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BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C, WEDNESDAY MOBNING, JULY 5, 1893. VOLUME XXVni.?NO. 1 BBS 1 H The Best Hair Dressing To restore and preserve the fullness, beauty, and color of the hair is "A number of years ago, by reoommecda tion ol a friend, I began to use Ayer's Bau* Vigor to stop the hair from' falling out and prevent its turning gray. The first effects were most satisfactory. Occasional appli? cations since have kept my hair thick and of a natural color. I should not think of doing without Ayer's Hair Vigor."?B. E. Basham, ? McKlnney, Tex. Aye r's Hair Vigor fcrtpared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. Sold by Druggists Everywhere, CLEARANCE SALE! E AEE DETERMINED to carry over no Summer Goods, and are now offering CLOTHING AND FURNISHINGS A.* TTnJtxearcl of i?ricos. Onr Bargain Counter No. 1, contains a '->? lot of Suits which we are ?e?cg At 20 per Cent Below New York Cost, 1 All handsome patterns, well made, and perfect fitting Salts. See cur line of Straw Hats at 25c. Loff Cat Hand-made Shoes?usual prise 95.00; cost in New York $-1.00? we are now selling ttem at $3.00. - . Prices we quote are not fictitious nor baits, but made to move our Stock at once for Cash. It will pay yon to inspect our Stock at once. TAYLOR & CRAYTON. CSS* IS MONEY MADE. J_F YOU ARE INTERESTED, just listen to me for three-quarters of a minute?if you! are not, then just pasr on : IN BUYING AND ORGANS, Like almost everything eise? we-like to have a nice lot to select from, and that we cer? tainly have. Our stock is large and complete, embracing a very handsome line of more than a dozen different popular makes, each make being represented in a variety of s tyles, so that, altogether, we have one of ihe handsomest and best-assorted stocks of these goods tj be found any where, larger cities not excepted. If you want a nice new Piano or Organ come and see us; or, if you can't come, just drop us a card and We will go to see you, We will sell you an Instrument for cash, on time, swap, or most any other way to keep the wheel in motion. So don't be afraid, but just drop in as soon as you cafi> ar d look through our stock and talk it over?confidentially. BuaaiBsi Oh, my! those nine little "Hog-Me-Tight" Buggies that just came in a few days ?go, are little beauties. The young men, especially, are invited to come in and see them. A good stock of heavier Buggies and Phaetons, Harness, dec, always on hand, and all to be sold very low. Second-hand Buggies at a bargain. Sewing Machines. We have the largest stock in the up country, with the world renowned "NEW HOME*.' as our lender, and want to sell a few of them out right away, too- Like the Pianos and Organs, will sell you one for cash, on time, swap, or most any way to please the children.' We also carry a stock of all kinds of Attachment, Needles,' Oils, &o , for all kinds of Machines.. ? Our friends and the trading public generally are invited to call in and see us and inspect our stock as often as convenient. - ? Hoping to see most of you so >n, we are yours anxious to sell, THE O. ?- REED MUSiC HOUSE, ANDERSON, S. C. P. S.?Piano Tuning and Voicing is one of our Specialties* THE COTTON GIN. THE NEW IMPROVED SMITH GIN, WITH FEEDERS AND CONDENSERS. *&-150 of these Gins sold by its in the last three years. T!Ue Latest and Best SUCTION ELEVATOR SYSTEM, . For handling Seed Cotton for any number of Gins. Prioas down ! COTTON PRESSES, STEAM ENGINES, And all Kinds of Machinery. JSC- Write or apply for Terms and Prices. ' We can give you better figures and better Machinery than auy c mipotitor, simply because we have the BEST FACILITIES for this business .SULLIVAN HARDWARE CO., EL&EBTON, GA. ANDERSON, S. G. at THE INAUGURATION ! Not at Washington, D. C, NOR OF GROVER CLEVELAND, BUT AX - And in the Store ol Sylvester Stelle! I, Are being inaugurated daily immense Sales of their New and PRETTY SPRING 1 SUMMER GOODS! 8ocb as PONEMAH LENO S \TINES, MENTONE STRIPES, INDf AN DIMITY, INDTA and PERSIAN MULLS, ALGERINE STRIPES. The prettiest line of DOTTED SWISSES, in white and colors, A large line of DRAGON and BLACK ORGANDIES, in Satiu Stripes and Plaids and in Lace EfTects. \Ateo, a Lirge and Elegint line of? WHITE GOODS. GINGHAMS, TEAZLE CLOTHS, BEDFORD TORDS. SATINES, ? CHAMBRAYS, PRINTS, &c, &c. LACES and EMBROIDERIES?a full and complete line, from the cheap? est to the handsomest patterns. NOTIONS and NOVELTIES generally?a large and complete line. The above are ail NEW and FRESH?just arrived and arriving daily?and are of j tbe Latest Styles and Colors, and have been selected with the utmost taste and care. Our Stock is complete in every Department. We are in the Dry Goods Business and propose to Sell Them. TO THE LADIES we extend a most cordial invitation, and promise them the i pol it est and most courteous attention. Yours very truly, \ SYLVESTER BLECKLEY COMPANY BILL ARP. Bill Arp BnjB We are Growing Tear b j Tear. Atlanta Constitution. Getting richer and richer, I am not, but somebody is. The State is, if the comptroller's report is to be believed. This report is a book of 400 pages, and .