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m? * ' , ' ' 1111 " *' Cftiucno ^?ucrtfocv. PUBLISH Kl> KVKitV TUl'SDAY. ?UBORIPTION m tt? PKH V?AU. Noble Deeds and Thoughts. Whene'er n uoblo d( 1 is wrought, Whene'er is spoken loblo thought, Our hearts, in glad surprise, To higher levels rise. The t idal wave of deeper souls into our innm t being rolls, A in' lifts us unaware? Out of nli meaner cares. ?jA>nyfcllov>. Why Chinese Commit Suicide. To siipnose that the recent suicides ^^CJrftfcrfooJttvul tuid military lead ers were inspired by cowardice would be ah egregious mistake. The vic tims killed themselves because from their point of view it was impossible for them to do anything else as gen tlemen and men of honor. If they had done otherwise they would have been considered by their countrymen as disgraced. When (Junten fell, in 1857, (Jen Yeh, commander of the Chinese forces, incurred populur de testation by refusing to hike his own ' life. It is always the proper thing in China for a defeated g*. ral to com mit suicide. When the 1'akoo forts were captured in 1S150 many man darins destroyed themselves. Their sense of honor would not permit them t? survive the disgrace. They acted, according to the Orientel idea, like virtuous and brave men, and the gates of Paradise were opened wide to receive them. Any olHcor of State may appropriately nave recourse to sell-slaughter under similar circum stances, or if an insult has been of fered to the Emperor. An historic conference between representatives of China and (heat Britain, the object of which was to settle terms of peace, was interrupted by one of tho pig-tailed officials, who withdrew to wnunit suicide, being overwhelmed with mortification. Sometimes the wives of officials follow the example set by their hus bands and commit suicide. Women :n who have lost their husbands often ^w4*fUkewiso. Such action on their partls^csHf^lered highly creditable and not toHta interfered* with byfchv body. They dress themselves m red for the ceremony ami hang them selves in the open street or *in some other public place, surrounded by an admiring crowd. Tablets inscribed with their names and a record of the virtuous manner of their deaths arc placed in the temples. A girl who has lost her affianced husband may with, propriety do the same thing, and it is expected that the Governor of tho province will set forth the case in a eulogistic memorial addressed to the Emperor. Thun a premium may be put on suicide. When the British captured Aiuoy, Ningpo and Chang Kiang the bodies of many women were found in wells. They had de stroyed themselves for fear of expe perieneing at the hands of tho Euro pean conquerors outrages of the sort unhappily common and even custom ary in Asiatic warfare. Entirely apart from the consider ations thus far mentioned the Chi nese s*?jni to be more disposed to sui cide than any other people Many Chinese laborers were brought to the Isthmus of Panama to assist in build ing the railway which now joins the two oceans. The work being hard und the climate unhealthy they killed themselves in great numbers, and it was no uncommon thing to Iind half a dozen of them on any tine morning dangling by their necks from the trees along the road that was in course of construction. These pig tailed Orientals almost invariably select poison, hanging or drowning as a means of self-destruction. They seldom cut their thronte, because they believe they will appear in the next world exactly as they have left this one, and it would not, ho agreea , Ue in go about with a slit throat in tlu>^nd of spirits. What has just been smftS^supposed to apply even to their dresS^jo that the intending self-murderer'pi^Sjrtkliis or her best clothes before eoniiiirw?ng the act. If a man, he goes to thoflym of a hill or to some other retircdTspot and there accomplishes the purpose in view. If a woman, the deed is usual ly performed in the house. The recent suicides of thcjChiucsc naval and military leaders made them safe at all events from sen tences of decapitation such as were issued against others of the com manders. This was fortunate for them, for, if they had been beheaded, they would have appeared in the next world without any heads. Incident ally all their ancestors would have been involved. It is quite pos sible that tho Emperor will issue an order depriving the ancestors of the defeated leaders of the rank which they have hitherto enjoyed. The power of the sovereign thus extends to the domain of spirits. When a title is to be conferred upon one of his subjects, it is a customary pre liminary to raise the rank of the an cestors of the individual so honored. This matter being somewhat techni cal, it is impossible to estimate with exactness the amount 'if damage done to Li Hung Chang's great-great grandfather by the withdrawal from that emihent statesman of the Yel low Hiding Jacket and the Three eyed Peacock's Feather. This idea, absurd as it seems, has found its analogy in England, where, within quite recent times, the whole family of a person guilty of treason ,vas at tainted, and the estates of innocent relatives were confiscated. Perhaps the most famous and high ly scientific form of suicide is, or rather was, that called hari-kari. Km merlv it was a national institu tion in Japan, hut it no longer pre vails, having been dropped with other barbarous customs incidentally to the adoption of Western civiliza tion. In that country every gentle man used to he taught while vet a boy how a person ?