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I>KAT1J ur >T ?KVATfON. Two <>i?l Mivi'v Kotiuu Deail ii: :? T?aeni?.-nt Huiistr. PiiiLAifKLi'iiiA, I'a.. January 7.?Tins afternoon a policeman forced entrance to the rear oi the frame dwelling, No. Locust street, and discovered the ! dead bodies of two old misers. Joseph Perry, aged ~'.l year?, and P.obert Piice, aged 65 years. These men were eccentric and Iiad occupied the premises for over thirty years, although neither has performed any i nanus.? lai >or for eight years. They occupied two rooms on the ground tloor, both of which were scantily furnished. while the door leading to the second tloor was locked, barred and nailed to keep intruders fr< >m effecting an entrance by that means. Both men are known as misers and refused to associate with any one in the neighborhood. Ti?AT . . .C-w A "V AC|Jt UiCii. \WlUllMtO closed, an?l botli wore never known to be absent from the house at the same ; time. All sorts of stories were afloat about thi- neighborhood. Some of the j neighbor stated that tluy were known, to have money deposited :n the Philadelphia Savings Fund and other banking, institutions. This morning one of the occupants of the adjoining premises notified an officer that neither Perry nor Price had been seen to leave or enter the } dwelling for over a week. The officer j forced open a rear window shutter and | entered, in the back room he stumbled ! over the dead l?ocy of Price, which was i lying on the iloor. and in the front room . the body oi Perry was found lying on i an oiu lounge, isotii v.-ere terribly emu-; ciated and liad every appearance of ha\- j ing starved to death. The coroner's | physician viewed the remains and expressed the opinion that death had resulted from that cause. TLe Penitentiary Hoard. The Board of Directors of the State Ponitentiary met last week, all the mem-' I>ers being' present. A number of applications for the hiring of convicts were received and considered. The following contracts, already existing, were renewed: K. S. Pringle. 100 convicts: A. -J. Twiggs. 100: Jolm C. Seegcrs, 123: .J. C. F. Sims. 30: T. 1]. Aughtry. 30: A. C. Pibert, 100: 11. F. Moult on. 100. Ail of these contracts outside of the penitentiary a re for labor in the phosphate works, except in the eases of -Messrs. Sims. See"i-r< mill A no-ljirv who v. ill f-mnlov the convicts on plantations. Touching the leasing out of convicts for farm work, the Board passed the following resolution: 'lesvlved. Tii.tt the financial condition of the institution forbids the -Hoard from making any further contracts for farms, beyond those with parties already under contract, except for the hire of convicts for cash. The Board discussed the <p:estioaof continning woik upon the Columbia Canal, and reached the conclusion that such continuance would be contrary to the manifest intention of flic Legislature, as evidenced by the defeat of the Act concerning the canal at the recent session. It was therefore decided that no more work should be done, except to save that already done. The matter win be m charge of thcoiiicers o; the institution. who wili utilize ?omo of the surplus labor in this direction. While TIi re i? Life Thera is Hope, Many of the diseases of this season of the year can be averted by a small amount of care and at little cost, by ^ the timely use of Lwbakk's Topaz Cinchona" Cordial. It cures Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Cholera Morbus and like complaints. So traveler should be without a bottle, as it will prevent any disease that would no doubt arise from the change ot water, food and climate, without its use. The most valuable medicine in the world, contains all the best and most curative properties of all other fi"1 - - - r>:. . ~ Kn;tUn -LUIUUS, JOiCiCif, CtA/., K'-siiug me greatest Blood Purifier, Liver Regula? tor and Life and Health-Restoring Agent in existence. For Malaria, Fever and Ague, Chi!]? and Fever, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Sick Mead ache, Nervous "Headache, Chronic Rheumatism, etc., ctc., it is truly a Herculean Remedy. It gives new life and vigor to the aged. For ladies m delicate health, weak and sickly children, nursing mothers. See circulars wrapped with bottle. Charleston, S. C., Sept. 1,1SS5. H. ?. Ewbaxk, Esq., President of The Topaz Cinchona Cordial Co., Spartanburg, S. C.: Dear Sir?I have * s* rry r-\ .Tr.l useu a case 01 your xopaz ^oriuai m my family, and as a Tonic and Appetizer I can cheerfully recommend i: to ail who are suffering from Debility and lack of appetite. My children, especially, have been much benefitted by its use. Respectfully, Eutsox Lee. Aik your druggist for Ewbaxk's Tor.kz Cixchoxa Cordial and take no other. The Topaz Cbtchoxa Cordial Co., * Sparrauburg, S. C-, U. S. A. The A\erc^e L'0?i in Liviug. How many persons have even :i rough idea of the average suin upon which by far the larger part of the citizens of the United States are fed. clothed and housed? A re tl.nl Sift n/.r Wili< Jsuiusiituui w.iuia;vj lutuw wuv. of the population, of this country is supported by from 40 to -">0 cents per capita a day. At the latter ligure, this makes as iJie average annual cost of living; but, as by average we mean the balance between extremes, there must be many persons who have not even this sum to live upon. That -j0 cents a day is a generous estimate wiil be admitted wxee it is re- j snembered ihat many mill operatives earn ; only from $-1 to s7 a week, and thai the wages of farm bauds run from ?20 to .>"50 a month, and that o& these sums seveial j persons are often supported. When it is i remembered, too, that some other human beings have a yearly income wjual to what! is necessary for the subsiste nce of 300 or 1.0UO of these "average" mortals, the start- j r Itil... I,v!f(.mec r\i (mr . iiUi^ IVUUlWV Jtl??VVU v.wivtuv/ v*. VM> I modern society aiu^L be most evident. Secretary Lntnar .Married. 3I.uox, Oxi.. January o.?Secrc-hiry Lamar was outvied this morning ?.t 1*0j o'clock, at the r^iiki^c of the bride, by | liev. W. 31. Park of S;m<ic\;-svi!l<>, to 31 is. I "Wiiliaui i>. iloil o! 31acon. *1"uo<.