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BY OTJWKSOALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 21, 1894. ~ ~ ~ ~ VOLUME XXIX.- -NO 21 COMMENCING to-day we will sell our entire stock'of CLOTH? ING at COST for the next ten days. - This is no advertising scheme. We mean what we say, and to convince yon we will show to any one our cost mark. Don't fail to see us. Bring the CASH. No goods charged. B. O. EVANS &d CO. -??? ???? The Successful ?dvertizer! Ia the man who writes something the "people will read, and reading, believe. In this age Or education and enlightenment, when men read and think for themselves, all that stuff about "selling goods cheaper than your'. competitors buy them," being the "only competent dealers*in the line," i'handling^ betierr ^trff -"than anybody else,'Vic., in mere clap trap, and subjects the writer and the firm oack of it to the ?contempt oJ all right-thinking people. The xn?n who hits something to offer, and then teils the Mis about in c plain, business my, is the man who "gets there," and ge!,tfng thefb, stands, :k>ts of people bundle Paint. Some Kan?le one Und, some another, but they All realize, if they have any business sense at all, thai in order to make that business a permanent success it Is absolutely neces? sary to give the people the very best ma? terial. This We have tried to do, and at a price that puts it in the reach of all. - In this 'Connection we cell attention to tLo fact that crops are about laid by,, time is plentiful, and a little paint not only freshens und beautifies, hut improves won? derfully the Banitary condition of the premises. If your house is nil right may? be the fence needs a coat. A little-Paint would keep that old buggy from falling down, and the wagon, might last a year or tro longer by spending seventy-five-cents ?or a dollar in Paint on it. Bemember this, the' longer you put it ?off the more it takes and the less good it ?doeif. Remember 'another thing, It costs just as much, and tak.e juiit as much time, to have cheap print put r. as it does good Paint. Always bay the <st, even if you pay more for ;lt HILL BROS., Druggists,* ANDERSON, 8. O. i -i ? ' _ ?' " 1 BFbutjc M. Jiuarirr. j. FuaiuB ?vaks MUKPHY & EVANS, Attorneys at Law, -?JNiyER?OPf, . . s.o. COLLECTIONS and Commercial Law given 8) iecial attention. Omca?Over Farmers' and Merchants' Bank /one 6,1831 49 6m i?ffli??iilaiSB?Go. MASONS' SUPPLIES, :;.76 EAST BAY, |f|B CHABLE8TON, S- C, .".'MPORTERS OF OTGIISH POKTIAlffD CEMENT, ASP DEALXRS IN Eastern and Southern Bock Lime, Boaendale Cement, S. Y. Plaster Paris, Hair, Laths, Shingles, Tiles, Bricks, FireTClay, All sizes T. 0. Pipe, Best Full Size Fire Brick, Scoffing Slates, AND all BUILDING- MATERIAL. Telephone 291. . Aug 22,1894_8_6m W.L. Douslas CaVJa^a? is THE BEST. %f& ?OW&KOSOUEAKINC ?5. CORDOVAN, FRENCH& ENAMELLED CALR $4.^5.5-0 RNEGALf &R?N6AR01 4 ar.sp po?CE.3 soles. *2.*l.7~5 Boy55chdol5hdes? ?LADIES? ? i ?k " SEND FOR CATALOGUE * "..?DOUGLAS, BROCKTON, MASS. Yob cod amve money by unrchaalng W. L. Donglam Shoes, , . we are the largest manufacturer! of advertised shoes in the world, and guarantee ad e prices and the middleman's profits the value by stamping tue name ana price on the bottom, which protects yon against high prices and the middleman's profits. Our shoes equal custom work in style, easy fitting and wearing- qualities. We have them sold every, where at lower prices for tie value given than any other make. Take no substitute. If your dealer cannot supply yon, we can. Sold by O. E*. JONES ?c CO., ANDERSON, S. C. GEERIBROS., Belton, S. C. "VTOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. JJi The undersigned, Admirlstrator of Estate of 8. Jackson Mattison, deceased, hereby gives notice that he will, on the 16th day of December,-1894, apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discharge from his office as Administrator. J. J. TRUSSELL, Adm'r. Novl4,1804 20 _5 NOTICE OP FINAL SETTLEMENT. The undersigned, Administratrix of the Estate of D, H. Hammond, deceas? ed, hereby gives notic- that she will on the 15th day or December, 1894, apply to the Jadge of Probate for Anderson Coun? ty for a Final Settlement of said Eatate, and a discharge from her office as Execu? trix. MARY A. ELROD, Ex'x., formerly Hammond. Novl4,1894 20_5 "VTOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT, JLl The undersigned, Executors of the Estate of Thomas Cox, deceased, hereby give notice that they will, on the 2 -tth day of November 1894, apply to the Jadge of Probate for Anderson County for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discharge from tbier office as Executors. W. B. COX, J. A COX, Executors. Oct 24,1894_37_6 NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. The undersigned, Executor of the Estate of Payton T. Barton, deceased, hereby gives notice that he will ap? ply tc the Judge of Probate for Anderson County on the lit h day of December, 1894, for Final Settlement of said Estate and dis? charge from his office as Executor. G. M. McKEE, Ex'r, Nov 7,1894 19_5 NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. ? The undersigned, Executrix of the Estate of James M Reid, de oeaeed. hereby gives notice that she will, on the 7th day Oeceratier, 1894, apply to the Jadge of Probate for Anderson County for a Floal Settlement of said Estate, and a discharge from her office as Executrix. MES. O. iL REID, Ex'x. Noy7|18M 19 6 SHAKES! UP AND LETGO GROCERY! WE beg to announce to our many patrons in Anderson and throughout the County that we have moved our place of business to the elegant and commodious salesroom? IN HOTEL GHIQUOLA BLOCK, NO. 5, Formerly occupied by D. S. Maxwell & Son. We will be better prepared t^eWtoT >ly you with the BEST GROCERIES at the lowest price consistent wif?