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The Press and Banner ?-* ' i T 10 IOQT weanesaay, dan. 1001. .Marriage, Miss Lizzie Ward law. daughter of Mr. David J. WardlaW ol McCorraiek, and Mr. Charles J. Lyon of Abbeville, were married yesterday morning, January 11.1SS7. the Rev. II. T. SMoan, P. 1)? officiating. The bridesmaid" and bridesmen were: Miss Belie Mor'r ?w and Mr. R s. Link, Mlss.Sallie Rrittand Mr. J. S. Norwood, Miss Carrie Cowan and Mr. J. A. Allen. Miss Rosa Allen nnd Mr W. 1). Lomax, Miss Carrie Bradley and Mr. W. S. Cothraii, MtesCurrlo Mars and Mr. Richard !Sond1ey, Miss Fannie Allen and Mr. .T. (\ Marshall, Miss Eula Wideman and Mr. T. O Taggart. After a sumptuous dinner Mr. Lyon and "his bride came home to Abbeville where his mot her received t.hein and entertained quite a number of invited guests, who came to extend their congratulations and good wishes. The Knishts of Honor. Tho fnllr\uriri(T riffii'nrs were installcd itl the Abbeville Lodge yesterday afternoon: W. A. Templeton. Past D. J. Allen Smith. Dictator. K. I. Wilson. W. I>. G. H. Moore. A. I) J. >1. Gllos. Reporter. T. P. Quarles. P. II. R. W Cannon. Treas. E. P. Parker. Chap. .R E. Hill. Guide. If.I. S Hammond, Guard. ? J. M. Gambrell. Sent. Delegate to represent the Lodge In the Grand Lodge, T. P. Quarles, principal, with J. F. Lyon, alternate. To be >IorrIe?I this Morning:. Miss IC'it" Calhoun, daughter of Mr. K. Calhoun. of Monterey. Is to l>e married this morning to Mr. Cbeves Haskell. The bride and the groom have a host of kindred and friends who extend to them their best wishes. ? Rainbow Party. The young people were invited Inst night to a ralnhow party at the house of Mr. J. R. P. Wilson, and all spent a most delightful evening. Several of our young men in town went out. The Litprnry Club. Th" Treasurer, Mr. W. A. Templeton. ha? ordered the magazines which the Literary Club will take this year. Mis* Anna and Miss Hannie Hemphill have returned from an exceedingly pleasant visit to Miss Clark and Miss Roykin of Camden. Thev report that Miss Briggs. who was - " \v-nuh oi me press :hmk i>iu i y ? ..v-.ji, ..r..,ington lust summer, is married lo one of the yotimr cenilcmen who wont with ns. This should be a solemn warnintr to all younc Jsidlcs. who do not-wish to marty. There is no telling where or when Cupid nmy fire off Ms darts. We knew of a young lady who innocently went on a railroad excusslon for only a day and vas coueht before her return. Ax advertising agent recently sent us a proposition to do a lar^e amount of advertfs"jng f?r a very small figure. After renewinc 'the offer several times, and eettlne no answer, h? finally a->ks us to return all bis pavers. The truth Is we had written locals on the back of them, and from the copy hook thfiy had at last, got into the stove. These extremely valuable propositions should, we presume, he carefully preserved in the future. "We have quit corresponding with advertising agencies. Mtts. T. Lawtox Morgan is In I own to organize a reailine club in Abbpville, and is meet in <r with good success ITer books are of the hest. and they are cheap. Up to last night she had obtained very nearly the requisite nnmher of subscribers. The committee at Abbeville on the selection of books is as follows: Mrs. J. S. Oo'hran, Mrs. Henet, Miss liulla Zeteler. W. A. Lee. J. S. Perrin. For one dollar each member win rphlie use 01 more books than lie can read In two yeans. Mr. John W. Srov has been quite a sufferer for a long time, and ha* been unable to bo ?it Ills place of business for several weeks. He desires, however, to let his debtors know that ho needs htsjmoncv. Letnll person* Indebted to him come forward anil pay their dues. lie must have money, and those who fail to heed this notice may rea'lze how much in earnest Mr. Sinn Is In this matter. tf Anotrr half doz^n young Inds undertook to throw 'the snow off the piazza of tIvc Mew Hotel on the Alston corner, Inst Saturday afternoon. Passers-by thought the boys were throw In? snow hulls at them, and quickened their footsteps while in the nciehborhood. The Shakesperean Club, or T)ne West, met la?t Frld iy nis;ht at the residence of Dr. I?ithan. Mr. T. O. Koyce Is the now President. Mr. W. <:. M -Gee. belntr a Senior, was admitted. One month heuce It meets at Mr. II. P. McOee's. We had the pleasure of a call last night from Mr. John A. Moore, of Ninety-Six. We y?re atways elad to meet so good a man. Among other things, Mr. Moore say* the supply ot earthquakes about Nluety-Six is still good. Mr. A..AV. Smith flffhls village and Miss "Pinkle'Nohle, were married in SanFrabcisco last Thursday, and they will probably he at home In a few days. Lone life, and much happiness to them, Is the wish ol this comulilty. Prrso^ts who have any numbers of any of the periodicals belonging to the Literary Club are rpqnes'ted to rettjrn the same immediately. It Is desired to have "the sets as full as possible when they are offered for sale. . Mr. T. 0. Seat, has taken charge of the fiew Hotel. It is one of t.he be?t l?ulldlng* of the kind In the up country, and none arc better kept than It Is. If you rnant agood square meal, call at the Xew Hotel. The debtors of the estate of DoLnlYowe would do well to heed the warning which Is given eNewhcre, and tlce from the wrath to come. Th<? Interest on rtie bonds to that institution must he paid. Messrs. P. Rosenberg <fc Co.. mako'an important announcement this tfr<vk. They mean what they say, and will ?lo what tlv?y promise. Call to see tlKsin, and do yourself ? ?