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BY OLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C, WEDNESDAY MOENING, OCTOBER 5, 1892. VOLUME XXVII.- -NO. 14. Gout and Rheumatism Sciatica, white swelling, neuralgia, dropsy, and rickets cured by "My little son, during tlie past year, has suffered terribly from inflammatory rheuma? tism, for which we tried a variety of reme? dies, but none afforded more than temporary relief. At length we gave him Ayer's Sarsa parilla, and the result has been so satisfac? tory that I can confidently recommend this medicine to all similarly afflicted."?J. B. Cornelius, Editor ,LtvM>urgh Chronicle, Lewisburgb, Fa. Ayer's Sarsaparilla Picjared by Dr. J.C.Aycr&Co., Lowell. Maw. Cli .TOS OthcrSjW?i GUtO^OU OUR LEADER FOR 30 DAYS ONLY! ALL OF OUR DRESS GOODS AT COST FOR CASH, Including all our Fall Purchases. HENRIETTAS, CASHMERES, SERGES, BROADCLOTHS, BEDFORD CORDS, LADIES' CLOTHS, in blacks and colors. The Cashmeres you pay elsewhere 20c. for we will let you have at 15c The 25c. line at 20c. the 40c. line at 25c, and the 50c line at 33*c, the 75c lice for bnlf a dollar, and the dollar line for 75c You will save on a $2.40 Dress Pattern 60 cents, on $3.00 Pattern the same amount, bat the difference on the finer goods is greater: On $4.80 yon save $1.80, on the $6.00 line yon save $2.00, on the $9.00 line yon save $3.00, on $12 00 line yon save $4.00. Bemember, this sale will be only for Thirty Days. LADIES' STORE - * STILL LEADING IN H ANDSOME GOODS I Our Bayer has been in the Northern markets for three weeks, and has bought the HANDSOMEST STOCK OF LADIES GOODS that has ever been brought to this market at prices to suit ALL. We have added a new feature h the way of? A BARGAIN COUNTER. tt&* Don't fail to inspect onr entire Stock, for you will SAVE MONEY ! Thanks for the past and hopes for the future. Respectfully, MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS. cronnsr t. ibthrirjiss. Successor to Peoples & Burriss, still Headquarters for Use Hi Goofls, Fancy Gla, BMer Sets, ?ases, Holiday Groods, &c? XHE celebrated IRON KING COOK STOVE is much improved over the old pattern. We have a fine Stove, No. 7, for $10 00, with 25 pieces, as ornamental as any fimt class housekeeper need want. A big lot of Second Hand Stoves must go at Bomo price, so come in and price them. TINWARE LOW DOWN ! ML Bring your BIGS, BIDES and BEESWAX to us. Those indebted to the firm of Peoples & Barries are respectfully invited to call in as soon as possible and settle their Account at the same old stand with JOHN T. BURRISS. Having bought the A. Gr. Means Stock of CLOTHING, SHOES. HATS, &C, And beiog dvsirous of closing out the same, we will . SELL ALL GOODS at ???. " I i ? ZSTEW ITO-RUS COST I When we say New York Cost WE MEAN WHAT WE SAY. 85&- Come early and make your selections and SECURE BARGAINS. TAYLOR & CRAYTON, Red Front Granite Row. 9P# n }fSr.'. : ;? . J * ^ ^* WHY ORDER IPI^OsTOS AND OIRGLA-IfcTS From any other Market when THE C. A. REED MUSIC HOUSE Can and will Save you Money by Buying at Home. OUR Goods are bought in large lots from the Manufacturers for CASH. Our expenses are much lighter than [dealers in larger cities, who sell almost exclusively through Sub-Agents, thus adding largely to the prices charged you And, besides, we have the LARGEST 8TOOK IN THE STATE to select from, and every Instrument is sold under A POSITIVE GUARANTEE. We rerpeotfally solicit your patronage, which will be highly appreciated. Respectfully, C A. REED MUSIC HOUSE. ANIiERSOar, s. c. ]VToGree & Dillineliam W E are very much obliged to our friends for their liberal patronage for the pas ear, and will say that we will have on hand at our Stablos? FIRST CLASS MULES AND HORSES. AND WILL GIVE YOU LIVING PRICES. ure to eall and see us if you want a First Class Mule or Horse cbeap for with good security. can furnish you a first class Turnout at any time. Our Livery De lipped with first class Horses and Bugsier We also have on hand ALSTONS, BUGGIES and HARNESS t Rock Bottom Prices. McGEE & DILLINGHAM. TeJa?he&s'Column, H* All cemmunicationB intended fo thisOolumn should be addressed to 0 WARDLAW, 8chool Commissioner, An? derson, S. 0. memory gems. "In the dialect of Heaven to be great is to be good," "For myself I am certain that the good of human life cannot lie in the pos? session of things which for one man to possess is for the rest to lose; but rather in things which all can possess alike, and where one man's wealth promotes his neighbor's." We are very glad to see the schools bo far opening with such bright prospects. The attendances are good, and began at the opening of the session. Several of the arithmetic charts bought more than a ye = r ago are still here. They shonld be t ?.ken and used. If they are not needed Borne disposition should be made of them. The school at Flat Bock has closed a most successful year's work. Mr. B. E. Nicholson, the teacher, is a wide-awake and energetic teacher. He does good work. The new school district at Fendleton will begin work November 1st. Messrs. R. E. Sloan, 0. A. Bowen and H. P. Sitton are the Trustees. The new dis? trict will be known as Hunter's School District, No. 23, of Anderson County. The purpose of is to build up a high school at Pendleton. Wo trust this aim will be accomplished. It is bo strange that the teachers should allow every other calling or pro? fession to organize and co-operate for mutual benefit and protection, and yet the teachers having their association make no effort in that direction. They ought to endeavor to