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S?Big line of PANTS at manufacturers' Cost. AGRICULTURAL GOODS ?rr ? ? The most Popular?the Best Made?come early and buy the "Brooks" or THE "ELLIOTT" COTTON PLANTER, Anderson County's Favorite. ?S? 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. mm. Ufade "by Sullivan Manufacturing; Co. No other Distributor can compare with the West. fe Me i ist coileto Li if tarsi Mwe Ever offered, including Blacksmith Bellows, and. Blacksmith Tools of all kinds, Steel Plows, Hoes, Plow Stocks, &c, in abundance. DOORS, SASH, BHDS aM BUILDERS GOODS. Two Cars Doors, Sash, Blinds, &c, Just Received, SULLIVAN HARDWARE COMPANY. for Infants and Children. *K7astoriaIssoweCadapt^tochOdrantbat 9 Caatorir* cures Colic, Constlpatton, Ireoommenditassuperiortoanyprescription I ??rStomach, Diarrhoea. Eructation, , ? ?*T " 'X, ys. I Ji-ills Worms, c'ves sleep, and promotes dt kmrai to eg." H. A. AacHER, M. IX, t gestion, 111 Sa Oxford St, Brooklyn. 5.1 I Without injurious medication. Tae Cectaur Company, 77 Murray Street, N. Y. THEY ARE UERE0 X hat is to say OUR SPRING SHIPMENT OF GARDEN SEEDS Are in stock?quality the very best?price* the lowest. We have also just received a lot of Genuine French Window Glass which are tho same price as orrt'^rv Glass and far superior. Always a full stock of? PAINTS AND OILS, And Bljch Goods as are kept in a first class Drug Store. Givo us a call. TODD BROS., No. 4 Hotel Chiquola. T^A?HEftg'?oiJJMN, -t^ All communications intended to this Column should be addressed to C. WARDLAW, School Commissioner, An? derson, S. C. MEMORY GEMS. "One by one we come into the world, one by one we live in the world, one by one we die," and one by one we account to God for the manner in which we have spent our lives. Individual responsibil? ity, and Individual accountability is the proper rule of life. Zos??Between sun up and sun down yesterday, two golden hours, richly set with sixty diamond minutes each. No reward is offered the finder, for when once lost they are lost forever. I appreciate the many kind expres? sions of sympathy from the teachers. We appreciate the kindness of the proprietors of the Intelligencer in allowing us to use more space than our column. I am glad to find the interest in the Teachers' Column increasing among the teachers, pupils and patrons. I have re? ceived many pleasant '.words of encour? agement from them-. The story published this week is by a pupil of the Auderson Female College. Bead it. Miss Eilleen Mauldih is just thirteen. I pronounce it very good, in? deed, regardless of age. It is too long to come under my offer, otherwise it would have stood a very good chance of taking the lead. "COALS OF FIRE." "Oh, girls, girls! just guess what I have just overhead Miss Merrick say," cried pretty Rose Balaam, rushing into the school room one chilly Spring day, where about half a dozen girls were clus? tered around a smouldering fire. "What, Hose? do tell us quick, there's 'a dear chile.' You are always hearing something; say what is it?" "Guess," was the provoking rejoinder, and Hose drew back a step and looked at them with eyes full of undisguised fun. "You are only teasing us, arn't you ?" asked Kate -Montague, a frail, delicate looking girl, wrapped up head and ears in a red, plaid shawl. "On my honor, no; but before I tell you you must promise me you will not breathe a sylla? ble, for if Miss Merrick should find out I know, alas 1 for the consequences; and you must also promise, Rose Balsam." " You are the most provoking creature liv? ing. "It seems to me if you had anything to tell it would have been out before this," said Ennice Hayden, a proud, handsome girl of about sixteen. "Well, Miss Eunice, 'the proud,' settle your skirts and prepare yourself to listen : As I was walking through the hall, a while ago, on the way to my room, hear? ing voices in 'the citadel,' (as the girls were fond of styling Miss Merrick's office,) I naturally looked in and ob- j served Miss Merrick and Miss Catherine sitting around the -ire discussing some? thing which I judged was important, from the interested look on their faces. I was passing on, wheu, hearing Nellie Gordon's name spoken, and she being the sweetest girl I have ever had the pleasure of meeting, I paused. " 'Well,' said Miss Merrick, 'it will, I think, be a close race.' "What be a close race, Rose?" "Have patience and let me finish." "Yes," said Miss Katherine, " 'I think it will, for Eunice Hayden and Nellie Gordon are girls to be proud of, as far us recitations go.' 