The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, October 12, 1892, Image 2
BY CLINKSCALES & LAN GS TON.
ANDERSON, S. C WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 12, 1892.
VOLUME XXVII.- -NO. 15.
For Asthma, Bronchitis
Colds, coughs,
la grippe, pneumonia,
and all diseases of
the throat and
lungs, take
"For more than twenty-flve years I was &
sufferer from lunt trouble, attended with
coughing so severe at times as to cause hem?
orrhage, the paroxysms frequently lasting
three or four hours. I was Induced to try
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, and after taking
four bottles was thoroughly cured- I can
confidently recommend tuts medicine."?
Franz Hotman, Clay Centre, Kons.
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
prn,.redbyDr.J.C.AyorfcCo..Low.ll,lfM.. PrompttOact, SUretOCUre
OUR LEADER FOR 30 DAYS ONLY!
???_i.li ?SSMaMSSS?
ALL OF OKJR
DRESS aOODS
AT COST FOR CASH,
Including all our Fall Purchases.
HENRIETTAS, CASHMERES,
SERGES, BROADCLOTHS,
BEDFORD CORDS,
LADIES' CLOTHS, in blacks and colors.
The Oaahmerea you pay elsewhere 20c. for we will let you have at 15c. The
35c. line at 20c. the 40c. line at 25c, and the 50c. liue at 33Ja, the 75c. line for half
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, bnt the difference on the 6aer goods is greater: On $4.80 you save $1.80,
on the $6.00 line you save $2.00, on the $9.00 line you save $3.00, on $12 00 line
you save $4.00.
Remember, this sale will be only for Thirty Days.
LADIES' STORE
STILL LEADING IN
HANDSOME GOODS!
0
J?R Buyer has been lu the Northern marketu for three weeks, aud has bought
the HANDSOMEST 8TOCK OF LADIES GOODS that has ever been brought
to tfcis market AT PRICES TO SUIT ALL. We have added a new feature in
ihe way of?
A B4RGAIN COUNTER.
Js$* Don't fail to inspect our entire Stoek, for you will SAVE MONEY !
Thanks for the past and hopes for the future,
Respectfully,
MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS.
Successor to Peoples & Burriss, still Headquarters for
House Mil Goofls, Fancy Cliiiia, DiMer Sets, Vases,
Holiday Goods, &c.
The 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 first close housekeeper need want. A big lot of Second Hand Stoves must go
&t tome price, so come in and price them.
TINWARE LOW DOWN !
t&- Bring your BAGS, EIDES and BEESWAXtorn.
Those indebted to the firm of Peoples & Burriss are respectfully invited
to call in as soon as possible aad settle their Account at the name old stand with
JOHN T. BURRISS.
Having bought the A. 0. Means Stock of
CLOTHING, SHOES. HATS, &C?
And being desirous of closing out the same, we will
SELL ALL GOODS at
FEW YORK COST I
When we say New York Cost WE MEAN WHAT WE SAY.
Come early and make your selections and SECURE BARGAINS.
TAYLOR & CRAYTON,
Red Front Granite Row.
WHY ORDER
PIA1TOS AND OTtOrJ^JSrS
From any otlier Market when
THE C. A. REED MUSIC HOUSE
Can and will Save you Money by Buying at Home.
OUR Goods ars bought in larsre lots
from the Manufacturers for CASH.
I Our expenses are much lighter than
dealsrs in larger cities, who sell almost
exclusively through Sub-Agents, thus
adding largely to the prices charged yon
And.-beaides, we have the LARGEST STOCK IN THE
STATE to select from, and every Instrument is sold under
A POSITIVE GUARANTEE.
v. ^?P^ctfully solicit your patronage, which will be
highly appreciated. Respectfully,
C A. REED MUSIC HOUSE.
AXBERSOX, 8. C.
3E5?!
IVTcGree & Dillirigliair;.
We are very much obliged to our friends for their liberal pitronage for the pas
year, and will say that we will havo on hand at our Stables?
FIRST CLASS MULES AND HORSES,
AND WILL GIVE YOU LIVING PRICES.
fta sure to ?all and see us if you wait a First Claas Mule or Horse cheap for
e*?K <>r with good security.
?Ve also can furnish you s firgt o.Sasu Turnout at any time*. Our Livery De?
partment is pquipr>ed with rir.i c'h^ ll -rsos and Hu<rjtjeH. We also have on hand
a lot of?
PHjETONS, BUGGIES and HARNESS
That we will sell at Rock Bottom Prices.
MoGEE & DILLINGHAM.
"Btt All oeramunications Intended fo
tbis column should be addressed to C
WARDLAW, School Commissioner, An?
derson, 8. C.
The examination of Wachen will take
plaoo od Saturday, the 25 ad inst., instead
of the 21at, at published. Applicants
will please take notice.
Mr. W. P. Holland will teach at Lib?
anon next year. The patrons bare been
fortunate in securing bim. They like fco
have made a serious mistake.
The work of the shool room should be
made as practicable as possible. Pupils
should be shown the importance of each
lesson, as well ax its plaai in human lira.
We give our readers Iba benefit of
some fine thoughts from the pen of Mr.
Eddie P. Vandiver. We refer to his
graduating speech published in this col?
umn.
>. Tbe weather is indicating tbe necessity
of comfortable school houses for the
children during tbe wlator months. It
is tbe duty of tbe Trustees to provide
eomfortable sobool housfo. It is their
duty and they ought to do it.
