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BY CLINKSCALE American 1 FruitA Preserving ^Powder ? :;; ~ A ND Liquid! ft?-'.';::: is*'! E have sold this valuable Prepara? tion for several years, and take great pleas uro in offering it again this season.- The j^^koit crop^*bavtag heen short for several years, we advise our friendsi to takeadvan ; ta,ge; of the abundant crop in prospect this -jieason, and provide for what may be a, short crop,next. r With One Dollar's worth of the Prepa ration, and a great deal less trouble than ihe'oM-faahioned way of canning, yon can save enough to do a large family. the ? whole Winter, and you can open and use ? out of the jar from time to time without jjury. OS course it. suits-some people .to run .this Preparation down, because it inter? feres with their business-, bnt ask T. D. : Sloan, of this city, and a thousand ethers >.'-- throughout the. County who have tried it ..r .'; .with: success, and you will -very soon see there ia no humbug about it. HILL BR0T1EBS. LAVA Six Colored Hakes a very Hard Finish, ..., And Dries Hard overnight ET IS JTfST- THE THING ! Also, all other kinds of PAINTS AMD OILS, - AT 8 SflttPSON, RED). & OO'S. 4/.-' ' r't ?;. r* -?? ? ?-? ?"??'?? IDHUQ- 8TOEE. Due West Female College. XTESTSassmn-begins OCTOBER 7th. ? Uull corps of accomplished and ex 'r- 2~ perianced- instructors; ? Splendid advanta? ges; in ATt,;Muac ' and" Literary' Depart , menis. Moral tone , of community and v.sei*ol all that c?nld "be desired. Located in one of the healthiest towns in the Pied - maeS country. Excellent boarding depart y;:naeiifc.! Boardand regular tuition;for the yeai' $165:00. ' Por Catalogue'address _I .. V. ?. ? MRS. L. M. BONNER, Principal, OrH. E. BONNER, Vice Principal, Due West, S. C. Jply 18,1889 2_ SHERIFFS SALE. Stau of South Caeolcta, Couxty or Andebsos. T>Y virtue of various Executions to me Xj directed, I will sell at Anderson C.H., '"8. C, oh the first Monday in August, 1889, ^I'VaRA. E. ?ohannon's interest in one lot of Land containing five acres, more or "rt-.less, lying two miles South of Anderson .^r:--'Conrft House, adjoining'lands of J. W. - Daniels. Col. M. P. Tribole and others. Levied on as the property of A. E. Bo~ g^vvhannon at the suit of W. C. Murphy and ?vpothers. '?? >? - ? TertoSr-Cash. Purchaser to pay extra ?'" for nttjessary papers, -v W. L. BOLT, Sheriff Anderson County. July It, 1889 1_.3 Sesiilt^?^ensSept? 10; 1889. FO& Catalogue of Williamston Fe? male College* a live, thorough, V progressive, prosperous, cheap, np-conntry - School for young ladies, address Rev. S. Lander, President, Williamston, S. C. Its merit; widely known. One hundred and sixty-live pnp?s last year. More expected next. ;; July 11,1889 1 2m JORDAN HOUSE. nm. E. C- JORDAN, Proprietress. Rates Reasonable. i ' TYREVATE and Transient Board solicit _L ed. The table is supplied with the best tho market affords, ana every atten? tion given to guests." April 25,1889 . .;,42_ SALE_0R RENT! PREMISES at Honea Path, S. C. for? merly belonging to Mrs. W. 6. ' Smith.. Two and a half acres of land, with buildings thereon.. Apply to GREn? & MATTHEWS, Charleston, S. C. . Aprii*lS,"1880 41 6m GB?RGEE. PKINCE, ATTORNEY AND ?XMJXSELLOR AT LAW, ANDERSON, S. C. ALI: business promptly attended to. Special attention given to col -? lecttanv? MayS,1889 .44 3m HOME AC ALM !" -A FTJ1R an absence of two years for the . jcJL purpose of better preparing myself so as to more fully satisfy friends or parties v. who nuy employ me to work for them, I have returned, and with eight well trained hands,"rough and ready, am well prepared '.'?to do :any kind of work in the line of Carpentering at a very short notice. w ill either, work the eight and direct them, contract or sub-contract All work done in fire' ^lass style, and guaranteed, CaU anu .ee me before letting-your work. V'jry respectfully. S . p1ckens brown. ._' .. Anderson, s. C. .May 5, 1889 43 3m 5-Ton Soften Bin Scales, $60 v beam box Brass Tare beam. Warranted for 6 Years Freight Paid. agents, wanted, in mi lim, ; Seud for Term*. "JONES HE PAY8 THE FREIGHT." J'rr Free Pries Litt, Address JQ2TES gl 11IHQRAMT0K', Smghaaton, ,17. T( S & L?NGSTON. TU??H^??0L?MN, . -TS3t All communications, intended for this Column should be addressed t?D. H. RUSSELL, School Commissioner, Ander son, S. O. _?_ Prof. Tankereley impressed all as a thinker?aB a teacher who has thoughts 'for himself on all subjects that he presents to an Institute. His talks on Arithmetic were plain, practical and to the point, and many . valuable suggestions were thrown out. Prof. Morrison seems almost like homefolks he haa been with us so often. He greatly interested the teachers on the 'subject.of, local history, and we,think waked them -up'sharply. It is a matter that should engage more of the teacher's attention. His lectures were eminently instructive and practical. As to Dr. Lander, it is no use to tell the teachers that we learned a great deal from him, for they know that he always has something to say that other folks want to hear. And he comes to learn as well as to teach, which is the true spirit of the teacher. He illustrates his meth? ods by practical, object teaching. Prof. Albert captured the Institute at the outset, and every one present was in full sympathy with him in his admirable talks on Psychology, Primary Numbers, Ethics, &c. All soon learned that Psy? chology, though a high-Bounding word, lies at the base bf all successful teaching. It. was with great regret that they all learned he was called home to a sick wife. The Teachers' Institute adjourned on Thursday, the 11th inst., having been in session nearly two weeks. And a most profitable session it was, as was testified to by. all the teachers present. The instructions given by all the faculty were valuable, and from the frequeat use of pencil and note-books, we doubt not we Bhall see some of the results when next we visit the schools. The work of the Institute is over, and we have all gone back to our daily work. We have been upon the "mount of privi? leges"?have been strengthening our Belves for the difficult and delicate duties of the school room?have been drinking in fresh drafts of inspiration?have been getting nearer and clearer views of the grandeur of the work before us, and now let us go to work with a fresh consecra? tion. Mr. Marshall was happy in all of bis talks,-as he always is when he appears