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ht <&MXMfi Q&VttttttV. PUBLISHED KVKRY TUESDAY. ONK DOLL^Il Jk. V IIA It. 4br ?gamitj) ?to*n. MARRIED ACCIDENTALLY. "Ho J?I you lido with Potto! ?houted Carrlo, after tho boat was fair- I ly under way, whereat a little smllo rippled across tho neighboring pasaon- j gore* faces. It was an odd spceoh, but May and I understood it. We were going to a lovely nook, discovered by Carrie tho year before, in the heart of tho Cat skills. We had to rldo many and many a long mile to roach tho aforesaid center, and the Uno of stages that led to our little nook was owned and run by two stalwart, steadfast mon named Potts and Kramer. Potto was a lively fellow, as round and as rosy and as shiny as a fresh, red-cheeked apple. Kramer was tailor, darkor, more taciturn. Potto entertained his passengors with asoriesof Jokes, squlbe, anecdotes, mysteries, legends and tales. Kramer attended strictly and solely to tho busi ness of driving his four horses. Bo it was no wonder Carrlo scroamed out to us: "He sure you ride with Potto 1" On tho Catoklll landing wo askod for the Potto and Kramer line. " Hero, Indien," said a tall man, who we knew must be Mr. Kramer, motion ing us to a half-filled stage. " We don't want to rldo with you," said May. with charming candor ; " wo want to rldo with Mr. Potto, because he talk the most." " Ha ! ha 1 ha I" shouted Mr. Potto. " Well, ladles. I appreolate tho com pliment, I really do \ but it's impossi ble for me to ado another fare. You'll have to ride with Mr. Kramer." We meekly got into the half-filled stage and wound our way up over tho long hills, with Mr. Kramer sitting bolt upright in front of us, looking neither to tho right nor to tho left, and oblivlouB of all remarks that might bo made behind him. At last Mr. Kramer suddenly stopped before a little waysldo inn. and landed all our dusty and tired fellow-travelers at their destination. Then we went on our way again, solo occupants of the capacious vohlcle. May yawned again ana again. At last she gave a heart-breaking sigh and ox olalmed : " What a dreadfully dreary rldo this ts, to be euro !" Mr. Kramer turned his head over so slightly, and looked back at her. " Do you see that house over there ?;; asked ho, pointing to a protty cottago half hidden by clambing vinos and sur rounded by a mass of brilliant flowors ; " that is whoro I live." " Ah," said May, adjusting her bluo glasses firmly upon her noso, " what a dear, cosy little place?the prettiest ono we've seen for miles. " Are you married ?" sho continued, fearful that tho genorous impetus to speech would dry up forever. " Yes," Mr. Kramer replied, looking back at us with a curious twinkle In his oye; " I was married sort of acci dentally." " I was born in tho little village wo passed through, back yonder^and so was Fanny Davis. Wo wont to Bchool together, Bat in the samo scat at church, rode in tho same hay wagon, skated on the samo ice ponds, went to the samo husking bees; but wo didn't love each other much for all that. " I'll skip the history of tho war, and only say that after moro than throo long years spent in marching and countermarching from battloflold to battlefield, I came back to the village down there a different man from tho one who went away. " Such a time as they made over tho little fragment of our regiment, when we came home all ragged, weary and worn. The folks got up a big reception down in the old church. " I had often dreamed of this homo coming, down under thoso southern stars, and thought of the old familiar faces that would brighten whon they saw. me, and the friends whose hands I would liko to take first; but in all my dreams I had nevor thought of Fanny. " By and by there was a little pause. I looked up and thero, not moro than three yards off, with checks liko roses ami eyes liko stars, sho stood looking at mo with such a look as I nevor thought sho could have for any ono, much less for me. " 'Sam, you aro a bravo man. 1 am not worthy to untie your shoe, but I want to take your hand and tell you how I honor you, and how sorry 1 am for all the unkind things I have done and said in days gono by.' " You sen the war had educated her, too. " Of course I went to see Fanny. No distance would have been too great, no storm too severe to hinder me. And many a time when I have walked^ mile or more just to touch her little soft hand or look into her eyes I would think of the times upon times I had gone almost as far the other way so that I should not see her. " I followed Fanny liko a shadow. I asked her to marry me over and over again. From a taciturn man I grew to be a great talker. " At first sho always said ' No ' to my question; not harshly, or with ridicule, out just a little soft 1 No, I don't lovo you,' that seomed as if it was so frail and so slight that I could overcome it 111 only persevered. " So things wont on for over a year. Everybody in tho village got to know of our affair, If it could be called by that name, and some said I was a fool to think for a moment that Fanny Davis would have me; and somo said sho was a fool not to take me, if sho could get mo. "Finally, wo had what I thought was the very last quarrel wo should over have. Fanny, worn out by my persis tency, had angrily told mo nevor to speak to her of lovo again ; never oven to come where sho was. " Then, for tho first time, I think I gave up all hope. I avoldod Fanny, as she wished mo to, for a long tlmo, but I couldn't stop thinking of her for all that. " One day I was walking up tho streot, thinking for tho hundredth time of our last intorviow, and trying to be a man again without her. " I was thinking overall these things that day, as I said, and had just given Fanny up, and then concluded I could not give ner up, whon I saw hor coming toward mo. "I did not ovon know if she would speak to me, but sho did?lust a cool little nod. At first I thought I would pass her, but I deliberately walked back with her. " She said nothing after the first greeting, nor did I speak after that, either. The silence was lust begin ning to got a little awkward, whon we mot Judge Bontley going down town, evidently in a hurry ; but ho stopped a ? moment, gave each of us a sharp look through his gold-bowed spectacles, and said: " 'Haven't