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CLEVELAND'S SU.MMEI! CAMP.! TriE PRESIDENT FOLLOWED UP INTO ! THE ADIRONDACKS. How He Hunt*, Fishes an<l Enjoy* His ' Vacation-Stalking by Day axul "Jack ! Ilawtin^" at Nijjht. A correspondent of the New York j World recently found President (Jicvet i land at his camp at Willies pond, a-1 the upper end of Saranac Lake, in the j Adirondack?. Tracing him as far as the Prospect House on the lake, he j there found that the most extraordinary precautions had been taken to ; conceal the exact location of the hunt- J ing and fishing camp where ilie rresi-1 dent was located, but a guide was at; last fonnd who was willing and able to I conduct the correspondent thither. The story continues as follows: We had been in the woods nearly four hours, when through the trees we caught a glimpse of a sheet of water. It was Willis's pond. In a few moments we roached it. At its shore the alleged trail ends. We bathe our faces in the cool water and plunge once more into the forest, following the line of the lake's shore. Pretty soon we hear the sound of voices. A few rcdsi further on and I see one of those lug huts that in the Adirondack;? we call "camps." I passed a hound chained to a tree and the carcass of n deer suspended between two trees. Coming out from behind the hut 1 ant in the j presence of Hie President artd his camp ! companion, Dr. Ward and Mr. Bacon. They were seated near the fire, on j which is sizzling: the broiler with the j morning' meal. The President is sit-1 ting' on a tree stump facing me and is i the first to observe my entrance. At a j little distance from him is Dr. Ward, guu in hand; at his side is Mr. Bacon. All three looked at me and my guide with undisguised astonishment. They seem doubtful for a moment what manner of reception to accord me. Without waiting for their decision, r however, I approached the President, . and, removing my hat, say: "The New York World presents its most respectful compliments, and inquires after the President's health." LIFE IX CAMP. The President was, naturally, for the moment, quite overcome with surprise. Then he rose from his seat, and, extending his hand. said, with a smile: "Well, well, well! I am very glad to sec the 3iew York World, sir, and assure you that my health is of the very best." I then informed the President that rumors of his serious illness had become prevalent, and that I had been J dispatched to ascertain the truth or i falsity of these statements, lie looked, with another smile, at Mr. Ward and then down at himself, and again asserted that he was "in perfect health, and had never felt better in hi* life." After some more conversation, of a general character, the President asked me if I would join them at breakfast, and told the cook to "place one more plate." The meal consisted of broiled venison, baked potatoes and hot biscuits and tea, with condensed milk. It was served on a rough board supported on stakes. Large logs were used as chairs. Everything was prim -itive 111 the extreme, mere was not the slightest thought of form or formality. While we were eating breakfast the distant baying of a deerhound was heard. The Presideut, Mr. Ward, Mr. Bacon and three of the guides went down to the pond, and stationed themselves at various points to wait for the deer that the excited baying of the hound showed to have been started. They never saw deer, however. The President's party are quartered in a log cabin twenty-seven feet long, five one-half feet high and about ten feet wide. It is divided in the middle by a partition. The rear of the cabin . is used as a sleeping apartment by Mr. Cleveland and his friends: the front division is the store-room and tlr bedroom for the guides. Xone 01 :he occupants of the camp removes their clothes at night; when ready to retire I' they wrap themselves in a blanket and ; lie down on the ground, which is cov-j cretl with oaisam oougns. a nre is | kept 'burning outside the camp at j night, lo keep away any bears or cata- j mounts that might be prowling about, j The President Informed me that they ! had discovered bear tracks near the I camp, but the bears, perhaps divined | that the camp was well armed, and! accordingly kept a respectful distance. jack hunting. Hunting and fishing, of course, are j the principal occupations of the woods-1 men. The President is more closely I addicted to the latter, and says that he | ?cares very little for shooting. Mr.} Ward is the huntsman of t'*e party, j and he has supplied the venison served j up !o this time in the camp. The' President usually spends almost the i entire day in angling, ile dues not; fish with the fly, as he thinks he can , catch more trout with bair. At night the camp indulges in jack hunting, the j most unique and the weirdest sport to ; be found in the Adirondack^. Each of j the sportsmen, attended by guide, j stations himself in a boat near the j i shore of the lake. At one end of llie i boat is fixed a light?generally a dark j 1 x ? a..* K Tt.?