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NO. 9. r DESOTO FLOUR cannot be beat, The bread it makes is white and sweet ; It is the Highest Patent made SCHUMACHER sells this fancy grade, M ARVEL FLOUR is a Straight Patent, Can't be excelled by any combatant ; OVEN LIFTER is a good Flour, sure, But Marvel is better and costs no more. DAMON FLOUR is avery good grade, Called Choice Family, a name self-made ; Is white and cheaper than bolted meal, Of this grade Schumacher sells a great v deal. t DON'T FORGET sion House. ?WS-IE? AMD FRESH ! 1 ? espect ftilljfe O. H. Schumacher. GOODS DELIVERED FREE. Jami arv 26. li .PEI THE COTTON ACREAGE. 1893. PARTIAL PROSPECTUS. [ Augusta Chronicle] The delegates from the State Agri cultural Convention to the conven lion of cotton growers in Memphis FRAXCES HODGSOX liURXETT go with unanimous instructions to win contribute the first serial to appear favor reduced cotton acreage. in a magazine from lier pen for many . 0 i years, entitled ' he farmers ol Georgia appreciate "THE ONE I KNEW THE BEST OF I the increase in the price of cotton! ALL." brought about by the short crop of C. BUXXER j last year, and they had ample oppor- j will furnish a series of six sketches, eu- tunitv to study the effects of over tiled "JERSEY STREE! AM? JEKSEY . pro<luction during the lew years pre- ! I v tous. They realize what folly it; ..will be to produce another treme;:-? wnl re?ate the further experiences of? . .:, * ?orei i .i '? Fred, and Josephine in "A SEQUEL TO dons crop like that of 1 S91, and the THE REFLECTIONS OF A MARRIED thinking, ones are anxious to prevent MAN." Illustrated. i the ruinous mistake. "The greatly HAROLD FREDERIC increased purchases of fertilizer this j will contribute a political novel of great ! season ?iver last indicate that greater power/enritleu "TjlK COPPERHEAD/v|acreage will be employed this year.! LANK. Illustrated. ROBERT <. LXT HY Mis TUE AUTHOR OF-JKi;I; V S. B. Ki.i.?o? i. the author .f ".lei rv.' will wi itt >r at least that the land will lie much more liberally fertilized. The-result will be more cotton whichever course is pursued. Touching upon this subject in bis ^^AV,-^;1 Sn m^^ admirable paper on "Village Farm.: CARLILE TO EDWARD ?RV1NC ano -* . '.J ?.?.,-. c 1 ofhers dealing with a part of Carlyle's "?& Prof- H. C.. White, of Athens, life far different from that brought out took the position that the secret of in the n i ent literature of Carlyle remi- ni iking money on cotton was to-pro- '.? : lrL*Elv&lT0lSZLi?? '1?? ?. mo? cheaply. Ile ,.<.",,,,? realistic stt>ry of lif? among thefTennessee mountaineers, ; "THE D^RKET SPERRET." PESSOXAL REMIXISi EXCES, j SOME UNPUBLISHED LETTERS <?!.' inst M iKQl i>* i'lV t n \ MV;I:V N. - i ^"V;: ' ar* i<h> ; that cotton costs half abale to the are of new matter. AN ARTIST IN 'acre to produce it, and that the farm- : JAPAN. By ROBERT BLUM, win? bas' just returned from a residence of nearly ta o years in that countrv. Abundantly illustrated Ly the author. HISTORIC MOMENTS, which have been a feature 'of the magazine during )>'?>-. will he con tinued by some particularly striking pa lmers, among them several by the great war correspondents. WILLIAM H. ?-r s profit depends on how much more than half a bale to the acre be produces. It a farmer raises' half a bale to the acre, which Prof. White contends is entirely practica ble, he does not care if it sells for Y;, '!', six cents a pound, or even less, for SKI.. AKCUIBAJLD FOKBES, and others. there will be good profit in it for MEN'S OCCUPATIONS, him. Prof. White contends that A series of articles'on the life work of ; cotton can be raised for less than j men ia many calling.-.-the chief ways three cents*a pound, and when farm (exclusive of professions) in which men eR5 develop to the highest extent a ! earn their Livelihood. . -.ir . ? ; THE WORSES FAIR IX CHICAGO,\SMSIU tar,m ?steadof scratching over .,, . ...... . . avast plantation, their era o? pros A series will oe published later m the' 1... . 1 year giving the impressions made by the pertly will nave begun, exhibition upon diff?rent observers <>f Prof. White is a warm advocate of te, both American and foreign; and the hog and hominy schedule also, many of tm se observers will be also and - that the Value of a man's artisis \viit> will illustrate Sneir own :....;: ? , V- - cl,,s . /cotton crop depends on the condition MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES. ?