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CLEMSON COLLEGE. Here"* Somcilinin for Your Ktlificn lion. ciemson Col lose, s. March 23, 18%. The Hoard of Trustees met Wednesda' night. The following appropriations wer made: Band one hundred and seventy-flv dollars. Mechanical department ten thou sand dollars. Physical department five hue ired dollare.and to the Veteruary uepartmen twelve hundred dollars. Prof. W. L. McOee was made full Professo of the Agricultural department. They have finished the river dyke and hav nn thfl branch dvke. lOUI" COM VIWin . The mess hall has been fitted out with llnei table cloths, doileys and dolley rings. The Hoard accepted Mr Sims resignatioc In him we loss a good Sunday school workei The old cadets are now drilling with gun and have to double time around what i known as the Boulevard in four minutes, distance of little over half a mile. The lost cadet is now visiting relatives ii Georgia. The old "march adage" is holding true u in ttils country. The following officers and non commission ed officers have been appointed in the corps The manner In which their names appear ii their company rank: COMPANY A. Captain?II. E. I.^e. Lieutenants?J. G. Simpson. T. S. Mormau. Sergeants?J. T. Bradey, 1st Sergeant, jt: T. It. Vogel. B'tf.I.S. Garris. KS J. Sprott. Ms, Corporals?c. i?. nouwKK. ?? J. A. Parks. C. H. Seigler. WH>y T. S. Simpson. COMPANY 1$. Captain?O. W. Petiues. Lieutenants?C. ^ ' SergeanU-G. VV. Hart 1st Sergeant. b W. H-Suygerf 1). O. Browne. A. D. Talbert. ,-orporalK-J.C.CUeatlm.n. Ii. A- Burnette. L. W. Ayers. COMPANY C. , Cantain-W. W. Klugli. s??--K.cr A. P. Smith. G. A. Henry, Jr. J.T. llauvey. Corporals?J. K. Austin. H. .f. Snider. S. E. I.iles. \V. F. Walker. COMPANY I>. Captain?R. M. Mauldln. Lieutenants?E. P. Earle. Sergeants?F. L. Bryant, 1st Sergeant. P. \V. Moore. J. B Smith. J. T. Wise. R. L. Spencer. Corporals?J. H. Pratt. W. C. Irby. if , H. Adams. W. S. Clayton. $3>"' ? COMPANY K. Captain?W. H. Carpenter. Lieutenants?T. H. l'usten. R. O. Hamelton. Sargeants?R. M. All, 1st Sergeant. J.H. Hook. D. H. Henry. J. A. McCravy. W. J. Sarratt. Corporals?T.'H. Tatura. I. B. Taylor. 'P T4 Tnpnpr. writ.'"smith. COMPANY J\ Captain?F. G. Thompkins. Lieutenants?L. A. Sease. P. G. Langley. Sergeants?A. J. Tindal. 1st Sergeant. i R. T. Hathum. D. F. Rogers. J. P. Mirus. Corporals?C. K. Cbreitzberg. R. McLendon. A. S. Shealy. J. C. Tbomas. Lieutenant Adjutant?A. M. Chreltzberg. Lieut. Quartermaster?W. W. Wardlaw. Sergeant Mnjor? P. H. Gooding. Quartermaster Sergeant?J. F. Folk. The commissioned officers Including stnf and the llrst sergeants are from the Seuioi class, the sergeants are from tbe Junior class and tbe corporals are from the Sophomore class. One thousand dollars was approprialet to the library. Rev. H. A. S. Tbomas Ailed the place of Dr Moore Sabbath morning. His subject?Tbii Is my beloved Son, In whom I am wel pleased ; hear ye him. The subject was an in teresting one and touched tbe hearts of manj when he epoke of our loved ones at home. Tbe Y. M. C. A. was conducted by L. W Ayers Sabbath night. """ "*." 1- won a success Saturdaj nlgbt, between thirty-five and forty-five dol lars were made. The Misses Simpson visited the Misses Cal lioun Saturday. Guess. i'lenulineHN in Food. An onion fed to a growing fowl, wil in 10 days time, effect the flavor of it fiesh. It is unreasonable to suppose that the filthy barnyard pool, fron which mauy a goodly flock is obliget to drink, will affect it any the less The quality of the feed will maki the quality of the meat and it is no unreasonable to suppose that diseasi and ill health may be contracted fron this source. Let us be careful, then that we supply none but healthful an( nutritious food to our feathered friends This proposition implies more that may beat first realized. It means tha no more soft stufl's such as bran, cooke< kitchen scraps and the like, may b fed, unless upou clear boards, an< then in sparing quanities. The drink ing water must be carefully looked to as also the quality and character of al other foods given. Exercise must b nronoted in all wavs nossible aut a good standard of cleanliness be rigor ously maintained in all their surround iugs. If this be conscientiously dow success will surely follow. ItnnciU Butter. Cue of ihe principal causes of butte becoming rancid is the buttermill contained in it. If butter be churnei