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AMERICAN COL Conditions "Which Hi Sis New York I The American colonists in Cuba, if not exactly ubiquitous,, is very much io evidence. Every one of the six provinces has its oolony and some of thc provinces have several. What ever may be the fortune of these col onists, they oannot be considered other than valuable acquisitions, since niost of them have money, many have braffn and energy, and some of them have all three combined. Taken in all, the class of Americans that has ?ro?e to Cuba, hoping to find there the promised land of its desires is a su perior one, and would find a welcome anywhere. This is taking into ac count tho people who have gone there to settle, to build bornes, and if possi ble acquire fortunes, and leaving out of too reokoning those who are ex ploiting Cuba for merely speculative purposes. Taking a strictly impersonal and un biased view of Cuba and its colonists, making every allowance for the en thusiasm of capitalists who have dis covered a nfv country to exploit, while at the same time sympathising with the settlers who may uot find it all their fancy painted it-or, rather, the "other fellow's" fanoy-let us in quire into the status of the people who have gone down to possess the land. First, however, as to the island itself: Is it really worth the while? As to that, iiis only necessary to state that we have, in Cuba, an island large enough, almost, to be dignified wiih the same of country, more than 700 miles in length, 45,000 square miles in area, with little more than 10 per cent of its soil under cultivatic . and with more than a million acres of pub lic forest lands. Lylu* as it does, below the. froBt-line- with absolute exemption from the risks attendant upon tho cultivation of tropioal fruits, as in Florida and California, it has at tracted the attention of all those en gaged in that occupation. It has a vast body of fertile soil, accumulated by the deposition of humus through uncounted centuries and almost if not quite inexhaustible. Above all, it hss s climate the like of which cannot be found north of the island itself. Ito climatic advantages alone would outweigh westover disadvantages it possesses; by', the latter is almoBt nil, or at the most factitious-the result of artificial conditions. Until within * few years prohibited to the foreign er the interior of the island, with its beautiful valleys, its vast plains and tillable hill slopes, has been hitherto unexploited, and is yet to a great ex tent ia certain sections unsnrveyed. It has been estimated that by the construction of the Cuba Railway, alone a territory inoluding 70 per oent of the island's area, and less than 40 per cent of the population, was made available more pr less for settlement. With a dozen deep water harbors, and with a railway system eonneoting the Eastern and Western provinces, its off-shoots to both eoasts oonstantly increasing in number, acceso ia afford ed to every important point in tho is- j land. Cubo'o atragetio posit'.c?, coui masdisg the kGulf of Mexico, the Ca ribbean, also connts, in an enumera tion of its advantages. It is no exaggeration to Day that ?boat every ' agricultural produot on earth can be ra?Be? in some portion or other of the island, from strawberries and potatooo in the hill and mouutoin r ngeo, to oocoanute, coffee, bananas and pineapples, in tbe tropical littor al. I Finally, all these products are in such demand that they find a ready sale in tho^.TJcitcd States and snob parts of Europe as eau bc5, reached without too long a sea voyage. Coba is within turco days of New York, and, as between California and the Atlantic- co aboard. the distance ia about one-third, while the waterborne, freightage ia one-fourth what it is by rail from tho Paoific coast, with bur great metropolis as the objective. Tropical products, at present, and par* ticularly citrus fruits, aro disoiimi nated against by duties imposed in favor of Florida and California, which amount to abont the added coat of freight from the latter States aoross thecontineot. These are some of -he fasts that have combined to make the island of Cuba seem alluring to the pent-up dwellers in the f rosen North in winter time. Poypetual summer (which, by the way, iii a thing one can get Vin ranon of in a very little while) seems more attractive than six long months of winter; *nd th? prospect of raising one's own tropical fruit out of doors and without a green house, is seduc tive, to say the least. So the