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BT CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. FiNE CHINA AND GLASSWARE, o- ? BOTH GERMAN and FRENCH IMPORTATIONS. ^Italiaa^ M *? IW?MigSCaiies, a hundred styles, Marble, Walnut and Enameled Clocks, ? Sterling: and Silver Plated Ware, Gold* Silwaad^BlckeliWii^^ iBl :M V . - BE sure yoa come and see the beautiful lines ofjjew and useful Novelties we ^havo added to eur already Attractive Stock. Our desire is^fe make our stock com? plete in too above lines, and supply a demand that has lofeg existed for these goods. ; .Wlth this end in view our Mr- J. M; Hnbbard has spent 'several weeks in New York, seeking first bands, and perfecting arrangements that enable us to compete with any house in the State. New supply of N, G. K. Kings. ^ JOHJy Ml H?BBARD & BBO. Are occupying their New and Commodious Store Room, and are every day receiving new and attractive addi? tions to their complete Stock of Dry Goods, Notions, Hats, Boots and Shoes, Hardware and Grroceries. We are, nodoubt, Headquarters for FLOUR. The "Woman Head Flour," you know, is *'ahead" of all. ? - We have Gb-oice Groceries of all Hinds. '?? The Finest Teas, Roasted Coffee and Cream Cheese, &c We'guarantee satisfaction . in regard to PRICES and QUALITY. make you comfortable -while with us, and send you home happy, . .' fiSr We are in the Cotton Market. Your friends,. ? . BROS. 8eptl3,1888 > . ' 10 3m COMPIETE IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE. E. W. BROWN & SONS. iSare now open and ready for business in the two NEW STORE ROOMS ADJOINING THE MASONIC BUILDING.., - Bagging and Ties, Bacon, Hams, Hour, Coffee, Canned Fruits, Canned Meats, Crackers, Candies, &c. Staple Dry Goods, Jeans, Homespun, Shirting, Sheeting, Flannels, Blankets; Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, &c. &c . guarantee First Class Goods, reasonable prices, prompt, polite and courte? ous attention. We meau business, and want you to give us a trial. Our Mr. E. W. Brown will.be in the Cotton Marker/buying strictly for CASH. TO THE LADIES, Preparations for Dinners made easy by calling on us. We keep everything you need. Goods delivered to any part of the City without extra charge. V A large assortment of LA0E3, RIBBONS, SILKSy??c., at and below COST. E W. BROWN & SOJVS. Sept 8,1888 ' - 9 MOVED TO lo. 10 Grranite Row* (Next Door to S. Bleckley Co.,) Where we would like to see our Mends and the trading public generally. TVe Iiave increased our Stock of DRY GOODS, NOTIONS and SHOES, - ? -' And can promise yon. POINT BLANK LOW PRICES In these Departments. OUR GROCER 5T DEPARTMENT Will be complete, and having bought largely of all grades ?f FLOUR before the rise, are in position to give SPECIAL prices on;same.-^;x:Jj?w xis&lj TOBACCO OUR PET SPECIftLTT. :vi ..8&r. C?me and Bee us in our new quarters, and be con? vinced of our ABILITY and WILLINGNESS to serve you. FEOM CALIFOBflli. An Interesting Letter from Lieut, John A. ^.TorrerBj Of the U.'S:?AxUllety. W The following letter was written by oar former young townsman, Lieut. John A. Towers, to his father, Mr. A. B. Tow? ers, who has kindly given it to us for publication. We know it will be read with; interest by'cur many readers :. - Pbesidio, San Francisco, Oal., , August 12, 1888. My Dear Father : I promised to give you some account of my recent.trip with the Light Battery, bo just prepare to be bored, for I must say that from the days of schoolboy compositions, I have realized that composition was not my ' forte; I seem to have the idea all right, but when I try to express it, the case of the Irishman and the flea comes up, aud it isn't to be found. Bat to begin. We left the Presidio on the afternoon of June 15?we being Light Battery "K.," 1st Artillery?equipped [for the field. In peraonvel the Battery consisted of Capt. Andrews, commanding; Lieut. Bafferty, itinerary, is in charge of route and taking of data for a map of the country traversed; Lieut Hubbard, Quartermaster and Commissary; myself, Chief of the 1st Platoon; Lieut. Peck, Chief of the 2nd Platoon ; Dr. Walker, Medical Officer of the expedition, and about 65 enlisted men; last, but by no means least, come Louis and Jim, the officers' servants. In materiel, we had four field pieces, each with its caison, four army wagons for supplies and bag? gage, one ambulance for the sick and wounded, and one cart for general pur? poses. In live stock, we had fifty horses, twenty mules, and one dog. We em? barked on a flat boat, and were towed over to Sauceiito, a small town on the Northern side of the bay, the terminus of the S. F. and North Pacific B. B. After disembarking here and getting about a mile and a half out of town, it was pretty late, bo we went into our first camp. The chief difficulties about this camp-were, that it was hard to get good water for the animals, and our tents being on a hillside, we were inclined to elide off our cols at night. Our plan of opera tiorrfor the day was?reveille at 4 a. m., breakfast at 5, and break camp at 6. We usually arrived at our next camp near noon, and stayed there until the next day;' Louis, the Chinaman, whom'we had picked up for cook, proved to be a jewel, and the bread and cake that he made with only a sheet iron stove and a Dutch oven* were simply delicious?better could not be fouud at Delmonico's, or any-, where else. So with Jim to wait on the table and do tho roughe'r work, we man? aged to exist very comfortably. Soon after leaving Sancelito, we left what might be called the San Francisco cli? mate region, where fogs and winds occur, and entered what Peck termed a white man's country, this meaning a country where you didn't have to sit. by a fire and wear overcoats all during the sum? mer. All through our trip the weather was warm during the day, but we always had cool nights, so that blankets were never superfluous. We reached San Anseleno on Saturday and stayed over till Monday, Gen. Howard having direct? ed that we should not march on Sunday. Monday morning early, we passed through San Bafael, a nice place for peo? ple from San Francisco to spend their summer, as the men who have to be in the city at business all the week, can come over Saturday evening and Btay until Monday with their families. Two days' march brought us to Pata luma, a thriving town of about 5,000 