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lutmoMus gfprtment. A SELF-MADE LADY. "You seem to be much attached to your wife," said the Governor of Arkansas, addressing an old negro who had just paid a tribute to the ruler of his houshoid. "I is, sah, powerful. Dat lady is one erraonger thousand, an' does yer know dat she's a se'f made lady." , "A self-made lady ?" "Yes, sah, she's er se'f-made lady. When we wuz fust znaird, she wuz er sort o' helpless critter. Been raised roun' de house among de white folks, an' didn' gin much o' er promise dat she would eber 'mount to much, an' I wuz sorter slow 'hout marin her. I wuz, 'case I'se putty much of a business man merse'f. At fust it wuz erbout ez much ez she could do ter draw er backet er water, but 'stead o' flingin' 8tnmblin' blocks in her way, I 'couraged her, I did." "How ? By drawing the water yourself?" the Governor asked. "Oh, uo,sah; by gittin' er smaller bucket dat she could han'le. Ef I had er drawed de water merse'f she neber would er been er se'f-made lady. She'd er tied er red hand'kerchuk roun' her head an' sung er lonesome song in de backard, an' I does think, sah, dat de song o'er 'oman dat has dun gin up hope is de lonesomest thing in de worl'. Yes, sah, I got de lady er smaller bucket, an' ter show her how fur I wuz frum throwin' sturablin' blocks in de lady's way, I greesed de win'lass. I let it run erlong dls way erwhile, an' den I pat on de big Ducket. "Then she went right along, I suppose?" "Ez sweet ez pie, sah. An' ergin, at *?^V\A<4 Aiif nf AKrtrv. JU36 sue uwue VI Ull^li^ uau uui ai tuuupin' wood. She didn't take kindly ter ae ax, but Iwa'n't de man ter fling stumbling's blocks in de way o' mer own wife." ' You relieved he;: of that laborious duty, then, I suppose ?" i "Yes, sail, I liebcd her mightily. I got f her er ax dat wa'n't nigh so heaby. Den she dun powerful well; 'prubed so fas' dat it wa'n't long till she could han'le de heaby ax monstorus fine. But yer oughter see dat lady now. gubner. She ken fetch in er log o' wood ez well ez any pusson, an' out in de field' she ken make er mule powerful tired 'fore de sun goes down. Oh, yas, she's er se'f-mabe lady, but I knowledges dat she would'nt be sich er fine pusson ef I had acted mean an' flung 8tumblin' blocks in her way."?Arkansas Traveler. The Devil's Due!?When the writer was a parson in Yorkshire he had in his pariBh a blacksmith biessed or afflicted? which shall we say??with seven daughters and not a son. Now, the parish was a newly constituted one, and it had a temporary licensed service room; but in the week before the newly erected church was to be consecrated, the blacksmith's wife presented her husband with a boy? his first boy. Then the blacksmith came to the parson, and the following conversation ensued: Blacksmith?Please, sir, I've got a little lad lat last, praised be, and I want to have him baptized on Sunday. Parson?Why, Joseph, put it off to Thursday, when the new church will be consecrated: then your little man will be the first child christened in the new font in the new church. Blacksmith (shuffling with ids feet, hitching his shoulders, looking down)? Plsac^ sir, folks say that t'fust child as is baptised i' a new church is bound to dee (die.) The old un (the devil) claims it. Naw, sir, I've seven lasses and but one lad. Ifthiswerea lass agin, 'twauldn't 'a* mattered; but as it's a lad?well, sir, I won't risk it.?English Paper. A Slight Confusion.?'"Boss, Ize a bit confused 'bout suthin'," said one of the negro white-washers at the market to De tective Webb the other day. "Well, what is it ?" "What does per annum mean?" "Per year, of course." "A hull y'ar?" *^Yg8 sir*" "Can't te no mistake ?" "No sir." "If I borry $2 of Abraham Johnson an' agree to pay 20 cents per annum dat means 20 cents a y'ar, does it?" "It does." "Hu! Dar's gwine to be de biggest row in Kalntuck to-night you eber hearn tell of." "About what?" "About dat per annum. I borryed $2 of de pusson menshuned at 20 per cent, per annum, an' fur de las' fo'teen months he's been collecting 20 cents a week as regular as a clock. Stuck right to it, he did, dat per annum ment ebery Saturday night. Law! but when I gits dese paws on him won't per annum take a flop ?" Base Envy Withers at Another's Joy.?"Did I understand you to say that this place was the Pittsburg of the South ?" queried the colonel as he landed from the train in an Alabama town of 150 inhabitants. "Yes, sir?yes, sir," promptly replied a man sitting on a pile of railroad ties. "In what respects?" "Whv. sir. everv man. woman and boy in town smokes from sun up to sun down, and we have a freshet every spring as regularly as clock work. Yes, sir, this is the Pittebnrg of the South, and don't you forget it!"?Wall Street Fetes. A Lesson in Economy.?"Hulloa! What kind of a thing is that you have there ?" gruffly said the grocer. "It's ray new bonnet, if you please," replied his other half with a pout. "Your new bonnet, eh?" It's too bad you didn't have it made of tin." "Have it made of tin ! The idea." "Not a bad one at all, my dear. For, don't you see, after it was out of fashion I could remove the trimmings, put a handle on it and use it at the store for a sugar scoop. There's nothing like knowing how to economize."?Detroit Free Press. No Change of the Law.?Uncle Moses relates an incident: "Dat smart Aleck Pollux were talkin' 'bout de law bin changed. 'No, sah!' sez I. 'Lereain't no law bin changed 'bout nuttin'. Ain't I bin er tendin' I%?er Har'son's offis gwine on thirty year, en ain' I seen dem same law books on de same shelf all de time ? No, sah, s'y, ignunt people may think de law done change, but dem whar knows, knows better.'" A Puzzled Youngster.?Johnny and his elder sister made up the class, and Johnny had come to rely on his sister's industry for his lessons. "Johnny, upon what does the earth revolve ?" asked the teacher. "Ax, sis," replied Johnny, scratching his head to evoke an idea. "Correct." And as Johnny afterward explained it to a companion, he was "the puzzledest boy in creation."? Tid Too Late For Dear Robert.?A doctor said to his wife: "You see, dear, I have palled the patient through after all; a very critical case, I can tell you." "Yes, dear hubby," was the answer; "but then Sou are so clever in your profession. Ah, " I had only known you five years earlier! I feel certain my first husband?my poor Robert?would have been saved."