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BILL ARP' Tells How lie Secure He Gro^ Atlanta C The miad doesn't need rest, for it will not rest, but it needs a change of mental food. We cannot at will stop thinking, but we can give our thoughts a more pleasing direction and that is rest. And so, when I get tired and perplexed reading and ruminating about the war and the negroes and po ? litical corruption, I take a day off and commune with nature and her wonder ful works, which are ever before us and around us. It is ever a rest to hear it thunder and to watch the gathering of the clouds and welcome the big drops of rain that fall upon the steps. When the lightning is Sashing and the thunder stroke comes quick and sharp and near, we retire from the veranda and for a little while humble ourselves under the mighty hand of God, and that is rest. Then let. us not worry and perplex ourselves all of our waking hours about things which are afar off, but take shelter and comfort at home. Let us change the diet and it will rest us mentally ,and physically. My good father was a philosopher and would say to me, "now, my son, I want you to hoe these potatoes and when you get tired you can weed the onions for a rest." Professer Mitchell, the great astrono mer, told men that when his mind was wearied with long and perplexing cal culations and his eyes were tired of figure, nothing relieved him more than a game of whist with his wife and children. It was a delightful resu. But my swe<- teat rest is a frolic with the little grandchildren and listening to their innocent discourse. There are two little girls of three and five years, who visit me almoBt every day and climb my knees and kiss my old rough ch ?ek, and say that I am not old nor Ugly and every night I help their mother put them t* obed and tell . them the same old stories about Jack the giant killer, and the bean vine and the wolf and the pigs and little Ked Biding Hood, and what I did when I was a little boy.- By and by the mon otone of my voice becomes their lul laby and the little eyes close and the little heads fall over on my shoulder and they are off for the land of dreams. When tho father bas to go to his drug store every night an old grandpa is a help to a tired mother, and I am yet fit for that. I saw a pair of old-fashioned blue j birds to-tiay and felt like the friends of my youth had come back. Some j yean ago ?hey disappeared and I have ' wondered what became of them. A jaybird frith only one leg comes every day to the fountain to drink. I am trying to made a friend of him, but he is very shy and suspicious. Some cruel boy hit him with a sling shot, I reckon, for I see them sometimes in the back alley trying to get a shot at my pigeons. Maybe that jaybird will meet that boy in purgatory. Boys are as mean about killing birds as our government is about killing the Fili pinos. But this is a Christian coun try, and. I reckon, it is all right. These pigeons that have a happy home at my house are an interesting study for the young people. We haye about a hundred of them, and some of them are ever before us as wa sit on the veranda. They are of many colors, from almost black to a pure snow white, and at all hours or the day 4hey gather at the little hydrant foun tain in the front yard and drink and then fly away. The pigeon is the -only bird, that drinks by draught or suction, as we do. All other birds raise their heads and let the water run down, by gravity and then dip the bill down for another drop. Pigeons ?do not feed their young with worms or bugs, but the old birds digest their food in their own craws into a curd and eject it into the mouths of their young. Hence it is that very young pigeons or squabs generally die when they are given away. Pigeons are not exactly polygamists, but the males have no particular mate and they will feed the young of any mother. In deed, they do most of the feeding. They are not gallinaceous nor razores. ! Now lett thc young people hunt up! those big words. They can walk, but cannot hop. Most all other birds can hop, but cannot walk. Of course pigeons are pigeon-toed, and so are some folks we know. A pig eon-toed girl generally wears long dresses. Then there is a language called pigeon English. It is really pidgin English, for pidgin is a Chinese word and means business, and pidgin English is a mixturo of Chinese and English and of signs by whioh busi ness is transacted in the ports between natives and foreigners. Thc migrating butterfly is moving southward. For two weeks past one or more have been seen at all hours of the day on the wing passing through our grove. My neighbors far and near tell mc they are passing their homes. It is a good, large, yellow butterfly of uniform size and shape and color. They do not come in pairs or S LETTER. 