The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, April 15, 1885, Image 4

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?' 1 1. J" AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. COXPLETE FERTILIZERS. Wher? They can bo Profitably Used. I believe that what yon call com- j pletc artificial manures are a mistake, j or, in other words, crops entirely grown by ingredients furnished in chemical manures, are grown at too j great a cost. You grow generally 14 j bushels of wheat. There is no diffi- j culty in doubling this yield by means of the application of a certain amount cf potash, phosphate and ammonia; but at the ordinary price of these ingredients the wheat would cost more than it would sell ?>r. An artificial ?~ j Ani.. Ulanurc can uc tucu miu pivui uug : when it furnishes to the soil a certain part of the food of the plant, the soil supplying the residue. If you look at the result of aor experiments you will And that we have grown for forty years in succession thirty to forty bnrhels of wheat, and forty to fifty bushels of barley per acre by means of artificial manures, one of the most essential ingredients in them being ammonia and nitrate, and yet I do not think that T ever advocated the use of these costlv i substances in the Slates. I am constantly asked by vour farmers how to grow more produce, and I generally say if you bare a demand for animal products, feed yonr stock with cotton meal or cotton cake; if you have no demand for meat grow clover, or, if in the .South, cow peas: plow the crops into the land. You will get more ammonia by snch a process than you can purchase for $20. A little "plaster, fcaiuit or superphosphate h?u^ a wonderful power of increasing the growth i of these crops; upon some of my land which has received no manure containing ammonia or nUrate for birty-six years, I grew a crop of vetches, or | tares which contained over 100 pounds of nitrogen per acre. I used potash and phosphate. These 100 pouuds of nitrogen represent 120 pounds of ammonia. Ve can grow crops, so far a* they are grown, by means or anxncauj. manures cheaper than you can, $tjd~we can, of course, obtain rather a Ifetter price for our grain. Low prices arc not neressarily to be met by increased production. A few years a^o I read a paper on this subject before a farmers' club, and was much found [ fault with by those whewere nrgjng that the best wav to farmagamst lowprlces wa5 iv uyuui^ *yi? vivpo.?vn v? Lawles in Rural New Yorker. Rotbamsted, England. German Potash Salts. The principal source of poiash now is the German potash imported from; the mines in Germany. There are different grades of these salts ranging from the inferior article, Kaint, that contaius abont twelve per cent, potash up to the better grade of muriate of potash, that contains from fifty to sixty per cent. The sulphate of potash contains from thirty to forty per cent, pure potash. Ordinary fcainit that contains twelve to thirteen per cent, of potash contains, also, sixteen to eighteen per cent, sulphate of magnesia and thirty-five to forty per cent, of chloride of sodium, (common salt) fAn?? mtkwvi?Al xyilk luuiciai. u^iuvuiii ?chlorine, soda and magnesia in adaddition to potash. On account of the presence of chloride of sodium it is not a good plan to apply kainit in the drill for it is a ver y easy matter to apply enough to prove "of reulf injury to plants. Kai?it shonld g^nrrally be applied broa|^st after the land has been ptawe<L Seventy-five to one hundred pou nds may be safely applied in the drill for a^jr crops,* but the writer has found tmrtTeithcr three or four hundred pounds in the drill was very injurious -to Irish potatoes, in fact it ruined tbeta in several instances. It will be seeo; that phosphate of lime and kasfit supply about all the essential'- miireraf elements. At this time araijabfephosphoric acid is valued at ten cents per *pound and potash five cents?a yerg great deductiom from what they were a few years ago.? Samuel A. Qooper in Southern Cultivator. { , i i Milledgevflle, Ga. Tb?Cotton Outlook. Advices from almost every part of the South indicate that a full average oi cotton wifl be planted. Jn tne Mississippi valley the area planted will be larger than lakyear, the land being free from overflows and in a fine condition for preparation for the reception of the seed. There seems to be no fear in the West that the market will be overstocked with cot' ">n next winter, and the planters are pushing their business as if there was a good margin of profit at eight or nine cents per i ''iL : ! 1 \T 1__ pouDQ w ineir local mar&ets. nearly all over the Sonth the old plan of covering everything with mortgages and liens before or shortly after the crop is planted isstill in vogue. A very large proportion, of the planters , continue to pay high rates of interest or enormons per centages ou cash prices for provisions for a few months' credit. The mApfofflar? r?nr\r> ?e nmhohlv thf> mncf """ T t ? important that has yet been planted. It seems that everybody ought to knowthat there is no chance for n planter to make any money on cotton when supplies have to be purchased on credit. Those who pay cash as they go almost invariably make aproSr, yet thousands of planters refuse to cut down their operations to a point that will enable them to adopt the cash system. It will be seen that the outlook for profit to the producer of the cotton crop is considerably mixed, especially in the. older States. The outlook for a large crop is favorable just now, but the chances for disaster ars so numerous that calculations as to wluit the total MMMLam Krt 1 AO A?? f ku Kn liuuiu^l Vi vi wut j/i ?vv nxii are prfimaxure. : Experience shows that the area planted is oulv one small - factor in the solution of these problems.? Savannah (Ga.) News. ~/r ? ? ?