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?|t Intiman H?I?? ^ou?broTL THURSDAY, JANUARY 20. To I>et. To let^a vacant heart That'? still in good repair, Complete io ever j part, The oalj mortgage care. Unfurnished it is true, And haltered are its walls ; - Old songs still echo through The bare, deserted halls. Yet through all wear and tear It's just as good as new ; The buds that blossom there Are sweet as ever blew. Who'll toke a life-long lease Come fair or stormy weather, Where love shall reign, a~d peace? Kow don't all speak iog:<her. Another Criticism of the Late Legislature. In a letter to the Temperance Work? er Mrs. Chap?n says : What of the Temperance outlook in this State? we ate asked. If I answer the question from a human standpoint, 1 would say very un? promising. I learned while in attendance upon the sessions of the Legislature the correctness of the scriptural advice, **Put not confidence in Princes* or in the son of man, in whom there is no help." For four years, we have been doing just what we are told was the woman? ly way to do. We have written our petitions, and . quietly handed them to some Representative, to present for us, and what has been the result ? They have been just as quietly _ ignored, and I am thoroughly con? vinced that if the dreadful Liquor traffic, is ever driven from our State . we women will have to do more than we are doing, and it is twice that we realized it. It really seem? ed to me, as if the Legislature, had met in the interest of the Liquor Fraternity. The petitions we 6ent in, were the most humane, and rea? sonable petitions that had been fa? vorably acted upon by other Legis? latures, but "High License," seemed <K to haveabsorbed every other thought, _ and the pleadiug voice of the Women ibr the protection of the Home, and the children was passed unheeded by. Elders, Deacons, Churchmen, stood side by side, with the Rumseiler, in demanding license, and "Barabas not Christ" was the decree. Does High License decrease sa? loons ? Of course not. Chicago has three hundred more saloons, siLce the High License ordinance went into effect. The Mayor owns quite a number of them. Nine of the Al? dermen are aiso owners of saloons. There is where the Nation is drifting right under the heel of tlie Foreign Liqonr seller. Our own men coufess to pitabl? wetness, when they ad? mit, that the officers of the law, whom the people are taxed to salary, cannot enforce the laws but "a sa? loon keeper who pays a High License will take an interest" and prohibit everobody but themselves from sell? ing. If the men who tak? the sala? ries, do not "take an interest'' why are they employed ? If a saloon keep-1 er can prohibit, why cannot the paid J officials of the State? In other words j I learned -in the Legislature, that .?Prohibition" was possible, provided j H was put into the hands of a salo un j keeper. What are we left to infer? That saloon keepers, have more power than Judges, Juries, Sheriffs, and a half dozen other officials. One Grand Jury, declares that they "know that 125 persons, are violating the license law iu Beaufort County," and yet, instead of presenting the law break srs for punishment, asked the Legis? lature to enact a special law to pro tect these criminals ; also recommend that a new jail be built.'' '.We mast have the Liquor tax to pave our streets" says a politician. But 1 think if mothers had the con? trol, They could pave to-day Thc broad highway With something not so white as the souls, Of the innocent boys at play, Why can't men pave the bustue^s maris. With something harder, than women's hearts, ls there no gold, that will serve their turn, Save the shining gold of the bends, that rest, Soft on a loving mothrr's breas: ? Must these go down to the Drunkard's grave? In order that we the streets m tv pave? There is a terrible lack of adminis? trative ability somewhere, or no such j dreadful price would be paid. The first petition we sent was a re-1 quest that the juvenile convicts and tli? women might be separated from ! the more hardened criminals, and the ] Penitentiary cease to be a school for 1 crime. In visiting a Penitentiary recently ! I was surprised to find a bright little i fellow so young, he was taken at half! price on the train. I could not be- ! Heve so young a child could be a convict. One of the prisoners told me that when he first entered the prison j he used to go around at dark, hunting for a lap to go to sleep in, but that now he had forgotten ail that, and th?' men had taught him to "swear like a trooper." I asked the child where hts father was ? 