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BTCLINKSCALE encan AND T.imrirl! -o . .. E ,haTTe;8?ld this, valuable Prepara ?? tion for. several yeais, and take great pleas SgttKta'Qffering it again this season. The ^^p^';'drop::hayini5l)eeii. abort for several ;years/we advise our friends to take advan ? -iX^tage.of the abundant crop in prospect this season,rand provide for,what may be a i^anbrt crop next. ^^^TliPi&we.?ollays worth of the Prepa? ration, and a great deal less trouble than the oldrikshjoned way of canning, you can >V; save enough:to do a. large family the t^^whoie Winter,'and yen can open and use "out of the jar. from time to time without injury. Of coursa it suits some people to ran this Preparation down, because it inter*. feres: with their business, but ask T. D. Sloan,.of thio dty, and a thousand others '^>; tfc^Ughout the County.who have tried it ? H'. with, woceto; and yon will very soon see there is no humbug about iL HILL BROTHERS. iil PAINTS, ; Sibc Colors, ?Sakesa very Hard Finish, % And Dries Hard overnight. - IfcTOST THE THING! : Ako, all other kinds of ' ?f: MKTS AND OILS, %-^AT ?|S^ EEID & GO'S. Sfgstoee. ?:\?/JS'are Agents for the Cortland f V Wagon Co., and have in. Stora ? ; f NICE1INE OF B?6GIES. ^ V '.- Also; the Genuine Spiral Spring' Road Cart. '^i^^ ^TJie best on ihemarket. :.Prices LOW ' Call and see us. We can please you. V' Seventy-five Barrels of good, sound FXOXOB at 83,50 ppr3arrel. .?'?'?> CiJliriOTGHAlI BEOS. ;?gJfafrgQ, 1889 , . 47; 4 ? JUST RECEIVED, A fine lot of Area's Carriages, With Steel Wheels. ALSO, &Jtotof Refrigerators, CH will be sold at low prices at TOIXY'S FURNITURE STORE! " May 23,1889 46 ? " 8E0BSEE. PRINCE, ATTORNEY AND COUNSFIiiiOK AT 1AW, ANDERSON, 'S. C. ^i^^^Vln^taa. promptly attended to. $^JOL-s~?&- Special attention given to col? lections. '-*???? ;|^^ayiOr;l889 ? 44. 3m ^jjHft and LOCKSMITH. E'^nnHB undersigned will be found at L. H. ||s?li~8eeVs Stove and Tin House, and will >?i^jSov'aU kinds of work upon Guns, Locks .?? and Musical Inctruments. Work guaran ^^tee^cninttpay." .'. W. & H. C. HARRIS. jgg^April^ 1889 89_2m BRNOLlE-BALSAffl m A PURE EXTRACT FROM THE ^^L?0W>!N^ TREEI g^^^^NATURE'S REMEDY. Tae-Syrtera Absorl? it Readily Through the Pores. ??:;0t rr"crrjEBs ? :'? ? Hhoumatism, Neuralgia, Toothache, Diseases of the Muscles, Nerves, Throat, .'.'.v Chest, Lungs, and Asthma. s the Best General Remedy ever offered WwSm'ae public. You cannot afford to be with .COKES STfflGS OR BITESOPIHSECTS. ^^^^^t-LARGE BOTTLES, - ?^M%OKLT 50 CENTS. ?g&?j&im'faL DEALERS IN MEDICINES. ASKFOJbV-TAKE NO OTHER! ^^Testimonials and full directions vnth ' fcbottlei .-; ? . iSOLR;PR0PRI?T0RSr 19L1KE CHEMICAL G@. 18p.Y. & Charleston, S.. C.; S & LANGSTON. TeJ??h^?oi^umn, . All communications intended for this Column should be addressed to D. H. RUSSELL, School Commissioner, Ander son, 8. C._ We would call the attention of the Teachers to the fact that the Teachers' Institute will begin its session on the first Monday in duly. The County Board of Examiners at their last meet? ing in April instructed the School Com missioner, in accordance with the Act of the Legislature, to bold a Teachers' In? stitute. Prof. Morrison, so well known to. our teachers, will again be with us, and will be assisted by Prof. Albert, of the Pennsylvania State Normal School, who will illustrate the different classes of work by meant of apparatus, which he expects to bring with him. Dr. Lander, of whom it is not necessary to speak to the teachers of this County, will also assist in the work of the Institute, and perhaps others. Our teachers are so thoroughly, in earnest in their work that we-know it is n?t-nccasaary to urge them to attend, but we want to say to them, let as make this the. most interesting and most profitable Institute that we have yet had. Every thing in onr County is looking up, reaching ont after something better, and let us, as teachers, aim to qualify ourselves to do better work than we have ever done before. The reputa? tion of our County abroad is good, and even over here in the mountains of Wes? tern North Carolina where- we now are, it makes us feel proud to hear our County so well spoken of, especially in regard to her educational advancement. None of yon need be afraid to go. abroad and tell that you are an Anderson, County teacher, for your reputation has pre? ceded you, and let us do all we can to make that reputation brighter and clearer. OSAMHAR AND LANGUAGE LESSONS. Shall we teach Grammar or shall we not ? This question is, at present, attract? ing the attention and engaging the earnest consideration of teachers all over our country. One can Beldom open an educational journal, or even an ordinary newspaper, without seeing a lengthy dis? cussion on the subject of "English as she is" taught," &c. In appointing us to open the discussion on this much-disputed point, we feel-that .we are placed in a rather embarrassing position, from tho feet that some very worthy members of this Association hold opinions on this subject which are directly opposed to our own. Wo remember that at a "Teachers' _ns_t_te"**Mme time ago, .quite a an exciting debate was held on this very subject. We will, therefore, first consider' the question "shall we teach Grammar," .and then the equally important one, how shall we teach it We class both under the name Grammar, for "Language Lessons" is only another name for Primary Grammar,;, and Gram- [ marisextended Language Leasons. We will state, first of all; that we are not one of those extremists who would banish Grammar from ouf schools. 