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FARM TOPICS.
ID. p. DUNCAN. N { TON PLANT.

IL. + ~ 'N'AN. N TON PLANT.
Thc farmers Of ."' section of
= 1gtton belt, who depend on
II IN entirely for their money
W tire simply dalcd at the
resuns 'oi' their years work.
Without going into details we
can state that it is something like
..Is. Made bale TO the acre:
AT tSE paying for ba"gin". ties and
giAffng, received $40 for the bale:
$S for the fertilizers and So for
the picking. leaving 50 to pay
labor, use of mules, tools and
land and to pay interest, it is not
hard to see on which side the
balance will stand.
Now to start out 10 purchase
\ taore fertilizers. 20 make more
,w"yon. to sell for less than the
,c1t OF pro1nction. l. th" problem
~ in the winding UP the wear
'Apreparim@ Tor the n"w con
T,srur farmers. /. cotton j. To-
s or 3 cents nrround ra"n w.
Nc Of necessity to lcarn to g.j..
It for that hgu.. "ilI n na... 20
,f profit, or 90 out o'ihc bu~iu.-.
Some of our Suorr,srul farm r-
who make all their supplies -
lomc and who "r, out of drhr
;laim that we car max" cotton II
i've cents with some margin ..r
'hc farmers. but tha. he mus,
D icduce all. his eHplu,e> tor il.
'u"' anjn to a minimum.
I@ ! P'one OF thc1 first and most
)rtant expenses connected
I be production Of crops ia
aation is the cost Of the fer.
= " What will we use'
mill it cost : is the question. |
Pm at the beginning atcre
ching settlei ,,.o. ON ,farmins--I
ss,lanure y koos,r faiIs. 1t,
is, ~ ono,Xe that will
,s,u.sd. There
about il. There
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ioSj'jy" y attire.

All parties indebted to othr firm
Of II. J. Gregory IL Co.. are re-
quested 10 come forward and set.
tie at once, as our book keeper.
MIR. j. W. Condor, leaves for
Columbia January lst, and all
notes and accounts must be set
tied by that time or they will be
placed in tn" hands Of an attorney
for collection. This does not
mean one but all.
3t. w. Il. GREGORY.
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Auditor 5 Notice.
LANCASTER, =. G., Dec. ), lS9>.

LANCASTER, =. G., Dec. >. l>9N.
NOTICE Is hereby gwen that thi,
y oilic" will be open from the lst
day of Jan. To the 10Th day uf FEB. 1892.
| Tor tn" purpose of receiving the re-
turns OF tn" taxpayers of Lancaster
County.
All persons having property i'm their
possession or cOatroI, rs Managers,
Holders, or aS Husband. Parent, Guar
dian, Trustee, Executor, Administra-
tor, Receiver, Accounting officer,
Agent Attorney or Factor, on the lst
day of January 1899, are required to
lit the same for taxation within the
tln" required by law, or incur he PEN
atty of NIFTY per cent which attaches in
case of failure to do so.
Tn" Poll Tax of on" Dollar is laid
upon all male '"r>onS. between the
ages Of ~ and 60 years. except per
sons who are maimcd and are unable
'""arn "A support
'"nr"h"rat" ~oldi"rS are exempt
rom Poll Tax AT 10 years of age.
fh" AuGiIOr or an assistant will al
r"ud IN" following places in the rUun-
= on ia" day named below for the
'"u'"ml"n"r ui ia" public.
h-"""la. Tu"~Gay, Jan. TO- I~I9. ~ L.
"i"n~""' Natiry, "Wednesday. Jan'y
-. i~a'.
"ria.r, Thursday, .'#,a.ry L.. 1899.
Van WEch. !rid"y. lamar, o.. 1899.
hi>i", \. NJ, Dwight. =. s.. Mon
luN. January -. l>.g
rrad"svill". Tuesday. Jan. l.. 1899.
lLNahaw. "Wednesday. Jan. IL, 1899.
lat Cr""k 'hur"h. Thursday. Jan.
