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: j. ? AGRTCULTinSL DEPARTMENT, j 11 -*S S*. Observations en Southern Agriculture, j Eds. Country Gentlemen: It was may lurtune to make two trips to Xew Orleans last winter and spend twentytwo days south of Mason and Dixoirs j line. The views of the southern coun trv, and its agriculture and civilization were to me more interesting than anv- ! thing I saw at the Exposition, although \ there was a great deal there to interest j and instruct. In regions like Western Kentucky j and Tennessee and Northern Missis-! sippi, the absence of grass seems like ; an insult to nature. In Tennessee, I residents told me that clover would | grow three feet high, and timothy would cut two tons to the a and I at f lolly Springs, in XortheVn Missis-; sippi, I saw a splendid sod in some I imnroved eronnds around a hotel. 1 This was apparently Kentucky blue j grass. A gentleman with whom I talked at New Orleans?a magistrate living near I Jackson, Temt.?told me that hay was j worth $15 per ton in his county, and j that there was not enough grown for i home consumption, He said that i north of Jackson about thirty miles j there were fifty acres of land which | was seeuea to oiue grass, as an ex per- j irnent, about twenty years airo. The j man sowing the seed died *o:ne time ; since, and the laud lies open to coin- j mons. He said that a beautiful' sod j covered the ground, and the cattle and | horses would come for miles to feed on j that pasture. Along the Jackson route there are thousands of acres washed into innumerable gullies from a foot wide and a fool-deep to six feet deep, and ten wide. * So destitute is the soil of humus that the cotton rows are made around the hollows and clevax: ! ti.. in? IIUIIS, ruilllIHiT UASUUV IJNC Uiv n:tci lines on a contour map. In some cases a long ridge a foot or more high will run diagonally across a field, cutting all the rows, and leading the water off and discharging it on an adjoining field. The same is to be seen on the Ohio and Mobile Railway. For more than a hundred years these'lands have been cultivated in cotton and corn and oats, arid when the\ would bera* a crop no longer turned out to grow up to broom sage, a coarse annual grass (upland rush in appearance), gro wing about two feet high and turning a golden yellow in winter. To a" resident or the Western Re- j serve nothing- seemed^ simpler than to sow the land, when unfit for cotton, to white clover and blue gras*, or some other grass adapted to the climate, leaving it with a sod upon ir, not only to prevent washing, but putting it ir. a shape to be used agaiu three or four years. When you talk about it.to a cotton planter, you soon learn that he has a perfect horror of grass, and when vou see the little plows drawn by one half starred, under-sized mule, you do not wonder!. With these little plows, the last vear's cotton 'fows are split, the neVt^trop is planted midway betweenr?nd there being no sod to subdue, the labor of cultivation is reduced to a minimum, as is also the crop in many cases. The growing of cotton is pushed up to its northernmost limit, and occasionally the crop is overtaken in Ten- i nessee and Northern Mississippi with j ail untimely irost tnar, wun oue xeii blow, destroys the planters hope, and puts his profits ou the other side of the ledger, Such was the case last fall in some localities in Tennessee, and I sawmany fields that had never been picked. It seems to me that the country for a hundred miles on either side of the K/vntfiprn ljno ?c !?Hirnr?ih1v adapted to stock raising. Lying mid way between New Orleans and Cincinnati, and 1,200 miles nearer the seaboard than Kansas and Colorado, with vasts tracts of only partially occupied Jand, it seems to me that nothing conld improve the location as a great beef and mntton-prodnciag country. With j . less than thirty days of what may be called winter, and a climatc that will permit the>growing of corn and other forage crbps, I wonder that the farmers, many of whom own -more land than they can cultivate, do not- add j stock-raising to their farming-. Horned i stock, with now and then , a horse, all I shift for a living, and a very little care j and extra feed would add flosh and fat. j I do not know how cattle would stand j the change from Tennessee, but it seems to me that the great demand for calves, young stock and dairy cows, that each year is growing more pressing'in Ohio, might be profitably met in tiiis region. Thousands of calves are shipped by my home, from Southern New "York to the plain lands of Ohio, and many a car-load of dairy cows, I am told, co'mc from beyond Chicago. L. B. Fierce. Summit county, O., April 2i. ' M* ^ Experience -with Easil ge. Col. Richard M. Iloe, of New York favors us with the following report from the superintendent of his farm of sixty acres at Brightside in the 23d ward of that city. The cattle are now r-y _ i a ~ :.. . j:?: VyOi. WlllCS, 111 liliu CUUUUIIMJ, after beingied on ensilage nil winter. The report is as below: Col. JEtichard M. Hoe?Dear Sir: In compliance with your wish, I have written oht a history of the experiments which, under your directions, I hare made with ensilage fodder. In the fall of 1S79-- yon built your first silo under the barn floor..dimensions, about. 20 feet deep, 20 feet long and MX feet wide. The walls were composed ofstone and Portland cement 22 incbesx&ick, faced with a-mortar, ? Portland cement and ? sand. The bottom, after tkorouo-h drainaye. was concreted. This silo not being completed .11 time to ensilage the corn planted for that purpose, we decided in putting of aftergrass into it, that we had at thai season. Commencing at it on a Friday, atid not finishing on Saturday, leaving ^it exposed and unweighted over Sunday', Monday morning the grass was four foet higher than when we left on Saturday, fermentation having effected it so much, We came to the conclusion it would be imprudent to put fresh grass oti top of -that fermented mass. We gave it no more attention until winter, when on cleaning out the silo we found a black decomposed mass, 6 to S 'inches deep, all over the surface. What remained under seemed perfectly sound and juicy, and would now be considered a "fair*sample of ensilage. Now, what surprised me most was, why it did not all become a decomposed mass, when there was no.pressure? My impression then and now is, that the mass on top formed a seal and compression. T