The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, May 20, 1885, Image 4

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AliKiCULTUKAL iHSFAKTMEXT. Bill Arp on Farm 1115;. It/s a wonder to me that everybody don't go to farming. Lawyers and I doctors have to sit about town and j play checkers, and talk politics and j ~ wait for somebody to quarrel or fight, or get sick; clerks and book-keepers j figure and multiply and count until i they get to counting stars, and the i flies on the ceiling, and the peas in the dish, and the flowers on the papering; the jeweler sits bv his window all the year round, working 0:1 little wheels, and the mechanic strikes the same kind of a lick every day. These people do I not belong to themselves; they are all I penned up like convicts in a chain j gang; they can't take a day nor an hour for recreation, for they are the servants of their employers. There is no profession that gives a man such freedom, such latitude and such a variety of employment as farming. There's no monotony upon the farm. There's something new every day, and the changing work brings into action every muscle in the human frame. "We plow and hoe, and harrow and sow, and gather it in at harvest time. We lnol- fhp hnrcps and cows, the pigs and sows, and the nuns and the I Jambs, and the chickens and the tur-! keys and gee?e. We en: our own wood, and raise our own bread and meat, and don't have to be stingy of it like city folks. A friend, who visited us not long ago, wrote back from the tnvvn rhat. his orate doesn't seeni bi<r?ror thai; the crown of his hat since he sat by our great big friendly fire-place. I may be mistaken, butj it seems to me a little higher grade s>f happiness to look oqt upon the green - fields of wheat and the leafing trees and blue mountains in the distance and hear the dove cooing to her mate, and the whippoorwill sing a welcome to the night, and hunt flowers and bubby blossoms with the children, and make whistles for ?em and hear 'em blow, and see em get after a iumpin' frog or a garter snake, and hens' nests, and paddle in the branch and get. dirty and wet all over, and watch their penitent and subdued expression when they go home, as Mrs. Arp looks at 'ein with amusement and exclaims: "Mercy on me; did ever a poor mother have such a set! Will I ever get done making clothes! Put these on right clean this morning, and nut another clean rag in the house! Go get me a switch, right straight, go! 1 will not stand it!" But she will stand it and they know it ?especially if 1 remark: "Yes, they ought to be whipped." That saves ?em, and by the time the switch comes the tempest is over and some dry clothes are found, and if there is any cake in the house they gee it. Blessed mother! fortunate children! What would they do without her? Why her very scolding is music in their tender ears. Fm thankful that there are some things that corner in the domestic circle that Wall Street cannot buy nor monev king's dem*ess. ? Michigan Farmer. Green Manuring. A system of green mauring has been practiced from very early periods. The ancient Romans plowed in lucerne or alfalfa, and many modern agriculturists practice the* same thing. In Europe a regular system of green manuring is followed by all practical agriculturists. They use white lupine,. the bean, vetch, borage,, spmy, turnip vines, buckwheat, rye, winter tares, clover, sea-weed, and many other plants. Th'eS plow in the plants when , the flower jtrsi- begins to. open. But j few of the above-mentioned [Wantshare been cultivated in this country with success. We -have used the potato f A*\t> / V* crraflf-on/l Kaon ivuo any* jLii3uy} ut^u , turnip fops, and our cultivated 'mustard, on a -$fl}all...scale1 and can sav we ! were well pleased with, the renlt. The 1 lops should be buried in the middle of the rows when, the'potatoes are dug. It takes a little time to- dig potatoes when you stop-to-bury the tops, but we beiieve it pays. We have also experimented with the pea, green corn, crab grass and weeds of various kinds, and find that all improve the soil wonderfully when buried in the green state. There is a diversity of opinion among practical men of the South as to the mode of applying green manures. Some think green plants used for this purpose should be left 011 the ground to decay, instead of plowing in. We are deciedly in favor of plowing in the green plant. If the plant is buried - in the green state, more of the .vegetable or organic part ot it is saved. When a green plant is permitted to decay in the open air, it passes more or less into carbonic acid, which escapes into the air and is lost to the farmer. It is contended by some that all our green j plants used for manure should decay on the ground in the open air, as tins . is following nature. We admit that it is in imitation of nature, but nature is more bountiful, and able to diffuse carbonic acid throughout the atmosphere, for all natural plants to feed upon. Not so with the agriculturist; he is confined to a small area of land, and should rftb nature,.if possible, of all the carbonic acid that is in his green plants used for manure, ' by plowing them under in the green state. When a plant is buried under the surface, this formation of carbonic acid proceeds slowlv, and other compounds preparatory to the final change into carbonic acid and water are produced in greater quantity and linger i:i the soil. Thns the fanner, by burying green vegetabTe matter in hi? land, actually saves a portion of tin? vegetable food of plants which would oiherwise be lost. In some of the Northern States; the clover is never cut, but is plowed in as the only manure; in other parts the first is cut' and the second plowed in. Corn is sown upon land at the rate of from luur to six I bnshels per acre, and two or three i snch crops turned under during' the summer,and then followed by an oaisor wheat crop. The cow pea is the clover of the South; in other words, the peais to the South what clover is to the North. Every fanner in the South should cultivate the pea for forage and j greeu manure. We have already stated that we have experimented with the pea for mauurial purposes. This was our mode: We planted a small crop of corn in rows 4? feet apart. Just before "laying by" the com, we ran between the rows "with a shovel plow, and in this fnriv-vTTr eriTt-pr? o