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P ~ -c V-V": AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT^ Bermuda vs. Bice 3ra*s. In your editorial on a correspondent j to a Virginia paper you seem to make j sport of the idea that 3erouida grass j was of any value as a pasture grass, i I have not seen this g^sss in-the South j where it grows to its greatest perfec-1 tion, and cannot vouch that one acre is j worth three of blue grass, but I do ! know that even Kentucky has some j soil in certain locations that more feed j can be had from Bermuda than can be j from blue or any other grass that I j know of. Having been born and j I?U*CU il< 11JC ncai k tub w?uv jjk v.-^ j region of Keutacky, I believe that I j have a just conception of its beauty, j fertility, etc., and my admiration for j that part of the moral vineyard is sur- j passed by none of her sons. Yet I j think, to "give the devil his due," while we admit that Central Kentucky is the ceutre of the universe, that these are borders to this centre, and that' while blue grass in its home is the^ king among the pasture grasses, there* are other that fill a very prominent place in locations where this grass does j not grow to profit, and among them is Bermuda. Let me give you the result of two experiments I have made with this grass. Three years ago I set about three-fourths of an acre of as poor hill ? '* .1 . / 5 iaua as mere is m me comity ^anu you know that is saving a good deal) ?entirely too poor to get a stand of blue or "orchard grass without heavy fertilizing; to-day it will furnish as much feed for five months of the year as any bine grass in our county. At the same time 1 set a fsmall plot of seapy, wet, thick grassy land (which seems to be the true home for Bermuda). I firmly believe that this last will carry one-half more stock to the acre for five months than will- the same amount of land set in btae grassin any section of the State. Bermuda is strictly a summer grass and will never come into competition with blue grass or orchard grass; but for the short .while.that it does last I believe it to be well worthy of cultivation, especially where the " soil is too poor or wet for the other grasses to grow. There are some disadvantages to the cultivation of this grass?one is the almost Impossibility to kill when once well set. I should not advise its use upon any laud that is to be cultivated in plow crops, for it seem to delight in being tossed about; it ouly checks the growth for a short time to come again with renewed vigor.?J1". G. B. in Farmers' Home Journal, (Louisville, Ky.) 1 Value of Hay Cr pi. It is an error to suppose the same mode of cultivating crops will succeed iu all sections and kinds of soil, just as much so as that all crops will succeed out of their latitude, but I have never yet seen a section in which the farmers had learned everything, or could not get some idea* from another. ' X * J.XJC -Wilier.; iaxocvi ill Tennessee^ proverbial for its hospitable and" enterprising people, fine farms,* stock, and climate. Farmers do not raise cotton there, bnt instead grain, grass and stock, the farmer's best friends; therefore they doa't mortgage their crops for sapplies at from 50 tP 100 per cent, and - have plenty of the good thiugs of this world to eat. Stock and grass are the geatest boon any couuiry can have. There can be ^ no doubt of this. Becanse with clover and grass you prodnce paying crops with little "worK, build up your land, % produce more manure which is better ' than any guano for permanent value to the soil, and that -without a cash outlay. A writer in March number of Cultivator says it pays twelve times as much to use manure on cotton, according to his test, as without it. Now let us figure some on grass for hn.v as a navinor ftron. and see what the profits are/for the profits are what all are after- For Instance I have a field of 25 acres in clover and grass that will produce at least two tons of hay per acre.. This requires uo cultivation ? after being set, and will stand for V ' years. Now 25 acres at two tons, worth now $1S per ton, gives u? from the plat, tons of hay at $10 $900 00 To house this will cost le*s than any crop.-' Nothing to do until June, then with a mowing machine and one other hand and. one horse* 8 acres can be put in the barn per day. The expense may be put at, cutting 25 acres .at 50, cents per acre..V. v.: $12 50 Hauling into bam 10 00 Total expense $22 50 N<jw. from this same plat you can get a: crop ofvcl6ver seed, about 1 bushel per acre, worth from 6 to 8 , . dollars per bushels and it will always sell.. Xheu_ besides you have grazing all.winter foe.stock, 'the land improving, without any plowing or work of kind until tne next June. With grass stock should go, for then : it can be grazed all summer, the drop- j pings enriching the land, while the growth and iucreasc of cattle, horses, j sheep, etc., is progressing day and: night. They feed themselves except a few months in winter, and if desired they can be marketed in the fall. Thus i a fanner can take it easier, produce' some wheat, corn, peas and root-crops i for 1 attening meat and bread-stuff and j he is ?ate. A neighbor said to me his object in j planting cotton exclusively is, it pro- j duces more per acre and that cash than ! any crop. That may be true, bnt said j Vi'when.yoa pay time prices, for sup- j plies and for guano, work, ginning, j ofA- . Kaw Viovo tr/vn. i UVff UiUVit ii?I W jr VM/ iWil 'None"; wasthe answer. " " So when afi supplies are made at home, little money is needed?you hare better fare, because one can "his own with better grace than imported meat, and there is a spirit of independence about it enjoyed by even' American. x. I. II. PlainviHe, Ga. ^ V*tetab!e Hatter 1b the Soil. Much of the cause of failure in farming is to be attributed to the constant demands made upon onr lands and the ; Vv, poor returns given them for their pro? ^ " ducts. "We are just now at the season when farmers do themselves most hurt m Tins way. In a lew days more, tbe grain will be taken from the tields^^^he generous soil yielding from"r.v^^overty the best it can give, appqate us for recuperation and the recovery of its strength. Will we continue to exhaust it and thereby destroy the last resource of our farms, or'more . v judiciously;, to preserve, restore and enrich it for coining harvests and better yields? Under proper care our soil* do not need, nor, indeed, in the