also think that the sound portion did not heat much. We took it out during the winter, and covered it over in the manure heap so that the cattle would not get to it. We failed in that point; attracted by the smell I suppose, they dug into the manure heap with their horns till they 3 J I " J* i ~ l. !aI. * iouiiu ju aim seeniw 10 car il wiih a j relish. I allowed this, and watched j the eflect, found it no way injurious, but was surprised at getting an increase of rnili: and a higher color to i the butter. In 1880 we filled the same silo with J the productiou of acres, planted j with southern corn. Some I planted | in rows three feet apart, and some two feet. The planting was done by the Albany Corn Planter, adjusting it so as so drop 15 grains per foot. The close planting proved the best fodder, beino- a ninr-li finer stalk, with more leaves. Yet the yield did not amount j * ii ai'iimniWIIII to more than v.iiat was planted three icct apart, winic ttic corn was grow-; ing1, wo tasted of the stalk at different; times, foui.d the sap to differ in taste, ' even in the ssme stalk very much; I one part was sweet while the other ; part was insipidi Each time we ex- i amined it, we found the sweet sap advancing toward the top, and when it reached that .point it commenced to show blossom* When the stalk was in bloom ten days, we had it cut-in three-quarter lengths by the New York Plow Co.?s Cyjclo-Ensilage Cutter, con'veyed.to the silo by an eleva tor, having two men in the silo treacling it down. -The sheafing around and above the silo, on'the Mills plop, is nine feet high, which allows ior packing. It would requite more it hot well packed wjute being filled. When full, which-took four days, we nut on a layer sale hay about an inch thick, i when "pressed; over that *we placed j 2-inch plank, then we used 25 ton's of | "kentledge iron,'* for a compression, ou- the 200 square feet of silo surface. This we had done the first waek iu September. We opened it on the 1st of November, and found the salt hay an injury to it, as it seemed to inouTd-the ci'siiaga, the dry hay absorbing the juice out of the corn and causing it to decav, damaging two inches of en silage. Except this, our loss was not over one per cent. The first two days I i'ed ir, the cattle did not eat it greedily, but before the week expired, they would leave good upland hay, to eat ensilage- During the winter J had it fed to cows, calves, hogs and poultry; all seemed to like it. One - of our Guernsey calves was so delicately constituted that the herdsman had to give it nourishment out" of a bottle. We thought it would surely die. Under those circumstances, we tried the en silage by putting a nttie in me can s mouth To our astonishment, she commenced to cat it, and grew strong and healthy on it. That winter there was an -increase of milk, and the butter was much yellower than on previous ones. In the spring the cattle were all healthv and in good condition. In the summer of 1881, we built another silo of the same capacity? about four thousand cubic feet of compressed ensilage. Those walls were made of bricks and Portland cement, 12 inches thick,-haAing the stone foundation of the barn on three sides, and the stone "wall of the other silo to sup port the fourth brick wall. Those walls were left unlaced witti ttie cement, but we found it injurious, as the bricks absorbed some moisture and prevented it from packing. That year we plaitted seven acres of southern corn, in rows feet apart, and filled' both silos.- This time, instead of using salt hay as before, we spread six sacks of common salt, which proved very satisfactory, having no loss whatever ?the salt even preserving a^Jbrighter green. Our experience in feeding that winter was just as satisfactory as that oflSS2, which confirmed mv belief in its .nutriment as a fodder> " ! ' In 1SS3, we experimented.with sorghum, planting two acres, and found its yield one-third less thau that of corn. "We had it keptseparatte' in the silo. When we opened it-and first saw it, we thought it was impiW'omenl oii the corn, 011 account of i&" greenness; tut there was more , woody fibre, a vinegar taste and a sivouger smell, and the cattle did not cat itso greedily. The silos were coveredan&weighted as formerly, except putting some dry earth on top of the plants,-which we found beneficial. Our. method of taking it out of the silo during those years, was by cutting -it in four-foot j benches with a hay-kmTe, allowing the pressure to remain, on the o'ther part. This system of taking- out-weafrawdoned, as we found outthitfthe afraffected ; the face of it, especially - in; wnnn weather. From November, 1SS3, until July, 1884, all oar aiumafewere/stablcd and fed on ensilage ~an<f grbniKl feed, allowing four.quarts of ground* feed (composed of eqaal p&rts of corn meal, wheat bran, middlings and Oats) and 59 pounds of ensilage for each fullgrown animal for 24 hours. Having now fed it four cou#scutive years, we have yet to find out any bad effect from using it, but everything in its favor as a profitable food, having led 20 animals for six months on the produce of o* acres. When we consider the advantage of storing so much food in so small a space, with the fact that butter production is increased and is of a brighter color, its utility seems established. We weighed a cubic foot of ensilage taken from three different depths of the silo, top, centre and bottom. The top loot weighed57 pounds; centre, 5a pounds, and bottom, 53, pounds?showing conclusively that, if the silo is water-tierht. and enough pressure on it, the liquid, will come to the top, if any liquid is there.. During the nast season, we have divided the .silo mro fonr parts, uncovering all of one section to feed from. This obviates the difficulty of having the sur face too long exposed, as we take' from it every second day, and it is in no way injured by exposure. It also saves labor, being much easier tuken out .?John Johnson in Country Gentleman. Beware of Mercury and Potasli. Mercury is more destructive to human health and life than war, pestilence and famine combined. So said a distinguished writer many years ago, and it is as true to-day as then. The poor victim of Blood Disease is drug* ged with Mercury to cure the malady, and then dosed with iodides to cure him of the Mercurial PoisouiHg; but instead of any relief, the first breaks down his general health and makes him a cripple, and the other ruins his digestive organs. Mercury ana roiasn are dangerous even when administered by directions aud under the eye of a good physician, and whe'n put up in nostrums, often by incompetent person?, are apt to produce evil consequences. Be careful of these poison-, ous mixtures or you may regret it. Swift's Specific is entirely a vegetable preparation, aud should not be confounded with the various imitations, non secret humbugs, "Succus Altenone " ntr? oil r\-f I UUCj U i 1 Vi If 1UVU It+AU Mercury and Potash, or arc composed of old remedies which have long since been discarded as of no value in the treatment of Blood Diseases, and none of them contain a single article which enters into the composition of Swift's Specific. There is only one Swift's Specific (S. S. S.) and there is nothing in the world like if. Be sure and get ihe genuine. Inflammatory Rheumatism. I have .