~he quality of Goods given. We haven't disappointed you in the past, anci nope to do even better for you in the future. No compromise nor winking at adulterated goods. Strictly pure food at popular prices. Come and see us.. We are ready to make things lively. Shakem up and letgo, J. A. AUSTIN & CO. GLASS IN ALL SHAPES, - \ ' - CUT TO ORDER, A.T Evans' Pharmacy. *@- REMEMBER our $5.00 TU?NIP PRIZE, due November 20,181)4. Bring on your Turnips and have weight registered. NO, 4 HOTEL CHIQUOLA. HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, ETC. Iron King and' Elmo Stoves at Prices you cannot afford to be without one. W e have jast received a nice assortment of Goods in our line, and we are going to sell them at prices to suit the people and times. It will pay you to inspect oar varied Stock and Prices. We take pleasure in showing and pricing easterners and visitors our Goods, whether you wish to bay or not. Soliciting your future wants, and thanking you for past favors, I remain yours, etc., JOHN T. BURRISS. -P? S??Parties indebted to me by Note or Account will accommodate me very much by coming in and settling as soon as convenient. Respectfully, JOHN T. BURRISS. SHOES in all Styles ! SHOES OF ALL QUALITIES, SHOES FOR ALU PEOPLE, THE MEANS SHOE, THE MILES SHOE, THE HYNDS HONEST HOME MADE SHOE, And all the Best Makes at Popular Prices ! ONE entire side of oar Mammoth New Stcre is devoted entirely to Shoe?. This is a sight worth seeing, and the PRICES WILL INTEREST YOU. Don't forget that. WE MEAN WHAT W^ SAY. And then you kn w? We are always in the Cotton Market! ?&- Co mo to see as, and we will do yon right. McCULLY & OATHOART. W BLUE STONE AT ORR & SLOAN'S, BWJS&K house $1.50 $1.50 THE BARGAIN OF THE YEAR. WE HAVE JU8T RECEIVED A DRIVE IN IMZZEOSPS FUsTIE HATS. Your Choice of the Lot, $1.50. Had we bought these goods regular we would have to sell them at three dollars. No two Hats alike. All the latest shape and colors. Whenever we get a Bargain we give you the benefit. TAYLOR & CRAYTON. $1.50 $1.50 Some Good Advice From a New Jersey Correspondent. New Brunswick, N. j., November 10 ? Editors Intelligencer : In a letter that appeared in your columns over the name of the writer of this article, and bearing date of August 13, of the present year, I tried to point oat some of the advantages that would arise to the Southern farmer in a decided decrease in the acreage of cot? ton. Iam glad to see the interest mani? fested along this line that has recently developed among the cotton growers. In the light of recent events, 1 believe the course I have suggested is, more than ever, imperative, and the only perfect so? lution of the question. I hardly think it neosssury to state that certain industries are slaves of certain "protected" interests, nor need I call to the reader's mind that the cotton grower as be exists today is, above all, the greatest prey to the plutocrats who are protected to feed upon the unprotected. The returns from the last election show that "McKinleyism" 1b likely to be the policy of the government in the future. Tariff-reform has received a decided check. The interests of certain sections feed too fat upon Industries of other sections for them to be satisfied with anything short of the very highest ' protective" tariff. It means money in their pocket). Selfish interest determines a mans views to a very large extent. No better illustration of this can be seen than in tbe last Congress. There we bad tbe sorry sight of Demopytc fighting for "protection" of toeTnterest of those sections which they represented. Tbere we saw a farcical procession of collars and cuffs from New York, silk from New Jersey, coal from Maryland, while the sugar scandal brought np the rear. Would that tbe farmers of our section would realize that it is sectional interest that makes political views. Tbe republican party understands this and makes all pos? sible use of lt. I believe any State can be bought if large enough price is offered. A bounty to the sugar grower of Lousians, wonderfully swells the Republican vote in that State. So, from tbe present ontlook there is to be no near relief from tbe discriminating law under which the cotton grower has been laboring. Increased crops of cotton and consequently proportionately lower prices, coupled with excessively high man? ufactured goods, means less money in tbe pockets of the farmers. To meet tbis it has been proposed to form a cotton trust to regulate tbe price by controlling the market. If this could be done, I do not believe half of the great possible result that lies in the power of the farmers would be accomplished. Prices oan be regulated better by smaller crops and without a trust than with enormous crops and with a trust. By raising bis supplies at home instead of getting them on credit with whioh to raise all cotton, tbe supply of cotton is diminished, which, of itself, m ean s a higher price. Bat this is not all by aoy means. Instead of putting all his cotton on the market as soon as it is gathered to pay for the supplies, he will have made these at home, and, conse? quently, he can hold hin cotton and put it on tbe market at any time* daring the year. Thus there will be a strong, heavy demand for tbe product that will insure good prices. Another way to look at the matter is to consider that even at tbe present market value, tbere could