\s ? fall of facts and figures that interest every citizen. I don't see how Mr. Wright ever crammed it with so many tables and statistics. It never occurred to me thist it was such a big thing to run the goven . ment of Georgia. We have been getting richer and richer every year. We talk about hard times and everybody com* plains, but the tax books show a reguh r increase of taxable property every year. It was doubled in twelve years, In 1810 it was about $250,000,000, and now it "s $$00,000,000. We have been saying thut the rich were getting richer and the pour poorer, but the tax books don't show it that way. Of course the rich get richer, but they don't get all the increase. Ti e farming lands have increased from $90 - 000,000 to $137,000,000; farm imple? ments, from $3,000,000 to $6,000,000; household furniture, from $0,000,000 to $16,000,000. This is a good sign. When a farmer buys better tools and imple? ments to farm with and better furniture for hbi house he is prospering. I nsvur see a bureau or a bedstead going out of town but what I rejoice with the good wife and daughters, whose great comfoirt is in adorning their home with the con - for ;e and luxuries of life. Another good sign of general prosperity is the increase of manufactures. The capital in cotton mills alone has increased from $1,640,0(0 to $11,000,000. They give employment to over 10,000 operatives and manufac? ture annually 138,000 bales of cotton and increase its value over $4,000,000. Of course the largest increase is in city property and banking capital and rail? roads, the last named having grown from $0,000,000 to $42,000,000.' But the far? mer need not be envious of 'those who invest in these things. Merchants fail, banks suspend and railroads go into receivers' hands. The larger the ventuie the greater the risk and there is no in? vestment so solid and secure as a good farm with a good farmer and his family !i vi Dg on it. For ages the comforts and happiness'of rural life have been the themes of poets and philosophers. In times like these, when business is stag? nant and big enterprises are crushing to insolvency and thousands of workmen are. thrown out of employment,- the Dalu? mer alone is safe. He depends upon his Maker for sunshine and for rain and upon bis land to reward his labor. He is re? mote from the temptations of society, His sons aro not in jail nor his daughte r smirched with scandal. Indeed, if t e will compare his independence and com? fort with the rich who dwell in the citius he will find the balance sheet largely n his favor. - This is especially so now since a fair education has been provided for his ch: ! dren. In no department of progress his there been a greater advance than in providing the means and facilities of educating the children of the State. Ton years ago the fund was only a quarter of a million of dollars, which gave bit about two months' schooling to each pupil. Now it has reached $1,166,000 fur the common schools and these bare an army of 7,500 teachers, Verily trie schoolmaster is abroad in the land and he is becoming a power for good. Fi ve months' schooling is cow provided for and the illiteracy of Georgia will not much longer be a stigma upon ber peo? ple. The poor should be thankful to the rich for these privileges, fur the money that pays the teachers comes from the who have property to be taxed. Then what have we, the people, to complain of. Jt is true that the tic es are hard?hard on those who owe money, for the banks have locked their money vaults and quit lending. They are wait? ing on confidence and confidence iB a plant of Blow growth. It will take another crop to make things easy. Only two or three months to worry. The wheat crop of north Georgia is being harvested and will soon be in market and that will bring some relief. Corn a 3d oats are promising, and cotton is not bo very bad. So take things all in all aid our State is in good condition. There is nobody suffering and no epidemic or contagion. Outside of the cities there is but little crime. Indeed, there is no State in the Union that has so smal: a percentage of white convicts in th sir prisons. Our white pepulation la* doubled since 1860, but the number of convicts for felonies have not increased. For several years in the last decade th< re was not a white female convict and there are but two now. It' we could only do something to stop the negroes from com? mitting crime we would have a common? wealth to be proud of. But they (;et worse iustead of better. Convic's in? crease faster pro rata than population. Now what we most need politically is peace and good will, and I reckon that will come as soon as the wrangling o\ er the public offices is over. I believe that the people of the North are getting kind? er?just a little kinder?since Senator Ingalls has pronounced the negro a dead factor in politics. We Bee some otter Bigos. When Mrs. Grant and Mrs. Da 'is can meet together socially and sympa? thize with each other in their widowhood it looks like other people might mare friends. What an impressive sight it would be to see those old-time Southern women talking lovingly together about the grand old days before the war aud telling anecdotes about their family slaves that they used to own. They cm hobnob together first rate, for old min Dent was a Jackson Democrat and oae of his boys fought in Mexico side by Bide with Mr. Davis and General Grant, aid owned about as many slaves as Mr. Davis did. The only difference w?b he hired his out until Lincoln set them free, but Mr. Davis kept hiR on the farm. We will straighten all these things cut by degrees, but we must be patient? ?'The mills of the gods grind slow." Bill Arp, ? A couple have just been married at Mitchell, Ind., after having been marriud, divorced, married to other parties *?nd divorced again. 