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The Laurens Advertiser. $i $o per Year in Advance. MINING AND MKTALLURdY. A Measure Before CongreHH That Will Benefit CleniSOU Col lege. The Washington correspondent of the News and Courier gives the fol lowing information in regard to a bill introduced by Gen. Groavenor, of Ohio, which will likely pass Congress at this session : The House committee on mines and mining has juat taken action calculated to place the study of miuingand metal lurgy ou the Baiue footing with agricul ture in thoao iuatitutes in the various States and Territories which receivo eoverument aid. Tho committee has, by a unanimous vole, reported favorably a bill intro duced some timo ago by Gen. Groave nor, of Ohio. This bill provides that there shall bo annually appropriated from tho monoy arising from the sale of public lands certain sums to bo used for the establishment and maintenance of schools or departments on mines and mil,'n , in connection with the colleges for the beneilt of agriculture and me chanic nrts. The bill sets forth that there shall be paid to each Stato for this purpose the sum of ^fl0,000 for the year ending Juno .10, 1002 ; with annual increase of the amount of such appifiliation thereafter for ten years by an additional sum of SI ,000 over the precediug year, tho annual amount to bo paid thereafter to each Stato and Territory to bo #20,000. CoDgro88tiian Tato f the IHh dis trict of Georgia, who .0 a member of the committee on mines and mining, took an active part iu shaping the bill and as a result of his special activity was paid by the committee tho hand some complimont of being requested to make the report to tho House. Tins is a very unusual compliment to bo ac corded a member of the minority. Mr. Tale, howover, expressed it as his bc liof that while thoro is no politics what soever in the bill, it would bo better to have the report come from a mcmbor of tho majority, and at his suggestion it was made by Mr. Scott, of Kansas. Mr. Scott points out in his report that the principle upon which the bill proceeds is one which has long been ? 'tablishcd in our legislation, Congress having in 1802 committed itself to tho policy of extending Federal aid in tho way of grants of public land to several States for educational purposes. The purposes of the bill now pending are dhcctiy in line with the policy here tofore pursued. While tho net of 18(52 made no direct reference to the great mining industry of tho country and carried uo provision for research look ing to its development, the pending measure is intended to provide for this de?ciency. The policy ursucd by the framers of this bill is to strengthen the iustitutions before establish* d and previously equipped for the work in stead of trying to build up new institu tions. Mr. Scott points to the great success of the agricultural colleges anil ex pressed the opiuion that this Grosvcnor bill will do for the mining interests of the country what has been so well done under tho original act for our agricul tural interests. 14 It is a matter of com mon knowledge," said ho, " that, not withstanding tho great value of our mineral product, amounting in tho year of 1000 to the stupendous aggregate of $1,070,108,888, there is an enormous waste in the present process of exiract iug both precious and common miner als. There can bo no doubt that scientific research, investigation and experiment will eventually develop methods and processes by which a large part of this wasto can be avoided and tho aggre gate wealth of the nation thereby vastly increased." He considers it a well recogni/.ed iact that the scienco and art of agriculture have been revolu tionized through "the agency of the agricultural experiment stations, and expresses the belief that it is the right ami duty of the Federal government to extoud aid toward the development of our untold mineral wealth as well a toward agriculture. Tho amount appropriated by this bill for the forty-eight States and Territor ies for the ?rat year is $480,000 and at the end of ten years will bo 8000,000 annually. It this expenditure should lesult in increasing by only one-tenth of 1 per cent our annual mineral pro duct the country would, in the opinion of tho committee, be more than rcpnid m the direct increase of intelligence and skill; for it is argued that every dollar of mineral wealth wrested from the soil is new wealth, which goes into general use, permanently increasing the volume of metallic circulation and contributing ready mntcrial for tho arts, the sciences and the conveniences of civilized life. The bill provides that this appropria tion shall be expended only for in struction, research and experiment in mining, mining machinery, mining engineering, mine exploitation, metal lurgy, chemistry, geology, fcreetry, agricultural engineering and road making, irrigation and irrigation en gineering and branches of learning per taining to said subjects. The bill provides at length for the administration of the fund. Tho dis? bursement is made to tho diffeient Stales and Territories in the same way it is now made for the benefit of land grant colleges. In any State