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contet. "I dion't comlplaint When the Lord scnds rain When the tanks in the sky run over For the rain, you know, Makes the corn blades grow An' gives a lift to the clover. try plans ain't crost When the Lord sends frost An'the hills and the plains look wrinkled; 1t's a season sweet For the things I cat The spice by the angels sprinkled. "I jes' take all From the spring to fall, As it comes from the One who sCUds it, An' my heart'll beat Like it thought life sweet Till iest in the roses ends it." -Miladelphia I.edger. A BROKEN HEART. Christian ObserNer. How vividly I recall the morning when she became for the tirst time an object of special interest to Inc. Bet.sey, my mother's tnaid, was re counting to an eager audience of ser vants and Children the wonderful things which had taken place the day before at the " big neetin . " D, baptizin', do shoutiii' an' tie Ireachin': I ain' never hear nothin' like it : I fee I like judgment. day done come fur sho, and as to Milly, site jest faint rifht away." Milly, a pleasant looking, good natured girl of seventeen, who cane sometimes with a message to the "gret house," and who had more than once stopped a moment from her work of binding sheaves behinl the riw t"r- to hand me up a h'meh of cocklt' :iwecrm when my fatheri had ce irieunc to look on at the harvest litl, now sprang into a herit'14nt' of r mtnaiw"e. 1oung as I was, I intler-tt,tIl -iia" thing of the terror in,lirt tl bty the preaching of the aw. atnd to ffaint right dead away" Seem ed to it lik the falling to the earth of San of Tarsus. When late that ein. i ae rou-ed from an ab-orbonL bou'i: . li voice, ating that I w '1. dat Milly want to -peatt t ,e, I IUOK ,a 11o1K Iihe t t'lt't; Il.:, and teara-t%wo e ; aet'1+u:e .' awe. E"venine :tifter evvn: . nl my mothe:, iAKe in .and. rtIrv v.th her to that rotn which i vl'tn i1itW to me a sacred p,ace : and when at niuh t she kneit to pray with her own chil ren, she said :' us with emotion that we must all proy with her that Gol would give light and .olillfort to pooir .lilly. Before many day- had pa--'d, litt-y. my fu'eii'nt informiant. arlnnunttd that ''Mlily dun cmnet . like ilutsty i hei i-vt" I va- mi atppointed. 1ii y', quii't imppilnest -her eagernes- ti le:arn til who.1 trutI of (oI, eould not he n,i-taktn : bu' Aunt Amiy's vi, ion-. and1 .Ai;t titty': heng-ing over hell I" by de hyal of her haid ' were i thren. that .A illy's t'X ;eriene' ueelnid taine it comlparison. I heard miy nother te: umyv fa'thw that Milly was Ii brand <natci,-I f rw: the burnin_*. and had ind e t nt',' the kingdt.i of l_a til as a . t 'hild. lefore the year in a a a the maid5 a--,e.n.u 0 - room that '- 31 du Lii n a Jd in lnd ai Ii., iton be long (elh he comle ti her." So it cibanced : foron in June 1 .-Uppedt a wyV table, tiretd tt : wth a 'oiia my fat her rifou:d Xi ta :.n ro -. stetr and J1ack s on ans i C .ouIn. t ',: lhe knew I wa-- waiting for h .- pr omi ed stories of Sir \'Na,it Ra.,lh and ir Francis Driake. I forgot myi) hi tor'ine heroe,l( . hoeveri, in the i ntercst i n-piredt iny thei table.au on the piau.a. At the farther end wer'e gatheredi a laughing, jeering crowd of no'n anni miU. while. at the. other end, andi not fatr from the oper door of the dnig room, stood poor .Edmiund, who hw)J evidently run the gauntlet. " iummake you don't g.o long, Ed mnund ?"giggied the irrepressi bh Ietsey : " I gwir.e t.o tell Milly hiov 30ou hang back. I b'lleve you dun giv< out de notion.' Even Cary, the statet butler, relaxedl a little from his usua dignity. " Iii. boy, what you mean b) hanging 'rouni' de white Jokes' doot dis way ? Tlhe goaded Edmtund replied: "'hum make you allI foke5 tdon't, lemme it 'lone I ain' hanging 'roun' nor hanging back nuther. lijes you all spect I gwint .hurry Mlar.,ter at lhe stupper ?" .I;jpon this hint. I spoke : " l''ather nas linikhed his supper, Edmund -".ll tell him you want to speak t< 1dm," and away I spedi, hearing th< sound of scurrying footsteps behind m< as his tormrentors lied, well knowing that my father, who was a firmII be. lever in theo rights of "' .every one ii their severual places and relat.ioins," as the Shorter Catechibm says, would b3 nlo mea:ins appr'ove of the baiting o. l)oor Edmnund. P'erhaps he had not yet "'screwed his courage t.o the sticking place," bul it was too late to) draw hack. I had hoped to be allowed to st.ant by my father and hear the iunterview hut he pt, mnc gently hack and I could only watch from the window to sec E'dmund vanishing down the lawn It the direction of M illy's house. Swas In a meas5ure satisfied wher my father, returning and addrcaine1 may mother with the smile which h< never wore to any other, said: "Well. dear, I have ar'ranged for a wedding net Saturday