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THOS. J. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C., THURSDAY MARCH 17, 1892. VOL. LVn. NO. IO. ME. ?. B. BEHOLDS, Several Theories as to What Prompted the Deed. Angosta Chronicle. W. B. Reynolds, the man who suicided by taking morphine in Savannah'on -Tuesday, was well known here. About ten days ago, just after Lancaster killed himself, Reynolds told some friends that he was go ing to follow" the photographer's example. Two days after uttering the threat he made an ineffectual attempt to end his life, by taking morphine. Reynolds was very much in love with a handsome young lady in Augusta, and spent much money on her, keeping her supplied with rare flowers and presenting her with a number of jewels. ' When the young lady left for Savannah last week Reynolds followed her. It is said he was very much smitten with her, but his action was not re ciprocated. The Savannah News gives, the following account of the .suicide : W. B. Reynolds formerly ~ Belt Line motorman suicided "early -yes terday morning in a house of ill fame on South Broad street by taking about four grains of mor phine. Why Reynolds took his own life is something of a mystery, It is thought by some he did it on ac count of his wife's unfaithfulness. It is believed, too, that he put an end to his career because he had run through a small inheritance. He was apparently under the in fluence of liquor and seemed to be in good spirits when he went to the house. He was nervous, how-, ever, despite his free and easy hu mor. On several occasions he went out on a piazza, but no special at tention was paid to this, as it was supposed he was only going out to get ice water; But it was not ice water he went out for. He was worried in mind, and to end his troubles took a large dose sofa about 3 o'clock, and suddenly fell t > the floor. Those in tbe room rushed to his side and found him jmconscious. This alarmed the - inmates of the house, and ice wa ter was freely applied to the un conscious man. This and other methods of restoration were used, but to no effect. Reynolds remained limp and lifeless to all appearances. Toe proprietress of the house summon ed Dr. Nichols, who went imme diately to the unconscious man, but he found that there was little or no hope for his recovery. A general congestion had set in. The doctor believes that the chill had existed from the beginning of xm consciousness. The congestion con tinued until ensued. Upon careful examination it was found from the appearance of the pupils of the man's eyes that very little of the morphine taken had been absorbed up to the time that the doctor had arrived, this being prevented by the congestive chill. Although fully aware that the man was beyond human aid, the doctor made every effort to save him by the use of the remedies usually applied in such cases. After working for two hours he gave the case up. .Reynolds was finally carried to St. Joseph's infirmary, but he had scarcely been in the infirmary fifteen minutes when he expired. A search was made of his pockets and a red envelope containing about a grain of morphine was found. It is presumed from the folds of tho paper that it originally contained, five grains. The name of the druggist did not appear on the package, and it is impossible to learn from whom the drug was obtained. j A pawn ticket showing that Rey nolds had pawned his watch for $5j and two or three small items, together with a letter addressed "Snow" were found in the pockets of the dead mart's trousers. Reynolds was twenty-five years old. He was originally from Edge field, S. C., and came here some months ago as a motorman on the Barnard street line. He held the place until March 1st, when he re? ceived a legacy ftom his mother's estate. He realized from this $1,000 in cash, and a small farm. He took the money and sold the farm, and with what he could get together went on a drunk. With the going of his money went his friends and he soon realized that he was broke. He was out of "em ployment, had no money, and very few more friends, and troubles < a domestic nature came upon h ir ^which in his state were hard 1 overcome. ActiDg Coronor Naughtin viewe the body at the infirmary and coi eluded that it was unnecessary 1 hold an inquest. The body, wi be sent to his relatives and frienc in South Carolina to-day. I all Oats and Bye. ' Southern Cultivator. The general mistake in plantin this crop is that it is put in to late, and the land is not made ric enough. The complaint 'is that i is so often cut off by the col weather. But if the seed is pu in early and the crop forced foi ward? by high manuring, in nin cases out of ten, it is too far ad vanced to be injured by the cole Every experienced farmer has nc ticed that it is the poor spots in : field which are killed first, am that often when these are entire'.1 destroyed the richer spots escape without any appearance Of injury A crop of fall oats, the "stand' being once secured, is more^valua ble than the same area planted i: the spring. The yield is greate: and the grain is of better quality Every farmer, if he cannot affon more, should have at least a patel of rye or barley. It is never win ter killed, and furnishes the mucl needed green food for horses anc cattle. . Behring Sea Decision. LONDON, Aug. 2.