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BT CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. WE GIVE YOU, ONE AND ALL, A Cordial Invitation to come and inspect our n HI ? PRING. 1890, Will ng be remembered for its Pretty Goods, and we have used every means to select for you only the Choicest things of the Season! Our Millinery Department We are Proud Of! JL A.CH day brings orders from the neighboring Towns of Greenville, Seneca, Betton, Spartanburg and other Towns. Several orders have been received from other States. Why iB this? Simply because we carry the largest Stock of Milli ry in Upper Carolina. We can fit you up with as stylish a HAT as can be built in any of the larger . cities, Trimmed Hats from 25c up. . Flowers, Ribbons and Laces in endless variety. Leghorn and Lace Flats are favorites for the little ones. The Famous Ribbou Hat?New York's latest fad?is our specialty. Be sure and Bee our French Pattern Hats. Iu this Department you will find always on hand a complete stock of Butte rick's Patterns. We are Butterick's agent for Anderson, and you can't buy them except through us. DEESS O-OOIDS This Department is replete with all the choice things of the Season. . French Pattern Suits at $8.50, $10.00, $12.50 and $15.00. A Lady buying one of these will have the only one of the kind, as they are all different. Trimmings to match all shades. Mohairs in all the popular shades, Half wool Dress Goods at 7?c. \ / WHITE O-OOIDS. This Department is our pet?we are always tempted to buy pretty White Goods wheneT >r we see thorn. We bought a Tremendous Stock, but they are pretty and cheap 7 da Lawn at 5c, 10c, 15c, 20c, up to 50c.. . ) ain India Linen at 5c, 9c, 10c, 124c, 15c, 19c, 20c, 22c, 25c, 30c and 50c. all stock of the New Hemstitched Lawns, lovelties in Bordered Lawns, 42 inches wide. This makes a big aaviug in m mg a dress. . VanDyke Flouncingo and Edges are the correct thing for the season. Laces of all kinds. Drapery Nets 50c, 75c, up to $2.00. Parasols from 25c to $10.00. Our Puritan Silk Sun Umbrella is warranted by the manufacturers not to split Gloria Parasols at 95c. Mourning Parasols. Full line of Low Cut Shoes, Our line of Oxford Ties is complete?75c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 aud $2.00 Patent Leather Dongola. Glace, Kid, Goat in Common Sense and Opera Toe. We have scarcely commenced to tell you of our Stock, but our space is already taken up, so we will have to finish next week. Yours truly, '9 Manager. THE NEW BLOOD MEDICINE. Gompound Syrup of Red Clover! WE wish especially to call the attention of Physicians . ? to the above remedy, and ask that they examine into its _ merits before making their prescriptions for the usual Spring disorders. We would be glad to furnish the for mula for this preparation to any Physician who will call at. our Store. This Syrup combines, in an agreeable form, the medicinal properties of the more recently dis? covered and most approved Alterative, Tonic and Blood Purifying remedies of the vegetable kingdom. It will be found much superior to the Blood Purifiers usually sold, and very much cheaper. ORR & SLOAN , ANDERSON, S.O. SULLIVAN MANUFACTURING CO. NEW MACHINERY, NEW PLANT THROUGHOUT, ; A FULL STOCK OF LUMBER, dressed or undressed, SHINGLES, LATHS, WG0D-W0RK, and BUILDING MATERIAL of all kinds. ALL ORDERS EXECUTED PROMPTLY. A CAR LOAD OF DOORS, SASH AND BLINDS, To Ibe sold at Bottom Figures. Our Works are conveniently located near the C. & G. Depot, with Mr. J. H. WREN, Superintendent. ASTONISHING, BUT ACCURATE, Are the following Low Prices at the LADIES' STORE. Come and Investigate matters in the Millinery Line. TT Airs from 20c up to $2.50?untrimmed. No. 12 RIBBON only 10c. FLOWERS and PLUMES at all prices. GAUEE and TULLE in solid and fancy colors. Now go to the other 3ide, where you will find ROBES, SUITINGS and DRESS GOODS in all the new shades and designs. SILKS.' SILKS ! CHINA SURA HS and BROCADES from 50c to $2.50 per yard. VELVETS at 20c and upwards. Juat step around to our WHITE GOODS counter aud cxaruine these CHECKED MUSLINS, varying from 6c to 3?c. APRONETTE! APRONETTE! with fancy bor? ders, in various designs, from 12Jc to 30c. NECESSARY NOVELTIES JUST LISTEN : Ready-made TENNIS SUITS from 50c to $2.00. JERSEYS, BLOUSES and Chil dreu's KILT SUITS in all sizes, colors aud qualities, from 50c to $2.50. Misses' and Ladies' CORSETS as low as 25c?also look at our Special Ventilating. Latest styles in PARASOLS ! THREAD GLOVES at 10c. Ladies' Hemstitched HANDKER? CHIEFS only 5c, leading to our specialties at 25c and 30c. LACE and EMBROIDERY beginning at 2c and running to $1.25 per yard. I have just returned from the Northern Markets, and carry? N?THENS BUT STYLISH GOODS. g?r All orders promptly fllleA. Miss Lizzie William s. TljA?HEjr^'GoLUMN, All communications, intended fo this Column should be addressed to D. H RUSSELL, School Commissioner, Ander son, S. C. What teachers do with their spare time is a very important consideration. Now that most of them are out of the school room for some months, what will they do in the interval? Will they feel that it is a burden that they have dropped with a Bigh of relief and turn away from it and cease all mental effort? Or will they look upon it as a season of needed rest and more thorough preparation for greater and better work in the future, a season lor gathering together their pow? ers, for husbanding a?d arranging their mental resources, a season of preparation for taking hold of things with a fresh grip. Let us learn a lesson from nature which, while seemingly in repose, is locking up and Btoring away iu her em? brace fresh supplies of plant food, and when spring comes she bursts forth with a glorious resurrection. Do not dismiss from your