be nothing bat financial gain for the farmer arising from a reform in this respect. What then must be the gain when we oonsider tbe high price tbe crop wonld be bound to bring! There is nothing but betterment that awaits snob a obange. It Is no experiment, but certain victory. Again, the policy of this government for the last twenty five years (and particu? larly for last ten) has been, and is likely to be for some time to come, to enoourage organized plunder by tbe powerful. The suffer srs have been the weak because they have not been organized. Tbe individual production of all necessities that it is pos? sible to make at home, will lead to this eolation. In my opinion it means the overthrow of overfed monopolies. Tbe farming class at tbe South ought to be tbe most prosperous and bappy of all peop'e in the worid. Tbey can be if they are In? dustrious, economical, and, above all. if tbey will assert their power and rights. In this age and country where there is such Hn inordinate desire for getting rieb, the "unprotected" cotton grower will hive to present a resolute and organizad front to the enemy. I I believe tbis grand work should be un? dertaken without regard to political party, with this one object in view. Let every man'take an enlightened interest in poli? tics, but let him see to it that tbe organi? zation is not switched off from the main line by greedy politicians. Beware of a man who has "an axe to grind." Ala- J how many disappointments we have bad from such men! I cannot emphasize tro strongly that the only remedy for the evil in an organization to resist it individually. Party politics may be a failure, but tbis will be a succefs. Such an undertaking will be a herculean task, bat the exigency of tbe times de? mands it. Some less patriotic farmers will very likely make capital of thechange; but I believe tbe large majority of our farmers, tbe best, bravest, truest men of our nation, have the courage to accomplish it. When their duty has been seen, tbey have never flinched before the most trylr g ordeal. Their patriotism will not be lack? ing in thi*?. Upon tbe newspapers of tbe South we shall depend for a full discussion of the affair. Let tbe matter be brought before tbe whole people by these powerful edu- I cators. _ Now is the time to discuss, to act, and to win. W. E. Bbeazeale. ? The Supreme Court of Minnesota has decided emphatically in favor of tbe bicyclists. In a decision just handed down they are given all the rights of tbe general thoroughfares granted to other vehicles. Judge Buck, tbe organ of tbe Court, said : "Bicycles are vehicles used now extensively for convenience, recrea? tion, pleasure and business, and tbe rid? ing of them upon the public highway in the ordinary manner as is now done is neither unlawful nor prohibited, and tbey cannot be banished because they are not ancient vehicles or used in the Garden of Eden by Adam and Eve. Be? cause the plaintiff chooses to drive a horse hitched to a carriage does not give to him the right to dictate to others their mode of conveyance upon a public highway, where the rights of each are equal." ? W. A. McGuire, a well known citizen of McKay, Ohio, is of the opinion that there is nothing as good for children troubled with colds or croup as Chamberlain's Cough Rem? edy. He has used it in his family for several vears with the best results and always keeps a bottle of it in the house. After hu ring la grippe he was himself troubled with a severe cough. He used other remedies without bene? fit and then concluded to try the chil? dren's medicine and to his delight it soon effected a permanent cure. 25 and 50 cent bottles for sale by Hill Bros. SQUI?E FEWELL'S LETTEfi. Some Reminiscence! of the War and the Franka Played by Some of the "Boys" of Company D., Hampton Log Ion, If I were to undertake to narrate all of the misohief and fun that our com? rades indulged in during the war, it would require a large volume to hold it, so I will relate only a few which will no doubt interest some of your readers. It seenis that the boys commenced their fun pretty soon after they got together in camp, for it was but a very short time after the Gist-Rifles went into servioe until for some offenoe against military rules W. L. Green, William Roebuck, W. R. Rankin and W. D. Maroney, were put on extra duty. They were accordingly put in charge of Sergeant J. H. Kohler (a Dutchman belonging to the Company), who proceeded to grade the streets with his squad, but Henry found it a hard job?they would not work. So he calls out: " Oh Bennett Smidt, Oh Bennett Smidt I (meaning Bonnet Smith) bring me here a wope, (rope) I wanttotieBille Geen, Billie Wobuck, Bobhie Wankin and 'Orren MaWoney. They won't work," ?aid he,J 'and lam going to tie 'cm," and that remained a by-word with the boys throughout the war. But the joke the boys enjoyed most was when they would exchange a can? teen of water for whiskey. This they did very often. They seemed to think that to get whfiskey in any way was fair in war. When the Legion was camped down on the Occuquan Bay in the fall and winter of 1861, the offioers were neces? sarily very strict about whiskey being brought into camp, and the vendors of the "chemically pure" would have to take it "blind tiger" fashion like 3ome do now. They would have an appointed time and place to be at with a jug full, and would retail it out in some seoluded place away from camp. Some of the boys made a plan by which to get a three gallon jug full one day without paying for it. Two or three of them met the man in the woods and was in the act of