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JN THE POLITICAL SWIM. Who Was Gossiped About in Public Resort* L&rtt Night. (New York Star, September 21.) A thickset man, with black hair and eyes and drooping mustache, with diamonds sparkling on his cravat and left hand, sat at a table in the Hoffman House cafe last evening in earnest conversation with Hallet Kilbourne of Washington and Joseph Newitter, at one time a Consul at one of the Japanese ports. The thickset man was John F. Chamberlin, the wellknown restaurant keeper of Washington, and he was giving his listeners the benefit of his views on the outlook for the national candidates, based on an extended inquiry . among public men at the National Capital. | "I tell you," said he, as he emphasized the remark by bringing his fist down on the table, "Cleveland is sure of re-election. There isn't one chance in a thousand against It. He deserves it, because he is the greatest President that ever lived in the White House, and I don't bar Washington or Jackson, either. The Democrats have been lying low this time, and have allowed the Republicans to make the odds in the betting. Now they have got the odds where they want them, and are scooping in the Republican bets all over the country. The Democrats will never have another such opportunity to make money on a presidential election. I'm coming back to town on Monday to stay until after Cleveland is elected in November." * "inen you wui wait aere unui yuu arc as old as Methusaleb," dryly remarked the editor of the Republican Critic. "I'll bet you now that the odds will be 4 to 1 on Cleveland before the election," retorted Chamberlin, but Kilbourne didn't bet. On the lappel of his coat Chamberlin wore a remarkable Cleveland button. It was one of four ordered by ex-Congressman Charles L. Mitchell from the New Haven district in Connecticut. They cost $100. The other three are worn by Col. I). S. Laraont, E. B. Youmans of the Treasury Department and Mr Mitchell himself. The button is of 18-karat gold, the surface being of white enamel. In the center is a rrnroon shield, the figures '88 and an oak ?eas of pure gold. Above this is a pretty knot of gold, emblematic of unity and strength. In a half circle of maroon at the back are the names "Cleveland-Thunnan." Judge P. H. Dugro, with a fall overcoat thrown lightly over his left arte, sauntered through the corridors, nodding here and there to acquaintances he met, uDtil he en countered a Star man. "There seems tc be a good deal of talk of your being taken np for Mayor by Tammany?" the lattei queried. A peculiar smile played around the cor ners of the Judge's mouth as he replied "There isn't a club big enough in New York to club me into accepting the nomi nation for Mayor if it was offered to me. No; sir. I'll let well enough alone this time. I've been elected to the Bench for fourteen years at a salary of $15,000 a year, and I've concluded it is wise to stay where I am." "Who will be Tammany's choice?" "I guess you can imagine where thai nomination will land in such a contest as will be presented if the County Democracy puts up Mr. Hewitt." This was said with a wink and a nod ol the head toward Richard Croker, Tammany's big chief, who sat at a table witt Joseph J. O'Donohue not far off. "Is it likely to be Mr. J. Edward Sim mons?" "Mr. Simmons is a very nice gentleman, and quite popular with the business community. He would make a good chiel magistrate." "Do chances more favor Hugh J. Gram or Joseph J. O'Donohue?" . "JNow," was the quicK response, "yoi come nearer to hitting the naii on the head.' Colonel James M. Donohue of San Fran cisco, a contractor, and one of the -wealth iest young men on the Pacific Slope, was met at Delmonico's last evening. "Cleveland,'" said, "will carry Colifornia beyonc a doubt Harrison's record on the Chines* question will cause him to be mowed undei on the Pacific Coast. We are solid to z man against him in San Francisco, irrespective of party, at that account. HeaiheD immigration has been a curse to'as, morally and commercially. They drive out I. ones I white labor, propagate vice, live in squaloi and are of no use to us. They bring nothing to us. Everything is taken away. They don't even leave us their bones, because when they die they are sent back tc the Flowery Kingdom to be buried. I'd like to discuss this Chinese question with any Harrison orator in Madison Square Garden, the receipts to be given to the yellow fever fund or any other worthy object. I could tell some things from personal ob servation that would cause people to opeD their eyes and think. If you hear of any .Republican who wants to bet Harrison will carry California send him around. I'll accommodate him with all he wants." He Voodooed His Wife. Memphis, September 20.?Louis Hill, a negro fugitive from Union county, Miss , was arrested near this city yesterday by the sheriff of Union county, who came upon him accidentally. Five years ago Hill resolved to get rid of his wife in order to wed a dusky belle who bad enslaved him. He consulted a voodoo priestess, who told him to extract the poison from a moccasin snake and administer it to his wife in the seventh hour of the seventh day following. He succeeded in capturing a moccasin, but title reptile was so vicious that he was afraid to make the extraction of its poison bag. He therefore cut off its head and boiled it in the coffee, which his wife drank at breakfast. She was immediately taken ill and for a week lingered between life and death, but finally recovered. The snake's head was found among the coffee grounds, which Hill had thrown beside his cabin, and he was arrested and indicted for on of c?u ^ au uiuiuu. With the aid of another prisoner he made his escape and came to the neighbor hood of Memphis, where he has been ever since. Sashed to His Death. Saluda, N. C., September 18.?Mr. John Holmes and family left McAboy's Hotel, near Tiyon City, this morning, in a wagon to come to Saluda to spend the day with the Rev. John D. McCullough's family and return to McAboy's tonight. When within about three miles of this place they started to descend a mountain, when one of the breast chains became detached at one end, causing the wagon to strike the mules, which made them run. The negro who was driving had no support for his feet and could not hold them in check, so Mr. Holmes's son took the reins, and, after they had run about seventy-five or one hundred yards, turned them out on a bank, when Mr. John Holmes attempted to jump and fell, hitting the top of his head "on a I rock, causing instant death. One of his daughters, Miss Sallie Holmes, also fell, and received serious but not fatal wounds on her legs and head.?Special to News and Courier. Suicide in Hampton. Last Sunday morning the home of Mr. Jerry W. Tuten was the scene of a terrible tragedy. We learn that at about 10 o'clock he sat up on the side of the bed on which he had been