or Terri tory where a school of mining has heretofore been established by specific Act of Legislature and is a soparate institution from the college for the benefit of agriculture and mechanic arts, one-half of the sums to be ap propriated shall be paid to such school of mines and the ? Hier half to the col lege for the benefit of agriculture and mechanic arts, hut in ui 7 State where no such separate school of mines has been established, but where there is a State university maintained in whole or in part by income from grants or conces sions of public lands by the United States, or supported by the State and under the concluslvo control of the Legislature thereof, and which has during the past academic year main tained in actual operation a distinctive school or department of mines m a branch of said university, one-half of the appropriation shall be paid to sich State university for the exclusive use Of its mining school or department and ihe other half to the college for the benefit of agriculture and mechanic arts: Provided that in any case where such separate school of mines is under the same board of control as tho col lege for the benefit of agriculture and mechanic aits, such board of control may divide tho sums hereby appropri ated between the school of mines and the college of agriculture and mechanio artn. no f?r (as in its judgment such division will more fully carry into effect the purposes and provisions of this new AcL There is a lurther and special pro viso that" where by special Act Con gress has authorised tho establishment, iu conformity with tbo provisions of the Act of Congress establishing col leges of agriculture and ' mechanic arts of an additional collego in any State, and were such college is located in the mining or mineral section of such State, not leso than ono-half of the I sum hereby appropriated aball be paid to the college so located." It will be seen from this provision that the aim of the bill is to reach colleges which are iu a position to aid in the dis semination of knowledge concerning mining matters. Whero there is now a branch college so located us to have especial advantages in this lino it is to rccoivo the benefit of the appropriation. Congressman Tato, in commenting' upon the bill and its provisions, said *4 Us purposes are evident on the face of the bill. Wo havo been working on the dotails for some time, our aim be ing to get the best possible results for the monoy appropriated. We believe that tho measure is ono that will com mend itself to everybody who in vestigates it." LIQUOR AND TUR SCHOOLS. Larger Contributions to the Gen eral School Fund From tho Profit? on SuIch. Tho State l>oard of control was in sossion last week, aud tho most impor tant matter under consideration was tho act passed at tho recent session of tho Legislature diroctiug largor pay ments from tho prollts of tho dispon ! sary to the school fuud. Tho act shows that tho General As sembly thinks that the State dispen sary ought to bo able to do business with a paid up capital of 400,000, and if that bo roal profit, Which is so ro poitcd, and uot on paper, that it will bo ample for tho business of tho dis pensary. According to tho. last guoni] report the ,,; .??eusary has on band throughout the State iu tho various dispensaries stock aggregating $842,153 811, and in tho State dispensary stock valued at 8305,580 20, and in tho ntinunl report is the statement that tho State dispen sary has to tho credit of U:o school fund $011,354 38. Nothing was paid , into tho general school fund by the dispensary during the last year, accord ! nig to tho annual report, and nil of tho protlt8 made lust year and for some , tiruo beforo Lavo been put mto the \ business, as appears from the annual report. Now the General Assembly thinks I that the business ought to be run ou a eapital of 8100,000, and that tho balanco reported as duo the public schools, 8211,354 IM bo paid in cash before January 1, 1004, and that in the meanwhile the quarterly prollts should be paid over to tho public 1 school fund as made hereafter, and that ! no part of the prollt earned fiom now on should go into tho dispensary busi ness, and that in two years the 8211, 000 in additiou should be paid into the public school fund. Last year tho dis pensary reports a net prollt of 8120, 005.25, and the likelihood is that an equal aura will bo made and paid into I tho treasury during the present year. The intimation has been made that the dispensary prollls are somewhat on paper, but when the present year closes and tho profit aro paid out at tho close of each quarter it cuu bo readily seen exactly what the Stale dis pensary is making in tho way of prciils and whether these profits aro actual, on j paper or in unsalable stock. I The protlts for the last quarter re ported aro #41,8;W 1(1). The State dis ponsary does an annual business of , over two millions of dollars, and tho contention by tho State board is that : it will take close rubbing and difficulty ' to run the business upon a cash basis I and not have over $400,000 worth of J stock on hand. There are now ovor one hundred dispensaries in the State, and tho Stnle board