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, _ 1-~M« Ountrabmid Ltqavr. irink Mountaineer. Wee The dleponcary oonatablee are mak ing things lively In this neighborhood. The raid last waak npon a private residence failed to gaia Ihein any oradtt, and now the force has to bear tha odium of shooting an unarmed negro, although only one of them wti* actually connected with tha nbooting. People will not stop to sift the facto, hat will aooept the statements Boating atonnd as to the wilful and vicious oharaotor of the shooting lust as they feel Inclined. The readiness with which a pistol was drawn and Bred Is In keeping with the order of the day, whether constables or ordinary cltlsans are concerned. The fear of the law's punishment does not prevsnt the use of deadly weapons upon the slightest provocation, for there Is really very little to fear on this soore. Constables Craw ford, Itembert, Darts and Howie went out In the country on Monday, presumably upon Information contraband »iMm< might effeot a capture of liquor. They went down ths PiMmont road until they came to the White Horse road, when they turned into that road and went north ward. When within three or four miles of the oity, and withid a short distance from the crossing of the Anderson road near Welcome Church, they met a one-horse wagon, drawn by a large muls, and driven by two negroes, John Nichols and Jesse Lati mer. The negroes were told to halt, when John Nichols jumped out of the wagon and took to bis hee.s, the con stables firing several chots in the air as he ran across the field. Constable Howie took the horse -from his buggy and followed the negro, who went out of sight when he had gone a couple of hundred yards. The other constables did not see the negro when Howie came up with him, nor did they hoar any shot, but they beard Howie call to them as he came back over the hill and ran to him. liembert says that Howie told 'him the negro was shot,- and that he felt certain the negro ftas going to shoot him, as he was putting nil hand to the pistol pocket when Howie fired. The facto in regard to the shooting are only known to Howie - and- -the negro who was shot, and the negro’s story has not been given. Constable Howie and Davis took their boggy-aad brought the negro within a mile and a half of the city, when it was found that he was suffering so much ft was deemed best to leave him at another negro’s house, and Dr. J. B. Earle was sent to him at once after the constables reached the city. The negro Nichols was shot near tne spinal column and the ball was not located. He was taken during the night to the basement of the Green ville Hotel, where he was resting comparatively easy yesterday morn ing. His chances of recovery are doubtful. Constable Howie left in a short time for Columbia, acting under the advice of Constable Crawford, who Is In charge of the force. He will apply for bail if the negro dies from the wound. He hails from Lancaster County. There is no evidence that Nichols had a pistol, as there was none about his person. The negro Latimer was brought to the city and lodged in jail. Both were In the employ of J. Luther Trammell, and lived on his place. He was following the wagon and came to town soon after the con*tables. The md’e, wagon and liquor belonged to Trammell. The liquor was in several packages, and altogether about 55 gallons, which has been sent to Colum bla. It was hid under fodder In the wagon, and quilts were thrown over the fodder. The liquor, mule and wagon were taken In charge 'by the revenue of ficials, at the instance of the con •tables, and the mule was taken from the staples of Charles & Easley during the night, it is supposed by Trammell, for whom a warrant has been Issued. Sheriff Gllreath made an effort to arrest Howie, but he left the city before the snooting became known No warrants have been issued against tbrother constables, and there Is no ohainfe made against them. The sheriff received a tel gram from Governor Evans yesterday afternoon stating that Howie was in Columbia and would be sent here when he was wanted by 11 The wounded negro is being attended by Dr. Pack, who was sent to his as sfstance by the constables. WHAT VENEZUELA 18. 1,23k,400 pounds. Tha public debt at the end of 188fi was 2,ttfi0,660 pounds. The dabt bears interest at 4 per cant. The constitution of the republio la modelled otueaiy after that of the United tttales. The president is a»- sifted by eight ministers and a federal council. Tne law-making authority ia vested In a congress of two houeee a senate with twenty-four members and a chamber of deputies of flfty-two members. The deputies are elected every four years dlreotly by the elec tors of the states and districts and the senators are elected by the legislative bodies of the different states. Congress elects the federal council and the federal council chooses the president. The term of the federal council and the nresldent is two years. Tit Venezuelan republic declared its Independence of Spain in 1811 and was at warfare with the mother coun try lor nearly ten years thereafter. Bolivar, a native of Caracas, was the leading spirit of the revolt. The,in- dendence of the republic was not re cognized by Spain till 1845. In 1840 there began a series of civil t evolutions which lasted till 1870. During these struggles, In 1854, all the slaves held In tne republic were liberated. In December, 1870, Guzman Blanco was declared provisional dictator and acted as dictator till 1873, when he was elevated constitutional president for four years. Since the election of Blanco several presldenj* tyave adrnln- Isterai the affairs of the republic. Thq sitting president Is Ferdinand Crespo.