The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, March 07, 1900, Image 4

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A BUNCH OF GRASS.1 in tho quiet dusk of a summer even- . in;: half a d< /on men were seated In j front of a rantshacKle old building that . boro this sign : nm.*.* u.^ [Store and Post Office; **u I :.: Onu of tho men had been telling a Btory. "ThiB man that went down to , Fresno," he was saying, " felt mighty j hud because the tfirl wouldn't marry him, and did all he could to boom the j liquor business. Une ilay he ran into a fortune teller, Who told him lie must ' steal a hair from tho tail of u blue roan horse, between midnight and day light, anil carry the hair in Ids vest pocket. Then ho would have good luck for a year, ami any girl he fell in love with would marry him right away. "Now, blue roan horseu are not so plenty, but one day the man sees one and thinks he'll tfut good luck in stanter. So he holiis out a twenty-dol lar gold slug and aiks the man driving tue horse for a hair out the horse's I tail. Tbo man that owned Uio horse catobce his breath after awhile and i allowed that ho couldn't spare a hair j OUt of that horse's tail : that new hairs didn't grow when old ones were*pulled out; but may bo ho might) as a favor, spare a small one, if the man would t'Ome Up with another. So the man got the hair, hut l guess it didn't bring htm much luck, because it wasn't more than u month afterward (ill he had a di(Terence of opiuton with the Shorlil of Fresno, and the Coroner said the Sheriff was right. "So, you see, that's what ho uot for buying the horse hair instead of steal ing it, like the fortune teller told him to do. " you ain't going already, are you, Will?" tho speaker asked, as a tall young man, will Markhara byname, roso and Btrotohct) himself. " Yes," tho latter replied. " I've a good twelve-mile ride, and I guess 1 better start." Ho went to tho fence for his horse, mounted, waved his hand to the group in front of the -lore, and then rode out into the deepening shadows of the night. And ail through the long and lonesome rido lie kept wondering if there could be any virtue in carrying a hair from the tail of a blue roan horse. Early in the morning two men were conversing luHShorllT Houston's spare roe ?i The muscular and portly Sheriff, ur Bqulro, as inns', tar western Sheriffs uro called, bad been speaking earnestly to tho other man, who was seated in a massive arm chair, one ol those old-fashioned concerns built for durability and comfort. " liow long do you reckon it'll be. Squire," asked the younger man. " be fore you?" He seemed at a loss for a word 10 properly express bis Idea. "Not more than a couple of hours'.'' said ih Sheriff, anticipating him. " We must have witnesses, you know." " Oh) yes, of course. But being >\ > it can't be done legally more thau once, and as it's to last forever, you might say?I thought that-" " Never mind what you thought," Interrupted the Sheriff, as If his au tUorlty or ability wa? being questh ?! "I can tie the knot us tight as any other man, can't I .'" " Don't doubt that) Squire." "Then don't think any tuoro about It. As for your belog a little nervous, that's natural : been thai v.ay myself. Why, 1 reinerabor the night 1 got married, 1 wassonkeery-" " 1 ain't nervous or Bkcery, m, .ire," objected the younger man, as he Btralghtoned bims, if in his chair. " Then don't say anything mure." said the Squire, decisively. " You arc in for good now, and thero's no back ing out. That Bottles it. Would you like a drink of water V" "Wouldn't mind Squire." "Sheriff Ucudon wont Into the next room and roturoed presontly with a half-tilled tin dipper, which he held up to the man's luoutb, tilting iu gent ly as the contents diminished. Then ho placed the dipper on the table, croiscd the room, looked out into the l. yard and said : " Well. I've got to ?ed my stock. Hope you won't weak '' I while I'm gone." yell. . jeft(l oj Sou ire." AOVh-jjy yUU1)fr tnun leaned back in his air ard became very thoughtful of A deed about tu be porformed, lie llalrstxtbinking, thinking, thinking. The has thosbek over the fireplace ticked oil ??Our Aconds, and his thoughts kept Ing up to their beat. A rooster crowed new mad ? the doorway, and ho frowned Quite an interruption. The big clork for more <he hour, and ho counted the agement. without lookiug up, then fell oas ana to thinking. Finally iie was half watch sod by a voice asking? moving^'he'-e did you come from manag* raised hiseyes ami saw a little "4??jyAr1 ol hlttQ or ten years, clad in a calico slip and minus shoos or stock ings, lie noticed tho freckled, tomboy face and tousled hair, but made no reply. The child eyed him closely for a moment and then blurted out : " You're a hOrEO thief !" A hot Hush ofsbamo tfpN0&d cer tl?c man's face as lie shook his bead. "Then what have you got those on for /" And BbO pointed to the hand cuffs that fastened each wrist to the arms of the heavy oheir. The man's head drooped upon I is breast. To have been caught in the act and he forced to sit there and wait for the hangman svas bad enough, but to in: taunted by a talkative child secnuil too much to endure. The little girl now saw she had hurt his feelings, and roaliz u that no mat tor what tne man's orlmO had. heen it was wrong for in;r to mock him. .She souglit to make amends by ohanglng tho subject, and coining closer, whis pered, as if telling a secret, " 1 can write " The man came, back to lifo blowly. " Hot you cant.' "Yes, lean. 1)1 show you.' And She ran to get a pencil. " But I ain't got no writing paper." "That's tOO had. Here put your hand ln-ido my vest. There's a letter there; you can write on the hack of the onvelope." " What shall I write '.-'" she asked, Mandly, as if no subject would ho amiss. Receiving no reply sho hastily decided. " I'll write my papa's name." Sho leaned on the table, and after many motions of her head and hand, laboredly scrawled this sentenco : Squiiu. Houston, : Sbenll' of K dstono: " That's just?