Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I ' ' A iil'IXKl) Bl'SlXESS. TKK lilt. CATTI.K II \NOHK.n OK KOC-IO MOl'51 A IN V The Cki?* ali >i-<i K<>o:i i;>i- j the of iJiiit V:?-t Kfjiitm-Tiic j a?:cr C.'ruMsias Without K<*:n?-tiy. (( "ran5t W:'.in .V..- Yr.rl: S.r.) I I instance the present condition of a ! once i'anious .stock growing valley. Four years ago tali bunch grass stood in the ; upper North Platte valley. The low, | rocky hiiis were covered. The spaces! between the sage bushes were occupied by bunches of grass. The treeless flanlis of tiie mountain ranges weveyeiiow with dried grass, which waved in the wind. There was grass, and good grass, everywhere throughout the valley. Heavy crops of hay were cut on the natural meadows. Cattle, horses, antelope and ; elk roamed through the valley irora Hunter's ranch a? ils?- 'midge over the j North I'iuitv to tiffcy ;.:ik:s beIo?v i'ori , Steele. On every creek which i ssued | from the mountains prosperous cattle growers lived in log hous-.<. The cattle were i'at, and though the growers always : lied about the per cent, of calves they j branded, ii did not seem an thocyn uis- j aster were close at hand. But ho v.- is it io-day? The v:diey of i the North Platte. tins famous grazing ground, is virtually a g.ass desert. I have just returned from a trip through j it and the adjacent mountains, and I j have never s- en a more valueless region i to grow or hold cattle in. The grass is ; tramped out by the hoofs of thousands i of hungry and lean cattle, that walked j lor months over the arid land in search | of food. They roamed for days before ! they staggered close to the snow in the | foothills, and the n they closely followed the retreating snow banks into the down timber, into the green timber, and finally on to the summit of the Sierra jlaure mountains. 4 "r T AT? ^-nr-AT ? Yvhile slowly driving clown ihis gray valiev of desolation my comrade continually assured me that there was good grass in the foothills, and that the cattle which grazed there were fat. We j left the wagon at Grand Encampment river and took saddles and rode into the foothills. I wc s strongly impressed with | the unhealthy appearance of the cattle. ! Their hair did not lie smooth. There was a peculiar stare in their eyes which 1 had long ago learned to recognize as fateful. The calves sucked the cows often and with nervous energy. The cows, almost without exception, were lean and weak. The grass, scanty appearing to eastern eyes at ail times, had j a queer, strange appearance. After going! a few miles, and inspecting the grass from the elevation of horse's back. 1 dismounted and carefully examined it, buncli after bur. oh, until I Lad inspected tifty bunches. The story was told. In no bunch which I examined -were there more than twelve stalks of this year's grass. The other sialks, from twenty to sixty, were iasfc years growth. It is'not possible for cattle to separate the good from the poor. Three-quarters of the : food that the cattle, which have grazed in the foothills during the past summer have eaten consisted of the weatherbeaten, rainsoaked grass of last season's ! growth. It is no wonder they wandered far into the mountains in search of fresh . and tender food. Almost daily, while hunting hi the Sierra Madre mountains, i saw small barks of cattle feeding in the mountain j parks or in the green timber. These j animals were almost as wild as elk. They j bed in the same localities that the elk and blacktail deer did. I iudared from the frequency with. which I saw these smill herds that there were many hundreds of tliera in the mountains. Triiat b Tvili be til 3 fate of these half wild ani||l inals which are grazing in the lolty, pine clad highlands three v.-eeks ago? I mfc unhesitatingly answer not one in ten will get cut o? the mountains. Before I pi* this time they are snowed ia. Instinct, or perhaps superior reasoning power, . W teaches game animals to tly out of the mountains when heavy snow storms begin to rage. Cattle have not this instinct. They arc almost sure to linger too long in the highlands, and theare they die oi cold and hunger. The mi tore oi tiie ground xoroius tneir oemg driven out, aud, indeed, the cowboys i have no heart to ente. unknown and intricate mountain systems in search ox ; these cattiej us tiiey might get iosE tiicriiseives. A PITiFCTi SIGHT. My hunting camp was pitched on the { eastern slope of the Sierra JMadre moun-' tains about- two miles from the summit j of the divide. Between it and the bare j foothills was a jackstraw like tangle of ! down timber, and two wide belts of i green timber. A hearv snow fell steadily I ah of one night, idealizing that the hunt wiis at an end, we packed up and j traveled down the ragged mountain | flanks, now in down timber, now in i green. We passed many bands of cattle i that ran in aU directions, excepting the | ' right one, at our approach. It was evi-j dent that they had forgotten the trails ; on which they entered the highlands in early summer. There cattle are sure to ' die this winter. In the treeless foothills ail the cattle which had passed tne sum .mci uueru wcru iur tut; iU'.vei: valley. To the extent of vision, both to j the north and south, short columns of! cattle could be seen at intervals wading ; slowly through the snow. The next day, curious to see what the cattle would ! do when they found there was no feed i in the valley, I rode to the lowlands. Before I got to the base of the foothills I met cattle walking up the mountain, i They had been down to the valley, and finding no feed had ascended the hills, | preferring to rustle in the snow rather j than to starve in the snowless, grassless plain. In the valley many hun dred eat- : ' tie stood in line along the barbed wire fences, waiting until hunger drove them I 1 back to the snowclad foothills. Pres-; ently they started, singly, in pairs and , ill family columns, and by night the ; , valley vis again destitute of cattle. It j ; was a pitiful sight to see the hungry ' animals resolutely enter the foothills and ! * the deep snow in search oi' food. As it is in this valley so it is in many j others. I met and talked -with cattle j ; growers who graze their herds in the !, north, and in the south, in the west and i. on the plains, and. with, few exceptions, I , :ill told the same story. That the native ! grasses on closely grazed grounds were : almost extinct ; that the grass had been ; ] trodden out of many valleys; that other ! ! extensive areas had been almost ruined 1 by overstocking, and that disasters, seri- s i ous and widespread, menaces the whole ; ! cattle growing industry west of the 101st 11 meridian. | . I have no doubt that the losses oi cattle now grazing un the ranges of high altitude will be sufficiently large this; winter to bankrupt many individual as >WJLk UO vjaitiv; glUWCia. ? 