'V Tree it was a dull study in olden time when 'Grammar comprised only an almost endless number of rules and pars*, ing forms; but that was. long, long ago. Those of the present time- are so inter? esting and attractive that few pupils/ail to like the study, and teachers find little 'difficulty in teaching it. In our child? hood we . studied the much-abused "Smithes:: grammar," and' now, rather" than give up the study of this branch, we would consent to go. back to that so-called old-time-terror. The great demand at the present time is for practical studies, and the chief objection to the study of Grammar is that it is of no practical use. In nine cases out of ten the parents who object to a pupil studying Grammar for. the above reason, is perfectly willing to have him memorize page after page of histori? cal dates, spend hours in learning the precise situation of important towns and riven, or poring over endless columns of long words, which he will seldom use, or perhaps remember for an hour. Now, we think it infinitely more im? portant that the pupil have a fair knowl? edge of English Grammar; that is, be able to analyze any ordinary sentence, tell the verb, subject, object, modifiers, connecting and relation words. Nor is this all. He should be able to express his ideas in correct sentences, be familiar with the proper form for notes of all kinds, and also letters of business or of friendship. All this is gained by study? ing Language Lessons and Grammar. Now, we defy any one who will give the subject careful consideration to say that it is not a practical'study. It combines practice in three mn?t imp rtept branches, viz: reading, spelling and writing. Give a pnpil thorough training in this, and yon have done much toward preparing him for tbe actual business of life, even though he be unable to tell tbe length of tbe Orange' River, or the pre? cise date of the Battle of Mod mouth and the size of each army engaged. This is one thing which is brought into actual use every day ot our lives. In every note or letter we write, even in our pleas? ant spoken greetings when we meet, we are using or abusing the rules and teach? ings of Grammar. Trne, we do not wait to parse, each .sentence before it is uttered, but the training given by the study of Grammar naturally causes us to give much thought to tbe use of words and their relation to each other in a Bentence, and from thinking much of correct forms we easily form the habit of speaking correctly. While at Monteagle last summer it was our good fortune to hear a series of lectures on school work by Chancellor Payne, of Nashville, one of Which was on the subject of "Disciplinary Studies." Among the best of such studies he classed Grammar and Mental Arithme? tic. There are some who would fain discover an easy path to the Temple of Knowledge and would, therefore, choose for young pupils such studies as may be comprehended with the minimum of mental exertion, or in other words, tbe children become sponges and simply absorb. These persons condemn Gram? mar on the ground that it requires such strong mental effort on the part of the pupil in order to understand it. All are willing to admit that physical exercise is necessary to a healthy growth of the body; why not apply the same principle to mental exercise ? The real object of education is mind growth?not merely crowding the memory with usely names and dates?but training the pupil to use bis mental powers, or in other words teach him to think and rzfoon. When we have induced a pupil to reason,m haye called into exercise the very high? est faculty ,of tbe human mind; there? fore those studies which bring into most active exercise this faculty,"^ should receive most attention in our schools. Grammar, like Mathematics, compels the pupil to think. In analyzing even a simple sentence he must, of necessity, concentrate hjs thoughts npon it, care? fully comparing its different parts and their relation lo each other. While speaking with an experienced Professor of Languages last Summer, (one who has taught Hebrew, French and German, in England, Germany, and in our own country) we chanced inci? dentally to ask 1 what 'country he liked best. His answer surprised us, as it brought up at once this very question of Grammar. He said : "I like your coun? try, as a home, far better than any in tbe Old World, but I have more difficulty in teaching here than in others, from the fact that you have no Grammar in your schools, or at least7 that is the case in many of your cities. This makes it harder for me to teach the different lan? guages, for I have at the same time to teach the principles of Grammar." We remarked that we had heard it affirmed that the'''languages could be taught before a pupil had studied . English Grammar. His reply was, "So have I, and I once believed it, but was convinced of my error when. I attempted to teach German to a class of your;g Americans who knew nothing of Grammar; could not even distinguish between the subject of a verb-aud its object." Now in regard to the second division of subject: "how shall we teach Gram? mar." On this point, of course, we can give only such methods as have given bes; results .in our own experience.' Other teachers, no doubt, have methods which give them better results than these of ours. In this study there is wide scope for the tact of the teacher to display itself. Even with the-best text books, some outside exercises are helpful, and these the. thoughtful teacher can furnish in great variety. The first question naturally is, at what age or in what grade shall the pupil begin this study? We usually introduce simple exercises of this kind, in connec? tion with First Header. The beginning is, of course, largely oral work. Ques? tions on the reading lesson, the play? ground, Objects Been on the way to school, &c; always requiting the little pupils lo answer in complete sentences. At thir time wo also teach them that every sentence begins with a capital letter, also the use of the period, question and exclamation mark. . Later when Second Reader is begun, we extend these lessons and introduce written work. In the two series of readers, we are using at present, (Swintou's and Harpers') very useful outlines for Language Lessons are found at the close of each lesson. Now we begin to teach "name words" or nouns, "quality words" or adjectives, "action words" or verb3, and bo on. Sometimes we ask for i list of all the nouns occur? ring in the lesson, .at another, time the verbs or adjectives. Here' the/;papils will readily notice that certain names are written with capitals, even when not commencing the sentence, and so we give them another -rule; every proper name should begin with a capital letter. tVe may also, at this time, teach the different kinds of sentences; declarative, or simple statement; interrogative, or question, &c. When the pupil takes up. Third Reader we usually begin the regular study