eveninig, when our good fred, -' I ---will be with us. Ah, that wedding : what a delight li was .I 'oelieve imay safely say tha1 there has been butt one since in whiet. Ihve been itiore deeply absor'bed. Te Mgay rde to the neighboring Strewere I. was peirnitted to be th( proud purchser of a bimll wedding merschan herooe i ogave the young at myche athis o vient amusemeni -t myhstton andI anxiety in decid 4gbetween the striped and dottet an pain muslins which lie laid befor< me, when he insis,td on adlding a far toidey putrchases, as his gift to th< Lrom Monday to Saturday soomed lg time to wait, but the great das came at last. I"rom the brIde's cake which Aunt Nancy had raelousi permitted mec to stir a littie, to th roses fashioned by )ghe deftest an dearest hands Into a wreath and bot qIuet, everything was satisfactory. A usulal, my dear nurse and Cary wer the chief managers. It had been ai ranged that the marriage should tak 8,aoon the lawn in front of the house that the houso servants might be roady for the festivitica. At last, after many falso alarms, we were assurred that the processioa hat started. My father and mother anc Mr. 1- wont out upon the lawn where my brother and I proudly huld the tall candlesticks on each side of the minister. How vividly the scene rises befor< inc. Our own people and the visitori from neighboring plantations walking in orderly procession-about twenty boys bearing lighted torches at Inter vals-the whole body joining in one of those plantation choruses with impus. siblo words and never-to-be-forgotten melody. The music stoppedt as they drew near, the crowd filing on either sido while the torch bearers forl .ed an aisle through which the bridal party advanced to the waiting minister. The sacred rite was soon performed; my father and mother shook hands with the young couple, and the rest of the family camle down froi the piazza to add their good wishes. The pro cession then, in reversed order, pro ceeded to the house of the bride's grandmother where the wedding sup per was to be served. t.pon the pro mises of Cary and \lanmny that we should be kept out of mischief, and sent back before ten o'clock, the happy candle-bearers were allowed to follow. At first, I was placed on a little stool by the side of the aged hobtess, but t'ary soon lifted mile to a seat beside lmy brother on the top of a large cup board in one corner of the rooim, from which coign of vantage we could cnj;)y the games whiclh were substituted for dancing, in deference to the wishes of the bride ; and cert,ainly neither these nor the good cheer that followed were .imore highly appreciated by any other g;uests. Time Iassed on, and another harvest had come, when, on my return from a vhit, Nlammy told me with iL smile, as she was taking oil my bonnet that.. Iiiund wanted to speak to nme oil ttle I)iaZzat, W h11 le wi as aiting to :-et my fath.r. lIe handed me10 a little hasket, as lie said withI a face wreatht e: in snilols: " lere'.- some patritch a' '- I foun' fur yo'. littl: mlis-is, an' .\liy say you Inust come down dar and see ie little. nlid she _rot fur you." Nlil.v', baby : A irail little atom of imltllity. hut almost as interesting in) mtny eves as in those of her prou.i and I.aI'e\ V0oun) r uother. \\'nlen Jlil:y said. "I d n give her to you.i an'1 youi mu- he mighhty good to iher, felt that a sem.cun compact had bee i ent,red into. ly da:ly visits. my unsuitable gifts. and my eage' admiration, vere i ,ource of igeneral amuseirent. \1y intere.t had not :tgged. wher ,olle -x weers ater my grtirandmothei teook mec home with ter for a fort 11llt'- visit. \Vhen the carriag, ae"1li for ie. w ith mn\ nurse ane y1 niiou r si-ter. Malm DlId not answet 11ny* luestions abuut tIhe baby. I noticed too, that -he not only checked m: little si-tenr mor th:n once when se wi-led to tell me something. but tha wh"n imy grandmno' her ta:ked wit!l h"r about sonmthin_' in my mother' letter, thy evidentiy took care that bolllull not hear. I felt that all wa nott ri 'bt. I e not ,nI tl be V:ft :n ignorance r tho ear:e wa- hardly in mution I..... .. iiai.