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BT CLINKSGALES & LANGSTON. \ ' ?-!-'-?~ WHY ORDER ITrom any otner Max'lcet "wlien THE C. A. HEED MUSIC HOUSE Can and will Save you Money by Buying at Home. OUR Goods are bought in large lota from the Manufacturers for CASH. Our expenses axe much lighter than dealers in larger cities, who sell almost e^^^j^&li^S C A. REED MUSIC HOUSE, ( ANDERSON, ?. C. SEE THE PRICES I how pretty you can be. See ?how Cheap I can sell you Goods. See what lovely Dress Goods I have in stock. See the beautiful Trimmings to match. See how politely you will be served. See if you can beat my Prices. See the endless variety of Goods I offer. s&" In fact, come and see me before you buy your Goods, and SAVE MONEY BY SEEING Yours truly, . A. P. S.--Big line of PANTS at manufacturers' Cost. AGRICULTURAL QOO& The most Popular?the Best Made?come early and buy the "Brooks" or THE "ELL50TT" COTTON PLANTER, Anderson County's Favorite. These Planters are manufactured with great care by the Sullivan Manufacturing Co. Don't delay buying?the de? mand is always great for these implements. THE WEST GUANO DISTRIBUTORS, Made by Sullivan Manufacturing" Co. tfpTo other Distributor can compare with the West. Io im i ist CoiMb Li of General Harilwe! Ever offered, including w* Blacksmith Bellows, and Blacksmith Tools of all kinds, K Steel Plows, Roes, - Plow Stocks, &c, in abundance. BOORS, SASH, BLINDS M MM GOODS. Two Cars Doors, Sash, Blinds, &c, Just Received, SULLIVAN HARDWARE COMPANY. for Infants and Children. ? ?Cftstorla Is so well adapted to cfc?dron Chat I recommend it as superior.to any prescription known to mo." H. A Aacmca, IL DH Ill Bo. Oxford St, Brooklyn, SLY. ( Oafltoria cures Colic, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Eructation, Kills Worms, gives Bleep, and proiaoiC3 di? gestion, "Without injurious medication. Tm: Centacu Compass, 77 Murray Street, N. T. New? Rare and Beautiful Plants, Orchids, &c. LOVERS of fine Plants will find a largo collection of Beautiful and Bare Plants, as well as Novelties of merit. This rich collection Is woll grown, and offered at very low prices. ? ORCHIDS?A very large stock of choice East Indian, American, &c. Hardy Perennials, Roses, Clematis, Pconias, Phloxes, &c. New and Sfanihird Fruits, Rare and Beautiful Trees and Sbrubs, Evergreens. &c. Catalogues on application. 6 JOHN SA?L, Washington, D. C Feh 12,1891 32 Board of Equalization. THE Couniy Board of Equalization of Anderson County, which is composed of the Chairmen of the Township Boards of Assessors of said County, will please moet at the County Auditor's Oflice on the Beoo:iu Tat-dday of Maich next. All Tax Payers who arc dissatisfied with the action of thuir Township Board of As? sessors, iu the way of raising or lowering valuations for taxation, will please attend said meeting, which is the Court, <fc<;., for such things. THOMAS J. WEBB, Auditor for Anderson County. Feb 20,1801 34 2 TeI??hej^'?olumn, All communications intended fb this Oolnm a should be addressed to C. WARDLAW, School Coninnssiorier, An? derson, S. C. MEMORY (JEMS. "We are all equal in death ; the king and the peasant; the rich and the poor are all alike in this respect." ''Death hath a thousand doors to let out life?I shall find one." I have on hand slated cloth. If in any thing I've seemed to delay, I trust I will be excused under the trying circumstances. Most of the Charts are still in this office. I must insist on them being taken out and put to use. I appreciate the many expressions of sympathy received from the teachers, pu? pils, and others, in this hour of affliction. fSjMisses Claudia Parker and Emma Eobinson sent in answers to the questions answered last week, but they came too late for insertion in that issue. The History class of Cedar Grove Academy, taught by Miss R. I. Mc Ninch, sent in answers to the questions asked in this column, but they came too late for insertion last week. Also, Miss Eula Pruitt, a thirteen year old lassie, sent in answers. In the main, these an? swers- are correct, hut there are some incorrectness in both. The following are the names of the pupils of the his? tory class above mentioned: Ida Cope land, Annie Ellison, Mary Cyntba and Sallie Barkley, Carrie, Sallie and Fan? nie Poore, Johnnie Vaughn, Ella and Andrew Johnson and B. F. Bolt. Me Editor : I have often thought of writing a piece for the Teachers' Column, but have neglected to do so until now. I have been teaching school part of each year for the last five, and for the first time since I have been trying to teach, death has entered the school and claimed as it's victim a bright, interesting little boy, Jesse Hanks, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Hanks, of Hall'Township. Josse was horn October 9th, 188S ; died Feb? ruary 20/1891. On the 22nd his remains were laid to rest in the Eocky River cemetery to await the summons of the resurrection morn. He was taken while his heart was young and tender; before his feet had learned to tread the paths of wickedness, before the evil days came, or the years drew nigh when he would say I have no pleasure in'them. We miss his bright face and good recitations, but wo bow with submission to our Father, who doeth all things wells. May the Lord comfort the hearts of the bereaved parents and brother and Bisters. For our Saviour said, "Suffer little children to come unto Me and forbid them not, for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven." Farewell, Jesse; may