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IF you want to see the LARGEST STOCK and the BRIGHTEST PLACE in Town jutt drop in and see WILL. HUBBARD'S JEWELRY STORE! SOUVENIR SPOONS, LQVE CHAINS, DIAMONDS, GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, SILVERWARE anD NOVELTIES. ?gf' It will pay you to give me a call before buy'ng. I don't sell at Cost nor throw in a Chromo, but make a living profit on every article. ??f" Correct represfntation. Polite attention and promptness WILL. R. HUBBARD, Next to Farmers and Merchants Bank. SARGE PLUNKETT. The Old Han Has Been s Close Listener Durlnp; the Snow. Atlanta Constitution. Browu nor I couldent do much of any? thing during the anow but listen, and we listened. We have known' for a long lime that the moon affected the vegetable kingdom, but it does more than that. Boards put on a bouse in the new of tbe moon will warp and twist ?-fi turn up at the ends out of all reap / Lay a fence worm in th .r^dark of the moon and tbe rails wily sink in tbe ground?in the ligbt they will lay above ground dry and nice. Meat killed in the light of the moon will have no grease?it will puff and spew but won't greaae tbe dinner. One of our scientific friends denied all this and told us just how many candle lights tbe moon affected tbe earth. This fellow had us about convinced that tbe moon wasn't nothing, but in the very next breath he swore that she controlled tbe tides, and the tide is a big thing in our eyes ever since we went to Savannah. Brown swapped for a "moon-eyed" horse once, and he knows what he knows, and ao we have compromised on the moon complications by just letting her rip?she is older than us, if statistics be correct. Speaking of statistics reminds me that we had one visitor who was entirely de? voted to this line. If he stopped in the snow one minute he was figuring and could tell you anything you wanted to know about the inhabitants Df tbe earth and all that is therein if it has been printed anywhere in the world within the last forty years. This is a worse mal? ady than tbe moon business, we think, for we do hate figures. A fellow came aloqg just after the war and showed us as plain as could be bow we could raise cotton to buy corn and meat just 30 easy. We tried it and we havent liked to listen to a "figuring" man from that year to this. But this fellow last week was harmless. He dident try to figure you into trouble, he just wanted to show his learning. He was a great supposer along with other things. He would nuppose this and suppose that and whirl away and figure like a mile a minute to prove his suppo8ings. "Suppose a tank of wa? ter one mile square," said he, ''and sup? pose that tank had a hole at the bottom one inch round, take the stopper ?utand the water would shoot a bole into Chios, or tnrn it and it would throw a stream of water over to London and back again." How be would figure as be related this? -figure and chew gum and take bis spec? tacles offen his nose und put 'em back again?no barm though. It was a pleasure for us to be relieved from this statistical figuring man?that is what we call him?by a set of jolly col? lege boys. A set of young medical stu? dents bad been given a holiday and they were out romping through the snow after rabbits. I think the figuring man was scared worse than any rabbit tbey met that day, for as they began to pelt him with the snowballs his beaver bat got a lick and coin mo after column of little printed statistics scattered to tbe breeze. He cut tbe "pigeon wing" and did some suple flopping and turning like show folks, but tbe snowballs flew, and as one took him between tbe eyes be grabbed his hauderchief outen his pocket und this turned a new supply of statistics f.oose to tbe breeze, and be took to bis heels with the whole of the Atlanta Medical College after him. A rabbit was scared from his bed and this saved the figuring man. Several States were represented by the young students, and here was a fair race through an open field. The rabbit had no chance; they soon picked him up, but I shall avoid giving tbe "winners," as it might be an index to character. After the race tbe boys took a rest, and as I sat and listened and looked I thought to myself of what a pity it was to spoil such a fine set of plowbovs. To plow is the highest calling, in my notion, and it made me feel sorry when I thought of what a great field thore was for plowboyB as compared with the pro? fession they are mastering. Some of them, with the prestige of a rich daddy, may get established without trouble, but the ones who are to build up a practice along with making a living will spend many a day of anxiety. The boys used jaw-breaking words, but it was tdright, they are technical, and then anything beats figuring. I could say nothing but pleasant things of all these studeuts, but one fellow giveB me a chance to say more of him, because be had something out of the regular order?his own invention- and I don't see why it should not suggest some way out of the practice of robbiog grave* and using human beings in the directing rooms of medical colleges. What I speak of was a perfect human being?as to anatomy?molded in wax. Every bone, nerve, muscle, artery, vein?the perfect human?was represented by dif ferent colors of wax, or some of them by thread. The impression that this genius makes upon one when you look at him and watch him, is that the "still sow gets the slop." The boy? dissected tbe rabbit and discussed all the points with jaw breaking words and were wishing for more work of the same kind when they were gratified by the production of this human In was. The young man made no to do about it; it was small and he bad it in his pocket, and he lent it there and then to be diis?cted and discu-i-ed. After it was all over with it was pro nounced perfect?nut a thing missing, not a thing too much?so let body snatch? ing cease and sr>me one get rich by man ufacturing human beings in wax. It was ea*y and natural for these young men to turn from weighty mutersand proceed to relate frivolous anecdotes con? nected with the profession. Some of these anecdotes were in the nature of confessions, and one of these brought up a Htout young man from Georgetown?a little town this side tbe river from Eu faula, Ala., a couple of fine fellows from Greenville County, S. C , a dignified stu? dent from Sparta, Ga., and a young man from tbe wiregrass region Ihcse all stood up and made public for the first time an exploit of a few nights before. It is well enough to state that these young men are considered the crankiest cranks on tbe subject of surgery. To study tbe anatomy of man is all they think of and anatomy is all they talk about. Enterprising as they are, they went to work to feast on the dissecting portion of their studies by procuring a corpse all to themselves and storing it away at some secluded spot. No matter by what ma?ns they secured tbe corpse, they got it and had it snugly stored away, as they thought, but there were other enterprising students of anatomy about who slipped this corpse away and bad it for themselves. Here comes in tbe joke. From where the corpse was taken a needy tramp chanced along and considered he bad struck a picnic in find? ing such a snug place with a great tent cloth for covering to spend the dreary night. Tbe tramp waa soon stretched upon the table the corpse had so lately occupied and was quickly snoring be? neath the tent cloth. Then Came tbe Btudenta. They kindled their fire and were cracking jokes about ghosts all tbe time they were getting their knives ready, and in tbe meantime, the tramp had awoke and was peeping with one eye at all motions. From their actions and conversation be took in tbe situation but decided that he was equal to the occa? sion when it came. It came. The gen? tlemen from South Carolina stood one on either side about middle ways tbe corpse, the gen tl oman from Sparta stood next the right foot and the wiregrass young man stood next the left foot of tbe corpse. All was ready, as tbe gentleman from Georgetown stepped up to pull tbe tent Cloth from over the subject, remarking, as he caught the cloth at tbe head to pull it off. "I'll begin on the head." "The h?11 you will 1" exclaimed tbe tramp, as he let fly both feet and both hands and made a spring from tbe table with the tent cloth tangled about him. Sparta lost her dignity, tbe South Caro? linians run wild, the wiregrass gentleman went out the window, while Georgetown was having it rough and tumble with the benches and chairs trying to get out. So passed one day with me and Brown during tbe late snow, and we both con? sider tbe day well spent, for it was enter? taining, being new, and was instructive, being that it showed us that other call? ings than farmers like much to talk of their own line of work. This is tbe month to plant many things. Let no science nor figures fool yon into ignoring the moon. Plauts that grow above ground plant in tbe light, and those growing under ground plant in tbe dark of the moon. Be sure to plant Irish potatoes the 14th instant, and watch the signs, is my advice. Saroe Pltjnkett. What the Country Needs. Tbe man who thinks more of party than of country cannot be a statesman. The man who would let tbe material in? terests of bis State suffer for tbe sake of tbe favor of the narrow minded and ig? norant is as much a traitor aB was Bene? dict Arnold. What tbe country Deeds most, especially the South, is "public spirit" in public men. The South, being in greatest need of development, is in greatest need of developing forces,? Manufacturtra1 Record. That is all very true. The trouble with some sections of the country is that we are getting too much in the habit of looking to the government for relief and material prosperity. What we need is to be governed just as little as possible and for every ooe to go to work to help him? self, and in bo doing help the section and community in which he lives. This sec? tion of the country needs to get rid of so mncb politics and go to work building up our natural resources. We sometimes fear there is very little statesmanship in this practical age. There is not much sentiment, and conse? quently every politician is interested more in doing that which will secure his r? -election or promotion than be is in what will be for tbe general good. Unfortunately it is not always the most popular thing to do what conscience says is right and will redound to tbe gen? eral good. The demagogue still at times stalks abroad over tbe laud. But it is true that our public men of the South should do those things that will tend to build up our material inter? ests. Capital should not be petted and fondled and given any special advan? tages, but it should have fair treatment and be dealt justly with. Spite work and