rntv nf* Yipfic 'Phis was followed with a double shovel, laying by the corn and leaving the land nearly level. When the corn was gathered we buried the peas from one end of the rows to the other, running the two furrows to the row. In the following spring we burst out the middles and planted corn in the beds where the peas had been buried, opening and covering with a bull tongue plow. The crop of corn that followed was much better than the preceding, j * knrra I JL iici c iiw*T ^ LTOCU L\yyj ui up vi corn raised on this piece of land since, and the effects of the green manuring are still to be seen. On another piece of land, containing two acres, we sowed five bushels of what is known as the "creeper" pea, broadcast. In the fall, just before frost, we ;arned the vines under and let the land remain undisturbed until the 20th of the following March, at which time it was broken broadcast and sown in oats. Although so late in the season, we never made a better crop of oats. After the oats were cut a good deal of grass and weeds sprang up, which was Elso plowed under in the fall. The ] next year this piece of ground was planted in corn, and the heavy yield showed conclusively the power and A influence of green vegetable matter when properly applied to the soil. "We are ot the opinion that the soil is now A richer in vegetable matter than it was before the first crop was planted oij it, ior uie reason lu.u pernaps uneefourths of nil the organic matter we buried in the soil with those crops of c peas, weeds and grass was derived ^ from the air. When vegetable matter is plowed in * it is more generally diffused through t tbe soil, and it is believed by some > practical farmers that a green .crop properly buried will enrich ihe soil as much as the droppings of cattle from s a quantity of green food three times as greatAc/cerman (Miss.j tinier- [ prise. i A CANADIAN VICTORY. c , > C The Rebel fVorks of Batoucb Carried at tho ^olnt of the I>ayonet?Riel Routed and the Prisoners Released. i AnlispatcSi received at Winnipeg, c Man., from" Batoncbe, dated May 12, 5 via dark's Crossing, May, says: ; "Batonche has fallen. The Rebels t have fled, being driven from their rifle j pits and ambush at the point of the j bayonet. The charge was gallantly 1 niacin In' fii-Piiadoira spnt. ft r messenger to Gen. Middle'un early in f the day, saying: "If yon persist in nr- j itig upon the houses containing our j women and children we will massacre l the prisoners in our hands." The c general, in reply, told him to gather i his women and children into onc house j and it would not be fired upon. Later ( Kiel sent an answer, thanking Middle- i ton for his humane promise to save , the women and children. But after- ] wards, as the general attack was just ( being made, he sent another messenger j saying he did not like war. but unless ? the troops retired his original intention ? nf m&fisanrein.cr f.hfi nrisoners would be t adhered to. It svas too late, however, J as the charge. Dad been commenced, j and in a few minntes 'the Rebels were ] scattered and the -prisoners were rescued: Killed?CapL John French, (scout), Lieut. Fitch, Royal Grena- i diers, Capt. Brown, Boultou's troops, i W. II. Keppen, Snrveyors corps, and < two privates oi the 90th regiment, * Wounded?Capt. Gillis and three en- 1 listed men of the 90th, Lient. Helle- < well and three enlisted- men of the i Midli-nH HottoHon \Tctinr TJflTvsrm t AlAlU'UlIU *? w vv?j Lieut Laidlaw and five enlisted men ? of the Grenadiers. Father Monsiin was found in his house at Batouehe wounded, it is believed by Rebels, but not seriously. The following are the names of the prisoners rescued from the Rebels: Lucy, Peter and William Tompkins, McKinn, Astlev, Ross and McConnell." Riel has been captured, his forces are scattered, *nd the rebellion is practically ended. Willachoociiee Is the name of a flourishing village in Coffee county, Georgia, on the line of * tne JtsruuswiCK ana Aioany rauroaa. t Mr. D. E. Gaskin, a weil known cit- 1 izen of that village, writes under the i date of December 22d: ? Soon after my marriage, abont four 1 years ago, my wife was stricken with t some trouble peculi.u* to her sex, 1 which broke down her general health, j In this condition she was soon after attacked with Inflammatory Rheuma- 1 tism of such a severe type that it made \ her a cz*ipple. She was reduced in ^ flesh to sixty-five pounds,- and came j very near- losing her life. She was ? attended by three good physicians i who treated her with some benefit, t but the swelling in her joint's never J left her. Last summer the Hhenma- ^ tism returned in a still morr? sevorp J and painful form which seemed to defy \ the skill of ail the doctor?. She would c go frantic with pain, and would lie i and scream all day. A friend of mine t who is an engineer on the Brunswick i & Albany Railroad, suggested that I i should u=e Swift's Specific (S. S. S.), e which I did. After she had taken one f small bottle she was up and nble to t walk all over the house, and after c taking the six bottles she is able to t do any kind of house work: the swell- t ing has gone, all the pain has left her, and she is in better health than she i ever was. The treatment before using I the Swift's Specific cost me between t $350 to $400, and the six bottles of c S. S. S. cost me six dollars. It is certainly the most wonderful c medicine and the best blood purifier c in the world. The proprietors should ? let the world know about it. Note?The S. S. S. Company wish to caution purchasers in regard to the c numerous imitations of their goods. \ Some carry the lie on the face, pnr- 1 porting to be vegetable remedies; 1 when, in fact, they are really strong solutions of poisonous minerals?as a Mercury, Potash, etc. Be careful to ' get the genuine. * Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases I mailed free. 8 Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3, At- * lanta, Ga. * k ??, i A Very Sad Sulci J c. * Savannah, May 14 ?Daisy Sim- a mons committed suicide at the house j of Josie DeCamp, on Price street,*at j 8:40 o'clock to-night. She was raised ?, in North (Carolina and came from ? Macon some two years ago. She I went home in(ending to reform, bnt g returned about a mouth ago, her lover v a commercial traveler, going after , her. A few nights ago she had a ^ quarrel with this