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THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. NYNOPStS OF Til K SUdOKSTIONS Or OVK CHI Kl-' MAQ1KTKATE. AD Exhaustive Kev lew of th? financial, Educational ?nd Industrial Condltl n of the Stat* -An Abi? ?nd Interesting- Paper. On thc first day of tho present sc? sion of tho Legislature Governor ThoT^sou submitted tlic customnry mossago te tho Geueral Assembly. Tho lind ninttor considered is THE I'UIILIC DEBT, which'is now $36,522,188.54, consisting of BrWwn consols, valid Creon consols, deficiency bonds, and agricultural land scrip. I UK REVENUES OP THE STATE. Thc tetal revenues of thc State and count ?CN for thc lineal year commenc ing N?vorn ber 1, 1883, "was about $2, 089,000, of whioh about $1,930,000 waa raised by taxation, and $163,000 from phosphate royalty. Tho collection of the taxes was unusually full nnd satis factory, nearly 98 per cent, of thc assessed Stato tax having been collect ed, anti nearly 86 por cent, having boen paid .into t'ne treasury. Tho net re ceipt tor each mill levied was $115,000, being an iaerease of $-1,000 over the preceding year, and $25,000 over tho year 1878 79. Tho laxen for the fiscal yoar 1884-85 are now being collected, and the result cannot, therefore, bo reportocrr The lory amounts to $1, 831,494, divided ns follows: For State, $841,526; for counties, $077,148, and for school*, $812,820, not including polls. It is estimated that it will require $403,000 to meet the ordinary ex penses of tho Government for the fiscal yoar 18885-80, and $391,000 to pay tho ""interest on tho public debt. These amount-; will bo increased by such additional appropriations as may bo required by legislation, and \vill be decroased by thc phosphate royalty and any surplus that may remain iii tho Irca?urw.' A? these amount ? aro. contingent, and consequently anknown ilO nocessary levy can only bc deter-" mined when thc General Assembly prepares the annual supply bill. THE PHOSPHATE ltOYALTT. Tho phosphato royalty for tho Vern einung 30 Soptembor, 1885, amount ing to $176,244.41, has been collected iu full-being thc largest sum yet cov ered into tho treasury from this source. Thc yiold for tho year ending 30 Sep tember, 1886, will probably not oxeced $150,000. DISAULKD SOLDIERS. Commenting upon tho recommenda tion ofthe Comptroller, that $30,000an nually be appropriated for a pension of $30 oach to disabled soldiers, tho Governor says: "Thc State can never fully discharge her obligations to thc bravo mon who. in obedioncc to her C&K'ha>?B?tfersd p?rtit?P"?1 "????7 ?n ? health or in limb; ont ihe^SuO&rii cuif trlbnte, if possible, to thc alleviation of the wants of auch of them ns are without the means of support, and aro incapacitated for manual labor by reason of disabilities incurred in thc discharge of duty. Whilo those who can claim this recognition of services to thc State diminish in number each year, tho infirmities of the survivors, and their need for help, constantly in crease." THE TAX LAWS. Tho Govornor recommends a careful revision of thc tax laws, with a view to greater simplicity and efficiency. TUB PUBLIC SCHOOLS continue to improve The number of pupils enrolled in the public schools during the year just closed was 178, 023, of which 78,158 wore white and 99,585 woro colored; the average at tcndaBce was 122,093, of which 55,064 wero white, and 66,429 were colored. Tho number of teachers employed was 3,773, being nu incroasc oi cighty-nino over the number employed during thc preceding year; and thc number of schools was 3,562, being an increase of cightv over the number in operation during the year 1883-84. Tho length of the school term was three and a half months, a decrease of half a mouth. Thc total amount of funds available for school purposes during tho year 1883-84, thc latest period for which reports arc attainable, was VJ680.38, of which $441,599.37 was co?iee^e^ula? ,ho > eHr' anA $,7:V 981.01 consistai anees brought forward from previous years. Tito total amount expeuded was $428,419.31. The Governor urges thc adoption of somo moasurc by which thc school fund may 4*catch np" for tho "lost year", and teachers bc paid. The various educational institutions of thc Stato aro in a flourishing con lion. The Stato Military Academy now has four elasecs, the full number pro vided for in the course of instruction, and during the coming yoar it will send forth its first class of graduates si nee its reorganization in October, 1882. There are now 206 students at the Seuth Carolina College, and it is likely that tho numhn* will rench 280 shortly. The presen) attendance in thc largest since tho wur. In concluding bin remarks on thc College, thc Gov ernor says: "Tho leading States of the Northwest and our sister Common wealths of the South arc rapidly build ing np their institutions of higher learning. North Carolina has recently strengthened ber university by largely increased appropriations and by tho addition of several now chairs, and Virginia has within thc Inst three years