until compacted, no amount of wash ing will rid it of all the milk. It is therefore, important that churoinj cease while the butter is in agranulu ted state. It can then be washe comparatively free of butter milk. I is a good plan to draw off the butte) milk and fill in sufficient cold water t float the granules, agitate it slightl, and draw off. Repeat until the wate is no longer discolored, It is well t salt the butter slightly before begin uiug to wash it, as it will aid th operation. Some suppose that all th butter will not be separated fror the cream if the churning be stoppe when the butter is yet in a granule state, but if the milk drawn ofF be r< churned it will be found to yield nott ing. Butter treated in this maune TOi.nira r\iilvr anworkiti to thoroughly distribute the salt, an thus the "grain" of the butter i 0 preserved and its keeping qualitie much improved. "There are but very few persons wh know how to walk up stairs properly, said well-known physician. "UsuaJl; a person will tread on the ball of hi foot in taking each step, springinj himself up to the next step. This'i very tiresome and wearing on th muscles, as it throws the entir suspended weight of the body on th muscles of the legs and feet. Yoi should, in walking or climbing stairs seek for the most equal distributioi of the body's weight possible. Ii walking up stairs your feet shouli ' - ?'?-J dnurn on the ut?ri ue (JlilUCU rsvj uuivij .. ? heel and all, aud then the work shoul< be performed slowly and deliberately In this way there is no strain upoi any particular muscle, but each on is doing its duty in a natural mannei The man who' goes up-stairs with springing step you may be sure i no philosopher; or at least his reason ing has not been directed to tha subject." ilcsi flour at $!.90 ;i barrel. Aug. \V. Smitti h;. Ilk THE DOCTOR. j He Doom More Charily Work Than | Any Ulnn in the 1'oniiiuiuity. Perhaps there is no mail of any g profession who does more charitable e work, says less about it, and receives ( more abuse and less sympathy for the 't hardships he endures aud undergoes I than the doctor. His life is a hard one r aud he experiences very little of the e pleasures and pastimes of life experienced by men in other profess-: 0 ions and pursuits. He is almost constantly in demand and on the go, j r. in all kinds of weather, at all hours * of the day and night, travels the! u, the roughest roads aud often endures. privations and receives the scantiestl Q fare imaginable. Often he is called to \ p leave his home just as he is calculating I on a few hours rest, to hasten miles I J* away through storm aud darkness i a to visit a suffering patient although he knows he will never receive a cent for it. The charitable practice a doctor ! does in the course of a year, if comput- j ed in dollars and cents, would astonish | almost any average citizen. Worn out j aud wearied with constant work and i -i ..( (ho nf I care ana waiumuj; v.? sickness, if he fails to respond to another call as promptly as some anxious friend desires, he is grumbled at, and very often when a patient dies he is blamed for it and charged with being negligent, or ignorant of his duties, or with making a fatal mistake iu administering medicine, and he is held responsible for circumstances entirely beyond his, or even human control. The doctor is the confidant of his whoje neighborhood and knows more of the secret faults of his neighbors than any man living, and he is the last man in the world to expose them, ro matter how poor and humble hia ruiHents m?v be. Not one doctor in a hundred will reveal the secrets of hi9 practice, although if he were to do so he could raise great sensations very often where they are least suspected. The world produces no horses more uolHe and self-sacrificing than doctors often prove themselves to be, though there is less recognition of it by the world than of almost any other class of people. In epidemics of contagious diseases of the most dangerous types, the doctor often exposes his life for humanity's sake and unflinchingly meets death in combating disease, and trying to save others. Whenever I he*r of an unselfish act, a orave, heroic deed, I want my lads and lasses to know about it, so let! me now tell them of what occured near Columbia a few weeks ago. You all know what a terrible thiug a mad tlog is, aud what an awful death generally follows his