been quarreling again, children, eh ? Now, why can't you be reconciled and happy Y It's Just as easy to bo good and happy as?the othor thing. Le* us bury the hatchet on the spot. I'll be the peacemaker. I will tell you what I'll do. I'll marry you out of hand, and then you will be happy forover.' %y 'Samuel, do you tako Fanny to be your wedded wife, to have and to hold forover? Do you promise to be hor faithful and affootionrfto husband till, death parts you ?' "'Yes, that I do,'cried I, with all my heart. M 'Fanny, do you take Samuel to be {?our wedaed husband ? Do you prom se to be a true and loving wife to him til! separated by death?' " 'Perhaps I'll think about it judge," said Fanny, with a little of her saucl nee?. " Thon, raising his hands Impressive ly, he Haul: " 'I pronounce you man and wife, and let every one horeafter hold his peace.' "'There,'there, children,' ho con tinued, 'it's all done now. I'll just have time to salute the brldo and catch the stage.' "The judge mot Mr. Paine, editor of the Weekly Haddem Gazette, a little faithor on, and said : " 'Paine, do you want a news item V I've only got a minute to give it to you. Sam Kramer and Fanny Davis are mar ried. I tied the knot myself about five minutes ago.' "Of course Palno wasn't going to be such a fool as to miss an item like that. I So homo he went and wrote up half a column or more on the happy event, at the end congratulating the bride and groom on their safe arrival in the pleasant port of matrimony after a long and stormy courtship. " Well, that upset the town. When I road that Item I was so weak I oouldn't stand up. It never had oc curred to rao, or to Fanny, or to the judge, either, I don't bellove, that it was a bona fide marrlago, but there it was all down In black and whlto and It didn't look the least bit like a joke. " Of course ovorybody I mot congra tulated mo. The more I denied it, the more they bellovod thoro was somo thlng In It. " After a day or two things began to look so sorious I went to see Lawyer Searing ; ho wan an old friend of mine and a war comrade, too. I gave him a history of the wholo case, and asked him what he thought of it. He deliber ated awhllo and then jumped up and shook my hand saying: " 'It Is my honest opinion, Sam, that Parson Hathaway oouldn't have mar ried you any hotter than that if he had tried.' . " I thought about it all night, and then concluded I must see Fanny and find a way out of the trouble if possi ble. " I found hor quiot and solf-possossod, but hor eyes had a suspicious redness around the rims. I plunged right into the subject and said : " 'Fanny, I have come to toll you how sorry I am that little joke happen ed, and how serious It seems to be Nod Searing says It looks very much llko a legal marriage. "Fanny's face grow white as a cloth at this. " 'God knows, Fanny, If I could havo It undone again I would do so. I have boon ready to marry you any time dur ing the past year, but I novor wanted to forco you into anything like this. "'As it is, the ceremony makes no difference to me. I havo thought and thought over tho matter, and I havo concluded there Is a way out of tho difficulty. I will go away, and then, after awhilo, you can go to somo other stato and get a divorce from mo for de sertion.' " Long before I had finished Fanny was sobbing as if her heart would break. Said I, at last, ' Fanny, won't you say good bye to mo ? I may not i see you again, as I am going away so soon." . " And then, Instead of saying good bye and letting me go, sho flew to rao and put both arms around my neck, laid nor head on my shouldor, and said, bo tweon her sobs, ' I will never lot you , go ; I thought I didn't love you, Sam, but I do, I do !' " By and by we got moro composed, and sat down to talk matters over, and then it seemed as if wo had suddenly changed characters, for Fanny was all meekness and submission, and I was the ono who mado terms and condi tions. " 'If all the lawyers In tho state pro nounce that a legal marriage,' said I, at length, ' I will never call you my wife till you come to me of your owu free will in the old ohurch down yonder, and proraiso before the domlnio and all our friends to be my true and loving wife.' _ " And she did. God bless her ! she did." New Postal Regulations. Tho following rulos for tho postal service were recently sent to tho post office department, but they are not yet issued officially: A pair of onions will go for two cents. Ink bottles must bo corkod when sent by mail. It is unsafo to mail apple or fruit trees with the fruit on them. Alligators over ten feet in length are not allowed to bo transmitted by mall. As all tho postmasters are expert lin guists, tho addresses may bo written in Chlncso or Choctaw. Persons are compelled to lick their own postage stamps anuVenvelopes ; the postmaster cannot be compelled to do this. Persons are earnestly requested not to send postal cards with money orders inclosed, as largo sums are lost In that way. John Smith gots his mall from six hundred and sevonty-four thousand two hundred and sevonty-nine post offices ; hence a letter directed to " John Smith, United States," will reach him. Ducks cannot bo sent through tho mall when alive. The quacking would disturb tho slumbers of the clerks on tho postal cars. It is oarnostly requested that lovers writing to their girls will please con fine thoir gushing rhapsodies to tho in side of tho envelope. Nitro-glycorlno must be forwarded at the risk of the sender. If it should blow up In tho postmaster's hand he cannot bo hold responsible. When watches are sont through tho mail, if the sondor will put a notice on on tho outside, the postmaster will wind and keep in running order. When you Bond a monoy ordor in a letter always write full and explicit directions in tho same lottor, so that any person gotting the letter can draw tho money. When letters aro received bearing no directions, tho persons for whom thoy aro intended will please, signify the fact to the postmaster that thoy may at once bo forwarded. Tho plaolng of stamps upside down on lottors Is prohibited. Several post mastors havo recently beon sorlously Injured while, trying to stand on their heads to cancol stamps placed In this man nor. Brought into Prominence.? Deacon Comstock, of