went to school near Boston, and the family I lived with astonished my Georgia rais? ing by teaching me to take no more on my plate than I intended to eat, and it is a fact that when we had finished a meal the plates hardly needed wash? ing. We had to clean our shoes well before we went in the house. We had to change our garments to suit the weather. There was a place for hats and books and overshoes and every? thing else, but when I returned home I relapsed into our free and easy ways. There were dogs and picaninnies to eat up the scraps and darkies to brush the shoes and clean up after dirty boys. It is the economy of New England that has made her people rich. This econ? omy is more from habit than stingi? ness. Their forefathers began that way because they had to and the habit has come down from generation to generation. They get rich more from saving than from making money. With them it is little by little, and yet they are liberal in church and charity and hospitals and asylums and monuments. I was ruminating about this while riding around Green Cove Springs with a young lady friend, who patiently answered all my questions. "Whose fine hotel is that?" "It be? longs to the Bordens.'' "Whose beau? tiful residence is that?" "It is the Bordens', too?" "What church is that?" "Itisoncthe Bordens built." "Who owns the cottage hall where the V. L A. hold their meeting?" "The Bordens." "Why did your people build this handsome courthouse so far away from the center of town?" "Well, the Bordens gave the ground and wanted it there." Everywhere we rode I could hear of the Bordens the Bordens until my curiosity was excited and I said: "Well, do please tell me about these Bordens? Where did they come from?" "Why, don't you know?" said Miss Belle. "I thought everybody knew Gail Borden, whose namo is on every can of the eagle brand of condensed milk. He is dead, but his children own his patent and all the other patents. They are immensely rich and spend their winters here. They love this place and are lavish with their money." Whose beautiful property is that?'' I inquired. "Oh, that is another millionaire's. His name is David?Thadeus David, the ink man. This is his Florida home and he is liberal, too. We poor southerners have to depend on these rich men from the north and they have been so kind that all prejudice and bitterness has passed away." Well, we have great respect for both Borden and David, the man of white and the man of black. I see David's name on my ink bottle right now and we had Borden's pure rich condensed cream in our coffee for breakfast. In fact we raised a couple of children on it, and they love their mother none the less for it. Borden is a public benefactor, and we are willing for his children to be rich. But I do not suppose that he made more than a cent or two on each can of milk. It illus? trates how those yankees will diligent? ly pursue a little thing?a one idea for years and years and make a fortune, while our people will pursue a big thing and fail. Captain Howcll told me about seeing a magnificent equip? age driving in Central park and the lone man inside looked like a whisker? ed French count. "Who is that man?" he asked of a New York friend. "Oh," said he. "that's Jeremiah Shaddock, whose lather made a fortune making hairpins away up the Kenncbeck river. The old man is dead and the son is now a regular swell?but he can afford to be and it's nobody's business. Just look at the thousand little things that add to our comfort and conven? ience and all of them come from the north. This pen and penstaff and ink and inkstand. This lamp and lamp chimney. This table and chair and all the other furniture. These cur? tains and fixtures. And there are the pens and needles and thread and tacks and fish hooks and lines and scissors and thimbles and buttons and eyelets, to say nothing of the big things. It is a marvel to read the tariff book and turn page after page and scan the thousands of things that duties are drawn from to support the government. It is called a tariff for revenue only, but .all of these things enjoy an inci? dental protection that enriches the American manufacturer. The south is not in it, save as a customer. But a wise providence did not give them all the blessings. He gave us a good? ly heritage. Our blessed climate is enough to offset all their protection and all their wealth. Now, if Georgia and her western sisters will do two things to me the prosperity of the south will be assured. Reduce the cotton acreage to one-half and manu? facture one-half of what is made. North Carolina and South Carolina are advancing boldly on that line. Those two states have now more cotton mills than all the rest put together, and they are all making money. I see it stated that there arc sixteen in one county in South Carolina. Wc don't want large mills, but numerous small ones scattered all over the cotton region. This would increase the price and keep the profits at home and give employment to the poor. But this has been said so often that it need not bo repeated. Nevertheless, tlfere is infinitely more sense in it than in pass? ing resolutions to hold our cotton for a higher price. Florida has not felt the effects of the panic like the cotton states. This is manifest everywhere you go. Sanford is building up more rapidly than it was before the panic. Handsome