prejudice should not influence our Leg? islatures. What we need and want is fair dealing all around. We need manufacturing enterprises of all kinds; ar.d organizations of money should not be fought, bur should be given justice and Btrict impartiality before the law.?Hexcberry Observer. Bucklcus Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for Cuts Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe ver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chil? blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give per? fect satisfaction, or money refunded Price 25 cents per box. For sale by HillBro*. ? The art of making needles was kept a Beeret until about 1G50, when it was taught to the English by Christopher Greening. Now English needles are sold all over the world. At Redditch alone 20,000 people make more than 100,000, 000 needles a year, and they are made and exported so cheaply that England has no rival in this country. Formerly needle making annually killed tens of thousands by tbe particles of steel being inhaled, but dow a blast of air away from the grindstone has done away with all o this and the occupation has become quite safe. The most interesting part of nee? dle-making is the drilling of the eyes. It is said that experts can perforate a hair and thread it with itself. Althi <rh Great Britain makes tbe ordinary nee<" * for Americans, the latter, in theii .rn, makes nearly all tbe sewing macb"ne needles. ? Thousands sink into an early grave for want of a bottle of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. This great remedy would have saved them. ? At Springfield, Mass., there is a needle company that makeB and finishes every year 30,000,000 machine needles, j PROIIIBITION MANIFESTO. The Leader Issues an Important Pronun clamento. Wben the Evans Dispensary law was passed the prediction was made that the prohibitionists would not be satisfied with it as the solution of the prohibi? tion question, and such proves to be the case. Ever since the law was passed the pro? hibitionists?officially speaking?have re? mained perfectly quiet, but now they come to the front once more, and through their State chairman they issue a mani? festo to the people. It makes exceed? ingly interesting reading and is given in full: THE MANIFESTO. To the State Prohibition Executive Committee: By the action of our com? mittee at its meeting in December last, I was requested to have the draft of the prohibition bill which had been adopted by the committee brought before the Legislature then in session, and to give my personal attention to its proper pre? sentation to that body. That duty I en deavored to discharge to the best of my ability, giving my almost continuous attendance on the sessions of the House and Senate and the committees until the matter was disposed of by the adoption of what is known as the Evans Dispen? sary law. Since then I have purposely avoided giving any public expression of opinion on the subject: first, because any attempt tb forecast the results to flow from the law would be to a large extent speculative, and also because I feared that any adverse criticism which might escape me might be viewed in the light of factious opposition to the experiment, and calculated to binder the good which its advocates, some of tbem earnest and conscientious prohibitionists, believed would come out of it, if it could be fairly tried. It seems to me proper, however, that I should express to you, as members of the committee, my convictions on the sub? ject formed, after the excitement attend? ing the campaign and the anxiety watchibg and counseling the movement during its progress in the Legislature have passed, and 1 have had time and opportunity to consider the situation. In considering the action of the Legis lature on the subject of prohibition, it should be borne in mind that the ques? tion presented to the voters of the State by the prohibitionists at the primary elections was a very distinct one, in this respect at least, namely, whether the legal sanction of the aale of liquors as a beverage should be withdrawn and such sale prohibited by the State. This being the fact, the majority vote cast at that time can be understood in no other sense than as the expression of a demand that the traffic in intoxicants aa, a beverage should be prohibited To carry out this purpose your execu? tive committee prepared a bill which waB introduced into the bouse by Mr. Roper, of Marlboro. After a most determined opposition by the liquor interests and the quasi political prohibitionists, this bill waa reported favorably by the large special'committee, composed of one mem? ber of each County, with only six dissent log votes, and after protracted debate of more than a week, in which the oppo? sition was allowed to exhaust their argu? ments, almost withont interruption from the friends of the measure, it passed the House by an unprecedented majority. Up to this point it is clear tbat tbe large majority of tbe Representatives be? lieved tbat their constituents wanted the kind of prohibition which was expressed in the Roper bill. This was legislation which would prohibit, and it was this fact which, in my judgment, sealed its fate with tbe Legislature. The combined elements of opposition to real probibi tion ultimately proved successful in the substitution of the Evans bill in the Senate. Its subsequent passage by the