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S3 - m Id i P3 W at.? oi o si .< ov? flog L' P-Jja ^* o h a,3? g o I ? DO ?^s i o ? h^ rd 2 es a sit * o a m i?i hi OQ m if -a w Ii w a' i <1 ifeH#lis Qualities will De|?ht Patroi? aid pay Dividends to Consumers. 3 J. P. SULLIVAN & WS. CONSTANT AIM IS TO SELL THE jBest ?io Coffee Tliey Can Find. - And all other Choice grades. They keep a close watch after, .and/are prepared togive'bottom prices^notwith- ? standing the. advance. They have.,a nice, stock of MEN'S; YOUTH'S- and BOYS' CLOJHING cheaper than you can imagine. They hare taken time and pains to get up this atdcfr, and are ready to offer good Bargains.. -jl KENTUCKY AND ATHENS JEANS, DRY 6009S OF ALL KINDS, . .. r-From the.cheapest Prints to fina Cashmeres. U""BOOTS' A2STD SHOES, ? ''?'^?The'i^tst??^'.they^h?veiever had.. V j ||?YTHING --THEIE! STOCK IS GENERAL. T$A?HI}i$lGoi,?MN, All communications intended for thisColumn shonld be addressed to D. H. R?S8ELL, School Commissioner, Ander? son, S. C ; 0 We found the school at the Grange Hall in good hands. Miss Jennie Er win, with Scotch Irish blood in her veins, knows how "to put her foot down." Her 1 pupilB seem to fear and love her, and, without dohbt, this is one of the secrets ofsucces8. We found things running smoothly inside the school room at Denver with? out jar or ,friction of any kind. Miss Carrie. Watkins has her school well in hand/and is thoroughly in earnest and wide awake. She thinks of moving soon to a more comfortable building. "Candy pullings" are pleasant affairs to "school-marms" as well as school children. 'At least, we suppose so, as recently-two of them were up till "the wee sma' hours ayant the' twal," attend? ing one. All right, ladies, fan and work mixed in tbe right proportion is a good tonic. ? ? -?? ? ?-? ; The New Prospect School, under Mr. Gain es, wmb alsoemail the day we were there, bot we saw some signs of honest, earnest work. The. children are still .picking cotton, and the school will not fill np until, after New Year. What a desperate tyrant cotton is I He is a King, indeed, and has the children of the County in bondage. Miss Lena Campbell's school at Moun? tain Credk was seen by the Commission? er somewhat at a disadvantage. There were only five pupils present the day we were there, and, of course, not. much of anpideji could be-formed off the: work doneT'^e^havo^aith in the" teacheF there though, and at tho proper time we propose to visiL her again. . Have yoa seen any thing of the teacher who is going .around offering to teach your school for what public money he c*;n get? Look out for him?his ear? marks are conspicuous, for they are long and pendant. If he comes give him a wide berth, for he is the biggest kind of a fraud. All expectations based upon him will, in the end, prove "a delusion and a snare." He is' worth just about the price that he puts upon himself, and that is absolutely nothing, and if you rely upon him to educate your children it will never be done.. Let the Trustees be-very careful in verifying the. reports of. the teachers before affixing their signatures thereto. Mistakes may, and sometimes do, occur, and the business like way is to verify everything that passes through . your hands. This is no injustice to anybody, nor * any; reflection .'capon anybody. A school report came in the School Com? mtssioner's office last week properly signed by the Trustees, but, which, upon examination, 'proved to be wrong. It called for $1.50 too mnch. We are handling trust money, and let us be doubly careful. 5 ii ~?r-!^^- . . ?,?/ -? ?"Learn all you can about everything you can," is a good rule to go by. Don't think because your child can not go ?through College that, therefore, he need learn nothing but a little "readiu', ritin' andArithmetic." Let him take hold of ?everything that can be learned "within the range of the Commnzr Schools. It will broaden him ?zi give him higher and better views of life and its aims and possibilities.. It-will make him a better man, a better citiztn and a better hus bacd and father w^en he reaches that point. No child can be the worse off for having studied ever thing within his reach in the school. . These long winte- evenings that are just ahead of us car, be made a means of education to the children. But it depends^up|Ja .how they are used. If parents would spend a little money upon books of history or biography, or books of travels, it would greatly interest the children, and act as a wonderful stimulus to their youthful minds. ' Books of nat? ural history contain a great deal that is captivating to the young.' This old: world of/ours is a wonderful storehouse, and these books tell the. children about' it. Their minds are -naturally active and on the lookout for information, and they will get it of some sort. If a tithe of the money that is spent in this County for tobacco, cigars and whiskey was spent in buying useful books to supplement the teachers' work in the school room, we would nee a different atmosphere per? vading the.Bchools. Having once tasted f the Pierian spring, they, would not be satisfied until they drank deeper. AJBallroafl Racing Dog. ^ James Griffin, of Danbury, Conn., has .a mall terror dog that is surprising the people of his town by his abilities as a runner. Every evening during the sum? mer, when the 6:45 train from the West blew its whistle a few rods from the ' Main Street crossing, the dog would bound out of the house near by and take the track ahead of the train for the sta? tion, half a mile away, The train crosses Main street at the rate of fifteen miles aii hour, and between the crossing and the station is a trestle abont 300 feet - long. Over this the . dog flies, always keeping just so far ahead of the train, slackening his Bpeed as the airbrakes are applied, and coming into the station at the same distance ahead of the train as he took when he started the race.. Once or twice the engineer has put on steam to try and overtake the dog, but he has .not yet succeeded in doing it. The dog never pays any attention to the calls of his master. When he reaches the station he looks up at the engineer, gives two or . three short yelps, and quietly trots home up the track. This performance is repeat? ed