inhabitants, There are woolen manu? factories in the town, but the principal object of iutereBt that we visited, was an immense fruit canning establishment. Usually a visit to a place of tbia kind makes one disinclined to try to put up fruit, but in this case, precisely the opposite effect was produced. We were taken over the entire establishment, and found everything as clean and neat as a pin, no private kitchen could be more so. Some idea of the immense amount of bnsiness done can be formed from the statement that last season they canned, of cherries alone, 300,000 pounds. They employ over 400 operatives, and have all the fruit they can put up engaged beforehand in New York. White labor ia need in picking oyer the fruit, but in cooking, canning, etc., Chi? nese are employed. In the warehouse, where they have hundreds of thousands of cans at once, Chinese are used entirely, aa white men would be sure to get the different kinds mixed up?the Chinese never do. One of the proprietors very kindly sent us a large quantity of his varioua kinds of goods, and we found that the opinion formed about the fruit from going over the" establishment, was well iuuuded. Our route was leading us through the Sonoma Valley, one of the most beautiful and productive of the many to be found in this State, and we were delighted with it. The principal industries are the raising of cattle and fruit, both of which are very successful. From the bay to Ukiab, our objective point, we were between the Myacmas and one of the Coast Banges, really one large valley, but subdivided into many smaller ones by ranges of foot hills. It i? such garden spots that makes Califor? nia so attractive to visitors, but the man who obeys Horace Greely's injunction, had better steer clear of auch placea if he wishes to have anything to do with land, unless he brings a National Bank along with him. Farming land ranges from one to five hundred dollars per sc7 and I think there is scarcely a piece of land in the valley that could be bought to day for leas than one hundred per acre. ," Washington Territory is, in_ my opin? ion, the place for a m&ojr^ who comes out here; most of tjkg|p??ple who have come to the coa ? of late yeara have chosen California, so that the State ia now pretty well filled up. Santa Boasa, the County seat of Sono? ma County, and a thriving little place of 7,000 inhabitants, was our next stopping place; when about four miles out of town, we were met by a Committee of the citizens to ask ua to come in with the Battery and take part in a procession and barbecue to be given that day ia honor of tho completion of a new Bail NDERSON, S. C, TB road connecting them with Sacramento. Healdsburg and Cloverdale were the next camps, the latter being the present Northern terminus of the S. F. & N. P. B. B. The rest of the road has been nearly completed, however, as far as Ukiah. We reached Cloverdale on Sat urday_jind camped by the Bussian Biver until Monday. From this place run three stage onfes; one lo Ukiah, one to Lakeport and the third to the Geysers. On Saturday afternoon, all of us except the Captain, took our horses and rode over to the Geysers. We bad been told that it was 16 miles, but it seemed much further, and I know it waa much over 16. The road, almost the entire way, is up a canon, in which runs the Pluton Biver, and there are very few places where two vehicles can pass each other. We reached our destination in good time for dinner, and having ridden about 40 miles that day, I, for one, engaged a splendid night's rest. . The hotel is on the south Bide of the main canon, and the most of the geysers are to be found in a smaller canon at right angles to the larger one, and directly opposite the hotel. After break? fast the next morning we started on a tour of inspection. It is said that the man who first dis? covered the place hurried back to his companions, and told then: that he had discovered the mouth o: the lower regions. All kinds of eights, BmellB and aounda assail you at once, like an im? menBe chemical labrato'ry in full blast? over three hundred springs surround you ?jome are hot; others icy cold; some contain iron; some soda ,* others sul? phur. The deposits from the waters are as varioua in character as the waters them - aelvea, and the sulphalea of lime, mag? nesia and iron contribute to give the bot? tom and sides of the ravine a peculiar .vivid and variegated coloring. At one moment you see a seething, bubbling pool as black as ink; at the next,a beau? tiful, placid spring of crystal water. . In several- places, steam is ejected in regular pulsations from holes in the ground, aa if an immense engine were at work below the surface, and altogether you feel that if the discoverer was not altogether right, he was not entirely wrong. After lunch we left and rode back to camp to resume our march on the morrow. Two days later we reacbed Ukiah, quite ready to settle down and rest for a while. The citizens of the place were very glad to see us; for besides other reasons, it gave them a chance to see a Light Battery and a drill, which most , of them had never seen before, and many would never see again. We pitched camp in a grove on the out? skirts of town, convenient for wood and water. Nothing of interest occurred until the 4th of July celebration, in which we had been invited to participate, the procession was, no doubt one of the grandest in the history of the stars and stripes?composition as follows : Grand Marshal of the day, brass band, fire com? pany, Sunday School in wagons, Sunday School on foot, Band of Hope (three girla and two boys) on foot, wagon load of lit? tle girls representing the different States of the Union (this novel effect was pro? duced by a strip of paper about the fore? head with the name of the State printed on it), Light Battery "K," and twelve young ladies on horseback, the oldest of whom was just sweet fifty-three (this lat? ter can not be relied upon, as it came from the lady herself, and the young creature wbb very bashful; from personal observation, and with a strict regard for the truth, I shall say sixty.) The pro? cession proceeded in state to a grove next to our camp, where the usual 4th of July "chestnuts" were once more perpetrated upon the unoffending people, and then came the barbecue, and from chestnuts the crowd turned to the more