* 1 iiiiiicrn or ;i pint' lurcn. 1 uu uuiu>;uu paddled along silently until a deer comes down to the shore to drink.. As soon as the animal sees the light it stops as if spell-bound. It seems totally unable to comprehend the meaning of the unusual glamour, and ; stand fascinated until the hunter, seated in the boat, comes within close shooting distance.. The deer falls an I } easy victim, though often, as happened at this camp iast week, he manages, even when badly wounded, to make j his way back to the forest. The guides i object to this manner of hunting, as they say the deer has no chance for his life, and the killing is not sport but butchery. MR. CLEVELAND LOSING SLEEP. What, with fishing and deer-stalk- J ing by day and jack-hunting by night, it will be seen that bnt little time is ! left for rest. This may account for the j worn appearance of the President. On I such nights as they are held in camp ' bv rain or fatigue after a hard dav's ! ' sport, ths party spend the time until j daylight in a game of euchre. One of j 'the guides informed me that the Pres- I dent, since he had been iu camp, had j not averaged thi-ee or four hours' sleep out of twenty-four. The principal liquid sustenance of the party consits of plenty of apollinaris and some whiskey. The whiskey is obtained at the Prospect House and is abominably bad. It has the merit of strength, however. On the day I entered the supply had been exhausted and Dr. Ward asked my guide if he had brought a bottle along. Unfortunately we had left our almost empty flask some distance from the President's j camp, and so were unable to accom modate them. I abstained from speaking to Mr. j Cleveland on political subjects, as the , Doctor had intimated that he would ; esteem it a very particular lavor if j nothing of that character was broach ; ecU ; The whole tenor of the life in the ; camp is wild and primitive in the extreme. Mr. Cleveland's attire was not as picturesque or conventionally appropriate as that of his companions, lie wore trousers and waistcoat of black diagonal goods, evidently be ?WWM?a?P??BKOCTaM longing (o a wornout dinner suit. The trousers needed sewing. His shirt was dark blue flannel, and for a cravat lie wore a piece of heavy dark ribbon. His hat was black felt, with very broad rim. lie dispensed with a coat, even on the cooler Jays, and it was noticeable thiil even while at the Prospect House he often walked about in his shirt sleeves. Dr. Ward was attired in the usual costume of a huntsman. His coat was of black chamois skin, his breeches of brown corduroy. He was the only one of the party that wore the top boots that are usually regarded as a sine 'jn.a non of the sportsman's outfit. Mr Tiflnnn wns Hart in n <nif nf cassimere, with leather leggings to protect his trousers. lie is a lawyer of New York ami an old friend of the President. lie was not of the original party, but, hearing that he was at Paul Smith's, the President sent, over for him. Near the cainp stood a tall spruce, fully 100 feet high, that swayed to and fro with a creaking noise at every gu^t of wind that blew through the forest. The President regarded it with uneasiness, saying if a severe storm came upon them it would probably be blown against the cabin. Dr. Wan! suggested that the guides chop it down, but the President said it would be a shame to destroy such a splendid tree. The Doctor, however, insisted that it was nonsense that he should be caused any anxiety because of an "old tree," and the guides were accordingly instructed to remove it. THE PRESIDENT'S GOOD-FELLOWSHIP. It was noticeable that both Mr. Cleveland's companions and the guides addressed him as "Governor" and not as "President." He jokes with the guides quite as familiarly as with either ot' his friends. lie asked Cronk how much his boat weighed, and when he answered "A hundred pounds," the President said that the great difference between Cronk and George Washington was that Washington couldn't tell a lie. The last that I saw of the President as 1 was leaving the camp to take my way once more homeward through the dense forest, he was chopping wood with whi;h V bnild the nre tor the evening meal. "When the party returned from the lmiit referred to, which had not been attended with any success, dinner was served? It differed not at all from the breakfast except that boiled eggs were added to the menu. The President ate with considerable appetite, praising the biscuits and coffee. He sportively reprimanded the cook for allowing the ice cream to burn. After dinner the President joined the rest of the party about the tire and smoked a cigar. Dr. Ward said that the President had been in exceptionally good health since he had been in the mountains, lie thought the absolute rest from the anxiety of State affairs that had been obtained by reason of his remoteness from the centres of political activity had resulted in complete recreation, and would prove of lasting benefit to lnm. If the President's object in thus undergoing lhe hardships of the tramp into the