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BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON ANDERSON, S. C, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1891. VOLUME XXVI.?NO. 10. ANDERSON, S. C. ABB LEGT Boarding School for Boys aad Youhg Men. Nice Instructors ?one m Army Officer. Boys over ten Years old received, but not required to drill under fourteen years of age. Next session Dpens September 16th. For terms apply to COL. JOHN B. PATRICK, Principal. Aug 2D, 1891_7_4 Special Summer Sale! V !i B .?Thousand Superb New PIANOS Vy an d ORGANS, from best makers on? ly, to le sold during July, August, Sep? tember and October. 189.1, at spot cash prices, i nth pay men I November 15th next. No Intel eat, PIANOS?$25 cash, and balance Novem? ber 15th . 1891. OKGA NS?$10 cash, and balance Novem? ber- 15th, 1891. RENUMBER? Lowest cash rates. No advance. No interest. Write or call on JOHN L. HAYNTE & DAUGHTERS, Office just below East End Graded t Ichool, 88 Westfleld Street, Greenville, S. 0. ~~ BUSTED! CLELYESON COLLEGE. OT much?she io all right, and so is that BEAUTIFUL FARM adjoining it, next to Pendleton, now for Rent or Sale by Tribl le & Quattbcaum. Contains 170 acres, more or less?one-half in cultiva? tion. A so, 120 acres nearer Pendleton. Both n sar enough to send your boys to damson and your girls to Pendleton. Tanna .?reasonable. Apply to TRJBBLE & QUATTLEBAUM, Rial Estate Agents, Anderson, S. C. July 25, 1891_3_8m W1XLI?MST?N FEMALE COLLEGE, V ILLIAMOTOX, S. C. FALL Session opens Wednesday Sept. J0,-ander better auspices than ever. Young adieu wishing first-class educa? tional opportunities at very reasonable rates wil i do weli to inquire into the merits of this L istitution. For thorough scholar? ship in tie Literary, Music, and Art De par tmen1 s, it enjoys an enviable reputation. Persons proposing to patronLj us will please sd ve notice of their intention. ? I.JT. will come up from Wright's Hotel, Columbi i, Tuesday, Sept. 8. S. LANDER, President. July3C, 1891 4 8 DUE WEST FEIALE COLLEGE. SESSION opens fint Monday iu October. Iv* Healthful and delightful climate. Splendid moral surroundings. Careful oversight. Honest work. Literary atmos? phere. Superior advantages in Music. Eleven Teachers. Send for Catalogue.to MRS. L. M. BONNER, or "v-y H. E. BONNER. . Due YS est, S. C. 3 HARRIS' ANALYSIS. CALCIUM Sulphate 80.29, Carbonate of S?cla 10-78, Carbonate of Potash 2.44. Car Donate of Iron 1.15, Carbonate of Lithia 0.95,-Sulphate of Magnesia 1-50. Chloride Sodium ! common salt) 0 71, Insoluble Res? idue 2.02 TESTIMONIALS. Mr.Hairris has recolved a number of testimo? nials fron persons who have been cured or bene? fited by ti e water, and u few of them are here in corporate. L Dr. J. T. Poolo, one of the best phy? sicians in Laurena County, writes as follows on March 27,1891: "This is to certify that I have been pre* siblngthe Lithla Water from the springs of 7. T. I arris, Waterloo, 8. C. I regard it equal if not an] erior to the celebrated Glenn Springs water, an 1 take pleasure In recommending it to the pnbli: for etomach, bowel and liver disorders; v and espe daily for diseases of the kidneys and bladder." Walerl k>, 8. C., March 19,1891.?This is to cer? tify that I hare used, and recommended to be used, the'watei from the Harris Lithla Springs &t Wa? terloo, ar d take great pleasure iu saying that it is nearer n sanacea for all lite-ises of the liver, kid? neys anil skin, either acute or chronic, than all other remedies that have fallen into my hands du? ring thlr ;y years of active practice." ? 1 H. D. COLEMAN, Laurer s, 8. C, March 15,1891.?Mr. Harris?Dear Sir.:. For sometime I suffered intensely with Grav? el-affect! in. I tried every remedy that was ob? tainable, but without any relief. Had given up hope* of ever being cured. Someone recommend? ed y oar lithla Water and I tried it faithfully and was enn i. After using one case of the water I passed d re or six gravels. I cannot say too much in Its pr Ose. W. D. BAJ&KSDALE. I Xsors ib, S. C., April 2-f, 1s91.?SC. J. T. Harris Dear Sil: I have been a sufferer for some time . from an affection of the kidneys. I have tried a number of remedies without any relief. Some . times tie pain in my back was so severe that I had '. to have aerp to get up when sitting down. Some of my tienda asked me to try youi mineral water. I did so and the result was most gratifying. I felt relief a ter the first day. After using it l week I was ent rely well. It has been some six weeks since I: irst used it, and my general health Is great? ly imp] oved. Too much cannot be said In its praise. It is undoubtedly the best water I know Of. D. M PATYON. Laur< ns, 8: C, March 11. 1891.?Mr. J. T. Harris ?Dear iir: I haye suffered with dyspepsia and In digtatlc n for twenty years and have used Glenn 8pri ng' i, Hawthorne, and other mineral waters, but ait ir using vour Lithla waters a short time, I foel th it I've oeen benefited more from its use than ai j I've ever used. J. H. O'DEEL. For 3ale by SIMPSON & SON, Druggists, Anderson, S. C. Jnni 11,1891_49_3m STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AifDEKSoN County. By W. F. Cox, Judge of Probate. WHEREAS, Bessio R. Taylor has ap? plied to me to grant her Letters of Admin istra.ion on the Estate and effects of Da vi 1 S. Taylor, deceased. These aretherefore to cite and admon? ish ill kindred and creditors of the said David S. Taylor, deceasd, to be and appear before me in Court of Probate, to beheld at Anderson Court House, on the 17th d?ty of September, 1891, after publication her? of, to shew cause, if any they have, Why the said Administration should not be {janted. Given under my hand, this 2ud day of September, 1891. W. F. OCX, Judge Probate. Sept 3,1891 9 2 DR. A. 8. TODD C^FFEitS his professional services to the people of Anderson and vicinity. Will rtipohd pronlptly to calls when not en gjged. . Office atBistpaon & Son's Drug S ore, Hotel Chiquda. Residence, ?j | Forth Main Street. June 4,1891_.48_ DO EOT DELAY, " As delays are dangerous. I am still .n the Insurance Business, Call on me and have your property insured before it -i?tt.'