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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3. W. J. HENDERSON. What time our Mps grew ose together., My lOVt*, DJ j life, Was it in sad or sunny weather, In peace or strif?? What time our souls grew one forever, Dy night or day, In growth that blooms and withers ?even, Was it by fate or sweei endeavor That none cet?ki stay ? But ab, why ask? For love is better Than death ca^ be; Since eveu earth's bondage, law and letter, Shall bird not love with sleep's -cold fetters My life, for thee. FAKM TOPICS. Vatua of Straw as a rtilizins; Material Scientific iRvestisratioa* ia Keg^ird to tile Swine league. Suggestions to Farmers Who Raise I.a mb? for t?ie Early Market-Drainage Essen? tial for Farm Houses. THE VALUE STRAW. Mr. P. & Jacobs in Good j?armi??g has the following well-digested article en the value of straw. Although given from an Eastern standpoint it may be applied generally: Straw is regarded as valueless on the majority of farms-it is accused of rob? bing the soil of mineral matter in ex? cess, afld nfee conflicting claims can scarcely be reconciled. Straw really takes from the soil valuable fertilizing material, and also returns it to the soil when composted or fed to stock, allow? ance of coarse being made for that which is used in the "increased growth of the animal. In every 100 pounds of straw there are from four to ?ve pounds of ash, the ash containing potash, soda, magnesia, lime, phosphoric acid, sulphuric acid, silica, chlorine, and sulphur. No nitro? gen is found, as it is driven off when reducing the straw to ash. but when the straw decomposes in the compost heap tho traces of nitrogen, with a propor? tion of carbon, are absorbed and par? tially retained. Ox wheat straw the proportion cf potash is .40 per cent, while bean straw contains of potash as large a quantity as 2.59 per cent, but while the bean straw is thus richer in ?potash than that of wheat, the latter contains seven times as much silica, Nwhicb, though not really considered valuable as a fertilizer, as it always ex? ists plentifully, is in a condition to be more readily appropriated by plants wben returned to the so:l in the straw. Barley contains a larger proportion of potash than oats, but oats require a greater quantity of soda, and yet these two minerais are very closely allied. Corn fodder contains 1.63 per cent of j potash, while peas contain 1.07. This ; indicates that corn fodder requires more potash than peas and less than beans, which contain more than double the proportion in peas. This contrary to the general supposition that beans and peas feed alike on the same matter, as j they are sown, in noticing the propor- j tioas of lime required by caeh, to be rather dissimilar. Bean straw, which excels in potash, is considered a lime crop also; but, while the crop of bean straw per 100 pounds contains 1.35 per cent lime, the percentage of lime in pea I straw is 1-S?, thus demonstrating that j the one prefers potash and the other lime. This difiere nee between peas and beans exists in the seeds also, as the beans contain more potash than I peas, though the lime exists in each in j nearly the same quantity. Oats are supposed to be exhausting j to the soil, but, while the straw is j really richer in potash than that of wheat, the grain of wheat exceeds the grain of oa:s largely in nearly all the mineral elements while the grain of buckwheat is delieicrit in nearly every? thing that composes the ash as com- j pared with wheat As straw thus possesses value accord? ing to tue amount of mineral matter it extracts from tl:e soil, it is plain that whenever it is sold or removed from thc farm it carries away a certain propor? tion of the elements derived during the process of growth, and a farm can bo impoverished as easily by the removal of products that are considered valueless as by the removal of those that /ind a ready sale in market It may correctly be claimed that there is nothing pro? duced hut which may be put to some purpose. Straw should be used for feeding, as it is considered excellent when fed ia connection with grain; and when used for bedding it should be cut fine in order to admit of rapid decom? position. The whole stalks, being com? posed largely of silica, do not become nt for plant food until after a great length of time, but when cut to pieces the moisture and heat act quickly and soon disintegrate it? Ali kinds of straw are therefore valuable, and if several kinds are' mixed together in the same compost heap a better fertilizing ma? terial will be obtained than from any one kind separately. PREVENTING SWINE PLAGUE. Dr. Detmers of the Ohio University, a gentleman well known from his investi? gations with the microscope, and espe? cially in swine fever, in a late address upon this subject, hei l, and correctly, that once hogs are attacked but little can Oe done to save them. Only at the beginning, or before extendive morbid changes are produced, is it feasible to treat them. If tho infection hus token place through the digest ive canal rt may be worth while to try an emetic of pow? dered white hellebore. From two to fifteen grains, according to the age and size of the hog, would bo about thc dose It may bo given in a bolled po? tato, o? on the surface of a lisle milk. If neither the one nor the other is vol? untarily taken, thc