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BT OLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C. WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 1, 1893._ VOLUME XXVIL- -NO. 31 To Cleanse the Blood *Ot Scrofula, and other poisons, Ayer's Sar sapariUa Is the best, the superior medi? cine. It does what no other blood-purifier < in existence can do. It searches out all im? purities, in the system .wd expels them : harmlessly through the proper channels. 11 Is the great health-restorer and health-nnin - tamer. Be sore you get Scrofula, catarrh, boils, pimples, carbuncles, running sores, eczema. Ayer's Sarsaparilla Prepared by Dr. J. C. Aycr & Co., Lowell, Maw. C U TQS Ot h e r S , WI II C U re y O U CO TO GOSSETT'S SHOE STORE FOR BARGAINS IN ALL KINDS OF MENS', WO MENS', MISSES, CHILDRENS'. . P. GOSSETT & CO, UNDER MASONIC TEWEL?. TREMENDOUS MM1N! IN STEEL PLOWS AND PLOW STOCKS! BLACKSMITH OUTFITS DOWN. WAY DOWN. Two Hundred Dozen Axes, THE BEST IN THE WORLD. We Defy the World in Quality of Goods and PRICES. ?SULLIVAN HARDWARE CO. CUTTING HIGH STUBBLE, Nex > to Farmres and Merchants Bank. WILL. R. HUBBARD JEWELLER. 31 J.F you want to sue the LARGEST STOCK and the BRIGHTEST PLACE in Town just drop in and see WILL. HUBB ARD'S JEWELRY STORE! SOUVENIR SPOONS, LQVE CHAINS. DIAMONDS, GOLD and SILVER WATCHES. SILVERWARE anD NOVELTIES. ??~ It will pay you to give me a call before buying. I don't sell at Cost nor throw in a Chrome, but make a livicg profit on every article. ??f- Coirect representation. Polite attention and promptness. WILL. R. HUBBARD, Next to Farmers and Merchants Bank. FURNIL AT FJLlSTXa PRICES. The Greatest Bargains in "furniture ever offered in South Carolina are offered at C. F. TOLLY 8c SON'S, DEPOT STREET. They have the Largest, Cheapest and Best Selected Stock in the State, and challenge any Furniture House in the State for a comparison of prices. WALNUT and OAK SUITS cheaper than they can be bought from any Factory. BUREAUS at prices unheard of before. . PARLOR SUITS cheaper than any. * AND EVERYTHING in the Furniture line. Come and see for yourselves and be convinced tbat what we say is true Come and look at our Stock, whether you want to buy or not. We will be pleased to show you around. Caskets and Coning furnished Day or Night. a. F. TOLLY & SON, Depot Street, /tydersgn, ?, p. BILL AKT. He Watches the Youngster? Play 111 the Snow. Atlanta Constitution. It strains an old man to see much fun in the beautiful snow. He can't play in it, nor slide nor walk about with any security; but he known that he can't help himself, and bo must try to be happy be? cause tbe children are. What a glorious thing it is to be oblivious to trouble and apprehension?what recklees joy these children feel while rolicking in this miracle of heavenly beauty, while I am here thinking about tbe coal and wood that are nearly gone and there is no more io town, and how the cook says she "reckon she will have to quit for she can't hardly git up de hill any more," and how I had to shovel a path to tbe coal-bouse and the cow Ibt and dig np some light wood and conldent 6nd tbe ax for a long time, for the hired boy dident come and be never has any particular place for anything, and the yeang folks tramp snow ail over the ball and tbe carpet and get their shoes and stockings wringing wet, and Mrs. Arp declares that every one of tbem will be sick. But it is beautiful?that is a fact? when the morning sun dispersed the lingering clouds and sent bis genial rays all over the fields and lawns and house? tops, I thought it was the most charming landscape that I had ever seen. How quickly can dame nature change otrr feelings fiom gloom and apprehension to joy and gladness. The peafowls have come down from their roosts in the tree tops for the first time in forty eight hours and the pigeoDs are circling around and the little birds have come from their hid? ing places. The sleigh bells are jingling and the boys are coasting down tbe steep hills, and everything seems happy again. 1 reckon now the winter is broken, and in a few weess the spring dowers and the peach trees will be in blocm. This is tbe first real pleasant sunshiny day since the day after Christmas L bas been a hard, long, wintry spell, and poor folks have ' suffered, and so have the laboring men who follow tbe rail and have to take their places by day and by nigbt. I never hear tbe whistle blow nor feel the rumbling shock of the loaded trains as in the dead of night they move to and fro past my house but what I think of the engineers and tbe 6remen and the brake men. Maybe, when tbe "gates are ajar," they will run .trains in heaven where they will never be too cold or too hot and no cows on tbe track and everybody have a free pass over the Iioek It is curious how old folks love to read and ponder tbe memories of the past. I wrote a letter about Andrew Jackson, and bad many letters responsive to tbe subject?most of them were from old men who still love to dream over the recollec? tions of their youth. I bad one from a veteran in Atlanta, who was born in 1811, and is still hale and hearty and attends regularly to his merchandise. When he was a youth, the halo of Jack? son's victory was still radiant. He tells how a famouB comedian named Barnes sang a song in the