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BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDEESON, S. C, WEDNESDAY MOENING, OCTOBEE 11, 1893. TOLUME XXVm.?NO. 15 LADIES' STORE! 42 :.PATTERN HATS. -.42 PERFECT bean ties, all different shapes and exquisite colors. All who have Been them exclaim, "I have never seen the like in Anderson!" Forty-two Pattern ?ats at prices ranging from $3 00 to $10.00. We have never had as Complete line of Millinery! ? In fact, our stock of 8ILK8, SATJNS, VELVETS, DRESS GOODS, NOTIONS and HIGH NOVELTIES has no equal in Ihe up-country. Our prices are as low as the lowest, quality of Goods unsurpassed. We cordially ask an inspection of Goods, and? DEFY COMPETITION. Our polite, 8ales-ladies are ready and willing to show Goods at<d quote prices. If you are pleased with Goods and prices they wih be delighted to sell you. Thanks for the past, and hoping for the future, we are Respectfully yours, _ MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS. A FREE TRIP JUST how around the world would be a most enjoyable thing, but the undersigned 'wants to inform the trading public that he has just opened business at the old Hnbbard .-stand, in the McCully Block, and will be more than pleased? TO ? ?Great his old friends there. His Stock consists of Staple andl Fancy Groce? ries, Cigars, Tobacco, Confectioneries, Fruits, Etc., and? THE Trices on the same are so low that the stingiest man in the County would be so well pleased as to take a trip to the? WORLD'S FAIR. Come to see me when 3 ou want anything in the Grocery line. I want to build up a good trade,' and will make it to your advantage to trade with me. JB8~ All orders from City patrons will be highly appreciated, and will be delivered promptly and FREE OP CHARGE , Respectfully, G.F.BIGBY. FOR SALE. Fresh Stock Dixie Plows. Big Lot of Castings for same. Stacks of Lace Leather, Rubber and Leather Belting. Machine and Cylinder Oil. Big lot of Manilla Rope, . For* Presses, all sizfes. Select Stock Builders' Hardware. Anything you need in Hardware. Prices way down on Hardware. Steelyards and Scalebeams. Yours, anxious to sell, CUNNINGHAM ft HUMPHREYS, ._ 16 S. Main Street._ D. S. MAXWELL. . B. C. MAXWELL. D S. MAXWELL & SON, WHOLESALE ? AtfD ? RETAIL DEALERS IN STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES, No. 5 Chiquola Place, ANDERSON. - - S. C. STEM We have on hand for sale at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES?in fact AT COST, and less than Cost?the following Machinery. They must go: t One 25-horse power Erie City Detached Engine. One 20-horse power Erie City Detached Engine. One 30-horae power Erie City Return Tubular Steam Boiler. One 20-horse power Erie City Return Tubular Steam Boiler. One 20-horse power Erie City Portable Steam Boiler. Two 15-horse power Erie City Return Tubular Boilers. One 12-horse power Erie City Return Tubular Boilers. Three 12-horse Nagle Detached Engines. One 12-horse power Nagle Portable Boiler. One second-hand 5-horse power Engine. Several Cotton Gins, Feeders and Condensers, Cane Mills, Evaporators, &c. Bgl, Now is the time for BARGAINS. If you mean business get our prices. SULLIVAN HARDWARE CO., ELBERTON. GA._?_ANDERSON, S. C. GLENN SPRINGS WATER ? WILL CURE ? Dyspepsia, Liver Complakt, Chronic Heptatitis, Jaundice, Torpor of Liver, and general debility following upon malarial diseases. Dropsy, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Constipation, Hemorrhoids, Uterine, Renal and Cystic Diseases, Hrematuria and Catamanial derangements. -FOR SALE BY A.. TODD Sc CO. May 81,1893 48 6ra BILL ARP. Lovo the Children, and have Happiness around the Fireside at Home. Atlanta Constitution. Every now and then some rich man's daughter up North runs away with the coachman or a negro or some design? ing scamp who is on the make and slips up on the old man while he is asleep?not asleep to his business of piling up money, but asleep to his children who rarely see him except on Sunday and never get close up to him as children love to do unless they are repelled by indifference or unkindness. "Knowing that thou wert an austere man7' fits many a father now and the children soon get weaned and so does the wife. That girl at St. Paul would never have married a negro if she had had a kind father's love and care. Of course she has wrecked her hopes of happiness, and her parents are to blame for it. Her home was not happy. "Be ye not unequally yoked" sayeth the scripture and every viola? tion of this injunction brings grief to the girl, the victim, and her family. The scamp who works the scheme is generally bought off and retired. Solomon says: "He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind." No husband or wife, no son or daugh? ter has any right to bring trouble within that sacred domain called home. I was ruminating about this because the daily papers are of late so full of domestic grief. It looks like there is hardly a family in the land but what some member of it has brought trouble to all the rest. I look over the com? munity where I live and the number is small where there is no Bhadow?no secret sorrow. A father's bad habits, a mother's discontent, a son's dissipa? tion or a daughter's frailty have trou? bled and still are troubling many a household that might otherwise be happy. A happy home is the only paradise upon the earth and whoever makes it unhappy is as guilty as was the serpent that destroyed the peace of Eden. The domestic fireside is the most sacred place upon the earth. Blackstone says that "by the laws of England a man's house is his castle into which the king of England dare not enter uninvited. I am sure that our people generally do not value the privileges and endearments of their homes. I do not mean the house with its adornings nor the flowers in the front yard, but I do mean the sweet communion of the family by the fire? side or under the lamplight or in the dining room or sitting in the veranda, and all