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WE have just received another BIG LINE of HATS and CAT*. This i3 our third shipment this season, which shows? WS MUST HAVE THE PBICES RIGHT. 50?* Dou'c fail to see our line when i:i need of one. B. Q. EVANS & CO., Clotliiers and Furnishers. PLOWS! PLOWS! 25,000 Pounds Rome, Georgia, Steel Plows. Highest grade Steel?latest improved shapes. A Tremendous Stock of Oliver Chilled Plows, FJow Stocks, Plow Handles, Heel Bolts, Clevises, Hames, Traces, &c, In fact, EVERYTHING needed by the Farmer at this season of the year, AND AT PRICES CUT TO THE QUICK. B?. Don't forget to get our prices on? BARB AND GARDEN WIRE We will SAVE YOU MONEY. Yours truly, SULLIVAN HARDWARE CO. FURNITURE I FURNITURE H LARGEST STOCK, LOWEST PRICES, BEST GOODS! ??r COFFiNS and CASKETS furnished Day or Night. WE have on hand the LAUGEST and BEST-SE? LECTED Stock of FURNITURE in South Carolina ! bought this Summer when everything struck bottom, and while there was a big cut in freights. We have determined to give the People the advantage of our BARGAINS ! We will Sell you Furniture at Prices below anything ever heard of in thi ? Country before ! And prices it is impossible for any one else to buy the same quality of Goods for. m When you need anything in the Furniture line give us a call, and? WE WILL SAVE YOU MONEY. Prices Lower than Cotton at 5c. Yours for business, G. F. TOLLY & SON, The Leaders of Low Prices. Will sell you the Best Coffee, The Cheapest Flour, Crockery, Decorated and Plain, Dinner and Tea Sets, All for less Money than you have been paying. J, P. SULLIVAN & CO. SH?KEM 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 OHIQUOLA BLOCK, NO. 5, Formerly occupied by D. S. Maxwell & Son. We will be better prepared than ever to supply you with the BEST GROCERIES at the lowest price consistent with the quality of Goods given. We haven't disappointed you in the past, aud hupe to do even better tor you in the future. No compromise nor winking at adulterated good.-. .Strictly pure food at popular prices. Come and sec us. We are ready to make things lively. Shakein up and letgo, J. A. AUSTIN & CO. - AT - ORR & SLOAN'S, enM COTTON AND FERTILIZERS. Action of the Alliance Convention in In Matter. Special >?> A'cim oml Courier. Cor.UMMA. February 1!).?The AI liaticc met to-night to act on the for tilizer ami cotton acreage i|uePti<">ii< It passed a scries of resolutions which however, were advisory, and which seemed to meet with objection, hut were pressed in lieu ?'f something hot tor. The chief action "f the Conven? tion, however, was in the request for a 20 per cent, freight reduction on fertilizers, and the drift and cry seemed to be cither to use little or no fertilizers. Hog and hominy seemed to be quite a popular strain, and those farmers who attended seemed to fully realize the importance and necessity of action. While the Convention was substantial there was not as large a gathering as might have been expect? ed. Altogether it was a harmonious meeting, but apparently with little promise of desired results. At 8.13 p. m. President Evans call? ed the Alliance Convention together to consider the question of fertilizers and cotton acreage. President Evans announced that he had called the meeting in response to several invitations to consider the peculiar condition of affairs, by which cotton was sold at less than its cost of production, as well as the question of fertilizers and acreage. Discussion was invited, but no one seemed to want to talk. A recess was taken until the committee was read}' to re? port. The committee on resolutions, ap? pointed before the meeting, consists of Messrs. Kcitt, Stokes, Watson. Duncan, Mitchell and Montgomery. Chairman Stokes announced that the work of the committee was merely a suggestion and was in no way final. The report suggested that as to cotton options in payment of fertilizers it should recommend that 17f> pounds of middling cotton be given for a ton of acid phosphate on November 1, or if payment be preferred in currency that it be made at $10 per ton f. o. b. at Charleston. If freight be prepaid interest on freight and freight to be payable in cotton at 5 cents per pound. For kainit goods 190 pounds of mid? dling cotton on November 1, or ?11 in currency, with interest and freight. Charleston f. o. b., as a basis. For ammoniated goods 2'. per cent, the committee recommend three hundred pounds middling cotton on November 1 or $17 for currency payment, with interest and freight rate from Charles ton f. o. b. The acid phosphate is to be from * 10 to 12 per cent. The fig? ures are very near, Dr. Stokes said, to those offered by one of the strongest companies. A slight reduction was made in cotton payment, and an in? crease for cash. Their offer was a straight sale for cotton. Moth propo? sitions were for f. o. b. at place of shipment. The difference on dissolv? ed bone was only about 2;"> cents per ton. Mr. Nays, of Sumter, wanted to know if the company would pay freight. The prepayment