|)iendid,'; said the man, as sho held it up to his' face. " It's as plain as anything." " Do you I lite secrets '.?"' "No." " Believe in fairies ?" she asked. No answer. Wishing to impress upon him that her contrition was complete, the child came and leaned against the chair. " I iiko you," said tho child eoaxingiy. "I liko yojr big, black eyes, and your nice mouth, und your white teeth, and ?and?and?" Hero sho pulled his coatsloove down u? far as it won (1 go, but not being satisfied with tho result, ehe covered tho band of glittoring Hteol with a fold of her dress, and then continued : " And your strong brown hands. Won't you please toll ino a story ?" Peosona in cxtrorao positions aro prono to good resolutions, and this man resolved to quit tho world belter for at least ono action, though it bo so small u mutter as telling a story to en tertain a child. " Yos, ' ho said with an effort. " Lleton." He looked at tho lettor In his mana oled hand, then at tbo little girl as sho twined her linger* r.round his. Then he told her this story in a husky, im preselvo voice: " Once there was a little bow-legged uhl inun,nil gruy-halred und humpbuck ed, usked a little girl for u drink of water ; and nho got it for him, juit a* nice urf you please. A:.d then liu asked her If sho woudn't like to i;ct a pre sent, und she Bald yes, If it didn't cost anything. And then the little old man laughed and laughed and laughed. Then he toid her who he wast that he was the k.ngofthc fairies, and if she wanted to gut a present she was to do just as he suiu. So ho told her how to send a loiter to the fait lea. She mmii't say a word about it to anyone, but early in the morning she was to write her wish take three steps buck ward and three fOfwardi and then go out nod cut a hazel switch. Then she was to Und a tree that bad been struck by lightning, and if there wa9 a horse ued thoru -lie was to go up to him from the. right si lu and place her let ter* gently, but very snug and tight), under the stiddlo girth. After aoiug this she waj to take the otirrupo oil the Baddlo and hide them in the hol low tree. Now she must pat the horse on the nose, and wh.cn ho put down his head She was to tuck his ears back, fai* back, unde r the he idstall, so he COUldn'l hoar any evil spirits calling to him. Then she was to unbuckle the reins at the bit, had the hor.<o to the road, and tu re his head to the suu riao, whore v.'.'. the (airlcb live. I/ist I of all, she must hit him right haru with a low )l -witch ;;rw. say, '(iood times never last, bad news travels fast,' and the horse would gallop oil as fast ?as he < iuld to the fairies. "So tho little girl did just as the ! bOW-leggCd o'.d man bad toiil her, and i what do you think Y Why, it wasn't a year afterward till she got her pro 1 sent, which was a great big beautiful I doll, with green eyes and red hair and . a pug' no-e, and it had on leather siioes ? with real lace-, and a now calico dross, with polka dots in il as big us wal nuts." It the Child had had any doubts as to tho truth of the story," its climax thoroughly dispelled them. Her eyes were wido open with astonishment for awhile: then she closed tbciu to let her Imagination draw a bettor picture of tho wonderful doll. Presently sin; said: "I know where there's a tree that's bJOU struck by lightning." Tho man Boomed much surpr ised. "And I'm going to try it,'' she said, determinedly. " Try .vhat V " s.widiug a letter to the fairies. Hut 1 ain't got no letter. Maybe if I take your's it'll do. Ho sought to dissuade hor, but she took too 'otter from him and bid it iti j her sleeve. He watch od tier take throe steps backward, then throe for . ward, and heard her call to hint from the door : " Do you reckon I'll really lind a horse down there tied lo a I treo"'" I Hul the man made no roply. Several hours afterward Sheriff ! Houolou, Iiis two deputies, and the j manaolod prisoner, wore standing in i the shade of a large hickory. There's no need of a trial* Squire, insisted one of the deputies, as ho mi twistej a coil of roue. " You caught the man in the act voUl'Solf, and he don't deny it, so that's all there is to it. Lot's get through as soon as we can : I've got tivo miles logo to din ner." I. it the law lake its course," said the Sheriff, gravoly. " But bofore carrying cut tho law the court will slate the facts In the case, which are those, to wit : That lato iast night, or vCry ear'y this morning, this court bud occasion to go to its barn : that it saw a man light a match ami lay hold of a certain horse, which horse i-, i. bluo roan, and the special pride and property of this said court. thai this court drew its weapon and appre hended said nan a- a horse tblel ; and linally, that this said man, apprehond eil by this said court, is here Identified as ttie prisoner at tho bar. " Now, gentlemen, the- prisoucr re* fuses to sp'-uk, which is Iiis privilege ; but tho COUrt a-ks you to review the ovideuco. Is an honest man afraid to tell his name, Whero be lives Ol where ho was going V Is un honest man oaught at midnight in a stranger's barn '.' Does an bom ot man ride no horse, have no dust on Iiis shoes, and yet wear a spur on his heel? The court '.hlnks not, For the last time, Mr. Prisoner, the court asks your name." No answer. " For the last time the court Uoks when: you live V" I .No answer. " Have you anything to say as lo why this court should not pass sentence I upon you ?" The prisoner raised his head, and J looking the ShorilT squarely in the eye, : answoi ed ! " No." " Then the court will pionounce this ; sontonoe : Toat you be hanged iiy this j neck until you are deail : ..'hlch fOn-I tonce shall be carried out imn ediato- ' ly." " Williams," continued tho BherifY, addressing one of his deputies, "throw tho end of tho rope ovor that branch ; ihat'ftlt. I'ull it all the- way ever so the nooso will hang about live feet from the ground., .hint hold tho nooso there while 1 tako the end of the rope and step t ll how many paces till it gets taut. I'll make a mark here with my foot like this. And see, I'll make another mark over here, six steps farther away. Tie this end of the tope in the middle of that wagon stake with a strong knot, one that you're sure won't slip. 1'hut'il do. Uring tho gentleman over here. Is there any one you wish to send a message to ? Shall l notify them that?that you died on suoh a date ? NoV Any request to nirtke ?" Tho prisoner gazed languidly at the ong rows of hills to the eastward, drew a deep breath of the soft, summer air, an t then raised his eyes .to heaven 1 for one last look?and lowered them Instantly. Almost overhead a buzz ird was sail ing lazily in acin i.'. " Yes," he said, qulotly, "cover my face with my hand' kerchief, and bury mo as soon as I'm dead." I '? All right,sir. Whoro Is tho hand kerchief ? inside your shirt, oh'.'' Pretty one, too; hand ombrolderod, with iin initial VV workod in tho cen ter. Vou want to 00 buried with iL covering your face? Very weih Now, sir, hohl your head a little to one side, like this; so. Hero, boys, Stand sido by bide, and hold tho wugon stake Against your bodlos. Grip It tight with both hands. Thai's tho idea. He's a heavy man, and it will taku a strong pull. Walk slow until you como to the first mark ; by that time tho rope will ho taut. Then, when I liro my rovolver, step lively, hut willi a steady pull, and who;) you reach tho second mark brace yourself and stund still Now, both together : steady, steady. Go." He stood calmly, With his revolvor raised. St erotly he admired the man's courage, and wished he might put a bullet through his heart und spare him the shame of dealh Oy the rope. Hut tho law?the great unwritten law I which says that a horse thief shall hang?must be carried out; for if the Sheriff Obey it not, Who then should heed it? The men started with an even step, and the rope, let out kink after kink, thou gradually grew taut. As they reached tho first mark the. Shun it fired, and the prisoner rose steadily In tho air till the nooso almost touched the limb ?when an ac.ident happened. At the fifth step ODO Of the men B?ppcd on a bunch of grass, and In trying lo rocover himself tripped tho other olo. As they plunged sulewise they let go the rope and tho man's body came back tO ear til. " Hurc, boys," tho Sheriff or led, " we've got to do it over again. Qulok, now while I hold him up. Start even. Steady, steady, und when-" Tho report of a rille startlod thorn. Ovor tho crest of a hill a horseman was coming. Tho reins wero hanging loose, and ho was swinging his hat as a signal, i '????)