contends that all of the dispensaries should bo well stocked. The State board will have an excel lent chance to show their business methods, and to show exactly what tho dispensary does in n year's time in the way of making money and at tho samo timo give the public schools a boon they very much need. The act as it passed the General As sembly is of special interest at this time and reads as follows: Section 1. That the directors of the State dispensary shall pay over to the State Treasurer by January 1, 1004, in equal scmi-anuual payments, all of tho school fund reported by ihcm in excess of $400,000 for the benellt of the com mon schools of the State, to be appor tioned by and paid out on the warrant of tho Comptroller General as is now provided by law for tho apportionment and payment of the dispensary prolits for the beneiit of said schools; provid ed, that the ilrst payment shall be made on the .'10th day of June, 11)02. Section 2. That from and after the approval of this Act the directors of the Stato dispensary shall make a quarlerly statement for the purpose of ascertaining the net prolits nccruing to the State from tho sales made from the Stato dispensary and shall pay over the profits so ascertained to the Stale Treasurer within ton days thereafter In Two Minutes There will be another car. But the ninn can't wait. He chnscs the car and swings on, panting and hot, but satisfied. He keeps this gait up all day. He works that way, he lunches that way. He contin ues this tintil his stomach "bre- ";adown" and nature comj>elft him to "go slow." Businessmen who hnvc impaired their digestion by hasty eating will find in Dr. Plerce's Golden Metltcal Discovery a cure for dyspepsia and other diseases of the stomach and organr of digestion and1 nutrition. It does not give mere temporary relief, but it effects a radical cure. It strengthens the stomach, nour ishes the nerves and purifies the blood. 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My mother was also cured by it of a very bad state of stomach trouble about three ycurs ago. I thank you a thousand times for what you have done for mc and for your kind advice." Wasted to a SkolotoHm "About six years ago my health failed," writes Miss Alcthea It. Green, of Coopstowu, Harford Co., Maryland. "I kept getting down lo\ cr and lower, until I could scarcely walk across the floor without struggling and gasping for breath. My home physician pronounced it general de bility and catarrh of the throat, but although he did all he could, he failed to even relieve mc I tried various remedies, but all of no avail. I soon wasted away to a mere skeleton. Finally I was persuaded to write to Dr. R. V. Fierce, *>f lluffnlo, N. Y., which I did immediately. And on receiving his very kind advice I commenced the use of his ' Golden Medical Discovery' and ' Fa vorite Prescription.' I took fourteen bottles of the ' Golden Medical Discovery' and nine of the 'Favorite Prescription' and to-day I am a well ?woman. I do heartily thank God and Dr. Fierce for my good health." Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser is sent free on receipt of stamps to pay expense of mailing only. Send 31 one-cent stamps for the lx>ok in cloth binding, or ai stamps for the paper cov ered volume. A.ldrcss Dr. 1<.. V. Tierce, Buffalo, N. Y. for tho bcneilt of the commou schools of the Stato, to bo apportioned by aud paid out on tho wartant of the Con troller Genoral, as is now provided by law for the apportionment and pay ment of dispensary profile for said schools. Tho ilrst settlement made under this act shall be on the 31st day of March, 11)02. Section 3. That tho county treas urers of tho soveral counties of this Stato shall not pay to tho authorities of the several cities and towns entitled to dispensary prolits thoir share of such prolits except upon tho warrants of the county board of control and county auditor issued to tho authorities of said cities and towns, when settlements arc made by them as required by law. Tho said county board of control and coun ty auditor shall at tho same time also certify in writing to the county supervi sor of tho county entitled to share tho dispensary prolits the amount thereof to which the county is entitled. Section 4. All prodta from county dispenaaricB subject to distribution among the counties, cities and towns of the Stato which have accrued since tho fourth Monday of December, 1001. and which may hereafter accrue, shall he distributed monthly among tho coun ties, cities and towns entitled thereto in tho proportion fixed by law, and that the settlements to ascortain the sarao shall be made on tho fourth Monday in each month, instead of quarterly, as heretofore provided by law. Tho act has been approved by the (iovernor. Tho Slate board has adopted a reso lution directing thai $25,000 bo paid into tho State treasury on account of tho school fundf* This payment is to be mado at once and the money will be available uh'der tho provisions of the act. TA MILIAR AI ISO, HOT AT IONS. I n Irirsi i no CompiiriHoii of I'er VcrHlotlH ami Original?. Even the least scholarly of us nowa days aro prone lo quotations, bays the Baltimore