bite. Well, one day in last August, 011 a farm at Eastover, a colored woman, about eighteen or twenty years of age, was busy pulling fodder, and looking down " 1? c1 nnmiiKr efrHiirht. I lie UC1U sue raw c* vjub vviAi.Ub 'oward her. She also saw that he was mad, and that there was no escape for her. What do you suppose that she did? She met him as he came, and as he sprang upou her and hit her she caught him in her strong arms, thrust her list into his mouth, and, though he was chewing her hand, carried him to a block where she cut off his head with au ax. She said to the physician who attended her, and who gave these facts to a friend of ' miue who gave them to me: "Doctor, , when I saw him coming I determined j that he should never bite anybody else." Two months later she died of . hydrophobia. Was not this ignorant ? colored woman a heroine ? ^ | m Great Britiau owns 2,500,000 square " miles of territory in Africa, an area t almost equal to that of the United States. The Forum gives figures to prove that the vaunted "armed peace" of Europe costs the people more thau S1-, <j00,00(),000 per year. . The sacred Scriptures teach us the the best way of living, the noblest way s ofsufferiug, and the most comiortauie ? way of dying. 1 A reduction of 50 per cent, is esti1 mated in the Cuban sugar crop, due to the destruction of plantations by the e insurgents. e An evil habit is never conquered by j yielding to it. , Man's greatest victory is gained i when God conquers. i j Make Returns. e ALL Executors, Administrators. Trustees , -i*- and Guardians are required by law to 1 make returns to the Judge of Probate an nc count of the estates in their hands on or before the 1st day of March of each year. R. E. HILL. ' Feb. 17,1S96. Probate J udge. e . Restaurant. p T would announce to my friends and custoc A mers that I have moved my RESTAURANT to Cothran's Block, on Washington street, where I will be glad ro serve the public with as good meals as the provisions of the market will afl'ord. HARRIET E. ADAMS. r Oct. 1. lo95, Cms. R F. GILLIAUD, s a .'.TAILOR,:.' ' O AS moved, and occupies the room recent iJ ly occupied by J. L. Clark, the guno smith, and Is now prepared to do all kinds ol ? repairing and cleaning of gentlemen's clothes y on short notice. T Samples of suits always on hand. Charges 0 reasonable 1 liragstii 2 to, i- -DEALERS INi All Kinds of Groceries, s IS FRESH MEATS. SAUSAGE. HOG HEAD | CHEESE AND FISH. oCANNEDGOODS I of every description.! I Fresh Bread n ? i -i 1 always un ua-nu.. i Give ub a call when In need of anything in 3 our line. We guarantee satisfaction. j Particular attention given to our II MARKET i-i 1 department. Itemember the place, No. 2 Washington >, Btreet. Estate of Dr. & D. Reii, Dec' Notice of Settlement and Appli cation for Final Discharge. TAKE NOTICE that on the 28th day March, ISSHi, I Will render a final accoui of my actings and doings as Executor of tl Estate of Dr. G. B. Rled, deceased,in theoffl of Judge of Probate for Abbeville County i 10o'flock a. m., aud on the same d&y will a ply for a final discharge from my trust i such. All persons having demands against said ( tute will present th<'m for paymeton that da proven and authenticated or be forever barre W. B. ACKER. March 2,1*90, tf Executor Estate of J. Joses McAdans, Dec'i Notice of Settlement and Appli cation for Final Discharge. fT^AKE NOTICE that on the 2nd day . April, 189G, I will render a final accohi of mv RntlnEK And dolnes as Adminlstrati C. T. A. of tbe Estate of ,T. Jones McAdam deceased, in the office of Judge of Probate fi Abbeville County at 10 o'clock a. m.. and c the same day will apply for a final dischari from my trust as such. All persons having demands against sa estate will present them for payment on before that day, proven and authenticated < be forever barred. H. P. AlcUEE, March 2,1SUG. Adm'r C. T. A, MUTUAL IEIN1H $ 360,000. TIT RITE TO OR CALL on the underslgni ? * or to the Director of your Townsb for any information you may desire abo' our plan of Insurance. We Insure your property against destr'i tion by n&G, WIHD5TIM OR IMM, and do so cheaper than any Insurance Coi pany in existence. Remember we are prepared to prove to y< that ours is tbe safest and cheapest plan Insurance known. J. R. BLAKE, Jr., Agent, Abbeville, S. C. J. FULLER LYON, Pres. Abbeville, S. C. boardImrectors. G. M. Anderson -Ninety-Six Townshl J. M. Major