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ALL TAN SHOES TO BE SACRIFICED! Bring your Cash and secure Biggest Bargains, Quick I THE following COLORED SHOES at a sacrifice to close out. These Croods will be sohl for CASH ONLY, so don't ask to have them charged. We arc sacrificing them because wc need the money : 4 pair Men's Fine Calf Tan, Lace.So.Tt formerly $5.00 4 pair Men's Fine Calf Tan, Blucher. 3.00 formerly 4.50 6 pair Men's Fine Goat Tan, Blucher. 2.75 formerly 4.00 12 pair Men's Fine Goat Tun, Lace. 2.35 formerly 3.50 14 pair Boys' Fine Goat Tan, Blucher. 2.25 formerly 3.00 4 pair Men's Fine Calf Tun, low quarters. 2.25 formerly 3.00 38 pair Ladies' Fine Oxford Tan, low quarters. 1.00 formerly 1.25 11 pair Ladies' Fine Oxford Tan, low quarters. 1.25 formerly 1.75 4 pair Ladies' Fine Oxford Tan, low quarters. 1.50 formerly 2.00 21 pair Ladies' Fine Oxford Tan, low quarters. 2.00 formerly 2.50 10 pair Ladies' Pine Congress Tan, low quarters. 2.25 formerly 3.00 24 pair Ladies' Fine High Cut Tan, lace. 1.90 formerly 2.50 21 pair Misses Fine Button, Tan, high cut. 1.20 formerly 1.60 17 pair Misses Fine Oxfords, Tan, low cut. 1.00 formerly 1.25 17 pair Children's Fine Button Shoes, Tan, high cut.... 1.00 formerly 1.40 Be sure to call for your ticket to $30 gold drawing. We want you to call and look, even if you don't buy, as these bargains will interest you. Some Black Oxfords at a sacrifice to close. Look up the back numbers of this paper for explanation of $50.00 Gold Drawing. IT WILL PAY YOU. COSSETT & BROWN. SULLIVAN HARDWARE CO: MACHINERY SPECIAL. The Celebrated Improved Smith Gin and the New Lum mns Gin. Cotton Presses and Suction Cotton Elevators?of the latest and most improved designs. Wagon Scales, Rubber & Leather Belting, Shafting, Pulleys, &c. All Kinds of Machinery. Great Reduction in Prices, Especially on Steam Engines. ISToW is tlie Time to Strilco Bottom. ; SULLIVAN HARDWARE CO. STRIKE WHILE THE IRON IS HOT ! at the boys store YOU will find some Foroorare Bargains in TINWARE until their steck is clcsed out For the wat.t of time and space we cannot mention everything, but will give a fuw prices: Three Q'tart Dairy Pans at. 5c. . Kight (?uart Dish Tuns at.15s. Eight Quart Milk Bucket.13c. F1K FANS, DIPFEKS, BISCUIT CUTTERS, ami other things too numerous . i to mention. And don't forget that we carry a full line of Confectioneries and Cigars. A big lot of Fancy Cakes and Crackers just received. We want money, and if you went Bargains bring us your money and we will give them to you. Verv respectfully, -the boys * Wj RUSSELL & BREAZEALE. FREE CITY DELIVERY. SPECIAL NOTICE Wi E bog to call you attention, not exclusively but especially, to our Fine Brand of FLO UK?*'Omega"?gua. jiiteed to please the most lajtidiuii?. Also, to our superior lino of? CANNED FM'ITSand VEGETABLES, JELLIES and JAMS, LEWIS' SNOW FLAKE CRACKERS, TEA FLAK KS, Etc. BREOIS ST"AM BREAM, DAMS BUEAKFAcT BACON, And everything, tco numerous to mention, usually kept at u First Class Grocery Store. We shall be more than delighted f^r you to give us a call, and Jet us rill your orders. Thanking you in advance, we are, Yours very tiuly, P. S.?lit member, all Uoods delivered FREE. WEBB & WEBB. NEW JEWELRY STORE ! JOHN M. HUBBARD, IN HIS NEW STORE. IN HOTEL BLOCK. LOTS OF NEW GOODS. NOVELTIES IN PROFUSION. JUST WHAT YOU WANT. ONE CENT TO >10U 00. N"o charge for Engraving. Tho Prettiest Goods iu the Town, and it's :t pleasure to *how them. p. s.?Ifyou huve Accounts with J. M. HUBBARD .t BRO. make settlement with me at above place. JOII\ M. II I'It ISA 1{D. $1.50 81.50 THE BARGAIN OF THE YEAR. WE HAVE JEST RECEIVED A DRIVE IN IMIIEIISFS FZInTE HATS. Your Choice of tho Lot, $1 50. Hail wc bought, these goods regular \vc would have t? sell ilium at three dollars. No two Hats alike. All the latest shape and colors. rj<~ri,. Whenever we get a Bargain wc give you the benefit. TAYLOR & CRAYTON. 81.50 $1.50 QUICK SALES AND SMALL PROFITS ! FROM the Ttli of September wc c;ui [>?.? found in mir NEW STORE ROOM on (JRANITE ROW, let? ter prepared than ever to please our customers. ?>-i r Stuck, which is putirely Sew and Com? plete was selected with tlif utmost care and at iIi? lowest prhes. ?ml what will concern you most mhe small profit at nhich we are going to let them go TI1EV MTSTGO. <V"< k sales and small profits Is our motto. . .... , <? ... ,, , .,, ,, , LISTEN ' On Groceries we defy competition. Wlo Rarrelsol I lour all gr?dcs-we will sell cheaper than anybody. I">0* Bushel* Red Rust Rroof Oats at the ?r,f?- , ? ? On (UCON. SUGAR, LAUD, RICE, MOl.ASaKS, CoFM.E, J<>|:.\(< ", a?d at| othrr Oroccriea, our prices are the lowest. , AndSIIOES' SHOES': SHQE3:'! P?n't hue until you examine our r>t<n-k. Our Stock of I >RY Gooli;?, NOTIONS, llATSaud JEANS can not he heat. \ou will he the loser If yon bur before seeing I hem. ,, . . . . . 'Don't'talt.ir >v..r.l f.r this hol c.rue and see for yourself. I hatiklu? '"ir many Inends f... -heir past liberal pa ronage, we ?hall exert ev. ry. iiv.n to pn.ve ourselves worthy ol a continuance . the panic. l-'.i5tlifti!!v:t: i ? ?.??:? !y. DEAN & RATL1FFE, Successors to M. A. I'ean, The Universal Exposition at Antwerp, Editors Ixtki.i.iokxckr : T have visited the Universal Exposition at Antwerp. It is poor, having neither the extent of the Chicago Fair. or the artistic merit of the Paris Exposition <>f 1 ssi*. This, in part, may be ac? counted for by the fact that Belgium is a very small country and cannot af? ford to make such a grand display as cither the United States or France. All the bad points of the Exposition are not clue to its limited extent. Even in Belgium, outside of Antwerp, one hears it described as un nwtivitiJt affair. Outside of Belgium it is but little diseussed. A good deal of the bad reputation the Exposition has gotten is duo to the city of Antwerp itself. Hotel keepers look upon the time as opportune and wish to set rich. Living there is more than twice