wilderness, and the rough discomforts of camp life, has been to obtain seclusion and releffrom public cares, he has certainly attained the desired end. Since entering the woods he has received but one man. and it is certain that no one excepting your correspondent and the. members of his | party have even looked upon him since he left the Prospect House. Another Cancer. About three years ago there appeared on my right breast several hard lumps which gave me almost intolerable pain. They continued to grow, and gradually^develouedinto what the doctors called cancer of the breast. In a short time I found ray strength gone and my constitution a total wreck. o nrAmoTi T Yiroc to a helpless invalid. Several of the best physicians of Atlanta treated me for cancer, but without improving my condition in the least, and finally agreeing that they could do nothing more for me* The cancer by this time was eating out my very life, and for five months I was a helpless, bedridden creature. About one year ago, at the suggestion of a friend, I commenced the use of Swift's Specific. The first influence of the medicine was to in crease the discharge, but after a month or more [ began to improve, and this wonderful medicine has brought back my health again. I now do all my own house-work, I am perfectly free from pain, and feel like a new person altogether. I cannot feel too grateful for tiiis wonderful recovery, for I am satisfied if it had not been for Swift's Specific, I would have been in my grave to day. I most cheerfully recommedd it to all those who are suffering with this terrible disease. ^jllvo* v/l,c..uul>0* Atlanta, Ga. April 16, 1S82. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta, (Ja. * ?J. U. Fitzgerald, of Greenville, is accumulating a cabinet of curiosities which is well worth inspection and is now very valuable. The gem of his collection is an ancient book bound in parchment and printed in Latin, "Comnientarius de Anima," by Philip Melancthon. It bears the date 1550, and is therefore three hundred and thirty years old. It came into Mr. Fitzgerald's hands from England, and was obviously at some time in its history 'he property of one Thomas Roberts, whose name is liberally distributed over it in ins. The hook is remarkably well preserved and the type and wood cuts are as clear as if they had come from the press last week. Mr. Fitzgerald has among his coins one of Constantino the First, about A. I). 30", and one of Augustus Cxsar, both copper. The Oltl D&nllein Stalk. The mullein plant of the old field is ! too well-.ojovvn for an'introduction as to what it is. but aside from the fact that our old grandmothers used to make a tea out of it for the cure of coughs and all other inflamed surfaces, very few of us at this day realize the fact that there is in this old plant a mucilagino.us principle so very healing to the lungs, extracted as it is in the manufacture of Taylok's Ciierokek Rem kin oi" Sweet Gum and Mullein, and combined with that stimulating expectorant principle in the Sweet Gum as taken from the tree growing along the swamps of the Southern Stnfps. nrfispnts in this simnlp minor! v a pleasant and elective cure for Coughs, Colds, Whooping Cough, Con" sumption, all affections of the throat and lungs, and an undoubted preventive for that night fiend to children and horror to parents?Croup. Price 25 cents and $1.00 per bottle. * ?The Governor has accepted the resignation of Mr. L. J.""Walker as a member of the Railroad Commission. A Doctor's Woes. Ckavtfokdville, Ga., June 11,1835. For ten years I have been suffering with muscular Rheumatism. Patent medicines nnrf nhv<ir?ian<t failprl tn frK-p relief. "La?t summer I commenced to uso B. B. B., and experienced partial relief before using one botile. 1 continued its use j and gladly confess that it is the best and i quickest medicine for Rheumatism I have j ever tried and I cheerfully recommend it to the public. " j * * J. W. RHODES, A. ST., SL D. | mi c. u ? ! THOUGHTS FOR THE JIOXTH. . ! TIMELY TOPICS FOR THE CONSIDERI j ATI ON OF PROGRESSIVE FARMERS. j AVhat Work Should be Done During the I Month ofS*i>tember?Valuable Su;;e<?tioiis j from High Authority. I (TT. L. Jones in Southern Culticutor.) Last month wc discussed at some i length preparation for anUmin cropsoats, rye, '.