satisfying diet of roaat ox, sheep and pig. The fes? tivities of the day concluded with a free for all, go aa you-please ball given in the T.own Hall. Every one for miles around was there, and many didn't go home till morning. One of our chief pleasures at Ukiah was going out to the Vichy baths, about three miles from town. It was a novel and'at the same time a very pleasant experience to bathe in running Vichy water?they have two immense springs, the water from which can be turned into the bath houses, so that there ia a con? stant stream passing through each tub. The water ia heavily charged with gas, and one peculiarity about it is, that soap is entirely unnecessary, either in bathing or in washing clothes. #Itia also excel? lent drinking water, and compares very favorably with thai from the most noted European alkaline waters. In addition to these springs, there Is a smaller one of Apollinaris water. The night before we left, the Trustees of the town gave us a banquet, and this waa followed by a bop given the officers by the "Mignonette Social Club." One day's march brought us to Blue Lakes, where we camped over one day and had a delightful time rowing and sailing. While here we took a flying trip to Sara? toga springs, about three miles distant, and where there are several kinds of mineral water. Our next camp was at Clear Lake, one of the most noted spots in California. The name is a misnomer, for the water ia not clear, but atill it is a beautiful body of water about thirty-five miles long, and five or six wide. The first afternoon Peck and I got a sail boat, and went out?we had a delightful time, but the wind being con? trary, we had quite a time getting back, and'finally rowed part of the way in. Capt. and Mrs. Collier, who lived in San Francisco until a short time ago, but now have a ranch on the Lake, came over in their little steam launch the next day, and took some of us over to Soda spring, the most curious feature of the lake. Out some distance from the shore, and cov? ered by a bath house, is a rock very near the surface of the water, and through a hole in it comes spouting soda water? the water is ao heavily charged with Car? bonic Acid Gas, that it ia thrown up sev? eral feet into the air?a bath in it was the most exhilarating thing I ever expe? rienced; after having, once gone in, it waa hard to persuade yourself to leave it. One precaution very necessary to observe was, that your face must not be kept near it for more than a few seconds [?ESDAT MORNINC at a time?even that would make you feel decidedly uncomfortable, and a few minutes of it would kill you just as cer? tainly as going down into an old unused well full of gas. The Captain was taken quite sick the first of the three, days we spent here. Not feeling able to ride horseback, be werjt in the ambulance until just before we reached home?this left me in command of the column on the march, and I found that riding at the bead of the column out of the dust, was much better than being further back where all that article seemed to come directly to you. More? over, it is much more pleasant to give orders yourself, than to receive them from others. We passed over some very high moun? tains between Lakeport and Cloverdale, and bad some magnificent views of the surrounding country. One especially attracted our attention, and we united in pronouncing it one of the finest that could possible be seen. It was about twelve miles from Lakeport. On reach? ing the summit of one of the steepest climbs, and looking back over* the road we bad followed, we saw stretched below us the peaceful lake, reflecting in its mirror-like surface the grim and ragged mountains which overwhelms its North? ern share; behind was the deep azure of the sky, and in the foreground of the picture a seemingly endless confusion of hill and valley, rocks and trees, barren wastes and fields of ripening grain, while to complete the whole, overhead there floated a few white and fleecy clouds. We camped that night at a ranch in a beautiful little valley, and next day reached Cloverdale, from which place our route w is the eame as that we bad followed coining up. In due time we entered the disagreeable San Francisco fog belt, crossed the bay to the Presidio wharf, marched directly to our barracks, and were ready for the humdrum life of the garrison, feeling very much benefited by the trip and, if X may speak for the crowd, ready to start again the nest day for a similar experience. On our return, we found fifteen recruits wailing for us, and are now busy trying to drill them into shape?a pretty hard task. The Infantry is still down at Santa Barbora, and will leave about Sept. 15, for home. They come by boat to Fort Hartford, a place on the coast,'about 300 miles below here, and then march up from there. Some wagons and an ambu? lance are to be sent down to meet them there, and I hope to be sent in charge of them. Rumors of war with the Apaches in Arizona have been circulating very freely, and all the cavalry at this post has been ordered to hold itself in readi? ness to march at a moment's notice. Some of the Artillery youngsters are con? sidering the subject of asking to be sent along to take part in the campaign; but, excuse me from serving in Arizona until I am compelled to do so. Now that Gen. Schofield, who formerly belonged to the 1st Artillery, is in command of the army, I shouldn't be surprised to find myself in Washington next Fall. Your loving soo,'. John A. Towers. A Kew Wonder of Electricity. From time to time the sugar trade here has heard of experiments with a new pro? cess of refining sugar, which was being kept a profound secret, but which, it was promised, would, when brought to perfec? tion, work wonders. The only thing about tbe process was that it was an electrical one. Tbe trade has never taken more than a passing interest in the experiment, and never possessed any confidence in its success. Indeed, as year has followed year without a demon? stration of absolute practicability, tbe trade has generally regarded the.whole thing .with suspicion and incredulity, much as the world regards the preten? tious of Mr. Keely. Lately, however, there has seemed to be something of a change of sentiment in regard to tbe process. Sugar men are beginning to fear that there may be something in it after all. Actual sugar, of the most beautiful crystals, manufactured by this process has been exhibited on tbe street. Last week there were two tests, to which several skeptical sugar merchants were invited, and, according to all account*, they came away greatly puzzled. A refinery has been put up in Brooklyn. The machinery has been manufactured in different parts of the w ? *'d in order that tbe secret might not be .