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THOS. J. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C., THURSDAY MARCH 17, 1892. VOL. LVn. NO. IO. EVERY DAY. DAVID BANKS SICKLY*. Amid the tumult of the street And ceaseless tread of restless feet; What varied human forms we meet Every day. Some burdened with un whispered woe, .X Sad secrets God alone can know, '*?>%We see them wandering to and fro r Everyday. Some seared by Time's decay or blight ; With furrowed brow and fading sight, Who braut our feet from morn till night Every day. *w Some swayed by passion deep and strong, Enkindled hy some burning wrong, Unheeded by ' the 1 is tie ss throng, Everyday. The lust of power, the" greed for gain Twin tyrants of the heart and brain We see the ruin of their reign TBvery day. The crafty knaves that throng the street, , I Bobed ia the garments of deceit; Who breathe to lie and! live to cheat Every day. And some aspiring to i>e great, With beaming eye and heart elate, Scorning the thorny thrusts of fate Every day. The youth enthralled by some fond dream ; Or borne along on fancy's stream ; Believing all things what they seem Everyday. The aged tottering towards the tomb, No light to lift their ray less-gloom, Nor hope their weary way illume Every day. The rich and poor, the old and young, With silent lip or fluent tongne, And griefs untold, or joys unsung Every day. Thus is the drama of the town, Some bear a cross or wear a crown ; Until death rings the curtain down Every day. The Lion, the Tiger, and the Fox. - A lion and tiger happened to come together over the dead body of a Fawn that had been recently shot. A fierce battle ensued, and as each animal was in the prime of his age and strength, the combat was long and furious. At last they lay stretched on the ground panting, bleeding; and exhausted, each unable to lifTfca .^paw^nfrninnr the .other. - An irapuden coming > by- the time, B^ <> d in and ..carried off ^before '.or both suffered so much.-?Bsop. The Advantage of Good Road s The roads in New York are not better than they are in other S tates. They are a great deal worse than in some of the New England States, for instance, and I there fore assume that this estimate can be followed as a guide in de termining what would be needed to complete in the whole country excellent roads, which, once constructed, could be cheaply and easily maintained. Considering the area of New York and the density of population, and using these figures in the problem, I estimate that $4000,00,000 would give us a good system of common roads all over the country. This i s a great deal of money, but it doesn't seem great compared with the values which would be enhanced by i ts wise expenditure. And right here it may be noted that the cost of maintaining and repairing a highway properly constructed in the first instance ought never to loe greater for a year than one per cent of its first cost. In the two items of horses and vehicles, the increased value of these properties would more than pay for the improvement, but it is not the greatest value by any means. The effect upon the horses and vehicles used on roads would be more immediate and more direct, and therefore I have called particular attention to this phase of the subject. The enhance ment of the value of real estate would be so great that the items I have mentioned would seem so insignificant as not to be worth discussing. In one neighborhood alone-that of Union County, New^J?r?ey-the improvement of the roads has changed values so greatly that men who a few years ago "were1 struggl ing^f armers, wi th earnings so scant that it was diffcu?t to make two ends meet, are now1 n*ot on\f well to do, but ab solutely rich. They can sell their crops at good profits; they can grow more profitable crops ; they can get these crops quickly and cheaply to market; and their lands, for which at low prices it was formerly almost impossible to find purchasers, are now in demand at prices which, compared with the old order of things, seem fabulous, and the mere mention of which suggests a most unaccus tomed condition of opulence. Harper's Weekly. Have your Gin overhauled and repaired at G. B. Courtney's. DEAD LYING ??ffiDRIED TERRIBLE RAVAGES OF CHOLERA IN PERSIA. OVER 2,500 HUNDRED DEATHS In Prussia Daily-The Plague Epidemic in Hamburg - and Havre. s TEHERAN, August 25.