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HA? Fancy "IM Fcr salo '0. L?w:!3?ric?8- bj . NO. 5 <:m<iUOLA PLACE. fe Yaxm to reat, ?nana?* m i?fun?t?m?fcWBB??? S. Ml fies who fin|?ebted toM foto, Account, er othemie, will plitase take i-tEat I have deterraiiaed t? collect .money le tbi? Fall, and uulea? paymeat';ij made? of. November;, 1.8 98 obliged to fom She collection of my I?w. ind a? parties who ha ve :given or Mortgages od Crops* acd ?tlier pro]}' [dispose. O:' same, will be prosecuted. Iteion, I wish it distinctly understood o?ceris intended for ALL who owe me, mean to collect what ?? dus nx$s, regard 1 instances. ? - fcti ce,jxwke~paymens, and save i'JQ?T. GROCERIES. Hess IftQGERTES! SSB4S rEFTSEEN W ANDEBSQJi ! COME AND) SEE FOR YOURSELVES! in print exact amonais of Goods, as oca day we may bare eat, Sugar, CofC?e, Hams, lard, &c, ery muoh reduced. Our sales some days weald astonish any alnly a reason fbr'th|n? whtoh we wilt try fcv explain. First, f Flour of all wades; Bacon, Lard, Hams, Sosraj end Coffee, Carolina; and second, *-e give good weights and the t cists Qoo?s. 'ale of C&as*? & S?nbc*n'0 Koaated ColTe?, which IT'you non't belieTe It, ask any friend who visited the |i a bad cup of Coffee ou the ground while there. They had iir worid-renowned 'ISaal Brandl at the Fair. .CTJHR ANTS and CITRON arriving every day, and we are ad ** us. Yours truly, licon & Ledbetter, h> '? "Whoiaalaaad Retail Groeera. sand "Varieties I Price, I?. Irour life when yom Fail to See tt HUBBARCl'S ELRY PAMCE. ^OA-utn shake a stick at, and at pricw that will'astonish the lioly lose money if you don t see me BEFORE BUYING. ?d Silver Watches cannot be surpassed in the State. 'iSaf.iingu. " Iva-and Plated Knives, Forks and ttpoons. 83 Goods, China Novelties. . Vi r ' ' Onea Tea Sets, Chamber ??t?, &? , in great variety. WORLD WITHCOT :jEWX>. |jDg. -?ES* W?fch Woika Specialty, raving free on all Goods bought of me. "WILL R, H?BB?ED, Next to Farmers aud Werc&a^te Bank. will cure ? Ibiaplainfc, Chronic Hep't&titis, Jaundice^. TbTjto? Ijeial debility following'upon malarial diseases. <e*, Dysentery, Constipation, Hemorrhoids, ial and Cystic Diseases, Hamilton* and Jvatamanial derangements. :?/?'.{? FOB SALE BY 'OIDID <3c GO. BILL AKPS LETT3B. Good RearJto Follow the Panic. A&tnta Qmttittuvm, "Chfe no man anything.'' I reckon tliab is good- doctrine, but if St; Paul bad been a Gentile and a 'family man and bad lived' in our day he would have qualified the injiinctioh. We 'are just obliged to owe somebody. A iright square up "pay as you go" busi nese might suit an old bachelor like Paul, but it don't; suit uh. This is an age of credit. Even the national gov? ernment is in debt millions of dollars, and. so are the States and Counties 'and most of the claurches. Banks are chartered to lend money and every? body Is invited to come and borrow'. "With all thebe examples before us the people have got in a way of going in debt and they can't get out of it. It in sj.id that the nation ow^s more than it is worth and i,3 really bankrupt, but I thad can't be so. There are lots of t folks who owe aboat as.much as they, own, but as long its t.tiey pay ihein j torest it don't matter. Interest is of I more importance than the principal to i a money, lender. A bond for thirty jeays is worth more than one for ten years. Debt is a hard master, but credit is a kind friend rnd there is lots of fun in catching up. Tre been trying to catch up ever since the war but almost everybody is iibout a year behind. and . they stay so. With the average family man it is almost imp'ps-'.; sible to catch up, and so begets need to tb^e credit system and generally dies: Wif.h a debt on- his esWte. That'? whtt is the matter ->rith politics right no'V. The. late panic interrupted the credit7system and the people are mad! about it. They want to borrowmoreji money i ind they talk aboutf $5G "per capita" just like, the government.or somebody owed every man, woman and; , child that much and wouldn't pay it. Th ire is some- good in every misfor? tune, and I know that the panic has . had some good results,. It has put the braies on the train of extravagance. The way to get out of debt is tobuy nothing that you axe not obliged to have, and we.r.re doing it at my house ?not willingly at all, but- when the merchan :s sell for cash only and we haven't got the cas'bv th.il stops the train?even suchi folks rxvo Had to slow, dp, for_town lots anc' bond? aria, stocks are noc cashr Ilorohants are ?tntcft. selling as many luxuries as ? they #id a year ago. . A jeweler told me he {? fas not selling one-third as much. It is curious how a man will;- uucohsol- : ously graduate his debt!