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TER il S: " rubli?hod ovovy Thursday morning. gubRoriptibn. ii.50 per ana tun? Btriotly In advance; for six month*, 70 oonf?; for four months, 50 cont?. Adve.rtisomi.mts- Jnsortort at ono dollar por enmuro of ono inch or.loBB for tho ll rot insertion and iifty centf, for ^rvch sub BOtiuontinBortlon. Obituary Notices exoooding iflvo linea, Tributes of Itespoot, Communications of a porBonal ?naraotor, when admissablo, and Announcements of Candidatos will bo charged for ns advertisements. Job Printing nontly and cheaply execu ted. NocoBslty compels us to ndhoro striotly to tho roquiromouts of Ofish " lyments. TEACHERS' COLUMN. -o (ggf* All communications intended for tliiB column should bo addressed to S. P. Striming, School Commis sioner, Walhalla, S. C. Toaohors who oxpect to prosont themselves boforo tho Board of - Ex aminers should study tho text books adopted by tho Board and thus qualify themselves for examination. Tho questions will bo based upon tho principles explained in theso toxt books. Tho fundamental principles of arithmetic, tho parts of specoh, tho reasons why, tho rules for thoir application, latitude, longtitude, parallels, oirclos, moridians, equi noxes, gulf stroam, its offeot on oli ouvto, tho various pauses, marks of parenthesis, rules for spelling, read ing and any other matter necessary to tho thorough knowledge of text books used in tho oommon sohools. Komombor that tho common sohools aro tho hope of tho country and to mako them eillcient requires practi cal common sonso in tho application of thc principles taught in tho text books. Tho principles of writing should bo taught in thc common schools. Writing is ontircly too much neg lected. Many toaohors content themselves by sotting copies and ex pect tho pupil to acquire a habit of neatness and accuraoy by imitating tho handwriting exhibited on the copy-sheet. . Thoro aro only a few principles upon whioh the small lot tors aro constructed, a knowledge of whioh may bo acquired in a very short time. Beauty of chirography dopends upon tho tasto nod can bo acquired by the individual himself; but any ono can learn to write a plain, logiblo hand by poBsessing a knowledge of thc fundamental prin ciples of writing. It is not enough for tho teacher to set ri copy; he should understand the principles himself and see that the pupil prac tices writing upon a knowledge of theso principles. S. P. STKIUMNO. Ho Wanted tito Earth. "I should Jike to soil you a gim let," said a careworn-looking man, ns he walked into the ofiico. "Wo have no use for one," replied the cashier. "But you should always look into tho misty future," went on the friend, demurely. "Next winter you will want to make holes in your boot heels, so you eau got your skates on." "1 use club skates-no straps re quired." "You may want to screw some boards together some time. Thc old-fashioned method of driving screws in with a hammer is perni cious, as it deteriorates the tenacity of tho fangs of the screws, as it wore." ? "Nothing to-day, sir." "The gimlet also acts ns a cork scrc-" "I don't want it." "It may be used as a tack ham mer, a cigar holder and a tooth brush." "I don't want it." "It has an eraser, a pen, an ink stand, a table for computing com pound interest, and a lunch-box at tachment." "I can't help it; I don't want it." "I know you don't. You're one of those mean mon that won't buy a gimlet unless it has a restaurant, a trip to Europe, and an Italian opera company attached. You're tho. kind of a man who would live Hoar an electric light to save a gas bill." And tho peddler walked out with his inOlital plunge on tho perpendicu lar. Inhorltcd Blood Poison. How many pooplo thoro aro whose distress from sores, aches, pains and eruptivo tendencies are duo to inherited blood poison. Bad blood passes from parent, to child, and it therefore is the duty of husband and wife to koop their blood puro. This is easily accomplished by a timely uso of B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm). Send to Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, for book of inoHt convincing proof. ^ James Hill, Atlanta, (So., writes: "My two sons wero nlllictcd with blood poi son, which doctors said was hereditary. They both broke out. in sores and erup tions which B. B. B. promptly controlled and finally cured completely/' Mrs. H. JM. Williams, Sandy, ToxaB, writes: "My three poor nfilleted children wlio Inherited blood poiBOIl; havo im proved rapidly after r use of B. B. B. It is a (Soelsonel. .1. ft. Wilson, dieu Alpine Station, N. 00 February ia, 1885, writes: "Bono and Idood poison forced me to havo my log amputated, and on the stump thoro caine a large ulcer, which grew WOrSO ev?ry day until tho doctor? gave mo up to dlo. 1 only weighed 120 pounds when I began to toko B. B. ft., and 12 bottles ineroasod my weight to 180 pounds and mndo mo sound ami well. I never know what good health was boforo." To'lhl?e ??