-The choler rages with unchedked violence throughout 'Persia, and countless corpses^lie 'everywhere unburied. Notwithstanding the urgent orders of "th? Government, the mollahs; or clergy" refuse to perform the-fast rites reu??red in the case of tho sdeaa^as:preliniin*ary ! to burial, These rites include the washing of the bodies, ?nd this the mollahs positively decline to perform when death has been caused"by cholera. The drivers of the donkeys that carry the mail have deserted t he service, and ^conmunication is ! everywhere suspended, except where the telegraph reaches. Raging: in Hamburge. LONDON, August 25.-A dispatch from Hamburge to the Standard says: Cholera has broken out in all parts of the city and its suburbs, although the outbreak is worse in the harbor quarter. Today 340 people were attacked and 130 cases proved fatal. Several of the worst infected streets have been closed by the police. The Epidemic in Havre. PARIS, August 24-An official telegram from Havre shortly be fore midnight states that there have been recorded today (Wed nesday) forty-six cases of cholera and thirteen deaths. This despatch has been with-held from the press Two disinfecte d engii.es have been sent on to Havre. * : ST. Pi Yi*r>oUT7G, August 2-1.- j I Th'- ;al retort on ihr- :-?. - i . ! ! Ol .. ii S? t?J? <.._.:*.. ..' .-. - . , ifdX XX) daily Nearly ever . !<*&; Russia I is Often at \:,*<k':u. . .??ti p?-.:ti*.^v.. Pour Deaths at Antwerp. ANTWERP, August 25.-There were rour deaths from cholera here today. Officials deny that it is Asiatic cholera. Alarm in London. LONDON, August _24.-The peo ple of London are b?coming ex cited on the subject of the cholera, now that it is known to have a foothold in a place so closely populated by passenger and com mercial traffic with Great Britian as Hamburg. It is loudly com plained that the regulations for examination ot foreigners arriving in this country from the infected districts are inadequate. These for?igr?ers are chieflv dumped in the East End, where they settle down with the habits and customs of living as nearly as possible in their new situation as they have practiced at home. The Local Government Board, under the impulse of public alarm and criticism, is preparing to strengthen its sanitary forces and endow sanitary officers with additional powers. The newspapers complain of the sale of rotten fruit in the-streets as tending to promote an epidemic of cholera should the disease find its way here. This fruit is chiefly the refuse of foreign imports. WASHINGTON, August 24.-The treasury department has communi cated with the agents of steamship companies whose ships ply be tween Hamburg and Bremen and Baltimore, requesting them to have their steamers report at Cape Charles quarantine station, Va, before proceeding up the Chesapeake Bay. The steamers will be inspected by officers of the marine hospital service at the I quarantine station', so that all ?danger of the introduction of I cholera may be averted, The several executive depart I ments of the Government are co operating to prevent che introduc tion of cholera into the United States, and all precautions will be taken to protect the lives of the [people of this country. The following dispachwas re ceived at the State department to-day from the United States j consul at Hamburg : "Hamburg emigraatB must be regarded as cqniing from a cholera infected distriot. I shall see that the steamers and bagage are disin fected." . Tho . department had more reassuring news from Havre, France, relative to the reported apidemic of cholera there. Consul Williams telegraphed that Paris and Havre medicaK experts have had a conference and after full Bxamaination, admit the presence of local cholera. They deny, however, that it is Asiatic cholere. The disease is not spreading and the alarm is now subsiding. Great precautions have been taken in the matter. The treasury department ia fol lowing up the precautions hereto fore adopted and will use all means it hand to keep the chorlera out >f the-country. The attorneys here for the various steamship companies has promised their co-operation with the depart nent. They said that the steam ship lines were fully impressed urith the gravity of the situation iud would omit no precautionary neasures. Arriving immigrants viii be subjected to right examina tion. A circular was issued by the ;reasury department to all custom md hospital officers and steam ihip agents ordering that on and ifter September 20,1892, rags from my foreign port be refused entry nto the United States unless Lccompanied by a certificate from he consular office at the port of ihipment to the effect that they lad been disinfected in accordance vith the prescribed methods. It s ordered that rags gathered in or ?hipped from any port where ?bolera is known to prevail iii an jpidemic form be denied entry to he United States absolutely after he date of this circular, except luch as were then afloat, be disin fected on arrival. The New York Quarantine. NEW YORK August 24.