-.. If he can't ;j?y all. and has a little money and wants to do right, he will pay the butcher and hiB grocery merchants in preference to the dry goods nTerchact. ;$ood is mere important than clothing. ?You can patch up last year's garments, but victuals must come iresh every day* J^'ood and fire -ccme'first and have the . first lien on a olim purse. And the gas bill and water bill has to ? be paid by town folks or these com? forts; will be cut off. They belong to corporationsand corporations have no;, ^sduls. Servant's hire ranks pretty high, especially the cook and wash, ?woman. They are always paid. ';||) man is ashamed for his cook to think he has no money. Her respect for Mm is based upon the idea, that he is a gentleman and doesn't belong to the "poor white fa-ash," as the negroes call them . So to keep up the delusion I he always pays the colored servants. But after these -comes the dry goods men and they get a slice now and then and take a . note for the balance5! j Lately they have got to drawing oii you and-they write you a love letter, asking you to protect-the drafts Ox they send you a statement about twice 'a-:'month and say "Please remit." That is all right and it. is business, hvil if a man hasn't got the money he can't protect the; draft, nor remit either. The draft wasn't in any par? ticular danger nohow, and as the pro? tection was for revenue only, it goes back dishonored. I paid a little bill the ? other ? day to an old friend and when I remember ihat I hoped we ?would now have a more limited corres? pondence, he said he didn't know any? thing about it; ,.that he supposed his J^.okkeeper was the guilty party. So ?hereafter I shall pay less attention to these billydoos from bookkeepers. V'But last of all. comes the preacher and the.doetor. I am sorry for them. The lawyer can take: care of himself, -but the doctor seems like onaof the family and he will wait and wait before ho sends in his bill, and then wait, and wait again bef ore any serious attention is paid to it. The family thinks tocf much of him to treat him. ' like he -was a creditor and he thinks too much-of them to ? jmportune. It is suoh an affectionate, confidential relation that it must not be, disturbed by -a little matter,of money, and so, in themeaUr time, the poor family, doctta is in dan? ger of perishing to death. I paid ono th(5 other cay a little, bill of $11 that was two years old and his surprise and gratitude were distressing, 3ut the preacher is the most helpless of all creditors. He can't make out any bills nor send any duns. He has to deal with a corporation, and church corporations are pretty much like all others. No one individual ackriow.1* edges the debt. If he, acknowledges his part he is doing pretty well,. The ofiicers meet once a year and fix the salary and another set of- officers call around once a month and ask for the money, but they do not get more than, half of it. The good humble preaoher goes to *he treasurer occasionally and timidly a?ks if there is an3r money on hand for him. - He gets-about half hisr dues and thanks the Lord in his heart and invoked a blessing upon his peo? ple. I: wonder if there is a town churohjpkll the laad that keeps right '"ad;_?::-"-;..V- . :.._;_? I square up with the preacher. One time X was present with the officers' .when the preacher ventured to tell them that he-was very much embar? rassed, th^t he owed money and couldn't pay it. The church had promised him $800, and were behind $200, and the year only half gone. One of the officers suggested that he call the attention of the congregation to it next Sunday. No, he tiaid, he hated to do that for the truth was that $160 of the $200 was doe by 1;he offi? cers then present. Well, that was a. soodoleger. Next year it waa propos? ed to raise his salary to - $1,000, but he objected, saying that he couldn't 'afford to lose any more than he was losing. But T . forgot to mention l;axes? taxes that are as inexorable jmd un? feeling as death. Nothing iiti certain in this world but death and taxes. I .remember when- the rate of tixation on land was only 10 cents on a hun? dred dollars, but now it is 100 cents. They seen: to get higher and higher as\ :the years roll on. . I don't know where the blame is.Maybo .it can't 'be helped, for there is the lunatic asylum that costs near ( j^0?',0?O a. year and there are other chanties and expensen we did not have in the days of aiild lang syne.; Then there are these' ever? lasting courts that-never end and their cost is immense and gets immenser every yeex. .What is to become: of tWse negroes, anyhow ? Hertj is the list report: of Captain~ Jonos, which says that during the la?t year,, from. October to October, he