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BILL ARP j ??i-towMan Heceivei .?lt itt lt lil (J I foci pleased and honored to re ceive letters every day from young ?iris and boys over the'fiouth .asking for information on some subject or for help iu a e?hoo? debate op4 for a .tart ;n a composition-jufct a start. These young people are generally from tho country, where books are ecarco and their eagerness for knowledge and mcuia! improvement is very gratify ing. 1 w*an that * wafl turee or ^our men so that I could respond to all theirdettera and comply with their re quests. I reply to as many as I can, but I cannot take time to write com positions, even if it was right to do so. Ono boy begs mo to write, him a ??peech, a humorous speech, and winds up by asking mo plca'so to write two, so that bc may take choice. Wc sec that some of the good ladies of the Atlanta Woman's Club are mov ies to supply the country schools with st?aU libraries of good books and tho Southern railway has donated neat book cases for them. This, of course, ?jj for Fulton County, but it is a move in tito right direction and will, no doubt, stimulate tho ladies of other towns to do the same thing. It is the very best thing I have heard pf a wo man's club doing. The desire for books to read is almost universal among the young people of the rural districts, and they should be encour aged. Books arc oheapcr than ever before known, and cheap bookcases can bc had for a few dollars each. I aui not at all intimate with Mr. Car negie, but if I was I would whisper in his phiLuthropie ear and suggest that he turn his attention for awhile to the towns aud villages and let tho big cities alone. Our Canersvillo Wo man's Club is struggling hard to keep up their little library, but are not en couruged by the men of the town. Their books are out all tho time, and are read and re-read by many of the children whose fathers do not give a dollar to .help maintain the library. Tiii.-> muy bo thoughtlessness, aud so I have, suggested that the ladies go around aud seo who will 6ivo 50 cents or 2b cents, or even 10 cents a month to keep up the supply and pay their room rent and incidental expenses. Ol' course the character of the books must be thoroughly considered. Noth ing sectional or trashy or sensational; but only those that "point a moral or adorn a tale.". Every publie school should have a burning committee, such as they have at Forsyth, Ga. A bright boy from Alabama writes that Iris name is John Jones, and wants to know when and how he got it; says his father and grandfather had the saute name, but they died without tell ing where they got it. . He says his schoolmate is named Will Higgin botham and he, too, wants to know where his name came from. I admire their eagor euriosity, for our name i* our signboard and avery boy ought to know who pul it up and what it reads. Of course it is too big a thing to tel! touch about names in a letter like this, but I must tell Jaok and Bill about theirs. John is as old as the Christian era, aud means "Whom Jehovah loves." I knew a man very well who lived near Rome, and his four sons were named Matthew, Mirk, Luko and John, and hi.s two daughters were named Mary and Martha. Those good old-time peopie hud great revereuce for thu Bi ble and Bible names. Ooo of my father's customers was named Shad rack Bogan, and his three, nous were Shadrack, Meshaqk aud -Abednego. Another customer, David Allan, named bis son Absalom, and for a wonder ho ?as a good boy. and made a good mau, and his father, David, had no occa liou to say "Ob, Absalom, my son, my son!'* Well in course of time the people in creased and multiplied so lhat their children had to have two name.-? >.*> as to distinguish them, and so Jenn's *ou was called Johnson in English, or John Johns in -Welsh. After awhile it became Jobr, Jones. The Joneses ?re all of Welsh origin. Tho WeMi tfere a brave, religious people, and fought the English for many centuries. They never did submit until they were promised that no king should rule them, except ono born on tb ?dr .