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I BT CLINKSCALE IN TEB-feK J R. S. HILL, ACCOMPANIED BY Us.' SLOAN '. AYING just returned from the East em .'llarkete, where they spent a long while in search of? RARE BARGAINS, - Kow take pleasure in stating that we :ne ver bought a Stock of Goods more to i: our own saias&ction than we did this ?:. tine. In oni opinion, we can boow not he Largest, Handsomest, And most Varied Erer offered on this market, but taking -QUALITY of material into considers ?tion-^ t DRESS' GOODS, ?Tery Style, Color and Texture, Including ChaUies, Henriettas, Brillian 4ices,'. Mohairs/ SUIcb, Satins, Velvets, :Saieens and White Goods, world without vend. In fact, all the NEW GOODS, in every imaginable shade that the markets afford. Our Stock of? ? Is replete with all this season's Novel ties, including Persian Band Embroide? ries, Braids of all kinds?Silver, Gold ' and Hercules, in different shades. Also, those new and beautiful Felt and Braid TiinimiDga combined, as well as Guimps ;;v:Md->.Garttiture8 "of every description, STaver before has it been our good fowuae to rnn upon such a handsome, tasty and elegant lot of Buttons as we have now, waiting your inspection. Don't forget that as we were the first to introduce those soft-finish, elegant DRSSS LININGS, we still give this lies our personal attention, MISS MALLAIIEU Con.inue3 her PRESS MAKING In pur Establishment, and is better pre? pared than over before to fill, in a thor? ough .and stylish manner, all orders entrusted to her.* A fall and carefully selected? STOGK OF HOSIERY, Hankerchiefs, Gloves and Parasols. In Laces and Mull Embroideries we defy competition. An usual we take the? LEAD IN MILLINERY Of every description. We have had exceptional advantages in buying this year. We begin with our leader?a nice shnde Hat, in b?aek and white, at 20c. Staying late enough to attend all the retail openings, we are not only laden with the most beautiful and Btylish Goods ever shown here, but have a thor? ough knowledge of how to manipulate them. So that with stylish Shapes, beautiful Flowers, ai;y Laces and en? trancing Ribbon?, the latest French and New York fashions, and above all THE LOWEST PRICES ever offered, we are bound to bring joy to the hearts of our many customers, old and new. Very respectfully, ft, 3, HILL IS & LANGSTON. TflA?Hflrtf'CoiUMN. "ISSt. All communications intended for this Column should he addressed to D. H. RUSSELL, School Commissioner, Ander son, S. C._ Me. Editor: There fell into my hands not long since a book of such rare value and so-great help to me, you will permit me to call the attention of our teachers to it through the Teachers' Col? umn. It is "Lessons in English", by Sarah E. Lockwood, and is published by Gwih & Company/Boston, Mass. ; No doubt many of your teachers, like myself, Mr. Editor, have found no little difficulty in teaching English Grammar satisfactorily. This little book has been of incalculable benefit' to me, and, I am sure, would be to any one who will pro? cure a copy and use it. I have used it simply as a hook of reference. I am quite sure, however, so favorably has it impressed me, that it would stand the test of the school room. No workman can do the best work I without the best tools. So no.teacher can teach the English language correctly unless he has access to many books other than the one- used, by his classes. Good tools should be close at hand. A few dollars judiciously expended for books would wonderfully increase the possibil ties of any one who is really desirous of growing, stronger and accomplishing more.' Aa a; book of reference, or as a text-book for advanced classes, I know of no one that offers greater assistance to teachers of English than "Lockwcoti's Lessons in English." With Crabb's "Dictionary; of Soyo nyms," Smith's "Synonyms Discrimi? nated," Boget's. "Thesawrus of English Words" an d ".Lock word'a Lessons in English" on hie table, any teacher of English may feel confident that he is not poorly equipped for the work in hand. I took up my pen to write a review of this book in which I have no other inter? est than a desire to see a book of r.uch intrinsic yal ue in the hands of my fel? low-teachers, but must desist, as in an article of this kind I could: not do it jus? ?ce. Get it and examine it. Teacher. ' Pic Nie at Fort HiU. Ma. Editor : j The ? Walker-MoElmoyle School, with Miss Olivia Newton as teach? er, and Bishop's Branoh School, under Miss Dunwoody's training, united their joint schools in celebrating the closing of the first , term of said schools'by a joint pic nie at the historic spot ofJFort Hill on the 11th of May. At an early hour on the day aforesaid,, buggies, carriages and wagons were brought into service in the respective neighborhoods of said schools, forming an imposing train of pleasure-seekers, con? sisting- mostlyvof children, together with the patrons and friends of said schools. After leaving the starting station at the Walker-McElmoyle College farm, the train proceeded, under the control of Miss Olivia Newton, with Mr. Berry Martin as assistant conductor. The first station reached was Sharon station, where several accessions were made to the long train. Station No. 2, called the Kight station', was reached on time, but as we had one of the passengers fror a that station already on board, and others had gone on a preceding train, wo made no stop. Soon we passed Dun woody station .where we judged, from the smoke issuing around a boiling pot, j we had found, either a soap factory or a j laundry establishment. The next station \ passed, was the sugar factory, or as. some \ would call it, a molasses mill. As we were not nagged down we passed on without stopping. The next point reached of any note was Martin'sfactory, where they pre? pare the corn for bread, and bake it, too, if you pay them for it. Central station, on f the Air Line, was the next point reached, | bui as we arrived there we found we were J a little behind, and therefore could not ac? cept of the hospitalities of the town. Here the assistant conductor gave place to the real conductor, Miiss Olivia, with Mr. Jas? per Kelly: as an able assistant, (weighs about 200 lbs.,) which balanced the car very well with the light avordupois of the lady comluotbr, and no further