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r 7 V THE WEEKLY LEDGER, 1THU8IIKI) KVKKV FRIDAY BY Th< I.imeatone Printing and Publiihinf C«. Incorporated. $1.50 per Year. R. O. SAMS, - - Editor. FRIDAY, MARCH 61, 1864. PREPARING FOR THE SUMMER. In time of j>eaee prejmre for war, is good and sound advice. It is eco nomical too, l)otli of money and of life. It is not the strong and well- equipped nation that is apt to he in sulted or attacked; hut the weak, 'r- resolutc and defenseless. So it is among individuals; so also among cities. During the winter months there is narrow and very filthy. As the poet stood on the hanks of the Rhine that Imtlied the walls of the city, and no ticed the refuse that it bore away, he composed the following lines: “The river Rhine, it is well know n, Doth wash your city of Cologne; But tell me, Symphs! what power di vine Shall henceforth wash the river Rhine?” There is purifying power in running water as it ripples over rocks, or forces its way through over-hanging boughs, or among growing vegetation, or helps to feed the tinny tribe that sport in its depths, as the sunlight shines upon its surface, or the winds of heaven curls into its foam. This, perhaps, the poet did not know, hut^ there a_t*w v VCT'Divine likely to be an accumulation <>f debris,--tluit can anH ernes cleanse even the along ojf-ietrer-tTjTndon our premises, "’UWaonly await the summer sun to five out noxious odors, hearing death on the wings of the wind. Could we, with microscopic eye, look into a rag heap, or into a pig-sty, or into the neglected earth itself around our own doorways, or into the litter even that has been swept into some forgotten corner, we would stand aghast and wonder how we could live at all in the presence of such destruction. Vast strides have been made within the last few decades in the depart- pa rtment of surgery alone. And what has perhaps contributed more than anything else to this success, lias been the insistence of extreme cleanliness; cleanlincssmi the part of j the patient, on the part of the opera- ! tor, cleanliness of the knives and in struments and bandages, that are used, and in the subsequent care be stowed upon th • patient. Charleston, in years long gone by, used to dread the approaching sum mer, fearing that scourge of tropical climates—yellow fever. But Charles ton is different today. Her sewerage system invites the waters of her har bor to cob and flow through her num erous underground channels. Thus, twice in twenty-four hours, is she cleansed of her wreck of life. And today Charleston, with her artesian wells, her well-built cisterns, and her excellent sanitary arrangements, feels comparatively safe. With our increased and increasing population, we need to look more closely than ever after the health of our town. Let a board of health be appointed; grant it larger pow ers; help it all you can in carry ing out its plans, and enjoy a sum mer uninterrupted by the physician’s call. | WATER WORKS. We expect to write on this subject until our people are alive to the ne cessity of taking action for their own comfort, for their own safety. Our wells are not deep. They will not average fhirC, feet. This makes it very convenient to use the windlass or the pulley, or the elevator, but it is also very convenient as a drain to receive impurities dissolved by rain or snow or it percolates through the soil. We drink we know not what. However sparkling the water from your well might look, however re freshing it might be. it is not always safe to drink it. We need on central, elevated reser voir, filled from the purest source within easy .each, and then filtered by the most approved method. Water thus secured and thus treated, is known to la* deprived of most of its life-destructive germs. We consider our lives valuable to our families, to our community, to ourselves, and they are valuable, for Hod has given us life. Wo insure our lives at great cost, yet we are so river Rhine of its heavy load of decay and of death. CROOKED RETURNS. The Northern papers are now very much exercised over the defection of one McKane of (Jravesend. And now that the “Boss” has been brought to bay, brought into court, convicted, sentenced, and is behind the bars for six years he is a target for criticism, I argues from this that the vat or must Another advantage at Gaffney is low taxation. There seems to In* but two disad vantages. Tin would necessarily be somewhat higher. The same could