theater in Savaunah near seventy years ago. It was called "The Hunters of Kentucky," and Barnes wore a coonskin vest and cap and had an old time ri?e and powder horn, and one verse of bis song was: Old Packenham had made his brags That he was brave and lucky ; He'd have our girls and cotton bags, In spite of old Kentucky. A letter from a friend, who is proud ef being a tarheel, says that General Jack? son was born in North Carolina, just over the line in Waxhaw settlement, but that his mother, who was then a widow, was over there on a visit. Her home was only a few miles away, and was in South Carolina?and so both States claim bim, He narrates some unwritten history of the family, and says that General Jack? son's falber died a few weeks before An? drew was born, and one co'd day when the funeral had to come off the Waxhaw settlers started with the corpse to the graveyard that was two or three miles away. The road was very rough, tbe day was cold, "the wagon shackly and 'grog' was plenty, and when they arriv? ed at the graveyard and went to the wagon for tbe corpse it was not in there. It had spilled out on the way, and they had to gn back after it." The writer says "these are facts that have long been veri? fied io the Waxhaw settlement." You can't tell a man's age exactly by his Ooristian uaine, but in a great many cases?yes, thousand* of them?you can tell the period?the decaJe in which he was burn. From 1815 to 1825 there were mure Southern boys uained lor Andrew Jackaou than lor any oilier man. My fatbor was a merchant tor forty years, aud the A. J.'s were numerous upou his books, aud itiere wai no gre.it disparity iu tbe ages of those who bore tbem. Fur a period of thirty years bet?re this, the G. W.'a and T. J.'s aud J. M.'s were the popular iuitials. But the charm, tbe halo, uf these names has passed away, and now you will find iu ihe families of the veteraUB many a youth uuder twenty five who feels honored wilb the name of Bub Lee or Jue Johnston or John Gur doa, or some favorite officer under whom the father served. This is a good way to perpetuate noble deeds and daring, and costs less than monuments Tbe devotion of the old soldiers to such leaders is very beautiful, and reminds me of a veteran I met in Texas who, despairing of aoy boy happening in the family where live girls bad come along in a strait, named ibe little girl baby ' Stonewall Jackson" as a rabbit's foot, he said, and, suie enough, the Lext child was a boy, and he bad to name him B ib Lee, who was his second choice. ' I never seed oid Bub," be said, "but I foxtrotted alter old Sioue wall uutil he died, and I loved him a leetel th<? best " Bill Arp. Backless Arnica Salve. The bent salve in the world for Cut* Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe ver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chil blains, Corns, and all SL'in Eruptions and positively cures Pile*, or no pay required. I" is guaranteed to give per? fect satisfaction, or money refunded Price 25 cents per box For sale by HillBros. _ ? Cannibalism is still practiced, in H plgces in fte Wit', THE LAWS OF THE STATE. Important Acta Passed nt tbo Rncent Ses? sion. A Joint Resolution to provide for the calling of a Constitutional Conven? tion. Section 1. ?e it resolved by the Senate and House of Representative: of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the question of calling a Constitutional Convention of the people of South Carolina be Bubmit? ted to the qualified electors of said State at the next general election, and if a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, voting on said question, vote in favor of such Convention, it shall be the duty of the General Assembly, at the next ses? sion, do designate the time and place and to prescribe the manner of holding said Convention. Section 2. That the question of calling said Constitutional Convention shall be submitted to said qualified electors in the following manner: Those in favor of a Constitutional Convention shall deposit a ballot with the following words plainly written or printed there, to wit: "Con? stitutional Convention?Yes." These opposed to calling said Convention shall deposit a ballot with the following words plainly written or printed thereon, to wit: "Constitutional Convention?No." Approved December 19, A. D. 1892. An Act to prevent cruelty to children and to provide for the punishment of the same. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That whoever tor? tures, torments, cruelly ill treats, or who? ever deprives of necessary sustenance or shelter, or whoever inflicts unnecessary pain or suffering upon any child, or who? ever causes the same to be done, whether such peraon be the parent or guardian of such child, or tare charge or custody of the same, shall for every such offence be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punished by imprisonment in jail not exceeding thirty days, or by fine not ex? ceeding one hundred dollars. Section 2. That all the provisions of Chapter LH of the General Statutes in reference to the prevention of cruelty to animals be extended to the enforcement of this Act. Approved December 15, A. D. 1892. An Act regulating chattel mortgages and the payment and satisfaction thereof. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State Of South Carolina, now met and silting in General Assembly, and by the author? ity of the same, That the mortgagor of any chattel shall have the right to redeem the property mortgaged by him at any time before sale by the mortgagee by paying the mortgage debt and any costs incurred in attempting to enforce its pay? ment, and a tender made by the mortga? gor of an amount sufficient to pay said debt and costs, if not accepted, shall reader the mortgage null and void. Approved December 19, A. D. 1892. An Act to provide addional artificial limbs for all soldiers of the State who lost their legs, eye or arms during military eervice in the years 1861,1862, 18G3,1864 and 18G5, who are now liv? ing, and who obtained one under the Acts of 1879 or 1881. Whereas, there is now in the hands of tnt; State Treasurer the sum of twelve hundred and ninety five dollars unex? pended, arising from the Acts of the Legislature of this State providing for soldiers of this State who lost their legs or arms in the Confenerate service : Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the author? ity of the same, That all soldiers of the State who lost their legs, eye or arms, or who have been permanently disabled in their legs, eye or arm?, during the mili? tary service of the years 1861,1862,1863, 1864 and 1865, and who have heretofore received from the State an artificial leg or arm,'or who may have elected to take in money the price of said artificial limb, be, and they are hereby, allowed an ad? ditional arm or leg, or the price of same in money, if they shall so elect, upon their complying with all the provisions and conditions of "An Act to provide artificial limbs for all soldiers of the State who lost their legs or arms during mili? tary services in years 1S61, 1862, 1S63, lS?-i and 1865," approved December 24, 18711, and "An Act to provide artificial limbs for all soldiers of tbe Slate who lost their legs or arms, or who have been permanently disabled in their legs or arms, during military service in the years 1861,1862,1863,1864 and 1865, and who have not been supplied under the pro* visions of former Acts of the General Assembly," approved December 17,1881. Section 2. That for the defraying the costs and expenses attending tbe execu tion of the provisions of the foregoing section tbe amount of three thousam' eight hundred dollars, in addition to the Bum of twelve hundred and niuety five dollars, now in the bauds of the State Treasurer unexpended, and which was appropriated under the former Act", of the General Assembly for the purpose mentioned in the two Acts referred to in Section 1 of ibis Act, be, and tbe same is hereby, appropriated to carry out tbe provisions of this Act. Approved December 24, A. D. 1892. An Act to amend and declare the law in regard to actions by and against tbe representatives of deceased persons and others for injuries to real estate. WhereaH, there is no remedy provided by law in South Carolina for injuries to the real estate of any person deceased committed during the lifetime of Buch deceased person, or fop injuries to the real estate of any perso committed by any person deceased during the lifetime of such deceased person : N^t, for reme? dy thereof. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State rjf Rot|th Oaroljga. now met anr] sHtiufj in General Assembly, and by the author? ity of the same, That causes of action for aud iu respect to any and all injuries and trespasses to and upon real estate shall survive both to and against the personal or feal representative (as the case may be) of deceased persons, and tbe legal representatives of insolvent persons, and defunct or insolvent corporations,<any law or rule to the contrary notwithstand? ing. Approved December 20, A D. 1802. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to utilize the labor of jail and municipal convicts and to empower the Courts and municipal authorities to impose the punishment of labor within tbeir respective jurisdictions," approv? ed December 22,1885. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of tbe State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That an Act entitled "An Act to ntiliee the labor of jail and municipal convicts and1 to empower the Courts and municipal authorities to impose the pun* ishment of labor within tbeir respective jurisdictions," approved December 22, 1885, be, and the same is hereby, amend? ed so as to read as follows: Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act all Courts and municipal authorities which under existing laws have power to sentence convicts to confinement in prisons may, within their discretion and jurisdiction, impose the condition of hard labor during the period of such sentence. Section 2. That all male convicts so sentenced to hard labor and confinement for a period not exceeding twelve months may, upon tbe conditions hereinafter specified, be required to perform bard labor upon the public highways, roads, bridges and other public works of tbe County in which the offence of which they are convicted was committed, or upon the streets or other public works within tbe limits of the incorporated cities, towns and villages in the said County in which the offence for which tbey are sentenced was committed. Section 9. That all convicts