minds absolutely, all thoughts of your school work, but pass your win? ter's' work in review, see where you could have made an improvement, and note carefully your mistakes; for you will find that you have made them, and thus you will be ou guard not to make the same mistake the second time. Guard against anything like a feeling of self satisfac? tion, for the self-satisfied teacher is in danger of becoming fossilized, and fos? sils are fit only for cabinets and muse urns. And then it is important what teachers do with their spare time after school hours. Best, both mental and physical, is absolutely essential, but do not allow yourself to rust. Change of employment is often most grateful rest. Above all don't use tbe spare moments in filling the mind with trashy fiction while there is so much of a standard na? ture to be bad, aud especially acquire and store away for future use large quantities of useful information, which will afford you a fund, drafts upon which will never go to protest, and make your presence in the school room a constant source of delight to your pupils, and will help to make you what you ouejht to be, a professional teacher, and hence en? hance the value set upon your services by the world. We BpeDt a pleasant hour or two re? cently at the Anderson Home School, which, as everybody knows, is presided Dverby Mies Lenora Hubbard, with two, competent assistants in the person of her siBter, Miss Gussie, and Miss Minnie Wil?on. These teachers are all "to the manor born," and teach, largely, because ihey love to, and the success which has crowned the effort of the Principal to ouild up a first class Home School avery citizen of the city feel3 a just pride in. It is a part and parcel of as, and from small beginnings has grown to its present enlarged proportions, and such has been its growth that last year more room had become absolutely neces? sary, and this additional room has been [tiled, until now the institution numbers so its roil more than one hundred pupils, ind its average daily attendance is about ninety. All about are evidences of or? der, system and method, and there is about the head of it an assurance of reserve power that insures ready and prompt obedience. One feels upon entering that he is in an atmosphere of progress, and he sees and knows it when classes come to recite, for there is evi? dence of .thoroughness of preparation that is quite refreshing to sec More than seventy-five per cent, of the pupils are studying grammar, which is about high water mark on this branch of study. In MissGussie's room we ''"d the pleas? ure of conducting one o; recitations in geography, tbe pupils ot which were especially bright and eager in their re? sponses. In Miss Minnie's room the little toddlers took pleasure in showing specimens of their writing and drawing, and all in the room could read and write, and some could "say the multiplication table." The patrons of this school do not and need not feel uneasy about it, but we would say them to do as we did, go and see for yourselves, and go often and you will be welcome, too. At Deuver last week we found Miss Carrie Watkina, like a faithful sentinel on duty, still at her post. And to our surprise and delight *ve found her with a present enrollment of thirty-seven, all ot whom were present that day except four. This speaks well for the community, and tell, in a manner stronger than language, of the hold that the teacher has upon the people. There is no pupil in this school who is not able to read and write, except two very email six-year-olds who have just been there two weeks, both of whom could read a little and were trying to write. Think of that, ye teachers, if there are any who have speut the whole wiHter term trying to teach the chil? dren their a b c's, and have scarcely suc? ceeded in doing that. How long will it take you to teach them to read? We spent two or three hours with her classes, and they all did well, and gave evidence of marked progress since our last visit. The copybooks were remarkable for neat? ness, not a blot being seen ou any of tho.v., aud tbe penmanship plain and legible. After a good dinner with friend Eskew, and his hospitable wife, we speut a little more time with the school, and come away wishing that the number of such schools might multiply. The visit to the Denver school com? pletes the circuit of the County. Since November we have been to every white school in the County, and to all of the colored but six or seven. Some of the white schools we have been able to visit the second time, and some few more of them we will see yet before they close. What with one hundred and sixty schools to visit, and the extent of terri? tory to cover, it has been a work that re? quired time and patience. It has required about fifteen hundred miles of driving, and over four months of time, and the results of the work, whether well or ill done, we leave to those who have a right to pass judgment upon the conduct of public officials. ? Dounto others as you would have them "do unto you. lNdeeson, s. c.-, t: the days of was. Arp indulges on Some Meditations There? on, Atlanta Constitution. 