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_ Gen.-Trimble's Tribate to Robert E. Lee. Eighmond, Va., January 6.?The late Major General Trimble, who was among the ex-Confederate generals inviied to the Lee monument ceremonies, wrote a letter about that time which he address* ed to Col. Archer Anderson. As the . - . . . trait latter was then in Europe, the letter was forwarded to him. He has recently returned, and to-day produced the letter. General Trimble, after setting forth his probable inability to attend, paid the following-glowing tribate to Lee: "Robert Lee is almost too new to the present generation?like 'some towering monument?to impress the beholders with the true grandeur' and majesty of Iiis character; but as time advances, and he is seen at a greater distance, future ' generations will view with greater admi? ration and lo7e the character of a man who is not surpassed in virtues and in all that men. esteem as grand and heroic by anyone, in any country or in any age. Modest, unselfish, just, he'seemed to a casual observer to be too kind and humane to be~a great and vigorous gen oral. But all good and great qualities were eS finely blended in his nature that, ; while the most kind and considerate of men, he rose, as'occasion demanded, to the loftiest conceptions of genius in war and strategy. No dapger, no disaster, nor the most brilliant success, ever for one moment disturbed his wonderful calmness and equanimity of bearing. ?Yet, this did not proceed from indiffer? ence to the Bufferings of, or want of inter? est in, the armies he led to victory; for all knew well that he held the lives of | his soldiers as dear to. him as his own, which last he was ever more ready to sacrifice than theirs. In the sufferings' and diseases of the camp or in the car? nage of battle, it was this conviction among his men which inspired them with such reckless and intrepid valor in J the deadly conflicts with the vastly supe? rior numbers of the enemy. It may with truth be said that the life of Robert Lee . made even virtue more exalted and cour : age and patriotism more admirable, and that the world is better because he lived -' in it. Would that his virtues, the trans? parent purity of his life, his absolute, unselfishness and his brave,'soldierly " qualities may be imitated by the men :?and youth of this broad republic, that the future, historian may record upon its pages many names as exalted as his for - virtue and heroism ^'?J^om the Balti - more American. Misery by Mortgage. A Maine farmer asked in a Bangor store about negotiating a loan of $300. j This led to inquiries and advice of which the Lewiston Journal makes effective use: "It seems that the man bad work? ed hard all his days, had bought and paid for a $1,200 farm, had taken a v??fe, furnished a house, and now, envious of his' neighbors, wanted to build a $800 - -6*jn. To do this be proposed to borrow the cash, giving a mortgage on his farm. Said the druggist after the story was told: 'Your farm is clear now?' 'Yes,-sir.' j? 'Yon,love your wife?' 'Yes, sir.' 'Well,' said the merchant, 'this is what yon' should do: Go home and earn the $300 \ firsthand' then build-your barn. If yon borrow now, you will think each night as yon lie on your bed that yon are in debt. You will fret and worry; your wife will do the same; sickness and acci? dents may.come, or a poor crop be your portionthere will be a $300 skeleton in ? ~your-house, and ten to one, you don't --^ffetKand grow peevish and have a row with your wife. Don't go into, the mort? gage business I Live within your income, be industrious, and when you do build your barn and own it, you'll be as proud of it as an Englishman is of, his castle 1' For a moment the young farmer hesitat? ed. On each side were interested specta? tors, aud all was silence. Gradually the head lowered, and a tear rolled down the , cheek. The man took pride in his occu pation, .and wanted that barn. At last lie said:Thank yon; sir. To tell the truth, my wife was crying when I left ? home because I was going to mortgage the place. I'll take your advice and go home as I came down, and she'll be glad to see me/ 'There,' raid the Bangor man, 'that fellow came to a good, wise ^.conclusion. I have seen lots of misery on account of this mortgage business. % He. who gives one, often gives peace, comfort and contentment with it." Menaced by Money-Lender?* ATToAlTTA, Ga., Jan. 8.?Considerable interest has been aroused by some statis? tics which have been collected, showing I that Southern and Western land are fast passing into the hands of foreign and Eastern, money lenders. In Georgia these companies have placed many mil? lions of dollars, hold mortgages on the finest farm lands in the State. The interest paid by the farmer amounts to twelve per cent. Capital of this kind is still being pour? ed into the South, notwithstanding the fact that Judge Speer, of the United States Court, has decided such interest usurious and the loans accordingly for? feited. The syndicates are principally formed of English and Scotch capitalists, and they have such a hold in the South that they hope to reverse Judge Speers deci? sion. The borrowers have allowed their interest payments to lapse, hoping that Judge Speeds decision will be sustained and,_that they will not be forced to pay er principal or interest. ?If Judge Speer's decision i3 not ins-, ined a great many Georgia farms will go into the hands of the mortgagees, as the farmers cannot possibly pay the interest which has lapsed upon tbem. In the Southwest there is perhaps not less than $200,000,000 invested in this '. way. In Kansas alone over $20,000,000 . has been placed, while the money syn ??? dicates have tbeir local agents in every .county seeking farmers in need of loans I and placing mortgages^ on their land, p Each year adds many millions to the [ capital placed in this section, for which !?? mortgages which are not likely to be raised are given to foreign capitalists. ? "Myt dear," said a very sick hus 'band, "if I die will you see that my grave fa kept green ?" "Yes, John," was the sobbing reply. "You know, how gladly I would do as much for you," he said. Then the wife dried her tears and the sick man got well. ? "Does your husband still call you by pet names?" one married lady asked another. 