Sven over $100,000 to her chief scat ot arning. Mississippi has granted her Agricultural College more than $200, 000, ant) Alabama und Georgia havo appropriated large sums for tho estab lishment sud support of technical schools in connection with their Stato college* These appropriations aro samt safely invosted, promising large and speedy returns to tho people. Snob wise and liboral legislation-tho poliey of the most progressive Staten of tito day-was the rule in our own State from the early day? of the cen tury down to 1861. ' Never has it been more needed than now. when success in every pursuit or calling can only be achieved by intelligent and well directed, or, In other words, by edu cated effort." THE PENITENTIARY receives |U due abare of attention. The whclrt?nfib?i4 of convicts In conflne ?nonu ^daring the year WIN 1, 468. The nnmber on the 81st dar of October ves 946, a decrease of ll as compared with the corresponding pe riod ef last year. Of this number 826 vere eetoreu males. 39 colored females, 76 while tiples md 6 white females. The cash receipts lor tho fiscal year were $166,682,16. To this amount, as showing the earnings of the prison, must bo added $10 ?in.Gi due by cou tractors, making $70,449.80 ns tho total Incomo tor tho year. Tho dis bursements to October Jil were $(57, 081.65. To this sum should be adde<l $?,00O duo in bank, which will he paid 1 from thc amounts to bc collected from 1 tho contractors, making the disburse- 1 ments for the yetti' $82,081.66. The incomo of tho penitentiary has 1 been diminished hy the inability of thc ' directors to biro out convicts nuder 1 thc restrictions, contained in the late Act on the subject. The Governor suggests that tho directors be authorised to take con tracts lor specific work to be done un der tho supervision of the penitentiary oiucers. and that the State buy html to bo cultivated by tho convicts on a large scale. Ilc nlso urges the estab lishment of a reformatory school. Con cerning tho Canal, the manager states in his report that, in his opinion, more than half of thc work necessary for thc completion of tho same is already fin ished. TUM LUNATIC ASYLUM has 859 patients, of whom 210 wore admitted during the last fiscal year. Thc wholo appropriation now asked for is $39,000 less than for thc year just closed. In thc matter of reforming our sys tem of CRIMINAL COUllTS tho Governor prefers an increase of the number of Circuit Judges, rather than the establishment of County Court.?. If the trial justices aro to be retained, he thinks they should receive staled salaries, and be appointed on thc re commendations of tho Circuit Solici tors. The message recommends the carly taking of a census of thc State. TnE DEI" A HT SI KN T Or AQRIOULTUftE. Tho annual report of tho department of agriculture for 188? includes tho re ports of the commissioner, Hie chemist, thc special assistant in the phosphate department anti the superintendent ot fisheries. Tlio>e reports furnish de tailed statements of the operations for thc year, showicg the varied and im portant duties with which thc de partment is charged. The regular work of the department has been fully equal to that of previous years, anti much of the time of tl c commissioner and his assistants luis been given to thc State's o x I ii bi t at tlc World's Industrial and Cotton Conten nial Exposition. This exhibit was made by direction of the Legislature, and represented tho natural resources ami manufactured products of thc Stale. Tho commissioner makes a full report, showing the extent and diameter of thc exhibition, and the results likely to follow from it. Ho thinks there is a strong probability ol thc establishment of direct trade rela tions with Japan, in exchange of phos phate rock for ainmoniating sub stances, so extensively used by South Cnrolina manufacturers of fertiliz ers; that the sales of fertilizers inunu fi?c?^??'Vd .bore will h.* largely . jj?. creased; t?iaT tfe?^.^>ricjjjtu.l'?? iuTvan tagon of thc State, as shown by the products displayed, will attract the better class of farmers and laborers; that thc mineral resources, as shown by thc specimens exhibited, will re ceive thc attention of investors and practical miners; thal tho splendid water power anti forestry of South Carolina, so thoroughly advertised at the Exposition, and now better known than ever before, will interest capital ists, and that thc trade of OUI'colton manufactures will ho extended. The Japanese commissioner and experts in wine growing and other industries' have already visited the State, and thc favorable impressions formed justify tho expectation of gootl results irom their investigations. Thc statistics compiled by thc de partment show the steady agricultural progress of thc State. In the staple crops there is a gradual increase in production, and each year shows great er increase in the use of labor-Having machinery, and in the number and value of Improved breedo of live stock. The board of agriculture has en couraged experiments in tobacco cul tine, anti will take such steps as are nccossary to establish regular experi ment stations us soon as the funds ol thc department will permit. Tho department has a well-equipped chemical laboratory, and is prepared to undertake analysis of fertilizers, minerals, &c,j for tanners and others. Thc building contains tho.