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BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 22, 1893._VOLUME XXVII.- -NO. 34. Gout and Rheumatism "My little sou, during the past year, has suffered terribly from Inflammatory rheuma? tism, for which we tried a variety of reme? dies, but none afforded more than temporary relief. At length we gave him Ayer's Sarsa parilla, and the result has been so satisfac? tory that I can confidently recommend this medicine to all similarly afflicted."?J. R. Cornelius, Editor Ltwisburgh Chronicle, Lewisburgh, Pa. Ayer's Sarsaparilla Prepared by Dr. J.C.Ayer&Co., Lowell, Mass. Cures QtheiTSjWill CUTO VOU Sciatica, white swelling, neuralgia, dropsy, and rickets cured by HOME IS INCOMPLETE WITHOUT MUSIC ! Having Just Received a Large Addition to our Stock of HIGH GRADE PIANOS AND ORGANS! E can supply any who may wish to purchase an Instrument at Manufacturers7 prices. The justly celebrated Wheelock, Ivers A Fond, Everett and Ktm ball Pianos are our leaders. 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Next to Farmres and Merchants Bank. WILL. R. HUBRARD, JEWELLER. XF you want to see the LARGEST STOCK and the BRIGHTEST PLACE in Town Jost drop In and see WILL. HUB BARD'S JEWELRY STORrJ ! SOUVENIR SPOONS, LQVE CHAINS, DIAMONDS, GOLD and SILVER WATCHES. SILVERWARE anD NOVELTIES. ?S" It will pay you to give me a call before buying. I don't sell at Cost nor throw in a Cbromo, but mak i a living profit ou every article. ?mT1 Correct representation. Polite attention and promptness WILL. R. HUBBARD, Next to Farmers aud Merchants Bank. Facts of the Rail Road War. Columbia, S. C, Feb. 9.?Everything is in statu quo a., v'lis end of the line to? day so far as tin merry war between the United States court and Governor Till man is concerned. There is no weaken? ing on the part of any of the State house authorities, and the sheriffs are still hold? ing on to what they have. Tho only symp? tom of the rail road tax fever to-day is that the administration pulse is perfectly normal, and anxiously waiting to see what is going to be done by the court which is guided by either "tyranny or ig? norance." The treasurer of Anderson county tele? graphed to the comptroller general to in? quire what he should do with the prop? erty, that is being held. The message was referred to the attorney general, who in? structed the treasurer to hold on to the property. The general opinion up here is that the next move will be for an order from the United States courts instruct? ing county sheriffs to release the property in tho hands of the United States courts through receiverships. There seems to be a -ery general mis? understanding about the cases which are causing the conflict of authority. There are many who suppose that the Rich? mond ct Danville system and the South Carolina railway, against which tbo mis? chief making executions were Issued have not paid any taxes. This ii a mis? take ; these and other roads have paid! their taxes on the same basis as they did last year. It is only for the disputed part of the taxes plus the penalty that execu? tions have been issued. The Richmond & Danville system paid its taxes on the basis of the returns it made. The State holds that it has to pay tha entire amount on the basis of the as? sessment as made by the State board of equalization, and the present trouble is caused by the authorities trying to force the collection of these dif? ferences between the basis of payment and what the State contends ought to be paid. The State officials hold that the recent decision of the United States court in dismissing the Central and Northeastern, rail road cases for want of jurisdiction, because the amount involved was not $2,000, establishes the right of the State to collect the difference in dispute with? out further recourse to the law. In all cases where the amount involved is over. $2,000 it will be noted that the adminis? tration la not taking any steps, but ad? mits that it has no authority to act in such cases where the amount is over the $2,000 limit. It is to be remembered that the merits of the right to collect this additional tax have never been decided by iLe United States court. The rail roads claim that the State has no constitutional right to collect this difference, while the State by its acts contends to the contrary. The rail roads have paid their taxes as usual, and the tempest ig now being raised over the difference between that already paid by the rail roads and that fixed by the State through what is called its arbitrary beard of equalization. The fact that the rail roads through their insolvency are in the hands of re? ceivers and the courts is merely an acci? dent so far as the present status is con? cerned and has nothing to do with the merits of the case. The rail roads claim that as long as they are in the hands of the United States courts they cannot pay out any money except through its ord?rs, and that not having received any orders to pay this difference in taxes they cannot and will not do so. As soon as the feder? al courts see fit to order the taxes paid the receivers will do so. The State au-. tborities have not sen fit to ask for this difference through the federal courts, but instead are levying on the property in the counties where the amount is under ?2,000. The Port Royal & Augusta, Port Royal & Western North Carolina & Charleston, Sumter & Northern cases are not parallel with those of the South Carolina railway and the Richmond & Danville system, as the former had not paid any taxes at tdl. Governor Tillman to-day was in commu? nication with his deputies along the line of the Charleston, Sumter & Northern in? structing them not to obstruct the line of travel and to give the officers every op? portunity tr> settle with the State.?Neros and Courier. 