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attorneys at law,
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J." ( . WiVLLACI^
Attorney at Law, j
NO. :i LAW RANOE.
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Attorneys at Law,
NO. :t; LAW KAXCIK.
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? ATTOKN I'.YS AT t.AW, ?
Cormr Main ami hitljjnient Streets.
Dentistry.
Dr. A. HL. Smith's
DKNTAli liOO.MS,
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Si'o mlvn tisi iiitMit in nnotlii r coliiniii. i
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Uipon Hotel,
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No. 0 I Hr.cht lor St m t
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AND
FARCY GROCERIES,
Flour. Meal, Molasses,
Sugar, Coffee, Bacon,
Lard and Salt.
Best Baupt Hams
KfiMSfiii?. flil IVMiitip flil Tr.tn
viyllVHJ \?ll, 1'lUUIllilU Ull, 1JIU.
BAGGING AND TIES.
1 Tlili STOCK < >! '
PLUG AND SMOKING TOBACCO.
Plantation Hardware. ;
Fresh supples of ( vi rytliiin the
Grocery lino always on Iminl
at rock bottom prices at
W. H. Sartor's,
<?\ Tin: cultsi*u
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I-KOM WASHINGTON.
NKW8Y ITEMS I'ICKKI) IT AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
Sayings ami Doings of the Official
Heads of the Oovernment.
The debt statement issued at Washington
Monday shows the net decrease
in the public debt, less cash in treasury
<luriug November of $31,711,051.
Tito interest bearing debt increased
$1,100,170. Cash in treasury increased
837,107,100. Total cash in treasury,
November 30, $793,140,103.
Ill inanv restieels the minimi rnunrt.
of Hon. J. Sterling Morton, of N?brnskn,
Rceretary of agriculture, differa
widely from many of his predecessors.
The secretary discusses the linaneial
policy of the government, the silver
question and manv other matters of
broad and general interest, not usually
treated in an agricultural report, and
demands "prime" currency in return
for "prime" beef or pork.
It begins to look like the old sugar
light will be gone through with again.
The action of the trust in closing down
its refineries and throwing its employes
out upon the world just as winter
comes on, has arrayed many of its
former senatorial friends against it,
and the senate may pass the. free sugar
bill. liven Senator Smith, the. man
who fought so hard fur the trust last
session, seems to have turned against it.
The annual report of Judge I*.
Thiima*, assistant attorney-general for
the poatoflice department, treats at
some length of the enormous increase
for the fiscal year ended June BOth in
the number of companies engaged in
conducting lotteries and fraudulent
relienu s. Against the concerns 22T
'brand" orders were issued by the
post master-gem ml, prohibiting the
delivery of register* d packages auil
the payment of money orders to certain
companies and parties named.
A New York special says: The Stewart
syndicate has completed the pay
mont of tin' gold into the snbtrensury
f*?r tin* new $50,000,000 Imml issue.
Tin re was deposited Monday $1,278,515,
tanking n total ?>F $50,100,425
1'iiiil into the Now York suhtronHury,
us follows: Principal, $42,850,000;
premium, $7,102,878; interest, $150,517.
Tho total proceeds from the
sale of the bonds will he $58,720,717
in gold. Tho Fchruary issue netted
$58,000,015.
Speaker Crisp Talks.
In speaking of the work of this congress,
Speaker Crisp says: "I don't
know w hat can la* done in tho way of
legislation at this session, hut 1 fear
not as much as we should like. It is
very important Hint there should he
some legislation on linanee. I am not
prepared to predict what, if anything,
may he done at this session, hut it
must he apparent to everyone that the
present situation should not ho permitted
to remain long. Whatever suggestions
the administration has to
make will ho awaited with great
interest. Whether or not Mr. Carlisle
will present a proposition
which w ill meet with general approval,
no one can say until the message comes
in. A financial system which puts it
in the ]lower of anyone to deplete tho
treasury of gold and to compel the
government to increase its interest
hearing obligations hy the issue of
hotels, is vicious, and should he corrected
as speedily as possible."