of freight was provided for. Mr. Montgomery suggested that the proposition was to give no more, but if it could be gotten for less .so much the better. Dr. Robertson asked whether any compa? nies had given a cotton option availa? ble to farmers until after the crop is harvested. Mr. Kcitt said that none had been made. Dr. Stokes said the only prop? osition was for a straight cotton trade at the time of purchase. Mr. Montgomery wanted fertilizer men to take part of the risk. All the cotton you use on options can. be sold by fertilizer people in futures. It was simply a question of whether cotton could be made at five cents. It cannot be done. The .companies could not hold all their ammoniated goods and kainit. The best thing to do was to use little or no fertilizers. Mr. Warr didn't want any fertilizers used. Darlington would use all of its fertilizers on tobacco. Couldn't see how fertilizers could be used on five cent cotton, lie had not asked the price of fertilizers in fourteen months and did not expect to. He was sorry to see so many people blowing for a little fertilizers. Me would not re? commend the proposition. He made better cotton and more com last year without fertilizers than usual with fertilizers. Mr. Watson, of \ndersoii, favored the proposition as just, equable and right. It was, he urged, lamentable that so many farmers were in debt. Every oilier product was suffering from the same depression, lie be? lieved the term- would be accepted, ft is time for farmers to ask for relief, and it i-^ best to ask for it at home. Let the companies share a portion uf the losses if necessary. Mr. I'ettigrcw, of Florence, wanted to see the matter settled. Mr. Sligh wanted the farmer- to say what they could do. and then it re? mained to see whether it could be ac? cepted. If i' is not accepted it would be better to use no fertilizers. The recommendation was auoptcd. ('ol. Duncan said that all the com? panies refused to give a cotton option, lie read from the best offer and that was an acid phosphate, payable No? vember 1. for cash or ! >."> pounds of c??tton : f. ". i.. at both ends, lie did not b< lieve a cotton option could he secured and lie did not Marne the companies. ('apt. \\ alter, of I >rangeburg. did not believe the plan \\ 01M operate. Mr. Staukliousc <!i ! not believe the proposition could be carried out Mr. Keilt said the companies want? ed the farmers lo lake the entire risk. Mr. Koiti explained that should iiotcs iio given iliey would road sr. mucli money or so many pounds r?f cntion. If the companies did not accept the proposition no fertilizers coithl be bought. The committee recommended thai railroads 1"' asked to reduce the rates on fertilizers 20 per cent, and thai for the general l'.I of all waive the thirty days' lime granted; Xo arbi? trary demand was made and in the event of unfavorable replies no fertili? zers > 11??111 > 1 |?c used. It was recom? mended and adopted thai the use of fertilizers be curtailed as much as pos? sible and what should 1"' used ought to be "f high trades. There was some debate. Mr. I'ettigrcw wanted one-third of the land planted i:i cotton. The com? mittee's recommendation was adopted that the acreage be cm to such a poinl that each farm should be self-sustain? ing, and let the first consideration be the raising of sufficient f.I-stuti" to supply the farm. Clcmson College has a rule which the Alliance wants changed. It docs not allow fertilizer t" bo shipped in bulk, and a recommendation was made to allow individual shipments in bulk. The Alliance Kxchange was recom? mended as a medium for the business of Alliance men. I'pon motion of Mr. Stokes a committee <>f five was ap? pointed to prepare an address setting forth what was dune to-night. Governor Tillman was asked to ex? plain the attitude of the Clcmson board on the fertilizer tax matter. He explained that the law was specific, and if any relief was granted it had to come through the Legislature, as a penalty was provided for anyone ship? ping fertilizers except in packages. !>r. Ptokcs then moved to have the request directed to the Legislature. Carried. Chairman Evans appointed the commit tee to prepare the address. Shortly after 11 o'clock the Conven? tion adjourned. Met a Dad 3I?n "Only on o::c occasion in my life have I felt the need of a weapon," said an army officer of the I'nited Slates army to a Washington Star writer. ' I have never carried a gun ; hut it has sometimes occurred to me that no man ought ever be without one. One cannot be sure but that sometime the weapon would save one's life. For instance. ! will recite to you a little experience of my own. Tt was in a wild mountain region of Texas. 