before an audience. The teachers are to be .congratulated that his services were secured for the last week. - At each of his appearances much valuable food for thought was presented, and having spent each year except the last in the school room, he was able to "talk school" in a practical way from the standpoint of a teachor. How to Live Long. What is the secret of longevity ? every? body will ask. Well, the chief feature of it appears"" to have been discovered long ago by Heino. "A man should be very careful," said that brilliant cynic, "in the choice of his forefathers." The great thing, in fact, to begin with is to come of a good stock?to have a line of ancestors physically and mentally strong. I j Then, we gather, the nest step is /to be born a woman, or more strictly speaking a female, "Women/' Hrjfeland declares, "are more likely than men to become old." Of the "fifty-two centennarianB referred to by Dr. Humphry, thirty-aix were of what is absurdly called "the weaker sex" It is well, apparently, to be either a clergyman or ?. lawyer, such men live the longest. It would take too long to -inquire why ; suffice it that the state? ment carries conviction with it. ? It is pleasant for many of us to know, on Buch good authority as Dr. Boose's, that wealth' dot a not necessarily insure prolbbged existence. The poor ought to have every consolation possible, and it should gratify them to know that, if life ia not bo pleasant for them as for the rich, it is likely to be at least quite as long, if not longer. Moreover, a certain proportion of them may be still further gratified to learn?the average sUeet boy will delight in it?that cleanliness is, seemingly, by no means essential to lon? gevity. We read of a feminine centena? rian who, according to Dr. Boose, must have been "a singularly dirty person." She smeared her face with lard and thought if she washed she won!d bft an re to take cold. But perhaps ic wuu.d uui be'wise to argue too rigidly from even half a dozen cases of this sort. On the whole, to be clean appears to be rather a help to health.?Pititburg Dispatch. She Wanted Her Heel. A dapper little than stepped into .a Woodward avenue car, and as be did so picked up a tiny pyramid of brown leather. "Now, look at that," he said, with several inflections to his voice, as he showed hia treasure trove to the gentle? man next to him. "It's the heel from Borne fool woman's Bhoe. Now try to think how she must have wobbled?for she could not have walked?on that French heel. I'd give something to see her getting home without it." "I suppose the effect depends on the size af the foot," said the other, handing it back; "that looka as if it came off a pretty neat Bhoe, hey, old fellow ?" "It's a barbarism?a wicked shame to wear such a thing I" retorted the other, indignantly. "Why, the doctors say that more cases of curvature of the spine are oc?" "If you huve no further use for it I'll thank you for my heel," said sweet voiced, pretty little lady opposite at this moment.. The indignant; individual had just dropped it in his pocket, but he plunged in after iit and gave it up, and talked to his companion about the weather? De? troit Free Press. ? The Cherokees of the Indian territo? ry have-just built a $200,000 seminary for girls. And yet people say tftgt the ! Indians cannot be civilized. The Farm?Its Uses and Abuses. The following essay was prepared and read by Mr. L. M. Wilson before the Honea Path Alliance, and the Intelli? gencer has been requested to publish it; When we contemplate the vast amount of territory that embraces the farms throughout the United States, and take into consideration tbe amount of bread* stuffs that are made every year, and-the cheap transportation that is now afforded, makes each one of us feel as though we were living in a great and independent country; one in which there is no trouble realized of being shut off from the outside world, nor no fears anticipa? ted by living in a country where there are comparatively little breadstuffs made to satisfy the cravings of man and beast. But, brethren, let us aieo take into con? sideration the vast multitude of people that have to be fed outside of those, en? gaged in farming that are following other avocations looking solely to the farming world for the sustenance of life. Suppose the West and Northwest was cut off so we would not be able to obtain the necessaries of life to make the present crop; or suppose tbe grain crops to be a complete failure. Then what would be our condition ? Would it not be deplora? ble ? Even though we were able to pro* duce ten million bales of cotton and could not exchange it for the necessaries of life, it would do us no good. Then are onr farms not badly abused by the all cotton cnltnre ? I have nothing to say against raising cotton to a certain extent. I believe it tbe greatest monied crop we can raise, so far as money is concerned, bnt when cotton is raised to bny comparatively everything we eat, I have very serious doubts about it. It is my earnest opinion this is one of the greatest canses of th . cry of hard ti mes, for by so doing we are at the mercy of speculators and money kings. They give us their price for cotton and in return sell ns the necessaries of life at their own price. We have heard a great deal said about doing away with the mid? dle man, hut. in my opinion, under the present system of farming, the middle man is a necessity, or at least some me* dium by whi ch we may obtain the nec? essaries of life. Would it not then be better to quit the all-cotton culture and adopt a diversified system of farming? especially a more thorough preparation and cultivation of corn? Beport Bays South Carolina is ahead of any State in the Union in the production of corn from one acre of ground, and yet the statisti? cal report of ISS7 places Sooth Carolina among the lowest average in producing corn. In 1886 New Hampshire's aver? age was 35.4 bushelB per acre, while South Carolina's was only 9.1. Agriculture is the basis of national strength and wealth, and a most certain and liberal support of all who follow it intelligently. The farmer will succeed who makes up his mind that the whole secret of success is in himself; that it is the man and not the business that tells. He will succeed if he sticks close to his farm as the mechanic does to his shop, and not expect to work three or four months and then take his ease the rest of the