'My Pa is a drunk? ard/ lie said, 'and my Ma is dead, and I have nobody to take care of me." Of course not, the State has all it can do to take care cf the saloon keepers. It cannot give a I thought, or enact a law, to ameliorate j the condition of the victims of the j horrible traffic. Another petition was one which ! had passed t he Legislatures of twenty- j seven States, and by enactment of j the last Congress placed tetnperanee j instruction in all schools under Fed- j era! control ; in the District of Co- j lumbia. at West Point, the Annapolis' Naval school, and all Indian schools, ! and yet when we asked that the ; children of our State should have the i same advantages, it was thought 'curions.' "lt will hutt the party,' is ; the old excuse, but that con!?! not be given this time, f??r "the Patty" b-ad er, Grover Cleveland, signed it both as Governor of the Stat?* of N?*w Yolk and as President of the United States. So we knew 'it would hurt the liquor Seller* was the reason it was ignored, and our children allowed to walk blindfolded into titc tmps set by law for their undoieg. VY%> unto yon, law makrrs. for it w?-re iVetter foi you that a mill stone were pul about your necks, and you cast into tin* depths of the s*'a, than that yon h int? one of Christ s little ones. In Germany, ali boys under six? teen, caught sun ?king are arrested by the police. In Baltimore and many other cities, the same law prevails. lt was sneered ai, when priposed to our Legislature. Let us pray that 'the hearts of the fathers may be turn? ed unto the children-.' Talk about it, agitate it. Save the boys. We are not half enough iu earnest. I shud? der when I think of our Ship of State, amid the perilous breakers, and re? member that saloon keepers are fast getting command. Dou't neglect your prayer, every day at twelve o'clock, for the downfall of the horrid traffic. Remember three hundred thou? sand prayers ascend with yours to Heaven. Keep up your weekly prayer meeting. If cniy two be present, God has promised to be in the midst. Our lamented Paul II ay ne, said in his own matchless way, to the 'Wo? man's Christian Temperance Union : "Despair not, for With prayer that shall fail not, yr falter With Xoil that must wait upon prayer, With a Faith, which though childlike, shall conquor, Grim cohorts of Giant Despair, You can conquer the wine-nurtured demon And turn his brute serfs into men. 'Till the earth which now groans in its an? guish, Shall wear its youth's beauty again." God help us, for there is no 'help' in man. S. F. CHAP?N. South Carolina M. E. Confer? ence. One Hundred and First Session. Report of the Committee on Tempe rance. It is gratifying to note the increas? ing opposition, both to the use and sale of intoxicating liquors. Every? where public sentiment is being trained -to frown down this iniquitous business, and the day has dawned when the church must awake to a question involving such immense issue. The temperance principles of our Methodism commits its ministry and laity to the temperance cause. While we are encouraged by our past achievements, we are still mind? ful that the eud is not yet. There? fore be it, Resolved, 1st. That we declare our? selves in sympathy with the prohi tion movement, and that we will use all legitimate means to advance prohibition. 2nd. That we condemn the use of intoxicants at social gatherings, and earnestly request our people not to indulge in such dangerous customs. 3d. That the attention of the teach? ers of our Sunday Schools be called to the importance.of an early incul? cation of temperance principles. 4th. That as ministers, we will endeavor to preach at least once at each Church in our respective charges during the year on temperance. 5th. That we commend the Tem? perance Worker to our people for their support, and that we will en? courage as far as possible the circula? tion of temperance literature. J. M. PJKE, Chairman. Statuary Christians. It is said that when Oliver Cromwell visited York minster cathedral, in Eng? land, he saw in one of (he apartments statues of the twelve apostles in silver. * Who are those fellows there V be asked, as he approached them. Ou being io formed, he replied. 'Take them down and let them go about djiug good.' They were taken down, and melted, and put into his treasury. There are many who. like these silver apostles, are too stiff for service in much that the Lord's work requires. Some are too nice, some too formal, some disin? clined. They s?aod or sit stiff and stately in their dignity, and sinners go unsaved and believers uncomforted, un? hoped, for all tho effort they will make to lift a hand to serve them. T??y need to be melted down and sent about doing good. Statuary Christians, how? ever burnished and elegant they may be, are of little real service in the cause of Jesus. Owe No Man. It is said there is a religious sect in Georgia of the Baptist persuasion governed by a most wholesome and at the same time most singular by-law. Considering the strangeness x>f the said by-law. they have obtained considerable influence. The rule with them is 'Owe no man.