-The [uarantine officials at this port are )usy preparing to prevent any mportation of cholera from in fected European ports. Orders ipvo been ?5.ven ? ; In r^nrT?0 i< .. rs ' . have th* fever ebip 'j < "urinion ro'o'':-v far hero tal is-.' in ilk lower ray, .. .. ..? . ... . Pkmbnrg, where 'ch . - raging. These snipe hav< ;wo thousand immigrants aboard. They will be detained at quaran liue and thoroighly examined. The French line steamship La Tougaine, which left Havre last Sunday, is due here on Sunday. \.s cholera is also reporte'd at ?avre the vessel will be duly sub ected to quarantine regulations on 1er arrival. Advice to Boys. It is an old. saying that if a roung man saves his first $1,000 ie will get rich-that is s o often n nine cases out of ten-yes if he viii save his first.$100 he will suc ieed and any young man can save ;hat much in a year if he will let vhiskey and tobacco and society ;irls alone. Society will keep a ioor young man poor. I am think ng now of a married man who is jowed down with debt while his 'amily is trying to keep on the fagged edge of society. A milliner nakes their clothes, and they are )bliged to ride in a carriage when ;hey go visiting. Such people are ;he talk of the town and they don't chow it. There are nice youug nen in every town who have been Jerking for years and haven't aid up a dollar. They must take :o every show that comes along, ind spend $5 on every dauce, for ;hose who dance must pay the ?ddler. Capital is very particular ;hese days. When capital wants 1 young man it looks around for one ?rho doesn't smoke drink are gam Die-one who saves his money and ion't run about every nignt. Fam ily influence isn't worth a cent aow. A young man stands on his )wn merits, his habits, his associa tions. Young men there is a blue book in every town and your name is on it. But there is ab excuse for a young man failing to get ?'mploym?nt in this blessed coun try. If he does, is his own fault, [f he can't get rich fast he can dow. If he began young and worked bard and behaved well he will iccumulate plenty for his old age. Old age wants money. It wants rest and should have it. "Otium cum dignitate." is the Latin for iignified leisure. But I heard Fudge Underwood say it meant 'rest comes after digging." Dig Birst and r^st afterward. Old age ion't want to get up on a cold winter morning and make fires and 200k the breakfast. Subscribe to tho Edgefield AD VERTISER. . Charles Haddon Spurgeon. Mr. Spurgeon was a man of the most singular ability of self marshalling and self-control. In this respect he always reminded me of Mr. Beecher. He seemed to be absolutely sure of himself for any or moment occasion. At once his powers would gather themselves in exact order, and he could call on this or that at will as it was needed. I once said to Mr. Beecher, "It cannot be called a labor for you to preach." "No," he said, "it is only a kind of involuntary labor." That same singular.ability-of powers at^once in hand was evident in Mr, Spurgeon. His pulpit preparations were always just before each service. He once said to me that if he were appointed to preach on some great occasion six months beforehand, he should not think at all of preparation for the duty un til just as the time struck-he would occupy himself about other things. This surprising power of quick self-con*roi and marshall ing of powers gave him a perpetual consciousness of ease. He had never the fear that he would not be equal to the time. He knew that when the moment came he would be ready: so instead of being strained and anxious, his mind was in a beautiful openness for whatever might now in upon it. And yea, especially in his earlier years, after his prepartion had been made, and just as he was about to confront the throngs he knew