Sun, though we might not indulge ourselves quite so often if wo believed a little more thoroughly that a little learning ? usually misquoted "knowledge"?is a dangerous thing, and that it is uot safe to quoto a phrase unless you aro familiar with the work in which it occurs. Take, for instance, "the oven tenor of their way." Gray never penned such a phrase hi his "Elegy." What ho wrote waa the "noiseleBS tenor of their way." Nathaniel Lee also suffers in "When Greek meet s Greek then comes the tug of war." What he wroto was, "When (irecks joined Greek, then was the tug of war." Again how often is "but tho tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil" (James ill., 8), rendered "the tonguo is an unruly member." "Charity shall cover over the multi tude of sins" (l Toter iv., 8) is usually distorted into "charily covereth a mul titude of sio." ? We were wont to talk about "speed ing the parting guest," too, whereas,' Corn removes from the soil large quantities of Potash. The fertilizer ap plied, must furnish enough Potash, or'thc land will lose its pro ducing power. Read carefully our books on crops?sent frt*. GERMAN KAM WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. Pope, iu Satiro II., wrote "speed tho going guest." Tho champion case of nonsense put forward as sense, however, is probably tho crime which is continually being committed against Puller's "Iludibras" "A man convinced against bis will will hold tho same opinion still." Of course what Butler wrote was, "He that com plies against his will is of his own opinion still"?a slight diffcronco iu sense as well as words, euroly. A passage on morcv from Shakes peare's "Merchant of Venice" is usual ly givon as "falleth the gentlo dew," whoreas tho words writ by tho bard are "dropped as the gontle raiu." Again the "Itomco and Juliet" "that I shall say good-night, till it bo mor row" is, in nincty-uine cases out of one huudrcd misquoted as?"that I could say good ..iylit uulil tomorrow." Wo nro aluo fond of saying, "the man that hath no music in his soul-," but tho correct phrase is ''the man that hath no music in himself." Even Miltou does not escape. His "freBh woods and pastures new" ("Ly cidas") is usually misquoted "fresh fields and pantures new." In "Henry and Emma" Matthew l'rior wroto "lino by degrees and beautifully less;" though wo are wont to render tho phrase?"small by degrees aud beauti fully lees." TUB LOSS KS IN THIS WAR. Tho Greenville Mountaineer, March 8,1002. Tho editor of THE Mountainkbii, in rosponding to an invitation from tho j. L. (Joker Camp, 8. C. V., of Hartevllle, 8. C, gavo to hia audienco an address upon " Scraps of Confederate History," and among other topics presented ho furnished a compilation of the losses in tho great war between the States, which will doublcss prove interesting to tho public generally. This portion of tho addrsss is as follows : LOSSES IN T1IK WAR. Tbo Southern Confederacy was com posed of eleven States, which in 18t>0 had a military population of 1,064,193 with which to confront tho 4.559,872 of tho same class in tho other States and Territories. During the next four years the military population iu the South was iucreascd over 200,000 from those reach ing their 18th year, and iu other States and Territories tko military population was increased over 900,000 from tho same sourco. Thoso who wero exompt on account of physical infirmities or o'.herwiso, constitute in every country one-fifth of the military population, and ofllcial llgurcs show that 25 per cent of tho porsons examined in 1863-05 by the United States authorities were rcjectod as unlit for military duty. Tho Confed erate recruiting olllccrs did not insist upon any high standard of physical re quirements, as tho needs of the army woro too pressing, and they accepted all recruits and conscripts except such as woro manifestly incapacitated for mili tary service Tho aggrcgato enrolment of tho Confederate armies during tbo wbolo war, according to an estimate in tho " Southern Historical Socioty Pa pers," which was approved by Adjutant Genoral Sam'l Coopor, numbered over 000,000 effectivo mcu, of whom not over 400,000 woro enrolled at any ouo timo. The total enlistments in tho Federal armies were equal to 2,320,108 men ro cruitod for three years' sorvico. Thum: figures substantially maintain tho ratio of the military population as ascertained by tho consus in 1809, and as to tho Fcdoral armios thoy arc based up on tho statistics of tho war department in Washington. Tho official rosters of tho Oonfedorato armies at various dates during tho war show tho following num ber of organizations that wore in almost continuous scrvlco in tho field: 520 reg iincuts nnd 85 battalions of infantry; 127 regiments and 47 battalions of caval ry ; 5 regimonts and (1 battalions of heavy artillery, and 201 battorlos of light artillery. Tho aggregato is equivalent to 704 regiments of ton companies oach. Only a fow now regimonts were organ ized aftor 1802, and in most cases thoy woro consolidations of provlous organi zations. Tho recruits and conscripts woro assigned to tho old regiments to keep up an cfToctivo stronKth. I Tho total loss of tho