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BILL ARP'? .Arp Visits an Ostrich. Flor Atlanta Co This ostrich farm was planted here on "last Thanksgiving Day. It is a branch of the one at Galveston. A few years ago these enterprising men gathered and bought fifty-two young birds in Africa. They chartered a vessel and landed thirty-nine of them safely in Galveston. The others died. Last fall Mr. Pearson, who is a Mis sisipp:an, brought over here a camber of adult birds and also a pair of those that came from Africa. He has here . now about thirty which are grown and married and has a number of chicks from two days to four months old. There is a large inclosure, where the males and females of marriageable ages are turned in and kept until the male makes his choice. The female acquiesces without any coquetry. This pair are then transferred to a smaller inclosure," where the male at once begins the process of subjugation. He treats her most shamefully strikes her, bites her. pursues her and gives the poor thing no rest. I saw him at it, and wanted to take a big stick and maul him. Complete sub jugation is his animus and after he gets that and she humbles herself to the ground and pleads for mercy his whole manner is changed? He takes her to wife and treats her with the greatest; consideration and kindness the rest of their married life. Very many of these birds have mated, and every pair has a separate inclosure, say about 50x100 feet, where they raise their young. The feen lays from twelve to twenty eggs lays them on the ground in a saucer ?ke place, where the sand has been scooped out. The eggs are in full view and have no protection. When the litter is all laid the male bird be gins the incubation and sets upon them every day from 4 p. m. until 9 ! o'clock next morning. The female then promptly takes her place and sets from 9 a. m. until 4 p. m., but always takes a few minutes off about noon to partake of her dinner, which the keeper provides, and consists of chopped cabbage and clover hay and small stones and oyster shells. I for got to mention that the hen lays an egg every other day and the time of 'incubation is forty days. My son, who was with me, remarked to the old Englishman that our common hens iaid an egg every day and on Sunday they laid two. "Is that so," said he. UI was not aware of that. It is in deed very wonderful, and how does the hen know when Sunday comes?" "'Oh," said my son, "they hear the church bells ring." "Wonderful, wonderful," said the old man with the simplest credulty. So devoted is the male bird to his first love, his financ?e, that he cannot by force or persuasion be induced to take another. We saw a poor, miser able, lacerated hen in hospital quar ters. She had all the skin torn from 'her breast and Mr. Pearson said the keeper made a mistake when he trans ferred a pair and placed the wrong female in the inclosure and the male tried to kill her immediately and liked to have succeeded. She was not his .bride and he knew it. As soon as the chicks break the -eggs and come forth they eat nothing for two or three days. The mother ?takes them up gently with her bill and warms them under her wings or hov ers over Hiern in the sand. I suppose that is where the expression came from-"under the shadow of thy wings." I saw but one new born chick. It was only two days old. There were quite a number of half grown birds and they are ungraceful, unseemly and almost hideous. In deed, the adult birds are not much _ better ai'ter their plumes have been pulled out. Every nine months they have to submit to this degradation, for the plumes bring in the revenue. Each male bird gives but twelve black plumes at a picking and these arc worth from $4 to 87 each. They are exquisitely beautiful and if I had been rich I would have purchased a pair for my bride. The females are a light color of brown and whiv,e and furnish from sixty to one hundred plumes in a season, but they do not bring half so much. Mr. Pearson says that ostriches well kept live to be seventy-five years old and it docs not cost much to keep them-not half as much as it does to keep a horse or a cow. Old Grover Cleveland is tbe largest and finest bird on the farm. He stands, when erect, about eleven feet in his stockings and his mate, Fran ces, is the finest female bird. They have raised one brood and have begun on another. The Prince of Wales and his wife. Lilly Langtry, arc the next best. Then comes Mark Hanna and wife and McKinley and no wife, for, alas, he killed her in a fit of passion and has not yet chosen another. Then there are Teddy Roosevelt and his wife, Cuba, and their little new born child. Florida. Xcxt are Ad miral Schley and wife and next Mr. Pearson pointed out General