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 an inflamed con? dition of the mucous lining of the Euat ? acbain Tube. When this tube gets in? flamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect bearing, and when it is entire? ly closed DeafnesB is the result, and un? less the inflammation can be t?'-?n out and this tube restored to its normal con? dition, bearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by ca? tarrh, which is nothing but en in? flamed condition of tbe mucous sur? faces. * We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catanrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggist3,75c. Nothing Mean About Him. "Robert," remarked the wife of a pe? nurious mau, "I am on my death-bed. I have tried to be a good and faithful wife, and I have but one favor to ask of you before I die." "Whatis that, Margaret?" ' You kuow I was born and reared in Cleveland. It was there I first met you and ibe happiest hours of our wedded life were passed. You remember this, Rob? ert?" "Yen," uneasily. "My relatives are buried there, and when I am pone I winh to rest beside them. Will you grant me this one fs. vor?" "Tbere will be considerable expense attached to it," musingly. '?Oh, Robert! I will never rest easy in my grave anywhere else." "Well, Maggie, I'll tell you what I'll do. I don't want to be mean about the thinir. I'll bury ym here first, and then if 1 notice any signs of rpstlesf ne-s on your part, I'll take you to Cleveland af ter>vnrds " ? Zinc miners at Webb City, Wiscon sin, have noticed lately that a shaft they were digging has been growing hotter. At a depth of 163 feet, the other day, tbey bad to stop work, as flames burst through into the shaft. SARGE PLTJNKETT. The Old Man Makes a Visit to tho Moun? tains. Atlanta Constitution. The late "unpleasantness" in the weather caused Brown to have to send for the doctor, and the doctor prescribed a change of air and environments, and so we went to the mountains. It is enough to cure any sickness just to make a trip out through the hills and coves of northeast Georgia?specially be? fore chit'lin's are all gone and cracklin' bread is plenty. Old Brother Boling knows just bow to have plenty of home raised meat, and his good wife, "Aunt Polly," knows just how to store sausage, and chit'lin's, too, away in a big jar and keep them fresh for a long time and for special occasions, one of which our visit was. Aunt Polly places these things into her jar, and then pours lard upon them until they are covered ; the lard cools, making them air tight, and they will keep indefinitely, she fishing them out for use when needed. The mountain folks know me and Brown, and so there was none of that suspicion shown toward us as we read of as being a part of the mountain charac? ter. Even parties who are reported as being "moonshiners" had no conceal? ment with us. Of course, we didn't go to their stills, nor didn't hear them say they had any, but the "little brown jugs" eet at convenient places around in the bouses, and smacked of the sociability that we unter to have when every side? board at every bouse was filled with de? canters and ' help yourself was the cus? tom. These moonshiners are high in hopes of Mr. Cleveland's administration doing away with their present (roubles, and I hope it will, for I have not bad so jolly a time in a long while before as we bad the four days last week jaunting over the hills'and covers aloog the trails which, by some, are considered danger? ous. There is no danger there for peo? ple who are known to attend to their own affairs, and, all in all, the mountain peo? ple are the worst misrepresented folks in all the world. Generous, brave and hos? pitable naturally, they have been bound? ed till suspicion has given the world a right to judge them as it does. Growing oversuspicious, their latcbstrings have not bung on the outside, and hardships placed upon them by the law have made the more venturous criminals?criminals in law, not in their consciences. The people effected the worst by the revenue law are the ones living in the coyeoand hollows from whence it is almost impos? sible to get their products. Hogs and turkeys they can drive out on foot, and tbey do, but tbey get but little for them, the peddler or the crossroads merchants gets the biggest share of the profits. By stilling their com, and tbey think they have a Democratic right to do so, they get it into such bulk as can be carried out, and it is the greatest source of profit they have. We had a mind at one time to go a little outen our way to get a look at Gen? eral Longstreet. The old General lives near Gainesville, and we could have come home that way, but we didn't and I guess the General can stand it. The old Confederates up in the mountains, as everywhere else, love this old hero, but they have a way up there of associating a mule with him that tickles me. The