The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, April 07, 1892, Image 1

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BY CLINKSGALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. G~ THURSDAY MOBNING, APRIL 7, 1892. VOLUME XXVI.- -NO. 40. THREE CHEERS FOR TARIFF REFORM - AND - FREE COINAGE OF SILVER THESE WILL HELP YOU, BUT CHAPMAN ~z.'~~ r "** ? "Will put money in your pocket if you will call and see his Goods and Prices. My STOCK IS NOW READY FOR INSPECTION, and I ask the Trading Public to call and examine my Goods before buying. My stock was bought with the HARD OA8H, and I have? SOME RARE BARCAINS To offer the people of Anderson, thereby saving them money on every dollar's worth of Goods yon. boy from me. To my old customers and friends .1 would say that I am in a better position to save Ibem dollars a^d 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.Wonderful. 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. COME AND SEE ME. W. A. CHAPMAN, Agent, Next to Masonic Temple. SHOES! J AS. Pt GOSSETT &, CO. have the exclnsive agency for E, P, REED A CONS, LADIES' FINE SHOES in the City of Anderson, S. C. ? All Goods sold by tbem of the above make are warranted by the Manufcctu jers, and are sold under a guarantee to the consnmcns. Ladies will do well to call and examine them, and they will be pleaied, as AS- P. GOSSETT & CO. have the finest we make. J. T. BRINKLEY, ? SOUTHERN TRAVELING SALESMAN. March 10,1892 * ' 36 4 WANTED? HaGS, HIDES and BEESWAX by PEOPLES & BURRISS, at good prices. SECOND HAND STOVES .As |;ood or better than most of the new ones now offered yon, which we are offering at a low price. We hope you will bear in mind that we deal in? Tin, China Crockery, Glassware, And EVERYTHING in the House Furnishing line, and at prices that cannot be beat by any one. Price elsewhere, then come to see us and you will be convinced. TIN HOOFING. GRAVEL ROOFING and GUTTERING, Promptly done by experienced men. ? Yours very truly, PEOPLES & B?RRISS. DON'T FAIL TO VISIT 11 11 k S DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES, STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES, FRUITS and CONFECTIONERIES. 98* We are selling Goods CHEAP, and will treat you right. Give us a call. Yours truly, E. W. BROWN & SONS. HOW TO SAVE MONEY! You cm Save Money by Buying your School Books and Stationery at COLLINS' BOOK STORE. A foil line of School Books, Blank Books, Stationery, Pictures and Picture Frames, and other goods too numerous to mention, all at the lowest prices. PHOTOGRAPHS. My Photograph Gallery has been lately refitted with all the latest im proved appara tus for making Pictures of all kinds, from the size of a postage stamp to life size in the finest finish. Portraits enlarged to an v size, from small pictures, at reasonable prioes. Don't fbrget this if you want a nice Photo. Respectfully, J. H. 0OLHW?. I MONUMENTS ? and ? TOMB STONES. HaVING purchased the Marble Busi? ness of the late T. M. White we are pre? pared to supply all Marble Work prompt? ly, in good style and? AT LOWEST PRICES. Give us a call on North Main Street, by the Railroad Bridge. WHITE & CO. FebWW Jl 3m Teja?he&s'Column, AU c?mmnnications intended for this Clolnmn should be addressed to C. WARDLAW, Scbooi Commissioner, An? derson, S. C. memory gems. "Forty centuries are looking down upon you." "With malice toward none, with char ity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right," we go for? ward. ? We publieh the answers to our "Capi? tol Puzzle," with the names of the chil? dren who sent us answers. One of the names comes from Greenville County. We appreciate this hearty response. We have enjoyed so much our visitB to the schools. It is such a pleasure to see the teachers earnestly at work, and in so many instances the children eager to learn, ?he pupils seem to be inter? ested in their studies, and a mutual love exists between teachers and pupils. This speaks for good results. Mrs. L. M. Nance has charge of the school at the Anderson Cotton Mills. She is a good teacher of loog experience; She is doing very good work, considering the very irregular attendance of the pu? pils. The parents, although they have no tuition fees to pay, do not make their children attend regularly. This causes a less to the mills, for if the children at? tended regularly Mrs. Nance would get more from the pnblic funds, and conse? quently the mill would not have to pay her quite so much, for every day a child stays at home it costs the mills five cents, because Mrs. Nance gets that sum for each day's actual attendance from the public funds during the public term, and whatever she lacks of getting her salary from tjie public is paid out of the treas? ury of the Anderson Cotton Mills. But this is the last thing to be considered. The children, while bright and quick, (and some of them well advanced) need education. We feel a deep interest in the children of the poorer people, for they need most the fostering care of the public schools. Among them are many bright minds that only need development. We recently spent a day iu the P. M. I. Here we found Col. John B. Patrick, Capt. John M. Patrick, Lieuts. Donald? son, Gary and Miller, all at work with most inviting fields of labor. They enter into their work with a *im and determi? nation to give the very best results pos? sible. Thoy are thoroughly competent, and always enter the recitation room with preparation. If