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The followiug are the appointments made by the annual eonfertence of the 31. E. Church, South, for the ensuing year: Charlestou District -J. Marion Boyd. presiding elder: Charleston: Trinity. John 0. Wilson; Bethel, R. N. Wells: Spring Street, L. F. Beaty; Cumberland, H. Bascom Browne: Caiuhoy, W. W. Jones; Berkely, L. C. Loval: Summer ville, J. 31. Pike; Cyprcs, J. WV. Brown: Rlidgeville, J. 1". Pla4tt: St. George's., Thomas Ravsor: Reesvie Mission. to Ie supplied byv. Patrick: Colletolu, J. C. Young: Round 0. W. WX. Williams: Walterboro'. E. l. Lovless: Yemassee, .. A. Mood: Allendal-, lt. H. Jones: Black swamp, C. E. Wiggins: lardee v-ille, G. R. Whiitaker; iseau-fotE.. .Meynardie: Brunson Acadeny, j. F. Watson, principal. Orangeburg Distrit-T. J. Clyde, oresiding elder: Orangeburg. J. E. Car lisle: Orangeburg cireuit, 1. Dargan: Elloree, J. W. Humbert: Providence, WV. H. Kirton; Branchville, 1). Tiller: Bam berg and Buford's Bridge. C. B. Smith: Graham's, J. T. Siflev: Edisto, W. H. Lawton; Upper Edisto, M. 31. Ferguson: Blackville, P. F. Kistler:Boiling Springs, L. S. Bellinger: Orange, B. 1. Grier: Williston, J. W. Elkins; South Branch ville, J. J. Workman. Columbia Distrit-S. U. Jones, pre siding elder; Columbia: Washington street, W. 11. Richardson: Mlarion street, T. E Morris; City mission, L. M. Little, Winnsboro', G. P. Watson; Fairtield, N. K. Melton: Blvtbewood, .. W. Neely: Lexington Fork. John Attaway; Lexing ton, C. W. Creighton: L&esville and Concord, S. H. Browne: Batesburg, S. D. Vaughn; Johnston. J. A. Porter: Edgefield, It. P. Franks: St. Matthew's, A. M. Chrietzberg: Graniteville and Langley, W. H. Wroton: Aiken, W. -1. Duncan; Chaplain to Penitentiary, W. Martin: Columbia Female College, 0. A. Darby, president: Paine Institute, G. W. Walker, president; Editor South ern Christian Advocate, W. D. Kirkland. Cokesbury District-R. D..Smart. pre siding elder; Cokesbury, R. R. Dagnall: Greenwood, F. Auld; Ninety-Six, W. P. Meadors; Donna'd's, C. H. Pritchard: Abbeville, P. B. Jackson; Abbeville cir cuit, S. J. Bethea: McCormick, J. C. Chandler: Lowndesville, W. S. Martin: Tumblg' Shoals, W. A. Clarke; North Edgetiell, _V. H. Pooser; Newbeny, J. L. Stokes: Newberry cireuit, M. 31. Brabham, A. W. Attaway: Kinard's, T. P. Phillips: Saluda, C. I. Mann; Parks ville, J. '. Steadman. Greenville District-J. Walter Dick son, presiding elder: Greenville, J. B. Campbell: Greenville circuit, A. A. Gil bert: Reidville, W. H. Airial. J. A. Wood, supernumerary: North Greenville, A. C. Walker; Fork Shoals, J. D. Frierson: Williamston and Belton, W. A. Betts: Piedmont, T. C. Ligon: Anderson, W. C. Wightman; Anderson circuit, to be supplied by A. T. Dunlop: West Ander son, A. W. C. Attaway; Townville, to be supplied by C. V. Barnes; Pendleton, J. K. Mcdain; Pickens, J. C. Davis: Pickens mission, to be supplied by 0. L.Xui-ant; Seneca City, J. J. Neville; Wilafan S. F. Anderson; Oconee mis sion, to be supplied by .1. N. Wright: Williamston Female College, S. Lander, president. Spartanburg District-T. G. Herbert, presiding elder; Spartanburg. J. Clifton; R. C. Oliver, supernumerary; city mission to be supplied by J. A. H. Harmon, J. F. Smith, supernumerary; tiion, S. A. Weber; Cherokee, A. P. ,Avant; South Union, J. M. Friday; *Jonesville, C. D). Rowell; Gaffney City, J. B. Wilson; Laurens, J. M1. Carlisle; North Laurens, J. C Counts; Clinton, D). P. Boyd; Belmout, S. J. Mcteode; Campobella, A. W. Walker, R. W. Barber, supernumerary; Pacolet, Dr. Brown; Clifton, 31. L. Carlisle; Wofford College, A. Coke Smith, professor. Chester District-A. J. Cauthen, pre siding elder; Chester, H. F. Chreitz :.berg; Chester circuit, J. B. Traywick; East Chester, G. T. Harmon; Rtock Hill, J. C. Kilgo; North Rock Hill, E.G Price; Yorkville, W. W. Daniel; Tork circuit; J. W. Airairl; York mission, M. A. Connelly; Kings Mountain, L. A. Johnson; Fort Mill, J. W. Mc~ay; Lan caster, A. J. Stafford; West Lancaster; John Owen; Tradesville. J. E. Grier; Chesterfield, H. W. Whitaker. Sumter D)istrict-J. S. Beasley, pre siding elder; Sumter, T. E. WXanna maker; Stumter circuit, J. T. Kilgo; Lvnehburg, J. S. Mattison; Wedgeileld, B. 0. Watson; Bishopville, S. P. H. Elwell; Santee, J. L. Shuford; Forres