Hartford, Conn., is well known as being providod with an enormous handlo to his countenance, In tho shape of a huge noso, in fact it is remarkable for Its groat length. On a lato occasion, whon taking up a collection in tho ohurch to which tho deacon belongs, as he passed through the congregation every porflon to whom ho prosentod tho bag seemed to lie Siossessed by a sudden and uncontrolled leslre to laugh. The deacon did not know what to mako of it, Ho had often passod around before, but no such effects as these had ho ever beforo witnessed. Tho secret, however, leaked out. He had been afflicted for a day or two with a soro on his nasal ap pendage, and had placed a small plooo of stloking plaster over it. During tho morning of tho day in question the plaster had dropped off, and tho doacon seeing it as ho supposed, on the floor, Sicked it up and stuck it on again, iut alas for men who sometimes make groat mlstakos, he piokod up Instead ono of those ploccB of paper whloh the manufacturers of spool cotton pasto on the ond of overy spool, and whloh read : " Warranted to hold out 200 yards." Such a sign on such a nose was enough to upset the gravity of ovon a puritan congregation. AN KCCRNTRIC CONGRESSMAN. The Son ofKdwMd Everett 1? Kxpect- | ?hI to Create a Sensation In Wash ington. Profeeeor William Everett of Mas sachusetts, who has been elected to Congress as the successor of Henry Cabot Lodge, tho author of tho famous force bill, u? described as an oddity in many respects, while a man of real ability and worth) A correspondent of the Boston Globe thus pictures the new Congressman : Several circumstances will combine to make Everett a unique and pic turesque personality in Washington In the first place he will represent a j Congressional district in which ho does not reside. His predecessor, Mr, Lodge, is a carpet bagger in the dis trict. His home Is on Beacon street, Boston, but he chose to make bis sum mer domicile bin legal residence, and so he is known aa "Mr. Lodge, of Nahan." But the newly elected Con Eressman does not own or even hire a ! ouse within the preolncts of the dis trict. He makes no pretense of being a resident. He will be the only man in Congress representing a constituency of which he is not a member. His friends claim that bis case is without precedent in our political history. His famo as a scholar and savant has preceded him to Washington and will attract attontion to him. Then, again, ho is a son of a distinguished sire. Edward Evorott was a statesman and orator of national repute. He served in tho senate at a time when there were giants there, and he suffered not by comparison. . But what will most distinguish tho successor of Mr. Lodge will be tho man himsolf and his odd ways. Perhaps his most striking characteristic is his engaging frankness. He never hesi tates to say just what he means and what he believes to be true and perti nent, no matter how disagreeable the avowal may bo to those who hear him. If a man asks him a frivolous or Idle question he gets a reply which plainly informs him that tlmo and thought are valuable and ought not to be frltterod away In fruitless conversation. Tho Doctor has that most admirable of all faculties?the faculty of minding his own business. Being thoroughly convinced that this is something to bo sedulously cultivated, he impresses its value upon those who undertake to meddle In bis affars. " That is none of your business, sir," is a form fre quently employed to convey his thought and meaning. It is not moulded after the Chesterfield pattern, but then the doctor never studied Chesterfield. Ho nover had time. A neighbor of his rotates this little anecdote to illustrate tho quality of frankness which ho is known to possess. The doctor called at his house ono evening by invitation or agreement to play a garao of chess. When the table was set out and tho men were placed in position, tho host prepared himself for a thorough enjoyment of tho garao by taking out a cigar and proceeding to light It. Knowing by report that his host was a mar; of peculiar notions ho said to him: ''doctor, I know you do not smoke, but I trust s?::oldng is not offensive to you." " Tt. ie, sir, decidedly offensivo," was tho energetic reply. " No gentleman would smoke In a room Into which la dies are liable to ontor. The practice is vulgar." During tho campaign of 1890 ho was almost continually on the stump. He was much in demand outside of his own district, and he delivered numerous speeches in tho western part of the state. During ono of these tours he was accompanied by a Boston roportor, who was detailed to describe his style of oratory and to sond copious abstracts Of his speeches. For some reason the two men had not been introduced to each other. On tho third or fourth night out tho customary procession from tho political headquarters to tho hall had been formed, and the reporter was ushered into tho carriage occupied by Doctor Everett. Quiok as a flash the doctor jumped out on the other sido. He was ovidently suffering un der a very strong mental strain. Ono of tho coinmittoomen asked him what the matter was. He replied : " A man, evidently a detective or a spy, who has been on my track for three days, riding on tho trains with me, stopping at the samo hotels with mo, is now thrust into my carriage. I must prostest against such an out rage." ft availed not that tho oxclted doctor was assured that the offonding person was not a dotcctive or a spy, but the respesentativo of a friendly paper. Another carriage was necessary to ap poaso his wrath. Tho doctor has an innato aversion to reporters, and tho feeling is reciprocal. There is not an experienced reporter in Boston who would not rather bo sout Into darkost Africa to hunt for Emln Pasba or Tlppo Tib than to be sent to Quincy to interview Dr. Evorett. The last man who ventured to beard the intellectual lion in his don reports his oxperlenco thus: " Dootor, I have come out to ask your opinion about?" " Sir, I havo no opinion to express, and I am too busy to form ono, now." " But, dootor,?" " Sir, I havo stated that I havo no opinion to oxpress ; that is sufficient. Good evening." What will ho do in Congross ? How will ho act? Will he cut off tho rough corners and anglos from his disposition and become a