as dear to a stranger as it ordinarily is. "When you complain that tbe prices are very high, you are told that it is the Exposition. Tbe attendance is small, which is well merited. Still there are some good exhibits. Belgium, of course, lias tbe largest, and, considering the size of the country, does very well. Of foreign nations, France by far makes the best display, then comes Germany and Italy very close together, and England, and lastly the United States. The American Propaganda, whcre*arc found a few American in? ventions, is little better than a wood? shed. No attempt at an artistic ar arrangement has been made at all. That which was to have been the special feature of the Fair has not materialized. Puris had its tower, Chicago its wheel, and it has become about settled that for an exposition to be a success it must have something novel and wonderful. Antwerp was going to have a Dirigcable Balloon. Is it that rerial navigation is too much for the inventive geniuses ? It lias been up to the present. Exposition loving people will have to wait until 11*00 to have their desire for big shows gratified. Paris is pre? paring now to have one then. They propose to eclipse everything of this nature ever undertaken. Those who know the past success of the French in similar enterprises expect some? thing wonderful. If tbe Exposition at Antwerp was not a success, nevertheless I enjoyed very much being in that old Flemmisb town again. Being near the Holland line, and lying on the opposite side of the channel from England, with which it docs a large trade, this city partakes of much that is Dutch and of not a little of that which is English. The flat country around covered with old four-armed wind-mills. do?s pulling lit? tle wagons, instead of horses drawing large ones, houses with their ends turned towards the street, and with gables whose upper side, instead of being straight lines, arc a scries of steps ; all these give the city that picturesque appearance peculiar to towns of the low country. Four lan? guages arc largely spoken by the in? habitants : Flemmisb, French. Eng? lish and Hutch. Now I am here in London, the me? tropolis of the world, twice as large as Paris and more than three times as large as New Vovk. The sight of tbe humanity that flows through its streets and of the business that passes through its channels of circulation is unequalled in the world. If the visi? tor takes his stand at the centre of tbe business part of the city at St. Paul's Cathedral, and look down Fleet Street or Cheapsitic, he sees one surging sea of humanity and vehicles from early morning until late at night. What a difference between these English and the French ! One could hardly believe that only a narrow channel separates them. The former arc large, plcgmatic, grave, almost painfully so. deeply religious, holding to royalty, conservative. The latter arc small, nervous, gay, free-thinkers to a large extent, holding to Republi? can ideas, progressive. Their chief cities, London and Paris, when com? pared, give the difference between the two nations. London is large, busy and commercial, a city of work ; obi, heavy, with narrow streets and lanes where the sun scarcely enters if it should happen to lie shining, houses black with soot, and with but little architecture, the city enveloped in smoke, through which the people grope their way. Vet there is order iu this chaos. Slowly but majesti? cally it moves on. Paris is prttte, or? derly, a city of ideas. New. light, with wide boulevards and sunny streets, bristling with examples of architecture, the city enveloped iu light. It makes a revolution in a day and the distance it thus travels along the road of liberal ideas is measured by a century. France and England, as it has been said, are the two feutuf civilization. The former says move quick by ; the latter says not so fast. The latter has to hinder the former sometimes: for example, at Waterloo. Among the many good qualities of the English is that of honoring those who have done the nation service. This is no better seen than by visiting Westminster Abbey. To be buried here under the same roof with kings is tin- highest tribute the nation can pay t'i the dead. Here wc find erect? ed monuments to warriors and poets, statesmen and philosophers, inventors and explorers. Equally conspicuous we find them |., Wulfe and Milton, j Pitt and Newton, Watt and Stanley. Sometimes it seems that a statue is erected for a very little service, or rather a peculiar kind of service. This is especially true in the ease of the one- to Major Andre. The inscrip? tion - iys he lost his life in a very dangerous undertaking in "His M.-ij esty's" service. The reader knows that he was sent to treat with Ueiio dict Arnold, the traitor, for the deliv? ery of West Point into the hands of the English. lie was not only a spy, which required he should he hanged when captured, hut worse, a party to the most infamous and cowardly act known. A sculptured group repre? sents Andre imploring Washington to let him die the death of a soldier, in? stead of that of a felon, and again on his way to the scaffold. The heads of both statues have often been knocked off. no doubt by one who loves free? dom. They have always been re? placed. This week finishes our visit in Eu? rope. With anxiety we turn our faces westward to nur dear America, "Time's noblest offering" among the nations of the world. W. E. Bkkazkale. London, England. Aug. 