meas? uring the whiskey out when, to their astonishment, Jordan Green stepped up in^f ull uniform as officer of the day. (He was a private and had borrowed the uniform for the occasion). The men who were pretending to buy the liquor said to the man who was selling it " that he had better get away, and that quick, too, for yonder comes the officer of the day, and we will all be arrested," and they pretended to be running from the officer (?) to get him, (the blind tiger man), to ruu, and it worked all right, for he was complete? ly frightened away, and was afraid to come back any more, so the boys got his whiskey, jug and all, and proceed? ed to get "unco fou" on it. In the spring oi: '63, our Brigade (Jenkins) was detached from the main army and stationed on the Black Water river, some sixty miles below Petersburg, Va. In May, (it might have been the first day of May), Gen. Jenkins concluded to have a big time, so everything was made ready for a tournament and ball to take place at South Quay,-on the river where the Hampton Legion was stationed. Col? onel, afterwards Gen. Mart Gary, sent over to a Mr. Roddicks, in North Car? olina, and "pressed" in a barrel of apple brandy for medical (?) purposes, and for the boys to have a little to make them feel good. Each man in the regiment drew a gill as his ration and all he was to have, the barrel be? ing put under guard at "Headquar? ters." The barrel being put in a tent and the guard stationed in front and outside of the tent, it was an easy matter for the boya to crawl under the tent in the rear and help themselves, which they proceed to do with caution and alacrity, so much so that it was nearly all gone before Col. Gary dis? covered the plot, and he barely saved enough for his morning dram the next day. But with hifi usual good dispo? sition toward his men he seemed to enjoy the joke as well as the boys did. That was a very pleasant occasion? one long to be remembered by a great many of us. Lieutenant-Colonel, afterward Brig. Gen. T. M. Logan, " took the ring " three times in the tournament, and was therefore entitled to crown the " Queen of May," which he did with as much grace and as fine j a little speech as I have ever witnessed on such an occasion. One of the funniest little tricks played on any soldier was played on ! Garrison Timms at this same camp a few days before this. Capt. Bamham had captured two small steam boats belonging to the yankees down about the Albermarle Sound, and was bring? ing them up the river inside our lines. Our regiment had been called up to Franklin, a small town up the river some six or seven miles, the sick be- J ing left in camp and Timms was one of them. When he heard the steam boats coming up the river whistling, he thought it would be the better part of valor for him to depart those coast. So he took some sweet bread that he had been baking, wrapping it up in his blanket he proceeded to fall back in order; but after ho had got some distance into the swamp he happened to think of his wife's photograph that he had left in his tent. So he laid his blanket and "ginger cakes" down by a cypress tree and went back after his wife's picture. He didn't want the yankees to get it for he was cer? tain that they would be in camp in a few minutes, believing the whistles he had heard were yankee gun boats com? ing up the river. But to his dismay, when he got back to where he left the blanket and "ginger cakes" some soldier had come upon them and had laid violent bauds on them and did thon and there appropriate them to his own uso and behoof. So Garrison nover soon or heard of his blanket or bread any moro. Another triok was played off on a bar keeper. It was after Christmas, in 1865, our Company was put on picket duty at. Mechanicsville, some six miles north of Richmond. A Mr. Dayhart kept a sort of "blind tiger" bar room there, and some of the boys ooncluded to swap him some water for whiskey one night. I think it was Tick Boggs, (we always called him Tick, his name was Tlios. Kinney), Ben Boggs, Allen Glaze and little Ben Crymes, and I think John Eaton was into it, too. They went in and had Mr. Dayhart to fill the canteen full of whiskey, pretending to buy it. After the canteen was filled it was passed unnoticed by the bar keeper to another man, and another canteen like it, full of water, was substituted for it. Then they commenced to parley with him about the price. He said that it was worth $20 for the three pints?the price being $80 per quart. One said he had f>20 and another $10, and so on, but altogeher they could only raise about fifty or sixty dollars, and they told him they were very sorry to put him to so much trouble, but said they, "you will have to take the liquor back as we can't pay forit," and handing him the canteen ho poured some of it in a decanter. Tick Boggs was afraid he would see that it was too clear for his whiskey, it being red, he picked up the candle and pretended to be "greasinghis lips," for, said he, "my lips are chapped," to keep the bar keeper from seeing the deception. Next morning Capt. Austin went down to get his morning dram. When he came back he said that old Dayhart had watered his whiskey 'till it waBn't fit to drink. You see he got his drink out of the decanter that Dayhart poured the water in the night before. So the boys drawed out their canteen of whiskey and treated the Captain, telling him of the joke at the same time. These and a number of other similar pranks the bojs would indulge in, to break the monetary of camp life, and to drive away the "blues" from those who were inclined to