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"fTER MS: i'ublibl?;d ovcry Thursday morning. /For subscription, $1.50 per annum, htriotly In ndvnnco; for nix months, 15 /oonts; fur four months, 50 cents. ' Advertisements inserted at ono dollar por square of one inch or less for the first luaottlon and fifty couts for each sub sequent hmor'Son. Obituary Notices exceeding flvo lines, Tributes of Respect, Communications of a porsomil character, when ndmissablo, and Announcements uf Candidates will bo ohargod for as advertisements. Job Printing neatly and ohoaply oxoou tod. Necessity eon) pels us to adhoro strlotly to tho requirements of Cash Paymonts. TEACHER'S COLUMN. --o AU.communications intended for this column should he addressed to 8. ?Pi Stribling, School Commis sioner, Walhalla, S. C. Continuing our visits, we next lind Mrs. Lou Barron, a teacher of considerable oxporionce, in charge of tho "Warsaw" school, located in Kcoweo School District. Mrs. Bar ron seemed to us to be in full sym pathy with her pupils, a very impor tant recpiisite in tho conduot of any school, whothor public or private. Many teachers seem to think that tiley nave performed their duty when tliey assign lessons, and, after prepa ration by tho pupil, ask tho ques tions in tho margin, dismiss tho pu pil and continuo this process through out the day. Toxt books arc only means in tho hands of the teacher to induco thought, train and develop the mind for future usefulness.. Tho next school was the "High Falls" school, in charge of W. J. Gantt, Esq., a man well known to many of our people. Mr. Gantt was educated many years ago, when an education meant something. It is not ovcry educated man that can teach school successfully. Educa tion, under all circumstances, is very important, but there arc certain other qualities which thc teacher must possess if lie would bc success ful, vi/. : Industry, perseverance, firmness, gentility and kindness. Tho next school was tho "Old Pickens" colored school, taught by Bollo Jenkins. This school was very small and in a very bad condi tion. Tho usefulness of thc teacher is greatly impaired by such circum stances as these. Thc teacher did not seem to realize that she was in charge of a school, but awaited our questions in every case, as though no responsibility rested on her. Wc would also suggest to the peo ple thc propriety of levying a spe cial tax for thc. purpose of defraying the expenses of surveying this county into School Districts and erecting good school buildings. We offer these thoughts to tho people for their consideration and to reach the most feasible solution to the question which agitates, or should agitate, tho minds of the people on this all important topic. S. P. STRHVIIIN?. A Word to the Hoys. If we aro to have drunkards in the future some of them lire to como from tho boys to whom I am now writing, and I ask you if you want to be ono of them? No, of course you do not. Well, I have a plan that is just as sure to save you from such a fate as thc sun is to risc to-morrow. It never failed, it never will fail ; and it is worth knowing. Never touch liquor in any form ! That is tho plan, and it is not only worth know ing, but it is worth putting into prac tico, I know you do not drink now, and it seems to you that you never would. But your temptation will come, and it will probably -como in this way. Von will find yourself some time with a number of com panions, and they will have a bottle of wine on thc table. They will re gard it as a manly practice, and very likely they will look upon you ns a milksop if you do not, indulge with them. Then what will you do? Will you say, "No, no! none of that stuff for inc!" Or will you take thc glass willi your common sense pro testing and your conscience making thc whole draught bitter, and willi a feeling that you have damaged your self and .then go off with a hot head and a skulking soul that at once begins to make apologies for itself, and will keep doing so during all its life?-Boys, do not become drunk nrds.-7>r. ,/. Cf, Holland. The London dnxfice, says that all the people now living in thc world, or about 1,-100,000,001), could find standing room within thc limits of ,a Held ten miles square, and by thc aid of a telephone could bo addressed by a single speaker. -. * fe- . . ~, A Verdict Illuminions. W. I). Suit, druggist, UlppVtfl, Ind., tOftllflCft! "I (./in recommend Klcctric Hitlers UH the very best remedy, livery bottle Dolli has given relief In every caw. Olio inna took'six bottles mid was enied of I'tiniiiiintlmtl of io year'? fitrtlUUllg." Abraham Hare, drupe, 1st, Hell villi?, (Hilo, ?lilli nm: flin beat Helling medicinoJ have ever handled III lily 20 yearn' experience, ls lilcctrle. Hitter*." 