?o late, and your houHe and furniture js io ashes. Assets represented $12,700,890. A. B. TOWERS, Insurance Agent. A KARE OPPORTUNITY"! UPON the dissolution of the Firm of Gossett & Brown, recently at Williamston, the Book and Stationery Departments were told to our Mr. James P. Gossett. We take pleasure in announcing to the Anderson people that wo have arranged to move this stock into the room under Hotel Chiquola, rented for our Shoe Business ; and, as we will open up our Stock of Shoes on October 1st, we will offer some rare Bar? gains before that date. The stock is new and comprises lull lines of? Fine and Commercial Stationery, Writing Tablets, Papeteries, Blank Books?a complete assortment, Gold and Fountain and Steel Pens, Lead and Slate Pencils, Slates, 6x. Ink and Mucilage, School Supplies, Hand and Family Bibles, Hymnals, Photograph and Autograph Albums, Writing Cases, Music Portfolios, Pocket Books, Shopping Lists, Books in Fine and Paper Bindings, Pictures! Pictures!! Pictures!!! Pictures!!!! $S5* Very Special inducements to large buyers. It will afford us pleasure to show any one our stock, for we are confident we can please. The goods are now open for in? spection. Come early, while the assortment is yet unbroken. Very respectfully, JAS. P. GOSSETT & CO. An Earnest Appeal IT is claimed by some that merchauts are entirely unneces? sary to have in a community, but we read of them almost since the foundation of the world, and we suppose some few scattering ones will be found "the next time you hear from them." Whether or not they are sometimes regarded as nuisances, we feel, from our standpoint, that we have proven, this hard year more particularly, benefactors. We have exhausted our entire means to accommodate our customers by selling them Meat and Bread, Wagons, Horses and Mules, and the many other necessa? ries of life on a credit. Indeed, we had to do so in many in? stances to enable them to live and'to make their crops. Thisi is all right, however. But now the time is at hand whep we want, and must have, every cent of the money due us, on any and every account whatever. We have done our part?do yours. We ear? nestly call upon all to come forward with their money or cotton and pay us up. We must have our dues. We still keep a large Stock of Goods on hand, and want to trade with everybody who will pay, and appeal to the public to to vouch for our fair and legitimate dealings. We are very respectfully yours, &c., SYLVESTER BLECKLEY COMPANY. _ BLECKLEY & FRETWELL. MACHINERY! PROGRESS! Cotton Gins AND Presses. THE CELEBRATED With Feeders and Condensers. l'HIS GIN partakes of the BEST FEATURES in others, and correcta the DEFECTS in all. RUBBER and LEATHER BELTING, Sold under a positive guarantee that will protect every buyer. ?67* By recent special contracts with Manufacturers we are in shape to com? pete with the world. All we ask for is a fair opportunity and no favors. HARDWARE, CUTLERY, IMPLEMENTS, &c. In such quantity aDd variety as to give us the lead not only in Anderson but in this State. DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, AND FINISHED BUILDING LUMBER, A SPECIALTY., SULLIVAN HARDWARE CO. for Infants and Children. "Oastorla Is so well adapted to children that I Caatorla cures Colic, Constipation, inown to me." H. A. Archer, M. D., I pestioi^ 111 So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, K. Y. | WitUout injurious medication. Tab Csntaub Cohpant, 77 Murray Street, N. Y. Williamston Male Academy. J. W. GAJNES, B.S., M. M. P., Principal. THOROUGH Instruction given In all English branches, Latin, Greek, German, French and higher Mathematics. Tuition, sl.GO to 83.00 per month, according to graie, Good board may be obtained for $10.00 per month, htrict discipline. Senlon opens Monday, Sept. 7. For further infor? mation apply to principal before Sept. 1st at Town vilic?after Sent. 1st at Williamston. J. W. GAIKJiS, Principal. July 9, It 91, 1 4m. I JOHN K. HOOD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ANDERSON, - - 8. C. OFFICE: IN PEAR OF JOURNAL OFFICE 1^5,1881. 31 8m Ali conlmtinicationB intended for thiaiColamn should he addressed to C. WARDLAW, School Commissioner, An? derson, S. C. MEMORY OEMS. "Break; break, break, At the foot of thy crags, 0 sea! Bnt the tender grace of a day that is dead Will never come back to me." "Were I so tall to reach tbe pole, Or grasp the ocean with my span, I must be measured by my soul; Tbe mind is the standard of the man." Let us begin the work of the coming session with a firm purpose to do thor? ough work, conquering each leaaon bb it comes. The colored Teachers' Institute did a good work. We regret,that more of the colored teachera did not attend. They missed a golden opportunity. Th<3 school at Lebanon is doing a work that can net fail to bring good results, Mr. Hamliti, the teacher, knows how to draw out the human mind. This is one of tho best communities in the County,, and has as good a school as can be found. We are glad to see so many of ouir schools opening with such bright pros? pects for the coming session. We do hope to see permanent schools estab? lished for the full, scholastic year throughout the County. Do not rely on public funds for education. It w&a re? marked in Columbia by a School Com? missioner that "there seems to be . st enough public effort to paralize i?'1! ual effort in behalf of education." ?Tow true this is. This is why tbe public Bchool fund is said by some to be detri? mental to the cause of education. Wo do not feel that our trip to Colum? bia to attend the School Commissioner's meet: Dg was in vain. We feel that great good will result from the