be said of freights. Todistribute the product to the best advantage, cheap freight rates arc necessary. If these could be had, the problem is solved, so as far as Gaffney is concerned. An effort should be made along this line. The fact that a small canning plant did not give satisfactory results to its owners is no argument against a large plant. The cotton mill here, if a small one, could not be operated except at a heavy loss to its owners. Mr. Walters wiH cofit-imte- Iris talk next week. -* -*•► — The Spring on Mt. Mitchell. Tm: Lkdof.k of late date reprinted an article from the f^t. Louis Globe- Democrat on “The Spring on Mount Mitchell. The writer calls attention to the spring and says it is a phenome non that has never been explained. He calls further attention to the fact that Mitchell is the highest mountain in the entire Alleghany system and SEMINARY SCINTILLATION. and a mark for censure of all that is crooked in elections and election re turns. It is true he usurped author ity, made false returns, according to his own liking, defied for awhile the proverofthe law. That such a course was so long allowed, indicates a low moral sense in the community where Ik- ruled with despotic power, and shows the extent to which partisan ship will permit men to excuse, or at least wink at, what eventually leads to moral degredation, when on the surface it presents the face of moling party. Crooked returns m w be known os McKanism. pro* will SPRING OPENING. Carroll A Carpenter had theirspring and summer opening Thursday. It was a great day with these wide a wake merchants, and a great day, too. with the many who wish to know what is going to be worn, how it is to be cut, how trimmed. Happy maidens today. Tired clerks tonight. Envious maidens Easter morn. Weary mothers Easter eve. Empty purses April 1st. The spring opening at N\ ilkins Bros., of dry goods, clothing and shoos in great variety is onjMarch l.», 16 and 17. This is a young firm, com- |>osed of young men. and it is not only well known, but well patronized by town, and country. Nearly every day thef'will show you something new. come from a higher mountain in the Rocky system—2,(KM miles away. His assumption is that there is a subterranean stream that describes a siphon and that one extreme of this stream is in Cue Rooky mountains and that the other—the outlet—is on Mount Mitchell in the Alleghanies. There are iusurmontable obstacles in the way to a belief in this theory. The geological conditions are such as to render t lie siphon theory abso lutely untenable. Among these may ; be mentioned the following: The rocks have a dip on the west side of the Alleghanies of 2,(HNi to !1 IKK) feet to the mile. This dip continues fi>r a considerable distance—far enough to make it necessary for the water to pcrcolato to a distance of i many miles beneath the surface in I order to reach tins spring. Thiscon- A VOICE FROM THE SENATE. Gen. M. C. Butler, senior Senator from South Carolina, has recently paid a visit to Edgefield, his native county. In his characteristic vein he addressed a large assembly of citizens in the court house. It is usual for the Senator to captivate an audience when he appears before it. Espec ially is this true of one from Edge- field. Gen. Butler reviewed his acts in the Senate and reiterated positions there taken. In the coming contest to fill the position Unit the Senator now holds the contest will be severe, and is apt to Ik* bitter. AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. The North Paeolet Int. Sunday School Convention meets at Wil son’s Chapped, March 'lit. We ac knowledge an invitation to be present and take part in the deliberations, POSSIBLE INDUSTRIES. Edwin Walters Continues His Talk on Diversified Industries. slow in taking eare of them by provident foresight. flYV jp»ed “water works,” not only ,as .a {ueau» nt ^educing our lire insur- .ance premiums, but wu need it as well for preserving the health of 0111 bodies. TIME’S VALUE. We copy this week an article on the subject “Miserly of Time.” If there js p/je thing we can atTord to be jniserV wt‘T it is time. What is there more preciou*'/ And yet, how little /lo we value it ! Pjip farmer works perjuq**, sf* months jp Hw* y*’» r M,, d tpiarrcls that he due* juH get a good {tiring from bis ialsir. If I lit* mechanic ,d.id the same In* would need to lie fed. The clerk or merchant allows the mo ments to go by unimproved, and won- fit Dial lie is left in the rear with the dpef-pf defeat, while the van guard is in udvim/y.' r/jnpjng the fruits of well-earned activity. 