of Language. The book which we have found most satisfactory for this pur? pose is "Harper's New Language Les? sons." We consider this little bock a treasure, and all our pupils are pleased with it.. Fart L is Bimply word study, and Part II. takes up the analysis of sentences, or real Grammar. On com? pleting this the pupil has a very credita? ble knowledge of the parts o\ speech and their relation to each other, and will never find Grammar a hard, dry study. Much of tbe material for outside work in this line, we get from that excellent paper, "The Teachers' Institute." In each number of it we find several pic? tures, with simple questions printed below as a guide to the pupil in writing descriptions of them. Interesting stories for reproduction are also-given. These wp ubp on Friday afternoons for special exercises. For pupils a little more advanced, a good exercise is to read to them or let them read, some descriptive poem, ask questions on it until each has formed a mental pictore of tbe scene described, and then let them write a description of the scene in their own language. - Transposing poetry . into prose iaan exercise in which all our pu? pils take an-interest, and here/as'the old adage sayB,- w? may -"kill two birds with one stone." While studying these poems as a language exercise, we gain a better knowledge of the style of different authors. Just here, too, we have an opportunity of exerting an influence which may affect the whole life of our pupils. In training them to see and appreciate the beauties of these gems of best authors wo may develop a love for good and pure literature, and so cause many to escape the evil influence of the sensational trash which is, at present, placed within such easy reach of our young people. Lenora C. Hubbard. ? The way in which John Stuart Mill proposed to a lady who eventually became his wife, is said to have been as follows: "I wish I had your head, Mr. Mill," remarked the young lady on an occasion when the gentleman had solved for her a knotty point. "I wish I had your heart," replied Mr, Mill. "Well," said the lady, "since your head and my heart agree so well, I am willing that we should go into partnership." And sncb was the result. ANDERSON, S. C Decoration Day In New Jersey. Newabk, N. J., May 30th, 1889. ' Editors Inteligencer: One of the great? est differences between this section of the country and that from which we came is the abundance or* holidays, and their observance in the former, and tbe lacs: I of such observance in the latter. From our association with tbe people of the Northern Cities we gather that they Cherish the anlvef ?ary of the "Father's" birth, the "-fourth"'find Decoration Day, with as much reverence as they do the world-recognized and honored Christmas; and among these Decoration Day is not the least, either as to its. general obser? vance or attendant pageantry. We were made aware on May 29th that the succeeding day was to be a gen? eral holiday by the announcement that places of business would be closed on the following day in honor of "Our illustri? ous dead," and on this morning, as our matinal dreams were disturbed by the patriotic strains of "America," as they fell from the chimes of a neighboring cathedral in stirring cadences upon our half slumbering senses, we were again reminded that tbe day was a great holi? day. At nine o'clock we strolled up Central avenue to Broad street, and push? ed our way to the front of the crowd that lined the curb of that street the whole length of the proposed line of march of the parade, from where the line entered Broad Street to where it left it, which was about a mile in length. When we arrived on the ground the column was jast filing out of Centre street into Broad, and our position on the corner gave ub an admirable vantage for observ? ing the moving line. Tbe column was composed of the military and civic or? ganizations of tho city, and each division was well supplied with emblematic ban-> ners and beautiful flowers. At the head of the column rode the mounted police and officers, who cleared the way for the parade which followed. Following these came the division of TT. S. soldiers which is stationed in the City, which moved slowly on with a measured tread timed to tho Funeral March. Next in line came the different G. A. R. PoBta. Of these the Lincoln Pest was in the van, its marching members being followed by a magnificent floral oifering, which was mounted on a truck and draped with the national colors; and on the summit of the pyramid formed of lovely flowers and fluttering flags stood the figure of Lin? coln. The other G. A. R. Posts of the City followed in their order,?each with beautiful floral displays, and carrying their flags at half mast. After these came the municipal authorities and Clergymen, followed by the City Fire Department; and as a conclusion were the numerous carriages of the citizens. The prettiest spectacle of the parade was a floral piece, the offering of the ladies, which repesented a pyramid of crimson Cowers and on it was inscribed, with flowers of the purest white, "To our de? parted." As the column passed along between the lines of smiling faces lower? ing clouds shed a few scant tears as if in mockery of the sightseers who laughed and crowded each other on the streets. fairmont. cemetery. Directly after noon the clouds, which had been trailing their ragged Bkirts of mist up the river from the Bay all the morning, suddenly broke and lifted, and the May sun looked down with a softened glow upon tbe city, the river" and tbe country. The closed doors of the different shops in which there is usually such a stir, the hum of the factories hushed into so deep a quiet, and the thousands of flags stream? ing in the wind at half mast from the roofs of all tbe public buildings and numerous private ones, were sufficient to give our thoughts a peaceful and solemn turn which we decided to humor by paying a vi?it to the City's burying place,?"The city of the dead." We entered Fairmont Cemetery from Bellville Avenue by passing under a dou? ble archway of massive unhewn, stone, over which the trailing Ivy haswoven a veil of delicate green, givingit a pictures? que appearance not easily imagined. We had scarcely entered neath this portal before