-* present :it the marriage were Captain H. ?. ivr.k. j W. P. Virgin, CoL J. K. Jones and their i wives (daughters of the bride;, Dr. li. 31. j Patterson and wife and 3Iajor \V. if. Koss i and wife. At i:J o'ciock the Secretary and ! bride entered the parlor with joined hands. The ceremony was brief and original, last mg only two minutes, t.o^.gr.iuuauoiis followed*. The bride was dressed in steel jiray silk, with ornaments of diamonds. Tiic Secretary and ids bride left at ~>.'2Q this ?:ternoon to spend the evening witii Governor Gordon, and to-morrow morning they will leave for Oxford. Miss., to visit relatives of the Secretary, and then go to Washington. Another Georgia Wonder. MiLi.KD^KVii.i.E, Ga.. December iy.?! There is a getitieman in this city who can outdo all the feats performed by Bishop, the mind-reader. lie oilers to take any two or three men in Atlanta and let them hide any article whatever in any way or place and he wiil lind it. blindfolded. With persons with whom he is accustomed he can write any name they may think of, and wiil move to any part of the room and a?i m-r thjnfc of ill this iiilU Hit* UUlVli- mvj case also blindfolded. As he has never pracnoed his powers much with ^itttuger*. Ik? finds i; iaird to control their minds, ami ?ntil li<- bec<^iw ;;censtomed to them he will make a few but with Lull a -day's association he :i?rcw to do jrcythicg required. lie can 2nd hidden artictes w::h per feel i:i a few minutes, a:;d can teauu item lo do likewise La a few minutes. Llciirv Q. Ikeciicr. sou of Henry Ward, i has been appointed a Special Agent of the | Treasury Department. < <;;:nkk u. .\or*>. Ti;? vi-iihk- s:ip??ly <;>' cottcii for lite v;or]'l i- o.i IwUs <-,nw r i :* !: < IircUt-Is IlIlVC yielded t<-1lie .striker.-. The Pliii"d<-lj>h:a EtCi-iny A< "-> lns'oecn convert- ! into:; jx-sny paper. An old co];?rcd !:i:m was found frozen to death in Camden.-X.J., ias; Thursday. Austria!: Jews -ire beiuic expelled by the \vhok-s;;!e fr->m (>.*e'?sa aud Woloevskn. Th<- Morning Teltyrom, of Mobile. Ala . has ^.ispernleri publication. Coal miners around Heaver FaiK Pa., have struck ft-v an advance in wuge*. The Sunday law i- b**iiJ^ generally enforced in Xu'vv Orleans, and approved bv rl./. The judges of 20 counties in Tixas re]?ort that G;>,0v0 persons ale suil'ering for food. The lion of Chihuahua. Me\".. is said to !.e ripe for rebellion, and are only waiting for a leader. About 120 tailors and tailoiesse*. employed i-y Win. Kraft, of Newark. X. J., struck voter.lay. A dN"::-irons lire lias occurred on A\"?>od street, L'V-don, ailcc-ting the properly of '2o firms. The damage Is enormous. (Jen. K. P. Alexander is confident of winning his light for the control of the Georgia Central Railroad. Twelve persons were killed on Sunday, in a railroad collision near San Antonio, Texas. Gen. Husted will be nominated by the New York Republicans for Speaker of the House. Xo opposition. Churchill has prudoscd to redu.-e the army estimates ?2,000,000 and the civil service estimates xSW.WU. A memorial has been sent to CGngress foi aid to a World's Fair for colored people, tc l?e held at Brminghani next fall. Geo. "Win. Lourev was buried in New York 011 buiiday. The funeral took plau in Grace Church. The President is reported to he in bc-ttei health than before the New Year. H< | held the* usual reception last Saturday. : The country mound Arcadia and Farm | ville, La., is covered with four inches ol snow. Cholera is still racing in Argentine Con federation. Three hundred and lifty-twc i deaths I:?>t month. I Burglars go: into the safe of the South west postal station. Chicago, Monday nighi . Untlli 91UM. : The races ' w Orleans yesterdav were postpoCAl Thursday on aecoun' of the colli ".U'li.t-ci1. Thy entries v.-ill stand Three men v*f . t illed at Pcwaukee Wis.. last night by a passenger train whicl struck a sleigh load of ice laborers. The Adams K.vpixss robbers. Fred Wil rock. Vv*. \V. J laight and Thomas Weaver 1 were taken to the penitentiary yesterday. The Minnesota Republicans have nomi nated ex Co v em or Cushman C. Davis fo: United Slates Senator. This insures hii election. Thomas ('. Manning, of Louisiana, ha' | been nominated by the President to b< Minister to Mexico. The failure of IC. Duncan Snillin, of New York, an advertising agent, is announce* Liabilities amount to about ?100,000. The . I.-bama Insurance Company an< th? (-itiz'-ns' Insurance Company. at Mo bile, Ala., have made a general assignment Joseph Mauri, the iSrooklyn druggist, nut ; his faniiiy, who were supposed to hav< ' lk.?n?i ?*.i 1 ct?inl)nMV The hippopotamus at the Zoological Gar ! dens, at Paris. killed one of its keepers yef terday, in what seemed to be a lit of insan i ity. i A lire in Lancaster on the "27th destroyec : the drug store of Crawford & Brunei* ' Total iovs on stock and building is So,000 mostly covered by insurance. A Pennsylvania Company has just be gun 'to work the gold mine in CharlotU county. Ya. It is said theyield of gold on is very sails factory. The Democratic members of the Lettish lure of Missouri in caucus at Jefferson City nominated Cuckrell for re-election to the United States Senate. An old French woman of Donaldsonville La., was murdered for her money on Xev Years day. The murdere: has not ve been arrested. Olv?nf f'*vir< ? ?' #*nfr*rtriinr?/l *?1 7>,iflrtu-**? . - ...X V..IV ....... V.W i.UV......?J I L. I., for the safety of five unknown :ne: j who are out in open boa's. hemmed in b} | ice, in the middle of Jamaica Bay. Latest advices from Mandalay slate tlia the British army of occupation are withir two miles of the^reat ruby mines of Bur mah. The Dolores Lund and Cattle Company of Austin, Te.v., h:is failed, with liabilities exceeding *300.000. Assets estimated a $340,000. The British steamer Dragoman from Sa vannah. December 12. for Liverpool, col lided wuh and sunk an unknown vessel of! Bardsey. Fourteen persons were drowned The Lev. Waldo Messaros. whose tria on the charge of felonious assault was ix progress at Philadelphia last week, has beer acquitted by the jury. The public debt statement, to be iseu<x to-day, will probably show a reduction ir the debt during the past month of a litth over $$, 000,000. The carpenters of Chicago will be tin ; next of the buiiding trades to niakcade teniiined attempt to obtain the ei^ht hcu; day. The express robbcfs ycsipruay pleadec guilty and were at once sentenced, >>'it j rock and i [night seven yeare, and Weave: : live years :;i tue penitentiary. WeaiiKy-by, Slovens Jc Co., dry good: inerchan*, Lin-inn^u, ycsterduj' made aa asM'gnmcu!. IJabiiitk/fl 'r'),wh; assel: si 3S,D00. The b;;-iucs.s of the tr.vn o' Sackett's ilarb->r, X. V , \\:s burred Mo:i day. Loss, s5u.uo<): practically no in stance. V/iitOi!:. Weaver and anight, the Frisco express u.iia u.b;jtrs, v. ill probably pleaii guilty to-day and go to the i&sijynaiary I'oi highway robbery. Au r.f t;:s occured Sunday it the Cambridge barrack*, at Portsmouth | England, kijiing foil; r;ien outright ami i buried :) outers in tbe debris. At the Republican legislative caucus al Augusta. Maine, Lugcim Hale was unani mcisly rennmiuated for United Suite; Senator. Ai. a meeting of the leaf tobacco dealer; in Xew Vi'ii: ;h< ta\ was branded as awui measure and as a fruitful sou ice of ofliciai corruption. Alexandriusco. the man u ho au?;rr?ptfcJ to assassinate the Prime Minister at Bucharest, September }{> inst, was sentenced to 20 year-; penal servitude. Three Lancaster linns alone had about 1,000 blank liens printed to their special order last Friday, to start the new year with. Six thousand men and boys are thrown out of employment by the s'rike of the duek band.