residences are going up all about and there is an appearance of activity and thrift. Orange growers say that there is good money in them at even 50 cents a box on the tree and they feel sure of this much. North? ern visitors are coming sooner than usual and we found the East Tennes? see train crowded to Jacksonville and the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West to Sanford. We failed to secure berths in the sleeper for all our party, and therefore had to double, which caused the outside girls to roll out in the dead of night and alarm the nabors. But all troubles do come to an end in course of time and we are all here in clear water and happy. The truck farmers have found us out and are coming to our gate with eggs and chickens and milk and green peas and new Florida syrup. Our nabors from St. Louis and Memphis and Cincinnati have ar? rived and everybody is busy fixing up for the winter. I have letters from friends wanting cottages, but they are all occupied. They will have to board or find some other refuge. Bill Aep. The New Care for Diphtheria, Etc If the facts placed before the Hy? gienic Congress held at Budapest last month be not over stated, then the whole world owes a deep debt of grat? itude to the young French savant, Dr. Bous, for the patient and heroic researches, which have led to the dis? covery of an effectual cure for croup and diphtheria, and opened the way for further results not less startling. Such is the introductory announce? ment in the London Daily Graphic, which also gives the following: The distinguished Dr. Marsan points out how the new method was estab? lished. Diphtheria is produced by microbes, which plant themselves in the membrane of the throat and mul? tiply ; but unlike the bacilli of other infectious diseases, they remain ob? stinately in the same position, neith? er penetrating the system nor the blood. But if the deadly animalcules remain at the door, they are still able to secrete a poison of extreme vio? lence, called "toxin." which quickly penetrates the circulation and infects the whole body. This toxin, thanks to the achievements of science, can now be isolated, and in the form of a | fine powder will cause almost immedi? ate death when injected into animals. However, it has been foued that if a very small dose be introduced into certain animals, especially the horse, only a feeble reaction is produced. By repeating the operation, with gradually increasing doses, the organ? ism of the animal finally revolts, and and becomes not only impervious to the toxin, but destroys it, and from this singular result is due the origin of the new substance with which Dr. Roux wages war against diphtheria. In a word, it is the basis of a great revolution in the medical world, which henceforth recognize in "Serum thera? py" a heaven-sent system to root out most of the diseases connected with childhood. As Dr. Marsan well says, there are toxins and anti-toxins for all microbic affections. Serum thera? py will eventually discover a remedy for all infectious diseases. Yester? day it was tetanus in animals that it cured, to-day it is diphtheria, to? morrow it will be tuberculosis. If you go to the Institute Pasteur, you will find comfortably stalled in the garden some ten or a dozen cab horses, in prime condition, aged from six to nine years, whose mission in life is to furnish the precious fluid which every day snatches many a young life from an untimely grave. They are in their measure uncon? sciously solving the problem of how to stop the depopulation of France. They are well cared for, there is no cruelty in the process, no suffering entailed. The first process is to in? ject the deadly virus?the toxin?into the shoulder of a horse. This, of course, at first causes a slight indis? position, but after awhile no ill ef? fects is felt. The second step is to draw from the neck of a "prepared" animal a judicious quantity of blood. If the blood be allowed to stand for a while, the red corpuscles settle to the bottom, and the operator can then draw off the fluid, of a yellowish hue, resting above, and containing the se? rum or antitoxin. This, in its turn, is injected under the skin of the pa? tient by means of a Byringe analo? gous to that used for injecting mor? phine. On February 1 of this year Dr. Roux began operations at the Hospi? tal for Sick Children, Paris. He had a good supply of serum, and each day on making his visit to the hospital, he treated all the children he found there, in whatever state or condition of croup or diphtheria. There was no selection of subjects, a point to be borne in mind, nor was the ordinary treatment in any may modified or set aside. Things went on exactly as they had before, except that a new clement had been introduced?namely the serum. During 1890, 1891, 1892 and 1893, before Dr. Roux began his system, 3,791 children suffering from croup and diphtheria were admitted into the Hospital for Sick Children.. Of these 2,029 died of the disease, the mortality thus being 52 per cent. On the other hand, from February 1 of this year up to July 2-4, the date up to which Dr. Roux furnished statis? tics to the Congress, the serum was applied to all without exception, and, out of 448 children, there were only 109 deaths?that is, the mortality has decreased to 24 per cent. As the conditions during these periods