mule is as much talked of as if be was a General too, and some folks do believe that be would try to go through the man? ual of arms if the General would tell bim to. I guess the war is more talked about by these retired people, and I guess tbey are a little bit more attached to war he? roes than are folks who live amid stir and bustle. Winnie Davis is much talked of up there uow, owing to the Constitution's mention that she is to con? tribute a series of letters to its columns. This brought on lots of talk around the firesides, and it's amusing, if you will try it, to see bow many people have their ideal woman in their mind, and each have a different one. Some dozen of the older set were talking in this connection. I sounded tbem as to women during the war, starting with Brown. "Who do yeu consider as the greatest woman you have known ?" I asked him. "Well?well," said he, as he studied and scratched his head. "Who? Goon!" I said. "Well, the greatest woman I have ever know was not a woman, but women?not one woman, but a great many women of the same sort." "Well ?" I muttered, as I saw be had stopped. Raising bis bat from his head and placing it upon bis knee with one hand, while with the other be roached back bis hair, he raised his eyes and said : "The greatest women were the wives of Confederate Boldiers who patiently and patriotically struggled through the war times \" I saw that it was hard to keep the ''*ar times" out of the minds of any of the crowd. The name of Winnie Davis suggested it, I reckon, for one after an? other mentioned in this connection were women who figured in the war. The wo? man" who got up the "wayside homes" during the war, the "sistera" who went upon the brtitlefields and into the bos* pitals, the women who stood at every station along the railroads with water and provisions for the sick and wounded ?all these and more were mentioned, and, as I did not want to drift back to war stories, I went to work to change the subject. The only way to change a sub? ject like this iu such a crowd is to men? tion crops, which I did. "How is wheat," I asked. This brought a halt in the subject of great women and gave me the informa? tion that the prospects for a good wheat cr.ip was never better. The hoow melted off leaving it green and flourishing, and everything looks bright in its favor. The oat crop, though, was injured by the se? vere cold?much of it killed. I heard a lawyer say that the hardest thing to guess at was the verdict of a jury, but I think that to guess how the farmers are goi?g to pilch their crops is harder. It looks now as if they were going to diversify considerably. There is much talk of raising potatoes and on? ions, and tobacco comes in for much talk, but at la*t I gueBS every fellow will Blip in all the cotton he caa and then cuss _a again next fall about the low price. So it baa been for twenty years, and so, I'm afraid, it will continue. The south side of these mountains ought to produce good tobacco, and, by packing it in hog sets, they might find some way to get up the hills, and it would find its way down itself if they will turn it loose, In old times tobacco was marketed by putting shaves to begsets, and it uster be the say? ing that it took a good horse to outrun one down hill. The revenue on tobacco is a great drawback to farmers. There would be mighty little tobacco sold in towns if it could be sold in natural leaf from the farm. During the war we bad plenty of the "stingy green," and if a fellow gets used to chewing and smoking it be don't want nothing else. But the icicles are banging on tbe tree as I write, and there is a sign in that? plenty of fruit and good crops. A Bigu that never fails for good crops and a good fruit year is tbe hanging of icicles on trees in February?remember I Bay Feb? ruary?watch it and be happy for this year. Sarge Plunkett. -m*?m?m The American Indians in 1993. I have been asked to set forth what changes are likely to take place in tbe Btatus of tbe American IudianB during tbe coming century. It mcBt be confess? ed that I have considerable less confi? dence in my.propbetic ability than I bad before tbe last presidential election, but as no one of the 65,000,000 people of this country will ever know whether my prophecy proves true or false I may ven? ture to indulge my imagination with some degree of impunity. Tbe number of Indians at tbe present time is about 250,000. A hundred years hence tbey will number a million or so, the increase being due to the cessation of wars, tbe spread of intelligence and mo? rality, tbe improvement of bigienic con? ditions, tbe disappearance of the medi? cine man, tbe better food supply and tbe intermarriage with whites, * Meanwhile some tribes will become wholly extinct, leaving scarcely a trace of their history outside of tbe records of tbe Indian bureau. Other tribes, like the Sioux and Navajo, will rapidly in? crease and will retain most of their char? acteristic traits. Tbe Pueblos of New Mexico, who are rejecting bo successfully tbe efforts of the government in their be? half, will continue to be a favorite people for ethnologists and self ostracised jour? nalists who find pleasure and profit in barbarism. Th ere will be here and there wander? ing bands of blanket beggars?aboriginal tramps?perpetuating tbe absurdities and enormities of Indian life either as a pro fession