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BY CLINKSCALE ^fafJHgggCobUMN. -QE^ All communications intended for this Soinmn should be addressed to D. II. RUSSELL, School Commissioner, Ander? son,^. C. W. A. Clark's colored school at Wil liamston is doing some good work. We heard some recitations in reading that sre creditable, and also in history, netic and geography. The teacher ;ars to be painstaking in his work. Aha Nannie Callaham has charge of ? e'chool at Bleak Hill, between Belton and Shady Grove. The teacher impressed us as being in earnest about her work, and anxious that her pupils should pro? gress. We feel sure this school is doing fairly well, and is in competent hands. Hunter's Spring has become as famil? iar as household words. The mantle of Mr. Burriss has fallen upon worthy shoulders, in the person of Mis3 Zella Campbell, who appears to be a teacher "to the manor born." Her classes made a creditable exhibit, especially in Arithmetic, and wo must congratulate the people of that community on their good fortune. We were met with a hearty welcome by Prof. E. T. Kemp, the Principal of j ? the Belton High School. Prof. Kemp seems to take in the situation, and to be master of it, too, for his school is quiet and orderly, moving along without jar or friction, and he seems to have gotten hold of the people there, too. We pro? pose to return to this school in the future and spend more time with it, and hall have more to say about it. The "little ones" at Mrs. Brown's school seemed afraid of us at first, and inclined to look upon us as a "bobger," but after an hour spent with them pleas? antly in a Chart drill, we got on good terms with them, and remained so until we told them about the "pocket full of rocks" that we had. Mrs. Brown appears to have the good will and confi? dence of her pupils, which will certainly ensure success to her earnest efforts. It is, no doubt, a great pleasure to Miss Carpenter and her assistant, Miss Zoe Welborn, to teach in a house as com? fortable as the one they have in Pelzer. The Pelzer Manufacturing Company have manifested a commendable interest in the children, by erecting a commodious school building at their own expense, and placing good teachers in it. Good work is being done there, &3 we saw during our visit, which was shorter than we liked, but we intend going again soon. At Princeton, Mr. H. A. Johnson pre? sides, and we witnessed some excellent recitations by the "little ones." All the pupils in this school can read, and he attributes his success to the use of the Chart?has no "blue-backs" in his school, and says he has no use for them. We expected earnest, honest work from a man who could live nine months in College on $12.65, and we were not dis? appointed. The children were bright and intelligent, showing the effect upon them of a good teacher. Shady Grove school is beiDg taught by Miss May Russell. This school is to run eight months, and if the teacher does her duty some good results will be forthcom? ing. The "little ones" were very much pleased with a recitation which we gave them on the Reading Chart, and our friend, Joe Cox, (who accompanied us on this day's round) was also so well pleased that be bought one for this school. For obvious reasons we cannot comment on this school and its teacher, but will leave that for the patrons to do. We spent two hours in the Belton Col? ored High School, and were very much gratified at what we saw and beard. M. H. Gassaway is the Principal, assisted by Carrie P. Walls, of Macon, Ga. The Assistant was giving a lesson iu drawing to a class as wo entered, and tbe inspec? tion of the work done was a pleasant surprise to us. A class in geography showed a readiness that has not been excelled, and seldom equalled, in tbe County. Gassaway and his assistant are doing a good work, toning up the moral and religious sentiment of their race. Whitefield School is again under ?harge of Mr. E. Z. Brown. Thi3 school as full the day we were there, and the pupils seemed glad to see us, as also was the teacher. This school doe3 not pro? gress as it should, not through any fault of tbe teacher, but owiug to the fact that the people do not supplement the public funds and keep the school goiug. Most of the pupils are in the elementary branches, and some of them will soon pass out into the arena of life with scarcely tbe rudiments of an education. Stir up, friends, and put friend Brown to work and keep him at it, aud conscien? tious and faithful as be is, he will cer? tainly show you results. A pleasant night spent tviib friend 13. C. Martin and his hospitable family, and we started to see the colored school close by, taught by J. D. Mullinax. This school is about on a par with the average colored school of the Couuty. From here we proceeded to call on our friend, V. H. Watson, who has recently taken charge of the Williamstou Male School. We thought at first our youDg friend possessed some of the qualities that go to make up a teacher, aud after looking on at his methods and work for two hours, we came away satisfied that we were not mistaken, and that he has not missed his calling in choosing the profession of teaching. Success to you. Big Creek school is under the care of Miss Minnie Wilson, who possesses some of the sterling qualities of the sire. Her efforts are appreciated by her patrons, for they keep her at work. The school i? in good shape, and the good influence of the ?eat:her will be felt iu after years. j,AfVr ?f*i;i?*?r wMb h-r father's hospitable family, we wended our vny to the Gen tenuial School, taught by Miss Mary Boggy, who has been an assistant: for some years iu the Slabtown Academy. This has given her valuable experience, S & LANGSTON. which she is puttiDg to practical use in this school. She is much hampered, however, by the want of suitable books, which compels her to have too many classes, and thu3 consumes the time need? lessly. There is abundant material here to run a school longer than the public time, but it is going to close until next fall, and might almost as well not have been taught at all, as far as results are concerned. Words to Farmers. Every Southern State can be made entirely self-sustaining if the farmers would only farm wisely. Georgia could produce all her food supplies from her own soil if the farmers would but turn their attention to diversified farming. We can grow corn, wheat, oats, rye, bar? ley, millet, sorghum, clover and the grasses. We can raise hog3, sheep, cat? tle, horses and mules. We can raise all kinds of poultry, make butter and have eggs in