The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, January 21, 1892, Image 1

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BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDEKSON, S. C, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 21, 1892. ._??? i ? <Mm VOLUME XXYL- -NO. 29. All true glory rests? All praise, all hope for health and happiness-* In SWIFT'S SPECIFIC (S. S. S.) Indorsed by Leading Physicians. Have used Swift's Specific (s. S. S.) In treatment of Blood Taln? with remark? able success.. J. WILEY C&UILLIAN. M. D., Easley, S. C. I cheerfully recommend Swift's Specific (3.8. S.) as a tonic and general health restorer; also In case; of Blood Poison it always gives satisfaction. B. S. GORDON, M.D., Mt. Cormel, 111. I have tried Swift's Specific (S. S. S.) In a very bad case of blood disease, and ake greftt pleasure In saying- It was a perfect success, prod ucing a complete cure. 1 fiM.vr also tried It In many other cases with good results. J. R. YERION, M. D., Mlllsop, Texas. Bgy- Treatlso on Coatr.g*.ou3 Blood Poison mailed free. ropyrighledby&F; A CV. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. Atlav ,y. Ga. NOW IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY! On and. after January 1,1892, all Heavy liter Boots ai Sloes in our Estalsimt Will be Reduce<1 from 10 to 20 per Cent in Price. COME early and secure a REAL BARGAIN, for we will surely offer you one. We cannot and will not carry over Winter Goods from one season to another. Shoes are not like wine?they do not improve with age. Hence we will not alLw goods to lay npon our shelves from season to season. We need the money to buy Spring Goods, and the room Lo show them, This reduction includes a large lot of the famous Bay State Prison-made Shoes, consisting of Plow Shoes, Brogans, English Ties, and twenty Cases of Boots. . . Remember, that all Shoes bearing our firm name, or the name of the Manufactu? rers^ axe guaranteed to giye a reasonable amount of wear. We will exchange Shoes or refund the full amount of money paid to all parties not satisfied with their purchases, provided they return them to us.immediately nnsoiled., ENERGY, "I FIDELITY, VINSURE'SUCCESS. DISCRETION, ] ; ' JAS. P. GOSSETT & CO.? ? Under Hotel Chiqnola, Anderson, S. 0. DON'T FAIL TO VISIT k DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES, STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES, FRUITS and CONFECTIONERIES. ssr We are selling Goods CHEAP, and will treat yon fight. Give us a call. Yjuts truly, ? E. W. BROWN & SONS. for Infants and Children "Caatoria is ao well adapted to children that 1 recommend it at superior to any prescription inown to mev" H. A Abchek, M. D., 111 So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, N. Y. Castoria cores Colic, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea. Eructation, Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes dJ s gestion, I Without injurious medication. Tnz Csntaub Company, 77 Murray Street, N. Y. For the Next Six Weeks! i SPECIAL SALE IN Dress Goods k Tniiue. . 5 Dress floods and Trimmings AT COST to close this ! line, as I intend to make a change in this Department. Handsome 45-inch All Wool Goods, former price 85c, now 67 l-2c. Handsome All Wool 36-inch Flannel, former price 50c, now 33 l-3c. Good All Wool Filling 8 l-3c. These are only a few of our prices, to give you an idea how cheap these Goods are being offered. My entire Stock is Fresh and Pretty, at prices that knows no competition. Come and price them, and see how much you can Bave by buying your Goods from me. W. A. CHAPMAN, Agent, Next to Masonic Temple. TiHA?H^'CoLUMN, All communications intended for thii?Oolumn ahonld be addressed to C. WARDLAW, School Commissioner, An? derson, S. 0. MEMGBY OEMS. Fine thongbts are wealth, for the right use of which Men aro and ought to be accountable. ?Bailey. The pleasanteBt things in the world are pleasant thoughts, and the great art in life i? to have as many of them as possi? ble. ?Bovce. We would be glad to have the pupils of the different schools write for the Teachers' Column. Send us a letter on any subject yon like. Teachers, the new blankB for your monthly reports are not what we would have them be, but since we are not re? sponsible for them, all we can do is to sympathize with yoa in being asked to do unnecessary work, QUESTIONS. What caused the war of 1812 ? What study do yoa like most, and why? Pupila will please send me answers to the above questions. REMAINS OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS STILL IN 8?N DOMINGO. There has been for some time so un? settled question as to where the remains of Christopher Columbus cow rest. It was intended to remove the body of Columbus from San Domingo to Cuba about the dole of the 18th century, and the remains *f some one. at the time thought to be (he remain- of the Admiral, were taken fern the Cathedral of San Domingo and ilaced in the Cathedral at Havana. The} was done with extended ceremonies. Ibus it was then thonght that the