The Press and Banner ABBEVILLE, S. C. ^"Published every Wednesday at 83 a year In advance. Wednesday, Jan. 31, 1900. Two Sides. The State replies to our reasons for supporting tbe dispensary. In tbe replies our contemporary makes good reading, but it seems i>o (hot ha errs in many of bis answers, but we give our readers tbe benefit of bearing both Bides. Mot knowing better how to make it plain, we bave set Tbe State's replies leaded, and our own reasons solid. After all, it comes back to the standpoint from which tbe question is viewed. As we ee it, tbe law is good. As our contemporary sees it, it is bad. All that our contemporary says of "blind tigers," would be of ten times more force, it we bad prohibition. Governor McSweeney has a small army of constables whose buslne?s it is to look after the blind animals. Are they incompetent, or do they wink tbe other eye? The blind tiger business in this community Is insignificant, and tbe dispensary is giving abundant satisfaction. As soon as tbey think we are getting too much liquor tbey will favor a movement to have tbe institution opened later in tbe day and closed earlier in tbe evening. At present we know of very little opposition to the law in Abbeville. * ? Didn't Insult Factory People. The effort of some most excellent people to take charge of other people's cbildren, by refusing to allow them to work in cotton mills, was properly killed in tbe Senate by a vote of 29 to 8. Tbe bill didn't come np in tbe House. The solicitude of people who have no children as to the welfare of other people's children Is natural. Childless people, aB a rule, know more about governing and caring for children than do their mothers. The proposed law was class legislation, and should be offensive to every self-respecting operative in any cotton mill. Any idea that the control of poor children should be taken away from their mothers is monstrous. The friendship and anxiety of intermeddlers is not to be compared with the love and tenderness of a mother. The tendency of too many mothers is to work too much themselves, and to re* quire too little help from their children. Work may be a very bad thing for anybody, and few of us would work. If we conld help It. It Is the rarest thing for a mother will overwork her children. m Prof. Wallace's History. Professor W. E. Mikell, University of Pennsylvania, contributes to the Annals of the American Academy of Political aad Modal Science, a review ol Professor D. D. Wallace's Constitutional History ;a? South CarOlin?, from which we make the following extraot: "Professor Wallace's CoosUUitlooal History ~ ' i-wt 4^ inc lha or HOOID laruuuu iruui l/*v MI1IIU raiiua iu? first part of a history of tbat State from 1725 to 1810. The volume dealt wltb tbe oonstliutlOQ or the oolony under tbe Royal Government; with the stamp Act; tbt.tftjtttloDS of the Commons and Council; ibo appropriation, of the publlo money; and Uta MFiemptof tbe Commons to abolish tbe legislative character of tbe Council. It therefore win be'-apeo JjW ihe author has merely blazed bis path; the. constructive work Is yet to bedooe. "Mr. Wallace bo* undertaken a task, tb^' successful accomplishment of whlcb welcomed by all wboare interested iD.Sotttb. Carollua, and Id tbe coD8tltatloiU^lilmpirfw; oar slate* generally; be has b rough ttObettt; on tbe task an evident love of blaiotdfc^MJl. commendable Industry In bUf search jfoi Tbe Press and Banner regarda?tbe$w?pM tbe best publication of the kind tb&t we hav# ever seen, and Professor Wallace baijn^^H good work for bis Stale In publlibtngttj^^H Iiaat Frldor.lJ&e gyrations of a wUt^^^BB forded daogeraort amusement for sttttaTflre ern and curious people. For a time MnjHw i.log afforded^pleasure, but la a )|MjesBK cowards'^10ejm* jyvjlima W ater O Last Friday while the woirk of fllljng tbe standplpe waagoingon,Mstticn of tbe main plli opea near tbe SeaM&rit: Air Line depot, and for a little wbtla tbe water flew high Id tbe