? Home Journal. No Chance for LiTiGATiox.-Old Lawyer (to young partner)?Did you draw up old Moneybag's will. Young Partner?Yes, sir, and so tight that all the relatives in the world cannot find a flaw in it. Old Lawyer (with some disgust)?The next time there is a will to be drawn I'll do it myself.?Providence Telegram. j?" Softhearted Old Lady (when she'd heard the story and assisted applicantsDear me! Ah, poor man! You must indeed have gone through dreadful trials. ' Tramp-I b'lieveyer, mum! An'what's wus, mum, I was al'ay's convicted !? j. Punch. I?" They are talking of starting a "wet" campaign in Atlanta, Ga. They couldn't do better than to secure the services of Col. Rainwater, of St. Louis; Maj. Drinkwater, of Denver ; Gen. Rose water, of Omaha, and Capt. Broadwater, of Minnesota. k lite and Jireside. Washing of the Soil.?The washing of the soil by heavy rains is one of the most potent causes of the changing of the surface of uneven or hilly?not to mention the mountainous?lands into gullies or bare and barren gravel beds or rocks. The damage thus caused in the Southern States is enormous. Almost every farm has its ! washed and abandoned fields, ruined in this way. How to avoid it is one of the serious problems of Southern agriculture. With some experience in this direction upon a hilly Southern farm, the writer has been led to believe that seeding the most sloping lands to grass or clover and deep plowing are the two best remedies for this evil. A badly washed field plowed eight inches deep with a good hillside plow and sown with oats and mixed grass has been subjected to one of the most sweeping and injurious rain torrents known for some years back. The field escaped practically without injury, a small part of it sloping two ways to a shallow gulch or cove only being at all washed, and this no more than a few small furrows where the water, which the soil could not absorb, flowed off to the lower level. A field on an adjoining farm, plowed with the common bulltongue, was bereft of all the plowed soil, which flowed in torrents of mud down the slope. It is as important to prevent damage and waste of land as to improve it.? New York Times. Maintaining Fertility of Soils.? There are a few rules in regard to maintaining fertility which should be followed. One is that all the unsold or unfed portions of crops should, if possible, be returned to the soil upon which they grew, or an equivalent should be returned. Thus, if wheat is raised, the grain sold and the straw composted with the dung of animals, we form a manure which returns much that was removed by the crop. If the straw be partly or wholly fed to animals, still a large portion naturally finds its way back to the soil. A portion of the plant food supply of the soil is irrevocably lost in the grain sold, in the bones of the animals, in the milk sold off the farm, etc. But we can calculate very nearly what this loss is and make it good at small expense if we do not delay too long. It is much better to feed than to sell hay and straw, because the tax upon the soil is so * ?it it much iess, ana wnoever uoes sen mese products should surely plan to buy fertilizers to make his drafts upon the soil. Near cities it is always easy to buy stable manure, and this is ordinarily the most economical. The hay, grain and straw are thus returned, the loss is not only made good, but the condition of the land is improving all the time, for this is the natural result of tillage.?American Agriculturist. Green Manuring.?Green manuring is an operation familiar to every American farmer, but, as they do not all grow clover, vetches or Italian rye grass, they will not appreciate the value of manuring with these crops. In France, England and northern States the practice is well known, and its success depends on effectually covering the vegetable matter turned under the soil in the operation of plowing. When it is intended to use the crop directly for fertilizing the plowing should be done just as the flower is about to open, and when the days are sunny and the soil is dry, in order to facilitate decomposition. Fully three-fourths of the organic matter thus buried has been derived from the atmosphere, and the land so treated obtains its fertility from the even distribution of the nitrogenous crops, which are decomposed at a very low but certain rate. Fractical men of large experience consider the value of a green crop plowed in as equal to the droppings of cattle which have been fed on three times the quantity. The great fact behind this all-important action is the decomposition of the nitrogenous compounds which yield ammonia and nitric acid, from which nitrates are formed. To Break a Horse from Turning Around.?Some horses have a habit, when frightened by strange objects which they meet upon the road, of turningaround so abruDtlv as to endanger the occupants of the carriage, if a four wheeled vehicle. Colts, when first harnessed, if driven to a certain point and turned around, often insist upon repeating the trick every time they reach that particular spot. They generally turn in the same direction every time. The simplest remedy that we have ever heard for breaking up this habit is to. take a light, strong bamboo fishpole, fasten the small end to the ring of the bit upon the side toward which the animal is accustomed to turn. Bring the other end of the pole back into the carriage. When the youngster attempts the turning feat, push upon the pole with sufficient force to prevent his carrying out his purpose. This may not work in all cases where the animal is fully growu, and has been addicted to the habit for a long time, but it will break up the habit in the majority of cases when taken in season.?American Cultivator. Dehorning Cattle?As to dehorning cattle many opinions aregiven. Some few breeders think the practice will injure the prepotency of dairy bulls. Others think dairy cowsareso mild and gentle that they will do no injury with their horns. Others cannot bring themselves to think that a hornless Jersey will look like a Jersey. The majority of breeders seem to agree that the horn is nothing but a weapon, of no use to an animal placed outof the reach of fighting, as all dairy cows should be. They would be ready to dehorn their cattle if it could be so arranged that all breeders would do it. The best time