gracious, courteous and oven-tempered statesman ? These are questions that' suggest themselves to his acquaintances now that ho has been actually elected. Ono thing may he confidently predicted. Dr. Evorott will bo an industrious, conscientious member. He will grlevo at times when he soos how inatteutlvo to the public business is tho averago Congressman, but ho will work and study with ear nestness and determination. He will run very few orrauds for his constitu ents, and tho departments will not bo very much bored by his persistence as an office brokor. Ho is a civil sorvico reformer of the highest order. He sways tho multitude by the force, of logic, the evident earnestness and conviction of his manner, and the soundness of his vlows. His first spocoh in Congress will bo well worth the hearing. It will bo of a stylo of oratory now nearly obsolete In that body. In fine. It will pay to koop an oye on Dr. William Evorott, of Quincy, during the next two years. Ho will bo ono of tho most brilliant and scholarly mon in tho fifty-third Congross. Ho will also be tho most plcturosquo figure boforo tho country. "If ho over breaks looso on tho floor thoro will bo a circus," romarkod a neighbor to tho Now York Times' cor respondent. " Woo bet ide tho man who prods him into frenzy. Ho is a cyclone, with lornado saUCO when he gots on ono of his tantrums." Dr. Everott as an orator takes high rank. Ho is not gracoful in his ges tures, nor has ho a pleasing or attrac tive stylo of delivery. But he bpoaks with force, fervor und dlreotness. Hin hearers soon realise that he Is in dead oarnest. As ho grows excited his body writhes as if in pain, his face assumes a fierce expression, and his right arm swings viciously. His command of lan guago is lrttltless. Ho uses tho most polished and correct English. His sen tences aro models of fine construction. His humor is largely on the savage or der. It is wicked, cutting, sarcastic and deadly. -??mmmY ? ? ? - 1 Johnson's MagnotloOlloures all pain and It will nevor return again. Internal and external for man and boast. Sold by Carpontor Bros.. Greenville, S. C. Constipation and sick hoadaohe per manently en red, and prevented by Jap anese I .iver I 'ellets ; . specially adapt ed to children's use. Sold by Car penter Bros., Greenville, S. C. THK FARMER. The king may rule over land and sea, The lord may live right royally, The ?ohller ride in pomp and pride, The sailor roam over ocean wide, Be thi s or that, whatever befall. The farmer ho must feed them all. The writer thinks, the poet sings, The craftsman fashions wondrous things, The doctor heals, the lawyer pleads, The minor follows the precious leads, Bo this, or that, whatever befall, Tho farmer ho muBt food them all. The merchant he may buy and sell, The teacher do his duty well, But men may toil through busy days Or men may stroll through pleasant ways. From king to beggar, whatever befall, The farmer he must feed them all. The farmer's trade is one of worth, He's partner with tho sky and earth, He's partnor with the sun and rain, And no man loses for his gain, And men may rise and men may fall, ] But the farmer ho must feed them all. The farmer dares his mind to speak, He has no gift or place to seek, To no man living noed he bow, Tho man that walks behind the plow, Is his own master, whatever befall, And king to beggar, he feeds us all. God bless the man who sows tho wheat, Who finds us milk, and fruit and meat, May his purse bo heavy, his heart bo light His fields und homo bo free from blight; God bless tho seeds his hand lot fall, For tho farmer ho must feed us all. UNJUST SUSPICION. A true 8tory. Although ranked among the moro venial faults, suspicion often gives rise to results as dire as those that lio at the door of tho. worst passion. Murder, sulcldo?all manner of in justice?has boon traced to unjust or misplaced suspicion. Perhaps no trait of character has caused so much' dornest ie and social friction as a mor bid tendency to suspect. The follow ing is only one of many Instances that tho writer could relate of tho lament able consequences of misplaced suspi cion : A young German, intelligent and prepossessing In appearance, came to America to seek his fortune. Ho was employed as ornamental gardener by a rich and aristocratic lady In the town of W-. In about two years he folt that he could afford to keep his {n-omiso to send for his affianced young )rldo. She came, and took, for a limited tlmo, the duties of lady's maid for her lover's mistress. In threo months thoy wero to bo united In holy wedlock. How happy thoy wore In tho present and in viow of future pros pects ! There soomed to bo no cloud in tho sky above thorn. But in one short hour there was no sunshlno; clouds, hHto!fc as midnight, covorod ?everything. This rich lady had an extensive wardrobe. Suddenly, ono day, she missed an elogant silk and velvet robe that she had put asido as out of stylo, somo time before. It could be found nowhere, and sho certainly owned such a dress. No one had accoss to hor wardrobe but Rika and herself. Unwilling as sho was to doubt tho beautiful, winning little foreigner, who had won hor fancy, sho could not doubt Rika's guilt. Sho tried to bribe hor to confession, saying that sho should not be betrayed if sho would bo ingenuous and tell tho truth. Rika, with eloquent tears, gestures and broken sentences, denied tho accusa tion, and persisted in her donlal in defiance of ovory Inducement to con fess tho theft. Feeling euro that she must bo harboring a liar and thiof beside, Mrs. B. finally told .lohn that his much-loved paragon was unworthy of him. It was long boforo ho could believe it. But proofs aro proofs, and John, almost distracted, told Rika that she must bo sont back to Gormany. Rika, woakenod by tears, grlof and ntght watchlngs, fell In a dead faint, during which John gavo vont to his grlof in pitiful ejaculations and caresses, of which sho was unconscious. On tho morning of tho day that Rika was to sail, she. was missing. A search was instituted, and on tho third day after tho body of a beautiful young girl was taken from tho creek. Any attempt, to describe John's grief would be futll. Ho was inuto with tho silont anguish that kills. Ho wont about his duties as in a dream, making mistakes that