the time loving each other and sympathizing with those who have suffered or are suffering the afflictions that are common to us all. If every member of a family who is old enough to think would only resolve to bring nothing but sunshine into the house? hold how happy would they be. This can be done. It is easy to do. A man has no right to enter his own door with a cloud upon his brow and bad temper in his heart. His coming should always rejoice his wife and his children. A woman has no right to be always complaining about little things and showing her discontent in a thousand ways and keeping the chil? dren in a state of constant alarm for fear mother will make a fuss about it. There should never be d frown at the dinner table nor at the morning or evening meal, nor should there be that dismal silence that sometimes broods over the feast, and takes away the appetite. Food taken in sullen silence will not digest. The bed and the board should always be cheerful.. The sleep will not be sweet when there are tears upon the pillow. I would be afraid to scold a child just before the eyes were closed in sleep. The responsibility is greater upon the parents than upon the children.- If the father is loving and companiona? ble to his boys, they would be more apt to stay at home and not wander off into bad company. They would not speak of him as "the old man." They would not be waiting for him to die so that they might inherit his estate. If the mother was always gentle and kind and reasonable with her girls they would love home too well to make a runaway match or to receive the attentions of unprincipled young men. "Make home happy," should be the watchword in every family. It is well enough to have the little prayer, "God Bless Our Home," painted or worked in canvas and overhanging the mantel, but our Creator will not do for us what we can do for ourselves. There are two kinds of home-sickness?sick of home and sick for home. I know a. lassie who, not long ago, was sent away to college and she grieved so at the separation from the loved ones at home, and her home-sick letters were so full of tears, that she was at last permitted to return. Her companions laugh at her and make sport of her childish weakness, but I have more regard for her than I ever did. She loves her home too dearly to leave it for any common lover. She can get education enough here even if the polish is not as fine as it might have been made elsewhere. It is far better to be sick for home than sick of home. When I was sent off to college I was miserable for awhile and could not conceal it from my roommate, who made fun of me and talked about my mother's apron string, but he had no mother and could not understand my distress. When the term was out and I was to go home I did not wait for the sun to rise but left Athens by moon? light, about 3 o'clock, riding horse? back with a little negro boy behind me and made the forty-four miles in time to surprise the family at' the dinner table. What a glorious welcome 1 received from parents and brother and sisters. It was one of the great events of my life and still lives among the sweetest memories. Parental love, conjugal love, filial love are the key? stone to the arch that supports the pillars of government and keeps our social system secure. As a rule anar? chists have no children. No nothing to love but themselves. As a rule the poor love their children better than the rich, for riches will in time absorb a man and burden his best emotions. With the poor the children are first, with the rich they are second. The law of compensation comes into every? thing in this life. The good and the bad, the joy and the sorrow are kindly mixed by a wise Providence. Then let us all be content with our lot. Let us not look over the fence to envy our nabor, for we know not his secret | sorrows. Let us not trouble our own house for fear we shall inherit the wind. Bill A up. ? How often it is difficult to be wisely charitable?to do good without multiplying the sources of evil. To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also. It is written, not 'blessed is he that fecdet-h the poor,' but 'blessed is he that considereth the poor.' A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money. STORY OP BEN MONTGOMERY. Jefferson Davis' Private Secretary and Slave. From New York Times. Jefferson Davis was once a Lieuten? ant in the 6th United States Infantry. In 1832 the 1st Regiment of United States Dragoons was organized. Mr. Davis was always a fine horseman, and preferred the mounted service, so he was transferred from the infantry to tlv3 cavalry. He was soon made ad? jutant of the regiment, and there served until he left the army. It must have been about 1837 when Jefferson Davis went home to Missis? sippi on leave to visit his brother Jo? seph. While at Vicksburg one day he heard there was to be a sale of ne? groes. Though he had lived in a slave-holding country all his youth he had never seen a sale of this sort, so he said to his brother Joseph : "Let us go and see it." The sale went on. About fifty hands had been sold, when 'a lad, perhaps. 