(*>11 liii ii* Mr. E. Y. Shki?paRD. of Ninety-Six, was In town Inst week. He owns some of the finest horses In this enmity, and Is one of the most prosperious citlgSns hi this secttwa of the State. Mr. L. M. ForciTK Is in town -with the finest assortment or shoes ever brought ro lown, and Mr. \V. E. Pcnn is with him ready to lake orders for any ?ml all kinds of groceries. If yon have a colt w>iich you wish to trade for a (rood inule. and pny tl\?* difference next, Kail, call ntthe I*rr?* and IJnnnrr office, and learn with whom the trade can be effected, tf Bk soro to rend the advertisements ?>f School Commissioner Cowan. If th>* reader leelsany interest In the selection of Trustees now is the time to attend to tlie matter. Mrs. makshaui offers to rent her desirnT)lc home on Mairnzine Hill, on the most reasonable terms. Apply early, if yon fant a "good house at a most reasonable Tent. Tick Treasurer dives notice that the penalty will be added after next Saturday. Those who have had receipts written out should pay "before that day. Mr. .Tohx Pkxnf.y, of Flasr R?ed. who hns be**n seriously ID of pneumonia Is on tlie mend, and it is thought that ho will soon be himself attain. Mr. M. Kakiska, who has been doing business in Abbevlle for several years 'has sold his troods, closed his store, and gone elsewhere to live. The County Commissioner* will publish next weok. the rfcord of the actinus and doings of the Board for the last fiscal ypjir. Rev. Nkaxdkr M. Woods of Colunvbla prenched in the Presbyiorian church J last iikhtaml will nreach strain to nieht. Bony Williams, of Greenwood, says Vie lias rheumatAvm in his back, and "cannot afford to split rails." Mrs. C. M. cuksswri.r.. of fJroenwoori, who has bopn 011 a visit to Mr. Giles' family, returned yesterday. Thi Winter Communion will be celebrated in tbc Presbytcriau ciiarch Sunday morning. Mrs. G. B. Marshki.l of Greenville Is on R visit to ber fatlier Major M. G. Zoigier. * Jitdgk Mcgowan has returned to the sitting of the Supreme Court in Columbia. Rev. Dr. Wilson Is abl? to tie on the streets again. We bus been quite sick. Mr. Thomas Httchison now lives on Hard Labor, near White Hall. Boakukes and lotltrers will be taken at Uie New Hotel atSlGa month. Mr. James A. Hicisy will continue at his old place on Hard Labor. We have had a cold week, with a considerable amount of snow. Mr. John W. Sius, is still a great sufferer Avith his band. Mr. R. C. Wilson, printer, is now a farmer at Warrenton. Dit. Marshall's fine mule died yesterday. A wid accident. ocenrrefl tn Seneca on Thurs diy, December 23. Mrs. F. A. Prieluird, mother of W.S. Prlchard, went to kindle a fire In the stove using kero*ei>e ofi. Tlio eim explod. cd, setting fire to herrVHiklng nearly nil of which whs burnt oft". She was terribly burii-ed and died llmt night. St. Louis, January 7.?A special from Jeflersson City, Missouri, ststes that a concurrent resolution providing for the submission of Hie question of the prohibition of the s.ileot intoxicating beverages to the popelar vote wjis ^introduced in both branehos of the Legislature to-day. Pitu.AURT.rHiA, January 7.?George W. '<'hiids slipped on the icy sidewalk last night amd bad a severe fall, but sustained no injury t>eyond the shock of the fall. Hewill. 'how?over, oe cuiiilneil JU> bed Jw u .few days. | INTERESTING LAWSUIT. I AN IMPORTANT CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION TO BE SETTLED BY THE COURTS. ? ? ' <h? I inx-rnj t'n ui ii?ihij Payment of Taxes for the Benefit | or the Atlantic, Greenville and "Western Railroad. | Last Monday Jefforson Floyd, H. M. Spike*, and about one hundred other taxpayers of I Ninety-Six township eniered suit against I Treasurer J. \V Pt'rrln for the recovery of i about five hundred dollars of rnilro'id taxes ! which they had paid under protest. We have ' not seen the papers but we understand that j they base their right to recover their money j on the allegations: j 1. That a railroad tax is unconstitutional. 2. The requisite ntimiter of free-holders, as | prescribed in the act, did not fiigu the petll tlon praying that, the election be ordered. 