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7 . * ??? M ? 1 1 ' The Frew and Banner. '" " BY HOGH WILSON. * I ABBEVILLE, 8. C. I it TPabllihdd every ?'kIim*U? m ti m year in idnnw. 11 ? Wednesday, July 2,1902. " ________ p ? Mr. Bleul Call m? Urcfatlllf. u The paragraph wblob we copy irom Uie 11 Qreaa vllle Newe on ibe aubject of ttie call ol Mr. Hloao loUio pastorale of ibePlrat Preabyterlaa Cboreb In tbeelty ofUrcenvllle will be read with interval by oar people. Mr. Hlonn baa been tbe acceptable paator ol * Um Aaeoelale Reformed Cburcb at tbia place ? lor two yean and no ooimragaUoa WM evet better eerved. We are not Informed aa lo ? wbat Mr. (Moan'a declalon may be. We are P !! not aunuiar witn an me tacts in ioe case, ana p weald not venture a iuumuod as u> what u ? Mr.Blota't daty. He Is serving a wry mall congregation here. la a community which c bae been tor a long 11010 occupied, and It ts ti hard to balld op a new Preebyterlan Church As boo bMD suggested, Piesbyterlans arc reared, and the ranks of tbat denomination <] ars recruited generally irotn families ol thai faith. A "hurrah meeting" Mldou> galas sooesslons to tbat branch of Christian*- 1 ' and religions revivals count for little In the Presbyterian Church. The members ate groaaded la the faith, and tbat church seldom ealabee walto. If our oplalons are correct, 11 n woaldeeem tbat Mr. Sloan has a migbly bsrd * task before htm la building a good church st n Abbeville, where Ibe pasture is llmlisd, and T wbere tbe grass le Terr short. It may in bis " gose, tbat tba darkest hoar is Jast before Ibr Sam. Mid OlAl ft KtWKUr lis* ! In bIapa fnr tl him bar*. iflhlabeirae.lteaama lobeapltj Mr Mb to lay down the work wblcb be ban u eo doMj panned Id tbe put. All of oar p?o- Jj pi* lot* Mr. 8loan personally, and admlrt ,{ bl* IUUI7 and bla snlbnalaam lu iba sue o> tl aw bleeeed Master, bat tbea Uie reprobate* J will abaaot themeelvea from the church nod ? remain beyond tbe oallofbla volee. il While tbte la pre eminently a cltj of fine J tbarebaa, U la alao a city of dm cbarcb goer* ? Wa have do meana of knowing dcflnltelj u Ittn7 ofoor people attend cbarcb, and 0 r ' we do Dot know exactly bow many eitlsen* (| are to ba foood wltbla oar boaods, bat to a > toofcer m tba benntim from pobllc worabit *j M Baaday aoralm mo?t exceed in number r tbaee ? bo appear In the charchee. If lk? >*n?nt~ Mtnlri ka aonlU kroafbt Into tb* sanctuary, a great cbarcb Q WM b* built And when Mr. Moan earn* u ? AbbOTill*Uwae hoped that bU piety and bit " Ml la tba good work would bring at Ion MM of tba afeMtm Into tba eborcb. Tb? * A?art* I* ffarniaairt Cbarcb, a* for aa w* are libnMd, gowoat into tba blgbway to bid tl tba aabiddta to ooaaa, and It doaa not aaek to <1 Mmn Itoora nirtan at tba axpanaa 01 g Tba First Prcabytarlan Cbarcb In Qr**n- P Wki; Wb woold oflkra biprMd or oaefulneo* t tban la to ba foand In Abba Till*. Bat bU u !, abb of doty Bay point to blm an obllga- " Uaa to atayariib aa. It I* Una tbat tba enUr* iwagrnitlna would r?gr*i to part wilb p>. bias, and If bago** tba eborcb at lb la plaa wlUg*taa*T?r* blow, bat IT Mr. Sloan should eoocloda to aeeapt tb* larger a aid wbleb woald bat tar ?ar* for tba oraator* comfort*. * tb* good will of all oar paopl* will att*od bin Tb* iaaaglnary difference between tb. PrtoftMbni (be Aaaodata ItaOw mil tl IPmbiUrku woald mral; amount to a J paper wail. Tb* difference In religions prin elplea bio u IndtflubW. Tba lor* of uIWMW and the fidelity to tbe eborcb of 001 fctbara la n more binding force tban Ibt HIwbm In obnrebly craad. It woald no dnnM fen pelnfnl to Mr. 81onn to aevar bi? abenfely relatione, but tba temptation* to neeaplabuser and more naotni field ere gnat. Tba pram and tba palpi I of Columbia err malt tag fignree of tbemaelTea by parading the wlekednem of tba city before tbe people' Speaem at virtue strike all tbe wicked el tie* Uke Colombia, Atlanta and Maw York. At laata aata bar a lea tbe on tbe fallen women, t Imv iwi pa tmr um Niun of annli ua ? olganaa Sanday. Colombia mtkiia epeclalty of aklWllai IU wlofcodoeaa alone U?e < a ferae wo have noticed, and we have rood ' Mil Ia Dotkloi oo tbo abject, tbo lorn, or I Um mt of fombllof, baa not been defload f fka flgbt being on "gambling," wo preoomr Um too/ gambling lo oottoa, bacon or corn |Otam la noont, Cborob doooona may gam lo Id Uli way and pot ap larga amoonta. and rotalo tbelr charcbly relatione. Bat II tbo? atake a nickel oo eropa tboy ara great Inoaw aad Boat pay a largo commutation fto or olaa work tbo atraata. Colombia moil totkookkodoat olty oo earth, and If preach era aad palplt eao prove wbot tbey aay, tban tbo ao? Aeaodalo Reformed church In thai olty will pcrteb. Iloa Attoadaaee. Tbarolaa noticeable slim attendance at the political mooting*. Mention la freqoentl.v made of tbo (test, Intimating a lack of Intereo; o* Um pert of tbe people. to oar opt it loo to* mall attendance *1 the | meeilaga apeaka tbe blgbeat pralaa of tbe peo- I pi*, wblle not detracting from Iba merits ol | um ipMkirs. | How MB any reaaonable or aenalble man ? >l>wl farmer* to qalt ibtlr flalda in June (l vkM Um graaa la ibreatenlog to ran away t wttb tbelr crops? It la a Httl* remarkable " tfeMMMMlMl of aenalble men would. In J ' eold Mood, appoint meetings for tbe most ( baajr saaaon of tbe year. Tbe eeaaon for plaaUng aod enlUvaUng a crop la abort, and 1 tbe farmer wbo would qalt bia crop to bear fanJnfHll> about tkmvlM aarar I ha Hhlllo pUra Inlands nut be very near to tbe line wben ? m&u should be arrested for vsgrsncy or Mot to tbe loe&up as a lunatic. Wbco patriotic reasons move tbe people, tbay aao always be depended a poo to do tbelr duty, but wbeo offlee seekers ask tbem to Issti tbelr plows to give tbem offlee, or to baar tbelr quarrels, somebody may ba dlsap polated. ? , ! > For tstwMr. Although Jim Tillman Is, perbape, lbs last | man la tbe race, tor whom wo #ould < vote, yat be baa been persecuted so by tbe j uswspapsrs some of wbom wa do not