Greenwood " P. W. Sullivan Cokesbury " W. 13. Acker Donnalds " M. B. Clinkscales Due West " T. L. Haddon Long Cano " J. W. Scott- Smltbville " E. W. Watson White Hall J. W. Lyon Indian Hill " Capt. John Lyon Cedar Spring " W.E.Leslie Abbeville " I?r. J. A. Anderson.Diamond Hill " H. A. Tennent Lowndesville " A.O.Grant Magnolia " J. T. Horton Calhoun " T. J. Brltt Bordeaux " Abbeville. S. C.. Feb. 18, 1895, Mr. J. R. Blake, Jr., Treas. F. >1. F. A. A. C. Dear Sir?Please accept our than ks for che< <>r 8500 to cover recent lossof our dwellings t tire. For cheapness and safety we cbeerlul commend the Farmers Mutual Fire Assocl lion of Abbeville County to all who desire I surance on their property. EDWARD ROCHE. K/ W. ASHLEY. Seaboard Air Line Schedule In effect Dec. 23, 1S94. "The Atlnr Speciul," oolid Vestlbuled Train?No Kxtra Fa Charged. Double Daily between Atlanta and New York. NORTHBOUND. aOUTllBOUN No. 38. No. 4112. OdiUalTline. No. 403. No. Dully. Daily. Dally and Sunday Daily. Dall] 8 15pm 12 00 in Lv Atlanta Ar| 4 (J9pin 5 20.' | lT.Depot,Clty Te. ; 2 38pin Ar...Winder....Lv 3 42pm Eastern Time. 11 48pm 3 03pm Lv Athens Ar 3 03pm| 3 40i !2 oTani 4 01pniAr JCIberton Lv 2 04pin|2 31i 1 29hui 4 27pm Ar CalbounFls Lv 187pm- 1 55f I J A, W-.t,. l v I 97.,.n i v>, J -JiJlll 1 .. ..v~ , ?| 1 55 mi 4 Iftpm Ar Shops Lv 1 16pm 1 30t 2 02am 4 55ptn Ar Abbevlllo Lv, 1 15pm 1 29i 2 lSaui d05pui Ar Cans Lv 100pm 1 lOt ; Ar Salak Lv 12 53ptn 2 33am 5 2:fpiii Ar Greenwood Lv 12 4Spm 12 5T| 2 47ntn 5 31|.m Ar balnea Lv 12 86pm 12 44f 2 49am1 536pm Ar Lola Lv 12 34pm 1242; 3 30ain| 60SpmAr Clinton Lv 12 04pm 12 1(>[ 5 00aui( 7 23pui Ar Chester LvjlO 51ami 10 50[ 6 30am' 8 45pmjAr Monroe Lvj 9 37am| 9 00j 10 2.5am 9 45pm Ar Charlotte Lv 5 oOom 7 5dr 7 4Sani 9 48pm Ar Wudesboro Lv 8 ST'ain 8 11| 8 30atn 10 20pm, ArKockln^bamLv 8 (5am 7 41[ S 40am 103opm,Ar Hamlet. Lv' 7 54am 7 30[ 1230 pm 7 50am ArWilinlnirtun Lv 7 30pm 3 45[ 9 40am 11 21pm Ar So. 1'lnss Lv 7 lOamj 6 27| 0 30am 12 05am Ar Sanford Lv 0 2Kam 5 31; 1 50am 1 26am ,Ar Raleigh Lv 5 17am 3 50[ 142pm 2 33am Ar Henderson Lv 4 10am 1 52[ 812pm 4 05am|Ar Weldon Lv 2 4Sam|ll 54i 5 50pm 7 30am Ar Norfolk Lv 9 00pm 9 15: 5 51pm 6 00am Ar Petersburg Lv 12 55am ft 50? 6 13pm 6 40am Ar Richmond Lv 12 28am 9 05f 1110pm 10 15am Ar WashlngtonLv 8 40pin 4 30i 12 4Sttm 12 05pm Ar Baltimore Lv 7 81pm 2 40( 3 45am 2 20pm Ar PhlldetphlaLv 5 16am 11 47f 6 53arn 4 53pm Ar New YorkLv 5 20pm 9 00[ Between Atlanta and Charleston. No. 34. No. 86. Dally. Cen. Time., No. 48. No. 7 15am f3 45pm LvAtlanta,c.tl. Ar;f8 00am' 6 45[ 8 55,'iml 53(ipm ArTucker.E.tl.Ar 8 09am 6 5S[ 10 4lam 7 45ptn Ar Athens ArlEx.Sun. 5 08f 11 45am Ex.Suu. Ar Elberton Ar: u i 4 01f i to 1 u pi. *J ? a on, &l 10JIIII | m ^uiik'uu noati I v?u, 12 21pm " Ar Watts Ar| " ! 818j 12 35pm u Ar Shop An " 3 08f 12 43|>m " Ar Abbeville Ar: " 3 07f 1 OOpin " Ar Cano Ar! '* I 2 54 jl u iAr Salak Arj " j 2 47| 1 18pm1 " Ar Greenwood Ar| " I 2 42f 138pm u IAr Saluca Ar " ! 225ji 135pm. " Ar Lota Ar *' 2 21[ 12 lopin " Ar Clinton Ly " 142f 12 35pm " Lv Clinton Ar " i I 20j 4 15pm, Ar < olumbia Ar 11 15f 550pm Ar Svniter Ar 11 OOi 8 40pm Ar Charleston Lv' | 7 15t Trains Nub. 402 nml 403 are solid vestibule troi with Pullman Bullet sleeping cars between Atlai end Washington, through sleepers between Monr aid Portsmouth. Vu.; Puliman HuQet parlor ci between Washington and New York; sleeping C4 between Charlotte nml Willi.Ington. Trains Nos. and 41, solid between Atlanta and Norfold, carry! Pullman sleeping attaol ed. making direct conneetl at Weldon with Atlantic ('oast Line for Wasliinet and New York, nnd all points north and east; at N folk with s>earners for Wachindon. Bay Line of b tlmore. Old Dominion for New York. Trains31 a 45. solid trains between Atlanta and Columbia, wl through coaches for Charleston. Tickets for sale union depot or at the company's ticket olllce, at No Kimball House. JOHN II. WINDEB, Oen. Mancr. T. J. ANDKKSON, Qen. Pass. Act. K. J. WALKED, City Pass, and Ticket Agt Port Royal and Western Carolina R. Augusta nud Asheville Short Line. J. B. CLEVELAND, Eccelvcr. Seheduie in Etlect Jan. 28, 1S90. Eastern Time Lv Augusta 6 40 urn 8 00 | Ar Greenwood 12 10 pill 12 80 t Ar Anderson 7 -id ]itn Ar Laurens 1 15 pin Ar Grtvnville 2 50 pin Ar Glenn Springs 4 05 pm Ar Spartanburg 8 (X> jmi Ar Suluda 4 88 pm Ar H<-nder.sonville 5 16 pm Ar