'Memorial day?a day of memories! The word comes from the Latin "me mor"?to be mindful of something that the mind is full of. All over the Southern land, from Mary? land to Texas, our people are-commemo? rating the day?a day sacred to the loBt cause and the heroes who fell fighting for Was there ever such a spectacle ? History does not record an instance of a people holding memorial exercises over their own defeat and year after year pay? ing tribute to the dead and honor to the loving patriots. What kind of treason is this that comes with the flowers of spring and where are the traitors ? The scene is enough to make the most relentless foe stop for a moment and wonder at the lasting devotions of a great people to a cause they thought was right ? Can such a people be conquered by force ? Is it not betterjfor the Government to have their love instead of their hate? Memories come thick and fast now. It is twenty nine years since I first saw an army, a great army prepared for fight and desperately iu earnest. It was at Win-, ehester, in the Old Dominion. Joe Johnston was there. He was in the prime and vigor of manhood and looked every inch a soldier, as he sat upon his war horse or galloped away to Borne emi? nence that overlooked the enemy. All that I had read of Napoleon and his marshals came back to me and seemed to be realized. I thought there were at least a hundred thousand men.around Buckle town and Winchester, for I had not learn? ed to estimate them by sight, and every? thing was. magnified and multiplied. The splendidly equipped artillery filled me with awe?the cavalry with admiration; while the sure and steady tread of the infantry gave-confidence most of all. I saw old Joe and wondered how much he knew?how much he could do. Everything was centered in him and de? pended on him. He was then fifty-two years old, but looked about forty. During the whole war I never saw a man who looked so soldierly, so full of fight, so conscious of his powers. The very cut of his hair and whiskers, the quick nervous ness of his motions, the bright intelli? gence of his hazel eyes, the easy, graceful mount into his saddle, the fit of his uniform, and even the set of his polished spurs excited the reverence and trust of every soldier in his command. "Didn't you hear the roosters crow and flop ther wings when old Joe went by ?" said one of the boys. Fighting was an old business to him. It had beeu his life's work, his inspiration. The sound of cannonading was music in his ears, for ho began service as a lieuten aut of artillery. He waB in the Black Hawk war in 1832. He was aide decamp to Gen. Scott in the Semioole war in Flor? ida in 1837, was wounded in the skull and his uniform thirty bullet holes were counted. He ran the boundary line be? tween Texas and the United States in 1S44. Was in the second Florida war in 1846 ; ran the boundary line between the United States and the British provinces in 1844. He was in all the noted battles of Mexico in 184G ; was the first man -to plant a flag on the fortress at Cerro Gor do, and was badly wounded there. He had charge of the survey of Texas in IS 52, and was inspector general of Utah iu 1858. This ia only a part of his varied services as a soldier. No wonder he'd felt at home, when placed in command of the southern army. No wonder that the boyn had faith, and were ready to follow where old Joe led. We follow him front Manassas to Seven Pines, where he was again wounded, and no one-ever doubted his ability to out general the foe. He was always a cour? teous Virginia gentleman. On two occa? sions General Toombs rebelled against his military orders, and swore in his wrath that his boys should not obey them. I was present at one of their interviews concerning the West Point rules that old Joe had ordered to be observed by the brigade comraandery. It began >vith a turbulent defiance from the impetuous Georgians and ended calm and serene with a bottle of apple brandy on the table between them?old Joe's orders were obeyed. Memory goes back to the winter quarters at Centerville in 18G1-2, when the boys lived high and the South was jubilant and everything went merry as a marriage bell. The commissary department was full of supplies. Sugar and coffee nnd flour and lard were issued as rations, and whiskey was abundant in the hospitals. We bought chickens and turkeys aud eggs and apples from the neighboring farms. Wo had colored cooks and lived high, and drove dull care and homesickness away as much as possi? ble. Old Joe gave parties sometimes to relieve the dreary winter of its monotony. I was thinking about one of these and about whom I saw there and about the great big tub of applejack with the lem? ons floating ou'theexhilerating beverage; I was thinking about Generals Wheat and Cheatham, aud Tom Taylor and Forney, and Lucius Lamar, and Benning, and Goulding, and Tom Cooper, and Toombs, and Waddell and Wilcox, and Cowart, and Wilson and a score of others who were there and now are dead?all dead? Cowart?big souled, big mouthed Cowart, whom old Joe summoned before him and sternly demanded why he had made no return? of his receipts and disbursements aB a commissary. "Well, my dear general," said he, "I don't see any use in it. I give the men all tho rations that are given to me. You dou't suppose that I would steal any vi tels from the boys, do you ? God forbid. If we whip these Yankees we will feel so proud we wou't care anything about this ration business, aud if we don't whip 'em wo are all gone to the devil anyhow. So what's the uso?" I was thinking about General Long street, whom the boys called "Old Pele.'' What a magnificent soldier ho was, too, for he was then ooly forty years old and carried himself like a king. How old and fcebio ho looks now, but he is here still an honored survivor of tho lost cause and brings his offerings to Lib dead com EURSDAY MOKNIN rade3 on the Memorial Day. There are but few left of the old West Pointers on either side. Johnston and Longstreet and Beauregard and Early and Kirby Smith are left us, and some more of lesser note. In a few more years there will be nobody to pension on our side, and maybe our foes will be happy. The soldier boys will all be dead, but their graves will continue to be pensioned with flowers. I wouder if the north and south will ever make friends. I am sure they will not at long range, but if we could know each other face to