'fliOtiflnnd.l of others linye added their testimo ny, NO that the verdict ls unanimous Mint Elec tric, nu lei..i do cure all distasen of the liver, Kid neys or blood. Only a hair a dollar n hollie nt. Norman Drug CO.'H Drug Store. "fTER MS: i'ublibl?;d ovcry Thursday morning. /For subscription, $1.50 per annum, htriotly In ndvnnco; for nix months, 15 /oonts; fur four months, 50 cents. ' Advertisements inserted at ono dollar por square of one inch or less for the first luaottlon and fifty couts for each sub sequent hmor'Son. Obituary Notices exceeding flvo lines, Tributes of Respect, Communications of a porsomil character, when ndmissablo, and Announcements uf Candidates will bo ohargod for as advertisements. Job Printing neatly and ohoaply oxoou tod. Necessity eon) pels us to adhoro strlotly to tho requirements of Cash Paymonts. TEACHER'S COLUMN. --o AU.communications intended for this column should he addressed to 8. ?Pi Stribling, School Commis sioner, Walhalla, S. C. Continuing our visits, we next lind Mrs. Lou Barron, a teacher of considerable oxporionce, in charge of tho "Warsaw" school, located in Kcoweo School District. Mrs. Bar ron seemed to us to be in full sym pathy with her pupils, a very impor tant recpiisite in tho conduot of any school, whothor public or private. Many teachers seem to think that tiley nave performed their duty when tliey assign lessons, and, after prepa ration by tho pupil, ask tho ques tions in tho margin, dismiss tho pu pil and continuo this process through out the day. Toxt books arc only means in tho hands of the teacher to induco thought, train and develop the mind for future usefulness.. Tho next school was the "High Falls" school, in charge of W. J. Gantt, Esq., a man well known to many of our people. Mr. Gantt was educated many years ago, when an education meant something. It is not ovcry educated man that can teach school successfully. Educa tion, under all circumstances, is very important, but there arc certain other qualities which thc teacher must possess if lie would bc success ful, vi/. : Industry, perseverance, firmness, gentility and kindness. Tho next school was tho "Old Pickens" colored school, taught by Bollo Jenkins. This school was very small and in a very bad condi tion. Tho usefulness of thc teacher is greatly impaired by such circum stances as these. Thc teacher did not seem to realize that she was in charge of a school, but awaited our questions in every case, as though no responsibility rested on her. Wc would also suggest to the peo ple thc propriety of levying a spe cial tax for thc. purpose of defraying the expenses of surveying this county into School Districts and erecting good school buildings. We offer these thoughts to tho people for their consideration and to reach the most feasible solution to the question which agitates, or should agitate, tho minds of the people on this all important topic. S. P. STRHVIIIN?. A Word to the Hoys. If we aro to have drunkards in the future some of them lire to como from tho boys to whom I am now writing, and I ask you if you want to be ono of them? No, of course you do not. Well, I have a plan that is just as sure to save you from such a fate as thc sun is to risc to-morrow. It never failed, it never will fail ; and it is worth knowing. Never touch liquor in any form ! That is tho plan, and it is not only worth know ing, but it is worth putting into prac tico, I know you do not drink now, and it seems to you that you never would. But your temptation will come, and it will probably -como in this way. Von will find yourself some time with a number of com panions, and they will have a bottle of wine on thc table. They will re gard it as a manly practice, and very likely they will look upon you ns a milksop if you do not, indulge with them. Then what will you do? Will you say, "No, no! none of that stuff for inc!" Or will you take thc glass willi your common sense pro testing and your conscience making thc whole draught bitter, and willi a feeling that you have damaged your self and .then go off with a hot head and a skulking soul that at once begins to make apologies for itself, and will keep doing so during all its life?-Boys, do not become drunk nrds.