The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, February 25, 1892, Image 1

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BT CUNKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 25, 1892._VOLUME XXVI. NO. 84 ? Jt? JtLib has been struck Prices Cut in- Half Al! Winter Goods to be Closed Out to make room for Spring st?cfk. these are facts, And we want you to come and see for your3elf and get some of the WE ABE OFFERING; Don't* delay, bnt come- while the good things are going. Money safed'is money made. ... * W. A. CHAPMAN, Agent, Kext to Masonic Temple. NOW 1$ YOUR OPPORTUNITY! On and after January 1,1892, all WiutoF Boots aM loss ii oar Estal Will be Reduced Crom 10 to 20 per Cent in Price. COME early and Secure* EEAL BARG ?IN, for we will rarely offer 700. one. We cannot ttnd will not carry over Winter Goods from one season to another. Shoes ?j.-are not like-wuts-tbey* do not improve with ase . Hence we will not allow gdods to lay upon bur^helvea from sea*.oh to season. We need the money to buy Spring Goods, and the room to show them. This reduction includes a large lot of the famous Bay Htaie Prison mode Shoes, consisting of Plow Shoes, Brogans, English Ties, and twenty dues of Boots. Remember, that all Shoes bearing our firm name, or the name of the Manufactu? rers, art- guaranteed to give a reasonable amount of wear. We will exchange Shoes or refand tho fu;l amount of money paid to all pr,rtiex not satisfied with their purchases, provided they return them to us immediately unsoiled. . .v ENERGY, V * 'FIDELITY, - >? INSURE SUCCESS. DISCRETION, ) JAS. P. GOSSETT & CO.. Under Hotel Chiquola, Anderson, S. C Wanted? Gs/llTi 'ES and BEESWAX by PEOPLES & BURRISS, at good prices. SECOND HAND STOVES A? g(K.d or better than most of the new one? now offered you, which we are offering St a low pries. We hope you will bear in mind that we deal in? En, China Crockery, Glassware,- ? And EVERYTHING in the Houne Furnishing line, and at prices that cannot be beat by any one. Price elsewhere, then come to see us and you will be convinced. J TIN HOOFING. ^ GRAVEL ROOFING and * GUTTERING, ?^Promptly done by experienced men. 8r Yours very truly, PEOPLES & BURRISS. LADIES' STORE! KEEPING PACE WITH THE HARD TIMES! For the next sixty days our Mammoth Stock is at the MERCY OF OUR CUSTOMERS. Come one, come ALL, and get ihe BARGAINS. The Stock mast be re* duced to make room for oar Spring Goods. . Wishing one and all a happy and prosperous New Year, Bespectfnlly, BUSS LIZZIE WILLIAMS. DON'T FAIL TO VISIT E I. fill k SB, DEALERS IN dry goods, clothing, BOOTS AND SHOES, STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES, FRUITS and CONFECTIONERIES. ? s?~ We are selling Goods CHEAP, and will treat you right. Give ns a call. Yours truly, E. W. BROWN & SONS. Tda?he}^1 Column, All communications intended for thia Column should be addressed to 0. WARDLAW, School Commissioner, An? derson, S. 0. ME MO S Y GEMS. A day never returns; when it is once passed it is gone forever. We cannot live oar lives over. As we live them they must remain. The writing of letters and composi? tions by the children, their corrections by the teachers, and then rewriting them leaving out the mistakes, reminds us of the difference between this and our lives. As we live, our lives must stand. We cannot go back and re live them, leaving ont the mistakes. We may re-write our letters and compositions, but we cannot 're-live our lives. We cannot re spend a day. We cannot take out of our lives one single honr misspent, As we spend each hour, each day, each week and each year, we mast face them in after life. We cannot avoid the results and influ? ences of onr lives. If the boys and girls would only realize this truth and live with the idea ever in their minds that we cannot re live our lives, how different might be the results. We are only allowed one trial. We cannot get a sec? ond trial. Spend each day as yoc wish to see it in the final account. THANKS. In a letter received from Col. John G. Clinkscale.?, he has the following to say about Anderson County and her teachers: I love old Anderson, and love her big hearted people. I often think of the. many wide-awake, progressive teachers there. Id no County have I found teach? ers more progressive, more intelligent, more worthy the name. Tu behalf of the teacheis we say thanks, Colonel. ' UEANDEBTNGS. Since our last report we have visited the following schools: Broadaway school, taught by Miss Allie K. Major. We will long remember with pleasure the day we spent in this school. Most of the pupils, faces looked familiar. We know their parents, and remember the many pleasant occasions we have spent with them. We feel a deep interest in the education of their children, as we do in all children. The teacher is one that is rightly and justly appreciated by her patrons nud pupils. She is doing a noble work. The children are thoughtful and earnest, and evince a desire for knowl? edge. Mountain Creek school, in which Miss Zella Campbell presides with so much ease, dignity and ability, is in good Con? dition. She is a real teacher, and enters into her work with energy and enthusi? asm. Her school is making genuine pro? gress. Her pupils show their apprecia? tion of their teacher by having well pre* pared lessons. We like to find a school as we found Mountain Creek?at work, Long Branch school is pretty well at? tended