stops were made until we reached Port Hill, the for? mer home of the late Hon. J. C. Calhonn. deceased. We found an eager, expectant crowd already in waiting, which made the crowd reach- about 200. Maj. Russell, by request of the lady teachers, chaparonefl the exercises, which wan opened by prayer by self, followed by an appropriate exordium on the occasion. Mr. Russell said the children and others had come for the double purpose of enjoy? ing themselves on this romantic spoi, and pleading the cause of the orphaned and destitute boys of the State of South Caro? lina to the bequest of the Hon. Mr. Clem son, for the noble purpose of educating them. And he believed if Mr. Clemson could speak from his grave he, too, would proclaim aloud, given to.tb.9 boys of ittw State, a people whom I lovt-d so well, that thereon, may be erected an A^ricultur?J College, which would perpetuate my memory in a more enduring form than pyramids of marble. . The Hon. J. P. Glenn followed in a scath? ing rebuko to the' action of the Governor in pocketing the bill for arr acceptance o'/ the trust without his approval, after ie had pledged himself to carry out the W?51 of the people of the State when legally as? certained. If the veto, said he, is to t\; prostituted by the Governor to thwart tt-e will of the people, legally ascertained through Legislative channels, then the time had arrived in oar political history, as a State, when we should gravely cor? sider the propriety of changing the Conpit tution in that regard. His speech made a decided impression. In closing his speech Mr. Glenn paid a touching tribute to the memory of .Mrs. Eleanor J. Walker, de? ceased, who donated one hundred and twenty acres of land in the neighborhood of Central and Fort Hill, for a similar pur? pose with the noble bequest of Mr. Clem son. Mr. J. C. Watkins was called on fo.r a speech by the whole crowd, but he declin? ed, on the ground that he had to mind the baby. This closed the speaking exercises of the day, when the dinner committee look charge and soon spread a most boun? tiful repast on the magnificent green car? pet of grass that surrounds Port Hill, and near the best well of water that ever burst from the fountain of the deep. For th ree hours after dinner the whole party regaled themselves by a trip to the beautiful Sen? eca River, across the valuable bottom lands of the Fort Hill farm. The party passed in plain view of the grounds of '.he old Fort, with scarcely anything left to remind one that there was once a stockade and a hard fought battle between the whites and Indians, except balls and bul? lets. It is only necessary to return thanks to the kind host, Mr. Hal. Boggs and wife, and to Mrs. Prince for hospitalities shown, and especially for the kindness Of Mrs* Prince in admitting the crowd to the rooms of the Fort Hill mansion, and exhibiting at ,d explaining many household, relics and pictures of long ago times., including the in/iuguration chair of George Washington, tbo first President._T. H. R. The Earle Family. Townville, Anderson County,. May 15.?A few miles west of this place, in a qniet corner of Oconee County, near the Anderson line, is an old family bury ing-ground of rare historic interest. In it are interred the bodies of Samuel Earle and his wife, their children and some of their grandchildren. The plat, some forty feet square, is enclosed with a sub* stantial iron fence of attractive pattern and contains ten or twelve graves, three of which are marked by costly marble shafts. These are the graves of Samuel Earle and wife and their son, Baylis John Earle. Samuel Earle bore a conspicuous part in the war for American Independence and was a participant in the deliberations which resulted in the adoption of the Federal Constitution of the State of South Carolina. In 1776, at the age of 16, he entered the Revolutionary army as ensign and remained in the Service till the war closed, having meanwhile risen to the rank of captain. He held various offices under the State Government and was chosen to represent his district in Congress as the successor of Gen. Pick ens while that body yet held its session at Philadelphia. At the close of his term he retired to his plantation, where he spent the re? mainder of his life, in agricultural pur? suits, steadfastly declining to yield to the solicitations of his frienda to again enter,public life. He amazed a large fortune for that day, and died suddenly in 1833, aged 73 years. His wife, whom he wedded when she was scarcely 16 years of age, and who died at 40, was a daughter of James Harrison, himself a relative of the Harrison family, which has given to the United States two of its Presidents. Her mother wit Elizabeth Hampton, doubtless related to 'he Hamp tonB of South Carolina. Baylis John Earle was endowed with an intellect of the very highest order. In 1811, when but 16 years of age, he was graduated from the South Carolina College at the head of a very large class, distinguished alike for its (alent and attainments. He entered the legal pro? fession, and soon rose to prominence, being elected eventually. to the Judge ship of one of the judicial circuits of South Carolina. He died in 1844, in his 50th year. He never married. The other children of Samuel Earle who are interred here, as indicated by ?the graves stones, are: James Harrison, born 1799, died 1829; Morgan Priestly, born 1804, died 1845; Harriet, born 1811, died 1850 ; Edward Hampton, born 1820, died 1849. Harriet Earle married her kinsman, Elias Earle, who died in 1870, aged 70 years. Anoth? er grave is that of Wilton Robinson Earle, who, at the age of 23, was fatally wounded at the first battle of Manassas. He was a son of Elias and Harriet Earle. The Hon. Elias Preston Earle, who resides at Anderson vi lie at the junction of Seneca and Tugalo rivers, in Ander? son County, and who represented his county in the General Assembly two years ago, is also a son of Elias and Harriet Earle. Samuel Earle wrote an autobiography which were it brought to light would doubtless prove a valuable contribution to the history of the times of which he was a prominent and honorable figure. . A Blind Bridal Couple. Every pleasant evening, iu that hour just before twilight which we ail love to idle away with inconsequently thoughts and observations, there