reclining, and placio:* a pistol o his head sent a ball crashing through his brain. Of course death was instantaneous, as the ball entered just above the right ear and passed out above the left On Sunday evening a jury of inquest viewed the tody and returned a verdict to the effect that deceased came to his death by his own hands. Written on the margin of a newspaper in his room were the following words: "Trouble caused me to do this. " fiis body was buried on Monday. Mr. Tuten was fairly successful ns a farmer, and lived in the Horse Gall section. His death was a great shock to his family and friends, as no act or word of his ever , caused one to suspect that he contemplated ; suicide. In a fit of frenzy or temporary aberration of mind, the result perhaps of 1 nervous prostration, he committed the ter- i rible deed.?Guardian. t With coal being constantly advanced in price, and wheat also going up, it is to be hoped that the coolness of the past sum- t mer presages a comparately mild winter, t COUCER BOHAN SENTENCED. Twenty-Sev.?n Yet*rs the Penalty for Ifi* ^ Awful Crime. (New York Star, Sept..l9.) r Afier his conviction on the first indictment on Monday night, William Bohan, the inhuman fiend who gouged out his wife's eyes at Rockaway Beach, slept uneasily. and when Warden Quinn went to his cell yesterday morning he was up and dressed. He wa3 escorted Into court by Officers Higlam and Woendelstorff and l>e- , trayed a great deal of nervousness, llis hand trembled and he was hardly able to hold his hat. Since his imprisonment Be- 3 han has let his beard grow, and it has but adced to his already villainous appearance. ' Bohan was called upon to plead to the aofnnd indictment found asrainst him. He had evidently abandoned all hope, for he pleaded guilty. Judge Garretson paused a moment before sentencing the prisoner. He eyed him sternly and finally said: "Bohan, you have been convicted on two counts by an impartial jury. There is a horror attached to the crime with which you are charged that sends a chill through the heart. Your wife has been, according to the evidence, a faithful woman. She has supported you, has filled your pocketbook, and has almost impoverished herself in vour interests. You are deserving of no mercy." There was an impressive hush in the court room, and every one present listened with eager ears for the sentence that was to follow. Bohan grew pale as he stood up to receive his sentence. He had nothing to say and was sentenced to fourteen years :md six months imprisonment on the first count * A ~1 ? ?? wrxrvwfVio An tVlA ana iweive years auu sja. wu mv second. When the prisoner heard the sentence he wilted. His eyes filled with tears and be nearly fell from his chair. He asked permission to see the sightless victim of his cruelty and she was led into an inner room, where they met. When she heard her husband's step, Mrs. Bohan reached out her arms expectantly. She groped around uncertainly to find him. He was abashed at first, but finally threw his arms around her, and broke down completely. He sobbed upon her shoulder, while in keeping with her conduct ou the stand she sought to console him. His lawyer waa present, and Bohan turned over to his wife the deeds of his property, subject to a mortgage executed in favor of his counsel, James M. Seaman. This is for [ $300. Bohan was seen after he had been locked up in the jail, and he repeated his former ( statement that the whole matter was an ac| cident. He said he loved his wife, and . would not harm her. No one could more sincerely regret the occurrence than he. Bohan will be taken to Sing Sing this ' morning with other prisoners. Warden ; Quinn searched him after his return to the jail. There had been rumors that he was in such a desperate frame of mind that he , would never be taken out of the prison , alive. ; TYING THEM HARD. How a Dusky Couple Were Made One in Calhoun County. ( (JPTom me i-eary vuutioi.; Captain Boyd's store last Tuesday . morning was the soene of the sudden . blooming of orange blossoms for a pair t of young, dusty and dusky lovers. Wiley George had long been suing for the hand and heart of Alma Stevens. He had won her heart, but parental opposition , stood in the way of a culmination of his ; fondest hopes. In the face of the pro: test of Alma's father, Joe Stevene, Wiley continued his attentions until last Mon' day, when the enraged father fell upon him and smote him hip and thigh. Wiley \ and his mother, Josephine, came to town next day to get a warrant for Joe. Joe and the girl also came along to "see . 'em out." The party collected at Bojd's 5 store and made known their trouble to . the Captain, who grasping the situation [ convinced them that a marriage certifi?| cute was the remedy for tbeir trouble. The boy, however, held, bacfc from tne j l fact that he was out o? ready cash and j was not piopeily attired?being bare j i footed ana in his shirt sleeves. "Oh, Til sell you a pair of shoes, loan you a coat and give you the money to buy the license," said Captain Boyd. ' "All right," said the boy, Dr. George was called in, and Mr. Bunch, who has authority from the ordinary to issue 1 marriage licenses, filled out a blank | and handed it to Dr. George, who, step, ping forward, said: "Spit in your right hands and join them." They spat and joined hands. "Do you, "Wiley George, take Alma i Stevens for you wife?" "Yer er right, boss," said Wiley. [ "Do you, Alma Stevens, take Wiley George for your husband?" "Yes, sir," replied the modest girl. "Does anybody object to the comple tion of these baas?" said the doctor. No , one objected. Then he continued: ' 'By the authority i vested in me as an officer of the great State of Georgia, which is sometimes called the Empire State of the South; by the fields of cotton that lie spread out in snowy whiteness around us; by the howl of the coon dog, and the gourd vine, whose clinging tendrils will shade the entrance to your humble dwelling place; by the red and luscious heart of the watermelon, whose sweetness fills the heart with joy; by the heavens and the earth, snd all that is on or under the earth, and all that is in or under them, in the presence of the witnesses, I pronounce you man and wife, and may the Lord have mercy on your souls!" At the conclusion of the impressive ceremony an evident feeling of relief stole'over the couple. They received the congratulations of the onlookers, after which they took their departure for the Holt place, where they held a reception in the middle of an hundred-acre cottonfield. Matrimonial Catechlnm. j He was very practical, and in order to nave everytmng lair ana square oeiorehana he said: "You know, darling, that I promised my mother that my wife should be a good house-keeper and a domestic woman. Can you cook?" "I can," she said, swallowing a great big lump in her throat. "Can you make good bread?" That is the fundamenta 1 principle of all housekeeping." "Yes; I