Nicaragua Canal Iteport.
i ne milium report ot tin; .Maritime
Canal Company, of Nicaragua, made
to the interior department in pursuain'i'
of act of congress and which
will he transmitted to congress, was
made public Monday at the regular
annual met ting of the company held
in New York. The report states that
since the organization of the company
in 1S.S0, 1 to shares of capital stock have
been subscribed for a year, amounting
in the aggregate to the sum of
S1,01 I,">i)0,of which amount ."if! 1,007, N 10
has been paid into the treasury in cash.
From other sources there has been
paid into the treasury .*('>2,1 17, making
a total of 51,000,0-17. Kxpeuditurcs
since the organization for administration
purposes Were ij-H l t,HS2. It issued
1 HO,000 shares of its capital stock
at the par value of $ IS,000,000 in payment
for concessionary rights, privileges,
franchises and other property.
The; liabilities of the company ar?'?<?,S.V',000
and cash liabilities not exceeding
5o0,noo. 'I h > unprecedented conditions
of the money market have been
the cause of serious embarrassment.
<<>\<;i{ t:ss Ki:..\ssi:Miti.i:s.
|>|M M IIM1 Mini lllll|IIIIS I I I I I* I I III- i.e.tocrs
The Message Keatl.
rin- t?|>< !?iiiof the lust session of
the .Mill congnss was timie. In neither
lions. was there anything of import
mien. It was simply the usual meetnip1,
ami the reading of the presith nt's
annual message took so long ami beeanie
ho tedious that the average
statesman retired before it was eonelud.
d, contenting himself with awaiting
its publication in the afternoon
papers.
Ill the house tin re were flowers ealore.
I lie great mass of them were
on the republican side. It was gay I y
decorated. Hon pints in many Colors
coven d desks of those members rcelecte.t
to the next' congress. On the
democratic side there were a few.
The silver haired Itreckinri.lge had
some snow white roses and Wilson had
some chrysanthemums.
Spi inger had his usual red earnati
>11. Hut the (ieorgians, with the exception
of him I.ivingstoii, were negIceted.
Ilia desk was d< eorati d witti
a great bouipiet "I Aimricnti ki ii'itii'i,
i if colli".- the gal It lies wt ?e jammed
m it.) ilu' il.M.t w?>n u. P wi'b a., m
! THE LATEST BY WIIMi
GIVING TIIK MOWS UP TO TI1K
HOUR OF GOING TO I'UKSS.
Ilrlcf Mention of l>aily Happenings (
Throughout the World.
The North lMatte, Nebraska, Na- i
tional bank closed its doors Monday, i
The treasury department ho far has
delivered $20,000,000 of new bonds,
and there is not now an unfilled requisition
for bonds on h ind.
The Lcxow committee assembled
again in New York Monday morning.
It i* rumored that mure sensational
developments -will take place.
The Manchester spoke mills, at
Richmond, Va , which have been shut
down for some months, have resumed
opt rations with a full force of hands.
Giles A Murchieon, one of the leading
hardware houses in Wilmington,
N.C., assigned Monday with Norwood
Giles, assignee. Both partners waived
personal property exemption on the
stock. The assets and liabilities are
not obtainable.
The Canal-Fulton Tool Manufacturing
Company at Massillon, ()., was
closed Monday on account of financial
embarrassment. Details are wanting.
The company did an extensive business
in mining tools throughout the
I nited States.
The Taeoma, Wash., National bank
elosed its doors Monday morning, the
cashier's notice stating that the institution
was going into liquidation. The
I Ml II Iv MlspciltlCll 11IIVUlCIll UUTlUg TIKI
panic hist yenr and resumed uftir
doubling its capital to $'200,000.
A gang of Syrian smugglers have
been arrested at Detroit. There are
several women among the number.
They have been operating between
Windsor and Detroit and thousands
of dollars worth of Artneuinu rugs,
have been smuggled across
the river.
i .Si n Turk Hi raid special cable
from lbienos Ayres says: The government
of Montevideo has requested
Minister Stuart to consider the advisability
of sending an exhibit to the Atlanta
exposition. General Avery, who
is at lbienos Ayres in the interest of
the exposition, met the Argentine minister
of foreign atVairs, Keuor Costa,
Saturday, to discuss the proposed Argentine
exhibit. He goes to Chili in
Fa nuary.
