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Jf 4 V THE'WEEKLY LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., FEBRUARY 27, 189G. I a note os’’ (mnipir. REV. Da. TA-MAGE'S GERM ON OF RE JOICING. Clirisi la : roiI > ni.< Abaso of the Worltl—n** • t Popular on Earth—Scolfcr* Have p -.unc Worship* ( . r8 _Inniii-l>' Iteturn to <; ;u i. 2 !.—This sermon goan:!* tlio n<' ; : a note that all will 1 ’ k' '"1 1° If •" in these times, wIk m ar ® and writing jeremiads <1 <lisc< aia^cment. Dr. Tal- mago t< k os bis 1 G lesis xliz, 10, “Uuti liim ■ Eall tho gathering of the people lie* ’ Thv r.gh a snpernataral lens, or what 1 might call a pr ;;!. po, dying Jacob locks down through the corridors of the eeutarics until h 1 s < iirist the center of all jiopular attractina and the greatest l eiug iu all the world, so everywhere ack d. not always so. The world tried hard to put him down nud to put him cut. In the year 1200, while o' •avating fur antiquities oil miles n. • ihea.'j (f Kumc, a copper plate tablet was found c ontaining the death warrant of the Lord Jesus Christ, read ing iu this wi.:e: “In the year 17 of the empire of Ti berius Ctosar, and on the 25th of March, I, Pontius Pilate, governor of the Prie- tort. condemn Jesus of Nazareth to die between two thieves, Quiutins Cor nelius to lend him forth to the place of execution.” The death warrant was signed by Severn 1 name .;. First, by Daniel, rabbi Pharisee; sr. unily, by Johannes, rabbi; thirdly, byUa; hael; fourthly, by Capet, a private citin n. This capital punish ment was executed according to law. The name of the thief crucified on the rigdit hand siuo of Christ was Dismas Tlio name c.f Urn thief crucified on the left hand ; ido of Christ was Gestus. Pontius Pilate describing the tragedy says the whale world lighted candles from noon until night. Thirty-three years of maltreatment. They ascribe his birth to bastardy and his death to ex cruciation. A wall of the city, built about them times and recently exposed by ardin '’legists, shows a caricature of Jesus Christ, evidencing the contempt iu which ho was held by many in his day, that caricature on the wall repro- eentiug a cross and a donkey nailed to it and under it the inscription, “This is the Christ whom the people worship. ” But I rejoice that that day is gone by. Onr Christ is coming out from under the world’s ahu.se. The most popular name on earth today is the name of Christ. Where lie had one friend Christ has a thousand friends. The scoffers have become the worshipers. Of the 20 most celebrated infidels in Groat Britain in our day 16 have come back to Christ, trying to undo the blatant mischief of their lives—16 out of tho 20. Every man who writes a letter or signs a doc ument, wittingly or unwittingly, honors Jesus Christ. Wo date everything as B. C. or A. D.—B. C., beforo Christ ; A. D. , Anno Domini, in tho year of our Lord. All tho ages of history on tho pivot of tho upright beam of the cross of tho Son of God, B. C., A. D. I do not care what you call him—whether Conqueror or King or Morning Star or Sun of Righteousness or Balm of Gilead or Lebanon Cedar or Brother or Friend or take tho mine used in tho verse from which I take my text and call him Shiloh, which means his Son, or tho Tranquilator, or tho Peacemaker, Shi loh. I only want to tell you that “unto him shall tho gathering of tho people bo.” Gathering Around Chrlut. In tb.o first place, tho people are gath ered around Christ f ir pardon. No sen sible man or healthfully ambitious man is satisfied with his past life. A fool may think ho is all right. A sensible man knows ho is not. I do not care who tlio thoughtful man is tho review of his lifetime behavior before God and man gives to him no especial satisfac tion. “Oh,” ho says, “there have been so many things I have done I ought not to have dune; there have been so many things I havo said I ought never to have said ; there havo been so many things I havo written I ought never to have written; there havo been so many things 1 have thought I ought never to havo thought! I must somehow get things readjusted. I must somehow havo tho past reconstructed. There