12 years old, was put on the block. He was a pure African, wrih not a taint of white blood in him. Bu.t his face was uncommonly intelli? gent. Mr. Davis was struck with the lad's appearance. "I would like to buy that boy," he said to his brother, "but I don't know for how much he will sell. I'm afraid I can't afford it." The bidding began, and, before his brother knew what was going on, Jo? seph Davis bought the boy and pre? sented him to his brother, saying: "Let me give you your first slave." The lad was unusually intelligent and Mr. Davis saw that there were in him capacities not usual to the Afri? can race. He taught him to read and then to write, and with?n a year after hi? purchase the lad read very well and wrote a very fair, round hand. By this time Mr.. Davis had left the army and gone to Mississippi to live. It soon became rumored in the neigh? borhood that Jeff. Davis "was teach? ing his nigger to read and write." This innovation did not please the older planters, and several gentlemen took occasion to remonstrate with him about it. "Yes, it is true," he re? plied. "I have a boy about 14 years old. He is a pure African. I have taught him to read, and he writes a very fair hand. I need somebody for a secretary, and I propose to teach this boy to be of a higher service to me than to brush my clothes or to black my boots." This ended the protests, and Mr. Davis was allowed to pursue the education of his negro unmolested. A few slaves at that time were allow? ed the use of a gun, and' this boy soon became a fair shot. There seemed to be some doubt as to what his name was. His mother was not quite sure as to his paternity, but she said she "'lowed he was old Ben Montgomery's son." So he was called Ben Montgomery. The boy soon became an admirable secre? tary. He could be trusted to do any? thing. He had not that negro tenden-, cy to talk of what went on in "the big house," that most negro servants had. He was as silent as death concerning all Marse Jeff's matters. At this time Mr. Davis had charge of the Hurricanes estdte, which con? sisted of three plantations of 5,000 acres each, about twenty miles below Yicksburg. They consisted of the "Hurricanes " the "Palmyra," and "Briarfield.' His brother's health was not good, and the responsibility for the management of the property rested entirely upon Mr. Davis. In after years Mr. Davis often said that he did not know what he would have done without the efficient and intelli? gent aid of Ben Montgomery at this time. It is no easy matter to manage an estate making 5,000 bales of cotton. There were stores to be bought, letters to be written, bills of lading to be signed, and goods receipted for. The captains of the great Mississippi River boats looked rather queerly at first when they saw a coal black negro come down to the river to receive the stores of the aristocratic Davis estate. They were still more astonished when this negro handed to the clerk of the boat an open letter saying that the bearer, Ben Montgomery, was author? ized to receipt for any goods or sign any bill of lading with the name of Jefferson Davis. There was one unusually Un-Afri can feature about Ben Montgomery. He was remarkably quick at figures. Before he belonged to Mr. Davis eighteen months he had worked through the old-time Davis arithme? tic, the standard then in the common schools of the South. Mathematics is the bete noir of the African race. It is their stumbling block. But Mont? gomery grew superior to all this, and Mr. Davis soon found that the boy could work out in head an arithmetical sum of no mean proportions. When he was about 19 years old there came an opportunity to test his general trustiness and honesty. It was necessary for some one to go to Cincinnati about the machinery for a new and immense steam engine and cotton gin. There was no telegraphic line in those da3's, of course. The mails were slow and uncertain. A special messenger would probably have the work done more speedily than any letter writing. It was determined to trust Montgomery to execute this business, simply because there was nobody else to go. He was furnished with the necessary letters and the per? mit of a slave to travel and put aboard the Creole Belle, a fine packet running from New Orleans to Cincinnati. Just before he started Mr. Davis gave him $8,000. It must be confessed he did this with a little trepidation. The boy was young, had never traveled by himself much, and then, above all, he was going into a free State. "Ben," said Mr. Davis, "I am trusting you with ? good deal of mon? ey. I have told you to whom you are to deliver it. Be sure and take a re? ceipt, and don't forget what a terrible loss this money would be to me if you should happen to lose it." "Good-bye, Marse Jeff," said the negro, the tears coming to his eyes. "I understands all you has told me, and I won't lose your money, and won't let anybody know I have it." He talked it over with his brother Joe. It' was important to both of them that they should have an income of this estate. If the Federals did cap? ture Vicksburg about the first proper? ty they wpuld confiscate and loot would be the Hurricanes. It had on it then over 15,000 bales of cotton, besides 20,000 bushels of corn and other valuable stores. Cotton was worth 75 cents a pound, and a bale weighed 500 pounds. But if this property belonged to a negro who was freed before the captnre of Vicksburg then, under the emancipation procla? mation, the cotton would be his own and could not be seized by the Federal cotton agents. It was a cunningly de? vised plan, thought the Davis broth? ers, who, after consultation, decided to adopt it. Mr. Jefferson Davis loaned to Ben, for the purpose of making the sale, ?10,000. The consideration for the estate was $300,000, on ten years' time with interest at 6 per cent. Knowing there would be some trouble about the matter, the legal papers were drawn with care. Judge John A. Campbell, who resigned his place on the United States Supreme Bench when the war began, was the attorney. At the same time he drew Ben's free papers in duplicate, with a clause in each that under certain considerations (the substance of which was contained in Document No. 2) the free papers should become null and void. There was a great deal of sensation in the County when the news came to the women at home and the men with the Mississippi regiments in the field that Jeff. Davis had set Ben Mont? gomery frep, and had actually sold him his plantation besides. A good many people did not like this. They said it looked as though Mr. Davis did not think the Confederacy was going to succeed. But Ben obeyed his orders regardless of the talk and had the deeds of sale and the other papers carefully recorded in the proper offices in Warren County, Miss. The sequel showed that Ben had acted most shrewdly