~. l~9?.
nr.r.' W"l-h'- Friday. Jan'y 20.
i"1r'.
rrlmu,. saturday. Jan.2I. 1899.
Hail" Cult Niu". Nonday. Jan. sd.
1899.
kcr~haw. Tuesday and Wednesday.
Jan. I'm aud 25'h. I~"1.
Heath springs, Thursday; Jan. 10Th
l>.y.
fI"a~ant Hin, Friday, Jan. 27th, to
- u
Carmel Church, Monday, Jan'y 3Oth.
i>,J
II will bc To the Interest Of every
Taxpayer, 10 make his return prompt
- OF all personal property, also Of all
transfers or improvements on Real
Estat" and save the penalty OF 30 per
cent, which attaches after the 2Oth day
Of February.
=: Respectfully,
JOHN A. COOK,
County Auditor.
Dec. 3, 1898.
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in the Grocery LneLo for the money Mackorells.
NOTICE!

Tc the Taxpayers of Lancaster
County,:
The Treasurer's office will be
open for the collection of taxes
for fiscal year 1898, from the 18th
day "f October to the 3!st day Of
December, 1898.
The lev, Is uS follows. viz:
State, ) mills.
County, )
{. & G. Il. H., 3
School, >
LOCAL LEVY
o. Il. 4 G. Il. r., Gllls
Creek, Il mills
.. L. Il C., X. r., Pleas
ant Hill, 3 mills
O. X. u G. K. r., Canc
Creek, I mills
Lancaster Graded School, 4
kershaw +
Dakhurs I
Jones y Roads" =
TOTAL LEvYS EY DISTRICTS.
Indian Land, Is mills
WaXhaw, l6 "
! Cane Creek No.3, 23 "
! Cane Creek Graded. ~ "
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auctions. not OF art. but only of its
similitude. like the music in melodram-
as. inscriptions under pictures. illustra-
tons and the hbretto I'm operas.
such are the productions OF Wagner.
And h confirmation OF this is evident
in the fact that in the new music of
wagner Ii absent the chief characters
tic OF all TRUE artistic production
Wilderness. organic life. such that the
slightest change Of form destroys the
meaning OF the whole production"
Tolstoi studied the text of wagner's
chief productionL'The Ring of the Nib
elungs'-because II Is the text to which
the music is to be subordinated. He
thinks the production is a model of
the coarsest and even most ludicrous
imitation Of poetry"
Tolstoi was told that one could not
judge Wagner's productions unless one
saw them on the stage. Therefore me
vent to MOSCOW and witnessed the pro-
duction OF "Slegfried." He says:
"On the stage. in the midst Of scenery
meant to represent n cave in a cliff,
before an object which was meant To
represent a smithy, sat an actor i'm
tights and a fur cape. a wig, a false
beard. with weak. white hands. evil
IDENTIFY not a workman's (by his discon-
nected movements. by his stomach and
tne apstnce OF MUSCLES, " was evident
that he was an actor. beating with "a
hammer such as nc one ever uses on a
sword such as could never exist, and
hammered In c a way as never real
ly happens. and at the same time open
ing his mouth queerly. sang something
which one could not catch. The music
Of various instruments accompanied
the strange sound emitted by him. From
the libretto IL was possible to learn
that this actor was meant to represent
a powerful dwarf. living I'm a grotto,
and forging a sword for Siegfried. whom
he was bringing up And To know that
this was "A dwarf was possible. because
the actor walked about all the time
bending his legs. with the tights strag-
Cling at the knees. This actor for "A
long time continued neither quite To
sing nor TO shout something. still open
ing his mouth I'm the same strange
fashion. The music at the same time
broke out strangely. playing the begin
ming of something which was 10 con-
tinued. and IA no ending"
Siegfred. entered and Tolstoi notes
that sounds issued from the orchestra
at the entrance OF this actor repre-
senting the character of Siegfried. and
that these ounds are called the lett
motiv OF Siegfried.