or as a providential object lesson for students of history, who will thus be able to form a fair estimate of the great work that tbe Indian bureau has wrought in helping to redeem the great mass oi them. Tbe tribes will disappear aad tbe agen? cies become a thing of tbe past, thus dis posing of tbe much abused Indian agents, whether civilians or army offi cers. The friction between tbe interior and the war departments will be produc od by other causes, and army officers, having no longer an excuse for trying to run tbe Indian office will Beek other fields for tbe exercise of their talents Further, tbe said Indian office?that in? exhaustible source of news when all sources fail?will be forever closed, the Indian commissioner will have a rest, and the Catholics and peony a-liners on mischief bent will have to hunt for other targets. The great body of Indians will become merged in tbe indistinguishable mass of our population, and there will spring up a new aristocracy, claiming distinction by reason of Indian descent. To be able to trace one's pedigree back to some great warrior or big chief, or to have tbe right to claim descent from one of the first graduates of Carlisle, will be almost as desirable. Many Indians will achieve distinction as orators, poets, financiers and invent? ors. Some of the finest poetry ever pen? ned will find its inspiration and material in Indian history, and a whole genera? tion of novelists will win fame and favor by stories whose leading characters are of Indian descent. Chicago university will proudly boast of an Iodian labora? tory devoted to Indian life and language. An Indian will command tbe United States army, and another will be our minister to Spain and have the honor of inviting tbe royal party to attend tbe centennial fair to be held it Denver in 1992. With the disappearance of tbe Indians will disappear the Indian Bights associa? tion, or it will turn its ever watchful eye to the condition of the perhaps still "heathen Chinee,'' and the army will gladly abandon tbe plains and take up its permanent abode in tbe ever desired haven of Washington. Thomas J. Morgan, Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Pickens Won't Dispense, Forty-two women of Pickens have united in a protest against a dispensary at that town. That settles it. Pickens women have the bloom of mountain air on their cheeks, the sparkle of a rarified at? mosphere in their eyes. They carry their shoulders back like queens of the earth and step as if they spurned tbe ground beneath tbem. Consequently, what they say goes. The Pickens man who would oppose their will ought to be tarred and feathered and requested to de? part. The Greenville Ncivs submits to the Pickens women and wishes to be under? stood as being in with them. There will be no dispensary iu that dry County.? Greenville i\fat\t. liucklens Arnica Salve. The best Balve In the world for. Cuts Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe ver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Cbil blains, CornB, 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 Hill Bros. _ ? The Chinese Emperor had 2G0 pairs of boots mrde for himself some time ago, SILHOUETTES OF HAWAII. Something About the Islands and tho People. If the United States is going to enter upon a career of foreign acquisition, it could find no fairer domain than the little group in the middle of the Pacific. Think of a climate the outside variations of which cover not over thirty degrees from sixty degrees to ninety degrees on rare occasions. Here trees are always green, taking on a new life while still th rowing off the old. There is no sere and yellow leaf?no dying year there. Watch the guava trees, and while on one side the fruit is mellowing Into yellow ripeness, on the other side will be green fruit interspersed with white blossoms. In all Honolula there is but one brick chimney, and that was built by newly arrived New England missionaries before they had learned to tear out of their minds their bleak winter. ON THE MOUNTAIN SIDES. Bv going up the mountain sides one can find regions where the character of the products alter very distinctly from the tropical to the temperate zone. Of late years the advantage of the reciprocity treaty with this country have turned all available capital into the channels of sugar production, and the uplands are entirely abandoned. But there was a time when pretty much all of Oregon was supplied with potatoes raised in the uplands of the Hawaiian Inlands, and residents confidently aaseft that the grains of the temperate zone would grow to advantage there. IN THE VALLEYS. In the lowlands and the ferti'0 valleys there is an infinite variety of products that would be profitably cultivated were there a market assured to them. Rice was included with sugar in the lint of products accorded free entry to the Uni? ted States. Ah a consequence the nearby reed-grown shores have been partitioned off into trim rice beds, with intervening banks, by thrifty Cbinamcn, and their tender vivid green is the brightest feature in the lovely landscape scene from the heights of the neighboring mountain. There is no finer rice in the world :han the Hawaiian rice. The grains are large translucent and look like veritable pearls. These grains are as different from those of Chinese and Indian rice as though it were the yield of