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BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C? THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 21, 1892. VOLUME XXVI.- -NO. 42 SEASON OF 1892. Womens,' Misses' and Childrens' Pine GCS^QZRID TIES I Duchess, Langtry, Brighton, Elite, Souvenir, Theo, Adonis, Everett and Southern Ties. Juliet, Straps House and Opera Slippers. YACHTING and LAWN TENNIS SHOES. JAS. P. GOSSETT & CO.? Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Boots and Shoes, Anderson, S. C , under Hotel Chiquola. THREE CHEERS FOR TARIFF REFORM ? - AND - FREE COINAGE OF SILVER. THESE WILL HELP YOU, BUT CHAPMAN Will put money in your pocket if you will call and see his Goods and Prices. l\f Y STOCK 18 NOW READY FOR INSPECTION, and I ask the Trading Pnbiic to call and examine my Goods before buying. My stock was bought with the HARD OA RH, and I have? ! SOME RARE BARGAINS - To offer the people of Anderson, thereby saving them money on every dollar's worih of Goods you boy from me. To my old customers and friends I would say that lam 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 Stockof Ginghams is.Lovely. My'Stocfc 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 Sfock of Shoes.?. Beats the World. In fact niy entire Stock is pretty, Bought Cheap, and Will be sold CJieap. S9- COME AND SEE ME. W. A. CHAPMAN, Agent, Next to Masonic Temple. If WANTED ? RaGS, HIDES and BEESWAX by PEOPLES & BURRISS, at good prices. SECOND HAND STOVES As gocd 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? 4 Tin, China Crockery, Glassware, And EVERYTHING in the Honse Furnishing line, and at prices that cannot be beat by any one. Price elsewhere, then come to see as and you will be convinced. TIN ROOFING. GRAVEL ROOFING and GUTTERING, Promptly doqp by experienced men. Yours very truly, PEOPLES & BURRISS. DON'T FAIL TO VISIT l f. II 1 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 us a call. Yours truly, E. W. BROWN & SONS. H?I TO ME MOM !! Yon caa Save Money by Buying your School Books and Stationery at > COLLINS' BOOK STORE. A full line of School Books, Blank Books, Stationery, Pictures and Picture Frame*, and other goods too numerous to mention, all at the lowest prices. PHOTOGRAPHS. My Photograph Gallery ha? been lately refittel with all the latest improved appara tos for cj&king Pictures of t?\ kinds, from the Size of a postage stamp lifo size in the finest finis .1. Portraits enlarged to an v size, from small pictures, at reasonable price3. Don't forget this if you want a nice Photr, Respectfully, /. H, COf/MWS. I MONUMENTS ? AND ? TOMB STONES. HaVIN'G 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 che Railroad Bridge. WHITE ? CO. FetlSK 81 8m TV?HEf?g'?oLUMN, -8?. All communications intended for thisvolomn should be addressed to C. WARDLAW, School Commissioner, An? derson. 8. C. MEMORY GEMS, "For God and our country." We are pledged to the di?semination of truth, the elevation of humanity, and the advancement of the cause of Christ. At Eureka Mr. Mattison is holding the fort, and his work is thorough. We were struck with the interest his pupils manifest.in their studies. We believe be is doing very flue work. The teachers should have in mind their own improvement during the com? ing vacation. They might select some special study or subject, and during va? cation read up on that line. We know the teachers of this County are earnest, and intend to keep up with the progress of all the improvements. We feel proud of our teachers. They are the best, and fu lly op with the progress of the times. "Teaching is the nobleet of all professions It is -co equal with that which is regarded as the highest and holiest?the ministry. For, while the preacher works for the spiritual advance ment, the true teacher strives for mental, moral and spiritual growth. Let the followers of the profession, Agassiz-like, be content to hnve the word 'Teacher' carved on their grave stones; then the profession will take its proper place in the public esteem, and the cause of edu? cation will prosper."?Palmetto Teacher. We were very glad to meet at Miss Al lie Major's school a goodly number of her patrons. They were well paid for their visit. It was enough to make their hearts leap for joy to see and hear their children, who did so well and behaved so nicely. We know they enjoyed it; their looks of entire satisfaction showed that. How glad we are that we were present on this occasion. It was so pleasing to Bee the bright, cheerful faces of the children, and hear their splendid recitations. We were delighted to see the selections on such a high moral plane. The patrons of that school Bay they have the best teacher in the County. They are united and satisfied with Miss Allie. This accounts largely for the success and progress of tie school. Every teacher should take a good edu? cational paper. There are a great many published. We have received a copy of the Palmetto Teacher, published in Co? lumbia and edited by Prof. P. E. Rowell, oi Lexington, S. C. It is neatly printed, and W6 are pleased with the first num? ber. The editor is a man able to make it a buccess. It is the only paper of the kind published in our State, and should be liberally patronized. We commend it to the teachers. The editor of the Palmetto Teacher thus speaks of the pur? pose of the establishment of that paper: "That purpose is neither the filling of coffers nor the aggrandizement' of self. It is the advancement of the individual