tblok ( as neb better tbaa be la?anUI we would not I ear* maeb If ba aboald be eleded. Tbis tbing j ol trying to deetroy character, aa well as tbe , tbe afltart to trample a man under foot, Is so l revolting to oa, tbat we are ready to sympa- j t lb lee wltb tbe oppreeeed, even If we do nut , mmm yw^ umuyyt ??a Jewelry more Blaee J. J. Btooe baa gone oat of basin em Abbeville baa ban vitboat a Jewelry store. And a Jewelry Mora la needed In every town Of the alaa of Abbeville. If Mr. Hernaa or ay otber mercbaot could be Induced to InTt%al? Use condition a ibat ex lain we are qalta aare that Abbeville would'aoon bave aootber Jewelry More. No mad- ever proeparooa more tbao did Mr. Heroau Id bla jewelry baaiaeee at Abbeville. I abd bow It aaacna tbat William Jennlnga Bryaa say be the lion In tbe patb to prevent ntoumia nnltv and Democratic aucceea. oar Bote WaUrbatln** in07mo- wry j ywr. TkMBHtkit rewon. GUI and lei m captain It to yea. It won't take loot, tad Bay nnd X Bay will * dnUgbtnd todoao. MlUotdt Drag Btora. J L: Ktnter fa Come Hone. j Mr. Ueorge K. Koeater'a appointment to the ' EQoe of Internal revenue collector wu not jo firmed by tbe Senate, and bla oommlnalon tpirea on tbe adjournment of tbe Senate, ] 'bleb will take plane tbla week. He will ien rwanic work on the Dally Record of t'oimbla. We oan well undemtand why men abould avo preference for one man over another In 1 men for office, but the me?nne?a nnd vile(?m of tb? heart tlMt would rob a man of hi* >b la not caally underxtood. The act of deriving a man of hU office. without Juwt aaae. la too much like mallcioua mlachlef. J n wblcb any gentleman ahould biuah. when ' he act la kuown. titan* aad Lallner. Ah the campaign progre*vu It keep pace rltb tbe weather In getting warmer au>i rarmer. Tbe report of the meeting at Ceo way. aa far a Evan* and Latimer are concerned, la rt* roduced. A majority of tbe reader* of tbla per know the conteMauta and will be inter led la reading wnai they have iciiy, The reader In *i able to form blaowo conInalona aa we are. End we therefore leave the natter wltb tbera. 1 PHE FURNITURE FACTORY. ? - -me PrMlBfl la MnIIbi Wllk Popular i Favor?Sir. Ilammond'a Ureal Mne- J eeaa la Malt lav Ma lea. ? Home two or three weeks ago Mr. C P.Ham- " jond. secretary and trcaaurer of I no Abbe- J Ill* C'nrouart* ranory, wcni -out un to*- , oad," oflerloc tbegoodaof the company, and ict with wonderful auereea In making aalea. 1 oe Indication* are that tbe furniture factory g fill be one of tbe aucreeafu I Inatltutlona of , be town?It* beoeflti extending to many. Compared with tbe number of employee* tie capital U mall, and tbe rcaaltaot good la t real. One of the notable tblnga about ibe fornlarc factory la tbe number of our beat younv aen who are there at work. Membera <>l jme of tbe beat and rlebeat fatslUea are ii?n dnrln* tbelr oollt ire vacation, tbua aet log a good esampl* to Ibe "cbesp John" rowd who may think that work In degrading, he Indlcatloun are ibal a bealtby sentiment i setting In which will align luelf wltb . He demsnda of Ibe tlmea. Tbla la a practice I kc, wbere practical men wltb educated head* od trained bands may attain tbe greatest joc*a?. Tbe field for purely literary work la trilled but ibe apbere of skill and good Judg lent In practical alTalrs la boundless. Tbe great manufacturing corporation* and he trusts are targets for tool politician*, lanyot tbe Ignorant and untblnklng people nut their eyes, throw tbelr beads baek, open ] Belr mouths very wide and swallow all tbe J ubnlsh and Oltb uiat may be thrown Into Heir facial cavity by men wbo want office. It more men went to work. Instead or lying round Idle, tbey would l?ci leas like abasing J reparations. Tbe tnsn wbo la at work, and * rbo Is Intelllgetly attending to bis own busl as*, bu little ume or inclination lor auuaiog boae aggregalloua of capital which rrwaru lerlt and pay most liberally for faithful *er i lea. Any man with a good will, a trace of J lanly determination, and poaaesslnt a modrum of brain* can earn a good living by get log a Job wltb one of tbe despised corporalOCftS. A* a mailer of fact, eorporatloos are ibe reeteat benefactor* In iht* eonntry. They 1 ay tbe beat wages, and glee profitable emlor men I to tbouaand* ol people. How any man bavlng *en*e enoogb to be llowd to ma at large, can be at enmity wltb be world's greatest benefactors It more than j re can Me. -i ? COUNTY FAIR. ItUlac la Rk?M ' * * ?raad Tiase In October. A meeting of tbe Executive Committee of i be Abbeville County Fair Assaclstlon wan J eld laat Saturday pursuant to thecal! of J. L Blake, President or tbe Association. Tbl? ommltte* la composed of tbe following genlemen: R. EL Hill. Cbalrmao; C. V. Marllo. < L E. Bonner, 8. J. Wakefleld. A. F. Calvert, i V. C. Haddou, J. E. Lotnax, Jobn Young, llcbard Hondley, J. s. Stark. H. H. Hill. W. i. Lesley, J. E. Brownlee, J. T. Latimer, M L Cllnkseaies, E. C. Meecblne. Granville leal.J. W. Morrab, R. F. Morris, R. J. Robinon. T. J. Brltt, R. E.Cox.aod J. R. Btake end I. Fraaer Lyon, ex-offloea, President and Bee etary. A isolation was adopted tbat etrenuoua efart be made to ralee tbe aubecrlptlon to valve hundred dollars to buy premiums and 0 pay tbe necessary expenses of tbe Fair. It I ras also resolved to bsve more valuable trvmlnne tbau tbose awarded last year. Tbe fair will be beld tbe week preoedlng tbe 1 late Fair, wblcb will be tbe latter part oi krtober. Tbe exact dale *7111 beannoonoed ! ater. Tbe Preeldent was Instructed to call a meet ng of tbe ladles or tbe county fur the purmeeof taking some concert or action for ad ranting tbe Intereste of tbe fair. Tbe premium list will be published In s ibort wblle. Parsons wbo oontemplate makng entries should read this list earerully and rrepars tbelr exhibits accordingly. Another meeting of tbe committee will bf teJd next Baturday. All members are earnally requested to be present as business ul m porta doc will be transacted. J. Fraser Lyon, Secretary. Death ?r