year. Those who have farms should consider themselves 4 fortunate, for althongh they will not find sudden roads to wealth, they will certainly prove that persistent farm labor will bring a Bure reward. It is worthy of notice that the adventurer and speculator, with blasted hopes and shattered health and fortune, have in the end to come back to tbe farm for health and safety. In a moral point of view the life of the agriculturist is tbe most pure and holy of any class of men ; pnre, because it is the most healthful, and vice can hardly have time to con? taminate it; arjd holy, because it brings the Deity perpetually before his view, giving him thereby the most exalted notions of supreme power, and the m 03; fascinating and endearing views of moral benignity,, The risks in farming are comparatively few. There is no danger of ruin arising from the treachery of business associates. The farm, under ordinary circumstances, U sure to furnish enough to make the family comfortable, and extraordinary circumstances, which are of a providential character always, are very apt to exist. There is something in the pleasures of farm life that reacheu beyond the gratification of the eye?a something that invigorates the mind, that erects its hopes, that allays its per tubations, that mellows its affections, and it will generally be found that our happiest schemes and wisest resolutions are found under the mild influence of a country scene and the soft obscurities of rural retirement. Every one should uiaoage to get the most out of farm life; not only the most money, but the most real and substantial enjoyment, the moBt intellectual culture, tbe most happiness for him and his. It should be so man? aged as to render farm life attractive to onr children bo as to make-them con? tented tillers of tbe soil; contented to be among the producers of the wealth of the nation. Money hoarded is but a poor compensation for minds and'souls dwarfed; for lives rendered unlovely, ! for tastes and the higher aspirations extinguished. And we trust the change that has been going on in this respect may continue until all of the large and valuable class of our population engaged in agriculture may be reached and bene? fited by it. The haphazzard, careless style of doing farm work so common among the largest class of farmers would rnin any business man within a year. The careless habits of farmers and their lack of proper forethought, accounts xaji great degree of the proverbial "haiiT times" from which we suffer. Little things are neglected and wasted that would be saved and cared for by the prosperous merchant or railroad em? ployee, while the very profusion of bis supply renders the farmer extravagant and indolent. Seek not, ye sons of those who till the soil. For other fields in life than those ye reap ; Better, by far, the sweat of honest toil, Tbe rest of honest labor's tranquil sleep, Than all the bubbles of the wordling's dream? The cares which rack the statesman's anx? ious brain? The uncertain ventures of the merohaut's scheme, Or all the doubtful paths for fame qud gain. ANDERSON, S. C, AN OLD TIME FIGHT Witnessed by Bill Arp Id Gwlnnett Coun? ty. Atlanta Constitution. I didn't bet on Kiirain?I dident man? ifest any interest in the fight, but somehow I couldn't help taking sides and I would have given about five dollars if Kiirain had whipped him. Sullivan is a brutal, beastly old braggart, and I can't help be? ing against him on general principles. I don't take any stock in Kiirain, but I just want somebody to whip Sullivan and take the starch out of him. "Major, have you heard the news," said my friend Warren Aiken in an excited tone of voice, "A telegram has just gone over the wire thai; Kiirain broke Sullivan's jaw in the third round; isn't it glorious ?" I wonder why.it is that we cannot help taking sides in such contests. Even the women and the preachers confess to a choice. Is it a laudible emotion or is the devil at the bottom of the whole business? If ho is I'm afraid he has got a little hold on me, for I will stop right still in the street to see a dog fight. Nabor Freeman is a kind hearted man and loves his fellow men, but he used to keep game chickens and fight them on the sly behind the barn, and I caught myself looking at them over the fence more than once ; not that I would do such a thing as fight chickens, but upon the idea that if they were going to fight anyhow it was no harm to look on. A man needn't go about with hi? eyes shut to keep from seeing things. Human nature has got pretty good excuse for admiring courage in man or beast, Nimrod was a mighty hunter before the Lord, and Daniel Boone and Kit Carson were not far behind him. David killed a bear in his youth and afterwards smote Goliath, and the Lord was on his side? ' and he had thirty mighty men of valor who did wonderful things. Three of them broke through the whole army of the Philistines to get the king some water when he was about to faint, and one of them innote a lion on a snowy day. But Samps on eclipsed them all, and if there was any belt he wore it. He slew his enemiss fore and aft with a mule's jaw bone and found water enough in it to quench his thirst after he had finished the job. Who does not admire the wonderful feats of Sampson ? What boy or girl haa Dot feasted upon the picture where he is bending over the lion and tearing his mighty jaws open with his hands V Human courage and human strength has always been admired and always will I reckon. Moses Blew an Egyptian and hid his body in the sand. Jacob wreBtled with an angel and got his thigh dislocated. I don't know why it is but somehow we all love to read about such things?about fighting and victory? about Captain John Smith killing the three Tarks in a tournament and about Israel Putnam and Daniel Boone and Davy Cirocket. About Ivanboe and Bob Boy and the Roman gladiators and Ben Hur. It is hard to draw the line between auch scenes and the grosser and more brutal matches of modern pugilists. The time was when we bad such matches in the court house square on every muster day and nobody tried to stop them. The governor never ordered out the milita. In fact, the milita were the spectators, and some of them were the fighters. Als. Bowles and Jim Robinson and Nie Raw-1 lins were officers in the militia, and after the grand parade was over they stripped to the waist and each made a ring of his own. Bowles gathered