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PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY. OMSl ?OI^I^Il A YI3AII. ??NT SUSAN'S Q?IET. *? If Jimmy and hl? bride ain't pleas ed with that, I <i<m't know what would please .em," said little Mra. Dako, with arms akimbo and bead twisted to ono side, as she stepped back and gazed with admiration at tho object spread out on tho bod. It was a carefully pieced quilt, of a somowhat intricate pattern. "Jimmy's brldo can't help being ticklod with that." said Mrs. Dake, as she smoothed out a fold ; and if she knows anything about ntco quilting, tdio'll sou that wa'n't quilted In a day. Well, I guess not! I quilted ev'ry last stitch of it myself, and there's a good half-day's work in some o' them blocks with the feather and herrln'-bono pat terns and tho sholl border ail 'round the aldgo. I had that quilt In the ! frames five weeks and threo days, and 1 put all tho timo I could get on it, and | there ain't no slack work, tirod as I did get of seeing it 'round." She smoothed out another croase. " Lemmoseo,"sho wont on. "There's two thousand ono hundred and forty seven pieces in the quilt, and a good many of 'em aro pieces of Jimmy's lit tle baby drosses. That'll pleaso his wife, I jest know. Hore's a block mado of calico like a little pink dross ho had whon his ma first put him into short dresses. I remember it was made with a low neck und short sloeves, like they made baby drosses In those days, and his little shouldors und arms was al most as pink as tho dross. "And hero's pieces like a little double gown ho had 'fore ho went into short dresses. And this picco of blue ohambery Is like a little sun-bonnet he had, all lined wllh fine white jaconet. And bore is u pieco of flue muslin with u little pink sprig in it like the iirst short dross Jimmy over had. Ho did look so cunnln' In it, with tho sleeves looped baek, and a tumble-curl on tho top of his head ! Xi I'll sITow his wlfo-to-be all theso pieces, and if she ain't tickled with tho quilt, she'll be a queer ono." Then Mrs. Dako wont ovor to an old fashioned mahogany bureau with brass knobs, and took from the upper drawer a lai'go, square, cream-tiutod envelope, out of which she carofully drew tho " Invito" to Jimmy's wedding. " Mr. and Mrs. William P. Holbrook invito you to bo present at Ihe mar* riago of their daughter Helen and James Barclay Larkiu, Wednesday evening, September fourteenth." Then followed the address of tho bride's parents, in a city four hundred miles from Mrs. Dako's homo. " But I'm goln'!" sho said, gleefully, as ?he slipped tho invitation back into its envelope. "I'd go if it was twico as far. I ain't seen Jimmy for near on to live years, and ho always soemod like my own boy to mo 'cause I never had none o' my own, and I helped to bring him up after his own ma died, when be wa'n't but just In his Iirst lit tle trousies. " I ain't been so fav from homo in many a long year, and I reckoned my travoltn' days was done, but I've got to go and see Jimmy married. I must see Elviry Hodge right away about turn ing and making over my black silk, and I must see Samantha Rose about a now cap. I guess I'll have to have something kind o' smart for a city wed - din', where they'll all bo flnitled up so. I don't want Jimmy to be ashamed of his old aunty ; but lawsy me ! Jimmy wouldn't bo 'shamed of mo if I went in my plain enlico house-dress. He wa'n't raised to sot clothes above his rela tions, and he ain't got nothing to be shamed of in any of his folks." Then Jimmy's aunt, her face aglow with loving thoughts of seoing Jimmy again, foldod up tho quilt carofully in an old sheet, and laid it away in a low er drawer of tho bureau, saying : "Is'poso they'll have lots of nice presents, but I'll warrant you they won't havo ono that represents as much lovin' "abor as that quilt. I hud to cry a little when I quilted them blocks with tho pieces of his baby dresses in 'om. His wifo ought to think the world and all of tho quilt. I hope she won't go to using it common!" Mrs. Dake, who was a widow and childless, lived in the small, remote country town in which her nephew, James Larkin, had boon born, and from which ho had gone to become a suc cessful young lawyer in tho Oity. Ho had not been back to tho home of his childhood for five years. As his Aunt Susan said, ho " wa'n't no hand to write letters," but he often sent brief notes and little gifts to his aunt to as sure her of his affection and grati tude. He had not announced his engage ment to her, and tho invitation to his wedding was one of tho greatest sur prises of Mrs. Dako's uneventful life. " Ho jest wanted to give his old aunty a big s'prise," slic said to Elvira Hodgo, the villago seamstress, whon sho came to "fix over" Aunt Su san's black silk. " I couldn't b'liove my own eyes at first. It don't seem no longer than yesterday that Jimmy was runnin' 'round horo In pinafores; and to think of him bcin' married?I can't git ovor it! " But I'll givo him a s'prise, too. I don't intond to givo him a hint that I'm comin' to his weddin', und if ho won't bo took back when ho sees mo marchln' in on him, my name ain't Susan Elizabeth Dako! Don't you reckon his wifo'll bo tickled with that quilt, Elviry ?" " They'd ought to bo, that's sure," said Elvira. "I think it's a kind of a special pro vidence that I put it in tho frames whon I did. I didn't cal'lato on quilt In' it until next winter, but I had a kind of a f?olin' that I had better do it whon I did, and now It's turned out that there was a.good reason why I should quilt it then." Thoro was quito a company of Aunt Susan's frionde at the little station to seo her off on tho morning sho started. Thoro was unusual color In hor cheeks, and