* ni* corn cr*b and smoke-house.! Further contributions to the Pool: IN ; The farmer who has nothing to feed j GREAT CITIES. Mus. B . LNKTT'- il- his family, his hands and his stock; lustrated paper on'thc Londoir plan for withal home can be ruined by the' H?MK'AlI; TotNYAl.il> CHILDREN, ?,c of wton, blJt lhe fc J who etc. Of special interest also will be PKO- ' ! . , , : FL ?OJB BLEiLPMX\satrfaori?aTiveaccount hxs everything he needs at home can of the PEARY RELIEF EXPEDITION be very independent of the cotton (illustrated.) a very interesting article by OrT.vvK I z.\N'NK on the exhibition of WOMAN'S ART now'going on in Paris. and articles ujxm artistic subjects, ac counts of travels, etc.. etc. TSE ILL LSI "RA TI OX S market. The secret of successful fanning, therefore, must be to make the farm self-supporting first, anti! then raise just as much cotton besides as you please. Of course, the fanner of the year w.ill represent the work not who raises a hundred bales of cotton only of the* vfeil-kuown illustrator but 0n fifty acres has a bigger profit in it ?S??Sc^ ?riiSt* tha? tne one who raises one hundred who archest kuowH as pajpters. , , , . , , .? \ bales on three hundred acres. Make $?3.00 a Tear: the f ai m self-supporting, and bring ; 25c. a Number. a few acres to the highest state of The numbers ; productiveness rather than to scatter for lsfti and 'over a ^arge an a, and the farmer is a subscription for 1S93.$4.50 obliged to prosper and grow inde The same, with back numbers, ?3ound ? pendent. TERMS: SPECIAL OFFER. in cloth. .COO Now is the time to subscribe. CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, 743 Broadway, Xew York. Of the world's inhabitants 500, 000,000 are fully clad, 700,000,000 half clad anfl 250,000,000 go naked. IT DESERVES A FAIR TRIAL. [Columbia Register.] Thc dispensary law has been for weeks subjected to most thorough discussion by both secular and relig ious papers. It hr been viewed from every possible standpoint and many conclusions have been deduced from it* Many of these conclusions will not stand the test of cold logic. One thing has been proven-that the two extremes meet. The ultra pro hibitionists and the liquor men are both dissatisfied with the Evans Act and for very different reason:?. Both hope to see it inoperative, ".he for mer by making it too severe and the latter by making it too lax. In discussing ibis prohibition ques tion it must be remembered at the very star: that drinking is not wrong per se. This position is* perfectly tenable, though it has been attacked by men of learning as well a< bigots. Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott, a man of \visd?>m and piety, created quite a sensation recently in a sermon which he preached before the Woman's Christian Temperance [Inion: "We must n.^t put the temperance ques tion upon a false basis," he said. "For myself. I like the taste of wine, and really believe that a glass of wine with my dinner would be bene ficial to me. Neither ?lo I believe that I have the right to say that every moderate drinker will die a drunkard, nor Lave I the right to . ..V to any man that he shall not taste a glass of wine or beer. All alcoholic drinks are not poison. I believe with ex-President Woolsey, of Vale College, who said : 'If any mau dares to say t" i ' . I have no right lo drink 1 will open a bottle on the st .-ps <>f Centre church.9 " These are the words of a broad minded man. ile is above yielding to the clamor of the age, which seeks to ?lanni every man who touches, ta$t< s o?- handles liquor. Ile knows that it is not wrong of itself to drink w ine or beer, else w hy did Christ make wine as lie is said by the Scrip tures to have (?one? "To say," con tinue'1 Dr. Abbott, "that there were two kinds of wine, fermented and nnf?rmented, and that he made only ..?ie latter, is a very unscholarly state ment.'