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MAMMOTH DEMONSTRATION I j' }N NEW YORK FOR CLEVELAND AND ' I tlUKWAN ANU {AKIhr Kcrurim. ?_ 1 j Twenty Thousand Business Men In Procession?That Senate Tariff Bill Dilemma, i FWe Regularly Nominated Candidates for the Mayoralty?The Total Registration of Voters in New York City About 270,000. Close of the Baseball League Season?Rise in the Price of Bread. New York, Oct. 19.?If you had been in this city Saturday and had witnessed the monster parade of business men for Cleveland and Tburman and tariff reform you might easily have come to the conclusion that there will be no one left to vote for Harrison and Morton. This, however, will hardly be realized,-but it is a fact that no political parade of the year can compere with the one mentioned. There were 20,000 men in Kce, with brass bands, drum and fife corps sprinkled all about them, so that the head of the procession was several miles in advance of the other end. They were not of the common run of parader& either?silk hats and gold and silver-head ed canes predominating in every file. The substantial commercial interests of the metropolis have not been so aroused in years as they are in this campaign. The manufacturers' section of the parade was a striking feature; embracing, as it did, a large number of that class of our citizens whose interests are supposed (or by the enemy are represented to be) bound up in the success of the party which insists upon putting up the price of their products by the addition of an enormous import tax. When the paraders reached Wall street, the mass of humanity stretching away for blocks from the United States Treasury stepa was so dense that no man could move in his place. It was indeed a sight well worth seeing. Secretary Fairchild and Speaker Carlisle, the chief orators of the day, were both received with enthusiastic applause. The Secretary was in weak voice, or, rather, it requires a voice of extraordinary strength to reach so vast an audience in the open air, and probably not more than one out of ten of the assembled thousands had an idea of what he was talking about until they read it the next cayin the Star and other papers. Speaker Carlisle, however, had little difficulty in making himself heard even in the outskirts of the great assemblage. His voice is of that peculiar penetrating and far-reaching character which, without seeming loud, falls with entire distinctness at a great distance from the speaker. The crowd was in full sympathy with the views of the distinguished orator, and they applauded as only such people can. At the National Democratic headquarters the leaders find diversion in the attempts of the enemy to extricate themselves from that Senate tariff bill dilemma. The wellauthenticated report that Senator Allison, who is charged with the paternity of this hybrid infant, has given it out that he thinks it full time for tne Senate to wind up business and go home, is taken as palpable admission of weakness. Senator Gorman says it is playing directly into the Democratic hands; that the Senate tariff bill was only a weak bluff and would never be permitted to come to a vote. It is even said that Senator Allison's course is prompted by an ominous rebellion in the Republican ranks, which make it certain that the bill could never get the full sanction of the Republicap majority, and would, there fore, ignominiously fail if ever the roll were called. Meantime the fighting is being done on this issue of high or low tariff without any let-up. Our captains say that they will stand or fall by it, and they are not practicing the tumbling act this year either. Up to date there are five regularly nominated candidates for Mayor of the city. Mayor Hewitt has the endorsement of the uounty democracy ana me brazens pariy. Sheriff Grant stands for Tammany Hall, and is indulging in a good deal of intempeiate talk about "Father Abram." Col. Joel B. Erhardt has been put up by the straight Republicans, and it is said that the honor cost him something like $100,000 in cold cash. James D. Coogan has the endorsement of the Labor party, and the , Prohibitionists have their own Ward well. The Socialists, too, have been gunning , about town for some one who will take their nomination, but they haven't yet < found a man with enough blood in his eye j and tangle in his whiskers. I A very conservative estimate places the total registration in this city this year at 270,000. It is probable that 250,000 voles will be cast for Mayoralty candidates. The County Democracy people think that Hewitt will get very nearly half of these. The Tammany Hall folks give him about onethird, and elect Grant on paper by 10.000 majority. Erhardt will be lucky if he touches -50,000, and Coogan will not by any possibility exceed 10,000. Oa the State and National tickets the indications are that the total Democratic vote w21 not fall below 160,000. This is what the Democratic managers count on, and if their hopes are realized, Cleveland will have a majority in the city 30,000 greater than he had four years ago. The Base Ball League season closed on Saturday in a fine burst of local enthusi asm over the New York club, which bore off the champion trophy. An immense demonstration was given the players. New York pays several hundred thousand dollars a year for the privilege of witnessing ball games, and this is the first time it has had a winning team in many years. ut. xaimages last ouaaay s bercuou vu "Suicide" is being talked off everywhere. It is a magnificent piece of rhetoric, and is s&id to be one of tne greatest efforts of the distinguished divine. There has been less feverish speculation in the Produce Exchange during the past week, but wheat still rules very high. The Bakers' Association has officially raised the price of bread one cent on small loaves, and a mighty wail has cone out from the poorer class in consequence. Probably the most universally execrated American today is Broker Hutchinson, who has added millions of blood money to his fortune by ?'8 fortune by his recent corner of this grain. from a. drlttgifst. Palaika, Fla., May 31, 1887. The demand for Botanic Blood Balm rr> Y> T> \ * iL.i T 1 :j>. x>. z>.) m fcucc. uuii> x now ouy in half gross lots, and I unhesitatingly say , :hat my customers are well pleased. ' R. Kersting. x ex yea Re WITH RHEUMATISM. ( Newton, N. C., June 25, 1887. Gsktlzhsk: I am pleasured in saying , I bate been a great sufferer of rheuma- . fa*g?a for 10 years, and I have exhausted \ almost every known remedy without relief. 