> Tr?. au? li ?... V.ll,w a. .aeNI.ta rte Way. ?ho? 4 uim't rvot 'ri,,,,, tl? v.u. ......... WALHAIXA, SOUTH OAKOMNA, AUGUST 2t>, 188?. VOfcUMK XT,-NO 35. A Ll YE IN THE ?RAVE. "It was horrible, horrible, sir-I lay in that conni aiivo and just as coneoious of what was going on around mo ns I am at this moment. I havo always boon of a hysterical temperament, and on ono griovous occasion had lain in a cataleptic state for twenty-foUr hours. This last timo I lay for throe days, porfootly conscious, as I said before, but to all appearance as dead as Ciesar." Tlie speaker was a well-known young attorney of St. Paul, .who re lated tho story of his thrilling expe rience with catalepsy, conditionally that hU r.f.i.t? bo withhold fruin pub lication. "It has boon said," continued the boro of this blood-curdling adven-, turo, "that th oro aro infallible signs j which denote death, and aro unmis takable to tho practiced oyo of thc medico. I deny that such is tho ense, and no ono has a botter oppor tunity of judging than havo I. Whoa I died, or rather when thrco of tho best known medical mon in Boston had asserted thnt I was dead, I had boen for three days previous to my supposed demise in a condition of violent hysteria, bordering almost on insanity, owing to tho death of a sis ter whom I loved to distinction. At the expiration of that timo I sub sided into tho condition I have previously described. My death was attributed by tho learned disoi plos of ^Esculnpius to discaso of tho heart. "Thc three old fogies held a con sultation over mo, and I heard them discuss tho advisability of a post mortem examination, there being a slight difference of opinion among thom ns to what was tho aotual cause. At this timo I was lying on a board, porfeotly rigid, and fully re alized the fact that I should bo bu ried aiivo if I could not brace up and explain matters within tho noxt few hours. I immediately blossed my mother and brother for thoir re fusal to allow those old butch ors to go for me with their knives. That's all that saved me, I tell you. This seems a wild story, but just tho same it's a true ono. Why, I can even remember laughing quietly to myself to think that tho windows had been opened all around tho room. It was very cold weather, too; but I could not feel thc cold much. I know, however, that those windows had been opened to pre vent tho decomposition of my ill used frame. Nor did I get out of thc fix? Well, it was just by the skin of my teeth. Whon the under taker and his assistant brought the coffin and I was lifted into it, I knew at once that that coffin was too short nnd just ached to say so, but I couldn't speak a word to save my lifo. I was tongue-tied; hadn'nt con trol of a muscle. Tho merest acci dent in tho world prevented mo from being buried alive. I had been lying in tho. awful condition I have described for over throe days, when that beast of an undertaker carno round again to screw up the coffin. A tack had been left sticking out from thc drapery gracing the inte rior of my sarcophagus, and tho fel low in the cofiin business com menced a series of vicious jabs at it with a sharp-edged screw-driver. On one of these occasions thc instru ment struck a nail head, and flying off at a tangent, took mc on tho jaw with considerable force. Tho blood spouted forth and I instantly re gained the usc of my limbs. 