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VOL. XVII?New Series. ONION C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, JANUARY 22, 1886. NUMBERS.
QUEER STORY.
AX ABSCONDING BANKRITT.
(Concluded.)
Dr. Jones mechanically look the paper whic
the mnn handed to him. It was an officii
hand-bill, issued l?y the police, containing tin
description of a certain Anstruther Meadows, a
quondam city speculator of considerable noto
riety, who hal absconded with a considerabl
quantity of plunder, nfter ruthlessly robbing
many of his customers and friends.
Dr. Jones had heard of the man, and, indeed
his nome hod recontly been on everybody';
lips. The hand-bill was headed .villi an offei
of a reward of ?000 for his apprehension, am
a full and detailed description was given of hit
personal appearance.
Dr. Jones glanced through this abstractedly,
and then his eye lightened upon a rough woodcut
purporting to bo a likeness of the dcfaultor
which appeared in tho margin.
After a moment's scrutiny, tho young man
sprang from his scat with an iovoluntry exclamation.
Do you know him?' inquired the bailifl
Know him! No! IIow the deuce should I?'
said Dr. .Tones controlling himself.
I was 'oping for your sake, that you could
lay your finger on him, for there is a very nice
little reward offered," returned tho man.
'Five hundred!' said Dr. Jones, rather contemptuously,
as he glanced at the document.
'Aye, a tidy sum, ain't it, sir?' said the man.
'But Lord bless yer, it's all flummery?all a
blind. He's hofflong ago, a-livin' in Americay
as 1 said just now.''
'Well, wherever ho is, be has got a fortune
with him," said Dr. Jones, handing back the
document with an animated expression. 'Make
yourself at home, my inau,' ho added; 'order
what you want. As you say I daresay this lit*
tie matter of mino will soon be arranged.'
Ho hurried away as he spoke and entered his
consullincr-ronm. whnrn .1
O ? '*"V' ??V?IUg V 11 u U UUI f
ha commenced to stride about in a strangely
excited manner. After a while, happening
to catch sight of his (lushed face, as ho passed
the looking-glass, ho paused, and gravely addressed
himself:
'Come, Clarence Jones, steady yourself.
This looks like a stroke of good luck. It may
even be the foundation of your fortune. But
you mustn't bo so very sure. You may be mistaken.
In any case, you need a cool lie il to
play your cards properly.'
This soliloquy had a soothing effect, for he
seated himself in the patients' arm-chair and
tlllibcrstei/ kuiiU& hie brJwt to think. The
result of his deliberations was that ho started
off with corposure to his club, and
spent several hours in going through the newspaper
file of the past month or two.
He met a oity acquaintance of whom he made
particular inquries concerning Mr. Anstrulher
Meadows. Altogether he evidently considered
that he had passed a profitable ovenlng, for,
. upon his return, ho saluted the man with a
friendly slap on the back, and promised him a
five-pound note for himself, if his hopes as to
paying him out the next day were realised.
When he arose the next morning, Dr. Jones
wrote a little note to Dr. Ualmyro, stating that
he had a great desire to pay a visit to his asy
_ lam; and adding, that, having boen summoned
to'nttVtf a consultation iu the neighborhood
1/ she Institution, he should be glad of an an*
jjM. thority to inspeat it.
He sent the letter round by a servant, who,
in reply, brought book one of Dr. Dalmyre's
f cards, with a few words in the great man's
handwriting sorawld on the baok of it. An
hour later, Dr; Jones presented himself at the
door of Dr. Balmy re's celebrated establishment.
He was vory civilly received hy the medical
gentlemen in oharge by whom he was conducted
over tho spacious gloomy building. Of
course he expressed himself highly gratified
and deeply interested in all ho saw, though, in
truth, his mind was entirely pre-occupied with
other matters. At length, as they were strolling
through the grounds, he said, earelessly:
'By-tho-way, I signed a certificate yesterday
for Dr. Balmyre. Has the patient arrived?'
What name? Do you reeollect?'
Roberts, I think.'
'Ob, yes,' wn the reply. 'lie oame in yesterday
evening. Would you like to eee himf
Well?yee, I think I should,' said Dr. Jones
i eareleeely. "Hie ease rather interested me.
Don't trouble to come if you arc busy. He is
quiet enough.'