1 was told to try B. B. B. which 1 did after long procrastination, and with the experience of three bottles, 1 am t almost a healthy mas. I take it as a t part of mv duty to make known your r wonderful Blood Purifier to suffering , humanity, and respectfully ask you to < mail me one of your books of wonders. Respectfully, . TV T > ?t. xmvr>r.n r./i i r9 y Australia Covet* the America's Cup. "I Boston. Oct. 18.?It appears probable that a challenge for the America's cup may t come from a new quarter of the globe. Hie Australians, not content with the rowing championship, intend to build a yacht s to compete in the summer of 1890 with s the then holder of this cup. Walter Reeks, f naval architect of Sydney, N. S. W., has I come to Boston to begin his acquaintance d with our yachts and waters, and purposes p to design and build for a wealthy gentle- ii there his ideal yacht for the chal a lenge. Mr. Reeks comes under the aus- b pkw of Henry W. Peabody & Co. He a ' first called upon Mr. Burgess, who received f< him with the utmost courtesy and frankness, and enabled him to see the Volunteer and other yachts of his design. Mr. Reeks will make but a short stay in America. He will soon visit New York and other yachtfat^ centres. READ OUT FOK WALTZING. rhree Young; Girls Tublicly Reprimanded From the Altar. Boston. Oct. 18.?The Catholic girls c-f I 'he town of Wnllingford, Coon., are great- j ly excited <>\er the public reproof by Father Mallon, of Holy Trinity Church, of three of their number for round dancing. At a recent service the priest announced that three young women wh:> were memi>ers of his church had recently engaged in round dancing. He had strictly forbidden the members of his parish to engage in rouud dances. For punishment he proposed to publicly call their names. In a loud voice he theD announced that Celia Hanley, Sarah Ginty and Nellie Curran were guilty of having waltzed at a picnic, given two weeks before. The young women were sitting in the congregation, and to say that they were embarrassed is putting it ratner mildly. Their friends became very angry, and the service had no sooner closed than little indignation meetings were held on all sides. Some suj>ported Father Mallon, but the majority < f the DeoDle in the church considered h's action entirely uncalled for. Tbe news of the rebuke given to the young women spread through the town, and people outside the church began to talk and express opinions about the affair, until now everybody in the place is on un side or the other. Father Mallon has been the pastor of the church for over twenty years. During all this period no difficulty has marred his 1 elations with hi3 parishioners until now The three girls are favorites in the town. They are pretty, and have attended many of tbe entertainments giveD in Wallingford for a year or more. Their relations and friends are among the most wealthy members of Holy Trinity Church. South Carolina's Exhibit. The following article we take from the Augusta Evening News: The State exhibit of our next neighbor and esteemed ally across the river promises to overtop all displays of the kind at Augusta's approaching Exposition. Commissioner A. P. Butler say? that it will, and he is a man well acquainted with the resources of the country and with the style of exhibits each State is in the habit of making at great national expositions. South Carolina's display will not only be rich, but varied, and it will illustrate what a progressive and prosperous Southern 8tate can show in the way of agricultural and industrial products and mineral resources. The commissioner is receiving support from the great phosphate sections, and also from the counties rich in ores and tine stones. The agricultural exhibit will also be very flue, and other States might well imitate the great Slate of South Carolina to advantage. The exhibit of Carolina is now being arranged by Commissioner Butler, and the car loads of resources spread out in the Exposition building give a fair idea of the extent of the display when it is in position. The fertilizer companies, cotton mills and granite quarries will be especially well represented, and the farmers are all in line with Col. Butler in his good work for the State. The Badness Vote. Once in a while an opinion from one of the business men comes to the surface through the opaque waters of political discussion. Almost without exception the opinions are for Cleveland and Thurman. Here in Kansas City we see quite a number of these conservative business men from the East. The Times has published within three months many interviews with them wmcn ougnt to snow aouoters now new York, Connecticut and New Jersey :are going. The independent vote of 1884 will be doubled in 1888 by the accession of business men, and they are all for Cleveland. The rot about free trade they pay no more attention to than they pay to the cry of the seagulls in New York harbor.? Kansas City Times. The State Teachers' Association. The South Carolina Teachers' Associa tion, an organization having for its object the improvement of its members in the science and art of teaching and the promotion of the cause of education generally, is desirous of increasing its membership and extending its influence. The Association is making an effort to secure a permanent home by the erection or a suitable building. The members of the Association are requested to send their dues for 1888 to Edward E. Britton, the secretary and treasurer of the Association at Brunson, S. C. Hearty co-operation is desired. The Association is making strenuous efforts to locate its headquarters, and is deserving of aid in this laudable object. BRIC-A-BRAC. a farmer's review of religion. This argufyin' useless pints A8 where Cain got his wife, Was Jonah swallered by the whale? Is death the end of life? Is jest the devil's Eden plan That caught us long ago, God has His "shall not" on some things, Tne devil "you shall know." Now, where Csin got his wife's no odds; But will the de'il get mc? Not what I swoJler, nor the whale, Will change eternitee. An' if I live so I can die In peace when death shall call, 111 aie so that 111 live with joy, If dyin' don't end all. Now, I don't argue how the moon Makes 'taters run to tops; I plant 'em when the sign is right, An' alius raise good crops. I take the farmin' jules that's plain An' reap jest what I sow; I do the same with gospel truth, An' puzziin' pints can go. He who talks sows, he who listens reap?. The first man at the poles on election lay?The barber. The poisonous nature of filth should aever be lost sight of. A man may be a bad egg, but he's all right till he's "broke." A swell thing in ha*s?The humming lead after a spree. "I'll dock you for this," said the men on he wharf when the eteamer came in late. The type-writer has banished much bad aandwriting; but it cannot overcome the aad spelling. Which is the longest word in the Eugish language? "Smiios," because there's i mile between the first and last letters. J.L cujsioio a xatuiij mau wuoiuci auij IU reepiog cool to take ice, but it makes him lot when he gets the bill. The man who does "everything on his >wn hook" is