'The school Iviy neglect ing his op- jjortunity, playing when he ought to |h‘ studying, getting help when his own powers need the very develop ment that the exercise Is intended to tiring out, at last falls out of the rare t»eeuu*e bf* was not miserly of time. ft is not localise we are indolent that do pot value time more, nor or more systematic in jls us**, but be cause we do not appreeiate tlu- great ness of the gift; have not yet learned what can Is done by freight! moments with some thougl tematizing our labors. PURIFYING W! ’The poof Coleridge^ down of Colognv so^ cologne water. TM Gaffney should have large canning works. The berries of this neighbor hood are very fine in flavor. This is especially true of our wild blackber ries. Perhaps no finer can be found .ji tbc world. If canned and intro- duepd into flic markets of tin* world, South Carolina blackberries would soon become as famous as Georgia watermelons. Besides berries of different kinds, a canning factory could find many veg- blcs that would atTord profitable ma terial. Sweet corn docs well in South Carolina. Peaches were almost a total fail ure jn the West and Southwest Ihst year. Whole States faded on this crop. If the immenso peach crop of Western South Carolina had been canned last year and sold in markets easily accessible, it would probably have brought.more clear money into the country than lias the entire cot ton crop. If Baltimore and other cities can dosovieHiti il r c canning business, why not Gaffney? We have Iljesc ad vantages over any city; Labor i* cheaper. Rents ami liv ing, in general, are lower and cheaper. Fuel Is as cheap or cheaper. The raw material is cheaper and more acces sible. The lands on which the raw materials arc produced, or could be produced, are much clieaper than There is a wide r' of a ton of i*e<J gtf land from u r,alum? on to >t nec- clusion is hissed on the assumption that the water does not cross the strata in its course, hut that it follows a regular formation as it near ly always docs. The possibility of there being a rent or fracture through which water could cross the strata for a dis tance of 2,<HK( miles is so remote that it is scarcely worth considering. There are many reasons why this is true. Space forbids the mention of more than one. This is the position of the Ozark mountains. The Ozarks are older than the Rockies or the Alleghanies. It is not possible that when the Rockies were uplifted that there were any subterranean connec tions made with the Alleghanies, The rocks on the cast slopes of the Rocky mountains have a dip to the east of several hundred feet to the mile for a distance of from 20 to AO miles. East of this the dip is usual ly from !10 to 60 feet per mile for a distance of about 1<H) miles. Then there is a basin along which artesian water can lie had by deep borings, on the eastern side of which—notably in central Kansas—are found im mense deposits of salt. To the east of these salt fields, the rocks slope upward to the top of the Ozarks at the rate of from 7 to 11 feet per mile If the spring on top of Mount Mit chell is not supplied by water from the Rocky Mountains or from some other higher mountains than itself, whence comes the supply? It js tcj*tainly supplied by either hydrostatic hydraulic pressure If by the former, it t, " he under* stood by t he following explanation ; Imagine a deep reservoir on so* mountain near Mitchell and that this reservoir is shaped like the bow of a pipe with its inner walls sloping ton point at the bottom. Now sup pose a small opening at this point. If a small fissure reaches from this open ing to J,he top of Mitchell, especially it there is only a few hundred feet difference in the elevations, the*pres sure of the large body of water down ward i,n the point at the bottom of the reservoir would be sufficent to force a jet of water upward through the fissure that would form the spring on top of Mount Mitchell. It is highly probable, however, that the spring is supplied by hydraulic pressure. In this event, suppose the above described reservoir is entirely beneath the surface on some moun tain told/* Suppose it has u large opening through which the water rbitehcij it from a supply hundreds of feet above. Suppose a column of water two feet in diameter pressing downward to this reservoir under a head of r»(Ki feet. Now suppose a fissure or opening