- :.i ., -I'. uu y in ariank in 1 t: - ' -:a : lacrages entrusted to otner, when th eagerness for he 1 :.:laimed : - - p her now, an - ,d at the violenc - e l against her - - ' rr'ior, and, when * rtShe d idn't '" Mills My. a murderess 'M - -7m was ::iek at the thmough1 -d lo.mi tooko ine in her arm, as sh ta nei my inlancy, and soothin, mi' wih l~v ing~ word 5, mlade me um i i:rtando ILL laLst that though Milly ha lounobt-dly caur,ed her baby's deatt iwar ain accident, andl that I must tr to coim fort her. Sh had taken her1 bab)y into her he0 intending to p)ut it~back into the cradl aftoer nulrsinlg it, but haLd falen asleej and thrown her armu over the itti face, and so hall stilled its breath foi eveCr. When, an hour later, I softly enter-e the room, which had be'en so interes ing to me in the past weeks, I alino: shirank bacek. In the centre of tla room stood the little cradle, covert with a white sheet, and prone on ti floor beside it, her face buried in hit arms, was Mi1ly3; wileL besidc heCr si myI3 motherin, r'epeatinzg in a broken voi. those blessed ultteraInces wichl hal comforted her heart in her own bI reavemnents. A t the sligh t n ,ise of mi entrance, Milly ratisedl her head an<( seeing me, sprang to hei' feet. li face waLs of an ashen hue, but her' cyc were bright and tearless. I felt afrai of hei'. Before my mothei' could sto hei', she enatched tihe covering fri' the cradle., and cr'ied out: " You comn to see yco' little maLid again but I d u kill lieru'" I hadtI prom~ised mammlay to be qulill bult atL the sight of the littlu foi'r r'igidI in dleathl, I burst into a passio of weeping. In another momienit, th u nhappy mnother' b ad fallen on lie knee- and, claLsping me in her ari'n rocked to andi fro with moans of teal less agony that hauinted mno for man a y'ear. Late thait eveninlg she stood, su11 p)ortEod by her hIusband and mfotheOr, I1 the head of the jitl.!e grave, but aLt tih Iirist soundt of tile cai'th falIi ng on th collin, she sank senses into thiei armls. A few h::urs later', the doctu annouinced that she had briain fevoi and only a week had elapsedl when sh was laid in a grave beside thiat of he babe. As I sat between miy parients i the twilight of that evening, my fathe r'epoat,ed some of tile views of thi (1Oct0or as to her case, buit my mnothe turned her face upon my head as it lL upon her shoulder andl said, witi emotion: "'She diefl of aL broken hear if over' the was one," WIIEN MONEY IS CILO8ft You want to save doctor bills then for you want tihe host, Surest, an' Quickest Itemed y for all pauins, such a l(.heumnatism, N eurallgia, H ead acht Toothache, (Cats, Bruises, Hur'nt Sprains, StitY ,Joints, etc. Rtice's Goes Grease Liniment cures all these ii once. It also relieves CGroup, Cold? Coughs and Pains in chest and sides a once. Always soldi under a guai'ante by all druggists and general stoirei Made by Gooso Grease iniment Co. QGreensboro, N. C. -The~ truly courteous person wvil 3 take particular pains to be courteoou I to poor people, wvorking 1)00p)1 arid nor - vants, just the same as the truly gr'oa s and brave man will soi-z to attack I a weak person or a help)less anlimal George Washing ton astonished a frions o by takin g off hish hat to a p)oor negr 5. whom ho knew and happened to mie a. on the atret. GABLIGIIt' AND WATElt. 11111 Arp Discouasos on (Io Disadvan tago ol Poor Lights on tilo S(rects and the Blessing ol' Good Water. I wonder If thoro is a town or city in the world whose gaslight and water works satisfy the people. I know that it is chronic to complain of cor"por"a tions, but I am obliged to consider my self an injured person. Almost every night I have to go down town to help nurse and corn fort a little sick child who is very dear to me, and although the;,street has a gaslight, I collide with something or somebody or fall into a ditch every dark night 1 travel. I ran against a big fat negro woman the other night, and she used disrespectfui language at mie(. ILst night I had i ueny hand a bucket of blackberries that my daughter gave me, and I fell over a stepping stone and spilt them all and skinned my aged shins and dropped my cane, and it took moe some time to lind it. I've a good notion to bring suit for damages and have a receiver ap point,ed. Th.t Ho-called gaslight does not throw its I.tlgent, rays a b und red feet, and is not lighted more than half the timne, and now that lightning bugs have come again, I think the complny ought to catch some and put theimh in a bottle and do away with tile gas. liut I don't see any sense in having gas with the laIm p posts a quarter of a mile apart. We don't want to carry lanterns and pay fol gas, too. That's 1all I've got to say about, this gas business, and my fol ks bare hi il bted that the fauit is lore in my eyes and my legs than in the dim, religious light, but I know hetter. I am not on the superannuate .1 list by ia good deal. I wor"k every day in iiy garden and get all in a sweat of perspi ration, and then cleial up and feel good ;and honest. The long drought hurt mel' pretty bad, bult the garden surViv ed it, and now we have vege :bles abun Jant,. '1'he waterworks man never kauhllt eic stealing more than my share of water but once, and he didn't make much fuss about, it. He is a very cotn :i.ierate man. Up north the companies Pit meter's at every consisuter's resi dler-e. and he pays for what he uses, hut we have got m1lore water here than the t.wn can use, and don't have to be tin"y. What a blessed thing it is ! \\'ater, plenty of water \\'ater in the. ritchen and at the back door and in the front yard and the garden, btside a :)athtub upstairs and downstairs. Pure water, fresh from a big spring that rushes from the hiilside. No river nor pond nor reservoir nor tiltaring ma Chines nor microbes nor bacilli. Nc well rope to break nor windlia.s to get loo,e and knoeck one of the children it the head. No cleaning out and tindint iead chickens that we had been drink ng on. The fact is. I never know thc: comfort of water, abundant wit !r, un tii we planted our waterworks in Car tersville. Stran_e to say, they neve! came until we abolished whi,kev-tha is. the saloons. A great English poe and jurist says: "Its cool refreshmen drained by fevered lips gives plcasur( more exquisite than nectaretin juice,' and Coleridge's sum of human agon, was to have Water. water every where, But nt: a drop to cIritik. )uring the late long heated term it June it was alarming to read from thi weather bureau that the world wa Sslwly but --urely drying up, and thi rainfall was decreasing every year What an awful calamity is to coml1e ti somebody some time : God grant tha it may niot come in our day, nor out c hilren's nor ch ildiren's chilidre :'l Goa grant that it may not comie at all : Bu thle Scr'iptures do say that thi5 worbi Thall be burned up, and I heard 1'rec fessor1 l'octor, the gr'eat astr'onomier deliver ai lectur'e 01n the "'Birth Gr'owth, Maturity, l)2cay and Dustrue tion of a WVorlu" that made the hal alnost stand on end, for h3 pr'ovcd tha the world had passed its meridian ani Iwas now on a rapid down grade of deC .cay. "It~apid, rap)id, did [ say ? Yes rap)id for a p)lanet, but It mnay b2 a muil lion years dlistant." That let us dowl easy, and that night tihe young peopi danced anld the sports played po0ker a usual. J.ust p)ostpone the judgmentou of tight, and human nature will tak Sthe chances. sasta odt Buat tihe blessed sasta odt rain in the heavens have at lat,t, bea 41 opened, and once more man arid beas anid nature r'ejoice inl a tempe)arate ati t moi0apherle and a moistened earth.i e was distressing to read of the sur d1 strokes and the otfei arinrg in the grem e cities, and to think of the litt,le inn< ar cent children and the invalids in th it garrets and cr'owded r'ooms of th)e ternt e mernt houses. Oh, when ill the gee I th inrgs of th is wvorldi ho equlIa y ap)pol Stioned ? Mlany of us have far more tha y our1 shrare, but wve ar'e still unigratefL I, and long for moreC. Mly opirnioni is thai r indepiendcnt of all revelation, thier'e sobliged to 1)0 another Ilifei in anoth e tI wvorld just to equnal i z things. "Sor P rememOiiber' thait t,hou In thy Ii fetimn ni r'eceivedst good things and L~az/aru1 e cvii things, hut no0w lazarus is com11 n for-ted andi thou arlt toinrmeted."' Thla is a good text for us all to ru minhat ,, about once or twice or' thrice in a whiile ,I tell you, miy fr'iends, it is a fearfui ri th inig to 1)e rich arid selfish, I 'm afrail a to r'isk It. But sometimes I dlo catel r mysel f w ishirng that I had a t'icha ol' , b)achetlor to die and leave me a piio a -money to fr'olic with ini my old age. O) y that Ml's. Ar'p wo'uld raizoI'. her par1 of that I Jolt, estate in England. GAoot -gracious ! 1ho shoult} have a carrIiag t and a pair of Kentucky bays b)ef>re nex e Sunday to rido to church. lint it is al e old pr-overbl that if wishes were horse we would all take a r'ide. And there I: r' an old I'l'rsiatn fable that tells how ai ,old man was always wishing for somel o thirng and one night as lho and his o1, r wife were broodig over' thir' povert: ri arid wishing for d ifen'rnt things, I r~ gen ius camei in and toldi themo the: a might have three wishes, iand( ho wouih r' grant them. Of cour'so, they were h:p v p~y beyond expression, and as the oht iman wias hungry, lie wished right, awaj t for a p)lumn pudding. Imimedliately I wvas set before hii in a silver platter' andi tis foolish wish made the old wo man so mfad that 8she exclaimed," wish that It was hung on your nose.' - I'resto, quick the pudding jumped I and was fastened to the 01(1 mrarn's noso0 T 1hey had1( but one wish left, and tile oh man lad to use that in wishing thae pudi dinog loose again. And 80 the goot ,genIus left thema as poor1 as5 they wort before he came. I suppose that fabhc was doesignedl to te-achi us that It is bet tea' to trust the Lolrd and bo coriteni wvith our' lot. Nevertheless, most of ut would tr'y the genius If lie would come Bar4n, AtRu*. -A pious1 chuii'rc,mmher arose In ar: I oxper'ienco mleetinlg and gave a roeviewv a of his8 lIfe. When lie came to the do -claration, "I thank God I owe no man t anything," a quiet man, In a remote I corner, jumpIedi up and said :'"I have .a little account against you, brothior, 1 that you muast have