~ *' The KsBgel-Wmrxel R?ti. Having learned so tnauy valuable thingrfrom the Cultivator during the sixteen years it. aas ueen a most wei> come visiipr to my house, I feel like writing: tor you whenever I discover anything which I think will benefit my brother farmers. So I how address you about the Mangel Wnrzel beets. * Upon looking in the dictionary to see if it was spelled man-gel or man gold, I found tbe meaning to 4je "scar. city-root," and it is well named. My experience with it is very limited, having made my first planting last February, simply as an experiment. But I have no hesitancy in recommeuding *; it to those in search of cheap hog and .. cattle food, as being by lony odd* the best single crop we can plant. I mean an acre of rich land planted in Mangels wiil proaace more nog ana cattle rooa j than any other piant with which I am t acquainted. Both eat with avidity the entire plant, leaves as well as roots; and an* analysis shows Mangels to. be twice as nutritions as turnips and equal to sweet potatoes, while their yield is simply enormous. Single roots sown in Febrrary, on by no means rich land, weighed twelve pounds by the first of June. Planted in two feet drills, thinned to one and a half feet in the row, and kept well plowed and hoed, they are as sure a crop as grows; come on readv to feed to bogs and milk cows in May and Jnne, or can be left in gronnd until wanted. They become somewhat pithy in summer and fell, but stock eat them with relish even then. I hare some of S55>~35S28tiEf-3 ' S? ' " * *" my February planting; that have 6tood the loug drouth, aad I will leave them to see how they stand the winter freezes. I planted some more in June; thev came tm well, and were growing finely until dry weather stopped them. Any ordinary rammer and fall they would have made a good crop, but it has been too dry. I sowed again in August and September too, but failed, from dry weather, to get them up. The seed do not germinate readiiy, when sown i? warm weather, and I think the spring the best and safest time to sow them. If, however, they can be gotten up in July or August and we have our usual rains, I think they would make as large roots as Swede tnraips, or larger: and as thev are twice as nutritious they are certainly worth planting then. This last planting would be splendid to keep until after Christmas to feed to hogs and cattle. At the North they are sown in May and June aud dug in the fall; putin cellars or banked to use after the turnips are gone. By sowing the globeshaped variety, ([ planted the long, red kind, and some of them stand twenty inches above the ground) and | hilling earth up around them with turn-plow, I think they would staud oar wiuters without removal, I shall test this nest year, and hope my writing this article will induce others to give this most valuable root a trial. Given the distancejmentioned i.bove, .24x18 iaches, will give over 14,000 roots to the acre; and these, at ten pounds each, would yield seventy tons per acre. This yield has often been made at the North and in Europe. Of course it will require rich laud to do it, but half this, quantity per acre will beat any other crop I know of on which to feed hogs and cows. B. R. Tillman. Hamburg, S. C. P. S.?I think it well, perhaps, to add that all beets?of which Mangels are only a species, or varirtv?require deep, rich soils and an abundance of potash. Salt is also a good manure ;tor them; and therefore a liberal dressing of kainit?say 1,000 pounds per acre, ..with 500 pounds each of acid phosphate sad cotton ?ecd meal, broadcast^^ t&I^ODiid well plowed and harrowed several times?would, on or&uary laiid, in good heart, be likely to.juroducea fine crop, besides rendering the laud rich for any succeeding crop, *fctafces three pounds of seed to sow an acre. They should be soaked twelve hours and then rolled in land pj&sier or leached ashes. A careful hand can then drop three or four seed every fifteen or eighteen inches, in shallow dritis. If so-nn later than April fifteenth the land should be rolled. They bear transplanting as well as collards. I gr. seed l'rom Peter Henderson & Co., New York.-B. li. T., in Southern Cultivator. THE GROWING GRAINS. Reports Gsthetcd by the United States Department of AffrfeaUure. The returns of April to the Department of Agriculture indicate a redaction of over 10 per cent, of last year's area in winter wheat. The aggregate shortage amounts to 3,000.000 acres. A decrease is reported in evervr State ex cept Oregon.' It is 22 per cent, in Kansas and Virginia, 20 in Mississippi, 15 in California, 14 in.Alabama, 12 in Tennessee, Illinois and Missouri, 11 in New York and North Carolina, 10 in Maryland and Texas, 8 in New Jersey, West Virginia, Kentucky and Indiana, 7 in Georgia and Ohio, 6 in Pennsylvania and Delaware, 5 in Michigan, 3 in Arkansas, 2 in Sonth Carolina. The present condition of wheat, as re ported is worse than 11: 1883. It is u per cent, against 96 last year and 80 in 1883. In 1881, the year of the lowest recent rate of yield, the condition on April 1st was 85, and a serious loss .was sustained afterwards. ? The real staiuaof the crop will be better shown a month hence, when the vitalifcv nf thf* r<v?tia has hppn dpmnti strated and the character of the spring determined. On the present showing the reduction of the yield on a basis ol last year's production promises to be nearly 40,000,000 bushels on account of the reduced area and more than 60,000,000 from winter killing and low vitality. Whether the crop will exceed 400,000,000 bushels or fall short of it depends npon the reliability ol present appearance* and on future conditions affecting' th& growth and ripening. T&e soil was in bad condition at the time of seeding on the Atlantic coast from New Jersey to Georgia and in West Virginia and Tennessee. It was better in the Southwest and kO Missouri, Illinois and Michigan. Iu the Ohio Valley it is smiwIv in ft mmlinm rniulitinn. Thp damage by the Hessian fly was not severe, though the worst in Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and Kansas, where injuries have.occnrred in three-tenths of the reported territory. The acreage of rvc has been decreased in about the same proportion as wheat, but the condition of the crop is decidedly better, the average being 87 per cent. Cancer* Conquered. The Swift's Specific Company have (he most iudnbitable evidence as to the care of Cancer by their famous medicine S. S. 5>. -- Among others, John S. Morrow, an old and highly esteemed citizen of Florence, Ala., makes the following statment as to the merits of this remedy: _ "1 have been sn Bering with a Cancer in my right ear, for about three years. . I fried various remedies and was* treated with Iodide of Potash, which produced Rheumatism. My feet and legs were greatly swollen, so that I could not walk. About one year ago I was induced to try Swift's Specific, which 800U removed the trouble in inv limbs and iny Rheumatism is now entirely gone and n>_v Cancer is steadily improving, bein^r better now than at any time within two years. This medi cine has done me more good than anything else I have taken, and I feel that I am on the road to a speedycure. Undoubtedly Swift's Specific is the best blood purifier in the world." John S. Moruow. Florence, Ala., Sept. 22, 1884. I have had a Cancer on mv face for | many years. I have t ried a great many ! remedies, but without relief. I almost grave up hope of being cured. Dr. Hardman, my son, recommended Swift's Specific, which I have taken with great results. My face is almost well, and it is impossible for me to express toy thanks in words for what this medicine has done for me. Mrs. Olive Hardman. Monroe, Ga., Sept. 2, 1884. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. The Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga. * - tm ? ?The Secretary of the Navy lias directed the commandants of the various navy Yawls to take an inren torv of all government property in their charge. No inventory has been taken siuce 1878. ?HaiPs , flair Renewer renews, cleanses, brightens, and invigorates the hair and. restoresiafced or gray hair to its youthful color and lustre." People wilh gray hair prefer to use the lienewer, rather than proclaim fo-the world, through their bleached locks, that ibpr Am hpcnmmff fisss. ing on to decay. * A FAMOUS BEAUTY MARRIED. Mrs. Sallte tVartl Armstrong:, of Louisville, W-eiMoa to Mr. a. *\ iiowns. Louisville, Kt., April 9.?Mr. G. F. Downs and Mrs. Sal He Ward | Armstrong were quietly wedded at the ! Gait IIou-c to-night, Bishop George William McCloskey performing the ceremony. The wedding was a social surprise (hat has produced a sensation, | nothing being known of its near ap-, proach until Sunday morning, when the Commercial announced it. Mrs. Sallic Ward Lawrence Armstrong I j Downs is the most famous woman in j Kentucky. High born and high bred, ! with a dower of peerless beauty and a ! heritage of majestic grace, she has reigued a queen for forty years, witli v. social prerogative as absolute as the power that the throne grants Victoria of England. In the book of American beauties she was referred to twenty years asro as the most beautiful and accomplished woman in the South. She is now fifty-eight years old and is still surprisingly beautiful. Mr. Geo. F. Downs, her fourth husband, is seventy years of age, tail, crect and soldierly. His face, cleanly shaven, bears a very strong resemblance to the popular pfctnrc of George Washington. He is a man of wealth and high social position, and has been Mrs. Armstrong's devoted suitor six years He has been married once before and is the father of a fine family. At the wedding to-night only three or four friends of the bride were present as witnesses. Her only child, Mr. John W. Hunt, wss unavoidably absent, - -s f? 11..1 ? : ii.. ,.?i? ana iw mat reason none 01 uju relatives of Mr. Downs were invited. The bride wore a Parisian costume of cream serge, with gold threads running in it and trimmed with a fringe made of gold coins. Her only ornaments were a band around her throat of gold coins, with bracelets to match. She received inanv handsome presents, the groom's remembrance being a val uable settlement of real estate. The wedding was solemnized in the bride's parlors at the Gait House. CLEVELAND AND HIS PARTY. The Dissatisfaction of tlie Professional Politicians-Alleged Mutterinjrs. ] Washington, April 9.?The Star i publishes the following: "Democratic members ot' Congress i are still grumbling about the policy of | the Administration, and predicting many evils if the offices are not turned i' caaii Tha V5iv?ri?n?i HoIp I VTVl J/l ? OVVil* JL 11V f A v.v.v j Ration has decided that Mahone's ! friends must be put out of all the offices they hold in the State at once or the Democratic party will be in a bad way at the next election there, and they will have a hard time to hold on"to the management of State j affairs. "The Ohio men are even more cut I t?r? on/1 f-l-io m?cnlf r>f thp mnnip.!nal elections adds to their discomfiture. Some of the members from the far South are complaining too, though they say that what they want i9 not to have patronage thrown into their own section particularly, bat to have it go where it will do the most good. They ; want the States that are naturally Democratic, but have been held by it Oli^ I?/\Cr? 1 1 L"O I C4IIV4 llivcu \irs\, Illinois and Michigan, which arc 'missionary States,' to be brought over to the party by unlimited patronage. "A Democratic member of Congress said to a Star reporter that he felt that there was no use in trying to conceal the fact that the party politicians were altogether at variance with Cleveland, and that it would have its effect on the State elections. lie thought the Administration and House would be together next winter on the 1 tariff and land grant forfeiture questions, and other questions relating to 1 railroads, but that if the President 1 tried to force the suspension of silver ho rio?nA/>Hofo in Tlftnto bliv JL/VUIVlyi All lliv UVUiTV ! woula rebel agaiust the Adtninistra( tion." THE STOBY OF LEE'S S SVORD. An Interview With Lee'u Chief-of?S?aff? Incidents of the Surrender. i Colonel Charles Marshall, of Baltimore, chief of General Lee's staff, speaking- of the surrender at Appo: mattox and of the meeting of Generals ; i*rant ana l^ec, says: ; "When shown into the room, Gen. eral Grant advanced and shook hands : with General Lee. The Federal com; raander was in undress uniform and i without side arms, while General Lee I was in fail uniform. Generant Grant, by way of apology to General Lee for coming without his arms, said that his ; sword was with his baggage and bc: canseofh?? desire to reach the place i.rv KAAia?,A.I r iui wiiiciuuuc, lie uau iJtidiciJiu un in nndress uniform. Thi? w:is the only : allusion to a sword that was made at ; the interview. After the terms ofsuri render were settled, General Grant explained that he was advised that General Lee's forces had a number of Federal prisoners, who, like their captors, were out of rations. General Sheridan remarked that he could sup! olv 25.000 rations. General Grant I then instructed him to send 25,000 rations to General Lee?s commissary. After the interview General Lee asked for General Williams, and thanked j that officer for the kindness shown to I his son, General Custis Lee, who had ! been captured several days before." i When General Lee and Colonel | Marshall rode off, Federal officers ; filled the front porch. Colonel is not | sure that General Grant was among ! them, for his thoughts were busy with i other matters at the time. Confessing to Eleven Murders. Okleax, N. Y., April 9.?William Stover, who was arrested and placed in the Bntler county jail a few days ago for killing* James Duncan, has confessed that Duncan makes the eleventh man he has killed. Stover j was formerly a cowboy on the plains. ; He gives 110 details of his alleged mur! ders, but says he is wanted in Kansas, j Colorado and Texas for the crimes, j Duncan, the man he killed in Butler j countv, was an old deaf man. fie was i sitting in Harper's dry goods store in I North Washington. St rover went ! into the store and offered to trade the i clerk a bunch of keys for a cigar. The j clerk refused. Stover drew a dirk j knife and made a lunge at the clerk, i who knocked the knife out of his hand. | Stover then look a revolver from his i pocket and fired two shots at the clerk i wno nea ironi tuc store, stover then ; turned, and, seeing Duncan sitting by ! the stove, deliberately shot him twice, I both balls passing through his lung. J The desperado was not captured until ! he had emptied his revolver into | various articles about the store. -* * Scrofnla. Are any members of your family thus afflicted? * Have they scrofulous swellings of the glands? Have they any scrofulous sores o ulcers? If so, and it should be neglected, the peculiar taint, or poison, may deposit itself in the substance of the lungs, producing consumption. Look J well 11? the condition of your family, anil j if thus afflicted, give the proper remedy j without delay. Buy that which makes cuirs HI uiu auuxicat dpciui; ui time. The unerring finger of public opinion points to B. B. B. as the most wonderI ful remedy for scrofula ever known. You need not take our word?you need not know our names?merit is "all you seek. Ask your neighbors, ask your "druggist, ask or write to tkose who give their certificates and be convinced that B. B. B. is the quickest and most perfect Blood Purifier ever before known. - Si >* .nil i >|'?| I. ? TtUT TT1P TV ir/lfTA\"T?TAV Russia opens Hostnili?>s by an Attack on the Frontier?Great Excitement in England. London, April 9?11 A. M.?General Komaroff, the Russian commander, attacked I lie fortified positions of the Afghans at the Knshfc Eiver on March 30th. The Afghan force numbering 4,000 men with eight cannon, was defeated. Their loss was 500 men killed and wounded. All their artillerw two standards, the entire carnn equipage and rlie provisions were captured. The Russians lost one officer killed and three subalterns wounded besides ten soldiers killed and twentvnme wounded. 1.30 P. M.?There has been a fall in the stock market this morning in consequence of the receipt of the intelligence of the .Russian attack on the Afghans at the Kushk River. Consols for money and account, which closed yesterday at 97 7?16, have fallen to 95. Rns>iai: securities have also fallen six nninu From the nrices nrerniHno- nt the close of the market yesterday. A dispatch to the Times from Gubran, dated April 3d, states that the Russians, while making a pretext of changing the position of their outpos's on the Afghan frontier, attacked Pendjdeh on March 30th and drove the Afghans out of their position. The Afghans stubbornly resisted their asasilants. The weather was wet at the time of the attack, which rendered the muzzle-loading guns of the Afghans useless. Two companies held on to the position against the Russians until its defenders were 'killed. The Af gnans retreated to JuarancnaK m perfect order. The Russians made no pursuit. The Sarabkos remained neutral, but plundered the Afghan camp. The Russian losses arc said to be great. The British officers remained until the Afghans effected their retreat, when they joined the camp of Sir l'eter Lum%rien. St. Pktkrsuukg, April 9.?The Official Messenger publishes the follow-! ing: "General Ivomaroff reports that in consequence of the provocative atid manifestly hostile proceedings of the Afghans he was compelled to attack them on the 30ili nit., on both banks of the Knsbk River. The result was the defeat of the Afghan*, with the loss of 500 men, all their artillery, two standards and their entire camp equipage and provisions. ' The Russian loss was one officer and ten soldiers killed three subalterns and twenty-nine soldiers wounded. When the fighting cuwuu vxunuiiii lvuiuaiuii IUIUI IKVI across the river to the positions he had formerly occupied. General Komaroff also reports that sutne Britisli officers who had;been eyc-witneses but not participants in the engagement appealed to the Russians for protection, when they saw that the Afghans were l beaten; but, unfortunately, he says, a j convov which he immediatelv_ dis patched to the relief of these officers was unable to overtake the Afghan cavalry, who carried the British away with them in their flight. London, April 9.?St. Petersburg merchants have telegraphed their agents at Parish not to consign goods for them via the Baltic Sea in English vessels. Pnvliammif rr?ne<5f>mhlr>fl in-dav. after the Easter recess. In the House of Commons, Mr. Gladstone confirmed the intelligence of the battle between the Russians and the Afghan?, and said: "From the information which the government has received of the fight, the Russians have apparently bern guilty of an unjustifiable attack on the Afghans. England hasdemanded from Russia full explanation in regard to the affair." In conclusion, he said that the government had received uo information co Toborative of the report that the Rnsnans had occupied Penjdeh. It is stated that the promised orders hnrf> fho Rn??i?n !iriranci? sfnnnpd. which Giers, the Russian Foreign Minister, gave assurance he would send, were so managed that they did not reach tiie headquarters of General Komaroff, the Russian at the front, until after his attack upon the Afghans. Engiand will at once demand of Russia an explanation of the Rnssifm con auct in iorcing Daine upon tne Aignans. This demand will, it is understood, be coupled with a demand for the withdrawal of the Russian forces to the north of the Sarahaks. The Cabinet at its session discussed the question of at once sending six ironclads, now at Malta, to the Dardane)' *s. There is great agitation this evening in all the ^overcment departments. It is stated that 