your teacher and .schoolmates and all your loved ones so live that we will meet you in that upper and better world. G. Ella Spearman. AN AMENDMENT NEEDED. Doubtless yourself, as Commissioner, and every one else who havo thought upon the subject of Common School Education in this State, have felt that there waB something greatly needed to make the masses of the people take more interest in the education of their chil? dren. To illustrate, how uojustly and absurdly the ^present system acts, espe? cially towards the teachers and the chil? dren themselves. The school is opened say in January, and for the first two months, perhaps, the school is so crowd? ed with children that it is impossible to give the attention which the children ought to have, bo that the time thus spent is partially wasted. A very good educator once said that twenty scholars is enough for any teacher to drill as they should be drilled. Even before that time has elapsed, the children begin.to drop off, and the depleting process goes on steadily until the teacher is driven to the desperation of closing the school, father than sit there from day to day with only a few scholars, not enough in some instances to stimulate the teacher in her unthankful task, to say nothing at all of the pay which, with most of the schools that we knovr of, is graded according to the minimum of scholars, not the maximum. Mark you, that the parents, many of them, who ought to bo more interested in tbe echool thau anybody else, abso? lutely take the least, some days sending shoals of scholars, ou other days nono at all, thus worrying and confusing the teacher in all her plans for the better? ment of her pupilo, and leaving her alone in her glory, hopeless and help? less, without any proper enumeration for her services, and stripping the teacher of the poor consolation of feeling that if he or she ha?, worked for almost nothing, without any just appreciation cveu of this, or her unselfish labors. But what if. the remedy? Let us all unite our though?h and se? if there is not a way out of this dilemma. It is plain to every observant man that the same principle of economy applies in education as in other enterprises, that what costs nothing is lightly esteemed. So it is in schooling our children ; be? cause the State has undertaken the job, hence the individual feels no responsi? bility. Now, to properly interest the individual along with the State, I would propose; First, to lay off the State, as Gov? ernor Tillman proposes, iuto School Dis? tricts, with an amaiidajeut to the appro? priation that no District shall receive its pro rala ?haro until it has first supple? mented the State appropriation with an equal amount of local tax; Second, That tho teachers should be graded into three classes, and should be paid accord? ing to urade, and rot according to per capita. This would ensure the teacher against actual pecuniary lo3s, whether the parents usnt their children or not; Third, aftor a man promises to send so many children to make up the school, and then neglects to carry out this moral and legal contract, unless prevented by sickness, require him to pay the teacher ANDERSON, SI C out of bis own pocket for the time he keeps his children at home during school term, unless for the best of reasons. Mr. Commissioner, I hastily throw out these crude suggestions, hoping that you will digest them, and if there be any vir? tue in them, that you will give it the proper direction. T. H. R. QUESTIONS. What State or Colony adopted the Bible as its Constitution ? When was the City of Washington laid off, and when did Congress first meet there? How large was the District of Colum? bia originally, and how large is it now ? What was the name of the first news? paper published iu the United States, and when and where was it published ? When was the Supreme Court of the United States established? Who was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States? The Rest Cure. Drugs must go. Even the moat con? servative people are coming to the con? clusion that drugs do not cure. If one has not fully given up the fallacy of dosing let him stop and consider what gives us health ; surely it is not bad air and food, nor can it be any nauseous compound. What sound body could withstand the drugs given to the poor sick creatures that fill our land? It would sicken a well person, then surely it would ""not reclaim the sick. To get well one should have the moat favorable surroundings, perfect rest for body, mind and nerve3; keep quiet and take plenty of sleepy and stop eating for one, two or three days, and you will be surprised to see how quickly kind nature will come to your relief. One may learn how rapidly repose cures by observing the simple movements of a cat. When indisposed from whatever cause you cannot tempt puss with the freshest new milk even. She finds a quiet, clean, warm place, curls herself up and gently, sleeps it off. If we do not sleep well, we do not live well. People have many theories about sleep. Many who ought to know better advise a hearty meal before going to bed. We think the process of digestion should be well under way before retiring. Quiet, pleasant exercise, such as a slow walk or a rocking chair on the open porch, or better still an hour's drive, conduces wonderfully to refreshing sleep. Late suppers, especially of highly seasoned foods, are really dangerous experiments, and bring on a condition of unrest inter? spersed