the cadets do not make rapid aud real progress, it is sim? ply because (key will not. How we do wish all young people, and.especially school children, would fully realize and appreciate an<i appropriate the golden opportunities of their echool days. The coarse of study ia the P. M. I., is com? prehensive, including all the English branches with the languages, and a*conr plete course in mathematics, including book-keeping and surveying. We were most favorably impressed with the disci' pline of this echool, which is military. One cannot fail to see the advantages of the military feature One especially good feature is, that the cadets must pay attention to their own commanders while in ranks, disregarding everything else. It teaches them to be prompt and obe? dient to the commands of superiors, and quick in the execution of orders. The cadets are a high toned, manly set of young meu, in whom we have great hope, and from whom we shall expect valient services, when the ship of State falls into the hands of our young meu. We feel a peculiar interest in the youug peo? ple of to day, for our grand old State in the next generation will be what they make it. Young men, prepare yourselves for a great and good work. Grand op? portunities lie before you. The P. M. I. is an institution of which we cannot find words to speak too favorably. Mr. Editor : I will try to answer the geography questions in last week's In? telligencer : 1. Yankton, formerly capital of Da k >ta. < 2. Washington, capital of the United States. 3. Trenton, cspitalof New Jersey. 4. Sante Fe, capital of New Mexico. 5. Salem, capital of Oregon. 6. Sacramento, capital of California. 7. Little Rock, capital of Arkansas. S. Indianapolis, capital of Indiana. 9. Hartford, capital of Connecticut. 10. Halifax, capital of Nova Scotia. 11. Frankfort, capital of Kentucky. 12. Denver, capital of Colorado. 13. Austin, capital of Texas. 14. Albany, capital of New York. 15.. Annapolis, capital of Maryland. 16. Springfield, capital of Illinois. 17. Richmond, capital of Virginia. 18. Raleigh, capital of North Carolina. 19. New Port, capital of Rhode Island. 20. Lansing, capital of Michigan. Respectfully, Etoile Watson, Addie Hiott, Henry Jolly, Walter Pruitt, Jessie Geer, Reese Parker, J. Adger McCrary, Mary Pruitt, Lizzie Smith, Bertie Pruitt, Lillie Erskine, Olie Murdock, Carrie Major, Lucia Parker, Hamlin Stephens, Gertrude Robinson, Zessie Rush, Guy Parker, W. C. Barnett, Cora Murdock, Vardy Johnson, Rosa Lowe, Eulah Kay, Ida Sitton, Guy T?te, A. M. Reed, Parker Robinson, H. W. Caldwell, Ross Mitchell, Dora Caldwell, Lida Lee, Prue McAdams, Annie Wakefield, Eula McAdams, Jessie Norris, Jimmie L. Cowan, Floy Norris, Annie Dacus, Julia Simpson, Ciaudia Parker, John E Wlgington,Ralph Pennell, Clara McElrov, Maude Rosamond, Jennie GriQin, questions. Mr. Editor: Please aak the follow? ing questions to be answered throngh your column : 1. In what year was the fall of Troy? 2. The restoration of the Jews under Cyrus? 3. The expulsion of Tarquius from Rome ? 4. The Magna Charter granted by King John ? Yours truly, Jessie Geer. DREADFUL PLAf. Sportivo Tigers Tease tho Live Body of a Hunter. "Did you ever see a cat play with its prey before killing it?" asked a New Yorker, the other day who had hunted big game in almost every land where big game can be found. "I wa3 hunting in the jungle for birds, with one native gun carrier, and as the day was broiling hot we halted by a little stream to bathe our heads and hands. We were not expecting any big game, as none had been seen in the neighborhood for some time; so we laid our guns down on the exposed roots of a tree, and went perhaps a dozen paces from them to bathe. Suddenly, without a moment's warning, a dreadful snarl came from be? hind us, and at the same moment a big black and yellow streak shot from the underbrush and lit full on the back of the gun carrier, who stood apart from me. "He sank under the weight of the big tiger like a rag, and she prepared to spring on me, but I, being perfectly de? fenseless, had darted for the nearest tree and quickly scrambled into the branches. She did not follow. Then I noticed that the big cat was followed by three cuba. She took my man by the cloth which was tied about his loins, and carried him as gingerly as a good retriever does a bird, without setting a tooth into him, up the bank of the stream, and set him down before her young. Then she drew off a little way and watched me in the tree, while her cubs smelt at their prey : nd began to paw him. "One of them scratched him and he regained consciousness. I saw him throw the whelps aside and spring to his feet. Iu a jiffy the old cat was on his back again and he was down. He seemed to realize the situation then for the first time, and belay still and rolled his eyes about in search of me. I shouted en? couragement to him and he spied me. He implored me to shoot and not to fear hitting him. I told him our guns were all under the tree where we had left them, and that he and the tigers were between me and the firearms. "He was a brave man, an old hunter, so he said no more, but lay very still. And lying still was no easy thing-to do, for tbe cubs had grown more lively, and were scratching his face and chest and gnawing at his legs with their short, but sharp, teeth. He endured it as long aa he could, and then be gave ol? cub a blow with his clinched fist on the car that eent it rolling