colonist wont to Ohba. led thither, perhaps, by the flowery descriptions of the colon iiarv Toe average colonist with small capita], who depends mainly on limp?eles for support will natur ONISTS IN CUBA ive Ilaire d-him from tlie ites. Evening Post. while, with his own hands perhaps, constructing a house ia which to dwell. He has probably paid for a few aoros, either wholly or in part, and has been guided in his choice by tbe advice of some one who knew as little about the subject as he himself. At all eveols, he is there, a stranger in a strange land, amid surroundings altogether novel, with elimatio and elemental forces to combat of which he has thc faintest conception. It is about this time of the year that planting in the West Indies be gins, or at the beginning of the rainy season, which is now, or ought to be, "on" in Cuba. If thc colonist settle in Havana Province, or in Pinar del Bio. he will be appalled by the gener ally forlorn appearance of the natives, elad in cotton garments, which onoe were white, but whioh are now splash* ed with clay-streaks, sanguineous in hue and repulsive in appearance. The women, even, slatternly dressed, and most of them carrying babes in their arms, or loading children by the hands, are clay-bedaubed, while the native bohios, the rude huts ef palm slabs and thatoh, are painted with na ture's figment np to two or three feet from the ground, the mud-stains indi cating the high-water marks of the. rainy t. jason, Country travel is none too good in the season of sunshine, but as soon as the rains begin it is simply awful, for the roads are covert with a tenacious olay almost as adherent ss that famous plaster whioh "the more you tried to pull it off, the more it stuok the fast er." .Compelled to pull his weary feet out bf a suooession of the olay pits, as he' wallows through his gar don, setting out his plants or putting in seed, his shoes increasing in size and weight, until they are so large and heavy he oan hardly lift them, the colonist will probably b^;inclined to murmur. And especially will his thoughts take a pessimistic turn when the sun oomes out and bakes the olay to the hardness of a pottery shard and pinohes the life out of whatever ten der seeding it gets within its grip. , There are good soils in the Havana Province, notably in a?d about Guinea and the southern branches of the United Railways, and this section is a good one for garden stuff and the omaller fruits that are most perisha ble. But it will not do to depend upon the Havana market, as Jonn Chinaman supplies that almost exclu sively, anji, as everybody knows, oan beat the world at raising "truck." Though the soils of this province are not so good QB some farther east, the contiguity to the ohief shipping port of the island, with frequent steamers for the Northern cition, is a great con sideration. Although some American oapital \ has been invested in the Vuelta Abajo region of Pinar dei Hie Province, and adjacent to tho fine natural port of Bahia Honda, it will not probably bo the vegas where the famous tobacco is cultivated that will engage the atten tion of tho ?olouiBS with small means: pr the great central section in Ibo Santa Clara Province, with ita vaster fields of oug.uoono. Tobacco,, as the statis tics shew, Ss grown on the rela tively insignificant amount o2 100,000 acres, out of Cuba's grand total of 28, 000,000. Ita cultivation, however, requires great care and skill acquired only by long practice atad traditional inheritance by natives from natives, so it will not do at all for the ooloniafi. Neithyr should he think of sugarcane, for tte great "ingenios" are being gobbled up by corporate oapital aggre gating up in the millions. The im mense and world-renowned sugar es tates of ?he central region and the north shores of Santiago Province mainly appear to occupy a large pro portion of Cuba's acreage, but in real ity cover only about, one-sixtieth of the total area. Pinar del Kio, the western province of Cuba, wili not bo a favorite with the colonist of slender resources, be cause of its poor soil in th om ai n, whioh is intolerably dusty in the dry season, and ?t?nk-in-the muddy in the wet. The same, w'th some qualifica tions, may be said of Havana Province, and to some extent of Matanzas. S&me pushing Amer io an a thought they had secured a title to the earthly para 'dise when they invested a million or so in the Isle'bf Pines, and have quite dispelled the air of romanticism about that laud of mystery in their endeav ors