abundance; also vegetables and fruits of all kinds, and with such advan? tages, and a market at our doors for all such things, Georgia is a large importer of all the above supplies. Perhaps the farmers are not aware of the large amount of money that goe3 out of the State, and out of their pockets for food supplies; and horses and mules that can and should be raised by the farmers of Georgia. We will take our County as a eample/Floyd County, that is considered one among the richest Counties in Geor? gia, and considered well adapted to grain, grass and stock raising, with an intelligent class of farmers, and see the amount of food supplies that are imported in Borne for the people that trade in that city, including farmers, and when ascer? tained from facts and figures, it will be seen what an amount of money leaves this County for food supplies that shoutd be raised by our farmers. Six million pounds of Western bacon sold every year, 21,250 barrels of flour; the meat import? ed is worth from $480,000 to $600,000, and the flour $127,500, making $727,500 that should go into the pockets of our farmers, this money goes to the West to enrich the pork and flour dealers and farmers. This amount of money is from the city of Borne alone, so what is the amount paid by all the towns and cities in Georgia for bacon and flour imported to feed the people of this State ? It amounts to millions of dollars for only these two articles, bacon and flour; in addition mules and horses are imported, also corn, hay, butter, poultry, eggs, veg? etables and fruits, when all such should he raised by Georgia farmers. Is it any wonder that Georgia farmers are poor when they are among the purchasers of all these things, instead of being pro? ducers and the furnishers ? The farmers of Georgia, if they farmed wisely and economically, Bhould feed themselves, aud supply our cities and towns in part, at least, with fresh meats, poultry, butter and eggs, vegetables and fruits, aud stop this large amount of money being sent West for Buch supplies. Our system of farming for the last twenty years has been perniciously wrong. We have farmed for the benefit of others and to our injury and ruin. We see it and are convinced of it. Will we continue doing bo, or change and farm for our own benefit? That is the ques? tion to be decided by the farmers them? selves. I have shown you the money? the vast sum?that goes West annually from one city, Borne, from your earnings for merely two articles, bacon and flour, $727,500; no wonder we are poor when you see how our hard earnings are spent, and how easily it can be stopped if we Would only change our system and raiae our own corn, wheat and hogs, and sup? ply ourselves. The year 1888 is now at an end; the new year 1889 is now on hand, so in preparing for another crop, resolve on raising your own food Bupplies iu abundance, and let your cotton be a surplus crop. I have heard many say, "I would farm as you suggest and raise ray food supplies, but I am in debt and I must raise cotton." My answer is, you have been on that line twenty years, and you are still in debt as ever; does not that convince you that your system of farming is wrong, and you are only farm? ing to keep yourself iu debt and bondage? So change from a system that keeps you iu debt and bondage, and try another where your chances are much better to get out of debt, if you can do no better sell half your farm and pay your debts and take a fresh start by changing a sys? tem that keeps you in debt and try the system of raising your own food supplies, and cotton sufficient as your needs may require. Some place much bope on the Farmers' Alliance. The Farmers' Alli? ance is a great institution for the farmers if they live up to its constitn ion and rit? ual. One of its chief obj es ?* t > v.mkv the farmers become self sustaining, and buy all they need for cash, avoid debt and keep out of debt and bondage; and the only way of doing so, is to raise all your lood supplies, your horses, mules, cattle, hogs and poultry, and live as a farmer ought to live, a free and indepen? dent man. I recollect the time when farmers farmed and lived that way, they were the most independent of all classes, their barns and smoke houses were full from their own raising, they went to their own flocks for their meats, their own gar? ners for bread, their own yards lor poul? try and egg*, their own dairies for milk J and butter, and their owu orchards for fruits. The earth is the same, the Bea eous aro the same, they lived by tho sweat on their brow, they labored hon? estly in their fields and God blessed their labors and rewarded their efforts, and why cau't it be the same again ? It can be, and will be, if we will farm as we should farm. The change ha? been in our system of farming and not the change of nature's laws.?John If. Dent, in Southern Cultivator. ? Bishop Hurst, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, says that in Mexico, 8,000 people have never seen k copy of the Uib'.e. Eczema, Itchy, Scaly, Skin TorturcB. The simplo application of "Swayne'9 Ointment,'' without any interna! niodi ciuo; will cure any i.-asn of Tetter, Salt Rheum, Bingworm, I'ilos. Itch. Soros Pimples, Eczema, all Scaly, Itchy Skin Eruption, no matter how obstinate or long standing, it is potent, offoctiva, and costs but a trifle, \5 The Marder of Captain Bawsjn. Charleston, S. C, March 13.?The incidents of the murder of Captain Daw son are gradually creeping^,out and all point to one of the mo3t cruel, cold-blood? ed and heartless affairs that disgraces the annals of crime. The statement or the murderer is published this morning. In it he admits that his victim called upon him to remonstrate against his interfer? ence with his (Captain Dawson's) govern? ess. The murderer Bays that after a conversation Captain Dawson struck him with a cane and that he, after being struck down, proceeded to his desk, se? cured a pistol and shot him. He admits that he did not kill hia victim at once but says that Captain Dawson lived for nearly an hour, during which time the murderer was making up his mind what to do. After the breath had left the body the murderer went to a corner grocery and purchased a spade. In the mean time his wife and children had left the house. Returning, he bolted all the windows and knocking out several planks in the parti? tion that divided his office from the premises, made an attempt to dig a grave. This, however, he was forced to abandon, owing to the nature of the soil, which in that locality is "made soil." It was orig? inally march land and waB filled