with unfailing regularity, and if an effort is made to keep him in the house at train time, ?e raises an unearthy yelp? ing. , It is the custom now for crowds to gather to see the exhibition racing? New York Sun. ? On January 7th, the Indiana su? preme court will be Republican for the first time in eighteen years. \ ? The total number of railroad acci? dents in the United States during October includes 82 collisions, 58 derailments and 6 other accidents? a total of 146, in which 120 persons were killed and 223 injured. STDERSON, S.O., TB IS DANCING REALLY WRONG. A Variety of Opinions on a Great Question of the Day. New York World. With the 1st of December the dancing season will begin. From that time on? ward, through the series of public and private balls, all grades of German society will Bend representatives into the jnazes of the newest dancers. If the Patriarchs will waltz, so will the Pat Divver Asso? ciation. If a matriarch will tread the cotillion, the prettiest lass on tbe east side will lead tbe Virginia reel at the annual ball of the Gentlemen's Sons. And of all theao dancers not 1 per cent will question tbe morality of their merry-making. Is dancing right or wrong 1 And yet this is a question of annual contemporaneous interest. Notwith? standing the growing liberality of society in social indulgences, many worthy peo? ple and church organizations still believe dancing sinful, as some of the interviews which follow^abundantly prove.. The opinions obtained, indeed, are of uncom? mon value and interest. Dr. Morgan Diz, rector of Trinity Church and autbor ofthat ingenious and senaatfonal volume of sermons, "Tbe Seven Deadly Sins," was obviously the first elegy man to be interviewed on this question as to whether dancing is right or wrong. "The Woald would, like to know what you think of the ethics of dancing,. Dr. Diz," began tbe reporter. -?."Weil, now, that's odd, that's rather funny, don't you know," responded Dr. Diz, with a wide substantial smile. "Bless mel what won't tho papers ask for nest? Dear mel But haven't you read my sermons on the 'Seven Deadly, Sins?' Tbey express my views pretty accurately." From a handsomely boond volume of the "Seven Deadly Sins" Dr. Diz read these extracts from the celebrated sermon on "Lust:" FROM "THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS." " 'Unto tbe pure all things are pure ; but unto them that are defiled and unbe? lieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled.' Titus i, 15. Sensational and sensuo?B poetry, in which the ideal and the ani? mal are one and the same thing, from a .quality of mind and temper which finde further attraction in the drama as we have it now, in large measure of repeti? tion of tbe old, old story of tbe working of lust, and garnished with dances which gratify man's, sensual appetite and attest woman's misery and shame. It would be painful to inquire what kind of life is developed under these influences thus at work for our ruin; to guage, with tbe line and plummet of God's word and law, the demoralization of society. "Look bow young girls are trained in softness and luxury, with tbe one idea of making a figure in society and a brilliant marriage; of making tbe moat of their physicial advantages and alluring the other sez by the arts best adapted to that purpose. See them on the drive through the ^troubled social sea; at their lunch parties, with a dozen courses and half as many kinds of wine; at tbe opera, im? modestly attired; at tbe ball, giving the whole night to dissipation; at the Bum? mer haunts of fashion, .without due over? sight or sense of responsibility, treated with easy familiarity by careless men, and apparently without a vestige of an idea of what i* due to a gentlewomen from a man. How appalling must be the record of one night only, when the shadow lies back on this vast city! What crimes must that deep gloom conceal? what sights to scare good .angels away 1 The slums and the faubourgs, the. dance balls and tbe ball rooms; theatres, high and low, the naked creatures in the' boxes; the men behind the scenes dally? ing with the actresses; tbe banquets, the champagne supper and tbe sequel. And these are the workings of one and the self-same Bin; and this is the issue when holy and eternal love, tbe first of virtues and tbe last, is turned into concupiscence and unholy lust!" - "I assume, Dr. Diz," concluded the re? porter, "that you consider round dances conductive to immorality as inviting that physical contact between tbe sexes which, to your, mind, in vi tea unchase desires?" "Sir," said the Doctor pleasantly, "I beg that you will consider that you have my opinion in the views you have read in that work." ? ' SO .DOES THE REV. M'CHESNEY. ' The Rev. EnBign McCheaney,-of St. Paul's Methodist Church, said: "Dancing is not specifically forbidden by the 'General Rules, of the Methodist Church. The only rule touching amuse? ments is one which forbids 'taking such diversions as cannot be used in the name of the Lord Jesus.' Dancing, however, is named in the book of discipline in con i nection with the provisions for the trial of members. It is ^regarded there with sundry other things as an act of impru? dent and unchristian conduct. Our j Church makes no distinction between different kinds of dancing.;. The prohi? bition which I have named rests upon tbe general ground that dancing is a form of amusement that is opposed to the Christian life. In Bome of its forms it 1b indelicate, coarse, and demoralizing. It is practiced in what is called good socie? ty simply because it is fashionable. Cus? tom blinds many to its real character." 