'JO. isui. D'Oi'f fan/ft nur waiting-room /of ladies. Politeness, There are some things of more in? terest to us iu our association with our fellows than money. We cannot purchase, with money, friends?real friends?persons who will love us. Love can not be bought in the mark? ets, lt is not one of the commodities which we Gild in a store for sale. On the other hand, we may. without mon? ey, make friends who will cling to us through the winde of life's journey. It costs us nothing to be courteous and kind, and in the end it is a most profitable investment. It requires no more effort to utter a kind word than it does to utter a harsh word : and yet the former may make a friend while tbe latter is sure to make an enemy. Two men meet on the public highway the same boy; the one speaks to him kindly and the other either docs not speak to him at all or says something designed to tease him. The boy is sure to go home feeling a respect for the former, and a perfect contempt for the latter. The opposite feelings will be cherish? ed by the boy as long as he lives. In the one case a good impression has been made ; in the other an unfavora? ble one, and time itself will not be able to rub out either. The opposite of politeness is rude? ness. In the former there is some? thing very beautiful, while in the latter there is nothing beautiful; but everything that is ugly, even to defor? mity. There is nothing in which the American people, as a whole, arc so defective as in politeness. It is this that gives the educated class of for? eigners who visit our country a bad opinion of our civilization. It may be that the great liberty which we think we enjoy gives us, we think, the privilege of treating rudely every stranger who makes his appearance among us. No matter whence our American rudeuess find its origin, it is evidence of neither civilization nor religion. The direct tendency of the religion of .Jesus Christ is to make men polite to each other. It transforms the savage into a gentleman. The proper place to teach politeness is at home, and the teachers are the parents and the scholars are the chil? dren. If parents suffer their children to grow up in rudeness, the proba? bility is that traces of this rudeness will be discovered in them when they arc old men and women. It is a sad fact in the history of so? ciety that many persons think that rudeness is smartness. Never were any persons more mistaken. It is a rare thing that the rudest boy in scbooljis the smartest. In fact, it is often the case that the dullest boy in school is the rudest. This is the only thing be is good at. It is all he tries to be. Polite poor children have a better start in the world than rude rich children. The former may rise in the world ; the latter are almost sure to fall into disgrace. Politeness will take us where we can not pur? chase admittance with money.?Itrv. Dr. li. Ltithnn, in ihr Associate Re? formed Pre&ttyti rid a. Don't/orgct our waiting-room f<>r ladies, Shi-c ot his Wife. "'Pooh !" said one man in the horse car. as a group of business men were on their way down town, "my wife is the most methodical, careful neat wo? man you ever saw. It is all nonsense for a woman to let a house run into disorderly ways. You ought to see bow my wife does things.'' '"Well, of course, that is all very well in theory," responded another : but the best housekeeper gets behind sometimes. ' "My wife never does. She is al? ways the same."' ''She must be a remarkable person," said another man. "How long have you been married ? ' '"Ten years. And she never disap? pointed me. Why, gentlemen, she always puts everything in the same place, and you know just where to lind what you are after. For installve. I went to my handkerchief drawer this morning before daylight, and took out a handkerchief and put it in my pocket before starting out, and I know just as well as I know my own name that that handkerchief is just such a size, and has my initials worked in silk in one corner. And the boastful man put his hand iu his pocket and pulled?and unfold? ed?a large white night-cap. with long strings dangling from it ! How's This. We nffcr One Hundred Dollars re? ward for any ease of Catarrh that can? not be cured bv Hall's Catarrh Cure. V. .1. CHENEY & Co.. T.dedo. (?hin. We. ihe undersigned, have known V. .1. Cheney for the past Ifi years, and b> lie\e him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financi? ally able to carry out any obligations made by their farm. Wkst ?fcTur.\x, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. WaI.IUNHj KlXXAN iV. MaIIVIX. Whole? sale Druggists. Toledo. (>. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter? nally, acting directly upon the bl.1 and mucous surfaces of ihe system. Testimonials sent free. Price T.".e. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. ? ? ? ? ?- - - ? Jhoi'l >'<?! </? > nur imUiny~r,w)n /of holifi*, - "Suppose the word male is taken .nit nf our Constit ution sooner <>r later. ] >r* you suppose we || ever have a wo? man President 7 "No. No man ie.l woman could spare I he time, and ii" single woman would confess to the rcqiiis't" age HILL A HP'S LETTKIt. Ari)'-* Sympathy With tho Poor I't-oplo Who Uavo Lost ?II by tlit? Forest l-'iren. A Hanta Constitution, < Hi. the pity of it ! It inake> t he In-art to bleed t" read all the details of that terrible calamity.inMinnesota. Wc have never heard of anything so dreadful. Over five hundred huinaii souls in health and security suddenly, without warning, burned to death. I'oor men ! I'oor women and little children, flyin.s from the flames in uiur tal fear ami pi-risli i tiir in mortal agony ! Charred corpses of mothers found face downwards us they tried to shield the babes under them ! Dh. think of it and let pity fill our hearts for at least a little while. The ocean steamers can go down with all on board, but drowning is sweet, compared w:lh this ?whole families swept away by cruel (lames. None left. Nothing left. When pestilence comes there is a chance for some, and those who die linger awhile and are comforted with last words and tears of love, Some are taken and some are left, but here was no time for words or tears ; no ministers of love, no shroud, no coffin, no flowers, no funeral, no mourners, no grave. What is life but a peril ? Who is safe '! ft very now and then we read of some terrible visitation somewhere. Away down on the llio (Irandcafow days ago there was an awful flood that swept scores into eter? nity, h ire in once