a dffferent plant alto? gether. Here and there in a secluded valley will be found a clump of orange trees shading the grassy banks of a stream. Originally a plantation, no care has ever been wasted on these and tbey have grown and thriven in their owu way, yielding as fine fruit as can be found on the Indian river in Florida. These or? anges are russets, thin of rind, almost seedless, with the roomy cells filled to overflowing with juicy pulp. The shade of such a clump of trees is a rare resting place for a siesta during a tramp. One is likely also to come across a fig tree' loaded with its lucious fruit, heavy and pendant. In a bend of the stream will be found a clump of banana trees with green, fibrous trunk and broad frayed leaves. These trees sometimes grow twelve or fifteen feet in height. This is the native banana, the fruit of which is coarser and ranker than the Brazilian variety, which is also grown in these islands. COFFEE CULTURE. On the mountain sides a brilliant scar? let berry on a small, dark greeu, small leaved bush will'attract an observant eye. Break open the berry and embedded in each half will be found a white seed with a line running lengthwise through the flat exposed surface. In this unfa? miliar guise it will not take you long to recognize coffee, which is indigenous to this soil. Some exports have been made of this product, and it is found in the Honolulu groceries under the title of Kona coffee. Connoisseurs have pro? nounced its flavor and aroma equal to the Moeha. It could doubtless be culti? vated to advantage. Successful experi? ments have also been made in the culti? vation of the olive. Limes grow in great profusion and to a fine size. Efforts have been made to raise lemons in the islands. FKOM LEMONS TO LIMES. It is curiously asserted that after a few crops of lemons the tree runs into a lime and yields only limes after that. As the lime is the preferable fruit this cannot be called an unfortunate tendency. Pine apples abound and the tamarind can be bad by those who like it. Man? goes are especially plentiful and good. Many other tropical fruits have been suc? cessfully grown here, thongh not upon a large scale. There are plenty of noble groves of cocoanut trees along the sea? shore, one of the finest being at Waikiki, the beach near Honolulu. A quarter will induce a diminutive kamalii (boy) to walk up the slender stem and twist off the nuts from beneath the tuft of grace? ful palm leaves at the top. Garden vege tables of fine quality are to be had in Honolulu all the year round, thankB l:o the thrifty foresight and labor of the Chinese gardeners. These can be seen daily with broad pagoda-like basket hau> on their beads, a tough, elastic stick lite a long bow across their shoulders with a great bucket of water banging lrom each end passing between the rows of vegeta? bles and plentifully besprinkling them. They carry these vegetables around from house to house in flat baskets, which are substituted for the sprinkling baskets &t the end of the yoke stick. The fish iD the islands are remarkably fine and of great variety. The fish mar? ket in Honolulu probably presents as great diversity in the fish family as could be found in any similar place in the world. For many natives fish is the only meat diet they have. They swarm in the fish market, and carry their purchases some tied up deftly in a broad, flat leaf so as to leave the stem for a handle. The squid or devil fish or octopus is often seen in the market and is considered a great dainty. There are quiet a large number of stock ranches on the islaud?, horses and cattle being raised. In times past there have been large flocks of sheep on Molokai and Sanai, but without a market for wool they have died out. AN IDLE, AMIABLE PEOPLE. Of the people of these ielaoda it caa be truly said that they are the most amia? ble, careless, irresponsible people in the world. The nearest approach, to work of any of them is io their employment as cowboys on the Btock ranches. They are wonderfully expert horsemen and also become adept in tbe use of tbe lasso. A native man, or native woman for that matter, is never so happy as when on a spirited horse, going at band gallop, decked out with flowery leis and stream? ers of bright colored cloth, in screaming conversation with a whole troop of com? panions. They ride their horses to death, tbey kill their babies with neglect and improper food, and yet it cannot be said that there is a grain of conscious cruelty in their nature. Tbey are licentious and sensual to an unparalleled degree, in fact, tbe most promiscuous and unbridled intercourse is the universal rule smong them. Yet there is no record of any violence ever done by tbem to a woman. A white woman is absolutely safe among tbem without any protection, and is ex? empt from insult or even disrespect, be? yond wbat may come from an uncon? scious usage of etiquette. Many of tbem pass tbe greater part of their lives squat ting on woven grass mats before tbe doors of their huts, chattering inconse quently and eating tbeir meal of fox wbey tbe inclination comes to tbem. THE FAMILY CIRCLE. The household sits on mats around tbe calabacb and all dip their fingers in tbe common supply, bringing them out with an upward and outward twist, followed^ by a downward and inward twist and to the desired haven of the mouth. It is not