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i HI: PKOOSSK) Thc A < 1 v.-n i< *eii K-ni ii ?incl .A gr l 'rmn tl,,' ,St. I. Thc progress of tin? w??rld in soicnce, in saving manual labor, in in ventions of all kinds, is far beyond a man's computation or even his men tal vision or belief. Thc mere thought of appro.iel? to it. thc merest gianee of it will deter ene from an ?nt om pt Nevertheless, wc may look al a \ery few things, which seem to lie on thc surface and which offer so plain a sight that a man of ordinary menial capacity cannot but sec. uulcss . he is willfully determined not to icc or to know. This brief sentence may j suffice to lead up to what follows; and j finally to the main purpose, which it haped will show what, is intended by the heading of this article. . OMMER? Ml. (Ml A.Nd MS. Not. many years ago it wai a com mon thing for a merebant doing busi ness in th?-- smaller cities and villages of the United States to plan a spring and fall visit t?> the large commercial centers 4o lay in a stock of goods to last say bix munnin, lo bi- replenished hy hater or ?irder if the demand war- I ranted such action. At this date he receives the commercial traveler, known as ''drummer." with his sam ples: he gives his orders an?l stays at home, unless unforeseen eircum rtances or social obligations induce him to visit the city, in the city Be partmcnt stores have almost ?-very article for which there ia a pers?>nal or family :iced. including hooks, sta tionery and even medicines, they can supply every need, even to the lunch, etc., while yon ar<- under the -nine r?'of on business bent. THE FACTI ?Kl KS. Hoots and shoes, clothing, furni- | ture, machinery, simple ar complex, and anything a man may want, arc made with such precision and accura cy that all that is needed is made in parts arni th?- parts are put logethor in factories. A machine in the Mis souri Penitentiary can sol?: a boot or a shoe in 150 seconds. It taken in a Huck of wood, makes the peg? and chives thom home. How can the siu trlc peg driven by hand, one at a time compete with such a machine? Thc typesetting machio?; has made super fluous thc typo wh?i one?' could piek up so many thousands cms in a day. So, also, thc great presses of books and newspaper work have dunc away witli much of thc hand work. Til K SKWIN?! MAf'HINK. Thousands of people arc now livinn who remember the day when no sew ing machine was in use. No labor saving machine has made such au in novation in the manufacture of cloth ing of all kinds, and especially tSat which had to bc done in and for the family. How tin* eyes grew dim and j how thc huge rs ached ??vcr thc family ; sewing, which fell upon th?? wife and ' mother. Talk about burning ''the miduight oil!" Ye old dames weil j know what it was tn have long hours . for work and short hours for sleep. | At this date every conceivable and ! necessary garment can he bought made in the best style for thc money thc material used to cost. Thc seam i -.treas, before the days ef this ma- ! chine, received "."? cents for making a ! .nan's shirt with linen husein* and wristbands. Now you can hoy sucha shirt for from viii to .">() couts, unlaun dered. A full-sized night shirt of very good material you can buy for less money than thal. < >f course there is more tim?' for social I'vcuts. hut especially for reading. Sancho j Panza blessed the man that invented j sleep. AU the sane world of mankind blesses the man that invented the -ewing machiucs. riiM.MUNic.vruiN. Who in hi? wildest imagination would have thought it posaible for a man to converse with his friend or business correspondent-face to face, as it were-at a distance of hundreds of miles? Yi-t -neb can he dunc bj long-distance te le pin mr. TUAN Kl.. Steam has annihilated lime and dis tance. The trip act uss thc Atlantic Ocean luis become a ferry trip. One I ran scarcely get over thc sea sickness before ore ?tops a*liorc on tin- other >ide. A young lady of my acquaint ance has been gone from home but two weeks, and yet had already been on three continents-America. Africa and Ku rope. Lightning itself has stepped in to compete with steam for the ascendancy. Wc travel thrungli a mountain, instead of over it, or. if over it must bc done, lightning will move the overlier 1 trolley or cable. These an* common and trite affairs, familiar to everybody who can read a ! newspaper, and that has become such a necessity that few men will willing- I ly go without. I'ttOORKSS H AliUKTIYH UAI. I'WMHir- j . rn lt needs not a very ?dd man to re- ! member that tho man who could down ] three, four or five acres of wheat with j thc cradle in a day was a hero. Ile j was jrfiked up to by his friends and j neighbors, and stared at as a giant in j the next township. There wore sev eral such stalwart fellows in Northern i Sci< ii<'?'