- .. ■ w* ■' — 1 America. The solar heat is shot forth into space in every direction, with a prodi gality.which seems well-nigh inex haustible.- No doubt-4he earth does intercept a fair supply of sqnbeams for conversion to our many needs; but the share of sun-heat that the dwelling-place of mankind is able to capture and employ forms only an Infinitesimal fraction of what the sun actually pours forth. It would seem, Indeed, very presumptudua for us to iassume that the great sun has come hnto existence solely for the benefit of poor humanity. The heat and light daily* lavished by that orb of inqom- CAPTURE OF VENNER RAY. The Murderer of Moseley Agatit In Safe Keeping. From the Greenville Mountaineer. Sheriff Gllreath has said all along that he would capture Havenna Ilay, the colored desperado who led the revolt, in the Greenville jail, and made good his escape after being placed there for safe keeping, ^he sheriff kept his own counsel in regrrd to what he was doing, but he was alert and alive to the situation, and felt con fident that his plans would come out all rfght in the end. His assertions have come true in regard to Ray, and very unexpectedly to the escaped prisoner he was put back into prison a few nights ago at Monroe, N. C. „ Thft. stOT-y-o^-btr capnmrts'notr'ffn unvsual outcome for a negro who is try ing to evade the officers of the law Wblskey-^and-womaq- wlll ordinarily as large as the earth. If it has'lndeed been the scheme of nature to call into existence the solar arrangements on their present scale for the solitary purpose of cherishing-this immediate world of ours, then all we can say Is that nature carries on its business in the most' outrageously wasteful man ner. A conflagration which destroyed every particle of coal contained In this earth would not generate so much heat as‘tho sun lavishes abroad to un grateful space in the tenth part o r every single second. During the feW* minutes that the reader has been occupied^, over these lines, a quantity of heat which is many thousands of times as great as the heat which could oe produced by the ignition of all the coal in every coal-pit in the globe has been disiwi-vcd-’antl totally lost CU'ttTff 1 sun. 4 But we have still one further-con- ccptuou hftfnra we shall Sometbliig About Our Neighbor to the Boutb for Whom We May Have to Fight. Venezuela is ar federal republic and Includes an area 632,807 square miles embraced between 570 deg. and 730 deg. 3bm. west longitude and 1 deg 4m. and 12 deg 26m. north latitude Gn the southwest It claims territory which is also claimed by Colombia and Ecuador and on the east is the land which is claimed both by Venezuela and Great Britain, which holds that it It a part of British Guiana. The total population of the republic is 2,198,320. The pure white popula tion Is estimated to be only about 1 par cent, of the whole. The religion is Roman Catholic and the number of the pupils in the schools of the republic is 99.466. * ■ The total value of imports of Vene zuela In 1885-86 was 2,408,135 pounds sterling and the exports amounted to 3,292,171 pounds. The principal ex ports are coffee, cocoa, tobacco, cotton, sugar, hides and animals. The foreign ' commerce of the country are principal ly with the United States, Germany, France and England. The chief sea ports are Laguayra, Puerto, Cabello, Maracaibo, Cindad Bolivar, Puerto Sucre, Puerto Guziqan Blanco, La Vela and Guiria. Caracas, the capital city, is an Inland town with a population of 70,509 in 1883. The total length of the railways of the republic in 1886 was 144 miles, but since that time several hundred of miles of new roads have been built. Theee lines connect the-principal sea port# with the nearest inland towns and seats of mineral production. There are several thousands Of miles of tele graph wires connecting the principal cities of the republic. The republic of Venezuela is made - e *f° tories, tin colonies. The states are Carabobo, Guzman Blanco. Lara, Los Andes, Zamora, Fal con, Bolivar and Burmudez. The names of the territories are Alta Ori noco, Amazonas, Yorvirarl, Coura, Goojira, Colon, Armisticlo and Delta. The colonies are Guzman Blanco and Bolivar. Armistice, Alto Orinoco, Yurnrari and Delta Include all of the disputed territory. „ ; The revenue of the republic, derived chiefly from customs duties, amounted la 1886-6 to 1,093,644 pounds and the expenditures of the government vara spu up of eight states, eight federal