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BT CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1892. VOLUME XXVII.?NO. 13. MASTER'S SALE. STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA, County or Anderson. In the Court Common Pleas. E. R. Kay et al. Plaintiffs vs. Nannie Kay et al., Defendants,?Complaint for Par? tition, (fee PURSUANT to the order of Court here? in I will sell at Anderson C. H., S.C., on Salesday in Octobemext, the following described Lands, to wit: 1st. The Home Place of R. G. Kay, de? ceased, containing 13C acres, more or less, adjoining E. R. Kay and James Wilson. 2nd. Tract containing 100 acres, more or less, adjoining the Home Place, E. R. Kay, James Wilson and others. 3rd. Tract containing 53 acres, more or leas, adjoining Home Place, Qeo. L. Mitch? ell and others. Terms?One-half csub, balance in twelve months, with interest from day . of sale, secured by bond and mortgage, with leave to anticipate paymont. R. M. BURRISS, Master. Sept 7,1892_ 10_3 MASTER'S SALE. STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA, Ahdebson County. In the Court of Common Pleas. Hattie M. Watkins, Plaintiff, vs. Ralph E. Watkins, Thos. G. Watkins, et al., Defendants?Complaint for Partition, etc. PURSUANT to the order of Court herein I will sell at Anderson C. H., S. C., on Salesday in October noxt, - xhe following described lands to-wit: ' ^Traot No. 1, known as the homestead, ? containing fifty acres, more or less, ad? joining lands of WmT" Watkins, Erwin Ellison, and others. Also, Tract No. 2, not adjoining Tract No. 1, but nearby, containing twenty two and one-half acres, more or less, ad Ioinlng Wm. Watkins, E. and D. Smith, ?erry Asbury and T. J. Johnson?to be Bold together as a whole. Terms?One-third cash, balance in one and two years in equal annual install? ments, with interest irom day of sale, se? cured by bond and mortgage. Purchas? er or purchasers to pay extra for papers. R. M. BURRISS, Master. Sept. 7,1892, . 10 4 Judge of Probate's Sale. STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Andebson. "7n the Probate Court. West A. Williams, Administrator of the Estate of Nancy Williams, deceased, Plaintiff, vs. Samuel G. Williams, Ma? ry F.'Stott, G. Newton WiUiams, et al.. Defendants.?Action to sell land in aid of personal assets to pay debts, Ac. "OY virtue of an order in the above JLf stated case made in this Court, I will sell on Salesday in October nest, in - front of the Court Honse door, at the usual hour of Bale, the following descri b ed Tract of Land as the Real Estate of Nancy WiUiams, deceased, to wit: All that Tract of Land, containing six? ty-six acres, more or less, situate in An? derson Countv, State aforesaid, adjoining lands of Robert Thompson, Mrs. S. A. Williams, Moses S. Smith and others. Terms of Sale?One-half cash, and the balance on, a credit of twelve months, with interest from day of Bale, secured by bond and mortgage of the premises, ? -with leave to anticipate payment. Pur? chaser to pay extra for papers. , ? W. P. COX, Judge of Probate. Sept 7,1S92 10_4 MASTER'S SALE. State or South Casolina, a County cf Andkeson. In the Court of. Common Pleas. 8. J. Fisher, in his own right, and as Ad? ministrator of the Estate of A. M. Fish? er,, deceased, Plaintiff, vs. Martha J. j Fisher, Margaret J. Fisher, et al., De? fendants.?Complaint for Partition of Real Estate, Relief, <fec. TN obedience to the order of Court here X in I will sell at Anderson C. H., S.C., on Salesday in October next, the folio w ing described Lands, to wit: One Tract of Land, situate ih Anderson County and State aforesaid, containing one hundred and one acres, *nore or less, adjoining lands of S. T. Richey, W. S. Boll and others, and known as the Home Place. One Tract, situate in said County of Anderson and State aforesaid, containing thirty-seven acres, more or less, adjoin? ing lands of the Estate of J. C. Low, Jo? seph Murdook and others. One Tract, containing thirty acres, more or less, adjoining lands of Estate of J. C. Low, deceased, the Home Place and oth? ers. Also, one other Tract, in same County and State aforesaid, containing thirty-one aoros, more or less, adjoining lands of Estate of J. C. Low, W. S. Bell and oth? ers. Terms: One-half cash, balance in twelve months, with interest, secured by bond and mortgage, with leave to anticipate payment. Purchaser or purchasers to pay extra for papers. R. M. BURRISS, Master. Sept 7,1892_10_4___ i LAND FOR SALE. IOFFER for sale the following Tracts of Land belonging to the Estate of Thomas Dickson, deceased: The Majors Tract, in Garvin Township, containing 412 acres, on Three-and-Twenty Mile Creek, bounded by lands of R. F. Simpson, deceased, J. B. Donthit, Wm. Smith and others- Dwelling-house, out? buildings and two tenant houses, 125 acres in good state of cultivation, 125 acres of woodland, 65 acres Creek bottom, and 29 acres good Branch, bottom, the balance in old-field pine. The above Tract is admira? bly adapted for a Stock Farm, having four bold branches running through it. I will sell the whole or divide to suit purchasers. Also, one Tract near Sandy Springs, in Pendleton Township, containing 130i acres, lying on- West side of the Bl ti e Ridge Rail? road, opposite Sandy Springs Campground, ? bounded by lands of Mrs. M. E. Milam, J. C. Watkins and others. Lies well and is all _n oak forest. Also, one Tract, known as the Gaston Tract, in Garvin Township, containing 235 acres, on Three and-Twenty Creek, bound ..ed by.lands of CoL T. J. Pickens, M. C. 1 Dickson and Nick Ligon. 75 acres in cul? tivation, 20 acres good bottom, 40 acres of woodlandbalance pine forest. Also, one Tract, known as the Major Miller Tract, in Pendleton Township, con? taining 127 acres, on Three-and-Twenty Mile Creek, bounded by lands of Pendle? ton Manufacturing Co., Nick Ligon, Gas ton Tract and Dr. Brown Tract. Lies welL Also, one Tract, known as the Dr. Brown Tract, in Pendleton Township, containing J 182 acres, bounded by the Major Miller Tract, Gaston Tract, Ephraim Buchanan and M. C. Dickson?20 acres in cultivation, the balance in oak and pine forest. The last three Tracts are all together, and will be sold as a whole or divided to suit purchasers. These Lands are offered at private sale. Terms reasonable. For further informa? tion apply to M. C DICKSON, Executor Est. Thomas Dickson, deceased, Pendleton, 8. O. Sept 14, 1892_11_8 PENSIONS. UNDER the Act of Congress passed July 27, 1892, survivors of the Indian wars between 1822 and 1842, or the widows of such survivors, if they have not rema/-^ ried, are entitled to a pension of eight dol? lars per mouth. Claimants can have their claims properly presented by calling on the undersigned at his office, No. 16* South