are days and mouths and years which cry out against me iu horrible vociferation. ” Ah, my brother, Christ adjusts tho past by oblitciuting it. Do does not erase the record of our misdoing with a dash of ink from a register’s pen, but lifting his right baud, crushed, red at tho palm, he puts it against his bleeding brow and then agaiust his pierced side, and with tho crimson accumulation of all those wounds ho rubs out tho accusa tory chapter. Ho blots out our iniqui ties. Oh, never be anxious about the future; better Lo anxious about the past! I put it not at tho end of my ser mon ; I put it at tho front—mercy and pardon through Bhilob, the sin pardon ing Christ. “Unto him shall the gath ering of tho people bo.” “Oh,” says some man, “I havo for 40 years been as bad ns I could be, and is there any mer cy for mo?” Mercy for yon. “Oh, ” say* some ono hero, “X had a grand ancestry, tho holiest of fathers and the teuderost of mothers, and for my perfidy there is excuse! Do yon think there is any krey for me?” Morcyforyon. “But,” [vs another man, “I fear I havo com- Jtted what they call tho unpardonable n, and tho Bible says if a man com fit that sin ho 1* mother to be forgiven this world nor tho world to come. fDo you think tliero is any mercy for me?” Tho fact that yon have any solici tude about tlio matter at all proves posi tively that you have not committed tho unpardonable sin. Mercy for you? Oh, tlio grace of God which briugoth salva tion ! God's Mercy IintnciMurable. The grace of God! Let us take the surveyor’s chain and try to measure God's mcry through Jesus Christ. Let one surveyor lake that chain and go to tho lips, and the faint motion of tho lips is exchanged for a silent look, and tho cut feet are still, and the weary eyes are still, and tho frenzied heart is still, and all is still? Who will havo compassion on her when no others have compassion? Mother! Mother! A Glorlmn Saviour. Oh, there is something beautiful iu sympathy—in manly sympathy, wifely sympathy, motherly sympathy, yea, and neighborly sympathy! Why was it that a city was aroused with excitement when a little child was kidnaped from ono of tho streets? Why were whole col umns of the newspapers filled with tho story of a little child? I" was because wo are all one in sympathy, and every parent said: “How if it had been my Lizzie? How if it had been my Mary? How if it bad been my Maud? How if it bad beeu my child? liow if there had been ono unoccupied pillow iu our trun dle bed tonight? How if my little ono —bouo of my bone and fLe-h of my flesh —were tonight carried captive into some den of vagabonds, never to come back to mo? How if it hud boon my sorrow looking out of the window watching and waiting-—that sorrow worse than death?” Then whoa they found her, why did wo declare tho news all through tho households, and everybody that knew how to pray said, “Thank God?” Because wo are all one, bound by one great golden chain of sympathy. Oh, yes, but I havo to tell y u that if you will aggregate all neighborly, manly, wifely, motherly sympathy, it will bo found only a poor starving thing com pared with tho sympathy of our great Bhilob, who ha hold in his lap the sor rows of tho ages and who is ready to nurse on hi holy heart tho woes of all who will come to him. Oh, what a God! What a Saviour wo have! Buc in larger vision see tho nations iu some kind of trouble ever since tlio world was derailed and hurled down the embankments. Thu demon of sin came to this world, other demons havo gone through other worlds. Tho demon of conflagration, ;!;:) demon of volcanic disturbance, tho demon of de struction. La Place says ho saw one world in tho northern hemisphere 16 months burning. Tycho Brahe said he saw an other world burning. A French astrono mer says that iu .