!?? tho blue omokc had cleared away h number of men wero galloping down the hill, ohcerlng wildly. They catno to a rag god front a few yards from tho trees, with their Wiueho>ters at rest, when their leader quickly dismounted, lifted the hand* kerohlof from tho prisoner's face, und said : " This is the mini wo want."' ? # # .v * Oa Ohristmas Day a wedding was i celebrated at the home of the post master of WhltUold. After supper tho host was telling an experience of his now son in law to several of Hie glK'StS. " You BOO," said the postmaster, as he finished the tale, " about nine o'clock that morning a riderless horse, without stirrups or bridle, galloped up to my door. Ills ears were under tho headstall, and stuck through the girth was a letter written by my daughter to Will Markbam, in which sho sent him a handkerchief to remember her by, but told him not to can any mure, b* - 0UU80 she hud tnudd up her mind that she would never, never, never marry anybody, o.i tho back of tho envelope, written in pencil, were the words 'Squire Houston, SherilT of K .dstonc.' ?>. course the horse wanted someone I to loosen his ears, and hav.'ng become so well acquainted with tins place ' when Will was courting, I suppose be e ,mu hore because a v. as nearer than going homo. ;\s soon as I recognized ; the horse 1 concluded something was wrong. So I gathorod a posse and got I ovor to Uodstono us fast as I could, ! and wodtdn't get thoro any too Boon." " Nor any too late," observed BqullO j Houston, who bad performed the wed ding ceremony. " 1 would liko to bot that the little | girl who sent tho letter to the fairies got her present this morning," said one Of the quests. "S > WOUld I," agreod another. ?'Say Will," jokingly eslled a third, "trying to steel that Ualr from the tall of a blue roan horse got you into an awful .-crape. It doesn't seem to have brought you any more luck than it did the man I was telling you about, who went to b'r?sno and bought." "Didn't it, though?" cried the groom. M It brought me the girl I loved for a wife. Why, it wan the luckiest thing in the world for mo.'' To which a cynical deputy from Itod stone retorted : '? I thought the luck loot thing In the world for you was thai bunch of grass I all oped ou when wo had you in the air.'1 Disposed ol' in Dlll'oreiil Ways hy Several Counties? I'hc New l.aw Lessens tho School l-'timl. It is pretty generally known -ays the State that Uie " prolit feature," of the dispensary law has been modified and Hie profits accruing to the State dhv [iOneary have been out djwn to 10 per cent. Tho net protits from the State dispensary, aggregating about $104,? ?1 10 ii your, wore devoted to the com mon SOhOOls of the State, and tbia re venue will b> the new law be material ly lesseued. There were two counties in tho Slate which appreciated the probable ell .et ol thlaonange, and they had the "sup ply bl?I," or the measure which llxos the levy for tt6808fi .1 >nt in the several counties, so ami uded that in such counties net prollta from tho local dls pensarioa are to bo divided between the 0 lumon schools und tho fund for ordinary county cxponsi s. These, counties are Lnurens and Oolleton. Tue provision for the latter county ia that tile apportionment among the schools shall bo made upon Iho alien dance for the scholastic year ending June Mill, IU0?. In tho same bill it is provided that in ChestorHeld County the protits are to go to the past Indebtedness of the I county, and any surplus into the (.'ui; oral county fund, in ICdgetio'd ono* haif goes to past Indebtedness and one* ' half good to ordinary county purposes. I In Marlon county $1,5DU is to go to past Indebtedness if so much hi necessary. In Orangeburg any aurplua from dis I cusjry profits or any other income, after meeting e luntics expenses, is to f_'o into a sinking fund t:; nut the coun ty 011 a cash Oasis. Boh 0 the new dispensary law was passed, Bamberg ana DjrohCSlor hail already decided lo devote tiie pro Ills to the genera coun ty fund. I No Other county in any way provided ! for the dispensary protits. ?Stecn, the great, painter, was the hero of a *tory which ims often boon told of others, hut tho credit of which must finally he given to him. ilavlug accepted a commission from a notable burgher of L yd< n to paint a mural picture representing "The Children of Israei Crossing the Km Boa," Steon, as U9ual| rtquostod a considerable ud Vance, und, as usual, disappeared, to have a joyous time, his patron having also gone on a pleasure trip. StCOft'ti return look place a day before the pat ron's and the wall of the staircase had not to much as been touched. Sleen simply painted it a dark red "ail over." I ?? What is this '('' asked the astonished ; and irate merchant. " That," replied I Steen, " is Tho Children of Israel Crossing the K-d Sea." " Where are the Israelites ."" was tho next question, j " They are over," was tho answer. " Where are the Egyptians f" "They are under." ?The plaUS of Secretary Hoot re garding tlic projected war college arc set out in a letter of Instructions ?d drOSBOd l?y him to tho hoard charged with perfecting tho plan. The letter In part is as (ollOWS ". " In the general plan now under consideration of the war department, the army college will hj expected to consider and report Upon tlio various question* alT cling the welfare and < llicicney of tho army, including organization, motheds of ad ministration, armament, tqiipinent, transportation, supplies) mobilization, concentration, distribution, military preparation, plans o" campaign an 1 such other profession... matters as may bj referred to it." ? A Tonawanda, (Pa ) hank employ ed an ingenous means to stop a recent run on tue Institution. Whllo several hundrod depositors were in lino to withdraw their money, three barrels Ol sliver collars were, unloaded in from of the building and carried in by tho basketful. Tho sight of $7.'