unwonted sparklo in her eyes. She bade oach of her frlonds good-bye two or three times, and promised to tako good care of herself. Some of them sho promised a crumb or two of Jlmmy'B wedding-cake, and n full ac count of the wedding festivities. " An' if you could git mo a scrap of tho bride's weddin' dress, nn' of any of her other drossos, for my silk quilt, Susan, I'd bo so ploasod with 'em!" said old Mra; Gray. " I will If I can, Nancy," said Aunt Susan. "There's tho train comin'! I'm so glad I could got my trunk checked cloan through ! I'd bo in a nice fix if that trunk should got lost with Jimmy's quilt and my black silk In Rl Whero's my lunch basket? Oh, you're goln' to carry It on tho train tor mo, are you, Hiram Drew ? I'm 'bloogod to you, but mind you git off the train Toro it starts. Good-byo, Nancy; good-bye all 1" In a moment tho train was on its way. Aunt Susan's handkerohiof flut tered from ono of tho car windows as long as tho train was within sight of tho little station. All the peoplo in tho oar noticed tho happy old laay in hor quoor, old-fash ioned garb. Homo had not soen for many years a shawl like the one sho wore, with It* fringe a foot long, and silk embroidery fn'the corners; but nothing was coarse pr amiss in her dross, aud thoro was a quaintness and charm about hor that attracted the /sympathy of all the patsongorsi She had not gone twenty-five mile* before ?he was telling Rome of tbom nearest her all about Jimmy and Jim my's quilt, and the wedding to take place on the coming Wednesday. She was delighted to And that a mid dle aged, kindly-looking woman who was one of the patmongors, lived in the city in which young Mr. Lark In lived, and could easily show her hlB boarding houso. " I'm so much obleeged to you I" said Aunt Susan. "I've been dread ful nervous 'bout trying to And the house myself. I hated to write to him to meet mo, 'causo it'd take off the best part of the Speise. I jost want to walk right in on 1 im." That was just what sho had the pleasure of doing, the next afternoon. Jamos Larkin was taking his wed ding suit from the box in which it had been sent home, when thero eamo a knock at the door of his room. Aunt Susan was trembling with ex citement when her nephew opened tho door. "Why, Auut Susan !" ho cried, and then ho took her into hin arms and kissed hor on both cheeks. There was no lack of tenderness in her nephew's greeting, yet tho ohango in him was painful to her. He was a beardless, boyish-looking young man when sho had soon him Tost. Now ho was a tall, brond-Bhouldered, full bearded man, with a way that made it a Uttlo hard for her to call him I "Jimmy." Ho did not say so, but sho felt that ho would rather nave her call I him "James," and that sounded so I cold and formal to hor. 1 Ho now had tho gruces of a clty brod young man. Sho found it hard to accommodate horsclf to them, und to' the usages of tho fashionable boarding house in which hor prosporoua young nephew lived. I Ho might, perhaps, havo wished thut Elviru Hodge hud made his aunt's {garments more stylish, when ho took lor down to dinner, but ho was in no senso ashamed of nor. When they wore going down-stairs, with her hand j timidly resting on his arm, ho made 1 her very happy by looking down into ? her face and saying, tendorly and heartily, "I'm so glad you came, Aunt Susan." < i " I thought you'd bo," sho said, patting his arm affoctionutly. "You know you'ro the only boy I over hud." I " And you were always tho host of ! mothers to mo." J But whon sho was alono in hor room I sho wondered if it hud been wise for ! hor to como. aftor all. Sho did not doubt now thut James was genuinely ! glud to see her, but she had discovered thut Iiis botrothed was tho daughtor ' of a rieh man, und that tho wedding ' was to be an elegant alTair. Aunt \ Susan foared cho would bo out of placo ?that she might in her innocence do ! or say something to givo James and i his brido cause to bo ashamod of her. j The wedding wus to tuko place the ? next evening, and there would bo no ' opportunity for her to moot tho bride or her family until then. All was so ' now and strange to bor ! j Sho hud expected to "take right i hold " and help Mrs. Holbrook with tho I wedding dinner, oven if she did " keep I a girl." Thero was a big, now kitchen upron in her trunk, brought with Aunt Susan to bo worn " while sho was mak ; ing hersolf useful iu Mrs. Holbrook's I kitchen." It disappointed her to be ! told by her nephew that hor services ; would not bo requirod, and that a I caterer would provide tho supper. I She did not know what a caterer was, and felt confused and uneasy, and went to sleep halt wishing herself at I home. j When, tho noxt evening, she found herself in the beautiful houso of Mr. Hoi brook, surround od by finely dressed ladies und gentlemen who looked curi ! ously at tho odd-lookiug little old woman in tho queorly made and old fashioned blueksilk, she heartily wish ed'thut sho hud not come. Mr. und Mrs. Holbrook were as at tentive to her us they could bo with a house full of quests ; but Aunt Susan soon found it couvonient to slip otT into a corner, whero she hid liko the litfle country mouse thut she wus. But she was glud, uftor ull, that sho hud come when Jumes, looking so tall, and happy, und handsorao, cauie into tho grout parlors with his bride on his arm, in her trailing, satin dress and long veil. Auut Susan was so com pletely overawed by this magnificence that, instead of going forward with tho others to offer her congratulations, she slipped off up-stairs to tho room in which nhe had taken off her bonnet and shawl. There she drew a paekago from under the shawl. In it was her wedding gift to Jimmy, tho quilt that hud but yesterday seemed to