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- TIM THE ACTOR. "Aront you a little more attentive; to Mi-' Gerald than it la necessary (or : an attorney to b? to tila type-writer V" i asked Margaret Fenton o( her brother, j " Probably," ho answered ; " but not more attentive than I Und it agreeable, sister mine " " What taste you have ! She Isn't even pretty." " Not particularly so ; but all men aro not fascinated by a pretty (ace ; there a^e othor qualities wo admire." " I( you want to bo married for your money, by an ambitious young woumn of no social position?no family prostigo ?very we11." "I bollovo, Margarot. the difference between the (Joralds and ourBelvoa Is hi in ply a quostion of money. Mother, was It not yourself who asked me to employ Miss Gerald." "Yes, Donald; her father and yours were college chums ; your father ehoso a mercantile lifo and made money ; Mr. Gerald entered tho ministry; ho and his wife aro eilocated, rt tlnoil peo ple, but, as Marge *ot says, are poor. I am g.ad you could show your fatoor's friend a favor by Unding employment for his daughter. Perhaps wo should havo had lier at tlio bouso oftenor." ?'1 think Donald has done the honors for tbo futility quite generously, mam ma. By the way, Donald, Carrie Donning ie coming thlB week ; can you possihly sparo time to help entertain her P" "Gladly ; 1 shall bo as attontlvo to your frienus as 1 desire you to bo to mine." Aod he left for tho odlo-j. '? Margarot, don't say any more against Annie Gerald ; It Is just the way to drive Dona'd to propos t > her. Lot him alone. 1 will truet his judg mont." "A man in love has no judgment," replied tho daughter. Toon added, under her breath, " There aro ways of preventing his making a fool of him self. I have my hoartoo bis marrying Carrlo. I'll drop in tho olllce to-day? Donald s<?id ho would be out." The typewriter and clllco boy woro alone. ??Mr. Fonton will not be In until 4 o'clock," said Miss Gerald. " How provoking," returned Mar garet. "I will rest a moment, If you Uon't obj ^et." "Ceriainl'* not." was the answer. " Mamma and 1 were talaiug about you tins morning," continued Marga ret ; " wo were saying we must havo you at the house oftenor, as our fathers were dear friends." " It would bo very pleasant, I am sure." "Just now I am busy , a dear (rlend, Carrie D.-nning, comos this week. She's almost In the family, you Know and Donald has a rouud of gayetles planned in her honor. 1 tell him he li getting gay for a staid lawyer, who aspires to be a judge, but you kou.v m-jn In love uro such unaccountable creatures." "I suppose so," murmured the girl dreamily, as her oyes rested on the dowers she had found on her desk that morning. '? If you were the sister of ono yoa would know it. But wo all lo"o her and are willing to do homage. Mam ma has just sot her hoart on this mar riage. Carrie is charming, and has wealth, beauty and position, nil that Donald's wife should have. But, dear me, I'm keeping you from your work ; how thoughtless in mo! Good-bye, dear." "There," she ejaculated as she closed tho door ; "she may think about that, and I'll keep Donald out of her way." Miss. Gorald leaned her head on her desk. Shame and anger UUcd her heart. Anger that Mr. Fenton should daro trilld with her when his heart was another's. True, ho had not spoken his love, but be had expressed It in many ways ; shame, that she had not realized tho diffeieoce in their several positions, but had accepted all as a girl would the advance of true lovo. Sho could never look bim in the face again, she. concluded. A cough from T!m, the office boy, roused ber. She had forgotten bim. " I say, Mies Gerald," said Tim toft ly, " yer know I'm yer true Men' after wot you done fur ma an' mo wbeu she was sick, an' I wish you wouldn't mind and wouldn't look so white an' tcarry." " I'm sick, that is all." " I wouldn't caio," he said. "Tim, when Mr. Donton roturns tell him 1 was taken Hi and went homo. Here Is a half-dollar ; ph-aso don't tell him anything you heard. If you are my friend Tim, you won't," and she loft the office. "Now," mused Tim, " this Is excit ing 5 jest like tho plays on the stage. I alters wanted to bo a hero in ono, an' now's my chance, liow'll I do it? I can't loso my job by uiindin' other folk's biznlss." Ho delivered Miss Gerald's message, but no surprise was expressed. " 'Taiu't no stage play after all ; ho's too tame," ho muttered. Tho (ollowlng day Donald received a letter from Miss Gorald saying she would not return to her position. He re-read the letter; Intuitively ho seem ed to know somothlng was wrong. "Tim, was Miss Gerald very ill yes terday afternoon f "Now the plot's beginning; stago play, sure enuff," said the boy to him self. "She was all right till your sister come, an' alter that she was protty bad." *' After my sister camo In V" "Yes, sir, she come In an? being as you warn't hero, she sot an' rested an' talked awhile, yer see." Fenton turned to tho window with a puzzlod look, then faced tho boy. "Tim, did you hear what my sister said yesterday V " Yes, sir," replied the lad, his face aglow ; 'T heerd tho hull on It. Your state" didn't sue me, but 1 was here all right." " What did sho say ?" "Now, boss, I can't toll yer; I'm busting to; It's just like tho folks on tbo stage, but Misa Gerald gave me 50 cents no; to tell yer an* she's been awful good to ma an' me." "I will give you theso two silver dol lars to tell me. Tim hold the dollars in his hand. " An' wo./t make onny trouble fur Miss Gerald, an' you won't turn hor off