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R * r .. 0 . r ?? . , _ .; ? v "*^-J ? _...... _ _. The Abbeville Press and Banner. tf BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1894. ESTABLISHED 1844 Motle*t Deinaml. Mr. C>. A. Moore, chairman of the Fpdernl Board of Elections of Abbeville County received tiie following telegram yesterday morning : Newberry, S. Nov. lHlli, 18SM." ' I demand your boaril to throw out. Latimer ticket* lor congress because ih*y do not say 54 h congress, If relu*eti I give notice oi appeal to state board of onvnssers. "Robert Moorman." Of course Mr. Moore disregarded a request which was so foolish, and so contrary to equity and justice. Sale of Valuable Properly. AsAssigoee and Trustee, Mr. J. It. Vandiver offers for sale the valuable property of the H.ink of IiOwndesville, of Mr. Franks, and of Mr. .(nines M. Raker. Look amoug " " - or.?l I ?i fnrm vniirfiflf HI) ine mivcitirciiiriiip auu .......... ? this important mailer, so Hint you chq act advisedly. Editor Julius E. Boggsofthe Pickens Ren-: tlnel came over from Atlanta last Saturday evenlng on the G , C. 4 N. Vestibule on bis way home he stopped over Saturday night in Abbeville, while waiting to make connection with the (!. A G. train which he look the next day. Mr. Bogg* has many friends in Abbeville who arc always glad lo see him. Csnl or Thank*. Editor Press and Banner: Will you allow us space in your paper to - thank our friends, both white ami colored, for their kindness during and alter the burning of our home. We feel very grateful to each and every one that helped us. With best wishes to all we remain, Very Respecttully. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. E. Bell. Gkn. R. R. Hkmphilt, was in Columbia list week, as a member of the committee to look Into the dispensary management. ^ CALL TO FARMERS. Will They Respond to this Effort In Tlieir Protection T The Roddey Convention. the object oi winch Ih to devise and formulate plans by which the cotton growerM oi the South can demand and receive a legitimate price ror their cutloti, Is to meet la Atlanta, Ga., on the 'ilMt inbt. That Abbeville County may he represented Id this all-Important convention and do her part toward* the furtherance of a scheme by which the South ie to be saved from financial rain and pauperism, we the undersigned, earnestly request all Jarmeiu nod others In AObevlI.e County, who realize that someihlu* must be done, that the products of our soli and labor may command at least a living price, meet in convention at Aobevllle C. H., on Saturday 17U> Inst., at 12 tn., for the purpose of sending a representative delegation of cotton growers to the Roddey Convention. R. H. Hughes, J. A. McCord,.J. B. Sample, B. P. Pinion, W. J. Moore, J. D. Pace. S. T. Lea, J. Towne* Mabry, W.C Brown, J. A. Moore, S. C. Merrlman. A. S. McKenzle, A. A. Arnold, B. S Hodges, G. B Riley, W. T. Jones, A. F. Calvert, J. U. Ward law, A. B. Ellis, J.C.Moore. BAILBOAD BACKET. Items of Interest to Railroad People and Their Friend*? Picked op Along the Bona and About the DUVfOt Mr. Joe Black, who has been doing day calllog for quite a while. Is out on the road flagging lor Conductor Tom Capehart. \ Yard Master J. R. Held of the Abbeville yard huh reiurned from h trip to tils old home down In Mariboro county. Engine 2'2'2 Is now hauling the Elberton Shoo Fly and la manned by Engineers Hall and Klnitrd. Engine 220 has Just been turned oat of the shopeandi* running on 38 and -11 on the Nor!head. Engineer 8am Noisier presides In the cab. An extra train Is being run this week from Abbeville to Columbia to accommodate those wishing to take tu the Stale Fair. The tr.tln leaves here at six in the morning and returns km me day. Engine 503 In being finished up in the shops by the machlDist and painter's and will soon be reudy for the road attain. Engines 11 and 227 are in the shops for repair*. Mr. Charlie Trlbble. son of Conductor James Trlbhle, is now doing day yard work on the Abbeville yard. A dinner was given In honor of General Manager John H. Winder by Mr. E. H. Spalding or Atlanta, at the Capital City Club in tbalcliy last Tuesday. The following offices of th?* Set hoard Air Line being present' Major John C. Wind-r. Mr. John H. Winder, air. V. E McB-e. Mr. H. W B (ilover, Mr. Frank J. Hoy le, Mr. Kodice H. ?. lionaua Mr. George C. Smith. Toasts were given and responded to by tho?e present. Freight Agent Frank J. Hoyle acted as tonst master for the occasion. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the u.t c. & It. whs held In Atlanta last week. No business ttiat the public Is Interested In w <s transacted Engineer Marshall bits been on the sick lint for the past week. Fireman Tobe Fetzerof the Elbertlon Shoo Fly ruu came over from Eiberton Monday morning and spent ttieday in town. Engineer George Dunbar, an old H. & D. Engineer who was with the Atlanta & Charlotte division for 12 years, has accepted a Job on the G., C & X. and is now out learning the road. Engineer J. L Anderson, has tor Ihe past week been running 88 and 41 on the Southend. Engine .VI Engineer Sara Shiver's big Baldwin, was iu the shops for some slight re l-ulrg l?st week. Mr. N. A. Clark, who has been Engine Foreman at Monroe for quite a long time, has resigned that position and goue back to run IlltJg UU nir I unu. Mr. T. B. Willis, for quite awhile Foreman al this point, aud who resigned some six inoiiihHHgo aud moved to Monroe, has again taken a position with OieS. A. L., and Is now nluht Foreman at Monroe. Engineer Hoi brook, an old Air Line Engineer. ha? gone to work ou tbe G.. C. & N. and is now learulnif'the road. - Copt. .lumen Maichemi, Superintendent ol Motive Power department of tbe Seanoard Air Line, with headquarters at Kalelgb, came down on the Vestlble yesterday. Mr. W. J. Hartmaa, the Air Brake expert ol the 8. A. L. is in town. ? ? We are still holding on to low price*. We will give you tlrst-class goods cheaper than you ever bought tbem. Tbey areRtralght goods and no dead or auction stock. W.Joel Smith & Sous. Tbe latest My le* out are the seamlesB waist and are made by Mrs. Taggart. Mrs. Taggart receives millinery every week. Dresses cut to fit and made to order on short notice by Mrs. Taggart. Fresh buck wbeat flour to be had at Living ion & Perrln's. Fruits of all kind at Livingston & Perrln's. Fresh cod fish at Livingston Perrln's. Prime need wheat for sale l?y W. Joel Smith <? Sons, call od them aDd get what you want. If yon haven't tried our 25c n dozen Rpoo1 OAttoii (200 yards to the spool) you ought to. W. Joel Smith & Sons. In a Chines restaurant in 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, RUTLEDGE. j XcnriiiK the Gloomy 'MIIIm of Denth. He who was once a conspicuous figure In 1 tiie noiei, Ihe livery stable anil H'uge businecs at Abbeville Is uow lar advauced in life, helog well In his seventy-eighth year, and too leeblc to be on our street", lie stays at the home or Ins daughter Mrs. C. V. Hammond, and is uow not seen at all by me busy folk on the Public Square. Like a broken piece ol turulLure, he is thrown aside by the busy world, which forgets a man as soon as he falls outoi ranks. His only solace is the love and iflVctlon of a dutiiul daughter, and his only comfort Is the attention 01 those ol her household. His lack ol averice in his youth, and his generosity when he was strong and vigorous, have leil him penniless in his old age. Mr. Kutledge was born in Abbeville county May 16, 1817. He commenced business lor hltuseii early In lite, and has been all these years distinguished for his energetic pursuit of business and for Ills honesty of purpose. He has always done the right as he saw it, but we believe lias n^ver been a communicant o! any church. XIV UeilgUlCU (U liuuuiiug uuioco, auu uucu drove them, or traded them. When ho was <i young muu this country had no railroads. Hie old fashioned stage coacn was the means ot public couveyance, and In those days tnany men accumulated large estates In the stage business. He carried the mail In his I stage irorn Ready Hiver, twelve miles below Lmurens Court Hou*e to AudersoDVille, in ( Anderson county, for twenty-five year%he drove a stage between points in North Caro- 1 lina, through South Carolina to different poiu b in Georgia. In this business bo was contemporaneous | with Mr. Win. Verell, ^often calied Stage < Verell) and Mr. Verell, like Mr. Hutiedge lingered long on the stage of lile alter all 1 their associates had passed away. Mr. Verell . has been dead only a lew years, aod when Mr. ttutiege passes away, as far as we are inform- 1 ed, all the old stage drl vers ol the olden Limes will have gone to their reward. < Mr. Huutrdge, like ail men whose dealings I for a Hie time are with the public was gen- < erous aud kind to all men. In his own fam < ily lie opened bis purse string and never I denied them anythiug. Although he was ' himself tUe round uopollsnetl asuier, yet ne bull a kindly bean beneath the rou^n exterior, and was justly ambitious lor the wellareoi bU> children, to all of whom he guve a collegiate education He married Miss Mary Green, of Greenville county, in 183& To them were born eight children, three sons and Ave daughters. The sons have gone to their graves. Mrs, Haimnoud, of this village, a daughter In tipartaiiftbajg and one In Georgia, are all that remain of the daughters. One of the daughters had a romantic career. When she was young and pretty, Mr. Wlliiam Dorn, the owner of the Dorn gold inlue, iu this county, sought her hand in marriage. The products oi the mine