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BY CLINKSCALE3 & LANGSTON. ANDERSON. S. ?., WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 1893. SEED BARLEY AND RYE FLOUBj HAMS, LAED, Aid a Fancy line of Canned Goods, For sale at Low Prices by " D. S. MAXWELL & SON, HO. 5 OHIQUOLA PLACE. t&~ ISO-aore Farm to rent. ~~J^S. FOWLER HVAlfTS YOUR ATTENTIOK. ALL PARTIES WHO ARE INDEBTED TO ME, By Note, Account, or otherwise, will please take notice that I have determined to collect iaooey due me this Fall, and unless payment is made? By 1st of November, 1893, I will be obliged to force the collection of my claims by Law. And all parties who have given : mo Liens or Mortgages on Crops, and other prop erty, and dispose of same, will be prosecuted. In conclusion, I wish it distinctly understood that this notice is intended for ALL who owe me, and that I mean to collect what is due me, regard? less of circumstances. Take notice, make payment, ?.nd save COST. J. S. FOWLER. GROCERIES. GROCERIES! GROCERIES! BBFC LARSEST STOCK EVER SEEN IN ANDERSON! SOME AND SEE: FOR YOURSELVES ! IHM In OF oonrse we can't pnt in print exact amounts of .Goods, as one day we may have a foil Stock of Flour, Meat, Sugar, Coffee, Hams, Lard, &c., And the next it will bo very much reduced.' Our sales some days would astonish any sun. Now! there is certainly a" ruason for this, which we will try to explain. First, l?carry as large Stook of Flour of all grades, Bacon, Lard, Hams, 8ugar and ConVe, ?it anybody In TJoper Carolina,- and second, wo give good weights and the lowest prices on first class Goods. We nave exclusive sale of Gfesise ?fc Ssnfeorn's Boasted Coffee, which are She best in the world If you don't believe it, ask jay friend who visited the World's Fair if he drank t bad crip of Coffee on the ground while there. They had the exclusive sale of their wortcl-renowned 4l3eal Brand" at the Fair. FRESE RAISINS. CURRANTS and CITRON arriving every day, and we are ready for Xmas. Call and see us.' Yours truly, LICON & LEDBETTjER, i'.. . \ ? Wholesale end Retail Grocers. ; Pocket Kni?es, '4 ".t Kg II m e One Tlipasand Varieties! The Rangoon Razor Every Razor Warranted. Price, -6B1.50. SBLLIVAN HARDWARE GO. ' f ; ? ?; ? ... You Miss Half Your Life when yon Fail to See WILL R. HUBBARD'S JEWELRY PALACE. Mc LORE Goods than you can shake a stick at, and at prices that will astonish the natives. Yon will certainly lose money if you don't see me BEFORE BUYING. ; , My stock of Gold sod Silver Watches cannot be surpassed in the State. Plain Gold and Sat Rings. Sterling Sil ver and Plated Knives, Forks and Spoons. Japauese Goo-is, China Novelties. Chios Tea Sets, Chamber Sets, &c, in great variety. JEWELRY WORLD WITHOUT EX33. Promptness in everything. Watch Work a Specialty. Engraving free on all Goods bought of me. WILL. R. HUBBARD, Next to Farmers and Merchants Bank. GLENN SPRINGS ? WILL CURE WATER Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, Chronic Heptatitis, Jaundice, Torpor or Liver, and general debility following upon malarial diseases. Dropsy, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Constipation.. Hemorrhoids, Uterine, Renal and Cystic Diseases, Hajmaturta and ? Catamanial derangements. ? FOR SALE BY JL. OST. TODD Sc CO. BILL ART'S LETTER* 1BI111? Glad That He and Mi Friends Are Not In JtM. Atlanta Comtitutiotu Thanksgiving Day is a good institu? tion. It is one that all civilized peo? ple can obseive with pleasure and. gratitude, whether they be saints or sinners, Jews or Gentiles. That is if they have got the turkey or its equiv? alent. If we haven't got anything good, we ought to be thankful for what we haven't got?thankful that we are out of jail?thankful "that it is as well with us as what it is" as the old-time preacher always prays. Some folks don't believe in Christmas. Some don't observe Easter; but all can unite on Thanksgiving, for on that day the good and the thoughtful will honor their Creator and the others will honor their? their?i heir?appe? tites, as Paul said to the Phillipians in the 3d chapter and 9th verse. These last have an idea that they are entitled to a turkey because they have worked for it or deserve it on the Little Jack Homer principle. They are thankful to themselves only. I was ruminating about Thanksgiv? ing Day. It is an old institution in England, and was observed in this country Wore the Revolutionary war of 1776. But when independence was declared, our rebellions forefathers quit it. just because it was English you know. Just like we rebels down South quit the 4th of July for a good while after the late war for we felt like the yankees had stolen it from us, like they did everything1 else. It took us twelve years to get fairly back into the-~Unibn, and then we began to honor the old flag and to shoet guns and firecrackers on the 4th of July. History^ says that a preacher- by this name of Ebenezer Penberton, read the King's proclamation for Thanksgiv? ing, in his pulpit in Boston, just before, the war began, and it made those Bunker Hill yankees so mad they left the Church, for they said there was nothing to be thankful for. There was no more Thanksgiving Day until General Washington was chosen President in 1789. On the last Thurs? day in .November of that year, tl first national Thanksgiving was ob? served. That was just 104 years ago to-day. Washington had to send out his proclamation by mail to the thir? teen States, and it had to be started out about the first of October so as to. get down to Georgia and up to Massa? chusetts in time. Washington was a good man as well as a great man, and he continued the annual Thanksgiving days for the eight years of