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mamma, where are my socks, or my hand.
kerchief, or my flannel shirt, OF my era
vat, or my other shoes, or my Latin
grammar, OF my slate pencil, or my any.
thing and everything. ''Was there ever
such helpless children. It's wonder you
don't lose your head" But she gets up
and slips around and finds it. She always
finds it. She can go in the dark and put
her hands on everything. Let her 60 to
the show. She is not old yet. She is six
years younger than her lord and loves q
new dress just like she did thirty years
ago, and she gets them, too. wish she
would make haste and get as old as l am.
used to think that man ought to be 8
few years older than his wife, so she would
look up to him, but I doubt it now. I've
quit going to shows, unless they are q
great intellectual treat. had rather stay
at home with the ghosts and ruminate.
But these women are full of emotion.
They love to shed tears over the pathetic,
and rejoice With the good, and despise the
bad, and get all choked up with joy or
with sorrow, and they love to look all
round the circle and see who is there and
how they are dressed, and who they came
with, and they can see behind them as
we'll as before them, and how in the world
they do it I don't know. Most of our
shows are home made, and keep the
money at home, but they are. getting
alarmingly frequent in this town-eyery
church is running them, and they aver
age about one week, and ne must all go
or send the money, so as not to hurt
feelings or be talked about. The churches
want money, and the women are bound to
have it. It's the same way all over the
country. Every day or two, ! get letters
wanting money for churches or parson.
ages. It would break me in month to
respond to all that ask me. I am sorry
that I cart, for if there is any better work
than to build up the churches I don't
know it. I wish 7 had a charity fund,
but I haven't. It is nip and tuck to get
along, and our folksare trying to build a
new church, too, and want every dollar
that I can spare. Tt is an awful thing to
be poor man with such mans ways,
but I can't help it now. What's that?
Me thinks I hear another ghost. But,
no, it's my family coming from the show
and I'll hear it al, and then they will
ransack the pantry for something to eat.
I've got an awfully hungry family, espe-
cially aboutbedtime, when they come from
a show.
Bril- ARP.
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of the Aiken Bar, who is somewhat of q
LEADER among his race in the city.

ol tne Alkeu DaE, WIZ ~ buueWude VI q
leader among his race in the city.
Dickerson said: II s.am net opposed
to such movement. On the contrary,
am in favor of going back to Africa"
He said: 81 firmly believe it is Gods
purpose some day to send the negro back
to his own country. This may not:yet
be the time and it may not be in my day,
but it will surely come. Just as the
children of Israel were delivered from
bondage in Egypt, so will the oppressed
negro be delivered from the oppression
they are now subjected to. Until that
time comes am contented to remain in
the South, for the opportunities oflife
are much greater here than in the
North. For the negro to live in the
North he has to be contented to work as
a barber, hotel porter, store porter, coach.
man and the like, but he is shut out
from all trades and professions. Not so
in the South, and speaking for myself, I
am contented to remain here until in
Gods providence I can go out to Africa" /"
Dickerson said he hoped either Sena.
tor Morgan or Senator ButlaE'a bill would
become a Law in order to test the senti.
merlt of the colored peOple.
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] !
The school at the Grange Hall is
again in good hands, and the advance.
ment Of the pupils is very marked since
ne were there last. There is an origi.
nality and readiness on the part Of the
pupils. that was constant sourcs OF
pleasure, and our. time was up all too
soon. and we had to say good bye. The
teacher, Miss Jennie Erwin, had class
in Arithmetic on the floor when we en-.
tered, and the readiness with which they
handled fractions showed a familiarity
with the subject not often found. She
has had charge of this school for several
terms, and the patient, persistent work is
bearing fruit.
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3 The patrons of Welfare colored school
have recently built q new house, which
is quite creditable to them, and have
employed q competent teacher in the
person Of J. L. Williams. But he has
more than he can attend to, and the
school will be q failure unless an assist
ant is employed, or the school is divided
into two. Nevertheless, some Of his
classes made creditable recitations, but
there is too great tendency to put
pupils in classes in advance of their
ability, and this is true of the colored
schools generally.
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~
INT. Tabor, also, the progress made
BY the pupils is marked since our last
visit. Then there were d number of
children who could not read, now every
child in the school can read Soma. Miss
Amanda .Bogga is the teacher this year,
and under her careful supervision we
confidently expect even greater progress
to be made. And the people "having a
mind to work" J" have not let that school
house matter drop that we spoke Of re-
Gently, but have got it up and expect to
have it occupied very soon. These
things are cheering signs Of substantial
progress.
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Miss Lizzie Anderson is again OF her
old post Of duty with small but bright
school, which gives abundant evidence
Of careful training. Miss Lizzie seems
to have mastered the art Of keeping her
children busy, and of having them love
to:ba kept busy. This school is hive Of
workers, no drones there, but every one
busy all the time, aud busy to good ,pur.
pose. Here is ocular proof of the value
.ofthe training at the. Winthrop school,
and the more ne see of it the more we
wish, that q dozen of our lady teachers
could go there every year. Here is q
professional teacher doing professional
work in q professional way, and the
children ofsthe County are getting the
benefit Of it. Would that every school
house in che land had just such q trained
teacher.
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"A farmer in Holmes County, Ohio,
has got plucky roosters. Two of them
fought prowling fox one night, and,
having picked out his eyes, beat him till
he died.
= The working classes have struck
against high priced cough medicines, and
indorsed DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup. Price
Is cents.
There is only one thing harder to dc
than to say a good thing, and that is to
keep fsom saying a bad one.
1.-THE first bringer of unwelcome news
hath but losing Office" So happy peo'
pie prefer to tell of the terrible painl
they have cured With Salvation OH.
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Irish Potato Culture,