* They 'church" a member quicker for violating this rule, than other denomina? tions would for a member getting drunk and swearing. A business-religion like this would be a splendid institution in any community. USEFUL TO HOUSEKEEPERS. Christmas lAxt for Finding Out What Your Friends Want. In severs.! families of our acquaintance tho custom is fellowed of putting up a Christmas lint t~o or ihr"ti weeks previous to thc day. Each member hangs un a card, 0:1 which ho writes whzt he would like, and thc watching of these lists us they appear and the whispered consul tatioas over them furnish a great deal of amusement; No limit is given to the im? agination, ar.d perhaps father wishes for a pair-vf horses and mother writes a request for a satin dress, but with wise forethought they also j ?ut dowa something winch little folks can get or make, like a pair of mittens or a book mark. Tkr? younger onc? enjoy the indulgence of wishing, which aIwavs has its charms, and they are perfectly satisfied if two or three of tho more humble requests are met. Abeu?ly, by tho writers desk, han^i*-ycar- I old Ethers list, which hos been the result of hours of careful meditation, cud includes a thick kitten, a box of paints, a thimble, a iit tli delis teased and some bright yaru. Obliging grandmother, who somehow bas a suspicion of what has been hurriedly put away every time she came in, has headed her list with a knit hood.-New England Former, j To Cook Sweetbreads. One of 3*our correspondents wishes to know of some good way of cooking sweetbreads, j They arc a frequent dish on our table, und I i alway.'; l-rst soak them in cold water a few | moments, then skin and trim them, i. e., re- j moving all mere lat, then I boil them fifteen ! minutes, laying thc n afterwards in cold ! water for ten minutes. They are then ready j to fry, broil, bake, or stew with green ->eas or a simple cream sauce. To fry them they | should be cut in pieces the size of an English j walnut, rolled iii cracker crumbs and fried quickly (in fat enough to cover) to a light brown, then pour over thom a tomato sauce ! prepared in tills manner. To one quart of j fresh or enured tomatoes add two heaping I teaspocmsfiil ot flour, cook thoroughly*, strain, ? season well with butter, salt and pepper. ? Sweetbreads prepared in this way with a j tomato sance aro nico for tea. They can j also be cut' in slices and broiled, seasoning ! them well with hatter, salt and pep]>cr, cr j dip]^! in bread crumbs as Ijefore and flied. ! I: i either case servo them with slices of j broiled or fried tomatoes arranged to cover I the slices of sweetbread and garnished with ? parsley. Sweetbreads prepared like chicken or veal j make good croquettes anti are very delicate . when fat ina or coin starch is used in mixing j them instead of flour. When served with green ?fieos, cut them in small pieces after '? th?y are cooked and seasoned and add them ! to tho peas just before they are dished. To the ordinarytaste, sweetbreads iv vd the ad? dition of a vegetable flavor and are not quite t-> palatable wheuserv?d with asimple cream sauce, but a little mace added t> the crea.-* sauce is an inmrovenient.-Good House- j keeping. i Honey in the Chimney. Wild bees are becoming very plentiful in the country around Emigrant G.up. A score or more of trees have been cut near that village during the past ei^ht months, some cf which proved very rich. In this connection the following strange circumstance is noteworthy. The chimney of James Davis's house, Bear Valley, had nut been used .for a year or two-that is, not by the family. Kecently it was found necessary to start a fire in that part of the house. Thc lire was duly started, but for a while it did not burn very successfully. The fact is there was an obstruction in tho chimney in the shape of a large do posit of honey in the comb. The fire caught in th? honeycomb, thc flames shot up out of the top of the chimney to the height of about ten feet, and it was thought for a while that the house would be destroyed, but it wasn't. Over 200 pounds of honey ran down the chimney. -[Placer Argus. j -+*?