hag. received "16 convicts?all colored.: 'Chis is nearly twice as many as the year pre-, . ceding. The report for 1892 Was 196, whites till:' told in the cohvioli camps. Now there are only 185 whites. -There are now 1,981 negroes 'in %Hkf> camps, boisg 91 per cent, of all the convicts. The increase of colored convict? aver- ] ages 15 per cent, a year. Thfitrate will tajce cnly six and one-half years to bring the, number up to 4,000. When will this alarming condition stop and what will stop' it ? Our jail is full all,Gle"" year round and so are ; mbstoz the jails in th 3 State, and it takes time and money to try them and' feed them. Of couril.e^we want a reformatory and we wa^'t it very badiy, but it-will take one-of ImWraoth pro? portions to hold all the young negroes who will be sent there.: That college will matricolate five hundred the first year, and it will take lots o:* money and more f axes to kenp it up. But we won't worry about future1 troubles. It is well enough though to foresee them and prepare for them. It looks like we will need a tariff for revenue 4&nd protection, too, before wo getl through with the negro. Bill Aep. Another BUok Eye for the Dlupensasy. CfaslebsTON, S. C, beu. 11.? Charles E. Edgerton," agent of the ?Clyde line of the New York and Charleston Steamship- Company , was to-day released from custody by order ?of Judge Slimonton, of the United; States district court. "'if '? Mr. Edgorton was arrested on Sep? tember 19 th, under the;disp8niiary law for bringing liquor into the ?State on the steamship "Seminole." Twelve barrels of beer, marked "mineral: water/' having been seized on the ship after her arrival. HJdger ton g'ave bond for his appearanoe, -but subsequently surrendered himself to. the sheriff and went before Judge Simontun and asked for a discharge bii! the gro?n d that the dispensary law, u^derwhich he was arrested,- w ts. in contravention of the inter-State oom> mitee law. The question decided by the court in the decision rendered to-day is that, a State cannot f orbid the importation of intoxicating liquors into its. terri? tory by a common carrier .'engaged in -inter-Stateandforeign commerce.' The Wilson Act, according to Judge Simonton, gives no new power to the States; all that it does is to remove ? protection from imported packages, and place them under State jurisdic? tion. . ..';'"? The decree concludes: It is no of? fense on the part of this general agent of the Clyde line that the: liq?rs were imported as stated. . So the prisoner was discharged. .' The decision opens the door for the' importation of liquor, as it exempts the agents of railroads and steamships from punishment by the State courts for violation of the dispensary law. .Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that 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 prescripiiouE 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 mucous surfaces of the system. In buying JETail'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. JteH3oH by Druggists, 75c. ? A lawyer who was sometimes for? getful, having been engaged to plead ihe cause of an offender, began by saying : "I know" the prisoner at the bar and he bears the character of being a moot -consummate and impu? dent scoundrel!" Here somebody whispered to him that the prisoner was his client, when he immediately continued: "But what great and good man ever lived who was not oalumi nated by many of his con tempora? ries 7' ISRAEL'S WOKEft. BAibl Reich Takes a Hand In tho Popular Controversy. Atlanta Constitution. Woman was the b?rden of the rabbii's discourse at the Hebrew syna? gogue last night, and from the temper of his argument, as well as the Bibli? cal allusions with which it was rein? forced, it was evident that he could be safely entrusted with her champion? ship. Li stead of being the "lesser man," according to a well-known idea, Rabbi Reich advances the proposition that woman is the greater man, and quotes the Old Testament as his warrant for the declaration. This statement will carry additional interest to the renders of the Consti? tution,in view of the recent contro? versy which has stirred the city, growling out of the big convention whicla met in Atlanta ? few weeks ago. A number of good women were brought to the front during the pro? ceeding of the convention, and those who were not in sympathy with this privilege enjoyed by the fair sex were not at all meager in their criticism. An able sermon by Dr. Hawthorne a few Sundays ago reflected the senti? ments of quite a large number on this question. At the' same time it care? fully ^reviewed tho argument opposed to such" ah innovation, as many ternied it, in thiB section of the country. As