hog is far i'?ti'? and may be given, up ::s a bad case, if one dose should not causo t!:;j animal to vomit, in say twenty minutes, another one may be given in about ballan houri This treatment may bo followed by a few doses of calomel, also x<> be given wita a boiied potato. Of other medi? cines tried, he says: I have ha^t the best success with car? bolic acid, and have obtained good re? sults-that is. a prevention a plain outbreak of the disease-by giving once a day irom eight io ten drops of a ?5 7>or cent solution of carbolic acid f<>r every 100 pounds o: live wei tra t in thc water for drinking, iodine in watery solution--ten grains of iodine and twelve grains of iodide of potassium to one ounce of water-and that given io small doses, has also proved to be very eiFective, but tho damage done to the P'2 hy this iodine treatment becomes very soon apparent. Ilyphosphute of soda bas also been tried, and has given favorable results, it may be given m doses sufficiently large to loosen the bowels, and be dissolved in tho water for drin ki e.g. The mo-?t obvious tdrvsiotoirical effect or carbolic acm upon a m?ir IS a reduc? tion of the ten:per;;tare. Whether ills this or some other property that retards or interferes with the propagation of the swinc-plauue germs 1 am no", pre? pared to decide, cud to discuss theories would lead too fur and bo of little use. It may therefore sulliee to state that the results of such a treatment have, on tiie whole, been favorable. If. however, the organism is already pervaded by the diseasc-^enus. or ii' important morbid chantres arc existing, nothing whatever can be expected of tiie carbolic acid treatment, because tlc: propagation Las already taken place, and the acid, most assurediv. cannot repair the existing moroid changes. Neither can any b^er medicine. For disinfecting pur ^^yve have, however, cheaper *ub i lut?on of corrosive suonmate. Dr. Saim?n, Chief o? the Animal Bu? reau of the United States, says that icr disinfecting, corrosive sublimate, one to j 7-5,000 parts, wi? kill the bacteria of swine-plague, and if a hos: should drink ' two gallons of this solution it will do harm. The solution not used for drink? ing should be freely sprinkled over the lot, yard, or pens in which the swine are kept Sulphuric acid, one to 2,000 . parts, is also recommended. EARLY LAMBS. The farmer near large cities who ; raises lambs for marketing carly ia the spring gets far better prices than ho whose iambs conic after or about the time of grass. But in order to succeed he must have a Iambing-place where the temperature is above tue frecxing point, hi extreme cold weather the lambing-room should be comfortably warmed. The young lamb is the most susceptible to cold of any other young animal, except the young pig. After tile Iamb has sucked once it can easily stand colt!, and when a week old it does not easily succumb to extremes of weather. The ewe, also, at lambing time feds thc cold intensely, and at such times will not take care of the lamb. Often she will refuse to own it. Since, however, the lamb can stand and suck the difficulty is past, and the young at ten weeks old is active and able to take care of itself. There is no lees necessity of care while lambs are very young in the spring. More lamb5 are lost by being chilled immediately after yeaning than from all other causes what eyer. The lambs for early killing may come at any time from Jan. 1 to thc middle of February. The ewes, of course, must be kept by themselves, and before yean? ing time should each have a separate pen. This should be warm-not less than 60 deg. When the young is three days old the ewes and lambs may be removed io the pens with the other ewes and young lambs. If no provision of roots has been provided for the ewes j during winter, the food should be a fair ! proportion of succulent food, as sweet j ensilage, fer instance, lt is better, I however, that carrots or mangels be i provided, so that about iive pounds per \ day may be fed to the suckling ewes in I connection with hay and gram. "FA??3IEI?S1 HOMES The fanner's home is, much of the time, in thc iield. and out about the premises or off to the market place, and hence, says thc Live Stock Journal, he suffers from no confinement under bad conditions. Even if his nights under the roof are not exactly of the best, owing to being contraed in close quar? ters, cr from bad air arising from under j or within the house, his day outdoors dissipates much of evil that comes to him in the night-time, and he may not be materially harmed. But with thc wife the case is quite different. The house is her field, and she can not, if she would, escape from any damaging I influences that exist under the roof. I j The pian for such farm buildings as j arc to be erected the coming year should be very carefully considered during the winter, and not only the plans, but the location, as io drainage and distance from any point or points j upon the farm whence malaria may arise. As is weil known, the prevail? ing winds arc from the west and south? west: and, perhaps, the most unusual of all are from the non beast. Hence, the question of location is important, if there is any especially damaging spot on or near the farm, and should be considered and acted upon. Careful \ researches by Bowditch., Petenskofer, and others have quite closely connected { thc prevalence of consumption and cer j tain luv/ forms of fever with the ap j proacU of the water-line or its nearness ? to the surface. Standing water at a less distance than six to seven feet j should waru against building upon I such a site. At any rate, this should not be done unless thorough drainage I could be practiced upon the deep soil, i Living close upon the borders of a body of water, be it stream cr luke, is not j necessarily prejudicial to heaith, yet there is something particularly dam aging ia the influence exerted by con? fined moisture beneath a dwelling or in the soil upon which a building is placed. Therefore, the conditions here brietly pointed out can not be safely overlooked. mm ? m j SenatorStanfor?