passes my window a couple that greatly interest me. The lady is bnt a young girl, it seems, and she has such a pretty face, so white and peaceful, with something of sadness in it, something of joy. She has great eyes that stare strangely at you, and, at the sound of her compan? ion's voice, their lids are dropped, and the long, graceful eye lashes fall upon her cheeks. The man reminds me of one of the old Saxons. He is big and strong, and has che curly golden hair and the big blonde beard of that race of men. His companion hangs on his arm, and yet he seems to depend upon her as much as she on him, for they cling very close? ly indeed together, while he carefully picks their way out with a light cane. Both are blind. I inquired about them the other day. Neither ever saw the light of day. Neither can ever know how glorious the sunlight is, how pretti ' y blend the beautiful hues of the flowers, how grand all nature looks. Neither ever saw the other I and yet they are a bridal pair. They only live in a world of darkness and in each other. They met long ago, became devotedly attached to each other and were married. And so now every evening, when the weather is fine, they go out for a little strole, and as they slowly, carefully walk past my window I think: "It is a sad and pretty sight?a blind bridal pair!"? Toledo Blade. Not A Regular, In a country village not ten miles from Glasgow, a sweep and a candy-man had taken refuge for a night in a barn-loft above the meeting-pla?je of the Salvation Army. One night they all met for the purpose of worship, and the captain began to preach, which awakened the sleepers in the loft by his Baying, "O, Lord, blow thy horn, that we may hear." The sweep listened, and said to the candy-man, "If he says that again, blow your horn." It was repeated, and the candy-man' blew his horn. The captain of the army then said, "O, Lord, show thy face, that we may see you as you are." The sweep, hearing this, shoved his head out of the thatchhole, the look of which soon emptied the place, as they thought it was the devil. Among them was an old, decrepit woman, who could not get out soon enough, and cried out: "Don't meddle me, don't meddle me, for I am not a reg'lar attender." ANDEKSON, S. C, BILL ABP.. Tfca Georgia Philosopher Insures His Lire. Atlanta Constitution. I have just twelve years to live?how many have you?Tec years from now I will have seven years to live. Twenty years from now I will have four years to live and thirty years from now I will still have two years to live?thai is curi? ous. How the expectation of life keeps lapping on. It looks like a man would never die if he could keep on living?he would always have a little margin ahead. But I may die to-morrow, or next week," and that is why I took an insurance policy on my life yesterday?I did not feel certain of those twelve years. A friend of mine is in the business, and he discoursed so seriously about the matter and seemed so sympathetic and manifest? ed such a kind interest in my family that I conquered my prejudices and took a policy?I never had any prejudices against life insurance but I had such bad luck that I quit. Long time ago I begun in the Knickerbocker and after I had paid out about four hundred dollars it failed. Then I took out a policy in a St. Louis company and that failed. Then I tried the "Cotton States" and that faileu. So I quit the business and lived on alone, and now I am so old that it takes nearly ail my income to pay the premium. In fact, I didn't think they would take me, but my friend said in inasmuch as it was me they would. When he drew his doc? uments out I had to answer all sorts of | questions about my kinfolks and ancestors and how long they all lived and what they died of. They went away back to my grandfathers who lived more than a hun? dred years ago, and I didn't know much about them but told him I did have some who lived a mighty long lime. He brightened up and I told him their names were Adam and Mathusalah and that one of them named Enoch didn't lie at all. Then my friend took me to a doctor who thumped me on the back and put his ear to my bosom to hear my heart beat, and felt of my pulse and measured my height, and around my breast and ray corporosity, and asked me whether I had ever had the rheumatism, or consumption, or colic, or dropsy, or the blind staggers, or fits, or gout, or big jaw, or delirium tremens, or insanity, or the earache, or yaller janders, or Bright's disease, or any other disease, or tumors, or wens, or hair-lips, or crosB eyes, and I don't know what all, and when I answered no to them all he pronounced me a good subject, and so I am now in? sured. When I handed Mrs. Arp the policy and told her it was for her, and her only, she never stopped sewing the buttons on Jessie's dress, but asked me, in a quiet way, if I was sure the company was a good one. She might as well have asked if I was sure to die in time for the money to do her some good, but she didn't. She has got that policy put away somewhere, and I'll bet she lets me know when that premium foils due. Well, that is all right. When a man weds a woman she is entitled to boot, aud if he hasent got it he ought to keep hie life insured for her benefit. I've noticed a good many widows, and I believe that a five thousand dollar policy on her husband's life is one of the most consoling things in the world. It oughtont to be more than th'itt, for it might tempt some designing man to inveigle himself into her affections, and I wouldent like that. I hud a sickly client once who employed me to write his will. His wife was right smart younger than he was aud a good deal healthier aud he said he dident think he was going to live very long and he dident mind dying so much, but he couldent bear to think of another fellow stepping around over his land. So he wanted me to fix things so that if she did marry they would have to get another farm and step around over it. i Insurance is a good thing. It makes one feel calm and serene. I have been insuring against'fire for forty years and never yet had a fire. The money that I have paid out would make a good big pile, but it has brought me more comfort than any money I ever invested. And so 1 am to get no possible benefit from my life insurance it is a comfort to know