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BILL ARI A rj> Talks About E Yo A (lan tn C How fast thc cartli is shrinking. How far away was China when we old men were boys. It took a three years cruise around thc world to find it and even then our merchantmen only touched at the ports and learned but little of thc vast unknown interi or. Her immense domain was set down at five and one-half millions of square miles, being one-tenth of the habitable globe and nearly twice thc area of the whole United States. lier population was in 18(10 500,000,000 and is now probably (?00,000,000. Her government for at least .'{,000 years has been one of revolutions, internal broils and changes of dyrasty, but it bas stood and still stands and no doubt will continue to stand. Travel ers tell us that the stagnation and ignorance that has long been charged upon China docs not exist, that they are an industrious peace-loving people,. and all their troubles come from out siders. I was ruminating about this China business and thc war over there and the cable dispatches that come in a day, for wc had an old-time district school in our town last night and old Mother Felton and myself were thc two youngest scholars. She had on a draw-string frock and a pair of panta lctts and was sucking a stick of mo lasses candy, and I had on a shirt and one gallus and a pair of breeches that come down nearly to tho top of my blue home-made socks. She was Becky and I was Bill. Wc belonged to the infant class and had to stand up and spell "ba" and "bec" and "bo." Becky cried because she couldn't ?pell "ax" and had to go foot. I consolatcd ber all I could. Kirby Anderson was the smallest boy in school and the largest dunce. He was in geography and sa:d China was as big as Bartow count v. and that's: how I come to ru minate about Ullina. All that I ever learned about China in my geography was that Pekin was its capital and the people were all heathen and eat rats, ami there was a great wall around thc entire country. Our book makers ought to have known better, for Marco Polo had traveled ali "over that coun try and lived there for twenty-four years and was made governor of a large province, and he says he never mingled with a better people. Confu cius gave them laws 2,500 years ago that they still reverence and obey. Families arc faithful to each other and children are taught to obey their par ents as long as they live. Confucius had such reverence for his mother that he mourned for her for three years whuo she died. How many sons do that in this Christian country. Of course they have some race traits and customs that seem very bad to us, but 'they are not malicious not selfish nor are they revengeful unless wrought up to it by bad treatment. Our Christian people massacred 200 of them out west a few years ago for no crime but be cause they were in the way and wanted work and accepted it at less wages. Who ever saw a more harmless, indus- j trious people than those soattered Chinamen who arc found in almost every town and village in this country. For thirty years I have observed thom in my traveds from Virginia to Texas and never heard a complaint. Bet ting and gambling is a national amuse ment, but it is on a limited scale and makes nobody rich or poor. It doesn't compare with our stock gambling or .high ?. oiling on steamboats or Ken tucky poker among the bloods. I never saw General John C. Brcckin ridge but once, and that was at a faro bank in Riohmond during the war. Colonel Towers took me in there to shov7 me how the thing was done and to our surprise Breokinridge was do ing it. But thc great crime against China was the introduction of opium from India by thc English. This began in 1810, and in 1828 had gotten up to 7, 000 chests. In vain and in vain did thc emperor and his counsellors protest and plead. They saw that the opium habit was spreading and ruin ing their people. In 1838 it had in creased to 24,000 chests, and its im portation was stopped by force of arms -and ??4,000 chests [were seized and destroyed. This brought on a war and the Chinese government had to pay $21,000,000 for the opium destroy -ed, for its value was $1,000 a chest. Then a treaty was patched up and the opium business inereased to 74,000 chests in 1860. I wonder what it is now. But the English merchants now pay? duty, but that amounts to sev eral millions of dollars annually. What will not Johnny Bull do foi anoney? No wonder Chinamen have . suspioion of all foreigners . and a con tempt for our missionaries. The Chi nese authorities passed a law against eating opium ?nd gave it a deatl penalty, but it was smuggled ia all thc S LETTER. )ays "When I Ce Wa? uni?. iHisfitntion. same ami they declared that nut even Buddha could stop it. Now as to that great Buddha, my reading tells me that the common peo ple do not express any great adoration for him nor faith in him? As Dr. Johnson remarked to Boswell, "it is necessary for every nation to have some religion, whether they under stand it or not," and hence thc super stition of thc Chinese has taken hold of Buddha as the best they can do. But this unknown god lr??