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THEPOPE'S JURNL . VOL. 7.---NO- 31- PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1897. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. Aunti Ma " What a sad face your washwoman bas, Helen," Aunt Mary remarked across the dinner table. " Has she ?" laughed her niece, pretty Mrs. Walford. "I hadn't noticed. But I know she is dreadfully slow about her work. She is always two or three hours behind the neigh borhood in getting the clothes on the line. 1 wouldn't keep her only that she is so careful and particular." "To be particular and do the work well is a goad deal to be said for any one these helter-skelter days. She doesn't look strong ; do you know any thing about her circumstances?" asked Aunt Mary. "'Not a thing," Mrs. Walford an swered. "I pay her when the work is done, and ask her no questions about her affairs. I don't know that it Is any of my business." " And yet you belong to several charitable societies," Aunt Mary sug gested softly. "Ono of them, I think you said is called the 'Helping Hand.'" "Oh, the 'Helping Hand' is very ex clusive, Aunt Mary," said Mr. Wal ford, lightly. " You have to reach a certain genteel notch before the tips of its aristocratic lingers are held out to you." " Arthur Is always ridiculing us," Helen said, a little petulantly, " but we have done a great deal of good, Aunt Mary, I can assure you; and even a society must draw a line somewhere, you know." " Yes, I suppose so," Aunt Mary as sented, " though I know very little about such things. I never belonged to a so:;ity in my life." " Never belonged to a society !" Mrs. Walford exclaimed in astonish ment. " But you seem so familiar with charitable work ; how have you carried it on ?" "The little I have ever accom>lish ed has been by individual effort,' said Aunt Mary modestly. "You must visit our societies, and see how superior organized work is," Mrs. Walford said, rising. "And oh, yes, Aunt Mary, as you are going to be here, will you give the woman this half dollar for me when her work is dono ?" Ab she took the money, Aunt Mary said, impulsively, "Does she do that large washing for fifty cent ?" and then added, hastily, as Mrs. Walford's face flushed, "Excuse me, Helen, I spoke thoughtlessly, but I have so many things to be washed to-day that I think I ought to add to this." "My visitors never pay for their washing, Aunt Mary ; it belongs with the family wash, of course ; but you must please yourseif. ' A couple of hours later, Aunt Mary, going to the kitchen, found the woman waiting, her thin face pale and drawn, and tired lines around her lips and eyes. It was a delicate, refined face, with a gently patience in it that touch ed Aunt Mary's kind heart. She arose and took off her sun bonnet as Aunt Mary entered. "You look very tired," Aunt Mary said, gently. " Don't be in a hurry to go. Como out on the porch and rest awhile in one of the rockers." " No, thank you, I can not stop. I am needed at home," then as Aunt Mery put a dollar in her hand, she added, anxiously, "I can not change it; haven't you a half dollar ?" " You had so many of my clothes, to day, I think you have earned the dollar)" Aunt Mary said, smiling. An eager look flitted across her face, and she answered. "It is not usual, I believe, to pay for a few extra things, and I oughtn't to take it, but I need it so much, and a half dollar more would-'' she stoppled, ilushing scarlet, and turned nervously to the door. Aunt Mary laid a detaining hand on on her arm, and said with gentle sympathy, " Don't think me intrusive but will you not tell me your trouble ? I am sure you are carrying a burden ; let me share it." The sudden tears gushed forth, and the poor creature sank sobbing into a chair ; but she quickly controlled her self and looking up wistfully, said, " I don't often give way like this ; I hope you will excuse it in me." Aunt Mary nodded, stroking the1 tollworn hand she held. -P' Things are very hard with us just now," she went on, " My husband has had no work, only an odd job or so, since the shops closed last year. We have four children, and I am not very strong and so slow at my work, that we can hardly get enough for them to eat." " You are a conscientious worker," Aunt Mary ir.terposed, " haven't the societies helped you ?" " A little at first," the woman an swered, " but they seem to think we are not. deserving and that my husband is idle and shiftless. Heaven knows he would thank fully take anything to do, so that he could be earning some thing. Oh why do they not have -work enough, some how or other, so that all the poor men could take care of their families. The poor must have work or starve, if they are too proud and honest to beg or steal." She spoke w ith p)assionate earnestness;i then started up suddenly adding, " I must go., I ought to have geno at once. Oh