>l condition should kill himself, the exact spot being indicated at which the entering knife would cause death and destroy con sciousness immediately. If the Rmperor was displeased with an official he sent a message informing Iiiin (hat his Majesty would gracious-1 ly permit bim to commit kari-kari. The official then promptly avail*! himself of the permission, as a matter i)t warte. This idea of permitting a sentenced person to kill himself is being adopted even now in the United States, the criminal bimst It releasing the "drop" and thus hurl ing himself into eternity by direction of i lie law. In Old Japan. From "Autumn In Jh|?iii." by Alfred I'ar In llurper'tf Miuruzlno lor April. From the spring- time, when 1 reached Japan in the rain and begun to grumble at the weather, and all through the damp and the downpour of the summer months, I had been consoled by the promises of iny friends. They assured me that when the autumn came 1 should havo week after week of glorious sunshine, a clear fresh air, and probably not a wet day betweeu Michaelmas and Christmas. Father the season was an exceptional one, or else this is a cherished myth; there certainly were more line days in October and November) but not a week passed without one or two when work out of-doors was impossible. They talked, too, of the glory of the maples, of hill-sides and rocky ravines clothed with scarlet and crimson, and their enthusiasm in this matter was amply justified, but no one had told me of the beauty of the lilies of the field, which decorate so many of the banks betweeu the rice patches with their tassels of glowing scarlet. I saw them first near llaniuinnUsu, a pleasant town on the Tbkaido, which 1 reached on the 10th of September, after a little tour in the interior; their brilliant color at once attracted me, and 1 hastened to mako draw ings of them, for my passport had almost expired, ami 1 feared that I might not lind them elsewhere. There was no need to be in such a hurry, for they seem to grow abundantly wherever they get a ehance. Hama inutsu was quite unlike any other Jupcncsc town 1 had seen; the houses had a projecting upper story and broad overhanging roofs, and the principal trade seemed to be in toys. There were shops full of drums and kites, and dolls with all their belong ings, and the. thousand^ and one things which the Japanese\delight in giving to their beloved children. As 1 passed a little garden I saw what looked liken fearful atrocity? dozens of babies' heads, pale and gray as if in death, but oil at the neck and impaled on short stakes, stood about the ground; but on coming nearer, the mystery was explained; they were life-sized dolls' heads of papior-niaeho, put out to dry in the sun before receiving their final coat of paint. The neighboring villages were peculiar; every cottage Wiis protected from the winds by a high hedge of clipped yew, and the street seemed to pass between two green walls, over which the heavily thatched roofs just peeped. The openings gave a glimpse of court yards and cottage fronts when; women and men were hard at work, threshing their beans of many colors and spreading them on mats to dry, weaving blue cotton cloths, or wind ing oil" the skeins of shining yellow silk. The typhoon a fortnight earlier had strewn t he Tokaido wit h pine-trees; a passage wide enough for a jinrikishu to pass had been sawn through some of the great prostrate trunks, and others were still sup ported by their mangled limbs, so that we could squeeze under thcnt. They sadly impeded the work of a company of white-clad engineers, who, with all the latest military contrivances, were laying a fiold telegraph along the road. What a contrast were these sons of change lo the fishermen returning from their morning's work with heavy loads of bonito, and to the peasants with their simple and primitive imple ments,all working and living as they have done for centuries past! Poli tics and changes of government matter very little to them; the rice crop anil the take of fish are affairs of of much more importance; they are real life of a country, preserving its habits, costumes, and traditions, und staving oft- for a time the influences of railroads and steamships, which threaten to reduce man's condition throughout, the world to one dull level of uniformity. The Home Ground. It seems strange that so much pride and care should be taken in building and furnishing a house, und so little in realizing the possi bilities of its grounds. The one bus kept pace with all modern improve ments, and the other, if not actually retrograding, has at best made a very tardy advance. The owners of sub urban places appear to be indifferent to the importance of an intelligent ?hinting of home grounds, ami usuul y set their trees with mathematical regularity, and dot their shrubs Ijcio and then; without the slightest re gard to the effect in the landscape. It is rare that one sees finely planted grounds, and still more rare to find a judicious selection of trees. The owners employ the best architects and builders and decorators, and ex pend thousands of dollars upon their houses, and then engage a few vil lage laborers to grade t he grounds and plant some trees. Generally, the trees are maples and poplars and willows'?all the labor ers know about, very likely?and the