'I tell you my plan, Miss Katherine; it will be a gold medal, to be awarded at Com? mencement for the best essay on that subject.'" "What the subject is, I do not know," said Rose, "but it is to be tried by the History class, aud the winner will receive a gold medal. Now, girls, don't you think that's something worth tell? ing." "Indeed, it is," was the unanimous opinion. "You are sure she said gold, Rose?" asked Blanche Latteral. "Quite sure." "I wonder what shape it will be ? I hope it will be a star," said Kate. "There's no use in my hoping anything," said Rose, "for I can't study, but I most sincerely hope Nell will get it, for she deserves it." "How well it will look on my white dreBS," said Eunice, who saemed utterly unconscious of the chat? ter about her. The girls looked at each other in surprise, while Rose said, sar? castically : "You seem to be pretty sure of your ground, Eunice." "Now, Rose Balsam, you know I did not mean that," but, altering her tone, f'I do think I ought to get it, for I have worked hard this year." So saying she arose and left the room. "There goes Miss McBryde," laughed Rose, "and here comes Nellie," echoed the other girls. "Oh, Nell, we have something delightful to tell you." The person addressed was a tall, Buple girl, of about seventeen; her dark eyes lifted themselves inquiringly as they spoke. "It must be, from the excitement which seems to rule," said Nellie. "It cer? tainly is, and you will share our feelings when we have told you." They then gave her a rehearsal of the whole matter, concluding with, "and we do want you to get it, Nell, for you cer? tainly deserve it." The small hands clasped themselves convulsively together, but she never said a word. "Eunice Hayden wants to get it, but I most sin? cerely hope she won't," said Rose. "Hush, Rose, you should not say that, for ?be has as much right to earn it as any of us." Then followed a discussion on the different topics of school girl gos? sip, in which Nellie did not join, but sat with a far away, dreamy look in her eye?. Miss Merrick's school w*s one to which a girl might be proud to go, for her pu? pils were few and select. There were two teachers besides herself; one a Ger? man, Miss Schultz, whom all the girls, excepting Eunice Hayden, heartily detested. For beneath a smiling face there lay a heart and mind in which policy, troacbery and deceit mado their abode. To the rich ehe was all amiles and compliments, but to the pour she was cold and scornful. Miss Katherine, of whom 1 have already spoken, was a warm>hearted little Euglish woman, ANDERSON, S. C, with a pjace in her heart for every girl, rich or poor. Nellie Gordon waa poor, though of a good family. Her mother and herself lived in tho suburbs of the city in a neat little cottage, and it waa all Mrs. Gordon could do to make enough to send Nellie to school and keep up the scanty fare. Nellie knowing this, made the most of her opportunities, and was awarded the praises of teachers and scholars, and the finest reports in the school. It was the day after the excitement in the school room that Miss Merrick made known to the girls of the History class her plau of offering a gold medal for the best essay, the subject to be "The Fall of Rome." Commencement time was draw* ing near. Day and night the girls worked, for Miss Merrick required each one to try for the prize. It was the morning before the eventful day when the essays were to be read and decided upon. On that particular morn? ing Miss Schultz was surprised by a visit from Eunice Hayden, She had long coveted this girl's favor, knowing that Bhe was wealthy, and so she took no pains to conceal her delight. "Miss Schultz, would you like'' to do me a favor?" asked Eunice. "Miss Hayden knows I am at her service," answered Mies Schultz, beaming all over. "Very well, then. I suppose you know about the medal which has been offered, and now, Miss Schultz," drawing her chair close and speaking in an undertone, "I want to get this prize, and with your help I think I may be able to do so." "I will be delighted to be of assistance to Miss Hayden," was the smiling rejoin? der. "There .are certain points which, if I dwell on more than others, and ex? plain definitely, my paper will be the best. I want you, Mis3 Schultz, to find out wbat these points are, and let me know.'' Mibs Schultz thought a while,' and then looked uo with a cunning smile and said: "Yes, Miss Hayden, I think I can find out for you." "Ob, Miss Schultz, you can't tell how grateful I am to you, I will always be at your ser? vice. Take this now," and Eunice laid in her hand a five dollar bill. She had "hit the nail on the head." Miss Schultz, all smiling and blushing, remonstrated, though in a very feeble way, but Eunice, perceiving this, said: "It is only a little token of my gratitude, and you must accept it." The momen? tous day had at last arrived, and the es? says were to be read and decided upon, and great was the excitement. Eunice having received the hints from Miss Schultz (who bad cunningly obtained them from unsuspecting Miss Katherioe) had sat up half the night revising her essay, and came down the next morning looking pale and heavy-eyed. The ex? cited girls were too much engaged to notice her altered looks, but they were all startled presently by the sound of some one falling. It was Eunice Hay? den. With a light spring forward Nellie Gordon was beside her, and waB rubbing her temples and forehead with her dex? terous hands. "Bring camphor, bring water," shrieked Miss Merrick, "the child is dead." But taking from one of the girls a bottle of camphor, Nellie waived them all back. "I am better now; thank you," said Euuice, "it was only a faint. Who is this? you, Nellie Gordan," and the pale face became flushed. "Yes," said Nellie, "if you are better now I will help you to your room." "'No, I thank you, I am able to go by myself;" but scarcely had she taken two steps when she tottered and would have fallen, had not Nellie caught her, and with a decided movement placed her hand in her arm and led