went into a bakery and learned how to make all kinds of bread." She added under her breath, "maybe." "And can you do your own dressmaking? I am comparatively a poor man, love, ana dressmaKers' Dills would soon bankrupt me." , "Yes," she said, frankly, "I can make j everything I wear, especially pattern ] bonnets." "You are a jewel," he cried, with en- < thusiasm; "come to my arms?" 1 "Wait a minute?there's no hurry,1' < she said, coolly. "It's my turn to ask a 1 few questions. Can you saw wood and j carry in coal?" "Why, my love, I should hire that ( work done." * "Can you make your coats, vests, t trousers and other wearing apparel?" "But that isn't to the purpose." "Can you build a house, dig ditches, weave carpets, and?" "I am not a professional." "Neither am I. It has taken the most of my life to acquire the education and *' accomplishments that attracted you to 0 me. But as soon as I have learned all a the professions you speak of I will send 0 you my card. Au revoir," and she swept ^ ? T> anoj. r And the disconsolate young man weDt to the nearest drug store and bought a two-for-a-quarter cigar, with which he speedily solaced himself.?Detroit Free Press. r The man was disappointed who expected J! o read something sensational in an agricul,ural paper under the head of' 'Harrowing." < BRIC-A-BRAC. R THERE. The oyster cometh forth with sadness? An air of settled gloom hath he. The clam grows clamorous with gladness ( And shouts aloud with ghoulish glee. The oyster's day of quiet's over, His peaceful slumbers all are slept; The clam for eieht months goes to clover, For R has come with genial Sept. Invariably worn out?Rubber overshoes. Never says dye?The man who wears a wigRoom for apprehension?A dentist's mte- chamber. The visible cotton supply of the world is 762,904 bales. Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, who has been very ill, is reported to be much better. Germany is having one of its annual nt toot onrl t!>a m>w T!mnfiror is i^auiw TTUI, ??w ? - wildly delighted. "Spieskarten" is the German for menu, and the use of the latter word is now for bidden in tie Empire. It is reported that the Greenbackers, once led by J. Hendrix McLane, are organizing in Aiken coxmty. The oyster has had four solid months of rest in his little bed. Now let us retaliate upon him. Strange it is that when the rain comes down in sheets no one ever cares to wait to wrap himself up in them. A fat man is more likely to tume and fret with impatience than a lean one. He thinks it may reducc his wait. A train running through a burning forest in Michigan last week was wrecked and burned, the train hands and passengers making a very narrow escape. We pity the young fellow who wants to vote, but will lack a day of being twentyone on election day. He must feel lack-adaysical. Good housewives put away their choice articles in lavender, but a servant girl should keep her character inviolate. It is rather early to talk about wraps, but the fashion journals have announced that India shawls made up into outside garments will continue in highest possible fashionable favor. The facetions father of a pair of twin babies complained that although they filled the house with music, he could not tell one h*>?r frnm another It is said that "brains will tell." Sometimes they will and sometimes they will not. Sometimes the moie brains a man has the less he tells. It doesn't always answer for brains to tell. An electric girl in Iowa can hold a threchundred-pound man in a chair with all ease. Almost any pretty girl can hold a man of any tize in a chair, or even on a piano stool, whether she's electric or not, and she needn't even so much as put her hands on him. What One Determined Democrat Effected. Lake Placid is in the Adirondacks of Essex county, one of the Republican strong holds of the State, and when Mr. Cleveland was inaugurated there was but one man, Ed. Kennedy, the guide, who made a Democratic demonstration. He was the only Democrat to be found in the region, but he proceeded to celebrate all the same, and he has kept it up ever since and to such cood rmrDose that last week there was a Democratic Cleveland and Thurman ratification meeting in the village of Lake Placid at which 179 Democrats shouted for the ticket. For Ed's former effort he was appointed postmaster in 1885, and he now says that he has converted so many Republicans that his own voting district will give a Democratic majority. Mr. E. D. Newstader of the New York Produce Exchange was the orator at the recent mass meeting. He uad the mountaineers how he had been converted to Democracy, and gave them a great deal of light on the tariff and other important questions. This will make a big hole in the Republican vote of Essex county.?N. Y. Star, Sept. 20. Hannibal Hamlin Kicks Over the Traces. Bangor, Me., September 19.?The Re| publicans in this city were not a little dis! mayed on election day at the defection of old line Republicans of national reputation from the ranks of the G. O. P. While quite a number of Republicans voted outright for Putnam, there were others who voted indirectly for him by cutting Burleigh's name from the ticket. Perhaps the most surprising instance or tnis son was that of Hannibal Hamlin, one of the fathers of the" Republican party. The venerable Carthagenian, it is said, actually decapitated the head of his party's ticket, and performed the act as eooily and deliberately as he would have wrung the neck of a chicken. It will be remembered that Mr. Hamlin favored Governor Marble's nomination, and was defeated as a delegate to the nominating convention by the Burleigh men in his ward. Possibly this may account for the milk in the cocoanut. Gen. Charles Hamlin, his eldest son, and Dr. A. C. Hamlin, his nephew, did not vote at all. Both of these gentlemen had an ambition to be the Republican candidate for Governor two years ago, but were knocked out. Gen. Hamlin is Interested in the publication of a new Republican daily paper that is projected, which nominally is not to be run in the interest of any individual' or clique. It is reasonably presumed that J its politics is foreshadowed by the General's independent spirit shown on election day. John L. Sullivan Very Sick. Boston, September 19.?Startling rumors as to the condition of John L. Sulli van are nnoat nere mis anernoou. it is stated that his disease has taken a turn for the worse, and that he is now in a critical condition. His mother and Father Hogarty of Boston have been sent for to go to Crescent Beach at once. A reporter called at Sullivan's residence at Crescent Beach this afternoon, and was there informed that, although Sullivan's condition had not improved since yesterday, it was not at present of a particularly alarming nature. It is true that Sullivan's mother and Father Hngarty had been sent for, but it was stated at the house that no Immediate danger was apprehended. Tt was rijnjored today