likely to get caught one of hese days. Begin your Christmas embroidery now. rhe "Heaven Bless Our Home" and slippers for your husband and the parson ihould not be rushed through at the last ninute. A man jumped into the Ohio River rt*ntly and left behind him this note: "Cu>s he rich, dura the poor, and may I bring ip in a warm and comfortable place!" A nan must have a firm and abiding faith rrVi^n o KaKovoo tliof s*tin finn q mV^> T UUU XiV l^ViiV?VD I'UUV UV VUU JUUU Ct UJ\A/ I | :oal tire at the bottom of a river. , Some men never :5eem to grow old. Al- ; vays active in thought, always ready to 1 idopt new ideas, they are never chargeable i nth fogyism. Satisfied, yet ever dissatis- ! ied, settled, yet ever unsettled, they always < mjoy the best of what is, and are the first i o find the best of what will be. The highest, the best, the most perma- ' ient pleasures are those which are not j ought, but which come from the faithful ' ulfilment of life's duties and obligations, i ndeed, eager search after pleasure in any < irection is always fruitless, because it im- ilies a condition of mind to which endur- f 3g happiness is a stranger. Selfishness ' nd enjoymeDt may dwell together for a 1 rief season, but the latter will soon wither 1 way under the scorching influence of the >rmer. T EAUX ! C The beautiful Miss Mollineaux t Was anxious to capture a beaux, So when a young Sioux a The maiden did wioux s She quickly surrendered to Lesux. I SENATOR BCTLKR IN RICHMOND. He Paya a Tribute to the Industrial and Military Genius of the People of the Late Southern Confederacy. (f roin the News and courier) Richmond, Oct. 18.?United Stales Senator M. 0. Butler, of South Carolina, de livered tonight the annual add: ess before the Army of Northern Virginfo. The subject was *'The industrial and military genius of the Southern people oa developed by the war." In selecting this theme the speaker followed the line usually adopted by other orators on similar occasions, and devoted himself to tbe practical questions of the late war. He began by wing that at the breaking out of the civil war the United States Government had a nucleus of an army and navy, and all ilie workshops, and that the South had none of these things, the South never having de voted itself to manufacturing, and having, therefore, h-id very little skilled labor. lie then went on to describe with what energy and fertility of invention the people of the South proceeded to repair these sbortcom ings. Gen. Butler spoke paniculaily of the commendation of foreign nations as to what tbe South had done towards developing the torpedo s)stem of warfare, very little improvement upon which, he said, has since been made by the world. In closing his address, tbe speaker said: "We may, therefore, safely claim, without charge of vainglory and boasting, that the Southern people, in their desperate struggle for a separate existence, developed a wonderful civil, military and industrial genius, and may confidently rely upon the judgment of impartial history for their vindication in that behalf. "The same elements exist with us today, intensified in the crucible of adversity, and will exert themselves into bringing us abreast with the foremost region of the eulightened world, and thereby contribute, as they have always, to the success and permanency of the republican institutions of America." The hall of the House of Delegates, where the meeting was held, was crowded with ex-Confederates and ladies who accompanied them. Senator Butler leaves here tomorrow for the Eastern Shore of Maryland, where he takes the stump in behalf of the Democrats. The Hol.'.ue*8 Meeting. The fall meeting of the South Carolina Holiness Association, which has been in session at Mullins since the 9th Inst., has been attended by immense crowds of people. The meetings are held in a large lent belonging to the Association. This tent is situated near the Methodist Church at Mullins and is capable of seating 1,000 people. For the accommodation of visitors a hotel was opened when the meeting was begun. This hotel is kept by Mr. James A. Williams, of Marion, who furnishes meals and lodging at reasonable rates. The attendance has been large from tbe beginning, an-i on Sunday the number of people present is ihought to have been over 1,500. The meeting has beeu devoted entirely to religious services and great interest has been awakened in many people. Crowds of penitents throng the altar daily and many converts may already be counted as the result of the meetiog. The meeting in many particulars is similar to the "camp meetings" which were once so common in this section, but which have now become obsolete. Among the ministers who have been in attendance are the Rev. Messrs. Tuttle of Wilmington, A. J. Stokes, W. S. Wightman, R. C. Oliver, H. Q. Scudday, J. M. Pike, G. H. Waddell, John A. Porter (the President of the Association) and others. People from nearly all sections of the county have attended the meeting, some traveling as far as fifty miles in order to attend. Visitors speak highly of the generous hospitality of the people ot Mullins, who have exerted themselves to enteitain the large crowds that have been in attendance upon the meeting. The meeting will continue through this week.?Pee Dee Index. Mysterious OHgin of Fires. Not loner a<ro a lot of Sea Island cotton in bales was discovered to be on fire in a New Jersey warehouse, and when the flames were extinguished in one spot, they would immediately break out in another. An examination showed that it was roller gin cotton; that is, cotton of which the lint is drawn away from the seeds by a pair of rollers, set at such a distance apart as to keep the seeds from entering between them, while the fibre passes on and goes into a bag. In the present css>, more or less of the seeds had somehow got between the rollers and been crushed, and had thus saturated the cotton with oil, which, in due time, had caused spontaneous combustion. A still more curious case occurred in a Massachusetts factory. In the middle of the room a milling machine was turning knife handles, the dust being blown up through a metal tube into the room above and thence forced out of doors through a wooden pipe. A spark from an emery wheel, fifteen feet from the milling maohine, struck a window, and rebounding, entered the mouth of the metal tube, set the wood dust on fire, so that the flames poured out of the wooden pipe in a stream twenty feet long. An engineer, cleaning up a mill, put some cotton waste in front of the boiler, where it would be handy for the fireman in the morning. During the night this took fire spontaneously; the flames spread to the kindlings under the boiler, and soon raised steam enough to cause the boiler to blow off, badly scaring the watchman, who knew, or thought he knew, that there was no fire under it. In another