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BY CLLNKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 27, 1892._VOLUME XXVII.-NO. 4. VINEGARS ! We Jhave in Vinegars the very Best Qualities obtainable and at Reasonable Prices. -3k.pple Cider Vinegar?four years old. White Wine Vinegar?extra quality. Claret Vinegar?for table use. West .India Spiced Vinegar?our specialty. Oar Spiced Vinegar is made from Pure Grape Wine "Vinegar, boiled down with ""West India Spices. The combination of imported Spices for the production of this JFine'Vinegar has been skillfully made, after many years of experiment. The result is an absolutely perfect Spice Vinegar, retaining the delicious flavor and delightful fra .grance of West India Spice. It is the only Vinegar you can hoat, warm or boil that will throw off the same fragrance and flavor as when cold. Especially desirable for Meats and Vegetables. When used to make Spiced Beef or Spiced Onions it will satis? fy the most fastidious taste. TAYLOR & CRAYTON, 49 Granite Row. ? TO CLOSE ? SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS In order to clear out all kinds of Goods to make room for a new Fall Stock. WE have decided to make the people of Anderson an offer to secure good, first-class Goods AT AND BELOW COST. WE MEAN JUST WHAT WE SAY-all Summer Goods to go regardless of what they are worth. Embroideries, Laces, Lawns, Muslins, Bedford Cords, Challies, And, in fact, a nice clean Stock of Spring Goods. A big lot of REMNANTS, all kinds ot Goods, to clos4. Now is your time to get the Childrens' Winter Clothes ?cheap. Come and see me. W. A. CHAPMAN, Agent, Next to Masonic Temple. LITERALLY WASHED WITH BLOOD. Police do their Duty without respect to Persons. The Wall Still Covered with Bloody Gore. FhE fight was on South Main Street at the Bazaar and Ten Cent Stores of C. S. Minor & Co. It was an attack of the combined forces of seven other merchants on the famous C. S. Minor. They fought in defence of their prices, which they claimed had been crashed out of all respectability by the said C. S. Minor, and ihey fought with desperation to restore the former prices, but down they go in the dead of the fight, and their blood on our Store-front only is left to tell a pitiful lale of woe. Stranger than Strange. One man claimed that we had reduced the price of Pants to 25c. and 50c. per pair?less than coat to make. We don't care. Another claimed that we sell the best quality Mason Fruit Jar at less than he can buy the second quality. We don't care for that, either. Another aaid our 10c. Hosiery was the same that he had to Bell at 15c, or two pair for 25c, and that we sold his 15c Suspenders at 10c, and his 25c Suspenders at 15c. Well, what of that ? Another man believes that we are selling his 40c Cups and Saucers for 30c, and his 35c Plates at 25c. Why should we care ? .A certain millinery mau thinks we have knocked him out of more than a hundred sales. We don't have to pay a milliner, and he don't believe we pay for onr goods. What concern is that of his ? Another man claims that we sell Tobacco at a starvation price. Has he any right to object ? These are Borne of the complaints made against us. We ask you whose busi? ness is it, if not that of oar customers and ourselves ? Can't we make such figures as we nee fit withont being hounded down and forced to fight for our lives ? We'll fight to the death?we'll put their blood on our walls and their scalps on our doors, ?od their customers in possession of undoubted bargains. Say, would you wash that blood off the wall, or would you let it stay as a warning ? Yours for Spot Cash, C. Sc MINOR, THE BAZAAR and the 10c. STORE. CAM ILLS, EVAPORATORS Ai COTTON GINS! WE are agents for the Celebrated Kentucky Cane Mills and Hall Self Feeding Cotton Gins. It will pay any person to call and see our Ma? chinery and get our prices before buying, as we feel assured we can save you money, and can sell you on easy terms. We can bottom and repair old Evaporators, making them as good as new at a small cost. We also manufacture Smoke Stacks, Spark Arresters and Suction Pipes, which every Glnner should nave, as it saves time, labor and expense. ?ar Stock of Stoves, Tinware, Crockery and House Furnishing Goods is complete. We have a large supply MASON FRUIT JARS and TIN CANS which are going cbe?p. Tt will pay you to buy as soon as possible, as Fruit Jars are going to be Bcarce and Irgher latter part of season. Call and see our Cherry Seeders, Apple and Peach Pealers?something that every household should have. It saves much time and labor, and are so very cheap. When you come to Town be sure to call and see us. We will make it to your in? terest to buy your Goods from us. We still buy RAGS, HIDES and BEESWAX. All kinds ROOFING and GUTTERING done on short notice, and in a thorough workmanlike manner. Yours very truly, PEOPLES & BURRISS. SEASON OF 1892. Womens,' Misses' and Childrens' Fine O^ZtrOIE^ID TIES! Duchess, Langtry, Brighton, Elite, Souvenir, Theo, Adonis, Everett and Southern Ties. Juliet, Strap, 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. TljAGHE^'GoLUMN, -^fc All communications intended fo thisOolumn Bhonld be addressed to C WARDLAW, School Commissioner, An? derson, S. 0. memory gems. "None can love freedom heartily but good men ; the rest love not freedom but license."