remains of the discoverer of America werein Havana. In this con? dition the quetion rested until several years ago, whn another vault with a casket in it watdiscovered in the Cathe? dral of San Dmingo, the location and other circumstaces of whioh raised the question as to ?hetber this was not the body of ColumbB. Last year Pro 0. K. Adams, Presi? dent of CornellDniversity, settled the question after : month's stay at San Domingo and a thorough and careful investigation. Is finds unmistakable proof that the reiains of Columbus are in the Cathedral if San Domingo, and not at Havana. A LESSON ON PEATICAL temperance. By H. C. Kkebs, gg Harber City, N. J. I have a littlcquestion for yon in arithmetic, boys an girls. You may get your slates quietly. With a ruler dry a line ten inches long. Make point at the end of each inch. Now write owour slates in a col? umn. 1 inch?$90,000,0< (public education). That means thatiur country spends this enormous sum fi the public schools. Suppose, John, youmd $90,000,000 in silver dollars, and yi could count one every second?how nny seconds would it take you ? "It would take 90,(0,000 seconds." How many minutejane? "1,500,000 minutes Charles how many hours? "It wild take 20,000 hours." How many da 12 hours each ? "2083i days." How many years? "About 5i years." That's right. How much would ti inches of our line be? "$180,000,000.' Correct. That is abouwhat our conn* try spends for boots a?BhoeB. Write that in the column, tn't it rather strange thai our countrshonld spend twice as much for boots id shoes as it does for the schools ? George, 3 inches of ouine would rep? resent how many dollars '$270,000,000. Our country spends abt as much as that for meat. It also spds about as much for iron and steel, e will put in the column $270,000,000 r meat. Six inches represents w many dol? lars, Charles? "540,0000 dollar*." Put that in the column, ? write fiter it, "For bread." Can any one think of ste other arti? cle that our country m more than bread? "The country spds more Lr clothes." Do you think sooys ? You are right. Our cotry pays less for clothing than for iron a steel. Can no one tell me an orticleat costs the country more than bread l"There is none." Seven inches represents h many dol I lars, George ? I MIt represents $680,000,00 [ What will we write aftfthat 6um. (No answer.) I am almost ashamed to wj it, but I must. Here it is on the blackboa-"$630, 000,000 for tobacco." (Greaurprise.) Ought we not be ashamed own that we spend many millions of dm more for tobacco than for bread or fct? Which is the most neceBSito us, bread or tobacco ? "Bread !" lacco or shoes? "Shoes." Tobacco opublic schools? "Schools." Yet here coun? try spends seven times as ch for tobacco as for schools. For evedollar spent for the public schools, $n are spent for tobacco. But there is scthing worse than this. Ten inches represents how mi dol? lars? "$900,000,000." v What do you think I shouwrite after tbat sum ? I will write, 1 liq? uor." Is this a great and glorious coup, if it spends ten dollars for liquor eveime it spendB one for the public schoo. "No, sir! No, air!" Wait?don't be too hasty. I must tell you that Eagland a^ges over three times as much for liqufor each person, as the United States. There are ten countries in white average expense for liquor, for eaclr son, is greater than in our couDtry. Think of it! Almost two dolla.jr liquor for every dollar for bread, -e dollars for liquor for one dollar for .s and shoes. Which does the more good, liquor or tobacco? (No answer.) Let me put that question differently? which does the more evil, liquor or tobacco ? "Liquor." Are there any personn who use neither liquor or tobacco ? "Yes, sir; many persons." Does it hurt them very much to be without it? "No, air; it does not hurt them at all." Does it hurt some persons to use it?" "Yes, sir; it makes them swear and murder and rob." Which is the better, do you think?to run the risk of becoming a robber or a murderer, or to be sure of being a good, noble, healthy man ? Would it be better to drink or to abstain ? "To abstain." Now, boys this much is sure?if you don't drink, you won't become drunk? ards. If you don't drink or smoke, you can save your body from becoming dis? eased through liquor or tobacco. If you don't drink, you will stand a better chance to become a good, great, noble man. There is another point of view from which we want to consider this question. An ordinary smoker uses how many cigars a day? "Ten!" "Six!" "A dozen I" Well, let us say five?that is surely a low estimate. These five cigars cost how much ? "Twenty-five cents." Bight. How many dollars would that be in a year ? "$91.25." A piano would cost about $300. How many years would it take to buy a piano if that money were saved ? "A little more than three years." How many suits of clothes could he buy in one year for his three boys, at $10 a suit? "Three suits for each." Suppose he were to save that money for 20 years?what would it amount to ? "$1825." Could he build a house with that money ? "Yes, air." Yes; and I'll tell you what else he could do with it. He could buy 900 pairs of boots and give them to 900 poor boys who have none. He could buy 1,8?5 good books, and make that many boys happy. He could give his whole family a trip to Europe, and have some money left. He could send his three boys to school for two years, and start them on the road to greatness. And how could all this bo done? "By not smoking." How much could that man save by not smoking for twenty years ? "$1825,"^^ Now some of you said that some men smoke twelve cigars per day. How much could such men save in twenty years? "?4,380." Now I'll write on the board beside our colum of figures these mottoes: "Boys, don't drink." "Boys, don't smoke." Let every boy obey these mottoes, and he will be well started on the road to great? ness and nobility. "Young Man, Yon Will Do." A young man was recently graduated from a scientific school. His home had beeu a religions one. He was a member of a Christian Church, had pious parents, brothers and sisters; his family was one in Christ. On graduating he determined upon a western life among the mines. Full of courage and hope, he started out on his long journey to strike out for him? self in a new world. The home prayers followed him. As he went he fell into the company of older men. They liked him for his frank manners and manly in? dependence. As they journeyed they stopped for a Sabbath in a border town. On the morning of the Sabbath one of his fellow-travelers said: "Come, let us be off for a drive aud the sightB." "No," said the young msn, "I am going to keep iho Sabbath, and I promised my mother I would keep on in that way." His road acquaintance looked at him for a moment, and then slapping him on the shoulder said, "Right my boy. I began in that way. I wiah I had kept on. Young man, you will do. Stick to your bringing up and your mother's words and you will win." The boy went to Church, all honor to him in thct far-away place and among such men. His com? panions had their drive, but the boy gained their confidence, won their respect by his manly avowal of good obligations. Already success is smiling upon that young man. There is no lack of places for him. It Made Him Hot. The verdant young man sat in the par* lor at 11.30 p. m., while a tired youDg woman waited for him to go. Presently her father called to her from the head of the stairs and she went out into the hall. Sue neglected to close the door and this is what the visitor heard : "Do you know what time it ib, Mary ?" inquired papa. "Yes, sir; half past 11," said Mary," wearily. "How much longer is this young man going to stay." "I give it up," said Mary. "Do you want him to remain any long" er." "You bet I don't," Baid Mary. "Well, why don't you fire him ?" "I can't, papa; he's too green." Then Mary came back into the parlor and discovered that the young man was fairly blazing. ? No one doubts that Dr. Sage's Ca? tarrh Remedy really cures Catarrh, whether the disease be recent or of long standing, because the makers of it clinch their faith in it with a $500 guarantee, which isn't a mere newspaper guarantee, but "on call" in a moment. That mo? ment is when you prove that its makers can't cure you. Tho reason for their faith is this: Dr. Sage's remedy has proved itself the right cure for ninety nine out of one hundred cases of Catarrh in the Head, and the World's Dispensary Medical Association can afford to take tho risk of you being the one hundreth. The only question is?are you willing to make the test, if the makers are willing to take the risk ? If so, the rest is easy. You pay your druggist 50 cents and the trial begins. If you're wanting the $500 you'll get something better?a cure ! ? The record made by the United States in the line of exportation of its own products was greater than any ever before made by any nation. The valtx of exports exceeded $100,000^000. A WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE. Some of the New Laws That are of Special Interest. During the session of the general as? sembly just closed, more than 1,000 bills and joint resolutions were passed upon by the two houses. Of these over 300 enacted into law, but only a very few of them are of any special interest to our readers. Those that we consider of most importance we have synopsized below: An Act to amend section 1079 of the general statutes of this State relating to the appointment of referees in the location of highways. In case of the refusal of a landowner to allow the opening of a desired road through his lands, the parties desiring the road and the landownern, each ap? point a referee. Within ten days,' these referees, so appointed, are required to select a third referee, and on failing to do so, the chairman of the board of equalization of the township in which the road is located, becomes the third referee. This board of referees assesses damages, and either party has the right of appeal to the circuit court. An Act authorizing the use of medical and scientific books as evidence in cer? tain