-iscloaed, and this has been put together. I am told that a flual test must be made before October 10. If, on or before that date 1,000 tons of sugar are refined by this process in a given time, it ia said that English capi? talists are willing to invest $15,000,000 in tbe enterprise. I bave no means of knowing bow true this is, but it is evi? dent that the trade is now awaiting with much interest this final and conclusive tent. If successful, according to the measuro expected by its projector*, this process will be one of the greatest com? mercial sensations of the century. It would revolutionize tbe sugar trade. It would close tbe existing refineries and drive millions of capital out of the busi? ness and break the great trust. The cost of refining by this process, as com? pared with that of tbe existing method, would be as 70 cents to ?14, and the time consumed in refining as ten minutes to twenty hours. All this, of course, reads like a fairy tale. It seems preposterous, but in these days of steam and electricity, when one can put a "girdle around tbe world" in forty seconds; when one oan talk from New York to Washington ; when one. can reproduce by a machine tbe voices of friends far distant, and, perhaps, in tbe grave; when steam bas annihilated space and revolutionized trade, one can not afford to treat scorn? fully a new thing because it seems strange or preposterous, The inventor of the alleged new process was a German, who, after laboring eight years on tbe inven? tion, died some time ago, leaving bis secret with his wife and one other per? son.?New York Correspondence Pldladel phxa. Ledder. ~ "I have taken, within the past year, several bottles of Ayer'sSarsaparilln, and find it admirably adapted to the needs of an impoverished system. I am con? vinced that this preparation, as a blood purifier, is unequaled."?C. C. Dame, Pastor Congregational church, Andover, Me. ? Mrs. Ruth Hull, of Wallingford, Conn., is now seventy-four years of age, and it is feared thatsbe cannot live many more days. She wants to be buried in tbe cradle she was rocked in when a baby. Her wish will be carried out, and tbe cradle has been transformed into a coffin. ? Sufferers from the effect of quinine, used as a remedy for chills and fever, should try Ayer's Ague Cure. This preparation is a powerful tonic, wholly vegetable, and without a particle of any noxiouB drug, Warranted a sure cure, J, OCTOBER 4, 1888 ARP AT MEETING. The Philosopher Talks About the Tuber nacle, and the Great Work of Rev. Sam Jones. Atlanta Constitution. "It looks like the Joneses are about to take the country," said an old lady to me. "Well, I don't know," said I: "I thought the Browns bad already got it." "Not around here," said she; "its the Joneses. They are ten to one of the Browns and are increasing powerful, and are generally doing mighty well, from Ram down. They are runnin' the big rueetinga and the college, and the car? riage factory and a merchant mill and some stores, and they all move around lively and owd more good property than anybody." The Smiths and Browns and Jones have never immortalized their names on history's page, bat nevertheless have proved to be fight good combination stock. Captain John Smith was the founder of the Jamestown colony and ought to have married Miss Pocabonias, for ehe loved him and saved his life, and if he had, then all the Smiths on this continent would have claimed that tbey descended from him abd had Indian blood in their veins, and they would, have swelled up and held their noses as high in the air as the Randolphs. My wife claims a little streak of that Pocahontas Randolph blood, and I recken she has got it, for I can't make her do anything she don't want to, and if anybody was about to smash my bead with a club she would jump in between and save me. And the Joneses have got some pride, of ancestry too, for there was John Paul Jones, the great admiral who grappled the enemy's ship, and they fought and fought until his cannon all bursted, and when called on to surrender, replied "no, I have just begun to fight" and be and bis men boarded the other vessel, as their own waa sinking, and tbey took it- and whipped twice their number and took them all prisoners. He was a fighter, he wan, and I expect "our Sam" has got some of his blood in his veins. Then there waa Anson Jones, the last presi? dent of the Texas republic, another fighting man. And there was Dr. Noble Jones, a revolutionary Georgia patriot of 1776 and the president of the State con? vention of 1796. And there have been lots of Joneses ever since, who made an honorable reputation. Most of them have names as common as their sir names and all called Sam and Joe and Bob.and Jack Bill and Seab and Tom and George and auch like. It don't run in the Jones stock to have a fancy romantic name. Sam Jonea would be another feller if he bad a hifalutin name. The tabernacle meeting ia in full blast now, and Sam preaches the morning t.ermon every day and talks right smart ossicles. When he can't lead he drives. He sits up high on the stage coach and rrucks his whip, and the team has got to go, willing or unwilling. His resources seem to be as unlimited as ever. A poor blind man asked for help and Sam ap? pealed to the congregation one night and told them he waa going to have a pound party next morning and they must all bring up something for the poor folks of this community?something that tbey could eat, drink or wear, or some money to buy it with and sure enough tbey brought money and supplies most liberal'. It is astonishing how much money he can make up in a little while in a large congregation. I heard a Borne man say yesterday that be had made up his mind that Sam shouldn't draw but two dollars out of hia pocket, but before he knew it he had put a'ten dollar bill in the hat. Old Dr. Witherspoon, from New Orleana, preached a aermon about the wanta of the three million sailors who lived upon the sea and