1 was riiling along a lonely path, mounted on a government mule. Not a thing did 1 have on my person which could have been regarded by the most improvcrished citizen as of value. Whistling as I went. 1 approached a large rock about which the path ran to avoid a sharp ascent, dust as I reached it a fierce-looking man rose out of the hushes and cried: 'Halt !' "What could 1 do? L'crhaps you will say that 1 ought to have charged upon him with my government mule, overpowered him. taken away his anus, and demanded why he should thus obstruct what was the best substitute available for a public highway. I did nothing of the kind. The only reason I can allege is that 1 was afraid. Such a method of dealing with highwaymen does well enough in story books ; but in real life it is dangerous. Accor? dingly, I obeyed the suggestion of the bold bandit and halted, for a mo? ment my heart jumped into my throat as 1 saw him thrust a hand into his hip pocket. He drew something and pointed it a*, me point blank. I per? ceived that the sometheng was not a pistol : it was a bottle?a large, black bottle. Said the highwayman : " 'Drink !' "1 held out my hand and grasped the bottle with more than ordinary eagerness. 1 drank. It was the worst whiskey 1 have ever tasted : and that is saying a good deal, for 1 have lived in the West for a number of years. But to me at that moment it was a grateful draught. I handed the bottle back to the highwaymen, and. as he went his way with a benevolent smile upon his countenance, 1 resumed, with a thankful heart, my journey upon my government mule. I had meant to oiler him that mule, but would hardly have had the nerve, perhaps, for he might have regarded the proffer of such an obviously valueless gift as an in? sult." *_^0^_ ? "Women dress ridiculously.'' he said as he watched his wife finishing her toilet. "Ml is the fashion, John," she s:-id pleasantly. ''Fashion be hanged!" said lie. "1 would he su? perior t" fashion if I were a woman, and wear nothing bill w hat is useful.'' live mi ii utc? later he asked her to sew a button on the back of his coat. ? When four ounces of salt aredis- j solved in 40 ounces of water, an egg a day old will .-ink lo the bottom, one two days will nearly reach the bottom, three 'lays will float near the top, and live or more days old will project above the surface more and more as it I becomes older. ? Tie- most cautious man we ever kn -w was I he one who was afraid to buy a lead pencil for fear ihe Lad wouldn't reach clean through i:. $100 "Tev/anl, 5100. Til ? r.-.i.l r oftliis paper n ;'! !. - pl.M-.-,l to leant thai i her? is at Msi unu ilrvhiietl ili?ea?e. dial ?h-|i.ih:o iia? l>"c:i i.in1 oi .ill its slu.-*?, nn<l that is'atarrh. 11 >Jl's i "atnrrli furo u llioi.nly |..-iti .'- riire known loil,.- medical fraternity. Catarrh ("-in.: a ??onMitutiotial (lis<-?se, rc<|iiirtK'a con<tittitienal irraoiii-ni. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken im< i iia?j. :;? ting dim ily on I lie hlood ami muco' - siiri'?i i - "I i '.<>? system. iln>rel>y dystroyiiit; the louii.lali.: ih? ?':>..?. ... :.,. |* giving* the patient ?treii?lh ItV Ktiil.iin# ?? |* the roiftitutioti ami h.-.*i'!':i^' mtiite in'loins it- ? .r';. The pro. I rieio-s have s; much faith in its curative | overs, lliat tli'-y litl'.-i i'ii. Hundred Dollar? fir atiyeUse tiiaM'l fail* to cure. Send tor Met .it l.'>titii>*nfal>. Ail ice. I .1 1 Ml.XI.: .v ? ??, lolwlo i> *4 "vlj hp I'riw'L'i?,'?'?. WHITE UNION FOR WHITE RULE The Appeal of the Stale Democratic Committee. CYir.rr.Mr.iA, February 19.?It was sum time after 1 o'clock when tin su'. i iniuittec of the Democratic ex? ecutive committee, charged with issu? ing an address to the Democrats of the State, finished their work. What they did was of the utmost importance at this time, and after considering the matter it was decided to show the peo? ple the position of the executive com? mittee. At such an hour the address will speak for itself, and no doubt it will prove a cannon ball in the discus? sion preliminary to the Convention. Here is the address : To the Democrats of Smith Caro? lina: The demand for a Constitution? al Convention to frame an organic law adapted to our people and our 20ndi tions has become a cardinal principle uf the Democratic party of this State. The call for such a Convention has been duly made by the people, pro? vided fur by the Legislature, and the Convention will assemble to doits work on the-day of September next. Upon the complexion and acts of this Convention depends the welfare of our people fur many years to conic. Therefore the election of proper dele crates to the Convention is of para? mount importance. Our best and wisest citizens should be chosen for the great and responsible trust. Real? izing this your State "omniittec. charged by the constitution of the party "with the execution and direc? tion of the policy of the party" in ac? cordance with its constitution and platform of principles, has unanimous? ly resolved that delegates to the Con? vention to represent the views of the Democratic party of this State should be nominated at a Democratic primary to be held in each County on the day of July next, unless the County executive committee shall adopt a different mode of nomination, and the Stale committee will, in due time, prescribe suitable rules to govern the primary election. It