might be naturally' expected, the ser? mon of Dr. Hawthorne provoked con? siderable discussion 'and several arti? cles appeared in the public print. The sermon of the rabbi last night adds another chapter to the continued story and lends additional interestjto the situation. The: sermon 'was prop? erly the sequel of ione delivered S?st Friday night a week ago, in which he dwelib at large upon the dHaracteristics of the wo^en of Israel. "Has it ever occurred to you," s?id the xabbi. beginning his discourse,,, "how pointed and i,'explicit the decfa ratioiii is contained'in the second chap? ter o']( Genesis,-twenty-i'ourth verse: 'Therefore shall a mi.n leave his father and his mother, and shall derive unto his wife, and they shall, be one?fl.esh.' Morally ?peeking, the womarn is the greater of the two, and man" to .a large" extent its .'dependent upon her. Instead of cleaving to him, we hive the statement from God's, nwn^word that he' must cleave upon her. In addressing our parents in tha garden'of Eden the man was not sin? gled out ?s the favorite of God, but fle'addr^BEed nimself toboth of them. In aLj of His dealings with the pair He respected them as man: and wife, and accorded no priority to the oiie which was not equally shared by the other. > "We all know the apostle Paul was a brilliant man, and a great scholar. He was a Hebrew s of the Hebrews, and was familiar with the language and literature of his' country. As a Hebriiw, if must also follow that he was flirailiar with the\ attitude of the JeWxBh'l?w with reference to woman. He knew, the exalted esteem and ven? eration in whioh she was held. I have, therefore, only one excuse for the boKef which Paul entertained and that in, that having lived in the neigh b?rhood of Rome for suoh a long time,, he became saturated, as it were, with the Liitin idea, and Adopted the opin? ion of the Romans, which he appro? priated as his Own. We all know that womeia were never regarded in Rome with that degree oflove and reyerenoe observed by the Hebrews. A Hebrew "woman was always allowed her own pleasure in the choice of a husband. It was supposed ? that her own judg? ment would guide her properly in making a selection, and that she was equal to any situation of this kind by .which her future life and destiny was to be determined. . "In looking over the books of the Old Testament we very readily per? ceive the e3teem and love in which the women of Isiael -were held. How gracefully was Isaac wooed by Re? becca. At first, after having met her at the well, and being enamored of her charms, he preferred to bring his suit before her parents directly, but they deferred to the superior wishes and pleasure of their. daughter. Jacob was a perfect Chesterfield in his treat? ment of the gentle sex. How long and uncomplainingly he labored for Kachel ! At the present day if a man was required to work fourteen years for a woman of his choice, he would take sach a requirement as, his death sentence. But Jacob never murmur? ed. Iiis manner was that, of an earn? est suitor, who recognized the merit of the woman for whom he toiled, and who would obtain her at a fair price, however great ^e sacrifice or the 'amount of labor required. And all through the Old Testament and the books of the Talmud, we find that Is? rael's womanhood was respected, and that the Hebrew nation looked up to her as a superior being. ^"The women have always been treated by the rabbis with becoming gallantry, who have recognized her potential influence and the strength of her mind and character." He then went on to give in detail examples of female excellence aud wisdom, dwelling at length upon the virtues in which she excelled the sterner sex. "Under the old Jewish law, as a proor of the reverence in which a wo? man was held by the ancient Hebrews, a newly married man was exempt from public duty for a whole year that he might devote himself exclusively to the welfare and entertainment of his bride. This lengthy honeymoon was one of rosy satisfaction and was filled with every kind of gay festivity. No business cares were allowed 30 inter ? fere with, his' honeymoon in any way, and for twelve months his only duty was the one in which his heart and soul were most vitally interested. Ent the period of his respect and love for his wife did not end, by any means, with this prescribed limit. He con? tinued to love and venerate her as the dearest being on earth, and to give her, at all times, his patient and lov? ing consideration." Branching out from this idea, the rabbi- advanced the proposition that every man, in duty to himself, and'in fulfillment of the-law of God, should espouse a good and noble vornan. "He who has never married is