be asked for help to build chap? els and sailors' homes, and do missionary work for them, and Sam followed it up with an exhortation and said: "How it broadens a man to bear auch talk about these Bailors?these' three million of strong men who live and work in contin? ual peril and ? among them all not an infidel or an atheist. They may be l wicked, and when they get on the band and get tbeir money tbey drink and carouse, and get in the calaboose; but tbey all believe in that God who sends the storm. It ia these f el lows who are safe upon the land who become infidels, but just let a little earthquake come along and shake 'em up and they turn pale and tremble, and would run worse than a scared dog if they knew where to run to. These sailors ought to be con? verted, and then every one of them would bo the same as a missionary in every port in the wide world. Let's do something for them right here in Cartersville. Let's get out of these selfish, narrow ways and do something for other people, and we will feel better and bigger and broader. You feilere here are right clever and kind to yourselves and your folks, but you are bottled up too tight. You have got enough religion, such as it is, but it ain't the right Bort. Why, here is Brother Cooper who wants to build anew Baptist church in this town ; but you can't doit, my brother. Your people have got the money, but they won't shell it out, and you had just aB well give up the job. Tbey are depending more on water than on churches to Bave 'em. And here are these Methodist of Cartersville, who want a parsonage, and they can't get it. Brother Adams has got about five hun? dred members in his church, and they don't average more than three dollars a piece all the year round and they are not going to shell out for a parsonage. Tbey are just eetting around and thanking God for giving them such a cheap religion. If you don't believe salvation is'free just look in the hat after a collection. And here is a little Equad of Presbyterians who have been racking along until tbey have mighty nigh racked out. Oh that 1 could pick out about a hundred of you Cartersville Christians and send you to California, and Kansas and Minnesota hi:d Canada on a free excursion and let ?you dee something and learn something and you would come back with bigger hearts and broader principles. You have squatted down right here until you bulieve you and your little town are of more consequence to the Almighty than all the rest of the world. Instead of ex? panding you are shrinking up and there are some folks around here who set about and criticise and Bay 'Sam Jones talks too much, and he oughtn't to say this and h3 had no business to Bay that,' and I know some of these very fellows who luve shrunk up so small that if a fly was to light on the end of his nooe it could scratch oue of his eyes with one foot and tickle the other with another foot all at the same time. Now, while preaching is going on here in the tabernacle a dog fight breaks out in the aisle, and just about two thirds of the congregation seem all at once to wake up from their lethar? gy, and some get up on their peats, to see which dog whips, and it does look like you are more interested in a dog fight than in the salvation of your immortal souls. But they say that a dog fight in a church is a good sign?a sign that the devil has been driven out of the people and gone into the dogs, and so I still have hope. Now, we mu3t do something for these sailors, and the more you do the better you will feel. Let me see your ha! Brother Witherspoon?yes, this is big enough. I think it will hold all that we will gfct to-night. I'm going to set il right here on the platform and I want everybody who has a heart to feel foi others to walk up to the hat and pul something in it, nod I'm going to stand right by it and see who puts in. Brothei Cooper, lend me two dollars to put in foi thyself. I'll pay you back tomorrow if 1 don't forget it, and do you put in a dollai for yourself as an example. Come right up now, all of you, while I'm a talking I. and put in the bat, and if those sapheada who say Sam talks too much are here and don't put in something just let 'em pick up their ? old carcasses and rack out. These folks that live just for themselves are like steers that are being fattened for market. Tbey live to eat and drink, and that's about all tbey do. The steer eats and drinks and lies down and does nothing for nobody until he gets fat and is sold for beef. But we can't even sell these rich, selfish old fat men for beef. If the devil bad 'em up for sale at an auction they would'nt bring twenty cents apiece. There are some'merchaots in this town who won't close their stores for one hour and a half for morning service, and tbey say they must keep them open to accommodate their country customers, and they know tbey are telling a lie when they say it, for their country customers are here at the tabernacle, if tbey are in town, or tbey ought to be, and if they are not they can wait an hour until the store is opened again. Some of these merchants are afraid tbey will lose twenty five cents?that's it?tweqiy-five cents is their price. Keep on'putting into the bat, friends. Let's do something for the sailors." , I noticed my friend George Wyatt, of Borne, approach the bat and toss a half dollar at it, but be missed, and it fell back in the straw and Sam made bim get down on bis marrow bones and scratch for it until he found it. George is the plasterer who when work was very dull and the supplies very low dreamed one night that the angel Gabriel came down and told him he wanted him to put a fresh blue coat all over the sky and a center piece around every star and he would give bim thirty cents a square yard ana five dollars for every star, and he felt bappy and run and told his wife and sbe asked him how be was going to build a scaffold and that troubled him so he rolled over and fell out of bed and waked up as poor as ever. Sam Jones can say more hard things and true things about folks than anybody and can make us all feel mean and mad at the same time and the next day preach a kind, tender, loving sermon and make everybody fall in love with bim again. He has some powerful helpers at this meeting?strong men, noble men and eloquent. It is a great Christian feast to listen to such men as Dr. Strickland