3S Mental Rest When rs "Weary. onstituiion. * flocks, but singly and not often in sight of each other. They all come and go in the samo direction and do not stop a moment nor pause to suck the honey from a flower. Well, nov I have counted them by the clock they passed and made five in a minute through my five-acre grove. That makes 300 in an hour or 3,000 in day. If, then, we count GOO to acre in a day 100 acres would make 60,000. Ten thousand acres would make 6,000,000 for a single day. Hov many more acres do they pass ov and how many more days? Think it and the books say they are going south to winter and die. They laid their eggs np north before they began t heir long journey. From observation I should say they average forty mil a day. It is not a rapid flight, but unbroken. What a singular creation is this and who can tell why and the wherefore. Nature is full of mysteries and wonders. My daily mail brings many inquiries and some of them I cannot answer. "Constant Female Reader'' wants know how the moon influences the making of lye soap and must the pot be stirred backwards or forward Well, I gave it up and referred the writer to Aunt Betsy Hamilton. An other inquiring mind wants to know why mules' tails are shaved and their manes clipped. I have referred him to Uncle Remus, but I interviewed some of my friends and one said be cause it improved the looks of the animal and gave the mule a git-up-an git appearance. Cobe said it was done so you could tell 'em from a horse for it was a reflection on a horse to be taken for a mule or for a mule to be taken for a horse. An old farmer said it was done to get rid of currying and cuckleburs, and thereby please the negroes who had to plow them, but it was mighty hard on the mule in fly time. My friend, John Anderson says that an unsheared mule is a very unsightly beast. Jim Jeff had one that he raised and never would have trimmed. When the mule was twelve years old Jeff got tired of heran tried to swap her off to his neighbor Stegall, for a horse, but they couldn1 trade. Then he offered to sell Kit to Stegall for $75, but he wouldn't give it. Not very long after that Jeff oomes to town and a Tennessee horse trader got hold of him and gave him an old chunk of a horse for his mule Kit was put under the shears forth with. She was clipped and rubbed and washed and groomed and in a few days was tran sm ago i Sed into a very respectable looking animal. Stegall wanted a mule about that time and the Tenncs3eean sold Kit to him for $100, but he didn't know it was Kit Next day Jim Jeff had business over at Stegall's and Stegall took him down to the lot to show him what a fino mule he had bought. As soon as Kit spied her old master she nickered and trotted up to him and put her head affectionately upon his shoulder just as she used to do, and Jeff kissed her on the nose, and said: "Kit, why Kit, is this you? Bless your old soul. I oughtn't to have sold you. Stegall, I will give you $75 for her just because she loves me so.*' Mules are curious creatures, but they fill a longfelt want and never strike for higher wages. The mule and the negro are a happy combination and when the negro is de parted the mule will go, too, I reckon. My neighbor, Morris ha6 a very fine mule and about six months ago this mule tried to pick his teeth with his hind foot and got the shoe fastened in his mouth on a broken tooth. Mr. Morris worked an hour to unloose it, and theo called in the neighbors and they worked with ropes and levers, but couldn't. All of a sudden, while Morris was standing by thinking what to do next, the tooth broke with a report like a pistol, and the mule's foot flew back against Morris' shin bone and broke it all to pieces. He was down in bed for three months and goes on crutches now. Such is a mule. He has no pride of ancestry, but he lives long and happy. BILI.' AKP. -*m^- . ?-. Eczema Cared by B. 6. 6. Sample Battle Free. Have you itching, burning, scaly, crusted, or pimply skin, blisters con taining pus or watery fluid, skin red, and on itching heat, with or without sores, on legs, arms, hands, neck or face? Then take B. B. B. which will cure leaving the flesh free from blem ishes, sores, eczema or itching of any kind. Any form of eczema is due to dis eased blood. Get thc diseased blood out with B. B. B., and you are cured. B. B. B. is perfectly safe to take by old or young, and acts as a fine tonic, and cures when salves, washes and other remedies fail. Children are very frequently afflicted with eczema. Sores discharge and a yellow crust forms upon thc skin. Give thc ohild mild doses of B. 1>. H.. and the sores will soon heal. B. B. 1>. for sale by druggests at $1 per large bottle, address Blood Balm Co., 380 Mitchell St.. Atlanta, Ga., and sample bottle of B. B. B. will be sent by return mail. PREHISTORIC FARMING. 