* But the use of li-juor has been fearfully abused and it has come to be tlie curse of our modern life. The Hillie enjoins temperance in all things, but ii begins t<> seem as if it were almost impossible for men to drink temperately. This lack of power may be explained by^eitber of both of two theories. Thelawof heredity would suggest thal if a man is an excessive drinker his children would '..ave an inherited proclivity for drink ana w,.ubi haye less power of resist ance than the children ?i n. can who never touched liquor. If the free use of liquor were .1 trait in the family for generations the inherited taste would get to be almost irresisti ble. Tin n in these ?lays of adul terated food ami drink it is almost impossible to obtain pure liquor. Pure wine and beer are comparatively harmless, but it is now almost impos sible to obtain these sim pie beverages in a state of purity, and pure whis key is only bought by those who have plenty of spar . cash. Almost all intoxicating beverages are more or less adulterated. The poor are fur nished with vile Concoctions of poi sonous drugs in the place of pure liquor. These drugs tell terribly on' the nervous energy and will-powvr of a man and his. power of resistance is less than if he had been accustomed to drinking only pore liquor. These two theories will explain the increase of the intemperate use of liquor, than which this age knows no greater e\ii. Granting that the liquor traffic were ten times more ruinous than it is. how is it to be stopped? The cause <>f drunkenness is drinking, and the care of drunkenness is to stop drinking. If a man never touched thc- first drop of liquor he would never be a drunkard. The first glass of liquor is the glass which opens the gates of damnation and starts a man on the road to the ruin of himself ami trie wreck (d' the happiness of those who love andar? dependent on him. Had lu- never touched the first drop the drunkard would never be guilty of maltreating his wife or neg lecting ids offspring. All these things being so, what can be d'-no tfo pn-vent them'' The pro hibition law is an ?deni law, and, like ail ideal laws, is dangerous. Th? few have not the right to govern the many. A prohibition law should never be enacted, m any community where there will not be a strong moral sentiment to back it. It will be hard or impossible to enforce a prohibition law which is not strongly backed by the people. The ultra prohibitionists in this State say they intend to make the dis pensary law act as a prohibitory law. Tiley can do this, for the law pro vides that no dispensary shall be established in any town or city where I less than a majority of the freehold ers sign the petition for the appoint- j ment of a dispenser. Where this I is the case liquor cannot be sold, I not even for scientific, medicinal or? sacramental purposes. The ultra prohibitionists are endeavoring to get freeholders to refrain from sing ing petitions. In every county where they succeed in this attempt there will be the most iron-clad prohibi tion, for Gov. Tillman says he will strictly enforce the law. Do the ultra prohibitionists believe that there is sufficient sentiment in this State to back an iron-clad pro hibition law? If there is it was not developed at the Democratic pri mary. There are about 280,000 men of voting age in South Carolina. The negroes must be governed by this law, anti must sit ig^'uries which will try cases of infringement of it. We think that the editors have not taken this large class into consideration in their discussion of the Evans Act. We grant that the liquor traffic is a great evil. A dog plays havoc among sheep, but it is not always easy to catch the dog. We have a right to impose any regulations we deem proper upon the sale of liquor and oven to prohibit it altogether. A man has the right to catch a roar ing lion and to tame him, but he may not be able to do it. Prohibition must be a matter ol' evolution. The history of this State proves that there is a steadily-increas ing sentiment against liquor, and this is proven by the laws which have from time to time been enacted, each a little more stringent than its predecessor. We fear that the prohibitionists are not acting wisely in their attempt to quit this line of de 'opulent and rush headlong to the desired goa!. There are intervening stages between the present method of liquor selling and absolute prohibition, and it will ! not do to hastily pass over them, i Absolute prohibition now would cre ?ate such a revulsion of feeling that the dispensary law would be repealed, and it would be many years before another such measure cou Id be passed. ! The liquor men see this. They are wise as serpents. "The children of this world arc wiser in their genera I tion than the children of light," says ; the Bible, and this is being proved in the agitation of the dispensary ! law. The "children of this world"' are cunningly working to make the j i mild dispensary act a measure or : harsh prohibition, for they know that ? it will prove obnoxious and cause its j own repeal. The "children of light" ?are unconsciously playing int<? the hands