bo sen ten c ed to hard labor for the County shall be under the direction and control of the board of County Commissioners, and the said municipal convicts under sentence to hard labor shall be under the direction and control of the said municipal au? thorities who shall respectively direct the time, place and manner of labor to be performed: Provided, that in their judgment it be practicable to employ the labor to advantage : And provided, fur? ther, that the said board of County Com? missioners and said municipal authori? ties, respectively, provide suitable and efficient guards for the safe keeping of said convicts, the said guards and all ex? penses incident to the dieting, clothing, guarding and working of said convicts to be paid out of the County funds when employed by the said board of County Commissioners and out of municipal funds when employed by paid municipal authorities: And it is further provided, that in case suitable and efficient guard for the safekeeping of convicts shall be provided by for authorities of an incor? porated city, town or village, and there shall be no such guard provided by the board of County Commissioners of tbe County, city, town or village is situated, it shall be lawful for the Courts, State as well as municipal, to sentence to bard labor on tbe streets, or other public works of such city, town or village persons con? victed of offenses committed within the County, as well as persons convicted of offences committed within tbe city, town or village, and such convicts so sentenced to hard labor shall during the work hours of the day, or during a term of days to be specified by said municipal authori? ties or board of County Commissioners as tbe case may be, deliver them to the safe-keeping of tbe authorities herein provided for their control and direction ; Provided, that no fees shall be charged by the Sheriffs other than that of the original commitment and final discharge. Approved December 20,1892. How Me Popped the (Jnestiou. A story is told of a bashful young Georgia swain, who called on his sweet? heart to propose. Here is a sample of tbe conversation: "Miss Addie, can you sweep the floor ?" "Why, yes; of course I can." "Can you cook ?" "Yes." "Can you wash ?" "Yes, I can wa*b, to*." "Aud scour?" "Yes." "Well, can yoa cut wood?" "I have cut wood, too." "Did you ever hoe?" "Sometimes." "Pick cotton ?" "Yes, pick cotton also." "Can you plow ?" No, I cau't plow." "Well, then, I can plow for both of i." He got her.?Atlanta Constitution. Deafness Cannot be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure Deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by au inflamed con? dition of the mucous lining of the Eust acbain Tube. When this tube get? in? flamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect bearing, and when it is entire? ly closed Deafness ia the result, and un? less the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its norm.il con? dition, hearing will be destroyed forever ; nine cases out of ten are caused by ca? tarrh, which is nothing but pn in flamed condition of the mucous sur? faces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) t iat cinnot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free, F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0, Bold by Druepi9t3. 7fto> FIVE GIGANTIC SOCIAL INIQUITIES, BY PR. .TAME8 H. CARLISLE. Christian Advocate, A few weeks ago, at a gathering of English ministers, Rev. Hugh Price Hughes said that society io England is threatened by "five gigantic and intoler? able Bocial iuiquities?drunkenness, gambling, impurity, war and mammon ism." As these evils are not bounded by State lines or ocean lines, they threaten American society no less than tbey do our brethren of tbe old world. I Let us look for a moment at tbe first and last in tbe black list, drunkenness and mammoniam. Tbey are alike in some respects, while differing in others. Neither one seems at first view to break the letter of any one of tbe ten command? ments. Mammonism and covetousness are not exactly tbe same. We may im? agine a man as loving too well the mon? ey which is honestly his own, while be may not covet the money belonging to an? other. The New Testament says covet? ousness is idolatry. In this view, of course, it breaks a leading command? ment. It is not easy for a man to confess himself a drunkard. It is not easy for a man to confess that be was drunk on any given occasion. There is something very deceptive in this vice; it so blunts the intellectual powers that the victim does not always seem conscious of ex? cess. If he is, there is still a more de? ceptive influence on the moral instincts, so that, knowing his error, be is still will? ing, even anxious, to deny it with all solemnity. John Keble encouraged bis people to confess freely to him as their spiritual adviser. But of two hundred who professed to lay before him their be? setting sins, he could recall only two who confessed a dangerous love of mon ey. It seems that oue hundred profess ors of religion only one may be ex? pected to confess this easily besetting sin. The "nniety-aod nine," with fatal ease, take it for granted, without debate or self examination, that in 30 far ?s tbis great cardinal sin h concerned, thny are "safe in tbo fold." Who knows