11II i it matters not what the winter may . prove to be, whether mild or hard, the condition of the grass ou tin range; sharply indicates that a large portion of j the cattle cannot rustle through it. ; They are doomed to die. There is but little good grass east of the mountains. ) Thursday morning. before daylight, the house of John Swilling, of Atlanta, was burned. Inside of the building were Swilling, his wife and three children, whose " bodies were con :;ned in the ilamcs. jv Fran. cis Sar.lers \v.;- arreted or. -us- . pictoa au?l coalesced that he Lad crushed * the skulls oi the sleepers, saturated their * clothes with com oil, applied a match and ? left. Citizens seized the murderer and car- 1 ried him <?fT Myw-h him. * inii i ii i ii 111 imimiiBMi 1 i? Mooac?o? ? <;f.ner \ i. \k\\s .votes. Domestic -crv&nN hi Greenville. Pa., have formed a union for the purpose of raising their wages. Gen. William G. Harding, the venerable : * . ?c ;i.~ ' prupiK'iOT U1 iii'J iiuu;u I>L'iic -ucuu^; farm, near Nashville. Tcnn., is dead. The Alabama Conference of tiie M. K. Church, South. is in session at Montgomcry. BNhop Keener presiding. Ri:rsia Ik:- refused to recognize Prince Ferdinand, of S.-ixe Coburg Gotha, as a candidate for the Bulgarian throne. At Poplar Bluff, Mo., the county court house v.-.-is destroyed by fire and the county : jail partially consumed. Loss $04,000. Hon. Montgomery Moses, of Newberry, i dropj>cd dead i:i the street there Friday. \ Heart disease. i Cowan <.v Co., ship brokers and mer- j chants of Glasgow. have fuilcd. Liabili- i ties esiiin::ted at i'100,000. Business failure for the week past in t_he j Unite: States and Canada were 238?for the United States 20:"; C;'.nud:t 2i>. James i). Warren, editor and proprietor of the Buffalo tN. V.) Comniaxid Adcerliscr, is lend. Bob -Ictcr. colored. \% hanged at Spartanburg Friday, lie broke down on the scaffold, and the scene was a roofct pitiable i one. . .Joel Adams. u prosperous farmer of Marlboro county, shot himself through the head Friday, causing instant death. It is suppose d tr? he o case of suicide. Mr. Juliet Cunningham, who was senouslv injured >'i;o time a<rn by jumping from a street car in .Sr. L'iuis. has been awarded ?25,000 damages by a jury. J. A Bostv. ick. of New York, has pre- i smtcd to Yv'-ike forest College, in North | Carolina, SoO.GOO, in addition to ?20,000 j given some time ago. The brakemen on the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railroad have joined the freight conductors' strike and demand an incrcM.se in th&r r-ay also. The Knights of Labor at Amsterdam, X Y., are much exercised over the Daily Democrat publishing all the secrets of their Order and the mode of initiation. Annie Belle Cummins, a young wife, living in Louisville, Ky., committed suicide Tuesday because her husband left her through jealousy. Jno. K. Jones and George Freeman, the fo-r.-rnc* Inmltf.- !?> nrr n I rtliiftlJlTlfl ! re ere arrested Thursday, charged with trespassing 0:1 government lands. At San Francisco Thursday 200 American district messenger boys weDt on a strike. They want fixed wages at 75 cents a day, instead of 5 cents a trip. A special to the New Orleans Picayune, from Edwards, Miss., says that the exodus of negroes from that vicinity continues un abated. Forty-live persons are still missing from the burned steamer John W. White, which occurred on the Mississippi river Tuesday night. The Trades Union delegates at Columbus. Ohio, formed a new organization to rival the Knights of Labor, which has been named the Federation of Labor. It is stated that Queen Victoria has publicly forbidden the admission into Windsor Castle of newspapers containing reports of the notorious Colin-Campbell case. True bills have been found against A. Perry, J. T. Ko?s anil A. Hawkins. ne-! grocs, of Baltimore. 31(1., who murdered Emily Brown to soil her body for dissecting purposes. j The body of Arthur W. Palmer, a clerk of the Sh-tploi^l: Caatwell Compaay of St. Louis. was found ia the debris cf their burned building. The porter is stil missing. O'Brien was rc-elccted Mayor of Boston by a plurality of 4,008 and a majority over the Labor aud Republican canditates of i 1,104 The majority in favor of licensc is ! -3,-1-37 agaiiist 9,ir(>0. As important conference of Catholic prelates, ccnccmmg the rchiUon-* of the church to the Knights oi' Labor, was held in Philadelphia Thursday. The proceedings were not made public. * The depot at Lowndesviile. in Audersou j couaty. together with 100_bales of cotton, j were destroyed. by lire Thursday night. I A spark fr.mi au incoming train, crested j another con-iagration, wlifch vr^< subsided. | The Kentucky Court of Appeals bits do- j cided in favor of the right of Bessie White! to dispense medicine as a pharmacist, a priviledge that v/as refused her by the State Board of Pharmacy because she is a female. Mr. Win. Carjx-r.icf' :>as published 100 facts to prove that the woria ic r,ot a globe hu' a? list as a pancake, fie clwlier-g?s the Johns IifpStin? professors to meet him in discussion on this tiieixu.*. Joseph P.I.vk'A c!i. a negro, was cosimitt; d to jail ai Oxford, X. C.. \V cri;>e-dav,_ charged wish criminal assault on Mrs.' Alice Den;- nt. a h ghly rrspected whiuwoaios 'iving near Oxford. Black well has confessed '-:ime. Jniin A Pi!?s!fv. estate ae-ent of v ' ? f- "O New York, was yesterday found dead upon Lis bed with a slit to the bone extending entirely around his left arm. Domestic troubles are supposed to have resulted in despondence and "suicide. The unit goods mills, at Ams^rd&ui, X. Y., arc a]l running with increased numbers of non-union Jjelp. The Knights of Labor have declared a boycott against the merchants and newspapers not Vav orable to them. It is said that 1.000 Knights have resigned within a short time. A special from Youngstoft-c, Ohio, to Cleveland says all the leading coal mines in that locality are idle with little prospects . of a settlement. The mc-n came out because of the operators refusing to concede to an" advance of 10 cents per ton. The outlook indicates a long strike. The Sheriffs made a raid on a negro gambling ecu j>e?w Birmingham. Ala., Monday night, wUea a fijiilade occurred between the occupants of the nnd the ofiicers. The result was that five of ; the gamblers were captured and two were killed. Xoue of ihc oDjcers were hurt. The committee appointed byti?c South Carolina Conference now in session at Orangeburg to iuvv/Sjigatc into the charges against Rev. John AW X<xly, reported that :ii'ter Curcfnl consideration of the ease: Ibey , found the charges "wholiy unfounduf , una recommended that Jliere be no trial. A huntiog parly in Winchester, Va . recently foucd ti^e body of Andrew Bray, c < young man who has been missing for five ] weeks, under a log covered with leaves. There was a bullet bole in the headanrl the face was crushed. T. II. Rittenour was j , trrested for the crime and held for the j \ jrand jury. A disastrous boiler explosion occurred j yesterday at Charles HoiTerbink's extensive j, <aw miii in the western suburbs