terri- ‘ie federal district and two betray the whereabouts of the average negro who is dodging the law’s repre- sentativee, and Venner Ray is no ex ception to (he general rule. It was whiskey that brought him into the trouble which ended the life of Con stable Mosely, and it was a woman whose attractive qualities caused him to enter the snare of the fowler. Sheriff Gllreath got on the trail of Ray several weeks ago, when he was discovered at Hamlet. N. C. Ray was not making this his abidiug place, how ever, but was flitting here and there with great rapidity, and among other places visited by him was Monroe, N C., fifty miles from Hamlet, where he went to see a mulatto girl of whom he was enamored. His stay was not long In Monroe, but it was rightly conjec tured that he would return in due time, and his whereabouts were known all the while to a shrewd detective who was in the employ of Sheriff Gil- reath. The arrangement was made for his capture by the chief of police at Monroe, and on Tuesday night he walked into the trap set for hitn. The chief of pollen arrested him, and it was not long until a telegram came that he was again in jail, awaiting further orders from the sheriff. Ray desired to put off coming back to South Carolina as long as possible, and so refused to be brought unless a requisition was made by the Governor of South Carolina. This causes a delay in his home coming, but be will eat his Christmas dinner in solitude and peace at the Hotel Cooksey. It Is fair to presume that Kay will receive spe cial consideration when he arrives at his old quarters, and will be accorded a room to himself, with a dim light from the outside world, in order that his refit.ctions will not be disturbed by any extraneous surroundings. He will enjoy an ample opportunity for rumina ting over 1 his past life, which has been quite eventful in the way of frequent dealings with court officials. His ac quaintance and familiarity with the liquor laws antedates the introduction of the dispensary, as be was running a blind tiger long ago in defiance of the municipal authorities at Greenwood. The records of the U. S. Court show that he was given to fracturing the revenue laws, although he managed to escaped punishment more than once. He kept the lawyers busy ih his de fence, but it is lamentably true that their fees were not always forthcoming when wanted. He is a sleek and oily darkey, about,28 years old, and has made a good deal of money in his time, but gambling and loose women soaked up his earnings very rapidly. Governor Evans was asked for a re quisition immediately after the arrest of Ray, and the papers will be sent forward without delay. Sheriff Gil- roath expects to escort his prisoner back to Greenville, and for that pur pose will leave when notified that the reoulsition has reached the Governor of North Carolina. Mr. C. F- Dill has been employed to defend Venner Ray, and was' tele graphed to be at the depot on his ar rival In this city, as ho feared an at tempt at lynching, SheWff Gllreath was expecting to hear ffom the requisition papers yes terday afternoon, and he would leaVf at once upon their arrival to bring Ray back to his old quarters. Confederate Museum.—Within a short time the old homo of Jefferson Davis In Richmond, Va., will be thrown open to the public as a Con federate museum. The “White House of the Confederacy,” as it has been calledi has been the property of the oity for many years and has recently been used as a schoolhouse. A room in the house will be assigned to each of the States that seceded, Tor a col lection of relics, and in addition there will be a large room for a general museum and one for a library. The first of the Stato collections—that of Georgia—has been received. • It was presented to the committee by Mr de Reune on the 86th birthday of Presi dent Davis, June, 1894. Among the relics are the cape, gauntlets and sword pf General Lee; the plume) from General Stuart’s hat; the spy glasses used by General Beauregard at the battle of Manassas, and the col lections from the various soldier’s homes established throughout the South, including the Lee t'amp Sol diers’ Home collection, which contains, in addition to many rare and interest ing relics, the skin of Stonewall Jack- son’s charger. There are also a num ber of manuscripto-Md private papers. HOOD’S PILLS cure liver ills, con stipation, bilousnesa, jaundice, sick, headache, indigestion. HY *1B ftOOCKT UAJ.L. For every acre on the surface of our globe there are more than ten thou sand acres on (be surface of the great luminary. Every portion of this ifiitni- tabte desert of flame is pouring forth torrent* of heat, it has indeed beelf estimated that if the heat whieh Is incessantly flowing through any single square foot of the sun’s exterior couft) be collected and applied beneath the boilers of an Atlantic liner, it would suffice- to produce steam enough to •uaiaih in continuous movement those engines of twenty thousand horse- blind and uuable to hold a pen steady power which enable a superb shiptfi Enough (0. write. , He