instanco a man drove a nail into the ceiling of a jute mill. The nail glanced off, was struck by the rapidly moving boaters and caused a serious conflagration.?Youth's Companion. An Attempted Train-Wreck. Ridge Spring, Oct. 19.?An attempt was made to wreck the soutbboud freight, number 24, in charge of Conductor Pbifer and Engineer Green, about two miles north of this place on Wednesday night. Fortuuately the obstructions were knocked off. but in so doing part of the pilot was torn away. Two tramps wt re put off the passenger traiD alxnit an hour before, and some think that they may be the guilty parties. No one man could luive piaced the rails on the tr?ck by lrinsdf.?Special to Charleston World. Peeping Through. The Senate tariff bill for buncombe is bringing bitter perplexi'y to its friends and originators. It has been conclusively provr-d that it is 0.45 per cent, more of a free trade measure than the Mills bill. The Telegraph expected to see the horns of the Cobden Club working throuh the Republican freetrade device.?New London Telegraph. ? ? An interesting development in photography is in the use of clockwork in printing from negatives. By this means a continuous web of sensitized paper is drawn at suitable intervals under a negative ex posed to a source of light. After printing, ' Lhe paper is drawn, still by the mechanism, through "washer." "toner," and "fixer" ' successively, and appears finally as a series ' Df finished pictures, ready for mounting, 1 lt d all alike in exposure, color, and tone. Of the 19,912 patents issued last year, >nly 1,083 were granted to citizens of the southern States. Texas is the most invent- ] ye, if the term is allowable, a patent being < granted to every 6,006 Texans. Next in ] >rder of ingenuity comes Florida. In t Mississippi the ratio was one patent to t ivery 25,146 of the population. Notwith- ] standing the great mechanical development < n Alabama, it is crdited with but 54 in- ( 7f>nt.inns last vear. 1 YouDg Doctor?They don't bleed people j low-a-days as they dia twenty years ago, 1 lo they, Professor? Professor?Not with f he iancet. ( A correspondent asks, "Would you or iny of your many readers inform a content reader how to learn to play a flute?" a tfot if we know ourselves. i SCHOOLS IN TUEKEY. How Young Moslems Are Taught to Acquire Knowledge. They Sit All Day on a Mat and Yell at the Tops of Their Voice#?Committing Whole B6ok* to MemoryPeculiar Custom*. If the stranger in a Moslem country in passing through the streets is attracted by a noise for which he can not satisfactorily account toward the building in which the school is held, he will, on looking in, probably see a long and narrow room, at one end of whieh is seated a man with a long beard (schoolmasters retain |their beardu even when whiskers only are sanctioned by general usage), while the sides are lined with little boys at various ages squatted upon their heels on the floor, which is generally covered with a thick mat, in addition to which those parents who can afford it provide their sons with a bit of carpet or felt in Persia, or with a cushion in Turkey, to place between them and the mat. Some of the older boys go so far as to obtain a cushion to introduce between their backs and the wall, but this luxury is rather discountenanced by the masters as an encroachment on their own peculiar dignltiea. All the boys hare their heads covered, but they are without their shoes, which are left near the door, so mingled and similar In shape and color that it would seem difficult for each to find his own; but on the breaking up every one seems to slip his feet into his own shoes without any of that individual hesitation or general confusion which might be expected. When the boys are learning their lessons, or repeating them to their master, they do so all at once with a loud voice, and with a continual see-saw of the body, without which movement they seem to conceive it impossible that any thing can be learned. The scene which this affords is extremely ludicrous to a European, particularly as the zeal of the learner is estimated by the loudness of his voice and the violenoe of bis seesaw; and hence, when conscious ol the approach of a person whom the mooter or pupils wish to impress with a favorable opinion of their application and progress the noise in the school-room, which may previously have sunk into a low hum, rises abruptly to the clamorous uproar of many voices. It seems that in reading all at once to the master the elder boys, in the school at large, are expected to give some attention to the others near them. The master can not, in such a noise, distinguish the individual accuracy of each reader, and his attention is therefore directed to observe that time is as nearly as may be kept by the voices, and, in some measure, in the motions also of the pupils. This object seems but poorly attained. This style of reading is most unnatural. It is a drawling chant, uttered in a very loud voice. In the East generally the tone of the voice is very high, even in common conversation, but in reading it is raised to screaming. Some Arabs desired a friend of mine to let them hear him read, writes a correspondent of the London Standard. He complied, on which they exclaimed: "You are not reading, you are talking I" Thefaot, however, is that except among those of the learned professions, few of those wno nave proiessecuy iearaea vo reaa m the schools can or do exercise the acquirement in after life; and the few who do remain actually qualified to read with facility rarely do so Without some stimulus incomparably stronger than would be required in this or, perhaps, any European country. After a residence of several years among Mohammedan people, I do not recollect more than three instances in 'gtiich I have seen persons quietly engaged in reading a book to themselves, all the actions of their ordinary life are much more exposed to public notice than can well 1m imagined in this country. These facts are easily explained. Books are expensive articles of luxury in Mohammedan countries, and this is alone sufficient to account for much that we have stated. Before the introduction of the art of printing the state of knowledge among the people was not more favorable in this country than it is in Persia now. There is also another obvious circumstance, which would have great influence even were the manuscript books much more common and cheap than they are. This is the difficulty of reading manuscript. This difficulty should not be underrated. Even in this country most educated persons would require considerable stimulus to induoe them to go through a manuscript volume. Those only whose duty it is to examine manuscripts and to prepare them for the press can describe the tedjousness of the opera* tion. It is not one of the least advantage* of printing that It has tended to simplify