House was the result of a conviction in the minds of many sincere and conscien? tious members who had supported the Roper bill as tbe proper measure that it would be impossible to secure the passage oftbat bill against tbe determined oppo? sition of the Senate, and that it would, therefore, be better to accept the Di-tpen sary law, which had so many features in common with tbe Roper bill, than to have no legislation on the subject at the present session. The fact however remains tbat tbe peo? ple asked for prohibition of the liquor traffic, and their representatives have seen fit to give tbem instead a law which takes the dispensing of intoxicants as a beverage out of the bands of tbe citizen and places it directly and entirely under the control ot the State. Such is tbe law which tbe prohibition? ists of the State are called on to cousider in order to determine their future atti? I tude and action respecting it. Are we, as prohibitionists, discharging ourselves from all responsibility for a law which was clearly a perversion of our purpose as expressed in tbe bill which we submitted, patiently, to await the re? sults of tbe law in the bands of those who have taken the responsibility of foisting it upon an unwilling people? Or shall we oppose it as we would any mess ure which we believe fraught with evil to society by making common cause with all classes of our citizens who iu any lawful way seek to render it inoperative? Or shall we stand ready to aid in extract ing whatever of good may be found pos? sible from its operation ? In considering these questions let us remember tbat while the act does not profesB to regulate, it is claimed that a positive good is secured by it, for which prohibitionists have been long working, namely, tbe closing' of tbe saloon and its congenor, the club room with its bar room appendage; tbat nnder tbe provisions of this act it is really in the power of the majority who voted for prohibition to say to what extent the Dispensary system shall prevail, and that tbe general effect of the act will be a considerable "step" toward ultimate prohibition. Moreover, let us not forget that our prohibition movement derives whatever of force it possesjes from the moral prin? ciple tbat the manufacture and sale of intoxicants for beverage purposes, in view of the evils which fl ?w therefrom, is wrong in the sight of God, and fearfully ; demoralizing to man, ai d therefore any law which provides for such traffic must of necessity be opposed to prohibition. It makes no difference whether the State sanctions the sale by issuing license to the citizen to engage therein, or, as in j tbe case of this law, takes the sale into its own hands. When the State does this it compromises a principle and con? sistency constrains me to condemn it. To what extent, then, do the claims above stated commend the Dispensary law to the co-operation or support of tbe prohibitionists? It is true that most of the provisions of the Dispensary law are taken from the Roper bill without change, and that thus many of tbe features of the bill framed by your committee have now the force of law. But it is also true of the Dispensary law that it makes the sale of lirjuor as a beverage by tbe State practically without limitation as to use and quantity in order that tbe profits therefrom, blood money as it is, shall go to enrich the revenue of the State and Counties. It seems to me. therefore, that the duty of all true prohibitionists will be : first, to use their influence to prevent the establishment of Dispensaries by refus? ing themselves, and inducing others to refuse, to sign tbe pet'.tiona which are necessary to their establishment under section 8 of tbe Act. The result of this course, if successful, will be to give us real probibition-^no Dispensary?no le? gal Bales of intoxicants. If tbe Dispensary part of tbe Bvans experiment fails to go into operation it will be because the people who are to ask for it do not choose to do so, and this was certainly contemplated by tbe authors of the scheme when they provid? ed that the dispensers could only be ap? pointed on "a petition signed by a ma? jority of the freehold voters of tbe incor? porated town or city in wbich the permit is to be issued." Now, if these voters are not to exercise their choice in this matter, why this provision? And if they are expected to use th sir judgment in the matter, where is tbe occasion for Governor Tillman's recently published reflection on them for so doing, and his implied threats that prohibition's^ will regret their refusal to establish these dispensaries. The step toward prohibition which tbe prohibitionists see in the Dispensary law( is tbe possible power which it gives them to prohibit the Dispencary, which they can do, if in sufficient numbers they re? frain from asking for it, It will then be prohibition indeed in its fullest sense, and that is what every true prohibitionist ha* been Working and praying for. Cau it be that Governor Tiliman does not credit tbe prohibition? ists who differ from him on this point with acting from moral principle, and that be cannot realize that they are bound to repudiate the Dispensary for the same reason that they would tbe sale of liquors as a beverage under any other plan, because such sale is morally wrong? "The threatened Alliance between tbe whiskey men and other political oppo nents who are bitterly opposed to