her as 'beautiful and appopriato a gift as sho could bestow upon him. Across tho hall wua tho open door of a room ulmobt filled with shilling silver and glittering glass, with pic tures, and rare ornaments, and beauti ful books, gifts to James and hin bride. Aunt Susan felt that her own offer ing, although it was tho gift of hor own labor and love, would be out of pluco. It might offend her nephew and his brido to see it thero. Some ono might laugh and jeer at it, and sho could not boar to think of that. It scorned so poor and trifling, now ; sho could not bear to think of allowing Jimmy and his wife to know that sho had brought thorn such a gift. Sho turned back a corner of tho quilt, and looked at apiece of tho pink and white muslin of which ono of J iinmy's first garments had been made. A tlood of tender memories filled her heart, and she buried her faeo in her gift and cried as sho had not cried for years. Thero sho sat for a long time, pay ing no heed to tho noiso and tho merri ment down stairs. Presently sho heard a rustle of silk and satin in the hall, and a low murmur of voices. In a moment a pair of soft arms wero around her neck, and a girlish voico was saying: " I am so glad that wo havo found you at last! Wo havo been looking overywhero for you!" When Aunt Susan looked up, sho found tho brido kneeling by her side, while JamcB was bending low ovor her. " You haven't been up horo all this time, have you?" ho said. " Wo havo wondered whero you woro. Helen was so anxious to see you." '? Of course I wus," said tho brido. "Thero is no ono horo I am so glad to see. James has told mo all about you, and it was bo good of you to como bo far to see us married. You must kiss us both and wJkIi uh joy, won't you ?" "If you'll lot mo," said Aunt Susan, with tho tears still in hoi* oyos. " Let you !"said James. "Wo should think it vory strange if you didn't. What havo you horo? It looks liko ono of tho quilts you used to innko. It is a quilt, isn't ii ?" Aunt Susnn tried to conceal tho quilt, but Jamos took it from hor and unfolded it. Suddenly ho said : " Why, Aunt Susnn, didn't you bring this for a wodding present?" " Well, I?I?did think I'd glvo it to your wifo, James," said Aunt Susun, ?oberly. "I thought that?that?well, you seo, I mado ov'ry stitoh myself, and?and?t here's, lots of plocos in it liko tho first clothes you ovor had, and ?I thought maybe sho'd liko itbeeauso I did do it ov'ry stitch myself, and"? "Liko it?" cried Holon.' "I shall value it abovo any gift I have had ! It is boautlful?I novor saw suoh oxquisito neodlo-work 1 What weoka of labor it must havo cost you ! I am eo proud of it 1" "Sho said them vory words." said Auut Susan to half a dozen of tier do lighted friends who oame to seo hor-tho day she roaohed homo. "She was to tickled over .the quilt. Sho fairly cried whon I showed her tho blocks made out of pieces of Jimmy's things "She said she'd think the world a id all of it. She and Jimmy had to go off on their woddin* tower in about an hour, and I expected to come on homo that night; but Mr. and Mis' Hplbiook woulon't hear to it." " They made me stay right there a whole week, and they treated me as If I was one of the greatest ladles In the land. They took me to ride ove'ry day, and they never seemed to mind a bit about my old-fashioned ways and clothe*. " I just had a beautiful time ; and the best part of it 1m that Jimmy and his wife are coming to make me a visit on their way home from their tower next week. You never see such a splendid young woman as she in'."? Youth's Companion. HOUTHKItN DEVELOPMENT. The Advantage* of Fort l loyal Harbor ?What its Development Means for the South. Augusta Chronicle. Fow poople in this section realize preclsoly in what wav the development at Port Royal will benefit the South, and fewer still know how these benefits are to be brought about, and yet, ac cording to my opinion, the opening up of Port Royal marks an event of tre mendous Importance to tho whole south; an event whose full ? con sequences and significance R is im possible to fully foresee, and compared with other undertakings of a similar nature, having equal magnitude in tholr beneficial results, it will come so quickly that it will bo difficult to roalizo how It all happened. When the Port Royal and Augusta Railway Is connected with tho Georgia and the Louisville and Nashville rail roads, comprising one grand system, or connected with tho Kansas City. Memphis and Birmingham road, It will spoedlly enrich all parts of the country along Its route. This line is at right angles with tho Atlantic coast, and cutting through tho wealth of tho Southern cotton fields, timber lands, coal, Iron and minerals of tho moun tains, and extending into the great grain and cattlo regions of the West, I with no snow or severe weathur to contend with, the economical working of which will make It profitable to haul freight much cheaper than tho roads of the North. With thoso connections made the foundation is laid for tho production and profitable exchange of tho woalth of tho different sections that will build up rapiv ly, and it is not oxaggoration to say that a line from Kansas City to Port Royal runs through a greater amount and variety of natural wealth than can elsewhere be found in any part of the United States, across which a lino of equal length can be drawn. Tho natural woalth of tho mouu i tuinous region of the South Is greater I than tho mountains of tho North, and I yet the iron, coal and vast varioty and I quantity of nearly every known mineral is untouched and lies like a wilderness In the heart of tho South, surroundod on every side by a fairly rich country, covered by tiuibor and suitable for agriculture, which Is only