nature of things, can they have actual rest. If not producing "such crops as are put upon them, they will spontaneously .grow others that reach out for the additional strength given by the atmosphere and other resources of nature to be carried again, to the chamber* below, to be hnsbanded as fresh vitality for future use. If, as these little > helps, in the shape of grass and weeds peer above the ground, our cattle and larm stock shall be standing, with murderous intent, to destroy them, what else can we expect bnt denuded lands, poor cro^s, gnllied fields and bankrnptcy? Will it not be better to give natare time and oppoi-tunity to restore itself and rather give it "kelp than paralyze its power? To do this all stock should be kept from our cultivated fields, and the vegetable matter * V ^ ; . ISte^, .... - . - . *- - ^ x .v accumulating allowed to decay upon the surface, or better, properly turned under the soil. We have been much gratified at the results upon our own farm from such of our fields. By j attaching a chain of suitable weight to ; the double-tree of a two-horse plow, j we have effectuallv covered weeds that j Stood upon, the ground five feet high, j so that not a vestige of them could be j seen. Lands treated in this way for j nine years are yielding fifty per cent, j better crops than when this system of | improvement begau. Upon other fields we have sown | peas, trying them broadcast and in ! drills. For peas, put upon grain lands I our seasons are not uniformly good, j aud this practice is somewhat uncer- j tain as to results. When, however, j the seasons have been remarkable and ; much better than when the fields were i left to the spontaneous growth of the soil. The general system of hoed crops usual, with us, has necessarily prevented the accumulation ofvegctble matter upon our cultivated fields, and our only hope to obtain it is by rotation of crops and allowing spotaneous growth and crops cultivated for' the purpose to remain upon the lauds for manure. The great press of business and push of work, just at this season, make it very difficult to take on an additional crop of peas without detriment to AfKAM <M?Avrinnr ArAno TKA motfDP V/lVjyO. A itV UiMiVVl) however, is a very important one, and farmers must determine wisely as to the best means of supplying tbeir soils with humus. Peas, if planted during this month, must be put in very rapidly. The seasons stay in the ground but a little time and the work must be done quickly if it succeeds. If the fields should be thoroughly pulverized with a Disc harrow, the rows can be laid off and sufficiently bedded, covering the peas at the same time, and the balance of the land breaking left "to be done at a later stage. In this way the work can be rapidly and effectual done. The application of a s m a I amou ni oi ash., jaement will secure aiV'enormous yi$ki of vegetable matterfofct 1873, the Agricultural^pciary," of South Carolina, .at:Region" and restore'it to its former prosperity. Aided by the late B"r,St.JiLlIen Raven el, this: committee made a"seizes of experiments with the cow peatsmS ash element, and raised their lands to ,an enocmoas increase of yield. We give a portion of the report submitted by the Hon. R. N. Gourdin, the eommitee aDDointed number two, "fa^-fiVc tmsfeels? and namber Uiree, sixty bushels. In wheat, number one "produced thirty :bushels, pec acre; immber iwo produced txveuty-fiye bushels per acre, .and number three, twenty-one bushels. The following statemeut "was appended to the report: ' uIt is but proper to remark that the land upon which these crops were grown was an old field, thoroughly exhausted, and growing nothing but broom sedge. * * * The oats planted on the two acres, without, any previous treatment with peas and ash element, were poor in many places and too short and thin to be worth cutting." These results will commend themselves to all intelligent farmers who are seeking to turu their farms to the best advantage. What S. S.8. is Dolus: for Me. I have suffered a long time with cancer and skin eruption. The best physicians tested their skill, but said they could do nothing more for me. I have taken less than a half dozen bottles of Swift's Specific, and to my surprise as well as to the wonder of all my friends, my face has peeled off, the skin is smooth and clear, my eye is almest well, and the cancer on mv neck is drying np. I have gained five pounds in flesh during the last month, and am now in better health than I have been in eleven years. A terrible load has been lifted off of me. D. A. Hudklsox. Dunreith, Henry county, Ind. Free from Malaria. In the fall of 1884 I was taken with a caise of malarial fever which prostrated me both body and mind. I was drugged after the old fashion with mercury and other mineral mixtures, bnt with no good results. My health was shatonr) inv oncro-v onno \fv 1po*c fcv"v%* / v"w'o* oVMV* ***; *vos and feet would swell, and I had what everybody thought was dropsy. These symptoms alarmed me, and I was ready to grasp at any remedy suggested. A friend advised me try Swift's Specific. 1 procured three bottles and commenced its use. The swelling soon subsided. I have taken three bottles, which have made a perfect cure, and I feel like a new man to-day. There uever was a more meritorious medicine offered to suffering humanity. It has wrought wonders for me. Willis Jones. Leesbnrg, Lee county, Ga. March 11, 1885. Treatment on Blood and Skin Dis? eases mailed free. Thk Swift Specific co., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga., * The Panama CanaJ. The report of Henry Marechal, a stockholder in the Panama Canal scheme, and who was sent by French investors to the Isthmus to examine the progress ancfc cbaracterof the work thus far .accomplished, has created a sensation in Paris. His statement that but three per cent, of the work has been done, while six hundred millions of francs of the subscription* have been expended or pledged, has opened the eves of the French neoDle. Mare ehal savs tliat what he has already made public is only a part of the facts, and that he wIH astonish the stockholders with certain private information when they meet. The authorities at Washington on interoceanic canal matters on this side of the globe regard MarechaPs disclosures of his experiences on the Isthmus in February and March as the finale to the French project. The American engineers who were sent by the Navy Department to review the