cases. "Hereafter in all actions or proceed? ings, civil or criminal, in which the question of sanity or insanity, or the ad? ministration of poison or other article destructive to life is involved, and in which expert testimony may now be in? troduced, medical or scientific works, or such parts thereof as may be relevant to the issues involved, shall be competent and admissible to be read before the court or jury in addition to such expert testimony." An Act to authorize and empower the Trial Justices in this State to endorse the warrants issued by Trial Justices of other Counties than their own, and to authorize the person presenting the same, or any special constable, tc exe? cute it. This authorizes a Trial Justice living in one County to issue a warrant for a person charged with crime, and who is at the time in another County. Before the warrant can be executed, however, it must be endorsed by a Trial Justice of the same County in which the party wanted, is found. An Act to amend section 2,039 of the revised statutes relating to the power of married women to make contracts; also an act to repeal section 1 of "An act to declare the law relating to the separate estates of married women" passed the 2nd day of December, 1887. Section 2,037, as amended, reads as follows : "A married woman shall have the right to purchase any species of prop? erly in her own name, and to take proper legal conveyances therefor, and to bind herself by contract, in the same manner and to the same extent as though she were unmarried, which contract shall be legal and obligatory, and may be en? forced at law or in equity by or against Buch married woman in her own name, apart from her husband; Provided, that nothing herein shall enable such married woman to become an accommodation en? dorser, guarantor or surety, nor shall she be liable on any promise to pay the debt or answer for the default or liability of any other person ; and provided further: That the husband shall not be liable for the debts of the wife contracted prior to, or after their marriage, except for nece.? sary support, and that of their minor children." Section 1 of the act entitled an "act to declare the law regarding the separate estate of married women," ap? proved December 24,1887, is repealed. An Act to provide an expeditious way of obtaining the right to drain lands across the lands of others in this State. Under this act, if A owr- lands that can only be drained through or across the lands of B, and B is unwilling for auch drainage, A proceeds as follows: He first serves B with a notice of his de? sire, in writing, and names a referee who will act for him. Before the expiration of ten days, B must also name a referee, and the two referees thus appointed will name a third. The three lay out the route of the necessary drain and agree on the amount of compensation that A shall pay to B. The decision of the referees, from which there is no appeal, must be in writing and filed with the Clerk of the Court; and after A pays to B the amount of compensation agreed upon, his right to open up and repair his waterway or ditch is inviolate for ever. If B refuses to appoint a referee, then A's referee goes ahead and assesses the damage the same as if all three referees had been appointed. An Act to amend section 1,636 of the general statutes relating to legal holi? days. The section, as amended, provides a new legal holiday?the first Monday in September?to be known as "Labor Day," and reads as follows: "Section 1636. National thanksgiving days, aod all general election days, the first day of January, the fourth day of July, the twenty-fifth day of -jcember, and the first Monday in September, shall be legal holidays." An Act to amend subdivision 16 of Sec? tion 88 of the code of civil procedure, relating to the courts of Trial Justices. As amended, subdivision 16 reads as follows: "When twenty-five or more dol? lars is demanded, the complaint shall be served on the defendant not less than twenty days, and where less than that sum is demanded, not les3 than five days, before tho day therein fixed for trial: Provided, that if the plaintiffshall make out that he is apprehensive of losing his debt by such delay, and the Tiial Justice considers that there is good reason there? for (the ground of such apprehension being set out in an affidavit, and served with a copy of the complaint,) he may make such process returnable in such time as the justice of the case may re? quire." An Act to repeal section 1,484 of the general statutes relating to the erection of signs to be placed at railroad cross ft ^ iogs, and to substitute a new section therefor. The section repealed under the above act requires the railroads to have a sign at each crossing with the words, "Rail? road crossing! Look out for the care while the bell rings or the whistle sounds," in letters of at least the size of nine inches. The amendmeut provides that the words, "Railroad crossing," shall be painted on the signs in large letters. This section does not apply to