chances are. that they will be planted ! without regard to future growth, so that in a few years the grounds be come veritable tickets, and all beauty of form M,nd effect is lost. It does not matter that arboricul ture has kept peace with other utT-1 vniiecs, and that, there are hundreds of new and beautiful trees that arc peculiarly adapted to landscupe1 ardening. The owners do not now of t hem, and are too indifferent to find out. Ami of course the laborers ?h> not have the mutter, much nt heart. | The maples and poplars are all good I ices, in I heir places, hut if the grounds are extensive, hnndredeybf them may be planted, clumsily rjid injudiciously; and a hundred mapb^ und poplars and willows, huddled together, where there might'have been half as many varieties of choice tree, artistically arranged) arc apt to clack the enthusiasm of a lover of landscape effects. Few seem to know that the plant* ing of the grouuds is of more artistic iiiiportuuee than the house. Beauti ful surrouddings and a comfortable, well built dwelling arc far more im pressive than an elaborate structure surrounded by a parody of tree planting. The stately homes of England und France owe more to their gr?'Mid than to the edifices themselves, if all who contemplate building would visit as many line grounds us they do houses, and take us careful notes of the trees and their values in rooms and their rela tive positions to the house as a whole, there would be fewer mockeries of planting. Traveling through almost any part of the United States, one can not but be struck by the evident ignorance of even the first laws of landscape gardening, and of what is new and good to plant. Where there is one home surrounded by finely planted grounds, there are do/ens that arc quite the rever se. This is a strong statement, hut u little observation in almost any part of the country will bear it out. Truly Bacon has said that ??men build stately before they garden finely." Out of the dozens of elegant homes that I have Wen go up during the last few years, I can only selo<>t | two or three that display infclli-! genee in the planting of their grounds. The grounds of one clalso ratc strcture that cost thirty or forty thousand dollars were consigned to a laborer working on the place. He was told to plant trees and shrubs, and to make the place look us well as possible by the time the family came down from the eity in the spring. lie did the best he could, but when a bill for two hundred dollars or so for trees was sent in, the owner positively refused to pay it. ft was a " waste of money," ami he " could have got the trees cheaper from the woods himself." In planting grounds, it is of prime importance to make no mistake at the start. The trees arc growing, and an error or lack of taste in the beginning is emphasized more and more as the years go by. Trees should not be crowded, and should not be made common by close proxinity of too many of their own species. They should be planted in groups and singly, with due regard to their neighbors and the landscape, and in such a way as to display anil conceal, to reveal and screen, so that every part of the grounds may be a Charming retreat) or a sudden vista of delight and beauty. FltANK IL.SWKRT. The Busy Wonian'u Garden. Prom Harper's Rnznr. Th6 busy woman wants for her summer garden such Mowers as will give the largest amount of bloom throughout the season with the least possible amount of care. .I Olio of tint best annuals is the phlox. It is of the very easiest cul ture. It begins to bloom early in the season. If prevented from developing seed, if blooms all sum nun'. If comes in a great variety of colors and Shades, from pure white to deep crimson. The two Quest varieties are the while and the bright rose. Grow these colors in a bed by themselves, and you will be more pleased with the result than you will if you have half a dozen other colors in it. The petunia is another easily grown plant. It blooms with wonderful freedom, and keeps at it until frost comes. If you go over the bed once a month and cut off the. ends of the old branches, the supply of Mowers will he greatly increased, as new branches will be sent out, on which a great many Mowers will be produced. The colors range through all shades of rose and violet to pure white. Many varieties are blotched ami marked in peculiar and striking ways. Some of the newer sorts are beautifully fringed and very large. The calliopsis is a oharming Mower. It gives a great profusion of most showy, brilliant blossoms, some of a rich golden yellow wi!h a maroohl blotch at the base of each petal, others all maroon. It is ex cellent for culling, because of its long steins. Every garden should have a bed of nasturtiums. If you want many Mowers from this plant, do not give IT'S I UGH TIME something was done, if your blood is im pure. Von can't mis ttkc ihe symptoms. Blotches and pimples, or a fo- ling of languor ami depression, arc some of them. If you " lot it go," you're an easy prey to all sorts of serious ailments. Now, the best blood purifier in the world is Dr. Picnic's Golden Medical Discovery. Take that, and it will certainly rid you of every blood-taint and disorder. It starts ev ery organ into health ful action, assists all the bodily functions, and cleanses, builds up and invigorates tho Whole system. G. M.. D. far surpasses nasty Cod liver oil and nil its filthy compounds us a