*s Stable and Stock. Senator Stanford's new Washington stable, when entirely finished, will bc ? j one of thc handsomest at the National j j Capital. The many millions which j this man possesses enable him to have j as many hobbies as he pleases, and, j next to his favorite university, his i pride is in high steppers. It is said j that he has now more money invested j in thoroughbred stock than any other . man in the United States. On his Palo j Alta ranch, a magnificent affair of its I kind, seventy miles from San Francis j co, several hundred of the best brood j mares in thc country are kept in a style j commensurate with their owner's wealth j and theiy own pedigree. In addition to ? this there are at least two thousand ? colts, always increasing in numbers as the seasons liv, and kept down to what might be tonne;; a usable number by j frequent, sales in the principal cities, j Probably no other man in the country < j devotes more time and money to tho j study of the scientific improvement ot j horseflesh. His last year's saies-aniount j ed to over $300,000, an average of over j $500 a colt As an evidence of what thc Senator's stock farm eau produce, it is cited that j the ?-air of nuignificent hincks which he usually drives at Washington could ! not be purclnised for-SOO 000. Separater ly. or as a pair. Mr. Samford values cac!i animal at moro than half thai fig? ure, and his immense wealth wotnd en? able him to procure a finer nair, if he iv ns at ali dissatisfied with what he has? O.ue roadster, of which he is particular, ly fond and wl?ch ile has refused a cool >.</xj twice, has a private record of ~:\'>. One would naturally fancy thatwilli all 'these hors<is the Senator would frequently force them to their ut most spce-1, but ta.s he rarelv does. II s fastest gui! when driving is not four minutes, and he is averse to racing wini Hi ose he meeta on tho road; - \V<.i$:Uii'jL-j:i LcLU r. Hard 0:1 t '-,<- Miners. Whatever happens, wriir s'"'.'George A. L*e?isoa in i'?'""/.- a/*/ b*?iyes. the pric*s of coal must not go below a verla.i? limtt. Over and above the cost <>i mini:??; and try!i>j?-/i:i:tt:on tn<-:"e are salaries to bo ;?a-d ;uid dividends 0? Watered stock; expen.-cs ot ''watching legislation'' a: Harrisburg and Wash? ington.; legal expenses of proving, if ik'wisLbic, the nu "o'? s tit UM on a i-ity 01 cer? tain inconvenient iaws ivu.ch. in spite 01 all vigilance, have ?'"cn cain ted; ex? penses of tue "c-.ai and iron ;>;JI e< and'iiiauy other items wu.ra :MV a con? stant iii : i i n uno n tito treasury. i i ie product must, therefore, be k< j<! b?.dow actuaiiy needed must :.<: n?ned, in order to insure a .-.?i.- at profita pic prices of all tho coa! that is marketed. As a CO;aseqUeiu-.e, the ordel'S to;^;1S pend work ar the;;iniu??s:::ii:c iieMUeut -- so frequent are they that, in ]>;.>!, the number of days ..?! lost time in the anthraeire coal lie.'is ol Pennsylvania was on -he average 1--^. and in 1^0. 111. 'rhes'j t?o not include'Sunday*-Or hoi ida; vs, but are on iv the average numbers of da v's on winch work at tiie inities was suspended by order of the managers; that ;s !o.-..\\\ the miners lost on an average inore than one-third of tue working days in both iii ese vea rs, and had their net earnings correspond? ingly reduced. Anecdote^ o?" Loirari. A member of tho oki Thirty-fifth Illi? nois tells a little story of the Belmont attack and victory which iliustrates Logan's dash and energy. Said he: "We embarked at Cairo on transports and landed secretly a few miles above Belmont. Thc Bebels were in force at Columbas and at Belmont, nearly op? posite Columbus. We swooped down on the Belmont oui lit and, after a sharp fight, cleaned out the town: In those days, thc -.arly part of the war, when? ever a body of Union troops had a light and won it it was thought to be the thing to have a great blowout, celebrat? ing the event with speeches and bon? fires and music and all that Thc Bel? mont victory was no exception. We had a great time that night. Gen. McClernand made a roaring speech, and so did Logan. I believe. Wc had great bonfires and an extra supper and all the bands out, and kept it up till pretty near daylight. Then it was lound that during the night, while wc were celebrating, tho Rebels had land? ed a big force from Columbus to our j side, of the river, and cut us oS'corn ? pletely from our transports. We were l: dazed at this, and in a mighty tight place. Logan was the first to realize it, and. after some discussion, he got per? mission from McClernand to try to cut his way through the Hebel cordon and open the road to the transports. This