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TO THE CELESTIAL LucaezlAs oaciA

Dear Lu. thou sinner rare, complete,
In thee the elements did meet
And form one whom we deemed the peach
OF prisoners. one who past all reach
The standard set. We have adored
Thee whilst our busy pens deplored
Thy w~ickedness. thy arabesque
And systematic. picturesque.
Original. unique. refined
Depravity. We nave defined
Each new transgressor's status by
Comparison with thee In thy
High seat of crime. We did employ
Thee much. The headline writer's Joy,
The paragrapher's savior thou
Hast been. But. Lu, another now
Hath risen. and from thy high perch
Hath cast thee down, hath put the smirch
Inferiority. upon
Thee. And, Lu. listen who hath done
This feat. Ii make us weep to think
A stub-toed. slant-eyed. saffron Chink
Hath done IL. Thy patrician soul
Must writhe upon its bed OF coal
In agony OF shame. But. Lu.
We must give the devil her due.
This yellow Mongol named Tsi An
Is built upon a wondrous plan.
Where thou a plot. a graveyard full
OF dead hath she. And she doth pull
thee.
Removing heads seems but to be
Her pastime. So. Lu. thy long reign
Is DER. IL griCv-s US. but tits plain
That we nc longer do adore
Thy name. but love Tsi An the more.
New York Sun.
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HIS VIEW OF WAGNERS "SECFR|ED,"

Count Lee ~. Tolstoi. the Russian
writer and critic OF all things. has con-
tributed to philosophic literature, a
book. or series Of essays. which he
calls. What is Art?" 1t is translated
from the Russian by Charles Johnston.
and published through Henry Altemus
OF Philadelphia.
In the chapter which is devoted To
h discussion Of Wagner and his music.
Count Tolstoi has some interesting
things to say. In his preface to the
book. the translator says that Tolstoi's
ideal of art Is hat II lis not TO fiatter
or amuse: art lis not the handmade of
pleasure: art is the herald of the soul
With this for his text. Totstoi breaches
some sermons iconoclastic in nature
that Is. they are opposed to commonly
accepted ideas. He ind fault with this
proneness of the peopne TO accept what
is set before them as art. In his article
on Wagner he says
ITO what a degree the people Of our
class and time had lost the capacity for
accepting real art and grown ccustom-
ed 10 accept as art subjects which have
nothing in common with IL. was seen
best OF all by the productions of Rich
- asht WIN har VI lalt bttOIflt
more and more esteemed. and ~recogniz-
ed not only by the Germans, but by the
French and English as well. as the very
highest art. revealing new horizons.
The special quality Of Wagner's mu-
sic. as Is well known. consists in this.
that music is made the servant OF po-
etry. expressing all shades Of p~oetical
productions"
Tolstoi IA that Wagner wishes 10 set
opera right by subjecting the music 10
the demands of poetry and mingling the
two. He wishes the musical art TO be
subordinated 10 the dramatic and both
TO be manifested in all their power.
But his Is impossible. because every
production OF art. IL IL IL a true produc-
ton Of art. IL the expression Of an in
epired feeling of the artist. quite ex-
elusive and unlike anything else. One
of the chief conditions of artistic Gre
alton Is the full freedom Of the artist
from previous demands of every kind.
And the necessity OF -harmonizing ones
musical production with a production
OF poetry. or the contrary. is a previous
demand. in presence OF which every
possibility of creation disappears and.
therefore, productions of this kind. har-
monized with each other, as they have
always been. must always remain pro-
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gridiron received a sad tumble in
more than one game during the past
season. when more than half a hum
dred points was In each instance
scored against her players. This year.
with the loss of such stars as Fultz
and Gammons. the fall is likely TO be
more pronounced.