partially developod. A through lino northwest and touth i east Is tho lino of greatest variety, j and therefore the best line for the exchange of products. With the mountain roglon in tho centre and with agricultural regions at both ends its business could not be surpassed in variety or extent by any road In the country. Tho early fruits and vegetables and phosphates and timber would go West, while tho ores and coal would go both ways, and from tho West the wheat, I corn, beef and pork would flow to the ! east, the cotton and timber and coal j would go abroad, while the emigrants I and imports and exports of all kinds I would flow through Port Royal, as there is no good reason why the North era ports should control the foreign commerce, for tho South Atlantic and Southern States. In my judgment there is a pressing necessity for the building up of Port Royal. Tho South and Southwest must have a doop water port on the Atlantic, and exchange their products direct by tho shortest route to Europe, and it seems to ino that If all work, and with tho aid of the natural laws governing exchanges and with the ad I vantages of competition the shortest : route gives us, wo should bo able to force products to eomo our way. New Orleans is getting, and Mobile may for a time secure a largo portion of tho grain, but It Is across the Atlantic and not over the Gulf of Mexico that our foroign trade llos. Tho country on the lino of this groat j trunk railway is sparsely settled, and Northern peoplo aro roiuoeant to re cognize that there is any good In the South, but if the people of the South pursue tho proper policy I bellevo wo can sottlo up tho whole of It. I would bo In favor of offering extra inducements to practical farmers and gardeners, and whon thoy And they can work every clay in tho year in tholr shirt sleoves and raise two crops a year, even on tho poorest land, If they uso fertilizers, I think that the not distant future wdll develop the possibilities of tho South beyond pro sent calculations. If wo can only got a fow ship-loads of emigrants through Port Royal tho problem of taking up tho waste lands in tho South will bo solved. Tho very beginning of this kind of development will diversify tho agrloulturo of the .South, so much needed. A fleet of thirty-seven war ships sailed into Port Royal just at tho close of tho war without pilots and with out a mishap, and somo of thorn drew twenty-seven and a half feet of water. If in those uctivo and stirring times the harbor eon Id bo used to such good purpose, what can bo accomplished through commerce V Favorod to an unusual degree by virtue of the loca tion sho should bo queen of the South Atlantic coast, tho Now York of the South, und bo the centre of active scones when commorco controls and builds up groat cities with far loss natural resources, as there Is no ques tion and no dispute that Port Royal has most magnificent harbor facilities. Ship owners say that with no bar to block tho entrance to hor harbor, landlocked as it Is, for commercial purposes no point offers bettor Induce ments. Tho largest morehant vessels, either under steam or sail, can enter or ride out with perfect safety. A 28 to 30 foot channel, well marked with buoys, which varies in width from 100 to thousands of yards, loads from tho entrance of tho bay to tho wharves of Port Royal, passing tho new naval station only two miles down the bay. Tho village of Port Royal lies Im mediately on tho shores of tho harbor, and in Its location tho original foundors made a most wiso selection, as thoro is ample room for tho great city that will somo day, under proper develop ment, mark tho spot, as It must bo a commercial point, if not smothered by designing men. The port being every thing that could ho desired for freight shipments. ! lie dih'ereiice In distance between that point and Now York and tho ports of Europe is sufficiently large to mako it a big obiect on tho part of the producers of this section and tho Southwestern Statos to send tholr cot ton, corn, whoat, beef and pork to Port Royal for oxport and receive In return all imports. Nature bus providod water facilities to transport tho largest ships, and in this lino, Port Royal's advantagos aro not surpassed by any city. Heretofore tho railroad has boon either hostilo or inactive, but now that it is in friendly hands tho situation is changod and tho merits of Port Royal will bo recognized. If the energies of tho railroad poo ple, aidod by the people of the South are directed to the upbuilding of Port Royal, millions will bo addod to tho value of the railroads and wonderful prosperity will bo realized by the whole South. The people of tho South are wasting time in waiting for the development of deep water by artificial means whon they can utilize the harbor the Lord has made, and they are putting off the day when they could be reaping the moat bountiful harvests each year in handling Western grain and beef that *.hoy do not now touch, and by bring ing imports of merchandise and emi grants from Europe. This is a time for handling freights in large quantities by large ships. The railroads are on the border of a great trade that they cannot reach unless they realize the advantages of deer, water at Port Royal and lend their aid in developing a trade they have never had. If they do this the trains running to supply the ships and carry away the cargoes would soon be too numerous for a single track equip ment. The railroad companies can work wonders for the South if they are rightly directed by friendly and energetic men. The merchants of Augusta must see that the ships coming from England are loaded both ways. They can carry out our cotton, phosphate, flour, beef and pork and bring back emigrants