'fWell,. not quite. When we -were first married he used to call me kit? ten ; now be calls me an old cat." Habits. No man is allowed to plead a bad habit in excuse for bad conduct. It is no palliation, but rather an aggravation of the offense that it was the result of habit. No man would think of pleading the habit of killing people as a palliation for the crime of murder. No robber, however steeped in bis sin, wonld think of going before a court of. justice, and saying: "That I have been so in the habit of robbing that it has become a second nature to me, and I cannot help robbing." Yet one says: "I have formed the habit of swearing, and now I have lost all self-control and am no more responsible for taking the name of the Lord in vain." This pretended excuse for Bin is as false as it is frequent. It is a lie and a sham. Habit cannot convert black into white, nor make Bin innocent. Man is responsible for his habits, and when they enslave him he is responsible ? for the crimes to which these vile habits lead him. Laws, human and Divine, hold man responsible for crimes committed duriDg a state of intoxication, and no pleading of the person that he had become habit? uated to drunkenness will ever palliate the offense committed against human law. The responsibility is in the formation of the habit. A man may form the hab? it of perverting truth until it is much easier 'o tell a lie than the truth, but this facility and disposition to deal in falsehood cannot be pleaded as an exten? uation of the Bin. I once approached a young man whom I had accidentally heard t?te the name of his great Creator in vain. He said he had formed the vicious habit when quite a boy, and now he often swore unconsciously. I besought him to free himself from a habit so vicious and so unworthy of a gentleman. .-The question here arisen: What is the slave of a vicions habit to do ? The an? swer is by the help of God free himself. Make no compromise. Let bim de clare independence and hold to the de? claration: Die or conquer. With a strong will, a lofty courage, a high aim, and a fixed, unswerving purpose, deter? mine to be a man, free and untrarameled, with God's seal on the brow and his im age in the heart.? Central Methodist. ? Truth is a rock large enough for all to stand-upon. -?Pride cost us more than hunger ' thirst, :and cold. ' ? The worst of slaves are those who are constantly serving their passions. ? Over 80,000 boxes of oranges were shipped from Florida to New York last month. ? If only thinkers for good were helped this earth would soon become a paradise. ? It is queer that whilo babes are often feeble and delicate in health, they never have weak lungs. ? A hog that is said to have weighed 11,100 pounds was slaughtered at Pough keepsie, N. Y., Christmas Day. '? There isn?t a woglSmillioery store in Costa Rica.. What a paradise Costa Rica must be to impecunious roarrjed men. . ? A law has been passed in Waldeck, Germany, forbiding the granting of a marriage license to a person addicted to the liquor habit. ? The largest plantation in the South is owned by ex Governor Alcorn, of Mis? sissippi, who Bas 4,000 acres under culti? vation in Cohoama county. ? "Does marriage change a man V asks a writer. Depends on whom he marries. Some women would make a man bald in six months.?Burlington Free Press. ? A brakeman went to church where the preaching-was rather long, and when he came away he'said the sermon was good, bat the minister didn't seem to have good teminal facilities. ? He who helps to circulate a piece of gossip is as bad as the one who origina? ted it. To put your fist in a tar barrel and then go round shaking hands with everybody is what some people like to do. ? The police of New New York Sat? urday arrested a man simply because his greenbacks were all new. They thought the money was spurious, but experts soon proved that the ambitious coppers had made a mistake. . ? A member of the committee on Ter? ritories is quoted as expressing the opinion that Congress will at this session provide for the admission to the Union of the four Territories of Dakota, Mon? tana, Washington and New Mexico. ? "If I were bald as you," said Gus De Smith to one of the most prominent citizens of Austin, "I would wear a wig." "I don't see why you should ever wear a wig if you were baM," was the quiet response. "An empty barn doesn't need any roof."? Texas Siftings. ? A typical Georgia Christmas dinner is described with unction by a guest. It consisted of a half dozen pones of crack lin' bread, made from Georgia-raised hogs, which had been fed on Georgia grown acorns and goobers. Simmering in rich gravy was a dish of smoking sau? sages, and - flanking this was a dish of Georgia-raised chitlins. There was a liver pudding completing this typical repast, which certainly varied the usual Christmas menu. Backlan's Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, -Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup? tions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For pale by Hill Bros. Is Consumption Incurable ? Read the following : Mr. C. H. Morris, Newark, Ark., says: ''Was down with Abscess of Lungs, and friends and physi? cians prououueed me an Incurable Con? sumptive. Began taking Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, am now on my third bottle, and able to oversee the work oh my farm. It is the finest medi? cine ever made." Jesse Middlewart, Decatur, Ohio, says : "Had it not been for Dr. King's New Dis? covery for Consumption I would have died of Lung Troubles. Was given up by doc? tors. Am now in best of health." Try it. Sa nples bottles free at Hill Bros. Drug Store. 5 Electric Bitters. This remedy is booming so well known and so popular as to need no special men? tion. All who have used Electric Bitters sing the same song of praiso. A purer medicine does not exist, and it is guaran? teed to do all that is claimed. Electric Bitter3.will cure all diseases of the Liver and Kidneys, will remove Pimples, Boils, Salt Rheum an other affections caused by impure blood.?Will dilve Malaria from the system and prevent as well as cure all Malarial fevers.?For cure of Headache, Constipation and Indigestion try Electric Bitters?Entire satisfaction guaranteed, or monoy refunded.?Pripa.50 and $1.0U per bottle at Hill Bro^lfrng Store. 5 WHAT ? IS IT WORTH? The love that we boasted of?what Is It worth, Now that its glamour is faded and gone? It has pone the sama way others havo on thj earth, When nothing was left for its fire to feed on. It is gone, and no traco but the ashes remain? The love far surpassing alt others, you said. What do we care for tho anquish and pain, Now that the love that begot them is dead? It is dead, and is burled breast deep from oui sight, And if ever its shadow should fall on your way, It is only its ghost?do not give it a thought, Let it lie even up to tho breast hid away. It is only the ghost of a fancied ideal; And ghosts cannot harm?ah, why do you start? It is only a fancy, you say, but you feel Its gaunt fingers tearing away at your heart. It is gone, and we o'en have forgotten its name Deep down in the heart let its memory Ue; Perhaps it was both, perhaps neither to blame? We care not, so long as the dream has gone by. We care not, now freed from tho glamour it gavo The while unto everything on the wide earth So that it Is dead, and secure in its grave. What is