that my wife will, if Bhe survives me, and I reckon she will. She has got six years advantage in age?that is in youth?for a woman never gets old. And then again the tables show that the women of forty five and over outlive the men. I said that I had just twelve years to live, but if I was a woman I would have thirteen. That is the difference. My wife has seventeen years to live, and that beats me five years. These life tables that show the expectation, the average, the probability of life, are very curious and interesting. In a million births the males outnumber the females twenty-two thousand, but the girls don't die so fast, and by the time they reach fifty years the females begin to outnum? ber the men aud outtive them. Nine thousand more women live to see seventy years than men?taking a million as the bans. Two thousand more women than men live to see ninety. At one hundred years there are seventy-nine men to one hundred and forty-four women. The mides start out most numerous, and this Is right, for it gives every girl a fair chance for a lover and a husband?and it certainly was intended by a kind Provi? dence that Bhe should have one. She is entitled to one, and if I had my way I would make every old bachelor support one. If be wouldn't marry according to nature, I would make him work for one. In youth and middle age the male out? number the females, because it takes a good number to defend the country and do the fighting. But the old women outlive the old men because Ihey are needed to nurse us and raise the grand? children. They have no bad habits that Bhorten lifo. They.do not drink nor chew tobacco nor smoke nor expose themselves nor eat in a hurry. They take life calm and serene. One hundred and twenty-five thousand children are born every day. What a squalling and rejoicing if one could hear it all at once. JuBt think of I it?forty-five millions of brand new hu? man beings a year. One-fourth of them die before they are six years old. While one hundred and twenty-five thousand are born in a day there are one hundred thousand funerals going on at the same time. What weeping and wailing, what THURSDAY MORN] grief and sorrow if we could bear and see all. Verily the increase of the human family is mixed with great tribulations. Births and deaths, with the births only a little ahead, and sometimes, when war and pestilence and famine comes, the death rate is ahead. What is to be the end of all this? When will the world get full ? Not long ago I saw it stated that if all the people who had died were added to all those who now lire it would take all the habitable land of the world to give each one a grave lot ten feet square. Twelve years to live; How carefully these insurance companies have Btudied the regularity of irregular things. It is one of the exact sciences. They know precisely hoiv many men will live to be seventy-five and how many women, and they fix the premiums to fit the longevity, and leave a good margin for profit. They will charge the man the trifling sum of fifty cents So in sure his life from here to New York, and if he is killed on the journey they will pay his family $5,000, and make money by it. They know exactly how many in a hundred thousand will be killed. It is like the rainfall in a year. It is like throwing the dice?no man can tell whether the ace or the duce or a six spot will turn up, but in a thousand throws each of the sis sides have shown upper? most the same number of times. Insu? rance companies know the life of a dwel j ling or a gin house, or a planing mill, I with as much certainty as the astronomer knows the coming of the moon's eclipse. But I know full well that there is no certainty of twelve years for me, and so I must be ready, ready at all times for the summons. Let us all be ready. Bill Ajip. In for the Prize. We visited Col. B. R. Hudgin's prize acre of corn last week, and as we know our readers will enjoy a description of it, we will tell them about it. The acre is in Foreston, about three hundred yards from the depot. The soil is high, sandy and porous, and is well drained, The acre has been marked by a heavy scantling pinned to the ground. A tram road runs through the field. Col. Hudgins has fitted up a tank and force pump, and if the seasons do not suit him he can easily fill up his tank, and run? ning it into bis field, furnish a shower of rain. The land was prepared as follows: The acre was covered with stable manure. Upon this was broadcast three barrels of slaked lime and 400 pounds acid. The land was then broken up, commencing on the outside with a turn plough, and following in the same furrow with two four-inch shovel ploughs, turning the soil to a depth of twelve or fifteen inches, driving around the outer sides of the acre, and finishing up in the middle. The stable manure, lime, acid were thus, by means of these three ploughs, pretty well turned under. On March 28, 84 bushels cotton seed, 500 pounds cotton seed meal and 400 pounds kainit were put on the ground and harrowed in with a disk harrow. The ground was then levelled off with hand rakes. The corn was planted April 1st, 2d and 3d. Col. Hudgins did this with great care. The corn is planted in double rows, three feet from, centre to centre, and six inches apart, averaging three feet one way and three inches the other. On May 2, it was ploughed with a garden plough, 1,000 pounds cotton seed meal added, and then hoed over nicely. The stand in a part ofUko field is all that conld be desired, but in another part it is imperfect and had to be replanted. The corn is now about 18 inches high, and has a beautiful color. The com is of the Geddings variety, and Col. Hudgins says the following is claimed for it: Each stalk will produce from three to five large ears of corn. From each stalk there will shoot two or three suckers, each of which will produce an ear. And we think we understood Col. Hudgins to Bay that in addition to all this he would get a quart of shelled corn from eash tassel. He may have meant to say that the entire yield of a Btalk of the corn would be a quart, but we asked him a second time and understood him to say that he would get the quart from the tassel of each stalk. Col. Hudgins expects, with propitiouB seasons, to get five hundred bushels from this acre.?Manning Times. Anthropoidal