were the same, the difference between 52 per cent and 24 per cent indicates the indisputable benefit derived from Dr. Roux's treatment. If we take the same period at the Trousseau Hospi? tal, Paris, where the old methods pre? vail, we find that out of 520 children admitted there, 316 died, thus giving a mortality during the months in ques? tion of 60 per cent. But this is not all. The serum,.if applied, say, to a child suffering from quinsy, not only puts that ailment to flight, but renders the subject imper? vious to croup and diphtheria; and even measles and scarlatina are found to be of very rare occurrence, and then only of slight character, when the system has been fortified by Dr. Roux's wonder cure. The 24 percent represents the saving of the lives of 120 children in six months in one in? stitution. The gain would have been more considerable but for the deplora? ble hygienic conditions of the Hospital des Enfants Malades. Many of the deaths, too, were a result of further complications, such as heart disease and broncho-pneumonia, which made the work of the physician very diffi? cult. Generally speaking a single in? jection is sufficient, and Dr. Roux has never given more than two. The dose consists of two-fifths of amount of serum injected into the side of one puncture. The temperature then de? creases, which is an excellent begin? ning. The leather-like membrane which is suffocating the little sufferer ceases, within twenty-four hours, to increase, and after thirty-six hours it comes away altogether, and the diph? theritic bacilli disappear. The se? rum also has a marvelous effect on the appearance of the patient. The dull and leaden complexion, with its accompanying piteous cry, gives place to a healthy skin, and the patient be? comes cheerful, if not gay. Rudy's Pile Suppository, is guar? anteed to cure Pilesyrd Constipation, or money rcfundeu. 50 cents per box. Send stamp for circular and Free Sam? ple to Martin Rudy, Lancaster, Pa. For sale by Wilhitc & Wilhite, drug TOLD BY GEH, GORDON. Bemlnlacenoes of tho Confederacy as Nar? rated by one of its Leaders. From the Wheeling Intelligencer. Gen. Gordon, who lectured at the Wheeling Opera House Thursday eve? ning, is not only eloquent and inter? esting on the platform, but even more so, perhaps, in conversation. At Major Mitchell's dinner table that day he entertained the guests present with a number of reminisceces that were not so much as touched upon in his lec? ture. In response to a request from Judge Melvin he told of an experi? ence he went through in the Shenan doah Valley at a time that Gen. Early ordered him to storm a Federal fort in their front. "I never was more indignant in my life," said Gen. Gordon, "than when I heard that order. I knew it was a perfectly unnecessary thing to do, and explained to Gen. Early that we could accomplish our plan of cam? paign without slaughtering my com t mand by this attempt to storm a strong position, a position that would fall of itself when we should make our "pro? per movement. Early took no other notice of my" explanation than to send me word that if I did not care to exe? cute the order ho would delegate its execution to some one else. You may guess this reply made me boil with fresh indignation. I felt it to be an insult, but inasmuch as it was my place to obey his orders, regardless of conse? quences, I issued the necessary in? struction for a movement at daylight next morning. "I began on my own account mak? ing every preparation for death, for I had a presentiment that I would this time meet my end. So I wrote a fare? well letter to my wife, told her what to do about my affairs, handed over my watch and other personal effects to a friend, and then walked up and down quarters, waiting for day to break and my command to move. That was a solemn night for me, for I had this firm presentiment that it was my last night on tarth. I felt almost as certain of this as a man condemned to death, and can now pretty well un? derstand how a man feels when he is to be executed in a few hours. I al? ways had, in every battle of my life, a sense of the danger to which I was exposed. I never knew what it was to forget it; but this time I felt as I never had before, that my time had come, and no mistake. "So at daylight I took up my line of march to my death, as I fully ex? pected. On we went, closer and closer to the fort, until at last we were within closed range of its guns. I wondered that they did not open on us, and every second I expected to see them belch forth shot and shell and play havoc in our ranks. On we went; my oyes were fixed on the guns and my mind excited to its highest tension with wonderment why they did not open fire. On we went until our advance struck the fort and rush? ed upon its defences, when to our utter amazement, we discovered that it had been evacuated and not a Fed? eral was anywhere in sight, inside or out. You can imagine my sense of relief as I saw my boys in possession of the fort without so much as a scratch. So you see what a presenti? ment is worth. I have never much believed in them since that night." Col. Robert McEldowney, who was present, referred to the attack on Fort Stedman, at Petersburg, just before the close of the war, (where, by the way, he was wounded,) which attack was made by Gen. Gordon's command. "Tell us about