>,<iUiJ being dumped into the hank in this whole* side manner had a reassuring effect, and the run ceased. ?A slub to tho memory of (ieorg<j Washington's ancestors is to ho remov ed from a church in Wiltshire, l*'ng land, to tho Smithsonian Instituto. Its dato is 1045 ani it hears a coat of arms and an Inscription setting forth tho virtues of Washington's grand father's grand parents. ?Tho Uenoral Assembly of Virginia, has passed a joint resolution making Juno 3J, the, birthday of lion. Jefferson Davis, a l"gal holiday in Virginia This action was duo to tho efforts of the itlohmond chapter, iJ.iiighters of tho (JonfoJeracy. Do Von Need Aii Klcotrlo Bolt? For Iho past ton years, l>r. J, Newton Hathaway who is recognized as the great est of nit our specialists, bus boon perfect ing an oleotrio bolt) suitable to use in hi* practice, one which he could furnish us n iiiirl Of his systom Of I rent men!, und which lie could oonsoiontiously guarantee, lie nofv announces that he has perfected such a hell, which he believes to be the only perfCOl bolt mndc. It <n light, handsome, Of RrOftl power, and with new attachments, which makes ii suitable for every case. ifO Is prepared to furnish this hell to all patients who need it and who apply to him lor treaimei t, at a merely nominal charge. Write to Dr. Hathaway to day, udjjug all about yourcaso and bo will wntfyon about the belt, and if you desire thuuiolt will bo sent U. ?. D. for inspection, fkddrese Dr. Hathaway A Co , South Xroad stnot, Atlanta, Oa. 'M HOME STUDY FOR THE FARMER. Free textbooks, willi a library of more than a hundred subjects from which lo select. Free Instruction ami examination, Ficc lectures from the loading ex m i ts in the country. Free samples, gathered from all parts of the world. These are some of the inducements which Uncle Sam, In connection with several state institutions, is offering in his -nat university oxtOUBlOII Course In^scicutillc agriculture. Some lew people may still cherish the delusion that the average fanner is an uusoplusttcnlcd individual, who rarely -_;ets the worllwof his money am! i< always on tin- market lor a bargain in the gold blick line. Ultclc Sain malus no such mistake. He know, not only that the farmer is the most important man in tho copmmnily, but that modem farmers are as keen ami as progressive as any other class of business men. As proof of the farmer's Importance Undo Sam has only 10 refer lo the Nearly balance sheets of his business with foreign countries. In 1809, for instance, people who live abroad bought farm products from inch: Sam to tiie amount of $780,000,? 000, while ail the rest of his foreign trades counted up only ?'170,000. Thai explains the motto of tho great seal of the agricultural department at Washington: "Agriculture is the foundation of manufacture mid com merce." As prool <?l Iho progressive spirit of , the modem humor ii is (.iilv necessary ' in poini i<? Iho lac! Hint nunc duin i:..uuu fanners arc already enrolled in the now courses in scicntilic agricul ture, while hundreds of thousands more, have done seine reading along the lines laid down. I ,;nv) < rs, doctors, munufnt i urcrs and business mon iinisi make their own experiments, must buy their own text books, must study out lor themselves ? I1CW methods and valuable improve ; incuts. Duly the farmer has all these things done for hi tu by the national gov eminent and by the authorities of sev eral stales. Once more the gentleman with the long gray whiskers and the single sus 1 ponder has the laugh on his belter ' dressed and sclf-snlislicd brothers in Iho big cities. They, no doubt, are wel I conic to a BiipereilHous smile at his 1 expense, while he gels his university ' education at theirs. At the total cost of a postal cat I any I farmer can no! only get himself enrolled as a student in a course of seieutillc agriculture, but he can secure, it he ' sliows sullicicnl interest, personal at tention at the hands of famous profes sors, and u regular supply of the hltc esl books, sent him Irco of chargi for ! postage. in fact, in New York state, at least, the managers of the fnrim rs' reading courses even go further than ilia*. Men aro actually hired to go out into ; the country and bey the rnrniers.to lake advantage of Iho opportunities which ' are freely offen d Ihnn. The univcrsily extension idea in ng lieiilluro, at h ast as a national move ment is comparatively now, and its work has been done so quietly thai few people, especially in large cilies, arc oven aware of its existence. The director or lho Agricultural Ex perimental Station of Pennsylvania , was among tlieliisl to suggest Iho plan >>i home study cour.sc8 in agriculture. Nine yens ago the first experiment was made. Textbooks were lurtlishcd I to all applicants ami examinations were conducted whenever the LludcillS weic ready to take them. Later, pamphlets wore printed and distributed, bringing the toxibooks up I to dale niu! outlining practical experi ment?*, which llio farmer students wcro naked to try. Last year ,'J,<I 10 pupils , wore enrolled in these correspondence 1 courses in agriculture, and more I ban ; 1,100 cxaminnliou papers worccxtuuhi i cd aud marked. The students live in nearly every state in the union, with I a row in foreign countries. Most of lite students are muh of mature ngo, i the nges running l'roih i? to 7? years, : the nvcrago being 311 venia. In Michigan the moveincnl Is eight years old. There ate live classes: (1) : Soils and crops; (-) livestock; <:!) gar I den and orchard; ( I) woman's course; (6) political science. Any three of (heso classes cons'.ilulo neour.se. On the coinplelion of each hook an ex amination is la id, and it satisfactory n certificate is issued. <>n Iho com pletion of a course, with Bnlisfaclorj cxaminnliou papers, a diploma is is sued to the student, signed hy the president of the agricultural college. ? The largest and most successful course of all is that managed hy Cornell Un iversity at [ihnen. Though it is only \ four years old, ii number.-, already near ly 0,000 BludoniS, of whom mote than BaDOO mo residents <d New York Slate. In a'cw 1'ork Iho management does not oven wait for the farmer (<? apply. In various ways Ihe names of fanners in Iho various counties are secured and to each of Ihom is sent a short, simple lesson, with questions on the suhjccl matter to which answers are to he re turned as an examination paper. The individual fanners are also asked to form thomsolvos into small rending clubs, and it is promised that the pro fcsors will he sent oul to lecture be fore thosecluba which do the bosl work. In Ihroo counties farmers were hired lo devote their time to the organization of rending clubs. This plan was found entirely successful. Last winter live illustrated lessons WCro issued, with a review lesson at the end of Ihe season covering the entire ground. Those whoso examination papers show a de cided lack of Into real are. cut off (he list, of students. It is expected that (lin ing ihe current lea ion 20,000 stud ents will he enrolled. Successful courses on similar lines are conducted In New Hampshire, W est Virginia, Fnuth Dakota and Con necticut. In the InltorState the usual plan hns boon elaborated. In addition lo Iho usual lessons ami textbooks, the slate college oilers what j is practically a post-graduate corre spondence course for farmers, it semis out lo reading clubs which have com pleted the preliminary studios traveling libraries of 100 volumes each, ami maintains classes in English literature. 