Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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»• / morn. By OPIE BEAD. (dbprrtgkt. MW. by Ojrte Re«4.J Broom berry wu on his way down intending to get oft at the Van i street atation. Jnat before reach that point an acquaintance aat , 1 beside him ansi began to talk Ibont a murder that had been commit ted jnat a year laefore on the North Chicago. Being a city ball man, jpmberry’s acquaintance knew a great deal abont the murder. He knew old Kloptock. the victim, and in an cx- C dtngly discreet and sunken voiced nner he intimated to Broontlwrry •that he bad a pretty shrewd idea as to !who committed the deed. By this time tlte train had passed the ,Van Buren street atation—was just polling out, in faet—and Broouiberry, determined not to miss an appointment, jumped off the train. He looked at bta .watch a minute later and found that in jumping off he had broken the crystal He kept his appointment and then •topped into a jeweler’s to get a new crystal , '‘Where did yon get it?” the jeweler asked when, after completing his work, bs handed the watch to Broomberry. “I got it from a friend of 'mine WhyT” “Nothing. Only you've got a rare watch, not in value, bnt as to number, ▲boat 80 years ago a company of men bnilt a factory at a little town called • Romney, in Massachusetts, and began to manufacture watches; bnt, as mime sort of disaster befell the concern, only three watches were ever completed, and this is one of them ” “You don’t say sol” exclaimed Broomberry “Well. well, and I shonld sot have known of the rarity of my property if 1 hadn’t broken the crystal in Jumping off a train this morningl Do yon know whnt I’m going to dot I’m going to trace this watch liack to the factory if 1 can, and I’m going to write a description of the hands tbrongh Which it has passed and make a hook of 11 Won’t that be an odd little volume, •Tbs History of the Which ?’ I am much obliged to yon. sir You’ve given ms an idea, and,' to a man who is so unfortunate as to lie compelled to make his living by thinking, an idea Is al most a necessity Ah, but pardon me for not answering your question I I got the watch from Henry Lucas; gave him $45 for it about two months ago If the history should be Interesting anongh to print, I’ll give yon a copy of 11 Good day I” Broomberry called on Henry Lncaa Es found his friend absorlied in tbs work of “running up” figures in an immense book. “Ah. Broomberry I Hit down I* “No I haven’t time. Hay, where did yon get this watch? Only three of them made and all that sort of thing Just want to get the history of il you know.'' “I bought it from a fellow named Martin Kelly. ” “Where do yon suppuee I can find htmt* “He works in tbs postoffice.*' Broomls-ty went to the postofflee. Us had struck a new line of wor' and was delighted. Mr Kelly was easily fuand. “1 got it from Mark Hammonds,” said he. "The deuce yon did!” Brimuiberry exclaimed “Why, be was the canee of ay breaking the crystal this morning I was talking to him and passed my station and then had to jnmp off. I'll go right down to the city hall and see her. “But yon can’t flj*d it as wall aa if I went with yon,” the 'accomtmvkting harness maker insisted. - “Yon beL-I'll go with you. Bet your life on that You're my friend. Bet yonr life on that. ” Brooinlierry hastened away and heard something that sounded like: “Yon go to hades, then. Bet yonr life on thatl” as he-went out The pawnbroker remembered the watch and* turning to hia hooka, paid that ft had been sold to him by one H. J. Miles, 428 Rockland atreet. Urooiyberry atarted out to look for the atreet and soon discovered that there was no such place. He returned to the pawnshop. »*■ “The fellow that Hold you thin watch mnat iiave come by it dishonestly, ” he said to the broker. “Very likaly, sir. We have no means of finding out, yon know. Ail we can do ia to take the name and address, or wimt-wu suppose to lie such. ’’ “Yea, that’s true, I suppose. But do you think you’d know the man if you were to see him again?” “Yes, I think so. ’’ “Have yon ever seen him since he sold you the watch?” “No, I think not.” ’ “I have,” said a boy standing at the hick cud of the place. “Goodl lint do”yon know where he can be^ound ?” •, ”1 don’t know where he stays, luTt I have seen him go up into a gambliug loose,”,. > . “Wtdh now, if'you will go with me and [loint him out I will pay you well for yonr trouble. ” f Every day for four days the boy went witli Broomberry and stood near a nar row stairway on (’lurk street, and, jnat TWO QRKAT MKN,, “I don’t Knou a hrtht r I trill fiilou i/ruiiltJ. ' „ as they were alsmt to leave the place on the evening of the fourth day, the hoy clntrbed Bn sun Wiry's arm' and said “That’s him going up now.” “All Tight Hern” He gave ths boy $r> Hri« iiiWrrv went up into the gam Ming dm. He doeely studied the man that had hm-u pointed out. The fellow kait hia money and went down Br,«,iu berry followed him. lie went to a sort of hotel in Canal street, and Bro< ui Wrry kept him in view. He went into the Imrrootu and sat drdvn at a table BrooiuUrry approached* him iudia creetly, too -and hhidi ■'Will you please pardon me If 1 ask yon a few questions?