_ We are out on our round:, and yon may expect us at any time. The State Teachers' Association was a genuine success. We will tell you more of it next week. We publish below an article from the pen of Mr. M. N. Mitchell. Having had a conversation with him and learned his ideas on the subject, we asked him to write them up for one of our papers. This he did and published it in the Peo? ple's Advocate. We republish, hoping that it may be read more extensively. HOW HAY COUNTRY SCHOOLS BE MADE BETTER. Mr. Editor : There is a feeling wide? ly prevalent that our country schools, as as a rule, are not what they ought to be, and the question is often asked: How may they he made better ? It is the object of this article, in a measure, to answer this question, and as the time is so near at hand when teach? ers must be employed and arrangements made for opening the schools for another year, we hope every individual who is interested in the country schools will give the matter his careful consideration. If we expect to hold oar proper place in the grand procession of the world's pro? gress we mast have better common schools. In discussing this subject we will notice: 1. The manner of employing teachers, and will say that it is radically wrong. A community feels the need of a school, and after some little effort, probably finds a teacher who promises her services on condition that the school is sufficient? ly large to pay her. To ascertain this she is requested to write oat her articles, in which she agrees for n definite num? ber of months to teach at a certain rate per scholar. The reqnisite number of scholars are subscribed, a :d the patrons congratulate themselves that almost without any effort on their part they are going to have a good school, thinking that about all that is necessary for them to do is to send along the scholars at the time which will best suit their csnven ience. But the school does not at all prove a success. At one time it is ex? ceedingly small and weafc and lifeless and listless; at another time is overflow ingly full and a Babel of confusion ; and so irregular is the attendance that in jus? tice to the pupils hardly any two can be retained in the same claeu. To expect satisfactory results under such conditions would be a most unreasonable presump? tion. This state of thing arises from the fact that patrons think thai; just so they fill out the time they subscribe it makes no difference how they do it. Let us illustrate: A subscribes two scholars to a school for a term of eight months. The school opens in November or December. About the first of the following May the school vacates and is resumed in July. Previous to vacation the school has been in session about five and one half months, and during all this time A has not sent to school a day, h,s only excuse being that he has had bo much for his children to do that he cculd not send them to school. To make up for this lost time he sends half a dozen children the remaining two and one half months, and this about makes out his time. When he has done this he flatters him self he has done his duty to his children, his teacher, and lib community. With such plans and such notions no wonder country schools are often a failure. From what we have said above, which must be admitted as true by those who are at all acquainted with the working of country schools, we must come to the conclusion that there ought to be somo other plan: of employing teachers. The one that com? mends itself is the salary plan. It seems to us to be one that is both sensible and just. The teacher's services are worth so much a month, and she should receive what her services are worth as well as the laborer on the farm or the clerk in the store; and if she does not receive plenty of material to work on it is not her fault. But if this plan were adopted we do not believe she would lack for material. If, for instance, a community were able to afford a school of forty pupils, and it were to cost as much to have only twenty pupils in a school as the forty we believe the forty would he there, since it would be evident to every one that the larger the school the cheaper the tuition would be. That this is not mere theory but facts, we might mention several schools in our County that have adopted this plan of employing teachers, and in every instance, as far as we have been able to ascertain, has proved a grand success. 2. We cannot reasonably expect satis? factory results in our country schools it makes no difference how faithful, untir? ing and efficient the teacher may be, or however regular the attendance of the pupils, unless we have good scool houses, and rightly arranged as to light and ven? tilation, proper accommoda .ion for seat? ing pupils, etc. Some country school houses are extremely open and cold in winter, and withal badly lighted from the fact that the windows are too few and too small, while in the summer they are bo oppressively hot that it is next to impos? sible to stay in them. Moreover there is not a shade or screen to intercept the blinding and dazzling rays of the sun as they come streaming through the win? dows, and shine with full force and glare right into the eyes of the pupils. Then instead of comfortable desks with con? venient seats attached, there are a few long benches, without backs, it may be, some too high and some too low, con? structed with a view, it would Beem, to insure aching legs, a permanent curva? ture of the spine, stooped shoulders and contracted chests. As to books, slates, pencils, paper and pens it Heeras never to have occurred to the patron3 of country schools that there mast be a place for such things. The best thing that can be done under such circumstances is to drive a number of. nails and hooks around the walls of the house to hang satchels upon; and to get their books and Blates from them pupils must be con' tinally running across the floor to the great annoyance of the teacher and the distraction of the other pupile. 