and Dr. Lockwook and Mr. Johnson and Dr. Sullen. The influence of their preaching will be felt long after we are dead. If the people of Cartersville bad to pay five thousand dollars a year for these annual tabernacle meetings it would be money well spent, for it would be like bread cast upon the waters by the fathers and will return to the children after many days. Bill Abp. How New Englanders Save Money. Almost any New Englander can recall a country minister who, on bis little yearly salary of three or four hundred dollars, managed, by the help of bis wife, to live respectably and comforta? bly, educate a large family for self sup? port and usefulness, and lay up something every-year against the rainy day which comes in all men's lives. We have wondered bow it was done, but we know it was done, and tbat be died at last the possessor of a nice little property. New England has been noted for its bard poil and its hard conditions generally, yet there is no other spot on the face of the earth that contains so much human com? fort to the square mile. Every man born in New England tries and expects to better his condition during his life, and then.he goes to work at the beginning with this end definitely in view. The rich men of New England are men who began their prosperity by bumble say? ings. Whatever their income' was, tbey did not use it all. Twenty five or fifty dollars a year was considered quite worth (saving any laying by. These small sums, placed at interest, accumulated slowly .but surely, until the day came, at last when it was capital to be invested in business with large profits. A fortune acquired in this way was cohesive, strong and permanent. We are quite aware tbat something of grace and lovableness was lost in the habit of these small economies. Men grew small quite too often, and pinched and stingy by the influenence of the babit of penny savings. This has been brought against New England as a reproach', but ftew England has replied, with truthful? ness andf pride, tbat no people of the country or of the world have been more benevolent than her own economical children. She points to the vast sums she has expended on Christian missions, and to the great public charities whose monuments crown her bill tops, and shows that at the call of Christianity and humanity her purse, filled with such painstaking and self denial, flies open and empties itself to fill the measure of the public need. At any rate, we know that there is not a State in the West that has not gone to New England for the money to build her towns and her rail? roads, and tbat if she has ever been lag? gard io her hospitalities, such as she has practiced, have been at her own expense, and not at tbat of her creditors. New England is rich?and this, after all, is what we are trying to say?notwithstand? ing a bard soil and an inhospitable climate. Circumstances were against her from the beginning, and economy was what enabled her to conquer circum? stances, and lift herself to the command? ing position of wealth and influence which Bhe holds to-day. The men who bad an income of$300ayear at the begin? ning, lived on $200. The men who had an income of $500, lived on $300. Those whose income reached $1,000, lived oc half of that, sum, and so on. They practiced self-denial. Tbey bad no great opportunities for making money, and knew that wealth could only come tc them through saving money. Toe ole tanner who, when asked what the secrel of his wealth was, replied: "When 1 got a cent, I kep' it," told the whole story of New England thrift and 2omfort ?Dr.J. G. Holland. ? It has been estimated that during i lifetime of three score years and ten the blood of a human being travels 4 292,40( miles and tbat his heart beats 2,538,848, 000 times. ? Will you suffer with dyspepsia auc Liver Complaint? Shiloh's Vitalizer ii guaranteed to cure you. For sale by Hill Bros. ? There are four matrons in Media Pa., who are the mothers of eighty-fou: children. Mrs. William Wright boasti of fifteen, Mrs. Saraual Field of twenty eight, Mrs. Joseph Chandler of twenty five, and Mrs. Barrett of sixteen. ? That hacking cough can be 6< quickly cured by Shilon's Cure. W< gnaranlee it. For sale by Hill Bros. ? Real estate reaches higher an< higher figures in Lower Broadway, Nev York. A lot containing a little raon than.an eighth of an acre has just beei sold for $775,000. Allowing a propor tionate price for the building, the prici of the land is at the rate of $5,000,000 ar acre. ? Catarrh cured, health and swee breath secured, by Shiloh's Catarrh rem edy. Price 50 cents. Nasal Injecto free. For sale by Hill Bros. 1 ? A writer says tbat if the entir living population of the globe?2,400, 000,000 ?were divided into families o nve persons each, all the3o farailes coul< be located in Texas, each family- havinj a house lot of half an acre, and then hav more than 70,000,000 of family lots un taken. ? Sleepless nights, made miserable b; that terrible cough. Shiloh's Cure is th remedy for you. For sale by Hill Bros VOLUM] TEAC?'G A CRIME. Money Recovered that was Stolen Two Tears Ago. Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 24.?On June 1,1886, a package containing $10,000 was shipped in the United States Express by the Union National Bank of Cincinnati, to the Van Wert National Bank, of | Ohio. When the package reached its destination it was opened and found to be bogus, being stuffed with paper and cotton batting. It was evident that the $10,000 bad been stolen. An investiga? tion followed under the direction of Superintendent Calvin Cone of the ex? press company and others. They caraej to the conclusion that the package had been put up in the shape in which it was found at the bank in Cincinnati. On that theory, payment was resisted by the express company, against which suit for the amount was brought in the United States Court at Toledo, and the case was tried during the winter of 1886 87. The company was beaten, judgment against it was entered and the money paid. Here the matter rested until a little over a year ago when it was referred to Colo? nel John Byrne, of this city, who had, in the meantime, been appointed general detective of the express company. on the trail. The Colonel went to Ohio and became convinced that the genuine package had been stolen at Greenville, Ohio, and the bogus one