and all kinds of imports for the mer chants of Augusta, Atlanta, Charles ton, Savannah, Chattanooga, Nash ville, Louisville, Moraphls and St. Louis and all other points nearer Port Royal than New York. Ships to New York and Baltimore should And bust ness at the port, and there can bo [ worked up a trade with Cuba andothor countries. D. B. Dyer, President Augusta Strcot Railway Co., and Port Royal and Westorn Carolina Railway. AN INCOME TAX. It Would Raise an Enormous Reve nue for the Governmcut Without Qppressiug Labor. Fortunos havo so amazingly increas ed in the hands of the milllonaries *, profits so stupendous havo accumulat ed in tho hands of standard oil mag nates, coal barons, railroad kings, sugar trust operators, steel and iron combin ers that a good, heavy tax on incomes above $10,000?the tax growing heavier as the income was larger?vould be phenomenal in its yield. Tho reasons why such a tax would be bettor than any we now have are suf ficiently obvious. 1. It would put tho burdon on tho class most able to bear it. 2. It would put tho support of tho administration upon those who derive the greatest benefits under tho laws. 3. It would interest tho most power ful class in the cause of economy. Rieh men get particular whon they know that tnoy must foot tho bills. 4. It would put the pension debt on tho men who got rich off of tho victories of the soldiors. 5. It would discourage tho ac cumulation of enormous fortunes and would afford a legal, method of check ing tho growth of concentrated wealth. 0. It would abolish the tariff which, as a system of collecting taxes, is the most costly, one-sidod and monstrous tho world ever saw. 7. It would supplant internal reve nue taxos upon wniskoy and tobacco? which subjects of taxation should be relegated to the States. 8. It would give to tax-oppressed people all over tho land a relief from the crushing burdon of indirect, cow ardly and illegal taxes which are wrung from them in tho name of the law for tho benefit of privileged classes. Tho nations of Europo recognize tho justice of the income tax. In England It yields about $60,000,000 annually ; in Austria, $12,000,000 in Italy, $45,000,000 ; in Prussia, $30,000, 000.?Journal of Agriculture. IN a Trance.?Mrs. R. W. Phillips, a young woman of Salom, Mass., had a narrow escape from being buried alive the other day. She had been ill, and to all appearaaces died. The doctor said that she was dead, and all the preparations wero made for her funeral, when her husband, who was dovotedly attached to her. and could not be per suaded to leave the supposed corpse for a moment, dcclured that ho saw her eyelids movo. She was examined at once. A faint flush of color was ob served in her cheeks, and it was found that her hands were no longer rigid. Vigorous measures wero at onco re sorted to to rostoro hor suspended animation, and soon sho was ablo to speak. Sho says that from the moment of hor supposed death sho was conscious and fully realized the awful situation sho was' in. She tried to make a sign to show that sho was alive, but found that any muscular movement was impossible. After many attempts she succeeded in rais ing one of hor eyelids ; then her hus band's cries tola her sho had been saved from being buried alivo. Those who have seen Mrs. Phillips since her awakening say she aged groatly dur ing tho brief time which entombmont alive stared liur in the fueo. Curing Meat.?Mr. Joe I. Mo London, of Ashburn, Gu., hasamothod of preserving meat and keoping it sweet and wholesome that is of his own invention und worthy tho attention of every farmer who raises his own sup plies. Tho"plan is this: "Mr. Mo London has built a dark room to his smokehouse, which is carofully ceiled inside and all n-evices chinked until it is air tight. So dark is it, with the door closed, that a man inside holding up a paper before his fuce, cannot see it. To tho coiling and to truusvorse pieces, whore tho ceiling does not afford room enough, ho has fastened sorow hooks, and to these hooks ho hangs the meat as, soon as it is taken out of tho packing box and hung in tho air until tho moisture had dried out of it. Being kept from tho light and air, it retains its freshness and flavor, and moat hung up in that room last full is now as sweet, und wholesome as when froBh cured." A PLEASANT SURPRISE is in store for you when you buy Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pel lets. If you ever took the ordinary liver pill, big and bulky, nasty ttoo, you'd appreciate a good thing, espe cially when it is sugar coated, tiny as a mus tard seed but very ineffective. Other I things being equal, the smallest is the best in liver pills hence, "Pleasant Pellets." If you are troubled with Indigestion, Constipation, Biliousness, Bilious Headaches, and a hundred and one ills which depend upon an inactive liver,?use Dr. Pierce's Pellets. With these pills you get not only temporary relief but a positive cure: they're guaran teed to give satisfaction in every case, or your money is returned. For fat people who suffer from indigestion, for hearty eaters and high livers?those whose livers are sluggish, this pill is what is most needed. Take a Pellet after dinner. Highest of all in Leavening Power.?Latest U. S. Gov't Report Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE JONE? AND THE WOLVES. He Refused to Toll a Snake 8torr and Gave 11 in Hearers tho Exact Fact** in Regard to an Encounter with Wolves. " Speaking," said Jackson Peters. " of tho ingenuity of man?I just spoke of it myself," he explained hastily, as ho eyed Jones. " Speaking of?" " Pardon mo, Jackson, ono momont, | please, before wo listen to your fascl- i natlng narrative," broke In Jones, with | great suavity. " It