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HrTKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 5, 1892. VOLUME XXVI.- -NO. 44. SEASON OF 1892. Worsens/ Misses' and Childrens' Fine Duchess, Langtry, Brighton, Elite, Souvenir, Then, Adonis, Everett and Southern Ties, i ^ V Juliet, Strap, House and Opera Slippers. \ YACHTING and LAWN TENNIS SHOES. i : . ? ' 4 % JAS. P. GOSSETT & CO., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Boots and Shoes, ' Anderson, S. 0, under Hotel Chiquola. 1 THREE CHEERS FOR TARIFF REFORM AND 1 FREE COINAGE OP SILVER. THESE WILL HELP YOU, BUT r Will pat money in your pocket if you will call and see his Goods and Prices. My STOCK IS NOW BEADY FOR INSPECTION, and I ask the Trading Public to call and examine my Goods before buying. My stock was bought with the HARD CASH, end I have? SOME RARE BARCAINS To oner tha people of Anderson, thereby savin; them money on every dollar's worta of Goods you boy from me. 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In addition to the programme pub linked last week for our next Teachers' Association, on 21st of May, we will have a talk from Dr. W. H. Nardin on the "Importance of Studying Physiology and Hygiene in the schools," and a pa? per by Miss Lon A. Carpenter on the "Teacher's aim in the school room." We have the promise of each one on the programme to be present, and we expect a real good time. A treat is certainly, in Btore for all who attend. MEAHDERIRG8. Miss Annie Hurst, at Deans, has a good school. We found them very comforta? bly situated, and interested in their stud? ies. They had the school room decorated with wild flowers. Miss Hurst has some advanced pupils who evinced, during our presence, a thoughtful consideration of their lessons. This school has a tendier who is thoroughly qualified. She is a graduate of the Nashville Peabody Nor? mal. At Twiggs Mr. C. B. Burns presides. He was surrounded by a full school, and' is doing a most excellent work. His patrons are very much pleased with him and his wotk. Mr. Barns has the right idea, that is of developing the moral side with the mental. Miss Virginia Norris has charge of the Poplar Springs school. She is in favor with her pupils. We were pleased with her methods, and especially with the plan of having the classes to repeat the Counties in the State. Miss Norris is doing a good work. She has now closed for a spriDg vacation. Mr. J. W. Davis is the pedagogue at Generostee school. In this school we found pupils well advanced and making, from appearances, preparations for Col? lege. This, we are always glad to see. Mr. Davis seems to be at home in the school room. The recitations while we were present were very good, and the children seemed in an unusually good humor. The Union school seem* to be united under the management of Mr. S. A. Bowen. Here we found a full attend ance for the season and good work. We are always pleased to find the larger boys and girls in the school room. Mr. Bowen adopts the rule of a daily critic, which appears to be giving good results. This teacher is in love with his work, and puts life and energy in it. Information Wanted. The following circular letter is sent to the various Masonic lodges throughout the country under the t-anction of L. N. Tavenner, Grand Master of West Vir? ginia. As it is intended to reach the eyes of ex-Con federate soldiers, the Mas? ter of Hirara Lodge has permitted it to be published Captured, Oct. 27, 1864; Sword? "Capt. Frank Burt, S9:h Regiment, JN. Y. Vols." engraved on iron scabbard. Revolver? "W. E. Bird" engraved on butt. These were doubtless taken from the body of Lieut. A. B. Burt, who was Shot and supposed to have "been killed, while in action and in the effort to carry the Confederate earthworks in front of Richmond, Va., near the "Seven Pines" on the day above mentioned. The earth works were on the outer line of the de? fences of Richmond, and just to the right of the Williameburg turnpike going out of Richmond. We hope that by finding the sword and revolver we may get some information as to the manner of the death of Lieut. Burt, or as to the disposal of his body. Would pay liberally for sword and re? volver, or either of tbem. The N. Y, troops were repulsed and Lieut. Burt fell on the field in front of the earthworks after being ordered to retreat. He fell oa his face as if Bhot through the head, yet he rmy have been wounded and taken thence to the hospital in Rich? mond. Have learned from official records that Gen. Field's Division of Confederate forces, consisting of Ala? bama, Georgia and South Carolina men, occupied said line of works on the date given above. Any information kindly solicited. Address Frank Burt, Man nington, W. Va. ? It was Ben. Johnson, we believe, who, when asked Mallack's question, "Is life worth living?" replied. "That de? pends on the liver." And Ben Johnson doubtless saw the double point to the pan. The liver active?quick -life rosy, every? thing bright, mountains of trouble melt like mountains of &now. The liver slug? gish-life dull, everything blue, molehilh of worry rise into mountains of anxiety, and as a result, sick headache, dizziness, constipation. Two ways are open. Cure permanently, or relieve temporarily. Take a pill and suffer, or take a pill aud get well. Shock the system by an over? dose, or coax it in a mild, easy, pleasant way. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the mild means. They work effectively, without pain and lea re the system strong. One little, sugar coated pellet is enough, although a whole vial costs but 25 cents. -o Mild, gentle, soothing and healing is Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. Only 50 cents; by druggists. ? James Taylor, the man who is said to have sixty liviog wives, scattered from the Atlantic to ths Pacific, recently es? caped from the clutches of the law in New York city on account of errors or flawB in the indictment. He was at once rearrested, however, and taken to Boston to answer the charge of bigamy. It is not likely that Mr. Taylor will be ablo to run the gauntlet in all the States in which he has living wives. GO SOUTH FOE TOUR WIPE. Advice to Yoang Men Contemplating Slarrlage. New Yokk, April 28.?Bright and piqnant Marie Janson said to me the other day: "So many good things begin with G? girls and gum and grace!" She said, 'There's goodness." And I re? sponded, "There's gloves and gravy." After this brilliant combination my brain succumbed. But I went away thinking about girls?I scorn gum and gravy; the first is the attribute of Mary Anderson, that beautiful statue and bad actress; the second is seldom good, and when it is you eat so much you get indigestion. But the girls, the really righty, truly girls are blissful. Yon see plenty of girls here in tfew York, but they are not the kind I mean. They are too awfully and in? tensely knowing, and it is a delight to come across the real sort of girls once in awhile. I saw oae the other day and watched her for an hour. She was looking at a play that bad a heartrending love etory in it, and just enough of a langh here and there to make life worth living. When the sweetheart was telling his love her beautiful eyes looked full and soft, and there was a little quiver about her month that seemed to say, "Isn't that the most exquisite thing in the world?that story of love?" And then when the comic man came on and laughed with his partner, Bhe laughed too. It was a little J laugh that sparkled from her eyes, that brought out the dimples in her cheeks, and then there came a musical sound that was bird-like in its beauty. The girl saw nothing but the play while it went on, and with her face toward the stage, with ao much expression in it, living with the actors, suffering and being merry with them, che was the most charming being in the whole theatre. I never ceased watching her; and then I Eaid to somebody, "Where does that girl come from ?" "From Chicago 1" said one. "Look what beautiful hair she has I" "From Boston 1" said another. "Just look at the intelligence in her lovely face 1" . And theo I said: "Look at the romance in her eyes; look at the grace of her body as Bhe gets up I Yon remember what I have always told you, and what I am al? ways quoting: 'You can't grow magnolias in Massachusetts'?that girl is from the South." There were nnmerous bets made about this, and later on it was discovered that, as usual, (how I did glory in this,) I was right; for the real girl, the pretty girl, came from Louisville, and if Henry Watteroon gets into the White House she will be the prettiest and most graceful one that ever adorned that dreadful looking sepnlcber. Since that day I have discussed girls nntil I have lost all knowledge of men, and the conclusion I have come to is this: If my oldest son ever reaches the age when be shoold marry, which is abont thirty; for before that no man knows how to take care of a woman I shall say to him : "My son, let us go down and visit our people in the South," and then I'll pray three times a day, and twice to in? crease my appetite for devotion, that when tbe procession of sons and dogs starts home, the oldest pon will be engag? ed to be married to a Sontheru girl. And I will tell you why I want him to have her: First, she has a perfect belief in re ligi?n?and when one says religion, one means in everything and everybody that belongs to her. Sbe has been taught to think no evil; sbe believes to have a sweetheart is the most delightful thing in the world, and it does seem snch a per? fectly lovely compliment to the favored one to see her eyelids fall and hrr cheeks cover themselves with a mantle of mod? esty when he approaches. She has been taught that husbands and wives love each other, and she hasn't bad discussed before her all the mean, miserable, low talk of the divorce court. She can't imagine ladies belog loud-'roiced, dressed loud, or not respecting tbe gentlemen of the fami? ly. Sometime) she sacrifices herself on the altar of respect, but she dies in a good cause. She'll