Miss Beuie Eirle is the teacher. Wc found ber working away, and the children with good lessons. We like her method of teaching spoiling. Oq the black board the pupil writes the word and explains its use or meaning. She seems to have caught the idea that we should first be able to pronounce a word, then know its meaning, and then know how to spell it. MiBs Bettie has had years of experience as a teacher, and has always given satisfaction. At Bethany school they still retain Mr. L. M. Mahaffey, who is one among the very best teachers in the County. We have never seen a teacher with more energy in tbe echool room. He has a very interesting school, and so far as we could hear, is giving entire satisfaction. We next visited Miss Roaa Tribble's school at Barker's Creek. She has the good will of her patrons, who are satis? fied with her work. She is earnest and patient and painstaking, and the chil? dren all like Miss Rosa. We saw in this Bchool the need of a reading chart, and the house is not as comfortable as we would like to see it. Her work is thor? ough. At Honea Path we were welcomed by Prof. J. B. Watkins, a man who is so well and favorably known as a teacher, that his school is fast becoming famous fox the many teachers and efficient young men and women sent out from it. Tbe enrollment in this school is away above a hundred, and the average attendance is nearer the enrollment than is usual. Prof. Watkins has three assistants, be? sides a music teacher. These assistants are Misses Fannie and Sallie Watkins and Miss Lou McGee. This is a model school in every respect. It has a manly sat of young men in attendance, and as to the young ladies, or girls, I'd rather Bay they are not to be surpassed. We wish there were many more schools like this one. Mr. C. E, Burts' school at Broadmouth is one in which we found a real practical, common sense, well qualified teach? er, and a bright, cheerful and studious set of pupils. i We next visited the Cleveland school, | where Mr. W. B. McCuen is the teacher, j In this school is an inviting field of labor. ' One in which the teacher can find work for every moment's -time. We reached this Bchool during the morning recess, and as they came in the room at the close of recess, we could not help admiring such a charming bevy of lasses, all nearly the same size. Mr. McCuen is a young man of promise, and has the hearty sup? port of his patrons. His classes had well prepared ltssons. At Saluda we found Mr. L. Y. Moore, a teacher prepared for the work by Prof. Watkins, at Honea Path. Mr. Moore is young, both in years and as a teacher, but he presides over a school with as much ease and dignity as any teacher. He is doing very good work. His idea is for the pupils to know their lessons, and then they will not have to rely on memory. During our visits we entered the col? ored school at Honea Path, in charge of Moraigue. He is a very careful tpacher, one who dt es not seem willing to let a pupil pass on without understanding each lesson. The grammar classes that recited while we were present Bhowed a knowledge of the subject, and passed a very fair examination on the lesson. From what we could gather this teacher has the good will of both races in and around Honea Path. We visited another colored school taught by Jauie Fisher. She appeared to be using her best efforts to advance her pupils. But her school room is too dark and uncomfortably airy during this cold weather. The Lexington Lothario. Lexington, S.. G, Feb. 15. ?JeBse Adkins, the young Lothario of Lex? ington county, was this evening sentenced by Jadge l'zlar to one year's Bervice in the penitentiary. About three years ago he married a young lady named Miss Cornelia Rose, of Kershaw County. He deserted his young wife five or six months ago and located himself at Irmo, near Columbia, on the Newberry and Laurens railroad. Jesse, being a good-looking young fellow, of fine phys? ique, made a splendid impression on the people of Irmo, and in December last be was elected town marshall cf that progressive little place. He felt proud of his position and all the girls looked upon him with admiring eyes, and as he walked the streets in his bright uniform and braBs buttons he was the recipient of many sweet smiles. He centered his affections, however, upon Miss Mary A. Bouknight, the pretty daughter of Mri G. D. Bouknight with whom be boarded. The Bouknights of Irmo are highly respectable people, and stand socially as well as anybody in the county. His attentions to Miss Mary were well received by her, the recipro? cation of affection soon resulting in an engagement. All unconscious of the duplicity of Adkins, never suspecting for a moment that he already had a lawful wife, she named the day for tbe nup? tial kuot to be tied. With pleasurable anticipations of a happy future existence all her arrangements were made for the solemnization of tbe marriage on tbe 3d of January. Tbe Methodist church of Irmo was tastefully decoroted, and at the appointed time friends and acquaint? ances for miles around were gathered the church. The organ pealed forth the wedding march, and Jesse Adkins and Miss Mary Bouknight were made mac aud wife. Bat, as later developments disclosed, it was not. to prove an inexorable decree of the injunction "Whom God hath joined together let no man put asunder." The bluBbiug bride was prostrated on the third day after her marriage by