A cablegram from Koine, Italy, says:
King Humbert, in person, delivered a
speech from the throne, at the opening
of Parliament Monday. The entrances
to the Parliament buildings were
thronged witji crowds, which gave the
King an ovation when he appeared on
his way to the chamber. His Majesty, j
in his spee< h, referred to tin* improved |
economic situation ot the country, and !
the necessity for equaling the budget;
ami also spoke of several undefined
financial measures. The relations of
the country with foreign powers, he
said, were good, and nothing was likely
to disturb the tranquility of Kuropc.
Iters. Tom ltecd entered the hall before
the house met, and was wildly
applauded. When Speaker Crisp entered
and grasped his gavel to call the
house to order there was a sound of
hearty applause from the lloor and galleries,
from demoerats and republicans,
which evidenced the admiration
and respect for him on the part of all
members and the public generally.
COMING SO!"I'llWAKD.
I'lltshurgkwis to (Establish a Colony In
North Carolina.
One of the largest colonization
-( hemes that has been projected in the
vicinity of Pittsburg, Pa., has been
rganized by an Allegheny firm, with
I'omb, Johnson A. Co. in charge. With
the financial hacking they now have,
the new colony is expected to prove a
sticcos. In this event, within the next
t hirty days more t linn eighty residents of
Pittslmrg and surrounding towns will
leave to take up permanent residence
in North Carolina. Farming lands to
the extent of ">0,000 acres have been
leased and purchased in Craven county,
at the junction of the Neuso and
Trent rivers. The members of the
colony are farmers, gardeners and mechanics.
A Coss of $0(1,000.
A fire in Fowler Pros.' packing
house at Kansas City Wednesday morning
caused a loss of $(>0,000.
At lloanokc, Va., the Kvrnin*/
W'nrltV* union priuters'^ruck Wednesday
morning because the management
refused to employ a union pressman.
I Non-union men were secured at once
to take the place of the strikers.
Itla/.e in n.< oal Mine.
The buildings of a shaft, at Spring
Valley, III., wero completely destroyed
by lire early Wed nesday morning.
I lie damage in already $.'15,000, and
should the (lames reach the numerous
wooden passage ways ami face of the
coal mines, the loss will exceed half a
million.
Six Sailors f>ro\vnc?l.
A collision occurred early Wednesday
morning at the entrance to Boston
harhor between the tithing schooner
(Jracie II. Heuson, and the I'hiladeldiia
and Heading steamer Heading.
I he schooner was sunk and six of her
row drowned.
On Accoiini oi 11 <?I < I -1 | ?s.
Oil nec'illlt of the ffcriit hoM-npH
'In* Missouri I'neifi will iliscoritinui'
flu- nil iiiflit pnf-nciipi r trniiiH on tln>
|\ i!ii?'n? iiidI \il;miNii* Yullry (livinidiiH
I 'i rein In r 1 i 11 ?, ri|lil|in|/ I *? t wren
('oitiii'V i lll>. Unn?i".*i nn.i Idita'ii,
,? I'll U 11,illH '
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM ANI> GARDEN.
POINTS OK A noon STEEn. x
At h Canadian institute these were
given as tho points for a model steer
for the English market: Good quality,
with soft skins and ns evenly fleshed
as possible, a good straight, broad
back, well sprung and deep in tho rib,
well tilled behind tho shoulders, good
hams and brisket, short legs, a flue,
clean-cut neck and head, with nice and
well-set liorus. Only a prime article
is in demand there.
SAI.T FOK BEES.
Tt. iu mjoH tuown that salt is rcqr:?" '
by bees, particularly in uefcre
any honey-flow sets in, and it probably
nets as a mild purgative on their constitution.