proved his distraction, and wanedrod half tho uight upon tho mar gin of tho stream In which his loved ono had sought forgetfulness, or about her grave. Ho shod no tears. His mistress was moro demonstrative. Sho wopt and wrung hor hands, but she was destined to suffer deeper grlof, tho bitterness of lifelong remorse and compunction. A few days after these events had transpired, a lady eame rushing up the stops of Mrs. B.'s elogant mansion. As soon as sho was admitted to the lady's presonco she exclaimed, " What is this that I seo in this morning's Times? Can it be that your poor lady's maid Is a suioldo through my romissness in bringing homo tho dress you gavo me to alter just before I left W-, moro than a year ago," and sho took out tho fatal robe that had boon tho doath of poor Rika. " Itis my fault," exclaimed Mrs. B., pale as doath and trombling liko a leaf. " It was my business to send for it. I fool that the cruel death of tho innocent lies at ray door," and hor tears fell like rain. It is said that she was ovor after a sad and thoughtful woman. But what of poor John ? His heart was broken and his intellect, a wreck from tho hour that he was told tho truth. But God Is merciful, and threo months after his darling had boon buried in her bridal robes, and placed in Mrs. B.'s family comotory, " poor John," as ho was universally called, was convoyed to u humane asylum for tho insane?a mild, harmless and happy lunatic. Being allowed his freedom, his solo happinoss conslstod in going to tho postonlco, always sure that he should find tho letter that announced tho arrival of his " beau tiful, darling Rika." M When Greek Meets Greek."? Voltaire and Rousseau, though on friendly terms, were in tho habit of firing off jokos at ono anothor. Ono day, Roussoau was dining with Voltalro and oysters woro brought on tho tablo, for, as somebody has romarkod, no din nor could ho eomnloto without them. The author of " lOmile," after helping* himsolf protty frooly, made tho somo what injudicious romark : M I am suro I could oat as many oys ters as Samson ?low Phlllstlnos." i* With tho samo weapon ?" (tho jaw-bono of an ass) slyly Inqulrod Vol talro. Roussoau did not soon forget tho lit tlo joko at his oxponBO and sought an opportunity for rovengo. Not long af torward Voltalro called at his houso during his absence. Tho door being open ho walked into tho library and, finding all tho books thrown about in confusion and covorod with dust, ho traced on ono of thorn tho word " cochon" (pig) with hla finger. Noxt day ho mot Roussoau and said to hlin : "I oalled at your house yostorday, but did not find you in." " I know," said tho latter ; " I found your oard." ?Tho only thing that justifies an inoroaso in gonoral land values is a liko increase in t he value, of products. Then whon wo boo tho prloes of farm land improving, it may bo rogarded as a sign of tho bottormcnt4>f tho agricul tural outlook. WHY I AM A FARMER. If this question were honestly an swered by moat of us the reply would bo very generally: " Because I can't help myself." The number of tillers of the soil who really love their business is relatively small, yet the class is rapidly grow ing. A large proportion are farmers be cause they inherited land, - were " brought up" to the business, and seemingly had no choice of a vocation : knowing no other lifo, they stolidly accept circumstances, or perhaps lack ambition for planning other means of livelihood. Our papers are full of talk about keeping' the boys on the farm, the ovils of city life, and the like. Some of these articles are very good ; more of them do not touch the root of the subject. Our boys should be instilled with a love for farming from early years. Wo work them too hard and reward too little. Why not make lifo brighter for them by giving thorn a limited partnership in the crops and stock, and thus create a desire for reading the best agricultural literature ? Thhj is tho dawn of a now era in farming, and ho who does not take at least two of tho standard agricultural An nuls of the oountry is unworthy of ing termed intelligent. Do you ever seek to impress upon your sons the independence of your calling ? Or do you grumble about tho hardness of the farmer's lifo V You forget sometimes that the articles raised on a farm are always in fashion. The farmer Is not bound to ploase any ono but himself, except as to prices, and even here, if ho care fully reads "the signs of tho times," he can generally protect himself. How vastly different in the so-callod learned professions. Illness comes, and the lawyer's cltonts, the doctor's patients, or tho minister's parlshonors aro generally scattered. The mer chant buys a large stock of goods, fashions change, -loss ousuos. Or the clork fails to ploaso an unreasonable master and ho Is " tired." No ono can discharge tho farmer. At worst he can only loso his labor, and moantlmo he has lived well, healthily and happi ly. " Heads I win" is true tho world over, but they ore educated ones that win. Yes, I am a farmer because I love the business, rejoice in its free dom, and glory In its future. I think that la this noblest trade, tho root of all others, I will have less care, feel better satisfied with self and humanity, and also possess a firmer faith in Almighty God than I can in any other. Chester. Richmond Co., Virginio. Care of the Garden.?It Is only tho beginning to have tho garden well fdanted. After this comes tho caro of t and on this caro depends the results to a very large degree. If tho soil was in good condition when tho planting was done it is a comparatively small task to keep It so during the season, but it is necessary that it should be given constant attention to do this. Tho very host time to kill woods is just before you see them, and this can only bo done by constant cultivation. If tho ground is gone over every week and lightly cultivated, tho seeds of woods which have just germinated, but have not yet pushed above tho surface, will be ofTectually killed and trouble no more, while if they aro allowed to get any start they will frequently tako root after being torn out and continue to grow almost without chock. A weed seed that has just germinated is killed if moved ovor so little, and this is tho time when it should bo attondod