naesed away break the record between Ireland and without pain on July 4, 1826. Thomas Jefferson—He died at the age of 83, a few hours before Adams, on July 4, 1826. His disease was chronic diarrhoea, superinduced by old age, and,, his physician said, the too free use of the waters of the White Sulphur Springs. . James Madison—He, too, died of Old age, and peacefully on June 2$ 1836. His faculties were undimmed to the last. He was 85. James Monroe—At the time of bis death, which occurred in the 73d year of his age, on July 4, 1831, it was as signed to no other cause than enfeebled health. . John Qulnoy Adams—He was stricken fwith paralysis on Februa: parable splefidqr Vfbqld suffice to warm pwith paralysis on February 21, 1848, and Illuminate, qMte as efficiently as addressing the speaker of the house of the earth is warmed and lighted, more than two thousand million globes each have fully grasped the significance of the sun’s extravagance in the matter of heat. As the sun shines to-day on this earth, so it shone yesterday, so it shone a hundred years ago, a thousand years ago; so it shone in the earliest dawn of history ; so it shone during those still rumoier periods when great animals flourished which have now vanished fotever; so it shone during that remarkable period in earth’s his tory when the great coal forests nour ished ; so it shone in those remote ages many millions of years ago when life began to dawn on an earth which was still young. There is every reason to believe that throughout these illimita ble periods which the Imagination strives in vain to rea i/.e, the sun has dis|>en*ed its radiant tr ^asures of light and warmth with just the same prodi gality as that which now characterizes it. We all knew the conseouences of wanton extravagance. We know it spells bankruptcy and ruin. The ex penditure of beat by the sun is the most magnificent extravagance of which human knowledge gives us any conception. How have the conse quences of such awful prodigality been hitherto averted ? How is it that the sun is still able to draw on its heat reserves from second to second,, from century to century, from eon to eon, Facts That tfhowhl Be i by All A wet loan#.. Airiencan Notes and ijnrrie*. George Washington—His death was the result of a severe cold contracted while riding around his farm in a rain and slent storm on December 10, 1799. The ooid Increased and was followed by a chill, wbichurcught on acute laryngitis. His death occurred on December 14, 1799. He wia 68 years Of Ofa, w - ’'-"-rA John Adams—He died from old age, having reached his 91st milestone. Though active mentally, ho was nearly representatives, being at that time a member of Congress. He died in the rotunda of the capitol. He was 81 years of age. - Andrew Jackson—He died on June 8, J845, 78 years old. He suffered from consumption, and finally dropsy made its appearance about six months before his death. Martin Van Buren—He died on July 24, .1862, from a violent attack of asthma, followed by catarrhal affec tions of the throat and lungs. He was 80 years of age. William Henry Harrison—The cause of his death was pleurisy, the result of a cold, which he caught on the day of his Inauguration. This was accompa nied by severe diarrhoea, which would not yield to medical treatment. : His d4atb occurred on April 4, 184T, a month after his inauguration. He was 68 years of age. tie place like thiz, where everybody seems to have about the same and be pretty comfortably off, you haven’t), an idea how two or three families •offer. I went down to the Browni’ last week to see why the washing hadn’t been sent in. Mrs. Brow was in bed and the five children were crying and hnngry. Mamma told your mamma about it, Bessie, ami of course oar parents won’t let them really suffer, but can’t we do something to make those children know what Christmas really is ?” Nellie was an acknowledged lead er among the girls, and at the end of her earnest little address, they were all ready to heartily second her plan. “Shall we tell the boys ?” was the next question. There were some ob jections; for girls dearly love to nave the glory of carrying a thing through by themselves ; r but the boys would be useful in getting the tree, it was urged, and moreover, their cast-away things would be wanted for the poor children, so if was fin ally decided that theyjBhcfuld have a share in the great undertaking. That no time be lost,, the teacher was asked to request all the pupils to remain after school, when Nellie would speak to them on a very im portant matter. There were not more than twenty pupils in the school, all children of the eight well-to-do families that constituted the little tewn of Litho- nia; bui. to Nellie the audience seem ed appallingly vast, as she took her stand on the teacher’s platforin to make her first public speech* ;ln a few words, she made known her plah, and then told of the distress of the Brown family, and pictured the joyless lives of little children who never have any Christmas, in such a simple, earnest way.Jhat the Tier^-He dIecTon January 17, 1862. at the age of 72. I have boon un able to ascertain the cause of bis death. Zachary Taylor" Ho xvee the eecond president to die in office. He is said to have taken immoderately of ice water and toed milk, and then later a quantity of cherries. The result was an attack of cholera morbus. Another authority attributes his death to a KelT-Deeiruction of a Young Merchant in Sumter. Mr. Herman Schwering, a well ever squandering two thousand million fkuown citizen and merchant qf Sum- times as much heat as that which genially warms our temperate regions, as that which draws forth the exuber- ant vegetation of the triopic**, or whieh rage* ia the Deaertof Sahara?