discus? sions there had, and the information gathered. In that meeting we had a general exchange of views with reference to th 3 work we have ig charge. Tbe price of school books was consid? ered at length, and while we do not think the price agreed on by the State in the {.doptiou is so very unreasonable, taking into count the quality of paper and binding and general make up, still we feel the demand made by the people for lower priced books. In the near fu? ture a list of the books adopted by the State, with the price agreed on, will be printed on a card aod placed in every school house. In tbe mean time we hope to be able to make arrangements in every County in the State to have these books sold at the price agreed on. This ar? rangement we have made with Messrs. George W. Fant & Sod in this County. But it is distinctly understood that this price is for spot cash. No credit can be given on these prices. This will be giv? ing our people all that can be obtained under the present existing state of affairs. It has been our purpose to place the peo? ple in possession of all the facts, believ? ing that if they know their rights they will maintain them. It was also thought best to pay a fixed salary per month, and not according to average attendance. A resolution was adopted asking the Legislature to repeal tbe law authorizing the granting of certificates on diplomas, and thus requiring all, even graduates, to stand the examination. The question was also considered, but left open until the next meeting, as to how to lengthen tbe school term. Most of them thought it was advisable to re? quire, in some way, the patrons to sup? plement tbe public fund with an equal sum before opening the public schools. This position was strongly endorsed by Governor Tillman. The meeting was an intensely inter? esting one, and all present took deep interest in it. A committee, consisting of the School Commissioner of this County aB Chairman, State Superinten? dent of Education, and the School Com? missioner of Horry County, was appoint? ed to report back to the meeting the nec? essary amendments to the school law, and suggestions as to the best method of run? ning the public schools. This is the second meeting of the School Commissioners held in Columbia this year, and they purpose holding another session before the Legislature convenes. The country has not seen since the war so much interest being taken in the development of the common schools and the cause of education gen? erally. We feel like the time has come when the people will not be without schools, and good ones, too, in every vicinity. This is a proper spirit, and we bid the people "God speed." ? Tobacco merchants are Baid to han? dle a larger amount of ready money than any other class of business men, ? The president's salary is paid to him in monthly installments of $4,166 67. The warrant is brought to the White House by a special messenger from the treasury department, and after the presi? dent has endorsed it as he would an ordi? nary draft, his private secetary deposits it at the Columbia bank. When the presi? dent ia out of town tbe draft is mailed to him. Tbe same method is pursued in paying the justices of the supreme court. ? Queer world ! Queer people 1 Here are men and women by thousands suffer? ing from all Borts of diseases, bearing all mauners of pain, spending their all on physicians and "getting no better, but rather worse," when right at hand there's a remedy which says it can help tbem because it's helped thousands like you. Another patent medicine advertisement, you say. Yes?but not one of the ordina? ry kind. The medicine is Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, and it's differ? ent from the ordinary nostrums in this? it does what it claims to do, or it cosUgou nothing. The way is this: You pay your druggist $1.00 for a bottle. You read the directions and you follow them. You get better, or you don't. If you do, you buy another bottle, and perhaps another. If you don't get better, you get your money back. Aod the queer thing is that so many people are willing to be sick when the remedy is so near at baud. BILL ABF. Bill Given a Chapter on Music. Atlanta Constitution' Music is the only employment that is innocent, refining and that cannot ho in? dulged in to excess. It stands by itself as the peculiar gift of God. It is the only art that is alike common to angels and to men. It has a wondorful compass nnd variety, and yet from the grandest to tbfe simplest it is all pleasing and all innocent. Every other pleasure can be carried to dissipation, but not music. The highest order of music is that ivhich wo never hear, but only read about and wondbr; It is" called tho music of tho spheres?tho grand symphony that is made by tho planets and other heavenly bodies coursing around the sun, and which Milton says is only hoard by God and the angels. I don't suppose that such creatures as we are, afflicted and limited with original sinj could bear that kind of music. The child that is charmed with a lullaby or soothed to sleep with, "Hush, my dear. Lie still and slumber," -would bo frightened at an oratorio from Handel. But musical taste is progressive like ev? ery other good thing. The time was when I thought "Billy in the low grounds" and "Bonaparte crossing tho Rhine" perfectly j splendid, but I don't now. I hayo ad? vanced to a higher grade. By degrees the children have educated mo, nnd as they climb np 1 clirab'aliitlo, too. Time was when I thought "Kathleen Mavou roen" the sweetest song, and my wife, whom I was courting, the Bweetest singer in tho world. But I don't now?that is, I mean the Bong. There are sweeter -songs. I don't wish to be misunderstood about the singer. No doubt her voice has the same alluring, ensnaring, angelic eiy sian sweetness it had forty years ago, more or lesB, but the fanlt is in me, for when a man has been once allured and