- Ov ,,. ,">.>. . . . ? .. ' 1.1.?V.CS, tn. laboratory aiitt'oi large hall for agricul tural conventions. Tito specimens ex hibited at the Colton Exposition were lout to the Agricultural Society ol South Carolina tor-the Charleston Ex position; they will be returned to the department building in Columbia, and will form the nucleus for a permanent museum. CONCLUSION. In closing bis message the Governor soys: "In conclusion, I Invoke your attention to the responsible duties for which you are now assembled, with thc sincere wish and the confident hope that your labors may be wisely direct ed to the advancement of the best in terests of the people.'.' The Old, Old Story. Why do we hear so much about dys pepsia? Simply because so many poo plc it. Why are so many people talk ing about their cure from this dreadful disease? Simply because they have been taking Brown's Iron Bitters. Thus it is with Mrs. Taylor, Of Lynch burg, Sumter county, S. C., who says, "I have used Brown's -Iron Hitlers for dyspepsia with most favorable results. I believe this medicine is all that h represented." Dyspeptics anti suffer ers from neuralgin, weakness, etc., should try it. * -Thc annual meeting of tho stock holders of tho Anderson Farmers'and Mechanics' Fair Association was bohl on Wcdnosday, November ll, and, after paying all expenses, declared a division of assets which will pay 160 26-100 per cenf. on the original stock. Tho association retains its charter, and a new orgaization will probably bc ef fected in tho future. A Blind ?nd Deaf Woman. Miss Minnie Wallaco, of Atlanta, lost her lieu i inc, ber Hight and sr usc uf taste. Boros covered bur In xiv and limbs. I let joints wore swollen and painful, her limbs paralyzed, appetite lost,-and she was eking ont a miserable lifo, ?lr nettles of II. lt if. restored her sight and kauring, rolloved all aches and pains, added flesh ?nd strength and shs ls now a well woman. Write to her. A prominent Alabama physician said: "A patient who was almost, dying from the effects of Tertiary Syphlllts and who had bson treated by several noted physicians , without be petit, used one dozen bottles of K. ll. II. And wat entirely cured. ITo hrfll ulcers on lils arms and the hones protruded through the flesh and skin nt the elbow, and death seemed inevitable." * < \GKICUl;?UHAL DEPARTMENT. Th. old Fields ul'Hu* South, Winn a Northern fanner nasses :lirough tho Southern st Av.;, ho is sur prised, mid pained- If of a sensitivo nature losou so many seemingly bur ren fields; bare, excepting ?ben oov Jl'Cd with Ibo prevailing brown sedge if thu various, exe? ediugly poor, creeping plants called J a pan clover, which include severa! kinds of Leapt}' dlZU. Those old fields are scarred with gullies, or wasliQs, caused by tho heavy rains, which loosen thc line red clay and carry it down tho slopes. Naturally, a si ranger think- those bar ren fields to bo worn out and worth less. This ls a g teat mistake They arc turned om lo rcfct, whllt it ploco ol' new ground is cleared and cultivated, ami aller a tinto takes il- turu of rcs!, and the old Hold is plowed up ami cropped again. This is Ibo Southern substitue for manure, and ls really a method-an exceedingly poor ono, it is true-of fallowing. These Holds have never booti plowed, to uso this word in its true sense, flioy have been scratched over, but the soil has never been turned, and winn a Northern larmer, or an awakened Southern planter, tears up this soil willi u good turning plow, and seeds ?I down n> grass und clover, the yield is quite bqual lo that of a good field on a Northern lunn. Tlic writer has a Held of thirty acres of dover and Tim othy on land of lins character, broken up last summer (i*8i), lu August, plowed twice, harrowed up throe limns, and sown willi thc clover and grass alone. This lias been mowed twice for hay, yielding, lu all, three tons per acre, and toe aflcrmutll is now (November) knee-luge, a"d would make the finest pasture, were il aol saved for turning under in tho spring. Another old Hold, seeded with Tim othy and clover with oat-, has a pol' loci stand ; nol a seed seems lo have failed lo grow, ami is better than Ibo writer has ever grown al tho No'th in thirty vcars' experience. This seems to bc the most profitable way lo treal old Holds in tho South, and il* South? orb farmers would adopt this plan, and feed slock on tho grass in the winter, the grcntost on tho fair face of the South would bo ia.vere.1 willi beauty and turned to profit. Among thc characteristic plants of tho old fields, in many localities, ?ire seedling pines, which arc so gciicrallg found in them, as to give the tree Ibo name of Old Field Fine, also cali Loblolly Pino. Tlio H " ' . for tho South. lu a late number you ask lo hear fl'OUl your readers who have tried thc Jersey Hods. They wore introduced herc 7 or 8 years ago from New Jer sey, (he writer taking several. Tliey were not found adapted lo the circum stances and needs of tho S.