With other practical suggestions made
on the cultivation Of Irish potatoes by
Mr.. Morrison, as reported by Dirs
Farmer, we're the following:
After you have decided what variety
you wish to plant, the next thing is how
to plant for best results. Some potato
growers advocate planting one eye, some
two, others three, others small potato
whole, some large potatoes whole, while
others say all you need is to eat the pota-
toes and plant the peelings. Now, I
find in this, as in other things where
doctors differ so widely, the middle
ground is the safest. I therefore recon-.
mend the selecting Of large and well
shaped potatoes having clear skin, with
full eyes that have not been sprouted;
then cut so that each piece has at least
two eyes and q part of the heart or core
Of the potato. This plan is. called by
DR.. Sturtevant the scientific method of
cutting seed potatoes; but it is not new
by any means, for it has been practiced
by our people, the Scotch farmers, for
over thirty years, and they simply call it
the common sense way.
In cutting yon should use i very thin,
narrow bladed knife, an old table or
case knife that has been ground thin and
sharp will answer. The reason for this
is, that q thick bladed knife, such as
pocket knife, causes the potato to crack
across the core or eye roots that extend
from the eye to the center, although you
don't readily see them; but'by the aid Of
q potato that has the core colo-"d, you
will get the idea. Ihave found seed to
do better when cut q Gay or two before
planting. The cut part becomes dryer
and is more easily handled. Dry wood
ashes sifted over cut seed has also good
effect. Have the drills opened in the
morning and left open during the greater
part of the day, so that the soil and the
seed may get warm, which will give the
seed quicker start than they otherwise
would get. Plant seed With the eyes
up, in the prepared drills, about twelve
inches apart, and cover ightly. If your
land needs any additional manure, SOW
on top Of drills from 400 to 600 pounds
of good fertilizer per acre. If the land
becomes caked by heavy rains twill
pay we'll to run light harrow on the
drills to break up the crust before the
plants are up; then again when three to
four inches high run cultivating harrow
across the drills. From that on the soil
should be frequently stirred so that it
may retain the moisture as well as to
loosen the ground around the plants.
While l favor in the South level culture
as general thing, owing to the long
drought we have, yet have had the best
results from slightly billing or hoeing up
the drills at the time of laying by the
crop, which should be just before the
the blossom comes on; after that pota-
toes should not be disturbed.
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Over in the woods beyond the Eigh.
teen is the Reddy colored school, pre-
sided over by O. L. Scott, q ateacher who
would do better, perhaps, to 60 to school
himself, rather than attempt to teach.
Nothing but failure can coms of an effort
to teach ia q house twelve by fourteen
feet, with not even window to give
light, or not even q shutter to the door
to keep out the cold, and the children
unable to sit still on account of shivering.
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It was relief to pass from here to the
Altamont school, where Miss Mamie
Warren is the presiding genius. She
/ has only small school of small children
ION acccouns of the sparse population,
there being but few families living in
there, but she is doing faithful work
evidently, although We saw her at an un.
favorable time, having just begun her
school. But she seems to have already
.brea.bed into the children spirit OF
work. a good, comfortable house has
already been built, and We expect the
teacher to be able to give good account
ofherself ere our next visit.
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At the New Light colored Church we
found R. J. Scott, but he is not sup.
ported as he ought to be by his patrons,
and unless they stop their tomfoolery up
there We should not be surprised if the
Trustees abandon their location until
they come to their senses, and we should
advise them to do SO. 1t is past compre.
hension that q preacher ~ should be 3
fomenter of strife and discord.
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Entitled to the Best.