of Evans- ' viile, Ind. Three 40 foot boilers exploded, < wrecking the mill, killing one man and \\QUUiiliig il'iij-vuu mcii WWC i working in tsic ;;:iil. I Tuc Sccrelary of tue Treasury lias d:-1 reeled the payment, without rebate, of the I nlt-resi due January 1, 15587, on Unite# |. States 4 j>er cent, bonds of the loan of 1307: i, ilso the interest on ti? hynds issued to the j ] Pacific railway companies, ujK? presenta- i .iou of coupon and interest check at ihp j treasury at Washington or at any of tixeh sub-treasuries. i' : I ? ^ Q>?? Wc If^yc 0?t^r<?vn Grammar. i j Some ox tLo best wrliers in our lan-! j juage are often the least correct, in a j strictly grammatical sense. Many a1 lifted author discards the common rules j j grammar and composts to suit iris i ^ Dwn ideas of propriety, clearness and j larmony. lie relegates those rules to : -edagogues and pedants, and claims for c .limself more scope, higher freedom, a English, as has often been remarked, i? a s rammarless tongue, and steadily grows more so. Clever and accepted authors v iowadavs make philologic jaws of their ' )wn, and instead of obeying dry and |? nusty authorities, become authorities ; .ut'iiiseiyes. iu? ituiguuge -is ; > /jo big, too strong, too rich, too steadily c jrowing to be bound by ancienx, iixed or e nelastic rales.?New vor.k Commercial Ulvertisor. 11: ju . g; BRIC- \-BRAC. ! j ' Murmur no*, to ?c-t rdicf: I'ur impatience makes thy care Heavier much for thee to bear; !; Happy he who. childlike, will Lm Gr?d lead him up the hill. The "coM-cnougb-for-you man" is loose, j j Tl.^c-. iv'm t/.il iml cn:n?Tlif bicvclc ' 1 riders. Wanted?An invention that will make the o1lic?r? iro 'round. As an ambiguous statement is neither here nor There, where is it'/ An hour-glass is made .smallest in the . middie. It shows the waist of time. Why is a <{i:nck like a locomotive? 13c- ' cause he cannot on without puffing. A point any woman can appreciate? I Point lace. The best cobblers do not talk. "Least said, soonest mended." On Christmas day, though the turkey's tender, the eaters stuff. The baker is the only loafer entitled to respect. The universal Christmas carol is adapted to the l'est toon. The fate of the pretty girl under the mistletoe?Kiss-met. . 'Tis the barber's apprentice who often | dyes young. Oysters have a language of their own, j and clams stew. A fog signal reminds the sailor of the i tower of bay bell. "When a man falls down his temper gen- ' dally gets up before he does. It is an east wind that blows the coal dealer good. Transported for life?The man who marries happily. The darkest hour is when you can't find the mitches. Honest go'd humor is the oil and wine of u merry meeting. An opponent of Darwinism calls it "scientific monkeyism." It is He private secretary that makes so many things public. Lots of men knew nothing of art before the war can draw a pension easily now. AVc should iike to know how many spokes there are in the wheel of fortune'.' j A question for decorators?How can a j. frieze adorn a "warm interior?" Of a man suddenly struck dumb, it may j be said that his melancholy daze has come, j Courtship, like champagne, soon looses i its zest if kept too long after the pop. Hush money is what the young husband i parts with for paregoric, soothing syrups, j etc. Christmas is apt to be followed by blue mass in families where the old allopathic practice prevails. The United Presbyterian contends that I it is good to have piety infused with com- i mon sense. It is a great error for a lady to wear a bonnet too youthful for her age. It oniy serves to make the latter more noticeable. Christmas dinner at home, no matter how meagre, is preferable to Christmas i lunch anywhere else. Santa Claus is a dead issue?the rising j generation is very smart, and know a thing i or two when he sees it. True economy is not found in the pur- j chase of a thing that can be bought for the ! 1 r\rt iwUOl The man who racks his brain to get tip an original Christinas menu is called the Great Christmas Menu-vir. The man who never does any harm might crawl into a cave aud stay there ten : years without being missed. They say ' 'one swallow does not make a spring." Just try boiling coHee, and sec if it won't. Christmas lesson for the young: "Children. thft best part of the turkey is the drumstick." When a man is about to sneeze he had j rather do that than anything else in the j world. ''Fe:n.ts"*in the stock market are probably so caiiwl Ux-ause speculators generally get stuck on them. UOCM1 I VUJWt LU U ULIK^^J j when she feels like it. Last }-ear she drank j sGl(j.o4'.;.GU0 worth of liquor. A fashion writer says all the fashions are j for iion.l^r \vomen. They are certainly j not designed for iiiihcter purges "Love is blind." True, true. The young lover never sees the dog till it is too J: late to cscape in a dignified manner. i The Puritan is the name of a new color j, in ladies' goods. Of course it is warranted ; to be fail. Tfcc or ]v circumstances under which a j man can pfill aio^e than a horse is when he | is pulling at a bottle. i For vFpry wan killed in war (,en Lave been sent over thy gulf by the aid o? th.e i! corkscrew, says a temperance paper. IJ A policeman in St. Louis attacked by : i cholera morbus lost so much rest that he I; was forced to go on duty to recuperate. Xolbpr- so much destroys our peace of j mind as to hear a^pt^er express an inten- j tion to give us a piece of bin'. The mau who languishes in jail lias the j satisfaction at least of knowing that the rest | of the ?".??"](1 is barred out. "Is it wrong io Jeff Davis?'' asks a ' cotemporary." No, there is nolLlag wrong abuut; but why not boil'him? 1 j j "Wljat's in a name!" a recent traveller [ was hvard jto e^cjaim. "Why, about the t hottest country'on the giooc if Chili." For ministers only; "Pa. tl/at \va= an ; i av/fui io;?g prayer our preacher made this j i morning; I t!joi*gh? he would talk the Lord 1 to death." ' ? Music sellers advertise themselves daily. < What the public needs is music cellars in which singers and instrumentalists can 1 practice their fatal art. i < A minister not long ago preached from ;5 the text "Be ye therefore steadfast." Bat ;) Lhc prial/.-r made him expound from "Be ; ye there for briefest." ! "Wonder if that small boy is ?ii?i privet .who was helped five times last Christmas j ic Ja'-ge pieces of mince pie, because liis I fond m-.uhir.i rented to make him piccs-ful. ! Happy is he who has tiiUfnzl tJiis one | ( thing?to do the plain duty of the' inoiiienj.: j and cheerfully, whatever it may j ( be. ' '] ( It costs but liUle,to live to the j demands of nature; the main expense Is; c living -I'-iording to the requirements of j ( fashion. j j "My poor frieuu, vvou io.vtj. yojjr wife | i so:::ueh! This separation musX cost you , i J early." "Jiiiormously. I have paid nil j t tier debt>. | ( }l steins ;i hard thing thai so^iriHy,<jud.-.