to. Vegetables cannot bo cultivated too much, and tho garden that grows up to woods so that the housewife must hunt among them for hor supplies for tho tablo, is not only a sorry sight, but is not profitable. After every rain as soon as tho surface water has disap peared and the top soil im? gut dried out so that it will hoo up loose and friable, the ground should bo gono ovor with a light hoo and tho surface worked up finely. This makes a loose coat of soil on the top and prevents too rapid evaporation in a dry time, and koeps tho subsoil from becoming baked and hard. If a garden is kept well cultivated it will 'ako a long dry spell to materially afleet it, and wo would prefer a good hoeing in a dry season to a good watering by any ordinary methods. Extemporaneous Lying.?Owing to the readiness, easo and grace of Jack W's extemporaneous lying ho com manded rospoctful attention wherever ho went. No locality could bo mention ed in a casual conversation but ho would show himself to bo familiar with it and that in somo way connocted with his family. When an allusion was made to tho superiority of Goshen butter, ho merely obsorvod that old Goshen, who first introduced it intogonoral use, was his uncle. Whon, on another occasion, an allusion was made to tho Natural Bridge of Virginia, ho remarked with an air of modosty that ho know all about It, and could givo its dimensions with precision if desired, as his father was ono of tho contractors that built it. Ho was quite an artist in his way. Ho came near being stumped only once, and that was whon asked his opinion about tho Siamese Twins. Ho really know nothing about the twins, nover having ovon hoard of thorn; but assum ing a knowing look, ho said ho had nover thought much about tho follows, as ho had only mot ono of thorn.?Texas Slftings. A Friend Wishes to speak through tho Register of tho beneficial results ho has rocoived from a regular use of Ayer'a Pills. He says: "I was feoling sick and tired and my stomach seemed all out of order. I tried a number of remedies, but none seemed to give me relief until I was in duced to try the old reliable Ayer's Pills. I have taken only one box, but I feel like a new man. I think they are the most pleasant ami easy to take of anything I ever used, being so finely sugar-coated that ovon a child will take them. I urgo upon all who aro In Need of a laxative to try Ayer's Pills." ? Mouth bay (Mo.), Register: "lietweon tho ages of live and fifteen, I was troubled with a kind of Halt rheum, or eruption, chiefly conlined to the legs, and especially to the bend of ' tho kneo above the calf. Ifcrn, running sores formed which would scab overt but would break immediately on mov ing the log. My mother tried every thing she could think of, hut all was without avail. Although u child, I read in tho papers about the beneficial effects of Ayor's Pills, and persuaded my moth er to let mo try them. With no groat faith in tho result, she procured Ayer's Pills and I began to nso them, and noon noticed an improvement. Bncouraged by this, I kept on till I took two boxes, when the sores disappeared and have never troubled me since."?H. Chlpman, Beal Estate Agent, Roanoke, Va. "I suffered for years from stomach and kidney troubles, canning very sever* pains in various parts of tho body. None of the remedies I tried afforded me any relief until I began taking Ayer's Pills, and was cured."?Wm. Goddard, Notary Publlo, Five Lakes, Mich. ? Prepared l>yDr..T.C. AyerfcCo., I-owo1I,Mm?. Hold by DruggltU Everywhere. Every Dose Effective THE SOUTHERN NEGRO. A Northern Teacher Deununoen the Race for Ingratitude aud Im mor ality. Ella Evalyn Conner, an educated colored girl, went to Chattanooga last year to teach in the public schools, and encountered a very strong prejudice against Northern nogroes among hor own race. They disliked her very much, and charged her with Improper relations with tho school commissioner a white man of family, for which sho was tried and acquitted. On returning to her home in Ohio, sho wrote tho following scorching letter to the Chat tanooga Times : Selm a, O., June 10. I heartily agree with tho 44 Northern man ou the negro," whose comment in your columns of a few weeks sinco was taken from a Memphis paper. I was reared in a pure, Quaker com munity, and have oeen surrounded by good Christian influences from ohild hood and had known very few colored peoplo boforo I went South. I, too, wont South prejudiced against tho whitos for the cruel treatment imposed upon the colored pooplo by them. I could not see why the color of a man's skin would subject him to the treat ment ho rocoived. I taught in your community three successive years and of course came in contact with tho negro as he is. 1 can see now why ho Is treated as bo is, and am almost ready to add be is treated too well. It is usoluss for the average negro (of course wo havo some noble excep tions) to talk of emigrating North or any other place until he learns to ap preciate the puro and the good, and it will be no better In tho North than In the South, for whorovor tho negro is found in large numbers ho is treated badly, and in most cases ho deserves to bo treated so. I have lived North and East and havo taught South, three years, and I shall quit howling about negro suffrage," for tho averago negro Is morally so low that no intelligent, upright, sensible colored person can censure a well-equipped, refined class of people for ostracising such oattle. Wo know we have somo of our race who will compare with those of any other race in education, culture and re finement, whose characters are as good as gold : but comparatively speaking, bow few, and tho few suffer for what tho masses do. Sinco I havo soon so much of the ne groes In tho past Bix weeks, I can boo why tho children in the schools arc so warlike, dishonest and treacherous. It is wholly impossible to get tho truth from thorn in any form. They will steal anything they can got their hands on, and sad part oi It all Is, when thoy are caught In a wrong thoy are not sorry that thoy have committed tho wrong, but that thoy havo been caught. As a class tho negroes are so vilo aud degraded that they put the wrong construction on everything their leaders do, and soo only the bad aide of things. Tho 44 negro problem" to mo is no longer why tho whites impose such treatment on them; but why thoy aro cast in such a mold. I heartily endorse tho sentiment of tho 4'Northern man on tho negro." I bollevo ho told tho exact truth. I am often askod when I como North by both white and colored what I think of tho way In which tho negro is treated, I shall answer them hence forth that ho Is treated too well, for I havo found that when a colored person tries to do right tho white peoplo will give him a helping hand fifty?yea, a hundred?times whoro members of his own raco will try to pull him down. They need not expect to prosper, for thoy make their own way hard. I have no raco pride. 