Mesh-builder and strength-restorer. For every disease caused by a torpid liver or impure blood, Dys pepsia, " Liver Complaint," the most Hublx.ru Skin, Scalp, or Scrofulous affections ? even Consumption, or Lung-scrofula, in its earlier stages-? Dr. Pierec's Golden Medical Discov ery is the only remedy so suro and effective that, it can ho guaranteed. If it doesn't benefit or cure, you have your money back. Can' anything else be "just aa good " for you to buy ? it a very rich soil. If you do, there j will be a luxuriant growth of brauche? and foliage, but few blossoms. The dwarf varieties are beat. This in an excellent plant ?o out from. itu colors range from palest yellow to dark Qrimsou and maroon. HaLams are beautiful plants., Their flowers are like miniature roses inform, and they are produc ed in great numbers all along the branches. The foliage is also pro fuse, and a great deal of it must be cut away in order to give the (lowers a chance to display their beauty. Of course sweet-pease should be included in this list. So should the old morning-glory, which 1 consider our best llowcriug vine for general cultivation. It is of rapid growth, of the easiest culure, and what can be more beautiful than a great mass of it covered with its pink, white, crimson, and blue "glories?" It is a plant whose popular name is a most appropriate one. rp Pit event Wash? no of Ho ads. ?The washing of the roads io due to two faults in the making of them. I One is the failure to round the sur face, so that the water may How off to the sides. The other is the absence of culverts to carry off the water that thus Hows from the road bed. The too common water bars on country roads are an injury, rather than a benefit, for they soon ca'ise the hollows thus made to be come deeper, and collect the water, thus becoming soft ; every vehicle passing digs out the. hollow and makes it worse. Oulverts should bo made under the road at proper dis tances to take the water from the side ditches and lead it to the other | side, thus cheeking the How ma-j terially and preventing washing out of the ditches. As often as may be possible, the ditches should ?lis charge their water off the road. Hut even this method is only a make shift; the right way is to take the water of the culverts in covered drains, thus wholly avoiding- the common washing of the side ditches. ?New York. 'I'im es. Profils ol'a OAo-llorso Parin. Carolina Planter. Why say there is no money in fuin 111?4 j* What one mou can do others also can do. William Flarvoy, a colored man, worked a share crop for nu: this year, and i give results of his work as follows : ?lt. 10 acres tobacco sold tot. fM> '> i ir, uoros cotton made is bales aronudngGUU n?s. 401 ini ('.illon seed Bold for. Hli (? 'i acres corn, IK) Uns. at OUa. <*! 00 "v acre potatoes,,00 bus. ?t. Hoc., is oo Poos, uiiout ir> Im. in i.i liny, valued at-,. 50 00 ) UlOijrnls. syrup at 80o... t?? so ? 1\ , Ui.UXi stalks of cant! Acres I licildcd to soil for J seed. lufflil $1,080 h? Dlt. Paid lor rent of mule. ??? (HI " " feed. itxi oo " Htablo manure.? it?> 00 " " ijuuna. - Us ;f.) ??, " wood tor plant bed and ourinK Uilmueo. Ul W Paid export to euro tobacco... ? fifi i?> ?? " for nil othor oxponsos, inchidiiiK Kmdinir tobacco, cano fur Rood, utc. . 5SS !K $U>!Mi ?7 y,\t.i ir, Prollt of *70ll5 on :<2 acre-: ol land Work'(I by a colon il mail with ouo mule and oo hired all labor us lie has no one in toe fain illy to work lull him sidf. (3. S. Mc?CLi.OUGlI. Darlington, K. (J. - - i?i ? <0?n i ? ? ? ?Undertaken! ar<> ming cheap oof linf pressed out of papnl" pulp. Wlien pole le (I and slalneC, snub enhltis are itlmoht as humlsomo as those of wood. Tin y last longer In the ground than cotlins of wood or metal, mid tin \ trau ho hermetically sealed hotter than heavy metal ones. " Why do they call them strawber ries V"1 is the Question 'nest people have asked about the ruddy fruit. The name is derived from n en-.tout hing ago prevalent in Kngland, of the obildr>>n stringing iho berries on Btraws and selling ??< many rlriiign lor a penny. Expectant ^mothers. That our wonderful remedy "Motiibiis PIUBNDwhich malte? ohilit-hlrtli easy may bo wltliln Uio reiver of all wo have JJJ reduced tho price to ONE DOI.LAIt per ((/ bottle. ...niiWARP. of frauds, count erfeits and substitutes. Take nothing but. M others Friend SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. r*rWrlto for book "TO MOTHERS" " the bhaofielo regulator co., Kol? Proprietors, ATLANTA, OA. THE LAU KENS BAR. ii v. simphon. fvn:uAhksiVaI.K SI [Ml"SON ? HALIvSHAi R, Attorney* hi Law. LAUHNNS, SOU iii <'.\ |{Ol.i n \ ?Spne.htl intention urlvMi to tho IiivuhI.P gatlon of titles mid pulp niloii ?f rfnfnil' n. W. BALI.. L. w. SIM KINS, w- W. IIA I.I. ?ALL, SIM KINS ?V KALL, Attorneys uf Law, Lauurns, South Carolina. \Ylll potelleo In Hll Stale Slid lllllUM Hint on (tonrl. Spoi i il tilIt'iii|(?h Kivoa collection*. J. i. ion .ms.in. w. I,, mei.cv JOHNSON ?V UK III V, ATTORN KYs AT LAW. O' i I'.'i Flouting^ Oorliftr, Noruvo ildo of Polilio Sipuire. l..\ HHKNS, - KOI'TII ?A HQ LINA \V. II. M A IM IN, Attorney at Law, Lauhenm, SoUTH Carolina. Will politico hi Mil ( Ii 'Ulis ol the Slii c AltOlllioil ttivcii In eolli el ions. . . I...I, i mi: .i i ., ?M llOW ofton Mm In ,n |hc llllr |.||, 'Ruslncsj i ? ImsitH ? ' Iniph lug ?! eri? e of s.