-s : j should iwalking about with nothing to j' ic when i he imn/i-orgnu man has to pay j ? ?401'cr a monkey. _ "It A Philadelphia girl recently married a ! 1 man without legs. There should be no j J quarrelling in that family as to who shall ! J wear the pantaloons. j i Fame is an undertaker that pays but lit j J tie iiU^ntin-.i to the living, but bedizens the ' J lead. fiuT'isij,cS o^t their funerals, and fol- j ? lows them to the gray*;. ! c "Washington prides itself upon the pos- jc session yf aa egg 1,000 years old. We've j ^ ?een some u*at "p-med to be older than j hat, A nice, easy exercise for Chris torn day ! r s, that of counting the change you have j . et't. It can be done generally with one j * janci. i ! t Kate Field has recently said that women , iear with their eyes. This particularly ipplies to the woman who watches her neighbor through the keyhole. Some oiic save there is a "real deal of t ;haracter iu eyebrows. do not know ibout this, but we do know tiiat' there L> a rrcat deal of India ink in them sometimes. ! q A. little girl under five, looking at an j D tgly face in a book, said: "I think the j eatures are good, if was not making up ! , face." Speaking of the widening of womnn's; phere, why do_not some of the sex take to j arpentering? "Vs'omt'n are generally inter- ! sted in joiner work. _ j y A Tennessee man can so perfectly Imf- 1 1 shr- connds made bv two doers enjmtred t : n fighting ihat he- culls a Memphis congre nation out of church in three minutes. A shoe can he made in some of the Lynn, Mass.. shops in 40minutes. A pair of feet : xould be likely to go through such shoes with almost a? much dispatch. "1 don't think there is any roy.-:l blood iu : tnv veins.'* remarked a sad faced young : man as lit: made a bee lioc for the dentist's:' 'but my jaw is every i^ch aching." Bad seasons and short crops are the latest! rotations of what niis the farmer. Ought; not short crops to bring good price*? If not. why not? A man becoming angry because Iris gun j kicked badly, his companion said. "Guns I fire but human, after all. They are almost i sure to kick when the load is too heavy." ; "When you visit a fair this season politely ! inquire for the treasurer. When found", ; hand him your purse with a pleasant smile. It will save you all further trouble. T? nf ?'ma nnflrorhnnL* \r-w in : 11 1 1 ? cvciy instance, commensurate v.hh the: promptings of the heart. ivhat a glorious ' Christm::* it would be for tiie poor. The bravc-st are not, always the tenderer, j as the poets sing: there is the red game j rooster, for instance; he will light a bin' of i double his weight, but he cuts up tough in j a pet pie. A book on etiquette tells "how to tell :i j man larger than yourself that he is a liar." ! The best way is to tell him through the I telephone, and then go out into the coun'ry j for a few days. It is hard scratching cither to devise or ; to afford all the Christmas gifts that the j season calls for. But if you have to scratch j remember that your patron saint is Santa j Claws. Railway conductors say that Friday is j the lightest day of the week for travel. It i is probably because so many people have a i superstitious idea of the day as being un-1 lucky. A Kentucky man claims to be able to ; "fill his mouth with water and blow it ! through his ears." The remarkable part; of this statement is that the man is able to take the water into his mouth. Going security for a relative is a good ; (leal like licking a red-hot poker with ! ihe tongue. There is nothing to be gained, j and only about one man in a million can do it with safety. ' Where arc you going?" she said a.s her ; husband started to go out at the end of the first act. "0 no place much." he replied: i "I notice the curtain has taker, a drop. : and 1 thought a little of doing the same thing myself." It is Sam Jones who says, "The lullabies of my cradle linger with me to day, like i the memory of a precious dream." But one tiling we are apt to forget is the num- j her of precious dreams the mother had to > give up to keep the lullaby going. A Western editor (married) says he will j be glad to publish the poetry and board j any poet who will find a word lo rhvtre with house-cleaniDg which is not wickedly profane. : It is s&id that barbed wire fences conduct lightning. A man who has ever sat down | unexpectedly upon one of those nuisances j will be convinced that they keep lightning on draught all the time. "Cjngress cannot join the Knights of Labor, because it does not work," says the Philadelphia Time*. A graver reason comes in the fact that it would under no ! circumstance strike and stop drawing its pay. A boy was asked if he ever prayed in church," and answered, "0 yes: I always say a prayer like the rest do, just before the sermon begins." "Whatdo you say':" was j the inquiry. "Now i lay me doWii to i sleep." ! lium and honey is said to Ij3 one oi mo ! best cough medicines for a family. The ' wife can use her share of it?the honey? j while the husband, with his usual self sac-1 riScing devotion, gets away with the ruin. "Lectures on cooking!" exclaimed Mrs. B.: "no. I'm not going to 'em. Myhus-j baud lectures on cooking, and when he [ mentions his mother he looks around for ; somebody to applaud." One preacher standing iu t he pulpit holding open the door of the kingdom of heaven doesn't attract nearly as much attention as a late arrival holding open the uoor of the 1 church. We need reform. Four or rive months ago old Ben Butler declared that the Fiftieth Congress would : be Republican. nr> matter what happened. He is now hunting for Wiggins in order to shake hands and sympathize with him. Christmas shipping is a delightful occupation for the people with long purses: and yet it is ?,y np means sure that the people ; with short ones do pot get more pleasure ! out of their ingenious contrivances to make I :i little go a long way. Some ir.cn seem born to make unfortu-1 nate mistakes, for instance, the man who i buys a pipe as a present for a friend who 1 ilocs not smoke, a prayer book and hymnal j for a frit-ad who is a straight laced Presby ! teriau, :mil a rare and beautiful framed j itching ;or a. friend who doesn't ktiow the ! jiffereoca b&wpen a line engraving anil a lithograf.li. THE FINANCIAL OUTLOOK. My courage strengthened as I gazed; The words came rushing to my lips. The olJ, old tale of love was told, ^he glanced down at her linger tips. And tJ.cn ?ue in accents low, Whi'e blushes red suffused her vhee^, "Tt mnv tin wrnnc for me to ,isk\ But how much do you got a week?" Jt is at the Christmas season that the j nan who ^wsses.ses an inborn love for ciii!