and wisely. He sold 600 bales of the cotton to an English house that was able to get it down to New Orleans unmolested and sent the mon? ey to Mr. Davis in English sovereigns. When Vicksburg was captured, July 3 and 4, 1863, there were 900 bales of cotton on the place and about 12,000 bushels of corn, with meal and pork enough to feed the hands until the coming fall. Ben s sagacity was shown in what followed. Vicksburg had not fallen a week and the Star Spangled Banner had oniy waved two days above the little fort close to Briarfield when a special agent of the United States Treasury came to take possession of the goods, chattels; and movables on the plantation preparatory to the for? mal confiscation of the property by the United States. The agent came in great state, escorted by a troop of cav? alry. He was met by Montgomery at the front gate. Of course the agent knew nothing whatever of the sale, and in a very arrogaut way said, when asked by Montgomery what his busi? ness was, that he had "come to take possession of all the movable goods and stores on Jefferson Davis's plan? tation." "Mr. Davis owns no plantation in this section of th j country," mildly answered Montgomery. "The devil he doesn't," said the astonished officer: "then who does this place belong to ?" "These three plantations," answer? ed Montgomery calmly, "consisting of the Hurricanes, th s Palmyra and Bri? arfield, are the property of one Benja? min Montgomery, who has the honor to be your most obedient servant." "Oh, the devil," said the officer. "You don't suppose that I'll believe such a story as this, do you ?" "Let me assure you that the story that I have told you is true in every respect,'" said Montgomery, "and if you will halt your detachment and come into the house I will sh"-' you all the papers, and you can decide upon their legality." The Government agent for the seiz? ure of the cotton was, of course, a lawyer, and when he looked over the deeds he saw that a correct legal transfer had certainly been made. But he said in triumph : . "At the time this sale was made you were a slave. You could not hold real estate in Mississippi." And then Montgomery played his trump card. He handed the agent his free papers, made out and legally ver? ified four days before the title to the i real estate was passed. "Now," said Mr. Montgomery, "this country is under the protection of the United States, is it not ?" "Wh}', yes," said the officer, "it is." "And I am entitled to any of the rights and privileges of a citizen of the United States, am I not ?" "Yes, I suppose so," was the reply again. "Then, sir, under the emancipation proclamation of President Lincoln, and by virtue of these free papers made before that proclamation was is? sued, I am a citizen of the United States, with all the rights and privi? leges that any citizen has. You arc especially enjoined by that proclama? tion to see that I and all of my race are protected in our legal rights, are you not ?" The officer began to see that he was cornered. "Yes, you are," he replied. "Then I request that you leave my property untouched, otherwise I shall call upon the President of the United States to know whether or not his proclamation is more than an empty form." The treasury agent and his escort had to go back to Vicksburg very much crest-fallen. Montgomery followed up his advan? tage by writing a letter to the com? manding officer at Vicksburg, setting forth that he was a free man of color, that he was the legal owner of certain plantations, which were specified by name; that an officer of the United States' had called upon him and en? deavored to deprive him of his prop? erty without due process of law, and he demanded of the commanding offi? cer his protection and that of the Unitcd.States. Of course this was too rich a spoil to be relinquished by the treasury agents without a fight. They seemed determined to take it anyhow. Mont? gomery decided upon a great stroke. He called upon the officer in command at Vicksburg and asked that a lieuten? ant and guard be put in charge at the Hurricanes for ten days' time, and also for leave to travel on a Govern? ment boat that was going up to Cin? cinnati. He was going to Washington to see Mr. Lincoln and lay the case before him personally. Tie happened to know Judge Holt, who was then Judge Advocate General of the Army. When he got to Washington he at once went to see him and asked to be taken to see the President. "I am a free man now, Judge Holt," he said. "You have known me for many years. I want you to take me to Mr. Lincoln and tell him what my character is, for I have important business with him." Judge Holt did as he was asked. "Mr. President," he said, "this is Ben Montgomery, who for thirty years has been the private secretary of Jef? ferson Davis." "Private secretary ?" said Mr. Lin? coln. "Yes," said Judge Holt, "that is what I stated. Ue is an honest man and what he said is true. He wishes to sec you on important business, and I will leave you and him to transact it." And Judge Holt retired. * "Well, what can T do for you, my friend?" the President said kindly. Montgomery explained the matter to Mr. Lincoln just as it had occurred. "Mr. Davis has been very kind to me," he said, "and I did this as much to help him as to help myself. This war is nearly over. I believe that your people will succeed. What you will do to Master Jeff I do not know. But I am going to do my best to keep his wife and children from starving." The story touched Mr. Lincoln deeply. "Why," he said, "do you mean to tell me that you have been Mr. Davis'8 private secretary all these years ?" "I do not know what you would call it Mr. President." the negro replied, "but for thirty years I have written his business letters, looked after the affairs of the plantation, carried large sums of money to New Orleans and to Cincinnati for him, and have had his fullest confidence in everyway. In all his life he has never spoken to me an unkind