-oil and he should ho called tho prince -? Wales. King Edward's son hap pened to be born ai a beautiful little Welsh town named Caernavrnn, and the Welsh accepted him as their fu ture king and called him the prince of Wiles, and that is how the title start I ?o v. a:?: King Edward IL Now, there was another Welsh way ?f distinguishing the son from tho father. The little word "Ap" moans Son of, and it used to be written John *P Jones, butin course of timo the "tt'e middle word was dropped. It ia a little, f-iugular that away back in tho tenth century tho Welsh people who h*d been fighting each other in oivil s Numerous [Requests 'oHKiiiuiion. wars for two hundred years at lasl made friends and chose David ai Howell for their Hog, and he had t son camed Evan. Ile was a good mac and his subjects called him Howel Da-Howell the good.. That must b< our Evaa of tho Atlanta Constitution, He haS just been hid out ail these years. I see that the chamber of com meroe gavy a banquet, yesterday and Evan Howell responded to the toast "Good Fellowship." That suited him exactly, I know, and had ? been there I would have told how his great an cestor '.ras cu!?od tho "Da" and was the last king of Wales. I palled him over the 'phone this morning and said "Hello, Da!" and he answerad "Here!" Now, about Bill Higginbotham. That is old Anglo Saxon, and means a mountain ark. The old aatuo was lucken. Probably the old ancestor took his name from an ash tree that shaded his house. Names were scarce and people took their surnames from objects of nature, such as hill, foun tain, dale, peak, pine, plant, oaks, chestnut, grub, twigs, branch, water, pool, moon, star, cloud and so forth; or from their occupations as baker, farmer, carpenter, mason, miller, gar dener, granger and ali thc family of smith who wcro thc smitcrs of iron and silver and gold. All who were de tailed to watch for an invading enemy were called stutters or s mi th H. John Smith was originally John, the smiter, Captain John Smith was an illustrious type of that class. Wheu names were too long to pronouuee readily, they were shortened up. Peter, who lived at the Seven Oaks, was called Peter Sy .oaks; then Peter Snooks, and that's how our Atlanta friend carno by hi? name. Tho name Coward was originally cow herd-a herder of cattle-aud was uot improved by the obaugo. The ad jutant of our brigade was named Co ward, uud tho army had no braver sol dier. He lost an arm at Chiokahominy. He always signed his name A. Coward, adj'tgen'l., aud being asked why he did not sign his full name, said: "Well, my first name, unfortunately, is Adam, and it in not quite so bad to bo a coward ?s it is to be a dam co ward." A few centuries ago every civilized nation had to adopt a prefix or a suffix so as to prevent the confusion of names. The English added son to most of their nair.- 's, as Johnson, Willi tmson, Juck son, Thompson, etc. Tho Scotch pre fixed with Mao. The Irish with Mao or ile for son and O for grandson. Tho Normans used Fitz or fil? (from Latin or filius, a son.) The Russians took vitoh from the same word. Then there are many nicknames to be accounted for, such as Bob, Bill, Dick, Jack, Jim, Sally, Polly, Betsy, etc. I don't know how these .started, but some of them came out the col lieries of England and the quarries of Wales, for every miner has a nick name as NoBcy, Soaker, Shanks, Jig ger or something easy to call. I had a schoolmate whose name was Mel ville You og. One day he was trying to do a sum in Fellowship at the blaok board and wrote down what he intend ed-To-D-but it looked like tod, and thc teaohcr said "What do you mean by tod?" That was enough for the boys. They began to jail him Tod, and they never quit, and he was known as Tod Young all his after lifo. But the girls aro not so much inter ested in numen, for almost evey girl expects to change hers when tho right young man comes along. She is uot obliged to marry a man named Cruik shauks or Suoozlefanter or Hogg, but I've kuown them to do it, aud they did well. BILL A RP. P. S-In my last letter the types made mc say 266,000 Confederate HOI diera. It should be 766,000-all told from the beginning to the end of the war. B. A. - i- ? Bm Hoir to tare the drip* Bemain quietly at home and take Chamberlain s Cough Remedy as directed and a quick recovery is sure to follow. That remedy counteract: any tendency of the grip to result in pneumonia, which is really tho only serious danger. Amopy tho tens o? thousands who have ty? ed it for tho gnp not one case has "ever been re poned that did not recover. For sale by Bill*t)rr Drug Co. - ,m . m i ? - Railway travel teaches people tc know their own s ?tion and stop at it When you need a coothing and beal ing antiseptic application for any"pur po?e, u*e the original De Witt's Wiiol ll-izel Salve, a well known cure foi piles and skin di sea sr?. Beware ol