over on the ground. Quick as a flash its mother darted at him and bit him one crack on the arm that made it fall limp and bleeding by his side. Then ho lay still again and the whelps resumed worrying him. Present? ly I noticed a slight movement in bis body. He was wriggling little by little away from the old tiger, toward a tree. The cubs did not notice it, as they tum? bled over him and over one another, and tbe old devil did not appear to be aware of it either. "By and by the poor fellow got within ten feet of tbe tree and jumping up made a dash for it. One of the cubs hung to bis ankle and he stepped on the little brute and stumbled. Tbe old beast was up by this time; bat I made a move as if to come down from my tree, and she hes? itated a moment between me and him. That moment gave him time to clamber up the trunk of the tree, about six feet, to the first branch. There his wounded arm failed him and he hung, unable for a minute to get higher. Tigers do not climb treeB, but their jumping powers are wonderful. The big cat left me and in two bounds was a?: the foot of the tree. The third took her right up in the air, and she lit on my poor Ahmed again. They fell from the limb in a heap, and then for the first time the man's courage deserted him and he shrieked to me for help and to his gods for mercy. "Every cry of the doomed wretch went through me like a knife, yet what could I do? She could kill him with one crunch of her jaws or blow of her heavy paw and then lay me out long before I could reach the guns. ? "Then followed the most terrible scene I ever witnessed. The tiger began to give her whelps a practical lesson. Shesnacch ed that poor fellow by the neck and toss ed him about like a cat does a mouse, while his screams almost broke my heart. She threw him high and let him fall so often, pounced upon him bo hard and sank her teeth in him in bo many places, that his cries grew weaker and finally ceased altogether. "Leaving his limp body to the whelps, Bhe came over to my tree and walked around it with her horrible old eyes fixed on.me, and I expected her to try a jump for me, so I climbed up higher. She watched me for a long time, and then as she was evidently hungry, she took Ah? med by the neck, threw him over her shoulder like an old bag, and walked off into, the juDgle to make a meal on him in Borne hidden spot, turning for a moment to give me one long look that seemed to Bay, 'Follow me if you dare!' "The whelpa trotted along beside her sniffing at Ahmcd'8 heels as they drag? ged on tbe ground. I was too much un? nerved to follow when I had got my guns agein.: Even when I think of that scene now I shudder, and I can-aee Ahmed's limp body being shaken to and fro, and can hear his BtraDgled yells and cries for help, which I dared not give."?New York Tribune. Bncklens Arnica Salve The best salve in the world for Cuts BruiseB, Sores, 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. Prico 25 centB per box. For Bale by Hill BroB. ? Peter Patrick, a negro, Go years old, liviog near Rutledge, Ga., bears a re? markable resemblance to a sheep. His skin is black, but his head, face and the rest of his body are covered with long, thick, white wool. The wool orl his body appeared when he was twelve years old, and was perfectly white then. He has a special fondness for Bheep, and often sleeps with them. Good Country Roads, The earliest roads of which anything is known are the old Roman roads. One of the oldest of these is the celebrated Appian Way, which was constructed about 312 B. C. This, as well as all other Roman roads, was a model of solid? ity?a model, which if imitated by the road builders of this oountry would give us the finest roads of the present day." Whenever the sons of the Imperial City conquered a new country they would immediately build their military roads, so that at the slightest sign of an insurrection the legions of Creaar could be put in motion. Tneir method of read construction is well worth considering and imitating. Two trencheB parallel to each other were first cut to mark the breadth of the road, and all loose earth wae then remov? ed till a firm foundation was found. Upon this four layers of masonry were laid. The first layer consisted of two or three courses of flat stones; the second was of rubble masonry or coarse con? crete ; the third of finer concrete on which as a fourth layer was a pavement of polygonal blocks of hard stone, joined together with great care. The paved part of these roads was about sixteen feet wide. Many of their roads were not paved, however, but had a hard concrete finish, or pebble and flint set in mortar. A system of roads after this plan would of course be very expensive at first, but in the end it would be by far the cheap? est. If impracticable to adopt the sys? tem entirely an imitation of its best fea | tures would prove beneficial, such as a foundation of stone. Here in our South em land the government seems to believe that as long as it keeps the roads passa? ble its full duty is done. Now if the roads were laid on a rock foundation in the beginning they would need compar? atively little repairing, and consequently ihe government would would be less an? noyed about them. Many would probably say that taxa? tion for this purpose would be ruinous to the country; but everything must be done by degrees, the work of putting the road in good condition could be gradual. Take the principal roads