1 "Can- a' member ? of the Methodist' Church be deprived of membership'for indulging in.dancing?". , , ^ ?r 'fUndoubtedlyj But' J>need ? not say that the administration of discipline is somewhat laz in this .particular. To enforce it would be exceedingly dificult. By far the overwhelming majority of our people refrain from dancing. There are, howeveT^thosewho "send-their children to dancing schools and indulge in the' amusement occasionally. ~> themselves.. There has been, no doubt, some change of eentimeut with respect to the matter. Dancing is not regarded in all its forms as essentially immoral. The .wisdom of, prohibiting it has been questioned. And yet the prevailing sentiment is that the clanger of Christians is not in becoming ascetics, but in losing their spiritual life and becoming 'lovers of pleasure more than lovers ot God.' And'the feeling is held almost universally among us that the round dances in vogue are hurtful to both morals and religion." "LASCIVIOUS," SAYS DR. CROSBY. Tbat.distinguished Presbyterian divine, Dr. Howard Crosby,- occupies a handsome brown-stone bouse at No 16 East 19th street, and holds decided personal views upon the immorality of. round dancing, although the Presbyterian Church allows its larity to decide the question for them selves. "I consider," said Dr. Crosby to the World reporter, "all round dances lasciv? ious. I believe the close c?ntanct tbey involve does improperly influence the men and women who participate in them, but I think the women less susceptible to such an influence than the men." "Do you object to square dances ?" "Not at al); no do I object to dancing by children." "Then you consider it impossible for young men and women to dance in an unobjectable manner ?" "I do, most emphatically?particularly young men." ELLA WHEELER, WILCOX PUTS, IT NEATLY. Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcoz received tbe reporter at her apartments with a hearty handshake. She was. dressed in one of ..her picturesque costumes, which seem to the masculine uye to hang wholly from tbe shoulders, and which are doubtless Grecian in architecture. The Poetess of Passion was found to hold .decided views on the subject of dancing in general. U?SDAY MORNINC "Bat what do you think of round dan? ces in particular?" "I entirely approve of them?for peo Sle who are graceful," said Mrs. Wilcox emurely; "nut people who can't dance well ought not dance at all." "Then yon don't think dancing liable to pervert the young?" "Much more liable to pervert the old. But then, if they would be perverted by dancing, wouldn't they be likely to have been perverted by something else before ?" "Is promiscuous dancing likely to be conductive to immorality ?" "Doubtless," said Mrs. Wilcox, grave? ly, "promiscuousneas in a dancing com? pany is unfortunate. But then," she added, brightening up, "bo it is in a camp-meeting. Young girls ought to dance with their brothers' friends, though." MBB. ROGER A. PBYOB'S VIEWS. Mrs. Eoger A, Pryor said: "I nevet thought Of dancing as 'right' or 'wrong.' The custom is, as you know, of very ancient origin. The religious dances of the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans, and of the ancient Israelites are often duoted when dancing is discussed. Dancing schools were the first schools among the Spartans. Dancing was part of all merry-making from the earliest ages. It was not condemned when the story was told of the return of the Prodi? gal. You remember Emerson's taking Margaret Fuller Ossoili to Bee Fanny Elssfer I She, quoting from Aristotle, ex? claimed : 'Waldo, this is poetry.' Emer? son answered solemnly: 'Margaret, it is religion.' ? "Dancing belongs to the age of youth and happiness. Mme Le Vert once sur? prised a young man who asked her to dance by Baying: 'I never do; I like conversation better; but mamma will be glad to be your partner.' 'Mamma' was 80 years old. We often hear of David's dancing before the Ark quoted. It was not an agreeable spectacle, evidently, for we read that his wife Micha!, who had 'loved him' in her young days, 'despised him in her heart when she saw him danc? ing leaping before the Ark.' ? Did I dance myself when I was young? Oh; yes I But, like Mme Le Vert, I always liked conversation better. The last time I danced was at a ball given by the secretary of State, Lewis Cass, to the first Japanese embassy that came to this country.1 I thought they were blood, for I Baw several of them furtively consult the tiny watches hidden in their sleeves. I enjoy seeing young people dance, and am always glad to be invited to a ball." MBS. BRYAN THINKS WALTZING IM PBOPEB. Mrs. Mary E. Bryan, the popular Southern authoress of "flanch," "Wild Work," and editor of a well-known mag- I azine, said: "I don't know that my opin? ion would be of much value, but such as it is you are welcome to it. I was brought up in the South, and we always ? had dancing as an amusement in our family and among our friends, but I never danced a round dance in my life, and I- never allowed, my daughter to dance one either. We used always to - allow our 'black folks' to dance, and father had them a nice hall built, where all the hands from near-by planta? tions could come and dance their queer figures, that wore more like incantations than anything else, and we all looked on and enjoyed it. But, while I have danced cotillions and reels and such rollicking figures, and the lancers, I never wanted to stand up and allow any roan to hold me in his ?rins in the dance. It would be permitting the familiarity that breeds contempt among friends, and won d be doubtly reprehensible among strangers. I consider dancing, as it is now done in public assemblies and watering places, as highly improper, and dressed as the ma? jority of ladies dress, it is indecent, and judging from the fact that while men are willing to take their friends' wives, sisters or daughters out to waltz, they all object to their own wives, sisters and daughters doing the same thing with their friends. I think that one fact aught to decide the question." ' ? MBS. GEN SHERMAN'S CRUSADE. Mrs. Ellen Sherman, the wife of Gen. Tecumsek Sherman, has long been known to be opposed to dancing, and has done all she could in Washington, St. Louis and elsewhere to check what she feels to be a great evil and danger to society. She wrote her approbation of the book called "The Dance of Death," and after? wards wrote to a lady regarding that book, asking her if she "had never thought that Mr. Kulofsen might have been pushed off the roof and killed by some enemy he had made by his fearless and scathing attack upon dancing." Mrs. Sherman objects to round dances-above all others, and thinks that mothers who have their daughters' truest interests at heart will discourage this form of social amusement. She considers the dress usually worn at balls highly immodest and indecorous, and thinks that