It is very desirable that a
few small wooden troughs filled with
brine or, where the atmosphere is not
too dry, a few pieces of rock salt be
kept at every apiary, to enable tho
bees to get the necessary supply
ready and in a clean manner when
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im y ii.-i.-i iuciiuvu lot 11. AVOW iUTii
World.
BUT.PTSG \ STACK of cons* ronm*n.
Corn fodder may be stacked wlieu
it is so well cured in the shock that it
will not sweat much in the stack, thus
insuring its keeping sweet. The
amount of sap remaining iu the stalk
can be. judged by twisting it, and examining
the pith. If the fodder is so
dry that the leaves break badly, choose
a danns drizzly or foggy day for
handling it. Otherwise much of the
most nutritious food wfll lie lost, and
the sharp midribs will tear the clothing
to tatters. For hauling from the
Held a low wagon is best. Ilavo the
trout wheels about three feet in diameter,
and the hind wheels six inches
larger. The rack may be made with
open spacss between the boards, but
a tigot level flour is best to prevent
waste and for convenience to the
loader in walking and in sliding the j
heavy stalks, 'these should be grasped (
by the tops and swung 011 to the load,
be laid aerdss the rack with the stalks
parallel, and the butts all in the same
i 1 1 I 11 ? It 1 Tlililue t li a r?^<l .1o?* ?o
it is too heavy for large loads. Drive
the load so that the tops will be toward
the stack, and then lilt and pull
oft the hunches of stalks in the reverse i
order from which they were loaded,
avoiding all tnngliug and confusion.
The middle of the stack or rick must
he kept to full that the outside stalks
will have a steep, sl^re outward and
downward. Top wit*, long straw or
hay.?New England Homestead.
a itandy Arrr.K-rtoKF.n.
In the season for picking apples
orchardists will find the illustrated i
picker of great service in reaching the |
fruit on extended limbs, One man
can stand under a tree and pick nearly j
all the fruit front the tree, including
the hardest to get at?that on the
ends of the branches. The frame is
made of heavy wire, or light round
; ...,i ? ,.r t.,... i..41 i
immi, hum ii phi iv ui ii. a \ > v iui n nun lm
to the frame, leaving the slots at each
end so that an apple will he free to
< lite.* the sack. Then all you have
to do Is to push or pull and the apple
drops into the sack. I have one with
a fourteen-foot and another with a
six-foot handle. The wire from A to
15 is eight inches wide, from C to 1)
ten inches. The slots at (1 and 1) are
three' inches long and an inch wide.
The handle or pole may he of any desired
length.?A. 11. Nicholson, in
Orange Judd Farmer.
r.os'r SEM, THE OLI? HOUSE.
The following words are from the
Indiana Farmer; .Before ottering the
old horse for sale, wo wish that
farmers would think n little of his
probable fate if he is so unfortunate
as to he sent to the city. The faithful
old animal deserves better fate than
to fall into the hands of some garbage
manor rag dealer, as he is most likely
to do if brought here.
Just now we saw a poor, starved,
bony, superannuated creature, driven
ny a ragged old colored man to a
rickety wagon, in which was a load of
some unknown substance, hidden from
view by a large p'ece of dirly muslin.
The prominent bones of the lior.se
bore evidence of scant feeding and
hard treatment. It seems that olliccr.s
should interfere with such eases and
cause the animal to be shot and put
out of tie possibshty of such suib'iing,
as he will inevitably be subjected
to in such hands. The colored man
bought him bccat.se he was diseased,
worn out. and chert*, i.'e is not able
to feed him properly and might not to
have him. The outer day Htieh a lior.se,
because lie *\i.h too faint ami feeble to
l>iill his load, was beaten anil then
knocked down in the street. The
driver was arrested, we believe, and
lined for his cruelty, but the noor
starved ami beaten horse got out little
comfort out of that faet.
The tanner w ho has had long and
profitable nervier from hia ho" sea
ought to i>e willing to give them coint-i.tni.lc
ilieller and tood after thcv
nr.* ?.est ?.refnl'.iera lilt death If not
aide ti.'-ctlst ni? eonrei<*n.i? rill anlfei
If "||WV! ?Ud
s
than, for the sako of a few dollars,
Bells them to strangejrs to be starved
and brutally treated during their fow
remaining years.