face and hand to hand I reckon we would. It is no trouble at all to feel kind to the northern people who mingle with us and accept our hos? pitality, and our hope is that this north? ern society that is being formed in Geor? gia will come boldly to the front as med? iators and will stop all this crimination and recrimination. I saw our country's flag unfurled from a housetop the other day and it made me sad, for I could not feel that we had much interest in it. It was to me an emblem of power, but not of protection. The fact is, there are times when our people are afraid of it. DuriDg Mr. Cleveland's administration we felt liko we had some voice in the councils of the nation, and the old flag was an emblem of peace, and we loved it, but we don't now. How can a government "expect to prosper when it purposely pro? vokes the hate of one third of its sub? jects? I read a letter to day that was published in Vicksburg by the negro postmaster at Port Gibson, in which ho ?says: "Heretofore I have used policy with these pale faces while under Cleve? land's short aud wicked rule, but lhauk God the bottom rail is on top iu the native State of old Jefferson Davis, who ought to have died before he brought on seces? sion and war. We intend to have our rights in Mississippi, and my wife and the wives of colored men Bhall travel in the same coaches and dine at the same hotels and go to tbe same schools with white women and children. We have the num? bers and the-will, and we aro the equals of the whites in all respects." The poor fool had much more of stuff like that and boasted of beiDg assured that he will be backed by Federal bayo? nets?and I reckon he will. A respecta? ble, competent white woman was turned out of that postoffice to make room for this insolent negro. Since I wrote to Mr. Newsome 1 have had a score of letters from just such dar? keys?some of them anonymous and Borne not. The best written was from Washington city and the negro defended the Madison outrage and said those so called outrages would continue until we repealed our infamous laws that made it a crime for a negro to marry a white wo? man. Of course we know that these bad negroes do not represent the race, but we do know that tbe race is alienated from us, aud for no cause and without reason, while we are taxing ourselves every day to educate them. Our people are getting tired of this ingratitude. Under the present Republican administration of af? fairs the race problem is assuming an alarming aspect. The alienation between the two races at the South is spreading and intensifying. In some localities it would now take but a spark to set a com? munity on fire and the flames would soon spread far and wide and convulse the na? tion. If the south could be let alone there would be no trouble, but our ene? mies at the north are exciting the negroes, and we have in our midst scattered here and there some designing white men who for the sake of gain or office would pre? cipitate us into another bloody war. The universal sentiment of the south is that the negro shall not rule us. The senti? ment of the North is that he shall not rule up there, but shall have a fair chance to do it hero. That is the situation now. What it will be a year from hence no man can tell. _ Bill Aiu\ Hotv lie Won the Jewel "Nathan, you are married, I under? stand," said the governor of Tennessee, addressing a hillside constituent. "Yes, sir, captured the best-looking girl in the whole community. Old Lige Peterson's daughter, Rose. You knowed her, I reckon." "Yes, but I thought that she was en? gaged to Sam Parker." "She was, but I got ahead of him. Tell you how it was. Sho loved Sam powerful, for be is the best circuit-rider we have ever had. I loved Rosa, and was might'ly downcast, for I thought that wan't no use in buckin' agin him. Well, the day for the marriage was set, and a passul of us come to town to see the weddin', for Rose 'lowed that she wan? ted to be married in town, and then take the cars for homo, thereby gittin' a ten mile bridal tower. When we got to town, lo and behold, there was a circus, with mo' horses than a Btrong man could shake a pole at. Rose was mighty keen to go to the show, but Sam says, says be, 'Rose, you know it's agio my religion, an' therefo' we cant go. Stay here till I go an' git the license.' Rose's under jaw drapped. When Sam was gone I says, says I, 'Rose, wouldn't you liko to go to that show?' " 'Yes, but Sam won't take me1' "'That's bad, Rose, fur they've got a world of horses.'" "Then she turned up and began to cry. 'Rose, Bays I, 'if you marry Sam you kan't go lo the show ; that's certain, but if you marry mo I'll take you.' She Bludies a while, and says, says she, 'An' let mo stay to the concert airter the big show's over?" "'Yob.' " 'An' let me look at tbe monkeys all I want to ?" "Tibby sho." " 'An' won't pull an haul me aroun' when I get interested?' "No, sw'.tr I won't.' " 'An' when the show's over will you let mo look at the monkeys again?' "Yes.' " Nath,' said she. putting' her hand mighty loviu'ly on my arm, 'I'm your'n.' Then I jumped up, popped my heoln together, an' in less'n a half hour wc was dun married an' a-looking' at tho mon? keys. That's the way I won that jewel, governor."