"Tee, he is quiet enough, so perhapa
you'll etouse my running away (jrom you. 1
must go my roonds. Hi, Edwards!' he oalled
( to an attendant, 'take this gentleman, Dr
Jones, to eee William Roberts, No. 08.'
A minute later Dr. Jonos was ushered into i
small, private sitting room, where he found
Mr. Win. Roberts, whose acquaintance he had
made the previous day. Mr. Roberts gave a
palpable start as his visitor entered, but irome
diately assumed a vacant expression, and drop
ped his eyes on the book be was reading.
Yon needn't wait.' said Dr. Jonea to the attendant
in a confident tone. *1 want to havi
ft mil* chat with mj iriena nere.
The roan somewhat beeitatiagly, withdraw,
while Mr. Roberta, manifestly ill at aaae, etoli
ft barriad glaaoa at the deetor out of tba cor
Ban ef Ilia ayes.
"Wall, Mr. Roberta. You remember ma, .
suppose?' said Dr. Jonas, pleasant)?, whan the]
ware alone.
f Mr. Roberta granted, without looking u\
from hi* book.
'I MS you do,' replied bla visitor, with in
oreaeed affability. 'Bui, really?as no oat la is
hearing?thara is not the least ooeaeioa to
playing oemedy. Yesterday I'did not Saterfer
beeaose it was or oeurse, desirable to deeelr
my colleague.'
f 'X don't knew you,' said Mr. Roberts, glaa<
leg ap at hies, mad then turning sulkily aeldt
ffka to quite immaterial. The importer
r". :'f\, ^ . '4;.-^ ' 1
fact is. that I know you, Mr. Anstruther Meadows,'
said Dr. Jones in a very low voico.
Tlio moment his name was pronounced the
man lurned as white as marble, while beads of
perspiration hurst upon his forehead. lie cast
a terrified glance at his visitor's calm, determined
face, and apparently realized the uselessness
of denying his identity
8 'Are you a detective?' lie gasped.
k 'My good sir, if you will reflect, you will re'*
member tlint I nm a doctor,' remarked Dr.
Jones, quite soothingly.
5 'Oh, yes; to be sure," said Meadows, recovering
himself. 'Welt, how did you find me out?'
t 'I recognized you yesterday the moment I
* set my eyes on you, notwithstanding that you
r have shaved off your moustache and whiskers,
' end have dyed your hair,' said Dr. Jones un1
blushingly. 'You see I am not hostile to you."
Thank Ood for that!' murmu'el the man.
'I suppose your design is to remain here until
tho hue and cry has die 1 out, and to quietly
slip nway when tho nolioe have entirolv
? - / O"
you up,' 8ai<l the doctor very smilingly.
1 "That was what Ainslic did," returned Meadows
mentioning another notorious rascal.
Well, it is an excellent plan no doubt. The
police would never think of looking for you
here," laughed Dr. Jones: 'lliwevar to come
to the point?of course t have no wish to denounce
you,"
That is your game is it?" criel Meadows
with a fierce oath.
'Well you see your secret is worth something."
said the unwelcome visitor, in business
like tones. 'I could get the reward of ?500 by
raising my finger. But I prefer for my own
ako as well as yours?to make tonns with you.'
I thought you were a gentleman,' sncored
Meadows.
'People usod to think you wj.-e,' said tho
doctor quite unmoved. 'But. after all, tho title
is an empty one.'
'Hang you. thon, name your price!' said,
Meadows, after a short pause. Dr. Balmyre has
put you up to this; you are hoth in the swim!'
Dr. Balmyre has betrayed no confidence.'
said Dr. Jones, prioking up his ears. 'No one
has any suspicion of my discovery.'
Well, I suppose I can rely on /ou?'
Implicitly. If you giro me my price, I shall
be in your power.'
Well, you aro a cool hand, anyhow,' said
Meadows with a laugh. 'But what you say is
true enough. Come, what is your price to be?'
Dr. Jones named his figure?an uncommonly
stiff one, judging by the rage and iudignation
of Mr. Meadows. An angry argument then
ensued, which, however, ended through the
doctor's firmness, in his terms being agreod to.
UUiltee Sseirdiagljr -trtnrw l???f r? eii''
individual in the city, through whose agoncy,
in a round-about way tho requisite sum was to
be paid.