ensnared and is getting old and deaf he loses some of his gushing appreciation. Neverthe? less, when her eldest daughter touches the ivory keys and sings Longfellow's beautiful hymn of "Daylight is done and the darkness Falls from tho wings of night," my appreciation seems to como back and it makes me calm and serene. There is nothing in all nature that so proves the goodness of God to his crea? tures as in giving to them the love of mu? sic and tho faculty to make it. It is the cheapest and most universal pleasure. Much of it costs nothing, for wo hear it in the winds and waves, the trees, the wa? terfalls, and from the birds and insects. It is of many kinds, from the pealing an? them that swells the note of praise in Westminster Abbey down to the planta? tion harmonies of tho old timo darkies around the corn pile. Between these ex? tremes we have the music of the drama, the concort, the nursery and the drawing room. I was having these thoughts because Mrs. Arp and tho children were prac? ticing some Church music in the parlor, preparing for Sunday. Some of the fam? ily belong to the choir, and it is a good thing to belong to. Choirs have their lit? tle musical fusses sometimes and get in the pouts; but, nevertheless, it is a good place to raise children. It makes them go to Church and to Sunday School, and go early, and if they are facing the congre? gation thoy have to keep awake and be? have decently, and they do their best to look pretty and sing sweetly. I used to belong to the choir, and it was there Mrs. Arp saw me and ever and anon heard the sweet strains of my melodious tonor voice. But alas! that voice has changed to a bass at one end and a falsotto at tho other, and "there's a melancholy crack iu my laugh." Young man, young woman, if you have any gifts for music you had better join the Church choir, but if you havn't, don't. Sacred music is very muoh varied ac? cording to denominations. The Roman Catholic Church is the oldest and richest and has the most passionate jmusic and the finest organs, and embraces a render? ing of such intense words as are found in the "Agnus Dei" and Gloria in Excclsis, and tho litany and chants of tho old mas ters. The Protestant Church has rejected the dramatic style and coli lined its music to hymns and psalms of sober temper, and in tho main has done away with the fugue and galloping style of ono part chasing another through the vocal har? monies. I remember when it was the fashion in fashionable choirs to give one part several feet tho start in tho race and' the others would start later and overtake it before they all got to the end of tho line. There is a hymn beginning, "I love to steal awhile away," and the tenor would start out with "I love to steal"- and then tho alto would prance up with "I lovo to steal," and then tho bass confessed the unfortunate frailty, "I lovo to steal," and hurried on for fear the first man would steal it all before he got there. Sacred music is of very ancient origin. Indeed, it is older than the Church or the temple, for we find thnt Moses sang a song when ho had crossed the Bed sea, and ho said, "I will sing a song unto tho Lord, for he is my strength and my sal? vation," and when he had finished his song Miriam took it up, and she and her maidens sane and mado music on the timbrels. King David sang all through his psalms, and Isaiah not only sang, but wanted everything to sing, .for he says: "Sing, oh ye hcavons, for tho Lord hath done it. Break forth into singing, oh ye mountains, and evory tree, for tho Lord hath redeemed Israel." I was looking over this book that we are now using in our Church, a new and beautiful book containing 1200 hymns nnd a tuno with written music to ovcry hymn. Hero are 360 nuthors of all Christian de? nominations. Of these, sixty-ono nro women, seventy an: English Episcopa linus, twenty are Scotch Presbyterians, ten arc English Presbyterians, and only oight nro Amorlcau Presbyterians. Eight are Methodu .3, ten nro Baptists, fourteen aro Congrogatioualists, and five are Roman Catholics. The rest aro Dissent? ers, Lutherans, Unitarians, Moravians, Quakers and Independents. Only fifty four are Americans. Leaving out Isaac Watts and Charles Wesley most of theso hymns were composed by English Epis? copalians. Isaac Watts was tho fouudcr of hymnology. Ono hundred and twen? ty-six of his hymns aro iu this book. He has been dead 112 yeans, but wo aro still singing: "Wolcomo Sweot Day of Rost," "How Beauteous Aro Thoir Foot," "When I Can Road My Titlo Clear," "Bcforo Je? hovah's Awful Throne," "Arn I a Soldier of tho Cross ?" nnd many more of his composing. ilo was a very small man with a very largo soul. Ho was only live feet high and weighed less than a hundred pounds and uovor married. II is hymns aro sung all over tho Christian world. Our grand? parents and parents, ourselves and our children have nil treasured them and ho coino familiar with them. I Charles Wesley, a Mothodist, has thlr ty-six hymns in this book?most of them inspired from his intense, Absorbing lovo of tho Saviour?such as "Blow ye the trumpet; blow," and "Jesus, lover of my soul." Ito was a brother of John Wesley, tho founder of Methodism, who came to j Georgia with him in 1735. Rev. John Newton has twenty hymns J in this collection. What a strange, event I ful life was his. Seized and impressed j for a seaman on board a manjjof .war j when he was oiily nineteen years of age? j deserted?was caught and flogged and de I graded?deserted .igain and hired himself J to a slave-trading v cssel, Four years af I terwards he went back to England and married Mary Catlctt, tho girl ho had j loved for years, lie then equipped a sla I ver of his own, and shipped negroes from J Africa to tho West Indies and mado a fortune. In a few yoars ho became dis I gusted with tho business, and studied Mathematics, Latin, Greek and Hebrew I without a teacher. About that