> failed them so often in great emergencies they have no unwavering faith in him. And yet there are over 1,000,000 priests in thc empire who make a beggarly living out of Buddhaism. Buddha has given them a little god for everything. K very thing that concerns their tem poral welfare; nothing for the heart or tho immortal soul. They do not be lieve in cither. They say that there* is no future life, but if there is thou good conduct in this life will ensure safety in that. If thc rice wants rain, they appeal to the god of rain. If thc drought contiuues long, they drag tho little rain god out on his wheels and let him stand in thc burv.icg sun un til ?t dc? rain. Th.cy want him to seo and feel how net it is. If th*1 rain conics too much and lasts too long aud the rice is sprouting in thc fields they get their squirt guns aud drench the rain god every day until he stops the pour down. We ought to have had him over here this June and put our Chinamen to work on him. j But thc government-thc- govcrn luentof 600,000,000 of people-does not cost half as much as ours, with about 80,000,000. Thc per capita tax is about 75 cents, and all taxes are paid in rice, China has no bonded debt. No revenue from whisky or wiue, for none is distilled or drank. Nothing is in her way of peace and content ment save foreigners and opium. I do uot know what is thc salary of the emperor or empress, but all salaries are small. The prince who is to suc ceed the emperor gets only $10,000 per annum. Then there are thousands and thousands of officials in every province, from tho governor down, but their pay is small. A soldier in thc standing army gets but $1 per month. That array is composed of about 1, 000,000 of men. The emperor has no arbitrary power. He must conform to the laws and must advise with his cabinet, and behind all is the great board of control that represents the people and is made up of two or "ire learned and good men from every r,." ince. This board does not act often or on trifles, but when any great emer gency arises they meet at Pekin and their word controls the emperor and everybody else. That is not a bad government, is it? The emperor is entitled to an empress and two other wives, who are called queens. If the empress leaves no son, then a son of a queen is taken, but nobody knows which son until the emperor dies, for I Confueius said that if the young man ! knew that he was chosen it might make him arrogant. Another peculiar and democratic provision of tho constitution is that the nobility shall not always be nobil ity. Every generation is reduced in rank and power down to the seventh, and then they become as the common people. This keeps the nobility on the down grade and keeps the govern ment from being overrun by a pamper ed aristocracy. That's good. Yes, it is better than the English law of pri mogeniture, which gives all rank and ? the home estate to the eldest son and tells the others to go to grass. I saw a rnumber of the grass fellows in Florida. On thc whole, I like thc Chinese government and I have respect for the people. Bret Harte wrote: "That tor ways that are dark And tricks that are vain, Thehentheu Chine is peculiar." Yes, I expect Bret was trying to win their money and they won his. This is enough of geography. I ] have written it for Kirby Anderson and Bert Morgan and their sort. Paul Akin called our little grandohild to comeoout on the verandah and kiss him goodnight. She had put on her night gown and said to her mother: 4'Mamma, Paul doesn't know any bet ter, does he?" There are a good many big school boys who know no more about China than Kirby. BILL ARP. An Epidemie of Diarrhoea. Mr. A. Sanders, writing from Co coanut Grove, Fla., says there has ' been quite an epidemic of diarrhoea t there. He bad a severe attaok and ? was oured by four doses of Chamber . Iain's Colio, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. ' Ho says ho also recommond 1 ed it to others and they say it is the 1 best medicine they ever UPC**.. For i sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co. Seeding of Wheat. I ti view of thc interest that has been occasioned on the subject of wheat heeding, the reporter made it a point last .Saturday to a-k a number of far mers as to the custom each had been following. So far as the inquiries went, the replies indicate a bushel to the aereas the general rule, and but few have ever devoted much thought to the subject as to whether this is too much or too little. Mr. T. L. Carroll, who lives three miles cast of Vorkville, says that a half bushel to the acre is his rule. He sows in October on good land, and thc wheat generally stoolo out well and gives a good stand. He thinks a half bushel to the acre is enough on good land, and that, as a general thing, on poor land a pint is