whatever grace of motion and development of the physique may come from the exercise is counter-balanced by the lassitude and fatigue of dancing in close, crowded rooms. A PHYSICIAN BUMS IT UP. ' Dr. Alya H. Doby, the surgical and medical inspector, in answer to the re? porter's question as to the pathological aspect of dancing said: "More young women are made chronic -invalids through immoderate dancing 'than through any other cause except roller skating, and almost every physic cian has cases due to the abuse or what, under favorable circumstances, is a pleas- j ant exercise. A normally healthy wo- ? man can dance with impunity just as she can ride-a horse or play tennis, but com? paratively few. American women are. normally healthy. Moreover, a woman in a ball dress is almost invariably laced too tightly, and I never knew a woman who danced who did not dance too much. The over-exertion, combined with the tight lacing, is apt to produce functional trouble of the heart, increasing, as it does, the action of the heart with diminished scope. Women who dance ought not to lace at all, and married women should dance seldom, if ever." "Is dancing equally injurious to men ?" "Well," said the Doctor, laughing, "I can't say that I've observed that it is, but this may be partly due to the fact that the average man dances no more than he has to, while the average woman dances until she drops." "Would you send children of you own to a dancing school, Doctor?" "Yes," said the Doctor, "I think I would if the exercise were properly regu? lated. It tends to give them a graceful bearing and a good address, and I think every well-trained child should pass through the. dancing master's hands, but ft onght to be dropped when it has served its 'educational purpose, udess it has made healthy men and women of the boys and girlB." Mrs. Gen. Grant, when asked her opin? ion as to whether dancing was right or wrong, replied she "considered dancing an innocent.amusement." Mrs. Frederick W. Vanderbilt, who finds her happiness in making others happy, thinks dancing a pretty and barm less amusement. "I cannot see any harm in dancing," she Baid. "I never dance any more simply because I do not care for it. I have lost my taste for it." Pilo?! Piles! Itching Pilo? SymptonB?Moisture- intense itching and Btinglng; most all nighr ; worse by scratching. If allowed to oontinue tumors form, which often bleed and ulcerate, be? coming very sore. Swayne's Ointment stops the itching and bleeding, heals nl ceration, and in most cases removes the tumors.. At druggists, or by mail, for. 60 eeuts, Dr. Bwayno & Son, Philadelphia. }, DECEMBER 20, 1 POINTS 05 CATTLE RAISING. A Plain Talk by C?l. T. Moore, of Spar* tanbtirg;. Weekly News and Cotiriei'. I come before yon as a plain, practical farmer to discuss a practical subject cattle raising. I will, therefore, not trou? ble you with an elaborate discussion, or tbe principles of breeding and feeding, out will address myself to you on matters pertaining to this subject as they present themselves to ub in this country, where cotton is the chief production. Without rhetoric and circumlocution, then, I will proceed. The first reflection I desire to offer is this, viz: That the raising of cattle is a subject of vastly more importance than we are accustomed to accord it. In my i'udgment, it is the basis of all good hus iandry, because aside from any pecuniary profits to be derived therefrom, in the sale of animals or their products, it is to this industry, that we are to look for the permanent improvement of our poor worn-out soils, which great desideratum is to be attained through the change of crops made necessary to support tbe ani? mals, and the careful husbanding of the manure made thereby. You have doubtless beard the old Ger? man adage, "No grass, no cattle; no cattle, no manure; no manure, no crop." It may be as Ville, the great French chemist and agriculturist says, that one can raise better crops at a less cost by the aid of chemical manures, but it does not seem practical to me with the kind of crops we raise. When I look around and see the old scarred and gullied hills, and when I take my own experience into con? sideration, Mr. Ville's theory does not seem to work out in practice. When I want'to raise a big crop I go for stable manure every time, and when I apply it properly, no matter in how small doses, it generally responds satisfactorily. This is not always the case with purchased ma? nures. ? Sometimes I can hardly tell whether I^bave applied anything or not. And to take Dr. McBryde's statement as to his success in raising cotton on the College experimental grounds, one would be almost afraid to venture much on commercial manures. But not to wander off. To any one who thinks of going into cattle raising, certain considerations suggest themselves, as what breed or breeds are best suited to his wants, and bow be is going to provide inclosures, summer pasture and winter feed for tbem. These are the subjects I propose to talk about. Now first as to breeds: There are sev? eral leading varieties in South Carolina, and it is of them only I wish to speak,, because from among them can be procur? ed the kinds best adapted to the wants of tbe country in which we live. They are the Short-horns, Holsteins, Devons, Ayr shires, Jerseys and Guernseys. These are bred for specific purposes as follows, viz: the Short-horns for beef; tbe Holsteins for beef and milk; tbe Devons for beef and work oxen ; the Ayrshire for milk; and tbe Jerseyjand Guernsey for butter. Now all one has to do is to decide what he proposes to raise cattle for, whether for beef, work oxen, milk or butter, and make his choice accordingly. If he wants to raise beef be will not select the Jerseys or if be wants butter he willl not select the Devon, and so on through tbe list. Now as to?the adaptability of. these breeds to our wants: tbe Short-horn is a very large animal, but in my judgment is not adapted to our scanty pastures. It may do very well for the rich grass lands in Kentucky, Ohio and Illinois, where they are brought to great perfection and sell for large prices, but here they wear themselves out in the vain search to find sufficient food to maintain their magnifi? cent carcasses, and consequently