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BT CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. WE GIVE YOU, ONE AND ALL A Cordial Invitation to come and inspect our i ^ nil 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! EaCH day brings orders from the neighboring Towns of Greenville, Seneca, Belton, Spartanburg and other Towns. Several orders have been received from other States. Why is this? Simply because we carry the largest Stock of Milli ? ry in Upper Carolina. We can fit you up with as stylish a HAT aa 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 Ribbon Hat?New York's latest fad?is our specialty. Be sure and see our French Pattern Hats. * In 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. IDIRJSSS GrOOTDS. 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.7Jc. WHITE GrOOTDS. 'This Department is our pet?we are always tempted to buy pretty White Goods whenever we see tbem. We bought a Tremendous Stock, but they are pretty and cheap. India Lawn at 5c, 10c, 15c, 20c, up to 50c. Plain India Linen at 5c, 9c, 10c, 121c, 15c, 19c, 20c, 22c, 25c, 30c and 50c. Full stock of the New Hemstitched Lawns. Novelties in Bordered Lawns, 42 inches wide. This makes a big saving in making a dress. VanDyke Flouncings and Edge3 are the correct thing for the season. LacsB 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 and $2.00 Patent Lsather Dongola. Glace, Kid, Goat io 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, Manager. THE NEW BLOOD MEDICINE. Compound Syrup of Red Clover! WE wish especially to call the attention of Physicians '.o 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 mnla 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 aod Blood Purifying remedies of the vegetable kingdom. It. will be found much superior to the Blood Purifiers usually sold, and very much cheaper. OKB & SLOAN , ANDERSON, S. C. NEW MACHINERY, NEW PLANT THROUGHOUT, A FULL STOCK OF LUMBER, dressed or undressed, SHINGLES, LATHS, WOOD-WORK, and BUILDING MATERIAL of all kinds. ALL ORDERS EXECUTED PROMPTLY, A CAR LOAD OF DOORS, SASH AND BLINDS, To t>e sold at Bottom Eijym-es. 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 Come and Investigate matters in the Millinery Line. 15ATS from 20c un to $2.50?untrimmod. No. 12 RIBBON only 10c. FLOWERS and PLUMES at all r rices- GAUZE aud TULLE in solid and fancy colors. Now go to the other side, 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 20e and upwards. Just atop around to our WHITE GOODS counter and exuinine these CHECKED MUSLINS, varying from 5c to 35c. APRONETTE! APRONETTE! with fancy bor? der?, in various designs, from 12Jc to 30c. NECESSARY NOVELTIES JUST LISTEN : Rendy-made TENNIS SUITS from 50c to $2.00. JERSEYS, BLOUSES and Chil? dren's KILT SUITS in nil sizes, colors and qualities, from 50e 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 Sc and running to $1.25 per yard. ?8?" I have just returnod from the Northern Markets, and carry? NOTHING BUT STYLISH GOODS. pSr All orders promptly fillad. Miss Lizzie "Williams. Teja?he;i$'Gol,umn, -152^ All communications intended fo this Column should he addressed to D. II RUSSELL, School Commissioner, Ander son, S. C. Any youDg lady who is qualified to teach music can learn of a desirable situ? ation in the country, for the summer, by addressing this office. Miss Julia D. Roberta has ju3t closed a yery successful term at Hunter's Spring, where she has made a fine impression upon both people and pupils. We hope that this is not the last we shall see of her, but that she will again come among us at the opening of the next term. On the 7th of June a competitative examination will be held in this office for a scholarship in the Converse College, at Spartanburg. This scholarship is open to any girl not under thirteen years of age. This is an opportunity for some youDg lady of the County to go to Col? lege, which we hope will be embraced. Any further information in reference to the nature of the examination can be had on application to this office. We bad the pleasure of spending a morning at the Anderson Female Col? lege, and through tho courtesy of Miss Maggie Evans, who has charge during the absence of the President, Rev. A. A. Marshall, we were shown through all the rooms. We listened to recitations in the roomB presided over by Misses Evans aud Watson among the "little folks," all of which were practical and creditable to the efforts of the teachers. In Miss Olive Brown's room we attended the recitations of an Algebra chi3s, and heard Miss Estelle Burries give a ready explanation of elimination by comparison illustrated on the blackboard. In Miss Lucille Nardin's room we found a class wrestling with the intricacies of geometry, and successfully, too. We did not have the pleasure of meeting Miss Varina Brown, she having finished her recitations for the morning, nor of meeting Miss Mat? thews in the Art Room, but wo bad the pleasure of looking at some of her work. Miss Virginia Evans, whom wo found in the Music Room busy with a pupil, favored us with a delighted duett. She needs no commendation at our hands, for she is an authority on music in this community, having taken a thorough course herself at the Bo?ton Conserva? tory last year. These young ladies are all earnestly engaged in their work, and their pupils manifest an interest also. This is the first year of the College, and it has secured an enrollment of nearly one hundred. Considering the difficul? ties in the way?starting without b?ild ings adequate for the purpose, with a faculty and funds to be provided, and the additional fact of the health of the Pres? ident, necessitating his prolonged ab? sence we think the institution has done well, and being equipped with home tal? ent, aud provided with home funds, it deserves well at tho hands of the people of the County, and we hope to see it strike its roots deeper and deeper, and take its place in the front rank of other institutions in the State for the higher education of women. Situ? ated, as we are, at the foot of the Blue Ridge, with all the sanitary conditions surrounding us of the very best^ there is no reasou why a first-class institution should not be built up here if money is put into it. _ Teachers are at leisure now, and we insist upon it that it is their duty to fur? nish something for this column. It is headed "Teachers' Column," and yet very seldom does a line appear from any of tbem. We know that many of our teachers are men and women