the past and its follies all worth? ?Frank Leslie's. SUSPICION. I have often thought that I would keep a diary. The journal of a sick nurse ought to be nearly as interesting as an old novel that I have read (I am very fond of novels, especially sensational ones), called "The Diary of a Physician;" and then T am not an ordinary garde malade, as they style ns hero in France. I am always called Miss Morrhvand I never ake my m als with the servants; and we sick nurses, ac? cording to the sensational novels aforesaid, have great opportunities of witnessing strange and tragic incidents, and of learn? ing all about romances in real life. I wonder if I am not on the track of a real tragedy just now. It is ten days since the Count de Viana came to engage me to take charge of his young wife, and already it seems to me. that her illness has some? thing mysterious about it. The co ?ntess is very pretty, even in her present wasted and faded condition. She has large blue eyes, and a profusion of soft, shining fair hair, and very delicate features. She is extremely pale, and her lips are tinged with a vivid and unnatural scarlet. But she is extremely pretty, all the same. She fa an American by birth, and was the daughter and only child of Amos Lyddell, the inventor and proprietor of the Lyddell Hair Tonic, so she was a great heires. In? deed I have heard her fortune was to be Counted by millions. She has been ill now, she told me, for over three months. Such a trying form of illness, too; constant nausea, a hurning sensation in the stomach, inability to take food, etc. Sho has had all tho best, doc? tors in Europe to attend her, and not one of them can find out what ails her; I have my suspicions?and I mean to look about me pretty sharply to see if there are any grounds for me to go upon and to war? rant my interference. In plain language, it seems to me as though the countess was being slowly and gradually poisoned. Now, who is it that Is poisoning her? Can it be the count?" May 25.?I should not wonder if it were tho count. I never liked his looks from the very first; good looking, truly, with a fine figure, big black eyes, and a soft, silky looking, curly beard. Soffand silky ?yes?like his manners. Ho is always cooing over his poor sick little wife, and wanting to carry her about in his arms, and calling her his poor dear little Nellie. I am afraid of him, I must confess. His sweetness and lovingness seem too?nmcb. to be real; Then, what is he doing half the day in that room at the top of the house? Whenever he is not in his wife's sick room he is shut up there. And why did he come out here to Passy to take a house, instead of engaging rooms in a fashionable and central part of Paris? It is all very well to talk about fresh air for the invalid, as the count's valet, Antonio, did tho otter evening. Fresh air, indeed I It is my opinion that he came here just to get out of everybody's way and to carry out his nefarious designs where there was no pos? sibility of any interruption. It really makes my heart ache to see that poor young thing clinging about his neck, and to hear her calling him her darling Carlo. It makes me hate the very name of Carlo. I havoa dog called that at home, and I shall give it away as soon as I get back. And yet sometimes I think I may be making a mistake; Mmc. de Viana's malady may he wholly natural, and oven if it is not, I have no proof that the count has any hand in it. I must he prudent, and not let my imagination carry me away. May 27.?The countess is rather better today. She sat up for several hours, and was strong enough to make quite an elab? orate toilet with the help of her maid. She has put on a perfect love of a dress? ing gown in pale blue surah, trimmed with white laco and ruby velvet?a pres? ent, she tells me, from her husband, on the first anniversary of her marriage. Tho count is delighted at her improved health. He is going into Paris in an hour or two to get some medicine made up for her. It is a prescription given her hy a French doctor, which did her a great deal .of good some months ago, when, as she tells me, she was afflicted with a terrible eruption on her forehead and her cheeks. Sho discovered a little redness near the corner of her left eyebrow last night, and thinks she had best recommence the med? icine. Like all pretty women, the coun? tess takes an exceeding degree of caro of her complexion whenever she is well enough to think of anything beside her illness. She has been talking to me a great deal about her life as a schoolgirl, and her marriage, and the pleasant wed? ding journey sho made to Italy and Spain, and how kind her husband has always been to her, and how dearly she loves him. But then she told me something that has set me to thinking harder than ever." "I have made my will, leaving Carlo all my fortune when I die, Sarah," sho said. "You see, I have no near relations, and there is no one on earth that I love so weU as I do my husband." She chatted on for some time, and then took some cream and a cup of beef tea, and seemed stronger and better than she has done at any time since I came. About 6 o'clock tho count returned with the bottle of medicine, and a beautiful bou 'quet, and a basket of hothouse strawber? ries, and a new novel by Hector Malot He quite brightened tho sick room with, his gifts and his presence, and he seemed so pleased at hearing that Mme. di Viana f At stronger and had been able to take some nourishment. "Bravo, little wife!" he cried, lifting her bodily off tho lounge in his great, strong arms (she is not a great weight to lift, jpoor little creature, so thin and wasted is she). "We shall have you out driving in a week, and then we may begin to think about a trip,, to Switzerland or to tho seashore;" and then ho sat down in tho American rocking chair, and rocked and petted and mur? mured to tho poor sick girl till she actu? ally fell asleep on his shoulder. Decidedly my suspicions have been both foolish and wicked. I shall burn my diary to-morrow and never thiukof them again. What! this kind, affectionate gentleman a poisoner!?the murderer of his own wife! It is impossible! May 28.?Oh, dear me! what a day we have had of it, and how utterly all my newborn confidence in the count has been scattered to the four winds of heaven! On awakening from the sleep into which her husband had lulled her, Mme. Di Viana declared that she felt so much better that she would have a cup of tea, and after? wards some of the strawberries the count had brought her. I made the tea myself, and she seemed to enjoy it, and the straw? berries as well. Then sho took a 'dose of her medicine before retiring to rest, and also a glass of mineral water, which she prefers to plain water, or even to Apol? linaris or St. Galmier water. I put all these particulars down, trivial as they may seem, because' I want