up with broken bricks and other debris. Finding it impossible to conceal the body, the murderer next devoted his attention to straightening the furniture in his office. Everything was arranged in its proper shape, the body of the slain man was laid out as if for burial, and the murderer then, locking the door, mounted his buggy and drove to the police station and surrendered himself, stating that he had shot Captain Daw eon. The following is printed this morhing in the nature of an interview with the murderer: "Do you know where your ball took effect?" "No. I suppose, however, in the heart, for it was nearly on a level with my pistol when I fired. "As soon as I got the pistol in my hand and burning under the blows I had received by fist and cane, and especially the latter, I fired at Captain Dawson and I thought struck him somewhere in the chest. He staggered and fell on my office floor beside the table near by which he had been talking. He fell heavly to the floor. He waB breathing hard when I leaned over him and raised him up. My first thought was to go out and call in some physician, and Bee the extent of the wound and if possible resus? citate him." "Did you leave your office immediate? ly?" "No ; in the excitement of the moment, cause by the shooting and remotely by a little unpleasantness I had just bad with my wife, I did not act at once." The evidence shows that the body ot the murdered man lay in the office over three hours; that he lived for nearly an hour after he had been shot, within the sound of bis wife's voice, and that it was not until the Chief of Police arrived and broke open the door that it was discovered. Captain Dawson was a Catholic and a priest lived within two minutes' walk of the place of his murderer's residence, and yet the murderer summoned no assist? ance. When the body was found there was found a light walking cane on the floor near it. The victim's right hand was covered by a glove, and in bis fiogers was the other glove. He waB totally unarm? ed. His face bore marks of a severe beat? ing, the skia being abraded in many places. The murderer's face, on the contrary, showed no marks of a collision. The impression prevails here that be murdered the man in the hope of saving his reputation in the medical fraternity. He is known as a rake and libertine.? Dispatch to Greenville News, Dr. McDow Interviewed. Charleston World. A few minutes before 8 o'clock in the evening, a reporter for the World went to the jail to see Dr. McDow and get his version of the tragedy. Dr. McDow had not arrived yet. While the reporter was waiting outside on the sidewalk, with a view to seeing the Doctor as quickly as possible and announcing his mission ou behalf of the World, a vehicle w3s heard coming towards the jail. The vehicle was alongside of the pave? ment, and proved to be the well-known Black Maria, or police wag^n. In a few seconds Detective John Ho gan alighted in the roadway near the sidewalk, and quickly afterwards Dr. McDow stepped out of the wagon to the i Icwalk. Subsequently Detectives James Hogan and M. J. McManus got out of the wagon. Detective James Miller, who was standing in the vicinity of the jail, joiued the custodians of Dr. McDow, who was handcuffed, and thej were admitted to the jail by Capt. James Kelley. Dr. McDow went into Captain Kelley'c office and requested one of the detectives ?Mr. McManus?to go for some cigars The cigars were soon forthcoming, bul not being of the quality the Doctor liked they were exchanged. The Doctor HI one of the cigars and walked up and down the office floor smoking. A3 soon as the reporter aud Dr McDow were vis-a vis, the reporter said "Doctor, I represent the World, anc would like to have your statement of the difficulty between yourself aud Captair 1 iwson." The reporter went to Captain Kelly's desk, opened his note book and asked tlx Doctor to state his c ;e. The Doctor was very much excited, bul was told that all that was wanted was ti clear and connected relation of the cir cumstance? attending the shooting. The doctor began to make, his state merit, but was not connected in hi remarks. He whs asked to be calm au< self possesed, aud only mention wha occurred, without any comment. "Well, sir," said the Doctor, "I wa standing in the vestibule of my office, 7< llutledge streut, Woat side, the ?ccom house from the corner of Bull; at about o'clock this afternoon, when a gentlemai approached me and inquired if 1 was J)i I McDow. ANDERSON, S. C, 1 " 'Yea/ I responded, 'I am Dr. Mc? Dow.' " 'I am Captain Dawson.' " 'Walk in, Captain,' whereupon Cap? tain Dawson entered my office. As soon as he was well inside he said: " 'Dr. McDow, you haye been using ungentlemanly language to one of my servants.' "This I denied. The Captain contin? ued, 'I forbid you speaking to her.' 'I will speak to her when I please,' I re? plied. " 'If you speak to her I will publish you in the paper.' " 'If you do I will hold you personally responsible. I shall speak to her until you show me that you have proper authority to prevent me.' "As soon as I uttered these words Cap* tain Dawson, who wa3 standing in front of me, struck me a staggering blown on the chest, which caused me to fall back over my lounge and strain my back. "I endeavored to get up, and while struggling to do so Captain Dawson gave me a cut across my head with a cane, indenting my hat and causing me to stagger again. "While trying to recover myself, and seeing him in the act of aiming another blow at me with his cane, I managed, to go around to my desk and get my pistol, a self-cocking five shooter of 36 or 38 calibre. "As soon as I got the pistol in my hand, and burning under the blows I had received by fist and cane, and especially the latter, I fired at Captain Dawson, and I thought struck him somewhere in the chest. "He staggered and fell in a Northwes? terly direction on my office floor, beside the table, near by which he had been talking. He fell heavily to the floor. "He was breathing hard when I leaned over him and raised him up. My first thought was to go out and call in some physicians, and see the extent of the wound, and, if possible, resuscitate him." "How many shots were fired ?" inquired the reporter. "Only one. As soon aB he fell, I ceased shooting. "Did you leave your office immediate? ly?" "No; in the excitement of the moment, caused by the shooting, and remotely by a little unpleasantness I had just had with my wife, I did not act at once. "Not long after, however, I got my buggy to carry out the purpose of calling in medical aid, and drove to the corner of J Bull