formulate some plan on which the echoolu of the County should be run. They are among our most intelligent citizens, and still no mutual efforts are made to fix or perfect a plan for carrying ou the great work of education. We do not believe in a combination of one calling against an? other, but we do believe in united effort to forward a good cause. This is what we are talking for. No teacher has done her duty by a class of pupils, no matter how well she has carried them over the ground pre? scribed by a course of study, if she has not taught them: First, to govern them selves. Second, to respect the rights and property of others; to reiipect the aged. Third, to be true and just with a high standard of self respect. Fourth, to re? spect their superiors and the laws they make. Fifth, to be considerate and ten? der to those weaker or smaller than themselves; to be kindly affectioned to one another. Sixth, to love the goi.d and shun evil. The teacher must have in mind, in all her training, to make self-governed boys and girls, not only iu the school-room wbea under her control, but wheu beyond it, and here a tiny, in visible, tenacious thread, spun from the moral thought evolved in a course of lessons similar to those so admirably given by Miss Ballon in "Lessons in Right Doing," must hold the pnpil to right lines of conduct no matter what the surroundings or what the temptations may be. This hold may wax feeble, the thread grow lax in the mental grasp, but na good thought is ever wholly lost, no counsel ever bo thoroughly forgotten but that it returns to admonhh or disturb the conscience of the tried one, and to keep him frequently from yielding to the temptations that assail him. WANTED. The girls that are wanted are good girls Good girls from the hearts to the lips, Pure as the lily is white and pure From its heart to its pure leaf tips. Girls that are fair on the hearthstone, And pleasant when nobody sees ; Kind and sweet to their own folks, Ready and anxious to please. rls ' The girls that are wanted are careful g ' Who count what a thing will cost; *?V Who use with a prudent, cenerous htfr.K But see that nothing is lost. >fa The clover, the witty, the brilliant girls, They are very fine, understand; But oh, for the wise, loving, home girls, There is a constan t and steady demand. Joubnal. The Largest Flower Known. In Mindiac, the farthest southeastern island in the Philipine group, upon one of its mountains, the volcano Apo, a party of botanical and ethnographical explorers round recently at a height of 2,500 feet above the sea level a colossal flower. The discoverer, Dr. Alexander Scadenberg, could scarcely believe his eyes wheu he saw amid the low-growing bushes the immense bnds of this flower 1 growing like gigantic cabbage heads. But he was still more astonished when he found a specimen iu full bloom, a five petaled flower nearly a yard in diameter, as large as a carriage wheel, in fact. This enormous blossom was borne on a sort of vine creeping on the ground. The native, who accompanied Dr. Sched? enberg, called it "bolo." The party had no scale by which the weight of the flower could be ascertained, but they improvised a swinging scale, using their ' boxes and specimens as weights. Weigh? ing these when opportunity served, it was found that a single flower weighed twenty-two pounds. It was impossible to transport the fresh flower, so the travellers photographed it and dried a number of its leaves by the heat if a fire. Wheu you're languid and dull in the spring of the year, When stomach and liver are all out of gear, When you're stupid at morn and feverish at night, And nothing gives relish and nothing goes right, Don't try any nostrum, elixir, or pill,? "Goldon Medical Discovery" just fills the bill. The surest and best of all remedies for all disorders of the liver, stomach and blood, is Dr. Pierce'a Golden Medical Discovery. - BILL ABB'S TALE? The Squabble* for Office Causing; Lots of Trouble. Atlanta Constitution. "Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in uni? ty." I reckon it would be a goodly sight to see and we could see it if we had the brethren, but we are all torn up now. Politics has done it. The sunny South is no longer solid?it Is "dissevered, dis? cordant, beligerent." Politics in its last analysis is the love of office and I verily believe it would be better for us to surrender all the offices to our foes than to get up such a conten? tion among ourselves. A public office may be a public trust, but it Is a mighty poor thing to have. In the first place it costs more than it is worth to get it and you can't keep it very long after you do get it, and your enemies are watchiDg you all the time and the newspapers give you a aldewipe occasionally, if you don't dance to their music. Heard a man say not loDg ago that it had coat him $2,500 dollars to get the nomination and do the underground work, and he wasent elect? ed yet and might not be. I know another man who spent $800 and never got the nomination. He used to be a lively, joky man, but now he looks Bad and bereaved and wears crape all over his counteuanco like somebody was dead in bis family. It i.s the slate that kicks up all the dust. If a politician is not put on the slate he can flop over just as easy aa falling off a log. Kolb ran as a Cleve? land Democrat and Bays he was cheated out of the office, and now he fops ovor to the Third Party and is going for Weaver, and all his followers have flopped with him. What kind of Democracy ia that ? WeaTer was a Republican, but they dident put him on the slate and