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AUNT b'LEAiNOR. A LOVE STORY, 1JY A UIU.K.W n.l.i; AUTHOR. From Tho Ureouvillo Mountaineer. "Ob, Aunt, Eleanor, l am bo ?lud to bo bare with you, and to see something real again. 1 am very tired ol my lifo. It all seems suoh a make*believe and bbam. I am tired of ball? anil recep tions, where evt n tho smiles are false, unU where the words and dresses are all *ot to the one same tune ol lixcil rub s and etiquette. So, Auutie, I left it all, and came away l j you, where I could bear tho crickets Bing, and the uiu-io of the (rugs, and learn contentment from looking into your dear old peace ful face.'' Aunt Eleamor looked up from her knitting into the fair faceol tho young girl; it was a very young and lovely face to be saying such tilings. Eclioiu but leaning far buck in the big arm chair, with her arm.-, stretched above her bpad, gazing into the lire, and her | dark brown eyes looked into the? coals with a deep, wistful longing, as if searching mi something In their glow ing depths. " Aunt Eleanor, I ought to bo happy. I havo all the world culls happiness, wcaltn und beauty, but my money has never brought ino any real love. Of course, 1 know many men who call themselves iny lovers, but 1 do not waut a few honeyed worus, clothed in tho (ashlot! Ol the day, one or two st.lt drives in tho park, and then a mar riage, whero tue heart is untouched by any thought of real love, tho toul unshaken by deep passion ; without .impulse, and us cold, hare and unre sponsive as tho heaps of gold and silver wedding presents, 1 mean lovo that caunot ho bought. Love that links soul to Beul, tout time und absence can not change. A lovo that will saorllloe itself, thut ennobles and colors ail in lifo, and in suffering and adversity grows Btronger. A tove that in its purity aod depth lifts us higher than mere, common earthly passions. Lovo that malus mon do great and nohlo things, and makes women true and tender. A heart that sees no weak ness in loving, and linds its greatest happiness in being loved. Oh, Aunt Eleanor, some onJ fashion love. D.j you think there is any left in the wend, and thut I can lind It? lias Cupid lot his little darts yet dull, or is the heart of the world so hard und crusted over with egotism, ami love of gold that bis arrows all bouud back and uo not leave even a a*ark." Felloia stretched out her arms with a passionate gesture, and looked nr. with eager, questioning eyes. Aunt Eleanor laid Qowu her knitting, und u faint color came into her out face m she said, "Fay, dear, I shall tell you u Btory. 1 have never told it to many (or it is sacred, but Fay, it will tell yoi of a love that is as true and undying a: that you sir. .t!< of." Sue unlocked u cabinet, and trot from it a small,' Id, hair-covered trunk tho very looK of which told that n held some sacred memory. Aun Eleanor's eyes had a tender light, am her hands trembled as she nelu thi dear relies of her life. ft was hki lifting the curtain of the past whei she raited the lid. There was a fain musty odor, hut it was a sweet.smell U her, lor it bi ought with It a rush of font memories. There was a curious col lection of tilings : worthless thej looked, and yet no gold could havi bought them. There were a few faded yellow tetters, a whitocrosa all tatter ed and torn ; a badge of honor of some kind, wliicli had been torn by a buliet and also tvso or three old bras; cadet buttons. " These things wil tell the story of my life," said Aun Eleanor, and she took up an old da guerreotype with a golden curl pinuet in the case, Tue picture was so din that you could scarcely see tho uutlim of tho face. "Ah, Fay, when that was taken lift was sweet and hopc9 were great. M; white hair was onCG those goldci clustering curls in tho picture. Ar thur carried It for thirty years in hi breast, far away to Ludiu und Egy pt lj took it with him. " Arthur and I loved each othoi dearly, but he was only a private ii the <,.> leen's army, and I wus an oruhai and lived with my uncle. Arthur an. 1 were very young and full of hope und meant to marry as soon as ho wa able. "Iiis regiment was sent to India Tho parting nearly broke our hearts but we siiid good-bye b.-avcly. 1 gavi Arthur this white cross. Ho said hi would always wear it next his heart and he cut ttT ihu right arm of th? cross, ai d gave it to iuc to keep, as 1 sign that nothing but death shoul. keep him from bringing his cross bact to mo to bj united, and we promised t< be true, and never to doubt each othei whatever happened. "Arthur bad not been gono tw< months when my uncle died, and I wa: left alone. 1 uo not know what woult have become of me hut for an Anieri can ..... \ who was a frierd of mine, i had a good education, so 1 came witl her to tnis country as a governess in your grandmother's family. 1 though! that 1 bhoulil never see Arthur again, so I wrote to him to tell bun where was going, f.nd to say good-bye. "My lite in this country was as happy as I could expect. Your people were vory kind to mo. I soon became Jike one of the family, anil my pupils learn ed to call mo aunt, but with all this I was sometimes very lonely. 