ton, J. S. Porter; Manning, H. 31. Mood; Clarendon, W. C. Gleaton; Cam den, P. A. Murray; Hanging Rock, T. W. Munnerlyn; Richiand, G. H. Pooser-. East Kiershaw, D. Z. D~antzler; West Wateree, G. W. Gatlin. Florence District-W. C. Powers, pre siding elder: Florence, J. T. Pate: Dar lington, J. E. Beard; Cheraw, W. .J. Herbert; Society Hill, J. E. Rushton, one to be supplied by C. G. Hannon; Dairlington circuit, Ei. T. Hodges: Lower Darlington, J. WV. Murray; Timimons ville, A. W. Jackson; Etlinghiam, 31. W. Hook, D. Durant; Lake City, N. B. Clarkson: Kingstree, B. JT. Guess;Salters, D. A. Calhoun, H. C. Bethea; George town, A. H. tester: Georgetown circuit, M1. H. Mayor; Johnsonville, W. B. Ba ker: Mars Bluti, W. T. Capers. Marion District-A. J1. Stokes, pre siding elder: Marion, XW. A. Rogers: Centenary, (G. H. Waddill: Britton's Neck, W. Carson: North Marlboro, L. Wood; Bennettsville. Jr. WV. Daniels: Bennettsville circuit, .J. C. Stoll, J1. A. Rice; Clio, G. 31. Boyd, John Manning, J. R. Little supernumerary; Little Rock, D. D. Dantzler; Mullins, J. C. Bissell; Little Pee-Dee, T. C. (idell; Conway, W. Thomas; Conway circuit, W. L. Pe gues: Bayboro, Wmn. Harden, P. L. Kir ton: Bucksville, 31. L. Banks; Wacca naw, A. F. Berry: Pee-Dee mission, to be supplied by B. U. Berry: .J. W. Wol ling and J. WV. Tarboux transferred to Brazil Minsion Conference. .1 lonug Married Woman shaoorn Herself. SnAiorA. iwt t'. D)eeembevr 22. -Mrs. Naunie Smith, wife of Ed. C. Smith, shot herself last night about 6 o'clock. evidently intendiut to take iher own life. About six years ago she was married to EdI. Smith. a house carpenter. A year or two ago he went to Florida without her and rema~inedl several month" iiet wa- prepairing to leave agin to-o da I n had&ol his lot and( asked her to i h oe.Se refi .ed. and for at few days past hodee oplpressed in mind and eveAXn mori''' "mithi .tates -.that she" rose before dayli:fh yesterd:ay and lighted at lamp .and w a upI fo som tune. She returnemo bed,~ ' la Ivr nI:rmu the day she liwi lIu 't say Ty wvere living with Mrs. Cth~0ia "Smt a'- hii othetr. Oin reaching home. mith wen h:ii tie hotuse and took ii setb txin- ,ie.bt i wife, did niot go tfn. Lh-' re' fa iso was heard byv the f~un iy bu i did hO. attract special attenin. .er Siih.g by the lire awhile. he suh h wondered~ wht had become of Nan. and wen'i t ut to look~ for her. lie found ier lyin wihin' a e feet of the bouw. .tpparemiy de i lie Rtussei,, who ascertain ahat She wa.' siot the ball entering the b1d just hbelow the l-it breast. The tisti 1 wa1S 22 calib re. She waXs living~ tis nt'.rnitnd but tiher iitl hoe of rc-(vee-2i...Airx 'zar/ ,;'':,r BiR ICA.BRAC'. Gooi for boils-The teakettle. On fatigue dutv-The *tiring wvoian. A see change-Puttingon green Cole . hiunlder-hu -Ki~ssing the wrong "ir ne. m T'he gradest verse ever comtpoisedl.-Ti Ih sculptor should aiwzis ays iive -a hca "o i I k ;s tw:o wolulil. hi ;I nioiler alld li w . a. _n'ike C a :re1t mi'i. Epcrience costs' more ta die i "111e0r11 in hi,: long rill. Can :mnybody 8*11uprove his conditio~n b wXV:nn' Ii not. whine nio'. ThehNadesvelabel1 youl !:an t j; lu1age is to Stick to it yoirself. he ~Was tielic rased in ftoe h te' love is ltindi biut it generally jpullkdow the. curtains. too. Can a intoxicated by miiii c he sai i , b.e air z ight *? "Thi beats me.' as the e-:g rem':arkc whi(l lt stw te spoon. Does dehath end all* Aias no: tla-t the monu subscription fund. \Wlo shall decide wnii doctor (is; ,c-:"Al:i so metines the undertaker. Silence may be golden. but it doesn necessarily make a millionaire of a mute. The canines probably got. their har when somebody "threw physic to the dogs. When the roast turkey is stuffed wit ch;:!snuts, it will be time to ring the dinn< The lbbor troubles have becoie so ge. c.: th.t; even bells on railway engines a: striking. It is the Washington critic that thinl that an honest alderman is the scarcest wor of (.odl. Most men like to see themselves i prim," i but women don't. They preft silks and satins. A poet claims that nothing is warm thin woman's love. Woman's love ncv< reaches to her feet. then. A New York proof-rvader was foun dead the other day. All the editors a: issected. Card