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/. •* », . V *s. ‘ • r • *" * "* ^ ^ "j }• it.. * 4 . - . * ■ ^ * * < > r> •IK FOR TI1K LIBERTY OF THE WORLD WE CAN DO ANYTIUNO.' VOL. II. DAHLLXOTOX, SOUTH ( AHOL1XA, WEDNESDAY, FEJHJUAHY 24, 1SJI2. XO. 25 A FARMER TO FARMERS. (apt look the thing straight in the fate. See who is to blame for it all; don't J. A. Pfterkin Writes of the as |. volll neighhor who yon know Situation l pon I s. TEA TEARS W ITH TOBACCO. Results of the Experience of I'raelieal Planter. The ]K>liticul condition of South Carolina is a strange one. Such a political revolt has never taken place in anv State of the l nion in its en tire history. The white citizens of South Carolina up to two years ago. were the U'St united people in America. We had perfect confidence in our political leaders, and everything ap peared to 1)0 working for the welfare of the people. 1 he State had a fi nancial credit equal or superior to any in the union. Every individual win) was worthy of it' had the same. \\\> had our agricultural meetings all over the State, where men, women ( Nt MltKIt Killin'.) There have been great changes in the tobacco curing process within wants your vote. H-e is not reliable; he is the man who has led you astray; he is the man who has assisted to destroy the Alliance, the best organi- zatioi the farmers ever had. I am receiving letters every (lav asking how we can get out of this this line are still being made, trouble. I can see very well how we got into it, but financially I see no wav out. I am financially worse off than anv one. I have to bear others faults. We are advised to plant less ..olton; very few will plant less <’^ hil ,; i '" tillK ," t| . v i n , to 1 planter should be careful to get only such men as come with credentials which can be verified and trusted. In many of the older sections good to bacco croppers can be had at reason able wages and quite a number 'of planters in the Florence section have SENSIBLE COTTON TALK. , If Inollier Big Crop is Made Cotton Mill Sell at Five Cents in New Fork. Heroic Lives at Homes. The heroism of private life, ow. unchroniclcd martyrdom,- Hope. A Blessed Balm. Eloquent and True. the ! | I5y \V. I>. rpsliaw. tiiivnlid.) Written ns lie ilie.tated, In' liis sister.] ■r, A prominent cotton factor of Sa vannah talks thus plainly the heart, who (treater than anv shall remember? knightlv ngon about the slaver of found it an advantage’to secure this; cottou situa(ion . ‘ ' koines an the past five years and changes along experienced labor for their first crop; ..y,, j, R . r ease of 500 not) bales hist their own accord, forced to it. Negroe Some will be i can make cot- Thej old system of curing was to go into the fields when about half the leaves on the stalk were ripe, cut down the 'entire plant and hurry it off to the curing barn. Here the planter had a cure the stalk of tobacco. Manv North Carolina foot old is the man who over unholy passion, sets his upon it and stands serene and 1 There is a word I can't explain, It thrills me o'er and o'er. And were il not for its effect Mv bliss would be no more. year and a decrease of 2 cents in'strong in virtiu II. E Ha it via \. Winston, N. C. The Colored Man in Polities. after the leaves were cured, which usually repiired so much heat that ton at five cents per pound, and they lhe ^ - (he | ( ,,f | MII , S | aM( | ,| R . will keep the price down. We have no wav of controlling it. I he hypo- and children of all classes and talked farming, in all its phases. By these pleasant meetings informa tion was gained that went all over the world, that gave South Carolina a name that all were proud of. Next came the farmers move. I I critical politieans have destroyed out last weapon of defence. If they could continue in office they would drive us to starvation. They would rather see ns in the condition that Russia is in to-day then lose their positions, and if we fail in a corn crop this year as we did in 1881 will b( lunst sav it was an organization 11 crop .ms year as we we 1 , , 1 Kor some will be in a starving condition. And never could understand. roi somt , , . . v v i . „ . i have we a friend to help us? Not cause 1 was never allowed to Join it. . . , ..i laust , „ .i... one. We have ruined and are sull Thev were picked men; but when the # t , i r • T rii mining the best *ind only friend.'' we Alliance came along, I wasoneof the ruiiiin^ first to join, and the “farmers move" joil escaped in the highly heated at mosphere of the barn. This system of curing is still in vogue in many of the older tobacco sections of Vir ginia and North Carolina, but wherever tobacco growing finds a loot hold in the new sections the new system is usually adopted and with excellent results. This has been the case with the people around Florence, ivher are now growing tobacco and (< rainier than tenants have thus become permanent | H , 10 ti 1( . r increase of 1,000,000, Zenobia is the woman who struggles i residents of the Northern part of fo a | es thjg y ear an( l a nother decrease with a love that would wrong an-1 South ( arolina. of‘i-cent? in the price. An increase! other ordegrade her own soul, and I of 1,500,000 in the supply and a de-i conquor.