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BILL AUFS LETTER. Arp Talks to Boys?He Tells ihem Ihat Knowledge of Everything in Essential. Atlanta Constitution. Here is a letter for the boys. I believe that even an imperfect knowledgo of many callings renders a man happier than perfection in anyone and comparative ignorance of all the rest. Great scientists, discoverers and inventors seem to be necessary for the world's progress and the good of mankind, but their work is gener ally at the expense of their health and happiness. Sir Isaac Newton in his last days exclaimed with a sigh, "I have made a slave of myself." His great mind was always on a strain in one direction. It is said of him that he had a hole cut iu the lower part of the door for his favorite cat to enter and exit, and when she had a pair of kittens he had two smaller holes cut for them. The mind is like the body. It must have a variety of food. It is like the muscles in the arms or legs. If only one set are used the others be come weak and will gradually perish away. S I was talking not long ago to a learn ed judge, a man of fine judicial mind and literary 'attainment, but who ac knowledged his very limited knowl edge of nature and nature's laws. "I hardly know one tree from another," said he, "excepting, of course, the chestnut, hickory nut and walnut. Yes, of course, I know the pine'and the oak. Iudeed I have never had any occasion to know more, for I was raised in town and books have absorb ed me." I was ruminating about this because our little girl's mother is teaching her to draw and to paint," and I asked her to draw me a chestnut tree, an oak tree and a maple tree. She is work ing on them now and has to go out and look at them and examine the bark on the trunk, and the shape of the limbs and leaves. I wonder how many boys and girls can draw a hicko ry leaf without looking at one. I should like to see their specimens. Thousands of boys, especially country ... boys, know all the common trees of their neighborhood, but it requires close and careful observation to de scribe them and point out the differ ence. Now there are ten different kinds of oaks in this country, but very few town raised people can name half of them. Theu there are differ ent kinds of hickories and pines and ash and elm trees, besides the hack berry, box elder, poplar, beach, locust and cotton wood. Eugene Le Hardy was a very learned and scientific Frenchman, but thought that Ameri can cotton grew on the eottonwood trees and that we gathered it by using ladders. It is said that a Mr. Jack son, of Atlanta, is trying to introduce the ladder kind now and has got the trees up to fourteen feet high. The study of the trees and shrubs of this Southern country is a delight ful and instructive recreation for young people, and I wish they would pay more attention to it: Of course this study requires some knowledge of botany, but that is easily acquired. This kind of knowledge is more useful and more comforting than a college smattering of calculus and conic sec tions and rhetoric and logic. I do not believe there are ten men in Bartow County who would know ginseng if they were to see it. Not many more know what is father graybeard or white ash. the medicinal shrub from which old A. Q. Simmons first made the original Simmons liver medicine in Gwinnett County. I know about that, for when I was a young merchant I sold the first he ever made aud con tinued to sell it for him for several years and h 2 told me what it was made of. I think, though, that the father graybeard gave out about the time the old man died. I wish tint our young people would acquire habits of observing things more closely as they journey along through life. Some people see every thing and some see nothing hardly. When should trees be cut down that are wanted for wood ? What kind of wood is the strongest and will bear the greatest burden ? What kind is the most elastic ? What kind the hardest to split? What kind will last the longest in the ground ? What kind most suitable for pianos, chairs, fur niture or wainscoting? What kind for mauls cr w?dgcs or canes ? Dr. Cli ver Holmes must have studied all about these when he wrote the "One Hoss Shay.'" "So the dfacon inquired of tho vili?ga folk Wnere be could find the ttron&est oak Teat e'ou dn'c be split tu r bent nor broke ; Toa: was fur spok.s aud ?ow and bid" ; Heseni for lane w>>o.i to make tbeibil???; Tbe er esbare woo a-h fr..m ttraighteat trees ; TLe panela were wbite wood that cuts like cheese', And the bubs logs fropa'lbe settler's elm." 