^en afflicted for nearly fourteen years with the severest form of inflammatory rheumatism. For a large portion of the time was confined to bed, and suffered the most excruciating pain, my legs badly swollen. My case was thought incurable by the physicians, and I have often hoped that death would ensue and relieve me of pair). Last month I secured, at the suggestion of a friend, one dozen bottles of Swifrs Specific, and after using about six bottles I am entirely free fiviiri nrtin fhp fii'cf-. Hmo in nonrlv fourteen years. My joints are becoming more supple and the swelling gone. I am ready to answer any inquiries as to the facts in the case. G. W. St. Clair. Cabot, Ark., April 16, 1364. Treatment on Blood and Skin Dis^ eases mailed free. Thk Swift Specific co., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga., * THE CONDITION OF THE CROPS. Stinnnary of Reports Received at the State 1 Department of Agriculture. The Stnte Department of Agriculture has received 272 township reports, covering every county in the State, of an j average date of May 1, and furnishes the following1 summary of these reports lor publication: The weather during the month of April was very favorable for farming operations and farm work progressed satisfactorily. Lands have been better 1 pi-epared than usual and growing ; crops are free of grass, and in proper J condition to be fully benefitted by ( favorable seasons. The wheat crop is not so promising ' *15 lUMVcai. vy iii? iv njt v >?*uter weather good stands were not gen- ' erallv obtained, and a fall average yield will not be realized. Fall sown oat? were badly winter- : killed, and except in a few favored 1 localities short crops are anticipated. 1 Spring oats have been injured by dry weather and stands are defective." ! The cotton area; has been slightly decreased below last year, but the crop ' is reported in much better condition ; than on the first of Mav. 1884. 1 The area in corn has been somewhat I' increased this year, and the stand is ! reported as very nearly an average, ; and the general condition of the crop 1 better than last year. Corn lands have J beeu better prepared and better fer- ' tilized, and with good seasons the prospects for a full crop are better than for ; several years. Not a single township in the State reports a decrease in the ' area planted in corn. rne conamon or sugar cane ana : sorghum is reported much higher than last year, with a slightly decreased ; area in both crops. More interest ;'has been manifested in tobacco than in many years, and : there has been a general increase in the area planted in this crop throughout : the State. In the upper counties the increase amounts to 30 per cent., over last yea:*. With few exceptions, the field labor is reported as ample and more efficient thnn nsrtftl. Tn somf* spclinns frnit. was injured by frosts in April. Apples were not damaged and the crop will be abundant. The books of the depart meut show that 1G per cent, more commercial fertilizers have been used this year than last?up to the first of May the consumption for 1884 amounting to 97,488 tons, and 1885 to 112,476 tons. The reports to tiie department indicate a slight decrease in the nse of these fertilizers in cotton, showing that a larger quantity than usual has been used in grain. A FATAL FIKE. Fifteen Lives Known to Be Lost?A Hero Saves a Life at the Sacjifice of His Own. On Thursday afternoon a dreadful fire occurred at Cincinnati. A dense cloud of smoke was seen coining from the windows of Nos. 10 and 21 West Sixth Streets. The alarm brought the fireman promptly to the scene, "in less than fifteen minutes the fire was so much under control that Chief Engineer Wishr waa ,ihln to rfiflftli thfi fifth nr top floors. The chief said, in speaking of it: "The house is not burned out, in fact the fire was chiefly in the fifth story. In the smoke I counted ten girls lying on benches, tables, and other things, some on the floor. Their clothing was not burned, but the skin on the backs of their hands was scorched. It was a terrible sight, the worst lever saw in my experience." It has been ascertained that the fire started from a can of benzine on the second floor, near the elevator shaft. As soon as the fire started, John Sullivan, a young man, cousin of the proprietor,. inn up uie stairway 10 me mui noor 10 give warning1 to the girls. Instantly almost, he found he was too late to get them down and that his own retreat was-cut off. Four of the girls had already leaped from the window to their death. J. R. Kinlev's son and his foreman had gone to the roof of their building adjoining this on the west, and, knowing the girls were imprisoned on the floor below, they procured a rope and lowered it to the window where Sullivan instantly fasnnA t.n it hflnpd hr>r mif thr? window, and Kingsley and Shroder lowered her safely. The rope was brought up and Sullivan again pluckily fastened it to another ^Irl and sent her down safely. The rope came a third time, and as the other girls by this time were all suffocated they were afraid to veiiture. Sullivan fastened the rope-to his body and was being lowered down, and when he was half way down the flames shot out of a window, and he fell head foremost to the sidewalk in the presence of the horrified neonle who had' witnessed his heroism. When the girls were jumping from the window a large man heroically tried to catch them and so break the force of the fall. He nearly lost his own life in the attempt. Wagons were called into use to carry away the.wounded and killed. As well as can be ascertained