Main Street, Anderson, S. C J. W. QUATTLEBAUM. Sept 21,1892_12_ 3 NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having demands against the Estate of Hewlett K. Sullivan, dece'd, are hereby notified to present them, prop? erly proven, to the undersigned within the time prescribed by law, and those indebted to make payment. J. M. SULLIVAN, N. B. 8ULL1VAN, Executor?. LEILA F. SULLIVAN, Ex'x. Sept 21,1892_12_S_ NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. Notice is hereby given that the un? dersigned will apply to the Judge of Pro? bate at Anderson C. H., S. C, on the 18th day of October, 1892, for a Final Settle? ment of the Estate of 8. B. Millwee, de? ceased, and a discbarge from his office as " Administrator of saia Estate. W. B. MILLWEE, Adm'r. August 31, 1892 9 5 TeJa?hD^'?olumn, All Communications intended fo thisCJolumn should be addressed to 0 WARD LAW, School Commissioner, An? derson, S. C. MEMORY GEMS. "From Thee, great God, we spring; to TIi&G wo t6nd~~~ Path, motive, guide, original and end." ?'How far from here to Heaven ? Not very far my friend ; A single, hearty step Will all thy journey end. Hold there! where runtwst thou ? Know Heaven is in thee! Seekest thon for God elsewhere ? His faoe thou'lt never see." We publish below an article on "Tem? perance Physiology." Teachers-should read it carefully, for from it we ^hink some good lessona may be gathered. Mrs. M. L. Keys will open a school for small boys and girls in the Oaborne house, on the western side of town. The school will begin on the 3rd of October. Mrs. Keys has had several years experi? ence as a teacher, and we've no doubt will give good results. We have a-oopy of the special pro? gram arranged for Columbus Day, which la to be observed in October. Any schools that wish to ..carry out this pro? gram can be supplied by Messrs. Ginn & Co., of New York. Write for samples and prices. We would be glad to see an interest taken in this occasion. TEMPERANCE PHYSIOLOGY. In more than thirty States and In all the Territories, teachers are required by law to teach the nature and effects of alcoholics and narcotics apon the human system. But diligent inquiry in several parts of this State prove very conclu? sively that the law is not very strictly obeyed. I think I would be safe in say? ing that the law is not strictly complied with in half the country and primary schools of this State. This may be a source of surprise to some, and a matter of disbelief with others. But investiga? tion will sustain my statement. More? over, investigation in other States might reveal Bimilar facts. The law iE this State requires, as it does in a majority of the States, that this subject shall be taught to all the pupils. It has been given out by State School Commissioners and other competent judge., that oral instruction will meet the requirements in primary grades. But this oral instruc? tion is too frequently absent. Teachers with whom I have conversed on thin sub* ject have sometimes said that the reasons they did not instruct the little ones in this branch was, that they bad no books that gave them the right kind of lessons on the subject. This is not a valid ex? cuse. Any one who pretends to be com? petent to teach school, should be compe ect to teach this subject to the little peo? ple. There are now many text-books designed especially for primary grades, ! and teachers who attempt to teach tie subject orally may learn how to present admirably by consulting them. To help such teachers wanting Buggestions I present the following synopsis and bints : Why it Should be Taught.?Aside from tho fact that the law requires teachers to instruct on this subject, the moral obli? gation of the teacher is certainly very plain. The main thing is to teach chil? dren never to make the first trial of the use of alcoholica and narcotics. How it Should be Taught,?-In all grades below the grammar grade it can be taught orally with good success, but the intermediate grade it may be best to have a text book, provided it has been taught orally in the grades below. In graded schools it may be taught to ail the pupils of the school as one class, Before the children are taught alcoholics and narcotics they must understand the chief facts in the physiology of the organ to be talked about. Teach in a conversational tone. Ask the children questions about things they know. Aak them to tell yon what you have told them. Guard againBt telling what they caonot understand. Illustrate plainly the name, use, location, and healthy condition of the organ to be when possible. Use the children freely to show these facts. Every lesson should be divided into three parts: first, a re? view of the preceding lesson; second, the presentation of new facts and illustra? tions ; third, direction of attention to the chief facts to be remembered, and an? nouncement of the subject of the next lesson. Strive to avoid wounding the feelings of any who may have drunken or inebriate parents. Do not allow chil? dren to name any examplea of the dsgra* tion they have seen, bat you may tell them what you have known in this respect, being careful to make nothiag personal. Order of Study.?Alter due attention has been paid to physiology, the teacher is ready to take up the study of stimu? lants and narcotics. Alcohol Bhould be studied first. Have a small bottle full for illustration. Do not lose sight of the importance of object lessons. After your pupila have learned its properties and effects upon the various organs of the body (the principal organs in particular), and have learned something of the pro? cesses of its manufacture, next take up the subject of tobacco. After they nave learned what you wish them to know about tobacco, teach them of the nature and effects of tea, coffee and chocolate. They may next learn some very interest? ing facts about opium, chloroform, laud an um, etc. This subject, as combined with that of pbyBiology, should receive some attention every day. Alcohol.?How it looks and how it tastes; its being lighter than water illus? trated; illustrate its boiling point; ita strong attraction for water; its use in thermometers; why used in the spirit lamp; its use in dissolving gums, and in preserving animal and vegetable matter; the processes of its manufacture} the kinds of beveiages containing alcohol; how, and for what purposes, it ia adul? terated ; effect of alcohol upon the stom? ach, the blood, the brain, and as a conse? quence, on all the organs of tho body. Experiments with Alcohol.?Many ex? periments can be made that will interest the children. The teacher can make a spirit lamp out of a mucilage bottle. Show the children that alcohol burns without aoot, giving little light but great heat?hence