place and Hood in another, and pestilence across the seas. And yet wc hurry on and take no solemn heed. Wc do not stop even for a moment lo weep with those who weep. 1 sat in the veranda of the Bell ITousc on I'each tree street in At? lanta. Beautiful I'cacUtrcc that is paved with asphalt and adorned with shade and grass and flowers and pal? aces. Kor an hour 1 sat alone and watched the ceaseless trains of car? riages and street cars and vehicles of all kinds, thronged with gay and hap? py people?fair women and lovely children, with not a thought of pain or danger, while in another portion of God's vineyard there were hundreds of people hunting for the dead?gath? ering up the blackened corpses of those who only a day or two before were just us happy, and felt just as secure as these good people on I'each tree. Friends, let us stop a moment and ponder upon the insecurity of life. Let US be thankful that no such calamity hath befallen us. Well, it looks like wc have seen the worst of the financial crisis. We have been at the bottom and the situation is obliged to improve. Som say that there can be starvation in the midst of plenty, but I don't believe it. It took all of the two last years' crops to pay the people's debts and get them hack to economy, and now. down here in Dixie, is another abundant crop that will scatter money broadcast all over the South. Three hundred millions for cotton, and one hundred millions for surplus corn is a heap of money, and it will come to stay. It won't go North to pay debts, and it will have to go into cotton mills, oil mills, knitting mills, canning factories, or some other industries that will give employment to labor. Nero is my County, that is about out of debt, that will make at least ten thousand bales of cotton, and have 250,IIUU bushels of corn to sell. There is half a million dollars to spare. Our farmers are raising their own meat and the crop of potatoes is splendid. Hverything they have lo buy is cheap except coffee, and the ta? riff will make all woolen goods still cheaper. A letter from my son who is in Kng land, says he bought a first-class cas-' siiuero suit of clothes for $10. and they will be nearly as cheap here this winter, since the high tarilF has been taken off. Blankets will be almost half price. Our wool factories are howling about this, but it will turn out all right in the long run. Powers & Wightmau howled awfully when the duty was taken off of quinine and it dropped from $;1 an ounce to 50 cents. But they didn't quit the business, as they threatened, and are making more money on quinine than they ever did. There is nothing like turning an in? fant industry loose to shift for itself. A son can lean upon the old man un? til he thinks he can't go it alone, but he can. The old eagles have to push their young ones out of the nest or they never would leave it, but would stay there juft as long as the parents would feed them. Low prices stimulate industry and teach economy and cause new methods to bo iuvented. When pig iron drop? ped from $2-1 a ton to $15 iron men swore they couldn't make it at that price, but they did. Then it dropped again to $12 and they are making it still. Farmers said they couldn't nor they wouldn't grow cotton for "cents, but they keep on and will be glad to get cents for this crop. Now. if we can all have more gratitude and less politics we will be better citizens and better Christians. It is very hard to enjoy religion on an empty stomach and almost impossible to get it. Hun? ger and misery makes atheists and an? archists. Old 31 rs. Job said : "Curse God and die," and most every man except Job would have done it. Had luck ;rid trouble will .-hake the faith of the average Christian the Chris? tian who has a kind of summer reli? gion. Most every man can enjoy religion if he has a pocketful of money, or if he can make a bargain with the Lord like old Jacob did when he was fleeing from Ksau. "If the Lord will be with me ami give nie bread to eat and raiment to put mi so that 1 come t" my father's house in peace, thus .-hall the Lord be my God." That would be a very popular religion. I would be willing to promise the Lord right now that if IK: would, in sniue way, let me get hold of* a hundred t housand dollars. I would give half of it lo charity and the Church. That is what may be called personal religion. We have a l'.i deal nf good preaching in j our town lately, and ii helps c\ cry body. It makes a man "do justly, love mercy and walk humbly" for awhile, anyhow. It make- n- think I less of ourselves and more of our neighbors, and our prayer- do us more g.I. "He prayetli best who lovftli most All tilings great n"tl pimsII : For tho ilear (iod who Invelh u?, lie made and loveth all." The kind, loving, tender preaching of the I Mjspcl will take t he eoiieeit "in j of a man. Sensation and slang may draw and amuse anil even reform. Ion true religion i- not caught by jokes and smiles. Heard a preacher -ay thai a few yea;-- ago there were sevcii ty live persons joined a Church in Mississippi where In- is now preach t ing. Tlo y joined during a revival. They Wcnl in "ii a tidal w:i ve. and not one kept what he t hought he had l'ot \ noi one. The pn acher found their ?lillliCH oil l ||< l.imk - bll! i bey hail ?!! relapsed, ami one -of the women war' selling whiskey behin?! a bar. It i snbl of love thai. ''"Tis heiter i" have loved and lost than never lu have loved at all !" Hut that won't do for religion. It i- heller riot t" vow than in vow and not pray. Hti.i. Ar.!'. l?'Hi't-f'n':f'I "//;? utiiHtuj-ittniii /'./? fuiffc.1. To Kerp Sweet Potatoes. A Virginia man writing to //?/..?. ?#??/ /-'urn. concerning methods of keeping sweet potatoes, says one who has been very successful in that line pursuer! the following plan : Select a spot in your garden from which the water drains readily, die a trench around a spit as large as you wish the mound, throwing up the earth s<i as to raise it about ten or twelve inches above the trench. On this place a layer "f dry soil or road sand. In the middle of this set up a kind of pipe fur the escape of heated air. made of four three-inch wide, inch thiek plank.