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SARGE PL Story of tlie Battle o Atlanta Co After Thanksgiving then conies Christinas-always souiethi ig good just ahead if we can only find it. I preach this philosophy to Brown, hut j lie looks sour and spouts "With lavish hand The great and grand llavo favor? thrust upon them. Yon never seek Tho low and meek fuies? it is duo them." Whenever my old friend gets in one ol' these sour moods there i-i nothing that can stir him-we just let him " rn I pant it out. Thc old mau has been dunned considerably of late, but wc I try to comfort him by telling him that ! tho Lord will provide, and in thi.sc-uu- j ueetion I have just related one of my best Thanksgiving stories which fell so flat upon his ears that I am con strained to give it here just to show what kind of a bruie he is when he tiics to be. i'wenty-five years ago, I think it was upon thc 28th day of November, HOI, when the opening guns at Mis sionary Ridge proclaimed that a battle was on. I don't know just how or why, but anyway it became known that the next day was to be the Yan kees' Thanksgiving. I expect that my memory serves me right upon these dates, and that the Yankee general-Grant-decided in his mind that he would bring on the fight, take Missionary Ridge and have something great to be thankful over. But my story is not of the army or of that disa3trous fight. At the foot ul' the mountain, On the south side, there remaiued what was left of a mi IQ prosperous home. The owner of ! this.' home was a soldier upon the ? Confederate side and when the cannon 1 roared and thc muskets rattled a lone- i ly woman with her four children ' shuddered at the dreadful - sound and j grieved in fear of thc husband and father. Nothing was left for this poor woman but to listen to the battle, : wring her hands and stay with the children who clung, to her skirts, j Time and time again this little family had knelt by the fire while the mother prayed. It was a woman's prayer that her husband might be spared in the fight that was raging, and thc children, as small as they were, joined with that mother and they have told me since that they felt there upon their knees that God would spare their father. Besides the whites there yet re mained two old negroes or '.he family -"Aunt Dilsy" and "Uncle Tom." Dilsy had joined the whites in the "big house," but Tom was nowhercto be found. It was natural to suppose that he had gone to the Yankees. This was not true, and there oomes the story. When the first guns began to sound old Tom knew that a fight was on. Ile knew that his young master was in it and he was fearful lest that master should be killed or wounded and fall into the hands of thc Yankees. With such thoughts in his mind tb old negro decided togo upon the field and do what he could in case of the master getting hurt. To make this story short, thc master was wounded very severely, and while tho folks at the homo, especially "Aunt Dilsy," were thinking hard of Tom for leaving them at such a time, Tom had arrived at the battlefield, found his young master, took him upon his back and was making speed as fast as he could to keep from being captured and to arrive safe at home. Fortu nately a sorry old horse was pioked up in a short time and this relievedo the negro and speeded them on their way. The arrival of tho master and Tom at the home was entirely unexpected. They peeped in upon the frightened and praying group before they made themselves known, and what oeourred when it was known can better be imagined than described and we leave them for a few hours to go with Tom and "Aunt Dilsy" to their negro cabin, from where it was soon ascer tained that the Confederates were in full retreat and that the Yankees had the Ridge. The sun was getting low when old I Cm ZZl.iZZ ivivu auti wouueu IUD rr ?jr over to the mountain road that some of the cr my would have to travel. Tom was disappointed in seeing the soldiers, but it was not long until he had discovered a train of Yanltee wogons just fixing to strike camp on the side of the mountain. Old Tom smiled to himself as he contemplated how nico it would be if ona of those wagons were to break over the sootoh that held the wheels and go lumb?r ing over the preoipioe. We leave the old negro watohiog these wagons while wo return to the house to be with the yonng master and the family that re joiced at his return. The wound had been dressed, a good bed had boen prepared close to m .UNKETT. f -Missionary Ridge. Mtituthn. thc lire, the mother was ready to put tho children to rest for the night, when the very least one of them said, with earnestness in every word: "Mamma, we better pray some moro." Pray they