-The decisioc of the Behring Sea question is ex pected in a fortnight. A dispatch to-day says thal every point has been adjudicated and in every instance that Russell Webster, counsel for Great Britain? has been sustained. The decision is unanimous on all points except one, to which Judge-Harlan and Senator Morgan dissent. This refers to the seal fisheries on the high seas. The regulations to close the sea sons are very stringent. venienced than Americans, as "the latter hold the islands. A Profitable Potato Season. Richmond Times. The Irish potato season, which has just ended, has been most profitable one on the eastern shore for years past. The shipment has been larger and the prices have been and are yet the very top of the market. During the past three weeks over 2,500 car loads of pota toes have passed over the penin sula. One day's shipment from Cape Charles alone amounted to between eight and nine thousand barrels, or fifty car loads. The sweet potato season will be in full blast in a few weeks. A Wonderful Watch. A mechanical marvel lately ex hibited in St. Petersburg is a musi cal watch which was made by a Russian peasant in the reign of Catherine. It is about the size of a hen's egg, and contains a repre sentation of the tomb of Christ, with the. Roman sentinels. On pressing a spring the stone rolls away from the tomb, the sentinels fall down, the angels appear and the holy women enter the sepulcher, and the. same chant which is sung in the Greek church on Easter eve is actually performed. Rattlesnake in His Breeches. Philadelphia Record. ASHLAND, Pa., 25.-A sou of David McKelvey, residing at Rocktown, while running through the woods near his home was at tacked by a rattlesnake which he had trod upon. The snake fastened its fangs to the boy's pantaloons and nuable to withdraw them. The frightened boy started home atbreakneok speed, dragging the snake with him, where it was killed. The lad was not hurt. Gold for America. LONDON, Aug. 2.-During the last week the rate for long discount has been 2 ; for short discoant, The tendency is steadily upward. It is understood that $10,000,000 will shipped jyithiu the next two weeks to the United Sta^s, and the be lief is that several millions more will be sent over before the end of the year. As a hair dressing and for the prevention of baldness, Ayer's Hair Vigor has no equal in merit and efficiency, clean, and healthy and gives vitality and color to weak, faded, and gray hail, most popular of h i'.et articles. Subscribe to the Edgefiel?* AD VERTISER. THE DISPENSARY LAW. By Mrs. S. F. C Hap in in Southern Christian Advocate. It was my privilege on last* Sab bath evening, July 16th, to be pres ent at the Citadel Square Baptist Church, where the Rev. David Ramsey, the pastor, was announced to preach. His topic was to be "Religion and the New Liquor Law." The day had been intensely hot, and what seemed to be a gathering storm was evidently, approaching, but neither pretentious clouds nor rumbling thunder prevented a large congregation from filling the house and occupying .the gallery. | j Quite a number of colored people were also present. All denomina tions were represented, showing the deep and universal interest felt in the subject to be discussed. Mr. Ramsey, after the opening \ exercises, read most impressively f the 13th chapter of Romans, and g took as his text part of the first t verse : "The powers that be are or dained of God." Ile said some people thought the pulpit had no right to discues "the temperance question," but he believed that everything connected with the wei fare of society and the salvation of souls came under the conscien tious minister's line of subjects for | c discussion; and as intemperance was admitted bv all to be the great- t est curse of tho age, he proposed 1 to speak from a religious stand- c point of the new law passed for its c suppression. e First, he asked, what is the South T Carolina law, and with whom did 1 it originate? This he answered by saying, not | . by Governor Tillman or the poli ticians, and yet it meets its bitter est opposition from the ill will of those who object to it because of the great load of prejudice they feel toward the Chief Executive and his party. It is being most bitterly attacked from every direc tion. and if it lives it will havel9 ito Tjr\/aueBi '^Bsancsw' cr" any law ever enacted in any State; but 1 Governor Tillman is not responsi- 3 ble tor it. The liquor traffic had become so law-defying and intolerant that thoughtful citizens all through the country felt and determined that it should be crushed out, and by a majority