Wheeler and wife. "Why," said I, "General Wheeler hasn't any wife." S LETTER. Farm at ?Jacksonville, ida. nstit?iion. "No, but he wants one all the same," said he : and next came Bob Fitzsimmons and wife-the meanest bird in the lot, said he, for he is an exception to the rule and fights his wife and everything else in sight. Well, of course there was a very fine pair which were called Dewey and wife and another pair called Sagasta and wife. This is enough to give the young people an idea about ostriches and it would have pleased them to see one of . these noble birds hitched to the beau tiful little buggy and driven around by Mr. Pearson. Altogether, it was a revelation to me, and ? enjoyed my visit. It seems to me to be a very simple business and one that does not require any more genius than raising mules or cows or sheep. Jacksonville rs a beautiful town. It has grown into beauty within the last few years. Its beautiful wide streets paved with virtified brick, its handsome public buildings and private residences, its general air of comfort and hospitality, and its polite and well-mannered peo ple, and its evergreens that have de I fled the hard winter, all make it a lovely place for the sick or the well. The soldiers have gone, but the tour ists are yet here. I left home in a --blizzard and hurried down here, but the chilly blast beat me and has just passed over and gone. BILL ARI?. A Deserted City of Marble. In the County of North Hastings, Ont., is a deserted town called Bridgewater, which is built entirely of marble. About twenty-five years ago a farmer's wife were searching in the woods for a pig that had strayed away. In a particularly dense part of the forest she found a cold spring of , crystal water and stooped to drink from it. As she did so she slipped on a round stone and fell into the water. Attracted by the peculiar odor of the stone she fished it out and took it home. Investigation showed it to be a twenty-pound nuget of almost pure gold. Within six months the wilderness had blossomed into the thriving town of Bridgewater, with five thousand inhabitants. There were old Forty niners from the Pacific slope, ama teurs from Great Britain and the Uni ted States, prospectors from every field. Shafts and tunnels were driven by the hundreds. In the sinking of a shaft a mile south of the town, on a claim of B. Flint, of Belleville, who is now a member of the Canadian Senate, a vein of white marble was dis covered. At the suggestion of Flint, .who wanted little or nothing for the material, the town of Bridgewater was built of solid marble. It has even to this day a court house, school, church, hotel, stores and private dwellings constructed wholly of this material. While the town was booming the entire country was prospected. Some of the shafts and tunnels were driven more than a hundred feet in depth, but, remarkable as it mav seem, there was never enough gold found to pay the cost of a single mine in the dis trict. The place where the original nugget was found was christened "Aladdin's Cave," and the land in its vicinity sold at fabulous prices. One farmer whose farm adjoined the eave sold five acres to an English syndicate for 8100,000 cash. The syndicate spent . another 8100,000 in developing the claim, but never obtained an ounce of free gold. An aged Irishman at Bridgewater, Patrick Keough, receiv ed an offer of S125.00()for his farm, which consisted of a hundred acres of ro^k-piled, barren land. He refused thc offer, holding out for 8150.000. which he never got. To-day any one could buy the property for 81 an acre. - Ch ?cayo 'Citron ?clc. In >'o Hurry. Mrs. O F.-Can I have my husband put in jail for- slapping mc in thc mouth. Magistrate-Certainly ; that is as sault and battery. ."Well, I'll come around in about a month and make the charge." "Why not have him arrested at once." "Well, you sec, when he slapped mc I hit him in thc head with a rollin' pin and he's now in the hospital and the doctors say he won't be able to get out for a month yet."