with horrid dreams and night? mare that is only one remove from apo? plexy. Of course, if one is very hungry and not tired by overwork or muscular exer? tion, a moderately healthful meal and eveu a full meal may be digested and not materially interfere with sleeping. By observing this plan a restful, refresh? ing night is passed, and one gets up with a feeling of vigorous, recuperated' strength, and a sharp, appreciative appe? tite for breakfast that gives strength and vitality of the best sort for the activities of the day. In this day of fast living aud hurry of business our nerves give out. We go to the doctors for a remedy. He gives us stimulants ; for if he gives anything it is a stimulant. "The nerves need strength? ening," he says. Yes; wo know that, and long lor something soothing and restful; but when one looks over the storehouse of drugs he does not see anything that will give the desired effect. It is not there- There are remedies, however, that seem to serve the purpose, but the relief giveu is at the expense of our vitality. If you will turn to kind nature and observe hBr simplest laws, how quickly the tired nerves will be quieted. Abso? lute rest. How few ?nderstand in what that consists. If they keep quiet they think they must eat often, and thus they foil the very object they were seeking as a remedy. A tired stomach can never give strength to tired nerves; but give that organ long intervals of rest between meals, give it time to relieve the over? loaded veins and carry off the effete mat? ter that has clogged the system, and the terrible nervous flying to pieces sensa? tion we are in such dread of will soon disappear.?St. Louir Magazine. Shoes for Horses. "I have been farming about sixteen years and for a few years made a prac? tice of spending from ?20 to S50 per year shoeing and removing shoes, etc., on horses and mulea?because ray fathei did, I presume. It was communicated to me in sonis way, orally or written?do not now remember?that it was a useless expenditure, ao I made up my mind to try and do away with, as far as possible, the expense of shoeing. Since 187GI have been working regularly from eight to twelve muleB- ou my farm, kept from three lo four horeea lor the saddle and harness, and not one shoe has been upon their feet from that d?.te to this?a period of thirteen years. X find they do as well, keep &u fat, do as much work, are as free of lameue?3 and aotc feet as when they were constantly Bhud, and that they are less liable to break and bruise each other's iimbs and not so fond of pawing down Btails, doors, gates, etc., crippling hogs, sheep and goata that come within reach of their feet. I would not have them Bhod if it was dona gratuitously. I think the necessity oi shoeing horses and mules depends altogether upon the locality and work the animals are used for, etc. If kept conBtautly at service upon pikea and rockey roada, Bhoea may be a noceEsity; but upon farm and country roads I have found no necessity for shoeing when tho animals are accus? tomed to service without shoes from the time they are foaled."?Neui Orleans Time*-Democrat. ? "Mrs. Jonea sits at tho window all day as placid as a May morning, and her live small children play hide and seek ou the backatuirs I" "No wonder 1 She uses Salvation Oil for sprains and cuts." ? It is Baid tbat a drunken man will be instantly sobered if a stranger goes up lo him, cocks a revolver under hia noae, aud says: "I have been looking for you j Get ready to dieI" THUKSDAY MOE] BI? ARP>S CHAT. The Old Lawyers who wore Advocates, not Attorneys. Attania Constitution, It is a blessed privilege to a young man to be constantly associated with his se? niors, especially if they be great men and good men. It is the most effectual and delightful education that he can get. Books are a good thing, but it is better to be in daily communion with men who have read and studied the books, and sifted from them all the good that is in them. I was ruminating about the nota? ble men of the olden time?the men to whom I looked up with love and admira? tion. They are all gone, but they left their impress upon the age in which they lived and upon me. The bad is mingled with the good in everything, and it was sad to me to see those great men pass away. One by one they fell before the scythe of the reaper, and I am left alone. Some of my youthful companions are left me, but the men I reverenced are gone. How swiftly and Burely they go. I was thinking about the great lawyers of the Western circuit. About Ho well Oobb and his brother Tom, and the two Doughertys, and Hope Hull, and Junins Hilyer, aud Basil H. Overby, and Judge Jackson and Joseph Henry Lumpkin and Judge Hutchios and Cincinnatus Peeples. What a glorious galaxy of learned and brilliant men?honorable men?men who fought a fair fight, and scorned the tricks of the lawyer's trade. I have often won? dered at the measure of contempt they would have felt for a lawyer who would have stolen a paper, or hid a set of inter? rogatories, or bribed a witness or a juror, or perjured himself to gain a C8se. The influence of a good man does not die with him?whether ne be a lawyer or a doctor, or a preacher, or a merchant, or a farmer or a mechanic, it reaches and a(fect3 the rising generation and per? meates through society, and leaves its impress upon the community in which he lives. Long time ago I beard a Borne merchant say "communities have charac? ters just like individuals. My most relia? ble