a restful feeling of quiet and seclu? sion forced itself upon us and made uo aware that we were, though so near the city, yet far away from its noisy strife and alone with Nature and her dead, bo still and solemn was the beautiful scene lying before ub. From the en? trance a gentle incline/ covered with towering monuments, gloomy looking vaults and 3imple grassy mounds, led to tbe summit of a bluff which looks down on the rippling current of the Passaic river and across to the wooded hills of the country beyond. From this elevated point the slope ia gentle to the shore which lies a few hundred yards away. Graveled paths, laid out with many a quaint and curious turn, wind in and out among the tombs. The entire place is shaded by magnificent trees, and from them, like tears, were falling the rain? drops of the morinng as they were scat? tered on the long wavy grasses beneath by the breeze. We paused a little dis? tance from the shore, as we gazed back and upward to where countless shafts of spotless marble gleamed beneath tbe drooping branches of Spruce and Fir, or, turning, looked across the water to tho green hills lying in a kind of dreamy haze beyond, while the soft lapping of the wavelets made music on the sands, your senses responded to the magic in? fluence of the "Solemn" and the "Boauti- < ful," with a thrill not unlike that which gives conception to the Poet's or Pain? ter's work. It needed but little observa- I tion to see that we had beeu preceded by some who had been diligent in observing 1 the day. As we strolled along pausing here and there we passed an inclosure surrounding a monument which was in? scribed, "Sacred to the memory of the soldier" and at the head and foot tiny "Stars and Stripes" were waving and the mound was smiling with flowers; close by was a simple grase covered mound. There was above it no legended marble telling name and deeds, but it was in the "Soldiers row" and loving hands had strewn with flowers the resting place of the unknown, and over him, also, there waved America's prond emblem. In this lovely, place, "Lain out in walk and square," we spent the afternoon; THURSDAY MORN sometime we wandered aimlessly among the solemn rows of polished stones, and again we rested on the long velvety graBs where, lying with half closed eyes, we drank in the details of the surround? ing landscape. Late in the afternoon, when the sun had again been veiled by fleecy cloudlets, we turned our face home? ward, much refreshed and rested by our long communion with Nature "in her visible forms." J. R. Stevenbon. Heated by Faith. "Is thef? a?y truth in it?" "I don't believe a word of it," and such ejacula? tions were heard on the streets when the alleged healing of an old woman at the meetings of the lady evangelists Monday afternoon was mentioned. No one believed such a thing could happen and' most people expressed themselves as opposed to such meetings, and believed all reports of healing "bosh," as they called it. To determine the truth or falsity of the alleged healing a News reporter devoted some time yesterday to an investigation and gives to the readefs of the News just what he has seen and heard, and leaves it to them to judge of the matter as best they can. He first saw the Evangelists themselves and endeavored to "pump" them, but they answered that the best plan to And out would be to be present at the after? noon meeting when the old woman would be there and get from her own lips a statement of what happened. He attended the meeting, at which were present about eight or ten people, in? cluding the reporter and evangelists. Prayer, bio ging, reading of chapters from the Bible and exhortations from the two ladies constituted the programme of the services. The exhortations were deliv? ered in a calm manner, and all the words were directed in the same way?to a belief in the power of healing by faith in the Lord. Instances were cited and names and places given of people who had been healed by a firm belief in the power of God to accomplish those things. There was no one present who appeared anxious to test the assertions of the evan? gelists, and as the old woman was not at the meeting, the reporter left. He dis? covered, by enquiring, that her name was Mary Ann Hall, and that she lived near the Fair Grounds. To that part of the city he directed his steps and by more questioning found the place. In a little alley running north from Echols Street, in the forks of Bun* combe and Rutherford Streets, was a cottage with four rooms. In one of the rooms was an old fashioned spinning wheel and a small amount of furniture. A young woman standing in the front door said that "mother is in the back yard." The reporter walked around the house and saw sitting on the curbing of a well the object of his search. She 1b short and stout, about sixty years of age, and wore a pair of spectacles that had B?pped down nearly to the end of her nose. Taking a seat beside her, the reporter proceeded to ask a series of questions, which the old lady answered in a matter-of-fact way, displaying not a great deal of earnestness, but telling in detail what had occurred. "Monday evening," she said, "I went down street, I had heard of these wo? men folks, and as I had been ailing for more than twenty years with rheuma? tism I wanted to see if I could be heajed. I hobbled down with my stick and found the place and went in. The women prayed for me and rubbed my arms with their hands, and before I knew it I, too, knelt down, a.trick that I bad not done in fifteen years. When I finished pray? ing I got up and could move my arms above my head. My left ear had been deaf for many years. I heard out of it 6,3 good as out of the other." "How did you feel when this change took place ?" "I felt like something had popped and broke loose. It was so queer, and I shouted for joy. When I went home I did not need my stick, and the pain in my back bad gone. I suffered with it every day, but to-day it i? well. I am well all over except a little remaining stiffness in my arms and limbs. But I don't -mind 'that," Bhe said, as she strightened her arms above her bead as an evidence of what she said. "There is a little pain in my left leg yet, and I wanted to go down this evening and get the ladies to rub it