he joins the People's Party. But the mystery is how these artful politicians can fool their followers and keep them in line. Car Iyle said that England had a population of30,000,000?mostly fools?and I reckon it is that way everywhere. We are all fools more or less about our politics. There are only about a dozen offices to be held in this County and yet about three thousand people are excited over it like it was a lifo and death matter to them, and I'm afraid the cotton won't be picked out until after the elections are over, and then it will be set down as stained and bring about 5 cents and the loss be charged up to the Democrats. As a general thing politics is a squabble for office, and I don't blame the people for being disgusted, but there are men in office and men running for office who are men of principles and have the good of the people at heart, and will do to trust anywhere. I believe that Mr. Cleveland is about as free from the arts and tricks of the politician as a man can be, and we have some good men in Congress and have nominated some more good men, but I wouldcnt trust a member of a Beeret, oath-bound, political party out of sight. I never thick of them but what I think of Macbeth whan he Bays to the witches, "How now, ye secret dark and midnight hags I What is it ye do ?" And they answered, "A deed without a name." Mr. Jefferson said: "Error of opinion may be tolerated when reason is left free to combat it," but what chance haa reason, except to talk through the key? hole at a Third Party secret meeting. What chance has reason when the lead? ers say, "don't read their papers, don't listen to their speeches, don't talk poli? tics with them at all." The broadest education a man can have is the best. I never knew how many lies the newspa? pers could tell until I began to read the other side, and I couldent tell then, for they lied, too, from top to bottom, and a man has to split the difference to get at the truth. If I was a teacher of young men I would have them road and study the cardinal principle's of all religious Beets and the theories of all governments and the arguments for and against the protective tariff and free coinage, and the advantages and disadvantages of monar? chy and of a Republican government. This kind of eduoation would kill preju? dice and make people tolerant if nothing yelse. This secret, midnight, dark-Ian 'tern, star-chamber business is the curse of all progresa and all fellowship. I don't like secrets no how, and I never could keep one. They are unsociable, selfish things and a man who has a pocket full is mighty poor company. He is thinking all the time how much he can get out of you and how little you are going to get out of him. I never did get reconciled to the Farmers' Alliance after it got into politics and ruled me out. It was an insult to my good will, my friend ship, my intelligence. It was as much as to say, "Your garden isent big enough and we can't trust you." But it has passed away and I suppose it is unkind to abuse the dead. I wish that it had left no offspring, but there is a lively little brat that seems to be kicking up quite a duat in the big road. At first we thought it was a white child, but it is timing dark so fast we can't tell what it will be in a year or two, if it lives that long. Now I will venture to make a prediction. If the People's Party carries Alabama it will be the only Southern State, and if it carries three or four Western States and has enough electoral votes to hold the balance of power between the two old parties their leaders will sell out to Harrison. Kolb may have been cheated ont of the governor? ship, but if he proposes to take revenge on Governor Jones by deserting Mr Cleveland, he is a political fraud and wasn't fit to be governor. His party now consists of disappointed office seeker?, Republican tricksters and ignorant ne? groes. The same sort of a conglomera? tion tried to make up a similar party in this District, but it wouldent work. Up North they have no People's Party, but their emissaries are down here at work to divide the South, and if money can do it, it will be done. This election is the last hope for Southern equality in the union. If we fail to elect Mr. Cleveland, then farewell?a long farewell?to the chivalry, tbe prestige, the manhood that has sus? tained the South ia all her tribulations. Farewell to hallowed memories and the sweet though sad reunions of the veter? ans. A few years more will Sod them all in their graves, but their children will still be paying tribute to those up North who never die, but multiply and call^for more money aa the years roll on. The Youths Companion of last week says: "Pension expenses have in ere a sod steadily every year Bince the war. The amount appropriated for pensions by the last Congress is five times what it was in 1870, and more than twice what it was in 1884," and here is the People's Party that wants to go back and pay the North* em soldiers the difference between gold and greenbacks during the war. Was there ever such an outrage proposed by anybony outside of a lunatic asylam and ia it possible that any Southern maa can be found who would vote for it ? May the Lord help us to keep calm and ser? ene under such a humiliation. And now, twenty-eight years after the war is over, the Grand Army of the Republic, 400,000 Btrong, have gathered in Wash? ington to celebrate their victory and have another jubilee. The victory of nearly three millions of men over 700,000 all told. The victory that cost them more lives than we ever had soldiers, and besides, put