1 lost it in Chattanooga. Now, of com so, tho colored 'peoplo who do not do these things will take this letter to heart. Lot him who tho shoo fits, put it on. Ella Evalyn CONNER. Light and Happiness Come to You GtLMrfS&fejMfc ?^ you're a suffer ta^^vf/^i^^in. woman' r,'u'' ?^L "'i^iJela'i messenger in this VmWBsI i c as0 *s Pieroe's mma^^yFavorite Pre ?a^noca- tn? Dcsfc ^LttoJj&Sr of caro, proper re gard for hygiene and ?the " Prescription." It's a tonic and norvine, a remedy prescribed by an eminent physician and specialist for all the peculiar ills and ailments of women. Somo dispositions are sunny even in pain. But, it'was not meant that women should suffer bo. She need not, while there's a remedy that rogulates and promotes all the proper functions, dispels aohes and pains, brings refreshing sleep and restores health and vigor. In the "com plaints," weaknesses, and irregulari ties of womanhood, it's the only guaranteed remedy. If it fails to benefit or cure, you get your money back. is perfectly, perma nently and posit i vely cured by Dr. Sage's Catarrh Romedy. Tho proprietors of this medicine prove that by their offer. It's $600 oash for a case of Catarrh which thoy cannot euro. By ail ?lealers in medicines ; 50 coute. ?In Michigan tho farmers are giving much more attention toboansthan over before. Before tho McKinloy tariff, most of tho boans consumed in that State came from Canada, but with tho tariff at 40 cents a bushel the Canadian bean bus boeome a thing of the past. A largoly Incroased acreage is shown this year as tho crops of late years havo brought on tho average from (1.26 and $1.50 a bushol, and they are quite as sure as wheat. Johnson's Oriental Soap is the mos dolicato facial soap for ladies' uho in existence. Sold by Carpenter Bros., Grconvlllo, S. C. Japanese Pilo Cure costs you nothing if it docs not cure you ; samples free. Guaranteed by Carpcntor Bros., Grcon vlllo. S. C. ?JAPANESE CURE A Now nnri Complete Tronlmont, >;?--i- n.. ? of HUPl'ORITOmKS. cn|, nule . of Ointment ami two IJoxoa of Olnlmont. A novor-falllng Onro for l'lloa of every nature nn.l deRreo. It mnkox an oporatlon with tho knlfo or Injections of carholic acid, vrblch nre painful nml aoldoin a periiiauont cure, and otton roHullluK in donth, unnocoetmry. Why endure this terrible cllsenee? We atunrnnteo O boxes to our* nny onie. You only pay for boncAta received. 91 o box, 0 for *?'>. Sont by mull. Ounranteoa laauod by our ngento. PflWQTIP ATION Cured, Pile* Prevented, UUriO I lift I IUW bylananeseLlvorPellot? the groat MVKBand HTOMAOli 11KOULATOH and BLOOD rUKIFIKH. Small, mild and pleiisnnt lo take, enpeclally adapted for oblldren'a uso. 60 Iawos 35c?nb<. OUAItANTKKH Usued only by Carpenter Bros., Greenville, S C. r. o. Donaldson, a. ii. oonai.dhon T. Q. & A. H. DONALDSON, Attorneys and Counsellors 8t Law, UKKKNVIIXK, H. C. l'raetloe in tbe Btate And United State Court*. 16-11-17 Highest of all in leavening Power.?Latest U. S. Gov't Report. j\Bsmirmm pure "The New York "World" One Year, WEEKLY EDITION, THE "COLUMBIA" WATCH, -AND "The ADVERTISER" One Year The New Yoke Weekly Would is the leading Ameri can paper, and is the largest and best weekly printed. The COLUMBIA Watch is an excellent timekeeper, with clock movement, spring in a barrel, steel pii ion, clean tree train and a good timekeeper. It is 2g inches in diameter, x 1-32 inches thick, and tequires no key to wind. The Advkrtisek is the best and cheapest local paper in his vicinity. Wc thus furnish the Time and all the news up to time for one year for $2.80. $2.80 $2.80 $2.80 B3T Bond your Order with ?ho cash to The ADVERTISER und tho watch and PAPERS win !>o forwarded at once. RICHMOND & DANVILLE R. It. F. W. Huidekoper and Reuben Fog ?I Heoeivers. Columbia & Greenville Dl. vision. Condensed Scedulo in effect >)unc 1. 1803. Truins run by 76tu Meridian Time. Between Columbia, Soneoa and Walhalla. Dally. No. 11. STATIONS. Daily. i No. 12 11 05am'Lv 11 3flum 12 23pm 19 37pro 12 87pm 12 11 pin 1 22pm 1 45piD 2 20pm 2 42pm 3 00pm 3 12pm 3 32pn 3 37pm 8 67 pm 4 2Spu. 4 67pn 6 05pm Ar. Lv. Lv Vr Lv .. .Columbia... ... .Alston.... ... Pomarla_ ... Prosperity. ... Newbcn y .. ... ileleua ... _Chappella . ... Ninety Six. ...Greenwood. ... Hodges. .. Donalds... , ..Uonea Path. ... Bellen. ... Helton ... ... Anderson.. ... Penuleton.. .Seneca ... .Seneca .. .... Walhalla. Ar ! 1 jl2 12 111 11 11 |io 10 o 6 8UpmJ Ar Between Anderson, Helton ville. Lv Ar Ar Lv Ar Lv 10pm 20pm 06pm 40am 19am 14 am 29am osani 60a m 30ani 13am 02am 4fta in "6am OHam U8am 68am 68,?m OOam Daily No. 12. 1 16pm 8 88pw 8 38pro 8 67 pm 4 03 pm 4 15prn 4 55pm STATIONS. und Green? Daily. No. 11. Lv-AuderBon.Ar Ar... Iiclion.Lv Lv_Bellen.Ar Ar ... WilliamatOQ? ...Lv Ar .. Pelzer.Ar Ar ...Piedmont .Ar Ar Greenvillo .. Lv 4 3?pm 8 43pm 8 43pm 824pm 8 18piu 8 03pui 7 30 >M Between Columbia, Alston aud Spartan, burg. Daily No. 13. 3 60pm 4 30pm 6 23pro 6 32pm 6 60pm 0 23pm o 60pm STATIONS. Lv.. Ar . Columbia.Ar ... .Alston. .. Carlisle. .. .Santuc. ... .Union. .. . Pacolet. Spartanburg_Lv 1 20ptii 12 40pm 12 44pm 11 30pm 11 17pm 10 11 pin 10 20pm Botweon Nowborry, Clinton and Lumens Ex Sun No. 16 12 68pm 1 06pm 1 50pm 2 15pm 2 60pm STATIONS. Lv. Ar .Columbia.Ar . .Nowberry.... ..Goldville .... ..Clinton .... ..Laurens.Lv Kx Sun No. 10 11 10am 11 uua in 10 15?n. 0 60am i) 20am Between Hodges and Abbeville, STATIONS. Lv Lv Ar Hodges Dai raui;b's Abbeville i Dull). No. 12 i Mixed Lv >0 26 pm Lv 0 05 pm Ar 18 60 pm Kx.Sun. No. 11 2 62 pm 3 12 pm 3 25j>m Trains leavo Greenvillo s. c, A. & c. Division, Norlbbound, 8.07 a. in., 2.2U p. m., 6.08 p. in. (Vestibuled Llmiicd). Southbound, 8.07 a, in., 4.42 p. Li., 12.28 p. m. (Vestibuled Limited). Trains leave Seneca, A. <fc C. Division. Northbound, 1.89 h. m., 12.16 p. m.; Souib bound, 3 38 a. in., G.80 p. m. Trains leave Spartanburg, a. & c. Di vision, Northbound, 4.00 h m, 8.48 p in, ?.00 p m (Vestibuled Limited); South bound. 