in Die r,ick»» leading from this resorvoir to the top of Mount Mitchell which is 2,IKK) feet above (he reservoir. Thu pressure of this two-foot eohun of water under a bOO-foot head would he sufficent to force a stream—of the \Y. K. Littlejohn, after an absence of many days, on account of sickness, has returned to school. Howard Littlejohn, one of our •In dents. is confined to his room, and is suffering very much with ulcerated sore throat. Not very many days ago we saw one of our rosy maidens gathering daises. It looked like one daisy plucking another. Spring is almost upon us and we will soon he embraced ! n its gentle arms. Also, ere long the Spring poet will burst forth in h s melodious strains of rhyme.**If our school has a poet, it remains for us to find out who it is. However, if there is any one of our number who lias a poetic genius, this vernal season will hardly pass without kinkling his slcc|Ymg muse into ffames of immortal verse. “Verily, the obtaining of wisdom nquireth great patience.” This is a general truth, hut especially. Is it true in tin* ease of Geometry. Not withstanding we have “pie” (not chicken pie) in Geometry, n taste for relishing it must he cultivated. The “pic” Inis become stale or some thing else is the matter. I’tolemy Lagus, an ancient king of Egypt, complained that Geometry was too hard, and Euclid his teacher, answer* ed him as our teachers answer us now; There is no royal road to Gcomc try.” During this week, several of our number will Im* “weighed in the bal ances” and we fear, some of us will he found wanting! There are to lx two examinations, one in Geometry and one in Latin, hothof which, wt expect will he hard. — —• * — Miserly of Time. In the use of time, Mr. Gladstom is miserly. I’rominent among his rules of conduct must lx* this om Take care of the minutes, and the hour will take care of themselves. An incident in bis visit to Dr. Dollinger at Munich, a few years ago, illus t rates how carefully he uses the min utes. The conversation between the English statesman and the most cm ditc professor in Europe had gone on for hours. Near midnight Doctor Dollingcr began searching through his large library for a certain Ixxik to which lie wished to refer. During the search, which lasted for fifteen or twenty minutes, Mr. Gladstom having pulled a Ixxik out of his coat pocket, was so absorbed in reading that his host, on finding the volunu was obliged to interrupt him. In the library of iris country-house the l’rcmicr of Great Britain has three desks—One for his private correspon dence. another for ids official busi ness, and a third for his Homeric studies. These lahro-saving desks enable bin to pass from one piece of work lo another as easily as a bird hops from limb to limb. “Ah !” he pxclajimtl to a friend, who had remarked upon the order liness of the Homeric desk. “I don’t know when I shall again sit there!” The late Captain R. K. Burton, who did a prodigious amount of official and literary work, had a similar arrangement of desks—t hey were pirn* tables—in his study at his Jleyroot house, where he lived as consul of the British government. ONE OF GORDON’S STORIES. His Meeting With Gen. Barlow Thrill- ingly Described in His Lecture. General Gordon’s lecture on “The aist Days of the Confederacy” touch es many affecting scenes as well us lumorous ones. The two are blended n his account of meeting General Craneis Barlow, of New York, on the mttle-field, and their meeting years after the war closed. Referring to tliis portion of the lecture in Savan nah, the News says: “One of the most interesting of General Gordon’s anecdotes was that of his meeting witlr General Francis Barlow, of New York, upon the field at Gettysburg and their subse quent meeting years after, when each supposed the other dead. It was when General Gordon's command had push ed their way furtherest into the enemy’s territory and won victory for tlu* Confederate armies in tlu* first day’s fight tiiat while pushing the enemy across a clover field General Gordon found a wounded major-gen eral of the Virion army lying bleeding upon the field. He had him removed to the shade of a tree. A bullet hud passed through his body, striking the spinal chord and paralyzing the lower half of his Ixxly, and death appeared imminent. Ik* proved to lx* General Barlow, of New York. After thanking General Gordon forliiskind) ess. Gen eral Barlow begged him if hi* should survive the war that he would try and meet