occurs to mo that . you may be a descendant of that his toric man who had but one story, a ' long gun story. You romombor he used to bring his fist down on the table after dinner with a terrible bang and then remark : " I declare, sounds like a gun,' and then ho would reel off his gun story for the noxt thirty minutes. Father's or mother's side, Jackson ?" " You are in uncommonly high spirits, Jones," replied Jackson Peters. Porhaps wo are to bo favored to-night with the exact facts In regard to your encounter with tho bluo racer, having taken a month since you promised it to construct them. My reference to tho ingonulty of man was legitimate and was prompted by tho subtlety of the waiter In whisking away an Imaginary < fly with his napkin In tho hope of aug mentlng his tip. From that I was about to tell of a Texas horse thlof I had just road of, who ten years ago had the operation of tracheotomy per formed on hlmsolf, and a silver tubo inserted through which he could breathe. Ho has been lynched twenty times sinco that, but as the ropo al ways comes above the tubo?" The young man was Interrupted by a cheery laugh from Jonos. " Really," broke in this individual, "that was an Ingenious Idea. Do you know, Jack Bon, I boliovo you coino of a clovor family ?" "Thank you, Jonos." " Extraordinarily clever family. I know as soon as I gathered that tho follow was another undo of yours that he'd do something bright, but I was hardly prepared for this. Frionds have in tho past boon so kind as to say that I am myself ingenious in getting out of difficulty, but I novor rose to anything like that. I remember a lit tle brush I had with wolves in north orn Wisconsin boforo tho war. The wolves thoro were of the large timber varioty, and it being a bard winter they were constantly hungry." "But, Jones," interposed Robinson, " somebody montloned tho bluo racor story." " Not to-night, Robinson; not to night. I havo got to look up certain facts and figures which I noted in my diary at tho tlmo before I can trust myself with that. I would not deceive you about that bluo racer for anything in the world. There aro always tomp tntions In a bluo racer story which 1 must guard against. Those wolves, I repeat, seemed always to have a gnaw ing sensation In tho stomach. They wero fierco and dangerous and would readily attack a man ovon whon thoro wore no more than two or three of them together. Ono day in January I was going from Ojibway City to Pom mo de Torro rivor on foot, accompani ed only by my dog, which was named Bonos, from his fondnoss for this article of diet. Ho was a good dog, but ho had read somewhere that dis cretion is tho bettor part of valor. "Bones was not a dog that would ovor go about the country asking folk^ In his poor, dumb way where ho could I probably lind a large pack of wolves. I If a wolf ovor succeeded In mooting i Bones ho had to bring good letters of 1 introduction from mutual friends. I When about fifteen miles from Pommo ; do Terro I noticed that Bones was be coming uneasy. Five minutes later I observed that ho was wearing tho hair on Iiis back pompadour. I suspocted wolves, and I was right. They soon came up not fifty yards behind. There was at least ono hundred of them? largo, gaunt, hungry, savage wolves. Tholr .fierce howls reverberated through the startled forests liko tho diabolical shrieks of frenzied demons in torment. I saw that a hand-to-hand contost with them was out of the ques tion. Flight was my only hope. Pick ing up Bones by the nape of tho neck, I tucked him under my arm and start od. " For forty minutes, gentlemen, I ran like a cat in a* dog .show. I sup pose I covered ten miles, notwithstand ing that tho snow was deep in somo pluces, and in others the underbrush interfered, The wolves kept close be hind. When I turned my head I could feel their hot, venomous breath on my cheek. They leaped up and nipped at tho tail of poor Bonos, which was wav ing and tossing behind on tho terrific wind which my flight engendered llko a plume of a knight of old going into battle. Tholr howl, weird and hideous as the sinking wail of ten thousand lost souls, shook tho pine needles from tho treos and tore the norvos of the unfortunate Bonos in a way which was painful to see. " At tho end of ton mllos I bogan to tiro. A large spruce troo stood in my path and I climbed it. Perching my self on a lowor limb some fifty foot from tho ground and tying Bones in placo on another with a bit of string, I look ed down on the angry, surging sea of wolves bolow. I folt safe and lit my pipo and gave my dog a ham bone which I had in my pockot. But soon, to my surprise, tho wolves bogan most extraordinary tactics?nothing less, gcntlomon, than gnawing down tho treo. Ono hundred sots of ravenous fangs tore and bit tho trunk. I saw that tho troo could not stand half an hour. I knocked the ashes out of my pipe and bogan to look at the situation seriously. I noticed on tho branches about mo ehunks of raw spruce gum al><mi the sizo of my fist. Taking my knlfo 1 pried one off and dropped It to a wolf bolow. Ho snapped his jaws upon It with famished greed. Ho novor opened thorn again, tho rosinous mass holding them us firm as a viso. " At the end of twenty minutes 1 had tho jaws of ovory wolf welded together past all hope of opening. I thon de scended with Bones, who now barked 8avagelyand attacked tho wolvos with groat spirit. With his assistanco I drovo tho baffled, helpless creatures to Pommo do Terro llko a flock of shoop. Thoro was at that ti mo $10 bounty on wolves. Wo rounded thoin up In tho courthouso yard and I drew $1,000 from tho county treasuror, aftor which I re paired to tho Lo Grand Monnrquo hotel and ordorcd supper, not forgot ting to bespeak