1 geology and history, as well as in more distinctly agricultural subjects. Each library is supposed to supply sufllcionl reading for a year. At the end of that time examinations are held ami dip lomns are awarded to those whose pa- | pers are SUfllciCOtly good. I>iit lotho general reader the mod Interesting feature of HlO farmers1 lint- I VCrsity movement is the participation of the. national government in the j WOlk. Many of the publications of the agricultural department are used a* lessoiiR, and in every way the depart ment aids and fosters the formation of new reading classes. Even fanners who are not members of a rending class can get cipoit in-1 formation and advice by applyiug to 1 the department. If, for lustanco, 1 growing grain is attacked by amul, a' postal card Will bring an export's writ* tou directions on 11! Tow lo Prevent drain Smuts.'" Tin-, fnrilK i can gel an other little hook for (he asking on "Weeds and How to Kill TIlOIU." Ills thrifly wife may have the latest infer mation on "Foods, Their Nutritive Value and Cost." lie may learn all about "Breeds of hairy Catt!> ." "Standard Varieties of Chickens;" ?'Sheep Feeding:" " I 'each Growing l"i Market;'' " lTlltier-making Oil th< Farm;" "Peanuts, Culturo and L'SOS," ami oil a hundred other subjects ol vi tal importance to the progressive and onlcrpiisiug farmer, In nddiliou, many million packages ofiseeds are sent out yearly, through Congressmen, to farmers all over the country. An cfl'oit Is now being made to devot? *he seed appropriation to the purchase aud distribution of new and useful varieties of foreign vegetables or plants which maybe grown with ptolit in this country. * Altogether, the farmer would ap pear to have no cause for complaint ill his treatment by the national govern ment. ? L'lii'n'j" Tl'ibuiU . WHAT CAUSES THUN DICK What is the cause et thunder, mean lug the cause ol the I1018C ? Wo llo not know. The thunder, WC know, is a result of the phenomenon WC O lli "lightning,hut just what it i* lias not boon its yot adequately determined. The clccliic discharge pt od neos a var iety of olTccts, physiological, luminous, ' cnloiilic, magnetic, incchntn . mid chemical, whose chnraclcrics are more or less well recognised, it i? fail to presume that we must hunt for tin cause of the noise in the culorilic, me chanical, or chemical attributes. Most of the authorities In definition say thunder is the noise immediately following n Hush of lightning, aud is due lo the disturbances of the nir caused along its path by the dlschaigo, and Ihoy let it go at that. it may he that the real explanation Will bo found partly in eacll of the calorific, mechanical and chemical ac tions. A mure disturbauce of the air is haidly an adequate reason. We have I too little evidence to <^o upon. The ; healing effects, so called, may have -i>iui' hearing. We know the spark will Inllamc ether, tdcob I, uud some 1 of the hydrocarbon gases : yet it docs not ignite gunpowder, except by the help of a wet string which become* healed. A l.eyden jar charged and I discharged sovornl tunes in rapid sue ccssion becomes honied. All solid con ; doctors become healed by it. But I docs air? Mechanical effects arc ! numerous and usually disastrous to '. any solid body not a good conductor We are shown by Kitinorsloy's llio momclor that some effect is produced on a ho.lv of water, but it is assoi'lod not tola- due to nil) increase of lorn* pcralurc In t he air. The chemical clfcclS are most varied. ; Priestly lound a distinction of volume in moist air by passage ol llio spark (which may be siguillcnut), and that the air became acid. Cnvondidifound this was dm to the formation of nitric acid by (ho chemical action id' the dis charge. Compound gases aro readily decomposed, but air i> not a compound gas; it t- merely a mixture of oxygon and nitrogen, ami ncillu r of its consti tuents Is combustible One assists com bustion of ether bOtliCS while HlO oilier is inert m that sense. liut we may get some light oil llu subject yel I'l'utn the hulorutigablc army of electrical Investigators. Pos sibly iho researches in the liquefaction of gases may help out. In a recent pa per on Ihe Mibjoel it is stated that ozone lirptelles at atmospheric pressure ai a temperature of 1:;.-1 degrees Fah renheit and that ii i-> easily exploded. Now, ii is well known thai the electric discharge produces this so-called allo tropic oxygen In great abundance. Ac cording to Priestley the electric dis charge effects a reduction of volume in moist air, which would indicate ordi narily a lail of temperature, Moist : air is usually (he atmospheric condition during lightning Hashes. Possibly the stream of innumerable sparks in n stroke of lightning produces a cumula tive or Intensive elfoel, lirsl lowering the temperature, then forming ozone, then causing its liquefaction, and dual ly its explosion, Or perhaps detonation, which expresses more accurately the terrifying crash following or accom- j pUiiying a lightning stroke near al hand. 'Fins is mere speculation, and I give it for what ii i> worth. ?JiVcc/ric III rii to. Tin1 Annes mountain range, whose loflis&l peak- Aconcagua?reaches n hoiglil ofU2,S<i I reel, Isahoul 1 Inn miles long, and from 150 to .100 miles wide. Iis bulk has been roughly estimated at that of a mass |()(J mile-- wide ami 1:5,00(1 feel high throughout the entire length. It contains at (Jayambu, an extinct volcano with an altitude of IO,olM fet t, the highest point of land on the ujualor and the only point Oil, the equator that is buried in eternal snow. The OrtSseS between IVlllilliin ami llio straits of Magellan, uccoYdinu lo Prof. Bailey ol llio Harvard Obser vatory at Arcquipa in Pom, an- now known to number 123, with elevations ranging from 2,750 to 10,017 feoi above . ea-lovel, There is no pass north of Santiago, Chill, lower than 11,11110 [col ; ami in Bolivia llio lowest is that of Ilveses, 13,573 feet ahov; Iho sea. In Peru Iho rich mines liavt led to the crossing of this formidable barrier by a railway roaohhig a lioigbl of 1 I ,.W> feet. For the Santiago ami Buenos Ayres IrnnS'Conlinoutnl rail way an eleven mile Ullllicl under I'sh nllaln pass, 12,700 reel high, was pro jected, hut was given ii|i on the dis covery Of lOWCl' pas-es to the south, and instead cd' it a railway is to he built across Antuco pass, 200 miles south of Santiago and only 0,800 led high. 