parties are again in vogue id wi be inaugurated in most charming fashio this week. It is a word and a blow when the Iron bnue man gets his order from the leader th orchestra. Practical and successful farmers are a ready making their arrangements for .1: work of another year. (ive a tramp a cold shoulder one da) and he will come back the next for grav and potatoes to go with it. The man who likes whisky better tha beef walks not after the tiesh~ but after t1 spirit. The man who expoetorates in the ladie watin-room surely does not expect to ra1 as a gentleman. The spider would not na:ke . good has b-il phiyer, because it so freguently got "Out Oil the iIv." A costerionger's c:) anld a cape ove coat are tile correct thing for theyouths lit period. Quite English, you Iznow. When the old gentleman deeded all hi property to one son, the other referred to a3 one of the old man's misdeeds. A man who saw an apparition of his d Cmeed wife said he was not scared but so! of surprised. because he didi't exspectre. 'oltiical economy seenis to be passin into oblivion in this country. elections ai getting soc epensive and approp riation bil gr.:wug so. (Cingress had to adjouru over the Chris mla holidays, or else the seaso a of "peaw on eajrth and good will to men" would be holow mockery. W ith a grape crop equal to dive miillior of aallons of wine in prospect for no:t yea: California is not in a favorable frame mi to listed to prohibition. A little boy who had been used to rxceih his elder brother's old toys and clothes rt res'tIv asked: "MIa, shall I htave to marr his widow when he dies?" Nothing recalls to the mindl of the nur ried man the joys of his single life so vivi< ly as to tind that the baby has1 been eatin ergekers in bed. Conscience is said to be the voice of ti1 sou:!. but it does not follow that the ma whose sole squeaks nll the way down ill broad aisle has a troublesome consciente< An agricultural paper discusses the sut barr'elful. There is a gre-at depression in the bus new' of making bottles. The business<4 emptying themi seems to be carried ont briskly as ever. The true use of a porous plaster. accor< ing t) a M1ilwaukee druggist. is "to retai the back inits proper place aund lct the pai crawl out through the holes." T wo of a kind-Th~e youth who wish< he had thet money back which he had pai for a present to a girl, and the girl wh wis.hes the mean thing hatd his old presei back. .W'h Billings says it is a giood plan 1 comec up to the back side of things au: work towvards the front, but his philosopli wouhi not work very well if applied to Thiousands of families are now receivir an earnest of the horrid po'.sibihities of tI tin trumnphe't in the hands of the small ho; and so far as the returns show they dou like it. Before oilering to. rig a street ear be for a lady abot getting off look closely.a her right hand. If she w~ear's a dliamon ring and yotu pull the strap she will lie yoi enemy for life. *"T'here is nothing impossible to the d terminied spirit." says a philosopher. In deutly that philosopher never tried to reac up behind his shoulder to get hold of ti ead ut a broken suspender. "310o:her,." said a little girl to her paren who takes a great interest in charitable i stitutions. "I wish I were an orphan. "Wh y so, my dear?" "Because I shou] see iore of~ you, for you are all the tin going to the orpihan asylum." It s said that a year in which there noch Snlow wtill alay turn out to be go. d crop year. An "excellent beginnir has been made. and w'e sincerely hope ih; the old1 saying will be. abtundantiy verilit this comiing year. Tiailo.r--3uried tor unmarried? Cust, mier-.irried.i Tailor ito eutteri-Ur :srkt con'ealed in lining of vest. C'ust in Ii-: \? What7 .i loir(explaiig) iie ou changze, you know, at nitnht: I' hink you ought to be a conugressnumi snae ts. S humebottom. the other evel i..rs she prepared to make a clearingi r('li'bXi thet lanmp. "'Why~ so" inquirt ishu''t.tm. "Because eve'rything ye d:kowwhat to do with you lay on il The -teate't baieinnr to-day' 1i the succe: .f..hidraa is the high velvet hatt. an tiri d.r airts whlo wear them should kno that 3ir . levehad, "'the ir'st lady of 11. aod." is in favor' of iadies removingz the hen:dear wh'en at the theatre. andl has a riad '. sit the exitiiile. It is to be hope tha't our ye-ma ladies will hear this in min and pull downi their ilnery bariend< whenevir they appealr :t lacl(es of publi1 I 'nun-*.l: van ra . : s - -i a h X;!at' 1a th1w' d P~n' -oo nil. . 