man, who became t jealous and declared- his intention of ^ leaving her. To-night he went after c his effects and to bid her good-bye. t She entreated him not to leave her, and { told him he would never again see her g alive. He kissed her and tore himself j" from her embrace, and just as he { reached the front door he heard the f report of a pistol in her room and she . fell to the floor. She died in thirty minutes. j "*** c Plain Questions. ^ f Mythical ideas are fanning the public 1 brow with the breath of prejudice, igno- | ranee and hurobuggery. ?fHave yqu the ( remotest idea that you*r scrofula was creat ed by the use of potash and mercury? No matter what the cause, B. B. B. is the peer c of all other remedies. Do you presume t that your troublesome Catarrh is the result ] of mineral poisoning? B. B. B.. is the j quickest remedy. Are your chronic ulcers? and boils and sores the result of potash and ? and mercury? Medical gentlemen, will not v tell you so* but B. B. B. Is the only sov- * ereign remedy. Were your terrible kidney * troubles created by mineral poisoning? t Not a bit of it, but B. B. B. has proven to 1 oe a re:;auic remcuy. ^.re your siuu uis- ^ eases, y.our eczema, dry tetter, Jtte., the * effect of too much potash and mercury? t. The medical profession are the best judges, and they say nay, but B. B. B. makes more F pronounced cures than all oilier prepara- s tions combined. * li * ? g ?Iu the woods on Horn's Hill, r Mass., on Monday, Dedhara, an un- c known man, loaded a piece of brass I 1...1 : *.l_ 3 J 1 11 JI J, iuuiug wiin puwuer a,nu uau, one ena <of which he secured to a tree. The c other end was slightly elevated. After r tying his legs he laid down with hi3 t head a few inches from the muzzle of i his improved cannon. He then lighted t a piece of paper, laid it over the vent f? hole and awaited the discharge. His t head was blown to atoms. t ? fc ?Ayer's Sarsaparilla has such con- ? aftrv^<?r?fn/4 r\ n i?a f t tta r*rvn?/m? fUnf ? f C ^ ttuu 4UTV vuai II> 10 uy ? far the best, cheapest, and sorest blood- c purifier known. * 1 / 'HE SOUTH AT NEW ORLEANS, j l MOST WONDERFUL DISPLAY OF 1 NATURAL RESOURCES. l Greater Variety of Products Exhibited : by the Sonth than by all the Other Sec- i tions of the Union T gether-South Caro-j Una In Her Right Position. Major Luther A. Ransom, the chief! Jerk of the agricultural department,? las sketched for the JFetcs and Courier I he advantages, present and prospccive, followia^ the exhi&its. made at. sew Orleans by the Southern - states, | .iul particularly South Carolina. He i ays: o* ~ Of course, it is too soon to make, )redictions as to the result of the Ex- [ >osition, so lar as the material interest j >f the State is concerned, but some i >euefits are already apparent. In a { feueral way, I may say that the South:rn exhibits have enthused the Southsrn people and astounded the people >f other sections of the Union. The j Exposition has undoubtedlv fully _ ?4.u~ icmonsuaieu me nupuriumv ui wu south over any other section of the :onntrv in natural resources. The >euu(iful exhibits of the Northwestern states are composed chiefly of cereal productions, the Pacific States and territories of minerals, the Northern md Eastern States of manufactured jroclucts and machines, showing the nventive genius of these energetic jeople^ while the Southern States cxlibit everything that is shown iu the >ther States and ,iriany things that are iot exhibited in' those States. The nineral exhibits of "North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Virginia and Teulessee are equal to those of California,' \rizona, Colorado, Dakota or New Vlexico. The grain exhibits of South Jarolina, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas md Kentucky are as complete__and ittractive as those of Minnesota, Ji.au;as, Nebraska, Iowa or Illinois. The imber exhibits of any of the Southern states are . not surpassed by. those of my of the great lumber States, of the Jnion. The exhibits of MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS n the Southern States' departments urnish conclusive proof that the Northsrn and Eastern States no longer enjoy i monopoly in that direction. The argest exhibits of agricultural ma:hinerv are made by Kentucky manufacturers, while Machinery llali conains numerous evidences of the ingenuity of Southern mechanics. So hat in all the principal departments of .he Exposition the South is competing successfully with any part of the Jnion. In the special exhibits the south is far ahead. Louisiana sugar s as superior to the Minnesota product is is possible for one article to surpass mother in excellence. Louisiana salt s practically without a rival. South Carolina rice heads the list. Florida iefeated California in the contest for premiums for citron fruits. Jforth Carolina golden leaf tobacco is unequalled. Tenuessee marble is the richest and most beautiful at the Exposition, with the possible exception of :he North Carolina flesh-colored specinens. Alabama iron is as superior as t is abundant, and her iron deposits md coal fields are inexhaustible. Ar.-aneoc <snrl Parnlinn. make t.hfi nost varied and extensive display of raits, apples, peaches, pears and jrapes of any States in the Union. The sea island cotton of South Caroina is not even approximately approached by the staple g'-own anyvhere else in the world, while the phosphates of our State command the ittention of the scientist, the man of :oramerce, and expecially the agriculurist. If the exhibits of all the other states were grouped together they vonld then be considerablv below the southern States in the variety of their productions. These facts "have, of ;ourse, impressed uiemseives upon an intelligent and observant visitors to he Exposition, and it is certainly eusonable to suppose will give a great mpetus to the development of Sonthsrn resources. The commissioners roin the South are enthusiastic over he prospect, ana are unanimous in the >pinion that their States will be imnensely benefited by their exhibits in he near future. Corning down to particulars, it is lard to say what immediate good has >een dope, but I uiav mention some hings of probable profit to South Carilinft Some few weeks siuce the Japanese :ominissioner called at the South Car>lina department for information regarding the PHOSPHATE ROCK >f the State. He said that he was a neraber of the Japanese bureau of ndustry and, under a commission from hat bureau, had been for two years in Liou'.'