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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.
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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
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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:
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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
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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.
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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.
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for women. It will be mailed free to applicants.
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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.
Arrive at Lincolnton, 8.18 P. M.
Arrive at Newton 9.11 P. M.
i Arrive at Hickory, 9.44 P. M.
Arrive at Lenoir, 10.50 P. M.
1 G. R. TALCOTT, Superintendent. "
; Junel 22 tf
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space occupied by seven lines of this size type.
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! for advertising space to be used for three, six,
I or twelve months. All contract advertiseI
ments will be confined to the regular business
for which the space is engaged.
r Rejected manuscripts will not be returnI
ed to the writers. Persons who send manuj
script to this office for publication and desire a
copy of the same, should make a duplicate.
Tributes of Respect and Obituary notices
charged for at the rate often cents aline. Usually
there are about seven words in a line,