used by dentists in melting their gold. Prove that alcohol will not freeze. Prove that it will readily dis? solve camphor, resins, gums, etc. Show that it is lighter than water by placing a small piece of lead on the under side of a thin slice of cork, bo it will just float in water. Place it in alcohol and the loaded cork will sink. Show its effects upon the skin, upon the mucous membrane of the lips, and upon the white of an egg, and upon lean meats. Show how these prop? erties make it disastrous to the body when taken inwardly. How Alcohol is Made? Not a drop of alcohol in all nature. No alcohol in corn, barley, fruits, potatoes, etc. Why corn bread is healthful while whiskey is hurtful. Fermentation illustrated by the souring of fruits. Attention called to the bubbling?escaping gases; the "working" of vinegar. Distillation may be performed in the school-room by mea&8 of a teapot, two yards of rubber tubing, and a vessel or two. In the tea? pot put some hard cider and heat it over a spirit lamp. Over the spout place the rnbber tubing, allowing one end to pass into a bottle through a hole in the cork. Either allow the tube to pass through a vessel of cold water or place the bottle in a pan of cold water. Do not allow the liquid in the pot to boil, but heat it within a few degrees of boiling point: The distilled liquid will be much stronger than the fermented. Tobacco?Something of its history, its first use by white men, and the Beveral forms in which it is used in this country. Why people use it. Nicotine, its hurt? ful principle. Tell them something about the cultivation of tobacco, and the manufacture of cigars, cigarettes, and snuff. Tell your pupils of the ingredi? ents used in adulterating cigarettes; tell them that they are even more hurtful than cigars, and that they are made of the cheapest material possible so that boys may be able to buy them. Show them that much of the filth and nicotine comes from the stumps of old cigars taken from the gutters and spittoons. Facts?The people of the United States spend annually over $6,000,000 for tobacco. Out of 700 convicts in the State prison of New York, 600 of them were incarcerated through the influence liq? uors had upon them, and 500 of these confessed that they were led to use streng drink through using tobacco. In many schools examinations have been made and the tobacco users picked out from the rest?and the tobacco users were invariably the laggards of school. It stunts the growth, both mental and physical. It causes many diseases and especially affects the nervous system, and causes rapid decay of the physical pow? ers.?Henry 0. Williams in School Jour ual. Lincoln on Marriage* In his wanderings about the city a few days ago the writer had occasion to call on a man who was an intimate acquaint? ance of Lincoln?and such men are growing fewer. The conversation turned on the great man naturally, for if a roan knew Lincoln intimately he is sure to run to Lincoln before the conversation is over if it lasts sufficiently long. "In some respects," said the gentleman re? ferred to, "Lincoln's mind suffers by rea? son of his having been a king of wit. There are those who think'that he never said anything serious. I cannot under? stand how such an impression exists, but it does. Why, he was one of the great? est philosophers I ever heard and his philosophy was always modestly put, but at the same time he was always to sin cere in it that he was at times almost solemu. I remember on one occasion he was talking about marriage, a subject in which he always took the most profound interest. He said that every man who contemplated marriage should stand over a doctor with a club and make bira tell the truth in reference to the chosen I partner for life if there were no other way of getting it out of him. And he went further. He declared the parents who would allow a girl to marry a man without knowing as nearly as could be known bis physical as well as his moral condition deserved to be scalped. In bis opinion the whole marrrying business was wrong. He declared that fashiona? ble girls too often were cursed with fool? ish mothers, who cared for nothing but to see their flesh and blood sold to the highest bidder. There was nothing fun? ny in that kind of talk, was there? It ought to be framed and put in every home in the land. How few men know the deeps of the master of men. What a 1 loss to the world that he should have been taken away from it at the time when he was just being understood." We'll write it down till everybody sees it Till everybody is sick of seeing it Till everybody knows it without Boe? ing it? that Dr. Sr.ge's Catarrh Remedy cures tbe worst cases of chronic catarrh in the head, catarrhal headache, and "cold in the head." In perfect faith, its makers, the World's Dispensary Medical Aauocia ] tion of Buffalo, N. Y., offers to pay S500 to any one suffering from chronic catarrh in the head whom they cannot cure. Now if the conditions were reversed?if they asked you to pay j>500 for a positive cure you might beuitate. Here are reputable men, with years of honorable dealing; thousands of dollars and a great name back of them and they say?'"We can cure you because we've cured thous? ands of others like you?if we can't we will pay you $500 for the knowledge that there's one whom we cau't cure." They believe in themselves. Isn't it worth a trial? Isn't any trial preferable to catarrh ? ? In Persia the first time a man is caught in the act of stealing he is "basti? nadoed" (beaten on the soles of the feet with an iron rod,) and made to sign a paper declaring that will be his last offense. If he forgets this when the soles of bis feet quit burning, and tries it again, the second offense calls for tbe amputation of bis right hand. If he goes at it left-handed, the third, and of course las} resort, is decapitation, BILL ARP'S TALK. Children Are a BlesolDg to the World. Atlanta Constitution. Children are a good invention. Lord Bacon said they were impediments to great enterprises but I'm not satisfied abont that. Reading and observation teaches me that they are the promoters, the inspiration of progress and invention. Men work harder and think dec ?er when there are children behind them. T don't know any great enterprise " ?. have been projected by men withont them. Steamboats, railroads, cotton gins, tele? graphs, printing presses, eg wing machines were all invented by men who had fam? ilies. Children are in the way of war, but not of peace. The world is working for them. To raise and maintain and educate them and see them settled is its principal business. Indeed, much of the lying and cheating and swindling that is perpetrated in trade is done on their ac? count, and there are men in