too much. Ile doe-^ not think that wheat should be sowed on poor land at all. Mr. 0. K.Wallace, who lives on thc Charlotte road, four miles northeast of Vorkville, believes in thice pecks to thc acre. He has been following that as a rule, and thinks it is about right. Never having tried a half bushel to thc acre, he does not know whether it is onough or uotjbut this fall proposes to make an experiment on at least one half acre. He will use a drill for wheat hereafter. Mr. J. C. McKnight, of Lominack, six miles southwest of Vorkville, is a bushel to the acre man. He ha9 been following thc rule largely as a matter of habit; but has about arrived at thc conclusion that a bushel is too much. One year he remembers to have sowed wheat that had b-cn soaked and swell ed, at the rad- of a bushel to the acre. Thc number of grains, was of course, much less than if there had been no swelling. This year his harvest was at the rate ol twenty bushels to one sown. This andother similar pointers have about convinced him that he should not seed so heavily. Mr. K. I). Land, of the Beersheba neighborhood, believes in a half bushel to the acre. He got the rule from his grandfather, and has followed it all his life with satisfactory rasults. In the case of small grained wheats like the Ripley, a half bushel ia too much and he sowB less. Mr. L. C. Neill, of Zadok, had been in thc- jiuuil of Bowing from a bushel to a bushel and a peck to tho acre. Last year he sowed only a half bushel to thc acre and was so disappointed in the result, that he will not try it again. He thinks that a bushel and a peck is better than a bushel. Mr. P. B. Neill, who lives about four miles west of Vorkville, believes in from three pecks to a bushel. He has little faith in a less quantity. Mr. James Gordon, of the Fodder neighborhood, has boen in the habit of sowing three pecks to the aore, but believes that a half bushel io enough on good land. Mr. J. M. Brice, of the Lominack neighborhood, sowed various quanti ties last year, ranging from slightly less than naif a bushel to tie acre to a bushel and a peek. The land is about tho same quality and the yield on that where the seeding was heavier is noticeably poorer than on the other. Mr. James B. Wood said that he did not pay a great deal of attention to wheat growing. He has been in the habit of sowing a bushel to tho acre. His brother, Mr. Thomas Wood, how ever, sowed seven bushels of wheat on 14 acres last year and got a yield of about 126 bushels. "It is my obser vation," said Mr. Wood, "thatabush el of wheat to the acre is too much." - Yorkvillr Enquirer. Eczema, Itching Humors, Pimples Cured by B. B. B. BOTTLE FREE TO SUFFERERS. Does your skin itch and burn ? Dis tressing oruptions on the skin so you feel ashamed to bo seen in company ? Do soabs and scales form on the skin, hair or scalp ? Have you eczema ? Skin sore and craoked ? Bash form on the skin ? Prickling pain in the skin ? Boils, pimples, bone pains, swollen joints, falling hair, all run down, skin pale, old sores, eating sores, ulcers ? All these are symp toms of eozema and imparities and poisons in the blood. Take B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm) which makes the blood pure and rion. B.B.B, will causo the sores to heal, itching of ec zema to stop forever, the skin to be come clear and the breath sweet. B.B. is. is just the remedy you have been looking for. Thoroughly tested for 30 years. Intelligencer readers are ad vised to give B.B.B, a trial. For sale by druggists, Hill-Orr Drug Co. and Willi i to & V?'i lb i te at one dollar per large bottle; six large bottles (full treatment) $5. Complete directions with each bottle. So sufferers may test it a trial bottle given away. Write for it. Address Blood Bairn Co., 380 Mitehell St., Atlanta, Qa. Desoribe ; your troubl d froe personal medic* 1 - A little girl who had been bad ly bitten by mosquitoes the night be fore, seeing a lightning bug, ran to her mother, exclaiming "There's a mos* quito now with a lantern looking after me!" The law holds both maker and cir culator of a counterfeit equally guilty. The dealer who sells voa a dangerous counterfeit of DoWitt's Witch Hazel Salve risks your life to make a little Urger profit. You cannot trust him. Dewitt's is the only genuine and orig inal Witch Hasel Malve, a well known eure for piles and all skin diseases. See that yonr dealer gives yon De Witt's Salve. Evans' Pharmacy. Rabbits of Australia. MH KM-;, May 1.