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TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE ANT) IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DAT, THOU CANS'T NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANT MAN. THOMPSON, SMITH & JA YNES. - WAI HALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, JANUARY 19, 1893. VOLUME XL1Y.-NO. 3. The New Goods Arrived. (oj Have just received some of the Standard 175 Fire Proof Oil. The best Oil made. Try it. Jios more grumbling about bad Oil. Also a supply of Pure Linseed Oil, Paint, Glass, &c. Cooking and Heating Stoves from $3.00 upwards. No. 1 Large Fat Mess Mackerel. Hecker's Plain Buckwheat. Schumacher's Roiled Oats. Mocha and Java Screenings, a real good Parched Coffee, at 25c. per pound. Sugar Drip Syrups, and Florida Orange Cane Molasses, at 50c. per Gallon. Respectfully, orno E mwiriMEM, January 5, 1803. Lamont to tho liescue. Tin* Neics and Courier then re Cleveland was not the man to nomi nate to receive some of the spoils [Atlanta Constitution.; "Under the circumstances, there TheCharleston Netos and Courter tote, the assurance of Col. Daniel S. is busily engaged in rigging tight- ? Lamont, that 'Mr. Cleveland'will ning rods over that wing <>f the certainly not forget the men who Democracy of the Stale familiarly were in favor of him,' must be very called "Tillinanite in order, to protect j gratifying to all good Democrats in them from the lightning of Presiden- South Carolina." tia! favor. The avowed purpose of Of course; extremely gratifying, the News and Courier i* to preserve What could be more so? It would the eternal fitness of things. To its be hard to imagine a more gratify? mind it would be an awful catastro- \ ing spectacle than all the "good" phe for a Democrat, who honestly I Carolina Democrats grotesquely lul but mistakenly supposed that .Mr. j ling themselves to sleep, like turkey birds on a ?lead tree, under the rays of the rising sun of the National which will accrue to Democratic ? Democracy, while all the "bad" office-seekers, now that Mr. Cleve- i Carolina Democrats are scooping in land has been nominated and elec- ! the slender comforts to be derived ted. i from a monopoly of the State pa By inference is drawn the conclu- j tronage. sion that these 'emoluments should From this it seems that our es belong to the elect who mostly reside teemed contemporary is still labor between the Ashley and the Cooper, ; ing under the same old delusion, in and after erecting the lightning rods failing to understand that a man over the unprotected heads of those! may be a Democrat and at the same who deserted the true faith and j tim*- have his personal preferences bowed the knee to Baal, the base of j and convictions. The South Caro the rod fe skillfully tapped and ailina Democrats rallied overwhelm conduit run to the vast receptacle j ingly to the polls in November, for official favors which is su j ?posed ! The Democratic National ticket to exist among the ranks of the true | received an overwhelming vote. It blue. is extremely probable that when the The.source from which the Net's ? gentlemen of the ratal districts voted and Courier draws its consolation ; the Democratic ticket they had in is the assertion of Col. Daniel mind one or two motives besides Lamont that "Mr. Cleveland will ! that profound admiration for Mr. certainly not forget the men who Cleveland which prevails near the wer in favor of him." After pro- j coast. They voted for the Demo nouncin? this excathedra utterance eratic ticket because thev are from Mr. Lamont, the Carolina pa- Democrats and desired Democratic per remarks : . ! success, and not for the" glorification "As we understand it, tbis means j of any mortal man. that while Mr. Cleveland will riot j It occurs to us that inasmuch as take part in any purely local and j Mr. Cleveland can admire honesty factional quaYrels within the party, ' even in a Republican, that he is not he will not Seek to honor those who : at all likely to carry over into his sought rn every possible way during administration the contest that en the recent campaign to dishonor ; sued with his nomination, and that and discredit him." i was buried in the solid support, that ' The N'?tes and Courier then goes i'the Democrats gave to Mr. Cleve on to show the infamy of those' who i land... There is a rumor to the effect did not agree with its peculiar politi-1 ti-at Mr. Cleveland since his election cal tenets during the recent contest. I has been heard to say that with him It gravely reproaches the Tillman*] "all Democrats stafM on the* same gentry for thinking the same way in j footing," and this surely is the prop September that they did in June. It ?er attitude of a President who' seems that when the Democratic j received the undivided support of State Convention metln%-September bis party!?' they refused to commit themselves^-.