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BY CLXNKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C, THUKSDAY MORNING, MARCH 31, 1892. VOLUME''XXVL- -NO THREE CHEERS FOR TARIFF REFORM -?* AND - mm COINAGE OF SILVER. THESE WILL HELP YOU, BUT Will put money in your pocket if you will call and see his Goods and Prices. .Y STOCK IS NOW READY FOE IN8PEOTION, and I ask the Trading Public to call and examine my Goods bofore baying. My stock was bought with the HARD CASH, and I bare? SOME RARE BARGAINS To offer the people of Anderson, thereby saving them money on every dollar's worth of Goodayou buy from me. To my old customers and friends I would Bay that I am in a better position to save them dollars and cents than ever before. My Stock of Prints is.Fascinating. My Stock of Canton Cloth is.Beautiful. My Stock of Delhi Cloth is.Immense. My Stock of Ginghams is.Lovely. My Stock of Cord Du Roi is.Wondertul. My Stock of Embroideries is.Surpassing. My Stock of Laces.? - Beats the world. My Stock of Wool Dress Goods ? - There is none better. My Stock of Braid is.The Latest. My Stock of Shoes.?????? Beats the World. In fact my entire Stock is pretty Bought Cheap, and Will he sold Cheap. SQL COME AND SEE ME. W. A. CHAPMAN, Agent, Next to Masonic Temple. SHOES 7 ?3 AS. P( GOSSETT & CO. hare the exclusive agency for E, P, REED & CO'S. LADIES' FINE SHOES In the City ?f Anderson, 8. C. All Goods sold by them of the above make are warrant ed by the Manufactu? rers, and are sold under a guarantee ::o the con sanier*. ?&- Ladiea will do well to call and examine them, and they will be pleased, as AS. P. GOSSETT & CO. have the fin & it we make. J. T. BR1NKLEY, SOUTHERN TRAVELING SALESMAN. March 10. \t& 86 4 WANTED! HaGS, HIDE8 and BEESWAX by PEOPLES & BUKBISS, at good prices. . SECOND HAND STOVES As good or better than most of the new ones now offered yon, which we are offering at a low price. We hope yon will bear in mind that we deal in? Tin, China Crockery, Glassware, And EVERYTHING in the Honse Furnishing line, and at prices tbat cannot be beat by r.ny one. Price elsewhere, then come to see us and you will be convinced. TIN HOOFING. GRAVEL ROOFING and GUTTERING, Piromptly done by experienced men. Your? very truly, PEOPLES & BURRISS. DON'T FAIL TO VISIT X DEALERS IIV DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES, STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES, FRUITS and CONFECTIONERIES. ter WearejeJ?ing .0cod5-^SEA2r SiiKr ^ili 4rea&-ycn right. Give us a call. Yours truly, E. W. BROWN & SONS. HOW TO SMIiY! You caa Save Honey by Buying your School Books and Stationery at COLLINS' BOOK STORE. A fall line of School Books. Blank Books, Stationery, Pictures and Picture Frames, aod other goods too numerous to mention, all at the lowest price*, PHOTOGRAPHS. My Photograph Gallery has been lately refitted with all the latest improved appara tus for making Pictures of all kinds, from the size of a postage stamp to life size In 3 the finest finish. Portraits enlarged to any alz?, from small pictures, at reasonable prioes. Don't forget this if you want a aice Photo. - Respectfully, J. H. COLLINS. I MONUMENTS ? AND ? ! TOMB STONES. HAVING purchased the Marble Busi? ness of the late T. M. White wo are pre? pared to supply all Marble Work prompt? ly, in good stylo and? AT LOWEST PRICES. Give ns a call on North Main Street, by the Railroad Bridge. WHITE ?Sc CO. FtblSM ?1 Sm TflA?Hl^'CoLUMN, All Communications intended for this\!olumn Bhould be addressed to C. WARDLAW, 8chool Commissioner, An? derson, 8. C. MEMORY GEMS. "An idle life is death anticipated." "I live for those who lore me, For those who know me true, For the heaven that smiles above me, And awaits my spirit, too; For the cause that needs assistance. For the wrongs that need resistance, For the future in the distance, And tbo good that I can do." F. J. Washington has charge of the colored school at Williamston. He has a good attendance, and, so far as we could learn, is rendering good service. He is regarded by those who know him as a safe teacher. We would like to know what the teach? ers all think of the advisability of having a celebration in this city some time in the early summer, or sooner, for the benefit of the school children, at which, if possible, we would like to see every white pupil in the County. To see a procession of 5,000 school children would help arouse our people in the cause of education. Let us hear from you, teacher, as to what you think of it, and when would be the best time to have it. We will secure a good speaker or two, and have a band of music and something else._ TEACHFRS' ASSOCIATION.