cannot be ignored that two fac? tions. "Reformers" and Conserva? tives, exist in the Democratic party of this State, and that much bitter strife existed between them. But no matter where the blame, if any should bo. the time has come when union and harmony should again prevail among the white Democrats uf this State. We believe the great body of the Dem? ocracy earnestly desire the restoration of peace and harmony, and wc observe with pleasure that patriotic men on both sides are sincerely endeavoring to bring about a union on fair and just lines. By every fair and honorable means we should strive to prevent a bitter factional fight fur the control of the Constitutional Convention, with its inevitable appeal to the negro to arbitrate the differences among Demo? crats. There is no reason why all white Democrats in South Carolina cannot heartily agree and unite in the adoption of a Constitution. The trans? cendent issue is the preservation of white supremacy by a qualified suf? frage. In this issue ''Conservatives'' and Reformers alike arc equally and vitally concerned. On this supreme issue the tocsin should be "white unity for white supremacy." There was once such a time, and it may not be amiss to recall it. Nineteen years ago a dual Govern? ment existed in the State Capital, with two (iovernors, each claiming to lie the legal Executive, and two Legis? latures, with fnil sets of State officers. The one Government was composed of carpctrbaggers, scalawags and negroes, the vilest *ct. of thieves and scoun? drels known to American history, was sustained by Federal troops, who had been ordered to seize the State House by Grant. The question of Presiden? tial succession was in doubt, and the iron-willed President, without scruple, propped the edifice built by General Canby and the carpet-baggers with bayonets, because the State's electoral vote was necessary to save the Presi? dency to the Republican party. The other Government was sustain? ed by the white people of tht State with a unanimity and determination horn of despair, and an immovable purpose to throw off the yoke of igno? rance and vice, let the consequences be what they might. But it was a period of doubt and gloom, and the mind - of men have never been kept at such high tension for so long a time. The campaign of '70. with the excit ing scenes which it engendered, the Hamburg and Klienten riots, the Cain hoy massacre, the red shirt cavalcades, the troops at the polls?all these are fresh and vivid pictures in the minds of our people. South Carolina has boon and was then in sore straits. Her citizens had been subjected to a tyranny such as had never been borne by an Eng? lish speaking people "since the Sax m wore the Norman collar." The sun of hope had been in eclipse for eight Ions, dark year.- and the fate of mir civili? zation hung in the balance. But true to their lineage and the love of free? dom inherited from their Revolution? ary sires, South Carolina's true sons came together as one man. and when thus united the contest was no longer doubtful. The .State's vote was count? ed fur the Republican candidate for President, but we held our State 'iov ernmcnt and the Uovernor of mir choice was duly installed and assumed undisputed control as soon us the troop- were removed, while the horde of miscreants who bad defiled our State House lied bevond our border* ror safely. , h is no! pleasant to recall the sad ami gloomy period of nur history. bn: some of our people seem to have for gotten it. while others who were toi young to know and realize the terrible conditions and thealmosi superhuman efforts which were necessary t" rescm the State can read the story with pro lit. if they will heed the lesson of tin State's resell"' from the darkest period it has ever know. White unity alone wrought our r< demption. White unity alone kep: the Government in the hands of tin intelligence and virtue of the Stale Obedience to the will of the whip majority and a legal support of tin candidates chosi n by the regular part} machinery alone preserved the fruit. of the victory which was won again.* such fearful odds in l>7f>. The slo gan. "'An Independent is worse thai, a Radical'" has been tin idle phrase, but a living, burning text, faith in which meant Anglo-Saxon supremacy, good government ami the preservation of our civilization. But the sword of Damocles has been suspended over our heads through a Constitution guaranteeing universal suffrage. The census of 1SJM) shows that the negroes have a majority of more than 30,000 men of voting age. The huge black snake which, anaconda like, heb! the State in its folds and came so nea> crushing it to death during the dark period from 1SCS to 187G, has been I rendered harmless, temporarily para? lyzed by the registration andcight-box laws, but it is not dead, nor is it ever, sleeping. Encouraged by the bitter feud existing between the whites, and no doubt relying on the belief that they will be called in as a balance of power to settle the quarrel, the Hepub-j