forgotten.'' " Ah! Brother Clamp," said the speaker, un t onnseou. ",that debh was nout of (late TIM WEATII AND CROPS. Valuable In1f'or-umation to Those Inter estod In Farming Opo.rations. - 'rho following Is the weekly bulloti issued by tho weather bureau in Co luibia as to the condition of the cr"opt in this State : Cot.Mr\i.A, S. C., July 1:1, 1897. The li rstt part of the week was abov< the normal the last part below, and the average temperature of 51 places ro porting weekly means was 81 whil the normal for the week is approxi. muately 82. Tiho m)aximum for the wcok was 100 on the 4lth at I'ovorty 11111, 1Uock llii, and Greenwood, on the 5th at Iiberty ; the minimum was (2 on the 10th at Cheraw. The rainfall for the wooh came in the formi of local showers, quite gen oral on the "1th and 8th and scattered during the remainder of the week. Some few places did not receive enough rain whilo some received too iuch, with washing rains in l"iirlield, Barn well and l;'lielield, but, on the whole, there is sulicient rluistirro for the present need of crops. I: ghLen places reported weekly measurements of less than I ineh it; from1 I to 2 inches ; 1:3 from 2 to :3 ineies : 3 over 3 inches with a maximum fall of 7.25 at Oak land. The average of L'eso 50 nras urements is [.50 while the nornmal is about I.2). Il,til fell, to the Injury of crops, in Chester, Anderson, Barnwell and C:ar endon. The aiorint of sunshinc varied great ly. The ost"intetd percentago of the possible ranged fromu 14 to S , with about a nor-mail percentage as the iver ago for the State. Crops atro in good condition and grow ing well. This is the tenor of most ol the CorrespondenC/, reports for the week. The exceptions relate mnain'y to exeessivgs rains in portions of Berke Iey, C iestcr, (:ruendon, t'airlield l"Ziihland, Orange'urg. Ilorry, llamp ton and 13artnwell. w"hiic in spots over, ,he central and western Cou rtls mori raina would prove bent~.licial, 12:tying by o f crops w .t- h indered by h eavy rains, and grass is thireatencing miany lields although noe harm lets as yei been done. On the w li -. crop lros pcets are decided ly i,tte than at amr timo (luring the sea-on, except for suel as are mnatrred 'r r'ilienuLing inciudin; peaches which are rotting badly, and melons which arc inferior. ''he greater portion of t ne corn crol is being iid by rcarn tly impoved bj t recent 1 ains. ;tmc ti::lds that wer' badly parchcd by the previous hot, dr; weather are revivt, and look promis ing. Arly corn is about all in silk an tassel, but the stalks are lo .v and geni erally smallll. It is tiring in lHrkelc duie to excess of moisture, and also i I)arlington. Chinch bugs continu tu) damage it in Che;ter and Yorka L.te corn without exception is in lin condition. Cotton continues to inprove In m1o: sections. T.'e exceptions are port.ion of l13,rkcley. Surmter and Ilampto Whcre it is too wet and the plant ha begun to :heJ its fruit. It is vellow i 13arnwell. Cotton uide rapid gr-owt and fruited heavily during the weel Half-grown halls are nuterou" in t!: east;rn counties. Fields are b-ginnia to show up grassy in places aUh son. will be laid by in foul condition. Sam cotton has already been lIid by. Ti condition of the plant i, vcry proai ing over tie entire State and in pot - in f rang bg a ine aS evt seen. Sea-I lard cotton is growin vigorouasly. fruit ir ng heavily, and t adlverse condi'.ionts whlate-e r nrotid. lIcee conLanues to miaintairn its e cellenit conldition,l bitt suastai ned soIn injury~ fr-om caterapillaris in Il.1 rmpLoj - U plaind aice riot doing wel i in WVilllim ,br-g. ,S,.vcet p)otaito draws still being tr-an - planted and ar-c doing well ever wher-e. t l'asture-s revived arid a liond got I gr-azing generally. Graass fo,r ha - rmaking raplidl growth. - favorat>le ptQrogr. Theu repot-4 a i tobacco vary g reatly, ind]ien:tinrg a Ine J of unaiformrit,y ini i:unuition. .\anty r a port It poor,% somei abouL an avetag< t and a fwv tan exc Ieant erip bothr ast yieild tad qu rlity. Melons a-r riperning arid 'ihipmeni at-uo heavy. 1Tihe .,/.' and I.daity< t burt later grtowth .ite niaoa- tirOart 11int - Gria pes coiuie Lt) rot. hetmIly.