-. The attendance of the teachers was larger than wo expected, after the severe weather begaa. There would have been many more present, but for the severe cold weather. There were about thirty? fivo present and enjoyed it. At the next meeting in May we would like to see at least seventy five teachers present. The program will be the best we have ever had. MEANDEEINGS. Mi6S Delia Browne has a very inter eating school at Whitefield. She is a good disciplinarian, and her school is mating fine progress. Miss Delia is careful aod conscientious in her efforts, and the results Bhow these traits. We attended the opening exercises of the Female College while in William? ston. It is utterly impossible to estimate the good that this institution has done and is doing. Many of our best teachers are graduates from this College. Gener? ations yet unborn will rise to bless the name of. Dr. Laoder for the great good he has done for the cause of education and the elevation of humanity. The Williameton High school, in charge of Prof. J. W. Gaines and Miss Adds Dargan, is one of our best schools. If the people of Williamston will just give it their hearty support aod co oper? ation, there is no doubt bur; that it will give Buch results as will satisfy. Prof. Gaioes is a thorough teacher of ability, and can and will give good results. As to Miss Dargan, all who know anything of her work pronounce her one of our best teachers We do hope to seo a united effort to build up this school and make it the pride of Williamstun, as is the Female College. Missed Carpenter, Hard and McLees are the teachers at Pelzer. We are proud of the Pelzer school, and Pelzer is proud of it. It is open to all the children free of charge, and in addition to this we were told that the Pelzer Manufacturing Company pays to each pupil who does not miss a day from school ten cents a month. This looks like giving people opportunities and theo paying them to accept them. These teachers deserve the applaudit well done. We next entered the schools at Pied? mont. During our viait here we were accompanied by Col. Jas. L. Orr, Presi? dent of the cotton mills and Superinten? dent of the schools, and one of South Carolina's greatest and noblest citizens.' His pride is in their schools, and he may justly be proud of them. The teachers all like him, and the children love him. On the Andersen side are three teachers, Misses Hutchinson and Goldsmith, and Mrs. Goldsmith, who are justly entitled to be numbered among our very best teachers. They are giving entire satis? faction. This school is open to all who live in reach, whether connected with the mill or not, free of charge. On the Greenville side Miss A. B. Miller, Mrs. Bozeman and Miss Donald are the teach era. What we have Baid of the echool on the Anderson side we can say of the one on the Greenville side. What a noble work is being done in the schools at Piedmont. The pride of Piedmont is her scbooln. Miss Nellie Stenhouse, the teacher at Baluda, in Brushy Creek District, is a teacher of rare ability. Her average attendance approximates nearer her en? rollment than any rural school we know of. We were delighted to find in this school several of the larger boys aod girls. This always pleases us. Miss Stenhouse is loved by her pupils and ap? preciated by her patrons. At' Concrete Mr. "fiickfi-iia?~?r" i?rger eurollmeot, but not a good average attendance, and yet we are informed that he is expected to make a? good progress and give ab good results as if his pupils attended regularly. We believe he is a good man, and is doing bis best to dis? charge his duty. This is all that should be required of any one. At St. PkuI Miss Blanche Hudgeus is the teacher, but the very inclement weather had closed her school the day we visited it, so we did not got to see her nor her school. Miss Jennie Rosamond, a teacher who has always given good results and entire satisfaction, is in charge at Cedar Wreath. Hhe is at home in the school room, and rules her school so quietly and yet bo w? ll. Her classes recited very well, Bhow>rjg that they understood what they read. The school at Mt. Piegah is not fo large, but is doing good work. Miss Ella Bowc n taught there last year aod gave such satisfaction as to secure the school again this year. We found ber faithfully i.t work and doing good service. Leaving this school we next called at Friendship, where Mr, J. B. Spearman is the pedagogue. He, too, has a fine average. It was said by some one in the neighborhood "they come any Bnrt of weathsr." We were present during sev? eral recitations, and were pleased with his method, and the pupils' accuracy. Miss Lizzie H. Anderson, at Crosss Roads, in Hopewell Township, was sur? rounded by her pupils, and as she