be rather down in the mouth. So you see, Mr. Editor, we had some fun as well as a good deal of fighting and hard times mixed with it. Next time I will give you a little of the history of our campaign of 1862. Squire Fewell. Hard on the Frl? ad. A young man, who was to make his first political speech, arranged with a friend in the audience that, at the very first indication of embarrassment on the part of the speaker, he should pretend to have a fit, so that during the excitement created the speaker would have time to recover. The night came. The young speak? er began to stammer. The chum, sit? ting in the second row of the audience, started a twitchfng of the face and jerking of the muscles that was a very good imitation of a man about to fall into a fit. But it happened that next to the pretended sick man sat a doc? tor. He at once began an examina? tion, and within two minutes, rising angrily to his feet, he said to the cu? rious crowd : "Gentlemen, this man is no more ill than you are. His illness is whol? ly pretended, and is doubtless simula? ted for the express purpose of prevent? ing our bright young friend"?point? ing to the man on the platform?"from finishing his speech." The crowd got mad. They beat him and kicked him, tore his clothes, and threw him down two flights of stairs to the street. A Story A boat Sam Jones. An amusing incident occurred at the close of Sam Jones' sermon at Pulaski the other day. Stepping down from the pulpit, folding his hands across his breast and, looking solemnly over the audienc, the great revivalist said: "I want all the women in.this crowd who have not spoken a harsh word or harbored an unkind thought toward their husbands for a month past to stand up." One old woman, apparently on the shady of 60, stood up. "Come forward and give me your hand," said the preacher. The woman did so, whereupon Jones said : "Now turn around and let this aud? ience see the best looking woman in the country." After taking her seat the revivalist addressed the men. "Now I want all the men in this crowd who have not spoke a harsh word or harbored an unkind thought toward their wives for a month past to stand up." Twenty-seven great big strapping fellows hopped out of the audience with all the alacrity of champagne corks. "Come forward and give me your hands, my dear boys." Jones gave each one a vigorous shake, after which he ranged all of them side by side in front of the pul? pit and facing the audience. He look? ed them over carefully and solemnly, and then, turning around to the audi? ence, he said : "I want you all to take a good look at the twenty-seven biggest liars in the State of Tennessee. ?Jlartwcll, {Ga.) Sun. State of Ohio, City of Toledo, j Lucas County. Jss' Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. CHENEY A Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS fo: each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in ray presence, this 6th day of De? cember, A. D. 1886. [seal] A. W. Gleasox, Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter? nally an^ acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. B?JSold by Druggists, 75c. BILL ABIP'S LETTER. Bill Grows Phtlosophlc Over the Political Situation. Atlanta Constitution. Don't fret. This thing has hap? pened before and we survived it. If the United States of North America can stand it, so can I and so can you. It is not as bad as war or pestilence or famine ; not so bad as a cyclone or fire or sickness or death or taxes. And yet we are liable to all these. If we have health and strength and food and raiment we ought to be thankful and happy. The truth is, our people care less about this Repub? lican victory than they have about any since the war. I heard an old time Democrat say to-day: "I don't care a darn. Our party is not fit to run the government nohow. Now let the yanks take it and run it till king? dom come." Another one said: "We swept our State in the face of 5-cent cotton, but up North, where they have no cotton, they cleaned us up like an avalanche. How's that?" Ancl now the quarrel still goes on in the Democratic press. Who did it? Who is to be held responsible for the inglorious defeat ? Both fictions are crying: "I told you so," and the peo? ple are tired. What is the use of try? ing to find out how the wagon came to turn over while dad is under the hay. Let's get him out and drive on. It rominds me cf JudgcJJnderwood's old darky, who waked up and round him? self in the calaboose. He sent for "Mars John" and declared he hadent "dun nufin?nufin at all." "Well, Jack, they can't put you in here for that. There is no law to punish a man for doingnothing." Jack bright? ened up for a moment: "You say dey can't Mars John." "No, sir," said the judge, "no, sir, they can't do it." "But, Mars John, dey has done done it, and I is here right now?'fore God Iis." Well we Democrats are all in for it now, and I'm not going to bed about it. There is not much difference be? tween the two parties nohow. There is no dividing line on principle. There are thousands of protection Democrats down South, especially in Alabama and Tennessee. They say protection has enriched the north, and now let the South go to manufacturing and get rich too. On the silver ques? tion our people are as much divided as the Republicans. Some want to take silver straight, and some to dash it with gold, and nobody but the fools know which is right. So, after all, there is but one settled, well-defined, line and that is office, spoils, patron? age. But few of us have any interest in that, so let the office holders and