-iiini). i.i \\ in, ?s luttuttt it */r<ttnrr, lh? ? in law? n ? ni? "i ii* i|.ity in ,,iii im iii" I*. h ii"i Muni- ? ii it wr |>r<tinl ? prod in im- ibe best It, oui llnr, andseelnd .mi e<|uent rapid ?rowll.nr o.hIc, yv? ntt plAtscd in we note tin- pleasure of Out pdtrons. AlKIIISTA LI IM hpk CO., "BHytftht Mai i ?uqu8t?. om. Highest of ?U in Leavening Power.?Latest U. S. Gov't Report Ab^oeutccv pure THAT HOY ON THK FARM Iii? Mistakes Mailt- III Knci uruul"K I Him to i}uli tin- Occupation ol H.h| Fathers. W. It. Knux in tlio Pi uctieal Furnier. In tho good old days gouo by, it was tin custom for tbu . .in, very ofton, to ciigago iu tbo Blunt; occupation or pro fession as bis futhor. And to tho lioy on tbu furmdid tbls particubirly upply. When tho farinor's bOn married, hu engaged in fariniug on his father's farm, if he owned one. Hut what a change ! llovy many of our young men expect to engage, in farming for a per manent occupation? Tho farmer believes his son too smart to remain on the farm and will gladly send him to school or college, or else allow him to road law, stifdy inedleino, or a like profession, hol loving tho nou is too hrlght to fritter his lifo away ou the farm. I hn >>oy is auxlous to become famous, and bcliuvos that ho will soon attain eminence In his profession. Hut tho rule Is, tho young man HudH out that there arc other persons as Smart as ho, and hu tiros of his profes sion, believing that any uthor would have been bettor, and bo envies thoso In bettor circumstunces. Wo cannot all ho Washingtons and Franklins anil Hlainos. For proof of this, 1 would a^k \ou to note how many college and normal-Hchool graduates wo fail to hear of after their graduation. How many lawyors are living iu largo eitles on dl " bread and water" salary or Income ! How many physicians arc in practice at somo country town, la-caubO tho road to fume was not so oasy as thoy imagined It when thoy I wore attending college? To the Isiy who is being reared on tho farm tj would say "Stick to the farm." Tho time is coming, and is here, for farm ing to be recognized as a noble call ing. / The farmer is sure of a living, and a very poor farnior ho must be if he cannot make that. I am acquainted with a yeung mau who was raised ou a farm. His parents greatly desired him to become, a teacher, and to please them, ho dhl teach for several years, and does yet. Hut although 110 makes more than he would by farming, 1 know he is not contented or never will be until hu is engaged iu farming on the most approved plans. 1 have known the boy to ask his parents why they tin not wish him to engage iu farming, when they followed tho busi ness all their lifetime. Their answer wie-, that people who wore too Illiterate to Uo any thing else were put to farm ing. . Sail, Sad tale. If a person is not (it for anything else, he is not. lit for a farmer. And this is the excuse for so ma ii v run-down farms, and that con tinual wail that ' farming doesn't pay." Then we have the buy who dcsll'OS to leave home and go West, and to every such end I would say, " go,'* by all moans. It will be tho best dose ol in dicine yon can take, and its ctTccts will be noticeable when the hoy returns home iu a few months, fully convinced that without patient labor there can he no reward, and if he applies himself to his work after his return from his wild-goose chase (which this going. West, often proves to bo), in; may become an excellent, farmer. 1 have sympathy for the boy Who desires to experiment on the farm, although his father opposes hia itleas. Some fathers go on in the saint; old rut year after year, and will never try to find out anything new for them selves, und will never apply what, others have round out for them. They sow a certain amotint Of grain per acre, keep a certain kind of stock, generally scrub, because grandfather kept that, kind, or did that way. Thoy haul the manure at a certain time, because father said that was tin; best time. Thoy never take, into consideration: that, tin; Conditions may be changed, or they may have a dilVereiit soil, or that variable seasons uro of any ac count, To tlx; hoy who has such a father 1 would say : Try to convert him to the new wnys of agriculture. Get him to give you a small tract to make experiments, and if you are do* tormiiiod you shall gain tbo victory. That oily anil rough skin oil red and the face ami hands boautlllod by John son's Oriental Soap; medicated and Highly perfumed. Sohl by Carpenter I ires., Greenville, s. c. Carpenter Bros., Orcenvlllu, S. O, Druggists, will tell you that Johnson's Magnetic Oil always gives satisfaction ami is tin; cheapest. R-.;v. O. S. Stringliold, or Wakeliohl, N. C.i says: " Kiv.; boxes of Japanes Pile Cure cured MO after 12 years suf fering." Sohl by Carpenter Bros., GreonvUlo, s. c. Following the example of Sweden, Russia.has gone in for a State monop oly of tho manufacture and sale, ol spirits. The class in natural history heilig afked the difference between a dog and a tree, the head hoy answered : " A tree is covered with bark, while a dog seems to he lined with it." tiiio Harpers Bazar IN 180?. An American Serial. Doctor War rink's I>aughtors, by Rebecca li.ud iiur Davis, a strong novel of American life, partly laid in I Vnnysl vaiiui and partly in the far South will OOCUpj the last half of the year. My Lady Nobody, an intense ly ex citing novel by Maarton Maar tens, an? thor of ''Gbu's Fool." " Tho Oreator (I lory," etc . will begin the year Essays and Social Ghats': To thlo department Hpcotator will contribute her charming papers on "What We Are Doing "In Now York society. Answers to Correspondontfl. Oucs hIoiis receive tin; personal attention of the editor, ami uro answered at the earliest possible duto after their re ceipt. fe&'Sond for Illustrated PrOspCOlna Tho Volumes of the Hazar begin with tin; Numbers for Juno and Do comber of each year. 