. M ?M-lijin i<*s ?culture. ont* liepubtic, Illinois, but it needed two mon to fol low such a one to rake and bind thc bundles. One day, while about IS or Ul? farmers were stopping at a country tavern a little man came among us who thought he could make a machine which, with two men and four horses, could cut eight or ten acres of wheat or oats in a day. That would shift the cutting from man onto the horses. Ile was derided and laughed at. The next season the Virginia reaper WSH put en the market. It needed one driver and a man, who rode back wards, to rake off thc bundles; nozt, t_ _?- i- u:_J i 'jin Ot nit; int; ii l>0 UO tuc UIUU" ing and one or two more to do the shocking. Well, thc Kock river armers raised more wheat. Noxt came Atkins' self-rakinp; paanar. At kins, a bed ridden cripple, had in vented an automaton, a wonderful in vention, making both a Concentrin an<l eccentric motion, imitating both the human arin and hand. Its work ing was a success, but it was a horse killer, which lamed almost every horse hitched to it. Tho next im provement was a platform attachment which carried with thc machino threo men to do thc binding, but that in creasod the weight of thc machine and made it harder for the horses, of course. This also was soon super seded. Now conics the invention of the agc, viz., the self-raking and self-binding realtors. With the advent of this machine, alas, music, jest, hilarity and song have gone out of the harvest field: and such is thc isolation of thc one mau who -works this reaper, that he has hard work to keep awake while cutting 12 acres of grain in a day; in deed, there is no limit exsept to the horse power and the endurance of horses and man. On the Pacific ("oast they have one other harvest instrument called a border, which cuts only about six or eight inches of straw below the hoad of the grain. In that climate it can he used to advantage. This machine, or one that can do tho same work, is so perfect that it includes a thresher and a sacker, and with this the reaper, threshing and sacking are done, so that a pile of bags full nf wheat is left in the fields until sold for mar ket. Wc cannot help but notice in this connection the usc of all sorts of fanni machinery on the plains of tho great Northwest. All thc improvements noticed above dwindle out of sight on the multi-thousand acre wheat fields of Minnesota and thc Dakotas. An outfit there embraces peculiar-shaped plows, harrows, drills, rollers, reapers and steam threshers, lt takes a wealthy man who owns a drove of work horses and all kinds of farm tools to work u farm like that of the Dalry tunics aud others, costing $2, 000 or #1,000 for the outfit. Those opulent fanners leave thc plains when wheat is harvested kiid fall plowing is done to spend tho winter in St. Paul or Minneapolis, or other central cities eastward. But thc progress ol' agriculture is equally (or perhaps more than that) noticeable in its brain work, its tcach iiiL's, etc., at fanners' institutes, at agricultural colleges and at agricul tural experiment station?. These in stitutions wore devised hy far sighted men. Take a superficial look only nt the physical conditions of our lands, plains, mountains and rivers, and who will deny that (?od made this country of ours par excellence the granary of { thc world? And -m b it must ever be. W hat an exalted position it is. Is starvation staring in the face of the irish people? We send them grain. So it is with llussia, in Armenia, in Cuba: yes, in any land where men arc suffering for tho necessities nf lifo which our ships eau roach and mir henefneth ns rosic\ e. To return for a little to our farmers' institutes. There is scarcely a coun ty in Missouri. Illinois. Iowa. Wis consin, Kansas. Nebraska and Minne sota where there is not a county so ciety having tho institute in charge. Practical experience and wisdom aro brought out in rooitals. essays and discussions. In these it often hap pens that failures aro of more practi cal value than