Columbus Day will be observed in
some of the schools We would be glad
to see all observe the day. It is a good
occasion to teach and impress the his?
tory of the discovery of America, and
the man who discovered our fair land.
We have repeatedly said that we would
like to see more interest taken by the
young people in reading newspapers, and
hence no newspaper should be allowed
to enter your house tbat you would not
be willing for your children to read.
Qive tbe children good, clean papers to
read, and encourage them in reading
chem. A newspaper claws in the school
might be of benefit.
THAT IA8Y PLACE.
We are told in mythology tbat tbe an
cient Grecians believed tbat their gods
dwelt on the summit of mount Olympus
in Thecsaly, that beautiful mountain
whose summit reached above tbe clouds,
and whose lofty peaks were oovered with
perpetual snow. Here they feasted on
ambrosia and nectar, discoursed upon tbe
affairs of Heaven and aartb, and were
delighted at intervals by tbe sweet music
of Apollo's lyre. This brief mythologi?
cal history is in itself a clear definition of
"Tbat Easy Place;" a place of idleness,
happiness and of no responsibility; a
place where the bauds are folded, tbe
eyes are closed aod the poor mortals
slumber free from the cares and anxie?
ties that vex tho busy world. But there
is another place, tho opposite of that
easy place, and the path that leads to
each of them are open to every youth,
both of tbem be cannot take, but one of
tbem be must follow. Tbe nature of
these two paths is beautifully illustrated
by Prociu.i in his narration 'x>nceroin2
Hercules. He says that when Hercules
was advancing from boyhood into man
hood, a period at which the young be?
coming their own masters begiu to give
intimations whether they will enter
upon the path of life by tbe way of vir?
tue or tbat of vice, tbat he went forth
into a solitary place and Bat perplexed as
to which of these two paths he should
pursue, and while thus meditating two
lovely maidens approached him. One of
them rau up to him and exclaimed : "I
see tbatyou are hesitating, Hercules, upon
what path you ?ball enter upon life, if now
you will make a friend of me I shall con?
duct you by tbe easiest and most delight?
ful road. You shall taste of every spe?
cies of pleasure, and lead a life far from
any sort of trouble. Sweot Bleep shall
refresh thine eyes before they become
weary, and tbe choicest of dainties the
appetite before it bscomeu hungry, and
you shall take freely of what others ac?
quire by labor." Herculos on hearing
this address said : "And what, 0 woman,
be thy name!" She replied: "My
friends call me happiness, but those who
hate me oall me vice." In the meantime
tbe othor maiden approached him and
Baid : "I, also, have come to address you,
Hercules. I have known your parents,
and have hoped that you would direct
your steps along the path tbat leads to
my dwelling and become au excellent
peformer of whatever is good and noble,
and tbat I might appear more honorable
through your illustrious deeds. I will
not deceive you, however, with prumisss
of pleasure, but will set before you things
as tbey really are, for of whatever is good
and noble, nothing is granted to mankind
without labor aud care."
Thus spoke virtue to the fabled hero,
and thus she speaks to all. The young
men of our day, like Heroulee, are called
upon to decide whioh of these two paths
they will pursue. If they would attain
that easy place they must avoid the easy
and flowery path of vice, it leads from
idlenees downward, step by step, to tbe
lowest depths of poverty and disgrace,
while the rough and rugged path of vir?
tue, betet by many difficulties, offers to
those who will surmount tbem and stand
on the summit, joy and happiness, that
tbe idler can never know. It leadi to
that easy place. We should always bear
in mind that what we call an easy place
is reached by a bard road. Men can not
soar on flowery beds of ease to tbe high?
est and most honorable positions in life.
It was not an easy road that General
Garfield travelled from his humble, boy?
hood home to the Presidential chair.
And so it is with many of the learned
professors of our colleges who roceive
large salaries for light duties, it is only
the just reward of years of hard studs
and application. Tbe highest and
noblest positions iu life are obtained by
labor and self-denial. Yet, clearly cs
these two path* have been marked out,
there have been persons in all ages lha'
have chosen the fiuwery path of vice in
order to shirk the hard fought battles of
life. We need no?, search for their
names in history, for they mad? no
record and left no name behind. In tbe
evening of the nineteenth century, whi< h
has justly been termed the age of pro?
gren and improvement, we find men
who will sacrifice truth, honor anU every
other high and noble quality that adorns
mankind, for au easy place.
The effoct of following tkat eaay path
Is esau by every one in everv department
of life. We see its effect on the grownjup
man'who!wai a lazy school boyandfloved
play better than study, consequently be
grew up to be au Ignorant nan unfit for
anything but the bumbleet positions in
life. We see its effect on the farmer
who loves sleep better than labor. In
summer his crops are choked by the
briers and weeds, and in autumn his
bars is empty. We see it also on some
of our merchants, lawyers, doctors and
somo times even the preachers them
selves are not osempt, and the effect in
every case Is nothing less then poverty
and disgrace, far ?o it ever has been and
so it ever will be.