--*.?- ^ furtheras Democrats than, to announce .G?v Tillman has offered a reward the? allegiance to vie principles of!of IoT the ..airest of Robert "the party ?as formulate?Vby Jefferson Fisher who killed Joseph Tres?ott abd illustrated ;by his successors ipj i? Charleston oa January 6. Fisher leadership, and end?frsed'by our.pe<*i is^ar?gro about six feet, high and pie in the recent primary ejection.'' ]iimps ra his right-foot. * ??- - .' yc ' . - The Dear Little Wife at Home. BY MAROAI?ET E. S.O.GSTER. The dear little wife at home, John, With ever so much to do, Stitches to set, and babies to pet, And so many though ? of you The beautiful household fairy, Filling your heart with light; Whatever you meet to-day, John, Go cheerily home to-night For though you are worn and weary, You needu't be cross or curt; There are words like darts to gentle hearts, There.are looks that wound and hurt With the key in the latch at home, John, Drop troubles out of sight; To the dear little wife who is waiting Go cheerily home to-night You know she will come to meet you, A smile on ! er sunny face; And your wee little girl, as pure as a pearl. Will be there in her childish grace; Arid the boy, his father's pride. John, With eyes so brave and bright. From the strife and the din to the peace, John. Go cheerily home to-night What though the tempter try you, Though the shafts of adverse fate May bustle near, and the sky be drear, And the laggard fortune wait, You are passing rich already; Let the haunting fears take flight, With the faith that wins success. John, Go cheerily home to night. -Uifor med Ch ur rh Mecnenyer. KID, THE BANDIT APACHE A PRIZE GRADUATE OF THE GOV ERNMENT SCHOOL. Once there was an Indian baby on thc San Carlos Reservation who was lucky enough to attract the attention of the agent's wife. His Apache mother used to tilt his basket up against a tree while she worked in the agent's house and leave him in charge of a certain yellow deg until it was time to take him back to the tepee at night. He had a name that meant Yellow Wolf, or Eagle-that Tears, or something like that, but the Apache sounds were too hard for the white folks and he was soon plain Kid. Ile was the smartest Indian baby ever on the reservation, and really noticed the Eastern lady who watched-him from the veranda and thought he was the funniest thing in that whole wild country. There was not much humor there then. There was death in a hun dred hideous shapes always threat ening, for every year had its upris ing, and those nearest were most likely to suffer when the Apaches started away on their raids, says the San Francisco Examiner. But Kid's father had the fortune to bc killed during one bit of mur- ; dering and burning, and Kid, out growing his basket of wicker and buckskin, tramped nakedly about the agency until he was quite a boy. Then the agent and his wife de cided to do something for Kid. The people were getting tired of the regu lar spring overflow of devils from the reservation, the soldiers killed many and brought others back, but the Indians stayed only during the wet weather, and when out of doors became pleasant again away they went, fresh from months of lazy liv ing, with new blankets and a hunger for blood whetted by a season's ab stinence. The government in its wisdom decided that if those be nighted people could only be shown the hopelessness of killing all the whites they would become discour aged and quit. So they determined to take away off to the East a number of the young bucks, educate them up to the proper appreciation of the value of a white man's life, and ultimately send them back as missionaries to spread the knowledge they had bestowed upon them. It was a good idea and on other savages it had worked well. That was the ch.ince to do some thing for Kid. He was so bright, so different from the other Apache spawn, that the agent picked him out for the government's pupil, and away he went to the Indian Univer sity at Carlisle. From there ' came back all manner of good reports. He learned easily. He took to cultiva tion with as much readiness as any ch i ld. of twenty generations of civili zation. He came out of the Indian school an educated, finished-, gentle man, with a college training and all the rest of it. His native brightness and the cul ture he had come by so strangely made bim a great favorite. Society took him up and he