surveyed line by the Nicaraguan route reached Washington a few days ago. It has bees intimated by the* Secretaries of State and the Navy that in addition to the protection of American interests, the prompt dispatch of a navr.1 and land force to the Isthmus had a diplomatic and international significance. It demonstrated that the United States had commercial interests on the Isthmus and had entered into certain treaty obligations which would be protected and enforced. A Little rold Was spent. Mr. Z. A. Clark, of Atlanta, Ga., in speaking of ?480.00 in gold, desires to say to the readers of this paper, that the whole of the above amount was spent in a fruitless effort in finding relief from a terrible iitooQ roison anecting ms ooay, urnos ana nose?presenting ugly running ulcers. He is now sound and well, having been curcd by the most speedy and wonderful remedy ever before known, and any interested party who may need a Blood Purifier will learn from him that three bottles of B. B. B. restored his appetite, healed all ulcers, relieved his kidneys, and added twenty-one pounds to his weight in thirty days. * ?Birmingham, Ala., is wavering over the establishment of a permanent exposition in that city. GENERAL GRANTS TKIP. He Arrives Safe, but Travel-Worn, at his Sura m er Residence. General Grant left New York on the morning of the lfith inst., for Mount McGregor, N. Y., where lie will spend the summer. He arrived the same afternoon. The last stage of the journey was the worst, as the jolting caused i? - -? * - 1 ?> *? ine uenerai mucn pain anu iauguu. When the General alighted from the train a large banner confronted him, bearing the words, "Welcome to Our Hero." At the moment a photographer, with a camera on the platform, took an instantaneous picture of the General alighting. The General, steadied on each side by Henry and Harrison, his attendants, started to walk from the train to the Drexel cottage. The ascent was easy and the distance short, but his strength failed and he was placed in a chair, which was carried to the cottage by two porters. Mr. Drexel and Mrs. Grant were close behind the General, and his household and servants followed, forming a little procession. On the cottage stoop Miss Drexel welcomed the party and conducted the ladies to their room. The General walked to his room, on the same level as the broad piazza, and there he sank into a chair, with pillows beneath and behind him. Perspiration was standing on his face, and the strain of the journey gave way to reaction even to extreme weakness. He laid back with closed eyes and the nurse fanned his face. Dr. Douglas was anxious to examine and cleanse the General's throat. He found that considerable irritation had been caused by the fine dust which had lodged in the throat during the jourrey, but saw that the surface underneath, though inflamed, appeared better than he had expected. The swelling outside had f-f li? A ffnn noeiiiUi' TT11 Ol^auii V AiiLi pao.-uiQ iiu\r son, and during the last hour of the trip it rapidly filled forward on the neck and below the collar. The General's voice, which was better at starting, had utterly failed him, and any effort to speakresulted only in faint and almost inaudible aspirations. The doctor thought this aphonia was due to fatigue, which was greater during the last hour of the trip than at any other time. When the doctor had cleansed and treated his throat the General appeared on the piazza and was seated in a pillow-cushioned chair with his feet resting in another. His skull cap was drawn down and his neck was protected by the upturned collar of his gown. His elbows rested on the arms of the chair, his hands were clasped, his eyes closed and the watchers said he was enjoying repose. This, however, was not so. After ten minutes he arose and, with his cane, slowly walked to his room and laid down. In faint whispers he let Dr. Douglas know he was very weary and was glad the journey was ended. His pulse, ordinarily 71, was SO beats to the minute. The family are all quartered at the cottage, but Dr. Douglas has his rooms in the house. Dr. Douglas remained the entire nr?on?n<Tr with flanorol rii'nnf- Tt'lin VT WU 11^ M 11U H UV) despite the fatigue, was wakeful until ten o'clock. His throat was then painted with cocoaine and he settled for the night. Dr. Douglas retired to an adjoining room, though he lias rooms at the hotel, and 'he nurse was left to watch the General. CRUELTY TO CONVICTS. A Renewal of Complaint of Disgraceful Conduct of Railroad Contractors. (Columbia Register, June 19.) The Register yesterday placed the reading public in possession of the facts that there were rumors ofa repetition of inhuman treatment Of convicts at the camp of Maj. Twiggs, who is working theoi 011 the line of the Savannah Valley railroad, in AbbeJ AAnnfi* onH Af rim T1UV WUUb^ ) atlU lUuk Ov ? vil VI UIV/ convicts from that camp had been returned to the penitentiary in a disabled condition. Colonel "John C. Haskell, who had returned from Abbeville on last Tuesday, informed the Governor that reports of cruel treatment inflicted upon the convicts employed on the Savannah Valley Kailroad were current there. These reports stated that the convicts were compelled to work fifteen hours a day, and that the indications strongly pointed to harsh treatment as the cause of two deaths which had occureed recently. At the Governor's request, Colonel Haskell Submitted a statement i of these reports in writing; whereupon the Governor immediately directed the superintendent of the penitentiary, accompanied by the surgeon, to make a personal inspection of the convicts, and, after a careful investigation of the charges of maltreatment, to make a fall report of their condition. In accordance with these instructions, Colonel Lipscomb and Dr. Pope left on Wednesday for the couvict camp. A rarv/\i4fti? ."