and Butledge Btreets. On arriving there I saw Policeman Gordom, whom I told I had shot Captain Dawson. "With the policeman I then drove to Judge Magrath'b and also to Mr. Julian Mitchell's. Neither one was in. I con? cluded it was best, under tbe circumstan? ces, to deliver myself to the authorities, and went to the central station, where I surrendered myself. "Subsequently Judge Magrath called and saw me. I engaged him as my counsel, and shall also engage Mr. Julian Mitchell." "Do you know where your ball took effect?" "No. I suppose, however, in the heart, for it waa nearly on a level with my pistol when I fired." "Had you ever had any previous words with Captain Dawson?" "None whatever; I scarcely knew him." "What did you suppose waB his pur? pose, when he accosted you in the vesti? bule of your office?" "I really did not divine. Being a phy? sician, I thought he might want to see me. As soon aB he entered the office, however, I saw he was in a terrible state of excitement, in fact was shaking all over, and hia voice, when be spoko low? er, was very tremulous. "This is all that occurred, and I have endeavored to state the facts clearly. I regret tbe occurrence greatly, and as greatly regret the necessity of what has been doue. "I was deeply indignant that a man should come into my office and strike me; and worse, that he should undertake to cane me. No man of courage would stand that." "Did you know the person you wore accused of talking ungentlemanly to ?" "Yes, somewhat; by practicing and living in the neighborhood." "Had you ever conversed with her ?" '?Only in a chatty way. She spoke French, and I sometimes would apply some French phrase to her." "Anything irregular?" "No, I only Bpoke in a pleasant way." While talking to the World represen? tative Dr. McDow at times Btood near the desk and then would walk off and pace the floor. His excitement was very noticeable, and he was disposed to ramble in his conversation, and break the chain of the narrative. He did not seem to mind the blow with the fist, but tbe canning part of the assault seemed to fire him up, and every now then he would stand up and descant on the unmanliness that would brook "such an insult," as he vehemently de? nounced it. The reporter having read his notes over with the doctor, and he having expressed his determination not to say more on the subject until he could advise with hia counsel, the reporter with? drew. BIOGRAPHY OF THE DOCTOIl. Dr. Thomas Ballanl McDow was born in Camden, Kershaw County, thirty-six years ago. He was primarily educated iu bis native County, and at a matri? culating ngc entered the Cumberland University, at Lehandon, Tennessee. There be pursued a course of medical study, and graduated with the first honor of his cIhbs in 1874. Subsequently he came to Charleston, and became a student at the Medical College of the State of South Carolina, located in this city, and graduated with considerable merit, beiDg the valedictor? ian of his class, composed of bright ma? terial. His standing in tbe college en? titled him on graduating to a positiou as one of the physicians of the city hos? pital, and there ho served until his term expired. Afterwards !;o established himself iu this city, and has been prac? ticing here ever since, and was getting jjifo prolo??ioual business, Somo years :htjrsday moeni ago ho married the only daughter of Mr. C. D. Ahrens, the well-to-do retired grocery merchant on King street. One ?.hild is the reBult of the marriage. He is about five feet seven inches high, aud weighs, probably, 130 pounds. He is a brunette, and has features somewhat strongly marked?the nose being slightly inclined to Roman. He wears a deep brown mustache, cut close to his lip. His manner is decided, and not without the graces of good origin and culture. He is a son of Dr. R. S. McDow, who Is a practicing physician, of Lancaster, in this State. His attire is in keeping ,vith taste and professional requirement?. Last night he telegraphed to hia father, ?equesting him to come to this city. Mrs. McDow and her child, soon after .he fatal occurrence, went to the Way jrly House, King street, where her father resides. How to Do it. People generally get what they really ong for because they are willing to work for it with all their hearts and louls. It is doubtful if any man ever jaid in his youth: "I will be rich," and lied poor in bis old age. He bad a whole host of dragons, but he conquered. Whoever knew a woman who looked ;oward the fashionable world as her goal, ,vho pined to be mentioned in the papers is among the aristocracy, who'did not nanage to gain her object? You may remember Sally Mayfair as i very common sort of person, both gnoble and shabby, ignorant and of ioubtful antecedents, and suddenly see ler spoken of as having entertained Lady Waxwork and the Honorable Miss ?uuch, or as visiting the family of the tfarquis of Noodle. How did she do it? rou ask. Ab, how! She crawled, cring ;d, flattered, actually bought invitations it first. She told fibs as long as her irm, and claimed relationship with >eople with whom she had no tiea of )lood. And Bhe has passed the well )orn and worthy, at least in the eyes of TenkinB, the reporter. It is the Bame in higher objects. How s it one asks, that poor cobbler's son, or hat blacksmith's apprentice, baa come o figure in the world of science or of otters? or has he become so deeply earned? The answer is simple: an iducation wa3 the object of those men's ives. No privation was too great to be mdured, no toil too hard. Sleepless and lungry, they were happy, if so they ;ould get the books they wanted, the essons that coat so much. And while rcur father paid a thousand a year for rou, you wrote your problems on your :oat cuffa and crammed for examinations, tnd joyfully forgot all you stuffed your elf with as soon as you lefi college. And surely, a woman who tried best 0 get a luisband has seldom died single. The spinster either did not care at all for narriage or else waited for love and lympathy. Work and patience, and a lonstant pursuit of the same object, al noat necessarily gains it. Whether it be ivorth the effort, ia a question that can jnly be answered iu a foot note on the ast page of life. Perhaps when greedy :eirs stand waiting for the sick man to lie, he may feel that money is not all. [t may be that when lungs and digestion ind eye-Bight and reason give out, one may loubt that learning ia a greater blessing ,han health. When the hollownesa of fashionable ife i3 quite understood a lifelong friend? ship may seem of more value than a jailing