*- at* Pol l Johnson and Elizabethport, Penn. It i* again rumored that Mr. Lainar will resign his pi u-e in the Cabinet. Mrs. Lamar is said io be strongly averse to the gay social life of Washington. A sled, containing 20 boys, struck the side of a l.ridgi- at Rutland, Vt.. throwing TUG :ju;i?U'jifmost mio me stream. Two were kllk-u and one badly injured. At thesisrn'd ofiiee yesterday it was stated that \i:" wir.' <-:?:niry < : ihv sip]?i iii .< , u'llij 5ii<* exception t;I lb Xew England Sf.'iiivv :?covered wiih snow. The port of ikliimere is virtually closed on account of the ice. which is reported live inches thick, and in many places packed to a diicicnc&s of more "than one fool. The election for county ollieers in Augusta, Ga., held on "Wednesday, resulted in the choice of the administration candidates. Charges of bribery and other improper means are freely made. A Republican legislative caucus of Pennsylvania i;..;:;::;ated Mathcw 6. Quay, of Philadelphia. to succeed Mitchell in the ? i ' .i >. i * f * . i mic-a states senate, iins-is e^uui :o an vUviion. The Delia Kappa Epsilon is in session in ? X .JJJbiX I L . ? . f Washing on. in Manual convention. There , are '-'A cr n>tcrs in the fraternity, of which 2!' arc ^presented in the convention by ' about. 1- i dciturivs-. Prof. Joseph Ta?so. '.he celebrated vi"lin i->t, died at hi* home ia Covington. Ky.. yesterday. The *-5ih year of his age. He \vn> r >1- author of :htit quaint melody, Ark:u:f.> Traveller." The i-uildiags. four in number, and aii the n.;w iiintry shops of the Rhode Island horse >h- < vrork?. situated at ^"vliey Kails, R. 1.. were burned yesterday morning. ; The ]<<ss i< over sSlOU.OO'). The Lnr.castt-r Jit./t.-r congratulate* the Method;-** of Lancaster upon their good . fortune in securing liie services of the ltev. I Mr. SiaTord for another year. The ^ <-nate and ihe House in Indiana are at io:rgs.-fheads. They can't yet come to a join! se?ion. The light between the two political parties seems to indicate a "dual gov* ranie.ni"?two Legislatures, etc. f-:-i ??i... v.... i vy;i i Jiiuiuiu^ im* ^laiurm 1 railway machine. boiler and blacksmith shop- at Fargo. Kak.. were burned. Three j locomotivesand a number of valuable inn- j chines were consumed. Loss estimated at; Laura \*arley. o? St. Louis, was burned to death el: Wednesday. She was a-<3;iu!ted by :i negro in her room and in trying to 1 escape from him she fell against a red-hot i stove, receiving fatal burns. The Committee cu Hi vers and Harbors has not yet acted on the bill to appropriate : $300,000 for the improvement of Charles-] ton harbor. Mr. Willis, the Chairman of { the Committee, says he thinks ?150,000 1 would be a liberal appropriation. The boiler in a mill at Elwood, Indiana, cxpkxhd recently. killing Engineer Del Lysi aiul the miller. Joseph Keid. The : houses were >v recked and the mill scat- j tercd wioc. j Kidinor.r wss indicted reccntlv at Win-! >, cliesle:-, Va., for the murder of Broy, the j young man ".vhr.se body was found inuti- j | luted and hidden under the leaves in a j , I dense wood. I A.gss explosion occurred at Walkers . carriiiV- factory, corner of Wabash avenue ,, and Harrison street, Chicago, and seven firemen, in extinguishing the Humes, -were almost suffocated. Fire at Dartmouth. X. II., Monday night, destroyed the Dartmouth Hotel, in which it originated, and the greater part of the business section of thetown. Loss $130, ' 000, with very little icsurauce. Tlie Republican legislative caucus at " Carson. Xtvudn, on Tuesday, selected Win. M. Stewart as nominee for United States Senator. As the Legislature is Republican, Stewatt V election is assured. 1 In t'.ie North Carolina House of Repre scntativos John H. Webster, the nominee ol" . tiie Independent Democrats, was elected i Speaker by a vote of r>9 to 57. A Republi can wax elected chief clerk. Theorganiza: tion of the Senate is Democratic. The harbor appropriation bill contains the following items for South Carolina: Ch;ir!<-'.'?n harbor (including Sullivan's r Island-, Great Pedee river, *10,s 000: Saiitte river, $10,000:* Waccamaw. i $12,0v0. s The -ui*. of Itcv. \V. W. Downs against the Ui'A Join Square Baptist Chnreh. of Boston, Mass., lor arrearages of salaries , j due pastor, has been decided in the 1 plaintiff's favor, but the amount of award in as yt-i to be determined. ! liepr- 'entaiive Farqulmr, on the part of - the Printers' Union of New York, is conducting :> light against the confirmation of j Public Printer lieneiict's appointment, . upon ground that Benedict is not a practice printer. Gov. ] I ill, of New York, iu his annual meisiific Jo tilt- Legislature, recommended the c^t:ih]i>iii!i'-rit of some permanent system for the employment of convict labor . other thriii the contract system or any plan 1 which i< equivalent to it. The cold wave extends from the Lakes ' i to the v:.liey of Mexico. At Chicago the mercury ranged yesterday morning from 1 to 10 di-grees below zero. In Watertown, ' X. Y.. the thermometer registered 40 dc grets bi io'.v zero. W". v.". "Watkins, aged IT, employed as a ' printer in Cincinnati, was charged with embc/./.Hng some money. He acknowledged : ! the onVn."*, and before he could be stopped swallowed prussic. acid and died instantly. . lie b>iv a good character. I The j 'int convention of the State Legislature < : Connecticut assembled to elect State ofiicers. owing to failure of the popu Jar volt; to give any candidate a majority. \ The res ilt of the balloting was the eiection oi the iC rpuuiicas) candidates. A dynamite cartridge was exploded ia 1 the man-hole of the Larkin street branch 1 . of ill'.* Vmer street cable road at Sun Francisco. 'The track was torn up and window panes in the vicinity shattered. No one . was hi;: f. - A nntuial gas Oi;plosion at Youngitown ' destroyed Hie rew A ndrews block and four I other buildings Thomas Brannigan, aged - 12 yeat*. was cremated, and several others -; are reported missing. The loss will be over : ' $100,000. Tlioijjzis Stephens, the bicyclist who left 1 San Francisco April 18, 1SS4, on a bicycle 2 tour around the world, arrived there Frii : day from Japan on the steamer City of Pekiri. He will be tendered a reception \ ' and bani'iuct by the bicycle clubs of San i : Francisco. 