Mrs. Barlow and assure her that his greatest regret in dying was that lie could not have had one hist look upon her fuee. Hi* took a packet of his wife’s letters from his pocket and entrusted them to General Gordon to preserve. The latter asked General Barlow where his wife was and was told that she was at Meade’s head quarters. That night General Gordon sent a eourier through the lines with a Hag of 1 nice to General Meade, stat- The Young People’s Bnrean. A Loved One Gone. Mrs. A. .1. Caudle—Born Oct. 16th, 1860, and left her sorrowing husband and four little children March 4th, 1864. Mrs. Caudle dedicated her heart and life to .Jesus when she was fifteen years of age and united with the Rock Spring, N. C.. Baptist church where slit* was an earnest working Christ inn until 186*2, when she became a mem ber of the Gaffney Baptist Church. On first acquaintance with Mrs. Cau dle she was blest with gixsl health and cheerful spirits. Prolonged ill ness visiting her family, with a true mother's devotion, she suer if iced her self to her children ; and on their re covery the weakened mother succum bed to tiic effects of cx|xisurc and constant anxiety. In our-sistcr’s sick room we learned lessons of sweet sub mission and caught, with thejpatient, quiet invalid, bright lx*ams of, that blest Land where then* shall lx* no more death, neither shall there lx* any more pain. “The victor has received her Well Done! Forlife’sdutiesin eve ry relation leave a grateful impress on memory and heart. Relatives and Friends, ye mourn not as those with out hope; ye shall meet the dearde- parted in Heaven,” Where none are weak, or sick, or lone; Tin* place where we shall find our own ! A Friend. • -*•*■ • Tobacco. Every hoy should shun the use of tobacco. So should every girl, hut they are not so apt to use it as hoys ing General Barlow’s condition and un ’* Smoking and chewing tobacco his desire to set* his wife. Mrs. Barlow ' « r ‘‘i' 11 *’ ,,! ‘ l> b> 4 * •’“•'I »rc had for this was passed through the Confederate ; reason if they did no other harm, lines that night to t he side of her bus- _ Nearly every hoy who uses tobacco baud, where she remained during the | * s niade sick at the first trial. Ik* two terrible days of battle that follow- i <»"b' fries again because he thinks it ed. “Gener d Gordon never heard of imuily. But it is not manly, for General Barlow again, and sup|x»sed, of course, that 1 was dead. Years afterwards, wlr * member of the Cnitcd State S* .ute, he was invited om* day by Congressman Clarkson Porter, of New York, to meet his brother, General Porter, and General Barlow at dinner. He knew that there was another General Barlow of New York and was not surpised at the name. “It also happened that there hud been another General .1. P, Gordon, many of our best men have never used it. Tin* use of tobacco makes one i selfish. Men who think they are gen- ‘ tlciucn will pulf their tobacco smoke anywhere, enreing nothing how offen sive it is to other people. No house or room cun have pure air where tobacco is used. Then it destroys tin* nerves of those who use it; it also injures the mind. I: in jures growing children more than grown |M*oplc. hut it is had for all. i It is a filthy habit ; It costs a great The Forty-Inch Telescope to be Beaten. The great telescopes of the future, in the opinion of Mr. Alvnn (1. Clark, will be refractors, as these are mueh less sensitive than reflectors to the influences of change of temperature/' of air currents, and of flexureV ut seems to he possible now tfi.* 1 ^* goixl glass disees. both crow^-shd flint, of any size, and the rifameter of the lenses producod'may be limited only by the skill of the optician grinding them. Larger telescopes are desir able; for tin* most important visual discoveries have been made with the largest telescopes is use at the time. Mr. Clark’s ideas of the future great telescopes is that its size will pro gressively increase, that it will he mounted cquatorially, and he provid ed with the most perfect driving clock to he devised ; that i! should have a longer poluraxis t Yin is gener ally used in America, and that it should comprise two instruments— one for visual and o.:e for photogra phic work—so hung on trunnions ns to counterpoise each ot her. Tlu* work to be accomplish'd by the great tele scope will he mueh increased by plac ing it on the point of the earth’s sur face most favorable to observation.