to destroy the horn, says the Rural New Yorker, is while the animal is a calf. The operation is no more painful than that of castration. Five years ago breeders would not think of such a thing; as sawing: the horns otr their cows; now they are quite ready to admit that the horns are useless and could be readily and easily disposed of. The question is, where will the horns be in five years more at this rate of progression? Turnips.?Land intended to be sown in turnips, especially if rutabagas are to be grown, should receive attention by repeated deep plowings until the time for seeding arrives. We are not strong in our advocacy of turnips as a stock crop in the cotton belt. Our fall climate is generaly too dry for turnips, and unless every other condition of success is faithfully complied with the failui^s will be oftener than it hits ; yet this vegetable is so desirable for the table, as well as for stock, that a moderate area should be sown. If they fail, it is easy to devote the land to some fall crop as rye, barley or wheat.?Southern Cultivator. To Cure a Horse of Kicking.?The simple prescription here given has the indorsement of a prominent authority in such matters: "If you have a horse that is in the habit of kicking, put him in at narrow stall that has both sides thickly I padded. Suspend a3ack filled with hay | or straw so that it will strike his heels, and let the horse and sack fight it out. Be ' sure to have things arranged so that the j i horse cannot hurt himself. The sack will ! j be victorious every time, and in the end j i the horse will absolutely refuse to kick the | sack or anything else." I Gapes in Chickens.?Gapes in chick- i ! ens is the result of worms in the throat, i j and a removal of the worms is a cure for j I the disease. This is most commonly ef- j j feeted by passing a quill feather dipped in j turpentine into the throat and twisting it ; i around until the worms are dislodged. , i What causes these worms is not clearly j ! understood. Fumigating with carbolic ' acid is recommended in bad cases, by a j good authority, in poultry ailments, but j care must be taken that the chicks are not i suffocated by continuing the treatment too long. Filling a horse's rack with hay, as , I some do, and permitting a constant supply j j to remain before the animal, is one of the | I most probable means of producing disease, and the most positive in rendering ani- ! mals unfit for last work. Large supplies j of hay have the effect of making the stom- j ach large and weak, the belly in the course of time becoming pendulous. Not only I does the stomach increase in capacity, but j the large intestines also become enlarged. IpSttllane 0Uis fjkafling. THE INDIAN TERRITORY. In addition to the five so-called civilized nations?the Cherokees, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Seminoles and Creeks?there are a number of remnants of tribes in the Territory. In all there about 65,000. Governor Ferryman, of the Creek Nation, is a very intelligent Indian. His complexion is very dark, and he is supposed to have negro blood in his veins. He is of stout build and medium height. He dresses in civilized garb, and has a couple of daughters who are handsome and fashidnablelooking enough to attract attention anywhere. Governor Perryman can both read and write. Bushy Head, the principal chief of the Cherokees, is an intellik-AA/l Ann r\f KJo onoocfrtra U'HQ K^nt imu-uiecu. uut ui n.^ white. Governor McCurtin, of the Choctaws, is tall anil raw-boned. Each nation has a government not unlike that of a State. They have a Council that might be compared to a State Legislature. This Council makes the laws, with the Governor's approval. The Council can pass a bill over his. veto by a two-thirds vote. Each nation has a number of schools and these-are reasonably well attended, though wealthy Indians generally send their children to the North for an education. There are two schools at Muskogee, and the Creek Nation has an academy at Tishimunga. A railroad station at train time has all the attraction for the Indian? the male?that it has for the whites. Indian women, however, do not rush to see a train come in and go out and stare at the passengers. Only white women do that, they say. Many of the Indian women who have white blood in them are handsom^and clever, and not a few are married % white men. The white man who marries an Indian woman of the Territory becomes an Indian so far as his rights and privileges are concerned. He can fence in all the lands he wants, unless he wants too much. If he shows a disposition to fence in all the unoccupied land in the Territory his Indian neighbors will not call upon him and argue the point. They simply cut the fence down. He can, however,.fence a section? 640 acres?and no one is allowed to settle or use the land for a quarter of mile distant from his fences. White men who marry Indians?the men who marry as a business venture?generally engage in cattle raising, and while they keep their herds in the Territory they keep themselves in Texas or Kansas. Not all of them, however, for in addition to the shiftless white Indians there are several of the thrifty goahead kind who make their homes where they have made their money. "Jim" McAllister is a striking example of this class. He is supposed to be worth ?300,000, and he lives in the town that bears his name. Seventeen years ago McAllister entered the Territory driving a mule team. He carried all his property on his back. The Territory suited him. He saw a Chickasaw squaw who suited him also. He married her and became an Indian. In knocking about the Territory he discovered coal, or made the acquaintance of an Indian who had made the discovery. The discoverer of coal gets a royalty on every ton that is mined on a mile square of territory. There are about sixteen Indians in the Territory who are paid such a royalty, and McAllister is one of them. He reaps a rich harvest on his royalty alone, for there are three coal mines in operation at McAllister which give employment to 700 men, and the daily capacity of the mines is about 2,000 tons, or 130 cars of sixteen tons each. The royalty on coal runs from one-quarter to one cent a bushel of eighty-five pounds. McAlister owns two stores at which miners deal. He has a fortune in them. He owns a ranch nine miles north of Denison, Texas, and hasitstocked with 9,000 cattle. It also contains several substantial buildings. He is a heavy set man, a trifle above medium height, and is about forty-five years of age. He is a pronounced blonde, while his wife is very dark. She is a woman of excellent reputation, and a steady church-goer. McAllister's tastes do not tend in that direction, but he is a man of good habits. Several full-blooded Indians are also worth their pile. Frank Colbert, who lives at Colbert Station, eight miles north of Denison, is counted among the richest. He is supposed to be worth from ?150,000 to ?200,000. Nail, a Choctaw, owns 7,000 head of cattle. Others are worth sums ranging from ?25,000 to ?100,000. None of the principal chiefs or governors are wealthy. Many Indian families bear names not 1 At*"!