not a perfect man." This may not be a compliment to the bachelors, but-I make the statment on good authority, and those who properly interpret the word of God will agree with me in this opinion. Beasoning upon the basis of the Old Testament, as well as the traditions of the Jewish nation, the rabbi went on to observe that a woman_was qualified for any office in which ner soul and spirit were interested. "Were it not for our good women," said he, "what would become of the attendance upon our Sabbath worship ? The women are the great workers of-the Church, and' experience has shown, that;as teachers they are unsurpassed. In the Sabbath school' throughout the world they teach the word of Gud with bet? ter results than men, and after all what-limitation should be put upon their usefulness except that prescrib? ed by their, own individual merit ?? I plead in behalf of our noble women and'I trust that Israel will never de? part from her love and loyalty to those who have eveHbeen foremost In the sight of God." The above is substantially the gist of Babbi Beioh's eloquont sermon. It was pervaded by a spirit of earnest and persuasive eloquence and, every sentence 'that come with deliberate accent from the mouth of the speaker fell upon -the listening ears of his con? gregation. It was an able and in? structive . discourse, and as such, it will be widely read and appreciated. Manufacture of God Honor In China. X correspondent of the North China Herald, writing from the interior of Kiangsu province, mentions that one ;of the industries there is the manu? facture of mock money for offering ito the dead. Formerly the Chinese burnt sham paper money, but in these days of enlightenment and foreign in-, frercourse the natives of Soongkong, Han^chow, and other places have come to the conclusion that'^dollairs are more' handy to the ghosts than clumsy paper money. Hence they now to a great extent Bupply their an? cestors and departed friends with mock dollars. . These , are only halhT the size of real dollars, but there ap? pears to be no more harm in cheating the dead than there is in cheating the living. Besides, the deceased-are not BuppdBed ? to know the difference, for many of them departed this Itfe before silver dollars were imported into China. A hundred mock Carolas dol? lars; done -p in boxes, are sold for & cash. The operation of making this money is interesting. First of all there are blocks of, tin which are melt? ed down' and then poured between boards lined with Chinese paper, and when the upper board is pressed down on the lower, a thickness of tin re? mains. This is next cut "up info strips four inches long, one wide, and an. eighth of an inch thick. Some ten of these strips are placed evenly together, one on top of the other, and one end is held between the fingers, when the workman proceeds to ham? mer them out till he has beaten them so fine that they are now three feet long and a foot broad, and so thin that they are not thicker than, the thinnest paper. This is next pasted on com? mon cardboard, which is then out with a punching machine to the size of half dollars, and this having been done, a boy takes the cut-ont pieces in hand and with two dies, one repre? senting the one side and the other the reverse, hammers impressions of dol? lars on them, and the money is ready for use. Another very curious instance of the practice of cheating the gods is recorded in the same journal, but from quite a different part of the country. It appears that districts of the An hui province have lately been ravaged by an epidemic, so that in many places the people were unable to at thnd the harvesting of the crops. An attempt was then made to deceive the gods by "playing at" New Year's Day, and-pretending that "N ovember 1 was the first day of the new year. Every preparation for celebrating the bogus new year was made, such as burning fire crackers and pasting hap? py sentences on red paper on the ' doors. The objeot was to make the god of sickness think that he had made a mistake in the seasons and had erred in bringing an epidemic on the people at a -time when no epidemics in the course of nature should appear. As any action contrary to nature done by the gods is liable to punishment by the King of Heaven, the actors in this farce thought that the god of sickness would gather his evil spirits back to him for fear of the displeas I ure of his superior -divinity. The child's play received the permission and co-operation of the local authori? ties, but so far no visible effects for the better are apparent. ? ? "CoL Gore says he means to shoot you like a dog when he meets you." "Oh, that's all right. The colonel used to be on the police force