was a lion at recep tions. His was a presence that would mako any such show a suc cess. His strong Indian face and tall well-knit frame set off good clothes 'splendidly. Women particu larly were interested in thia reclaimed savage with a high mission, for he knew the purpose the government that'had done so rAoch for bira in tended him for, and he spoke of it with ^enthusiasm. He lived the white man's life, said pretty things tb tSe white man's women in roman tic conservatories. Surely the edu-,, cation of Kid was a great success.. There was a story of a prospective wedding with one of the fairest and gentlest of those who listened to* bia stories of bis life on the desert res ervation, but his mission called back, and he came to teach bis lows that there was more in life murder and theft. His return was a triumpr?. parsons used him for a text in 1 sermons and pointed to bim as solution of thc Indian question. At last he reached the reserva and the whole country watched see the result. It came quick enoi One night Kid doffed bis s clothes and his school-teaching n ner, brained a squaw who would 1 betrayed him, and at the head half a hundred others broke i the reservation and tore through. zona, killing, torturing and burn Through they went over the line into Mexico, driving before them tie and horses, the spoil of the r and leaving behind them men women and children dead in tl blood, amid the blazing ruins of tl homes on the ranches. And at the head of the band r Kid, naked as the rest, with black war-streaks on his cheeks ; the white vengeance lines pain across his forehead. That was ten years ago, and e since Kid has been the scourge .' the terror of the Southern moi tains. Scores of those who h: ridden with him have been killed a captured, but they have never si ceeded in putting back the bonds Kid. He has slain a hundred wh men and women. The soldiers the United States and Mexico ha hunted him over thousands of mil and turning back, has time and til again crawled into their' camp a cut the throats of one or more. When Geronimo made his lt raid, Kid joined him among t rocks of the Sierra Madre. The were 200 of the fiends on the wt path th3t time, and the record their awful crimes is a long or But at last they had to quit, and Ge Crook brought them back to S: Carlos, but not all of them. K would r.ot agree to the surrender ar slipped away like a: coyote into tl brush. They sent Geronimo and h chiefs back into the florida eve glades, whence they could nevi hope to come back to the jnountaii and deserts they knew so well. Gi of these chiefs was Masse. Ii escaped from the train in Kans: and, savage though he was, he mat his way back through the States ai apprehended into .Arizona. Il found Kid probably by the same i stinct by which a freed wolf na?; the pack, sad together they mu: dered througii the years. At intei vals they descended on the reservr tion and carried off women. Thes women do not come back. Kid ha an easier way of getting a divorc than through the courts. Less than a year ago the soldier got Masse. They were pursuing th pair as they had often pursued thei before, and a lucky long shot knocke him from his horse. He fought o the ground until the life was gone but Kid got away. Usually there are four or five rene gades with this evil spirit of th mountains. Just now there are SUJJ posed to be six or seven, and fo each one dead a thousand dollars i ofered, and the Kid's head is wort! many thousands. The great cattle ranches of Nev and Old Mexico have been his hunt ing grounds. He has slaughters many men there. Within a fev months no less than six vaquero have fallen by hk bullets. He lie by a trail or near a ,*ater hole an( waits for some man to come along As the traveler passes a shot in th< back ends him. From his victim: Kid keeps supplied with whatever h< needs. His horses are the best ir the two territories, for he has al there are to choose from. His shrewdness surpasses belief Every trick of the fugitive he knows A squad of cavalry followed his trail -for miles and finally found a dead horse that had given out under him and the horse's shoes were turned wrong end foremost. They had fol lowed a back trail. When he ie alone he covers his tracks behind him and no one can trail him. The^r only know that he has passed from place to place by the bodies of his victims. Kid never touches food he finds in a camp. Even whiskey he will not touch for fear of poison. Whenever he likes he goes into the towns. Ile speaks half dozen languages, thanks to his college- education, and no one knows him. He passes for a Mexican then and buys what he likes. Not long ago there