MERITS AND DEFECTS OF ESSEX SWINE.
This is ouo of tho oldrn.t English
breeds of swine. Its merits have obtained
for it a well deserved popularity
in this country, as well as in its
native laud, Tho modern Essex breed
is the result of a cross of tho original
stock on the Neapolitan. It belongs
to one of the so-called small breeds.
Essex swino are black, or, rather,
ash-l:lack in color; they liavo a shortdished
face, broad between the eyes, ;
erect, thin ears, full jowls, short, "
thick neck, body of medium length, J
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IMUZF. ESSEX SWINE.
V
broad, deep and straight, with heavy ?
hams, bones line, but sufficiently ti
strong to support tho body; hair fino
ami soft, but thin; no bristles; legs a
short and fine, but straight and set "
wide apart; hoofs erect. '
When matured, the improved Essex ['
will weigh from three to four hundred v
))ounds. They mature early, are pro- 11
litie and possess great vigor of consti- *
tut ion. They fatten easily, range well |
and, not being troubled with mange s
or sun-scald, ore a peculiarly valuable ^
breed for tho South. The Essex are ,
excellent as a cross, being sure to give c
quality and early maturity to any ?
breed. When crossed upon common '
or coarser swino tlioy will improve t
them almost beyond recognition. Tho t
objection urged against them is their '
tendency to fatten rapidly, which j
causes tbccnrcasse3 to lack the desired t
proportion of leau meat. This objec- !:
tion can be largely overcome by limit- J
ing the amount of food and compel- |
ling exercise. Being good grazers, <
y should be allowed unrestricted 1
run of pasturage and no corn or other ,
fattening food until it is desired to i
liuisli them off. On the other hand,
their tendency to fatten is a great J
I mo iiii lire, ncr owner suouei iiuhk
df his pocket book, and dread the
j outlook for her.
I Sell off the straw and liny better
| and more concentrated food. Better
j results in feeding and better manure
' will bo realized. The rule must not
I bo adopted as an invariable one, but
i its adoption is often valuable.
Kick out the stunted fowls. They
will always lie unprofitable, and you
would better eat tnein now than that
they should eat themselves several
I times before spring. May as well put
i your feed into hens that will return
i eggs for the favor.
When grit is needed, pound upsonic
I glass for the hens, and it will assist
them to grind their food. Do not use
colored glass, however, as it may contain
poisonous matter. You cannot
put your broken glassware, ehinn or
earthenware to better use than to
}><>u11<I such material for the hens and
they will relish it.
(hie bushel of potatoes is much like
1 another bushel, and so it is with most
| of the products as well; but there is u
i vast ditrerence between a pound of
sweet, fresh butter and the mass vro
! run across in the mn-ket. No danger
, nf cunfoiiiwling one with the other,
I The held is w ide fo nm whn wuihea
i ^ I'ff'dntiiUi
recommendation where roasting pigs 1
are desired. The meat can bo made
tit for pork at any age, from a 1
month upward. lu England these
hogs are marketed in great numbers 1
when from live to eight months old, 1
for light family pork, and for that pur- '
pose there arc none better.?New i
York World. I
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TAUM AND UAHDEN NOTES. I
The bottom of your hen house
should l>e tilled up until it is higher
than the surrounding ground, to avoid
dampness.
Tho natural food of the horse is i
grass ; there is nothing else upon which
he will grow so large, so healthy, or
live so long.
If yom liens catch cold, give them a
little turpentine. Kerosene oil is aim
used, and a small pill of camphor gum
will help them.
The boy who has been an attentive
student at a good agricultural college
will show in after years on the farm
the value of his training.
Mulching is valuable in winter to
prevent crops from injury from alternate
freezing and thawing and in sum
j j 11 i iui i ci in ii 111^ in him urc.