Mlsa Carrie Yoesg. lav05ia, Oa.. Jane 18,1902. Miss Carrie Young or Level Land, B. C.. lied bere last Baturaay. She was vlsltlbg ber tout, Mrs. Benson Jones, of this place, when be was taken with fever about three week* igo. She has, by her amiable ways made uany rriendsamoog us wbo mourn her death. I be was. Indeed, a noble Cbrfetlan young lady. Wblle dying with a mind perfectly clear ehr poke wltb assurance of ber safety In Christ lesus. Death bsd no terrors to ber for Jean* ras wltb bsr as she parsed tbmuih tbe valley if tbe shadow or death. With supernstnral trength she praised Ood ror bis goodness to ier< arv\lrn rtf lh? vrm 1 ln?n nf Jmiii nho [ave himself to die for her, the Juat for lb? ' iDjom. Hald the wu t mating lo Him u ber i >ropbet, prle?t and king. aa her all In all; y ejolced In thl? pa?M?KC of Hcrlplure: MH(m hat cometh torn* I will Id no wlaecMet out." ' rallied ol her affliction, Maying that tbe lx?rd I tnowetli what la b?*i. that he makelh "all ( blnga work together (or good fori hem tbat ove God;" aald Ibai ahe wonld noon depart o be with Jeaua where there would he no lekneaa, aorrow, and tr"ut>le; and exhorted * ier frlenda to meet ber In glory. Her peace * >f aool waa, Indeed, wonderful. Tbe writer j aa seldom aeen aoeh perfect composure of , oq! In Ibe lioor of death. Certainly It waa 1 be peace of Ood which paaaeth all under- I landing. Her Ulk will never be forgotten by | bone prraenU Her remain* were Interred In the cemetery I it Little Rltrerchurch, AbbevilleCounty. 8.0. Not now, but In tbe coming yeara. It inay he In the better land. We'll read the meaning of onr tear", I And then, ometlme, well underatand. | We'll catch tbe broken thread* again. adu nnian wnai we lie re detihd. i Heaven will (be myaterlea explain, Aod tfcen, abtben, we'll understand. J. A. Black. < LOOKING FOX A DRUG STOKEHu'.c Mistakes Cochran's Grocery for a ' Drug Boom. Ao old mule got deeparately tick on the publlo square yesterday evening. He lay down and rolled on tbe ground wblle a great multitude ? ?< mbled around b.im In manlfeaLatloo ol tbelr Interest Id tbe aufferer. During tbe time be abed all manner ofgearaod when < aecaine to bis foel he was uotetbered. KnowInir hla needs be walknl in llm hntol mrnvr ind proceeded up the ?lu?-witik u it it i be come lo tbe store of Mr. J. H. CocbrHii. Thinking It was a drujt more, where he might buy the needed remedies, he walked in and Iookeil ror the druggist. Not aeelog tilin In place he walked to tbe back door and continued Inn tea re b for tbe clerk lo tbe biu-k yeard. Mr.Cocbrau be?<d hla mulesbip voter the tor* from tbe sidewalk. Thinking it waa Mr. Paylor he paid do attention to hla foot-;' itepa, knowing tbal Mr. Ihiylor could help blmaeK. I Tbe mule at laat account* had not had hla' prescriptions filled, but on tbe bunt atlll for Jragglst. Mr. Htark's stable was on tbe opposite Hide] ?f tbeatreet from Mr. Cochran'satore. but he! ildn't want hla supper or a night's lodging. \ El was medicine tbat be wanted. I Upper Lon< Cane Church. There will be the aaual service ?t Upper Long Cane oext S?bbalh. After next nebt>?th the pastor will be absent for a moolli. a n>hurvi n. omao ? ?w Ark. j' Hyracuae. Tbat memos tba top notch ot per-1 (action tn 2 boree plows and Harrows. We Mil Ibe Syracuse. Prices rtsht. W. D. Barkariale. (, Mltoea, aboea, m*> oar line of fine aboea betore boy lug. W. It. BarkstUle. I i State of South Carolina, COUNTY OK ABBEVILLE. By the County Board of Education ? PETITION. I'olho Honorable Hoard of Kdumtlou f..r lh?* I'ouniy of Abbeville: The iH-tllloti ??f tlir iiudoralgnrd. our thlril ho iiuhIIIUhI Hector* unit freeliohlnr* of the rrth School IHwtrlct of *?td coun ty prey* thnt ,ou order ?n election In Mid lXwirlrt for m j iprrlal lt?y of two mill* to luippltMnrnl lli?* ichool fund fornnld iHalrlct 8. J. Wakeflold. L. P. Hurkneiw. J J. M. Prloco, r I A. AndernoU. M. |l? ' J. K. Wsktlield, I \V. K rmwth?*r. .1. N. Koox. A. M. Krwln, P. A. Cro wilier. OBDEB OF THE B0ABD. rhe Requirements of the Law In Retard to Levying an Additional Tax for School purposes Having Been Complied with by the Proper Parties In School District Ho. 27. IT M HEREBY OHDEKfcl). THAT AN flection be held at the usual voting place Io ?l(l Platrlcl od Saturday, the 19lb day ol luly, IIW, for tbe purpoae of determining vbetber an additional levjr of two ratlla will * made for Mbool pnrpoaes; I bat the trustee* if tbe aald District act aa manager* of tbe Jeetlon. Mauagera of election ronat report reault of ilectlou wltbln three dayt after the elecllou. J. H. GIBEKT. Chairman. J. FRA8KR LYON. H. F. GILLIAM. Hoard of Examlnera. InlrilOttL 31 GLENN. [lock Salt ( Ke?l fur cattle and hone*. ( ( Cane and Corn Seed : For lata planting. I I Fruit Jars J And JeMv Ulaaae*. Stone Jar* and i Klower !*ot?. = I tT* o? . , victor owctspo ( Wing* and Bolts and 1'lowa. , Shoes | Home good biirraloa In Shoo* and H?M. 1 _____ I Coffee 1 oon lb*. mor?? of that good 101$ I pouudM for li.ou. I i ( Flour, Corn, Brail, ! Oatu, Molaaam, Tobacco alway* to I be loandat loweal price* ut Gleun'a i iWftftDS J " ~ ~ M And extra wings and bolts, plow locks aod bundles. GLENN. laMMtr RebMl of the Mouth. Usoxvllle. Teas., iaar 19-Jaly 31. 1H3. An aducatloijal party ?o tbe "Hummer icboo* or tbe Hooth" at Knoxvllle. Tcnn.. lune 19?July 31st. rnndueU-d by Pres. P. 1> *oIIocb and W. 11. KllpairlcX of Mercer Tnlversiiy, will leave Maooo on apeclal tralo >ver tbe Southern Kuliwsy no Jane IStli. Course of study?47 different courses nl itady taught by specialists North and Hooth. 3 courses Id common school subjects and tad metbods; u ooursa** m psychology and >edsgogy, 17 courses In high school and col ege work, nnd many Ireturen by man ol naf?nnl?ilnn on nnortl troDlcS. Co*t- Hoard and lodging >1.50 to ftSO per , nrrfk, reftstrallon free for any or all tbe work ki.UU, railrr>?a fare, one fare, or tbe round jipfromMaeon and return ??.