prison for larceny whom heaven would discharge I and Bay "go and sin no more." I was ruminating about this because I there is a lot of little chaps here in the house now, and they keep up a racket and inspire me to great enterprises. I am contriving an invention to regulate them. There are three little girls from over the hil) and a little rooster from Florida. Tut are sent here to get them out of the way of the new babies. There is a brand new on; over the bill and she i? a girl?"a nuther gurl," as the Florida boy wrote bis mother. Mrs. Arp ia over there, of course, making catnip tea and sugar-titB and "blessing" its little heart. Yea, the baby is a nuther gurl?that's four right straight along in a row, and the paternal puts on high tragedy and exclaims: "Hang out your banner?the cry is still they come." The number is all right and the quality ia good, bat the j assortment isn't satisfactory, for there is not a boy to grow up with his listers and look after them and protect them. It's bad but it can't be helped. Another one of our offspring has four boys, and here are four girla and the last is a beau? tiful child?look's just like her mother and her mother lookB like me. That last is what I Bay, though it's not a com? mon remark. Poor little innocent!? ahe looks like she didn't have a friend in the world, and Mrs. Arp says she cried half the night and she reckons it was because she made a mistake. But she didn't mean to and is sorry. The pater? nal ancestor ateps around solemnly and looks away off like he was the injured person. Fond hopes and puerile expec? tations have been sadly disappointed, but the mother nestles the child to her bosom and with a tear in her eye whispers: "Mamma will love you." And she will. If the little thing bad come cross eyed, or deformed, there would have been one friend. Aa Coleridge said : "A mother is a mother still?" "The holiest thing alive." There are four queens now?a pretty good hand for poker. Maybe four kings will come along and take them by and by and it will be all right. Girls ere worth more than boys anyhow. They are purer and better and keep nearer to heaven. It is mighty well that up there they neither marry nor are given in mar riEge, for if they did the girls would have a poor showing for husbands. It would be worse than Utah. There ia more orig? inal sin in one little boy than in four little girla. Here ia this Florida chap who hadn't been on the lot an honr be? fore be bad made friends with the dog and was siccing him on the cata and had them hiding under the house. He can turn a hand spring and cart-wheel and stand on his head and cut the pigeon I wing (with a stone.) He has just finish I ed . reading the Young Marooners that j tells ao many useful and wonderful things, and how he wants eomebody to fall in the creek and get almost drowned sc 'hat he can bring him to, and he wants ! the lightning to strike a boy bo that he can throw water on him. I bad to watch him on the train for he thinks the plat? form on the bind car is the best place for a boy to ride. But give the little girls a doll apiece and something to make a play house and they are happy. It's a wonder to me that girls love boya, anyway. It's a wonder that they will marry them and bind themselves hand and foot to trouble and many a time to grief and misery. But our Florida boy and these little girla are all right and keep things lively. I love to have them around. Laat night we had music and song and a little dance, and even old Aunt Ana, who was clean? ing up the dining room was seen through the half-open door tripping and courte sying to the music on the sly and we caught her at it and she was scared and apologized and said the music was so dancy she couldn't help it. She asked ua not to tell Uncle Sam, or the preacher and I won't. Then our big girla played little plays with the children and Bold pawns "fine or very fine," and "how many miles to miley bright," and made a Miss Betty out of a bolster and had a good time all around until bedtime. Wo have to keep them in the house because Mrs. Arp said so, for one is running at the nose, and another is croupy and the room is ao full of cut papers and picture books and balls and marbles that I can hardly get about. I threaten to lick them sometimes, but they have long since lost confidence in me on that line. I used to make our children fear me but aa the parents get older they become I more indulgent and when one by one the children grow up and leave the family fireside the parents cling the closer to ' those who are left and rule them with love instead of fear. Old folks have to surrender to the inevitable and it ia best to do it gracefully ; but there ia many a heartache suffered that ia never told. I wouldent mind getting old if I could do si) without losing Bight and hearing and making blunders and putting others to trouble. I laughed the other day at an old man until I was tired. It was on the train and there was a nice little apart? ment at the end of the car and a water cooler and wash place and towel and a sofa. There waa a long narrow mirror in the petition next to the cooler and as I waB reclining on the sofa the old gentle? man came in to get some watar. The cup had been carried away to a sick lady ai tho other end of the car. The old man looked around for it, then turned the faucet and satisfied himself that there was water there. It was a little dark in there and as he was looking around for the cup he thought he saw another man standing at another cooler close by and so he addressed him very politely and said: "Will you please lend me your cup ? The one that belongs here seems to be gone." Not receiving any reply he bowed to him and said in a louder tone: "I say, my friend, will you let me have your cup a moment ?" Just then I die covered that he was talking to his own shadow and I rose forward laughing and explained to him and as the cup came back I drew him some water, but he couldent hardly drink for laughing and as he sat down by me remarked: "I never was fooled bo bad in my life ,* fact is, I thought the old fellow in the glass was either deaf or very impolite?I liked to have hurt my own feelings I" He left me after a few minutes but as long as I observed him he continued to smile. I reckon that if he ever sees this letter he will laugh again. Bill Ahp. Thi Connie Maxwell Orphanage. Returning from the Edgefield Asso? ciation we spent three hours in the grow* ing city of Greenwood. State Missions fell into the hands of Bishop Forrester, and the Baptist Courier was picked up by Superintendent Vasa, of the Orphan* age. Bro. Vase was waiting at the de? pot with his horse and buggy and carried us out to Bee something of the Orphan? age. HiB buggy was pretty well