3. A great many parents seem to think that the teacher ought to do good work without their co-operation, further than sending their children to school and fur nishiog them with such books and sta? tionery as may be necessary. They do not trouble their minds to learn anything about the progress of their children, or even to give them a word of encourage* ment. As to visiting the school they act as if they thought it would be unpardon? able sin to do such a thing. Again, there are other parents who severely criticise the teacher's methods before their children if those methods are not in accord with their preconceived notion of what school methods should be. It is needless to add that much effort of the teacher in instructing the children of such parents will be loat. We will close this article by recapitulating : 1. Employ a real'live, energetic, pro? gressive teacher. 2. Build a good school house and fur? nish it with proper furniture and appa? ratus. 3. Give the teacher your heartiest sym? pathy, encouragement and co-operation. Use your authority to help enforce that of the teacher. Take the pains to let the teacher know that in all her work you appreciate her efforts. M. N. Mitchell. Concerning Dynamite. Very few people have a correct idea of what dynamite is, of what it is made, and the uses to which it is put. To the French belongs the honor of its discov? ery and its practical use. Nitro glycerine is the force of all high explosives. Dynamite is the' name most usually given to thesa explosives, though other names are bo me times used. Dynamite is simply nitro-glycerine mixed with various ingredients. Nitro* glycerine is made by mixing sulphuric and nitric acid with sweet glycerine, the same that is used by the ladies to prevent chapped hands. Mixing the acids and glycerine is where the great danger lies in the making of nitro glycerine. The mixing tank, or agitator, as it is called by dynamite makers, is a large steel tank, filled inside with many coils of lead pipe, through which, while the mixing is in progress, a constant flow of ice wa? ter is maintained. This flow of ice water is used to keep the temperature of the mix below 85?, as above that point it would explode, and a hole in the ground would mark where the factory had been. The nitro glycerine is stored in large earthenware tanks, which are usually sunk in the ground to guard against blows or severe concession. The other ingredients for making dynamite are: Nitrate of soda, which is found only in Chili, carbonate of magne? sia and wood pulp. Dynamite is put In paper shells usu? ally H inches in diameter and 8 inches in length, and weighs about one-half pound to each shell or cartridge. It has largely taken the place of black powder for blasting, as it is many hundreds of times stronger, and consequently more economical. It is used chiefly in mining all kinds of ores, coal and rock, and sub? marine. Without its aid many railroads, especially those crossing the Rocky Mountains, could not have been con? structed ,* without it, Hell Qate in New York harbor could not havo been de? stroyed, and without it the miner, at prices now paid for mining ores, could not earn his bread. Dynamite will not explode from any ordinary fall or jar; it will burn without explosion, and freezes at 42?, 10? above ordinary freezing point. The bomb of Anarchist is made of metal or glass and filled with pure nitro glycerine arranged so as to explode by severe contact with any hard object. These bombs are, of course, never made by a reputable dyna? mite factory. Five or six millions of dollars are in? vested in the manufacture of dynamite in United States, and its use is constantly on the increase. The fucies of nitro? glycerine produce intense headaches, which can be cured by taking a very small uose of it internally.?Detroit Free Press. ? There's a good deal of guarantee business in the store keeping of to day. It's too excessive. Or too reluctant. Half the time it means nothing. Words?only words. This offer to refund the money, or pay a reward, is made under the hope that you won't want your money back, and that you won't claim the reward. Of course. So, whoever is honest in making it, and works?not on his own reputation alone, but through the local dealer, whom you know, he must have something he has faith in back of the guarantee. The bus? iness would not stand a year without it. What is lacking is confidence. Back of that, what is lacking is that clear hon* esty which is above the "average prac? tice." Dr. Pierce's medicines are guaranteed to accomplish what they are intended to do, and their makers give the money back if the result isn't apparent. Doesn't it strike you that a medicine which the makers have so much confi? dence in, is the medicine for you. ? To be able to remerrW nameB ap? pears to be a valuable a <mplishment outside of politics. A m.u in a great wholesale establishment in Chicago is paid $7,000 a year just for remembering names. His business is to speak to every one who cornea in by name and to intro? duce the customer to the clerk of the de? partment sought, If he does not intro? duce the person to the clerk by name the clerk is expected to fiud out the name and communicate it quietly to the gen? tleman near the door, who bids him or her goodby by name. This always flatters the people, and they come back again, NORTH GEORGIA. A Carolinian's Description of How The People Celebrate the "Glorious Fourth" up There. Messrs. Editors. Notwithstanding the rain in the early part of the day, and the general mud all around, the .Fourth of July was perhaps the greatest day ever witnessed in Tryon. The day opened up with a showery appearance, bnt by 10 o'clock the clouds cleared away to some extent and the rain ceased and the people began to come in from every direction and in every conceivable mode of travel until the town was full to overflowing, and by 11 o'clock there were some three or four thousand people in town and assembled at the "grand stand" to listen to the speaking, which was the first part of the programme. The sub? jects