-7>r. ,/. Cf, Holland. The London dnxfice, says that all the people now living in thc world, or about 1,-100,000,001), could find standing room within thc limits of ,a Held ten miles square, and by thc aid of a telephone could bo addressed by a single speaker. -. * fe- . . ~, A Verdict Illuminions. W. I). Suit, druggist, UlppVtfl, Ind., tOftllflCft! "I (./in recommend Klcctric Hitlers UH the very best remedy, livery bottle Dolli has given relief In every caw. Olio inna took'six bottles mid was enied of I'tiniiiiintlmtl of io year'? fitrtlUUllg." Abraham Hare, drupe, 1st, Hell villi?, (Hilo, ?lilli nm: flin beat Helling medicinoJ have ever handled III lily 20 yearn' experience, ls lilcctrle. Hitter*." 'fliOtiflnnd.l of others linye added their testimo ny, NO that the verdict ls unanimous Mint Elec tric, nu lei..i do cure all distasen of the liver, Kid neys or blood. Only a hair a dollar n hollie nt. Norman Drug CO.'H Drug Store. Tho Secret of beaut y. . In a somewhat olaborato article, by n popular writer, I read, the other day, a Bot of directions for the pr?vention of wrinkles and other marks of age. Certain pastes nod unguonts wore recoi Miicnded* to be applied daily, and tho world of wo men was advised that by bathing, rubbing and othor careful treatmont por?ovcrcd in from youth to old ago tho inroads of envious timo might be successfully defied. Nobody wants to grow old, or ra ther nobody desires to bo burdened with tho infirmities or overshadowed by the unloveliness of some kinds of old age. Wo have met old people so wise, so strong, so beautiful, so every way attractive that their jun iors paled beside them. Our hearts always go out with reverential ten derness to those who aro on life's westering slopo, if they be found in the way of righteousness. But) be cause most of us cling to our pre sent positions in life, anti aro not yet ready to be left on tho shelf, wo want to romain young. No compli ment so wins its way, as the ready word of assurance, spoken in hon eyed accents, "Why I would have known you anywhere ; tho years stand still with you. You haven't altered a bit since I . last met you, and let mo see-?that was 1879 or thereabout, was it not?" After such a salutation, thc average pilgrim on New York or Chicago streets goes on his way with a jauntier step, a braver heart and his interlocutor is en shrined in memory, as a most dis creet and agreeable personage. The other person, who blurts out an exclamation as to your having "gone off" in looks, being thinner, paler, older or asking if you lin ve had any special trouble or illness, is a less appreciated quantity in the sum of your day. ile leaves you dissatisfied, your innocent compla cency disturbed, your mental bal ance a little upset. His candor is superfluous. The mirror, and the twinge of neuralgia that now and then asserts itself, and the feeling, sometimes, that the grasshopper ?B*A burden, are confirmations enough of thc fact that you arc not so young as you used to be. Hut who that is a busy house keeper : a mother with a restless brood to love and train ; a wife, with her good man to keep in happy comfort and domestic peace ; a church-member, with church en gagements pressing ; a woman in so ciety, with calls hither and yon ; who that has other things to do, shall find time to cover her face with al mond paste or fragrant oils every day, for tho express purpose of keep ing off wrinkles? Who that wanted to be a beautiful old woman, ever becanio so by bestowing a large share, of her timo on cosmetics and creams? Thc idea, on its face, is a manifest absurdity, and wholly op posed to the consciences of women who were reproved when children for over much looking in tho glass; who as children wcro severely cen sured by sensible mothers, if they so much as mentioned thc bloom of youth, pearl powder, or other lures and .shams, and never told to learn tho verse which says : "Favor is de ceitful and beauty is vain, but a wo man that feareth the LOrd, she shall bo praised." And, training apart, can anything be t ;> undignified as this sort of toilet care? Tho secret of physical beauty is not in external applications to tho skin. It is in fresh .air, exercise, I cleanliness, stout shoes, good food, fow drugs, plenty of sleep, a good conscience, and a quiet mind. The two latter aro factors quito as impor tant as any of the former in develop ing tho repost; and sweetness of ex pression, which imparts to faces a quality hard to analyze, harder still