Americans. Buffalo, N. Y., May 12.?On White Island, a suburb of Towawonda, men en? gaged in excavating a cellar yesterday dug up eleven very peculiar skeletons. The spot was originally the site of an ancient Indian mound, which was robbed of its remains by scientists over forty years ago, and it was not supposed that it contained other hones. The skeletons found were lying in a case of cobble stones, in which the bones had originally been buried. They were evidently of much greater antiquity than the mound above,'for a comparison of one of the skullB with a cast of the famous Nean? derthal skull shows them to be of an even lower order of intellect. The arch of the eyes 1b on a level with the top of the head, and there is no forehead whatever. Mr. Duschak, of the Buffalo Academy of Natural Sciences, to which the re? mains have been presented, says that it is the most peculiar skull ever found, and will completely upset the established scientific theories in regard to the intel? ligence of the primeval American. The being to whom the skull belonged could not have differed greatly from an ape, either in appearance or intellect. The accompanying thigh bones were abnormally long and very slender, and there are thirteen ribs on a Bide. The ahoulder blades are entirely lacking. Many of the society think that the long expected "missing link" has at last been found. The society will send a commit? tee to the spot to morrow to search for other remains. Only one implement was found. It was of stone, six inches in length, two and a half in width and about one quarter of an inch in thickness. Through the centre were two small holes. It was worn smooth by use, and, it is thought, was used for skinning animals. ? Surveyors in Oklahoma towns re? ceive $95 a day for their work. [NG, MAY 30, 1889. A FAMOUS DUEL, A Terrible Account of a Historical Event. Last week the Philadelphia Fress of? fered a prize for the beat story of personal bravery. The following is one of the contributions: I have considered the famous duel in 1806, between General Jackson, afterward president of the Uni? ted States, and Charles Dickinson, of j Nashville, Tenn., a3 an unparalleled ex? hibition of courage and fortitude on the part of the former. Dickinson was a dashing youDg blood of Nashville, and considered the best pistol shot in the State. He had fought several duehi and always killed his oppo? nent. The cause of the duel is immate? rial here, but Jackson being the challeng? ing party pistols were of course named by Dickinson, and the distance eight paces. The dueling ground lay a good day's journey from Nashville, and early upon the appointed day Dickinson set forth accompanied by a choBen party of sport? ing friends, and was followed a few hours later by Jackson e,nd his second. All during that long day's travel the general was constantly regaled (?) at the different inns and taverns upon the road with such evidences of Dickinson's con? fidence in the result of the duel as strings hanging from tree boughu with papers attached stating that they had been cut by Dickinson's bullet at eight paces. Just before reaching the ground he fired four balls, each at the word of command, into a silver dollar at the same distance, and tossed it to the landlord, as he rode away, with the request that it be given to General Jackson when be arriv? ed. The latter's revenge for these cruel taunts aod contemptuous nonchalance was even more fiercely sweet than poets dare to fancy, as the sequel will show. The conditions of the duel were that the combatants should face each other at eight paces, thereby making the largest possible target of their bodies; the pis? tols to be held downward until the word was given to fire, when each man was to shoot at will. The chances of success thus lay entirely with the party who combined in the greatest degree quick? ness and accuracy. Dickinson was not only a marvelous shot in a State noted for its good marksmen, but be required no aim, firing at sight, and it was in view of this that Jack son suddenly horrified his eecond with the announcement that he intended holding his fire until Dick? inson had taken his shot, and all expos? tulations failed to turned him from this suicidal course. The principals reached the ground and took their positions without evidence of | trepidation on the part of either. At this stage of affairs bets were brutally made by the spectators on the result, as if tbey were at a cocking main or a . dog fight, great odds being placed on Dickinson, who pointed out to his friends a certain button on Jackson's coat over his heart, by the side of which be proposed to place his bullet; and like his friends ea? gerly bet in his own favor. "Are you ready?" was asked of each. "Fire!" and Dickinson raised his pistol and fired. A puff of dust was seen to fly from Jacksons coat and his left arm was raised and pressed across his breast, but otherwise not a muscle moved. His gaunt face became as whit el v Bet as chis? eled marble, and his eyes remained fixed - on his antagonist with a supernatural glare. ^ "My God I" cried Dickinson, starting back and dropping his pistol, "have I missed him?" "Stand up to the mark!" shouted Jackson's second, drawing his pistol. Jackson's pistol arm slowly rose without a tremor, and aiming deliber? ately he fired. Dickinson fell mortally wounded. The general immediately walked away, followed by his second and the surgeon. They had proceeded but a short dis? tance when the surgeon observed that one of Jackson's shoes was filled with blood. Then nature gave way, but not until he had demanded that all knowl? edge of the wound be kept from the daring Dickinson, so deep was his revenge. At the time of the duel Jackson was dressed in a looBe-fittiug frock coat, and being a very slender man, Dickinson was deceiv? ed as to the exact location of bis heart. His aim, however, had been perfect, the ounce ball breaking tv/o ribs, shattering the breast bone and inflicting a wound from the effects of which Jackson event* ually died twenty years later. The incident of this tragic affair, thoughtfully considered, represent to the writer's miud the mo?t exalted type of | physical bravery, devoid though it may be of those higher moral qualities which marked Jackson's subsequent career and which made