was in the em ploy'of one of the cattle companies down Dona Ana way, a splendid va quero. He was a Mexican, but so expert with the rope and so much of a rider that even the tail Texans had to admit him as good as the best of them. Ile had worked along for some weeks when he was sent with another vaquero to round ; up some stock in one of the distant valleys. Neither of them came back. They found the body of the cowboy where they had camped. His /throat had .been cut while he slept. -. Tbe expert .vaquero was Kid, . Thia was merely one of his grim surprises. After each ?outrage the soldiers have come out after-the-Apache. No one but the soldiers will hunt him. The cowboys, afraid of noth ing on earth, will not tempt fate by chasing this one Indian, and a report that Kid is in camp will stampede any cow outfit from the Gulf to the Panhandle. But so frequent have been this Apache's outrages of late that the two governments have apparently determined to end them for always. Two troops of United States cavalry have been sent out for him 3nd are now scouring the bills on the old Head rancho in New Mexico. They have orders to hunt him down, no matter how long or how far they have to follow him. Just over the line 5U0 Mexican in fantrymen are on the same mission. It would be a close place for most men, but Kid has been as badly beset before. Many a wild ride has he given them over the hills and deserts, his horse tearing over the country un guided, wi ile the naked rider dealt death back to them as they galloped wildly on. For the Alliance. .The following good suggestions have been published in the Register, but will bear passing around to all Alliancemen everywhere : "Allow me, however, to say a few words to the Farmers' Alliance of this State. In my humble opinion the only way to get politics com pletely out of the order is to organ ize political clubs at every voting precinct in the State. In these clubs all believers in the principles of the Ocala platform and supporters of the demands of the Alliance should be eligible to membership. In such organizations all who believe in the national reforms demanded by our order could come together and have full and free discussions of the same. County organizations could then be formed, and when a State organiza tion is effected, the work of educa tion could be pushed rapidly. "By pursuing such a course this new organization could discuss edu cational politics and the Alliance would attend to the business of buy ing and selling for the benefit of the farmer, and also" ^f?dying agricul tural subjects. "The Alliance members should continue to study our demands, as a matter of course. Xever give up pushing them, but always do so in a strictly non-partisan way. "The Alliance must sustain its Exchange better-trade more through it and get its benefits. "In conclusion permit rae to say that if there are any men in this State, or in other States, who have boarded the Alliance train to ride into office purely and solely for the money to be had thereby, I will venture to make a prediction concerning th'em. There will come a day of reckoning bye and bye when they will find that thei-tickets where not issued by ai beal why public sentiment, but were bought from a misapplied machinery! and paid for-price paid, future oblivion. "I hope no office holder who is a member of thc Alliance will object to thc above statement ; for if he docs, the intelligent public will be sure to respond. 'None knows so well when the shoe pinches as he that wears it.' " J. W. REID. Reidville, S. C., Dec. 24,'92. Peculiar Chapters in the Bible. "There are chapters, like books and verses, in the Bible that stand out like bright stars in a bright, blue sky. Some of them we name : The Bot tomless chapter is Ephesians 3 ; The Character chapter is Job 29 ; while Wisdom is the name of the 28th of the same book. The Rest chapter is Hebrews 4 ; Resurrection chapter is 1 Corinthians 15, and Victory is well described in Romans 8. For Duty, read Ezekiel 33, and Work in James 2. Courage in Joshua 1, which, with thc Convert's chapter, Isaiah 12, forms a harmonious duet. Psalm 121 is for the Traveler, while 51 is for the Prodigal. Luke 15 is the Lost, and Found chapter. The Min ister's chapter? is Ezekiel 34, while Charity is the beginning and end of 1 Corinthians 13. For Atonement read Hebrews 9, and then Leviticus 16. None will know how to part until they read Isaiah 58, nor can Promises be found that reach higher up or gij further down than in John 14. The Blessing chapter is Deu teronomy 18, and where is heaven spoken of so beautifully as in Reve- ' lati?os 21 ? When one'feels his