on the pension rolls 684,000 living pensioners. Grand victory! I like to see these honest, sure-enough veterans meet together and have a gocd time, but if I was them I wouldent brag. I'd Bing low, if I sang at all, and I wouldent sing at all if there was an old Confederate about. Bill Arp, mm ? ? Colored Labor In Cotton Factories. The Conoord Standard of a recent date says that "Concord will be the first town in the State that employs in a cotton factory colored labor alone. This is not exactly correct, though it has been bo many years since such labor was tried, that it has passed out of mind and comes be? fore the North Carolinian as a new fact. But if, is not new, though the experiment tried long ago was an utter failure, and has not since been renewed, until now to be tried in Concord. About the year 1824, the Donaldson cotton mill for the making of yarns was established at Fay etteville. It was the second cottou mill built iu the State, tbe Battle mills at Rock Mount being tbe first. No expe? rience had therefore been gained on tbe subject of qualified labor, and it was rea? sonably assumed that slave labor which was applied to every other branch of in? dustry would be sufficient to do the sim? ple work of a spinning mill after being properly instructed in the management of the machinery. The Donaldsons therefore proceeded to hire slaves of sufficient age and tractability and went to work with their mill. After a few months operation it was closed a dismal failure, and remained idle twelvo years or more; and it was then opened by W. C. Benthow with white labor, valuable experience in the meantime having been acquired through the steady increase of manufacturing establishments, Recently the question of the difference between white and colored labor in cot? ton mills came up, and then a probable (solution was given as to tbe failure of tbe Donaldson mills. Travelling with a gentleman, a large tobacco manufac? turer, and employing colored labor ex? clusively, the question was asked why the same system would not apply is well to cotton milIb ? Tbe answer was given by the narrative of a recent incident in his own observation. He bad recently travelled on a railroad leading into New Orleans. Passengers were few and be readily engaged in conversation with a gentleman who seemed aa lonely as him? self. This gentleman proved to be tbe superintendent of a cottou factory not long since established in New Orleans. In reply to the question of labor supply, and its character, he said he had come South from a New England State, with the usual erroneous notions about South? ern character, and especially of negio character. Struck with the number of idle young negroes everywhere around him, he was inclined to rebuke tbe whites for their disregard of the mine of labor wealth that lay before them, and resolved upon a revolution which would open the public eye with astonishment and envy. The factory was built, and colored labor engaged to the exclusion of all whites, except superintendents and certain subordinate leaders of work in gangs. For a while he claimed a victo? ry ; everything worked along smoothly. But the novelty was soon exhausted, work was done languidly and inefficient ly, the threads broke in the whirling spindles, and were suffered to stay broke; and half the employees were found nod? ding at their posts. Like tbe Fat Boy Pickwick they could not be kept awake even amid the clatter of machinery. At any Southern table in old times could be seen every day the nodding or Bleeping boy standing erect and mechanically moving up and down tbe customary old fly brush, and starting into spasmodic wakofulness when stormed at by his master. So it was with the factory. The operatives were lulled to repose by the monotonous hum of the machinery and were only aroused to wakefulneaa by the voice or blow of their superinten dent. The syetcm was inconsistent with success or profit, and white labor was substituted, and the factory i* now pay? ing regular dividends. We asked our informant what secret it was that made colored labor in tobacoo factories so useful and preferable. He replied tbat it was a physiological one, the love of music and the adaptation of negro sentiment to the movement of rytbm. Without songs work in a tobacco factory would be as dull and monotonous as iu a cottou factory. With songs every interest is awakened, every emotion inspirited ; and when a song is pitched in a lively time every movement of the body is in unison, and work goes on at a brisk methodical rate. Therefore in the tobacco factories good music is heard be? cause it is encouraged as a matter of good policy.?Ashcville Citizen. .- mm m m? Bucklens 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 26 cents per box. For aale by Hill Bros. OLD BICHELOBS, Borna of the Reasons vrhj Men stiele to Single Blessedness. From the Atlanta Journal. I propose to right to day a little battle for bachelordom?for Atlanta bachelor dom. There are a good many bachelors lying aronnd loose in the Gate City and yon often hear people wondering why more of them don't get married. Now, the average Atlanta bachelor is not as hard a case as some folks?partic? ularly marriageable young ladies?may imagine. The fact ia that some of the most sensible people in the country are to be found right here in the ranks of our single gentlemen. I have had sober talks with three rep? resentative Atlanta bachelors recently all brought about by me asking this ques? tion t "Why don't you marry ?" And the three little interviews given below will clear up some of