_ ? Emin Paaha has started for the inte? rior of Africa again with a largo body of Nubiau soldicr?. G, MAY 8, 1890. THE SUR-TREASURY Rill,. A. Wnrulns. to tho Farmers of the South not to bo Caught with Chafl'. Washington, April 27.?Judge Coth rau, Representative from the 3d South Carolina district, has received so many letters of inquiry from ITis constituents In regard to the sub-treasury bill, that be furnishes the following copy of an mswer to one of them, with the hope that Lhrough the News and Courier it may reach all his constituents: House of Representatives U. S,) Washington, April 22,1890. j Mr. A. M. Guy ton, Picrcetown, S. C. -My Dear Sir: Your letter of the 14th instant has been received. In it, writing in behalf of yourself and neighbors, you ask me "please to tell us (you) what the bill (known as the sub treasury bill) proposes to do; also your (my) views uoncerning said bill." Acknowledging at the oulset and to the fullest extent the right of every one af niy constituents to demand of me, as their Representative, at all times, infor? mation upon public questions, I promptly and cheerfully comply with your request. Upon the subject referred to by you, two bills have been introduced in the present Congress, one in the Senate and Dne in the House. I send to you a copy of each of the bills. Upon each of them you will observe the words "by request;" in legislative ethics, this simply means that, tbe Senator [Mr. Vance] and the Representative [Mr. PicklerJ who intro? duced them are not thereby necessarily committed to their support. The bills provide lor the storage, in ware houses of all kinds of farm pro? ducts which are suitable for storage and shipment and not of an immediately perishable nature. These ware houses are to be built all over the country, at an estimated expense, to be borne by the Government, of something like ?50,000, 000. Upon the products so etored certifi? cates shall be issued by the Govern? ment, and to tho amount of SO per cent of the value of the articles so stored the Government shall lend to the holders of these certiGcatcs, or receipts, money at the rate of 1 per cent per annum. The obvious reason of the demand for this extraordinary legislation is the preseut depressed condition of the agri? cultural interests all over the United States, and especially in the Western and Northwestern States. The burning of corn for fuel in the State of Kansas is the raoHt complete and summarized statement of the causo. This is so far from being applicable to the farmers of South Caro liua and of the other Southern States that it may be well to reflect very seri? ously before we give to the proposed measure our support. As I am now serving as your Repre sentative in Congress my last terra, it seems to me that I am in a position to deal with you iu a spirit of the utmost frankness, and altogether freed from any possible charge of demagogy in saying, that I regard the farming interests of the country as embracing it3 very bone and sinew?the mainstay and support of the Government itself. These interests are suffering from over production, and for the want of adequate means to transport the tremendous surplus of products to markets beyond our own norders. On account of cheap and fertile lands iu the West and Northwest, the vast tide of immigration that has steadily flowed thither for the last twenty-five years, the bulky nature of their products and their remoteness from tho markets of the East and of tbe world, the prices realized have not been remunerative. Besides, the cost of living and of production has been greatly increased by an-unjust, unneces? sary and oppressive system of tariff taxa? tion, resulting in a widespread and almost universal network of farm mort? gages, given to secure money advanced by Eastern capitalists. The census of the present year, if correctly taken, will be, in this regard, an appalling disclo? sure to the whole country. It required but a single good provision crop in the South, with which we were blessed last year, to bring about the catastrophe and along with it this demand for relief to them (not to us,) which has found expression in the proposed sub-treasury bill. I do not believe that this picture is over-drawn or exaggerated. You may ask how is it with ourselves? Many would doubtlcfs answer, bad enough. In my travels over the district last Hum? mer, which took me once into your own exaellent neighborhood, I did not find a Bingle farmer who attended to his busi? ness half as well as he cuuld have done that was not prospering. I could name a number of them, whom you know as well or better than I do. To come directly to tho point: Sup? pose a Government ware house should be erected at Piercetown, what would you or your neighbors put iu ? Cotton bales are well nigh the only considerable sur? plus products of your farms. Nobody cats cotton; it id too bulky to steal without almost certain and speedy detec? tion of the thief; and if you havo no convenient place for storing it during the time it is held before marketing, a few poles laid upon the ground and a tempo? rary shed of loose planks will suffice for protecting it from the weather. It is not so with the Western farmers'^ products, which must be carefully housed and kept under lock and key. Beside?, what is the effect of withholding these different crops from the market? From 1SG1 to 1SG5 tho world, by some means or other, managed to get on without our cotton crops. In such years as we had from 18S3 to 18S9, if the corn, bacon and Hour that wo required had been in Government ware houses, cornered by law, as this bill proposes to do, ouni instead of theirs would have been the land of mortgages; the contest, as you must see, is an uno qual oue, aud tho odds are all against us. You can get on, for a lime at least, with worn and patched clothing, but a lean and empty larder who can long with? stand ? As bad as some may deem our condi? tion, it ought to aflbril them sonic relief to contrast it with thp.t of others. Take the State of Iowa, for instance. I have already alluded, incidentally, lo com burning Kansas. It appears from the agricultural statistics of Iowa for last year that the average yield of corn, which is their main crop, was 30 bushels per acre, aud the price at the crib 20 cents per bushel?gross yield in