her to her room. She returned presently and informed Miss Merrick that Bhe was afraid Eunice was very ill, and that a physician had better be sent for. Dr. Morris came, and pronounced it scarlet fever, and said that the rest of the girls must leave immediately. "But," Dr. Morris said, "Miss Merrick, who will nurse her ?" ('I am sure I don't feel competent to do it." "I, Miss Merrick," and Nellie Gordon's strong, young voice had a very decided ring in it. "I cannot think of allowing you to do Buch a thing, Mies Gordan ; certainly not without your mother's consent." "My mother is ever willing for me to do what I can for oth? ers, and in this case especially, and with Dr. Morris' consent, I will do the utmost in my power to prove a competent nurse for Eunice." "You are a brave, noble girl," said Dr. Morris, extending his hand, "and I appreciate your offer, for I myself did not know where to procure a nurse. You will be prepared to start in to-night, MiBS Gordon ?" Nellie bowed, then turning to Miss Merrick, asked per? mission to go borne. As she was leaving the room Rose hastily caught her dress and said, "Nellie, you surely don't mean to nuree Eunice, sure enough ?" "Cer? tainly, Rose, why shouldn't I?" "Nel? lie, you don't know how I hate for you to do it, and I think you are the best girl I ever knew to do it, after the way she has treated you." "Dear child, remem? ber the way Christ did. Though He web despised and rejected of men, He died that we might live," and kissing her has? tily, she hurried from the house. Mibs Merrick told the girls that if they could get ready they might have their Com? mencement that afternoon, and that the essays must be read as soon aB Nellie re? turned. In a little while she came, and went immediately to Eunice's room. The latter was lying in a dull stupor, her flushed face resting on her hand. Aa Nellie bent over her she opened her eyeB and gazed up at her with an earnest, ap? pealing look. "Nellie, you are better to me than I deserve; Oh, so much better 1 I have wronged you deeply ; Nellie, dear, can you forgive me ? Call Miss Merrick she mu3t. kuow it all, too." "Now, Eu? nice, I will not let you exert yourself, eveu if you have wronged me, it U all past and forgiven now." "But I insist," and she was not satisfied until Nellie had called Miss Merrick. She then told them all, shielding Miss Schultz aa much aB possible, and ending with "I hope, Nel? lie, dear, you will get the prize," and Bhe again fell back in a heavy stupor. The essays were read, and Nellie's was decided to be the bc3t. Everything was ready at G p. m,, aud the girls made a very pretty picture Bitting around in their white dresses, with their fresh, young facca flushed with excitement. After the opening exerciseB came the THURSDAY MOES all-exciting moment. Miss Merrick, after giving a short explanation of her purpose in offering the medal, the subject of the essay, and the principal points she wished dwelt on more than others, announced the victor's name,fand apolo? gized for her absence, but before she had half finished her carefully prepared &peecb, Bhe was interrupted by a wild burst of applause. This was called forth not so much because Nellie had won the prize, but at her noble generosity and self-sacrifice. So violent grew the ap? plause, and so loud the calls for Miss Gordon, that as Nellie was passing through the hall on the way back to Eu? nice's room, having gone down on an er? rand, she was violently seized by Rose, and dragged on the stage, and there she stood, amid a shower of bouquets, flush? ing up to the "very roots of her;,*pretty brown hair. Eunice, under the skillful care of the physician and Nellie's faithful nursing, soon recovered, and ever afterwards ac? knowledged Nellie Gordon as her best and truest of friends. E. R. M. Farming Versus City Life, "Farming is just abominable," I said to myself one fine June morning. Here I go from 4 30 a. m., until 8 p. m., just as fast as I can fly, and what does it amount to? Plain clothes, plain food, no social advantages, no excursions, ho parties and very little cash in the bank. I am just tired of worrying with contrary hens and ailing chickens, with the mes? sing of milk and butter, with trying to be.cook, house-maid, seamstress, nurse, dairy maid, poultry-keeper and a multi? tude of other things. There is no lime for social reading or mental advance? ment. When evening comes every one is too tired to do aught but drop into a chair, lazily run over the weekly news, then off to bed. It's stagnation itself. I wished we lived in town. "I thereupon began to dream how love? ly things would be there. My husband would find work at a good salary, or meet with a congenial partner in some business. I'd take boarders, and make ten times as much money as I could fussing with chickens. I would grow intellectually and so would the children, and life would be worth living. Well, we left the farm and went in town to live, and this is how it all turned out. The city waB one of the big ones, so big we had to rent a house three miles from the center to avoid being squeezed into no space at all, and to have the rent reasonable. I soon found that my shopping trips must be well considered, for car fare soon amounted to a neat little sum. Our mother church was located near the business