Virtue trnly said nothing good caa be
accomplished without labor. All the
great inventions that have made many
thine: easy that were once thought im?
possible, all the grand discoveries of
! science and art, are the results of long
years of cteieleeti labor. Newton's won?
derful discovery that onables us to cal?
culate with precision how muck the
moon curves in her path around the
earth each second was the result of sev?
enteen years of hard labor ever long col?
umns of figure:). Kepler's three grand
and iudispanaable laws of astronomy was
also the result of seventeen years of men
cnl toil. And that asost beautiful poem
in our langungs, the Elegy, written in
a country churchyard by Thomas Gray,
which ha9 been read acd loved nliko by
the young and old, was not the produc?
tion of a moment's thought, but was the
result of eight years of diligent study.
Honost toil is the noblest thing on earth,
it converts the wilderness into grain-bear?
ing fields, it rears cities and adorns the
earth with architectual monumeuht, it
whitens the seas with the wings of com?
merce, and binds nations together with
the fast holding bands of railroads and
telegraphs. Labor holds wider sway
than the conqueror, his name becomes
tainted and his monuments crumble to
dtut, but labor converts his bloody battle
Melds into smiling gardens, and erects
monuments significant of better things.
These examples present in the clearest
light the importance of a well spent life,
that we may attain a position of ease and
comfort prior to the time when the grass?
hopper shall become a burden.
Let us then shun that easy path as we
would the prince of darknens himself,
and like brave men go out into the fierc?
est of the battle of life where we can
achieve the grandest victory and be use?
ful to the age in which we live.
Eddie P. Vandivbe.
A Man-Eating Plant.
There has been discovered in Nicara?
gua a flesh-eating or rather man-eating
plant, which is called by the natives "the
devil's snare." In form it is a kind of
vegetable octopus or dovil fish, and it is
able to draw blood of any living thing
which comes within its clutches. It
appears that a Mr. Dunstan, a naturalist,
has lately returned from Central Amer?
ica, where he spent two years in the
study of the plants and animals of those
regions. In one of the swamps which
surround the great Nicaragua Lake he
discovered the singular growth.
He was engaged in hunting botanical
and entomological specimens when he
heard his dog cry out as if in agony from
a distance. Running to the spot whence
the animal's cries came, Mr. Dunstan
found him enveloped in a perfect net?
work of what seemed to he a fine, rope
like tissue of roots and fibres. The plant
or vine seemed composed entirely of bare,
interlacing stems, resembling more than
anything else the branches of the weep
ing willow denuded of its foliage, but of
a dark, nearly black, hue, and covered
with a thick viscid gam that exuded
from the pores.
Drawing his knife, Mr. Dunstan at?
tempted to cut the poor beast free, but it
was with the very greatest difficulty thai
he managed to ssver the fleshy, muscular
fibres of the plant. When the"" dog was
extricated from the plant, Mr. Dunstan
saw to his horror and amazement that
the dog's body was blood-aUined, while
the skin appeared to have been actually
sucked or puckered in spots, and the
animal staggered as if from exhaustion.
In cutting the vine the twiggs curled like
living sinuous Angers about Mr. Dun*
stan's hand, and it required no slight
force to free the member from its cling?
ing grasp, which left the flesh red and
blistered.
The gum exuding from the vine was of
a grayish dark tinge, remarkably adhee
ive and of a disagreeable odor, powerful
and nauseating to inhale. The natives
showed the greatest horror of the plant,
and recounted to the naturalist many
stories of its death-dealing powers. Mr.1
Dunstan said he was able to discover very
little about the plant owing to the diffi?
culty of handling it, for its grasp can
only be shaken off with the loss of skin
and even of flesh. As near as he could
ascertain, however, its power of suction
is contained in a number of infinitesai
mal mouths or little suckers, which ordi?
narily closed, open for the reception of
food.
If the substance is animal the blood is
drawn off and tho carcass or refuse then
dropped. A lump of raw meat being
thrown in, in the short space of five
minutes the blood will be thoroughly
drunk off and the mass thrown aside.
Its voracity is almost beyond belief.?
Horticultural Timts.
Buckiens 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 mouey refunded.
Price 25 cents per box. For sale by
rJillBro*_
? An Abilene (Kan.) man recently
advertised that he would like to buy a
?ec>nd hand mower, and to address 'X
L.' pijsiuffice. He received one unsvit-r
that struck him favorably, and, after
corresponding some time, hunted lbs
party up and found It to be hi* wife, who
wan trying to aell him their old on?,
BILL ABP'S TALK.
Toxea Is a Grant Stet?, and H?r Faople
Among tho B?tt in ihm World.
Atlanta Oon?Mt*tio*u
Bj tho tint this reaches your readers
1 will be in tbe Lont Star State again.
It is no fun for ma to leave home for a
month, but I like Texas and am going
back to perform my promises and see tbe
bright side of her country and her peo?
ple. We always see the bright Bide when
we go visiting. When people come visit?
ing ns at oar house we are on our beit
behavior and everything is sweet and
lovely and when they go home they tell
everybody what a delightful time they
had and what a ebarming family and
what good cooking and what good beds
to sleep on and somebody tells us what
they said and tbat pleases us and com?
forts us and maksa us all as loving as a
mutual admiration society.
But it won't do for folks to stay too
long anywhere, for it is impossible to
keep the bright side in view more than a
few days at a time. There is a dark side
occasionally in every family audit vs ill
come to the front every now and then
for man is born to trouble as the sparks
fly upward and woman is, too. It is a
good thing to visit and be visited, for it
breaks up the monotony of domestic
affairs and improves our behavior and
sharpens our wits and loosens the old
gentleman's pmfioatrings and makes him
more shifty in providing something to
eat or to wear.