-'i Te t arei. ripenling anrd being shiippe-.i iror -the southeast'rn corunttiies. Seuplpe t nong vine, are Iheavily3 ftrits:d anrd tli -lfruit, In hrarlt,by consrttiona. re Lrom thre nti Lonratlr hle tin of Jul1 - Cotton rieed ing rain ov-er L: - eater par-t of tIhe cottonr belt, mr ai patrticuarml y tIhe sothrna pot,ion I Tihe ct-on is, however, genierally- clea ,and fruit,ing well. In soithe-ri Tlexta s boIls are beginrininrg to op~en. r I In tIre pnrincipal cor n st,ates of tl ,central valleys, corn muade ray1 gr-owt, buLt in the Southern Stat,es s is sitlfer-irng for a-ain, in somre sectiorm -, J. W. BiUi:n, rector I -dmrond, a Chicago dlr-umerr, e: phtlinms wh y lie d idn't te-li anythiiing 1 Iriepoirt,ers anym-rrore. "' Well, floncleh I wias~ in a hotel alt, Clevelandu a tehi .gram i-eached mue stating that am t, br-othter, wvho wor-kedl in thie Inumtbt woods of l''orest counrty, l 'ann., haa miot w-ith a faital auceiderit wivlI try'in to) r-oll a log wit,h a catnt-hoaok. A n p)orter iri<;uiredca of tri contiet-ninrg thm accidlent, as I waus leaving, aind whren r-eturined a few dlays later I saw in a old paper the startemnent thtart in barother bad been fatalily inrj ured by m iooley ccow. "Whait iunder tire starry canIop)y pr such tin idlea into your htetad ?"' I sai to thle r-eportter- next miorninrg. We''XullI,' he repli1 ed, 'your said Iho ha boon Irinurd in sonic iiay by3 a cant hook, andr the only thainrg I can thaintkc that, can't, hook is a rrioolhy coiiw.'' - .. .......... rmanrr's cuarse, the or-dinary3 nier-vous hean acho, br-ought .omie amot always a one of tIre acqnuisitions of a dauy's shoci piang, can he gr-eat ly relieved arid geri orally ecur-ed by ai very simuple remedy, salid a phlyslii. "Simply soark sponge In wVatc r as hot aS It cart bo 1)01n aind apply it to the back of the neelh Ral~peait this rmany tiies, also appilly inj thro spongo behinrd the ears, anal so0 the tight.lAy dr-awn muascles andl nerve iwhhi harvo causted so murch triser ill be felt, to reolax anad thu paain quiet( ly diIsappelar'. It doaesn't cost anything Tlry It the next, tImo you hrarv headl achao." -A novel attemp)t was niade to a-cl a bank In Chargriln I"alls, 0. Wir'e wot-o co)nnectod wit,h a trolley car- Iimni anal to thu knob of tire brink saife, ta melt aoff thu knob anal got Into thae safe Tlho jolb wvas nearly completed whom ulectrct,y was shutt oIf fromn the trol. joy line at midighat, and tire aittempt ed burglary was thus fortunately fr-us tratod. AN EXPER19T'S OPINION. Will O Cotton Plarnter Got any Bon eUt n'omi t1> Duty on Egyptian Cotton. Mhr. Alfred 13. Shepporson, the fa rnous cotton export, contributes to Tox tile America a most interesting article on the proposed Prot3etive duty on cot ton. lie does not believe that this tax, which will apply practically only to Egyptian cotton, will have anything like the effect that Is expected by its advocates, and the producers of Sea island cotton. The cultivation In this country of the fancy varietios of cotton with which Egyptian cotton comes most directly into competition has decreased materially within the past fow years, but Mr. Shopperson says : "I do not think, however, that the reduction was caused by the importa tion of Egyptian cotton, but was due to the fact, that because or its larger yield and 11mo1re ready salo It was found more profitable to grow the shorter 'stapled variety in common use.' Mr. Shepporson does not bolievo that the prico of Sea Island cotton will be affected by a protective duty. in gives as follows sone excellent reasons for this faith : "The fact that the Senate had voted on the 8th inst. to Impose a duty of twenty (20) per cent. on raw cotton was known in every Important market in this country and Europe by the next day and has had no effect whatever upon the price 'of 'Sea Island' or any otber kind of American cotton. If merchants or spinners believed that the effect of tho duty would be to en hance the value of any description of cotton, they would have bought so free ly as to have materially advanced prices long before now. They would not wait for the actual enactment of the law. O;a May 28 the ollicial qunota tions of 'niiddlint! upiand' cotton were cents in New York, and -l pence in I iverpool and to-day's quotations (.J une 2,4) are exactly the same in New York aud l:2 of a penny lower in Liverpool. '1'he quotations of 'South Carolina Sea Island' cotton In Charleston and of 'Georgia and I"lorida Sea Island' cotton in Savannah to-day are precisely the same as on May 28. My latest Liver pool quotations of Sea Island cotton are for litl. inst., and while the prices for 'Georgia and i".orida Sea Island' cotton were the same as on lay 2.:, the prices of some grades of 'South Carolina Soa Island' cott.on were a little lower." li. Shiepperson does not think that the present low price of Sea island cot ton is due to the coinpetition of HEgyp tian cotton, nor does he believe that it is possible to raise the price of Sea Is land cotton by the proposed duty. lie says on this poiit: "The fact of our placing a duty on cotton could not possibly have any of feet upon European markets, except that just to the extent that t luy ptian shipments to America i ght be curtailed, the supply availa ble for Europe would be increased. 