teacher, of the body of teachers in the profession. Consequently, an improve? ment in the schools, a more general and thorough education of the children, and a more enlightened, patriotic, God fear? ing citizenship." This is a noble purpose, and we bid the editor God speed in his noble work. Died In Each Other's Arms. Wilkesbaebe, Pa , April 1.?Fire was discovered this morning in the rear of the millinery store of Miss Kate Mc? Carthy, at 67 South Main Street, and owing to the stock of goods being inflam? mable it quickly communicated to the whole interior of the store. The fire spread and destroyed the adjoining building, belonging to the Klippie estate, and the Eogle building, and badly dam? aged the Schwab building. The family of E. L. Knpple resided in the rear and second Btory of the adjoining building, and it was with great difficulty the mem? bers were able to get out. Mrs. Geo. F. E is by and daughter lived wtth Klippie, and in the excitement Mr3. Eashy rushed to the street, apparently thinking all the children safe outside. Upon discovering that a six-year-old daughter was still in the burning building she was about to re? turn, when by sheer force a fireman pre? vented her. Fireman Mowry and others entered, and Mrs. Easby also mauaged to get back. She rushed to the room where the little one was almost overwhelmed by smoke, and was in the act of rescuing her, when a quantity of gunpowder ex? ploded with considerable force, wrecking the interior. .The firemen, having wet blankets over them, managed to escape, but Mrs. Eashy was not so fortunate, and after the flames had been subdued suffi ciently to allow the firemen to re enter the building the mother and child were found dead, clasped in each other's arms._ ? There's a patent medicine which is oot a patent medicine?paradoxical as it may sound. It's a discovery 1 the golden discovery of medical science! It's the medicine for you?tired, run-down, ex? hausted, nerve-wasted men and women ; for you sufferers from diseases of skin or Bcalp, liver or lungs?its chance is with every one, its season always, because it aims to purify the fountain of life?the blood?upon which all such diseases de? pend. The medicine is Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. The makers of it have enough confidence in it to sell it on trial. That is?you can get it from your druggist, and if it doesn't do what it's claimed to do, you can get your mon ey back, every cent of it. That's whajt it's makers call taking the risk of their words'. -o Tiny, little, sugar-coated granules, are what Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are. The best Liver Pills ever invented; ac? tive yet mi'd in operation ; cure sick and biliouB headaches. One a dose. ? Bertba'B mother saw fit to punish her for some little naughtineaB. After a minute tho child sobbed out, "Wei', mamma, that hurt; you ?hVped me right whero they aiu't no tones." PESTIFEROUS INSECTS. Modes ol Combatting them Successfully Valuable Information. Atlanta Journal. A larger number of insects are visible in summer than in winter. With the advent of cold weather the insects seek sheltered retreats, become dormant and therefore invisible. In addition some are killed by cold, others fall a prey to their enemies, and as propagation ceases during their winter sleep, the places of those that perish are not filled. For above reasons comparatively few insects are seen in the early spring, when re? turning warmth awakes them to life and activity again. Insects pass through the winter in sev? eral states or conditions as mature in? sects?as pupie or chrysalids (a strange intermediate betweeu the worm and a full grown insect), as worms or grubs, and as eggs. When cold weather aets in the mature insects hide themselves in the hollows of old trees and Btumps, under the bark of those that are dead, in cellars and garrets of .houses, under rocks and other sheltered places, and some burrow in the earth. Pupre are found suspended from the limbs of trees, the rails of fences, and in openly built outhouses. Mature insects and pupre are especially liable to attacks of birds, like the wren, and other enemies. Grubs and worms generally burrow in the ground, and make for themselves smooth-walled cavities in which they coil up and sleep through the winter. Thus domiciled they resist severe cold with impunity, but if their cells are dis? turbed by plow or spade and they are placed in direct contact with the pul? verized soil they perish. This has been demonstrated experimentally in the case of cut worms at one of the agricultural experiment stations, and is an impor? tant practical fact to the gardener and farmer. It suggests a very simple and practi? cable method of attacking these trouble? some customers. Worms and grubs in the ground, if undisturbed, are better protected from cold than grown insects, or pupte, and are also less liable to at? tacks of enemies. The much abused mole is the gardener's best friend in de? stroying these under ground pests, as the true mole, contrary to general belief, feeds entirely upon insects. It is generally believed that very cold winters are particularly destructive to insects. Id some instances this may be true, in others it is not. It is true of insects that pass the winter in their full grown state. But to those that pass it as pupae, a warm winter may prove more destructive than a cold one, because warm spells may cause pupee to develop into full grown insects, and these, not finding the food they