>ar!fy, wheat, clover and the winter or perennial grasses. This month all of them, except wheat, should be started. If the "round is ! wet enough to bring up seeds and susi tain the young plants till their roots { can get well down in the soil, September is unquestionably the best month in the year to -how clover and grass fall oats, rye and barley. We repeat this statement now, for perhaps the hundredth lime, because the question is being so constantly asked, "when to sow grass?" September and October, February and March, arc the months in which it may be done, and if not too dry, September is the best of the four. Sown in autumn clover and grass get a better start of weeds than if sown in the spring, and this i? a decided gain. Moreover, if the fall sowing fails from any cause, one has the opportunity still of sowing in the spring, two chances therefore against one, if the first sowing is deferred till spring. JUUlgi; suwiugd U1 Li JU3U SUV CI ill have again and again been urged on onr readers as the dictatc of sound farm economy. An abundance of stock feed is the motive power on the farm; it is like wood and coal to the engine. It contributes largely to the dung-heap and thus feeds not only the horse or mnlo nnrl onxv hnf thp land ifsnlf. But we urge it now more than ever before because the investigations of reccnt years have shown so clearly and unmistakably that land left bare through the winter and early springy that is land without a growing crop npOD it, loses so much of its fertility through leaching. This is a truth we arc very anxious to hnpress upon our farmers; it is not a thing which they can see in their daily experience, but must be taken upon tae testimony of very careful and cautious men, who have the appliances to test tiie matter. Like thousands of other things, it must be taken on faith. We are. perfectly satisfied with the evidence, and therefore cry out against the practice ot leaving so much of our land bare of any living plant through the whole winter and well into the spring. Our farm econotnv needs a thorough over hauling on this point. Lottou has had the lioirs share of our lands, and the cotton field is like a ash-hopper for the winter rains; through wet weather springs and invisable subterranean streams, its nitrates are ever dripping and running into the rivers, and through them into the ocean. We suffer this to go 011 year and then turn right around and pay guano dealers twenty or more cents a pound for ammonia to replace it. Any green thing growing on the land will greatly diminish this lo*s, if they do nut entirely prevent it. We have very few plants which grow spontaneously in our cultivated fields during the winter months. In some years and in some localities, the vetch does, but we cannot trust to spontaneous growth; but we must sow something. What shall it be? Several considerations control the answer. Whatever plant is selected its seed and seeding down must not be too costly. If not yielding a crop to be gathered and utilized, it must not be too difficult to turn under and rot, so as to be out of tliG way of starting other crops on the land. Other things being equal it ought if possible to be a renovating croD.' Of course the nlaut selected [ must be hardy, patient of cold and capable of growing--on moderately fertile soils. Wherever the perennial grasses and clover are profitable crop? they fill the requisites laid down most thoroughly. They are admirable crops to preserve the fertility of soils; they prevent washing: thev fill the soil with humus and they prevent loss by leaching. How much of the fertility of Northern farms, compared with Southern, is due to the prominent place held by the grasses, in their crop rotation, it is difficult to estimate. Sometimes an odious comparison between' the Northern and Southern farmer is based upon the greater productiveness of the land of the former. Grasses and a hard frozen soil during winter, by preventing the leaching away of nitrates, may have as much to do with the matter as energy or brains. What nature does for the Nonth in this particular we of the South must do by art. Our mild winters, which allow the earth to freeze only at intervals and to very small depth, make it possible for us to keep it clothed in verdure perpetually. And this is just what we are now urging our farmers to do. Of course we do not expect, and do not ask our farmers to sow down all their land in grasses and clover. A good deal more might be seeded down to these than is now done with very great advantage. Enough to supply j the needed stock on the farm with t ample pasturage and hay, there is no doubt about that; but how far we may venture in stock-raising for. market is | not so apparent. It is a problem worthy of study and experiment. We can see no good reason why a single horse or mnie should ever be imported into the Cotton States. Georgia could raise cheaply and profitably every mule needed to cultivate her fields, and so could her sister States. Grass and clover culture is the first step in this directien, wherever these crops will grow successfully. Where they will not, rye and barley and oats ana Bermuda grass can supply their place. Clover and grasses aside, then, we have the plant mentioned jnst now, and in addition the annul clover, the crimson, and the annual lucern, or burr clover, as it is frequently called, any or all of which, except Bermuda, could enter into our customary rota- J tions without serious interference with j other crops, and all ot which could he ! readily utilized on the farm, cither for hay, for grazing or for turning under to keep up fertility of the soil. We need not be any ioss then for crops to cover our bare fields in winter and early spring to counteract the loss by leaching. Where