acquaintance with a Lady Wax rvork, and the husband may turn out so Dadly thatspinBterhood may seem envia? ble. But, nevertheless, one may feel that i man's will ia a stronger thing than we ire apt to imagine, and that "desire" will "amount to prophecy," if it is used to tvork the wheels of life with. " ? Mr. Harrison is the seventh Presby? terian elected to tho Presidency, that church leading all others in that regard. The others were Jackson, Harrison, Polk, Buchanan, Lincoln and Cleveland. ? An excess of animal food and a par? tial closing of the pores of the skin, dur? ing the winter months, cause the system to become filled with impurities. Theae cau be removed and the blood purified and invigorated by taking Ayer's Saraa parilla. Price ?1. ? The New York Herald asserts that, unless the area of wheat growing is greatly extended in the United States we must cease to be a wheat exporting country before the close of the present century. ? Ayer's Hair Vigor stimulates the hair to a vigorous growth. It contains all that can be supplied to make the hair beautiful and abundant, removes dan? druff, and renders the hair flexible and glossy. ? Two acres of tho best land on every two horse farm should bo sown in clover during the Month of March. It will pay. Finger Nails. My son had a breaking out on his face a3 ringworm, then on hia hands as tetter, then it came iu spots on his back and hip. Hia fiuger nails seemed about to drop off, and his condition was alarming. Under treatment of physicians he grew worse for five years. He begau to take S. S. S. and the eruptions begau to disappear. He continued to take it and every sign of the plague left him. Ho owes his restor? ation to Swift's Specific. W. G. Caoss; Leesburg, Ga., Sept. 28, 1SS3. Three Mottles. 1 regard S. S. S. as a cure for Rheu raasism, aa three bottles cured me ofthat trouble with which I had been painfully afilicted with for several years. L. 0. WlLUFOBP. Rock Mills, S. C. Oct. 27,1SSS. Nine years ago Scrofula attacked two of my children, and they were badly afiiict ed with that disease which resisted the treatment of my family physician. I was persuaded to use Swift's Specific by seeing an account of cures in my county paper. The improvement was apparent from the first few doses, and in a short time my children were cured, and arc still sound aud well. John Williams; Lexington, Va. Swift's Specific is entirely a vegeta? ble remedy, and is the only medicine which permanently cures Scrofula, Blood Humors, Cancer ami contagious Blood Poison. Send for books oh Blood and Skin Diseases, mailed free; THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga, NG, MARCH 21, 188 OUR STOMACHS. Ho\c Can I Get tho ?est of the Doctor ? Dr. Edward Hitchock, of Amherst College, one of the oldest and most prominent physical educators in the country, tells the Freshman Class each year that they should never know they have a stomach, and if at any time they are aware of the presence of such an organ some law in eating has been trans? gressed. On the other hand, should a patient tell his physician that he believed the end was not far ofT, or ho knew he would die if relief did not come very soon, or he thought he was going into consumption, or some such very serious condition was near at hand, the physician would more likely say to himself, "Stomach," and to the patient, "What have you been eating?" bo utterly miserable does one feel when the organ ia not properly treat? ed. The number of diseases caused by improper attention to diet and abuse of the atomach i3 legion. The late Dr. Armour, a recognized authority upon stomach disorders, used to lecture the whole winter upon the digestive tract, so important did he consider tbe treatment of auch disorders to the success of the physician. Let ub therefore take a look at its operation, and see if we cannot gain some information that will assist us in caring for this very important part of our system. By experiment upon Alex St. Martin and others similarly injured, and also upon animals with artificial openings into their stomachs, we find that this organ pours out from its inner aurface a fluid called gastric juice, acid in reaction, and bo powerful that it will digest food in a bottle or other receptacle if kept at the temperature of the body. Further? more, if by any accident the blood should be cut off from tbe atomach aud this fluid be present, ita action is so powerful that it would digest the very coats of the organ which produced it. To prevent this occurrence nature provides for the pouring out of this fluid only when there is something in the stomach for it to act upon. When food is eaten, the atomach acts like a tumbling-machine, which churns the food around and around, at the same time pouring this gastric juice upon it until it all disappears either by being absorbed or made into a liquid mass and passed on into the intesitnes. When this ia done and the stomach is again empty, the food i3 considerably di? gested. The time required to accomplish this varies with the kind of food taken, rice, for example, requiring only one hour, and salt beef aud pork taking four and a quarter hours. All food varies between these extremes. Tbe most easily digested are as follows: rice, tripe, whipped eggs, sago, tapioca, barley, boil? ed milk, raw eggs, lamb, parsnips, baked potatoes, fricassed chicken, etc., in the order mentioned, requiring from one to two and three-quarter hours, lloast beef, three hours, roast fowl, four hours. As a rule, animal food digests more quickly than vegetable, and fried food the most slowly to all methods of cook? ing. These observations on the action of tho gastric juice not only told U9 the timo required to digest the different kinds of food singly, but showed that certain con? ditions affected the rapidity of digestion and assimilation which are of greater im? portance to us than the choice of foods, inasmuch, as they are conditions which lie within the power of each one of us to correct. lat. Haste in eating slows digestion, and unnecessary work is put upon the atomach, since in hurried eating the food is not properly masticated, and the gas? tric juice caunot as rapidly or readily get at the particles of food to digest them. 2d. Overloading the Btomach increases the work of that organ in a twofold man? ner, namely giving it more than is neces Bary for the economy of the body, and, on account of the bulk, delay, as it can no more handle three pouud3 at the same rate it could one, than you or I could run one mile at the same rate we could run one third. 