discussed on the stand were "The Improved Order of Red Men," "Ancient Freemasonry," "Odd Fellows," and so on. I could not hear mnch of the speak? ing, but kept busy going around gather? ing all I could from the so-called re? nowned Georgia cracker, some of which was quits amusing. I saw a young man with his best girl sitting off to one side on a log; he was showing her his picture that he had had taken. She was looking quite pleased at it, and I heard her say as I passed by, "Now, Jeems, I knows in reason you has had this here likeness drawed for me; now haint ye ? Say yes, and I'll take it straight to mam and show her how good ye looks," but I couldn't tell -hether Jim consented or not, but I think he did. Another in? stance was very amusing. That was a regular mountain backwoods cracker who came in on an ox wagon, bringing his "old 'oman aud two grown daugh? ters with him. They met up with an old acquaintance whom they had probably not seen in some time. The old man said: "Nancy, do you know who this is ?" "Why no, John," aaid she, "who is it?" "Why hits Bill Price," said he. "Well, well 1" said she, "is that you Bill. I wouldn't to have knowed ye from a Bide of sole leather. Well, how is Martha and the children, and is ye got any manefact terbacker er long with ye ?" "Yes," says he, and he out with half a plug, remarking as he handed it to her, that "thar was some as good as she ever stuck a tooth in." The old lady took a chew and banded it to the old man and he bit off a chew. Then the girls had to have a "chaw," too, and they all praised Bill's terbacker consid? erably as tbey ruminated on it and spit out the "ham gravy," as old uncle Joe Scott used to say. There is no use of trying to keep a genuine Georgia Cracker from enjoying himself when he has set his head on a day's enjoyment, for he is going to have it, aad 1 reckon it's alright, for we all need a little recreation and amusement occasionally. There was but very little whiskey drinking, and the very best of order throughout the day. There was not the least friction or disturbance of any kind to mar the enjoyment which they all Beemed bent on having and did have. I love to see a big crowd of people get together and have a full day's enjoyment ?it looks neighborly, and is a sign that the world is growing better morally. The chief attraction of the day, as an nouuced in the various county papers around here, was to be a balloon ascen? sion by that greatest of Southern aero? nauts, Prof. W. T. Rozell, of Piedmont, S. C. It looked as if we would be disap? pointed in the balloon ascension in the early part of the day, but as before stated it faired up by noon, so that by 3 o'clock the Professor had everything in good shape, and after bidding his friends fare* well your humble correspondent hooked his Parachute on to the balloon and turned it loose and it shot up through the air like a bird turned loose, until it reached a height variously estimated at from one to two thousand feet. As he ascended he made some of the most skillful as well as daring performances on the trapeze ever witnessed by hu? man eye. In this he is certainly an ex? pert. So far as your correspondent is informed, Prof. Rozell Btands at the head of American cerouauts and general trap? eze performances in mid-air. The bal? loon ascension was one of the most suc? cessful ever witnessed, and gave entire satisfaction to all of the thousands of spectators present. The Prof, did not go as high as he wished to go, and wanted to make it again, but the crowd was sat? isfied and would not listen to him mak? ing another ascension, so they repaired to the speaker's stand again to hear a lecture or speech on the "Eastern Star," and passed off the balance of the day in various amusements, such as base ball games, paralyzing the coon, etc., etc., and some say they tipped the light fan? tastic toe later on in the day, but I didn't see it, but I did see a young coun? try fellow on the platform at the speak? er's stand in the forenoon, while the band was playing, trying to cut the "Georgia buck," as the boys call it. He Beemed to feel jolly all over, for I think he had been sucking around some of the blind tigers from his actions, and was having a fine time all to himself. So much for this old-fashioned "fourth of July" celebration, for that is what it was. It reminded me of a big barbecue I was at when I was a boy, at Craytor. ville, and I tbink on the fourth of July, 1856, when the Hon. Jas. L. Orr was run? ning for Congress in our District and was elected, but it looks like those good old time have vanished in our State since the' present administration came in power, for they don't teach anything but strife and discord, and so on of all the vocabulary in that line, until it gives out and then they try to manufacture more words to increase the bitterness already engendered, all to try to hold the ill gotten power now in their possession, but relying on the good judgment, the moral qualities and the general determination of (I believe) a majority of the good peo? ple of the old Palmetto State we will pull the old ship of State once more to a safe and happy landing, with those true and :ied veterans in the cause of liberty? of peace and of good and conservative government, the Hon's. John C. Shep pard and Jas. L. Orr. No better selec? tion for our standard bearers could have been made in the State than these true I and tried sons of liberty, and if we will I all do our duty they are bound to lead ub to victory. That ia your humble aer i vant'a opinion, and will be until the con* trary ia demonstrated by the ballot. Sons of liberty! men of old Carolina! stop and reflect for a moment and you will surely see the ruin to which our beloved old State is faiit going. Then, fellow* citizens, let us go to the rescue