of a case where a church member was tried for mammonism? At what "love feast" or "testimony meeting" has a brother per? sistently bewailed bis sinful love of mon ey? Drunkenness is palpable, provable, and can be made the basis of a trial. Perhaps trials of this kind should be more numerous th..n they are. Drunkenness tells on a man more plainly than mammonism. In a crowd the lover of liquor may often be singled out at a glance. Tbis sin writes its in? dictments in characters easily read. It is not so with the lover of money. Tbe drunkard, in bis enfeebled state of bis intellect, may babble like an infant. The shrewd worshipper of mammon grows keener and more powerful in all that part of his mind that touches money. The moral effect of one of these siua in hardening, impoverishing, destroying mural instincts and capacities may be as sad as that of tbe other. Drunkenaess is counected with times and places. A prudent man can avoid them. He can stay away from places where he knows temptations will abound. If he has found it dangerous for him to go down one side of the street, be can cross over in time and take the other pavement. He can entirely abstain. The lover of money cannot do this to the same extent. He must handle money and money's worth, or else he must needs go out of the world. Mammonism is of spiritual origin. It has its springs in our spiritual nature. Love of liquor is at once a spiritual and fleshy Bin, having its de3p bprings in both parts of our mysterious nature. Public opinion is largely responsible for the prevalence of both .?ins. When a man climbs up in any to a certain belt on the hill of mammon, there is often a disposition to forget the manner in which tbe fortune was made and give undue importance to the fortune itself. This, of course, must lead men to aim, by all possible ways, to take the nearest road to material success. And society treats with too much indulgence many usages ges which lead immediately to drunken? ness. Love of strong drink seems to link it? self mysteriously with the laws of de? scent and to reappear in descendants. Perhaps something similar may be the case with a passion for money. Gambling partakes of tbe nature of both the vices we have been considering. It is in part love of money and it is also love of stroDg excitement. Tb extent of tbis evil just now over Christendom is phenomenal. A late writer says that more than uinely per cent, of all the business done in "Wall Street" and in the "New York Produce Market" is pure fictitious, having no material base! "Surely this must be a gross exaggera? tion," is tbe instinctive cry of the unin ituated reader. The same writer says that the aggregate sum of all stakes put up on race col res in 1892 was about five millions, but the eutire sum that was lost or won by bets on these races was even more than four hundred mil? lions. The "Missing Word" craze is a singu lar instance of the growing mania. A few months ago an English editor thought of this device of leaving out a word. The finder of the missing word was to send a shilling to the editors, in return for which he was to get his share of certain prizes. A few weeks ago officers of the law put a stop to the advertisement. It was found that tbe income from it dur? ing the last week of its course was more than one hundred and twenty thouaan ! dollar*. Game, gaming, gambol, gamblir How easily those words run into eac.j other! An English Bishop, not long since, candidly confessed he did not see where the harm of gambling came in or when it begins. Why not see it when one person takes a cent from another without giving an equivalent? If gam bling is innocent, ho long as tbe lost stake is not a serious ioss to the loser, we must reconsider our laws and judgments about atealing. Let tbe sin of stealing begin only when the amount stolen U a very serious loss to the pereou rub? bed! Them ifl a npmpfpry for potter's ffll!) of history into which Providence has swept decayed nations. Which of these five gigantic evils will ba famous as being the chief cause of the degradation, dis integration, corruption and hope? less ruin of the great American Repub? lic. There is a narrower view of this pain? ful subject, which is worth a moment's thought from the parent, whose eyes may light on this article. Too have bright boys a?d girls just learning to read, or to hear read, the stories of the Advocate What is there io the atmosphere, the business or tbe amusement of your home which may open a door and pave the way for these children, in a few years, to be swept in by the great procession that crowds in these five thoroughfares ef ruin." Wofford College, S. C. Gold Dust Cotton. Southern Cultivator. Believing it is our duty to let the light there may be on us shine, I wish te avail myself of the columos of the Cultivator, the best Southern agricultural paper, in delivering to my brother farmers wbst I believe to be a valuable message. Planters are all more or less familiar with the improved varieties of cotton that have been long in general use. The Peterkio, the Welborn's Pet, the Her long, etc., have been tried in nearly every community and have gained more or less popularity. One of the laUst claimants in this section is the "Gold Dust." And I firmly believe tbat it works an advance over atl other