to he sure that I remember everything just as it occurred. For, two hours later, the countess was taken so violeutly ill that I thought at ono time she would not live till morning. - The old French doctor who is attending her wns summoned in hot haste, and he remained with her for some hours. But he could in no way account for her sudden seizure. The remedies that he applied took effect after a while, and I think that she is resting easily now, though sho looks like death itself as she lies back on the white pillows, her face as white as they, her eyes closed, and her long fair hair that she took, yesterday, such pride iu having prettily arranged, flowing loose over the pillows. And I cannot but remember that it was tho count who brought her the strawberries that sho took just before her attack came on. I have secured half a dozen that wore left, and I mean to give them to our con? cierge's parrot. If tho bird dies, I shall then know what to think. June 1.?The parrot ate up every one of tho strawberries and bit my finger into the bargain. The horrid creature is per? fectly well, so tho strawberries were all right. The countess has revived a little from her late attack, but all the worst symptoms of her malady?nausea, thirst, a burning sensation in the stomach, etc.? have returned. Old Dr. Leclcrc says that she has inflammation of the stomach. Dr. Hellstein, in Vienna, declared that it was ulceration of the stomach. Dr. Redwood, of London, was certain that it was an in? cipient cancer. And I have my own ideas on the subject?ideas that I am now con? vinced are correct. I keep a strict watch over everything that the countess takes. I make her beef tea myself, and I go out to get fresh cream for her every morning, and both beef tea and cream I keep locked up in the closet till she wants them. It is the same with her medicines and her mineral water. Yet she gets no better, and indeed I can see that sho is getting weaker day by day. June 5.?I took, the other day, a por? tion of the medicine that the count brought homo to his wife, a few weeks ago, to a chemist in Paris, to have it an? alyzed. Yester..ay I went after it. Tho old man look d at mo very inquisitively as he handed me back the bottle, and gave me back tho paper containing the result of his investigation. "Do you know," he asked, "that ar? senic is one of the ingredients in the liquid you have brought me?" I came very near saying I thought as much, but I controlled myself and ?aid, indifferently, "Indeed I" "Yes," continued the old chemist; "so a certain degree of precaution is necessary in administering it." "How much," I asked, "would it be safe for a person to take in tho course of a day?" "The dose ought not to exceed a tea spoonful, and two or three during twenty four hours aro as much as can bo taken prudently by a person of an ordinary con? stitution." Now, Mme. de Viann, as I happen to know, never takes more than two tea spoonfuls daily, one on wakening in the morning and the other - just before she is Bettlcd for the night. I know this to be a fact, for I always give her tho stuff my? self, and I keep the bottle containing it in my own room. This is a very puzzling matter. Can it be that the poor lady is really dying from some mysterious internal malady? June 0.?I tried this morning to get a peep at the upstairs room so frequented by the count. I had just given the countess her medicine and a glass or two of water, and sho had fallen asleep, as sho now does from weakness two or three times a day. Tho count had gone out for a ride on horseback, and was safe not to come back for two hours at the very least. So I armed myself with a duster and slipped upstairs to the room that has so tried my patience and provoked my curiosity. But the door was locked and the key had been taken away. I tried to peep through the key? hole) but could see nothing save a table with a white cloth thrown over it. Just then I heard Antonio coming upstairs and whistling an air from "H Trovatore." So I gotoutof the way as fast as possible. One thing is certain: I perceived a very powerful and peculiar odor issuing from the room while I was making my investi? gations at tho keyhole. Juno 10.?Tho countess is much worse today. I think, poor child, she begins to despair of her own recovery. In an inter? val of comparative ease she sent her maid to bring her her jewel box, and spent some little time in tying up various trinkets in little parcels, each of which she marked with the name of some one of her young friends or schoolfellows. I conkl scarcely help crying when she turned to me and put a pretty brooch in my hand, saying, in her soft, low tones: "I hope, Sarah, that you will sometimes wear that in remembrance of me. You have been very good and patient with me, and you alwuys take so much trouble with me." Then she selected a pair of beautiful solitaire pearl earrings and put them in a little box: "These I want Carlo to have mounted as shirt studs when?I mean some day." Just then she became very faint from her exertions and the jewels were taken away. Juno 11.?I have done a very daring deed today?I have begged the countess to send for another physician. Long ago, when I was in Paris, I heard a good deal about an American doctor, one Dr. Warner, who, it is said, possesses a pecu? liar insight into tho nature and origin of aU sorts of obscuro maladies. I see by this morning's Galignani that he is now in Paris. So I told the countess that ho is within reach. And, affecting a confidence that I scarcely felt, I said, "Dear roadamo, if one can only find out what really is the matter with you, I think the question of your recovery would speedily be settled." "I am so tired of doctors and physic, Sarah," she said, with a wan smile, "that it seems to rac impossible to try any more." But I coaxed her and persuaded her, and finally she said that "sho would ask Carlo." I wonder if he will consent? Three o'clock.?He has'consented, and Antonio has gone off. with the carriage U fetch Dr. Warner. June 12.?The mystery Is solved I Lord, what a fool I have been!?what fools wo have all been, for the matter of that! It was early in the evening when the doctor arrived, and ho went straight to the invalid's bedroom. There ho sub? jected her to a thorough investigation? her pulse, her tongue, her general symp? toms, etc.?though so gently and kindly that he neither worried nor wearied her. And then, after a few pleasant, reas? suring words, ho went down stairs, fol? lowed by the count, and both gentlemen went into tho drawing room and closed the door. But they did not get ahead of me that way. I quietly slipped round by the balcony to*the little sitting room be? yond tho parlor, and ensconced myself be? hind the curtains. For I hud made up my mind to know what the American doctor thought of the case, even if I lost my situation through my curiosity. The iirst words that were spoken fairly mado mo start, so fully did they justify my suspicions. For Dr. Warner, without preface or circumlocution, quietly re? marked: "Your wife, count, is dying from repeated doses of arsenic." "Arsenic!" cried the count. "What! is anybody trying to poison her? Do you suspect any one, doctor?" 