12,000 reinforcements will be at once sent to lmuu. j. lie 11 im ariuv reserve win be called out immediately. Boston, Mass., Api-il 10.?A pr'vate cable dispatch received in this city from London savs: "It is reported that the English ultimatum to Russia is twenty-four hours in which to recall General Kamaroff or go to war." St. Petersburg, April 10.?The morning newspapers throughout Russia, with very lew exceptions, in commenting on the recent battle between the Russians and Afghans on the Kushk River, are very bellicose in their utterances, and charge the Earl DufFerein, Viceroy of India, and Sir Peter Lums>len, the British Commissioner, with provoking war by advising the Afghans to advance on Puli Khristi, which the British officials knew was part of the Russian territory. The Afghans, they say, also fully understood that Pnli Ivhisti was Russian territory, and would never have attempted to have advanced their pickets at that point unless urged to do so bv British officials. The war party fully endorse the assertion of these t newspapers, and are very pugnacious over the affair. Loxdox, April 10.?It is reported that the Queen will return to England immediately from Afx les Bains, France, in view of the crisis in the relations between England and. Bus-; sia. Sixty thousand men from the army reserves and the whole militia will be called out. The naval reserves will be used for home defense. ? By lack of open air exercise, and the want of sufficient care in the matter of diet, the physical mcchananism often becomes impaired during the winter. Ayer's Sarsaparilla is the proper remedy to take in the spring of the year to purify the blood, invigorate tlw> svsfpin. ovcirn tho livrr tn irtinn and restore the healthy tone, and vigor. * ?'The Secretary of State has received official information from Mr. Flail, the American Minister to Central America, that General Barrios was killed in battle on the 2nd inst. flnnm-nl "Ro i?i?5 Ine hfiSncr thn onnotiln. VJIV/NVnil vviii^ tuv/ WllOlllir tiunal successor, has assumed the duties of President of Guatemala. ?An attempt was made ]ast Friday night to blow up Charles Nicolav's soloon in Kansas City, Mo. The plas Icring was rent, windows were broken, and the ground about the foundation wall was torn up to a depth.of seven feet, ana beer kegs were tnrown more than one hundred feet. Giant powder had been placed beside the bniiding, and then fired with a long- fuse, but only a portion of its strength was spent upon the building. Neighboring residences were slightly damaged, and several buildings experienced the force of the explosion. No cause is I assigned. I a. - -at .-z* ' V **. - fr?5 jBSBfee; THE BALTIMORE BAZAAR. A Grand Display?The Relics of the Confederacy. The Confederate Bazaar, at Baltl-: more, wide opened on Tuesday; promises to be perfectly successful. Jtisj something more than a bazaar?it is ; American histocy from John Brown to i Appomattox. Relics of the war, autoorrflnh Iprtm-s nAintintr*. SratP pmhlems & * ?f" ~7 L 7 and Slate characteristics make the j place an epitome of the South. Enter-' ing the hall the spectator is confronted , by several booths stationed in a line passing through the centre of the' armory. The first is that of the Army ; and Navy Society. Behind that is the; Texas booth, which is the postoffice,: very handsome with lace curtains, j flowers, carrier doves and pictures, i The Ladies' Memorial Society tabic, j behind the floral bower, is at the other j end of the hall. To the right the first' booth is the Stonewall Jackson table, j afier which the States follow in alpha-i nnlftr. from Alahatna to Vir ginia, all around the ball. All are j handsome, but some are particularly j interesting and artistic. South Caro- j Una, with its palmetto tree twenty feet | high, is one of the first to which the I spectator turns, North Carolina has j an immense shoe, intended to suggest i the "tar-heel." Louisiana is draped . with battle-flags, and one of them is! world-famous?the ensign of the Ala-; bama, a beautiful flag, with a white i ground bearing a starry cross. A vis- j itor could recognize Florida without | the name in red roses over the table.' From an arch hang luxuriant clusters j of Spanish moss, suggesting very j strongly '-he Southern swamps. The supports of the sago palm and pampas | grass, The efl'cct will be increased by Japan plums iu sprays, orange trees in i bearing, banana trees with lruii, loniAn tfnnc ??11H "PiirMiiiliin fruit." I ? V H H ^ tfv" P8LLS 25 YEARS IN USE, The Greatest?Medical Triumph of the Age! SYMPTOMS OF A TORPID LIVER. The Murray Association lias a very handsome and interesting display. So has the Robert E. Lee table. I The Maryland Line* has charge ofj the relies in a room above the main j floor. All these relics are very inter- j esting, for all have a history. They j include a large collection of papers, pictures, swords, etc. T!IK COLLECTION OF AUTOHli\PIIS. The autographs in the rooms of (he j Maryland I.inc committee, on the second floor of the armory, are of I great interest and value. The first manuscript is a letter written by Jefferson Davis within the last few days. In it he speaks of those "now old, and inanv of them in decrepitude and poverty, the result of their service sn defence of the sacred truths proclaimed by our forefathers, j who have been left to their fate, save by the voluntary contributions of individuals." This is followed by an autograph transcription of Mr. Davis's tribute to the memory of Jackson. On turning the pages of the album j we find a military letter from Lee; a j letter from Beauregard containing j these words: "A quarter of a century has passed since we made that appeal to arms to protect what we considered our constitutional rights; the 'God of battles' decided against us, and we j have submitted manfully to his decree; j we must provide for thos who Most all j save honor' in that cause." There are j also autograph writings of Jackson, j Johnston, Early, Johnson, Ashby, | Fitzhugh Lee and other Southern j leaders. The political and military autographs are followed by those ?