1 could only hear from Arthur very seldom, but his letters wore full of unohanglog lovo and hope ; they wure noulo, orave letters, and helped 1110 to bo true and bear my lifo. '"Eight years passed, and no thought of another man had entered iny lifo. Then there came a long unbroken silence, and my letters to Arthu'- were unanswered. I never doubted him tbougli this uncertainty was cruel, but I kept saying to myself, -tio is not dead, and hu will come back.' " Horo tho tenor of my story changes. Of this part I do not liko to speak, and I shudder when I think how near it came leaving u dark blot upon my life, but I shall tell it all for there is no shame in being tempted, It is only tboae wounn who havo been thrust Into a fiery furnace, and come out unhurt who can Bympathlz-J with 'otherb in temptation. Thoso women who look down, from a high pedestal of untried virtue and untemptcd purity with scorn upon thoir leas protected sisters do not understand. It is no honor to bo good whero thcro is no temptation. "We left America that summer to travel about. While wo woro in Venice my health failed, so tlioy took tho olii Id ion to I'aris, and left me to rest and recover. It wus then that I met Antoine Jtuchietti. Ho was a great doctor, and had ail tho deep passionatu nature of tho true Vonitian, and tho magnetiam of thoso trrcat black eyes BOemod to look Into my vory thoughts. Iil>3 faco and figure might boon mo doled from some Greek god. Ah, he was a vory Faust, and I wa? vory near tho fate of Marguerite He loved mo with juat tho sumo unholy and unruly passion. Ho saw no ob?tucles in his patb, and ho had been used to grasping ids object with a firm, sure hand, not loosing his hold until he had won the very soul and bruised the heart I was very lonely and mtaorab.u.and it seemed so long aince I had hoard of Arthur. I saw tho Doctor every day, and I folt that ho was gaining an Influence ov .r mo that 1 could not throw off. It was liko a miid that growa denser and thicker. Though lie loved me well, I , knew that a marrlago with a simplo English goverbess vas far from bis thoughts, and below his ambition. "I shall pass on briefly to one even- j ing when my s>oul was shaken like an , . aapen leaf. I wont to an old cburcb to 1 I think it all over. It was my last 'chance, for Aqtolno was coming to ? meet mo there. Insldo the church It Was very still, und the crimson light from the webtorn window fell full upon the great white altar eroep. It re minded me of tho whito cross I hail givcu Arthur. Should 1 bo tho one 10 put a btaiu on our cross, and make my arm unworthy to bo joined to tho Other V Whore was Artnur ; was hit) orOBS btlll unsullied and waiting for tnlneV Wan Arthur dead, or hud ho forgotten me ? It was growing very dark; only the white cross stood out boldly In tho dim light. 1 heard boiho ouo coming. Arthur may be dead ; 1 whispered, ' but ho In not unfaithful, aud if lie is alivo ho will come back to me.' My heart was beating wildly, for I Knew thatAntoino was in tho church. I looked toward tho altur, tho last crimson ray lingered on tho cross ; it Boomed to reach higher and higher^ and to stand out stronger and clearer Id the darkness. I rushed blindly toward it, past the altar, through an other door, aud so out into the fading I light. I "That night I left Venice, and went to join tho family at l'arls." * # # * * * " We had spent four years in travel. When we returned to America 1 learn ed that Arthur hud been there to lind mo, aud hearing that I had gono to Kugland, ho had started right away to follow me. Our ships had passod each other. "Something like dark despair came over iuo. Fate seemed cruel. The one faint hope that anchored mo to life J was gono. .tow was I ever to lind him, or to let him know where 1 was ? A!- | though my friends helped me, all our j ?. Horts were in vain. "1 took up my Vi to again, and tried to go on bravely. Years passed. My pupils were grown now, and needed mo no longer; so I catno to It ? to livo, aud teach school. I was past fony ; my youth was gono; my hair was turning very gray, but I thought of Arthur still, and kept on saying. ' If he is alive he will lind me out.' 1 Btlll thought of him as my young lovor. I eould not bear to think of his brown curls as turned to gr- y, or those big blue eyos with a haggard look of ago and sadness. " Fay, my story is drawing to a close One evening 1 was sitting at tho wiu dow watching the setting sun, when 1 saw an old man coming toward me ! out of tho gold and crimson light of the sun-sot ho seemed to come. As ho came on very slowly, I saw that ono sluove of his coat hung loose and limp, and that ho leaned upon a stick. He come very near and stopped, and as he rahed his eyes, O, my Ood, 1 saw that it was Arthur Gray bod. ? " A littlo later when 1 smoothed back the grey locks from his white brow, and looked at tho empty coat sleeve, 1 burst into a Hood of bitter tears, it reminded mo of our white cross and tho missing arm. Could wo be tho same two who had parted so young and hopeful. But when wo looked into each other's eyes, we kuew that we had passed our 'rough places' and temptations. Wu had t-tood tho I I storm, and loved each other still, with t, a love that had suffered and grown [ I stronger and deeper, and now in the j i sun-set of our lives there had sprung . up in us tho glowing embers of our , youthful lovo. Liko tbo setting sun t, gathers all its many scattered beams } ' together into ono last great crimson [ : ray that deepens and colors all around . it in mellow light, and lasts long into , ! the calm, cool twilight. i I " We were married that night. But i Arthur was failing fast. His woundc I ! had been severe. I nursed him tend 3 erly, until at last there came a daj \ I when I was left ulouo. jj " One more long, lonely waiting, but 1 j there is a sure meeting for us. Now it I I is Arthur who is waiting for mo, and . i in heaven our lovo will be unchanged I '? and everlasting." Aunt K eanor closed the little trunk that held her earthly treasures. Feliolt was crying gently, but there was a look in her dark eyes that showed thai , , there was no use to ask her what she \ ! thought of love now, so Aunt F.lcanoi stole ijuietly away. ri ! Felicia gazed long into tho dyinfj ? embers. A cricket began to chirp and roused her from her reverie. Slu ' rose and went over to the window, ant tl 1 as she looked across tho garden, slu j Bighed and whispered, "I wonder if I j eould lovo like that," for she saw Aunl Fleanor kneeiing at Arthur's grave. GOOD LIVING DESIRED. One