ma'am, you will understand what a heartache I have, and how grateful I am to you for this extra half dollar, when I toil you that my little ones have had nothing but a scanty break fast of potatoes to-day, and will have nothing until I get home. Robble, the oldest one, is a cr ipple, and takes care of the rest while I am away." " Why didn't you tell us that your * children were going hungry ?" Aunt * Ma..'y said, as she rapidly packed a basket with food. " It is wicked to let them suffer and not speak of it." " Nobody ever spoke to mue about it .before," the woman answered, " and it is very hard to make peoplio listen when they do not want to. I have tried to, sometimes, but I couldn't force my troubles on them when they didr't care. I've wished so many times that c ~ ould have the broken pieces of food for my children that I see thrown away at places where I work." ry's /Tay. " Send your husband he in the morning," Aunt Mary said. "T1'hey need a man to do chores, and take care of the gardon, and I will see that he gets the place. The pay will not be very much, not more than ten or fif teen dollars a month ; but that will help you a little.'' "Oh, ma'amn, it will be like a for tune to us. Ten dollars will more than got our food, and to have it com ing steady-, oh, you don't know what a help it will be ! 1 wash for the rent, and sometimes both of us together manage to got enough besides, to keep the children warm, and something for them to eat; but often they've had to go hungry. I only wish I could thank you for all your goodness and-" " Never mind," Aunt Mary in terrupted kindly, putting the basket in her hand, " we all must try to help each other." "I have hired a man for you, Arthur," Aunt Mary remarked that evening. " Hired a man for me !" he repeated in surprise. " Yes," she answered smiling, " I am going to be with you for some time, and I want a good deal of waiting on, getting the horse and buggy ready for my rides, etc. I will see that ho is paid ; he is coming in the morning." " I have often thought of havint some one to keep the placeo in order," he replied, "and I think I shall attend to paying him myself. But come now, Aunt Mary, there is something behind this. What is it ?" And she told them the washwoman's story : told its so pathetically that Helen's eyes ran over; and her husband whistled softly. When she finished be exclaimed, "Why, I might have given the man work long ago if I had known! That's what you call indi idual effort, is it. Aunt Mary ? I think it a grand way to do charitable work. Why, it is just giving a hand to the one nearest you who may be in trouble and want. That poor soul has been coming here for months, struggling silently with her burden, and we have never given her a kind word oven. I like your way, Aunt Mary, and I am going to begin practicing it at once. I remember that our grayheaded old porter at the store has looked downcast for a long tihe, and I've joked him about being 'blue.' To-morrow morning I mean to find out his trouble and help him if 1 can." Aunt Mary patted his shoulder ap provingly as she said, "That is It, Arthur, just give a hand to lighten the burden of the one nearest you. - If all would do that with kind'ness and sympathy, the hard times would bear less heavily everywh6ro." Aunt Mary's way is a good way. Try it. CIEVELAND AND PEitRY. "Of' the Pew, Immortal Names that Were Not Born to Die."-- Cleveland the Pioneer and Soldier, Perry the Patriot and Statesman. Dr. Muench, of Charleston, is con tributing a series of sketches for the Sunday News of that city, and the fol lowing tribute to Col. 1en Cleveland and Maj. Ben Perry deserves a perusal by our readers. He is writing about Fort Moore, which was situated at the confluence of the Tugaloo and Chatuga rivers in O-once County : Not very far from the site of the fort, whercof the hand of time has ,obliter ated every trace, stands the homestead of another participant in the same war, the home of Col.. Banjamin Cleve land. if any particular man were to be chosen as a representative of the moun taineers of South Carolina as they showecd themselves in the Revolution ary war, and as many of their descend ants even now are found to be, it is this man. Of extraordinary size, (his weight nigh 500 pounds), of a muscular strength almost incredible, of an en durance of toil, of hunger and thirst unequalled, he combined with the qualitics a fearlessness and courage, a presence of mind and a directness of judgment, a truthfulness and honesty of character, that in reading of him we verily believe to have the picture of Hercules p)resented to us. Though having never in his life attended a school, he managed by self-study and alplication to acquire sullicient edluca tion to become a land sur'vcyor, and later on, when elected Judge of the District Court at NInety-Six, though he had never rocad