the largest soup Imuio In town for my dog. I returned to Ojibway City tho noxt day, but suw no wolvos, t hat is all, gontlompn. Pardqn, tho tamonoss of my narrative J'doubt not our tlmo might hayo boon hotter oraployod." "Jonos," said Jackson Potors, " you refused to tell US the bluo raeer Story because you had not yet lookod up tho exact facts, did you not?" " Yob, Jackson. What of it ?" "Nothing." ?Tho man who givos happiness to a :ot her cannot bo altogether miserable himself. A SHORT rv T rON CROIV The Condition t. too Plant Hah De clined During mo Fast Month. Washington, Oct. 10.?The October report of the statistical division of the Department of Agriculture makes cot ton show a decline of 2.7 points from the Soptombor condition, which was 73.4 against 70.7 for this month. The condition of cotton in tho month of June was 85.0, declining to 82.7, in July und to 80.4 in August, losing from that time to the present 9.7 points. Tho retrogressive tendency has been persistent during the season. Tho re ports from tho most of tho fortilo part of the cotton beltaro far from hopeful. Tho Texas crop of 1892 and 1893 was about 31 por cent, of tho entire crop of tho country, und tho Octobor roport of this department for 1892 showed condi tion of 77 per cent, as against 65 per cent, for 1893. Tho percentages of States aro : Vir ginia. 93; North Carolina, 70; South Carolina, 02 ; Georgia, 70 ; Florida, 81; Alabama, 70; Mississippi, 73; Louisi ana, 71 ; Texas, 05; Arkansas, 71; Ten nessee, 30. October condition in tho States of Virginia and North Carolina is tho same as that of September, while Toxus has gaiued 2 points. The ! reports from tho eight remaining I States indicate declines in condition j from 1 to 10 points. The averages for I September wore : Virginia, 93; North Carolina, 70 i South Carolina, 03 Georgia, 77 ; Florida, 85 ; Alabama, 78 Mississippi, 78; Louisiana, 81 ; Texas, 03; Arkansas, 80 ; Tennessee, 00. Tho causes of the deteriorated condi tion aro tho same as those roportod in tho September roport, Tho weather condition bus not boon favorable, pro tracted and widely prevalent drought, excessivo moisture In some placos and tho various insect enemies of tho plant, havo all contributed toward producing the low conditions reported. Lute and favorable autumn is tho only hope for improvement. Weather conditions aro favorable to successful picking in most parts. Pimples, bluckheuds, moles, freckles, tan and sunburn removed by Johnson's Oriental Soap. Medicinal.* Sold by Carpentor Bros., Greenville, S. C. Call for tho Horso Brand of John son's Magnetic Oil. It has no equal for tho disease of horses and cattle. Sold by Carpenter Bros., Greenville, S. C. O. L. Rico, Mondota, III., writes : Have used your Jupunese Pile Cure and found it a suro and permanent cure." Sold by Carpenter Bros., Green ville, S. C. W. P. Drop, Druggist, Springtleld, Mtuss., writes: "Japanese Pile Cure hus cured lady 7 years uftlicted : could not walk half mile In last 3 years ; now walks any distanco." Sold by Carpenter Bros., Greenville, S. C. Xotlcc. Bo modern. Don't harass the system with noxious drugs. Monterey cures Malaria. Nervousness, Indigestion and Bowel Complaints. It is simple, pleas ant to taste and leaves no bad effects. JOHNSON'S MAGNETIC OIL! Instant Killer of Pain. Internal and External. Cures RHEUMATISM. NEURAL (HA, I.umo Unck. Sprains, nruleon. HwolliuKH. Stiff Joints. COI.IO and CHAMPS instantly. Cholera M~l> dub, Croup,Dlpthorla, Sore Throat, HEADACilE, as If by magic IE HORSE BRAND, mrkftt?,X tho most Powerful and PenotrntliiKl.lnlniontfor Man or Boast In existence Ijh k? f 1 hIzo 7&c., GOc. eIzo IDc. JOHNSON'S ORIENTAL SOAP. Medlcatod and Toilet. Tho Oreat Skin Cure and Face Beautlfler. Lndiea will find It tho most delicate and highly porfumed 'Collet Soap on tho market. It Is absolutely pur?. Makos tho skin soft and velvety and restores tho lost com Floxion; Is a luxury for tho Bath for Infanta, t alayS Itching, cleanses tho ccnlp and promoted oio Krowth of hulr. Prlco25*. For salo by Carpenter Bros., GrebnvimjE, s c MONTEREY. 1700. THE MONK'S REMEDY. 1845. A TONIC:. NERVI NE^BLOOL PURI PIER LlKK CURES LIKE.?The Poison of the Swamp has its Antidote in the Swamp. For Malaria, Nervousness. Indiges tion, Dysentery and Bowel Complaint, ask your dealer for MONTEREY. If he does not keep it. wc will send you a largo bottle, express prepaid, on re ceipt of $1.00. MONTEREY CO., Florence, S. C, Props, and MTrs. P. W. WAGEN ER & CO., Charleston, S. C, Stute Agents. The Davis It stands at tho head without a rival. It takes tho lead as tho host high-arm smoothriuining. oaslly mastered, noiseless fami ly machine. That "The Da vis" has stood tho tost through tho many years it has been be fore the public, needs no better proof than that its sales exceed the most sanguine expectations of Its friends and havo astonish* od its manufacturers, who have twloo within tho last fewyears boon obliged to enlarge their factory, more than doubling its capacity. This result is lhain ly duo to Its peculiar and dis tinctive feature?tho "Vorti cal Feed "?a modorn Idea, the right to which is owned and controlled by " Tho Davis Sew ing Machino go." Alexander. Bros. & Co., Greenville Music House, Pianos, Organs, Sewing; Ma< chines and Sheet Music. 07 and 111 Washington Street Green villo, S. C. -WHO ^.7EZ,jH WHITENER & MARTIN? They are our Fashionable Ilair Cutters und Shavers. Ben-Delia Hotel Ashevilie, M. 0. t Through Pullman Car. ? q Ills. Lv. Asuevili.e, Lv. K.Noxvi i.1.;?, Ar. Hauuiman, Ar. Lexington, Ar. Louisvillk, Lv. Louisville, Ar. Indianapolis, Ar. Chicago, (R. St D. R. R.) i E. T. V. & G. Ry ) (E. T. V. & G. Ry.) & C. R. R ) (Lou. So.) (Penn. R. R.) (Penn. R. R.) (Penn. R. R.) ? > H 'rhm (A Danvilli', ) R". t ? <t:nnr.?"