It is very hard lines that 1 should have bad
to pay fhrough the nose twice for coming to
this place,' grumbled Meadows, aUthe conclusion
of the interview. 'However, as yon declare
Dr. Balmyro did not put you up to it, I suppose
it was an unlucky accident?for roe.'
'Dr. Balmyre has never breathed a word to
me, or to anyone else,' said Dr. Jones, solemnly.
'Remember, be has his reputation to consider.
My strong advise to you, is, not to frighten
hits by revealing what has passed between us
to-day. This, for your own sake.'
'And a little for yonrs, I dare say,' said
Meadows, who apparently, could not help admiring
his visitor's ooolnevs. 'H owever, per.
haps you are right. Mum is the word for all
of us.'
Dr. Jones did not pause to exult over the success
of his manoeuvre, lie went straight to the
city in feverish haste, and never rested until
' the ransom paid by Meadows was safely lodged
at his bank. Then, having got rid of the
^ friendly bailiff, and sent roundj oheoks to bis
most pressing creditors, he indulged in delightful
self-congratulations, pnd revelled in
the agreeable prospect of continuing his professional
career with his debts paid, and a sub.
stanttal sum standing to his credit ia the bank.
'It only shows,' he murmured complacently
to himself, 'that some people are destined to
make fortunes, and others ain't. Look at that
fool Graves. lie suspected the man was shammtnff
tvkftn T rl? firs' # And va! Km nsesr IwaiiKIa.I
bis head to get at ths bottom of the mystery.
Graves wilt probably die a workhouse surgeon,
while I shall be a Baronet rolliog in wealth.
For, by Jove, there is more to be made out of
' this business! I'm not going to let Belmyre
1 off?the sly old fox I I oouid?ruin him, if I
liked ; but I won't. Tflatter myself thnt 1 know
a trick worth two of that 1 By Jove 1' be add'
ed? energetically slapping hie knee, 'he has an
1 only daughter, and he is as rioh as Croesus.
' I'll keep his secret, but I'll be his son-in-law,
or my name is not Clarence Jones 1'
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I The Colored Exodus.?Little Rook,
Ark., January 13.?-The immigration of
. negroes from North and South Carolina to
- this 8tate ie attrnoting attention. The new
oomers have generally ehoeen Chioot, Desha
' and Drew eountiee, in sohthern Arkansas,
' as plaoee of abode. The negro population
is very large in that section, particularly
j in Deeba and Cbioot oouniiea, where the
. Republicans have the majority and choose
the eonnty officers, dividing the offices with
1 tho blacks. In the put three months
r hundreds of negroes hive settled io these
counties.
A gentlemen in this city hie received a
. letter from Charleston, S. C., uyiag tbst
a the writer, a leading colored man, desired
r to looate forty or fifty families oomprisiog
* ftvo to eight persons oaoh, in this State dur9
ing January. Other letters from different
h parte of the Carolines indicate that at least
1,000 negroes will earn# to Arkansas bait
twasn this date had Hay.
Kroin the Southern Cultivator.
THOUGHTS FOB THE MONTH.
IIY W. L. JONES.
NEW DEPARTURE.
As a rulo, farmers change their plans
and methods very slowly ; their work goes
on from year to year in pretty much the
same grooves ? emiueutly conservative,
thoy foar that change will biing disaster.
Within proper limits, this conservatism is
both wise and commendable. The resultant,
so to speak, of tho experiences of
largo numbers of men running through
many years is very apt to point in the
rlt?hf ilirootrnn nr
V* ?|UIVU U'nn IU 11. J)Ul
change of surroundings, increase of knowledge
in other departments, more or le83
closely related to farming^now inventions
together with additional experience, open
the way sometimes, to gradual and important
chaugcs, even in the old art of agriculture.
Witness the extended use of
commercial, or chemical fertilizers, and of
labor saving implements ; the large substitution
of cotton for flax and wool, and of
beet sugar for cane sugar in Kuropcau
markets?all within the memory of many
now living. The beginning of a new year
is a fitting time to consider whether any
new departures are advisable just now
upon our Southern farms. Does a calm,
dispassionate consideration of results warrant
a repetition in 18Sf> of the plans,
methods and operations of 1885 ; or arc
thero points at which it is plain that
greater or less changes might ho advantageously
made ? Let us look into these
matters.