3. That, even admitting the constitutionality of a railroad tax, and even admitting further, that the forms of the law had been complied with in ordering the election, there was still sufficient frauds or irregularities prior to and during tnc election to vitiate the elec? tlon. The plaintiff"-; are represented hv Messrs. S. McOowan Sitnpklns and \V. W. Butler of Edgefield. Treasurer Perrln yesterday by letter noti! fled the Comptroller-General of the action j which had been Instituted against him as an i officer, fyiul It Is presumed that, the Attorney General will defend the Treasurer in ine suu [ in which he, personally, is in nowise interesticd. The suit is being brought to recover i money which he handles ns an officer. The I amount which is now sued for is only about ! five hundred dollars, but the principle which is Involved elves the case Its importance. The monej* will he sent, to the .State Trens' urer. and there held until the final Judgment i of the Courts. Treasurer Perrin submitted the papers ! which had been served upon him to Mr. j Eenet, Who at once telegraphed the fact to jsusong Co., who hold a majority of the bonds, the collection of the money with which to pay the Interest, has caused this suit. The gauge of battle has now been laid down, and in the Judicial settlement of one of the most important questions that can affect the citizen's welfare, we may expect an Interesting case* If the Court* should decide that a railroad tax is unconstitutional, the present plan of aiding railroads by county and township bonds will be broken up, and it is possible I that some of the bondholders may be lelttn | the lurch. I In connection with this, we would state that the Treasurer has paid interest on very few of the bonds of (he Atlantic. Greenville and | Western liuilrond, Hon. P. A. Conner being ' one of th<? few who have callfed for their monI ey. The money is in bank, and the Treasj urer is ready to pay it out. ? . THE ATLANTA OF ABBEVILLE. Xeirsy Paragraph!* and all Sortn of Items About (he Busy Town. Greknwood, S. C., Jan. 11 1887. We have h?d' beautiful snow" and Its uci companlmcnts unl 11 we are sick and tired of j the article and would be glad could we have j a rest and a lew (lays of bright sunshine and I warmer weather. The Male College was onencd yesterday I morning, in the Masonic Hail. The attenI dance was very encouraging and predict for [ the college a grand future. Profs. Hoozerand ; Hodges with their characteristic energy will do all that can be done to build up the insil I lotion. and no doubt |hey will coon win for it , a reputation tiiat will be kuotvn far beyond the borders of the Palmetto State, which will I ere many years have passed, be the rnenns of I bringing to our town representation of many I States ot our Sunny Smith. The erection of 1 the handsome new college building is being hurried as fust, as possible. It will probably be finished by the first of Apt'il next. More thnn three fourths of the land-owners ol this township slgiled the petition Hint wns presented to the bonrd of County Commissioners. on lust. Sale Day, asking that an election for the pitrpflso of deciulng whether the taxpayers should pay a tax of one and a half in lis for the benefit of theG. C. A N. R. R. This fact shows the unselfishness, generj ositv and practical sense of our people who. I on the day of the election will cotne out and least- their ballots not for the Interests of Greenwood alone, hut for the interests cf | their neighbors, their county, and their I State. In accordance with the order of the Roard of County Commissioners the election will he held hereon the27 Inst. L. Sheppard, W. C. Sirawhorn and A McT?. Singleton have been appointed manager* of the election. The first Quarterly Conference of this circnlt for thf venr 1KS7. Was held In the Methodist chur Ti here on Inst Saturday nnd SunI day. I'rrsidine Elder R. D. Smart was present, and transacted the business of the conference with his accustomed case and faoilitv. He also conducted the devotional exercises of Saturday and Sunday morninar. On last. Thorsdny Mr. Frank M. Oldhnm left for Augusta, where he will study dentistry in the office of Dr. Wardlaw. Frank lias | talent of no mean order, and donhtless will j some day earn fame as an artiste in his chosen profession. A meeting of the stockholders of the Ches! ter. Green wood and Abbeville Railroad Com I panv. will be held hereon the evening of the i : COIli inst. | Mr. J. 0?ear D'lekott., of Greenwood took I charge of the Kirkseys Hlirli School on last Monday. lie is energetic, studious and I competent. nnd will be successful as n teacher, i The Hod at Hi ley's Hotel oti last Monday ; evening was attended by nlmost nil of the young people in town. and will not soon be I forgotten because of the unbroken pleasure which was shared by all. I)r. J. II. Wilson who has made Greenwood his home since last winter left for Birmingham, Ala., on last Friday. He expects to continue the practice of dentistry. A circtila,ln<r library was established here Inst, week by Mrs. Lawton Morgan ofSavnnI naii who is an agent for the Franklin Square j Circulating Library of Louisville, Ky. Mr. I W. It. Bailey ha? charge of the library, which ! j will be found at the store of Lee & Bailey. All j I of the hooks are good, every thine trashy having been rejected by the committee ap-; point to select books for the library. | Mr. 0. A. Cobb, after spending two or three , weeks with relatives in Atlanta returned last j Saturday. | Judging from the small congregations that | attended our churches on last Sunday the I coKI was sufll<-ient to chill the ardor of many ! of our church-go!ng people. The day not I bving especially favorable for chnrch-eoing , nor Indeed for anything but a cosy flre at : home, we suppose they are excusable. ! Mr. T. M. Duncan of Union spent a few j days of last week here looking after his farms and other property. Our people would be ; pleased could he bo induced to make this j place ids borne. ' Mr. O. P. O'N'eall has two of as fine liomc' raised "mules as we have seen In a long time. ! They &rn far superior to Western raised anij mals, being equal in size and much hardier. | If Mr. O'Xeall can raise stock lor his lartns, why ontinot others do so as well and thereby avoid Yhecontlmial drain upon their resources : in tlie cver-recurring purchases of Stock? I Rev W. F. Pearson and Mr. J. IJ. Bonner, of ' Due 'West were in town yesterday. ! Mr. Ambrose E. Gonzales, of Charleston visited our town last week in the interest of the X&TK antl toiurier. Mr. R. P. Make the enterprising and Interfacing correspondent of the A ui/usta Chronicle al this pln<ce has received an invitation to the grand banquet and ball which is to be given by the citizens of Augusta at the Plan lers noiei on to-morrow ami anursuuy evenIn cs. I The municipal election which was held hero yesterday resulted In the defeat of the ticket : that was supported by the majority of the ! white voters. Ry a very slight majority, the 'result was as follows: Intendiint C. A. C. ! Walter. Wardens, R. Reynolds. T. F. Riley. J. C. Nickels, Iiobt. (iritllln. Mr. C. A. C. Waller was the nominee for intendant on both tickets. The election passed very quelliy. hot little interest heing shown by tlic j white citizen?. We have been informed flint i.Mr.J. C. Nichels who declined a nomination ] will not serve notwithstanding the flattering vote that he received. j Rev. W. T. Mathews the talented and hei loved prstor of tt e Presbyterian church at j this place whs seriously wounded by an accidental discharge of a gun in the hands of I his brother, while out hunting at the home of | his mother wear Pineville, N. C., on last. | Thursday. Seventy small shots entered Ills ! tiwfc and the left side of his face. His left 'eye is dangerously injured, but not totally ! destroyed. Wc do not know when he will be ! able to return. j Mr. W. V. ftlyth has moved into his new I blacksmith shop at the rear wf the Waller building. lie Hill continue his carriage bust, tiessul the old stand. MAC. Nihety-.SJx. I Mr. W. fl. Ross (s not married srs reported bul still in the field. lie was at Nln?ty-Six I lately and looked asyoungasino.se wren do i in middle life. There will t?e a primary election at NinetySix on next Friday the nth instant, for the school trustees for Ninety-Six frtwnship. ' Ernest Huff killed a partridge on tli* wing | wit h a rock This is better than ikwik -of our i si>orts can <lo with a eun. | Master William Shumate, of GrecnvilJe, Is | clerking for his uncle j\Ir. J. L* Shumate. Home nenu in nuinati snaps nuempieci m wreck a train <>ne-l>nlf mile above this place on last Sit turd ay night tiy placing ah iron l>ar acroxs the rails. It was struck by the engine | of u special freight going west about 9 o'cloclt, ! hut fortunately no injury was dime us the bar j was knocked clear of the track hy the pilot of j the engine. .Such deeds in this community ! are becoming too frequent, ai)d nil efforts should he made to ferret out the guilty parJ ties, and when caught they should be made to | suffer the extreme J?s*uUty tff ttie Ittxt.?lloiiea Putti Pluindcaler. THE SEVEN HILLED CITY. ? What the People are Saying find Do in{? About the Town, liOWNDESViLT.E,S. C, Jan. 10,1*87. This portion of the county has been covered with snow for nearly n week, and a? wood Is netting scarce the people would be glad to see the sunshine out. There has been but little cotton on the murket since the cold spell began. Mr. I). L. Barnes and wife are now located at Moscley's Hotel. He Is still In the livery j business, and can furnish yon with a good team at cheap rates. Messrs. .Speed Speer have so'd out their stock of drugs to Mr Jas. B. Franks. Dr. M. F. Game will continue to have charge, and is on hand at all times to All prescriptions. Mr. J. B. LeRoy lias moved from the parsonage to Mr. Wm. Moore's house oh church street, and Mr. J. W. Huckabee now occupies the parsonage. The Itev. F. Auld preached his Inst sermon to his congregation here on the UCih of last month. He has served the charge faithfully and well, and in leaving for another field of labor he carries with him the best wishes of the good peopleof this community. He is stationed at Greenwood lor this year. The parties who had cotton burned on the depot platform are filing their claims for recovery. It is reported that the com puny have refused to pay for all cotton not receipted for. There was 118 bales consumed In the tire, ami only 41 bales were receipted for. The company have issued a notice, stating that they believe it was the act of an incendiary, and have J offered a reward 01 s-wu tor tne party wnn ; proof of conviction. The new depot will be rebuilt. at nn parly day. Mr. Wm. Moore has been appointed trial Justice lor this township. Mr. Moore is a good farmt-r, a man who has the confidence of tlie people, and his appointment gives general satisfaction. The