live on that sea? son, perish. If severe cold destroys in? sects generally, very cold countries should have.but few of them, but such is not the case. Insects abound in Can? ada as well as in Georgia. As stated already, comparatively few iuaects are to be seen in early spring, when returning warmth awakens them to new life and brings them out of their retreats. The reason of this we have al? ready given. Reproduction Btops in winter, but cold and enemies -continue their work. Those that survive, howev? er; begin at once the work of reproduc? tion. As the life of a generation, in case of many insects, extends through a few,weeks only, they multiply with great rapidity. It is obvious, that the best time to make war upon the insects is in early spring, whan they are least num? erous. We desire especially to empha? size this point. In cities two of the most troublesome insects are the housefly and the mosqui? to. The housefly passes through the winter in its adult stage. It seeks the safest and warmest retreat it can find, remains dormant during very cold wea? ther but comes out occasionally duriDg exceptionally warm spells. Many that went into winter quarters perish and few appear comparatively in spring. If everybody would destroy the small number first observed in spring, this pest could be kept in bounds more easily afterward. In early spring #fly-paper and other fly destroyers are especially in ordert they will do vastly more good then than at a later period. Pyrethrum or insect powder thrown into the air of a closed room will quickly stupefy, if not kill, all the flies in it. They will soon drop on floor, and should be swept up and burn? ed. The writer has used this powder freely for many years to get rid of flies, with satisfactory reBults, If the first flies that appear in spring are not de? stroyed they begin at once to multiply with great rapidity. A few weeks only elapse between the laying of the egg and the appearance of the full grown fly. Its eggs are laid in the accumulations of horse and cow etables. If kerosene is sprinkled freely over such accumulations every few days it will destroy both the eggs and the new? ly hatched maggots. The emulsion is made by dissolving a fourth of a pound of hard soap in a quart of boiling water and while it is still hot adding one pint of kerosene and stirring vigorously until a thorough mixture results. This mixture should be kept in stopped jugs or bot? tles, and when to be used diluted with fifteen times its bulk in water. The free use of this emulsion is earnestly recom? mended to those who keep slock in the city. The early spring 'is the time and the breeding place is the point in which the main attacks upon the fly should be made. Mosquitoes also bridge over the winter in the'r adult state. Mont of them per? ish during the wioter, fqr whilst large numbers may be observed late in the autumn, very few are to be seen in early Bpring. The writer has seen only one mopqui to so far this spring; it was attempting to escape from his dwelling through a glasB door. The survivors, though few in number, in a climate like, that in this city, begin to multiply as soon as the weather is warm enough to develop ac tfvity. They deposit their eggs in little, boa' Bhaoed clusters on the surface of stagnant or comparatively still water. The float uutil the eggs hatch into "wiggles" or "wiggletails," which sink in the water and live in it until ready to be transformed into the regular in? sect. From the laying of the egg to the ap? pearance of the full grown musquito fifteen to twenty days only are required under favorable conditions. Note how rapidly, therefore, they can multiply. The wigglers have a respiratory tube the end of which is protruded just above the surface of the water when they need air for breathing purposes. This ar? rangement renders it easy to destroy them. A thin film of kerosene on the surface of the water they inhabit will do the work very effectually. But the first step to be taken in fighting mosquitoes ia to get rid of all still and stagnant wate?, such as lagoonB or pools connec? ted with streams, unused wells, waters in hollows dammed up by fills, rain'water collected in barrels, etc, Our city au? thorities should have their attention called to the importance of seeing that no such bodies of water exist within the city limits. During the past autumn the lagoons connected with Butler street branch filled north Atlanta with mus quitoes. In a few instances where the expense of getting rid of stagnant waters by filling may be too great, they may be rendered harmless as breeding places for muequitoes by floating them in a thin film of kerosene at intervals of two weeks during the summer months. The expense would be very trifling. Aside from the matter of personal comfort in securing freedom from the bite of musquitoes, the above might be urged on sanitary grounds also, for it is possible that contagious diseases may be communicated from one person to an? other through the proboscis of a mus? quito or the tongue of a fly. The lancet of a musquito is quite as good an instru? ment for inoculation as that of the sur? geon, and the tongue of a fly that has sucked the virus of small pox or other virulent diseases, may deposit the same on a sore or wound of another individ? ual it visits. It is not at all impossible that in some instances epidemics of con? tagious diseases developing in Idealities without communication with diseased centers, may have originated through the