with the safe leaders we have, and wo surely can win. We are having fine raina here and the corn crop is juet splendid, but cotton is not so good. Wheat and oats were fine, but like we are in Carolina, they don't plant enough of the cereals. Hurrah! for Cleveland and Stevenson and Sheppard and Orr, and?and Nele, Green I W. F. L. Tryon Factory, Ga., July 5lh, 1892. The Last Shot Fired in Anderson Coonty. Much has been printed recently in the papers on this subject, and tbe affair at Columbus, Ga., about the 16th of April, 1865, is supposed by some to be the last known hostile shot fired east of tbe Mis* sissippi. All other shots after that time are considered as coming from bush whackers. The Columbus skirmish was the last so far as Georgia is concerned, but not elsewhere. In a recent issue of your paper, you announced the arrival of Mr. John B. Lewis, of Anderson, S. C, in Dahlonega, I on his way to Porter Springs. Mr. Lewis was born in Dahlonega. His coming here brings to mind an incident of the war, which occurred on the first day of May, 1865, which I witnessed, and in which Mr. Lewis, then a young lad, par? ticipated, After tbe surrender I returned to my home, at that time in Greenville, S. C. ' The Federals did not occupy the place until about tbe last days of April, 1865. An armistice of two weeks took place af? ter tbe surrender, duringgwhich time a large force of Federal cavalry was sta? tioned at Asheville, N. C. The town of Greenville was without any sufficient government, military or civil. The color? ed people were growing restless, and there were tbreatenings of violence. In fact, one or more large warehouses had been already plundered. It was thought best to organize a military company to keep order until tbe Federals arrived. Capt. A. D. Hoke, of tbe Butler Guards, siuce deceased, was made Captain, and Dr. John A. Broadus and the writer were Lieutenants. There being no military officer in charge of Confederate property, it was thought best for the writer, being a member of tbe South Carolina Legisla? ture at the time, to open the State armory and arm the citizens, which he did hur? riedly, with Morse breech loading guns, distributing at tbe same time all the am? munition tc be found in the armory. One hundred guns were then distributed. This company took charge of tbe place until the Federal soldiers arriv? ed. On tbe day the; were to march in, the company thus, improvised, marched out five miles on the Asheville road to meet and escort them into town. While resting at a branch near the Stone house, we heard the firing of guns in and about tbe premises of Captain William Choice, about a quarter of a mile up tbe road. A negro Boon arrived and informed us that Mr. Joe Choice, who wsb well known in former years about Dahlonega, had been killed by the Yankees, while attempting to keep them from carrying off his horse which he had brought with him from the war. Hi? nephew, Wm. Choice, whose tragic life in Georgia is well remembered, was standing with me at the moment. The news produced some excitement in' our ranks. Dr. Broadus turned and re? marked to me that he thought it best for me to return to town and escape arrest for a few days, inasmuch as I had taken the responsibility of moving tbe arms from the armory, and being a member of tbe Legislature, I would likely be sent co prison, as had been the case with a num? ber of North Carolina members. Following the doctor's advice I return? ed to town, and in company with the late Gen. W. K. Easley, a member from Pickens, and one or two other persons we passed over into Pickens, and for two days kept close to the Saluda River. The Citadel and Arsenal Cadets, com? manded by Colonel Thomas, had never disbanded. They had been defending some fortifications above Greenville, and on the approach of tbe Federal cavalry, had retreated to Greenville, intending to return in a body to their respective schools, and resume their studies. From Greenville they undertook the march to Anderson, a distance of thirty miles. Young John B. Lewis, as well as a broth? er of Professor Gaillard, of Dahlonega, was in the command. On the first of May, my little party of civilians were close to the Cadets, when they reached a farm house, believed now to be Mr. FraBer's. At the well, in front of the house, inside the fence, the boys bivouaced, stacked arms, laid themselves down and were sleeping. My party were close by in a pine thicket, but in sight of the Cadets. Things were in this Bitnation when a body of cavalry, fifty or more in number, came by down the road from the I direction of Pickensville. They were ev | idently in quest of horses, and were led on by a renegade citizen of that section. The noise of horses' hoofs and clanking of swords, sabres, and carbines, awak? ened the cadets, who immediately rose with their rifles in their hands, and began firing through the rail fence, somewhat at random. Several fired their guns in the air. One cavalryman fell out of the saddle, when the remainder turned and fled up the road in the direction they came. The wounded man was carried to tbe hospital at Greenville, where he was confined several months, but finally got well. He was, I believe, from Michigan, and returned on several occasions after? wards to Greenville. The cadets disbanded that day and re? turned to their homes, instead of going to Columbia and Charleston. Up to that time they had never surrendered or dis? banded. I believe, that to be the last hostile shot fired at Yankee soldiers from an organiz? ed body of Southern men or bovs east of the Mississippi. Many of these lads had been under fire at tbe hard fought fight at Sugar Hill, on the coast of South Car Una, W. P. PBlCE. A Ylslt to Sonth Carolina; Editors Anderson Intelligencer ?There is a charm that is almst inex? pressible