the law and the prohibitionists who are in favor of it" can have no application to tbe class of prohibitionists represented by our com? mittee. The truth it?, however, that tbe Dis? pensary experiment has features in it which naturally enough arouse the antag? onism of so many distinct classes of citi? zens that it need not surprise Governor Tiliman or any one else if it fails to run smoothly. The whiskey men oppose it because it breaks up their business. Many sincere patriots are horrified at the spectacles of tbe State becoming the successor to the business from wbich it has driven these citizens. Many astute lawyers and others find in these provi? sions of tbe law a most dangerous exer? cise of the powers of the State and an in* vasion of the private rights of tbe citizen to engage in any business, not declared to be wrong \ while the prohibitionists who voted to have tbe sale of intoxicants as a beverage prohibited are justly indig? nant at the legislation which so perverted tbe meaning of their demand as to make it one for unlimited whiskey revenue and themselves unwilling partners in tbe unholy traffic. If in Bpite of these elements of tbe opposition the Dispensary goes into operation it becomes the duty of prohibitionists to aid in every proper way tbe enforcement of the law against violators, and making as far as practica? ble the good features of the law effective. To do this will require that our organiza tion as a committee, and the effective County organizations which were so suc? cessful in the local ct.mpaign, should be maintained and strengthened, having also in view the securing of suet legislation in the future as shall eventually rid our State from tbe cur-e of the liquor traffic. Some plan for future operations is very desirable, and I should be glad to have from the members of the committee sug geBtious as to tbe methods best suited to effect our purpose. Respectfully, L. D. Childs, Ch'm. State Pro. Ex. Com. Calumbia, S. C, Feb. 7, 1893. Deafness Cannot be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear Tnere is only one way to cure Deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by a:: .uflamed con? dition of the mucous lining of the Eust achain 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 un? less the inflammation can be taken out aud this tube restored to its normil con? dition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by ca? tarrh, which is nothing but en in flamed condition of the mucous sur? faces. 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., Toledo, 0. Sold by Druggist3, 75c. ? A Michigan woman has patented a device for securing glass in the doors of stoves and furnaces, in on'cr that tho process of baking may ho watt-hod without opening tho doors, and also to save tho fuel l>y decreasing draughts. UNDER HOT FIRE. Sensation? of a Mnn When the Bullets are Wbfntlloff. How does it feel to be shot at ? What are the sensations of a man when the bullets are whistling about him and tbe cannons are thundering and the shells bursting ? War is a memory to tbe veterans of a quarter of a century ago. To the new generation it is simply history. Younger men look at it as astronomers do at the constellations?through a telescope. The lenses of one are paper bags; of the other glass. Both are more or less finely ground. "You do not think much about it at the time," said General Phil Cook a day or two ago, referring to the sensations under a hot fire. " You know tbat there is dan? ger but you are thin kin ; of gaining some point, or driving the enemy back or something of tbat kind. A man realizes tbat there is danger, of course, and that somebody will get killed. Sa you know every day that somebody will die, that somebody somewhere will be in a rail? road collision or be run over or fall off a building or get drowned, but you always feel that it will be another man and not yourself. I had a presentment once that I would be shot in a certain fight and be? fore going I gave my watch and some pa? pers to our commissary. I went through the fight without being scratched. I was shot three or four times and sometimes pretty badly. Once when a yankee bul? let struck me in the leg and broke it. I was flat of my back for four hours before the litter bearers came. A part of tbe time the firing was hot all around. It was at night. I knew that I was cot going to die and in the whole war there was noth? ing in my experience more sad than to hear the groans and the prayers of the wounded who were all around. And not one man was praying for himself, but all for tbe army or the South or victory. It was 'God blees our army' or 'God give us victory.' Tbe soldiers were not thinking of themselves. Their country was dearer than their lives." "It depends very much I should Fay on a man's temperament," Colonel W. A. Wright remarked. "A nervous man may think of danger to himself, but even his attention will be distracted when tbe engagement around him gets hot and his command is brought into the worst of it. Pride inspires a man. Pride in his own manhood fires him to rush into the thick? est of tbe battle when the command is given. Tbe most trying experience is to be held in reserve under fire. To feel that death is in tbe air all about and net be actively engaged is tbe greatest test, I Bbonld say, of a soldier's courage. I re? member lying on tbe edge of a woods in the seven day's fight