loaded with odds and ends, partly gifts for the children, among these gifts a bolt of red flannel. Tbe sun was shining very hot and it made us warmer to think of the flannel. But, then, the winter is coming and these children will soon need wool? en goods, shoea, stockings, hats, &c. It is not too soon for winter goods. It will take some time to get these things ready, and if any of our readers intend to send on winter goods for the children, they must hurry up. Tbe building stands on high ground, in the edge of a beautiful oak grove. It is one story and a half high. The rooms, ten or a dozen in number, finished and furnished, are on tbe first floor. Here we find two schoolrooms, dining room, kitch* en, two balh rooms, closets, two bed rooms, large enough for six or eights beds, and several smaller bed rooms. Tbe beds are neat, clean and comfortable. In the kitchen we found several of the little girls cleaning up, and putting things to rights after dinner. Bro. Vasa has re? ceived sixteen children, and within a few days the number will be increased to twenty. It is no trouble to find children ; numbers of applications have been re* ceived. All tbe available places could be filled within a few days, but it is ne? cessary to go slow. A few children must first be taken in and trained somewhat, and these in turn will help to train oth? ers as they come in one by one. There aro two or three more boys than girls, and all of them are brigbt aod healthy looking children. All are happy and contented, and easily managed. They have a borne, tbey feel at home and they do not wish to go back where they came from. Miss Rachel Reagan is in charge, and tbe children love her as a mother. She is assisted by Miss Bettie Barksdale, who is especially charged with tbe teach* ing. Bro. Vasa was exceedingly fortu? nate in securing the services of the ladies. It is indeed a happy family, a delightful home, and fortunate will be those chil? dren who here receive their education and training for life's work. This work has commenced in real, dead earnest. For Bro. Vasa it has been a real thing for some time. For many of our people it is not yet an actual fact. They only hear of this work occasionally, they know very little of what remains to be done. The necessities of the work they have not dreamed of. Tbe Orphan? age is a blessed fact, it is here with us and here to stay. In many waya our people may help. Money is needed to meet current daily expenses; to enlarge tbe buildings and capacity. Clothing will be needed; provisions may be sent in?a barrel! of flour, a ham, sugar, rice ?everything needed in the support of a family. Bro. Vasa has indicated how a Sunday School or a working society, or a church may help, namely, by supporting one child. Several Sunday Schools are doing this. A boy or girl bas been selec? ted and the school contributes six dollars each month for the child's support. A large number of children may be provi? ded for in this way. Of one thing the denomination may be sure the right man is in the right place. Bro. Vasa knows what he is about. He has^sense, judg? ment, religion. He can manage men money, women and children. How's This ? 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, 0. We, tbe undersigned, have known F. J. Cheuey for the last 15 years, and be live him to be perfectly honorable ia all business transactions, and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Whole? sale Druggists, Toledo, 0. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internal? ly, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimo? nials sent free. <@"Sold by all Druggists, 75c. ? A cat which patronizes the soda water fountain is an attraction of a drug store in Sixth avenue, New York. Long ago it discovered that the "cream" of the fountain suited its taste, and it has a habit of going up to the counter and waiting until it is served with light re? freshments in its own particular saucer, ? A statistician of the German Gov? ernment has come to the rescue of those persons who do not share the widespread superstition that Friday is the most unlucky day of the week. A short time ago he determined to make a scientific investigation of this question. The mo.-t fatal or unfortunate week day, according to the investigator, is not Fridiv, but Monday. SARGE PLTJNKETT. Gladly Goen Back to Telling Stories of the War. Atlanta Constitution. The private soldiers had bo few privi? leges during the war that it does me good to mention for the first time in print an incHout of the siege of Petersburg. There are a plenty yet living of the old soldiers who can tell you that the question of "storming" or "not storming" the yankee works at Petersburg by night was left entirely to a vote of the privates. I forget dates, it has been so long, but it was just a short while before the Con? federates left their trenches and started on the nine days' retreat which ended at Appamattox. It had been well known for some time that Lee could not hold out against Grant much longer unless, by taking some des perate chance, advantage might be gained to the Confederates. A counsel of officers was held and, while I of course do not know what happened in that meeting, I do know that it became un? derstood among the privates of the army that there had been a disagreement among the officers and failing to agree they compromised by leaving the qnes* tion of "storming" the yankee works at night to the decision of the privates?a thing so unusual that it cait a shadow over their hopes. On the day before the vote was to be taken at night the bushes, rubbish and brush was ordered cleared or leveled ia a ravine between the two armies. It was a perilous undertaking but the Confed? erates gathered their axes and without flinching marched to their work. Strange to say, the yankees quietly watched this proceeding without firing a gun, either being a work they wished performed or else they anticipated that the Confeder? ates were fixing to storm their works?a thing they much desired. Anyhow the Confederates got through with their work and went back to their camps with? out any trouble, but fully confident that it was a preparation to "charge"?all ig? norant of what turn matters were to take. When night approached and the officer quietly bid the men "fall in," you may wonder at the surprise of all privates when they were told that all commission* ed officers would retire from their pres? ence and that privates should decide by ballot among themselves as to whether the yankee works should be attempted by ''storm" upon that very night. A little incident happened just as the commissioned officers retired, and none of us can say to what extent it bore upon the action of the privates. The mail