15 V UK NE BACHE. If age makes respectability, then farming in this country ought to be a much venerated industry. Many cen turies before Columbus was born, thc natives of what is now the United States were agriculturalists, living chiefly by thc products of the soil, though, to some extent, they eked out an existence by hunting and fish ing. It was not until the whites came and disturbed them that the aborigi nes gave up toiling in the fields-as people must who are constantly at war and whose homes arc insecure. In the days when Captain John Smith sailed up thc broad Potomac and made his historic visit to the chief settlement of Powhatan, where the city of "Washington now stands, all that tidewater region, covering an area of more than twenty thousand squire miles, was covered with settle ments. All along the shores of the river were to be seen comfortable farmhouses, built of poles and cover ed with birch bark, with cosy kitchen gardens and outlying fields of waving corn that made thc landscape beauti ful in autumn. Corn was then, as it is now, the great American cereal and the favorite grain of the people. Hav ing originated on the highlands of Central America, perhaps not more six hundred years earlier, it had been cultivated and improved by the Mayas of Mexico, and gradually carried north ward, until, by John Smith's time, it was the principal food staple in all of habitable North America, short of thc Arctic zone. The Algonquins, under Powhatan, besides occupying themselves with ag ricultural pursuits, caught fish and gathered oysters. Theirs was a dis trict adapted for fishing, as well as agriculture, and at every suitable spot on the Potomac's banks was a fishing station, conveniently -situated for work in the oyster beds and for the stretching of thc nets to capture the shad, which then , as now, made an annual pilgrimage up the river in shoals. In her kitchen garden the pre-Co lumbian squaw paid most attention to her beans, which, though she knew it not, were destined to become the ancestors of all the so-called kidney beans, which, in many varieties, are known to-day the world over. From these prehistoric beans descended thc famous Boston baked beans, as well as the string beans si highly prized by epicures. Some of. these ancient beans, by the way, have been found entombed with mummies in Peru, which unquestionably date baok to periods earlier than the arrival of the earliest Spaniards on this continent. Beans were found in the ruins of Troy by Schliemann, but not kidney beans, mark you! It was reserved for the prehistoric American farmer to bestow this gift upon civilized man. The cornfields of these ancient farmers in thc tidewater region of the Potomac covered many a square mile, and in the autumn season lentbeauty to many a valley with their waving tassels True, they were not laid out like modern cornfields, in checkboards of little hills, each one bearing only three or four stalks. On the contrary, the customary method was to make quite a large mound, which supported a con siderable number of corn plants, and this mound served for several seasons in succession. In front of every birch-bark house stood a hollowed log, on end. in which the Indian matron pounded her corn to meal. Further south, as is the case in Mexico to-day the aborigi nes utilized for this purpose a stone tray and a stone roller of cylin drical shape. Implements of this kind arc found in ancient burial pla ces, and are deemed much better and more servicablo than any that can be made nowadays. In the Southern States at the pres ent time one often sees the hollowed log standing in front of a negro cabin, in which the mistress of the house, just as did the Indian squaw, crushes the grains of maize with a sort of pes tle held in both hands. It is com monly declared by experts t.iat noth ing is equal to a soapstone griddle for the preparation of corncakes. Wheth er that be true or not. it is certain that thc prehistoric Algonquin matron used no other material for her pots and pans. Though copper was not un known then, some of it being fetched in trade from the mines of Lake Supe rior, there was no thought of making cooking utensilr of that or any other metal; ali metal? were too precious, indeed. So our