*’ **I don’t know whether 1 will or not.” tlie feljow growled, bnt Brooiu- >of his ill humor. Ksampfra of lbs Unfailing Value of Character and Kaargy. The editor of the Manufacturers Kccord Is in receipt of • private letter In which reference is made to two men whoso work for Southern upbuilding has attracted wide attention. The statements made in this letter as to the reasen why these men have sue cerded, namely, that their success Is founded on the highest’ Integrity and the broadest aopeciation of the broth erhood'of humanity, may justify the publication of an extract as pointing a moral which may wei! tie studied by the young'men of this country, h'roui this personal letter we take the fol lowing : ” The two most extraordinary men I have ever known are Arthur K. Hill- well, of Kansas City, Mo., and John Skolton Williams, of Richmond, Va. There are others who in the course of a lifetime have accomplished more than either of these young giants, but no two of whonri have any knowledge who bilve rolled such big stones up such sleep hills at so early an age. ” A great deal has, naturally enough, been printed concerning them both, hut tiie real mainspring of their power has hot so far been disclosed. They are both very strong physically, with nerves of steel. They arc both quick to see situations and opportunities and discover the proportions of men and things. Both are imbued with un daunted courage and indomitable en ergy. Both are capable of eighteen hours’ hard work day after day, month after month, wlthoutrhowlng any sign < Magging. Both are tremendously in earnest and incapable of turning hack mice their hands are laid to the plow. Both are the movers of men, prompters of thought, great persuaders and stub boru resisters. Bill it is none of theai qualities that constitute the . mail’- spring of the strength of either of them. They constitute twoof the Qmst types of Christian gentlemen U) be found among men, hewing to the line of conviction, living up to their prlu- iples, uuswervahle a hairbreadth by any possible temptation. Thus it is the moral character of these.two men more than anything else which has enabled them to do the difficult things which have made them so notable. ‘ I have been struck by one other charaf eristic which they have ia com moo. Both are men of large human sympathies, so large that it would be a justifiable exaggeration Ui say that, great felrong men as they are. their hcarla are bigger than their hraios and rMsiles put together, and that lltey have Howing m (heir veins more of " the milk of human kindness” than of h'atthy red bloOd. To have won either of them for your friend is better than to have found a new ‘ big brother.’ ” The Manufacturers’ U <<>rd believes that such a tribute as Hus to mural worth as the reason fur success justi fies the publication of this strong eulogy, for it may teach a lesson which thousands of young men just coming Into the field of human activities may lake to heart and profit by. an* now abe la tryln* ter beat me outer my money. I’s willin’ ter ‘sport de ohUlun an’ trek keer ob ’em, but I ain’t gwl ne ter gib her fH> money. Naw, auh ! . ' _ “ Yer aee, jedge, f wuz boroded on Petugerry 13,-an’ what kin er man hornded oner day lack daVspflt ? I wuz 7f> yeara old laat Pebwerry, auh, and dla here ’Oman ain’t de mamy ob but nine ob way chllluna. Kn all my preaobln’ days, auh, when I got up and 'apounded de gospul and warned sin ners an’ dislushoned de chastisement ob de word ob de Lawd, I never en al my life; Jedge Landrem, seed, nothin’ lack dls. I'se er preacher, sub, and five bb my chilluos ia pieachers, an’ 'pears to me ter be purty late in do day ter have leir gi^up in cote an"spi»in whut I does wld my chllluns. ’* 1 wuulder bad six preachers, suh, but one ob my chilldns Is so mean de debble hlssotT won't hab ’im, Jedge ; so he's er dekin en er church an’ he man ages ter git ’long purty well. Yassuh, i sho' la had my trubhles, an’ ter be pestered an’^humiliated lack I Is,, suh, by dla here ; oman is Surcumslantiabul, sub, yasquh ! Dat’s whut It is. Hear I is de father oh 38 chllluns fetched up In cote by dis here ’uman fer not ’sportiu’ttree outer ali dat lot.! ’ Kf you could give me an’ de ole oman er few days to ’sulainatu dls here trubble me moight fix ’em up. Gimme tell Monday, yer sav t Thank yer, Jedge Landrem, youse er powerful nice man, Jedge Landrem, an* I’d be onnorred, auh, ef you would come out an’ hear me preach on Sunday, suh, yassuh ! Ef it ain’t fixed up somehow ■by Monday, suh, I’se'willin’ to he trleiT, but I ain’t gointor gib dat ’oman no muney, naw, bUh.” WKATHKiV AND CHOI* HKPOKT. 1 ’ *v ■ r- .11 - ■ - Weekly Bulletin <>f the Wealhir Bu reau for Houth Carolina, ••Wheredid I get it?'