and couldn't shoot a dog if he had it locked in a barn." Ninety PtT Cent Profit Per Aonom. We are glad to see that the state? ments w e have made in regard to the possibilities of the sheep raising in? dustry in South Carolina are receiving intellige.it attention outside of the State, even if they do not interest the Legislature. The Indianapolis Jour? nal summarises the arguments we pub? lished last week, and comments on them, as follows: "The Charleston Newt and Courier oalls on the Legislature of that State 'to dd something, anything, for the promotion and development of the sheep raising and wool growing indus? tries in South Carolina.' It cites in? stances < o prove that sheep growing can be made very profitable, and says there arc hundreds of thousands of cheap land in the State which are ad? mirably adapted for it. 'With proper protection and encouragement for the sheep industry,' it says, "'it is plain South Carolina should, become one of the greatest wool growing States in the Union.' Looking at another phase of ithe question the News and Courier siys: "We ought to do better than thitr. There are over a million .r -?. people, in the State to be supplied with woollen clothing, underclothing, blankets, carpets, etc., and probably not less than ten millions of dollarSj at a low estimate, go out of the State every year for such supplies. We can keep some of this money at home by raising wool, and manufacturing wool Jen goods for our own use at least.' These arguments in favor of the sheep industry i:avS?uth. Carolina are unan? swerable, but the Journal would like to ask the;. ITewa and Courier what the State Legislature can do in that direc? tion when a Democratic Congress and President are about to repeal the duty on foreign wool/',. And we take pleasure in replying. The Legislature can do "something," surely, instead of doing nothing, as Jhaslbeen its rule of conduct all these years. Wu did not offer any particu? lar suggestion, as the members of the present body are resentful of sugges? tions on any subject from this part;of the State, and we though the best plan wan to, let them determine for them? selves what direction their helpful., efforts should take. All that we want is that they should do something in reason ; and there are enough farmers among their number to tell them what to do if they could bring* themselves to the point of doing anything. Wliat. is needed, and all that in needed, is to protect the sheep raiser fr?m sheep raiders?biped and quadruped-rby! a ^tuple law or two that will enable him to deal effectively and promptly with both .classes of his enemies; he ahd his sheep and the soil and the olimate and the wild grass will do the rest. Only make it unprofitable to raise and keep dogs in the districts, adapted'to sheep raising, and there will soon be a thousand'sheep in such districts where there.is one now. .. It is hot a theory only. . The exper? iment has been tried here and in other Southern States. The finest varieties of Hheep thrive in every part-of this State,'-They can be raised in"the low ?country without care or attention'and. | almost without expense. In the last number ofv the Southern Cultivator the commisssioner of agri? culture for Georgia says that in the Southern part of the State, where the conditions are similar to those in the lower Counties of South Carolina, Some of the nooks number over 3,000. The sheep are of the "native" breeds and are. raised only for their wool. The annual cost for keeping them is estimated at about 14 cents a head and the annual net profit.on the capi? tal and labor invested at 90 per cent. What is being done in Georgia can be done in South Carolina and would be done, here at once if the industry were offered any kind and measure of protection?excusing the McKinley kind, which is plainly not needed. It is not "foreign wool," but domestic dogs, that the shepherd in the South has to fear. Give him a fair showing and the South will furnish the United States with wool, tariff or no tariff. There are large opportunities for the development of the industry in South Carolina, and there is plenty of money in it for those who will-go into it. If the Indianapolis Journal would like to do a service to some of the sheep raisers of its own State and section, who now find it hard to make a living, let it inform, them of the conditions here. A change of base will be to their advantage and to ours and to the interest of the whole country. Let them come. We will make them welcome, and rich and good Democrats?and who could ask more -than that I?Neics and Courier. Bnetlens 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. Prise 25 cents perbox. For sale by Hill Bros. ? When