- j A Frank and Fair Father. An honest parent in Xew London wrote this note to his little son's teacher : " Please excuse B-this P. M., as I would like to take him to the circus. Since older persons, like myself, like to go, although the most of us won't ac kowledge it, I can't blame him for want? ing to go." 4?? Perhaps It Was. Down at Selma the other day the un? dertakers held a convention and were welcomed to the city by a doctor acting as Mayor. Was this a put-up job?-fjtfonlgomery (Ala.) Advertiser. Something You Need-Shorthand. "Why?" Because it will aid you more than anything else in acquiring knowledge. Because it will serve you in case of misfortune. "How can it be learned ?" By the aid of a book studied at home and lessons by mail from an accomplished teacher. "At what expense ?" The trifling sum of $6 00, including book. "Wiiy so cheap when Colleges advertise the same course of instruction for S'25? Because a new text-book is used that re? duces the labor of learning proportionately to the difference in price by the system being made simpler than heretofore and more prac? tical, besides being the most popular method, having the indorsement of our Congressional and professional reporters every where, togeth? er with over 1000 graduates of our Chain of Phonographic Colleges. Boys and men on the farm, in workshops and elsewhere-girls at home, in factories and at school have learn? ed the art in from threee to six month's study during snare moments and been helped to positions in offices by .Mr. Scott-Browne where they have earned from Si2 to $20, a week. Write and ask for a free sample copy of Browne's Phonographic Monthly and full par? ticulars. Address D. 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Grant. iJarriild. Gladstone. Untier. Hancock. Lee. and all the loading mea Of the e?-uturr 4?. jt;?o[>'? Fahle?. Tlie work of HU aneit nt c-nlm. Children have read them for ccuturh ?, su^l grow u pi "ide quote them every day. OCR UNEQUALED OFFER We liare arra tiped willi li.t- puldislier? of these 1 ?(><.ks io ?'n 11. is li the whole furiv-fvve with.one tear's suhscripiioti to our naper for $3.00 ; or we will sir titi any five io r 2") t-rtits: or the whole f??tty.five for ?1 50. Addn-ss ?ll <?rcicr? to ptiolishers ?>f W ATC 1131A IV A N D SO UTI! RON, Su triter, S- C. RUBBER STAMPS. NAME STAMPS FOR MARKING CLOTHING j with indeliible ink, ur for printing visiting j card?. :ind STA31 PS OV AXY KIND f..r ?Umping Dl'^lN KSS CA li I>S. KXVEL j OPES i>r anything ?:lse. Spwitnci'f of varioui : ytvles --ti h:??d. wriich wiii be shown with picas- j ure. The Lt t WEST I'll ICES possible, aud j orders filled promptly. <J..!1 on C P. 0STEEN, At the Vratchman aod Southron Oice Potash Victim. Cured by S. S. S. CAUTION. Consumers should not confuse our Specific with the numerous imitations, substitute.1!, potaste and mercury mixtures whick are got? ten vp to sed, not on their own merit, but 0:1 t7ie merit of our remedy. An imitation ii always a fraud and a cheat, and they thrive only as they can stealfrom ike article imitated. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. For sate by all druggists. TUE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Drawer 3. Af ionia. Ca. 5. S. S. vs. POTASH. I h.ivc had blood poison for ten year?. I know I have taken one hundred bottle* or iodide of potash in that time, but Jt did me no good. La<t summer my face. neck, body and limbs were covered with sores, and I could scarcely usc my arms on account uf rheu? matism in my shoulders. 1 took S. S S., a:id it has done me mere pood than :ii'. other medi? cines I have taken. -Sly face, body and neck are perfectly clear ::r.d clean, and my rheu? matism is entirely cone. 1 weirhed "llf> pound? when 1 beean tire medicine, and I now we?ira : 55 pounds. 5Iy first bottle helj>ed me greatly, and cave me an appetite like a strong mao. i would not be without S. S. S. Xor several times its weight in gold. C. J2. MITCHELL, W. 23d St. Ferry, Kew York. 1886. g|| MD Wli??lili. 1886. THE OLD RELIABLE SHOE HOUSE -OF BULTMAN & BRO. STILL LEADING IN STYLES, QUALITY AND LOW PRICES .OF BOOTS SLYidL JS?OE?S. WE SAY NOTHING TX PRAISE OF OURSELVES, BUT LET OUR SHOES SPEAK for us. Having lived and labored among the people of this community for fifteen years, we have acquired a thorough knowledge of their wants in the line of Boots aud Shoes, and are prepared this vear to give them even better bargains than heretofore. BULTMAN'S $3 SHOE, we say without hesitation, is THE BEST Shoe made for three dollars, and a trial will convince you. IN GENTS' SHOES, WE HAVE A Real French Calf Hand-sewed Shoe for ----- $6 50. A Genuine German Cordovan Hand-sewed Shoe for - - - - 7 00 A "Bang-up" American Calf Hand-sewed Shoe for - - - - 5 00 A 1 Calf for -. 