his entire life a powerful illustration of the fact that "desperate courage may make one a majority." Important to Farmers. ? Every farmer in South Carolina aa in every other State in the Union, will next year be called upon by a government official in the services of the Census Bureau, and asked to give the statistics of his farm crops, stocks, etc., for the previous year, which is the present one of 1889. ' To bo prepared to answer these ques? tions intelligently and satisfactorily, every farmer ought to begin now to keep accurate accounts of all farm operations and continue it throughout the year. The agricultural statistics of this coun? try will be gathered in this way and the sum total of l;he result will show the degree of prosperity attained by every State and County. It is, therefore, of the utmost importance to each section and locality that these matters be cor? rectly reported to the census taker*. If the farmers of South Carolina desire to see this State take a deserving high rank among the producers of farm pro? ducts.-1-1^ will take care to make their very best exhibit when the representa? tive of the census makes his appearance some lime in 1S00. ? Mr. Jolm Helton, of Smithboro, Ga., who has just passed his 91st birthday, started out at 6 o'clock the other morning, walked ten miles, cut and split 128 rails and 22 stakes, plowed up an acre of ground and walked home and ate hia sup? per at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. A Confederate Bomance. An Alabama letter to the Globe-Demo? crat says: kelson Holden of Troupe county, Georgia, joined one of the first regiments from the State when the war broke out. He left behind a young wife, having been married only a few months. Holden was a good soldier, and only once during tho war did be obtain a fur? lough and visit his wife. He was at home for a short time in the summer of 186S, and soon after he returned to the war he was taken prisoner. Before Hol? den had an opportunity of writing to his wife after his capture, he was taken ill with a slow malarial fever. When captured Holden had become separated from his company, and his comrades thought he had been killed in the battle. Mrs. Holden'? first notice of the supposed death of her husband was contained in some resolutions passed by his company, a copy of which was for? warded to the family. Without making t.ny investigation Mrs. Holden mourned her husband as dead, while he was lin? gering between life and death in a North? ern prison. It was many months before he fully recovered from the effects of the terrible fever. Holden was not released until after the close of the war, and weak from his long illness, and penniless, he started to make his way to the little home in Georgia. He was compelled to seek employment several times to earn money to continue his journey, and it was late in the autumn of 1865 when Holden came in sight of j the little home. He was a wreck of his former self, and fully realized that it would be difficult for his own wife to re? cognize him. Arriving at the home he had left more than two years before, Holden found it occupied by two strangers. Without dis? closing his identity he asked where Mrs. Holden was. "Oh, she married ChriB Jonesand moved away la?t spring," was the answer he received. Holden was prostrated by the shock of this startling intelligence, but without giving his name he turned and walked slowly away from the little home where the happiest hours of his life had been passed. He made no effort to find his wife but continued to Clay County, Ala? bama. Holden worked a while as a farm laborer and finally saved enough money to purchase a small farm of his own. In time the love was forgotton and he mar? ried again. Holden prospered and after a few years owned one of the best farms la the country. Several children were born and it was not long until his first marriage seemed like a dream. About four years ago Mrs. Holden No. 2 died, leaving five children. About a year after the death of his wife Mr. Holden sold a portion of his farm to a man named Jones from Geor? gia. Mr. Jones built a house and moved his family to Alabama. Soon the two farmers became good friends, but Mr. Holden had never been to the house of I his neighbor and had never seen his wife. Less than a year ago Mr. Jones died. His neighbor, Mr. Holden, of course, at? tended the funeral, and caused no little excitement by going off in a dead faint when introduced to the weeping widow of the dead man. That was not the time or place for explanation, and the next day after the funeral Mr. Holden called on his former wife, and this time the meeting was mutual. Mrs. Jones'period of mourning will expire in a few days, and then she will be quietly married again to the husband of her youth. She has three children living and Mr. Holden has five. Only a few of their most intimate friends know the secret of their former marriage. The Ways Yonng Southern Man Achiev? ed Success. The hero ia George Parker, for many years a conductor ou the South Carolina railroads. He was smart, but of a fiery disposition, and was continually getting into trouble and being moved from one railroad to another. At last he had gone the rounds of the railroads in the State, and through some of his friends got a place on the Brunswick (Ga.,) road through the wire-grass region, where they board the trains in gangs and refuse to pay fare. He tackled a party of three one day who refused to pay fare and near? ly got killed. When he recovered he was discharged, and went back to his home in Augusta. One day he met Gen? eral Wade Hampton, and asked him for a job. Hampton said: "George, I don't know as I can do anything for you but give you a letter to President Hayes." George took the letter, pawned his watch, went to Washington, and present? ed his letter. Hayes said: "Mr. Par? ker, what do you want ?" George an? swered that he would like to be Consul to ?. Hayes said that he had just prom? ised that, but as this was the first re? quest from General Hampton he would give him a place an Consul to another eastern port. -George thanked him, went out and managed to get back to Augusta, where his friends helped him to funds, and he left for his consulate. He prompt? ly repaid the loan out of his salary, event? ually married a Countess, and has his old position still.?Cliarleston World. Rales for the Care of tho Ears. 1. Never put anything into the ear for the relief of toothache. 