first, and by de? grees get them ail on a solid foundation. Would the people lose by so construct? ing their roads? In twenty-five years what is saved in the general wear and tear of horses, vehicles, harness, bicycleu and the like, would about pay for the construction of the roads to say nothing of the time saved in travel and transpor? tation. But while the system like the one re? ferred to would be the best in a rocky country, in the northern part of South Carolina for instance, where stone for the foundation of the road is found at hand, in the southern part of the State it might be too expensive. -Here in our sandy soil, it seems that the best road that we can make, which is at all practicable, is a road composed of our clay aud sand mixed and rolled so that the parts may be consolidated. Drains are essential to every good road, for if water is allowed to remain on the road, it will soon be in an almost im? passable condition. Two other important phases of this all important question are, by whom is the work to be done, aud how is the money to be raised ? Many experiments have been made in the line of the^first inquiry, and the best results have been obtained in this section, at least when the work has been done by contractors. It might be well for those who have been sentenced for short terms of confinement iu the County jail to be put to work on the roads in the County where they have been convicted. In this way they would be turned to some use instead of being an expense to the County. To raise the necessary money for work? ing the roads, let the State levy a road tax on property. This would be just, because the property owner is benefited more than the man who does not own any property. A further provision should authorize the County Commissioners to give out contracts for the maintenance of the roads in their respective Counties. A good road is one of the greatest con? veniences of the country and it is high time for the good people of South Caro? lina to wake up to this fact.?"A?enite," in Journal and Review. Ailen, S. C, March 1st, 1892. ? Women are not slow to comproheud. They're quick. They're alive, and yet it waB a man who discovered the one reme? dy for their peculiar ailments. The man was Dr. Pierce. The discovery was his "Favorite Pre? scription"?the boon to delicate women. Why go round "with one foot in the grave," suffering in silence?misunder deratood?when there's a remedy at hand that isn't an experiment, but which is sold under the guarantee that if you are disappointed in any way in it, you can get your money back by applying to its makers. We can hardly imagine a woman not trying it. PoEsibly it may be true of one or two?but we doubt it. Women are ripe for it. They must have it. Think of a prescription aud nine out fof ten waiting for it. Carry the good news to them. -o The seat of sick headache is not in the brain. Regulate the stomach and you cure it. Dr. Pierce's Pellets are the Lit? tle Regulators. ? Regard not much who is for thee or who against thee; but give all thy thought and care to this^-that God be with thee in everything thou doe. for whom God will help, no malice of man shall be able to hurt. ? The miners at the Martin White mine, Ward, Nev., all have green hair and whiskers. This wonderful transfor? mation is brought about by the fumes from some mysterious mineral, all the ores from the mine being smelted and roasted by the miners themselves. ? Mrs. 0. K. Smith, wife of a white laborer living on a farm near Holly Springs, MiBS., has given birth to six babes, all boys, well developed, and weighing in the aggregate 45 pounds. Mother and babieB are doing well. They have been named Lee, Grant, Yandorn, Sheridan, Buell and Sherman. A Picture of the Russian Famine. Tho extract we give below from an ar? ticle entitled "The Horrors of Hunger," in the nineteenth century, is written by Nicholas ShiahkofF of the Relief Commit? tee of the Red Cross. Between October 7th and 25th, says tbe writer, traveling in an open cart, drawn by a couple of half-Btarved po? nies, I made a journey of over 400 Eng? lish miles, and visited twenty large vil? lages in tho district of Nikolaievsk. I spoke with several hundreds of the peas? ants, and most of the local, county and village authorities, clergymen, doctors and resident proprietors of the district, taking notes as I went, and doing my best to keep my nerves steady and my feelings under command. I never saw a battle-field. Friends of mine, that have, tell me that no words, no descriptions, can give an adequate idea of the sickening horror of such a Hcane. I have wondered lately whether it could really be as bad as the eight of thousands of men, women and children slowiy perishing to death from hunger and cold. I have seeu men in their prime with drawn, stony faces and hol? low-eyes; miserable women clothed in rsgs (having sold their best dresses,) and children shivering in the keen October winds as they stood silently around me whilo some old man was telling me the same weary, wretched tale. "We have sold our last horses, cows and sheep ; we we pawned our winter clothing; we have seen no bread for a fortnight. There is nothiDg left to Bell. We eat once a day, Btewed cabbages, stewed pumpkins; many have not even that. Some of us Btill have a little bread made of chaff, pounded grass seeds, and a little barley flour (this bread looks like cinder, has a bitter taste and causes violent headache