to show that its'soil contains vast resources. Until they took hold the island had been possessed by a few unambitious Cubans, who ??VM? in huts of mud and palm leaves, perfect ly content that their riches should be "latent," and much alarmed when the aggressive Northern era came down and bought them out. About 10 per cont of the 3,200 square miles in the isle of Pines is classified as fertile, and th is is found in detached value among the hills ; a large proportion being sterile up-land and "cicnga," which is the Spanish for swamp. Only about 1 per cent of the Isle of Pines was formerly cultivated, but since the nflux of Americana with their colony, the area has been greatly increased. The climat? of the Isle of Pined is nearly perfeot, and it has the finest mineral springs in ' the world; bat it lies sixty miles to the south of Havana, can bo reached only by steam ers drawipg less than eight feet of wa ter; and though it can raise anything that "grows on top of earth," all pro ducts must be first ta!?en to Batabano by water, there transshipped and sent by rail tc Havana, with another trans shipment to port of destination. All this, with the monopoly across tho Gulf to Batabano, means probably the difference to the grower between pro fit and loss. With many things in his favor, including direct and cheap trans portations to Northern ports, even "he advantageously situated colonists on the north coast of Cuba will have to face a similar situation. An obstinate and apparently invin cible colony on the north coast is that of La Gloria, of some 500 people, about thirty miles from the port of Neuvitras, which has succeeded, in spite of many discouragements, in raising almost everything under the sun. But La Gloria is without rail or direct water communication with the outside world. A colony situated more nearly with in rsach of civilization is LOB Minas, on the railroad betwoen Puerto Prin cipo and Nuevitss, and this appoars to be flourishing. The same may be said of the Holguin colony and the Cabal los; though the latter, about ten miles from Ciego de Avila on the Cuba Rail way, is rather a oo-operative oonoern than a colony. Without committing myself to an opinion as to the relative merits of these settlements, or of tho several others I have seen, I may say that all show a determination to hang on and succeed, if possible. They have proved at least two things; that Americans can live and thrive ia Cu be, and that the island has in it the makings of many a fortune. In all my wanderings about I did not see an American who seemed to be ill, though I did see many very much down in the mouth. This is not saying, or even implying, that there are no indemio diseases there, for there are, but mostly of malarial or intestinal char acter. The monotony of oountry life in Cuba has hardly a palliative for one who came from what he so fondly re cur o to in his thoughts as "God's Country." He is likely to get down hearted and mope about the "shack," instead of looking around for the really interesting things to be seen outdoors on every side. If he sees a oentipede, a scorpion, or tarantula and they are all thoro, and liable to make for his happy home when the rains come down, preferring a dry thatch to a wet hole in the ground he may possibly draw oontrasts be tween life in the tropics and in the North. En passant, ' I may remark that while people are sometimes bitten or stung by all three, very few fatali i&i occur; and as for suokeo, there is . ?OJMug worse than the big boa, looal .v/ i.viown as the "maja," which, tbcagb sometimes attaining a length of sixteen feet, is entirely harmless to human beings. But it likes fowl and dotes on chickens, so has to I 'oned with, if the settlement be near a | forest. Io summing up, I ohould Gay that, all things considered, a location on or near the north coast of tho G outboast ern section of Cuba, whioh ia two de grees couth of Havana; and baa a near ly perfeot olimate, with rioh soil, per mitting of raising such purely tropi cal producto ao coffee and cacao, as will as all the citrus fruits itf perfec tion, pineapples, etc., would bo pre ferable to any other. Immense tracts of virgin soil arc yet available, and the scenery comprises some of the fairest prospects on earth. P. A. Oer. BD KOT BOSE THE STOMACH. Cure Catarrh by Nature's Own Meth od-Every Breath of Hyomei Brings Relief. Nearly every one who has catarrh knows how foolish it is to try and euro it by drugging the s tom to h. Tempo rary relief may bc given, but