3d. It was found that tbe stomach tires of one kind of cooking or one variety of food, and hence declines to accept it, and if forced refuses to digest it as rapidly; this ia the reason for our becoming, as we say, sick of a certaiu article of food which we formerly were very fond of. There? fore it is a matter of necessity to treat ourselves to a variety both of foods and methods of cooking. 4tb. The gastric juice is not poured out as abundantly, and even at times ia entirely checked, under excitement, grief great anxiety, fright, and all such meutal emotions. Therefore it is not wise to force the appetite, as we say, by crowd? ing food down our throats?au act so common at such times. Wait until the mental condition is quiet, or take meas? ures to quiet it, and the appetite will soon return. Lastly: the whole depends upcu the perfect action of the nervous currents, the vigor of the circulation, the quality of the blood, and all those in turn upon the amount and kind of rest, sleep, occupa? tion, exercise, etc. The time of eating is also e3<eutiul to health. It should bo regular and at equal interval-;, five hours being the best, on the whole, thus giving about two hours' rest for the stomach before each meal, estimating the average time to digest a meal at about three hours. Growing children frequently desire an extra light luncheon between meals, and it should be encouraged; but this nib? bling or eating the miserable stuff sold by the candy man or woman who haunts every school door is ruinous to the youthful stomach, and many a boy suffers all his lifetime from abuse begun in just this way. Tho hour at which the principal meal should be eaten does not matter so much with healthy grown people as with the young people and children. The^e last should by all means eat their dinner at or about mid-day and a light and easily di? gested meal at evening, thereby insuring better digestion, sounder sleep, and ear? lier hour for retiring, all of which are I extremely essential to sound and perfect ; health. A half hour before and one hour ; after meals should b-;- spent in eo:nparn I live quiei, in order Hut the stomach n.ay 1 have the full advantage of Ibo blood that 9. is in the body to dispose of the food ns fast as digested. Active exercise imme? diately before or after eating calls the blood to other parts, delays digestion, and is therefore to be avoided. So much for solid food : but what shall I drink? Water, not foe warm or too cold, and milk ; plenty of both. Liquors, of course, are out of the ques? tion ; but you say how about tea, coffee, etc ? These I consider under the head of etimulants, and are no more fit to be drank by children and young people than liquors by the old ; for what need have you at your age of stimulation other than that obtained in sound health from good wholesome nutritious food. The time to drink is when you are thirsty, and all you wish, except immediately after exercise when heated ; then as follows: wash the mouth out with cold water and take a couple of swallows, wait five minutes, drink half a glass, wait ten minutes, and partake freely but not rapidly, stopping for breath between every few swallows. A glass of water before bed and upon rising in the morning has a good action upon the coats of the stomach and intes? tinal tract throughout. Drinking with the meals'does not iuterfere with diges? tion ; therefore it is not objectiouable, as is frequently asserted. So much for what, how, and wheu we should eat and drink. A careful study of these rules and application to our every-day lives would prevent many at? tacks of sickness, and build up a strong body, better able to resist disease when it dees creep in from other sources. There is nothing that encourages a physician more than to find in his patient a good strong stumach, on which he can depend to.help him out at the most critical time. Furthermore, there is no organ in the body which we can more directly benefit or injure by acts under our own control than the stomach; nor is there, on the other hand, oue which will more surely return a just reward for the treatment received. With a good stomach you have little need of the doctor, and with a poor one, I have no hesitation in saying, a good stock in trade for a drug store can be found at your house. I must practice what I preach, and not give you too much to digest at once; so we will stop here, change our diet, and give you a little more variety next time.? Walton L. Savage, M. D., in Harpe)'s Young Peo? ple. A Ghost Comes to Grief. Des Moixes, Iowa, March 1.?A ghost came to grief out near Casey, Adair County, last night. Young people fre? quenting a schoolbouse near Silver Lake in the night time have been frightened by an apparition which at different time3 assumed various shapes. It appeared to rise out of the water, and three or four persons had been drowned while bathing in the lake. About a week ago a farmer and his wife were driving past the lake, when the ghostly spectacle appeared and fright? ened the team which ran away, tipped the buggy over and nearly killed the wife. The farmer determined to solve the mystery. Loading a gun with buck Bhot he took up his watch near the water After keeping up his vigil for four nights, suffering eeriously from the cold, the phantom appeared. The farmer fired. It threw up its hands and shouted : "My God 1 don't shoot any more," and fell prostrate. The gho3t was carried home by the shooter and cared for. No one but the attending physician has seen him, and he refuses to give any name. It is suspected that the spectre is a land seeker, who wished to scare the owners and buy cheap. Nothing positive can be be gotten, as the shooter and doctor are mum.?New York Herald. A Snorer Rudely Awakened, There were several snoring tales told at a recent gathering of lawyers, but the Athens, Ga., Banner- Watchman says it was left to ex-Senator Pope Barrow to finish them up. He said that Governor Lumpkin, formerly chief justice of the supreme court, nas in Louisville, in Jefferson county, attending court, and that the landlord put him in a room on the ground floor of the hotel, the windows and doors of which opened on the street. Judge Lumpkin when fast asleep, could awaken the natives with his loud breath? ing. About midnight, when everything was quiet, the judge commeneed puffing, blowing and snorting in bis sleep. Out on the street was a little piney woods bull, which was "monarh of all he surveyed." He heard the snoring of Gov. Lumpkin, and he must have imag? ined that it was one of his rivals from a neighboring plantation. The little bull threw a few bushels of dirt over his back, and prepared for battle. He believed once or twice to notify his adversary that he was on the ground, but it did not disturb the governor in the least. The snoring weut on without iutermission. This expastered the little bull, and curl iug his tail over his back, he made a break for the window aud went through it, carrying everything before him on his horns. The sudden rush of the bull into the room awakened the governor, and taking in the situation he left, with the hull in full possession of the room. ? Legally there is no such city as Mem? phis, Tciin. Some years ago the State Legislature took away its charter aud named it "The Taxing District of Shelby County." The citizens are now tired of this cumbrous name and want the right to use their old name. Iloiv's This. We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any cn.