T" "No." "Nor mo, neotbor ?" " No." '? Honor bright, boas ?" ?? Honor bright." " Well, yer, see, 'twas this orway." began tho boy excitedly, " your alstor come in an' she told Miss Gorald as how yer wan awfully in love with a gal what's comin' to yer houso this week ; a gal thet's protty an' rich; tbet you'ru a-goln' to marry her an' yor so dead gone on her, y r want to bo a judge, an'yer ma is awful glad. An' when she went out Miss Gorald joat sot still an1 got awful white. I was acalrt. I told her Dot to care, but she just looked at me like she'd faint, an' went off." "Thank you, Tim; you've earned four money. We'll close the ofllco now. havo some important business out of town to-day aid you may have an after noon off." "Hooray," cried Tim to hlr^olf; "a kWhole afternoon and two silver dollars. ?I wonder if tbem play acMca. feel like I do." To All Sufferers FrorrrDROPSY. VAUGHN'S LITHONTRIPTIC has cured thousands of desperate cases of this dreadful disease zn%\ it will positively cure you. Read the following letter from R. J. Betsill, Maj. 18th Reg. S.C. Vols., i860. 7 0 'l. tc 9 ? 9 jT /ft f7f/k Mb'(pdfC^?-t-t-it y^Y^t^/^C- sf^lP-+^x .?je^M few J ' [Yaiith of rfSM'iit dfttO to linnil rCOUOAlllIR BtAtonipnt of mv cn-f which I ((Intlly flviv I li.iv.? ?.neu BllfTfrlnK for Uircfl yi'nr? from ilropny, ,ri>i\oriil nimian'H, onnxoil from livor nnd kldiiovs. My |>liyf>lolana smM (tint 1 ontilil n it last out n Hlini: Ilm??. I waa iinnlil? to llo ilown i'.\irt?|>t hhortly ?ft??r IicIiik Iiiiiim?!. ovory llasuo coinplotoly nileU, BAtumtcU with lluld ; Pk^ Knlions drawn from Bcrotuin anvoral timoH. I whh fimndotfly tuioii ?t dm Unto I br*ir. VAI'OIIN'S MTIIONTItllTUJ, iiorfcctly IioI|<Io?h, Icks tcrrltdy lullnmod and oxudln? iliii.l. Was tnmbln lo >:>'t any rod nloop i>.\cc|ii while under Ht? liillm-n.r nn opiate. I i iih??.| Muhl hottlonof \' \U<lflN"S 1.11'llONTltl l*T 10 n">l nm now coutfortablo and able to atton<t to my buslnoMi. I ran ii'ov rldo my h?r??*, n M lug 1 bad buon uuablu to do for u'.<ai iy two year* Vou may publtBli such of my Blaioiuoat an >ou may duvtto. I um glad to give it, ay soiuo poor Btvfifcror may bo bonoiutL'd ihoroby.J For sale by the Laurens Drug Co., Luurena, S. C, and the Palmetto Drug Co., Laurens, ?. C. " I came to see why you left my em ploy, ami to inqulro to what dreadful disease you succumbed so sud lenly ?" " 1 tell my ailments only to a physi cian." " Lot me make a diagnosis this onco, Annie," taking her trembling hands in his ; " you were perfectly well until my sister told you a falsehood. No, not a word?let mo explain. Tun told mo all. 1 will try to defend Margaret, but 1 came to tell you that there Is only one woman in the world whom I lovo and whom I will marry. Will sho say yes, darling ?" 'T am so glad," she whispered, "and eo happy." Tim was all curiosity the next morn ing. " I wonder if ennything's hap pened," ho thought. "I wished 1 dare usk." " Will Miss Gerald be back to day, tlr," he asked, respectfully. " She won't be back at all," was the reply. "She ain't awful sick, is she?" in quired Tim in a frightened voico. " No, she is quite well, but wo shall have a new girl in to-morrow." Tim was thoroughly seared. "Oh, boss, yer promised yer wouldn't turu neether on us off. 1 wouldn't gone Wick on her for a hundred dollars. What havo I done f \n' sho eo good to me an' ma all winter I" "As you feol so badly, I will add that when she returns to tho city It will bo as Mrs Donald Fenton, and I'll give vou a now suit to wear at tho wedding, Tim." "Oh, fellers," said Tim, as ho re lated his experience to his comrades, " I jest did It swell?botter'n any play actor you overseen " And ho Indulged in alively jig to give vent to his j >y. BILL ARP LOVES CHILDREN. THK ONLY HAPPY GREATUUfciS. The Presence of Children Is a Great Comfort and I hey S\v? eien Ijile WKh iheir Pranks. The beat earthly antidote for melan choly is to mix up with a lot of Inno cent children and join In their little sports. I have tho bluoa sometimes and this always gives relief. They mako mo forgot myself. I don't know how a man yets along without them. When little troubles make me sieh, Or leeling etui a d can't tell why, These children bring serenity. George Francis Train Is now an old man and has soon lets of trouble. Ho was an eloquent, gifted crank and made quite a noise in tho world thirty and forty years ago, but was never a suc cess, and so he soured on tho world and swore off from It. Ho declared that man was a fraud, a hypocrlto and woman was weak and helpless and that little children were the only happy and un contaminatcd creatures in this wicked world and the only sccioty ho should mingle with as long as ho lived. It has now boon about twenty tlvo years since he swore off and from that timo his daily habit has been to visit aome park in New York every day and take a basket of confectlona or fruits and all his pockets full and mako headquarters on the same park bunch and gather around him a score or two of little folks and food them and play with them ami listen to them us they laugh, and romp and frolic. They all know him and love him and run to him when heroines liko little chicks run to the old hen's sali. I saw him onco and drow near with a friend to hear what ho was tolling the children, but ho aplcd us and stopood talking and soon moved awuy to another seat and the children followed him. Deforo the civil war I hoard him make an outdoor speech at it irhest i- to a very largo audience and he advocated tho policy of the govern ment issuing