1 wanted to knock seven kinds of blue fire out of the collin man, und was ont of that in no timo. Thc under taker skipped, hut I put it all over his assistant, I am ashamed to say, for the man was too horrified at my resurrection to defend himself in the loast. Now you oan just hot T am as healthy a man as the most of them nowadays, and I've issued strict or ders that in the event of my doatli I am not to he buried until an artery has been opened and my decease ab solutely proved." A well-known St. Paul physician speaks of catalepsy as one of hu manity's ills, which is now receiving more attention than lifts evor before been accorded it. "Catalepsy," he says, "seldom, or never, attacks peo ple of sluggish temperament. It. is a form of hysteria, and is peculiar to persons Of hysterical disposition. People get sonio vory curious no tions about tho length of time, for install?e, for which a person may iio under six feet of dirt, in a stato of catulepsy, without death ensuing. I'll toll you an incident. A fow yours ngo thoro died in tho hospital in this oity ? man about 80 years old. Ho was ono of those daylight sleepers, aooording to his own state ment, and wo held tho body four days boforo tho interment occurred. Of course tito man was shaved bo foro hoing buried, and when I saw him in tlie collin his faoo was as smooth as an infant's. Tho man was buried in Oakland Comotory, who, by tho way, is now a rosidont pf this oity, apprising her of tho fact. "A fow weeks later thc lady carno hero from Chicago, nnd not liking tho place whore tho body lay, she ordered the romains exhumed. Tho lid was wrenched off the coffin in tho operation, and, by tho great Scott ! thc follow had raised a beard an inch long since hit interment. The doad man's wife romnrked that lie had not been given decent burial, and, like a fool, 1 assured her that hor husband had boon clean shaved and buried, "That settled it. Tho woman at once assorted that hor husband was buried in a fit of catalepsy, and that ho must haye been alive for ovor a weok for his beard to grow that long. Reasoning was useless, and I believe the lady holds to her original idea to this day. Now, tho hair on a dead body will continue to grow for many days aftor lifo is extinct, and this fact has in many oases given rise to the supposition that people have been buried alive. No, sir; in my opinion oases of burying alive in this day and age of thu world aro few and far between, although there are conditions under which such a thing might occur. A Statement of Facts. PiTTsmjita, PA., August 20.-The Times to-morrow will publish thc result of an investigation hy a staff correspondent of the deplorable sit uation of affairs in tho Conncllsvillo coke region. Thc reports that have been sent in from tho coke country of tho ravages of the Hungarians aro bad enough to arouse the phleg matic citizens, but thc actual condi tion of affairs is almost beyond de scription. Anarchy is uppermost in tho minds of the "Huns," who havo been excited to aots of lawlessness and deeds of violence by the ring leaders, Jacob Otto and Christ Boler, two confirmed rod Hag and bloody anarchists, who wore discharged from tho mines because of anarch istic tendencies. They have gone through thc region joining with kin dred spirits, planting seeds of revo lution and murder among the igno rant I funs. They are fully aware that they have won tho late strike, but what they want is pillage and plunder and a goncral drunken jubi lee. For over two weoks tho coun try side has been in a stato of ter ror, and the Hamlet of Mutual is thc only place that has not been visited with devastation. Property lias been wantonly destroyed, and peaceable citizens have been subject ed to personal injury and abuso. Women have been threatened, and mon have been clubbed into insensi bility, some killed outright and others disabled for life. Tho inhabitants of Mutual have been frequently threatened, and on several occasions have lied to the hillsides for shelter. The reason for the present compa rative safety lies in tho fact, which has become known to the. marauders, that every man in tho villago ha? supplied himself with Winohestcr rifles and revolvors, and tho streets aro patrolled nightly. Tho citizens aro determined to protect them selves and their families, saying that they would sooner part with their flour barrels than their guns, and cannot be blamed for taking tho law into their own hands. Petitions are in circulation asking the Governor to help and relieve them. Everybody is alive to the situation, and unito in demanding the removal of this law less element from the coke regions. $10(1 Howard, sion. Tho readers of the CoVRfKR will bo pleased to learn that thoro ls at loast ono dreaded disenso that science lins been ablo to euro in all it? stages, and that is catarrh, null's Catarrh Curb is tho only positive euro now known to tho medical fraternity. Catarrh hoing a constilu tionnl disenso requires a constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Curo is taken internally, acting directly upon thc blood and