I like Texas?I reckon for the same
reason that Mr. Stephens liked bis little
snarly, unfriendly dog. When asked
what was the secret of his attachment to
the brui?, he said: "Well, I like tbe
little dog just because he likes me and
that is reason enough." I am going to
Texas this time in search of the end of
a raiubow tbat is over thore. It stretches
from Texarkaoa to San Antonio, and I
shall peruse the country all along the
line and of course will see the bright and
beautiful side and write about It; and
your readers must take it with some al?
lowance for I am an invited guest, and it
would bo very bad manners lor me to
find fault with her country or her people.
I am sorry that I won't be here to vote
for pure, unterrified Democracy, but will
try to do like Mr. Blaine did in the
Maine election?I will pair off w:'h some
Third Party friend?if I can find one!
Mr. Blaine had tu publish a card and ex?
plain why be didn't vote and he said he
was 200 miles away from home on elec?
tion day but he paired off with a "Dem?
ocratic friend." I liked that. I like Mr.
Blain? because he liked Ben Hill and
was the first man to send a check for $50
for bis monument. I like him because
he is opposed to the ! roe bill?I don't
like him for many otbe. things too tedi?
ous to mention. But I don't reckon ray
one vote will be needed no how, for tho
Third Party is sick in Georgia aud get?
ting sicker evory day and will bo quaran?
tined before tbe election. Weaver and
Fields and Mm. Lease are quarantined
already.
About nine years, ago I visited Texas
for tho first time and noted tho state of
public morals and found all the new
towns in a wild, recklefs, uusettled con?
dition. Fort Worth had about 10,000
people and it scorned to me the devil was
running the whole business, for tbe Sab?
bath was a gala day and tho saloons wore
all opon and tbe billard balls were crack?
ing and tbe faro banks in full blast and
Bogardus was obootiug pigeonB in the
suburbs and the church bells rang feebly
and few and they hadjutt furnished a
four story jail that was 200 feet long and
wasu't half big enough, they said. But
the devil dm't run the business now.
Good men and women banded together,
and more of them kspt coming and
cburchea were built and Sunday Schools
established and the Y. M. C. A. became
a power and they drove tbe devil out and
now it is an orderly, Godfearing city.
Young men who are uiaaipr?ted and reck?
less c*re nothing about the morals of a
town, but when meu of families wbo are
raising up ci.uJren around them move
to a new place they want a Christian
morality fur their children's sake, if
nothing else. A man may have no
religion, but if he has children ho wou't
settle iu a Godless town.
Texas is now as much a land of church?
es as aay State iu the union aud is em?
phatically tbe land of schools. I re?
member when it was supposed tbat it
was tbo land of outlaws and refugees
from justice and my wonder now is what
became of all the rascals who were said
to bavo run away to Texas? When I
wa.s out there* last summer a man came
up to me and said "howdy, major."
"Weil, tell me who you are," said I.
He whispered his name and said, "I
knowd you over in Georgia. About
twemiy years ago I happened to kill a
man over little accidentally iu a fight,
and I didn't have no money to fee a
iftvyer and so I just stepped over here to
save trouble." He told me his name and
I promised to keep bis secret, for thoy
said ha was behaving himself. I don't
believe in hunting a man down after ter,
fifteen or twenty years and breaking up
bis family and carrying him back a
thousand miles and locking him up in
jail. But it is done continually by theso
directives and reward hunters juat for
the reward tbat was once effered and
never recalled. We read every little
while of the arrest of some man who ran
away and changed his name long years
ago, and behaved himself and married a
good woman and was raising up respei*
table children when suddenly a detectiva
found him and selxsd him and rudely
tore him from those who lo7ed him and
carried him away to a distant State to
prison. It is all wrong aud does no
good. had carried the burden of hii
crime like a nightmare for years and
yeirt. Ik* had suffered enough.
Thinking about Texas rcraiuds me <-f
whnt EJenry Grady said to me some ye.sis
ago when I told him I was going there.
"Are you not ofruid?" said he. "Afraid
-of what?" Iasksd. "Why of robbers
?train robbers?those fellows that hold
up a tmin und go through ii awl \ w. yl.-i
muzzle of u dorrtug*r at ever) mau'd
head und kofcp it thero uutil he disgor?
ges, I would like tn ?te that doue. f
would give ?5G to be on a train when it
was held up. If I wsc travelling out
there and knew what train tbey would
?top, I would take It just to aeo the fun.
The idea of two men attacking the engi
naar and fireman and conductor and bag?
gage man and expre>a men and brakes?
men and porters and messengers and
subduing them all and paralyzing a hun?
dred passengers and taking all their
money is to me one of the grandest and
most extraordinary performances in the
world and I want to see juat how it is
done and feel how a man feels while it is
going on?don't you?" "Not much?no
I don't," said T. "I don't see any fun in
it, nor grandeur; but it Is certainly very 1
extraordinary. There 1b not a car full of
passengers on any western train that has
not got half a dozen loaded pistols in it
?perhaps a dozen either in hip pockets
or grips and why some fellows don't
squat behind bis ssat and shoot tke rob?
ber before he gets to him, I don't under?
stand." "Paralyzed," said Grady, "the
very audacity of tke thing paralyzes
them and I wan't to realise it. I want
to try some audacity myself. I would
look the fellow right in the eyo and
smile and say 'My friend, let's oompro
mlse this business?let's divide?you
take half and I'll take half,' and I'd look
so sssiliag and unterrlfiesl that he would
pass on. Don't you know that when three
of the eommune went into Rothchild's
bank in Paris, during the revolution, and
demanded his money under the cry of
liberty, equality and fraternity the old
Jew never quails 1 nor trembled but
said 'how much money have I got?' And
they said, 'forty millions of francs.'