- WAnn\n/1 tKo OWUeil Uy IIICU huvcsiuis iyjiu iwamiru tu& forests in the timeofChrstopherColumbus. There are O'Tooles, Flanigans, Shaughnessys, and Murphys among full-blooded Indians. These names were given to them by the Canadian trappers of the Hudson's Bay Company, the same men who named the Canadian River that runs lengthwise through the Territory. Occasionally an Indian named O'Toole will be found who employs an Irish "renter" who bears the same name. The Irish O'Tftole'will work the land owned by the Indian O'Toole, and for the privilege will give the landowner a third of the crop. Few of the Indians do manual labor, a fact which accounts for the large number of renters in the Territory. All ties used by the railroads that run through the Territory are furnished by the Indians who charge a royalty of ten cents per tie. Everything sold in the Territory pays a royalty to the nation in whose territory the sale was made, and the money is spent for school purposes, rJhe uncultivated land belongs to the nations but not to individuals. Land cannot be sold by a person who desires to leave the Territory. Only the improvements on it can be disposed of. All the nations raise cotton and corn except the Cherokees who are north of the cotton belt. The desperadoes of adjoining States often make the Indian Territory a temporary abiding place. Even if they were allowed to do so these characters would not remain in the Territory long. The Southwestern desperado grows lonesome without his whisky, and liquor is not sold or allowed in the Territory. When any liquor is iounu wnmu tut; iiiinis uic ju^ is broken and a spot bare of grass tells the tale. Five gallons of rum were discovered here a few days ago by a Marshal. He took the corks of ten half gallon jugs and stood the latter on the small end until the contents had killed all the animal and vegetable life in the immediate vicinity.? Correspondence New York Times. A Goon Suggestion Concerning Graded Schools.?The Anderson Journal of the 9th instant makes the annexed valuable suggestions to the people- of that place in behalf of concentrating their efforts in support of one good graded school there: Anderson needs a Graded School such as Greenville, Spartanburg, Columbia and other towns in the State have. She has good schools, but has too many of them. Her teaching forces need to be concentrated. Too many schools, however good, will cripple rather than build up a town. It has been clearly demonstrated that graded schools are best for towns of this size. With a very slight increase of the present school tax, graded schools might be established which would be an honor to the place and accomplish much more good than is being accomplished by our numerous schools. We have now ten schools for j white children. As we have already said, i much good work is done, but every candid j thinker must see that no small amount of j fnree and enertrv is wasted, absolutely; wasted, because of their being so scattered. I Our schools get the benefit of the present! public school fund, but what does it j amount to? Tuition fees are paid at all! these schools and amount in the aggregate : to more than the tax necessary to run a well regulated graded school. The experience of all towns that have tried the graded school system has been about the same. At first, the people, some of them, strenuously oppose the tax, but, after an experiment of one or two years, they boldly declare in favor of graded schools, asserting ' that they are cheaper and give much more j satisfactory results. The Journal has never pressed this matter, but we have long I been persuaded that it is time for the peo- j pie of Anderson to take some steps looking to a development of their educational in a terests. Money is now paid out that might be saved by a little judicious management. Besides, there is that other and higher consideration?the more systematic training the children would necessarily receive in a graded school. One graded school with a competent and experienced superintendent and four or five competent teachers would certainly do more and better work than is possible to be accomplished by our ten scattered schools. It would be well for our people to consider this matter seriously.^ AIM." The men that fail in life, as a ruie, fail not so much because of a lack of any natural ability as from a lack of any distinct and steady aim. The brilliant sons'of genius are very apt to disappoint us. They are meteors that shine with only momentary light?sky rockets that startle nrwl wnnrklp. nnH whiv.?nhnntin? un with sudden splendor, and going out in sudden gloom. The men that make their mark the highest, and leave their impress deepest on the age in which they live, have commonly been the patient plodders who, like Gesenius, had no other genius than a "a genius for work." Here and there in a community you will find a young person with a definite aimit may be to secure social recognition, or political preferment, or to amass a fortune or to climb the heights of scholarships; or, best of all, "to glorify God on earth, and to enjoy him forever in heaven." But whatever it may be, they are apt to realize it if they only determinedly adhere to it. And you can recognize such people wherever you find them. There is a look, a tone, a step, a downright moral earnestness in the whole Bearing, that betokens character. Nbtfilfi'g gives such dignity and grace and force to one's whole being as the pervasive presence of a steadfast purpose. It is an infinite pity that so large a proportion of the young people around us seem to have set before them no purpose