air, dissipating into epnw aqd comlbg down la sacb form and manner as, Ux zaafce ao Interesting sight. The Oily plamber, Mr. C. P. Hammond, has a special fondneso for haodllng accidents, and with' wrenob and other implements bo reduced tbe Totnmeaad soon closed tbe show, to which no tickets bad been sold, or tflven away. The whole per* form an oe was extra, and up to the appesr oee of Mr. Hamqiond, nothing of It was on kue VI lift. x v, r , Oo?J Friead to Abbeville. Mr. J. B Habkov gives a most; Cheerful account of tbe prospects of MoOorrnlofc. Tb? people tbere rejoice la tbe establishment of o oil mill,and, feasting apoo the 1004 retails of an oil mill, tbelr appetite Is whetted for a cotton mill, wblcb is a possibility. No better place for a mill can be found/. Mr. Harmon Is a good friend to MoOormlokr, bat nest to McCormick be Is a good friend to Abbeville. Meetlag ef the SMncbteri of tkf Coninto roycy. * :-#Sw Tbe regular monthly meeting of tbe^KOgb. term of tbe Confederacy vlli be held ba&ogsday. February tbe sixth, at Mrs. jF. JJ, ^ajrlAoa's. at 12 o'clock. Business or importance will be discussed, ana all members are OTged to attend and to be punctual. - -ifffifr'Jjuola W. Parker, Pr?tfojjtt. Prosperous merchant. W Mb. c. W. Clinkhcales, of the itrm ol Cllukscale* Bros., Ijownrtesville, was on our streets last w??fc. His firm Is one pf tbe most prosperous In tbal section of tbe county, and tbey deserve the good fortune tbat Is coming that way. Attentive to business, obliging In their dealings, success will come ana abide wltb tbem, flood Citizen. Ma. James T. Latimer, of Ijcvodesviile, was in town last week. He Is u brother ol Congressman Lntimer who serves this Dis irlctsowell in Washington, and is himself a most excellent citizen, a good merchant, and a useful member of tbe cburcb. I'ubbnKd Plaute. Prepare your ground at once for cabbage plants, as I will be receiving tbem now weekly. Succession and Wakefield are tbe varieties. Very Respectfully. C. P. Hammond. ? Oysters and Fifth. , When ytw* tvant oyRters and fllsb go U. Thos. Thomson. I have tbem always ot / hand. Telephoned. Wanted. School aod County claims. G. W. Lomax. ? ? Melissa Wilmaxs. colored, who lives on Dr. Johnson's place near LowndesvlUe, snf tarred considerable loss by flre on last Tbnrs /day. Including a ^.le of cotton weighing 50! pouods,?0bu8belffor corn, 0 gallons or mo Lasses. This is the third fire at that place it less than four years. Miut. Lvar Psnaiii <3ass. ajod her children ar? visiting Mrs. L. C Haskell. Dr. T. M. Bailed, Corresponding Secreta ry Baptist State Convention, will fill tbe pul pit at the Baptist church nextttunday. I have a small lot of nice country bams Amos B. Morse. Lots of new Spring: Goodt at Smith's Dry Goods and Millinery and more arriving daily. II IIIIIMII I CONTRIBUTED LOCALS. H'bnt "M" Seen untl IIearn on HIh ICotiudM Altout (he City. Abbeville, S. (J., Jan. 31,1S*J9. SUOKr STOKS AND CLIPPINGS. The blizzard struck us last Monday morning In quite a "breezv" way. I I'm Bald an open January brlugs a rough February, which prediction If true, will Drlug us bard weather the coming month. WORK FOR FEBRUARY. February 18 the time to begin your garden worn, prune grape vines and fruit trees, renew strawberry beds, dress asparagus bed", and plant Irish potatoes during "dark moon," sow small seeds in hot-beds, look out for pack peddlers, and knock book agents In the head. During this year there will be three eclipses, two of the sun and oue of the moon. First, a total eclipse of the Sun May 2Sth, visible throughout North America, Kuiope. and I Africa. Second Partial eclipse of the Moon, (June mil, viKioie over me i unea maws Third, Annual eclipse of the Sun, Nov. 22 visible only on the opposite side of the earth! NEXT MONDAY IS SALES-DAT. Court of General Session will convene here next Monday week 12'h inst. | Today (Weduesday 31st.) is tbe last day for tbe payment of taxes without penalty. Make no delay, but