'Phis will form a link in a sys. lorn of railways connecting Chill willi the Argentine Republic, breaking through the mighty wall that has kepi lie- two countries llplirl, WllCIl liquid ,,: is evaporated, (he nitrogen e* apes first, causing iho liquid s- .in to become neatly pure oxy gen, s may he demonstrated by the lien.: bla/.ing up of a glowing bit of wo ?I plunged into it. Powdered ehnr COl I saturated with the liquid burns Ilk gunpowder when ignited, and may he exploded by a detonator cap A IIa arianchemist, Carl binde,hna la i n mal ing experiments that lead him to belie e we must change our views of explos. >ns. He mixed petroleum witli an absor. out, llko kicsolguhr oi cork coal powti. r, then saturated it with liquid oxyg< <, ami found thai the mix ture, would ex, lode violently even wild) not con lined, in cartridges, llio effects seemed lo be g calci than those, of blasting gelatine, hitherto regarded as the most powerful explosive. Deto nated in u large ho nh, provided with a suitable registering apparatus, the petroleum ami ltquh air prepaiation showed a maximal.i gas pressure greater than that from blasting gela tine, und icached it more quickly. COTTON SEED HULLS. Only n few years bnck 11 * * ? cotnpura live value of raw uolloti Beeil, col* lull seed hulls and cotton BCOd luoal I for foodstuffs or us n forilliaor, was n j dobntabte question. Thoro wore Ihosc who held that cotton seed hulls were m> boiler than so much mhv dust for I food, and there wore those who could 110t SCO how it Was that cotton seed j meal, rrom which one essential Cle ment had boon removed, could be tif> I valuable either for food or fcrtili/.or ns j the healthy raw seed. Hut all those questions are Bottled now to tin* satisfaction of almost every body. There are only a few who re main unconvinced, and those piobably have ' not yet completed satisfactory tests, Anyhow, Ihe use ol cottonseed meal and hulls which commenced n few yours ago in bundled pound lots, has now developed into hundreds of j ions, ami this use is daily becoming motu widespread. I The failure of forage crops las! year j has had a great deal to do with ex I tending the Use ol cotton seed bulls and meal in tlds immediate section. Many have been forced from necessity in ma Iho experiment thai had proVi ously given so much satisfaction i ? olliers, and it appeals that Ihe good results are generally ihr same. Speaking <>r tin- u-i- o| cotton seod hum and hulls, in the presence of the reporter a lew days ago, a pr unhieul citizen ot I'oi'kvillc said: ??Collen seed hulls nlone arc as good for cattle,' especially dry Crtttlc, a> any kind of hay I Know ol. They will latton cat tle and keep tin in in the hi SI of good order, if mixed with meid, the ration seems lo he almost porfect, not only a* a lat producer; hut ri'so a-- a milk and butler producer. I have heaid also ol' CUHCS where il has been fed lo mules and horses with entire satisfac tion, and 1 ktlOU' it to he a lat i thai cows that have become accuslomo I lo ! eating raw COllOII Heed can bo induced, I with dillicully, to go hack to them nTtei they have been led on hulls." A large dealer in hulls, who hau handled several hundred ton- within, the past few months, enys tic demand ! wa-- never grenlor m this section than now. lie Iltis hardly been able to keep a supply, HO I'apid has been the consumption, and liiere has bcQii a considerable advance in price N.?t a great while back hulls could !><? had at the mills for rrom tfl.GtJ lo ?2.00 per ion- Now thev retail to consumers for $0 per toil. -1 had a CUSlOIUOr last rail," CohllUUCd the dealer, -to bring mo 1,1)00 oounds of green colton si i d. lor which i gave him 2,o00 pounds id' hulls and meal and ?!!.7G in cash. I could iiottiive him the same propor tion now. Meal that sohl I'm H> last year i- HOW worth S'J?, and although seed has advanced a little, lo cents for a bushel of ."hi pounds, the advance ; has nol In en quite! so great in propor i lion. j Although it is an established fuel ; that as a fertilizer, cotton seed mcnl i nlmosl w ill.out a superior, it Is a lad that so rar this season a comparatively small amount has been Bold lor (hat pUrpOSC, M?sl el Ihe in al llllll has been going out up to tins tune, has been lor lecdiug purposes. 1'<?<?/. villi Inquire /?. A scarcity of ?.oi1. which i- lie larcil by some lo approach llio proportions of a famine, exists in Kuropfl ju-i at prcs? cut, In Knglnud old inli ta tin: being I reworked nun land is beini; bored in I all directions for new* Holds, An un precedented consumption luis been I brought about by llio groiil activity in the Iron and sti i: trades. Minors arc can e, and il is (lilllcilll lo lillil workmen sullloioiil to nun tin mines. The great amount of shipping cmplov, ed lor llio convenience of troops an.I sup plies to South Africa has disorganized llic scacarryiug Iradc to such an.extent that coal has gonu up Very much in price on lite Kuropoau continent. It will surprise inany people to learn j Ihat next to i'Vaneo the I hilled I Slales is to he tho Jdrg^st exhibitor at the Paris Kxposllion und will occupy the largest space. Commissioner (ion oral Peck has worked hard for the credit, ih'.b rcprcsciilati >n . i lids cou'n try ami his labors h ive been notably .successful. The I 'Piled Slates (Soven)* incnt building i-. otic of llio lineal ol the national structures on Ihn hanks of the Seine and nhoglhei no Auicrieaii need be ashainod of the part ins coun trymen arc to play in Iho greal show, An epidemic of acute caUntil of the stomach ami intestines, affecting lifly six soldiers, has been lraced In. Herr I'.. Pfuhl lo new potatoes. These po tatoes, which were gathered in June, contained about six times tin normal proportion of solaiiittc, and small Bpo'.s on llio sm face of iho peeled lu he.is showed a third more titan the rest. Il was Touud that the men who ate their entire portion had lilkcil about live grains of solitnllio, sulllciciil In produce severe disturbance*. The loss of diamonds, which has prove n a serious diawbaek in ihc use of diamoud saws for stone-cutting, is obviated by Mr. .lames Anderson, a Scotch inventor, by fixing lite sl< lies in sockets in the steel hy means of an electric"welding machine. Purifier, Dr. Hathaway Treats ASS Diseases. His y\cfh<>(I Invariant) Cures All Calarrhal, Bronchial, filing* Stout noli, Liver, Ki?lnoj and Other Coin plaints, us Well a* All Diseases and Weaknesses of Women* In In. Ilalliau iv's most ttonsivo practice, <'"\ crlnu ii poi lo?l "f more thiiuiMyciirs.hohashccu culled upon |o heal iill nuinner "i diseases of men ami women mal along tho w hole line nl Iniiniui ailments In* has boon uniformly sue < ??Sflll. In. Ilnthawiiy's mn tliml of treatment i- i directly at ihn seal oi (rouble, purifies tin- blood tones up the whole j stem mal tlio Olood. iioiitruli/cN tho (wlsons which l>roihico tho diseased conditions, O .? _, Yoarls lie restores h> i"Tfcci All niscnses ]?.;ilii, thousands of sufl Treated. from Catarrh, r.ronohllls, As Huna, liny I'cver. f.ung Coinpln als, Ktomncli l.lvorand Kidne y Diseases, Pilot.Tumors,Can L'ors. Rozcnta and all manner of skin nltecllons _ . Dr. Itatluiwaj nlso [rents ?Ith .jiiHcns sof urcntpsl success nil 111?? ? Womon many distressing wcnkncssc< ami illscaso' by widen no many womon nro afflicted Ci??,,i?'I Dr. Ifnthawny'sofficesnrc nth il Eloctrlonl wlt1inl, th<? latOKt electrical im.l Appliances, other appllancoK, In tlio use ? which, as well as the microscope, an has world wldofnmons an oxport. All <>f Iho medicines used bj Dr. Ilnthnwny are compounded In his own laboratories, under ins personnl direction. Mini special romcdlos arc prepared for each In dividual case according t<? its reaulroment*. Dr. Hntliawny has proimrod n sorlcs of stdf-cxnmlnailoa blanks applj InKlotliodlnjub'nl dlHcnsos which in- sends free on applicationi No. l, for Men; N<>. im Womon. No,;'. for skin Dlsoaw s; So I,for Catarrhal Dlseasos; No.6, for Kldnoys, Dr. Hathaway makes noohaiyc Consultation for consultation at either his Proo. office <>r by mall. -> J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, At. D. o, llitl In? way Si Co., ?: ? . .mill BroSxt StrCot, Atliintii.O?. All , TIO.N 1U IS I'AI'KH WIIXN WltlTlKie. Examination Blanks. i"-'?