large crops of small grain ? oats, wheat, barley and rye?are sown in the fall, they of course serve the purpose now under review. But usually these crops do not cover all the bare land on our farms. Where corn or cotton follows cottou the land lies bare all winter. Stubble land also, though covered with weeds and grass has no growing plants upon it, "and, | though not subject to washing as badly as clean cotton land, is equally subject to leaching. Under our present farm systems, therefore, quite a large pro- j portion of onr cultivated fields are 111 condition to lose fertility through leaching. How can this be prevented? None, of our ordinary crops can be grown on land destined for corn and cotton the.following year, and be haivested in time to be out of the way. "Wc must select then either a forage to grazing crop, or one for plowing under to fertilize the land. The best combination crop for all of these purposes is rye. Sown in September it will furnish fair grazing even on poor land. On that which is rich, it will be ready , to cut iu time to give way either to j corn or cotton. Having "served the I ,.** i?i.i: ?i.? ! ui IIJU inn1111 uugii the winter, whatever of it i> now mixed with the soil in plowing the land for succeeding crops carries to it a most J excellent "article ofhunrns supplying! matter. There is one objection, and only one which occurs to us, to the plan delineated, viz: the roots and stubble for the early stages of cotton culture; 110 rougher, however, than aj coat of dead crab grass would make it. j Three pecks of seed to an acre would i ! be sufficient, and as there is little j danger of winter-killing, they could be I put in very rapidly and cheaply with a harrow. An ordinary V shaped one-! horse harrow run once in each cotton \ row would do the work. The ?eed, I the sowing and gathering would not cost more than si.10 to 81.15 an acre, if the seed were bought in open market; raised on the lann the cost would be | very much less. Certainly the expense would be no greater than that of sowing land in peas for renovating pur poses, and farmers arc continually doiiiir that. They recognize its value ami feel satisfied that it pays, and it is to he hoped (hat they will soon realize that sowing rye or other crops, on bare land, will pay as much or more. There is another crop which would do well in this eonncction, viz; burr clover. Sown in September it completes itsgrowth by the following May, ! maturing' seed and dying. It could be grazed in February and March and plowed 11 trier by the lirst of April; or if not grazed might be mowed in April. It is a. very hardy, thrifty plant, and once set upon land is very apt to perpetuate itself. If land upon which it . _ _. i . . n.. i i ji _ i ii.i is growing, ue paruany ueuaeu?mat is a narrow strip left in the ccnter of the balk, to be plowed out the latter part of May?enough seed would be formed on this strip to resced the land thoroughly the ensuing fall. They would be scattered in subsequent plowings of the crop and come up in the fall after the crop's are laid by. Once fairly started this would be a cheaper arrangements than seeding down iu rye. i At the present time the prospect is /promising for good crops everywhere. 'The cotton yield is likely to be large, and this, coupled with the general stagnation in business, points to low n rices. Our readers have doubtless observed that when prices are high buyers lay less stress on the grades of cotton than when thev are low. A large low-priced crop therefore calls for careful handling; clean picking and good ginning acquire additional importance. Picking by the hundred and steam gins are neither of them favorable to such results. Constant watchfulness and personal supervision are the onlv available means of counteracting the difficulty. The farmer should inspect each cotton-picker's basket several times during the day and make him feel that his eye is upon the manner in which the work is done. If a hand persists in picking trashy cotton turn him off. In like mannea lie should inspect^ the gin?if it be a public gin?and discover the velocity of the saws; the less velocity the better the sample of cotton. Whatever regulations the trade calls for as regards size of bale, of bale, kind pnd weight of bagging and mode of packing, had better be followed. These - -11 11 .1 !!' .1 Ml 1. arc srniui mutters, uuuu uiuv win iiuiy the sale of cotton, let us get the-benefit of them. While the gathering and housing of crops will engage most of attention this month, some other matters should not be overlooked: Bushes which were grubbed up last month and have sent up sprouts si,nce should be grubbed again. If this is thoroughly done they will almost certainly die. One should never lose an opportunity to do things like this which add so much to the value of the farm. Whenever regular work is stopped by the weather or other cause all the old times should be employed in betterments of the farm. It is well to keep a list of the various things of this nature where it will