‘100 years l,. r ;00 worlds havo disappeared. I do not a t why in fidels find it so hard to believe that two worlds stopped in Joshua’s timo, when the astronomers toll us that 1,500 worlds have stopped. Even the moon is a world in ruins. Btcliar, lunar, solar catastrophes innumerable. Rut it seems as if tho most sorrows have been reserv ed for our world. By ono toss of tho world at Ticnkoru, of 12,000 inhabitants only 20 people escaped. By one shako of tho world at Lisbon in five minutes 60,000 perished, and 200,000 before the earth stop;, d rocking A mountain falls in Bwi< turland, burying tho village of Goldan. A mountain fulls in Italy in tho night, whoa 2,000 people are a: lecp, ami they never arouse. By a convulsion of the earth Japan broken oil from Chi na. By a convulsion of tho earth tho Caribbean islands broken off from Amer ica. Three islands near tho month of the Ganges, with fi 10,000 inhabitants— a great surge of tho rca breaks over them, and 214,000 perish that day. Alas, alas, for oar poor world! It has been recently di uoverec! that a whole continent bus 'mnl;, a o ntinent that connected Europe and America—part of tho inhabitants of that continent going to Europe, ; art coming to America over tho tablelands of Mexico, up through tho valleys of tho Mississippi, and wo aro finding now the remains of their mounds and lh ir cities in Mexico, in Colorado ami tho tablelands of tho west. It is a matter of demonstration that a whole continent has gone down, tho Azores oft tho coast of Spain only tho highest mountain of that sunken conti nent. Plato (b ;• ribed that continent, its grandeur, tho multitude of ils inhab itants, its splendor and its awful de struction, and tho world thought :t was a romance, hut arclueologist.s havo found out it was history, and the English and tho German and tho American fleets havo gone forth with arehaiob gists, and tho Challenger, and iho Dolphin, and the Gazelle have dropped anchor, and in deep sea sounding.; they have found tho contour of that sunken continent. Tho Kook of Ayus. Oh, there is trouble marked on tho rocks, on tho sky, on tho sea, on the flora and tho fauna ! Astronomical trou ble, goologh al t .'onblo, oceanic trouble, political tioubldomestic trouble, and standing in tho pro once of all those stu pendous devastations I ask if I am not right in saying that tho great want of this age and all ages is divinosympathy and omnipotent comfort, and they aro found not in the Brahma of tho Hindoo or the Allah of tho Mohammedan, hut in tho Christ unto whom shall tho gath ering of tho people bo. Other worlds may fall, but this morning star will never bo blotted from tho heavens. The earth may quake, hut this rock of ages will never bo shaken from its founda tions. Tlio same Christ who fed the 5,000 will feed all tho world’s hunger. Tho same Christ who cured Bartimeus will illumine all blindness. Tho same the north, end another surveyor tako that chain and go to tho south, and an other surveyor take that chain and go to tho east, and another surveyor tako that chain and go to the west, and then make a report of tho square miles of that vast kingdom of God’s mercy. Aye, you will havo to wait to all eternity for tho re- | port of that measurement. It cannot bo measured. Paul tried to climb tho height of it. and ho went height over height, altitude above altitude, moun tain above mountain, then sank down in discouragement and gave it up, for he saw Bicrra Nevadas beyond and Mat- torhorns beyond, and waving his hands back to us in tho plains ho says, “Past finding out; unsearchable, that in all things ho might havo the pre-emineuco. ” You notice that nearly all the sinners mentioned as pardoned in tho Bible were great sinners—David a great sin ner, Paul a groat sinner, Rahab a great sinner, Magdalene a great sinner, tho prodigal son a great sinner. The world easily understood how Christ could par don a half and half sinner, but what the world wants to ho persuaded of is that Christ will forgive tho worst sin ner, the hardest sinner, tho oldest sig ner, tho mo.-A inexcusable simier. To the sin pardoning Shiloh let all tho gathering of the people be. But, I remark again, tlio people will gather around Christ as a sympathizer. Oh, wo all want sympathy! 