money by tbe acre ?G. You can by proper care and atten? tion bring up any acre upon your farm, and that means every acre upon it, to pro? duce a bale of cotton?1,200 pounds in tho seed, which yields 30 bushels of cot? ton seed, the market price of which dur? ing the past season was 20 cents per bushel, the exact equivalent in value of the Iowa farmer's 30 bushels of corn. Besides you have 400 pounds of lint worth 10 cents per pouud against which to charge up the expenses of production, and if itshould take$-10 for that purpose, (which you know is not tbe fact,) you would at least have ?6, the proceeds of the sale of seed, as clear profit. During ray travels over the district last summer I had tbe pleasure of attending several of the Farmers' Alliance meet? ings. I fell; a deep interest in them, heartily approving every effort of the country to better their condition. Like all tho rest of mankind they, too, make mistakes. I ventured iu a modest way to point out some of these. The burden of their efforts seemed to be how and where to buy tbe cheapest. That I told them was very well, but it is not the raain thing. There is never much trou? ble to buy, if one has the money with which to buy. It is vastly more impor? tant to have something to sell. And so it is with one of tbe features of this sub-treasury scheme which is so well calculated to catch gudgeons, by holding out the offer of lending money at a cheap rate of interest. It matters not what the rate of interest is, in the end you will find that you have to foot the bill. The preseut indebtedness of the Government, whose mainstay and sup? port you are, is iu round numbers 1,400 million dollars, requiring nearly 50 mil? lion dollars to meet the annual interest. Now bow does it strike you as a financial policy fo: one who owes 1,400 million dollars bearing interest at 3 and 4 per cent to lend out bis money at one per cent per annum, to say nothing of paying out other millions for ware houses, for salarized olficials and so on, in order to get a chance to commitjsuch stupendous folly'? Common sense, sound reason and good judgment are just as necessary in managing the affairs of government as they are in conducting a farm, a store or a bank. Some persons of much financial skill and euergy may handle successfully borrowed mouey. These constitute the exception to the rule. The rule itself is exactly the reverse of this. A lesson of more value to our people than any politico-financial device that can be conceived of is to be found in the practical precept, borrow not at all. In the frankness that shall character? ize Ibis leiter, I warn you against ex? treme men and measures. The old paths are the safest. Very soon I shall take my place with you again in the ranks, and for my own part, in the struggle that lies just ahead of us, I pray that we may have the best, the truest aud the wisest of leaders. Accepting as you have done in the utmost good faith tbe results of the late war, having adapted yourselves as best you could to the changed condi? tion in your affairs, you do not realize the bitter prejudice that the Republican politiciaas still have towards you. They are fully determined, if they can, to pass the bill now peuding in Congress, to reg? ulate aud control the Federal elections in the Stales. Its machinery, meant solely for the Southern States, is to be Bet in motion upon tbe petition of five hundred voters in any one of the Con? gressional districts. These will readily be found in every Congressional district of tho States lately engaged in the rebel? lion (so-called) and not in one of the States that adhered to the Union. Should tho bill become a law the strug? gles of 1S7G will be renewed in South Carolina, and you will need all of the wisdom, all of the moderation, all of the enthusiasm and devotion which that splendid victory would have been turned into disastrous defeat There are other grave and important questions that I'would gladly bring to your attention, and many other strong reasons that might be given in opposition to this proposed raid upon the treasury, but this. letter has been extended far beyond the limits proposed at the outset. I would like to Call your attention to the unholy alliance between the farmers of tho West and the Knights of Labor, which bodes no good to us. See their effort already made to depress about the only exclusively Southern industry, cotton seed oil, by the passage of what is 1 known as the compound lard bill. Look at the exorbitant demand for pensions, already requiring more than one hundred million dollars annually, and the end not yet. It ha3 been ju?t cause of pride with us that our regular army is so small aud inexpensive, and to day no monarchy in the Old World pays as much to keep up its standing array as wo pay for pen? sions. I have refrained from stating the con? stitutional objection to the sub-treasury bill; that is of the nature of technical law, but for that matter all law is tech? nical ; thi i objection is so obvious that I hazard little in saying that I do not believe the bill will ever be reported by the committee to which it has bceu referred. If it Ehould be, and should bypassed by the two houses of Con? gress, I do not believe the President will approve it, and 1 have no doubt but that the Suprome Court would declare it to bo uncoustitutionnl. There i3 nowarrautin the Constitution for the Government ever becoming a raouey-lcnder. It has tbe power by various methods to levy taxes, to borrow money on the credit of the United States, to regulate commerce with foreign coun I tries and between the States; and there arc sundry other powers delegated to it by tho States, but by uo process of con? struction, however strained, unless it be as boys' at school sometimes get the answer