his clan around him and leaped into the ring and shook his ambro brosial locks and gave a wild Indian whoop and jumped up and cracked his heels together three timea before he touch? ed the ground,and then crowed an unearth? ly crow and screamed "I'm the best man in Pinckcieyville deestrict," and then he crowed again, which was the signal that he had no thin' agin nobody, but was just Bpilin' for a fight. Not far away Nie Bawlins threw ont his tobacco and shuck' ed his upper clothes and tied his galluses around his waist and snapped his teeth together and said, "Gentlemen?with a' Joe Brown accent on the 'men'?I ain't no wild cat, nor a bo constrictor, but I'll be dab a mighty dad-blamed if I'll take I that from no man. Sally Jane told me 'fore I left home to crow three times when 1 any other fellow crowd twice," and Nie crowed thrice and slapped his hard arms ' around him and screamed, "I'm the best man in Cates's deestrict, and no man holds me in a fight." In another minute the heroes met half way and another ring wa3 formed, and the clans shouted: "No ! man touch ; hands off, gentlemen,- fair fight; five dollars on Bowles; five dollars on Nie; hurrah for Nie; hurrah for Bowles," and a thousand confused, excited remarks, while Nie and BowleB were knocking and writhing and twisting, and finally getting closer and struggling with arms and legs to throw each other to the ground. Soon they quit the perpondicu Iar and are upon the ground, first one on top and then the other, and they knock and tear hair and gouge and bite and struggle, while the clans shout "Give it to him Nie, go it BowleB." In due time Nie whipped him and Bowles cried enough and they shook hands and ad? journed to the grocery and washed and then took a drink at somebody's expense and in about ten mintes Big Jim Robin? son was_ heard roootering around and swearing that he was the best man in Ben Smith's deestrict and another fellow from Hog Mountain tackled him and Jim knocked him a rod the first round and Hog Mountain surrendered and left Jim crowing, and about this time Nie waked up his ears and said, "Sallie Jane told me not to let no man crow twice over me," and before anybody knew it Nie and Big ^T5<u had hitched and 8uch a fight waB never Been in old Gwinnett. It waa a fight that was never ended by the fighters and Nie told me they would have been fightin' till yet, if somebody hadn't pulled them apart. "Did you really love to fight?" Baid I to Nie. "Well, no, I didn't, and to tell you the honest truth I never would have fit nobody ef it hadn't been for Sally Jane. She was bo almighty proud of me when I licked a fellow, that I font jest to please her. I've mighty nigh been ready to give up many a time and holler enough, bat I'd think of Sally Jane and get new strength somehow. I I did it as sure as you're born." Now Nie and Bowles and Robinson were good citizens and they made good THURSDAY MORN] soldiers, but such fellows as Sullivan and Kilrain are neither. They are of no con? sequence to the community and my opin? ion is we have attached too much imp or tance to them. Ancient Rome rejoiced in auch exhibitions. The emperor, Tra? jan, had a carnival of 100 days in which ten thousand gladiators fought, but a Christian monk got a decree for the abo? lition of the brutal custom. We are now living in an age of Christian civilization and should lift ourselves above such de? grading pleasures. They do not dignify or refine anybody. But the matter that most deeply con? cerns the southern people now is the deep degration that has just come over us in the acquittal of that bold libertine, McDow. Our best people stand aghast and are alarmed. What does it mean ? Is the proud old city of Charleston under the rule of negroes and libertines ? Are the judges and the preachers subdued to their will ? Has woman surrendered her fealty to virtue ? Can it be possible that the base villian who has dishonored his wife and daughter is now a social leader ?a star in Charleston ? Is there no com? forting explanation of all this?the mock trial and the ovation afterwards ? Is this the beginning of the war between the races, and did all this happen in the proud old city by the sea ? Where are her grand old people?her Bancrofts, CourtneyB, Haseltines, Waltons, Welhams and Hun? gers and McBurneys? If they are all dead where are their children ? Oh, the pity of it, the pity of it! If there are any left who have still preserved their honor and their courage and their respect for women now let them leave the sinking ship and let McDow and demons rule. The war was bad on Charleston, but this is worse. Now let us hear no more of Chandler's ear or Carolina's manhood. Bill Arp. CONYICTED BY DREAMS. Bemarkanle Instances of the Supernatural In Crime. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Law reports of the sixteenth and sev? enteenth centuries contain numerous references to supernatural occurrences in Court and on the scaffold. One of the most remarkable records of this kind is connected with a murder trial which took place in England, early in the reign of the first Charles. Sir John Maynard, one of the first lawyers of the century, is the authority for the super? natural events of the trial, and in his quaint preface to his notes he says he thought good to report the evidence which was given, which many did hear, that the memory thereof might not be lost by miscarriage of papers or other? wise." One John Norkett, a farmer's wife, had died, and at the coroner's 'quest evidence was given proving that the woman's throat .bad been cut from ear to ear. At first the jury favored a verdict of felo de se, and the body was interred. But rumors became general pointing to foul play, and the body was exhumed. Thirty days after the death the jury assembled before the body and four sus? pected persons were brought in. The only evidence againBt the prisoners was that they had slept in an adjoining room; "therefore, if she did not murder hereelf, they must be the murderers." What took place at the remarkable post-mor? tem inquiry may best be described in the words of a witness at the subsequent trial, who was described as "an ancient aud'grave person, minister to the parish ; where this murder was committed." This estimable gentleman said: "They (the prisoners) did touch the dead body, whereupon the brow of the dead, which was before a livid and carrion color, began to have a dew or gentle