—Tblf is indcecLa great problem. . It was Helmholtz who discovered that the continual maintenance of the sun’s tfithperowi 1 # b due to the fact that the sun is neither solid nor liquid, but is to a great extent gaseous. His theory of the subject has gained uni versal acceptance. Those who have takenlbc trouble to become acquaint ed with it are compelled to admit that the doctrine set forth by this great philosopher embodied a profound truth. Even the great sun cannot escape the application of a certain law which effects every terrestrial object, and whose province is wide as the universe itself. Nature has not one law for the rich amhanother for thr poor. The sun is shedding forth heat, and therefore affirms this law, the sun must be shrinking in size. We have learned the rate at wh}ch this contraction proceeds; for among the many triumphs which mathematicians have accom plished must be reckofled that of hav ing put a pair of callipers on the sun so as to measure its diameter. We ihus find that the width of the great luminary is ten inches smaller to-day than it was yesterday. Year in and severe cold. The former seems, the more likely. He was 66 years of age. Millard Fillmore—He died from a stroke of paralysis on March 8, 1874, in his 74tb year. Franklin HierCe—His death was due to abdominal dropsy, and occurred on October 8, 1869, in tbe 6.ith year of his life. James Buchanan—His death oc curred on June 1, 1868, and was caused by rheumatic gout. He was 77 years of age. Abraham Lincoln—He was shot by J. Wilkes Booth at Ford’s theatre, Washington, D. C., April 14, 1865, and died the following dav, aged 56. Andrew JohnSun—He died from stroke of paralysis July 31, , aged 67. . The ideaths of Grant, Garfield and Arthur and Hayes are recent enough to be remembered by all. hearts of hn- Ifstwiers -Were. and when ahw hart* fkxi Vwwo * it to Be used until The time of year has come when it is necessary to .prepare for the “ stormy blasts ” of the winter. Nearly all good farmers have fig ured out by 'this time how they ex pect to get through the winter themselves and how they expect to take proper core of their stock. A few of these, too, have sheds, where they have already stored *waj their fanning implements so that they as well may be preserved in proper or der for use next year. They have been cleaned and oiled at the work- ing points, and have been placed under cover so that they may not rust during the winter. These thoughtful faripers. will have their machinery in good condition when they wish to use it next spring, and will have very few repairs to make, and need not lose much time in get ting this well-cared-for machinery ready for work. But there are some farmers, some of them pretty go'id farmers, too, who have no sheds especially pro vided for their farm implements, or having sheds, have no particular rule for storing away their machin ery after use. When ^ mower or reaper or a drill has done its work in the summer, 4hey are a little too busy with other work to house it at once, and so they leave these in th£ field for a time until the leisufie time come to gather them up. Pro crastination and delay do their work when nothing else is working, and the reaper and mower and drills, etc., are left just where they were last used until winter monies, aud then - if put under cover at all, they are in such a condition that the rust - k* in 8uoh a temperate od of liting should every one* In that word, every one sboald keep himself -runintr ” TViia ia oaruw<iallV' and dirt do their work during the winter, and in tlfe spring the ma- sted.out or ujat rust “in training.” This is especially important in youth, when not only are habite-foiming, bat the founda tions of future good or ill health are being laid. And let.it be re membered that the means by which health is best attained ore the same means by which one’s personal ap pearance is best improved.— Youth's CQmpa.iion. Mental Hbalth.