make your tax returns at once; see Auditor's notice. London is in gloom aud grief on account of recent defeats. The Boers are meeting the British nllt to hilt, and thus far holding their own, DEWEY'S EPIGRAMS. Great Crises make great men. Sincerity Is the heart of virtues. I am not a candidate for president. I never will be. Artistic diplomacy Is to say nothing, and say It well. Politics should be less a matter of party than principles. Crush the rebellion first, and then provide a Just government. The plaudits and love of a child are greater than tbe praise of a Statesman. The state of matrimony, like the state of Vermont, The culture of fools Is bat the cultivation of folly. He \yho Judges another waits bis own sentence. . ' Tbe way to tbe Jov of our Lord is through HIh Crow. No man loses anything, though be lose all for Christ. Tbe pickets of civilization are tbe principles or Christ. Every Christian is a photographer, a sun picture of tbe Son. Yon cannot go to heaven looking backward. A light head makes an easy running tongue. God will reward you not for results, but for fidelity. Tbe pleasures of fashions have never yet fashioned true pleasures. FRIENDS COMING AND GOING Mr. Ed Mcll wain, after an absence of several yea.s. is nome again, where he Is welcomed by many friends. Mies McLaugnen Is now on a visit to friends at Walballu. Mr. Eugene Rlohey is not lost, but has turoed up to tbe delight and Joy of friends and'lftftaefolks, afier an absence of about 8 *r-A. Bequest, the "booming" Insurance igent 1* In tne city. 911m Kate Marshall Is visiting relatives and .MeoOa at Anderson and Clemson. ,Mr. Bailey left today for the North In tbe Interest of his mill. He was accompanied by his daughter, Miss Louise, and Mlks Fannie Harris, daughter of Mr. J. A. Harris, the efficient book keeper of tbe Abbeville Cotton Mill. charmingly entertained. Miss Drule Penney delightfully entertained a lew of her friends last Wednesday evening In honor of her charming friend, Mies Lena Brownlee. V- FAULKNER?StCJULLAN. marriage of Mr. Faulkner and Miss jfnfSfcillfljdll'an will be solemnized tomor|TiS?S. Thureday evening at ? o'clock, at, the EflMBHBHigMirlde'ti sister, Mrs. J. C. Miller. HHNHHBBtpan officiating. This will be a fMNHHBpdlog, witnessed by only h lew connection. On Wed\ ir?7*.&c?MiE?WM?edlng her marriage. Miss number of her| Ibve her^or her In the business circles ol jtBMMECf. knrf7 is popular with every one. yHM-Jfflfendfl extend to Mr. and Mrs. Faulk-1 ^^^^Ww^eongratulaiions and best wlsheB HSi^^ipRpiy offered during the past ? wsrfWpaiBmataiiem that the crop Is well nigh HBfiBrat^llj'.'rSftve a few bales here and there Khat aiiVvoeen held for higher figures. Prices Fbave ranged from 7 to V/H with very limited jtoppiy. Secretary Hehier of New Orleans, I makes the following report for the weefc ending January, 27: For the 26 days of January the totals snow a decrease under last year ol ! 227,000 bales. For tbe 148 days of the season I the aggregate is behind last year, 2.013.000 I Tmai ranvpmnntK from tlrat September uaicD. *viw ?? - . to date 6,638.048. against 8,687.178 last year. Receipts at all United Slates ports since let September are 4,587,307 against 6.641 J015 last year. New York market steady. Liverpool strong cables and large buying orders, notwithstanding African reverses. OUK SICK FOLKS. Mr. George W. Syfan is better, but is 61111 oonQned to bts bed. Many jrleods hope be win soon be fully restocoed to health, Mr. Alpha Lomax wbo bafcHten quite sick. Is still confined to bis rooq?fytitl;tS thought to beMra.PH? P. Mcllwain whpbaiteen extremely III, is now resting mors^^^rMiWy, and is Au A fll Iclr very ill. Sbe bas bad two hemorrhages of the lungs this week, and sbe still remains in a critical condition. Her . son, Pavld, who bas been and is still dowp i with fever Is slowly Improving. The hand of affliction has certainly rested heavy upon the heads of this family for tbe last lew months. Mrs. NlckleB 