portionof the town. After.walk? ing the distance one Sunday with the children and paying thirty cents in car fare the next, we concluded to give up the long-wished for privilege and attend a church nearer home. I began to be told how unhealthy it was. I had not thought of sickness; at once I was sure one of our family would be laid away in the cemetery on the hill. I begged to move back to the farm, but just then the children came down with whooping cough, and so the poor dears had to be isolated. There was only a small yard with no resources; their only amusement was to sit on the porches and watch what was passing. How they longed for freedom of the farm, where they could shout, chase the pigs and chickenB, ride horseback, build forts, dig wells, do so much that suited their active natures. The plaintive cry was, "I don't know anything to do." The little boys around would swear and play bo roughly I found I could not encourage their company, and when I heard how little ones were treated at school by the older echolars, I groaned and declared they Bhould not go. My neighbors were very pleasant, and, not being on a farm, I supposed they were all happy?one especially, who was the owner of a pretty house, well furnish? ed, a nice turnout, and her children near by; surley I said, she must be happy; yet, when I remarked the Bame to her, she replied, with a Bad smile, "I'm far trom being happy. I lie awake many nights planning how to make money. I want to be rich, and I can't be; I am just miserable." The husband of my next door neigh? bor was a book-keeper, bo having a cer? tain sum to depend upon, I concluded be was satisfied, but when I learned he left at 6 a. m., and did not return until 10 p. m., eating a cold dinner, I did not won? der he preferred farm life, and later they rented a farm. Another was distracted because he had mortgaged his farm to buy city lota. Dull times and no business bad used up everything, and he, too, went ?hack to the farm. Many others were similarly situated. I found even those in well established business worried by failure of health and the perplexities of hard times. The partner my husband sought could not be found nor the salary. I didn't think, when it came to the point, that taking boarders would be any more agreeable or as profitable as raising poul? try. I was surprised at the rigid econo? my my neighbors practiced. They dress? ed well, but had to deny themselves things I considered essential. Butter, eggs and milk, though so poor, cost so much when used as freely as I was accus? tomed to. We returned to the farm a wiser and a more contented family, and have endeav? ored to remedy the evila instead of run? ning away from them. ? Attention Voters.?By resolution passed by our Legislature, all good citi? zens are requested to use Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup and recommend same as the people's remedy for coughs, colds, etc. 25 cents. g I? An editor who started a little paper five years ago ia now a millionaire. Nothing iB impossible where economy ia combined with good looks. He married a rich wife. ? An Austrian has invented an in? strument resembling a piano in appear? ance, which contains six violins, two vio? las, and two violincellos and is manipu? lated by a key board. ?t [ENG, MASCH 12, 1* BILL ARF'S CHAT. Stories which Recall tho Old Days When the Lawyers Went on the Circuit? and Told Jokes. Atlanta Constitution. It was in the Judge's room. The other day I was called to Calhoun town on bus? iness, and had to Btay over night. Court was in session and Judge Milner honored me with an invitation to share his room and his bed. In the olden time, when the lawyers rode the circuit, it was a big thing for them to gather in the judge's room at night, and discuss the affairs of the nation, and especially its politics, and tell anecdotes and exchange wit and wis? dom. "As iron sharpeneth iron, so a man's face Bharpeneth the face of his friend," and so by the time these lawyers had taken the grand round? they had dif? fused knowledge^ pretty generally, and each one carried his fresh accumulations home and scattered them among his friends and companions. Book agents were unknown ; newspapers were neither numerous nor newsy, and hence it was a great comfort to the people to catch the sparks of genius as they scintillated from the lawyers and the politicians on the stump or on the forum. Stump politics were a big thing with the people. The two great parties of Whigs and Democrats were pretty equally divided. Sometimes one was in power and sometimes the oth? er, and the contest went on from year to year and never ceased to create excite? ment. It is not so now at the south, for there is practically but one parly, and it takes two to get up a fight. We wore re? calling and discussing these old times in judge's room, for there were some of us who are not spring chickens and we have memories. The faithful sentinels of time ?memory the only faculty that does not decay with age and that never goes back upon the days of our youth. Calhoun town itself is rich in memories and we recalled its ancient history away back in the thirties, when it was located a few miles away on the banks of the Oostan aula and was called New Echota, and the Indiana lived there, and were happy on their