the character employed , in the preparation of books and to render it uniform. This comparison very imperfectly illustrates our meaning, for our manuscripts are far more legible to us than those of the East are to an Oriental. Among ourselves many persons who can wwfce shorthand with facility are unable to read it With eate; an Oriental manuscript is a uOrt of shorthand wbuoh many more peroAne o^n ohlo tf\ rrrifp than TKo words are abbreviated, as in shorthand, by tile omission of vowels, and whin the words are deciphered the want of punotuatjon sabers it often difficult to discover at once t? meaning of the pferases. When to this It is added that there are several different styles of writing, besides the difference occasioned in the several manusoripts by the Variety of individual hands and flourishes, it will be perceived that a person can not read with facility without more practice than the state of literature and knowledge enoourages &ny considerable number of student* to seek or enables them to obtain. A stranger is very liable to be deceived in estimating the competency of a Mohammedan to read. A very large part of common education consists in learning by heart a considerable portion of current literature, particularly of the Koran. He is, therefore, able to repeat by rote the most striking passages of almost any of the very limited numoeroi books wmcn are iuteiy 10 oe placed before him. He will turn over its Wyes until ho oan find some passage with which he is acquainted, and will repeat it correctly as if from the book; but, if suddenly interrupted, he is afterward quite unable to indicate the part of the page at wfcieh the interruption took place. A Story with a Moral. The story has reached us of an Italian nobleman who at the altar refused to marry a young EngUsh heiress because her bridal dr^ss was trimmed with the dead bodies of white doves. The tale is good enough to be true, but unfortunately such stories are not always true, and the Use of birds for ornamenting the person is npt wholly dispensed with- Ornithologists, however, assure us that the decided progress already made by the press in creating public sentiment against this cruelty and barbarism has largely increased th? song birds at the Northern nesting haunts. Any woman i thn no A /vf a iiiiv oww* wuw va jl vox uuua WW birds' wings should be socially ostracized. 1 Let her lay aside her prayer-book and iearm i mercy and grace, and to be faithful to her < natural obligations. ?? A Silk Standard for Mr. Cox. Washington, Oct. 18.?The letter carriers of Pittsburg have sent to Kepre- i senative Cox a beautiful white satin stan- ? dard bearing an inscription setting forth [ their regard for him as their benefactor, j They refer, in appropriate terms, to the c fact that they have had their diversions with f him in Turkey, having iead his book, and r wish that he may live to enjoy three de- e cades more of life. Mr. Cox has had this handsome present mounted on an elegantly chased gold bar nearly two feet long, and it forms a trophy of which he is very proud. t. Over 90,000,000 Letters Delivered. p Washington, Oct. 18.?Colonel J. F. a Bate3, the Chief of the Free Delivery P Service, in his annual report to the Post- * master-General, states that the increase in ;he number of free delivery offices during ^ -he past year was 164, making the total d lumber of offices 358. The whole number " >f carriers employed Is 6,346. There were aJ >ver ninety million more letters delivered ast year man me year oeiore, wnue me ncrease in the number of newspapers de P ivered was over eighty-six million. The a' txcess of postage on local matter over total ;ost of service is over $5,250,000. ? tl A pig is said to be the most provident of p< mimal3, because he always carries a spare tl ib or two about with him. f d: "1 V i CARE OF THE HAIR. B?Bm Sound AdTioe for Women Who 1T?t Fine Locks. Hair must bo carefully cultivated to grow even in length, Supple, silken and graceful In color, says a writer in the Pittsburgh Dispatch. Every thing is encouraging fcfr the improvement 01 Hie nair, u ume can do given it. The same treatment will not do for different kinds of hair by any means. 8trong, stiff, naturally moist hair needs a weekly shampooing and daily and nightly brushing, with exposure to the morning and evening sun, which is a great stimulant to the hair. Thin, soft, dry hair needs tender care, but with either the first step toward improvement is thorough washing of the scalp and hair, which collects dirtitA entire length. To cleanse it the various alkalis, borax, ammonia, carbonate of potash and washing soda are used, and the strong hair will bear them, but they burn the life out of thin, dry hair. Most hair washes are used entirely too strong. Soap bark is really better than any thing I know, exoept the shampoo powder of "tho fatal sisters," which leaves the hair luxuriously silky, instead of dying like thistledown. -Four two quarts or Dolling water on a teaspoon ful of soap bark, let it cool till pleasant, comb the hair smoothly from the face, part It and scrub down the parting witn the shampoo brush like trn exaggerated tooth brush, wetting the sidn well with the decoction. It lathers well, and the whole head should be gone dv?r, making twenty or more partings, the hair rinsed in plenty of clear water, combed and wiped smoothly, not rubbing it ferociously, and tangling it, which breaks it. The Venetian ladies drew their hair through a crownless hat, and let it stream over the brim to dry, and you may follow the example, sitting in the sun, if possible, an hour. Light is a great stiihulant and preservative to hair, and ft is well to open it when dry and let the wind How through. The sun will cause the natural oil of the hair to flew?or the head may be held to the fire until the dry hair feels moist. A smart brhshing night and morning, oareful braiding before sleep, and an hour spent once a month dipping all forked Ada, will insure a rapid growth of hair, if the general health is go3d without other treatment. If you want a stimulant at eight rub a little oil of lavender in the roots of the hair with the shampoo brash. Do not irritate the scalp by hard brushing. Regular care is better than overdoing. Thin, fragile hair is best cleansed with the yelk of a fresh egg, rubbed in the roots with the fingers, left on fifteen minutes and washed off in warm, soft water. The egg Is nutritive as well %s cleansing to the hair, and may be used twice a week, wiping the hair and drying in the sun. Then comb, and stroke the hair smooth with the palms of the hands, gently and briskly, fifty to one hundred times. This stroking is better than brushing daily. A gentte current of electricity applied to the scalp every other day is excellent for weak hair, and is nearest to a specific for baldness, partial or entire. To keep hair