tell you how nasty Bhe thinks all those so-called jokes about mothers-in-law are, beca use naturally, if Bhe should ever get married?and when she Bays this she droop? hor head and smiles in a'way that tells you that is one of the certainties of life-rwhy of course her husband's mother wonld got her love just because she was his mothor, and, of course, if she happened to be a little queer she would make the best of it, be? cause when people get old, they get queer sometimes. She is not apt to be so large that she belittles a man and make it im? possible for him to call her a "dear little woman." Sbe is just the rij;ht height, because she can look up in his face, and eyes that are large and full, and which tell their own stories of love oir bate, are most beautiful when raised. And then, above everything else, she adores babies. If they don't happen to have a baby in their home she borrows one from a neighbor, gains permission to wash and dress it, and devotes an entire morning to cuddling the small blossom and enjoy* ing, in prospective, the delights of mater? nity. Now, these are some of the rea? sons why I want my boy to marry a Southern girl. I like the Western girl. I like her loy? alty and her breeziness and her determi? nation to have her clothes fit well and fo be up in tbe latest fads. Her determina? tion is as delicious as her eyes are clear? those eyes that look right straight through one and all over one, as if in? quiring with great rapidity: "Who made your frock ? What's the last new book ? Where are you going after you leave home, and won't you stay with us a little longer ?" I like her hospitality; there she is like her Southern cousin. But then she is just a little bit too sure; if the Southern girl errs on the side of igno? rance, the Western girl does on the side of knowledge. Still I like her. Most of all am I charmed by her perfect adapta? bility. Sbe would be at ease with the Czar of all the Bussias and equally bo when she is giving, and she gives gene? rously to the begger who begs at her gate. I don't like the Boston girl. She is aggressive with a large D before, and she is impertinent with spectacles. She wants to inoculate you with knowledge. She thinks she is cultured when she is merely impudent, and she is calculated to freeze lemonade into ice cream if she sits by it long enough. I have heard of Bos? ton men marrying, but I have never heard of Boston women doing it To them unbelief is a Bign of the higher educa? tion, and love and all its sweet and noble actions perfectly silly. I suppose they enjoy life. I wouldn't vouch for this. If ever they do break loose they become perfect avalanches, and during Lent scrub the Church steps for the Bake of religion, and afterwards almor.t publicly caress some well-known lion in the name of art. The Plymouth Kock presses heavily npon them, and it seems to have squeezed out the sweet *yrup of womanhood and left in its place the sour vinegar of semi knowledge. About the New York girl?I like her, but I don't love her. She is kind, amus ing, and daring. Her kindness, however, is often the result of policy, and therefore one must not value it too much. The fit of her gowns commands your respect, but you would rather she would not devote so much time and thought to them. She can entertain a man better than any of the other girls, but it's too apt to be any man and not just one man. If she marries she makes a good housekeeper and she's a "stunning" wife. I don't like that word, but it's one that must be applied to her. She talks so well aod bo mnch that half the men in New York look like fools be? cause she won't allow them time to prove they are anything else. She is not afraid to discuss anything; she gets in the way of talking things that are not quite nice entirely as a matter of course. She will not hesitate to tell you about some man who's awfully mashed on a married wo? man, and she will laugh heartily at a Southern girl's look of wonder at the ex? istence of such things. She is a good mother in a way. She dresses her chil? dren sensibly and sees that the drainage in the bouse is correct; she doesn't be? lieve in cuddling them if they happen to hnrt themselves, for that happens to strike her as nonsense. She hasn't enough gentleness. There are a few old fashioned words that will never apply to her. One of them has been much vulgarized. It is "high toned." Think it over, and you will Bee exactly what it means. Now, she's not that; she is too low in her tone, and there will nev? er come to her that perfect elegance of manner, carriage, and richness of heart that was meant years ago when this word was used. I like her, but I couldn't, if I had some great sorrow, lay bare my heart and expect a great sympathy from her. If I wept bitterly because of my grief, the Boston girl would analyze my tears for me, and think that what bad come to me was not a real grief, but only the natural succession of events The Western girl would put her arms around me and say, "My dear girl, you will