^vt??ern larmer end wcro pi'OUHn'V discarded. Tin y are doubt lcv, ft 'nr'and hog al 'J'1"..' iionic in thc North, (so arc thc Chester whites, which arc utterly worthless here), hut ill tho Gulf States nice will not prove at all satisfactory. Tho New Orleans /'?mis Democrat ami the Soul/tern Liri .Stock Journal aro beth perfectly correct when they t ach and continue to teach, that the Southern farmer mus! take his choice of breeds from tho blacks-F.--.-X, Berkshire and Poland China, the K-sex is the prettiest hog of them al! -a model of gentleness and qttiotucss, always lat-no maller how kept-and his progeny of tho i minnon sou is unequalled hy any oilier malo, lint thc breed ir. rather small and I always had trouble in get (ino thc young pig* started-iii tact, far too manv of thom arc born dead, (I am speaking of tho pure-bred). For this nason I gave them up, though with great reine* ut. Thc Berkshire is well known. His blood courses in thc voles of thousands of good hogs all over thc laud. Any where eau l>o heard "pai l Berkshire," as ample proof thal a bog is a good one. But with his many good points - not forgetting thal most excellent meal - ho is too much inclined lo i>e mischievous and ovon viscious and i not to bc tolerated where ranges and lonccs arc not fll'StchtSS, and when tho) can not be kept sep?ralo from tho -lock. Tho Poland t.binas arc not so generally known. Somewhat coarser than thc blacks, they have all their good points, hui arc free from the ob jections that lie against I hose broods. They arc large, yoi quiet as thc l?sscx -almost any sort will control them; the\s'>vvs. are mosl excellent molllOI'S (Mr l-!.vt.0",s Statemoni to tho contra ry ii?t\vithsfwHin?); '{Jj lifet^J".^ oil" promptly, grow weil fi no lattcn well at any agc. Afl Mr. P. say-, they are '\i good corn-crib hog ami lard producer" and thal h high commen dation; for twist ami whip around tin in Al tor as wc nitty, wc have not solved (ho problem of a suitable substitute for corn al a pork producer, and (ho hog that pays -pays alway--and nays heavily for the corn ho consumes i ihe hog for the South. I will add in conclusion Mr. IMi'oi lba' 1 have spoil I a groat deal of money and limo ??ml patience in thc endeavor io satisfy myself as to which was ibo best hog for Hus section-have 1.1'icd all thc breed- I thought worth while to irv -the big whiles und (ho lillie whites, tho Jerseys and all fhfl blacks. And Ino above statements uro based on my individual experience.- Vaniz in So. TH VC'Stock Journal. - i -- Cutting and Oaring Corn Fodder. The enthusiastic, advocate-, of ensi lage, havojaocmpllshcd ono good thing -tlicy have, shown thc value of Indian corn as a fodder crop. Those of us who have no silos, mini continuo to usc tiie old molliod of drying and pre serving Hie fodder. Tho silo adds nothing to thc value of thc fodder. In other words, we may zet out of tho silo all thc food Hint goes in, luit no more. And so with the dried corn fodder. Wc mav so cure and dry tho corn so ns to retain all tho nul riment there is in it. On tho other hand, wc can loose1 nut riment in tho silo, from SXCOSS?VO fer mentation and otherwise ; and wc can very easily lose equally as much, b om exposure of (ho drying or dried fodder (o min, or from mold in thc hundios, shocks or in Macks. In fact, I have never yet been able to stack corn fodder, or to koop it in bulk in tho hay for any length of time, without considerable injury and loss. In my oxpcrlonce, tho most econo mical way of raising and curing corn fodder isjjflrsf, to sow early on good land. In rows wido enough apart to admit tho uso of (lie horse-hoc or oul tivntor. Second, io keep tho land woll cultivated, ns long as you get through the rows with a horse. Third, .on,mon Acid corn will m a kc good lodi cr. A hugo variety ot Southern oi n, will give, possibly, a largo pito luct per acre, but tho smaller and 3arliojf varieties of flint coin will givo fino stalks cud nunc loaves. $WqOt corn i-; - upposc*d to civ.- -\> rclcr -talks -perhaps so, perhaps i.'6t-u point, on which l'ai t - aie ue.ded. 1 know ol'no positive proof;* At any rato, t know 1 hat common corn, sown oariv, at tho r.nc of two ninia half lo three biVShOM pe? acte, ami weil cult?vele!, wii:-giyo lt3 good fodder ns I want. V.'l.c.i mt carly, saylhe mi.Mic ol' AugUt-t, il cnn ho made, whh proper care, into .??outline "lllilizo hay." ol'excellent ipiahty. Eourth--J?y letting thc crop 'grow later, ti heavier growth eau !