3 00, 3 50, 4 00 and 5 00 Cheaper Grades, for heavy wear, from - - - - - 1 25 to 2 50 IN LADIES AND MISSES', WE HAVE A Cur Kid Butt, from 2 to ?4 ; A Dongola Butt, from 3 to ?4 ; A Genuine "Kangaroo" Butt, for 4 to S4.50. In the cheaper grades our stock is complete, ranging from 1.25 to $2. In Misses', Boys' Children's aud Infants' Shoes we can furnish a shoe in any style, quality and price desired. " Remember, Eultman's $3 Shoe for Men is "Our Lead." We have also a complete line of FINE TRUNKS AND VALISES. Beware ! the winter is approaching. U pon us soon the blast will be ; Let it not come, we give you warning, T ill on your feet good shoes you see. M en cannot tread the frozen sod, A lihough they may in wool be wrapped, Hi e'er till they first their feet have shod. A h ! where can we these good shoes find ? ow every one says his are best D o Bultman's beat all other kind ? B efore you btfy go there and see. Returning home your cry will be ; O h ! Bullmans are the best /find ; BULTMAN & BROTHER, SIGN OF THE BIG RED BOOT, SUMTER, S. C. A WELL KNOWN FACT! A Dealer who makes a Specialty of one par? ticular line can always supply the Best Goods at the Lowest Prices, IT IS THEREFORE TO YOUR INTEREST TO BUY YOUR HARDWARE -FROM R. W. SITUANT & SON. They keeep tn slock every known variety of SHELF HARDWARE and would call esuecial attention to a very large and well selected stock of RUBBER ?ND LEATHER BELTING In all widths, with Rivets and Burs or Lacing as may be desired. STOVES OF EVERY VARIETY- AT ALL PRICES. A large ?nd superb SiCok of elaina and. Glassware, And the finest and largest assortment of TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY", RAZORS, SCISSORS, kc, from the best fatorics of Europe and America. Especial attention has been paid in the selection of POTWARE, TINWARE, kc Wagon Material of Every Conceivable Kind. Single and Double Muzzle and Breech Loading Guns, Ammu? nition, Shells, &c. Remember this is the ONLY HARDWARE STORE IN TOWN and will be supported by LOW PRICES. R. w. DURANT & SON. Sept 15 Main Street, opposite the Bank, Sumter, S. C. LTB?SINESSJC EVERY YOUNG MAN SHOULD AVAIL Himself of the advantages offered at the BRYANT, STRATTON k SADLER BUSI? NESS COLLEGE, For acquiring a thorough and practical train? ing in business affairs. With improved and enlarged facilities, we announce our Twenty-Second Annual Opening for the reception of pupils. The curriculum of study embraces a thorough preparation for business affairs. The proficiency acquired by our many pupils during a period of over twenty years as educa? tors of youth is our strongest commendation. Pupils enter at any time. For circulars, cat? alogues, terms. &c, call on or address W. H. SADLER, President, sept 8 Nos. 6 k 8 N. Charles Sf., Balto. ASHLEY SMALL CRAIN SPECIFIC. The S. G. S. is the cheapest, and tbe best, and the only Specific Fertilizer for Small Grain on the Market. The S. G. S. has been used all over our Southern States for the last three years, and has given great satisfaction. ASHLEY ASH ELEMENT, Of superior activity and efficiency ; a cheap and excellent Fertilizer for Small Grain, especially when used with Cotton Seed or manure to supply Ammonia. ASHLEY COMPLETE GARDEN FERTILIZER, Delivered free; specially adapted to Roses, Geraniums, Pansies, Flowering Annuals, &c. For terms, directions, testimonials, and for the various attractive and instruc? tive publications of the Company, address, THE ASHLEY PHOSPHATE CO. Se^t 23 Charleston, S. C. >w:>i.?v$^ ^5 Largest and Most Complote r^-^^fe \ %^vS?? Establishment South. W w I "' - '*;Sm -? J .; . - j^Sv&sd Established 1842. -fd?J^^ftoEO. S, HACKER & SON, Ojjice and Warrrooms, King, opposite Citnnon Street. CHARLESTON, S. C. Man ii fact urcrs of DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, MOULDINGS, AND BUILDING- MATERIAL. THE CELKKRATE?) CARPENTER ORGAN. HAVING PROCURED THE AGENCY fur Hie above world renowned Uriari, I ?un prepared lo furnish said or-?nii at prices to suit ?ll punies why may desire a first class instrument. Any information desired will he fully piren hy my father, Mr. \\\ P. S in ?tb, at his ofiice in Sumter, S. C Correspondence solicited. Miss S. JESSIE SMITH. October 2?. BLANKS LIENS. TITLES, MORTGAGES, BILLS OF SALE, BONDS, And Other Blanks in Variety, FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE, 1X87. Harper's Weekly. ILLUSTRATED. HARPER'S WEEKLY maintains its position as the leading illustrated newspaper in America : and its hold upon public esteem and confidence was never stronger than at thc pressent time. Besides the pictures. HAMPER'S WKERI.Y aU ways contains installments of one, occasionally of two, of the best novels of the day, finely il? lustrated, with short stories, poems, ske*cbe.