a oura seldom comes. Until recently your physician would have said the only way to cure c?tftirh would be to uiye a change of olim?te; but now with Hyomei you can carry a? health giving climate in I your vest pocket ana by breathing it ^afew minutes four times a day soon cure yourself. The complete Hyomei Outfit costs but $1.00 and constats of au inhaler thai can be carried in the yest pocket, a medicine dropper and a bottle ox Hyomei. Tho inhaler lasts a lifetime, and if one bottle does not. cure, an extra bottle of Hyomei can be obtain ed for 50 .cents. It is the; most eco nomical of all remedies advertised for the euro of. catarrh, and is the only one that follows nature in her method of treating diseases of the respiratory organs. Evans f Pharmacy have sold a great many Hyomei outfits and the more they sell the more convinced they are tfcat they are perfectly safe in guar anteeing to refund the money if Hyo mei does not oure. Don't Talk Too Much. Don't talk too .ch. You were given two ears and only ono tongue, that you might heartwioe as much as you speak. People will like you all the more thc less you have to say, and the more you listen, or seem to listen, to what they say. If you rarely part your lips in com pany, company may suspect you of be ing a dullard. This may cause them to pity you and pity, it is said, is akin to love. Company will certainly be more inclined to love you for keeping your mouth shut than for always hav ing it open. Mauy a one acquired a reputation for superior wisdom simply by flatter ing another's pride of speech by per mitting him to talk on without inter ruption. Mauy a one, indeed, has left with the monologist tho impres sion that ho is a bright conversation alist, whereao, had ho attempted to do his share of tho talking, ho might have been declared a bore. Don't talk too much. If you talk much, you arc likely to say things, though you may forget them as soou as they are spoken, will be remember ed against you. If another loses his temper, as the saying is, when one's temper is very muoh in evidence, don't lose yours. At least don't talk back. Silence is your most effective weapon. It will tear his very vitals, whereas if you rare and sputter it will only show that his words have struok home, aud so give him pleasure. Don't talk too much. If you are an ignoramus don't give the fact away by airing you limited vocabulary. If you are wise you will always keep a bridle on your tongue, and are, therefore, in no nod of admo nition. Be cautious about that which is everybody's subject-self. Hundreds of things you may say about yourself, and think that they will never be heard from again. But they are almost certain to be repeated, and in suoh a manner as to make you appear ridiculous or despicable. Don't talk too muoh. Let others do the talking and be happy. Let.others exhibit their weak minds. Let others unoover their sha dy past and their not overbright pres ent. But you Don't talk too much._ A Clever Divine. "To the town of Norridgewock, in Maine," said Bev. Minot J. Savage, of New. York-, "a strange minister once came to preach. He preached duly, and after the sermon was over1 he mingled with the congregation expeoting that some one would invite him to dinner. "One by one, however, the congre gation departed offering the hungry minister no hospitality, and he be gan to feel anxious. Where was he to eat? "As the last deacon was leaving the oh ur ch the minister rushed up to him and shook him warmly by the hand. " 'I want you to oome home and dine with me," the minister said. " 'Why, where do you live?' said the deacon. " 'About 30 miles from here.' "The deacon reddened. 'Oh you come and dine' with me instead,' he said." Must Sot Spank The Girl. Of course, comparatively few fath ers spank their daughters after they have reached tho ago that calls for exolusive use of the front parlor three nights a week. But it is well enough to inform the few that the* law does not favor that kind of correction for young women who have reached the marriageable ago. Simon Krauser, of Utioa, N. Y., moved to wrath, laid violent hands on Miss Julia Krauser, who ?B IS. Ile placed her over his knee and apsertod his authority to the queen's taste, if thc slang be permitted. Julia has faith in the law, and she had her father before the bar of jus tice. Ile asserted that as she was his daughter, he had a right to whip her. Ile averred that she would not mind without beiug whipped, and when it came to bossing his own family he was