agency of insects. W.L.Jones. Atlanta, April 1,1892. Love turns to Hate. A Chamberlain, S. D, special says: A short time ago an unknown lady ar? rived at SpriDgfield. Without stating her errand, she engaged a team and drove eight miles down the Missouri river to a little village named Bonhamme. Not finding the object of her search, she returned to Springfield, where she gave her name as Mrs. Lyons and said that sbe resided in the vicinity of Huron. Securing the services of a resident of Springfield, Bhe stated that she wished him to assist her. in discovering the whereabouts of a little son, who bad been stolen from ber for several years by her runaway husband. After a careful search the child was located at a farm house seven miles down the river, on the Ne? braska side. Tho husband had taken the child to the place, and both were there when the anxious mother and her escort arrived. On a rude bed, in the midst of the greatest squalor, lay the wasted form of her once dearly loved husband in the last stages of consump? tion. The father had been ill for many days, and the little child but erx yearB old, had striven manfully to assist his sick father as much as possible. The meeting between the husband and wife was a strange one, considering their long years of separatio a. The wife is well off financially, and proposed to the hus? band that if he would give up the child both he and the child could return with her to her home, where she would care for him the remainder of their days. The father spurned the offer and replied that he would keep the child and remain where be was. After conaiderable parleying tho moth? er and her escort attempted to take the child by force, but were repelled by a fierce watch dog sat upon them by both the bry and his father. The boy had long before, app*eutly, lost all recollec? tion of a mother's love, and preferred to stay with his father. But the affections of the mother were centered in her child and she believed that once with her she could again win his love. After the vain attempt to secure possession of her child the mother returned to town and telegraphed for her brother in-law, who lived in Huron* Ho arrived next day and both went to ber husband's house, where they took possession of the child by force. The father's grief was pitiful when be saw the child taken from him. The party returned to town with the boy, and next morning left for their home near Huron. The parting words of the little boy were: "Pa'll bo dead in the morning." __ 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 can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. ?T. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0., Cocains no mercury, and is taicen internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur? faces of the system. In buyiog Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genu? ine. It is taken internally, and made by F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0. UgWSold by Druggists, 75c. Testimonials free. ? A dispatch from Shelbyville, Ind., announces that a young woman of that place "who lived several months on dog flesb, with the hope that it would cure her of consumption, was buried a few days ago." For a time the diet'seemed to benefit her, and the believers in the remedy claim that she did not begin its use soon enough. She ate seven dogs." No wonder that Col. Dudley and Judge Wood* stand po high in Indiana. The Hoosier stomach is evidently a pretty etrong one, ? Old Time Meters. Mr. M. M. DuPre, writing from Green ville, S. 0., to the Charlottesville (Va.) Republican, gives the following descrip? tion of an old-time muster of the miliiia of South Carolina, which will prove in? teresting to our readers, the elder ones especially: Before the war South Carolina had a rigorous military system and every male between the ages of eighteen and forty five years was required to do military duty. Each district comprised a regi? ment, divided into two battalions ; these were cut up iDto companies, which were required to muster four times a year, and were called petit musters; the battalion musters occurred once a year, and were reviewed by the Adjutant-General of the 8late; the regimental musters occurred every other year, and were reviewed by the Governor. These were grand occa? sions. These were days of general jollifi cation. One year they were held in the upper part of the district, the next year in the lower. It was in the lower, or 1 Toney's old field, where the muster could j be seen in all its glory and pomposity. I This field is about seventeen miles from Greenville. At a very early hour, the volunteer company (which though exempt from petit muster was required to attend the general muster) the regi? mental band, the Governor and his aides de camp, in carriages, hacks, wagons, buggies and horseback, started out for the place of. meeting. Going out by the Augusta road, we soon encounter the country contingent pouring out of the side trails, bringing into requisition every sort of vehicle not forgetting the two wheeled chariot with the little bull at? tached, upon which would probably be perched an old residenter and his old -wife, in a box that barely held the two; then there were the pedestrians, men and women, with their best duds on, trudging contentedly along, happy if they hap? pened to run across the band chariot, or got sight of the "Guvrner." Sometimes i there were women with infants in their arms and pipe in their mouth, making the | tiresome journey