time West I ley and Whitfiold began their great re I ligioua uprising, and be was converted j and joined them and went to preaching. I When eighty yoars old ho preached throo I times a week, and when urged to stop on j account of his feeble health, heropliod: j "What! Shall tho old African negro J trader and blasphemer stop while ho can J speak ??No 1" No wonder that the great j change inspired him to writo those beau I ful hymns: "Amazing Grace! How I Sweet tho Sound," "One There is Above All Others," "Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken," "Saviour, Visit Thy Plan? tation." j And next comes Cowper?the amiable, j lovable, miserable Cowper?whose lifo I was spent in alternating between hope j and despu;-, and was sent several timos j to the insane asylum. In his lucid I intervals of hope ho composed such I hymns as I "Sometimes a Light Surprises," j "There is a Fountain Filled with Blood," "Oh, for a Closer Walk With God," and j many others. j James Montgomery, a Moravian, has I twenty-three hymns in this book. His I early life was full of trouble. Ho was j indicted, tried and imprisoned for writing I a ballad on the fall of the bastile. Soon J after his release he wroto an account of J the riot at Sheffield, and was again im I prisoned. The pross had but little free I dorn in those days, but his gentle, earnest I Christian character finally won for him J the regard of his enemies, and he was I granted a pension by tho crown. There j are no hymns in this book or any book I sweeter than his. Such, for instance, as I "Oh, where shall rest be found?" j "Prayer is the soul's sincere desire," and I '?People of the living God," etc. j Addison, too, that stately, polished wri I tor of essays, found time and inclination j to pay poetic tribute to his maker. There j is no poetry moro majestic than the I hymns beginning, "When all thy mercies, I oh! my God," and "The spacious firma I neuton High." And next wo have He j ber, the gifted bishop of Calcutta, tho J Christian gentleman who never know a J want, but, nevertheless, spent his lifo in I charity and missionary work. His I world renowned hymn would have im I mortalized him if he had written nothing I else. I "From Greenland's Icy Mountains" I still stands as the chief of all missionary I hymns. Ho wrote others of exquisite I beauty, such as "Brightest and Best of I the Sons of tho Morning," and "By Cool Siloam's Shady Rill." Then there are many other composers I who did not writo much, but wroto cx I ceeding well. There is? J "How Firm a Foundation," by George I Keith; "Come Yo Disconsolate," by I Thomas Moore, the poet laureate of Eng jland; "Awake My Soul," by Medloy; I "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing," j by Robert Robinson. I Rov. Augustus Toplady has sevoral I beautiful hymns, but none compare with I his "Rock of Ages Cleft for Mo." Sir j William Gladstone, tho great premier of j England, was so much impressed with I this hymn that he has translated it into j Latin and other languages. Of a later j date wo And "Nearer My God to Thee," j by Mrs. Adams, an English lady. J The oldest hymn in this book was I written by Thomas Sternholn, in 15-19. I He was groom to Henry VIII. Tho next J oldest is well worth romembrance, for it I was written in 1690 by Thomas Ken, and I has but ono verse, and that verse is sung j oftener than any othor verso in tho world. I Its first line is "Praise God from whom j all blessings flow." If Thomas Ken is I in the heavenly choir, (and we believe he J is,) what serene comfort does his transla J ted soul enjoy as it listens every Sabbath j to his own doxology as it goes up from a j million voices and swells heavenward I from thousands of organs all over Chris I teudom. J Then wo havo hymns from Richard I Baxter, who was Chaplain to Charles II, I and resisted tho usurpation of Crom? well. And here wo haro hymns from Mra. Charles, tho giftod authoress of the J Schonberg Cotta Stories, and from Wil I liam Cullcn Bryant, our owu poot laurc I ate, and Francis S. Koy, the author of tho ?'Star Spangled Banner," and from Mrs. J Sigournoy and John Drydon, another J poet laureate of England, and Henry Kirk j White, who diod in his twenty-first year, I but loft on his monument "The Star of I Bethlehem." Here, too, is the litany by I Sir Robert Grant. And here arc many j hymns from Dr. Muhlenberg, who wroto, "I would not liyo alway." < And now ict mo pause to remember J that all these men and women arc dead. Some have been dead 300 years, some 200, I and very many 100, and some for loss, but all nro dead. But poetry outlives prose, and a song outlives a sermon. It is a comforting fart that most all of the famous poets havo been Christian men and women and have giyen to tho Church some of their sweetest and holiest thoughts in song. Dr. Oliver W. Holmes und John G. Whitford are represented in this collec? tion. But hymns without music loso half their beauty. They arc liko birds with? out wings?they cannot fly heavenward. And now if the choir and tho congrega? tion will enter into tho spirit of these beautiful hymns and sing them with pure religious feeling It will bo acceptable praise. A song without inspiration is music, but it is not prai.se. Professional choirs who sing for pay scorn to bo sing? ing for monand not for God. Such sing? ing is liko tho funerals that havo hired mourners. When tho tune fits tho senti? ment of tho hymn, liko it was all ono creation of gonius, it greatly enhances tho beauty of both. The coronation hymn would not be half so popular if the coro? nation music woro not sot to it. And this is ono reason why tho oratories of tho grand old masters, such as Handel and Mozart, havo never bcon oxcollcd. They composed both the sentiment and tho sonff. Bn.i. A nr. P. S.?Tf anybody knows anything of Simeon \\\ X J ill, of Cobb'H l.cqion of Cavalry, who was captured at Gettysburg and sent to Point