to define, but easily recognized un der tho name of charm. Many mid dle-aged and elderly women possess this attribute in so largo a measure, that their very look is a benediction, and we como from their presence helped and cheered, when, perhaps, very little has been said. They have simply beamed upon us, and their sunshine has had its mellowing ef fect. Worry is a great producer of wrinkles, the most masterly workman that time employs to deface and mar what ought to take on new dig nity and loveliness as the years go hy. Do you ever realize, my fretted sister, that worry is sin, a tempting of divine Providonco, a distrust of God's love? lb> your best, pray your utmost and leave the results of your lifo to God. What you can do for your home, yourself, your chit dion, your frlonds-that, and that only do, bewaring of needless over work. And if work you must, bo youd your stronglh, oven thon do not add worry to tho sum of tho day's burdon. "Suflloiont unto tho day is tho evil thereof." , "What shall we say to our daugh ters about their looks ?" asked a mother who is ooncerucd, on tho ono hand, not to foster vanity, and on the other, not to unduly repress a hoilthful ''feolf-valitutioii. I would say very littio on the subject. Others will ??.y enough if tho girls are beautiful. Hut youth is always beautiful in itself, &nd tho symmetri cal dovHwovinni. of ohornOter give.? a degree of beauty to tho irregular features and a rough complexion. Good health and fr ??sh air may bo trusted to redeem ti e latter, while real refinement and gordie breeding will soften and illuminate the for mer. After all, it must be concoded that there are many qualities which surpass beauty in value to both men and women. I can think of gentle men and gentlewomen who have never possessed what an artist would call beauty, who are centres of- at traction wherever they are found ; so urbane, so gracious, so satisfying aro their manners ; and t*'oir faces are such revelations of a beautiful spirit within. . . Apologies. Everybody knows that window panes will grow dingy ; that duri Will accumulate ; that tho faces of little children, like their clothes, have a natural aflinity for dust ; that paint is sure to be finger-marked ; that china will get chipped; and that it is simply impossible to keep every thing in perfect order all the time. Tn spite of this, we are continually apologizing for omissions, negligences and errors, which cannot bo avoided, and which would not bc noticed, per haps, if attention were not called to them by ill-timed apologies. It is refreshing to go into the houses of our friends and see things a little topsy-turvy, and be ' assured by what wc see that wc aro all mor tal, and only what is common has happened to us, that just when com pany comes our hostess has nothing cooked; that children usually quiet and orderly, when animated by the presence of visitors, show off to thc greatest possible disadvantage, and thus that. other people have their trials as well as we ours, and that tho difference between theso and those arc quite trivial. On thc other hand, it is really depressing to come across a woman who alway?, under all circumstances and on all occa sions, is ready for company, on whoso ceilings spiders never hang their webs, behind whose furniture dust never hides, whose closets and draw ers and trunks, being thrown wide Op?n at any moment, reveal only ordinary interiors. Leithe language bo changed a little-if such a woman could be found, it would be discour aging to persons of ordinary feel ings. While sire had been polishing her silver, notching her shelf-paper, Huting her pillow-shams, adjusting tho position ol easy chairs and sofas, and brushing away tho last sugges tion of dust from the mantcl-picce, possibly it might appear that she had not had time to glance at the latest dis< . .-cries in science, to en joy thc last new poems in our maga zines, to become posted as to the latest, politicial and social events here and abroad. Should she apologize for this? By no means. Let her be happy, if thus it must be, willi her perfect house keeping ; and lot her sisters, who love something else better than painful domestic neatness, rejoice without envy in that something better. It is much the wisor and nobler way to pass these for which apologies ari? usually made in silence, and to lead, if possible, the minds of visitors not toward, but away from, those things which suggest apologies. Thc habi tual apologist is invariably weak in 'mind or body* and frequently in both.