'having buried a grown daugb; ter. Miss Lizzie, last November, but "we know that all things work together for good to them > ihot lnv? Hod." Mr. T. O. Price visited la our vicinity last 1 Sunday. Mr, Evans Gordon has been confined to bis room lor the past few days threatened with pneutoonla, but be Is able to be up attain. Mrs. Fleetwood Crowtber intends giving a turkey dinner to the ladles In ihenear future, ' and all present are to quilt. The ladles an1 ticlpate a good time and especially a alee Mr. Frank Robertson Is keeping bacfaeltw'a ball at presont, but froao the appeftttfatnOiJ things It is only for tho time being, '-JiV: - ~ Mr. and Mrs. Nelson visits.MlU^Neliwrrt mother, Mrs. stokes, of Aatr^^l^^st-(Mt< URev. McKlnnon. pastor-atxsrof{jane, was vHltlng In our midst last Tbaraday.it J(r. Mo ) Klnnon certainly bat the confidence Cod love . of all our people, and he 1b a moat welcome . | visitor In our homes. We feel better and more contented with our lot In life after bav! log come In contact with his beautiful and re I signed life. ' I u'a trimt that the license bill will not pass - as we are aD^iot^s to'see our bachelors get - married who Bay that tljey cannot aflord to pay license for a girl. Mr. George Mann, of the Sat Jon, visited his * motber-fn-law, >Jrs. Crowther, last Wednesday. We have Just learned of the sad d^ath ol Miss Addle Boyen, which occurred la?t ThursJ day night. Her remains were Interred at | Shlloh cemetery on Friday. r m * m I You will Add Ibe nicest lot of toilet soap ic town atC. Milford's, The JJrugglst, > gg?. igggaBBHW A JUMPING ENGINE. Beantirylmc h Home?I'oiiihI Party? Llttila Harris?Ami Other ThiugN. Ix>wndesvllle, Jan. 29tb, 1900. Mr. Joe Black, of Wellington, was Tuesday night on business. ' 'bere was a slight, wreck or rather a jump off of the engine attached to the freight train on theHavannah Valley Railroad Wednesday at or near McCormlck. Mr. Greason. the engineer, was hurt. For a day or two the trains did not run on schedule time. It seems a little singular, but It occurs to this writer, tbat since this road has been In operation, all of the mishaps to the rolling stock has been to the freight trains, not a run off of the passenger trains. Tbe first of last week Mrs. J. C. Lomax spent a day or two with the family of ber hrotbef-ln-law, Mr. E. U. Mechine. He, Mr. Manhlna h?K n?W ?nd hflfi hfld for SOIDe ll ff)e a considerable force at work improving and beautifying bis home, and uo expense will be spared to make it. one of tbe most desirable rural homes to be found. Mr.C. (i. McAllister and his daughter. Miss Alice McAllister, of Latimer, came up Thursday and spent, a few hours. We hope these good friends will soon come again, when they will not be in such a hurry to return borne. Miss Bertha White, one of our teachers in I the High school, went, to Abbeville Friday evening on a short visit to her home folk. The choir of the Methodist church spent Rome time in practicing at the home of Mr. J. T. Latimer Friday night. It is a well known fact that in many of ourchuiches this department of worship is sadly neglected. This should not be so. Mrs. J. T. Barnes went to Iva several days ago to spend a while with her daughter, Mrs. J. F. Harper. Messrs. W T. Cunningham and M. T. HuchIbou bad business at Abbeville od Monday. Dr. J. B. Moseley spent a day or two at Greenwood the past week, attending tbe meetingol the District Stewards. He reports a very pleasant time, a harmonious session, and a larger number of tbat body present than usual. Messrs. Kennedy, Watson, of Mt. Carmel, and C. G. McAllister, of Latimer, spent a few hourB with us yesterday. The Pension Board of tbe Lowndesvllle townshio will meet in this place next Saturday, 3rd ol February. All Interested will govern themselves accordingly. By order of Dr. A. J. Speer, chairman. The Epworth League will meet at Mrs. J. W. Huckabee's (that's the modern way or putting it. Just because oar good wives some* times