of tho commonest and one ol 3 I the worst mistakes on the farm is (he I fnnuru to look upon comfortable and j wholesome living as a thing as much, t ! if not more to he desired, than making 11 money. Farming in this country i* graduilly getting away from its old wo kings, says Tin Tri-Slale Farmer, A generation or two ago, a period, by the way, that is often referred to aa the uaood old times." farming was looked upon primarily as a way to make u living. Almost everything consumed upon the farm was made I hero, of both food and clothing, and largely, too, the carpets, and house hold furniture. The expenditures for all these things were extremely small and yet, people on the farm lived in the greatest comfort, enjoyed the most I'ObUet health ami though die prices of farm products were very low, almost all of them made some money. More Over, though fanning was then in no sense a speculative enterprise, and ?hough then land was to he had fi'CO, lo a larger extent than now, land values were higher higher and for tho purpose of making loans I arms were considered the best security that could he offered. Of course, we cannot now go hack It) primitive methods in every respect. It will not pay to weave cloth ami do many ether tilings that our grandfathers did; hut we could with gnat prolit to oun.elves raise al most everything wc cat and give more altontio i tt> doiug it than in raising what is known as the "money crop." And whal is to lie specially considered is tht! fact that 'flic farmer who does so will seldom ever come lo he the victim of debt, the worst slavery on earth. A few farmers growing a {'specialty" and buying everything for homo con sumption succeed ami tlo well; but us a rule, the '?average farmer" Who farms for a Mving gets far more satisfaction oui of lifo than the one crop man. Now at the beginning of a new year is a good lime to make a test of this. ?Adolph L. Luotgort, charged with tho murdur of his wifo, has beon con victed on the second trial. Luotgort is a Chicago sau-ago maker. Iiis wifo disappeared in May and it was Boon suspoctod that Luotgort had disposed of her body I y running it through his sausago mill. lie was first triod in August but tho jury failed to agroo. Tho second trial begun in November and iasted 72 days. An olTort will bo made by his lawyers to secure a new trial by an appeal to tho Supreme Court of Illinois, falling in whloh Luetgert will bo given a lifo sentence in tbo penitentiary. ?A big combino in oraokors has re cently beon effected by tho most im portant manufacturing concerns in this country. The American, the Now York and tbo United States Biscuit companies have consolidated under tho name of the National Cracker compa ny. The consolidation is of the nature of a trust and tbo factories and ship ping points remain unohangud. ?"I hpf * your fa?hcr is engaged in t>he iron business at Onickamauga. Does he make ear wheels or boiler date?" "On, no, be makes war relics." its along a rallw 3111ARP ON THE HISTORY OF INDIANS, l'HK OBBBKS ANI> THE CHIBRO K.ISIC8. fhu Couittdiip of John Ridge?While Attending u ?Mission School He Fell in Love with u Beautiful White Glrl*and Married Her. Fragmente of Indian history have ac cumulated upon mo of late and as they concern tho Ureoks aud (Jhorokees and are of a romuutic character, I am con strained to record them. These two tribes aro our Indians and make up quite a chapter in tho history of Georgia, Alabama and East Tennessee. North Georgia was especially the home of the Cnerokoes, lor their chiefs lived near Korneas far back as we have their history, aud tho Crooks, or Mus coge?> a? they aro more properly called, lived south of tho Tullupoosa river. Thoso tribes are not to he class ed with savages, for they wore of t higher grade, and but for the greed of tho white inuu would uo doubt have continued to advance in civilization and refinement under tho lead of such chiefs as Hoss, Kidgo, Boudiuot and Mclntosh. Everybody Is familiar with tho story of Pooabootas. Longfellow wroto a beautiful story about Hiawatha and William E. Rich ards peuuod several pretty legends about the Indian girls of Tallulah falls, and so I will pen the story of John Kidgo ?and Boudiuot as given to me. This story was sent to mo by Mrs. Ellen M. Gibhs, of Crystal Lake, III. Her mother, Mrs. Taylor, who died in 1878, wrote this romantic sketcli in 1877, when she was seventy-six years of age, and left it for her children, who had oftcu heard her repeat it. By some strange coincidence 1 have recently re ceived a leaer from a lady, Mis. Vir ginia Williams, of Biooinhold Fla., giving tie anoestry of John Hoss, whose I grandfatl ??? was a Scotch refugee, named MoDonald. The writer, Mr Williams, traces her llucugo back to the sumo McDonald tree. Her mother was a daughter ol William Day, who married Agnos McDonald. Mrs. Wil liams would like to leuru moro about Kosa und bis parents and hopes this publication may attract the attention of some ouo who can inform hor. And now comes a marked copy of a Now York paper called Sabbath Read ing, In which .John Kosa, a son of the old chief, appeals for preachers and teaohera to come out to tho Cherokee nation and help to educate and train the children in tho Christian faith, and especially to teach them in their Sun day schools. This appeal is dated De cember, 1807, and Mr. Kiss's address is No. 101 Gold street, Now York. And hero is Tho Vinlta Leader, an able paper published in tho nation, and contains General Andrew Jaokson's letter to tho Cherokee chiefs, written in 1835, and which urges and entreats them to accept tho terms of the treaty and move at once to the territory as signed to them. And almost by tho same mail comes an interesting and beautifully written sketch of tho present condit.on of the Muscogces (or Creeks.) It was written by Mr. W. W. Ramsay, of Maryvllle, Mo., a