about one's native State, city or town. It has been my privilege recently to visit my native State?royal little South Carolina, of which I am proud; and as I was nearing its borders, which I had not crossed for several years, that feeling came over me that is entirely inexpressi? ble. To see the hills and mountains, the valleys, with their beautiful grain, was to bring back childhood and girlhood'h dreams, (which I will say are a decided pleasure to her, though not realized.) It taking the train from Atlanta (the Air Line,) we noticed changes had taken places, the conductors were new faces, and altogether it did cot seem as it used to. Bui, I remember that it was a won? der to me that people in search of pleas? ure and beautiful scenery did not, in? stead of going across the ocean, visit our own beautiful mountain country?the beautiful springs of Gainesville, Ga., and as we go farther South the falls of Tallu lab, which are simply grand in their na? tural beauty. In gazing at such beauty one is reminded that we live in a world that is ff.r more beautiful than we deserve. Just look at the picture: A deep ravine, hundreds of feet high, shaded on either side with oaks not surpassed in any other clime; and flowers, ferns and rocks that are hung with moss, just at the bead of which is the falls, whose clear water and misty vapor will make you stand as though you are in a dream, that is too lovely to be real. A few more miles far? ther is Mount Airy, where in the summer a blanket is deemed light covering, and all is made delightful to those that wan? der that way. We stopped at Sen? eca, a lovely little town in South Caroli? na., and found the place looking quite na? tural?the people just as polite and cor? dial as they used to be. From there we took the train to Pendleton, one of the oldest and most picturesque towns in the upper part of the State, many houses built many years since for summer resi? dences still stand, which, with the lovely lawns dotted here and there with flowers and shade, suggests comfort to the resi? dent. The park, with its water oaks which spread their branches as no other tree dare try, is a retreat for the children and young people in the afternoons. Ev? erything speaks comfort. Four miles from this place is my father's beautiful home, "Mountain View," which is certainly the right name. The view is, when it is clear, perfectly grand. For miles you look over a vast valley, and then a ridge of moun? tains, just beyond that another, and back of tbat still another, all of which speak of God's wonderful works, each towering in their natural grandeur and beanty, and which creates almost a feeling of awe, a living fear for the Creator of Euch sublim? ity. Our stay at this home of comfort, where loving parents see that every want is gratified, seemed of such a short dura? tion. I will say that my visit to them will be looked back to as one of the sweetest spots in my life. The Saturday and Sunday service that I attended in the country Church was one that also will be remembered, especially in the afternoon when the service was held in a barn. The men had fixed seats, unpolished and without backs, and a common square ta? ble for a desk, with a pitcher of water, a glass and a Bible on it. The floor was swept clean, and in one corner was grain of some kind, covered with quilts. They had a splendid service, entered into.with the Spirit to aid them. Almost every man in the house lifted his voice in prayer, and when the singing was commenced anyone hearing it would have said, "they are in earnest." We tbat have our fine 'Churches and only a few blocks to go, instead of five miles, are not thankful enough. That service in the barn was of great benefit to me. To see people so eager to hear the Word that they will fix such a place and ask for the word to be preach? ed ! How many of us are thirsting for the Word ? In visiting Anderson, the city of my schooldays, I found many changes. It has grown so beautiful, with its lovely shade of water oaks, and ivy overhanging the fences which enclose the beautiful mod? ern residences, or the old homes, which almost make us think we are young again. I was entertained royally by my sisters and brothers that I had not seen for four years, and whose children have grown entirely out of my knowledge. Time has wrought changes in these children of theirs, and the guardian angel has carried the prayers of their loving parents to a Father's home from where beauty and grace can only come. I did not spend only a short time at each place, but will say that to me every anticipation was realized. Another short stay at Pickens, C. H., was enjoyed equally as well. The beauty of this place consists in the mountainous scene? ry, which is simply grand. Then to Ox? ford, Ala., which is situated in a lovely valley, and is a just "too picturesque for anything." Its * jes, willows and water oaks, with the hills on either side, should be seen by all who start out for pleasure, We were sorry to leave such beauty and loving relations, but did; and returned to Atlanta, and were met at the train by my former pastor and his wife, who were equal to all that I had met before in their entertainments. I am back in my adopted State, and it seems almost a dream tbat such a pleas? ure has been mine?to visit those that to me were so kind. May you all prosper in your little State, and if you do not, come to "Texas Great." J. E. G. Dallas, Texas. Bncklens Arnica Salve The best salve in the world for Cuts Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe? ver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chil? blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures 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._ ? The largest rai3in producer in the United States live in Yolo