'That is right,' said be, 'and there are
40,000,000 people in France.' Then he
threw three francs on the counter and
said here are yours?tell the rest to come
on and get theirs. Thoy took them
sheepishly and went out. Now nobody
ever stops to talk to these robbers or to
reason with tbeaa but tbey become par?
alyzed and surrender. I would like to
meet them and try a few broken remarks
upon thorn. They are desperate fellows,
no doubt, but thoy are men like we axe
and have th*ir good points. Jesse James
was no brute; he had some chivalry
about him and if be had had a fair
chance would have made a splendid citi?
zen. I, would like to command a regi?
ment of such men in a war?wouldn't
they whip an army?" "No," said I,
"Lhoy wouldn't make good soldiers. The
best soldier-; wa had wero men who would
not rob anybody, nor impo?e on anybody
?nor bs looking out for au insult. They
wore men who were more peaceable than
quarrelsome. The fellows who went
about with pistols in their pockets before
the war dident make good soldiers and
they dodged every battle on some pre?
text." Henry pondered awhile and
said : "Maybeyou are right, but I would
like to be on a train when it was held
up."
Grady had great admiration for hero?
ism of any kind whether it was in Wil?
liam Tell or a nowsboy?whother in a
ganeral or a pugilist, or an outlaw. How
eagerly ho used to listen to the story of
Forrist with his 800 man following Strait
with his 1,600 for a week and overtaking
bim near Rome and demanding hia sur?
render and compelling it by kis audacity.
What a hero ho r.iada of Lewis Graves,
the saloon koper, at Rorno, who jumped
into the swollen river and saved a poor
boy from drowning when nobody else
dared do it!
But I am not going to carry much
money on \hn tr?.':o ?nobody does now,
except tho exprr-4 ;nd there is no more
daoger in Texts ib.au in Alabama or
I Florida. There is not as much down
8outh as there is North and West.
I I believe that the hard times have
done their worst and better times are
coming. Cotton is going up and politics
will soon subsido and the Third Party
vanish away and if we do elect Grover
Cleveland aud put Mrs. Frankie and
Ruth in the while house we will see the
dawn of a new era and everybody will be
oalm and serene. Bill Anr.
- t O f -
? There U a good doal of truth and
philosophy in tho remark made by a
wit when he heard of the divorco of a
couple recently married : "I am glad
they married each other, for if thoy had
married somebody else thara would have
been two unfortunate couple* instead of
j one."
Somo fancy tho charms of the lily-white
maid,
Of etherial form and languishing oye,
Who faints in tho sunshine aud droop? in
tho ahado,
Aud is alwayB "just ready to dio."
Hut giro mo tho girl of the suimhiuo face,
Tho blood iu whoso veins courses lioal
tby and froe,
With the vigor of youth in hor movemont
of grace,
Ob, that is tho maldon for mo I
She is the girl to "tie to" for lifa. The
sickly, complaining womau may be an
object, of love and pity, but ?ha ceases to
bo a "thing of beauty" worn down by
female weakness and disorders, subject to
hysteria and a martyr to bearing-down
pains. Dr. Piorce's Favorite Prescription
is a suro euro for these distressing com?
plaints, aad will transform tho feeble,
droopiag suffjrer into a healthy, happy,
blooming woman. Guaranteed to give
satisfaction in every case, or inoucy paid
for it refunded.
Tho Folly of togloct.
Neglect is the cuuse of failure. Suc?
cess is In every man's reach if he takes
pains to succeed. Wo must fscoour task
and work with our might to accomplish
it. Your gird?n does not grow up iu
weeds because it might not be otherwise,
but because you neglect it. The school?
boy fails aud goes to the foot of Lis claw
bvctuss he does not take pains. Tue
sermon is crude aud rambling and puts
the congregation to sloop, because ttio
pastor allowod himself to be diverted by
othar things from the work of careful pre
paration. ?'Diligence initiras success,"
elackntes and neglact mean insviubla
failure. To know how, is of cuurae
much ; but to do t?u boat you know, ncd
keep diligently at it, is the best way to
k-arn how, and the only sure road to
-.ucce^.?Cumberland Presbyterian,
?
? Mount Ararat, tbe resting place of
the Scripiuml ark, is in reality two
mountains fspsrtrod by a valley. The
j higher peak is 17,210 feet and ?he lewer
13,000 feet abovv level,
GOOD READING FOR FARMERS.
Dr. J. H. Carlisle furnishes tbe South?
ern Chrittian Advocate with the following
j letter from Bishop Henry H. McTyeire, j
j written thirty years ego in tbe "war
time, of 1862." Tbe signature If. P. is j
meant for "Methodist Preacher," and
tbe letter is one of a series written from
Alabama, where the author bad refngeed |
from Nashville. Dr. Carlisle says let
this "Butler Lodge" letter be read >t
many a happy fireside in tbe country ;
and we hope it will encourage young
farmers to persevere cheerfully, thank?
fully, in their noble calling.