Too ninny cows for tlio pasture, for
j the grain bin in winter nml for tlio
help to properly milk, prompt the remnrk
that there is no money in dairy j
??KWith
the sheep breeder now working
to produce the best and mo*t mutton,
it is more necessary than ever
that the breeders of all kinds of meat
! producing animals should breed the
, best.
It costs more to feed pounds onto a
scrub animal than it does onto a grade
or thoroughbred. The breeder of
j scrub stock loses at both ends of the
business?at the grain bin and at the
j market.
| In Franco every fowl is fattened
separately by hand. The process is a
cramming one, and consists in feeding
a certain number of pellets composed
of barley, corn and buckwheat meal
dipped in milk.
The cow whose owner provides no
roots or ensilage, would dread the advent
of winter if she could look into
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HILL AI IP'S LETTKR.
ON Til 15SUBJECT OF ECONOMY.
'akoCarc of tlio Pennies and the Dollars
Will Look Out for Themselves.
It is strange lliat people who arc the most
ocdy uro generally the hum' wasteful and exravagant.
This is piovcrbhil of iho negro who
ill spend his lust o ut on an excursion or a
rat< rmelon. There are many white folks, too,
rho look not. a d?y ahead, but !:v like tho
ramp and sav:
"Fate c annot harm me?I havedin^d today."
Tin re is a marked contrast between tort hern
ud sontln rn people in this regsr 1. When I
fits a b >y 1 went to ?chool near Host on and tho
amity 1 livetlwith astonished my Georgia raisng
bv t aching mo to tskc no more on my plate
hau 1 intended to eat, and it is a Let that
rhcu wc had finished a meal the p'ates hardly
ceded w ishing. We had t> clean our shoes
roll he lore we went in the h"U-o. We had to
huitgo our garments to suit tin weather.
hero was a pi >e lor hats and books and overhoes
and everything elite, but \%h< n 1 returned
loine 1 relapsed into our free and easy ways,
'here were doge and i ic ninnies to cat up I
be scraps and darkies to brush the shoes and I
dean up after dirty boys. It is the economy j
if New Kngluttd that baa made her p< oplc rich, i
Dili's econ any is more from habit than stin- 1
tines-. Their forot'atheis began tliat way be- j
a use they had to and the hnl.il has come down
rom gem ration to generation. They get rich !
noro Irom saving than from making money. ]
tVith them it is little by little, an < yet they nro ;
iberal in chinch and clmrtty and hospitals and i
isiluma nis i monuments. 1 was ruminating
ibout this while riding around Green Cove
Springs with a you- g la ly friend, who piicn'ly
answer, d nil my questions: "Whom
fino hotel is tli t?" ' It he.ongs to the 15or- .
1< n?." "Whose beautiful re-iilence is
liat V" "It is the llordeits'too." "What clntrch '
sthat?'". "It is one the lb rd tis built." "Who j
iwns the cotlnuo hall whore tbo V. I. A. bold
heir meetings?" "The L'ordeiia " "Why did j
rour po p'o tuiild this ban 'some courthouse so t
htr away from thc> center of town?" "Well, the |
151.'ileus gave the u round and waubd it there." j
Everywhere w rode I c ttld hear of the ltor- j
lens--tlo llorib us iiiit 1 litv cuiiosdy wascxci- j
led and I -aid: "Well, < o please toll me about I
hose 1 Sord ns. Where did t hey come front ?" ;
"Why, don't you know t" raid Miss liellc. "i ,
ih night everybody knew Gail 15 >rden, wh.ose j
name is on t very cm <if the eagle brand of
joudens'.'d milk. Ib-is dead, but his children
jwu h a patent i.n 1 ail the other p.vcnD. They
iro immensely r cli and speed their winters
Imro. They love this place and arc lavish wiih
iheir money." "Whoso beau iful property is
that?''I icq t red. "Oh. t t is another millionaire's.
Ills name is lJ.iv d?Thadctis David, j
ihe iiik man. This is li s Floruit homo nd he |
in lilt r.t! fiti W.i ii. .ii* tnn< liiii'iiM'it li'ivn tn !
on three rich nun I rem the north ami i
they have been so kind that all pr> J tidier* and .
bun mi ss li'is passe 1 away."