Rev. W. 8. Martin has arrived to take charge of his appointment. He preached on yesterday to a small but attentive audience. He came from the low country, and we hope t hat he may be able to stand this cold moon-1 tain weather wllhoutthe need of hot "brick." Some of onr young men have taken advantage of this cold weather, nnd wish ins: to keep cool next summer, they have built them an Ico house, and have succeeded In putting abont fifteen or twenty tons In It. The sickness has about abated In this community. We notice that several have sufficiently recovered from their ailments so as lo be out at church on the 2nd Instant. We hope soon to see some of the other victims reinstated sufficiently to be out. A small party from this place will attend the banquet In Ausrnsta on the nlehtof the 12th. From all accounts it Is to be a large affair, and will doubtless be a large crowd In the city. Our people oueht. to rend the Pm.t and Banner at seven o'clock Thursday morning, Instead of twelve. Let It be sent by Anderson, and we will then get It In our railroad mull. I which Is tlve hours earlier. "Mose" is a good mull rider, but he has too much "express-1 these days to carry much mall. WEST END. + - SETTING THINGS RIGHT IN WASHINGTON. The Ofllce In which Abbeville's Honored Son J. Althetis Johnson Helps to Control Is Doing n Good Work. Mr. A. J. Falls, a Washington attorney, Is I endeavoring to secure the passage of a bill, I which Representative Morrow has in charcc, providing for an appeal to the Attorney-General from decisions of the First Comptroller adverse lo I he claims of marshals and commissioners of the United States courts. It appears that the present Comptroller has been disallowing many claims lor expenses i nd charges for services preferred by such officers, and pressed with great diligence by their at torneys In Washington, to the great const or-i nation nnd loss of both, who lincl no laeii that j any Treasury official would attempt to de-| pnve them of those perquisites which for so [ many years have been duly allowed when) properly "looked after." These disallowances j thus made must stand. It Is not In the power of the President or of the .Secretary of the Treasury to change or reverse any of the i Compt.roller's decisions. The right to do so was constantly claimed by henda of departments from the beginning of our Government. It was strengthened by opinions of attorneyg'gencral, and frequently admitted by the accounting officers, but. at la^t the vexed question, which had caused lu the Treasury more dlspnte than any other, was set at rest by the act of 1S68, which declared the decl>ions of the Comptroller conclusive upon the executive branch of the Government. The bill In question, if it should become a law, would constitute nn exception to this net of 1K6S, for the Attorney-General Is now a part of the executive branch of the Government, he having been made the head of the Department of Justice in 1870. And of all the j beads of departments, he is the last who should be permitted to disturb the rullncs ol the Comptroller upon the accounts of marshals and other officers of the Uuited States courts, for the very excellent reason that he Is their head. They are Ills subordinates; ninny of them are his appointees; he approves their accounts before they are submitted to the Comptrollei; he is In cousequehce naturally prejuuiced In their favot. The Atlanta Constitution says concerning the change In the management of the Georgia Central Railroad: It is not a violation of confidence to miv at this wrltlnz that the Richmond and West. Point Terminal Company, which controls the Richmond ahd Danville system, has been Irom the Inception of Gen eral Alexander's fijilit for the presidency of the Central railroad. his earnest and potential backer: 'flint some arrangement has been agreed on between General Alexander and the West Point Terminal company cannot he doubted. What this arrangement is tho future must develop. It is stilted positively! that the final result will be a merging of the Richmond and Danville and the Central fiys? terns. Wecsthnot vouch for the truth of this statement, but we do know that It will bring those two great systems into close and harino* nious relatloUs. A word may be said as to the position of Mr. S. M. Inman, one of the directors of the Central railroad oh the Raoul ticket. Mr. Inman has been repeatedly tendered a place on General Alexanders board, but biding associated with Mr. Umnil he declined to taken place in the new board. Had his conj sent been given, his name would have been on both tickets in yesteiday'e contest. How swift they go, Life's many years, With their winds ot Woo And their storms of tears. Let the New Year sing At Hie Old Year's grave; Will the New Year bring What the Old Year gave? The night has a thousand eyes? The day but one: Yet the light of the whole world dies With the setting mini The mind has a thousand eyes? Tho /lot* htir nuti Yet the lluht of the whole world dies When love is dune. Clears and tobacco of the elidlcsst brands at j P. 1$. Speed's. 1-114 I Kust proof red oats, nt P. Rosenberg & Ca 1-12 4t ! McLanc's homconntliic liver and kidney \ cure, at P. H. Speed's. 1-12 | You can buy children and boys SUlts at cost, i P. Rosenberg & Co. 1-12 4t I McLsine's strengthening cordial, the best i blood purifier In the world at P. li. Speed's. 1-U j P. Rosenberg & Co., ore selling clot bins and | winter goods at cost. 1-12 4t j The nicest toilet articles at P. I). Speed's. 1-12 j Remember you nan get a good suit of clothes | for a stnall sum of money as wc are selllbtr tit : cost. P. Rosenberg & Co. 1-12 It I Go to P. B. Speed's fora good hair brush. 