you go to town, take some? thing to sell, and try to carry more in value than you expect to bring back. This is the true policy of a farmer. Special farmers cannot do this, for they rely on one crop which comes in at one season of the year, and as a consequence they must wait until it is ready. The man who grows only cotton must wait until the fall (Sep? tember to November) before he can get any cash to pay for the things he has bought during the preceding time. It must be admitted that this a poor business. Let us change it. We be? lieve it can be changed. Reader, whatjlo_you say ? ; George W. Cable, in ??H "The Gentler Side of jflfl Southerners," which was toldlffl Cable by Mr. George H." Moffet^ the >3beninff Telegram, of Portland Oregon: "Stonewall Jackson," he said, "openly deplored as did so many oth er great leaders of the South, the in stitution of ? slavery. Yet he was firmly convinced that its existence was not only guaranteed by the nation? al Constitution, but sanctioned by a di? vinely inspired scripture. I heard him say as much in the only political speech he ever made. It was at a meeting held in Lexington, Virginia, in the .election campaign of 1860, his voice coming unexpectedly from a seat in the rear of the house, where he had risen in support of an aggressive reso? lution. He was then Major Jackson, a professor, as every one knows, in the Lexington Military Institute. He was a frequent visitor in the house where, as a college student, I boarded, and I had more than once heard him express in private conversation the same convictions which he, on the one occasion only, declared-in public. "My acquaintance with him was only such as a boy. of sixteen would have with a man of mature years. Our only point of intimate contact lay in the fact tnat I taught a olass in the now famous colored Sunday School which he had organized in connection with the Presbyterian church of the town. But I believe this Sunday School of negro children of which he was superintendent lay closer to his heart than any other ? objeot on earth except his home and family. In the war, though much under legal age, I became a private clergyman. Some? times I saw General Jackson. ' In August, 1862, , the day he met and drove back Pope's army in the battle of Cedar Bun, I was riding down the road leading north from Orange Court House, On my way from brigade head-, quartereto join my regiment on the Bapidan, when I overtook a" division of infantry on the march, going Re? ward Culpepper. The active move? ments of our forces indicated the sharp work that was near at hand. When' I reached the head of the column I found General Jackson, his cap drawn down over his forehead, riding alone and apparently buried in deep medi? tation of his strategic plans. I rode by with a silent salute, but he recogV nized iae, called me to halt, and, rid? ing up by my side, began to talk about the colored Sunday School in Lexing? ton. It was a great gratification'to him, he said, that the school was being kept up in his absence. So we parted, and he rode on to bloody vic? tory. "And once again; it wafi the after? noon of the first day of the second Bull Bun battle, and one of the most critical moments of Jackson's whole military career. He had gone around* through Thoroughfare Gap, putting the-Bull Bun Mountains and Pope's whole army-between himself and Lee. Pope had turned, closed in upon him, and brought him to hay. The battle had been raging for hours, and al? though Longs tree t had . come to Jack? son's aid, no one could not yet say. that Jackson'shard-pressed left wouloL not be Overwhelmed. Our battalion of cavalry under Major Patrick had beW halted near GrovetoU?almost in the center of the field of battle?and sharp? shooters were employed to.: meet tie' enemy, who were coming down the Whaiton pike. At this moment Gen? eral Jackson rode up. iThere was hard fighting everywhere. He conversed with Major Patrick, and then he turned and spoke to me. He said that' certain of ."our mien on an eminence above the road were'needlesslyex?: posed, and bade me ride to them and call them in. I had started to obey, when he suddenly stopped me with? "'Oh! I had a letter a few days ago from Doctor White, and he tells me that our Sunday School is still kept up.' ; "That was well. I went my way to execute his command,' and he rode back to his infantry. I'never saw him again." So spkoe my narrator, whom I thaiik again here for allowing me the honor to tell the story after him. Mary Magdallne's Grave Fifteen thousand pilgrims annually visit St Baume, in Province, not far from Marseilles, where Mary Magda? lene is said to have spent the last 30 years of her life. The legend, according