-, each piece bored ? |iiite thickly with big auger holes (one and one-half inches in diameter), the lodes say about six inches apart, from botton to top of pip''. As soon as the potatoes are due. carry them to this place and pile them up around thi.- pipe, cone-shaped, a- these kilns generally are. When you have piled up all your potatoes take dry straw, and then on thi.- throw dry dirt or sand until it i- about eight or ten inees thick all over. After all is mounded up the pipe should extend at least a font and a half above tin' top. In ordinary weather leave this open, but when frosty, cold nights or days come, stuff some straw or grass down the pipe, rather below the surface or top of mound, and when it gets warm again pull it out:, in real cold winter weather throw an old piece of carpet or something over the pipe in addi t ion. Make a shelter over tin: mound so that it will not get wet. Plant four posts, two being, say about two feet higher than the other two ; nail a strip at the top of the two higher ones and another at the top of the lower ones; over this nail some boards or planks so as to turn rain and you have a very good shelter. I have found that all vegetables put up in these mounds keep better from being pro? tected from rains and suns, in other words kept dry. It is well to at least have two mounds for your potatoes, and as they arc put away.'scparato tbe small ones from the larger, keeping the smaller ones for seed, which in al? most every neighborhood you can lind a ready sale in the spring. I need not say. perhaps, but will, that it is best to get out enough pota? toes to last for a week or so at a time, as of course daily opening makes them more liable to hurt. Kvery one can arrange so as to keep a small quantity from hurting before using. Some will say that this is too much trouble : but if you want to keep sweet potatoes you have certainly to take trouble, ami if the end is gained by simply tilling up the pipe in cold weather and opening it in milder : that's a small trouble. I think. - m ? e? - Don't foryct our wniHny-rovm /?>>? I '-H s An Unlucky Tlieuglit. Kepresentative Hynuin. of Indiana, is one of the best parliamentarians and most successful lawyers in the House. Pefore coming to Congress he acquired considerable prominence as a criminal lawyer, and was in great demand to defend criminal prosecu? tions. In the Washington Thnv* he tells a story on himself to illustrate the fact that an attorney can some? times ask one question too much. And this is the way he tells it: "A number of years ago. when a young attorney. I was employed to defend a man charged with mayhem iu a little town iu Southern Indiana," said Mr. liyntim. ?"and among the witnesses for the defence was an odd character named Jo Pates. When Jo came on the stand and after the pre? liminary questions. I asked him if he had seen the light iu which my client was supposed to have bitten a piece oil' tin; other man's ear. i:'Oh. yaas, mister/replied Jo. 'I seed all of it.' ?' ' I low did you come to see it. do ?' 'Waal, tell you how 'twas. 1 had heered a good deal about Jim llas kins's litin'?a- bow be was good man ?and I wanted to see as how he handled himself.' "Did vou see the lieht to the end. Jo ?" 'Yaas. mister.' 'Could you sec both men all the time "/' ?? "( Mi, yaas, mister.' ?' 'Hid you see dim Haskins bite off Hill Hrown's ear ?' ?? '( Hi, no. mister.' "Hid you see him try to bite Hill in any way. or was the lieht fair and without gouging and biting '!' '?'Yaas, the lite was lit fair, and Jim licked Hill without liirnin' a hair, and 1 did not see Jim bite Hill iu an v wav.' auswcicd Jo. '? "that* will .lo. J,,.' said I : and just as Jo was leaving the witness chair?for tlie prosecutor did not want to examine him?an unlucky thought occurred to me. and I tohl him to sit down and answer one more qilcslh u. "Jo.- -aid I. slowly, and in an im? pressive manner, 'did yon see any? thing during the tight or immediately after it was over, that led you io think that po-sibly J im inighi have bitten off a pie.f Hill'.- ear 'i " ' Waal, mister.' replied Jo. "I didn't see Jim bite Hill, nor would I tho't anything about it. only after tlie lite was over'Miii .-pit oui a piece of ear fore he cm. lake a ehaw terbacccr; but I don't know whether it was Hill's ear or not. Mr. liyiiuiu says that lie lust the ease, and that his experience with Jo 1 allein him to lei W\ il eliollgli alone when examining wittiesscs. fthii'l hnyff ?"?<? it-nillifj-rnnui f?r huUi*. ''Laura write- from home thai she ha- bought a tt heel." -aid Ml.-. I'iee to the aunt with whom -ho i ?pending the summer, "bin glad to hear that the old fashion i- coining in again." -aid the old lady. "I allow 1 11 have to eolue up and teach her how to -pin While in Cliie.igo. Mr. Charles L. Kahler. ?> prominent shoe merchant of |?es Moides. Iowa, had quite a se? rious time ?f it. He t -ok -m h a sc \ ere eo|i| i |i it ||i- euiibl hardly talk or ii r. Late. Lin tip. prompt u.f Cham? berlain - < 'oiieli I!? inedy cur? ?! him of hi- cold quirklv that others at the hotel who |, ,d bad eObls I'.JIoW.-d his example, and half a ?I '/.en person.