there were about fifty occupants of the building, of whom were twenty or twenty-five girls in the fifth story. The boys were on the second and third floors, and this accounts for their escape. All agree ; that " the spread of the flames was almost iustantaneous. There was an avenue of escape which the panicstricken girls did not think of. It ( was an opening in the roof which they could have reached from . a bench standing beside the wall, and once on ( the roof they conld have reached the other buildings with perfect ease. The j lack of ready access to this place-lost ; all these lives. The almost insignifi-,; cant wooden stairway around the ele- ; vator shaft is not burned so as to be useless or even unsafe, yet the flames seem to have pervaded all the floors and to have ruined all paper and other light combustible matter. Sullivan's toss is $6,000 to $10,000, with ample insurance. The loss to the building light. Fifteen persons are dead?all girls except young Sullivan. Of these ( ttvn cicff?ro mmed T-Tonflol sisters named Putnam, and three sisters Leaban. . . ; GLASS HOUSES. "They Who Live io Glass Houses Should Mind How They Cast Stones." "The wicked fieeth when no onepursueth." ! It is amusing to see hew tinder-footed . certain blood remedy proprietors have be come of late. They make much ado about 1 "apes and imitators:' when none are in 1 sislit. ! j. lie proprietors or n. a. a. wouui say i most emphatically that their remedy stands upon its own merit. Should we attempt to imitate, it would not be those who do not understand the modus operandi of that which they offer. Our own long experi- | enceinthe" profession precludes such' an ? idea. The field for blood remedies is large ' and broad, affording amnle room for all present aspirants We do not desire to close the door against others, neither shall it be closed against us. B. B. B. is the ! quickest remedy, does not contain mineral or vegetable poison, does not iminate, and is in the field as an honorable competitor I for public favor, and its success is without a-narallel. * 1 ? r"-?? t i ' Bartholdi'a Liberty. I The steamship Isere. withBartholdi's ; statue of "Liberty Enlightening the i World" on board, started from Rome j last week for New York. The departure was made the occasion for quite a demonstration. All civil and < military authorities of the city assem- < bled at the nier to witness the event. < * 1 AT*r> v/\r>t?ar?pv r*t>rptrnc l/UXV X. XkX Li^ L?Oo rheir Old Arrogance and Our New Rnmility? A Good Answer to Impertinent ?tate- g, mi ntii. i y The following letter recently appeared in the Haynesville, Ala., Ex- v /.miner: 0 To the Examiner: 1 thank you for ' rour editorial of the loth, entitled "A i'ankee Pecksniff." ^ We Southerners do not sufficiently ^ esent the insolent assumption of 0 superiority by the writers of the Jsorth, and we do not sufficiently con- o ilemn and denounce the cowardly sub- li mission to such assumption by men t ivho, born . t the South, show their willingness to pass under the yoke of o :his fancied superiority. r "We who recall with pride the glories ti )f th? South; who do not forget in :hese degenerate days that we are c .. 1:1 > uueuieu iui uie uuerue* cujuy iu ^ the prevalence of Southern ideas over t( Northern pretensions; to the wisdom >f Jefferson as well as to the sword of Washihgton; and that had "the North- s srn national idea prevailed in the * formation of our Constitution, and our D institutions been stamped by the spirit ? jf Hamilton, instead of that of Jefferson, that we should now have a mon- fi Eirchy instead of a republic, may well c be proud of the society, provincial C though it may be cailed, which pro- p [luced such men. In what land were greater and better t men grown than in the South? How ? was it that for sixty years of Southern control of the Government no such ] thing as corruption in public life was ever known in its administration? How j is it that as soon as this passed away, t and the sceptre fell to the North, we tind that many statesmen became millionaires on salaries of $o,000 per annum? When we contrast the careers of Lee * and Grant we have no occasion to J blush for our provincialism. * Again I thank you for your manly I protest and indignant denunciation of that niece of impertinence to which i you referred in the Centuuy Magazine for March. The April number of the Magazine is before me, and in an article (in the main well considered) on the Solid South, it Implies that the negroes are capable of such advancement as will enable them to jnstity in the future the hope ot the North*: that the whites and negroes of the South will occupy at last the same plane ot civilization. Speaking ot the days of reconstruction it says: "Here was a race of men who, through no fault of their own, had been sunk by slavery and ignorance to a condition but little above that of the brutes, like which they had been bought and sold at auction. They and their ancestors before them for generation had been mere chattels, i whom it was a grave crime to teach t even to read. They were absolutely t denied the first qualification for par- ( ticipatiou in the government of a j country which had always denied them the right even to govern their own ] persons." , Now this, Mr. Editor, while the , strongest argument to show the folly , of the project of reconstruction, yet ] seems to imply that this despised race may one day, when they do learn to , <1 nd rrrmfA KftrtAmA n/*i nolo rvT I cau auu wtvviiiv aio v* their former masters. That they had been held for generations as slaves in this country sold as chattels, denied the government of their own persons, prevented by the laws from learning to read and write, was by no means the reason why they were unfit for the task imposed on them by the raconstruction acts, of keeping in motion the complicated machinery of a free Republican government of a mighty peopleInstead of having been "sunk by slavei-v and isrnorance to a condition ' but little above that of the brutes," < they, in fact, had been elevated under * its benign influences to a degree of 1 civilization which no considerable 1 number of their race had ever else- 1 where attained. * They had been captured in their native deserts, "where, wild in woods, t the naked savage ran,'' bv persons in- ' stigated by the gold of our Northern * omH horl h?on troiionnrf?