always does, is giving good results. Miss Lizzie is a real teacher. tThe Hopewell school, in charge of Miss Lottie Crosby, seems to be doing very well. Miss Lottie is one of our most conscientious teachers, and enters into her work with enthusiasm. She is a real worker, and is giving satisfaction, Industrial Notes. The Westminister Grange has adopted resolutions urging the members of the order and the farmers generally to plant less cotton and more corn, wheat, pota? toes, oats, and in fact everything used at home, and to use and practice every economy possible. Intensive farming is profitable. A farmer in Edgefield planted a prize crop on five acres, and the cost of cultivation wss less than 3} cents per pound, and by deducting tbe value of the cotton seed from the cost of cultivation the lint cot? ton cost but a fraction over 2 cents per pound. He paid $121 56 for fertilizers, cultivating, picking and bagging and tie?, and got seven bales of cotton aggre? gating 3,577 pounds aud 7,210 pounds of cotton seed. A contributor to the Ohio Farm, writ? ing upon the good results of steaming food for cattle, says the first winter of steaming he fed dry hay on the Sabbath, and found that the cows fell off from one to two quarts each at once, not regaining their usual quantity until Wednesday.' The milk, he claims, is purer and the butter of richer quality when the food is steamed, and be finds his animals in bet ter condition, less liable to disease and old cows especially lasting longer and doing better. Their teeth are well pre served, a very necessary adjunct to their well being. J. R. Primus, S. C, writes as fol? lows to the Home and Farm: I heard one of a firm of the biggest cotton buyers in North Carolina say, a few days ago, that, if tbe South would only raise seven mill? ion bales of cotton in 1892. it would bring ten cents per pound next fall, but that a nine-million bale would bring only five cents per pound. Now, if we.would plant seven acres this year where we planted nine last year, we would be all right. If you owe a merchant anything, tell him you are going to pay him; but you will have to raise less cotton to do it. I live way up in Lancaster County, S. C, near the North Carolina line, and I raised all the rice I need for my family and some to spare to my neighbors. There is more money in peas than cotton at the present price. Mr. T. M. Dobson, of Yorkville, has been cultivating celery for his own table, for tbe past six or seven years, and he has never failed to ?ecure a good crop. Not only has he produced celery in abundance, but those who are capable of judging, pronounce it equal in flavor to tbe best Kalamazoo, aud it has a decided advantage over the foreign article in that it is*.always fresh and crisp. Mr. Dobson in one year realized more than sixteen dollars off a patch about fifty feet square, retailing it to families in town at 10 cents a bunch, in addition to a cousider< able quantity that he gave away from tbe same bed. There is no reason Why cel? ery should not ba raised here for market,, and a big profit. Of course, to be euc cessful, experience will be required, but the inducement* arc such as to make it worth anybody's while to study the mat? ter up. Not a Proposal. The young man's face was flushed, id his manner was strangely agitate ottys the Pharmaceutical Era. As he ad? dressed the fair girl before whom be stood a faint tremor was noticed in hi face. "Miss Blanche," he said, "I hesitated about coming to you, but my feeling* have overpowered me at last. Will it be too much for me to ask-" "Pray go on," said the maiden, with heart wildly beating, as his voice faltered Yea, they were coming, the words that she and her dear mamma had so long waited for. "Pray go on," she said again, as he still stood looking at her with burning eyes. "I cams to ask, Miss Blanch-" "Yes," she smiled encouragingly. "If it would be too much trouble for you to write off that recipe which you said you had for warding off the grip I'm sure I am ^oing to have it, and those confounded doctors charge two prices for a prescription." _ ? _a_ ? It was Mr. Emerson who said, "the first wealth is health," and it was a wiser than the modern philosopher who said "that the blood is the life." The system, like the clock, runs dowu. It needs winding up. The blood gets poor anb scores of diseases result. It needs a ton A certain wise doctor, after years of patient study, discovered a medicine which puriSed the blood, gave tone to the system, and made men?tired, nervous, brain-wastiDg men?feel like-new. He called it his "Golden Medical Discovery." It has been sold for years, sold by the million of bottles, and people found such satisfaction