word." "Do you know of any other such a case as yours, Montgomery ?" said the President, walking up and down the room. "No, sir, I do not," said the other, "but I dare say there arc other such cases. Now, Mr. President, what I want you to do is this : I want you to give me a writing directing all mili? tary and civil officers to protect me in the possession of my property." The President sat down at his desk and then and there drew a legal arti? cle which it is a pity the country could not sec. It enjoined upon all military, naval and civil officers- the protection of Benjamin Montgomery, the owner of three plantations, that were named, and directed that he be given any assistance he might require in furtherance of these orders. It was signed "Abraham Lincoln," and dated about August 1, 1863. "I am glad to have met you," said the President; as Montgomery rose to go, "and I am particularly pleased to hear what you have to .tell me of Mr. Jefferson Davis." "May God bless you and yours," said the negro, holding out his hand, which the President shook warmly. "And if Master Jeff, does fall into your hands remember what the Great Master of us all said, 'Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.' " "I will not forget that Montgom? ery," the President said, "and if I can do anything more for you write directly to me." When Montgomery got back he at once showed his letter to the com? manding officer at Vicksburg, who is? sued orders that Montgomery should be protected in the possession of his property. The President directed the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct his cotton agents to let Montgomery alone, and he was never thereafter dis? turbed. In 1865, when the war ended, he had about 1,000 bales of cotton on hand. Judge Gresham, the present Secretary of State, was in c?mmand of the department of the Mississippi. By order of Gen. Grant he allowed Montgomery to ship his cotton to New Orleans. It sold for a very handsome price, and nearly all of this money he gave to Mr. Jefferson Davis, who was thus enabled to make his European tour, and to live abroad for almost a year after he was released from Fort Monroe. Montgomery continued to plant with great success until 1873, when he asked Mr. Davis to take the property back. The latter insisted that Mont? gomery should retain about $200,000, which was justly due him for his care of the estate, and its preservation at a time when, but for his presence of mind and.intelligencc, it would prob? ably have been lost. No planter's reputation or credit was higher after the war than was i Ucn Montgomery's with the commis? sion merchants at Vicksburg and New Orleans. He had two sons, whom he endeavored to bring up and train as he had been trained. One still lives in Mississippi and the other has gone to South Dakota, where he purchased 10,000 acres of land for a wheat farm. He says it is too cold out there for him though, and he thinks he will return to his old home. Nine years ago Ben Montgomery died. His funeral was attended by Mr. Davis and by all the prominent planters within twenty-five or thirty miles. In an address he. made at the grave Mr. Davis said : "I have had in my life many true and faithful friends, but none more faithful than him whom this day we have laid down to sleep." There were probably not more than three or four instances during the slave era of the South where negroes were trusted to the degree that Ben 3Iontgomery was. But he never fail? ed in anything, and in all his life never disobeyed an order nor told a secret which was not his to tell. His history is one of the most interesting romances of the slave period in the United States. As showing the loy? alty of the negro to his white owner, there never was an instance known during the four years of the war, while the men were allatthefrontand no one at home but women and chil? dren of an attempt at violence upon the women, which crime, in the last year or two, has become too common throughout the South. This is a fea? ture of the past which the Southern white man can never forget. $100 Reward $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a con? stitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting direct? ly upon the blood and mucuous sur? faces of the system, thereby destroy? ing the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by build? ing up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The pro? prietors have so much faith in its curative powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testi? monials. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props.. Toledo, O. jO&"Sold by Druggists, 75c. ? In a recent communication to the Society of Arts and Sciences Miss Henrietta Khodes states that the silk unwound in a single thread from one cocoon of the common silkworm meas? ured 404 yards. After this bunch of silk had been thoroughly dried and reeled it was found to weigh exactly three grains. It follows that one pound of silkworm thread may be ex? tended into a line 535 miles long and that a# thread lojig enough to reach around the on tin.world would weigh no more than 47 pounds. I Lion of Languages. Of all the people we who apeak the English have the best right to be proud of our language. It is without question the lion of languages and has proved itself a conqueror wherever it has gained a foothold, for it is pecu? liarly adapted to every race, clime and condition. Its extensive adaptability is illimitable, and it is remarkably and aggressive voracious, for wherever it goes it sounds the death knell of all its rivals. Coeval with its entrance into Great Britain it began its work of destruction. The real British, the Cymric or Welsh. Erse or Irish, the Gaelic of Scotland and the Manx of the Isle of Man all went down before it, it may be said, for the British Cel? tic is absolutely gone from the earth, and the others must soon follow and become like many languages of the past, for what remain of -them at the