hunting grounds. Big John Un? derwood used to tell me with unfeigned emotion about his arresting John Howard Payne at Ross's Landing, (which is Chat? tanooga now) and bringing him to New Echota as a prisoner suspected of trying to induce the Indians to revolt. Payne was not guilty. He was a wanderer?a misanthrope?but Big John said he tvas "much of a gentleman." He was search? ed and had in his pocket letters that proved he was the author of "Home, Sweet Home," and he wore next his bo? som a locket that contained the miniature of a lady. He wsb detained at New Echota for several days, and until orders came from Governor Troup for him to be mounted and escorted to him at Milledgc ville, He was treated there as an honor? ed gue3t, and after awhile sent to Wash? ington. Then we talked about the great Whig barbecue of 1852 that was given at Oal houu in honor of Alexander Stephens, who was then in the zenith of his fame as a stump Bpeaker, and how we Demo? crats of Rome tried to get some great man to come and moet him and stem the tide, and we wrote to Cobb and Herschell Johnson and Chappei and others, but they all had some other engagements, and at last, in our despair, we settled down on Russell, the gifted, eloquent, but unreliable and ungenerate Russell?a man of splendid appearance when sober, and whose clarion voice and eagle eye marked him as an orator. He was as gifted in lies as be was in language, and so we groomed him in secret for a few days and brought him up and hid him in the multitude. The woolhead boys came in crowds from the mountains and valleys to hear Little AI eck, and he made a great speech?a wonderful speech?and had captured the crowd, and came down from the rostrum and was receiving the congratulations of the people and kissing the young women, and some of the ba? bies, when suddenly Russell mounted the platform and screamed out, "Fellow citi? zens" at the top of his voice. He on engaged their rapt attention a'.d told more lies on Little Aleck in half ao. hour than had been told on him in all his life. In vain did Mr. Stephens interrupt him and deny the charges and call for the proof. Io vain did General Black try to drown his voice and make him come down. "Let him go on! Let him go on," the wool hats cried, and when Little Aleck again denounced the charges and called for the proof, Rusaell stood proud? ly erect, and folding his arms across his breast, looked up to heaven and said: "I thank my God, sir, that I do not have to prove to this people the truth of what I have said. They know me?they raised me. I am on my native health?but if I was 200 miles away from home as you are I would carry my proof with me," and we all cheered and shouted amazing? ly. Mr. Stephens was whipped?com? pletely whipped, and left the field in dis? gust. The finale was made intensely lu? dicrous when Russell came down and went among the tumultous and enthusi? astic crowd and kissed half a dozen wo? men and children. Fifteen years after that I met Mr. Stephens at Milledgeville aud he alluded to the Calhoun barbecue and he suddenly asked me if Russell was dead. "No, ho is not dead," said 1. "I was iu hopes that ho was dead," he said. "He is a monster of infamy." Then we recalled the famous Calhoun convention, when Judge Wright and General Young and General Wofford and Lewis Tumlin and some others were can? didates for the nomination to Congress and no man had enough votes to elect, and all were stubborn, and the balloting went on all day and part of the night, and the delegates were getting mad and furious and were about to break up in a row, and Judge Underwood, who was not a candidate, volunteered to make a con cilatory, harmonizing speech, and he did it in Buch a delightful, affectionate man? ner, and praised up all the candidates in such eloquent tributes that when he closed one man got up and waved his hat and moved threo cheers for Judge Un? derwood, and they were given with wild enthusiasm, and right on top of it anoth? er delegate moved that he be nominated for Congress by acclamation, and he waa 391. Never was there such a surprise to every? body except the judge, though he always denied that it was a. preconcerted scheme. Ob, rare Judge Underwood ! Colonel McCamy remarked that the judge did not have a very high regard for that pic? ture of justice which makes her blind folded;;and holding the scales equally balanced in her hand. So far as crime was concerned he claimed the right to see and did see the criminals with open, unfriendly eyes and he sought to convict him and gave the solicitor general eo much aid and co-operation that the law? yers used to say the judge and the solici? tor were in partnership. His charge to the jury in a criminal case was always fair and strictly legal, for he was a great lavtyer, but woe be unto the lawyer who asked for more than he was entitled to. On one occasion a big, rough, malicious, young man was indicted for striking a smaller yonth with a brickbat and inflict? ing a terrible wound. The small boy had been imposed upon by him and seiz? ing a stick he struck him and ran. Bill Glenn was defending the young man who used the brick, and after the judge had given a very fair charge to the jury, he said, "Now gentlemen, if I have omitted anything that you think should be given in the charge, I