and being held in reserve all day long. The firing of tbe enemy was terrific. They were endeav- i oring to drive us out of the woods. Shot and shell rained through tbe trees tbat day. Men dropped behind anything that grew out of the ground. The man ahead of me was behind a tree lying down flat and I told him to keep his feet close to? gether so as to protect my head. That experience was more demoralizing than a charge. An advance is not anything like so bad as falling back. You feel tbat you will be shot in tbe back every min? ute. Holding an intrenebment is not tbe pleasanteHt duty in the world either. At Petersburg tbe two armies were in en? trenchments within a quarter of a mile of each other for a long time. If a man showed his head twenty shots came at it quick as a wink. When we went in we bad to stay there from morning to night. Relief could not come during the day. The night tbe mine was sprung by Grant's men tbo explosion was terrific. The enemy pushed the negro troops into the breach and tbey went right into the pit. They were caught like rats in a trap.! The Alabama regiment under which tbe I mine was exploded was to:rn all to pieces, but fresh men were thrown for* ward, the ranks were filled and the ene? my were shot as fast as tbey c&me op." BGeneral Lewis, Atlanta's postmaster, was on the other side and he knew how tbe Southern soldiers fired. He bad an experience during tbe seven days' fight. He was ordered one day to bold an open space. As he got his men on the ground tbe Confederates cross tired on him. He ordered his men to lie flat down. Still the carnage was frightful. To give an idea, there were five brothers and a cousin who went in with the regiment and every one was killed that day. The entire family was wiped out, au occur? rence which probably did not have a parallel during the war. More than half the men in one company were killed and hardly a commi??i'?ned (.flicer in the reg? iment survived. A lieutenant was killed beside General Lewis and he did not no? tice it until he felt the warm blood on his arm. It had saturated bis coat. Colonel George H. Jones was a scout and had many thrilling experiences. A big price was set on his head. The other day an old negro entered his office at the State House. Colonel Jones greeted him warmly. "I can never forget that boy. He protected my wife and home all the time I was away and a brother could not have been more faithful. When I would slip home at night he would leave and keep a lookout for a surprise. Once he came running to the bouse and called me, saying that the Yankees were com? ing. I was off in a moment" Some cavalrymen rode up aud searched high and low, but the man tbey were looking for was not there. One day, though, a squad of cavalrymen did surprise the scout. He bad dismounted and was fix? ing his saddle when twenty men sur? rounded him and he had no idea that tbe enemy was within a mile. "I thought it was all up with master tbat time, sure," said Henry. He proceeded to tell how the Yankees disarmed bis master and was consulting about how they should carry him off. They were all standing beside a dense thicket of briars. Some? thing attracted the attention of the cap? tors and they looked in another direction for a moment. The prisoner struck the man who had hold of him in the face with his fist and pent him sprawling. Colonel Jones leaped into the thicket and was hid from view. The cavalry? men turned on the instant and sent a voilev ' shots into the m.der^rowtb thruiigli which tho Confederate was struggling. They could not ride in after him, for tbey could not urge their horses into tbe briars. Tbe fugitive made bis way down the thicket toward a swamp. All the time the pursuers rode up and down on either side shooting into the briars. Bullets whistled all aroand the young scout, but not one even nipped him. He was torn badly when he reached the swamp, but he did not mind that, considering himself fortunate to es? cape from his captors.?Atlanta Constitu? tion How to Utilize ConTicts. To the Editor of the News and Courier: Occurrences in Tennessee and elsewhere have forcibly directed attention to tbe question of convict labor, and the meth? ods by which it is sought to relieve the State of the burden of its maintenance, as a direct charge upon the treasury, through employment in seme form of productive industry. The so-called "contract system," under which large numbers, often tbe entire number of con? victs, p re let or hired out, at a stipulated figure, to perform various kinds of service, is tbe method wbich has been most gen? erally resorted to, and is that to which tbe strongest and greatest number of ex? ceptions have been taken, frequently manifested in personal violence to the contractors, and open and armed opposi? tion to tbe authorities of the law. In some States "convict farms" have been established, the producta of which go to balance tbe expense of tbe prison system; but although this method has engendered less antagonism than tbe for? mer it can readily be seen that tbe same logical objections obtain in both cases, and that tbe absence of opposition reBults rather from the indirectness of tbe com? petition with free labor in the latter as compared with tbe former method than from tbe existence of any real distinction. In both instances tbe product of convict labor is brought with greater or less directness into competition with