lican party has been reorganized, the negro preachers, always the most in- j flucntial leaders of their race, arc al? ready at work preparing to mobilize the black hordes. It. is a sad com? mentary on the mad extreme to which factional political strife can carry men to note the attitude of some of our men and newspapers towards the move? ment. Thirsting for control and blind to all the evil consequences, they en? courage the negroes to political activ? ity. Irreconcilablcs, few in number, we arc confident, but hitter and schem? ing, arc evidently in league with them and a perfect understanding seems to exist. The devil, moving and insti? gating them, has. as it were, taken these men upon a mountain and shown them the negroes, saying: uKncr gizc, mobilize these black men and you can rule in South Carolina.'" The plea is made by the Republican j leaders that the Republicans do not j seek to obtain office or regain control j of the Government, but no man of] sense can be deceived by such a plea. ! Their offer to vote for the best men of j the faction which will give them their ? rights may be a temptation to a few j ultra political partisans, but we have ' more faith in the good sense and pat- ] riotism of the conservative masses ; than to believe that they arc to be j thus fooled or that they can be led by ; designing men to form an alliance > which can only bring disgrace to them ; and would jeopardize if not destroy < our Government for all time. i Wc have the opportunity, so long j sought, of fixing the privileges of suf- ! frage so that the fullest political free- ' dorn shall obtain, and all danger from , the ignorant black majority, which : has been a menace to our liberty and I civilization and has hung as an incu- . bus on our progress, shall be averted . forever. Will not our people, rcmcm- ' bering the struggle of "Til and its les- I sou of white unity, cease their mad i strife and come together as the sons j of a common mother to protect that i mother, and secure for themselves and ! their posterity the blessings of liberty I and good government, freed from the j black shadow which has so long been ! over our I.e. loved State? Thcr< has ; been bitterness and angry crimination j and recrimination on both sides. The I spirit of antagonism if longer nursed ] can only breed disaster, and no patriot j should wish a Constitution made by a victorious and enraged faction after a j light in which white men have called ! 1 on the negroes to settle their differ- | enccs. Whatever have been the cause of j I the differences which have embroiled j , our people we can all unite in select- ] ing our best, our wisest, c-uv purest citizens as delegates and leave it to j their wisdom and patriotism to frame | an organic law for the State, bet these delegates be chosen at a primary ! in which all white Democrats can unite once more and vote for men without regard to past political deferences or j affiliations. Let character, patriotism, j ability and devotion to the main pur- i pose for which the Convention las' been called be the tests of fitness of the delegates, and let the nomincss of . the party be loyally supported at the election. A Constitution framed by our best men elected in this spirit Would be worthy of our State and its history. All must recognize that a Constitu? tion should deal with principles pro;.ci? to be incorporated in the organic law, and ii"t with matter- of detail, which i< the province of the legislator. With a Constitution made by our own people suited to their ir.-n::i- and condition, endorsed by the great body of the white race as promotive of the best interests of the whole State and establishing, by adequate and valid provisions, the supremacy of the white men and delivering us forever From the fear of negro domination, our State will be given a new era of pro? gress and prosperity. Signed: C. M. Klird, Ira B. Jones, W. D. Kvans, J. J. Gentry. -I l\ Glenn. ? Many ].pie waste time h d.iug after lluugs thai have passed way, BILL AKP'S LETTER. Do Kot Forget Lite Old Folks When Vc Are Away. Atlanta Constitution. If 1 was asked what triv. - tlie vis; I tors at CK-ar Water ihr. greatest an* ?wectosi pleasure I should answer lei ters front home?letters from kindrri ami friends. We g< t our daily mai j very early in the morning, and ii ael I iially induces a habii <?!' early rising ii j t he household. Long before break fas j the family and the guests eongregati j in tli" large room where the Mail lia been assorted upon ihe cenu r table With earnest hopes and eager eye they scan the letters and I see a lool ? ?f disa]tpointment if the expectci ones are missing, but they rarely fail and soon the fortunate ones have set lied down to an enjoyment that is pun hive and welcome as charity. I know of no pleasure that can be giver ,:s cheaply as the perusal of kind, he? ilig letters from dear ones at home, am there is no exeuse. no apolo.sy that will atone for a neglect of writini: them. Many sad moments are passed by parents because their long absent children do not write to then:, for it betokens a lack of filial luve or a liar I de ii cd heart. Ti is a sure sign of .