-. The young man, ardent crease of 4 cents in the price in two J and tender, who turns from the dear years. , love of women and buries deep in his “Following the conclusion, if there j heart the sweet instinct of paternity. Here is a sensible and truthful edi- is a similar increase in the crop next | to devote himself to the care ami! torial taken from the Augusta Sen-j year cotton will sell at 5 cents in Iinel, edited bv colored men; ! New York. It will not need an iu- Th. ■re is no use hiding t he fact, t he ! crease of the crop to do I hat even. I f negroes are gradually losing interest ! the crop is as large this yeip', and au- in politics. This is due to the | other years's surplus is added to this misrule of those who are leading the;year's surplus, cotton will sell at 5 negroes. It is not because of in- cents anvwav. We have raised more timidation or fraud on the part of' cotton than the world can consume. | the i ojiposing jurties. If this relaxing; There is another thing. The conti- ; sister of Its inspira'ion I long have felt; (tf it I’ve often thought; Its prospects I have oft divulged, And this sweet word is “I lope/’ Its very sound seems to imparl Its meaning oh, how great! Yet to explain would useless be Could we not of it partake. How dull would be this life of on When adverse cloudsdo come. To know ! hat t hey would last always No sunshine ever dawn! men were the last to join the Alli ance. This I know of Orangeburg county, and it may apply to other counties. The Alliance so far as 1 know was strictly for the benefit of the farmers. When we fought and whipped the bagging trust we had a band of brothers; if we had continued as such we would to-dav be getting eight and ten cents for our cotton. You will ask how could it be possible ever had. It is really a ter, one that an office looks at. So far as I I have no advice serious mat- eeker never un co'corned, will to give. support of aged parents or an nn- } fortunate .-ister, and whose life is a long sacrifice, in manly cheerfulness and majestic spirit, is a In rooftlie purest type. The young woman who resolutely Slavs with her father and mother in home, while brothers and i forth to happy homes of interest on the part of the negro inent raised a small food crop last; their own, who cheerfully lays on the was due to intimidation or fraud, I year and all their nioney is going for I altar of filial duty that costliest of why was not this true in ti e dark j grain. Consequently the people of ] hunmn sacrifices-the joy of loving and being loved, she is a heroine. The husband who goes home from properly organized nor properly led. j “What should the farmers plant The worst type of Northern states men have been imported as leaders of the negroes, of the South whose ow sore wh’ ii tossed on life's rough sea Bv billows lien e and w ild o liavo no hope fora heller time. A season calm and mild! a large amount of over with such production. In reply will never would have had over-pro duction: that was what the Alliance was organized for—to prevent over production and buy and sell at a profit. plant corn and cot ton as usual and trust to Providence just like the rest will do,but I will know who I vote for if I vote at all. A great many people call such j politicians smart. Dive a burglar the j backing that our politicians had in the last election and he could walk , into a bank and blow the strong safe 1 making more nioney out of it than is! days of reconstruction? The ne-; Europe are buying less cotton good- ! made in anv of the old tobacco sec- j gvoes have not been properly taught, j and the market is dull.” (ions of other States. The modern system briefly told is this: As soon as the bottom leaves on your tobacco begin to yellow, which is likely to occur in .lime, |your hands arc put in the field with open flat baskets and gather off the'their doctrine ! ripe leaves one by one, and lay them | negroes what jcarefullv in the basnets. Fiider the have in the South and what sweet j is likely to be accomplished in i old wav these bottom leaves were friends they have in the North; what ; other way than by resolutions pa every-day routine and the perplexing I next year?” the quest ion was asked. cares of business with a cheerful “I’lant anything," was the reply, smile and loving word to his invalid ■ “Better plant nothing at all than to! wife: who brings not against her the! re sole aim has been to make money off ; raise cotton at t> cents and sell it for , grevious sin of a long sickncs.