deterior? ate in size and quality. They hav? been before our'people for many yearsjbut their breeding is on tbe wane. Tbe Holstein is a new breed, introduc? ed in this section a few years ago from Holland. Like the Short-horn they are very large, weighing sometimes two thousand and more pounds. Tbey are magnificent milkers, giving as much as 70 or.80 pounds per day in rare instances, and make excellent beef, but bow animals of such large size are to be maintained in our short pastures is more than I am able to tell. This breed or the Short-horn crossed upon the native, would, however greatly improve the latter, and for this purpose are very desirable. The Devon is a beauty, of a rich red color, or rounded frame, of medium size, quick growth and action, and makes the best marbled beef, and for a work ox is unsurpassed, Tbey have been bred almost exclusively for these two uses. In theii breeding so little attention has been paid to their milking qualifications that in the Herd Book tbe size and shape of tbe bag of tbe cow is set down at almost nothing in the scale of points by which tbey are judged. The Ayrshire is a small or medium sized animal, introduced from the sofort pastures of Scotland." They give a very large quantity of a poor quality of milk, rieb, however, in cheese-making qualities. Allen in ''American Cattle," calls her the poor man's cow from her great quantity of milk. She makes fair beef. ' Tbe Jerseys and Guernsey are both from the Channel Islands. Tbe Jersey is bred exclusively for butter. All the beef producing'parts have been bred away until only a poor, scrawney carcass is left, not fit for beef, except for people who do not know what good beef is. It it claimed for the Guernseys that tbey are larger and coarser boned, and make as much butter and better beef than tbe Jerseys. We have thus given you the principal characteristics of these breeds. If you meditate trying tbe raising of cattle you will look around you, and see what the markets near you demand, and make your selections accordingly. If you are near a town where milk is in demand, then select the Ayrshire or the Holstein, if you have excellently good pasture for the latter. If you want to raise butter try theJJersey, or if beef, the Devon or Short horn, or a cross of that upon natives. But try whatever breed you may, even to the natives, you will find many diffi? culties in the way. The first great diffi? culty you will meet with is how to enclose your stock to keep tbem from depredating upon your neighbor. The stock law is a wonderfully good thing, in fact, in such a country as ours. With our system oi labor there would be no farming without it. But it has practically killed stock raising. I cannot very well see bow slock can be raised probably without a radical change in the labor system. Tbe only trueisystem, especially for tbe stock raiser, as is to hire his labor for money wages, and have what he wants done. It is utterly out of the question with croppers or hands working for a share of the crop, or renters, to raise cattle. You depend on them to keep up the fences which tbey will not do, or if tbey do they will have more stock than you, and then you cannot rotate your lands as you ought to do. Every one borse farmei must be provided for equally, which ic our poor, hilly country is hard to dc without having several different kinds o: crops in the same field. And then" yot have not got the rails : the timber, is tot precious to split into rails. If you an going to raise cattle, turn off all vom share hands and renters, and pay monej wages. Lay off your fields iu large bod ies, snd enclose with wire fences. Threi strands will serve for cattle, which can b< done at no great cost. Before we can raise stock successful^ we will have to do something like ante bellum days, when the owner of the lam was "Boss," and directed'his affairs witl judgment. I must confess that our pres ent way of doing thing? ie "too much ft 888. me-" Why, in thoae good old days, the farm was nicely divided into fields, well fenced. On my faim one-third went into cotton, one third into small grain. Then there was a surplus of everything. The stock were taken from the uncultivated lands as soon as the wheat and oat fields could be opened. A run upon these for a month or so, with the scattered grain, and crab and other grasses, put them in good order. Then a corn field was gath? ered, which with the corn left; and peas, with which every corn field was planted, put every animal in fine condition, ready to be fattened for the butcher. Then I sold, after supplying the plantation, hams and lard, beeves and milch cows, hides and tallow. How changed now ? I will make a re? flection just here. After awhile cotton got to be a big price, and this one third arrangement was abandoned, and one half went into cotton, and now supplies bad to be bought. I suspect that most of you older men have gone through the same experience. Recognizing the fact, that all this was wrong, but seeing no way to correct it, I determined at least to raise my own sup? plies, and commenced carrying oat in a small way the ideas I have been ad vane ing. Around my homestead I selected me a farm, separate and distinct from the tenant, and upon this I am operating, principally raising cattle for the butter diary, with which I am much pleased. Bright Side of Farming. It-is undeniably true that the energetic, driving farmer who follows the business in view of making money, involves an outlay of much hard labor and energy of mind. With this fact in view and the numerous trials and perplexities which alnays occur to the farmer during the ?very busy seasons, and the fact that the hardest and more important work of the year comes during the hot weather, when labor and exertion are most unpleasant, and when those who follow other callings have comparative leisure, it is not sur? prising that many farmers become discontented and sometimes discouraged. A certain amount of discontent seems to be a law of human nature. People of all callings look ffith envy upon those who follow other kiuas of business, and however well a person may be situated, he is likely to imagine that others have a better lot in life. It is not surprising then to find farmers looking enviously