— <!nldcn ('enser. • • Heat of the Body. Perhaps the most wonderful phe nomenon connected with the bodily temperature is the preservation of its general level under all external cir- eu 1st anecs of heat and cold. This power seems to exist in man in a high er degree than in most other animals, since he cannot only support hut en joy life under extremes which would he fatal ht many. The accounts of degrees of col.I frequently sustained by Arctic voyagers are almost ineredi- j h'le. Me read of temperature 80. !Kt, and even 102 degrees below the freez- 1 ing point. On the other hand, in the (tropics the lemperat urc often rises through a large portion of the year to 1 110 degree, or even higher, and we know Dial workmen can remain in fiirnaecsat a lemper.d un* of HOOdo- grees or more without inconvenience, In all these case< tho air must he dry and si HI; sJmik:." < <! remes of heat or of cold, aecumpsui. d by moisture, would p ly Revie •>ve intolerable,— Fori night- Power of Electric Search Lights. (tf North Carolina, in tin* Confederate ‘U'«l of money, and makes those who Sir James Youg Simpson, the em inent Scotch physician, was also mis erly in the use of time. His private practice was enormous; he lectured daily from his medical chair in the LTijvrcsity of EdiMbtir^b, and coitr tributed to several medical pcrhxli- cals. The busy doctor, as his coach man drove him from patient to patient, read books and articles, or jotted down facts for his contributions to medical science. He bad the Scotch habit of saving. His countryman looked after the bawbees; lit* took care of the minutes. “If you wish to get your scheme put t hrough,” tfiihf i{ ojtjrgymun of New York to a gentleman who had explained to him a metluxl of doing p'qlanthropic work, “you must go to the inr<icst merchant in the city. He will hevu leisure to aid you, I will introduce you to him. Be brief and clear in your explanation, for he is so pressed that he wishes the day was forty-eight hours long.” The clergyman was rigid. Our best business men have the most leisure for considering anything worth thinking about, because they art penurious of the minutes. The man who, *ifter an elaborate explanation, ls‘' arniwered ‘.‘Yes or “No,” may think it curt; but’ the monosyllable i$ the repoiise ' of trained, quick mind which has m> time to waste. Mr. Gladstone can hew down oaks, write essays, makt long specechea, and run the British government because he lias acquire! the art of saving time and of saying “Yes” or “No.” army, who bad been killed, and of whose death General Barlow had heard. “When Hit* gentlemen met at din ner General Gordon's first query was: Arc you a relative of General Barlow who was killed at Gettysburg?’ “ ‘I am that man,’ replied General hirluw. “The strange coincidence of the meeting of these two men who had first mot upon tin* field of buttle, each of whom believed the other dead, can x*ttcr ho imagined than described, us General Gordon said in concluding ris anecdote. General Barlow has been if guest of the I’iney Woods hotel for some weeks and is very jxqnilar here, having lx*cn a visitor jo Thoinusville for several seasons, He is a brave, courtly gen tleman. while his old antagonist, Gen? oral Gordon, is as knightly and brave as the bravest, while being as tender as a woman. But the bravest is al ways tenderest. Long may Gordon and Barlow live to recount the stir ring scenes of ’61 to ’tin. The Newsppaer. It is a library. It is an encyelo- pu'dia, a poem.a history, a dictionary, a time-table, a romance, a guide, a political resume, a ground plant of the civilized world, a low priced inultum in parvo. It i» 4 sermon; a jqng. ;i cjrcu'tj, an obituary, a shipwreck, a symphony in cold lead, a medley of life and death,and a grand aggregation of man’s glory anil his shame. It is, in short, a bird's eye view of all the mag nanimity and meanness, the joys anil sorrows, births and death, t he pride undjpoverty of the world—all forafew cents.—Bill Nye. “r-rtr?