-e of Catarrh that cannot be cur.'d by taking Hall's Catarrh Cure. V. .1. Cexey & Co., Props, Toledo, 0. We, the undersigned, have known P. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, nnd be lieve him perfectly honorable in all bus? iness transactions and financially able to carry out any obligation made by their firm. West & Tkuax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. O. K. Jl. Van 3Iu;skn, Cashier,Toledo Na? tional Bank, Toledo, (.). ir.aU'-C.taiTh Cure is taken intoroallv VOLUM] A CELEBRATED CASE. Tho Third Mistrial In tho Case of Jone*, of Kdgoiield. En<;i:field, March 10.?Another mid trial was entered this morning in the case against Robert T. Jones, which has become celebrated over tho State for several reasons, the first bein<: that nearly four years ago he committed the most foul and deliberate cold blooded murders ever perpetrated in this State or upon any civilized community, except those of his coequal, Woolfolk of Geor? gia, with whom he can divide "honors.'-' It is celebrated, in the second place, on account of its having been on the crimi? nal docket for ten terms, and having been tried four times; thirdly, on account of ,tue prominence and eminence of the counsel engaged in his prosecution and defense; and fourthly, for the most as? tounding and inexplicable reason that three juries have made a mistrial of the case. Out of the forty-eight men who have sat on his case, only twelve have j been found (and that was at tho second trial) who have done him the justice to bring in a verdict of guilty of man? slaughter and the State and outraged community the injustice of not making their verdict "guilty of murder." Jones is a butcher by trade, and on the ISth of November, 1885, he domon strated that he was not only expert in bis avocation of slaughtering cattle, but equally so in "butchering" human tlesh. It is not necessary to go fully into the testimony in this case at this time, as every man, woman and child in South Carolina, especially, is familiar with the harrowing circumstances attending the killing. It will be sufficient, therefore, only to say that tho facts are there as proven on the stand at every trial which has been held. Jones, in consequence of a misunderstanding between the three Fressleys and himself about a piece of land which the Pressleys were renting and which be, through the courtesy of the Pressleys, waj living on free of rent, determined to take the law in his own hands and eject the Pressleys. On the morning of the ISth of No? vember, seeing Mr. Edward Pressley and his two eons?Charlie and Edward ploughing this ground, he deliberately proceeded to hi? house, got his gun, went to the the field where they were, and sfiid to Charlie Presaly, "Charlie, didn't I tell you all not to work this ground until it was decided who had the right to plant it?" And at the conclusion of this little speech he took aim and emp? tied both barrels of his gun into Char? lie's side, killing him almost instantly. Edward Pressley, Jr., seeing that his brother had fallen dead at the hands of Jones, and having no weapon about his j person with which to defend himself and avengo the death of his brother, picked up a rock and advanced on Jones. Jone3, having discharged the contents of his gun, took to his heels, pursued by Edward Pressley, Jr. Jones ran a suffi? cient distance to enable him to get his "butcher', knives ready for use and then stopped, and as Edward ran up to him he literally cut him to pieces. He must have cut him at least seven times; his heart was cut in two and his stomach was ripped open. Leaving Edward dead, Jones coolly reloaded his gun and walk? ed back near to where he had killed Charlie, and where old man Edward Pressley was standing, holding his son Charlie's mare. When he got in about five or ten feet of him he said to the old gentleman : "Dog gone you, I will kill you, too," and shot him down dead, his aged victim falling, as Jones, said on the stand, "at the crack of the gnn." Old Mr. Pressley was palsied, and 78 years old j he could not have hurt a fly, so in? firm was he. Jones was tried the first time for the murder of Charlie Pressley and tbe jury failed to agree; on the second trial he was tried for the murder of old Mr. Pressley and found guilty of mauslugb ter, and sentenced by Judge Norton to the penitentiary for twenty-five years. The Supreme Court gave him a new trial, and siuce then he has been tried twice for the killing of Edward Press ley, Sr., and mistrials have been the result. Jones has been on the stand four times, and every time has told his tala and recited the particulars of the killingj in a manuer that stamps him as a cold hearted creature. It seems though he hae friends who manage to get on the juries, for in no other way can the mistrials be accounted for, as the testimony against him is as strong as ever heard in a court of justice. As telegraphed you yestcr day, thejury took the case under con? sideration at 8 o'clock Saturday night, after an effort for fifteen hours to ar? rive at a verdict they sent for Judge Al drich this morning at 11 o'clock, while the church bells were ringing and the good Christian people were wendinc their way to the different houses of wor? ship. On announcing that they could not agree, Judge Aldrich said : "Well, gentlemen, I am sorry you cannot, Edgelield County is noted in the annali of this State as a grand old Comity and a proud County, and I am sorry that it! houor and reputation cannot be sus? tained by a jury composed of her citi zeus." The attorneys for the prisoue bit thir lips, aud some of the jurror looked like their feathers had been cut Jones's case is a remarkable one ii another respect: The crime he committei is so heinous that it is most horrible I even dwell upon the facts of it, and i meets the unqualified condemnation c everybody with whom this correspou dent has ever conversed ; but yet when jury is formed it seems impossible to gc twelve men to uphold the sentiment c the people. The prisoner, Jones, is in the hands c able counsel, and ha has no apnrehen siou that he will ever be convicted. Maj W. T. Gary, of Augusta, and Messrs Ernest Gary aud Geo. N. Evan?, of Edge field, his attorneys, ar? splendid lawyers and are very successful in their practice on the criminal ?s well as civil side ol the court. They are of such supciio ability thai .Jones's escape from the gal lows up in this time i- due to that lac alone ihey may yei succeed in gettim hin, '?