>. so mu? tinws he aliaiucil, hut Ihn quality is not always so -yoi.il. Al any rnrtU. I would cut 'tho ilr-t rtiorhebl [ho crop attained maturity, or stio/w^p* in ex cessively dry weather, au\ -igns ol diving iip. l-'iiil:-I have hud tl gr 0 tl I crop, iliut proved quijo Miiisf/uel?ry, cut as Intens thc last ol' f?cptcmbpi', hu! nt this BCn80n, it is rot an ciu . niatler to cure it. Si \th- - We i nt o ii I* corn fodder with a ??lf raking reaper. ICtiCp tho knives sharp, and take only one row at n time, ".specially il liiouvy, and d i no' make (hot build les too largo; mid any nod reaper will cul thc crop holler than il can he eui by band. Seventh -hot tb- ?odder lie in thc bunches on thu ground ?ora lew hours, or for ft day or I wo, lo pai tinily cure. Then lund up into small bundles, Eighth - Set :hc bundle- up into Binall, compacl -lacks, ?md cap ihom willi a 4'ri<ler," tn in lo hy tying two sheaves together mid pinelb? thom willi thc hulls up, on I he lonjof'tho -lea:!;,so as to sited *.h>' rain. If Wi !! th'he, ibis will prolcot it. Ninth-Clothing moro need he done 1 ii it l il late in Ibo lal!, ex'cepl to set up any shocks or bnutili s that are blown down, or, more liK?lJ , hfl So spread out ai ibo bottom as io l>c exposed lo the rain. Tenth-tn these sln?ks, (tie ?. un fodder* osncciallv 'bat. willoh is cul early, will gc| IJioriillghly cured, and one who liaS bad no oxpei'icneo with corn bidder, w ill be likely !o think thal snell well cured ..mai/.'' htiy," may bo pul in a stack or illly, Uko, lum.Iles id' w heat or corn stalks, lilli Mlell is not (bc case, und ibo practical way id' handling a dozen or more acres ol' heavy corn Ibddcr ?st (o make ii into largo stooks in the itu 111, und I'M them remain ?boro until ncedcil for feeding in thc winter. Three rows Of thc smaller Btoit ks nl'O made into one row of large sleeks, or if tho crop is not very h?uvy? five rows may In- lakoil, two on oil !i Bide ol' ?he center row, where tho large st ooh- ero lo be made Thc larder Hid ~1?' >K-, provided they can bo ?ntnprtc'lly m ike, and LT ra llltllly Itt poling to a point, the helter, 'inc top dioillil he -.eir.elv tied with two bauds, Wo eomclim.os u-c tarred rone, but nothing i ; better titan willow I w iv.s mr ire-. S. e I hat ivery pari ol thy WOl'k i well done, Tho tir t bundles, ol tie* largo stook should siatid upright, anil two men, Standing on opposite .-ides ol the stook, should press 'he bundles together as tight as possible, ami con tinue to il ? -o a- moro ar.- added. Especial Iv press or kiel- (ho hillls ol the bundles compact 1) ti?; : her, A sprawling stooK will bo more ? dam aged by snow dud iee, nod tho butts will bc Iro/.Cn together, and it is then notan easy matter lo pilch lito bun dle-, in tia- winter. ll' I lu: j" large .?looks aie WOlJ mad'', lia r.- itoCd he lillie los?, a:.d lin tltllliUllty i:: handling Hie fodder.-- Ann ri- tnt A'/i'icuttui'Ul ht. Tllli N i.w - oi rn i: i .ii: Some of Hi* Lnlflti Haying* timi I).?hie* in Souii) Carolina. - "I>i*ovo" hogs are selling io An derson ai pix cen I s poi pou ml gross, - Ibm. II. ti. Bciiddey, I' Ando ROII lectured on temp rail :.t Spar latlhui'g, lad Si'M'day |ligh',, -Tho bai'llllgloil I'in /i ?!(<>,. v. .nts Hie Lcgi.slatiti'o lo pen-i n: tlic disa bled Confederate soldiers ol'i hit Stale. -Thc Herald says doer ara plenti ful around Somincryillo^ nud iii vi Northerners Ibero wl|u ?UM in qtie.-l of Spot!. -Tli? pilllip-llOU.1? on the North* ca-lern ltailiu.nl, tWO miles from Charleston, was biirnl hist week; loss $500. - -The Summerville Herald edito* riali/.cs ibo Leg h I ul uro to repeal thc Trial du-tice t? stein and establish bi lieu a system of county cou ' '-A Tine ma7vv '.''.Y, ? V.-.V'' ' "biri oli? Jersey bull were burned up S-i'tirdaV' night in thoslnblosof-AJ ti. Means iii tile eily ol' Sp irtatlbtirg. --Ctipl. W. t?. M- .tori-ail, editor or Hie .Mai iou s>>tr nml Th '.Cotton Plant died I'Vhlay moi'iiing. lb: wa- ? law yer iiinl n galla.;t Confed?ralo io. Hoi\ - Itoboi'l C. bishop, of (latinee, mortally wounded p ilicontan A. X. Turner, who w i? nlloniptiug his lllTOSI al Mack's, ami ultlloilgh made his es cape. -Ai Summerville Ii?! Wednesday hight, a store i uciltlied In M. \v. VVohb lltld ow.- il by Mr. Koi'iiiiban, was dosi roy ml bj tire. ho?s $2,500 above ilislll'illiCO. - Thc grund jury ?d' ftd gc lipid re commend the abolition Of the iri.?I jus tice: system ami 'he substitution of county court s and thalia tar ol' one tlbllor per head bo 1111 : >. J -1 < I on nil dogs. - Mr. Lewis .I?.?e s, n| S..rantni, wlio was in lin* employ ol IbO t omiculioill I 'iilendcr Clock ' oinp:.:iv, and was eel . ting $00,per month, io-t hi- position by heilig ?l'l'VCd With a siibpii'?a in Orailghblirg lu appear at l' ont tL*9 a witness fur !!.o State airains' Mr. li .div Brown. The company said they could not alford to lose thc time, nolwilh standing Air. Jones had collected ?M, ()(?