wear some of our clothes, so said, is no reason why tbey should be given the place of head of the household, too,) next Thursday night, February at 7 p. m. A full attendance Is desired. The good ladies of the Baptist chnrcb will have a pound party next Friday night, (2nd February), In the store vacated a while ago by Mr. E. R. Horton. Everybody la cordially invited and asked to bring a pound. The pounds received will be sold for the benefit of tbelr church. Mr. J. T. Harris, owner of Harris Lltbia Springs, was in town one day last week. A poung man of a thousand, nerbaps a million, would not be far wrong. He Is handsome, intelligent. Industrious, and to bis other qualities is that of being a splendid oook, and that which ought to commend bim to the good opinlsn or everybody Is tbat be Is a teetotaler; never has drank a drop of spirits, except once When he was very sick, and bis pbyslcian said tbat it was the only thing tbat would save bis lite, and he bad to be forced to take It. He does not need the dispensary, prohibition, or any thing else as a shield against toperism. As he is a good catch, any yonng lady that wishes to learn his name^pbone 8, Friday night about 12 o'clock tn? negroes living on the place where Dr. J. O. Johnidn lived and died, were awakened to find the barn In flames. It was soon burned tb the grom-d with Its contents, which oonslsted of all of the com tbat some of the negroes bad, together with oue bale ol cotton. It is not known what caused it to take fire. Troupe. ?. / " i 1 \\ \ Here's a Kid Glove at Goods and Mlllineryttf^MB; White with black stitjMpg, Pearl Gray, Pearl Gropwith black stitcfiing, Black, Black with white stitching:, Tans trimmed in Black, Modes trimmed in Black, in fact all the new shades. Their $1.00 Glove has no equal. THE COUKT. The ttraud Juror* for the Year?The Petit Jurors lor the Term. GRAND JURORS. R. P. Hodges Abbeville Alason Adams Cedar Springs R. A. Kenton Diamond Hlil DeWitt Hall... '? Diamond Hill w. A. TemDletoD Abbeville J. L. McMillan Abbeville W. C. Drake Donalds L. M.Rhaw Diamond Hill L. A. Morris Doe West R.J Boblnson Bordeaux Charlie Trlbble ponalds Hugh Bowen Due,West petit jurors. L. W. Lesiy ~~..Calboan Geo. Penney ?Abbeville J. \ Ellis .;Long; 0?ne L. P. Harkness ....Diamond Hill A. M. Erwln Diamond Hill O. C. Robinson ....Doe "West Marlon Barnes Lowndesvllle H B. Jameson Donalds L. M. Patterson Diamond Hill Oharlle Thornton Cedar Springs J. L. Perrln Abbeville J. B. young Donalds J. W. Ashley, Jr Due West T. C. Burts ......Donalds W. R. Stewart... Abbeville G. H. Gable. Indian Hill J. P. Glbert Cedar Springs T. B. Blackwell...._ .'J Due West E. H. Pennell Due West P. A. Bocbe Long Cane W. W. Wilson Due West M. B. Cllnkscales Due West L. A. Bamey Cedar Springs J. Harvey Cllnkscales Hue West ? * " r Amn/)AR|,|||A W. T. uroaaweii uiwuuc>t . J. P. Prlnoe Diamond Hill *?. iS. Q. Bean ford Indian Hill \W. D. Beanfnrd Abbeville S. Singleton Bordeaux fiUAirA. Pierson Due West. > J. BiSeawright Diamond Hill Ji P?' Holloway Bordeaux W. D. Morrah Calboun i R. E. Henderson Bordeaux P. G. Hartzog Calhoun J. H. Asbley Long Cane An Inferential; Disclaimer. New York Mail and Express. "I don't want you to think," said William J. Bryan to the people wbom be addressed the other evening in Jersey City, "tbRt I am speaking to you as a candidate." The diiclalmer was touching, but unnecessary. No body for a moment fappoges that Bryan 1b careering about the country as a candidate. Perish the thought I The general Impression Is that be is lilting i)p bis voice, night in and nlgbt out, always as an elocutionist, uui never as a candidate. The Hou. Wilklns Mlcawber was also given to oratory. But here tbe likeness ends, for Mlcawber was continually waiting for something to turn up, but Bryan Isn't. Bryan is bent upon making the greatest number of speeches in the shortest possible time, not because he wants anything, not because lie could be induced?for example?to