PREPONDERANCE OP MONEY CROPS.
Is it not true that under the prevailing
farm economy, we sell ayd fcuy too much ?
Arc not money crops pushed'too far ? Wo
are thoroughly convinced that they are.
Wr. l .w it i :
" w " J uunu uc? u OVUIIU | lliuuuiruvunible
maxim that nothing, needed on tho
farm or by tho farmer'* family, should be
purobascd, when it can be produced on
tho farm at anything approximating
reasonable cost. CousiJor what has to bo
paid on everything that is bought. - First,
he aiHu>1t-pTwfr \H" t ib?iittfUUor~cTto amtif;
second, tho profit of the producor of it;
third, tho profit of tho commission merchant
who first handles it ; fourth, die
cost and profits of draymen aud railroad1
in transportiug.it, and fifth, tho proGts of
tho commission merchant who sells it.
Surely, ho" must bs a very poor farinnr who
cannot raise any artiulo at all adapted to
his soil and dim ito for less than ho can
buy it, with suoh an accumulated burden
of profits laid upon it. If ho' is suoh a
poor farmer, how oan ho possibly raise
money crops at suoh iittio oust and with
such large profits, as to cnablo him to save
or make monoy by buying those othor ar.
tides alter so many prints nro taken out
of them. Instead of a poor farmor, it
would obviously tako the very best tad
most skillful to do it, if it could bo done
at nil. But the truth of the mattor i#, it
cannot be dono. Nine-ton'.lis of Southern
farmers havo tried to do it for the last
twenty years, and have signally failed.
They have sunk money in raising cotton to
buy com, oats, hay, meat and mules. If
twenty years experience onnnot open tbeir
eyes and satisfy tbeir judgments, bow many
will be required to do it ? The foroo of
habit was never more forcibly illustrated ;
tho ruts are so deep, it looks as if the
wheels could not bo turned aside and pulled
out of thorn.
PANICS?TIGHTNESS IN MONEY MARKET.
Observe that the praotico under discussion
is not one of simple barter ; cotton if
not oxchangod directly for meat or oorn or
hay; but money intervenes, cotton is sold
and so are tho other articles, and then respectively
bought again. This opens wide
the field to spoculation ; panics and tightness
In money matters oome io, sharpers
perhaps flourish, but the farmer is sure to
oatoh it thon. If, however, he raises bis
oorn and other grain, his for ago, meat and
moles, be esoapes tho malgin influences of
Wtll atrent. with full htrni. vKu'tutnu it
to him if there is a 'cornor' io grain or
meat, he has none to buy, no merehaots'
bills for supplies to meet. If e is a freeman?what
wealth he has, is freedom from
osre and anxiety, how sweetly ha sloeps at
night and how sunshioy his face iu the
day. God pity the poor Israelite who has
ereated a famine on his farm, and has to
go down to Egypt to buy oorn ; bondage
surely awaits him.
cost or rao vis rows?rtui rbasoniro
ABOOT.
?M*rjL
8?yft ft farmer, I canoot raft* bacon for
six or seven oente ft posod (the present
market price) ; therefore it ii obeeper to
bay tbaa to rniee it. Hie ealealfttion is
baaed presumably on raising and fattening
pigs, os tort that eoH- too muoh, tad
probably on the date assumed, the sail of
*
bacon may roach ten or twelve conts per
pound. Grant that to be so, for the pres?
ent. Now, let us iu turn n?k, what the
cotton money that he buys the si* cents
bacon with, cost? hini ? Did you ever
think of that ? If ono buys a horse for
8100 and sells him for fifty, the fifty dollars
last in haud costs him in reality one
hundred dollars. May not this be the
ciso with his cotton money ? May not
every dollar of it cost him two dollars to
mike or get it ? Wo have no* doubt that
in some casoa it does; cases of bad management
with poor crop yoars ; in other instances
the cost is not so much, and it may
grade up to a point where it is less than
tho money received from the crop, or where
thorc is ?n nettinl profit. Now if the six
cents that will buy n pound of bncoa was (
procured really at a cost of twelve cents, 1
the apparently cheap bacon may have been '
quite doar after all Whore bacon is 1
bought through a merchant on time, oil '
know it is very dear. The same kind of *
reasoning applies to corn and other proviso 1
ions bought with cott'.n money. '
SECRET OF CHEAT FOOD AT T1IE NORTH. 1
lint cannot pork and corn and other
provisions bo raised on our farms very '
much cheaper than they usually arc, or 1
than wo rockou that they can be, can wo '
not raise them about as cheap as is done 1
in tho North-west? We do not include (
wheat, (and ryo perhaps), because climato 1
is against us?but uo good reason can bo !