and cure it, too, but it looked so much like rain I didn't go." "Do ycu feel as if you had been per? manently healed ?" "Yes, I know I have, when I could not raise my arms to wash my face and now I can do it easy. The Bible says, 'Ask and you shall receive,' and I know the Lord was good to me." Numbers of people have stated posi? tively that the old woman was a decrepit invalid and never walked without the assistance of a staff until the day before yesterday. If the story is correct, and if she was in the feeble condition previous to her alleged healing, and her story car? ries the evidence of truth with it, there is every indication that a change has taken place. Whether it was brought by Divine power, or magnetism, or im? agination, is a matter to be decided as the reader is inclined to believe.?Green? ville News, 6ih. ? According to the Alabama Enquirer^ a country editor is one who reads news? papers, writes on any subject, sticks type, folds papers and makes up mail, runs errands, saws wood, works in the garden, is blamed for a thousand other things he never thought of, works hard all day, is subject to spring fever, helps people into office who forget all about it afterward, and frequently gets cheated out of his earning. He puffs up and does more to build up a town than anybody else; the. miser and fogy are benefited, yet they do not pay for. his paper, but they will borrow it and read it, and cuss the fool of an editor. ? Most of the estimates of the United States wheat crop of this year are for more than 500,000,000 bushels. The greatest crop on record was that of 1884, 514,000,000 bushels. The last govern? ment crop report shows that the average condition of the crop is better than it waa at this period of 1884. ING, JUNE 13, 1889 jga - r i . ? - - i Arp Wrltos of the Ways of the World. Atlanta Conttitution. Sam Jones was talking to some of onr lawyers and said, "yon fellows make a great mistake. You have got a wrong idea of what your profession requires you to do. The veriest scoundrel, thief, rob-1 ber, murderer, or villian in the land can hire you to defend him, and for money you will clear him if you can and then strut around upon your reputation as a criminal lawyer." Well, of course the lawyers defend themselves, and they and Sam had it hot and heavy for awhile, and finally Sam quoted scripture and said: "Woe unto yoti lawyers?ye will not en? ter in yourselves and those who would enter in ye hinder." Then they quoted scripture back at him and told about Zenas the lawyer, who was such a friend to Faul. They maintained that it is their duty to take any case, and to do the best they can for their clients, whether he is guilty or innocent, and they submitted it to me as a reformed lawyer whether they were right or not. This opens up a field of thought and discussion wide enough for the Georgia Bar Association and these questions ought to be discussed and settled. There I u entirely too much looseness about pro* I fessional duty and conduct. If the law* yen' duties were well defined and they were made to conform to them, Judge Lynch would hold no moire mob courts. The people would be content to wait with confidence upon the majesty of the law, but now they wait upon the tricks of the trade with apprehension. Hawes won't hang, nor Woolfolk and Echols, and Eddlemau escaped, they say. Possi? bly they may not be guilty?who kuowB. But a lawyer's duty is to see his client a fair trial, and that does not mean a dozen exceptions to the bill of indictment and a dozen more to the jury and two dozen to the questions asked the witnesses and as many more to the testimony and a big lot to the charge of the court, and all sorts of devilment mixed in promiscuous just to befuddle a jury. It does not mean stocking a jury like a gambler stocke a deck of cards. It does not mean bribing a witness nor consenting that it may be done by somebody else. The defendant can have a fair trial without resorting to any such fearful practices, many of which are an insult to the ability and the integ? rity of the judge. No great lawyer re? sorts to such methods?Daniel vjebater did not, nor Wirt, nor O'Connor, Tom Cobb nor Dougherty, nor any of the grand old stock of the Georgia bar. They were above it. They defended their clientB on broad general principles, and fought a fair fight. The contests of lawyers before the courts used to be big battles with big guns, but now they are skirmishes and surprises and bush whacking strategy, and they have spies and scouts and some-, times traitors in the camp:). "Beat him to the tank," is the watchword. A roan told me the other day that some of the lawyers over in his State ;ran down their cases juat like a buzzard scents down a dead horse. A feller hears of a wreck on the railroad and he will take the firs train or a fast horse and start in the night to get there in time for business. Some wag drew a picture of a train that bad jumped the track, and the fireman was killed, and his wife had just arrived. And while she was bending over the man* gled body the lawyer was whispering in her ear: "I have como, dear madam your grief to smother, I will tat o your case for Laif I re coyer." They call these fellows the cow coroners over there. But there is one good thing about the legal profession. The judges are all re? formed lawyers. When a lawyer rises to the bench he suddenly changes his nature and has an abhorrence of the tricks of the. trade. I have known an unscrupulous, artful practitioner to make a most excel? lent judge. He knows the tricks, and hedges against them, and gives the i tricksters no encouragement. He really wants justice administered. How sud? denly he rises in the estimation of the people, when he is'transferred from the bar to the bench. Not because he is a judge, but because they see how he leans to the -right side of the case, for it is a fact that m 331 every case has a right nide that even the common people can see without spectacles. A sense of the justice of a cause is instinctive in the human breast. Not long ago there was a great case being tried in a neighboring county and after I several days of hard fighting the jury I found a verdict and it met with such uni* I versal indorsement that the community rejoiced as much as the parties