The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, September 10, 1891, Image 1
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