'li.it perhaps Dr. Holmes got it all froto some old honest wagon maker, for to'? y know. I'll bet that Mr. Bradley, < i our town, can answer ? very question. The boys ought to find out that black locust and chestnut and osage orang ; make the best posts, and black gum the best hubs, and persi u? tmou the Lest ?rodnfa or gluts, and sas safras the best hows, and white oak the best baskets. In England it is claimed that a yew tree post will last longer than an iron one. The boys ought to know that the barks of all trees are nonconductors of beat and cold and keep them cool in summer and warm in winter, and the green leaves are the lungs that inhale the carbon from the air and not only make wood for the tree, but purify the atmosphere that we breathe. And hence every habitation ought to have some trees about it. The boys ought' to know about those beautiful islands in the sea that are of coral formation and kept growing until they got above the water, and then some cocoanuts came floating along and lodged there and sprouted and grew and the leaves of the trees fell down and rotted and made a soil for more cocoanuts, and in course of time the island became a paradise. That is the testimony of the rocks. The boys should watch the little gassomer ball that floats ,away in the air from the sweet little dandelion plant. So light and so feathery that it would take a thousand of them to weigh an ounce and yet the seed are there for more plants and they are wrapped, as it were, in a blanket to protect them from the winter's cold. So it is with the seed of the Scotch thistle that is blown about by a breath of air like it was nothing, but it has the germ, the embryo of life in it, and will find a lodging place somewhere and sleep until spring, and then make no mistake. It will not come up a dandelion, but will surely make a thistle. In the horticultural gardens at Loudon are raspberry plants 'chat came from seed found in a man's stomach who had been buried 1,700 years. Study nature a little as y ou go along, boys, and it will make you w:ser and better and happier men. Find out why it is that a dead bird weighs more than a live one and by what force o:r power a buzzard can sai), round and round in the air above you and never bat a wing nor waye a feather. It.isent every boy who can be a Ben Franklin, but every boy can learn something every day, and even one fact a day will in course of time mike him a wise man. "What a ?oy was Franklin? What a man 1 Th( young est of seventeen children, apprenticed to a candle maker, next to a printer ; ran away from Boston to Philadelphia when seventeen years old and hired to a Mr. Head, and fell in love with De borah, his daughter ; was never idle ; read and studied in every leieurc mo ment ; mastered French, Italian, Span ish and Latin ; became postmaster of Philadelphia, then postmaster general of all the colonies ; established the Philadelphia library, the Philosophi cal Society -and the University of Pennsylvania, and not long after he drew lightning down from heaven with a kite and a string and a key. What a man he was ! What a boy ! Bill Arf. A Wife's Retort. Old Joe was a quiet old man but somewhat too fond of the botile. When in his cups bis ideas tended toward theological matters, which he always avoided in his sober moments. It was Saturday afternoon, and his good wife wanted some wood for the oven, as she had bread to bake. "Joe, I do wish you would go and split some wood. Here it is nearly 2 o'clock, and the fire isn't made." Joe went out to execute his com mission, and fearing his physical con dition was weak, marched to the neighboring tavern to fortify himself therein. He returned home oblivious to all things save bis pet theories. Seating himself on the chair, he said : "I say (hie) Jane, do you (hie) think (hie) the Lord (hie) means to burn us all up in fire ?" His venerable siiou.se, being exceed ingly irate, did not answer. Again he repeated the question, Still an omi nous silence. ''Wife, do you think the Lord in tends to burn us up in lire ov'last ing?" ': ," said the now thoroughly aroused housewife : uuo, you fool, not if he waits for you to split the wood." ? The smallest horse in the world is Leo, owned in Italy. lie is but \ inches high, and yet he is perfectly formed. His mane and tail reach the ground, and he