at all. They eat and drink, and sleep and dress, and live in the immediate enjoyments of the present, without any high and generous thoughts as to what they shall do and be in the long stretch of life that presumably lies before them. Now, a Sabbath-school teacher can do no nobler work, next to the salvation of the soul of his scholar, than to endeavor to awaken within him some lofty aspirations, and to induce him to set before him some high and worthy aim in life. And let the teacher himself determine to be a living illustration of the dignity and value of*sueh definite aim. Such a teacher will be listened to as an oracle, will be copied as a model, and will be afterward remembered with a reverence and affection that the rolling years can never efface. Some of us can speak from experience; for we have had such teachers. They made us first believe in them and so we came to believe in God and Christ and heaven. One such teacher, with an earnest moral purpose beaming in his eyes and giving thrill to every tone, is worth all the commentaries that ever were written ; for by manifestation of the truth he commends himself to every man's conscience in the sight of God. Oh ! for a higher, steadier aim \-~The Baptist Teacher. PISH CULTURE. An important point which has frequently come to my notice is that in the artificial manipulation of fish, the erroneous impression has been gained by many intelligent people that young fry can be produced from the eggs of a fish in which life had departed. It is my opinion, which is based upon actual experiment, that the eggs cannot be vitalized after the heart has ceased to beat. To test this matter correctly it is necessary to wait some time, an hour at lea^t, after the fish has ceased to exhibit any outward signs of life, as I have ascertained by examining young fry under the microscope that the blood will flow and the heart beat for twenty minutes to a half hour after the fish is, to all outward appearances, dead. In order to obtain the best results from artificial impregnation both parent fish must be alive and in a healthy condition and the eggs fully matured naturally. If the eggs are forced from the fish prematurely the operation will result in a failure and the fish thus operated upon will almost always die. Another false idea, which is by no means uncommon, is that fish can live "and thrive without food. This is a mistake ; "fish require food the same as any other living creature and in abundance according to their size. This wrong impression has been gained through keeping gold fish in aquariums in which they have been known to live for months, and in some cases years, without putting in food; but the means through which they live is sucking the greenish matter from the sides of the aquarium and stones. This matter contains microscopic plants and animals, which sustains them. In cleaning an aquarium in which gold fish are kept, never wash the stones, but take them out carefully, and when ready, replace them without disturbing the slimy substance on them. Coldest Place in the World.?Verchoiausk is considered to be the coldest inhabited place in the world, even though its position, surrounded by high wooded mountains, would have induced a Mme. de Bourbolon to have designated it in her poetic way as the Frozen Ischl of Siberia. It is a small collection of native huts and Russian log houses, planted near to, but not on the Yana river. The street?if so it may be called?extends on either side of a narrow sheet of water, a kind of creek formed by the autumn overflow of the Yana, and which in winter forms the frozen promenade or driving place for sleds. It is a dreary place enough. The summer lasts only four months, and during the other eight of the year it is bitterly cold, the thermometer sometimes indicating 80 degrees, below zero and seldom going above 50 degrees, until April 80. Corn will not grow in the desolate region. Barley and oats have been sown, but have always succumbed to the early frosts. Of vegetables there are only the radish and I fiir. tnvnin ?;ith nprhnnQ nn nocnsionrtl find I/tic lUUiipi HIV*' ? , very precarious crop of potatoes. Cabbages all run to leaf. The ground rarely thaws, even during the hot season, beyond twelve or eighteen inches deep, and in places most exposed to the sun never beyond a yard. Most of the dwellings are Yakut huts, built of fir trees reared against a square frame work and covered thickly with mud to keep out the cold.?New York Mail and Express. The Panama Tragedy.?De Lesseps will not hasten to inform the Paris bourgeoise who have sunk their francs in the Panama canal, that water has flooded one of the deepest and longest cuts, although high above the prospective canal work. The earth and rocks taken out represent a cost of millions of dollars, but the water has washed back more than enough to fill all the cuts, and the work is valueless and the millions wasted. It seems that the Panama tragedy, which has cost so many lives and engulfed so many fortunes, might as well be ended. The most trustworthy accounts tell of men dying like sheep, money squandered upon utterly unprofitable work, very little advance, and the prospect hopeless. De Lesseps' abundant faith in himself may float the project a little longer, but it will be at a cruel cost. Frank Leslie's. A Parallel Case.?The Supreme i Court of Alabama decmea me case ot | Heard vs. Hicks, on February 4, 18S7, | which was somewhat similar to the Kush case from Edgefield. The wife of defendant mortgaged her separate estate to secure the debt of her husband and he signed j the mortgage with her. In payment of i the debt, husband and wife joined in giv-! ing a deed of the separate estate to the ! creditor. The creditor then sold the land back to the defendants, made a deed to them and took a mortgage from them to secure the purchase money. The Supreme j Court held that the whole transaction was j void. If this is good law in Alabama we do not see why there should be such an J outcry in our State.?Abbeville Medium. ? -? On the Back Piazza.?Young Wife? I wonder the birds don't come here any more; I used to throw them bits of the cake I made, and? Young Husband?That accounts for it. / THE BATTLE FLAGS. There is a great deal of unnecessary bother over the contemplated return of the captured battle-flags, and the demagogues have worked it for all it is worth. There