that John L. Sullivan had died suddenly, bi;t investigation shows that he is still alive, though in a very serious condition. The trouble is with his stomach, and there is no telling how it may result. He was no worse today than yesterday. Freaka of Nature. A genuine curiosity may be seen at Dr. Boyd's drug store in the shape of a twoheaded snuke. The reptile was killed by a colored man several days ago in the vicinity of Floyd's Mill and is a king snake, six or eight inches long. The two heads are distinct and perfect in every respect and are joined to their body by moans of separate m\_ . .1^1 . a necss. me remarKauie part ox mis curiosity, in which it differs from most of its kinrl, is the perfect development of every part of both heads Another freak of nature recently develiped in these parts, is a turkey cobbler, aelongins to Mr. Newton Gandv, who lives >n Dr. Willcox's place, about" four miles ;rom town. 5\>r some time past the eobjler has been setting on some hep egys and ias since hatched as fiue a brood of chick- , ms as can be fouDd anywhere, and is now , ittcnding to the wants of the young ones vith the tenderLess and care of a "mother J len."?Darlington News. . ?> j 'MR best pirifier made. Damascus, Ga., June 29, 1887. 1 I have suffered with Catarrh for about 1 our years, and after using four bottles * f Botanic Blood Balm I had my gener- 1 1 health greatly improved, and if I c ouldkeep out of the bad weather I ^ rould be cured. I believe it is the best urifier made. Very respectfully, L. W. Thompson. v how it wells. * Palatka, Fla., May 31, 1887. ^ "We have been selling B. B. B. for two y sars, and it has always given satisfac- ^ on in every case. w Lowby & Stabs, Druggists. & KENTUCKY'S BIG OX.ROAST. Two Great Democrats at an Old-Fashioned ' Barbecue. Cincinnati, September 30.?There were 6,00 ) people at the Erlanger, Ky., barbecue eight miles south of here, yesterday, to see , Speaker Carlisle and Senator Blackburn and hear them speak. They were mostly from Carlisle's district. The barbecue consisted of four carcasses of oxen, twenty four carcasses of sheep and "no qnd" of roasted chickens, also of 1,000 gallons of soup that had been cooking three dafe, and 2,400 baskets of bread. Speech aft were made by Theodore Hallam and?. D. Orav Senator Blackburn spyke first. -Jn said, among other things, that the desjiies of the nation must be intrusted to eifcr the Democratic or Republican panp that there were no three parties in theBontry; that the country was broad and JS but it was not big enough to furnisifl^m for three parties. Neither a labor orflffation nor a woman's suffrage organi^pon, he he said, nor a prohibition organization, could stand before an intelligent audience and challenge their support, because the proposition was preposterous. He hid been informed by the press that in the Sixth Kentucky Congressional District the Labor party had rcceutly placed in the field a candidate for Congress. He did not mean to quarrel with the members of that party, honest, intelligent, patriotic as he I thought them to be, but he asked them the quetion, Suppose the ticket was to win, what good would it do? None; for it was not within the compass of mortal power, supplemented even by that of the devil, if the Lord kept his hands off, for any third party to control the House. The Labor representatives, if elected, would be mere ciphers. Mr. Carlisle was known to all. He would not appeal for him, because he would not insult his proud constituency by so doing. The question before the people, he continued, was the question of Federal taxation. The tariff was higher today than it was from 1861 to 1865, for during these four years an army of 2,000,000 had to be maintained under arms, while today there was not in the country an army capable of whipping a handful of hand-painted InSivtv rvr rant. of uiaiid vu l<ub i*vuv?w - the whisky made and 40 per cent, of the tobacco raised in the country was produced by the State of wliich he was proud to be an humble sod. As a true son of Kentucky he but voiced the sentiments of the people when he said that he would gladly see this tax stand?a tax on luxuries?in order to see the necessities of the people go scot free. The Senator gave his hearers a history of the surplus and its accumulations'. He might not be able to agree with Mr. Cleveland's ideas of civil ser^kreform, because he believed that all MBLiepublicans ought to be put out of o^^Hhd with them all good Republicans, ^^ftenty of good Democrats could be hl^Wfill their places better. Speaker Carlisle was cheei^Hwhen he was introduced. He did not?knnch in hi? speech to what he had saidJRis speech of acceptance at the Covingtc^Htnvention of the day before. He open^^rc a brief statement of the history of b^Brcat po | litical parties, and the differerMKid taken by each on the fundamental ^Bciples of government. The great que?n before the people, he said, was the lfcestion of j Federal taxation, 'mere were- two ways i in which the revenue could be reduced? one was to take the taxes off the people, and the other was to make the duty on im- J ports so high that the products of foreign j countries could not come into the country, i and thereby prevent the raising of revenue j from this source. The Republican platform advocates the latter. The Republican party, he said, proposed to reduce the tariff by checking the importation of goods, the j like of which could be produced here; but if that were not sufficient, they would repeal the entire internal revenue tax rather than surrender one part of what they called the protective system. The Democratic party has never, Speaker1 Carlisle continued, advocated free trade. Notwithstanding that it has been asserted by Republicans that he and his friends were in favor of direct taxation, he wished to have it understood by the people that he never was and never will be in favor of , direct taxation [Applause.] If the Republican party succekled in carrying out the policy outlined in its platform, then there would be no resort left the Government but to collect its revenues by direct taxation. If thp collection of import taxes was done away with, and the internal revenue tax was repealed, there was but one resource and that was to tax the people's l?ar\/3 or?