1 H?DEL CITY OF MODELS. Building?, Farms and Towns Reproduced In Miniature. World's |Fair, Jane 12.?This has been called the Model City, and such, indeed, it is. It is also a city of models. To my mind there is nothing in the fair more interesting than the models of great buildings, of famous engineering works, of farms and cities which are displayed in various parts of these grounds. Hun* dreds of these miniatures are to be found here. The gem of them all, I think, is the model of a farm shown in the Wash* ington State building. It is a graphic representation of farming as it is done in the great West. A space probably sixty feet square is covered by it, and you may be eure great crowds of delighted visitors are always found here. The farm is mere perfect than a picture. There are I a dozen fields, the grain and the grass growing in them, In the postures the cattle and colts are feeding, in the fields men and machinery are harvesting the ripe crops. The soil is real soil, the grain real grain, the fences are real fences, the machines actual machines, but all on a miniature scale. A perfect little self-binder thnt you could hold in your two hands is cutting the wheat. A boy follows to stack up the bundles into shocks. In the adjoining field a western header is at work, cutting off the tops of the lux* uriant oats. Wagons carry the rich pro duct to a steam threshing machine in op eration at the edge of the field. Not far away one man is plowing with a riding plow, and near him another is following the furrow behind a walking plow of the old style. All the details of this farm scene are admirably executed. Along the country road drives a farmer in his wagon, his sturdy horses kicking up the dust and his own eyes, farmer-like, crit? ically inspecting the fields of his neigh? bor. Where the fences sub-divide the farm into fields there are fringes of heavy grass and rank weeds, with a few flowers showing their bright hues in the mass, just as the fence-corners are on every farm in Christendom. A boy with a pony is carrying cold water from the spring to refresh the workers in the har? vest field. There is even a snake?a green, harmless, pretty thing?in the grass. One imagines he can hear the click-click of the mowing machine in the clover, or the hum of the steam thresher at the edge ofjthe oats field. Surely the water boy is whistling or singing. Of course the farm house, the barn and the outbuildings are there, too. They are like life. The dog in the dooryard is wagging his bushy tail and smiling with his red month at the visitors to the World's Fair. The milch cow stands in the shade. of a blooming peach tree chewing her cud. Water runs frtm the spigot of the pump that is operated by-a miniature windmill. The stream that is fed by the springs and runs through the barnyard is a stream of real water. This is a model which brings to four visitors out of five visions of the old farm on which their youthful days were passed? visions of toil and happiness, of com? munion with nature and lessons of indus? try, economy and honor well learned. It is a miniature worth seeing, for it not only pleases the eye and informs the mind but stirs the imagination. Every? where in this world I take off my hat to the farmer To the genius who designed and constructed this most perfect of mod? els I offer my congratulations. There are so many interesting models in this exposition I cannot stop to men? tion them all, but two in the California State building deserve special mention. One represents the city of Han Frans* Cisco. It is a splendid work, and must have cost no end of labor. In an amphi? theater much resembling the pit in which a railway turn table is operated the. visitor beholds in miniature the whole city of San Francisco, excepting the suburbs. There are the waters of the bay, the wharfs, the principal thorough? fares, all the great public and private buiildings, the Chinese quarter, Nob Hill, tht steamspbips, railways and cable Hubs. It is not often one has the oppor? tunity to study a city?street for street and building for building?without mov? ing: a foot. The other is a model of Ala meda County, showing the city of Oak? land, across the bay from San Francisco, th'ci suburbs, the farms, hills, valleys, country seats, school houses, churches, vineyards and little electric railways penetrating every part of the beautiful region. Almost every building in the exposi? tion has its models, and of course the transportation department is no excep? tion to the rule. Railway tracks, loco? motives and cars are, of course, best shown by means of the things them? selves. But even the genius of Chicago could not devise a method by which the steamships of the world could be brought heire in bulk, and hence there was noth? ing to do but to show them in miniature. In a former letter I spoke of the variety and beauty of these models, some of wbich cost thousands of dollars to build. There is a model here of the St. Gothard railway and tunnel, with a panorama of the Alps for a background. There is also a model of the Nicaragua canal?the canal that is to be if American energy and manifest destiny count for anything in the realm of prophecy?and it is always surrounded by large throngs of visitors. It is built of paper mache, and is itself a work of art. On the one side tbo Atlantic, on the other the Pacific. Between them the -and, in the center the tho waters of Lake Nicaragua. A blood red streak shows where the canal is to enter the lake on its way from ocean to ocoan. For the most part it follows the bed of some river, but here and there great cuttings must be made through the rocks, and in ten minutes the model gives every observer a better idea of the magnitude of the work than he could ob? tain by a day's study of printed maps and descriptions. The Nicaragua Canal Company keeps an employee here to de? scribe the model and the engineering difficulties that are to be surmounted, as well as to enlarge upon the advantages to this country which construction of the canal would bring. I A model which attracts