t?om falling nothing te better than the old-fashioned tinoture of sage and rosemary, which, as no Northern gardener grows rosemary, I leave the druggist to prepare. The wild white sage of the Rocky Mountains has great virtue a4 a stimulant to the hair. These two pleasant herbs are worth all the rest of the pharmacopoeia for the hair, lungs and nerves. EXPENSIVE NEEDLES. Aomlnlfeences of the Days when Times Wero Hard In the Confederacy. From an article entitled "Hard Times in the Confederacy" in the Century we quote the following: "In August, 1864, a private citizen's coat and vest, made of five yards of coarse homeapup doth, cost two hundred end thirty dol&rt exclusive of the price paid for the making. The trimmings consisted of old oravats; and for the outttbg and putting together, a country tailor Charged fifty dollars. It is safe to say that the private dflben looked a verita&Ie guy in his new suit, in spite of its heavy drain upon his pocket-boofc. "In January, 1865, the material for a lady's dress whidh before the war would have cost ten doUars oould not be bought for less than five hundred. The masculine xitinq is unequal to the task of guessing now great a sum mignt nave been Had lor "bonnets 'brought through the lines'; for in Spite of patient self-sacrifice and unfaltering devotion at the bedsides of the wounded in the hospital, or in ministering to tho oeeds of relatives and dependents at homo, the Southern women of those days are credited with as keen an Interest in the fashions as women everywhere in civilized lands are apt to be in tees of peaoe. It tras natural that they should be so interested, even though that interest could in the main not reach beyond theory. Without A they often would have had a charm the less and a pang the more. Any feminine garment in the ehape of cloak or bonnet or dress which chanoed to come from the North was readily awardod its meed of praise, and reproduced by sharp-eyed observers, so far as the scarcity ? materials would wmit "But fashion's rules were necessarily much relaxed in the Southern Confederacy for Ofi TfTBtit tTt>iAn amA ov ,*< ? w yi0V?MWV nVUV TTUVU OVOU Q UV/1A oracles as pinsjbrought through the blockade sold for twelve dollars a paper, and needles for ten, with not enough of either." ULltaracy of Criminals. The illiteracy of criminals is illustrated t>y Dr. Scouller, of the IllinoiA Reform School, thus: HWhile tie State of Biinois has less than 6 per cent unable to read and write, the commitments to the Reform School show nearly 25 per cent, unable to read and 70 per oent. unable to write. "What is your nationality?" we asked of a young man nearly 6 feet high. "Ooa't know." " Are you an American?" Were you born in America!" 14Ho. I was born in Shelbyville, til." The orim&al is, above all, selfish and egotistical. He knows it all. He ts incapable of being taught. Smartness is his curse. Ho is evfr ready to sneer at ethers. Bragging IS ffls unconquerable propensity. He commits crime because he is proud Of it. Which suggests that the habit of ignorant egotism in parents tend to breed in ohildren a ofimiW conceit and tendency to do whatever wi31 make them nctorio'^B." An Anthor of 3fceaaa? Alexander Dumas Is one of the few mod* ern authors poseea?i?g enough of this world's goods to live handsomely, fie has a charming chalet near Dieppe, which la mantled by ivy and filled with pretty furtW tare and valuable pictures. Then he has a splendid house in Paris, which contains marvelous treasures of art Dumas is now a strong and vigorous man, who bears his ai*%y*?our years well, and with his keen eyes twinging with tvit and malice, his short brOsh-lijUt mustache, robust appearance and erect stature, he gives one an Impression that he Is either a wenaral on half pay or a retired planter. Thm Sala? Katife jfoe. Ttem ar? now made without handles, and Bis Dioxv-Ooy has ?ftiy to sit 6bov? a pait $f Wheels awl drivee ^ross the fledd M tofii G$ tte earth. T*ie d tfjqr maid vPili be oo4t tojfe. A force pftsap Will be ftttocbod t6 & a rubber y&9> ran to a vat afcd awaj po?s Ike milk like a pipe-Mae. Accidentally Shot. Last Saturday, in the Toby Creek nci.^h- 1 jorhood. Clarence Crawford, colored, was ] iccidentally shot and seriously wounded i )y Mr. Andrew Owens. Mr. Owens was landling a pistol, and it was accidentally lischarged, the ball going through Craword's body. The wound produced is a 1 jainful and serious one, but is not considred fatal.?Marion Index. Very Sad. J According to all reports, most of the bet mg money that is oeing put up on me hances of Republican success in this camaign comes from Philadelphia. As soon . s any Democratic money is displayed it is romptly covered by funds from that city. " 'his ie a queer sort of business for the i Juakeis to indulge in It looks as if the | rub coat and broad-brimmed hat were I estined to become the outward sign of ' ie sporting man, rather than of the meek od pious Quaker. The only safe concluon to draw from this condition of things i that the PhiladelphiaDS are red-hot 1 rotectionists first and moderate Quakers fterward.?Boston Herald. < In one of the cantons of Switzerland all -1 1 le auxiuoi cunurcu art: piuviucu wiiu sup- i ers at the public expense, in order that I 1 ieir damp boots may be taken off and j ried by the fire during school hours. THE FARMERS* ASSOCIATION. Its Annual Meeting to be Held in Columbia During Fair Week. To the Fahmf.ks of South Cauolixa: Two years a^o hist Aprii there assembled iu Columbia t Lie lirat Farmers' Convention. P. v;us composed of representative men from nearly every county, and demauded /wtvin r..fr.rm? in mtr eflnmtiAna] svsiem I aud in the management of our State govern cieut. The November following another Farmers' Convention met and entered into a per tnanent organization, under the name of the Farmers' Association of South Carolina. This Association then and there reiterated the demands of the first convention as to the need of agricultural education in this State, and pressed other reforms in the government, s<>me of which have been granied and others refused. That the agitation inaugurated by this movement has been of vast benefit to the agricultural interests of our State no one will deny, and a continuance of the agitation is only necessary to cro-.vn our efforts with success. Therefore in issuing this call to our brother farmers to meet again, we feel that we can point with satisfaction to what we have accomplished as an earnest of what we hope to accomplish in the future with unit< d and continued efforts. The next meeting of the Farmers' Association wiil be held in Columb a, in Agricultural Hall, Wednesday night, November 14th, at S o'clock. Each county is entitled to s-end live delegates, and the Executive Committee urirentlv miuest that full delegations from every county lie present. By order of the Executive Committee. 