'I do not say that any one is trying to poison her. Only sho has been taking arsenic for some time past in dangerous quantities. Now, where does she get it?" "Do you imagine, doctor, that I have: been administering it?" began the count, | hotly, but Dr. Warner checked him withj a decisive gesture. "Irepeat that I accuse nobody, and! suspect nobody; but Mine, de Viana hail been nearly killed by arsenic in some! shape or other, and it is my duty to find out where it comes from. Did you bring with you tho prescriptions for tho medi? cines she has been taking?" The count produced from his pocket book some hulf a dozen prescription^ which tho doctor spread out upon the tublo before him, minutely scrutinizing them one. by one. Finally ho selected one, and passing it to the count, asked, "How long has Mme. do Viana been taking this potion?" "At intervals for over a year. It was prescribed to her to relieve her from'an eruption which had mado its nppearaaci on her forehead." j "And has she ever been in tho habit of drinking mineral waters?those from the springs of La Bourbonle, for instance?" i "Yes; we spent six weeks at that watering place last summer, and tlic waters did my wife so much good that sho has been drinking them constantly ever since." ? I J Dr. Warner rose to his feet, looking ah solutely radiant. 'The secret of your wife's illness is'flis covered, count, and I answer for her speedy and perfect restoration to health.1' 'And what in the world has aiJcdher? What has been the source of the mysteri? ous malady which for months past Las baffled the science of tho first physicians of Europe?" "Nothing could have been more sim? ple. The countess was ordered a medicine containing a certain proportion of arsenic. Then sho was directetUto take the Tfaicrs of La Bourbele, which aro heavily charged witli the same mineral, and from which, indeed, they derive the chief pail of their curative properties. Instead of leaving off the medicine while she was taking the waters, or vice versa, she has continued to use both. She has therefore been* tak? ing double doses of the poison, and has nearly succeeded in killing herself' "But is it too late? Oh, doctor, are you certain you can save her?" "Come, come," said the doctor, pattin" tho count paternally on the shoulder^ "there is no cause for alarm or agitation. Mine, de Viana is a very sick woman, but I'll answer for her recovery in a very short npace of time if only she will leave off taking Dr. Lcclcrc's medicine and the waters of La Bourboule as well. ;But you must sec that the treatment I ?hall order is followed put In the minutest particular, as very careful management will be neces? sary to obviate the effects of,thesc re? peated doses of poison. Whelfi j js that nurse who takes charge- of tho patient? Call her?I must give her my Instructions myself." I got out of my hiding place unobserved, and indeed there was no need of my baring played tho listener in such a dis? creditable fashion, for the doctor told me all about the case, and gave mo endless rules for the diet and management of tho invalid. So I was right, after all. She was dying from poison, only nobody gave it to her?she was taking it herself. I must confess, though, that I am ashamed of my suspicions about the count. But why did he lock himself in, in that room upstairs, and stay there for long hours at a time, if there was nothing up thero that he wanted to conceal? June 23.?I think I shall burn my diary, after all, for the secret of the locked room was revealed today, and Lfeel more guilty than ever. It is Mme. de Viana's birthday, and her husband has given her such an exquisito present?a folding screen, painted with figures of the seasons on a gold ground. He painted it himself, being a very ac? complished artist, and as he intended it for a birthday surpriso he would allow no one to sco it. "Ah, Nellie," he said, after listening to her admiration and enthusiastic praises of his gift for a while, "when I thought that I was going to lose you I used to shut my? self up and work very, very hard, to per? suade myself that my present would one day he ottered after all. And you see I was right, for here you arc getting well as fast as possible. But do you perceive any disagreeable odor about the screen? I tried a new varnish that was recom? mended to me for the last leaf I finished, and it was just dreadful?the smell of it was almost enough to poison me. That day I had to give up my painting and go dUt into the'open air for over two hours to get rid of the headache that horrid smell gave me. July 10.?Thecount and countess start for Lucerne this evening. The latter is so nearly well that she no longer needs my services, lly engagement is at an end. So I am |ist closing up my diary before packing it away with all the presents that Mme. de Viana has lav? ished upon mi'. I wonder if I had not better burn it* But on second thoughts I decide to keep it after all. I was very foolish and nude a great mistake, it is true, about the count. But I may not always be mistaken, and if ever I do hap pen upon a real tragedy it will he inter? esting to compare that experience with the one that is just past.?Lucy H. Hooper ir Frank Leslie's. Sniolilng a. Cob ripe. ?kcrdck?VVhy do you smoke a cob pipe. Pat? O'Kelly?Shure, now, an it's very con? venient. "Whin tho 'bacca burns out, yea kin jist kape smoking till the pipe burns up, too.?Detroit Free Press. He used to rock the boat for fun; His fooliugon this earth is done. ?Boston Courier. Stories of Mr. lamar. It is the I habit of Mr. Lamar to tell the waiter to bring him a good dinner, and he thus leaves tho selection with the waiter,{nnd tho result is that ho is' often disappointed in the outcome. He is a very pleasant fellow at the dinner table, and he likes to sit at the table for several hotirs. He is a good story teller, and he has had such a wide acquaintance with pubuc men and such a remarkable career that he can tell more stories in ' which he ins had a personal interest than most ofBcials. He is nearer able to fill in evepr minute with ah anecdote than any othcrman in Washington, nnd he is a great qubter of poetry. He has lots of littlo gems which he has picked up from the country newspapers, and he has a great admiration for the newspaper and the newspaper writer. His greatest re? gret in tie interior department has been that it lias kept him from his usual exten? sive reading of newspapers, and he de? vours when he can the cross roads papers of his o\m state. Secretary