Activity at yarmouth. Williams.
where two Yale men are doing the
coaching. Amherst and Wesleyan Ii
pronounced and in every instance con-
fidence is expressed Of making a de-
cided advance this yea in the science
OF the game. Last year the ndian
and the West Pointers played good
football. and the former expect this
rear to lick both Harvard and Yale.
The team will be the same as last year.
and with any sort of luck in keeping
the regulars free OF injuries their
dreams of ~triumphing over a big COL
lege team may be finally realized. But
turning from this happy look at the
brighter side of football and the hopes
and fears of Its players, We are con-
fronted with a sad ease Of a Prince
ton captain so cast down by defeat at
the hands of Yale last year that the
halls OF Old Nassau have not seen him
since the day of that historic AFFAIR.
He wandered away after the game.
and he wanders still. nursing his woe
caring for his old friends no mo-. Foot
ball what matter Of fellow art thou,
anyway? W. T. BULL.
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at center viii most severely felt.
while IL will be hard TO match Cabot
and Moulton at end.
In brief, this much may be said at
this ume-that Harvard only needs to
develop a strong line from a good nu-
cieus at hand to turn out a champion
team inasmuch as Dibblee. Ellis and
year.
princeton coaches and Captain HilIe-
brand are likely to lose much sleep
during the next month in the cease
less and seemingly impossibls task of
turning GU a winning team this year..
This statement is made wholly upon
certain reliable Information which
comes from old Nassau to the effect
that new material is scarce, and old
material on the whole OF a mediocre
nature. Should Kelley. Wheeler and
CROWDS. decide to play again. however,
the situation will materially brighten.
But the gloom at Princeton over the
poo outlook for a successful eason
play Is as nothing compared to the dis
appointment over the Tigers only n
Dig game. That Pennsylvania should
De taken on as a trial horse before the
yale game, every well-wisher OF the
orange and black perfectly agrees.
Last year Princeton's downfall was in
a large measure due to too few hard
games on the schedule. And now IL Is
the same story. but plus a much
poorer prospect of shaping a well-bal-
anced sturdy team ON the de-
Tense and a sure ground gamer. But
In football. as in other games-often-
times when the skies are the darkest.
only brilliant achievements mark
the final struggle for a championship.
But IL Princeton won't bear watching
for this reason. she should surely for
these additional ones: first. that
princeton men know the game nd
usually turn out a fair eleven: second,
that Yale Is met upon home grounds.
After Cornell's grand showing
against Pennsylvania last year. her
many supporters are prepared for al
most anything in the way of victory
this fall. The only regret is hat Old
Eli won't play them. BY establishing
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strictions except such as are necessary
to insure the wholesomeness of h i'm
ported food.
Mr.. Mayors is able to state positively
that there is no e~xaggeration In the re-
ports that have cached this country
regarding the situation in Germany.
In many places. particularly In Saxony,
where the distress seems to have
reached an acute stage. logs and cats
are being killed and eaten by those
who can AFFORD no other kind of meat.
In the smaller villages the practice Is
for two or three families to pool their
funds and buy up such dogs as are
available for consumption; these will
be slaughtered and divided among the
members Of the pool.
The use of horse flesh Is also in
creased phenomenally. Shops for its
sale are being established In towns
where heretofore a marked prejudice
existed against its use.
One very serious phase of the stu
alton Is that the sale Of damaged COM
mon meats Is also showing an increase
proportionate to the scarcity OF the
wholesome article. There have been a
number of arrests. allowed by convic-
lions. for offenders OF this character.
Notwithstanding the governments
oppressive restrictions, there Is an ex-
tensive trade carried on in American
pork. This is fully demonstrated by
facts that have recently come to light.
Inquiry reveals that thousands of tons
have been imported through various
custom houses without the necessary
certificate. This has been going on for
several years. The German officials
have strenuously denied that this was
so in the past. but now convincing
proof has been submitted by the
American embassy's scientific attache,
Mr.. Stiles, and the embassy has re-
quested the foreign minister to in
struct the customs houses to insist
upon a certificate in every case.