.on investigating the manufacture tnd use of commercial manures. In lis investigation he had found allusions o the South Carolina phosphate de)osits, but the information he had beeu ible to obtain was very meagre. He jxamined the rock 011 exhibition in the State department and the chemicals ised in its manufacture. He found hat fish scrap was one of the ingredi:iits used for ammoniating purposes, od he at o::ce expressed the opinion hat as there are millions of tons of it 11 Japan it might be transported to South Carolina and exchanged for ibosphate rock, and if such an arrahgenent could be made it would open a nleiidid market for the rock and de elop an industry of considerable nagnitude. He returned to bis own ixhibit and brought the commission wo samples of the scrap alluded to Chis was sent to Professor Chazal,. the ;hemist of the department of agriculure, who analyzed it and reported hat its commercial value was about !o per cent, higher than' the scrap iow used by the manufacturers of fertilizers. This was communicated to he Japanese commissioner and he exiresseu the belief that while this chemcal test showed the superiority of the lupanese article, it could be laid lown in Charleston at a much lower >rice than the manufacturers now pay. Ie subsequently informed me that he lad communicated these facts to his Government, and hoped to have all the nformation necessary to enable him to iecide whether or not it is practicable o-i-establish the business he desire-. lo COT'C ho JLV OU * O if * _ WILL VISIT CHARLESTON it the ploseof the Exposition, if not oor.yf, "ana investigate the subject ally. Allusion 'to the matter was nade in an editorial in one of the ocal papers and met the eye of a. Jorjnan who wafe-Visiting the Exposiioir. He was so interested in it that le called at the South Carolina de-' >artment to examine the phosphate . sxhibit. He said he was interested in nainit deposit in Germany, and he aw no reason why a similar arrangenent could not be made for the ex:hauge of kainit for phosphate rock, ie obtained such information as he lesired and promised to call again, or :orrespond with manufacturers and ninprs A Mississinni nlanter who tad never used commercial manures nformed me that he would order thirty ons of South Carolina fertilizers this eason, and was induced to do so by he exhibit. A gentleman who owns wo large orange groves said that limself and many other owners of rroves, who had heretofore used Northern fertilizers, would hereafter ise nothing but the Carolina products, kn owner of one of the largest sugar plantations near New Orleans said: that lie used about two hundred tons I of fertilizers every season, and nearly .all of it was manufactured in the North, but hereafter he thought he would buy largely of the South Carolina manufacturers. The Florida commissioner was presented with a quantity of the South Carolina fertilizer, shipped to New Orleans for distribubution, and it was used on his orange groves,, and he reports that the results have been sa. satisfactory that he is sure many of the owners of groves in Florida wfll use'it another year. Many ^farmers from the Western Stales who have never used commercial manures of any kind arc anxious to make sotne experiments with them, and it is possible that sorue orders may be received from tliern, aiid if the introduction of these fertilizers is satisfactory it will be followed by a large business. The South Carolina fertilizer exhibit has given such a boom to this industry that manufacturers all over the Union will be benefited, but of course not to the same extent as our own companies. THE WOOD EXHIBIT has attracted almost as much attention as the phosphate display. Lumbermen from all sections of the country have visited the Exposition and have been pleased with the exhibits from all the Southern States. In the South Carolina department there are about 140 specimens of native woods, all of merchantable size, and they attract much attention. Inquiries relating to the-timber resources of tfie State have been frequently made, and these invest iirations will no doubt result in a .rapid development of the lumber industry at no distant day. The exhibit of manufactured goods and the maps of the water powers of the State have I attracted attention to the advantages afforded by the State for factories of .every description, and this should result in bringing capital here for investment in such enterprises. The varied agricultural productions of the State illustrated by the exhibit have given a correct impression regarding our agricultural capabilities, and the interest that has been shown by visitors in this division convince me that it will be the means of inducing an influx of PROSPEROUS SMALL FARMERS from the Northwestern States and elsewhere to South Carolina. The display of ores and building stones will, 1 am satisfied, cause the development of our resources in that direction. Our special exhibits, rice, naval stores and fish, have been of immense benefit to the State in showing the variety of our productions and our natural wealth, while the exhibit of birds and animals from the Charleston Museum has not been excelled in the quality of the specimens even by the spleudid displays of the Smithsonian Institute, and have not been equalled by that of any State. South Carolina has never been more favorably before the people of the world than she is to-dav. and I do not exaggerate the IMPORTANCE OF THE EXHIBIT when I say that the good impressions regarding the resources of the State are in a large measure due to the stand we have taken at the Exposition. Some of the States could have remained away from New Orleans and not have been greatly injnred by their absence, but South Carolina has been so long and so persistently misrepresented that it was absolutely necessary for our State to disabuse the public mind of the impressions that have been created by these false statements. I do not hesitate to say that this has \ been accomplised and that hereafter j we will stand before, the country in | our nroner Dosition. But frreaL as the good may be that our State has derived iu this way, the greatest benefit has been in the knowledge of our resources that the exhibit has given our own people. Old South Carolinians who left the State years ago visit the department at New Orleans and are astonished at the variety, quantity and quality of the exhibit: Our own people are little less surprised, and they leave the Exposition with a higher regard for their homes than they ever entertained before. They examine the products of the other States, and then their own and they realize that South Carolina offers them every opportunity for the acquirement of wealth or the delights of a home that any other section does, and they return to the State with the determination to develop her resources and to spend 'their lives upon her soil. If therefore, we waive all the possible benefits to come to the State from outside, we have been AMPLY REPAID for all expenditures on the exhibit by the elevation of-t.he Statein the mind? of her own citizen's.'