4 & l. 4b- -. 1. Thegvriu u' eeing in lo~w Y: -t the' pitent gramli to1101. k .t aeon. Ga.. Thu, P0so & - 1h1. sonl of S"tam1 senaaor Pr t. was' W e li brother. The lad% werec 44ut hun'tin.:. At Wincheter,. \l 'n the4 loca 1ie.tio lu Prohibiti onislick 56a vd :v -e ou:ny ox-:Mt4. m.4rity. 'tihardSinvewavmrararse in Cincinnati an wil) bt 1: o fo of I UN-i p \'a. ) au.tio'rit i.w v : a m:1udr co0:nmlitted h1Ltfi. oer Truher of Patrc N.ik'l a.,. vIe old, (14.l hil ot a ila cu-Ii 1 y : r an'iputations withoum x:ikc n chlowt rorm. r' ie is expected to re 'ov.er. d tha valuale ilvier Ira hi::s recm:Niy -e een discovered on the Tomah:dI: Cr'.i(. in that county. ! The- stehamhip Ara:.'. wviinlle N: mig u to crcss the bar at Rock p. T ... yest-. dar afternoon. was driven ahore y' the high wind and breakers'. e)f now i in a f danlgero~us positionl. Tihe jurh in tme C1linmphei case has fo:nd a verdict exonerating bth Lord and Lady C:unpbell from the AI erki. mu tudly charged, and , denoucin CUn 1'i1 Cer for failing t appearaa wi e. for -J'4r Campbhell. tiie reporInthat Count Icr.rt jism:trek ha advised the I ulIaria dcle'' s to e n iec;. Prince Nichri:s o i' 31;relia "1 ruler e if'Bulearia 1:m caused ;;.itd.oit Te inqi otia. i-Z-il'Vi w m Coloned George Noirhbrop, :h of the be-t e knowyn railroad men in tne cain.m tihe4. drill-mas.Lter ho. ( d.'vlopeid t Gen inviable De3olaiv Commndery. KCnitb Templar, of Loui'ville, K y., has b1en1 adjaudged ai luna.tie. Y Teter !a Dr. n O'ilei. of D -ar.ca I to Dr. Kennier. Treahereri if the 1rs N ioniI League in Dublin. ruer.1 h C i 11114.4r has (4 cd..iu;' 1 no 1 4 s oellyne thrge CNhicag Cnv4eo t o.\ rilhod.Jnin oiy n(.tmpt wsM ader atwh oc ismq" We m udn~ng belo un 3air Iarris-s undry wih' <i: n aof an wsvileinZi:. buiding wer aht eter v N Dart. ba-1.' t D l 31ennigTradV1) e. 4. Dh N Pvau Epicoali Chublch. Riehnnd s\s. s . 1,is.'s oldpstr. ha ei i s O':eilearsiv h hc-: Cneicn i _ .i1.' . Lou di.o d death fom by a drophobia of all :uiaer of Louis C r:uai. ex s c)mmite. No annmeed. Sh wa ' .it' Lares :on riday4!(0 ni.ht.a durin b e col->red people-1( frolic. Wat 1 F.!sn drew.. a revolver and~ 1nred at a iml'm n'''taed Laie. yTin- bl.letiC mlissed. its mark 1. .:: . ::4 e bhr.'ugh thle blody 441 allmid: coloredi wom 4lan, j (hattel mo2r120;;'S are beClndl:.:i on ironl-elad than ever. There~ *'re seve.r") 44n 'tile in tihe Clerk's 441tice in which the' foi lowing words are prj1'iu l Hon"'eh'!i andi Skitdcn furniture. boks. picture. je:er. ' D musical instrunient-.snidles. hugly aull >- whiere, but1 particuliarly' 'n my12 w ft r or 4 " during' thle years. 15', i'," '"'' 'ii a 1The. Nort Ci(arolina 4444.:.1. 4i. hbi Ofn minal conferen4'Oce :1t lt'e i'0 3 4eroplum i. Hotl in Washingto4n at wh'i M'r J. W feli's brother. Turne'1tr Re i. wa41 Sies ii s to. bec present thai theC dele;:'a ion mb''ht put itselfI in comlmunlication w4lih the~ still is ing Co)ngressmanm. Thxe bject of th4' 4" u ference was to mak4' it as eas .' p.sbl for4 4 1 u .i. Iteid to return to4 hi'. seat : in Congris. n 1r Io ndce him to giv'e sonme ""stisacory expfilanation of is -ib'0ence. Mr. Turlner' Rei'd filed to kee'p tihe :1I) p4oa inment. :au Stel :genlerl belhief i.s that .llr. J. W.'i idi " in Canada. White Th re i'. Life There i-a Hope. SN'anv of the diseases of this sea'on of thle 'ear can~ be aJver'ted4 by' a smnall amount of care and at linie cost, by thle titmely use of .E'wANKxS Tor'az CINcinon ComMItD L. It cures Diaxrhwa, Dysentery, Chol era' Morbus and like cfmhdoslP. .Vo - traccrI should be withoutt a~ bottle, as tit will prevent any d~itas thlat wotuld no doubt arise fromt the change oh t water, food and clitmate, without its d use. The most valuale medicine in r the wor'ld, contains all the best and most curative properties of' all other L"Tonics, Bitters, etc., etc., being the . gredtest Biood Puritier', Liver Regu Ia h totr and Life and lHealth-Recstor'ing~ e Agent in existence. For xialaria, Fever and Ague, Chills and Fever, t Dyspepsia, Indigestion, diek 