-"7 I/CHOICE Vegetables I will always find a ready market?but only that farmer cau raise them who has studied tlu: gr< ' ? h au to ob tain boil. A fy ruul quantity 1 by the judicious use of well balanced fertilizers. No fertil izer for Vegetables can produce ' a large yield unless it contains at least 8% Potash. Send for our books, which furnish lull information. We send them t free of charge. GliRMAN KALI WORKS, Nu>?au Si . New Yoik. I no ovcrsocra ol nine lorcstry sta* I lions in the dukedo.n ot Lippe have inndc an examination of troos struck by lightning throughout an an a of ?!?">, (Iliu acres, in Older l?> ascertain fur the (icrruati government the Biisccptibity of various trees t.> lightning, audits effects and occurrence in general. As ji result of tin ii- observations it was found thai the oak tree was by fat tin: most liable to lightning, in apito of tin fact that they wen- not as frequent tis other trees in the forest. The percent ages of the various species were given as follows: ltu< ell, 7<? per cent ? oak, 1 1 : pines, i;i, ami Urs, (i. During Ihc sev eral years through which UlCSC obser uliuiia were made, 275 Ileus wore struck i by lightning, and of these lot) or ?> j per cent were oaks, 59, or 21 percent I (Irs, -'i, <>r s per coht beeches, ami 20, I or 7 per cent pines, tin- other varieties damaged being p.iill less in number. Au Irlfi 1- the only empire 111 the world which lias never had colonies, or even transmarine possessions, ill any quarter of tin earib. Met- ambition has been only ('onliuonlal. Lasl week Hosier's New Orleans cot ton report showed S,l?8,i)<S2 bales to d:ile against '.1.07.".. loS for same date lust \ car. I Kxporimcnts in Ireland have yielded tobacco twice as strong as any other sold, with a nel prolit of ?800 an acte. ^ ;Ti T" ?T_> 'O. 3! . Bears tho Hlfl Kil I fl U H:i>- B..J; !il SOU'l HERN RAILWAY. Condemn il Srtttailulo <>i I'ui^eiignr l>Ala*. In Effect Uaooiubnr luthi i^'-O. G r r " n v 11 I ??, Wit sill III it (Of I mill lb" Ki*t. as "~~,:'?.~iC Norllibonnd. 11>? ) Dally, i >.ui. l.v. AtiRs.'A. C. T. " Atlanta. Ii T. " Qnlnetvilie.. " Athen*. " LuIa. " Cornell*. ?* Toocok. " Belinda....... " Greenville. . " Hi nrinnlmrg. " Gnffiiev .. " Blaoknuurs " (jiu>to|ita, " Chariolte.... A r. GrooiiBlmro I.v .(j reenxlioro Ar.Norfolk . . Ar ' ? invi .?? Ar. Iti'-lmioml . Ar. Wn Oiinuton " J'.ai i ni'ii I'H I " Plillllilel|ihiil. " Now York b ruin ( Ii RnntlilHtMtiil, " Plii)Auol|thirt , " I In 11 mi' >re. " \\ iihIiI:iu't a I I,v~. Ittchiitond . , I.V. 1 lAUVillO . . . i.v. NorfoiiT Knnl in?ir.'i iivi A II ii hi.i, Ktl\ :ia N.i."a iv. iliRlly r i?i?:ivi No.lli III \:> ii in ?!.-. ji,' (iinn ii i?i ! h J fjo IKI ii Ar Greensboro 1 (1 ti?> \> . 16 u I'jll OO |i i. 0 lo a T'l ! Lv Ar. Lv GlOl lisl.'il o churl >tt? .. (luvt? nin Hluek .i.uiK Half-.. v . t? I.. 10 ??? 11 ::, 11 4.' bpn ?'tniil.iii'K ? l-' IM Hn nville 8l> IHM .A '1.on ... Coi lielia.,. Lulft. . At li.'ii i. GAtnoHvilln A i In ii l a, IC. T. il iu At taut a, v. T. b i" l' i l> '?' |. in P Hi f !' a II a Vi a 1 1 iM ?t Si i? K ?i Is n 8 M I : (1 a 3 Ar. homo ' : in n 'I Un " ClinltnuoocA 0 45 n ? to a i .1. a II 13 n'.m n II: ti a y ('?I p a i ~i i> fj IS |1 r. i |to |i Ii i,. > )> li J 'Hi r 1 7 irJ p I? P ?so !? |> b .'.i |>l |1 10 Ml p p "uo |> VM a P .'. Ill a Ai Oiiii'iiiiinii " LouIh Un 7 p ; i". 7 ..'i \> 7 ii .'i p a. ; ;.u (i " HtrniiiiKliiiiii 11 fio a 10 00 ;? Ar. N?w Orlcnin ; 4,1 ?. u -\ Ar. Oohunbuti.Un ft SU n IMif? n ...j " Mnoon H :; i a 7 h jl i-' ?>, nj " HrniiHwlcU... U 00 a '. iW n 4 Iii n 11 W?i Ml a [ft, i) 10 i hi lit ." STATIONS. . i.v. . Sal .-iinilih*. 7. I v " i-uvi:|V ..jl,V I ll!ll i. ,*. ?? . " liriini'livillo <! . ('? ililiiihia . I " NowlMllT.V n ' ('Srconwoixl, II " . _ II. .1.- > . " \_ ? J v lit hhi ??! \ i ilors .ii .(li't'iMiviiio. PiI.V ..< iii-..:i\ iTjVJT I? Ar S|inriiinliiirLj ?' ....Asliovillo... _ I " ... K it >.<c vi Ho.. |Ar?Chi(.iiiiiiiiT." IA r...l iOuis\ iilo.. ' I'" p. 111. "M" ii a j.v ii i ,v. Ti hv Ar. ? l.i A Ar. H i:? p ? ?? . go* i? " . 8 !? l> " .I '.' u>j p " H no p 13 :u p ?? : p U W} \V S~iri"p i5j3 ? A: rt to p n i3j at ; iftjj ilfiRj ? i v . .. i in \:,\ Ar T? ii RS i?p F.V IV i.'i> All . 4 a " I ... 7l3t "_1 20 ? l7v ~.j 8 55 a l.v. " flSj hi. "N " night Trains leave Kingvillo. dallj except Sunday, foi (.'ainden Iu:l6n in and 4mA p. m. Ketium lug leave ('amdaii for Kiiifrvlllo, dully except Huiidny, 8:!>I> n in. and :?.:?? i?. m Also for Sum* tqr ditfly oxcopi Stimlny l<i:26n. in and 4:46J>< in. Itoiurnlnu lonvo Sum I or al 8:30 a. in. and B;o\)p. in., making conuoollon Hl Kingville with trains bol wcon (>>lmubiA And uiinrlostoiti 11 hi is louvo Simrinnburg vln 8, U, ,vo. divl' ?Ion llliil.V it Olemlulo, .hincsvillo, union mid Coluinliiit rtiul Inlol'inoillitta points at 1140a. ni. und 0:1ft p. Hi. '1'niliiH oavo Toccon, Oa., for Rlborlon, Oft., daily .. i'i p. in. oxcppl Ismidny, 7KKi a. in. Koluriilng linvt' Blbcrlou dally '-'.OU a. m. ?x< (>pl Sunday, I :'?*) p. in., malting ????>.n*o ttoii tu Toccon with (rains between Aiiauta, Oi eenvllle. Sud Ilm Baal. ', lies?i onko l.mo sioninors In servtes between Norfolk nud HaiiMni.ro. Nob. lit and :tt Dally. Washington And Month western Vestibule 1.1 in I toil. Through Pullman Bleeping enra between New Y?nk ami Now or leans, via WAshlnglon, Atlanta ami Montgom err, and also bolwoou Now York ami Mom phis, vinWauhlngtomAtlaiiianntl itiinilughajn. Ala* ... nut I'T'I.I.MAN I ' tili AH Y bH?ERVA TION i'AUs liotwooii Ailnnlftftnd New York. Firatclnss I hoi-otighftire coaches bet wwon wash [ligtonand AtInnia. I.i .i\ in,- \\ nshlngtoo o:ioh Monday, WodncftdAy aittl Friday a tourist sleeping car will run through between Wash ing'"!! lei Bau Francisco Without chance Inning CArs ?ei ve all mcftll en rout*. Pullman drawing-room sleeping can i>? tween Oreonslioro ami Norfolk, Close oon oeotlon hi Norfolk f<-i <>l.l POINTCOMFOHT. AIhoaI AtlAiilA wilh 1 iii.uin I). W. sleoper for QliAttattoogA And Olnch nnti, Nos ; mid OH t'tiiif. Mites Fast Mall run* ?olid botweon Waahln iton ami Now Orleans, being composed ofconchos, Ihroufrh without change for passenger* <>f all oiassas. Pullman draw liigTooin Bleeping .?i?bat wean Niw York ami New Orleans.via Atlnntaand Montgomery an. I bei wtiii < Inn lot i e and At laut a. 1 Unlcs oarl Serve all nuals enroll! A). ? 