() alone i:i Oi'atigchlll'g for the com? anny, and his losliinony was worth nothing, ns ho knew nothing .d ont Ibo 0H8C - Mr. i>. ?. Wheeler, of Ncwbeiiy, has a glasM bottle (hilt h very likely older than the d|acovory ol' America. lt was probably made by people who Inhabited l^hiaootitinolitagosttgo. Tho bottle was made in Mic shape ol' a gourd, and willie hot tho bottom Was pushed in HO in to give it a bottom to slnnd on. The neil; is nbaitt lour inchos long, and thc bottle holds a lillie less than a ipiart. It wan ?lug out of a bed ol'phosphate rock in ono of tho minos near Charleston, and wa? sent to Mr. Wheeler by Mr. W. A. Tribble, who ls overseer nt the mines. Mr. Wheeler has prc-coled ?he h illie to thc innsot?m oi Sfew,borM Collcjjo; ADVICK TO MoTHKItS. Mua a'iMKi/j-vY'.V s.nrt.iiNft Hr?pr rti?ni i ai? wiiy* bo jlvtod for ehlMroti n -ulunti. lt nootliui th? c.tillii, softonj tin. KUiiiM, allays nil nnln. cums wind colic, and n tho neut nmcify for <U/trrh(?n, i*wonty-nvo cents ii hottlo. Julyin.tyi A SWINDLING SCHKM??. 1 gby?tpr i.iiwjor? l'luioilnp; to CIoceo Kx? Coin'dornte Hold lord. A dispatch frortl Washington to tho Indianapolis \Toiivn<il says : "Eftorta have already boonbegun by thu diacper*? hero to '.work'-' tho c.red ute us und iiiisupHist iotUocI ox-Confcd cra|o -oitiii'ij. A il 1*1 g pf lawyer* is S.-IIUMI 4' qui ci:vulai^ lu ibo ignorant cx-Coiil?dcTnle ? ??lu i s lu thu South, soli.-ii :. :', i i liontngo in procuring thoth ? I? ?univ or damage's Iroin ihe United Slates (?ovcri.iui iil. Tm* clt'eiiltirs contain a preface in v.liic,! ?li-; asked il i he pa ri y receiving ono ol'rliMn w:..-. il ru 0 oil, conscripted or Ot lld 'Vt i SO ''ir . ."(.r' into tllO Colt? federate servie?*. I?' KO, ho ifl asked to rend what follows. Theil i? is ?dated thu I tho Constitution ol'thu United Stair- pledges protection lo ?ill bs citiz ins, mu) ir ?iiiy ol' I he ni wero forced l> do s rvicc i:i war they aro entitled to dil liligi ?. An appropria tion i-expected fro i ii . 'ougress, it is set loi ?li, to pa\ ihcso damages. Tko Ive ii-li law is qit'itod t.) fiibstnnlltito tbi-; ul legation. linell persons ad di, sscil i- r ? j tested lo remit $5 to Hie attorney- for the purpose ol' defraying expenses in procuring tho appropria tion, ii is estimated thal Ut least l?Q.r non m ?n were forced into the Confed erate si rv! te, mid ii is intended thal every one of tliciii, ihpll' hoirs or legal revue ditutives, -h ill have .m oppor tunity to itivcsl in this scheme." ? ???>??-- - r. >t>i ti u M?e 11.- Hold V\, ins llAhd*. ? i Satur hiv OVOlllng, in a dark and I in the road neur Millers burgj Ohio, two masked men appear ed iViih revi Ivers und tlctnandcd a pi Idler's money. Ile bunded over $4, which was not mliisfiictory to tho rub." hers, und one of Ihcin coinpcllcd him lp hold up lila hands while tho other \\eut I h rougi i lils pockets, securing al Ul SI,OOO. Tl cy then selected ahoitl Ibo ftaillO amount lu '-ilks and other fine {roods and jewelry IVom his wagon i 'l ho peddler drove to Millers? burg ami made known thu rubbery. 1'iVO hundred dollar- reward lias bren offered for thc apprehension ol thu Ihlbvt s. The Cincinnati Election (.'ns.!*. Thc t iiv,:i; t lou ri iii ( lincinnuli on Wednesday begun Inc delivery of opinions in thc niiiiidiunus caso brought by the Republican candidate- for Son? uti rs Prom Hamilton c ninty, Ibjcoinpel tho canvasing bonni lo i -ne to them c?rljllcnlcs of election. Judge C flelivered the opinion of tho majority i ftho cout i, going ul great length into al! details of tho qtlCttlipvil*1pNreSOJJ hythe diflercid lisons which were do .-i i; .1, by ino colimo! as irregular, nfc'result i- I bul the courts grants thc prayer, and directs thu clerk to issue ceri ill Ol eic..'ion to foll I1 Itepllb llcn.li candidates. Tin* Court announc ed thu result <>i (ho votu as it should bo aller l!;c correction* made by llpplicil lion ol'thc principles, followed hy tho majority ni (bc court? This gives to Ibo llcpublicau cniidhlatus from 83,472 lowest, lo ?':i| ibu highest, and to I) in critic caudhhiles from 33,140 lowe-1, lo 33.-117 highest. ? : I'onmllos!) lt um ur-. "Jiverj now and then,''said a prom inent ' lllcor who i* upon the most friendly rotations al ibo While House, lin ..' i- pllblisctl a MiltcillOlll that thc Pr? sidenI i- dUsttti (lcd willi one of his Cal ii.en! Ministers. Nearly every merni er ol his olllcial household has baila ilisagrciiinciil willi Mr. Clovo mid, if newspaper report ? nro lo bc Mc; I it C'd ? Messrs. Havarti, Onrlnnd and Vilns ha\i been piirlicularly menllouoil as Coming uudei lb? han oftlio I'rcsldont's displeasure. A nil now il is again re pori? d trat he is ilissnl?siled with thc Secretary cf Stale'. I happen to know llial llioso rumors are iv hoi h grouiiti* less. I ile liol believe u President ever gol ulong with Iris Cabinet inore har. lllouioilAly than Mr. t 'lev. land, and he has liol, lcd ever has had, any idea of making n chango lu tho head of any one of I ho dep.ii t mollis. The relations b?? tween thc Pre&hlonl and his nd vi sors dre ol'thc uiqs| cordial character, and nothing thal I can .sec is likelv lo dis turb them." BROWN'S RON TYERS CoiuMHlag I'.:o.s wtth ri un vKUKU BLR TD ll s, nalcklr ?ml CGinpleudT t'LKANSKS . IM.ltliKS THU ll LOO?. Qnlrktna ti... h. lion of the Liver and khlary?. Clear* the I plexlon, makfH tbotkla smooth. It dora uni lr jun- Hie lei'th, cause headache, or produce ron Rtlpatlon .VLh Ol'HKU IKON MKIUCINKS DO. fluatoUM ar.d Dru^jd.U ovorywhtro looomiuoud it. Da B HlMol.Ka. ef Marlon. Mar?. nay?: "I id .ii I I Brow "'. Ir.m lUltors aa a vatua!.1., tonio . liri un : Uta blood,and removlr.a all dyapoptio t. lipton)* lt .I.M. i nd hurt tho tooth." >.i ll M ina.zr ix, Hfiynolda. Ind, ??.. : "I d Hr i .n'a Iron Hilton In canea of ii.. I bl Kl 1 dltaawf, also when A t?.nlo waa : I. ni,I il Ima provud tluiniughly satlsfoctorj." Mu WM ll. US-.I l>? Ht. Mary Ht . Now Orleaiia. IJ\., laya I " Cr... n' [roo lilltflr. relle?e.l mo in a cana tl blood poli?ur, ni.'l 1 hoartily coioiuoud it t>> t -, i ,i uaoding a pnrirtor." 