p.nd nausea from the poisonous seed.) Many of us have not tasted food for three days. Have mercy on us, we are dying." And while he speaks in a low, quiet voice, I see the teavs welling from the eyes of stalwart men, and falling one by one on the rough beards or the frozen ground. No complaints, no cries, a dead Bilence, broken only by tho soba of some wornouji mother. I did my best to com? fort them, promised them speedy relief, assured them that all was being done to succor them ; but readers, often and often I could scarcely say the wordB I I had a small sum of money with me, but I brought nearly all of it back again. It seemed a mockers to offer a penny where hundreds of pounds were needed; I had not even that penny for every one. One morning, about half a a hour be? fore sunrise, I was taking a cup of tea be? fore starting from one of these famioe Btricken.villagcs, when I happened to look out upon the frozen street. Under my window I saw two children aoout Bix years years old begging. A raging wind was scourging them with sleet and snow, and their wretched little shoulders show? ed through the rentB in their rags. I open? ed the sash and gave them bread. Five minutes had not passed before another couple of children were shivering before me. I gave them a bit of money. In ten minutes time a crowd of about thirty women and children had gathered in front of the house ; and as I drove away in the grey dawn of au icy October day, my heavy wraps hardly Bufficing to shield me from the piercing gale, I saw the station mailer expostulating with a crowd of nearly seventy poor wretchea begging to b? admitted to the "gentleman who gives." Moot of the men were in thuir summer coats, and many women had babies in their arms. When I next visited the village, five days later, bring? ing aid, in corn and money, from the Red Cross society of Samara, I heard from the mayor of the town that only a few hours before my arrival the local doctor had rescued a boy of seventeen, aud hia sister a girl of ten, from death. They had been out begging (a third of the entire population of this settlement, say 1,500 souls, live on the charity of their hardly leas miserable neighbors), and for the last five days have not re? ceived a penny or a single slice of bread. Their strength bad failed, and when some of the neighbors, alarmed at the silence of their hut, entered ihe room? they fouud the, girl huddled up under a heap of rags in tho corner, and her broth? er, unable to speak, stretched on the planks. When the doctor arrived the lad's jaws wero so firmly locked that a knife was used to force them open. Hot tea and brandy, then Brnall bits of sugar were given to him, but it was fully an hour before he could eat. The girl was le?3 exhausted, probably because her brother had giv'.:u her all the best bits of food. The doctor told me of numerous cases where whole families have been rescued by him under similar circum? stances. He uamed many that bave been living for weeks exclusively on watermelon rinds stewed to a greenish jelly; scarcely more nourishing than cork^haviuge would bu. As lar as Iknow there are thousands of families in the district of Nikolaievsk alone, who are, or soon will be, in the same terrible con dition; speedy ielief must be obtained, and sufficient to meet the demand. In round numbers there are 2,500,000 men, women and children in the province of Samara. At least one-half of them will have to be supported by government and pirivate aid. Tbe approximate num? ber of people who will have to rely ex? clusively on private charity, may be fixed at from 175,000, to 200,000. This at a low reckoning (one and a half baked loaf per head for eight months at current prices), means an expenditure of about 2,625,000 *or 3,000,000 roubles. About one-twelfth of this sum has al? ready been contributed in corn and mon? ey to the relief committee of the Red Cross Hociety of Samara. About 2.5S0, 000 roubles (?258,000) more are needed It is a vast sum. When we come to think that probably ten or fifteen times more money is required to meet the ne? cessities of the other twenty provinces, our hearts fail us. Three million pounds demanded from private charity. And this, not to help our poor peasants, not to ame? liorate tbeir condition, but to savo life only let them seo another summer, to gather another harvest?tuBting that God wil' have mercy at last. We who live in midst of this terrible distress, who have to witness daily the heartbreaking scenes of utter misery and bitter pain, who are not only spending our last savings, but also straining heart and brain in efforts to save the lives of our countrymen, we dare not contemplate the consequences should help fail us. This is a time when one looks for help, not only to one's coun? trymen?to one's nearest neighbors or every day friends?but far beyond the precincts of country, nation, name. To the vast brotherhood of men, to all who have hearts to pity and hands to help, we appeal for assistance against the horrors of hunger. Selecting a Wire. The selection of a life-time companion is so important that a man needs more divine guidance at such a time in this life than in almost any other step in life. By the fate of Job, whose wife coaxed him to swear; by the fate of Ahab, whose wife induced him to steal; by the fate of John Wesley, whose wife was a jealous fool; by the fate of Macbeth, whose wife pushed him into massacre; by the fate of Frederick