counterfeits. Evana' Pharmacy. ! - Lot? of people seem to thiuk ii bad fi r n to bo polite in puLli<;. Us- DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salv< for piles, enro* and skin diseuses There are counterfoils. Evans Phar macy. An Immense Tea Farm. Noarly 0,000 acres of liue farm land passed into the bauds of the Auieri isiii Tea Company tho oilier day. This company ha* received its char ter aud actual work of making ready fer tho plant } will ho takeu up this week. Mr. Willina Henry Parker, Jr., tho counsel of the company, has been inspecting the titles to several farms near Uautowols, Collcton Coun ty, and yesterday ho made his report to tho oflicers of the company. The laud bought already by the compauy includes the plantations of Holly Grove, Mowbray and Turkey Hil). Rutledge island plantation will also likely pass into the bauds of tho Amerioan Tea Company to day. Mr. Parker has been examining tho titles to this property, but there is some hitch, owing to thc fact that there are not as many acres in ?tho tract as claimed. When thu latter . plantation becomes the property of the new com pany thero will bo a tract of 6.000 acres, to be used for the g. owing of tea. Tho total consideration for the entile property was $20,000. Thia season only about 100 acres will bo planted in tea. lt is rather late in the season to put out a great quantity of tea plants and for this reason much of the lund will remain untUled until next season. About 300 acres will be planted io rice. Mr. Robert Harle ^ton, a well known plant er of this county, will bo the direct ing manager of the farm. Major Trimblo, tho secretary and vice-president of the compauy, has been in the city now for a week. He carno herc prepared to remain and he said yesterday that he was ready to tako up his home here. Col. Tyler, the president of tho comp my, ?z still in the city and will bo here until the latter part of tho week. After tho first tea is plaited L<? will return to his homo in Connecticut. Major Trimblo, as has been said, will be the looal manager of thc farm. He has, of oour.se, had little or no cx prienoe in thc growing of tea but will receive valuable aid from Dr. Shepard. There scorns to bo little doubt that the success of tho venture is assured. Of course, this season little tea will be pia ited and as a natural conse quence there will be a very small out put for the first year. But the com pany is uot desirous of making a par ticularly fine showing the first year. There is nothing like getting experi ence first and then planting to thc full acreage of thc farm. A 6,000 aero tea farm is no small thing and tho experi ment will bc watched with interest. It seems an injustice to call the first attempt an experiment, for Dr. Shepard had proven that tea can be grown in this State. The gentlemen at the head of tho new concern will profit by both the experience and ill luck of Dr. Shepard's venture on ex periment, as it was first called. It is safe to say that Dr. Shepard knows more about thc growing and culture of tea thau any man outside of Japan. I;?s success with tea growing has re ceived attention all over the world and is the subject of investigation by the agricultural department. Dr. Shepard was instrumental in bringing the Connecticut gentleman to Charles ton and his offcuts are appreciated here, When the new company is well nuder way the benefits to this city will be many. It is expeotcd that the an nual output of tea will be over 300,000 poundu. The tea will bo grown for commercial purposes wholly. ' Major Trimblo said yesterday that he wt s i ready to get to work. "Fes, by tho end of the week we will actually plant," he said yesterday. "At first we aro going to put out only 100 acres in tea, l.ut next season wc will put over 5,OUI) acres in tea. This season 300 acres will be planted in rice. Mr. Marleston will be our directing man ager. He will not bc on the farm all of his time, but he will advise from time to time. Io a few days I shall go to Raotowels and it is there my headquarters will be.