will be glad to be re? minded of it." Bill Glenn rose forward and said, "I believe your honor omitted to charge the jury that a man may strike another in self-defense." "Yes, gentle? men of the jury," said the judge with great sarcasm, "Yes, there is such a pro? vision in the law, and if you believe from the evidence that this great big, double jointed, long-armed, big-fisted, young gentleman was running after that puny, pale-faced boy with that brickbat, and because he couldent catch him threw it at him with oil his force, and struck him on the back of the head and knocked him senseless, and that he did all this in self defense, then you can find the defendant not guilty. Is there anything else, Brother Glenn?" "Nothing, I believe, sir. Your honor has covered the ground," said Glenn, bit? ing his lips. "I was always afraid," said McCamy, "to ask the judge to charge' anything more than he chose to?especially in a criminal case. But it was at Paulding court that the judge suffered a most aggravating defeat in his efforts to suppress crime and reform the morals of the people. There were 9 turbulent citizens indicted for riot, a riot that was a terror to the good people of the town of Dallas. It bad been venti? lated in the newspapers as a great out? rage, and the judge went there with his eyes open and not closed or blindfolded. The Marietta lawyers were there in force, aud had been employed by the rioters, and they combined and confederated with the Dallas lawyers, and stocked the cards and stocked the jury, too, and, in spite of the judge and solicitor, one after another of the rioter3 was acquitted. They had several on trial, and most of the week was occupied in the tedious proceedings. The judge charged the jury stronger and stronger, and finally the last case was reached. The ring-leader was on trial, and Colonel Wright, the soiicitor general, felt sure of convicting him. It waa late Friday evening when the case was con? cluded, and the judge gave his charge to the jury. He told them in a pleading tone how disgraceful was such conduct, and how it reflected upon the good name of the community, etc., etc., and closed by adjourning the court and instructing the foreman to bring the verdict to his room if they found one before 9 o'clock. The lawyers winked and smiled and waited. The judge was not well, and re? tired early, and about 9 o'clock the fore? man knocked at the door and the judge said: "Who is that?" "The foreman of the jury, sir," "Well, what is your ver? dict, Bir?" "Well, judge, under the law and the evidence we were obliged to find the defendant not guilty." The judge groaned in disgust and turned over in his bed as he remarked: "Well, sir, you can go. You can't bring that verdict in here, you can go and Bleep with it yourself, sir. Ob, my Lord; what will become of this people ?" The lawyers were jubilant and they plotted a little Bcheme of revenge against the judge for the hard fight he had made against them. Next morning the judge was the first at the breakfast table, for he was an early riser. He was not amiable, and his eggs were not cooked to suit him. George Lester came in alone, swinging his empty sleeve and said: "Good morn? ing, judge." "Good morning, Mr. Lester." "How did you rest last night, judge?" "Not at all well, sir?not at all well." "Well,, judge, I understand you lost another case last night." "Mr. Lester," said the judge, "I was not aware, sir, that I had any case to lose or to gain. I don't appreciate Buch an effort at wit, sir." "Well, judge, you must excuse me. I meant it only as a joke, of course, for you know you have been pretty hard on us in these cases." Just then Colonel Gatrell came sliding in with a beaming countenance and said, "Good morning, Judge Underwood." "Good morning, Mr. Gatrell." "Well, judge, I understand you lost another case la3t night." "Yes, eir," said the judge, "Mr. Lester made the same impertinent remark just before you came in. Your perceptions of professional propriety and courtesy seems to be equally dull. If you are ever elevated to the bench (which the Lord forbid,) you will perhaps under? stand these courtesies a little better than you do." Colonel Gatrell apologized humbly and feelingly, and the judge was beginning to get gracious wheu Big Bill Wright came stalking in like a giant, and in a groat, big heavy tone of voice exclaimed, "Good morning, Judge Underwood." "Good morning, Colonel Wright." "How did your honor rest last night?" "Not well, not well at all, sir. My spleen has been out of order all this week." "I thought so, judge?I thought so?and I understand you lost another case last night." The judge laid down his knife and fork and looked at him inquiringly, and seeing the merry twinkle in his oye, took in the situation and surrendered. "I perceive, gentlemen," said he, "that this is anoth VOLTO er conspiracy. There comes Col. Winn, who, I presume, has the 3ame little speech to make. I give it up, gentlemen. The rioters were all guilty, but when the entire bar become accessories after the fact there is but little hope for the coun? try. Your victory over law and order and justice is not one to be proud of." It was not long before harmony was re? stored, and the judge soon had the crowd convulsed with laughter over one of his Habersham stories that