accept the Democratic nomination for tbe presidency this year, even If it were presented to him on a silver salver; but just for his health: Just to convince the skeptical that there 1h such a thing as perpetual motion? of the tongue. The scene that followed Bryan's assertion that he was not speaking in .Jersey Olty ' as a candidate" must indeed have beggared description. Strong men most likely turned aside to drop a tear, and everybody witbjn sonnd of his voice must have been agoo<) deal overcome with emotion and felt Impelled to go out and have something. Tbe girl In tbe old story artlessly remarked that ber brother wrote as good poetry as Milton ever produced, and "admitted tbe fact himself." Bryan is equally lmpreBsly%wben itoomes to making : admissions lavoWnft himself. He an officei rieekar, wiih-t^-remorseless persistency of n horse leech ? He engaged 1 lOMamplh&tbecountry In the Interest of his ojnr9&$tittfl9&y*for an office which in vain he oeraed $&6>Iteop 1 e to give him in 1896? Go to, 1 tro'toK* All that be das in view tnese aays is vocal culture for vocal culture's sake. Any other view of his performance does blm cruel ' , . Ladies and Children's Shoes vpu will always find at > Smith's Dry Goods and Mil; jinery. The right styles at the right prices. Stop tliat cold In one day with a box of "iiutuacetol." You will Audit at C, A. Mil. i ford's, The Druggist, Phone K>7. ABBEVILLE'S ATHENS. ? - - * ? Xewtt anil Pernotial Sole* In .and About (lie City which In hald, of Piedmond, bas made tbree visit* to tbe bome of bis urotber, Mr. M, G. DdttOUd, wltbln tbe past ten days and baS beeb to consultation wltb Dr. Robinson ln.rsgard to tbe treatment of Mrs. Donnald. Joseph B. M. Wright and family bave taken'bp tbier residence in Due west Tbey occupy a cottage n6ar Prof. J. F. Lee's on iJaWis once owned by Capt, R. C. Sharp. "Mr. James C. Trlbble is having a large number of stock logs oat and nauied from Trlbble's addition to a saw mill that will locate on bis lot. Mr.Trlbble bas more energy to tbe square Inch than any man we know ana Just keeps everlasting at it. The public school in Doe West opens next Monday. The school building ia.being painted, the grounds have been graded, trees being planted, the trees and nidewalks adjacent thereto will be put In good condition. Prof. E. U. Reld has set out quite a number of shade trees in his front yard and also oq the street about his premises. We oommend hia thnugbtfulneas to other property owners in the town. Kit Moore went to Atlanta Saturday night with the intention of enlisting in the United States army. He did not go out to Fort Mo Pberaon, but says a little fellow in the city examined him and told him be bad heart trouble and tbat bis eyes were weak. He was mighty glad to bear such a report and at once turned his face homeward, reaching Abbeville Sabbath afternoon. He says the railroad shops were running full blast in Atlanta on the Sabbath and that he did not like the moral tone or tblngs in the city. He will biich up his mule ami prepare to pitch another crop, believing that home is the best place after all. Your correspondent bad a pleasant call from an old friend a few days ago. He will De seventy nine years old next June. He has lived all hia life on the same plantation, though not at the same spot. As a beverage he baa not tasted llqnor since be was eighteen yoars old though often tempted by frlendB in UIa Wouo Uo hoo voloar) o famflv nf six children, three boys and three girls. One son was lOBt in the Confederate army and the other two have died since. One daughter Is the wife of Mr. J. H. Green, and Is the rootbar or talented children. Another married Mr. David Green. Another still married Mr. Erskine Agnew, who died some years ago. He' has long led a correct life and reads his Bible night and morning. Enjoying the confluence and esteem of his friends and neighbors he is at peace with all the world and hence bis is a happy home. We refer 10 Mr. H. B. Bowie who lives near Gilgal church. Mr. Harvey Pennel of Sunny Slope bought a fine mule from Mr R. W. Haddon M?Qday afternoon. Mr. Haddon has some other stock to sell. Below we give the program of tne Semi-Annual Celebration of the Phllomaihean literary Society. prayer. Address of Welcome?W. A. Philips, Jf. C.J President. FRESHMAN DECLARERS. "Our CI vilization,"?A. M. Erwln, S. C. Music. 