1-12 (tt over coats In every style and quality thst will be sold at cost P. Rosenberg & Co. 1-12 4t I Dress suits, business suits nnd In fact all styles and qualities ut cost. P. Rosenberg & Co. 1-12 4t One lot of children suits, from 4 years up. i that will be sold ut cost. P. Rosenberg & Co. 1-12 41 I We mean what we say. positively wo aic I selling our clothing ut cost. P. Rosenberg & Co. i-i2 4t Trunks, valises nnd lodies satchels will be sold at reduced prices. P. Rosenberg & Co. l-IO .It P. Rosenberg & Co., are selling their silver ware ut cost. 1-12 4t The winter season is not qnlte over yet. Call and net a good over coat at cost. P. Rosenberg & Co. 13*11 Clothing ! clothing! at cost. P. Rosenberg d: Co. 1-12 41 ChII on P. Rosenberg Jc Co., and get a eood over coat at cost. 1-12 41 Now Is your time to cet a good over cont at [cost. P. Rosenberg & Co. 1-124t 1'. Rosenberg & Co., are soiling Rogers it [ Bros., celebrated triple plated silverware at cost. 1-12 41 Mens, youths and boys suits at cost. P. Rosenberg & Co. 1 12 4t Over coats from S2.00 up to SIS. T. Rosenberg & Co. 1-12 4t Now Is your time to get a barualn In a suit of clothes. P. Rosenberg & Co. 1-12 4t Silver ware! silver ware! at cost. P. Rosenberg <fe Co. 1-12 41 Owe Jot of children suits at net cost. P. Rosenberg & Co. 1-12 4t P.v^rv nnp. pnn hpKiiltpfl In n. front! Rtilf. r?f clothes at cost by culling on, P. Rosenberg ,t Co. 1-12 4t I Indies short Wraps nnd "New Markets nt j isofct, stees Ul, 88 and S3. Wm. E. Bell. 12-22 Brocage sillt velvets for less than cost. Win. E. Bell. 12-22. RctnufWU;-of <lrcss goods at Win, E. EeJl BIRTHS. At. Due West. January 4,18S7, to Mrs. W. C. Brock, a daughter. married. " MARRIED, at San Frnnclsco, Cal.. on Wed-! nesday, 5th liinuary, 1S<7. Rov. C.NpuliMntr. D. D., LIj. D., officiating, Mr. AUG. W. SMITH.1 of Abbeville, 8. C., to Miss MARY B. NOBLE, second daughter of Edward Noble, Esq., of Abbeville. jersey Hog. A FINE JERSEY BOAR strayed from Jno. W. Lfcsly's premises on December 2"J, IH80. Any Information of the HOG will ho thankfully received and properly rewarded. JOHN W. LESLY. Abbeville. S. C., Jan. 12,18S7,* Estate of DeLa Howe. Debtors to this estate are hereby notified that interest due on bonds must be paid by 1st February next, or the bonds will Ue put in suit. By order of Trus* tees. WM. H. parker, Jan. 12, 1687, St Treasurer. For Sale. JArt BUSHELS PETERKIN COTTON seed; 1UU 3 pure hml Berkshire plirs (males,) 2 j months old: subjeet to registration ; very fine; 1 thoroughly trained pointer doer?very Intel-1 lluent; I pointer pup. W. G. RICE. *- - " '>.< f a r> I j Jiln. 13, lOO/, t/l N>. Notice. a MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS f\ of the Chester, Greenwood aiul Abbeville Railrond Cofnpnoy will be lield at Greenwood on Thursday evening, at 7 p.m., the 20th of Januury instant. JULIUS MILLS, President. Jan. 12,1887, 2t SALE OF MUD UNDER MORTGAGE. "DY VIRTUE of mortgage given to tfte bv John R. Tolbert, dated ISih Xovefnber, 1880, recorded 6th I)ecemher, 1H80. Volume 18, pasre 189, and certified by M. G. Zeigier, Res., i I will sell at Abbeville C. H.. on Saleday In February next, (1887.) All that tract of land lying In White Hall township, said to contain Two Hundred and Twenty-Five (225) Acres, more or less, bounded by lands of D.J. Tolbert, T. A. Watson. Mrs. Whltlock and other*, un<l known as the T. A. Watson Homestead. TERMS?Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. a. h. McNeill. Jan. 12,1887, -It sailiES idi mm i I By VIRTUE 01'" THE 1?0WEB VESTED i In me In a certain mortgage of real estate glv- j en by William R. Mundy. on the first day of December A. D. 18V7,1 wll I sell at public outcry at Abnevllle C. II., S. C., on FEBRUARY 7th, 1887, Salcday, all that tract or plantation of land situate, lying anu being in the County and State aforesaid, bounded by lands of Jume8 M. Calvert, James A. McCord and others, containing One Hundred find Sevenly-Eight Acres, more Or less. The same helng the Homestead upon tvlvlch William R. Mundy ne w resides. TERMS OF SALE?One-half cash, balance in twelve months, with interest from date, se-; cured by bond of the purchaser and mortgage of the premises. Purchaser to pay for papers. T. P. COTHRAN, Assignee, Mortgagee. Jan. 10,1887, 4t 111 IBM By virtue of tfie tower confeured on us in a mortgage of real estate, exei euled by Jolin C. Douglass in our fuvor, on the I twenty-ninth day of Decernl>er. :t685, we will I sell to the highest, bidder, at. public outcry, on IsALEDAY IS FEBRUARY, lf?7, within the | legal hours of sale, the following described I real