who think. Put those thoughts iuto words and send them here. Now don't read this and then lay it aside, thinking "tho other fellow" will heed, but heed yourself. It meaus you. Few persons, probably, outside of the patrons are aware of the fact that a school has been taught for several months on Belton street, but such i3 the fact. Mr. Jos C. Stribling has been, since la.it September, quietly engaged in the duties of his school, and we doubt not has given satisfaction to his pa? trons, for his school holds up well, as we found there last week. Mr. Stribling is a teacher of some years' experience, and is an earnest, conscientious teacher, and is striving to do his whole duty toward those under his care. We wish him success, for ho deserves well at the hands of the people. Teachers should tiy to get the parents of the children interested in the school and its work. It is, uuqueilionably, one of tho keys that unlocks the door of success. The school will be talked about', the teacher will be talked about, and it is but natural that the parents will want to know and see something of what their children are talking about, and the way to get them interested about you and your work is to visit them, talk with them and consult with them about your work. No matter how ignorant a man may be, he has ideas and he likes to have respect paid to these ideas, and nothing is to be lost and a great deal is to bo gained by asking him sometimes for a friendly opinion. Especially would we urge upon teachers going into a strange community to early make the acquaint? ance of the parents, and not to stop there, but to cultivate that acquaintance, listen politely to suggestions, think them over, and then adopt or not as your own better judgment may dictate. A capital way is to invite the people to the school house some Friday afternoon aud have the reg? ular programme gone through with, iulerspersed with some little exercises by way of variety, and thus let '.hem see you at your every day work. It might be a gocd idea to have little cards sent out saying "The pupils of Miss ?'s school at home Friday afternoon. The pleasure of your company is solicited," or some? thing like that. We wish some teacher would try this plan or some other, aud report results, for it is a common experi? ence that it is hard to get our people to come to the school house. But at all events, by some means or other, get hold of the parents as well as the pupil.", for the teacher who fails to do this will most likely fall short of success. ANDERSON, S. O., WAS HR. MURRAY "TAMED ?? Antlcrsoii'H Senator Answers the t>ucry for niinself. From (he News ond Courier. Axdeiisox, May 0.?In conversation to day with Senator E. B. Murray, I asked him if he had seen the article at? tacking his votes upon railroad legisla? tion, published in the Prosperity Press and Reporter, to which he replied that he had seen the article, both in the Press and Reporte- and its rcpnblieation in the Kc'iCs and Courier, but that an absence from home and a pressure of business had prevented him so far from making any answer to it. I then asked him if thcro w&b any? thing he wished to say in reference to the matter, and he replied that he hod intended writing a reply to it and asking its publication both in the News and Cou? rier and in the Prm and Reporter, but would be* pleased to avail himself of this opportunity to present the facts to the public. He said : "To begin with, the article signed 'Democrat' and headed 'Fair play de? manded,' was written by some person un? known to me, but evidently intended to injure the in the estimation of the public for some ulterior object which the writer had in view. That your readers may understand it I will quote the portion of the article which refers to me, and which is as follows : " 'I know nothing of the taming pro? cess, but a few facts may bo of interest to the readers of the Press and Reporter. Mr. E. B. Murray, of Anderson County, was a member of the Legislature in 1S82, and waB foremoBt in advocating the pass? age of the bill creating a railroad com? mission of three and giving them power to protect the intetests of the people. At the session of 1SS3 this same gentleman was a leader in having the Act passed at the previous aes?iou bo amended as to take away from tho railroad commission the power that had been granted them by the Act of 1882. Some time io the early part of 1S83 Mr. Murray had been elected a director of the Columbia & Greenville Railroad. I don't pietecd to nay this caused Mr. Murray to make a flank movement, but your readers can draw their own conclusions/ "To put it in plain language, the writer meanly insinuates that because I was elected a director of the Columbia & Greenville Railroad in 1SS3 I changed my vote as to the power of railroad com? mission. This insinuation emanates cither from ignorance or malice, as the record will abundantly prove. In 1878 I voted to establish the oflice of railroad commissioner. When it was proposed in 1881-2 to increase the commission to three members I moved and voted to strike out the enacting words of the bill (House Journal 1881-2-, p. 339.) In the summer of 1SS2 the traffic manageis of the railroads in this State met in Colum? bia and raised the rates of freight very materially, and one of them assigned as the reason that the State was making a fine crop and tho people could afford to pay more freight. This was an out? rageous principle, I thought, and I was willing to meet such an aggression by the experiment of extreme legislation. I supported, in hct was charged with the management of the bill in the House, and made the best fight for it I could. The bill was passed. "In the spring of 18S3 I was requested to accept the position of director of the Columbia & Greenville Railroad, and after consulting several friends and prominent business men in Anderson (among them the Hon. B. F. Crayton, Major P. K. McCully, Gen. W. W. Hum? phreys and the Hon. J. N. Brown) I accepted the position. There was at that time great rivalry between Anderson and Greenville, and our railroad accommo dations were very inferior to Greenville's. We had the mixed passenger and freight trains, and our people were greatly dis? satisfied. The railroad commission gave chem no relief, and they expressed them? selves as glad to have an Anderson man on the board, as Greenville had two able geutlemeu representing her interests on the board. Shortly afterwards the passenger and freight trains were eep erated and