his service, but why they ceased to be proclaimed or observed after his death I cannot find out. But it seems that there were no more national Thanksgiving days until November,' -1864,, when Mr. Lincoln proclaimed one, which was right and proper, considering what a time he had had in subduing us rebels. Mr. Lincoln was a thankful man by nature and I have no doubt he ate his share of that turkey with a grateful heart. It was right mean in us to worry the old man^so, but we couldn't help it. ^ It is wonderful what great things a woman can do. One woman has fixed our national Thanksgiving and gotten all the States to unite with the nation in establishing one day for all. That woman labored for twenty long years to accompliBh the desire of her heart. She wrote letters to the President and to the Governors and entreated them in such beautiful, earnest language that they finally gave heed to her request, and so ever since the elose bf. this late war the day has been observ? ed. I knew .that lady and oo did thousands and thousands oi' our peo? ple?a generation that has almost Eassed away, for almost every house old took Goody's Lady's Book teforO the war and everybody loved and admired Mrs. Sarah J. Hale, who was its editress, for a quarter of a cen? tury. She loved thejo?d, the beauti? ful and the true. She wrote many charming little books for the children, but if she had never done anything more than to establish Thanksgiving Day and to write these- sweet little verses beginning: Mary had a little lamb, Its fleece was white as snow. it would be enough for the life work of one woman. There is no more sacred duty than to make the children happy and these little verses about Mary and her little lamb have inspired the tender hearts of millions of them. That good woman died in 1879, but her good works, her devotion to chil? dren and her love for all that was kind and true and beautiful in life still lives. What can one woman do?not a woman of extraordinary talents; but one of earnest will and a lover of man? kind ? What did our own Mrs. Wil? liams, of Columbus, do when she set her heart and her pen to the work of establishing our Southern decoration day ? She did it, and it stands estab? lished as a monument to Southern patriotism. Whether we were right or wrong in' the fight made no differ? ence with her. She loved the heroism of our soldiers and wept tears of admiration for their sacrifices. "With fairest flowers while summer lasts We will sweeten their sad graves," she said and it was done. There is much for us all to be thaok ful for. A civilized people have no excuse for ingratitude. Shakespeare had a special horror of it and speaks of it as a "monster," "a marble hearted friend." In another place he says: Blow, blow thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As man's ingratitude; Freeze, freeze thou bitter sky Thou dost not bite so nigh As benefits forgot. "I bate ingratitude more than lying, babbling, drunkenness or any taint of vice." Another poet says "It is the basest of all crimes." But if ingratitude to man be so base, what must it be to the Creator, from whom comes every good and perfect gift? If He had not loved us this world would not have been made so beauti? ful. We could have lived without any of its luxuries ; we could have got along with only buzzards for birds and dogfennel for flowers and the howling of the winds for music ; we could have lived on cornbread and codfish, but the Creator made the earth lovely for our sake, and is continually unlocking the doors of His storehouses and dis? pensing new and wonderful treasures for our comfort and our elevation to a higher life. This is the day of all others to ponder and ruminate upon the goodness of God and to be grate? ful for his blessings. Bill Arp. ? Cotton is kingly, but it is not in it with hay. Of cotton we produce three haodred-and five million dollars' wo/th;".of bay four hundred million Jfilars' worth. OUT E BRAUCHES. How Trading Between the TJnei Wae Con daeted Dining the War. It is the hand of peace that winds the silken chain of commerce around the world. The throbbing of spindles and the whirring of shuttles are si? lenced by the din of war, and the hus? bandman gathers no sheaves in the furrows made by its red ploughshare. These truths were very sensibly felt by the American poople in our great internecine conflict of four years. They came "home to men's business and bosoms" most uncomfortably, ex? cepting the speculators who enriched themselves by the sad contributions of the public calamity. The sudden cessation of all commercial intercourse between the sections caused a finan? cial shock that was enhanced by their former interdependence. Absolute free trade had existed beta c?n them*, and no oustorn house officers bad ever sentineled their borders. The non intercourse pressed heavily on the cot? ton mills of the north, as the staple that fed their spindles and looms was wholly supplied by the cotton fields of the South. Congress sought to meet the exi? gency brought on by the cotton fam? ine through a curious piece of legisla? tion. It appropriated $100,000 to purchase cotton seed for free distribu? tion in the Nor :hern States. A por? tion of that seed was planted even in Vermont, under the shadow of the Green mountains. It has known no resurrection, for it requires a warm, mellow soil, and the cotton plant does not open its fl?eoy ohambers except under the burning sun of tropical or semi-tropical countries. They might as well have planted the traditional wooden nutmegs, of Connecticut, and expected them to yielld to the hands of the husbandmar the .spice of morning lands. As it was found impracticable