-el lisli indifference. Needcnt tell me that he is a splendid young man?so handsome, so gentlemanly. If lie habitually neglects to write (?> his mother I have no respect for him. I wouldn't trust him as a cashier or a clerk. Once nor twice a year docs not satisfy. Once a month is a stingy makeshift, when we consider how easy it is to do, and how little tin.' cost compared with the pleasure it gives. T have known a venerable mother to put her son's letter care? fully away among her dearest treas? ures and get it out again occasionally and wipe her spectacles for another reading. Why. it would pay a boy a thousand-fold to look in upon that mother as she reads his letter, especi? ally if it was a good long one, and came from his heart. It would pay Iii 111 to see her read a postal card if it h id nothing on it but, ;'Mr dear, dear mother.'' and '"llodblcss you." and his signature. Voting men. why don't you carry some postal cards in your pocket, as you travel from place to place, and every day or two pencil a few lines while on the train and hand to the conductor. He will mail it on the train. He always docs it for me. So, then, there is positively no ex? cuse, and if you think St. Peter will let you in at the golden gate you arc mistake!!.* Honor thy father and mother, ii the onlv one of the ten commandments that has a promise in it. Shakespeare says, "how -harper than a serpent's to.de it is to have an ungrateful child." All this is about letters from chil? dren to parents. But there arc other letters that should be written?letters ; from friends to friends that always rive pleasure. The best quality of a letter is that it should be willingly written. How often do we hear it said. ??<>h. I've got to write some Ict ; ters and I had rather do anything in the world than to write letters." i Well, of course, there are some corres? pondents like schoolgirls and transient friends that are not particularly desir? able, but. if a letter is worth writing at all. it should be well written?care I fully ami thoroughly written. There i" a world of character in a letter. ; The other day one of our household received a letter from a young lady in j Atlanta and it was so bright, so newsy, j so genial that it went the grand rounds. Everybody read it. and each om- said, "Well, Mary does write such a beau? tiful letter. She is a very superior girl." Most people regard writing good letters as a gift, but it is not. It is a pains-taking, thoughtful task. Thousands of letters are not worth the postage. Sheridan said that '' Easy writing was curst hard reading" and I'ope saiil : "True ease-in writing comen from art, not chancr, As those move cn-ieat who iiavo learned to dance" I have observed though as a general rule, the most gifted talkers are the poorest correspondents. The pen is too slow for their wits. One of the most genial companions and truest friends I ever had never wrote me a letter, never answered any. and had the same old excuse that he had rath? er take a whipping than write a letter. What a blessing i< the privilege. Two ccni?only '1 cents, to be carried I.niiii miles?oul* ."> cent- to cross the \tlantic ocean. I remember when it was quite a tax to pay for a letter from another State to Georgia. It was -') cents and was paid at the end uf the line?paid by the one who re ? dved it. and if it was a poor letter ? felt like he was cheated?imposed upon. Many a time when I was the postmaster's clerk have I handed out letters and they were inspected all over and handed back with the re? mark. '"Well, you can keep it until 1 t the money." In that day there were no envelopes, no mucilage?most ? >! tin in were s< aled with wafers that cost Cents a box. Many were seal? ed with soft rosin from the pines. In fad-, i he mucilage business i- of rather reeeni origin. It is said that it- di eovery was accidental: that the ad lb sivc substance used in England on j'tvelopes and postage stamps was not ,--;!y expensive hut v.;,s poisonous, and became very unpopular. About ibis time a grocer's store burned down in London, and after the lire had cooled I '.vii the owner was turning ovi-r sonic potatoes with his hands and soon his lingers were all stuck up with mucil t.e. lie was a thoughtful man. and told ii !?> .1 ehcmi.-i near by, and In made use of it. and v< ry -oon offered ;?' the postmaster general, a bottle of the mucilage i" try ami assured liiui I that ii was both cheap and harmless. The result was a large contract and s?lVn i: was known all over the world, and the governments- wer?