the service on the Blue Ridge division was considerably improved. "In the following summer (1883) the commission published their freight rates, which increased greatly the rates of freight to all of the up country towns, I believe, except those towns along the Air Line Railroad, (certainly to all the towns in the County I represented,) from points outside of the State. These rates were injurious to our merchants, of course, but they were especially injurious to all pro? ducers and consumers. It knocked off from every bale of cotton and added to every pound of meat, barrel of flour, or other commodities purchased either North or West. When the Legislature met in 18S3 there was a general demand for the repeal of the law from nearly all of the up country and interior towus. The Ander?on delegation consisted of Senator John B. Moore and Representa? tives Clink-scales, Vandiver, Scudday and Murray. The Anderson Board of Trade sent to them the following preamble and resolutions : " 'Whereas the rates and regulations established by the railroad commissioners for the State have resulted in inconven? ience and injury to our city aud commu? nity at large ; therefore, be it " 'Resolved, That it is the sense of the Board of Trade of Anderson, S. C, that the Bftid railroad commission should be abolished, and that our Senator aud Rep? resentatives be requested to advocate and urge the abolition of said commission, aud, failing in this, then, that they advo? cate a repeal of so much of the Act creat? ing said commission as authorizes them to regulate freight and passenger rates; that, "Resolved further, That copies of these resolutions bo forwarded to our Senator and Representatives in Columbia, S. C. " 'A. B. Towi?its, " 'President Board of Trade.' "See House Journal, 1883, p. 138. "The whole delegation, Senator and Representatives, voted for the repeal of tho commission's power to fix rale?. (House Journal, 18S3, pp 219-201; Sen? ate Journal, p. -126.) I did not vote to abolish the commission entirely, but did favor taking away the power which had proven injurious to my constituents. The commission fixed rales higher for points in my section than wo had with? out the commission'H power. Wheu it was taken away our freights were lowered by tho railroad*. In 1SS9 the Legislature restored the power to fix rates, and freights here have not been reduced by this power, so that it will be seen the power hai never benefited our people, but injured them wbero it had any effect. If you have any doubt m to whether the people of Anderson censured my couise, I would again appeal to the record. "Iu 1SS-1,1SSG and 1SSS I was repeat? edly re-elected County Chairman of the Democratic party. In 188-1 Anderson County instructed her delegates to the Coiigression Convention to vote for the Congressional nomination in this district, and they voted for me for more than one hundred ballots, getting for me the next highest vote to Col. Aikeu, aud coming within six votes of obtaining the nomi? nation. In 1S8G I was elected by the people of Anderson County to the State Senate, the hitrhest position in their gift. I have been repeatedly elected as a rep? resentative in State Conventions and Congressional and circuit conventions, so you see 1 evidently satisfied the people I represented on this matter. "hi addition to theso things I have been repeatedly placed upon the commit? tees appointed by the City Council and the Hoard of Trade to look after Ander 8-ju'rf railroad iulerests, aud when iu the t'HURSDAY MOBNTJ Legislature was invariably entrusted with the management of all railroad leg? islation desired by our people. I would like to give our readers a brief record of the legislation I have secured and attempted to secure on railroad affairs while in the Legislature. In ISS- I introduced the bill, which passed to require railroads to settle with consignees according to the bill of lading instead of requiring them to pay overcharges and await the alow process of pecuring a cor? rection of the errors. The Supreme Court decided that this Act only applied to bills of lading given by tho delivering road, and iu 1SS7' and in 1S88 I intro? duced a bill to make all common carriers settle according to the bill of lading on which they receive freight either from individual or other carriers. This bill passed the Senate. (Journal, 1S87, pages 42, 110, 119, 1883; pages 40, 100,120,) but failed in the House. "The same yenr I introduced a bill, (Journal, pages 43, 109,120,) to requre railroads to keep open an oflice with some officer authorized to act for them in this State, which passed the Senate, but failed in the House. It was intend? ed to avoid the delays in action occa? sioned by having to deal with an officer in another State. Also the same year a bill to prevent railroad consolidations without the consent of the General As? sembly, and the same bill again in 1S8S, (Journal, 1888; pages SO, 187 and 205,) whioh passed the Senate both years, but failed in the House. I introduced the section of the railroad law requiring rail? roads to maintain two waiting rooms at regular stations. In addition to this I put into the Act of 18S3, taking away tho power of the commission to fix freight ratest, a section which reduced the rate of passenger fares on the railroads of this State, (Act, 1883, page 4S6,) so that roads earning over $1,200 per mile could only charge three cents per mile fur first class passage, those between $1,200 and $700 per mile three and a half cents, and those under $700 four cents. Under this section fares on the Columbia and Green? ville Railroad were reduced from five cents to three and a half cents per mile. In 1884, when I was not a member of the Legislature, this provision was amended so as to raise the rate of passage about half a cent a mile on several roads in? cluding tho Columbia and Greenville Railroad. "In 1SS9 I introduced and passed through the Senate a bill to require the Columbia ft Greenville: Railroad to bridge the entire width of Main aud McDuffie streets over their cut in the city of Anderson and it passed the House, and one of the bridges baa neen erected, covering a space of one hundred feet and adding greatly to the conven? ience and appearance of the city. Also a bill to require the railroads in Ander? son to erect and maintain a union pas? senger depot iu Anderson. Also a bill to require all roads running more than fifty miles to run, at least, one passenger traiu each way daily without freight car3 