-Memphis Com mer cud-Appeal. "A word to thc wisc is .sufficient'' and a word from thc wisc should be sufficient, but you ask, who arc thc wisc? Those who know. Thc oft re peated experience of trustworthy per sons may be taken for knowledge. Mr. W. M. Terry says Chamberlain's Cough Remedy gives better satisfac tion than any other in thc market. Hs has been in thc drug business at Elkton, Ky., for twelve years; has sold hundreds of bottles of this rem edy and nearly all other cough medi cines manufactured, which shows con clusively that Chamberlain's is thc most satisfactory to thc people, and is thc best. For sale by Hill-Orr Drug LIQUID EXPERIMENTS. Cold is Hotter Than Heat. Carbon Burns at 312 Below. Iowa State Hegt ?ter. WASHINGTON, March 22-The guests of the National Geographie Society after its annual reception to-night were entertained by Charles E. Tripler, of New York, the inventor of Lquid air. Mr. Tripler had brought from his laboratory in an ordinary vessel not unlike a milk can ten gallons of liquid air at a temperature of 312 de grees below zero. This was brought into the banquet room at the Arling ton hotel, where the audience was as sembled, and many of the experiments which have lately startled the scien tific world were repeated. Mr. Tripler was introduced by Alex ander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone. A large number of dis tinguished scientists had gathered to witness his experiments, and in the audience were the German and Russian ambassadors, the Chinese minister and a large number of the most distin guished people in Washington. Mr. Tripler first exhibited the liquid air by passing around the audi ence tin dippers filled with it. These gave off a vapor like steam and rapidly accumulative frost on the outside. After the audience had finished the inspection Mr. Tripler struck the dip pers against the table and they broke to pieces like glass. He then im merced a common rubber ball in the liquid and afterward threw it on the floor, where it broke into pieces. BURNING CARBON. He partially immersed in^a common tumbler filled with liquid air a stick of carbon, like those used on the arc light, and the part of the carbon above the surface bumed rapidly with a white light as intense as that of an arc lamp. He explained that a tem perature of 1,000 degrees above zero was required to burn carbon, yet this air at 312 degrees below zero burned it rapidly. He immersed in the same glass the end of a coiled watch spring, and it burned, rapidly and threw off a shower of sparks until the entire spring was consumed. Mr. Tripler explained that alcohol freezes at a temperature of 202 below zero, and he accordingly took a pint of whiskey and pouring liquid air over it, soon had it in a state so that he broke it up into small chucks and passed it around to his audience. Mercury freezes at 40 degrees be low zero. The inventor froze a chunk of it in the shape of a hammer and drove a nail into the tabic on which his experiments were conducted. This hammer afterwards circulated through the audience for half an hour without melting, though it gradually accumu lated a frost on the outside. SERVED FROZEN POTATOES. Mr. Tripler dipped several Irish po tatoes into the can of air, and then threw them on the floor, and they broke into pieces like china eggs. The pieces were picked up for souvenirs, but were found to be so cold that they were uncomfortable to keep. They were extremely hard and could be carved with a penknife like box wood. They circulated pretty rapidly through the audience, each person being apparently anxious to pass them on to his neighbor. A piece of raw beef was immersed in the air and taken out pure and white and hard as ivory. Thrown on the floor it broke into pieces. Several persons having picked these up as souvenirs, Mr. Tripler warned them that in a few mindtcs after the cold had passed away the beautiful white substance would return to beef again and would become an uncomfortable keepsake. A cake of ice was placed on the table, and Mr. Tripler placed upon it a teakettle filled with liquid air. He then put the teakettle over a gas flame and it quit boiling and a thick coating of icc formed on the outside and was afterward broken oft' with a mallet. Mr. Tripler threw a dipperful of air over his clothing and it left them per fectly dry, and a finger dipped in the liijuid would bc withdrawn dry but uncomfortably cold. A quantity of the air thrown on the floor made a heavy sound like melted lead. The liquid scattered in all directions throw ing off a gray vapor and being rapidly consumed. It left the floor dry. SCIENTIFIC MEN A RY. DOUBTERS. Mr. Tripler said that he had received letters from scientific men all over the United States questioning his state ment in a recent number of McClure's magazine, to thc effect that he could produce liquid air with liquid air; that is. with a start of two gallons of thc substance he could go on producing any quantity of the air for any length of time. The inventor said that though this assertion had been questioned by scientists from Harvard college and from several other eminent institu tions ol' learning it was literally true, and was demonstrated daily in his lab oratory. He said that it was strange that these scientists were not sur prised when, with a lew gallons nf ammonia, a large icc factory was kept in operation. He said that he had actually made ten gallons of liquid air in his