1 hear peo ple talk as though they were independ ent of it. None of us could live without sympathy. When parts of our family aro away, how lonely tho house seems until they all gat homo! But, alas, for those who never eoipo homo. Sometimes it seams as if it must bo impossible. What, will their feet never again come over tho threshold? Will they never again sit with us at the table? Will they never again kneel with us at fami ly prayer? Bhall wo never again look into their sunny faces? Shall wo never again on earth take counsel with them fur cur work? Alas mo, who can stand umltr these grie's? Oh, Christ, thou cuust do moro for a bereft soul than any ono else! It is ho who stands beside us to tell of the rc urrcctiou. It is he that came to bid peace. It is he that comes to us and breathes into us tho spirit of ni.il we can look up from and ruin of our brightest ex pectations and say,“Father, not my will, but thino, he dene.” Oh, yo who aro bereft, yo anguish bitten coma into this refuge! Tlio roll of those who cama for relief to Christ is larger and larger. Unto this i hile’i of omnipotent sympa thy the gathering of tho people shall be. Oh, that Cinast would stand by all these empty cradles and all tkero desolated homesteads cud all those broken hearts and perruudo us it is wall! Ckrlf.t’s Symicithy. The world cannot oiler you any help at such a time. Suppose tha world comes and offers you money. You would rather live on a crust iu n collar and havo year departed loved ones with you than live in palatial surrounding! and they away. Suppose tho world offers you its honors to console you. What is tho presidency to Abraham Lincoln when littlo Willie lies dead in tho White Hou ,e? Perhaps tho world comes and frays, “Time will euro it all. ” Ah, there aro griefs that havo raged on fer 110 years and aro raging yet. And yet hun dreds havo been comforted, thousands havo boeii comforted, millions havo been comforted, and Christ had done tho work. Oh, what you want is sym pathy! Tho world’s heart of sympathy b ats very irregularly. Plenty of sym pathy when wo do not want it, and of ten when wo aro in appalling need of it no sympathy. Thoro aro multitudes of people dying for sympathy—sympathy in their work, sympathy in their fa tigue;, sympathy in their bereavements, sympathy in their financial losses, sym pathy in their physical ailments, sym pathy in their spiritual anxieties, sym pathy in tho timo of declining years— wide, deep, high, everlasting, almighty sympathy. Wo must havo it, and Christ gives it. That is tho cord with which ho is going to draw all nations to him. At tho story of punishment a man’s eye Hashes, and his teeth sat, and his fist clinch', a, and ho prepares to do bat tle oven though it bo against tho heav en;;. Yet what heart so hard but it will succumb to tho story of compassion! Even a man’s sympathy is pleasant and helpful. When wo havo been in somo hour of weakness, to havo a brawny man stand beside us and promise to soo us through, what courage it gives to our heart, and what strength it gives to our arm. Still mightier is a woman’s sym pathy. Lot him tell tho story who, when all his fortunes were gone and all tho world was against him, came homo and found in that homo a wifo who could writa on tho top of tho empty flour barrel, “The Lord will provide,” or write on tlio door of tho empty ward robe): “Consider tho lilies of tho field. If God so clothed tho grass of tho Hold, will ho not clothe us and ours?” Or let that young man tell tho story who has gone tho whole round c.f dissi pation. The shadow of tho penitentiary is upon him, and even his father says: “Banff! Never come homo again!” Tlio young man finds si ill his mother's arm outstrotchod fur him, and iiow she will Christ wlio made the dumb speak will stand at the wicket of the prison to put on every tongue a hosanna. Tho samo Christ who awoke Lazarus from tho sarcophagus will yet rally all tlio pious dead in glorious resurrection. “I know that my Kedeomer livoth,” and that “to him shall tho gathering of tlio people be.” Ah, my friends, when Christ starts thoroughly and quickly to lift this miserable wreck of a sunken world it will not tako him long to lift it. 1 havo thought that this particular ago in which wo livo may ho given up to discoveries and inventions by which through quick and instantaneous coiu- in'inicutiou all cities and all eoiumuni- tics and ail lands will bo brought