2' A special froai Chattanooga, Tennessee, says: A construction train on the Alabama Great Southern road was wrecked Tuesday . morning, Engineer Pewes and Fireman r1 Fowler v. ere Killed. The engine struck u I cow. left the rails and went down an einj j bankuien*. . i Vt'm. 1\ Pearfon, who pleaded guilty to r i cmbf^/.iiug ?30,000 of !he property of the i AinerjV.ui Euptiit Publication Society of! j Philadi lphia, uy whom Lc was employed . *; as cashier and chief book-keeper, was sen- j j teneed !o the penitentiary for two years i ' and six months. r A committee on behalf of the laity of: ' : the Pp.tfstant Episcopal Church of the. Piii!;iiU-!plii.i diocese has presented Bishop; Wiiiiam Bacon Stevens with a certificate of; ueposii oi .v.-.uu'j. 1 u:8 was a man; 01 ' their t s'cm on the occasion of the Bishop's I ' > corrq k-:ing the 2oth year of his prelacy. Among the petitions and memorials pre- i . cegted to the United States Senate were ! 1 quite a :!-.Tr.!;er praying for appropriations, ; : and in some cases asking the definite sum ' of ?100. to enable the colored citizens to 1 emigrate lo Liberia. These petitions come i ? from various quarters. One is from Lan. ' easier. S. 0. 5 The Social:s>t:e elcmeitf was victorious at.; the annual election of District Assembly j ; Xo. Knights of Labor, of Chicago, j Wcdne-'.lay night. The conservative ele- j I ! ment i.: the Assembly is regarded as suln i fi<*nilv s'niiiL'. however, to defeat anv ex- i ceptiou.-diy radical action undertaken by j ': tLc aoflicers. , I Friday >ui).?ih:ir, passenger train ful- j lowing close behind an express leaving Chicago. ian into the latter, the locomotive oV^ing under the rear sleeper and lifting ii'iti^S; the yir. whence it fell hack on tlie l'r;?at part oi' ;I?p engine, demolishing j it. The >ieeper remained upright and the | : i).'is?!'r.ucr> received no injury beyond being' stood their heads. Scott Piekler, of Jarkson. .Miss., a hoy 13 years .<1.1, on Thursday night shoe and i killed (In >ier Dodvl, the 10-year-old son of . a proujiiiCiJt citizen of Jackson. The two had qu invlled over some trivial matter, i and the older hoy <:ot the worst of it. He , went and procuring a shot gun, j | sought out his enemy and shot him. Col J. 15. Cheves, a temperance lecturer! from K< ::U:cky. has instituted suit in the j United iS-aks C:r;;iit t\?urt against the I <.r <-i 11: v.nivilie. Al;?i?::rr.::. for *30,000 : d ior iiijtirl* s received to lii-s per- i son. Muy-.n- Perry recently assaulted and : beat Cheves at the Greenville depot for al j leged slanderous remarks concerning him j made by Cheves in speeches during the pro- j hibition canvass in Greenville. The butterine factories of C. A. IJobin- j son ci Co.. in Pittsburg, Pa., and of the j Pittsburg Melting Company, at Alleghany, ! ' closed down recently on "account of the i State law, prohibiting the manufacture or ; sale of oleomargarine, being declared con-: stifntinn.iL Over 100 oorsons nrr thrown out of employment. There are $60,000 ; invested in the tvro factories. What oleo- J margarine the companies have is being packed and shipped fo points outside the ' ' i?tnte. 1 -dJ , ..'J"1.1"".1 1 BMP SKIC-A-SKAC. I never bewstil n:y lot. said be. I never sit down r.nd cry. And the reason r tion't K 1 know in the world There's sornebodv worse than I. _ * I A C'jol chip?J ack Frost. A ve-i as is a vest?The harvest. < A rash act?Catching the measles. A new point?3uby'> lir>t tooth. The b=iek track?The spinal column. Dramatic?A garret where liquor is sold. J The b >> ?tunip speaker?A one-legged ! man. A liuir honored courtroom?The iroat ! parlor. j An unpopular tutor?The looter ou The j clarionet. If a beggar abuses yen do not mind if, fur iL is ??aiy ? vague-rant. Flattery i^ called "tally" because it makes a man feel awfnlh* "stuck up." The Ji'.m who has Do re-.p'-cr fur weulth is always trying to borrow :t little of it. Some people look upon the trapeze peif'(>it?H?r's eosmme as breeches of etiuuette. AtUiu and Eve were tried iu the appkate cou;!. lie?I i you had lie sense of a donkey you would listen to me. Shu?I fear 1 should, my dear. Since fhe quakes there are some persons who don't want the earth iis much as they did. if you do not bridle your passion it wil ruu aw;-y with you, and you will ride to perdition. "We parted by the river side" was written by a melodist who just missed the ferry llo.ir. What is the dulereace between a dull razor an i a bad boy '/ IN one; for they both need strapping. As an illustration of the care required to n;r> a c reus, even the ears in which it is 1 moved have to be trained. V,"he;'. a woman is seeii chasing a street ; car it i? a certain sign that sbc lias an ami bilion li? mount the platform. ' "Why is a wrinkled face like a wellploughed fieldr Because it is furrowed with ere. of : arse. A port asks: ,:"\Vhat is if. makes the noonI day air so strong?" Well, perhaps the j wife 1ms been boiling cabbage or something . like thu\ The eye is sometimes called the -window | of the i Ail; consequently a black eye must ) be a surned window. ! The ( arkest chapter in the nature of man ! is tiie t.' idency to pull down the reputation I of his fellow-men. A wise man once said that "to-morrow never comes." He no doubt lent an umi brella some period of his life. "Chi--ken down" is the latest shade of yellow. "Chicken up" is the latest com1 plaint ci' the boarding-house keepers. Magi ifying glasses are essential in many ; c-?ses~to a proper appreciation of the spring j chicken broiled. First aud second loves are like new anil . old cider?the first is sweet, but the second j has more strength. It is common for a man to bring up his niece, but what do you think of a fellow who raises his ante? A co'emporary announces a new story, : entitled "The Need of Money." That has 1 long be< :i an old, old ston% "Bio'-il will tell," as the murderer re manccu wiien ne wipeu ms nanus on jus victims pocket-handkerchief. If bfys could ouly realize liow much injury tiny are doing their throats and health by smoking cigarettes, they would put aside the hurtful practice. The White House, all told, otsts the country, in connection with the President, considerably over $125,000 a year. The man who makes for hotel bedrooms a wardrobe with do;.,"s that will shut, and ; stay sh:.t, will accumulate fame and fortune. But few trees were destroyed iu the city by the weight of ice, but the damage to forestry in the country is reported to be : great. * What is the sense of the pagan Chinese claiming to be an industrious people, when all the world knows that thev arc an Idol class of mortals? The meeting: of the Directors of the C., . L. X. li. "11., which was to have been held Tuesday night, was postponed uutil i tjje IStli instant. "Tht'ic is a tied in the affairs of men I which leads on to fortune," remarked a young man after marrying an heiress. Ice t wo inches thick will support a man. Xo woiider that the ice-dealers, who store their houses with ice from 10 to 20 inches : through, can live in luxury. A sweet girl graduate wrote an essay on i farm lif?