office-seekers howl and weep. I'm not going to shed many tears. There are five Republicans in this town who are right now ruminating about our little postofiice for two years hence, and they are all clever men and good citi? zens, but only one can get it. Then, there are two or three revenue officers and three or four clerkships at Wash? ington, and that is all that our whole county of three thousand voters gets out of national politics, so let the pro? cession proceed. As Coke says, "it's all optionary with me." Federal politics is not of so much consequence to us as our State poli I tics. As long as the negro is here we want a solid South, a united people. The Populist party has done more to disturb harmony and engender discord at the South than all other causes. If it had been conceived on good prin? ciples and with a good intent to reform corrupt methods thousands of good men would have joined it, but it has pandered to the prejudices of the laboring classes and arraigned them against their more fortunate nabors. It has fostered and encouraged a desire for paternalism and made promises to the negro that it never intended to perform. It is astonishing that men who pass as gentlemen at home should so far degrade their instincts, their consciences as to carry the banner of such a party. I would rather be a Republican ten times over than a Populist, and yet I know some good men who have joined that party and profess to believe in its absurd and j ridiculous platform. There is but one J explanation of this strange anomaly and that is just what a clever Popu? list said when I asked him if he really j believed in their platform. "Plat : forms," said he, "amount to nothing, i It is what a man does that we judge him by?not what he says he will do. j We propose to reform and economize j and put down monopolies. The old parties.are utterly corrupt, as you will admit, and it is time to have a new deal." That is sensible, and if they had that for a platform and had left out all their foolishness and had put forward men who were not tricksters and demagogues there was a great op? portunity to build up a Third party that would have held the balance of power in national politics and have checked the corrupt methods of the State Democracy. Even as it is, they have been a terror to machine politics in Georgia and thereby have done some good, but with their professed principles of paternalism and the moral obliquity of their leaders, woe j be unto Georgia if they ever get into power. The people admire the bold? ness of an independent, but lament the foolishness of a Populist. Dr. Felton dident mean to be one and he is not one now. It is very hard for an old line Whig like him to be a Demo? crat and we sympathize with him in the strain, that has been upon him for forty years. Ben Hill was another and said with mortification, "I dident go to be a Democrat." Toombs was another aiid Alex Stephens, and they gave Dr. Felton aid and comfort when he ran as as an independent against Dabney and Lester. Mr. Stephens never was a Democrat at heart and would have run as an independent, if the Democrats had dared to nominate another man. Dr. Felton has not yet become reconciled to Democracy. He cannot belie his raising and some of his friends predict that he will yet join the Republican party, for in.that party he can find the protection policy that he favors and can also find thous? ands of old line whigs. If he had run this last race as an independent he would have received many votes that he did not. Now let the grand old man retire. Let him say with Othello: "I have done the State some service and she knows it: Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate not set down aught in malice." But there is some good mixed up with every bad that comes. The Pop? ulists arc sick unto death and so are the A. P. As. and Tammany. Now let the next presidential contest be fair and square on the tariff. Let protection or tariff reform be the issue. We want this question settled so that the hidden money can be turn? ed loose. There is just as much of it as there was a few years ago, when the boom was on, but people will not invest while this uncertainty contin-1 ucs. Tt is not so much whether silver should be 16 to 1, or some variable ratio, as it is the withdrawal of capi? tal from active employment. I wish to borrow and nobody will lend. This may be good for me in the long run, but in the short run it is very aggra? vating?if not more so. Nevertheless, the best thing for us all to do now is to be calm and serene. Bill Arp. The Powers of the Upper Air. The air will stand a strain of about 9,600 grains per square foot before breaking. That is, the flash will occur when the electrical pull amounts to this 1.37 pounds per square foot. For the energy of a cubic mile of strained air just before the flash we have, then, about seventy million foot tons. The average thunder-head or cumulo-nimbus cloud is not a mile high, however. For a small cloud, one a hundred yards square, and dis? tant only a quarter of a mile, we would get about three hundred horse power. Now a flash even a quarter of a mile long means a potential of many mil? lion volts. We cannot at present measure this directly, but we can de? termine the potential of the air within certain limits on any day, thunder? storm or no thunder-storm. In 1885, at Blue Hill Observatory, and in subsequent years, we measured the potential of the air with insulated water, dropping collectors, after the methods of Thomson (now Kelvin) and Mascart. The top ot tii? hill is six hundred feet above the