/1 tM?f o T\r>r toT r\rt tV?A ruwnlp JLGbUVt UUU ^/UV U pvi W*A V? ^vvc*vj these two methods, under decisions of the Supreme Court, being the only means of correct taxation known to the Constitution. If there was any political party in favor of direct taxation, it was the Repub'-can party. Utilising the Cotton Stalk. The following letter from the American Consolidated Fibre Company, of New York, to Governor Richardson explains itself: New York, September 17,1888. Hon. Governor of South Carcjina. Respected Sir: Article n the New York Herald of recent date As us of the great loss of the cotton cmp this year owing to the heavy rains.yFhe cotton stalk fibre sent you by thi^mail, and to which permit me to call yof r attention, was sent us by Gov. J. B. Gonion, of Georgia. It was pulled August 15, delayed in transit and did not reach us ^til September 10. It was decayed anAs not a fair sample of what we can doXWe have a process for treating all vegetifie fibres in a simple economical manner, a^d which has been fully demonstrated. The sample sent you show that the stalk, which has never been utilized, is full of fibre that can be used for textile purposes and for paper stock, and in the event of failure of the cott/*m s*mrs hrr roir* r\T nonooo tfio nlont wu yiy|i Kfj urn 1/4 VU4VJ v?ruow; ^*wu? ers, by our process, would still have a'large profit from the stalk alone. Gov.. Gordon, when in the city some time ago, frequently visited us and was shown large samples of other fibres as well as cotton stalks. He was very much Interested. He sends us at intervals of from two to three weeks a few hundred pounds of the stalks for treatment. We would be pleased to do the same for any planters from your State, and will send you and them the result of our work. With great respect, John H. Brown, Supt. Am." Con- Fibre Co. The HofEman-Hogan Trial. Winnsboro, September 20.?The General Sessions, yesterday and today, was taken up with the trial of Mr. Charles G. Hoffman, who was charged with the shooting and wounding of Capt. J. D. Hogan, near Blythewood, on the night of the 31st August. Your readers will remember that considerable excitement was caused upon the announcement that Capt. Hojjan had been waylaid and ambushed and shot near Li. 'J Jt - . .1 ms residence, aou so soon arxer jqis uuncuity with the Messrs. Hoffman. It was thought by the enemies of the Hoffmans to have been perpetrated by them, but the present trial has shown, by proof that cannot be doubted, that it was impossible for the defendant to have done the dastardly deed. Mr. Hoffman was today promptly acquitted.?Special to Charleston World. The Horrible Crime of a Wife. Ottawa, Ont., September 21.?A horrible case of poisoning is reported on the t 3hores of Lake Temiscaminque. For some i time past Mrs. Boivin has been anxious to ?et rid of her husband. Opportunity occurred on Sunday last when the man complained of feeling unwell. His wife suggested a dose of epsom salts, but instead r prepared a dose of strychnine. The hus- t jand was suspicious of the mixture and ? efused to take it. To satisfy his scruples tl uc wi/JLuau iwa a opwuiui Jiciocii. x .uio I nduced the husband to take the full dose. a 3ut the woman miscalculated the strength j >f the poison, thinking that the spoonful M pould not kill her. The consequence was j hey both died. 0 w A little ammonia or borax added to the ti rater you wash your hands with, and that g rater just lukewarm, will keep the skin & lean and soft. A little oatmeal mixed t rith water will whiten the hands. Many eople use glycerine on their hands when ley go to bed, wearing gloves to keep the edding clean, but glycerine does not agree L 1th every one. It makes the skin hard o< ad red ; p { i A PRIZE FIGHT IN A JAIL rwo Female Prisoners Make the Raymond Street Hotel Tremble. (New York Star, September 21.) For a few brief moments yesterday pandemonium reigned within the usually quiet precincts of Raymond Street Jail, in Brooklyn. It was caused by something the like of which had never before taken place there. It was a fight. A regular prize ring enWmMB tnn smiimM Tt lasted OUUU uvunvvu V/ but for three minutes, but in that time all discipline was forgotten, and the yells of the other prisoners were heard some distance away. The two women who, in a few moments, added fame to the institution were Miss Emma Anderson and Stella Burns. The former has been in durance vile for some time, owing to the fact that she stole from the house of a Brooklyn reporter a valuable silk dress. The other woman is in for a minor offense. The fistic encounter arose over a dispute as to which of the two was the more honorable sneak thief. Each wanted to claim superiority over the other in their professional career. Miss Burns said that the stealing of a silk dress and other petty articles was not enough to class Miss Anderson in her social circle. This made Miss Anderson indignant. She wanted it understood that she could steal with any one, and that, in fact, she was the superior of Miss Burns in every particular. The wordy war was brought to a climax when one lady invited the other to settle the difference in true prize ring style. The proposition was accepted, and in a moment a ring was formed. The first round opened with the amiable Emma making a fierce lunge at her antagonist. Unfortunately it fell short. She received a swinging left-hander on the jaw. Vi/v* Innlniro o four mnmwits juuiiua cyu uu muiu^u u ?? after, for she caught her opponent by the hair, and then the fun commenced. Both forgot science, and hair pulling was in order. At the suggestion of the spectators there was a breakaway. Emma returned to the charge and made one more vicious lunge. She could not tell how it happened, but Stella had found a soft spot in her eye, and Emma went down with a groan. She was picked up in a moment; but it was too late, as Warden Brymer at that moment rushed in and edded the sport. Neither Asleep Nor Awake. Washington, September 18.?The Post says that news comes from Europe that Senator Stanford, who has been there for some time, is the victim of an extraordinary disease. He cannot sleep when he wants to and he cannot keep awake when he wants to; he can hardly ever be said to be awake and hardly ever asleep, but perpetually oscillating between the two condi hods, ne uoes uoi, aiecp muxc uitm a uuuute or two at the time (if we may call It sleep for want of a better word, somnambulism might be more nearly correct), and his eyes don't remain open or his senses active for more than the same length of time at a stretch. He is never allowed to walk alone, for if he tried it he would be sure to fall, the somnolence coming upon him without notice. Sticking pins in him is no use, as he dozes off notwithstanding. If he starts to talk with you he may get through with a few sentences and then be cut off in the midst of an unfinished word, but when he awakens to consciousness again he has the knack of taking up the talk precisely where he left off. To use a printer's phrase, his sleeping, his walking, his talking and his thinking are all done in very "short takes." But he has no pain. The Charleston Mermaid. A good many of the colored people about Anderson were greatly exercised during the loto nrntmrt/vi rfiinv 'wpafhpr t'nerr. ! being a report among them that it was all caused by the capture and detention of a mermaid in Charleston. One old auntie was greatly wrought up, and asked the Journal, as she shook the rain off of her shawl and wiped her face with the corner of her apron: "Boss, why don' dem Charlson fokes tu'n dat er maremaid