attached. These two last bills passed the Senate, but failed in the House. "It will thus bo seen that my course in the Legislature upon railroad matters was all along in the interest of my con? stituents as I believed. You will, of course, understand that in speaking thus of myself I have done so in order to give tho public the facts as to my attitude on railroad legislation. I am sorry to have tresspassed so much on your space, but it strikes me that 'Democrat' was striking at me for political reasons, and I want him to have the full benefit of all the facts. I believe in criticism of public meu when their nets deserve it, but in common honesty criticism should not de? generate into misrepresentation." How to Raise Cabhngc. I have been thinking for some time that I would give you a few lines on how to raise cabbage in our climate, and as I am housed up to day by sickness and rain, I though it waB a very good lime ; and I guess that your readers, as wall as yourself, will find that I am not accus tomed to writing for the papers. Never? theless, some one may get some benefit from my experience. I will start off by sayiog, almost any one knows how to bow cabbage seeds and when?most any time from the middle of February to tho firat of May. Suppose you want early cabbage, prepare your ground well by plowing deep and close; then put on plenty of cow or hog lot ma? nure. Get the manure well stirred into the soil; don't make great beds to Bet out the plants on, but just make mark?, as it were, to show where to set your plants so as to get the rows straight. The rows ought tp be about thirty inches wide. When your plants get large enough to set out, pull them from the bed carefully and not bruise them, and before you set them be sure that you pinch off at least half of the main tap root, and in order to keep the cut worms, these cold springs we have, from cutting your plautB, as soon as you can get them, put a few china berries around the plant. Work in a hurry, don't matter much how often, and you will soon have cabbage. Rut in order to help along, put on a little ma? nure about every two weeks. Now, if you want late or winter cab? bage, prepare your ground as above stated, and after your plants are set, just work them a little to start them to grow? ing, then let them alone, except to keep the vermin off, and as soon as you see it is fixing to rain, put on a nice coat of cow or hog lot manure (fowl bouse ia good). As soon as the ground gets in good order, then plow or spade deep, plow preferred, being careful not to injure the plants. Then your cabt age will grow. Don't be afraid of getting your garden too rich.?A subscriber at Grccfs, S. C, hi Co/ton Plunf. Dr. Sheldon's Enormous Fee. What is believed to be the largest fee ever paid to a physiciau in a single case was paid by J. H. Flagler, one of the Standard Oil kings, to G. C. Sheldon. A dearly beloved daughter of Mr. Flsger, who afterwards died while cruising on a yacht in Southern waters about a year ago, was lingering between life and death. There were not more than two or three chances out of a hundred that she would ever be able to leave her bed alive. The devoted father announced that, if Dr. Sheldon could relieve tho suffering iu his child and aid her iu recoving, he would give him the largest fen that was ever paid a phy3iciau. Miss Flagler ral? lied aud waj finally able to leave her bed, and in the course of time was suflicieutly strong to drive out. The young heiress to several millions lived to enjoy her great wealth for a long time alter this, and Dr. Sheldon was presented with $200,000 worth of stock iu the Standard Oil Company.?Kama* City Journal. Deafness Can't ho Cured by local applications, as they caunot reach tun diseased portion of the ear. There 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 lube gets inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is enlirely closed Deafness is the rcult, aud unless tho inflammation cau be taken out and this tube restored tri its normal condition, hearing will be de? stroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an iu flamed coudition of the mucous sur? faces. Wc will give Oue Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by Catarrh) that we cannot cure by taking Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. SG, MAY 22, 1890. WHEN SHOULD A ?IRL MARRY 2 Mr.s. Harrison I'ut.s tlio Aro at Twcnly-fivo Yearn. What should be the age i;f the modern bride? Our Washington correspondent propounded tliia interesting query to Mrs, Benjamin Harrison. Said ."he: "Instead of making 22 tho proper age to marry I should make it 25. As a rule a woman b married twe-thirds of her life, and she can easily lend two or three nut of those year's to what ought to be a happy period with every giri, the years betweeu her school days and marriage. "Physically aud mentally a woman is at her best at 25 and that is the time she should marry." "But your marriage took place at a much younger age, dfd it not?" I asked. "Yc-es, I did marry a little younger," she acknowledged laughing. "I was 20, but in those days a girl's education was finished at l? or 17, and there was ao lit? tle for her to do as compared with the present." "Should a girl choose for herdelf ?" said I. "Yes, a3 a rule," replied Mra. President Harrison, "but not when a girl is very young. Marriage cannot concern any but I the parties to it, and they should decide, although I must confess that they some? times make poor work of it." Tho first lady of the land has this to 1 say about marriage for position : "Love and respect, but never position, should decide a woman's choice of a hus? band." Here ore the views of some leading New York society lenders on this topic: Mrs. William Astor thinks twenty-five an excelleut age for a bride, and believes that whatever fitness for matrimony a wr-nan will develop at all will evince it se.i at that time'. Mrs. Astor, herself, however, was wedded at the age of 17, and all her daughters have married before they attained the age of 25. In each case the mnrriage has been an eminently hap? py one, and just why Mrs. Astor in theory approves of more years in a bride it is hard to imagine. Mrs. Frederick Vanderbilt thinks that 25 is the most suitable age for the modern bride, as at that age she is likely to un? derstand her own character and those of the people whose happiness is dependent on her. Mrs. Henry Clews thinks that early marriages aro to he deprecated in most cases. Of course, love is