made Mr. Dorn Immensely wealthy, and at the close ol (he war he owned two liundr6d ne- 1 groes, and be held titles to village lots iu various parts of the State, while wide stretches of farming lands in' different sections paid tribute to him. He scarcely , Knew tils wealth. But misfortune catne and j it was all swepi awuy. Mr. Rutledge's first wife died long ago, and J be married the second time. His second ' wife has heen dead several years, and he alone is lefL. broken in health, dlsbonsolate. . poor in purse, and odly waiting for tbe j Keaper to bear hira aw?y to new scenes In that, undiscovered country to wblcu we are all ha*teDiug. DUE WEST. i Weddluff Reception?Debiitinic Node- j ly? Proinluciil People, Etc. Due West, Nov. 12. ( Every one In feeling the cold wave. Mrs. M. J. Cain is In town wUb relatives. , Mr. W. A. Uintock.of Ora, came over last , Friday aud spent a few days wltb his many , friends In towa. Miss Nannie Todd, who Is teaobinK at Ora,came with htm to visit ber mothers family. } The yoaug men of the Phllomnthean Society bad arraogod to give tbe public two iuter- , estlng speechesoo Friday evening, November i 2nd. but tbe heavy rain prevented a full at- t tendauce. We regret that tbe youug men t did not have a full house, Tbe speakers for the evening were Messrs. A. J. Hansom and J. , V. Black, of the Seminary. These young men i ad excellent auaresses. Dr. Jobn MoBrlde, pastor of Greenville ? church, will preacli at Woudiawn school bouse next Sabbu.ih afternoon. Tbe many friends of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Bell were pained to bear of their loss by Are . last week. They have the sympathy of our people c Mr. Hayne McDIll, the popular furniture denier of Abbeville, was up last Friday to t atteud tbe reception at tbe Kennedy House. * Rev. R. L. Bell lelt last Friday for bis work { in Georgia. He came by from Synod and , spent two weeks most pleasantly with family . and friends, * The Presbyterian has adopted the plan of t presenting Its readers wltb a cut of some r prominent mlulster,accompanied by a sketch or serinon by. tbe same In each issue. Rev. O. Y. Bonner in in Gaston la, N. C.. , preaching for Rev. J. C. Galloway. |j ivev. r. x. rr?M< y nuu ui. vrjer jireauueu . In Ibe A. R. church Inst, Saohaih. These two i discourses were greatly enjoyed. Mrn. H. E. Bonner In In Indlaua, visiting a ! sister who Is very sick. For s<>me months the friends of Mr. J. T. McDIll have watched and waited with interest to see the result of his negotiations In Florida, when last week be returned from his ? final trip, bringing wltb him the Jewel be has ( bean seeking to obtain. All Joined lu bearty . congratulations at his success in winning so 1 fair a bride. Mrs. E. P. Kennedy, wltb whom Mr. McDIll boarded for a number of years, , gave the bappy pair aud a few friends and relatives a reception at the New Hotel. A , sumptuous supper was served In style and t enjoyed by all. Mr. McDIll will be found at < Mrs. Jane Todd's the remainder of the year, ' aud will wltb the new year begin keeping < house. it. S. U. ] i THE TROJAN'S TOPICS. i After R. S. (*.?HiimIc in Mexico? , Rrunrhor* III TenneNNee?liHUHV 111 Their Union?All Sorts of PerNOUalM. Troy. 8. C., Nov. 12.18!>4. Jack Frost is reisuing buprerae, aud has changed the attire of our beautiful park. Rev.'f. W. 81oan will leave lor Teuoesee this morning to visit tiis mother, hence no services lu the A. K. 1'. Church until the 1st Sabbath in December. Miss Bessie aua Miss Leila Youngblood, of Winter Seal, were the guests of Mrs. Glover last week, Miss Ellie Smith, of Augusta, Is there also. Miss Kate Tolbert, of Edgefield, is visiting Miss Eva l>orn. Mrs. O. G. Prentiss and little Carrie May, are spending sometime lu Greenwood. Dr. G. W. rieesly, of Cedar Springs, was In town Saturday night. He always nasuklud word and smile for every one. Miss Sarah aud Miss V'lrgle Sluert are visiting in Beaufort. Mr. aud Mrs. J. A. Harris attended the marriage of Mr J. 8. Harris and Miss Eva Smart. Kev. T. W. Sloan per formed the ceremony. Rev. J. J. Grier, of Abbeville, speut Thursday night in town, "We, won't tell this 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 them and hope they have come to stay. Some of our farmers have killed hogs, and are enjoying sausages. MIkb Onle Kennedy Is teaching school near her father's Mr. A. B. Kennedy's. W nere is me price 01 colloii. 