trade is from the Alpine region in Ohattooga County. It is honorable with that people to pay their debts?to perform their promises. If their crops fails and they can't do it, they will settle fairly and pay the next year, and I don't need any mortgage. Their word is their bond. Bat here iB another country not far away where it is considered smart to-trick a merchant out of hia money. They hide behind trusts and homesteads and force you to boo, and their lawyers are as mean and tricky as they are, bnt it has got to be so that even a good, honest man from that county can hardly get credit in Rome." Now all this comes from contamination. It is just like any other immoral influ? ence. I know i men who moved away from a town because the leading citizens were immoral. They were not true to their marriage vows, and the good men. were afraid to raise their children there If a citizen's immoral influence was con fined 'to his immediate family it would not matter so much, but it does not stop there. Bad conduct, bad habits, and bad principles are catching, just like conta? gious diseases. The tricks of one trades? man will be made an excuse for his na bor to use the same methods. The villainy of one artful lawyer will provoke another to meet trick with trick to gain his case. The responsibility of the lawyers to the community is very groat?greater even than that of the preachers, for tbey are more of them. I have not been in the Western circuit since the war, but the presiding judge told me not long ago that, although the bar was not as gifted and brainy as that of half a century ago, yet it had well maintained its high profes? sional honor and integrity. It does not take the brain work now to practice law that it did half a century ago when the supreme court was in its ? infancy and there were no seventy volumes of precedents established. It took more brain work to establish them than it does now to keep up with them. I recall with never-failing pleasure the great ar? guments of those great men. How we were charmed with their learning, their pathos, their humor and could hardly blame a jury for giving their verdict in favor of the last great speech that was made. Hope Hull was the greatest lawyer. The Doughertys were great ev? ery way, but an advocate in a case whore there was a wife or a widow or some orphan children, I don't think Basil H. Overby had an equal. I recall the sweet melody of his voice as he drew nearer and nearer to the jury, and with teary eyes and quivering lips he almost whispered his Under pleadings in their oars. There is one great advocate still left us | iu this Cherokee region?Augustus R. Wright is very much like Overby in hia peculiar girt*. Too emotional to ever be a great lawyer, he was thereby the greater advocate. Not long ago I looked at him and pondered. There he sat in the courtroom, his battle ground for 40 years?the field of his many victories? victories of mind over human passions? his eyca still pleading aud penetrating in their glance, his clear cut features, and his abundaut bair falling gracefully and half conceaing an intellectual brow, bb heaving over-hautjing eyebrow, and pa? triarchal beard and I wondered how much of his life he had lived, hew much more than most of U9, even if he had died twenty yearo ago. Ho, too, wanted the right Hide of a pathetic case. If it was the wrong side from a legal stand? point he did not care. His victory was greater if the Court and law were against him. He was a giant before a jury and moulded them to his will. He sued the Home Railroad for $20,000 damages for injuries done Colonel James Waddell. There waB no light at the depot when tho train arrived one dark night, and the Colonel Btopped off tho platform aud in? jured his spine by the fall. Ho ling?reu for some weeks, and got well enough to go about with crutches, aud offered to settle with the road for $75, tho amount of hia doctor's bill. Tho road dsolined to pay it, and Judge Wright was employ? ed. Colonel Waddell got worse. Hia spiual troubles seemed to affect his mind, and the judge raised his demand from $20,000 to $40,000, and everybody smiled HNG, MARCH 5, 18 I The railroad had John P. King, of Au? gusta, a great lawyer, and many other lawyers for the defense, hut Judge Wright had the conclusion, and I can never for? get his picture of a live man dead?of the wreck of a lifo?of the swift and pitiful descent of a great mind from all its brilliant prospects down to the gloom of despair and semi-idiocy. De Quincey never wrote like he spoke. He, too, got down to the very whispering of eloquence and everybody was in tears. It was dan? gerous for the opposing counsel to listen to him. I knew well that Jim Waddell was in no such extreme condition, for I was his companion and friend,-and yet I was completely overcome and wept like a child. The jury found for the plaintiff ?35,000, and they did it quickly and the judge was so ashamed of the verdict that he settled it that night for half the amount. Beu Hill was a great lawyer and a i greater advocate. An old man had died in our country leaving a considerable es? tate, but it was embarassed by mortgages, and if these were paid his widow would be penniless. She had two children by a former husband, She had been raised in affluence and was a refined, cultured wo? man, but her second husband proved to be a miserly, selfish man, and he put her in a log cabin daubed with mud and kept her there, notwithstanding a good portion of the