Algonquin matron cut her pots and pans out of the soap stone rock: which is found in many localities in Maryland and Virginia. Being soft, it was easily quarried out in proper blocks with stone tools, each pot being hollowed before it was cut away from tho solid mass. Of course, soapstone in only found in some parts of the l/nited States, and this was only one of the conveniences which made the nighborhood of Washington and all thc region along the Potomac and about the Chesapeake an especially conven ient territory for aboriginal occu pancy. Powhatan's headquarters were not more than a mile from the pres capitol at Washington, and the to by which they were surrounded 1 j thc greatest political centre north Mexico. While a properly organi; war department looked out for management of a considerable sta ing army, thc pursuits of thc peor as already said, were those of pea They spent much of their time on t water and, as far as oysters were ci cerned, they may be said to have c ried their farming operations into t acqueous element. Oysters, after: are in a sense an agricultural produ and these aborigines used to prep; immense quantities of these {:meat for shipment into the interior. r this purpose they cooked the bivah epough to open their shells, and tb dried the meats in the sun. Thi was a large demand for oysters tribes of the interior, as well as i dried clams, which were prepared similar fashion, and for marine she of certain kinds, which were utiliz as ornaments or cut up to make wa pum. In exchange for such articl the people of the Potomac receiv copper, skins of animals, and vario other things they wanted. It has been asserted that the pi historic Indians cultivated the squas and that this plant was originally native of America, but this is som what dobutf ul. A similar claim h been made in regard to the watermi on, but it is now known positive that this fruit belonged originally equatorial Africa, where Livingsto; saw whole districts literally cover with the vines. The watermelon w cultivated in ancient Egypt, and represented on some very old mon ments in that country. Another very important plant th was cultivated by the prehistor farmers of this country was the toba co. The Indian is always the mi who smokes a pipe, and no trace hi ever been found in North America of savage who did not smoke. Som* times other plants, such as the suma were used as substitutes for the "Lei nicotian," but the pipe and the India always went together. Ever so mac pipes have been found in anciei mounds in various parts of the Unite States, and some of them are vei elaborate and beautiful. Of domestic animals, the anciei i Indians of t^e north and east seem t have none, except the hog. There i scarcely any part of the world i which some tamable species of th genus canis is not found, *nd its do medication comes about quite natui ally. Doubtless women were original ly responsible for the domesticatioi of the dog, as it was to their car probably that the young wolf-pups which chanced to be picked up, fell In this way unquestionably the adop tion of the dog had its beginning The aborigines in this country had n farm animals, with one exception, b be mentioned presently. They rearec deer, herons, and, in the Southwest golden eagles, which were plucked an nually for their beautiful feathers. I is known that the Pueblos domestica ted the turkey. A region in Colorado, bounded b] the Mancos, La Plata, and San Juai rivers, is roughly a triangle, round th( edge of which is a network of ravines and canons which abound in ruin?e castles and towns perched on shelves along the cliffs. Some of the single buildings are as large as the bigges! department structure in Washington, while others are so small and so well cencealod that they are discovered with difficulty, only by the aid of a field glass. Now and then will be seen a whole walled city, with stony fortifications and huge towers, built along the escarpment of a cliff. Por centuries these cliff dwellings have been entirely deserted, but for merly they were inhabited by a large and industrious population, which, being not at all warlike, sought to ob tain security while cultivating the fields in the valleys below, by build ing their dwellings in thc manner de scribed. These people were thc an cestors of the Pueblo Indians of to day. In their empty houses arc found graoaries. one room being commonly reserved for the storage <?f corn and another for beans, since these wer? thc .principal food products. Sheep were domesticated and kept in corrals. To day in that strange region there is to be found nothing but desolation, and the only