/Ibu addTtipiv- to this, peopfeitr assistingfthe department .in tl^e colfet:tion of these specimens has given'then* a better understanding - of- 4he- varied" resources of the State, .and this will" result in a better system of agriculture' and the development of new ideas^. and this will, in itself, go a -long way in the advancement of" the material progress of the State. A NEW YORK MYSTERY. A Lovely Woman Boxes the Ears of a Nassau Street Broker. A decidedly handsome woman, who carried her shoulders well back and.' her head high in the air, was walking: down Nassau street, New York, on Saturday morning shortly after 11 ' . 1 1_ " r - T7I.~ V-.l V omuch, irom r uiion toward uonn street. She was very ^vetf dressed and' evidently in a great hurry. The sJ3^walk was narrow and the pedestrian** in a hurry, but (Hey/parted right unci left to make room -with- the courtesy.' which New Yorkers invariably show to a woman?if shchappens to^"b?autiful. A dapper yotmrsr man, wholooked the Wall street broker from the tips of his polished boots to the top of his bell crowned hat, came briskly along-. As he approached her a grin disturbed the perfect contour of his mustache, and an expression ot pleasure overspread K: -? ^J iii^ jl ijuv bugt'uici, uuuf quick as a flash, she drew back one of her gloved hands, and slapped the side of his face with such vehemence that it nearly knocked him off his feet. Her face turned scarlet and her teeth were, clenched. She stood still and glared at the man. Pedestrians stopped and stared. Eat the' dapper little man who wore such a semblance to an ideal Wall street broker raised his hat with infinite grace, smiled with an expression of unctuous humor, and trotted briskly on as though' nothing had happened. Then the handsome woman resumed her stately way, and the bustle and roar of Nassau street went on cio iuuu?ix a, ;u*oai y ncv C i disturbed it. ?By land or at sea, out on the prairie?, or in the crowded city, Aver's Cathartic Pills are the best for purgative purposes, everywhere alike convenient, efficacious and safe. ' For sluggish'bowels, torpid liver, indigestion, bad breath, flatulency and sick headache they are a sure remedy. * ?About one hundred persons were poisoned last week at a picnic at Tallulah, Falls, Ga., through a chemical change made in the ice cream freezers. They were made seriously ill, but are recovering. E SOR 3* -L sm GEXEKaL NEWS ITEMS. ?The large brewery of M. Braiul ' , Co., Chicago, was damaged by fire [ j last week to the extent of .$250,000, j j with no insurance. n v p.iv^iov I j as Collector of Internal Revenue for < South Carolina has been approved by i the Secretary of the Treasury. ?The session of the convention of ! Catholic Knights of America was held ! in New York last week. J. O. Gout- 1 veneir represents South Carolina. 1 ?At Grayson, Ky., on Tuesday, by j the explosion ot' a boiler in Dnnkert's ! stove works, three white men were killed and two wore badly wounded. | ; A f*i+* i'nT*unr ?vt eoi'C I ? Zl. ?*|ytV/iUi ' i w 111 cm v t v otv * o | | "The levee at Woottlawn plantation, i below here, has broken, and that plan-, tation and pai* o? Brown's are? sub- j merged." ' ' ' ^ " * h ?A reduced copy of Bartholui's;' Statue of Liberty Enlightening then World has been formally- presented by < the American residents of the.; French I - . . i*i. i? r* capital to tne municipality 01 rans. ?The President has appointed Geo. i C. Tanner, of South Carolina, to be Consul of the United States at Chemnitz. Tanner wa9 a Confederate scout under llamptou, and made a fine- sol- i dier^ . ?A disaj^roiis lire occurred at War- j: trace, Tenn., on Tuesday nigbt. Ten J stores and their contents were burned, j < Two persons sleeping in one of tiie 1 stores are missing. Loss from $30,000 to ?40,000.. ?Some negroes in Alabama quar- : relied over a game of cards, and a row ensued in which knives and pistols j were freely used, it is reported that; five of the party were killed, and. oth- j ers wounded. 1>s>?r /vAnnnA 11 tr fi~v I OJUUll DU\ ) gsziiu JUiiJ uwufcv have been killed with Gordon in Khartoum, is, according to letters received by some of bis relatives in Vienna, still alive and a prisoner in El Mahdi's hands. ?Owing to business depression the Great Falis and Robcrdel cotton mills near Rockingham, Richmond county, N. C., will shut down in a few days. Two hundred and fifty operatives will be thrown out of employment. '?Nearly every one of the Scotch crofters who settled in Monroe and Itichmond counties, N. C., last year, have returned to their old home. The change of climate and of the candi- j tions of life are too great for them. ?In Pike county, Kv., on Monday last, while Mount Clark was trying to elope with Miss Stratton, he encountered Frank Stratton, her brother. In the melee that followed Stratton was stabbed and Clark shot, both fatally. ?On Tuesday in Crawford county, near Macon, Ga., Thomas Kennedy, a farmer eighty years old, was engaged in burning off new ground, when a tall pine tree burned and fell on him, crushing his skull and killing him instantly. ?The annual meeting of the American Tract Society was held in New York last week. The number or volumes published during the past year by the society was 2x3,115; of tracts, card packages and wall rolls, etc., 6,369,804. --General Grant had a bad turn last Thursday?supposed to be due to his having talked too much in dictating matter for his book and in other ways. There are no marked changes in his condition. The