* liauitnondwTe- plled in araridses surtof n way. “Well, lei me ee* I got it from J. IL McPaaL a big furniture dealer on the West Bide.” “AH right Ml go over there Hid aee him.” The greet furniture dealer--a Mnoutb, well fed, baldheadod man wits busy in hie office when Broom la-fry entered. “WeU. Mr, what can I do for yonf” “I came to ask yon abont this.” aald Broomberry, taking ont the watch. kudW'elf^llllUR nbuul itTfir- Good day!" y “Kxcnae me," aaid Broomberry, "bnt my friend, Mark Hammonds of the city hall, told me that he got it from yon." . “Ah I Let me see it Yes. that’s so, ' he added, when Broomlierry had handed him the watch, and then, with an air of baainees, aa though- he had been rather lax with the ethics of trade and most now, as a recovery of principle, make a show of briskness, he asked, “Bnt what abont it, air—what abont It?” ’.“Nothing. Only I should like to know where you got it. berry, taking lio Uoti sat down. “1 am about to wr^te a little his tory, ” said he. “and think you may be able to help me out*on it. I have in my {■uastweioii a watch which I have traced to you, and 1 should like hi know where yon”— The fellow jumped np, knocked Brooinlierry down aud disappeared through a hack door. When the histo rian got up and bruaheifhiiueelf, he was told thst a policeman bad -caught'th* fellow a singular outcome surely. Tli" fellow sgus brought back and then, together with Broomberry, was taken to a poliiv station, where thovhis- torian related his story, and then thora came a sensation. The watch had ba- iongiai to ,M.i K lopn’rf'K, a Til K LAW AH TO TEACHKKM ImIim iiiatlou uflnlrrrai Krom the Hu lieriniandeni of Cilucaiion. The following has. bee n aent out tn s. biMil trustees by tho Slate superin- - ,i ol rducatioa : Kr« utienCTaquiries at t|pis office in- dlcato the need of more general Infor mation upon the following ma’lers Tr nstef Ihul Mia law forliids a contra t with a teacher who doe* ,.ot hold a m rtificato to teach, irvued within two years by tie Stale Isiard of oducaliou or by the laiard of education of the particular county in which tho teacher is W>*bo employed. By neglecting this law teachers and lrunt.ua have gotten theiiiacive« into awkward const quences. A person leaching without a certificate with a view Ui standing the exam‘nation and winning a certificate, and then being able to draw the accumulated salary, baa been more than once disappointed in securing certificate and salary. The only safe course for teacher or trustees ia to follow tho letu •• of ll.u law, and not Ui altciupl Ui make a i on tract un less al that time tho teacher holds an UOLUNRIA, S. C., J mu 28, 1900. The wees ending 8 a no , June 2fnh, averaged about ti degrees per day cooler than usual, with minimum tempera tures ranging between f>5 and 72, and maximum temperatures between 70 and 93 degrees. The lowest tempera lures prevailed during the first half of jthe week The was 1 Inch to ti inches. The heaviest rams occurred In the west central and In the southeastern counties, where lands were badly washed, and crops on many bottom lands were ffjoded and destroy ed. The rains injured cotton, some corn, melons, and wheat in the shock — causing sprouting-over the western and south central counties, but were either highly benefiuiaior not harmful elsewhere, and they improved rice, to bacco. gardens and pastures, and minor crops generally. Over a large portion of the State cultivation was impracti cable, rxcept on from one Ui three days, consequently fields are beoomlog grassy and ait field crops stands in need of cui- ! tivatloo. I'be-e condltlom we eat their worst in the western half of the State, white over the northeastern counties tbgre has been no harm ui excess of rainfall, and crops of alt kinds are very phtmiSing. Sunshine was deficient over the entire state. Corn is generally doing well, but seine is turning yellow and is firing, while on bolloui lands, in the western portions, much was destroyed by Hood lag. Early corn is laid oy.. There was general deterioration In the condition of cotton In the western THE HfcN AND HER NEST. — The expression ’“DnqH know en ough to act a hen,” though used in derision - ,.pioiglako a task that is not ft^lfy understood, for years wc had our journals full of the question of moisture for our incubators -too much moisture or too littl.c moisture; then the moistuie gauge to grade the supply; un til some wise head discovered that the hen which hid tier nest in the hay-mow brought forth quite as many chickens as her sister that hid her nest on tho ground under the Imrn. So it was con cluded that the moisture must come from the air, and to-day we have.the moat successful nou-moiature machine. There is one other fact to he learned from the hidden nedl: Usually the lien will lay not to exceed, four eggs per week; she hides her nest and lays out her litter ol supply ns may he, from, twelve to sixteen eggs. 1 have seen the hiddcitjiesl produce seventeen chicks, allowing four eggs pejwweck; some of these eggs were four'weeks old when incubation began, showing how the vitality will last under natural treatment of the hen. But, under the best, some of them were full three weeks old when incubation began. Here is a lesson as to how long the vitality will last jirior to incubation. To test this fact, 1 last season had a basket of 13 Leghorn eggs- sent Yue; without unpacking I placed them in the cellar, where tlley stayed not dis turbed or turned for four weeks; they were placed under a hen aud produced eught or ten'chicks.