1.66 a m. 8.30 p m, 11.87 a ro ( Vi unbilled Limited ); Westbound, W. c. Division, 0.60 a in and 2.05 p m, ilendcrsonvllle, Aeheville, Hot Springe, w. a. Turk, s. h. Hardwiok, Gen. Pass. Agt., Asp. Gen. I'aos. Agt. Atlant?, Ga. Soi. Haas, Trallic M'g'r. Washington, 1). c. W. II. Gkkkn, General Manager, Wiudi ington, I). c. N. lor Washington, I). C. V. K. McBkk, Oen'l Supt., Columbia, S. C. CAROLINA, KNOXV1LLK & Western Co, Schedule in effect Monday, April 10th, 1803. Leave Greenville. 8 oo am Arrive Marietta . 0 00 am Leave Marietta _ . 6 80 pm Arrive Gieenvllle . 0 80 pill On Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays two trains a day, each way, as follows: I/Ciivo Greenville. 8 00 am Arrive Marietta. 1? 00 am Leave Marietta. 0 15 am Arrive Greenville. io 16 am Leuvo Greenville . 4 00 pm Arrive Marietta. 6 00 pm Leavo Marietta . 5 8') pm Arrive Greenville . 0 80 pm 11. c. Rkattie, Receiver. The Most Ingenious Realities of this life are unquestionably the Offspring of some imaginative, mind that wandered through a maze of seem ing impracticabilities resulting even tually in an untold blessing to hu manity. Sj A reality that is the delight and wonder of tho present ago is the sewing machine, aad the degree of perfection to which it has recently been brought under tho management of the Davis Sowing Machine Company, realizes the brightest dreams of the most sanguine inventors. The now Vortical Feed, possessed by tho Davis alone, places it abovo all competitors. Though frequent editorial mention of this inachino has been made in these columns and attention called to its merits and advantages almost weekly for months past, wo doubt if yet our readers have any adequate conception of tho improvements possessed by this model of machines. I'or excellency of workmanship, simplicity of construct ion, and durability it has no equal. Greenville Music House. Alexander, Bros. & Co., Pianos, Organs, Sewing Ma chines and Sheet Music. 107 and 111 Washington Stroot, Groon ville, s. C. RICHMOND ? DANVILLE K. B. F. W. lluidekoptr Hiid Km hen Foster, Uecolvere. Atlanta ?& Chnrlotu- Air Lino Divibiou. Condensed ^cbedule oi Passen ger Trains In oiToot Muy 31, 18U3. Trulns run by Kastcrn time. NOKTHBOUNB. Lv Atlanta.... Norcrosa. Suwuneo. Buford . Flowery Branch Gainesville_ Lula. Ml. Airy. Toccoa. WcsttuiUBler ... Seneca. . Ccntrul . Easley. Greenville.. .. Oreer's. Spurianburg .. Ciilton. Cow pens.. Gaftney. Bluckt-burg ... Guelonia. Ar. Charlotte.. No. 38 i No. 3? 12:00n'n 7:00i)m 2:30pm 6:23pm bO :12pm s0:35pm s9:60pm 11021pm sin 1:4.111 7:00pm 8:14 pm 11:30pm 11:67pm a1242am hI :43am f2:17am 2:30am 3:10am 3:4011 in I SOUTHWARD. 1 No. 37 1 No. 11 No. 12 0:60am 10:30am It :01um 1 1 : i.'i..m 11: Jl: 1 in I 1 : 11 in in 12:12uin I2:*2pm 1:10am 1:62am 2:10am 2:35am 3:22am 3:45am 1 : I si 111 4:67am f>:13nm f>:17um 6:J3?m 0:02am 0:67am 7:45um No. 36 Lv. Charlotte. Uaelonia. I 0:86am Black:,burg ... ii.ii: 1.. Cow puns. Cliflon. Sparenburg.... Oreer's. Greenville. Easley. Central. Seneca . Westminster.... Toccoa . Ml. Airv. Lula. Gainesville ... Flowery Branch B.i lord. Suwanee. NororosB.. Ar. Atlanta. .. 10:40am 11:37am 12:28pm 8:33pm 4:6f>pni 11 i60am 12:31pm 1:22pm 1:40pm 2:03pm 2:08pm 2:21pm 2:68pm 3:26pm 1:00pm 4:26pm 6:02pm 6:20pm .r):i")0pm U :26pm 7:12pii) 7:88pin 10:20pm 10:07pm 11:30pm 11:60pm 12:26am si :20am s2:06am h2 :32am s3:18ara s7:04ara 4:27am 8:08pm I_.... 8:14pm . 8:>a)ptn t>:30pmI r> :65pm PULLMAN OAK SERVICE. Pullman Palace Sleeping Cur on Trains 0, 10, 11 and 12, 37 and 88on A. A O. Di vision. Nob. 11 and 12?Pniitnan Buffet blteper between Washington snd Atlanta, uniting between Danville niid Oneisbotn witb Pullman Sleeper to und item Pontmnuth and Not folk. For di'tailed Inloi matloi >?>? << Real and through time tablet-, isnfl aid 1 m nun sbepmg Car tf (-1-1 xatioi nnn wiib local agent*, or uddiei W . A. I U UK, Own, PufB. Aj:'t. \\ usblnitlob, D. < . J. A. DOD.-.ON, Bupei it'll"! (lent. Atlanta, tin W. 11. OH KEN li II r> 111? !? K. .'??'I <?> 1 . f't. ,\>b t ?? <>? -dt. ha 11 i.lne ? V\ i.hiiu>toi 1) < . Oeu'l ftian'g'i, ai>h inglon, D. C. POUT ROYAL & WESTERN OA It olina Railway. Condensed sched ule taking effect May 28th, 1KU3 Lv Lv Lv Lv Lv Lv Ar Ar Lv Ar Ar Ar Ar LT Lv Lv Lv Ar Ar Lv Lv Lv Lv Lv Lv Ar Greenville_ Biinpaonvllle Fountain Inn Owlngfl Gray Court . Barkednle .. Laurena Spartnnburg Laurons Greenwood Augusta.... Savannah .) aoksonvllle Jnoksonvllle Savannah Augusta Greenwood Lnureus Spnrtanburg LaureiiR Barksdalo... Gray t Otll't Owlnga Fountain Inn Bimpsonvllle Greenville 15 pm 57 pm 15 pm 86 pm 10 pin 51 pm 15 pm 30 pm 20 pin 24 am 00 pill 00 am 0? n'n 30 pm 0.1 am 20 piu 30 pift 20 pm 30 pm 30 1 111 ?17 pm 53 jini 57 pin 10 pm 22 pm 60 I m BRTWBRN M'CORMICK AND ANDRKSON. Lv Me< ormick.i*3 15 pm t3 45 pm Ar Anderson . 7 50 pint 0 80 pm Lv Anderson . 0 20 mill 7 25 am Ar McCormink_ _|lt> 10ainjlO lO pm ?Except Sunday, tSunday only. Through Parlor (Jars on trains between Augusta and Bpnrtanburg for AshOViUo. For rates or information apply to any agent of tbe company, or to W. F. S11KLLMAN, ?V.J. CRAIG, Trallio Man'g'r. Oen. Psbh. Agont. Savannal), Ga. AiiuiiRta, Ga. R. L. TODD, Trav. Pans. Agent. Boom No. 101. Dyer Building. THE LAURHNS B?K, H. Y. SIMPSON. C. 1). ba UK st) ale SIMPSON & BABKSDAIjB, Attorneys at Law, LA URIONS, SOUTH CAROLINA. Special attention given to the investi gation of titles and collection of claims. lt. W. BALL. I-. W. HIM KINS. \V. w. IIA I.I. BALL, SIMKINH & BALL, Attorneys at Law, Lauricns, South Carolina. Will practice in oil State and United Slates Court. Special attention given collections. J. t. JOHNKON. w. It. mokry. JOHNSON & HICIIEY, ATTORNEYS at law. Oppiok -Fleming's (Jornor, Northwest side of Public Si|iinr<'. LAU RENS, - SOUTH CAROLINA. \V. II. MAItriN. Attorney at Law, Lauuknh, - South Carolina. Will practice in all Courts Of thin Stale, Attention given to collections.