is nothing in the question, whatever way you turn it. When the enemy laid down his arms, the soldiers, with their horses, and officers with their side arms, were allowed to go home, and if there can be any danger in giving them back these old moth-eaten rags, called "battle-flags" we can't see it. As an ex-soldier and Grand Army comrade, the editor of the Democrat does not care a fig what's done with them. They can be burned, distributed to the Grand Army Posts, or any other disposition made of them. When the President reconsidered the matter, his conclusion was undoubtedy correct. These flags, or old rags, are the "spoils of war," the same as cannon or other property captured on the field of battle, and cannot be given up without authority of Congress. If it will do anything to harmonize the sections. unite them in fraternal, cordial. sympathy, and bury, deeper than plummet ever sounded, the animosities of the late conflict, we hope Congress will authorize their giving up to the gallant, but misguided men, who once followed them into the storui of battle. The bitter imErecation of General Fairchild on the ead and hand of him who conceived, and wrote, the order to give up the flags by no means meets the approval of the entire Grand Army. Such demonstration of extreme bitterness, from one who made as good a record aS General Fairchild, almost a quarter of a century after the war closed, does him no credit as a man or soldier. As his imprecation fell upon the Republican Adjutant General, we have no right to find fault from a' political standpoint. While this display of partisan'bitterness was going on, a very different state of facts met the eye in Boston. There the Grand Army and populace turned out en masse, to welcome to the capital of New England, the Robert E. Lee Camp of Confederates from Richmond. Their welcome was most cordial, and there was abundant evidence that both host and guests were delighted. The growl over the battle-flags will not appear approvingly on the record when the recording Angel of Peace comes to mak-p h miniitp nf the fraternal Catherine: of the Blue and the Gray for 1888.?Day lextown {Pa.) Democrat. The Rolling of Thunder.?The prolonged roll of thunder is readily explained by comparison with a volley fired along a line of troops. Suppose troops to be drawn up on a plain in such numbers as to extend for a mile and ordered by a signal that all could see to fire at once. One standing at the end of the line would hear the report of the musket nearest him instantaneously. He would hear the others successively. Thus a report 550 feet away would come to him in half a second; one 1,100 feet away would come in one second, and he would not hear the last report for five*)r six seconds after the gun had been fir^d. This would produce a sort of roll which would gradually increase in intensity. If the listener stood exactly midway between the two ends of the line the reports from both ends would reach him at once, and the sound would be but half as long in reaching him as if he stood at one extremity. If the soldiers formed a circle there would be one sharp explosion. Flashes of lightning may be considered as representing three lines of troops along which the explosions occur at the same time. Consider the variety of distance and position of the listener and we account for the variety of sound in thunder. In mountainous regions the rolling is augmented by reverbrations or echoes. The Postoffice System.?Few persons have an idea what a vast machine the postoffice department is. The committee examining into the working of the departments, of which Senator Cockrell is chairman, has just received a reply to its inquiry as to the number of the department employees. According to this statement, Postmaster General Vilas is the head of a force which numbers between ninety-five and ninety-six thousand men. It is probable that no other civil officer in the world has so immense an army under his control. Even this tremendous aggregate does not on'vo t.hfi full number of Dostal employees. n* * " A Quite a proportion of the third and fourth class postmasters have assistants who are paid out of the fees, and who, therefore, are not borne on the rolls of the department. If these be included, it is probable that 100,000 will be the figure most nearly representing the aggregate of postoffice department employees. A Pet Blackbird.?An English lady, residing in the country, has a pet blackbird. Last summer the bird's cage was placed in the open window and a wild blackbird flew down to it, looking through foraminuteor two at the prisoner, and then flying away. A minute afterward the visitor returned bearing a worm in its beak. This act of friendship was repeated again and again, until the caged blackbird and his mistress had to leave. The two birds ;had been separated for about eight months, but [recently, the lady returned to the' jntry, and had not hung the cage up half an hour before the same wild blackbird was seen flying down to his old friend. POWDER Absolutely Pure. This powrlcr never varies. A marvel of purity, strength and wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds,and cannot be sold in competition with the multitude of low test, short weight alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in cans. ROYAL, BAKING POWDER CO., 106 Wall St., N. Y. ory- At wholesale by LINDSAY 8c MOORE, Yorkville. S. C. March 2 9 ly PHOTOCRAPH GALLERY. THOROUGHLY fitted up with new backgrounds, accessories, etc., and with a fine sky-light, I am prepared to taken nieture in tiny style of the art, as well executed as can be | done elsewhere. CHILDREN'S PICTURES A SPECIALTY.! IJy the dry plate process T can take them instantly ; makes no dillerence about fair or cloudy weather. Ido'all my own printing and finishing, and there is very little delay in delivery. ENLARGED WORK. TMntnrnu onuinil ottd on Jot-trod and finished ill ! the highest style to he hail, and prices reason- j able. Give me a call and see specimens of work, at j inv Gallery on West Liberty Street, near the | jail. \L R. SCHORL. | ASSIGNEE'S SALE. JjlOR the next :io DAYS the entire stock of j A. S. MORRISON, Jeweler, consisting of ( WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, Etc., will | be sold AT AM) HKLOW COST. D. E. KIN LEY, Assignee. I June 1 22 tf II W. WHITE, D. D. S., j dentist, YORHVILLE, S. Ofliee in the Parish Hotel Building. April -0 l(i ly* j DWELLING IIOlJSE FOR RENT. | THE undersigned offers FOR RENT for the year 18S7, a one-story DWELLING | HOUSE, containing four rooms. For particulars, apply to L. M. GRIST. 