-*. l'i':>,nn & C Qrgia. C"<'c:i & Crescent and Pennsylvania Railroads. (r NOTE THE ? MOIJT A through Chicago Sleeper via Cincinnati, secured at Harriman arrives at Chicago by Big Four Route at 5:15 p.m. Stop-overs allowed at Cincinnati, Louis ville and Indianapolis. CALL OTST 02FS- Wri7LjC'3JXi3 John L. Mm.am: Tr.iv. Pass. Ayt.. ( Knoxviixk, Tenn. C. NV. Mcuru Ass. Vti C. A. Benscoter, DIv. Pass. Agt., B. W. Wrenm, (i ic. x-j ?_>.:<. v i xj jo, xa u? zsr, Ticket Agent. 1 , N. C. \ T. A., The World's Fair Route from the South is over the Pennsylvania short lines from LOUISVILLE OR CINCINNATI. 1 ^ ^ DOUBLE DAILY TRAIN SERVICE INCLUDES Pullman VeJtlbule Slecpi ij and Buffet Parlor Cnrs. Only Rou\e Through the Indiana Nah^l Gas Belt. th hol. ''^ J'ckets VIA THEtE LINES AhO TMl. ""?*> ' TIONK CAN l?l SfcURfO AT THE PRINCIPAL N-j>'l!.' 'CL!> OF eOOIHlK.M . ? 1, For spfcial information in V <??:> iiatfs a-.o Any .?? HC 7 t NCEIihlNi ' Y-CL.-S3 SERVICE, rviA.-.c APPIY III i Mill OR TELEGRAM TO IIIHLH OF TilL FCIt ... '."?'?c' R?H.t&CKY,S nth.rnPtss'r . j; 010. R. THOMPSON,S.E. Pm'r am i i. AVWUiH. Hr'.ry! - : . M.:. c.f. Pfciuti ?,? 1 v. .!/?.', 0 fuips. n., m. HATHAWAY & m .^-SPECIALISTS^ (Rczulnr Oraduatci.) Are the lending and most successful fipectallots an 1 ? in ci ? you help. Young and mid dle aged men. Remarkable re sults have follow ed our tri-ntim-nt. Many yours of varied and succcss ful experience In the Ute of cura tive methods ihsr we aloneownan\ control for All dll J?^vth. ordcif of men wiio JSnfflkhavt1 weuk. undc V**afcv eloped or Ms [fgf caned <,i>'.'i .. or ^T[who are suffering ?from errors or ?youth and exoe/a lor who arcnrrvoui rand Impotent Sthc scorn of their jfellows and 'ho contempt of their friends hii'1 com panion*, lendi us to (Humn(co to all pnttent*. If they can p< be restored, our uwn exclusive treatment will afford u cure. TCOMEKI Don't you want to get cured of that weakness with a treatment that you can use at boms without Instruments? Our wonderful treat ment haa eared others. Why not you? Try It. CAT Alt R1V. and diseases of tho Skin. Wood, Heart, Llvor aud iCIdncys. ?TPinXIl -Tho inoBt rapid, safe and effective remedy. A coinpleto Cure tiunruiiteed. ? KIV IHSKA BT'.H of all kinds cured whcio many other* havo failed. rWATVIlAI. I)HOHAROK? promptly eared In a few days. Uulck, sure and safe. This Includes Gleet and Gonorhcea. TRUTH AND FACTS. TTi have cured cases of Chronic PIboasos that bave failed to ?et cured at tho hauds of other special Ifta and inodlcal Institute*. _ , ,.?-a TT?-'"F"lfTtrnthnf thrrn Is hop' for Ton. Consult no other, as you may wasto valuablo time. Obtain our treatment at once. Beware of freo and cheap treatments. We g|Ya the best and most scientific treatment at modetn'e price*?as low as can be done for safe and BkUltuI treatment. FREE consultation at tho oil) _c i t by mail. Thorough examination and careful ilfsg noils. A home treatment can be Riven In ainnjorit. of cues. Send for Symptom Illank No. 1 for Men No. t for Women; No. a for Skin Disease*. All corr ?pondrnco answered promptly. Dunlness strictly cor sciential. Kntlro treatment sent freo from <.!-.???. Uon. Itefcr to our patient*, banks aud business met Address or call on OR. HATHAWAY & CO ***i-a 5outh Broad Street. ATLANTA, fl PORT ROYAL & WESTICK olinn Rail way. Condensed uio taking effect Bopt. 2 Ith. 1SUII. Lv Qrecm iilo Lv Sin>|>sonvillc.. Lv Fountain Inn, Lv Gray Court... Ar Laurone. Ar rtpartiinbui K ? Lv Lnurcwia Ar Greenwood.... Ar AugtiHta. Ar 8avannab .... Ar .lackBonv 11le Lv .fnckBonvillo . Lv Bavannah .. Lv Augusta . . Lv Greenwood ... Ar Lniircnfl Ar Bpartanburg. Lv Laurena. Lv Barkedalo... Lv Gray Court .. Lv OwingM Lv Fountain Inn Lv Rlmpsonvllio Ar Greenvlllo ... 7 I.") a in 8 17 am S 80 am s r>0 am !> lA am 2 -10 pin to or. Kin 11 a;, til)) 1 10 pin 8 15 pin 7 55 a id 2 00 pin 8 45 p in I) 00 am 11 48 am I'2 47 pin 2 to pin 10 10 pin 10 r>7 pin 11 01 am II 82 am 11 66 ant 12 55 pin X CAR aohed' 1 4A inn 2 -15 jmi ?I 07 pin 3 43 i in 4 30 pin li -ID pill ."> PA inn o OS pm s 40 pm 0 1ft pm 12 00 m 1*0'20 pm U AO pm 1 I.*) pm 4 2D pm :> 24 pm <> 4A |?m D 80 pin ' 55 pm li oo pm Ii IA pm li 27 pill 7 no irr, uktwkhn M'COKMICK AM? ANDHRSONi Lv .Mc? oriiib-k Ar Anderson Lv a ndorson s r MoUormlek 1*2 40 pm; R5 no am 4 55 pm! I) oo am 110 20 am I 50 pm 112 45 i ml 0 10 pm ?Dally, tExcept Sunday. Close connection via O. C. & N. to and from Atlanta. A through COaoll ia run between Green, vide and Charleston, leaving < h?rk-Hton at 7.20 a. in., arriving ?t Greenville nt 0 00p. m Leave ?reenvlllo a< 8 80? nt, and ar rlvo nt Gli ?rloBton h 8ft p in. For rates or infnrnintlna apply to any agent of the company, or to ?V.J. CUAIG, G<n. P.iro. Apen' Auifiiatn. Ga. K. L. TOI)I>, Trav. I'hhh. Agent Room No. S04, Dyer Building. Chi?a?? UOIANAP JACKSONVILLE.^ St.Augubtinb> THE ONLY LINE RUNNING THROUGH CARS FROM ASHEVILLE KNOXVILLE CINCINNATI. DIRECT LINE VIA LOUISVILLE OR VIA CINCINNATI TO CHICAGO AND THE WORLD'S FAIR. "solid vestib?ledTrains. ASK FOR YOUR TICKF.TS VIA QUEEN & CRESCENT ROUTE. Aar A?t?t of Ibt Ri k !>.. R. T. V. A <).. or (Jutta A CrcK?ol, will |It? rou toformttiou a. tu route.. r?U?, ? ?in Jui... He. W. C. RINEAR80N, Q.P.A.. CINCINNATI,O. CLOSE CONNECTION FOR ALL POINTS NORTH, NORTHEAST, WEST, NORTHWEST. THE LAURENS BAR. If. Y. SIMPSON. c I> 11a l: k s I > a I. K. SIMPSON aV ijarksdalic, Attorneys at i.;iw, I.AUIIKNS, Sol TM VA WOM.VA Bpeolal attention Rtvon t<> ibo invosM? Katio? of tltloci hinl eollwlion ol Malms. B. \v. HAl.l.. I. W. him kins. \v. iv, RAI.Ia BALL, H1MKINH ?v I)ALL, Attorneys at Law? 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