only make your nose red, and your mourning dress has ome and is perfectly lovely," But the Southern girl would lean her face close to mine, bold my hand, look at me with eyes full of sympathy, cay nothing yet make me feel happier. Ob, dear 1 oh, dearl What a lot I've said about girls; but if you don't .'ike it blame what Marie Janson said a - d (be sight of Henry Wat tersou's daughter for it. Bab. Weights and Yield of Eggs. Geese, four to the pound, 20 per an? num. Bantams, sixteen to the pound, GO per annum. Houdans, eight to the pound, 50 per annum. Guineas, eleven to the pound, 60 per annnm. Turkeye, five to the pound, 30 to 60 per annnm. Ducks, five to six per poaod, 30 to 60 per annum. Polish, nine to the pound, 150 per an? nnm. Plymouth Bocks, eight to the pound, 100 per annum. Dark Brahmas, eight to the pound, and about 70 per annum. La Fleche, seven to the pound, 130 per annum. Crevecoors, seven to the pound, 150 per annum. Hamburgs, nine to tho pound, 150 per annum. Game fowls, nine to the pound, 150 per annum. Dominiques, nine to the pound, 130 per annum. Black Spanish, seven to the pound, 130 per annum. Leghorns, nine to the pound, 1G0 to 200 per annnm. Black, white and buff Cochins, eight to the pound, 100 or lesB per annum. The eggs of the modern, improved breeds of fowls have gained one-third in weight, as compared with eggs formerly had. Light Brahmahs and partridge Co? chins, seven to the ponnd, They lay 80 to 100 per annum or even more, accord? ing to the treatment and keeping.?Fan? ciers' Journal. ___ How's Tills We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last fifteen yearB and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligation made by that firm. West & Truaa, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Whole sale DruggiBts, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internal? ly, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all Drug? gists. Testimonials free. ? It is estimated that the present an? nual consuming capacity of the United States for sugar and molasses is 2,000,000 tons, or about thirty-five pounds per cap? ita. There is spent each year for sugar $150,000,000. By far the greater amount is imported from Germany, France and Austria, USE AND HISTORY OF SALT. Salt at a Measure of Civilization?Carious and Interesting Facts. Probably no article of diet which finds a place upon every household table to day has been so distinguishing a mark in its ose or non-use of the mode and manner of life of the peoples distributed over the face of the earth and such an Indicator of their degree of civilization as the article of common salt. Its histo? ry leads away back amongst tbe Jews to tbe time of Moses, and to tbe earliest ac? counts of the dietary ideas and principles of the Greeks and Romans. At that very early time, however, it is found that the use of salt was confined to tbe consumers of vegetable diet and disallowed to eaten of flesh. A Mosaic law imperatively re? quired that all vegetable offerings made to the Deity should be accompanied by the presentation of salt. Job asks, "Can that which is unsavory be eaten without salt ?" Likewise it is told iu tbe [ account of the orders of sacrifice enjoined < upon the ear.y Greeks and Romans that when offerings were made to the gods the meat offerings were presented with* ; out and the fruits of the field with a measure of salt. Now, it seems very probable that these religions laws and orders were a natural reflection aud ex? pression of the dietary habits of the tribes and peoples, for it is quite safe to believe that they would consider those foods and gifts to be in the highest degree accept* able to the gods which were most agree* able to themselves. It is thus suggested to us by the sac? rificial laws and orders of the early peo? ples which we have named, that the salt eaters weie those whose food was made up of greeen things and the fruits of tbe field, and that the tribes and nations who fed npon flesh did not use salt. Happily, we are not limited to the state? ments ofthe,sacred books and oracles, for the whole source of light which may be thrown on this subject. Observations of natives and record of travels gathered from amongst tribes and peoples, whoae habitations are distributed over all parts of the globe abound with incidents and facts which appear to leave no doubt to the question. Tbe Indo-Germanic languages do not appear to possess a word equivalent to salt; neither do they contain the words and terms which aro peculiar to habits and ways of life characteristic of people subsisting upon tbe fruits of the field. A distinguished German tcholar has con? sidered that tbe Indo-Germanic peoples at that early period, knew nothing what? ever of the need and use of salt, and it was not until a crude kind of agricul? ture sprang up amongst them that the taste for the article was first awakened. In the descriptions of the early Teutons Tacitus speaks of them as being just in the state of transition from the life of hunter and