\f* tliA of A ivyviiA/i vi bitv xn,y(.on/i ??ao ai the penitentiary yesterday morning when Dr. Gaubert, who, in the absence of the physician of the penitentiary attend to his duties, examined these convicts. They were all negroes, their names being Tom Williams, John Williams, Elias Williams, Massa Cameron, Joe Armstrong, Nathan Mitchell and Paten Wilson. Five of them were in the hospital, where they had been placed immediate on their arrival. Thcv were suffering from various causes, but nothing in their cases pointed to any such brutal or severe treatment at the camp as indicated by the rumor? above alluded to. None of tncm maae any complaint 01 Doing themselves subjected to treatment, harsher than being compelled to leave their camp before daylight in the' morning in order to-reach the work*, which was five or _six miles away, working until dark and not getting back to camp until about 9 o'clock at night. They all spoke of the brutality practiced on some of the Qther convicts by a white man named Jackson from Georgia, who was left in charge of them daring the absence of Major Twiggs and Captain Cahill. In consequence of the ~ fearful beatings inflicted by this man on them two convicts had died within a. month past, one being Sam. Fludd from Orange burg conuty aiid the other John 7ant, both negroes. Another convict, named Henrv Porter, had been bound up " J ? A A? 1 i) >viru wires ana oeaien uum, as me witnesses state, his back was left raw from his neck down, and in that condition he now lies at the camp. ' When Captain Cahill returned to the camp after an absence of about a week, during which, it is alleged, these atrocities were perpetrated by Jackson, the latter left, as the witnesses believe, having been dismissed bv Captain Cahill. What a Mississippi Pilot Says. Capt. D. M. Riggs, who is well known at New Orleaus and along the Mississippi river, says: "I have been suffering from dyspepsia for the past five years, and from broken rest, by severe pains in the bowels and kidneys. I tried every medicine recommended for these diseases, without success. At last I used a bottle of Brown's Iron Bitters, which proved a success in my case." It cures all liver, kidney and malarial diseases. * ?Jiiage roraKer, tne ttep a oilcan nominee for Governor of Ohio, has received a letter of congratulation from James G. Blaine, in which was an offer from that gentleman to stump Ohio for Foraker this fall. j?j. i i.. 1111? t OHIO AND XEW YORK. The Outlook for Democratic Success? j Opinions of Two leading Politicians. j t;I tind the business of my office is so heavy ami pressing1 that nearly every j week 1 run down to Washington on j oaiiu u;i>? liiu oiii\ tm\ i ciui juuve lor i a little quiet rest," said Assistannt I District-Attorney .1. R. Fellows, of I New York, to a Washington reported in the Riggs House lobby. "This city arrows upon me every time I see it; it is a beautiful place and one of the best in the world for residence. What a rnagnicent avenue Pennsylvania avenue would be if it were lined j with splendid buildings like those on , Broadway. As it is, it is one of the; shabbiest in the city. I should imagine < that as the country grows, and" its | business increases, each o/ie ot the bureaus now occupying rented houses, or portions of the departmental bui'dings'j'will need separate establishments to themselves. Would it not be a good idea to conncct the Treasury ana the i Capitol wit a row of handsome public buildings? Why, there would not then be a street in the world to compare with Pennsylvania avenue." "What arc the prospects for the New York fall elections?" "We have scarcely begun to talk about them in >iew York at present, vou see politics there, when they do come, are so hot that we try to keep them off as long as possible. 7. believe Mr. Low will be the Republican nominee for Governor, and either Mr. Hill, the present Governor, of Mr. Roswell P. Flower, the Democratic one." "What do you think is the opinion in New York on the Administration!" "It is eminently satisfactory. The belief is that the Administration is in good hands and that the Executive is the best one ever held the position. About five million people voted for Mr. Cleveland, and I believe that of these four million nine hundred and fifty thousand are perfectly satisfied, while there may he about fifty thousand who are dissatisfied officeseekers. I believe that when the four years have elapsed for which Mr. Cleveland was elected, that every one in the country, irrespective of party, will say that the Administration was the best that the country every had." . "Do you think it will be the policy I of the Administration to improve the American navy?" "Decidedly," 1 do; most decidedly. We can't always expect to escape the fate of nations, and although there is no appearance of any war at present, there is no knowing when there may, ?y? t f 1\/\ It t- rt tlQTTT' iro oi?a of f 1lA UU 5 UUVl iviUiUU(< u. mivji *f w ui ui(/ mercy of almost any foreign power. The coast defences must also be im-_ proved, and the building of ships and the manufacturing of their armaments encouraged in this country." "Will there be any tariff changes?" "I expect that subject will receive a good deal of attention in the next Congress. Thinking men of both parties are agreed that there must-be' some change in the tariff. We are raising more revenue than tve need at present." CLUVERIUS SENTENCED. A New Witness Appears, However, Who Claims to Prove an Alibi. Cluverius was called up for sentence, on Friday morning. > When asked if he had anything to say, he briefly staled that the Judge was passing sentence on an innocent man. lie made no set spcech. lie-was then sentenced to be hung on the loth day of November next. The day was thus fixed, in order to give time for a hearing before the Court of Appeals. On Saturday, the counsel for CI 11 verbis stated to the Court that since sentence was passed they had the affidavit of Johnson, a.clerk at Ford's Hotel, slating that on Friday (the day of sentence) he had met one J. D. Savage who stated that he (Savage) had, on the day of the alleged murder, at different places, between Sand lO.oOo'clock, p. m., seen a man whom, after examination of the photographs of the prisoner, he recognized as Clnverius. The object of this evidence is, of course, to establish an alibi. The affidavit was not properly signed, and could not be considered. The further hearinir of the case was there fore postponed, till Friday next. The Commercial Situation. When large quantities of goods are forced for sale through the auction rooms, instead of through the.regular channels, it is always pretty safe to conclude that business has suffered a period of depression and that production has gone on until it required a special way of affording relief to the markets. "These auction sales are oftentimes regarded with more or less trepidation in the trade?fii^st, because there is danger that buyers will only be found for the goods offered if the prices are much below those current at the time the sales take