-??o( fre??:" ? they do, they shouh wi -,r iiicir laurel* and bo proud of them for they are fightiug against tho n'cra I XXIV.- -NO. 37. sentiment of the County, und have n case of diabolical murder to work into a case of self-defense, anil prisoner for a client who stands self-convicted. The State's case is growing stronger term by term, and if Jones's attorneys hope to ever secure an acquittal they had better hurry up and secure such a verdict. They had no possible chance of getting one at the trial which has just termina? ted, for not only did the Stale make out a plain case of murder, but Solicitor Nelson's management cf it was such as to receive the praise of those who are inclined to be friendly towards Jones. His speech ou Saturday was one of the finest efforts ever made in Edgefield'a court house by any prosecuting officer. Tn fact, it was pronounced to be the best argument made in the easel?Columbia Register, ALL SORTS OF PARAGRAPHS. ? Farm mortgages in Nebraska aggre? gate ?1.50,000,000. ? Rock Radford, nearly eighty years old, was sentenced at Hopkinsville, Kyv, to twenty-one years imprisonment for murder. ? The Pennsylvania railroad jysteni claims to have lost but three pieces of baggage out of five million pieces handled last year. ? The Postoffice at Mineral Point, Colo., 12,000 feet above the pea level, U the highest postoffice in the country. But the postmaster says his salary is about the lowest. ? When the nose threatens to bleed excessively, it sometimes can be arrested by putting the feet into hot water, or by applying a mustard plaster between the shoulder. ? Mrs. Harrison is fascinated by Mrs. Cleveland. The new mistress of the White House recently remarked: "Mrs. Cleveland is positively the loveliest crea? ture I ever saw." ? Dr. W. E. Forrest, of New York, says that the south is in danger of a yel? low fever epidemic this summer. He wants congress to appropriate $1,000770$^ for tents, hospitals, etc. ? The New York Sun says that any one desirous of speculating in real estate can purchase an acre of land in Wall street, New York, for the small sum of ?143,000,000, and is cheap at that. ? The household of the Emperor of China is to consist of 500 persons includ? ing thirty fan bearers, thirty umbrella bearers, thirty physicians aud surgeons, seventy-five astrogolers, seven chief cooks and sixty priests. ? With the thermometor below zero and a blinding snow-storm raging, several persons were baptized iu an Illinois river recently. Afterward, they walked, in stocking feet, nearly a quarter of a mile to the nearest residence to change their clothing. ? A citizen who deserves well of his country had a large family, to which ad? ditions were constantly making. One day one of bis little buys was thus interroga? ted: "Johnny, how mauy brothers and sisters have you got'?" "I don't know," answered the boy ; "I hain't been home since morning." ? There is at present an exodus of republican politicians from Indiana and Ohio to Washington. An exchange say3 that the only person left in Indiana worth talking about is John Schmidt, the fourteen-year-old preacher and even he has quit preaching for the time being because there isn't a soul there worth saving. ? A very little girl in the infant class of one of our city Sunday schools came home last Sunday and told her mother that the teacher had taught them a new song. On expressing a wish to hear it, the mother was much astonished at the following sentence, which was all the child could remember: "I'm a little greenhorn among a half a cbese." The words which had beeu misunderstood-by the child were these: "I'm a little gleaner among the harvest sheaves." ? Col. Lyman B. Goff, a successful manufacturer, of Pawtucket, R. I, who has been in Georgia for several weeks, has organized a company with" $100,000 capital for the manufacture of yarns, twines, knitting cotton, etc. It is pro? posed to erect iv new mill at Portersdale, near Covington, Ga., utilizing the fine water pewer at that place, and starting Tmh~5,000 spindles, with room to increase the capacity if needed. Work on the new mill will be commenced in a few j days. ? The negro exodus iu North Carolina grows more and more alarming every day. Promineut colored leaders have taken the stuaip and are having meetings from place to place, which are attended by all the negroes in the neighborhood. The speakers advise the negroes to pre? pare for wholesale emigration to States where they will be welcome, alleging that in North Carolina they are not wel? come. A special traiu with four hundred will leave Raleigh to morrow for Arkan>-* sas and Louisiana. ; ? Major Gen. John M. Schofield has written a letter expressing his hearty sympathy with the movement, now at? tracting considerable attention in New York, for the establishment of a uational Confederate soldiers' home at Austin, Tex.is. He says he wiil give the project his earnest support, and especially com? mends the method ol" raising money by voluntary subscription. Oca. Scofield adds: "The true soldier on the field, as soon as the fight is over, is ready to share his rations and hi* blasts with his - wounded enemy. Ho? *fh ?? /.ealouslv may a generous and patriotic people relieve the necessities of uiose old eoldiers who have long since ceased to bo enemies, and have become true friends and fellow citizens."_ The Popular Approval Of the efforts of the California Fig Syrup Company to present to the public an agreeable and effective substitute." the bitter, nauseous liver me^ cathartics formerly used is as to the Company as it is credital good ta?fe of the public. The rapidly Increasing sale of Syrup and the promptly beueficiai elforl single dose are convincing proofs th the most easily takeo and the most $ atuly effective remedy known. For by fcimpson.;Reid & Co,