wanderers to that of tillers of the soil and eaters of salt, and tbe further development of tbe taste and use of the article amongst these peoples, and how the tribes waged bloody and extermina? ting wars with each other for the control of the salt springs. Tbe Finn languages, to this day, are said to contain no word for salt. The West Finns, who are now pursuers of agriculture, have taken to its use, but have designn'cd the article with a Ger? man name. The East Finns, Bunge teils us, are ktill normads and hnnters and, as a co i-equence, know nothing of the use of Bait. He also Bays that the bunting and flesh-eating peoples of Northern Russia and Siberia have a standing repugnance for salt, although steppes, jalt lakes and salt springs abound, in all parts of Siberia. They eat flesh without salt. Ditmar, the famous min? eralogist, records some of tbe tribes, and says, "when I gave the natives some of my salted foods they turned np their noses and distorted their faces strangely." It has been thought by some writers that the influence of climate had a great deal to do with tbe taste for and ose of Bait. It will be seen, however, that not only tbe peoples of cold regions differ from each other in the respect of salt eating, but the nativen of the "sun sown lands" also have tastes so diverse and marked. In East India, in thoNilgherry High lands, a pastoral tribe, called the Tudas, was discovered during tbe present cen? tury. It is said that tbe English had been prevented from reaching that re? gion because of a deadly malaria which infested tbe swamps and marshes which intercepted the approach to the heights. Finally, however, tbe shepherd tribe was reached and it was found that they subsisted wholly upon tbe milk and flesh of their animals, and the use of salt was not known amongst them. Sallust, in his day, states that the Numidian tribes scattered over the north coast lands of Africa lived upon the flesh of beasts, and ate no salt, and yet those regions are rich in that production. Again, tbe buehmen of South Africa are normads, hunters and flesh eaters, and have no idea of the use of salt. On the other hand, the negro tribes are natural, although crude, tillers of tbe soil, and live npon the vegetable products of the earth. In their native regions, which extend deeper into tbe interior of tbe continent, the presence of salt is scant and rare; but they are abundantly supplied by the salt industries of ibe coast, and from tbe immense quantities which are made there by. the European manufacturers. Tbe negro taste and relish for Bait id most graphically told by tbe English traveler Muogo Park, who says, "iu the interior regions of the land tbe taste for and use of salt is very comical. To a European it is tbe unlikliest thing to see a child sitting with a lump of salt in its hand licking and sucking it as though it were a stick of candy. I have seen it often, however, although the poorest and low eat caste-i of tbe natives are too poor to use it very freely. When, amongst the poor classes, a man is to be designated of influence and quality, it is said of him 'he takes salt with his meals.' I have myself, when absolutely confined to a vegetable diet, Buffering with a longing for salt to a degree which cannot be de? scribed. Amongst the negro men the craving for Bait is bo great that they gave away all they had?wives, children and goods?to obtain it. At the time of the discovery of Am er ica the Northern Indians were almost wholly fishers and hunters, and they lived on the fruits of their skill. We know, also,' that the prairies of North America were rich in salt springs and deposits, and yet it is known that the Indians used no salt, The Mexicans were tillers of theeoil and lived upon the products, and they not only enjoyed the use of salt with their diet but understood the meth? od of its preparation, which fact was ' made known to Columbus by natives of Mexico whom he found upon the West Indian Islands. It is told of the natives upon certain of the Pacific Islands that they live wholly upon herbs and finita, and that they drink the Bait water of the ocean with evident relish and delight. Most of the peoples of the Australian and East Indian Islands live upon a mixed diet, and they take up with the fish drawn from- the sea the moderate quantities of salt which they need with their food, Prof. Bunge relates that he only knows of one people of the Trop? ical Islands that subsists almost exclu? sively upon the fruits of the field, and j that race is on the Island of Sumatra. Of that people, Bunge says, not only must tie thirst and craving be most in- I tenEe and the use of Bait with them a burning necessity, but they hold it al? most as a sacred thing and swear by it. A form of oath used in the administra? tion of justice amongst them rnns as Mows: "May my fruits and harvest fail, my beast die, and I never more eat salt, if I speak not the truth." Such instances as we have given with many more, have led a German profes sor to state the following