ton thousand millions of money so that every man could have his pockets full and evory woman her bosom full and i hen, said ho, we would build railroads and canals and docks and churches .ind shins and stoamhoata and monuments and live liko kings and princes. The government has tho right to Issue It and has tho presses to print It and why don't they do it and glvo it away to tho people and mako evory body happy." Just then a countryman cried out : " Hot hold on Train, wouldont thero bo a collapse aftor awhile V" Train looked at him with contempt as he replied : " Why, of oourao there would. Any fool would know that, but tho railroads and docks and canals and qhurcheB wouldont collapse. They would be thero, wouldont they ?" And tho crowd yelled : " Hurrah for T>*aln I' It was hard to toll whether ho was a fool or a philosopher. H 6 redeeming trait is his fondness for ohiklren. These little, chaps that oomo to my house aro my dally annoyance and my da ly comfort. They mako trains on the my books and mesa up my a and dogs or make turned over my ed very sorry sorry ;I beg glauco at tho mother to boo the sweet, proud look upon her faoo. That look seems to say that Is my child; isn't sho smart? And then 1 glance at my wife, tho trrandmother, aud her contented look seems to say : " My grandchild ; if it hadent been for mo that child wouldont have been here." Well, that's a fact. There is never any doubt about -vho Is the mother of a child. Blessed chi'dren ; what do they care about our world of trouble?whether Goobol lives or dies, or tho war in Africa or tho Philippines, or how many negro postmasters McKinley appoints, riioy don't know bow grieved I am that Senator Morgan is likely to be defeated?that great and good man whom the nation delights to honor. Yes, defeated by machine politics and unclean methods. Verily, it reminds mo of what Carlyle said : " ICngland has a population ef 30 OUO.OOU?mostly fools " I think they might lot him stay there until he finished his life's groat work and built the Nicaragua canal. On ! tho shame of it. I wish that I was a little child and dldent know lt. I am grieved, too, because our Senator Bacon has had a fall and broken bis ribs, for we need his presence in the Senate, aud now while ho Is down In bed some more machine politicians aro laying plan- to oust him. 1 tell you, my Menus, 1 have no patience with maohlne politics. Look at Kentucky. S e how the Statu is toi n and disgraced and I say now that no gentleman or pa triot would have done it. Goobol and Taylor and the whole concorn should tiavc said : " Well, I dident know that my candidacy was going to get up all this bitter and dangerous fuss and cviko enmitios that will never be healed, and so I wili withdraw from the contest." I assert boldly that a gentleman and a patriot would have said that and done it. It is a mean, contemptiblo, selfish ambition that bus produced all this trouble in that grand old State and revived Its ancient name of tho dark and bloody ground. I wish that 1 was another little child and dident know it. Bandet 6ald : " A politician would circumvent God." So I reckon this kind of corruption is no new thing. It goes back to the time when Brutus killed Cajiar. Yo?, it goes back to tno time when Absalom tried to circumvent his own fatbor ani depose him from tho throne and Jacob che;t;*o IC-ieu out of his birthright. Selfishness is tho cardinal sin of man kind?tho trump card of the devil in seducing us to his allegiance. There is another antidote to melan choly ; It is work, and I long to go at It. Tne winter has boon long and hard and I am impatient for tho time to come when the flowers shall appear on the earth and the singing of birds shall come and the voice of tho turtle be heard in the lands. I want to straighten up things In the garden and dress !t off and seo how many roses have been killed. 1 want to1 fork up the ground and plant some more seeds. I olantcd pea9 a month ago and thoy are coming up, sweet violets aro pjeping out and I found a solitary strawberry bloom. The olm tree buds aro Bwelltng, the crows aro cawing In the tree tops and soon some imprudent peach trees will be In bloom. As the poet saith spring is getting ready to " unlock tho llower? aud paint tho laughing earth." But there is some bad with every good thing. My wifo has just called my attention to tho neighbors' chickens that have taken up In our garden and the neigh bors' dogs that aro roaming ovor our tot and lighting in our back yard. They aro colored mostly?tho owners, I moan?and I'm going to declare war; see If I don't. I heroby give warning to all o.vncr? of gallinaceous and canine animals to keep them at homo or tho race problem will break out in these parts. Thoy say they passed a dog law and now thoy say it does not go Into effect until May 1 nol, and nevor if tho grand juries don't indorse It. Tho lawmakers wcro politicians and wan tod the negro vote and ho they shoved tho law onto tho grand juries. I see that tho grand jury of Gordon County have already killod the law. They like dogs and sausage?don't liko mutton. " Bjwaro of dogs," salth tho scrip ture. Tho last Loglslaturo was a mis erable abortion. If Carlylo were horo to wrlto its history ho would say : '* Tho last Georgia Legislature had 220 members?mostly fouls. 