- the negroes, votes. The tenor of 5.” ! proaches her not for the cost and dis has been to teach the | The idea that the crop must becut comfort thereof; who sees in her Ian bitter enenres they down is generally prevalent. This lin ked On thcsi.me , that Aaron We could have held the crop j we : open in broad daylight, principles, we can sav Burr was smart when lie turned traitor,- or Henry Berry Lowiy was smart when he murdered, robbed ami burned out the best citizens of ol 1890 and planted less in 1891. I j Robison county, North arol na. N urged upon President Stackhouse to man of bad principle, should be put adopt this, but he cared not a fig for | >» power. I do not say tin t. 4a k- the Alliance or the welf^'e of the house ts a man of bad principles, but farmers; his whole tl ought! were to a very ™,k man "»'o wns over go to Congress. If Stackhouse had anxious for office, ami no sin., the interest of the Alliance at heart,! enough to see Ins own fan ts. would be a more independent poo- j this way he sold out the Alliance, to-dav than we ever were since ^ 1 nprineipled taken off and thrown away. As soon as you have gone over the entire lield the leaves are strung on patented sticks, having wires attached up- ion which the leaves are strung. When these stieksaro filled with leaves they are taken to the curing ' barn and placed in the racks. This process of gathering the leaves goes ;on until you have the barn well till ed, when the curer begins his work. 1 In a week's time more leaves will be ripe and a second picking is necessary, would not be done for them in the South and what would be done for them in the North. But the negroes heard nothing from these great orators of self-respect, virtue,economy and building of comfortable' and dignified homes. The Negroes thought that in every case a proper j use of the ballot was what they most | needed to make them cultured, at farmers' conventions and Alliance meetings. On account of the low prices and the bad condition of the’ farmers generally, the fertilizer men are cutting down their salesfrom “■'> to 50 per cent under last year's sales. The merchant who purchased 100 Ions last year on credit will do well to get 50 or GO tons on the same con ditions this vear. The merchants,' The Negroes have too, a.e cutting their credit accounts wealthy, great found ( lit by sad experience that what they most need is not in the ballot, hence the relaxing of their office seekers took we 18G5. He sold ns for a mess of pot-^vantage of this opportunity; stories ^ i ( . m , s are reached Some will sav how could this were told the people and many wcic () f plucking the leaves .... . q’| )( , in the same ratio. The colored farmer has gone to and so on through the entire season ballot, hence the relaxing of their the wall with a vengeance. On ac- conimence, who reiriuns nom uiouu- () f t | |j ( . n^,,. (,, despair of ripening. interest in politics. The majority of count of the good crops and fair j ingover shortcomings in sympathy ^ | think of “now," “todav," The first leaves gathered will be ■ the Negro politicians have followed prices of the previous years, every and sentiment, and from seeking: And to persist in such, it seems, small, getting larger as you approach ! in the same line and heen more of a J negro who could buy an old mule on j perilous “affinities,” who does not' M ould wear my life away, the middle of the stalk. After that curse t< the race than. Their time and get somebody to run him j build high tragedy sorrows on the! |{ llt cver ;|s ,j vel .g e thev get smaller until the tips or chief object has been to get offices! went to raising cotton on his own j inevitable, nor feel an earthquake in j Around me gather dark riiissvstem and make nioney. The Negroes j hook and the white farmers were not I every family jar; who sees her has- There comes from this Star of I!«] i The majority of i band united with herself indissolublv shining, cheei ii.g spai k. guid eyes something dearer than girl- j ish laughter, in the sad face and faded cheeks, that blossom into; smiles and even blushes at hiscoming, j something lovelier than theold time spring roses—he is a hero. The wife who bears her part in the] burden of file even though it be the ) larger part bravely, cheerfully.] never dreaming that she is a heroine, much less a martyr; who boars with the faultsof a husband not altogether congenial with loving patience, and a large charity, and with noble decision hiding them from the world: who makes no confident and asks no confidence, who refrains from brood- in sympathy How hard when weary hearts and hands Toil with a task undone. To know alwavs one harder far Awaits to be begun. But how sweet to feel, when we al most faint. And the way