- or? dered it from tlie nearest drug store: They were profuse in their thanks to Mr." Kahler r?r i>-iliiig th. iii lo.w io ? ?ore a hid - old .....ih-U-. Korsalebv Hill Hr... A J1EM0RARLE SEHLSADE, 7V Constitution Jinii?r. I wonder it' Liiert' is a buy in Amer? ica v.!:" has never been serenading ? I doubt it. I have 1.ii t" several. ;:!! more or less interesting, but I am thinking now of mil' which made a Li>tinir im? pression upon my youthful mind, which seems in linger as vividly as though it happened bin as yesterday. This particular serenade had been ialk"'i up quietly among we young? sters at school for two weeks. I'riday nighi was I he time agreed on for tli'- peace-disturbing event. I do not now remember what the citi? zens of the little village had Jone t" merit such a visitation, but. anyhow, we were to meie it out in c 1 ? ? * shape of a tin ran serenade. M?sl of the boys bad interviewed their parents on the burntii? uuestion as in whether or not they would enter any objections in regartl to their re? spective participation, and had sue cessf ully pushed iheir claims. Itttt my older brother, Henry, and I bad not as yet broached the subject to mother, feeling morally certain that our peLilion would be vetoed as soon as the ease was stated. We put it off unti' the ,ery last mo? ment, lie wa iied :,ie to ask her: 1 was sure he c nLi wield more influ? ence, and persuaded him to perform the delicate duty. I was after supper, on Friday nicht, and we had yet to inform mother of the object which was nearest our hearts. The family had gathered around the fireside. Father was deep? ly engrossed behind his paper ; moth? er was industriously plying her knit? ting needle : sister was busy with her drawing, while Henry and 1 were endeavoring t" get mother in a nierry mood preparatory to "breaking the ice.' But I think she had suspected something. It is mighty hard to fool one's mother. Still, she was in a very good humor, and had laughed heartily more than once at some at? tempted humorous remark by Henry or myself. I pinched Henry and told him to ::g0 ahead." lie was on the point of compliance, when mother said, glanc ing at the clock: "Come, boys, it is time you were in your room?it is after H n clock. That settled it. Our pleadings were in vain. She would not en? tertain the thought for a moment. We were unceremoniously hustled off to bed. It is necessary to explain a little arrangement of mother's just here. Our room was directly over her s. A wire had been run up through the ceiling into our room, on one end of which was attached a tiny bell, which hung suspended over our heads. Kv ery meriting she would pull that string when we were wanted for breakfast. It worked admirably, as it never failed to wake us. Thai same bell got us in trouble. We went to our room, sorrowfully, enough. I assure you. lint 1 had made up my mind what to do. I was going serenading ! At first I doubt? ed my courage to disobey, but now?I was going! And Henry! lie was willing. Wc went to our room, but not to bed. We waited very quietly and pa t it-iitl v for mother and father to get to sleep.* About It) ii clock wo heard a low, long whistle beneath our window! That was the signal ! The clans were gathering ! How were wc to get down without detection ? We would have to pass mother's room floor, which would be very dangeraus! Happy thought ! A large mulberry tree stood at the corner of the house, close to a window. We looked out. The boys were waiting, eager to go. Our shoes were removed and thrown into willing hands. Then, with the agility of two squirrels, we descend? ed into the street, by way of that mul? berry, and were soon performing our respective parts toward making the peaceful night hideous with our un? earthly noise. I remember my "in? strument" was mother's best "dish pan.' while Henry had a string of empty oyster cans suspended from his neck, which made a noise like a stam? pede among belled cattle. The other "musicians were similarly supplied. Altogether it was the most complete hand of torture that ever was or ever will be gotten together ! I will ii it describe the serenade. Suffice it that we disturbed the good citizens until the weesina'hours, when wc disbanded and wended our respect? ive ways home. 'Twas here that I began to rue the step we had taken. What if mother knew we were out ? Suppose she was awake when we left the house and was even then awaiting our return".'' And could we get back into our room by way of that tree '.' Henry didn't know, but he said we would be found making a desperate effort in that direction. I seized upon the idea that if we could get one of the boys to come home with us that it might be the means id' saving tin: chastisement that I knew we deserved and would surely get if mother had an inklinLr of our escapade. So I invited lien Daniel and he j a.pted. I breathed easier, as I felt he would be a protection to both of us. We ."t back to our room, after much t rouble, abouto'clock in the morning, feeling as guilty and mean as it wa.- possible for two sinners to feel. I guess. We were very tired, and wore sound asleep almost as soon a.-we got in bed. Ben Daniel slept in the middle ; Henry was in front, while I occupied the side next the wall. Sow. then, about i hat bell. Mother didn't pull the string the next moruiiiL' ! And llierebvlianas the tale ! I always thought Henry could hallo louder and squall "Lordy!" faster than any boy I ever knew before or since, while dancing under the smart iic switch a- applied by mother's pre? cious hand. I .im satisfied that on this particular occasion In- surpassed even himself. The -oiii wa- streaming through the window when I was suddenly startled l.iv that familiar exclamation . '? Lordy ! Lordy !' I knew in an instant what was the matter. "Lord\ ! Lordy ! I never will do it again, mamma ! I i:evcr will do it again Thai was Henry I le was catching it ! Iii !i awoke wil h a start. jusi in lime to -ave himself from i he uplift, d switch, mother mistaking him ! r m?-. Iu the meantime, while IL-ni v w . - yelling like .. t'oiuauche chief. I \\.. makinc hurried arr r emeni i ? don my elotlics; I had rea< '.. d 'he inter e!*ti'ittt~?VnVc;of h.ivin: nee l< ;!?!?./-? through my pant-, ami was nervously endeavoring t" get the other one through, when I was given a cut from behind, which caused me to lose my equilihrium. ami I went rolling roil into the hall. .?.'.?Hing at the top of my musical v.lie.