1 Again I wish that I was a little, child and dident know anything about thcso things. Wo all know too mich any how, such as it is. Too much about tho raseolity and devilment that In going on In tho world. Ibollovo I will quit reading tho daily papers und read only tho weoklles and tho magazines. Tho mind wants a rest. A hundred years atfo tho poet said : " Ohl for a lodge in some vast wilderness Wnere rumor of opprersion afrd deceit Of successful or unsuccessful war Might never reach me more." Wonder what he would say now. Hut LUe.ro is another side to all this pjid^^Htaeibetter in the morning, for J^^: don't come to me, [' i ?^?^r,,^^A. BL Bill. Aiip. TI1U.DAKK AM) UIi001>Y GROUND K nruclty'tj History Has Hi on If,. or Marked by Exulting Political Kv'UMli. Kentucky waB early called " the dark und bloody ground," because of the sanguinary atrifea enacted within Ita borders between contending tribes of eavages, and baa ever retained the charaoterlatloa and tralta then de veloped to a marked degree. Prom tho political turDulence which pre coded and followed its advent Into tho Union aa a Stato, down to tho present ievolutionary proceeding now being enacted at Ita St'ite Capital, Kentucky la nothing if not radical. Tula spirit Is, no doubt, duo to the influence aud training of the ploueer Bettler?, whose "ircuuialanccs and aurroundinga made tnem a race seldom equalled for rttrength and intelicct und will, phyal cal and moral courage, personal prow ess and endurance Many of the moat intellectual and cultivated otllcera of tho Revolution bcttlod in Kentucky at the dote of tho war in 1781, and it is a matter of history that never did a population so amall in numbora em brace so many who were gianta in in tellect, daring and phyaioal propor tions! Kentucky's tiret civil existence be gan in tho spring of 1783, when it wua erected into a diatrlct with a Court ol criminal und civil j irisdictlon. Ai that time tho territory wua a part of Virginln. Tho failure Oi the Eagliah to surrender their Northwestern peats* within the United Statea Instigated constant Indian hoatilitie8, anu thi 6111Zt)D8 Ol Kentucky sought a aepara tion irom Virginia, in order that they might lawfully protect thcmselvcf from the savagea. Froeeedlnga were begun to beouro constitutional aepara tlon. Virginia acquicaced, provided that Congress wouiu assent and receive the new State into the Union. Bui two circumhtancca about tnia time oc curred to create great hostility in Ken lucky againat the General Covern menl. One was tho utter inability of Congre8B to protect them from the de predatlona of tho Indiana, and the other wua the disposition of an element In Uongreaa to yield to Spain for twenty ycara the right to navigate tho Missis sippi River in exchange for commer cial privileges beneficial only to the EiJMterU Statea. This aroused IntenBc uibaatiafaction in Kentucky, and Gen Jaruea Wltkin?ou, a Revolutionary (itlieer, who had acttled in LsxingtOD, boldly advocated rebellion and separa tion from the Union. Ilia movement, however, did not gain any consider able following. This waa In 178(3. For four yoara tho ugltation for u boparato stato progressed. Cen. wu kinaou continued to bo a revolutionary factor and advocated an independent government, which, ho aaid, Spain would recognize and cedo to It the right of navigation of tho Miaaisaippi. AgentB from Canada aigo Intrigued with the malcontents, urging Kentucky to unite with the northern lOngllah provinces. In the meantime Gen. Waablngton waa olocted Froaldont, and atrongly recommended the accept ance of tho Virginia Act of Separa tion by Cdiigreaa. On February 4, 17U1, an Act for that purpose passeo. botn houaea of Congress, was Hlgned by Freaident Washington and Kentucky became a Stato. In D comber, 1791, a Constitutional Convention was elected, which met in the following April and formed the first Constitution of Kentucky. Tin basis of repi esentatlon by counties was abandoned and numbers established Instead. Tho Executive, Senate and judiciary wore ontlr ly removed from the direct control of tho people. Too Governor and mombors of tho Sonate were chosen by electors elected by the people, and the judiciary wore ap pointed. The Constitution was adopted and officers elected in May, 17U2. Isaac Sholby was olected tho first Governor Tho first Loglslaturo mot at Ljxmg ton aod fixed upon the future scat of government by a singular process. Twenty-five commissioners were lir8t chosen by general ballot. Then th. counties of Mercer and Fayotto, the rival competitors for the location, al tcrnately struck live names from the list until tho commissioners were re duced to livo. These last were empow ered to fix upon tho Capital, and Frank fort was chosen. A -year after Kentucky ratified her flrat Constitutor she narrowly escaped coming Into direct conflict with the General Government. The flame of byrapathy which swept over the coun try for the now Fronoh Republic bu.ued with exceeding tlercenesB in Kentucky. Uenot, the French ambaa aador, who openly disregarded the President's proclamation of neutrality, aont four French ageeta Into Kentucky Theao woro Instructed to onllst an army of 2,000 men, appoint a gonoralls slmo and descond tho Ohio and Missis sippi rlvors and attack tho Spanish so> tleinents at the mouth. The move ment W8A everywhere recolvod with torvont zeal, and Gen. Georgo Rigers Clark accepted the command, with tho title of " Commander-ln Chlof of tho Kreuch Revolutionary Loglona on tho Mississippi." In the meantime societies in Imitation of tho Jacobin clubs of \ KSl?