that, General," said genial Col. Bob, and so the General proceeded to answer another demand on him for experiences. (All the dining party agreed that they could listen to him for a week.) "That at? tack," said the General, "was made in February, 1865, when we were in our last gasp and very desperate. Gen. Lee had sent forme in the night ?after midnight?to come to his quarters. It was a bitter cold night, and I set out on a gallop to get out of the intense cold as soon as possible. Lee occupied a little brick house in the environs of Petersburg, and as I opened the door of his room, after he had answered my knock, I found him standing by an open fireplace, resting his head on his arm on a high-up mantle, and apparently in a deep and sad study over the situation. " 'I have sent for you,' said he, 'to look over these reports from our vari? ous commands. I have spent the night on them and on these maps,' pointing to a long table covered with papers; on which a light was burning. 'You will see,' he said, 'that they are very discouraging. The men have scarcely anything to eat. A single ration is made to supply six men, and the camps are full of sick and starved soldiers. Our horses are also dying for food, and when we lose a horse we practically lose his rider, for we can make no further disposition of him.' Of course I was more or less familiar with the situation in my own command, but did not know that it was so bad in all the rest. Sol said to Gen. Lee that of course the situation was very desperate, and that I sup? posed we would have to do something very soon. 'Well,' said he, fixing his eyes very intently upon me, 'what do think we ought to do ?' I replied, 'One of three things, General, right away. Either to make the best terms we can get from Gen. Grant, or to re? treat and try to unite with Gen. John? ston, or to fight.' 'And which would you advise ?' said he. 'I would first try a fight,' I replied. He medita? tively remarked, as if to try my ear? nestness in the matter (which was a habit he had), 'so you would advise fighting ?' 'Yes,' I said as a choice of three evils.' He had been to Rich? mond and had laid the matter before Mr. Davis. I asked him what the President thought. 'Oh,' he remark? ed, 'he is pertinacious a3 to the idea of holding out longer and fighting fur? ther. And as for the members of Congress, they do not know nor appre? ciate the situation at all. So I sup? pose the only thing left for us to do is to fight, and I will let you arrange for an attack on Fort Stedman at once.' "Sol returned to my quarters and at once issued orders to that effect. We were to get ready to move inside the Federal fortified area the next night, and as soon as we could see in the morning we were* to attempt to surprise Fort Stedman. Well, we found many difficulties in our way when the time came. There were the abbatis that we had to cut through with by our axmen, who went ahead of the command to do this work. They succeeded in cutting an open? ing into the area, and through this we marched in the darkness as rapid? ly as possible. A good deal of de? lay occurred as day was breaking, and a part of the command became be? wildered as to its exact whereabouts, so much so that it soon became appa rent that we were in danger of being cut to pieces and retreat was inevit? able. Te retreat was disastrous. We lost two thousand men in getting out, and we realized that Grant's position was practically impregnable. Thus ended. I may say, one of our alterna? tive plans for bettering our position. As respects the others, it was the opinion of Mr. Davis that we could get as good terms when the worst came, or, in other words, after we had exhausted ourselves to the uttermost. Therefore, as you know, we finally proceeded with a further experiment in the way of retreat, with the conse? quences of which the world is famil? iar, and with all the details of which nobody can ever be familiar." The Best Agricultural System. If any of our readers have their doubts about the superiority of the diversified system of farming over other systems, they should get a few pointers from the Mormons in Utah. The Mormons stick to Brigham Young's agricultural teachings. They live on small farms of from twenty to fifty acres, organized on the village system. In these villages the farmers live, with schools and churches at their very doors, and keep their barns and storehouses on their farms, not more than three miles away at far? thest. Their wives and children have plenty of society, and each village has a store, established by the community, where goods may be purchased at rea? sonable prices. President Woodruff, of the Mormon church, has lived in such a farming village for forty-seven years. Du? ring all that time he has cultivated his farm of forty acres with no help out? side of his own family. The women raise poultry, keep the dairy, preserve fruits, make pickles, dry apples and peaches and earn directly enough to pay for their music, books, amuse? ments and vacation expenses. This has been the rule with Woodruff's daughters and granddaughters, while his young sons and grandsons have made their pocket money by raising hogs or calves, or by some special in dustry in connection with their gen? eral farm work. This forty-acre farm has produced everything needed by the family to eat, except tea, coffee, sugar