the most terrible revelation that sho had married an imposter, a man who had a young wife living in an adjoining coun? ty. Rumors bad reached Irmo of this fact, and upon investigation, by Mr. Bouknight, father of the newly made bride, it was found to be true. Jesse was arrested on the 5th of Jan., and for tbe next twelve months he will be allowed to reflect upon the enormity of his crime. Wife No. 1, nee MisB Cornelia Ross, testified on the stand to-day that she was not and never had been married to Jesse ; but the State produced the min? ister who bad married her and JesBe, nearly three years ago. It is palpably evident that sue was testifying falaely to save Jesse from conviction. She wab accompanied in court by Jesse's mother who had her under control. It could be seen she was also still under the influ? ence of Jesse, and she was loth to come out and tell the truth on the stand and acknowledge her marriage. The proof was conclusive, however, that she was wife No. 1 of Jesse. Wife No. 2, ii^e Miss Bouknight, did not appear in court. She is at home mourning over the deception practiced upon her, and her ruined life.? Columbia Stale. _ ^ A Boy ou Girls. Mark Twain considers the following the funniest boy's composition he ever saw. on girls. Girls are very stuck up and dignified in their manner and behaveyour. They think more of dress than any? thing, and they like to play with dowls and rags. They stay at home all the time and go to church every Sunday. They are always sick. They can't play mar? bles. I pity them, poor things. They make fun of boys and then turn round and love them. I don't believe they ever kiled a cat or anything. They look out every night and say oh aint the moon lovely. There is one thing I have not cold and that in they always now their lessons bettern boys. The next by a girl on boys is a twin to the above. a girl's essay on boys. Boys are men that have not got as big as their papas, and girls are women that will be young ledies by and by. Man was made before women. When God looked at Adam he said to himself, "Well, I think I can do better if I try again," end then he made Eve. God liked Eve so much better than he did Adam that there have been more women than men. My papa is bo nice that I think be must have Leen a little girl when he was a littte boy.?St. Andrew's Church Record, $100 Reward. $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fra? ternity, Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treat? ment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken in? ternally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, there? by destroying the foundation of the dis? ease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. Tbe proprie? tors have bo much faith in its curative powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it failB *to cure. Send for list of testimonials. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0. 8??Sold by Druggists, 75c. : The First Shot of tb? War. From the Sunny Soutk. I have noticed several articles in your paper recently from different writers in regard to who fired the first gun of the late war. Each writer has choBen a dif? ferent man, and has written quite a lengthy article purporting to establish his "favorite's" claim to this honor. I enclose you a statement of the facts, written by Gen. S. D. Lee, which settles the point beyond cavil that Capt. George S. James, commanding the mortar bat? tery on James Island, fired the first gun of the late war. Capt. James was a native of Laurens, South Carolina, and a gallant soldier in the Mexican war. Becoming infatuated rith the profession of arms, he chose it as hia life-work, and received a commission aB second lieutenant in the United States army. He was stationed at Fort Ran? dall, when he received intelligence that hostilities were about to commence be? tween South Carolina and the United States Government. He immediately re? signed his commission?returned to Sonth Carolina and offered his* services to his State. He was made a captain and put in command of the mortar battery on James Island and fired the first gun at Fort Sumter. Later on he raised a battalion and entered the Confederate service, ranking as lieutenant colonel. Col. James was killed at the head of his command in the battle of Sharpsburg. He illustrated in his life and death the virtues of an illustrious ancestry, being a lineal descendant of John Washington, of Stafford, Virginia. John Y. Garlington. Agricultural and Mechanical College op Mississippi, October 7, 1892. To the Editor of the Times Democrat: In yonr issue of October 1 (Sunday) is an article, "Fort and Fleet?The First Gun of the War," signed "M. Quad." I wish to correct an error which has almost passed into an historical fact. It is this: That Edmnnd Ruffin, of Virginia, did not fire the first gun at Fort Sumter, but that Capt. George S. James, of South Carolina, afterward killed when a lieu? tenant colonel at Boonsboro, Md., did fire it. The writer was a Captain of the South Carolina army at the time and an aide de camp on the staff of Gen. Beauregard. He has now before him a diary written at the time, and there can be no mistake as to the fact. The snmmons for the surrender of evacuation was carried by Col. Chestnut, of South Carolina, and Capt. S.D.Lee. They arrived at Sumter at 2.20 p. m., April 11. Major Anderson declined to surrender, but remarked: "He would be starved out in a few days, if he was not knocked to pieces by Gen. Beauregard'a batteries." This remark was repeated to Gen. Beauregard, who informed Presi? dent Davis. The result was a second message was sent to Major Anderson by the same officers, accompanied by Roger A. Pryor, of Virginia, and Col. Chisolm, of South Carolina. The messengers ar? rived at Sumter at 12.25 a. m., April 12. Major Anderson was informed that if he would say that he would surrender on April 15, and in the meantime would not fire on Gen. Beauregard's batteries, un? less he was fired on, be would be allowed that time; also, that he would not be allowed to receive provisions from the United States authorities. The Major declined to accede to this arrangement, saying he wonld not open fire unless a hostile act was committed against his fort or his flag, but that if he could be supplied with provisions before the 15th of April he would receive them, and in that event he would not surrender. This reply being unsatisfactory, Col. James Chestnut and Capt. S. D. Lee gave the Major a written communication, dated "Fort Sumter, S. 0., April 12, 1862, 3.20 a. m.," informing him, by au? thority of Gen. Beauregard, that he would open on the fort in one hour from that time. The party, as designated, then pro? ceeded in their boat to Fort Johnson, on James Island, and delivered the order to Capt. George S. James, commanding the mortar battery, to open fire on Fort Sum? ter. At 4.80 a. m. the first gun was fired at Fort Sumter, and at 4.40 the second gun was fired from the same battery. Capt. James offered the honor of firing the first shot to Roger A. Pryor, of Vir? ginia. He declined, saying he could not fire the first gun. Another officer then offered to take Pryor's place. James re? plied, "No! I will fire it myself." And he did fire it. At 4.45 a. m. nearly all the batteries in the harbor were firing on Sumter. Mr. Edmund Ruffin, who was much beloved and respected, was at the Iron Battery on Morris Island. I ? ?vays understood be fired the first gun from the Iron Battery, but one thing is certain, be never fired the first gun against Fort Sumter. George S. James did. Nor did he fire the second gun. He may have fired the third gun, or first gun from the Iron Battery on .Morris Island. Yourij respectfully, S. D. Lee. Racing with Wolves. Many a thrilling tale has been told by travelers of a race with wolves across the frozen steppes of Russia. Sometimes only the picked bones of the hapless traveler are found to tell the tale. In our own country thousands are engaged in a life and death race against the wolf Consumption. The best weapons with which to fight the foe, is Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Diecovery. This re? nowned remedy has cured myriads of cases when all other medicines and doc? tors has failed. It is the greatest blood purifier and restorer of strength known to the world. For all forms of scrofulous affections (and consumption is one of them,) it is unequaled as a remedy. ? The medical adviser of a largo Lon? don life insurance company declares that the loss from epidemic influenza is two and a half times greater than that occa? sioned by the cholera .." 1842. The British government i* on the point of making an exhaustive inquisition into the nature of influenza, to determine, if possible, its contagious or infectious character. The Boys in the War. "I noticed in last Sunday's Star, where mention was made of young congress men, a statement to the effect that Gen? eral Logan could hardly have been an officer in tbe Mexican war before he was 15 years of ago." The speaker was a medicinal man of this city who was a surgeon during the war. "My own expe? rience," be continued, "would prove that a great many combatants of rank were mere boys. "Early in Kay, 1864,1 then being an assistant surgeon in the Confederate ser? vice, I was stationed at Howard's Grove hospital, near Richmond. Shortly after I went there it became an Alabama hos? pital, and it was then thai; I came across one of the many notable cases to which I can refer. While on my rounds one morning I noticed among the new cases a scrawny, sallow, thin-cheeked fellow. He was an insignificant looking young? ster and I was not much surprised, when, in response to a question?I was making up the hospital record?he said he was 15 years of age. When I asked what his command was he said, 'The Fifteenth Alabama,' and then gave his rank as captain. He was such a poor, pony little fellow that I thought Alabama regiments must be badly off for officers. I don't know but I was somewhat prejudiced against him because of his unprepossess? ing youth, although he had commenced to fight when but 11 years old. He was a decidedly sick boy?not wounded?yet I had a very poor opiuion of him. Sud? denly he spoke up and said, 'Doctor, I want you to get me out of here as quick as you can.' " 'We always do that,' I replied. "'Yes,' said he, 'but soldiers don't always want to get out of hospital. I went out at the first call, and this is the first time I have been separated from my command.' "In a day or two he began to mend more rapidly than I expected him to do ?and on the fourth day he commenced to bother me by insisting that he was fit for duty. He said he felt fully able to get up, and he pleaded hard with me to report him for duty, I told him that if I reported him he would at