-About 10 yeari ago a pair of rabbits was brought to Australia and turned loose ou a farm about 50 miles from Melbourne. In an incredibly short time they mul tiplied to such an extent that they became a pest. Thc rabbits spread in millions over thc Western and north ern arcas of Victoria. They invaded New South Wales and pressed on, still increasing, 1,000 miles northward into Qcensland. Thc western part of Victoria, once called Australia Felix, embraces some of thu richest soil on earth, it was a paradise for the rabbits, who soou made it a desert. The grass began to disappear. Every green blade and shrub was swept away as by Gre. Tho settlers ?aw their cattle pnd eheep starving, but were helpless. The sub stantial stone fences around the farms were harbors for the imported plague, and they were reluctautly torn down. "Wire fencing, with rabbit-proof net ting carried well below the ground, was substituted. Then this innocent creature took to climbing the fences ail1 displayed marvelous gymnastic ability in its endeavors to get at thc crops. All means of destroying the rabbits proved ineffectual. Shooting only served to make them flourish, as it killed out enough of the colonies to leave more food for the remainder. Dogs and beaters were tired. Rabbit drives were instituted. Thousands were killed in every battle, but still the rabbits increased. Poisoned wheat served for a time, but led by instinct the rabbits at last refused the doctored grain. Poisoned carrots could not bc resisted until wisdom again taught the rabbit that to eat was to die. Then nothing would induce him to look at a carrot. Arsenic and apples brought a like experience. Yet despite their cunning instinct and experience the rabbits were slow ly beaten back from point to point. Every hole and crevice that could offer th? least shelter was constantly guarded. Men and dogs wcro every where on the watch to hunt to death every stray rabbit. So bitter was the fight that the rabbit came to be re garded with feeling of greater horor than those with which the average Australian now regards thc bubonic plague. Beaten in thc west, the rabbits in vaded thc north and northeast. Here they found a country suited to their habits. They increased and multi plied until they came to hold men, dogs and guns in contempt. Some times the trains were delayed through having run into hordes of the vermin. Desparing and beaten, the settlers in voked the aid of the State. Mean while the rabbits had swept on to the Malle country, the home of the dingo and outlawed cattle. Its sandy soil and dry, warm climate suited the bun nies. They ate it bare. It was possible to travel hundreds cf miles with mt seoing - a blade of grass. Here they rnled as lords until Mr. Lascelles, one of the owners of this tract, discovered that it wcuid grow wheat. He determined co dd so. Bis first step was a crusade against the rabbits. Inclosing an enormous space with rabbit-proof and cattle proof netting, bo bega? a war on the rabbits that ended in their destruction. Poisoned water was one of his favorite and most successful agents. All the tanks and water holes in bis dry land are fenced like fortresses with the strongest of wire nettings- and barbs. The wild eattle, When summer has dried up the natural sources of sup ply, drop dead around them, in their frantic efforts to reach the precious water, the rabbits fall by thousands at the baise of the impregrable bar riers. The poisoned troughs are thea re sorted to, and tho number'of rabbits destroyed in this way is alasost in credible. Frcm one colony to another the pest spread. The most rigorous laws were enacted against it, and ulti mately its numbers were reduced to reasonable limits. -Now she refriger ator and the preserving can are in use and the shipment of rabbits to Eng land every year by these means has attained enormous proportions. Last year ?,u?,'?ut> ?avuiin were smppeu. The cash returns were $041,475. A great rabbit industry hat been built up, and where formerly the creature was a source of loss and expense, it now affords a profitable business, fill ing stores and sbips, feeding millions and providing hats, rugs aud oloaks for other millions. A gentleman reoently cured of dys IfCpsia ???Ti? tuc ZviiGwiug opprupnaio rendering of Burns' famous blessing : "Some have meat and cannot eat, and some have none that want it; but we have meat, and we can eat-Kodol Dyspepsia Cure bs thanked." This ?reparation will digest what yon eat. t instantly relieves and radically eurea indigestion and all kinds of stomaoh disorders. Evans' Pharmacy. - Dimes aro little opportunities ? the man who rejects them waiting for the big opportunity of a dollar, never becomes rioh. For burns, injuries, piles and skin diseases use De Witt'8 Witch Hasel Salve. It is the original. Counter feits may be offered. Evans' Phar maoy. Hot meals and cool cooks You'll not need to regulate your cooking by the thermometer when you get a Wickless Blue Flame Oil Stove. On the hottest days you can cook whatever you choose, in whatever way you wish, with out suffering any additional discomfort while cooking, The comfort you'll gain is only one of the advantages of using a Wickless ?