sweet arise upon it, which increased by degrees till the sweat ran down in drops upon the face, the brow turned and changed to a lively color and the dead opened and shut one ofher eyes, and shut it again, which she did three several times. She likewise thrust out the ring or marriage finger three times and pulled it in again, and the finger dropped blood on the ground." Naturally enough, such remarkable evidence as this was received with suspi? cion by the Court, although the witness, to again quote Sir John Maynard, "wsb a reverend person, about 70 years of Bge, as could be guessed. His testimony was delivered gravely and temperately, but to the-great admiration of the auditory." Ample confirmation of an obviously im? partial character was, however, forthcom? ing, and the "admiration" changed to horror, so much bo that the prisoners were convicted and two of them suffered death a: the hand of the common hang? man. Neither of the victims, one of whom was an aged woman, could ever be prevailed upon to confess any complicity in the crime. the red barn murder. Of much more recent date was the record of the "Bed Barn Murder," re? markable for the fact that the murder was discovered through the means of information imparted in a dream. The victim of the murder was a rustic beauty named Maria Marten, who was a source of perpetual jealously among the young men in the village near the English east coast, Maria's father was a mole catcher, but the girl was educated beyond the average of village maidens. Her first accepted lover was a rich man named John Corden, who led the girl from the paths of virtue and then abandoned her. A Istill more wealthy suitor appeared, who in turn, was displaced by William Corden, a brother of John. Under prom? ise of marriage Miss Marten was again led astray, and when she found herself soon to become a mother, she importuned her betrayer to fulfill his promise. Cor? den tired of this, and going to the house one evening, arranged with great detail to run off with the girl to a neighboring city, where they were to be secretly mar? ried. The girl gladiy consented, and agreed to meet her lover at a red bam on his mother's farm. Corden met her there, and, in compliance with a pre? arranged scheme, shot and buried her. He then disappeared, returning after a few days, and explaining to the mole catcher that the marriage had taken place and that his bride was in lodgings at Ipswich. Months passed away, the barn under which the bodj lay was filled, with [NG, JULY 25, 1889 grain, and yet no tidings came from Maria. YouDg Corden, however, ex? plained that she had hurt her right hand and could not write. He subsequently left the neighborhood. One night Mrs. Marten dreamed that her daughter had been murdered by Corden and that the body was interred under the barn. The dream was repeated so frequently that she repeated it to the mole catcher, who, after many refusals and much ridicule, finally went to the barn, got the grain removed and commenced to dig at the spot indicated in the dream. The body was immediately discovered and identi? fied. Suspicion, of course, pointed to Corden, who was traced to London, where he had married a schoolmistrees and was liviDg on her earnings. He was ar? rested, convicted and executed. It is remarkable proof of the truth of this story that Mrs. Marten applied to a jus? tice of the peace for a warrant against Corden three months before she converted her skeptical husband to a belief in her dream. A DREAM WARNING. In 1751 an Irish murderer was con? victed largely upon dream evidence. A Waterford publican, named Rogers, dreamed one night that he saw a man murder another man on a green spot on the summit of an adjoining mountain. He was able next day to describe both men with perfect accuracy, and did so to many of his friends. One of the men was exceptionally strong, the other weak and puny, but it was the latter who, in the vision, committed the murder. Ho? gers persuaded the. parish priest to accompany him to the spot, which he found without difficulty, but where there seemed to be no traces of murder or struggle. Hence Rogers got rather laughed at. Next day, however, two men entered the saloon, and Mrs. Hogers at once recognized them from her husband's description as the heroes in the vision. Much alarmed, she fetched her husband, who was also certain they were the two men. When they rose to leave Rogers begged the one he expected to be mur? dered to remain, but without avail. He nearly fainted with frighi; after the men had left, and finally persuaded a neigh? bor to accompany him to the green spot on the hill, where, sure enough, the tragedy of the dream had taken place in reality. The murderer was tracked and caught, and Rogers was the principal witness. His recital of his dream was so vivid that the prisoner at once confessed, adding that he killed his companion exactly as foretold in the dream. The weapon used was a knife, and as eight stabs were Been by Rogers in his vison, so the murderer admitted that he drove his knife up to the handle in his com? panion's body exactly that number of times. A VILE PLOT FRUSTRATED. A remarkable interposition of Provi? dence is on record in Paris. In 1766 a young peasant girl went to Paris and was hired as a domestic servant by a man whose reputation was excellent, but who was a hypocrite and a libertine. He made improper proposals to the young girl, who refused to understand his mean? ing or give him any encouragement. This finally ho enraged him that he had her arrested for theft, and secured her conviction by hiding some jewelry in her trunk. The prisoner had no friends to intercede for her and was hanged. The execution was a novice, bungled over the work, and after repeated attempts to hill the girl imagined he had succeeded, and handed the body over to a dissecting sur? geon. The first cut with a knife showed that the girl lived and she was quickly restored. When she opened her eyes she imagined herself in another world, and it was some time before she could be con* vinced of her escape. Her description of what she saw during her apparent death was listened to with wonder and amaze? ment by her new-found friends. She told of lovely parteries with beautiful streams flowing through and round them, of flora and fauna of dazzling gor geousness, of perpetual sunshine and unmeaBurable happiness. The young girl bad lived a prosaic life, was poorly