—— A Calamity of Natioi» A gentleman had invited some friends to dinner, ami as the colored waiter was entering the room, In* accident ally dropped a platter which hfhl »l large turkey. My friends, said tlu* gentleman, in tin* most impressive tones, never in my life have I witnessed an event so fraught with disaster in the various nations of the globe. In this calam ity we see the downfall of Turkey, t he upsetting of Greece, the destruction of China, and tin* humiliation of Africa. usell v**ry disagreeable to their clean ly companions. Tobacco defiles those who use it. That means that it makes them un clean. Gi>d wants us to lx* temples for his Holy ripirlt to dwell in, and his word says we should tiot defile this teiublc, “Yc an* bought with a price; therefore glorify Gixl in our your body.” We cannot honor Gixl in our Ixxlics if wc keep up unclean habits. Tins is a good reason why wc should not use tobacco, or any other unclean thing. Woman’s Sphere. Geo. W. Child* once said to a girl from the West, who went to him,with letters and the hope of getting suffi cient influence to do something’ll) the arable field of jqiinialism: “Little woman, if you cun do something, go ahead ami do it. The world is hun gry for something new. It is an om nivorous creature, hut it wants a ehange, constantly. Keep as quiet as you can. Keep out of men's way as much as you can. for it Is trespass ing to go on private properly. Keep yourself in g<XNl health, goiMl clothes, and don’t try to lx* a gixxl fellow or one of the boys. Have half of your earnings. Go to church. Be agreea ble, but reserved, and if some hono rable iiiuii offers you his name and protection, give it 'all up. marry him amVdev'ote your energies to home 11)4 k- ing. Larry Calls Them Fish. Conie to Spartanburg on the 21th, and bring all your friends with you. It' you waut th )iee the men for whom you will he called ui>on to vole next fall, it may be your only opportunity. See these men yourself, question them, look at their gills to sec that they are genuine reformers, and then make up your mind which will best represent you. The Headlignt has been battling to give you this oppor- t'uuUy bcfqre any nomination was made, and we «li*' assured tlijjt tl;Q reformers of Spartanburg county will take advantage of it, and themselves say who they want for their next Gov- same pressure to tlu* square inch—of iv ! ornor , Headlight. diamterof about ten inchcston height ; — of 2,000 feet. This is probably the| Al Kosciusko, Miss,, Saturday the manner in which the famous spring | case against I’opuiist Editor Katliffc, on top of Mount Mitchell is auppli-1 f^rlhe murder of Samuel A. Jackson, , , ,, * Democratic member* of Legislature, ed wuh yvulcr. If so, the spring gets waH( . )ll|o(l m(mM | forconlin! its supply from uq Jniiponse, natural, mince on account of absence of impor- hydraulic niui, /taut witness. The Judge allowed un- Edwin Waiters, til MqntJuy for the witness to he Gaffney City, S. 0., March 10,1864. I found, jConfederate .Veterans’ Reunion Bihmixgiiam, Ala.. March jj.—The resident camp of Confederate V7;b*r- ans ni«*t tonight to arrange for the reunion of the veterans of the South ern States to he held here beginning April 25. A resolution inviting Mrs. Jefferson Davis,Miss Winnie Davisand Mrs. U. S. Grant, to be the esjx>eiid guests of the camp, was adopted with great enthusiasm. Ten thousand peo ple are exerted to attend the reunion. $100 Reward, $100. The reader of this paper will lx: pleased to learn that there is at last one dreaded disease that science, has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a con stitutional trea'iiKMit. Hall’s Catarrh pure 1* taken internally, acting di rectly on the blood and muedus sutr faces of the system, thereby destroy. of tlu* disease, and giving the patient strength by build ing up the eonsititutlon and assisting nuture in doing its work. The pro prietors have so much faith in its curative powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Scud for list of testi monials. Address, F. J. ClIKNKV it CO. Toledo, O. rtTSold by Druggists. 75c. The business world Is no place for a woman. It is a rough place, and people have to get rough to succeed in it. I know hundreds of gentle women in business, but they always seem to me like going fishing in a dress su’d and white gloves. Exquisite fab rics arc not intended for rough and ready wear.” • • — %ood for Dentists. “Subscriber” Liberty, S. C., writes an follow*: “j wj*l| to ask at ffi filling • he teeth of old horses lo Improve t heir puling. Can it really lx* done In Hits respect to advantage? If *0. please tell us how to go about properly. By so do ing you will greatly oblige’ine.” The teeth of horses, Ixith young and old, very often need attention and working on, audit is often done by Veterinary Surgeon* to a great advant age to the animal in masticating its fixxl. Wc have never done it our selves and would advise our friend to consult some Veterinary Surgeons, if ’ ' l ’ Files are made for the pur pose and are often kept by horsemen, A close examination will show what is needed. Why. Why, is a good word to use. Little people can often learn many things by asking the reason why of those who know more than they do. One Scotch boy, named James Watt, saw that steam made the teakettle lid dance, and lie began to study why It did so, and learned that there la power in steam to move heavy bodies. This power has since l>eon used to draw large boat* in tin* water and long I rains of curs on the land, and to do many other useful things.