had arrived?letters from home to the brave soldier boys, an unexpected thing just at that time, for it was so early to get the mails then. The arrival of these letters from home stopped all other thought and the men gathered in groups around their orderly sergeants anxiously listening to the names upon the envelopes to be called out, As each man received his letter he hastened from the group to some little fire light nod down upon his knees he broke the seal and read the contents. Soon there were many kneeling men round the fires through the camps, and as now and i;ben one would reach up and punch up the chunks you could see the tears glistening in their eyes. This busy world may laugh at this?ye men wno rend aa you run?but it was no laughing matter there that night. It was a letter from hume ; news from the dear wives and the little children, from the old fathers and mothers and from the sweet-hearts who were never to be seen again. Dear hearts and dear thoughts of the old home and of childhood play? grounds?but never mind, no one can feel how this was but the old soldiers themselves, and they have most all passed away or are getting too old to read, so why mention such ? But a vote must be taken, a ballot of "no" if the fight was not to be made, or a ballot of "yes" if it was. Each soldier knew that time waa precious and it was a picture to watch the soldiers fold their letters and placing them deep down into the inside pocket of their grey jackets and the ones who had received none sadly waiting as they thought of their own dear one?, far away from home. It was under juBt such circumstances that balloting began, and as they were gathered all in a hat the time had come for the counting. Then came short moments of sxpectancy. The first ballot was: "Yes!" And the blood thrilled through every soldier heart. The counting went on, and? "Yes." "Yes." "Yes." For three times the fatal "yes" came with not a single "no." But a "no" came at last, and then a long column of "no9," with only here and there a "yes," was the result. The fight was off. The yankee breastworks would not be stormed that night and they never were, but many of these same brave hearts ceased to beat before the end at Appomatlox. And pity it was. ******* I guesB that the last old Confederate war horse died last week near Atlanta. Thirty-seven years is mighty old for a horse?is what this young gentleman who is more than willing to hop up and call an old man a liar for a little of noth? ing is ready to say?but I can tell 'em that thirty seven yean wbb the age of "Old Nan," a faithful war horse in the time of war and gentle and kind in the years of peace. Uncle Willi? Cash, deceased some six months ago, had driven "Old Nan" to a little spring wagon about the streets of Atlanta ever since June, 1865. She was then eight yesrs old?in 1S65?had been in many battles and would always trem? ble and become excited in the hearing of music or the firing of guns. This old war horse is entitled to men? tion because of her long life and service, but it is not for that I mention her, At the battle of Jonesboro a soldier riding "Old Nan" was severely wounded. Tbe soldier managed to keep his seat on the horse's back until ho was carried some distance fim the ba'.fclefield. In a lonely wood after tho battle this soldier was found dead, bat "Old Nan" tva> standing by him with her head dropped to touch his cheek in a nearly starved condition. She has been well cared for, as is evidenced by her long life, and was laid to rest at the home of Mrs. Cash, near Hapeville, last week, the last of the Confederate war horses. ******* As the end has come as to horses, so is come as to men. "Old Nan" was the last of horses, what veteran will be the last of the men ? j "Which of these shall be the lastl?" I Comes the thought as days fly past; I With fluttering hearts and deep drawn I sigh Each veteran asks, "Will it be I ?" I Not long will be this sad suspense? Short time will bring the recompense, And growing less they grow more aub? ! lime, Till for the "last" a world of hearts will chime. [Sarge Flunkett, l An Appeal to the South For Fonds? J Richmond, Va? Sept. 20.?At a meeting of tbe general committee of the i United Confederate Veterars and the I officers of the Jefferson Davis Monument Association of Richmond held here tc | day, it was decided that the monument to the ex-President of the Confederacy ! shall be located in Monroe Park. This j is the moat beautiful spot in Richmond, and is located in a fashionable section or* the city. In it was unveiled a handsome statue of General Wickham. A sub-committee was appointed to prepare an address to the people of the South to ask aid in securing the monu? ment. The matter of design has not been de ? cided upon, Some of those interested favor a grand temple with a statue of | Davis in some conspicuous place, while others think the proper thing would be a magnificent monument, something like that of Washington in the Capital Square here. In case of the adoption of the latter plan it is probable that each State will be allowed to designate a general to be placed within the gallery surrounding expression of the Confederacy. The address is "To the Southern Peo? ple" and reads: "At tbe reunion in April last of Confederate veterans in New Or? leans General John B. Gordon, their commander, by their direction, appointed a committee consisting of one person from each of the Confederate States and the Indian Territory, to devise some \ means to promptly erect at some suitable place their memorial to Jefferson Davis. That committee met on the 17th instant in this city. It has ratified tbe prefer ence expressed by Mrs. Davis for Rich? mond, Va., as tbe proper site for such a memorial. It has determined that not less than $250,000 shall be raised for that purposo and that there shall be an organ* j ization in every State in the South througb which the offerings of the people shall flow in accomplishment of this pa triotic and pious work. "This money will be raised speedily. This monument will rise and soon, to be an everlasting memorial, not only of the patriot and statesman who purely and bravely led your fortunes io times that wrung your souls, but of the ineffable valor and devotion of the most heroic soldiery which the world ever saw, whom he typified while he commanded. No other hands than ours can be relied upon to put the stones upon this pile. Our own hard-earned mite must mainly accomplish its rearing. Our own sweat must be shed upon its uplifting. If our poverty has been and continues to be great, it has at least made us rich in love for each other. "If our lives have been one tale of sacrifice and threaten more, the more willing of those to come must be that