Robinson, whose wife mocked his distresses while writhing on the floor in spinal disease; by the fate of James Ferguson, the philosopher, whose wife entered the room while he was lec? turing, and willfully upset bi3 astronomi? cal apparatus, so that he turned to the audience and said: "Ladies and gentle? men, I have the misfortune to be mar? ried to this woman"; by the fate, of Bui wer, the novelist, whose wife's temper was so incompatible he furnished her a beautiful house near London, and with? drew from her company, leaving her with the one dozen dogs whom she en? tertained as pets; by the fate of John Milton, who married a termagant after he was blind, and when someone called her a-rose, the poet said : "lam no judge of colors, and it may be so, for I feel the thorns daily;" by the fate of an Eng? lishman, whose wife was so determined to dance on his grave that he was buried in the sea; by the fate of the village minister whom I knew whose wife threw a cup of hot tea across .the table because they differed in sentiment?by all these scenes of disquietude and domestic ca? lamity, we implore you to be cautious and prayerful before you enter upon the connubial Btato which decides whether a man shrill have two heavens or two hells, a beavou here and heaveu forever, or a hell now and a hell hereafter. By the bliss of Pliny, whose wife, when her husband was pleading in Court, had messengers coming and going to inform her what impression he was making; by the joy of Grotrius, whose wife delivered him from prison under the pretence of having books carried out lest they be in? jurious to bia health; she Bending out her husband unobserved in one of the book cases; by the good fortune of Ro? land in Louis' time, his wife translating and composing for her husband while Secretary of the Interior?talented, hero? ic, wonderful Madame Roland; by the happiness of many a man who,has made intelligent choice of one capable of be? ing prime counsellor and companion, in brightness and in grief, pray to Almighty God morning, noon and night that at the right time and in the right way he will send you a good, honest, loving, sympa? thetic wife; or if she is not sent to you, that you may be sent to her. Adam's wife came to him while he was sound asleep,! but the probability is that you will overtake yours when you are wide awake. Decide not so important a matter by the color of a bright cheek. As well purchase a farm for the dahlias in the dooryard.?Rev. T. DeWitt Talma ye, in -New York Observer. Tract or Biscuit. Juat after the termination of the late unpleasantness a lady with a basket on her arm walked through one of the wards of a certain soldiers' hospital. She stop I ped besi?9 the bed of one of the sufferers, ! a German, and asked : "Were you a Union man or a Confed? erate ?'' "Union," he replied. Whereupon she passed on to the next cot and repeated the same question to the occupant. "Confederate," was answered, and she then handed the man a nice fresh biscuit. The German watched the proceeding not in the best of humor. A few days later another lady going through stopped at the German's cot and asked which side he was on. "Confederate," was the prompt reply. "Poor man," she said, "here's a tract for you," and passed on and the unfortu? nates' slate of mind was not improved. Again, a third visitor in passing stop? ped at the German's side and asked the same old questing on which side he was on. "Dot tepends on vat you got. If you got piskit I links I might be a Confed? erate, but if you got tracts I am a Yan? kee."? Texas Sifting*. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system, when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you cau possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0., contains no mercury, and is tacen internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur? faces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genu? ine. It is taken internally, and made by F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0. Ug^Sold by Druggist, 75c. Testimonials free. ? A woman will eat anything without complaining, while a man will begin to backslide whenever the cooking goes wrong ; but when it comes to the fit of a garment that doesn't suit her, she baa opinions that can no more be held in check than you can put mittens on a land? slide. Losing: His Nervo. In that first year of the war men were terribly unjust to meu. He who lost his nerve as he stood in battle line was at once stigmatized as a coward, and in some instances the disgrace followed him until he yielded up his life on the field. We did not know the difference between cowardice and loss of nerve. We had to learn that as we learned a hundred other hings in war. Did you ever seo a coward in the ranks? No, not one ! A constitutional coward could not have been induced to enlist. If drafted into service he deserted, or his fears made him really ill and kept him at the rear. You saw men, and you saw them in your own company, who were stigmatized as cowards, but later on you apologized for your mistake and took them into companionship again. You came to realize that the bravest of men would break down under certain condi? tions, and that to be found "off," as the men termed it, was a misfortune and not a disgrace. We are in line at Williamsburg, and our regiment is on the extreme left. It is our first fight. We were cheering as we swung into line. Had the order been