law, his decisions wore invariably marked by clear judg ment and correct legal views, lie must have been a man of great authority and influence among his p)eople, wvhich is proven by the fact that, while the names of other contempJorar-ies of his are forgotten, not only his name, but even countioss stories ab)out him live even in the present time among the peop1)o. So in Wilkes County, where ho first settled, you can still hear of his feats of valo", of his lights wit,h Ind ians, Tories and wild boasts, p)erformecd in his lonely wanderings over the mountains in the pursuit of his calling as land surveyor ; so also his 'upccch, addressed to his command before the battle of King's Mountain, is the only one of all the addresses delivered else where during the R.evolutionary war that has been deemed worthy of pre servation by the Historian ltamsay, as it is characteristic of the man, on account of its torsensam andl elo quence. In Oconco County, whither the hero emigrated about 1785, Col. Cleveland's memory is perpetuated in various sto ries about his judicial career, all point ing to his natural sense and his strict administration of justice, irrespective of lawyers and law books ; how, for in stance, on one occasion ho told the men who brought a horse thief before him and asked him what to do with the cul prit to take him out and hang him on the nearest tree, which was according ly done in the Colonel's very yard ; how he would often fall asleep during the lengthy arguments of the lawyers and, in conseqjuenco of his obesity, snor< aloud, but when awakened, give hit decisions with as great a nTlan as if he had been the most attentive listener to all the proceedingi3 of the Court. While this beautiful spot on thc banks of the Tugaloo, with its exten sive prospect over one of the fairest and most fertile valleys that can be met with anywhere, and with its back ground of dark and bold mountains, deeply contrasting with the brightness of light and vivid colors of the fore ground.marks the residence of the "Old Itoman" during his riper years, and al so has in its keeping his final resting place, adorned by a modern monument, another place further up the river, of like loveliness and wealth of rural charms, is the birthplace and was for sixteen years the playground for the childlike and youthful sports of one who has also and most deservedly re ceived that same surnamo, although he carved it in the course of a life wholly ditfering from that we have just described-a life devoted to the noblest and loftiest purposes of peace ful times, to "duty and right," and characterized at the samo time by a charm of refinement, a love for literary work, and especially for historical re search, so that while as to the former he was perhaps Cleveland's equal, as to the latter he was clearly his supe rior. It was EX GOVEl1NO1t 1t. F. PERRY, who was born hero November 20, 1805, and lived hero at his father's farm un til his lmth year, when he departed from his paternal homestead to attend school and afterwards to enter upon his life-career, the pursuit of law, in the city of Greenville. But, though from the very commencement of his vocation, the most arduous duties de volved upon him as an attorney, editor and statesman, each single calling of which would scom to tax a man's time and power to the utmost, ho would, as often as a little leisure was alforded to him, repair to the scenes of his child hood and early youth, and Go forth under the open sky-and list To Nature's teachings, while from all around Earth and her waters, and the depths of air Caie a still voice One place, however, of all that he had been wont to frequent in his earlier years he was now seen to avoid as if distasteful to his friendly feelings, to his finely-chorded sensibility, to his eminent humane nature IIATTON'S FORD ISLAND, In the Tugaloo river, half way between Col. Cleveland's and his own native homestead. In selecting this place, half reluctantly, half triumphantly, as the only opportunity still open to us for wreathing and laying upon his beautiful grave mound in the cemetery ci Chrt Church, t Grunviiie, the humble garland of our homage and ad miration, we are moved to make this choice by the consideration that a host of witnesses, friends and foes alike, have, as by an avalanche of eulogy rarely bestowed upon one single man, so exhaastively dwelt upon every trail of his lofty character, so eloquently ex tolled his manly firmness and stcad fastness in times that tried men's souls, so charmingly described the loveliness of his home life, that unless we would descend to the thankless task of "car rying coals to Newcastle," there is left to us no opportunity of contributing our tiny pebole to the majestic cairn of enconium raised to the memory of his virtues and his eminent attain ments, save alone the deductions drawn to his honor from the episode