of five or six miles to see the muster. And thus, through the J dust and beat and general discomfort, all arrived at the goal, to find the earth J swarming with people from all parts of the district, and adjacent districts. We arrive probably at 10 o'clock, the parade comes off at twelve. This gives the reg* imental and company officers an oppor? tunity to retire to the obscurity of the contiguous foreut and don the habila ments of their office, whence they soon issue upon their gaily comparisoned j steeds, fully imbued with the "pomp and j circumstauce of glorious war." They ride I around and show themselves to the awe struck but admiring crowds, and then as? semble near the tree which serves as the | Governor's headquarters. Away up in the woods there comes a squawk like that of a migratory goose returning to his nesting-place in the frigid zone; the. crowd understand the signal?a company band is going to play, and everybody moves for the scene. Drawn up in line are "twelve or fifteen meu, each with a clarionet in hand with fingers on the kfys; the leader stands a little in front of the line, and sees that every man's right foot is advanced about eight inches; at the signal of the leader, who is powerfully impressed with the dignity and importance of bis position, every instrument is placed to the mouth, and every right foot is elevated upon its heel, and then?the noise that follows can only be compared to a battle between cats and geese during a thunder storm, the drums representing the thunder; there they go, those elevated feet striking the earth like pestles, beating time to the I tune, all playing the air, which the lead* er will inform you is ''Susannah, don't you cry." The feeling that pervades you j is, that if Miss Susannah ever had any disposition to cry, such an. adjuration I would staunch the lachrymnal fountains forever. There are other bands in those woods, and a similar signal on the right, and still another on the left divide the audiences, and then commences a musi? cal contest, which results in driving all the wild beasts out of that section. As 12 o'clock approaches, the companies form on the field for the grand parade. The volunteer company is uniformed, splendidly drilled, and armed with the regulation musket; it is no trouble for Stanley Crittenden to place his men in position; the other troops are uniformed, badly drilled, and armed with shotguns, rifles, umbrellas, walking canes, corn? stalk--, etc.,; the commanders have a sword as a mark of their position ; their attempt to get their men in order, owing to their lack of drill, was as ludicrous a scene as could well be imagined, and wholly indescribable; but by dint of swearing, and shoving, and pulling they were made to describe a line as straight as a Virginia worm fence, some faciDg front, some rear, and their arms at Euch position as resembled a chevau.v de /rise. When the colonel took command and at? tempted an evolution in battalion drill, then they became interminably involved in a mixture which no taxtician on earth could unravel; the colonel would yell his commands and his lieutenants rushed forward to execute them ; but it was una? vailing ; the only hope was to reform and try again ; and after an hour or more of this exercise, the regiment was formed for review, tbt Governor acknowledged their skill and discipline in a short ad? dress, the troops were dismissed and the event was over. Dinner was the next thing; you could get what you wanted to eat anywhere? all was free. There were always several wagons that contained the "spirit" of the occasion, i. e., whiskey and brandy. Think of whisky five or six years old, originally white as water, but ambered by age; and peach brandy, from five to twenty years old, the consistency of olive oil, with its invariable accompaniment, honey?a nectar fit for the gods?and then of the wretched liquors of the pres? ent day, the product of the robber reve nue. These people made their own li? quors and they were absolutely pure; but they would make you drunk, and a great many became gloriously drunk on these occasions; and they would fight all through those woods, sometimes stam? peding the hundreds of animals tied in them and creating a confusion that was Babel like, and resulted in considerable damage. No one seemed in a hurry to get away, and as long as there was a chance for a fight, or the liquor held out, there was fun to be had, and that's what took the most of them there. A low state of morals, some one will say. Granted? but these people were brave, generous, hospitable and unquestionably patriotic. They fought each ether on these occa? sions in the same manner thaUhe athlete to day contests with his fellows?to de? termine who was the "beat man." It was not an uncommon thing to Bee victor and vanquished riding from the scene in close intimacy, as ready to fight for each other as they were to oppose one another. But the days of musters have passed. They tended largely to create and pre serve a martial spirit among the people, and to foster the chivalric sentiment that made South Carolina soldiers, like those of Virginia, invincible in battle. Per? haps it is as well that these days are gone, and new light and ideas prevail?and it must be right, since it is?but there are some who will not cease to regret their departure, and who will revert with fond? est affection to the scenes of the dear old musters. A fevr Thoughts for Farmers. Men who work on extremes, or are carried away by hobbies, never