feet slipping, he should go to the Rock chapter, Deuteronomy 32. "Come" is the key-word of Isaiah 54, and "Giff}" 1st Corinthians 12. One reason w hy men do not suc ceed in fruit growing is that they grow nothing else.. They buy .fer tilizer", meat, grain and everything they nse. This takes all the profit. - -- It appears that' of the 1<>,160 women who were registejred ai the last election in Boston all but .500 Toted. ... ^ - " WEALTH FRO! THE WEED. A CROP THAT IS TF>* TIMES BETTER THA?? COTTON. Senator Mayfield, of Barnwell, Clears One Hundred Dollars per Acre on Tobacco. [News and Courier.] I have had so very many inquiries about raising tobacco that it is im possible for me to answer, so I turn to your columns tb give the desired information. I take it that you will gladly give the space, for elie News and Courier first urged upon the peo ple of South Carolina to plant to bacco, and especially will you give aid through your columns to any thing which tends to build up the material prosperity of the country. HOW TO SELECT AND PREPARE A SEED HED. Select a sloping place with South ern exposure near a branch or pond. Burn the ground thoroughly by plac ing on the bed dry wood or brush to a depth of an inch. Then take a mattock and dig the ground, rake it and get all the clods broken and all the roots out. Lay off the land or bed up the hill in rows eight feet wide. From the centre of furrow pull the earth up towards the centre of your row, so as to raise the middle three or four inches. The former furrows will be a drain taking off the water from the centre of the l>ed and a path, so that in pulling plants your hands can reach the centre of the bed. Mix the seed with corn or cotton seed meal, so as to be easily seen, and sow two tablespoonsfuls of seed to the acre. Use the Hester variety grown by R. L. Ragland, Hyco, Va. The} cost *2 per pound and one pound will plant say fifty acres, allowing for bad stands. After sowing run aband roller over the bed and press the seed in. Seta plank along the edges of the bed, and on this tack a cloth to cover the beds, so as to protect the plants from frost. Wm. M. Bird &. Co., Charles ton, keep a cloth for plant bcd cover ing that costs 31 cents per yard. THE KIND OF LAND. Select a piece .of land having a fair, open front so the sun viii shine on it all day. Should have from eight to ten1 ! inches of soil with a gool yellow clay subsoil. Break the land well with a two-horse plough in Ja mary ; rebreak with a small scooter plough ! in March. In April harrov over the j land and make it line; reduce to a powder if possible, tay off your I rows three and -?. half feet wide with a shovel plougn. In the furrow {-ut whatever stable manure can be had, and on that put from 1,000 pounds to 1,500 pounds of F. W. Wagener & Co.'s high grade fertilizer-same as you would use for cotton. I name F. W. Wagener & Co.'s fertilizers because I have tried them and know they are quick and respond readily. Bed as you would for cotton, only use small ploughs, so as to have a fiat bed. The plants will be ready by the 20th of April. A CURING HOUSE. Go into the woods and cut pine logs 22 by 20 feet long. Have two sides rough hewn, leaving the bark on two sides ; then put up just as you would a log house, making the house twenty feet high ; put in tier poles every t wo feet as you build and four feet apart, just as you erect a meat or smoke house. When the house has settled daub with clay. Later on I will tell you how io put ! in flues and furnaces. In the mean time, write Maj. li. L. Ragland, Hyco, Va., for his pamphlet on to-1 bacco. Then do as near as you can ! what he tells you. Get your seed and sow this.month. THE RESULTS OK A CROP. I planted thirty-three and one-half acres near Denmark, Barnwell county, and have now sold my entire crop and I must say some of my to bacco was poor, but the larger por tion was good and some was fine very fine. I averaged about 1,200 pounds to the acre and sold good and bad as it lay graded in my barns for 13J cents per pound. I might have done better, but I am content to let good enongh alone. I received about $154 per acre. If all of my tobacco had been like that grown on a field of fifteen acres I would have averaged 18 to 20 cents per pound. But I did not know that good plough ing and high manuring was so essen tial to successful tobacco farming. You need not spend money for ex pensive sticks to cure on, as I did, and baskets, etc., but later I will tell you bow to save OD thi3 line. THE KIND TO PLANT. One word about she kind of tobacco to plant and what kind to plant for. ,1 used the Hester, and it made tobacco which all judges pro nounced fine, and which cannot be surpassed for wrappers a od fillers for plug work. So expert tobacco men say, and they back their judg ment with their money. . It has a wonderful adaptability for soil and climate. The American Tobacco . 