Nc American firms are involved in
this discovery. The German importers
have been the transgressors. 1t was
these same native dealers in American
meats. who. by the way, last July Of
fered a reward of $3.50 for the location
of a case of human trichinosis due to
American pork. and though three
months have elapsed since the ofer
was made, no n has appeared to
claim the reward.
There has also been a thriving busi-
ness done In preserved American meats.
The magnitude of h trade Is rather
surprising when one considers h OBJ
stacles that tand in its way. The inn
portations for h first seven months
OF 1898 amounted to 1854 500 kilo-
grammes against 1,414. 900 for the corre-
spending months OF 1881.
Fresh pork was also largely import
ed. The figures are $685. 800 as against
1856, 800.
There was also 1888, 800 ~kilogrammes
of picked pork as against ISIS. 500.
Bacon stood Is, 94S, 800 as compared with
7.139. 300. while lard makes a showing
of GA. 1856. 400 against Al, 446. 500.
1t cannot be denied that a pronounced
prejudice has existed in Germany
against American meats. but they are
steadily gaining in favor, and a little
hammering away at the question now
that Germany herself is aroused. by
our government. will probably result
in our packers and shippers securing
a large slice of this profitable trade.
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a CHICAGO ouN's WRINKLE.
Use of a Young Woman I'm Collecting a
Bill From an Obstinate Debtor.

Use OF q Young Woman I'm Collecting q
nil From an Obstinate Debtor.
Speaking of collecting bills said
the man from the West. 1--WE have a
most effective method in Chicago.
There instead of young men they en-
ploy young women. ! tried it myself
and 1t worked like magic. A fellow by
the name of Green owed me a small
bill, a matter, I think. Of ST. or so. 1t
seemed impossible to make him pay IL.
SO I engaged the services of a pretty
his office. He was out. She called
again. He was still out. but nothing
daunted. she made the third and fourth
call. The fourth time he was in, but
he firmly refused to pay the bill.
"'Look here. Mr.. Green aid the girl.
4 will make a proposition to you. II
you will pay 5 cents a day on this bill
I will call each day and collect that
amount until you have paid IL in full
But Green was a hard party. He
again refused, and the girl left the Of
flee apparently ~crestfallen. The next
day she did not call at his office, but
she did call at his house. The door
was opened by a servant.
lis Mr.. Green in?' asked the young
woman.
mo. ma'am.'
The girl left. but Il seems that the
servant duly reported the call of the
pretty and stylish young woman, who
was so anxious to see Mr.. Green. to
his wife. The next day when the young
woman again called, the wife hung over
the banisters, taking a peep at the call
er on her own account. The young
woman asked IL Mr.. Green was in.
NO. ma'am.' answered the servant
but his wife is The wife a told
her to saw this. of course.
His wife, stammered the girl,
why. has Mr.. Green a wife,?
1.-The wife. hanging over the banis-
tiers. heard this. She turned pale, and
gasped for air, while the girl. SEEM
ingly very much confused and dis
tressed. at her discovery, went on down
the steps and into the street. IL is i'm
possible to say just what happened at
that house that night. whether pokers
and curling tongs were hurled. or the
furniture torn from it's foundations n
flung madly about, or the roof was
raised skyward; but one thing / do
know-the next day Green promptly
paid the 81. And the girl didn't call
at his office for II. either. He came
around and handed me the honey him.
self. and he seemed to think he was
getting off pretty easy at that"
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MARK TWAIN TRAGIC.