County, Cal., who has 1,200 acres in bearing. The largest raisin vineyard in one field, ja 060 acres in Talare County, Cal. BILL ART'S TALK. He Disputes an old Saying. Atlanta Constitution. The wise man said that "a living dog is better than a dead lion," and he ex? plains by saying that "the living know they must die, but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward and the memory of them is for? gotten." That may be true in the abstract, but still I would rather be a dead lion than the average dog. Dead lions are scarce, but living dogs are numerous. Dead lions were once alive and if we compare them with human they were a power in the land and the memory of them is not forgotten. Obituaries, epitaphs and eulogies upon the dead are to the average reader un? welcome literature. Biography will do pretty well, hut an obituary comes so close on to the funeral that it smacks of death, and death is never a welcome sub? ject. We havent got time to consider death. We will see the old fellow later. But when great men or good men pass away it as well for us to stop a little while a nd contemplate their lives. We don't know what comfort it will give them in the spirit world?whether any or none?or whether they hear us or not or can read our thoughts but there is enough in nature and revelation for us to believe that the spirits of the dead are very near us and are intensely concerned in everything that we do. But whether we believe this or not, it is good for the living to contemplate the life work of good'meu and good women who have gone before. Whether they be few or many, they are saviors of all the rest? the hostages who secure peace and good government and give protection to life, liberty and property. A cynical, skepti? cal man may sneer at religion and the church but he wouldent dare to live in a community if every member of the church were to move out of it. A few men would have saved Sodom and it ii the few that save every town and city. Leaving out of the question the grace of God, there is the reverence which the bad havo for the good, that is like a bal? ance wheel and establishes law and or? der. The example and influence of one good strong man in a community is more potent than that of fifty wicked ones. This is the natural tribute of evil to good. Even the devil has respect for virtue in all its forms. Tiuth and jus? tice, chastity and temperance stand alone, but vice has to have many props and even then it is always falling. "Murder will out." "One lie calls for another." Good men are scarce. You can count them easily in every community. I mean the men of principle, the men you can trust in all emergencies, the men of truth, whose word is as good as their bond, the men who stand firm in war and in peace, in fire and in flood, in fa? mine and pestilence, in poverty and riches, always the same and always true. How many such are in Carters ville, how many in Borne, how many in Atlanta? . Suppose there was a sign of fire and brimstone unless we found fifty in our town, and old Father Abraham began to look around, who would he take ? Sup? pose he wanted 100 at Borne, could he get tbem? Could he get 500 in Atlan? ta, if he. were to ransack every church and then run his seine through the opera house, while the high kicking is going on ? It's men he demands, not women ; women would save us, but good men, pure men are scarce. They are scarce, but they are precious. They make but little noiee, but they are seen and known by the old and the young, and their in? fluence prevades the community. When such a man dies he is missed. There is a loss?a loss of citizenship, and the dev? il is happy and will fill the place if he can. I was thinking about the death of just such a man, my friend and kinsman in Borne. In all the relations of life Hen? ry Norton was a success, a model. It was a good thing that he was born and lived fifty years to illustrate our best humanity. He was no saint?he vtas a boy, and then a man, then a soldier, and then a husband, and a father, and a cit? izen, and. all his mature age a gentle? man and a Christian. How easily he moved along the line?the line of duty. It seemed to be no trouble for him to do right, for he had no policy; he had a mortal principle to govern him and it gave him no strain. It bave him pleas? ure and made him cheerful and sociable and kind. He was welcome everywhere. What a beautiful commentary on his life to see his aged father almoat smil? ing through his tears and bear him say, "Henry was a good boy. He was always a good boy. He never gave me or hit mother any trouble or anxiety. I never thought he would beat me there, but he has?a little?just a little. I'll see him again in a few days." What a record for a son I "He never gave me or his mother any trouble." I wish that it was mine. I wish that it was every boy's. How it would disperse the dark -hadows that hover and brood over the parent's hearts?hover and brood until they would break if they could. One day an old, careworn father stood at the door of his shop and said to a friend: "Go home and kill your boy ; kill bim while he is young." "What for?" said the friend. "To keep him from that," said he, and he pointed to his own son, who lay drunk upon the counter in the back room. Borne will miss Henry Norton; the church will miss him, but who can measure the grief of the wife and the children?the wife a widow and the children fatherless. But they should nevertheless feel grateful that he lived so 'ong and lived so well and loft no stain or blemish upon his character. And it is good for us to stop and con? template another life?one not more true and beautiful but grander in its work and far reaching in its results. Cyrus W. Field lived a noble life. He reached the goal of his great ambition? an ambition that was