given to charge no man would have thought of death. We have been held in line for an hout, with sharp fighting all along to the right. We have lost seven men out of the regiment, and tho sus? pense is unnerving us. Men begin to look to the right or the left. Faces grow pale and limbs tremble. If there were a ditch in front of us half of the regiment would leap into it, There is a wavering along the lines, and but for the line of officers in the rear wo should retreat as a mob. Here is soldier shaking as with the ague; there is one silently weeping; a third clutches his comrade to hold him? self up. ? Cowards ? No?not one of them 1 It is the fault of the officers; they have not yet learned how to hold the men under fire. They curse at us, but there is a tremor in every voice, and we feel that they are also unnerved. It looks like cowardice to 3ce men 3ink down on their knees?to see the officers on the right threatening with their swords?to note the pale faces and chattering teeth, but it is not. Wait! "Forward?guide right!" Ahl Thatjs different! See how the lines dress as they move ! Has anyone been left grovelling on the grass ? Can't you see the color come back to the meu's faces as they :step off? "Now, men?double quick?charge!" Cowards, eh ? Hear them cheer! Down go the lines with ajusb, straight at the abatis of fallen trees protecting the enemy's front, and the roll call that night leaves a tenth of the regiment dead and wounded bebind ua as proof that wc were not cowards. The suspense of waiting was simply unuerving brave men. Picketl'a Virginians are sweeping acrosa the fields of Gettysburg on that famous charge. We have been waiting waiting?waiting. We have been lying inactive for two hours, while 200 cannon have roared and thundered and sent death among us. See tbe big Sergeant! He is weeping and wringing his hands. Coward! No! He has been in half a dozen battles, and his last wound is not fairly healed. The waiting has unnerved him. Our Captain has learned his les? son. He steps forward and pats the Ser geant on the shoulder and whispers: "Steady, my man ! They are coming! It will aoon bo over! There go the guns on our right! Brace up now, for we want one of those battle flags." See the change. The big Sergeant's nerve came back in an instant. Indeed, he was unconscious of the fact that he had lost it. When the shock came? when the gallant Virginians, whose brave charge tbe world will appplaud for a century to come, were checked by the merciless musketry fire?the big Sergeant dashed forward into the flame and smok*, and we found him later on, wounded in two places, but sturdily clinging to the flag he had captured to fhe honor of his company and regiment. M. Quad. Making an Impression. The girl is lucky who finds out sud? denly that she has something nice the matter with her. I knew one who learned that she had lovely hair. She took to doing it up with one hairpin, and she used to look like a mop on the third day of a house cleaning. Sh<a took to jerking her head, too, so that her hair would come down, and then she did look lovely, es? pecially if it happened at the theater, at luncheon, or in tbe cars. She would waggle her head so that her words would come out scalloped, and her nose got all spread around. A girl with a neat foot is the worst nuisance I fcnow. She always has it atuck out in the car. Her shoestriog is always coming undone. She is forever lifting her dress and making you cer vous. It just about spoils a girl if she finds out that she has fine eyes and pretty teeth. Good bye to quiet expression at once. Her eyes roll, droop, snap, shut, open, dance, and sparkle all over the place, until you wonder why they don't get sprained Meanwhile her teeth are working just as hard. She srailos twice a minute, and often her eyes are getting in some fine touches that don't go with a smile at all. The effect is awful. I got so tired lookiug at a girl tho other day that I wondered why the man with her didn't marry her just for the sake of tying her yyes fast to her nose and knocking her teeth out. ?Ab for me, give me a girl who knows she ia homely or one who is so good-look? ing that she doesn't care.?Philadelphia Press. ? Eilen Carney, an old bed-ridden woman r.t New York, always slept with a tin box under her pillow, and not even her grown grandsons knew what it con? tained. The hired girl looked into it, and found twenty 5>100 bills and two $50s. She took the last two, and two $100 bills, but was arrested before she could escape. Early Risers, Early Risers, Early Risers, the famous little pills for consti? pation, sick headacho, dyspepsia and ner? vousness.?Wilhito <fc Wilhito. All Sorts of Paragraphs. ) j| ? '"I am losing flesh," said the butcbBH er, as a stray dog stole a sirloin steak. V'% ? There were forty million artifici?| teeth made in this country last year. H ? During a rabbit drive near CarrutbB| ers., Cal., 10,000 of the animals were kiiMj^ ? It is related that a Georgia dog refl| cently swallowed a silver fork without iifljE jury to itself. 1 ? How much easier it is to tell othe?i^ how they ought to walk, than it is to steB^ right ourselves. mm ? There are spots on the sun, and yeH?; there are people who expect a ten-year?| old boy to be perfect. . a ? Bright people are tho quickest to reB ; cognizo a good thing and buy it. We selM lots of bright people tho Little Early RiH sers. If you are not bright these pills wiuH make you so.?W?bito <fe Wilhite. 