did, the mother leadiug and as thc words were yet ascending a great lumber was heard upon the mountain *ide and the thought was that the greatest bowlder had broken loose that had fell for a long time, and had rumbled its way to the bot tom. lt. was no bowlder- old Tum had crept up and tonk the scotch from ouc of the wagons and it went bouncing and lumbering down to the valley be low, scattering all the good thing.? of a day's foraging to be gathered by a people that had nothing left. Thc losing of one wagon was noth ing to the Yankees. They were gone by daylight tho next morning. Old Tom aud the rest went up to see the great bowlder that had made such a fuss and as they looked upon the good things, Tom smiled from ear to ear, "Aunt Dilsy" fairly danced, while the tittie child turned and said: "Mamma, des pray sonic more and den we'll have Thanksgiving." SAUGE PLUNKETT. Blood Poison aud Cancer Cured by B.B.B. Trial bottle sent Free. Deadly Cancer of the face, neck, legs, lip, eating cancer or sores, cured by B. B. B.-Botanic Blood Balm. B. B. B. cures by driving the deadly, virulent poison, which causes cancer, out of tho blood. This is thc only cure, and B. B. B. is the only remedy that can do this. In the same way B. B. B. cures Blood Poison whether inherited or acquired, produeiug ul cers, painful swellings, blothes, pim ples, copper-colored spots, falling of the bair, ?ores in the throat or tongue, scrofula. B B. B. has made hundreds of permanent cures, and is a thor oughly tested, powerful Blood Reme dy. Cures where ail (ilse fails. Test ed for 3U years. To prove, its curative powers we send a sample bottle free to any one who writes for it. Large bottles for sale by all druggists for $1, or (3 bottles (full treatment) $1. For sample bottle address Blood Balm Co., 380 Mitchell St., Atlautu, Ga. - A highly romantic marriage oc curred at the small village of New Liberty, in Pope county, 111. Miss Nettie Clark, of Lew Liberty, placed a note in a bottle, which she threw into the river. Several weeks after, Mr. C. T. Anderson, of Louisiana, r prominent planter of thc State, found the bottle and answered the note. A correspondence began, and was follow ed by the wedding. Tho contracting parties never met until two days be fore their marriage. As a cure for rheumatism Chamber lain's Pain Balm is gaining a wide reputation. D. B. Johnston, of Rich mond, Ind., has been troubled with that ailment since 1862. In speaking of it he says : "I never found any thing that would relieve mc until I used Chamberlain's Pain Balm. It aots like magic with mc. My foot was swollen and paining me very much, but one good application of Pain Balm relieved me. For sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co. - Willie had swallowed a penny, and his mother was in a state of much alarm. "Helen," she called to her sister in the next room, "send for a doctor; Willie has swallowed a penny !' ' The terrified and frightened boy look ed up imploringly. "No, mamma," he interposed, "send for the minister." "Thc minister?" asked his mother, in credulously. "Did you say the minis ter?" "Yes, because papa says our minister can get money out of any body." - "Say, auntie, where is your old man this morning?" "Ho done gone down to de tavern, sah, to git some trimmin''?." "Trimmings? The tav ern is a queer place to get anything of that sort, isn't it?" "I reckon not, sab. Dat's de only place he ebber go to git de kino he done use; I mean de kine what de dootor call delirum trim ming." My son has been troubled for many years with ohronio diarrhoea. Some time ago I persuaded him to take some of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. After using two bofctlen nf thm 25-oe?t si*e b*? WAH oured. I give this testimonial hoping some one similarly afflicted may read it and be benefited.-THOMAS C. BOW ER, Glencoe, O. For sale by Hill Orr Drug Co. - Lieut. Brum! 7, of the Olympia, is said to be tho .greatest smoker in the navy, i?xoept when on duty, he always has a oigar close at hand. DeWitt's Little Early Risers purify the blood, clean the liver, invigorate the system. Famous little pills for constipation and liver troubles. Evans Pharmacy. - He-"What allowance do you think your father ought to make ns when we are married?" She-"Well, if he makes allowance for your faults I think he will be doing all that can be expeoted of him.'