>H hv t mviiuoj uuu uw?vi vuvu w4m*w|/v* */ j the ships of these enterprising Northern rfriends, to be sold for a great profit to the provincials of the South. ? Under the miserable influence of this system the South had been so t degraded that it could produce 110 ] higher types of civilization than Wash- j insrton, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, t Taney, Wythe, Pendleton, Stonewall 1 Jacksen and Robt. E. Lee. i And the naked savages, who in the whole history of the word, had never r emerged from their native lands ex- 1 i. - 1 J I 1 i!.. cept as slaves, ana nau m me uue ox i time continued as slaves in every land ^ to which they had been brought, and ] who had relapsed into heathenism and a barbarism whenever the, to them, civilizing influence of slavery, in the form in which it prevaied in the South c elevated to a dignity of character to ? which they had" never been before L known to attain. The South is solid, and will remain a solid, not only tor the reasons given m a the Century, but bccause, having a wide experience of negro character, and a thorough knowledge of the capacities of the negro race, it knows | that barbarism will triumph, and the land of Washington and Lee will be- ? come a waste, if we permit ourselves ? to be deluded for one moment into the ^ idea of educating the negro into an equality with the white man. Freedman's Bureaux and Blair bills must 11 alike be jealously watched, for the ? Blair bill is only the entering wedge i' for the Freedman's Bureau. The new 0 South of our Northern friends mast 1 be frowned upon, until those who, 1 under the specious pretext of material v wealth, advocate the substitution of d Northern ideas for our true Southern principles, (which have produced a ii race of brave men and refined and r virtuous women, equal to any iu the I world,) are rendered as odious as the C carpet-baggers and scalawags, whose r legitimate offspring they are. s 'Let us frown on those of our public o men who would teach our people that f it is the highest aim of statesmanship fi to secure an appropriation; who would substitute a paternal Govern- 0 raent for the free institutions of our r republic, and educate our people into r ihe idea that they .are to look to Wash- a ington for all blessings, instead of s watching jealously the servants we a have sent there, and requiring them to t confine themselves strictly within the r scope of the powers we have given them. . DEMOCRAT. g The Sonthern Presbyterians. C TM.? /I 1 * it.. jliii; .vxcucrai ^i.sseuii?iv ui ine ^ Southern Presbyterian Church was in p session at Houston, Texas, last week. Y Ihe delegates from South Carolina j were as follows: Bethel Presbytery, j[ Rev. Jamns Douglass, Elder W. H. e Stuart; Charleston Presbytery, Rev. a W. T. Thompson, D.D., and Elder Wfl t J. Dnffie; Enoree Presbytery, Rev. a T TJ /' '..oJrY- TT'Mn.. W T . TJ.? L U Vt J-JLKX^L If JU> XlV/Jt U f IlUl* (J monv Presbytery, Revs. "W. "W. Mills t and J. E. Dunlop, and Elders J. McCutchen and L. P. Loring; South Carolina Presbytery, Rev. Wm. G. Nevill, Elder J." E. Boggs. The Rev. U. E. Chichester, of Charleston, was n also in attendance. p a ?Boils, blotches, nimnles. and nil a skill diseases, are quickest cured by o cleansing the blood with Ayer's Sar- a saparilla. * d GENKP.AL NEWS ITEMS. f\ ?The first watermelons of the seaon appeared at Jacksonville, Fla., last reek. ; a: ?Howard Cooper, the negro con-1 icted of an assault on Miss Kate Grav, ^ f Baltimorecomity, Md., has beeu sen- j snced to be hinged. tl ?The graud jury of Springfield, ^ lass., has indicted the Boston and Llbany Railroad for running trains p n Sunday. y ?The usual semi-weekly conferences rs f General Grant's doctors took place * n-t trflol- "Vrw ohantrfi in the *.31, "VV-H. -.-v o- a reneral's coudition was noticed. q ?A number of postmasters and 1< ther Federal officials in Virginia were p emoved last week. They are all par- ? isans of General Mahone. v ?Bishop Ireland states that Bishop b (paulding will not be placed at the ead of the irreat Catholic University ~ o be founded at the National Capital. a ?The couviction of George T. Jack-j 1 oil, a prominent hnsiness man of a Lugusta, Ga., charged with embezzle- * tient, nas proauceu a uwp napressiun verywhcrc. ?The new court-house at Chesterield was dedicated with appropriate tl eremonies on Monday of last. week. 'onrt opened that dav, Judge Hudson J j. 1 * a residing. i; ?At Whatcom, Washington Terriory, fourteen business buildings were ? lestroyed by an incendiary fire on ^ rVednesday night. Loss $40,000, part- ^ y insured. p ; ?In Pitfsburg, Ph., on Friday, Frank s Sobberf, a Hungarian tailor, aged six- a een years, shot and killed Lizzie Lip- 0 jech, a little fourteen-year-old girl, md then committed suicide. ?In the Federal Court at Sau An- 5 onio, Texas, Potter and McDaniels, * nail robbers and highwaymen, have ? >een sentenced to the Chester, 111., v )eniteutiarv for life. a ?At Lynchbnrg, Va., last week, ? roseph Bailey was sentenced to the ? >enitentiarv for fifteen years for a f rriminal assault on his stepdaughter, j! Minnie Meadows, thirteen.years old. ii ?Thirty German families have arrived at Lemberg from Russia. Thev ivill migrate to America. They com)lain that an anti-German feeling is jrowing iii Russia. * ?Victor Hugo, the well known MAtTAltijf onfKAl* AT T.PQ HflZPLTflm L'lCUV-U llUTtiiOl j auvuvi v* jww ^ w, ?. )les and other works, died last Friday ifter a severe and somewhat protracted llness. ?The Hon. Frederick T. Frelingmvsen, ex-Secretary of State - of the Jnited States, died at Newark, N. J., it 5.30 o'clock on Wednesday after100 JL ?The Garfield monument fund has eached $130,000, and as no move con.ribntions are expected, it has been Iecided to proceed with the building >f as fine a structure as this sum will ^ay for. ?On Wednesday near Cecilton, Md., ightning struck a two-horse wagon, in ivhich Messrs. Caston and Faulkner, veil known citizens of Cecil county, vere riding, killing Caston, stunning Faulkner, and killing both horses. - - * ?? i * _ i /"i _? ?In the case or juacKin anu u-hiagher, convicted of ballot-box stuffing n the November election at Chicago, District Judge Gresham, and Mr. Jusice Harlan differ on the ! -<v. a-nd the :ase goes to the Supreme C of the [Jnited States. o ?The remarkable statement is made ;hat in the State of Massachusetts . luring the past twenty-six years more people committed suicide than fell in >attle during the entire war; those iilled in battle were 