Lookout, please address W. T. Cowan, Duo West, S. C. Facts In a Nutshell. To the Editor of the .Sewa nnd Courier : A good deal of interest is being developed in the growing of the Texas thin-shell pecan, which promises greater results financially than can lie obtained by tho raising of oranges. Walnuts, almonds, prunes or olives* The long life of the pecan la largely in its favor, because, Unlike most orchard productions, ono planting will last for generations, bearing even for six hundred years. Ono secret of its long life Is its tap root, which will go down to tho depth of thirty feet or more, if required, for moisture, feeding upon soils unreached by ordi? nary surface-rooted ;trces. While many trees are perishing for want of moisture, tho pecan is green and thrifty, making dolightful shade, which can be trained into wide-spreading trees if desired. Tho wild trees commonce bearing at six years old, at eight years will begin to pay, and at tho ago of ten ye?rs will yield from 150 to 200 pounds per tree; at fifteen will yield from 10 to 15 bushels, some? times more. Cultivation improves them, its earlier bearing, increased size, thinner shells and larger products?a fact not universally known. Unlike most trees planted from tho seed, at least 90 per cent of the product of tho pecan will bo like the seed planted?possibly 100 per cent. Being of the hickory family the pecan can be grown where the hickory cati, but it is reasonable to suppose that in tho northern part of tho United States nature would provide A thicker husk for cover? ing the nut. The pecan neither trans? plants, grafts nor buds well, so tho only safe way is to plant tho root where the tree is to stand. Thore is no noed of giving up the ground wholly to tho growth of the pe? can, because tho ground can bo used by growing peaches, Irish potatoes, toma? toes, beans, peas or strawberries. Plant? ing 35 by 35 for the pecan, peach trees can be planted every 171 ieet, giving 36 pecan trees per acre and 85 peach trees, between which in rows can be grown the smaller products. When tho pecan trees come into bearing tho peach trees will have sowed their time and can be re? moved. To uiiiize lands which Ho along the streams and overflow so as to render them of no value for ploughed crops, the pecan can be planted among tho standing trees 35 by 35 feet apart. Persons may plant out 50 to 100 acres in pecans and farm the land until tho trees come into bearing, when they will re? ceive a larger income from the pecans ten times as great as from any farm crop, acre ior acre. Having no enemies, hardy, thrifty, easily grown, thoy pay hotter profits on the investment than anything else known, banking, real estate, bonds or stocks not excepted. At only one cent per pound, the hard shell pecans are worth twenty-five cents per pouud in the markets, they will earn ten times as much as cotton will at ten cents per pound. Ten acres in pecans will earn more clear profit than five hundred acres will in cotton at ten cents per pound. Fifty acres in pecans will earn more net profit when ten years old than a bank with a capital of ?300,000 earning 10 per cent. At fifteen years will earn more Hhan a bank with ?000,000 earning 10 per cent., counting tho pecans at ten cents por pouud. Somo may doubt these figures, but they can bo abundantly verified, show? ing that here is an industry' which is worth millions to tho United States, and can bo carried on by any ono owning land at littlo cost, risk, caro or trouble If doubted, write to tho uudersigned, who will give further information if wanted. Herbert Post. Fort Worth, Texas. Overproduction of Cotton. Southern planters in tho cotton bcltaro greatly troubled over the low price at which their staplo is sold, and aro dili? gently considering plans by which thoy hopo to i each and maintain higher prices. ThoJ fact is thero is too much cotton ; that is, its production has increased to a point beyond the demand for cotton goods. The acreage planted in cotton has in? creased from 8,000,000 acres before tho war to 19,000,000 acres last year, and to a still larger planting this yoar. Tho American product has increased 2S2 por cent, since tho war, while the cotton con? sumption of the world has only increased 117 per cent. In 1871 the average income from an acre of cotton was ?35.42; last year it was only 810.11. Tho average prico per pound has fallen from twelve and a half cents in the decade from 18S0 to 1690 to nine cents, which is all that is offered now. It is evident that prices must decline if this overproduction con? tinues, and tho increasing competition of Indian and Egyptian cottou in the English market contributes very mate? rially to the same result. The cotton-growers of tho ?South will show their wisdom at this juncture by giving no heed to the remedies and vis? ionary schemes which tho cranks who bcliove in tho paternal duties and func? tions of tho Stato aro sure to propose. Nothing will bo gained by giving to tho Stato, in any shapo, the control either of tho production or of tho marke ting of tho crop. These aro things with which tho State has no business to meddlo. Tho only way in which tho evil can bo curod is by reducing production to the limit of the demand. This will raise prices and make thorn steady. A enso of over-production is analagous :o tho caso of a merchant who lays in a stock of roods far in excess of tho demand for them and then has to sell them below cost iu order to realize something. Both methods load to bankruptcy. Tho wise policy for the Southern far? mer to pursue is to > *ry his crop?to re? strict his production of cotton aud to increase his growth ot corn and other cereals. Ho should, in ovory case, raiso his own bread and meat. Iu every sec? tion of tho country diversified agricul? ture is the most prosperous; and tho low price of cotton this year will do somo good if it loads to n greater variety