Oonfodorato ar [ raios In killed and mortally wonndod will never bo definitely known, and can be stated only in round nurabore. A. sum mary of tho casualties in each battle and minor ongagoraont, using official reports only, and in their absoaco tho ostlmatcs from Oonfodorato sources, indicates that 04,000 mon w?re killed or mortally wounded on tho Confederate side da ring tho war. In tho report made by Gon. James D. Fry for 1805 0, thoro is a tabulation of Confederate losses as compiled from tho muster rolls on fllo in tho Bureau of Confederate archives at Washington. Tho returns are incomplete, and uearly all tho Alabama rolls aro mlsBiug. Tho figures aro worth noting, howovor, as they show that at least 74,524 woro kill ed or died of wounds, and that 59,297 died of disease. Without meaning to make any invidious comparison, tho tabulation of Gen. Fry's report shows that out of tho 74,524 who were killed or died of wounds, North Carolina and Booth Carolina aro accredited with 82,505, or more than 43 por cont. of the total loss. The highest per centago of loss in killod and mortally wounded, ratod according to the military popula OA?TOniA. Be,,, um, j% lha Kind You Haw Always BoqH tion la 1800, beloage to Boath Carolina, and 1b a moat comploto vindication of her action la loading tho secession move ment, which tho sous and daughters of Coofodorate Boldiors caa trcaeuro as an adhoronco to principle on tho part of their ancoBtry. Mr. Kirkloy, tho statistician of tho U. I 8. war department, states tho deaths from battles daring the civil war, as ho terms it, at 110,070, of which 07,058 aro claBBifled as killed la action and 43,013 as having died of wounds. Estimating from tho loss in killod and mortally wouuded, tho conclusion is drawn that thoro were 275,175 men wounded other wise than mortally la tho Union armios, making tho total numbor of killod and wouuded 385,245, within a Bmall fraction of tho total numbor of effectivo men iu all tho armlos of tho Confodorato States during tho ootiro four years, bo that for each man iu tho Coafodorato sorvico thero was a man killed or wouuded in tho Fodoral sorvico. Tho numbor of wouudod who wero troAtod At tho F?d eral hospitals during tho war watt 210, 712, which ombracod nlno-tontln of all tho woundod, according to tho Hurgoon Gonoral'b ostimato. Thoro is no way of arriving at tho oxact numbor of killod and woundod, but tho hospital records are substantially accurate, and tho Iobsob in minor engagements for which no olll cial roturus of casualties wero mado will undoubtedly iucroaso tho total consider ably. At Gettysburg, which bus boon termed tho greatest of hietorio battles, the Fed eral loss is stated at 8,003 killed, 14,402 woundod, and 5,435 captured or missing. Tho mortally wouuded aro as usual in cluded in the 14,402 roportcd simply as woundod, but this docs not fix tho actunl loss of life, aud Lt. Col. Wm. P. Fox, U. 8. army, has oxaminod tho rolls of each regiment which fought at Gettys burg, and takiug namo by namo he has ascertained that 5,201 men lost their lives ou that Held, and tbo Second Corps (Hancock's) sustainod a loss of 1,238 in killed and diod of wounds, or nearly one-fourth of tho total loss thus ascer tained. It was thoro that this famous corps had tho hardest fighting in Hb ex poriouco and won its greatest laurels, and it was there tboy mot aud ropulsed Pickott'B magnificent chargo, where tho fighting was deadly in tho extreme. Tho por contago of loss iu tho first Minnesota regiment was without an equal in tho records of modem warfare. Only 202 , men from 8 companies wero iu action of July 2nd, and tho total casualties were 215, of whom 4? were killed aud 108 wounded, making 82 per cent. Tho Federal reglmont sustaining tho greatest loss in battle duriug tho entire war was (he Fifth Now Hampshire, which lost 205 men, killed or mortally wounded in action, from 1801 to 1805. Tho distinction must be drawn be tween a per ccntago of loss aud the greatest loss in any given battlo, depend ent upon tho number of men carried into action. Tho sovercst losses are not al ways tho largest numerically. Take the 20th North Carolina, Pcttigrow's brigade, whoso loss at Gettysburg was 80 killed aud 502 wounded, making a total of 588, iu addition to 120 roported as missing, who were lost In Pickett's chargo. nearly all of whom must have beeu killed or wouuded, as they fell into tho enemy's bauds and wero not included iu the hos pital report. The casualties were 708 out of 820 who wero present, and this loss occurred mostly in tuo first day's fight, which is au almost unexampled record. Tho por ceutago of loss in the 20th North Carolina at Gettysburg was 71.7, which is tho third highest per cont ago in tho Confederate army. - Tho First Texas in the battlo of An tiotam (Sharpsburg) carried only 220 mou iuto action, and tho loss was 45 killed aud 141 woundod, which is 82 U por cent., tho highest por contago on record. Tho 21st Georgia at the Hccond Manassas (Aug. 28-31, 1802), wiU 242 men in action, lost 38 killed aud 140 wounded, or 70 per cent. Tho Palmetto Sharp Shooters at Frazlor's Farm (June 30, 1802) with 375 mon in action, lost 80 killed