—One of the signs of mental health is equanimity or temper and the ability to bear with* indifference or even-pleasure the’ little trails of life, and especial- 1) those which come from scolding, petulant, cross, irritable persons. Vo this end the art of not hearing too much should be learned. There are so many things which it is pain ful to hear, very many which/ if heard, will disturb the temper, cor rupt simplicity and modesty, de- ract from health and happiness.; If ne falls into a violent passion, and calls us all manner of names, and we can shut our ears and not hear it, or if we can laugh at the words instead of becoming ourselves ex cited, it is a sign of a healthy ner vous system. If in the quiet voy age of life we find ourselves caught ia one of those domestic whirlwinds of scolding, and we can shut our ears as a sailpr would furl his sail, aud, making all tight, scud before the gale,’ it is "si sign of a healthy, well-trained nervous system. If a hot, restless one begins to inflame- our feelings, aud we can consider what mischief the fiery sparks may do 4» onr magiuiine^betewy where- I TOOK UIM OWN LIFE. Tho ter, i-hot himself though tbe head od the 19th tnat. and died ulraoet instent- ly. The circumstaned^pf the sad affair will never be known, as Mr. Schwering was atone, ftti wtfe had jukt left him a few minutes to attend to her house hold affairs when the sharp report of a pistol rang through the houoe anil she hnrrted back to the room and found him lying on bis back with a hole in the right side of the beads little above tbe ear and on the other side a smaller hole where the fatal bullet made its exit, having passed .directly through the brain. Dr. Mood was hastily summoned, but the wound ed man was beyond thp reach of hu man skill long before he reached his residence. Coroner Commandery em panelled a jury immediately after Mr. Schwering’s death and after hearing the testimony of Dr. Mood rendered the following verdict: That said H. Schwering came to his death from a pistol shot wound in the head. Wheth er said wound was inflicted by accident or otherwise is unknown to the jury in the absence of any testimony whatso ever, the deceased being alone at the time of his death. Mr. Schwering was a native of Sum ter County and passed nearly all of his life there. Ho was in his 43rd year and was as popular and influential a citizen I as Sumter possessed. He was a mem- year out tho glorious orb of Heaven is ber of city council, having been elected to fill the unexpired term of Alderman Delgar, deceased. Mr. Schwering leaves a wife and five children. The funeral services were held at the residence and the remains interred in the Jewish cemetery. Mayor Pear son issued a call for a special meeting of city council and resolutions were adopted in memory of his death. The mayor and board of aldermen attended the funeral in a body. The Poor Children’s Tree. Christmas steadily dimiutshing at the same rate. For hundreds of years, aye, for hun dreds of thousands of yoars this inces sant shrinking has gone on at about the samo rate as it goes on at present. For hundreds of years, aye, for hun dreds of thousands of years, the shrink- ing|still wiiigoon. As a sponge exudes moisture by continuous squeeaing, so tbe sun pours forth heat by continuous shrinking. So long as the sun re mains practically gaseous, so long will 'the great luminary continue to surink, and thus continue its great beneficence. Hence it is that for incalculable ages yet to come the sun will pour forth its unspeakable benefits : aud thence it is uiat, for a period compared with which the time of man upon this earth is but a day, Summer and harvest, in their due succession, will never be wanting to this earth. f For more than a hundred years the Shakers have been studying the reme dial properties of plants. They have made many discoveries, but their greatest achievement was made last year. 11 is a cordial that contains S TiSSl; » Chnstmaa tree forgive, they .11 unhesitatmgly °.„sweml, “Let’s havela Christmas tree'for the poor children,” proposed Nellie Blunt to her five most intimate friends, as the girls ate lunch to gether. “For which ones, we’uus or yu’- eus?” mischieviously questioned Ira Glenn. “For neither—for the Browns, the llodgers and the Colliers.” “But papa said we couldn’t even and when she Irad^flntlhed, the boys gave three cheers, long and hearty, foi Nellie and the poor children’s Christmas tree. The teacher prom ised to aid in every, way she could, and the baby of the school offered to give her prettiest doll, “’cause ite leg was broke.” The enthusiasm ran high, and that very afte’ noon, attic trunks were overhauled, toys were collected, aud mothers were besieged by chil dren eager to know if they* might give this or that. The two weeks preceding Christ mas were full of the busiest prepar ation. The girls not only dressed dolls, but almost succeeded in mak ing new ones. They put heads on headless bodies, painted fresh roses in faded cheeks, recurled the flaxen locks, and dressed their new creations in all the finery of silks and laces. The boys renovated such toys as demamltxL the use of hammer and nails, instead of the needle. There was so much to be done. There were so many unexpected donations. Everybody wanted to give. There is so much more of generosity and good will in the world than some people suppose. The storekeepers gave apples, nuts and oranges, and there were baskets of provisions got^ ten up for each of the poor famili Who would have believed there were so many old