one which will keep green forever tbe mem? ory of our lost land and of our dead brother's love and self sacrifice build more monuments than money ever did or ever will, and we now gladly and con? fidently bid you to illustrate it. "The men and women who fought for the Confederacy and their descendants must quarry this monument out of their hearts' blood, if need be. It were best in every case that they should. The South* em Press Association, tbe United Con? federate Veterans and the Jefferson Da? vis Monument Association of Virginia, chartered by that State, have all been united for this great purpose into one body, under the general direction of the United Confederate Federation. "There is not a discordant element anywhere. Our organization will soon be complete. When it is let us all be at work. All remittances for this purpose should be made to Jchn S. Ellett, Presi? dent of the Slate Bank at Richmond, Va., who is the bonded treasurer of the general association." Tbe signers are: W. L. Cabell, John M. Harrell, Arkansas; Charles G. John? son, Louisiana; John L. Gait, Indian Territory; I. L. Power, Mississippi; W. L. Calhoun, Georgia; J. Taylor Ellyson, Peyton Wise, W. D. Chesterman, Vir? ginia ; S. A. Cunningham, Tennessee. Hartzvelt's Big Haul. Kalamnzoo, Mich., Sept. 19.?On the night of June 21,1889, George Morgan, then a resident of Defuniak Springs, Florida, murdered his wife and sister, and fled. The crime was most unpro? voked and cold-blooded, the sister being shot and the wife terribly cut and stab? bed with a butcher knife. The wife's family is rich and influential, and imme? diately offered heavy rewards for Mor? gan's capture. The city and county of? ficials added to the amount until a for? tune was piled up for the man who made the capture. Huudreds of officers all over the coun? try took up the search, but as time went by and no clues were obtained, they all dropped it except Detective L. D. Hartz velt of St. Augustine, Fla. He had money, and, going on Morgan's trail at once, has persevered until to-day he cap I tured his man, who was working on a form near this place. He is now in jail here and requisition papers have been sent for. Hartzveit is extremely joyful, as the prize he has secured Is said to aggregate $50,000. -?-mm* a ? mm-. ? Early Risers, Early ?Risers, Early ! Risors, tho famous littlo pills for oousti palion, sick headache. dyspepsia and ner? vousness.?Wilhite <fc Wilhito, Instinct and Intelligence in tho Lower Animals* Instinct in the animals is a strictly lim* ited knowledge or intelligence sufficient only, first, for self- preservation ; second, for the propagation of the species ; and | third, to secure their usefulness to man? kind. j 1. Of self-preservation. Love of life is an instinct universal in man and all animals, The she bear beats her cubs and drives tbem up the tree at the sound I of the dogs. The "danger cry" of the hen sends her chickens to shelter. Kot to furnish the animal with sufficient in? telligence to protect itself and its young would have been both a cruel and a fatal I mistake in the Creator. This point I needs no further argument or illustra? tion. 2. An equally fatal error would have been not to make provision for the pro? pagation of the species. To do this re* 1 quires far more intelligence in the ani? mal than was needful for self-preserva i tfon. What man with his teeth and feet can build a bird's nest ? Where is the man who can with his hands construct the delicate cells of the honey bee? or spin the attenuated spider's line ? How each cell is measured so that all its sides and angles are equal. What foreknowledge in the squirrel to provide in Summer for the want of Winter, and yet how indispensible is this knowl? edge! There is no end of illustrations in this line familiar to all who think at all. Eat let it be remembered that no bird can build for another. Each bee must work in its own hive. How could the animal kingdom be useful toman without, first, a good mem? ory ; second, a knowledge of persons ; and third, some knowledge of memory, but all limited ? I think much of the remarkable ability of the horse and oth? er animals to find tiieir way home is due to memory. Bat this does not meet every case. Some years ago, I visited a patient &ix miles from the city; there was a private pathway hading across a field cutting off a mile to the house, shown me by the messenger; it was Winter, and the path could be very well seen. Five years after I visited the same patient in the Summer; the way was lined on either side by high grass and weeds so that it was impossible to see the path. I was I riding the same horse, and looking hope? lessly for the path, but the moment I got opposite to it the horse darted from the middle of the road and struck the path exactly. I could not see it till I got some distance in the wood, and supposed he had made a mistake. An equally important factor in the val? ue of the animal to man is his recollec? tion of persons; the dog knows every one in the family, children and servants, knows them day or night, knows their names and often their voices, otherwise he would be of no value aa a guard. He would be more than useless, he would be dangerous. The animal, to be useful to man, must also have some knowledge of property. I had once a very clever dog. I have seen him kill three moccasin saakes in ten minutes; he would pick them up by the middle, shake them violently, drop them, pick them up again and shake them until they were dead; to do this success? fully and safely required great dexteri? ty. He seemed to know as we'l as I did that the bite would be fatal, and hence he used the greatest precaution, I one day threw an old basket up a tree and it lodged there. I tried for some time to dislodge it with rocks and sticks, but without success; the dog was with me ,* he remained ander the tree all night and till the afternoon of the next day, fasting and guarding my property. The dog will take the market-basket home and guard it from robbery; bat to show the distinction between instinct and reason, if you put rocks and sticks into it instead of beans and beefsteak, he will carry it to the cook all the same. We all kr~w that the shepherd dog knows his master's sheep, and knows if one is missing, and he will protect tbem with his own life. Is not this "knowledge of property" 1 Dogs are very much attached to their4 homes, and will make journeys of hun? dreds of miles to return to them, and by ways that the. never travelled before. Though earned on the cars 800 miles they will return, but not by the railroad track. Mr. Locke, in bis essay on the "Hu? man Understanding," gives the case of a parrot owned by a Spaniard in & seaport town in South America, which