was done in a bayonet charge, and was one of the most gallant feats of the war. Logan next appeared with his regi? ment in the army in the attack on Forts Henry and Donelson. In assaulting the latter stronghold the Thirty-first was literally cut to pieces, the loss be? ing something like 350. The Lieuien- ! ant-Colonel was killed, and Logan him? self was shot in the left breast, and was carried of? thc field for dead. It was ? his gallantry in this action that won him tiie single star, and in March, 1SS2, he reported to Grant at Pittsburg Land? ing a Brigadier-General. While lying wounded at Fort Donel? son his devoted wife literally forced her way to his bedside and nursed him through it ali. On thc cot adjoining his, with their toes almost touching, lay Coh William R. Morrison, present? Congressman, who. while leading the i Forty-ninth Illinois in the same battle, j got an ugly wound. Mrs. Logan divid- j ed her attention between the two men, and her nursing soon put them both in the saddle. To the day of Logan's death, he and Col. Morrison were bosom friends and both enthusiastic admirers of the lady who forced her way through j a barricade of red tape to their cots at I Fort Donelson. A Hoad of Glass. ?_ ' By and by wc reached thc obsidian ' clifis-a bluff from 150 to 250 feet in j height and 1,000 feet ia length. As it ! was necessary to build a carriage-way I under this cliff, and indeed, I may say, ? across it, Col. Norris accompanied it by i building huge lires upon'the larger j masses and then dashing cold water I upon thc heated surface, which, being I suddenly cooled, were shattered into fragments that were easily moved, and thus thc road-bed is composed of broken obsidian or volcanic glass; but one would never imagine that he was driv? ing over a glass highway unless ho ! chanced to get a little beneath thc sur- j face and discovered a bit of obsidian j that resembles the bottom of a bottle, j as I did. The glass oozes from the j rocks like gum from a tree, lt is al- ? most black, quite opaque, and the edges j of ir, when chipped o?r at thc proper i angle, are as sharp as a razor. Of it ] the Indians fashioned arrow-heads, j weapons, and tools. Thc supply seems inexhaustible, for it is fount! in many parts of the National park, and these cliffs alone, as a mine, or fountain, j shall I say, of glass, are probably un- j equaled in thc world.- Yellowstone Cor. j Sun Francisco Chronicle. Mexican Theaters. ? correspondent of thc Pittsburg i Dispatch writing from thc City of Mex- : ico, says: Tho Teatro Arbeu annouuee^ ! a genuine novelty 1er next week in the \ way of La (Jubena De Tom, or in othct j words *'Unclc Tom's Cabin," and all j the residents of thc American colony i herc are looking forward to no end of j fun in seeing Mexicans personate j America?ios and negroes and in hearing j them Irving to speak Spanish with a j negro dialect, especially as a negro is ! something absolutely unknown in all | Mexico. I One very funny custom of the thea- j ters herc is their manner of keeping j their reserved-seat diagram; tho seats ; being marked upon it by small holes, j in which aro placed wooden pegs, j When you buy a reserved seat the ticket j selier removes thc peg from the hole : you have selected and gives it to you as ? your check. The ushers "know thc scat j it designates by the length or color of j the peg. This "seems incredible, but it is true. As soon as thc act drop falls every gentleman puts on his hat, rises from j his scat and turns about to take a view j of thc house through his lorgnette. They subsequently pass into the aisles ; to greet their friends, and remain thero ? talking until the prompters bell warns them that another act is about to begin. Tiien they hurry to their places and re? move their hats. The appearance of a Mexican theater between acts-its aisles crowded with groups of men talking and gesticulating wild iv-would cause an unsophisticated American to tniuK that free lights were in progress all over the house. Very few ladies wear bat? or bonnets in thc street, substitu? ting blaek lace mantillas instead, and even these arc dispensed with at thea-" ters-tile hair being elaborately dressed -and ns the great majority of the gen? tlemen are in full evening dress; the appearance of a Mexican audience is ve rv brilliant. There are 100.000 farmers in tho fanning district of Texas, lying bet weeli tiie colton district of the coast and tiie grazing lands of northwestern Texas, who need luv'.OU'.j bushels of wheat for planting this monti:. 1 bey w;li nerd as much snore oats and corn for winter? ing their stock until spring. They have lost three crops from the drought-Which lias prevail-?t lor lije past year, ami most ot tilt-::: nothing except their farms. The homestead law of Texas exempts tilt* iioiist-, outbuildings, family itoek ami ??> ? aeres of ia mi ii - un niori ^ag'-. and ti ie var;; titus lett without means ot supp .rt in seasons like the oust, one ot .-?.:.??...'<: Urought. Gx'aiil's "J.J <..:..-; ry Itto:i;; ? .Vs." General Grant was dnbl-ed LL. D. by Harvard, and during liiecampa.gn ol bs?- Some one published a burlesque it] L!i<; Jot m of a iii:unto little volume about as big as a postage stamp"; in which were printed some short speeches ..-? ?ur -dii-r:: in.iu. under the title, "'I'he Literary I: -mains of Ulysses ?S. (iran?, I Motor ol j ?aw .