liquifier by the use of about three gallons, a surplusage that would go on indefinitely. The inventor's theory is that liquid air at 312 degrees below zero, being warmed by contact with the atmos phere, throws off a vapor or steam which, if confined, could be made to operate any engine now operated by steam. He held up a glass of the liquid when he dismissed his audience to-night and remarked .that if the small quantity of liquid at 312 degrees that he held in his hand were warmed 100 degrees-that is to say 212 degrees below zero-it would throw off a force that, if confined, would operate a 1,000 horse-power engine. The inventor said that he proposed not only to util ize liquid air in place of the water now used in boilers, but that he pro posed to heat the air with the natural atmosphere, thus operating engines without water or fuel. One Hope for the South. WASHINGTON; March 26.-Secretary of Agriculture Wilson in discussing the productive possibilities of the south and the problem of negro labor, made the following, observations: "The pressing question is, What is the laborer down south who has been growing cotton, and is not getting enough for his product, to do in the future to enable him to live comfort ably, not to speak of improvements in his condition, education and all that? "The cotton crop leaves very little that is valuable for domestic animals after the picking is done, thus differ ing from the corn crop of the north western States. There is a by-pro duct, the cottonseed, that is exceed ingly valuable, and much good work is being done by scientists at experi ment stations to show how valuable cottonseed is for feeding purposes. The nitrogen element is greater than that of any of the grains. It is rather in nitrogenous matter than peas or beans, richer than gluten, meat or oil cake. "The northern feeder and the Euro pean feeder have been using this by product of the cotton fields with great advantage, while the loss of its ferti lizing qualities to the south has been very great. "The south has more marked ad vantages over the north with regard to production. It has more heat and moisture, the two great factors of production, and if the cotton grower is to diversify his crops he must use these natural advantages. The dairy cow and mutton sheep would succeed admirably in the south, but some thing for them to eat must be pro vided first. Tbe winters in the south are mild; grasses, grains and legumes can be sown in the fall, grow abun dantly through the winter, upon which the dairy cow and the mutton sheep may thrive and produce. "From one-fifth to one-fourth of all the fat of all the milk on the farms of the United States is lost because peo ple do not thoroughly understand when to churn cream. The churniug process is an art, having much science underlying it. But the cotton grower of the south only needs to learn thc way. while the man who teaches him can understand the science. "Much yet remains to be discovered in the art of breeding animals, but enough is known to indicate to the in structor of the colored cotton grower work of this kind to enable him to breed his herd intelligently. "The south can prepare the spring lamb much earlier than the north can. The southern land owner understands horse raising. There is always a greater demand for saddle horses than is supplied. Thc world wants car riage and draft horses and good road sters. Karly spring chickens-the broilers-can be produced down there because they have milder winters and milder springs than wc have, and the northern market can be supplied. Should the market become over-sup plied wc can send this product abroad in the refrigcratimr compartments of our steamships. "Thc colored man is learning the trades at Tuskogce; he is mining coal and working the manufacture of iron at Birmingham. Some southern men whom you meet will say that they have thc best labor in the world, and in some respects I am inclined to think they have. "Thc south has reached thc point that most of the States of thc north west reached. Years ago section after section devoted itself to corn and wheat until the land refused to yield their crops and the farmer was driven to seek diversification. Pros perity came to the northwest through thc diversification of industries on the farm. I know of no other way through which it can come to thc south. "It seems to mc that thc necessities of thc occasion arc up to thc intelli gent land owner. Tlc should inform himself on these lines. He should have done it years ago."