&l. similarly reduced ratea from all olber points on tbr ioutbern Railway. Hagiceatluna?Register your nam* for the ipedal party with Pre*. P. D. Pollock. Mercer IJQlverally. In order that choice rooms and ocatlon may be referred In advance. Additional Infmmatton?WriUt Huperlnindent P. P. Claxton, Knoxvllle. Tenn., lor complete circular* or inlormatlon aa to wnraea and coat, and to the undersigned a? o any detalla of ib* trip. J antra Freeman, T. P. A., Macon, ?a.: H. F. ?anr. F. P. A. Jacksonville, Fla.; W. II. Jalley, C. P. A T. A. Columbus, Ga. It in not with a rush and a spring that we are to reach Christ's character ind attain to perfect saiutship; nut itep by step, foot by foot, hand over land, we are slowly and often painfully to mount the ladder that rest* on >arth and rises to heaven. "To trust (>od when our warehouses tnd i>ags are full, and our tables are pread, is no hard thing : but to trust liim when our purses are empty, but a tiandful of meal and cruse of oil left, lud all the ways of relief stopped? tierein lies the wisdom of a Christian j race." We need to guard against sins of emission in our home life. We should make sure that no one in our own household can ever ray to uh : "I wan ' hungry-hearted and you gave ine no 1 bread. I was thioty for affection and j you pave me nc? drink. I was a 1 stranger at your door and you took uie ! not iuto love'n warmth and nhelter. I 1 was nick of the world's emptiness, vanity and sorrow, and you visited rue not. I was in prison in my narrow environment apd you did not come to me (with the companionship that I craved. Living by my side all these years, you did not do love's duty to me." Tho?e who would be happy must cease to seek happiness and a?k only the privilege of viving. The song wiil rise in our hearts when we cease to live for ourselves and begin to live for ? lkA fl.?? tllA f aM . % .1.. mi iiir ijiai n c mil uu. We often do more good by our syru- ' putliy Ihuii by our labors and render 1 to the world a more lasting service by ' atwence of jealousy and recognition of merit than we could ever render by J the straining efforts of personal ambition. I will hazard the assertion that no man ever did or ever will become truly eloquent without being a constant reader of the Rihle and an admirer of the purity and sublimity of its Ian- | guage. , \ Our l'rracrlptlon butlm*** In Inert**tint: rapId'y. There moat t>e n reaaou. Judge for youraclf wbii It In. Mllford'* Drugstore. I'houe l"T. < Our paint aalea b*v? been a uraud auccva*. i rbls muou, quality, will tell. |, Mllford'* I>ruii more, I'boue 107. 11 We ar? often aaked bow It la we have built ' upaacb a large bualoea* in mi nbort a time. ] ADawer?Quality. ProtuplneM,I'olltenex*. Ac- | curacy ana attention to bualne?n will tell. , Mlllord'i Drug Bturr. 1 's * ' **; f ?r* i FREAK OF NATURE. MONTANA'S PUZZLING AND CONTRADICTORY WELL. la the jiammrr It* Water Freeiea and In the Winter the lee Melts ?n?l the IVater flrrniMea Warm?A NjrMerlrai <*?rrent of Air. Seven miles to the north and a little to he east of tho Chorcnno ngnncy In Coster :onntv, Mon., is i? well llllt*! with ice tnaa ixcitcs much curiosity among the ranchers md cattlemen of that section. Every cow>oy who visits the well has much to tell md Invariably advances his own explanation. Many Ingenious theories are given which tend to indicate that mankind of dl degrees of scicntittc knowledge put orth an effort to find the origin of things. 3owever, they all n^roe that the ice forms n tho well during the summer and thai t actually thnwx during tbo winter. Thia apparent contradiction of the natural laws hat govern tho outside world has carried he fame of this well for miles around and jeoplo have traveled great distances to rltncvi the formation of icicles during tha >ot weather of July. This well la within a few hundred feel if the summit of Little Wolf mountains, m the north slope, at the very beginning * ^ ? S L II urecziiew n uiuu vuipvtcv iii*v Rosebud eight mllei, from where the Roserad joins the Yellowstone river. This ration of the mountain is covered with a growth of tall pines. Fourteen years ago three men prospectng for silver, mistaking certain colors Is he rocks, began sinking a ehaft. At IS 'est it was disagreeably cold, at 90 feel he cold had increased so rapidly that they irere thoroughly frightened. They ooold 'eel currents of cold air rushing up from hm crevices in the rock. They imagined ibej were digging Into tome mysterious underground cavern. They had heard Just moagh of wonderful adventures of digging into oaves and underground lakes, rod being alone in this wilderness, when lbs very stillness permitted the ears to war and the mind to imagine all manner if grew some powers hid beneath the rook, ? thoroughly filled them with fear of impending danger that they abandoned ths irorkwhlch has since gained such renown. The summits of Li tele Wolf mountains ire oorercd with soorla, which has all the appearance and texture of a good grade at tiling, it is usually rra, out rvita in w >r through all the ahadcc down to black, rhcse varying colors give the beautiful tints to the thousands of buttea throughrat the bad land*. In comparatively recent geological times vast beds of Ignite joal were formed over the eastern half of Montana, extending Into western Dakota. Fhe burning of these bods of ooal wss the beginning of the bad land formation. The Ine deposits of clay above the ooal were mrned as brick are burned in a kiln and (onned the scoria. Where the heat was ??iul nnil bum nmmnt M melted and mixed with the ooal and ooal ish, forming large cinderlike rocks, which ire sometimes mistaken for lava. Am the ioal burned out from beneath theolaj, a or- baked into acoria and melted into dnlers, it broke into small divisions and fell promiscuously down into the pita thns formed. Volcanic ash is found soattuied jver the Little Wolf mountains and the sastern portion of Montana. It must have irifted with the wind from powerful eruptions in the Rooky mountains, as there an do indications of ?my volcanic