-News and Cou rier. _ Pneumonia Can b i Prevented. This disease always results from a cold or an attack of the grip and may be prevented by the timely usc of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. That remedy was extensively used durit g tho epidemics of La Grippe of the past few years, and nota single case has ever benn reported that did not re cover or that tesulted in pneumonia, which shows it to ho a certain preven tive of that dangerous disease. Cham berlain's Cough Remedy has gained a wor'd wido reputation for its curen of colds and grip. For salo by Eltll-Orr Drug Co. - m? . - - The first thing thc- shoemaker uses in his busiuess ii* his last. Forwcakness and prosti?:*:on follow ing grippe there is nothing so prompt and effective as Ooo Minuto "Cough Cure. It is an unfailing remedy for all throat nod lung troubles. It cures quickly. E"ans' Pharmacy. - Wise is a girl who fears a man moro than she does a mouse. The family that keeps on hand and uses occasionally the celebrated Prick ly Ash Bittern ia al we vs a well-regu lated family. . Evans Pharmaoy. - A financier is a man who col leots all tho money due him and stands off avery bill collector that crt ls en hice. Anniversaries. On February 22, 1732, George Washington, the Father of his Coun try, was boru. His home Was it, Westmoreland County, Virginia, but it was nt the historie ?nd much-loved Mount Vernou that bc passed away, December 14, 17iK>. Tho achieve ments bound in those sixty seven years of Washington's life arc record ed iu every history of tho United States. Thc record of Washington's career is, indeed, the history of early America. On February 22 and 23, 1847, was fought the battle of Hue na Vista, one of the decisive conflicts of the Mexi can War. General Zachary Taylor was in com mand at Buena Vista. Tho position chosen by him *??s at inc north end of the valley known as Las Angostu ras, or thc Narrows, and near thc hacienda or plantation known as Buena Vista, from which tho battle j took tts name. Thc American forces were disposed so as to secure every j advantage afforded by tho lay of the land, and thc road through the pass - the key to tho whole position-was swept by artillery. Thc troops were in high spirits. It Wu? Washington's birthday, aud this incident was com mented upon a ?J being a good omen. About noon a Mexican officer brought a note to General Taylor, in which Santa Anna demanded tho. surrender of the American Army. This demand was refused, but nothing definite was accomplished that day. During the night of the 22d, Santa Anna rc-enforced tho column under ! Ampuda, and opened thc battle at daybreak on thc 23d of February by trying to turn the American left. This attempt was successful, but the attack upon the center was repulsed I by the Americans. At this moncnt General Taylor ar rivod upon tho field front Saltillo, bringing with him May's dragoons, several companies of Mississippi rifle men, and a portion of the Arkansas cavalry, embracing every man that could bc spared from Saltillo. It was a critical moment, for thc turning of the American left flank had neutraliz ed the ad vant ugo of the position. Many of the troops were iu retreat j upou Buena Vista, and nothing hut thc courage of the remainder could .save the day. By great exertiot s Colonel Jefferson Davis ra'lied the greater part of his own regiment-the Mississippi rifles-anda part of tho Second Indiana, and by a sharp ad vance drove the enemy from his front. This bad barely been accomplished when a thousand Mexican lancers at tacked him. Forming his men into a letter V, with the opening towards the enemy, Davis ordered them to await tao near approach of thc enemy. He had posted Sherman's battery on the left, and the Mexicans galloped into a fire which could not bo withstood. They fled. While this attack was going on, thc Mexicans sent a body of cavalry un der Torrejon to take the plantation of Buena Vista. They were driven back by the'Kentucky and Arkansas volun teers, assisted by Colonel May's Dra goons. Colonel Yell of the Arkansas regiment was killed and Torrejon wounded in the engagement. Santa Anna now sent a strong force to the left in the effort to gain Tay lor's rear, and Torrejon's retreating men joined their comrades. The movement was detected by Colonel May, who met the enemy. General Taylor sent assistance in cavalry and Bragg's Battery. Surrounded, tho 5,000 Mexicans seemed ready to sur reudcr or bo exterminated. ' In this emergency the white flag was raised, and a parley asked for. The Atneri caus ceased firing, whereupon thc Mexican right escaped under the flag of truce and joined thc main anny, at the base of thc mountain. Santa Anna brought up his reserves, aud, with 12,000 men, rushed to at tack the Americans, who had been fighting eight hours and who were out numbered nearly four to one. Tay lor's ouly hope was to concentrate his scattered