-A*??r )*<//./?. Wnrhl. .J. Sheer, Scdalia, Mo., conductor on electric street car linc, writes that his little daughter was very low with croup, and her life saved after all physicians had failed, only by using One Minute Cough Cure. Kvans Pharmacy. A Monument in Honor to Mary Wash ington. Down in Fredericksburg. Virginia, a monument has been erected to Mary Washington, tho mother of the first President of the United States. The handsome park in which it stands was the gift of the Fredericks burg Memorial Association. The shaft will be shaded by the boughs of trees that were transplanted there from Mount Vernon. The grounds arc in closed by a handsome railing, and a lodge has been built, where a keeper will always be in attendance. In this pretty little building meetings of the board that has in charge the building of the memorial will be held. This lodge is now occupied by a woman of a distinguished Fredericksburg family, who acts as custodian. It is intended that the grounds surrounding the mon ument shall be decorated with shrubs and flowers. Within the enclosure lies the shaft given many years ago by Silas Bur rows of New York. This was intend ed for the monument, but the stone was too much injured to be of any service. There the stone lies, cher ished gratefully by the Memorial As sociation as a tribute of one man's patriotism. ' It is possible that next May the life members of the association will as semble at Fredericksburg to receive the Mary Washington monument into their keeping and to formulate plans so that the monument and grounds will forever be in the charge of those who have patriotism at heart and who love and revere the names of those who have made American history. There are only six hundred life members of the association permitted, and. with the exception of two hun dred, this Hst is complete. To become a life member a payment of 825 is necessary, and to the life member is given a silver star. A star of go^d is giveu each member on the payment of an additional $10. This emblem of patriotism may be transmitted from mother to daughter, or by bequest, and the grave of the mother of Wash ington will forever be protected against decay and vandalism. Thus far the association has expend ed $15,000, and now only 85,000 is necessary to complete the work. Sara A. Pryor, vice-president of the asso ciation, who li rcs at No. 3 West Sixty ninth street, New York, has been particularly active in obtaining patri ots as members of the association and looking after the work. - "I want to ask one more ques tion," said little Frank, as he was being put to bed. "Well." acquiesced the tired mamma. "When holes come in stockings, what becomes of the piece of stocking that was there before the hole came?" - "I say, Bridget, is your I eau a gold or a silver man?" asked the head of the house. "'Shure, he's neyther," answered thc cook, who was in love with a policeman; "he's what you call a copper man, sur. Napoleon, at St. Helena, said to Antono ? marchi, his physician, "Be lieve nie, we had better ? leave off all these remedies; life is a fortress which neither you nor I know anythingabout. Why throw obstacles in the way of its de fence ? Its own means are superior to all the apparatus of your laboratories. Me ii cine is a collection of uncertain prescr p tious, the results of which, taken collect ively, have been harrami to mankind. Waler, air and cleanliness are my chief medicines." At thc time when Napoleon said this he was largely right; Physicians in those days dealt out obnoxious and drastic drugs that did violence to every fiber in thc boc.y. Since that date medical science has made wonderful strides. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is a medicine composed of native medicinal roots that do no vio lence to nature. Its action is gentle and natural. It simply promotes the natural processes of secretion and excretion. It restores the lost appetite, corrects all dis orders of the digestion, makes the assimi lation of the food perfect, invigorates the liver, purifies nnd enriches the blood, builds new and healthy flesh tissue, tones the nerves and gives sweet and refreshing sleep. It is the great blood-maker and flesh-builder. It cures oS per cent, of all cases of all diseases of the air passages thal lead up lo consumption. It is a wonderful medicine for ail diseases due to insufficient or improper nourishment of body or nerves. Do not deal with unscrupulous dealers who urge you to take worthless substitutes for the sake of a few pennies a,dded profit. "I }\ave been using Dr. Pierce's Golden Med ical Discovery and *Pleasant Pellets' for thc past three years and they have saver! my life." Thus writes Mrs. Sophia Frazer, of Oakd:'e, Rockbridge Co.. Va. " I now keep the ' Pellets ' ii: my house all the time and use them every time "I fer:! the need of a laxative. I nm fifly thrc" years old and was troubled with liver com plaint'until I used vour medicine. Now I om well.1' Every sick man or woman should send 2i one-cent stamps to Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y,, to pay tho cost of mailing only for a free copy of Dr. Pierce's great i ooo-page Common Sense Medical Adviser; or 31 stamps for a heavy cloth-bound copy. FROM this dfita until 15th May I am prHparnd to odor extra low pricer on PIANOS and ? Ult ?ANS. R?mern ber. 1 will bn triad to price anything in thc? SEWINGr MACHINE line. 1 guarantee my prices aro L'o per cent lower than you will have to pay olsowhoro. 