given why corn, oats, barley, forage, hogs, 1
mules, horses, sheep and goats cauuot bo (
raised just as cheaply, on land of same '
quality and ngc, at the South as they aro 1
at the North. Northern farmers havo to '
contend with drought and storms, as we do; 1
their summers are shorter than ours, and '
their coru is liable to be cut off by frost; 1
which ours is not. Their land is no rich- '
cr than ours?some of it is poor, and '
some of u is rich ; and that is tht) ca?-o with '
ours. No, the Northern farmer has no '
natural advantages ovor the Southern for '
raising eheap food. But from torcc of
climate ho has been driven to raising good
crops?cotton and su.ar cane and rice will
not grow thero?corn, small grain and
gnrrotVarw tfne irainnffjirouticcs Trfltis cold
climate. lie raises hi- provisions at home,
thorcforcj^igd-ruus a more economic schedule.
lie is torod to buy very little to
taarry on his ihrm. His crops aro such as 1
require comp" ratively little labor, nnd tbo
abscu.o of slaves and scarcity of laborers
compt'led him to economize labor iu every
possible way. Horses an 1 machines wore
brought into requisition wherever it was
practicable. The character of his orops 1
kept his lands filled with humus, and less (
scourged with tho plow. Theso are the (
chiof reasons of hU cheap corn and bacon,
and if wo will forego our extra privilege of
raisig cotton to some extent, and pursue
his methods, we can raise cheap oorn and
meat as well as be.
(concluded next week.)
'
Slobbering and its Cube.?The frequent
slobbering of horses at this soason is
variously accounted for. We havo heard
it attributed te the second growth clover,
to the spider's web on the herbage, to lobelia,
St. John's, wort, and other plan ts,
but never yet to pennyroyal. But having
occasion to mako use of neighbor's pasture
for a few qights, for our horses, we
found them slobbering profusely flrora the
effects of the pennyroyal which grew abundantly
io the field. The oows which grtxon
in the field wero also troubled with nro
fuse salivation. Wo havo had previous
knowledge that lobelia and St. Jo hp's wort
would produce the same trouble, and now
are sure that pennyroyal may be added to
the list. But we doubt very muoh that
second growth clover will cause it; indeed,
we have had pood reasons to know that it
does not in some oases. The slobbering of
horses and oows is caused by the irritating
effect upon the salivary glands, of the
strong essential oil of the plants' which
produce it. If one will chow some lobelia,
St. John's wort or pennyroyal, he will find
the salivary glands to be excited in this
manner. The effect is rooioved by eating
im firo uikflnniw rvitmoil miitiUinm
or oornmeal, and the best remedy for it is
to give soy animal whioh is suffering from
the salivation a fced of dry meal or middlings
; this will pat s stop to it at oaoe.
The waste of saliva ia exceedingly weakening
to a horse, for saliva is not mere water,
bat oontains a large quantity of potash,
soda, lime, acid, phosphoric aeid, and organio
matter, ao that it approsobas very
oloaely hi oharaoUr to blood.?Afcio York
Timet.
A small boy ia oat of the pnblio aohools,
while engaged ia deflning words a few days
iaee, made a mistake that was not a mistake.
Be said : ' A demagogao is a renal
that holds beer, wiae, gio, whiskey eg other
intoxicating liquor/
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Til K SESSION OP 1885.
Some of the More Interesting of the New LawsJAIL
AND MUNICIPAL CONVICTS.
An Act to utilize the Labor of Jail and
Municipal Convicts and to empower the
Courts and Municipal Authorities to impose
the punishment of labor within their
respective jurisdictions.
Section 1. That from and after the
passage of this Act all Courts and Munich
pal authorities which under existing laws
have power to sentence convicts to conlincment
in prison may within their discretion
impose the condition of hard labor for a
period not exceeding ninety days.