once be sent back, while I would be censured. By that time I had changed my opinion of him, but I had to speak somewhat rough? ly to him for two days to prevent him tormenting me. On the seventh day he. again commenced to plead, and I at last -told him that if he improved as rapidly in the next twenty-four hours as be had previously I would report. He held me to my promise and was reported as fit for duty. While he was in line with others about to be discharged the hospital mail came, and in it was a big loiter addressed to him. He opened it and in a moment cried out: 'Take this back; I don't want it!' It was a thirty days' furlough which his father?an influential man? had procured for him from Judge Camp? bell, assistant secretary of war. Fur? loughs were very desirable things just then, but that boy captain positively re? fused his and returned at once to his command. Sometime afterward I told Col. W. C. Oates of the youngster. The Colonel, who is now in Congress, com? manded the Fifteenth Alabama, and whe.o I mentioned tbe little fellow's name, he eaid : 'Why, he is one of the best officers I have. He has been with the regiment in twenty five pitcbed'bat tles and eighty skirmishes, and stands right up to fire. He has bis men under better control in field and camp than any of the other captains: doesn't display his authority as so many of the less effective do, and is altogether a most desirable officer.' "0,1 could tell you about lots of boys who proved themselves worthy the name of men," continued the surgeon. "There was Colonel Lowry, wbo commanded a Mississippi regiment. He came into the hospital with a saber cut across his face. He was 17 years of age and didn't look a day older. Then there was a captain of artillery whose right leg was amputated at the thigh. He was from Florida and was but 14 years old. Two South Caro? lina boys were brought in the same day. One was 13 years old and had lost his right leg at tbe hip; the other was 15 and his left leg had beeu amputated at the knee. The younger one?a fine, rOBy faced child?succumbed to the weakness which followed the operation. Every? body around the place was so sorry for "I wasn't an old man when I started out?from the little village of Millwood, Mo.?to be a soldier. I was a private in the First regiment, third division, Mis? souri State guard?then a part of Prico's army. The first human being I saw killed was a boy of 14 Our regiment was at the battle of Wilson's creek, and Borne one in our ranks fired tbe shot that killed General Lyon. A 13 year ,d boy in Company D claimed to have fired that shot, and while he may not have found it possible to prove his assertion, no attempt was ever made to controvert it. We went into that battle with 236 men, and after eleven hours of hard fighting came out with 105. The boys were conspicuous there. Captain Hal leck commanded one of our companies. He had been a land official under Buchanan and was well known. In his company were his two sons?Alonzo, aged 19, and William, aged 15. Father and sons were bound by tbe most affec? tionate ties; their tenderness toward each other was touching and beautiful. After we bad been fighting for about three hours Captain hallett was shot through the brain right in sight of hia boys. We were moving forward then, and had only gone something like a quarter of a mile when Alonza was shot through the heart. Willie ran to him and held him in his arms for the brief period before death came. If I lived 1,000 years I could never forgot that little scene, how the survivor cried for awhile as though the light had gone out of his life, and how he picked up bis musket, took his place in line and fought until the battle ended. "Don't forget that the boyB played a big part in the war."?Washington Star. ? 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. WilniteA W?hlte. Making bad Money. A reporter was standing the other day in the rather dim and close smelling room of the United States subtreasury on Wall street, in which citizens havo their bills exchanged for gold and silver, and from which bankers draw the coin that makes foreign trade possible, when a respecta? bly dressed man approached one of the paying tellers. "I jnst want to know," he said, "if this ten dollar bill is all right, or only a counterfeit?" He took the bill and retired with it for a moment. He came back and without a word handed the bill to the man. Across its face was stamped the word "counterfeit." The letters were cut out of the body of the bill, so that no power could again put it in circulation. "What do you mean by doing that?" demanded the indignant citizen. "Ob, you needn't get mad," remarked the teller. "The law is imperative. Ev? ery bogus bill that comeB here is treated iu the same way." "This wouldn't have happened had I taken it to a bank." "Then you should have thought of that before you brought it here." "This sort of thing," said the teller to the reporter, as the man left looking rather crestfallen, "happens nearly every day id the week, and sometimes it is funny to see how men take on when their bogus bills are destroyed. They are re? spectable business men who have taken them in honest trade, and they think it's rather hard that they should not have a chance of getting them off again on their unsuspecting neighbors. "You heard what he said about the banks? Well, that's quite true. If he had taken his bill to