much attention is that of the town Pullman, twelve miles south of Chicago. Every factory, residence and other buildings in this model industrial city?which was created mach aa the World's Fair was, on a com pre he naive plan in an incredibly short space of time?is faithfully shown. Near by is a full-sized model of a mammoth steam hammer need in a Pennsylvania forge. Like a colussns it bestrides the wide aisle, and rises so far above the floor that at first one wonders whether it is an arch or a tower. If made of metal, which it is not, one would marvel how it was ever brought hither. It is a wooden monster, but it served just as Well as the original could do to illustrate how man in carrying on his mighty operations em? ploys forces which would be too great even for the use of Jove in his thunder? bolt factory. A model in which all farmers and sfcock-raisera will take much interest is to be found in the Agricultural building. It shows the famous Brookfleld horse farm In England, owned by E. Burdett* Coutts, member of parliament, and known as the pioneer atud of the new era in horse breeding." The buildings occu? pied by employees, the stables, the exer? cise rings, riding school, granaries, horse hospitals and all the paraphernalia of the famous farm ..are accurately repre? sented. The attendant in charge ex? plains all features of the farm and from him one learns the enterprise was started partly through philanthropic motives. When Mr. Asbmead Bartlett married the elderly Bardett Coutts he not only became a very rich man but gained the means of carrying out certain ideas whioh be had long dreamed of. Believing the hackney cab and carriage horses of Eng? land had been sadly neglected and left to degenerate, he determined to found a breeding farm for the purpose of elevat? ing the stock. There is no doubt about his success. We have here; as you may have heard j not only models of pretty much every? thing upon the earth, and some things within the earth, bat a miniature of earth herself. It is in the Government build? ing, and of course is a center of interest. This little world is 20 feet in diameter, which gives it a circumference of 63 feet and a scale on which the distance of 60 geographical or 69 statute miles is shown in an inch. It is one of the largest globes ever made. In Midway piaisance, the visitor who cares to pay 25 cents for the privilege may see a complete model of St, Peter's at Borne. If one have the time and money to spare the miniature is worth seeing. A model of the Eiffel tower at Paris may also be seen for a quarter, but a tower is a thing which most people prefer seeing in reality. In the Iowa State building is a beautiful model of one of the handsomest structures in America, the State capitol at Des Moines. It is done in grain, very appro? priately, for as it was the harvest from the soil wbicb produced the wealth to build the capitol with, so it is fitting to ose the golden corn and the white and saffron small grains to fashion the model with. Unless you have seen such work you will be surprised at the artistic effects that may be produced with grains. The Iowa people appear to excel in this art, and their State capitol is an exhibit of which they may well be proud. In the Illinois building is one of the marvelous pictures to be found in the exposition. It is a picture rather than a model, and yet it is a model, too. Im? agine, if you can, a farm painted com? plete in grasses and grains. That is what this is. The frame is of grain, too. Even artists who work in oil or black ?d white, and who are naturally critical . intolerant of what might be termed imitation art, stand amazed before the effectiveness of this canvas of Ceres. It has color, perspective, good drawing, and a remarkable horizon. The scene is that of a country road in the immediate fore? ground, just beyond the farm house, barn and other buildings. Then the fields with ripening grain and tall grass dip? ping before the bre*ze. The farm riini back to the top of a gentle hill and there disappears, tbe blod horizon thus created being admirably treated. At the right is a path of woods and underbrush, made like all the remainder of the picture oat of tbe products of the field, in which the shadows appear to fall cool and inviting. The Washington model farm, which is horizontal and a better model, and tbe Illinois grain and grass picture model of a farm, hang perpendicularly in a frame, are two of the most fascinating exhibits in this great exposition. In the architectural section of the Ger? man display in the Palace of Fine Arts tbe visitor will fiud a number of beauti? ful models. One is of the new German parliament house in Berlin, one of the most nob!e structures in tbe world, and another shows tbe Emperor William me morial church in the same city. As an exhibitor of models Uncle Sam probably takes the lead. BesideB the big globe already spoken of be has bere his great battleship Illinois, built of brick but a perfect facsimile of a modern fighting vessel. He shows also a large collection of patent office models which illustrate tbe mechanical progress of the world during the last century?a progress in which every one will agree America has borne a leading part. There are models of camps and hospitals, army posts and signal stations. Scores of model horses carry figures of men, to show the uniforms and trappings of our military officers and cavalrymen. Extremely interesting are tbe models shown by tbe engineering corps of the army. There is a model of the new Sault Ste. Marie canal, connecting Lake Huron with Lake Superior, and through -whose channel, many visitors are surprised to learn, passes each year a tonnage