occupants of the houses are mummies, dried and imperishable the grim corpses of American farmers who perished hundreds of year? ago. Furtcard. _ In The Pallet Court -Tried and Jud? meflt ia Kt Favir. Some time-ago Judge Andy E. Cal houn, judge of the polic? court of At lanta, had occasion to pass a sentence that was gratifying to him, and if people will take his advice much suf fering will be alleviated. The judge is subject to nervous, sick headaches and dyspepsia. Herc is his sentence: "I am a great sufferer from nervous sick headache and have found no rem edy so effective as Tyner's Dyspepsia Ilcmedy. If taken when thc headache first begius it invariably cures." Price 50 cents per bottle. For sale by Wilhitc & Wilhite. Sample bottle free on'application to Tyner's Dyspepsia Ilcmedy Co., Atlan ta, (ia. - Stonemasons' sawdust is better than soap for cleaning flours. The Rlack Diamond. Tho '-Black Diamond" Railroad com pany has at last secured the amend ment it has been seeking to its charter, as shown by the following issued by the Secretary of State: Whereas, the Western Carolina Kail way company was duly chartered by an act of the general assembly of South Carolina, approved Dec. 20, A. D. 1800, and by au amendatory act approved Feb., ll A. D. 1898, the name of said company was changed to thc Ohio River, Anderson and Tide Water Rail way company; and Whereas on the first day of August, A. D. 1899, there was tiled in the office of the Secretary of the State a statement by the said Ohio River, Anderson and Tidewater Railroad company, by P. K. McCully, president, duly attested by J. L. Tribble, Secretary, setting forth that the said company desired an amendment to its charter by amending section 10 of the amendatory act so that it will read as follows: "Section 10. That this act as amend ed shall be deemed a public act and shall continue in force until it expires by its own limitation, to wit: for a peri od of 60 years from the date of approval, and until the first meeting of the gen eral assembly of the State there after." And whereas the said statement set forth that the said statement and ap plication for said change and amend ment had been duly authorized by re solution of thc stockholders of said company, and that resolutions embody ing the request had been adopted by a unanimous vote of the stockholders. Thereupon the Secretary of the State did issue his requirement as to publish ed notice of the said desired change, requiring 14 day's notice in thc Ander son Intelligencer and Anderson Ad vocate of the aforesaid request, setting forth the amendment desired; and Whereas on the second day of Sep tember P. K. McCully, president of the said railway company, did file in the office of the Secretary of the State a certificate setting forth each stock holder was. given 30 days' notice prior to the said meeting, which notice stated the time, place and purpose of the said meeting. Now, therefore, certificate of the due publication of the aforesaid required advertisement having been filed with me, and no objection to the aforesaid desired amendment being made, I, M. j R. Cooper, Secretary of State of South Carolina, by virtue of the authority in me vested by an act of the general assembly, entitled, "An act to provide for the formation of railroad, steam boat, street railway and canal compa nies, and to define thc powers thereof, and provide a mode for amending the charters thereof," approved the 28th day of February, A. D. 1899, do hereby certify that the requirements of the law have been complied with and the charter of the aforesaid company amended as set forth. - For Sunday night supper it is a good plan to serve a platter of delicate cold meat with salad. Try serving thin slices of cold tongue or chicken, j garnished with parsley sprigs as an accompaniment of the lettnee. FORTUNE WEIGHS BUT ITTLE, IP PUT ON A SCALE! WITH WORTH MORE THAN A FORTUNE TO EVERY WO WA nr.Werce'8 Prescription HAKES WEAK WOMEN STRONG SICK WOMEN WELL. Valuable City Property for Sale. BY virtu* of the power vested in me by Deed of Trust duly executed by F M. Murpby. and recorded in Clerk'? ollie*, Book PPF, if not sold at private sale before that timo. 1 will sell to the highest bidder before the (kiurt House door at Anderson, S. C., at the uscal honrs of publie Kales, OD tialesday in Oc tober next, the House and Lot situated on South Main Street, in the City of An derson, containing one-half acre, more or lees, adjoining lota of the City of An derson, Mrs. E. .T. McGrath, L. H. Seel and Main Street. Terms of Sale--Cash. Purchaser to pay extra for paper? and stamp?. For fur ther information call on J. L. 