Eli are entitled to the best, that their
money will buy, so every family should
have, at once, bottle of the best family
remedy, Syrup of Figs, to cleanse the.
system, when costive or s''!;;o,s For sslas
in SOC, and sIoo bott u u sading
druggists. i3.ss5ssIs
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STATE OF OHIO, Cry OF TOLEDO,
LUCAS COUNTY,

STATE OF OHIO, Cry OF TOLEDO, |
LUCAS COUNTY,
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is
the senior partner of the firm of T. J.
Cheney & Co., doing business in the City
of Toledo, County and Stale aforesaid,
and that said firm will pay the sum OF
one hundred dollars for each and every
case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
the use of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9Th day of December,
A. D., 1886.
- A. W. GLEASON,
sSN Notary Public.
HALLS Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly upon the blood and mu.
cous surfaces of the system. Send fol
testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY q CO.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, rs cents.
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The afternoon Of the same day We
spent with Miss Lucy Gsmbrell, the
teacher at GLORY. This "glory" has no
"hallelujah" to it, but it has what is
better, and that is an earnest, conscien.
tious teacher at work with q purpose in
view. Various causes have operated to
keep this school on the background, and
hence the pupils. are not we'll up, but the
teacher is striving to overcome all this,
and the people having shaken off their
letbargy aud employed the teacher for
eight months. She will have an abun-
dant opportunity and doubtless will
succeed: -; -; &
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We cannot think of Neaps Greek with.
out thinking Of Miss Allie Major, the
two are so intimately associated together,
and the patrons there seem disposed to
hold on to her. She has done good work
there in the past, and is still doing it.
We called there last week and spent a
pleasant season with her classes, bright
eyed boys and girls they we're, too, and
not afraid, to speak out. This school is to
run also for eight months.
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TE'AGHERs'GoLU:iMN.

-ma All communications intended for
this Column should be addressed to D. 81.
RUSSELL, School Commissioner, Ander.
son, s.. @.
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BILL ARP.
Agriculture In the Common Schools.

Agriculturist is talking of agriculture in
the common schools. I am convinced
that the next great advance in the public
schools must be the recognition of the
fact that education should fit for the life
work Of the boy and girl, whether on
the farm, in the shop, in the counting
house, in the Office, in the pulpit or
wherever that life work may be. Our
farmers boys are going into all profess.
ions in almost countless numbers, and
the farmers need not be ashamed of their
boys. They are the strong men in all
the pursuits and professions Of life.
These boys Who go out into other profess.
ions get an. education fitting them for
their work. But the boys who remain
on the farm have no training in the
schools to ft them for their life work.
It is a marvellous thing that, although
nearly all the common schools are in the
hands of farmers, nc. provision has been
made for any instruction in the elements
ofagriculture, horticulture or stock grow
ing. We have reading, writing, spelling,
arithmetic and geography, all of which
are essential. To these ne usually add
something not 80 essential. For the boy
who wishes to remain on the farm let us
have no less training in the 6rst three
reading, writing and spelling; but do
not vex his soul, and what is more,
take his time, with duodecimals, permu.
tations, etc, il arithmetic, with the
details oflocal geography or the positions
of far.away small islands and obscure
villages, nor with the intricacies Of
grammatical analysis or critical parsing.
Let us have less of the latter for him,
and in their stead put little general
instruction in elementary agriculture.
How can this be done? How can We
bring into the common schools of the
country some elements of agriculture2
Let us see whether ne can suggest 8
plan. In the first place, We need teach.
ers who know something about agricul-
ture, and for these we must be willing
to pay good wages. There are quite q
number of good teachers who may be
obtained ifthey are paid enough, but We
|: need not expect to get them fol the same
wages now paid to less-informed teach
ers. If our farmer school officers will
make proper effort they can get compe.
tent teachers.
Now let such competent teachers give
short lecture every day upon such
topics as the following: What is the
soil? Difference between rich soil and
poor one? Soils for particular crops,
drainage, irrigation, ploughing, cultiva.
ton of the soil, etc. And, also, the struc'
ture Of the horse, structure of the COW,
structure Of the hog, structure Of the
sheep, nature Of various diseases, general
treatment of various diseases, principles
of breeding, etc. And also, how to
plant a tree, how to set out small plants,
how to graft, how to prune, etc.
In the foregoing I have only given
hasty outline, but without doubt q courte
something like this would accomplish
much good. Let our farmers move in
this matter. The colleges and uniyersi'
ties will help by sending out competent
teachers, but the farmers must make 9
demand for their services.-Prof. Charles
E. Bessy in the american Agricultariat.
Il
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The statement is revived in news

The statement is revived in newspa.
per paragraphs. that the women of the
United States spend $6o,ooO.00O year
for face powder and paint. It may be
true, but what is it after oil but woman's
contributions to the shrine Of beauty ;
before which all men worship or ought to
worship. Per contra, it may be stated
that the men of this cCsetry spend
annually $l,2oO,0O0,00O for WHISKY, beer
and tobacco, and this is their offering to
beastiliness and human dirt and depravi.
ty.
The ground on which Trinity
church in New York stands is worth
-$14,O0O,000 that where st. Paups, few
squares north of Trinity, is valued at
$10,0oO,0oo. Precious, indeed, must be
the souls that worship In those churches
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Anderson Favors the Bill.