who gained it. They had already tried the case outside of the court and had found a I verdict that the jury confirmed. It is a great thing to be a great lawyer, but a contemptible thing to be a little tricky, malicious, unscrupulous pettifogger?a I sort of fice dog who runs around with his tail curved over his back and makes other dogs fight. Some lawyers think it per? fectly legitimate to encourage litigation. They rejoice when partners fall out and go to law and have a receiver appointed. They harvest splendidly when a bank breaks or an insurance company has assets to distribute. It is a hard matter for a lawyer to be a Christian. He I: vc-s by the strife of others, and be can't help fooling good when strife comes and be is employed. It is just so with the Doctors. I The best of them feel gratified when call? ed to a patient. They may not be exactly glad the poor fellow has broken his leg, but they are calm and serene and say let the Lord's will be done. A long time ago I knew a good old man who sold coffins for a living, and he really believed that he was sorry to hear of anybody dy? ing, but be was mistaken. "William, my son," he would say, in a sympathetic voice, "I hear that old Sister Johnson is liken to die. The doctor uaya she can't live through the day. Lord help us all. She iB a good old soul and ready for the summons. Let us all be ready, William, for we know not the day nor the hour. Old Sister Johnson is about five feet two ?just about. I wish you would look over the stock and see if we have a number six. It will take a number six for her, bless her old bouI. If we havent got a number six we will have to make number five do. It will be a trifle Bhort, but we can raise, her knees a little and nobody will notice it and it won't matter after ahe ia under the ground?no It won't matter then, bless the Lord, for ber soul Will be in heaven?number six coats us just twenty-two dollars and we muat have forty-five for that?we hz76 to keep them on hand a good while without interest and business iB very dull. Fifty dollars wouldn't be too much. Sister Johnson has right smart property and her children wouldn't like to see her put away in a cheaper coffin than fifty dollars. Yes, William, my uon, we will make it fifty nobody ever fusses about these funeral bills?thank the good Lord for His mer? cies?it is a bad thing for anybody to die, but the Lord's will must be done." And the good old man sat down with a sigh and wiped the sad sweat from his fore? head. Next morning he came in looking very droopy and remarked, "William, my son, they tell me that sister Johnson didn't die last night and has taken a turn for the better. It is most astonishing how these old people hold out, especially'wo men?old women. The doctors don't : know much more about them than we do. William, have you heard of anybody else who is sick and likely to die ?" I wouldn't like to pursue any trade or profession that makes its living off of the ; frailties, the quarrels, the Buffering or the grief of mankind. I wouldn't if I could help it, but it is fortunate for us all that there are lawyers and doctors and dentists and undertakers. The family doctor is an indispensable institution?next to tbe parents he is the most important person connected with the family. He ranks the preacher and tbe teacher and the lawyer, and in most cases holds bis position dur? ing life. It is the most inviting of all professions, and offers wider fields and fresher ones than any other. But it has its bad side, too?its responsibility, its night work and its daily contact with pain and grief. Bill Arp. Items from Japan, by bev. j. c. c. >~ewton. Soutliern Christian Advocate. About the 1st of January earthquakes began to be more frequent than usual and more severe. Several times the shock was bo severe and long continued that we were alarmed. Our house, a wooden strncture, rocked very much, tbe win? dows rattled, the beams cracked, and we did not know what was going to happen. One's feeling during the shaking are in? describable. [Even so; as this editor can testify]. But recently there has been a marked decrease in the severity as well as fre? quency of these earthquakes. We now know why. A few days ago we learned that an ancient volcano 100 or 150 miles Southwest of Tokyo had burst forth again, and this explains the fact that we are not being shaken up every day. The tremendous forces underneath this region, no longer pent up, are having free vent through that great opening. We feel more comfortable now. Tbe vol? cano is thus a safety valve. The Japanese have many strange cus? toms. One of these is the "birthday fish." As we we go out in the city we see above many houses a swinging fish made of cloth. Some of these are very large,some small, according to the tastes and means of the family. I have just been looking at some. The form of a fish is so perfect one not otherwise informed might think it was a real fish. The bright spots, the fins, tail, the golden colored belly, the open mouth ?all, seen in the distance, look like a fish floating in the air. By means of a cord and two br three easy bending sticks inserted in the throat it is suspended from a pole set up upon i the roof of the house. The meaning is that si nee last May a child hasbeen born In that house. In the Eaist the birth of a child iu tbe house is a matter of much joy, especially if it be a son. Why the fish is selected as a sign of a child's birthday, I do not know. I bad heard much talk about the Sakura (cherry) blooms. They spoke always with so much enthusiasm of the beauty of the sakura no hana (the cher? ry's blossom) that I thought they were : surely exaggerating, j These blossoms generally appear about the first day of April. This Spring the ' blooming was a little later than usual? , I about tbe 15th. The trees are planted in rows and the branches are thick, mak? ing a symmetrical form. When in full bloom it is a most beau? tiful sight. The blossoms are pure white ?nothing I ever saw was quite so white. The number of blossoms are beyond all computation. It looks a mass of uncoun? table flowers so thickly set as hardly to leave room for one more. One must see for himself in order to fully appreciate tbe beauty. But it is said these beauti? ful trees are