loose? Dey say she keep er tellin' um hit ain't gwine ter stop er rainin' long ez dey keep her out'n de water, but dey dis keep er hol'in' her ter try ter ketch ernuther. Dey dis er gwine ter ruin dis heer country ef dey don' min'. Whut dey want wid er maremaid, ennyhow^ I wooden leter maremaid come er nigh me fer er hunderd dollars?no I wooden, nuther. I wush dey'd tu'n her loose so's I ken git my cloze dried." They must have turned "her" loose, for it has been clear now for several days.?Anderson Journal. Horse Thieves Well Fortified. Lamar, Col., September 19.?The people of Richfield, Kansas, Boston, Springfield, Vilas, Minneapolis and Carris, in this State are taking steps to organize 200 troopers to go into the neutral strip and retake stolen horses and other property, and vMrin/tmAl Akia/kf unpiuic IliC UJUCVCO. JL JJUil jJUUi/xpai vujcv^v will be to get the outlaws, who are said to be fortified in Squaw canyon. Persons who have seen the place say that it is a natural fortress and almost inaccessible, and that It will be hard to dislodge the men who have taken refuge there. A Railroad Wreck Near Winona, Minn. Winona, Minn., September 20.?The passenger train on the Burlington Road, which left St. Paul yesterday morning for Chicago was run into by a gravel train at the crossing of the Chicago and Northwestern, opposite this city, last night. The Northwestern engine struck the front of the sleeping car," turning it over. The coach just in front reeled down a bank fifteen feet high, landing right up in about feet of water. A traveling man, whose name cannot be learned, and Mrs. Johanna Ewe, of Lacrosse, and eleven others, were seriously injured. Mrs. Ewe was brought to this city, and her recovery is doubtful. 1 """ There Wag a Plot. "Uncle Dan'l," he said, as he met one of the whitewash brigade at the market, "do yon think you could get away with a twenty-pound watermelon this morning?" "I does, sah." "Can you eat it all alone?" "I kin." "in twenty minutes?" "Yes, sah." "Will you eat seeds, rind and all?" Uncle Dan'l looked at him suspiciously for a long minute and then said: "You go on, sahl I see de objick werry plainly. You want to kill me off so I can't wote the Bepublican ticket, but I'ze too deep fur you, sah!"?Detroit Free Press. Mangled on the Kails. Lnst Tuesday George Brooks, a negro laborer iu the shingle swamp of Weber & Davis, was ran over and killed by the G o'clock mail train oij the Charleston ami Savannah Railway, at Montruwllin's Cross Roads. In appears that Brooks had been paid off that day, and had been up to Harleeville to buy groceries, and along with ,he groceries some liquor. Whether the whisky made him rcckless or sleepy, or whether he tried to outrun the train to the crossing, will never be known; but, in jitber event, he was run over and terribly nangled.?Hampton (guardian. The French in the Pacific. Sax Francisco, September 20.?News eceived from the South Seas shows that i here was savage fighting on the Marquesa l ;roup oeiore me natives anoweu me r rencn ] o lioist their flag and take possession of ] lie group. Two hundred French marines t nd several thousand natives were killed. ? 'he natives retired in*o the mountains, ] rhere it was difficult to dislodge them. ^ [ucli indignation is expressed at Tahiti T ver the seizure of Eastern Island by Chili, i rhich proposes to establish a penal colony ^ lere. This is the island famous for its % rand stone statues standing on huge peditals. The seizure was made by Captain oro, of the Chilian cruiser Agamos. e A former United States minister to v iberiasays it is the most unhealthy n rantry in the world and advises colored ^ eople not to go there. Tbc Effects of Novel Heading. The mischief of voracious novei readtag is really much more like the mischief of dram drinking than appears at first sight. It tends to make all other literary nourishment intolerable, just as dram drinking tends to make all true food intolerable, and to supersede food by drink. The voracious novel reader of today, as we have said, rejects Scott, because Scott's novels contain so much good food that it is not mere story telling. The genuine novel reader detests what he calls tame stories, stories in which the interest is not exaggerated and piled up ten times as high as the interests of ordinary life. He wants always to be feelinc a thrill of ex citement running through his nerves, always to be 11 vine in imagination through the concentrated essence of the perils of a hundred adventurous lives, instead of toiling calmly through the ordinary hopes and fears of one. No state of mind can be more unwholesome, because none is more calculated to divert the energies from the sort of quiet tasks to which they should be habitually applied, and to keep them stretched on the tenter hooks of expectation, waiting for a sort of strain whica is never likely to occur, and if it did occur, would certainly not find a man's energies any the better prepared for it for having been worn out previously with a long series of ] imaginary excitements. The habit of dram drinking, it is said, leads to fatty degeneration of the heart, i. e., excessive fattening round the heart, and weak action of the heart in consequence. So, too, the habit of exciting novel reading leads to fatty degeneration of the literary mind, L e., to an unhealthy and spasmodic action of the imagination, and a general weakening of the power of entering thoroughly into the solid interests of read life. So far as we know, the only effective cure for this habit of literary dram drinking?a ouro -i * 1-1 ?1 LLUb in way a luri/LtuviLiLuy?m IXLUXUO. OUVA>^ of some Wild which exposes the hollownees of all these unreal Interests, and makes them appear as artificial and melodramatic as they actually are. That, however, is a ctire which is an extremely painful one, almost crael in its disillusionizing power.?London Spectator. The Care of Domestic Animal* The family cat is regarded with fat greater respect In England than America. Every househotaerinNew York, when he packB off for the summer, leaves the cat to live in the streets. The consequence is that during the hot weather the cats of the Empire city cry aloud and shout; they wail in anguish to the earless moon in moans "most musicall, most melancholie." They make night hideous for callous hearted man, who ignores their affection ana rejects tneir compamonsnip. .among cranks, commend me to the animal loving crank. He is a bit weak headed at times, but softness of heart is quite compatible with strongness of mini "Whether the Bareness Burdett-Coutts was cranky or not as a connoisseur in husbandry she shows admirable judgment in the care of animals. And her care for them when they cease from age or maladv to be serviceable beasts oftrarden entitles her to public homage. At Holly Lodge, her beautiful suburban home at Highgate, she fcfvms her worn out horses, donkevs. cattle, dogs, cats and other