ANDERSON, S. O., January 19.--our
people generally favor the bill, while a
few are opposed to it. The prevailing
opinion seems to be that in this, Ander-
son County, where there are not SO many
colored people as there are in the lower
counties in this State, we are getting
along together very we'll and peaceably.
Most Of the planters prefer the negro as
a laborer. The fears concerning the
race issue in this section are not about
the present, but for the next and sue
ceeding generations. The white people
predominate here and have no fears on
the race>question now. But, owing tc
the rapid increase among the negroes, il
is apprehended that in the course oI
twenty or twenty-five years the question
may present more dangerous aspect
In the South the negroes are making
strenuous efforts to obtain an education
and are in every way pressing theil
claims for equality with the white man
The young negroes are disinclined to bs
laborers, and, consequently, as labore
or field gro is becoming mor'
and mo each year. 1t hs
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Mr. q. B. Burckhalter, one of Aiken
County's most successful farmers, said he
favored Buffers bill. He thought that
if the negroes wished to leave they should
be given an opportunity to do so. He
didn't think the hardworking negroes
would let such inducements have any
effect on them, while on the other hand
the surplus negroes would take advan-
tage Of the opportunity.
Mr.. J. i. Courtney, of therfrm of
Courtney & Co., would prefer the negroes
to remain at home. he thinks they are
more serviceable now and of more value
to the white people than when they were
slaves. They can be hired cheaper and
are willing to do more work than white
man would do for the same pay. We
would lose by their departure, especially
on the rice farms, where no one but a
negro and mosquito can live any length
of time.
Mr.. Joseph Thorpe, of the firm Of
Schroeder & Thorpe, favors Senator But
ler's bill, but did not think it practicable.
Mr.. G. 81. Henderson, who is the lead
ing clothing merchant of this city, said he
did not favor either bill. He thinks they
are impracticable and ought not to pass.
Should such bill as either Of the two
become law be would be more favorable
to Buffers.
Mr.. Henry Dibble, proprietor of "Vs'e
of Montmorenci" dairy farm, Ak
County, favors Senator Buffers bill, anl
thinks that it would have a tendency to
draw off the worthless class, and tht
money expended would be we'll spent iln
this manner.
Wishing to learn how the colored
people looked on the subject, ] called or
Edward J, Dickeraon, a colored membel
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struck him, and be vent close up to the
feller, as he MAS loading his rifle for
another shot, and he discovered little
fuzzy animal hanging to hair on his
eyebrow. He brushed it off with straw,
and the feller couldent find that coon any.
more. The little animal belonged in his
head, but had strayed off on an exploring
condition, and was teaching the young
idea how to shoot. Albert didn't say who
the feller was, but I have always had my
opinion.
lam ruminating about ghosts to. night
because / am alone in great big two
story house, with seven rooms and gar.
ret. I hear something in that garret now.
My folks have all gone to the show. They
dideat press me to go, and Mrs. Arp said i:
'T suppose you are going to write your
letters tonight, and so you can take care
Of the house," "Yes, ma'aln," said /,
with my accustomed meekness. They
left the lamp burning in the parlor.. l
know they did, and I heard the front door
close. I heard the racket out there a lit.
tie while ago and went out to see. and
found the lamp out and the front door
open. What does that mean? The lamp
wasn't filled to-day, reckon, and the
door don't shut every time it seems to
sometimes the wind blows it, and some
times the dog pushes it open, SO it is all
right I reckon but it is awful lonesome
when there is no woman about the house
A man who has lived with one forty years
had rather have her around raising s
racket than not to have her at all. O
course she loves to go to the shows
Penned up all day at home, mending ane
patching, sewing on buttons and strings
hunting up lost cuffs, and collar buttons
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The following item, we take from
the Elko Free Press. The victim of
self-destruction referred to was Philip
Briggs, a druggist, who was we'll
known in Taylor, having several
years ago clerked in the drug store OF
Clark & Felsenthal. He was gentle
man of good address and fine edu-
cation, well liked by all who knew
him:
"a passenger named Briggs com.
mitted suicide by shooting himself
through the head on Tuesdays west
bound overland train. The deed was
committed when the train was but
a few miles east of Terrace. Deceased
was prominent Mason of Salt Lake
City, and carried knights Templars
charm on his watch chain. A few
minutes before com uniting the act he
was chatting with a lady passenger
and seemed in the best ef spirits.
The remains were taken off the train
at Terrace and taken to Salt Lake for
burial.