1,246, while the suicides from 1859 to 1884 were 3,024. ?General B. F. Butler ha9 refused x> release the Government from their jontract to rent his house for one year it five hundred dollars a month, and it he rent is not paid will bring suit igain&t the clerk of the Senate and the irchitect of the Capitol, who signed he lease. ?President Cleveland has appointed he Hon. R. M. T. fiunter, who was Secretary of State ot the Confederate States, to be collector of customs for he district of Tappahannock, Va. rhe office pays about $1,000 a year, rhe appointee is in straitened circum;tances. ?At Collinsville, 111., on Thursday, he Rev. J. R. Reasoner, pastor of the [Tirst Presbyterian church, committed suicide b_v shooting himself through he temple. Mrs. Reasoner, who hart )een visiting in Ohio, arrived fifteen ninutes after her husband died. ?At Springfield, 111., on Tuesday, a esolntion giving the use of the legisativc chamber to ex-Governor St. (ohi), to deliver a temperance lecture, vas voted down by the House, the iepublicans voting almost solidly igainet it. ?A series of proposed amendments o the rules governing the inspection, grading and delivery of cotton were let'eated on a vote being taken last veek at the Cotton Enchange, 124 nembers voting for them and 117 <ra;net thom Thpir iidnntirm reanired ,?t wo-thirds vote. ?The proceedings of the Commerial Convention at Atlanta last week rere interesting ai?d important. The Convention, among other things, sugrested the suspension of the coinage if silver, the passage of a general lankrupt law, and the abolition of the ax on tobacco. ?The trial of Cluverms at Richnond, for the murder of Miss Lillian ladison, continued fast week. The Gipression is that the State has made ut a strong case against the prisoner. M? -A ? t?Af .lie Kiruiijjest )ct ui,iviupi.? .?? lie fact that the prisoner was seen rith the deceased on the day of her leath. ?Seuator Sherman, of Ohio, is vis- ~ Ling Southern California for rest and I ecreation. Being a^ked in Los I ^.ngelos what he thought of President * ,'leveland's Administration, he is repesented as having replied with coniderable heartiness, "First-rate; I can 'illy say that 110 one could find any ault with the Administration thus ar." 1 ?It is said thai Louis Kiel, the leader f the Manitoba half-breeds in their evolt jagainst the Dominion govern- c aent, is behaving in a cowardly and bject manner since his capture. He pends his time principally in praying f lid in trying to convince his captors hat he was not really the leader in the evolt, and that he was put forward by iromiucnt people in the disaffected ection. ?About twenty members of the Salvation Army, * who were charged pith violating the citv ordinance bv m (reaching on the common on Sunday, ? pere arraigned in the (Jity uourt 01 ioston la6t week. The Rev. Mr. lastings was also arraigned and plead- S d not guilty, but Judge Adams said ,s the defendant did not get a permit o preach, he should be fined, as well E ,s the others, ten dollars, without osts. The cases will all be taken Jo he Appeal Court. CI ?Baldness may be avoided by the ? ise of Hall's Hair Eenewer, which \ revents the falling out of the hair, nd stimnlates it to renewed growth jid luxuriance. It also restores faded r gray hair to its original dark color, 1: ,nd radically cares nearly kevery lisease of the scalp. * " fee Imploded loo: a. Along, lank,lean and ehronic Anti- Putsh Boom met the new, fat and saucy AtLnta. Big Bold Boom, on a hot, sultry lav. "Who.are you?" asked the B. I B. loom. "I am the old Anti-Potash ]>ooin," was le sad reply, as the perspiration r oiled own, and it leaned heavily on the B. 3. B. loom for support. loon An mo " *R R "R loom. "I may look strong; but I am quite oung?only 14 months ol< 1, am grc wing ipidly, and am mighty welkin the k nees. am doing the work which you have 1 'ailed > du, although you are 50 years old. You re old, and tough, and lie h, and doi I't reuire a support. But wha'; causes } 'ou to >ok so thin of late?" "Well, I hardly know," replied the Anti'otash Boom. ,:My physicians tell m e that ly anilities have been over rated, an d that mile trying to whip out a'.l opposit iou by oast and brag, that I 1 lave prov en my lability. Old age is also creeping on me -having fought near 50 years befoie any ne knew I was living?and now I a.ra un Die to perioral leais mai u uiers uy.ug. am collapscd; my friends ..have turned gainst me and call m's names, a -id oh ^ordv, bow sick I become at the very sight f B." B. B. Hold my head while I die." A SUABKIlM. Compared tu other remedies, L. B. B. is tie radient sunbeam of .midday, flinging ,s glittering glare to saddened hearts, rhile others are pals 1110c nbeams, pushing long through misty meshes of darkness, n search of something they can "cure. It cures Blood Diseases and Poisons, Jatarrh, Old Ulcers, Scroi ula, Eheumatism, kin Diseases, Kidney troubles, etc., and fe iioiu ;i .w-page UUOK. IUU 01 evidence? Lt'anta evidence?that ci-.nnot be doubted, roving all we claim. Our certificates are lot phantasmagorical, nor far-fetched, but re voluntary outbursts of men and women f Atlanta. B HE 131 ATI SM. Although a practitioner of near twenty ears, my mother influenced me to procure J. B. B. for her. She had been cou fined o her bed several months with Rheumaism which had stubbornly resisted all the isual remedies. Within twenty-four hours ,fter commencing B. 3 J. B. I observed narked relief. She has just commenced ier third bottle and is nearly as active as ver, and lias been in the 1'ront yard "ralce a hand," cleaning up. Her improvement s truly wonderful and iininenselv gratifyng. C. H. MONTGOMERY, M. D. ' Jacksonville, Ala., Jan. 6, 1885. 