honorable, un? selfish and for the gocd of mankind. It took a great mind to conceive of such a project as laying a cable in tbe unfath? omable depths of the ocean and it took a hero to accomplish it. After the first failure, when all faith was weakened and all friends ready to desert him, it is rea? sonable to suppose that had Mr. Field died right then there would not have been another attempt made for years? I perbaps not at all. Providence seems to raise up men for great works when the world needs them and Cyrus Field was but his chosen instrument to bring nations nearer together. Now that he is a dead lion I have great reverence for his memory. When I heard of his sad affliction on the conduct of an erring sou I wanted to he near him and offer comfort or sympathy. Re had it from thousands of hearts all over this broad land, and it would have done him good to know it.. I thought it would. How vain are all things here below when Providence lays his hand upon our do? mestic happiness, when the peace of home is broken, when the husband or wife or the child goes astray and brings a shadow over declining years. Mr. Field died o' a broken heart. His years were shortened by grief. His father lived to be eighty -seven and his * brother David Dudley, the profoundest lawyer of the age, is now eighty-seven and Stephen J. of the Supreme Court is seventy-six. Dr. Henry M., the genial and gentle editor of the Evangel itt, is seventy-three and their eyes are not dimmed nor their natural force abated. Yet it must have beengrief that cut short the old man's days, for they were all a loving family and all their utterances and emotions have been for peace and good will among men. Verily they will have their reward and the memory of them will not bo forgot? ten. Bill Abp. All Sorts of Paragraphs, ? A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned heavenward. ? Poo?r persons are supplied with spectacles, free cf charge, by a Boston society. ? It is calculated that since the begin? ning of time the world has had sixty-six . quadrillions of inhabitants. ? One of tbe attractions of the forth? coming Chicago exhibition is to be a py? ramid of 400 pianos connected by elec? tricity and manipulated by one woman. ? "Papa," asked Johnny Squilding, "what is meant by bolting a candidate ?" "Well, Johnny, when people can't swal? low a candidate they bolt him. That's all." ? Of the 200,000 women working at 100 different trades in New York City, 27,000 support their husbands. No doubt the same ratio exists in other large cities. ? "Tommy," said an anxious mother to her boy, "your uncle will be here to dinner to day, and you must have your face washed.', "Yes, ma, bit s'posen he don't come. What then ?" ? Statistics show that mere money is spent in the United States for eggs J&an for flour. Farmers want to look after their poultry and improve it by getting the best stock. ? Little Bob?I know what makes Mr. Nicefellow's mustache so jtiff. It's muci- 1 l?ge. Mamma?Nonsense. Little Bob? i Yes, it is. He kissed sister in the hall . and they could hardly get unstuck. ? A pin which an aged Missouri wo- \ man swallowed forty-five years ago was lately removed from one of her legs. It j had a brass head originally, which it had lost in its anatomical travels. -A Church in the town of Berlin, Norway, is built entirely of paper. It j can seat 1,000 people in comfort, and has been rendered water-proof by a solution of quicklime, curdled milk and white of eggs. ? During a severe storm in Bichmond, Ya., on the 19th inst., lightning streck a house on Nicholson street, just outside of the corporate limits, killing a man nam? ed Dale Emerson, his wife and three children. -* Dr. Hutchinson recommends for the j treatment of bleeding at the nose the plunging of the feet and hands cf the patient in water as hot as can be borne. He says that the most rebellious cases bave never resisted this mode of treat- I ment. ? "Of course it hurts, Josiah," said Mrs. Chugwater, as she applied the lini? ment and rubbed it in vigorously. "Bheumatis always hurts. You must grin 1 and bear it. "I'm willing to bear it, Sa mantha," groaned Mr. Chugwater, "but darn me if I'm going to grin." ? A sorry condition: "Times is gittin' | harder an' harder on the deservin' poor," he said, when the barkeeper invi? ted him not to interest himself in the crackers and cheese. "No free silver, no ' free trade, no free lunch and no no thin.'" ? A beer saloon on wheels is the latest story from Portland, Maine. A back stands by the curb, as if waiting for a j passenger. A man gets in, and the hack starts on a trip around the block. The occupant lifts the front seat, finds a hot tie and a glass, takes a drink, ^ts the money in the box and closes tht trap. When the vehicle gets back at the start? ing point the man gets out, and the back waits for another customer. i ? Missouri boasts of a man who car- I ries iu hia tror j' pocket a buckeye plucked from ree 13 years old, on a Friday night wh^n he 3aw the moon over his shoulder. In another pocket he had a luck stone taken from a cross-eyed perch's head while the tide Was out, while about his neck he wears the left hind foot of a rabbit killed in a graveyard in the dark of the moon. ? Mr. Johnson?They tell me, parson, you are intending to go away for a few wee-a this summer ? Parson Limberlip? ?at's ercordin' ter de presen' prognance, yas, sir! I gwine hab de fust furlow dat1 I done 'j'y in de las' lebben year. You don't tell me! Then you must feel, in? deed, as if your brain needed rest. Not 'zactly, sah! Yo' see, I hain't fishiatzn' wid dat sorter congregation dat 'quires any brain intment. All dey wants am just plain, ol'-fashioned revival' zoriifc.?, Dat don't 'quire dat de parson go 'w.? ter res' hh brain?oh, no, sab, I jus'gwine i off to res' mer mouth."