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A. CERTIFICATE. ANDERSON, S. C, September 2S, 1891. I hereby certify that the Shoes manufactured by the ANDERSON SHOE AND LEATHER CO. are made of first-class material, that the workmanship is second to none, and that no pasteboard, wood, chips or scraps are used in their manufacture. The Goc.ls turned out by us are as good as tho^e made by any of the Eastern Facto? ries and are fully as cheap, and guaranteed to give satis? faction. Wo have appointed? The Sylvester Bleckley Company Gmr sole Agents for the City of Anderson, and hope that tthe people of Anderson County will support a worthy ihome industry, by buying and wearing the Shoes made by the Anderson Shoe and Leather Company. T. S. CR AVION, Secretary and Treasurer. AT LAST WE HAVE MOVED To our Elegant New Store Room, t. i Where we invite our friends and customers to inspect our splendid line of HARDWARE, CUTLERY, GUNS, &c. Cold weather is upon us, and ycu should put in your Grates and Prepare for Winter. We have a nice line of them. Also, Coal Vases, Blower Stands, &c A Nice line of Builders' Hardware, All kinds of Plantation Tools, Plows, Plow Stocks, Harrows, Hames, Traces, &c. Iron, Steel, Horse and Mule Shoes. Come and see the world-renowned French Rat Trap. It is a veritable rat exterminator. The Grs!, time we baited one, it caught twelve rats, and not a good night for rats, either. TERMS CASH. Yours truly, CUNNINGHAM & HUMPHREYS. FURNITUR FURNITURE, FURNITURE! A MAMMOTH STOCK FURNITURE! hree Big Stores full of Furniture from Cellar to Garret? The best Selected and Largest Stock of Furniture ever shown in the Slate of South Carolina at 6. F. TOLLY & SON'S. Now, if you want BARGAINS?BIG BARGAINS?in Furniture, and every? thing that is kept in a FIRST CLASS Furniture Store, cotne to the Old Reliable Furniture Store of G. F. Tolly & Son, that ha? been in existence for over a quarter ?of a century, and has -uccess fully co aapeted against all competition, having oeaten ?two of the largest Western Manufacturers in furnishing the new Hotel Chiquola; having, during the last month, sold and delivered Furniture to Atlanta, Ga., Macon, Ga., Greenville, 3. C. and sold "at wholesale tr> a large number of Furniture dealers along the line of both Railroads. The question may be asked, how can you do all this? The answer is plain : Experience! and buy ng in larger quantities ;!i in any Furnitur* .StoKi in the State, and hnving selected the Urges' md be*' ffoetor'***. tu be found, and having exclu? sive saleof iheir good?. We ein or! r b*lt?*r Bargain* than anyone <?!-?- All w? ask is to come ami *ee our Stock', foil of the b ???t kind of G ?->?!-, (dm shoddy good sold ) We Im re fine Bun-aus, full Bor! fronts, large fine ji'ass standards., large, boxes ano brackets, for Five Dollars. The very be.?t strong Maple Bods, with bracket rails and sieel hooks, (no pine or poplar in any pari u! them,) for Two 1).liars, and EVERYTHING ELSE in proportion. We invite everybody to come and see our fine line of goods, whether they buy or n->\ We would like to show them through, as wo have some of lh? FIN EST Parlor, Dining Room and Room Suites i'i the Stale of South Carolina. So com? one, come all. Cnmc everybody, to 6. P. Tolly & Son's Furniture Store, and t-ee the IMMENSE STOCK and be convinced. Caskets and Coffins furnished Day or Night. G. F. TOLLY & SON. for infants and Children. "Caatorlalsso well adapted tocbUdrcsitluit I Cu-torl* nires Colic, rvmstlrwition, i:..-i,,.,. ? ,,r ?? . 3 Sour Stoiiim-!i. Iiiarrlera. Eructation, known to me." II. A. Ancucn, M. I)., | .... ,;,.?. Ill So. Oxford St.. Brooklyn, -N V g Without injurious medication. 'i'1:;- t'ssT.vci: Cujjpanv, 77 Murray Street, N. Y. FALL APID WINTER ^SLLSMERY! CIIEAIJ A xi) i?i?: \ I i 11 i i npH?SK who have art ?vclV.r ill '..apin, -:. ?, I;..j-cji at mv lineOf M1LLI J. XKltY I a:., prewired ? . i - , ..ti ... Ii f.. la'tkst st-vj-k's a.ni> lowkst ritirrcs. Have jusi o,,,-.,e.l a u\ ? -i i ..\- Y K: i h' Klts. WI >:?;<. Itl I'.IK iNs, and all liiateria f. rjuir. 0 :?? in ? i -? vn'-ii ?: ? M IS"? Hi I.Ki I *. it::. ?' N ?? t "'? ? ? > ? ret trneil l'r?ctt I! ill inc.n- willi fr, si; jde s |. r i? ?? ?I i a<ii. >i ?-< lie | ? . i >ii"W my <i'C"t<. and wdi do all in l.t-r p ? ? ? ? ? r.-n-i.?? Uiv : ? .i .1 !.??'...? ' io.-.l. My s . i . .'? ?>ICV <;<>???;>?-. i ? :..!? i i I ;?> yon lo ?ul! and examine tliem before oo\ ipj: Cul : !- ?_. ! m> ? ... ?. \ ? u ?ranI a II it Tlio-u irideiiU-d is-,..:.r oily . I t" come promptly and settle. Thankful far past patronage I ? i- a ?? mtiiiua ice ol same. 3IISS 8ALLIE BOWIE. Te}a?to$'Golumn, -S-TTv All communications intended for this "oliiinn should bo addressed to C. WARDLAW, School Commissioner, An? derson, S. C. memory gems. "Thoro is room al the top." "A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck." 