\ and gave a beautiful description I of the manner in which the milk was ex i traded from the bosom of the cow. Chauuccy Depew is authority for the i story tli it a womam on Long Island said i she"had eaten so many claims that her ' waist rose aud fell with the tide. ! Were the husband as blind to the faults : of the wife as the lover is blind to the faults of the maiden, few unhappy marriages : would follow happy courtships. : "When all the landlords are gone, aud all | the tenants are become landlords, who will i be the only remaining lenaut in Ireland? ; Sure, the Lord Lefttenant, bedad! ! Tf ^ .5 K.?/l hlan in milrr. J. t- a VtkU tw uiaau uuv vuviwj iw ; order to securc two friends, for long after i the friends Lave forgotten you the enemy holds you in active recollection. When women write books nine out of ten of iJiom write out their own experiences in the life of their heroine; the tenth one writes out as the hero the man she loves. A young woman In Kiehland county has married her brother's wife's father. When lust seen she was busy with a compass and a dict'ooarr trying to study out what relation she was to herself. A late discovery is that the tori ures of a cough, and the other agonies which consumptives have to endure, ara southed by drinking hot water, slightly flavored with lemon to prevent nausea. It is positively killing lo hear a young chap v, i'.li a dozen hairs on his upper lip talk of the beneficial effects of wearing a moustache, which screens the air and pievents the dust getting into the lungs. M liUCNlii uuuuis uiub uii; ncwspupcis have a mission should cutc-r a hor e-ear and see how meful they are to the men when a fat woman with a big basket is looking around fop a seat. The sermon of the best preacher in the world will not make so much impression ; on ^congregation as the sudden pattering: of rain on the window-panes of a chuic'n j containing two hundred new bonce's. A girl ?:ibj', born in Columbia during a recent heavy storm, has been named Cy-j cionia. The hou^e has been f::i! of squalls ! ever since. Kten tlie lather storms at; times. Aliibone, in his big dictionary (if books and author?, makes one fuany mistake. : He Ma es of a certain lady: "In 1700. she : died: and, in 1 ?t?r?, she published a narra-1 tive of her iife." Iiather posthumorous. I Says a writer on etiquette, "Smacking ; U1L* jij^j ^ijuuua u\^ ?<?x ? nv> , arc experienced in such matters, however, : say that it makes ail the difference iu the i vvorhl whose lips assist iu the smacking. A Chicago woman advertises that she i can cure red noses?tone them down to a ' delicate peaehblow or bleach them as while as a Jilly. She has selected the right city : for her operations. The following error appears in type: " I grew up to manhood without ever know-j ing what the love of a parent really was. for my mother died when my oldest brother was born.'' ; The historical fresco in the doiue of the ' Capitol at Washington has stopped?not lack of dome or paint, but because there is not history enough to go around., and there is a demand for * smaller dome or more history. A servant girl in Columbia is very much i incensed because she wasn't remembered in the river and harbor bill. She claims for : her dish-water for more importance than ! belongs to many of the mythical streams :hat have bc;-n so distinguished, and she i- i ri?ht. too. " v7 / _j f IIC^pmi TO HCV.ISEKEEPERS. Christ ::?u? JLi?t for rimlinj; Out What Your Friends Want. in families of our acquaint aii'.-e the ; custom i> followed of putting up a Christmas iist two or Ibroo wf?c*ks previous to the day. Ea"b ni?-:u!. *r hangs up a card. 0:1 which ho vvric-.s v, hat h.- would like. and the watching of these ] >! s ;i.-> they appearand the whispered coi:~t!iiai:vns over them furnish a great deal of arau-c; jent. }.' limit is given to the imagination, and ;*rrhnp> father wishes for a pair ?-f hvrsis and mother writes a reqnc*st for a satin d'.Vs?, Lut with wise forethought . i-s?..v I,::? down something which little folks < u:j jjei or make, like a pair of mittens ?n- a boo!; mark. Th<? younger one-s on joy the ! iiui'.ilgirn.'e of wishing, which always has its j chnr::is. and they :ire perfectly satisfied if two l tbr. v -f tin- men? humlda requests are met. j Ahvr.dy. l?y the writer's de>k. hangs 'J-year- ' oi l I"; !i:*i s lisr, whi'-h has been the result of hours <?f ureful meditation, and includes a ! 1 >!.? !: Li: en, a box of paints, a thimble, a litt:. ! >!!'< tvns-t. ami some bright yarn, j 0?s!i.;in;r grandmother. who somehow ha* a of what has !>een hurriedly put j away every time she came in, has 1 leaded her j list with a knit hood.?Xew England Farmer. - - .. . To Cook sweoiurfutu. j One of your correspondents wishes to know | of s<..:nc good way of cooking sweetbreads. | j They are a frequent dish on out* table, and I ! always i-rat soak tlic-m in cold water a few ; moments, then skin e.nd trim them, i. p.. removing all mere fat. then I boil them fifteen ! minutes, laying the:u afterwards in cold water for ten minutes. They are then ready to fry, broil, bake, or stew with green i<eas or a simple cream sauce. To fry them they should bj cut in pieces the size of an English walnut, rolled in cracker crumbs and fried quickly tin fat enough to cover) to u liyht brown, Then pour over them a tomato sauce prepaml in this manner. To one quart of | : fresh or canred tomatoes add two heaping . teaspoonsfnl of flour, cook thoroughly,strain, j I season well with batter, salt and j>epper. | Sweetbreads prepared in this way with a I mn,? nif> nirv for tea. They can j . v _ ] also I*- cut in slices and broiled. seasoning I Ihom well with butter, salt arid pepi>er, or ! dipjied in bread crumbs as before and fried. ; In either case serve them with slices of | broiled or fried tomatoes arranged to cover the slices of sweetbread and garnished with ; parsley. J Sweet breads prejarvd like chicken or veal | make good croquettes and are very delicate I when farina or corn starch is used in mixing j them instead o" flour. When served with : green jieas, eut them in small pieces after they are cooked and seasoned and add them to the jieas just ljefore they are dished. To ihe ordinary taite, sweetbreads need the addition of a vegetable flavor and are not quite ' J 1 ?'-*** Q cimnlp ! 