greater than that which uses the Suez. Other models show work carried on by tbe gov eminent in the improvement of riverB and harbors, including the famous Hell Gate pass, tbe Eads jetties and other works on the Mississippi river. Visitors who never before were able to under stand why Uncle Sam spent so much each year under the head of "rivers and harbors" will now have no difficulty in realizing what becomes of the millions which Congress appropriates for that purpose. Walter Wellman. Whiskey In War Time*. Ia view of the frightful whiBkey drought which may prevail next moath ia those South Carolina towns and coun? ties which refuse to have a dispensary the following sorrowful tale of war times, sent by a correspondent to the Bichmond DUpatch, will be timely read? ing : Whiskey was in great demand during the war, and it brought what would now seem to us fabulous prices. All ante war Richmondere knew "Our House," situated on 23th street, between Main and Oary streets, and they knew Charlie Hunt, its genial, whole-souled proprie? tor. Charlie was first lieutenant in Capt. Pabney's Heavy Artillery Company, whose "Long Tom" would send cannon balls with precision a mile away into the enemy's camp. Charlie came back to Richmond in 1864, where be met many of his array comrades, and it cost him over three thousand dollars in a single day in treating them at bis bar. Whiskey then sold for $325 per gallon and at $10 per drink. French brandy Bold for $524 per gallon and at $15 per drink. An ordi? nary breakfast, consisting of cofle, bread, butter, and a beefsteak, with a mint ju? lep, would cost $75 at the restaurants, and later in the war, when Confederate money more rapidly depreciated, the cost of the whiskey and meals were very much higher. I have known Gen. Humphrew Mar? shall, of Kentucky, to pay at least $500 for a breakfast, and whatever may be said about Confederate money, and how? ever much below gold value it may have depreciated, while it was in existence it could purchase whatever was on the mar? ket. There was plenty of it and it was be? lieved in by many people, even after the surrender at Appomattox. The last that I expended was to give $100 for a glass of lemonade in Lynchburg the day after that surrender. Even now, although it has lost its value as currency, it has a value as a souvenir of the "Lost Cause," and not long since a friend of mine sold an assortment of Confederate notes, taste folly arranged in a picture frame, for $500, and they are still sold as relics of the war. The Southern people are proverbial for their love of whiskey. In the good old days "befo' de war" there was not a home in Virginia of any pretensions where there were not decanters of it upon the sideboard in the dining room, and every morning before breakfast and be? fore dinner the hospitable owner of the mansion would invite his guests down to the dining room to take a toddy or a ju? lep as an appetizer. Standing around the sideboard, engaged in pleasant con? versation, tbey wonld loiter over the con? coction of their drinks as if it was a plea? sant occupation. The children would come around and papa wonld give tbem a sip or two out of his own glass, and the ladies themselves wonld participate to a limited extent. This was an almost uni? versal custom. It is alluded to in Capt. Philip Slaughter's account of Gen. La? fayette's visit to Culpepper it 1826, which was published in the Richmond Enqui? rer of that year. He aaya: "We reached Greenwood (the Beat of Judge Green,) within a mile of Culpepper Court House, at 1 o'clock. Our guests went into the bouse and par? took of Borne refreshments attended by Mrs. Green, Mrs. Pat ton, Mrs. Slaughter and others. Col. Gibson's troops paraded, all dismounts and arrayed them? selves at their horses' heads, and Gen. Lafayette, at bis own request, was intro? duced to each man individually, and Judge Green treated all hands with tod? dy." I do not think the practice of drinking was more universal then than it is now, but its effect upon the individ? ual was different. Then it would make you drunk, but it wonld not make you sick. Now it will intoxicate you and also destroy your stomach. Then the ! whiskey was home made and was the ! pure essence of corn or rye. Now it has foreign ingredients in it; it is medicated in order to give it a better flavor and to make it sell, but the result is that it is I death after awhile if the habit is persist? ed in. I have known a man to be drunk every day for forty years off of old-time whiskey and live to be 80 years of age. Where is the man who can drink this modern medicated whiskey bo long and live ? I The-e remarks are not exactly apropos to my subject, but I could not help inter? jecting them, because I know there are' many old gentlemen in all parts of Vir? ginia whose Hpa will Bmack with re? newed gusto at the memoria they will re call. The Confederate Government required large quantities of whiskey for the use of the wounded soldiers, and almost had a monopoly of its purchase. Hence it be? came scarce, and the people of Richmond resorted to many devices and strategems to obtain it. Gen. Winder issued an order that no whiskey should be sold to any person ex cept upon a written permit from him or upon the prescription of a physician. At once the city was ailed with people suf? fering from alll kinds of aches, diseases I and ailments that required stimulants. A burly officer off duty, loitering around Richmond, would go to a physician and uay: "I am suffering with chills; give me a prescription." No quinine could be had ; that was a scarce commodity, 1 and could only be obtained every now and then through the agency of blockade runners. "Doctor, can't