to gether, and then in another period per haps these inventions which havo been used for worldly purpose* will be brought out for gospel invitation, and somo great prophet of the Lord will come ami snatch Iho mysterious, sub lime and miraculous telephone from tho hand of commerce, and, all lands and kingdoms connected by a wondrous wire, this pronhet of tho Lord may, through telephonic communication, in an instant announce to all nations par don and sympathy and lifo through Jesus Christ, and then, putting tho wondrous tube to tho ear of tho Lord’s prophet, tlio response shall come back, “I believe iuGod, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, his only begotten Bon.” You and I may not livo to see tho day. I think those of us who aro over 40 years of age can scarcely expect to see tho day. I oxpoct before that time our bodies will be sound asleep iu tho hum mocks of tho old gospel ship as it goes sailing on. But Christ will wako us up in time to see the achievemout. Wo who have sweated in tho hot harvest fields will 1)0 at tho door of the garner when tho sheaves como in. That work for which in this world wo toiled and wept and struggled and wore ourselves out shall not come to consummation and wo be oblivious of tho achievement. We will bo allowed to come out and shako hands with tho victors. Wo who fought iu tho earlier battles will have just us much right to rejoice as those who reddened their feet in the last Armageddon. Ah, yea, those who could only give a cupful of cold water iu tho name of a disciple; thoso who could only scrape a handful of lint for a wounded soldier; those who could only administer to old ago in its decreptitudc; thoso who could only coax a poor waif of tho street to go back homo to her God; thoso who could only lift a littlo child in the arms of Christ, will havo as much right to tako part in tho ovation to tho Lord Jesus Christ as a Chrysostom. It will ba your victory and mino as well as Christ’s, ho tho conqueror, wo shouting in his train. Christ tho victor will pick out tho hum blest of his disciples in (ho crowd, and turning half around on iho white horse cf victory ho shall point her cut for ap proval by tho multitude as lie says, “She did what she could. ” Then put ting his hand on the head of some man, who by his industry made one talent do tho work of ten, ho will say: “Thou hast been faithful over a few things. I will make thoo ruler over ten cilio;;. ” Two different theories about tho fulfill- zuent of this promise. Gathcrinc cf tho I'oo^lc. Thoro aro people who think Christ will come in person and sit on a throne. Perhaps ho may. I should liko to see the scarred feet going up iho stairs of a palace iu which all tho glories cf tho Alhambra, and tho Taj Mahal, and Bt. Mark’s, and tho Winter palace aro gathered. 1 should liko to tee the world pay Christ in love for what it did to him in maltreatment. I should liko to be ono of tho grooms cf tho charges holding tho stirrup as tho King mounts. Oli, what a glorious time it would bo on earth if Christ would break through the heavens, and right hero where ho has suffered and died havo this prophecy fulfilled, “Unto him shall the gathering of tho people bo. ” But failing in that I bargain to meet you at tho ponderous gate of heaven on tho day when our Lord comes back. Garlands cf all na tions cn his brow—cf tho bronzed na tions of thoficnth and tlio pallid nations of tho north—Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America and tho other continents that may arise meantime from tho sea to tako tho places cf their sunken predecessors; arch of Trajan, arch of Titus, arch of Triumph in the Champa Elysees, all too poor to wel come this King cf kings, and Lord of lords, and Conqueror of conquerors in his august arrival. Turn out all heaven to meet him. Hang all along tho route tho flags of earthly dominion, whether decorated with crescent or star or eagle or lion or coronet. Hang out heaven’s brighte t banner, with its ono star of Betiilchmn and blood striped of the cn;. e. I hear tho procession now. Hark, tho tramp of tho feet, tho rumbling of the wheels, tho clattering of tho hoofs ami tlio shout of tho riders! Ten thou sand times ten thousand and thousands of thousands. Put up in heaven’s libra ry, right beside tho completed volume of tho world’s ruiu, the completed vol ume cf Bhiloh’s triumph. Tlio old promise) struggling through tho ages ful filled at last, “Untohim shall tho gath ering of the people be. ” Whiff’ «’V. ages n.M Ltcr.i::! low Hhiill foist tli< ir soul •A)!'