the reasons why men stick to single blessedness in Atlanta. "I am glad you asked me that ques? tion," said bachelor No. 1, "for it will not only give me an opportunity to set myself right in the eyes of the fair sex, but will also enablo me to say a few kind words for a number of the brethren in the same boat. "To begin with," said he, "one of the most expensive?if not the moat expen? sive?luxury of the present day is a wo? man, that is to say the kind of a wifo that if I was a marrying man, I would like to have. "Now, I," continued he, "in common with a number of my single male friends would have passed under the orange fes? toons long ago, bn t for the fact that we are salaried men?and you know very well how small is the pay of the average At? lanta salaried man. "While most of ua can got along pretty comfortably on our salaries in the single state, we dare not approach the altar of Hymen for fear that the means would be wanting to take care of our wives as we would like to take care of them. "There may be a tinge of selfishness in this view?but we are of the opinion that it is better for men of our limited income to remain single and support ourselves in fairly good style and comfort than to get better-halves whose expenses would out? run our financial condition, bringing us down to the verge of uncomfortable living and perhaps to debt and family dis? tress. "We are great admirers of the fair sex," he concluded, "and are, of course, ren? dered restless and to some extent unhap? py, when we see men amply able to sup? port their wives in proper style getting married all aronnd us, but cannot but realize that a man who gets only about enough salary to feed and clothe him? self and indulge in moderate amusement had better live single than to take to himself a wife, and while thus adding to bis liabilities and responsibilities, run the risk of putting the family nose to the grindstone and holding it there for an in? definite number of years. It is bettter, we think, to be bachelors with comfort and a few luxuries now and then, and keep out of debt, when to marry would most probably introduce us and our wives to the harder condition of mere ne? cessities. To make a long story short, we can afford to live single?but our slen? der salaries forbir] the luxury of matri? mony." "I think," remarked bachelor number two, "that there would be far fewer bach? elors in Atlanta if there were more mar? riageable working women. The great troublo is that the majority of women who get married expect to be supported by their husbands without adding any? thing ic the way of money help to the conventnre. Now, a great many poor men are not able to properly take care of this class of wives, and therefore remain single. The women are not to blame, for in very many cases they are encoraged by custom to that when they get hus? bands their earning days are over? and all that they have to do is to attend to the duties of the household, and be supported; and if the income of the hus? band is inadequate to what the wife con? siders a proper support, right there the seeds of domestic dissatisfaction are sown and they sprout very rapidly. "Now," said he, "things would be in better shape for poor, but hardworking, bachelors to get the right kind of wives if the great majority of women should be trained to earn something while tbey are growing and keep up the lick after the ceremony. "Let me illustrate. "If a bachelor is earning, say fifty dollars a month, it would be a trifle hazardous for him to marry with the hope of maintaining a wife and a pros? pective family on that sura?but if he should marry a woman whose earning capacity is thirty dollars a month, by proper economy the couple could not only get aiong pretty comfortably, but might save enough in a few years to buy a little home. "Bachelors, like other people, aro apt to take warning from observation. Many of us are frightened away from matrimony by what we see. "When we look around and observe men who are earning a good support for themselves rush into matrimony, mar? rying women with no earning capacity, and struggling to make both ends meet, when we take note of scores of such ob? ject lessons in this town, it makes us pause, reflect and stay single. "The next boot thing to experience is observation?and proper observation on the part of many a tolerably well fixed single man saves him from a train of very unpleasant marital experiences." Bachelor number three made some very spicy remarks. "Yes, sir, I am a bachelor, and under all the circumstances I am porud of it. I am a bachelor becausel cannot see my way clear considering what I am making, to take care of a family. I shall never marry until I do see my way clear to the eup port of a wife and children in good style. "It iB far better, in my opinion, to live single in comfort, than to enter the matri? monial state to be condemned to simply eke out an existence with a family on my hands. "I am a poor man on a salary, and there are scores of other poor men on salaries b Atl anta who, instead of taking my view of the matter, very unwisely, in my judg? ment, get married to women who have nothing and can earn nothing, and what is the result ? "Why, after a few years of the sternest economy and of married life which is lit? tle better than a hardship, there is a house full of children, with nothing to properly feed and clothe and school them on. "Then comes the era of suffering. "Yes, sir, when I look around upon the wrecks upon the sea of matrimony, made by the intermarriage of men and women hardly able to support themselves