cjothi's in Lithonia? And all of these hat to be mended ' and cleaned, and tie(l into attractive looking bundles, for the girls were determined that the tree should look pretty. Then there were two candy pullings given, and the bbys and girls made aid pulled “the poor chil dren’s candy,” which they heroical ly refrained from eating. There were other sacrifices, still more heroic, made by some of the boys and girls-^ut they were not generally kuqpHbNone’ but Tom Svmond aud hiWather knew that Tom had given up his promised gun, so that George Collier might have a term’s schooling. Only Nellie Blunt’s mother knew, and Nellie asked her not to tell that Nellie had taken the money for her Christmas present, the volume t)f Little Women, that she had so long coveted, to buy Bes sie Brown a pair of shoes. “I do not care how good the story is,” Nel- Jie had said, “I Couldn’t enjoy it for thinking of Bessie’s bare feet.” But for their sacrifices and their work, the boys and girls were well repaid on Christmas eve. The school house was brilliantly lighted and decked with greens, and in the cen tre of the room was the tree, literal ly loaded down with presents. Around it were the poor children^ For many of them it was the hap piest moment of their lives. Some laughed and sipig and shouted, and some stared with) wide open eyes, dumb wi{h wonder and delight. Mrs. Brown tried to speak the chil dren’s thanks, but broke down ami cried, and Nellie answered that it had given them just as much hap piness as it had given the children. “Far isn’t this the best Christmas tree you ever had in all your lives ?” she asked the boys and girls, and lays are several spent in fixing them up. Gther farmers, not indeed, very good ones, leave their implements either in the field or in the barn yard all the winter unprotected. These, of course, have machines al ways out of order and need new ones every few years, and generally when they are the least able to bup them ; because the carelessness which has kept them from taking care of their farming implements, has prevented them from having as good crops as they should have had, or of taking the best care of what they did get. A farmer’s method of farming, can be pretty fairly estimated by hunting up his plows and harrows, his drills and rakes and binders, in the winter time. If these are found in the fields or even in the barn- jlard unprotected from jhe snow and pain aud the sunshine,*^you may pretty certainly conclude that the farmer is not a good model and is not getting rich. Upon making inquiry of a mana- er of an extensive manufactory of arming implements, we were told that he understood almost exactly what the demand for implements for the year would be in a certain terri tory; that he could tell what would bfe he average life-of a machine just aa well as the ^oist' export iusurauce man could tell what is the average life of a man in a certain district or of certain employment. We then asked, “ Does a machine live out half its days?” He answered, “ No, not one-third.” “ Machines which would last fifteen or twenty years if properly used, have often less than three years of useful life.” “ What is the cause of this short life ?” “ Want of care in protecting them from the weather.”. What a farmer makes will never make him rich unless he saves what he has made. Take care of your farm implements and you will not so often complain of their care and expense. Proper care and a little paint will often double the life of macb’ne or of a farm wagon. Cur temper is kept, and instantly close.the door, it is a sign of health. It may take will power and effort to traiu our brains to such a state as this, but it is worth the effort.—Ex- Headache Destroys Health Resulting In poor memory, Irritability, ner vousness and Intellectual exhaustion. It induces other forms of disease, such as epi lepsy, heart disease, apoplexy. Insanity, etc. Dr. Miles* Nervine Cures/ distress alter eating, and creates an j y <? a r >, ^ me8 . are so hard. How appetite fur mort* food so that eating becomes a pleasure. Pale, thin people become plump and healthy under its use. It arrests the wasting of con sumption.' There never has been such a step forward In the cure of, indigestion as this Shaker Cordial. Your druggist are we going to have one for other people r* said pretty Susan Butler, between mouthfuls of biscuit and jam. “Yes.” “Just look at that fool of a boy, George Collier,” whispered Tom Sy- mond to his father; “he’s so happy, he’s ready to stand on his head, be- “ “That’s just it; we can’t each cause he can go to school.” have a Christmas tree, but it would | It was the happiest Christmas that • p m Lithonia, so let s-give one togeth- no empty cupboards or fireless er to those children who have never ! hearths, but the ties of generosity descriptive of the product. Give the babies Laxol, which is Castor Oil made as palatable as honey. The Shakers Digestive Cordial will stop this wasting of the body. It acts by causing the food we eat to be digest ed so os to do good, for undigested food does more harm than