the bank he would have been told that it was a counterfeit, and it would have been handed back to him intact if he was known By law the national banks are to treat all counterfeit bills just as they are treated at the Uni? ted States subtrea8uries. They don't do it, however, with their big customers, be? cause tbey fear it would offend them and lead to a loss of business." Very little counterfeit coin finds it .way to the subtreasury. It is seldom in? deed that even a stray bogus coin passes the watchful eye of the receiving teller at a bank. The United States secret service detectives have well-nigh stamp? ed out the business of counterfeiting coin, and although the counterfeits which now and then find their way into circulation are much better than those of twenty-five years ago, they are always faulty in one of the three characteristics of the genuine coin?thickness, diameter and; weight. If they be of the proper weight, they are either too thick or the diameter too large, and a little machine on the desk of each receiving teller at the sub-treasury applies all three tests in half a second. When a counterfeit gold or silver coin is presented it is confiscated and melted in the United States assay office for old metal. , Apart from the action which decides the fate of bad bills and bogus coins, there is a precedent at the sub-treasury which puzzles the ordinary citizen. It is the refusal of the government to redeem its own gold coins at their face value, except they be fresh from the mint, while the most tattered of five dollar treasury bills is good for a bright, new minted five dollar gold piece. All gold coins wear in proportion more than silver. If you have a twenty-dollar gold piece and fancy that it is light, don't go to the sub treasury to find out; espe? cially if it seems much woru. It will share the fate of a counterfeit bill in a mitigated form, as the letter "L." for "light," will be punched on its face, and it will be fit only for the melting-pot, or to sell as old gold. One half per cent, of loss on the weight of the coin will in? sure it this fate without appeal. Every bank suffers considerably in the course of a year from this rule of the treasury. When bankers present gold at the Bub treasury for the purchase of cer? tificates all coins that show a loss of \ per cent, are stamped and go to the melt? ing pot in the assay office. There is no charge to bankers for melting light? weight coin, and the owners only lose its depreciation in weight. An average of about $400,000 in light weight gold coin is received annually by the sub-treasury on Wall Street. The loss on this coin, which averages from half of 1 per cent., to 1 per cent., falls on the banks, all of which accept light weight coins within those limits rather than offend their customers. As a rule, all the large banks hold their light coins until tbey amount to ?2,000 in par value before bringing them to the sub treasury. The reason assigned for the refusal of the government to redeem its light gold coins at their face value iustead of mak? ing the loss by depreciation fall on bank? ers and citizens generally is that to ac? cept such coins below weight would en? courage criminals to tamper with them and give a new impetus to the "sweating" process, which has often more to do with the light weight than the ordinary wear and tear in circulation. The "sweating" process is simple, re quires little intelligence, subjects the op? erator to the minimum risk of danger from detection, and returns a fair profit on an original investment of say $500 in twenty dollar gold pieces. The "sweater" places a number of twenty dollar gold pieceB in a buckskin bag and shakes them long and violently. The friction detaches small particles of gold from the coin?so small that they leave no marks on the coin of the treat? ment to which it has been subjected. The coins are then removed and individually have lost so little in weight that it can only be detected by the scales. The bag is now boiled, which makes the gold par tides adhere to the buckskin. It is then dried and burned, and the ashes are then fused in a crucible and the gold recover? ed.?New York News. ? "No, John," said the affectionate wife of a politician. "I don't want any woman's suffrage?" "Why not?" "Be? cause I'd always feel ?be voting for you for office, and I don't think I could con? scientiously do it." GIRL CARPENTERS. Young Women Students Learn How to Drive .Vails. In the Normal college the latest addi? tion to the curriculum?the Slojd class is pronounced a great success by the girls who avail themselves of the opportunity to learn how to deftly handle saw, knife, and plane and other tools. It is a care? fully graded system of manual training? "educational carpentering" one might call it. By it pupils are taught how to use their bands skillfully and usefully and how to make measurements by tbe eye. Incidentally, too, it inculcates thorough? ness, care, industry and perseverence, by means of which only can the highest success be achieved. The Slojd idea was conceived in Sweden, and has proved wonderfully successful there. It fact, so enthusias? tic are the Swedes as to the benefits to be derived from a course in Slojd that a wealthy gentleman named Abrahamson has devoted his own charming villa and estate at Naas, near Gothenburg, to be used as a Slojd scadamy Teachers from points as far separated as