- j I'ren makes such a tooi of himself that for j he rest of the year he is wont to upbraid : lis own weakness. The Christmas chimes 'cr s^me unaccountable reason excite him ; n a marked degree, and for the time being ' le is a cliild a'gai^. joining in tl;c childish j sports, crawling hand and knees upon the ! . ?oor, laughing with delight over Harold's ! : Noah's ArU. a;id taking an unmistablc in-! ; erest in liie adornment of Alice's new wax ' ; loll. This is the man who wiilingij* con;ents to attire himself in furs and a false j 1 vig and beard and enact the role of Santa ' Ulaus for the entertainment of the Sunday School of the parish to which he belongs, riie children laugh and are amused, to be . sure. j "While Tli re io ?1 xa Hope. Many of the diseases of tliis' jfeatsGn : ( )f the year can be averted by'a small ^T.oi'.nt of care and at little cost, by j lie tiaiciy* use of Ewbank's Topaz < 2ixch6xa Cordial. ' It cures Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Choi- j Morbus and like complaints. "JVo raveicr should be without a bottle, as : ' " ..n , t win prevent any enseal uiaz wouia ; 10 doubt arise' "from the change ot pa'er. food and climate, without its; ] ise. vrhe iiicpt valuable medicine in ' j he world, contains ail the best and , nost curative properties of all other Conies, Bitters, etc., etc., being the p-e<ttesi ftlood purifier. Liver Regula- j ;or and Life and I^eajth-Itesicriug i ; igent in existence. For Malaria, ?evr*r and Agas. Chills and Fever, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Sick Head- j iche, Nervous Headache, Chronic j : Jhenmatism, etc., etc., it is truly a ! j! herculean Remedy. It gives new life , v md vigor to the aged. For -ladies 111| jj lelicate health, weak and sickly chil- j \ iron, livrsiupr mothers, sec circulars ; a trapped wi.ta ioitfp, p Charleston, S. C., Sept. 1,18S5. j s H. B. Ewbank, Esq., President of <' ETlie Topa^ Cinchona Cordial Co.,i Spartanburg, 5. .C.: }*<~-ar Sir?I have j * ised a case of your Topa? Cordial in ay family, and as a Tonic and Appc- ' izer 1 can cheerfully recommend i: to ,11 who arc suffering from Debility .nd lack of appetite. My children, s, specially, have been much benefitted f, ?y its use. Respectfully, i j. Hutsox Lee. u Ask your druggist for Ewbank's b ?opa's CmCfrOijA Cordial and take \ c io other.' ' " " (; The Topaz Cinchona Cordial Co., " p * Spartanburg, S. C\, U. S. A. ?: i, Miscegenation in M&rvland. ' ? ' jb IIagkrstowx. Md., Decern^ 17.?.Jce j roods, a negro, "was to-day sentenced to . 7 months in the penitentiary for marrying i } white wopjiiti. w i S A LONG NEGLECTED SENSE. The Xo>e was J'ceii Overlooked Tlironjh A1! tlie I.ong Centuries. Isn't it a little singular that the nose. the organ of smelling, has, through all the long centuries, bevii neglected in the matter of education.' Ail the other sen>e$. >ave alone tliatof smelling, are cultivated and improved. Take that of sight, \rto.-li has been aided and educated by means of the microscope and telescope, not to speak of spectacles, which overcome visual deficiencies and continue old e-ye~ i n useful employment to the last moment of existence. If you have a (.laughter wit!) a piano or neighbors similarly endowed, you know what has been donci in educating the touch. By educating the linger tips the blind are enabled to read. The sense of hear- j ing and of taste are both educated. Take tlie practical arts. What a blessing a plumber or health officer would be with a nose trained to business. What a sweet boon a specialist would he who, with a snuff or two in (.he .suspected locality, would be able to say, "this is malaria." "that's scarlatina," ' here's typhoid fever." Isn't it strange that tuis iast quarter of the Nineteenth century, big with ?rfr.it inventions, has done nothing for this long neglected sense? Then the shape of the nose. It is not unlikely that it has greatly degenerated in form from what it once was. Take an old coin of Rome or Greece and you will readily satisfy yourself that this is no mere assumption. Roman and Grecian noses of pure types are now extremei-iro Tlio<r> tvnes are mers-insr into a. conglomerate nose. It is said that character depends largely upon the form of the nose. Why, then, leave so much to chance.' Why not train up a nose in the way it should go? If a ]>erson has a good nose, a nose of character, he usually, like the blue china, endeavors to live up to it. To elevate the race, then, would it not bo well to begin with the nose? I have little doubt a pug nose has in many cases, been more burdensome than the proverbial millstone. Many a boy of good intentions has perhaps been turned aside from the path of high endeavor by discovering the formative period that his nose was a pug or of some othA- plebeian form. Many,{it is true, have been able to rise above such a discouraging endowment, but no one can compute the thousands who have fallen after a noble but ineffectual struggle against a nose. -Dr. H. R. Allen. The London Times* Paris Correspondent. The Paris correspondent of The Times cannot l>e called a brilliant writer; indeed, if his articles are judged by rales of that abomin v^r. T*.>- ?%A? alioil CUiiCU y 1 JU uu aiu mc; u uvfc passmaster with a Now England pedagogue. But there arc clever sense and solid facts in almost every line, and facts told in such a way that readers of the paper can understand them is wliat all good managing editors most want from their correspondents. But if M. de Blowitz is not rhetorically perfect, he certainly is a most wonderful relator of facts, while his predictions, based on the news he hears, are clear, concise and very apt to come true in ever}' particular. He has also strong power for descriptive writing. I have read many a dispatch of his which was as graphic a.s anything ever penned. He does a vast amount of work, and yet he cannot be exactly called a daily grinder at the newspaper grist mi:!. His position is such that he is forced to do much social visiting, while, of course, he is officially everywhere. He is one of, if not the U-st. after dinner speakers we have in Pari-;, ami all gnosts bidden to the banquet are glad when his tuna comes to address them. He speaks English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Arabic with equal ease, and he is always eloquent, even though his pronunciation is somewhat marred by a slight impediment. The secret <?f 51. de Blowitz' success as a gatherer of great news is that European statesmen have confidence in bim. He never betravs this confidence, no matter how great the temptation to '-beat" or "scoop" a rival. Ho is 011 intimate terms with tbe best statesmen of the continent, and when they say to him "Do not repeat this conversation," he remarks: "When the time is opportune and in my judgment the facts you have just related to me are useful to The Times, I will ask you to let me use them, but I will not do so without your permission." Then he goes home and he has his shorthand secretary write down every word of the conversation, but he will not ever use it without permission. It is this regard for his personal honor that makes him of such great value.?Boston;Herald _ The l'rofossor'# Tarn Came Laat. It would seem almost gratuitous to attribute 't.o the modern Athenian even the taint of snobbery in his desire to appear exclusive, as is frequently the case at the