of the "children of this world*' when they join issue with them and ] refuse to sign petitions for county dispensaries. Thc "children of light*' I have many lessons to learn from the "children of this world."' The dispensary law will do away i with the very worst features of the i present system of liquor selling. The j saloon, the gilded snare to young ; men, will be a thing of the past, and . absolutely pure liquor will be sohl to ! those who will drink. The boy grow ! ing up will be far less likely to 1 acquire a taste for liquor when be must purchase it from a dispensary than when there are bar-rooms on ? every side, where he may first go with a friend to have a goo. i time, and, beginning with soda water and ginger ale, wind ap with whiskey and brandy. The ?''pensary wiligradu ally decrease me consumption of ; liquor and thus strengthen the senti ment favoring a prohibition law-until i it grows strong enough to make pro . hibition prohibit. The dispensary is not a make-shift j or a compromise : it is a distinct step forward, an advance from the pres ent system in the direction of prohi bition. Give the dispensary law a ta'r trial. It has the endorsement of such men as Dr. Grier and Dr. Carlisle; men of high character and pure Christianity. They are educators of young nu n and are not the kind of men to eudorse anything which will bring dancer in the path of youth or lay snares in the course.of the flower of the manhood of the State. Enforce the dispen sary Act as a dispensary Act, and not as a prohibition law, and it will prove a blessing to this State. Samples of War Prices. [Columbia Journal.] Few people will ever know the dif ficulties that confronted the people of the South at the dosi- of the war un til historians shall record the facts of that period. Even then the trials incident to ruined fortunes and high prices cannot be realized. The following entries, taken fr..m an old day book of Capt. Richard O'Xeale, one of Columbia's leading merchants at that time, will probably be a revelation to many of the Jovr naTs younger readers and cause them to marvel at the trials of their pa rents. The items sound like fiction : G0.508 pounds .if cotton, at ?1.50per pound..-.$90.853 im l" pounds <?<>ir<-o, at $25 per pound. 250 00 2 loads wood. :?.'! ivi ! 514 pound.? -alt. 4?2 00 I abarr?is nour, at $400 per barrel. 1,200 int ' 47 pounds bacon, at-$5.50 [>.." pound... 2M 50 ! Cl pounds lard, at Sr. j.?*r pound. 266 00 I 5linen handkerchiefs, ai >].">..:. . 75 j ll linen handkerchiefs, at $20 each.. . 220 00 2 skeins silk, ar s 7 JUT -kein. 14.00 l >poo! thread. fi 00 1 bunch braid . 15 00 1 hoop ?kin. IIKI on 1 bottle ink. ?. i 00 10 pounds shot. 50 OT 1 bushel p.-a>. 20 00 3:\ pounds butter. 37 50 i The following is a small bill of] supplies bought on the street and sent to the home of Mr. Charles ( )'Xeale : i', pounds beef, at $1.75.$10 50 1 bushel potatoes. 21 <*i 25 pounds pork. 75 00 1 bushel meal. 20 00 Capt. Richard O'Xeale has in his possession the book referred to, and says he will have it bound and sen' to the World's Fuir as testimony of the trials of that period. It will prove an interesting featu.o to many who chance to look within it. TUE RAILROAD CASES. Eminent, Counsel Will Assist Attorney General Townsend. [Columbia Register.] Gov. Tillman arrived in the city last night from Charleston, where he had gone to participate in the semi centennial celebration of the Citadel ; Academy. Soon after his arrival his 'attention was called to a telegram, in which it was stated that .;. Randolph j Tucker, of Virginia, had been tele graphed to by the State authorities to be counsel in the railroad cases that will '.ome up before the Supreme Court ; that Hon. J. J. Darlington, of Washington,had been also retained as counsel. The Governor was asked i to confirm these statements and he said that the whole business had been left to Senator Irby, and that it was probable that Mr. Tucker and Mr. Dar j lington had been retained to defend the State's interests in the case. The Governor has not received any offi cial information about the matter, but he supposes thai the telegram ? j states facts. The habeas corpus pro ! ceedings which the State proposes ? to take in the railroad cases will cer i tainly be . carried out, and the fact that Mr. Tucker and Mr. Darlington have been employed to assist Attor ney General Townsend shows that the State is determined to uphold her interests even to the co?cfc of Ir-?t resort, A CONFIDENTIAL LETTER ! Sent Ont by Chairman Harrity, of the National Democratic Committee. WASHINGTON, February 22.