'Aqutsltion of Territory,"?S. W. MltchelJ, SO. Music. CSUI'il u.uui\rj l/CVXiAi0intK)t "The First Settler's Story,"?P. D. Carson, Va. Music. "The Poet Priest,"?E. C. Knox, S. C. Music. SENIOR ORATION. ,>y the best and most brilliant lights that d Ispel tbe darkness of any town. One by one new enterprises are developed, and Abbeville make progress. BARN BURNT. Heavy Loss to an Industrious and Proaperon* Farmer. Mr. J. W. MoKe?,of the Long Cane settlement, bad the misfortune to lose bis barn last Monday night. We bave not seen Mr. McKee. bat reports la town conoernlng It, are somewhat as follows : About nine o'clock bis dogs barked fiercely aod be hissed them on. Some one repiled, "If you set your dogs on me, I will kill them." About twenty minutes later the barn was discovered to be on Are. The loss was the building, Nome bogs, a beef, Injury toaborse wblch refused tooomeout an til after it bad suffered from fire. Other personal property was destroyed as follows: Two barrels molasses, sbuclts and fodder, 160 pounds of meat, corn enough for the year, 75 bushels cotton seed, 15 bushels peas, Unclaimed Letters, - -- * - ? a- T?n 1fl. metiers id poni. ouice w?? ouuiug svor regrets. No life can be pure anfr^trong without making others purer amNjronger; a man is composed of a part ofaTWhat he has met and with which henijL come in contract. There is no standing still; we are going forward or slipping back. Let - '".W us look back over the year and see whether are stronger or weaker for our work. We cannot dream ourselves into anything that is either beautiful or good; we must hew our dreams out of - M the hard rock with pick aud hammer. f There is nothing for the self-indulgent :?| but miserable failure. The thought of a just God having seen all that we have done would only breed despair in our minds if we did not know that He forgives those who hnmbly and penitently confess their sins. If we are determined to sow "wild oatu" God will not hinder us, but He sets up before us the fearful warning. "He that soweth to the flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption." The person who is wasting his inheritance in riotous living is fortunate if he can pull up before everything is gone. The greater likelihood is that \ he will go on till health, aud wealth, ^ and self-respect are gone. As the sweet fragrance of a frail flower ascends to mingle with the atmosphere, so does the holiness of a good man sweeten, the life of his | neighbors; and even as a stagnant pole gives off miasma, does the influence of evil corrupt and poison. Recreation is intended for t^he mind ? as whetting is to the scythe. He, ;>[ %& therefore, that spends his whole time In recreation is ever whettinjr, peter '** mowing, and he that always toflrand < never recreates is always mowing, .$5 never whetting. ,238 If one allows himself to haakerljfter ^ evil things he will not be doing the evil by any outwaeA';TO^ y* traints. God will allow him to make '4 his own bed and will let him lie In it A until like the Prodigal he cotqttrto -f. himself, and sees what a fool he lu If we could all realize fully the truth wh that ail our thoughts, words and aotions are an open book to God and are recorded tor or against us, we should '>; feel that we have greater need to keep all our thoughts, imaginations and desires pure and noble. Upon how many does the loving influence of a dead mother still shine? jmk And of how many stars that have ceased to exist do astronomers tesjtb U8 that we yet receive the iigjpt? What invisible power is it that seibes ub