<.*' ? showed a copy io iio: gv!i'T:i! afterward. Ile liad nevei bv i ii" litt li- voinnm. jYii^r reading it through, as ho could do in live minutes; ii?- turned io mc with a sm i'm, and said: '.'.Liiis is v. ry good.; you must give it te rn -: i want lo show ii to Mrs; Grant, who docs not realize what a famous ninn 1 am gvttiivg to be."-Chicane S ws. "? W. H .'t ms'1 is tho way Dc Oliver Wendel! ll. signs h's name, and and he m ke- tim "f so small that it looks h ka a ??.?rt of the "m." His handwriting i- -dnio-t as clear as that of a goi..'l b.'vd.k, ??!>? r. K. Y. Moud-or, a io"-ye:ir-c,ld boy in Allen county, Ky., weighs ~")2 pounds. Q?? iE h '?k? ki BULLETS. ? An Cid SoM-cr Tai-ic-s cf lils Campaign in i Virginia-Tin: i'. ....ruy in Ambush I T.w??ht-y Vr;ir.; After. ' ^ SELMA, N. C., Feb. ri, 1SS7. Ocnflcmc7i:-Yours inquiring wheth? er or not I had beep, benefited by Kas kine, and if so to what extent, .Sec., to hand. In reply will say that my health has not been as good in twenty years as now. I suffered with chills from malarial poison contracted while serv? ing in the Confederate army on the Peninsular Campaigns in Virginia. Did not miss having a chill at least once in twenty-one days, and more frequently once in seven days, for more than fif j teen years. In this condition I visited New York in November, 1SS5, on business. While there I stopped with Mr. E. D. Barker, of the University Publishing Company. I told Mr. Barker of my condition. He called my attention to your Kaskine and procured for me a bottle. After my return home I took the pellets as directed and found much relief afforded thereby. Of this change I wrote Mr. Barker, who sent two or three bottles during the past year. My health greatly improved. ? increased in weight from 165 pounds to 200 pounds, my present weight. I believe tile Kaskine did it. Quinine had fail? ed, as had other remedies usually ad? ministered in such cases. Now, unless in case of exposure to extra bad weather, I do not have chills, and my general health is quite good. I turned over half a bottle to a young lady friend a few weeks since. I learn from her mother that she was much benefited by it white it lasted. I trust you maybe able to introduce Kaskine generally in this country, in which many suffer from diseases con? sequent" upon malarial poison in the system. From my own experience I can emphasize its excellence for such diseases. If I can serve you call on me. I am very truly yours, JOHN C. SCARBOROUGH. Seven years ago I had an attack of bilious remittent fever, which ran into intermittent malarial. I tried all the known remelles, such as arsenic, mer? cury and (juininc. The latter was ad? ministered to me in heavy and contin? ued doses. Malaria brought on ner? vous prostration and dyspepsia, from which I suffered evervthinsr. Last win ter I heard of Kaskine and began us? ing it. A few bottles of the wonderful drug cured me. Malaria and dyspep? sia disappeared, and as you have seen a June day brighter for the summer storm that had passed across the sky, so the cloud left my life and my health became steady and strong. MRS. J. LAWSON*, 141 Bergen St.. Brooklyn, N. Y. Mr. Gideon Thompson, the oldest and one of the most respected citizens of Bridgeport, Conn., says: "lam ninety years of age, and for the last three years have suffered from malaria and the effects of quinine poisoning. I recently began with Kaskine which broke up the malaria and increased my weight 22 pounds. " Other letters of a similar character from prominent individuals, which stamp Kaskine as a remedy of undoubt? ed merit, will be sent on application. Price $r.co. or six bottles, $5.00. Sold by Druggists, or sent by mail on receipt of price. The Kaskine Company. 54 Warren St., Nev.- York, and 35 Farringdon Road, London. Secretary Whitney's Wealth. A group of New York politicians wero discussing Secretary Whitney's good fortuue in having married a rich wife. "I suppose you mean to say," said ono of the party, "that the money Secretary Whitney spends is given to him by his wife. There was never a greater mis? take. Secretary Whitney's income is, or was before lie entered the cabinet, nearly $500,000 annually. I don't pro? tend that this income represented any fixed sum, but I do say that he has been a very successful business man, and almost everything he touches turns to gold, and has done so for years past He has an extraordinary fondness for keeping large sums of money about him. 1 was silting ni his ollicc thc day he concluded the purchase of his coun? try seat, on thc Tennallytown road. When the necessary papers were signed the agent bogan saying that tr?e secre? tary might make his payments ia any way ho desired, when the latter coolly turned about in his chair, and, opening a drawer, drew out $40,000 in green? backs. Ile counted out $31,000 in an exaspera! i ugly indifiercnt fashion, and then, tossing thc rest into the drawer, again resumed the conversation as if nothing unusual liad happened." li'?s?ui'jlon Cor. New V?rie Herald. The common supposition that young I Mr. Ashniead liar:lett, wit-) botanic the j husband of the Bareness Hurd et t-Couttsi j is an American, must bo incorrect, for the will of tin; duchess of St. Albans, j lately published in a new edition of tho 1 "Memoirs <?f Miss M?.dlon," expressly i provides thal "in crise any of th'.: three : daughters of Danie Sophia Burdett S shat! intermarry willi any person being ! by b:r;h an alien, whether such person j shall or shall not have obtained hitters j of denization, or ha ve been naturalized, ' ; her share ot the legacy shad be utterly j ?Yn-foiUvl. As tin; li.