=: Oil Steve It is handier than a coal stove and cleaner and cheaper. The Y/ickless Blue Flame Oil Stove is absolutely safe; it burns ordinary kerosene, without wicks and causes neither smoke, smell nor soot Made In varions ?lies for varloas-sleed families; sold et price? to ault any siced pocketbooks- wherever stoves are sold. If the dealer doe? not have them, write to the STANDARD OIL COMPANY. i ! FOB SALE BT OSBORNE & OSBORNE, ANDERSON. S. C. Drs. StricU k Chalan), DENTISTS, ANDERSON,.S. C. OFFICE8 : Over Farmers and Merchants Bank. WE having formed a partnership for the practico of Dentistry, and to establish a Cash practice, we give a liberal discount of 20 to 25 per cent, from former prices. Thus no bad debts, no bill collector to Eay. no lost material. Therefore, those aving work dono by this plan pay only for what they get, and save that over charge to make good the work done for others who never pay at all ; also, giving us more time to serve the paying class. A dollar saved is one made. Vitalized Air, "Oas," Coca* ne aud the Painless Spray used for the extraction of teeth. Respecfally, A. ' , STRICKLAND. J. C. CHATHAM. N. B.-Nothing but the best that mate rial and workmanship can produce will bo turned out of our office, S. <fc C. SPECIAL t^ALE OF PIANOS AM ORGANS. FOR THE NEXT THIRTY DAYS THE C. A. REED MUSIC HOUSE Will sell any of the following High Orade PIANOS and ORGANS a*, pr c?! a? low as can be obtained frcas the M ann factu rera direct : KNABE, WEBEK. IVE HS & POND. CROWN, WHEELOCK, LAKE S|T>E?nd RICHMOND. Also, THE ? BOirW, EST EY ?sd FARRAHD eft V??TBY ORGANS. Prospective purchasers will find it to their interest to call and iaspe?? my Stock or write for prices. We also represent the leading makes Sewing Machines At Rock Bottom figures. Respectfully, THE C. A. BEEP MUSIC HOUSE. BLOOD TELLS. I Yes. lt !? the Index to health. If voa I have bad blood you are likely to learn that fl ?ou have Rheumatism, ons of the moat fl orris!? dlaeasee to which mankind ia heir. I If this disease has jnit began 1U work, or I if yon hate been afflicted for yean, you fl ahosld at once tito tho wonderful new cure, RHEUMAGIDE. Thouaaadn have been eared. The Spring ie the beet time to take a rheaaallo remedy. Na?ure will then aid the medicine lo effec ting s permanent, constitutional care. Peo. pie With bad blood HT* anbject to catarrh,. Indigestion, sad many other diseases. To be healthy tho blood must be pure. BHETJ If ACIDE ls the Prince of blood partners. Bold in Ander*? by EVANS PHAR MACY. Price tt.00. D. 8. VAND?VKB. E. P. VAHDivnn. J. J. MAJOR. YAKDITER BROS. & MAJOR DEALERS IN Fine Buggies, Phase tons, Surreys, Wagons, Harness Lap)Robes and Whips, High Grade Fertilisers, Baggingland Ties. ONB hnndted fine nsw Baggies j uet received. Come and look through them. Thaw are'baantlam. anil **? ?*iU yes right IT yon nasa ona. Car load "BlrdsolP' Wagons on hand-* tba best Wagons baUL Car White Hickory Wagons to arriv? soon. Yours, for vehicles, VANDIVSBiBROS. A MAJOR. gyOTECaC I have a considerable num ber of small unpaid Accounts on my books. X am aotifying each on? of amount due, and unless paid I am going to place them in officer's hand for col lection. J. S. FOWLER. Fruit Jars, Fruit Jars ! At reasonable prices at The Chiquola Drug Go. WE have in Stock a line of good SOAP, KEROSENE OIL, BRUSH ES, COMBS, and everything carried in a firet-class Drug Store. Are Headquarters for Pure Drags. Sole agents for- ' Heath & Milligan Faints, Oils, Varnishes, etc. t&- Come to see us. J. M. RICHARDSON, M. D., > Prtwieto" _ KEMPER D SENN, j rropneiow. FRUIT JARS ! FRUIT JARS ! How is the time to buy your Jars before they advance in price. There being a big crop of fruit all over the country, Jars will be much higher later in the season. I have a big lot of them on hand at a low price. Fruit Kettles, Fly Fans and Fly Traps, and all other summer goods. I have a lot of Decorated goods in odd pieces at a bargain. I am run ning out of stock at very low prices. t S&f Bring me your Rsgi and Beoswas. Yonr patronage solicited, JOHN T. BU REISS. WE WANT TO BUILD And 30'cb? yon. Build right by getting the best material. LIGON c5c LiMSIDBMiTPTSSFl SELL THE Heet Cement, 3L:ixxx?t cS?o" On the market. Have sold several bf the Cotton Mills their supply of Lime. This, of course, means the bes1, and lowest price. Still Seising Groceries Wholesale, And don't break packages for anybody. This means we sell cheap. Come and see us. UGON & LEDBETTEB, WHOLESALE GROCERS. .SB* Tho largest stock of TOBACCO in the up-country. Ail first-class brands on. head. GARDEN SEED. Buist and J* erry's. . Remember when yon go to get yonr Beted to get fresh ones. As this ia our first year in the Seed business we have no seed carried over from last year. Yours, F. B. G Fl AYTON & CO. . 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To make Policy payable ai an Endowmonfc daring tho lira-time of insured. Every member of tbs Mutual Benefit is sore of mir and liberal treatment und" ait oiroumstauces, and no matter tibet happens he will get bis money's worm m Insurance, for it ls all put down In black and white "in the policy." Bf? af . ^?TCTCXSOltf? Stat? Auront, Peoples* Bank Building, ?NDERSON? ?. C