to change the laws of climate and con? vert-the rock-ribbed hills of New Eng? land into a cotton belt by a statute, it was decided to secure the needed sup? ply of cotton ibhrough a channel of trade never before dreamed of by pub? licists. The government of the United States authorized the issue of permits to private parties to trade articles hot contraband of war for cotton within the enemy's lines. There was no enumeration of articles that were con? traband of war, the venturers being evidently remitted to their Vattel and Puffendorf for any. information that they required upon the subject. These permits were intended for use in the vailey of the Mississippi, and United States military commanders were enjoined no respect them, and pass the holders through their lines for the purpose stated. No official supervised the delivery of such ship? ments on the part of the United States, but the Confederate authori? ties appointed an officer?Colonel McKee?to take charge on their part of all exchanges under this system in the States of Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas. The cotton bartered through the Confederate agent was obtained either by voluntary sale or by a seizure tern ed impressment, the owners boing paid/ in r Confederate treasury notes, the best'of all medi? ums for rapid circulation,' since every man, Who received one of them made diligent effort to pass it on. Those notes, by a singular oversight, were not made legal tender for any debt either public or private. Theyweie all convert ible into 4 per cent, bonds at the option of l.he holder, with the privilege of reconverting the bonds into Confederate notes. Every note bore upon its face a vignette of sev? eral horseii, doubtless to impress the holder that it was a stable currency. There was no siot of the Bichmond Congress that limited the amount of the notes to the \ square inch of the Confederates States. .Hence the Southern people were happily relieved of all fear that the supply of Confed? erate money would be exhausted. Citizens were permitted to purchase goods thus brought from the lines of the enemy after the official agent had made his selection, but they could not get them for the discredited currency, and they, too, paid in cotton. How far the contraband limitation was respected is shown by the follow? ing incident. I had constructed a fort on the right bank of the Bed River, about fifteen miles below Alexandria, La. It was on a high bluff and com? pletely commanded the channel that ran within 500 yards of its guns. Its armament had just been placed in it, and its. magazine supplied, when a sentinel walking his beat on the para? pet announced that a steamer was coming up the river. We saw her smoke, and, as we had no steamer be? low, it was assumed that she was a United States gunboat, of the olass known to us as "tin olads/' from their rather thin iron plates. The gunners were at their posts and ready to open fire when she came within range. But as Bhc turned a bend in the river we saw that she was flying a white flag. She hove to opposite the fort, and a party of four or five put out from her for the shore in one of her boats. They were met at the landing by the officers in command at the fort, whom I accompanied, and the captain of the steamer showed a permit authorizing him to trade within the Confederate Hues. It was headed, "Executive Mansion, Washington, D. C," and signed "A. Lincoln." A government agent soon arrived and the captain handed him a manifest, or list, of the cargo. It consisted chiefly of gray cloth, blankets, boots, spurs, rifles and swords, with an ample supply of ammunition. TJiere waB a also a large assortment of drugs and many hundred gross of playing cards. These last were about'the only arti? cles not contraband, for they could not be used in the great game of war. That was was in June, 1864. A little later on, I saw a battery of Napoleon rifled guns, with their car? riages, and 40,000 horse shoes deliver? ed from a steamer flying the United States flag, at Catfish Point, on the Mississippi. The horse shoes were intended for General Sterling Price's cavalry expedition, and before the snow fell they were printed deep in the soil of Kansas and Missouri. The war trade had a most demoral? izing influence among civilians in the territory of both belligerents. It stimulated a greed of gain that would have sacrificed the cause of either for sudden riches. The' rage for acquiring cotton cer? tainly infected high officers on the fleets serving upon the waters of the Mississippi and Bed Bivers. The disaster to General Banks's expedi? tion up the Bed Eiver valley, in the spring of 1864, has been imputed to the fact that officers of the co-operat? ing fleet devoted over much of their time to raiding cotton plantations with squads of sailors and marines. They were(: cottonftding when they should have been cannonading. Upon the defeat of the army at the battle of Mansfield, the Confederates captured among the spoils hundreds of mules, branded on the left shoulder with the letters U. S. N. They had all heard of "horse marines," but a navy mule was a real wonder. It was explained that they had been taken from the planters to haul bales of cotton to the fleet and afterwards turned over by naval offieers to the army quartermas? ters, with the privilege of reclaiming them, hence, they were branded for identification. In one instance that I know of, an iron-clad gunboat of that fieet was attacked with a single six pounder field piece, fired from the river bank while she was aground, and her officers and crew were forced to abandon her, as her eight guns were so hampered by the five-hundred pound