-A Philadelphia special has the follow ing text of a confidential letter sent out by Chairman Harrity, of the National Democratic Committee: PntLADELPHiA^February IS, 1893. My Dear Sir: Au analysis of the vote in the House of Represen tatives, Washington, I). C., upon the Andrew-Cate bill to repeal the Sher man Act, shows that there were fourteen Democratic members of the present Congress who have been re-elected and who did not vote on February 9, 1893, on "ordering the previous question," and that there are seventy-six newly elected Demo cratic members, thus making ninety Democrats who will sit in the House of Representatives of the next Con-j gress who never voted upon the measure looking to the repeal of the Sherman Act. It is important to know what the j probable attitude of these ninety I Democratic members will be toward a similar measure when offered in the next Congress. Will you kindly : obtain this information, (getting it I as accurately ami as quickly as pos- i sible), and forward the same to me j upon tho enclosed blank, at as early ! a date as possible? Please be good enough to treat! this correspondence- as confidential.! For your convenience I annex a list i of the ninety Democratic members whose position on the silver question it is desired to know. Voa rs res pee tf a Hy, WM. F. HARRJTY. A copy of this letter was sent to each of the ninety members of the House named in Mr. Harrity's list. The open discussion?rin ingress to-day were not half so interesting as the private discussion of the Harrity silver letter and the completed Cabi net of the next administration. The two subjects were interwoven in con versation, and many of the views expressed were exceedingly forcible. Speaking of the Harrity letter,, Senator Harris said : "I, for one, will never consent to the repeal of the' Sherman iaw without the substitu- : lion of something in its place that recognizes the use of silver as money. ><> far as predicting what the next House or the next -Congress may do j l on tlie money question, I think it is idle to say that the next Congress will consent to the repeal of the Sher man Act without the substitution of ? ; another measure of some sort, which will, as I havo said, recognize the use j : of silver as money. This will he the situation of affairs, regardless of what. Mr. Harrity pr any one elsi; mav say ; or do." " ". Over on the House side the silver and anti-silver men took diametri cally opposite views of the Harrity .letter. Mr. Bland, the leader of the free coir?ag? Democrats, said : "J . think it a ?.ieee of impudence, to say; . the leas' about it." Mr. Fierce, of Tennessee, who has j been perhaps the most indefatigable : ' worker in the House in behalf of j free silver coinage, said: "I think ; the letter an infamous outrage. It is another effort to bulldoze the in-; coming members of . Congress, back of which I believe is Mr. Cleveland, just as I believe he was back of the, recent editorial saying members wfio ; VOted for free coinage would find the ; I administration fighting them in their (districts. I believe the next House, like this om-, will stand by the inter ests of their constituents and will not le bulldozed by the National Conan.ittee, Cleveland or anybody else. Ti:e 'members of tin- next House will remember that while Cleveland holds the patronage, the j j people hohl the ballots." '.Well." said Mr. Watson, the j Populist leader from Georgia, Ml have not read it carefully, 'out it looks t<> im- as though Cleveland was, snapping the whip over the boys. It, appears to me that Cleveland is at- j tempting to build up the Wall street | aristocracy." Mr. Otis, of Kansas, also a Peo ple's Party representative, looked upon the letter as a meddlesome and j entirely uncalled-for effort to secure a premature declaration of opinion from the men who would be called j upon to vote upon the question. -Il will not take well with the | Western Democrats. They will not be dictated to by Mr. Harrity," wasi Jerry Simpson's comment. "1 'nave not read the letter, but I the National Committee hos nothing i to do with the matter," said Repre sentative William !.. Wilson, of West Virgina. Mr. Springer, chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, said : "< )f course the letter is all right, Mr. Harrity was merely seek ing for information. The letter was a confidential one, and I do not understand how it happened to be published : but there is nothing wrong about it." Mr. Hatch falls: back upon his record for an answer as to his opinion. Messrs. Outhwaite and Andrew think it is eminently proper for the National Committee to find out how members stand. STATE or Om??. CITY OK TOLEDO, / LUCAS COI .VTV. ) Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney it Co., doing business.in the city ol' Toledo, county and State aforesaid, and thar, said ti rm will pay the sum of Ous Hundred Dollars for ea?