and other groceries, and occa? sionally fish or meat, for which the products of the farm are exchanged at the village. Speaking of Woodruff and his farm, the Chicago Record says : "He has five acres for his barns, pens, lawn and flower garden, with plenty of large shade trees that were planted with his own hands, ten acres of alfalfa, from which he has usually taken three crops and never less than two?about six tons to the acre. This has fed his horses, cows, sheep and hogs, and a good deal has been left to sell. Ordinarily he has planted five acres to wheat and oats, which have furnished all the flour his family has consumed and left a considerable sur? plus for the market. There are five acres in fruit, with a large variety, and one acre in berries. The remainder of the farm has been planted each season to what Mr. Woodruff believed to be the most profitable crop, sometimes one thing and sometimes another, but usually a sufficient variety to catch the demand from the cities and the mines. He has never had a crop fail? ure during the forty-seven years, and has always had sufficient butter, ba? con and garden truck to sell to meet the general household expenses." Utah is the only agricultural State in the West that is self-supporting and produces a surplus of food for ex? port, and she has fewer mortgages on her farms than any other State. No Mormon farmer is ever sold out at auction, and no Mormon farm is ever sold for debt or taxes. The farmers are all prosperous, and they owe their prosperity to their patient industry and their good sense in sticking to diversified agriculture on small farms. The farmers of every State in the Union will have to adopt this system if they expect to be independent, comfortable and prosperous. Here in the South especially village farming, diversified and intensified, cannot fail to produce the best results, and we be? lieve that it can be made attractive enough to draw back to the rural dis? tricts thousands of poor people in the towns and cities who now eke out a wretched existence. We must turn over a new leaf. No State can afford to go along for generations producing only one crop and purchasing its food supplies from markets a thousand miles away. Such a policy leads to bankruptcy.?Atlanta Constitution. A Horse's Sense or Locality. About the year 1856, says the Lcw iston Journal, a little colt was born on a farm in Aroostook County, in the State of Maine, a colt that was soon sold away from the place, to come shortly after into the possession of a physician in the town of Houlton, who at the opening of the civil war went "to the front," taking with him for cavalry service the colt, that had now reached maturity. Through all the vicissitudes of a five years' campaign this horse followed the fortunes of his master, being wrecked on the Red River expedition and suffering various other disasters, to return at the close of the war to the State of Maine, across which he carried his master horseback until the town of Houlton was again reached. On the journey through Aroostook County the road traversed lay past the farm where some ten years before this horse had been born. Neither his life between the shafts of a dec tor's gig nor five years of war cam? paigning had caused him to lose his bearings, and when he reached the lane that led up to the old farm house he turned up to the house as confi? dently as though he had been driven away from it but a half hour before. Catarrh Cannot be Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and act3 directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years, and is a regular prescription. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The peifect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. B^Sold by Druggists, 75c. A Peppery Brigand. To the Editor of the Sunday News : Seeing in the Sunday News of Novem? ber 11th some very interesting remin? iscences of a Confederate veteran, and noting several concerning Gen. Mart Gary and his command, I am tempted to give a reminiscence myself : I was not attached to Gen. Gary's command, being under Gen. M. C. Butler, of Wade Hampton's cavalry. No more brave and gallant Confeder? ate officer ever lived than Gen. M. C. Butler. His old command love him now, as they did when he led them during the war. The Confederate veteran says in his account of Gen. Gary : "He was one of the best men the Confederacy ever produced. Bough and course in his language, a more profane man I never heard, particularly in battle, but at heart a kind and humane man, none better." This is all true. I heard him say once that his heart was more tender than men thought, and he was often touched, but he wished his men to think that he was made of iron, fearing nothing on earth. He would fight anything he found in the shape of an enemy, and expected and re? quired his men to do the same. His command was not attached to that of Gen. Hampton's, but the commands were thrown together several times in Virginia, and then he was under Hamp? ton. Once in Virginia I was sont by Gen. Hampton with an order to Gen. Gary. The latter's command was skirmishing very hotly with the ene? my. I experienced great difficulty in finding Gen. Gary. Finally I was told that very likely he was on the skir? mish line. As all old soldiers know, it is a very dangerous thing to advance from the rear to