place, and second, because there is danger that lar^re peremptory offerings are likely to 1111 ivp the demand for some time to come. A few weeks ajjo an auction sale of flannels was held in this city, which, in its results, was quite up to expcctions, both as to prices and the demand. Lust week there were I wo sales of flannel goods aggregating1 in money value between two and three millions or' dollars, yet the conccssion which had to be made, so far as prices are concerned, were moderate, and not only were tnc goods catalogued disposed of, but in some ca?es they had to ue duplicated. All this shows that consumption is increasing and' that buyers are apparently of the belief that tliis is a good time to lay in stocks. One of the underlying causes for the long depression in trade has been an indisposition to purchase in the hope of being able to secure better terms by waiting. Hence the demand has been reduced to a minimntn, while mills have been kept running long after their operation had been found unprofitable, if only for the purpose of keeping hands employed and to pre vent loss on macninery, wmcn always results from a shut down. Even now there is no decided evidence that the situation has changed permanently for the better, but at the same time the indications are encouraging and afford ground for the belief that a basis is being- laid for a revival of confidence which may in turn set the wheels of trade andcommercc in active motion next autumn.?New York World. ?A number of tobacco dealers have complained to the Post Office Department that a tobacco firm of in Ohio is conducting a gift enterprise, in offering to distribute $30,000 to consumers of their tobacco in prizes, graded in proportion to the amount consumed, as shown by presentation of a number of tin labels that are o-ffi \-rnl f r\ nVi r^lnor Tho hrtoinocc UJULXAV/VA IV/ |/> JL Uw VUOMiVWC has grown so rapidly that other dealers in tobacco have combined to employ counsel for the prosecetion of the case before the Post Office Department, with a view to having the advertising circulars and tags of the objectionable concern excluded from the mails. The matter is under consideration at the Post Office Department. ?The cholera seems to be spreading in Spain. The merchants and business men of Madrid express great indignation at the official announcement of the prevalence of the disease in that city, where, they claim, there are few if any cases. THE NEWS OF THE STATE. Some of the Latest Sayings and DolDgs in South Carolina. ?Sickness i> reported in most of our j South Carolina exchanges. ?Butchers in Yorkvillc want 1*2? j cents per pound for beefsteak. ?The early peach crop in Lexington is said by the Dispatch to be a failure. ?An effort is on foot in Lancaster for the organization of a Bible society at that place. ?The corn in the Saluda bottoms,! in Lexington county, was damaged by j the high water last week. ? The upper half of Spartanburg j county was visited on the 8th inst. by ! heavy and damaging hail storms. ?A disastrous deluge in Big Creek, Edgefield county, did serious damage to the corn and small grain crops. ?The Carolina Spartan of the 17th says: "Cotton that connot grow such weather as this need not try any other time." ?At the Aiken Court, last week, five colored school teachers were on trial for forgery. They were all convicted. ?The Baptists of Johnston, Edgefield county, have raised $400 for the purpose of building a baptistery in the church. ?Ridge Spring has a tabby torn cat which, if he live until November next, will be eighteen years old. lie has been blind two years. ?The bad worm has appeared in the cornfields in some sections of Greenville county, and is doing damage to the young corn. N?The Presbyterian, Methodist and Baptist congregations of Abbeville have determined to hold a monthly union meeting, alternating between the three churches. ?Mr. E. M. Jor.cs, the newly appointed postmaster at Walerbow;, took charge of the postoffice last week. He is the first white Democratic postmaster for fifteen years. ?Chickens big enough to have feathers on thern sell for fifteen cents each in Spartanbursr cou.ity, and the only limit on the price of tiic larger ones is the conscience of the seller. ?Gen. Ilemphill, of Abbeville, has a chicken with three feet?one of which is on the second joint of the left wing ?and Mr. L. H. Russell has a Jersey cow with twin heifer calves. ?The survivors of Company G, Orr's Rifles, will have a reunion at Abbeville on the 7th of August next. This wasa gallant company, and the reunion will be a delightful occasion. ?The Agricultural Department has been advised that the first prize, amounting to $1,200, for the best Sea Island cotton,, has been awarded to Mr. Clarke, of Edisto Island. The building of the new Methodist church at Spartanburg has been definitely decided upon. About $8,500 have" been subscribed, to be paid quarterly. Work will be begun at an early day. ?The cotton crop throughout Marion county is said to be promising, the stands are excellent, and if the seasons are favorable for the next two months a large yield may be expected with certainty. ?Wofford College, at Spartanburg, closed its commencement on last Wednesday. Five young men received the degree of A. B* W. EL Wallace, Esq., of the Newberry Observer, was clected next alumnus orator. t ?Mr. L. A. Mills brought out his handsome herd of Jerseys, a few days ago, at Spartanburg, and had them ' photographed. The South Carolina Jerseys are becoming famous, and some ot our breeders are selling to Northern raisers. ?There are already four murder cases on the docket in Edgefield county for the next term of the Court, and the colored woman, charged with the murder of a child at Trenton last week, is the fifth murder case. Only one of the party is white. ?A number of colored people in Spartanburg are dying. Consumption and scrofula seem to be the ailments usually reported as causing death. The rate of mortality, says the Spartanburg Herald, is about three colored to one white, in vicinities where the races are about equal in number. ?J. W. Cunningham, who shot and killed Iiobert Bowers at the liaiie lioad Mine, several weeks ago, surrendered to the sheriff last week, and applied to Judge Witherspoon, at Chester, for bail. The prisoner was released on entering into a recognizance in the sum of five thousand dolfars. ?Three attempts at burglary were made in Columbia last Thursday night, Mr. J. W. Smith's