gifted and scholarly geutli man who is deeply interested iu Indian affairs. Other fragments have come to me and if I do not abridge and compile and have them published in your pa per, much valuable history of these Indians will be forever lost. But to tho story ? ,-ln 1S17 a foreign mission school was established at Cornwall, Gonn. It was a charity school for Indians mainly, though there were some white pupils there and some defrayed their own ex penses. Students from several Indian tribes were there to acquire tho Eng lish language and a rudimentary edu cation. Somo whito pupils also ac quired the Indian language und wert out as missionaries to tho tribes. Be sides the Chippewas and Choctaws and Cherokee?., T remember there were two from the Sandwich islands. '?Mr. Diggett was the lirst principal of the school and Mr. Andrews the last. Every May there was a public exhibi tion and the Indian boys spoko on the stage, lirst in their own language and then in ours. They were genteel and graceful in thoir oratory. They sang songs in their native tongue, all wav ing their hands in harmony with tho music. They were never allowed to go beyond tho limits O* into people's houses without invitation. When they visited us wo iald aside our work and entertained them. "Among these students was a Chero kee youth named John Kidgo, tho son of a chief?a very noble young man, of lino form and feature and a perfect gentloman in his manners and deport ment. For two years he was afllioted With a hip disease. While be boarded at Mr. North rup's and Mrs. Northrup had the care of him, sometimes her daughter Sarah, a sweot and lovely girl, waited upon him One day Dr. Could, who was my cousin, said to Mr. Northrup: 'John i.-. about well. He has no physical disease about him and needs no more medicine, but ho is in trouble and you had better tlnd out what is the matter.' "That afternoon while Surah was away bor mother took her knitting and went to sit and talk with John. While thero sho took notico of his mel ancholy and bogged him to tell her what troubled him so much of luto. At li^at ho denied having any sorrow, but being pressed told her that he loved Sarah and knew that bo could never marry hor, for ho was an Indiun. 'Have you ever mentioned it to Sarah?' sho asked. 'No,' said ho, 'I dare not, but hew could I help loving hor?' "W..jn Sarah camo home her mother said: 'Sarah, do you love John Ridge?' 'Yes, I do, mother,' sho said. Then came tho family trouble. Mr. North rup at once took Sarah to her grand parents In New Haven and begged thorn to wean Sarah from her Indian lover?to give parties and introduce her to nice young men, which they did, but it was all in vain. She remained thero three months and seemed to be pining away in silent grief. Her parents became alarmed and brought her homo. What was to bo done, for It would bo an awfu! thing for Sarah to marry him. As a last rosort Mr. Northrup told John Kidgo to go borne and stay two years, and if ho got on tlroly well he might com3 back and marry Sarah. Ho did so and when the time was out came back accompanied by hia father, Major Kidgo, the chief of tho Chorokoes. Thoy traveled in princely stylo and wero handsomely dressed. I romembor that Major Kidgo's coat was trimmed with gold lace. "John and Sarah wero married and wont to the Chorokoo nation to llvo, but riot li^ missionaries, for John had to visit Washington qulto often to transact business for tho trlbo. Sarah had sorvants to wait upon hor and llvod like a princess in a large two-story I dwelling. "Nnt long aftor thlB tho little towr. of Cornwall had another tumult and groat | excltoment camo into its social life. Thoro waa fover hoat when it was an nounced that Ellas Boudinot, who was John Kidg<*'s cousin, waa about to 1 marry Harriot Gould, tho fatreat and belt oducatod girl in all that region. She was the nearest perfection of any girl I ever know. Sho was tho Idol of the family. Her brothor6 and aialora had all married into tho fincat famlliea In the country and all lived woll. Kindred came from neighboring towns to Intercede with Harriot. Ministers onlled and nleadod, but all in vain. She declared sho would marry him and go with him to hie peoplo and bo a 1 missionary. "Harriet's greatest distress was tho meeting with her brother Stepben. who was nearest her age and devoted ' \ > her. She feared it would break hi* leii'-t. When he came ehe burst into tears 'and refused to meet him. He vent away and did not attend the wed ling, but after it was over be came, ! ind tbo next morning waited upon : be in at breakfast und scorned in a measure reconciled. Hut be could not joo thoiu married. I mado Harriet's wedding nullit und buw them married. Houdinot was a very handsome man. Ho had a charming voice and waa a splendid ainger. Ho wua a very bravo and fearless man, for the roughs of the town had aworn that ho should never eomo Into it alive, und if ho did, ho should never go out ulivo, but they wero awed by bia presence. "Aa a result, however, of theso two marriages tho Cornwall mission school was discontinued. "Houdinot and his wifo went to the Cherokee nation, where two children wero born to them. Colonel Could I visited them there and was well pleas ed with their surroundings, for they lived near by to S.irah Ridge and their children were all happy together and both families had all the comforts of life and many of its luxuries. The two Cornwall girls had chosen most excel lent husbands and had not regretted their oboloe. "Houdinot taught school awhile at Now Kchota and published an Indian newspaper (Now Kohota Is near Cal boun, in Gordon county.) After the removal to tbo territory, in lSl^, Ridge and Houdinot lived about a mile i. put. Sarah had three children and Harriet six, but died in giving birth to the last. Houdinot then went to Vermont and married Harriett's