bales of cotton piled over them that she could not return the fire. I should state that the official records of the union and Confederate armies, now in the course of publication by the war department, contain nothing with reference to this war-trade, as all statistics and reports of agents of the cotton exchange bureau were burned by the Confederates at the evacuation of Bichmond. There was, however, a trade between the lines that hau in it no taint of treason. It was carried on between the pickets all along the line and at the outposts, across rivers, in miniature boats, each carrying a cargo weighing not more than five or six pounds, shipped by its owner to a consignee with whom he was at open war, and who, with invio? lable good faith, always sent the tiny freighter back with the return cargo desired by the consignor. There were no weights or measures, or coin, or currency used in this small commerce. Ifvwas trade in kind, where each had to "reckon" or "guess" the quantity justly due the other. The Confeder? ate craved coffee, but was obliged to find an ill-tasting substitute for the fragrant berry in parched sweet pota? toes, wheat and oats. The union sol? dier'yearned for the comforting weed to which Byron paid the tribute of merited praise in the lines, "Sublime tobacco which from East to West, cheers the Tar's labor or the Turk? man's rest." As coffee was part of the Federal ^irmy ration and tobacco was to be bad in abundance within the Confed? erate lines, it was very natural that tie parties in interest should seek to arrange a system by which they could barter one product for another. All picket firing between the two g reat armies in Virginia having ceased, by mutual agreement, in the autumn oi 1862, the trading between the sol? diers commenced at their outposts soon after. It had been going on west of the Mississippi from the be? ginning of the war, and the fraterniz? ing went so far in Arkansas that the cavalry of the opposing armies some? times tented the mettle of their chargers by running horse races to? gether for moderate purses. The tradsng had to be done covertly, but many subordinate officers winked at it,; to please their men. Generals Grant and Lee both issued strict orders pro? hibiting it, yet still the trading went on. Special off ort was made by General Lee to enforce those orders among his troops in the fall of 1863, when the armies lay encamped on opposite sides of the Rappahannock. That stream Varied from seventy-five to two hun? dred yards in width. The plan of trade was as follows: A soldier stand? ing on one side would send a diminu? tive boat, either dug out or made of bark, filled with coffee, to the other side, by attaching a long string to it and letting the current take it across, or near enough to be reached with a rod by the one who was waiting for it. This system ? of river trading having been known to GeUeiral Lee, special instructions were issued to detect and punish his soldiers who were engaged in it. It became all the more neces? sary to check the illicit commerce,' as it was reported that visits were being interchanged at night between the two camps for the purpose of carrying it on. With those instructions in view General John B. Gordon, one after? noon in the early days of November, 1853, rode out to inspect the outposts of his division accompanied by his i st&iE and bodyguard. His famous ' command carried more battle scars than bayonets, and he hoped that there waB no violator of General Lee's j order in its ranks. On arriving at an I outpost near the river bank, he ques? tioned the captain commanding it as to whether he had received the order to prevent all trading \rith the enemy, and was answered that he had. Not? withstanding that officer's assurance thai) he would be vigilant in the en? forcement of the order, General Gor? don's suspicions were aroused by the apparent confusion in the manner of some of the men when the guard was turned out to salute him. He could not explain it on the theory that they were abashed by his presence, for they were accustomed to that, and they had often shown that they were as devoted to their knightly commander as ever was Scottish highlander to the chief of his clan. The cause of their trepi? dation was soon revealed. The gen? eral had scarcely ridden sixty yards beyond the outpost when he noticed that the tops of some of the tall, slen? der reeds on the lower bank of the river were being shaken. There was no wind stirring to account for the motion, and all cattle and other rov? ing animals in that section had long since been disposed of by the all-con? suming soldiery. He therefore or? dered a sergeant of his escort to part the reeds and see what was in them. The sergeant hurried down to the lower bank, and was soon heard to ex? claim : "By George! What is this I Come out here I" At the word there stepped out into the sunlight a tall young man, appa? rently about twenty years of age. He had a very handsome face and his fine physioal proportions were very plainly revnaled, for he was stark naked. He ascended the hank and stood as straight as an arrow before General Gordon, who then said to him in a se? vere tone : "What is your name and where do you come from ?" He answered the double question with a tremulous voice: "My name is James Holly and I am a private in Company F., Forty-second Pennsyl? vania volunteer infantry." "Then," said the General, "youare a spy. I find you secreted near one of my outposts, within my lines, and I'll have you hanged as a spy !" The answer, to the General's grave charge was : "For God's sake don't do that, General,: I am no spy. I only came over from our camp-to visit the