regiments. Bragg's artillery was tho first to arrive in re enforce ment. Others of tho Americans oatne up rapidly. Tho Mexican right flank was turned, and they broke and fled from the field, leaving their dead and wounded. The American loss was 257 killed and 456 wounded. The Mexicans lost over 2,000 killed and wounded. Buena Vista was decisive. Taylor's victory paved the valley ? r the Ri? j Grande, from invasion hy the Mexi- j vans, ac?' enabled General Scott's ex pedition to proceed without ?lela) to Vera Cruz. - ?SV. Louts lit public mm I - Sentiment in thc Court Room. ''There is nothing more successful in swaying a jury and especially a jury of farmers, than thc proper application of sentiment," said the oh! lawyer. "I remember when Ralph B, Turner,-who was sent up from Kansas City for lar ceny, Turner defended himself. He did thc same in thc trial of which lani thinking, and after all ethe testimony was in, and it was damaging evidence, too, Turner made his plea. " 'Gentlemen,' he said, 'it is im possible that I could have committed that cr i me Gentlemen my old fath er lies buried on the hills of New Hampshire, and many years ago when that godly old man was on his death bed, he put his hand on my head and said: 'My boy. yon have always been my stay and my comfort, never do anything to di grace your old father's name.' And the prisoner's voice was choking, hut he continued; 'And it was not many years ago that my saint ly mother took my hand iu hers which already was growing cold, and whispered: 'My boy, as you pass through life, with alt its failures and temptations, remember that your old mother is watching you. Gentle men of thc j'iry, I could not commit a crime' "Turner was quite overcome with his emotions, but back in thc court room was his brother-in-law, and ho turned to mc and said with a smile: *4 'Did you hear that fellow? Why, his father and mother aro both still living.' l<But tho jury turucd him loose." The old luwyer told another story in which thc sentiment game was made a little too strong. "A youug man," he said, "was on trial for murder in thc first degree. Ho was charged with killing his fath er and mother, and thc proof was oon clusivc against hun. The jury re turned with u verdict of guilty. Thc prisoner was culled before the court to bc sentenced, and us is thc custom, the judge asked: " 'If you have any reason why sen lenee should not bc passed upon you, you may give it now.' " '1 haven't any judge,' said the prisoner, 'excepting thut 1 think you ought to have pity on a poor orphan.' " - /Cans:;s City ?Star. Dangerous Initiations. Members of a secret order in West Virginia a few nights agro broke thc neck ol a man whom they were initia ting. Thc victim ia not dead and may bo saved by skilled surgeons to live for years, but life with a broken neck is a very doubtful blessing. This incident calls attention lo the danger and folly of the initiatory cere monies of some secret societies. Many of them seem to think that it is necessary to frighten a new mem ber and they resort to very sovere treatment in order to accomplish this result. Some times the initiators go further than they intended and inflict serious injuries upon the novitiate Within the past few years several per sons have been kiMed by this foolish practice and many have been injured. The objeots of nearly all of the social secret orders in this country are good and it is a pity that so many of them have initiatory ceremonies and practices which arc dangerous and cruel. Tho West Virginia iucideut should have tho effect of warning these societies to desist from such reprehensible methods.- Atlanta Jour nal. Experiments show thut all classes of food- may ho digested hy a preparation called Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, which digests what you eat. It is the. onl> combination ol' all tho digestants ever divised, and has never failed io cure the very worst case of indigestion. Evans' Pharmacy. - Some men use Sunday as a sort of sponge to wipe out tho s:ns they committed during the previous six days. The man w.io was "born tired" should use Prickly Ash Bitters, lt makes work a necessity to give vent to the enerby and exuberance of spir its generate! by functional activity in the system. Evans Pharmacy. - When women get their rights they will s-nd their husbands to war as their ?ubstitnt?*s. House Furnishing Goods Of A.11 Kinds. Kew Stoves Exchanged for Old Ones. Respectfully, JOHN T. BURRIS8. P. S.