in it that Dr. Pierce, who discovered it, now feels warranted in sell? ing it under a positive guarantee of it doing good in all cases. Perhaps it's the medicine for you. Your's wouldn't be the first case of scro? fula or salt rheum, skin disease or lung disease, it has cured when nothing else wou!d. Tbe trial's worth making and costs nothing. Money refunded if it don't do you good. ? The costs mentioned in tbe Bible were square garments of fine larab'ti wool, worn by ev??ry Israelite. There was a hole in the center for the hesd to go through, and it hung down before and behind. It wsb a coat by day, a covering by night, and a shroud in the grave. If seized by a creditor it had to be returned a$ sunset. THE TINT FARMS OF JAPAN. Every Acre Made to Troduco all It Tossl bly Can. New York Tribune. Tokio, Japan, January 26.?The ecr> comic problem of how to relieve the pressure of an increasing population up? on limited means of subsistence has not yet been solved in Japan. A temporary, if not a permanent relief, is promised in the attempt of the Government to en? courage emigration to foreign countries. Already thousands have settled in the [ Haiwaiian and other islands of the Pa? cific. Japan is so cut np by mountain ranges and almost impassable cliffs that only about one-eighth of the whole area is suitable for cultivation. The country is so small and the population so great that the wonder is that the people have managed to exist at all. But to the fact that they have lived and thrived their enormous numbers bear testimony. The high cultivation of the land, the vegeta? rian diet of the people, together with the remarkable "staying power" of the race, have made the matter of existence com? paratively easy in ages past. But, not-' withstanding the power of resistance which is characteristic of the people, there is a limit to their endurance. The rapid increase of the population, togeth? er wilh the drain upon the resources of the country, would surely iu a few years have resulted in nothing less than a con? test with scarcity, if cot an actual fight against famine. But for the present, at least, the calamity has been averted by the emigration of thousands of coolies, which has proven the best thing, not on? ly for Japan and the emigrants them? selves, but for the new countries. The decrease of population in the Pacific Islands makes it impossible to obtain ne? cessary and efficient labor at borne, and the recruiting of the industrial forces by the energetic and skilled Japanese agri? cultural laborers is just what 13 needed. Large companies are emigrating nearly every month under contract to remain from three to five years. Owing to the demand for labor and the efficiency of the Japanese, the terms of the contract are particularly easy. The expenses of the voyage both ways are generally paid, and the emigrant has the privilege of return ing at the end of the first year, if dissat isfied. He receives better wages, and is enabled to live in greater comfort than at home. Other countries have respond ed to Japan, and just how great tbe exo? dus will become within the next few years may depend largely upon the induce? ments offered. To an outsider it would seem expedi? ent for the Government to bring the is? land of Yeso under cultivation. The great drawback is the climate, which is much colder than that of the rest of the Empire. Japanese dwellings are not built to withstand severe cold, and the natives have made no attempt to make a change in the old form of dwelling structures. The land under cultivation in Japan is about 18,000,000 acres, upon the product of which 41,000,000 must bo fed. It is unnecessary to add that the farms are small. The average farm is from one to three acres, and a ten acre plot is consid ered a large farm. So many things are done on the diminative scale iu Japan. Space utilizing and territory saving has been reduced to a fine art. After survey? ing the Japanese fields aud gardens it is easy to understand how dwarfing iu hor ticulture originated ages ago in this country. The method so long regarded by other nations as a Beeret was rerorted to as a matter of expediency, if not of necessity, for the limited space would not otherwise have permitted a variety of growth. If the physical aspect of a coun? try affects the intellectual life of the peo? ple, then the nearness of view of every? thing in Japan may be one influencing element that tends to eradicate tbe range of perspective in the mental vision. At any rate, we find iu Japan a people who particularize rather than generalize, and who dwell with infinite nicety upon the details and minutiae of everything they contemplate or undertake, from the writ? ing