good. The Cor dial contains food already digested and a digester of food as welL had a Christmas tree in all their lives. . I bet Tommy Brown never even heard of Santa Claus. And it won’t cost much,” Nellie went on eagerly, “for things that we’d turirfe* nn ntir nrumd of wmilil tvistlro fKoiw pty i, hi and of. gratitude united rich and poor, and every heart was full of the Christmas spirit of love and good will. ~ ’i up ohr noses at, would make their Error will slip through a crack, eyes shine. Why, ^irls, yon don’t while truth will stick in the door- know how poor they ore. In a lit- way. Health and Physical Beauty. Mrs. Chas. A. Myerc XI Ihuma St.. Fort Way no, Ind., wftto* Oot. 7, no*: “I suffered •| terribly with sever* ■'leadachne^ dlztows^ backache and nervousteiw. gradually srosr- lor worse until my lift was despaired of, and try what we would, I found no relief until l atmmanced using Dr. Miles'Nervine. . barririeken five houios and believe I am a r l woman, and I have taken groat com- rt In recommending all of .my friends to t je Nervine. You may pu altsh this letter you wish, and I hope It mi.y tie the means C* saving some other sick mother's IfTe, as it d.d mlne.'“ On sale by all druirglsU. Book qq Heart and Nerves sent FREE. Dr. Mites Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. Dr. Miles’ Remedies Restore Realth. Healthfulness and physical beauty- are more nearly synonymous than we are accustomed to think. The ancient Greeks strove to attain physical per fection—beauty of figure aud of face—by means of exercises, baths, and every means known to them of stimulating the bodily functions to a high degree of health. They were intense admirers of physical beauty, and appreciated the fact that health is one of its prime conditions. The modern science of hygiene, teaches that the observance of certain laws is necessary for the evolution of the growing boy and girl into the healthy man and woman. Promi nent among jhese laws is that of personal cleanliness. To obtain and to retain a healthful and active con dition of the skin, frequent bathing is necessary, followed by active flec tion with brush'or towel. It shoula be remembered that the skin is an excretory organ;. that material which has been expelled through it collects upon its surface, and must be removed. ! — The skin also secretes an oily mattter which keeps it moist, flexi ble, and healthy. This is partially removed by bathing, and the health ful secretion is agaih stimulated by active rubbing. To attain a good devolpment of the muscles, physical exercise must be taken. The grow ing boy and girl should have a fixed time for exercise, either at home or at school, as well as for study, for eating, and for sleep. The athletic trainer tell? his pupils that temper ance in all things is necessary for even a fair degree of physical devel- We Desire Tollntnxluce our furniture buslnciM into every community In the South ern States, and In order to do so In the quickest time, have concluded to make some very liberal offers In bed room suites to secure at least one customer at every post-office in the next 00 days. Please read this advertisement carefully and send at once for one of our special offers. Our great offer.No. 1 consists of one Solid Oak Bedroom Suite with large dresser with aurat beset mirror, one large Washstapd, with double- door and drawer, one S-foet Bedstead full width. This suite of furniture is worth In any furniture store not less - than $%. Do not think for once that it is a little cheap suite, for we assure you It is not, but a large, full-size suite equal to any thing on tqe market. In order to start the sale of these suites and to keep our men busy and introduce our business in your netgh- borheod. we agree to ship one suite only to each shipping point in the South for SIS, When the cash oomes with the order. This advertisement will possibly appear twice lu this pa per. therefore If you are Interested, cut this out and send with |1S and the suite will be shipped to you. If it is notjustras represented you may re turn tbe suite at our expense and your Sift will be refunded to you. Our catalogue containing many Illustra tions'of rare bargains and house fur nishing goods will be sent to you up on application. The suite above described Is a spec ial bargain and does not appear in the catalogue, therefore It is useless to ■M f v* V . VJIV/ICJ lb ID U0U1X70D or illustrations of this suite, and while you are delaying writing some one else may get the bargain. We assure you that we will not shim but one suite In your neighborhood at this price. After one suite has been shipped ttt the neighborhood the price will gb to at least (30. L. F, PADGETT MS BROAD 8T., AUGUSTA, GA. ABOUT SASH. plain Rail sssh, Check Rail saih, Gable M*h, Gothic sash, Hotbed aanh, Queen Anne aaah Transoma, etc.-primed, and] glazed with plain, figured, colored or other kind* of glass-all should be made only from good lumber, well jointed, wedged and oowellad. Tils is the kind we make and guarantee. ~ ' AlXlUWrA .UMBER CO., »/MaSir." AUmvBTA. MA.