1t is right and wholesome to have
light comedies and entertaining shows;
and / shouldn't wish to see them dimin-
ished: but none of us is always i'm the
comedy spirit; we have our graver
moods: they come to us all; the highest
of us cannot escape them. These moods
have their Alphabetically and legit-
innate appetites-and there ought to be
some way of satisfying them. 1t seems
to me that New York ought to have
one theater devoted to tragedy. With
her 5000. 900 of population, M 20 out
side millions to draw upon, she can af-
ford IT. h can support II. America
devotes more time. labor. money and
attention to distributing literary and
musical culture among the general pub
lie than does any other nation, perhaps;
yet here you find her neglecting h
is possibly the most effective of all the
breeders and nursers and dissemination
OF high literary taste and lofty emo
tion-the tragic stage. To cave that
powerful agency out is to haul the cul-
ture wagon with a crippled team. Now
adays when a mood comes which only
Shakespeare can set to music, what
must we do? Read Shakespeare our
selves! Isn't il pitiful? 1t is playing an
~ Sdl EplO VII n Jew ~ -
read. None but the Booths can do IL.
Thirty years ago Edwin Booth played
Hamlet" 100 nights in New York. With
three times the population, how often
is Hamlet" played now in a year? III
Booth were back now i'm his prime. how
often could he play IL in New York!
Some will say % nights. i will say 800,
and say II with confidence. The TRACE
dams are dead; but l think that the
taste and intelligence which made their
market are not.
What has come over us English
speaking people? During the first half
of this century tragedies and great
tragedians were as common with us as
farce and comedy: n 1t was the same
in England. Now we have not a TRACE
dian. I believe. and London, with her
so shows and theaters. has but three. I
think. 1t is an astonishing thing. when
YOU come to consider IL. Vienna re-
mains upon the ancient basis; there has
been no change. She sticks to the for
mer proportions: a number OF rollick-
ing comedies. admirably played. every
night: and also every night at the Burg
th~eater-that wonder of the world for
grace and beauty n richness and
splendor and costliness-a majestic
drama of depth and seriousness. or a
standard old tragedy. 1t is only within
the last dozen years that men have
learned to do miracles on the stage in
the way OF grand and enchanting
scenic effects: and II is at such a time
as this that we have reduced our seem
cry mainly TO different breeds of par
lors n varying aspects of furniture
and rugs. I think we must "a a Burg
in New York. and Burg scenery. and a
great company like the Burg company.
Then. with a trsgedy-tonic once or
twice a month. we shall enjoy the com
edies all the better. Comedy keeps the
heart sweet: but we all know that there
is wholesome refreshment for both
mind and heart in an occasional climb
among the solemn pomps of the intel
lectual snow-summits built by Shake
spear and those others. DO I seem to
be preaching? 1t is out of my line. I
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Hard Preliminary Work Has Been Done by
the Various Teams. Says W.. T. Bull.
A Look Over the Field.

halves. fullbacks and quarterbacks for
at least the first month OF play.
II cannot be denied that the chances
of the worthy successor to the Yale
eleven of 1897 are bright. and later on
may be called cosy I'm the event Of the
freshman classes supplying three or
four good heavy men.
The losses TO the eleven from grad
uation last June included Rogers at
tackle. Hall and Hazen, ends: Caldwell
lader. center; and Chadwick at guard.
But with the certainty ever nov of a
pair developing into second Halls and
Hazens. OF a worthy successor to
Chadwick at guard. and mayhap Rod
only TO worry a bit over the filling OF
the giant Cadwallader's shoes. At
present Cutten, III English farmers
boy. who Is studying in the Divinity
school. Is the most likely candidate.
He played quite a little last year n
gained n good lot of experience. While
he possesses far more solid muscle TO
his 240 pounds thar did Cadwallader
at about the same weight. he lack
quickness and aggressiveness. If not
handicapped this year. as last. with a
pair of sprung knees he may surprise
those who last year classed him as a
player without a heart.
Durstan is playing Rodgers place at
left tackle satisfactorily. combining a
good defense with fine ground gaining
abilities. Should he prove himself a
player in whom a stonewall defense is