mucus surfaces of tho sys tem, thomby, destroying tho foundation of tho disease, and giving thc patient Strength, by building up tho constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. Tho proprietors have so much faith in ita curativo powers, tl int they offer one hundred dollars for ?my enso that lt. fails to euro. Sond for list of testimonials. Address F. J. CH KN F. Y A CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by druggists, 75o. Work of the AUlauoe. STIKKINO ADl/UEBS OF JAMES H. SIMP SON, LECTOItEll, BEFORE TUE WILLOW SPItlNOS 8UH ALLIANOH. Mr. President and Brolhron : I havo an axipm or two, I wish to pro sont to this Alliance, which, if cur ried out, I am sure will ' promoto and improve our finanoial condition : lst. Wo must holp ourselves hy studying our business os oloscly as tho mor* chant, tho manufacturer, tho physi cian and tho lawyer. Wo must loam to mako a dollar and live on 76 couts of it. Rely moro on our own brains, energy and economy, and wo will grow moro indopondont. If we desire success lot us co-ope rate in buying and soiling, and work by rule. Don't weary ourselves BO muck about plans and schomos for buying goods, but study hurd how not to buy thom. If wo would fight trusts and combinations suc cessfully, wo must havo our cribs stored well with corn; and our moat houses woll supplied. To get out of debt wo must lessen our expenses and increase profits. If wo would havo cheap meat and bread and cheap stock, raiso*it. My Urethren, it is vory gratifying to note with what seal thc farmers ave at pr?sent pushing tho agricultural interest of tho county-and from present indi cations there seems to be an effort to excol all former rosults. A groat many, and I may safoly say, a majo rity have long since, loamed, that success in agriculture depends sololy on porsistont effort in making a suffi cient supply of provisions for home consumption. These CIKIB cnn only be accomplished by tho farmers all engaging lit. diversified farming. Sad, yea, sorrowful almost even unto death, is tho experience of tho past, the raising of cotton to buy supplies. Can snob a system be anything but detrimental to the interest of the farmers? I think not, and the sooner such stuff and nonsense has boon dismissed, the better for thc farmors au?i tho welfare of the coun try. As long as we follow such a system as tho planting of cotton to buy supplies, just so long we will be "howers of wood and drawers of water" for others. If we plant li berally of corn, wheat, oats and in fact everything from a cow pea to a mammoth pumpkin, and cotton only as a surplus crop, then we will have accomplished our greatest endeavors in throwing off Hie hand of oppres sion, now thrashing us in thc guiso of trusts and combinations of capi tal. My Brethren, we should look upon all who attempt to decry di versified farming with a suspicious eye, for I assure you, thero is no pos sible chanco for anyone to reach thc Kingdom of Heaven' who attempts to raise cotton to buy his bread and meat. Just as he tries to enter the golden gate a merchant will tap him on thc shoulder and say, "como back, I have a lien on you." I know we have a few among us who may say that cotton is tho only money value product that wc have. Whilst it is true that cotton always commands the cash, we have but to notice those who allow the merchant to control their broad baskets which rules tho cotton, usually carry more white pa per home with them than they carry of the gold dust. So away with thc all-cotton system and a new ora will soon dawn upon a prosperous and happy people. Tn conclusion let mo say while we aro striving to make a success of our calling, let us not do anything to bear unequally upon tho professional or industrial pursuits, but all work together in a grand brotherhood, in a common cause. According to our constitution, let our watch-word be, "peuce on earth, and good will to men." C. V. Brown, of Melvern, Penn., has just taken tho first drink of wa ter since October last. Ho cnn go without water all winter. A company lias been organized for the purchase and occupancy of land in Virginia, including the battlefield of Appomattox. Electric Hitters. This remedy I? becoming ?o wen known ami so phpular ltd tohood ho special mention. All who hnvo used Electric Hitters sing tho snino soup of praise A purer medicine ?loos not exist anil lt ls guaranteed to ?lo nil that ls claimed. Klectrlc Hitters will euro all diseases of tho liver and