Asheville 6 'JO pm Lv Aslicville S 30 uui Lv liendersonville !l 08 um Lv Haluda 10 01 um Lv Spartanburg 11 45 am Lv Greenville 11 10 am Lv Laurens 1 15 pm Lv Anderson it 20 am Lv Greenwood 2 80 pm 5 00 u Ar Atigiiftu 5 05 pm !l :J5 a Lv Greenwood 5 28 pin Ar Hulcish 1 20 am Ar Petersburg 0 00 am Ar Richmond 6 40 um Ar Norfolk 7 10 am To Athens, Atlanta and Points West. Lv Greenwood 12 48 am 2 31 p Ar Elherton 2 04 pin 4 01 p Ar Athens 8 03 [Jin 5 05 p Ar Atlanta 4 09 pin 6 HO p (.'lose connections at Greenwood for all point!) i S. A. L. uml C. Si G. Hallways, and at Atlanta to tl We>t. For Kates and Schedules, apply to W. J. CKAIG, Gen. Pass. Agent, Augusta, Ga. 1 OLD SEA KINGS BOLD. ; J DARING NAVIGATORS WHO FIRST J SIGHTED NORTH AMERICA. < ( of 1 at. The Cabots and the Earlier Voyagers. , What Was Done or Left Undone to Ex- i ut plore the Westward Limits of the Known ] ^ World. | !S- {Copyright, 1803, by American Press Associa- t iy tion. Book rights reserved.] :(i . OTHING succeeds , /^V^vS'like auccess, but the prize is often Rv) cheaply won. The , Cabots gave the \ North American , continent to' the j A ySfr V'jBKL English race and i- / ttrB ^llou 1W> uia_ v wT'SIt coverers, but the English were a o(. " \ century behind the Qt Spaniards in utili?r izing their knowledge of the western hemIH< isphere. North America would have been "n discovered within a few years after Sou oh ;e America had the Cabot fleets never sailed. Daring sailors in the northwestern seas or drifted naturally to those shores. The inor dians got here somehow from the original Asiatic habitat. The Cabots, John and Sebastian, who touched Newfoundland in ? 1494 and 1497, respectively, were searching for a northwest passuge to India. Reports of what Columbus had done and the fashIion of the time put it into their heads to take out patents for the discovery and occupancy of new provinces. The trip made I under John Cabot in 1494 was indeed a bold one, no matter bow inspired. He sailed with a single vessel and struck for the unknown northwest. Columbus was sup?(J posed to have reached the islands of the Inip dies on the east. The American continent ut was still unknown. With the fate of his | expedition bound up in a single ship Cabot lc~ steered through the trackless ocean 700 leagues away from the known world. The sail was a remarkable one, for he left England in May and was back again in August, n Sebastian sailed over the same course westward in 1497, sighting Labrador again and ^ iv j. __ ? ?rm : J.. Qf points on toe coast tut mr Ituuui txa x iuhu.i, then carried his knowledge of western navigation over to Spain. The Cabots were not the first sea rovers to make land in North. America. Longfellow's stirring ballad, "The Skeleton In Armor," may be the wildest fancy so far as a historical basis goes, but it give" a vivid picture of the daring, adventurons, warring people who ruled the icy seas of the north before the advent of merchant sailors. The Norse sea kings were in their way discoverers, conquerors and colonizers, p. They did not lack for room at home as much as for freedom, excitement and pleasure, like more civilized men who find diversion in the jungle. Uhknown faraway seas, barren arctic islands?these were the lairs and hiding places of the vanquished, the outlawed, the brave but desperate refugees when driven from their people by crime, misfortune or love of isolation. One such is the hero of Longfellow's verse, and if it be not true that some bold Norse Homeo fleeing with his Juliet made a ref'-gc on Newport bluffs and erst himself despairing upon his spear point when the gi. jq marauder left him a discon2k golate castaway it ought to be true that jy some roman j based on the powerful pasaJ. sion of love gave rise to the first appearn ance of man in the new world. The gar den of Eden liad its love idyL Why not tbe western Eden also? The date of the Newport tower is fixed by good authority at some period not later than the twelfth century. In a note to bis ' poem Longfellow quoted the arguments of ita a distinguished French antiquarian in fare vor of considering the tower to be one of _ pre-Columbian origin. _ Gunnbiorn, a Norse sea rover, was driven 5: west from Iceland in 876 and sighted a " strange coast. The discovery was recorded in Iceland, and 50 years later another wind tossed mariner was shipwrecked ou a coast .... lying west from Iceland, and