1'he Iuropean price necessarily lixes the lriee of cotton for the American h markets, as it would be utterly impos sible for the purchasers of only thirty (1_) per cent. of 'the crop to govern the ptrice to be pail by the buyers of the otther seventy (70) per cont. The price of mur cotton is not controlled by the views of its owners or" their conmmission mnerchants. but is regulated by what the European spinners are willing to pay for it, and ( one can pretend that the intlpo,ition by its of a dut,y on L.gyp tian cotton would make our1' cotton any m nore v'ailuable to l'urt'pean spininer's.'' Mr'. Sihepper-son believes that a duty eon co)tto)n wil1 not only not, hlp the cot toin lilanterts of the South, but, will prove a l)o:-',iv'e inljtiiy to) thetn. It wvill in crease the cost of the lkgyptian cotten, whlh Out'rimanufactouret's use and they cannott, well substitute Sea Island cot ton fot the Elgypt,ian. In some cases ~they might do so, but "'it would he quite as~ uniti seI as it would be tot' a contr'actor to use marble instead of granite for' the toundatioan w all s of a house wvhen the pricc stipul ated to lbe paid for the houso wats bas'ed upon.the foundat,ion being of ITie gr'eatent daniger (of the duty on cotton is thus set, forth by Mir. Snep lperson: "In-stead of helping the cotton grow er'a, I think a duty upon cotton will a-s it, will undoubtedly cause the plant ogUl next year of largei' cr'Ops of 'Se isauad fancy stapled cotton when t,hie pre(seut, prtod uct,ion of these cot tons is ali'rady so grteat that prices are be low a remIlunerativye p)oint,. To incr'ease thce supply wvithout a corre'sponding in creacein the demand mnust inevitably result in st,ill lower prices." o. --An electric contribution box Is the is atest Coutnecticut invention. TIhe a niunister' touches a button, and small :-ilver cars, lined with velvet, visit eche pc'w simultaneously, running on 0 a slerler' r'ail back of each pew. Edach t Cari t'eturens to a lock box at the pew aentr'ance, andi the decacons collect the r'eceiplts artetr service. r- George Fra-ncis h e -.Train, tihle f a Iliotis sage of ii ""V~'~~~ . -- has for thirty - - --y ar s doe y c lnd ite sip of any O ii le it it ch0~!;ilden,i ii says, "'I arn pa ch ild lily.. - ---self'' a ...- If a iftan wvill live e e-rightly a iioi a ~ - take prtoper ""* r" care of htis t health d u r - *ig y'oth atid iniatturity hte tay live to ai greent ol age, anid still lbe able to say withI I bolult' tiuth, "I a11n a chiild iuysel f. ' You.th is not a mnatter of years. I Iappintess is not. a quest iont of ex periences. Youuth Is ha ppintess aiitdli halthI is yoth. Th'le lhealtlhy pet son, .votig or old, will be a happy per sont. It is a :stiiupIe iliatter to get the hody itut a healthy conditiotniai(d then to keep i - there. Dra. P'ierce's Golden Miedical Di".. -covery Is tine g:eattest of hlealth takers anid health savers. It Is the great blood.-inakej andt( hlih-u ildier. It mtakes thie appetite . keeni, thie digesttin anid assi inilation per feet, the liv~er activ'e, thie blood( lpuire, te ititseles stronig, the braiti clear, the nierves' I steady aiid every' vital orgaii in (lie body IthealthIy atid v'igorotts. It iiiakes frt i, .lhealthIy Ilesh,. butt (does not ihnake corpu,let't peopl le tuote corputlenit. It does not itnak e flabbyw flesh like cod liver oil. It purifies the( b'lood ai(n dives (out thie polisonts of iulia and rh11 leuitnatistin. It is (lie best retitedy for blood1( and skhlt diiseases. It. cures cf pe'r c('nt. of all1 eases of conIstupil. tI.oii. Grateful patie'nts, who hadtc been~ - givetn tipi to die, have perntlttcd their expet I enees, iianiies, addoresses anid phiotographls to lbe re produtced ini Dr. Pierce's Coititilit Sens M edical Adviser. Thle 'sifferer who wishes to tuvestigate. inny wirite to any 'of these. Th'le ' Goldeii Miedical D)iscov'ery' is sold by all Inedicine dlealers, anid onily uniscrupu111Otis deahors w~ill try to indue a cutstuier to take sotnie worthle (ss substitute for the sake of a few pennies addl(ed lilont. Seiid 2r oiie-ceint staltlps to cover ('(st of ilnailinig on/y, for a copy of Dr. P'ieree''s Ioo8 -page* Il lust ra ted book " Coti uon Senise Medical Advisuer," in nanier cov'ers. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, n3fa, N. o' -It is said that the hottest mines in the world are those of the famous Comstock lode. On the lower level the heat is so great that the men can not work over ton or fifteen minutes at a timo. i vory known means of regu lating the heat has been tried In vain. Ice melts before it reaches the bottom of the shafts. SOUTHERN RAILWATs ftmdensed Sohedule In Ea8 4 NOV. 15, 1890. BTATIONS. 0. * wnlia ............... "i roe perIt .. ... tin t! '*.....::.:. S n............... A.n<Ior.on . reenwoa) 4d . P eon ". .~ON -................... 10 06aml to .. . u . .a . 11 18 a rs VAnerso , . , . odge ......................2 ? roepwo4 .................... M av. o er . - ... .