3Ia3-27 TUTTS ! PILLS 25 YEARS IN USE, The Greatest?MedicaITri^gh of theAge! SYMPTOMS OF A TORPID LIVER. Lots of appetite. Bowels eottiT*, Fain la the bead, with & dull sensation la tho back part, Fain nnder the ahoalderblade* Fallnesa after eating, with a disinclination to exertion of bodr or mind. Irritability ox temper* Law aplrits, with a feelingof having neglected somedaty, Weariaeas, Dizziness, Flattering at tbo Heart. Dots before the eyea, Headache over the right eye, Scitlesnesi, with fitfbl dreams, Highly coined Uriae, and CONSTIPATION* TllTT'S PUIS are especially adapted to such cases, one dose effects snch a change ef feeling as to astonish the sufferer. They Increase the Appetite .snd caxse the body to Take or Flesh*tfiaa the system is nourished, sad by their Teale Action on the Digestive Orcuu,l?es^iliir Stools im progqead. Price 25c. 44 Sfcrray HUT'S FHRAfiT SAmPABILLI Benovates the body, make* healthy flesh, strengthens the weak, re pats the- wastes of 4 the system with .pure blood and hard muscle; tones the nervous system, Invigorates the brain, and imparts the Tiger of manhopd. $1. Sold by druggists. OFFICE 44 Murray St., New York. KING'S EVIL Was the name formerly givtn to Scrofula because of a superstition tlat it could be cured by a king's touch. The -world is wiser now, and knows that SCROFULA can only be cured by a thorough purification of the blood. If this is? neglected, the disease perpetuates its taint through generation alter generation. Among its earlier symptomatic devebpments are Eczema, Cutaneous Enptions, Tumors, Boils, Carbuncles, Erysipelas, Purulent Ulcers, Nervous and Physical Collapse, etc. If alowed to continue, Rheumatism, Scrofulous Catarrh, Kidney and Liver Diseases, Tubercular Consumptisu, and various other dangerous or fatal maladies, are produced by it. flyer's Sarsapar/7/a Is the only powerful and alt ays reliable blood-purifying medicine. It Is so effectual an alterative that it endicates from the system Hereditary Scrofula, and the kindred poisons of contagious diseases on A numnnr A f- tHo COTTO timA It UUU iiiVl VU1J AV VUV u>?i i y VMMW riches and Totalizes the bI?od, restoring healthful action to the vital oreans ana rejuvenating the entire gysten. This great Regenerative Medicine Is composed, of thegcnuiie Honduras Sarsaparilla, with Yellow Dock, Stilling ia, the Iodides of Potassium and Iron, and other ingredients of great potency, carefully and scientifically compounded. Its formula is generally known to the medical profession, and the best physicians constantly prescribe Ayee's Sarsapap.illa as an Absolute Cure For .all diseases caused by the vitiation of the blood. It is concentrated to the highest practicable degree, far beyond any other preparation for which like effects are claimed, and is therefore the cheapest, as vrell as the best blood purifying medicine, in the "world. Ayer's Sarsaparilla PREPARED BY Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mast. [Analytical Chemists.] Sold by all Druggists: price $1; six bottles for $5. lis 10 Organs. 'WENTY-FIVE DOLLARS CASH and TEN DOLLARS per month, >r FIFTY DOLLARS CASH and FIFTY. DOLLARS every six months, FILL BUY A GOOD PIANO! fegaas feem $24 Up. t>wta r prnfTrs t?ot? STTOTJT TIME! IVFRY INSTRUMENT WARRANTED FOR SIX YEARS! ST Send for Circulars and save 25 per snt. by buying of the fWttSftSKa W. TRUMP, Manager, M MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, S. C. 5ST" Agents -wanted. MOTHER! ARE YOU TPflTiRT T?r> With any disease peJL JLbU U DIjJuU culiar to vour gentie 5ex? If so, to you we brings tidings of comfort and great joy. You can T* ... /iTTT^nrv and restored to perfect health by using Bradfiel&'s Female TS 1.1 t iieguiaior i It is a special remedy for all diseases pertaining to the womb, and any intelligent woman can cure herself by following the directions. It is especially efficacious in cases of suppressed or painful menstruation, in whites and partial prolapsus. It affords immediate relief ana permanently restores the menstrual function. As a remedy to be used during that critical period known as "Change of Life," this invaluable preparation has no rival SAVED HER LIFE ! Ridge, JIcIntosh Co., Ga. Dk. J. Bradfield?Dear Sir I have taken several bottles of your Female Regulator for falling of the womb and other diseases combined, of sixteen standing, and I really l>e!ieve I am cured entirely, for which plea.se accept my heartfelt thanks and most profound gratitude. I kribw your medicine saved my life, so you see I cannot speak too highly in its favor. I have recommended it to several of my friends who are suffering as I was. Yours- very respectfully, -UPC w v <rrT?Tmrvc Our Treatise on the "Health and Happiness of Woman" mailed free. BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta, Ga. Sepl3fxLly LEMINGrTON, JR, The vouns Hon**, LEMINGTON, Jr., | will stand the ensuing spring season at his I stable in Winnsboro. Service, Ten Doll a paid in advance. Ever}' care will be taken to prevent accidents, but no liability will b? assumed for any that may occur." PEDIGREE OF LEMISGTOX. Was bred by Col. Tlios. G. Bacon from his celebrated race horse Lynchburg, he by imported Lemington, (see Bruce's American Stud'Book, Gray Xorma, page 499,) the dam of Leinington, Jr., was Lost Cause, by Revenue, out of Seabrase, she by imported Albion, out of Gray Xorma, she by imported Leviathian, out of Morgianna, she by Paealet. out of Black Sophia and she by Topgallant. The celebrity of the stock mentioned renders fnrthei tracing of the pedigree unnecessary a wiTT ininn x- ?nv? Fresi Groceries. JUST ARRIVED! WE have just received fresh additions to our stock of Groceries, consist ing of Golden C and Granulated Sugars, Rio Coffee, Pepper, Tea, etc. FRESH SNOW-FLAKE CRACKERS. In Canned Goods we keep a varied assortment of the best "brands, and our prices are as low as the lowest. Favor us with a call and be convinced. TERMS CASH. FROPST BROS. IN the complaint concerning our cooks, j which never seem to lessen as tne j years go by, but on the contrary seems to swell in volume, we. wonder that ii has not occurred to many of those who find the complaint unavoidable that they have one way of remedying matters a good deal in then: own hands. An active half hour, three times a dav, with a "HOME COMFORT" WROUGHT IRON COOKING RANGE "in the kitchen, is all that is required to prepare the most substantial 1 ?fAlphrated Hie<H Wituuut lavi^uv. ?wv Ranges are sold only from wagons by our authorized 'salesmen, new making headquarters at Winnsboro, S. C. " Yours truly, WROUGHT IKON RANGE CO., May 19-3m St Louis, Mo. Good Pay for Agents. 