that transpired upon this lonely island in the Tugaloo river-an episode whlich, though undeserved and unavoidable on his part, yet cast a dark shadow over his entirely clear and unsullied life ".like a stark Nemesis of enrvious Fate T1o make us feel we are but men-:, cani ne'er be gods ! and of which he would neither speak hImself, nor would, from due reverence to his lie's sorrow, his friends, yea! even his adversaries, descrate it by even so much as one mention of the fatal occurrence, as long as Governor Perry wvas living! This island in the Tugaloo wvas the scene of the duel, in 1832, between Mr. Blynum, the editor of a Nullification p)aper, published in Greenville, and Mr. Perry, who advocated the opposite side of that molitical qluestion In his p)aper, The Montaincer-a dunel to which the latter was forced wholly against his will and inclination, and which resulted In theo(leath of the former. We will not ham-row the tender feel ings of our readers by a minute descrip tion of the dread incident, so wholly at variance with the prmogress ,of our boasted civilization, nor would we with our firm belief in man's better andl kin dIred nature, entertain for a moment the suppJositlon, lately adlvancedI, th at political animosity had gone so far as to proemoditiate the death of Bynum 's op)ponent,, hut what we will (10, what we here will endeavor to p)oint out as ICx-Governor Perry's everlasting merit about mankind, Is to say that he by this silent yet most eloquent detesta tion of the duel, as a b)arbarous relic of ancient times, notwithstanding the manly courage he manifested on the tis spOciaSl unfortunate alfair, by the impressiveness of his noble example of tacit condemnation of the ridiculous custom, has more than any legislator contributed to ridding mankind of this nightmare of hallucination in seeking redress and vengeance for their- wreng up)on the the so-called field of honor ! -Not long ago great numbers of Australia's huge army of unemployed were attracted. by stories of fabul ous gold panning at P apua, in New Giuina. Their ranks have been thinned by mur' der, starvation andl fatal swamp~ fevers. Tio make matter's worse, every native who helped a white man wasi marked for the tomahawk. l"inally the whites werec raided at night andl put to death with tormahaw ks. The Government has sent milIitar-y police to surround the natives and shoot, if necessary. -A countryman who had lost his wife asked an editor- to write her obituary. "Gentle and lovable, was she?'' asked the editor. "Well tol' able--'coptln' when she waz riled.' "What was her age' "She never did toll It. All I know is, she wal nurty luvly for her -ge. THIE WICATIIER AND CROPS. Valuable Information to Those Inter ested in F'arming Operations. The following is the weekly bullotir issued by the weather bureau in Co lumbia as to the condition of the crops in this State: COLUMIA, S. C., Aug. 17, 1897. The temperaturo during the past week, kept within comparatively nar row range, the maximum generally ranged betweon 87 and 94 with an ex treme maximum of 102 on the 12th at Beaufort. Teho minimum ranged about 70 although the lowest s as 52 on the 10th at Liberty. The averago for the week was 78 while the normal for the same period is approximately 79. It was decidedly cooler over the extreme western portion of the Stato,than in the central and eastern portions. The rainfall for the weok was gen orally in the form of showers where any fell, for quito largo areas in the extreme western, the central and the southern counties were without rain the entire week, or at least until last Saturday, thol 14th. A few correspondents stated that rain was needed while generally the ground had plenty of moisture. In addition to the showers of Saturday and Sunday afternoon, ( 1th and 15th) a general rain set in early Monday morning so that the rainfall defici ency, where it existed has been fully supplied. A few reports of excessive rain were received. Twenty-two weekly ineas urements of loss than one inch were receivod, l' of from 1 to 2 inches, and 2 of over 2 inches. The average of these 30 measurements is 0.79 while the normal for the past week is about 1.50. A severe hail and wind storm oc curred in lower Hampton on the oven ing of the 141th, accompanied by heavy rain, and injuring field crops seriously oicr a limited area. The winds of the week wore goner ally light. The sunshine varied greatly over different sections, the estimated per centage of the possiblo ranged from 20 to 90 with an average of ie which is somewhat below a normal amount for this season. This deficiency in sun shine was apparently favorable on field crops. There is a great diversity in the tone of the reports for tho week, the cor respondents being about equally divided in cailing the week a favorable or an unfavorable one. As a general rule the best reports come