that of free labor; it is only that its effect is more promptly and sensibly felt by the wage working than the farming classes, which goes to account for the more pro? nounced opposition manifested against the employment of convict labor in com? petition with free labor by tbe former than tbe latter element of industrial society. What then is to be done with onr con? victs ? Tbey should not be permitted to live a life of idleness and tbns become a dead lead upon the taxpayers of the State ! Certainly there is no reason why tbey should in this State; and it has been a matter of surprise that this large force has not been employed in the sys? tematic accomplishment of some great public work outside of the financial pos? sibilities of taxation, the results of which would, indirectly if not directly, reim? burse tbe State for the expense of main? taining tbe convict system as it must necessarily exist, through tbe enhance? ment of values and the increased tax return from property benefited and devel? oped by such work. In this way no legitimate industry would be endangered, neither would free labor be discredited through competition with convict labor. But the question may well be asked what is the nature of the public work tbe execution of wbich wonld compass such desirable results? Are there not thous? ands of acres of the most fertile lands in tbe State lying between the foot hills and tbe sea? Lands which if drained would re-establish the prestige of the planter and yield a rich prosperity to tho people of the whole State. I know of my own observation of lands lying idle and valued at from one to five dollars an acre, wbich if drained would yield readily thirty bushels of corn and fifteen bushels of peas as one j. .at crop per acre, and that, too, with an amount of labor which would not suffice to cultivate one half an acre in some of the States to tbe North and Weat of us from which such com? modities are annually purchased which are grown on lands that produce no more, if as much, and which are taxed at from fifteen to twenty-five dollars per acre. Much of these lands would also yield from ten to twenty bushels of wheat and from twenty to thirty bushels of oats. I say this because I have seen just such crops growing upon small pa'ches of ground which had been drained I know that it ii the current belief tbat cotton, tbe great summum bonum of the knights of the "one gallus and the wool hat," will not "fruit" upon these lands. My slight opportunities of observation lead me to doubt this theory, at least so far as some of tbe lands go, and it is my impres? sion that doubt wv!d ripen into demon? strable refutation under proper drainage, as I have seen a full bale of four hundred and sixty pounds of cotton gathered from one acre of these lands, upon which no phosphate had been used. I am well aware of tbe fact that the above state? ments are exceptions and not the rule upon these lands, and it is that very fact wbich it is intended to illustrate. Why are they exceptions ? Because it is prac tically impossible for any one person to drain all or even most of bis laud. There is nothing into which to turn the water. Now, if a certain district possessing the conditions above cited were taken in charge, a proper survey made of it with a view to drainage and suitable and sufficient canals or drains cut upon a comprehensive plan, these lands could easily be drained and reclaimed, and tbe ague, the custodian of many of these flats, would necessarily be routed and driven from bis stronghold, and, in lieu of the present ahomination of desolation, pro ductive farms would be created to tbe great profit of the State and our people. Certainly in this way the convict may work out Iiis term. If not his salvation, unenvied by his free brother. All of the ' lands of which I speak are susceptible of drainage, being above the level of streams which pass through or environ them. After three years of close observation it is my belief that the wealth of the State lies largely in these rich alluvial lowlands. It may not necessarily result from cotton ; why should it? A bale of cotton is a good crop from one acre of land diligently worked for a whole year ; while half a carload of potatoes or cab bage can be gotten from an acre in six mouths, after which a crop of peas tau be grown for fallow or hay. I offer these suggestions for what they may be worth, and am constrained to say tbat in tbe furtherance of some such understanding our statesmen might find a more com* mendable if less congenial field for their surplus energies than in fomenting strife between men whose every interest is made to suffer by it. R. G. Ward. News Paragraphs. ? Eighty-seven people in the world die every minute. ? Speaking of Dr. Parkhursts'a way of chasing the dovil out of New York Sam Jones saj's it reminds him ot the way his dog ran a hog out of a Georgia corn field. The dog ran on ahead. ? Sciatica and lumbago readily yield to Salvation Oil. A few applications will produce the desired result. Try if. 25 cts. ? Mrs. Picket, widow of the Confeder? ate general, who won lasting fame at Gettysburg, is in Washington endeavor? ing to have her son appointed as pay? master in the army, with the rank'ond pay of a cavalry major. ? Among the exhibits at the World's Fair will be a pack of cards which was captured from Chief Geronima, of the r Apaches, and which are made from hu? man