is very intelligent, lie is one of the Shetland breed, but the smallest of this small breed for merly known is about '?'I inches high. He is now on exhibition in Italy along with the queen's Shetland ponies. In the spring he will be brought to New York and exhibited at the New Y'ork horse show. ?"1 can't see how any family lives without Chamberlain s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy," says J. R. Adams, a well kiiowu druggist, of Gc nova. Al?;. i;i a letter inquiring the ? rice of dozen bottles; that he might not only have it for in his own family, hut supply it to his neighbors. Tiie reason -ome people get- along without ;:. i- becausi llioy do hot know its value, and what a vast amount of *m!?ering it will save Wherever it becomes known and used it is ret*oguized as ricet'ssity, for it is the only remedy that can always be depeuded upon for bowel complaints, both for children and adults. Kor sale HOW TO GET IN THE NAVT. Not as Officer, but as Apprentice, Sea man or Mechanic. Washington*, October 1.?Naval recruiting stations are to be estab lished at Charleston, Savannah and several other cities along the South Atlantic coast. Lieut. Commander Hawley, of the navy, who has charge of the recruiting branch of the ser vice, has made the necessary reconi j mendatiou, in his annual report to the Secretary of th? Navy, and the latter will incorporate said recommenda tions in his annual report to the Pres ident and Congress. The establishment of recruiting stations in these Southern cities may or may not be influenced by the pros pect of trouble with Spain, but at the navy department, where I made care ful inquiry, it is said that the desire is to secure additions to the service from Southern and Western States, where native born American men and boys are more readily obtained. Lieut. Commander Hawley has just returned from a trip to the West and Northwest and he was greatly en couraged at his success in securing enlistments for the navy. The South has never had any en couragement in this line before and those men and.boys from that section of the country who have found their way into the service, have h.ul to seek enlistment at some of the North ern recruiting stations. The navy is in need of more men to properly man her great ships of war, now construc ted and in course of construction. The force is inadequate to a marked degree, and it often happehs that one big ship has to be put out of commis sion so that her crew may be divided and transferred- to two smaller ships needed for immediate service. It is estimated that at loast four thousand additional men will be required to fur nish all the ships ready for sea with good working crews, sufficient to han dle them in active service. American sailors for American war ships seems to be the intention of those in charge ofethe naval branch of the "government. That policy does not originate with the present admin istration, as it seems to have its in ception about the time the country Wi.s thrilled with the enthusiasm at tending the famous cruise of the noble' "white squadron," around the world, commanded by Admiral Walker. Prior to the advent of tbe "white squadron" more than 50 per cent of the sailors on board of American war ships were foreigners; many of them could not speak our language. The patriotism aroused by the "white squadron" and the discussion of naval topics in the great newspapers of the United States, soon made itself ap p?tent at the various naval recruiting stations in Boston, New York, League Island, Pennsylvania, and Mare Is land, California. American men and boys visited the ships of the white squadron whenever opportunity of fered and soon learned that the navy is not the resort for outlaws and hard cases, as was once thought to be the eise. These magnificent floating en gines of war are equipped with all the modern appliances forconvenience and health-giving comforts, and they offer a very desirable home for men and boys who are ambitious to lead a sea faring life. The result has been that the percentage of alien sailors on American war ships has been reduced, and to-day about 60 per cent, of the enlisted men in the navy are Ameri can born citizens. It is the intention of the Secretary op the Navy to still further increase the attractions in the service for native born Americans. The following official circulars, rela tive to enlistments, will furnish all the desirable information to those who contemplate entering the navy: kni.1st.mknt of men. 1. Men physically and otherwise qualified are enlisted in the navy as follows: PAY VER ratini!. ' month Seamen. . *24 UU Ordinary seamen . PJ 00 Landsmen. 