action In the vicinity of the Ico well. The Little Wolf mountains are merely a rough range of buttes apparently of the same origin as all the bad land buttes. Their summits, towering above all the other buttes, have given them the name of mountains, but >l? miI? r\t ilivhtl* nri>r 4.000 faat tl. tltudo. If ioo were to bo pat into the weU luring the winter, It would keep through* sat the summer nearly a* well m If stored kway In ordinary Icehouses. Bychanoe nature has formed almost the identical coalitions that man has made use of to prewrre ioe throaghoot the hot weather. The lhaft is the cavity in which to store the Ioe. The volcanic ash, filling into the open ipace between the loosely piled rock, serw the pnrpoee of sawdust in keeping oat the warm drafts of air. The altitude and the aorth slope ate favorable to the preservation of the ke. Tall, dense forest prevents '? - * ??.. mV Hw ?K. <11. bUO UCTHlUg Ui ItUV DUA?UW iw* w/ .mw w net rajs of the son. The rooks an too porous for the water to soak up, so to ipeak, from beneath. The facts ars that in man y places near the tops of the buttes, an the sides where the rocks hare fallen loosely together, they are perfectly dry far many feet below the surface, being moistened by the winter snow and rain as It may fall and run down from above. During the winter the well is nearly Hied with snow. Enough water from ths aarly spring rains finds its way through between the rocks to mix with ths snow uid freeze into one solid mass of ioa. Ths Ice in the well is formed by ths oold at the winter season, but does not begin to Isrm sometimes till the winter Is half {one. In turn, it is melted by the heat of ths rammer, but docs not begin to melt until the summer is half over. In ths aarly part of the summer it is still freesing In the well, and during the first half oi ths printer it is still melting. The wall sets m a refrigerator. It reoeires ths heal ilowly and then gives it off Just as slowly. It the earth received and gave off heat readily, the hottest weather would be in June and the ooldest in Deoember?in (act, the seasons follow nearly a month behind the sun. It is a fact that If on ahot day you walk rapidly into the oave to where the ioe is it feels as though a strong current of oold blr were blowing against your faoa. Ths lensation is so decidedly real that It requires careful demonstration to prors to the contrary, and even then It eemsas though the demonstration has been a mistake. It can be easily tasted by using smoke, or better still, a rathsr heavy colored glass. Again, if one should itand without the entrance to the cava oa % very warm daj near enough to feel any draft that may be - stirring, none can be felt coming from the care. If one should itand directly above tho loo well on a hot, itill day. even putting the facs down to the very opening Into the well, no upward draft of cool air can be felt, bnt go dawn Into the well and one would state positively that there was an upward draft of extremely cold air.?Boston Advertiser. Effect ( Water oa Teeth. Herr Rom has collected statistics In Bavaria and Herr Foerberg in Sweden which tend to prove that tho water we drink has sn important Influence on the teeth. Oarlsa, or decay in teeth, is lees common when the water is 'hard" owing to the preseDoa of chalk and magnesium salts. The hardsr the water the better the teeth. Probably the presence of lime in tha water benefits the bones in general. ? - - ^ That in u defective uu?l worthier lire-plan which Jiiih in it no prnviHon for ministering to other*. rl <* live to meself is to live a narrow, cheap and worthless life. To work fearlessly, to follow earnestly after truth, to rest with a childlike confidence in (tod's guidance, to eave oiic'h lot willingly and heartily :o him?this is my sermon to myself, [f we could live more within sight of leaven, we should care less for the urmoil of earth. -sii* VITALITY OF SEEDS. J IMPORTANT RESULTS OF SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION. lutMCM of S?*4a Holding HuiprndW Ttirlr OfrmlnttlBi r<?w?m Tor On* Hsa* dtvil ?nd Ilfly Twin and Then Springing to Lif# l'nd?r Proper Treatment. j Not long it was generally believed that grains of wheat from Egyptian tomb* i bad been made to germinate, and there eemed therefore to be no limit to the dormant life of a noed. When these Htorlee were proved to ^e without foundation, there wan a general tendency to disbelieve all of a similar kind. Now, however. It iceema established that seedM mny live, nnder proper conditions, a great many years, nerham for centuries, and wben wo con rider that under these circumstances the protoplasm within thoseed actually maintains It* vitality, this fact is very significant. On the question of how seeds accomplish this, much light has been thrown by recent experiments of C. de Cnndolle, the French botanist, which be describes to Le Revue Sclentiflquo. Some part* of bis article are as follows f "Seeds that have retained their germinating power are said to possess'latent life.' TMS exprecxiUD iuckh iireciawu, tut we may ask whether the life of the seeda la completely arrested or If It la only retarded, and the answers would not be the same In all cane*. "We owe to Mcwsrs. Van Tleghem and Bounler the following experiment, which proves that seeds can. In fact, live for a certain time this retarded life. Three lota of the same number of pens and beana were placed, the brut In ths open air, the second In a sealed plan* tube containing ordinary air, the third In a sealed tuba oontalnlng only pure csrhonle acid gas. At the end of two years the seeds of the first lot had aenslbly increased In weight, and nearly all had retained their germiuatIng power. Those preserved In the eon uiiou air uau iuvtuwvu *u nm^u* ? ?? germinatod in leu number than the preceding. Moreover, tbe air oontainod In the tube with them had changed in composition. Its proportion of oxygen had fallen to 11.4 per cent, and there ?ai mixed with it 3.8per cuut of