-. Tin' redieiilousness of tin- situation I was |nn mueh f"!' mother, ami instead ..f f..II..wing up that one stroke with several others, she burs! out laughing, the sou lid r?f which 1 a in satisfied was uever sweeter in my ears. I>iit tlit* worst was yet to come. Father was a newspaper man. ami the next morning, imagine our sur? prise and mortification to see the fol? low ing notice, w hieli appeared in a con? spicuous place, under appropriate liearlliues : "The g.t citizen- of the town were im iloiibt greatly annoyed last night by the serenade given under the-auspices of the 'tin-pan brigade.' We desire to apologize to all those who were so unfortunate as to be among the number visited for the part our two'hopefuls' t?>ok in the affair by the announcement that they waked up thi* morning under a 'shower of mulberry sprouts.' which will doubt? less have the effect of making them re? main indoors the next time a serenade is on tapis.'' And he was exactly right. It was a month after that before I went <>n the streets again, as the young men were merciless in their fun-making at tin "mulberry bath*' to which the ed? itor's two "hopeful weie treated the next im.ruing. I never went serenading again. .j. m. n.viiuox. - - - m\ ? am /)?)<<'i'fni'tft ! our W'Uilitlff fount /of fuili's A .Melting Jilorj, One winter evening a country store? keeper in the (.!reell Mountain State was about closing up for the night, and while standing in the snow out? side, putting up the window shutters, saw through the glass a lounging, worthless fellow within, grab a pound of fresh butter from the shelf, and conceal it in his hat. The act was no sooner detected than the revenge was hit upon, and a very few minutes found the t.!recn Moun? tain storekeeper at once indulging his appetite for fun to the fullest extent, and paying oil' the thief with a face? tious sort of torture, for which he would have gained a premium for the old inquisition. "I say. Seth,' said the store-keep? er coining iu and closing the door after him, slapping his hand over his shoul? ders and stamping the snow "If his feet. Seth had his hand on the door, his hat on his head, and the roll of butter in his hat; anxious to make his exit as soon as possible. "I say Seth, sit down : I reckon now on such a e-ter-na! night as this, a little something warm would not hurt a fellow." Seth felt very uncertain : he had the butter and was exceedingly anx? ious to be off. but the temptation of something warm sadly interfered with his resolution to go. This hesitation, however, was soon settled by the right owner of the butter taking Seth by the shoulders and planting him iu a seat close to the stove, where he was in such a manner cornered by the boxes and barrels, that while the gro? cer stood before him there was no pos? sible way of getting out, and right in this very place sure enough the store? keeper sat down. "Seth, we'll have a little warm San? ta Cruz." said the Green Mountain grocer; so he opened the stove door, and stuffed in as many slicks as the place would admit : ''without it you'd freeze going home such a night as this." Seth already felt the butter settling down closer to his hair, and he jump? ed up declaring he must go. "Not till you have something warm Seth ; Seth. come. I've got a story to tell you," and Seth was again rushed into his seat by his cunning tormen? tor. "Oh! it's so darned hot here," said the petty thief attempting to rise. "Sit down?don't be in such a plaguy hurry." retorted the grocer, pushing him back into his chair. "lint I've gut the cows to fodder, and the wood to split, and I must be going," said the persecuted chap. "Hut you mustn't tear yourself away Seth, in this manner. Sit down, let the cows take care of themselves, ami keep cool ; you appear to be a lit? tle lidgetty," said the roguish grocer with a wicked leer. The next thing was tin- production of two smoking glasses of hot toddy, the very sight of which, in Seth s present situation, would have made the hair stand erect Upon hi.-head had it not been well oiled ami kept down by the butter. "Seth. I will give you a toast, now. ami you can butter it yourself, said tin- grocer with an air of such consum? mate simplicity that pour Seth be? lieved himself unsuspected. "Seth, here's?here's a Cliriastuias goose, well roasted, eh '! I tell you it's tin" greatest eating in creation. And Seth, don't yoll never use hog's fat. or common cooking butter, to paste it with : come take your butter?J mean Seth, lake your toddy." Poor Seth now began to smoke as well as melt, ami his mouth was her? metically scaled up. as though he had been born dumb. Streak after streak of butter came pouring from under his hat. and his handkerchief was already ' soaked with the creasy overflow. Talking away, as if nothing was the matter, the grocer kept stuffing wood into the stove, while |.r Seth sat upright, with his back against the counter, ami hi.- ktiecs touching the red hot furnace before. ??Plaguy cold night, this." said the grocer. "Why. Seth, you seem to per? spire as if you were warm '{ Why rb.n't vim take your hat off? Here lei me put your hat away.*' "No." exclaimed poor Seth, at last. "No, I must go. let me out ; 1 ain't well. let me go." A greasy cataract was now pouring down the |.r man - fan and neck ami soaking into hi- dollies, and trickling down his body into his I.t - . ' so that he was literally in a perfect j bath of oil. I "Well, g.i night Seih." -aid the i humorous \*i minuter, "if j on will go '.' ami adding a- he darted out of the door. "I say Si ill. I r- ckoii ! he fun I have h.ei out of you worth nine p. nee. -?> I won i charge you for that pound of built r in your hat. /?./<'?/?./?:.?/ ..?!/? ,i .tit;,,?!