- supplied with tlie same adhesive fluid thai we have now. When lett? r: used i ? he sealed willi was ii indicated thai tie writer did not wish ii:>.Mem; t,. ||(> inspected. The greater numbi r were not scaled at all, and this no ant that they Contained m- secrets?nothin? thai the writer feared to he exposed and hence came the pn ti-y word "sin? cere.'' which means without wax sineeerum. Stieh letters wen; open letters and any postmaster's daughter ceild read them if she wished. There is an old son? that I used to admire called '"I Sent n Letter to My Love," and another that said: "flood news from home; good news for me Mas come across 1 he deep blue sea." 1 like them because there is a glimpse of pleasure in them that re? sponds to my own when I read a lov? ing letter. Mtl.I. All!1. Modern Religion. K??iT?'?Rs rxTKJ.i.ittr.NVEit: Thevital importance perceived in religious re? form in-ti!s within ns the desire to do all we can to enlighten the "modern Christian," concerning the true path? way of true and undeliled Christianity. i.'e venture to assert that not more than five per cent, of the "professed ... Christians to-day know anything, from experience, of the true character of religion, pure and holy, as revealed to u- in find's holy word, as the an? cient Apostles lived it. and as we are required to do if wo wish to he saved from the destruction of the world and of wicked men. Now. dear friends, let ii - candidly and earnestly examine the present condition of the "church of to-day." just as it stands, its make up, that is the material with which it is "made up." The first point we will examine is the qualification of our pastors to sow the seed of truth. We do ict mean to "throw-off" on any one. ??hut whomsoever the shoe ftt teth" let him wear it. or let him make just such alterations as will let him out of ii. A<< a general thing our ministers arc men who have never felt the deep important.f "fishing for soul-." hut for the carnal profit that there is in it. They have never had the experience of love, (that is tiodly-brotherly love) for the people of I!nd as a true minister must have. They arc those who arc man-trained, self-made orator.-, glorying in their tah-nt of flowery s].eh more than they do in the necessity of the spread? ing of the gospel id our dear Saviour. Many time- do they fail to proclaim the more important truth.- ju-t for fear i hat it would not "lay" well with some of the most popular members. What say you. reader'/ Me thinks I can hear, "that's so," from all quar? ters of the country. Dear friends, it is no time for us to withhold from our fellowmen and women those precious jewels of truth. "Cry aloud and spare not.'' Kor Christ's sake and your s and the people's, dear minis? ters, withhold nothing, wo say uolfioiy that would he for the good of the souls id' our dear brethren. Stand to your Christian post and give way not an inch. Next we will slightly examine the interior of the Church; that is. the members comprising the Church. We stop ami iraze with awe as we behold, just under the cover of the so-called "Protestant Church" men, women and children of all kind - of characters, and worst of all. they claim to be rep? resenting the tru''1 characters of our Lord. "This know. also, that in the ln.it ilnys perilous times .-hall com,-." Why '.' you say. Listen to what rea? sons Cod gives in Tim. ?'!. 2, ">: "For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boast' rs. proud,blas? phemers, disobedient to parents, dc spiscrs of those that arc good, un? thankful, unholy, without natural affection, trueebreakers, false accu? ser-, incontinent, fierce, traitors, heady, highmiuded, lovers "f pleasures more than lovers "f Cod : having a form "f i lodlincss. but denying the pow< r thereof; from *nch turn away. Who is there among you, dear readers, who j is so spiritually blind that you can't observe every one of the above charac? ters i': i he do >rs of the modern church. I pity t! ose who can't sec it. and 1 pity those who do see it. and will not iift their voice against it. and will not heed the latter clause of the fifth verse : from such turn away. Wc will leave ii with any candid, honest-hearted reader, to say whether or not the Church of to-day i- the Church of Christ. It can't be, in the eondili :. it i- in. Tin n it must be the synatrogue of satan. We would not mi-- it very far if we say that the Church of tu .lay has fallen away from Christ and "become the habitation (.f devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, aiela rase of every unclean andhateful bird." Rev. IS. 2. "Come out of her. my people, that ye be :i"t partak -rs of her -in-, and that ye re j ccive not of her plagues. For her ! sins have reached unto heaven and i < led hath remembered her ini piities. i Rev. IS. 1. ."?. Dear reader-. Cod is speakimr to von. /.. ?./#?/< <>w <?/' ,, .,/. ! Will you he. Uli- calling? Will you turn to th.e I,? ?;?>[ whileyou may? The time i - roniiuu when you will not have this privilege. Ves. that time i- near already. Giveupyour man-made or? dinances and cling to the command? ments of (b>d and the faith of Jesus. Study t" kr:ow His will, and when] yon have learned it. strive to do Hi- I will. Von wiU learn 11 is will by study? ing iii- law. Rom. 2. 1 I .x'-.< Cud help von to do vour dutv i ? ' - ^ ??