Mb. Editor : Farmers are said to be
a complaining set, and I partly believe
it. It appears even in their salutations.
Meet neighbor Jones ou tbe road or
speak to him across tbe fence : "Good
morning, Mr. Jones. How are you and
all yours T" "Pretty well, thank you;
no right to complain" Now, I would
hare you understand tbat when Jones
says this it is going well with him and
hi". Nobody, ncr man nor beast, is ail?
ing; no lack of rain ; no stress of
weather. Yet, at hit very best estate,
tbe most you can get out of Jooce is?he
waives his right to complain.
I have been considering why this lc so
with farmers, having of late got to be a
small one myself. No class of men
ought to be more thankful, more cog?
nizant of God in all their ways, more
directly and constantly sensible of their
dependence upon His blessings, than
farmers. They deal with Him. They
are the high priests of nature, waiting,
with faith and hope and labor, upon tbe
seasons, tbe earth, tbe dews, tbe sun?
shine, the showers, tbe quickening seed,
the growing ear, the ripe corn. Truly,
to thsm everything cometh from above,
from the Father of mercies, They deal
with first canses; others with second and
third and fourth causes. They drive tbeir
trades by crediting the laws of nature,
tbat tbey will bo true, and by trusting
God, that Ho will remember His cove?
nant with the earth ; others drive their
trades, more or lets, by trusting in men.
Thoto things, aside from (heir separate
nsss from the temptation and strife of
mixed masses, letd us to the conclusion
that, as a class, farmers ought to be
godly. And, to use one of their averag?
ing expressions, "take them up one side
and down the other," I think they are;
they are manly, self-reliant, honest, vir?
tuous. But to their complaining pro?
pensity?what grumblers they are ! Al?
ways getting ruined, and yet somehow or
other steadily on the increaso.
Unlike tbe banker, the farmer has no
monthly exhibit of bis business to make
out, swear to before a notary and publish
in the papers. His affairs are open and
confessed. Every one ?bat rides along
the road can look over tbe fence and see
for bimtelf what sort cf a crop he has.
If his stock and teams are sorry, or if
tbey are fat, they haTo hit brand and
mark on tbem, and you oin tell their
condition, meet them where you will.
It wouldn't do for tbe sexton to lament
that he had no business; this would be
indecont. It wouldn't do for the lawyer
or the doctor; this would be the sure
way to have none, for moat pooplo dis?
trust their own judgment in selecting
lawyers and doctors and rely on the judg?
ment of others, as expressed in a large
practice. I have hoard of a pert physi?
cian procuring himself to be called out of
church and other assemblies on urgent
casss. He would ride into the village in
a dash and dash out again; and so be
rode into a practice. Many a merchant
has rubbed through a tight place with a
stiff upper lip. On the verge of bank?
ruptcy, he talked easy and froe and bore
himself like everything was moving on
swimmingly, and so preserved on bis
credit with the timid and weathered the
storm. But the farmer can't fool any?
body, and be has no noed to. What if
he were to flatter and "put on." It
wouldn't kill the grass or help his crop a
bit. Ho deals with honest old Earth,
and she can't be tickled, except with a
hoe or ploughshare. He may brag a
little on some out of the-way field tbat
no one is apt to see ; but brsggiog is not
the farmer's style. I smiled inwardly a
few Sundays ago, at s Baptist meeting,
on overhearing a deacon behind me
whisper to the brother who sat
next to him: " You ought to tee
my swamp corn." There was an under
tone of exultation iu the remark that
made the brother to whom it was ad?
dressed mourn, for ho wore a face of duo
length, and had just been complaining of
drouth and the prospect of starvation.
There is another and a better reason
than the one assigned already. As the
former carries along a variety of inter*
ests, hardly any dispensation of Provi- j
donee is favorable to them ali, and hu?
man like, he grieves over the farthing
lout more than he rejoices over the shill?
ing gained. I was forcibly reminded of
this confiiot of dosire and interest the
othor day. A parcel of fodder bad been
pulled and was curing fozt under a
acorching sun ; by to-morrow morning it
would be roady fur stacking. Good sun.
Good sunshine. Just the weather for
curing fodder. Why don't I feel more
thankful ? Because the potatoes seem to
say: "Mighty dry?can't make anything
at tbia rate." Tho patch of rice, wilted
and sick, cries out for rain. As for the
peas, they are at a standstill. Presto,
ohauge! While I was ruminating rather
than thinking on this state of things, the
clouds had begun to thicken and soon it
thundared. When a man changes a
heavy rail from one shoulder to the
otbsr, he is not moro distinctly conscious
of shifting a burden than was I. A new
conflict, of wishes and fears nrose. In
vain I rebuked mysolf; the conflict con?
tinued as the blessedly burdened cloud
y;r?w closor and heavier. If it rains, well
for the peas, tho potatoes, the rico, and
woe to ihe fodder! I wanted it to rain and
I didn't wunt it to rain Mr Editor, I
crave from you and the rast of mankind
forbearance toward complaining farmers.
It in not that tbey are unthankful; really
it is not. For itfrer tho Lord decided it
fur me, .^ ruling down a sbowsr that aid
the <kiit, and nweetened the air, and
washed off the leaves, and sot tbe dry
streams to singing and everything 'o
growing, I felt very thankful, und that
evening in our family piayet? read tho
65th Psalm with the spirit and the un?
derstanding also. Next day, if I had
met'neighbor Jonea. I rniiht have said:
"All well, thank you'j'rjo right to com?
plain" M. P.