fruitless?bear no fruit. It exhausts itself, it seems, in producing myriads of beautiful white blossoms. If there were fewer blossoms, we doubt not there would be fruit. And so nature teaches us that it is possible to expend too much effort upon the beautiful exterior, and thereby lose fruit bearing power. Our Master had something to say about a fruitless tree. Tokyo, Japan April 28, 1889. ? A remarkable case of snake charm? ing is reported from Greshamville, Ga. Tbe mother of little Belle Hart saw her child standing with a stick in hand, steadfastly gazing at a large coach whip snake, both snake and child looking intently at each other, and neither mov? ing an inch. The child was pulled away by her mother, when Belle, trembling from head to foot, began to violently cry. She explained that she had intended killing the snake, but it "caught her eye." Try as she would?and horror stricken as she was she tried hard?she could not withdraw her eyes from the snake, and she feels that if she had not been taken from the spot by ber mother she could not much longer have resisted an influence which Beemed to urge her to advance to where the snake lay on the ground. ? A Georgia farmer prevents his cows from jumping a fence by cutting off their lower eye-lashes?makes them think the fence is three times as high as it really is. If you cut the upper lashe3, a reverse delusion will vesult, he says.. VOLTJMI Letter from Brazil. BY BEV. J. W. W?LLING. Southern Christian Advocate. In the tropica, od shipboard, and still od our way to Bio de Janeiro, on this 29th day of April. If all goes well, we will be into port on to-morrow, thua makiog a full month since we took the steamer. We have met with several detentions, and, though not serious, they have lengthened our trip] beyond the usual number of days. Before we had passed the Virginia";capes,{at 9 o'clock of the first night, we ran into a heavy i,fog bank. So dense was the fog that a light could not be seen the length of our ship, and while I stood on the decks I could hear four other 9bips sounding the note of danger. The captain thought it so perilous that we dropped anchor, contin? ued to sound the fog horn and "wished for the day." From there to St. Thomas I suppose all went right with the ship; my interests were almost strictly per? sonal and stomachic. At St. Thomas we went ashore of course; and were much pleased with the tropical scenery. We strolled through the public garden and the streets of the town, being amused and impressed by the scenes, so peculiar and unlike anything in the United States. In passing through the West Indies, we came near in to the Island of Mar? tinique. The view was truly interesting. The wild mountain scenery, with two peaks, one 4,400 feet, the other 3,900, towering over us, the deep, shaded coves and glens, with the beautiful retired hab? itations seen in most unexpected places, and the entire view to the highest point surrounded and covered with the ver? dure of the tropics. Wo stopped for a few hours at Barbadoes, the moat wind? ward of the West India Islands, and then started ever a stretch of 1,200 miles to the mouth of the Amazon. On the last night before reaching that notable line, the Equator, I had my last view of the North star, and viewed with interests and praise the Southern Cross and other constellations unseen by the dwellers in the North. They declare His glory, and as I gazed I could say: "My Father's hand hath made them all." On reaching the coast of Brazil, we heard the most distressing reports con? cerning the yellow fever in Bio. So fearful was the plague that numbers were taken sick in the streets and died before aid could be had. The death rate exceed? ed 300 a day. Except Brother Tarboux and wife, every member of our mission in the city, even to the children, had the malady, and, by God's mercy, they all survive. Our last notices are that the fever has nearly disappeared, ancL we go forward cheerful and trusting in Him. We were detained three days in the Amazon Biver under a tropical sun wailing for the arrival of another steamer of the line to exchange commanders, and when we got back to sea nearly every? body on board was sick with malaria. We suffered much discomfort but no fatality. Since reaching Brazil we have taken on our ship many legislators on their way to Bio to the meeting of the "Assembea Geral." So at our table we have a num? ber of barons and viscounts and other titled gentry. I am very much more in terested, however, in listening to their discussion as to the probable actions of the bodies?the Senate and the House of Deputies?to which they go than in their various titles. Contrary to law, a royal permit has been issued by the ministry granting to the Jesuits liberty to return to Brazil and open monasteries. This action will be reviewed by the Assembly in the midst of fierce criticisms, and along with it will come up the question of granting absolute religious liberty. For this let prayer be made, and may the Lord hasten the day. No doubt the time hastens when the Church at home will I partake largely of the spirit which prompt? ed Christ to die for the world, and real? ize also tbat it is the duty, and the privilege as well, of His Church to do the utmoat to accomplish this world-wide purpose. We are in good health and walking in the comfort and hope of tho Gospel, and often dwelling by memory in the midst of pleasant scenes and associations left behind. We reached Bio in due time and find all our workers getting better; but two days ago Bev. Mr. Thompson, of the Presbyterian mission, a young man edu? cated in Columbia, S. C, and who came out here two years ago, died of yellow fever after a short sickness. In the morning, May 3d, we leave for the interior. Bio de Janeiro, May 2,1889. A Friendly Meeting. "How are you feeling, old fellow ?" "Ob, I don't feel well; I can't eat. I am languid and feel generally good-for nothing" "Well, my friend, there is no use for you to feel that way. You need some? thing that will do away with tbat torpid* ity of the liver and any impurity of the blood." Such a remedial agent is in reach of you every day, and you pass by your drug store three or four times a day and never think to ask your druggist what will benefit you. If you did, he would answer at once: "Westmoreland's Calisaya Tonic is the very thing you need. It is on sale at every drug store in the coun? try, and the bottles cost only fifty cents or a dollar." Cararrh Can't be Cured With local application, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it you have to take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucus surface. Hall's Catarrh Cure is no quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years, and is a regular pre? scription. It is composed of the best onics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucus surface. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing catarrh. Send for testimonials free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. ?SfSold by Druggists, 75c. 5 XXIV.?NO. 49 ALL SORTS OF PARAGRAPHS. ? There are said to be 9,000 women doetors in the United States. ? Mzny men will work harder for a day's pleasure than they will for a week's wages. ? An arehxologistatMonticella, Fla., has u tree which bears quinces, pears and apples. ?A rich vein of gold ore is reported to have been found on a farm near Gaines? ville, Ga. ? European steamers carried over $3, 500,000 in gcid out of New York one day last week. ? A new fruit has been discovered in southern California which is said to taste like claret. ? Two hundred and seventy-five ladies are clergymen in the United States and occupy pulpits as such. ? A'Minnesota woman dislocated her jaw in yawning, and had to ride twenty three miles to a.physician. ? The Empress of Germany has received a necklace valued at $150,000, the gift of the sultan of Turkey. ? In many paita of China the Bibles given to the natives by missionaries are used in the manufacture of cheap boot soles. ? "They come high, but we must have them," said the practical young man as he gazed at the stars one summer night. j ? The number of. Churches which burned last year was 182, and all but twelve of them took fire from their own furnaces.' ? Two thousand ladies voted at the Detroit school election on very short no? tice. They were very politely received at the f oils. ? A Mrs. Fry, of Colombia, Maine, gave birth to two boys and two girls the other day. At last accounts the quartet were thriving. ? There is one barroom in New York the d ecoration and furniture of which cost $200,000. There are scores of them that are fitted up at an expense of over $50,000 each. ? A philosopher finds that only one person in every sixty thousand dies in bed while asleep, and concludes that it is a waste of time to lie awake and worry over the danger of that. ? The driver^of a hearse at Wilkes- . bar re, Penn., was startled the other cay by a .noise in a coffin. He opened the. coffin and the supposed dead man scram bled cut and aaked .for a drink of whis ky. ? The ancient proverb says: "You cannot get more out of a bottle than you put in." That's an error. Besides what he put in, he can get a headache, a sick stomach, and perhaps ten days in the lockup. ? A Kansas school ma'am baa intro? duced a new feature in her school. When one of the girls misses a word, the boy who spells it gets permission to kiss her. The result is that the boys are im? proving rapidly. ? The Texas flea is devoting much of its attention to killing chickens down.in Georgia. It first attacked the quail, and as it could not eat thirty of them in thirty days; gave up the problem and has taken to chickens for a change. ? An eleven year old Hungarian girl - landed at Castle Garden, New York City, the other day and fainted upon seeing a colored man. She afterwards explained that ate had never seen one before, and took h im for an unearthly being. ? A ben belonging to a Fort Gain es, Ga., lady was robbed of her eggs when she wished to set. She procured other eggs somewhere, and when robbed of them, was found next day setting on half a dozen marbles. Where she got the marbles is a mystery. ? A good story is told of an aged clergyman, who met a man loudly de? claiming against foreign missions. "Why," said the objector, "doesn't the church look after the heathen at home?" "We do," said the clergyman quietly, and gave the man a tract. r-Old Miss Peiraon; of Pittafield, Mass., is dead. She was a noted charac? ter. She used to go to cattle shows bedecked with diamonds. In her effects were found fifty bocseta, seventy shawls and many Bilk dresses fifty years old. But she could afford what she pleased, because ber personal estate probated at $450,000. ? Peter Stein, of St. Paul, walking along a blufi* near Vermilion Fails, Minn., with two young ladies, was asked by one of them to pick for her a sprig of honeysuckle blossoms that hung over the precipice. He held to the limb of a tree as he reached over for the flower, the limb broke and he fell sixty feet to the rocks and was killed. ' c ? Al; High Ridge, near Stamford, Conn., there is a wife who is the mother of fourteen children, all living and none of them twins. All but two live at home, and these two, catching the scarlet fever, - went home to be nursed. They gave it to the other dozen, and the whole four? teen were sick at once, and medicine had to be mixed in pitchers and pans. ? TdbottoD, Ga., has some fowls whose feathers must be getting grey.. A Mr. M. W. HoIHb had a pair of geose hatched in the Spring of 1841. The goose was killed by a mink about ten days ago. The gander i8 now living. Mr. R. A. Mizzell has ahen 15 years old, . and she lays every day. Mr. William Adams has a peacock 35 years old that has mated with a turkey hen. ? A gentleman down in Greenville, Ga., says that he has 'ound a good use for a king snake. He has been greatly troubled for sometime past with rats iu his corn-crib and has tried nearly every? thing to get rid of them without success. A friend suggested that he put a king snake in the crib, which he did, and since then he has not seen a rat, the snake scaring away all it fails to catch. A king snake will stay about a crib for years if you have corn in it. Tourists, Whether on pleasure bent or business,' should take on every trip a bottle of Syrup of Figs, as it acts most pleasantly and effectually on the kidneys, liver and bowels, preventing fevers, headaches and other forms of sickness. For sale in 50c and $1.00 bottles by all leading druggists.