singly much less the proverbially big familiei for which poor folks are noted, I not only congratulate myself that I am a bachelor, but seriously think sometimes that it would be a good idea to save the poor, but matrimonially inclined millions in America from themselves by the en? actment of a law prohibiting ihe inter* marriage of people who cannot see their way clear to the support of themselves much less of their families. "What good is there in marriage of this sort when they lead, in thousands of instances, to the raising of paupers and criminals, to say nothing of their Alling tbe calandars of our courts with count? less divorce cases? "Single blessedness is a thousand times better than double cussedness?and men and women who marry or. nothing, and live on nothing, and try to raise children on tbe same onght to be forthwith separ? ated for the good of society and the re? public, and locked up separately in an asylum for matrimonial imbeciles and be kept there until they learn better sense. "Yes, sir ,* that's the kind of a bachelor I am. I don't think people oaght to marry until they see their way clear to the support of each other and families. "That's the kind of a bachelor I am, and Atlanta would be better of if she had several thousand more of the same stripe." The Idleb. The Onion as a Medicine. No vegetable grown on our soil has greater medicinal value than the onion, says the Eouseheeper. Physicians of high repute assert this to be true and present a long list of ailments for which its remedial powers have been success? fully tested. If this is so, onions should hold a special place on the table as an article of food. The housewife has a due regard for the onion as a seasoner, regarding it as indispensable in poultry dressing,salads, and the many dishos rescued from "flat? ness" by its addition, but it is only by the free use of tbe onion as a vegetable that the benefits ascribed may be obtain? ed. Many persons really fond of them deny themselves, science as yet having discovered no complete antidote for the unpleasant odor imparted to tbe breath after eating. There are times when it would be well to obstsio, but by chang? ing the water once or twice while cook? ing, much of their rankness will be elim? inated. The sweet Italian or the Bermuda on? ions are tbe ones to be eaten au naiurel, the flavor being much more delicate than the common varieties. But onions are really sweeteners of the breath after the local effects have passed away, as they correct stomach disorders and carry off the accumulated poisons of the system. They provide a blood purifier that all may freely use, and do perfect work in constipation troubles. As a vermifuge the onion can not be surpassed, and, eaten raw, will often check a violent cold in tbe head. One small onion eaten every night before retiring is a well known doctor's prescription for numer? ous affections of the head, snd is highly recommended for sleeplessness; it acts on the nerves in a soothing way without the injurious effects of the drugs so often applied. The heart of an onion, heated and placed in the ear, will often relieve tbe agony of ear ache, while the syrup pro? cured from sprinkling a sliced onion with sugar and baking in the oven will work wonders in a "croupy" child. We ought to appreciate this remedy of nature by using it more, and thus test? ing its powers as a preventive, at least, which is better than a cure. The house? keeper is often the health-keeper, and here is something to ward off the period? ical bilious attacks which occur too often iu most families. The experiment costs but little, and may be followed up with? out the uneasy apprehension with which we often administer unknown remedies warranted to kill or cure. The material is inexpensive, harmless and easily ob? tained, threefold virtues making it pos? sible for all to test and benefit by it. Deafness Cannot be Cured By local applications, as they cannot reach tbe diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure Deafness, and tbat is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed con? dition of the mucojs lining of tbe Eusta chian Tube. When this tube gets in? flamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entire? ly closed Deafness is the result, and unless tbe inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed for? ever ; nine cases out often are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, 0. 5^Sold by all Druggists, 75c. ? ? ? ? Hop Whitney, of Monroe, Ga , tells a strange Btory of animal life. A cat se? lected the fodder loft as the home for ber kittens. A sitting hen was near her neighbor, and had the misfortune to be broken up. She at once ousted the cat from her bed and appropriated her three kitten3. When Hop went into the loft, he was surprised to see the mammy cat lying without her kittens, and when he attempted to take the kittens from the hen he found be had a considerable row on his hands. Sea Fowl In a Storm. Far out to sea the birds utter wild cries of alarm when the ocean begins to darken and the wind to moan across the extensive waste of waters, and with all the speed possible they fly toward some point of land to escape the danger. The few which are caught in the storm far from the land make the wild screaming of the storm more horrible by their pite? ous cries and excited calls, Washed hither and thither by the relentless storm, they fly around in hopeless search for some harbor of retreat. Should the light of some passing vessel or the flash light jf a warning light house attract their attention, they