essential to a happy marriage, and is sonsequeutly of more importance than the age of either of the high contracting parties. But a woman who has seen something of the realties and exigencies of life is surely better fitted to bec'vie a happy and a helpful wife than a girl whose sentiment? ality aud unreal idea3 about real things equip her poorly to cope with the responsibilities of married life. Mrs. S. Vau Redsellaer Cruger is fre? quently mentioned as the moat fashiona? ble woman in New York, whatever that may mean. So her opinion on the proper marriageable age ought to carry much weight. "Really," she said, "I scarcely know what to say in reply to such a question. It is so clearly a matter to be decided by circumstances. I think, however, if a woman intends to marry at all the quicker ohe doeB it the better. Some women have found that while they were waiting for the proper marriageable age to come along their marriageable chances had quietly passed them by altogether. Wo all know, after all, that marriage is a lot? tery, and I think women have just as good chances early as late?yoimgas old. The great mistake about marriHge is, that very young bride3 aie apt to compare married life to perfect bliss. Married life, as a fact, is very like single life, hap? py in various degrees, but, from its very uature, never perfect bliss. Indeed, I am getting to believe that all the women ought to marry and marry early, but that the men ought not to marry at all." AIw. Chauncey M. Depew believes very decidedly that 25 is the earliest age at which a woman is apt to make n judicious and happy marriage. "Of course," said Mr. Depew, "there are circumstances un? der which a very young girl can select her husband with almost certain promise of a happy married life, but they are ex? ceptional. A woman scarcely knows her own mind, her own desires, her own character, and certainly not the world, until she has learned what experience alooe will teach. She has seen more and can tell better what her own mind aud heprt require at 25 than at any age pre? ceding. But, after s.ll, marriage is so purely a personal matter that it is hard to decide a proper age by theorizing about it or on goneral principles." Mrs. John R. Brady thinks it very dif? ficult to decide what s hould be the age of the modern bride. She said in effect: "I should say love has no age. The modern brido is no doubt often afllicted with a genuine attack of love, aud in such a case I do not sec why age should be ta? ken iulo consideration. I will say, bow ever, that in my estimation 2-5 is tho most suitable age, under most circumstances, to marry. By that time a womau will doubtless have seen many varieties of men and her experience, even if uncvent ful and unvaried, will enable her to make a more judicious choice than she would have done at an earlier age. But, after all, love has no age, and we can never tell when a womau will fall a victim to the tender passions, so the modern bride may be said to have no abiding age." Mrs. J. BellangecCox, of Philadelphia, does not agree with Mrs. Harrison re? garding the proper marriage age. She said: "It depends altogether upon tho cir? cumstances, i have known many marri? ages at 19 or eveu IS years of age that have resulted most favorably. A young lady who is left oloue iu the world at a young age may lind it much to her ad? vantage to marry early. A strong point in favor of early marriages i3 the greater mutual adaptability at such ages. A young lady at 19 years of nge has n flex? ible nature that is readily moulded and accommodated to another, but as they grow older women become mere fixed in their ways, and they fiud it more and more difficult to bend" and adjust their na? tures to a husband's ways. But then, you uiay reason out all the laws you want re? garding marriage, and no one of them will holt. good. There are strange affini? ties that we cannot explain. "For example, J was in Europe last summer, and with me was a young friend, a beautiful woman. A gentleman who had traveled the world over, moved in the best society and 8cc;i thousands of beauti? ful women, made her acquaintance and the second time lie saw her he fell deeply in love with hor. Now why should he have singled that one girl out of the thousands ho had met ? While there can be no rule iu Hiich matters, 1 believe that early mar? riages result fully as well as any others, allowing, of course, that they are not on tercd upon hastily or Unadvisedly." Mrs. Turner, who, v.s President of the New Century Guild of Workingwomen, has a iarge interest in womankind, said: "I quite agree with Mr.s. Harrison. I think that a woman is much better able to know her own mine, and make a better choice of a husband than at an earlier age, It makes no difference what a man wants a wife for. If the only consideration is a good complexion ho may be suited in a girl of Ki, but if ho is looking for more substantial worth ho will choose a woman of moro mature years. During the past tcu or fifteen years there seems to have been an increasing tendency toward later marriages, and this has been particularly noticeable in recent years. It seems that these wives are just as happy as those who married earlier iu lifo. Doth men and women who mnrry very young are apt not to choose as wisely as they would later." A well known Philadelphia lady, whose marriage occurred some neven or eight yeara later than Mrs. Harrison's limit, hut who desired that hei uame should not be revealed, said: "For many reasons I think it is advis able for women to wait until they have reached I lie age of 25 years, for by that time their mental and physical faculties are fully developed and in order. Thys iology shows that the mortality of women as regards maternity increases as you de? part on either side from the 25th year. The demands of higher education also do not allow a woman to avail herself of all the privileges offered to her before that age. At 25 years of age a woman should have had a liberal share of social enjoy? ments and be prepared to settle down as a wile and mother. The woman who marries very early in life may settle down to family cares at once, but the chances are that a few years later she will realize that she has lost many of the pleasures of single life, and will long for the freedom of early womanhood from which her marriage has shut her off. As I look at the matter every consideration points to 25 years as the most desirable, tbe most prudent and the most happy age for a