Lamnr i3, however, a fine mngazirlst, and if he had a stenographer constancy 'with him he would probably be a volpminous author. He is very apt in his expression, and he is one of the most lughly educated men in Washing? ton. James G. Blaine says that his mind has "ascertain orientalism iu it mixed with typical Americanism," nnd his work in the department shows that Blaine was not anjiss when he ndded: "Lamar is a full reflection; full of imagination, seem? ingly careless, yet closely observant; ap? parently droamy, yet altogether practi? cal."] Lanbr is a great reader. He reads everything and keeps up with the current maga?nes. Ho likes French novels and readsihe French readily. He comes f rdrn a most cultured family, and if he had as much money making as he has literary nbilijy he would be a rich man. As it is ho is worth somewhere between $15,000 nnd|20,000, though he would be worth $50.000 if his Jersey cattle would bring tho/values he puts upon them; and, strange to say, all the money he has made hnycome from this herd of Jersey cattle. Ho'has a big farm in Mississippi, and he hai one of the finest herds of Jerseys of the state. Senator McPherson's Jersey bull, Senator Vest, which lately took a premium at tho Jersey fair in New Jer? sey, was bred by Secretary Lamar, and Lamar has another animal, Gilt Edged Ilj for which ho was offered $1,000. The assistant secretary of the interior, Cpl. II. L. Muldrow, has one of tho larg? est Jersey herds in tho south, and he keeps them on his farm nt Camp Oaks, jiss., and has a catalogue of sixty pages containing a list of them. Lamar knows all about farming and stock breeding, nnd it will be a surprise to many to know that he is tho inventor of an iron harrow which la used to some extent in Mississippi. He was one of the first farmers, so far as known, to advocate the use of ensilage in the south, and lie lias all the pride of the southern lawyer in his farm and stock. Nearly every prominent member of the bar and judiciary of Mississipi amuses him .'sclf in farming and stock breeding, and ithese Mississippi statesmen like to talk of their farms as much as the Kentuckians do of their horses.?Washington Letter. An Old Gnmo Revived. Fakirs have revived an old scheme in Brooklyn for fleecing householders out of a few dollars. The scheme is to visit from door to door with a big picture and to oiler the picture for sale ou the plea that the peddler] is an artist in hard luck. : The picture is a daub and the frame is j Bhowy and flimsy. It is artfully covered with paper in order that the swindler may tell a pitiful story of hard times with a big family to support, and the struggles of a poor artist with an unapprcciative world. In visiting that house, the fakir continues, he is sure he has found a re? fined family capable of understanding the excellence of his work. The mistress of the house too often does not see through him. H' times his appearance at the door at an hour when the husband is at his place of business. Having enlisted tho woman's sympathies with Iiis palter the paper is taken from the picture nnd offered for "anything the lady may choose to of? fer." "Anything" is too much for it, but often he gei-J several dollars. Then he goes off to his headquarters, and getting another "painting," works the game some? where else.?New York Sun. Bearings of Compressed Paper. Experiment s are being made on Prussian railways with axle boxes fitted with bear? ings of vegetable pnrchment in place of brass. The parchment is strongly com? pressed before being used, and it is thor? oughly dried to prevent subsequent shrinkage. Wooden rings are placed on the outside of the bearings, fitting the collars of the journal. An emulsion of water and oil and all the mineral oils are used as lubricants. The parchment soon ! becomes impregnated with oil, nnd is able to go a long time without a renewal of lubrication. It is between the body of the journal and the thin edge of the parch? ment segments that friction takes place. The claim is made that these compressed paper bearings make a tough material that is superior to metal. Such bearings arc also in use in a German saw mill with (satisfactory operation.?Public Opinion. Cur Healthy Love- of Fighting. The stalwart urchin who liked "the flghtiugest parts" of the Bible had a sound taste; i he easiest passages of Scott to re? call at will are the tourney in "Ivanhoe," the man to man encounter in ''The Talis? man," nnd the altogether incomparable battle of the clansmen in "The Fair Maid of Perth," when the Cow Chrom fought for his own hand. The healthy love of fighting which we have conic by honestly from our Norse ancestors lias done not a little for the suc? cess of Mr. Haggard's somewhat sanguin? ary tales. And, perhaps, l ie popularity of "Tom Brown's Schooldays" was helped by that never to be forgotten light be? tween Tom Brown and Slogger Williams. ?Tho Forum. What is this Disease that is Coming Upon Us? Like a tliief at night it steals in upon us unawares. The pa? tients have pains about the chest and sides, and sometime: in the back. They feel- dull and sleepy; the mouth has ;i bad taste, especially in tin morning. A sort of sticky slim.' ; collects about the teeth. Tlu J appetite is poor. There is a feeling like a heavy load on the stomach; sometimes a faint, all gone sensation at the pit of the stomach which food does not satisfy. The eyes are sunken, the hands and feet become cold and clammy. After'a while a cough sets in, at first dry, but after a few months it is attend? ed with a greenish-colored ex? pectoration. The patient feels tired all the while, and sleep does not seem to afford any rest. After a time he becomes nervous, writable and gloomy, and has evil forebodings. There is a giddiness, a sort of whirl? ing sensation in the head when rising up suddenly. The bow? els become costive; the skin is dry and hot at times; the blood becomes thick and stagnant; the whites of the eyes become ringed with j'ellow; the urine is scanty and high colored, de? positing a sediment ai'ter stand? ing. There is frequently a spitting up of the food, some? times with a sour taste and sometimes with a sweetish taste; this is frequently at? tended with palpitation of the heart; the vision becomes im? paired, with spots before the 3ye3; there is a feeliiig of. greafc prostration and weakness. All of these symptoms are in turn present. It is thought that nearly one-third of our popu? lation has this disease in some of its varied forms. It has been found that phy? sicians have mistaken the cause of. this disease. Some have treated it for a liver complaint, >thers for kidney disease, etc., etc., but none of these kinds of reatment have been attended with success; for it is really jonstipation and dyspepsia. It is also found that Shaker Ex ract of Roots, or Mother Sei jel's Curative