'i i i.i.ii iiati Tradn Harli and cro;a<Ml rod linoa ia wrapper, TnltO no oilier. Made only hy fJUO WM CIIRMlOAt. CO., ll A LT IMOIII*, MU. tikX>fWf MANO IIOOK-usofnl and atlraottve, con i nullit lint "t \>rir.is fur rf^-ipea information alxtut lo., . i?> ii nway hy nil il. ilin In medicino, or M .ri.kl tn nny ad il r OM on rocoipt of Sa. ?tamp. TU rr s PILLS 25 YEARS IN USE. riio Oroatojt^oiMcsl^Tnuroyh of the Ago! SYMPTOMS OP A TORPID LIVER. i .H- 11. ! o ?>i>' 111?-. Howell* roMllrc, Cn in In IBO lie.ol, willi ii ('nil nen-allon lo ?lin limit pint. Pttln under lh?> ahnalder* l>lnd?>, pellnon niter en ll nu, ?villi Adla? Inclination lo exertion of body or mind, I rrltnbllil j ol' l< i.iuirr, Lo\r (.pirlta, with n feidii.tf ol' hn vln^ ni ulrrleil nomo duty, VvoartifVSfi I)lsr.xlnp?a, I'leaiierlng nt lh? ll? H ri. Hot* he lore the t-voa, ilentlneho over tito riohr eye. Itcatlcaancs?, wlib ill lill il. eu ni", J11 it lt I y colorod I rhu-, und CONSTIPATION. TDTT'** l'ILlif* aro OHjiooliilly a?lapt?d to finch eaac?, ono ?loa? eirnefn such a rhroifO' of feel i iifr ns to aston Uh tliosiill'i-ror. :?i.-v .Turren** 'Ur A i.prl llf.nml raune tito h. dy hi Tu ls? on I'leali, tluii Ihn eran ni U noiirt.h?<l, nr.'l hy lln-lr Tonio Adlon on (JU tr II ?nt or WHI*K?:K# obnngort toa Otvoftsr Ili.AOK hy a idnKlo u.pn)lo?llon Of Ulta 1'TkV It iinjmrtan natnraf eolor. oeta InataiitanroiiMly. Sold hy nniap-liU, ?>r Seht hy eatproaa on receipt off I. ^iTloc. 44 Murray St., Mew York. FOR OOUQH8 ?NO CROUP UM o* SET G ?ff XT Ha JLM ES I INT. Ta? IWHI (nm, ?. f?ther?d from a tr?? of th? ?*m? aim?, (rowing alona th? imtU itrainu ls Ul? Bonlh.ru HUI*?, contala. a ulm.il.Un* ?ipectorant prlnolpl? that loo??*( the ?Iil??m prodocl?* tk? r.rly morning <-?Jgb, ?od .lima l?t?i tk? rSIM lo throw off th? f*lw mambrae* In croup aad whooping couth. Wk?n combine! with Dir b??llng mao? laglnoa. prln.lpU In th? mull?la plant of th? old O.ld.. pr? aonti In Tino?'? Cutaoaai Biugnr or ?warr QOM AWD Mn I ?II th* flor?! knnwu rnnMdj f?r Coogh., Oro ap, Whoonlng-Cnsgh ami CnnlmnUoa : and ?o palatable, a?j ?MU U i>loa?od to take ll. A?kj?ur rfrnggl?! for lt. Prto?, Mg. ?"?< $1. WALTER A. TAYLOR, Atlanta, Qa. 1,-1? DR. IIKIUKKS' MUCKI.KIIKKKY COK?IAI. M IM . DjKnKrr end Cl. Il I icu Teething, roc ?alo bj ^..ireggtiu. HAQAN'S Magnolia Balm is a sectv.t aid to beauty? Many a lady owes her fresh ness to it, who would rather not tell, and you ca?it tell. YOUR KIDNEYS. -'-' - -- - -?? ? ? ? i ? Tiley Need Ymir Immediate At tention. HERE'S A CASE. For six long, dreary years 1 have been a Bufferer from n complaint of my kidneys, which fulled to he cured by physicians or advertised remedies, I bogan to f?ol I could novor secure ro lief, as I had spent two hundred and fifty dollars without success. The disease was so excruciating that lt often prevented mo from performing my daily ?Intv. 1 WftS advised to try the du cat , ol ft, H. lt., and one single bottle, costing fl, lia ic me ?nore relief than all the combined treatment ? "hud cwr ?<. celvod. its action on thc kidneys is simply Won derful, amt any one wno needs a real, speedy ana harmless kidney medicine Should not hesitate to give H. it. ll. a trial. One bottle will convince any one. C. H. lion Kin's. Atlanta Water Works. HERB'S ANOTHER. 1 am a merchant of Atlanta; and am near BO years of age. My kidneys have been murtho anti ii regular'for many years, attended with excruciating pain m thc small nt thu ha? k. At tunes 1 became too nervous to attend to business. My case had all Hit; attention that money could secure, but nilly to result in a complete failure. It. it. II. was recommended, and to say that bs action on me was magical would hen mild term. One bottle made inc feel Uko a new milli-just lik?? I was yoitnjj ayain. In all my lite I never used so pow erful ami potent a remedy. l'"or the blond ami the kidneys it is tllO*U08i 1 oversaw, ami one bottle will force any one to praise it. A. li. I). Sohl by all druggists. ORGAN Ulltiotl I 11. .1 .ll i Wof|.|\ I lit.I ?K-I.tr ? sra T3-Vt*f PIANOS! Nf? rn* .1? ol thc ikj.lla ?ci - - .- . . ii, . I ton? ? -* - ititteUtlty, 154Tr?mon?St .Bultr.n !C E.14th Ct (Union Sq.), H. Y. 14'J Wal aili Ave., Chicago. SHOW OASES. KI:i? ri:H I it CHRISTO* V\ K ,'. .'.N ? IO MAJ Ii OU lt PAM IM 11.Kl TO Abb MKKcilANTs. TI: ii m Y snow ?ASI: ?O X AM I VI bl. li, TBNK. Nov! 11.lin f.o.vil i?.i.? Tor \IT< :II- n i,, ooo ?>4>r r?i?. ma?l? ?