1 GARRY IRON RO Manufacturers of all kinds of _ IRON ROOFING CRIMPED AND COKRUOATED SIDING, JMMMKj Iron Tile or Shingle, FIRE PROOF DOORS, SHUTTERS 4C., THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS < Orders received by L. M. GRIST. May 10 COULDN'T HEAR IT THUNDER. An interesting letter from Mr. John W. Weeks, superintendent of DeKalb Pauper Home: From a feeling of gratitude and a desire to benetlt others, I voluntarily make this statement. I have great reason to be thankful that I ever heard of B. B. B., as I know what a blessing it has been to me. I have suffered with Bronchial Catarrh for a number of years. c^t ? Al " T ?ufitK onvaro min oIX IIIUUIUH U&U -1- wtxa turwcn nieu owu?v r?... in right ear, which in a few days began to discharge matter, with terrible and almost unbearable palpitation and all sorts of noises in my head. In ten days after the commencement of discharge and pain in my ear I began to grow deaf and iri six weeks I was so deaf I could not hear it thunder. I wus then compelled to use a conversation tube, and it was often that I could not hear with the tube. I then commenced taking 13. 13. B. and the running of my ear ceased running in live weeks, and I can now hear without the tube. My general health has improved, palpitation ceased, and feol like anew being,and appreciate the benefit I have received from B. B. B. (made in Atlanta, Ga.,) with gratitude to God and thankfulness to the Proprietors for such a medicine. I cheerfully recommend it to all who are afflicted with deafness and catarrh, Try it; persevere in its use and you will be convinced of its value.. JOHN W. WEEKS. Superintendent DeKalb Pauper Home, Decatur, Ga., May 1, 188(5. BriIG-MT'8 DISEASE. I have been asutlerer from Kidney and Bladder troubles for several years. I have lately had what is termed Bright's Disease, and hav( had considerable swelling of my legs and shortness of breath. The urea has poisoned my blood also. I secured and am using (B. B, B.) Botanic Blood Balm, and find it acts powerfully and very quickly, and I am delighted witli its effects, i had preyiously used a large quantity of various advertised remedies, and severai eminent physicians also waited on me, but B B. B. stands at the top. JOHN H. MARTIN. Rock Creek, Ala., May 4, 1S86. All who desire full information about tin cause and cure of Blood Poisons. Scrofula and Scrofulous Swellings, Ulcers, Sores, Rheu matism, Kidney Complaints, Catarrh, etc., car secure a copy of our 32-page Illustrated Book o Wonders, filled with the most wonderful ant startling proof ever before known by calling or MAY A MAY, Wholesale dealers of B. B. B. Yorkville, S. C June 1 9 ly rOUORY AND Machine Shop. q o 9.0 oa w.o.o.opjq in' y> THE undersigned would respectfully inforn the public that he now has in operation, 01 his lot on King's Mountain Street, a FOUND RY AND MACHINE SHOP, in which he ii prepared to do all manner of work in light iroi and brass castings, and general machine work REPAIRim Of all kinds, promptly done on short notice Steam Engines, and agricultural machinery o any kind overhauled and repaired. Besides any class of work that may be wanted in hii shop, he will attend any call for repairing sta tionery engines, doing the work on the premi ses, thus obviating the necessity of moving thi engine. Prices reasonable. Terms, cash on the com pletionof the work. EDWARD THOMAS. T. S. JEFFERYS. THE CYCLONE EXTINGUISHER. Tirzah, S. C., March 10, 1887. Messrs. Jefferys& Hoke, Gents: THE Cyclone Spark Extinguisher put on mj engine a few months ago is giving entiri satisfaction. Before it was put on, my gin house several times caught fire from sparks, sc I had to quit running while the wind was blow ing in the direction of the gin-house. Now ] can gin and saw with perfect safety, no mattei which way the wind blows. Haven't seen a liv< spark from the engine since I have been using it And another good thing about it is, it can't weai or burn out. Will last as long as the engine. J think it a great invention, and wouldn't tak< double the cost of mine if it was so I couldn' ~ ' ? * ' ? ? T V'AII f A wmliww anotoer uuu. i lijiua. juu iw ivuuwi the present high rate of insurance on gin-houses where these extinguishers are used on the en gines, or, at least, recommend such to the com panies you represent, because I see no rialwhatever from the engine. Very respectfully, 'HICNRY MASSEY. BRADFORD'S ~~ i An infallible specific for all the diseases peculiar to women, such as painful or suppressed Menstruation, Fallingof the Womb, Leu- j corrhoea or Whites, etc. FEMALE CHANGE OF LIFE. If taken during this critical period, greatsutfering and danger can be entirely avoided. "REGULATOR! Send for a book containing valuable information for women. It will be mailed free to applicants. Bhadfikld Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga. August 11 32 ly 1887. WEST LIBERTY STREET. 1887. Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables ARE still on a boom, and the year 1887 finds me with some of the finest Vehicles ever shown in the Livery business in Yorkville, and surpassed by none. Everything will be kepi in the best style. Give me a trial and be convinced. Cincinnati and Columbus Buggies Of every description will be kept. Spring Wagons, Pluetons, Ac., of the best make, al; ways on hand. FOR FUNERALS I have a fine Queen City Hearse and a Clarence Coach, which will be sent to any part of the county at short notice. Terms reasonable. A Big Bargain. I have a Jumpseat Phseton and some Buggies on hand that I will give a big bargain in, if sold soon to make room for my new stock. HAVE YOUR HORSES FED At the Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables where they will receive me uest atiemiuu. F. E. SMITH. F. HAPPEBFIEL1) REMEMBER THE DEAD. 1 WOULD invite special attention to my present stock of MONUMENTS AN I) TOMBSTONES, among which are several beautiful SCOTCH GRANITE AND ITALIAN MONUMENTS. Also a full supply ot TOMBSTONES. Prices as low, to responsible parties, as anywhere else, either for cash or on time. GROCERIES. My stock of STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERI ES is full. Also, Tobacco, Cigars. Boots and Shoes, Hardware, Ac. All of which is ottered low for Cash, or on time to responsible parties. F. HAPPERFIELI). April 13 15 tf FARM LOANS, IN ANY AMOUNTfrom $.500 to$10,000, upon six years' time. Interest payable annually. For further particulars, apply to C. E. SPENCER, Attorney at Law. January 5 1 f tf \ OFING COMPANY, ^ IRON ORE PAINT And Cement. 