11 is uiscuuragltig to the farmers. Rev. R. F. Bradley's house Is much improved since it has on a coat of palm. Mrs. John Beauford died Dear here last Friday and was curled at Lone Cane Saturday. They have the sympathy of our community. Mr. Robert Hunter, of Hunters, 8. (J., pulsed through town last week on his wny to Newberry with a drove of horses. We all enjoy reading R. S. G.'s letters In the Press Banner, wish he would double the length of them. Dr. J. D. Neei has given the academy at Del. Malz, Mexico, a handsome piano, That is whena his daughter, Miss Lavlnla Is teaching. This Is a nice gilt. Mr. Jennings, of Modoc, S. C., Is assisting Mr. O. G. Preutiss In the depot. Mrs, J. W. Dorn is selling ber millinery at cost, give her a call belore buying elsewhere. She will please you, "Nick" If you expect to ride or hunt this season go to W. Joel Smith & Sons for harness, saddles and guns, The Love or Cio?l. I Like a cradle rooking, rocking, Silent, peaceful, to and fro, ,! Like a mother's sweet looks dropping On the little face below, | Hangs the green earth, swinging, turning, .larless, noiseless, sufe, and slow, | Kails tne liglit of (jod's face bendiug i Down and watching us below. : A nd as feeble babes that suffer. Toss and cry, and will not rest, , Are the ones the tender 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 I (). ereat heart of God ! whose loving ROARING ROCKY RIVER. The River Thai KnitrM nn<l llie River That Sleep*. liowndesvillc. S. U., No\\ 12, 18)11. Miss .Melu, Ml-s Lena and Miss MhuiI Brownlee, of Penny's Creek, were here Monday and Tuesday, quests of Uev. H. C. Kennel. MIrr Annie Raysor, of Beltoo, eamo over Monday and spent u day or two in town. Mr. C. T. Baker was called to Anderson Tuesday on business. Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Moseley left for Atlanta. Ga, Tuesday, where the latter went lor treatment. Birth?Tuesday, to Mrs. I). K. Coo ley, a daughter. The election on Tuesday wHs a very quiet one, lesR than our usual vote being polled, as will be seen by the returns, which will come out in this Issue of the 1'ressand Banner, there was dispensary about, so far as seen or smelled by this scribe. Rev. and Mrs. J. I). Crout, went to Anderson, Wednesday evening to the home of the mother of the last numeu, Mrs. W\ A. Hodges. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hawthorne went to Anson Friday and returned Saturday. Miss Maggie Brooks, of Warrenton, spent several days last week, with the family of Rev. H. C. Fennel. Mr. Tom Cooley went over to Willlamston Saturday to see his borne folks. Aboul a week ago. Mr. H. A. Tennant killed a tine hog, salted it down nicely, and the next morning found out that it, had all been stolen excepting one or two pieces. Ou Tuesday, Mr. A. L. Latimer had two large hogs, estimated by Judges, to weigh 2.00 pounds apiece, ruu over and torn up by the down train. Miss Lillle Huckabee bad quite a pleasant gathering of her young friends at her home Krlday nigbt. Rev. John T. Morgan who runs a public gin ear Barn's Station, was unfortunate last week, with his colored hirelings, in that, two }f them were badly hurt?the one was smartly cut on the bands aud head by the gin. A Jay or two alter, tbis man's father when questioned as to his son'H condition, said "he Is getting on all right, he's bard to kill, he ivas struck bv lightning a year or two ago, jut it did not hurl him." Tbe other was run >ver by a wagon, which bad upon it, a cord of wood, and lie is about as far from being dead is ever. For several mornings during the past week we hid a killing frost, and If tbe ground bad jeen wet we would have had some hard reezes. Killing frosts rarely come so late In leason. At this writing it is feared that many lere had their potatoe crop damaged, as very ew had dug them. Troupe. A PUMPKIN STORT. i rhe Debuting Society UI*CRNfte<t the (he Convention. . Jones, S. C., Nov. 10,1891. A delightful entertainment was given by ?hilologtan Literary Society, last Monday light In the academy. A large crowd was >resent and tbe participants distinguished hemselves well by having good subjects, and liscusslng them well. The sovietv was called to order by the presllent R. A. Cooper, and opened with prayer >y the Chaplain. The following program was rendered: Reader?B. R Morrison. Dedalmer?Wesley Morrison. We fulled to eet the sublects of the above. Essayist?W. A. Moore?Subject?"The Habt of Swearing." Origtual Orator?J. H. Davis?Subject?"Our Country In the Nineteenth Century." Extempore Speaker?M. P. Culbertson?Subect?"The Southern Negro." This brought tbetn down to the subject of iebate. A Committee was appointed by the four ipeakera consisting of the following gentle- | nen: J. P. Morrison, Foreman, James Slardy, C. W. Brissey, R. L. Golden and J. L. Viartln. Subject for debate?"Resolved, That the pro)osed Constitutional Convention should be ?eld." The first speaker on the affirmative, R. A. hooper. First speaker on the negative, Dr. V. T. Jones, followed by a speech from the afirmative by J. A. Morrison. He was followed >y J. H. Black well, negative speaker. Each speaker was allowed two speeches and he discussion