1 have noth ing but a carefully selected stock of now Instruments-nothing shop-worn or sec ond-hand. M. L. WILLIS. South Maiu St., Anderson, S G. The Blind You Have Always Bought, and which has been, in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature, of , and lias been made under his- per sonal supervision since its infancy. Allow no one to deceive you iii this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and Substitutes are but Es : pertinents that trifle with and endanger the health^ of Infants and Children-Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Castoria is a substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Harmless and Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep* The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of The Kind You Haye Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THC CENTAUR COMPANY. TT MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK CITY. The Great Oliver Steel Beam Plow. OVER ten times more OLIVERS sold in Anderson than any other make. They have been tried. The verdict is unanimous for the OLIVET?. The Steel Beam a great feature. Warranted to stand anywhere. Handled in Car lots we give lowest possible prices. The sizes for this section are Nos. 40, 20, ?9,13, &c. Buy only the Oliver Steel Beam Plows if you are after the best. DISC, SPADING AND SMOOTHING HARROWS, &c. Twenty years experience has taught us the needs of the farmers, and we know our Harrows are just the Implements for this section. An absolute, broad, personal guarantee given by us. SULLIVAN HARDWARE CO. NOTICE. WILL be let to the lowest responsible ; bidder on Wednesday, the 12th day of j April next, at ll o'clock a. m., the build- j ingof a Bridge over Watermelon Creek, ? near residence of Guss Mc Alister, on a ; new road in Kroadaway Township. Also, Thursday, April 6th, at ll a. m., '?? the building of a new Bridge or the re- ; pairing of ford over creek on road leading from Cason Store to Burdine P. 0., or J. R. Tripp's. Also, on Thursday, Win. inst., at ll a. m., the building of a new liridge over branch near .1. IX McElroy'a gin'house, in Pendleton Township. Plans and specifi?ations made known on day of letting, Reserving right to re ject anv and all bid?. W. P. SNELGROVE, Co. Sup'r. W. G. McGEE, SURGEON DENTIST. OFFICE- front Ujom, end Merchants Bann over Fawners ANDERSON, S. C. For? 9, 1898 33 I ?arminattve $ $ Smvad My Baby's life." J g LAMAR & RANKIN DRUG CO.i a I can not recommend Pitts' Cu tt minative too strong. I muit ?ay, ? I owe my baby's lifo to it. ? I earnestly ask all mother? wko ? hare sickly or delicate chiidran just y to try one bottle and sea what th? result will be. Respectfnlly, $ MRS. LIZZIE MURRAY. Johnson'! Station, Ga. I Pitta' Qarmtnativm % lo mold by mil DpopoMm. i PRIGS, SB OEMTSs Music . for Christmas ! Notice Final Settlement. WITH tb? lightness And bfightbesB of Christmas comes Wie desire for Music for better InstrumentSj and for Goods that suit the taste and please the senses. WE give you the BEST VALUES in Music, the greatest pleasure in Musical Goods, and the best prices yon ever saw. Having recently a A PallsOariLoad of Pianos, THE imderalgned, Administrators c the Estate of William Riley, deoeas ed; horeby give notice that thev will \ - AND - on the Nth dav April, UM), apply to !MI^Sii$?lSS i A Large Number of Organs, and a disebju-ge from their o?tee a? Exec utors. .7. G. KILEY, W. M. RILEY, Administrators. March S, ISMS ;V7 f> Notice to Creditors. ALL persons having demands against j tho Est?te Robt. T. Chamblee, dee'd, are j hereby notified to present them, proporly j proven; tn the undersigned, within the ! time prescribed by law, and those in- j debted to make pavment. W. H. CHAM li LEE, Adm'r. Feb 22, 1SJ?9 35 3 And having made sweeping re duction in Prices until Christ mas, feel sure that we can make it to your interest to carefully inspect our large and handsome Stock. Call and see the celebrated Columbia Grapho |>hone, which wo sell at manufacturer's prices. Soliciting your patronage, which will be highly appreciated, and thanking you in advance for an investigation of our Stock, we remain Most respectfully, THE C. A. REED MUSIC HOUSE,