! m i iit s of bliss foivvcr now Liof in si’.'ioi'asiou to their view. RABBITS IN THE ORCHABD. Tho Trap Plan oh SucceHsfully Employed by a Kentucky Orchardlst. An ever recurring problem is tho one Concerning the protection of young orchards from tlio attacks of rodents. A Kentucky correspondent of Ohio Farmer who claims success with trapping rab bits writes as follows about his plan: We believe we havo a better way than protocting tho trees to haudle the rab- whispor consolation or got down on her knees beforo tho governor begging for pardon, hoping on for her wayward boy after all others are hopeless. Or let her tell tho story who, under villainous al lurement and impatient of puteuial ro straint, has wandered off from a homo of which slio was tho idol into tho murky and thunderous midnight of abandonment, away from God, and fur ther away until some time she is tossed on til l beach of that early homo a moro splinter of a wreck. Who will pity her now? Who will gather thoso dishonored locks into her lap? Who will wash off the blood from the gushed forehead? Who will tell her of that Christ who came to save tho lost? Who will put that weary head up' u tho clean white pillow and watch by day and watch by night until the hoarse voice of tlio suf- fei'T becomes the whisper, and tho whisper becomes only a faint motion of Force of Air Wave*. Professor Hoys of London recently de livered an illustrated lecture iu which ho showed photographs of tho Leo-Mot- ford bullet ns it passed through a quar ter inch sheet of glass. Just before the bullet touched tho sheet tho air wave cut a disk of glass about half an inch in diameter clean out. At the sumo timo tho glass around tho holo was crushed into powder and driven back at an extremely rapid rate. The glass stuck to tho bullet for a short timo after it had passed through, tho disk being driven cut in front of the “bow wave.” In this experiment tho waves caused by the vibrations of the glass were plainly shown. A photograph of the bullet after it had cleared tho glass by 9 inches showed the remainder of tlio glass in tact, hut when tho bullet had proceeded another 10 inches tho shoot of glass was scon to broak and fall iu fragments. Graciuu* IZuyalty, A workman who was recently sent down to Osborno with a bicycle for one young Buttcnbergs addressed of tho Princess leaving Beatrice as “Mum,” and on remarked cheerfully, “Good evening, mum, ” and “Good evening, sennit). ’ ’ The course of nature contiuncd as before; and tho workman was not oven beheaded.—Now York Times. Iii'fliiltft Information Wanted. “The cause of his death,” said the physician, “was heart failure. ’’ “That was what I supposed,’’ replied the young man. “Most of us die of heart failure, but what I am anxious to learn is, what caused his heart to fail. ”—Chi cago Post. \p re \\ V E/ A jk-- rr A KENTUCKY UAUDIT TUAP. bits, because whenever ono “investi gates” our protector, wo “havo him” and proceed to eat him in duo time. Having a young orchard of 1,500 trees, besides thousands of young fruit trees in nursery, it was a serious ques tion how to protect them from tho rav ages of tho rabbits. Have not had a treo damaged sinco adopting this trap plan. Wo use a row of traps around tho outer rows of orchard and nursery trees, two to four rods apart—think, perhaps, they might ho farther apart and catch all of them. Last winter wo caught 67 rabbits and J opossums. Caught our first ono Oct. 17, and Nov. 19 got our thirty-sev enth for this fall. I inclose cut of the trap. To make the trap use 6 inch fenc ing boards or scraps of any inch lumber, but side pieces should ho 6 inches wide. Cut four pieces 6 inches wide, 24 inches long; ono piece 6 inches wide and 4 inches long, for back end, making box 4 by 6 by 25 inches