11ead. . ache, Nervous HUeadache, Chronic -'Rheumatism, etc., etc., it is truly a d Herculean Remedy. It gives neCw life e and vigor to the aged. For ladies mn delicate health, weak and sickly chlil dren, nursing mothers. See circular a wrapped with bottle. SCH AnLs-roX, S. C., Sept. 1, 18-5 Tihe TIopaz Cinichoina (0ordia1l C., .Spartanburg, S. C. : .I)ear Sir-1-have e used a case of yottr .4JiTopaz Cordi: Iin ~my fam:ily,. andi as a TolO' and4 A.ne 4 tizer I can chleerfalid t'eounuelant 1 all who are sut!le'Iing fromli Di:ity and lack 01' aippetite. My' ch'i''dre0, especially, have been much' benefhite 'by its use. Respectfuly'., d Ask yotur dr'gis for Ew xs u TOPAZ CIxcinoNA CORPIAL' ai t11ke 110 other'. TulE TiOPAz CIxcitoNA (Ce1' 41.' C., e crd ol o f phil'''i y tc' I xplbt u' hy d of theolog ''rather tha ''ibwiOhy: and ,. r4.44.- 'I4IiV. 14 '~e -n 11s. 44 n -o14i ihe KEEPING WELL. Exercise for Aged People-ilunger Cure. Fasting is Good. .. Buchardt. professor of hygi.-i:-- h" Paris Faculty of Medicine. declares that i:1 people should have exercise for the b: P, all the organs of nutrition and i n as well as young people. He say i!h. Ih tendency to rest brings on a grahmi h. tion of strength. Moderate exerq i--. 1,::: ularly walking, is coindieitld. 1! i xeil known that the disuse of any organ in air its powers. Why then shouid not lose the use of their mevinbiers the tont r i rnm giving way to an incination for re-t The Hunge:: Cure. Not favoring anything uhi. i:a:i calied starvation. it is unn a. that there is a uiaiftti :In tive means, in reauon:tb- : i an extent to) allow th t-y all obstructiLonS. As Wh labor on liant than ai be day, some of it musn-t rAiIn !!a 0 so when we tak" irte X h1 10 t . -. 0 gested in the allotted thw -,r th:1i of digestion that it cinnit be il I ' .: the usual tiie, there ni.-t I an tion, sometiing whicb str'V1Sa tion. an aeeuiitilat o f m:-r - need to be dislii7;C11 of, th wh i y i niore or ls eltgged. Fastin:g. ther, fox"". mar su 1e stance-;, i-, amon tg tle m.st imp.r - remletlial Int-a.,ureo. When: hi i 0 nature. as the next best nit- I tit ployed. throws of f su-h ol fin. "a vomiting or purging, tuin av In forms of disease, if as (dsUas thu ... . manifestations may e regardd. - know that there are persons whito l it-e one must, eat or sooni lie, bu they-. r ' b n Dr. Tanner livetd for fory daycra ti y . water, anl that 4,. hors have iv'.0ei w O. and that in high fevers ant n-n' 1 when the appet ile is enitire l'y su-- S -. ^ eral wees uay Iss while the ia hnt f ing. The danger of starvat ion is oat is , is usually supposed by any iein. body is composed nainly of the te-;m: air and water, whieb. we suppose, imay 0 n propriated in an eniergenc. Therfre an tirI in the opiniom tiit at tle cOnmn ment of an acute disease, deeltel 5i. rj may be averted, in nine ense out of C. : ; reasonable fasting. at least so lorng Is titntr i, no appetite, with extra hat hing, fri ;. i the -urface, quiet, rest. a good supply (f a b i ant sunlight.-Dr. Hanaford. j Pure Air. The atmxospherc is a most importmit .e: in disease. It is always containated it dust containing innute particls whih vu. putrefactioni and fermnten. ' i; serted that these eisoe All mria . --m. tagious diseases. im:tion in te a phere acts as s:agnnti in w ".it every one knows is unwh-l. .ime. Tr .y requires a vast amount #! :4r. n,' IP sons cast otff b the humat syst ly. If breathed ever anti ov agaiib deleterious to the stronge:.t st ":it'n.l be- 11 feetivo sewer )il.es are perlalis the m.. rious cause of fevers. Tiv;e soti r, i iv a' inunediate attention i- -oon asi b~ri o. !.r r..a detected. Fspecially, let the hoo I.