Syrup, when properly prepared will remove his disease in all its stages. Care must be taken, however, to secure the genuine article. IT WILL SELL BETTER THAN COTTON. Mr. John C. HemptinstalJ, of Chulanrmee, Cleburn Co., Ala., writes: "My wife has been so much benefited by Shaker Extract of Roots or Seigel's Syrup that she says she would rather be without part of her food than without' the medicine. It has done her more good than the doctors and all other medicines put together. I would ride twenty miles to get it into the hands of any suf? ferer if he can get it in no other way. I believe it will soon sell in this State better than cotton. TESTIMONY FROM TEXAS. Mrs. S.E. Barton, of Varner, Ripley Co., Mo., writes that she had beenlong afflicted with dyspepsia and disease of the urinary organ? and was cured by Shaker Extract of Roots. Rev. J. J. MoGnire, merchant, of the Sana- place, who sold Mrs. Barton the medicine, says he has sold, it for four years and never knew it to fail. SHE WAS ALMOST LEAD I was so low with dyspep? sia that there was not a phy? sician to be found who could do anything with me. 1 had fluttering of the heart and swimming of the head. One day I read your pamphlet called "Life Amour/ the Sliakers" which described my disease better than I could myself. I tried the Shaker Extract of Roots and kept on with it until to-day I rejoice in good health. Mrs. M. E. Tinsley, Bevier, Muhlenburg Co., Ky. For sale by all Druggists, or address the proprietor, A. J. White, Limited, 54 Warren St., New York. 1888-PresidentialYear-1888 TO KEEP POSTED ON POLITIS Subscribe for the ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. Grealcsl and Cheapest Family Journal In the United Stales. An Impartial Epitome every week uf eaeli Slate's political movements. The Foreign Department i.s unequalled. Late*: und iflost accurate Cable Specials by the Commer? cial Cables. Fullcht Telegraphic Reports of all Current Event. SPECIAL FEAURES : Practical farming, The advance uf Science, Woman's Work, Notable Sermon.", Short Stories, , i ho W< rid of Literature ami Art, Information ??!; all Subjects. Address: JAMES GORDON BENNETT, New York Herald, New York City. Dec.is, iss7 The Season for House Furnishing and Replenishing is now at hand ! JOHN E. PEOPLES * CO. Are now prepared with an entire New Stock to offer a perfect Jubilee for Housekeepers and lovers of "Santa Claus !" KITCHEN WARE in Tin, Wood and Iron, including all kinds of Kitchen Cooking Utensils. CROCKERY WARE in Dianer and Breakfast, and TEA WARE by the Set or siDgle piece. GLASS WARE, in all shapes, colors and quality. KEROSENE STOVES and LAMPS, from the cheapest grade to the most Artistic Table and Hanging Lamps made. Hanging Lamps a specialty. SILVER PLATED WARE?finest grades of "Rogers" make. A large lot of WAGONS, and the beat assortment of? CHRESTftBAS GOODS Have arrived, and will be sold lower than the lowest. We invite everybody to come and get prices before buying. We buy REMNANTS OF SEED and LINT COTTON in legal hours. Oct 27,1887 JOHN E. PEOPLES & CO. 16 PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE. I HAVE RECEIVED MY HAVE A GOOB ASSORTMENT OF Dry Goods, Shoes, Hats, Hardware, Wooden Ware, Crockery and Glass Ware, Sugar ,Coffee, New Crop New Orleans Molasses, very fine', Flour, Bran, And other Goods too numerous to mention in this advertisement. I have been selling Goods forty-eight years, and I can say that the CHARLOTTESVILLE WOOLEN MILLS makes the best CASSIMERE I ever sold, and the BAY STATE SHOES which I sell are the best Shoes I ever sold. So if you want the best wearing Cassimeres and Jeans, and the best Shoe vou ever wore, come and see me and supply yourself. FINE TEA and COFFEE a specialty. I will soil Goods as low as any house in the City will sell the same quality. flflONSY NOTICE. IF you owe me for Merchandise or Guano bring on your Cotton and settle Oct 27. 1887 . B. TOWERS, No. 4 Granite Row, Anderson, S. C. 16 BUGGIES, CARRIAGES, CANOPY TOP PHAETONS, DOCTOR'S PHOTONS, SURREYS, ROAD CARTS, BUGKB'OABDS, WAGONS. TTTOULD call attention to the LARGE and ATTRACTIVE stock of VEHICLES VV now in my Repository, and to arrive. I sell the handsome and reliable work made in Columbus, Ohio, and represent nearly all the Companies at that place. Will call especial attention to the old, reliable? COLUMBUS BUGCY I can give you. The best material, workmanship, and most superior finish. The light? est, roomiest, easiest running, niosc >-tvli>h Carriages and Phtetons in the market. I have several styles of Road Carts and Buekboards. Will tell the EASIEST RUNNING and RIDING CART in the world. They are perfectly balanced when on the road. I sell Buggies any stvle, kind, grade or price, to vary from 810.00 to the highest price Buggy sold. Also, represent the .STANDARO WAGON CO. of Cincinnati, Ohio? headquartera for reliable, cheap work. ALL WORK GUARANTEED as represent MILB?M AND OLD HICKORY WAGONS. I am not doing business for fun, but am satisfied that I can soli you anything you want, if you will look at my? ELEGANT STOCK OF HAND MADE HARNESS. 1 know thev are hand made, because every stitch is made in my own Store. SINGLE HARNESS, DOUBLE HARNESS, STAGE HARNESS, and any kind or part of Harness you may want. All stock carefully selected, and made by JOSEPH M ARTIN, the most export"workman in the up-country. Any kind of Repairs on Har? ness done with neatness and dispatch, LAP ROBES, WHIPS. BUGGY UMBRELLAS, SADDLES, BRIDLES, HAM ES, COLLARS, and everything else in the Harness line. yr-fr- Don't forgot my Stable when you come to Town. Zfjr Call and see me, and I will convince you that I mean what I say. 8. FOWLER. May 19. 1SS7 -15 . 500 BUSHELS Winter Grazing Oats, Seed Barley, Seed Wheats Seed liye. Clover and Grass Seeds. Magnolia Earns, Country Hams, Active Soap. FRESH FAMILY GROCERIES BY EVERY TRAIN. Sept I, 1SS7 13. F. CRAY TON & SONS. TN VIEW OF AN IMMENSE FALL TRADE we have added a full line of? DRY GOODS and NOTIONS, (Bought in Northern markets with Cash, and Cash only,) in addition to our full stock GRQCEBIES, HARDWARE, CUTLERY. BOOTS and SHOES. We sell the best Wagon on the market, WHEELER'S PATENT?eight Bearings instead of four. We are agents for the largest and best? . _ , m Bujrjry Maiiufactiirers esi ilio world I Have descriptive catalogues, cuts and prices to suit everybody. Sell only upon orders, and save you ten dollars on every job?guaranteeing satisfaction. WATSON & SOX, SeptK, No. I Crick Range. Anderson, 8. O. 3m im, 'in* i MBMaeea?a??1? s T?TE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson Count v. Ihj W. F. Cox, Judge of Prolate. WHEREAS, M P.Tribble. car.,has ap? plied to mo to grant him letters of Ad? ministration on the Estate and ellects of Elizabeth Milam, deceased. Thoso are therefore to cite and admon? ish all kindred and creditors of