cousin and she went to the territory with him. After hia assassination, she returned to Corn-1 wall und the obildren wont with her and worn distributed among their mother's kindred and were highly cdu eated aud mingled in social equality with the svhlto people." The remainder of the narrative as written by Mrs. Tay'or and copied for mo by Mrs. Oibbs relates lo tho story i of the assassination of Major Kidge I and John Kidge and Hlias Houdinot, of which 1 have told your readera in a former letter and will not repeat it now. Uoudlnot'd real Indian name was Kelle-kce-nah, but while at school at Cornwall attraotod the attention of Klias Houdinot, a Philadelphia philan thropist, who adopted him and gave him his name and left him a largo legacy in hia will. His bou, Ellas 0. Houdinot, became distinguished in tl.o nation He was horn in Vanns Valley, near Koine, Ca.. In 1835, anil died three yours ago at Fort Smith, In Arkat.saa. Bill Arp. -? ? ? THE PirOUFOBK INCIDENT. - A Liberal Kstiniato of Senator Till man's Abilities ami Accomplish* meats ? ii Is lotlucnce Among (lie Other Senators. A Washington correspondent thus describes Senator Til I man, of South Carolina, and gives an estimate of his position in the public service : Senator Tillman a few years ago stood on an Improvised platform in tho rotunda of a great Denver hotel. Tho six-storied galleries that rose from tho marble lloor wero literally jaintnod with an enthusiastic audience, as was the lloor below. The incident then oc curring was us unique as the public man thoao thousands had swarmed to aeo ami hear. A handsome girl, clad in a frock of red, white and blue stock by the stalwart man in black, over whose presence all were snouting. Tho girl held a farm implement in her hand. It was a curious article for that scene, .and its material was as notable. Tho tyuea were of solid silver, Colo rado's production. A rim of gold con nected it with a polished oaken handle. "Sixteen to one" was thus embodied. As tho Senator received this signifi cant gift?"Tiilman'a pitchfork," as tho crowd called it?he shouted so that all heard his words above the war of cheers, "1 will use it there, I promise you." "There" meant in tho United States Senate, and he has kept hta word. Senator Tillman is as elTectivo and 1 unique a man as that chamber has ever seen, and sinco the civil war closed It has had l'arson Hrowulow, Uen. "Hilly" Malone, "Hen" Hill, Kiddlc berger and genial "Joe" Hlackburn among its members. The South Caro linian comes of the l'almetto stock that producod Marlon and Sumpter, as well us John C. Calhoun. Ho is a thorough and woi thy representatives ol that in 1 dlvldualized, brainy, courageous btate 1 hood clan that smacks of tho soil, from which he antl they have sprung. The ex-Covernor belongs to the small planter class that tilled Hluc Kidge Piedmont sands, and helped to make a white man's country thereof. Ho has their characteristics to the full, and Intensified too. What he represents In politics is the square and honest De mocracy of the. land tillers?provincial perhaps at tine s, hut sturdy and patri otic always, dolling hats to no man as a Superior, anil honestly idolizing Thos. Ji iTerson anil Andrew Jackson, while never forgetting the sons of tho l'al metto. It may scorn a curious evolu tion to many, that breed nat'onallsm and sound D mocracy cometh out of South Carolina, hut it is nevertheless true, aud S nator Tillman is unques tionably its leader, because ho is him self poaaesaed by it. Tho South Carolina Senator ia a man of tho People?lirat und foremost of hia own People, He represents them, antl not tho "smooth Fphrahlms" of tho city marts and tho corporation board. His pitchfork is at work also on the political muck heap just as the farm tynes, when woll handled, find employment on tho barn yard. Sugar trust, bond deals, tariff swindles, fads, falsehoods, and shams, down to tho mockery mla-calleu civil service, and the hoary Executive Sessions?ho has thrust his weapon into them all and sot their hideous contents crawling in tho open day. When the South Caro linian oamo to tho Senate, flushed with his genial task of worrying and defeat ing the Hourbons of his State, whis key vendors as well as courtly lawyers and commercial planters, he was looked at askance and talked of as a curiosity. That day has gono by. Senator ' Hen" Tillman ia a power in the land, and holdb such u place in the United Statoa Senate, that, peculiar, perhaps, hut dis tinct and assertive, ua to give to tho Senator and tho Stato ho roprcBOrita a wholesomo sense of power that boiuo men may shrivol under, but which makes its possessor a personage of growing public importarce, whoso honor is equal to his capucity, while both aro meuaured best by tho occa sions for their use. February and Flowkrs.? Febru ary is the month to strike cuttings of BOit wood plants. The mihi heat of tho . hothouse is just what they want. Hoots strike more. frccl> and the young plants grow more sturdily than aller spring has opened antl the work is car ried on outside of ilie hothouse February is the month to get seed* of poppies, sweet pens and all llowcrs that require early plaining. February is the month in which to force the llowcrs for Easter. Give tho bloomlog plants and bulbs extra atten tion aud Easter will not he lacking in (lowers. February is the titno to go Cirofully over the catalogues antl decide Vi'hat tt) purchase No matter what pretty flowers one may already have, tho lloiisls have something still more beautiful cacli year. Get something now. Fcnrunry is tho inonlh when valen tines aro sent to and fro, antl what mnkos a val? ntinc so acceptable to tho recipient, or affords more pleasure to ho donor than flowers, cut or grow ng I Fobiuary frequently ushers in tho novnblo Lent sunson, tho sanctity of vhlch is bettor conformed to by