- These questions cannot be theorized on; prior to this test I held to the opinion .that eggs three weeks old would be absolutely certaiu ubt to hatch. The question of the hidden nest led to the other teSt, the result of which will prompt me to go farther with the experiment this season. It may be that another trial will prove less successful; then agaiu, I will he uncertain. At this time I believe there is difference ia the length of the vital! . . . , ty of the eggs from diffefont ffoc-ks. •»VT r ^ e Strong, vigorous fowls will loebe#, ntofctog from lee* thuo , .. . .t ... U, It inr.h«. lasting vitality than over Kept pampwed ones. When the hen selects her nest to counties acd in the upper Kilslo val- a should not overlook tho (act j | l .y i where some has not been chopped to stall'll*, and fields are foul wuh gra-s and *eed«, and where the crop Ita* receivtd very little cultivation. Klse- wuere l olloa is growing rapidly, and early colk n is blooming. Lice are still |irevateBl, and in places have broken ■ lauds. Tbe r e Is more or tars com plaint of grassy fields from all sections, and cottou is m urgent need of dry, hot weather to permit cultivation and for Us normal development. Tobacco has improved. Cutting am. curing is in progress, hut is not gen eral. Worms are numerous in \Vi. liamsburg County. Wheal that has not beta touted nr thrashed is beginning to ■(•rout In the shock. Thrashing making slow pro gress. Late oats have peon harvested. Weather unfavorable on ms.ion^JC c*-, sweet potatoes, gardens amT, mino.- crope are doing well. Eruit is rotting as it ripens. I’cas continue to be sown on stubble lands planted wtlb corn. mettYTiVil “Yes, bnt I am very busy teal ay—ex ceedingly busy, sir. Can't you call some other time?” "Oh, of coarse I But it won’t take a minute to tell me where you got it if (yon know.” U'Yee, yea, that's so. Bnt I’m ax- .teamely bnay. Let me see. We took It in part payment on a lot of furniture —from, let me—Stevens,” he called. | A man entered and said, “Yes, sir.” “What’s the name of that boarding •nse woman that couldn't, or rather 'wouldn’t, pay for her furniture in (money,,and we had to take a watch? What ia her name? Quick; I’m busy.” “Mrs. Caddo, sir; 742 Lhuhill street ” “Yea, that’s correct Good day, sirl” Broomberry hastened to the boarding honse of Mrs. Caddo. She would have ^talked an hoar abont the watch, or by it either. She would have told of the payriad of triala that come to the wid owed keeper of a boarding house, and We did tell of a certain harness maker Mined Bun Haines, who had bogrded he*, who waa drunk nearly all the WSO positively refused indeeliu moat insulting manner to pay hia hot who, after being threatened by the law, and by a certain enonnona policeman who knew the widow quite Weil, consented to give her his watch. This Mr. Sam Haines could he found In Madison street, near Robey. —- Broomberry found the harness'maker 'V ff rnn k and communicative. He got the watch df a certain pawnbroker, and weald neglect bis work to go and show Broomberry the placq, , . “Oh, no I I can find it easily enough, ” fnkfl ths visitor, taking down ths a had found the murderer. • They tt rre 1‘tMtrly ItaUed. In the train aut a queer old Quaker* eas. She won* a silver gray dries, snowy collar and auch a sweet gray hut. Shs was a big. handsome woman, and her large. Madonna face beapieif with be nevolence and love. A ruby or a dia mond tifiiiuueut would have marred her beauty. Two smart commercial travel ers stopjied into the same cacriuge with Urn old lady. • After they hail dincussed the spirit and tobacco trade awhile they haiked around at-the Quakeress. Then they looked at eaolTother. smiled. and one remarked' in an undertone, “-Billy, 1 guess the old lady is inffatud with Quaker yeast.” Without lifting her eyes the old lady remarked, so low that the passengers could not hear it,’ “If thy father and mother had consumed more sweet Quaker yeast and less had beer, and to- Imkco. thee would have been better up-l<> date certificate of quulificalinn, recorded ar.d approved by the county -ii(h'i-ii»u iulcnt,of eiiiicnkhm, sflioao ap proval of every pay warrant must he obtained before any money can he drawn. A certificate expires In two y*ars from the date of Insue. Before the ex- IHTMHm oHrtri* 'ww wwi (he ufi> tei IN?' 1 i ate iuay Ik? renewed Tiy the hoariT ttiat granted il.orily however, In cane t*<e holder attended the summer sohooi (If field in the county) or rendered to the State hoard of control an acceptable excuse (or not having attended. If a certificate is not renewed within the two years, iU holde- is in uo iiellcr (iiaition than oi>e aev. r having held a certificate. A certificate may be ob tained by