streets in cities, towns and villages, un? less the corporation be required to put up such signs by the officers having charge of such streets. An Act to prevent the carrying of torch? es, chunks, or coals of fire, in or under any mill or building, on lands of an? other, without permission. The provisions of this act are as fol? lows: (1.) That hereafter it shall be unlawful for any person to carry a lighted torch, chunk, or coals of fire, in or under any mill or wooden building, or over and across any of the enclosed or unenclosed lands of another person at any time, without the special permit of the owner of such landsi, mill or wooden building, whether any damage result therefrom or not. (2 ) That any person, upon con vie tion of a violation of the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a mis? demeanor, and shall be subject to im? prisonment in the County jail for a term not to exceed thirty days, or a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars. An Act to amend an act entitled an "Act to make affidavits and proofs of claims made before Notaries Public iu other States as effectual as if made be? fore Commissioners of Deeds." Under this act, all verifications of pleadings, affidavits and proof of claims made before Notaries Public in other States, shall have the same force and effect as they would if sworn to before a Commissioners of Deeds for this State resident in another State. It is provided, however, that Notaries Public must use their official seal. An Act to regulate the discharge of the matriculation of the beneficiary Cadets of the Citadel Academy. Under this act, beneficiary Cadets, when they receive their appointment, shall file in the office of the State Super? intendent of Education, a matriculation obligation. When the Cadet is graduated, the State Superintendent of Education will assign him to such public schoul ae in his judgment the interest of the State may require, preference being given to the schools of the County from which such beneficiary may have been appoint? ed if there is a vacancy. The graduate is held under obligation to teach two years, and after the requirement ia com? plied with, he is given an honorable dis? charge. An Act to prevent the use of a free pass, express fr&nk, telegraph frank on any railroad, by any United States Senator or member of Congress from this State, by any member of the General Assem? bly of this State, by any State or Coun? ty official, or by any judge of a Court of Record of this State. Under the provisions of the above act, any of the officers named are liable to a fine of $500, or sis months imprisonment for accepting the privileges mentioned, and the railroad, telegraph and express companies are liable to the same punish meut for offYri^g such privileges. Ax Act to require all railroad compa? nies operating railroads in this State on which passenger coaches are run, to provide two water closeis in each pas? senger coach plainly marked?one "exclusively for femaleFand the other "exclusively for males." The title of this act fully explains its provisions. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for a license for the sale of pistols or pistol cartridges within the limits of this State." This amendment relates principally to cartridges and prohibits the sale of any "pistol cartridge or ammunition suitable for a pistol," without a license. The license is fixed at two hundred dollars annually, and the punishment provided is a fine not exceeding $500, or imprison? ment not exceeding one year. The County Commissioners are especially charged with the duty of obtaining in? formation of violations of the law, and it is provided that upon conviction for a violation of the law, the informer shall receive one half of the fine imposed. The other half goes to the County. The act went into effect immediately upon its approval. An Act to prohibit emigration agents to act without a liceiase, provides as fol? lows : Sec. 1. That from and after the ap? proval of this act, no person Rhall carry on the business of an emigrant agent in this State without having first obtained a license therefor from the State Treasurer. Sec 2. That the term "emigrant agent," as contemplated in this act, shall be constructed to mean any person en? gaged in hiring laborers or soliciting em? igrants in this State to be employed be? yond the limits of the same. Sec. 3. That any person shall be enti? tled to a license, which shall bo good for one year, upon payment into the State Treasury for tho use of tho State, of $1,001) in each Couuty in which he oper? ates or solicits emigrants, for each year so engaged. Sec. 4. That any person doing the bus? iness of an emigrant agent without hav? ing first obtained such license, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con? viction shall be punished by fine, not leas than $500, and nnt more than $5,000, or may be imprisoned in the County jail not less than four mouths, or confined in the State prison at hard labor uot ex? ceeding two years, for each and overy offense