Sec. 2. That all convicts so sentenced to
hard labor and confinement uiay, upou tho
conditions hereinafter specified, be required
lo perform hard labor upon the public
highways, roa-ls, bridges, and oilier public
works ol the county in which the offense
)f which they ara convicted was coiuiui'ted
ar upon the streets or other public works
within the limits of the incorporated cities,
towns and villages in which the offence for
which they are scnteuccd was committed.
Sec. 3. That all convicts so scnteuced to
Sard labor for the county shall be under
tho direction and control of the board of
jounty commissioners and the said municipal
convicts, under sentence to hard labor
ihall be under the direction and control of
.ho enid municipal authorities who shall rcipectively
direct the time, place and manler
of the labor to be performed: Provi*
led that in their judgment it be practical
>le to employ the labor to advantage. And
provided further, that the said board of 1
:ounty commissioners and the said munici- 1
pal authorities respectively provide suita- 1
jle and efficient guards for the safe-keep- 1
ing of said couvicts, and that said guards
be paid for such service out of the county
tunas wlicn employed by said boards of
sounty couim issioncrs, and out of the municipal
funds when employed by said municipal
authorities.
Sec. 4. That the county sheriffs charged
with the custody of prisoners so sentenced
to hard labor shall, during the work hours
of the day or during a term of days to be
spooihed by said coinunssiouors ' upon the
order of the board of county conimissioucrs,
deliver them to tho safe-keeping of the authorities
herein provided for their control
and direction.
searcu warrants and seizures.
An Act to authorize Trial Justices to issue
Warrants for search and seizuro and for
the arrest of suspected Persons.
Sec. 1. That trial justices shall have au>
thority to issue warrants to make search
or seizure in suspected places, and to arrest
suspected persons and to seizo their property
Sec. 2. That such warrants shall issue
only on cases of stolon goods and must be
supported by the oath or affirmation of the
party applying for tho same, which shall
set forth fully and particularly all tho facts
_L!.L 1 t: ? !-t- -? *
uj'i'u which aucu application is oaseu, nua
shall specially des>gnate the suspected
place or places, the object or objects of
search or seizure, the name or names of the
person or persons suspected, and who are
to bo arrested.
Sec. 3. That no such warrant shall issue
except in the cases and with the formalities
herein prescribed.
tiie game laws.
An Act to amend Section 1,694 of tho General
Statutes, relating to Game Birds.
Sec. i; That Section 1,694 of the General
Statutes, relating to game birds, be,
and the same is hereby amended, so that
the said section shall read as follows:
'Section 1,691. It shall not bo lawful for
any porson in thin State, between the 1st
day of April and the 1st day of November,
in any year hereafter, to caioh, kill or injure,
or to pursue with such intent, or to
ell or expose for sale, any wild turkey,
partridge, dove, woodoook or pheasant; and
any person found guilty thereof shall be
fined not lens than ten dollars, or be im?
prisoned not less than ten days, whioh fine,
if impoecd, shall go one-half thereof to the
informer and the other half thereof to the
school fund of the county wherein the offence
was committed.'
STEALING FROM TflE FREEHOLD.
An Aot to amend Section 2,4 87 of the
General Statutes, relating to' Stealing
Grain and Cotton from the Field.
Section I. That Sootion 2,437 of the
General Statutes be, and the same is hereby
amended, so that he said section shall
I M ? ?1
react aa rotiowa:
'Seotion 2,487. Whoever shall steal
from the field aoy grain, cotton, or Vegetables,
wbeather severed from the freehold
or not, shall bo deemed guilty of misdemeanor,
and on oooviotioo thereof, shall be
punished by imprisonment for not more
than one yeav or by a fine of not more than
FOOD ADUI.TEUATIO.W
An Act to prevent and punish the Adult-jru*
lion of Food and Drink, and the Sale of
unfit m 1 unwholesome articles of I<\ol
and Drink.
Section 1. That whoever shall knowing'y
soli or expose, or offer for sale, or have in
his possession with intent to sell, or offer
for sale, any kind of meat or vegetables, or
fruits or other articles of provisions, whether
for food or drink, that arc diseased, corrupted
or unwholesome for food or drink,
shall bo guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof, in a
Court of competent jurisdiction, shall ho
punished by fine or imprisonment, not exceeding
one hundred dollars fine or thirty
days imprisonment. And the aforesaid
atielos shall he forfeited and destroyed.