<-llliitf om ?.i nn,: :.r,\ malory, Kamona .mil l>i < Ul s Hit M li - <; I IlirWnrlri Wil'.o lu J. 4L'. McCurUj ?V i/o., fntl.itiataiiia, pa. KMTtooM. A certain m re. Not expeonlra. Th rea month?' treatment tn one piu-lcago. Hood for Oo?*l ko the Head, Headache. ULulntwi, ll? Kover. ?tc. yinnyc?nt4. ?/ ?Ul Urumtat?, or hy mali. ?. T. MA/. Kl-TINK. Warroo, rd. ASHLEY POL Thc Fol alii to (.nano is a highly com-cntrr tirade Fertilizer for ail crops! Aid!I.KY COTTON AND COHN COM two crops and also largely used hy thc Tm ASH I. KV ASH Kb K M?NT.-A very cl tilixei for Cotton, Corn and Small (iraln ( Vines, etc. ASHKKY DISSObVKD HON K: ASHI, grades- f or USO alone mid in Compost hen Vor Terms, Directions, Tot 'moulais, am publications id' thc Compr.iiy, address THE ASHLEY 1*1 ION Nov'J.M.ly Titian'. O?noTO?? Powder la a.>?olut?ly fmr? aa<f highly .ntratad. Ona o la worth a pour ,- _ hind. It I ^^^'^ifiniih II rc* * Man and Beast. <?..?: rjn H 'tl fi ..?, :? ... '? MI rj bli Mustang Liniment is older than most men, and used more and more every year. GREAT OFFER -TO PIANO BUYERS I GOLD WATCH Given With Knoll Piano. Special CiMh Offer. Goad Only VmtkX December 1, INHS. r\M) EVE ft Y SPOT CASU WITH. OJt J- DER Purchaser of a now Piano valu ed nt 8250 or upwards, bctwoon Novenibsr 1st and December 1st next, we oller aa a Complimentary Souvenir , AN ELEGANT GOLD WATCH, Gontlomen's or Ladies' size, as doulrod. Guaranteed Solid Gold Cases and fine movemont. Special Conditions of This Offer. 1. The Pianos to he sold atoar LOWEST I CASH PRICES, which aro uniform to all. I as we soil strictly on tbs ONE PRICE 1 SYSTEM. Not a dollar advanes en eur regular prices to bc charged. 2. With each Piano a An? Plush Top Stool, a Silk Einbraidered Corar, an la st! udor, a Munie H.,ok, and all freight pai4 to nearest railroad depot. 3. Cash with order, and the order before December 1st. Remember, CASH WITH ORD KU. Nothing else can get tbs watch. Money refunded If Piano not satisfacto ry Three to flvo pieces Sheet Muslo, In folio 10c.; three for 25c. Postage 2c. per folio. No Humbug. Try lt. ar. w, TRUMP, 128 Main Street, Cullimbin, S. C. FD U N D . FOR L A ls I ION ONLY. A REMEDY endorsed by the best Physi cians and Druggists at its home. A REMEDY that Mr. C. W. O'Neill. Good water. Ala., says raised his wife fruin aa Inv?llu'a bed, and he behoves sated her life. A REMEDY of which a prominent Atlanta merchant sahl: "I would have given $500 as soon as I would a nickel for what twa bottles of your medicine did for ray daughter." A REMEDY lu regard to which S. J. Caa. sell's, M. I)., Druggist, Thoniaavllls, Ga., Baya i "I can recall instances In which it afforded relief after all th? usual remedies had failed." A REMEDY about which Dr. R. H. Fer rell, Lat ?rango, Ha., writes: "I have used for the last twenty years tho medicine you arc putting up and consider lt the best combination ever gotten together for the disease for widen lt is recom mended. A REMEDY about which Dr. Joel Braham, Atlanta, said: "/ hore, examined the recipe, and have no hesitation lu advis ing its use, and confidently recommend lt." A REMEDY which tho Rev. II. li. John son, near Marietta, (in., says he has used lu his family with tho "atmost satlfac tion" and recommended it ta three fami lies "who found it to be Just what lt ls recommended. ' A REMEDY of which Pemberton, Ivorson &, Dennison say: "We havo been selling it for many years, with constantly In creasing sales. The urticla ls a staple with us, and one of ab?olnte merit." A REMEDY of which Lamar, Rankin Jj Lamar say: "Wc sold 00 gross in four months, and never sold lt In any place but what it was wantsd again." A REM Kl) Y by which Dr. Baugh, of La ( ii ange, (in., says: "1 on red ono of tin* most obstinate eases of VICAUIOUB MKM STULATION that ever came within my knowledge, with a few bottles." A R KM ED Y of which Dr. .I. C. nuts, ef Nntasulga, Ala., SUNS: "I am felly con vinced that it is unrivaled for Hutt class or diseases which lt elid?is to euro." A REMEDY about which Major John, CL, Whittier, of Atlanta, well and lavorably known all over the United States as a General Insurance Agent, says: "I used this remedy beforo the war, on a large plantation on a great number of eases, alieau* with absolute success." A REMEDY about which Mr. J. W. Strange, of Cartersvllle, Ga., fortifies that one bottle cured two members of his family of menstrual Irregularity of many years standing. Thin Ure at Kouoty ls Brodf?eld's FEMALE Regulator. Betid for Treatise on the Health aad Happiness of ',Vuman, malled free. Itu MU'll i.i> HlCOUI.ATOK CO., Rot 28. Atlanta. Ga. OPIUM? ta* WHISKY ll A II ITS t Nam? without F ?I M. SMS f |>?rt Icu lara ??lit FHBIJUT . ut. wooixrr, M. Y. AUMU.S*. UBLE pTUANO. tied Ammonlated Guano, a complete High l'(H'ND - A complete Fertilizer for these ickers near Charleston for vegetables, ste. leap and excellent Non-Ammonlaled For 'rops, and also for Fruit Trees, Grape KY ACID PHOSPHATE, of very High ip. 1 for tho various attractive and instructive i PH ATE CO., Charleston, H. C sANODYNE