10 00 Shipwrights. 25 00 Black.-miths. 00 00 Plumbers and fitters. 45 00 Sailinakers. 25 00 .Painters. 30 00 Machinists, first class. 55 00 Machinists, second class. 40 00 Boilermakers. 00 00 Coppersmiths. 50 0U Firemen, first class. 35 00 Firemen, second class. ?-50 0U Coal passers . 22 00 Apothecaries. (JU U0 Ship's cooks, fourth class. 20 00 Musicians first class. 32 00 Musicians, .second class. 30 00 Buglers. 30 00 [ inch < nlisted person also receives one ration per day while pn board ol a g ti i n . The term of enlistment is for :.(?,?. ;'}. P. rson ivlisti -1 fi ir the naval service-must ho of robust frame, ill udi igent, ? ' perfectly sound and healthy constitution, free I'm m'any physical defects or malformation, and not subject to fits. 4. Physical examinations aro made by a naval surgeon at tho place of en listment. 5. Persons are not enlisted as landsmen if over the age of 25. unless they possess some mechanical trade; nor after 35, even though possessing a trade. b\ No person will be eulisted who does not understand and speak the English language. 7. No allowance will be made for travelling expenses whether accepted or not. S. Applications for enlistment can h? made to the commanding oiiicer of the . S. S. "W?bash," Navy Yard. Boston, ?>?ass.: U. S. S. "Vermont.'' Navy Yard, New York; U. S. S. "Richmond," Navy Yard, League Is land, Pa., and the U. S. S. ''Inde pendence,''Navy Yard, Mare Island, Cai. John D. Long, Secretary. enlistment of boys. 1. Boys between the ages of 14 and 17 years may, with the consent of their parents or guardians, be enlisted to serve in the navy until they shall arrive at the age of 21 years. 2. No minor under the age of 14 years, no insane or intoxicated per son, and no deserter from the naval or military service of the United States, can be enlisted. 3. Boys enlisted for the naval ser vice must be of robust frame, intelli gent, of perfectly sound and healthy constitution. 4. Physical examinations will be made by the medical officer of the ship upon which a boy presents himself for enlistment. . Boys must have the following heights, weights and measurements: Fourteen year3 of age, 4 feet, 9 inches high, 70 pounds weight, 26 inches chest measurement. Fifteen ye. is of age, 4 feet 11 inches high. 80 pounds weight, 27 inches chest measurement. Sixteen years of age, 5 feet 1 inch high, 90 pounds weight, 28 inches chest measurement. 6. They must be able to read and write. 7. In special cases, where a boy shows general intelligence, and is otherwise qualified, he may be en listed, notwithstanding his reading and writing are imperfect. 8. Each boy presenting himself for enlistment; must be accompanied by his father, or by his mother, in case his father is deceased, or by his legal ly appointed guardian in case "he has neither father nor mother'living, and the parent or guardian presenting the boy must sign the prescribed "consent, declaration and oath," which forms a part of the shipping articles. 9. In c&ses where parents or guard ians may, by reason of distance, in firmity or other causes, be unable to appear at the place of enlistment, they will, on written application to the commanding officer of either of the ships upon which enlistments are made, be furnished with the printed form of "consent, declaration and oath," in duplicate, by executing which the enlistments will be per- j fected, should the boys be accepted by the board of examing officers. 10. No allowance will be made for travelling expenses, whether accepted or not. 13. Apprentices are educated to fill the positions of seameia and petty offi cers. They cannot become commis sioned officers. 15. Boys who have been convicted of crime cannot be enlisted. 16. When first enlisted and received on board ship, apprentices will be fur nished, free of cost., with an outfit of clothing not exceediug in value the sum of $45. 17. Boys will be enlisted as appren tices, third class, and receive $9 per uionth. 18. Apprentices, third class, who arc qualified, after completing their tour of service in a cruising training ship, will be advanced to apprentices, second class, at. $15 per mouth. 