store was entered, and the cash drawer robbed of $2.95; the burglars attempted, but failed, to effect entrances into the jewelry store of Mr. Bruns and Captain Richbotirg. Detective Ogg is working up the case. ?The Saluda section of Edgefield county was visited with a heavy rain last Thursday, washing away the oats and corn crops. It was the heaviest rain known in that section for fifteen years, and what was a bright crop prospect on the day before is now completely ruined. The loss to the farmers on Big Creek cannot be estimated. \ ?flirt fiomncrnte r>f Wnlhfllla ltnvfl held a mass meeting and determined to hold an election on the 4th of Jnly for the selection of a candidate for postmaster for that town, and the Postmaster General has been requested to defer action in the matter until after said election. In the last issue of the Courier three citizSus advertise themselves as candidates for the position and solicit the votes of their fellowcitizens. ? Six homing pigeons were sent from Baltimore "to the express agent at Spartanburg, with instructions to release them. They were released on Monday, the 8th, at 5.45 a. m. They started'togethcr nearly due east, but soon turned northeast towards Baltimore. They reaehed home that afternoon about 4 o'clock. The distance, on an air line, is about 400 miles. The same pigeons have been sent to Atlanta to be released the first favorable morning. ?T'.v Charleston housekeepers have a hard time supplying their tables. A lady teHs a reporter of the News and Coureir that she can rarely ever get a good piece of beef; that the milkman will sell her one quart of milk for eight cents, and will only give her twentyfonrquart tickets for two dollars; beef is fifteen cents per pound or three pounds for fifty cents, and potatoes are ntteeii cents ior two quarts or ten cents for one quart. The lady says that no amount of reasoning will make the hucksters change their queer arithmetic. They won't be convinced that at fifteen cents per pound, for beef, forty-five and not fifty cents ought to buy" three pounds, and at eight cenls cents per quart two dollars should buy twenty-five quarts, and that at fifteen cents for two quarts eight cents should get one quart. The lady attributes such treatment of customers, by the hucksters, to the improvidence of the the Charleston people. ?Tannine Tji.wis. nolorcd- of Doolv county, has a hog with twenty-four hoofs, eight on each front foot and four on each hind foot. DEA1H IN THE COAL MIXES. A Fearful Colliery Disaster iu England? One Hundred Miners Supposed to Have Lost their Lives. A terrible explosion took place last week in Pendlebury Colliery near Manchester, England. Sixty persons have been rescued olive and seven dead bodies have been recovered. Hun-J dreds of miners are still below, and there is only a faint hope that any of these can be saved. The ca?;es in which volunteers were proceeding down to the bottom of the pit got stuck in the shaft, and it was two hours before the party could get to work exploring the mine for the missing men. Those who were rescued state that when the explosion occurred they fled to the bottom of the shaft, and they are ignorant of the fate of their companions. Another account of the explosion says it occurred in Clifton Colliery, that there were 350 men at work at the time, that 120 were taken out, but 230 are still imprisoned, and that it is feared that most, if not all, will perish. Later dispatches from Manchester say that the explosion was caused by fire damp. There were working in the mine at the time it occurred 349 miners. One hundred and sixty of these were at work in the level in which the explosion occurred. They are still in the mine and cannot be reached, o.ving to the masses of coal thrown down by the explosion and which closed up their means of exit. The one hundred and twenty men be- j fore reported rescued were taken out . before^noon. Great excitement has J been caused by the disaster. A dispatch from Manchester says ! that one hundred additional men have been rescued from the mine. Probably one hundred have been killed. Later reports from the scene of the explosion are to the effect that the damage to buildings in the vicinity of the magazine was only slight. Weaver and Nelson, the former of whom was killed, were found almost denuded of clothing. Their limbs were broken : and their eyes blown out. Nelson is reported to* be dying. The place.where .! the magazine stood is indicated by a blackened hole in the ground, twenty feet wide', thirty feet long and ton feet deep. Developi 112 the South. A land company, organized as the Walden's Ridge Land and Improvement Company, has purchased a tract three miles'square on Walden's Ridge, and hss completed arrangements for the immediate .construction of the Chattanooga Western Railway, which makes accessible some ot the most valuable iron and coal deposits in the "South, lying seven miles from Chattanooga, and opens for health and ! pleasure-seekers the beautiful table lands lands that are so highly recommended by physicians throughout the 1 country; 1 ?Six newspaper correspondents got off the train at Berwin, Pa., on Mon aay aim inquired wnere oamnei d. Randall lived. Mr. Randall refused to open his mouth on political subjects. He said: "I shall remain here and rest until the loth of November. This is a good place to rest. The air is pure and altitude is about oOO feet. I hope to be quite well by the time I go back to Washington. I go to bed early and the birds wake me in the morning." ?The relief committee of Plymouth, Pa., believe the funds now 011 hand, together with the amount apppropriated by the State, will be sufficient to carry on the work of relief among the patients now sick until the edipemic shall be brought to an end. i They desire to give notice of this feet 1 to the charitable people of the United 1 States who have generously, responded to calls for help. TUTTS PILLS 25 YEARS IN USE. Tie Greatest'Medioal Triumph of the Age! SYMPTOMS OF A I TORPID LIVER. JLoss of appetite, Bowels costive, Pain la 1 the head, with a dnil sensation in the back part. Pain nader the shoulder- i blade, Fallnscs after eating, with a disinclination to exertion of body or mind, ; Irritability ex temper, low spirits, with a feel ins of baring neglected some duty, 1 Weariness, Dizziness, Flattering fet the Heart, Dots before the eyes, Headache over the right eye, Restlessness, with fltfhl dreams, Highly