Nicholas, Edward and Leopold all rolled into one, or something to that effect. Judge Baxter fined Mr. Krauser $5 and told him that ho had no business to spauk a daughter who had reached your.g womanhood. Ho wouldn't pay thr GPO, and was therefore sent to javl for ?0 days. Thia beating of children, especially .if ter they have reached an age where they eau reason and be reasoned with, is a doubtful business, anyway. Most of tho whippings are tho result of the anger of a parent instead of punishment for a fault oommitted or a wrong done. If the lash wore never laid on tho ! body of a child; if corporal punish ment in all forms could bo abolished, and in its place parents could be taught how to rule through love alone, the world would probably be better off. There would bo some failures, of course. There are now, in spite of the fact that thousands of parents govern their children by brute force, and themselves not at all. But whatever you do, keep hands off the yoong women, for Judge Bax ter has made a precedent.-Atlanta Journal._ _ They Had No Smaller. "When I was traveling through Kentnoky a short time ago," said the Man About Town, "a very amusing inoident occurred one night at the performance of a well-known magioian, in one of the small mountain towns where I happened to be. "The magioian had prooeeded with many mystifying trioks when he an nounced that he would for the next require a pint flask of whiskey. "Not a man in the audienoe moved. Thinking that they had misunder stood him, the* magioian asked in a loader tone : "Will some gentlemen kindly loan me a pint flask of whiskey?" This was also followed by a silence, and I was beginning to think that all the stories I had heard about Ken tucky'cole were all rot, whens tall, lank Peiin tho baok of the hall arose, and holding out a flask, said : "Mistah, would a quart flask do?" "Just as well, sir," replied the ma gioian. And at that every man in the house arose and extended a flask of that size.-Philadelphia Press. Certainty of Cure to sufferers from SPECIFIC BLOOa POISONINg - : Foerg Remedy Co.,' Evansville, Ind. W. ? OAfHTAk tTOOK IIO.OOO FULLV .?IO / ift ?W I T*l. c.rtMt??' ? to ?...?.? Mid K v. r. Our?hi? .? Bi ? a MUM ?. I ^4. I FOERC'S REMEDY ? 75 consideration of Five Dollars ($5.00) paid for six bottles' gr 9? ! of Foc-rs'i /?im?/y, rtfc ?** /fy o/_i g I anc/ in consideration of you using these six bottles exactly according io <~ 3& directions, for Specific Blood Toison or Scrofula, the undersigned j? S$ agrees io pay to-_Five Dollars, pro- |l> <|| vided no benefit is dewed from the six bottles, and this certificate isf ?Bj returned to the undersigned <within four monllis. V^> Tiri , FOERG REMEDY CO. Wrf^Tv ir J rwiJy. i*J il ii "ty /im Nu/ ltd **/ ?jrxtmwUl. t C.: it IM?, f.. m. !mu% 4, ? i.'.' ?Wa. Vlijlh r.'j.rJ ia Mr.. ifWf ( r/i/a /a a fcc-almllo of our tjunrantco) This certainly is a most liberal guarantee omi ono which wo I'oulcl not ovado eren If wc so do* sired. Wo an- perfectly naff in making it. for ?Ix bottles will produce suc h marked benefit thur ih? user ?in bo satisfied ?.f un ultimate ouro. and bis ural lt mic ?ill prnnuil bim tn bt> fuir. With this guarantee you take absolutely no chancea for this certificate is worth tn? In cash to you atol will ho redeemed by tho druggist from whom yon purchased tho remedy for ?.1 Oil rash. Wo Kuaruntr-o this, and to further satisfy you n national bank B?arantoeii usus you can sue from the certificate. You can KOO thal If we ?IUI not positively know that Foerg'? Remedy would ouro any ease wo could not afford to make such a liberal genuine proposition, ns tho loas il would entail would I io enormous. With tho above information boforo you if you KO on suffering from the curso of poisoned blood, either primary, constitutional or ns a mull of mercurial trent mont don't rail.vt fat o Inn bimply blaun? yournelf, for hero is it curt-absolute and sure. Tainted blooil manifest? itself in tho form of Scrofula. Koroma, Rheumatic l'alns, Ktlff or swollen Joints. Ki options or Copper-colored Spots on tho Karo or ?oily. Little fleers in tho Mouth or on tho Tongue, Bore Throat. Swollen Tonsila, Kallins out of tho Hair or Eyebrows, nod tinnily a le prous Kike Decay of tho Flesh mid Hones. If you have any one of these symptoms don't delay till loo late but go to your druggist ?nd get a bottle of FOERC'S REMEDY BLOOD P?R All cir linois* a au ar ant ao lt. If your druggist does not handle this comedy st ul us fl oo for ono bott lo or $5.00 for six bottles l?nd cbs ?Into guarantee fac-simil? of which is published above. All packages sent tn plain wrappers. AU correspondence strictly contldentlal. ^ FOERG REMEDY CO., Evansville, Ind. FOR SALE BY EVANS PHARMACY. JUST RECEIVED. OLD DOMINION CEMENT, AND BEST LIME. O. D. ANDERSON. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. We offer for sale the following desirable property, situ ated in this and surrounding Counties. Nearly all of these places have good improvements on them. For full particu ulars as to terms, location, &c, call at my office. 59 anreB, near oity limits, Ander don, S. G. 50 acres, two miles from city, un improved. House and Lot, 6 acres, near oity limits, very desirable. Half aore City Lot, front on Main Street, no improvements. 1 aore, with new dwelling, in oity limits. Hi aoroB, near oity limits, cleared, no improvements. 200 aores in Fork township, on Tug aloo River, two dwellings. 100 aores in Williamston township, improved, on Beaverdam oreek. 400 aores in Oaklawn township, in Greenville Go., half in cultivation, 5 tenaut dwellings, 50 aores of this is in bottom land. 700 acree in Hopewell township, on Six and Twenty Creek, 300 aores in cultivation, 2 good residences, 6 ten ant dwellings, 40 aores in bottom land. 91 aores in Garvin township, on Three-and-Twenty Greek, good dwell ing, barn, &n. 56 aores in Maoon Co., N. C., 29 miles above ?Valhalla, on road to Highlands._ 133 aores, in Pendleton township, well improved. Berry place, Varennes, 87} aores. 437 aores, Pendleton township, ten ant housoB and dwelling. 145 aores, Evergreen place, Savan nab township. 150 aoroB in Savannah township,, well timbered, no improvements. , 200 aores in Center township, Ooo? nee Connty, 100 oleared, baianoe welt timberod, well watered, good mill site with ample water power. 65 aores in Piokens County. 600 aores in Hopewell township. 130 aores in Broadway township, improved, * 230 aoros in Fork township, on-Sen eca Rivor, good dwellings, &o. 800 aores in Anderson County, on Savannah River. 96 aores in Lowndesville township, Abbeville Coun ty. 84 acres in Corner township. 75 aores in Ooonee County. 75 aores in Piokens County. 152 aores in Rook Mills township, on Senooa River, 2 dwellings. 700 aores in Fork township. All the above ore desirable Lands, and parties wanting good homes, at low prioes, oan solee 3fresa ?be above and oall for further particulars. Now is the time to secure jm homos for another year. JOS, J. FKETWEXX, ANDERSON, 8. Os < ^ fe ? S % oj M fe 3 o 3 ? S OD . This Establishment bas been Selling ? . ? ? ?. / i * IN ANDERSON for more than forty years. Daring all that time competitors have come and gono, but we have remained right horo. We have always sold Cheaper than any others, and during those long years wo have not had one dis satisfied oustomer. Mistakes will sometimes ooour, and if at any time we found that a oustomer was dissatisfied we did not rest until we had made him satisfied. This polioy, rigidly adhered to, has made us friends, true and last ing, and we oan say with pride, but without boasting, that we have tho confi dence of the people of this section. Wo have a larger Stock of Goods this season than we have ever had, and wo pledge you our word that wo have never sold .Furniture at as oloso a margin of profit as we are doing now. This is 8roven by the faot that wo arc selling Furniture not only all over Anderson ounty but in every Town in tho Piedmont seotion. Come and soe ns. Your parents saved money by buying from us, and you and your children oan save money by buying ho rs, tee. Wo carry EVERYTHING in the Furniture line, ZO. P. TOLLY & BON. Depot Street ThcjOld^ReliabltgFurnituro Dealers HEALTH *? VITALITY apotcncy, Nightl: _ ot Tobacco or Opium, which lead lo Consumption and Insanity, With oro ry ASTES fiieilffi ?S order we guarantee to cure_.or_refund tho monqy. Sold at |1.00jpor box, K^ttl UdlRO* c boxes for $5.0?. a?B. MOTT'S caiEiHBCAa* ?O., CSovelaiadToMo. FOB SAEJE BT EVAHS PHARMACY. READ THIS ??4*u? -ig *mri? AfiG&t' ^rrHE^? C?TT2W ecu CA' iVWANHAH GA. WE have moved our Shop and office below Peoples' Bank, in front of Mr. J, J. Fretwell'd Stables. We respectfully ask all our friends that need any Roofing done, or any kind of Repair work, Engine Stacks, Evaporators, ox soy kind of Tin or Gravel Roofing to call on na, as we are prepared todo lt promptly and in fesn manner. Soliciting your patronage, we are, Eetpeetfolly, < BUR RI ?SS & DI WER. ?i^?1^ .??.?-?y;: v . ;. '.V . . .. . ' . ;. . ' : .