you prescribe a bottle of whiskey. I shall die if I don't get the medicine." The prescription was given, and the patient, at once reinvig orated with health, marched off with buoyant spirits to the nearest apothecary, obtained his.bottle of whiskey and was soon enjoying it with his boon compan? ions and laughing at how he had fooled the doctor and the old general. These clandestine methods of obtaining ardent spirits became so common that Gen. Winder's detective force determined to preveut it if possible. They resorted, however, to very de? spicable means to effect their purpose. Some of tbem forged prescriptions of cer? tain well known physicians and t"?k them to several reputable drugi-ints, who, not suspecting them to be forj-erieH, fur niahed tbe bearers with bottles of whis? key. Thereupon the druggists were ar? rested and brought to Castle Goodwin, but upon the representations made by them in respect to tbe matter and the knowledge we had of the characters they were not imprisoned, but released on their promises to appear before the Court-martial, which was in session all the time to bear such and other cases. The druggists who were thus treated, only one or two of whom now carry on business in the city of Bichmond, were all well-known and highly respected cit? izens. Arkansas Mountaineers. "Last summer I bad occasion to spend some time among the mountains of Northwest Arkansas, and was thrown much in tbe company of tbe simple country folk of that undeveloped region, and had ample opportunity to study modern primitive man." The speaker was Col. Ashley Fond, of Michigan. "These people, for the most part, are simple in their habits, careless of their appearance?they are densely ignorant and wholly unsophisticated. "Living as they do far from the haunts of civilization and the harry and noise of modern progress, where even tbe appear? ance of a stranger is an event to be talked of and speculated upon for weeks, they are not much in advance of tbe original possessors of the soil, or, I should say, rocks, beneath the shadow of which they pass their lives, only at rare intervals visiting the nearest town or village, perhaps fifty miles away. Being ignorant, naturally they are superstitious, and I was amazed at the amount of folk lore and legend current among them,, some of which would outvie any legend of Sleepy Hollow or kindred lore, but more often I was amueed at the exager ated importance they placed in signs and omens, in which tbey devoutly believed. "First in importance among them comes tbe moon, which is watched by tbem with religious faitb, and exerts an influence upon almost every day of their lives. Each change is observed with tbe utmost solicitude. Their corn and run? ning vines must only be planted in tbe light of the moon, while small grain and tubers are supposed to thrive best when planted in the dark; if a worm fence is laid or a gate post is set whan Luna shows her horns it will surely rot out in a short time, but if the work is done when that luminary is fallest it will last a generation; if her horns hang down it will be a wet month, and vice versa. Even love, courtship and marriage are thus influenced, and. no well raised mountain lass will consent to be wedded except when the moon is at her best. "Tree frogs are their barometers in summer and squirrels in winter. Thus, if the frog is beard at night there will be rain next day; if they are silent in June there will be drought in July; if tbe squirrel is industrious when the nuts are brown on tbe trees a bard winter is pre? saged, bat if tbe little rodent is lazy and indifferent about gathering stores Christ? mas will come and go without snow ; if they sport - much in the tree tops the weather will he fair; if they run upon the ground storms will follow. "The mountaineer is never at loss for a compass, since he finds one in every rock and tree, for he long ago learned that the moss grows heaviest on the north 'side; aod as for a thermometer, be little cares if it be hot or cold so long as he has plenty to eat and little to do. "Among them it is considered fool? hardy to commence a journey or assume any undertaking on Friday, and it is an evil omen to receive a visit from a stran? ger on that day. The whip-poor-will is regarded with the greatest awe, and if one lights upon a house a death is sore to follow, and the bravest mountaineer j shudders when he hears the gray owl making that disagreeable noise they call laughing, for tbey swear that tbe bird is making sport of some misfortune that is sure to happe'.. "It hens cackle a great deal you will have company tbe next day; if your dog howls some one he knows is in distress; if your horse neighs frequently you will soon go on a long journey. The height of ill luck is to take your cat along when you move, but if she comes to you it is an omen of some piece of good fortune. "These are but a few of the scores of meanings which these people apply to incidents common to their daily lives, and he who would doubt them is consid? ered unworthy of confidence, and, in fact, is looked upon in a sort of pity as one who is defying tbe fates, and will surely, sooner or later, come to grief."? St. Louit 0 lobe-Democrat. State of Ohio, City of Tol I edo, Lucas County, j Frank J. Cheney makes oath that be is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co, doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State afore? said, and that said firm will pay tbe sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catabrh that cannot be cured by tbe use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. Frank J. Cheney. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, ! A. D. 1886. [seal] A. W. Gleason Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on tbe blood and mu cous surfaces of tbe system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0. Sold by Druggists. ? People have red hair simply because they have an nnusual quantity of iron in their blood. ? Jones held an execution against a farmer, and when he called for a settle? ment, the agriculturist took him out into a big pasture, and pointed out a wild steer as the particular piece of property that should be levied on. Jones chased the steer around for a while, and then sat down, and taking out his book, began to write. "What are you doing there?" asked the granger. "Charging mileage," replied the constable, without looking up. "Do I have it all to pay ?" gasped the rancher. "Ynu bet." "Then take thin tame bieft r hrre. I can't stand any such game as thai." Noted Battles?Forces Engaged* An "Old Veteran," of Alexandria, Va., writing of the desparity of forces in the noted battles of the Confederate war, says: It is a very interesting study, and one that gives us "Old Confeds" great satis- j fa .don, to consider carefully the aggre? gate forces of Confederate and Federal armies engaged in some of the most noted battles of the "late unpleasant* ness." Take for example the seven days bat? tles around Bichmond, in 1862, when General Lee gained such gallant victo? ries over General McOlellan. Since that memoriabie period numer? ous discussions have taken place as to the numbers engaged and many of the general officers, on both sides, differ widely in their estimates. On the 26th day of June, 1862, the Ar* my of the Potomac, commanded by Gen* eral George B. McOlellan, had an aggre? gate force of 105,000 men present, fit for duty, (See "McOlsllaa's Reports and Campaigns.") On the same date from official returns of most of Lee's army, and a fair esti? mate of a few small commands, there were present for duty, thirty-nine brigades of infantry, each with its com? plement of artillery, divided as follows: Longstreet, 9,051; D. H. Hill, 10,000; McGruder, 13,000; Holmes, 6,573; Ho? ger, 8,930; A. P. Hill, 13,000; Whiting, 4,000; Lawton, 3,5*0; Jackson and Ew* ell, the Army of the Valley, 8,000; Stewart had about 2,500 cavalry, and Pendleton bad four battalions of artillery in roserve, estimated at a high figure, about 1,500 men. Add all these and we have a fraction over 80,000 men, the aggregate strength of the Army of Northern Virginia. I think I am safe in saying that at no other period dnring the war had General Lee a larger force under his command, present for duty. Take into consideration the fact that Lee was the aggressor, and had at the onset not only a superior force to cope with, but a wed entrenched line of works, guarded by felled trees in front, to drive bis enemy from, and one can easily understand the kind of fighting it required to accomplish such grand re? sults. Another important, point is brought out upon reflection?that in the battle of j Gaines's Mills the second day's fight, where it required the hardest hits and the greatest number of charges by the infantry, in most cases without support from our artillery, we were contesting the flower of the Army of the Potomac; Porter's division of the U. S. regulars, who stood their ground nobly and fought most desperately. A victory over such men, though dearly won, was a victory worthy the steel of Southern chivalry. The battles of the Wilderness, Spot sylvania and Cold Harbor, 1864, were other instances of fighting against great odds. ? General Grant's available force in these battles, beginning from the moving from the Rapidan, May 3rd, 1863, as per report of Secretary Stanton, was 141,150 officers and men. Besides, Grant bad a force of 137,272 in the vicinity of Washington, the de? partment of Virginia and North Carolina and department of West Virginia to. draw from in case of an emergency. General Lee's entire force, May 1st, 1864, present for duty, was 62,626 officers and men. What a contrast! The Federals were well clothed, well fed and had every necessary equipment for field and camp service, while the Confederates not only lacked sufficient clothing, but had to live on stinted ra? tions, and most of these of an inferior kind. But with all the odds the "Johnnies" were the victors, and from the Rapidan to the James river every battle was in favor of the Southern arms. Remarka? ble, but true, and the time is coming when the fullness of the marvels of those days will be made to ?hine out upon the pages of history as bright in truth as the golden lining of the Eastern sky. The Serpesfa venom. A physician, while talking with a group of friends, remarked: "It is com? mon to hear people t peak about poison? ous serpents. Werpe ata are never pois? onous ; they are venomous. A poison cannot be taken internally without bad effects; a venom can. Venoms, to be effective, have to be injected directly into the circulation, and this is the man? ner in which the snakes kill. The ven? om, taken internally, is inocuous. "Another popular error is the supposi? tion that a snake bites. Probably no creature in the world provided with teeth and jaws has so little power of biting. The jaws are not hinged, but are attach? ed one to the other by cartilage. Thus j Bnake can have no other leverage in opposing one jaw to the other, and could net in this manner pierce the skin. The fangs are driven into the fleoh by a stroke, and not by a bite. A snake is harmless unless in coll. From its coil it throws his head and body forward, and strikes or hooks its fangs into the object aimed at. The entire work Is done with the upper jaw, the lower jaw having nothing at all to do with it. A man striking a boat hook into a pier furnishes an example of the way in which a snake strikes. Biting is a physical impossi? bility."