infrequently tbe case that two men and one woman dwell together thus in peace and harmony. Ina family circle there is not unlikely to be an old crone who puts in almost all her walking hours in a monotonous cbaut, which is carried on steadily through all the clatter of small talk by the others. These old women arc possessed of prodigious infor? mation and have been industriously drilled and trained through eany life in these chants, which are a recitation of tbe traditions of her people. These old women, in fact, constitute the archievea and take the place that scrolls and bound volumes fill with more civilized people. A FLOOD TRADITION. It is an interesting fact that one of tbe traditions of this people is of a great flood which covered all tbe earth. They are superstitious to a fantastic degree. Natives are often known to die when in? formed by a kakuna or physician that he intended to bring tbem to death. Tbe late princess Likelike, sister to tbe de? posed Queen Lilinckalani, died after the appearance of a school of small red fish in the harbor, the appearances of which is supposed to bode the death of a chief. Evil spirits are supposed to be in tbe air at night. Sacrifices are offered to Pele, godde&s of fire, at tbe period of a volcanic eruption. One article of diet is raw fish, and 1 have often seen tbem catch small fi-h with tbeir hands and eat tbem a* they come out of tbe water. Their expertness as swimmers is remark? able. Mothers put their two-year-old babes in a pool of water and watch tbem laughingly strike out to swim. A little over a hundred years ago Oapt Cook found this people, numbering sev? eral hundred thousands, clean, happy, free from disease. These first white men planted among them the foul diseases which have ravaged them ever since with little less appalling effect than tbe dread leprosy itself. They number les9 than 40,000 now and will scarcely last another generation. As their fair islands must then pa?8 into other bands the oppor? tunity at present offered would seem to be particularly favorable for the United States to accept tbe proffered annexation. Reform Aspirants for Governor. So far as political cbat goes tbe possi? ble entries from the reform ride are: Secretary of State Tindal, who is said to be a prime favorite with the adminis? tration, is looked upon as a good man, and one combining certain liberal ideas that would tend to conciliate certain fac? tions. Senator John Gary Evans in wanted by some of tbe orthodox Tillmanite3, who want an aggressive fighter and a cham? pion of the dispensary bill. Congressman George D. Tillman is said to have a great many friends who want to see him elected Governor. They say that he's a "sure winner." Senator W. D. Evans is reported to be in the field, not as an active candidate, but one who has no scruples against accepting tbe nomination and making a tight. Chairman M. L. Donaldson is thought to be in the race, if he is not struck with a good Federal position. State Treasurer Bates' name has been mentioned in connection with the guber? natorial office. His candidacy would be recognized and more generally accepta ble than that of many others. Comptroller General Ellerbe's name has been presented by some Pee Dee en? thusiasts. It is said that be is not in any race on account of bis health. Adjutant General Farley is eaid to have some aspirations to succeed Gover? nor Tillman. Editor Gantt has found a candidate in Spartanburg, a Mr. L. F. Walker, who is interested in the "Headlight." It will b9 seen that tbe reform element will find plenty of material.? Columbia teller to the News and Courier. ? Persons atllicted with chilblains, so troublesome to many, will find a pleasant and permanent cure in Salvation Oil. 25 cts. ? An Afcbison, Kan., paper says that a very pious young man of tbat town called on a young lady the other evening intending to pop the question. After talking a few minutes be asked her if she would have any objection to his offer? ing prayer. She said no, and he got down on his knees and be told tbe Lord that be intended to ask the young woman then present to be his wife, and he hoped that He would move her to consent. After exhorting fiften minutes he arose to his feet, but the girl bad left the room, and has steadily refu-ed to Fes- him ever since. She thinks tbat be addressed bis prayer to the wrong quarter, as sae was the person competent to answer it. The Boys and tbe Birds. Now springtime is coming boys, I want to tell yna eometbing about birds, and frogs and lizzards. Tbey are our best friends. Don't shoot tbe robins and tbe wrens and don't kill the frogs and lizzards just for spite. Be? cause God put them here to help the Georgia farmer make his crop. Yes He did. Tbey are the farmers watch-dogs. Watch-dogs, working from morning until night to keep away insects which but for these little watch-dogs would multiply so fast that it would be impos? sible for us to raise cotton, corn or any* thing else. Of course boys must have guns, and must go hunting and must have some sort of fun. But I don't believe there is a boy in Wilkes County who would kill his father's best friend if ho stopped a minute to think about it. No, I like boys too well to believe it of tbem. Cat birds, red birds, wood-peckers, mocking birds and even the despised jay birds are some of your father's best friends. Each of these little watch-dogs is worth as much to tbe farmer as a grown man to whom he pays 50 cents a day and bis food. So are lizards and frogs. A lizard is just as useful in the fields as a cat in the pantry. And these very small little frogs that you boys love to torment and kill are Bent to Australia from Europe by the carload and sold to keep down insects, that are injurious to their fruits and vegetables. So now, boys, don't kill your father's friends. The jaybird has a very bad name I know. He pulls up the farmer's corn and e.