to the No? velle Bevue, runs that- Mary Magda? lene came from Judaea in a small boat with Lazarus, Martha, the two Marys and Salome, bringing the body of St. Anne, the head of St. James the Less and a few wee bones of the inno? cents massacred by King Herod. But from early ages, this, story has been disputed, and the Abbe DuChesne, one of the most erudite writers on the early Christian saints and martyrs, considers that the relicts of Mary Magdalene were probably sent from Constantinople about the seventh cen? tury. A Greek breviary, however, speaks of the saint as having died at Ephesus.?New York Recorder. ? The word "indeed" was his fad, and the young woman got tired of hearing it. One evening he began a story. "I have," he said, "a very clever friend, indeed?" "In Deed ?" she interrupted, questioningly. "Yea, indeed," he reiterated innocently. "In Deed?" she repeated. "Yes." "I beg your pardon," she said; "where is Deed ?" And then he tum? bled, indeed, tern imprcgna? ? "There's my business/' sa "What is it ?" "Poro. ? There are apartment New York monopolized by porting bachelor girls, and the, the happiest of, their sex. ? According to the'last" ce~ there are over 3,000,000 bachelors the United States ; that is, 3,000,000 j men over thirty years eld who have never married. ? How does a horse set an exarapj of philanthropic y-to" man? He alwi stops at.the sound of woe,' willing to lei; you take t out of his mouth. ? If you have grit and you cannot fail. Choc ntsi ance undertaking according to common sense and stick to are bound to win. -Christian love feeds on as well as oh devotion. T points in Christian more often gained by j prayer.. ? "You look swee: said Josh Sasafras to h Sunday afternoon. " till supper -time and eat," was her reply. ? Teacher : Can any of y what is meant by "home industries Billie Bright (promptly): Up to house they'ro mostly sawin' wo' carryin* in coal ? The first appearance of pv "r in mercantile history was a cor&ign anent'of 10 bags sent fron/(Virgi New York for sale in 1794". f the product was 2,000,000 bugh ? The number of suicides tl out the world is 180,000 yearly the increase. The' greatest numbe ppen in June, the fewest in Septem , and nearly one half between and noon. ? Kentucky elected eight worn ounty School Superintendents at tb recent election. One of them is widow, about 45- years old,w; mother of 14 childrim^sj are under 12 years of age. ? One of our ministers tol truth when he said: "Find and you will find a liar." d the worst kind of a li e gossip is acuirssto the in which he or she lives.;. ? Recently two pirlsln seminary were play?ng at I their-bedroom, and one < * her head with suelr f< wall as to produce insensibi continued for sevc ral hours ? Little self denials, litt: ties, little passing words of sym; little nameless acts of kindness, silent victories over favorite tern; iioris?these are the threads of which, when woven together, gl brightly inythe pattern of i rtrotfapproves. ? The lady had implied a to the statement of the d "Madam," he said, indignant reputation rests upon ray "Well," she replied testily, needn't get ugly about it dation is strong enough t forever??_ ? ? ?E. E: Thompiion, of burg, Va., who is walking to Bogota, South America in the City of Mexico, ' tion of his trip is that "be no money with him. ^He hospitably received in Mi declares that he was. nearly s Texas. ? "I don't see what m* go to football games on Th Bay," remarked his wife, anything to do with the sp occasion." "Oh, yes, it has the reply. "I never went to ball game in my life that I didi tremendously thankful that I one of the players." ? Regularity of habits is no one o f the prime conditions of s in secular life, but is also one great safeguards 1 of charac man who keeps in the ben cannot go far wrong, Fixed work, for eating and reading and writing, and should be cultivated^ A good habit is one of" that any man ever had; and a is one of the worst. ? Rev. J. J. Whitte, known all over Brooklyn as "Dominie White, the, marrying minister," is dead, aged^flj years. Even the minister himself never knew the exact number of couples he had started on the matrij monial road, but he said weeks ago that he tb ought the rininl was over7,000. "Aadof these 14,( people," he said, "many have coi back to thank me, but none have ei returned to reproach nie. " ? The following snperi3titions j connection with New Year's are st firmly believed in varioiui parte'J England, Ireland, Scotland a/ Wales: On New Year's mornii to a -well or fountain apple and nosegay, and keep fresh and be more the year. If a dark man crosses your tires New Year's day, you will ous; if a blond, unlucl redheaded man, dire d i sas t follow.