surrounding country; but with Franklin's idea of reaching out a little farther from the earth, I ventured to use at times a large kite, tin-foiled, and for kite string some five hundred feet of hemp fish line, wrapped about with fine un? covered copper wire. During thunder storms the sparkling and sizzling at the electrometer end of the kite string were incessant and startling. And even on cloudless days I found it pos? sible to draw sparks, reading at the same time on the electrometer from minute to minute the electrification of the air in volts. In 1886 and 1887, in some investigations carried on by the Chief Signall Officer, and more imme? diately under the supervision of Pro? fessor Mendenhall, I experimented at the top of the Washington Monument, at the time the highest edifice in the world. The investigation continued many months, but perhaps days on which severe thunder-storms occurred were most impressive. . It being beyond dispute the high potentials can be obtained from the air, the question naturally ensuing is, Can we not use them ? With three or four sparks a large fruit jar can be j cleared of smoke with which it has previously been filled. Perhaps na? ture repeats this on a large scale with lightning, and clarifies, a foul, dust laden atmosphere with these great sparks. It may be, too, that these flashes are all needed, and to attempt to divert them would be unwise. Be that as it may, we are living in an age of "step-up" and "step-down" trans? formers ; an age when, for the first time in centuries, we are perilously near duplicating lightning. Until re? cently we studied lightning only in miniature. Professor Elihu Thomson was kind enough to show me in his Lynn laboratory, two summers ago, some of his larger home-made light? ning. Indeed, potentials of 100,000 volts are less rare to-day than poten? tials of 5,000 volts were five years ago. All who saw the Thomson and Tesla exhibits at the Electrical Building, Chicago, will easily believe that it is within our power to turn the fleeting high potential lightning into a current of lower potential and use it. Professor Trowbridge, of Havard University, in a discussion of some photographic negatives, shows that "the discharge follows exactly the same path in air for three hundred thousandths of a second," and adds that "it is probable that an ordinary discharge of lightning of a few hun? dred feet in length could light for an instant many thousand incandescent lamps if it were properly transformed by means of a step-down transformer." The eye alone cannot give a com? plete history of the myriad minor flashes during a thunder-storm. The charred though to us intensely bril? liant crack in the air which we call lightning is but a great splash in the ether ocean. The waves and ripples come tumbling along in all directions, spreading rapidly, ay, very rapidly, nearly two hundred thousand miles per second. Given a proper resonator, and the waves will do work. If my reader keep every sense on the alert, he may happen on some strange illus? tration of work done by lightning, now all unsuspected. In the tinkling of the telephone bell, the blinking of an incandescent lamp, the melting of a fuse, or the tiny spark from a gas pipe or a loose wire, is the constant proof that there arc more things going on between heaven and eaith during a thunder-storm than most of us dream of in our philosophy.?Alexander Mc Adie, in Harper s Magazine. -? ? m - A Meditation. - Ah, foolish one ! why thinkest thou that thou shalt live long, when thou art not sure of a single day ? How many have been deceived, and sud? denly have been snatched away from the body ? How many times hast thou heard how one was slain by the sword, another was drowned, another falling from on high broke his neck, another died at the table, another whilst at play ! One died by the fire, another by the sword, another by the pestilence, another by the robber. Thus coiueth death to all, and the life of men swiftly passeth away like a shadow. Who will remember thee after death ? And who will entreat for thee ? Work, work now, O dearly be? loved, work all that thou canst. For thou knowest not when thou shalt die, nor what shall happen unto thee p.fter death. While thou hast time, lay up for thyself undying riches. Think of naught but of thy salvation; care only for the thiugs of God. Make to thyself friends, by veneratiug the saints of God and walking in their steps, that when thou fallest thou mayest be received into everlasting habitations. Keep thyself as a stranger and a pil? grim upon the earth, to whom the things of the world appertain not. Keep thine heart free, and lifted up toward God, for here have we no con? tinuing city. To Him direct thy dai? ly prayers with crying and tears, that thy opirit may be found worthy to pass happily after death unto its Lord. Amen.?From Kempis" "Imitation of Christ."_ Rudy's Pile Suppository, is guar? anteed to cure Piles and Constipation, or money refunded. 