19. Apprentices, second class, who are qualified, will be advanced to ap prentice, first-class, at $21 per month, after th y shall have served one year in cruising ships of war. 20. All apprentices receive one ration per day. 21. Parents or guardians are re quired to relinquish all claim to the services of apprentices, and applica tions for their discharge during their minority will not be favorably consid ered except under extraordinary cir cumstances. 22. Boys enlisted to serve until 21 years of age will not be permitted to allot any part of their pay to parents or guardians until they shall have been transferred to general cruising ships. 23. Apprentices will be transferred to 'ill vacancies in sea-going vessels a.- they become proficient ami their services arc required. J ! pou thc expiration <?!' the cu listinolit o? an apprentice he will, if ,;om mended, receive :??; honorable discharge, and upon rc-euiistnicnti within three mouths from date of I honorable discharge, lu will receive three months extra pay of his rating when discharged, a continuous service certificate, and an ' addition of $1 per month to his pay. 2 . Enlistments of apprentices are made on board of the following named ships: Constellation, Coaster's Harbor Island, near Newport, R. I.; Vermont. Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Wabash. Navy Yard, Boston, Mass.; Richmond, Navy Yard,League Island, Pa., and the Independence, Navy Yard, Mare Island, Cal. 26. Apprentices are under the im mediate supervision of the bureau of navigation. Information regarding enlistments will be furnished by that bureau or by the commanding officers of the above named ships. 27. Apprentices who are enlisted in the East will be given a course of training at Coaster's Harbor Island, near Newport, R. I., and those en listed on the Pacific coast at Mare Is land, Cal., before being sent to sea. 28. An apprentice may be allowed to purchase his discharge from the service during the f?r&t eight?en months of enlistment, upon the writ ten request of his parent or guardian, which request must be made upon blanks which will be furnished, upon application, by the bureau of naviga tion. 29. Any apprentice discharged dur ing his minority at the request of his parent or guardian must refund any indebtedness to the government and the value of the outfit furnished him upon enlistment, in addition to the cost of his discharge.. John D. Long, Secretary. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt is deeply interested in this subject, and when he goes South to witness the movements of the torpedo flotilla he will look into the question of locating the desired recruiting stations. It must be remembered that these sta tions cannot be established and main tained unless Congress authorizes the necessary appropriations; therefore the North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor gia and Florida Congressmen might find it to the advantage of their con stituents to look into the subject with some care. If the South proves herself to be a fruitful field for naval recruiting why should she not have a big recruiting rendezvous and a receiving ship, such as they have at New York, Boston, or Mare Island, California. The West has sent some very desirable men aud boys into the service during recent years. The South has also some very creditable representatives among the enlisted men. One instance I recall is that of Lee Boland,- a Georgia lad, who is now boatswain on board of the Marion, having worked his way up to the rank of a warrant officer from an apprentice on board one of the train ing ships. He is one of the brightest young warrant officers in the service, and he has a life position, and it is possible for him to reach a salary limit of ?1,800 per annum, with allowances. At the department it is said that pref erence it always given to the boys of the training ship classes in promotion to the rank of petty officers. Much more could be written on this subject, but I have already shown that there is no reason why American sailors should not man Amefican war ships. R. M. L. ? "Well, madam, I've been years looking for work." i;Humph ! I have plenty of it for you. You can?' " 'Scuse me, madam, said I bad been looking for work. Now that I have found it, me curiosity is satis fied. Goodday." ? A mother recently noticed that her little boy had shut and fastened the door on a very wet day, and was compelling his little sister to stay out in the rain. "Why, Leslie !" said she, "open the door and let Dolly in out of the rain." can't mamma." was the answer. "We're playing Noah's Ark, and dolly is the sinuer." Mr. A. H. Cransby, of 15S Kerr St., Memphis, Tenu., says that his wife paid no attentiou to a'small lump which appeared in her breast, but it soon de v?loped into a cancer of the worst type, j and "notwithstanding the treatment or j tbc best physicians, continued to spread and grow rapi y, eating two holes iu her breai' The doctor-; soon pronounced her incurable. A celebrated New York specialist then treat ed her, but she con ti mied to grow worse and when informed fi?