<. and papers on important cut rent topics by the most popular writers. Tbe care thar has been successfully exercised in the past lo make HAR PKR'S WEEKLY a safe as well as :i welcome visitor to every household will not be relaxed in the future. Harper's Periodicals. Ter Year : HARPER'S WEEKLY, One Year.4 0? HARPER'S MAGAZINE, One Year.$4 00 HARPER'S BAZAR, One Year. 4 ?0 HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE. <.neyear 2 00. HARPER'S FRANKLIN SQUARE LIBRA RY. On* Year (52 Number.-;) 10 00 HARPER'S HANDY ?ERIES. One Year (52 Numbers.). . 15 Ort Postage Free lo all subscribers tn the United states or Canada. The Volumes of the Weekly Vgin wiih the Grst Number 'Or January ff each year. When no time is mentioned, it will be understood that the subscriber wi.-hes to commence with the Number next after elie receipt of order. Bound Volumes of ?Jorper*? Weekly, for three years back in neat cloth binding, will be sent by mail postage paid, or by express, free of ex pense (provided the freight does not exceed one dollar per volume.) for $7.00 per volume. Cloth Cases for each volume, suirable for binding, will be sent by mail, postpaid, OD re? ceipt of $1 00 each. Remittances should be made by Post-Office Money Order or Draft, to avoid chance of ioss. New-papers are not to copy this adverti.-e tnent without the express order of Harper <fc Brothers. Address HARPER & BROTHERS. New York. ~~~ 1887, Harper's Young People. An Illustrated Weekly: HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE bas been called 'the model of what a periodical for young readers nught to bc,' ana the justice of this commenda? tion is amply sustained by the large circulation it btv* attained both at home and io Great Britain. This success bas been reached by methods that must commend themselves to the judgment of parents^no less than to tbe tastes of children-namely, by an earnest and well sustained effort to provide the best and most at? tractive reading for young people at a low price. The illasirations are copious and of a conspic? uously high standard of excellence. An epitome of everything that is attractive and desirable in juvenile literature.-Button Courier. A weekly feast of good things to thc boys and girls in every family which it visits.-Brooklyn Union. It is wonderful in its wealth of pictures, infor? mation, and interest.-Ckrhtiau Advocate, N.Y. TERMS; POSTAGE PREPAID, $2 A YEAR, ToJ. Till commences November 2,1S86, SIXGLK NUMBERS. Five Cents each. Remittances should be made by Post Office Money Order or Draft, to avoid chance of loss S>>.\z*pnpcrs are not to copy this adcertisement without thc expr?sH order ofHARPER ? BROTHERS. Address HARPER & BROTHERS, New York. WIDE AWAKK PROSPECTUS FOR 18S7. 11 ! A word about subscriptions, $2.4C from this dale ! ! ! D. Lothrop and Gompany announce that, leading in the great literary movement to? ward lower prices and larger sales, they have made, without reducing quantity or quality, an extraordinary reduction in the price of WIDEAWAKE, the best illustrated young folk's magazine (1000 quarto pages and 500 original pictures yearly,) and will now re eeive subscriptions at the former wholesale price of only $2.40 a year. Among the contributors will "be Charles Egbert Craddock, Charles Remington Talbot, Fred A. Ober, Mary Hartwell Catherwood, Mrs. Lizzie W. Champney, Mrs. A. I). T. Whitney, Mrs. M. E. M. Davis, Hariet Pres? cott Spoiford, Eleanor Lewis and Louise Im? ogen Guiner. NEW FEATURES AND SPECIALTIES Will be introduced. A new Department, called The Contributors and The Children, is to be the fireside and round-table corner of the magazine. Christmas-Tide Stones, a Pretty Scarecrow, by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps; Some Educational Extremes; Child Life in London, from Hyde Park to White? hall, by Mrs. Elizabeth Robins Pennell, with many drawings by Joseph Pennell ; Pictures of American Pastimes ; Successful American Women ; Ways to do Things, by various au? thors. Practical bandi work for voung folks. D. LOTHRUP & Co.. Publishers, Dec. 7. Bos'on. Mass., U. S. A. A WONDERFUL BOOK OF SONG. THE POEMS OF FATHER RYAN, THE FAR-FAMED POET PRIEST OF THE SOUTH. The Amended and Enriched Edition. Ring? ing Lyrics of the War. Battle Songs which fired the South and com? pelled the admiration of the Foe. Complete in one volume, 433 pages, beau? tifully illustrated. The engravings include a steel portrait of the author ; his old Church and adjoining Residence in Mobile; ''Erin's Flag;" and the "Conquered Banner.'*' The book will be sent to any address on re? ceipt of price, $2-00. THE BALTIMORE PUBLISHING CO., 174 W. Baltimore Street. Baltimore, Md. N. B.