Holland, Iceland, Chili and the Uni? ted States here meet during the summer months to learn for themselves the mer? its of tbe system. Among the first to go from this city in 1887, and at her own expense, was Dr. Emily Ida Conant, professor of pedagogy at the Normal college. After a course of six weeks, during which she worked for six hours every day at the bench and listened to lectures on the theory, she returned to America imbued with the merits of the Slojd system as an educational factor in the development of children. Another trip to Sweden confirmed the first impression, and after several con? ferences with a committee from the board of education it was decided to es? tablish such a class in the Normal col? lege for Buch of the graduates as could secure a scholarship. Twelve young woman have attained the proud distinction, and now the Misses Baum, Beattie, Bole, Burlinson, Gilbert, Kornman, Levine, Meehan, Moore, Rhoades, Silberburg and Wittkowski are fitting themselves to teach manual train? ing when the long coveted trade schools shall be established as a part of the public school system. IN THE WORKROOM. I spent a delightful morning with these young women recently, and found them very proficient in dovetailing, doweling and all the other ordinary operations of carpentering. Each girl wore a large gingham apron and began operations by arranging the tools on the framework in front of her. neatly hanging the cross, rip and back sawB to the left and the jack and smooth planes to the right, while the divider, file, ruler, knife and marking guage were safely stored in the lower rack. The place of honor was given to the draw? ing-board, upon wh'ch was safely secur? ed the drawing of the model in consid? eration. These drawings are made in pen and ink from'the object itself by ac? curate measurement and serve as working diagrams. One-half the class was completing tbe handle of a knife-sharpener of soft, white wood ; the othor had started upon a bye drometer, which is designed to measure the hydraulic pressure of liquid, both de? signs being entirely utilitarian in char? acter, all articles of lnxury being exclu? ded from the course. Passing from one bench to another I noticed with pleasure and rare grace and real dexterity displayed in the manip? ulation of the tools. I wouldn't be so rash as to say that the girls worked more effectively than the boys would have done, but I am sure they worked more prettily. There is no clumsineGS displayed any? where. No girl cut her finger or scraped the skin off, or hit her thumb with a ham? mer instead of a nail and used naughty words to relieve her feelings, or did any of the awkward things that boys would have done under similar circumstances. It was evident that the girls took genuine delight in tbe work, and what people, big or little, like, they generally do well. GOOD TRAINING. Dr. Connant when being asked his views as to the direct value of a course in Slojd upon a child said: "It un | doubtedly implants a respect and, love for work even of tbe coarser kind. It fosters order, cleanliness, care and per? severence. One principle of Slojd in? sists that tbe pupil must do tbe work alone, tbe teacher simply leading the controlling, and hence this training must have a marked influence on charac? ter. Presently the gong sounded and the hour was over. E ich model was care? fully put away, and the music of saw and plane was drowned in the hum of voices and rippling laughtf r. Doffing aproDs and sleeves they cross? ed the hallway and entered the bright little kitchen fully equipped for the con- | cocting of toothsome edibles. Mrs. Hope, tutor of the culinary department, wel? comed them, and ea^h girl donned a fetching white cap and apron and de? murely listened to a treatise on the mer? its of cooking rice in the double boiler, written by a member of the class. -That concluded they followed oat the instruc? tions of Mrs. Hope and prepared for the broiling of chops and scrambling of eggs, and making of chocolate. Verily the world moves. Here were girls who, besides absorbing more or less valuable knowledge concerning all the educational "ologies" and "ismB," were actually learning how to do useful work with their hands?to cook. Won't some of them make regular jewels of wives some day??New York Herald. Bucklens Arnica Salve The best salve in the world for Cuts' Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe? ver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chil? blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Pilea, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give per? fect satisfaction, or money refunded, Price 25 cents por box. For Bale by Hill Bros. AH Sorts of Paragraphs. ? Rabbits aro selling- in Memphis Tenn., at three cenfs a piece. ? A florist at S3n Mateo, Cal., has 18, 000 chrysanthemum plants. ? Time heals all things except wound ed pride and old rubber shoes. ? Large stock raisers of California are losing valuable horses from the grip. ? The standing strength of the Lon? don detective force is about four hun? dred. ? ? Fifty tank steamers are now carry? ing oil in bulk from this country to Eu? rope. ? A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake, as by never repeating it. ? Not one unmarried woman in a hundred tells the truth when she is asked why she never married. ? Happiness consists in not having vast and rich possessions, but in