*JiPr?ad JA Kentucky, which L^- u'-'^ vUJdflMntl-Keilora! Bplrlt. lit? Governor Shelby over tho proposed violation of tho neutrality laws, but tho latter openly sympathized with tho movement. Just as matters were assuming a horlous aspect Genet was recall* d and his acts disavowed by the French Guvernmeni. Tho Kentuck ians were censurable, tho rank and file settled dowu and harmony and tranquillty wore restored. Thus was Kentucky Installed into the Union. Hampton on Bryan.?Gen. Wude Bampton still lakes mi activo interest in the politics of the country, und in a talk with the representative of tho News and Courier a fow days ago, be said : "I don't think It worth while t?; ralso the currency issue in the coming campaign. Tnero is no doubt about it that tho great majority of the people of the Stato are with Bryan and Ins silver views. Congress, in tho end, has to settle that question and i think the currency question should not bo agi tated now. While I do not agree with Bryan in his financial views, he is a most rcmirkablo man and hois tquaro ly on an anil imperialistic platform which should bo tho chief issue. Upon that irsue I bullovo Bryan can win and i Bhall vote for him. Upon that isBUo all Dum icrats can unite and and heal the differences in tho last campaign, which resulted in tho elec tion of McKinley. Bryan would cer tainly treat tho South with falr uess, which cannot be expected fr mi any Republican administration. Bryttn rteiMiis to bo gaining strength in tho North. Fenneylvauia Democrats have alroady declared for him and 1 believe N'ew York Democrats will do tho bame thing. Imperialism, if carrried out, will bo tho doath knell of this old Republic and that Issue is now of far greater importance than the financial question. I believe wo should send a itrong delegation to tho c vcutlou pledged to an anti-imperialistic policy. They will certainly bo for Bryan, whoso anti-imperialist view, have made him strenger than over in the South, and are Increasing his strength in tho whole country." Qen. Bampton Intended going away in a day or two, but deferred bis de parture so aa to hear tho address of Col. Bryan. ?The town of McAloster, In tho In dian Territory, has a population of more than 7,U?0, all of them tquutters, who hope that eventually the Federal govornment will ratify tholr title to tho property of which thov have taken possession, says tho Now York Tribune. They have no mayor, no town marshal, aldermjn, nor police. Thoro never w a a survey of tho ground made for town purposes. Yet thoy have built up One residences, for a frontior settlement ; the houses are built in rows that leave wide and fairly regular streets, the people let,.' moral lives and are law abiding in spirit, though thore are no particular laws for them to abide by. a stranger I 1 tho city would never suspect that Im place was not fully organized am*, furnished with all of the modern municipal machinery. ?You can't measure a man's religion by the length of bis faco. Eruptions and skin diseases are a blot upon These blots are actually bloo<l blots. To cure them lotions and outward appli cations arc useless. The blood must bei cured, l>eibrc the skin becomes clean. That great medicine for the stoniacbj and blood, Dr. I'ierce's Golden Medic Discovery, is most effective in cleansinjj the complexion and healing disea which defile and deface the skin, acts directly ujxmi the stomach and tl, organs of digestion and nutrition, increases the action of the blood-inaki f[lands, and expels from the system urking poisons which defile the blc and through it deface the skin. No alcohol or other intoxicant, i opium or oilier narcotic is contained] ?'Golden Medical Discovery." It may pay a dealer better to sell J substitute which is less popular but profitable than the "Discovery." won't pay you to buy it, if you w^ reliable remedy. "Hor atxmt one year und a half my f?l very badly broken out," write* Muf [ Adams, or 116 West Main St., UattlecreekJ " I uncut a great deal of money with doetf for different kinds of medicine, but recef benefit. At last I read one of your ?/J m>ii. in a paper, and obtained a bottlf Plercc'a Qolden Medical Discovery, bad taken one bottle of Ibis medicine a change, and after taking three bottl entirely cured. I can well reconm Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery tc ?iinil.il I v afflicted." The People's Common Sense, Adviser, 1008 pages, is sent frej author, Dr. R. V. Pierce, Ruffal on receipt of stamps to cover e:J mailing only. Send 21 one-cet for the paper-bound, or 31 the cloth-bound edition. INTERESTING FACTS AHOUT THE CENSUS. L. The Hret really vah'.:?blc Census of Agriculture in tbo United States was taken in 1850, 0( tbe crops of 184U The next enumeration of Agriculture will be taken in June, 11)00, of tbc pro ducts ol 1899. I 2. Instead of recording several farms i on one schedule, tu tbe Twelfth Census, i ub heretofore, each farm will be ac COided a separate blank, tbc entries on which will not be known to any save sworn officers of tbe Department. No . names will be puplished in connection with information secured from tbe people. 3. Tax assessors, collectors, and equalizers can not serve as enutner tora, or have access to tbe Census re turns, or to llio information therein contained. 4. There are more iban 5,000,000 j farms, plantations, ranches, slock ranges, and market gardens in the United states, all ol which, for Census purposes, will be designated as farms." 5. A "farm" is all the land cultivat ed or held for agricultural puq uses under one management, whether in a single body or separate patccls. 0. The enumerator will ask for the of each size ami value of each farm, tbe value of buildings, and the aggregate value of all machinery, implements, vehicles, harnesses, etc., used thereon; and the amount of land owned and leased, respectively, by said occupant. 