from the west ern -portions of the State where in places '' the crops are magnificeut." Worms have appeared in many of the eastern counties in large numbers, and from meagre discriptions fur, nished. it, is upposed to be the army worm. They have destroyed much grass, for hay in Williamsburg, Ker +haw, Ucrkeley, Colleton and Be.au fort counties and in places have at tacked corn, rice and,cotton. Their in crease in numbers during the weel was alarmingly rapid. They have alsc made their appearance in a number o other counties but as yet in no threat ening force. Corn varies in condition with locality and soil, and the culture it received, but that portion of the crop already made is very nearly if not quite up to an average. Late corn is still very promising and will be greatly Improved by the recent rains. Fodder pulling is making rapid progress over the eastern counties, w here it is nearing completion, ard extending gradually westward where the'crop is much later this year than usual. Chinch bugs continue to damage corn in Chester. Fodder was saved In good condition. Cotton was not uniformly affected by the last week's weather ;many reports indicate a seasonable improvement, and fully as many note deterioration, due chiefly to excessive shedding of squares and some boils, seome rott,ing of boils, while on sandy lands thc p)lant is .rapidlyidylng and consequent1o has quit nutting on fruit. Rust alse has developed over large areas with greatest injury noted in Sumter, Wil Iliamsburg, Clarendon, and Chester, although not confined to thoso coun tics. The crop Is best in the west ern counties, and Marlboro, Marion, and the northeastern counties gener ally. Toov much "' weed '' with too little frunit is aconmnon complaint, but cotton generally is heavily fruited. Picking is as yet confined to the more castoerly counties, although the early var-letles at-c opoening in the central and western counties. lick ing will not be genoeral for some time to come. A n increase in size of boils noted since rains of p)revious week. An insect is puncturing tihe bolls and r-uining them in Edgefleld. More or less shieddeing is repor-ted from a majority of the counties. Sea-Island cotton lmp)roved and shed ding less than last week. Tobacco curing making rap)id pro gress. Somne plantors have finishied. Weorms damaging late plants. Peas are dloing well, Cutting pea vine hay has begunm In sarnwell. Rice Is rip)ening rapidly arnd whet-c not injumrel b)y caterpmillIars is in promnis ing conditIon. TJ.urnij) sowing continues and better stands have been attained from the later seedIngs. A large acreage will be planted. Sorghum grinding and boilIng has begun In some sections. Sweet otatoes doing well gener ally, except in portions of Spartan b)urg, and will bo a large crop. Scu ppor-nong grapes ipen intg. l'igs are plentiful. Melons abundant andl c1 good qluality in the western counties Le Conte pear treos full of fine fruil in Chesterfield. P'astures alford excellent grazing In the garden truck (districts ground is being p)rep)aredl for fall vegetables. I J. W. iIA Ua-m, D)irector. --Advilces from the far East say tha Mayon volcano, situated in the extrema south of the l 'f!lippine Island of Luazon in the prtovince of Albay, 2.731 metre above the sea level, has boenin violon erup)tion since mJun 26;. 'rho towns o Libon, B3acacy a.nd Malipot are thrioat ened with dostr-uction. Flfty-ei: bodies have been recovered, hut t,hi fate Is unknown of the people livIng o1 the sides and at the foot of the mnoun tain, whor-c the loss of life has p)rolJ ably bann vn,ry henav. TIIE 11AIWEST IS LAUtGlH. Bill Arp Writes About the Crops anc Looks for Bettor Tinies-Politic Has Nothing to Do With It. "1 don't complain When the Lords send raim. When the tanks in the sky run over; For the rain you know MAlkes (he corn to grow, Andt gives a lift to the clover." But my humble friend Cobo says we've had 'bout enuf and he wiants it t< stop right now. "We've had a 'bund anceo," says Cobe, "and i'm afeord there won't be any nubbins to feed the steers on this winter and no seed tators to plant next spring." Another one-horse farmer says he is afeord he will make more cotton than ho can get picked out. Was there cover such a bountiful crop year ? Wheat, corn, cotton, pota toes and fruit ' Mr. ltoterts, who farms on Pumpkin Vino Creek, says ho ft3ols sure of 1,000 bushels of corn from one field of ten acres--that he can select one or two acres that will yield 12t bushels each and there are several squaro rods that will make a bushel to the rod. That would make lik) bushls p>er acre, if every rod was as good. Mr. tooorts is no brag. lie is a conserva tive, truthful man and a good farmer Mr. Akorman made twenty-two bush. els of wheat to the acre right in th< suburbs of the town and he has mor< beautiful fruit than was over growr here before. Our market is