Well, we have gte.it respect for both Borden
and David, the man of white and the ntan <>f
black. I si o Paxil's name on my ink b it tic
right now and we had Dunlin's pure ri<-h coiltleiised
ere >m in our cotTee for luiakf&sh In
fact we raised a couple of child'en on it. and [
they love their metier nine the less for it. i
B irden is a public I enefaeto- and We arc wdling
for his child rt n t i be lieli. Bti' I do not i
suppose that he inp.de more than a cent or two
on each can of milk It il UHtiabs how thoso j
yankeiswill diligently ymrsuo a lit le liin<? i
?a one idea for years and years and j
make a for! me, while otir people will pit silo a
log thins and fai'. Captain Howell told mo J
ahont seeing a magnificent t qn page ilriviiiK I
in Central Park, and the huie man in-iile looked j
lik- a whiskered French count. "Who is that I
man?" tie asked of a New York fti nd. Oh,"
aid ho 'Mint's Jeremiah shaddock, whose j
fathiriiad-a fortune making hairpins away j
up the Kenuebeek river. The old man is dead I
and the Boil is tioiv a re.ular sw<T.~bu? ho can |
afford to ho and it's ncho ty's husin as." Jus' ]
look at the thousand little things that add to:
otirconif Tt and convonioiicc, and all of them |
inline from the i.o th. 'J his pen ai.d puiatstTI
and ink and iidod><iul. This lamp and lamp j
chimney. This table uud chair and all the i
other luriitinro. These cm tains and fixtures. |
An 1 there are th pens and needlcBan l thread |
and tacks and lisli hoo'.s and bins and sensors j
iui'1 itumbles nil i buttons and eyelets, to sav \
nothing of the big things, It is a maivcl to j
read the tar ft' honk and turn pa.ro n'tcr pigo ;
and scantho thousands of things that dutiea |
arc drawn from to tipper! the government. j
It is called n tnrift" for revenue only, hut all of j
there things enjov an iiu'ideti'alprotection 11>at
enriches the Anuricnn manufacturer. The'
south is not in it, save as a consumer. But a
wise providence did not give them all the
blessings. He Ravens a troedly heritage. Our
hlesaed eliniate is enough to ffset all their
protection and all their wealth. Now, if Georg
a and In r westpgi sisters will do two (hint's,
it seems to me the prosp ritv of the south will
ho assured. lb dnco the cot ten i create to one.
half and nmnuf.ictiro one-half of what is
niad'\ North Carolina and South Carolina
arc advancing liohl.v 011 tint lino. Thoai
two stati s havo now more cotton mills
than all thn rest put together, and tlicy
ato all making ne rvy. I ace it stated tint
tie re are si\teen in on c nuitv in Si nth t arelina.
We don't want large mills, but nnm rons
small ones scattered all over tho cotton r gion.
l itis would increis > tin price and keep the
profits at homo anil give <mplo\mcnt to tho
po r. But this has in en s iid i-o often that it
no'tl not be top -uted. Nevcitheless, thero is
infinitely more sense in it titan in passing rcsolutions
to hoi 1 onrcotton for a higher 1 rice.
Iloridalu not felt the et. cts of the panic like
tho cotton slat-". Th s ir manifest evorywhero
you go. Snnford i< building up m?ro rapidly
than it was beforo the panic. Ilanlsomo residences
are going up all about and there is an
app? arnneo of activity and thrift. Orange
gioweis say that llnr is good monoc in thenr
at even M) eents a lox on the trou and tliey feel
sure of this much. Northern visitors aro coming
sooner than usual and wo f nnd tho Ivist
Trniicsso tiam crowded to Jacksonvi lo ?nd
lie .laeksonvillc, Tampa and Key West to SanCorel.