7. lie will also ask for Hie acreage and value ol each crop, and the acreage of improved, unimproved, aud irriga ted lands. 8. The designation "each" crop in cludes all grains, cotton, corn, rie< ,su gar cane, r uga beets, sorghum, bay, clover, wild grasses, gathered forage, llax hemp, hops, peanuts, tobacco, seeds,nuts, tropical fruits, small flUlts, orchard fruits, nutsery and greenhouse hteck, broom corn, Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes and sums, all veget ables, including the product of all fand? ly, truck, and market ganh-us, etc.; also tiew or unusual erons. when lound. 9. The enumerator will ask for ihe number and value of the live stock on the farm June 1, 11)00, which will be reported under a number of heads, such as horses, colls, mules*, asses, cows, heifers, steers, calves, bulls, ewes, rams, lambs, swine, goal8, chick ens (including guinea fowl), turkeys, geese, ducks, bees, etc. j 10. He will also ask for the quantity , and value of milk, cream, butter, ' cheese, raisins, prunes, molasses, syrup,, sugar, eggs, beeswax, honey, wool | wine, cider, vinegar, dried and cvnpor-j alcd fruits, forest products, poultry] and meat products, anil, generally, all articles made at home, or lor the hoinej from farm materials in 1899. 11. II a pctsonnho moves from a farm between the end of the crop year 1891) and June 1, 11)00, will leave a written record of the products and crops of that farm for 18011 where it ?'.'III reach the appropriate enumeratar, the ?talislics of bis operations for trjat year wiii not be lost. Ho will be re quired to giv;: the cnumeratior of the district in which he lives on June 1, l'JOO, the acreage, value, buildings, machinery, implements, and live slock of the farm be then occupies. 12. If every fanner will begin at once to prepare a careful recotd < f all 'lie facts which the enumerator will be instructed to record in June, 1900, hi will save time for himself and the ellicer, and insure more accurate returns t. the govci nmentJ 13. The twentieth century wdl begin on January 1,,'1901. Therefore, the pending (Jcnsd-i will nftoid to future generations a nicasiirc^^|MM||>reie-ih ami condition B? Baten m the threshold n| Ht1' v,';tr cycle. For IhayB B should take tin acliveB B"1' it as nearly perfecfl Blf each farmer will oB H>orl per fect, the uggB Br every community, ;fl B, will be perfect. fl rROWN. ileresl 10 Soutberu ps of corn have boon ecu gi own eld of corn produced OUth Caro Ich ho com* >rize. '1 'lie vns 256 .'{-4 Carolinau labels, and a bushels on >thers raised e above lig s. Of what same States als as high as hay, from (i, aci'O; of sweet ushcls, and of ushels to the now, none of ere grown on rich, but were I fertilized, ami ud the utmost be preparation g and the CUlllV amples of trem ere due to the igbest order of lion that is in laiming is: 1 >ocs ic satisfaction af om yields, not to in the contcmplu crfp, is a gieat re m growing tine nt compensation; it. It i8 there* whether any of laid a iy pro'll. none of these ? report on the crops, except olinu. Accord was not only 265 bushels of there was a loss e the necessary labor and ferlili lcuonienal crops, ? no indirect pro he efforts are not ggeratcd results, ; ciops, it is like st always be some ys indirect profit, we mean all the d by the sale of above the actual .crs and labor in nd of course it is ke a direct profit, wc mean the im nd by which suc o made on the laud d been before, and rtanl, if uot more be taken of inten evcry one ought to portnnt thing to any , is to have the pro 'and so increased of Corn, ill Fruits Mjgr^P and Vegetables must have it. If -Mj?-p enough is supplied you carv count on a full crop? if too little, the growth will be u scrubby." Semi for . i l>-ok? lulling all abom comootition o\ htliUirf- 1 .1 adapted for all crops. They COtl yoi: nothing GERMAN KAU WORKS.y3Niu$au St .NewYork that lie will alwu; s got tlif largest pos sible returns for hi* labor. It is per fect fo'iy to cultivate land that ennuot products protitabie crops. If, theu, une's land is too poor to raise paying crops,/lbs easiest and quiekest way to bring it up is to apply the intensive system to a small portion at a time, in ihLs way, even though the entire proceeds of the crop will be needed to pay Uie cost of making it so much ben lit <'Jil accrue to the land that the next crojjjwill be almost as good and the pro'll will theu be realized. And not onll the next succeeding crop will be II nMc better by reason of the fertilizing anM extra culture, but for several years thHland will bring better crops than it hjK done belore. /Mhis being true, and no ono will ?de' i't* vvmTnTiV lricd~fibril manuring I UlliTation, it is evident that tin; est and best way to bring up Vn-out laud is to adopt a rotation in volving excessive manuring ami the most thorough cultivation, at least one yfcar in four or live, even though there is-j no direct and immediate profit in doing it. In this w?j all the worn-out lands may he restored to profitable C.rop-growitlg with the least cost and with the least inconvenience.?Tri Btate Fanner und Gardener. ' The curvature of the eailh is eight inches per mile. CA.?TO I iL X J\- - Bear? tho /J 1 '10 ''^ ^ou "a*8 Alwa'S SOUTHERN RAILWAY. ComloiHi <1 Sohertalo of l':nH'ii|;or I rulm. In Effect December loth. 1899. Greenville, WanbllllCtOII mill tllM Kmt. Northbound. Lr. Ar Atlanta, CT, Atlant?. K T, Galuwsvlllu... Athen?. Lula. Cornelia. Toocoa. Kenftca. Greenville ... Bpartanburg. fluff ner. Blaok?burg . Onstonia. .. Charlotte .... Groensboro /r .Greensboro Lr. Norfolk. 