be daily seen; whenever anything is sug- ! gested as lie. Iful or desirable, put it on this list. It will grow to be quite a long one, and a glance at it will never leave one at a loss to know what to do with the labor on the farm when regular work is interrupted. This is a i fitting time before corn is gathered to ; make the crib rat-proof. All that is necessary is to have it entirely isolated < away from other buildings, trees, fences, etc., and raised on pillars two , and a half feet high, capped with a piece of tin or sheet iron about two feet square. Wooden pillars, sloping 1 towards the top so as to be smaller ; j there (just the size of the sill) than at 1 | the bottom, answer every purpose, j This is a matter that can be easily and 1 cheaply done, and will save many a 1 bushel* of corn. Have no steps to the 1 crib, but use a short ladder in place of them, taking care to lay it down when- ever the door is locked. ( If wheat is to be sown on other than corn or cotton land, preparation for it j should be delayed no longer. Break ; the land at once and continue to break at intervals until seeding titne. As 1 explained in a former article this will favor the development of nitrates, which are excellent food for wheat. A very fine tilth is also an important thing for the crop, and this cannot be secured in the usual ron<?h manner of putting in the crop. About the usual time for a killing frost is the best time to sow wheat, say the last week in October or. early in November, and if preparation is begun now there will be sufficient lime to get the land in first-rate condition. Peas sown for forage will be cut towards the end of the month, because most of it will have reachod the proper stage by that time. After the pods are pretty well formed is regarded as the proper stage. The rail pen style of curing is probably the best, if the rails and boards for covering arc all ready on the ground, they can be put np.quitc rapidly, and once done they can remain in the pens indefinitely, and require no further attention. Corn forage, millet, etc., can be cut and put in shocks at once without any curing whatever; if the shocks are well put up, settled firmly on the ground, drawn up lightly with a rope about the middle and then bound, the forage will cure without trouble, and the shocks may remain many weeks in the Held without injury. "Permanent." There arc medicines which give only temporary relief and then leave the sufferer worse off than before, espe- ; cially in cases of dyspepsia. Remern ber that this is not the way with ' Brown's Iron Bitters. See what Mr. J. M. Gaines, of Gaines, S. C., says about this prince of tonics: "My wife , has been greatly benefited by it; she ( had been troubled with dyspepsia for years, and now I believe she is perma- j nently cured." It also cures liver and kidney complaints. ?Colonel Ilammctt, of Greenville, states that the Camperdowo Mills will resume work about the first of next , month. A meeting of the stockholders was held in Greenville and the orsrani- ; zation of the new mills was completed ; as follows: President and Treasurer, i H. P. Ilammett; Superintendent, K. ; McGowan; Book-keeper, W. C. Pat terson, and Assistant BoQkkeeper, J. i II. Sloan. ADVICE TO MOTHERS. . Mrs.. WrssLOw's Soothing Syrct should al- : ways toe used for children teething'. It soothes .the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, ' cures wind colic, and Is the best remedy for diarrhoea. Twenty-live cents a bottle. * JulyULtyl ?! ?Ba?P?aBBMBSMBBB 1*1111'IMUmBH THE XEWS OF THE STATE. Some of lite Latest Sayincs and Doings in South Carolina. ?The Augusta Kuiirorul is within five miles of the town of Spartanburg. ?A chicken with four (Vet and legs j is put forward as a liucksville curiosity. ?The loss from the recent Charleston cvclonc is now run up to $2,000,000. ' ?The United Stales Court, now sitting in Greenville, is disposing of considerable business. ?Mr. M. Ivy, of Rock Hill, is very ill, and but little hope is entertained of his recovery. ?Mr. Willie Gregg, of Marion, was thrown from a stumbling horse and, it is thought, fatally injured. ?The col ton receipts in Greenville last year were 17,8G'j bales, against 17,G9.3 bales the year before. ?Opportune rains in Lexington countv have jfladdened I he hearts of tanners and improved the crop prospects. ?Pink Smith and his wife have been arrested in Spartanburg, charged with causing tlie death of their sick son by neglect. ?The supply of tinners and carpenters in Charleston is nut equal to the demand. Good workmen command fancy prices. ?Miss Agnes Milligan, of Helena, broke one arm last year by a fall, and last week she broke the other while roller skating. ?Captain Ilunrv Sally, of Johnstown, Aiken county, owns a calf nine months old that has been giving milk for several months. ?Chesterfield county jail has not a single prisoner awaiting trial. The viliAiMtf' will l?ot/o fr\ inmost in o iviii* nf white gloves for the Judge. ?"Col. II. C. O'Neill, of Charleston, bought a cottage 011 