-b and every case of catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hali's Catarrh Cure. FRANK .J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in mv presence this ?th day of December, A." D. 1886. , -^ A. VT. GLEASON", \ SKA I.. > ' .-~> Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Care is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testi monials, free. F. J. CHENET & CO.. Toledo, 0. ^?J- ' Sold by druggists, 75 cents. "Don't you feel kind of lonesome at times?" ?Vn -d Mrs. Matron, address ing Miss OIoTiaid. "No," answered Miss Oldmaid ; *.! have a parrot that swears, a dog that chews and a neigh bor who comes home every night and disturbs ' the neighborhood, and I sometimes feel as if I had a husband." ATLANTA'S BASK SENSATION. The Defalcation and Flight of Assist ant Cashier Redwine. ATLANTA, February ?2.-The dis appearance and defalcation of Assist ant Cashier Redwine of the Gate City National Bank of this city is the biggest financial sensation At lanta has known in years. This morning a thorough examination of the bank's affairs was made by offi cers of the Clearing House Associa tion, and they reported that the de falcation was about $05,000-cer tainly not more than that. They also say that Redwine must have taken the bulk of this within the past few days, and that he probably left with ?30,000 or ?40,000 on his person. Clearing house officers de clare that the Gate City National Bank can pay depositors every cent and can pay stockholders in full. The greatest mystery about the affair is Redwine's disappearance. I'p to this time absolutely no trace has been found of his whereabouts. Ile walked out of the bank bare headed, borrowed a hat from the bartender in a saloon in the base ment of the bank building, und noth ing has been* seen of him since. Whether he is in hiding in the city or whether he happened to eaton an outgoing train, nobody knows. The bank is only half a block from the Union depot, and the latter theory seems more probable. It is believed that he has gone West. Redwine has evidently been Living beyond his means f< r years. He bas been one of the most prominent members of the Capital City Club, j and it is believed that he has som?* funds of the club, the proceeds ot a recent bond sale. The bank officials: believe that Redwine has been be- j hind for several years, but in a small amount. His position enabled him to cover shortages so that they never were discovered. A week ago a bank examiner was here, and Redwine, to cover his j shortage, dre-. on other banks for ai total of ?25,000. President Hill: learned this day before yesterday for! the first time. Redwine, it appears, ? suspected that he had been discov ered, and took fifty or sixty thou sand dollars with him in bis flight. THE DEFALCATION GKOWIXG. ATLANTA. GA.. February - Rank Examiner Williams is here,! and will assume charge of the Gate : City National Rank to-morrow. The bank will not open its doors. The latest developments put the amount of the defalcation at ?70,000. The young man who committed sui-:. cide at Anniston to-day, iud was at first believed to be Redwine, has] 'oren identified as somebodv else. i Preparation for Death. [Associate Reformed Presbyterian.] It is said of Von Molktc, the I'rus-j sian General, that in the late Francho- j Russian war when news camelo Ber- ; '! t war had been declared in. Fans, he had simply to give one command: "Mobilize/' A little hiter a friend found him quietly sit ting in his office, and toan expression of surprise that he wns not very busy at such a time he replied : WI have really nothing to do." War had been anticipated and he had everything in readiness, )>;> plans prepared ami arrangements made, so that when it came he -had nothing to do but get his army together and ' take the field. We have often thought of these words of the great genera!. Amidst j the most intenso excitement, the '? country just entering into a bloody war, and he, too, in