-A?1 those who owo mo for Stoves and Accounts must positively come in and settle. If I have to send to see yon it will be at your expanse. Hope to seo you at once. JOHN T. BUBBISS. I THE COMMON ENEMY ., Kidney disease is t'.'.e enemy wc have most to f-ear as a result cf tho feverish restlessness of our modern civilization. lt is a treacherous enemy, -.vorking cut its deadly effect under cover of the most trifling symptoms. Tue first indication of changes ir? thc urine, frequent head aches, digestive troubles, should be the signal for prompt remedial measures. PRICKLY ASH BITTERS is a Kidney remedy of great merit, lt is soothing, healir? and strengthening, quickly relieves the aching or soreness that always appears in thc advanced statu?, che'?ks the progress of thc disease, and through its excellent cleaning and regulating effect in the liver and towels, it brings ba?.k the strength and ruddy glow of vigorous health. 8oiu at Drug atc rae. Price, Ss.oo Per Bottle* EVANS PHARMACY, Special Agents. Nowfor Another Century I THE nineteenth century ii go.no forever ; the echo ot' thc rumbling wheels ol' Time reverberate* do" ti thc vida of the ?gen, and thc noisy clang ing of our never-icsting trucks keeps paco with the rapid progress ol' this panoramic show-th? se trucks that howl from morn 'till night carrying from our warerooins ton* upon tons of DEAN'S PATENT FLOUR to satisfy the hunger of thc craving thousands who constantly cry for its pi cseu ce in their household. Dean's Patent is one thing they WILL have, because it ii pure and wholesome, ami our ?il loather SHOES tire things ihey MUST have, bo ca- .se they can't afford to bc without them. The people cf this century (I mam! ^.>.<<; values for their hard ramed motley und that is what we give them in every yard of DRY GOODS, in every pound of COFFKK, in every gall n of MOLASSES, aud i;i every hush? ! ol' COHN and OATS. Wo give th? tn tho univ g< miine m il original lilias' friutuph lush Potatoes on the market, and this \ ju-: what they want? Li fact, wc give them the b.td ?her?' H to ho 1;:; '. 1 ii they mo not plea; ed, ;t gives ns pleasure io refit nd ih ir mon y. I hat i> our ^uarant e .pni t i < very one. Theo ? eh brute ih - Twentieth Century ? !i ukin/ on to thc fi tends ol' the trading publii. NOTICE TO DEBTORS : Our Collector is now mit ? n bis rounds, (ind will call on you in a short while. Ile prepared for bini, for wc MUST have our money. Il you want t ? save yourself tho expense of his trip to see. you, you must come at once to our office and arrange your account. DEAN & RATLIFFE. Now is th? Timo to Buy Y*?ii JI . . . WE c-*n give them to you at any piicc, and any kind that you want. We have a irood No. 7 Stov* with 27 pieces of ware for 87.75. We have a big lot of ?RON KING and ELMO STOVES which you know are the beat Stoves on th-s market. Now we just want to speak to you ono word about our HEATING STOVES, Espei tally ab? ut our Air Tight Heater, which you know is the greatest heater on enrth. If you would seo imo of them in use or try one of them, you would not have anything else. And just look ut the price-they cost almost noth ing-only SI.75 np tc St) (JO We want to call your aiten1 ion to our big Stock of Tinware* Glassware and Crockery Now we have j ii ct got too much of this and it must be sold, so wo iust want you to como and lo k atol let us price you through. We have nonie ?d' th? prettiest pine-of (hld liitia yotieversaw. Would make nice Wedding. Birthday and Christinas I*tchelita. N- w we nie ju-t opeuing up the higgist Imo of TOYS you ever ww We want you to come lound amt bring ttic children lind Itt, thom ste a grund sight in I'")'*. And remember that all of these Good- mutt bo fold ut .some price be tween now ai?d the 20tn day of December. Come now while you cnn get a good selection of ever) thing. ^ ours truly, ORBORfcK fc OSBORNE. S 0 H 8 O sj o o M .yt c . Ow od ? PA 2 0 < M M GO < 0 50 ? % M O ? *) H BJ M K ? M 5'5 SJ ? K S H CD . o o ? M P P es a OATS, OATS, AND RICE FLOUR. WE ARE HEADQUARTERS for all KINDS of GRAIN. Time Thousand Bushels of TEXAS RED RUST PROOF OATS. Ono Car of that famous HENRY OAT (or Winier Grazing Oat.) The only Oat th*t will positively stand any kind of weather. Have just received Two Cars of fine PEED O ?TS at lowest prices. Have just received Three Curs of RICE FLOUR for fattening your hogs, and it comes much cheaper than any other feed and is much better. Yours respectfully, O. D. ANDERSON & BRO.