50 pai:usoie wueuavi 101 j sauce. l:ut a Jitllo mare added to the cream i sauce is an improvement.?Good Housekeeping. Winter lied Covering. An anti-comfortable crusade might well be | started by some woman who loves her kind, j and who knows, like tho writer, what instni- ! incuts oi disease and death they may become. Even a dirty blanket is fur more tolerable than a dirty comfortable, for blankets are | porous and allow the air to penetrale. Every ! wearer of woolen cloth, in whatever form, knows that the loosely woven fabrics are the ' warmest, this arising from the fact that, air is hold i:i the meshes and becomes a medium of warmth. One blanket of pure wow!, n<> matter how coarse its quality, has mort warmth producing power mmi a. iuu; comfortable, yet, because the fceiiug of weigh! is lackiisg, there is imm*iiate outcry that i; is cold. Two blankets and a light comfort| able Nvili* furnish a bed amply, and t he k?s?iieu weight will mean quieter sleep-of a far mon I refreshing quality than any to l?e hnd undei ; ten or twelve [>oiindsof cotton. Blankets cat> : be washed or itcam cleansed. and if children.! be<b are in question, soft gray or blue bian farts may weii replace white, which i? soiled inn. week of Mich exj>erinienl.s as i:io>tchil i drwn indulge in with the bed clothes, windotv oft -n tents by day as well as covering by night.? Helen Campbell in Demore-l"; Monthly. Fir Pillow*. Fir piilov.s are now very fashionable as well as pleasant. Their odoj* diffuses fine and aromati- abont one's head, and it is believed to be exceedingly healthful. It is not neces sary (o sleep upon ruem, out jnereiv l<> am: i them lying close .-.bout one's couch or sofa. I In a sick room thov are especially grateful. | One of i hem in a handsome cover would i make a pleasant Christmas present for aji invalid. A writer i:i The Household says: For , an elderly lady or an invalid a pillow tilled I with piifo nellies?the foliage of the balsam i fir being thought most aromatic?is a suitable i gift. Make a drilling case for the needles, : then a slip of ecru or gray linen, embroidered with a .-nitable motto, a3 "Give me thy balm, ; oh lir live." A hop pillow, for feverish, restj less ln-ads. can be made in the same fashion, with the design a graceful cluster of leaves an< I ho: *. I'oUto Yeast. In two quarts of water boil six iK>tatoes, a handl'ui of hops in a bug. and a l:r.If tvacupi f?i <>i suit. When the i>01;:toes arc done, ; mash line and a-Jd to this liquid a ieaeupful i of sugar, a leuspoonful of giuger, an<i when milk warm add a teacupful of yeast: set . where it is warm and let ir ferment. I us; one ! teacupful of yeast for five loaves; set my ; sponge at night and add three potatoes. If j you wish for more potatoes and not so .much ; hops, take inashed potatoes and add water to ' niako it of the consistency of common yeast, ; i and while warm add a tablespoonful of saga:* j j and two of yeast; keep where warm, and let | it ferment, when it will i>e lit for use. Jiasy Way to Suioke Meat. Meats for the consumption of a small j I family can l>e smoked by suspending the ; hams from bars laid across a large ban-el, j oj>cn at both ends, set over a smoldering j fire. Corn cobs make a gxnl smoke, and I jay j j leaves and juniper berries burned with them | give tho meat a slightly aromatic flavor. ! Cover the barrel while the smoking is goi ing on.' Nice Coffee Without Jigg*. Make small sack of cheese cloth, put in ; sin.*! 11 tablespoonful for each cup of coffee, { need not tie the rack, put in the pot, and pour | a pint of cold water on it. Set this on in the ' morning and let it come to a boil, then fill up &? yon wish with hot water. Turn sack i i wrons: side out after breakfast, rinse and dry i ' for r.c-xt time. Salt and P?pper. Mittens arc knit Jersey pattern, alternate I I plain and seam stitch. I PiVk up cod fish in good sized pieces, soak j i it, ro'.I in Hour and fry in butter. Bitter tonics, as quinine, should be taken ; hall1 an hour before meals; iron, oils and i I acids after eating, that they may be digested j with the food. Very pretty picture frames are mad- j ; simply ' [ rough pine boards gilded, the | rougher the better. The Loudon Caterer says that game birds j should alwavs be bun? bv the neck and not ! by the feet as i> i iie common practice. Announcing Engagement*. When a couple are engaged there is sel i dom any reason why all the world should ' not know it. and therefore the new fashion ; of announcing engagements just before a> prominent ball and having the ladies and j gentlemen congratulated by their friends is ; To be commended. To be sure, if the en-! gagemcnt is afterward broken, the thought : of th-:so public congratulations would be j embarrassing: hut if the fashion tends to j prevent promises of marriages being lightly | given it will serve good purposes. The j girl who might say "yes'' when asked to j many, with the mental reservation that if \ anything heUer comes along she will con- i trive not to keep her word, will think twice i about it if she has to go through with such j a form. Marriage engagements are fre-1 quently too lightly entered into and too j lightly set. aside. The engagement should J be nearly as sacred a contract as the mar- ! riage itself, and it should be such an engagement ihat both parties would be proud to have it known among all their common acquaintance. A Philadelphia barber has been intet VIC'WeU UU tXJC JUUJCV.I Vi zuavui? 5 dead people. Barbers, it seems, object to ! ihe job, ami generally charge from $."> to slo for post mortem services! One objec- ! tiou the barber has to this sort of work is,' that then* i.? no pleasure in talking to the j victim. N iiHi nBrnanmn A F?rocioiw Sparretv Fijlit. With the advent of the pugnacious Engglish sparrow, which, if it carried :> bippockc*, would mo*t certainly be liable to early apprehension for carrying concealed j weapons, more innocent members of ;he ( feathered family took tu ihe woods, hiiu, having no other foes to face, ihc-.-e diminu- . tive agents of the itrect-clcaning depart- ' meat light among tiemseives with extrcmc-2 ? i ' ^/1r.l /I uespcrauuii iiuu u ic<iilew uiwu wi n-^i* surroundings. Yesterday afte: noon two of ' them, fnr reasons best known 10 them* ! selves, came to ?n issue, and. seeking a J clean place on the sidewalk in Main street. ] went at each other in nn awfully wicked < way. Tiiere were no police in sigh'. to stop ] the"mill, and soon the two biras were s:;r- '1 rounded by a derse crowd of men. The little belligerents clutched and scratched ? and presumably swore at each other in < choice sparrow t:;;k. Une ol" the by^Uind ers finally stooped down and nicked them up. They perched in his hand and fought ! with unabated fury. Then he pulled them apart, but they ilaltered back to the sidewalk and clinched again. Once more he raised them in his hand, and with the same result. Again he drew them apart aud again they returned to the icy pavement and a settlement of their diiierence. The crowd became excised and made a rush fo- : the centre. The piincipals, amazed at this wholesale interference, took (light and set tied on the telegraph wire above. There they perched and pecked away at each other with :i ferociousness that was positively barbaric. After some minutes one j took flight, and, followed by his still angry, j; chaiteriner antagonist, disioneared over tlx adjacent roofs in the direction of the s^'ir- ; row roo.st in Sidney Park.?Columbia lie-; c >rd, Jan. 7. ' Koine.'