-JV. V. Christian Advocate. --4*?--, I A Woman's Discovery. "Another wonderful discovery hus been mado lind tltnt too by. n italy in ods county. Disease fastened ll? clutches upon her and for seven years she withstood Hs severest tests,'Iud her vital organs were undermined and death seem ed imminent, l'or three months siro coughed Incessantly ami could not sleep. Mho bought of us a bottle nf Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption and was so much relieved on tak ing Hist ?loso that she slept all night nnd with Oho bottle has been miraoul'-' ly Oared, Her nanto ll Mrs. Luther Lutz." Thus write. W. (\ MamrW'iv & Co,, o? Hholby, N. 0. Oct n free trial bottle at Norman Drug Ce.'s Drug Sloro. - -4 . Frosh F-'-'ieh candy at Darby & Co's. "Tho Best Boy's Story I Evor Hoard." "Wo have had a good many boy's with us from timo to time," said Mr. Aldon,' tho senior mombor of n lavge hardware establishment in Markot strcot, Philadelphia, "as apprentices, to learn tho business. What may surpriso you is that wo never take country boys unless they livo in thc city with somo relativo who takes care of them and keeps them homo it night ; for Avhon a country boy .?ou?es to tho city to live, every thing is now to him and ho is attracted by ivory show window and unusual fight. Tho city boy who is accus iomod to these things ?ares little for hom, and if bc has a good mother, io is at home and in bed in due sea? 50U. And wo aro very particular ibout our boys-and before accepti ng ono ns an apprentice, wo must iiiow that ho comes of honest and in lustrious parents. "Hut tho best boy wc ever had now s with us, and a mombor of tho firm. [Ie is tho ono man in thc establis nent that wo couldn't do without. [Io . was thirteen years old when ho vas apprenticed to us, and he was Villi us for clevon years, acting for , icvcral years as salesman. When he , irst came, we told him that for a : ong time his wages would be very miall, but that if he proved to bo a j ?food boy his salary would bc in- i jreascd at a certain rate every year ; md, as it turned out, when according ,o agreement wo should have boon j laying him five hundred dollars a < ,'car, we paid him niue hundred, and ] io never said a word himself about tn increase of salary. From thc very j Ul t se t , he showed that he had an in ercst in tho business. Ho was | irnmpt in the morning, and if kopt a j ittlc overtime at night, it never cerned to make any difference with < lim. Ho gradually carno to know i vherc everything was to be found, and f information was Wanted; it was to j his boy, Frank Jones, that every | me applied. Thc entire establish nent seemed to be mapped out in 1 lis head, and.everything in it cata ogued and numbered. His memory ? >f faces was equally remarkable. Ho 1 mew thc name of every man who < taino to thc store to buy goods, what ie bought and where ho came from. '. used often to say to him, 'Jones, four memory is worth moro than a r;old mine ! How do you manage to ?em ember?" "'I make it my business to romem )or,' he would say. 'I know that if I ian remember a man and call him by (anio when he comes into the store, ind can ask him how things are go ng on where he lives, I will bc very ikcly to keep him a customer." "And that was the exact case. Ile ook the samo interest in their pur ?liascs as he took in thc store, and vould go to no end of trouble to suit hem, and fulfill to tho letter every hing ho promised. "Well, affairs went on in this way, until he had been with us eleven .cars, when wc concluded to take lim into the firm as a partner. We cnew that ho had no extravagant ?abits, that he neither used tobacco, lor beer, nor wont to thc theatre. I Io continued as at tho beginning to roard at home, and even when his lalary was tho very lowest ho paid iis mother two dollars a week for his joard. He was always neatly dress id, and we thought it was very proba do that ho had laid up ono or two housand dollars, as his salary for thc ast two years had been twelve hun? Ired dollars. So when wc made him ibo offer to become a partner in the msiness, and suggested that it would JO more satisfactory if he could put lome money into the firm, he re plied : " 'If ten thousand dollars will bo my object I can put in that much. [ have saved out of my salary niuo housand four hundred dollars, and ny sister will let mo have six billi Ired.' "I cnn tell you that I nevor was nore astonished in my life, than when hat fellow said ho could put lil .ten housand dollars, and thc most of it iis own money. Ile had never spent i dollar, or twenty-five cents for an mnecessary thing, and he kept his noney in a bank where it gathered a miall interest. J . a great believer ii the 11'iblo, you know, and I always copi two placards in big letters up ii the store, On one was this text: Ile that is faithful in that which is cast, is faithful also in much;' and nt the other ! 