of ten thousand votes de manded absolute prohibition. The people in the State did it. There has been a great educa fcional force at work in the State for years for the shutting up of the saloons by law. The Legislature did not pass the law absolutely prohibitory, but provided for the sale of liquor by responsible men, guarded by restrictions almost amounting to prohibition, or if the freeholders preferred prohibition out and out, all they had to do was to refuse to sign the petition for a dispensary. As a Christian man and a prohibitionist, I could not sign a petition for a dispensary, although it is infinitely better than the licensed saloon and a long step 11 towards absolute prohibition. I have travelled this State from one end to the other. It is my native State. I have talked with the warm-hearted, honest men who wear the wool hat and support this bill, and whatever a few poli-1 \ ticians may have in view I do be lieve the bill was honestly framed to benefit all the people, and with no intention tc make money out of the law, and with no malice in the world against our beaatiful his toric City by the Sea, so full of j g valiant deeds and precious memo ries. He deprecated any and every effort to cr?ale division between the sections ; and as he spoke ten derly and lovingly of the little State, with its head nestling among the mountains and its feet laying t in the waters bf our beautiful bay, 1 whose brave sons at the first signal i gun which sounded in our harbor * rushed from their mountain and c midland homes to stand shoulder t to shoulder with their brothers in ? the City by the Sea for the protec- I tion of their State, eyes filled with 1 tears; and when he said 'IL've t my State, every foot of il, and as i a Christian and a patriot I will c respect those who by her votes are placed in authority, and obey the laws upon her statute books," the looks of approval and acquiescing nods from the young men, who were out in force, showed Lincoln's oft-repeated saying, "You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some people all the time, but you cannot fool all of the people lt all the time," was correct. Defiance of law, he said, can only result in anarchy and a reign of violence, and no Christ ian patriot would ad vise such a course. No matter if the laws are passed by men of your own choice or not. Hero was Em peror at the time Paul enjoined obedience to all law and said "The powers that be are ordained of: God." A strict execution of law is necessary for the well-being of ?ociety. Among the many objets tions urged against the bill is that 'the State has been digraced by joiug into the liquor business:" We would like to ask, he saidj ivhen has the State not been in the. iquor business? Has it not for rears legalized the liquor traffic ind shared, in the name of. reVe-, me, the profits from it? It is not 'going in the business," but dis-: ?olving its numerous partnership? vith those who have conducted it^ o the injury of its citizens, an$ joing to take the business, which hey propose materially td curtail mderits own immediate supervi^ lion, appointing only such agent? is are men of integrity and whose noral character is endorsed bj? heir fellow citizens. But "it is a monopoly," and the" State might as well monopolize he drug business, is urged as ah\j >bjection. There can be no comparison beg ween the drug business and th?i iquor business. Public necossi lemands medicines: but if t-fce Iruggist should go into the; ; ?trychniue business the Stat?! vould justified in interfering as it las in the traffic which'has proved io destructive and ruinous to itsj ?tizens. It is the duty of the Stat^ o protect tho health of its citi? ;ens by every means in its powerjj The advantages of the new lavte ire already apparent in this city?j md to give practical demonstra* ion of its beneficial working hi ead a list , of statistics he had| opied from the police : books) howing the comparative, numbai if williwin iiiiniB f^-.-y.i?-?---.i^-J-'raS^B nto effect wi th those of preceding rears : In 1889, from the 1st the to thef, 5th of July, there were 42 arrests, !5 white, 17 colored. In 1890, 29-14 white, 15 iolored. In 1893, 6-5 whites, 1 colored ! of these were feom liquor held ver. Fourth of July was more like a Sabbath day, and quite a contrast o previous fourths, when sober itizens kept indoors to avoid ollision with drunken rowdies. In visiting among my parishion ers I hear of blessed results. One ady tells of a husband and father rho had not spent an evening at lome for ten years not spending tn evening out since the bar rooms rere closed. A large class of young men mrticularly those whose homes ire not in the city, drank because >f the pleasant surroundings of he bar room, with its music >iciures and flowers. This temp atiop is now taken out of their vay, for the dispensaries offer no luch inducements. They are not tept open after dark, and do not lell uy the single drink. Habitual