We faih <1 tosci'iiro herbs in the sleeper
fora'l onr unity, nnd therefore hid to double,
which cause 1 tho outside gir s to roll out in
1 ho dead of night and alarm the nahors. Bit'
All troubles tlo com- to mi en<l in course ol
time and wo hi o all here in Clear Water and
happy. The truck farmer* have found tis out
and are coining h> our Rite with crrh and
ehickona and milk and areon peas end new
F oridaayrnp. Ournalxua from St, Lnui* mid
Uemphia and Cinoinnnti have arrived and
everybody i* buav filing lip for the winter. I
liave lettera fr rn friend* wantinR cotta'.'fg,
lint tl:oy are all o/eiipiod. I hey w 11 have to
hoard or find Home oilier refuge.?Bill Arp in
Atlanta Constitution.
Keivard for Seoley.
Tho directors of tho Slioe and Leather
Bank at Now York have offered w
reward of S"?,Otl() for the arrest of Secley,
tlieir defaulting bookkeeper. Thofo
ia but, little doubt that Soelry is iu
('unndn He jr r.nid to hare been ?den
titled nt llniiillt'ia ne.l Toronto!
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Malaria, Nervous aiimcnts
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' Oct mils- the genuine? 't iinscrossed red f
? lilies on lb- wrapper. All others ater.ub- ^
\slilutes. (in receipt cf two 2r. tlntnps ve Jr ,
r will send set <>( 'let Beautiful Wor'tl'ii *
4 Fair Viw>v.s and book?hoc. ?
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and 11. F. Posey, Union, S. C.
BRIEF TELEGRAMS?. . _
A CONDENSATION OF OUR MOST
IMPORTANT DISPATCHES.
Short and Crisp Morsels of General
Interest to Our Readers.
The foot nud mouth disease has
broken out among cuttle at Falmouth
nnd Sivtingbourue, England, uud the
boards of agriculture have been notified
of its existence.
Eight lives have been lost and property
amounting to$l ,000,000 has been
destroyed by the fort st firts in the
bottoms of the Tennessee. The fires
are still raging with destructive fury.
At an early hour Thursday morning,
tiro was discovered in Itonbaix's Candle
Factory, in Antwerp, Belgium, .
and depite all efforts the building wjiv ^
imrnert to trie ground, lno loss win
reach 80,000 pound* ($100,000).
Albert W. Holmes, of tho Western
Bank Note company, was l>ouu<l over
to the federal grand jury at Chicugo
Saturday morning by United States
Commii-sioner Wirt under $2,000 bond
on the charge of violating the law in
connection with engraving and printing
the warrants for tho state of Mississippi.
McKuight & Chidester's sash factory
and moulding mill at Jersey City, N.
J., was destroyed by fire early Thursday
morning. Tho loss on the machinery
and stock is estimated at
$30,000. Tho lire spread to Jones'
! saltpetre works. There were several
xplosions, and Charles Ryan and
I John Bergman were taken out in an
unconscious cend tion. The loss on
the saltpetre works will reach $20,000.
The Great Western Manufacturing Company,
one of the largest electrical
manufacturing concerns in the country,
having its general warehouses and
offices in Chicago, an extensive factory
at Duluth and branches in Pittsburg
and Denver, confessed judgment in tho
United States court at Chicago Saturday
for $15,000, and an ?Ifort will bo
made to have a receiver appointed.
The concern has been embarrassed for
some time. Of the $1,500,000 capital
tock over $700,000 has been paid in.
The Malagasy government, in its rei
ply to the French ultimatum, agrees
; that the French residents on the island
I shall become the mediary between
Madagascar and the powers, and also
i agrees that Franco shall effect such
! public works on the island as the Ma'
lagasy authorities shall deem necessary.
The roply also proposes that
I tho Hovu-French disputes shall be
tried by a mixed court, and that the
| boundaries of the French territory
| around Diego Suaries shall bedefinito;
ly settled. The government retuinsto
: itself tho right to import arms and
munitions of war.
A TWO-FOLD ADVANTAGF.
Hicks?I think some of buying a
bicycle and getting a little out-door
exercise.
Mrs. Hicks?Oh, I wouldn't; the
baby carriage has again as many
i wheels, and besides, they will let vou
I r?lM It. on th* *i?1e\VnlD \\rw Vnrle
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