to their sums, by "forging," can this time honored though much abused instrument be made to yield such a r?sult, Tho matter of greatest concern to the people of South Carolina is the preserva? tion of tho integrity aud political supremacy of the white race, which can VOLUME alone secure the perpetuity of the present form and methods of good government. The experiment of carpet-bag, scalawag and negro rule has been tried and endured as long as it was possible to bear it. But when I hear wholesale charges of profligacy and corruption made against those who have faithfully discharged their official duties in every department of the State government, charges unsupported by a tittle ot proof, and too often listened to with willing ears, I can but fear that many are beginning to regard our deliverance as assured for all time, and that for its continuance little or no vigilance is required. Accept my thanks for the opportunity afforded by your letter of giving to you and to others this expression of my views, and trusting if they are correct, as I believe them to be, that you will concur in them, I am very respectfully and t ruly yours, ? J. S. Cothrakt. The Courting of a Widow. This letter from a widow of New Jersey propounds a very interesting question : "I am a widow. My husband has been dead thirteen months. A gentlemen of high standing, independent position and most honorable reputation, whom I have known personally for many years, desires to pay me his addresses with a view to marriage, and has frankly asked permis? sion to do so. Is it proper for me to con? sent? Or does he display a lack of courtesy and good manners in making such advances so soon after my husband's death ?" Under the conventional rule of society a widow may marry again a year after the death of her husband. That implies, of course, that she may be wooed sooner, and how much sooner depends on the state of her heart. It may happen, and it often does happen, that the very pro? foundly of her grief and the depth of her attachment to the lost, render her pecu? liarly susceptihlo to new demonstrations of affection. Her wounded spirit craves sympathy and consolation, and iu her loneliness and despair she feels the need of a strong arm to lean upon and a trust? ing heart upon which to rely. Her wscds, her down cast eyes, her gentle sorrow, patient suffering, and attitude of depen? dence make a powerful appeal to every manly breast, especially if she bo young and pretty. Such a widow is always: in? teresting, oftentimes absolutely irresisti? ble. Even the loveliest of maidens may well look upon her as a dangerous iival, though she enters into no formal conpe tion with them, and invites tender regard by reason of the charm of her widowhood only. How soon after her bereavement these evidences of her power will bring a reel? ing of pleasure to the mourniDg heart of a widow, depends probably on circum? stances and her temperament. Some people rebound sooner than others, ? In case the man capable of restoring elasticity to the unstrung heart may be close at band, and in another he may be long in coming. Mere concern for conventionality may lead one widow to stifle any new affection as soon as it has birth, while another will tend and cultivate it, howsoever great may be self accusation. The feeling of the duty of grief for the dead may be more irrepres? sible in one than another, and yet the reality of the mourning in each may be the same. Therefore we say to the inquiring widow of New Jersey, consult your own heart in this matter. It has evidently been touched. You would not write to us otherwise. The affection which you have awakened brings joy to your mind, despite its misgivings, and those misgivings come not so much from the memory of the dead as from fear that you will over step propriety if you don't entertain them. As for the man who would woo you, who seems already to have already wooed you to good purpose, we applaud his spirit and admire his method, so bold, so frank, and so straightforward. He has not beaten about the bush with hints, sighs, amorous glances and timid forsbo dings, but has advanced directly and courageously to the attack. He is in love with you, wants to marry you, and he has told you so in plain words. Is that to "display a lack of courtesy agd good manners ?" It is to show the highest courtesy and good manners. If he has come too early, if your heart is still in the grave, you have only to tell him so as squarely as he has told you of his living affection. But manifestly he has not come too soon, and ho honors you by his proffer. May the sun shine gloriously in New Jersey on the wedding day, and may joy attend your new venture into matrimony. ?New York Sim. Dcafiiess Can't be Cared by local applications, as tbey cannot reach tho diseased portiou of the ear. Th ?re is only one way to cure Deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Euitachian Tube. When this tube gets inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed Deafuess is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will bo de? stroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous sur? faces. We will give One Hundred Dolla:ra for any case of Deafness (caused by Catarrh) that wo cannot cure by taking Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0. ? Says the Nashville American of Sunday: "Secretary Hite was sent yes? terday a sample of cotton with a hisitory. The cotton came from a bale raised, near West Point Miss., in 1SG3. The man who raised the cotton was offered 42 cent3 per pound for it in 1SG4, but refused to take it. He has been holding for a rise that never came, and on March 19 last he sold it for ten cents per pound. Estimat? ing the bale to weigh 500 pounds, and counting simple interest on the mouey at G per cent, the planter lost $487.