-One-half of the profits accruing from the sale of this volume of poems from date to March 1st, will be devoted to the fund for the erection of a Monument lo Father Ryan, tobe placed over his grave in Mobile. Help on the work and swell the fund by purchasing a copy of the book. Wanted men and women in every town, village and parish to act as agents for the sale of this book. Liberal pay will be given for services rendered. Send for descriptive circulars. Dec. 14 LECONTE NURSERY, W. \T. THOMPSON, PROPRIETOR, SMITHVILLE, LEE CO., GA. Five premiums awarded at "World's Expo? sition at New Orleans, La., heing anaward for every entry of Trees or Fruit. The time for setting trees is from November to March. Write for Catalogues and price list. FOR SALE. LeConte Pear Trees Grown on their own roots -and also Keiffer and Bartlett Pear Trees Grown in LeConte roots. In quantities to suit purchaser. THOS. E. RICHARDSON. SENDf0^l!lastoted CATALOGUE > egetable. Flower, Field C5 (T CT HQ Pl ants, Bulos. Implem'is. OEtC L/O CD CT CT ?? niai! on application. r f% Wm Ea Don't neglect writing for lt. HIRAM SIBLEY & CO. ROCHESTER, N. Y. 322-325 E.. Uah St. CHICAGO, ILL. 12-14 TS. Clari St. A. J. CHINA, DEALER IN Drugs, Medicines and C liem?cals. FINK TOILET SOAPS, HAIR AND TOOTH BRUSHES, PERFUMERY AND FANCY lOILET ARTICLES, <fcc, <tc PAINTS, O? LS, VARNISHES AND D YE STUFFS, GLASS, PUTTY, $c. Full supply of Fresh Garden Seeds. April 9 PAINT YOUR BUGGY FOR One Dollar. One cont gives an old buggy the blackest black you ever saw and a handsome gloss without varnishing. It dries bard in a few hours. No rushing! No varnishing! No extra trouble. Each can contains more than enough to paint a carriage. Retailed at Om Dollar per Can. For Sale by DR. A. J. CHINA. _. Si <SJ % I fl M g 5H ^ SS S is 3 ffwfjp ZZZ A c'a ir m rr ^ Q?"p> CP =5 fg." Mi?= nf) s sra - ?-5' SSS) ^ \t> ? - . ?:_ -. , , g T li &S!? M? ?= 5 as-!* CS - MB ~ <? i-i oj pari ?se m ?.C S?|l5' S s? 5 fl 2.*'iS- " o if? T?= a* ^sJ1 5? CD 8? l-l: ?i ri ca gi9 ?? g mA CHEAPER THAN THE CHEAPEST. J. E. SHARES, THE LIVE FURNITURE MAN, Would call tbe attention ^55=55% . of his friends and the pub lie generally to his \(\S?S^ i?rgW LARGE STOCK OF \\flp G$ r^El? F U UNIT L^^i'j ^ CHAIRS, ^^^^? receiving | Another sup- jU jj ft>* those cheap "^"^ ? SPRING BEDS. For comfort and durability they cannot be surpassed. You will find it to your interest to give him a call -ALSO Cloth and paper Shades, Wall Papering, Pic? ture Frames, Looking Glasses, Inattresses, &c, & , down town in H albert's Corner Brick Store, Main Street, Sumter, S. C. J. F. 1 EiSiiii Agent. -DEALER IN Mil I U?i, TOILET SOAPS, PERFUMERY AND ALL KINDS OF Druggist's Sundries USUALLY KEPT IN A FIRST-CLASS DRUG STORE. Tobacco, Snuff and Segars, GARDEN SEEDS, &C, -ALSO Paints, Oils, Varnishes, v?.T.ASS, PUTTY, Ac. .AND DYE STUFFS. Physician's Prescriptions carefully compounded, and orders answered | with care and dispatch. The public will find my stock of Medicines complete, warranted genu? ine, and of the best quality. Call and see for yourselves. E. STEELE, Agt, Baker and Confectioner. FRESH BREAD, SWEET ROLLS, CAKES, PIES AND CREAM PUFFS every morning SPECIALTY: PATENT BREAD, CINNAMON ROLLS AND MILK BISCUITS, every evening, between 5 and 6 o'clock. All orders promptly filled. To TH s PUBLIC: BEWARE OF IMITATORS. April 13, 1S86. HOUSE PAINTING Zn First Class Style. IAM PREPARED TO FURNISH MATE rial ct the best kind and finish up jobs in workmanlike manner, and no money required until work is completed. Any kind of work in the House-painting Une, such as Walnut Graining, Oak Graining, Mapleing, Marbleizing, Wall and Fancy Painting in flat or gloss work, Graniteing, Rough-casting. Gold or Brass Bronzing, Staining, and Varnishing in any shade. All jobs will be prompclv dealt with. Address LEMUEL lt. DAVIS, May 19 Sumter, S. C. J. B, KILLOUGH, Manager of Ludden & Bates' Southern House has opened an office in Sumter. Leave your orders for Musical Instruments and Musical Merchandise. You will find in stock Domestic, White and New Home Machines. Oil and Needles for all Machines. J. CHESTNUT REV ILL, August 3 Manager, "MOTHERS' FRIEND" Makes CHILD-BIRTH Easy. The time has come at last when the terrible agony incident to this very critical period in a woman's life can beavoided. A distinguished physician, who passed the greatest portion of his life (forty-four years) in this branch of practice, left to child-bearing woman this priceless legacv and life-saving anpliance, "THE MOTHERS' FRIEND," and to-day there are thousands of the best women in our land who, having used this wonderful remedy before confinement, rise up and call