sumlrer resorts. But sometimes the charge may Ix fairly sustained, as tbg following story will illustrate. Sir. Rentroll brought his family to Breezy,Cove quite early, and before the summer sojourners had.'appeared in force he had made the acquaintance of Mr. X.,a genial genrieznan wicn a ionuness ior xirerary pursuits and natural history. All went well for the first week, and then.' unpleasant to relate, Mr. Rentroll, in strolling by the shore one morning, caught Mr. X. in the very act of sitting upon a dingy keg down by the fish houses, in the rough garb suitable for marine studies, conversing pleasantly with a bevy of fishermen. Could Sir. R. believe his eyes! '4i.es, it \yas true, and he coldly recognized his piazza acquaintance; the next morning '..here was a repetition of the fragrant offense to polite society and poor Mr. X. was given the cut direct. Meanwhile the seaside studies and the confabs with the honest fishermen went on, and the season wore away. Septemter came, and, after repeated refusals, Mr. X. was prevailed upon by several of the guests, and among them a good minister who knew him j +/-% t.hAYv* n Tintiiral lnofrtrrr tell I? in ! i he big parlor. All of Breezy Cove was invited, aria 'Alien }he evening came there were exhibitions of huge diagrams, and au a?ur and a half of rapid charcoal drawing in illustration of a very pleasing talk upon an interesting theme. The company was de- j lighted, and among the first to come forward j at the" conclusion of the lecture, with con- ! ^ratulations and fulsome compliment, was ! the exclusive Mr. Rentroll. Ic was now my j dear Professor 2?.;s time to be cool.?Boston j Record. i The Sultan of Morocco. The sultan of Morocco is said to be a verit- j able Haroun al Baschid. He is handsome md most courtly in manner, and professes to i be a prophet, in which character he leads a : niiet and ratlicr secluded life. He possesses ' 3,00<) wives, jvjiom he keeps in harems at- Fez, j llorocco, and Mekues'. lie also has a travel- I lug harem which constantly attends him.'-- j Chicago Tribune. ..The Marguerite of Marguerites." The queen of Italy "tbe Marguerite of : Marguerites." as King Umberto calls her, Iresscd by Worth, changing her gowns four inies a (lay, dar. ing like a sylph and riding ike p.n amtu^n, has vet time to fill the Quin'nol >iiu1 lim- nnlniM fit VnnM .- m-otfllo I !rcm Venice, carving in ivory, old jewelry j md intaglios.?Chicago Herald. Sixty-three varieties of toilet preparations j jave been sent to Mrs. Langtry for trial ana I rcconuiiendaliou. Making the t?kfn Tender. j ! \ minister with u rather liorid complex- i on went into the shop of a barber, one of ! ii.s parishioners, to be shaved. The barber ras addicted to drinking, after which his iand was. in consequence, unsteady at his fork. In shaving the minister he inflicted cut sufficiently "deep to cover the lower urt of his face with blood. The minister rued to the barber and said, in a tone of ' Oieiiin SeVUrliy. * ui xiiuuuis vvuub i j omes oi' taking too &mch drink.'' "Aye." : 1 eplied Thomas, with the utmost compo- j ] arc "it makes the skin very tender.?Texan \ 'iftingn. Burning or the Beauty ot tlte >lis?ia#ij>i>i. j Nfay Or.LE.vxs. December 14.?The ; ] teamboat J. M. White, from Vicksburg ; 1 or Xew Orleans, v.-as burned at 10 o'clock 1; 1st night, at Blue Store, Point Coupe, 30 ] liles above Baton Rouge. She had a num j er of passengers on board. Her cargo . (insisted of 21,00b bales of cotton and ,000 sacks of seed. Several lives are re-; orted to have been lost, but the captain, ; %. a/, T? irfK/- rroc in 1 . WUU ?? III A" Vj j ( legraplis that only one person, Jthe porter ; t f the boat, is known to be lost. The j; oat and her cargo are a total loss. The Clinton woolen mills, at Clinton, : i lieh.. valued at ?180,000, were burned on i atiinhiy morning: 1 c * \ THE AFTER DINNER NAP. A Luxury About Which Opinion* Differ. Concerning Sleeplessness. There is much difference of opinion concerning the desirability of an after dinner nap. Those who advocate it cite the example of animals, but these gorge themselves with I0<>1 wneuever OppOIlumLV Uiieis, ium u;v heavy and drowsy in consequence. A short rest, however, Ls different from lethargic sleep, and often appears to do good. Brain work should certainly be forbidden after dinner: the interval between it and bedtime should be devoted to recreation and amusement. In the case of elderly people a short nap after a late dinner often helps digestion, but as a general rule it is better for such persons to make their principal meal at 2 p. m. The digestive powers of most elderly people are at a low ebb in the evening. "When sleeplessness is troublesome relief should be sought for in the discovery and removal o." the cause whenever possible. The condition is often due to indigestion, and when this is the case the ordinary remedies j for inducing sleep are worse than useless. I The nervous relations between the brain and [ the stomach are so intimate that disorder of | the one organ is almost certain to affect the I other. Excitement, worry and anxiety, [ which have their seat in the brain, interfere with the functions of the stomach, ar.d in ! like manner anything that unduly taxes the ; power of or irritates the stomach disorders the circulation and nutrition of the brain. The sleeplessness often complained of by gouty persons is due to the poisonous effect of the morbid material upon the nervous sysI torn pTi-e<viv.? vnmL-in" too much alcohol. tea ami coffee, often resorted to by overworked persons, are frequent causes of sleeplessness. In all these cases the cause is removable, while the effect may be counteracted by appropriate treatment. Nothing is mure mischievous, however, than to continue the habits and to have recourse to drugs to combat the effects. A due amount of exercise tends to induce normal sleep, and such exercise need not be of a violent character. A walk of two or three miles daily is sufficient, and is, perhaps, as much as a busy man can find time for. A ride on horseback, the Palmerstouian cure for gout, is probably the best form of exercise for those whose minds are constantly at work. It has been Well said that a man must come out of himself when in the saddle: he is forced to attend to his horse and to notice the objects he meets. Walking may be a merely automatic process, and affords little, if any relief to the mind, and carriage exercise may be practically valueless if the mind is not diverted from what had previously occupied it.?Fort nightly Review. The Sikh* of West Africa. finger I espy something which at the first glance looks like a yellow-headed African whose hair has grown down to his waist. But the next moment I see that the supposed Esau is wearing an enormous hat of dried grasf, the long, straggling ends of which completely hide his upper figure and make him appear as if carrying a huge truss of straw. He has scarcely passed when up come four or five stalwart blacks