and 215 wouuded, or 07.7 per cont. Tho Sixth So. Oa. at Soven Piucs (May 31,1802) with 521 men in action, lost 88 killod and 181 woundod, c* 51.0 I per cont. Tho 1st 8. O. Rifles (Orr's regiment) at Gaines' Mill, with 587 mon in action, lost 81 killed and 225 wouadcd, or 50.0 por cent. Anderson's So. Oa. brigade (afterwards Jenkins' and tin n Bratton's) in tho "Soven Days Around Richmond" with 1,250 mon in action, lost 130 killed and 038 woundod, 13 missing, or 02.0 por cent. This loss occurred in tho two battles of Gaines' Mill and Frazlor' Farm. Longst root's Division (Andorson's, Pryor's, Wilcox's and Fcatherstono'a brigades) during tho 8cvon Days Battles, lost at Oainos' Mill nnd Fra/.lor'a Farm 700 killed, 3,485 woundod and 237 miss ing; total 4,488 out of 8,831 ongagod, or 50.2 por cent. Nor was this au uncom mon loss, as tho oillcial reports often in dlcnto a loss of forty por cont. or moro. Through tho dosporato strugglo of four yoars, with its scores of groi t battles and minor ongagomoats, the ranks wero divided and sub-divided until tho ond camo, and with it a brigade or division was moroly a thin of shreds aad patches. As early in tho war as BharpBburg (Sept. 17, 1802) regiments were com manded by captains and companios by sorgoants. Gettysburg was undoubtedly tho groat oat battlo of tho war; tho strategic issues involved wero tho most important; Washington City was imperilled, and tho Fedorals woro on tho defonsivo; and it was the turning point in tho fortunes of tho Oonfodoracy. Tho contending armies woro not only largo, but wero at their best in point of discipline and ex perience. Leo and Muado woro battling for tho mastery, and the loss of lifo ox The WoiT s Greatest Cure for Malaria X Vat all forma%f Malarial polaon .ur take Johnson'* Chill and Wt?f Tonic. A taint of Malarial poison .?-Vln yp-jrbioml memiainlwry anil failure. IUoonineUlciiiosoan tCUre Malarial poisoning. Tho antidote for It la JOHNSON'S TONIC. Get a bottle to-day. Costs 50 Rents If It Com. coedod that of any other field awopt by these two groat armies. Antlotam (or Bharpsburg) was tho bloodiest and most furious battlo, and moro mon wero killed that day than any [ other ono day of tho war. At Gettys burg, Ghancollorsvillo and Bpotsylvanla, tho fighting covered three days or more, at tho Wilderness, Gold Harbor, Bhiloh, Ohickamauga and Atlanta tho Iobbos wore divided between two days, but at Antietam tho dosporato work bogan at Bunriso and was practically ondod at 1 four o'clock in tho aftornoon. Leo's | army consisted of 35,000 foot aoro, woary soldlora, poorly clad and Blimly fod, I while McClellan brought 00,000 mon on the field, with a roaorvo force of 27,000 in full vlow of tho contoBt. One-fourth of Loo's army, moro thau 8.000, lay doad or wouudod on tho field, while McOlol lau's Iobsob were 12,500 in round num bors. . It was a square, hand to-hand fight, aud tho survivors on both aldoB slept in tho very Hues whoro thoy had fought amid tho carnago of tho bloody Hold. Iu tho Seven Days Around Richmond, Loo's army wab botwoon 80,000 aud 00,000, tho vory Oowor of Southern youth aud chivalry, aud ho novor lod Us liko again. Grant's army at tho WildorncBS two years later numbered 120,000, composed of vetoran rogimonts, whoso ?ags had waved above the smoko and din of numorous battlo Holds. Another year camo, aud tho remnaut of Leo's match - lcs soldiers furled their (lags in the prc-jnoo of Grant's steadily iucreaslng uumbors, for tho work of military attri tion had been accomplished. A new religious sect has started in Russia called Podpoiuiki, winch signi fies "Dwellers under the Earth." They pledge themselves to caro for all fugi tives from justice, vagabonds, desert ers from tho army and other misera ble beings, whom they hide away in clefts or holes in rocks. Those among their own people who fall sick ate treated in the same way, but are left without food or drink of any kind. I Mrs. Hose Sullivan, of West Winter port, Me., will resign as postmistress of that placo on March 8, after con tinuous service of fifty years. Mrs. Sullivan is 75 years old. She was ap pointed postmistress at West Winter port on November 1!>, 1851. Mrs. Sullivan finds her occupation gone be cause of the rural free delivery service, which docs away with tho little post otlicc. (<cn Horace I'orlcr, United States ambassador in France, will come to this country this summer, having ac cepted the invitation to deliver the or ation in connection with the centen nial celebration of the founding of tho United States Military Academy which will occur at West Poiut on Juno 12. The citizens of Florence have petitioned the Southern Cotton Oil Co., to rebuild their cotton oil plant there which was recently destroyed by fire. Steps will bo taken by the com pany to rebuild at once. John Hays, the first white man to discover the immense copper deposits of Michigan, still lives in Cleveland, Ohio, and is 1)7 years old. How the Farmers Can Save Money To tho Editor of The Farmer: Tho following communication issued by the Assistant Agriculturist of Cloni sou Agricultural college is of so much value to the farmers of this State on ac count of tho present