said to her master, "What are all these officers doing here ?" The company was start tied, and some one replied, "And what are you doing here ?" The parrot re? plied, "I mind chickens," and at once began to clack like a heo. A gentleman was once driving into the country and his horse suddenly stopping at a blackomith shop, his master said, "What is the matter with you, Tom?" and j an answer the uplifted hind foot, a sudden shake, and the rattle of a loose shoe. We bad a parrot who when he stole preserves and heard my mother'n foot? step on the stairway would fly to the top of the bed-post and begin to cry oat with fear before being accused of the theft, He was fond of musical sounds, and would take small pebbles, put them in a saucer, and toss tbem up to bear them jingle. I have a cat that has been in the fam? ily for eight or nine years, the only cat I ever fancied, She has got three meth? ods of getting into my chamber in the morning, and she always pursues them in regular order, tho simplest first, and the most complex last. First, to cry at the door, then to scratch ; second, logo back three or four feet and throw herself violently against the door. When this fails she gets out on the front porch, where, by opening the slats to the blinds, she can see me in bed, and then she rat? tles or scratches the blinds to attract my attention. Here is reason, beyond ques? tion. I was at a loss at one time to ac? count for her second method, but I think i she got this idea from seeing the children chasing each other from room to room in ' play, and when thoee inside were holding ' the door those without would run against it and push with all their might to g< in. The third and last way to enter wi dne to tbe fact that'the cat had often 1 Summer time, when my window m open, been in the habit of entering a room through it. When a child is bad] hurt and cries aloud this cat will ro with the other children and get np i the lap of the injured child in appar sympathy.?Remarks by W. W. Pat before the American Medical AssociaHo 1891. All Sorts of Paragraphs*. ? Americana use 400,000,000 post cards a year. ? There are -300,000 commercial trai elers in the United States. _? ? Dancing is taught in many-of r? public schools in Scotland. ? Covered carriages were first used 1 England in the year 1580. ? Silence is the best weapon to ui against a vulgar and spiteful tongue. ? The party who won't forgive is,!! ose who is always in the wrong. ? Brass can bo kept beautifully brig] by occasionally rubbing with vinegar. ? A sweet temper 1b to the househo what sunshine is to the trees and flowei ??The early Christian writers si Paul wrote his first epistle when 46 yes old. ? People in London write on i average 57,511 letters a day, requiring-! gallons of ink. ? California has a little girl who h nine fingers on one hand and eight-is on tbe opposite foot. ? "This thing is worth looking^ murmured the pretty girl as she st front of her mirror. ? Those who have few things to a tend to are great babblers; for the le men think, the more they talk. ? If some people had the faith : move mountains, they would soon ma' all their neighbor's land very hilly./? ? When we shall get to the end life we shall find out that the things til we have lost are those we tried the hard) to keep. ? There are people in the choxc?<; wear long faces because they are; they wouldn't be considered rel they <3idn't. ? It is said that Mexico will pt $15,000,000 worth of corn from tEs7 ted States this year, owing to the plete failure of the crop in Mexico. ? She: I don't believe you lovej as much as you did before we were i ried. He: Just as much as I everdt perhaps not as much as I said I did. ? Not one member of tbe Un States Senate was born west of the souri river, and all but two out of thi three were born east of the Mississippi ? The first society for the exclt purpose of circulating the Bible organized in 1805, under the name of I British and Foreign Bible Society. ? A big patron of tbe sboe mar) Allen Milton Browning of Hunting W. Va. He has led six wives to altar and is the father of 67 children. ? A dwarf residing at Shij Osaka, is thirty-six years old aod seventeen inches high. He is wel cated and gains a livelihood by tea penmanship. ? Woman has to wait until sht! asked before she can marry. She hasj voice in tbe matter until after the1 mony. Then st e knows how to; for lost time. ? A mouse started across the a North Atchison honse, and. screamed so loudly the mouse fell On picking it up it was found Jo 1 died of fright. ? A freak of nature, a large which possesses the characteristics o] pine and an oak, may be seen near burnbam, Mass. In the fall of pine burs fall on one side and acor the other. ?-The great search light on top Mount Washington, which is now.; successful operation, by the intense bei of light it projects has enabled_pepn]p read coarse print at the Fabyan Hoc seven miles distant. ? The largest man in Kentucky isjj Skagga of Lawrence County, who )21 pounds and is 6 feet 8 inches? j*$us arms measure 2 feet in circui ence and his thigh 3 feet. He is] years of sge. ? To eradicate the poison j wi duce fever and ague, take Ayer's Cure. It cures without leaving ar. jurious effect upon the system, and only medicine in existence which be considered an absolute antidote malaria. ? ? There are now in the United ?t twenty-one law firms composed of! bands and wives, and there are 200 American ladies who practice lav. the courts or manage legal poblicatio: Several women make lar^e incomes 1 the law in America. ? As a general rule, it is best '< correct coetiveness by the use of i drastic medicines. When a purgat needed, the most prompt, effective beneficial is Ayer's Pills. Their tend is to restore, and not weaken, the nq actio.*; of the bowels. ? ? The oldest armchair in the worS the throne once used by Queen Hat who flourished in Egypt 1000 B.C.. is made of ebony, beautifully carved, a; is so hardened with age as to appear be carved from black marble. --Of the 4,047 millionaires in t United States only 18S are south Mason and Dixons line, and Te 57 of these. The real estate in York City alone is worth more toanj the lard between the Potomac and Rio Grande. ? A novelty in counterfeiting sp{ ed in Sioux City, where a young took new silver quarters, cut ouj "quar" and changed the last R making it read "ten dollars," and p| the coins neatly with gold. He 1 or 10 cent articles to get the chang he was caught. ? Chillian money is of very i trinsic value just now. It is small tags of pasteboard. The t each tug writes on it the sum for *] he is willing to redeem it, and ust cash. It passes from hand to hi money, and in time comes back; original producer, whose duty it i promptly redeem it,