Irinkers and minors cannot mrchase a drop. So the dispen iary has none of these injurious features of the bar rooms, and nay prove a great blessing to the mtire State. Not any of our unregistered Chinese residents have yet been lent back to their own country un 1er the provision of the Exclusion ict, and the half dozen of them vho have been arrested under it vere speedily released to await the ?rders of the government. It has jeen interesting to" observe how he whole of these peculiar people lave stood together, solidly and inpassively, through the period of ifteen months since the enactment )f the Geary law. It is' not often hat any large body of white men ire so unanimous, obedient, and latient as these yellow men have )een all along. The Chinese in he United States are certainly a emarkable people. They are un >btrusive, industrious, sober, prov dent, and well-mannered; they ?annot be accused of inordinate ,'iciousuess ; and it must be said hat, in this part of the country, here are few criminals or law makers among them.-New York Sun. Bills of Sale and Mortgages of )ersonal and real estate for sale at he ADVERTISER office. BUMED TESASUEE FOUND. A Pile of Old Gold Coins Unearth ed in Spar tanbury County. Colombia State. Mr. W. H. Lyles returned to the city yesterday from a stay at his summer home at Landrum's on the Asheville and Spartanburg road, the State .line. He tells the story of the remarkable find of buried treasure upon the plantation adjoining his place by a poor white farmer. The treasure is all in gold coin, some of the coins being 175 years old. All of it is the coin of foreign countries and the dates range from 1719 to 1792. ^?A few days ago a white farmer was ploughing in the field. Hie pl?w turned up two of these gold coins. He picked them up and went ahead. His wife came along shortly afterwards, hoeing. She dug up two mort-. Then they stop ped work and went back to the spo?i beginning to dig. In a short time they unearthed a pile, with no other covering than the earth, of over 100 of the gold coins, ?ach one of them was as bright and shiny as if it had just come from the mint. The money value of the gold itself is about $500. Some time ago fhe same farmer dug up an old skillet near the same place. It it supposed that the coins were buried therein. %|Ehe land upon which this gold found formerly belonged to Thomas Earle, but there is no o?tfe to solve the riddle of how this-treafure came to-be buried there. It is supposed to have Been a collection of rare coins made by some man with a fancy for such things during the present ?entury and buried there for safe keeping during the war. The value of the coins, on ac count of their age and rarity, is no doubt, very " oonsiderable. The soins are Spanish, English, Ger man, etc. ^ir. Lyles secured two of them. They are beauties. One of them jjjfethe size of a five dollar gold pfefce."~~On one sido is the in scription in Latin "Phillip V, by the grace of God, King of Spain and India." This surrounds the head of Philip. On the obverse is the crown and coat arms of Philip and this inscription : "The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom." The other coin is larger. Surrounding the head of a woman Louis' queen no doubt, is the in ?ription : "Louis XV, by the grace of God, King of France aad Navarre, 1779.'' On the obverse is the maltese cross with fleur de Iis in the center and the inscription in Latin 'Christ reigns, conquers and rules." The farmer will doubtless realize a handsome sum for his 5nd. BAD BLOOD. Two Deacons Disagree and One Kills the Other's Fine Mule. Augusta Evening Newt. An unusual case arose in the Hamburg Justice Court to-day be fore Judge Getzen. Two colored brothers in the church (Baptist deacons and lead ers, in fact), Jim Thomas and Handy Henderson, got into trouble, and they will have to submit to the law. Jim grew jealous of Handy's attentions to his wife, and although hauled up in church and made to shake hands, they did not bury the hatchet. Handy lost a fine mule the other night and found it had been car ried to the swamp and killed. He suspected Thomas and had a war rant sworn out. Judge Getzen heard the prelim inary to-day, but thinking the case more important and serious than could be covered in a justice court he sent it to the higher court in Aiken. The colored people condemn Thomas, and the ease is liable to go hard with him. It is a matter of pride and con gratulation that in the midst of this epidemic of bank failures the Southern banks stand so firm. Comptrolter Eckles has com plimented the banking institutions of this section upon tne "safe and conservative manner" in which they are couducted, and says their management is highly com mendable. Especially has South Carolina to congratulate herself upon the absence of even the slightest flurry in her banking institutions.