'The lives of great men all remind us. "Wo can make our lives sublime.'' Miss Mamie Stephens will teach the coming year at Cedar Grove. The P. M. I. has the largest enroll? ment thi-s session that it has ever had. Misses Maggie Evans and Lucile Nar din have as many as two can well man age. Miss Hubbard's Home School is on a boom. The attendance is larger than ever before. The next school year begins on the 1st of November, 1S1U, and ends on the Slat October, 1S92. Some of the Charts bought last winter are still in our ollice. Trustees, see that they are placed in the schools. We hope to have Registers for the teachers some of these days. We write for them every few weeks, but they come not. The male academy at Wiliiarustou ia in safe hands. Mr. Gaines is a young man of energy and ability, and we shall expect a t;ood work from him. Beiton is not behind any other town of its 8i7;e in educational facilities. Rev. J. T. Staith has established such a school at Beiton as the people may justly be proud of. ^_ Mr. David Richardson has been ap? pointed a Trustee iu Rock Mills District No. 5, Mr. Allen Bowen in Pendleton District No. 2, and Mr. Thomas B. Earle in Savannah District No. 9. We would again request the Trustees to notify us of their decision a3 to when the schools shall open, and what plan of payiog the teachers they have adopted. It is important that we should know these things. The Honea Path High School is ap? preciated both by the people of Honea Path and the public generally. Its pros? pects are brighter now than ever before. Prof. J. B. Watkins, with his assistants, are doing an excellent work. It is said by weather prognosticators that we are going to have a severe win? ter. Parents see that your children have comfortable school houses in which to spend the winter It may save you a big doctor's bill, and possible the life of your child. _;_ Is a teacher out of order if he takes off his coat duri?g the recitation of his classes and teaches without a coat on? Mo. W. Ye-*, a thousand times yes, if "out of order " means out of propriety.?(school Journal. "Would you advise recesses in a coun? try school?" Teacher. Yes, by all means. If there is a good yard, encourage games that involve run? ning at recess. Ventilate the school room and join yourself in the games. The children will be refreshed and made ready for better work if you have the right kind of recess."?Popular Educator. Every tpacher should take at least one educational paper. 77/? Teachers' Insti tute, The School Journal and The Popular Educator are admirably suited to our teachers. A copy of either may be seen at thin oflice. The Primary Edition of j the School Journal only costs a dollar a I year, and the Teachers' Institute 81.25. j We trust our teachers will subscribe for one of these or some other good educa [ tional paper. We will be glad to take j your subscription. I The desire semis to be for a longer public school term. There are only two ways in which this may'be accomplished. First, by iri't'-. money. This can only be secured by mm increase of the school tax. j Tli" length o' u>e Fchnol term maybe j increased tiy paying out, less each month. ? 'Jliin i-i ii:e plan being adopted by the 1 Trustee-. They ex pee: to pay less, not ! because il<py <!?? imt think the teacher is ? "piili'itd i" what has been paid, but be i cau ? in}?' i- \\>n ?triIy v.ay at present by which th" end in view can be reached, i Several Boat da of Trustees have decided | :.( pay ?12 ">0 $10 and ?8 per month, j accord it,}; to grade. The County Board of Examiners desire, as far as possible, a uniform plan throughout the County. . The public sehools ol the past have uot given stf'Ufacfioii, and possibly i;>e main re.i-oti why t:t y have tint is because the people n-iitii Mm much "ii the public for j ihii *fduclimn (?: ilicii children. 'There j ivere no: ei otigh public funds in run the I I ach n - i M' ?('>??,.:, it eive an education, . J and hence I .he .|.:- found th"ir soil* : am) ilKUirltierj ^r ?v \nfi up without hav? ing recciv'-d an ???l-i ation, We have be.m etid.'iiv .rim: In d-vise m>m- plan by I which this evii enii d remedied The I rem-dy. a- .vr >? ? r. i; to manage, in some way, Mi cause parents tn not rely o ? the ; ?hl c - " li!?;?l '-.r the education :i ".ci: r - -1 - r i |ly the public only paying Ihe i?*:n-l?f: #12 -50 per inonili, I ihf pareti s ?> i!i I ?? f rci-d to Mipplement ; thai sum >-. i'h n< leasi $12 "?0 more in or (;.-r to f ciin a : ach< r Then histeail of miMiinj! tin ->??;<^ 'cir ?ii<>.-111 ? -* and paying ?2"i a month, the schools will j he run i iuhi in-i.nth-. The patrons will \ l'? I all the : ul)lie in ? i?y, hill it*?1 quite ! sn ta<i, am! in > v\vt :n get ii ihey will !><? nli'itrxl im p.iv a. p n tion nf iheir tui linp. In 'Ii - way Wv ivill have a school t'rm liiiiii enough in do gnml work in. Ci- -i d v v. think tiiis a il< <i.I. d step ; I r a :i- I ?"" ;ti :? r ? l -'abii-le d ><r i :t: ?ttii i. : .din-Htii'i: itie young; and uol i -ii,[j,!v ? ? ; ave ,? why "I Kpt'tiiling the : public i n >\- The lirsl thing i he school ollieiai- >i?d have i;i view is education, Inw i<i l'-i more ??>! il, und a heiter qu?l i' We hope the Triixti e? will ? iveihis their careful consideration. We aro aware of the Pact that they do not get a pecuniary remuneration for their work, hut their efforts are by no means wash d. Let us all try to make the schools of IS91 and 1892 the most efficient in the history i of public schools. ile Took Laudanum. Another tragedy was enacted in At? lanta yesterday, and Eugene II. Pratlier has appeared before his fellow man for the last time. It was the same old story of dissipa? tion, despair and suicide. At 2 o'clock yesterday evening O?icera Jolly, Whatley and Etheridge found Eu? gene Prather in the back part of a bar? room at the corner of Decatur and Cal houu streets in an unconscious condition. He was curried to the station house at once and medical assistance summoned. Dr. Ralph Smith responded, and made every effort to save theunfortuuato man's life, but gave up the struggle, and at 5 o'clock Prather was dead. ?ome time before he was discovered he had taken an ounce of laudanum, and the drug had taken such a hold upon his system that all efforts to eradicate it proved fruitless. Numerous acquaintances of the man gathered around him and