bride." Mrs. S. Inez Stone of St. Louis, when interrogated concerning Mrs. Harrison's opinion of (he proper age of the modern bride, said: "I think 25 years over young. Girls would do better in my opinion to get all they can out of life before becoming the wife of any man. Marriage is certainly the ultimate goal, I might say the destiny of woman, but good women are never without offers, and, therefore, if girls are wise they will be very choice." Mrs. Charles Harlan said: "I married young myself, and, although as happy as I can be; I think early mar? riages are a mistake. Mrs. Harrison has the right idea. A woman who marries too young has no childhood, and is not, therefore, able to sympathize with her own children in their evsry day troubles. A girl is young and most fascinating at 25, and if she can remain heart-whole till that she can certainly marry to better ad? vantage than if she jumped at an early chauce." Mrs. Martha A. Levier said: "I have written much on the subject of marriages and have always advocated early unions. Marriage is the destiny of the human race. If the Almighty had intended that girls should wait ten years after maturity I think he would have given tliem slower physiological develop? ment. It is a common error to presume that marriage enslaves a woman. She on? ly begins to live and be a happy member of society after she is married and is the mother of a family. What happier lot for a woman than to be the mother of manly boys and beautiful girls, for whom every service is a pleasure. The mothers of this country mould the thought of the century and she is no patriot who would hedge marriage about with difficulties. The law encourages marriage and so do all sensible people." Mrs. Nellie Hunt said : "I was married at IG and I never regretted the step. I think early mar? riages a good thing. I want to see my boys and girls married and settled early in life.??New York World. A Step-Mother, A letter from Mr. Keene to his family one morning threw them into great dis? tress. He had been away from them all winter attending the State Legislature, of which he was a member. The letter announced that on the evening of the next day he would be home again and present to his children a new mother. This was the first intimation that they had of any such intention on his part. The long aud full letter he had written them in relation to his impending mar? riage, with an account and characteriza? tion of their new mother, had failed to reach them. But the children, though feeling keenly that their father had not prepared for this new departure, made every preparation for receiving him and his new wife with respect and hospi? tality. There wero two grown daughters, two or three grown sons, and some younger children. The eldest daughter had been at the head of the household since her mother's death, and to her judgment all the children deferred. At the appointed time the father came, bringiug with him a gracious kindly woman with her little daughter. She was evidently touched by the gentle and respectful manner in which she was received, and yet she could not fail to detect the undertone of sadness in the children at seeing the place of their idol? ized molher occupied by a stranger. After prayers were over and the young people went up stairs for the night, tbe elder sister called ihem all into her room and thus addressed them : '"Father has beeu very lonely since mother's death as we all know. He might have prepared us for this, but perhaps he didu't feel as though he could; at all events the new mother is here, and we must make it as easy for her as we can, and as happy for our father. It will bo hard at first to call her mother, but the sooner we begin the easier it will bo. I think we had best begin at once, and make her feel that we are disposed to be filial. I" shall call her mother to morrow, aud I am sure you will all follow my example." The next day" as the new wife was arrangiug her room the eldest daughter found or made occasion to say: ''Mother, wouldn't you like such a disposition of the furniture better than this?" The "mother" let fall what was in her hands aud, turning looked upon her daughter, and the two from thenceforth understood each olher. There was no need of words, and no words passed between them. The other children followed their sister's oxamplc and the family concord was as complete as was possible. Years after this elder sister in narrat? ing these incidents could not too earn? estly rejoice that ?he had had the wis? dom to act as she did in these painful circumstances. Tho Last Word. It was iu a sleeping car aud they thought that every one else was asleep. Trnbably every one had been, but they woke me. When I was enough awake to notice what was goiug on I heard her : "Well, 1 don't care. I think you're real mean. All I want?" "Ye*," broke in he, "all you waut now is the last word, same as vou always have, ain't it?" "Yes, and I'll have it, too," spitefully. "You won't." "See if I don't." "All right!" "All right it is." "Have to mock every word I say, don't you?" "Heavens, no! You never say any? thing worth repealing." "Why do you echo nu>, then ?" "I dou't!" "You do!" "1 don't!" "Shut up !" "I won't.!" "Ugh !" And there was a noise like a man tumbling into his berth. Then we heard, rather softly, as if talking to herself: "I said I'd have the last word, aud I did. 'Ugh' don't count, cause I don't believe it is a word." ? Of the soldiers now in Congress, one hundred and one served iu tho Union and cighty-ouc in the Confederate VOLUM Theological Questions. I Mumforp; Texas, April 23,1890.? Editor* Atlanta Constifvlion?DeRT Sirs : I pride myself on being a subscriber to three of the noble weekly papers pub? lished in the sunny south?The Galveston News, the Atlanta Confituiion and the Courier-Journal?the three papers I con? sider peerless ; containing as they always do so much interesting news, one never tires reading them. I see that you have quite a number of enthusiastic contribu? tors to your most worthy paper, and since it is read by nearly evpry intelligent family in the South, will you be kind enough to allow me a bit of your pre cious space to ask too questions, to wit: 1. What is meant by sinning against the Holy Ghost? 