high price of all feed products for farm animals and stock, that I havo determined to get you to publish this as an advertisement for which our company will bear the ex pense. As some of the products made up in tho ration as made by Mr. (Jonuor may not bo available to various planters, I suggest that any planter writo to Mr. Conuor and stato what food products arc available to him, both rough forage and concentrated food, and Mr. Connor will take ploasuio iu making up a ration to suit his needs as he has done iu this instance. General Manager Tho Southern Cotton Gil Company, Cheap Rations for Horses and Mules. Yours trul To the Editor of Tho Farmer; Farmers from various sections of tho Stato have been writing asking about the advisability of feeding horses and mules on cotton seed meal and hulls and also asking for a chcapor ration thau corn. Tho following prices aro given in a lcttor from Bcranton, H. O. ; Corn, $10 per ton; oats, $45 por ton: wheat bran, $25 per ton; cotton seed meal, $25 per ton; rice meal, $22 per ton. Of courso corn and oats arc out of the question as a food for horBes and mulcB at tho above prices so something choapor must bo looked for. Tho analysis shows that rico meal has about tho samo composition as corn moal and wo have found that it is just ae good for feeding pigs. Wo have fed it to horses with good results. I think wo aro safo in saying that it may bo used in placo of corn pound for pound. If no hay or fodder is usod in tho ration and hulls are resorted to as rough ness some nitrogenous food such as bran or cotton seod meal must bo used to supply protoin. Hulls may bo fed with out any further fear of injury to tho ani mal. Should thoy refuso to eat tho hulls a iittlc corn meal or bran sprinkled over tho surfaco will tompt them. A good cheap ratiou may bo mado up as follows: Six pounds of rico costing 0.0 cents; four pounds of wheat bran costing ?> 0 couts; two pounds of cotton seed meal, costing 2 5 conts ; ton pounds of cotton seed hulls, costing 3.0 cents ; total cost of ration per day 17.1. Tho abovo is' for a horao or mulo of 1,000 pounds in live weight. It in evident that a ration mado up of corn and fodder and containing the aarao amount of digestible mattor aa the abovo ration would coat much moro than tho abovo. Tho North Carolina oxporimont atation has fod cotton aood moal and hulls to horaea with good roaulta, but tho ox peri monts along this line havo not been ox tonaivu enough to say that cotton seed moal can be fod in unlimited quantities for any longth of time without injury to tho animal. Numbers of farmers, howovor, havo reported that they have fod cotton soud moal to mules and horsoa with good reaultB. Aast. Agrlat. 8. O. Experimental Bta (ton. BOUTHERtl BHQRTHnnd frt) s 8,000 Graduates Receives from 1 to 5 ap. plications dally for bookkeepers and ste nographora. Bookkeeping, Shorthand TeToKraphy taught, ltefers to Atlanta' business men and bankers. Write for cats. aloKiio. Address A. 0. HKI8UOK, Pres. or L. W, ARNOLD, Vloe-Pr*?? Atlanta, Ga The World's Greatest Fever Medicine. ?!n?irm??K f*VOr.,tako JOHNSON'S UUIIjLi ami FKVRR 1ONI0. it is iw timoo better than quinine and does in a ainirle day what alow oul ??hl2?J d? l? \? day<\ ll'8 "Plendid curea are ttt^gwuitvtlfffi feeble cures made by quinino. ? * w COSTS 50 CENTS IF IT CURES. 'ASTORIA Tho Kind You Ilavo Always Bought, and which, has hccu in use for over 30 years, has homo tho signature of and has heen made under his pcr jCJv^'^7^~^~ sonal supervision since its Infancy. r-t*^/T s<z<c*uM Allow no one to deceive you in this. AM Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good " arc hut 22x pert meats that trifle with and endanger tho health of Infants and Children?Experience against Experiment, is CASTORIA Castorla Is a harmless suhstltute for Castor OH, Paro gorle, I>rops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its ago Is its guarantee. It destroys Worms ami allays Fovorishncss. It t ares Diarrhoea and. Wind Colic, it relieves Teething Trouhlcs, cures Constipation and flatulency. It assimilates tlie Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy ami natural sleep. The Children's Panacea?Tho Mother's Friend. ??NUBNK CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of The Kind You Have Always Bought En Use For Over SO Years. TI'K (CHTtUn COMPANV. TT MUHHAV BTRCCT, NCW VOBIt CITV. Columbia, taftotfj 1 Passenger Schedule in effect July 21,1091 Kubjcct to Charge without notice. FAHTKRN STAN ' AUD TI Head Down. Head Up Leave. Arrive Atlanta SAL. 7 4.'>am ? HO (im AthcnH.Ut 11am 52>j>m j Klhcrton.11 Warn 4 8 pin Abbeville .12 2:5pm 8 10 pm Greenwood.12 18pm 2 48 i m Ar Clinton .... Dinner... 118pm 2 00 pm ?. it W. C. Leave. Arrive. I Glenn Springs.Id (Kiam 1 00 pm 8part anbury. U 45 3 10 Greenville.12 01 a 00 Waterloot .12 5^pm 201 Ar Laurena.Dinner.. 1 In Lv 138 No. 53 No. 52. leave. Arrive Laurena.12 55pm 1 17pm Parks. 1 05 1 40 Clinton. 1 25 1 25 Goldville. 1 37 1 12 Kinarda.... 141 1 t'ft Gary. 1 I!? 1 10 ?lalapa. 1 54 12 55 Ncwberry.2 10 12 12 Prosperity. 2 21 12 2!) Sligha.2 84 1220 Little Mounlain. 2 38 1210 Chapln.2 52 12 03 Union . 