property came by her. When she applied for a year's Bupport five good men gave her $10,000. Dr. Miller was one of those men. They desired to make amends to the old lady for her long suffering, and yet the law said they should take into consideration her accustomed manner of life and the condition of the estate as to its indebtedness. Ben Hill represented a creditor with a mortgage of $8,000. If the award to the widow was to stand his clieut would get nothing, and bo he came to Home and made a vigorous assault up < on it. The law was clearly with him, and so was the court. For macy years the widow had lived on les3 than $100. I never saw a lawyer more confident of his case than was Ben Hill, He was willing to allow the widow ?500, but no more. Judge Wright was her counsel. He half clo<;:d his ores and seemed cairn and se? rene while Hill was reading the law and laying his firm foundations. It was agreed between them that the jury should fix the amount and their verdict should be final. Judge Wright had another life wreck to picture and this time a woman. Such an appeal was never heard in that Court room, and although there were only $10, 000 in the administrator's hands that jury increased the award to $12,500 and Ben Hill went home a sadder and a wiser man. 1 recall many cases of this kind and have almost trembled to think what Judge Wright could do with the populace in the olden time. But old father time has mel? lowed him down. With his four score years nearly accomplished he has ceased to oourt the brainy struggles of the forum. He loves his home and his personal comfort more than ever. He enjoys the oompanionship of his family and his friends, but he is alone in hia glory. All his professional contemporaries are gath? ered to their fathers. How sad it is to us all to know that ours must go. One by one they fall like leaves in wintry weath? er. Two of mine have gone recently? two of classmates, and but six are left; six out of forty, and yet I am not old. No, I do not feel old, but they say that I am ; and they call me the "old man." Kind readers, .do not pity me. It ia all right, and I am content. Bill Arp. Jerusalem. A traveller who has recently visited Jerusalem?hia name ia not Talmage? tells of the sensation produced there last month by the introduction of electric light, just four years after gas was first seen there. The electric plant is used in a large flour mill adjoining the supposed site of Calvary and close to the Damas? cus gate. If the Arabs and Jews were filled with wonder by the flaming gas jets in 1887, they are confounded when they Bee the light of electricity in 1S91. Many of them are bo alarmed that they hardly dare to look at it, and the Mo? hammedans call upon the prophet for safety. They ask what it la, where it comes from, and how the magicians make it. When told that it is the same thing as lightning, they become still more mystified, ask how it can be ce.nght or held, and take care to keep at a re? spectful distance from it. "Perhaps," says the traveller, "the day is not far dis? tant when the streets and houses of Je? rusalem may bo lighted by electricity and even when Paleatine, long desolate, shall blossom like the rose." There is reason to beliavo ihat, with the completion of the railroad lino from Jaffa to Jerusalem, and with the con? struction of other now Hues, Palestine will attract far greater multitudes of pil? grims thau have been seen there since tho time of the Crusades According to a recent dispatch in the Sun, a steamer put in Jaffa on Tuesday of last week with 225 passengers who proceeded to Jerusalem, accompanied by a band of musicians. In course of tim6 the children oftfsraol, who once held Palestine, and who yet chant the songs of Jerusalem all over the v-'orld, may bo induced to try to revive the prosperity of tho Holy Land^-AVw Yori Sun, Last year: " Her eyes wore rheumy, weak and red, Her breath?you could smell it afar, She had ringing and dizziness oft in hqr head, ? And the cause of it all wp.b catarrh, Thia year, Her breath is as nweet aa the new meadow hay, Hor oye& are as bright an a star, And tho cau30 of the chaugo, she is ready to uay, Was the Dr. Sago Cure for Caiarrh. Dr. Sage's Caiarrh Remedy will posi? tively cur? Catarrh in the hoad, no matter how bad or of how long standing. Fifty cents, by all druggists. ? A little boy of Utica, N. Y., ono'day recently played letter carrier, and distri? buted through the neighborhood a bundle of old love lettors that his mother had o&ved from her courtship days. $91. >F^l'r:'^lIuten8lTe farming, Atlanta Constitution, Mr. George W. Truitt is a successful farmer on the intensive plan, as every? body knows who has been to the Pied? mont Exposition for the last year or bo. Last fall he and Mrs. Truitt carried off several thousand dollars in prizes for their displays?Mr. Truitt in the pro? ducts ol the farm and Mrs. Truitt in a multitude of exhibits of the houeewife's skill. The picturesque plantation cabin, sur? rounded by a real cotton patch, which attracted so much attention at the pre? vious exposition, was Mr. Truitt's con? ceit. The point of this article is the renais? sance of iutensive farming. A dozen years ago it was much talked of, and the Hon. Farris Furman, its apostle, stirred up a great deal of enthusiasm for the new culture. Since then the idea has been quietly but steadily growing. Each year has raised up some new advocate of the system and in some counties it has been extensively