skin. If such skin games as this are to be resorted to what will our European guests think of us? ? Mrs. Virginia Thompson, ex-post? mistress of Louisville, says that women are peculiarly fitted to conduct postoffices and that this fitness ought to be recog? nized. "There are enough other offices for the men," she says, and all of her sex will agree with her. ? A little Washington boy, writing a composition on the zebra the other day, was requested to describe tbe animal and to mention what it was useful for. After j ? j deep reflection he wrote: "The zebra is like a horse, only striped. It la chiefly used to illustrate the letter Z. i? It used to be said of Gen. Hayes tbat he was scr'mping in his economy, but this is now explained by tbe statement that be paid off after ho became President a large obligation, ?70,000, he incurred through tbe misfortune of another, and which he felt bound more in honor than '? by law to meet. ? Immigrants and returning voyagers find in Ayer's Sarsaparilla a cure for eruptions, boils, pimples, eczema, etc, whether resulting from sea-diet and lue on ship-board, or from any other cause. Its value as a tonic and alterative medi? cine cannot be overestimated. ?Mrs. Nancy Phillips, of North Caro? lina, nearly eighty-two years of age, pat in the loom and wove fifteen yards of eloth from the 13th to the 20th of January, which embraced the very coldest days. Her loom was in an open house with only one fireplace. This is a wonderful record . for one of her age. ? But littlo remains of the old prison pen at Andersonville. There are only a few half-rotted posts left to mark the line of the stockade, and a few low earth? works whero the gates were. Some of the wells and tunnels dug by prisoners ; who hoped to escape thereby are also to be seen. The gr ounds are now the piopertyot tho Grand Army of tbe Re? public. ? Don't waste time, money, and health, trying every new medicine yon may see advertised in the papers. If the cause ot your trcuble is in the blood, liver, atom* acb, or kidneys, take Ayer's Sarsaparilla at once, and be sure of a cure. Take no - other. ? As Z. A. Lewis, Sr., was fixing some? thing about his well, near Howardsville, Albemarle county, Virginia, a few days ago, he slipped, and was precipitated to the bottom of the well, which is said to. be seventy-five feot deep. He fell into fifteen feet of water, and soon rose and climbed up to where he could support himself until bis friends made arrange? ments to get him out. ? This is the way a Georgia editor de? scribes the advantages of his town: "Oar town is really one of the best in the State. We have two grocery stores, one Baptist oburch and the hope of a Metho? dist, one grist mill, one water tank, which suggests a railroad; one postoffice and sixty applicants for tbe postnastership. Some of these days we'll have a con? gressman, as we already have the 'still.' "y ? It is computed that all tbe locomo? tives in the United States would, if con pled together, make a train three hun? dred miles long. The passenger cars would make another train of about the same length, and if all the cars of every variety in the country were coupled be? hind the engines the result would be a train just about seven thousand miles long. ? A remarkable case of faith care is reported from Columbia, S. C. Mrs. Tutt, who has been paralyze'd for 18 years and had not walked a stop in that time and whose case the physicians have long since given up as incurable is reported, a \ few days ago, to have arisen from her bed and walked in obedience, she says, to a voice saying to her "Arise and walk." Mrs. Tutt says that the recovery of the use of her limbs is in answer to prayer, and that her faith in God's won? drous healing power has uevor flag? ged during all the 18 years of her pros? tration. ? On a recent Sunday Dr. John Hall, of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, asked his people for their an? nual coutribution to the mission work : of their Church in that city, and although the day was stormy and a less number than usual was present, 810,500 was handed in. "It is such gifts as these," says tho Tribune, "which does more than conventions to convince the laboring man tbat the church is more than a so? cial club, and that it does really care for him." ? A horse not only sheds tears under omoiion of grief, but in moments of sud? den or intolerable anguish utters a most melancholy cry. In one of Cooper's In-;3 dlan novels dramatic use is made of the scream of a wour.ded horse, and Lord - Erskine, in a speech made in the House of Lords upon the bill for enforcing hu-* manity towards animals, noticed this re- : raarkablo fact. An eye-witness relates j tho following: *'On tho advance to tbej heights of Alma a battery of artillery b&M came exposed to tho fire of a concealed Russian battery, and in tho course of at few minutes it was nearly destryed, men' and horses killed and wounded, guns dismounted and limbers broken. On passing this wreck shortly afterwards I observed a single horse still attached and unhurt. By its side on tho ground lay its master, quito dead. The poor brute had turned around as far as possible to- - wards him. with its nead on the ground ' smelling tho body, and copious there" were tears flowing from its eyes. It looked so like a human being in dire dis? tress that I could not forget tho sad ex pression for several days."