177 h DanTtlle Richmond Aj- Washington.. " Baltra'aPRR " Philadelphia New York Nu. 1? No. 38 Dally Dally. 7 60 a;12 tu in 6 60 a 1 00 p 10 86 a 2 SS i> 8 25 a. 10 68 a 2 45 p 11 26 a. 11 53 t OKI p 12 52 p 4 15 )> 2 !H p 6 22 p aar pl o ia p 4 20 p> 0 4i-> p 4 ?8 p| 7 02 p 6 25 p. ? ao p 8 is p 9 56 p 10 47 p 11 45 p | 8 25 a 11 25 p 11 :a p 6 00 k 6 00 k .. ? <2 a ., .. 8 00 al. .1)0 15 a ., . 12 4a inj . l"'roiii ihoTCast tu Uri'eiivillf| Also to At laut it, Kto. No. 3? Daily. I W ? na } 3 60 p 11 25 p 2 60 a 6 AS a flotlthhou ml. Lv. N. Y..P.h.U " Philadelphia " Baltimore. " Wiirthlngl'in. Lt. Richmond .. |No. SSlNo. 37: Oallyl Oallr. IDailr. No.ll' Lt. Danville .... Cr. Norfolk . Ar. Ui ?ensboro. Lt. Greensboro Ar. Charlotte .... Lt. Gastonla. " Hlu.'kHbitrK .. " Oaffnoy. " Spart an b?rg-. " GioeiiTllle.... " Uoneoa . ? Too coa. - Oorne.Ha. " Lula. Ar. Athnns. " Galii?sTllle " Atlanta, K. T. " Atlant?, C.T. Ar. Home. " Chattanooga Ar. Oiuoinnati.... ? LouiaviUe_ Birmingham a 5o 0 22 tl ? ?! II M p 11 15 ?110 45 p 12 Ohm 5 48 p 0 00 a 0 a? p 11 00 p 5 50 a 8 35 p 7 10 9 45 10 42 11 9S 11 42 12 2d 1 O? 8 82 8 2S p 7 05 p 9 95 p!10 07 p 10 46 p 10 68 n 11 84 12 30 1 30 2 15 4 18 a 4 an ll 10 6 U) 8 14 a :<i 4 65 al 3 55 7 40 9 45 fl 25 p 8 40 p 7 30 pl 7 45 7 A) p 7 50 11 86 n M 00 p New Orleans 7 45 p' 8 30 11 KTp 010 * ?, 7 87 a a 12 O.'iin -' 1 12 p 206 b\ 2 24 p 8 16 p 4 80 pl Ii US p 7 00 p 7 82 p p 8 00 p 9 30 p P 8 20 p " 10 00 " 900 2 30 a 6 45 al 5 60 p 7 80 v Ar. OohimbuB.Ga 9 50 ?' Macon.| H 80 " Hniuswick... I V 00 9 05 p .... 7 10 p 12 65 a . 780 kr. .bioksniivlUe.ltO 00 pi .1 8 30 a Dolly,?* sun No.ll.]No.r7. B?fc*?l STATIONS. M a Lr . Savannah ..Ar rllnckvilla. Ar .Charleston .Ar Brumhville . " . Columbia . . " . Newborry.. " .Greenwood.. " H.-(1k< h^_. ? Will? Abb; fielt Ar AT l aoi>| JUopj k ?f? nlLr * 15 pilo ?) ?'Ar. .Greenville. .Lv H 2u a' Lr .. Anderson 8 87 p 7 00 v\. . T?uj) "7 5?p 612" p 0 10 p p 11 15_? 7j6p \\TWm TSTpiTTF" laau Lr...Greeiivble.. Ar Ar Spnrtriiiburg Lt{ " ....Asheville.... " ... Knoxville... A r.. Cincinnati.. l7v| Ar...I.onisvlll?-..Lvl "A" a. in. ''P" p. m. "M" noon. "N" night Trains leave Kiugville, daily oxorpt Sunday, for Caniden lu.i:. a ni. and 4:46 p. in. Return* ing leave Camdeu for Kiugville, dally except Sunday, 8:1)6 a. in. and 2:60 p. m. Also for Sum tor .l.uly except Sunday 10:'.!t> a in. and 4:46 p. in. Returning leave Sum lor at 8:00 a m. and 8 j" p. in.. making connection nt Kingville witb trains botwewi Columbia and Charleston. Train? leave SPartnnburg v in S. U. A 0. dirt lion daily for Oiendnlo. Jnnoavillv, Union and Columbia and intermediate polnte at 11:44 a. m mid d:16 p. in. Ti ainti loave Toccon, (Ja., for Klborton, Ga., daily 8:40 p. in. except Sunday, 7:00 a. in. fteturr.ing lenv<< Klbertou daily 9:00 a. at. ex< e-pt Sunday, 1 :HU p. m., making oonnee tlon at Toccoa with train* between Atlanta, Greenville and the East. Cliesnpoake Line Steamer* lu dally aerrtee between Norfolk and Baltimore. Noa. 87 and uk? Daily. Washington and South western Vantlbule Limited. Through Pullman sleeping oars l>etweea New York and New Or lean*, via Washington, Atlanta and Montgora ?ry,and al?> between New York and Memphis r in V,'anhing ton, A t Ian ta and Ml i in la chain, / ' elegant PULLMAN LlBKAKY OBUER . TION CABS betweon Atlanta and New York. Firatcl.ias thoroughfare noachea between Wash ington nnd Atlant*, leaving Washington eaojk Monday, W od mm lay and Friday a tourist Bleeping oar will run through betweon Waak lugion and Sau Francisco without ?hange. Dining oar* aerve all meal* en rout4> Pullman drawing-room sleeping oart lny twen Greonslioro and Norfolk. Close oofc aeotlon at Norfolk for OLD POINT OOMFOBT. A i.k> nt Atlanta with Pullman D. 11. sleeper for Chattanooga and Cincinnati. Noa. 85 aud 80?Unltod State* Fast Mall ran* ?olid between Washington and New Or lean a. being compoeed ofooachea. through wlthont ohenge fur passenger* of all olaaeee. Pull roast drawing-room sleeping oAr* between New York and New Orleans, via Atlanta and Montgomery and bet ween Charlotte and Atlanta. Dining oan serve all meal* euroute. N oh. 11, 83. 84 and Vi? Pullman sleeping oar* between Richmond and Charlotte, via Danrhle, southbound Noa. II and 88, northbound No* 84 and 11 Connect ion at Atlanta With through Pullman Drawing-room sleeping oar for Jack sonville; auto Pullman sleeping oar for Brun? wick. Connection made at Spertanbarf wit* through Pullman sleeper for Ash*v 111?, Knur rille and Cincinnati; aleo at Oolumbia f?r Sa vannah and Jacksonville. FHANK8. GANNON. Third V P. St Gen. Mgr., Waehington, D. a 3. M.CULP. ., _frafflo MV Washington, la m JAPANESB piJLB A New mid > .t; !rte Treatment, iwta?mq *> SUPPOSITORIES, Capsule* of Oiutmcotfair* Hoxcs of OintuuMit. A uever-fiulloj; core tm mfm of every nature mi ' degree, it makeaMovwntfc? vith the kinte. which is painful, and oft? jjpjfc 11 tlenth. unnecessary. "hT endure tibia Iwit) disease! We pack ? Written Uuirsafcs* ka Si Box. No t ute. No Pay. 30c. and ft a MO. < **? Sent by mail Snmplce tree OINTMKNT, ?&o. and ?Ha. CONS! I PAT ION S:^-' Pre;lt LIYI-K and STOMACH RIIGULA1 l.OOD l?URIRIKR. Small, mlid ajai 1 .11 lake: esp*? till) adapted (ot cruklrssVS) I !??*??? Wilts. FREE.?A oftlieeodMnowBtttol " 1 with . <i box or more of Pile Osra, nifi : iiK i.knuinb prksn Ja?Alme? tV ? ???? <"il\ by ~ ?uR i?