2. Never wear cotton in the ears if they are discharging pus. 3. Never attempt to apply a poultice to the inside of the canal of the ear. 4. Never drop anything into the ear unless it has been previously warmed. 5. Never use anything but a syringe and warm water for cleansing the ears from pus. (5. Never strike or box a child's ears; this has been known to rupture the drumhead, and cause incurable deafness. 7. Never wet the hair if you have any Lendency to deafness; wear an oiled silk cap when bathing, and refrain from div? ing. 8. Never scratch the ears with any? thing but tho finger, if they itch. Do not use the head of a pin, hair pins, pen tips, or nnything of that nature. 9. Never let the feet become cold and damp, or sit with the back toward the wiudow, as these things tend to aggra? vate any existing hardness of hearing. Flax Culture. One of the most important'economic questions of the times is, "What shall take the place of wheat on farms where it can no longer be raised to profit?" This question is one that has received earnest consideration at the Agricultural Department at Washington, but as y el no product has been presented' that fully commends itself to the officials as fur? nishing the answer, although many have been suggested. Last week Professor Willets, the As? sistant Secretary of Agriculture, had under consideration a letter from Ireland , which he thinks may offer a solution of the problem if the statement made in it; can be sustained. The writer says: I have long had a very earnest interest; in flax growing and linen manufacture, and now address you in behalf of these industries. I have been familiar with flax growing in America since 1840, and thoroughly informed of the household manufacture, and later the efforts to spin and weave linen by machinery, and the almost complete failure of all efforts in this direction, until now there are only two establishments weaving?one at. Webster, Masa., and the other at Apple ton, Wis.?the latter doing but little and neither weaving anything finer than crash. Besides these there are thread and yarn mills, mostly branches of Brit? ish manufactories, and the twine ami cordage mills. "A part of the reason why linen is not made in America is that the raw mate? rial is not flexible and requires more (and more costly) manipulation and much more labor than cotton, wool and silk. "Another reason is that when in 1861 Congress enacted tariff laws there was no association to set forth the linen interest, and the duty was left too low to corres? pond with the high duty on the raw ma? terial, while, with a low duty upon cot? ton, woolen and silks, capital turned to the latter as the safest investmeut, and flax and linen have been neglected. There can be no raw flax industry until there is a market for the fibre. "There is nothing in the climate or soil conflicting with the assertion Ihsl just as good flax and linen may be pro-' duced in every State in the American Union as in any country. Germany now spins and weaves the finest linen ; and she has no essential differing climate from America. "If the inducements of protective duties can not be given in favor of linen manufacture, then bounties must be offered in shape of the appropriation of the present income from duties to encourage the making of iinen from American flax fibre. At least such an experiment must be made as will te st and demonstrate the practicability or impracticability of establishing this im? portant industry upon American soil. "Many things become successful in America from the facility with which the people take up and adopt improved pro? cesses and appliances, and this may he the salvation of the linen industry, of the importance of which there is no question. There is every reason why the American farmers should produce a million acres of flax for both seed and fibre over and above what is now pro? duced, which would give 12,000,000 to 15,000,000 bushels of seed worth as many million dollars, and two millions and a half ton3 of flax straw, worth ?50,000,000, from which 500,000 tons of flax fibre would be obtained, worth $100,000,000. Once established, American invention would, as in all other industries, soon build up au industry to consume this rnw material. A Net for Tangling Feet. Minneapolis, May 17.?The liquor law framed by Senator Scheffer went into effect Monday. It is designed to punish drunkenness, and provides for a fine of from $10 to $40 forjthe first offense, from $40 to $60 for the second and ninety days in the workhouse for the third. When asked what effect the law would have on the Minneapolis Municipal Court, Judge Maloney said: "It will not materially change the order of things with us. Onr custom in treat- j ing drunkenness is much the same as provided in the new law. There is, however, one feature of the law that differs from the ordinance under which we formerly worked. According to the ordinance the offense wan rot punishable unless committed in some public place, while the statute covers drunkenness in secret as well as in the public street. I am glad this bill passed the Legislature. It makes it a crime now in our State to drink to excess, and it is an expression of the public condemnation of drunken? ness. I think it will result in doing a great deal of good. "For the reasons I have cited the new law has created no unusual features in the pastime of drunkenness in this city as yet. Its eventual effect will, of course, depend greatly upon the leniency or strictness of the authorities." Winona, Minn., May 17.?The Scheff? er law has been in operation several dnys, but as yet no arrests have been made un? der its provisions. It is generally believ? ed that if the law is strictly enforced it will work a surprising reform in the bet? ter class of citizens who get on a "hurrah" occasionally and with the "bloods" who enjoy the same entertainment. Beyond this it is believed the law will be a dead letter, having no effect on the "beats" and steady drunkards. Ssnator Scheffer is a German and drinks wine and beer and makes no bones about it, but he de? tests drunkards, and claims that if his law is enforced the Prohibitionists will have no ground to stand on. ? For nearly 6 years past, Mrs. John Vitter, living near Manson, Calhoun County, lo., has suffered from violent pains in her stomach, being eo violent at time3 that her life was despaired of. Sunday morning she was taken with a violent fit of coughing, which lasted nearly twenty minutes, during which she turned black in the face, and finally rom itted up a reptile, resembling a lhard, fully G inches in length, and of a light green color. The pain then ceased up and she is now feeling much relieved. The lizard lived ten miuutes after being brought into the air. * 3 XXP7.