slapped and rubbed him for three hours, but for all the effect it had the body before them might have been stoue. Not even for an instant did he show signs of conscious? ness, and the end came so quietly that those nearest hardly knew when the end had come. Eugene H. Prather was about twenty seven years old, a printer by trade, and a native of Williamston, S. C, where his mother lives to-day, the matron of the Willinmston Female school. lie was of a good family and universally liked where he came from. He was a hard drinker and that eventually proved his ruin and caused his death. He had been in Atlanta for about two weeks, and in that time had done little work, speuding most of his time in dissi? pation. It is supposed that when he dis? covered his money was all g>>ne, he grew despondent and took the step which ended his life. This morning Prather was in conver? sation with a friend, and seemed to be very gloomy. One of hi3 remarks in the light of after developments was striking. Turning to his friend hesaid : "Old man, will you put up 00 cents towards my funeral expenses if I die soon ?" A few hours after making that remark he was dead. He left no letter that gave a reason for his rash act. A telegram was found in his pocket addressed to A. II. Williams, the editor of the Greenville, S. C, Nctrs, It read: "Is there any help for me? Se..d toKeeley Institute." His friends believe that Prather's friends in Greenville made up a pur*e to send him to the Keely Institute, and that when he got to Atlanta his appetite for whisky got the better of him, and he spent all the money and found it impos? sible to take the course of treatment. He then wrote the message to Mr. Williams, intending to ask for more help, and to have the money sent direct to the Insti? tute, not being willing to trust himself with it, but despair got the better of him, and he ended the struggle by suicide. It is a pitiful story at best, and his death will doubtless be a great shock to his friends in South Carolina. Wylie & Barclay have charge of the body, awaiting orders for its disposition from the friends of Prather, who have been notified of his death. The coroner will hold an inquest over the body at 9 o'clock this morning.? Atlanta Comtituthn, Od, 21. Depravity of the Sparrow. Henceforth let no one apologize for the English sparrow. He is as black as he has. t.eeu painted, and considerably more .so. The news from North Plain. Conn , virtually strips him of every feather of rea-pectability and leaves him naked to the scorn of the world. The Baptist Church of North Plaiu has been robbed at various times, of sums aggregating $52, and after three years of bickering, charges and counter-charges the stolen money has been traced to a couple of English sparrows that had a nest in a vine near the Church. The evidence against the sparrows in indisputable, as the missing money, in bills ranging from to ?y, has been (bund woven into their nest. With the discovery of this money peace is restored in a Church which has j been rent and torn since the theft-' were i first discovered. The money was always missed out of the sums turned in by the deacons who took up the collections, cir? cumstances sometimes pointing to one deacon as the thief and sometimes to an? other. At "tie time the minister was believed to have bien caught "dead to righis,"' and when a deacon flatly charged him with bemg "a siieak-thiel" he left j the Church and did >\ ruler it again. | Two deacons came !?? blows over these ; mysu-r:< n- disappearances nt'd during! thes? 1 .it long and terrible years misim- ; chin was C'liiiii.ually poisoning each brother's cup?and all because of a tlti.'vis'i propensity of an KnglNh spar? row which look advantage of an open window to lly into 'hi' t'hutch and nip ? iccisional bank note ?AV//- Yuri: A4 ' Sta it. <<i i iiuo, Ci n ??: Toi.kmm, | 1 l.rn.vs Ctu'.vi y, j' I Fkank .1. t'liKNCV makes oath 'ha* I he ! - :In? senior partner of tie linn <l I*. .1 CiiKNi:v & Co, doing business in the City of Toledo, County ami State at iro ' sai 1. am! that -aid linn '.vi!! pay the sum of hM; liL'NDKElJ DOeLaKS for each and every case oi Cataukii that cannot In- cun d by i he iise ol 11 v i.i.'s Catakimi Cri:r FRANK .1 CHENEY. r-\%'11:i t>- before tile and subscribed in my presence, this 'lib day of I h cetiiU r. A. I? IvSi;. i " " ? a w. nu;\~i >\\ -1 A i. v ,, ? ?? , j .Viiary I nolle. 11 nil's Catarrh Cure is taken internally atid nets dinct't\ un the blood and mu? cous surfaces t.f I he sy?tem. Send lor t< slioto.-iiii! ?. free i . .1 t lll.M.V .v ( :< ',. 'Toledo,??. ' ?ri?*So!d by 1 hiiggisls, 7oc. BILL A Ii i*. ; A Uig Family whose History (-'tipigcs flic attention ?f .''ii! Arp. "Princes ami lords may flourish or may fade, j A breath can make them-as a hrealli lias made, Bui a hold peasantry--.our country's pxidc, W11r-ii once destroyed can never bo sup? plied.'1 I thought of this, at Warren, for there stood before us 100 unpretending, houest people nil from one family. The fr.irhad offered a premium of r. large anil beanti fill family r.ib'ie to the head of the lar? gest family that assembled upon the grounds. Mr. Benjamin II. Paruell and his good wife weie there with ninety-eight living descendants. !