of a poem to the planting of a field. That extreme cleverness and mauual skill is the expression of certain intellec? tual traits that fall in the same category und help to prove the theory. Farming is not regarded by the Japa uese in tbe light of a science, subject to tbe fluctuating modifications of new im? provements, brJt as an art whose scope was measured and whose limitations were conceded long ago. The methods of cultivation, the succession of crops, aud even the kind of machinery used, are the same as they were nearly 2,000 years ago. Iu spite of the agricultural limitations no country in the world pro? duces so much per acre as Japan. The limit of cultivation was reached long ago, but by a judicious use of fertilizers, and skill in farming that amounts almost to a genius, the same average yield is ob? tainable year after year. The land is well suited to irrigation, aud the water, which is regarded impure by fastidious Europeans, is abundant. Most of tbe land is made up of plains, wbos^Burlace is "'well drained, being washed by the water falling upon the hills and ranged from the back. The nu? merous rivers and water courses which cross the plains ou their way to the sea are utilized for purposes of irrigation. The water is drawn to high elevations from which it overflows the laud in chan? nels. In April the crops are iu a flourishing condition, and wheat, barley, rape aud corn form the principal part. All the fields are planted with mathematical pre cision, for the element of accuracy enters into the art of the farmer, and the fields must ha pleasing iu appearance. Tbe ce rea'8 are astonishingly regular in po3iti( n and growth. And even the ears of corn appear in line as they come out. Tbe oereals, whether planted in single or double rows, grow in cluatera of several stems, each cluster being exactly in line, ?0 that the eye detects no irregularities whatever. Seed is too valuable to waste sud ouly rice is scattered broadcast. Four or five grains of corn are planted together upon ridges equal distances apart, and generally in rows. The inter veiling space is utilized for growing beans, which are so planted that they can get space and light without injury to the other crops. Land is so valuable that no space is al? lowed for gras3 plots, and it is a curious thing that no weeds are to be seen in any of the cultivated plots in Japan. Every inch of ground must be put to the most profitable use, and a seed borne by the current or dropped by a bird stands lit? tle show of growing to maturity. So thoroughly have tho Japanese got the mastery of these pests that the soil is en? tirely free from every trace of them. The climate and tbe warm, humid atmos j phere are particularly favorable to the growth of rusts and parasitic forms, but they have almost entirely disappeared from the fields of Japan. A few narrow paths are made in the fields when absolutely necessary, but they have no roads, and consequently no room for wheeled vehicles or machines. Almost all the work of cultivation is done by hand, and the tools are models of simplicity. Tbe tool used for cutting barley or wheat consists of a sharp blade placed at right angles to the shaft, which is about two feet long. The corn is cut very carefully, so that the adjoining plants are not injured. Threshing, too, is a tedious process. There is no room in the fields for driving sheaves, for the ground must be used immediately after harvest for tho other crops. The corn sheaves are tied up in bunches and se? curely fastened to houses, fences and trees. The ears are always placed downward, bo that the rain may run off. During the harvest season the eaves and verandas of every village house are stacked about with neat bundles of grain that will be beaten out as soon as dry. Tho "trs are knocked against a pole, placed a few feet above the ground, and the grain falls upon the mats placed below to receive it. The cereals are put through a sort of primitive winnower, or thrown up for tbe wind to carry away the husks. Buuches of corn or rice straw aro drawn through hackles and gathered upon mats. The rice straw is used in tho manufacture of a tough paper that has a great sale iu Ja? pan. In July the fields are mado ready for the rice, after being properly banked up and irrigated. Rice is a staple, but is regarded as a luxury among the farmers, being used only on holidays or in cases of illness. If a patient is iu a critical con tion he is permitted to have rice. "What, so ill that he must have rice ?" is asked in sympathy, and the patient's case is in? deed alarming when this grain is resorted to as a diet. Before the fields are hoed the surface is covered with vegetables or straw, such