are lured on to a danger far greater than that experienced from the waves and winds. Storms do not always warn the birds in time to permit them to reach the shore. The tern?, petrels, gulls, ducks and other sea fowl may be far from shore skimming over the water in graceful sweeps when a coast storm suddenly comes out of the northwest. At the first sign of such a change in the weather the birds invariably seek Borne harbor of safety, but if the storm shuts them out from the coast they are forced to fly around in flocks until accident leads lihem to retreat. Sea fowl at such times flock together and a lost company may number thousands, representing a hete? rogeneous collection of all the species of sea birds. Such motley collections fre? quently dash against the light house of some exposed point, where hundreds are killed by the collision, Ocean steamers serve as an allurement for them, and they follow the light of the vessel as a moth does the candle light. If not attracted by any light the birds fly around until exhausted by their ex? ertions or until the storm abates. Dur? ing prolonged storms thousands of lost sea fowl are destroyed upon the ocean through their inability to reach land or to outride the furious gales. While a large proportion of the flock would eventually succumb to the fury of the wind and waves, there are many others that would show their marvelous powers in outriding the storm. To fly against a gale that is blowing at the rate of forty or fifty miles an hour would require bones of iron and muscles of steel, and the lost birds very rarely Buaoeed in holding their own in such a storm. They buffet with the gale bravely, circling around and around to make headway against it, but in time they are swept far out to sea. The waves offer no resting place :tor them and they are forced to trust entirely to their wings for safety. After heavy storms of several days the terns and petrels have been found a thousand miles from the shore, weak and almost dead from their exer? tions. Others have been discovered floating on the water dead, the black and blue patches on their bodies telling the terrible story of strain and hopeless exer? tion. Incoming vessels have brough ta solitary sea fowl that would light upon the masts of the ships when completely exhausted after fighting against the storms. Floating spars and wrecks have been the means of saving the lives of such lost birds. They would float on them for hours or days until they become thoroughly rested from their labors, and tben they would begin their long journey toward some shore at the first favorable opportunity. Their instinct at such times is unerring, and they generally make for the nearest point of land, although it may be hundreds of miles away and they are completely turned around. It may be, however, that they take their bearings from the buu while they are floating upon their temporary restless buoys. When the storm approaches the long, sharp whistling of the curlews, the wild cries of the sea gulls and the sharp, piercing screams of the terns announce that danger is at hand. The sea grows restless and choppy, an occasional puff of wind will moan across the water and force whiteoapa into motion. The birds then assemble along the shore, some seek? ing for their food among the rocks half a milo out, while others will run along the beach or go to the inland marshes. As the fury of the storm increases all of them will get in beyond the reach of the wild waves. The heavy wind makes fly? ing a difficult art, and most of them trust to their legs. They run along the | Band or hide in the rocks. The terns and gulls will occasionally venture out over the waves to fish for food, but they soon find that the work is unprofitable. When the storm has subsided the coasts are great objects of interest to the sportsmen. Every species of sea fowl is to be found somewhere along all the beaches or in? land marshes. They do not return to the wid9 sea for lay or two after the storm has abaU and theu they are driven there by the hunter's gun. What She Brought to her Husband at Noon Recess. One doesn't need the velvety side of life for the setting of every picture. The other day when the noon whistles blew, a crowd of workmen left their tasks at the Woman's Temple, now building at the corner of Monroe and La Salle streets, and disposed tb/ mselves in con venient nooks for the eating of their frugal dinners, Bays the Chicago Herald. After the slender luncheon, four or five of them gathered under the staging on the Monroe street side, and were chat ting quietly, flecking the bits of mortar from their clothes, uursing a bruised place on the rugged hands, talking of the dismal little things which go to make up a hard day's work, when a woman walk? ing along the opposite side of the street attracted the attention of one of them. He rose instantly, his whole face losing the dreary look which labor had lelt there, his movement lightened and quick? ened by the magic of love, bis figure dig? nified in the blessing of paternity. For the woman who had come to see him bore in her arms the child that bound them together in a union as Btrong as that which holds the world in order. He joined her on the farther pavement, took the little one in his arms, pushed back its humble bonnet, kissed the willing lips and walked with her away from the scene of his crucial toil. The roar of 4he busy pity, the sunlight prisoned be tween stem brick walls, tbe graed, tbe selfishness, the depravity of life, were all forgotten in the moment's contact with those who were bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh. When they had reached the farther corner and crossed over, he saw that movement among the men at tbe temple which told him that work had begun \ again, and he lifted tbe child for a part* ing ki?s, looked love and good-bye into the woman's eyes, and hurried back to his station, better and stronger for a touch of tbe tender side of life. Just as he turned into the littered entrance, a carriage rolled past on the rough pavement of La Salle street. A woman tiat back in the cushions, ad? justed her Bunshade with a movement of impatience, and frowned at the cumbered curb which slackened tbe speed of her horses. She had been to her husband's office, and now carried in the little bag at her wrist a check that would have made a borne for the workingman. Yet the woman who carried away the babe in the little white sunbonnet was happier than she, and the man who stood on a scaffold up there above her was blest above the husband whose millions could not purchase one glimpse of the high noon of love. ' m i mm All Sorts of Paragraphs. ? There are over 15,000 Masonic lodges in existence. ? She: Why do so many men toll lies ? He: Because so many women be* lieve them. ? There ere forty-eight distinct dis? eases of the eye. No other organ of the hnman body has so many. ? Chicago Girl: What would you do if you were in my shoes? St Louis Girl: Take them off and get a pair four sizes smaller. ? Although many remedies are posh? ed into the market by spicy advertise? ments, Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup still takes the lead. ? Mamma: Arthur, didn't I tell yon* to take these powders every two hours? Little Arthur: Yes, but you never told me where you wanted me to take them to. ? The most powerful and heaviest gun in the world weighs 135 tons, is 40 feet in length and has a 13J -inch bore. Its range is 11 miles, with a projectile weighirjg 1,800 pounds. ? Most men break down when af? flicted with rheumatism. If they would try Salvation Oil tbey would find relief at once. ? In using what is known as tbe Cana? dian method of boring oil wells, a well 1090 feet was bored in 228 hours, or an average of 4.78 feet per hour of actual work. j ? "When I grow up, I am going to live on a farm and eat lots of apples," said a little miss to her younger sister the other day. "If you do," said the youngster, "you'll get the appleplexy." ? Ethel: Just wait a moment, Hetty, until I show you the lovely engagement ring Gerald gave me. Hetty: Ob, never mind, dear; I wore it for six months myself and know just how it looks. ? The Chicago Herald relates, that a young man ia Texes started to town the other day to get a marriage license but the clerk bad sold out. He invested in a pair of shoes and went home perfectly satisfied. ? The "waxfitter" in Queen Victor ria's household arranges the candles on , the dinner table, for wb"'?'. be draws $300 a year, but he does not light them. I That duty is performed by two lamp? lighters, drawing a salary of $500 each. ? The largest sum ever asked or offer? ed for a single diamond was $2,150,000, ' which tha Prince of Hyderabay, in . India, agreed to give the jeweler who^ then owned, the Imperial, which is con- . sidered the finest stone in the world. ? "The poor you have always with you." It is estimated that it costs the well-to-do people of this country $125, 000,000 annually to support charitable institutions, while at least $500,000,000 are invested in permanent buildings where the needy are cared for. ? Mr. T. E. Wiley, 146 -mbers Bt., New York City, "ays that ,r's Sarsa parilla cored him of a dry and scaly humor, from which he had suffered in? tolerably. He adds: "I have not now a blemish on my body, and my cure ia wholly due to Ayer's Sarsaparilla." ? There is a patient and industrious man named Rila Kitt ridge, of Belfast, Me., who is putting Mr. Gladstone's great peeches on postal cards, which he sends to the "Grand Old Mau." On some of tbe cards be manages to get 20,000 words. Mr. Gladstone is himself addicted to the postal card habit; but when he gets some of these missives, he must feel that he has the disease in a very mild form. ? There can be no health for either mind or body so long as tbe blood ia vitiated. Cleanse the vital current from all impurities by tbe use of Ayer's Sar? saparilla. This medicine recruits the wasted energies, strengthens the nerves,"" and restores health to the debiliated system. ? The dealers admit frankly'there are persons in the town who are willing to pay a high price?sixty and even eeven- j ty cents a dozen?for eggs that are guar? anteed to be strictly fresh. By that is meant eggs anywhere from one to thrjjej days old. But the dealers say persons who do that are either crazy or in a fair way to become so. They eay further that such persons are usually deceived, because it is not possible to get eggs into New York that are unc'er a week old, not even in the summer.?New York Evening Sun. ? An iarestigator, who lived during two years in a tomb at Gizeh, has collect? ed evidence to prove that the tools used in working htone 400C years ago had jew? eled cutting edges, like modern tools. He says that the builders of the pyra? mids used solid and tubular tools, straight and circular saws, and many other tools supposed to be modern. In some speci? mens of g -finite the drill has sunk one tenth of an inch at each revolution indi? cating that the pressure was two tons. Nothing ie known of the material of the tools. As the diamond was scarce.then/ it is probable that corundum was nsei^"