he named the new country Iceland the Great. A century | after Gunnbiorn came Red Eric, a yount; im Norwegian who had killed his man at im home and sailed as a fugitive to Iceland. ltn Again outraging the laws, he was set afloat [{Jj in a strong ship with some daring fellows of .... his own ilk, and they sailed away on the ,U1 path described by Gunnbiorn to find a wild home beyond the icy main. At the end of tm three years the rovers went back to Iceland >tn >5. (m A SHIP OF THE XOKSE SEA KINGS. ,m and told of their discovery of Greenland. J In 985 Eric led an expedition of 35 ships to >m Greenland, and soon all the habitable fiords ?ui of the arctic island were peopled with Northmen. Eric's son Lief went home to Nor ,ni way in 999 and was converted to Christian>"> ity, which w?s just then raging in the fer vor of a new idea. He took a priest to ,m Greenland and established churches, the im J remains of edifices dating from the elev enth century being visible tbere today. ltn At the time of Eric's discovery a sea ,lm king named Bjarni, voyaging between Ice~ land and Greenland, was swept from his course and driven nine days' sail southoe west from Greenland, where he sighted a ? ? level coast. Lief, the zealous proselyt r, l.;g started with 35 companions to find the la'ul ng described by Bjarni. He fil*st hit upon a on barren shore, with icy mountains lying in land. Farther south he struck a level, a|. 6andy shore, skirting a forest country, arid nil still farther south and west a river up 'j* which he sailed to an inland sea. On the _ (j shores of that sea his followers found grapes, and a colony was established that kept up commerce with the Greenland Norsemen for 40 years. No certain traces of this mysterious Vineland have been discovered ex? cept the tower at Newport be so considered, p but the Greenland colonies lasted until t'<e fifteenth century. Then a succession of calamities, the ravages of fierce Eskimos, a pestilence imported from Norway known as tho black death and an impenetrable ice L pack which settled along shore combined ,U1 to extinguish the hist Norsemen on the 1,11 American soil. Traditions of the Norse discoveries did circulate among the maritime pcoplo of 1 *' ' ? t? * ....:i mose eariy centuries. j\ cuuu^ ?yciau mu or prince took the story so straight from the Norsemen that he sailed with an expedition away to the west to somotmknmvti land and returned to make a voyage in 10 ships, after which lie disappeared from iii* WM. H. PARKER, President. ?; JULIUS H. Dul The Farmers' Ear DEPOSITS S Capital III ;;; T\OES GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS. 1 tie U lions. A SavlngH Department has been < wards. Interest at 4 per cent, nayabie quarterlj Increase rapidly, directors?W. II. Parker, A. McGcc, P. B. Speed, It. M. Haddon, Dr. F. E. Ilai tVelsh annals. A crew of daring Arab sail jra about the eleventh century set out tc And the limits of the western ocean and jarried home accounts of a land beyond the main. Two Venetian captains were wreck jd in the north Atlantic in the fourteenth century and eventually reached Europe with news of an inhabited country west ol the ocean, and the adventurous Basque whalers spread similar tales after their lonp poyages. The records of Dutch, Polish and Norman voyages also bear testimony o! both islands and limitless coasts far off U. the west that could only refer to America Georgb L. Kilmer. THE SKELETON IN ARMOR. A skeleton incased in a suit of ant ienl armor, broken and rusted, was taken frod. the water at Fall River in 1839. The id"? occurred to the poet to connect it with thi famous round tower at Newport: Speak! Speak! thou fearful guestl Who with thy hollow breast , Still in rude armor drest Comest to daunt me! Wrapt not in eastern balms. But with thy fleshless palms Stretched, as if asking alms. Why dost thou haunt me? Then from those cavernous eyes Pale flashes seem to rise, As when the northern skies GleamJn December, And like the water's flow Under December's snow Camo a dull voice of woe From the heart's chamber. I was a viking oldl My deeds, though manifold. No ska.d in song has told. No saga taught thee. Take b"ed that in thy verse Thou dost the tale rehearse. Else dread a dead man's curse, Foi this I-sought thee. Far in the northern land. By the wild Baltic's strand, I with my childish hand Tamed the gerfalcon, And with my skates fast bound Skimmed