11| ? Astronomers have failed to direcH?f attention to the fact that the fuller thS moon is the later she's out nights. \ m ? Why is the letter "0" the mos?! charitable letter? Because it is founds oftener than any other in "doing good.'Bp ? "How is it Jones draws a pension gm He was never in the war." "I know it Mi but be lost his voice shoutin' at the sur-H reader." W& ? It is a truth in medicine that th<H smallest doso that performs the euro iffi the best. Do Witt's Little Early Elser? are the smallest pills, will perform tbtjH oure, and are the- best.?Wilhite <fc Wilfia hite. US ? Squire Johnson, a Justico of than Peace at Grayson, Ky., has enrolled himH self as a scholar in a country school neaaBS his home. He is over forty years old. gS ? Nebraska's contribution to thdB starving Russians was seventy-five atS loads of corn. Missouri millers gavdB thirty thousand barrels of flour. IM ? If dull, spiritless and stupid; ifyou?j blood is thick and sluggish; if yonr ap? petite is capricious and uncertain, yodH| need a Sarsaparllla. For best results takdM Do Witt's.?Wilhite and Wilhite. ||| ? The money employed in the dairieffl of New York State, according to a recenlK; estimate, is about $350,000,000 ; the valjfl ue of the cows is about $54,000,000. H ? The Philadelphia mint coined Di,-? 000,000 pennies last year. This is not anffi unusual quantity, and the mint is hard atS work manufacturing more pennies toH supply the present demand. ^-'w ? Mrs. L. R. Patton, Rockford, IU.B; writes: "From personal experience I canB: recommend Do Witt's SarsapariUa, acurd?1 for nr.pure blood and general debility."?0 Wilhite & Wilhite. H| ? The oldest couple ever married irJB Iowa have joined hands at Jefferson.K The groom, George Thistler, is 75, andB the bride, Sallie Bnrton, 01. L,; ? The largest umbrella in the worldH was recently made for an African kingfl It was 21 feet in diameter and was aflixedB to a ?taff of the same length. ill ? It is a fixed and immutable law tbatfl to have good, sound health one must haveR pure, rich and abundant blood. There isH no shorter nor surer route than by afl coarse of De Witt's Sarsaparilla.?WilhlteBj ? The wholesale price of whalebone is now $10,000,000 per ton. On the strength of this a large whaling fleet is about to start on a six months' cruise to the Ac arctic Ocean, where whales are thought to be plentiful. ? "Trotter proposed three times to Mids Budd before ehe accepted him, and now she is going to marry another fel? low." "Three times ? Holy smoke, I tried it only once and the girl sued me for breach of promise later on." ? "Late to bed and early to rise will shorten tho road to your homo in the skies." But early to'bed and a "Little Early Riser," the pill that makes life longer and better and wiser.?Wilhite <fe Wilhite. ? Among the weavers employed in a Biddeford (Me.) cotton mill is a woman who stands six feet and three inches, and is large and rjtrong in proportion. . She is more than a match for any man about the mill. ? Mrs. Muggs: My darter went to all them revival meetin's last week, and she got a husband; reg'lar cape of love at first sight. They're to be married next month. Did your darter get one? Mrs. Paggs (sndly): Naw, she didn't get noth? ing but religion. ? Wo truly believe Do Witt's Little Early Risers to be tho most natural, most effective, most prompt and economical pill for billiousness, indigestion and in? active livor.--Wilhite ?fc Wilhite. ? Six States which never took part in a Presidential election will vote for elect? ors next fall, and there will be 444 elect? ors' votes. The popular vote in 1888 was 11,400,000. In 1892 it is expected to reach 13,000,000. This will be the largest pop? ular vote ever cast in the world. ? "What have they wound up on that cart?" asked the old lady who was visit? ing the fire-engine house. "Firemen's hose," was the answer. "Go away," she rejoined indignantly. "You can't make me think that any fireman or anybody else ever had legs to fit. those." ? A youcg man at the risk of his life saved a beautiful girl from drowning. Her grateful father seized the rescuer of his daughter by the hand, and in a voice trembling with emotion said: "No? ble youth, tayou I am indebted for eve? rything that makes life dear to me. Which reward will you take-*200,000 or the hand of my daughter." "I'll take the daughter," replied the heroic rescuer, thinking thereby to get both the girl and the money. "You have well chosen," re? plied the grateful father. "I could not have giveu you the $200,000 just yet, anyhow, as I have not laid up that amoun', being only a poor editor, but my daughtfer is yours for life. Take her and be happy. God bless you, my children." ? Texas Si flings, i ? A reporter saw a shoe at the store of the Cowles Mercantile Company one morning, made for a member of the fair sex, which for size caps the climax. ^Tho shoe is No. 23, and measures 1G inches in length. Now, kind reader, don't jump at the conclusion that this is merely a ball? room slipper belonging to some Batler young lady. It isn't. Neither,was it manufactured for Sam Oldbam's beat girl ?in fact, for none of the fair daughters of our favored city. The shoe was made for r.be famed Miss Ella Ewing, of Fair mount, Mo., who is only 18 years old, and whose weight is 325 pounds. Her height is 7 feet and 10 inches, and she is said to be a robust sample of our Mis? souri maidens.?Rieh Hill {Mo.) i?c viev:. f