closed. The committee retired md was out a few minutes. Mr. J. F. Morriion, the foreman, with his humor amused the mdlence a few minutes and then gave In the leclslon, which stood 13 to 10 In favor of the itflrmative. Tomle Goddard, of the Laurens side, is sick of typhoid fever. Joseph Oullu who has been quite sick for ometlme, will soou be able to be up. Mr. W. C. Brown, accom panlea by his wife, >aidavlsltto relatives here last Sabbath. j. ?1. uuua Das u pumpKin viae which js iuu feet long Hod aoout 80 feet from the root of be vlue la a pumpkin which weighs 25 >ounds, It is a close to tbe yard where the ihlckens have ent everything llke.a "pumptin"' oft. This long vine run oft down In the ieldtoftnda "pumpkin" that tbe chickens wouldn't tlnd. Hev. D. U. Swindler could not meet his aplolntraeni wlih the Sunday school last Sunlay evening. But O. S. Price was present and nadealalk. J. 11. O. Jr. ? Japanese OlrlN. In a book entitled "Japanese Gins uid Women" an interesting account >t me amies 01 u uaugtuer in me family is given. "If she id the eldest daughter, to the servant she is '() Jo Sama,'literally, youug lady ; to her own brothers and nisters, 'Ane San,' elder sister. Should she be one of the younger aues, her given name, preceded by the honorific (),- and followed San, meaning Miss, is the.name by which she will he 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 not 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 iu all hut families of the highest rank, must serve it. She must know the proper etiquette of the table how to serve carefully and ueatly. UUUa .Jn/N Innlo A AA^nSn nora OUC aiau icuio a tci w?iii uaic auuui 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 he done by women is considerably diminished, but still there remains enough to take 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 and served, and marketing done. Of sewing there is always a good deal to be clone, 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 materI tu) loft fn nrwvn Thoti f huru u rc every-day dishes which our Japanese maiden must learu to prepare. "The proper boiling of rice is iu itself a study. The coustructiou ol various soups, which form the staple iu the Japanese bill of fare, the preparation of mochi, a kind of rict dough which is prepared at the New Year, or to send to friends on various festal occasions,?these and tuanj other branches of the culinary an must be mastered before the youu? girl is prepared to assume the duties o married life. Cannot hindered be, nor crossed, Will not weary, will not even in our death Itself he lost. Love divine! of such great loving Only mothers know the costCost of love which, nil love passing, (lave a Hon to save the lost. Sax Holm. ??? GRAINS. Unholy tempers arc unhappy temI pers. Sarcasm is bright, but it casts a I shadow. Truth always lives in a house that is built on a rock. Big words often make a poor cloak cloak for a small idea. God's laws are never kept until they are written in the heart. God want?man to gain in manhood rather thau in possessions. , lie careful of your actions, for they reveal your character. i It is when the devil looks least like i a devil that he is most dangerous. The fact that enemies are loved is 1 proof that Christ has been on earth. A disinterested act of kindness is something the carnal mind cannot explain. i Man can do everything withJ hi rn elf, hilt he must not attempt to do oo much with others. The man who has contentment has something that will do a great deal more for him 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 iiwuluiiLVM riflrhf. v ? " " - -O If a Chriatiau'a love has any special value, it ought to be operative at times wheu 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 1 that now we have no wish for. Wheu the mind thinks nothing, . when the soul covets nothing and the ' body asketh nothing that is contrary ( to the will of God, this is perfect ( salification. Let him who prays suffer not his tongue to outstrip his heart, nor pre- 1 sume to carry a message to the throne i of grace while that stays behind. > The true Christian is like the sun, j which pursues his noiseless track and j everywhere leaves the effect of his J beams in blessing upon the world around him, , J All the way (up and down in the 1 universe, union is strength and divis ion is weakuess. 