wore gathering to listen to him, he used to have the most fearful nervous anxiety, almost convulsions. He told me once that for yoars and years in his early mini sty he never preached but that he had beforehand the most straining time of vomiting. His stomach was able to retain absolutely nothing. In later years he vanquished this nervous ten - -... r v^fhine was more delight . .: bia . ' ? ? ll ' fi rif cHUl-Iike laith, Thar}; moiner buuuiu uicob mo -_"*.._ ( of her child. He had been tolling ^ me once about the amount of j money he must disburse in order . to sustain his various enterprises. We stopped talking for a little, and I sat looking at him. He was as unconcerned as is a little child j holding its mother's hand. There were no lines upon his brow, was no shadow of anxiety upon 1 his face, only the large, good natured English smile. I was i thinking of the orphans he must ? feed, the old Christian women he j must care for, the professors' j salaries in his Pastors1 College he . must pay, the students he must supply with teaching, many of them with bread and clothing, since they were too poor to buy j these for themselves. I said to him : "How can you be so easy minded? ?)o not these respbnsi- } bilities come upon you sometimes with a kind of crushing weight?" j He looked at me with a sort of j holy amazement and answered: "No, the lord is a good banker; I trust him, He has never failed | me. Why should I be anxious-" Rev. Wayland Hoyt. Webster's Opinion. In the year 1840 the locomotive 1 was a small, weak machine that ] was employed to drag- a few ] coachlike cars at a speed of about i .ten miles an hour. Daniel Web- ; ster, in describing the American < railroads, ?aid : "They are made i of two stringers of scantling not- ] ched into ties that often get loose 1 in the ground. Upon.the stringers \ two straps of iron, the width and i thickness of wagon tires are nailed. < "These straps of iron frequently < get detached at the ends, which I turn up like fcnakes' heads and 1 pierce the iioors of the car." Such ? an accident actually happened to a ' car between Elizabeth and New 1 York. 1 Then," said Webster "fhe wheels ' slip on the iron straps, in winter ( especially, so much that little < dependence can be placed upon 1 the time of arrival, and many peo ple think it is not certain that ] railroads will be a success." ( It would be well if we were all I as faithful to duty as the old Eug- ] lish carpenter, on his death bed, '. who was asked it he was prepared '. io die* "Why not?" he answered, l "I've worked at my trade fifty 1 years, and never druv a screw 1 'thout greasin' it." i -- ... - . - . A HORRIBLE STORY. 1 Drummer's Strange Reception in the Mountains of North Georgia, Thc draniiner had a crowd iround him in the office of the country h?fel listening to his stories., . H "The j???mL experience I ever ,vent through?' he said, ''happened iboutteiil'e?ago in the moun tain .distwetpof Georgia, when I ?vas doing t%e southern trade, I ?ot lost one night trying to reach i store a bohrten miles from the railrQadjm^I guess I must have ridden'^he "^bor mule I wfts on ibout, twenw-fi ve. miles up the ?reek ?nd.'t??ugh barren ^elds, ooking forgsome place where I jould get a pelter and feed. Along ibout midnight I caught a faint gleam of light across a meadow, md ruade for it as fast as I could, [t came though a four-paned vindow in ajlog hut, hardly big mough" to' Accommodate an extra risitor, bittrffitill better than the blue' canopy of the heavens for a lovering. "So Irocfe up and 'halloed,' as s the custom'of the country, but ailed to g?tjtf response j so I got lo>vn and wjnc to the door, expect ngevery infanta dog or two to ake me ip^^ypt much to my sup >rise I reached the door uamolested. l'h?re I knocked and continued to mock, andifinally to rattle and )ang, but sj|n no answer. I tried o see through the window, buta )it of white curtain shut off the new and. ttye light was dim aud lickering, as if from the flames of in open -lpood fire smouldering. "Thinking there was no one at home md as I r?ight as well make my ?elf comfortable, I found the .atch-strip'g,. pulled it for ad mission, a?u\iu I went. There was >nly ono yt?? room, and it was peculiar $aij?it waS u?t vacant, rhe bect? ;r|oupboard, table and ?sual fu??ki??re; of one of these -^?v^r<?^Sfflf???Ptle8_ were .. all .hero, filia seated around tue . . ',7?]ii4; fA,\ tel Sow . .