- Ivk-il and frqenty aire antd its inmuriti- . t .I., away, as the ide draws oli tht dr Iti oa city and carries it out to t he u-eaui. Cholerat in Corea. The draths fron cholera in Coren st -w: r ported for a while at 1.S0 per iy X-0. A the chief city of the peninisula. cont less than ::1)(Ai0. inliaiitnnts within iti.s wall. An important point to note is that the t tary conlition 1 the caital has benn fATr long time horrible, in site of ian-nt natural draiuago. The sewers were onrv very good, although ope.i on the street- : u of late the houses have encro:niel m Q. thoroughfares. and have l-'i rI: - 11 built up to and e'.en over the sewer. le .;u' only the space necessary forl. ths conn which have beceome tilt hier andl lithir.T lesson of this dev-astatrina of 'euCil is ti h oi~ - e that would be taught in any otheru cit y iih i world under like ciremntistanes; andi hI:: !.l and pitiable as was the mortalityit on as the dead lay jong unburited, it emmeilt Utx called surprishig. SOCIAL INTERCOURSE. Be Careful to Answer Intvit.aions-At tentiont to a Speacker. One of the most frequent Ih:eaches oif goo breeding is the interruption of one wchoi speaking. it requires considleraitle yrai.t ie especially for a naturamly unpatt-t wnc p-. to becomne habittuated to listeing at'::tvel to what a coimpanittn is saying. O0 :-h can stand where a great decal is 1-assing~ u. ih it is desirable to see antd can look dircfe t. V a and listen attenltively tot cue whtto- it eiH: to the extlusion of all eise, shiows an a::ni C takable mark of the high: lhreedhe . The Termtt Men antd tomn. A singular change ini the ui e of the cri designating men and women has comne :zbor within the last fifty years. In the mlidIti>it of the presenlt century it wasi connnttii spa of a mnan's wife as "his lathy." Ttolyar n use tof the word woultd he re;.carded- by:, numy ( as an insult. Neither the wo.rdl *semtinan i: It i, used as frequently as ftrnt:r. Ii ir ne ob cotunoni for a vounig girl to a~ih oflw male iendsit as genitlemene. Ntow, '-hel wedt sy a mian htad call in her. ttr fou i~ were presented to hier tinr-"' thP-t:;t. One is more likely to hi-ar lis- hlr :.k n of as the gentleman who shr hit n hear the president of the F~nited. Staia eteuatl the gentleman whto oceupies th iW\~hite lin. It would be the mani who is pr'e-it":1. The terms gentleman antl itd1 i:r originally usedl totdesigiiate a elain. .. Eni..d wit it special privileges. There is no ci btibt ion ill class tn-the United States. and t..emtle~ are acll mna antd women alike. Answers to Invitations. It many be laitd down as a tiule ihait anyt in - vitation requiires an answer. hottwever et-- J juette changes thle method of ri-iply. o: at / least the ackcnowledgmneint of an unen'iin. invitations to p~artits, dinniers anti teik always reuire a reply. even if t ::.y is ntG asked for. An invitation~ to inneir'r - i:.ul receive a reptly at tonte, that the het:-t ini t have .imle time to til lie plate if the' iniia ton istdec-lined. Aitd the guest hldt ar rive e:etly t'n time: not tooi late ih-im-c tho till diuner 5hould not be keptt waitingz: nit too Vitx early, since the ho-t or hostess may tdesireto suprintend the arrangenent of the tabk and might tnt be readly tto recive guests. In vitationts to receptioiis dot inot need a replytif I the invitationl is ncepltedI. if it is not atreit- Dt ed a card should be sent with re-grits. The Polite Boy. A btoy who is polite tt his father- anti 9 mother is likely to be ptolite to everyboil 1 else. A boy lacking politenes to hiparent ta have ihe sembiilance of courtesy i:i soc t but is neer truly ptolite' ini 'iriit. . he :etnines familiar lie will betraym his rtail want of couirtesy in spite of all his aittemtiiY nut to. .wwalloned (arbtole .\eid.o -c visor Thomas U. Watsot, ofti ekl Coitted suicide yeste rta by. t..k.n...:m oune oif carbolic ac-i. 31. Wats' .i a well to-tdo plasterer, anti I-ived a' N. ! f'M Btler street. [He had bee'n acting stra:.--e ea ly for a week ocr ten days.i Yeierday b- ca" prposedl to his wile. who is nott I::;:' h health, that they should visit smeiti friend v. in a iistant part of the ciiy At 1 ch t tic said tie would go out and get a $10t b-ill~ i-hanged. so he would hae car Ifire harty -I went to Dennin's driug .stoie, at e p-ca- wi ilteiit t torner of Court street andI First place. -nid A MONEY ORDER. M. QUAD RELATES HIS EXPERIENCE WITH A POSTOFFICE CLERK. A Nice, Easy Way to Send Money-Had to be lidentified-Identification of the Identifier-Hteroic Attempt to Cut the Gordian Knot. One o tit reasons that indie d me to have a reinUittee sent to Atlantie City in the way of a pio'toflice money order was the fact that the c*-pess company or a bank would de n:::ii perso nal identification. Almost every iN:v is * ertain of his own identity, but when it enes osie one elce being certain the