- is his fruit. But never mind that in the long run be does more good than barm. I used to hate him myself. He is a noisy quarrelsome feHow, and steals my straw? berries, but after talking to him about it and scolding him, be told me he was only taking a few to pay for the work be was doing for me. And sure enough, I watched and saw he was catching all those horrid "pumpkin bugs" and "lady bugs" that are so destructive to fruit and flowers. After this I let Mr. Jaybird have all the strawberries he wanted. He also catches the cabbage worm moth, and makes himself generally useful in the vegetable garden. So now, boys, if Mr. Jaybird is not your father's friend he is your mother's, and don't kill your moth? er's friend. Some people say tbe wood l cker is a bad bird, and accuse him of ki ling trees. Now that is a cruel slan? der. Tbe truth is he is only hunting for insects that have already killed the tree, and but for him would kill hundreds of others in tbe neighborhood. There is nothing wrong about Mr. Woodpecker, be is a good friend of the family. Don't kill him. But of all friends we have in field, for? est, garden or orchard, tbe mocking-bird is the best. I never heard anything mean about him in my life. He is a real old-fashioned gentleman and the South is his home. This is the only country in the world where the mocking bird lives. He is famous the world over. None of the great singers of thestagepcan compare to him. But as boys do not care much about music or singing I will tell you what else he does. He catches the boll-worm moth, which Is the far? mer's worst enemy. Havn't you seen a greyish white butterfly with brown spots on his wings, fluttering about in the corn and cotton fields ? Well, that is the boll worm moth. One of these moths will lay 750 eggs, and these eggs will hatch out 750 little striped worms, that will bore into cotton bolls, and into the silk end of the corn ears, destroying hundreds and thousands of dollar's worth every year. In fact there is no telling where it would end but for the mocking bird and some of bis helpers. Suppose a mocking bird ht.s a nest of young ones to feed, and suppose she catches ten of these moth a day, there are 7,500 boll worms gone. But there is tbe father bird at work also, and between them they catch many times ten moths a day, besides other insects injurious to the crops. Now don't you think he is a very particular friend of the farmer? Don't kill him. But I know something that is a great deal worse than shooting birds and killing frogs. It is so bad that I am almost ashamed to tell it. Then, too, I'm afraid somebody's feelings will get hurt if I say just exactly what I think about a boy who would do such a thing. So I will not Bay what I think about such a boy, but I will juBt beg you all, if any of you have ever robbed a poor little bird's nest, please don't do it again. God gave them the right to make their homes in the forest, but He did not give you tbe right to go there and break up their poor little nests and destroy their children. When ycu see a hawk swoop down and pick up a little chicken, and the old ben run screaming after it trying to save her baby don't you feel sorry for ber, and don't you run for the gun and shoot the hawk ? Well, that hawk is not half as mean as tbe boy who robs a bird's nest. The hawk is only trying to make an hon? est living while the boy is doing some? thing he will be sorry for to the end of his days. The following story I read in a book at the Mary Willis library, and I give it here from memory: Dr. Town^end Glover, a great agriculturist, says, "I never allow a bird to be shot on my place. I came to this conclusion by a circumstance that occurred. I noticed a greyish looking bird very busy around my beehives. He was apparently picking up every strug? gling bee he could find. I was very much enraged at this conduct, and went for my gun. When I came back he was sitting on the top of an eunonymous bush, and I lost no time in bringing him down. Out of malice and curiosity I de? termined to cut him open to see bow many of my bees he had destroyed. To my utter astonishment I found not a sin? gle bee, but instead a great many moths and stripped cucumber bugs. Here I bad killed tbe very bird that had been working for me all summer. After com? mitting this foul murder, I determined that another bird should never be killed on my place." Now perhaps in a week or two we will have another talk on the subject of birds for I have uot said all I want to say yet. ?iTc?a Andreres Green--in the Washing ion Chronicle. \ All Sorts of Paragraphs. ? It is calculated tbat in tbe entire world sixty-seven people die every min? ute. ? The amount of tobacco chewed in tbe United States last year was eighty, five tons. ? A canary bird, which died at Hunt? ville, Ga, last week, was reputed to be