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 good works ! If we cannot deny the propriety of his conduct, we cau at least sueer at his motives. , Be very slow to believe that you are 1 wiser than others; it is a fatal but common error. Where one lias been saved bv a ti ue estimation of another's weakness, thousands have bt-en destroyed by a false appreciation of their own strength. Remedy for Earache.?There is i scarcely any ache to which children i {are subject, so hard to bear and difficult to cure as earache. But t here is a rem! edy never known to fail. Take a bit | of eottou batting, put upon it a pinch of black pepper, gather it up and tie it, dip in sweet oil and insert into the ear. Put a flannel bandage over the head to keep it warm. It will give immediate relief. IIuw to be ItCHlly II?pi?y. I remember once listening to a ser-j mon preached by Dr. Talmago. ft is now twelve years ago, hut I never forgot one little sentence in it: "Stay where you're happy," writes Edward VV. Bo'k in au earnest 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 t he 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 wo 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. Tne 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 i only think we would be. No matter how little we have, we always have plenty to be thankful for. And be- i Icause this passing year has not been as! pleasant and profitable as we might wish for, is no reason why our Thanksgiving I)uy should be less festive or i indicative of our gratitude. The worst i part of our national depression is gone and has passed into history. Let us ; he content to leave it there. If we t cannot be exactly as thankful as we might, wish for the past year Jet us be i grateful for the year before us. [ I Flattery is like cologne water?to be ' smelt of, not swallowed. i I r | The man who hasn't a well-balanced i i head usually parts his hair in the II middle. 11 All things should be true to nature? l\a hornet that can't sting is a melan' eholy failure. I11HII J ALLKN* SMITH, J. M. HART President. .V I Sympathy. A very sweet story is told of the Priu ce*s of Wales concerning the death o Duke of C'huence. The princess with accustomed reticence tried to hide her grief at the loss of her first horn, and it showed its-elf only in her tailing health and added thought for those about her. While walking near Saudringbam with one of her ladies, she met one day, an old woman tottering under a load of bundles. On inquiry it appeared that she made her living by shopping in the town for ihe suriounding country people. "Jlut the weight is too heavy at your age," said the princess. "Yes. vou're right cna'ani: I'll have to give it up aud then I'll starve. Jack carried them for me, my boy, ma'am." "And where 19 he now ?" "Jack! He'sdeadJOh, he's dead," cried the old woman wildly. The princess, without a word, hurried 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 Iriend who made her life easy for the sake of the dead boy.? Boston Herald. A Wooden-Lejtceil Cow. A pennsylvainia cow rejoices in the distinction of a wooden leg. Having lost one of her four supporters through a railroad train which cut it ofF below the knee, a veterinary surgeon took the wounded auimal in hand, and through his skill and care her life was saved. A cabinetmaker completed the good work by manufacturing a wooden leg that Beemed 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 Jong ? she grew tired of this, and cautiously tried the wooden one. At last accounts she was doing very well with it, although going about with a decided limp ; and she has the proud distinction of being the only cow in the world with a wooden leg.?Harper's Young People. ( New Abbreviation. | A lady tells a story of a young man who had come from the country to the < city in which she lived, and iu a ' short time fancied himself equal to 1 any social emergency. He never asked 1 advice upon questions of etiquette, 1 and in cousequence he made manv ' mistakes. At one time the lady issued ? cards to a party, and among the in- ' vited guests she included this rather J conceited and exceedingly awkward 1 young man. He was to be out of town at the date t of the party, and so was unable to < accept the invitation. At the foot of the card he read the letters It. 8. V. s P., and was much perplexed as to < their meaning. However, he was < nothing daunted by his ignorance, t liiid wrote a note declining the in vitalion in as formal and stilted ttfrms as t lie t'UUlU UUiu iijajiuj aiiu auci oi^uiug % bis name, added the letters, Si. S. t D. C. 8 Ou bis return to the city, after the s party, went to call on the lady, and in i ihe course of the conversation asked, s "By the way Mrs. Clopp, what did < you mean by R. S. V. P. at the eud of j tbe invitation you sent me ?' i "Why," replied the hosiers, witl*outanoteof surprise in her polite t voice, "they stand for the French t phrase, Repondez, s'il vous plait? I Answer, if you please." ? "Oh, yes! Well, I was all right, i then !" said the young man, in a tone | of much satisfaction. "I thought I s ahould hit it in ray answer!" i "Now that you speak of it," said I his courteous hostess, I do wish to ask I what M. S. (J. C. stands