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OIpuiiIiikm from the Field <>l Humor "ml lMiilosophy. ?There aro nearly 2,000 woniou practicing medicine in the United states. ?Every man should keep a fairslzed cemetery in which to bury tho fault* of Ids friends. ?There are 82,222 neres of raisin vineyards in California, producing K(i,0ti(),IHX) i...ini,i-, - The engino of an express train consumes 12 gallons of wator for each mile traveled. ?l'cople who brood over their sor rows aro- usually successful in hatch ing 11 numerous family. ?Generous impulses are ull right except when thoy are sought to bo sub stituted for good deeds. ?fn sovoral Euro|>oau countries, in cluding Franco and Holglum, uloctions are always held on Sunday. ?If you want to get ovon with an enemy, forget his existence, and go to work to amount to something. ?Consider how fow things aro worthy of anger, and you will wonder that any but fools should bo iu wrath. ?Scandal, like tho Nile, is fed by innumerable streams, but it is ex tremely dillleult to trace it to its son reo. ?Louisiana has tho largest farm In tho United States, it 's Inn miles ono way by 25 tho other. The fencing alone cost $50,000. ?Suppress tho harsh word that you are about to speaU. else you may In flict a wound that no subsequent of fort can cure. ?The healthiest children in the world dwell in the Scottish Highlands. They seldom wear shoes before thoy are 12 yours of age. ? Statistics and reports show that, tho consumption of canned goods, stim ulated by low prices, has increased tho past year enormously. ? 'V Now York hatter, who " keeps his linger on the hut pulse of tho world,*', says that tho men of tho United States spend $.MUM)0,?H U a year for headgoar. ?A country merchant who keeps a general assortment, advertises among other things, "Black men's gloves; plain lady's slippers; red children's stockings, and new children's hooks." ?There are II States and six tori to rlos, Nonn have been added since the Harrison administration ended, but the late Congress passed in July, 180-1, an not enabling Utah to form a State government. ? A size iu a coat or trousers is one inch: iu underwear, two inches; in a sock, ono inch : iu a collar, half an inch ; in shoes, one-sixth of an inch ; in gloves, a quarter of an inch ; iu hats, one-eighth. ?Tw.i pious darkies in Mississippi were engaged in a controversy. One asserted that the Saviour rode an ass; the other denied the assertion, and was shot dead for the denial. Then the shooter was killed while, resisting ai rest. -?A dog was advertised to play on a piano in a circus. When the time came for the dog to perform ho got. on a scat, and began playing. Suddenly n wag in tho crowd shouted "Hats" upon which the dog hounded oil his seat. Hut the piano kept OU playing. ?Little Dot?Mamma read in a paper that a deaf man out West was stniig by a ssvai-m of boos, and now he can hoar.as wollasovor. Little Dick ?1 don't see how bee-stints could make a deal man bear, hut 1 should think they'd make aduinh'maii speak. ?Mr. Kdison, the groat olocrlcian, receives ninny amusing letters. Not long ago be was startled by an epistle from a Western damsel asking him if he could invent an olcctriual con trivance that would enable her to see the 'ace of her future husband. ? A gentleman walking along Lex ington avenue one day encountered two boys who looked so much alike that be stopped them and asked, " Are you little, boys twins?" They looked up at him for a moment as though they did not exactly Understand, ami thon ono said meekly; "No, sir; we are Methodists." ? The Chinese send three invita tions, to the guest that they desire to see their great repasts. The, first is dispatched two days before the feast; tho second on the day itself, in order- to remind those they expect of their'engagement\ ami the third just before tho hour has struck, sous to show show impatient they arc lo see their friends arrive. Cigarettes CIGARETTES ^raefoKj 'W.DukoSor " )ukeSon3 &Co rtHCAMtmrill TOUACCUCOjjj'i/y; DURHAM, N.C._U.3.A. V** MAUE KHOM High Brad? T?b&$m and ABSOLUTELY PU&ft WHKUE ilK !)UKW THK L.lNK.-Orv? I summer, a fow years after too war, u gentleman wax traveling in the Somit, and ho got totalklug with a farmer In wiiiit1 littlo town, wuo wus employiug a considerable nunibor ot muu at his In.yiug. Tue furnier told hiui that tho mo<>t of ?houi wt re old (Jon fedoruto soldiers. " You pee over there whore Ihoeo four men are working?" he asked. " Well, all of 'em fought in tho war. One of 'ein waa a private, one ot 'em was a corporal, one wax a major, and that man 'way ovor in the corner wo* a eelolie)." " Are they good men ?" asked tho goatleman. "Well, aaid the farmer, " that pri vate's a first-class man, and the cor l>oral's pretty good, too." " Hut how about tho major und tho colonel ?" "Tho major's so-so,"said tl.o farmer. " Hut tho colouol ?" "Well, 1 don't want to say notbiug ogalust any man who was a colonel in tue war," bald tho larmor, "but I've mado up my miud I won't hire no hrigtullor-generals." .lapancso Liver I'ellets euro bilious ness, sour stomach and all klduoy mid liver troubles. Small and mihi. Sold by Cur pun tor Bros., Oreonville, S. C. JOHNSON'S MAGNETIC OIL! instant Killerol Pain. Internal and External furo? IUI HUM AT ISM, NKllKAl ti.A, Ijuuo Back. BptuBA.Bralw' SwHIiiu'rf, Mill Joints, COl.U! in .CliA.MCH in- tillltly. Oholoril M Ib^Croup.DipthttrjUkBoraTIUNHi _jfnKAnAOliK, twit uyiuagto. THE HORSE BRAND, $&?hW!