* W. 0. T. U. DEPARTMENT. Conducted by the Indies of the \V. C. T. U. of Anderson, b. C. The Nontreallng Club. The Xontreating Club may not have great success as an organization, bat its object is commendable just the same. Thc treating habit is a more effective agency for the promotion of intemperance than most persons real ize. Moreover, the habit is foolish and contrary to correct canons of good taste. There is no more reason why a person should feel utider obligation to drink witw auother from considera tions of supposed courtesy wheu n<>ti:i need of refreshment than there is for partaking of a meal which one does not want. Time was when thc rules of hospitality required overeating from guests at the banquet table. Happi ly that barbarian usage is outgrown. It will be bettor for thc world when thc habit of treating and of drinking with friends simply because asked to drink is likewise outgrown. - CV/? rov/o ?ie C'/rtf. At tho present day, when an indul gence in alcohol poison is exerting its sad but dreadful effects on humanity, when our lunacy statistics show that the increase of insanity is really due to an increase in this vice, it behooves one to consider briefly thc (juestion. Thc recent publication of the London asylums' committee's annual report shows an actual increase in lunacy in the asylums governed over and con trolled by the County Council of sev en hundred, as compared with last year. In one large asylum the medi cal superintendent states that out of nine hundred and fifty-eight inmates received, two hundred and seventeen of these admissions were due to "in temperance iu drink." One-fourth of the insanity, then, is attributed to a vice which is, so to speak, self-in flicted. These statistics also comparu well with those issued by the lunacy commissioners, and on taking an av erage for the last live years, drink as a cause averages lil).'J per cent of the admissions. When we take into con sideration the fact that there is no disease whose germs are handed down to posterity to a greater extent than th's, wc shudder to thiuk what the condition of thc descendants of these alcoholic degenerates must be. It is a law of vital physiology that "like begets like." so do drunken parents often transfer their brutalizing habits to their unhappy offspring, who, if they do not actually follow io the wake of their parents, exhibit some form of moral and mental obliquity or a ner vous disorder clearly traceable" to a deterioration of physical structure in all probability seated in tho brain caused by a long and persistent indul gence in the use of intoxicating li quors. One of the leading physicians of America showed by his statistics that, out of three hundred idiots, whose history could be traced, one hundred and forty-five were the chil dren of drunken parents.-Forbes Winsloio. Teetotal Lincoln and teetotal Gar field were both shot down by drink ers. Booth was caught with a brandy flask in his pocket, and Guiteau was generally to be found ia the saloon, so it is evident that total abstinence in the individual does not prevent him from being destroyed or injured in mind, body or estate by those who in dulge in intoxicants. Are you satisfied that temper ance work is God's work? Theu go ahead and do it, leaving thc results to Him. Drinking whiskey never helped a man on the road to heaven, nor added to thc comforts of his home. A Christian has no right to assist in maintaining a traffic whose fruits are necessarily evil. The drink seller fattens onthedc s Lue ti on of tho publie health and vir tue. Every true patriot will hit the drink devil whenever he gets a ehance. If you want a cool head and a clear brain, keep clear of the saloon. Men are drunkards because boys are tempted to drink. A Sure Care for Croup. Twenty-five years' constant use without a failare ! The first indica tion of croup is hoarseness, and in o child subject to that disease it may be taken as a sure sign of the approach of an attack. Following this hoarse ness is a peculiar rough cough. If Chamberlain's Congh Remedy is giv en as soon as the ohild becomes hoarse, or even after the croupy oough ap pears, it will prevent the atteok. It is used in many thousands of homes in this broad land and never disap points the anxious mothers. We have yet to learn of a single instance in which it has not proved effectual. No other preparation ean show such a re cord-twenty-years' constant use with out a failare. For salo by Hill-Orr Drug Co. - A mao is no greater than the objeot at which he aims in life. - Strength of character is not tho product of a miracle, bot tae fruit of right living. Alcohol ami Insanity. Selections. The Hoad to SUITORS. i "Perseverance, grit and a fair share of enterprise will help any young niau to make a sueee.-s nt' trrt- business . calling he chooses to follow, and any young man who takes it upon himself I to cultivate and foster these great at- I tributes is bound to sooner or later gain recognition among his more ex perienced and already successful busi uessoncighbors." 