kid neys, will remove pimples, hulls, Aalt rheum and oilier ftffoctiojifl caused hy Impuro bl?odi Will drive malaria from tho systoni nod prevent as woll as cure all malarial fever?. For euro of hcadaeho. constipation and indigestion try ICIeetrlo Hitters. Kn!ho satisfaction guaran teed or monoy refunded. Pi lco ftOc. and $1 por bottlo at Norman Drug CO.'B drug Moro. Tho Mighty lallen. A THOUGHTFUL GK0KOIAM ANAI.YZK8 THK DKOAY OF STATESMAN SHU* IN THB SOUTH, To the Editor of the New York Herald: Thirty yours ago tho South was conspicuous for tile number and tho abil'ty of her statesmon. To-day thero is hardly a man in tho South who deserves that title. Tho roasons for this falling off roo ovidont. Boforo tho war there was on call ing for tho gi?i/od and ambitious young Southerner comparable to that whioh ho oould find in tho fi old of politics. Ile might bo u hvwyor, a physician or a planter, but if ho sought power and distinction in his community or stato he looked for it not in tho lino of any other profession, but as tho result of his labors and triumphs in politics. * Tho South hold a disproportionate power hi tho Union, and sho offered hor highest honors to him who would help to maintain her predominant in fluence in federal affairs. Tho South had a cherished instruction against which sho saw tho consoionoo of tho civilized world was set and she sum moned hor brightest and strongest intellects to its defence. Undor such a By stem tlie genius of tho South was attracted to politics, and from a great, host of politicians aroso thoBO Southorn statesmen whoso names havo passed into history. sunonnixATioN OF POLITICS. Thoy havo no successors. Of all tho changes that havo como over tho South nono is moro striking that tho subordination of politics os a profes sion. Tho average voter in this sec tion knows almost nothing of the is sues between tho great . parties ; tho avorago so-called loader is a mero figurehead. Except in Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee a lo cal election usually amounts to little moro than a scramble for oftico. No principal is involved, no issue is at stake. It is morely a personal choice between two ambitions politicians. In federal elections tho most pow erful influence is rnco antipathy. Tliis is tho force which keeps tho South solid, not conviction on any question of national policy. How far sectional prejudice has been ef fective in tho creation of a well nigh solid North I am not prepared to say, but it will hardly bo denied that it has boon a considerable factov in Northern politics. This force lias been felt in tho politics of tho South, though it is inconsiderable in com parison with tho dread of the negro equality and negro dominion. The most effective political rallying cry in tlie South to-day is, "This is a white man's governmont." It brings to gether tlie most incongruous ole .monts among the whites and makes them deaf to all discussion of tho is sues between tho parties ns defined in their so-called declaration of prin ciples. I cannot seo that this race I fooling has weakened materially in tho twenty-four years that have elapsed since the negro became a citi zen. It is about as strong in tho young whito voter who was born since tho war as it is in tlie old man who was "ruined" by the fall of Con federacy. It seems to me that poli tics in thc South is doomed to bc, at least for a long time to como, a ques tion not of reason but of race. The invitable result is already ap parent. It is the decline of states manship and the tritinph of dema gogy. To thc young man of fine natural gifts, high ambition and in dependent spirit there is little temp tation to enter politics in tho South. Bo cannot fail to prcceive that should he do so his success would be depen dent lipOh his completo submission to tho dictates of a majority of his white fellow citizons. Such a tiling as independence is slicer folly, because it can accomplish nothing where average political affilia tions are fixod by influences beyond tho renell of reason and tho indepen dent is considered an enemy to the liest interests of the community. There is smalf opportunity in Southern politics for the development of strong leodora. PUBLIC MUM NOT KKPKKSKNTATIVHS, The intellect of the South is not fairly represented by her public mon. With a few exceptions tliey are lucky local wirc-pullors and moro shrewd politicians. Those mon havo forged to tho front, whilo their superiors in Hie qualifications