running over with good things--apples, peaches, pears, grapes and melons. Country wagons drive to the residences every day loaded with delicious fruit and you can buy at your own prico, for the sup ply is greater than the demand. Wo luxuriate on soft peaches and cream, which is the next best thing to straw berries and cream, and we buy line, large cantaloupes at a nickel apiece. Old folks lose their relish for met, but they never get tired of fruit. I was ruminating about the kindness of I'rov ideneo in arranging the succession to suit our health and appet,ite. Straw berries, raspberries, dowberries, huck leberries, blackberries, Juno apples, cherries and t,hen peaches and grapes, with melons thrown in, and before long the town will be iiooded with apples. Oh, the jelly and jam and preserves that my folks have put up, and the sugar that 1 have had to pay for. Thank goodness, I bought it before thle Mc Kinley trust cornered the market. A clever Itepubliean neighbor told me that the Alnitlhty was smiling on the land because good inen were now in power and he I uoted Scripture w h icl said whenithe righteous are in power the people rejoice. "Yes,'' said 1, "the devil can quote Scripture to suit his purpose. )avi undorstood the situat,ion When he said 'I have seen the wicked in great power spreading himself like a green ha tree, yet he passed away, and lo he wa not." I don't think the Lord Is paying much attention to Congress or the ad ministration, but Hie does seem to hav pity on the people, and Is showering blessings upon them. Thorc was a canipmooting story thal old Allan Turner told when I was a boy that I have not forgotten. lie was preaching about the perils of riches and said there was a good old darky who had a kind but un-Christian and skeptical master, and he tried in his humble way to convert him, but his master only laughed at him and one day said to him: "Now, Uncle Jack, if the Lord is so wise and so good and loves us all so much as you say, what makes him lot Jim Austin get so rien and keep on buying more land and more nigger and mulos, when you know thai Jim Austin is the meanest man in the county. lie swindles his neighbors and opplresses the poor. Hie drinks an( gaml)s and curses, but everything h<( touches makes hima richer and richer [low (d(4 you explainOthiat ?" "'Master ! master !" said Uncle Jack '"dat is all jes' so amid it,'s becaus' dIL Lord don't koer nothin'ab)out Jim Aus. tin, his name ain't on (10 hoofr. No, sir, do Lord ain't payin' nio 't.ontion to him at all and do debil is runnina' 1him1. No, master ! I tell yon how it is. When do Lordi take a lik in' to a man and got his name on do hook, lie don't let h im git fat and slick like Jim Austin. Whomi (10 Lordl loveth He chastisethi, and dat,s de reason your ginhouso git burned up and your buggy mare (die, andl may be dats why M iss J1uliann take sick away oif at school and come homc in do collPn. She was a loissed child, she was, andl scorns to me dat some times away in (1o night I hear hem callin' you. Master, old .Jack don't like to trouble you about (dose t'ings and ht wouilent if your name wassont on dc boo0k." Uncle Allen used to finish upl the story with tihe master's conversion and Jim Austin being killed. llettorLtimes'are comIng, sro enough, but polities has nothing to do with It. Politics didient give us a great crop of wheat and1( a short crop) in Idurope. My friend Kir'kpatrick, of Atlanta, says these revulsions in trade and p)rospormity go by cycles of seven years and that our cycle of distress amnd disaster has about exlpirod. lie almost provos it hby reference to the past and tells how the faIlure of Jlay Cooke precipitated thc oanic of '73, and our trouble lasted seven years, arid the failure of flaring firothers broughlt on tIle next. p)ani< and that lasted seven yenurs. flut wheat and cot,ton are illing thi( farmers' pockets with money and b3 the time th is cotton crop is mlarketot a new era of pr1osperity will be fairil on us. Within the last three month, the rmining businless has revived in oul county and labor is In dlemanid ; nobody noillhor white or black, is going abou begging for work in tis region. ,1 havent seen a trampl in six months Tihe gardens are teeming with vegeta bios and the ilowers are ni ore beautifu and more abunldanit thlan ever before but McKinIley dident do it, nor th triiT, nor his party. If they won' undo it is all we ask. Juet let tiling alone. They are determined to humi] iate the Southl, but as long as the Lor. smiles on us we will be content. flHrLL Aru. - --A new use hars boen discovered fe hops, namnoly, tile curing of bacon. I is found that a sprinkling of hops) in th brine when bacon and hams are pt - in plekklo adlds gr-eatly to the flavor < - both, andi enables thorm to be kept a indefinite neriod. We Expect to If you (1o not get to must not falil to comle to