-Winnsboro News and Herald. BKOUGHT TO AUGUSTA. I The Remains of W. B. Reynolds, Who Committed Suicide. j Augusta Evening News, Aug and. The remains of Mr. W. B? Rey nolds, who killed himself in Sa vannah yesterday by swallowing an over-dose of laudanum, were I brought to Augusta at noon to-day, j and were carried to his father's home, twelve miles from the city, over in Carolina, for burial. Mr. Reynolds has been in Au I gusta for the last two months stay ing with Mr. Jack Holder, and he only left here for Savannah last Sunday. Since his departure Mr. Holder I received a letter from Reynolds telling him his intentions to com mit suicide. Somo time ago Reynolds inner ited $1,200 from his mother's estate, and after blowing in all his tin he became despondent and suicided. CAPE HOM'S POST OFFICE. There is None Simpler-And it Has No Postmaster Attached. In spite of improved modern methods of communication, the southern extremity of South America still retains its flavor of aloofness and romance. The trip around the Hom, still necessarily made by sailing vessels because they cannot so easily tread the mazes of the Straits of Magellan, is no easier than it was to the early navigators, save that perhaps mod ern sailing ships are safer and more manageable than those of the sixteenth century. Even yet, how ever, sailing ships may hover vainly off the Horn for the better part of a month, and that curious international mail box kept at the Horn still bas its uses. Landsmen who have heard of this singular survival are tempted to doubt its [existence, but sailors persistently affirm' that it is stil there. . Cape Horn isa great mass of rock rising abruptly from the Sfia axitl-fotxnipg-a?-?'auiali^r/Ahtgd.1 Upon one of the ledges bf this rock stands a covered barrel, the international Postoffice of a region more than 500 miles from any thing that resembles civilization It is the custom of captains pass ing round the Horn to send a boat ashore at this point if possible take out whatever mail is going in the direction of the vessel, and drop in whatever it is desired shal go in the other direction. International comity would pro tect the mail box if need, be, but no pirates lurk about that region, and whatever natives may be there would have small use for the con teuts of the mail box. It is the world's most southern- Postoffice, more than twenty degrees south of Cape Town, and more than ten de grees south of any post town in Oce?nica. Thought She Was 111. Million. An extremely ludicrous incident occurred in a Lancashire church on a recent Sunday. A young lady, evidently astrauger, of a naturally pale complexion, accidentally let her handkerchief fall on the floor. By repeatedly stooping to reach it furtively she attracted the notice of a gentleman in the pew behind, who thought she was about to faint. With the best of motives, there fore, he took her gently under the arms and raised her up, gently to her surprise. As she tried to re lease herself another gentleman went to her assistance, and before the young lady knew what was the matter they were moving her out into the aisle. Naturally she was too much as tonished to find words for protest, and they had managed to half carry, half lead her some distance, when she directed an appealing look to another gentleman in a pew, as if asking him to help also. He, too, promptly rose from his seat and helped to lift her up and carry her into the vestry room. There she recovered her powers of speech and mutual explanations soon exposed the ludicrousness of the situation. A Thirty-Pound Nugget of Gold. Portland Morning Orgouian. BAHKER CITY.. July IO.-The recent gold strike made at the Virtue mine near this city, is the richeat and most extensive re vealed for years. This afternoon a chunk was taken out weighing thirty pounds, wht-n is estimated to contain $3,000. On account of the extreme richness of the ore it is not run through the mill, but is pounded in a large mortar. FATHEE OF FOETY-FIVE. Wog es Williams the Progenitor of a Coinpaay of Children. RALEIGH, N. C., Aug. 2.-The fe cundity of the negro race has been the subject of much comment and discussion. A case has come to light in this State thal is one of :he most remarkable on record. Moses Williams, a negro farmer, lives in the eastern section of this State. He is 65 years old-as nearly as ie can make out-but does not ap )ear to be over 50. Efe has been named twice, and by the twG vives has had born to him forty ive children. By the first wife he had twenty hree children, twenty of whom were girls and three were boys. 3y the second wife he had twenty ;wo children, twenty girls and two joys. He also bas about forty ;rand children. The case is well LUthenticated. For the Thoughfcf ul. There is no greater rogue than a >i ous rascal. From life to death is measured >y two ticks of the clock. If the facts could ooly be fully :nown, it would no doubt be found hat one good natured man does ?ore for the health of a neighbor lood than four doctors. Bread from God's table is ooly [iven to those who are willing to Fork and fight