educated and had no imagination at all, if the chronicler is to be credited, and her revelations are the more remarkable in consequence. The scoundrel who compassed ber ruin was arrested, but acquitted on technical grounds, but the people "loaded him with well-merited reproaches." In 1770 a man was arrested at Bor? deaux, France, for highway robbery. A coach was dragging its weary way along the poor roads of the neighborhood, when suddenly a man sprang out from behind a tree and before the driver could recover his self-possession the horses had all been hamstrung. It was the work of a moment to hurl the driver from his seat, and to terrify the passengers, three women and a boy, into submission. Every article of value in the vehicle was stolen, and the thief then disappeared. An alarm being given, a man named Henri Fouchard was arrested on suspi? cion. He was positively identified by the coachman and the - passengers, and was speedily convicted. He begged to be allowed to call witnesses to prove an alibi and averred that he was fifty miles off when the robbery was committed. But no adjournment of any kind was granted and death on the wheel was the horrid sentence pronounced. Pouchard ?was fixed to the wheel, which was set in motion, and one after another limbs were broken. There were many others to be tortured to death, and the executioner was in a hurry. So ns soon as he thought the man to be dead he loosed him and sent him to a Burgeon of anatomy. The surgeon found that the bruised and broken mass before him still lived. He exerted all bis skill and restored Pou chard to comparative health, though an arm and a leg had to be amputated. Pouchard at once set about to prove his innocence, which he did to tho satisfac? tion of the Court, which rather stultified itself by granting him a pardon. ? No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true. ?A Japanese Btudent has captured the highest honors from 493 graduates of Michigan University, SENSIBLE TALK ABOUT FARMING. No Profession More Honorable than Ag? riculture. Southern CuHivator. It is very gratifying indeed to note with what earnestness and zeal the far? mers are pashing forward ?-ib? crops of 1889. There seems to be an effort io excel all former results, and txom present indications the labor will not be spent in vain. A great many, and in fact we may safely say a majority, have long since learned that success in agriculture de? pends solely on the .individual effort of man, so applied to make every possible moment return a compensation sufficient for the time, and by following in strict conformity to the laws of Nature and Nature's God. But how often do we see men disregarding the lava most essential to the full development of plant life at its most critical period of growth ; and then, becauae the soil fails to respond with waving corn and pastures green, they raise the cry of "farming don't pay f never for once attributing the cause of failure to any fault or negligence cf theirs. They will write long articles to the news? papers of the country full of theory, which they think will forever impress it upon the popular mind that agriculture is a failure, and means only disappoint? ment and lost opportunities for all who engage in it. Can the views and expres? sions of such men, circulated around the world through the medium of the press, be anything but detrimental to the inter? est of farmers? I think not, and the sooner all such chaff and nonsense has been dismissed, the better it will be for all classes who have the welfare of the coun? try at heart. How can we ever expect farming to command the capital, atten? tion and respect it is justly entitled to, if a few discontented and unqualified men continue to proclaim the erroneous statement of "farming don't pay," and asserting that all who engage in such will only be "hewers of wood and drawers of water" for their more fortunate fellow men? This may seem to some an unwarrant? able attack upon a few; but, Mr. Editor, you are well aware of the fact that once in a while some one takes special care to wage war against farming; that;, too, by men who profess to follow the occapr.tion. Go where you will, say what you may, the doleful cry is heard to dishearten and depress the spirit of the most san' guine. "Farming don't pay?we are imposed upon by the commercial world, the trusts, syndicates and money-lenders," is the chorus that is sung. Admitting that to be the case, which is true in a certain way, would it not be more becoming in us to exert our greatest endeavors in throwing off the band of oppression now throttling us in the guise of trusts and combinations of capital, than to raiBe the howl of "farming don't pay ?" I think so, and it is time for all.this nonsense to stop. I move that we look upon all who attempt to decry the pursuit of agricul? ture with indignation and contempt. If there are those among us who are incapa? ble of guiding and directing the plow to a successful end, let them quietly drop out and give room for men whose ambition and greater ability aspire to higher at? tainments than some are willing to content themselves with. The silent voices of the immortal trio, Washington, Clay and Thomas Jefferson, stands as undying evidence that agriculture is not only a successful calling, but is "the most useful, most honorable and most noble employment of men." So away with the discontented element among us, and give us men who are willing to fight the battle of life throngh the varying scenes of advenuty and prosperity! *J jn with a strong arm and a brave heart, who, when once attempt a thing, push on regardless of obstacles that may confront them until their ideal is reached?men whose integrity and force of character is so moulded as to make it impossible for the petty trials and temptations to swerve them from their doty and purpose through life, the ultimatum of which is "peace and victory." There is another class of men who belong to the fraternity of "farming don't pay," that is an enemy to agriculture more formidable tban all the rest com? bined. They think that education is a secondary accomplishment upon the farm and a person who has been so fortunate as to attain one should not lower himself to the plane of husbandry, but cast bis lot among the professional class, or, per? chance, walk the floor of some mercantile establishment, shut in from the freedom of life, like a bird in its cage