succeed. Steady, systematic, energetic work, di? rected to the accomplishment of a par ticular purpose, always win. Now and then a "Jack of all trades" may manage to get along and make a living, but he lives to no purpose. He may be a useful sort of man, but he is never missed, by his neighbors when he passes away. In every business the man who sticks to his life purpose is sure to come out ahead in the end. This is particularly the case with farmers. Stop for a moment and see if you have a well defined aim. Do you intend to be a farmer all your life? Or do you expect to drop into something else when oppor? tunity offers ? Are you farming just to make a living or to make money? Are you a renter ? If so, do you expect to live and die a renter and entail that con? dition on your children ? Now if you will consider these and otlftr questions, you will be prepared for a few suggest? ions. A renter said a few days 8go: "I tell you 6-cent cotton is going to be better than 10-cent cotton. You see when cot? ton is 10 cents the farmer makes little but cotton, and buys everything he eats and wears. Wheu'his debts are all paid he comes out with nothing at the e:ad of the year, Six-cent cotton will force him to rais-e his own corn, oata, wheat, sor? ghum aud everything he possibly can, and then, after paying for his guano, his 6-cent cotton will be clear money. Just as soon as he begins to raise his own supplies, if Le ls^auy account, he will have euough to spare to buy bis agricul? tural implements and his sugar and coffee." Was that man right or wrong? He runs a two-horse farm and is laying all his plans, making all his arrangements for 5-cent cotton next fall. If the farmer's highest aim is just to make a living, he will succeed, but that is all he will make. He will not strain himself much at work or thinking, and he will live, but that is about all be will do. Such farmers; with no higher aim, are worth about as much iu a community as ground squirrels, for they too make a living and do no harm. If he goes in for making money alone, be will be apt to succeed somewhat, but that is also a low aim. The farmer set ou making money will sacrifice land, stock, wife and children, all for the accomplishment of his one chief objv rt. He baa no public spirit. His neighboj lever rise up and call him blessed when * iving or when dead. But the good farmer should work for a living and also for money, but these should only be the means for the acora plishment of something better. In the first place, it is more important to care well for the family and raise the finest boys and girls possible, than to praise blooded colts and registered calves. Af? ter the family comes the improvement of the home, so that it will be attractive, not only to strangers and visitors, but to the family especially. Then follows the im? provements of the land, so that instead of deteriorating they will get better every year. The good farmer must look a lit? tle beyond his yard feuce and see that hirelings and tenants are industrious, thrifty aud advancing iu material pros pects. He should look beyond his own fields and endeavor by example, word and friendly communion to prove a blessing and benefit to his neighbors. He who thinks that farming is only making a living, or that :s only a means for making money, has a low idea of his calling. It is an exacted business, provi? ded one takes the right view of the mat? ter, and goes to work ia the right way.? Greenville Reflector. Female Stage Bobbers. Salmon, Idaho, April 4.^-Suspicion for some time has beeu directed against a family uamed Harvey as being the per? petrators of a number of stage robbers. The family consisted of Harvey, his wife and six daughters. A trap was laid into which the stage robbers fell, and all were captured, proving to bo Harvey's six daughters in men's clothes. When the arrest was made one of the girls weak? ened and told the whole story. She said Hbe never liked tho work and was glad they were caught. They were trained to it by their father and mother, and the proceeds were shipped- East for sale so as not to excite suspicion in the country. Their show of force had always made violence unnecessary and none was ever used. Bucklcns Arnica Salve The best salve in the world for CutB Bruises, Sores, Ulcer*, Salt Rbeum, 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 cents per box. For sale by Hill Bros. _ ? Philadelphia has 7,000 fewer licenc? ed ealoorj8 thau Ne v Yor?, Excellent Advice to Young: Meu. Mr. Andrew Carnegie, of Pittsburg, who has accumulated a vast fortune making steel under the protectjve tariff, writes to the New York Tribune a letter addressed to the young which contains so much common sense that we reproduce it here: "Everybody wants to preach to the young, and tell them to be good and they will be happy ; to be sober and industri? ous and they will prosper. The one thing of which young people will expe? rience no lack is advice; and all of it probably will be more or less valuable. I shall not enter far upon that field, but confine myself to presenting, from a bus? iness man's point of view, a fev s'|es which, I believe, lie at the root of K \ ness successes. First?Never enter a barroom. Do not drink liquor as a beverage. I will not paint the evil of drunkenness, or the moral crime ; but I suggest to you that it is low or common to enter a barroom, unworthy of any self-respecting man, and sure to fasten upon a taint which will operate to your disadvantage in life whether