-N0. 47. ALL SORTS OF PARAGRAPHS. ? There are two cases of leprosy in New York city. ? Savannah, Ga., is said to be floodtd with counterfeit silver dollars. ? The name Oklahoma, a Chickasaw^ word, means "beautiful land." ? The fruit crop of Kansas this year promises to be the finest ever known. ? The arrests for intoxication in New York city averaged over 1000 a week last year. ? A saloon keeper in New York Leg- . islature gives his vocation as an "under- , taker." ? A train of twenty-two cars, loaded with bananas, recently left Xesv Orleans for Cincinnati. ? A bottle of beer burst and blew away part:.of.'ia:;Tacoma (W. T.^man'skkull. His injuries are probably fatal. ? The African Methodist Church has ' 12,000 churches, 10,000 ministers and contributes ?2,000,000 annually for church work. ? Miss May Davis, an Oregon girl only fifteen years old, can crack a walnut with - her teeth or lift a barrel of flour with her hands. ? The fleece of ten goats and the work of several men for half a year are required to make a cashmere shawl a yard and a half wide. ? A ton of rope made from the hair of devout women of Japan has been used in building a $4,000,000 temple to Buhada at Kioto. ? Probably the youngest commercial traveler in this country is Frank Wade,..." aged 12 years, who represents a Buffalo % oil company. ? Daniel Lambert, tho largest man_ known to history, measured 9 feet 4 inches around the body, 8 feet 1 inch around the ' legp, and weighed 739 pounds. ?A Lawrenceville, Ga., eye! one carried part of a fence twenty feet and set it ?:: down again just as it had stood, every rail from the ground up in its place. ? A. Leary, Ga., man wondered why his fine cow suddenly ceased-giving milk, ' until one day the milkmaid 'found the cow lying down while a j)ig'w^is-instr4fius'y helping himself. ^^^ijj ? It is expected that the t otal cost of the Paris exposition will be about ten million dollars. Most of this is contrib? uted by the government, and the city of Paris pays nearly all the rest. ? A Western undertaker has had a large tent made. Whenever he has a ^ funeral on a rainy day be will place the tent over the grave, so that the Eervice may be held with but little inconveni? ence. ? Judge J. H. Gaston, of Meriweather, Ga., has jumped across a thirteen. foot gully every birthday of his life for many.'?;-' years. The other day be was 75 years old, and he made the jump with perfect ease. ?.; ? :/V; ? The receipts of the foreign missions : of the southern Presbyterian church du- - ring the year just closed were $96,')00, an advance of $8,000 on any former year, v i Seventy-three missionaries are in the field. ? The greatest Bnuff taking country in the world is France, though it shows a decline in the habit. In 1869 the con sumption was 10,000,000 pounds, or seven ounces per head. Now it hi five ounces per he?d. ? - ? ? America publishes more newspapers[^i than all the rest of the world combined. Last year its 17,107 periodicals-printed the enormous number of 3,959,556,500? enough to supply every soul on earth with two newspapers. ? By the admission of the New " States the government is obliged to pur? chase eight thousand national flags with forty-two stars apiece. Tho United States Bunting company, of which Gen. Butler is owner, will, it is said, be $20,000 richer by the transaction. ? '^l ? A San Francisco doctor delivered a lecture the other night before the Cooper medical college, in which he entered into an eloquent defense of the pun from a""""* medical standpoint. He claimed that it produced laughter, which is antagonistic to nearly all disease. ? The bones of a mastodon were uh-; S3 earthed on the farm of C. C. Tremble, near Windfall, Ind. One of the teeth was seven inches long and six inches in ; diameter, and a tusk of the monstrous ?/'?? animal measured nine feet. When the air struck the bones they crnmbl pieces, and but a few of tbem were sa ? The largest brickyard in the States is being built at Chicago, and tho bricks will be as hard as granite and as heavy. This new brick yard is creating quite a sensation in architectural and building trade circles/.'"They bear a crushing strain of 35,000,000 pounds per square inch. The works will cost $250, 000. ? An employment which would seem perfectly delightful to small boys is tast? ing molasses. The molasses taster fre? quently has twenty or thirty samples to experiment upon, taking care to swallow as little as'possible. It is said that only a mau with a sweet tooth and a clear head^^ can bear up under the strain of the occu? pation. ? A citizen of Moncton, N. B., call a doctor to extract two teeth for daughter. The doctor requested the to look after his horse while the opera ws,s being performed. He charged cents (half price) for his services, whe: the citizen turned pale, hut quickly re ering himself, put in a counter clai twenty-five cents for holding the ho: ? A strange specimen of humanityJs Miss Ella Miller, of Bomney, W. Va., 23 years of age. She is but 26 inches in height, and can neither walk nor talk. - / She has passed the whole of her existence^1 in a cradle. Her memory is phenomenal, but evidences of the facts are only shown by signs. No one has ever been able to ask for an article in her roam she was unable to point out. Songs and poems, \ if repeated after long intervals, are* . inutantly recognized, Her head is so ? small as to go in an ordinary itea cup. Entitled to the Befit ' All are entitled to the best that their money will buy, so eyery family should . have, at once, a bottle of the best family remedy Syrup of Figs, to cleanse the sya- % tern when costive or billions. For sale? in 50c. and $1.00 bottles by nil leading druggists.