boys." General Gordon, who was thorough? ly versed in military law, could scarce refrain from smiling at his own un? tenable position, for he well knew that to constitute a spy one must not [ only enter his enemy's lines for the purpose of procuring military intelli? gence through, his observations, but he must do so in disguise or under false character. But there stood the Union soldier in puris naturalibus clad only in nature's costume and with the stamp of truth upon every word that he uttered. "Well, then,' replied the General, "I will hold you as a prisoner. But, perhaps, you wish to desert ?" The decisive answer was: "No, General, never! I would rather die than desert my colors ! But it will be very hard on me to be a prisoner, for my comrades will find my uniform on the other side and think I have de? serted. That would disgrace me and my family, if I were reported as a de? serter. I beg you to let me write note to tell them I am a prisoner." No man ever admired a true soldier more than General Gordon, and he gave the assurance that the prisoner'* note should beosent. i At that moment nearly the whole {>icket guard came forward, under the ead of its orderly sergeant, who, after saluting, said : "General, will you al? low me to say a few words about this affair ?" Leave being given; the or? derly continued, "General, it is all onr fault; let the punishment fall on us, and not on that young fellow! We invited him over and he brought some coffee beans to trade with us. Please let him go, and we will swear never to do any trading with the Yankees again. We never disobeyed orders in anything else but this trading." General Gordon ?was silent for a moment after this earnest appeal, and he then said : "Orderly, you deserve to be reduced to the ranks ! All of you should be court-martialed. But, let it pass this time. I will take your words for it that you will never again disobey orders. I will release the prisoner. Give him back his coffee. One of the' guard ran back a few rods and returned with a parcel tied up in a red bandana handkerchief, and handed it to the prisoner, saying. "Here, Yank !" ? The General then said to the pris? oner, who stood straight as an arrow, facing him, with the little bundle in his right hand. "Go: Take to the water!" He quickly reached the river, and all watched him with smiling faces, as he breasted the current, carrying the package between his teeth. On as? cending the bank he speedily resumed his uniform and then, facing "his friends, the enemy," he sainted, and hastened back to his camp. The as? surance given to General Gordon by bis soldiers was never violated. But the truth of history demands that I should state that the Confederate who handed the bundle to the Union pris? oner, made a mistake, in his eagerness to obey his General's order, and in? stead of returning the coffee, gave him a package of tobacco. T. J. Mackey, Late Captain Engineers, C. S. A. Cnrtelmas Notes Do not put off your Christmas shop? ping until the stores are crowded, then so many pleasant possibilities will suggest themselves , when it is too late for realities. While there is yet plenty of time to plain, do your work and your outlay will not be hurried and without forethought. If you cannot put. love and kind? ness in your gift, and the bright hope that it will carry joy to the heart of the receiver?don't give. Gifts made because it is "expected of jrou" are of very little value. If you belong to the worthy poor, who, by hara work and economy manage to live, or if you are in debt, don't make Christ^ mas presents. Always keep within your means. If you only have one dollar you can spare, don't spend any more; and the gift should be ap? propriate-to the recipient's circum? stances. It is the suitableness and the mo? tive which prompted, that confers the most pleasure?it is not the expensive, articles. Let your good sense' dis? criminate between the needs of your rich and poor friends. A most val? uable gift too often finds its way to the one who needs, it least. Don't send to-some poor widow a costly vase when the money it cost will do her so muoh more good. Do not send an opera cloak to your country friend. It takes more head work than money to Surchase suitable Christmas gifts, tudy the proper adaptation of your gift. If you have no household cares, or are a person of leisure, you can make pretty fancy articles, which will be a pleasure to you and the gifts will car? ry with them much happiness; but if you are the over-burdened housewife the making of such articles will be an injustice to yourself that nothing can excuse. Books are cheap, and always safe to give them for a present. What will give greater pleasure to a shut in mother, than a good book or magazine? Nothing affords greater opportunity for the exercise of common sense than Christmas giving, as the day that should be a joy, has become to many, a burden. Shall the mother just work and drudge and be neglected and forgot? ten on this universal holiday? It depends upon herself. If your chil? dren give a party be present; do not be in the kitchen working at some? thing that will keep a month. Com? pel your family to respect your rights by taking all the recreation and pleas? ure you can. Make your home bright with Christmas green, and be for a short time unfettered among your family. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh tbat contain Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physi? cians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to th6 good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0., contains no mer? cury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and raucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. J?"