as a law: "At all times and in all lands those people who have subsisted upon a purely animal diet have either known nothing of the nature of salt or they have known it merely to eschew and abhor, while the peoples who have lived upon vegetable foods have found salt to be an indispensa? ble article thereof." There appears, how- 1 ever,ooe other law which becomes equal- j ly fully established, and it is that the non use of salt and the inordinate use of it j are each co-incident with a low type of development and civilization. We have Been that the peoples who were ignorant ] of salt, or who despised it, were ncrmads and without any organized life. They were untamed hunters and lived upon the prey of the arrow and the spear. And the great salt eaters, what were they but the dreariest, most isolated mush? rooms of the earth 1 In the earliest and crudest period of their existence they were bidden and unknown in the last to be-discovered shades and corners of all lands. They fed upon such fruit* as nature placed unsolicited before them or they scratched the earth and knew and were nothing beyond. Upon the awakening from the parasitic condition of the livers on herbs and the taming down from the wilderness of the chase, with the gathering of the tribes and races in communities organized and stayed, the tillers or waiters upon the soil gave of their herbs and fruits with a measure of aalt to the sons of the "bow," and the l?tter presented meats in return. And with the further commingling of interest, habits, and tastes it oame to be that they were no longer distinctly and diametrically lovers and haters of Bait. And to day the extremes of taste and ne cessity in the matter of salt no longer exist. Some persons may have a greater relish for it than others, bnt none crave and die for it. Even to day, however, we can observe the remnant of distinctions which are well nigh passed away. In this country, and in all countries, it is seen that the rural communities, who who live in the midst of abundance of vegetables and fruits, are the greatest consumers of salt. In France, it is shown statistically that the peasantry, who sub? sists very largely upon the products of their gardens and small farms, consume almost exactly three times more salt per capita than the population of the towns. Common salt is a steady factor in all healthy, dietary conditions of life. It cannot be eschewed or over indulged, without a penalty for the abuse. If it is attempted to over ride nature, and use salt in excesB in the preservation of meats we know the tale of disease?of scrofula and uncleauness?which has to be told by the consumers of those meats. And scientific research is said to be unfolding the fact that the craving for salt, with the eating of herbs, is based upon an ab? solute, undeniable physiological need. As it has already been said, only few articles of diet better indicate the life, taste, and condition of peoples than the measure of their consumption of salt. A War Incident, It was at the terrible battle of Frank? lin, Tenn. During the latter part of the battle Gen. Hood walked backward and forth in front of his tent and looked at the cannon belching fonh and tearing his ranks from the fort in Locust Grove. Calling his aide to him, he said: "Go to General Cleburne and present my re? spects and say to him that I wish him to give me the fort in the Locust Grove." The aid went and returned and said: "I cannot find Gen. Cleburne. He is miss? ing and it is feared that he is killed." After a while Gen. Hood called his aide and said: "Go with my respects to Gen. Cheatham and say to him that I wish he would give me the fort in the I Locust Grove." The aide went and came back and said: "I cannot find Gen, Cheatham. He is missing and they fear he is dead." Still Gen. Hood looked at the cannons of the fort, belching forth and tearing gaps through the ranks of his men. He called his aide to him again and said, "Go to Gen. Cockerill and gave him my love, and Bay I wish he would give me the fort in the Locust Grove." The aide went and irode up to Gen. Cockerill, that brave Missourian, who is now in the United States Senate, and delivered his message. Gen. Cockerill wheeled and addressed his men. "Men of the First Missouri Regiment," said he, "rharge that fort with me." And the fort was charged and the Northern guns were spiked, and after the victory Gen. Cock? erill called his aide to him and said, "Go to Gen. Hood and give him my love, and tell him I give him the fort." Troubles of a Backward Lover. Sister Em came into the kitchen and exclaimed excitedly: "Ob, Matilda, Joe is going to ask pa for me, to-day." '?'Humph !" said I, for I never lose a chance to snub her, for she is always sneering at me for being an old maid. Now I am all practicability and rush and hurry, and moving from morning till night, my hands are big and red and rough ; I am stiff and long and angular; all tbe graces of my girlhood have been scrubbed, washed and ironed out of me. But Em's different. Sbe