-y*. ti ?ii..-. >rr v . uu^-o-. _ _ 'rom six to twenty or more, with three dogs curled up on the hearth n front. "In the center of the silent circle ibout the fire was a vacant chair ividently waiting for an occupant. Everybody seemed to be intently itudying the flickering flames, and io attention whatever was paid to ne. . . , . i " 'Good evening,' I said, coming iorward a step or two. 'I hope you N ill excuse me for this intrusion, but I didn't know there was any 3odyathpme^ and I thought I'd just come in and wait for one to ?ome.' ? ?. ?. ... . - ? - "Then I stopped, uneasily for lobody seemed to care a con tinental whether I was there or not, and, I began to feel as a per ?on always does when he begin to realize that he is getting a big dose bf snub right in the neck, However ['d been snubbed before, and was, besides, both hungry and tired, md I didn't propose to give it up antil I had done my best with the situation. So I "began my speech igain, but before I had said three words the old man lifted his head and saw me. "He didn't speak then either, but rising slowly, till he looked like he was about seven feet tall, tie pointed toward the vacant chair md nodded for me to take it. And pou should have seen that old map's face 1 There was something tn its withered grimnesss and a airy distortions that made the blood run cold. Somehow I felt there was something wrong some where, and instead of taking the mair I slipped my hand in. my overcoat pocket and got a good ;rip on a big self-cocking pisctol which I carried for emergencies, rhe old fellow didn't notice this, ?owever, and turning to the cup board at his back he took out a butcher knife, with a ten-inch blade, as shining as a whetstone ;ould make it, and began to chat ter to himself and gibber like an idiot. "By this time I was getting very ?eryou8 and made a move to back but quietly, but it was not to be so. rhe old man, with a shriek, made a jump for me with the knife lifted ready to strike, and before [ knew what to do, or had done. [ had my pistol out and fired, and the old man was weltering in his blood at my feet, with a hole in Iiis forehead big enough to stick a champagne cork in. Naturally I was terribly excited, but not so much so as not to be surprised that our terrific encounter had not disturbed in the slightest the lam- J lly gathering around the fire. They ? sat there unmoved, each head bowed to the chest, still studying 1 the flickering flames as when I ' first came in. "For a minute I was so overcome by the shock of it that I was speechless and incapable of motion, ( but with an effort I rallied, and 1 fairly yelling to the people sitting 1 around. I clutched at one - of the ' women and gave her a "shaking ( that would have aroused .a stone 1 statue. But it had no effect on her, ! except that when I let go of her . she fell to the floor in-a limp lump. ( Then I made a wild clutch at the young man next to her, and with a shake of double strength, I shouted to him to wake up. But ! he made no sign, except to fall out { of his chair when I let go of him. ' By this time I was nearer crazy J than I ever was in my life before. J Finding my efforts to rouse the i family ineffectual, I began to ? investigate for a cause. < "It wan't long until the investi- ! gation was a petrect success, J either, but the result was frightful. ( "Every person sitting in that ' fearful semi-circle was dead every throat cut from ear to ear- ( and it was this which had caused j each of them to appear to me as 1 buried in study over the fire. I ( kicked tho dogs, and they moved J not, Dead as a door nail, all of 1 them. "There was no question but that 1 the oldman had done it, and that ' by some strange fancy he had put * the vacant chair in the ghastly circle, hoping to fill it as ho had ; filled the others, fixing thom in ? their places and theil sitting down 1 among them waiting-waiting. "For what, heaven only know. "It was at least ten minutes be fore I had recovered sufficiently < to get out of the terrible place, and 1 as I stepped across, the body i j of tb? oki mi':'<7~~ r-- r* ! pro ns ii i had stopped rn mo-. lasses,, but I did not sta} to pee] and made off into the darkness anywhere. i "Six weeks afterward I woke up j in a hospital in'Atlanta, and when I told the hideous story nobody believed me. They said I had] struck a jug of 'moonshine' in the mountains and it had gone to my brain. But I knew better. I" "Young man," said a tall old customer rising from a baggage truck which had been pressed into service for a chair, and inter rupting the story teller, "you are right. I know you are right. I'll swear to the truth of your state ment before any court in this state. Young fellow," extending his hand, "put your hand thar.' I was the old feller you killed that night." And nobody said a word after | that.