I::,,- nUnmes a di:Y'erent aspect, especially if a s:::: oeis c'oncerned. However. this gr. i '-ious government, in its praise wir bi -: e to help a stranger in a strange hi i ojf a bad box, will permit a friend to . si, no eyin one postofflei and let you 'it uit at another. The man at the desk w. : x;a who sent it, providing you are :a1 Tria t. him, and when you have re .!i. ithat fie sender was John Smith. your , .,:r i-gov. :11l a good fellow generally, l .hat you have heen oxpecting the order fo :. es. ind that the folks around the I:--: n ni inger look upon you without s i h 'w ill hand it over withouta loult i h::I yn at person for whoi it was in ii. I . t nice, easy way, you see, and th1 b:k :,-llers and express agents are aw fuliy put oz. because they can no longer hArt strappced str'angcrs. have a little order." I said to the money ord-r oi-rk as I went back into his den. N--1-s" he grudgingly replied, as he re ci ved E. "ila this your aine?' -Who wa it sent hy:" .h e of Detro." -Ves-um!"You'll have to be identified' Why se, Haven't I told you who it was sent v. aml didn't I receive it in this letter dire-it to me and deposited in a box which I r i h'ere:'' Sthi i.n't my name how do I get the t::r roblresadcl to itf If I am somebody el, - what right have you to hand me another -! ino', btt yout nmst be identified." PBut there isn't a peison here who knows me a.oi I at dehad broke and far from home.' -:mtt belt tl:it." A..n y'W't pay" . unhiii -'vou are identified." I wen: ll ck to the hotel and asked the ci if he wottld identify me. m-!! !t lni't know you. you see. - i'ri ered and haven't I been hr .. rnays:" --h. :. c.1t you might have assumed this mr-:i. e--. y1u e. People often do that. --'.. . O up a look over my trunk. I -. ..:ehalf dozein envelopes. Go ask . : ii,,,' I amt. -;t exi l -in -- ' . iyu mt ewme. It'sagaist --I c rs he h:ltc:; ( owe vou $:0: here's n fr. it* Either help me to get it : walk ,IT wit your bill unpaid." 1ev;- heinl to identify me. He wrote a n.- th ptma,,ter to the effect that he b. *.- ii lt ie bearer was the person m.-: i: 1h, iiicr. and I returned to the -1: olthe note through the win --Well.what do yo think of thatV" The ele 1- lo'kcd at the -igitature, scratched his - if t ie Gilsey house? Who in Hali fax 1i 'ar--: erhap.s You want hin identified:" I - e -colly replied as he handed the not- '.-Can't yiv that I ever heard of :bitg wis said about some one getting li-k1 if lie woiid cone out of doors, but he wouhi-t cet. I went hack atnd told Boggs the' re'ult, and he kc-'ked at me in a v'acant w::y and repli--d:l --Me ntti lRoggs.: Well, he may be right. W\e cain't t ake nto ebances htere." Next day'. I wetnt down for the mail. having determnaied to let the order cash itself. There wsa card ini the box asking me to call at the natwy ''ot'e ofilee, and when I showed up the clerk sail: --Who sent you that or'der!" -Ihn Ioe." "--\:hore dies he live r' -Detroit." 'Oh-ah. T guess it's all right, but you'll ha-:e' to get yotu' money at the bank across th- war. A re vl citttie itt the tian?" --out miy 0or mayxtot be, but we'll cash it." uh;gv me ant order on the bank, and I ikpe aci and handed it to the paying teler --Y- ." h. said as he seized it, "you'll have to"'-idt ied. -!t cve 'i lie ideittified." -i t bc <hu-tned if' I dlo: I just got that order omi tii" mioney c'ler'k, who kept me out of it thre dy.od I don't propose to fool away ant itr'' little. -I nt hilp it." -Will von coiteout doors?" -Will tou let me ini there?" I was' ging" cut. leaving the order in his hrdc,c whent toggs c'ame ini. I told him of the dflii-'ulty. and lie said to the cashier: "It's all right- I know hinm." --u I don't know you!'' replied the teller. lheggs thteni offred to fight him inside or outidek the raniling. and after we had got the boardc of diir'ectors5 out and a crowd around thc. lot' 'tme one canme in who identified Bog... Ii iggs idet iied tme. the teller handed o)ver' it money, and the postmater. whom I met at the <tilor, parailyzedl everybody' by call ing ot: -Hllo: llr. King, did you get that montey all i'ight: Bog~gs tdhic'i faitited away, atnd the teller socutedI for mie to returnil hut I slipped [into the crowd': and got safely away.