succer>afuljy standing an ex animation, opportunity for which is of fered only three times a year—'.he dates are third Friday in June, last week of the rummer school in the county, linn) Friday in u tuber. Eon some years there has been a regulation of tho State board seeking" to temovc from trustees the temptation to let personal interest liifiuence the selection of teachers. Tho Legislature itself, al its last session, emi tted a aim Uar hut more stringent provision.'This is now the law ; ^ \ No teacher shall he employed by a hoard of trustees of any school district who is related to a memberof the hoard by consanguinity or utti lily within tho second degree, without the written up raised and la-lter bred. ” Then it* was so still that you could dinar the engine pi oval of tho hoard of education of the —The Kev. A,S. Hobart, D. IJ., hi given notice of his proposed resigns tuui-of thw* list Gfiurc-h, Yonkers, N. Y,, for the purpose of entering upon the professor ship of English Bible interpretation, to which he has recently beau called, in the Crozer Theological Seminary, Dr. Hobart Is known to have some positive views with regard to New Testamdnt interpretation and as to the value of the English H.ble as a text hook iu preparation for the ministry. give more and no danger of the hen producing any excess of heat lhat can tie wasted. For this reason, her nest should be con structed iu a fashion that is most likely to assist her labor of incubating. If wc considered these small matters which seem quite reasonable, many of those who look wah disappointment at a nesU of unn-produi'tive eggs would have instead a brood of living chicks. —T. F. McGrew, in Country (Untie- men. * . • . FROGS AND THEIR LEGS. hide nwny her eggs, she invariable choose* one with solid foundation so that the eggs may tic guaranteed from beneath from climate -change^. The turkey or guinea heu, wilder by nature, usually selects somiw sev.Uidrd ^kji-'I oh the ground that has some natural |>ro- tectiou. In thus selecting, they have i help from the natural surroundings to ! bold the regular heat from their bodies 1 within the nest. -Some tell us that the 1 natural moisture from the ground help* in the progress of incubation. This I do uordeny. But. if true, why should i the heu in the lop of a hay. mow do ( equally well J*igcou eggs hatch well i in the very warm* - *' wealTi* r in the dry, f hot up|ier loft of a bam If the | ground i* peressaiy for nucc«*M*, why ! these two iliffereuees, a* wc see them ? The question evidently has not vet In t li r*< Hied. We know (hal good Results come; from our incubators, if a regular and even heal of (he |iro|M-r lein|>ctaliirv is maintained.. We also know that if al lowed t<rchill, the result is bail. The : incubator, wc know, will liatch eVcry ' giMs) fertile nr hatrhnbleeg**, providing j the projx-r degree pf-heal is maiutairri 1 ed.* We also know that al limes the hen does not hutch all (he veealleii liatehalde. eggs, t hick* dead in the! shell are quite a enmunm -orrum nee | with the lien. There inu*l he some ! good reason for this. I’roviding we eceept the theory of j the hidden nest, we feel assured that { eggs three Weeks old -shonld haleh reasonably well. The moisture or no i moisture question being settled as to 1 the incubator, we should not hesitate to accept the proposition that "the neat hidden away in die mow 11111*11 gain it* moisture from die air, which docs away with the DCCC**ity of making the nest on the ground* After due Consideration of these fuels, i am- ted j to believe that wc must Had some other reason why eggs that should.| batch under a heu, do not hatch. We ML W Forty spe.cies of frogs are known to die world, according to the frog man of the Smithsonian institution., who has given the mutter laborious atten tion. As this is the frog season it ta interesting t<> know that the crop promises to he an unusually large one, and that the market-price should not he exorbitant. > Less than a quarter of a century ago only a few people ate frogs; but now they are generally eat en. The goyernment’s frog man will not acknowledge that Canada produces liner frogs lhanThe United States. He contends that in the marshes btick of the I’otomac, the Louisiana stamps, and the stamps and marshes of New York State are. to he found die largest, finest aud most succulent frogs in the kuowfi workb It is admitted, Imwever, that the Canadians understand the tttt of preparing frogs’ legs for market in a manner superior to American, and that tins fact has brought the Canadian frogs prominently before the lovers of good tlnugs to eat. He believes that frog farming is certain to he one of the most profitable industries of many parts of the United States, and thfit already many men are engaged in it. Of the forty species of frogs known, the largest’i4 the gigantic hellower of the Ixiuisiaua swamps, which grows to four pounds weight, and is one of the most choice for table use. Next- come the I’otomac and the New York frogs, all large ami of superior tlavor. There is not a State in the Union in which fine eating frogs cannot'he found in abundance.’ It is asserted that the pickings on the body of a frog are just as good as the meal on the legs, but iu the days befhre thff deluge frogs grew to such size tlmt the leg* furnished jjutticieut meat to satisfy all demand* without eating the body, aud apimreiitly the custom"! 1 a* hei u kept up. tieoIiigTi-aT shar|M have dug up petrifactions and fossils to pru(p? that in those days frogs great to be a* large as a man. The present day frog man gives little con sideration and reverence to such stories. A frog’s leg is one big ra as* of muscle, and there should he little wonder lint l(g is a jumper. The frog is astonishingly like the man in soiue pTiy'sieal respect*, and therefore u*cfiil f vY some experiment*. On Hie other hand experiment-* slow that a frog deprived of Rs hraills Will live and eat and 'pursue existence in a sort of automatic manner. — .Y> >«* }'»rk Sum. — ■ ——~ — — . isquab* are very easily raised, as the old hinN attend to the feeding, and there ia a good market fur them in most towns amt cities at a fair price. 1’igeidis •Un well hi confinement, and tint little ground 1* required. The lloim-r or u oross In-tween a Runt aud IhuiH-r is prefern-tl for breeders, and should Ik* of good size aud light or white in color. From 7 to lo pair4 of squab* are raii-d by each pair of pigeons in the eour*e of a year, and these sell at from 3*1 cents to gl.On a pair. Large, plump -tunIs, free from dark pmfeatheis are very attractive, and il is not a difficult mailer to estab lish a reputation for them and hmid up a considerable trade, even in siuall towns. In Targe cities there is an tiu- limiled maiket for a llrsl-cla** pro. duel. —Orujtm 1‘iiiillry Journal. * A New Book For Dei v ; ' ( Special Arrangements Whereby a Fr®# Copy Can Be Obtained by Every Reader of This Paper. Kor weeks have bee out tlm edi «ks the presses i>- rm*) turning enormous edit ion of Drr J. Kewlon Hathaway's new book— "Maullness. Vigor, Health" - peeessary to ■allsty the nubile de mand. Ur. Hathaway has reserved a limited number of these hooks, and these he hasspectally arranged to v sendtree by mall to all readers of this impel who send names ana full address to him. Kor M years Dr. Hathaway has eoutined his practice almost exaiuslvel) to diseases of men, aud during that tinie he has restored more men to health, vigor, usefulness aud happiness than any ten other doctors In tho count r> combined. Ur. liathawax treats and cures by a method entlrch tils ovvu, discovered and perfected by himself aud used exi-histeely b> nnnr. Ix»ss of Vitality. Varicocdc, Stricture, Blood 1‘oisoutug In Its dtHcrent stages, Kheumatlsm, Weak Back, all manner of urinary comiitaiuts, Ulcers, Hores aud Skin Diseases. Hriclits Iliseaseand all forms of Kidney Troubles. Ills treatment for under toned men restores lost vitality aud makes tho patient a strong, well, vigorous man. Ur. Hathaway’s success In the treatment of Varicocele and Stricture without the aid of kutfo or cautery Is phenomenal. The patient Is treat ed by tills method at Ids own home without palu or loss of time from business. This is | the only treatment which cures without an oner- atiou. Dr. Hathaway calls the particular atten tion of sufferers from Varicocele and Stricture to pages 27. 28,29. 30 and 31 of his new book. Kvery case taken by Hr. Hathaway Is specially treated according to its nature, all under Ids geu-. eral personal super visum,and alt remedies used by - him are prepared from thepurestand best drugs iu his own laboratories under Ids iiersooal oversight. Hr. Hathaway jnakes no charge for cousulta. tlon or advice, either at his office or by mail, aud when a case Is taken the one low fee covers all cost of medicines and professional services. . Ur. Hathaway always prefers, when it ts possi ble, to have his patients call on him lor at least one Interview, but tills Is not essential, as he has cured scores of thousands of |>atlents In all sec tions of the world whom he lias uwver seen. His System of Home Treatment Is so perfected ttiat he can bring about a cure as surely aud speedily as though the |>at!eut oaliqd dally al his offlre. aliqd di IT^A tVAE, M. U. J. NEWTON HA1 Ur. Hathaway A Vo., SSM South Broad Street, Atlanta, Un. MK.VTION THIS PAI-KK WUKN WKITINO. PITT’S ^ Cures dyspepala. indigestion, and ali •tomncli or bowel troubles, colio or cholera morbua, teething troubles with children kidney- troubles, bad blood and all aorta o sore* risings or felons, cut* mid bums. It ia as good antiseptic, wtien locally apnhel tni as any thing on tlte market. Try fi and v6TT WTtl pialaw it to others If your druggiet doeen't keep’it, write to Pitts’ Antiseptic Invigorator Co. THOMSON, QA- Bt ( A KI*K> TKK BKOH., ii-senville. M.' r TIIE MOON AND THE WEATHER./ BALD ^ M A A puetesrwtewf theETrxV tUp- Yonkers. N. V.. tar xt.e luav leaJ Ua lu iliscuv^*- 4ku yuuip.—Christiau Advocate. at her feara, and went. One block from bia honae he waa aaauaflinatDd by a blow on the head with-Home dnR instrament ■nd a shot from a piatoL Ilia invuderor waa never apprehended.