doctors have not altered their views of his case. ?A dispatch from Laraont, Illinois, says that all the striking quarrymen there went to work on Thursday, and the trouble is now believed to have been ended. Only two companies ot troops remain on ihe scene, and they will probably return home at once. ?The trial of Cluverius for the murder of Miss Madison was continued at Richmond last week. The facts developed are chiefly those j^readv published by the press. The prisoner's lawyers are making a stubborn fight on all the law points they can raise." ?Miss Daisy Blassigame, a blackeyed beauty of Morgan county, Ga., while visiting friends in Mallory became the object pf Paul Richardson's affections. Paul was only sixteen, yet he pressed his suit with such vigor that the couple eloped and were married before pursuers could overtake them. ? A fhvtfr?.c(nrv ViniMina' in Charlotte, N. C., occupied by Hammond & Justice, hardware dealers, fell in a mass of ruins on Friday morning. The disaster was caused by "weakening the foundation of the wall by excava-- ' ting a cellar for a new building on the site of one recently burned. The1' cracking wall gave timely warning and nobody was hurt. ?A dispatch from Madison, Fla., says a murder has just been unearthed a? that place. A negro engaged at fishing in a pond near town-on Saturday discovered the body of a white 5Diin named McGnire, a peddler, who mysterious) v. disanneared last Janu-1 iarV. McGuire's goods have been discovered in the possession of a negro lamily named McCall. ?The negotiations which have been resumed in London between Russia and England, respecting the Afghan question, are making satisfactory pro gress. Some further explanations are still necessary from' both sides before the ratification of the general agreement already-reached can be secured, but it is not believed that these will deiay the final adjustment. ?Tii Fulton county, Pa., on Monday,, a farmer named Hess was fighting fire in the timber near his house, when he was ov.ercome from heat and exhaus.tionand fell helpless. His two daugh teas, young ladies, went to his rescue and dragged him to a place of safety, iMit their clothing caught fire and both wbre fatally burned. The father and ttoo daughters will die. ;< ?Mr. A. M. Vos, a young Dutchman, and recent graduate of Princeton Seminary, N. J., has been elected pro- : lessor df Biblical literature and exegesis in 'the Presbyterian Seminary at Columbia. The itev. Dr.- Hersmari, a professor in Westminster College, Mo., was elected to the Perkins professorship made vacant by the removal o tne Ate v. ur. wooarow. ?On Sunday luff at Fineville, Ky., .Josiah Haskins, his daughter and Thomas Napier were killed ^by A.J. Johnson. Haskins, his little daughter and Napier were returning "from church, when Johnson attacked them with a revolver and killed them with two shots. No motive is assigned for the deed. Johnson, at last accounts, had not beeii arrested, and was defying the officers of law. ?The count of moneys and sccnri- _ ties in The United_ States treasury has b en completed. Jttverythingwas round in a satisfactory condition, and the reports of ex-Treasurer Wyinau were proved in every instance. Even the . alleged discrepancy of two cents reported in the count of the cash-room was shown on a reconut to be incorrect, the missing pennies being found on the floor where they had dropped during the progress of the count. The bookstand accounts of the treasurer's office are yet to be verified. Theodore L. Deland, of the secretary's office, was to-day added to the commission noeiof ?n tlio /-nnnf finished and IAJ ilOOlOW i?* i?*v wmuv v? ? ?, unfinished United States notes and gold and silver certificates held at the bureau of engraving and printing, on < which duty the commission entered { to-day. Tr\tr ?Qr^? Capt. Lord, of the steamer Critic, i which anived at New York last week j from Leiih, reports that on May G at3 a. in., in lat. iS X., long. 47.10 west, he found a- solid wail of packed ice, iuterniptin" his forward progress and extending as fur as the eye conld reach in the west-northwest and south-sontheast directions. He sailed southward seeking an opening in the ice and for ?ixty h >nrs his vessel was snrrounded by iceliflas and icebergs of enormous size. He had for companions in peril the Allan steamer Caspian and a considerable number of sailing vessels. He estimates that the icebergs were many thousands in number and says there is 110 record or tradition of such quantities of ice so far from the polar regions in any former season. ?A colored man named Frank Hart has been lodged in jail, at Durham, N". C., charged with an attempt to o *imiuallv assault his fonrtcoyearoid stepdaughter. k Kiss by. Moosiigbt. From time immemorial, no one will pretend to deny the fact that kisses liavfc beea held in high pute by both sexes?whether active or passive. It has been decided that a LEGAL KISS implies ACTION on both parties: but when a lady simply consents to be kissed without action of r.er lips, it constitutes only a PASSIVE kiss?a sweet deprived t>f its nectar. Snugly ensconsed within a mess-embowered and vine-clad verandah, and almost hid from view amid sweet-scented honeysuckles, was seated a fair Atlanta nymph, whose beautiful dark eves, alabaster com UlCAlUJi (lilll ? V.V/KlWUi, IV DAZE the young gent "by her side, who ever and anon while circumnavigating her slender waist, gave her a CUSS and then a RE-BUSS to the amazement of a pedestrian who happened to be passing that beautiful moonlight night. At that moment the lover was heard to ask, "My dear darling Sarah Jane, you are becoming more beautiful everyday; your eyes sparkle with more brilliancy, youroiice pale cheeks have been painted by the roseate hues of nature, and you seem to have-entirely regained your 'health. Will you tell me the clause of the change?" "I have simply used that wonderfully effective blood remedy known as B. B. B." THE ATLAHTACQNSTITUTIQN, in a Jong article relating to me is. i>. a., 01 that city, says: The Blood Baim Company started one year ago with $10:2.00, but to-day the business cannot be bought for $50,000! The demand and the satisfaction given is said to be without a parallel, as its action is pronounced wonderful. We are glad to announcs that our druggists have alreadv secured a supply: and we hope our readers will supply