estate, to wit: All that certain tract or I plantation of land situate, lying and being i about two and one-half miles from Abbeville i Court House, in the County and State afore, said, bounded by lands of Thomas Morton, John A. Devlin, J. (}. Hamilton, Estate of T. J. Douglass and others, containing Eight Hundred and Forty-Two Acres, more or less. The said property is advertised for sale and will be sold for the purpose of satisfying liie amount now due under said mortgage, Including attorneys fees and all costs incident to such sale. The purchaser to pay for titles. TERMS OF SALE?Cash. A. J. SALINA& & SON, Mortgagees. Jan. 12.188", 41 Report of the Condition OP The National Bank of Alteville, At Abbeville, in the State of South Carolina, at the Close of Business, December 28, 1886. RESOURCES: I Loans and discounts 8 21,7fi"2 12 U. Si Bonds to secure circulation i'J,5H0 0(1 l>ue rrom approved reserve ajjen ts... 5:1,'KM ffl Due from other National Hanks 1,5HI ?C I)ue from Slate Hanks and bankers.. 3,:!39 <> I Heal estate, furniture and fixtures... 1,150 Oil I Current expenses and taxes paid.'. l.tm -' * i Premiums paid ! Hills of Other Hanks OG j Fractional paper currency, nickels,' and cents...* a -1 IT Specie, 5.(563 lfl. | Iiuual tender notes 1,WM 01 Redemption fund wi i h U. S. Treasurer (5 per cent of circulation)...., 5A2 ">0 Total Si 13,71)li il MAKII.ITIKS . ! Capital stock paid 5 50,009 0C> | Surplus fund 50!) 00 Undivided profits 3.5)51 lit) 1 National Bank notes outstanding II,-25) 00 I Individual deposits subject to cheek 4?,0!)t .St X U 111 I I 71 Statu of South Carolina, County ok Abbeville, ss: I, Bknj. S. Baknavkll, Cashier of th>? above named bank. do solemnly s\v<>nr tluit. the above statement Is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. BEN J. S. BARNWELL, CusliJcr. Subscribed and sworn to before me Iliis 8th day of January, 1387. J. C. KLUOII, Notary Public S. C. CORRECT?Attest: L. W. WHITE, ,T. ALLEN SMITH, K. M. 11ADDON, Directors. TAX NOTICE. . -riT^xr t r r\is ir. T>l?n fWTTT\r WTT.t. r\ he n<l(te<l to all unpaid taxps after SATURDAY. 15th Instant. Executions will Issue upor. nil unpaid after 25t.h Instant. Parties who still have tax receipts unpMd In the Treasurer's office must pay the same on or before SATURDAY, 15th Instant, or else pay penalty. J. W. PERRIN, Jan. 12,1887, It County Treasurer. GtRAND CLEARING OUT SALE, HAVING MORE CLOTHING & WINTER GOODS On hand than we care to car ry over, and in order that we may make room for our Spring Stock, WE WILL SELL FOR TIIE NEXT THIRTY DAYS OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF CLOTHING AND WINTERGOODS Jk.t Cost Remember out entire stock of Clothing, consisting ic Overcoats, Mens, Youths and Boys Suits, in most every style and quality. A rare chance. Call in ti see us. We will positively sell at COST. The goods are obliged to gc and we are not making mere assertion, but mean exactly what we say. P< ROSENBERG & CO, Jan. 12,18S7. Biding Bridles. AN assortment of plnln and round Bridle nml Martingales, Just received, atid lo sale cheap. THOS. BEGGS. i ? * uoffins at .Lownaesviiie. JW. SIGN has COFFINS at LowndesvilI . In cure or Dr. J. B. MOSELY. Th Hearse will be sent from Abbeville when r? quired. Abbeville, May 12, 188C. tf Be Careful. DO not undertake to break vonr Colts will old harness; you may ruin them. Com mid Ret a now one that you can depend on, a a reasonable pi lefci fro;u Ajlrll 7,1S8G, tf THOS. BEGOS. h, dTTeese" Watch Repairer anfl Jeweller, In the Store of Messrs. Bell & Galphin. ABBEVILLE, S. C. ALL work entrusted to him carefully exe cuted in the best manuer at. reasonabl prices. Jan. 27,1SS6. barbershop. o RICHARD OANTT. Is now prepared to d all work in his department In the be* j manner and at reasonable charges. Month); customers shavinp, hair cuttinjr and sham ! poolnjr SI per month. Razors honed and pu in the best condition for '25 cents each. ~ MOSHELEY'S CELEBRATED MOLLIS Oil I fS a splendid Lubricator for Engines. Prin II Ing Presws antf H>iw Milfs nnd Ik tiie Des !nnd cheapest oil for Harness, Belts, Boot! I Slums and Leather rally. Warranted ! Waterproof Leather Preservative. It Is peix | ti atlnir. and renders soft and pliable the hurt I est Leather. For sale by J. Knox & Co. August 5, 1885. tf - FOUT^'S < HORSE AMD CATTLE POWDERS No Hor.SK will die of Cone. Hots or Lcxo Fe* Tkr, If Fontz's Powders are used la time. Foutz's Powders will cure nnd prevent Hog Cjiotera, Fontz's Powders will prevent Gapkh tk Fowlr. Foutz's Powder# will increase the quantity of mils nd crenm twenty ner cent, and make the butter firm ?n<i fiwoct. Fontr/s i'owrtcrs win enre or prevent almost evkct I CrsKAfk to wnlcli flows ami ( attic are subject. I KOtTZ'S PoWI?KE9 WILL OIVK SATISFACTION. I Sold everywhere. DAVID E. FOUTZ, Proprietor. IALTIMOB-E, MD. FOR SALE BY COTHRAN & PERRIN. ! Charles A. Calvo, Jr. BOOK AND JOB PRINTEi and BOOKBINDER G 9 RICHARDSON STREET COLUMBIA, S. C. ALL kinds of Printing, Ruling and Bindln clone at low llguren ami In the very bp* ! planner. Cntnloguts ot Schools, Colleges an i Church Associations a specially. Lawyer) Briefs ST per printed page f>r Uo copies. 