present time are entirely local. It is notable that, in addition to those cited, it conquered and banished the Norse, the Norman-French rnd several other tongues which made an effort to trans? plant themselves on English soil, and is still and will continue to be at work throughout the world, planting itself and at the same time displacing oth crs. It is not long since French was the handiest language to a traveler upon the continent, but at this time we are proud to say that English is by far superior because it is more frequently spoken. It has become the commer? cial language. It is being taught in the schools of all nations, and no English-speaking man need fear that he may not make himself understood in any part of the world when employ? ing this language as a means of com? munication. Prof. Grim, of Berlin, says of the English language that it has a thor? ough power of expression such as no other language ever possessed. It may truly be called a world language, for no other may venture to compare with it in richness, reasonableness and solidity of texture. Provost Paradol, a learned Frenchman, says that neither Russia nor Germany, supposing that t.hev should attain the highest fortune, can pretend to impede the current of things nor prevent that solution, rela? tively near at hand, of the long rivalry of European races for the ultimate colonization and domination of the universe. He says further that "the world will not be Russian nor German nor French, alas ! nor Spanish, but it will be Anglo-Saxon." No clearer or truer description of the languages enumerated, with their relative differences, ever appeared in type than is conveyed in the following poem: Greek's a harp we love to hear, Latin is a trumpet clear. Spanish like an organ s (veils, Italian rings its bridal bells. Franc v with many a frolic mien, Tunr her sprightly violin. Loild the German rolls his drum "When Russia's flashing cymbals come. But Briton's sons may well rejoice, . For English is the human voice. The English, Russian, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Scandinavian are the most power? ful languages within the hounds of Christian civilization, because they are the tongues of vigorous people. With the exception of the English, these are all indigenous and die if transplanted. The United States is the youngest of powerful countries, yet it is a cemetery of many languages. For instance, 'French, one of the sweetest of tongues, threatened to become the national language. Louis I iana was settled by people of the French nation, who brought their I language with them and planted it upon that soil in anticipation of its growth. Instead, however, of its growing and spreading over the coun? try, it began to weaken, and it will soon disappear from the memories of the inhabitants of that State. It is only necessary to note the population according to these several languages to realize the unchangeable future of the English, now striding on and on over the face of the earth with wonderful impetuosity and a vigor that will not be, restrained. English is spoken by 90,000,000 of people, Russian, 75,000,000; German, 56,000,000; French, 40,000,000; Span? ish, 38,000,000; Italian, 29.000,000; Portuguese, 14,000,000, and Scandi? navian, 9,000,000. Within the con? trol of the Government of these sev- I eral languages England rules over 255,000,000 of people who do not as yet speak the English language, and ! the other seven have only 75,000,000 | outside of themselves?an astonishing j d: .Terence. It must be remembered, besides, that the English language is dividea into two governments only, while the j other six are divided into twenty-six, all of whom are filled with bitter enmi? ties, one for the other, while they are and it appears ever will be using every device and pretence to supplant and coerce the other, but it is just as no? ticeable that England and the United States are now and will ever continue at peace. To those who have carefully and with unprejudiced minds consid? ered the subject there can be no doubt that the English will eventually be? come the universal language of the earth, and when we observe the aston? ishing strides it has made in the past it may aptly be remarked that the time is not far distant, particularly if it advances into foreign countries and continents the rate of progress which it has attained for the past fifty years. It was through the medium of the Dutch language that the Japanese carried on their foreign correspondence until within a few years. Now they have changed the Dutch for the En? glish, and in more than 50,000 schools in Japan English is being taught, while the sons of the most wealthy and titled families are sent to our colleges to complete their education, where English is spoken and our man? ners predominate. It is estimated that since the build? ing of that famous Tower of Babel there have been 1,500 distinct langua? ges and 3,500 colloquials, or 5,000 different forms of speech. At the present time 600 of the primary lan? guages are dead, leaving only 900 spoken all over the earth, with about 2.500 colloquials.-y^tVflr/cfy/iiVi Times. Bncklens Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for Cuts Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores. Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup? tions and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refund? ed. I Vise 25 cents per box. For sale by Hill Bros. ? Near Jasper, Fla., A. M. Rogers, an employee of the Mauldena Mills, walked up beside the large driving wheel and, calling to the fireman, bade him good bye. He then threw him j self nn the driving belt and was in I i tuitly crushed lo pulp. High i'rlced Horses Sold. Speaking of costly horses, says Clark's Horse Review, the purchase of the English race horse, Ormonde, by William 0. B. McDonough, the Cali? fornia millionaire, for the princely sum of $150,000 calls to mind some cxtravaganturiccs paid for horses in the past. We do not mean the $105. 