adopted. The scarcity of labor has now made intensive farming a pressing question. It has almost come to be a necessity. The migration of the negroes within the last two years has, in many instances, left the planters with a large crop in the field and nobody to harvest it. This has caused loss and has forced the owners of land to consider means of culture with fewer hands. Happily it has been found, and found to be much more profit? able than the old way. Mr. Truitt says it will be the salvation of the country, and ho has come to the conclusion through experience. . At the request of the Constitution, Mr. Truitt gives a description of the method which, in his pointed words, "brings con; tentment and happiness." Hero is what he says: "There is no question in the minds of observing people that we are drifting to the small farm. In fact, our labor is so disorganized and unreliable that the day of profit on the plantation is gone, except in rare instances where the owner is a man of exceptionable executive abil? ity, and has reduced all his operations down to the most economic business sys? tem. By hard work and constant, unremit? ting attention to details, I have succeed? ed in bringing average poor land up to where it averages a bale to the acre. Of course some land produces more than another. On eighty acres of my indi* vidual crop last year I made 104 baloB, averaging 470 pounds per bale. On sev? enty acres my tenants made'forty-six bales, or on 150 acres of land 150 bales of cotton. This is a plain statement of a simple fact. As to how I do this: "First, I break about one-half of my land with a two horse plow, alternating each year, .plowing very deep. The other half I bed with square-pointed scooters. "I lay off my rows four feet wide, run? ning a scooter in front and a John? son wing the opposite direction in the same furrow. In that furrow I place the cotton seed for fertilizer aa early after Christmas as possible, forty bushels to the acre. About the 10th or 15th of March I put on top of these seed 400 pounds of acid per acre. I find the heavy rains wash the sand into the fur? rows and mix it thoroughly with the Heed, which is very beneficial. Then bed fiat with square-pointed scooters. When the cotton seed cannot be had, I use 500 pounds of gossypium per acre just before planting. On my thirsty land I run a subsoil plow over the fertilizer, ia order to mix it thoroughly with the soil. "On my bottom land I put 1,000 pounds of fertilizer per acre, in the drill and two list furrows, and mix it well with the Boil. With the planting seed I put 250. pounds additional. From the 11th of May to the 20th of June I broad coast 750 pounds per acre ahead of the plowa. On bottom land I use a mould board, making the beds a little higher than on the upland. "Before planting I run a Thomas har? row across the beds ahead of the planter, which destroys the early grass and makes the land fresh and level. With a Brooks' planter I put in two bushels of seed per acre to insure a good stand, using 100 pounds of fertilizer with seed on up land. "As soon as cotton on up land begins to break the crust in coming up, I start my harrows, running them obliquely across the first time, and afterwards, directly across the harrow rows. Then follow with an eighteen-inch scrape and short scooter, running shallow. Then start the hoea, every hand carrying a three-foot stick to measure the distance between hills on all up lands. I plow this onco every twolve days, using, after t.':e first time, a twenty-four-iuch scrape, very flat, plowing up to the first of Au? gust. "On my bottom land I make the rows ?v-2 feet apart, and bring the 3taud down to four feet between hills by taking a 24 inch ecrape and running two furrows r.c:o33 the rowa, leaving a belt of three inches to form the stand. This enables me to plow both ways, leaving but little work to the hoea. This is belter than drop? ping ic the check and insures a better stand, "I find that from the 20th of March to the 10th cf April is the best time to plant cotton. "I havo improved my seed from year to year from the best stalks, until now my cotton is at "least 100 per cent, better thnn it was eight years ago, when I begau_ improving it. "I use ray ctabio znannre by itself, to avoid hauling heavy compost loads." "I do uot know that I could improve cu that pl&u, oven reducing my opera? tions to one-fourth the land I now culti? vate. I do know that a man can make twenty acres pay big money by building it up for all it is worth by fertilizing with peas iu the Spring and rye in the fall?turned under and not cut at all?I follow tho next year with cotton. As an cxamplo of this, threo yearc ago I had a tenant who made twelve bales on twenty acres of land. The following year that was sowed in peas in the Spring and rye in the Fall, and last year it made twenty [ bales of cotton. j "To get the best results from twenty acre? in cotton, etarling with ordinary, _VQLTO i worn-out farmland, tho ;first,thing to be done is to thoroughly terrace the land, in order that there will be no waste from washing. The terraces must be made strong and on a level. When so mado they will not be any trouble after the second year; then prepare and fertilize as above. Deep plowiug in the prepa? ration of land is issential. Alter the plant is up, of course the shallower the cultivation the better. About the 20th of July the cotton should all be topped, as that makes it mature earlier and often saves much damage