>id you ever see 100 people in a flock'.' Just think of a military company of eighty men and you can imagine what a show 100 people make. It was a rare and novel spectacle. The old patriarch was a clean-shaven, active, erect man, with a ruddy, honest face, and his wife a well preserved mat? ron, who looked as though she would rather he at home, and had doubts about the propriety of exhibiting herself to the curious gaze of so many wondering peo? ple. She was a good looking matron without the usual signs of decay. K-er hair was silvered over, but there were no wrinkles or crow's feet or sunken checks. She had her husband's arm in the good old way, and it was with a timid shyness j that ;ihe occasionally raised her eyes to | look upon the speaker who was introduc? ing her and her offspring to the multi? tude. The good Dr. Martin <-.'id : "My friends, here is a man and woman who are the heads of a family of ninety eight living descendants. Seven girls and six j boys were born to them, and there baa never been a death under their roof. Their children are all happily morried. j This couplo have lived together in loving and peaceful relations for forty-seven j years. They aud their children have j given the public no trouble. Tiiey have ! been diligent in business and eaten hon- j est bread. Young men, we commend to I you their good example. Go thou and do iikewise, aud let us abolish the immigra? tion bureau.'' The Bible was made to order, and had plenty of blank leaves to register the names and marriages and deaths iu their order. It was a remarkable scene. Some of the mothers and fathers had infant:! in their arms, aud all had children gathered around them in separate flocks, and all were dressed in clean and comfortable clothes. It was a pleasure to me to be introduced to them, aud, of course, I had to quote some scripture and tell what David said : "Children are an heritage of the Lord, As arrows are in tbo hands of a mighty man so arc children of the yoiitb, Happy is tho man who hath his quiver full, They shall not be ashamed, but shall speak with the enemies in the gate."' That is, they shall be the ambassadors to make treaties for peace. A man with numerous children and grandchildren has more at stake and feels more concern for good government. He ought to he (he man to speak with the enemy. If I live to see another war impending I shall j speak a little myself." And I recited David's prayer, ''That | our sons may be as plants grown up in | their youth. And our daughters be as corner stones polished after the similitude ; of a palace. "That our gamers may be full and our oxen strong, and there be no complaining in our streets. "Happy is that people that is in such a case. Yea, happy is that people whose | Cod is the Lord." That is splendid?isn't it. Well, I had a pleasant talk with (he old gentleman. He is quick of appre? hension and said: "You may put down that there is nothing against me nor my people. None of ns have ever been ar~ cused of anything wrong or brought into court. Me atid my wife have belonged to the Baptist Church for nigh onto filly : years, and I have voted the Democratic ticket all that lime. I moved here before there wa< any railroad in this country and the people were powerful scattering, i I have made a good, fair living and am \ doing it yet. The Loid has been good to | us and blessed us. Not a ci fin lia? ever j been brought to my house." There is a record of good citizenship. I No _J - * TI or courthouses for that family. : They have served on the jury and w irked I tho public roads, and been kind to their neighbors, and have stood by their Stale ? and their country. Their industry has earned something for other people to live upon every year. They have added to values and besides have set a good exam pie. I forgot lo ask that good mother how many pairs (?I socks and stockings she bad knit in the years gone by : how i many quilts and coverlets <he and her ; girls had made. She ought to have a pension and he alb: wed to rest I lie re- : mainder ?f her ii:;'. Bui no -he would'nt rest. I have seen it tried, i wouident change llieir habits n-.r i!:.:- reih i ti n >r 'heir politic4 i! I could S ?nie of these days there will !> ? a deal;.?two deaths -under that root, bu( their good example will not die. I: ru-vei dies And while 1 ruminated ahoutthis family anoth" r verse of po< try came lo my in :;>? ory ihaj fit* thi m : "Kiir from the imoblehiii^ crowd** i.o.??!?'(? itriii Tl.-ir sober wi>ln - :...\ < r e-an? i :? ? stray, AIkii^ i.il, seqitc-tprci! vide >f life; Tlic\ ki p: the jeiiiii" tif iheir I IV;! V. Sometimes I ! iiik* we are doing wrong in i-xcitihg <?i:r ?-Iii:>!r?-n lo more aiiihi 'i ii- tili:!:;- and p inlino I hem Id the high places of die earth. Ambition i- n sordid, -e'li-h world. It comes from "amio to wait around hunting I v.Si Thai i - w'ia! niv big dictionary says Better iibl aspire tob h <zi\ or es pcci loii much; As t !n ' ij w m't ii.. fbi a noot b< -Inii'n Iii? gnu."' N< \i on ihc I !'? iiMiuiiii' w;is the nd'i lary performance oi the broom hrigiiili It was quite a i brigade. A boil I I'nirty girls i'rr.m liie -cho a; M< nticc.il ? were brought dress i-aradc by iheir professor, I'liey were armedwith loo ins, j and dressed in pretty uniforms?blue ? t?iiigliams willi|"**!:i ??[':??<.c" wai-.-ls :\<\ whi'e brail trimmings ami rnsy cheek*. { and damask lihsshrs. :;??.] other iaiiialijc j in:: thij'j'? They vir!, through the i manual ?"?; arms and ali ovojuliona j that are known to military companies, ! perfect precision. It astonished I svc-rj'body, and I rcmaikrd to-a veteran : j "h looks like the girls are gelling ready fo? Ihe ne^l war." said he, ''and they may fight i:. P. was Ike likes cf them '!;:.'. hurried me into the last rjuo;" Another remarked: :'i won Id cut be sur? prised to heard them being in the in fan ...tryservice.before long. They nreshool* iag how?shooting Cupid*!