in dark blue uniforms and scarlet facings, who carry their rifles in a smart, soldier-like fashion suggestive of long discipline. These are the famous Hoassas, the Sikhs of West Africa, who form a kind of armed constabulary along the whole Guinea coast. Though aimost unknown to the civilized world they have done many a deed of valor as heroic as any which has been famed in story ami song. Only the other day one of their English officers was telling me, with a glow* of honest admiration on bis handsome face, how thirty of his negro war- i riors matle good their ground against ten times j their number of savage Awconas till their ammunition was spent and then charged home with the bayonet, sweeping away their swarm| ing enimies like chaff.?Accra Cor. New York ! Times. All Ingenious Dauchijj Shoe. Mi's. James Brown Potter, that social queen I of whom so much has been heard since >he [ startled the good people of "Washington last I winter by reading " Ostler Joe,has endeared herself to the feminine world by the invention of an ingenious dancing shoe. The shoe is warranted by the inventor to unlace six times ; every hour. In the invention of this valu- j able addition to the feminine ball toilet the force of the lady's genius was spent not upon the shoe itself, but upon the lacing, in which more destiny may be said to be involved. A series o( trials demonstrated to the/air inventors satisfaction that a shoe tied- with a stiff ribbon would become unfastened the requisite number of times, and after much judicious shopping a ribbon of the proper j stiffness was found. As soon as the muscles j of the instep are exerted the ribbons give | way, then untie, and the next moment trail j upon the floor. This, of course, necessitates a ! kneeling knight at beauty's feet a provok- j . ingly triumphant number of times. In a j crowded oaix room me enect, js ssiu iu ue : superb.?Chicago Times. A Parisian Charitable Institution. j A report recently published shows that the organization known as the Assistance Pub- 1 lique. in Paris, distributes every year among the poor about ?non,000. The bureaus of j public assistance are managed by the mairies i of the various arondissements, who meet ' every year and arrange how the money is to , , be distributed. The funds are raised from voluntary offerings donations, the surplus j profit from the national pawnshop and Jfcs proceeds of lotteries. A lai-ge amount of the j money is given to the poor in their own homes, and ^..^.KJ.OOO francs go to support : those in the hospitals A^umis allowed for vaccination, and die Sfoivaleseenls, after leaving the bospjtai; Receive a weekly allow- j ance until they find employment. The re.- ' ceipts for last year have fallen about 40,000 francs. This is partly due to the depression in trade, which has had its effect on the g?ii- . erosity- of The people, and to the fact that a large amount is swallowed' up in admin istra- j tion.?Chicago Times. Nothing so Impressive. A man who takes you to his home of an evening, surrounds you with pleasant company, gives you a good dinner and places you where your mind is relieved by light conversation, your spirits cheered by the sense of solid comfort, does something for you that all the '-putting up the wine" in the world can't do. And then it's as much his wife's credit as his. He may do all this, but hell never get the credit for it he can for spending a few dollars treating. It is not because people can't pay for their own drinks. I suppose it must be because they see him pay his money out, and nothing is so impressive to most people as a ?20 gold piece chucked carelessly down on a riar.?oan nnui'iscu viUTjjm.nr. Had It on Hor Mind. In a neighboring town the other day a little girl went into the postoffice and in all innocence asked the delivery clerk for a bolt of J black dress binding. The clerk laughed and the little girl explained matters by^fcyiijg ^ that she had been sent to the store for that f article and had it on her mind. Again a boy walked into the same place and asked if there was anything for 8 o'clock. He was looking at the clock when ho spoke and forgot what what he was talking about.?Exchange. -y Whaler Blown l'p. S.vx Fi:a$cis?0, December 17.?The ^ steam whaler Mary ancT Helen took rire this j mornimj. The captain's son and a sailor I * lost their lives in consequence. TuoXearo Murderers Lvnchril. Little Rock, Ark., December 17.? Two of the negroes who participated in the murder of George Tate, last Tuesday,! were taken from iail last night, by a vigi-! lance committee, anu riddled with bullets. ; The tireat Oil Monopoly. -j? T] Lorisvn.i.e, ity. ,T5eoumbcr IT.?George ? Rice, of Marietta, Ohio, has tiled suit in he United States Court against the Stand>? '' r*;i r'nmn?nv and T.fillisvillo nnfl V Nashville Railroad for *1,000.000 damages fu m^-,000 for alleged freight overcharges. P; EC ?J Nothing will make your sweetheart .so ca ingry as to make her a Christmas present | t>. >f a half dozen pairs of kid gloves two or v.i hrc-e sfces too large for her. Sh? will take tfc t as an. unpardonable insult?an insinua- u ion that you think her possessed of an js normous hand?and it would have been p nuch letter for you to have saved your; H nnney and <vnt tier a ten cent Christmas 3 Cluv.Tioti* will Probably .Make IIis Conifrssion ga 1 on the i?Cttffo!il* Rrh.mo.vd. Va., Dcce:n??er 11.?A:- ||[ though Cluverious, the convicitd uiunioicr of Lilian Madison, iius dedincd to see any out' excc-pi. his spiritual adviser, there ;s :i weil ground suspicion lli.-tt he has in the yc:."? iwv ^ u i.v. *.?. tuiiiiuiu : he crime tor w hich he is so soon to pay the penalty. Rc-v. Dr, Hatcher, an cunucui iuj.iisi divine. who lias known Cluverius for many year?, is with him daily, and although iic is reticent when asked the point blank U'lostion. yet certain ?iuestions put to him, u:;d others near him, guarantee the conclusion that the prisoner has acknowledged the com mission of the crime. Fur instance, the teaching <.[ the liaplitt (uiaisicis i? u> the effect tliat :t Ulan v.hy! has committed the sin < !' nmrJer must uc* knowledge i.is sin Lr:?>re (v..-d ji:?i i:? Certain parties \-'i. <'-a and who are also Baptists. t<> \vL; nominatieu Ciuvt ;;.>i^ ; ; . tirely asserted : ?: *.; prisoner L'is ^;udc ij't? ].vuco . . - .. i> thought :.sv i< . "will be read from tit Uuai m. . - hawbeeu l> ey tint:! ti'.-i liui-..-, Tids r . rs sj| pursue : thy e: iobiaiui .JtU-r /. . i;> ; s H5C, Phillips bi !i:<f \ of the j p J I d>t (louosiiiraibn. iisj n::d:.tallies i..; n jcceucc up U> 'la Ii.it. s*> l;a* as lb*.* public vas eor.etiiied. but eoeiesst.d ty it', v. Dr. i);ckinj<;ii. v. it:; kept the secret until [he ii-i? v?. .... #? t T vf": I:\ INFORMATION Ea MAKY PERSONS at this scan on ^V/ Xwralgia, Rheumatism, Ch Limbs, Hack and ^y \ J' Shies, Had Hlood, "*-''"' >/Indigestion.Dyspepsia, 31alar i a, Co nstipa tlon&KidticyT.ro ubles. i -i?VOL!HA CORDIAL CORES RHEUMATISM, Bad Blooii and Kidney Troubles, by cleaning the Mood of all its impurities, strengthening all i>arta i of the body. ?V0L1HA CORDIAL CORES SiGK-HEADAOHE, | j N*uralj?ia. Fains in <he Limbs, Back and Sides, by ' ~>a;( touing the serve? aud strengthening the muscles. 