2. Whom did Cain marry, and where did he get his 'rife? These are grave questions too deep for me. I hope that some of your eminent contributors will jiive us a reply. Do you think that Drs. Talraagc and Hay good will favor us with an opinion? and as many othprs as desire to do so. The questions came up in our Sunday school, and I was called on to an?wer them, but as I felt myself unable to give an an? swer, I concluded to ask the question through the columns of the Coiislitution, provided that you would accord me that much space. I am to report to the Sunday-school as soon as I am favored with a reply. With many wishes for the continued success of the dear old Consti tulion, I am, truly yours, J. E. Anderson, Teacher of Bible Class No..l. 1. The sin against the Holy Ghost is thought by some to be blasphemy, as when a man curses his Maker. By others it is thought to be the sin of un? belief. 2. The question concerning Cain's marriage is an old one, which has given a great deal of trouble to Bible students. The marriage of Cain, and the statement that he built a city after the birth of his son Enos, presuppose a considerable population upon the earth. This has puzzled many who have read in the fourth chapter of Genesis the record of only three births, and those all of men, to wit: Cain, Abel and Seth. No wo? man beside Eve is mentioned up to the time Cain's wife is spoken of in a mat? ter-of-fact way. This need not give serious trouble, however, when we remember that only three of Adam's family are mentioned by name, though the third verse of the fifth chapter tells us that Adam lived 130 years before Seth was born, and the next two verses say: "And the days of Adam after be had begotten Seth were 800 years; and he begat sons and daugh? ters. And all the days that Adam lived were 130 years and he died." The statement that he "begat sons and daughters," comes after the mention of Seth's birth; but it should be observed that the record is not rigidly chronologi? cal. Thus in the first and second chap? ters of Genesis the order of creation of animals appears to be different. In the first chapter. the creation of plants and animals is recorded in about the same order that the geologists have assigned to them. In the nineteenth verse of the seeond chapter it appears at first-glance that Adam was created first and the animals were made and brought to him to he named. When read with the con? text, however, it appears simply to refer to animals already created. In passing it is worth while to note that the six day record of the creation found in the Hebrew ecriptures is consistent both with the geological record of the earth's crust and the traditions of other aucient nations,-if we allow that the word day may, in successive banding down through so many age3, have been given as a translation for some other word which meant age or period. The objection to this is the expression, "And the evening and the morning were the first day,' etc.; but when we study the record of the rocks, we find that the geological periods had their zeniths, as it were. The characteristic animals of tho period developed to their greatest proportions'and theu began to fall away as the period waned. Thus there was a time, if we may believe the evidence of the fossil remains, when amphibians were developed to enormous size They subsequently fell away, and are either extinct, or their descendants in this day are pigmies in comparison. The reasonableness of the interptreation of the scriptural day as an age or period is strengthened when we examine the traditional history of early peoples. The Etrurian tradition was that creation took place in six periods of a thousand years each, and that men appeared in the last, after the sun, moon and stars, and all living things had been brought into existence by God. According to the Persian mythology, Orrauzd, the god of light, created, by* his word, the visible world in six periods of a thousaud year3 each, and man was formed last. The Bamians in India said that God made the world and the creatures belonging to it, aud created man, who came forth from tho earth at the divine command, his head protruding first and his body, and life was conveyed into the man. God gave him for companion a woman and the two lived together as man and wife. Unto them were born tour sons of differ? ent temperaments, for whom God made four women, and the four quarters of the earth were peopled by their progency. Josephus says Adam had many sous and daughters and it would be tedious to name them. There was an old Hebrew tradition that Adam had thirty three sons and twenty-three daughters. The population existing at the time of Cain's marriage and the building of the city Enos has been accounted for by another theory. The Scripture speaks of the sons of God and the sons of men, and some suppose that the sons of God wero descendants of Adam, whom God created in his own image, and that the sons of men were an inferior race of men, who already peopled the earth. . There is no foundation for this unlike? ly supposition. The explanadon of the terms, "sons of God," and "sons of men," is easily found in the fact that Cain's (fescendants became very wicked, and the descendants of Seth were disposed to serve God. With the birth of Seth's son the sacred writer says, "Then began men to call upon the name of the Lord." When the sons of God began to marry the daughters of men, it is recorded that men became very wicked, and then it was that God repented that he had crea? ted them, and brought the flood to des'rny them. Johnny's Progress in Physiology. The followiug heretofore unheard of information in regard to breath and breathing was made in Kentucky recently by a school boy of 12 years whe wrote an essay on the subject: We breathe with our lungs, our lights, our kidneys and livers. If it wasn't for our breath we could die when we slept. Our breath keeps the life a going through the nose when we arc asleep. Boys who stay in a room all dav should not breath. They should wail until they get out in the fresh air. Boys in a room make bad air called carboni cide. Carbonicide is as poisonous ni mad dogs. A lot of soldiers were onc( in a black hole iu Calcutta and carboni cide got in there and killed them. Girli sometimes ruin their breath with corset: that squeeze the diagram. A big dia? gram is best for the right kind of breath iug."?Medical Classics. ? The total amount of the cottoi crop now in sight is G,9S4,413 bales against G,G9o,71S up to tb:8 date o 1889. E XXIV.