> ? j M. Smith. Ml Sorts oi rnragrspbs. line s stiriv.et ilrjH'riu.? very large? ly upon wliat one dm .? not ?ny. ? The lazier :?. man is the creator things In- is !.'..iiiu't'. do when to-mor? row conies. ? The I'ultivateil lands "I the I 'ni i >d States ? nly occupy L'-!' aeres out of eaeh 1.000. A hahy was held in pawn for several days in Xew Y<>rk for the pay? ment of ;| (]< }.? of <",."). ? Ti n lawyers appeared in a ease before a Saratoga justice the other day. in which only sixty-five cents was involved. ?'To ami-, women, to arms," shouted a western woman suffragist. ??Why, certainly, .01." yelled a delighted young man. "' Ih.t'corgic!" "Laura, dearest, 1 111 so - "Stop where you are, treorgc ! Cm ever so clad to see you, of course, but I just will not have my sleeves rumpled !" ? There is a miniature Indian corn crown in Brazil. The ears arc not larger than a little finger, ami the grain- are the size of mustard seeds. ? Milton. \V. Va., has a military company composed entirely of girls. They are drilling under the tutorship of a eaptain of the State militia, and propose to appear in public when they become proficient. Mrs. B. : "1 can't see what's your objection to young Mr. Goodly. Everybody speaks well of him." Miss B. (pathetically) : "Mamma, surely you wouldn't wish me to marry a man that T would never have a right to scold !" ? Ex-Senator Warren rarely takes a morning's walk around his Wyoming farm. One reason is that it is six times as big as the State of Rhode Is? land, and has on it 2,000 horses. 15, 000 cattle, and 130,000 sheep. ? Skidmore Alston died recently in Rolesvillc, X. C. at the age of 85 years. Skidmore was the father of twenty-four children and had so many grandchildren he was never able to recognize all of them. Rudy's Pii.k Suppository, is guar? anteed to cure Piles and Constipation, or money refunded. 50cents per box. Send stamp for circular and Free Sam? ple to Martin Rudy, Lancaster, Pa. For sale by Wilhitc & Wilhite, drug? gists. ? It is told of a fanner in Ionia county. Mich., who used green willow for corner post- for his barn, that the posts have taken root and grown, and that the building is considerably higher than it was. Some limbs have also come out for him to hang his har? ness on. ? There is no doubt whatever that the average person eats a great deal more in . inter than in summer. JPhe air in wi'iter contains more oxygen, and therefore animal combustion is neue rapid, and extra food is re?juiicd to keep up the same amount of animal heat. ? "You will remember." said Snor kins. '"that geese once saved Home." "Yes." replied Harking, "but that's no excuse for so many geese cackling nowadays under the impression that they are saving this country." ? The poultry and egg crop of the Cnitcd States is estimated to be worth ?200,000,000 annually. Startling as these figures may appear, it seems Still more remarkable that, besides the above, we import between 00,000,000 and 200,000.000 dozen eggs each year. ? An aged Irishman was walking down a grade, when suddenly he slip pled and swatted the earth with him? self. "Ah !" said a wag. "that's the time the sidewalk downed you, Mike." "Not by a jugful," said the witty fellow, brushing the snow from his coat-tails, "wasn't 1 on top V" ? Mrs. Emily Thome, who resides at Toledo, Washington, says she has never been able- to procure any medi? cine for rheumatism that relieves the pain so ipiickly and effectually as Chamberlain's Pain Balm, and that she has also used ii for lame back with great success. For sale by Hill Pros. ? Minnie ("hew is a woman high? way robber serving a term in the Ohio penitentiary at Columbus. By wild screaming and wilder talkim: at night she has made the keepers so angry that they now keep her chained up in her ci 11. with a halter in her mouth to insure silence. ? Tin; winw r days in Sweden are only six hours long. In the northern part "f the peninsular the sun does not rise once for two months. This is made up for, however, by the sun - uy summer. In the 11 orti) the sun does not .-el fur weeks a lid Week.-, ail endless -lay. The most gb irious sight ?.f all the nurlhland i- the midnight sun. ? 0. W. (>. Uardman, Sheriff of Tyler Co., W. Va.. appreciates a good thing and does not hesitate to say *o. lb- v.a- almost prostrated with a cold when he procured a bottle of Cham? berlains Cough Remedy. He says: "It gave me prompt relief. I find it lo be an invaluable remedy for coughs and colds." For sah- by Hill Pros. ? Cultivate the mind which God lias L'iv-'ti you and which He proposes one day to inundate with His glory i:e! blessedness. Your happiness will be tenfold increased by the pres? ence of the- neble and beautiful thoughts of the master minds of our race. If yen have a favorite study, pursue it. The intellect is really a passive faculty which is roused to activity only by its appropriate ob? jects. Every power of faculty that yeu have is susceptible ?>f training. If you are deficient in imagination, read the |.t-. The chief advantage . I 1? aiming i- that it makes a man fit company for himself. A scholar is uever aloue