the half frozen sound That the poor, whimpering hound Trembled to walk on. THE NOKSE TUWJSU AT fc. W rUlt i. Oft to his frozen lair Track'd I the grizzly benr,# While from my path the hare Fled like a shadow; Oft tb-ough the forest dark Folio- ;d the werewolf's bark Until i'ie soaring lark Sang from the meadow. But when I older" grew, Joining a corsair's crew O'er the dark sea I flew With the marauders. Wild was the life wo led; Many the souls that sped; Many the hearts that bled By our stern orders. Once as 1 told in glc> Tales of the stormy sea Soft eyes did gaze on me, Burning out tender. And as the white stars shine On the dark Norway pine, On that dark heart of mine Fell their soft splendor. I Bright in her father's hall Shields gleam'd upon the wall; Loud sang the minstrels all. Chanting his glory; When of old Hildebrand 1 asked his daughter's hand, Mute did the minstrel stand To hear my story. While the brown ale he quaff'd Loud then the champion laughed. And as the wind gusts waft The sea foam brightly. So the loud laugh of scorn. Out of those lips unshorn, From the deep drinking horn Blew the foam lightly. She was a prince's child, I but; viking wild. And though she blush'd and smiled 1 was discarded. Should not the dove so white Follow the seamew's flight, Why did they leave that night Her nest unguarded? Scarce had I put to sea, Beariu0- tho maid with me? Faire.iof all was she Among the Norsemen!? When on tho white sea strand. Waving his armed hand, Saw we old Hildebrand With twenty horsemen. Then launch'd they to tho blast. Bent like a reed each mast. Yet we were gaining fast When tho wind failed us, And with a sudden flaw Came round the gusty Skaw, So that our foe we saw Lrugh as he hail'd us. And as to catch the gale Round veer'd the flapping sail, ' Death! was the helmsman's hail. Death without quarter! Midships with iron keel Struck we her ribs of steel; Down her black hull did reel Through the black water. As with hi9 wings aslant Sails the flerce cormoraut, i Seeking some rocky haunt. With his prey laden, So toward the open main. Beating to sea again, Through the wild hurricane, Bore I tho maiden. Three weeks we we3tward bore. And when the storm was o'er Cloudlike we saw the shore Stretching to leeward; There for my lady's bower Built I the lofty tower Which to this very hour Stands looking seaward. Thpm u'i\ mn.nv vears: Time dried the maiden's tears; She had forgot her fears. She was a mother; Death closed her mild bluo eyes. Under that tower she lies; Ne'er shall the sun arise On such another! Still grew my bosom then. Still as a stagnant fenHateful to ine were men, The sunlight hateful! In the vast forest here. Clad in my warlike gear. Fell I upon my spear? Oh, death was grateful. Thus seam'd with many scars. Bursting these prison bars. Up to its nativo stars My soul ascended! Thero from the flowing bowl Deep drinks tho warrior's soul, SkoalJ to tho northlaud! Skoal! Thus the tale ended. ?Lnncrfellow. A. W. SMITH, Vice President PRE, Cashier. i- -c a 1.1..?:n? .K 01 Ague vine SOLICITED. $75,OOC 6,50C 3uys and sells Exchange and makes Colet iBtabllshed. Amounts received of SI and uf r. -January. Anril. July, October. Small sa\ W. Smith. W. C. McQowan, J. R. Blake, H. 1 rrlson, A. R. Morse. >? ,- :.? "MB? A Word to the Bo;r. If you have anything to do, do it i at once. Don't sit down in the rocking ' chair and lose three-quarters of an hour in dreuding the job. Be sure that it will seem 10 times harder than it did at first. Keep this motto: . Be on time in 9mall things as well as great things. Habit is everything. Tbe boy who is behind time at breakfast and at school j will be sure to get "left" in the iraportant things in life. If you have a chronic habit of dreading and putting off things ' make a great effort to cure yourself. Brace up! Make up your mind that you will have some backbone. Depend upon it, that life is very much as you make it. The first thing to decide t is, what are you going to make it. The i next thing is to take off your coat i and go to work. Make yourself s necessary somewhere. There are thousands of boys and young men iu tbe world who wouldn't be missed if they were dropped out to-morrow. Don't be one of this sort. Be a power in your own little world, and then depend upon it, the big world will hear from you. o How to Make Mother Happy. "Why, mother, how bright and ciieeriui you iook