- -NO. 46 ALL SORTS OF PARAGRAPHS. ? It is a thankless world. A man gets no credit when he pays cash. ? A Christian is a man who is restor? ing God's likeness to his character. ? Montana is the only one of the new States without a dollar's indebted? ness. ? The population of New Orleans has increased 120,000 in ten years. It is now ."i-IG.OOO. ? The unmarried ladies of Massachu-' sets have $29,000,000 on deposit in the savings banks of that State. ? Photographers are the most charita? ble of meD, for they are always anxious to take the best view of their fellow creatures. ? If there is ever a time v/hen it's a blessing for a man to be blind It is when he is in love. He can't see what a fool he is making of himself. ? Mrs. M. A. Schaefer, of Monroe, Ga., has held the post-office at that place for twenty-three years, and has never lost a day on account of illness. ? Papa?"If I have to speak to you again I'll whip you." The Terror?"Say, papa, what did you have a little boy for if you can't get along with him any better than you do." ? An Ohio business man is afflicted with paralysis of a very singular kind. His legs are powerless from dark to day? light, when he recovers the use of them again. ? A lady wishes to know the best way to mark table linen. Blackberry pie is our choice, although a baby with a gravy dish is highly esteemed by many.?New York b'ctvs, ? One-sixth'of tbe bituminous pig iron made in the United States is now pros? ducedin three Southern States, and this amounts to one ton in nine in all of tbe pig iron. ? A shoe trade journal says that the best time to get fitted to shoes is the lat? ter part of the day. The feet are then at their maximum of size and sensitive* ness. ? How absurb for newspapers to pub? lish, "Rules for Husband.'1 Any sort of' wife can prescribe better rules for a huB band than he can find in any newspa- ? per. ? There are three men in the Oregon State prison, each of whom cut off a hand to avoid work. They are confined in sol? itary cells. Two others cut off the ends of their fingers. ? Atlanta wants an elephant, not a white elephant, but a true elephant, with a snout, tail and four lego, and the little boys and girls of the city have set about to raise the money to buy one. ? A lamp chimney dealer advises his customers thusly: "Although it isn't to my interest to say it, kerosene will clean a chimney much better than soap, and make it less liable to crack." ? It is the fashion in Chicago for men to buy their wives' bonnets. The millin? ers like the change, and say that as a general thing a man knows better than a woman what is suited for her. ? Nine thousand millions of dollars are said to have been expended on the con? struction and equipment of railroads in the United States, and still the work goes on. The average cost of constoction per mile is about $30,000. ? John Wesley Haslett, of Kaunas City, Mo., claims the championship belt in a novel branch of industry. He is the "sticker" for a packing company, and claims that in fourteen years' service he has slain 8..400.000 hogs. ? A Farm Journal says that a cow can be prevented from kicking by tying her hind legs together. Perhaps so, bat a man can't be prevented from kicking by tying his hind legs together. He would "kick" if he had no legs. That's his na? ture. ? "Well," said Mr. Hiflier, angrily, to hid wife, "there isn't a person in this world who regrets being married more than I do." "Don't be too sure of that, dear," was his better half's comment, "till you hear my opinion on the question."? Philadelphia Times. ? It is a common occurrence for chil? dren to get beans, grains of corn and other foreign substances up their noses. This simple remedy is worth remembering: Get the child to open its mouth, ayplying your mouth over it, and blow hard. The offending substance will be expelled from its nose. . ? A large meteor wasseen from Mason City and other places in Iowa and struck somewhere near Blue Earth, Minn. The sound made as it passed through the air resembled the noise of heavy cannon. It Jeft a long streak of fire and "smoke, which did not disappear for some time. ? "Ma, I've an idea that some of the folks in this graveyard havent gone to heaven." "You don't say! What makes you think they havent?" "Because I read it on the tombstones." "No!" "Yes, I did though. It was carved on ever so many, 'Peace to his ashes.' Now, there isn't any ashes 'cept where its very hot, is there, ma ?" ? A Christian may enjoy a calm and inward peace, whiie he sustains the storm of outward trouble. If he enjoys the former he may expect the latter; if he suffers the latter he may expect the for? mer. There is no spring without its fall; no summer without its winter. ? Harry?Sho has jilted me and I know I shall die. The disappointment will kill me ! Aunt Hannah?1 know how disappointments affect one, Harry. But you'll get over it. I felt just as you do now when I set that yaller hen on thir? teen egg? aud only got just one poor chick out of the lot. ? A remarkable coincidence is report? ed from West Virginia. A census of Elm Grove was taken, prepatory to incorpor? ating the village as a towa, with the fol? lowing result: Number of males over 21 years of age, 14S; number of males un? der 21 years of age, 148; number of fe? males over 1G years of age, 14S; number of females under 1G years of age, 148; grand total, 592. ? Upton Bruce, colored, living with the Rev. Mr. Curtiss, near Grcomc, Prince George's county, died recently. His death resulted from his appetite for supper. The meal consisted of two and a half pounds of cheese, a quart of boiled navy beans, three pounds of cakes and the same of crackers washed down with a half gallon of sweet cider. He failed to digest the cheese, and although a doc? tor was called in he was beyond medical skill.?Baltimore Amcriean. ? George Zimmer, a farmer of Mays ville, Ind., saturated the hides of his cows with kerosene oil to kiil the vermin, and afterwards took a red ho*, iron and started to brand one of the cowt'. when in an in? stant the animal was enveloped in flames. A stampede followed. The burning cow mingled with the rest of the herd until all eight of them were a mass of flames. They rushed into a barn, setting fire to it. A hay stack was ignited and consumed, and pandemonium reigned. The barn was saved. When all was over it was found that the vermin were dead?and so were the cows. Gratifying to All. The high position attained and the universal acceptance and approval of the pleasant liquid fruit remedy, Syrup of Figs, as the most excellent laxative known illustrates the value of the qualities on which its success is based and are abun? dantly gratifying to tho California Fig Syrup Company.