for it. Shadows are black, but they lave no teeth. The world loses nothing when a .ad man dies, no matter how much aoney he is worth. The best places in heaven are for hose who are willing to have a lard time on earth for Christ There are men so small that, rhen they give a quarter for the teathen they think that (rod ought o give them a big wheat, crop. . The devil keeps eloise to the man Many p?op?e who are down right avens at home, pass for doves in ociety. Testimony is a duty. If God is toing anything for you tell it. St. Paul was probably the only ?reacher who never complained of >eing over worked, and yet there lever was an heur of his Christian ife that he didn't keep the devil )usy. Faith without any works is an ngine without any fire under the ?oiler. It is never safe to undertake to ive a single day without God. The bank of heaven is the only >ank we know of these hard times hat invites a run upon it. RAM'S HORN. billed His Mouth With Powder. CAICAGO, July 28.-Tired of life \ Gilliam H. Irving, of Charles treet, Winthrop Beach, Mass, ommitted suicide on the lake hore. The method used was horrible nd most revolting. A partly filled , an of powder by his side and the i Dm and mangled face indicated bat the suicide had filled his louth with powder and then, ( robably with a lighted match, - ad cause? it to explode. In the i ocketof his coat was found a ' otebook,ia which was this in ormation : ! "My name is W. H. Irving, of Vinthrop Beach, Mass. In case f accident or serious illness notify Irs. W. H. Irving, at the above \ ddress. ? "Note to City Authorities-Don't - end my body home, as my wife i as no money to bury it. Don't . ury me in a pauper's grave. I ave been tired of Ufe for two ears, but have lived for my baby's ike. I can't live longer. I have no ork and am out of money. This .orld is but a stage and the cur lin has rung down upon one of ;s main scenes. W. H. IRVING." The man was about forty years ld and was well dressed. In cases where dandruff, scalp ieases, falling and grayness of the air appear, do not neglect them, ut apply a proper remedy and mic like Hall's Hair Renewer. A Brunswick, Ga', negro weighing 20 pounds ate a watermelon . eighing forty pounds all by him )lf last week. This negro was 1 ither to eat the whole melon or f ay for it in case of his failure to i ? so. He disposed of it without c 2 y trouble and asked for more. \ Eel sci i cid County X. JU. C. A. COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ) I OF YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN AS'NS, > Edgefield, S. C., July . 18. ) To the Young Men?s Christian As sociations of Edgefield County, and the friends of the worJc : I DEAR BRETHREN : The fourth County Convention will be held at Good Hope Baptist Church on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, August 18th, 19th, and . 20th. More than three years have pass ed since the inception of this work, i-jg and as we look over the field to day we are deeply gratified at the ? measure of success which has at tended it. Almost every town and;^ community in the county has felt ~ its influence. Strong associations >1 have been planted at seven points, ' while Young Men's Prayer Meet ings and Bible classes have sprung v up here and there, piesenting thc j movement -in every stage of its development. Probably there is no other ; county containing so many Young. ? Men's Christian Associations, and-i yet under the present system there ' must be room for at least fifty. ? As this is the oldest county workp* in existence, there are yet many . problems unsettled, and hence this.0 convention will be of great inter est and importance. Every Association in the county?^! is urged to send a large delegation |B of active members. Ministers of r tho Gospel and members of even- J gelical churches everywhere are given a cordial invitation. All the sessions of the conven-^ tions will be open to the public. From the programme soon to be issued, it will be seen that the va rious subjects will be discussed by | many of our ablest men at home M and abroad. nj The prayers of God's people are || asked in behalf of this gathering. Fraternally, A. S. TOMPKINS, Edgefield. JAS. T. BACON, R " A. J. NORRIS, " A. B. WATSON, " J. W. HILL, W. E. LOCH, H GEO. B. LAKE, E. J. MIMS, B. L. CAUGHMAN, Mt. Willing., j L. F. DORN, Parksville. J. LESLIE ANDREWS, KirkBeys. J. WM. MTTCHEIX, BateB?ut^^ WHITMAN BARLING, M'Kendr?e.J JOHN LAKE, County Sec'ty. It Costs You Nothing. We are pleased to announce that we have made arrangements by which we are prepared to supply free to each of our subscribers a year's subscription to that well,; known monthly home and farm Journal, the American Farmer published at Springfield and Cleveland, Ohio. We make this offer to each of our subscribers; who will pay up all ?rre .Tges on subscription and one year in ad vance, and to all new subscribers^ paying one year in advance. 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