successes. If ono can show the rocks upou which ho split or the shoals upon which he stranded the recital of his experience will put his listeners on guard, and they only ave responsible when they close their eyes and suffer shipwreck. Thc ac tivities at our agricultural colleges and experiment stations, combined with thc educational advantages of our high and normal schools, show their work in the greatly advanced in telligence ot' their graduates and tho greater effectiveness of systematic ?rai ni iii;. Our men in thc most exalted posi tions-11 ovcrnor*. Congressmen. Sen i ators, trudges and Presidents- seem to '< bo proud of their early years which ! they spent on tho farm in rural pur suits. Again wc hoar of commercial or ('harding, a (orin only lately oome in to prominence. In this direction wc have not yet shown what wt; can do. lu about a decade wo shall hear nf wonderful achievements in this field of economics. Hut in the preserva tion and in transportation wc have in deed made wonderful progress. I fan cy that our own beloved State will never take second rank in the produc tion and export of orchard fruit?. 1 cannot close this paper without mention of the most astonishing pro t gross made in dairying and thc excel I lenee of the daily product. Where once it was thc super-extra care and skill of thc dairy maid or woman that produced tho gilt-edged butter, it is now thc creamery. And the same orcameries arc found by thc hundreds -yea, thousands-in thc States bor dering on the Mississippi and Mis souri rivers and tributaries. Let us seriously rcfloct o? these same steps of progress and write upon the door posts of every workshop, factory or dairy and the gates of our orchards, Excelsior! CHA?. W. MI'HTPKLOT. Hose Lawn, Kirkwood, Mo. Crucifix len Thorn. Arizona has a strange desert plant that possesses that which is of keen interest for every mau, woman and child who has over heard thc story of thc crucifixion. Tho plant lives, breathes, gains its sustenance from thc suu and thc air without tho aid of leaves. There is a halo of pious and histori cal interest about the plant, because its lu-anches arc the same as those with which the Jesus of Nazareth was crowned on thc heights of Cavalry. It is known as the "crucifixion thorn" ; or, in Latin, the "crucifera spinosa." It grows butin two spots on tho earth-on thc mesas of Salt River Valley and in certain parts of Palestine. Thc botanist! ?now hut very little about it, aside from the fact that it is supposed tobe a member of thc quassia family by some, while others declare that it will yet be class ed with the acacia group. Prof. Belsey, who cccupic:; thc chair of botany ut thc Nebraska Uni versity, is making nn exhaustive study of thc rare plnnt, and several choice plants have just boen shipped to him from Phoenix. Theso were obtained from large bushes which grow at long intervals on thc mesa to a height of from 12 to IK feet. The Mexicans know it as the "Palo Christo," and the Catholic Churches in Southern Arizona aro always decorated with the thorny branches at Kastcrtime. Pf?f. lieaaey has mude cross-sec tions out of previous specimens Bent to him from Phoenix, und his own language is that "these sections dis close a very rare and wonderful plaut of which thc botanical world knows but very little." The bushes, as soeu on the desert not far from Phoenix, have a most for bidding appearance. Ody their re markable oddity attracts one's atten tion. All of the plants of the desert have something to attract one to them, and offer a certain picturesqueness and beauty, either of form or color, to the oyo--all of them except this hush of wicked-looking thorns. The bushes arc all thorns, and nothing but thorns, and their wound is cruel and lasting, for there is said to bc a poison lurking in thc tip of them. The poison is not deadly, nor even dangerous, hut trou blesome and painful, and most pros pectors would ather run into a eharge of buckshot than into a "crucifixion thorn bush." During lu months of thc year thc limbs of the bush arc absolutely bare, except for its thorns. Those arc from one to three inches in length, shari* as needles and fully as hard and strong, only they are thicker at thc base and | taper very gradually to the point of | disappearance. Karly in the spring thc '"palo christo" puts forth a tiny green blossom, which soon ripens into clusters of small, yellowish herries. These are the seed of thc "crucifix ion" plants. Thc most remarkable thing about these bushes is that they aro supposed to take in their sustenance through thc infinitesimally line, steel-like ends of the thorns. And, though thc thorns arc very plentiful, yet the feed ing and breathing points must be so very small that ono can easily realize why the plant has such a barren and unhealthy appearance At its best, when water, sunshine and good soil arc at the maximum and all thc other trees and flowers in the valley are u cure for weary eyes to look upon, the crucifixion thorn seems to bc a poor, half-starved thing. - ?SVr? Fr*tne?