—Ruth Everett in Arena. A Lie Trailed. The Dor—Yoa’ve got to have n poll k> get along nowadays. " The Horse—Nonecnael Tve had one; •11 my life, and it haan’t done me nay aty county, nor , un less a majority of the parenta or guardians of the children attending the aehoo for which tuch st-eacher ia employed n quest such em 'I'loyment in writing.” John J. McMahan, State Sup’l of Education. HAS THIItrY SIXLHII.DIO-N lie „ The ll»nKcrN of Mnrnionliini. ^ Any one who ever lived for auy great l^gth of time iu Utah when it waa'a territory known oply too well that the gentii.w found it totlmir intereat nqt to criticise hnj adversely the autiK-racy of Brigham Young. Dr. Rohinaon would nut Im t’coauaeied” to refrain from ceuanre. Ono beautiful moonlight night a man came to hia house aud told him that a man had been kicked by a mule “down onAhe State road.” and that bia leg was broken. He waa aWIering the greatest agony and needed theaervicea of a aurgeon. VV«»uW tbw iWtvft- wet come l -J**(* n Heard- 1 preaches do to hia relief? Mra. Robinapn- pleaded gospel’cordin’t z I sees hit, an’1 ain’t with her hnalxand not to go. He laughed E'ivn I’reactiers anil one ao Mean was Matte n Deacon. Atlanta Journal. ‘*’T ain’t got nothin’ but chllluna, jadgi —3(i oh ’em; free dald—dat lea bee me 3.1 auh ; an’ iTvj oh dem’a preach ers I’ae er preacrew-uierai tT ; yassuh, neither had nobody pester me ’bout my chit-inn* hefo’. ” Naw, suh, Jedge Landrem, I’ae 75 years ole, an’ ills here wife ob mine, An«a. why, she ain’t but 34 years ole: Naw, tub, hut she swar out er warrant ter me, ’scuslu’ mu er (allyub (o ’sport free ob my chiiiups. Fust time one ob my wives eber done dal, an’ I-awcy, Lawdy,. man, I’se been married To die. Yet I ia. Dis ’oman ain’t de tnaroy ob hot er few er my Chilians. ”! married, dat’oman when ah wu,n’t I ^ Xr But 18 yeara ole, *n’ we IWrbndDbtl^ •» *-■*(, 5 trubble To din Ynrsuh, Judge Lau- drem, dak.’oman done tuck »n’ quit me, • i .m mrw w«u - When a man falls headlong from a roof, we think only of the hazardous character of his employment. It does not occur to us that thousands of men at sea or on land are" houiTy' climbing to dizzy heigbts' wlthout a Fear and without a fall, aud that the rpal danger is not iu the employment _ but in the weakening of the nervea and giving way of the mua- cles. That danger is just as great to the man on the sidewalk or, in the office as to the man on the roof. When the stomach and the organs of 'digestion and nutrition are dis eased the blood becomes impoverishes, knd nerves and muscles grow weak for lack of nutrition. More fatal diseases probably begin with “weak stomach” than with any other cause. The first symptom of disordered stomacji calls for prompt use of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Med *cal Discovery. It is a vegetable medi cine. al»sohitelv non-alcoholic, and non- narcotic, arid isunequaled for the strength it gives to blood,' nefvfs and muscles. "'During the sununer amt Util ol’iv/,," writes chas- IT ^ Sergeant. ' " K*q . ui City. Maitison Co ; Ohiu. "} heL-ame sit ‘ run down, uri vrs Hud sUuu aih Were out of order I wrote to-Ur Heree for a J-e i c e He said I tint] gen erst debility, amt ad vired Hr . Pierr-e's OoMen Mednal Ui* covery, and, thsukn to you for your , hJ- lire. 1 used *1*'bot tles; and sis-s: I stop pert taking ft sUailt one yesr ago, T Khw WuKKjm uuT Uken iuv nu-di fine-nf *uv kind nnd hgve txr* a bit lx work Scrunie umthI* a day, sod I dp not feel that •file burning in I be •tomach after rating may lead m> to disctavsH* 4he .cause of the deud-in-thc-shell chicks tiiuler the hen. The moat natural conclusion seems that they hail been chilled inThe shell; ao we hail better consider this (irulilt-in as a factor. When the neat is on the ground and becomes dry,‘aa it will, no cold will be likely to injute the eggs, for the tempenlurS.is usually regular in the ground. ‘ When the nest is'iu the mow, the body df hay or straw surrounding the nest prevents chilling from beneath. Bui when a ,nest of hay or slraw of alight depth or thick ness is made in a box, the changes of nest, giving the often severe changes, from day to <lay, a chance to change the close surpiundinga from ^,0 degrees, often to 10 degrees, within 24 h iurs. When the foundation and surround ings of the .nest are of sufficient thick ness to hold the heat as against iftese changes, the even temperature will be maintained. But .when only an inch or two ts between the underside of the eggs and the flee circulation of the changeable atmosphere, why may not thia -poor protection from beneath cause the eggs to chill, and tints end the life of the chick in'the-shell ? We have paid geeat attention to these other explanations and still the unnatural trouble continues* May it not be quite possible that our nest constuction is at fault, and hence the bad results? Many ways of building nesis are presented for consideration. The most simple and successful is, to use a flour or