000 paid for Axtell, nor the $125,000 for Mr. Forbc's great colt Arion, nor the big prices paid by that prince of good fellows, Kobert Bonner, for his various purchases. But we refer to some historical purchases, prices paid in the dim and distant past, a time which many of our readers no doubt had supposed was void of any extrava? gance in that one weakness which seems to have pervaded all epochs of civilized time?a weakness for great horseflesh. The writer has been recently spend? ing a half hour with a handful of old Latin books, and has had the curiosity to see what the ancients thought a good horse was worth. The curtain of an? tiquity first rolls up on Egypt, and here we find jt recorded in a letter, or rather papyrus, left, by one of their Kings of the eighteenth dynasty? telling of his conquest of a foreign na? tion?Mesopotamia?and how he brought a lot of very fine horses from that country. Homer also tells us how King Agamemnon offered Achil? les twelve horses that would win for him great riches by their racing. In later years we find King Solomon, the wisest of men, sending to Egypt and paying as high as $3,000 to $5,000 for horses. His own stable was mag? nificent. Alexander, according to Plu? tarch, gave about $13,000 for Buce? phalus, the most noted of all horses of antiquity ; but Pliny, the historian, puts the price at nearer $16,000. And here the spirit of gaming crops out again, for we are told that when Phi lonicus, the Thessalian, offered the horse to Philip, the father of Alexan? der, the King and his Court went out to test the speed and docility of the war horse. The horse was so vicious and unmanageable that Philip prompt? ly discarded the idea of purchasing, but Alexander, standing near, who ap? pears to have had more horse sense than the rest, saw that the high-strung animal was frightened at his own shadow, and remarked: "What a horse they are losing for want of skill and courage to manage him." Alexander, who was one of nature's noblemen, conquered nations as he did Bucephalus and after the cenquest, by his kindness and generosity, he won them completely. We may learn from him a lesson of kindness to animals, for when the horse was old he refused to ride Am on his long marches, riding a commoner horse instead; but when he struck Darius, at Arbek, in one of the world's decisive battles, he would go into the fight only on his old horse. With all of our boastful civilization and fast records we are far behind the Romans in the matter of horse racing. The Circus Maximus, which seated 285,000 people, was the greatest race course the world has ever seen, and the famous jockey, Diocles, whose likeness engraved on the metal wheels of a child's play cart has been lately dug up at Pompeii, is said to have earned over a million dollars in a year. We may very safely conclude, then that many horses in those profligate times sold for more money than Ormonde or any other horse of modern times. And we might mention here that negro jockeys i are not an original American institu? tion, for we learn that Cresceur, an African jockey of those days, was one of the greatest riders, and earned 80, 000 sesterces in one year. Verily, in the price of horses as in other things, "there is nothing newunderthesun.' One on Cool Captain. A good story is told by an English paper of a lisping officer having been victimized by a brother officer (who was noted for his cool deliberation and strong nerves,) and his getting square with him in the following man? ner : The cool joker, the captain, was al? ways quizzing the lisping officer, a lieutenant, for his nervousness and said one day in the presence of his company: "Why, nervousness is all non? sense. I tell you, lieutenant, no brave man will be nervous." "Well," inquired his lisping friend, "how would you do thpose a thell with an inth futhee thould drop it thelf in a walled angle, in whith you i had taken thelter from a company of 1 tharpthooterth, and where it wath thertain if you put out your nothe you'd get peppered ?" "How," said the captain, winking at the company, "why, take it cool, and spit on the fusee." The party broke up, and all retired except the patrol. The next morning a number of sol? diers were assembled on the parade ground and talking in clusters, when along came the lisping lieuten? ant. Lazily opening his eyes he re? marked : "I want to try an experiment thith morning and see how extheedingly cool the captain can be." Saying this, he walked deliberately into the captain's quarters where afire was burning on the hearth, placing in its hottest center a powder canister and instantly retreated. There was but one mode of egress from the quarters, and that was upon the parade ground, the road being built up for defense. The occupant took one look at the canister, com? prehended the situation, and in a mo? ment dashed at the door, but it was fastened on the outside. "Charley, let me out if you love me!" shouted the captain. "Thpit on thecanither," shouted he in return. Not a moment was to be lost. He had at first snatched up a blanket to cover his egress, but now, dropping it, he raised the window, and out he bounded, sans everything but a very short undergarment, and thus, with hair almost on end, he dashed upon a full parade ground. The shouts which hailed him brought out the whole barracks to see what was the matter, and the digni? fied captain pulled a sergeant in front of him to hide himself. ''Why don't you thpit on it?" in? quired the lieutenant. "Because there were no sharpshoot? ers in front to stop a retreat," answer? ed the captain. "All I've got to thay then ith," said the lieutenant, "that you might safely have done it; for I'll thware there wathn't a thingle grain of pow? der in it." The captain has never spoken of nervousness since.?Boston Glohr. ? The nominal price of wild land in Cape Colony, South Africa, is twenty-five cents per acre; the real price is generally about twelve cents. Ill Sorts of Pfiragrapfes. ? A chestnut tree 213 feet through and 2,000 years old stands at the foot A of Mount Etna. fl ? Tobacco was discovered in Cuba 4B in 1492, but was not introduced into J England until 1555. * 1 ? The fanner in Japan who has 1 more than ten acres of laud is looked 1 upon as a monopolist. ? Taking all the year round the coldest hour of the twenty-four is 5 ? o'clock in the morning. ? Over ^ 500,000 : ---I skins were ~ imported into the Uniteu states last year from the State of Tabasco, Mexico. ? Australia's summer is said to be so hot that matches accidentally drop? ped on the ground often become knit- ;?