as bean, haulm or bamboo grass, which decay in time and make escsllent fertili? zers. This coating is turned uuder the mud by mean3 of hoes a little larger thau ordinary spades. Sometimes a subsoil plough is used to accomplish tbe same result. The coating of vegetation keeps the muddy earth open and in a porous condition the first season, and furnishes fertilzatioa for the second. After the surface is carefully smoothed it is cover? ed for a depth of six inches with water. This process of irrigation is very particu? lar, although simple enough. Water i3 conducted into the field of tho highest elevation in the neighborhood, which it overflows, and then is carried to the next field, a few inches lowc- a id on through the whole teiies of fields to the lowest. Water at the uniform depth of six inches is allowed in ??n-.d in each. If by chance any of the ftVids cannot be watered in this way another method is used. Water is thrown up to tbe required level by means of tread wheels, placed iu the channels for the purpose. The weight of the meu who tread the wheels is sufficient. to throw the water up to n considerable height. The rice plants are pulled out of their seed beds and several stems are bunched together and pressed into the mud. The plauls are irregularly placed to allow as abuudaut a growth as possible. Tho meu and women who plant this aquatic grain stand in the mud and water half way up to their knees all day luug, while tbe blistering rays of the sun pour down up? on their bare heads. After a few weeks the plants are ready to be puddled. The mud must be pressed around each bunch of plants, and weeks are generally spent by the growers in the slushy fields again. The water is gradually stopped, and by the time the rice corn is ready to be cnt the fields are fairly dry. Each bunch is cut with a hand sickle after the manner of barley or wheat, and the rice corns are knocked off by band. The grain is bun? dled and carried from the field by the men and women, or strapped on the back and sides of a pony. Carts and other conveyances are not used for the reasons already given. Tbe rice produced amounts to about 170,000,000 bushels per year, or about 4 bushels per capita It i3 second in quality only to that grown in Jav.t or the Carolinas, and next to silk is the principal export of Japan. Sericulture is, of course, au important industry, and affords employmcut for wo? men aud children. Tbe Japanese cocoon is excelled in quality only by the French. In July the cocoons may be seen hanging about the"hlTuTcTtrr u'ry, aTTeTfhey~Tiavo been removed fruui the branches of tho mulberry. Beaus of many varieties are raided, for they grow easily, and form a principal article of food, whether green, half ripe, matured or dry. Bean meal, beau curd r.ud bean soup tre reiished by j the Japanese. The principal article of diet is millet, and it is the most easily grown of all ihe cereals. A good quality of cotton is also raised, and is used more for the manufacture of the famous crepes than fur anything elee. Boot cr.ips, such aa best, potato or turnip, aro raised sparingly. Potatoes are cultivated for tho benefit of Europeans, or for those who affect European tastes, but they are watery find insipid. The tobacco, which U raised iu ubundance, is not liked by foreigners, but tbe natives find a use f.ir all they raiec. As only two whiffs are taken from a pipe, and tbe remainder of t?-e tobacco is ilieu tapped out, the sta? tistics, giving the amount of tobacco, which is raided in abundance, is some? thing startling. The Japanese raise bar ley, wheat, millet, rye, beans, rapeseed, egg plrnt, lilies aud diakons for local use, and silk, tea and rico for exporta? tion. I Reminiscences of Bench and Bar. I Judge Frost was bora and reared in the city of Charleston, and soon won a front rank among the great lawyers who practiced at the bar. Such men as Benjamin G. Hunt, Richard Yeardon, James Pettigru and many others were in the zenith of their fame. The first court held by Judge Frost was at Chesterfield court house. He was emphatically a city judge, unfamiliar with tbe country people, their customs and manners, knew nothing of the slang phrases that ob? tained among a rural population, bur an accomplished gentleman, a cultured scholar and a profound lawyer. In order to more fully appreciate this story I now intend relating, my readers must allow me to switch off on a side track, iu order to bring before them one of the most unique characters the State ever produced, who gave his honor, Judge Frost, his first lesson in country slang. In the town of Cheraw there lived an old woman, who lived, no one knew how, with two boya. One of them named Steve?Steve Lang. 