*eo Col/. _ ^ - lt is not often tfeat a physician recommends a patent medicine : when he docs, you may know that it is a good one. Dr. J. P. Cleveland, Glas gow, Va., writes : "I have used Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in my practice and it has proven to be an excellent reme dy, where a thorough course of medi cine had failed with mo. 1 recom mend it to my patients every time for colic and diarrhoea." Many other progressive physicians recommend ' und usc t'nis remedy,because it always cures aud cures quickly. Cet a bot tle and you will have an excellent doctor in tho house, for ull bowel com plaints, both for children and adults. For sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co. WASHINGTON'S DEATH. Tlie Story Told bj ?Us I'rhate Secre tary. It is u well established fact that George Washington died from the ovor-zoal of his physicians. An in teresting article on thc (subject ap pears in McClure's Magazine for Feb ruary, 'The hast Days of George Washington," from the MS. diary of his private secretary. Colonel Tabias Lear. Coder dato of Saturday, De cember 14, 17!W, Mr. Lear writes as follows: * * * ''A heavy fall of snow took place on Friday, which prevented the General from riding out as usual. He had taken cold (undoubtedly from be ing so much exposed the day before), and complained of a sore throat. He, however, nt'iii Out ni tuC kft???OOD ?O* the ground between the house and the river to mark some trees which were to be cut down in the improve ment O* tout Spot. Hu hud a uuur?c ness which increased in the evening, but he made light of it. In thc evening the papers were brought from the post-office, and he sat in the par lor with Mrs. Washington and myself reading them until about !? o'clock, when Mrs. Washington went up into Mrs. Lewis' room, who was confined in child bcd, and left the General and myself reading thc papers. He was very cheerful and when he met with anything interesting or entertaining, he read it aloud as well as his hoarse ness would permit him. The writer goeB on to say that the General was particularly interested and appeared much affected when he read to him Mr. Madison's observa tions respecting Mr. Monroe. On re tiring he suggested thc advisability of taking something to remove the cold, when Washington said, "No; you know 1 never take anything for a cold. Let it go as it came." * * * "Between "? and '1 o'clock on Saturday morning he awoke Mrs. Washington and told her he was very unwell and had had an ague. She ob served that he could scarcely speak, and breathed with difficulty; and would have got up to call a servant, but he would not permit, her lest sho should take cold." "As poon as day appeared Mrs. Washington sent the maid to call the writer, and on dressing hurriedly and going into thc General's chamber, he says: "I found the General breathing with difficulty and hardly able to ut ter a w?iii intelligibly. He desired that Mr. Rawlins (one of the ovor secrs) might be sent for to bleed him before thc doctors could arrive. I dispatched a servant instantly for Rawlins and another for Dr. Craik, and returned again to the General's chamber, where 1 found him in the same situation as T had left him. ''A mixture of molasses, vinegar aud butter was prepared to try its ef fect in the throat, but he could not swallow a drop. Whenever he at tempted it he appeared to be dis tressed, convulsed and almost suffo cated. Rawlins came in soon after sunrise and prepared to bleed him. When the arm was ready, theGcueral. observing that Rawlins appeared to bc agitated, said, as well as he could speak. 