1 ii a few words, tin? was tin1 way in which Governor (lenton McMillin of Tennessee eumim >\ up his views in the matter, and then, in answer to other questions on possibilities for the beginners in life's struggle, this is about what the Governor had to say: "Why shouldn't our boys of the present limo become good and pro gressive business men? They have almost everything i:i their favor, from a far superior standard of learning and the facility tu acquire it to a great and growing demand in the many callings f ir mon of bright ideas and originality in management. Then, too, look at thc wonderful opportuni ties that are preso :ited to a man of ambition right at this time. Chances of every description abound, not only in our home country, but reports con tinually show that thc new possessions of this great Union offer unlimited fields for the exercise of real Ameri can enterprise, and this should act as an incentive to men of the pioneer na ture to strike out.and see what they can do there. "Men of thirty years ago never had anything like the chances that are now before the youth of to day, and yet many great things were accom plished by them, and only by the hardest kind of work, but they had the grit to stick to it, and that is what the rising young man must do. "There is no lack of opportunity to demonstrate a man's true worth, and there is no lack of chances to make success in any calling. .Success will cone to every young man who tries in thc proper way to find it."-Exchange. Are You Troubled? anil do you Want Your Troubles to Fly Away ? You have suffered worlds of trouble, anxiety and pain, and you hardly know what ails you. Sometime your business goes wrong, and for a long time yon have been feeling physically very badly. Don't know what is the matter? Of course you don t else you would'get some medicine. The trouble is with your stomach and liver. Ty ner's Dyspepsia Remedy will do a vast amount of good in helping this trouble if you will use it. 1'ricc 50 cents per bottle. For sale by all druggists. - - - A treasurer of the city of Glas gow, who stole ?800,0U0, has beeu sen tenced to five years' penal servitude. One hundred and sixty thousand dol lars a year is a pretty fair salary even for working a treadmill. It takes but a minute to overcome tickling in the throat and to stop a cough by the use of One Minute Cough Cure. This remedy quickly cures all forms of throat and lung troubles. Harmless and pleasant to take. It prevents consumption. A famous specific for grippe aud its after effects. Ivans Pharmacy. - A natural gas explosion at the residence of Mrs. Elizabeth Russell, in Springfield, G., blew thc house to pieces, and nine inmates had a mirac ulous escape. Mrs. R. Churchill, Berlin, Vt., says, "Our baby Was covered with running sores. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salvo cured her." A specific for piles and skin diseases. Beware of worthless counterfeits. Evans Pharmacy. - Baptist factions at war in Texas over the control of the Baptist general convention, will carry tho fight into all the 2,500 churches in thc State. J. B. Clark, Peoria, 111., says, "Surgeons wanted to operate on me fnr niles but I cured them with Dc Witt's Witch Hazel Salve." It is in fallible for piles and skin diseases. Beware of counterfeits. Evans Phar macy. - "What is this telegraphy with out wires?" "Well, when I was young they called it'making eyes at the girls.' " THE PLACE FOR BICYCLES. SU Have your repairs done by tl and guarantee it. THOMSON VANDJV] MERC WIDE OPEN FOR BUSINESS ! Between Masonic Tem] And respectfully and earnestly invite yon of Goods and get acquainted with theil fully pay yon for the tew feet you have to We are going to carry by far the best ! you more tor your money than anybody, thia isn't a true statement. Splendid high-grade line of 3H0E GOO!)3. Got onr prices and see if they ai We are going to handle at, BOTTOJ BAGGING and TIES, BACON, I1A.RD, PRICB8. We heartily appreolate your li betel ti - appreoiation for that trade. Come to iee lt more than ever before. Yon will find Free City Delivery. Phone 75. Proi Tours gratefully, Thc Housekeeper's Scrapbook Onions drive away (Hos. Kegs arc best twelve hours after laid. Some girls make belts from old neck: tie>. Clear boiling wat? r will remove tea stains, Never feed a baby directly heforc its bath. Thc cradle is returning to popular favor, In Austria they make Hour jut of potatoes. Queen Victoria eats American pickles. Sugar burnt in a gas Hame is death to mice. ironie all?gea olive oil is made from peanuts. ll ice should ho washed in hot water, not cold, Tin.'collier eggs arc thcqtiickcr they will froth. Tho saucer of charcoal purities