* The song of borne grew out of a home- j less life, as Mi!ton suns of light when be j was bliud and Bun van wrote of the pil- i grim's progress when manacled in a prison, j There is no place like home People who live in boarding houses sing it. If the i daughter of a Methodist minister retneai- j bers the home of her childhood, her me:n i ory must be a polyglot. Home is woman's I temple. There she is goddess and votary | both. She is also usually janitor. A mas:! loves his home because il is a refuge. He j also loves it because there he is a great | man; there he is governor, or at least he is i lieutenant governor. And anyhow he i*! . certain to be secretary of the treasury. The I world forgets us when we p:'ss away, but j the home love forgets our vices, exagger- j ates our virtues until they outnumber the j stars in the heavens, and hands our names j down, so long as the estate holds out. Froy.ra to D?n:h. Detkoit, January A special from , Harrisville says: George Dow and Tlios. fount. wpre riist-nwiWl v?!it/1-iv in ;i r.i vine on the Detroit, IJay City and Alpena j railroad. Count was frozen stilT and Dow j was nearly dead, though he may recover. j The meicury this morning was degrees j below zero. ?( A geranium plant wJiicli measures j thirty-two feet around is a Florida production. Wliik three boys were coasting in Wentworth, Mass., Tuesday night, their sled ran into a load of lumber and two of them were instantly killed, and the other so sei verely injured that he is not ex peeled to ! live. A Columbia father to encourage early rising cllered a prize of money to that chilli who"should rise earliest next morning. At a very early hour a bright little girl made her appearance, claimed and got the prize, and then went back to bed. A terrific explosion occurred at a bank in Youngtown, Ohio, yesterday morning. >v in suuman, uie Bookkeeper, opened ilic j vault and struck a match to light the gas jet. The gas, which had been escapim: .since Saturday, exploded, blowing out the side and front of the building, and bi?ruing the bookkeeper seriously. The Bibb county Orphan Home, three* miles from Macon. Ga.? was destroyed by tire Sunday night at midnight. Forty-live children were turned out in their night clothes, the mercury marking 11 degrees. Owing to the distance from town assistance was late in arriving, but the children were finally taken care of by neighbors. Loss ; $7,00*0. Insurance $*2,0OO. Isaac Sprague, tbe living skeleton, died j at Chicago "Wednesday, lie was born at i Bridgewater. Mass., and was (suite healthy j until his 12th year, when he caught a j cramp while in swimming, fell sick and j lost flesh until he weighed only 4G pounds. ! Barnum took him all over the United j Stales. Canada and England. lie was I married and the father"of three robust! children. All taxable property in the State of j iO ICAtU IV CU^AUK bUU UI~I w University at Ann Arbor. This p7nn was adopted in 1873, when the Legislature fixed tl:e tax at one-twentieth of a miiL Male and female students in the University receive their instruction together in all studies, except a few in medic inc. Jn the latter they are separated. The new street, railway to be run be-j i tween North and East Rivers, in New York, is to be operated on a new system of electric propulsion. It is claimed that j J the cars can travel at the rate of fifteen miles per hour, and that the annual cost of running the road wiU be about one- j fourth as much as if horses were used, i I The Michigan Republicans Iiave nomi- j nated Frank B. Stockbridge, of Kalamazoo, ! to succ;cd Conger in the United Slates j Senate. The President is steadily imun>vin<r in I health, and feels better than at any time ! since liii recent attack of rheumatism. j SEEDS! SEEDS!! ? I I Grass and Clover Seeds, Seed Grain and Potatoes, Garden and Flower Seeds, Vegetable & Flowering Plants,j Prices quoted on application. Descriptive Catalogue mailed free. Correspondence Solicited. T. W. WOOD & SONS, SEEDSMEN, NO. 10 S. FOURTEENTH ST. j Xentien this? paper. RICHMOND, VA. HST y\ IMPflR d TTflw : \ mi vnmnnvn "*^- \. Sides, Jlnd Blood, \/1udujestion,Dyspepsia, ' \ Xalaria,Con.iiipntio>i&KidnfijTroublcs. : ?VOUNA CORDIAL CURES RHEUMATISM, i j Bad B1 <x?l a'i-1 Kidney Trouble*, by cleanMne ib? _ blood <>f :::i i:s Ii-inu.-itiVs, f trcnjtheni:;* ail purU ot the buuv. a ?YOLINA CORDIAL CURES SICK-HEADACHE, t Keuralgta, Pains in The Limbs, Back and Sides, by a touiiig the nerves aiul :itrengthenicg the mu*cl?f. -i?YOLINA CGRDIAL CURES DYSPEPSIA, : ft Indigestion and Cori*ri>-s'.ioa, by aiding theassim- p Ilatillirof the K00?1 llirouirli tl??tiriMw.r action nf itomacli; It create? a LmULy appetite. ' El VOLINA CORDIAL CURES NERVOUSNESS, c; Depression of spirit' ar.'l T?'eakm?, by eallrei^- j c* leg and toning the ;vsteo. ji, ?VOLINA CORDIAL CURES OVERWORKED *: nil Delicate Women. Fiinysnd Sickly Children. It is delistjtful and nutritious as a general Tonic. E Volina Almanac aiul T>i-uj^ugiM 6 for J8ST. A complete ?nS9 *nduseful Cook. TMIin^ltvw ? > I'l'RK <81*1 IH | lJISKASKS at lloMK in a pleasant. natural *ay, j S Hailed 0:1 receipt of a 2c. postage stamp. Address VOLINA DRUC & CHEMICAL CO. 1 9 BALV'MORE, MD.,U,8.A, ^ WARD'S WOES. ^Eaxess Gi.. -January, l-Ssi!. ; FurtweI.eor fourteen years I have jeen a great .sufferer from a terrible; form >f blood poison which ran is to th* e.,?/i .*?. i ^uuiv<, uuu uuu.i? it uu.-> pronounced u :ertiary form. ?<lj head, lace pnJ boulders beeaire almost a in;i?s of c<?, ruption. and licallv the disease commenced eating a way my skull boaes. I became so hoi/ibiy repulsive that Tor three years I absolutely reused to let people see me. I used largo qur.nt-itn s :>f most noted bloou runeuies and applied to ntariy all physicians n-"ar za<\ but my condition continued to .?row sverse, and ail sai l ihai I must MireJy ;lie. 3Iy bones became the of excruciating :-x-bes and pruas: lay niybts were passed in mi.-erv; 3 \v:.