for high and useful public sorvice aro ongaged in some quiet but uspful work at home. I do not believo that tho best class of young men in the South aro look ing forward tp an, aotive pnrtloipa i lion in politics. They ron)izo that ! thoro is botter scope for their dovol opmont find bottor prospoct of a gratifying success in a pitrel y profes sional or business .career. Tho ma terial development of tho South has attracted many of its brightest and host mon. Sons of tho proudest families are to bo found in workshops, in iron furnaces, ootton mills and other ^departments of praotioal labor. Admission to tho technological schools which have boon opened in sovoral Southorn States is moro eager" y sought than admission to classier.! ollcgos, whioh aro accessi ble or tho some condition. .Aristocratie limbs aro becoming as familiar with bluo overalls ns with tho most ologant raiment. Soft hands aro blistorod in honest toil. That tho diversification of industries in tho South has been an incalculable blessing no fair minded man who lins observed its changed conditions will deny. That this section and the whole country will profit moro from the varied direction of Southern enorgy, intollonts rmd ambition than they possibly could from tho continu ance of the old reyimc, which com pollod gifted young mon to ohooso between politic? and obscurity, there I can ho no doubt. While acknowledging tho truths and rejoicing in thom it is neverthe less irnpossiblo for us who knew tho public mon of tho past to ropross a fooling of regret, hay, of sadness, ns wc look upon those who stand in their places to-day. I suppose tho other States of tho South havo fared about liko Georgia. Hero a few years havo wrought won drous changes. It has boon less than ton years since Robert Tooms, Benja min Hill and Alexander H. Stephens woro all alive. Mr. Hill was a loador in tho United States Senate, and Mr. Stophens porhaps tho most conspicu ous figure in tho House of Represen tatives. General Toomba had long boon out of public life, but was still active in tho courts, and his presonco recalled tho political triumphs of his vigorous youth and his splendid ma ture manhood. Thoro is not now among our public men ono who is comparable to any one of these three, eithor in intellec tual attainments or tho qualities of political leadership. They woro de veloped in the contests between pnr tica, when Goorgia was a debatable State and cvory man had to givo a reason for tho politicial faith that waa in him. Toomba was a Demo crat, Hill was a Whig and Stephens was both. These mon grew to great proportions, because they wore in con stant strngglo with each other and with other rivals who were their equals in ability but not in political fortune It would have been simply impossible for Toomba, Hill and Ste phens to hirfo grown so great had they come to maturity under sucl condition as exist in Georgia to-day There is absolutely nothing in om local politics to develop mon and U equip them for leadership in lorgci fields of national politics. MKMoniHs OF TIIK DKAD PAST. Until recently the most cor?spicu ons figures among our public mei wore those who had become promi ncnt before the war. They had thei predominance under our chang?e conditions simply because no nov men arose to dispute tho honors wit] thom. The development of polities) loaders had been dwarfed by circum stances, and we borrowed from th past ns long as we could. Now tba tho leaders of the old era who sui vived to lead the thought of tho no^ have gone, who will take thei places? Thoro is no man high i public life in Georgia now who can 1: compared with thc statesmen whoi Georgia honored thirty years ag< Among tho young men who have In gun to figuro inoro or less conspici ons in politics T do not know of on who bids fair to come anywhere nef thc old standards. The pick of 01 present stock of politicians, had thc lived thirty years ago, would withoi hesitation have been relogatod to tl second class, and tlfbir highest wool have been to servo ns lieutenants f< tho mastcrfu' men of that day. MISKUY I.OVKS COMPANY. Tho contemplation of this povori of Georgia in statesmanship is r lievod by a glance at tho othor Sottt ern States, for, as misery loves cor pony, hore is ample compnnionshi Not a State of the South is bettor c in big mon than Georgia, unless it 1 Texas. Virginia, richest in mcmori and traditions of groat mon, is no poorest of all her sisters in posse sion of such treasures. Tho