a position of responsibility occupied by no one else, yet he 'Aas not at all pressed. Such is the preparation that men ought to make tor death. They aro giver: time to ??repare and are warned of its coining. We know not when il will come, but we know that it will come. ( >'? this there is no doubt, : and to live aright is to live always in readiness for death, is to he SO pre pared that when death shall come we shall luve nothing to do but to die. Death is a most serious and decisive event, hut as to whether it is terri ble or not depends on our prepara tion for it. To those who are unprc- j pared it is indeed terrible. To be summoned to jjo but not prepared, the neglected work of life crowded into the hour of death, the body racked with pain and the soul with dread, this is not a condition to be envied. Hut how different the con dition of him who hns lived in readi ness for that time, has attended to j his spiritual interests, not putting off that matter to the last, so that when j the summons comes he has really j nothing to do! And if men would only exercise the same wisdom and foresight in preparing for the world j to come as they do in preparing fori the dangers of this life, far fewer of' them would face death unprepared. ? Calmly jould they look into the fu ture ami feel that they had nothing to do but to ?Iii-. We repeat ?iere, what we" have often said in substance before, that the supreme duty which rests upon parents is to look after the rearing of their children. Other duties there are, but none so important as this one. What will it profit a man to achieve success in every-public acti vity, if, at the same time, he must see his own son become an idle vagrant, a drunkard, a gambler, a debauchee? The notion that the children of the household are enti tled to only so much time and atten tion as can be taken from the pursuit of other affairs is radically wrong; their chin comes 'first.- Christian Advocate. The polyglot petition of the W. C. T. IT., asking the miers of the world to prohibit the liquor traffic, has 1,112,735 signatures and is twelve miles long. JP^VID TO POLICY HOLDERS, ?32.0 K),000.00. JPAID TIS DIVIDENDS, $9,500,000.00. THE PHOENIX POLICY n ABSOLUTE GUARANTEES-NO ESTIMATES. Agc: 35. 810,000. 20 Payment Life. Cost per year, : 8286.30. Cost for 10 years, : 82,863.00. Onrantees at lind of Ten Years : First Option-Extended Insurance ior 16 years and 7 months longer for. 810,000 Second Option-Paid ap Policy - - - 84,860 Third Option-Ca>h value. 81,980 I^onrth Option.-"Loan at 6 per cent - - - 81,100 At end of 10 years, if First Option is taken, the policy holder gets 26 years and 7 montiis Insurance, for 810,000, at a net cost of 82,863.00, which is at the rate of U-ss than 811.00 per 81,000 (guaranteed) per year. If Second Option, the Paid up Policy is in excess of cost, 81,997. If Third Option, the net c<- -I of Insurance for 810,000, for ten years, is 8883.00, or 88.83 per 81,000 per year. Guarantee?- at End of Twenty Years : Cost for 20 Years : : First Option-Paid up Policy Second Option-Cash value Third Option-Loan at 6 per cent *?.7-Jt.'. 810,000 84,980 82,700 Options are given for every year in body of Policy in plain figures from 3 years upwards.' Policy rncontestible after two years. W. M. HUTSON, Gen. Agt., Columbia, S. C.. W. A. KAY, Dist. Agt; Greenville, S. C. THE PHONIX MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, OF HARTFORD, CONN. February 'J, 1803. THE RAILROAD ASSESSMENTS. THE ADVANCE GUARD. Capt. Rodgers, of Ninety.Siv. i'ets on the Ground Early-What He Wants. [Columbia Register. Chief Clerk Norton, of the Comp troller Generals office, stave to the , " ... . , - , I' a aries ton News ami < ourier.j press vesterdav a statement about railroad assessments that fully ex- WASBIN.VIO.V,D.C^^February 13. , . , , ,. " , Capt. Koasjers, ot Mneiy-Six, the plains the situation ami relieves tne a<hVance ^rd of the Soatn Carolina State authorities from the charge <,r army 0f office-seekers, has arrive?? in acting unfairly towards the railroads. Washington ami has pitched his tent The State's position is clearly shown j" tlt?! vh'w of the White House. It u Ar v~ . ? .. " ts understood that the Captain desires liv Mr. .Norton s statement : , . . K . ,. . . , . .,,>-, to be Superintendent ,:t the Head Che representative of the Rich- Utter office, ir. the Post Office mond and Danville system ol roads. and he hag whb him in this Stat?