11. li. Tii.kmas, Chairman. Homicide in M.-ii-lon County. On Tuesday <vi:tiing, October 0, ucir Pate's .Mill, was pcipct.a td one of ti:e most revolting murders that has ever occurrtd in this county. The parties were all colored. Luke Mcliac was brutally sbot down by his brother, Hec McRae. They had been quarreling nearly all day and boih had been driuking wine. There was but one eye-witness, Moses Townsend, who testified that late Tuesday afternoon he was sitting oh the roadside with Luke McRae. Witness was startled by hearing some one say, "Get out of the way, f<-r 1 am going to kill him." Looking around he saw Hec. advancing across Dr. McLean's field aud about twenty paces diMaut. Luke sUirted to walk down the road and Mose siarteu towards Ike., urging him not to shoo?, but as soon as Luke was uncovered, lie tired a' his side. The weapon was a shot gun loaded with several sizes of shot. Luke continued to walk down the road and Hcc., ordering him not to co t<> Rachel Graham's house, raised his gun and attempted to shoot hiui again, but the gun did not tire. About this time Luke lay down by the road and asked a negro to throw a bush over him to screen him fiom the sun. lie lived but a few moments after being removed to the house. ?Mai ion Index. Carnegie Virtually Confesses. PrtTsnuno, Oct. 17.?Andrew Carnegie has Wic.ikeil his revenge on oue of the clerks it! his employ for betraying the secrets of his business to the friends of tariff reform. Carnegie himself had confessed once to a committee of Congress that he made of $5,000 a day out of his iron business, but 1 e was driven almost mad when Congressman Wm. L. Scott, of Erie, in his ?]>ecch for the Mills bill, gave facts and figures from Carnegie's own books, which proved conclusively that Carnegie was mul/infr cjii/iIi onrirmAlio nr/\fito Anf r\f uiaaiiii^ oucu VUV VI IUV tariff iaws bccause be could manufacture at about the foreign figures on bo!h iron and steel. When Carnegie returned from Europe recently he determined to find out who h-.d furnished Scott with this deadly dynamite ot statistics, and at last he thinks he has 1 raced it to a Democratic clerk named FJeters, who had command of the figures ard statistics. He was promptly discharged today. Fieters will go to Washington, where Mr. Scott has secured him a position in one of the departments. Cremated ia His Cell. Greenville, Oct. 18.?A. crazy negro in the county jail met a horrible fate tonight. He was a negro man, Fletcher MeDavid, brought from the lower section of the county a few days ago for examination with the view of sending him to the Asylum. He was not violently insane, and no special aUeution was demanded for him. Tonight, a few minutes before 12 o'clock, the jdil was discovered to be on fire, and the fire was confined to the cell of the insane negro on the second floor. When the jailer rushed to release the crazy man the Hfmr was all hnrnt. ovpr whilfc vnltimps of smoke met him coiling from the barred door. The lock had been heated to an unbearable heat, and the key could not be worked, so the wretched man was left to his fft'.e, wbile the flames cracked over his burning body, amid the cries of six prisoners confined in other cells. They were transferred to the police station.?Special to News and Courier. A Famous Case Settled. The famous Jones calf case that has been occupying the attention of the Iowa courts for the past fourteen years has been at last settled. In 1874, a man named Potter bought five calves of Robert Johnsou for $45. The animals were shortly afterward identified as having belonged to various farmers in the vicinity lrom whom they had been stolen. As a result the Jones County Anti-Horse Thief Society charged Johnson with the robbery and r ii _ ? u . T-. id iut: ran 01 me year ne was inuicieu. iu the following February he was again indicted for the same offense. In the first trial the jury disagreed, but in lhe second Johnson was acquitted. Soon after his acquittal he began suit against two farmers named Miller and Foreman and six other prominent members of the society which had caused his arrest, claiming $10,000 for malicious prosecution. This case was tried three limes in various district courts, Johnson each time receiving a verdict awarding him from $3,000 to $7,000. In 1883 it was tried iu Blackhawk county and a verdict of $5,000 damages rendered, which was, however, set aside by the Supreme Court. In 1886 a verdict for $7,000 was obtained by Johnson which was, however, set aside by the Supreme Court. During the progress of the various trials the court costs alone have amounted to more than $5,000, while the attorneys' fees have beeu more than three times that amount. Johnson has been driven iuto insolvency, while the defendants are almost penniless. Killed for Ten Cento. Yorkville, Oct. 17.?John Gregory was shot and killed by Aleck Berry at Tu) lor & Elmore's railroad camp, one mile south of town, on Suuday last. They were both colored railroad hands, and fell out over a ten cent check while gambling. The murderer escaped and is still at large. BBADFLELD'S FEMALE REGULATOR will cure all irregularities or derangements peculiar to women. Those suffering should use it. Sold by all druggist. T^T" EW C 4NTON PRESERVED 1\| GINGER. 75 cases Canton Preserved Ginger, jest quality, in whole, half and quarter ars. We offer the above at low prices o dealers and consumers. WELCH & EASON, Charleston, S. C. ' ^^E4tfLAT0FU? precii* eJo^ger vMl he. avcu &3L tenei .for Ucft'MesAuqi fc^cmvrf, Muled free.. _ * ^ a L e IffloiAmCo/ ATXAWTA A Carolina's Carnival An Interesting Programme?Sev erai mew r eaturos?numiao ui a Splendid Timo for Everybody. The Twentieth Annual Fair of the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society of South Carolina will open on Monday the 12th of November, and close on the following Friday. All entries should be made in person or by letter to the Secretary, Thomas W. Hollo way, at Pomaria, until the 4th day of November; after that date at Colombia. Entry books will close on Friday, the 9th November. Decided improvement i have Leon made on the grounds of the Society for the convenience and comfort of exhibitors. The management is determined to leave no effort untried to make the present Fair second to none in its history. The usual courtesies will be extended to exhibitors by the railroads in the transportation of their exhibits. The rates of passage will bo within the reach oi ail and special trains will be run daily for the accommodation of visitors. T1 U n ^ ^TT f\ ( PrtlnmUlA ill VATl o Cl3_ XUC Vi*?J VI VVlUUiUiW) tuiuugu cm wv lect committee, will furnish unusual attractions during Fair week. An intelligence office will be established, where visitors can apply for homes in private families at reasonable rates. With cheap rates of passage, comfortable accommodations for