'PRIDDLE Truste?, or F. M. MURPHY. Septo, 1899 ll t Desirable Plantation for Sale. AROUT :?O0 acre? of Laud, on Three and Twenty <.'re?k, two and one half miles east ol' Pendleton, on the road leading toPelzer, is offered for sale. There aro about _."> acres ol' bottom land. The place is well watered and well adapted to stock-raising, and has between 50 and 75 acres of forest?. For fort li er information apply to J. MILES PICKENS, s-:sm Pendleton, S. C. (I?ii?iiiiii:tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiM<iir!<if!miin'iiii!iiiiiiiiiMii'i>Mii ?Vege table Pieparationfor As - simulating uteToodandRegula ting the Stomachs andJBovels ot PrcmotesT)igcstion,Checrful ness andResr.Conta?ns neither Opmm.Morpniiie nor Mineral. l\OT NARCOTIC. SSa/x of Old JirSAI'iVnJ^TCIIEa Pumpkin Seed" Alx. Senna * JteAelUSJls Aniit Seed * Jrppermnt - Jh Qui cma& Soda * Winn Seed - ?lari/itd Sugar . , VfoUtpixn Fiara: J Aperfecf Remedy for Constipa lion, Sour Stom?ch.Diarrhoea, Worms .Convulsions .Feverish ness and LOSS OF SLEEP. Tac Simile Signature of NEW YORK. At b months old .. Jj DOSES-33 CE NTS EXACT COPY*OF WSABEEB. BOYS' STEAM LAUNDRY! The Most Complete and Up-to-Date Laundry in the State. Every Machine the latest improved, and designed to do most perfect work. Under the superintendence of an experienced Laundryman, with a corp* of skilled assistants. Every piece of work carefully inspected, and no sorry work allowed to pass from Laundry. PRICES LOW. Quality of work unexcelled. Give us a trial. W. F. BARR, Business Manager. Located at rear of Fant's Book Store. PORTO RICO ! YOU can get the GENUINE PORTO RICO MOLASSES FROM ITS. La^kford Horse Collar, Guaranteed to prevent or cure galls or sore shoaldei -s. SHOES. HATS, DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, ETC, At CUT PRICES for the next thirty days ia order to clean up and make room for New Good*. Big Line of Groceries of all Kinds AT LOWEST PRICES. .tmmT' Try us one time. MOORE, ACKER & CO., KAST SIDE PUBLIC 8QUAEE-CORNEH STORE. AT A BARGAIN ! One 50-Saw Hall Coln Gm, Feeler ii Gondeaser. BRAM? NEW. ?LSC, a few Second hand Gins. The Hall Gin is given up to bethe best Gin now built. Nothing cheap about it but the price. I still handle the BRENNAN CANE MILL-the only Self-Oiling Mill now sold. EVAPORATORS and FURNACES, SMOKE STACKS for Engines. &c, at bottom pries, manufactured of Galvanized Iron. CORNICE aud FUNNELS, TIN ROOFING, GUTTERING and PLUMBING of all kinds. Also, GRAVEL ROOFING and STOVES of the best makes. CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, FRUIT JARS-WHITE RUBBERS the best. TINWARE at any price to suit thc wants of our customers. For any of the above will make you pri:es that yon will buy of me, anti ask your inspection of Goods and prices. Thanking all my friends and cus tomers for their liberal patronage, Respectfully. JOHjN T. BURRISS. P. S.-Bring your RAGS. THE YE ARS COME AND GO I AND with each successive year lhere als? conies, amidst a ilourish of trumpets, the announcement that some wow GIN is boru, "another Richmond in the field;/' and every time this announcement is made, it ia qualified by another and more im portant, that either one or more valuable features are patterned exactly like toe Old Reliable Daniel Pratt Gin. How many times have you heard that "our <fin ls as good as the Daniel Pratt, be cause we build one a good deal like it." No doubt some Gins are sold on the strength of such assertions, but ask those who have bought and used them if they are the equal ol' the DANIEL PK ATT < ?IN. But a-t?l the years roil on, the Daniel Pratt Gin not only holds its own but continue* to add new laurels to those already won. Uar GIN* SYSTEMS and ELEVATORS-are the rr oat aonipleteand up-to-date on tho market. We have in stock at Anderson in our Warehouse six Car Lends of GINS, FEEDERS, CONDENSERS and PRESSES. Also, all kinda of REPAIRS Call on write to F. E. WATKINS, Anderson. S.C. 0. D. MW & BRO. FLO! " Et FLOCK! OOO BAJRB E3 ?. m GOT every grade you are looking ihr. We know what you want, sud T we've got th'? prices right. Can't give it to yoe, but wo will sell you high grade Flour 2o to 35c cheaper than any comp?tition. Low grade Flom ?3.00 per barrel. Car EAR CORN and stacks of Shelled Corn. Buy while it is cheap advancing rapidly. Wc know where to buy and get good, sound Corri cheap. O?1S, HAY and BRAN. Special prices by the ton. We want your trade, and if honest dealings ami low pi ices count w? will get it. Yours for Business, , O. IK ANDERSON & BRO. ?gU Now is your chance to ?et Tobacco cheap. Closing oui odds . nd ends in Caddies.