varieties as great, if not greater, than has ever beeo made at one bound by any cotton. I believe tbat it is the best cotton ever planted. Only one year ago my attention was first called to this cotton iu such a way as to induce me to investigate it. Hav? ing seen a letter from the manager of tbe South Carolina experiment station at Co? lumbia, in which he gave his experience with this cotton, I wrote him. He re? plied very fully, describing bis experi? ment and conclusions and advising me, if able to do ho, to buy seed for my whole crop. He said that it was "by far tbe best cotton be hmd ever seen." On one half acre only half manured, be made a good bale.' This and all his other varie? ties came up late in June, and the Gold Dust had, when the frost come October 8tb, matured every boll; while tbe other varieties were caught with about one half their crop unmade. I further found tbat every man that had every tried the Gold Dust, had for it only praise of tbe highest kind. So, though I had sever seen a stalk of it, nor a man who had, I decided to buy enough seed to plant my whole crop. "A rash venture," do you say ? I reasoned that if it was only half as good as its friends said, I would make twice as much as I had ever done with the Peterkin or the Pet, and would doubtless find ready sale for my seed at a good price. To secure the best, I bought seed two and three years old, planted separate from any other cotton. When my cotton began to put on forms, it attracted attention. Neighbors from far aod near came to Bee it, and every one said that he had never seen anything like it. The limbs came out right at the ground, grew quite loDg and averaged at least one for every inch of heighth of stalk. The forms were very closely crowded on every limb and all the way from stalk to'end of limb. Stalks three feet high with 200 to 300. forms were common enough. When tbe bolls began to near maturi? ty, every one was struck with their great size. Mr. Gailliard compared it iu this respect with bis other varieties, and found that while the others took about 100 bolls to make a pound, 100 bolls of Gold Dust gave the unprecedented yield of one pound ten ounces. How about the yield of lint i The seed are large and the lint no longer than un? usual, so one wonld hardly expect an un? usual yield. From thirty-fi7e to forty per cent, is about what is claimed for it; yet I see from all quarters much better returns than tbat. One report gives forty-four. The fine body aid longneis of lint is another valuable feature. I sold it to tbe most experienced buyer iu Sumter, one of the best judges in this State, and he said that it had the best body be had ever seen on any cotton. AU I have sold has brought tbe top of the market. The Gold Dust will make a crop io three or four weeks lees time than any other I know anything about, These, then, are the points in which the Gold Dust has proved its superiority to all others: Quickness of growth; sureness of crop ; earliness; number and length of limb; nuaeber and size of bolls; ease in picking; turn out at the gin; fineness and toughness of lint; ability to stand bad weather; large yield per acre. H. W. B. Mayesville, S C. _ Caught in a Trap. Marion, Jan. 17.?A shocking affair is reported from tbe plantation of Mr. Joseph A. Baker, a well to do and highly respectable farmer, four miles south of Marion. F'jr some time, it is stated, Mr. Baker has been missing corn from his barn, which seems to have been extracted through a crack. On last Friday night he sat a strong steel trap iu the barn at the place where the corn bad been miss? ing. Next morning, on going out, he noticed the form of an old colored wo? man named D .Ily Bethea. who had been for some time in bis employ as cook, standing fast by tbe side of thebaru w th one band through the crack, quiet and motionless. Mr. Baker entered the barn and un? locked the trap, when tbe old woman fell. Her band was badly cut by the strong jaws of the powerful trap, and her body was well nigh frozer-?tbe weather being intensely cold. She was taken to the house and cared for, but it is report? ed this morning tbat she has since died. Mr. Baker is said to be very much grieved on account of its being the old woman, and notsorne young thief as he supposed. The old woman had been in tbe family for a number of years, and bad never beeu suspected of theft. ? The first a mplete Bible printed in I Raglam] wfts W'.iffl in JARS, HOW MB. BLANK WAS CONVINCED. PrUe Eesny, By Srrg. Jsa Baylor, (The American Jersey Cattle Club of? fered several premiums last year for best essays on the Jersey as a family cow. The essays have been sent in and thirty seven of them have been published. The following is tbe first.) Mr. T. was a breeder. His name was a synonym for the choicest and best in his line. He was a man devoted to his family, indulging them in every want possible or practicable. He usually kept three, or sometimes four, of his favorite breed for family cows, to supply tbe cream and butter needed. His wife went to Ohio on a visit, and while there became very much infatua? ted with a Jersey cow, a pet of one of her sisters. Coming home she impor? tuned her husband to buy her a Jersey, but be told her he would be ashamed to let the neighbors see one on his place that it seemed to