pets in well tended pastures and stables until they die. And she visits them with the regularity of a doctor, sparing nothing that can give them comfort. Others here and there do the same. I have seen pedigree cattle with famous names and records living h> luxury to a grand old age, and I have also seen poor folks' broken down horses and pets kept In country quarters at an expense they could but ill afford. "The merciful man is merciful to his beast." "What of New Yorkers and their cats? If they sneer at the bare idea of imitating the example of those who have established a home for cats in London, let them do something better. For a very small fee the Londoner who locks up house to go a-holidav making can have his cat properly cared for until the family return. This is common humanity ana common sense. If the wealthy New York houseowner cannot afford to keep his cat all the year round, ho should nave it killed rather than x ix u. ^ i.t . V 1! _ a "*r _. . crueuy suojeci, it w vae uorrors 01 iiow York street life.?New York, Cor., GlobeDemocrat. People of Jfew Brunswick. They are a splendid people hero. There tea certain dignity about every one of them far more striking than with any English in England. And what is better, they are truly kind" hearted and polite. I used to know, a quarter of a century ago, some of those grand old Hudson Bay company's faetors; and fine fellows they were ?brave, cultured, chivalrous, gentle and good, but With a roaring sort of way with them that suggested the entrancing Manitoban Indian summer with a lurking, howling blizzard element beneath. These are like them. Climate has had to do with It; true culture of brain and brawn, more. They are near enough to the states to be emulative; far enough from England to abhor incivility. They?^nd all New Brunswick folk? are less pretentious than we; more tolerant than others of their nationality. In all that makes sociologic distinction, these people are immeasurably better than Englishmen, and Infinitely less the time servers and snobs than some Americans T RVinnld rat thflv hft.fi cnf. ftirt.TiAT away from the Ihglaad we profess to condemn than many of us whose cheeks should flame for our cockney apings; that they were, in moderation, level n<iadedness, clean culture, and in the freedom from feverish ambitions and vanitfcss, far in advance of most of our commumties; that they possessed the best o:f Old World equipoise and conservatism, iind of New World virility; and that if by anv good fortune of diplomacy or war their country should become our county, we would secure a fine bit of poss<sssion aud as admirable a class of people is ar$ now within our farthest boundaries.-^ Edgar L. Wakeman's Letter. A Xon-XransfBrnDIe Hallroad Tlcl eK A young railroad man of Atlanta has ^rrrr\A +/\ iVi ^ tirJ-fVi or? rrrt irt the way of a ticket that will bring him fame and an enviable bank account. It Is simply this: The purchaser of an ironclad ticket is not to' be required to write his name or make any formal declaration as to his intention in regard to the ticket. Nothing of the kind. The agent who sells the low rate round trip points his little camera at you while he gives; you your change. It records the image c f the purchaser in an instant. The agent pulls out the slide, rubs his chemical sjou?e over the sensitized paper and?there yoa are. In the upper left hand corner cf the ticket he pastes that picture, puts it hi under a stamp that embosses the and unless you can find somebonv \ looks enough like you to risk vhe cliruirt of a return on ypur imago tho ticket wii) carry the original purchaser aud ucbc.'j else.?Atlanta Constitution. Judge Thwman Still Unwell. Columbus, 0 , September 20.? Judge Tlmrman received today a delegation of colored Democrats, to whom he speke a few minutes. He is suffering from cold and from rheumatism recently contracted. To a reporter he said that he had cot written a line cf his ~ - J ** jeuer ui ?uu uiat n waa doubtful whether he would go to New York again during the campaign. Throws Away Nearly 818,000. .New York, September 20.?Alonzo V. Hyde, ft clothing merchant of Salt Lake City, Utah, was arrested yesterday for being drunk and disorde'ly. At thejime lie was throwing about money in a nost avish manner. When searched at the sta,ion house, $600 was found on his person, md when Hyde had somewhat recovered, le said the money found in his possession vas the -remains of $18,000 he brought vith him a week ago. The Judge adminstered a stern rebuke to the prisoner and Uncharged him. It is said Hyde belongs i o a highly respectable family in Utah. J The lady who made a bustle of her pocktbook containing one thousand dollars, n rhich she accidentally left between the lattresses of a Kansas City hotel, is not tie only woman who has made a bustle rith her money. < IMPORTED BRIDES. Twenty-Four Swedish Maidens Under Contract to Wed. New York, September 17.?The customs officials at Castle Garden are nonplussed. Yesterday 600 steerage passengers were landed from the Hekla from Sweden. All of them were examined, but - -t . .v,; DO VlUi&UUUb ui luk: cjuii^iant xon nut found. Just as the inspectors finished their work word was brought from the Landing Bureau that among the cabin passengers of the ship were twenty-four young girls, ranging in age from 19 to 25 years, who had come on under contract. The two dozen rosy-cheeked, bright eyed young women were marched into the hospital and kept under close surveillance, while Inspector Grote questioned them in their native language. They agreed that they had come over under contract and that their passage was prepaid from this side. One member of the party produced the written contract in proof of the statement. It was drawn in due form, and provided ; that the party of the first part, who lives in Brooklyn, and is in receipt of a good income from the toil of his hands, agreed solemnly to receive the second party, the young girl in question, as his wife, to marry her immediately upon her arrival here and give her a comfortable home, in return for which she was to gladden his home by her smiles and see that he was surrounded with all those little domestic comforts which a loving wife is supposed to secure in a well managed household. Each of the twenty-four had similar con-' tracts, but the inspector was at a loss to ! know whether he should order the girls detained until the Collector should pass upon the legality of their title to land or whether she should allow them to go to the swains who were awaiting them. After consulting Commissioner Stephenson, Inspector Grote decided not to interfere with the twenty-four proposed weddings and the prospective brides left the Garden to join their waiting bridegrooms. Five went to Brooklyn, where they were quietly married last night, and the others left for different points in the West. They explained that the contracts were perfected through the meoium of a