*Sold by Druggists, 75c. ? Young people should form habits of pleasant speech while yet young, for a habit of speaking harshly is diffi? cult to break up in after years. Thos* who pray, and who earnestly seek the aid of Christ, will find that they can easily overcome the evils of unkind speech, and can become more addicted to using pleasant tones of voice. Avoid scolding, ^^Ji^Afl^LjU??01" abroad, and sp^j^ p&il times. Back to Africa. Atlanta Constitution, "I'm lookin' fur de place whar yer' buys tickets fur Afrioa, sah?through tickets fur Africa." He was a model type of the old time Southern darky, and as he spoke he leaned forward over the railing in the office of Mr. Dave Appier, the well known Central Railroad man, with an expression of eagerness and anxiety on his face. His name was Daniel Brown, and he is president of the At? lanta Africa Excursionists' Associa? tion. The railroad men looked at the vis? itor in surprise. "All the way to Africa ?" one of them ventured to ask after a while. "Tas, sah, clean ter Africa. Yer see, boss, dar's twenty-five uv us gwine. We done put up de money in de 'sociation, an* got word from New York dat de tickets would be sent ter Atlanta dis week I'm lookin' fur de tickets ter take us over, don't yer see, boss, and come in heah to see if dis is. de place whar dey is ter come." The old man's story was finny on the first blush. Those in the Office looked at each other and laughed. But there was such a tremor of anx? iety in the darky's tone, and suoh an earnestness in his countenance as lie stood there poorly clad and weather beaten, his little sharp topped! hat in his hand and his big hickory stick tin-' der his arm, that it was evident on second thought that there must be something behind his strange inqui? ries. To a Constitution reporter standing near the old man told the full story. He is really going to Africa. He is going, to take a party of twenty-four colored citizens of Atlanta along with him. They will leave to-morrow. The thing is fixed. There is no fake about it this time, sure, for the tickets have really been bought, the special car to take them to Savannah over the Central Railroad has been ordered out. the baggage is packed and ready to be checked?they are going. ^ It seems that the members of the "'sociation," as they term it. have been chipping in their nickels and dimes to this excursion fund for the past two years, They are some of Gaston's satelites. Gasten is the promoter of the great movement among the negroes of the South to go to Africa, a movement which swept over this entire region of the South about two years ago. Under his guidance the movement took shape in Atlanta more than a year ago, and many a dollar, was sub? scribed by the darkies of this and other cities of the Southern States to the f unc- that was vaguely understood to be a kind of mutual concern that would grow bigger and bigger as the days grew warmer with the approach of summer and some day when the thing had grown to fabulous enormity all of them would awake from their dreams of sweet contemplation and take voyage on the goodly ship that would sail them safely some bright day upon the shining sands of sunny old Africa, their fond motherland. ~ It is needless to say that many of these dollars were checked off from time to time on the expense account of the "'sociation," for all well regu? lated business has to have expense accounts. It is needless to say futher that many of the colored folks who subscribed to the .fund grew doubtful by and by and pulled out. Thus .the movement had its rise and its fall. Nothing has been heard from it lately. The wonder is that even twenty-five stuck it out in good faith, paying in' their little contributions from time to time to the fund and reveling in the fond dream of some day crossing over to the land where burn the sands and where live, the kangaroos. But they did, and they are going to Africa sure enough. Information was received at Mr, Appier's office yester? day from the New York office of the Central railroad company instructing him to issue the tickets for twenty five colored tourists from Atlanta to New York via the Savannah steam? ship line. The money for the tickets has been put in the hands of the rail j road people in New York and the spe? cial steamer to take the excursionists i over to Africa will sail next week. They will take their Christmas din? ners in Africa! Think of it, in Africa 1 It is a funny sight to look upon the types of excursionists that stood there in the Central railroad office yester? day. They were older than one would think, and when they go to Africa it will be to die. Many of them are stooped under the unfriendly touch of age and have the frosts from the al? mond tree on their brows. They were all poorly clothed, wearing trousers that bagged about their bony knees and coats with patches about the but? tonholes and up and down the arm sleeyes. They are terribly in earnest about this business. Somebody dared ask them if they didn't think they would suffer from undying cravings for the Georgia watermelon over there in Africa, but didn't insist on an answer when he saw the joke grated so harsh? ly upon the feelings of the ? colored j voyagers. They won't be joked about it. They have been working hard for two whole years, practicing strictest economy in order that they might take this trip and go home to Africa to lay them? selves down and die. How they have gone to bed hungry night after night in order to put aside a few nickels and dimes for this fund ! How they have worn rags in cold, raw winter time just for the sake of keeping unbroken this