carbonic acid. At to tbe seed* kept In the carbonic acid, Done of them could germinate, and tbeli ? -L* weiffliw unu uui uuau^ou. Experiments are then described by M. de Candolle tbat relate to tbe wonderful power of reslHtance to cold displayed by seeds. Experiments already made by others sbow that these seeds may germlnaU after having been exposed to a temperature of 1,008 kcluw zero, centigrade. Now (be researches of Plctet In hU celebrated low temperntueo laboratory In Berlin show Idiot at such a point chemical action totally cooku. Hence the active life of th? iissds in question must have been really iraspended, and nevertheless they wen able to germinate when planted. In M. de Candollu's own experiments seeds wort subjected once a day for 118 days to a temperature of 878 to Q88 below sero, for 8 tc 80 hours at a time, and notwithstanding this harsh treatmtdt, they sprouted when planted. If tbe life of the seeds, however, were really suspended they most be abU to live out of contact with air for a certain time, in orucr to iee Wiimuor iuu; uuuw do this, M. do Candolle kept seeds nnda morcurr from ono to three months without killing them. ' In this state of suspended life a seed li In a chemical oondltlon, aooordlng to M. de Candolle, somewhat resembling that ol an explosive mixture?that is, It la readj for chemical action (growth), bnt that action will not begin until the surrounding oondltions ere right. In the exploriva these are oondltions of dryness, temperature, etc.. Just as they are with the aaed. A seed, then, Is a little bomb, only watting to be touched off to release Its store ol energy and send out a discharge In tb? shape of a sprout. M. de Candolle remarks on this as follows: "This state of chemical nnd vital inertia may lost a long time, perhaps even Indefinitely. It Is at I wist, as it seems to me, the only way of explaining the preservation of soeds during a groat number ol years. Canes nre known where they hav? germinated aft or a period so long that II la impossible to believe that thoy have continued In Ufa, properly peaking, In the Interval, no matter how alowly th? processes of lifo may have gone on. Hen Are some remarkable example*: "A. P. de Cendolle mention* seeds that iprouted very well after more than <M years. ' Girardln has seen bean* ^mrot that bad lain In the storehouse of Tournetort more than 100 years. "In 1850 Hubert Brown eowed, from enrloelty, some seeds from the collection of Sir Hans Sloano, where they had remained for moro than 150 years. He suo 00000a ID muiDg several |niuiijat?, u particular ono of Nolamblam speclosam (a water lily), of wblob the plan baa bees preserved in the British moNntfl, where 1 n? It a few years since. "The alleged germination of mammy wheat Is, as Is now generally known, bat a baseless fable. It appears, besides, that the wheat was always sterilized before being put Into the sarcophagi, which preoluded all possibility of its growth. But to make up for the falsitj of this story divers well authenticated facts show thai cods can preserve their powor of sprouting after an extremely prolonged sojourn beneath the earth?that Is to say, in shelter from atmospherlo Influences. ''The roost extraordinary oaae of this kind Is that observed several years slnoa I by Professor De Heldreloh, director of ths : Botanic gnrdon at Athena While botan ixlng in the neighborhood of the mines of r^nvinm thli savant discovered, in 187S. a glnnolura that he took at onoe to be a new speoles, and be described It under the came of glauclum. This plant made lta sppoarance oo a piece of land from which had recently boen removed a thick layer of rubbish coining from the ancient working ' the neighboring mines. This layer J must have b*'?-n at least 1,600 years old. | Unless we believe In spontaneous generation, It seems necessary to suppose that this glauclum must bo a specios that existed long ago In the locality, whose seeds had been preserved In the earth and rubbish that covered them."?Literary Digest. A Bishop Defends Tobacco. a At -1 nf lit lilt ADuiuor luiwait uoiiuuv. ?of smoking Is tho bishop of Manchester. H? has publicly statod that he has found tobacco to act a useful part In enabling blru to discharge hLs ministerial dutiea. Wfcen be was roughing It In the wild* of Australia, ho often smoked a pipe with the ' plonerrs of civilisation" whom he met there, ami he found that, ax they sat together pulling away, thoir hearts opened unto one another m they never would ' have done If there hsd been do tnioka to i itlr them.?Westminster GasetU. i E. F. GIILIARD, TAILOR, HAH ainv?*U, Hiid ncraplr* th* room? upnt*lr* In Kuhj'h Hull, and la nnw pre pared to do all kludMol repairing and citxiu fnc of rentlenoen'i clothes on ohort notice. Maniple* of aalta alwnya ou baud. Cb?rne raaanoabla Hpoed"* Cougb Myrup la guaranteed. Try u bottle. Tno Speed I?r 11K Co. If you want to nee the most complete line of pulntN ynu ever nun, ku to Alt I lord 1'rtij' ytorc. 1 > 1-... . >11 .v I 1 1 """ ! 1 STUDENTS' DUELS. I Bow tbe Orrman ralrrnity Mm An r??l<1cd For the l ight. Xy friend had vanished Into the dr.***| ing room, and *t llr*t glance 1 entirely failed to recognize hitu :n the pudded monster that now staggered clumsily into the mom, supported on each nidi* by hi* second and sword bearer. The thick armor pf leather and wadding with which h?? was tol<tnred entirely protected las InKiy and Iiml>*. His ne?TW win rigidly inrn^tl in n high, thick collar of silk and whipcord, and hi* eye* wen? protected hy Irun goggle* a* large as small teacup*, from which strap passed round I he ear* toixt buckled ?l fhn luirlt of the head. Hi* Mvnnd Wll* somewhat similarly equipped, and io addition wore .% leather cap with a strong iron peak. The other principal pre?untly entered the room and took up hi* position at ono sword's length from Zimmerman. He wax closely followed by the umpire or unpartulischer. Tbls personage was a chronic medical student of ten yean' landing?a man of genial rotundity, with a fat, amorphous fece In which feature* necmed a superfluity. He wns duly qualified for hi* responsible position by an unlimited capacity for beer and the glorious fact that he had never pa?