themselves at once. It is said to be the only speedy and permanent blood poison remedy offered, giving entire satisfaction in all cases, before one bottle has been used. For Blood Diseases, Kidney Troubles, Scrofula, Catarrh, Old Ulcers and Skin Diseases, try one bottle B. B. B. \ Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga., will mail free of cost, a book filled with information about the blood, the Kidneys, Scrofula, etc., etc. TUTT'S 'Fill II PILLS 25 YEARS_!N_ USE. Tie Gr e atest?Medic?LTriumT& of the Age! SYMPTOMS OF A TORPID LIVER. JLoss o? appetite* Bowels costive, Pain ia the head, vrith a. dnli sensation in the back part, Fain under the shoulderblade, Fullness after eating;, with a disinclination to exertion of body or mind. Irritability df temper* Low spirits* Willi a lee ling 01 naving negiectoa tome auty* Weariness* Dizziness* Flattering at the Heart, Sots before the eyes* Headache over the right eye* Restlessness, with fitf&I dreams, Highly colored Urine* and CONSTIPATION. TUTT'S PIIXS are especially adapted to such cases, one dose effects such a change of feel in g as to astonis h th a sufferer. They Increase the Appetite ,*nd causa the body to Take oa Flesh, thus the system Is nourished, and by their Tonic Action on the J)ifie?tive Orsans,Regular Stools are ?roduce?^^2?L22?l^2J2s222??issE5i!iB TUTT'S EXTRACT 8UUPMU Benovates the body, makes healthy flesh, , strengthens the weak, repairs the wastes or the system with pure blood and hard muscle; tones the nervous system, invigorates the brain, and imparts the vigor of manhood. $1, Soid by druggists. OFFICE 44 Murray St., New York* Warren Leland. ' whom everybody knows 23 the successful manager of the i*'1 I /ir/viol {JaIA! Cnfflrar'flQp LfligOOi OUICI UlltCljJildCO of America, says tliat while a passenger from New York on board a ship going around Cape1 . Horn, in the early days of emigration to California, he learned that one of the officers of the vessel had cured himself, during the voyage, of an obstinate disease by the use of Ajer's Sarsaparilla. Siuco then Sir. Lelaxd has recommended Ayer's Sarsaparilla in many similsjcases, and lie has never yet heard of its failure to effect a radical cure. Some years ago one of Mr. Lelaitd's farm laborers bruised his leg. Oraig to the bad state of his blood, an ugly scrofulous swelling /iv lumn o r/*/1 /vn fho ininr??rl IfmK "Hor. rio]e itching of the skin, with burning and darting pair.s through the lump, made lifo almost intolerable. The leg became enormously enlarged, and running ulcers formed, discharging great quantities of extremely offensive matter. No treatment was of any avail until the man, by Mr. Lelasd's direction, was supplied with Ayee's Sabsapahill a, which allayed the pain and irritation, healed the sores, removed the swelling, and completely restored the limb to use. * Mr. Lelaxd has personally used Ayer's Sarsaparilla for Rheumatism, with entire success; and, after careful observation, declares that, in his belief, there i3 no mediciue in the world equal to it for the cure or^Liver Disorders, Gout, the effects of high living, Salt Rheum, Sores, Eruptions, and all tho -various forms of blood diseases. "We have Mr. Lelaxd's permission to invito all who may desire farther-evidence in regard to the extraordinary curative powers of Ayek'3 Sarsapakilla to see him personally either at bis mammoth Ocean Hotel, Long Branch, or at the popular Leland Hotel, Broadway, 27th and 28th Streets, New York. Mr. Iceland's extensive knowledge of tho good done by this unequalled eradicator of blood poisons enables him to give inquirers much-valuable information. .. rEE PACED BY Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co., Lowe!!, Mass. Sold by all Druggists; SI. six bottles for $3. Esavtoise. A certain care. Not expensive. Thnm months' treatment In one package. Good for Cold is the Head, Headache, Dizziness, Hay Fever, dc. vFlCycenta. B? all Druggists, or by mall. E. T. HAZELTES'E, Warren, Pk ?Tt 5 3 3 s?i WHISKY KABJTS eared BivlSI t?f2 at l>o'nc without pain. Boole SIB SSasBSol' particulars seat Free. V3 h^cga-,, if.noOLLliY.M. D.,Atlanta,Ga. Good Pay for Aseatx. 8100 to S200 per no. made ?rl Huff our Grand .VewHtatwr. Famous and Decisive Kat Uc* of the World Write to ?5. C. JXcCurdy ?fc Co-, Ft' .adelphia.Pa. ^-/D COLEMAN CQIXEGE, NEWAEK, NEW JERSEY. Decuples three Bnildi njrs. Larewrt and B?5t. More jositlons for graduates than all other school's comlined. Life Scholarship. *40. Write for circular* COLEMAN, PAiilS & CO., Proprietor*. Z-*U~ 1 -J arwrrr-yjEEaiiWMiffffP tt ~\T" T\ Jb <J U IN JJ'.j FOB LADIES OXLY. A REMEDY endorsed by the best Physicians and Druggists at its home. A REMEDY that Mr. C. W. O'Neill, Good- fc water, Ala., says raised his wife from an invalid's bed, and he believes sated her 2 lift I, A REMEDY of which a prominent Atlanta merchant said: "I would have given $500 as soon as I would a nickel for what two bottles of your medicine did for my daughter." A REMEDY in regard to which S. J. Cas- _ .sell's, M. D , Druggist, Thomasville, Ga., . says: "I can recall instances in which it I afforded relief after all the usual remedies V had failed." 1 A REMEDY about which Dr. R. B. Ferrell, LaGrange, Ga., writes: "I have used for the last twenty years the medicine you are putting up and consider it the 1 best combination ever gotten together for the disease for wliicn it is recommended. _ A REMEDY about which Dr. Joel Braham, ^ Atlanta, said: "J hace examined the recipe, and have no hesitation in advising its use, and confidently recommend * it." A REMEDY which the Rev. B. B. John son, near Marietta, Ga., says hie has used in his family with the "utmost satifaction" and recommended it to three fami- f lies "who found it to be just what it is % recommended." A REMEDY of which Pemberton, Iverson & Dennison say: "We have been selling S it for many years, with constantly increasing sales. The article is a staple with us, and one of absolute merit." I A REMEDY of which Lamar, Rankin & Lamar say: "We sold 50 gross in four months, and never sold it in any place but what it was wanted again." A REMEDY by which Dr. Bauch, of La VlUUpg, v?w.j jl vmva v?v vi tuv ? most obstinate cases of Vicar iocs Messtrtcation* that erer came witiiin my ? knowledge, with a few bottles." A REMEDY of which Dr. J. C. Huss, of ' Notasul.ua, Ala., says: "I am fully convinced that it is unrivaled for that class of diseases which it claims to cure."A REMEDY about which Major John C. 1 Whitner, of Atlanta, well and favorably known all over the United States as a General Insurance Agent, says: "I used this remedy before the war, on a large plantation on a great number of cases, " always with absolute success.'