over 15 years of age. ? The average weight of the Chinese brain is said to be heavier than tbe aver? age weight of the brain in any other race. ? Every man, woman and child who has once tried that specific Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup, cannot say enough in its praise. ? Tbe British and foreign Bible society sends ont every day five tons weight of Bibles, Testamentsand portions of scripture. ? A single mahogany tree in Hon du ras was recently cut into hoards, which, when sold in tbe European market, real? ized over $10,000. ? The most expensive illustrated book yet made is said to be a Bible now owned by Theodore Irwin of Oswego, N. Y. It is valued at $10,000. ? Ella: What makes you think he loves yon ? Did he say so ? Ida: NfV but he hugged me. Tbat is a ronndaboutV , way of letting me know it ? Nell: I think it is nice to be marri? ed on one's birthday, don't you ? Kate: I don't know. I have known it to bring bad luck. Look at Eve 1 ? In Sitka, Alaska, when an Indian wife has lost her husband by death, she goes into mourning by painting tbe upper half of her face a deep black. ? Mabel?"I really believe Tom thinks the world of me." Kate?"I've often heard him say this was a miserable world and he was heartily ?ick of it." &9 ? It has only been eighty one yean since the first tomattoes were introduced . in America. Tbe original plant was cul? tivated as a vegetable cariosity at Salem, Mass. ? A horse will never stand facing the wind in a pasture, but will always turn bis back. A horse heated by driving can be foundered in a few minutes by stand? ing facing the wind or io a draught. ? Crummer?"What are yon burning there?" -Gilleland?"A bundle of old love letters." Crummer?"That is wise. It is better to burn them than to have 1 tbem roast you some si me in the future.". ? Dr. Gatlihgclaims to have produced a new gun which will deliver two tbous and shots per minute. The motive pow? er consists of an electric moter, attached by a belt to the mechanism of tbe gun. |E ? "You always wear fine collars and cuffs, Mr. Kink," remarked tbe Colonel to tbe old darkey. "Yessir," replied Kink; "dat's one advantage ob pahmit tin' you wife to tek in washin', sir." ? The number of languages spoken by mankind at present is estimated at 3,000 The Bible has been translated into 200 only, bot these 200 are spoken by about two thirds of the whole population of the globe. ? Among trees the elm reaches an age of 335 years, ivy 450, chestnut 600, olive 700, cedar 800, oak 1,500, yew 2,800, while Humboldt computed the age of a baobab (a species cf banyan) to be 5,700 years. ? There is a scrapbook full of money in the archieves of the treasury depart? ment at Washington. The sum of the contents is over $200,000, but it is all Confederate notes, bonds and "shinplas ters." ? Here is a point for horsemen to re? member on cold mornings. Don't put a . frosty bit in your horse's mouth. A dip of it in pail of cold water will take the frost out, and save your animal intetiEe suffering. ? The average healthful man eats nearly two and a half pounds of solid food a day. Upon this basis tbe daily consumption of food by the human race equals 3,607,770,000 pounds, or 1,610,612 tons. ? "How did yon get along at school to-day, Tom?" asked the old man at . supper. "Papa, our physiology says that conversation at meals should be of a pleasant character. Let's talk of the minstrels." ? Torpidity of the liver, and disorder* of the stomach and bowels, cause head ache and the failure of all desire for food. Ayer's Cathartic Pills stimulate the action of tbe stomach, liver, and bowels, cure headache, and restore the appetite. ? Primus: I told her I adored her r.nd that she was an angel. Secundns: Humph! Didn't she accept yon after that? Primus: No, she merely remark? ed tbat man was a little lower than an angel and that she couldn't marry beneath her. ? There has been plowed up in An? drew County, Mo., an ancient Roman sword, which is believed to have belong? ed to some member of DeSota's expedi? tion, who were exploring in that part of the country in tbe middle of tbe sixteenth century. ? The bayonet is so called because it . was first used, it is said, near Bayenne. A Basque regiment, having exhausted tbeir ammunition, and being bard press? ed, placed long knives in tbe barrels of their muskets and made tbe original bay? onet charge. ? People troubled with sick and ner? vous headaches will find a most efficaci? ous remedy in Ayer's Cathartic Pills, They strengthen the stomach, stimulate - - the liver, restore healthy action to tbe digestive organs, and thus afford speedy and permanent relief. ? The following may appear incredi? ble, but nevertheless it is quite true. For years past a Sunday School by tele? graph has been held weekly on an Amer? ican railroad. The superintendent asss the class questions over the wire at dif? ferent stations, prayers are said, and a chapter in the Bible read?&l\ by wire. ? A school teacher in one of the pri? mary schools in Concord, N. H., tells tbe following: Some days ago she was en-M deavoring to make clear to her young pupils' mind tbe meaning of tbe word "slowly." She was walking acrots the room in tbe manner tbe word indicates. "Now, children, tell me how I walked." One little fellow who sat near the front of tbe room almost paralyzed her by blurting out: "Bow-legged."