seems dark and long. That by and by we'll reach the end And join in the gladsome song! To hope is natural to human kind; It begins in childhood years, An 1 leads us captives, towards some goal Through mirth and gloom and tears. It is a sweet ayd blessed balm That makes lift's burdens light. And sheds about our faltering steps Beams that disperse the night. The following vrey racy description I of the evils of intemperance has been ] attributed to Robert D. Ingersoll and ; others, but it appears in Gunn’s j “Family Physician.” Put it in your ! scrap book: “Intemperance cuts down youth in its vigor, manhood in its strength 'and age in its weakness. It breaks ;the father's heait, bereaves the doting mother, extinguishes natural i affection, erases conjugal love, blots : out filial attachment, blights paternal Impe, and brings down mournin'' i . 1 0 ]age m sorrow to the grave. It i produces weakness, not strength; ;-iekness. noi health; dealh. not life. ;ll makes wives widow*, children. ] orphans; fathers fiends, and all of ■ hem paupers and beggars, h feeds ! rheumatism, nurses gout, welcomes I epidemics, invites cholera, imports | pestilence, and embraces consump- jtion. It covers the land with idleness, | poverty, disease and crime. It tills | your jails, applies your alms houses, and demands your asylums. It j engenders controversies, fosters quar- j rels. and cherishes riots. It crowds penitentiaries, and furnishes victims j for your scaffolds. It is the life j blood of the gambler, the clement of | the burglar, the prop of the high wayman. and the support of the midnight incendiary. It, couute- tut is the Christian’; best of hope. For its possessor — not a; Crosses are case for Chris!': That a crown in Heaven hamed sake, ie gained. Il gives a sweet, a trusting peace. Which passe*h understanding: Bids tears to dry, sad hearts look up. Our life, our all, commanding. When fade t his world's delusive hopes. And fallen fie earth's castles down Bethlehem’s star grows brighter still And point; us to the waiting crown. tage. be; could South Carolina rule thcen- made to believe they were true. In reply I say c ' farmers had no idea that this would what B. R. Tillman end the Alliance. The office seekers v did not care what went with the as they ripen 1 have found this out and hence able to get labor. The majority has manv advantages over that of] they have grown weary tire South? pally, yes. See has done; see his example. Every . Southern State patterned after B. R. farmers or the Alliance so long as 1„ ninety days after Stack- they were elected. Stackhouse came Tillman made thepo- the nearest killing the goose cutting the stalk and eurjng the leaves thereon. As the lower leaves are taken off those remaining ripen of the bit {them have failed to pay their bills, (■mess and excitement of politics,! and the merchants and landowners which had no higher object than to have been the suffers. This year the give a f“W drunken haranguing Ne- negro farmer will find it hard to get the golden egg of had Tillman house and B. R. litical move, the Alliance as an agri cultural organization was dead. Their example went like a prairie lire to the Rio Grande. Some will say the Alliance is nut dead organization there is life in it so far as a few office holders and office seekers are concerned; but what ad vantage is it to the “bulls and asses" (is Tjllman called you during the Campaign? The ‘•bulls and asses to-day are in the worst condition they best opportunity ever were in the history of the State, ers organization we ever There is not onp man in ten to-day that is able to pay his taxes. Still the taxes will have to come. That is all right, no way to help it, but Stackhouse, Tillman and many others that could be mentioned are the true pause of our being in the condition we are, pot able to pay them. We had un organization which, if it had been properly managed, would j lather, to-day relieve us of this fearful fi nancial condition. Tillman and his Lieutenants and farmers move men came into it and commenced to abuse to get any mail 1 ever saw. If lie had heen the strong, stern man that he should have been, we would be independent to-day. As a political! The Alliance would have been a benefit to rich and poor, to men of all business in onr country, but all we can sav now is that it is forever gone. No use to cry over splilt milk, and we will have to make the best of it, hut we can always say wc have lost the and the best farm- had or ever will have again. Many of us will never recover from this great loss that has befallen ns, caused by the folly of weak aifd unscrupulous politicians. Very truly, .I as. A. I’ktkukin. How a Man Can he His Ow ntirand- niuch faster, thus lessening the dan- groes a few petty offices, ger of frost. Ender tin old system j If the Negroes would