from the catterpillar. Most people wait too late to top their cotton and consequently fail to get tho real benefit from the operation. "The salvation of this country rests on the intensive Bystem of farming, small acreage, high fertilization, and thorough and rapid working of the crop means profit to the farmer, whereas the old sys? tem means a continued struggle and a miserable hand to-ruouth existence. The one system brings contentment and happiscss, the other only trial, hardship and discontent." Geo. W. Thuitt. Chicago's Tall Tower. Proctor's tower is to be the greatest attraction on the lake front during the world's Columbian exposition. What Eiffel's triumph was to the Paris exposi? tion Proctor's majestic structure will be to the world's fair. Its symmetrical pro? portions will dwarf auy other attraction on the lake front and constitute one of the most striking ieaturea of the exposi | tion. Quite unexpectedly the Executive Committee decided to substitute the Proctor tower for the temple of music at the down town site of the fair. It was I generally understood that the worlds' ! Columbian exposition would pass into history without one grand, distinctive feature, such as characterized the Paris exposition, but Chief Burnham recom? mended that the Proctor tower, with slight modifications, be constructed. The tower will be 1,100 feet high, and above the loftiest girders a flagstaff is to ascend 306 feet, so that the flag that snaps in the breezes of Lake Michigan will bo 1,400 feet above tho base. The Proctor tower, as originally designed, was 1,492 feet high, supported by six iron pillars, that formed a space 375 feet in diameter. As the present lake front park is only 310 feet wide, Chief Burnham recommended that the tower be modified, so as to admit of its construction on the existing area. This will necessarily reduce its height about 300 feet, in order to plant the great steel supports on a solid foundation. The tower is designed to sustain 100,000 persons on the five platforms that are arranged at intermediate points between base and pinnacle. These are reached by swift elevators. One of the advan? tages the tower possesses over M. Eiffel's invention is that the elevators ascend a perpendicular shaft and are not hauled up an incline half the distance. But what is regarded as a greater triumph is the striking grace and beauty of the structure. It is symmetrical, artistic, Btrong, and has been pronounced by experts to be the most daring achieve? ment of American engineering. "The Company ha? already been formed," said a member of the Executive Committee, "and will begin work on the structure as soon as tbe directory agrees to our recommendations, Oae well known capitalist has signified his wil? lingness to take half the stock, so firmly is he convinced that the Proctor tower will be a success. Officers of the com? pany say there can be no doubt of their ability to complete it in time. They have carefully studied the time required and obtained accurate estimates from severaf steel companies as to their facilities for furnishing the material, and say that it can certainly be completed by October, 1892, and dedicated with the building of the exposition."? Chicago Herald. A Keen Retort. There is a Unitarian clergyman who is not without a power of keen retort, and who is none the less gifted with the grace to command his tongue, rather than to allow his tongue to command him. He has in bis congregation, saye the Courier, one of those women who make a pretence of frankness an excuse for rudeness, and who are given to boasting that they are plain-spoken,, when the truth is that they are simply ill-bred and iujolent. This especial lady is wealthy, and there are not many in the list of her acquaintances who dare rebuke her, albeit they do together console each other for the wounds thoy suffer from her tongue by j abusing her'rouudly. It chanced that one evening the lady and the clergyman were partners at whist at the house of a common friend, und so aucceasful were they that they won almost every game for the eveniug. Like people who are fond of having their own way, the lady was in high good humor over this success, and when the pipy wu* over she pushed back her chair from the table with the characteristic and graceful ' remark to her partner ? 4 "You c* play a good game of whist, Mr. Blank; if you only preached as well a? you play whist, it would be a treat to go to church to hear you." The elergymau was quite equal to the occasion. He kept his temper and his fice under perfect control as he replied : ! "Thank you, Mi?s Sharp; but you know anybody can learu to play whist, while genius and good-breeding come by the grace of God. Bftware of Oiutracnts for Catarrh that j eoniaiu SEercary* as mercury will ourely destroy the sense of smell, and completely derange the j whole systeui when eutering it through the mucoud surfaces. Such articles should never be used excapt on prescrip? tion from reputable phyaiciaus, as the damage they will do is tenfold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by P. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and ie takou internally, and acta directly on the blood and mucou3 surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally, and made by F. J. CHENE Y & Co., Toledo, 0, US^Sold by Druggists, 75c. EE XXV.