the refrigerator. Onionsjpccled unuci thc water will not disturb the eyes. Thc X-ray is used lo detect the adulteration of Hour. Try a teaspoonful of sherry in a cup of chocolate. Meat should always be cooked with the fat downward. Kaw cabbage is more easily digest ed than when cooked. Stewed cucumbers are as nice as cream cauliflower. Princess Victoria of Knglaud is an accomplished cook. Burlap, when stained, makes an ar tistic Moor covering. Never shut the sunshine out. Sun shine means health. Haifa lemon dipped in salt will keep copper vc. sels bright. Whipped cream is more easily di gested than plain cream. Baby's bath should be given at the same hour each day. Spinach salad is an innovation, lt's a matter of ingenuity. School girls in Saxony are not allow ed to wear corsets. I'aris cousumcs IO,(IOU,bbl) pounds of tame rabbits annually. Wooden kneading boards for bread arc declared unsanitary... Von can buy tea in China for a cent and a quarter per pound. A cup of very hot milk at bedtime will prevent sleeplessness. (?crinan bakers are not allowed to handle bread with bare hands. Hates stuffed with marshmallow paste make a tempting dessert. A layer of old newspapers makes matting much more durable. Germany has discovered a substitute for coffee in asparagus seeds. The Hon Marche in Paris has the largest kitchen in the world. Tea taken from the middle of the chest has the choicest flavor. Pour boiling water over raisins be fore seeding them. It's easier. Canoed goods are unwholesome if the end of the can bulges out. All meat should be cleaned with a soft, damp cloth before cooking. Sugar added to the water used for basting meats adds to thc flavor. A few drops of lemon juice add a delicious flavor to scrambled eggs. Sandpaperwill whiten ivory-haudled knives which have become yellow. No mother should be without a ba by's diary. Jot down everything. Windows should never be cleaned when thc sun is shining on them. A little vinegar in tho water in which fish is boiled makes it solid. Drs. Strickland & King, DENTISTS. OFFICE IN MASONIC TEMPLE. <&t* 'ian-ind Cocaine need for Extract ing TVwttl INDRIES, ETC. hem. They do first-class work, I CYCLE WORKS, THE BICYCLE PEOPLE. HANTS, in their elegant New S toro-room [ile and the New Bank, i to call and see them, inspect their Stock ' way of doing business. We promise to walk off the Square to got to ns. Stock we h ri vd ever carried, and promise We mean business. Try us and see ii SS, BOOTS, HATS and STAPLE DRY re not right. U PRICES, CORN, OATS, BRAN, HAY, and other Heavy Goods, at SELLING *ade in the past, and promise to show our us in onr new plaoe. We will appreciate us nicely quartered, nptnesa in everything. VAND1VER BROS. VN.' Evans Pharmacy, Special A rents. Notice to Crediton. A I.li persons having demands against tho Estate ol' K. I>. MeAII'stcr, <i. rc;... tit. are hereby no ti lied to present th#'io, properly proven, lo tho um!? rsi), e ,;, within Hit* limo prescribed hy Jaw, ! thor>o indohtnd to inttko payment. s. K. TIMS, Allin'r Dee d, ls;".? ._. I f 1 .1 i ? '? ??. K II KA ll At Mi], NEURALGIA,' LA 0HIPPE, Relieves all pain. 25c. all Druggists. Notice to Creditors. A I.I. persons having demands against thu Kilato ol .lohn P. Silten, do >.( a*!-?!, uro hornby not iii nd io present thntn, pi'oporly proven, !<> tho uml.r "igned, within t!n< il nm nrcKcrihed by law, tiiiil ihoM? Indebted lo inako pay-: ilU'lll. SAM PEL SIT TON, F.x'r. i ii ?. u. is*?i< -M Ar 9 ? LOOKING FOE THIS WEEK? If so, we have all kinds of Bargains in all Departments. FOR this week ami next wu k we will givo yon CUT PRICKS <>u CA I? 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If you want cheap, shoddy, i?.ipnr sbneH don't hoy these-ours will not suityou, but if you want tho boat Simon ut popular prices boy hurt?, thoy will ploaso you. Tho pri?es raupe from Fifty couta to Five Dollars a pair; any prico you wuut. They aw the cheapest bneutiHo they tint Ihn host; made of our own puro Oak-bark Tanned Leather, "Soft, Elastic and Strong." Nothing equals it for wear, and that in what yon want. Try ono pair and you will huy them Hgain. Buy our best quality. $4.00 and $5.00 Shoes for $3.00 and $3.50. With $6.75 ! LET'S SEE! I You o ii ii gr? to OSBORNE 8. OSBORN'S And get a good COOKING STOVE with 32 pieces of nice, smooth and use ful ware, guaranteed to give satisfaction We also have the I RON KING, ELMO, LIBERTY STEEL RANGES, timi other good makes of Stoves. The biggest Stove House in the City. > Chinaware, Glassware, Tinware and Crockery. tf&F PRICES RIGHT. Come and see for youraelf, and let us show you through. Yours truly, OSBORNE & OSBORNE. 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