tbosaid Elizabeth Milam. deceased, to ho and ap? pear before me In Court of Probate to be hold at Anderson Court House, on tho 16th day of February, 1SSS. alter publica? tion hereof to shew cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not bo granted. Given under my haiid, this Jib day of January, 18S8. S W, Y, CON. Judge Probate. Jaii 1S8S -G tj y ARBUCKLES' name on a package of COFFEE la a guarantco of excellence COFFEE is kept in all first-class stores from tho Atlantic to the Pacific Is never good when exposed to the air. Always buy this brand in hermetically sealed ONE POUND PACKAGES. Pure Concord Grape Wine, FOR Medicinal and Sacramental purpo? ses ONLY, one Dollar per gallon, at DAVE GREEN'S, six miles above Ander? son, on Pendleton Roud. Also, LEAF TOBACCO at 20c per lb. Dec 22, 1887 24 4 Assessment Notice. HHIIE Auditor's/Office will be open from JL the 2nd day of January, 1S88, to the twentieth day of February, 18S8, to receive Returns of Real and Personal Property for taxation in Anderson County for the year 1S38, and for the convenience of Tax Pay? ers will have Deputies at each of the places named below to receive Returns for the said year: Belton?At Belton. Wednesday and Thursday, 1st and 2nd February. Brushy Creek?At Wigington's Store, Wednesday, 1st February. Brushy Creek?At J. W. Rosamond's, Thursday, 2nd February. Brushy Creek?At Equality, Friday, 3rd February. Dark Comer?At Iva, Thursday, 5th Jan? uary. Dark Comer?At Sherard's Store, Fri? day, 6th January Fork?At G. W. Farmer's, Wednesday and Thursday, 1st and 2cd February. Garvin? At Larkin Newton's, Monday and Tuesday, 6th and 7th February. Hall-At W. J. Milliard's, Wednesday, 4th January. Honea Path?At Honea Path, Friday and Saturday, 3rd and 4th February. Hopewell?At Piercctown, Thursday, 9th February. Martin?At Clinkscales' Mill, Monday and Tuesday, 6th and 7th February. Pendleton?At Pendleton, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, flth, 10th and 11th February. Pendleton?At Pendleton Factory, Sat? urday, 4th February. Rock Mills and Savannah?At Holland's Store, Saturday, 7th January. Varennes and Savannah?At Dean's. Monday. 2nd January. * Varennes and Savannah?At Starr's, Tuesday, 3rd January. Williamston?At Williamston, Thurs? day and Fridav, 9th and 10th February. Williamston?At Pelzer, Saturday, 11th February. Real Estate is not assessed this year, and remains at the same valuation it was in 1887, except in cases where parties have bought and sold between the first day of January, 1887, and the first day of Janua? ry, 1888. AH new structures erected between the first day of January, 1887, and the first day January, 1888. are to be returned this j'ear (1888) for taxation, and those destroy- , ed during that time deducted. Every male citizen between the ages of twenty-one and fifty years on the first day of January, 1888, except those incapable of earning a support from being maimed, or from other causes, shall be deemed taxable Polls. Tax Payers return what they own on the first day of January, 1888. All Returns that are made after the twentieth day of February next, have to be placed in the Additional List, and fifty per cent, penalty added thereto, unless prevented by sickness during the time of listing, or out of the County at the time. THOMAS J. WEBB, County Auditor. Dec 1,18S7 21 3 Should lw used a few mouths before confinement. Send for book " To Mothers," mailed free. B had)-iE Li) HaucLAToa Co., Atlanta, Go. PIEDMONT AIR-LINE. Richmond & Danville K. H., CO UMBIA & GREENVILLE DIVISION. CONDENSED SCHEDULE, IN EFFECT OCTOBER 16, 1886. (Trains run on 75th Meridian time.) Southbound. No. 62 Northbound. 53.' 11.00am 1.01pm 2.13pm 2.52pm 5.40pm 5.45 pni 4.35pm G.45pm 4.50 pm 6.02pm 6.35pm 10.40pm Lre Walhalla.... Seneca. Anderson... Spartanb'rg Abbeville... Lauren 8. Greenville.. Green wood Ninety-Six Newberry... Arr. Columbia...] Augusta.... 7.05 am 8.30 am 9.52 am 6.00 am 10.45 am 8.45 am , 9.40 am 12.56 pm, 1 1.38 pm i 3.05 pm1 5.07 pm 9.15 pm Lve. Columbia.. Newberry? Ninety-Six I Green wo'd Arr. Greenville I Lanrens. Abbeville-I Spart'nbr'g| Anderson. Seneca.. Walhalla... Atlanta_. No. 53 makes close connection for Atlanta. No. 52 makes close connection for Augusta ?ana Charleston at Columbia. Jas. L. TAVtoB, Gen'l Pass. Agent. D. CiRDWXEL, Ass't Pass. Agt., Columbia, S.~C ~Sol. Uaas, Traffic Manager. If so, send for DOG BUYERS* GUIDE, containing colored plates, 1?O e n KTO.vi tiR.H of different breed*, r r ices they aro worth, and where to hoy them. Directions for Training Dogs and Brooding Ferret*. Mailed for 15 Cents. Also Cutu of Dog Furnishing Goods of all kinds. _ radical POUL? TRY RUOlk* ICO pages; beaa It:fui colored pinto; CMp&Tlsn I of nearly &11 kinds of Towls; descrip? tions of tuo Lreods; how to caponizo; 3 plans for poultry honscs: information tl Aboutinenbaton, and w hero lo buy ] Egya from liest htuck nt iU.?O tdiljnjr. Sent for Iii Centn If bo, rot: rad t bo r. O OK OP CAGE llljass. |?o pitaeo. 150 lllua "?jr>*itniiio!i:i. jL'e-.utifui colored plate. y?&&TtBstmmtv\a breeding of cl! kinds Cage '/j birds, f^r plaMcro suivtont. Diseases ecu their cui-i Mcvi to build and stock aa Aviary. Ali about Parrots. Prices oi I ail kinds tuv.t. Circs, ttc. Mailed fur Zd Ceilta. T!:o 1'u.to Books, 40 C'ta. ASCOCIATED FANCIERS, 2:VSouic I.l^htiStreet,Philadelphia, Pa. Pomona Hill Nurseries, POMONA, X. C. Two and a hall miles west of Grte-istoro, N. C. The main line of ihe R & D. R. R. passes through the grounds and with? in 100 feet of the office. Salem (rains make regular stops twice daily each way. Those interested in Fruit and Fruit grow, ing are cordially invited to inspect tbia the largest nursery in the Sla'e acd ore among the largest in the South. The proprietor has for many years vis? ited the leading Nurseries North and West, and corresponded with th<so of foreign countries, gathering every fruit that was calculated to suit the South, both native and foreign. The reputation of Pomona Hill Nurseries is such that many agents going out from Greensboro, -epresenting other nur-erics, try to leave the irapressiou tiiat they are representing ihe-e nurseries. Why do they do it? Let the public answer. I have in stock growing (and can show visiiors !he same) the largest and beat Block of trees, &c, ever fhown or seen in any two nurseries in North Carolina, consisting of apple, peach, pear, cherry, pliin'.. gfjtpe, Japanese persimmon, Japa? nese plum, apricots, nectarine, Russian apricot, mulberrv,quinces. Small fruits: Strawberry, rasberry currants, pecans, English walnuts, rhubarb, asparagus, evergreens, shade trees, ro;<es, &c. Give your order to my authorized agent or order direct from the nursery. Corres? pondence solicited. Descriptive catalo? gues free to applicants. Address, J. Van. Ltndlet. Pomona. Guilford County, N. 0. May 26,1887 IG