substituted by a man named 'John F. Murphy, who was employed as a driver by the United States Express agent at Greenville. .He left the employ of the company in July, 1887, under somewhat suspicious circumstances and after demanding a large increase in salary, which be knew the company would not pay. After leaving be made no effort to get work, though be was not known to have any means. On August 1,1887, he left Greenville and went to Dakota, say? ing be intended taking up a land claim. From Dakota he went to Southern Kan eas and stopped at Mead Centre. Here he arranged to locate, aftec which he returned to Greenville for his family, consisting of his wife and two children. On October 31, 1887, be left,Greenville with his family. Murphy was'next heard of at Artesian City, in Mead County, about eight miles from Mead Centre, where he was engaged in running a country store. byrne gets a clue. Colonel Byrne, about two months ago, learned that his "suspect" was making expenditures in his new home that were altogether unwarranted by his known financial condition. The Colonel made further investigation and found he was paying for everything he purchased in spot cash. Colonel Byrne again proceed? ed to Greenville and filed affidavits on which a requisition was obtained from the Governor of Ohio to the Governor of Kansas, on which the latter gave him a warrant for the arrest of Murphy. At noon a week ago to day he arrived at Mead Centre and obtained the assistance of the Bberiff of the County and a lawyer. "? Then they started for Arteaian City, eight miles distant, and there found Murphy, who was arrested by the Sheriff on the Governor's warrant. The prison er was questioned as to bis finances and said that be had about $800 with him when he came to Kansas, which he bad saved up from bis earnings. When asked about his real and personal property, purchased since bis arrival in Kansas, he enumerated amounts which figured up $1,300 or ?1,400. the money found. The Sheriff immediately departed with Murphy, and Colonel Byrne then began to search his house. He came across a centre table which he attempted to lift when ,ne top came off. He then dis? covered that one of the legs of Che tpble was hollow, and thrusting his arm down to the elbow, felt something. He drew it forth, and to bis amazement, as well as gratification, It proved to be a package containing $6,450? of the stolen money, $5,200 of which was in $100_bills. Mur? phy's wife, who was a spectator of the discovery, exclaimed: "My God! he's guilty." The Colonel started for tho railroad station, where he wired the Sheriff on the train that he had found the stolen money. The Sheriff showed the dispatch to Murphy, who then "weakened," and ad mitted his guilt. On the following day the Colonel arrived at Hutchinson, ana the prisoner was delivered to him. On Friday, he in turn delivered Murphy to the Sheriff, at Greenville, Ohio. Next morning he was arraigned, waived exami? nation and was committed to trial. ? mukphy confesses. On the train coming East Murphy said that the money package went by the Greenville station, where it should have been transferred, and was sent back and remained over night. When the package went by he conceived the idea of taking it. In the afteruoon it came back from Union City and was received by him. He took it and delivered it to the agent. That night it remained in the vault. During the night, having resolved to carry out the scheme, be prepared in the office and at his houae the contents found in the package when it reached Van Wert. In the morning, during transfer hour, after he had received the package to transfer it to the messenger, he raised one of the ends of the seals with his penknife, opened the end of the wrapper, took out the currency and inserted the material prepared. He heated some green wax and pressed it back, and also heated the outer portions of the seal with a match and pressed it back into place, On the way back Murphy also executed bills of sale and deeds of what property be bad in Kansas to the express company. He is 32 years of age. Utilizing the Cotton Stalk. The following letter from the Ameri' cau Consolidated Fibre Company, ol New York, to Governor Richardson ex plains itself: New Yoek, Sept. 17,1S88. Hon. Governor of South Carolina. Respected Sir : Article in the New York Herald of recent date tells us o! the great loss of the cotton crop this yeai owing to the heavy rains The cottor. stalk fibre sent you by this mail, and tc which permit roe to call your attention was8ent us by Gov. J. B Gordon, o Georgia. It was pulled August 15, de layed in transit and did not reach u< until September 10. It was decayed anc is not a fair sample of what we can do. We have a process for treating all vege table fibres in a simple economical man? ner, and which has been fully demonstra' ted. Tho sample sent you show that the stalk, which has never been utilized, n full of fibre that can be used for textile purposes and for paper stock, and in the event of failure of the cotton crop bj rain or other causes, th6 planters, by oui process, would still have a large profi from the stalk alone. Gov. Gordon when in the c'ty some time ago, frequent ly visited us and wa? shown large sam? ples of other fibres as well as cotton stalks He was very much interested. He sendf us at intervals of from two to three weeks a few hundred pounds of the stalk; for treatment. We would be pleased t( do the same for any planters from youi State, and will send you and th ?m the re eultof ourwork. With great respect, John H. Brown, Supt. Am. Con. Fibre Co. ? There is a negro living near Mc Cormick, in Abbeville County, on th plantation of Capt. T. N. Dallis, who i 93 years old, and every tooth it] his bea' is perfectly sound. 3 XXIV.