pretty dream now blooming into a reality. The story is not without its pathetic side. They leave to-morrow and will go right through to New York in time to catch the steamer to Africa next week. They say there is no such thing as "turn back" in this business. They are going to Africa to live and die. When they shake the dust of America from their brogans it will be to get an eternal shine on the shores of Africa. Bucklens Arnica Salve The best salve in the world for Cuts Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all SkinJDrup tions and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refund? ed. Prise 25 cents per box. For sale by Hill Bros. ? "Dear me," said the girl with black, snappy eyes, "I wish I was a foot ball player." "What do you mean?" asked her mother aghast. "Just what I say. I wish I was a foot-ball player, and that hateful, snippy little Sallie Giggles was on the Lothar, side," . ? , Israel In Ir^SjjH |1 The Rev. W. H. Cawp^Hj^^^ rector of St. Paul's Chnrch^^'5%^'^ a most interesting and ?Sd&MjM lecture at the South CaromlHg gjg Wednesday evening on "The JdHpfj Israel Identity Theory.'' The subject, he said, was so extend [ sive that in a lengthy address he ccul<L' only give a general outline. Be began with the Bible and gave a brief . sketch of the Hebrew race until the days of Behoboam, when they became two separate nationalities, Judah and Israel j the people of the former being known as Jews and the latter as Israel? ites. All Jews are Israelites, but all Israelites are not Jews. Israel was carried into captivity by the Assyrians 725 B.C., and disap? peared from the nations of the earth. About 140 years later Judah suffered a similar fate and was taken into cap? tivity by Nebuchadnezer, and remain? ed in Babylon until restored to their own country by Cyrus the Great. Their oity and temple were rebuilt and the nation prospered until A. D. 70, when Jerusalem was captured and destroyed by the Remans and the people scattered among the nations of the earth. ? Israel was carried off to the region southwest of the Caspian Sea. . Some believe they became extinct, but they must be in existence somewhere or I prophecy is falsified.- They were cer-1 tainly in existence in onr Lord's day. The dispersed are frequently mention-1 ed in the New Testament and Jose phus records that in his day they were in great numbers beyond the Euph? rates. Some imagine they are the people of Afghanistan, or the Chinese, or the American Indians. But all such surmises are without proof, absurd and inconsistent with prophecy, which declares the greatness and glory J of Israel, their vast numbers and j wealth. The prophecies concerning the Jews and our Lord were literally fulfilled. May we not suppose that those concerning Israel were also literally fulfilled ? They were literally fulfilled for two thousand years, but when the Ten Tribes were-lost and to j all appearance the prophecies were about to fail, the theory of spiritual interpretation was invented. j A number of prophecies were quoted which have apparently failed unless it j. can be shown that they have been ful filled in some nation of the present day, and England alone meets them I all. I One of the prophecies of particular ] interest was that which related to the j Prophet Jeremiah j who was appointed and established In all generations to pull down and destroy and also to build up and to plant, that'is to I declare God's purpose of pulling down and destroying and of building up and planting His people. There is no question as to the pulling down and destroying, but where did he build I and plant ? He'. then proceeded to show that Jeremiah with the daughter j of King Zedekiah, the last King of the Jews of David's line, settled in I Ireland and that from her is descended the present Queen of Great Britain, the throne of David, and the prophecy fulfilled, all of which is supported^ by ? historical. triditiohal, ethnological and philological evidence. Jeremiah I found Israelitish colonies in Ireland. .! The wandering Israelites were traced from the East by "waymarks" through Europe to Great Britain and it was shown that the tribes who overran Europe in the Middle Ages were all ! from the very locality to which Israel was transported, and no even plausible explanation of their origin can be given if they were not lost Israel. Numerous marks were related by which lost Israel will be discovered and identified in the latter days, and Great Britain meets them all. Prophecy must be fulfilled, and if a nation can be found in which all the prophecies, promises and blessings I relating to Israel are fulfilled, that nation must be Israel, and Great Bri tain is that nation; the British are distinguished by every mark that serves to identify them with lost Israel and fails not in a single one. jj The main argument is derived from j prophecy. If, as Euenen and others assert, the prophecies concerning Israel have not been fulfilled, then the veracity of the Bible is impeached. If Israel is lost and cannot be discov ered as a great and powerful nation,'! j or as a multitude of Non-Palestine nations, we cannot successfully defend the inspiration of Scripture. The spiritual interpretation theory satis-1 fies and scoffers; it made David Hume an infidel. j Mr. Campbell expressed che opinion I i that in God's time and at no distant day the identity would be established, ! and this will be a wonderful confirma-1 j tion of the truth of the Bible and forever silence doubters and unbeliev? ers. Lost Israel, lost to history for j more than twenty-five hundred years, j must and will be discovered and iden? tified because God hath made an ever? lasting covenant