matrimonial agency in this city, which had its advertisements in several Swedish newspapers. Each of the twenty-four read the alluring promises held out in display type and replied to them. After several months of correspondence a suitor was selected for each, whose photograph was sent to the particular maiden he had chosen from the photographs which they had furnished the agency. More correspondence ensued, and then the contracts, duly drawn and signed by the prospective husbands, were sent over for the young ladies to read and sign, while-they kept a duplicate copy. Then, after some further correspondence, a ticket was sent to each by the agency in this city, and they were instructed to meet and come over on the same steamship. On the voyage across the twenty four girls became firm friends, drawn together by. the common object of their trip, and the five who went to Brooklyn tried to persuade the others to telegraph from Castle Garden to their sweethearts to come on here and all be married at the same time. The others, however, considered the expense to which some of the bridegrooms would be put in coming such a distance, and the plan was not carried out. Treating Swollen Feet. Policemen, letter carriers and others whose occupation kepps them on their feet a great deal, often are troubled with chafed, sore and blistered feet, especially in extremely hot weather, no matter how comfortably their shoes may fit A powder is used 111 the German army for sifting into the shoes and stockings of the foot soldiers, called "Fusstreupulver." and consists of three parts salicylic acid, ten parts starch and eighty-seven parts pulverized soapstone. It Keeps the feet dry, prevents chafing and rapidly heals sore spots. Finely pulverized soapstone alone is very good.?Scientific American. P1AKOS A>D OKUAN8. One thousand Pianos and Organs to close out by October 1. All Organs and Pianos sold at cascP prioBr payable November 1?no interest?delivered to your nearest depot. Fifteen days trial Organs from $24 up; Pianos from $150 up. All instruments warranted. Send for circulars. Buy now and have the use of the instrument. Bemember we pay ireignt Dotn ways 11 ine msirumeni; don't suit. Prices guaranteed less than New York. N. W. TBUMP, Columbia, S. 0. The French sugar makers have commenced a campaign against saccharine extracted from coal tar. Experiments have shown that it is not noxious, but the Society of Agriculturists have petitioned tne government to forbid its manufacture, as prejudicial to the beet root sugar trade. PITTS CAKJSINATIVE! FOB 1KFAXT8 AND TEETHING CHIL DREN. An instant relief for colic of infants. Cures Dysentery, Diarrhoea, Cholera Infantum or any diseases of the stomach I ana Doweis. manes tne critical penoa of Teething safe and easy. Is a safe and pleasant tonic. For sale by all druggists, and for wholesale by Howabd, Wmcar & Co., Augusta, Ga PRIVATE BOARD. Visitors to, Columbia will find it to their advantage to stop at the "WILLIAMS HOUSE," Northwest Corner Plain and Sumter Streets. Transient board a specialty. House open all hours day and night to suit incoming trains. MBS. WINTHBOP WILLIAMS. If T~i S? n mou iinr m LOCATED AT T All-Healing Min THIS DELIGHTFUL RESORT ^ Jitdl October 1st at Rates that will be CHI or particulars to Cozze ALL-HEALING, GASTO 4 * Saw Hi, Gasiag aM< AjncaHaral MACHINERY. SPECIAL ATTENTION! Being agent for almost the entire State for Liddell & Co., of Charlotte, N. C.? I am in a position to offer close figures on their Variable Feed Saw Mills. New Era Boilers, Boss Presses, Straight Line Engines, Shafting, Pulleys, &e. Their engine, of which I have sold a number, is the most satisfactory I have ever handled, and I earnestly recommend a consideration of its merits to all prospective purchasers. Van Winkle, Pratt and Winship Gins will be offered as cheap as manufacturers' discount to dealers will allow. The Improved Dee ring Mower with its durable and Unbreakable ateei Pitman Connections, in one of its three sizes?one-horse, two-horse and giant? and the Thomas Imperial Hay Bake and Plant and Cnltivator should be on every farm. Don't forget that yon will need a Barbour Cotton Seed Crusher in the fall, Wind Mills, Force Pumps, Brick Machines, Planers, etc., for sale. Write for descriptive catalogue. W. fi. GEBBES, JB., Successor to McMaster & Gibbes and W. G. &L. D. Childs, COLUMBIA, S. C. Gilder's Liver PILLS. Purely Vegetable, mild and gentle, but effective in their action. GILDER'S PILLS for sale by ali Druggists. Manufactured by G. BARRETT & CO., Augusta, Ga. JERSEY FLATS CHILL and FEVEB CUBE, guaranteed to cure any case of Chills, Fevers or Dysentery or money refunded. Large bottle 50 cents. If your n.eichant has not Jersey Flats send to G. BABBETT & CO., Augusta, Ga. H. H. P. is guaranteed to cure Sick Headache in 20 minutes. Believe any case of constipation. Believe all Disorders of the Bowels. H. H. P. guaranteed to please or money refunded by G. BARRETT & CO.. ? AUGUSTA, OA. SPARKLfflG CATAWBA SPRINGS, CATAWBA COUNTY, N. a Newly fitted up with new Hotel sod Furniture for over 400 guests and the proprietors would be glad to see all {heir old and many new trends here. The medical properties of the water are unrivalled for Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, Liver, Kidney and Urinary diseases, General Debihty and nervous prostration. Healthier location not to be found. Much new furniture is being added. ^ BATHS phurj HoTAir and Vapor Baths. Pin? Band of Music and all amusements kept at first-class Watering Places. Write for. Catalogue. Be. E. O. ELLIOTT & SON, Proprietors. PEACE INSTITUTE, as tr!SL? m ion w RALEIGH, N. 0. The Fall Session opens on the ffmfc Wednesday (5th day) of September aaft I aIAQ^O firof vvi Tvima 10OA vavuvu ujlov ltvuuuiuaj Hi W LLUCj lOOJ* Every department of instruction filled by accomplished and experienced toach-__ ers. Building one of the largest and ; best equipped in the South. Heated by steam. Gas and electric light. Water throughout whole building. Special rates for two or more from same family. Correspondence solicited. For circular and catalogue address Rev. B. BUBWELL&SON, Baebtoh, N. (X ^ CHARLOTTE FEMALE INSTirUTL i No Institute for Young Tadies in the South has advantages superior to those ofiered here in every department?Collegiate, Art and Music. Only experienced and accomplished. ?' Teachers engaged. The building i? lighted with Gob, warmed with the beetwrought-iron Furnaces, and a'vBofc-'-^l water Heater, has Hot and Cold I Water Baths, and first-class appoint- 1 ments as a Boarding School in every j respect?no School in the South haik-_| superior. V J?" FALL SESSION BEGINS SEPTEMBER 5,1888. For Catalogue, 'with full particulate* address Bev. Wm. B. ATKINSON, Charlotte, N. 0. tsl aid Cottages, 'M m '^ BSB i he famous nral Springs. hcll take guests; fsom mw ^ 3APEB than living atj home. WnfcaT^i?^ ns * Thomas, N COUNTY, NOBTH OAEOLUfA, jJi