'Soest thou a man liligcnt in his business? hu shall ?tami before kings ; he shall not stand icforo mean men.' And Frank Jones access was thc literal fulfillment of hose two texts. Ho had boen faith ful in tho smallest tilinga as in tho greater ones and diligent in business. That kind of a boy always succeeds," concluded Mr. Alden, A small boy of ton, who bad lis toned to tho story with cagor oyes, as woll as ears, said : "But we don't havo kings in this country, Mr. Alden, for diligent boys lo stand boforol" "Yes, wo do,"> laughed Mr. Aldon. "We have moro kings hom than in any other country in tho world. Wo have money kings, and business kjngs, and railroad kings, and land kings, and merchant kings and pub lishing kings and somo of thom wield an enormous power, ""db ?0 a great edlin try for kings."-Mary Wayner Wisher, in Wide Awake. I ml i i? na mul South Carolina* In talking with Sheriff Bolt tho othor day about his recant visit to Indiana, bc said the town he visitod, Ottorbion, was almost solidly Re publican. Thc people aro kind and hospitable, but thoir knowledge of the affairs in thc South is truly lim ited. Ono of his friends, a Demo Brat, took him for a drive in tho country, and among other places they visited was tho county farm or poor house.. Our Sheriff was asked liow the poor house compared with Ibo ono in Anderson. Ile replied: "The only difference 1 see is, that while your paupers are ill in one large houso, we havo sov aral small houses, with n separate liousc for the steward." "How many paupers have )rou in tho poor house?" was thou asked. "About forty, 1 suppose, including thc colored paupers," replied the Sheriff. "Do yon really take care of the ?olored paupers in your State ?" isked his friend. Ile was assured that they wore treated tho same as thc white pau pers. Some of tho people there don't believe that we allow tho negroes to vote in this State..- Sheriff Bolt as pired them that a negro could voto boro as freely as a white man can. 'Of course," lie added, "if wo can talk him into our way of voting, we do it, but if not, wo let him go. Iiis 11 awn way." Ho invited ono of thc Republicans to como down and spend a month with us and seo foi" himself how tho negro was treated herc. Ho replied that ho was com ing to tho Atlanta Exposition, but Sid not promise to como further. Mr. Bolt told us that thc only 11c y\'o he saw in Indiana was a porter an thc train bc came away on. Ho ?vas told that there was one negro ^irl in thc town, but he did not seo ber. In speaking of the country ho laid the lands are very fine and pro luctive, and considerable attention is giving to raising fine cattle, sheep md hogs. The cheapest lands soil for fifty dollars an nore. A formor South Carolinian told him that he would not advise any ono hero to sell out and move to Indiana. Said lie : "You seo thc country now at its best, but in tho winter, when wo have hauling to do, thc mud is so heavy that wc have to take a paddle along to cut the mud from between the spokes of the wagon wheels." Besides, he said tho people from this section would not liko the se verity of Indiana winters.-Ander son Journal. In thc good old town of Newbcry port, Mass., it was formerly the cus tom to havo "up notes" in the pulpit on Sunday mornings, which was tho vernacular for thc act of sending a note to the pastor requesting for special occasions. Not long ago a good brother from thc country occu pied one of the pulpits in that town, and on opening the Biblo onmo aoross one such note, and, after rending it, announced to tho congregation that Mr. A. requested the prayors and sympathy of the congregtion in tho sudden death of his beloved wife, and in thc prayer that followed he of fered up a fervent petition for "the brother sitting lonely and desolate in his pew," otc. Ile noticed a move ment in the congregation that almost amounted to a panie, and to his con sternation he afterwards learnod that tho note had been shut up in the Bible a year, and that Mr. A. had bis new wife for the first