of crops in the cotton States.? Washington Post. Bucklcn's Arnica Salve The best salve in the world for Cut?, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Bheum, Fe? ver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chil? blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give per? fect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Hill Bros. ? Artificial eyes are supplied to all the world from Thuringia, Germany. Near? ly all the grown inhabitants of some of the villages arc eDgagcd in their manu Peccavi?A Sketch. "Does this magnificent, wealthy city of New Ye;k contain a human being more miserable than myself?" I groan, continuing my weary tramp, tramp up and down tbe crowded streets to avoid being run in by the police. All day long without a mouthful to eat and not one cent? "What is that!" Hastening to tbe middle of tbe street as fast as my empty stomach and weak? ened condition will allow, at the risk of my life, I enatch up a large pocketbook. Hurriedly shoving it into my dilapidated pantaloons pocket I retreat with my prize. Turning the corner of a less frequent? ed street I pull out tbe book and pro? ceed to examine it. A neatly folded pa* per first attract- my eye, and mechan? ically I hide it in my battered old hat between the lining. A few dollars in money, but nothing to indicate to whom the pocketbook belongs. This fact I no? tice in an absent-minded sort of way strangely at variance with the flutter of j expectation that causes my heart to beat with unwonted vigor. Visions of food and a comfortable place to rest my weary body flit across my mind. Suddenly I am startled by a hand laid on my shoulder. I glance around ap? prehensively. Fear takes possession of my soul, nervousness causes my teeth to chatter as if chilled?my heart almost stops beating. A stalwart policeman has taken my arm. "Young man, come with me." I go. Locked up in the Toorabs, charged with stealing a lost pocketbook. Protestations of innocence are of no avail. The minion of tbe law testifies that he saw me in the act. I am convicted, and sentenced to tbe penitentiary, but in the meanwhile manage to hide that paper, which I have not yet had time or opportunity to examine, in a safe place in my old clothes. I know 1 will be searched when my civilian dress is ex? changed for the prison garb, but if tbe paper remains undiscovered during my term of imprisonment it will again come into my possession when released from custody, and the ragged raiment once more restored to me. # * * * * # Discharged! The prison has been open? ed. I am'a free man again. Back in tbe great metropolis, hour after hour and day after day I walk the streets endeavoring to gain an honest livelihood. Failure stalks by my side, desperation's iron enters my soul. Why should I attempt an honest life ? is tbe question constantly recurring to me. Unjustly convicted in tbe first instance, why not revenge myself on so? ciety in tbe only way in my power?be a professional blackleg? Seriously I think of this course. Despondent and hopeless, with life at its lowest ebb, physically and morally, one morning after a sleepless night spent in tbe area way of a magnificent palace of some rich man on Fifth avenue, I sud? denly became conscious of some one standing on the steps above me "The wages of sin is death," mourn? fully said the man. "When will this feeling of impending evil pass away and my life become serene and happy once more." "Here is one as miserable as myself," I thought. Arising from my brick hard bed, I accost tbe gentleman and tell him my story, reserving the tale of the pock? etbook. I am given employment. The tran? sition from abject poverty to compara? tive ease is a novelty I have not yet en? joyed in a long time. My employer in tim . makes a confidant of me, and ex? plains tbe reason of his unhappy ejacu? lation on the morning of our acquaint? ance. Some time ago he had lost a val? uable paper. Suddenly the remembrance of that paper secreted in my clothes over a year ago flashed through my brain like an electric shock. Seeking my room, I take it from its hiding place and read. Star? tled at its contents, their full significance at last takes possession of my mind. 'I realize that a road to fortune opens be? fore me if I choose to walk it. The manuscript is a confession of my benefactor of swindliug practices psrpe trated in a business failure some years be? fore. It gives full particulars of his failure, the amount of money fraudu? lently retained from creditors, the dif? ferent banks in which it was deposited and the many aliases assumed. The temptation to use my strangely acquired knowledge for my own advantage is great. All feeling of gratitude is swept away by the whisper of avarice, and I succumb to evil. Apprising the generous man who has been my friend of the fearful power I hold, I compel him to surrender the greater part of his fortune. Fear of ex? posure is so great that he dare not invoke the protection of the law. His plead? ings for mercy, such as he once showed me, are in vain. The leaven of evil im? bibed in my year's imprisonment has tak? en complete possession of me, and rises higher as each demand for money is suc? cessful. The end has come. I am a rich and respected business man, honored and es teemed by all who know me. My bene? factor and friend lies in a pauper's grave, and there is no existing evidence to indicate the 1 .'ginning of my im? mense fortune. But am I happy ? Ah, that is a ques? tion!? H. 31, J), in AtLxnta\Con*titution. Deafness Can't be Cured By local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one ? ay to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condi? tion of the mucous lining of the Eusta chian Tube. When this Tube gets in? flamed you have a rumbling sojnd or im? perfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever. Nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condi