^l '.homostPoworful and PonrtriittiiKl.tnlinoiitforMt.; ..' lloOttIn existouco. l-'uno 11 sliii 76c, 60o. slzo to. JOHNSON'S ORIENTAL SOAP. medicated and Tollot. Tho Oroat 8kln Our? nn< * ace Benutiflor. Lnrilea will And It tho iu<> i Jelicnte and highly porfumetl Tollot Hoop pit tho market. It 1? absolutely pur?. Makos Uu t<kln ?oft und velvety Mid restores tho losl com plexion! Is a luxury for tho Bath for InfuntB It alays Itchlrur. olonnHOH tho soup ami |>rouiot..i Um> KrowOi of hair prlco !Bm, For eulo by Carpenter Hros., Greenville. S. O |)ORT ROYAL & WESTERN CAD L ollna Railway. "Augusta and Ashuville short bine." .1. B. Clev land. Iteceiver. Schedule in offeol March 25th 1803. bv Augusta. !? l!' am sun pm Ar Ureenwood.1*2 28 pin 12 IX) am Andcrflon. 800 pm - Laurcns. I 8s pm 7 15 am (irccnville. 8 05 pm U 15 am Hpartunb?rg. 8 2u pm ? Baluda . 4 38 pin . Hondoreonvllle. .. 5 in pm . Ashuville. 0*20 put . bv Ashovillc.8 on am . tjpnrtanburg.II46 am . (irccnville. 11 55 am I '-'?? pm baurens.... .. I 33 pm 7 H? pin Anderson. 1)20 am (lrceuwood. 230pm 600pm Ar Augusta. 520 I in s 35 am Savannah. 5 55 am IHN) pm bv Uroenwoed. 6 63 pm 2 33nm Ar Knleigh . I 20 inn 12 no n'li Norfolk. 7 <mi urn i! 20 pm Petersburg.<i (Ml am 543 pm Itlchtnond .t; in am 045 pin TO ATIIKN8, ATLANTA AND POINTS \V K8T. bv. Orconvillo. 0 45 am II 55 am bv ?> ndoraon. 0 20 ? A ugustn. U 46 am Ureenwood.12 is pm '.! 12 pin Air Athens.803 juu 500 pin Ar Atlanta.4 01) pm 7 45 pm ("lose connections at Ureenwood for all points on s. A. b and O. At!. Ituilway, and at spurtuuhurg with bouthom Ituilwu). l.'or information relative lo tickets, rales, schedules, etc., address lt. I.. 11 ? 111'. 'I'rnVt I'iikh, Agent ?v.J. ci: a in. U< p. P?mh. . . a. AmriiMti <>?? J. s. (.'iiroion. Agent, H, Speights, tlcn. Agent, (irccnville, s. O. J, 11. Kant, Agent, Anderson, S. t\ Stiiilli Carolina mid Georgia ?TUE ?IIAltliKHTON LINK Schedule melleel January 15, IMA. ?OI.UMIIIA DIVISION. Ivisi.lt..mill Cohinihla. t.Mi Ar liruiiuln Die.il(A a Ia IhiUielivllle. n :m urn Ar Clljll'IcslOII.II !R) am i ,\ 'Columbia. t :.n pro Ar Charleston. * in j>ra West Hound. bv (Jliarloslon. 11A am Ar Columbia.II Ifl am |?v (Jlnirloston. r>:w pin a r llnmoliville. NIM pn, l?v IhiinohvlUo.?. B15 pm Ar Cullllllhlll. In iii pm AUOU8TA DIVISION. Wesl Hound. hvColumbin. ".mi am 4 20 pm Ar llnuieliville. 7115mil ?tliMpnt hv llnmoliville. '.i:;,, pm ' still pin Ar Augusta.I:! 15 pm in IA pm lins) Hound. bv Augusta. : in pm A i lintucln i I It-.ii pm hv linilHillVlllc. _ In an, A r i loliiinblu.in in pm OAMDKN lilt A Mil. linst llouihl. hv I 'ohiinbln.nMl am A r ('aiinleii..IS05 pill West It.um.I. hv Cnmtlon.,.,'l 40 pm A r Columbia.lii in pm CONNKCTION. AtCohnnb, with Suntlieru Itullwtt) ;t<> ami I'roin all p. .is in upper South an.i North Carolina, Through irains between Charles Inn ami Aslinx I lie, n. C. Any other Inl'oi'iiiutlon, folders, limps, etc will lie rill'llistlCll on appll. nl lull le ICS. ikiwkn, Oenernl Manager, Columbia, S. i h. A. KMKItSON, Tnilll? Millinger, Charles ton, s. C (I. ii. pa ii km. Traveling Agent, Cohunina s. c. Columbia, Lau tens and New . berry R. K. NorllilKumd - muhhoiupl put am S> aliens, pm am 1 I I III ?0 i oltiuihin I ill 11 15 ?I Oil III 0-2 I.caphai I I 65 11 -JS 1161 niii I rmo ins 11:17 :! in !? 27.. Bnlenlhio ft 2ft II I.? :t 42 !i 15 While IhK'k 5 11 .0 1131 881 t hai lain 5 55 1202 il'2-l 880 l.illle .Mm,main 5 15 12 13 8 21 8 22 Hllghs 0 22 12 18 II12 so? Prosaerl ly nil 12 20 2 60 7 :iu Newlorrv 7 us 1243 ?2 17 7 06 .lalae 1' 7 8ft 12 50 2 11 (i 55 (Iray's l.aue 7 17 I 05 2 It) Ii Kl K inar.l 7 57 I in 2 35 II 86 (loltb ille s in 117 ?2 Uli II -> l Dover s ?_?;; | 2ft 2 2ft II 15 ('Hillen s ]{<) | :;u P. 10. SCI HI Ml'KIM', Agent at I 'rospnriiy. ?"WKCO - WHITEITER & MARTIN? Th?y Are Our FASHIONABLE TT AIR GUTTERS and SHAVERS i SOTJSfS NSON'S BUIL1 > 1 IN C*. SOUTH ?RN RAILWAY CO. (?ASTIi?N KYHVIM.) CoadtutPd gcbodule In Kffoaft April '41 at, 1890. Trains run by 75th Meridian Time. STATIONS. I Dally _I No JI Lv Charleston' .I 7."f)"?u " Columbia.11.10 am " Prosperity.. .i.M.24 p re Ar Nowburry.... . ? .'?.il-a; P"1 Ar riliiton . ..(KxSuri)...."la'aRpia " Luurens_(Kx Sun)._[3.10 pm ?? NGoYy-SI x. 1.38 p m "Greenwood . 1.67 pm " Hodges.......... 2.42 p in "Abbeville. .? I < 38 p in " Melton.?...........~.r. I iao pm " Anderson.?.1 4 10 p in "" S.-neo?. .. . .'.Tj~6. io pnj " Atlanta.' ?. ? ...."T ? 00 pm STATIONS. I Daily _\ No. ja. Lv. Greenville..110 15 am " Piedmont. 10 Ml am " Wtlllainst.ui ?H.V|.I it 15am "." Anderson? ? ? ?.. ill 10 am '? B?Ttoi. '. ii.i5aib Ar. Doimlda.\ |2 I Opts Lv. AhiioValle".... 11,.. ..""_.It i 0 MB " fioditofl.r.*.iisitspu " tire, nwood. .'.. I ISpm " Ninety-Six .?_._| 1.88 pm '? Lauretta . Kx Sulij.|io !0 am Clinton i Kx Sum.I n io tun ?' New! orry. " Prosperity. Ar. Cohinil'bt....,. " t'.iai Icaton. '.'