Butler Lodge, Ala., Sept. 3,1862.
Farming Tkit Pays.
We wonder how many of the thou?
sands of people who come into and go
out of Charleston harbor during the year,
and of thoso who passes to and fro be?
tween tho city and Sullivan's Island
every summer, know that the little
clumps of trees and white houses which
apparently stand in the marshes on
either hand mark the tikes of some of the
vary finest farms on the continent?
Whether the fact is known to many or
not, it is a fact all the same. The situa?
tions as it appears from the deck of a
steamer is very deceptive. A closer ap?
proach, or a visit outright, would dis?
cover that the marsh ends short of where
the clumps of trees begin, and that the
slightly elevated ground is occupied in
fact by widely extended vegetable gar?
dens in the highest possible state of cul?
tivation.
Probably a farmer from the interior,
looking over the low grounds, would de?
cline to accept the whole landscape as a
free gift. If he went to buy some of it,
however, he would leain that he would
have to sell from fifty to a hundred acres
of his best river bottom land in the up
country to raise the money to buy one
acre of the "marsh," and would have to
hunt for a seller at that rate.
One of the best of these seaside farms,
as is well known hereabouts, is "Bay
viow," the property of Mr. John Boyd
lies on the edge of Christ Church Pariah,
between the mouth of Sham Creek and
Oooper River, and is under the superin?
tendence of M?ns. L. Pudigon. It in not
a "model fairm," perhaps, in tho accepted
sense of that term. That it to say, tho
Blables are not furnished with spring
beds for the horses sad other stock, and
it is not the rule to whitewash all the
ploughs and hoes, and pots and pans,
aud grass plots and such articles once
every week or so, and the work hands
are not drilled In Upton's tactics and all
that sort of thing. It is just a neat,
clean, well ordered common sense, 150
ftcre South Carolina farm, every acre of
which is worth as much as a corner lot
in a city, because brains are employed in
its cultivation aud management, and it is
made to produce all it can of whatever
it will produce, to the best advantage in
its season.
It would be too long a story to describe
here the farm and its varied crops, and
its bo: beds and ilower gardens and
other Interesting features and attractions.
We do not propose to try to describe it
in any part. We have but two or three
objects in view in mentioning it. One of
these objects i* to disabuse the minds of
people at a distance of the idea that all
farming in this part of the country is
crude and unprofitable. Another object
is to impress two important lessons on
the minds of farmers generally in South
Carolina who have not learned them
already. The first of theso lessons re?
lates to drainage. The land on the
"Bayview" place is worth several hun?
dred dollars an acre. But for the net?
work of sub-soil drains in it, it would not
be worth more than five or ten dollars an
acre at the moat. So that good drainage
pays. The drains on the place, it may be
added, are made of rough pine planks,
and experience proves that they are good
for perhaps an hundred years' service.
Another lesson relates to hay-making.
Tho Newt and Courier has appealed to
every farmer iu the State to make enough
hay for his farm use, and to sell. This
is the plan pursued on "Bayview" farm,
except that the bay is not sold ; there is
use on the farm for all that is made.
And this brings us to the next and last
leeiion. There is an insatiable demand
on the farm always for fertilizers, more
fertilizers, and even still more fertilizers.
It is poor economy to starve a work horse
or a milch cow. It is sheer folly to
starve land and expect to get paying
crops out of it. It will starve its owners
first. The fine farms around Charleston
are not starved ; they are given as much
food as they cau digest.
To help to supply this demand at
"Bnyview" a plan is employed that will
strike most Southern farmers no doubt a?
new. There is a considerable number of
hogq of line broed peuued, two or three
in each pen, in a corner of the farm.
They aro fed liberally, and their pass
are bedded deep in bay and peavines for
the dole purpose of making manure. The
hogs are not bred for pork and bacon.
They pay fcr all they cat and all the
care taking, and more besides, by the
fertilizing olementa obtained from their
pens. The row of pens is Bimp'y an
open air fertilizer factory, of the cheap
est character. The bogt) are more valua
ble alive than dead, but if killed would
give the price of every pound as clear
profit. Yet there are farmers in South
Carolina who buy all their bacon and
pork and hama and lard from beyond the
Mississippi River, and mo*t of thewe who
have a few hogs on their farms regard
the pens as an unqualified nuisance 1
We have said enough, perhaps, to set
6ome of our old fogy agricultural friends
to thinking, and that, we are sure, is
what tbey most need. There is nothing
like brain-work for makiDg farming pay.
?Newt and Courier.
Deafness Cannot be Cured
By local applications, as they caunot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There ia only one way to cure Deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inflamed con?
dition of the mucous lining of tho Eusta?
chis Tube. Whan this tube gels in?
flamed you have a rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, aud when it id entire?
ly closed Deafness is the result, and
ualcis the inflammation cau be taken
out and this tube restored r.o its normal
eondition, hearing will he destroyed for
ever; nine cases out often &re caused by
catarrh, which ia nothing bu; an inflamed
condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars fnr
any objs^ of DeaiuC'HS (caused by catarh)
that ca:inot be cured by Halt's Catarrh
Cure. Sand for circulars, tree.