* that both her aunt gm and grandmother had t^Wkt clic'{^irom caljcer he ^^^??v 'ri^ kave tlie casc up as JIkSf^/ A hopeless. fmtf a Someone then re %U"e commended S.S.S. and though little hone remained, she begun it. and an improvement was no ti-.-ed. The: cancer commenced to heal and when she had taken several bottles it WE fully reaze th* fact that when we address the people of Anderson County, either thiugh (Jhe pres.? or otherwise, we uro addressing a class of highly intelligent 3d wJbll-iiiformed people. We know there are some people who read the higlv>uud|iug advertisements promising great and unreasonable things, and also bjievc Ithem, but this class of neopleju; Anderson Countj is fast becoming excor, m Now. a few words in regard to our business : e came to this town with a small-capital and unknown Our business has steadily incre.ised, and the >ear 189T over 360,000.00. What has feen the secret of our A few years to wj to the business w<M. will show a busipi o sucee? To act] le Eight because it as Right. Many say ti this rule works well every way escept in business; but we find it more appabla to business than any where else. Now, we knjr this is out of keeping with the teual way of advertisings but with due rer/d to our competitors' methods of doing business we deem it necessary to say fiat we have, and we commend to ijie- intelligent and righr.-' thinking people ' our County. We also wh to state that our present facilities for handling goods dire?t from the raanufjturer to the consumer are second Jo none in the city. -We ca/ry almost evitbing needed by the general trading public, and at as elote a price as good,fst-class goods can be sold for. / Respectfullioliciting a continuance of your highly appreciated patron age, and, if posale, will try and serve you better i| the future, we are Yon rs very respectfully, D. C. BROWfiS & BRO. BR(jWNLEE & VAN DIVERS, -DEALERS I? ALL ? OF ?r General Merchandise, Cottotf and Fertilizers, OFF Kit their iuuendouH Smck of Heavy Dry Guidi?, Boot?, Shoes, Hats and Cape ?,t price* t ?-iii*ur?!s<ii!ea. J In m few da*''* * h*vH a full linn <>f WillivnsKneeland'e and Gao. G. Snow's Men's Fi Sbol We ?a?? d??ci led to add mis, thunnejtt line of Shoes we know, to our h I reaiy ??n$ ?ock.' We ?? i?. t-tout 'he Joies Sh> CVh ?? of Women's P.ne Shoe* tha? o*n cm<:?* ui msiy rttcorniaeu'd anv on? In other gradea of Sboes we bavt- l u from the cue*p>-sr, up. Set? us heure buying a pair of Shoe?. We w;il riojow anv on*> to unnVrawll us iu Pn/tP, Ginchnms, Outings, Flannele, Blanket*, Lip *. Jaan-, Ca-mim-rs. Sheet'ng, Cjecks, Drills, etc Wt? mean ex ac'.ly wnat w-pu ttie ab i^e rem irk-t. Cjme see pr yourself We nell lar?nan-ltif-s oi B-illard's and other sill's fine Flour, all pruder. Co ? best Hamn, R'cSugar, Lard Molasses, Soap, Sod^ Starcb, and other Grocer! is ' ? numerous o mlori. Don''- forjstbat we *ell the bast Floor, CfiTee aai Tob ecco fiat we ? buy. We waul buy your Cotton for the highest fsh price, and ?eli you yoar ig ni ug and Tie.-".! Yours very tnl/, --. , I BROWNL?E & VAND1VERS. v p. 8 ?Juspeived a lot of Gna und Arid fr^he _^^_[j_*>r^|n_?r_?P_ _ i i crlnd yon will find ont that you are often deceived by a very small animal. WE a come at us with yoir search-light, (so you mean busiifesspd you will see whid way the cat is jumping. > INVEST?GATE, And youjll find no danger to for r peace nor your purse in buying ;r? \ \ ARD WARE From ujrhrow out your seirch-light on us and our Goods. It will 8) our talk and our ime, and save you from pain and los .. INVESTIGATE Weive them in Stoc Id they Mast Co. fi : liest and che?pest line of Ladies' Oxfords to be b founWhere, and we are going to close them out at Fact?rices. leo have iWers in Men's and Ladies' High Cut Shole lest that ?an be bought for cash, ?lid sec us nt/oacc and get a bargain. 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