being fitted to enjoy what we have ? No matter if it is leap year yon girls have got no business proposing unless you can support a husband. ? What measures are you taking to stop that cough? Let ua suggest De Witt's Cough and Consumption Cure. It is infallible. Wilhite * Wilhite. ? The agricultural department at Washington says that the cotton crop of 1891 is half a million bales less than the crop of 1890. ? It is estimated that more than eleven" million five hundred thousand men will have the right to vote in the next presi? dential election. ? Mrs. Gadd?Does your boy take af? ter you or h'*s father ? Mrs. Gabb?He takes after his father. You never can believe a word he -says. ? A trial convinces the most skeptical. Carefully prepared, pleasant to the taste, De Witt's Cough and Consumption Cure is a valuable remedy. Wilhlto <fc Wilhite. ? New York has the largest grand lodge of Masons. It has over 80,000 members. Illinois comes next with a membership of about 48,000. ? Danville, Ind., claims to have among its residents the largest man in the world. His name is John H. Craig, and he is 6 feet 5 inches high, and weighs619 pounda. ? A child was asked what dust was, and ehe said: "Dust is mud with the juice squeezed out." The same child said that "snow was popped rain," and "ice was water gone to sleep." ? You may cough and cough and cough ? and cough and cough, but you will not if you take De Witt's Coutrh and Consump? tion Cure. Wilhite <fe Wilhite.. ? Chinese dentists are said to have a^jj ~: powder which is rubbed on the gums over an affected tcoth. After an interval of five minutes the patient is told to sneeze, and the tooth falls out. ? Edward Blanchet, of Lewiston, Me., is 44 years old, and his wife is two years younger. They have been married 23 years, and iu that time they have had eighteen children, ten of whom are alive now. ? A little girl, who had been observ? ant of her parents' mode of exhibiting their charity, when asked what generosi? ty was, answered: "It is giving to the poor all the old stuff that you don't want yourself." ? Our experience covers many Ills, many pills and many bills. Our ills are smaller, our pills are smaller and our bille are smaller when wo use De Witt's Littls Early Risers. Wilhite & Wilhite. ? General Grant will probably make , more money for his family after hisThjath^w than he ever did in his lifetime. The memories be prepared with bis dying hands have already netted to the widow""--^ and children $414,855.28. . ? According to the report on the strength of the standing army in the German States for 1892-1393, it is esti? mated that it will be made up of 20,524 officers, 486,984 men, 1,339 doctors, 893 paymasters, 559 veterinary snigeons, 855 gunsmiths, 93 saddlers, and 93,750 horse attendants. ? "An honest pill is the noblest work of the apothecary." De Witt's Little ^ Early Risers cure constipation, billious-^^T ness and sick headache. Wilhite <fc Wil? hite. ? Mexico is fast becoming a coffee producing country. The district of So conusee contains twenty-six estates, em? ploying 1,500 men. The cost of produc? tion is about 7 cents per pound, bnt as the demand is far ahead of the supply, sales are readily made on the plantation at 20 cents per pound. ? A queer libel suit has been institu? ted against a newspaper in Indiana for averring that the plaintiffs horse was Ted on soup, because the horse was too old to eat corn. He claims $2,000 dam? ages, alleging that be has Buffered great mental anguish on account of the publi? cation. ? It isau established fact that Do Witt's Little Early Riser's have an enormous ^ sale, and why ? Simply because tbey aM plcsant in taking and happy in results. JwM pill for the multitude. Wilhite &WHhiteW ? "I'm afraid your wife never tidies up things about the house, John," said the husband's mother. "And I like her all the better for it,'.' said the son, enthu? siastically. "I like her all the better for it. I can always find my slippers and.my hat just where I leave 'em, which I nev? er could do when I was at home." ? Lemons aie a simple and excellent remedy for billiousness. Take the juice of one or two lemons in as much water as will mal?c it pleasant to drink without Bugar, before going to bed. In the morn? ing on rising, at least half an hour before breakfast, take the juice of one lemon in a tumbler of cold water. ? Ignorance of the merits of De Witt's Little Karly Risers is a misfortune. These little pills regulate tho liver, cure head? ache, dyspepsia, bad breath, constipation and biliousness. Wilhite & Wilhite. ? The Nashville Christian Advocate Bays: "It is * common notion among in- f tel?gent northern people that prior to the ' civil war the South was dominated by a close corporation of aristocrats, the vast body of the people being refused all par ticipation in the functions of govern? ment. The facts are all against this view. It is utterly inconsistent with cases like those of Joseph E. Brown, of Georgia, Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee, and James L. Orr, of South Carolina Here are three men?and we might mul tiply them indefinitely?who came fro the humblest walks of life, and yet push? ed themselves forward till they were po? tent and controlling factors in the civil life of their respective commonwealths. There was no part of tho United States j iu which a poor and humble man had a better chance than in the South."