.41 pm 8.10 pin i 16 jmi 8.40 pin Uotiveofi Columbia and Astfevliie. I Dully. I I Dull v. I [NO I* I STATIONS [No. 14 ! i L20am FIvCliurloBtoii.u 8.4t5 .in . 11 .'.'."miii I.. Co! Ii in Mit Ar. Si ti .pm I'i.lOpml'1 . Alston . .'? 3.10) in l.iopmj" Sunt no ..." loipml l.JOpm''. Union.... "I l/iupui. i .. Joiii sville. " 1.' Hi,mi 8irrpni|" . Pacolot_"|12.23pml l'.-Hmuii Ar Spun Ii'k'Li ll.4.'.aiiij a.lupin,i .v soart bgAriii.nam B HOpmlAr AshovlHoLyl B.oiami Trains leave Spnrianl urj. A. and C. division, northbound, 4.20u. m., 8.10 p. m., 6.18 p. m? (Vos< tlbulod Limited I: soiiiimound, 105 a. ih.,2.50p, m., 11.37 n. m.i (Vcstibuled Limited). Trains leave QroonviUOi A. and C. Division, nortliiiouud, 3.2Va.m..2 I I pm., and f>.'27pm.,tVos. tlbulod Limited); southbound, 1.57a. m., 4.10p. m., 12.28p. 111., (Vcstibuled Limited). Trains leave Seneeu. A. ami 0, Division, north bound, 2J)2 ik. in. and 12.41 p. in.: southbound, 3.00 a. 111. and 5.51 p, m PULLMAN SKItVICR. Pullman Palace Slooplnn Cars on Trains 85 and 38,87 and 88, on A. and 0. Division. W. IL QUEEN, J. M. QULP, Oon'l Mff'r, EttS. Sys. Tralllc M?r. Washington. D. O. TO. BERKELEY, Supt.. Columbia, S.O. W.A.TURK, S.U. IIAUDWICIC, Uen. Das. a"! . As t (lea. Pas. Act. Kas Sys SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO. <uahti:iin SYSTLU.) PIEDMONT AIR LINE. OONPK.SHBD ?., lltmil.K or PASSBHOKH 'i'll a ins* Noi l hliOUIld April Met, I BOO Lv A: lilt tu O time " Al a .la K lime " No: OfoSS " Du or I. " ?... .1 a llle.. I. ?In. V. ail isScr Vor. if'Him Ii N0.88 No 30 No.l 2! Dally Dully | Dally j 12.00m '.'.'Hi p- 7.50 ai. 1.00 pi 10.00 p k f> 1 in. .... in. 10 p 11.31 a'. .|ll.Kl p le.11.1 ai. 2.25 n.D.41 p I? 3.1 a . lauf. ulULVi al. 12.32 a 11.22 III, 12 30 II '-??'. a'. 1.14 ;i 11 Ml a . Ii 11 1. : i ? . a. 1. ICin C 11 ml ? ? ? 1.1 tiiw llle .. Sp 1'ianiiurii iiloys . usi.i m. sMoiuit'n ?? ..a . on.a Ar.C ini'ii.lto. Ar. Dativ IPO Ar. llle m >ad Ar V, :i I: :'ion ?? Dalum 0 iMi.it. " r ihu'elphla , " NVwVorU. Soul h inn il. .1 2.02 4i P 4.40 p 2.30 ul I ?-."? r.-n p 8.20 11 '.mi pi., 6.1H pi 1.2(1 u- :i P.) pi., ?1 6.0% ?I 4 in p . p .V.!.' ,, I ,C0 pi. ..| 5.4 > 11 5.IW p . lid' ;i 5.3< |> . p' f. 50 0.3 1 pi. a 11 40 i'ii 5 pi. 7.0-i 8 20 12.00 h 00 n| 4 40 pj o.tKi nj. i Ki ~ aI ?..'0 p h.' !> ??'ii.;i> p IIO.'IB al 3.10 a 12 f>3 nl 8.23 a Vi No. .17 i Daily Lv N"v. Vorlt l'.lt.11; I 3? p ?? !> lliideloliin. O.Oi p ?? 1 ililmore | 11.20 p ?? U a ; ton. |10.43 p f slm . No. 3,', No, 1 I Dalli Dully 12.15 11 7'."i ul 0.42 111 11.16 11 Ulo.imond.12.03 n Danvlllo. 1 ? riptto .0 il.. 1r.1l... 11 minster. To i.ri. Mmmi Airy . Cornelia.. .a. (J|>ill a me Duiord .... S. i'. ross Allaitla ICllme 4.BB 1 A Hutu a t ; 1. in ? 3 OS 1 6.41 0^:. 11.37 12.28 1.16 1.00 plU.05 11 3.31 p 0.10 11.00 11.411 is.'l? 1251 1.06 I ..'.t '.! 4'. 3.ix; I 8 pl2 n, n 1. j. 2.1 ii 2 I a 4 ti! r>.: il 6.1 ??! 2 B 0. . 7.1 45 1.4.' 5.1 I 7.1a H 7 .3., I , s.. 3 p , X '? 5 pi. 0.11 p 6.21 a] 10.1. u.iM a: 6.26 i? a. in. "P p m. ? Al." noon "N.' nlk'bt. Nos.3T and 38 Wnshtugton and SouthwestoITi VeKiilnilod Ltmltnd,Thi^it|th Pullman sin.?iH'rs tietwenii N.-w Yorii und owOVIoans, via Wash Inition, AHnntfl und Mi tffonmry, und also br f v 11 NfOW Votli ami ..iCinplllH via WoshJnS? ton. At Ian nnd c nut im DlnlnK Cars NOS, 85 nnd 30 United States l-'a.st Mall. Pull man Sleeping (?irs between Atlanta Mont (Oini rv and New York. Nos. 11 Slid Pi Pullman SI.'(.pine Car betweom Klvhmoiid, Danvlllound Oroonsboro. W. a TURK, 8. H. HARDWrOK, O^n 1 Pass. Asr't, Ass t (lener il Pa is A?'t \vAsin.NOToN. d. c. Atlanta,OA. W. B. RYDER, Sui^rlnton tonl, Cliarloiie, n01 th < arolina W. H. ORRISN, .1 M OULP, Oen'l Stipt., TraMI.' Mn'iTfi Washington, D. O. Washing Um D O. Atlantic Coast Line VV ILM INOTON, COLUMBIA AND AUOUfl TA II. It. CONDKNSKDSOUKDULK. IN KPPP.CT JAN :.'7, lv, (Inlnir Hoiith. No. Wl. No. Til Lv Wiluiimrtoii.?UHO pin . i,\ Marlon. ??i pin . Ar Kloronon. 700 bra . . [,v Kloronoo....."TiSipin m 15 urn A r Su in (or. . 8JW pin? 4 31 mn |?v Bumlor.*.?'?>? |>m "' W uro ArCnliiinhtn .l(yW|?ni n ",<?,,, No. v: runn through from ('luirlenton via Conlnil It. U , louviun Linn .-<s.:;s a m, Manning (MB iiiii. Doing North. No. G?.""No, 58. (,v Columbia '.ISHnin *l:'aprn a i Similar. ii i? um !> <:i pin .Nu. *>. No. fiO l.v Hnmlor.(143 urn ?6 IT prn A1 h'loronco BOI urn 066 \>va \.\ Kloronco. ? *i urn . ? . I.\ Marion.? s In urn . a 1 w lliniiigtnn.11 6flam. ?Daily. ,\o r<irun?through (oChiirloston,B,C, via Control i(. ii., arrlvlnu Manning o iti p. m . I.nni 9 '1 on p. in., ( hnrlraloii B Ifi p. in. Tralni on Kouth ami rs? > 1111 Carollnn it. ?.. Ionvo A tkInn 1Mb 11.111 und uiW p. m.. arriving I.n< Know II In a. in und K 101?. in, i:, 1 in 11111.? leave Uuokiiow 04fi u 11111 ud I all 11 m,arriving AlkiiiH fl IB a in und 6 pni. Dally except Kmidfl) . Tnunflon llnrtsvilln H, K lonvo Hurin-iiie at I siia in, orrlv Inn KlnydnMM a m, Iti tuni liiu leave rloydn 1)45 b in. arriving 11 m mi, 1)145pm. Dullyoxeepl Sinni.iN. Ti n 111:1 on W i I mo a-1 on, t 'hndboiim ami Con wnv II l( leavo ChildllOllfll II ift) a in, arrive at Coiiwny 1 IB p in, returning lonvo Conwayal : ;m 11 in. in 1 ui' Chndlioiirn 1 mi p m, leave 1 llifldliniim B C> p in. arrive ul llul> at 11 '.^11> iu. returning loav'O 11 ,,i, H 15 a in. arrive at Chad UOUI11 '?? a 111 1. 1' 1 , < vi , lit Sunday, n 'M K. in \ 1 \ 1 I., 1, 1 i.|,i ,1. It. KUNI.Y, Oon'l Manager. T. M. UMKKMON, Tratllo Malinger.