within the discretion of the Court. An Act to provide the maturing of paper payable on its face on Sunday, or a legal holiday. This act makes such paper payable and collectable the next day after Sun? day or a legal holiday, instead of the day before. When the holiday is followed by Sunday or Sunday by a holidsy, the paper becomes due and collectable on the next day following.? Yorkville Enquirer, TEN YEARS WITH TOBACCO. ' Results of the experience of a Practical Planter. To the Editor of the News and Courier : In selecting land for a tobacco crop the planter has to be h:s own judge largely. He must first acquaint himself with the general wants of the several types to be grown, and then sebct bis own land. Rules can be laid down for guidance, but they are only general in character and cannot be made specific. As a rule the tobacco plant loves most a deep mellow to any soil with a subsoil that is porous. The latter is especially needful, as the tobacco plant will not thrive above a subsoil that will not keep the water well drained from around its roots. If a dark tobacco is to be grown ?the type suited for export purposes ? the soil should be rich and deep and the subsoil red or dark brown. For fillers of the rich waxy type a sandy or gravelly soil with a light brown subsoil is well adapted. Wrappers of the finest grades thrive best on grayish sandy land having a yellow porous subsoil. These general rules will indicate to the observant planter about what is wanted in the selection of the tobacco land. The character of the land determines very much the character of the crop, and hence the planter should look well to the selection of each piece of land upon which a certain type is to be grown. The growth of timber upon new land often indicates whether or not it is adapted to the growth of bright tobacco. For in? stance, the dogwood, chinquapin and like trees generally indicate very fine to? bacco land, while oak and hickory also grow on soil where tobacco easily flour? ishes. Some of the best results of tobac? co growers in North Carolina have been made since the war on lands which bad grown up in old field pines. After theae have been cleared away and the land properly worked the choicest crops have been obtained. As to the preparation of land for the tobacco crop, that should begin early. In fact, if it can be bo done, tobacco land should be ploughed in the fall, so as to get the benefit of tho winter frost. To? bacco thrives best in a well pulverized soil, and the action of the frost is, there? fore, very desirable. And then, again, the upturning of the soil in the fall helps to kill out the germs which develop into cut and bud worms in the early spring and summer. If fall ploughing is not practical, turn your tobacco land as early in the new year aa your time and the weather will permit. Let this ploughing be followed again, say by March 1, but crossing this time the first ploughing and not so deep. If the land is at all rough a good harrowing after each ploughing is very desirable. Again, say by April 1, a third ploughing should be made, and of? ten a fourth is desirable if your land is rough. To get the land io good titlh is the main, after that the biggest part of the work is done. Having the land in thorough prepara? tion for planting, lay off your rows from three to three and a half feet apart, ac? cording to the richness or poverty of the Boil. After placing the fertilizer in the furrows lap with a turning plough, throwing four furrows together, similar to the method of preparing land for the cotton crop. With your rows made the land is ready for the plants. In North Carolina plant? ing goes on from April 15 to the middle and last of June. In South Carolina and Georgia it may commence much earlier, say the 25th of March, if the weather is seasonable. The process of drawing plants from the plant bed and setting them in the rows is quite similar to that of transplanting sweet potatoes as practiced in the South. The plants should be drawn carefully from the bed and laid in open baskets. From these they are dropped on the side of the row from two to three feet apart, according to the quality of the land. The setter follows with a peg and, after mak? ing a hole in the top of the ridge, inserts the roots of the plants therein and presses the earth firmly, but not tightly, around it. If the weather is dry it is necessary that water should be poured in the holes before the roots of the plant are inserted. By doing this even in the dry season a good stand can generally be secured. It is best, of course, to set plants when the land is damp, but the wise planter never waits for rain when his land and plants are ready. Replanting is frequently necessary and this should be done early after the plant? ing in order to get all the plants started off for a uniform growth. The old way of setting tobacco plants by hand is fast giving way, especially in South Carolina and other sections where the land is level, to machine planting. Several excellent machines have recently been patented for the purpose and they do their work very satisfactorily. They carry a watering attachment, and hence the planter is relieved of the necessity of watering by hand or waiting for rain. H. E. Harman. Winsion, N. C. Uow's This? Wo offer one hundred dollars for any case of Catarrh that cannot bo cured by taking Hall's Catarrh Cure. P. J. CHENEY it CO., Props., Toledo, 0. "We, tho undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for tho lust 15 yoars, and be liovo him perfectly honorable in all busi? ness transactions, and financially able to carry out any obligations made by thoir firm. "W?st & Truhx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0. Waldjno, Rinnan it Marnin, Whole? sale Druggists, Toledo, 0. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon tho blood aud rail oous surfaces of tho system. Testimo? nials sent free. Prico 75c. per bottlo. Sold by all Druggists. ? A Mrs. White, of Butte City, Neb., bought Borne chickens from a dealer for her Christmas dinner, and on killing them found in the craw three beautiful stones, which a local dealer pronounced rough diamonds, and offered her a good prico for them, The chicken was raised by a Mr. C. Jacobson, who carries on a large hen farm and supplies his hens with gravel from the bed^Of Blue River, seven miles distant ft? Butte. The discovery of the diatrflHL lias set the miners of 'Butte agog.^^1 preparations^ are being made for ac? tion Jlue River GRIP AND ITS MICROBE. Something About the Dreadful Disease. The prevailing epidemic, grip, which is causing much misgiving and alarm in the North, has made its appearance in the South, though what is here is of such a mild type as not to cause any great alarm. The fact remains, however, that when the disease appeared in New York and Philadelphia, it was of the same mild form, and no great attention was paid to it. Now in New York it has been de? clared epidemic and the Philadelphia physicians are alarmed at the large number of cases which are develop? ing. A physician, speaking of the grip last week, said: "About the only difference between grip and influenza is that the former is lb epidemic disease and is independent of climate conditions. It is as likely to attack in pleasant weather as in incle? ment weather. I don't think the dis eaae will be very Bevere here this sea? son. The history of the grip shows that it has always been severe the first sea? son, less severe the second, and still less the third season. As 'this is the third season, the'disease'is not likely to be severs. "It is a climate disease," he said, "and a cold spell may precipitate a num? ber of cases." The grip is net as severe here as it is in the North. On account of the climate it is never very severe here, and fatal cases are few. The difference between the grip and influenza is the after af? fects, extreme nervousness and a de? bilitated condition following the grip. Death seldom results from the grip it? self, but from the after effects of the disease. Dr. Robert L. Watkins, a leading physician of New York, has at last suc? ceeded in obtaining an excellent micro flashing negative of the grip after it had been absorbed into the blood through the mucus membrane of the nasal or? gans. Dr. Watkins, who, although not a member of the medical profession, re? cognized the importance of the results be has obtained and desires to impart the fact to the public in general. According to the statemeots made by this public benefactor, the grip germ was photographed by the power of mag? nifying lenses of 1,000 magnitude, the flash light having the brilliancy of the ordinary incandescent light. The color of the germ as seen through the lens was white. Its sides and fibrous surface was covered with fine hairs?so that they could hardly be observed in the origi? nal micro-photograph. The germ body seemed to be undergoing constant changes, and in the meantime to rotate rapidly, having for an axis the adjacent healthy blood corpuscles. A germ was subsequently taken, instead of from the blood, from the catarrhal discharge of a patient under the treatment of Dr. Wat? kins, and the same conditions as stated abov e were noticed. He had been afflict? ed four days with the grip. The successful examination of the germ under the microscope, aided by the flash light, proves conclusively, it is said, that the germ attacks rather the blood than the mucous membrane, as in influenza, and that the pain experi enced in the various stages of the dis? ease is caused by the wonderful activity of its minute body. Dr. Naggle, another New York phy? sician, says: "There is no mistaking the grip when it comes. Many cases of ordiuary colds, which would pass away in a few days, are exaggerated by persons who think they have the grip and take all sorts of nostrums to cure themselves. When the grip strikes a person it comes like au avalanche, and something seems to be the matter with every part of the body and each part feels worse than the other. Chilly sensations chase each other up and down the back, there