- ..... .. 8 pM v. od goa - p fle B TATIONS. * Ib I6a ...Ohaleson...A o.4c .11% 0. ".. . .........tu ... " 128 i .a w r" ....... .io ....... .' 265 7I ro tU1o p 8 0; lul8 .... Jlesvile . . 19 20p r a rl "tor.. . ac e.... 1 4 0 71 12p F8 @ a Qp r.. a partan urg Lv 6a 4ba 8p . pv.rrtan bure. Ar 11 40p 0pIAr.... Ashoville.... Lv 8 8 "P p. in. "A." a. m. tralne 9 !nd 10 c rt elegant Pullmws eping para et ween Qo1,,1mbla and Ashvillo roa aly bbtwee acksouville and Oinoin asti. Tran I vo Spartanburg A. & C. divioea orthoun 04 i.m., 847p. in., 6:18 p.mI. estt ule tnted); urthbnd 12:2 a. in.. p. m.. 1 i a. m., (Teetibule IiwiWd a n! feare Iroen . A. and . dtel rth~otud. i40a. m., :8 . m. apd 3:00 p. in. eeiue1 limited) y out lbernd 1:20 a. a. O. e - p. in. (Vesti bled Lniited). Pullman Servioe. en , on A a ioTrania fl an . RE11:N 1. M. rin EM .e r o ]Z'g' h n ton,ihi ton aalineoI As QAau tAg5(z LIMITED a1RA IN5 DOUBLE DAILY SERVICE To Atlanta, Charlotte, Augusta, Ath ens, Wilmington, New Oricans and New York, Boston, :Iich ton d, Wash ingtotl, Norfolk, I ortsmouth.-Sched ule in elfct Feb. 7, 1897. 50 U TiH H io N I). So. -1i3 N O.-1 lav New York.--...........I oiam P 00m Phlihlelphmia..........I 1'pm 12 t5am 11lah i more.............. . 15pm 2 5I..am wasington ,.............. .m~ .i :-0mam _ lioii,int........ . .. . 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No. .102 Lav Alanmta...............7 50pm*1 200nn m Lv Athens...............10) -12pm 3 Jlpm lhiertonm.... ..........233a:pm 4 I5pm A bhe,ville -.............. 1 40Jam 5i I5pm G;reenwiood............ 209am 5 -1pm We On Pianos, Organs an< Prices. We dlon't sit (down of moniey Ilke tI-e old1 fossilh on when they' won't pay the want to pulrchlase a Piano or us [and( weC will sell you. IA and best selected stock of P some of the best makel(s onl t1: to sell them. WVe g'uaran)tt than aniy other reliable dleale tune puIrchasers are easy. 0 rui red and( we makei Spot Cash Buyers we will si Organi ceanper from us8 thanih buLsineCss. W'e keep) colIn of smll inst rumlents, conIsi Mundll(olinls, Auit oharp)s, V'iolii parits, strintgs and( suplies f SewVIin aeinjes at ridicuil low you canI buty one0. Our s vocal and1( instrumnental, is k of tihe )ppular andl( upJ-to-date inneC. Yours tri A LEXA N DE R GREEWVir1 Ar Columbia C N & L It It.......t7 Om liesteror ...............4 43am 8 l1pm Ar (: arlutto vin A *8 3a1It 1 5 lon roo 8A L -..........U 0 05Uam 4,1 Iml ............. 8 15tn 11 23pt ArVJ 1gtil *230pin1 pl W0ni1 Raleighws...............I 2omun t) !G i - -........... .*135n11* 35am Ar irlmi via 8 A h - t - f j;-T7 8lnm LI rJi d ''''-............ 3 , * 5 W. U50111 8 1Gan1 Washingtor pr 815am liatltimorl 1,n 12 31p)m lladeimo. . 12 -8am 1 .i:prn New Yor 1r 3 0p Ar l'ortsmii~ - um (i23 Norfolk . - .... 5 50n 7 30am --l . ----- -.. O i,"l *7 0am Y fl)aily E"x. Standay, I)aily Ex. MIonday.suty."j1iyEx Nos. 403 anl 4r2, "Tlo Atlanta Holidi Vetil,ulo 'rain, witi3 Int 8t Ctal,"opore 1 Day Coaducs betwebetw un \n\aitttu an Atlinit . Also p at,, 8 s bt nn I'ort,inotIia nd tirt Chester r between Nos. 41 anHIMu,' *1TheuS* 'N'rutin ol' ' 'i0 8. A. L. I;x press," yoll hrla 1luIItn ita 8lcuhurs a nd D)ayC het weru 'ortsiuoutli andAtlttta. Coachee, I1o'r Tickets, Slcepors and Infoan tion apply to ticket agents, or to B. A. N.:\wrAND, General Agent, 1'ss. DepLt., 6 Kimball House, Atlanta, ,it. Gi:O. MIc'. nA'z"r1., Tray Pass. Agt., Charlotto, N. C. G S'r. .IIN, Vice-Pi'esfilent and V. l' Nc1.:1., Gieneal Superintci. dlent. . W. B. Cr,ovl.:t, TraIlc Manager. T. J. ANDI.ItSON, Uen'l 'assenger Agcnt. General Olliees: l'ortsmnouth, Va. COUTHERN RAILWAY, 1PIPE1 .N1V1 Al it .UMM. Cora4 m td Rok-mirl.ile of I'taeanger Tralas In 1iTot Ml y 's, 1ta7. Northbound. N"..2 "o. i8 ltl. No. 34 I,ally paily. *nn. UMily. *'~SLL''~U.. 1 1 68 p 4 . 9 roIa 11 to2j v At T 033 . c o.. . 1164 a 03' ..... rea.Ininster 121h 0-n. : Mr**I:o::.J 2 ::: . renkuvj ...le oeo ....... . " Putaubrg 8 y ..... ntr la ".k 6 '"l,. . harotto .. . . 9 r a _m. .. . 11 5 . .. 1 .0 , Ar. i)chmod . 00 200 a 6 40 ae. bih l atV e .. . . J a . . hlew dY lr b... ... ..J ' 48 m . . asnthbound- No. 351Ne. 87 Dlallv. Dal l,.UNl 1 tn ,m '. .. 6 n 9 9 0 p..... 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If. yo an Organi come and( see e~ have onl hand the largest ianfos ini the State, inicludingr e market, and( we are going me our prices to beC lower r. will make Our terms far lily a snmll cash panyment le sailing smooth. For ty, you can buy a Piano or from any concern in the itly on h)andI a full stock Nting of Guitars, Banjos, is, &c. Also the various L)r same. WVe are selling ously low prices. If~ you I you will be surprised how [ock of sheet music, bo0th t full, anid you can get any songs and music at any 'ly, BROS & Gt)., Ai. S. 0.