>f eminent j Americau men of letters. First among: them is the M6. of a lyric, "The Broken Battalions/' written ior the occasion by Paul Hamilton Havne. This has been printed and copies will i be on sfile. Kandalls "Maryland, My Maryland." Father Ryan's "Con- j qnered Banner," and several other poems all in the handwriting of their authors and signed, are among the poetical contents of the collection. THE CAROLIXAS. South Carolina has 21 table of remarkable appearance. It is red, with the words "South Carolina" in large letters in immortelles in front. A beautiful dark blue banner hangs from it, bearing a crescent aud a palmetto tiv>r> in TOliifp Thrmu/h thr> fpntro r>f the table grows a palmetto tree in full foliage, 100 years old. It was originally 40 feet high, but only 25 feci show now. It was brought from South Carolina for the occasion, and weighs 400 pounds. The sides of the apartment are trimmed with leaves from younger palmetto trees and with moss. There are three South Carolina flags, also Maryland, French and Uni tea oiaies nags. The North Carolina table is novel in shape, with inanv graceful curved lines. Red and white are the prevailing colors. Larire State and United States flags grace the top. A portrait of Governor Vance is among the decorations. An immense shoe represents Mother Hubbard, and is for the sale of babies; "Tar-heel" is the legend on it. Maryland booth comes next, with a single arch, symmetrical and tastefully decorated. Lord Baltimore's colors are inside, though the prevailing red and white show freelv on its exterior. Flowers, lace curtains and Maryland's bird, the oriole, adorn the place. Fancy work is beautifully shown. The last booth on this side of the hall is Mississippi's. It is surmounted by a large shield of that State and profusely hung with moss. Curtained off is a space where a potters wheel will be shown in operation. There is abundance or woman's delicate manufacture in fancy articles. Among the most noteworthy things presented to the bazaar are a thoroughkitft/? f A1 ^ rtrtlf r??Aiv* \ T ? T UlCll I Yw \J \ Ccfcl UiU Wll JIUIII I'll. 11. JL. Manning, of South Carolina; a steer, weighing' 2,000 pounds, which took prizes at the Virginia and Virginia local fairs, from Col. Richard H. Dulanv, Loudon county, Va., and 8 bales of cotton from Georgia. A GOOD OMKN. The very first customer to make a purchase wss a United States army officer, fie walked into the hall early ? t\ o^AHimnn ctnnnn/l of- f 1iA ill ((iivji iiv/uii) ai- nivs liici table, and bought the very fiivt object that met his eye. Without asking the price, he laid down 822, excused himself becansc unable to remain longer, and quietly Valked out. 'l'he event created a sensation and is regarded by the ladies as a good omen, ft was one of the happiest events of the day. i ? l'ost master general vnas completed his first month in officc on the 7th inst. Daring that period he commissioned 450 postmasters and prepared more than one hundred Presidential commissions for approval. Could he have had the assistance of First Assistant Postmaster General Mnlfnlrn Hnv wJin hn? honn ill since Ins appointment, it is probable that a ranch larger number of postmasters would have been appointed. ?The Acting Secretary of the Treas ury has requested all persons having preferred claims against the New Orleans Exposition payable froai the appropriation made by the Sundry Civil Act of March 3d, 1884, t msmit the same by mail to the Secretary of the Treasury at the earliest practicable date, in order that proper steps may be taken for their liquidation. The Director General of the Exposition has also been requested to furnish a r?o!ailf>rl itafpmpnf nf 1 hr> Tnrlphfcrl ofihe Exposition outstanding at the date of the passage of the Act. ?A younsr bank clcrk, John L. Ctirnn by name, employed in the First National Bank of Cincinnati, was shot dead on Tuesday in a streetcar by George A. MeMillen, father of au attractive young woman whom Cummings has been accused of ruining. There were three shots fired, two of thein missing the young man and the third entering his forehead. THE MAN AND THE MOUSEY "What ails you?" asked the man; "I see you are a sufferer, and can scarcely get along." "Oh, you see." replied the monkey, "my mudder, she had what you cull scrofula, very much scrofula, my farder. he had heap sores, some bier, some little sores, long time. They both took much medicine, and died: the sores was ail they left me." "Yes, yes," replied tne man. "I see if ic VAnr ll?>r ease, scrofula, and your father caught his on the wins, and you inherited or were born with both complaints. But why pine away and die when you can be cured?" "I been done used over sixty bottles one drug store medicine, and it 110 ?;ood. Money all gone and sore here yet. Some doctors charge heap money, but 110 good." ' But, my friend," said the man, "you got hold of the wrong medicine. Go to the drug store and get one bottle 0 B. B. B., and before using all of it you will feel better. It is a quick cure. It will cure all sorts of sores, Scrofula, Blood Poison caught 011 the wing, itching numors, ^aiarrn, tsioou aim 3kiu uiseases and Kidney Troubles." "I be so thankful for your kindness, and will <10 ?et B. 13. B. to-day," replied the monkey. EVES OF FIRE. 5'Ob, might I kiss those eyes of lire, Ten thousand scarce would quench desire; Still would I steep my lips in bliss, And dwell an aae on "every kiss." That young duds; needs something for his blood: he is utterly too fresh. B. B. B. is the best tKnjj for him, because one bottle will cure him. But that dude is not all alone in his terrestrial glory?not by a "j 115 full." Many others are considerably "rattled" just now shout tli:it blood poison business, but B. B. B. wi.l cure for the least money and in the shortest time. The hrtMtn ^Mininnr "Pi?riff "Oil. Josi;'," said little gleeful Maud, "we are going to have some honey made at our house." "How do you know?" asked Josie. "Because mamma sent the servant after three li's. and I doii't- know what bees are good' for, only to make honey." Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga., will mail any one a most wonderful book Fkee. Apllf>i,ly thtpc" Loss of appetite, Bowels costive. Pain in the bead, with a doll sensation in tho back part, Fain under the shonlderblade, Faliness after eatiag, with a disinclination to exertion of body or mind, Irritability or temper* Low spirit*, with a feeling: of having neglected some doty, Weariness, Dizziness, Flattering at the Heart, Dots before tho eyes, Headache over the right eye, Restlessness, with fltfhl dreams. Highly colored Urine, and CONSTIPATION. TXJTT'S P1IXS are especially adapted to such cases, one dose effects such a change offeelingastoastonishthesufferer. Thoy Increase the Appetite,and cause the body to Take on Flesh, thus the system is nourished, and by their Tonic Action on the Wisest! ve Oreans,Secular Stools are 2TOduced^Prfc^25c^4j^Iiirrii5j5t?22l5s TUTT'S EXTRACT SABSAPMILli 1 Renovates the body, makes healthy flesh, strengthens -the weak, repairs the wastes of the system with pure blood and hard muscle; [ tones the nervous system, invigorates tae I brain, and imparts the vigor oi manhood. $ 1. Sold by dnursists. OFFICE 44 Murray St., New York. | Men Think ' they know all about Mustang Liniment. Few do. Not to know is j not to have. AYER'S Cherry Pectoral. No other complaints are so insidious in their attack as those affecting the throat and lungs: none so trifled with by the majority of sufferers. The ordinary cough or cold, resulting perhaps from a trifling or unconscious ex posure, is otteu out lue oegummg ox a nuni sickness. Ayeb's Cherry Pectoral has well proven its efficacy in a forty years' fight with throat and long diseases, and should be taken in all cases without delay. A Terrible Cough Cured. " In 18571 took a severe cold, -which affected my lungs. I had a terrible cough,and passed night after night without sltep. Tbe doctors gave ine up. l tried Ayee's Cheeey Pectoual, which relieved my lungs, induced sleep, and afforded me the rest necessary for the recovery of my strength. By the continued use of the Pectoral a permanent cure was effected. I a3n now 62 years old, hale and hearty, and am satisfied your Cuiujuv Pectoral saved me. Horace Fairbeother." Rockingham, Yt., July 15,1682. Cronp. ?A Mother's Tribute. " "W liiltj in the country last winter my little boy,three years old, was taken illwith croup; it seemed as if he would die from strangulation. One of the family suggested the use ^ pnr<t.r.?> t r a tysn*?1a /\p Vi. /I X 1VU O V^UiilWtX x ZL.V, X VAAU. ?fc k/VfcWV V& which was always kept in the house. This was tried in small and frequent doses, and to our delight in less than half an hour the little patient.was breathing easily. The doctor said that' the Cherry Pectoral had saved my darling's life. Can you wonder at our gratitude ? Sincerely yours, 31 us. Emma Gedjtet." 130 West 12Sth St., Kew York, Slay 16, 1882. " I have used Ayee's Ceterry Pectoral in my family for several years, and dc not hesitate to pronounce it the most effectual remedy for coughs and colds we have ever tried. A. J. Chaste." T oi,/? nr19 ias<> V/i JOUli, !UiUU?> AV| 4VNMN " I suffered for ciglit years from Bronchitis, and after trying many remedies xrith no raocess, I was cured by the use of Ayeb's Cheeky pectobal. Joseph Waldzjt." Bylialia, 3Iiss., April 5,1882. " i cannot say enwucu :u priuac vi ai?>? a CiiKitiiY Pectoral, believing as I do that but for its use I should long since hare died from lung troubles. ?. BRAGDOif." Palestine, Texas, April 22,1S82. No case of an affection of the throat or lungs exists which cannot be greatly relieved by the use of Ayes's Cherry Pectoral, and it "will always curt when the disease is not already beyond the control of medicine. prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. Sold by all Druggists. THE CHURCHMAN. FOIiTY-FIKST YEAR,---1883. The Rclijrfous Weekly of the Protestant Episcopal Church. A magazine or Ecclesiastical intelligence, devotional and seneral reading, and the largest and most influential -weekly in the Protestant Episcopal Church. in the Xcwg Department the energy of Tiik Chckchman Is well ktown, and Its organi 6JU<;iI n VCIJ IU1 j ui ui lii'i; nci?r> which It gives with remarkable promptness. The Itlajrazine Department aloae contains In a year sufficient reading matter to make more than tlvc limo books or 5 ?o pages each. Its Book Seviews are a prominent feature. Literary. Art anJ Scientific Xotes are carefully prepared by specialists. lis Kuropean Correspondents are persons of eminent ability. Th'! Children's Department Is Illnstrated aisd specially edited for the chiliren. $3.j?i a year in advance, post-paid. Three dollars to (.Mer^vmen* Simrlp copies ten centt. JI. H. MALLORY,dCO. 47 Lafayette Place. Xew York. ApliiLCm j MOTHERS' FRIEND. NO Mere Terror! This invaluable preparation is truly a triumph of scientific No More Pain! ski!'' a"d ,no m?re in" * estimable benefit was ever bestowed on tlie vr. mothers of tlie world. No More Danger !| ^gr it not only !shortens the time o*f _ % j i aU. laoor ana lessens uie T0 intensity of pain, but, better 'than all, it ,, ,, m ureatly diminishes the Mother or CMld. danger to life of both mother and child, and leaves the mother in a [condition highly faTii? Dwad of Ivorable to* speedy recover}', and far less , [liable to flooding, coi. Motherhooa vulsions, and other lalarraing symptoms I incident to lingering irauaujiJLucu w jauu p<11 111 III JiiUUr. JLlo | truly wonderful efficajcy in this respect enHA ^3 W titles the Mothers' ^ ST J^IFriexd to be ranked w jas one of the life-savling appliances given jto the world by the ?nd discoveries of modern I science. i From the nature of ?j- ~X"7~ 'the case it will of jll y/ (course be understood I \ / a . that we cannot pub^ V?^ ~a~ Kot, jllOU UiiVilUViJ vUiA icemiu? this Remedy 'without wounding the aurl Pflcai^'icaey of the writers. ?alety aud ^ase:Yet we have hundreds !of such testimonials on ifilp, and no mother ?to? Kvho has once used it will pvpr a train be _ _ . __ | without it in her time Suffering Wcmanjof trouble. A prominent physician lately remarked to the proprietor, that if it were admissible to nuke public the letters we receive, the "Mothers' Friend" would out sell anything on the market. Send for our Treatise on "Health and Happiness of Woman," mailed free. Bkadfield Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga. LEMINGTON, JR. The young Horse, LEXINGTON, Jr., will stand the ensuing spring season at his stable in Wi unshorn. Service, Ten Dollars paid in advance. Every care will be. taken to prevent accidents, but no liability will be assumed for any that may occur. DESCRIPTION. LEMING^ON, Jr., is a beautiful brown color, nine years old, fifteen hands three inches high, ard is handsomely formed. A. WILLIFOBD & SONS. TEE fiesboro Hotel Bar IS THE PLACE To Always Get the Bes^, the Purest and Oldest CORN AND R1E WHISKIES, GINS, WINES, BRANDIES, ?TC., ETC. HAFNER & HEXDRIX, Proprietors. XETV ADVERTISEMEXTS. sssnnr i ? - Ladles and gentlemen \A/ ?1 VlTflrt to take light, pleasant VV WmUvMi employment at tieli awn homes (distance no objection), work sent by mall, $3 to $5 a day can be quietly made, no canvassing. Please address at once Globe Mfg. Co., Boston, Mass., Box, 5344. CONSUMPTION. I bare & positive retaedyfor the abore diseaae ; by Its ttM thMwaniisofeases ol tb? worst kindandof Ion? st*odins:i:aTC been cured. Indeed. *ostronc)s mrfnl'h la In CMC'C?. Hint I wl 1 scndTWO BOTTLKS FREE, together wim 6 VA I.