>od an examination. Enthroned on an armchair a little In front of tbo other sp?ctators, be divided his time pretty equally between a buso mug of Mnnchener and a long pipe of which the painted china bowl resfcx) on the ground. Ha now proclaimed "Sllentlum!" and proceeded to announce the duel. It waa to last for SO minute*, ex eluding all pauaes, and as usual to consist of short bouts or "gangs," with brief Intervals of rest between each. The sword* ?long, nasty looking blades, sharp as ra tors and flexible ns riding swltuhM? wer? carefully wiped with disinfecting lotion and banded to the cotnbatanta. The sec ondn took up their position behind and to the left of their respective men, and gave the word of comnutnd in the following traditional form: "Aufdie Jlensur bindet die Klingenl" (CroM blades for tho dud!) "Gehunden sind!" .{Crossed they nre!) "Lo?r (Goi) The swords clash together in the preliminary stroke. Then ensue* a brief hallflAMnlf! thaaf-. tha ATP mf 11 AM to follow tbera and retains only a confoMd Impression of flashing steel and flying sparks, l'be bead of each combatant soems to be enveioped in a balo of gleaming points. It is impossible to milizo that each of these lightning strokes is deliberately and scientifically aimed and a* deliberately and scientifically parried.?Pall Mull Magazine. MAMMA'S DEAR CHERUB. He Deserved a Spanking aad Got a Stranger In Trouble. People neTer get encouragement for do Ing the good Samaritan act in tho interests of tho public, as the man decided who offered to assist a distracted woman and meliorate the sufferings of a lot of people on a suburban car. The boy who howls wan In evldsnoe, the ourled darling of his only own mother and the terror of everybody elso, and he had kept the car In n stcte of wild excitement and exhausted the patience of everybody, Including his doting parent. "Oh, if your father wero only here!" she I bad said for the fiftieth time aa aba tried , vainly to restrain the howling terror. At that he stopped howling long enough ** ? iKa <> with Ma amnll shins, and i the woman on the other tido of him remarked audibly that a cage was the proper ' place for savages like him. "Johnny, dear," naked hi* mother, "won't you be a good boy?" I Roars and kicks from Master Johnny. | "Ob, I wlxh yonr father wera bore to give you a good trouncing this very minute I" she walled as she struggled with , bim. Then It was that the philanthropist of i the company averted himself. He bad been trying In vain to read his morning paper ever since he started from home, i "Allow me, madam," be said blandly. MI am a father myself, and 1 will be happy to chastise your cherub In behalf of bis ab, sent parent." | "Oh, no, yon won't; not if I know it!" i said Johnny's mother. rUing In her wrath i like a tigress. "There ain't that man liv* - a M I log uarc my m unper iiu um? w;?> <? v?u i father or any other ugly old catamount i who thinks be knows it all!" And she | ?hot off debate by going Into the next car and taking tho sweet infant with her.? I Chicago Times-Herald. I The Origin of Mr. and Xn. [ In earlier times the ordinary man was simply William or John?that Is to say, be bad only a Christian name withoat any i kind of "handle" before It or sarnams i after it, says the Philadelphia Record. Somo means of distinguishing one John or William from another John or William i became necessary. Nicknames derived i from a man's trade or bis dwelling place or from some personal peculiarity were tacked on to bis Christian name, and plain John bcoame John Smith. As yet there ' were no "misters" in the land. I Sonio John Smith accumulated mors > wealth than the bulk of his fellows?beoanio perhaps a landed proprietor or an employer of hired lalmr. Then he began 1 to be called in the Korman-Frcncb of tb? day tho "matatre" of this place or that, of these workmen or of those. In time the "maistre," or "maister," as it soon became, got tacked on before bis name, and be bccamo Maister Smith, and his wife was Malstress Smith. > Gradually tho Kcnse of possession wai 1 lost sight of, and the title was conferred 1 upon any kind?by mere possession of wealth or holding somo position of mors or less consideration and importance. Mm For Ktmoi PeopU, A party of Cambridge professors on one occasion undertook, for a scientific object, to penetrate into tho depths of a Corniah mine. ~ * - ? 1_?__ /n11nw|n<f UMP OI lDC uuuiucr Ituiwa kuo n._a startling Incidont of bis Tinier On bia Mccut in the ordinary manner, by means of a bucket nnd with a miner for a fellow passenger, bo perceived, as be thought, unmistakable symptoiua of tbe frailty of tbe rope. "IIow often do you change your rope*, my good man?" ho inquired when about balf way from tho bottom of tbe awful abyss. "Wo change them every three months, air," replied the man in the bucket, "and wo ahall change this one tomorrow If we get up safe today, sir. "?Pearson's Weekly. The greatest potato eatera are tho people of Germany ami lielgium. Tho consump tion of thia vegetable averages 100 pounds per annum for each por?on. According to the official reports of the i Japanese government the Island empire oont.tius 6-.0-0 teachers. ?| Abbeville Lodge No. 45. I. 0. 0. F. MKKT* KVKKY TIU IMI \Y KVKNINU at ?: !oVIim'Ic In i >c|?t KHInw* ll?ll. All l>ri>llir.>n, mi l vlaltorn >|Ml?lly, are idimI cor- i Idiully Invited to attend. J. M. t'orhrnn, S. F. Kllllne??rorlli, Sfcreliry. Noble <?rnr>d. ' I .