sugar barrel in one Jtjf these ways. The barrel may be cut in two, formipg two good-sized tubs.,, If these are partly filled with earth and a good,, deep nest of hay or slraw is packed on same, till the tub is at least three-quart ers full, a good, deep, warm nest is formed, which will resist ail change*. J)r the barrel liuay be laid on its side aud a nest built within, filling quite half of the inside of the barrel, thus forming a thick warm nest, which i should hold the temperature. •Small contracted nests made in boxe*s quite too small for comfort, de prive the hen of proper room to shift am turn her eggs. A neat so confined has no density for storing the warmth so much needed for the eggs. Tbere ia With- 008 bald spoil n e v e r grows smaller. It keeps SPOTS M’.’.Mi at last your friends say, w How bald he is getting.” Not easy to cure an old baldness, but thinning!^ easy to check the first tailing out. Used In time, b aJ d - nbss is made impos- s i b 1 e with — Aven H&ir visor It stops falling, promotes growth, and takes out all dandruff. If always restores color to faded or grav hair, all the dark, rich color of early life. You may depend upon it every time. iLhrings health <o»tbo-hair. ~-~~* *1.00 a bottle.' All Druggists. “ I havt- uiusl your Hair Vigor and *m gh-atly |)lva»«*d with it. 1 have only u*«*d one buttle of it, and yet my hsir h&« ntopped falling out and bus ttsrted to grow agitlii nicely." Jcut Lui s Witt, Cmovk, 8. Ufck. March 28,1*99. WrMm Ihm If you ilu not obtain mil the beaefita you expertod- from tb« lu« of tbs Vigor, write the Dor-tor ebhui It. . AddreM, Da. /; CTaTBI. Dowell. Mu* Mi 1 WWW * ~ A tirlirf that thr moon has a potent influence on w«*ather changea is well ni^h universal. The moon’s appear ance giiea through such mai ked changes each mouth that it would tie Very natural to attribute weather chaugesto these. In this way undoubtedly such sftyings M these have artsenr - “The I weatWr won’t ebauge till the moon changes;*’ "If the iiinnu lies so water | cannot run out, we shall have • j- drought;]'. “A wet moon is one u|m»ii j wIid ha huiilainau can hang his hoia,” I eel. Diligent inquiry at one lime aa to j the |M>pular lielief fegunling this ques tion liroughl out the view, more |ieniis- I ti-nl than any other, that more rain will I iH-cur al lh<- new than at the full utoon. | Singularly enough, in Connecticut, on i la*tig Islaiiil Sound, there doe* seem to be such a law, hut il docs vxiot hufd iu the interior of the country, aud a test on the I’at ilic coast show«-d fc if any- thing, exactly the opposite. Al lam- ilon, where observations have been made for more than a century, a care ful computation for the whole period has shown no effect. If we n-fleil that the moon ia dead ami does not have any air even upon it; lhat il al ways shows the same face to tin' earth; that it*'changes are _ y due to changes in its position aa respects the earth aud sun, and that its appearances Brc all borrowed, we see bow abauid ever, another argument that appear* quite valid at first sight. If the moon r can raise a tide of sixty feet in tho ocean, why may it not raise a tremend ous tide iii the extremely tenuous air, - BOO times lighter than water, or a tide of about 4H,000 feet, and, Tf so, it seems easy to see that such a com motion would affect our weather . en ormously. The tide of sixty (the highest in the world) is experienced only ra the bay of Fitudy, and is due to the configura tion of the Atlantic coast. In the open Pacific the tide ip only a little over a foot. Most careful observations of a lunar atnrogpliertc tide have been— made at St. Helena, in mid-ocean, and have shown a tide of a little more than .001 of an inch. Since ordinary weath er changes affect the tide a thousand times as much, we see how iusignilicaut the mbon’s total effect must be. There is a common saying, ,( the full moon has power to drive away clouds,” and some computations seem to bear out this idea. If auy one will look to the east as the rising full moon shines through the clouds, he will often sfce the clouds disappear. There is n natural explanation lor this, how ever, and in no wise dependent upon the moon. A long series of observations have shown a diurnal range of clgudi- ness, with a minimum point, or time of least clouds, from (! to 9 p. m., hencer"' we see that us the full ntoou rises and advances in the sky during this period, there will often appear a-diminution of Clouds. Lord Rosse turned his big re flecting telescope (so big that a man walking erect in it could earry a spread umbrella) toward > the moon', . and found that, if anything, the earth •Ttsecrvcd just'wkfcbte 1 oliiRing-from ilte - full moon. More recently—the bolometer, au instrument which can measure less thau qne:niilliontli of a degree of temperature change, has shown that the earth receives a liny hit of heal from tbp full moon. The evidence is cumulative and over-, whelming that uo weather changeqf' can be ascribed to the moon.—Popular Sdeiice. (Jlover pasture is good for sows with young pigs.