-troness ami her !;;;.-!'::i;?-! are still in the enjoyment, of thu S\ Albans fortune. Mr. Ucirtlelt would apbear to bc a native of Kng Uiid. mm . ? fannel" m Fayette county. West Virginia, was recently tak*n m badly liv a gang of gvpsies that passed through the neighborhood. One of them told him it lie would place bo in an old stump und leave it over night j j; wte-M .b.nineil by morning, which ! he tried, and the tiling worked. Hie j gyp>y then got him lo put $700 in tho ; same place, hui on going to the stump ! tiie next morning both money and | gypsy were, of course, gone. David Dudley Field, who is preach- 1 ing a crusade against legal verbosity, j sa vs that the people of New York pay ; annually over $100.000 for recording kurnlus words in mortgages. ICHABOD AND OTHER POEMS, BY \V. G. KENNEDY. J70R SALE AT THE SUMTER BOOK |j STOJtE. Trice reduced to one dollar per copy. j Testimoni?is er Eminent Physician of the State. The following are selected from many sim ilar ones : DR-.'* L. C. KESXEDT, of S^artan'oaro" writes ilio Proprietors : "The remedial quai iiies o? Gk-nn Springs 1 havij known for o~e? forty years, aaa can ait-it to its value in Dyspepsia froth gastric or inncuomil derange mcnt pf the Live *., General Debility, Dropsical Effusions. Uterine Irregularity and Affection; of thc Kidneys and Bladder. To thc last dis? eases I would particularly call attention. :i? the waters have shown large curative powers in these complaints." .Da. 0. li. M.\V;:P., of Newberry, S. C., says: ;'i have sent more titan fifty persons suffering with Jaundice to these .Springs, an? have never been disappointed in any case ; they all speedily recovered. ? cannot find words to express my confidence in the Glenn Springs water, ns r. remedy for the Liver, ! when functionally deranged. Dyspepsia, Dropsy, certain skin diseases, troubles in the Kidneys ...iud Spleen, if produced by the Liver, have all, as I know, disappeared at the Springs." Da. JAMES MCINTOSH. President of thc Med? ical Association o? South Carolina, in his an? nual address before that body remarks: "Glenn Springs; for diseases of the Stomach. Liver and Kidneys, deserves to rank with any other on the continent," PRICE OF WATER. Per case of two dozen quart bottles, securely packed and delivered on the train at Spartan burg, $4.00. Per gallen, by the barrel, delivered at Spartan burg, 20 cents. Per gallon, for less than a barrel. 25 cents. Address' SIMPSON & SIMPSON", Glenn Springs. S. C. For sale in Sumicr, bv Dr. A. J. China and Dr. G. S. Sealv. LIENS:, TITLES, MORTGAGES, BILLS OF SALE, BONDS, And Other Blanks in Variety, FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE, BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED. This Magazine portrays Ameri? can thought and Ufe from ocean to ocean, is filled with pure high-c?ass literature, and can be safely wel? comed in any family circle. PRISE 25c. OR $3 A YEAR BY KAIL. Sample Copy of current number mailed upon rc ceipt of 25 eis.; badi r.urr.'cers, 15 eis. Premium List with either. Address: E. T. SUSS Ss SOS, Publishers, ISO & 132 ?&ar! St., ri. Y. A Dealer who makes ? ti?nlar line can i Best G-ocds at tl IT 13 TEEREFGRE T< -i1\ ^ M M g g a . J g*? ? They keeep in stock e SHELF "Hil and would call especial attention to : RUBBER AND LS In all widths, with Rivets and Bu STOVES OF EVERY Vi A large and ? 013.122.^ ?and. And the finest and largest assortment of TA SCISSORS, ?c., from the hest fatories ot has been paid in thc selection ol Wagon Material of E Single and Double Muzzle and '. nition, S Remember this is the ONLY HARDWARE LOW 1 Sept 15 Main Street, o ?SILEY SHILL -BieatgwaaaaBBMti The S. G. S. is thc cheapest, and t for Small Grain on thc Market. Thc S. G. S. has been used all ove years, and has given ^reat satisfaction. AM?hJLY Am Of superior activity and efficiency ; Small Grain, especially when used \ Ammonia. ASHLEY COMPLETE Delivered free ; specially adapted t Annuals, kc. For terms, directions, testimonials, ar tivc publications of the Company, addrcs THE ASHLEY I Sent 03 g! --j--.--v A EEM2DY NOT TO ^S?S?Rj ?HALF A ?I 5 I ? SELIEV??C-STOIE ~i J 7 ? ^ t -v- ". .."o" 3 J \ - j * fi- < ??K 53 i*\ ^m?sm T ^ ^_ .jr. AM I WTE:-'.EST::*G Tn EAT! SE OM G -, i Ff?E^ TO ALL APPLICA?? t 5. IT Si iii ADONIGS Ti;E 3 W ! r : S FE >jj_ _. __ li ?M-**?M^^ W ? ^?! n u r1! vrn G G si -S^:2?1 I j U Ll ll?? b fir /J !