for. I can't imagine, aud I can't liud any one who has ever seen tbe abbreviation used !" "Ob," replied her visitor, airily, "that meant 'Mighty sorry couldn't , come.' I should think that was plain , enough!" Willi lliintiuir Little Frankie was forbidden to | touch I lie sewing-machine, and as he was generally a pretty obedient boy, his mother, auntie and his auntie's ' frieud were much 9Urprisd Jone after- \ noon to fiud the thread badly tangled ' aud the needle broken. Fraukie was, without doubt, the cnlprit.and he was , called before the family tribunal of , justice. "Fraukie, did vou touch the sewing- , machine V" asked mamma severely. "Ves, mamma," was the tremulous answer. He wan such a mite, so frail 1 and delicate, so utterly helpless as he : stood before us all with parted lips, 1 and big frightened eyes, our hearts ( went out to him iu pity. "Now, Frakie," continued his mother, "you know I said I would punish you ifyou disobeyed me, and I shall have to keep ( my promise." "Yes, mamma,"came in a trembling , whisper. Surely the little fellow was punished sufficiently, aud yet we realized that justice must be forced. "It is a very long time since you forbade him to touch the machine, perhaps he forgot," suggested his aunt. "And if he forgot, that would make a difference, would it not ?" I ventured to suggest. "Certainly," answered his mother, "did you forget, Frankie? I know my boy will speak the truth." There was a pause, and in that pause there was a struggle betwem right and wrong ; then came the answer with a passionate cry as though the struggle were almost beyond his puny strength: "Oh, mamma, mamma ! I did remember. I shan't make believe to myself." lJrave boy! How often we children of a larger growth lack the courage of j being honest with ourselves.?New , York Observer. In warming over potatoes or iu using them in a salad there is an objection to a very mealy potato. (Jerinan potatoes are sold in large cities for, these purposes. They are small and, like a new potato, will not crumble if cut lu tunes or slices, n meat; pumtoes cannot be obtained use mealy potatoes, but have them under-boiled, i This cotton plant was fertilized with o cotton seed meal. The above cut is an exact reprod plants from same plan >VE ARE PREPARED TO SUPPLY Hulls and Me A.nd will G-IN your Co Pay Highest Market <iove?. From Zanzibar, the principal source] >f the world's clove supply. Tbe | . love-tree was receutly introduced into i the islands, and its cultivation is now heir chief industry. jfi The seeds are planted in long trench- j is and kept well watered, and in u he course of forty days the shoots ap- > pear above ground. They are carefully | watered and looked after for two years,; T .vben they should be about three feet a ligh. Then they are transplanted?; i x. * I- nnd I lUOUt luiliy ICCI apan t?iu watered until they become rooted, j from that lime they require only ordi-; c lary care. lu five or six years theyi come into i rearing, when they are of the size of j f< >rdiuary pear-trees, aud very shapely, 'a Then the young plantation is a pretty j light. The leaves of various shades L )f green tinged with red serve to set L >ff' the clusters of dull red clove :a >uds. The limbs of the tree being very jrittle, a peculiar four-sided ladder is P ised. As fast as the buds are collected, ^ hey are spread in the sun until they Q issume a brownish color, when they t' ire put in the store house ready for narket. A ten-year old plantation r, hould produce twenty pounds of j| doves to a tree. Trees of twenty 0 fears frequently produce upwards of D >ne hundred pounds each. A peculiarity of the clove-tree is hat every part of it is aromatic, 8 bough the greatest strength is in the * )Ud. Besides the buds the stems are a gathered, and form an article of com- ^ uerce, commanding oue lifth tbe ' jrice of cloves and having about the tame percentage of strength. To this s due the fact that ground cloves can c je purchased in the home market at a : ower price than the whole cloves. ? ? > ? o Household HinIn. a t Apply castor oil once a day fo warts p From two to six weeks and they will '1 Jisappear. a Try ordinary grated horseradish for 1 the removal of the cough which fol- * lows the grip. Eat it at meals and ? between meals. [ c j ?-i ?1-- l 1 ; jsreau aiiu uasc why is ui auy umro I i In whicb flour and eggs have been I used are more easily cleansed if placed 11 in cold water after using. r Celery may be kept all winter by J jetting it in boxes tilled with earth ^ and keeping it in the cellar. The . plant will grow and whiten in the dark. \ If cake is to be baked in sheets and t not to be iced, spriukle powdered sugar over it before putting it into the aven. This will give a smooth sugary J crust. A skewer will be found to be of A great assistance in sweeping a room. Nothing else can so thoroughly dig 1 [>ut deposits of dust from dusky cor- , ners. For still smaller recesses a bit of twisted wire that started life as a hair-pin will be found equally effective. 