? New Orleans Times-Democrat. 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C. 700, managed by Egibe. It received deposits and issued drafts. ? The new Postmaster at Dundee, Mich., among his other qualifications baa a mustache 32} inches from tip to tip. -De Ssppie?"Have a cigarette?" Caustic-"No; I don'> ...rjke 'fool-kill? ers.'" De Sappie?"Neither wonldlif I were you." ? Edwin Booth's will divided an estate worth $605,000 among friends and - relatives, with a liberal bequest to chari? table institutions. ? The wettest region on earth is Assam, British India. - From May to September the monthly rainfall ranges from 100 to 200 inches. ? Boss?"Aren't you afraid to work in a powder mill ?" Man?"Why ?" Boss? "You might be blown up." Man? "Don't worry aboot that I'm married." ? Attorney?"Now, sir, can't you ; remember all that was said on that events-" ing?" Wituess-"No, indeed I" "But yon heard it ?" "Yes, but there were six women talking." ? Eddie Johnson, a Kentucky boy, who is 2} years old, weighs 85 pounds and is regarded as the largest child of his age in the State. He wears a man's hat and 9} shoe. ? A rattlesnake will not cross a hair rope. Experienced campers, when they fear the rattlesnakes are around, encircle their camps withe hair lariat or two, and feel secure. ? "Papa, what is a king?" "A king, my child, is a person whose authority is practically unlimited, whose word is law, . and whom everybody must obey." "Papa, is mamma a king ?" ? In 1156 the university of Paris established a system of foot messengers who bore letters for its thousands of students from every country in Europe and brought them money from home. ? Female lecturers can't draw large N crowds. The average man doesn't want to pay to hear a woman lecture when be can hear one at home for nothing by simply staying ont an hour late at night. - ? "It ain't no wonder that city peo? ple don't live long," said old Mrs. Jason. "Law, me I if I had as many neighbors to look after as folks that lives in cities most have I'd be dead in less'n a year.7' -'. ? Sufferers from chills and fever, who have used quinine as a remedy, will appreciate Ayer's Ague Cure. This pre* paration, if taken according to directions, is warranted a sure cure. Residents in malarial districts should not be without it. ? Indignant Mother: Clara, I have teld you repeatedly that I didn't want you to have anything t* do with that young Haokinson 1 Miss Clara: Mamma, all I've had to do with him has been three soda-waters 'and one chocolate ice cream. ? Tbe "horn fly," a Texas .pest, has made its appearance in the southern part of Missouri and stockmen are mach alarmed. The "horn fly" takes its name . from the fact that the flies collect near the base of steers' horns and barrow their way to the quick. The cattle become frantic with pain and cease feediDg. ? Signing with the cross was first practiced by Christians to distinguish themselves from the pagans. In ancient ' times kings and nobles used the sign of the cross, whether they could write or not, as a symbol that tbe person making it pledged himself, by his Christian faith, to the truth of the matter to which he affixed it. ? In old times it seemed to be thought that a medicine must be nauseating to be affective. Now, all this is changed. Ayer's Sarsaparille, one of the most pow? erful alteratives, is agreeable to most palates, tbe flavor being by no means medicinal. ? Charles Barsen, an employe at the mills of the Andrews Bros. Company, at Youngstown, ?., han developed into a veritable curiosity. His hair is naturally white, but after working in the mills a few hours and becoming heated it turns a brilliant red. When Button leaves the mill and cools off his hair resumes its' natural color. ? "How is the water in this locality ?" inquired the traveler, stopping a moment to rest ander the shade of a scrub oak. j "That's what I'm tryin' to find ont, cap'n," answered the sallow and despon? dent agriculturist sitting on tbe top rail I of the fence. "I've dag down a hundred feet, run oat o' rope, and hain't seen no signs o' water yit. Got any tobacker ? V ? Horses, when asleep, always have one ear pointed to tbe front. Exactly why no human being can tell, but the probability is that the practice is a relic of tbe time when tbey were wild and obliged to be on their guard, even when asleep. Whether or not this is the case, the fact is certain that while cattle are apparently indifferent as to the position of their ears when sleeping, and no mat? ter how these appendages may be placed both are pointed alike, horses always point one ear forward. ? One of the cleverest inventions ever passed on by tbe Patent Office is the ma? chine for sticking common pins in the papers in which they are sold. The contrivance brings up the pins in rows, draws the paper into position, crimps it into two lines, then, at a single push, passes tbe pins through tbe paper and sets them in position. The machine almost seems to think as it works, and to examine the paper to see if it is prop? erly folded before pushing the pins into place. ? ? Cows and other ruminating animals have several stomachs. Into tbe first of them the food passes as it is eaten. When the animal has finished its search for food it forces a part of the food from tbe first stomach back into tbe mouth and chews it leisurely a second time. This portion of the food is the animal's cud. Almost always the cad is vegeta? ble matter, though when a cow has "lost her cud" the artificial cud provided by the owner contains some animal matter, as a rale.