lion of the mucous surfaces. We will give one hundred dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that we cannot cure by taking Hall's Ca? tarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. " CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. I ggL.Sold by Druggists, 75 cents. I All Sorts of Paragraphs. ? A Portland, Ore., Chinaman who died recently left property valued at over $200,000. ? It is hard for people to enjoy leli gion very much who keep both hands in their pockets. ? There is a clergyman in New Mex? ico who goes by the name of Rev. Inno? cent Wolf. ? "Woman feels where man thinks." Yes, and that's what makes the manlpre maturely bald. ? The man with a cork leg, a glass eye, false teeth and a borrowed reputa? tion is a man of parts. ? A ton of tomatoes, as they come from the' field, it ie estimated, will fill from 400 to 540 can<t. ? If food sours on the stomach, diges? tion is defective. De Witt's Little Early Risers will remedy this. The famous little pills, that never gripe and never disappoint. For sale by Wilhite & Wil hite. t ? Perteze Zrnchzsxkowskelowski is a cabinet-maker of Buffalo, N. Y. He occasionally uses his name for a saw. ? She?"I don't suppose yon are fond of kissing babies?" He?"Not unless they are girl babies about 18 years old."i ? Catarrh, neuralgia, rheumatism and most diseases originate from Impure blood. Cleanse it, improve it, purify it with De Witt's Sarsaparilla and health is restored, strength regained. Sold by Wilhite & Wilhite. t ? Delaware has a very singular phe? nomenon at Wilmington in the shape of a citizen 54 years old who is cutting his third set of teeth. ? "My mamma's got whiter teeth than your mamma," said Allie. "She'd oughter have. She changes 'em oftener," retorted Maudie. ? The difference between realism and idealism is just the difference between a girl's opinion of her lover and the young man himself. ?The French still fight an average of 4,000 duels a year, but as they are most? ly bloodless affairs the subject is not a painful one to dwell oo. ? Very popular, very small, very good. De Witt's Little Early Risers, the pill for constipation, billiousness, sick headache. For sale by Wilhite & Wilhite. f ? In the 6,000,000 letters that reached the dead letter office last year there was money amounting to $28,642 and checks and notes of the value of $1,471,871. ? "I was kicked by a horse when I was little and knocked senseless," said . Chappie. "How soon do yon erpect to recover ?" asked the cynical Maud. ? A beautiful skin, bright eyes, sweet breath, good appetite, vigorous body, pure blood and good health result from the use of De Witt's Sarsaparilla. It is sold by Wilhite and Wilhite. t ? Bilkins?"After all the country is the place. How different from the city I No dust, no noises, no everlasting grind of business." Jinkins?"Yaas; but above all, no duns." ? The life insurance companies of the United Stales pay one million five hun? dred thousand dollars per year toward supporting the physicians who make their medical examinations. ? Purifies the blood, increases the circulation, expels poisonous humors and builds up the system. What more do you want a medicine to perform? DeWitfo'1?? Sarsaparilla is reliable. For sale by Wil? hite and Wilhite. t ? "My dear Julia," said one pretty girl to another, "can you make up your mind to marry that odious Mr Snuff?" "Why, my dear Mary," replied Julia, "I I believe I could take him on a pinch." ? Mr. Frederick K. Ridge, of Cam? bridge, Mass., has within the last three years given to charitable, religions and municipal institutions more than $3,000, ? 000. He inherited bis money. Constipation, blood poison, fever! Doctors' bills and funeral expenses cost about two hundred dollars-; DeWitt's Little Early Risers cost a quarter. Take your choice. For sale by Wilhite & Wil? hite. t ? It is said that P. D. JArmour, of Chicago, is the largest individual com? mercial operator in the world. His transactions last year reached the enor? mous aggregate of $63,000,000. It is quite the fashion now to take De Witt's Little Early Risers for liver, stomach and bowel disorders. They are small pills, but mighty good ones. Wil? hite and Wilhite sells them. y f ? A colony of 200 or 300 monkeys ia reported to exist in the everglades of Florida. They are supposed to owe their origin to the wreck of a vessel upon the coast, having on board monkeys which escaped into the forest. ? The little daughter of a leading physician in a certain country town, presented the following as her first school essay: "There was a little girl, and she was very sick; they sent for my papa, and she died very quick." ? De Witt's Little Early Risers never gripe or cause nausea. Mild but sure, assist rather than force. Best little pill for sick headache, chronic constipation, dyspepsia. For sale by Wilhite & Wil? hite. t ? Mr. J. H. Bates, of Acwarth, Ga., has what one might call a curiosity. It is pumpkins that will weigh not less than one hundred and twenty-five pounds. Mr. Bates has five hills of the mammoth Tours pumpkin, so named from having originated near Tours, France, where they are largely grown, both for Jable and cattle use. It grows to an immerrsv^ size, even with ordinary culture. In an agricultural report it is related that ^ a single specimen reached the enor? mous weight of 320 pounds, and that the product of one vine amounted to nearly nine hundred pounds. The flesh is of a beautiful salmon color, solid nearly all the way through with very few seed. Mr. Bates is undoubtedly the champion pumpkin raiser of Georgia. Progress, ? It is very important in this - je of vast material progress that a remedy be pleas? ing to the taste and to the eye, easita^gr*1^ ken, acceptable to the atomachand healthy in its nature and effects. Posaes? ing these qualities, Syrup of Fign is the one perfect laxativo and most gentle diu? retic known, 1