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THE PHONIX LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, OF HARTFORD, CONN., Write in all their Policies in plain figures the following guarantees: EXTENDED INSURANCE, PAID-UP INSURANCE, CASH VALUES, AND LOANS. For further information writ? to or call on H. G. REED, Local Agent, . Walhalla, S. C. W. M. HUTSON, Gen. Agt., Columbia, S. C. W. A. KAY, Dist. Agt., Greenville, S. C. December 15, 1S1>2. mahogany tobacco can bc grown all over South Carolina, from the coast to thc mountains. From 500 to 2,000 pounds can be gre wu to the acre, according to the condition of the soil. Do not plant the Cuban tobacco, is my advice, and it is based on what the manager of Cuban tobacco in this State told me. Plant, for strong, oily, working tobacco, on land that will make half of a bale to three-quarters of a bale cf cotton to the acre. Manure with a quick fer tilizer and use it freely as above directed and you can make the tobacco and hire all of your labor for 850 per acre and less. I have cleared at least S100 per acre. Do not put in too many acres. Bui d one b3rn this year and succeed, and you will plant again next year. A barn will cure five acres. Respectfully, S. G. MAYFIELD. Denmark, January 9, 1893. Do Yon Know ? Do you know that you can drive nails into hard wood without bend ing them if you dip them first in lard? That corks warmed in oil make ) excellent subtitules for glass stop- f pers? That a lump of camphor in your clothes press will keep steel orna ments from tarnishing? That stale bread will " clean kid gloves > That bread crumbs cleanse* silk gowns? That milk, applied once a week with a soft cloth, freshens and pre serves boots and shoes ? That gloves can be cleaned at home by rubbing with g-aeoline ? That weak points in a black silk waist may be strengthened by stick ing court-plaster underneath ? That tooth powder ii an excellent cleanser for fine filigree jewelry ? That a little vaseline, nibbed on once a day, will fceep the hands from chapping? ,. 4 That gum arabic and gam traga? canth in equal parts? dissolved in "hot water, will mak? the bc?t and most convenient mucilage yon'can keep in the house ? The healthiest spot in lite world seems to be a little hare let in France named 'Aum?ne. Thens are only 40 inhabitants, 23 of whom are 80 years ci age and one is over 100. To Provide Ar?is, Le*?* and Eyes. The General Assembly, io 1S79-80, passed an Act to provide artificial arras, legs and eyes for triode who lost their natural organs or limbs while serving their State in the last war. Many of these limbs and eves have become worn out by constant use, and the General Assembly at its la.:: session passed an Act appropriat ing 15,000 to purchase arms, legs or eyes for those who obtained them under the previous appropriation and had worn them out or lost thom. Those who did not get provided for under the previous Act can obtain anything under the recent appropria tion ; those who did will only have to apply, without proof, for their claims have already been proved. The fund will be distributed by a board compose! of the Governor, Comptroller General and Dr. J. R. Bratton, Chairmai. of the State Board of Health. HARTFORD, Coxy., January 10. The annual meeting of the New England Tobacco Growers' Associa tion in this city to-day was attended by over one hundred members from all parts of Xew England. Presi dent Horace S. Frye, of Springfield, Mass., who was later re-elected, said that the growers would fight for the retention of the pres ent duty on tobacco. The crop of tobacco in Xew England has risen in value from ?1,400,000 in 1S90 to *6,000,000 ir. 1S92 owing to the protective tariff, and the revenue in 1892 from imported tobacco was $7,000,000 more than the average revenue'for the previous five years. Five thousand farmers and employ ees are engaged in growing tobacco in New England. A resolution in favor of the present duty on tobacco was passed unanimously. Supplying ali 0f the essentials <5f a crop, such as a good soil, thorough preparations and good seed are of more importance Aan the signs of the moon. The brood sow should be given plenty of food ; in fact, she requires about twice as mach as' an ordinary pig. If she does not have enough food to ??ee'p ?ereelf and farrow in good condition the owner will be disappointed when the little pigs are triU^rbwn.