--NO. 35. All Sorts of Paragraphs. ?During last year 350 medicines were patented. ? There are now 20.000 Protestant Christians in Mexico. ? Arkansas negroes are leaving for Oklahoma by hundreds. ? There wore 2619 suicides in the United"States last year. ? There are 200 female preachers in the United States. ? Fifteen members] Jof the 'present Congress have died in office. ? The daily whiskey production of the State of Georgia is 1,493 gallons. ? The meaner some men are, the more angelic they want their wives to be. ? The biggest coward you can find any where is the man who is afraid to do right. ? There were destructive floods in the rivers of Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. ?Gen. Hampton is to be given a grand ovation in Augusta on the 27th April, Memorial Day. ? This country in 1873 produced 6, 000 boxes of raisins. In 1S90 the product was 2,197,403 boxes. ? It is hard for the man who has just eaten a good dinner to realize that any body else can be hungry. ? If you have never tried .[to', make anybody happy you have no idea how far you are away from heaven. ? The surest means tu rid yourself of that distressing cough is to nse Dr. Ball's Cough Syrup. Price, twenty-five cents a bottle. ?A good many people start out to lead a Christian life with the intention of go? ing no farther than they find the roads smooth. ? By using hot, and moderately strong soda water to cleanse them, the bristles of hair brashes will remain white . and stiff for a long time. ? The results of the recent expedition . to Greenland prove that north of 75? the land is covered with a sheet of ice 5,000 to 0,000 feer thick over the valleys. ? Reports from twenty-six States show proposed appropriations of upward of $4,000,000 for State exhibits, build? ings, etc., at the World's Fair. ? ? The barrels of rifles are made in large quantities in the United States, but shotgun barrels are all imported, and al? most exclusively from Belgium. ? Itch on human and horses and ail, animals cured in 30 minutes by Wol-' ford's Sanitary Lotion. This never.fails. Sold by Hill Bros. Druggists. Anderson. ? "Uncle John," said Little Emily, do you know that a baby that was fed on elephant's milk gained twenty pounds in a week ?" "Nonsense," exclaimed Uncle John, and then asked: "Whose baby was it?" "It was the elephant's baby," re- " plied little Emily. ? Gen. Sherman died possessed of a considerable fortune, estimated at between $150.000 and 8200,000. He bought real_ estate in growing cities in the West, and cleared a good deal of money. Although a good liver, Gen. Sherman did not spend all of the ?13,500 salr-.ry received by him. from the Government for many years, and. his savings he invested. ? Mios Carrie Williams, a silk cultu rist of San Francisco, says the industry will be brought into prominence at the Wcrld'H Fair. Over $400,000,000 is em? ployed in the business annually, and Americans have not taken enough inter? est in it. A company of Japanese, direct from Tokio, has purchased a tract of land in San Diego County, California, and will engage in the industry. San Fran? cisco has a Ladies' Silk Culture Society, the only one in the United States. ? About 100 Bociety women of Mem? phis, Tenn., have organized a company, and will build a free hospital for women and children, to be known as the Woman's Hospital of Memphis. They propose to raise the money by subscrip? tion, and the expenses of the institution and a dispensary will be defrayed by . dues. Membership in the association costs $3 a year, and the indications are that every girl and- woman in Memphis who tries to keep in the swim will he a member. ? A singular treasure trove was dis? covered the other day by Mr. Addison, of Fairfax Court House, Va. In the hoof of one of his cows he found imbedded a gold ring in which is set a stone carved with the American shield and an inscrip? tion. On the inside of the ring was en? graved : "H. J. Hunt, Worth's Division." It proved to be a ring made for the late Gen. Hunt when in Mexico at the close of the war with that country, and was lost by him during the first battle of Bull Run. It has been restored to Gen. Hunt's family. ? Half dimes were first coined in Oc? tober, 1792, and continued at intervals until 1S?G, then discontinued until 1828. The issue ceased in 1873. The 3-cent silver coins, first issued in 1851, ceased in JS73. The G-cent nickel was authorized iu 18?6, and has been issued regularly to the present time. In 1853 nickel 3-cent pieces and a small number ef nickel cents were coined. The 2-cent bronze pieces were issued in 1S64, and discontinued in 1373. The bronze cents issued in 1S64 have been coined annually since. ? Tim hwotu which Washington wore when he resigned his commission, and for which the Massachusetts authorities have beeu negotiating with Edward Everett Warner, representing the Lewis family, (collateral descendants of the Washing tons,) id now offered at $10,000. Twice that amount was asked originally. When there was talk of tho Federal Government purchasing it, Senator Hoar said it-i?faa "tho one single relic on the face of the earth which all mankind would agree to recognize as the most valuable, sacred" and preciou?." Senator Voorhees was quoted r.3 saying that "it was cheap at any price, hallowed by such memo? ries." Confirmed The favorable impression produced on the first appearance of the agreeable li quid fruit remedy, Syrup of Figa, a few~ years ago haa been more than confirmed by the pleasant experience of all who have used it, and the success of the pro urictoro and manufactures the California Fig Syrup Company.