.' A REMEDY about which Mr. J. W. otrange, 01 vyarcensvine, vra., CKruiies that one bottle cured two members of lxis family of menstrual irregularity of many t years standing. This Great Remedy is Bradfield's FEMALE Regulator. Send for Treatise on the Health and Happiness of Woman, mailed free. Brad field Regulator Co., c , Box 28, Atlanta, 6a. ( < k / G-^Rj^isrx) SPUING OPENING. . 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PROPST BROS. " . : A ATTEVHO nr, P ARMBBS!en - p w E offer you the celebrated Peterkin * Cotton Seed at $1.30 per bushel. It will give forty per cent, of lint, and equal the i yield in seed cofcon of any other variety. We are agents for the.Deering Binders, Reapers and Mowers, the Thomas Rake, Corbin and Acme Harrows, Farquhar Cotton Planters, Iron Age Cultivators, Saw Mills, Engines, Gins, Presses, Plows, Etc. Repairs for Champion and Buckeye Machines and for Watt Plows. Write to us. # McMASTER & GIBBES, 15 \f?*.4rCm Pa! n mWl Q P Tl jjxai'Zi-iUixi. vviuuiwitij kj? \sf | * * - n NEWS AGENCY. 'e SUBSCRIPTIONS received for ail News 1< papers, Periodicals and Magazines ai Publishers'prices. Information on appfi cation. Dec9fxtf DuBOSE EGLISTOX. * . . m jA p All Sorts of ,urts and many sorts of ails of ian and beast need a cooling jtioc. Mustang Liniment. , % '?aM, Organs. *, 'WENTY-FIVE DOLLAJRS CASH and TEX DOLLARS per month, ir FIFTY DOLLARS CASH and FIFTY DOLLARS every six months, ^?j[ FHX BUY A GOOD PIAXO! . r tit-' frgass frsm $24 Up. s ^ PECIAL PRICES FOR SHORT TIME! iVFRY INSTRUMENT WARRANTED FOR SIX YEARS! ? ST" Send for Circulars and save 23 per ent. by buying of the ' ktasMa issie Ism . . N. W. TRUMP, Manager, | 20 MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, S. C. | Agents wanted. \ N". W. TRUMP, _ -DEALER IX? ?ANCY MILLINERY, NOTIQNS, &c.f 123 M.u>- St., Columbia, S. C. H The only exclusive dealer in the City. Joods sold at 2s ew York prices. Feb4i6m Jharlotte, Columbia & Augusta JR. F. SCHEDULE IN EFFECT MAT 10,188f-, 5 ?Eastern Standard Time. GOING NORTH. ^ NO. 55, HAIL AND EXPRESS. ^eave Augusta 9.05 a. in. jeave W. C. &. A. Junction 1.12 p. ir . Lrrive at Columbia 1.22 p. r?. ,eave Columbia 1.32 p. n;. jeave Killian's 1.58 p.m. -.eave i5;y tnewood 2.4.J p. 1:1 ^ ^ave Ridgeway 2.34 p-.ni. ^eave Simpson's 2.47 g. ni. ~ , |IW|||iui|g ^eave Winnsboro 3.02 p. m. ^eave White Oak. 3.22 p. m. ^eave Woodward's 3.43 p. in. jeave Blackstock 3.50 p. in. .<eave Cornwall's .3.58 p. m. ^eaveCbester 4.17 p. in. ? \| jeave Lewis' 4.32 p. m. Jd ^eave Smith's 4.40 p. m. ^eave Rock HilL 5.01p.m. ^ ^1 ^eave Fort Mill 5.20 p, m. I jeave Pineville 5.40 p. m. Lrrive at Charlotte 6.10 p. m. Lrrive at Statesville 9.35 p. m. so. 19, Wav Freight, Passenger Coach Attached, Daily, except Sundays. -.eave Columbia 1.55 a. m. Leave Winnsboro 5.25 a. m. Leave Chester ( 8.20 p. m. ^ Arrive at Charlotte 12.45 p. m. GOING SOUTH. ? NO. 52, HAIL A"XD EXPRESS. Leave Statesville 7.45 a. m. Leave Charlotte : 1.00 p. m. m Leave Plneville 1.27 p. m. 'A Leave Fort 301'. 1.44 p. m. , Leave Rock Hill .. .2.02 p. m. IB Leave Smith's.. 2.22 p. m. Leave Lewis' 2.30 p m. Leave Chester 2.44 p. nu Leave Cornwall's 3.03 p. m. ,/ Leave Blackstock 3.12 p. m. Leave Woodward's . .3.18 p. m. Leave White Oak 3.30 p.m. . , Leave Winnsboro 3.48 p. m. v -.eave Simpson's 4.03 p. m. ^eave Ridpjeway 4.16 p. m. ^eave Blythewood 4.32 p.m. ' >. L.eave Killian's 4.4S p. m Lrrive at Columbia.' 5.15 p. m. ..eave Columbia 5.25 p. m. -.eave w. o. <sc a. .junction 0.01 p. m. Arrive at Augusta 9.38 p. m. So. 20, Way Freight, Passsnger Coacli Attached, Daily, except Sundays.. jeave Charlotte 9.45 p. m. L,eave Chester 1.50 a. in. jeave AVinnsboro 5.25 a., m. Lrrive at Columbia 8.20 a. m. ' Connection is now made at Chester (by rains 52 and 53) for Lancaster and intet- t injdiate points on C. & C. R. R., and for ill points on C. & L. R. R. as far as JTewon, N. C. M. SLAUGHTER, G. P. A. ^ G. R. TALCOTT, Superintendent. -v D. CARDWELL, A. G. P. A !S"EW ADYEKTISE3IENTSc PAKKER'S EAIE BALSAM " ' *| lie best, cleanest and most economical hair ^3 resslng. Xev?T falls to restore the youthful o'or to gray hair. This elegant dressing Is irelerrea by those who have used It, to any ' ^ Imllar article, on account or its superior leanllness and purity. It contains materials nly tliat are henellclai to the scaln and hair. Parker's Hair Balsam is finely oerrumed and 5 warranted to rrevent failing of the ha'r and o remove dandruff and ltchlne. HISCOX <* fO., 163 William Street, 5ew York. * Oc. iiid $t sizes, -t aJl dealers In medicine. ' Great saving in buying dollar size. S8NS0MPTI0N.~ I hwo a positive rejsedy for th? abovo disease; by its *a thoafta.ft o f eases of tao won: kind and of Ions MB tandin:ihaTobe*neared.Iadeed,i-o?troncis my faith 3 its eClcwy, tints I Triil send TWO BOTTLES I,a2tE?, jrctijcrvrlta s YAI.ZTABI.ET5EATISS on this disease " > any suffoper. G ire express and P O. *ddr s*. IB. T. A. SLOCtfX,1J1 Peart St., Kcw York. ' ~ V . siciaa li*i abjua 5 K "3 a Office in Notv Yei-fc; i "go*"1Fr?m Am. Jrwrnal of Sled. " fS "Dr. Ab. Mewefw wS" SsS 5^2 makes a specialty cfEp.T^psi' S? KlJShas withoot doubt treated i S23 and ccred inoro cares this. < iyiag physician. His sncoess ins suapiy been astonisianj:; wo tow nwrd or eases ol overs* voare standing cnr?d by hi u. fie ccarantce* scare.'* Lar^o bottle and Tsoaiist sect fres. Give P.O. and Exprrs address to Vr. AE. MiiSEKOLE, No.96 JohnSt.,!^* York. Parser's Tonic, ' 3 l Pure Family X licine That Xcver Int'xic ites. ,> If you are a lawyer l" jiister or 'easiness man xhausted by mrntai strain or anxious cares do . ot take intoxicating stimulants, bat use A arkek's Toxic. . -J If you are a mechanic or farmer, worn out 1th overwork, or a mother run down by lamily ^ r household duties try Parkek's Toxic. 1 HISCOX & CO., 63 William Street, Xew York. Apl30MW 1 The Mirror s no flatterer. Would you lake it tell a sweeter tale ? Magnolia Balm is the charmr that almost. cheats the coking-glass. . u