the iso of llowcrs than ftny.JQShMKtlingiblo uodo of oj A VISIT AMONG THE ADVJBN? TIST8. Minnie P. Knotts in Nebraska Farmer. At College View, a village near the suburbs ol Lincoln, Neb., ia one of the fow iuaiitutioiiH of its kind in tho rnitcn States. It ia the settlement and college of the "Seven-day Advcn tista, and is the only school of its kind between Battle Creek, Mich., and Cali fornia. The main objects of iutcrcat iu the village arc the sanitarium, a branch of i the Battle Creek natitutiou, the sani tarium bakery and the college. Upon entering the sanitarium the fust thing that impresses one is the neatness and I clean ucsa of the place. Tho doctois in cliargo aio cordial, aud will gladly allow one over tho building. On the ground floor ia situated the parlors consultation room, private ofllco, business oflicc, dining room and kitchen. On the second lloor arc the sleeping and surgical roo.ns. The basement ia occupied with bath rOOniS; I one fide for incu and the other for WO* I men. Trained alien- ants, dressed in suits like those worn for bathing, are busy giving baths of all kinds. Through the kindness of Dr. Cleveland, the lady physician, the writer can say from experience, that after an electric bath und massage, one comes forth feeling as fresh as a May day. In the basement, with other appa ratus forgiving the various treatments, is a queer looking cabinet or elosct. Although it occupied a humble corner, it is something that the sanitarium is proud of, for it is something new. It is where they give the electric light bath. The inside of the cabinet is not as plain looking as the outside. When the door is thrown open one sees a pretty sight. The inside of the cabi net is lined with heavy plate mirrois and has rows of incandescent lights running up and down its sides. When a patient needs an electric lig'it bath lie is placed in this cab; on a stool, and the lights turned ou. The intense heat of the lights, intensi fied by the reflection from the mirrors, has the patient in a perspiration in a few minutes. This is used as a new and more saclisfactory method of get ting the results that aic derived from a Turkish bath. Iis principal advan tage over the old way lies in the fuel that there can he a division made in the cabinet so that the patient's head may be outside, breathing the air of normal temperature, if so desired, while the body is undergoing the heal ing process. Although a general sanitarium, the majority of patients are suffering from dyspepsia, rheumatism and nervous troubles, or arc sickly women. The proper applications oi water, heat, electricity, and massage, together with careful diet, seems to soon make them well. To be sure that hygenic prin ciples of diet arc followed, a sanita rium bakery was started, not only to supply College View with pure food, but to place it within t lie reach of every one. The bakery is the next place of in terest. Here one is met in the sales room by the head bak< r in wlii'e apron, Cl p and jacket. He Is very willing to show visitors over the bakery, and leads the way into the baking room. Three or four more bakeis, all atti-ed as their leader, are attending to the work. Tho first thing the baker says is that only llie best of butter is used for shortening in nil the baring which is largely composed of different kinds of crackers. By this time the large patent mixer i<2 reached. It is a box-like affair that will hold three barrels. The bottom is cylindrical and in the center are re volving blades, something on the same principle as the crank churn, into this is placed the butter, sugar, Hour and other ingredients for the crackers. The machinery is started and the cen ter piece begins to revolve, thoroughly mixing the dough, in a few minutes it is taken out and put through rollers, which answer f. r the common rolling pin. Fr m here the dough is taken to the cracker macl ine, whore it is again fed into rollers and as it passes along on tlie opposite side is cut and stamped at the same lime. When a number of crackers have been cut, a baker slides a "peel" or large wooden paddle under thorn and transfers them to the oven Hour. By tlie time he returns another paddle full is ready. These he takes to the oven and by pulling a lever sends the rotary floor around und again deposits the crackers. This is continued till 1,000 crackers, all that th ? ovens will hold at once, arc baking. The process had been shown, so next camo the productions. There were lifteen different kinds of crackers, in cluding oat meal, graham, rye and fruit, all made tlie object of getting the most in urishmont in the least pace. The fruit crackers were particularly agreeable to the taste. They arc made of two layers of delicious dough with imported Sultana raiaius baked be tween. Besides the crackers were s >mc giain foods, the most noticablc being gran ola, gluten wafers and grain coffee. There were also some different kinds of food made from DUls, which were extremely palatable as well as nutri tious. They arc not niado at tho bakery, owing to a hick of machinery, but are sent from Battle Creek, Mich. Upon being asked if the general public knew of and appreciated these health feods, the baker said that they had shipped as much as three tons a week and had sent go ids into every State. :n the Union, He added, laugh ing, "We haue never sent any to Klon dike yet, but there was a gentleman here the oilier day who was going there and be bought sonic goods to take along. Wo may get an order from him vet.'' IiV tho time the bakery bad been in spected, dinner was ready at the "home," or where the students hoard, who do not live in the village. This "home," as it is called is self-support ing. The Students do all the work, only one head cook nud matron being lured. Every student, rich or poor, is required to pay a certain sum a month and