with their Father Abraham that he should be the father of great and numerous peoples distin-1 guished by many temporal blessings. ?News and Courier. \ Night Growth, Good Health points out the curious fact that night is the time whioh na? ture utilizes for growth. Plants grow much more in the night than in the daytime, as can be proved any time by measurement. Measure a vine at night, then measure it again in the morning, and the next night, and it will be found that the night growth is two or three times that accomplish? ed during the day. During the day the plant is very busy gathering nour? ishment from various sources, and during the night this raw material is assimilated in the plant life. The same fact is true of the animal creation. Children grow more rapid? ly during the night. In the daytime while the child is awake and active, the system is kept busy disposing of the wastes consequent on this activi? ty ; but during sleep the system is free to extend its operations beyond the mere replacing of wornout parti? cles ; hence the rapid growth. This is why so many invalids need so much rest and sleep. The system has been taxed for years beyond its ability to repair the tissues, and hence the organism has become worn and disabled from the accumulation of waste products, and disease has re? sulted. With the proper conditions restored and a dense of perfect rest, nature will reassert herself, clearing up the clogged and dirty tissues and restoring the organs to their normal condition. ? "I am surprised that a man of your intelligence and old family could find no better name for your boy than Andrew Jackson.'' "You don't un? derstand my motive. He will never succeed in being a dude with such a MlBBj ag that." ? ??-i^^M At W his peculiar old horses in ? "Do yon1 asked the yb? I enjoys goin' still in school don't like." ? Mrs.; Marrf widow of the inv for the use of shir living at an advail " gton. Deacon WilliaJ brdr who ;d:ed] age,of 85 years,.h&I" one birthdays. Hu: ruary 29, 1808. ? Teacher: Can anj me why St. Peter is ] gate ? Johnny Fe!r,_ heVa-layin' fer dose f bed him ter pay Paul/ ?"The latest slat more than two-thii male population of| tobacco in some one of which it is taken. , ? Cotton has been] time out of memo/ presents received oyj rather, from the roj ra'oh was ? Becau^j could not willed hei* hi his head off. her excellence1 recognition. ? First trayelil the originator of is always room at Second traveling speaking from expel should say it was si hotel clerk." ? Wife?"John, yot me every time you went we were married:, but ^ now/.* Husband?"lSFcJ the reason Tdo not is tl consider it proper to kiss woman.' ? First Boarder? "Did yoa| good Thanksgiving dinner ?" Do?"Fine. We *iad a fcuri First Do?"What I only one turjj for all that crowd !/I dorit see I you made it go 'round." Second] ?"It'was tough enough -to stretj* ? Muggins (recently marriejj ing his apartment) : This is robe where my wife haj " and this is another my wife hangs het Where do you hang yc gins: Oh, I don't have any now. ? That which is popularly knowr as the funny bone,, just at the poii of the elbow, is in reality not a bot ?t all, bdt anerve that lies near " surface, and which, on getting a km or blow, causes the well-known tir, ling sensation in the arms and finge ? Of 67 Queens of France on!y:^ have died without leaving iheh tones a record of misery, were divorced, two execut died young, seven were soon three cruelly treated, threeJH the poisoned and broken-hearMr up the rest. ? "I never in my life,'\gjj gymau to his wife, after, Westminster Abbey, "j congregation. They were! every eye was upon me fr word to the last." "Nol said his wife; "your glov( side your hat and when yoi they remained on the to] head all through the sermoi ? The national convent groes met in Cihcinatti About 500 delegates repor opening oi the meeting. M. Turner, the leader in^ ment, was made permane He made & carefully pre] full of facts and feeli, cates a partial emigrat to Africa. ? The following two* families are"/obably unrival Rev. Asa h?tith, of Sulliva) Tenn., is 70 years old, and of thirty-three living chillt other family is that of Mosej colored; who lives near N. C. He has been tat and is said to possess foj dren, al! but five of who ? She sat down withi of controversy shinir. "What's the reason yo| slould not be allowed! aggressively inquired] ject to the single w<J answered, 'ibjjfljShiJ ried woman wnonaai after has all the trouble'oi she deserves. That's lny only real She arose with her face enwreathec smiles. ? "All your boys turned out well did they ?" "Yes, I reckon they T "What's John doing?"J'R? curin' of fever in''Texas'" Dick?" "He's enlargin'of a cot newspaper an' a-collectin' of subs tions." "And William?whatV doing?" "He's a-preachin' of gospel an' splittin' rails fer a livin'l "And what are you doin .?" <fWc I'm a-supportin' of Jehn an' Dick William.'r . ? The citizens of Dijon, Fi baveft just voted a tax for puttim railing around a trecvrrwhich stal within the city lidbj s. The tr bears a label which ihtorms the sigl seer that it is the oldest poplar France. The Town Council has] record tracing the history of the since., the year 722 A. D. It is feet in height and 45 feet in cii ference at the base. ? Mrs. John J; Atkins; of Pj delphia, is the possessor of the] which Robert Raikes, of EngL used 113 years ago in inscribing L names of the childi-en who attend the'first Sunday School, wJiich founded by?him in Glouster. It goose quill, and was a Christinas; ent to him. It Is a somewhat f some thing, being 9 inches Joi is wrapped in fellow silk and dt with; smair,' many colored gli Mr. ' Raike8 gav^ifche- pen Atkins':