\?U ronr friend* Hhout Miirmro, we ?ell It. The Speed Drug Co. .llll .. I - " BAD ROADS TO BLAME. VT1?7 the Farmers In thr Eait PSad That* hu.iuui I'aprofltabl*. A bighlr important feature of tba highways question i* the effect good or bad road* have upon the local marker* and their aourc* of nupply, says the New York Tribune. In nil the eiticaand large towns of the stilts then* ia a demand for farm product* and for the bulkier and heavier producta, nucha* bay and straw and grain. In many caees the turrounding oonn ory is quite rapuuie 01 supplying idbi demand; in all cases it should do so as far as possible; in most cases it does not Instead, supplies are brought in by rail or canal from far awaj, perhaps from other states; while at the same time, within a few miles of the market thus supplied, are farms that have 1mm abandoned as sot worth working and others whose owners are in chronic diacontent and despair at the apparent impossibility of gettiug profitable prices for their crop*. The big farms of the west, they say, monopolize the markets, and so farming here no longer pay*. Now, one prime secret of the trouble lies in the bad roads, which keep the producer and the consumer apart by U it ?/<? InnAMihln UJOAiUg IV UilUVsUJlf li UV? for (be farm era to get their produce to market The farmer 1,000 miles away can get bia crops to market bj rail or canal more easily and more cheaply than the farmer only ten milea away can haul bia in over roads tbat are to billy and rough and miry tbat half a ton ia a heavy load for a horse to draw at a slow footpace. It is not tbat forms in tbe east are no longer productive, nor tbat tbe eastern market no louger offers fair pricea. II if tbat tbe roada between tbe farms and tbe markets are so bad as to make shipment unprofitable. Good roada throughout the farming region* adjacent, to tbe eities and towns would do more than anything else to reatore prosperity to tbe farm era, enabling them to get their gooda to tbe beat possible market easily, promptly and cheaply. Good roada would mean good farma, good markets, good pricea and good timea for all oonoarued. MONTANA HIGHWAYS. iMirt Law* Prortd# for TMr Syat?m tle ImproTMMBt. The highways of Montana, by a bill passed by tbe state legislature,' are placed in the charge of tbe county surveyor, and tbe old office of road supervisor, usually beld by an inexperienced man, is abolished. The act defines tbe powers and duties of county surveyors and provides for their compensation. By this act each of these officers is required to keep tbe highways in bis oounty clear of obstruction and in good repair and maintain bridges, to make , all plans and specificationa for new roods and bridges, to report to tbe oounty commissioners on all work completed, . and if the work is done according to the plans, specifications and contract he is to draw his vouchers for tbe same before payment is made. Tbe county surveyor is chairman of all boards of viewers of roads, keeps the records of road surveys and is tbe general superintendent of all road*. Ha ma/ employ labor, teams, etc., and bac power to contract for all work not ex* coeding f200 in coat For larger amount* the approval of a majority of the board of county commissioners i* required. The salary received varies with the olasa of county, from $760 to $2,000 per year. Viewers and all assistant* of the county surveyor may not reoeiT* more than $3 per day. ROADS THAT ARE NEEDEO. He01-7 Watte raoa'a Idas 1* That They Be Local, Not National. Henry Watterson take* issue with a good roads advocate who insist* that the general government should have charge of road making?that there should be national highways built and maintained at publio expense. The good roads that are needed, says the Chicago Times-Herald, tboee that are most needed, in the language of Colonel Watterson, are those that "lead from the farm to the railroad, the mill, the factory, the school, the church, the ferry and the market" This apt remark of Colonel Watterscn is a condensation, a simplification, an absolutely plain presentation of what la most wanted in the matter of good road*. Carry out that idea, and what will be wanting? It will meet the requirement* of the farmer; it will aave the fanning element hundred* of millions of dollars every year; it will meet the expectation* of the pleasure seeker; it will add to the value of every foot of land in the country; it will be of value to every merchant and every professional man; it will be a source of pleasure J .11 -I--*? in .11 wnmn. UU J J run* IU AAA VtfllW, AM nitiea. A Mnddy Read. One day this week, as a teamster wm slowly working bis way through the quapmire commonly known as a county road between tbe (Jammings hill and Fossil, he espied a hat in one of tbe ruts In front of bhn. As tbe headgear appeared to be in fairly good condition be dismounted to pick it up. As he raised tbe bat be was astonished to hoar a voice coming from under it exclaim: "Hold on! That's my bati" A a hood as be bad gathered bis breath and wit* tbe teamster asked, "Wbat are you doing down there?" Which brought forth the reply: "I'm in big luck to be Where I am. There's a horse underneath me."?Fossil (Or.) Journal. Worth Kcmemb?rlnx. The community with the best roada is TeiT likely to be the best community. A nanow tire will dig a rut, but a good bruud tire will roll it shut. The depth of a road is more to be dreaded than its length. The state of the road tells the aiie Jt the load. * A Umllf Hint. In our ?ty|p of clltna'f, with tin Miiitirr* chNniicMof temperature, rain, wind and huhxlilliti ollcn 11) let mini; Icil ln**lnal?day.?it la .... ' ....i.r ? ...? nnr rhiidn n frlcniln and rrl til I vw h> ko irit|urnliy t h k < 11 from u? by ItOifIfPlttl oolita, hulf tlit-death* mulling directly Imm till* A hot tie of Itnaehe*'* lit'rniMii Syrup kepi about your home for immediate uat* win prrvriil *rrlou? KlrknrMi. * litre* doctor'* bill. and perhap* death, by the u?e of I It r*-** or four do#e?. Kor curing Com tiin|'<Ion, llemorrhitgea. PoramoDm, severe I'ougli*. I'roup, or iiiiv ii l?e*a* of llie Throat or l.uug*. II* *ucce?? In kimplv wonderful, aa your drugwl*t will t?*iI you. Gel a amnlc bot11*> Iff from Speed'* Drug Klore. Regular ?iZ". T."? rti. Gel Green'a Special Alumnae. t-A-IX HarrU'a Carbonated Water aud Uluger Ala Mtiiurd a Drug bu>rc.