< n dined iu iles-b and stieijgtli: my kidneys were terribly dera..ged, aim life became a burden to me. I chanced to s-;e an aavvrti.-enient B. B. ii. and sent one dollar to \V. C. Bircbmore <c Co., merchants of our . 1 "? J * uia.ce, iiu-J. xaey nrucnmi one bottle for me. It was used with decided beneiit, :v_?d when eight or ten buttle- hud been used I w.is pronounced sound raid well. II until eds of sears can now be seen on me, looking like a man who bad been burned and then restored. My case was well known in this county, and for tbc benelit of others who may be similarly affected, I think it ray duty to give the facts to the public, and to extend my | heartfelt thanks fur so valuable a reme*. dy. I have been well over twelve months,; and no return o: the disease has occurred.) SOEEKX WAKD. Mama's Ga. January, 1880.?"YVV, the undersigned, know Mr. Robert Ward, and take pleasure in ssying that the faeis above stated by him are true, end that his was one of the worst cases of Blood Poison wc ever knew in our county and that he has bten'coi'ed by the use of B.1 B. B.?Botanic Biood Balm. A. T. Bkigutv* zll, Merchant "VY. G. BiacHiiO-iS ic Co., Merchants.. J. H. bsightwell, M. I). John* T. Hart. W. B. Campbell. All wLio desire full information about the cause and cure of Blood Poison?, i Scrofula anu Scrofulous Swellings,' Ul-1 cer?, Sores, Piheumatism, Kidney Com-; plaints, Catarrh, etc., can secure by mail;! free, a copjp of our 32 page Illustrated Book of onders, tilled with, tlie most; wonderful and startling proof ever before: known. A<?dre:s, p.t anmxtir/ia ixi?i v_-va. .-\uaiiia, oa. NEW ADYEiiTISEMENTS. 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So V*eitlon, enter Sow. Griiutx fiosnsteed Saeee**. For circular:address W.B. SMITH, Pres't, Lexington,Ky> n8S?? E e?Eeftirn toss-with TER i I ISSfKffCTS.&rou'Ugetbyjaail ; 1 8 g^^^,^lASaiCEN 101 0FG303S ! m sv?twi L:s:'g ..i we3?MCHCY,laOi?KoatJj, ; gjJBihan- '.VtV.'.u-< ;!.? -ri At.>cnc:>. AbsolufcOrtalnfr. | X&& iTecJsocapiia' M.Yoans^*3Grs?ii,wiclxSt.S.Vorit I I Potash Vktfm. Cured by S. sfs. S. S. S. vs. 1 I have had b'ood poison for ten year?. I 1; iodide of potash in that t:xe, bet it d:d me eo and limbs were covered with sores, and 1 conld 5 matiera in my fbonlders. I took S. S. S.. ??d it 1 j cinea I have taken. Ky face, body and neck | matiiin is entirely gone. I weighed 116 pounds vi | 152 poinds, ily first bottle helped me greatly. 8 I wouid not be without S. S. S. for several tuf.e; C. E. MIT licse pills ?ere a ^csdsrful discovery. So ctfcera ^reiic-v^3 ^mnnc-r cf disease. The informatics a: \t xarvelous power of these pills, tbcj would walk ithou:. Sent by mail ftr 25 c:xts in staaps. Ilia information is very valuable. I. S. JOHNSON A; ?r. BRADFIELITS 1 5 * :Ls 2^ I 5^^ iLs Eli REGbL ATORI' Most happily mee's the demand of ; ' r tvouian's peculiar afflictions. It is :i /e . WOMAN ONLY, and for one SPECIAL C -r. tier diseases. It is a Specific for certain disc .-ci conditions of the womb, and so coutrols the Menstrua'. organs as to regulate all derangoir.euts ani irregularities of Iter Monthly Sickness The proprietors claim for this Remedy r.o other memcsl ptopctty. It is strictly a Vegetable Compound, :!ip studied prescription of a learned physiciai whose s -ecisify was Female di53as2s,and whose ^ fiime iteciine enviable because o" his success in the treatment an i cave of female co.nplamts. Sit iter: ng woman, it will relieve you of nearly all complaints peculiar to yoar sex. ? u\r?. For sale by druggist?. \\ rue ior u jus., - jk?sage to v\ oinan," mailed free. Bbadfield Regclatok Co., Atlanta, Gfc ^ PIANOS and ORGANS From the World's Best Makers, V AT FACTORY PRICES. Easiest Terms of Payment Eight Grand Haters, and Orer Three Hundred Style# to Select From. PIANOS: Macau Sj Hamlin. taicuciiiig1 iiuHvu w> * " * *?f Matliushek, Bent and Arion. ORGANS: Mason & Hamlin, Orchestral and Bay State. Pianos and Organs delivered, freight paid, to all points South. Fifteen days' trial, and Freight Paid Both Ways, if not satisfactory. Order, and test the Instrumental in your Own Homes. COLOMBIA MUSIC HOUSE. ! ? T TT^TVWXT JL t> A mtra> jsrancn oi uu<x kaj.uu SOUTHERN MUSIC EOUSB. PRICES AND TERMS THE SA3tt ST. W. TRUMP, Manager. fronTrank YAPOR STOYE. THIS STOVE '/iAS BEEN SOLD since 1S77 from Mai^e to California, and never fails t<> ^icaso. Tha South Is lli? ' ::? Use These Stv. , Gasoline, 7-i degrees, is iae'21 . . - I V AH tlicse Stoves are sup])lied -/its. SAFETY TANK, which makes them ! ' safer than coal or wood stoves. We warrant oar goods tlie best in the market. t??' Agents wanted. (AMERICAS VAi'Olt STOVE CO.. ^ C CK-'-iiri.u:; Br., CU2vela>U, OHIO. CHARLOTTE FEIALB INSTITUTE. VO INSTITUTE for YOUNG LADIES JL > in the Sortli has advantages superior to those oiTered heie in every department?Collegiate, Art, and Music. Only * experienced and accomplished teachers. The building }? lighted with c?.s, -wanned with th? bi*>c wroujUit-iiron uirnaces, has uvi ui;u (.v.d -J.;Ii:>. uiKi xn^L-^l?KO appointments as a lioaruing School ia every respect?no school in the iouth Las superi'-r. For Board nnd Tuition in everything vi full Oik'^iate course, including ancient a.-d modern languages, per i session u? *-' > weeks 8100 i Deduct:-';i for two or mor?; from same i family or ueiiiibcrhood. Pioiis charged I only from date of entrance. For Catalogue, with full particulars, address H'?\\ WiL.Ii. ATKINSON, Charlotte, N. C. ? ?I CAUTIOK. Consumers should not eonf ae our Specific 8 IB irilh the numerous imitations, substitutes. 8 ^ potash and mercury mixtures mhich are got- 1 ten -up to sell, wt on their oicr* merit, but on I Hue merit of Our remedy. An imitation it I always a fraud and a cheat, and they thrive a only as they can s'xatfrom the article imitated. I Trealise on L'.-joI a\d Skin Diseases mailed g free. For sole yj ell druggists. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., if, AticrM, GO, B POTASH, ! hot I have taken one hundred tot,;1. good. Last summer :ny facc. neck. b:J scarcely use my arms cn account of rh< las done me more jjocd than all other lac-.iare perfectly clear and clean, and my r'aeu- ? , rhen I bepir. the medicine. sn>i I now weiua ? aud gave me an appetite like a etrocg mam 5 h s its weight in cold. 5 M 'CHELL, W. Sad St. Ferry, New York. Jl H 1 IH I .MB I I I If I I HI I I I " l'l tl IIHlW.JM.Jr- W i like then iz the world. "Will positively cure ouad each box is worth tea times the cost of a ic ill health than $5 | worth of any other J JSWSB gaJM)remedy yet discov1 ^Sgsgg&SerecL If people could BMlroi be made to realize 100 miles to get a box if they could not be had strated pamphlet free, postpaid- Send for it; CO., 22 Ccsiom House Street, BOSTON, MASS. iicli Blood! I 1