11,83. 84 and IV--Pullman rlserdnc; can bei oon Klciimond ami Ohftrlol to, via Danville, southbound Nos. II ami 33, northbound Nos Mandls Oonuoctlon al Atlanta with thrpugb in Drawl) g roi in ?"leaping car for JauK a in\ ilia; al*i Pullman sleeping oar for Bruns wick. Connect Ion mo.l? at Bpnifnnburg with through Pullman sloopor for Aahaville, Kuoi' rill?, ami Cincinnati; also at Columbia far Sa vannah ami Jaoksonvills, VP A N K K. GANNON, J. M.CULP. Third V?P. A (ten. Mgr.. Trafno M'fV Washington, D. O. Waahlngiod, D. O. y^tSSN ?JAPAN ESS CURB V New tmviit, > viiUatans <* ;UPTOsrr< ? ? of ointment fMIr . 11 vcr.fniling curafWlV** >f every natni it ? v.iianopanrik? .. t!> the ? ?* painful, nod odea Nnk.' rv. Why endure IM? Iwitti. d su.no? v?o i'.uk a Written Quaranta* la ??*?> $1 Box. n ' No Pay. yx-.uiul fi aw, ? fc? js. Sent by inn I. Samples IKS OINTMKNT, ?fto- and B0? CONSTIPATION ffiSAWti er. it I.IVI 1 S rOMACII Kr.(iULATOKt?t |'.| Small, mild and (MM :? laplcd for itiiktrcu*a mb> a? loses 15 l i nts. FREI ' !'"Sl> famous tittle Pe&efta WO. \ it more ol Pile Cum. i INK I'ki'HI Japammi Tvw i'i i ?. i sale only by fVold by Dr. lb P. I'osoy, Lattrens. [?-\SAL' ,.!^Li^*^l Tonil point-. North. South und South west, in etTecl November ->'A\, 1 st?*?. BOUTtl BOl) N l>. No.*103. No.4l i v Now York, P. It. II, ..*ll OOain ?(MAIpHI LvWRHhliiRtott, P, lt. It. . ftGOpir. 4B0am l.v Richmond, A. C.l. ;i''ti|>ui UU5am l.v Portsmouth S, A. I. .i 46pm*j2<laiii ArWeldon . it lOpin it t;tam Ar Henderson.M2fiHam *i 3>pm Ar talci-'h. 2 2iam 3 3ttpm ArSo Pinea. I 27am tiOOpni .\rH ai .Irl. 6 1 jam 7 OOpm hv VN ! miii;:loii. S. A. i.*.'.o ipjn ArMonroc, S. \. I.am ?:? I2nm An liurlotte ?. A. i.?' > ?n?aii>* 1" iJSplil ?rChcstcrSAI. ?> I3am?i?bVpm ArCirccnwood.10 45am i 12a o Ar Athens. 1 IMpm :t isam Ar AI lall la.?Upm Iba Hl , t. o in :i i oll NO. No. 402. No. 38 l.v Attatita H.A.I.' i ??pm'x ?oprn A r A them. 08pm 11 05pm ArCroeuwood. 5 40pm t 4(lam Ar Chester. 7 A3pm 4.0Saiu Ar Monroe. U 30pm 5 4&am iiV Charlotte S ? I.' < 20pm *.lain Ar Iiamlel S? l.11 lupm 7 4:(am Ar vVIlmlutrioii,S A i. "1205pm hv So I'imchSa i.M2 02am *l)tAaro Ar Ualcigli. 2t)3am u I3ani Ar Henderson .. . 3 2tJaiii 12 ulpni Ar SVeldon. t 55a m . &0pm Ar Portsmouth, ... _7 '.'."?am ? 2?pm ArKiehmoud, A.C. I.?ti l?am '7 2tipm ArWashin^tunvial'cun HK12 31pia 1! 20pm ArNew York.Ii 23pm Ii 53am f Daily. Ilittilj iix. Sunday. Nos. in.; and 102.?"Tho Ailaiua SpeeTai Solid Ycslibulcd l'rainof Pullman Sleepers nud Coaches between Washington and At lanta.also Pullman Sleepers between Poris? mouth and Charloic, N. C. Nop 41 and 3s.?"Tho S.A. I.. K.xpr-as," soini Train, < 'oae.hos ami Pulliuuu Sleepers Let ween Portsmouth and Atlanta. IJoth trains make imincdialo connection at Atlanta for Montgomery, Mobile, New Orleans. Texas. California, Nlcxico, Chatte, iioo a, Nashville, Memphis. Maeon. Plor Ida !?'?>r Tickets, Sleopors. otc., apply to U. Mi P. II ATT K, T. P. A , I'ryon Street, Charlotte, N. C. .1 P. .ikNM.M.S. A>_'t Abbeville, S, i . i. . Sr. .It'llN, Vice President and Ceiioral M analer. ii. NV 11. (il.OVKit,Trallie Manager. \ . K. MellKK, Ooncral bupt h. S Al.l.KN, (Icn'l Passenger A acut. Ucncral Olliccs, Portsmouth. \ irginin Si KEsio:u.b VITALITY ^ \ rfcd J> ^ WaII Man ?>^t Well Man the ~;\ of Me. ETRliNCH RIM,"' V.Produces I lie nliove rcsidl A" in 30 ilu>&. t ';<?.?> A ? > .'? '\u/m/>i>tfm.y l 'it>ic<)???'/.*, J'ttiki j .' uioiy. S(c| s all .liains i.lid losses caused by .?'in rs ol \outli. ti ?mos nil Hi .ty ami Coij uniptloii. ^ ? iiti>, M< u h K.dn Man i-oot) ami < ?' M'ti ri\ >\. i Vi'iiil ul Vigor, n gives \ig"r '..ids'r.e to shrunl.i ii organs, mid fits a inn lor b' .inc.- or umring . ! carried m I ho vi st pi wet. 1'ij e t*n PTC ' I'oxesj. um I, in I ? i)U 1? I O. w i: ? it] umaiili . UK. JEAN 0 HAK I <?. i'arss Sold l>v l)r.'U. I'. I'oscy, I.aureus. Charleston and Western Carolina R. K A 001 SI A A.M> ASUKVIbl.U SlIOUT I.I.Mt i u'offect Jan 17, Im o. I.\ Augusta. inhu 1 40 p Ar < ? rconwoOd.1' Ift p . ?? Anderson. o 10 |> ? Lmrous . i 20 |> ? :<? ? (ireenville.'?' |HI p 10 13 a ' (? l?-iiit Springs . .. I HO p ??J Spartantinrx. !i M p I? 00 a " Saluda. 6 :? p . " Hrendordouvllle.U OH p . " Aslteyille . f 00 p fiv Ash?vUlc. 8 20 Vi . " KcnderHouvillo. . '?> I*.' a . " Plat Itoek _. '.? vi a . ?? Saluda_ . 0 ??> a . " Tryon. 10 2? a ?? Snitrtunhiirg . II 4f?a I 10 p " Ulenti Springs.lo uti a ...... Qreenvill.? 12 ?I p t <*> i? ?' haurens. l p . |>0 i> " Amlcrsoti . u a " (;?. eh w ? oil. 2 \. Ar Aug -? ._ .. 5 10 p 10 >- n Ivv^J?llr?un Kalls . .....4 4T|>. ' italeiph_i.12 20 a '? Norfolk . 7 30 a . ?* Petersburg. 15 20 a . A r Uiehiiioud. ..... 7 -0 a . f.v ?ugUHta. It 'i5 p Ar Allendale. ft fts p " Fairfax . . ft J2 p ?? Veiiuuisoe. 10 Oft a . i'i p " llcaiif. it.II 1ft a s lO.p " Port Itoyul._li LO h v 26 p " Savannah . . .... " ?hnrloaUin ... . IjV Charleston. ft 1? a Port Koyal . 1 IMJ p '.<> a ll< auforl. it; p v in a ' Ye masse.!. 2 .'10 p h !tf) a " Kali tax. . !> 40 i? ?* Allendale. '?? 52 n Augusta. . 11 66 u 1 10 |> in train makes o.oso connection ai Calh' mi Pulls for all points on 8. A. I? ( lose connection at (ireenwood for all poitil> ? v11 8. A. I., ami ('. >\ <;. Uallway, ami ui s>partauburg with .Southorn Hall way For any information relative, to tickets rates, schmlules, etc , address \\ .1. Ckaio. Hen Pass. Ag"lit, K.M. North, Hol. Aut. Augo in. tin T m) Kmh?*i<i. Tralll.i * .m.. r Easily,Quickly, Permanently Restored MAGNETIC NERVINE illlll-U l<> I UK* ll Nervous Dcbili Palling Mi'tjioi i Sickness, lirro Price Due. and SI I?. sold with a written guai innia, Pitt, DizadncsSi Hysteria, , Lost Vitality, Seminal Losses, tin i <? mil ni < >\ et -work, Worry, ?,( Voutn or Overindulgence. 6 boxes 15. h ur quii . |io iiivc ami lasting results In Sexual akm 5s, Impntency, Nervoua l)ebiliiy and Lou Vital.'.v, use Bi uB Labgi Special?double Strength will give m uhrUi ami tour to every part nnd effect a ncrm iicnt cure. Cheapest ana beat. loo Pills; ItJ mail. . itt\i::fa. v % FREE- ? \1 tile of the famous lapanese Liver Pelleta u h? Riven with a fi boa 01 mote of Mag* neue Ni i\ inc. tree. Sold only by ^ Soldby Dr. lt. F. Posoy, Laurens. PITT'S Cure-1 dyspepsia, Indigestion, and nil stomach or bowel troubles, eollo or cholera morbus, teething troubles with children kidney troubles, l>atl blood and nil sorts o Bores, ri lugs or felopn, ruts and burns. 11 Ih as good antltentlo, when locally applied an any Illing on the market. Try It and vim will praise it to other* if your druggist doesn't keep it, write to Pitts' Antiseptic Invigorator Co. THOMSON, GA.. di CAlU'KNTKU.nUOH , ? qenville, H. < .