the line of battle, as most of the bullets go over the head of those on the front line. I found it so "hot" that I had to dismount and hitch my horse behind some trees and proceed on foot, sometimes crawling on my hands and knees. Finally I came up with Gen. Gary's command, and seeing him I told him of the dif? ficulty I had in finding him. With a string of oaths he said : "Young man, when you wish to find Gen. Gary when a fight isgoingon, just make a bee line for the front as fast as h-1 will let you." I heard him say that he was the only general in the history of the world that promoted two men the same day?one for piety and the other for profanity. It occurred in this way : His command was very hotly engaged, and the enemy being heavily rein? forced, he was compelled to order a retreat, which was being very hastily done. His men were so hard pressed that the dead and badly wounded were being left on the field. One of his men, a private, (and as the Gen? eral said, a one-horse preacher,) saw his companion shot down mortally wounded. He stopped, while the rest of the company hurried on, and kneel? ing down by the side of his dying com? rade, raised up his hands to Heaven and offered up a fervent prayer. The balls were tearing up the ground all around him and shells were bursting near, but he seemed not to mind these things, remaining with the dying sol? dier several minutes, long enough to receive his loving messages to his family, and to get a Bible and con? tents of his pockets to take to them. When the "preacher man" came up to the command Gen. Gary grasped his hand and told him that he was al? ways suspicious of the courage of a religious soldier, but that he was as brave a man as he ever saw, and that he would promote him to the chap? laincy of his regiment. He published an order to his command the next day promoting Private -to be chap? lain for "distinguished piety on the battlefield." The same night that this occurred the General was riding by himself when he met one of his men on horse? back in the road near camp. The man did not, or pretended not to, recognize the General. It was raining and Gary's uniform was concealed by the oilcloth he wo:re. With a long oath he asked the man what he was doing away from camp. The man cursed back, giving him "as good as he sent." They cursed at each other for some time. Finally the General told the man to "let up," and, finding out what company he belonged to and that some of the officers had been killed that day, he told the "cussing man" that he was just the kind of man he wanted as an officer, that a man that could outcuss him (Gary) would make a fine one. He promoted the man for "extraordinary profanity." g. e. d. Charleston, S. C. Elaine's Beady Wit. On one occasion, a decision which Blaine made as speaker of the house, greatly enraged a new member, who waited on Pennsylvania avenue after the house adjourned, with some friends, declaring that he would "have it out or fight." "You can't," said one of his friends; "nothing you can say will get the better of Blaine's good humor and politeness." "We'll see!" said the enraged man, as he caught sight of the stately figure of the speaker coming slowly toward him. He stepped forward quickly and stood across his path. "Mr. Blainc," he said, loudly, "I don't know you. I am no acquaintance of yours. But I take the liberty of telling you, sir, that you are a fool and a jackass!" "Indeed!" said Blaine. mildly; "now I wonder," regarding him thoughtfully, "what kind of a liberty you would have taken if I had been one of your intimate friends ?" and, bowing courteously, he passed on, while the companions of the congress? man burst into a shout of laughter. Leng Engagements. The girl who allows herself to be ca? joled into a long engagement stands one chance in ten of being married to that particular man. He comes, ad? mires and "-hinks best to secure her, although he is not in a position to ask. Some men are selfish creatures. After a year in the "Seventh Heaven" life begins to be prosaic again and their love floats along a placid sea. After several years waiting, when the girl has begun to lose her youth and beauty, the tide turns in their favor, the harbor is in sight and all seems well. But here comes a smooth sail? ing little craft directly across their bows. There is a crash. The love clings to the newly found ship and leaves to sink or be tossed upon the beach alone. The moral is obvious. ? A burglar comes forward with a remedy for sneezing. He says: "Close your eyes and open your mouth; keep opening and shutting your nioutli until the desire to sneeze has stop All Sorts of Paragraph. ? Trouble always runs to meet the man who goes out to hunt it. ? When an unforgiving man prays the Lord's prayer, he slams the door of mercy in his own face. ? Some people arc so constituted that they can never see the bright side of anything but a dollar. ? "Didn'tthe Chinese invent gun? powder ?" "Yes; and now they're mighty sorry they did." ? Hard as the times are, we can still afford the luxury of being chari? table?in our opinions. ? A trite Jewish proverb says that he who teaches not his son a trade, teaches him to be a thief. ? The devil often quotes a text, but he was never known to quote it in connection with the context. ? Do not wait for extraordinary op? portunities for good action, but