* arrows." (in ihc whole, it was a pleasant h;ir? pleasant tu ;;!! who attended; but there wa? some dia ippoiuimenl because cf the lack of agricultural exhibits. The coun? try people have an idea that somebody else will get the premiums and so they du not bring their products. To make a County fair a success every substantial farmer in the County ought to take something, even if it i- only a curiosity? a freak of nature, a curious ear of corn, or a potato, or a three-legged dog nr something. Most everybody has got something, i know what Lradlv County can do from what was there, but there should have been ten times r- much com and cotton, and oats and potatoes, and pears, e tc.. etc. Mr. Pearce lives there? the man who ginned the bale of colli n that took the premium of.51,000 at the world'.- fair?the highest premium ever given to a bale of cotton. He gave me a roll of his best ginning of this year's crop, and I brought it home with me. It is more like down than cotton. But I had to leave these good people with my thanks and a blessing. I went overland i:o Monticeilo, eighteen miles. I cheated .lav Gould out of that miuh time and money. We made it in three hours and that heat' hi- railroad. Mon ticello is a .more ambitious place than Warren, but has no better people. They ship 10,000 bales from Monticeilo and the town has macadamized the streets and is. building up beautifully. From there l made departure for home. The railroad did not connect at Little Rock, so I bumped around the big room at the depot until ?'! o'clock in the night (seven hours) and reached the river at Memphis next morning at 0 o'clock. It took us two and a haif hours to cross, and of course (he train was gone. I waited an hour, but couldent wait any longer, so I was delayed there until <> o'clock that night. It is just awful when a man is anxious to get home. The hours arc so long and weary. I fully expected to be left again at Chattanooga but the conduc? tor told me that if his train got in on time I would have five minutes to reach the Western and Atlantic as it passed along at its crossing on Main .Street, and if I would jump ( If quick and trot along lively and it the engineer was in a good, kind humor and would slow up a little I might possibly make it. And I did. My valise was pretty heavy, but I trolled and fox trotted and paced and got to the crossing just in time, and I aic tionei i? a pleading, beseeching way, and lie smiled and nodded, and a stranger said "give me your hand, old gentle? man," and 1 did so and gathered the handrail and pulled up l7-"> pound just like it was nothing. The clever stranger tossed my valise on the platform and I was happy, yea, calm and serene. You see. Iliad not only to run and jump from one railroad to another, but from one sys? tem to another, and it is no small thing to jump systems. I jumped from the Richmond Ti-rminal to the Louisville and Nashville and Ihey don't connect at Chattanooga. I )ne goes out at one depot while the other comes in at another depot half a mile away. They are not syuom omotts or simultaneous, nor "en rapport," and so the only chance is to jump for it. Why, my folks thought I was lost and were just about to telegraph for ire all over the country. It took me two and a half days to tr?vel GOO miles. Rut one trouble is that the river is lower than it lias been for year", and the ferry boat has to feel its way along and every few min? utes strikes bottom or a ?andbar and h?.s to get off and try another place. At one point v.v were twenty minutes in moving forward twenty feet. Unt ail this trouble will be over by Spring, for the govern? ment is building a tine bridge across the river, and it will bs a l;:cii r.-:i- !'. Until then, I must say farewell, Arkansaw. Bi i.i. Aui>. A Mi v IP.) Years, Yesterday it was re;- -i t. d on the.streets that Mr" Carr'e Fleming, of "this city, widow if the late Rev. *V. Ii. Fleming, had, by the death of a relative iii the North, fallen heir 11 hail a mi ii m dol? lars. The Jf' i'iiftl has gathered the fol? lowing fat !s in regard t-i the matter: lu?'. ninety nine years ago, a wealthy resdent in Net*. York city named F.d wards, a near relative of Mr-. Carrie Fleming, of this city, died At the time | of his death for nnie reason lie desired that none his immediate l'amil\ ?iiotild share in es'.al , so he contracte.' I Hat :i! Iiis death all the prop rty Iii owm il m \.-<v Y..ri. < '<?;. '? f.nsUti .". ??! tweiry live acre"? ??; h-ml; much ??: i; ::lri?adj ;11;? [?roved Um .i 'way and Wall streets, shi.tiid not - id ' v.: leas.'l for a term id ninety -nine year* This was done and ii is .-aid ?hat the record uf :he traris aetimi i- c >a:piet< d Mi. Charley H'*ke. a brother in lav, .;; Mrs. F dug, is equally intcre-led, :?.:<! ?<i , N'*w York pishing invc-tiua tiiin-i 'I'lii-ir aiturney .f tic I ire Wycklitle. i.i Wat i alia, is id-: in New York, and as the lease will expire this year they will lake ileps at mice Co .-. c >v?*r ihe prop ! ertyl Mrs Fleming was >Mss .Mar in. of ( ?:<?? . iile, .i . ! ii i- :hr ??tgh her father's , relative*? ?hat -!.?? i- f.*:tii;-cted with K<! wiird* I' i- c-'ima'ed tic t i.i the i-v. ut ? : ehi'tiu i- I'rtablishcd the share of each ,;f tl;eir heirs will amount \ something , ....r i.sif a million.?->'j>Uft<iiJoii ? II-,??;'?/, " ? ' V"\ ibi< n h ii'- A mini SalVi< The ?' salve in '?:?? world for Ciits, I'rui.-es, S:i..;>i i'irer-. Sali I'lieum. Fe ver Sores, t. Chalfpf;! II i;i?!s, ' 'hi! ! I.ilaiiis, t'orn- and a'; Skin Irruptions, and posiiively rure* Files, or n i |?ay ! required, h U iruaranirt <! ; . i;iv.> t r fict ?riii-f'i'ii.-i. it moi-ey re tended. l'rif- ?;"? ?vi per box. !" r sa-Ve by 'Id!! lircs. ! ?KIT SI ISSOIMXlt'. A !'