inside measure. In front end hang door. Arrange treadle and trigger as shown iu cut, using a couple of tacks in bottom of trap for treadln to rest against when tilted. By so doing treadle can bo taken out for re pairs when wires get bent. A and B are made of wire; door and treadle of half inch lumber. For hinges for door wo uso wire nails with heads cut off, driven into end of door. Holes made iu sides with gimlet larger than nails, to work easily, and not bored quite through to prevent water running in and freez ing door up. Dotted lines, D, show posi tion of door when down. E shows track of lower edge of door when lifting to position, F. A cnuploof staples will hold wire, B, in position. When the rabbit steps cn treadle, T, it pulls tho wire, B, out of C, Ft ting door fall. ITori'Ja Pineapple*. Tlio culture of the pineapple in Flori da is of comparatively recent introduc tion. There is a small section of tho state, the lower portion of tho Indian river and in tho vicinity of Lake Worth, which seems to bo never visited by frost. Even in this past remarkably eccentric season, tho frost line did not reach that section. Bo that after tho test of tho present year, pineapple culture in that section may be looked upon as a perma nent commercial horticultural industry. It is surprising how many can bo raised on a small piece of ground. Ten thou sand plants can ho planted on an acre, and as each boars ono largo fruit tho cal culation of tlio product can easily bo made. Of course, as in most of these wholesale productions, largo sums go for transportation and for commissions to agents; but, allowing for all these, the shipper can realize about §15 a hundred. Much more than this has been realized in very successful instances. The fruit is continually ripening from April to November, and, indeed, it is said that ripo pineapples can bo cut at almost any timo of tho year. It takes very rich soil to get large fruit, and those who havo rich soil will consequently receive the largest profits, says Meehan’s Monthly. Fivparln" For Cotton. A writer in tho Texas Farm and Ranch gives his mode of preparation for cotton. First run a list iu the water fur row or middle as soon as you can, and lot it lio until you aro ready to plaut and run tho middle out thin. Taken log or pole and run over so as to havo it flat and fresh. He says; When I plant I never run a center furrow; after it comes up I uso a double sweep. If the farmer was to plaut less acre age and cultivate better lie would make more cotton and would havo moro land to plant to grain and hay. I planted eight acres last year, and I made seven bales weighing over 500 pounds each. I did not hear of any of my neighbors making that per acre. Mi PROTECTION from th« frtk ■ pneumonia, diphtheria, fever MW epidemics is given by Hood's Sar8»p*» rilla. It makes PURE BLOOD. GEO. S. HACKER A Ni’iv Potato. A new potato that will be catalogued next season as tho Country Gentleman is thus described by tho originators iu tho columns of tho publication for which it was named. It is a promising variety, originating on our farm in Caribou, Me., mid re sembles very closely the New (^ucen and | III I I THE COUNTHY OKNTI.KMAN. Beauty of Hebron, only that the color ing is moro marked than iu either of these varieties. Tho blush and white markings ci ver the skin of this potato in a peculiar mottled manner, making it one of tho strikingly handsome vari eties. It is a medium lirfu kind, about liaif way between the New Queen and White Elephant iu time o. maturing; the eyes are shallow, with numerous Manufacturers of Doors, Sash, Blinds, Moulding and Bnflth ing Material, Sash, Weights and Cords, CH2YR.Jk/I2©TOTC« S. O. Purchase our make, which we guarantee to &*. Superior to any sold South, and thereby Save Money. WINDOW and FANCY GLASS A 8PECIALTT A. N. WOOD. BANKER, docs a general Banking and Exohaxgn business. Well secured with Burglary- Proof safe and Automatic Time L«sk. Safety Deposit Boxes c» modor**# rent. Buys and sells Stocks and Bonfe. Buys County and School Claims. Your business solicited. Grain and Provision Market. L. 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