>'; ed. ? In a square inch of the human scalp the hairs number about 1,000 and the whole number on an' adult scalp is about 120,000.' ? It is estimated that the coal mines already developed contain :; enough coal to supply the world, a \ thousand years to come. ? A rule in effect in Leipzig, Sax- '.^ ony, assesses the expense of calling out the fire department to the owner of the house where the fire originated. .; ? Enamored Youth: May I hope' to find a place in your heart ? Lady Love (fin de siecle): If you huslle. ; There are only a few choice locations : left. ? ? The Husband (during the spat): You're always making bargains! Was f there ever a time when you didn't? The "Wife: Yes, sir. On my wedding day. ? A woman named Mary Smeaton, residing in.the suburbs of Cincinnati, although past the age of 91, has . within the laut year cut'four new . ? ? "Hello, Bingley, how did the doctor succeed in breaking up your i fever ?" "Oh, easy enough; he pre- M sented his bill, and I had a chill in 15 ".4. minutes." ? It is sud thai when an Indian \ dies his surviving relatives pay all his'i^' debts. We are acquainted with a j? man who we heartily wish would turn ? Indian and die. ? Visitor?So your brother is tak? ing lessons on the violin. Is he mak-. ing progress ? Little Girl?Yes'm ; . he's got so now we can tell whether hj^B is tuning or playing. ? Mamma: When that boy threw stones at you why didn't you come and tell me instead of throwing them back ? Little Son : Tell you ! Why, you couldn't hit a barn door. ? A human skeleton (?) found at Nazara, Sicily, in 1409, is said tobe. 30 feet in length. "The skull was as,, large as a barrel, and each of the:^ sixty-four teeth weighed five ounces." ? Mrs. O. P. Payne, of Gainsvillej; A Ga., killed thirteen rattlesnakes in the;'*? 'lot around her home, with a jpjece of fencerail, a few days ago^ They'aVest^ aged about two feet in length each. ? The annual report of the Attor? ney General of Michigan states that. one of every 100 of the State's inhabi? tants was arrested on a criminal charge while one out of every 150 was cdn ? Conundrum?"What's the differ? ence between a cat and a legal docu? ment?" Answer?"The one has claw ses at the end of its pawses; the other has pauses at the end of its clauses." ?? Jenny Lind was one of the first persons to travel in a private car in this^country. She hired a car and had the seats removed, and fitted it up with her own luxurious household furniture. ? Miss Kecdick?"Mr. Gilley actu? ally offered himself to Miss Darley on a postal card.'' Miss Gasket?"What did she do ?" Miss Keedick?"Refus- =; ed him. She said she preferred sealed proposals." ?? The longest swim ever made in^ the rough sea was by Samuel Brock, Yarmouth fisherman, on October l^? 1835. The vessel in which he sail^^ was wrecked, and he swam seventeen miles in seven and a half hours through a strong gale. ? Samuel Leffers, an aged resident of Moraine, N. D., who has been a great sufferer from rheumatism for over 20 years, has been entirely, and, " it is thought, permanently cured by a slight stroke of lightning. ? Said a wise little woman to me not long ago. "For the first six years of my child's life I taught him but very little, except what and. how to eat and to tell the truth. And I con- V' sider the time well spent." ? <.'.%;??-? ? The first printing office in the . United States was established in 1639; . the first political newspaper was print? ed in 1733; the first daily paper in 1784; the first penny paper in 1833, and the first illustrated paper in 1853. ? Though it is fourteen years off, it has already been suggested that a celebration be made in 1907 of the three hundredth anniversary of the first English settlement in America, which was at Jamestown, Va., in 1607. ? The great wealth of many Ameri? cans was acquired by the closest econ? omy. Most people seem to prefer the rapid method, such as speculating, some with other people's money. But the slower process of enconomy, indus? try and steady application is the surest. ? One curious result of the hurri? cane that struck the Southern Coast recently was the killing of quantities of fish. For many days after the storm the coast around Savannah and throughout the stretch where its force was most vented was strewn with dead fish of all kinds. ? In Ashantee parricides are tied hand and foot to stakes driven in the ground near a large ant hill. The ants are then irritated by sticks thrust into the entrance to their dwellings, a guard is set at a respectful distance to prevent rescue, and the prisoner is left to be eaten alive. In 48 hours nothing is left of the criminal but a \ neatly cleaned skeleton. ? "Nothing," said an impatient husband, "reminds me so much of Balaam and his ass as two women . stopping in church and obstructing the way to indulge in their everlasting talk." "But you forget, my dear,,T< -returned the wife, meekly, "that it was the angel who stopped the way, and Balaam and his ass who complain? ed of it." ? A little school gin asked her teacher what was meant by "Mrs. Grundy." The teacher replied that it meant "the world." Some days after? ward the teacher asked the geography class, to which this little bud of promise belonged, "Whatsis a zone ?" After some hesitation, the girl bright-' - ened up, and replied, "I know. It's a belt around Mrs, Grundy's waist."