upon lawyers, merchants, or those who follow other callings which demand less exertion of body and mind. But there is a bright side of farming which every farmer ought to recognize, and which more than balances its un? pleasant features. While it is true that much farm work is laborious and unpleas? ant, it is also true that farmers may enjoy ample time for rest and without final loss. The work of the farm requires more mus? cular exertion than that of the shop or desk, but it is less confining and monot? onous. The clerk, bookkeeper and me? chanic work more hours a day and are more closely confined than the average farm hand, whose work is in the open air and who has bis evenings for him? self. The Winter months with their long evenings afford to the farmerj compara? tive leisure and ample time for recreation, amusement and intellectual culture. They afford opportunity for reading and study, and for laying plans for future work The luscious fruits, fresh vegetables, .pure, rich milk and golden butter, which are looked upon by the wealthy residents of cities as luxuries, come to the farmer directly from nature and at little expense. The same articles are bought by city peo? ple at extravagant prices, after they nave lost their freshness and most desirable qualities. It is unfortunate that farmers do not as a rule better appreciate nature's gifts. The farmer deals directly with nature, and the blessings which he should appreciate and enjoy more than counter? act the difficulties and disappointments which fall in his path. There is no reason why farmers' may not lead happy lives. Ambition if car? ried too far becomes a misfortune and excludes contentment 'and enjoyment. But with an aim to live and to enjoy rather than to accumulate fortunes, there is. no calling better adapted to comfort, contentment and real happiness than ag? riculture.? Country Gentleman. The Money Found. Several weeks ago a heavy shipment of silver was made from the New Orleans mint to the treasury department at Washington. When the boxes were opened by the treasury officials, it was discovered that 1,400 silver dollars had been abstracted and bags of shot substi? tuted. The robbery was communicated to the authorities pi the mint and the Southern Express company, and Mr. H. 0. Fisher, superintendent of the latter, began a careful examination at New Orleans on the 12th of November. He traced the silver from the mine to the mint and from the mint to the time it was placed on the train at New Orleans. His labors have been crowned with suc? cess, "the robber having been discovered and the missing money found in a trunk, which bad been checked to Bowling Green, Ky. When Mr. Fisher entered upon the investigation he had forwarded to him the bags of shot that had been placed in the box. He went through the shot and found an advertisement showing that the shot had been made in Ootober I by Latham Bros., of New York. Corres? pondence with Latham Bros., developed the fact that they had made only two shipments of October shot to the South. With this clew Mr. Fisher clearly ascer? tained who obtained the shot. The evidence was so conclusive that the robber, knowing his guilt would shortly be fully established, wrote to Mr. Fisher, and enclosing the check for the trunk, told him that if he would take the check to Bowling Green, get the trunk and open it he would discover the missing money. Mr. Fisher met the man, who made a full confession. The trunk, which was lying in the railroad office at Bow? ling Green, was examined, and, wrapped up in a bed quilt, was found the fourteen hundred silver dollars. Mr. Fisher, in declining to give the name of the guilty man, said that he was not actuated by a desire to save the reputation of the indi? vidual in question, but did not wish to blast the lives of innocent women and children. The robber, he said, had com? mitted the theft under circumstances that would excite the sympathy of a stoic, and had already suffered as much as if he had been consigned to his prison, and bis name given to the world. Mr. Fisher telegraphed to Mr. Montague, the super? intendent of the mint, that the money bad been recovered, and said that no person connected with the mint was in any way concerned in the robbery. ? About two weeks agoF. D. Lacy, of Nirvana, Mich., chopped off the head of a rooster intending to have a pot-pie for dinner, but the rooster, instead of giving up the ghost, insisted upon walking around as though nothing bad happened. Lacy sprinkled some flour on the rooster's neck to stop the flow of blood, and appa? rently the rooster is as happy, lively and contented as when he had his head. He is fed through a tube, His neck is heal? ing over, and he does not seem to suffer any pain whatever, eats hearitly, feels frisky and endeavors to crow. Lacy had him photographed, and has refused an offer of $100 for him. ? A clear head is indicative of good health and regular habits. When the body is languid, and the mind works sluggishly, Ayer's Cathartic Pills will assist in the recovery of physical buoy? ancy and mental vigor; "NARY NIGGER." Alabama Town Without a Black Fue<\ Atlanta Evening Journal. Think of a Southern town and a whole county in a Southern State that hasn't "nary nigger" in it. "I have moved around a good deal," said Gaptain E. S. Riley, who is travel? ing agent for the Merryman Fertilizer company, of Baltimore. "I have moved around a good deal North and South, but I have never seen but one town where there was not a single negro to be found." "What town iB that?" asked the Journal man. "Cullman, Alabama," said the Cap? tain. "There's not a 'nigger' in that town, or in tbe courty around it. It. paralyzed me at first,- and every time I go there, which is once every winter, I look about to see bow white people in tbe South can manage to get along without black servants." "Well, how is it that' there are no negroes there; and how do the white people get on without them 7" HOW. THE TOWN WAS BUILT. ? "You see, old man Cullman, a rich German, wanted to found a colony of bis race in the Alabama fruit-growing sec? tion. He selected Sand Mountain, in the northeastern part of tbe State, which is the finest peach and small fruit section of Alabama. The L. & N., or the North and South