-Detroit Free Press. Courage in the Pulpit. To reach the masses, in ' short, the religion of pulpit, pew and Bishop's throne must be real. What good is it to talk of bringing in millions by make-believe? and I what else is it than make-believe on a large scale when well-to-do sinners have bows and smiles from parsons in private, and are not troubled by any pulpit allu sions to their shortcomings, while the air is shrill with denuncia tions of poor gutter-offenders? Call the devil by his name where ever you find him-in Wall Street on the Stock Exchange, in "syndi cates" and, 'corners," in death-trap houses for the poor, in the utter | want of principle in party politics, in the thousand forms in which he masquerades in our midst. Some prophet who fears nobody but God must rise : some ono with tho great heart of Jesus Christ, who bearded j high priest, rabbi, any one found doing wrong, and exposed hy pocrisy howevar high placed, and (was Ihe friend of publicans and sinners, pointing them, indeed, to the Father above, but at the same time himself bearing their infirmities, healing their sickness ! and brightening their dark lot by Divine sympathy with its tempta tions and trials, and by self sacrifice for their good. I Call at Jas. M. Cobb's. 2,000 yds. of those beautiful new dress goods, Tine Apple Tissue, Gren ada Tissue, Cheveron Shirting, Organ dies, Cambric, French Outings for h Shirt "Waists, Embroidered Skirts,1 Demi Flouncing and Laces. All new and cheap. 100 pair of Oxford Ties ust in. New Goods every week. TheAttrac The French tees to know mc sex than anybo?| :o a substantial the proposition lier most dangeroj bas reached to scorn the buddii 'jeune meess," aj contemptuous of ?irens of forty or tl pin their faith u] subjugating power >f thirty. They argi man of thirty is just^ ige to claim the iroung men, who UBI; livinity in a wom?n^T?Tr^nan" themselves, and are flattered at seing permitted to burn incense it her ahriue, while at the same time she is near enough to the confines of youth to be very enchan ting to the older generation, the boys of fifty or sixty, who want a judicious mixture of -the ingenue md the woman of i he world. They io not insist upon the exact age Df thirty, but declare that the .age rf attractiveness must fall within i margin of two or three years on ?ither side of thirty. Like most logmas this one is a mixture of truth and error. It is true, be muse a woman of thirty has out grown the insipidity and insanity (vhich are the usual concomitants Df girlhood, and has ovqr past the period when blushes and giggles ivill do duty for intelligent and brilliant repartee and rejoinder. It is true, because the good woman of thirty has lost her ignorance with out surrendering her innocence, .vhich is a consummation devoutly to bo wished for in the gentle sex. But here the category cuds.-The San Francisco Chronicle. , Thc Gamut of Humor. What is one man's treat is an other man's poison. Every one aas his own conception of humor, and neither by prayer, argument ace V" *o ho Hi.dcred from Vovrt?v rnyeitr?vx neigt 1 .. ??rid has got, but you never y KL OUUUCCUCU in making him see any merit in a joke if his own unaided wish did not detect and appreciate it. Humor-blindness of the mind is like color-blindness of the eye. Nine very genuine forms of humor may be clearly seen, and the tenth 3qually genuine, ignored, as the victim of Daltonish may respond to every other color, but be absolutely blind to green. The ?reen-blind folk are only three pet cent, and the rest have a com plete range. In the other case I believe the proportions are reversed And then the self-sufficiency of the humor-blind mind! On all else he may be diffident, but on this no shade of doubt ever crosses his mind. What is not humorous to him is not hutnor. All the world may be laughing around him, but that only proves that all the world are foolr?h. The more they laugh, the more foolish they prove themselves, and the more he hugs his own gravity to his soul. He is proud of his own defect, like the folk in the South, American goitre village who' derided the travellers who had no goitre.