'Don't be afraid'; and, after the incision was made, he observed, 'The orifice is not large enough.' "However, thc blood ran pretty freely. Mrs. Washington, not know ing whether bleeding was proper or not in thc General's situation, begged that much might not bc taken from him lest it should bc injurious, and desired me to stop it. But when 1 was about to untie the string the Gen eral put eut his hand to prevent itand as soon as he could speak said: 'More, more.' Mrs. Washington being still very uneasy lest too much blood should be taken, it was stopped aftei taking about half a pint. "Finding that no relief was ob taincd from bleeding, and that noth ing would go down the throat, I pro posed bathing it externally with 'salvi latila,' which was done; and in thc operation, which was with thc bane and in tho gentlest manner, he ob served, ' 'Tis very sore.' A piece ol flannel dipped in 'salvi latila' was pul around his neck, and his feet bathec in warm water, hut without affording any relief. "In the meantime, before Dr. Crail arrived, Mrs. Washington desired uu to send for Dr. Brown, of Port Tobac co, whom Dr. Craik had recommender to be called if any case should eve occnr that was seriously alarming. "I dispatched a messenger (Cyrus immediately for Dr. Brown (betweei S and I? o'clock.) Dr. Craik came ii soon after, and, Upon cxaming tin General he put a blister of canthari des upon thc throat, took some mon blood from him, and hot water for hin to inhale the steam, which he did: bu in attempting to usc the gargle he wa almost suffocated. "About 11 o'clock Dr. Craik sug gested that Dr. Dick might bc sent foi as he feared Dr. "Brown would no come in time. A messenger was ac cordingly dispatched fer him. Abou this time the General was bled again; no effect was, however, produced by it, and he remained in thc same state, unable to swallow anything. "A blister was administered about 12 o'clock, which * * * caused no al teration in his complaint. "Dr. Dick came in about 3 o'clock, and Dr. 'Drown arrived soon after, l.'pon Dr. Dick's seeing the General ard consulting a few moments with Dr. Craik, he was bled again; the blood came very slow, was thick, and did not produce any symptoms of fainting. Dr. Brown came into thc chamber soon after, and upon feeling the General's pulse, thc physicians went out together. Dr. Craik returned soon after. The General could now swallow a little. Calomel and tartar emetic were administered, hut without effect." It seems that the General had a presentiment of the result from the first. About the middle of the afternoon ho railed Mra: Washington to his bedside, and in structed her concerning hi* !*.st will. He also requested that ali of his ac counts, letters and papers be ar ranged; he then asked thc writer "if ? could recollect anything that it was essential for him to do, as he had but a very short time to continue among, us." On being remonstrated with, he smilingly observed that "it was a debt which all must pay" and that he looked to thc event with "perfect resignation." He suffered great pain and distress in thc course of the af ternoon from thc difficulty in breath ing and continued restless and un comfortable. The doctors remained during the afternoon; about t> o'clock he said to one of them: "I feel myself going. 1 thank you for your attentions; but I pray you take no more trouble about mc; let me go quietly; I cannot last long. He continued uneasy and restless, but un complaining. "About 8 o'clock the physicians came again into the room and applied blisters and cataplasms of wheat bran to his legs and feet, after which they went out (except Dr. Craik) without a ray of hope. * * * "About 10 o'clock he made several attempts to speak to mc before he could affect it. At length he said: 'I am just going: have me decently buried, and do not let my body be put in thc vault in less than three days after I am dead.' "I bowed assent, for I could not speak. He then looked at mc again and said: " 'Do you understand me?' "I replied, 'Yes.' "' 'Tis well,' said he. "About 10 minutes before he ex pired, which was between 10 and ll o'clock, his breathing became easier; he lay quietly: he withdrew his hand from mine and felt his own pulse. I saw his countenance change. I spoke to Dr. Craik, who sat by the fire. He carno to the bedside. Thc General's hand fell from his wrist. I took it in mine and put it-tntu my bosom. Dr. Craik put his hands over his eyes. And he expired without a struggle or a sigh." -- - . mm - "Mr. Higgamore,' said Miss Quickstep, firmly and distinctly, in terrupting him, "you have called me a 