5 . VCLIHA COHDSAL CURES DYSPEPSIA, Indigestion rtri<l Constipation, by aidin? tlse assim- , r Mating of the Food through the protraction of the | *stomach; it ereak-s a healthy appetite. : yoi -i?VOUHA CORDIAL CURES NERVOUSNESS, Depression of spirits arid Weakness, by enliven- flf] Ing and toning the system. * : ?V'OLIHA CORDIAL CORES OVERWORKED | and I)c!icr.!f- "Women. Puny and Sid. / Children. I * It is delightful and nutritious as a general Tonic. j Volina Almanac and Diary for 1887. A handsome. compile ?5(Sg3fS and useful Book, tellinghow :o ci'RK DISKASES ai JloMii la a pleasant, natural way. Mailed 0:1 receipt of u 2c. postage :;aa;p. Address VGUKA DRUG & CHEMICAL CO. _ BALTIMORE, MO., U. 8. A. j CHAKLOTTE J FEMALE HSTiTOTI.|S : mo vo INSTITUTE for YOUNG LADIES j era in the South lias advantages snpe- J rior to those offered here in every depart- j ment?Collegiate, Art and Music. Only ; experienced and accomplished teachers. j m The building is lighted with gas, warmed i 1 with the best wrought-iron furnaces, has ; ?? U i. . . I . .1 ... .i.,- UAi!. . ~ .1 ?.^4. AlAr.? ! joi auu coici water uuuis, aitu ursi-tirtss . appointments as a Boarding School in j ! ever}.- respect?no school in the South lias i ~ -uperior. 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I proc the second bottle the neighbors could notlcc that m> health had been bad for two or three years?I hail a ually. I had a severe pain in my breast. After tafcit me and I grew stouter than I had been for several ye R a little spot about the size of a half dime, and it is : a every one with cancer to give S. S. S. a fair trial. 21ns. NAXCY J. McCON'ATJGHET Swift's Specific Is entirely vegetable, and seer impurities from the blood. Treatise on I3l.*>od and S ^ THE SWIFT SPEC ^ISHLEY SoLUB The Sol ubk'Guano'isXhigtiiy concentrated Am rrade Fertilizer for ali crops. : 1 ! ' ASHLEY COTTON AND CORN COJfPOUNI svo crops and also largely used by tlie Truckers n ASHLEY ASH ELEMENT.?4. very cheap am lizer for Cotton, Corn and Small Gram Crops, a rines, etc. ASHLEY DISSOLVED DOVE: ASHLEY AC rades?for use alqne and in Cqmpost heap. For Terms, Directions, Testimonials, and for tin ublications of the Company, address THE ASHLEY PHOSPHAr Nov25Lly tese t?il!s -rera a aronderfu! disccvcrr. I" "telicve ail msaacr cf dis.-a;o. Tic .n.-r.:._ . >z of pills. Ficdoui ^5? g^i ;out them, and you 'fe'-j ill always be thaak-fip I One pill a dose. g|*|f irsoas'Piils contain ||lij tjgli 1 thing harmful, are ?f?t$e S?5r?Luse no in'convea- HH alii! wjjjllli Ifl e marvelous power of these pills, they would walk 10Q1 thout. Seal by mail for 25 cents in stamps. Illustrate e information is very valuable. I. S. JOHNSON L CO.. 2 ink IIniii DI ifiaiiCi ElOff ill J iOTHER'S M Wa* r.VAMAn? tilWA Af J Ulii * SIsUiiCUS LUC IILLLV V* and lessens tee pain, but it greatly JB diminishes the danger to life of bom B mother and child, and leaves the mother In a condition more favorable to speedy recovery, and less liable *.o Flooding, Convulsions, ana other alarming svmptoms. Its eilicacy m this respect entitles it- to be called M Tek Mother's Fbibkd, and to rani MM as one of the li'e-savmg remedies of the nineteenth century. We cannot publish certificates concemngthis remedy without wound- ^H| tag the delicacy of "the writer.-. Yot we have hundreds on file. B I to: o r book, "To Mother?," moiled free rp.aiinsld Kesclatos Co., A i .n; uv Ca. rom the World's Best Maters, ^ j AT FACTORY PRICES. ^ siest Terms of Payment, 1 Eight Grand Makers, and Oyer ? Three Hundred Styles to Select From. PIANOS: A ickering, Mason & Hamlin, | iathnshek. Bent and Arioiu a ORGANS: 1 son & Hamlin, Orchestral and Bay State. J 'lanos and Organs delivered, freight 4H (3, to all points South. Fifteen days' il, and Freight Paid Both Ways, if 1 ; satisfactory. )rder, and test the Instruments in ir Own Homes. IIUMBIA MUSIC HOUSE* J (ranch of LUDDEN A BATES' m SOUTHERN MUSIC HOUSE. PRICES AND TEEMS THE SAYS. IT. W. TRUMP* Manager. j rEW ADVERTISEMENTS. " I EAFSE8S, its causes, and a new and | successful CURE at your own home, one who was deaf twenty-eight years. J iated by most of the noted specialists liout benefit. Cured himself in three nths, and since then hundreds of oth. Fuil particulais sent on application. T. S. PAGE, |j 41 West 31 st st., New York City. i /MRSti A fS& (MR PIANOFORTES. .1 USEQUALED POE ' J nc, Touch, Worknmnsliij) an(| Durability. JH WIUU3I KXABE ?fc CO- ' 'V "Oi and "06 West Baltimore St., altimore. . IIS Tilth Avenue. Xcw York. 11' ^ l : - c"- ' -sHor* r wuuoTtmioi A Awards of Medals in. S-uropo and Arneiica. *ndihtot 4 ; inedv MIOWIl for HhC;U::iut:S'.n, ^ i ; . Neuralgia, Lumbago, BacKaoi;e, <V.ds i:i the chest and all at he? Endorsed by .1000 Physicians 0iuv .-is:ta or the highest repute Ben's Piasters promptly relieve and cure * fie other piasters and greasy salves, incuts and lotions, are absolutely use. Beware of imitations under similar uding nam.'s, such as "Capsicum," 4^ Vap.sicin?y as they are ut- . y worthies in id intended to* deceive. ; Fojt Benson's and take no cthebs. drugsists. SE ABUttY & JOilNSOX, prktors, New York. * ' ^ ? * S V* R* M 3 - I ft a 54 rr H Ufiivyjaj:' msacMNHI Eilliafe'EssJ'iii A SPECIALTY. + ii>I?'-t, Most Danibi*, Economical. and Por/pct \ use?wastes so xniia; cleans it rvady :'or market. FRESHING ENGINES ro? i <v .ip.Slix. an<l Siangan! implements gen. Uy. Send for illustrated catalogue. A. B. PAROWHAR, iujItsiiI* Agricultural \Vortfc TORE. Ps. Sr&cI'L. $ ore on JOJ cheet, afid *. doctors; . I ans, l>ut without receiving any pcrma; peciailsts. The medicine they applied a statement i:t the papers telling v/h urea so;r.e at once. *Jc"orc X had used H r cancer was healing up. My general . hacking cough an?i spit blood ccntinlg six 'oott' s of S. S. S. my cough le't B ars. 3Iy cancer has healed over all but rapidly disappearing. I would advise , Ashe Grove, Tippecanoe Co., Ind. ? ? ns to cure . ancers by forcing out the kin Diseas??? mailed free. li'IC CO., Drawer C, Atlanta, Ca. Wl H' fgjASfcoAjjj^MitiraraQaS le Guano. moslatdi (jraano, a complete High JSj^/A A complete Fertilizer for t'nesa H ear Charleston for vegetables, eti. \ -rflH i excellent Non-Ar.iinoniaied Fer.nd also for Fruit Trees, Grags ID FIIOSPHATE, of very High M ; various attractive and in-jtruetive A CE CO., Charleston,rS.C. y; W 1 ir < , 5*^ i->r3 *35SS n the ?cr:cL "Wi".! rcsitlvjlr eaa? .... l.v.v li Vi'ci'tii ten times the eoi?c of & ieace. One box^iil #||R?|& do core to purify the v *"* i;* ? bloodandcure hrcnly ic ill health than $5 g Tror.h^f 31:7 other " ailes to get a box if they could not be had d pamphlet free, postpaid. Send for it: !2 Custom House Street. BOSTONj HAJSS, nh Rloflii! ? VII VIVVUI 1