~ABI.ETREATISK on tills disoue to any sa?>ror. Givoexrressund 1* O.nddr s?. ??. T. X. SLOCL'JI, 181 IVarlSt., Xcw Tork. BMmitHWa ^cva A I<eadin?Loi)doiifby nlfiHarVn ilrian Kxabliibe* u iflBnillM.OlBceta New York. fle|. flj H" rron^Am. Joomal of MedL .W ft jf. JSu^^ti^t'dOTbPtreaSl * H Hi HVind more cues th&a any other linixg pfiysiciaa. His sccoess has sunply beco utooMuBt; wo hiv? heard of cases of over 30 rears standing cured by him. He guarantees a core." Largehoitie and Treatise sent tree. Give PO. and Express address to ? Dr. AB. M?SEEOL?, No. 96 John St.,Sew TcOc. |E||& \ \ rvw \o^y\ \ &3SS. WftTER-PflOCF, IS a wnttle. I??JjoAfiUB8TnXTEfbrPX*ASTEK t Half the Coat. Outtaia tto tnUdlaf. CASPET3 aadlHrC&ol?aa*,!Jocbl?th?waLrofotlcJo!hi. Catalogs* SgW.H.FW8C0.C?ffla,N.J. PARKER'S TONIC. It fives tone ana power. For complaints of the Kidney. Bowels, Stomacn, uver ana mnjs. ror all the subt.lt; troubles of wo:aon and tor r,tio.se b-xllly-disorders Induced by anxiety, care and mental stral-, its effects ivlll surprise and charm you. It Is not an essence of placer. D3l'.clous w the palate, a antidote to the liquor habit, and exceedingly helpful to the ajed and feeble. 5oc. and St s'zes. HISCOX & CO., 163 William Street, New York. Apl2L4W Pnlnmhio M UUllUilUlQ ill BRANCH OF LUDDEN MUSIC PIANOS AND ORGANS SOLI SMALL INSTRUMENTS AND SIIEE TU'PVTV PTTT? PPVT S A VI PIANOS AND ORGANS DELIVEEE FREE OF < AGENTS WANTED 0 Write for Terms and Catalog N. W Feb4r.6ir 1 ~-ft---'?' ' ' "> - ' . 4 f ? .? ?? -vH ! . i . Many a Lady ? j is beautiful, all but her skin; * and nobody has ever told : her how easy it is to put L ^ 1 D i Deauiy on tacss.ni. ouut./ ^ i Ion the skin is Magnolia I Balm. TO THE ^ CITIZENS t -OF Fairfield ail Chester^ * j Where you can get Great Bargains in Clothing, Hats and Gents' Famishing Goods, Trunks and everything kept at a x FIRST-CLASS ESTABLISHMENT. PHILIP EPSTIN, 148 MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, S. C. i I have introduced this season the novel enterprise of distributing 1,000 of the most 1 beautiful PAINTINGS to all my customers who will favor me with tlie purchase of a Suit of Clothes, at your own price, will be entitled to one liandsome Painting, . which will make your home cheerful, fiee v. of charge. In my BOY'S DEPARTMENT of Ready-Made Clothing, of the best manufacture, the latest styles, and best qualities are always on hand in large ^ variety; and to every Boy and Youth's Suit sold the purchaser will be entitled to a handsome, pair of Skits regardless of the price you agree to pay for it Yet those handsome and valuable gifts are distribut ed to every purchaser. Remember I guarantee every article sold to be as represented, and the prices lower than any house ^ North or South, or the money will be reunded. * Since the introduction of th? above enterprise I have had a great rush for those beautiful Paintings, and the boys is determined to learn how to skate, especially v when it costs them nothing. Send in your order for a suit if you can't come yourself and I will send you a suit, C. O. D., with i the beautiful painting or the pair of skates attached, witli the privilege to exam the suit before paying for it All visitors to the Capital are respectfully invited to call at my store and examine v my Art Gallery of Handsome Paintings. ~~1 c PHILIP EPSTIST, Proprietor Of the Set? York Clothing Store, 148 MAIN ST., COLUMBIA, S. C. Xovl2xe6m c Charlotte. Columbia & Auirasta B. R OCHEDULE IN EFFECT OCTOBER 12. 0 1#84?Eastern Standard Time. GOING NORTH. jf NO. 53, MAIL AXD EXF?fi?s Leave Augusta 9.05 a. m. v. Leave W. C. <&. A. Junction 1.12 p. m. . ^ Arrive at Columbia 1.22 p. m. ~ * Leave Columbia 1.32 p. m. 4 Leave Kiliian's 1.58 p. m. 9 Leave Blytbewood .2.13 p. m ? Leave Ridgeway 2.34 p. in. 1 Leave Simpson's 2.47 p. m. Leave Winnsboro ' 3.02 p. m. Leave White Oak c 3.22 p. m. Leave Woodward's .3.43 p. m. Leave lilackstnefc 3.50 r>. m. Leave Cornwall's 3.58 p.m. . Leave Chester 4.17 p. m. Leave Lewis' 4.32 p. m. Leave Smith's 4.40 p. m. Leave flock Hill 5.01 p. m. Leave Fort Slill 5.20 p, m. Leave Pineville 5.40-p. m.Arrive at Charlotte 6.10 p. m. Arrive at Statesville 9.35 p. m. No. 17, Way Freight, Passenger Coach Attachea, Daily, except Sundays. Leave Columbia 5.45 a. m. Leave Winnsboro : .8.55 a. m. Leave Chester 12.05 p. m. Arrive at Charlotte 4.10 p. m. suu in. SO. 52, MAIL A>'D EXPRESS. ; Leave Statesville L45 a. to. , Leave Charlotte 1.00 p. m. Leave Pineville 1.27 p. m. Leave Fort Mill 1.44 p. m. Ijftave Rock Hill 2.02 o. m. Leave Smith's 2.22 p. na. Leave Lewis' 2.30 p in. Leave Chester 2.44 p. m. J Leave Cornwall's 3.03 p. m. fl Leave Blackstock 3.12 p. m. Leave Woodward's 3.18 p. m. J Leave White Oak 3.30 p.m. < J Leave Winnsboro 3.48 p. m. ^ Leave Simpson's 4.03 p. m. Leave Kidgeway .4.16 p. m. Leave B!ythewood 4.32 p. m. Leave Killian's 4.49 p. m Arrive at Columbia 5.15 p. m. Leave uoiuinma o.zsp. m. Leave W. C. & A. Junction 5.57 p. m. Arrive at Augusta 9.38 p. m. 4 So. 18, Way Freight, Passenger Coach Attached, Daily, except Sundays. Leave Charlotte 5.10 a. ni. Leave Cliester 9.40 a. to. Leave Winnsboro 12.15 p. m. Arrive at Columbia 3.35 p. in. ^ M..SLAUGHTER, G. P. A. G. 1?. TALGOTT, Superintendent. IX CAKPWELL, A. G. P. A. % ATTE^TIOS, F ABMSBS! 4 W E offer you the celebrated Peterkin Cotton Seed at $1.50 per bushel. It will give forty per cent, of lint, and equal the yield in seed cotton of any other variety. We are agents for the Deering Binders, Reapers and Mowers, the Thomas Rake, Corbin and A.cme narrows, Farquhar Cotton Planters, Iron Age Cultivators, Saw Mills, Engines, Gins, Presses, Plows, Etc. ^ Repairs for Champion ?nd Buckeye Machines and for Watt PIow^ Write to us. McilASTER & GIBBES, ' Mar4L6m Columbia, S. C, ic Hue. & BATES' SOUTHERN HOUSE. 3 ON EASY INSTALMENTS. T MUSIC CONSTANTLY IN STOCK ED BY BUYING FROM US. ID AT ANY DEPOT IN THE STATE CHARGE. iN LIBERAL TERMS. ;es to . TRUMP, Manager, 126 MAIN ST., COLUMBIA, S. C.