you ever become a drunkard or not. Second?I wish young men would not use tobacco?not that it is morally wrong, except in so far as it. is used in excess and injures health, which the medical faculty declares it does. But the use of tobacco requires young men to withdraw themselves from the society of women to indulge the habit. I tbink the absence of women from any assembly tend?, to lower the tone of that assembly. The habit of smoking tends to carry, young men into the-sbciety of men whom it is not desirable that they should choose as their intimate associates. The practice of chewing tobacco was once common. Now it is considered offensive. I believe the race is soon to take another step forward, and that the coming man is to consider smoking as offensive as chew? ing was formerly conside? d. As it is practically abandoned now, so I believe smoking will be. Third?Having entered upon work, continue in that line of work. Fight it out on that line, except in extreme cases, for it matters little what avenue a young man finds first. Success can be attained in any branch of human labor. There is always room at the top in every pursuit. Concentrate all your energy and thought upon the performance of labor. Put all your eggs into one basket, and then watch that basket. Do not scatter your shot. The man who is director in half a dozen banks, half a dozen railroads and three or four manufacturing companies, or who tries at one and the same time to work a farm, a factory, and a line of streetcars, a political party and a store,, rarely amounts to much He may be concerned in - the management of more than one business enterprise, but they should all be of the one kind, which be under? stands. The great successes of life are made by concentration. Fourth?Do not think a man has done his full duty when he has performed the work assigned him. A man will never rise if he does only this. Promotion comes from exceptional work. A. man must discover where his employer's in? terests can be served beyond the range of the special work allotted to him ; when? ever he sees his employer's interests suf? fer, or wherever the laiter'a interests can be promoted, tell him so. Differ from your employer upon what you think bis mistakes. You will never make much of a success if you do not learn the needs and opportunities of your own branch much better than your employer can pos? sibly do. You have been told to "obey orders if you break owners." Do no such foolish thing. If your employer starts upon a course which you tbink will prove injurious, tell him so, protest, give your reasons, and stand to them unless convinced you ate wrong. It is the young man who does this, that capital wants for a partner or for a son-in-law. Fifth?Whatever your wages are, save a little. Live within your means. The heads of stores, farms, banks, lawyers' offices, physicians' offices, insurance com? panies, mill j and factories, arc not seek? ing capital; they are seeking brains and business habit. " The man who savee a little from his income has given the sur? est indication of the qualities which every employer is seeking for. Sixth?Never speculate. Never buy or sell grain or stocks upon a margin. If you have savings invest them in solid securities, lands, or property. The man who gambles upon the Exchanges is in the condition of the man who gambles at the gambling table. He rarely, if ever, makes'a permanent success. His judg? ment goes ; his faculties are sapped; and his end, as a rule, is nervous prostration after an unworthy aud useless life. Seventh?If you ever enter business for yourself, never endorse for others. It is dishonest. All your resources aod all your credit are the sacred property of the men who have trusted you, and, until you have surplus cash aud owe no man, it is dishonest to give your name as an endorser to other*. Give the cash you can spare if you wish to help a friend Your name is too sacred to give. Do not make riches, but usefulness, your first aim. Let your chief pride be that your daily occupation is in the line of progress and development; that your work, in whatever capacity it may be, is useful work, honestly conducted and, as such, eunobling to your Hfe. To sum up, do not drink, do not smote, do not endorse, do not speculate. Concentrate, perform more than your prescribed duties, be strictly honest in word and deed. And may all who read these words be just as happy and pros? perous and long lived as I wish them all to be. And let this great fact cheer them : It is impossible to be cheated out of cn honorable career unless one cheat9 himself. andrew carnegie. ? "Do 1 have to Btick this stamp on myself?" asked a dude of the clerk at the post-office. "Oh, no," replied the clerk ; "you couldn't go into the mail bags, and besides that is a letter stamp, and you are not first class male matter." ? It is a truth in medicine that the smallest doso that performs the euro if tho best. De Witt's Littlo Early Risers am tho sr dlest pills, will perform th( eure, and arc the Vest,?Wilhito & Wil bite. All Sorts of Paragraphs. ? Without liberty -no happiness can be eDj'oyed by society. ? Every one can stand a little more than be thinks he can. ? One hundred and forty women bold poBt-offices in Maine. ? Don't cry over spilt milk, but rush around and find the cat. ? When a man is praying for a corn crop God loves to see him say amen to it with a hoe. ? First Small Boy?What does your ma do w'en you lie to her? Second Small Boy?She tells pop I take after