Alabama railroad, granted him privileges and the State granted him a large tract of land, I believe. "He laid off a town; .established a land office; invited Germans from tbe Fath? erland, from Ohio and from Pennsyl? vania ; and sold tbem land at very low prices. As a consequence tbe town of "Cullman" grew rapidly. It now has 2,000 or 2,500 people, of whom two-thirds are Germans." HOW NEGROES WERE KEPT OUT.' "How.did tbey keep the negro out Cullman ?" asked the reporter. "They just don't, want the negroes there and won't let tbem stay in tbe town Just as soon as a black face is seen in the little city its possessor is warned that the color line is sharply drawn in Cullman and that he is not wanted. He leaves on the next train, if he can, or walks out of town and county if be can't pay or beat his way." ' Do many of them try to settle in Cullman?" "They used to; but the Cullmanites have entirely discouraged the immigra tion of negroes into that vicinty.1 NO LABORING CLASS. "Have they a laboring white class in Cullman?" "None that you could call a 'class because every family there does its own work, the women attend to all housebol cares, the children work about the bonse and garden or fields as negroes do here while the men look after the business in the town, or work on the farms." ."Have they no servants at all ?" "Oh, yes, some times you can see a serving girl in a private family, .though that is rare; but tbey have German girls as waiters at the hotels. They are as neat as pins, tidily and becomingly dressed, and wait on you better than any negro waiters I have ever seen. When a family in tbe town or country has a good supply of girls, more than can be busily employed at home, some of them are hired to the hotels." "Tbe first thing wbicb strikes you as peculiar, is that when , you get off the train little white boys run after you and want to carry your satchel or 'grip.' You are struck at once by the politeness of these little fellows, who don't thrust their service upon you as the Atlantic grip snatcbers; and by tbe conspicuous ab? sence of the little ragged darkey." "Who blacks your shoes in Cullman ?" "Little German 'Hanses' and 'Fran? zes', in neat clothes, with stout legs and ruddy faces.. I tell you the German does everything that is done in Cullman. He wants do black band to wait on bim. He and his household are as independent as the proverbial woodsawyer. They do all their own work. The Germans don't like the negro, anyhow, and would get their own people if they needed help, but they don't. If there is one thing the Cullman Teuton insists on is bis inde? pendence of the outside world." A GARDEN IN A DESERT. "Is the town and surrounding country prosperous?" 'The German .settlement is a garden in a desert. "Sand Mountain is notoriously poor; one stupendous pile or ridge of sand, sprinkled over with scrub-wood. "The Germans have turned their part of it into one of the most prosperous re? gions of Alabama. "Cullman has factories of all kinds. The grape factory ships annually 40,000 gallons of wine made from grapes grown in the vicinity. About $12,000 to $15,000 worth of strawberries are shipped from the town yearly. Venison is sold in the stores like bacon is here. Two stores there do a business of $100,000 each. There are four hotels, one on the Amer? ican and three on tbe European plan." GERMAN SONGS AND DANCES. "Another interesting thing about Cull? man is that the Germans never get too old to enjoy themselves. Once a week the old and young meet in a village party and dance and sing tbe old German songs, as in the fatherland. Beer is freely drunk, but very little whisky. It's tbe most orderly, merriest little town I ever saw. Everybody on good terms with his neighbor and himself."' THE RECORD BROKEN. "By the way," said Captain Riley, "I forgot to mention that the 'nigger' record was broken once. Last winter one of the hotel proprietors couldn't get a cook. One day he was at tbe railway station and saw a negro on tbe train who was from Chicago. The proprietor seized the opportunity and hired tbe negro for a few days. But it was very uncomfortable for the colored man, and he soon 'va? moosed'. He is said to have been the only negro who ever stayed any time in Cullman, the white man's town." Luck in Farming. There id no such thing as "luck" in farming; it is gocd management and I eternal vigilance, a strict attention to planting, cultivation .and disposing of crops as soon as ready to sell. The sooner anything can be turned into cash and arrangements begun to make more, that much better will the producer pros? per. The fallacy of awaiting for a rise has ruined more peopole than all other things combined. Just so soon as any crop can be sold at a fair price, so soon it ought to be got rid of. Tbe money which could be put out at interest will never bring any lying in tbe bins six months or a year iu the shape of unsold wheat or tobacco that lies in the case. Sell the crop, aud make the money earn what tbe crop may bring. After a while, perhaps, shrinkage, mildew and a host of other unseen things can occur to decrease and reduce the profits of crops too long kept under shelter. Practice this for a few years, and see if you cannot Bee difference.? Christian World. ? Whenever twins are born in Hart? ford, it is chronicled by a New England exchange, a certain lady of that city visits the mother and gives each baby a handsome present. ? Scrofulous humors, erysipelas, can? ker, and catarrh, can ba cured by taking Ayer's Sanapariila. "I have used this medicine in my family, for scrofula, and know, if it is taken persistently, it will eradicate this terrible disease."?W. F. Fowler, M. D., Greenville, Tend ? 5 XXIV.?NO. 24. All Sorts of Paragraphs. ? The ancient city of Jerusalem is to; have a Christian newspaper publisbeoV! within its precincts. ? Now a hog tr:ist is in order. ? A - plan has been started in Chicago, to form; a national trust that will embrace many of the large packinghouses of the Nor * west. ? The stock of the Chemical Bank'i New York reached its highest figure Wednesday when two shares were sol for $4,007 a piece. The par yalue of 1 stock is $100 a Bhare. ? The next House of Representative is still considered doubtful by the Derne crats. John B. Clark, Clerk; of ;t~ House says it will require an.offic count to settle the matter. ~? During the past year 44 persons ^ were killed and 114 injured on the roada-i in South Carolina. Of the killed 3 were passengers, 18 employees and -23 oil than passengers or employees. ? A horse jumped from a car whi the train was in motion near Maysvill Cal., a few days ago and landed in gc condition, at once trotting off. The < door had been opened in some manne ? "Old Bill" Watson, died near WinaJS sor.IIls., recently,and was buried in acpfflujjs made by himself several years agq?