-A. Conan Doyle. Sassafras and Weevil. Those who wish to prevent the weevil from injuring wheat, corn, peas or other grain or seeds should try sassafras bark. I have used it for thirty years and it has never failed in a single instance. My manner of using it is as follows : I take a common chopping axe and chop oft* as many chips as I need, taking bark and wood to gether, from two to four inches square by chopping. They may be used several times, as the sassafras never entirely looses its odor or properties. The chips can be mixed with the grain when housed, about two bushels of chips to a granary sixteen feet square by ten deep. Corn should always be husked and the chips scattered through the corn as it is housed. D. W. JAMES. Wichita, Texas. Delinquent subscribers can see low it will be, from the following little paragraph: "How is it with you?" asked the editor of the subscriber who >vas dying in arrears. "All looks bright before me," gasped the subscriber. "I thought so," said the editor. 'In about ten minutes you'll see it blaze." the noble lady and her frailest and most unfortunate sister alike there is an undefinable something which is fascinating at first sight ami grows only moro pleasing on acquaintance, so that the last thing to fade from the r?erhory of anybody who has been fortunato enough to linger in Japan must be these "-bright vestures, faces fair, Long eyes, and closely braided hair." Good look aro not enough to account for this; prettiness is this rule among Japanese woman, but I think the charin lies chiefly though to attempt a rough-and ready analysis is like'dissecting a humming-bird with a hatchet is an inborn gentleness and tenderness and sympathy, thc most womanly of all qualities, combined with what the Romans used to call "a certain propriety" of thought and demeanor, and uped to admire so much. If you could take the light from tho eyes of a Sister of Mercy at her gracious task, the smile of a maiden looking over the seas for her lover, and the heart of an unspoiled child, and materialize them into a win some and healthy little body, crowned with mastes of jet-black hair and dressed in bright rustling silks,,y ou would have the typical Japanese woman.-Henry Nor ? '-? "T> al Japan " T! vertid be more nov''* Be willing to be yourself, and you will be sure to be somebody God can use. To be always intending to live a new life, but never to find timo to set about it-this is as if a man should put off eating and drinking and sleeping from one night to an other, till he is starved and des troyed. In an action for payment of a 'tailor's bill, a witness swore that a certain dress coat was badly made, one of the sleeves being longer than the other. "You will," said Erskine slowly, having risen to cross examine, "swear-that ono of the sleeves was-longer-than the other?" "Witness-i do swear it. ^Erskine (quickly, and with a I flash of indignation)-Thon, sir, I am to understand .thai you positively deny that ono of tho sleeves was ?horter than tho other? Startled into a self contradiction by the suddenness?and impetuosity ?of this thrust, the witness said, "Ido deny it." Erskino (raising his voice as the tumultuous laughter died I away)-Thank you, sir; don't (want to trouble you with another question.-San Francisco Argo I naut. Wofford College, SPARTAN BURG, S? C. I JAS. H. CARLISLE, LL.D., PRES. _\_ FOUNDED ISSI. Wofford College offers to students in the four college classes, two parallel courses of study, each leading: to tlie degree of Bachelor of Arts, in one of which Modern Languages are substi tuted for Greek. EXPENSES. Board tuition, matriculation, wash ing, light, fuel, books and stationery, the necessary co.'lege expenses for the year, can be met with $150. The ad vantages offered by Wightman and I Alumni Halls enable students to meet their college expenses with this very small amount.1 The next session begins the 3rd day of October, 1S92. J. A. GAMEWELL, Secretary of Faculty. flori College fitting School, SPARTANBURC, S. C. The Sixth Session begins October 3rd, 1892. Boys prepared for College. Expenses covered by $150 a year. Supervision careful and constant. A. G. REMBERT, A. M., Ilead Master.