him a man was run? ning down pretty low in stock when he kept a Jersey. "Why," said he, "I'd rather keep a goat, for that wouldn't look as if I were trying to keep a cow and were too poor to do so." But his wife, as be told it, "plagued the life out of him," wanting a Jersey, so one day at a sale some miles distant be bought, for a mere song, a poor little runty, ill kept Jersey heifer said to be with calf. He started home with her, feeling more and more ashamed of his purchase tbe nearer he got home. Fearing to meet some of bis bantering neighbors, he let down a rail fence at the lower end of his farm and drove tbe animal op through corn rows and by lanes till be got it into tbe back yard. Calling his wife, be said, "Mary, here is your Jersey but for Heav? en's sake, when any one speaks of it, tell them it is yours and yours alone." "All right, John ; I'll keep it in tbe yard with the children." All tbe fall the children and tbe heif? er played together, she Bharing their bread and butter, they usinfir her for horse, dog, cow or anything their fancy suggested, and growing dearer to them each day. When winter came on tbe query was, where to keep her. One thing waB certain, she must be kept in some place where the cbildreu could care for her, so an old woodshed was fitted up and "Bessie" and the children given possession. Christmas morning they went as usual to feed "Bessie," but immediately rushing back, breathless with excitement, fairly tumbling over each other to say, "0, mamma, papa I there's a little elf with 'Bessie/ a little calf, a little bit of a calf. Ohl come and see." A few weeks later a baby brother came to fill tbe cradle that had been empty for long months (ever since the angels bad called its last frail occupant) and as tbe days went by all hearts grew sick with tbe fear that the angels would Boon bear little Roy away, too. The white haired family doctor, spying the Jer? sey in the yard one day, said to Mr. T., "Is that young cow giving milk ?" "Yes, J it has a calf; it belongs to Mary and the children." "Well, feed the baby on its I milk. I have known some remarkable cases of puny babies thriving on Jersey milk." So "little Bessie" had to share with Baby Roy, in whom im? provement became marked from the first trial. June came. "Little Bessie" would eat grass, and Roy was a great big fel? low, tipping tbe scales at twenty pounds Mrs. T. commenced saving some of Bes? sie's milk to try tbe quality, not saying anything about it to Mr. T. One morn? ing at breakfast he remarked, "It seems to me, Mary, our coffee is a deal better than formerly. Of what firm are you buying our coffee now ?" "The same one," replied Mrs. T., but she smiled. Strawberries came. Mr T. said one day at dinner, "It seems to me berries and cream never did taste as good as tbey do tbis year." Mary only smiled. Harvest came on; the harvesters re? marked on the excellent quality of the butter. "Yes!" said Mr. T., "I have a strain of animals that are extra butter cows." "But, John, I havn't made any butter for a month past except from 'Bessie's' milk." "Why! how is that?" "Well, tbe man brought in such a small quantity of milk, and it seemed so thin beside Bessie's I have been giv? ing that to the calf and Baving hers to use, and that is why your coffee aid ber? ries have been tasting so much better," she triumphantly added. "Well! well!" began Mr. T., then was silent. A few days later a neighbor called to him as be was leading on the front porch : "Say, John, I wonder if your folk could help us out with some butter? Got harvesters, too busy to go to town, and wife says she must have some but? ter." "I am B?rry, friend B., that we can? not. My wife is only making a little butter from that little Jersey there." Mary, passing through tbe hall, heard the conversation, and, stepping to the door, said : "I think I can accommo? date you, Mr. B. I Lave some I can spare." "I'll be very glad indeed if you can. How much can you let me have?" "Three pounds if you want that much ; that is just what I churned this morn. ing. I have about one and one-half pounds oo hand and will churn again day after to-morrow, so I can help you out all through your harvest if you like, as we have finished ours." When tbe neighbor had gone, Mr. T. took his wife to task. "Mary, you don't mean I should be? lieve you are making that much butter from Bessie alone ?" '"Yes, Johu, from Bessie alone I am making about seven pounds of butter a week, besides our cream for coffee and berries, aud Roy has his portion." "Why, what are you feeding her?" "Oh ! she picks arouud in the orchard, tbe children give her some chicken feed uight and morning, aud she eats the oat? meal and scraps of bread left afur each meal." "Well," said Mr. T. in conclusion, "I ijiDU?ht all th?t fjgyjjweat to bed. thinking: got up next morning still thinking. I went out and took a full look at Bessie, and, my friend, I want to tell you I felt like it, and I did take off my hat and made a most humble bow to that mild-eyed specimen of tbe bovioe race. Ever since then 'the Jersey' stays with me for a family cow, and when I drive another one home it will be proudly done on the broad, open high? way." All Sorts of Paragraphs. ? In tbe Alaska mines potatoes sell for 50 cents each and tobacco for $16 a plug. ? Keep