See. 2. Whoever shall fraudulently adulterate
or cause to he adulterated for the
purpose of sale or have in his possession
with intent to sell, or offer for sale, any
article or kind of food or drink so adulterated,
shall he guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof, in aCoutt of competent
jurisdiction, shall be punished by lino
or imprisment, not exceeding one hundred
dollars' fine or thirty days' imprisonment.
And the nrtieles so adulterated shall bo
forfeited aud destroyed.
Sec .3. That all Acts or parts of Acts in
consistent with this Act be, and are bores
by, repealed.
See. 4. This Act shall go into effect
upon its approval.
A Wout> in Season.?We have fairly
Bntered upon another year. The land is
not filled with plenty and hard times are still
upon us. This i-< not so because of barren
soil or unpropitious seasons. Providence
has watched over us and been kind to us.
The fault is in ourselves. Wo have not
mado usa of the advantages bestowed upon ?
us but have gono forward in a listless and
indifferent way, contented wither uierc existence.
Unless the people nsscrt themselves the
prospect is that wo will continue in tlu>
same satisfactory way and at the cml<4" tho
ceutury we will bo no morn^-pvospcreus
tnan we are tnis day. A ninCuTor planting *
cotton has done tho work and brought us
down to flm 'lnwo?l rmnwl r\f 1...1.I,.- ?
Cotton is not worth what was required to
produce it. Still it has boon the main crop
and provision crops have been almost entirely
neglected. So wo find ourselves at
this critical juncture with a full supply of
cotton at an exceedingly low price and nothing
to eat. The farmers arc responsible
for this result. They have heeded nothing
tho newspapers said, but 'makiug haste
to be rich' they bent their energies and
spent tboir money in making cotton. On
this line we have touched bottom and tho
time for reaction has como.
Shall we enter upon the new year with
the same old idea. Wo hope not. A
diversity of crops is the remedy. If we
mako enough to eat we will bo all right
in the future. Then our farmers will bo
independent and so also will be our citizens
in other occupations. Our advice is to
raiso grain, corn, bogs, cattle, tobacoo and
everything to keep money at home.?.16s
bevil/e Medium.
Mottoes for tub New Yeah.?'I Joan' go
much on mottoes, an' sich,' said Brother Gardner,
as he opened tho meeting on the usual dogree,
and winked to Samuel Shin to raiso the
alley window.
'I once knowed a man who sot out in life wid
de motto, 'Excelsior.' He was proud of it, an'
no siuck u x, an ae las timo 1 saw him ho
was in Je poo'-house. He got so tired ofluggin'
dat motto aroun' dat he couldn't work ober
three days in de week.
I once knowod a man who had de motto,
'Time is Money,' hung in ebery room in his
house. He invariably rushed in his corn ton
days too early, an' den tried to avcrago up
things by plantin' his tatcrs twenty days too
late.
'De only time when be got even wid time,
was when he jumped his olook half an hour
nhead. 'De only time when ho had a decent
orop was when ho lay sick, an' his wife worked
de truok patch.
'I once knowed a man who carried do motto
of, 'A Penny Saved am a Penny Aimed,'
in all his pockets, an' no pusson eber found
him wid a dollar in cash to his name, lie was jyi
all on de save, an' nuffin at all on de airo.
'Doan' you git de ideah inter yer heads dAt a
motto or a maxim am gwine ter feed an' clothe
ye, an' whoop up rent and doctor bills. It'a
mo' In de man dan in de maxim. I kin show
yon fo'ty pussons in my nayburhood who sot
on de fence all summer an' kep' dsir eyes on
de maxim : 'Industry am de Road to Wealth.'
I kin show ye fo'ty mo' wh<f hang ?p de ^
motto of 'Providenoe will Purvide,' an' lot down
to do so. If de wife alrni a dollar, data Providanno
?
'Stidy work at fair wages, wid a domestic IP*
wife to boss de kilokea, am motto an' maxim | ^
nufi fur any of as. If anything fanler am
wanted, let ?s strive to be hoaeet, truthful, 1
charitable an' virtuous. We needn't haag out 10
a sign on de fenoe# dat wo am strivla', but jist
git ilar wiclout any Fo'th of July* fireworks to ji
attraot public aUeoshun. Let us now purceed
to business.'? DitroU Fru Prut. ?4 sQ
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