F. J CHENEY & CO., Props.,
Toledo,0.
J^TSoId by all I.V. ggiats. 7C>c,
All Sorls of Paragraphs.
? The Methodius have built their 1
church inSpaiu. They begin with thii
five members.
? It h a queer thing that after a ;
baa consented to fly with a nran_i
usually has to walk.
? The mitten from a girl baa knoc
out naore men than tho prize-fight
gloTe ever did.
? Dr. Bull's Cou.?h Syrup is the 1
in tbe market. A single bottle will o
vioce you of its excellence. Try it.
? Happiness is a good deal like m
ey; a great many persons who have
coming to them are cheated out of It.
? Bridge No. 2: No other woman t
wore this ring, did she, darling? V?
ower: No woman on earth ever ha
on.
? Woman never realizes what perf
ous scoundrols men can be until
marries one of them and gives hin
letter to mall.
? Condition of food has a great c
to do with its digestion, and so wH
toast is crisp it is more readily tritura
by tbe teeth.
? It is too bad to spend half o
short life distressed with neural,
when a 25 oeat bottle of Salvation
will cure it quickly.
? Brass pins were first made by
Saracens in Spain in A. D. 800, and v?
brought to England by Catharine
Arragon, wife of Henry VIII.
? When a man is in love he thi
his girl's name is the sweetest In
world, but when they are married
thinks it is too old-fashioned to give
children. I
? The forty-first chapter of Gencfl
fourteenth verse, contains the earl
reference to shaving of the beard, wl
it is told of Joseph that be shaved h
self.
? The largest greenback extant i
$10,000 bill, and only one such bill
been printed by tbe government,
the $5.000 bills, tbe next largest, tb
are seven.
? There is still burning in Inditj
sacred fire that was lighted by the 9
sees 12 centuries ago. The fire is I
with sandal and other fragrant woods M
in replenished five times a day. fa
? A lady writing from St. Louis J|
that her hair is fifty-four inches!
length ; and there is another ladyfl
Chicago who can easily stand on I
hair, which is five feet nine inches lc
? It is said to be a proven fact t
the wearing of high, narrow heela ~
hurt tbe eyesight of many who w
foolisb enough to follow that style p
sistently. Physicians agree to this.
? There is a fence of wire netting
miles long between the Australian c
oniea of New South Wales and Quee
land. Its object is to keep the rab
from migrating from one colony to
other.
? The fiwt coins minted in No
America were produced in Mexico
1585, and the coinage of tbe oolor
that afterward became tbe United Stf
used the Mexiean dollar as tbe stand
of value.
? In tbe United States there are foi
four people in every one hundred v
are engaged in agriculture, as compa
with fifty-six in Canada, seven in E
land, sixteen in Germany, and for
eight in France.
? A Cincinnati preacher propoBet
a young lady, but was rejected. ',
feelings were again hurt when a wie
sent him tho following text to pre
from: "You ask and receive not},
cause you ask a miss."
? When the hair begins to come
in combing, it shows a weakness of
scalp tbat calls for immediate attenti
Tbe best preparation to arrest furt
Ion of hair and restore the scalp t
healthy condition is Ayer's Hair Vij
? Of negro communicants in j
United States there are 1,280,000 B
tists; 1,166.000 Methodists; 121,
Catholics; 31,400 Presbyterians; 6,
Congregationalists and 4,900 JSpjscoi
ians?a total of 2,610,525 colored cht
members.
? The deepest soundings ever ta
in the Pacific Ocean, or, in fact, i
place on tho globe, were made in
vicinity of the Ladrone Islands, wl
the depth was fouud to be 26,850 fee!
about five miles.
? A fine head of hair is an indisp
sable element of beauty. Ayer's I
Vigor maintain* youthful freshness
luxurissce, restores to faded and g
hair its original color, prevents baldc
removes dandruff, and cures scalp i
eases. It gives perfect satisfaction.
? The latest triumph of Yankee
veutive genius id en Iudia rubber
worm. It is said to be a remarki
good imitation of the common c:
worm, is indestructible, and in ac
use proves as alluring to the fishes as
genuine article. '
? The largest and most powe
search light in the world is destined
the Statue of Liberty in New York I
bor, and will be visible for 100 miles
capable of transmitting messages 1
distance. It will be a 50,000 cat
power and will cost about $4,000.
? A grocer says if a lamp chimne
washed in co.il oil and never even wi
with a damp cloth, it will be practic
indestructive, and will smoke jet b!
before it will crack. He has Fee
mended this remedy to customers
yoars and never beard of its failing.
? The story is told of an eminent
vine and hi* bright boy which is not
void of instpjctiveness. The father
a way of saying to hu son when lew
home, "Renumber whote boy you a
The lad one day turned the tables
calling out to hi* father, "Good-1
papa; remember whose father you a
? When Mr. Vanderhilt was abou
appear hefor* the recorder, to hear
will of his father road, it occurred to i
that a mistakeof any kind at thatcrit
moment might cost him ?50,000,00(
$60,000,000, which money might be
quired by the disinherit. He th
fire gave Mr Evarts $50,000 to go
court and -.it beside him, rcsdy with
wit an ' his brain*, if those remarks
characteristics should be needed in
fenss of the great heir. Mr. Evarts i
everything wis all right and walked
of ein with his hnlf a hantrretTtS
and.