'Tis of him I write. At the time I write about, Steve was about 18 years old, but long before that time had won renown as a natural born wit and wag. His exploits were not always confined to the principles laid down in the moral code. His education was gathered in the slums and suburbs of the town from his associates. Under no circumstances was he abashed at any conduct ho was engaged in, however, compromising it might be. His great passion from early youth was rabbit hunt? ing, and for this purpose he kept four or five long, lank, mangy curs that fol? lowed at bis heels wherever he went. When about ten years of age a pious Christian old lady went through the back Btreets of the town drumming for Sunday school scholars. She called on old aunt Sally Lang and obtained her promise to send Steve next Sabbath morning to the Sunday cchool. Steve at first rebelled, but one grasp of her long bony fingers in his shirt collar, one snatch across her lap and the* humming of a shingle for about five minutes and Steve succumbed. Bright and early Sunday morning Stove put in his appearance at the church door. The old lady met him at the door and invited him in ; his faith? ful friends, his many curs, stopped out? side, She carried Steve to a neat and with a heart filled with zeal she began her first lesson that should rescue him from hia wild career. She commenced by re? citing the Lord's prayer, Steve following. When about the middle of it he heard a dog bark. His instincts overwhelmed him, and jumping from his seat, he ex? claimed, "By G?d, Watch has jumped a rabbit. I must go," and out of the door he leaped with a whoop of encourage? ment to his dog3, aod thus ended Steve's religious training. He soon become a familiar character around the grog shops, and like Ransey Sniffle in the Georgia Scenes he was always trying to get up a fight among tbe bullies who infested these haunts. He was alnayB careful to keep out of a fight himself, believing prudence was the better part of valor. But on one occasion he became so offi? cious that he had to run to keep from being chastised in the general melee he had worked up, in which some of the parties were badly cut up, and the result was that they were indicted and the case was entered on the criminal docket with Steve Lang as witness*. This brings me back to tbe first court Judge Frost had ever held. Every member of the bar was well acquainted with Steve, and they all anticipated a rich time when he was to be examin? ed. "State vs. Daniel McLean, assault with deadly weapon," cried out the so? licitor, the first case on Monday morn? ing. "Call Stephen Lang." Up walked Stephen, a long, lank individual, with both hands rammed down in his pock? ets and a self-poised air that did not quail when he took hia position by the judge, w'io sat in bis black silk flowing robe, .<se the very embodiment of jus? tice. "Tell U3," said the solicitor, "what you know about this affray, Mr. Lang." "When they hitched bosses, I cut," promptly responded Mr. Lang. "Hitched horses, cut," soliloquised the judge, looking at the witness for an explanation. "I don't understand you, sir. Who did you cut." A smile of contempt swept over Steve's countanande at the judge' ig? norance, aud replied : "I didn't cut no? body." "When they locked horns, I sloped." "Locked horns, sloped," again so? liloquised hia honor. "I still don't un? derstand you, sir," said the judge, his face reddening as 'je saw every member of the bar convulsed with laugh* ter. With another smile from Steve almost audjbJ^liC^ahi;---Wil!i?-Jhey tangtedl_ "toddled." The wholo court house roared, with Stove above the rest. "If you don't uao a different vernacu? lar, I will send you to jail for contempt of court." Looking at the judge with a smile of benignity Steve said: "Great God, judge, you are greeu. I don't know nothing about your venacular, but if you want it in plain English, I run like hell." Thejudgo broke down aud lost his dignity by joining in the laugh, and Steve was allowed to tell bis tale in his own vt&y.?Erceldoune, Red Spring Farmer. _ BncLiens Arnica SalTc The best naive in the world for Cut? Bruises, Sorea, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe? ver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chil? blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give per? fect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 ceuts per box. For sale by Hill Broa. ? Less than eight hundred persons own half the soil of Ireland. Called Back. "I remember," said one of the old ladies of Athens, "an incident that made an indelible impression upon my mind. I witnessed a marriage, and it wa3 the strangest thing that haB ever taken