Sullivan's Island the day before the storm. The day after it was in ruins on the ground. ?The wooden warehouse in rear of the freight depot in Newberry, was burnt Sunday. Loss on building and contents about 81,GOO: no insurance. ?Colonel Jouett P. Smith, manager af the McCormick manganese mines, has got an order for 5,000 tons of the ore. The next shipment goes to England. ?Captain Andrew Wilson, the old gunsmith, died at his residence on Stump Creek, Oconee county, on the olst August, at the advanced age of 103 years. ?A remarkable revival has been going on in Shady Grove Baptist church, Anderson county, and over ninety converts have been made in seventeen days. ?The Anderson Intelligencer has lengthened its columns and added a column to eacti page on account 01 us increased advertising patronage. It is now a 3G-column paper. ?The municipal election in Greenville, which occurs next week, promises to be hotly contested. Mr. A. B. Williams, editor of the is nominated for aldermanic honors. ?Louis Varner, a flagman employed by the South Carolina Railway Company, fell from a train near Charleston last Thursday, and received injuries from which he has since died. ?John and Sherman Bridgman and Benny Emorv, three young farmers of Greenville county, have under perfect cultivation five acres of tobacco. The yield promises to be abundant. ?Mr. John W. Hamel, of Lancaster, has a Cochin China rooster five months old with legs fourteen inches long. It has to squat down in order to get its bill to the ground when picking up mm. ?Mr. William Sullivan, of Lancaster, while on his way to church a few days ago, saw an owl completely hobbled by a small black snake being tied around it in several knots. He dispatched both the owl and the snake. ?About one month ago Mrs. Culpurnia Finch, out towards Walnut Grove, Spartanburg county, died. Soon after that her daughter, Miss Nora, died also. Sunday Miss Lizzie, another daughter, died, and she was buried Monday. There is another daughter quite sick. ?Some of the farmers of Marion are letting the fodder dry up 011 the stalk, contending that it is not worth the pricc paid for pnllinjr ii, and that the corn and land is much benefited by letting it remain 011 the stalk. In the *! 1 u ? fA,1 UUIUIW i;SL 5lIV;ii tk uiiu^ *40 pumn^ I"Udcr is unknown. ?That trestle at Saluda is "off its feet" as the printers say. It was perceived that tiie dirt had washed out from under some of the sills. While it was not risky to cross, ii is thought better to clean out the dirt to a solid foundation and erect a good trestle. This work will begin at once. ?Dr. Poole, of Cross Anchor, Spartanburg county, says if you wish to raise large potatoes and a heap of them, go into your patch with a long ' pole and raise up the vines and stop their taking root. If you have never tried this plan give it a trial this year. If you doubt it try a portion of "your patch and leave the others to grow as they please. ?John Price, a negro living in the upper part of York county, while fool/?!?! rnnr?l?Af 11 o <1 in/rKf ilJn >v 1111 aJLL ^u 1 iiuu ?.uw i4?uc side of his head shot-awav. A physician put the parts together with adhesive plaster and laid John under a tree, expecting his death momentarily. Strange to say, about dark John requested to be carried home, the parts adhered and he is getting well. ?Samuel L. McCreerv, aged 48. a prosperous farmer, committed suicide at White Pond, Aiken county, on the 31st ult. with a pistol. lie had gone to purchase a bottle of castor oil for one of his children and stopped on his way back to get his old. army pistol which a neighbor had borrowed. With this weapon he killed himself. He had been a dyspeptic for a long time, and this must have induced the deed, as his home was a happy one. He rode with Hampton's Legion in the Confederate war. ?There is no longer any doubt that Abbeville will have a bank. More than the requisite amount of money lias been subscribed, including all the subscriptions at Due West. Mr. Barnwell has returned from Charleston, where he secured $10,000 in subscriptions, Mr. George W. Williams alone taking ?o,UUU. It is thought i " una will be organized and in runm:^ >. der by December. ?Last week a dog fell into a gentleman's well in Spartanburg, and efforts were made to save the well. A rope was lowed with a noose at the end, with the hope that it might catch around him. But he was ;i plucky little fellow and didivt want any fooling around him. He went for the rope at once, "seized the bit," and clung to i it like grim death till he wai drawn to the top. That dog was never made lo be drowned. ?Little Billy Mahone is said to weigh only ninety pounds, and by a recent combination of circumstances beyond his control he has- even less weight than that in Virginia politics |UM AIUW, C&JJCUIiUJV ill 1C1CIC1AW IV nypointments to Federal offices. I TOODOOIS5I IN GEORGIA. A Witch Doctress Called in to a Dying Colored Man, Wbo Dies. The whole population of Carlisle, Ga., is excited over the tieath of a respectable colored