out of the stock market. If you have any money to throw away, give. I it to your wife. ? Many a broadcloth husband owes bis position to the fact tbat be married a gingham'girl. ? Everybody should know what a good medicine Dr. Bull's Cougu Syrup is; it has cured many thousands and will cure you. ? "She answered me rather shortly when I asked her to be;mine." "Indeed I How?" "She said yes." ? Hostess: Will you have a piece of pie, Georgie? Georgie: Yes'm; but please make it double size, because ma told me not to ask for two pieces. ? There is nothing no good for barns and frost bites as Salvation Oil. It effects a speedy and permanent cure. 25 cents. ? A horse will never stand facing the [ wind io a pasture, but will always turn bis back. A horse heated by driviog can be fouodered to a few minutes by stand? ing faciDg the wind, or in a draught. JBj ? Lowry City, Mo., claims to have the biggest steer in the country. It weighs 3,740 pounds, stands over 6 feet high, ii . 10 feet 2 inches long and measures a yard I throngh the hips. ? The biggest idol in the world is Dia-Buten, tbe Japanese god, which is ? 60 feet high. Tbe image is made of cop- < per, tin, mercury and gold, and has been worshipped for more than 12 centuries. Wa ? Jones: What was the matter with that man who fainted, Doctor? Dr. [ Briggs: He is tbe h*>!> Jerophant of the* Modern Woodmen and his wife asked him to saw a stick of rood. Tbe shock ? j did it. ? If the ivory trade increases at (be present rate much longer, tbe elephant will soon become extinct. One firm alone io Sheffield last Tear received the tusks of no fewer than 1,280 elephants. A few years ago 800 pairs of tusks were nufficient for them. ? Yon can never tell what a slight cold may lead to; it is best, therefore, to give yourself tbe benefit of tbe doubt, and cure it as soon as possible with Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. A day's delay, sometimes an honr's delay, may result io serious consequences. ? When suffering from throat or long troubles, take only such medicine as has been proved worthy of confidence. Such a remedy is Ayer's Cherry Pectoral; a specific for sudden colds, sad invaluable io all forms of pulmonary complaints. Sold by druggists. Price $1. ? James Hand and bis son George parted twenty eight years ago, and did not again see or hear of each other until two weeks ago, when they discovered one another in Seattle, and learned at the same time tbat they had been living within a few miles of each other, on Puget Sound, for many years past. ? Prof. Huxley declares that the proper weight of a man is 154 pounds, made up as follows: Muscles and appur? tenances,. GS pounds ; skeleton 14 pounds ; skin 10} pounds; fat, 28 pounds; brain, 3 pounds; abdomioal viscera, 11 pounds; blood (that which would drain from the body,) 7 pounds. ? The death is announced at Port? land, Oregon, of William S. Ladd, a ban? ker of that city and one of the largest capitalists of the Pacific coast. It is said to have been an unfailing custom of Mr. Ladd's from the beginning of his career to set aside one-tenth of his net income each year for charitable purposes. He does not seem to have missed tbe amount thus appropriated very seriously, as his estate is estimated at twenty million dol? lars. ? The monkey wrench is not so called on account of its fancied or actual resem? blance to Dr. Garner's simian friends, or because it is a handy tool to "monkey" with, but simply because it is tbe inven? tion of cne Charles Moncky, now (?) of Kings County, New York. Although tbe world has pretty nearly lost track of Mr. Moncky (not Monkey,) it seems to be a sett'ed fact that he sold his patent for $2,000 and invested tbe proceeds in a homeater.d in the above named County and State. ? A queer story, which beats "Uncle Remus" at his best, coraes from Davidson, N. C. Mr. John Hedrick killed a very large rabbit during the snow. It bad a large raised place on tbe inside of the left hind leg which be cut into and found between the flesh and bide two leather winged bats, which were full grown, The bats were fastened tc the flesh of the rabbit by a leader or something similar. There was not a broken place in tbe bide until Mr. Hedrick cut it. ? A Chattanooga'barber has an Irish water spaniel who, from a point of intelli? gence, is bard to excel. When tbe drg was four months old he became jealous of an owl tbat was in tbe bouse, and while the family were out of sight, he first dug a hole in tbe ground and then % proceeded to put the owl in it and cover it up alive. The dog is on to "rushing the growler," goes to the milk depot, car? ries slop pails up and down stairs, dis? tributes towels and does numerous other things. ? "Do you know what nine out of ten of the hot Scotches you drink are made of?" asked one tippler of another laft night as the latter was raising a s'earning glass of the liquid in question to bis lips. "Scotch whiskey, I suppose," replied the man to whom the question was addressed, "No, sir," raid tbe first epeaker. "Irish potatoes. You may not believe it, but this is a fact just the same that most of the "Scotch" whiskey sold over American bars is made from the juice of Irish pota? toes. Fact." "Well, that knocks me. Tii is is the first time I knew tbat Iri?h potfltgej were iotoxicatinp."