-M1. Quad in De'trovit Ft'e' Pr'ess. A'i 'urious Phenomenon. Ont the -aastiern c'oast of the Caspian sea a cuiti'ous plhentomen"~on is in progress. The Kara lRc'bihaz is ain estuat'y nearly separated from thte itaini body of the sea by a bank through whi--'h thc're is an itilet. The evaporation fronm liihigul f is so gr'eat that a currencut con tinally sets ini from the Caspian; and as th'.r'e is it" i'eturn' currienit the water of the gulf L '- cmes moi'e and miore' saliferouis, and a dep..it of ,-:lt is ini 'ouirse of fornm'ation. In tiite thi,.c gnf will be cut off from the Caspiani. andi will thetn Ibe di'iedl up and be comii ain -extsive salt bed.-Fr'antk Leslie's. Mos ing a (.rave by1 Expressi. A Chic'ago expreOssmianl says that the oddest tij in' hecver' rceiv.ed by expcress was a grave. It was in a bix four feet long, covered with a ga'. Incite was the earth of a child's grave -the in irf. locwer's. headstone anid all. It was gictg fri'n i-,i .,tate to Califor'nia. Some imant hcad mtoivedl out there, andic had the body of a dear' chil taken tip and shipped to hitn. The thougzht stiuck hint that he would like to baea htl of the sod fr'om th old home stead. andi li e sent for the top or the grave. -New York tiin. llurie'd in Her' Bridal [Robe". W~~ .cn:a ttium-:. Pa.. December 21.-MIiss t:ld 3 eic, daughter of a mine sut 'r'intendenii ini Luzerne borough. 23i years u!ery' pr'etty, committed siide~ "diy /e Iirst tried to t-ake her life -i-kin ins iin her neck, but failed. net than tcok laudaum. She was to have 1:hurl to~ok sick atnd the wtedd.ing wa:s pos-wtpn d. Th' poistpontemtent p~reye'd on het mine i of the. bride-leCt, bieautse she ail be'en told hi a fortunle-ttel' that slie widi;:imarieRd on at cetiin tday': but if mtidng lshou~''tld to prevent it her life would . t.oo~. "ill howmh buried i INFORMAiO PERSONS LI -.- her 1: A .otl, * -rc AOL nUC . CAL CO. C/LVO 'D., U. S. A. KABE L E . - ~nd West u i imore. CAPCIN . . .Aac .' .a m:sut:p and! Ame1 Ii c. - I . 6 '- -*. iu ni 'r AN!)...A.. NRIWALED O RGM0IA ,S the EAtY PAYMEZNT Ny-tem, 1rm '-".2.15 --olt r.- e 2 . I sie r hi C. : URIGHTE PIAAOS~ strcted on the re: method of strin.'::;-, 0:: iisr term-. Sand f.r de'scriptive Catalogue. 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P-man-i cf ':ie age for r:. ~ ,po: al !:7:m3 P: A re.s:;Y for p. .Y: rne 1':Ci.i. CLASS of !r':.) e::: m I Cfrnwtn diiemsed 1co:irj'i !s the Men m an't lit~ r*-- -. Th ro-" U , .'cs PIAdNS anl RGANS From the Worlds Best Makers, AT FACTORY PRLCES. Easiest Terms of Payment. Eight Grand Makers, and Over Three Hundred Styles to Select From. PIANOS: Chickering, Mason & Hamlin, Hathushek, Bent and Arion. ORGANS: Mason & Huailin, Orchestral and Bay State. Pianos and Organs delivered, freight paid, to all points South. Fifteen days' trial, and Freight Paid Both Ways, if not satisfactory. Order, and test the Instruments in your Own Homes. COLUMBIA MUSIC HOUSES rranch of LUDDEN & BATES' SOUTHERN MUSIC HOUSE. PRICES AND TERMS THE SA3M. N. W. TRUMIP9 Xanager. CHARLOTTE ~s N IN'TTUTE for YOUNG LADIE5 n the S.tl ha; advantages supe ro to those ofl'ered lwei in every depart .e::t--ol iate, Art and .Insie. Only d an accomplisheil teachers. T 4~i is iit!ted with gas, warmed nt vr4ought-iron. urnaces, has : : : water batis, and first-class int School in gr'e'tc..tno ) .c l i thetotth has ever':thing ccfu CU it coe, including anc~ ( :- mornlaguages, per .. n... . :... :-..............$'00 :sorae from 'aine ray er - rh.I Pupils chmrged .: at u it fu; particu.ars, ad \X.3 A T KINsON, Ci4arlotte, N. G sPEGIFIC.1 11886 1 A DAY, BUT FOR BG EUMfANITY! .00D AND SKiN DISEASES SENT OULD EE READ BY EVERYBODY. ZrFiC CO.. ATLANTA, GA. [BLE GUANO, Smuated G .uano, a comU iete.j ligh N D - corapvicte. Fertilizer for these era near fahrxrston1 forZ vealyes, etc. ps :.d a.-o ir Fruit Trees, Grai.e A'4D l'i")SPHlATE, of very High HATE CO., Chsarleston, S. C. E:e them in the world. Will positively cure rocnd each ox :s wcrthi ten times the cost of a e . domoretopurifythe blocdandeure chron ic ill health than $5 ^ worth of any other -remedy yet discov ~ ered. If people could -be made to realize : 1 miles to get a box if tky could not be had srateci p~nablt free. notraid. Ser~d for it; ca ..' *Ia.o c oseStet, 0C0,MASS, ?9 a nE