50 cents per box. Send stamp for circular and Free Sam? ple to Martin Rudy, Lancaster, Pa. For sale by Wilhite & Wilhitc, drug? gist?. All Sorts of Paragraphs* ? There arc a good many people who want to do good but they are going to wait until to-morrow to begin. ? If all the money in the world were divided equally among the people each person would get about $30. ? Let not every pain send thee to the doctor, every quarrel for the lawyer, nor every thirst to the dram? shop. ? If your religion does not give you any comfort in life, there is no reason why you should expect any comfort in death. ? Intelligent, refined, and wealthy negroes in the Northern cities have difficulty in securing houses in the better residence districts. ? The button's on a man's clothing are usually on the right side; on a woman's clothing they areon'\o left. Why is this ? Nobody knows. . ? Animals have legal rights. A German soldier has been court-martial ed for applying a naughty word to a horse, and an Austrian editor for li? beling one. ? A mathematician has computed the movemenxs of a rider's feetwhilo operating a bicycle, and demonstrates that it requires less exertion to travel 15 miles on a bicycle than to walk three miles. ? Less than 100 years ago the Penn? sylvania assembly 'passed this law: ."That in the future no member of the house sua'ri-sojvy*-Jjarefoot or eat his bread and cheese on t1fiT,^|gsJ'< ?A little girl read a^m position^ before the minister. The subject, "A Cow." She wove in this complimen? tary sentence: "A cow is the most useful animal in the world, except the preacher." ? By an Italian law, every circus which does not perform every act prom-* i ised in the printed programme, or which misleads the public by means of pictures, is liable to a fine of $500 for each offence. ? "Where .were you during that thunder-storm ?" "Over in that field with the big tree in it." "But Ihayer! told you distinctly, many, many times, never to stand under a tree during a thunder-storm." "I didn't. I sat ' down." ? "Yes," said Mr. Jason, "I allow that woman air the sentimental sex and.',: all that sort of thing, but I've allays noticed that when a couple git engaged it is the woman that first thinks of figerin out how they air to live on his salary." ? The word "come" is found in the Bible 978 times. Still there are peo pie who seem to fear that God has never called them to him ; and yet he; says, "Let him that is athirst come,"',': and whosoever will let him take of the water of life freely." ? The devil spends a great deal of his time inventing scarecrows to keep people out of church. The best pro? duct of his genius in this direction so far, is the official member who has the reputation among his neighbors of be? ing tricky in money matters. ?Do any of you remember Punch's story about the little girl and the bee ? It is worth telling again, anyway. She had bee a stung and was telling about it. - "First, it walked about all over my , hand,' she said, "and it was so nice. But oh !?when it sat down !" ? For a pain in the side or chest there is nothing so good as a piece of flannel dampened with 'Chamberlain's Pain Balm and bound on over the seat of pain. It affords : rompt and per- ' manent relief and if uoed in time will often prevent a cold from resulting in pneumonia. This same treatment is a sure cure for lame back. For sale by Hill Bros. ? President Scott, when he first took hold of the Cin^nnati Southern, . was greatly annoyed by the claims for horses and cattle killed by trains cf the road on their way through Ken? tucky. It seemed as though it were not possible for a train to run north or, south through Kentucky without kill? ing either a horse or cow. And every% animal killed, however scrawny, scrub? by or miserable it may have been be? fore the accident, always figured in the claims subsequently presented as of the best blood in Kentucky. "Well," said Scott finally one day, "Iv: don't know anything that improves stock in Kentucky like crossing it with a locmotive." ? Attending one Sunday a church maintained by a colored congregation, a wealthy and generous gentleman was pleased with the minister's simple ser? mon and the attitude of the worshipers that he dropped a five-dollar bill into the basket when it was passed for the usual collection. So large a contrib? ution seemed to fill with amazement the deacons, who had passed the bas? ket, and one of them in a whisper con? fided the < fact of the unusual contri-.f; bution to the pastor, who arose and said to the congregaton, "Beloved^; friends, de collection hab brought fo'th do munif'cent sum of $16.49, perwided, ?bredren?pcrwided de $5 bill gib by de white gemmcn am not counterfeit!" ? Henry Wilson, the postmaster at Welshton, Florida, says he cured a sase of diarrhoea of long standing in cix hours, with one small bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Dhrrhoea Remedy. What a pleasant surprise that must have been to the sufferer. Such cures are not unusual with this remedy. In-many instances only one or two doses are required to give permanent relief. It can always be depended upon. When reduced > with water it is pleasant to take. For j sale by Hill Bros. Determined to Find It. I have heard of a man who had lived to an advanced age careless about the salvation of his soul. He gave him? self up wholly to the world and its pursuits, and neglected the Bible and the house of God. One day he lost a bank note in his barn, and, after seeking for it several times, failed to discover it. At last he said, 'with great determination in his tone: "I know that that note is in the barn, and I will search for it till I find it! lie accordingly went to work moving object after object, aad searching hour after hour, till at lasfche found it. Some time after he became distress? ed in view of his sins. His wife was a pious woman, and one day he said to her: "What must one do to become ? a Christian?" She replied: "You must seek for the truth as you sought . fur the bank note." He did from that moment begin to seek for it with a fixed purpose of heart, and soon found a free salvation in Jesus Christ, and was rejoicing in the possession of "the pearl of great price."?Ex-.?