-,-??,,,,i /or /,/./., .. Two >!, siean cowboys fell iii |.,ve [ with the an,- airland, with tliovoung woman - r-oiisetit. settled the mailer fr\ a dui I. \'< 'lb were seriously w ound? ed, ha! i: is siid t he young woman will k. ep to h; agreement ami marry lie- \ ietoi a- s?:"ii a- h,- i> ?;!.!.? to l,o I J ii. AU Sorts of Paragraphs. (In?' demagogue more danger ous than a dozen aristocrats. -- Tin- pecan nut trees of Texas yield every year IlOOO.OOO pounds of nut-. ? There is lint one easy thing to borrow, and that wo don't want trouble. Kighty per cent, of American farms are occupied ami managed by their owners. Japanese brides, during the mar? riage ceremony, wash the fret of the bridegroom. ? I'uiiiig the Tenth century no woman was allowed to appear at church without a veil. Ill the eyes of God OUCgOod deed is worth more than ten thousand well sounding words. ? Money is a magnet?put it into tin' hands of some men. and it will draw the religion out of their hearts. ? Indian coin, or maize, never has an uneven number of rows of grains, because it has opposite radicals of g v th from ;he cob center. ? Tin' tallest man of whom there arc authenticated measurements was Klin natu of Scotland. 11 feet and a little more than li inches. ? The Mexican cucumber often :.ttaiiis a length of 7 to !? feet and weighs anywhere between H? and 70 pounds. It will mature as far north as Arkansas. ? Amy?Has he ever loved any other girl before ? Mabel?No. That doesn't worry me. What I want to know is if he will love any other girl in the future. Ki:i?v\s Pile Suimmisitorv, is guar? anteed to cure Piles and Constipation, or money refunded. 50cents per box. Send stamp for circular and Free Sam? ple to Martin Rum*, Lancaster, Pa. For sale by Wilhite & Wilhitc, drug? gists, Anderson, S. C. ? All plants have periods of ac? tivity and rest. Some are active in the daytime ami sleep at night: others repose during the daylight hours and are awake at night. ? When you hear a man say ?"There's the devil to pay," don't get worried : the devil is the last man he ever pays, and is perfectly willing to wait on his customers. ? '"Is your baby strong ?" "Well, I should say so. He raised the whole family out of bed at '.) o'clock this morning, and scientists say that that's the hour when everyone's strength is at its lowest point." ? "Can any little boy here," asked the visitor, "give me an example of the expansion of substances of heat ?" "I can." said Tommy. "Our dog's tongue is twice as long now as it was last winter." ? Second Husband: You needn't growl because i don't work. All your first husband did was to whittle. Weary Wife : Yes : but I always found enough shavings after he got through to build the fire in the morning. ? Hay seems a rather novel mate? rial for street paving, but it is reported that experiments are now in progress for utilizing it in this way. The hay is subjected to heavy prc.-sure, cut in blocks and then soaked in an oil of some kind, which renders them, as it is claimed, practically indestructible. ? A doctor who was passionately fond of cards was called to the bedside of a patient. He pulled out bis watch, felt the sick man's pulse, and began to count. "Seven, eight, nine, ten, jack, king, ace." The patient im? mediately bur.-t out laughing, and got well again. ? A new enemy of the watermelon has appeared in Kent County, Heia- * ware, where crows are attacking the melons as they lie ripening in the lields. The largest melon grower in the county carried from his field the other day 100 melons so badly pecked that they were unfit for market. ? The number of millionaires in England is not so great as one might believe. According to the report of the income tax officials, there are in Fngland seventy-one persons with an annual income of over $250,000. over 1.100 who draw $50,000 annually, and onlv about 10.000 have an income of $ in",000. ? A. M. Bailey, a well-known citi? zen of Kugcne, Oregon, says his wife has for years bcC-ii troubled with chronic diarrlnea, and used many rent - dies with little relief until she tried Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and di arrlnea Remedy, which has cured her sound and well. Give it a trial and you will be surprisc^'at the prompt re? lief it affords. 2? and 50 cent bottles for sale by Hill Bros. ? "That new hand I hired this morning." .-aid farmer Haycroft. "plowed one furrow across the field and then went and laid down, and he hasn't moved since." "What was the matter with him ?" "He said he believed in going according tu Scripter and that when a man has put his hand to the plow he never ort to turn back." ?It is told of Horace(Irecley that he once wrote a note to a brother editor in New York whose writing was equally illegible with his own. The recipient of the note, nut being able to read it. sent it back by the same messenger to Mr. 11 recley for elucida? tion. Supposing it to be an answer to his own note. Mr. G recley looked over it. but likewise wa< unable to read it and said to the boy: "Go take it back. What does the d-d fool mean?" "Yes, sir." said the boy, "that is just what he says." ? Irving W. Larimore. phvsical di? rector of Y. M. C. A.. Des Meines, Iowa, say- he can conscientiously rec? ommend Chamberlain s Pain Balm to athlete-, gymnasts, bicyclists, foot ball players and the profession in gen? eral for bruises, sprains and disloca? tion-: also for soreness and stiffness of tin- muscles. When applied before i the parts I.me swollen it will effect ' a eure in one half the time usuallv rc : ,,uired. For sale by Hill Bros. 1 \] r. Ueorge r rome. an employe ' of the Creset nt City Bail road com? pany in New Orleans, is the father of perhaps, the smallest living baby in the world. The child i- a boy. per? fect in form, with regular features. I:- weight is nine ounce-. From the crOW II of it- lo ad to (he Sole- of it feet is about In inches. It's arms arc in t larg< r than a man's thumb ami its legs in proportion. It i- in the best "I health, and it*- mother -ays it can j cry. as vigorously a-any other baby. Mr Kroinc is I? years old. weighs 175 I bunds and is !.:;!-? and In arty. The moil er ;- IM Mar- old and weighs 11.5 : pounds. Tl.uple have had 17 j children, two of whom, besides the baby, are Lilliputians. < >t.f them :- Krank, h years old. weight HI pounds, who :- with a circus company. Tie i p.- r i- I- vears old ami weichs 1 , !i!t'. ..v.-1 i:> Pvunds,