succeed in the cutting of the stalk always in- polities and gain respect and reeogni- sured a lot of green tobacco, which lion they must have leaders who can is generally worthless. All the leaves , rise above sectional hatred and race on a tobacco plant rarely ripen at ] prejudice and low mean dirty things the same time and hence it is ini- and deal with the great economic! price down possible, under the old way, to save ! questions and national problems with ] all the leaves. ] which this age is charged. When the barn is filled with to-j Let the negroes lenni to recognize bacco the curer begins his work. The and appreciate their friends w herever (oliihly and eternalIv in their children—she, the wife in very truth, in the inward as in the out ward, is a heroine, though of rather an unfashionable type.— either land or credit. These things Grace Greenwood. should make some reduction of the — crop. The probability is, though, Education, that this year's crop w ill he large enough, together with the surplusl from last year's crop, to keep the It lifts me from the sinking sand— On the “Rock of Ages plants Where waves may buffet and storue descend, Yyl onward I will advance. And be so—oh blessed consider who had a visited my in love and ; I married a widow daughter. My father house frequently, fell j married mv stepdaughter. Thus my capitafists, hankers and merchants. I lKr . un( , mv . si)n .j n .i a ,;, iI11( l m y stepdaughter my mother, because she was my father's wife. My stepdaugh ter had also a son, he w hs of course fires are started up, which arc to he they kept going until every leaf is thor oughly cured. No definite rule an be laid down as to the time required,; as different classes of tobacco require j longer or shorter periods. The curer! must size up the size and quality of ; the leaf and regulate the heat ac cordingly. As n general rule the following! formula can he taken as a guide, hut frequently it will require moditi- cat ions: First. The yellowing process—] Let thermometer stand at 90° from twenty to thirty hours. Second. Fixing the color—Make the following changes: 1<M)°, four! hours; 1 (Ki° to 110°, two hours; 100 to 120°, four to eight hours. found. ••Kiss Mo.” Up to this time the merchants, hank ers and capitalists all over the world wanted our bisines; the best mer chants amj capitalists in Orangeburg offered to take our business on the very best of terms. At every county meeting we had wc werccrowed w ith letters lagging for our patronage. Money was offered us by the million. Since the day Stackhouse sold us out 1 '40° to a son, mv brother and at the same time my grandchild, for he was the son of my' daughter. Mv wife was my grand-j mother, because she was mother's mother. 1 was mv wife's husband and grandchild at,the same time;and i as the husband of a person's grand- to a set of political buzzards ^ ln()tlu ,. j, th , KI , im if a ,her, haven’t had a friend. Why, think of for a moment, a man without money making an enemy of his neighbor w ho gives him his daily bread! This is the position the politicians have placed ns in with the capitalists. We have not only rdined ourselves, but many good merchants and hunkers, who would, even after the open abuse we have given them, help us, but we have ruined their credit. We have driven capital from the State, om securities are worthless, our hankers can’t borrow on South Carolina collateral^’!' j • 1 tv ‘. t v- throw all prejudice'wide aud I was mv own grandfather. Third. Curing the leaf 125°, six to eight hours. The curing process is the most particular of all the work ithou 1 a| tobacco crop. It requires time for one to master the art, ami even then I the closest, watchfulness is required | while the' process goes on. Letting the heat go a few degrees too high will often destroy the entire barn, or letting it remain at a certain figure will often cause heavy loss. For this | reason new planters should not at tempt curing .themselves until they have gotten an insight of the work and mustered some of the details a( least. In theold tobacco, c-yunties Of North Carolina and VTi'ginisijgooJ j . curcrs can he had in the fall at moderate prices. An old lady being called into romt Along this line, however, a word as a witness, got vexed at the lawyer, of caution is in order. The increase |and declared: “If you don't stop jn tohaceo cnltuiv Southward has re-j asking 'questions, I’ll leave you!” cently created quite a demand for to- And then added: “You’re the most hacco curers In Suith Carolina and jnqiijsitivi'-map J,ev^i\ sap: jn *ill ^h(> < iyopia and ni.tny woj;t|}jevS fellows 4»}'» t4 my life.” How much is he worth? ' ' Nothing. Why, I thought he had a of sjd 00(1,Otto! , So he has, hut he isn't worth —Boston News. fortiim t. An amusing incident occurred in a certain town a few days ago, and one that is too grand to he lost. One •f our celebrated composers has writtin a very pretty song, entitled “Kiss Me.” A very pretty blushing maid having heard of the song, and thinking she would get it with some others, stepped into a hook store to make a purchase. One of the clerks, a modest young man, stepped up to concentration wait on her. The young lady threw her veil hack, saying: “1 want Rock Me to Sleep."’ I The clerk got the song and put it I before her. i “Now," said the voong lady, “I 1 want "Wandering Refugee.”’ "Yes ma'am," said the clerk, bow ing,. and in a few moments he pro- ■ dlieed the “Refugee. ’ "Now, “Kiss Me," said the young lady, meaning of course the song above mentioned. The poor clerk's eyes almost pop ped lire as he looked at the young lady in astonishment, for he was not aware of the fact that a song by *'onlie'', that name had heen writ ten. “Wh-what did you say,miss?” ' exportation “Kiss Me,"said she. "I can't do it. miss; I never kissed a young lady in rtiy life," saiij the clerk "The amount of currency in circu lation in the United States,”according to the testimony of Director Leech, of the mint bureau, before the Con gressional commit lee last Wednesday, “is $21.50 per capita,” which isinorc |llin(1 (1| .. 1W Hutu in any other country except ] vi| q uo . 1|1( | France. In Mr Leech's judgment “there is no lack of circulating medium in the country, the New York banks alone holding fifty mil lion idle dollars over and above their reserves. The fanners and silver hugs in the South should ponder these statements carefully. The trouble is not lack of money, hut its in one corner of the country and its inevitable and rapid j drift hack to that corner as fast as it j ! is temporarily distributed elsewhere. a human soul without education like mai'lde in the qiiariy, j which shows none of its inherent | beauty until the skill of the polisher ] fetches out the colors, makes the j surface shine, and discovers every |ornamental cloud, spot and vein j that runs through the hodv of it. F.ducation, after the same man ner when it work; upon a noble out to view every latent perfection, which, with out such helps, are never able to make their appearance. If my reader will give me leave to change the allusion so soon up on him, I w ill make use of the same instance to illustrate the force of education which Aristotle has brought to explain his doctrine of substantial forms, when he tells us that a statue has hid in a block of marble and that the art. of the sculptor only clears away the siiperlluous matter and removes the rubbish. The The industrial system of the Southern ;figure is in the stone, the sculptor mid the tariff system of the 1)h | v lin.ig j|. What sculpture is to Slateseonspireto sweepinoii-| a )( f ll , a |.| ) l,. ) ,.,lucalion is ton The philosopher, the ■lx, the wise, the good, I Slates ! United cy out of the South as fast as it is 'made here, “x'Leapmoney” will goj 8a j n | as fast as any other. Tin increase of currency that will help the farmer in these parts is the increase in his own stocking. It is not free silver that he wants, but silver that is fastened so that it can not get away from him to buy Iriiek that brought to raise.—News and human soul, the In 0,1 b j or the great man, very often lie hid ] bodily j and concealed in a plcbiau, which a proper education might have disinter red, and have Addison. brought to fight. About' that ’lime a veil .dropped, a young lady left in a hurry, the clerk fid! sick, and the proprietor lost the ale of some music,. The exportation of apples from American ports lo England during last fall and winter, shows an enor mous increase over last season, the aggregate being 1,017,401 barrels, against 348,000 barrels in 1890. -I had to he away from school yesterday,” said Tommy. “You must, bring an excuse," , said the teacher. “Who from?” "Your father.” "lleain'l no gnodat mak ing excuses; inn catches him every time.” twill e'er thought! Till lime is with me no more Then light mv path across death's stieain To a blissful - Evermore." Hope ah, Hope! to thee I II cling, Tho’ thv Star be dim or bright: If built on Faith twill ever last. And lead me Home lo Light! The Deadly Cold Bed. If trustworthy statistics could he had of the number of persons who die every year or become perinamont- lv diseased from sleeping in damp or cold beds, they would probably be astonishing and appalling. It is a peril that constantly besets traveling men, and if they arc wise they will invariably insist on havingtheir beds aired and dried, even at the risk of causing much trouble to their land lords. But, according to Good House keeping, it is a peril that resides also in the home, and the cold “spare room" lias -lain its thousandsof hap less guests, and will goon with ils slaughter till people learn