|jg kept the casket in his bedroom, and. great pride in showing it to his .frifg ? More than a sixth part of the. land.5 of the globe, and nearly a sixth.pari^^ the population of the world, are under, a the control of Great Britain; Russia? ranks second in territorial.extent; and the United Slates third. ? Do not be too touchy. Learn to / restrain your feelings, and to gain raj complete mastery over yourself. "Ho^ that ruleth his spirit is better than 'bei that taketh a city." Moral power lithe? greatest power, and moral heroes :are$E|l greatest heroes. ^ .: ^ ? There is one town in. Alabama' which has not a negro within its borde?| It is the town of Cullman, which is nam^ ed after a rich German who wiahea^tjg found a colony of.his own race Ih^BK Alabama fruit growing region. It has a population of twenty five hundred,. ? General Harrison's brother, Mr. J. ' Scott Harrison, of Kansas," is a strohg^ democrat, and says that he will neither] take an office nor recommend ahybQC* else for one. He is, however, on the I of terms personally with his brother, and has just beep visiting him at Indiasapo Iis." ? Mies Brown, who is no longer yooogpg was chiding Miss Moire far.'. heiM foolishness in carrying a parasol, whf?i|9 Miss Brown said, was useless, and a piece i of affection. "I never carry a parasplj^g she said. "No," replied Miss M??fi#% "people on she shady side of life have to .j use for them. -?A Scotch lassie objected to her '; lover's smoking, and said to: him.:'^ "Choose between your cigarV and .'me." He promptly chose the weed, - and ?theV': girl sued him for breach of'promise. The^ court held that by offering the-alternative she was responsible for the broken ;enS| gagement. ? One of the proofreaders of ? the"' Charleston World is an unmarried wo^ man. She goes to her work abputoB^ o'clock in the evening and does, not quit,; the office until 3 the next momiug?? Then she lights a lantern, and, with that in one hand and a loaded revolver.in thj?. other, she goes home. . -rr"^^^ ? A.San Francisco lady bought 'a, chicken from a hard up peddler. Whensl she cleaned it for dinner she foucd inita* crop particles of gold whoso value amoun-.. ted to $10. It was impossible to finds:; what part.of the country the . chicken^ came from. The Jady is very willing to ? make a similar investment. ^nff ? Mrs. Jas G. Blaine, Jr., has decidei definitely to go cn the stage. All effor^ at securing a reunion between her h? band and herself have ceased on bo' sides. She will soon obtain her divot on the grounds of desertion and failor _ to support herself and child. She i? now"! studying for the stage' under the best ^ teachers. She will star in comedy,".'Shefl says.thatsho has had enough of, tragedy^ in real life. ? Samuel H. Cathcart, -born nearS Reidville, in Sparfauturg coulBtr''' been arrested in Chicago for -fa _ This is a very sad case. Mr. Cathc started out well in business.; He^T. attractive in manners and might.Vhi succeeded well, if he had not fallen it bad habits. The temptations which environed him and caused his downfall beset every young man that enters int business. There ought to be some wa] of saving such young men from ruin. ? There is a girl in the neighborio of Cool Spring possessed of some ver motherly qualities. She has ..kindly' cared for two infants whose mothei^haefe died, and now has the third one un??*. similar circumstances, and yet she is now. only about 16 years old. This; is a rare^ instance in this selfish age of a you^> and sprightly girl voluntarily depriving her,?! self of the conveniences andcomfprtaincl dent and belonging to one of her 3go for fidelity to trusts committed to hercarel-^t Horry Herald. ?The gigantic proportions of thepension system of the United States are seen in the report of the Secretary of the Interior^ There is no such system in any-xbt" country of the world, audit is growing a wonderful rate. The Secretary show that in the fiscal year ending witfr June3 last the amount paid for pensions to old' soldiers was $78,775,862, or an in<sease""j of $5,308,280 over the previous year.= The expenditures of the Pension Bureaul for the year constituted 31 per cent. Off the total disbursements of the govern^ ment, and 21* per cent, of its total gross ] income. Truly.no one can deny that the veterans of the war are Iiberfi.ilj^alfc \ with. All that we desire in the 'caaCi that the legislation regarding the grant ing.of pensions be consistent with com mon sense, and the same desire is "enter-;! tained by all who were honorablesoldie.rs.^ of the Union.?New YorkSun, ? "There are too many lawyers^day a writer in the Epoch, "and there willb so long as the present state of society exists. No other business requires : a smaller capital; none offers such .glitter? ing temptations; in none are there so many precedents to show that merit/will rise to high distinction notwithstanding the humble beginnings. Thousands of young -ren with very very imperfectCO^jg cations, scorning the honrst manuataT of their fathers, rush into profesdpsfij! which they are unfitted by their quaHtfiaSj; of mind and by their early training. >j?T foolish notion that their "education" ua^ fits them for manual work, and that sueff work would bring withrt some s?fOT degradation, has ruine^and. will^?*^ thousands of thenie^yy year; chLs snlt continue uutil t^'o?lk of our people have learned that nothing can be more honorable than honest and intelligent manual labor, ouch labor, to be success? ful, requires brains, industry, conragei self denial, and other qualities which nowhere meet with greater or. readier re? cognition than in this country of ours," i^^i . ?**-.???? 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