visitors and the magnificent attractions by the City of Columbia, together with the splendid exhibit of iive stock, Agricultural impliments and Machinery, and a fine display of the handiwork of the fair daughters of our State; with full exhibits in every department, we, therefore, cordially invito all citizens of the State and especially the farmers, to share with us the pleasures and benefits of the occasion in promoting the general Agricultural intoi-AHta nf thfl StAf-o. immi FOE THE M Saturday, iVovrtnbcr lOfh. Secretary Hollo way's office will be open at 8 A. M., when entries made under the rules and regulations will be assigned their proper positions. Monday, \ovoruber 12(h. Gates open at 9 A. M. From 10 to 11 an exhibition in the arena of all the cattle, under the direction of the Superintendent. From 11 to 2 a display of all the horses, beginning with those led by the halter, and closing with saddle, single, and matched harness horses, as directed by the Supreintendent. Tuesday, November 13tb. Gates open at 9 o'clock A. M. From 10 to 11 a general display of cattle. The forenoon will be devoted to the * - ii. r 1 _ examination m ine arena 01 me single harness horses and mules, as directed bj the Superintendent. RACE PROGRAMME. First race?Three-quarter mile-dash? all ages. Purse $75?$50 to tit? to second. Second race?Three-quarter mile heats ?2 in 3 trotting race, S. C. owned. Purse $100?$75 to first; $25 to second. Third race?Three-quarter mile dash ?for three-year-olds, S. C. raised and owned. Purse $75? $50 to the first $25 to second. Wednesday, .November 14th. Gates open at 9 o'clock A. M. From 10 to II a general display of stock. From 11 to 12 a display, in the arena, of all the cattle. From 12 to 2 the same by the single and double harness horses. At this contest the Committees will tie the ribbons. BACES. First race?Three-quarter mile;Heats ?all ages. Purse $100?$75 to first; $25 to second. Second race?Mile heats ?2 in 3 trotting that never made a rocord under 3 minutes. Purse $100- $75 to first; $25 to second. Third race?Three-quarter mile dash ?two-year-olds, S. C. raised and owned. Purse $75?$50 to first; $25 to second. Fourth race?One-half mile dashsaddle horses, S. C. raised and owned. Purse $75?$50 to first; $25 to second. Thursday, Xovrmber 15th. Gates open at 9 o'clock A. M. From 10 to 11 a general display of all the nreminm stock, beffinninc with tha cattle. From 11 to 12 o'clock an exhibition in the arena of the saddle horses; after which contest the ribbons will be tied. BACKS. First-race?Seven-eighths mile dash? all ages. Parse $75?850 to first; 25 to second. Second race?Mile heats?3 in 5, trotting race. Purse ?100?375 to first; $25 to second. Third race?Mile heats?all ages. Parse $100?$75 to first; $25 to second. Fourth race?Three-quaater mile daah ?all age3. Parse $75?$50 to first; $25 to second. Friday, \ovember 16th. Gates open 9 o'clock A. M. From 10 to 12 o'clock display ol all the premium harness horses. At 11 o'clock auction sales of live ftt/vk. At 2 P. M. the premiums will be awarded from the Secretary's office. At the conclusion of which the Fair will close. Each morning of the week, from 9 till 12 o'clock, will be devoted to testing by the Committees all kinds of implements. Exhibitors are expected to furnish their own teams. RACES. -burst race?three-quarter mile dash? all ages. Parse $75.00??50.00 to first; $25.00 to second. Second race?half mile heats?twoyear-olds. Parse?$75.00?$50.00 to first; $25.00 to second. Third race?mile dash?all ages. Purse $100.00-$75.00 to first; $25.00 to J second. J. B. HUMBERT, Pres. 1 Thos. W. Holloway, Sec. e \v salt f i s h ! Bloated Mackerel in 10-pound kits. No 1 Extra Mess in 10-pound kits. x',. o tv.* in . U ?4 JL at -L Willi J XU. J.U-^UUUU A1U3* No 3 in 10-ponnd kits. Salmon in 10-poard kits. Snowflake Boneless Codfish. * Smoked Herrings. Good Mackerel at 12lc each. 2 Extra Fine Large Mackerel 20 to 25 acb, at WELCH & EASOira, Charleston, S. C. 'C >oIHfflE i vb va?h vbibb KOHN, FURCHGOTT & CO., of Charleston, S. C? will, during the Gala Week, offer the Greatest Inducements in their lino of goods, such as ^-5 CARPETS, DRY GOOBS, SHOES, MILLINERY, &c. An Invitation is extended to all. 1888?SEASON?1889. m raconWfiEO trap Xo. 13H East Bay St , Xo. 148 Bay Street, ChorlcatOD, 8. C. 8a raunah, Ga. Jlii ufacture the Following High Grade Mixers Track Farmers' Special Guano. Doubly Ammoniated Truck Farmers' Special Guano. Wilcos, Gibbs & Co.'s Manipulated - ^ Guano. Excellent Georgia Standard Gnano. Wilcox, Gibbs & Co.'s Superphosphate. Orange Growers' Special Guano. Orange Growers' Own Gnano. Pore Animal Bone Meal. Pare Animal Bone Meal and Potash. Bone Phosphate of Lime and* Potash. Ammoniated Bone Phosphate and Potash. Ash Element. Rice Mixture. And are importers and dealers in the following Materials and Chemicals: Pure Acid Phosphate. Nova Scotia Land Plaster. Pure Dissolved Animal Bone. Pure Peruvian Guano. ?^ Nitrate of Soda. i-TJU Ui ICi tU A UlfOOU. Snlpbate of Ammonia. Dried Blood. German Kainit Fish Scrap, Cotton Seed Meal, &c. All of which are sold at low prices for cash. ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. AddrC88 The Wilcox & Gibbs Guano Co CHARLESTON, 8. C. cTbart co., UMAiiJLJib i UJN , ?. U., ^he largest Importer of Foreign Fruits in the South, offer for sale a well selected stock of APPLES, ORANGES, : BANANAS, DRIED ^ KAISINS, POTATOES, CABBAGES, ONIONS, PEANUTS, M And everything else that a first etas Wholesale Fruit House should have. Country orders filled with dispatch. PRIVATE BOARD. ^ 9 Visitors to Columbia will find it/ ' Jfl their advantage to stop at the A "WILLIAMS HeCSE^L^i Northwest Corner Plain and Sttmter^^^^^ Streets. Transient board a specialty. House open all hours day and night to suit incoming trains. MRS. WINTHROP WILLIAMS. * * - ^4 THE SALE OF Barrett's Tonic. i ?? _ Decided by United States and State J Courta to be no violation of the law. I " 3 BARRETT'S TONIC, BEST MEI>IC3[N^ -BEST SELLER, LARGEST PROFITS. . i Write G. BARRETT & CO., Augusta, n-. e J -t~ ua,, luc fc/nceo auu men to. Over 20,000 ^bottles of BARRETTS TONIC sold last year on its merits. i PITTS CARMIN>^I^t? FOB IKFABTT8 AftD TEETHING CHIL DREN. An instant relief for colio of infants;Cures Dysentery, Diarrhoea, Cholera gj Infantum or any diseases of the stomach and bowels. Makes the critical period' of Teething safe and easy. Is a safe and> pleasant tonic. For sals by all druggists,. and for wholesale by Howard, WmutZ' * fc Co., Augusta, Ga kw dried fkcit! ' I 1,500, pounds Good Dried Apples at '?c per pound. "^j 1,000 pounds White Sliced Dried' ^ Lpplee at 10c per pound. 300 pounds Choice Peeled Dried ? t t ?_ ? * eaeues xoc. per pound. m 100 pounds Fancy Peeled Peaches at 0c per pound. 'V New Evaporated Fruits now in transit^ _ M WELCH & EABON,_ & Charleston, a 0^- ...