is often distressing dizziness, very severe headache in the frontal region, terrible muscular pains and pains in the joints and bones, and great prostration. The patient is hardly able to move, and the mental depression is bo great that the patient looses courage and does not care whether be lives or dies. The tempera? ture goes up with wonderful rapidity, and the thermometer often reaches 105 degrees and often goes higher. In other diseases this would be considered an almost fatal temperature, but patients rally from the grip under proper treat? ment in a few days, although the de? pression may last for months." Persons who have any symptoms of the grip are very foolish to try remedies and should consult a physician at once. "The Telegraph would be doing the public a favor," said a Macon physician yesterday, "if you would put the people on notice concerning the grip. As in cases of yellow fever, the great trouble is before and after. When a man is particularly attacked by the grip ho has the symptoms in a more or less marked degree, but persists to himself that it is only a cold and that he will get over it without leaving bis business. Here is where he makes his mistake. 'Penny wise and pound foolish' is a very apt and applicable saying in this case, for when he dees get laid on his back he will stay there all the longer because he tried to tax himself and do his work at the same time that the disease wa? prejtDg on his system. "Then when the worst part of the at? tack is over and he gets out of bed, he thinks he can go to work without any danger. Goes out and to his business and next day is down with a relapse, which often proves fatal. "My advice is, when you have the grip, even in a mild form, go home and stay home until you are strong and well. "It won't do to monkey with a buzz saw, and I tell you that this disease? the grip?is abuzz saw that will cut strong men up just about as quickly as any disease I know of."?Macon Tele? graph. Ignorance of tho merits of Do "Witt's tRisorsis a misfortune. These -*o.r^ euro heac All Sorts of Paragraphs. ? The choir of the Mormon temple in Salt Lake City.is 300 strong. ? 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What measures are you taking to stop that cough? Let us suggest De Witt's Cough and Consumption Curo. It is infallible. Wilhite & Wilhite. ? A man may go to heaven without health, without' riches, without honors, without learniug, without friends; but he can never get there without Christ. ? In 80,000 years, it is said, the earth will be incased in a solid mass of ice. There will then, at least, be no one to grumble about green Christmases. ? South Carolina produced more than one-third of the entire amount of phos? phate rock mined in the world in 1890,. the output being six huadred thousand tons. ? "An honest pill is the noblest work of tho apothecary." De Witt's Little Early Risers curo constipation, billious ness and sick hoadache. Wilhite <fc Wil? hite. ? As an indication of advancing civ? ilization among the red men, it is an? nounced that the Yuba Indians, of Cali? fornia, are about to build a theatre of_ their own. ? Plumduff: Has t iat charming widow any property? Ketchum: Yes, considerable. Plumduff: Real estate or personal? Ketchum: Personal. She h&s six children. ? It is an established fact that Do Witt's Little Early Riser's have an enormous sale, aud why ? Simply because they are plesant in taking and happy in results. A pill for the multitude. Wilhite & Wilhite. ? The consumption of eggs in Paris is something extraordinary. According to a municipal statement the city consumed last year no less than 23,000 tons, equal to 147 eggs per capita. ? A physician declares that the best known remedy for the grip is champagne. The prescription is a pleasant one, but the price of having it filled will force most of the afflicted to adopt cheaper remedies. ? Father: Well, Tommy, how do you thiuk you will like this little new fellow for a brother ? Tommy (inspecting the new infant somewhat doubtfully): Have we got to keep him, papa, or is he only a sample 1 ? Our experience covers many ills, many pills and many bills. Our ills are smaller, our pills are smaller ancl our bille are smaller when we use D?HVItTsJLiUls Early Risers. Wilhito ?fc Wilhite. ? In some sections of this country a su? perstition exists that when a death occurs in a house the mirrows in the different rooms must be carefully cevered until af? ter the funeral, lest the face of the corpse be photographed in the glapc. ? Some immense vegetables were late? ly exhibited at Greats Falls, Mon. There is a sugar-beet weighing; twenty-five pounds, a twenty-pound turnip, a five pound potato, a pumpkin weighing 120 pounds and a cabbage three feet in diam? eter, all raised in that vicinity. t ? You don't want a torpid liver. You don't want a bad complexion. You don't want a bad breath. You don't want a headache. Then use De "Witt's Little Early Risers, the famous little pills. Wilhite & Wilhite. ? 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