place. I lived in the country some twenty miles from Athens, and a cousin was staying with meat my father's home. She was a lovely companion, and as a consequence, a general favorite. Every one loved her. A most worthy young man won her love, and the day for their marriage was set for the 23rd day of Sep? tember. That was a long, hot summer, and typhoid fever was epidemic through all this s9ction of country. Scores of people suffered from its ravages and many died from its terrible effects. "On the 15th or 16th day of August my cousin was attacked by this terrible acourgo, and daily grew weaker. Her condition, we thought at times better, but our? were mistaken ideas, for she daily grew worse. Two physicians vis? ited her daily during her illness, and all that medical skill and loving hands could do, eeemed unavailing. During the pro? tracted illness, my cousin often spoke of the marriage which was to take place, and this seemed to' bear heavily upon her mind. About the 20th of September she grew better, and hopes for her recov? ery were expressed by the attending physicians for the first time. Wo all thought that she would get well. Her lover during all her illness was con? stantly at her bedside. So great was his solicitude for her that he stayed at our house for the two weeks preceding her demise all the time. I nevei saw love more beautifully illustrated than was shown in his devotions. "On the morning of the 23rd of Sep? tember?the day on which my cousin was to be married?Bhe grew rapidly woree. It seemed that the end was near, and at 1 o'clock, the physicians announced to the family that ehe was dying. The grief of her affianced was the greatest I bad ever witnessed. No words of consolation could bind tho wounded heart. Sur? rounded by friends and loved ones, my cousin seemingly passed into the un? known beyond. Preparations for the burial were at once instituted. The coffin was^bought and the body laid in it. I thought it the most beautiful corpse I had ever peen. About 6 o'clock in the afternoon, the heart-broken lover walked into the room wheie the body l3y, and bursting forth in a flood of tears, stooped aud kissed the icy lips. And raising from the stooping position, he noticed the eyea of my cousin slowly open, and .her cheeks were ?-li^htly tinged with col? oring ; then the eyes again closed. "Coming out of the room be met me, and exclaimed : 'Thank God ! she is not dead!' I could not realize his words, and thought his grief bad maddened him. Taking me by the arm he led me to the coffio, and repeated: 'See, she is not dead!' But I could not see. My eyea fastened on the marble brow, and he turning, said s 'How strange that was !' Then he kissed her Hps ouce move, aud, I this time 3aw her eyes open. 'I told you she was not dead,' he whispered, grasping my hand. "Restoratives were applied, aud a mes? senger was hastily dispatched fur physi? cians. On - their arrival they were as? tounded beyond measure to find my cousin breathing?and not only that, her respiration was almost natural. "She rapidly regained consciousness, and remembering that it was the night appointed for her marriage, reqaested that it should take place. Her affianced also wished the ceremony to be performed tbat evening, and a minister was sent for. "I never felt sadder at a marriage than I did on that night, when my cousin was married. She lying in bed?eo weak that she could not move a muscle; and also the thoughts of her, at the time of her marriage, having on grave clothea, were saddening thoughts. The ceremony was duly performed and my cousin eauk into a deep sleep. "She recovered 8lowly from the fever, aud afterward became one of the most healthy women. The cause of her ap ' parent death was said to be that the fever kept her in so weak a condition that she swooned off into a deep stupor, and her pulses were so weak that a beat could not be diatinguiBhed. Her body waa cold, aud she bore every appearance of being dead. "She and her husband are living in Texas to-day, or were the last time I heard from her. I suppose she is now sixty odd years of age, and has Biuce the time she had typhoid fever enjoyed ex? cellent health."?Athens, Ga., Banner. State of Ohio, City of Toledo, ) Lucas County, j Fhank j. Cheney makis oath that ho is the senior partner of the firm of F. j. 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Johnny delil ted, but finally agreed to take tho When he had sworn to support theCfll stitutKn, he turned to General ButletM exclaimed: "Now we are both ioyal cit zens, ain't we, general ?*' "Well, I-.tr so," said General Butler. "Then," ! Johnny, "I want to ask you if Stonewa Jacken didn't give us h?1 at Oak mauga V?Boston Record,