'lump of sweetness' a great many times, but you have never said you would like to have me regularly with your morning coffee." Whereupon Mr. Higgamore proposed. There was no way of escape. THE DANGER to which the Expectant Mother is exposed and the foreboding and dread with which she looks for ward to the hour of woman's severest trial is appreciated by but few. All effort should bs iliads to smooth these rugged places in life's pathway for her, ere she presses to her bosom her babe. MOTHER'S FRIEND allays Nervousness, and so assists Nature that the change goes for ward in an easy manner, without such violent protest in the way of Nausea, Headache, Etc. Gloomy forebodings yield to cheerful and hopeful anticipations-she passes through thc ordeal quickly and without pain-is left strong and vigorous and enabled to joyously perform the high and holy duties now devolved upon her. Safety to life of both is assured by the use of "Mottler's Friend," and the time of recovery shortened. 411 know one lady, the mother of three children, who suffered greatly in the birth of each, who obtained a bottle of 'Mother's Friend* of me before her fourth confinement, and was relieved quickly and easily. AU agree that their labor was shorter and less painful." JOHN O. I'o LU i M., Maoon, Qa. 31.00 PEE BOTTLE at all Dru er Stores, or sent by mail on receipt of price. BOOKS Containing invaluable information of rn c sv interest to all women, will bo Bent to rotc any address upon application, by THC BftaOFICLD REGU LATOR CO.. ATLANTA .GA. NOTICE. WILL let to the lowest responsible ""bidder on Mondty. March 7th. at ira. m. thc building of a new Bridge1 over M il woe Creek, near Pendleton Fao tory. Plans and specifications made known on day of lotti nc. _AV, if. S NELS ROVE, Ck?. Sap.. , CARDEN SEEDS. If you want to have a good Garden plant good Seeds. WE ARE SELLING D M. FERRY & GO'S. SEES ! Everybody knows they are the beat. Buist's Seedling Irish Potatoes, Yellow and White Onion Setts, Multi plying Onions for planting. See os before you buy your Flour, Cofiee, Sugar*, Molasses, Tobacco, Or anything in the Grocery line. OUR PRICES ABE RIGHT. Yours for business, OSBORNE_& BOLT. DI IIMB'MP ? fLUMDiMI I am now a regular Licensed Plumber, and any tiling ia the Plumbing line done promptly and neatly. If your Pipes burst during the cold weather ring up am, 43, Telephone number, and I will give your work special attention. Respectfully, JOHN T. BURRISS. ROBERT BUIST'S Uui UW1 OCGil We have a large and well-selected stock. EVANS PHARMACY, Corner Hotel Chiquola, - Anderson, S. C, NOW IS THE TIME! Cheaper than you ever bought them before. . . OUR Stock of Fall aud Winter Shoes is entirely too large, and we dou't propose to carry them ove? until next Fall, consequently we have MA?KED THEM DOWN To prices that will move them. We don't advertise selliug out at cost, but our goods and prices speak for themselves. So call when in need of Shoe*, and be convinced of what we say. t&~ Remember, we will not ba undersold by any Firm in Town. Yours for Shoes, The Yates Shoe Co. Under Masonic Temple, Anderson, S. C. THIS IS NO FAKE ! That Jewelry Palace OaT* WILL. R. HUBBARD'S, NEXT TO F. and M. BANK, Has the Largest, Prettiest and Finest lot of . . . \ XMAS AND WEDDING PRESENTS IN THE CITY. Competition don't cot any ice with me when it cornea to prices. I don t buy goods to keep. I want the people to have them. Gold and Silver Watches, Sterling and Plated Silverware, Jewelry, Clocks, Lamps, China, Spectacles, Novelties of all kinds. Rogers' Tripple Plate Table Knives S?.5* per Set. A world beater. WILL R. HUBBARD. BIG BARGAINS FOR JANUARY, 1898. ? ? ''M CLOTHING^ A Big und Completely*. ? Something to please all. Be*i part, Pr Joes to ss? ?M Wool Jeans Pants^Sc m 5 UP* B?7^ 8ait* from *5c* up,r 9*oufiee I __ * DRESS GOODS. I have a big line of New and Stylish Goods of all kinds, on which I have knosWl tue bottom out of prices. * ' 4 ". CLOAKS AND CAPES. A line that will tickle yon, especially prime. T <ii ?IT ^ UNDERWEAR. Ladle?' Undervesta fV&u |0* np. Men'a Underveat* from 134?. up. SHOES, ff ATS AND CAPS. Just come and see for yourself. Great big No. 7 Stove- 85 Ott. * 4 , . GROCE Rf ES. A lar^efrceliiJot bought low down-will sell you the cains way. Rem* mbej-T am in the Cotton and Cotton Seed market to stay. 1 wo rod htrratovet if your are cold. Yenes for Bargains, RT. A. LEWIS, Bolton, S. C.