$| JMEW SHOP. TUE SUBSCRIBER would respectfully in? form ilife citizens of .Sumter County, that ho Iras recent!" moved his shop from Wedjre fieid io the Town of Sumter, where he will carry on the business ot' WHEELVVR?8.HT?N8, BLACKSMITHING. and General Repr.ring. HORSE SHOEING a specialty. Will keep on hand piping and fixtures for the repairing of Steam Engines, Pumps, etc. LOG CARTS built to order. He fakes ihis opportunity to thank his friends and the public generally, for ihe lib t eral patronage extended to him while at i Wedgefield, and hopes by close attention to j his business, to merit a continuance of the i same. Shop on Liberty Street, near Mr. H. j Barby's Li-Terr Stables. RILEY W. ER ADHAM. Marchi?, 'ST. ut&? AfiU nuntin J. P. EL BROWN, AUGUSTA, GA. MANUFACTURER OF HIVES, SEC tions, Foundation and Bee-keepers' Supplies. Also Breeder of Italian Bees and Queens. He manufactures the best PORTABLE FRUIT DRYER. Send for catalogue. March 3 THE ROYAL ST. JOHN. The only Sewing Machine in the world that runs either forward or backward and still continues to sew in the same direction. ?IT IS THE I SIM PLEST, STRONGEST, MUST DURABLE, AND BEST. CHALLENGES C03?PARISOX, Distances Coen petition ! Surpasses Expectation ! Be Sere You See it Before You Buy. FOR SALE BY Watchmakers and Jewelers, Main- Street, opposite J olin Be id's, SU3?TZR9 S. C., March 24 saeeacagaaea BBBgaggpgaacCTeafeaw; aesaBB??Mtao TAT??M BAfffPf" i Specialty of one par? kways supply t?ie ie Lowest Prices, j YOUR INTEREST TO n A I?HW 4 ;OM :verv known rarJetv cf \ verv large and weil selected stock of lATHEB BELTING rs or Lacing as mar bc desired. LRIETY A? ALL PRICES. super!) stc*;k of G-Iassware, BLE AND POCKET CUTLERY, RAZORS. ^'Europe and America. Especial attention 7 POTWARS, TINWARE, &c. very Conceivable Kind, Breech Loading Guns, Ammu hells, &c. STORE IN TOWN and will bc supported by PRICES. R. w. DURANT & SON. pposite the Bank, Sumter, S. C. GRAIN SPECIFNE he best, and the only Spcc??e Fertilizer r our Southern States fer the last three a chenp an-! excellent Fertilizer for xhh. Cotton Seed or manure to supply SAUDEN FtBTiLSIEBj o Roses, Geranium?, Pansies, Flowering l-l for the various attractive and ins trac M?GSP?X?TE co. L?Fscinaiiiisseik 3 A DAY, EUT P03J~~7 CENTURY iB3 iiBjS^ RING HUMANITY ! S: ^?O^f ppp fg "_ ? I LOOD AND SKIN DISEASES SENT HOULD BE READ BY EVERYBODY. \C :C!FIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. fr EVERY YOUNG MAN SHOULD AVAIL Himseit of tlie advantages odored at the 5RYANT, STRATTON & SADLER BUSI? NESS COLLEGE, .'or acquiring a thorough and practical train? ing in business allai rs. Yv'ith improved and enlarged facilities, we m non nee o ur T wen ty-Soco nd Annual Opening cr the reception of pupils. The curriculum af study embraces a thorough preparation fer business aifairs. The proticiency act;i:ired by our many pupils luring a pc; iou of over twenty years as educa ors of youth is our strongest commendation. Pupils enter al any time. For circulars, cat .! '. :, tenus, &c, call on or address W. H. SADLER, President, pt 3 Nos. 6 & S N, Charles St., Balto. ! 1 J" C?ffMA, DEALER IN - Drags, Medicines and FINE ICILST SOAPS, HAIR A D ?OOTIi BKUSr?E?, PERFUMERY AND F AJ? C-Y TOILET ARTICLES, ?c.. ?c. PAINTS. OHS, VARNISHES AND J) YE STUFFS, GLASS, PUTTY, $c. Fall supply of Fresh Garden Seeds. April 9 _ PAINT YO (JR BUGGY FOR One Bollar. One coat gives an old baggy the blackest black you c^er saw and a handsome gloss wit bout Tarnishing. It eries hard in a few hours. No running! No varnishing! Xe extra trouble. Each cc:: contains -more than enough to nr.int a carriage. Retailed at One Dolhir per Can. For Sde by - DS. A. J. CHINA. h F. IV: Kiili .DEALER IX Agent. BM & MIHI pgr1 i Lin wifii TOILET SOAPS, AXD ALL KINDS OF Druggist's Sundries USUALLY KEPT IX \ FIRST-CLASS DRUG STORE. Tobacco, Snuff and Sesars, GARDEN SEEDS, &C, -ALSO Paints, Oils, Varnishes. ?T,ASS, PUTTY, kc. -ANO DYS ST?JFFS. Physician's Prescriptions carefully coitjpcunded, and orders answered with caro and dispatch. The public will find my stock of | Medicines complete., warranted genu? ine, and of thc best quality. Call and see for yourselves. "Hfi?S?E PfiTgBTiN? ?sii^o&i I faut s sim ZZL First Class Style. IAM PREPARED TO FURNISH 5IATE rial of tho best kind and (?nish np jobs in workmanlike manner, and no money required until work is completed. Any kind of work in the r?cttse-pai?ting line, such as Walnut Graining, Oak Graining, \ Manleing, Marbleizing, Wail r.nd Fancy j Painting in flat or gloss work, Graniteing, Rough-casting, Gold or Brass Bronzing, Staining, and Varnishing in any shade. All jobs will be prompt Iv dealt with. Address LEMUEL R. DAVIS, Mav 19 Stiater. S. G. ! 1 ? ls & r?s y^i-i ? % m 5& ? ; g IIa i? BE^8 |I m pl Obtained; and "?I .".17?.A / '.'..->' at? tended to f;>r ,Vf>/>A7/.4T .' ;."'.'/>' o?:r Affiec-'-ts opposite th? ''- S PaVat<?!V'vi\ ivo ob? tain Patc-ntsiti !..>-?< :!:: :; :!- -v- :...!..*..:? -ea I;-.ts://AV;7V5.V. S-::u Mrti/KIi. . ??"/.V(. ?r PHOTO ni invvn??.??.. Wv .-..iv abiJitV free <>:' <.;::.!.:..v..- a;:: '. .Vf/ ( ;/.!/.:.':. 1 VXLkSS I-ATEST is sar, !;! ;>. For circular. adv:--.*, "..rms j:a.l r?*fiT?-tJCOS :.> actual cHeri ts in v?.?!irv.w-n Stati\<*?>i:s::} ? ay < r . Opposite i'ti'sui i?'-zsl?i?fftott, JJ C j ?j?--'-: r.yrrv rrprrj ia ^ s li us SSS ?ii <?? vj?? gfc^, -rjfe Wl!l pur?fr ih-? SLOOO renato ! y&gk SS? tho LS VE? ar.d !<;D^&YS .-.nd ^ST^ JR RESTO??S rho HRAI.TK jinJVXG ^oj^SS^. CK of TOUTS. , (-;.>i.i.\-.'ant of Appw?ie. ?n?iuv-?-ri?v'?j.tick of ^^^?^?v sotiicely C!)T-M: ii^st*?. mos- j L 1... ' -^ L -w. Seffent?! fro?*coroj>?aiatsp*H:n. j feH^S^S^C* HURTER'S IFO>- TCriC a Rife. ?r?edy euro. Giw s ?tcsr, hoatt?? ccnrlesion. AJI a:t?a?pts .-it cnnrtorii-Irii:^ o:iiy a:: ?- to r^>[ a larity. Do net ?sr?orrnvr?t~:*t OBIGIXAI AXD I>? -r | / Dr. KAr?T?^v3 3_?vER P!LL9 fe ! K Core CoTi5tipstlcr..T.ivov Ccmr-latot ar.--: SicU <? ! tHeadacfce. S.a:np?o Do-o sr..-l L>riMm Bock.d ! v laal'.ed on receipt o? iwo ecr.ts ?a p^s:i,?o. ? ! THE0!{. KAST?3 ?ESS?'