deprived of its liberty. A greater mistake has never been committed. Farming needs the aid of the educated just as much so as any other branch of science, and for the want of which lies vanquishing at the mercy of its foes. We want a mind so educated and disciplined as to take* in the broad comprehensiveness of our calling, and so applied as to produce results worthy of its name. Dear readers, are you exerting the utmost of your ability in improving your condition and adding to the wealth of society and your country ? If so, I bid you take courage; your labor will not be spent in vain. Study your busi? ness and try to make each day an im? provement over the other. Subscribe liberally for papers devoted to your call? ing ; such as the Cultivator, which has done more for its readers than any jour? nal in the South?not ouly subscribe for it, but read it, ponder and reflect upon what you have read, and see if you can? not better your surroundings by an application of its teachings to your busi? ness. Seek wisdom, for wisdom begets power, and above all do not neglect the other members of the family; furnish them with a liberal supply of readiug matter, embracing in its selection one or two religious papers of different denomi? nations, some of the leading periodicals of the day, together with some journals devoted to home decorations, and my word for it, there will be a home of joy and conteutment; a home where a love of (he beautiful is cultivated, and a home that will throw an influence over the young for virtue and honesty of pur? pose, that will cling tq them through life. VOLUM While we are striving to make a uuc cese of agriculture let us not do anything to exalt ourselves or hear unequally upon the other professional or industrial pur? suits of men, but all work together in one grand brotherhood of laborers to the common weal of our great republic, remembering that misfortune to one means disaater to- tbe-otbeft?So__Iet our watchword be, "on earth peace, good viitt~ to men." Clifton Kirkpatjuck. Cahaba, Ala. THE SOUTH POLE. What wo Know about the Southern End of the Earth. The golden age of Antarctic discovery arrived when captain, afterwards Sir Jan'.a Boas was dispatched from England in 1840 to fix the position of the Sonlh magnetic pole, and any other position he could discover on the way there. Before Boss could reach the scene of his labors other explorers, English, French and American, were busy forestalling him. Of these the first was the Englishman, Balleny, who, sailing in Enderby a ship, the Eliza Scott, discovered in 1839 the islands which bear his name, and which lie almost under the Antartic circle, and almost due south from New Zealand, Balleny could not land on the islands, but be made sure of their existence, and afterward, sailing far as to the westward, he saw many more signs of land, at d suspected the existence of much which he could certainly vouch for. What Balleny thought he saw was probably much what the French expedition under Dumont d' Urville actually did see in the following year, several long lines of coast which might be joined to one another and might even run on to join Euderby land in the ' West, and if so might certainly be parts of the Antartic continent that d' Urville was anxious to find. Not less anxious was Wilkes, tho leader of the United States exploring expedition, who, only a month after tho Frenchman, arrived within a degree or two of the Antartic circle, to the South of New Zealand, and after seeing land where Balleny had certainly Been it be? fore began to fancy that he saw it also where none had seen it before, and, un? fortunately, where no one has seen it since. For some days, indeed, Wilkes doubted whether what he beheld were mountains or cloudy objects which his crew watched, eagerly, to see if with the setting of the sun they would change their color. But after running westward along the edge of the pack for a few days he made sure that he now saw land, and somewhat inconsequently assumed it for certain that what he had seen before was land also. I The discovery of an Antarctic continent [ was announced as a certainty; a very large land, with a barrier of ice before it and a range of mountains upon it, was laid down on the map, and a copy of the map was handed by the rash, but gener? ous, explorer to Boss, who left Tasmania in the autumn of the same year to look for the magnetic pole, with the two ships Erebus and Tenor, which afterward bore Sir John Franklin to his fate at the other eni of the world. Boss had so little doubt that the Antarctic continent was discovered already that he seems to have been almost disappointed when his way to the magnetic pole was barred by an un? known land. Yet this land, which lay South of the seventieth parallel and east? ward of Balleny's Islands, was the most southerly hitherto seen in the world, and on it rose mountains thousands of feet high, plain and mountain alike robed in atainlesa snow, except on the cliffs by the shore, where the black rock came out. The coast ran almost due North and South, and along its eastern face Boss advanced steadily till he had beaten Cook's record and also Weddell's, and gone further South than any before him, But he could find no landing place on the mainland, so choked was every inlet with snow and ice; only a small island were the adventurers able to touch Ant? artic earth, a few men among thousands of screaming and biting penguins. Fresh mountains came constantly into view as they moved southward: at last, one in latitude 77?, over which what; seemed a a cloud of snow was blowing; but wh6n they came nearer they saw that the cloud was smoke, and gave the name of Mount Erebus to a giant volcano higher than Etna, which belches forth smoke and fire in land where all things are frozen. Before Mount Erebus lies Cape Crozier, and round Crozier, Boss hoped to find a way to the westward, so as to reach the magnetic pole by the back of the new land he had found. But as they ap? proached they saw stretching from Cape Crozier "as far as the eye could discern to the eastward" a "low white line," the nature of which they did not understand till they came close enongh to see the truth with their* eyes. It was a wall of ice a hundred and fifty feet high, without break or slope, but one glittering, per? pendicular steep, through which, as Boss said, one might as easily pass as through the cliffs of Dover. Along