s and all i cordial invitati pleasure in showing you of goods as it has ever bc see in these parts. W e i fall trade, and sllll enden terest, one and all, to give are now oflring Some Rare Barg( In unseasonable goods. We certain lot of Men's Plr lLats, ranging in p ti;e. each. We are beginning to re right hero that it will pay you to II to the Itacket, and know for you RCACK NT STORE'l for one dollar. are not stuck on us much, 1. e., not not stop until you are safo in the St want and as cheap as you can buy at Wishing for you, one and all, g Bryan's I"roe Silver, with Une Sa your servants to please, NEW YORK R Ensley, R. C. TILLMAN aON TIE )ISPI'CNSAiY. lIe )enomuncos t ho Manageimient of' iho State Heartl ol'Contvrol-Cha rges the Preachors with IIlipng tio Ilevll and Sinonit on. Senator Tillman addressed an audi enco of I,50() people at Wagener's on the lith Inst. in the interest of the new county scheine of I,disto. lie showed the advantages of small counties, and said that If ho lived in the proposed territory he would vote for the new county, but he wanted the people to think over the matter and act for their own butt inter(-4t. Ie muade a long an .l forcible speech in the interest of the dispensary. H10 Charged the present hoard of coLtrol with incompetency, and said that the election of the board I should he t.akani sawiy frlitm the Legis lature, as It was alhost impossible) to scoure good mnen so long as there wr,s so much "log rolling' among the mum 3 bers for their friends. One anat would say, you vote for m11 and I will voto for your ian ; hence the inevitable resu!t is tihe selection of mlen unfit for the position. lie said that while somno of the mombers of the present board wore is personal friends, and all of them his political frlenla, he lid not propose to lot that hiniidoi' hiin from telling the plain truth in reference to their management of tihe dispensary. llo said that they should all resign and give way to muon who could and would run the dispensary as the great business concerns are run-on businu5s principles ; that the peoplo need not expoet the best results where theroe was so much bickerings and disagrement. le was In favor of electing the board by the popile. andi thought that the Governor should have the power to re move a dispenser immediately-that where so great an ilnterest was at stake arb)itrary power had to h)0 exercised by somonfe 0or tihe Interest of ti1,bpeopl would sulfer; whero' tIhe re'sponsibilIity was divided you wold have noe ofl to hoid to an accouintabiility. lie claimed that the enforcement, of theo law should1( lbe given to the Governor, as hie has char'go of the constabulary. Ile paIid his rospec0ts- t Judt(gO SIimIon ton in veiry forciblo lnguage. 110 said thlat tile ver'y best lawyr's Inl thle Unitod St,ates Senate t,old h im that Si mlonlton's deOcision was contrary to law, and for' thlat r'eason they voted unan i mously ior hh: dispensary bill In tile Senate. Ile claims thlat tile bill will pass when Congress meets, lie was chlarged withl slandering the pro'achlers, but, all thlat 1h0 had said aboult them was that a groeat, manyf of tiheml in thiri z,eal for prolihiition wore hel1ping theo devil, saloon koeopors and Si mon ton to choke the dlispenlsary to dleathl. Ile said thlat none1 of thle preachI ors could( show anlywher'o in tile Bi1ble where whliskey dr'inking was conl Th'ie llev. HIiramI Blaggot took Issue with himi and a sicy cooq(uIy was the Mr. liaggot ."The good Hookosaid that no 'drunk ard could ontor the king dom." Senator TilIlman :'"It is thle abuse, not tile usc, of whiskey thlat the Bible condomnis, and I can show you hund1(1rods of paussages in the liibile where( tile use of wh11Iskey antd wine is sustairned by D)ivine authorit,y.'' Tile Senat,or claims that thle preach ers and p)rohibitionists arie conitend(ing for an ideal whichb is impIossIile of fui lilment. "'If you cannot get your Ideal, do not help the saloon keepers 'to defeat the dis pensar'y," saId tihe Senator fIercely. lie took a hland primary en the dis pensary, and over three-fourths of tile people votedl to sustain thle dlispenlsary. Senat,or Tillmnan hlas cortainly lost no ground with the country pleopile. They gave him an enthusiastic reopd tion. Some one asked him how about tihe - taiIf and direct taxes? I le said that we were compelled te ,have p)rotection to raise revenue, and 3 that he was opposed to direct taxes, ai t, direct taxes would have to be lovied or B p)opulation, and the rich man would - pay no0 more taxes th)an the poor man, I "IIow do you stand on the Senatorla race?" asked some'one In the audience "I decline to answer," said the Sena tor. "I advised you all last year tc r elect Evans and you would not do It t and I can't see how you can expect m< e to take sides against any of the candi t dates, as they are all Roformers, and if you must decide for yourselves without u any interferenco froml mae." 1ie cilosod amid great apnlause. Try Ourselves F A LL! Easley before Fall, you cc us. We give to one on, alnd will take great its nice and as cheap line en your good fortune to tre preparing for a big vor to make it to your in us your patronage. We -inS - - ly can interest you ! We have one rico from $1.25 to $1.75, all to go at ccive our PALL GOODS, and say )ld to your dollars until you can got rsel f how much you can buy at the We aro awaro that our competitors in love with us. But be euro you do we where you can buy what you nywhere. !51 success, and William Jennings u's seal, I. Pluribus Unun, wo are ACKET STORE, CLYI)E & NALLY, Proprietors. 