(50 by not disposing of it twenty six years ago. The cotton is perfectly sound and as go 3d as when taken from tho Held,''' XXIV.?NO. 44. ALL SORTS OF PARAGRAPHS, ? Keuitnler, tbe New York convict, is to be executed by electricity this week. He is resigned to bis fate. ? Land in tbe financial section of Broadway, New York, recently sold at the rate of seven million dollars per acre. ? The sum and substance of all the preparations needed for eternity is to believe what the Bible tells us and do what the Bible bids us do. ? At one time in a man's life he is too young to know what be says, and at another he is too old to say what he knows. ? About the only pleasure some men take in knowing a thing is laughing at the ignorance of a man who does not know it. ? The greatest elevation ever attained by a balloonist was 37,060 feet, or about seven miles. The ascent was made Sep? tember 5,1862, at Wolverbampton, Eng? land. ? When Cleveland went out of office he left a surplus of $100,000,000 in the treasury. When Harrison goes oat there will be only a hole in tbe ground. ? A Georgia editor saya: "In remitting your subscription, do not say, 'Please find enclosed one dollar.' We are bound to be pleased without asking." ? Do you ever think, when you are wasting your money, that unless you reform, the men you hate the worst may some day be called upon to help bu? ry you? ? The cosmopolitan character of our* population is illustrated by the fact that it is necessary to distribute tho Bible in twenty-nine languages in Pennsylvania alone. ? "My frien's," said a colored preach? er, "a man's character is like a fence? you can't strengthen it by whitewash, though you can cover up the places where, it i3 worm eaten." ? One who has probably had ezperi ence remarks: "The man who says to .bis wife, 'give me the baby dear, and I will try to put it to sleep,' is greater than he who taketh a city." ? The extreme length of the city of Chicago is twenty-four miles, its extreme width is ten miles, its area is one hundred and seventy-four square miles, and its es? timated population is one million, one hundred thousand. ? A young lady was recently admitted to tbe Massachusetts bar and married her first client. She lacked experience. A lawyer of the other sex would have got all the client's money without marrying him. ? A Philadelphia man says that the last time bis wife said "yes" willingly to anything he was interested in, was when he proposed to marry her. She would, no doubt, be happier to day if she had not made an exception on that occa? sion. ? A bishop was at a dinner party one night, and a waiter carelessly upset into his lap a bowl of hot soup. He glanced around with an agonizing look upon his features, and then exclaimed, "Will some layman make a remark appropriate to the occasion ?" ? "O, Bobby," his mamma said, the other day, "is there f.ny need, of your keeping yourself so covered with dirt all the time?" "Yes, mamma," he answer? ed, with a fine assumption of gravity; "you see I'm made of dirt; and I grow so fast that I couldn't get on at all if I didn't have some dirt on the outside to grow out of." ? Two Florida men cut down a bee tree and secured 700 pounds of honey. When they finished gathering the honey they commenced to investigate the top of tbe tree and found where cranes had built their nests. They gathered up 140 dozen of eggs. It is supposed the gentle? men will buy an incubator and start a cranery. ?In 1805 there were 35 translations of the Scriptures in existence. Since the formation of the British and Foreign Bi? ble society in that'year, ten million dol? lars have been expended in tho work of circulating the Bible, and there are now, counting dialects as well as languages f nearly three hundred translations of the Scriptures. ? The decay of the farming interests in the West during the last twenty years is illustrated by the report of farm mort? gages in Tipton County, Indiana. Tipton is one of the best farming counties in that State. In 1S70 its farm mortgages amounted to 8607,000 in value; in 1880 to $S02,148, and in 1890 to $2,2S7,435, or fifty per cent, of the market value of the real estate in the county. ? Does your cow make milk or beef out of her food ? If you do not know, the sooner you find out, the better it will be. If she makes milk out of it, she is a dairy cow and may be kept. If she makes beef, sell her to tbe butcher at first opportunity. No cow can profitably make both milk and beef out of her food at the same time, any more than a man can satisfactorily serve two masters.? Korthtccstem Agriculturist. ? To destroy vermin on fowls, take a sponge or soft rag, moisten with kerosene with a few drops of carbolic acid added, and rub it gently over the back of the neck, and under the throat, aad a little under the winga, and that fowl will be rid of them. Then rub the same mixture over the perches, pretty well rubbed in once a week, and they will never take possession of tbe chicken house. -- A Meadville, Pa., man tells of a recent battle in that city between a game rooster, and an owl, in which the rooster knocked old "Wisdom" out in less than a minute. The victor was th?n pitted against another rooster, which soon fell before him. The owner of the game then offered to pit him against a bulldog. The match was made and the bird trim? med tbe dog up in a very brief period, coming out of the fight almost as fresh as vihen he began. Gratifying to All. The high position attained and the universal acceptance and approval of the pleasant liquid fruit remedy, Syrup of Figs, as the mostoxcellentlaxativeknown illustrate the value of the.lqualities on which its success is based and are abun? dantly.,'gratifying to .the.California Fig Syrup Company.