this gleaming rampart Boss ran eastward for 250 miles, and in the succeeding year, 1842, for 200 more without coming to its end, on both of which occasions he reached the high latitude of 7S? south, which has never since been approached by any man. You Know Not Your Fate. If you continue to suffer with indiges? tion you will never know what your faie may be, and it must come sooner or later. Dyspepsia after 3 time will wear your system and digestive organs away an^ you will be worlhless to yourself and obnoxious to others. Begin immediately to remedy the evil by taking Westmore? land's Calisaya Tonic, the greatest reme? dy known for a torpid liver and diseas? ed blood. It will set the liver to work, purify the blood and give tone to the whole system. Buy it of your^druggiit. ? A Confederate home hr.s been incor poraled in Missouri. It will shelter Confederate veterans, their wives, widowe aud orphans, ? The black spot just discovered on the sun is 24,000 miles wide, [E XXIV.--NO. 3. ALL SORTS OF PARAGRAPHS, ? Missouri has set apart $2,000 for wolf scalps for 1889 and 1890. ? The Bible society has issued, up to date, a total of nearly 50,000,000 Bibles. ? KiDg Humbert, of Italy, squandered more than $100,000 during bis four days' visit to Berlin. ? A man at Hawkinsville, Ga., has "beeajnarried twice in the same trousers. They are -10 years old and he still wears 'em. ? Human being? are still sold in the famine stricken distrlcta__of China. A child under 10 brings from - $1 to $1.50. ? D. K. Pearson, the Chicago million? aire, has, during the last few years, given away nearly $800,000 to educational iusti tutions in the west. ? The population of school aj;e in the United States is about 20,000,000. The number of children attending Sunday* school is estimated at 7,000,000. ? Cow's hair is now used in making carpets. The process is described as & cheap one and the product as an improvement on the woolen article. ? It is estimated that 93 to 95 per cent of all the business men of the United States actually fail or become financially embarrassed in the course of their business career. ?The following advertisement recently appeared in a paper: "A middle aged woman, who is capable, honest and. indus? trious, but as homely as a stone fence, wants work." ? Sam Hornsley and Sylvia Cody, both colored, the former aged 75 years and the latter 70, were married recently in Hephzibah, Ga., by O. G. Tarvijr, at the store of E. J. Tarver. ? A man at Hampton, Ohio, bad an .old building torn down and all the nails saved, and when he got through and fig? ured up he found that they bad cost him thirty-three cents per pound. ? That sincere and amiable end of the world crank, the Rev. Mr. Baxter, of Eogland, has revised the date of the great smash up. He now declares that it will occur on the 11th of April, 1891. ? It is estimated that 70,000 Ameri? cans have gone to Europe this season, and that on the average they will spend not less than $1,000 each, making a total of $70,000,000 as a contribution to the old world. ? Mrs, Callahan and Mrs. Rogers are Texan stock raisers, doing business individually for themselves. The first lady is the o wner of 50,000 sheep, and the other is rated at $1,000,000 in cash and live stock. ? An admirable society for the help of bachelors has been started in London. The programme is to provide persons who will sew on buttons, darn, mend and otherwise care for the neglected habili? ments of unwedded gentlemen. I ? There is a woman in a west of Eng : land town who makes a good living by I killing cats. She advertises that if peo? ple who are about to go away for the summer will.send their cats to her she will kill them with chloroform. ' ? A man with an artificial face has been attracting much attention at an English watering place. He had an ar? tificial cheek, eye and palate, fitted by a surgeon at Bristol. He eats without the slighest difficulty and speak3 distinctly. ? The first half of the year 1889 has been disastrous to railroads. According to statistics just published, eight railroadp, with a total of 2,660 miles, and an appa? rent investment of ?125,570,000 have gone into bankruptcy during the past six months. ? John M. Broaius landed in Atlanta four years ago with $150 in his pocket and a chest of tools which were made in 1848. The same man to-day is worth over $300,000. The fortune was made on two patents?an axle for a wagon and a sewing machine. ? We read about a million bushels of wheat, bnt few people realize what'a vast amount it is. Bnt if a million bushels of wheat were loaded on freight cars, 500 bushels to the car, it would fill a train fifteen miles long. If transported by wagons, the line of teams would be 142 miles long. ? We understand that a gentleman living near Westminster has recently fallen heir to about $400,000. This large sum of money comes to him through the death recently of an uncle of his wife, who was living at San Francisco, Califor? nia, who died leaving an estate valued at $8,000,000 to $11,000,000.' ? William .T. Hilton, a wealthy and miserly merchant of Franklyn, Ky., placed a nail keg contaning $30,000 in greenbacks and 4 per cent, government bonds upon a fire a few days ago, and laughed joyfully as he saw the flames devour the paper. Family troubles and business cares had turned his head. ? A bill has been introduced in the Georgia Legislature, now in session, to establish an industrial college for girls, after the plan of the one at Columbus, Miss. It will embrace three departments ?literary, normal and industrial; and the last named department will include stenography, telegraphy, printing, draw? ing, etc. The bill will probably pass, with a very liberal appropriation to carry out its purposes. ? The Woodland (Cal.) Mail states that a party passed through that town with a large wagon loaded with hore hound, which they had gathered in diff? erent parts of Yolo County, It grows wild along Cache Creek and in many other places. They were taking the horshound to Sacramento, where they will bale it abd ship it to Paoria, HI. This is not their first trip into Yolo County for the plant. They have stored at Sacramento nine tons, and with the ton gathered during the last trip, will have sufficient to load a car. They value the ten tons at $750, and will have to pay $200 for freight. They gathered the ten tons in two months. Progress. 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