?iE CG., Sf. LOUIS, h:0. \ SUITER MARBLE WORKS, j ESTABLISHED IX 13*30. . F. Sill fl!, WHO IS STILL PREPARED WITH Improved Facilities, TO FI: RX ?SH MONUMENTS, HH?OST?NESJ -AND ?11 Kinds cf Cesaetcry ??cz&, In First Class Workraaoship. Deo. 21. ? wv esl 3 Sk^^v 1IOW LOST, HOW RESTORED ! Jost published^ :i new edition of Dr. CUL VKIOVF.L1/S CKIiKBRATED ESSAY on the radical enre cf Spcrmatcrrhooa or Seminal weak? ness. Involuntary Seminal Lossc?. impotency, Mental and Physical rncrspnc?ty. [jnpcdi?ncnt^ t?) Marriage, cte. : also. Consuruptivn, Epilepsy and fits, iniiuoed oy seif-incui-rencc or sexual extravagance, X*e. Tlic celebrated an thor, in this admirable Essay, clearly demonstrates, from :? thirty years' successful practice, thai ti:e alarming conse? quences of sclf-ahnsc may he radically cared; pointing out a mo>lc e: cure at once simple, cer? tain and effectual, by means of which every sufferer, rio matter what his condition may bc, may cure himself cheaply, privately and radi? cally. This lecture sh raid bc- in the hands of evcr_v youth anti every man in the land: Sent, under seal, in a plain envelope, to any address, post paid, on receipt ot four cents, or two postage sui nips. Address THE CULVERWKLL MEDICAL CO., ?1 Asx St. NEW YQKX: Post Office Box, 450. B. F. MITCHELL & SON, PROPRIETORS OF The Merchant Flour Mill? COMMISSION MERCHANTS FOR THE SALE OF COTTON AND NAVAL STORES. WILMINGTON, M". C. OFFER FOR SALE AT LOWEST PRICES Choice grades FLOUR, own man'ft're. -AL50, - Fresh Ground MEAL, HOMINY. CORN, &c - ALSO, Selected RED RUST PROOF SEED OATS. Selected North Carolina aod Maralan! All our Gcotls guaranteed best qoalt ty and at lowest prices. Nu charge for delivery to Railroad. B. F. MITCHELL & SON. W?LBERN & PIEPER) WHOLESALE GROCERS, AND DEALERS IN Mis,-Lipers, Tota, k 167 and 169 East-Bay, CHARLESTON, S. C. Dec. 2 S. B. THOMAS, Agt No. 320 KING STREET, Opposite Liberty^ Wm Pap Haips LACE .CURTAfyS, CORNICES AND UPHOLSTERY G00D% WINDOW AWNINGS 3IADE TO ORDER. CHARLESTON fe. C. Dec Tl . o GEO. W. STEFFENS, WHOLESALE GROCER, Auction and Commission Merchant and Liquor Dealer. AG EST FOR fixe F:nest Hams cured in the H. S. Also Ajrent for OEXESEO ROAD CART. The Best and Cheapest on the Market. 197 EAST BAY AND 50 AKD 52 STATE Sflk, (Auction Room State Street,) CHARLESTON S. C. j^er Consignments Solicited. Nov 25 o PAVILION HOTEL, CHARLESTON, S. C. First Class in all its Appointment*. Supplied with all Modern Improvements. Excellent Cuisine, Large Airy Rooms, Otis Passenger Elevator, Elec? tric Bel's and Lights. Heat? ed Rotunda. RATES ?2.00, ?2.50 AND $3.00. Rooms Reserved ly Mail or Telegraph. Sept 16_ THE ?8TEL WINDSOR. 211 ICING STREET. Four Boors South Academy of Mu??. 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 Briziuon Hotel," Sullivan's Island. The "WINDSOR" is newly furnished throughout., having Woven Wire Spring and Hair Matresses on all beds. ^Froi&iing on King Street, wita extensive Southern expos? ure, making Ali the Rooms Dry. Airy and Pleasant. To make the "HOTEL WINDSOR," what ha? lone been wanted, a STRICTLY FAMI? LY HOTEL, No Liquors icill he sold on the premises. Rates, Si-50 to $2.00 per day-Liberal terms made bv the week or month. G. T. ALFORD, Manager. WRIGHTS HOTEL, COLUMBIA, S. <7. THIS NSW AND ELEGANT HOUS^ with ail modern improvements, is ?OW owen for the reception of guests. S'. L. WRIGHT k SON, May 6. Proprietors. l??BBEE"!ST?MPST NAME STAMPS FOR MARKING ?L0THINfl with indclrwle ink, or for printing visiting cards, and STAMPS OF ANY KIND for stamping BUSINESS CARDS. ENVEL? OPES or anything eise. Specimen? of varions styles on hand, which wiil be shown with pl**** are. The LOWEST PRICES possible, and orders filled promptly. Call on CP. OSTEEN, At the Watchman and Southron Office $25,000.00 IN GOLD! WILL BE PAID FOB ?EES' COFFEE WRAPPERS. 1 Premium, ? 2 Premiums, 6 Premiums, 25 Premiums, 100 Premiums, 200 Premiums, 1,000 Premiums, - $1,000.00 $500.00 each - S250.00 " - SiOO.OO - 350.00 $20.00 . $10.00 " it For full particulars and directions see Circa* tar in every pottn? of AKHTCKI-ES* COFFEE. WO&K SHOPS wirier? STEAM IYJWER BE VSCSQ OL'TKJTS OT BASSES' FAT. FOOT PC ST EH machinery can compete with stearn rower. Sold on trial. Metal and woodworkers sen?! for prves. Iih:str*d catalogue free. W. F. A.. J no. ? ?ar ? ie* Co? Hock ford, SH. ? Address No 2 .1 ? .Mata St. IF O "CT 11? S HORSE AHD CATTLE POWDERS y o T?."vr:.->: w .- o? Cor re. I;-.?TS or Lvs? Tx-. ..T.- :i~o itsed in time, i ;\ ?w.iJcrs wili c?re sn? preventHoc CTTOL?KA. '."?vr:~'s rowi'-et? will prevent GAPKS rx FOWL?, Vontz's t'ow-??crs \r?]\ increasetho. quantity o? mils r.r.il crean: twenty per cont., anti make the batter Cnn wi sweet Fonts's P.-sw-.K-rs wl?? ?nre ?>r provont almost "STKTX ,*>i<\..\s> t<-> which H?v.>e> ?n?i CntSeare subject. Kerrs:'*. l*.wi>! is? WILL ctvic SATISFACTION. Soi?? everywhere. DAVID 'S- rO?TS. Proprietor BALTIXIOKE. MD. THIS PAPER -AN'D The Great Farm, Industrial ?nd Stock Journal of the South, ONE YEAR FOR $3. Sample copies of The Southern Ct??oator wil bc mailed FREE on application to Jas. PW, Harrison k Co., Drawer 8, Atlanta, Ga flSW?ST?^El?? oroth^vvtowyitooxtm?* Mal ff kSs I I VkSt V this paper,cr obtun ?tirntt-? on advertising space v/hen in Chicago, wtfl find rtonfiJ** 45 to 49 Randolph St, the Ad vertising Agency of L6SD&TH0I&