1HOW IT EELS TO DROWN. 'ho Experienco (,1'a Young Man Who Was Rescued from a Horrible Deat h. Cassell's Iagazine. " Drowning is a pleasant death " is a remark constantly made by those who never gulped down salt water into the delicate tissues of their lungs. I was bathing in rough weather on the beach of a watering place in Northern Prance. Swe pt out to sea, I struggled, sank, became insonsible, and was saved by the courage and skill of a gallant i"renchman--who wrote his name that day in my mother's Now Testament as a memorial of the rescue. This was all. The circumstances were ordinary. A thousand such may occur every year. l'yschologically, however, there are points of Interest which rise princi pally from the fact that I remember all that happened during a period of timo w hich may have boon four or live minutcs, but which appeared to be as inany hours. Almost imnodlate;y I entered the water the much-resounding roar of the waves struck me as desolating and sorrowful-full of foreboding and terror. Ashamed of this fancy, I in stinctively but foolishly fought my way seaward, and was promptly out of my depth, not because I intended to run any risk, for I could not swim, but be cause the strong current had scooped out a hollow in the sandy bottom, which had six feet of water on the top of it. Tumbled over by the waves, the concontrated agony of the moment wnon the water closed over my head for the Brst time cannot be described. it was the bitterest point of the stuggle. Cruel and omnipotent force without. warning or reason, surrounded me, and my frantic and determined efforts to escape only increased the I)ent-ulp passion to cease holding my breath and to inhale once more. I felt instinctively, as I writhed in the cold, black water, that i once i succumbed to the temptat,ion to expel my breath, which almost burst the ribs in my angry efforts to retain it, the end would come ; that I should be compel lod to breathe inward while covered with the prcssing salt water. At this time I must have given way and the drcaded stream of air-bubbles rose to the surface. A fow wocks before I had watched the drowning of a cat in the clear water of a running stream. The animal was tethered to a stone, and had fought with upturned face for liberty. When the bubbles rose in a silver fountain from the corners of its mouth, it stoodl at the bottom swaying in the gentle current, turned over, and after One final struggle gave up the ghost. This scone camne vividly before me. I thought of this wretched cat, and was half amused to think that my case was the case of the eat. There wias nio fear! The actual circu)mstanlc( filled my attention and the piteous longing to escape and the inability of my efforts suddenly became subordi nated to the feoling of intolerable pain. i'ycs, chest, limbs were all one solid Just then I touched the sandy bot tomn with my fingers and knee, and hastily snatched a handful of sand and water to thrust in my mouth to end this struggle for air. All I 'Wanted was to end the pain. No thought of dleatih, excep)t as an interesting and immnatcrial factor in the si'tuation camn over me. It is true that I re mnembored that I should' be missed wvhen dinner tino caine and I was found missing ; and thinking of the home pleople, I thought of a blue tie I hadl left on a chest of drawers in my bedr'oom, which I had intended to put on. TIhen, suddenly, I found my eyes above water for a second, and I saw two blurred fingers near. On this I sank ngain, and was conscious of re latxing effort and sinking out of a con scious state to one in which one dreamed without knowing what the dreams Friomi this I awoke in groat pain in the centre of a crowd on the beach, whither my rescuer had borne me. My first thought was one of infinite and unreasoning shame, but the nausea cauaodi by swallo wing so muchi salt water qjuickly brought me back to earth again. -Some idos of the vast extent of the surface of the earth may be obtained when it Is noted that if a lofty church steolo is ascondeCd, anp the landscape visible from it looked at, 900,000 such landscapes must be viewed in order that the whole earth may be seen.