lo-mgni: w urn. uas t ,.pened?" "I feel very happy, my dear, because my little boy has really tried to be good all day. Ouce, when his sister teased him, and he spoke quickly and crossly to her, he turned around a moment of bis own accord and said he was wrong and asked her to forgive him. I believe I should grow young, or never look tired or unhappy again if every day my little boy and girl were as thoughtful, unselfish and loving as they have been to-day." Here a grand secret for you, little ones; and now that you know how to make mother happy, may you keep her face always full or sunshine ! People Who nre Not Son 1-Winners. The husband who scolds his wite before the children because she happens to get too much saleratus in the biscuit. The mother who can talk by the hour about the dresses, and bonnets of her neighbors, but can't say a word to her little ones about the love of \>1I ? iOi? The Sunday-school teacher who don't know enough about the lesson to ask questions without reading them from the lesson paper. The woman who talks about heaven in church, and about her neigbors on the street. The young lady who hands wine to callers. The sectarian, who never has a good word for any other denomination. The man who rings a bell every time he puts a dime in the contribution. The man who never goes near the church on lodge night. The man who blows a tin horn and shouts himself hoarse during a campaign, but is down on anything like excitement in religion. Let one purchase hens of the common mongrel stock?which can always be got quite cheaply?and with these hens mate a purely-bred male of the variety desired to breed into. In the autumn carefully select the strongest aud best developed pullets, still retaining the former male bird. Select only those pullets which are robust and perfectly healthy in every respect and -frnncrlv marked in form and color and general characteristics of the breed represented by their sire. Mate thin ' second crop of pullets to an unrelated sire, and the resulting generations will be equal to the thoroughbred stock of ibat breed for all practical purposes iu laying and marketiug qualities. Corn meal is a convenient, and we may say staple, article of food in the barnyard, yet it is not the best food for chickens. It is very good food in winter, as it is heating, but for young chickens it is not sufficiently growing. Very young chickens that are fed on corn meal exclusively are liable to be troubled with bowel disease. Give a variety of food, give plenty of range, and above all, give clean quarters. ? ? "Mamma," said a youngster, "am I a canoe?" "No, child; why do you ask?" "Oh, because you say you like to see people paddle their own canoe, and I didn't know but what maybe I was yours." The boy went out of tit I V? voforonna mAPP tfl LUC UUU1 nuu vuvv speed than grace. < ? * # Pine Fresh i G( I Harrison ? UNDER NI H. <i THE "BULL. D< -AltE THE BEST FOR WORKINi W. JOEL SJM * W. 8. COTHRAN, J Proprietor. 1 TBI IBBiLl ) # We are prepared to fil v J Rough Lumber, Doors, Sas S Brick, Lime, Cement. In 5 construction of a House. ' 1 RICHAliD GANTT, 1? now prepared to dO all *ork Id bis department In the best manner and at reasonable charges. Monthly . jtistomers shaving, hair catting and shampooing 81 per month. Basors honed and pnt n ?he best condition for 26 cent* each. NOTICE1 | ?TO?* TAXPAYERS ! > Pay Commutation Tax if You Do Not Want to Work the Koads. J- UE COUNTY TREASURER I3..EMPO tiered to receipt for two TWO DOLLARS, com- - j mutation tax, In Ilea or all road doty, which jM must be paid when other'taxes are paid, or prior to tbe 1st of March. Those not expect- H Ingtodo six day's faithful work would do 1] well to pay tbe tax. * JOHN LYON, Supervisor. Oct. 30,1805, tf mm No. 5 Washington Street, 1 will carry a full stock of GROCERIES AT THE LOWEST PRICES. 9 GIVE ME A TRIAL. W. F. Cross. i AH TOM ,? ;? ^ -FOR THE- ^ "WKSTl AlIfiliPHT! Cheapest Offer . . . .,. . Ever Made! A genuine Elgin's movement In handsome screw bezel nickle Case for the next 30 days, only #3.00. Come and see them. R. C. Bernau, THE JEWELER. VR - i Fancy Physic $ ) TO ^ & Game. 5 LW HOTEL. m )G? BREECHES & MEN. FOR SALE ONLY BY? nTH & SON A. G. FAULKNER, $ Manager, ^ mn n j | 1 all orders for Dressed and 5 I i n (0 | h, Jjlinas, rrarnoB, uumgieo, ^ short anything needed in the ? | ,%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%?%? I