!.:: tor fuliMisi'/e Familie;In !!n South, j MUiuta i '..?><;>,./;.,? !:: :!:: history uf agriculture, as band i cd down fr?n? legends, when our fallen race had been ejected from the delight? some garden, and the unalterable fiat had been issued, to cam bread by the sweat, of the face, then the cultivation of the soil commenced. The first known implements for bre?k ing the ground, for the planting ofseeds were crude plows fashioned from sharp? ened prongs of wood, aud, later on as the art advanced* more effective plows were made by the addition of pointed pieces of iron attached to the wood. Sow, in this advanced nineteenth cen? tury we have groat varieties of shapely steel plowshares with cunningly formed points and mouldhoards to tun: up and subsoil the fields and where horse power has failed the neccessary draught, steam machinery has been introduced to effect the purpose. After a lapse of 0,000 years, the average farmer scarcely reaches the depth of six inches, and the-deepest subsoiling rarely exceed-- twelve inches, and in no cuse more than eighteen inches is accomplish? ed, except by an expensive mode of trenching, which ha* been adopted profit aiy by a few enterprising gardeners. It h generally admitted that the deep? er the subsoil is broken th? greater the absorption of rainfalls, aud the more moisture will be retained and held in re? serve for tiie supply of the crops when the summer droughts are on, and also, the greater the absorption of these rain falls the less the soil is liable to escape to the water courses, and every intelligent and practical farmer must admit that the deep breaking of the ground*, especially in our stiff and arid clay lands, is the great desideratum. Every practical tiller of the soil will admit that if con-taut moisture can be secured through the dry seasons that a corresponding quantity of fertilizers can be supplied profitably to the growing crops, and the greater the range and nmouut of nutriment consumed by the searching rootlets the more powerful and perfect the plant will mature, and con? sequently the greater the production of crops. We make the unqualified assertion upon sure and scientific principles, that an acre of land may be persuaded, under favorable circumstances, to produce teu. j twenty and even thirty-fold more of val- j uable crops than the same grounds would | under favorable circumstances, and that ?uch lands under favorable cultivation and circumstances will continue to in? crease in value from year to year, instead of wearing and wasting away by the ordinary cheap and destructive poor cul? ture. We claim thr.i by the intensive sys? tem wo van correct and change this waste? ful and ruinous drain upon the lands and the pockets of the farrrc-r and start him on the sure road to success and pros? perity, that by this change increase will take the place of decrease, that by the adoption of tho intensive system the furnier will soon find himself on the sure road to prosperity. In (he earlier history of cur country, esprcially in the Southern Stales, it was the custom to fell the timber from the virgin forests, lightly scratch the soil, after burniug the debris on the grounds, and when the soil has become exhausted to repeat this same destructive operation over and over again on the new forests, to be again washed away to the creeks. Since the war we have had but little left, save these old worn-out fields, which the farmer has attempted to cultivate, upon the same old [dans with the aid of commercial fertilizers, and iho inevi able has been that both fertilizer and soil have traveled together to the water <: >ur- ! ses, or that the fertilizers that remained j on the fields aided Ihe drought" lo burn j out the crops. These ol 1 cheap and squandering plans j i:. ?: to he abandoned, they have been weighed in tbc balances and found want- j pig, they have already wrought ruin and j b: ikrup-cy to the deluded farmer. Toe (rue and really economical inten? sive system of crop culture now looms to itie front as ?he great panacea to the j tiller of "hi soil, and will lend him from absolute ruin to prosperity. Mr David Dixon used to say that he c .. d always tell in the spring ol the year wlo re the dry -treaks were going to he from the depth of the plowing. Did Mr Wort hen make live teile-of cotton from one acr<" !>id on S u !i Carolina man make ; 217 bushels of corn from one aero'.' [f so can't it b-.1 done again .' Why can't it be made a business to make these sort of crops upon every acre plant- j led'.' Ji it has beeu done, it c?.n bo done pgairi, with the same or bettet preparation. !!<.w are all tiie great crops made we have seen and heard of, and by what process are nub? bins made and wherefore bumble bee 1 cotton '.' What does a farmer want with 1,000 j acres uf poor land, all covered with old field pines, briars and gullies, except for ! the blackberries .' !- i: not an establish? ed fact that liflv acre- well cared for will yield more profit (ha., -?lieh a thousand ' indiiii n fitly tilled. Among the arts and sciences, agrictil turccihe most important ol ?II, has been relegated to the rear, i- till wearing the cl< gs .. f fogyi-m. especially in the south, wheie the sunshine and the shower are tin- re.i -t gcuial Is it not lime that thee rusty shack [i - ?hotild be loosened ; We believe the eri-i- d waste and ruin has been reached, and thai a new era will soon begin to dawn upon agriculture, und I hat tl ecom hig. century will he distinguished ??n ac c nut of the amazing developments that will be made in intensive farming V,V utihi'siia'ing y fUgge-i the inten? sive *y.i'.o?i id the col!ure o| the li-.