> Dr. H. P. l'usoy, Laureue. To all points Nonn, South and South west. La < IT. oi November 5.h, 1809. BUUTUBOUHI). No. AOS. No. 41 l.v New York. P. K. K. . ?II "('am *9 OOpm Lv Washington, P. lt. R... ft?Opn*. 4 3oau> I .v Richmond. A . (M. i> 00 p in ?J>>r>am Lv Portsmouth ff A. L. . .*3 4*6pm*d 20am ArWeldon . LI 10pm H43am Ar Henderson.*12?8am ?! 33pm Ar RaleiRh. 2 2'2am 886ptn ArSo Pines. 4'27am 6 UOptn ArHamlet.? o 1 :am 7 OOpni l.v Wilmington. 8. A. I._-*305pni A~rMonroe, 8. A. L. -*? .f>3am *? l2i>m Ajr?l m rjfo t te H.A. I.. .. ? 8 00am? 1U 2f>|>m A rChester BAL........ ?? 13am*10 55p m Ar Greenwood,.19 45am l 12a* Ar Athena. l 24pm' 3 48aro Ar Atlanta.3 M\>m G lftam NORTHBOUND. No. 4b2. No. 38 . l.ju_^tla,ntaS.A.I,.\ 1 Odpm'8 fOpm \ r \ thet.8~ .TTr.\-T>r^M^^S?iI1 11 l,5,,m^ ArGreenwood . f> 40pm l 4tiam Ar Chester. 7 ?3pm 4 08am Ai Monroe. 0 30pm ft 45ain l7v "Charl?Tte 8 A L.. "". rT7*~br20pm *6T>0am Ar Hamlet 8 A L .......11 lOpm 7 43?m A r _Wi_I mington, SA L ...._*12 06pm l.v Ho l'ines 8 A L.?12 02am *!? W arn ArKaleij'h. 2 03n.ni 1113am Ar Henderson .. . 3 2b'a.n 12 tjSpiU Ar Weldon . 4 nf>am 2 50 pm Ar Portsmouth. . .... 7 26am a 20pm ArRiohtnondi A.C. E.*5 P>aro *7 20pm ArWashhigtonviaPennllUl2 31pm n 2ej>m ArNew York . 623pna (> 53am ?Daily. tOaily Kx. Sunday. Nos.4n3 ?od l<>2.?"The Atlanta special Solid Ycetibuled Train of I'ullman Sleepers and Couches between Washington and At lanta,also Pullman Sleepera betweeu Porte mouth and (Tiarlote. N. C. Mos. 4L and 38.?"The S.A. L. Kx press,'' Solid Train, Coaehca and I'ullman Sleepera between Portsmouth and Atlanta. lioth trams make immediate connection at Atlanta for Montgomery, Mobile, New Orleans,Texas, California. Mexico, Chatta nooga. Naehville, Memphis. Macon. Flor ida b'or Tickets, Sleepers, etc., apply to O. MCP. BATTE, T. P. A. Trvotl Street, Charlotte, N. C. J. L). JKNNINOS, Agt Abbeville. S. C. K. St. JOHN, Vice-President and General M analer. H. W. 11. GLOVER, Traffic Manager. V. E. Me UK 10, General Supt lt, H ALLEN, Gen'l Passenger Agent. Genend Ollices, Portsmouth, Virginia HINDIPO RESTORES VITALITY Made a Well Man of Me. FRENCH EMEDV produces the above result In 30 dayt>. Cures Jvervous Dtbility. Impottncy. I 'aticocele, I-ailxng Memory. Slops all drains and losses caused by errors of youth. It wards off In sanity and Consumption. Young Men iceain Man hood and O'^ Men recover Youthful Vigor. It Kivea vigor and size to shrunken 01 ?ans, and fiti a ma (or business or marriage. EasTly carried in the vtst pocket. I'rice f*fl PTQ 0BoKeS$?.S( by mail, in plain pack- QU Mil.liec, wit* written guarautee. DR. jean o hakha. Pari? Sold by Dr. 13. P. Posoy, Laure-ns. Uharlostou and Western Carolina E. S AUOCBTA AND AbHEVILI.E ?UORT IjINB. Injeffect July 23. 1899. I.v Johnson .... . 000a . ?' Augusta. 9 40 a 1 40 p Ar Oreenwood.IS 16 i> . " Anderson. 0 lo p " Lau runs . 1 20 p ? 5 "> a " Greenville. 3 00 p 10 15 a ' Glenn Spring? .. 4 30 p "MSnartanburg. 3 10 p u on a " Saluda. 6 38 p . " Benderaonville. b oa p . ?' Ashevillo. 7 00 p .. I.v AshovllleT ."........... 8 20 a - . " Heiidersotiville. . .. 9 17.a . ?' Flat Kock. 9.24 a . " Saluda.0 4ft a . " Try on. 10 20 a " Spartaiiburg . 11 45 a 3 40 p " Glenn Springs. .10 Uli a .. M Greenville_- 12 01 p 4 00 p " Laurens. l 37 p 7 oo p " Anderson . 7 00 a " Oe en wood. 2 37 p . " Augusta.ft 10 p 11 10 a Ar .Join.nun._..11 20 p_ l.v Calhoun Falls . 4 44 p . ? Raleigh....!.12 20 a .... " Norfolk . 7 30 a . " Petersburg. 6 20 a . Ar Richmond._. 7 20 a l.v Augusta. 1 20 p Ar A lie-n,lnie. 3 IB p " Fairfax . . 3 2ft p " Yeiuassee. 10 0ft a 4 25 p " Beaufort.II 1ft a ft 2ft p '? Port Royal_ _ll :.o a ft 88 p " Savannah . ... 7 1ft p " Charleston ..._._7 20 p Lv CuarlestonTT. 6~2>Ta Port Koyal . . 1 06" p 0 ftft a B* aufort. IK p 7 20 a " Yemassee. 2 30 p 8 20 a " Fairfax. 0 10 a " Allendale. 0.39 a A Augusta. 11 10 a 1.40 p in train makes c.ose connection at ('alb im Kails for all points on S. A. L. close connection at Oreenwood for all points ?11 S. A. L. and (5, & G. Railway. and at fpartanburg with (8outhera Kail way For any Information relative (to tickets rates, schedules, etc., address W. J. ?RAIO, Gen. Pass. A*?'<it. K.M. North. Sol. AgU A u(tu l?, Ii? T.M KumiH.iM. Tralh.' '? atiaowr. VI60REMEN Easily,Quickly, Permanently Restored MAGNETIC NERVINE S antee to I . Insomnia, fits, Dizzines: sold with s written guar nets, Hysteria, >eminal Losses, failing Memory -the result of Over-work. Worry, Sickness, Krrors ot Youth or Over-indulgence. Price 60c. and tl: 6 boxst IB. for quick, positive and lasting results In Sexutl Weakness, Impotency, Nervous Debility and Lost Vitality, use Blue LABEL SPEOIAL?double strength -will give strength snd tone to ev Nervous Debility, Lost Vitality. Seminal "1 of O strength -will give strength and tone to ever? part and effect n permanent cure. Cheapest ami best. looPillsfi; by mail. FREE?A bottle of the ft.mous Japanese IJver Pellets will tie given with a )? hox or more of Mag; uellc Nervine. Iree. Sold only by Sold by Dr. B. P. I'oscy, Laurens. PITT'S Antiseptic Iniorator! Cures dyspepsia, indigestion, and all stomach of bowel troubles, colic or cholera morbus, teething trouhl s with children kidney troubles, bad blood and all sort* o "sores,'risings or felons, cuts and burns. It ia as good antiseptic, when locally applied ns any thing on die market. Try It and vou will praise it to others If your druggist doesn't keep it, write to Pitts' Antiseptic Invigorator Co. THOMSON, OA. ?I CAKPKNTKU BKOS., ? ?tnville, B. C.