152 TO 158 MERWIN ST., IfiSfflBryCleveland, O. SjK/Send for Circular and Price List No. 75. OF IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. 9 ly INTER-STATES LIFE ASSOCIATION, STAIWT05T. VA. M. ERSKINE MILLER, President. C. L. COOKE, Secretary. GEORGE C. JORDAN, General Agent. THE immense amount of Life Insurance . arriofl in this countrv makes it of National importance that heads of families should be able to secure it as cheaply as possible consistent with safety. Especially is this necessary for the millions of men in moderate circumstances, who must earn-their living by hard knocks and in the face of a competition"that is becoming keener and sharper every day. If life insurance is not safe it is not worth carrying, and if it is too costly, the men who most need it cannot carry it all. How to make it both safe and cheap is the problem of the day, and he who solves it will have done a great and patriotic service for his fellow men. The Old Line Companies are certainly safe when honestly managed, but their rates are so high, that only the rich can ali'ord to carry such an amount as would provide for a family, while the great mass of men, and those, too, whose families most need protection, are com! pelled to go without insurance, or seek it in the assessment companies or secret orders. ' The fact that these cheaper institutions are to' day furnishing more insurance than all the Old Line companies combined, shows how eager are the mass of citizens for insurance that is within reach of their means. While these orders and corporations are furnishing insurance cheap enough, yet, at best, they can only . be looked upon as temporary expedients and - not altogether satisfactory. * But it is plain, . that somewhere between the old line and as[ sessment plans there must be a middle ground, [ which is not only safe, but just and fair to alt , parties. . THE INTER-STATES LIFE ASSOCIAi TION of Staunton, Va., has sought earnestly . and honestly to lind this middle ground. In [ this search they have, at large expense, con. suited and employed the foremost actuaries and insurance experts in this country, and upon their recommendation Lave adopted a line of rat(^ which is entirely safe, and yet, is in 3 the reach of every thrifty "and industrious man [ who desires to protect his family against his . death. t i To ascertain this safe rate, they added to the f actual death cost experienced by the old line i companies an ample reserve, and then a rmi sonable amount for expenses and profits, but so limited as to compel economical manage. ment. So plain and fair and popular are its methods that over three millions of business , was done in the first eight months work. Its rates are fixed, and must be paid, deaths or no deaths, but are divided into two, four, or six payments a year, as may best suit the convenience of the applicant. Active Agents wanted in South Carolina. For further particulars, call or send address to JAS. D. PICKARI), Manager, Columbia, S. C. January 12 2 tf Piedmont jl^ir-Line. RICHMOND AND DANVILLE R. R., Sontli Carolina Division. CONDENSED. SCHEDULE i In Effect Jnne 12, 1887. (Trains run by 75th Meridian time.) I NORTH ROUND. f No. 53. No. 51. Leave Augusta 9.33 A.M. 5.55 P. M Arrive Columbia 1.18 P. M. 10.00 P. M. Leave Columbia 11.00 A. M. 10.I0P. M Arrive Alston 11.59 A. M. jll.OdP. M. Arrive Union 4.15 P. M., 12.55 A. M. Arrive Spartanburg 6.45 P. M. 2.17 A. M. I Arrive Tryon ! 497 A.M. 1 Arrive Saluda 4.57 A.M. , Arrive Flat Rock . 5.37A.M. 3 Arrive Henderxonvllle , 5.53A.M. . Arrive Asheville j 7.00 A.M. Arrive Hot Spring* 9.00 A.M. Leave Columbia 1.40 P. M. 0 Arrive Charlotte 6.1.1 P. M. Arrive Salisbury 8.01 P. M. . Arrive Greensboro' 9.49 P.M. Arrive Richmond 6.15 A. M. Arrive Washington 8.10 A.M. ? Arrive Ilaltimore 10.03 A. M.j Arrive Philadelphia 12.35 P.M.! Arrive New York 3.20 P. M.I SOUTH BOUND. No. 52. I No. 50. Leave New York 4.90 p. M.' Leave Philadelphia 6.57 P.M. Leave Baltimore 9.40 p. jyj. Leave Washington 11.00 P. M. Leave Richmond 2.30 A.M. Leave Charlotte 1.00 P. M. r Arrive Columbia 5.23 P.M. 5 Lenve Hot Springs 7.20 P. M. Leave Asheville 9.49 p. M. " Leave Hendereonville j ll.?-7 P. M. ) Leave Flat llock 11.23 P. M. . Leave Saluda 11.53 P M. [ Leave Tryon 12.39 A. M. Lenve Spnrtanburg 6.00 A. M.I 2.20 A. M. ' Arrive Columbia 3.10 P. M.I 6 20 A. M. - Leave Columbia 5.43 P. M. 6.55 A. M. . Arrive Augusta 9.15 P.M. 110.31 A. M. p Arrive Charleston, via. S.C. R'wny. 9.45 P. M.I 11.00 A. M. [ Arrive Savannah, via. Central Ga.... 5.55 A.M.; Arrive Charleston, via A. C. L 9.45 P. M.112.20 A. M. ( Arrive Savannah, via C. and S I 6 53 P. M. J THROUGH CAR SERVICE. 1 On Trains Nos. 52 and 53, Pullman Buffet Sleepers between - wnsningtnn and Augusta, via Danville. On Trains Nos. 50 and 51, Pullman Sleepers between Savan ? nnh and Hot Springs, N. C., via Columbia and Spartanburg. L Tickets on sale at Principal Stations to all Points. JAS. L. TAYLOR, D. CARDWELL, SOL. HASS, Gen'1 Pass. Agent. Ass't Gcn'l Pass. Agent, Traffic Manager. Columbia, S. C. June 15 8 tf ? CT& L. NARROW GAUGE EAILEOAD. SCHEDULE of Mail anil Passenger Trains frqm Lenoir, N. C.. to Chester, S. C.,taking effect at8 o'clock, A. M. Sunday, May 25), 1887: GOING SOUTH. Leave Lenoir 8.00 A. M. Leave at Hickory 9.03 A. M. Leave Newton 9.36 A. M. Arrive at Lincolnton, 10.30 A. M. Leave Lincolnton 10.35 A. M. Arrive at Dallas, 11.33 A. M. Arrive at Gastonia, 11.48 A. M. Leave Gastonia 11.50 A. M. Arrive at Clover, 12.28 P. M. Arrive at Yorkville, 12.58 P. M. Leaye Yorkville, 1,00 P. M. Arrive at Guthriesville, 1.25 P. M. Arrive at Lowrysville, f. 1.50 P. M. Arrive at Chester 2.15 P. M. GOING NORTH. Leave Chester, 4.30 P. M. Arrive at Lowrysville, 4.57 P. M. Arrive at Guthriesville 5.26 P. M. Arrive at Yorkville, 5.47 P. M. Leave Yorkville 5.50 P. M. Arrive at Clover, 6.20 P. M. Arrive at Gastonia, 7.00 P. M. Leave Gastonia, 7.15 P. M. 1 Arrive at Dallas, 7.30 P. M. 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