-Id-', the 'oi'.iU'i!" iii parvo" plan t ? > i he Is rut i'? r-e'.*r a'ti-de we win *cgcOSt a to w and novel plan < 1 di ? p ph wing; or breafcirur the earil that ?; guarantee ?'? ?? farmer Iroei .my drought thai has i.-ver occurred in th'- Country? gimratdee . ii.- --oil end :? r: it;'? from wi-hing away, 1 hi-, r--. tiers from droivuing out; his crops I will be safe from /! i ds, mid hecan have", as i< were, bis bottom hinds upon ihe tops of Ihe old red hills ? rja, and never faiiinu. will flourish, and -hall be likened to the trie of the psalmist, as planft ! by the river of water.1 thai brim: i lh Iii - fruit in his season, his leaf shall m t wither and whatso. ver hesowi th shall j.r ispt r. D. I . m.oan. A f.ival Hull Fight in The City of .Mex? ico. Cm r?r Micxito, Oct. 20.?Ti>e revi? val of bull fighting in the City of Mex? ico Sunday was in the name ofCbar i;y. A committee of ladies of this capi? tal, with Mrs. Diaz, wife of the Presi dent, at their head, organized it for the benefit of the sufferers from the floods in Spain. It was one of the greatest spec? tacles of the .Mexican national sport ever witnessed on the North American conti? nent. The time set was 2:'J0 in the afternoon. Tor an hour previous, San Francisco street, the Avinda Juarez and the Fas Eo De La, lieforma presented a most ani? mated scene. Carriages of every degree from the landau's of ministers and sena? tors, with cockade-, and liveries, down to the commonest hacks, jostled together od the way to the bull light. A stream of pedestrians bent on the same errand filled the side walks, while from balconies and hou^e tops thousands watched the passing throng. At the Fla/-, de Torres people came from every direction, but so perfect were the police arrangements that no difficulty or disorder was encountered, and the human tide poured into the great amphitheatre without delay or discom? fort. It h estimated that there were 1?, 000 people inside the inclosure. Two military bands were wresent and four companies of infantry served to insure good order. A long row of seats intended for President Diaz and his party, the com? mittee of ladies and their friends and the members of the Spani-h Ca?ino were decorated with bunting, the Spanish col? or- and palm branches. Presently a roll from the drums, a flourish of trumpet-, followed by the na? tional hymn by the band outside the amphitheatre, announced the arrival of the President of the republic. Hi* ap? pearance iu his box was the signal for enthusiastic cheers from the spectators, salutes by the soldiprs, and a repetition of the national hymm by a band inside the enclosure. The applause was genu? ine and universal. Hundreds of miuia ture Spanish and Mexican flags were un? furled and waved by the people during the hoisting of the Mexican ensign in front of the presidential box. The Pres? ident was evidently hi excellent health and spirits, and advancing to the front of the box. and acknowledged the cordial reception. Accompanying the President were Mrs. Diaz, the committee of ladies, and a brilliant company composed of the very cream of Mexican society. Nine bulls of celebrated breeed were killed amid the bravosof the spectators. The animals, had beeu trained for ihe occasion, and many of the matadors had many narrow escapes. President Diaz f.Dd party left the ring during the killing of the eighth lull. The banderillos that had been stuck into the bulls were, after the fischt, sold by peddlers at extravagant prices. This wasonc of the greatest G-Jits that Mexico has seen for yeats, and the amount received for admission fees is supposed will reach ?2y,000. The great crowd was demonstrative, but good-natur td and orderly. Saved by a Joke. For getting a man out of a hard place a joke is sometimes better than a gun, thinks the Youth's Companion. A Yankee drummer boy was rut on a littie foraging expedition during the late civil war ali by himself and had scaled a brist? ling picket fence to got at a tree full of tempting, rosy apples. He had filled bis haversack and his pockets, when he wa< startled by a stentorian voice: "Drop them apples, boy. and git, er yer a dead yank." Crashing through the tali weeds came the owner of the apple*, rifle in hand. The boy ran for dear life, but clung to as many apples as he could. On reaching the fence lie grasped a post and tried to climb o-er, but the pick? ets seemed t" have gained a foot in height and many degree- in sharpness since he entered the orchard, and, as he scrambled over, one cf them managed to insert itself between the small of his back and his leather belt m such a way as to hold him suspended at the mercy of his oncoming foe. "Gir, J tell you ! (lit. or PI! shoot !" roared the Confeder- ' 1 ale. The boy looked over his -Shoulder, a i l despite the ugly rifla leveled at his Lead, j ! called good-hum' redly : "Oh, see here, j now don't shoot ! Dont you see I'm on ! picket and can't leave my post '?" The man lowered his gun, a broad smile over his lace, and he answered:! '? \1! right, sonny, stick In your post.'' I Then he turned and went away in the direeti ?n wh nice he had come, leaving the yankee b <y '<> go! our of his predica | mcutas best he could, which he finally did by cutting his holt with his pocket I knife. The i.ioli.