1 Keep a pair of scissors on a nail in t he kitchen, and do not allow ihem to ( be 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 1 run to some other part of the house \ for another pair. a A delicious drink can ne maue uy 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 colli stir it well, sweeten and strain. Add to it a bottle of soda water and some cracked ice. To clean hair brushes quickly and i easily, take a dessertspoonful of harts- u horn in a quart of cold water in a i wash basin. Dip in the hair of the' t brushes and rub them together until 11 clean. Then rinse well with cold i water, rub dry with a towel and stand ] upright in an open window. < 1 The Russians are the most religious < persons on the face of the^lobe, never'* touching food 01 drink without mak- i ing the sign of the cross, aud never i starting upon or returning from a journey without giving thanks. i " VIRUER Hi )KN*. W. P. FERGUSON, lanuger. Superintendent. m ur No cotton seed meal war used on this plant. uction of photograph of two tation this season. al for Cattle Food, tton at current rates. Price for Cotton Seed. Farm and Garden Note*. Cleanliness is the key to success in he poultry business. A hen is not old until she is aged ve or six years.; It will pay to spade up a portion of he poultry yard occasionally. With the exception of the black jangshans, all feather-legged fowls re poor egg-producers. Calves should always be treated ently. It is the only way to make hem docile when they come to be ows. Potatoes are the most costly of all sods in proportion to price, as they re composed very largely of water. In feeding for eggs good judgment 3 required to steer between the two xtremes of insufficient nourishment nd of overfeeding. Wheat is rich in nutriment, and at resent prices is a good and cheap ;ed for horses. Use it sparingly and ajith fnn/1 If ia ban oats and better than bran. The wild cherry tree grows more apidly than walDut, it is freer from asects, and furnishes a larger amount f mercaotable lumber, whioh ranks ext to mahogany in value. With apples, in nearly all cases, as oon as the fruit will part readily from he tree it is ready to be gathered, and ny delay in this is usually done at he expense of the keeping quality of he fruit. To Cure Lockjaw.?A writer in Mark's Horse Review gives his experance in curing lockjaw, in which he ays : If a nail is picked up, get it out f course as soon as possible ; then get , half pailful of hot water, as hot as he horse can possibly stand it, pour in lentvof, vinegar, also plenty of salt. ?bat is all, only it must be so hot that ,t first when you put the horse's foot to it he will pull the foot out of the eater, put it in again, and keep doing o until you can hold the foot out of he water, put it in again, and keep on loing so until you can hold the foot in t steadily. Hold it in half an hour or ouger, and repeat again after two tours. Do this at least four times or . nore the first day, and repeat the proess the next day. In nine cases out if ten it will save horse. Some one nay say this remedy is no good ; but f I had a valuable horse it is the remtdy I would try. Nothing will kill be blood poison quicker if taken in ime. Origin of Nursery Rhyme.?"Three 31ind Mice" is a music book of 1609. "A Froggie Would a-Wooing Go" is ??:? u?r.A vas JJUtfuecu 111 iiwu. "Little Jack Horner" is older than he Seventeeth century*. "Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat, Where have rou Been?" dates from the reign of Jueen Elizabeth. "Boys and Girls Come Out to Play" lates from Charles II, as does also, Lucy Locket Lost her Pocket." "Old Mother Hubbard," "Goosey, jloosey Gander," and Old Mother ioose" apparently date back to the Sixteeuth century. "Cinderella," "Jack the Giant Kiler," "Blue Beard" and "Tom Thumb" vere given to the world in 1697. The mthor was Charles Parrault. The Babes in the Woods" was founled on an actual crimc committed in Norfolk, near Wayland Wood, in the fifteenth century. An old house in he neighborhood is still pointed out, ipon a mantelpiece in which is carved he entire history. Au Irishman went to a lawyer with icase, but the attorney wanted a etainer. The Irishman was poor, md finally the lawyer said he would ake the case on a contiugeut fee. It kvas settled, hue the contingent fee part of the agreement bothered the client. He confided his ignorance to liis friend Paddy, and asked for an explanation. "An' it is the meanin' 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.' Tf ye win, you git nothin'."