8100 to S200 ptr mo.aud??elliayourtiraiulVeirllUtoeT. Famous and Decisive Battlesor the World Write to J.C. JLcCardy A Co., Philadelphia, P&. ft nil Eft WHISKY HABITS cured 11 V11 8 IMS >' liome without pain. Book T IUIvlof particulars Bent Free. Wl IWI,g" ifWOOU.Ey,iI.lX.Atlanta.Gs. All Sorts of hurts and many sorts of ails of f ? - _ _ _ ? man ana Deasc neea a coouug lotion. Mustang Liniment i J -vSP ' - *aA AMERICA AHEAD ONCE MORE. % HEW ORLEANS WORLD'S EXPOSITIOS The Willlm antic Thread- Company Jfl awarded three medals of the first clas# ^|| at the Her? Orleans World's Exposition* for best qnality of Six Cord Spool Cot* ton, for best qnality and most eompr#* hensire display of manx22aetnrlng Six Cord Spool Cotton, and for best display ^Sjj of manufactured Spool Cotton In blacjc, white, and colors. i At the Xew Orleans "WcrW* Exposition, the WHBaastia Thread Co. of Hartford, Coeil, & dlitisctively American Iastif utioa, seals carried off all the henen, tad the criy rsedals awarded for spool cotton. The cosapJeteaeMofthls latett Sgl "WlffiaaiitSc victory can be better appreciated by rafflTigthe tm following copy of the reports of thejndjcea: " BEST QUALITY of SIX-COED SPOOL COTTON la all cumber* for SEWING MACHINE aad handwork." . * fl Atixd : ?Hedai of the first elan. 9 "Best qttality aad most coaprehesaire diiplxy of mxsa" f&ctrrfag sis-cord spool cottoa, from the "bale of cottoa 44 to the finished thread oa spooL* Awaxd : ?Medal of the first clazs. Best display of mamsSactured spool cotton ready for nsa. . ^flj M In black, white, aad coiors," Ataib :? "Heiai of the first elast. To emphasize this report of tie jurors, the Committee oa /fl Awards hare made a SPECIAL report of which the following 5? a copy: "la coafirmlagtos report, the Committee en Awards take ** occsflop to expresa their appreciation of the superior aad |f||| "complete exhibit made by the wHQmaatic Thread Com"pay, as well of the SUPERIORITY OF THEIB PRO "DUCT, as resulting from practical opcraOocs it the / "EspedtJco, aad hereby jsaat the highest awards pemda"sibie under the rales." Sljsed, GUS, A. BB2AUX, Chairman of Committee oa Awards, m XEW ADVERTISEMENTS. FAKUfcK'S HAIE BALSAM The best, cleanest and most economical hair- V dressing:. Nevrr falls to restore the youthful color to gray iialr. This elegant dressing 1& preferred by those who have used It, to any * similar article, on account ot Its superior cleanliness and purity. It contains materials* only that are beneficial to the scalp and hair. Parker's Hair Balsam Is finely perfumed and Is warranted to prevent falling of the ha'r and to remove dandruff and itching. Parfar'e Tnnin . ^ 1UI&UJLU i UiilUj A Pure Family Medicine That Never Intoxicates. ^ It gives tone and power. For comolaints of the Sidney, Bowels, Stomach, Liver and Lungs, for all the subtle troubles of women and for those bodily disorders Induced by anxiety, care and mental strain, Its effects will surprise and Jjk charm ypu. It Is not an essence of ginger. De- -N llclous to the palate, ai> antidote to the liquor \ habit, and exceedingly helpful to the aged and , W feeble. 5oc. and $1 s'zes. ' If you are a lawyer, minister or business man exhausted by menial strain or anxious cares do not take lntoxlcatlnc stimulants, but use Parker's Tonic. II you are a mechanic or farmer, worn out '; with overwork, or a mother run down by family or household duties try Parker's Tonic. If you have Dyspepsia, Rheumatism. Kidney ^jjjS&T or Urinary Complaints, or if you are troubled Jwp with any disorder of the lungs, stomach, bowels, blcol or nerves you can be cured by 0 PXBKKH's Tonic. a If you are wasting away from age, dissipation . or any disease or weakness and require a stlm- ft ulant take PARKER'S TONIC at once. It will 1 ? Invigorate and build you up from the first dose V ? but will never intoxicate. It has saved huo- ' \ js?? dreds of lives, It may save yours. CAUTION!?Refuse all substitutes. Parker's: Tonic is composed of the best remedial agents; in me wono, ana is entirely amerent irom; preparations ot ginger alone. Send tor clrcu-. * lar. HISCOX & CO., jA 163 William Street, Xew ^0 50c. Hiid $1 sizes, ct all dealers In rae?Jdne>. " . 1 Great saving in buying dollar*siz&. y ? iUy27L4w 'J > Charlotte, Columbia & Amrasta B. fi SCHEDULE IN EFFECT MAY 10,1885, * ^ ?Eastern Standard Time. . - Km GOING NORTH. XO. 53, MAIL AND EXPRESS. Leave Augusta 9.05 a. m. Jm Leave W. 6. &. A. -Junction 1.12 p. m. ^ Arrive at Columbia 1.22 p. m, i-.eave uoiumDia i.:ni p. m. ar ^ Leave Killian's 1.55s p. m. ^ Leave Bly the wood 2.13 p. m * Leave Ridgeway 2.34 p. m. Leave Simpson's 2.47 p. ni. Leave Winnsboro 3.02 ^ m. Leave White Oak. 3.22 p. m. Leave Woodward's 3.43 p.m. Leave Blackstock 3.50 p. 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 Lull : 5.01 p. m. Leave Fort Mill 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. 19, Way Freight, Passenger Coach Attached, Daily, except Sundays. Leave Columbia: '..1.55 p.m. Leave Winnsboro . 5.25 p. m... Leave Chester 8.20 p. m.. Arrive at Charlotte J12.45 p. m.. WING-SOUTH. NO. 52, HAIL AND EXPIIESS. Leave Statesviile 7.45 a. ra>. Leave Charlotte 1.00 p. eu Leave Pineviiie 1. 1.27 jx m_ Leave Fort Mill.: 1.44 }x hu Leave Kock 11:11 *_'.G2 s-. in.. Leave Smith's 2.22 p. in:. Leave Lewis' 2.38 p im. ^0 Leave Chester 2.44 y. cil Leave Cornwall's X0:s p. as. Leave Blackstock 3.12 p. m. Leave Woodward's 3J8p. m. Leave White Oak x.30p. m. Leave Winnsboro. 3.4 s p. ui. Leave Simpson's 4.03 p. in. Leave Ridgeway 4. it; p. ui. Leave Blythewood 4.32 p. m, ' J Leave Killian's 4.49 p. m . t-? Arrive at Columbia 5.15 j>. u?, Leave Columbia 5.23 p. m. Leave W. C. & A. Junction 5.57 p. ni. Arrive at Augusta : 9.3S p. ui. No. 20, Way Freight, Passrnger Coacli Attached, Daily, except Sundays. Leave Charlotte 9.45 p. m. Leave Chester 1.50 a. iu. Leave Winnsboro 5.25 a. m. ?!i Arrive at uoiuuuna ?. -m a. m. ^ Connection is now made at Clvester (by trains 32 and 53) for Lancaster and intermediate' on C. & C. K. R., and for all points on C. & L. R? it. as far as Newton, >\ C. M. SLAUGHTER, G. P. A. G. R. TALCOTT, Superintendent. mm D. CARDWEI.L, A. G. P. A. ATTEVTIOS, F ABMBBS!. w f rtffpr voti the celebrated Peterkin. Cottonseed at $1.30 per bushel. It will? give forty per cent, of lint, and equal theyield in seed cotton of any other variety.. We are agents for the Deering Binders,. Reapers and Mowers, the Thomas Rake., Corbin and Acme Harrows, Farquhar Cot- 4m ton Planters, Iron Age Cultivators, Saw Mills, Engines, Gins, Presses, Plows, Etc. ." * repairs ior mampion ana i5ucs?ye jia- -? chines and for Watt Plows. Write to us. ^ Mclf ASTER & G1BBES, v, i?ar4L6m Columbia, S. C, PJ/P Burtons* Accrtiia am Not expensive. Tlire# months* treatment in one package. Good for Cold to the Head, Headache, Dtainess, Hay Fever, ?c. \FltycenU. 0 ** The Mirror is no flatterer. Would you make it tell a sweeter tale ? Magnolia Balm is the charmer that almost cheats the looking-glass.