is one of the lolling, languishing kind. Sbe can sim per and giggle, and "Oh, don't Johnah," in a "Ob, do John-ah" tone of voice, and she has had beaux without number ever since she was born. After she had been deluged by lovers of all nationalities, she caught a real Yankee, not one of the sharp, driving, money-making kind, but a gentle, soft? headed, tender-hear;;ed fellow. He never failed to put off for to-morrow what ought to be done to-day. Weil, as I started out to say, Em had announced that Joe was going to ask for her, and I had "huinphed" in my most incredulous style; for daring the last five years Joe had had periodical spasms of conr8go. Full nineteen hundred times he had made up his mind to ask pa for Em, and then begged off. I could never under? stand why it was inch a bugbear, for pa would have been perfectly delighted to give her away, for she has been qnite a bill of expense to him. After a few days Em would prod him up again and drive him to the verge of distraction. Then he would brace up again and promise to do it, but it always ended in his postponing it iidefinitely. So I said "humph !" as aggravatingly as possible. That made her furious. "You act as if you thought he wouldn't ask pa." At that moment Joe unluckily came into tbe kitchen. "Em, hadn't you just as soon I'd wait until next Sunday ?" "No, I wouldn't," she crieo, angrily. "But, Em, by that tini" I might get a raise in my salary." Poor fellow, he was only earning fif? teen dollars a week, and it was the dream of his life to get a "raise." "Yes," Em answered bitterly, "a raise has been your excuse for tbe last four years; why don't you ask permission to pat it off until after tbe World's Fair?" He evidently did not notice the cut? ting sarcasm of her voice, for he said, ea gerly "Why, that's a good idea; suppose we wait until then, so yon can be at home to help your folks entertain your rela? tions ?" Em was in such a rage that sbe almost cried, but instead she fairly screamed,? "Joe, do ycu want to marry me ?" "Of course I do," he respoaded plac? idly, "or else I wouldn't come to see you." "Well, then, you must ask pa, for I am not going to get married without bis consent." "But I am going to ask him." "When ?" "Now, see here, Em, do be reasonable; he knows what I come here foir, and, of course, he is willing, or be wouldn't let me come." "When are you going to ask pa?" she repeated angrily. "Why?ab, I don't know?ah!" "Wc'J, now, I'll tell yoa one thing, Joseph, that if yoa don't ask him to day, I'll never, never marry you." "Ob, Em, don't be hard on me!" "Yon march np this minute, sir, and ask pa for me, or I'll never marry yon I" and she rushed oat of the room, flaag open the piano and began to play so vio? lently, that I thought every cord in the instrument would soap. Joe looked at me appealiogly. "What do you think I had better do ?" "Go upstairs and see pa," I replied. "Do you suppose she'll feel better in a few minutes?" he inquired anxiously. "No, she is in dead earnest, and if yoa want her? "I'll have to ask for her, I suppose," he answered, with a disconsolate sigh. I couldn't help feeling sorry for him, for he looked as dejected as if he were going to the stake. "It won't be very hard," I ventured to say. "Ob, it's a terrible thing to do." His lips grew white, the perspiration stood out on his forehead, and he was I shaking from head to foot with a nervous chill. So he went upstairs, aid was gone about five minutes, and they both came tearing out into the kitchen, where they j danced and embraced, and kissed each other like two mad creatures. She was so proud of him, and he was so glad he had tbe thing off his hands, that they nearly strangled each other. Then he had to tell her about forty times how he felt when he went up stairs, a :d what pn said, how mu looked, and what they thought, and how they acted, and all about it, until I was forced to come to tbe conclusion if this is the nineteenth century style of "asking pa" I am glad no one ever asked for me. Couldn't Tell a Lie. An exchange says that a few days ago a sewing machine agent received a call from a lady who desired to purchase a machine. Tbe agent gave her a price on a certain machine which suited her, but the price was about $5 too high, and sbe talked for an hour to get bim to come down that much. Finally be exacted a solemn promise from her never to tell it, and came down to her figure. The money was paid and tbe agent thought no more of it until a week later, when tine lady returned and banded bim a $5 bill with the sorrowiul remark: "Here is the other $5; I can't keep from telling that." Bucklens Arnica Salve The best salve in the world for Cats Bruises, 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. Price 25 cents per box. For eale by Hill Bros. All Sort8 of Paragraphs. ? It is right to be contented with what we have, but never with what we are. ? The New York legislature has passed a bill giving women the right to vote. ? 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