him. -- Early Risers, Early Risers, Early Risers, tho famous little pills for consti? pation, sick headache, dyspepsia and ner? vousness.? Wilhite & Wilhito. ? In California peach trees are suc? cessfully grafted with rose buds, thu? producing groves of red, white and pink roses. ? Railroad statistics show that in 33 Kansas Counties there are 200,000 more acres of wheat than were grown last season. ? There were about 2,000 men em? ployed at the Paris Exposition. In Chi? cago there will be fully 8,000 men em? ployed. ? If dull, spiritless and stupid; if your blood is thick and sluggish; if yonr ap? petite is capricious and uncertain, you need a Sarsaparilla. For best results tako Do Witt's.?Wilhito and Wilhite. ? Two doctors in Idaho succeeded in capturing au enormous bear by means of a piece of pork saturated with chloroform and pprinkled with sugar. ? A tree which grows in Africa has ' drooping leaves fourteen feet long and. ten feet broad, which wind around and crush to death any living thing which touches them. ? Rright peoplo are tho quickest to re? cognize a good thing and buy it. We sell lots of bright peoplo tho Little .Early Ri? sers. If you are not bright these pills will make you so.?Wilbito & Wilhito. ? A prominent married woman in Chattanooga, Teno., horsewhipped one of the leading physicians the other day be? cause he bad failed to cure one of her sick children. ? At Cotta, in Saxony, persons who * did not pay their taxes last year are pub? lished in a list which hangs up in all res- . ?taurants and saloons of the city. Those that are on the list can get neither meat nor driuk at these places, ander penalty of loss of license. ? Mrs. L. R. Patton, Rockford, 111., ' ?writes: "From personal experience I can recommend-Do Witt's Sarsaparjlla, a euro for impure blood and general debility."? Wilhite & Wilhite. ? A spfciea of mulberry tree of the South seas has bark so delicate that a sofc and plea-ant feeling cloth is made from it which the natives use in making their "best suits." It is also used in the manufacture of a very fine grade of paper. ? "Oh, George, dear," said she, as she was folded to his manly bosom, and a dull, crackling sound smote upon her ear, "what was that?" "It was three five cent cigars smashed in my vest pocket. But 1 don't mind it. What is expense in a moment like this?" ? We truly believe Do Witt's Little Early Risers to be tho most natural, most effective, most prompt and economical pill for billiousness, indication and in? active liver.?Wilhite & Wilhito. ? A bachelor physician was once call? ed to ?:e a young widow. "You are lonesome," said the doctor. "I advise you to marry again." "Oh, doctor, I'll marry to-morrow if you will have me." "Ah! Ah ! Well!" muttered the doctor, stepping back and blushing, "you know that physicians never take their own prescriptions." ? An Arkansas editor thus announced an important event in the local newspa? per world: It is with a feeling of distress that we retire from the active control of this paper, but we leave our journal with a gentleman who is financially better able than we are to handle it. The gentleman is well known in this community. He is the sheriff. ? "Lato to bed and early to rise will shorten tho road to your home in tho skies." *Rut early to bed and a "Little Early Riser," tho pill that makes life longer and better and wiser.?Wilhito & Wilhite. ? "Say," said the elderly farmer look? ing man, fiI want a little piece put in the paper tbat I want a woman who can cook, wash, iron, milk four cows, an' manage a market wagon." "'A'' -ight," said the advertising clerk. "Shan i i'.ate what wages will be paid ?" "Wages nothin'!" shouted the farmer. "I want to marry her." Xhe construction of the world's longest railroad is progressing rapidly along the river valleys and steppes of Siberia. The western extremity of the road i?'the mining town ofMiask, on the eastern side of the Ural Rs.oge, and its weatern terminus is at Vladivestok, on the Sea of Japan, making a total length of 4 785 miles. ? "My daughter," said the loving father, with perhaps a shade of harsh? ness in his voice, "what does tbat young I man who calls on you every evening in a dre*s. suit do for a living?'' "He hasn't determined yet father," replied the fair girl, with a glad look in her eyes, "but he is thinking something of getting a position as life companion to a young lady." ? It is a fixed and immutable law that to have good, sound health onoaiust have pure, rich and abundant blood. There is no shorter nor surer route than by a course of De Witt's Sarsaparilla.?Wilhite ,t Wilhito. ? The discovery is reported near Car tersville, Ga , of a quarry of Caen stone. This stone takes its name from Caen, France, where it has only been found heretofore. It is a very superior building material, but very rare and costly in America. Eugene Kelley'a bank in New York is the only structure built of it in this country. The quality of the stone in this new found quarry compares fa i vorably with that of the Caen quarries. It is in look* a light brown sandstone. When first taken from the earth it is soft 1 and can be whittled with a pocket knife ! into any shape. It can be turned in a ' lathe like a piece of wood, all sorts of 1 designs having been made* of it by the 1 finden?. After exposure to the air it hardens and becomes like flint. When. 5 polished it presents a surface like marble, ? slightly variegated and of a rich choco l late brown. Bricks made of it are worth 115 cents each.