colored Urine, and CONSTIPATION. TTJTT'S PHXS are especially adapted to an eh cases, one dose effects ench a change offeeling as to astonish thesnfferer. They Increase the A.ppetlte,*nd cms* the body to Take os Flesb?thns the system Is nourished, and by their Tonic Action on the Digestive Organs,Regular Stools are grodnce^^jrieaaSc^MMtfttrYaySCjWjT. TUTT'S EXTRACT SARSAPARILLA , Kenovates the body, mates healthy flesh, strengthens the weak, repairs the wastes of the system with pure blood and hard muscle; tones the nervous system, invigorates the brain, and imparts the vigor of manhood. $1. Sold by druggists. OFFICE 44 Murray St., New Yorlc, "A /T/^vnnTT TTIT"^ I IVJL KJ i nFjn! ARE YOU TPMTT-UT T?n With any disease pe1 -LVVJ L< JJJLi LjU culiar to your gcntie sex? If so, to you we brings tidings of comfort and great joy. You can Bis CURED and restored to perfect health by using Bradfiel&'s Female .Emulator! It is a special remedy for all diseases pertaining to the womb, and any inteili- ! gent woman ean cure herself by following 1 the directions. It is especially efficacious ( in cases of suppressed or painful menstrua- * tion, in whites and partial prolapsus. It ' affords immediate relief and permanently 1 restores the menstrual function. As a \ remedy to be used during that critical period known as "Change of Life," this J invaluable preparation has 110 rival. * SAVEDHERLIFi!! ; Ridge, McIstosh Co., Ga. Dk. J. Beadfield?Dear Sir. I have taken several bottles of your Female Regulator for falling of the womb and other " diseases combined, 0' sixteen standing, and I really believe I am cured entirely, for which please accept my heartfelt thanks and most profound gratitude. I know 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, . MRS. W. E. STEBBINS. ? Our Treatise on the "Health and Happi- 1 ness of Woman" mailed free. ( BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., t Atlanta, Ga. 1 Sepl3fxLly * ft Rlfl A WHISKY HABITS cured C IIUlllilflatliomcwlthoutpain. Book III IIJIY!?f particulars sent Free. lLWOOLU?Y,iLD.,A;lanU,(Ja. X* V \ f BROWN'S IRON BITTERS WILL CURE HEADACHE INDIGESTION BILIOUSNESS DYSPEPSIA NERVOUS PROSTRATION MALARIA CHILLS AND FEVERS TIRED FEELING GENERAL DEBILITY PAIN IN THE BACK & SIDES ! IMPURE BLOOD CONSTIPATION FEMALE INFIRMITIES RHEUMATISM NEURALGIA KIDNEY AND LIVER TROUBLES FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS The Genuine has Trade Mark and crossed Red Lines on wrapper. TAKE NO OTHER. A WOMAN" \_hrom the Atlanta Constitution.] "My name is Man* Chapman, and I live at the corner of Williams and Cox streets, Atlanta. I have been a dreadful sufferer from scrofula and running, eating scrofulous ulcers for six years. "Have been waited upon during the time by seven Atlanta physicians, but they failed to cure me. I aiso useu variuus <tu\eni>ru icmcuica without the least benefit While being thus treated, I grew worse all the time. Scrofulous swellings on both sides of my neck?which became running, eating sores, affecting my throat, mouth and nose. The eating sores on my neck were a mass of corruption almost"down to the bones. Mv throat became so much affected that I could scarcely swallow, my food lodging in a portion of my throat I lost my appetite entirely, lost my flesh, and was reduced to GO pounds weight?being a mere .skeleton. My whole system became terribly poisoned and in a fearful condition. In this condition I commenced the use of B. B. E.,,and found great relief in the first bottle. "When I had used five bottles my health had so much improved that the ulcere were all healed, the swelling subsided, my appetite returned, my skin became active, my strenfrth returned, and I gained 44 pounds of flesh. I am now healthy, fat and hearty, and am able to do as much work as any woman, and feel as happy as a lark." KIDNEY COMPLAINT For over six years I have been a terrible sufferer from a troublesome kidney complaint for the relief of which I have spent over $250 without benefit, and most noted so-called remedies proving failures. The use of one single bottle of B. B. B. has been marvelous, giving morereliel tlian all other treatment combined. It is a quick cure, while others, if they cure at all, are in the distant future. C. II. ROBERTS, Junr24 Atlanta, Water Works. Mnnntoin Vipw tfntfil ilJLUUJULlUlli flUfl 11UIU1. HEALTH AND PLEASURE RESORT. The All Healing Mineral Springs, Gaston County, North Carolina. W'E TAKE PLEASURE IN ANnouncing to our friends and the public that the NEW -HOTEL buildings ara now <>pen for the accommodation of gnests. The buildings are larger, more substantial, better ahranged and located (THAN THOSE DESTROYED BY FIRE LAST SEASON,) where a good thy atmosphere can be had, overlooking the springs and valley, which will prove a benefit to the invalid and pleasure seeker." The accommodations and comforts will be found superior to those offared heretofore and will compare favorably with other firstclass resorts The waters of the All Healing Mineral Springs are well known to cure Dyspepsia and all diseases of tote digestive organs, Gravel, Diabetes and Kidney affections, Scrofulous and Syphilitic complaints, White Swelling and skin diseases generally. All persons afflicted with Lung troubles, mllaf lmra frAtn fhn Climate and the Use of the Waters. The Springs are beautifully located, on the Richmond and Danville Railroad in the Piedmont Belt of mountains, and at the base of Crowder's Mountain, being four miles east of King's Mountain, six miles West of Gaston ia, and two miles south of the Atlanta and Charlotte Railroad known is the Richmond and Danville Line. All persons wishing to find a pleasant and comfortable place, in which to pass a few weeks for health or pleasure, can do no Detter than to give the climate and waters if All Healing Mineral Springs a trial. For testimonials, Circulars, terms, etc., lddress. C02ZENS & THOMAS, All IIealixg P. O. Gaston Count}', North Carolina. June g IX the complaint.concerning our cooks, which never -seem to lessen as tne years jjo by, but on the contrary seems to swell in volume, we wonder that it has not accurrcd to many of those who find the complaint unavoidable that they have one way of remedying matters a good deal in their own hands. An active half hour, three times a day, with a "HOME COMFORT" WROUGHT IRON COOKING RANGE 111 the kitcheu, is all that is reluired to prepare the inost substantial ueal without fatigue, Tiiese ceieoraiea Ranges