wisdom. Not only thegnot but the family, often suffer the penalty of sleeping in cold rooms and chilling their bodies, at a time when they need all their heat, by getting between cold sheets. F.ven in warm slimmer wea ther. a cold, damp bed w ill get in its deadlv work. It is a needless peril, and the neglect to provide dry rooms and beds has in it the elements of murder and suicide. Scientific American. I nances the liar, respects the thief, and esteems the blasphemer. It violates obligations, reverences fraud and honors infamy. It defames be nevolence, hates love, scorns virtue, and slanders innocence. It incites the father to butcher his helpless offspring, helps the husband to mas- •aere his wife, and aids the child to 1 grind the parricidal axe. j It burns upniaii and consumes wo,- i man, detests life, curses God and de spises Heaven. It sulionis witnesses, nurses perjury, defiles the jury-box, and stains the judicial ermine. It bribes votes, disqualifies voters, cor rupts elections, pollutes our institu tions. and endangers our government. It degrades the citizen, debases the legislature, dishonors the statesman and disarms the patriot. It brings, shame, not honor; terror, not safety; despair, not hope; misery, not happi ness; and with the malevolence of a tiend it calmly surveys its frightful desolation, and, iinsutiatcd with havoc, it poisons felicity, kills peace, ruins morals, blights confidence, slays reputation, and wipes otit national honor; then curses the world and laughs at its ruin. It does all that and more: It nim'ders the soul. It is the sum of all viliiauies, the moth er of all abominations, the devil's best, friend, and God's worst-eneniv,” Profanity never did any man the least good. No man is richer, hap pier or wiser for it. It commends no om to society; it is disgusting to refined people and abominable to the good. Inquiring Child Papa, why do people cry at w eddings? Papa —(abstractedly]—Most of men have been married themselves. Joseph W. Bailey, of Texas, is the youngest member of the House of Representatives, lie was horn tweu- (y-eight years ago in Mississippi. He lias considerable oratorical ability and is very popular among his constituents. The cough impair create 1 on t Ik cough. great majority of so-called cures do little more than the digestive fuu<*tious and die. Ayer's'(.'herry Pectoral, contrary, while it cures tho does not interfere with the “Now that you have consented” said a happy young man, ‘‘I must see your papa," "Ne," replied the ra diant girl, “you picutiitn :j£- t|> j This, w ill )j< Six States which never took part in a Presidential election will vote for electors next fall, and there will he 441 electoral votes. The popular vote in 1888 was about 11, lOO.OOO. In 1892 it is expected to reach 13,- ((* tile ; hjl'tb'Slt The presc with those.used in" the over :UJ() years ago. In “Mining.” published M liy He M as There. Tiidge - "You are charged with stealing a chicken from Col. Smith's coop. Arc you guilty or not guilty Prisoner—"Not guilty,ye Honor." .1 Ufjge—"Didn't you steal the colo- • ’■. , ’. v fcWneksmiiU «f the present day are almost identical ] nel’s chicken?" huiic trade Prisoner—“Nchha, sah." In a book on Judge—"Well, what were it Basle, Sw if-1 doing in his henhouse at midni Iwve yiUvrod tlw tuDiiKes. Thv • mauima. \Vh«l she saja ^vva'" 1 yoyului' vote vvvr cast iu the « zerlaml, 1557, one of the illustrations Prisoner "Jes-a prospcckin' represents a blacksmith shop, in a fat goo.-e I Fought w uz dar, which the anvil, hammer and tongs But I nebbah Inch hit, sah. look like lhe tools still found in every I wimi't dab when 1 called for i sah, so help me goodness, boss. ’ YOU 'lit?" ' for sah. It hit, functions of cither stomach or liver. Peterson for March opens with two tine engravings and an excellent double fashion plate. "A Chapter On Clocks" bv Meredith Jackson is an admirable illustrated article giv ing an interesting account of time pieces ancient and modern, “News From Other Worlds," by Camille Flammariou is one of the most char ming papers we have ever read from the pen of the famous astronomer. A new Serial 'This .Man And This Women" by Robert C. Y. Meyers promises to add greatly to the reputation of its gifted young author. "Paying Her Debt,” by F. C. Creigh ton is an exceedingly pretty story and the illustrations arc capital, "Some thing About Aprons," by Margaret Y. Payne gives a bewildering series of every possible sort of these articles from useful to coquet ish, "Ainaist as Well as New," by Martha Carey is a paper that every housewife will | value. This is onlv a small part of , the number's attractions which will he certain to make a yearly subscriber j of every lady who examines it. Terms two dollars a year. Address j Peterson’s Magazine, 100 Chestnut I street, Philadelphia.