-- Dvlight? it. 1 ue pleasant < t!eel and the perfect : safely with which ladies may u-e the li? quid fruit laxative. Syrup of Fius, under ail conditions, make i' flu ir favorite remedy. It i- pleasing to the eye and to ?he la-te. eenile, yet effectual in acting on the kidneys, |jy r and bowels. ? There are described by various writers as having been at some lime growing in America all of which have had Hum*- given to them son varieties or appli -. As a matter of fact, no apple eom* - it >m set 1 ? xactly like its paren1 Every seedling apple, therefore, ha- an individuality of i;s own. to a greater '>r less degree. The manner in which nature alfec:- thi- variation has uevci k'ct; been determined, though there is reason to believe rhymthic growth ha much to do with it. A t each resi nutri ti":i i- diverted to othet directions: in propotlion to the durability of these rests i' h.-r p rii"t>- become developed. This is known a- tin law ?: accclaration or of ' reiardaiion Ali Sorts of Paragraphs*. ? A gun is ?;!:<? ? mule; when i: is overloaded it kick*. ? - There ate 110,750 acres devoted lo tobacco in Virginia. I marriage :?. m -j take? Not when you mat ty a widow. ? S. mc insects arc in a state of matu? rity f>0 minutes after birth ? Two mats owned by the Shah of ?areda are worth $2,500,000. ? 1 Hiring 1800 liiere were built in the United States S,500 Churches. ? A kind word will go farther and strike harder than a cannon ball. ? A Chicago dentist says that too much kissing causes the teeth of Ameri? cans to decay. ? In your father a Christian, risked the new minister. No. replied the boy. he sings in the choir. ? Trying to drown sorrow in drink is about as wise as cutting off a sore finger to make it stop hurting. ? Out of th? letters in the sentence "Let charity arouse your zeal," a St. Louisian has formed ?'J.O?C? words. ? The annual coffee crop of the world is estimated at over 11,000,000,000 pounds, worth in lir.-t hands over ?130, 000,000. ? The governor general of India re? ceives a salary of $2.00,000 a year, and extras which increase the amount to ?500,000. ? 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 ? There are very few things in this world worth getting angry about, and they are precisely thfl things which anger does not help. ? The California raisin crop is this year estimated at eighteen hundred car loads, three hundred and .if.y more than last year. ? 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. f ? 10,000 pairs of wooden shoes are sold annually in Cincinnati, O., at an average price of 25 cents a pair. They are chiefly made in Indiana. ? Frank (pleadingly !?"1 never kissed a girl before in my life." May (coldly)? "Well, I harent advertised for appren? tices, have I ?" ? 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. f ? A Georgia farmer is living with his sixth wife. Each of,his five other wives died on the Friday preceding the second Sunday of the month. ? Mr. '). D. Wakeman, of Deposit, N. V., owns a serviceable dog. It lately found and walked home with a pocket book containing four hundred dollars in greenbacks. ? 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. t ? A graduate of Princeton College complains that he was married to a young woman without knowing it. UnuuuL-iea ly, a girl ought to give a fellow notice. Marriage is a serious affair. ? A young gentleman wishes to know which is proper to say on leaving a young lady friend after a call?good night or good eveinug? Never tell a lie, young man?say good morning. ? Purifies the blood, increases the circulation, expels poisonous humors and builds up the system. What more do you want a medicine to perform ? DeWitt's Sarsaparilla is reliable. For sale by Wil? hite and Wilhite. f ? "You say the chicken soup isn't good? Why, I told the cook bow to make it. Perhaps she didn't catch the idea .'" Hoarder?"No; I think it was the chicken she didect catch." ? It takes about three seconds for a message to go from one end of the At? lantic cable to the other. To those who have never paid one dollar per word for a cablegram, this information will be in? teresting. ? 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. f ? The ostrich is a long-tepper. When fueling, his step measures from 20 to 22 inches when walking, hut not feeding, 26* inches, and when terrified, from 11] to 1-1 feet, or at the rate of about twenty-rive mile" an hour. ? "Say, Harry," said one small boy to another, "they's people in the moon." "No, they hain't." "Yes, they is: my pa said so." "How does your pa know? He was never in the moon." "No, but he's out every night aud s?es lots. I guess he knows more-'n u-." ? De Witt's Little Early Risers never gripe or cause nausea. Mild hut sure, as-iis! rather than force. Rest little pill for sick headache, chronic constipation, dysp< nsia. For sab bv W ilhite cV Wil? hite; ' t ? liiere i- a lit tic buy in Massachu? setts who believes that business should <? me before religion as weil as before ]?'. istire. < >n a recent Sunday he aston? ished the congregation by rushing into the Church and exclaiming, "Whe^ia-" my papa '.' The pigs are out." -- The liriti-h debt i- so large that if it were divided into one pound notes they * would completely cover the State of Ohio three times over. If paid in penny pieces, and each penny piled one abo'X the other, it would make seven columns of c ij per reaching to the moon. Catarrh, neuralgia, rheumatism and most diseases originate fror, ..re bl od. Cleanse it, improve pur. it with De Witt's Sarsaparilla and health is restored, -trenglh regained. Sold by Wilhite & Wilhite. f Mr. W. M. Heard, of Colston, Party well County, ha* a banana which gro^| in ist charming ma nr. tar "the trjflr t'.l'r.en 'Vet high, and eight years This year it has made a large buucbB well formed banattaa. In the winter fi protects the tree-, with an arbor.?//aM