just fit the rioters and their legal defenders. Oh, rare Judge Underwood! Whoever knew him inti? mately feels like a friend and a compan? ion has gone. Bill Arp. PLANT LESS COTTON. Resolutions Adopted by Phoenix Alliance, Abbeville, Looking to tho Profit of the Production. Phxenix, Abbeville Co., March 3. The Phoenix Alliance, at its last meet? ing, passed the following preamble and resolutions: Whereas, The present low prices paid for cotton are unprofitable and unremu nerative to the producers of the staple, and Whereas, The curtailment or reduction of the cottou crop is the only remedy for the evil which presents itself as efficient, and Whereas, The only method for mak? ing this remedy available, is to make its application general by co-operation and organized effort, and Whereas, the Farmers' Alliance, Pa? trons of Husbandry and other agricul? tural associations are the only channels through which anything like an organ? ized movement in this direction can be accomplished, and Whereas, A too exclusive attention to the cotton crop, and a too great and cul? pable neglect of the grain and other food crops, and of the raising of stock, have been the means of draining the South of all of its capital for the purchase of .nip* plies to run cotton farms, and thus im? poverishing the farmers of the South, tnd Whereas, This plan of reducing the cotton crop has been and is advocated and recommended by many of our best and most advanced thinkers and ablest writers in the interest of the Southern farmer; therefore, be it Resolved, That we, the members of Phamix Alliance, No. 628, Abbeville County, S. C, do most earnestly request and urge that all the Alliances, Granges, and other agricultural associations throughout the cotton growing States, give this matter immediate and serious consideration, and that the plan of reduc? ing the cotton crop, or some other plan which shall be better and more practica? ble, shall be adopted daring this year by the cotton growers of the South. Resolved, That in our judgment a reduction of one-fourth to one-third, thus limiting the crop to five and one half to six million bales, would probably be about proper. Resolved, That this scheme of reduc? tion of the cotton crop is recommended or adoption, not with the desire or inten? tion, or for the purpose of inflicting damage or loss upon any other class of our citizens, but in the spirit of self protection, and with the view of making the production of the chief and almost only money crop of the Southern farmer reasonable profitable to the producer himself. Resolved, That the time has arrived when we, as individual citizens and farm* ers, should realize the fact that the in? creased aggregate wealth of communi? ties and States is no sign or index of the increased prosperity and happiness of the individuals composing sach communities or States; but that increasing aggregated wealth of States and increasing poverty of the masses are conditions which are entirely compatible with each other. Resolved, That we will devote more of our attention and energy to the grains, grasses, and other food crops, and to stock, and less to cotton, and thus secure to ourselves freedom, independence and prosperity, and by this means make Southern agriculture the most profitable, the most independent and the happiest of all vocations. Brethren of all orders?united we stand, divided we fall Organization, co? operation, union, fraternity, unselfish? ness, self-forgetting patriotism which can see the individual as the component part of the whole?these; with industry, energy, and close attention to business can and will accomplish all the farmers' desires?these can emerge all his hopes in the fullness of fruition. G. F. Boss, Secretary. Bware of Ointments for Catarrh that contain Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell, and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescrip? tion from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is tenfold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0., contains no mercury, and is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally, and made by F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, 0. B?^Sold by Druggists, 75c. ? Samuel L. Connor, a well to do merchant in Huntington, Pa., has been boycotted. Mr. Connor's wife is of southern birth, and he naturally looks upon Southern people kindly. His store was full of village celebrities a fortnight ago, and several Union veterans fell to singing Gen. Sherman's praises, when Connor broko the harmony with the re? mark : "Gentlemen, I have heard a little of this argument, and am free to say that I believe you all to be wrong. The historian of the civil war twenty years hence will not place the laurel upon Grant or Sherman or Sheridan, but upon the tomb of that greater and grander hero ?General Robert E. Lee. He was immeasurably the leading general on either side." The Union veterans left in disgust at this, fvnd next a boycott was begun. * DB XXV.?NO. 36. All Ser* or Paragraph*? ? Almost anything you miss ia liable to be found in a boy's pocket. ? When a little dog is in his own dooryard he is as bold as a lion. ? A woman will never forget what you say about her hueband or her baby. ? The government paid $22,610,128.31 to railroads for carrying mails