- filed the returns for these roads on the 17th of February. Department, endorsements of a number of distin guished Democrats, not only of South rheir attention was at once cabed to CajoI?na? but other southern States, the detects in said return and not T,)t. posit?on o? Superintendent of only sections of the (.enera! Matutes tfe DeaJ Letl(ir 0ffioe is quite d?sira bearing upon the matter were pointed ]>h. .uu] , w??. ]((. a unmhi.r of out, but a copy ot the amended law iir:uas .-", tfae ?:i,,. Capti ^ of 1S92 was given to them. enJ W:H be sapportcd by Senator . Actions LS and -Sus amended Butler oeptesenmives Brawley and in 1892 require thc Comptroller johnstone, Senator Blackburn, Rep General to certify the action of the resentative MeCreerv and several State Railroad Board of Assessors to the County Auditors by townships. How can th?; Comptroller General comply with this law if tax-payers fail or refuse to give in their returns the necessary information? Tin agent of the Richmond and Danville roads was furnished the necessary other members of ti.e Kentucky dele gation. It is his intent:..ii to remain : here until after the 4th of March. Electric Hitters. This remedy is becoming so well known and so popular as to need no special mention. All who have used Electric blanks (which on their face carried Bitters sing the same song o? praise. A v* i . r - , - . purer medicine floes not exist, ami it is notice ot required mformation) ? purer guaranteed r-> do all that is claimed, early January-over forty days be- Electric Bitters will cure all diseases of fore time closed lor making returns, the liver and kidneys, will remove pim Thc returns of the South Carolina Ples< 1"'i:s- rbe.um a!id /f"T a|^; ., , , tions caused nv impure blood. Will Railway and the I bree Cs were re- drive malaria from the system and pre ccived on the 17th of February. The ventas well as cure all malana! fevers. Receiver was immediately written to Forcureof headache, constipation and and his attention called to defects in ^digestion try Electric Bitters. Entire satistaction guaranteed, or money re funded. Trice. *>" cts.. and SL00 per bot tlt) a: the Norman Carroll Co/s drugstore. ''I'm simply exhausted," said Mrs. Higgins as she returned from her shopping tour. "Here I've been out returns. On Monday, the 20lh of February, the agent, Mr. DeCaraduc, substituted therefor returns correctly maile up. When the facts are known that each of the roads involved in litiga tion were immediately notified of j one" whole hour and couldn't get near defects in returns, where stands the a counter. Why, in ad that time charge of unfairness to them 'i The [\.e 011]v bought* rive va rds of lace, a Richmond and Danville were notified ?dozen pairs o? gloves," a step-ladder, Friday, the day of tiling, and thc in- i six finger bowls, a toy book tor Wil formation reached the South Caro- ??^ ;i 7,u?r 0f shoes "for Sallie and lina and Three C's Saturday, the day stockings for Jamie, three neckties, after. The latter submitted correct- f(>ur co?iars, a novel, three cups of ed returns, the former has not. chocolate, a pound of candv and a Where is the blame? The Comp- few. knicknacks."-Harper's Bazar. troller's oflice is "damned" if it does j _-_ do and is "damned" if it don't do by ; General Neal Dow estimates that some of the railroads and The State.1 there are ?,000 habitual drunkards in Right or wrong makes no difference Maine. The general is still a firm to their blinded judgment-all is believer in prohibition. wrong. -. - - --m- It Shonld Be in Every House. The bili near Jerusalem, where the :, J- I}- Wilson, 371 f lay street, sharps .c t-_r T "_, i .. t^^^A . burg. Pa., says he wilmot be without Dr. cruci fiction of Jesus occurred, us tormd ; Rin7,.s Xew b?>?overJ for consurnptiolJ, ot limestone. 1 he shores of the ; coughs and colds, that, it cured his wife Dead Sea are lined with pumicestone ; who was threatened with pneumonia showered out of some volcano tbatjatt(:r a? attack of "la grippe," wnen various other remedies and Several phy sicians had done her no. good. Robert destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, which cities finally sank beneath thc waters of the Dead Sea. Without frugality none can be Barber, of Cooksport, Pa., claims Dr. King's New Discovery has done hita m Ore-good than anything he ever used for lung trouble. Nothing- like it Try i it. Free trial bottles at the Norman Car rich, and with it very few wonld be j roll ?o/s ?n^tore. Large bottles, 50c' poor. , and ?1.00.. .