timo in the pew. Hois very careful about giv ing out notices now. Unless you arc perfect yon have no right to talk about your neigh bor's faults, if you n.Vn perfect you won't do it, That Spoilt lt. An eccentric olorgymnn in Corn wall, says tho London l*ick .Sic had boen muoh annoyed by a way his congregation had got into of looking round to tnko stook of later comers. After enduring tho annoy ance for some timo, ho said, on en tering tho reading desk ono day: "Brethren, I regret to seo that your attention is called away from your religious duties to seo who comcB in behind you. I promise henceforth to save you tho trouble by naming each person who may en tor, and I hopo that tho sorvice will then bc r.llowcd to proceed without interruption." He thou began, "Dearly Beloved," l>ut paused half way to interpolate, 'Farmer Stubbins, with his wifo and la ighter." Farmer Stubbins looked .nt her surprised, but tho minister with perfect gravity resumed his cx lortation. Presently ho again iinuscd. "Sam Curtis and William Diggle." Tho abashed congrega tion kept their eyes studiously bent >h their books. The sorvice pro ceeded in tho most orderly manner, bc parson interrupting himself ove .y now and then to name soino now joiner. At last ho said, still with ho samo perfeot grnvity: "Mrs. Symonds, of the Red Lion, in a new lonnet." , Iii a moment ho felt his mistake, mt it was too late, livery feminine lead in tho congregation had tur nod 'ound to look at tho new bonnet. Died on Hor Wcihliuir live. Near Bowder Springs, Ga., Mon lay last what was to have been a vedding proved to be a funeral. L'hc daughter of Col. John McFadon tad met Edward Smith, of Charlos on, at Tallulah in thc early summer. The couple soon became lovers, and ho young lady returned home before | f; he season was out to prepare for ?or wedding, which was set down or Monday. Uer father, who is one >f tho leading planters of Cobb iounty, resolved to make tho wed ling a grand social occasion. Tho nidal trosscau was ordered from .iow York, mid young ladies were iresont from several States to act as nidosmaids. Sunday night tho bride ixpcctnnt arrayed herself in her robes or thc inspection of her friends. fox a few moments tho greatest lilnrity existed, when suddenly Hiss McFaden put her hand to her 'orohoad with a scream and fell to ho floor. She was dead. Tho body, irrayed as it was for the wedding, vas laid out for burial, and whon IfiV Smith rode up 2 o'clock Monday iftcrnoon, which was tho appointed imo, he found that bc was at a fun ?ral instead of a wedding. Ile was o overcomo that ho could not go to bc burial, which took placo at [ 1\ M. - -. Sonic time ago a rich old man, who vas dying, sent in great haste for the id'tor of this paper. Tho editor enow that the old fellow had no iola ,ivcs, and fondly mused as ho wont dong, over the probability of a large nheritancc. "I nm glad you've come," said the lld man, in a deathly whisper. "Como doser." The editor approached. "You know that I have worked lard, and that I have earned every joni I have got. Some time ago, jrou remember, I subscribed for your paper for six months. ' There is just mo more number due me, and as I un dying, and can't wait till your ?ext issue comes out, just give mo a lickle and we'll call it square."-Ar 'causate- Traveller. Newspapers are often criticised for what they print, but if it wcro known low much credit thoy merit for what ,hey don't print, or for tho nonsonse ,hey whack out of what they do niiit, they would command a muoh nore generous judgment. How's This. Wo offer ono hundred dollars reward or any caso of catarrh that cannot ho aired hy taking Hall's Catarrh Curo. f. J. C?IKNKY & CO., Proprietors. Toledo, Ohio. Wo, tho undersigned, have known F. ?. Cheney for the last 15 yoars, and be love him porfectly honorahlo in all busi lOfls transactions and financially able to larry out any.obligations mado, by thoir" Ina'. iVost & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To ledo, Ohio. iValdhig, Kilman & Marvin, Wholeualo Druggists, Toledo. Ohio, ii. Vanllcoson, Cashior Toledo Na tional Wank, Tolodo, Ohio. HaU's Catarrh Curo ls takon internally, leting directly upon tho blood and mu \\({ inv?noos of' tho systom. Tostimonl I ! H sont froo. Prlco Too, per bottle Sold >y nil druggists. K?OW?E COUKI! f\y li .li WT. V ! . -KWTAiir.iftHKitVr- ., Ola Pickens in 1840, -MOVKU TO- * Walhalla ini868. ' Destroyed by Fire Juno 21st, 1887. Re Established Align?t if 1887. On Pike's