during 1890. ? Hebrew women on an average are^ said to live longer than those of any'oth er race. j ? If all others lie, apeak you the truth, and be one true man among many bad ones. ? A machine for making shoe strings out of paper is a recent Philadelphia invention. ? Six milliona of dead letters are an? nually torn and sold as old papers in Washington. ?If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, he would wear his hat close to his eyes. ? He who lets consideration of busi? ness or society hold him back from Christ is unworthy of him. ? If you've got a pain ore che or a bruise, Salvation Oil will reach the case instantly. Price 25 cents. ? The Chinese have no straight streets or walls, becauee they believe the devil travels in a straight line. ? A mahogany tree lateiy cut down in Honduras made three logs, which sold in Europe for $11,000. ^ ? It is thy duty oftentimes to do what thou wouldst not; thy dnty, too, to leave undone what thou wouldst do. ?A St. Louis, Mo., justice has decided that a young woman is bound to return the gifts made by a rejected lover! ? Thf largest County in the United States U Ouster County in Minnesota which contains 30,000 square miles. ? We must take the world as it is, not as we should like to have it, and try to make it better for having lived in it. ? More than sixty companies for the manufacture of cotton goods have been organized in the South during the last eight months. A woman who died recently In Plaque-? mine, La., left $36,000 in cash hid away in her residence. Half of it was gohj, and the rest nickel and silver. '1 ?London, with its 5 millions and ahalf of people, requires about 167,000$Qfe gallons of water every day. It is a great^ city for long drinka and washing days. ~? The trustees of the North Carolina State Baptist Female university will put an agent in the field at once. They pro- - pose to raise $300,000 for the university within the next five years. ? The finding of gold is getting to be a common thing in Georgia. In many counties of the State rich mines are being worked, notably in Lumpkin coun? ty, where gold is found in abundance. ? The Sunday ollectious in Trinity Church, New York, often amount to $10, 000, but the record was eclipsed last Sun day in the church of the Vanderbilt fam? ily's attendance, when $11,500 was count? ed out of the bat. ?An Indianapolis church member who subs' .ibed to a Church building fund at? tempted to wriggle out of it by claiming that the contract waa illegal, as it was made on a Snnday; but the court decided he must pay up. ? In a St. Louis police court the other day a blind man recognized a thief who had robbed him by his voice. He picked him out from a number of persons who were brought in and said "good morning" to him. The prisoner confessed. ? Almost without exception the Flor? ida orange growers have received excel? lent prices for their crops this year. When . the last box shall have been paid for the orange crop this season will have brought between three and four million dollars into the State. ? A six year old D07 wrote his first composition on water?"Water is good to drink, to bathe in and skate on. When I was a little baby, the nurse used to bathe me every morning in water. I have been told that Indians don't wash themselves once in ten years. I wish I waa an Indian." ? John Hay8, a Nebraska youth, re? ceived* 490 letters from his girl, and she received 470 letters from him. Each one wrote on every letter, "Burn this after reading," but took the greatest care not to do anything of the sort. If you want a woman to save your love letters just let her think you want them burned. ? The Charleston banks have deter? mined to make a fight with Comptroller Ellerbee on the tax question. They have made out their returns as heretofore and propose to stand by them, even if they appeal to the courts. It is probable that they will be joined by all the banks of the State. ? The teacher of a Sunday school class of colored children expounded to them the parable of the piogidal son. She described in as graphic a manner as she could the young man eating husks while the swine fed on the corn. In the midst of her description one attentive boy held up his hand and said : "Missus,-I - think that white boy was a fool." "Why do you think so ?" "Case if I had been him I would ;a' stole one 0' dem hogs an' bad a good dinner." ? The late Henry Ward Beecher once received a letter from a young man who ? recommended himself very highly as being honest, and closed with the re? quest : "Get me an easy situation, that honesty may be rewarded." To which Mr. Beecher replied: "Don't be an edi? tor, if you would be easy. Do not try the law. Keep out of the pulpit, l^u alone all ships, stores, shops and mer? chandise. Be not a farmer or a me? chanic, neither a soldier or a sailor, don't study, don't think, don't work. None of them are easy. Oh, my honest friend, you are in a very hard world. I know of but one easy place in it. That is the grave." Confirmed-. The favorable impression produced on tbejfirst appearance of the agreeable li? quid fruit remedy, Syrup of Figs, a few years ago has been more than confirmed and the pleasant experience of all who have used it, and the succees of the pro? prietors and manufacturesJhe'.Cfcliforda Fig Syrup Company.