two hours work a day for his schooling. Tlio matron makes tbo assignment of work, and although the "family" consists of nearly two hun dred, there was less waste of Inno and commotion than in tbo ordinary family of seven or eight. Tho most noticeable fenturo was tbo Penning of the tables. Kaeh person [tiled up his own dishes nnd passed hem to ono of two students, whcao luty it was to tnkc them to tho kitchen. ! u this way all the tables woro cleared n about eight minutes. Thus the slu lents aro not only gelling a book edu cation, but are being taught tho best irincipha of practical lifo, and espe lially the fact that a little work from ach means tho accomplishing of a ;reat amount. ?It may not no anown to tbo people enerally that tho production of boot ugar is a million tons more annually bin from sugar cane, HOME-MADE PREPARATIONS I FOR COUGHS AND COLDS The present unseasonable, damp weather, fruitful in colds, brings an iuovliable deruaud for cough candy , and troches. Nearly all the excellent cough candies ami troches of com merce have once been made hy family recipes. 11 was formerly the practice of Dlany mothers to prepare a stock ol these candies at the- begging of each ' winter. SI lining amber-tinted lo/.cnges of whorollOUUd made at home or white candies of Iceland moss soothed the weary hours of chlUhcn who were shut indoors with colds. Where one has abundance of lime it certainly pays t?> prepare tllCSQ candies at home, for only a few confectioners make them as they were prepared in the last generation. Yet they arc easily made, and are wholesome confections because of their tonic powers. The herb has the ability, when adm*nisleded in proper quantity, lo excilo the How of perspiration. To make whorchou id candy, put an ounce of the dried herb in a pint of boiling water. It may be bought at an herb store or at almost any drug store. It may also he easily gathered at the biookside in summer and dried, for it I is a familiar plant. Sir ail) oil' the in fusion of whorohoutul und add n pound of sugar to ovory half pint of the. liquid, Boil tho syrup until ii threads, and the thread pricks off brittle, when bitten, and then pour it out on buttered sheets of tin. When it Is partly cooled crease it Into inch squares, and when it is b ird break it into separate candies. If these candies are too bitter for your laste, lessen the amount of whorohound a little. Iceland moss makes an excellent BOOI hing COUgh candy. Take live cents worth of the lichen, soak it over night and wash it repeatedly. 'Take it out of tho last water and put it in a thick porcelain-lined saucepan m plenty of cold water, and let it slowly simmer over the tire until the water is of a thick starchy consistency. Add a pound of sugar to half a pint of the thickened water. Stir the syiup re peatcdly until n drop forms a creamy ball when rolled between the linger and thumb. It musi be stirred lcpcat edly or it will burn L'our it OUt on buttered biscuit pans thai have sides, I which will prevent the candy spread ing in too thin a sheet, it should be about half an inch thick. The chief objection to a great many cough candies of the shops is that they contain morphine, and e\en raw opium, in more or less quantity. There are home popular COUgh candies which con tain enough morphine to put to Bleep a person who is easily affected by Ulis drug. Especially is this so when the candies are consumed without much thought as to rc.?ults. Candies con taining morphine arc certainly danger ous for children to eat, and it is strange that accidents do do not occur more often, when confectioners handle such i dangerous drugs. ?A formal duel with swords or pis tols b is not been fought in this coun try for a long time. The little town of Algona, Iowa, now makes a bid for notoriety in the lighting lino. Her man Nicker and Albert Rahm, two rivals in love, wont out a couple of days ago, with seconds and surgeon, a. d allot at each other with pistols. Nicker is dead and Rihm la dying. ?The largest dog in the world is be lieved to be Nero, owned by Wayne Bailey, of Rutland, Va., lie weighs nearly 300 pounds and measures six and a half feet from tip to tip. Read ers of Quo Vadis will agree that ho is appropriately named,for if Mr. Sicnkio wiec? is to be believed Nero was a rather big dog in bis day. ?The eri of looking wise consti tutes many an individual's claim to respect. Op** Many men fool with sickness Ins as n beat fools around n trap. A mat doesn't like to own up that he is ill He says "o, it amounts to nothing, i shal be all right to-morrow." But he isn't al right to-morrow; nor the next day. Prett* soon the trap snaps to ; mid he has somi serious disease fastened on him, The only sensible course is to keep nwiv from the trap, and not allow sickness to gel any hold on you. It is a frightful ndstaki to trifle with indigestion and bilious troub les in the belief that they will cure them selves. On the contrary thcydrag tliewholi system down with them. When the appetite and digestion are ir regular it shows that the machinery of thi body is out of order and is not doing it) proper work; the blood-circulation is poorl] supplied and is being gradually debase* by bilious poisons. The proper alterative for this condition ii Dr. Pierce's Colden Medical Discovery. I nets directly upon the digestive function ?and the liver; and enables the blood mat Ing glands to supply an abundance of pun blood, rich with the nutritious vital ele merits which build up healthy flesh an< enduring strength. In all impoverished and run down condf tions the ' Discovery" is far better thai malt "extracts" or nauseating "etmt! sions." It creates genuine pcrtuauen Strength. It docs not make flabby fat lur solid muscle. It is a perfect tonic for cor pulent people. A full account of its properties and mar vclous effects in many so-called " hopeless' cases, verified by the patients' own slg natures, is given in one chapter of DoctOt Pierce's thousand - page illustrated book 'The People's Common Sense Mcdica Adviser." This splendid volume will hi sent free on receipt of 21 one-cent stampi to pay mailing' eosi only. Address, Dr R. V. Pierce, 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y For a cloth -bound copy send 31 stamps. "Having suffered for several years with Indl geatlon," writes Samuel Walker, Rsq., of Parke? burg, Chester Comity, Pa.. " I concluded to te your valuable 'Golden Medical Diseovetv' \j ter taking five bottles i was entirely r 11 red also nuflercd from bladder trouble, which wii also cured by the ' Discovery.? I feel like n net Man." pHAKl.IOHTON ? WK8TKKN t'AUO lina Railway Co. "Augusta and Ashi vine .Short Lino." Schedule in effect Oci 3rd, 1897. Lv Augusta.0 40 am I 10 pr> Ar Greenwood.12 17 pm . I.v Andersen. 1, 10 bn Ar Laurens. l IS pm 7 00 an Groonvillo. 2 00 pm 10 30 an Glenn Springs. 4 05 pm .... fjpartanburg. 3 00 pm 9 20 ar Haluda. 518' pm . Hondersonville. .. (io.'ipm . Aflhovillo.7 tK) nm L? Ashovillo... .. 820am . Bpartanburg.11 45 am 4 80 pn Greenvillo.1155 am 4 00 pn Laurena.1 15 pm 7 80 pn Anderson. 7 00 am . Oreenwood. 2 28 pm y ftVpm Ar Augusta. 5 00 pm II Id an Ar Aikon. 8 50 pm l,y (iroenville. 11 60 an Ar Clinton . 2 10 pn Newberry. 3 67 pat Prosperity... 8 13 pnr Columbia. . 4 80prr Humtcr. 6 42 pro Lanes. 7 48 w*i Lv Charleston.?._ 7J00 am Lanea ., ^. -.. . 8 2(iJano Sumterr.. . 935 an Colombia. 11 00 an ProBperity . 11 58 anr Nowberry. 12 10 pnr Clinton. 12 50 pa Ar (Iroenville.... . 3 ?0 p? {Close connections at Ureenwood tit a) oi.it? on A. land U. A G. Railway, and t Spartau. ..- with Ho nth or n Railway. .For iiforin. .on relativ? to tlokete, rat i tnheualei, etc., addresa 1 W.J. ?RAIO, Gen Vaaa. Agoot. R Augusta, Ga. i.L K. Grimn, Agent; 0. H. Bpttghtt,G?n ?gent, OntnvtU*. 8. 0. ?Capt. J. K. Marshall, of Chostor, waabrutally murdered on tho 7th iust. Ho was a moinbor of tho polloo force A negro weut Into the bunk and pre sented a check, which was questioned. Tho bank officers called in an officer and Captian Marshall camo in. Tbc negro said ho could show tho otlieer tho party who gavo tho check and tho two started out together. When tho two got some distauce out some one called Cuptuin Murshall and when ho looked around the negro drew his pis tol and shot Marshall in tho hetul, kill 1 iug him instantly. Captain Ma shall I was blind in ono eye. Hlood-h >unds j were sturteu after tho negro and after a chase for six rail?* ho was caught I after being shot twieo. ?Tho South Carolina statesman is virtuous to a degree, hut ho is con vinced that going without railroad ! oasses greatly interferes with his use fulness to the State.?New York Trib j uno. I ?Hostou electricians, at a banquet, I listened by telephone to speeches made j in Now York. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. . . .Alaton. . , . Baiituo . . . .. Union. , .1. .nr-M IMn .. .... Pa.-olot_ P|Mtrtkiibar(. LtI h|>nrtnriburf Ar "P," p. m. "A," a. to. Trrtlna 9 and 10 carry o>c?n? Pallet* ? irnptuf car* belw?i?ra Qwhniibla and AaHovtlla ?nrouta dallj batwaan Jaokaou villa auil Otaala ?all. Tralai leave Bpartanbtirt:, A. * O. dlv1?1cm. portlibound, ?!H7 a. m.t B:ii p. tn., ?.18 p. m.. (W-'lWilo LluiiUid); luuthbouud ItiMa. ?., i:\b i>. m.. II :B7 a. in., (ventUral* Llml?a4.) TiMnil*ava (trr?l> vlllo, A. and 0. <llvW?a r.oi iI. bound. 6:45 a in., f M p. m. and I :80 p. H&_ iVv mbiilo.l Limite.I I ; *oii>lilM?uid, 1 (M a. m. Mp. m., U A) p. in (Vaatlbul/d UauUA) Pullman Sorvlco. Pullman ??Im ? aitl?ptBg can on Train ?Maja*' pS, tU and 88, o i A. and 0. division. W. H. ?kick: . J m OITLP Cton. Bnpei-tutomlmi, Tratto ifg^r, Waabiiigtou, D. O. Wat.hlna;to?, b. c W. A. TUKK 0. H. Tl AHDWICat. ?cn. Pant, :'t. As t ?tu. r?n. Aj"! ^ i'K>.'iiii. -a, l>, Q, ailiwm.fc ? Words, mouoy, all things elso are ?ompt'ralively easy to giveaway: but ?vhon a man makes a gift of ids di i'y Ifeand praotloe, it is plain that the M-Uth, what?v*?r it may be, has takon possession of him. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Comlrn-n I Hohvdat? of l'?i??n?or Tt?I In Kl'riol J.nuar; 10, 1HD8. Noil i ' I Vol. No. 12 N?, 38 "wily' Pally. Lt tr At inn'H. t'. T. At taute, I?. T. Norcross . ?.. Buford. ..... (-iiunenvillx. Lula. < >rii?lla. Mt. Airy . Toeoo* . Westminster HoilOi'h .... t ???1111 ?1. O reon villo . Bpartanburg Onffnovs. Bla.'kMiut g Knien Ml . . (limfonla..., Charlotte . Danville ... So.13 Kat.m! Kb. No. :> > Sub. I l>*llj 2 ?1 a 42 886' 7 M) ?lia 00 m 880 a| 1 00 p V> : o a 10 05 a 10 85 a 10 63 a ills: U 50 a 1281m 12 82 p 1 4fl p 2 84 p 8 ?7 p 4 20 p 4 88 p 6 01 p 686? t .ao p 11 26 p 4 16 p 10 T $ Ar. Rh-hmoud .. Ar. 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Sleepia*! oari between N-w York nn.l r Orleans, via Atlanta and Montgenie. y ring Wa*hlBgt?in saoh w?<lm>ailHy und Bnt nrdnv, atouni; t'oBpiag oar will run throt) . batw'ean \\'a?litngton ami Hau ri-StUeiitt without ?hang?. Kon. 11, 8T Bri'l 12?Pullman steeping cart Ii? ?ween Rloluuond ond Oharlo'te, \-1? I)ajivi ?outiibouni Not. ll ami 87, northbound No S The Air Line Belle tram, Nob li tmd 18, i> ? ?n re > Atlnn'a and Ouruelia Ga., dally ?i ee;>' SiindaT. V. s OANPON, Third V P. eV Oen. Mgr. Washington. I>. O. Vf. A. TURK, B H. ?en', Pass. Ak'1 ? Washington, n t;. J M. GULP, Trafllc M'g'r., Wai Itlngtou, D. i nARUWlOil, Ass'tGeu'l Ag't, Atlanta, <>." MALSBY & COMPANY, 57 S. FCRSYTH ST. ATLANTA, GA, ??Gionkkal Agents For Er e City Iron Works, The Geiser Ma nufacturing Company The New Bird sail Company, Mun#er Improved System forGinning Cotton, R. Hoe & Company, Henry Disston & Sons, James Oblen & Sons, Gardner Governor Company, Penberthy Injector Company. 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