make use of the common situations. ? The grand essentials to happi? ness arc something to do, something to love and something to hope for. ? If it takes a pure heart to see God, it takes a pure mind to see into his mind?to understand his word. ? Job had one blessing for which he could be profoundly thankful. He was not afflicted with modern politics. ? It is worth while to remember that the oftener we lose our temper the less likely we are to get rid of it. ? The nearer a man thinks he is getting to perfection, somehow the greater contempt he has for himself. ? A few applications of Christian charity will relieve the most a0gra vated cases of spiritual shortsighted? ness. ? An apple tree in Monticello, Fla., bears on different limbs grafted apples, crabapplcs, prunes, peaches, pears and quinces. ? Miss Budd: Do you believe in long courtship, Mr. Benedict? Mr. B.: I don't believe in more than six or eight hours at a session. ? A Bhode Island man, it is said, uses a mirror to ensnare fish. The mirror is just behind the bait, and hastens to gobble it himself. ?The Old Lady: Would John he a good catch for Mary? The Old Man: Splendid! He's iu the football busi? ness, and his life is insured for $10,000. ? It is related as singular that fat men seldom commit crime. It doesn't seem so singular when you reflect that it is difficult for a fat man to stoop to anything low. ? "I really heard," said the major, "of a man who sold his vote for a gal? lon of whiskey." "Shockingl" "Yes. If the suffrage of a freeborn American citizen is not worth a barrel, smash my beaver." ? Beports from the various indus? trial centres are quite encouraging. Many factories that have been shut down for months arc starting up, and in many instances wages are being ad? vanced. ? For the gout, toast and wator; for bile, exercise; for corns, easy shoes; for rheumatism, new flannel and pa? tience; for the toothache, pluck it out; , for debt, industry; and for love, mat- 'C, rimony. -^^~'~^M ? Fond Parent?"Goodness, how ^ you look, child. You are soaked," Frankie?"Please, pa, I fell into the canal." "What, with your new trousers on ?" "I didn't have time, pa, to take 'em off." ? To cure earache put a live coal from the fire in a cup and pour a tea spoonful of granulated sugar over it. Be careful not to let it blaze, and at once insert a small funnel over it, holding the tip of the funnel in the ear. The smoke gives instant relief. ? For rheumatism I have found nothing equal to Chamberlain's Pain Balm. It relieves the pain as soon as applied.?J. W. Young, West Liberty, W. Va. The prompt relief it affords is alone worth many times the cost. 50 cents. Its continued use will effect a permanent cure. For sale by Hill Bros. ? You seldom see sick fowls where fresh ground green bone is fed three or four times a week. It is not so much extra food, but takes the place of more than its weight in wheat or other food, besides aiding digestion, toning up the system, helping along the bone and egg makirr' prooess, and ; building up the flock in every way. ? The farmer who has had long and profitable service from his horses ought to be willing to give them com? fortable shelter and food after they are past usefulness till death. If not able to do that his conscience will suf? fer less if he shoots anu buries them, than, for the sake of a few dollars, sell them to strangers to be starved and brutally treated during their few remaining years. ? Mr. Ira P. Wctmore, a prominent real estate agent of San Angelo, Texas, has used Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in his family for several years as occasion required, and always with perfect success. He says : "I find it a perfect cure for our baby when troubled with colic or dys? entery. I now feel that my outfit is not complete without a bottle of this Remedy at home or on a trip away from home. For sale by Hill Bros. ? A man with a high temper, says a writer, if it is uncontrollable, has no business with a cow. The man whow mercilessly kicks a cow cannot possi? bly succeed, for his rough treatment will more than offset all he builds up by extra feeding. If he would be con? tent to kick the side of the barn, or even himself, it would be more sensi? ble and his end would be gained just as well. ? One's surprise at the fact that no two persons voices are perfectly alike ceases when one is in informed by an authority on the subject, though there are only nine perfect tones in the human voice, there are the astounding number of 17,592,180,044,415 different sounds. Of these, fourteen direct muscles produce 16,383 and thirty indirect muscles produce 173,741,823, while all in co-operation produce the total given above. ? Any one who has children will rejoice with L. B. Mulford, of Plain field, N. J. His little boy, five years of age, was sick with croup. For two days and nights he tried various rem? edies recommended by friends and neighbors. He says: "I thought sure I would lose him. I had seen Chamberlain's Cough Remedy adver? tised and thought I would try it as a last hope and am happy to say that after two doses he slept until morn? ing. I gave it to him next day and a cure was effected. I keep this remedy in the house now and as soon as any of my children show signs of croup I give it to them and that is the last of it." 25 and 50 cent bottles for saje by Hill Bros.