are sold only from wagons by our luthorized salesmen, new making headjuarters at Winnsboro, S. C. Yours truly, WROUGHT IRON RANGE CO., Majr 19-ani St. Louis, Mo. ATTJEVTIOA, F1 -A. IR, B S ! WE offer you tlie celebrated Peterkin Cotton Seed at S1.50 per bushel. It will jive forty per cent, of lint, and equal the field in seed cotton of any other variety. iVe are agents for the Deering Binders, Reapers and llowers, the Tkomas Rake, Sorbin and Acme Harrows, Farquhar Coton Planters, Iron Age Cultivators, Saw Ifills, Engines, Gins, Presses, Plows, Etc. Repairs for Champion and Buckeye Marines and for Watt Plows. Write to u*. McMASTER & GIBBES, Mar4L6m Columbia, S. C, * v ~ j ' . . . \?r&3?f "-'- "* . ' '.:? * % bmmbbwmbwmmmmmbmmmmi NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. PARKER'S ^ HAIR BALSAM The best, cleanest and most economical hair j dressing. Xev< r Jails to restore the youthful. color to gray lialr. This elegant dressing Is preferred by those who have used it, to any t similar article, on account of Its superior " cleanliness and purity. It contains materials -V i only that are beneficial to the scalp and hair. Parte TraiE, -1 A Pnro T?amilv Vuli/>ina Tlmt A J. Ui v uuuij iu-vvuvxuv i.ua4/ XlOCA - ^ Intoxicates. . If you are wasting away from age, dissipation or any disease or weakness and require a stlm- . A ulant take PARKER'S TONIC at once. It will 4W Invigorate and build you up from the Qrst dose ? but will never intoxicate. It has saved hun- ^ dreds of lives, It may save yours. HLSCOX ?fc CO., . . :?& 163 William Street, \Tew York. 50c. and $1 sizes, ?t all dealers in medicine. Great saving In buying dollar size. ' . ^ HEALTH EEIEffER. J Are you falling, try Wells' Health Kenewer, a prnfi clean, wholesome ' , T O IN" X C, ^ For Brain, Nerves, Stomach, Liver, Kidneys, - t. Lungs. . ' ?'' An unequalled lnvigorant. Cures Dyspepsia, V Headache, Fever. Ague. Chills, Debility. ?| \^02JCD6SS? ' Nice to take, true merit, unequalled for Torpid Liver and Nlgnt Sweats, Nervous Weak- . rkAcs V^brin T^anriPcQ Kovnol TUv?l1no per bottfe7slx'ior$3*.oo, at Druggists. " "" The Wonderi'ol Success in Consumption, Bronchitis, Asthma, Spitting or Blood. Sore or Tight Chest. Weak Lungs, Hoarseness, Sore Throat, Loss of Voice. Catarrhal Throat Affec- J| tlons, Chronic Hacking. Irritating and Trouble- v * *?+ ! some Coughs. x E. S. WELLS. Jersey City, N. J., T7. S. A. Junewuw . Fiios aM Organs. | TWENTY-FIVE DOLLAES CASH and TEN DOLLAES per month, 4 Or FIFTY DOLLAES CASH and FIFTY DOLLAES every six months, WILL BUY A GOOD PIAXO ! ?2? Organs from $24 Up. \1 SPECIAL PRICES FOR SHORT TIMEJ - " * ' - -*?.' EYFRY INSTRUMENT WARRANTED FOR SIX YEARS! -. ; j Eg"" Send for Circulars and save 23 pel ., cent. by buying of the * " ~ " ' Columbia Music lorn . H i N. W. TRUMP, Manager, 12#; MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, S. C. ?$ "" Agents wanted. "V: j " 4 ' N. W. TRUMP, / ? ->i1 ?DEALER IN? . %' '% FANCY MILLINERY, NOTIONS, &c.r , ' ^ y-! 128 Main St., Columbia, S. C. . ^ % ? / < The only exclusive dealer .in the City. _ ~v ' ^ Goods sold at New York prices. ; Feb4L6m - - . ' - '- :$M . Charlotte, Columbia & Ausrasta E. R SCHEDULE IN EFFECT MAY 10,1SS5, ?Eastern Standard Time. - fl GOING NORTE. .. SO. 53, MAIL AND EXPRESS. ~ Leave Augusta 9:05 a. in. Leave W. C. &. A. Junction 1.12 p. m. ^ Arrive at Columbia .1.22 p. mi Leave Columbia 1.32 p.m. . Leave .fcCillian's 1.58 p. m. Leave Blythewood 2.13 p. m \ , j Leave Riageway 2.34 p. m. Leave Simpson's .". 2.47 p.m. ^ Leave Winnsboro 3.02 p. ul. ' Leave White Oak 1 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 Rock Ilill 5.01p.m. . Leave Fort Mill * 5.20 p, m. -,-43 Leave Pin'eville 5.40 p. m. , Tl Arrive at Charlotte , 6.10 p. m. Arrive at Statcsville .3.35 p. m. No. 19, Way Freight,. Passenger Coach Attached, Dailyrexcept Sundays. v Leave Columbia Y...1.55 p. m. iJeave Winnsboro 5.25 p. m. Leave Chester 8.20 p. m. Arrive at Charlotte 12.45 a. m. GOING SOUTH. XO. 52, MAIL ASD EXPRESS. -fl Leave Slatesville 7.45 a. m. Leave Charlotte 1.00 p. m. Leave Pfheviile 1.27 p. m. Leave Fort Mill 1.44 p.m. Leave Hock Hill .2.02 p. m. Leave Smith's 2.22 p. m. Leave Lewis' 2.3Q?p iu. Leave Chester 2.44 p. m. ?i Leave Cornwall's 3.03 p. m. '^4 Leave Blackstock 3.12 p.m. Leave Woodward's 3.18 p. m. Leave White Oi^ 3.30 p. in. Leave Winnsboro 3.48 p. m. v' Leave Simpson's 4.03 p. m. ;; Leave Ridge way. 4.16 p. m. Leave Blythewood 4.32 p. m. Leave Killian's 4.49 p. m Arrive at Columbia 5.15 p. m. ' Leave Columbia . 5.25 p.m. Leave W. C. & A. Junction 5.57 p. m. : im'i-u -it A iimtcta Q IU ? in - No. 20, Way Freight, Passsuger Coach Attached, Daily, except Sundays. / Leave Charlotte 9.45 p.m. * -TdJH Leave Chester 1.50 a. ra. Leave Winnsboro 5.25 a. m. Arrive at Columbia iS.20 a. m. ? v Connection is now made at Chester (bv trains 52 and 5i) for Lancaster and intermediate points on C. & C. R. R., and for t all points on C. & L. R. R. as far as Xew- j ton, N. C. 31. SLAUGHTER, G. P. A. -9 G. R. TALCOTT, Superintendent. ^3 D. CARD WELL, A. G. P. A. ^ THE CHURCHMAN. J FOETY FISST YEAK,---188."S. - V The Religious Weekly of the Protest- .?* ' | A magazine of Ecclesiastical intelligence, dovotlonal and general reading, and tlie largest and most Influential weeklj la the Pjotestant .Episcopal tuurcu. In the \ewM Department the energy of The Churchman Is well known, and Its organlzatlon Is very complete for procuring new* which it elves wltli remarkaoie promptness. 461B The ifaeazine Department alone contains In a year sufficient reading matter to rp.-^k-A more than five ismo books of 500 pages each. - Its Book Reviews are a prominent feature. . '.v> JLiterary. Art and Scientific Xotes are carefully prepared by specialists. . . M Its European Correspondents are per- jjjfl sons or eminent ability. M The Children's Department Is Illustrated and specially edited for the children. S3.50 a year In advance, post paid. Tbre? t ' dollars to Clergymen. Single copies ten cents. yj. H. SALLORY ?fc CO., 47 lafayette Place, Xew x'ork. Apl2L6m Good P-jy for Acmt*. $100 to S200 per ^ sao. made aeiliii* oar CSnuuCVewIliatory. WA Famoai and Drcitive Rat tie* of tb? World "PI Write to J. C. HcCardy 4c Co-, l'liiladelpbia, Pa. \ " ? _ . m Eaaytocaj. A certain cnre. Xc expensive. Tliraa JL moj2ih? treatment to cos package. Good Jar CoM jb3b IntJieEead, Headache, Dtatoess, Hay Fever, Ac. VJUtyceaa. _ ? ?^ & T, HAZELTESj; W*ETeB.ftk,