hts name blessed. We can prove all we claim for it by living witnesses, and anyone inter? ested cancall, or have their husbands do so, at our office, and see the origi? nal letters which we cannot publish. This Remedy is a most wonderful liniment to be used after the first two or three months Send for our treatise on the Health and Happiness of Woman, mailed free, which gives all particulars. THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., April 20 Bo* 28, Atlanta, Ga. B. F. MITCHELL & SON, PROPRIETORS OP The Merchant Flour Mill? AND COMMISSION MERCHANT* FOR THE SALE OP COTTON AND NAVAL STORES. WiLMISrGTOJLj-ir. c. OFFER FOR SALE AT LOWEST PRICES Choice grades FLOUR, own man'f tVe. -ALSO, Fresh Ground MEAL, HOMINY. CRACKED CORN, &c. -ALSO, Selected RED RUST, PROOF SEED OATS. Selected North Carolina and Maryland SEED RYE. Ali our Goods gnaranteed bestiali? ty and at lowest prices. No charge hf delivery to Railroad. B. F. MITCHELL & SON. WULBERN & PHEPL^a WHOLESALE GROCERS, AND DEALERS IN . k 167 and 169 East-Bay, CHARLESTON, S. Cv. Dec. 2 _ g , S. B. THOMAS, Agi. No. 320 KING STREET, Opposite Liberty, iii Slab Pap Mm LACE CURTAINS? , CORNICES AND UPHOLSTERY ?ODDS, WINDOW AWNINGS MADE TO ORDER. CHARLESION Su C. . Dec II _o_ T. S. NIPSONf Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Boots, Shoes, Tranks, Bags, &c. No. 233 KING STREET, CHARLESTON S. C Particular attention given to Filling of Orders, and all Goods guaranteed aa represented. Jan 6 X; GEO. W. STEFFEKS, WHOLESALE GROCER, Auction and Commission Kershani and Liquor Dealer. AGENT FOB I7ie F:nest Earns cured in the Ti. & Also ?gent for GE]VESEONROAD CART* The D?t and Cheapest on the Market. 19? EAST BAY AND 50 AND 52 STATE Sr*, (Auction Room State Street,) CHARLESTON, S. C. Consignments Solicited* Nov 25 ? PAVILION HOTEL, CHAR3LE8TOK, S. C. First Class in all its Appointments. Supplied with arl Modern Improvements. Excellent Coissoe, Large Airj Rooms, Otis Passenger Elevator, Elec? tric Bells and Li ghi 5. Heat? ed Rotunda. RATES $2 00, $2 50 AND $3.00. Rooms Reserved by Mail or Telegraph. Sept 16_ THE HOTEL WINDSOR, 211 KING STREET. Four Doors South Academy of Music. CHARLESTON, S. C. THIS well appointed Hotel was opened for the reception of Guests, March ist, 1885, by G- T. ALFORD, recently proprietor of the "New Brighton Hotel," Sullivan's Island. The "WINDSOR" is newly furnished throughout, having Woven Wire Spring and Hair Matresses on all beds Fronting on King Street, with extensive Southern expos? ure, making Al] the Rooms Dry, Airy and Pleasant. To make the "HOTEL WINDSOR," what bas loller been wanted, a STBICTLT FAMI? LY HOTEL, No Liquors wtU be sold en the premise* Rates, $1.50 to $2.00 per day-Lfotcal terms made by the week or month. _G. T. ALFORD, Manager. WRIGHT'S HOTEL, COLUMBIA, S. C. . o ? THIS NEW AND ELEGANT BOUSE, with all modern improvements, is now open for the reception of guests. S. L. WRIGHT ? SOX, Mav 6._Proprietor?. PATENTS Obtained, and all business rn the U.S. Patent Office, attended to for MODERATE FEES. Our office is opposite the U. S. Patent Office, and we can obtain patents ic less tim thea those remote from WASHINGTON. Send MODEL OR DRAWING. We adrift as to patentability free of charge; and wt make NO CHARGE UNLESS- WE OBTAIN PATENT. We refer, here, to the Postmaster, the Snpl. of Money Order Div., and to officials of tnt U. S. Patent Office. For circular, *?fi??~~ terms and reference to actjtri tifttafH SS your ewn State, or countv-aadress C. A. SNO^F ? CO., Opposite Patent Office. Washington, D. C. FOUTZ'S ~ HORSE AND CATTLE POWDER*, NO H-->T?SE wfll flKS Of rout TiOTS OT LCUB P*. vxK. ir Fotsoft P?v.v.!??nj are t:>o<i m time. Fooct's I'omMciS ?"ill mtv urxl prevent He? CBM.ISA. I'OC?Z'S Pow?crs ?ar??l pr?*vest <;.*I?KS TX Fowles. Foasfs l'owfici* will iDcren-v itie onanrfty of m?lr. &n<I ere:?? twenty per cenu an<l make the bettes finn (nd sweet. Koala's Towvters wll! enre or prevent atetoft moat? 3I$KA$K to n il ?eli Horses awl t attie are- snbject. FOCTZ'S POWPKRS Witt CIVJC SAT?SPACMOIT. Sold everywhere. DAVID TS. rotrra. Proprietor BALTIMORE, MOX WORK SHOPS fit WITHOUT STEAM POWER Mfrs EY USING OUTFITS OF J?m ? BA?SE?' MT* FOOT rWSSj'f 3&?<J machinery can compete ^'^l^rrfPpfe^B steam power. Sold on nial." ^?oM| Wm Meta! and woodworkers send for <jP"tf ? prees. H?nstr'd catalogue free. jLll W. F. &? Jno, Barne?Co, ^JE^^Jk ? ltockford, 111. ia^TW Address No 21 l?i Main St. VWHM ADVERTISERS can learn the exact cost of any proposed line of advertising in American papers by addressing Geo, P. Rowell & Co?? Newspaper Advertising B?snau, IO Spruce St, New York. . Send 10cta. for 100-Page Pamphlet