man named Hillyard Walker, nged forty-five. Walker had no family except a wife. Since last fall he has been confined to his house with pulmonary consumption. About a week ago his increasing illness greatly alarmed his relatives. After a consultation it was decided that the physicians who had been attending him should be dismissed and a witch doctress called in to exercise her art. This woman?Nan Cryder--has lor some time past been an object of awe to the colored people of the town, whom she has convinced of her unnatural powers. Their fears were augnTentad by lior fantastic dress and weird appearance. Her gowns were of gaudy colors and her face was painted. Walkers malady, at the time ol the woman's arrival, had been ag^ra* vated by a violent hemorrhage which had utterly prostrated him. He was very weak and breathed with difficulty. The first move of the sorceress was to close every aperture of the sick room by which air might enter. She then left, informing Mrs. Walker thai she would proceed to' ascertain the real cause of the affliction. She re turned, and, after expelling every one from the sick man's room, was lefl atone wun mm ior aoout leu minutes, when she suddenly opened the door, called tor Mrs. Walker, and ihen, without stopping1 to say a word, ran awa\ as fast as possible. Mrs. Walker hurried into the room to iind her husbanc breathing1 his last. He died in le>s thai five minutes. The witch scattered salt on the siol room and stuck pins in the door ir some queer way. and passed a whit< string around them. Then she tore ur the front steps of the house and pu more pins under it and a stick witl marks on it, and told Mrs. Walker thai the first who came would be the ou< that bewitched her husband. The nu. thorities will investigate the matter a once, and the Voodoo woman wi! probably be arrested for murder. ?While the Rev. J. F. Shultz, o Shrewsbury, Pa., was preaching ; memorial sermon on General Grant, i resident of Wiuterstown, J. II. P. Ful ton, rushed into the pulpit and knock ed the minister down. There wa: 'much excitement and several person who went to ?he assistance of thi preacher were badly hurt. WOMEN .needing; renewed atrcngth, or wis suffer from infinaltle* peculiar to their ?ex, thoald try lpfis H V _ .(VJA a IitteI? IP 0 " BESTTONIC This medicine combines Iron Too pare rentable tonics, and is inralnable lor Diseases peculiar to Women, and all who lead sedentar7 lives. It Enriches and Purifies the Blood, Stimulates the Appetite, Strengthens the MoBcies and Ncrveo? in fact, thoroughly Invicorates. Clears the complexion, and makes the skis smooth. It does not Diacfen tne teem, cause neadacne. or produce constipation?all other Iron m**ici*cs do. Mbs. Klizatzth Bated. 74 Farwell a*e., Milwaukee, "Wig., says, under date of Dec. 26th. 1884: "I have used Brown's Iron Bitter*, and it ha# been more than a doctor to me. having cured me of the weakness ladies have in life. Also cured me of liver Complaint, and now my complexion is clear ana good. 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Her bones became the seat of intense pain, lu*r joints were swollen and painful, and eventually hei whole body a<ui liuibs became covered witti splotches and small sor??s. Her appetite failed, and she gradiuiiy lost flcsn and strength, and had but little use of herself, as her limbs and muscles were paralyzed. She, as well as her friends and those with whom she lived, despaired of her recover}'. Her sufferings, combined with loss of hearing and taste, and blindness, were trul-y heartrending. * All treatment from physicians and the use of medicines seemed powerless. Hei disease was blood poison and rheumatism. As she now seemed well and hearty the reporter asked what wrought such a wonderful change. "I used a nudicine recommended by a friend," she replied, '-and before one bottle had been taken I began to see and hear. The second bottle relieved all rheumatic pains and improved my appetite. When 1 had completed the use rt{ six bottles my eyesight and hearing were fully restored, sense of taste returned, all splotches disappeared, sores all healed, and my strength and flesh restored I now feel as well as I ever did, and my friends, as well as myself, are astounded." ">YIlilb W*15 tilU liicm^iuc. aoauvi bug iwporter "Botuiic Blood Baim?B. B. B.?was ihe great remedy that acted so powerfully on my disease and cured me. 1 never experienced any unpleasant ".symptoms from its use, and its action is so quick that it surprises all." The reporter tl'en sought a physician who knew the case, whereupon he handed us the following lines: "I examined the above case of blood poison and rheumatism, before and after being cured, and certify to the facts as above stated, and must "acknowledge that tile 13. li. jlj. enecieu a most wunuenui cure in this well-known case. [Signed] -J. P. DRUMGOOLE, M. D." Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga., will mail a 32-page book free, filled with magical effects. 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