deleg tions whioh Virginia has sont to Co gress for ton years past have b?i Destroyed by Fire June * 2ist, lear. Re-Established August H 1887. gran satires on a proud rt cord. South Carolina ha? ono man, and only ono, of national roputntioi( and ho has doon nnlh.?i\g *n ominont B?IICO 1870. North Carolina is Bomo bottor off, but not much. Alabama lias in public lifo ono strong man, Senator Morgan. Tho vost aro hardly known outside of their own bailiwicks. Mr. Cloveland took, away tho soli tary star in tho night cf Missl^tppi'&i political stupidity when ho-marlo MA * , Lamar Justico of tho Supremo Court! Louisiana, with tho rottonost politics in thu South, is a viotim of the alter nate triumphs: of fnotion and con tinued doimontirvp of "icclioority. Florida lost lier ablest oiti/.on and strongest politioal loador whon poor Charles Jones his mind. No body knows who'aro tho leodora thero now. Arkansas presents a picturo equally dull. Evidontly tho mon of brain and ambition in theso groat States aro not all in politics. I boliovo a very small proportion, aro to bo found in that liold. It may bo for tho host. Tho South was a groat politioial training school for a century. From tho first rcsistanco to tho British yoko1 down to tho edict of secession tho South had moro than its ?haro of statesmen. They woro tho idols of tho people and all tho honors of tho Stato woro showered upon thom. But with all their supposed wis dom, their oloquonco and thoir power they lod tho masses wrong and pre cipitated tho oruolest war of modern bimoH. . It is not strango that tho people of tho South havo censed to idolize tho politician, and hayo be llin to honor most tho faithful oiti ioiij who devotes his energies, his intellect and his life to tho work of building up a new and bottor civili sation, a nobler and richer common woalth on tho ruins of tho old sooial and political fabric,, which v^as wrecked by tho vaunted statesman ship of tho South. F. IL Ii. MACON, GA., August 2, 1889. .Suicides In Franco? Tho statistics of suicides in Franco in 1887 havo just boon pub lished. Sinco 1872, when there wore 8,276 ensos of death by suioido, to 1887, when thoro woro 8,208 such enses, thoro has boon a constant an nual increase in their number. Tho dotails of tho statistics on this sub ject aro curious. Men commit sui cido oftener than womoii, the ratio being 78 of tho former to 22 of tho lattor. Marriod pooplo moro fre quently than tho singlo,' or than widows and widowers, tako thoir own lives. Tho liberal professions furnish tho smallest cases of sui cides-one per cont of tho wholo number-tho most Humorous oases being those who arc engaged in ag ricultural pursuits (thirty-four per cent.) Tho most frequent methods adopted by suicides for shuffling off tho mortal coil is hanging by mon and drowning by women. Mental disease moro frequently lends womon to suicido than it does mon, but ce rebral maladies and intemperance are tho oaiiBOS of two out of ovory fivo suicides. Love and joalousy, according to tho table of causes, only count for thrco por cont in tho case of malo and oight per cent in that of femnlo suicides-New York Herald. It is stated that farms in tho Western States, valued, at $5,000, 000, aro mortgaged for $8,000,000. If this is a correct statement,' tho States affected aro in a very bad way. 1'roporty mortgaged for th roo? lifths of its value is generally ab sorbed in tho satisfaction of tho dobt, and unless tho marvelous shall happen to these Western farmers it B would seem impossible fov them to discharge their debts. Farming may bo mado profitable, but it has raroly boon so liandsomo a businoss as to onablo tho farmer to live, main-, tain his property, pay iutorost and lift a heavy load of debt. Tho in debtedness of tho Western favmoro, darkens somewhat tho'pretty pioturo that has boon painted of Western prosperity. Is Consumption Incurable? Henil tito following: Mr. 0. H. Morris, Now ark, Ark., says: "Was down with al)S0C?S of lungs, nnd friends and physicians pronounced inonu Incurable consumptive llognn taking Or. King's Kow Discovery for consumption, tun now on my third bottto and nblo to oycrsco tito work on my farm. It ts tho flnost bicdtohtc over made." .Tesso Mlrtddlnwnrt, Decatur. Ohio, says; "Hr,d it not boon for Dr. King's Now Discovery for consumption 1 would liavo died of lung trou bles. Waft given up by doctors. Am now In best of health." Try lt. Sample bottles free ut, Norman Drug Co.'S drug *ffit<ii