2 58 11 57 White Hock ...3 02 11 5t Balentinc . . 3 (>7 11 40 - Inno.3 If! 11 40 Leaphart . 3 22 11 83 Ar Columbia. 8 85 Lv 1120 No. 22 No. 85 Leave. Arrive. Laurens.(i (Xiam n (:0am Parka.(! 10 4 50 Clinton. 0 40 1 30 Goldville_.0 53 3 51 Xinarda. 7 08 3 40 Gary. 7 17 8 81 Jalapa. . 7 20 3 22 Newherry.8 no X CO Prosperity. 8 26 2*2 Blitdia . 8 42 2 02 Little Mountain. 8 55 1 50 Chapin.0 16 1 30 Hilton . 924 1 2!? White Hock. 0 29 1 21 Halentino. .... 0 37 1 15 lrmo.?52 1 00 Leaphart.1002 12 18 Columbia.10 30 12 30 A. 0. L. Leave Arrive Columbia_. 8 45 11 10 Buintor. 4 65 ?40 ?marleaton.8 10_7 (Hi tllarria Springs. *Daily except Sunday. Kor Halen, Time Tables, or further in formation call on any Agent,or write to W. <"i. ("nil,us. Preaidont. T, M, Kmkuson, Trafllo M'gr. J. F. LiviNusTON, Bol, Ag't, Columbia. B.C. II. M. K.mkh80n, (Jon. Freight and Pas acngei Agt, Wilmington, N. C. Oharieston and Western Carolina R. B AuoesrA and Ahukvim.k Shout Link. In effeot May 20, 1901. I Lv Augusta.10 05 a 8 20 p Ar Greenwood.li 16 p . ?? AmlorHon. 7 40 p '? Lanrens . . * 86 p ?' Greenville. ? ?6 p I " Glenn Spring? . 4 15 p " Hpartanburg . 3 20 p ? Halmla. 5 38 p " Hendersonville. o 11 p " ABheville. 7 l-r> P Lv Ashevlllo. 7 06 a " Hendersonville. . . . 8 Oft a ? Flat Hook. H l<r> ? ? Baluda. 8 3i) a u Tryon. 0 13 a ?* Spartan Imrg. 12 10 p ? Glenn Springs. . 1) 00 p m Greenville. 12 15 p " l.M.rons.-?, . 2 (H^a " Anaurson . 7 25^a ?? Greenwood. 2 eu p Ar Augiista. 6 20 p Lv Augusta. 2 30 p Ar Allendalo. 4 42 p ?? Fairfax. 4 52 p " Yemassee. 5 63 p " Beaufort. 0 60 p " l'ortlloyal. 7 00 p " Bavannah . . " Charleston. . Lv Charleston. .. .. Port Royal. M0? Beaufort. ... 5 50 n YeinuHiee. 0 40 a Fairfax. 7 41 a Allendalo. 7 62 a Ar Augusta. in no a Close connection at (Ireomvood for nil points on s. A. Li. and O. & G. Hallway, and at Spartanlmrg with Southern Rail Im>t any information relative to ticket* rates, schedules, eto., addreaa W. J. Oraiq, Gen. Pass. Agont. K. M. North, Idol. A at. Anfro ta, Ua, T.M. KMKRaoM.Trafno anitirnr: THE YOUNGBLOOD LUMBEK COMPANY AUGUSTA. OA. Ornoi and Works, North Augusta, B. 0 Doom, Sash, Blind* and Builder'* Hardware. FLOORING, SIDING, OEILING AND INSIDE FINISHING LUMBER IN GEORGIA PINE. All Correspondence Riven prompt at Untion. WEST' INDIA Double Daily Service CAPITAL CITY 110 UTK, Shortest line between all principal ode North, Hast, South and Wost, Schedules In Effect Dkc l, 1001. Nonrn HOUND. No. (iO. No. 3 Lv Bavannah, (Central T...1180pm 166pm Fairfax . .It ?am 8 40pm Denmark. 1 50am 4'-7pm Columbia, Eastern T... 4 10am 7 05pm Camden. 5 07am 8 00pm Gheraw.2<> 3?am ? 40pm Ar Hamlet . 7^?5am 10 15pm Lv Oalhoun Kalls. 1 nnpm 4''?Ipni Abbeville. 1 :iipm 4 51am Greenwood. 1 50am 5 10am Clinton .2 45am 0 (Main Carlisle. 8 8'lam 0{53am Chester.4 OOam 7 20am Catawba Junction. 4 33am 7 51am Ar Hamlet.7kunam 10.15am Lv llamlot . 7 25am 10 40pm Ar ftalelgh.io i5!?m l 30am Petersburg. 2 20pm 8^>iam Kichmond.8 05pm 0.33am Washington. 6 85pm'10 10am Halt imore.11 25pm?l 1.25am Philadelphia. 2 66am 180pm New York.6 130am 4 lipm Portsmouth-Norfolk.. 5 25pm 7 15am local atlanta to clinton. No. I.v Calhoun Kails. 12 2 Abbeville.12 57pm Greenwood. 122pm Clinton._ 2 15pm bodthboord. Daily. Dailv No. 31. No. 27. Lv Cberaw, Kastern T... 7 11am 11 00pm Camden. 8 31am 12 53am Columbia, Central T.. K 40am 105am Denmark. 9 52am 2 17am Kairfax .10 30am 2 57am Ar Savannah.12 05pm 4 40am Jacksonville. 3 50pm 0 05am Tampa. 6 00ain 5 40pm Ly Catawba, Bastern T.. 9 07am 12 67am (?bester . 0 15am 1 35am Carlisle...,.10 15am 2 00am Clinton.11 (,0am 2 67am Groonwood.1154am 3 43am Abbeville .......1221pm 410am Calhoun Falls.12 6pm 4 38am Ar Athens.2 21pm 8 13am Atlanta. 4 65pm H 60am local clinton to atlanta. No 63 Lv Clinton. 2 45pm Greenwood. 886pm Abbeville . I 07pm Calhorn? Fulls. 4 45pm Ar Athens.?> 10pm Atlanta. 8 fiOpm Columbia, Newherry A l.auro Hail way train No. 52, leaving Columbia, Union station, at 11.20 am dally,connootaatClin ton with 8 A h Ry No M, affording short est and quickest route by several houis to Atlanta, Chattanooga, Nashville,8t. Louis, Chicago and all points West. Closo connection at Petersburg, Rich mond, Washington. Portsmouth-Nottolk, Columbia, Savannah, Jacksonville and Atlanta with diverging lines. Magniticent vestibule trains carrying through Pullman slcoping cam between all principal points. Kor reduced rates, Pullman reservations, oto, apply to W. P. 8Cruo<is, T. P. A.. Savannah, Ca, J. M. Hahr, 1st. V. P. ann G. M., It K I. QUNOH, Q P A, Portsmouth, Va. equalled Schedules to Pan-American ion atBuiTalo. The Entering Wedge % To yonr consideration is gen erally tho oost, though cost should always bo relative to value to bo a fair test. The lumber we sell may not always be the cheapest in prico, but it's always cheapest in tho long run, because wo givo tho best value. Thoroughly kiln-dried,pro perly sawod and planed, you'll find it "matches" well, and will be a life-long source of satisfac tion. H.Hudgen.3 8c Son. MONEY TO LOAN On farm lands. Kaey paymonta. No com missions charged. Borrower nays aotual coat of perfecting loan. For information Writ* JMO, B. PALMER * BON, Uolamehv?.U,