Penk. The olllcer in charge of tho Uni tel Guiles Signal Service Station on tho top of Piko's Peak passes his days in a low, Hat building made of atone and anchored and boltod to tho granite boulders. During tho winter ho has no connection what ever with tho rest of tho world. No human hoing can ascend to his sta tion, and it is almost impossible for him to go down. Leo Meriwether, who ascended tho snow-covered mountain one July day, says that tho signal oflicor's face wears that SATO-worn, depressed expression which como from unbrokon solitude "You don't often seo snow in Ju y?" ho Said, after I had thawed mt before a blazing iiro. "Not often. You don't youraolf, lo you ?" "Yes, two or three times a wook. Snow ?H my only water supply. That )oilor tbore," pointing to tho stove, '?H ful? of molting snow. Even in ho bot of summer tbore is always mough snow nt my door to furnish ill the water needed." "Does not lifo becomo weary and ICHolnte hore, so far from tho world?" "So milch so that I somotimes oar it will drivo mo crazy. My .ftioinl duties aro light; they roquiro mly an occasional inspection of tho iifltrumonts. Tho rest of tho timo have nothing to do but road. Too aitch reading becomes wearisome, iomotimes I stand at tho window villi my telescope. Tho wind with al is keen and cutting ns a knifo. .'I can see the houses of Colorado linings," ho continued, "twenty \ niles away; seo tho visitors sitting 11 their shirt sleeves, sipping iced [rinks to keep cool, and tho Ind'os biking about in white summor obos. Then I lower the glass, tho uni mer scene is gone. C4roen trees nd animal life, men mid women, mle. away Uko creatures in a dream, ml I am tho only living thing in a i'orld of eternal ico and snow and Ilenco." .?? - - Among tho guests of a Now York otol was a maiden lady from tho uml districts. Tho landlord vo iced that about nine o'olook every light she would come downstairs, ;et a pitohor of ice-water and re urn to bor room. "Ono night," he saiik, "I made bold 0 speak to her, and asked her why hc^did not ring for a hall-boy to ?ring the leo?water to ber." "'Hut there is no boll in my room.' "Pray, let mo show you." "And with that I took the pitcher >f ice-water in my hand and cs lovtod ber to h or npartmont. Thon pointed out to her tho knob of the lcctrio-boll. She gazed at it with ?sort of horror, and thon ox laimcd : ? 'Dear mo 1 Is that a bell ? Why, ho ball-boy told me that it was a ire-alarm signal, and that I must icver touch it except in ease of fire 1* "And that is how tho hall-boy aved himself tho trouble of going or ice-water." lt adi len's A ralea Salve. Tho iH"-t Salvo ia tho world for out?, bruises,. ore?, ulcers, milt rhoum, favor sores, totter, linnpcu hands, oliilblalns, corns, und ali ?kin ructions, mid posltlvoly cures riles,, or no pay cqulrcil. It Is gunrnntcod to glvo porfoot satis action, or money rotunded, l'rlco 25 cont? por ox. For salo by Norman Drug Co. "If we can't talk about our neigh lor's faults, what aro wo to talk ibout?" remarked tho proof-reader, is ho glanced at our article on gos lin. "Talk about your own faults," t printer over tho way answered, 'and you'll soon get tired of talking -that is, if you tell the truth." Do row seo tho point ? Mercurial Poison? Mercury is frequently injudiciously iBod by quack doctors in oases of malil la and blood poison. It? aftor. effect is von;o than tho original disonso. D. lb b (Botanic Blood Balm) contains no norcury, but will eliminate morcurial ?olson from tho system. Wrlto to Blood Jahn Co., Atlanta. Ga., for book .of con 'inoing proof of its curativo virtoo. A. V. Britton, Jackson, Tonn., writes: 'I caught malaria in Louisiana, and when ho fovcr at last broko, my systom was shiroted with poison, and I had sores tn ny mouth and knots en my tongue. I ?ot two bottles B. B. B., whioh hoalod ny tong uo and mouth and made a now ntui of mo." Wm. Richmond, Atlanta, Ua., writes: 'My wifo could hardly soo. Doctors ailed it syphilitic iritis. Ilor eyes wei o aft dvoadful condition. Hor nppotito nllod. Sho had pain tn hor joints and ?ones. Itor kldnoys woro deranged also ind no ono thought sho could bo cured. )r. Gillnni recommonded B. B. B. which ho used until hor health was ontholy r loved." K. P. B. Jones. Atlanta, On., writes 'I WAS troubled with copper colorci motions, loss ot appotito, pain In back, dang joints, debility, omaoiation, loss if hair, sore throat and groat norvotta* ie?s. lb B. 1). put my syijtom in fino ondltlon."