- -NO. 13, All Sorts of Paragraphs. ? Iq the human race the'butcher holds the steaks. ? A snake with two heads was killed'; in Darlington several days ago. ? Out of every one thousand* men' twenty five of them die annually. ? A man in Lancaster County ban two hogs that suck his cows regularly. ? Don't worry about something that; may happen to morrow, because you may.; die to night ? Girls are beginning' to look toward dentistry as a field where their wits and industry may win a fair reward. . ? Wiggins, the Canadian" weatherf prophet, says there will be frost in Florid da between October 3rd and 9th. ? It is reported that crops in Green--;, ville county were not as badly injured by': the recent storms as" they-were at first'" thought to be. ? A good many farmers in Barn well,~ County say there will not be more than three-fourths of a crop, and some estimate-: it as a half'crop. ' ' ? One of the newest things in fans ia * one with a smelling bottle in the' Btickjl and in the smelling bottle a little very>? strong ammonia. ? A correspondent wants to- know "ought cousins to marry ?" why certain'!!: ly; all the other relatives get married why shouldn't a cousin marry V< ? More than 1,000,000 working pe pie in the United States are now idle fn New York city alone 67,000 men at' 50,000 women are out of work. . V-P ? Two Swedish farmers of Nebra bave^made a singular bet on tbe res of the Presidential election, one sjak'n^ his wife against the other's Jercey c?w.i ? Gainesville, the gem. city of North--] east Georgia, received, used and shipped over half million of chickens and hun? dreds of thousand dozens eggs during.t past year, ? A French writer judge3 women their thumbs. Those with large thumr. are eaid to be more likely to possess ? native intelligence, while the small' thumbs indicate feeling. ? Mrs. M. A. Crocker, of San Francia-r; co, has given to the Young Women's^:' Christian Association of tbat city $10,000, '; and the association will buy a lot prepara^ tory to erecting a fine building. ? Five barrels of new cane syrup, tho first of the season, was received at New* Orleans from New Iberia on the 24thV inst. The syrup was classed as good fair/; and was sold for $1.25 per gallon. ? Among the candidates in North;' Carolina is a Fowle for Governor, a'HoItj for Lieutenant-Governor, a Finger :fpj$ superintendent of education and a Bann for Congress. If Fowle gets Holt with a/; Finger he will take the Bonn. ? It is said tbat Rev. Sam ^Jonesia^ worth over $100,000, and continues^ pile up wealth faster than any man in Cherokee, Georgia. All of this money). has been made of late years by Mr? Jones' original style of preaching. ? The whoje wheat crop of Minnesota I and Dakota, now harvested, appears to.' fall at last 36,000,000 bushels below thV. yield of last year, and not less than 25/-: 000,000 bushels below tbe yield of rthei preceding year.?Minneapolis Market Review. ? Recently compiled statistics show tbat the number of National banks in the country has increased about 1G00; during the past seven years. Four-fifths of these new banks have capitals of $100^ 000 or less, and about one-half started' with $50,000. ? Don Cameron does not endorse the* Republican nominee for President. He says: "No self-respecting man who was associated with Harrison in tbe United States Senate would go near bim in the event of bis election. I certainly would: never call upon bim." ? A man who died at Flint, Mich., c few days ago, wrote bis own funeral eer^ raon, the hymns tobe sung at his funeral,: the words of consolation to bis friends and tbe epitaph for his tombstone. He believed that if a man wanted^Hbingi; done well he should do it himself. ? An iceberg was lately seen off the coast of Greenland which was four miles; long, two miles wide, and 160'feet out of water. As this was only- about", one-: eighth if its weight, the part under water, if similar in shape,, may .bavel extended over a thousand feet below: ? According to the Bee Joumal thBre are in North America about 300,000 persons keeping bees. Tbe annual honey; product is about 100,000,000 pounds; and its value nearly $15,000,000. 3be. annual wax product is about 500,000 pounds, and its value more than $100, 000. ' ^ ? It is 6aid that yellow fever was known in Spain #more than a thousand years before Christ, and tbat five hunt dred years after Christ it marched through England. Later it was credited .to' Siam, and the story goes that it was carried from these to tbe West Indies, where it has made its borne. ? Presbylerianism is making advan? ces in South Africa. Already it has there 223 congregations, and controls five colleges. Also in Hungary its influence is extending, there being in that country, it ia said, more Presbyterians than- in France and Switzerland, with five col? leges, which contain 2,926 students.-jaal ? The Connecticut State prison at Weathersfield contains two wife murder? er?. One of them. Jake Brown, who has been in tbe prison only a year, has gone crazy brooding over the crime. i'Tbt other, thirty two years ago, heTd his wife under water until she died* He seemi to enjoy the life that be has been leading for over thirty years, grows fat . prison fare, and is a vigorous man of 60 years. ? Rosa Wise, a young?_vrrl of Men" dian, Miss., bad five cents given to her-aj a joke for l birthday present. ;Sh(j bought a yard of calico with it and made a sunbonnet, which she sold for foxtj cents. This she invested in more calico made it up, sold tbe garments and rein? vested tbe capital until she ' had $10 With this she bought potatoes, planted them, paid for the cultivation of bei crop, for gathering and carting to town and made ?50 clean profit. . ? When the mayor of Charleston; Wi Ya., sentenced a white woman. the othei day to work seventeen days on tbe streets a young farmer arose and offered to take ber place, saying tbat be would neve permit a woman to be worked as a con? vict on the public streets.. The mayoi accepted his offer, and the man wai marched off to the cbaingang. He.de clined to give his name, and said thai "John Smith" would do as well as any? thing else. He said that he was a farn laborer from some place up the river awl that be never saw or heard of tbe woman in bis life until be saw her ir tbe Mayor's Court, but that his sense o: manhood and his respect for womanfcinc would not permit bim to see one of th< sex scraping the public streets in com? pany with tramps and bummers. " ? Ladic?. In delicate health needing a gentle ye effective laxative will find tbe California liquid fruit remedy, Syrup of Figs;pleas ing to tbe taste, acceptable to tbe stomach and perfectly safe in all cases. It is th most easily taken and pleasantly effectiv remedy known to cure and prevent cue tiveness, to dispel headaches, cold8,'r?i fevers, and. strengthen tbe kidneys, liy? and bowel?, and is therefore a favorii remedy with ladies. For sale by 8?mt bod, Bead & Co,