—Our Little Friend. W. S. Chamberlain, deputy United St idea collector of eustopjH aj Rio Grande Cit v, writes a lettpj to Hie press, in which be makes a strong ap- peal foruid for tlu* destitute of that section. He says that women and children are starving to death; that three-fourths of the cattle have died, and that the real situation is with held for land speculative reasons. Ccrnnieal, Hour and sugar, he says, have risen in price beyond t he resell of |sx>r pcoujiniud water,owing to the protract -el I mg at 12J cunts pe/gallon. •Probably not on ■ person among a hundred has even an approximate conception of th ■ illuminating power of om* of t he great modern electric s nivh lights, and it is only vaguely understood that it must he something enormous. Asa matter of fact, with the projecting reflectors in use, which serve as multiplying factors for the actual candle-power of the electric an*. the illuminating capacity issuing from one of the large mixlerii search lights has been placed at tho equivalent of somobhing over 2<KI,. UOiUXM) candles, Just what this means is not easily realized, though a-' popular measure of tin* light lug pow* or is afforded by tlu* statement.that, under favorable atmospheric condi tions, one of these large lights can he seen nearly a hundred miles away, and will illumine objects at a distance of almost twenty miles with sufficent clearness to make their cxaminutioi possible wit h t he aid of a field glass.- Gussier’s Maga/im*. Glass Cloth. *1 . v So much lias ivun written a the crystal gown of the Princess lulicthat its expense and appeal are matters of hi! rest. Glass i is from .ffid to $75a yard, and its ^ that of sijk. Although made seemingly a brittle and frail sub* It is exceedingly din-able and ci sponged with soap .mil water wif the least injury. I. looks like a lu 1 glistening. shimmering silk, surface taking tip the light in a velous way. Not for the tollef fair women, however, is thisgl discovery most, suit able and value" It proper!)* belongs jo house degqil thin, its rich fohjs being cspiicialT Uduptiul to curtains, portieres, wall drapings. Housewives will light to know tliul neither niotfl dust nor sun can harm these nettii that catch and hold rainbows, il yd a dip in cold water will at oj restore their pristine freshness beauty. A great field exists for t| new industry.—1L raid. A Great Irrigation Project. The people of Arizona arc cut hi as tic over a gigantic scheme whiil hoped to enhance tlu* attraetiveil of that State. The plan is to bujj big steel dam in 1 im Grand Gum the Coloradoriverof sufficent strcl to resist any pressure of Suni floods.part of the water thus coni to he used lo operate turbine wl| to drive pumping machinery fo< vating the remainder to the above. The supply of water ill Colorado is unfailing, and mni the most extensive valleys in tlu! ritory could be irrigated by sil system. The scheme is genel ^uid t 1 he entirely feasible.—P qclphiu Ledger, -t •*«»- Last week Danii l Couglln ui| detective was on trial for the mi of Dr. Cronin, in Chicago and wu: quitted. That was tlu* second Dr. Cronin had been my stork ,murdered several yi <;*s ago uiu two men Ix'longed lo the same si order—t he < 'lun-nu-(fuel—and lin was suspected because lu* had 1 ted that Cronin wotihl die hy the of a trailor. —•* *- • —— Two Lives Saved. Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of J111)4 City, 111. was told hy her doctori|| hud Consumption and that there no hope for her, but two bottles King’s New Dlhcovory comp^ cured her and she says it save |ife. Mr. Tho*. Eggers. 189 tit., Kan Franeiseo suffered dreadful cold, approaching Cj tlon, tried without result ei else then bought one botlh King’s New Discovery uiu] weeks was cured. He la thankful. 11 is such result^ these are samples,that ptl derfui efficacy of this tl Cough* and Cold*. Free! at \v. B. DuPiv’s Drug .it! eiii.* otic, and $1.00.