at times with the exaltion and Inspi ration of past deeds, past heroes, - < past glories? C Conversation is an art worth learning. Its keynote is unselfishness. To speak without trumpeting our opin- "7. ions, and to listen without interrupting, are accomplishments whicn a selfish person finds difficult, but which must be learned before the charm of conversation commences. When some of life's plesant places have for us come to an end, when some door of joy has closed behind us, shut- Y. lintr il u ftlU fpnm nlfi dftlichts and , i' fellowships, and bidding us turn to new paths, how slow we are to accept > al the inevitable. Once there was a brier growing in a ditch, and there came a gardener with -M| his spade. As he dug round it andJ? lifted it out, the brier said to Itseelf,W* 'What is he doing that for? Does not he know that I am ooly an old worth- ; - * less brier?" Then thegarbner took it to the garden aud planted it amid his flowers, whiie the brier said, 'What a mistake he has made, planting an old A brier like myself among such rose trees >$1 as these!' But the gardener came once more with his keenedged, knife, 7\j made a slit in the brier, and, as we say in England,'budded' it with a rose, ' aud, by and by, when summer came, ':-3s lovely roses were blooming on that ^ old brier. Then the gardener said, 'Your beauty is not due to that which came out, but to that which I put into you.'" That is what Christ wpulddo with each life of ours. He would pot At himoplf his nwn life, into US. Then 7; we shall be able to live worthily and beautifully and to succeed and become a blessing in the world. Christ In us ; will make us what we ought to be. Nothing else will. He who disobeys any law dishonors - 1 all law. Faith Illustrated. ' '"4, Faith in Jesus Christ and In God 'ij, the Father is not a mysterious somie^ thing J t is like the faith exercised in every-day life, only it is directed toward a different object. The following extract from a eertnon by C. H. Spurgeon makes the subject of faith for salvation simple and clear : The farmer buries good seed in the earth and expects it not only to live but to be multiplied. He has faith in the covenant arrangement, that seedtime and harvest shall not cease, and he is rewarded for his faith. The merchant places his money jn I the care of a banker and trusts alto gether to the honesty and soundness of the bank. He entrusts bis capital to another's hands, and feels far more at "< ease than if he had the soiid gold locked up in an iron safe. ".)?&[ The swimming trusts himself to the sea. When he swims he takes his foot [from oft'the bottom and rests upon the I buoyant ocean. He could not swim if be did not wholly cast himself upon the water. 's The goldsmith puts precious metal into the lire which seems eager to consume it, but he receives it back again , ; from the furnace purified by the heat. You cannot turn auywhere in life without seeing laitb in operation beman an,i mAn or hetween man aud natural law. Now, just as we trust In daily life, ever so are we to trust in God as He reveals Himself in Christ Jesus. Faith exists in different persons in various degrees, according to tfcie amount of their knowledge or growth in grace. Sj How to Kill Lice ou Hok*> Hogs will invariable take to the water when given an opportunity, especially when troubled with lice. If the animals have no wallow, one should be provided. This is easy to accomplish." Simply dig a hole ana fill with waterana the hogs will do the v v rest. When the wallow is formed .v , pour over its surface keroseueoil varying in amount according to size of wallow. The mud and water thus treated becomes sure death to the lice on hogs. Do it Well. ' If two angels were sent down, to earth, one to ruleau empire, and the-. other to sweep a street, they would t . have no choice in the matter, so long as God ordered them. So God in Hi? providence, has called you to work hard for your daily bread ; do it to Hift glory.