01 ; Books lt?'i>oUnd end Repaired. < 'ash Books I le dgers, J)iiy Books, Journals. Ac., made I ! order at short hotiee. Orders solicited an satisfaction gpn rant bed. j *jirSui>soribP for the Cor.rjima wkcki. , Rbgissek?nlgrlit pages of fresh reading ma ler? the latest telegraphic himvs?clear larg print. Only One Dollar u Year. i F.VEKYnonY uses letter heails, an-l it i strange thill.yon.do.not so to the Press an ' JJ'iiim-r olliee and get them tji'inted. Gloves In black nnd colored edshnien black and colored silk-, black und colore kids. Wm. E. Bell. !) ?{ ThePceiin succeeds wherever the Uickor crows, and one large tree will yield an unnut income of $.'5.00 to $30.00. Agents wanted everywhere. Most liberr terms. 8. \V\ Peek, proprietors llartwe Nurseries, Hartwell, Ga. Egos for Hatching.?Plymouth Hock SI 50 for 13. Wyandotte, ?2.09 for 13. S. W. Peel Hartwell, Ga. | Sknt) to the Pre.i.i nnd Bnnncr for lien an 'mortgage blanks of thu Oesl lorui. VARIOUS CLASSES OF CONVICTS. vv ouhi'uo jjchperauoeb ?nu .luvacim Plots of Prisoners?0lTorce Cas?*? "It may surprise you to learn that the ' Worst men in state prison are by no means the professional criminals whom the laTV pursues so relentlessly while they have their lib; erty. Your farmer who has shot down his | neighbor's live stock in revenge, or poisoned I a well or hamstrung a horse?the tramp who has fired a barn or committed rape?the village tough who has chewed some one's ear off t>r used a knife?these are the fellows who want to be considered prison heroes. They i concoct plots and plans in order to be taken for keen men. They defy a keeper to show how desperate they are. They take a flogging to prove that they are clear grit. And yet, when you size 'em up for what they are, you find them curs. If a tunnel were dug for them they would not have the nerve to crawl through to liberty. There is no shop witnouE its suciter or give-away, uua svuiuI times there are two or three to a shop. These | soon become known to all the men, and are I treated with the contempt such people deserve. "Some of the plans and plots of prisoners to I escape border on the ludicrous. I remember one plan where twelve convicts were to manufacture wooden guns for themselves and paint them up to resemble real carbines. They were to Beizo upon a certain moment to rush upon a guard, confront him with I 'twelve cocked carbines,' and it tves expected that he would at or.ee fling down his musket and fall upon his knees in terror. There was another plan to go Out by a balloon, and it ! was given up only for the want of silk, | cordage, gas and a basket During my term in prison I heard of hundreds of tunnels to bo constructed, but only one of them was ever put through, and that was known to only i three or four persons. If every plan cooked up each year was to insure tho escape of one man, no' one would be left at the eud of twelve months. "There is one class of men in prison whom I pity. They are sent there through a con| spiracy and cL chain of circumstances. I know of cases where wives have sworn dead against their husbands,- got them wit.hin the prison walls and then remarried within three months. Almost every week divorce papers > aro served on some convict. He can, through an attorney, fight the case, but it is seldom L that ho does so. He may have' left home I feeling that his wife would be tnie to him I I whiln he was sorvincr his sentence, and when tho papers como it takes his heart away. If r statistics could be gathered and preserved you would find that eight out of ten wives secure divorces from husbands sent to prison, no matter if his crime was stealing to give them food or using a weapon to preserve ' their honor."?Ex-Convict in Detroit Free Press. r .? Finest Markets In tlie World. The Paris markets are probably the finest in the world. Tho Halles Centrales were ) built on the model of the Crystal Palace and though tho other markets in the various k quarters of Paris are not so large and so fine, ' they are all managed on the - same principle, r and are examples of what can be done when a people have an inkling that they are a real society, and that the common good is tho tiniest way of arriving at tho individual good. In lying awake at night I always found I that the only time out of the twenty-four hours in which there was absolute silence in Paris was about 2 o'clock in the morning. Shortly after this hour tho market wagons I began to pass on their way to the Halles 81 Centrales, where they arrive about 3 a. m. r They are there unloaded by a regiment of , nearly 500 porters, called "les forts de la * Halle," and who are only admitted after their physical capacity and moral character has been found satisfactory. The greatest care e is taken to prevent, bad goods from being s soldi Tho inspectors weigh and test every pound of butter. The annual consumption of ?ggs in Paris is said to reach the fabulous number of 250,000,000. Those brought into the market are each inspected, and similar 1 ;are is exercised over the meat; Whatever - " - " ' * ! "- ! ? j is condemned is covereu wiw quavmmic cum , i buried. The butchers' shops in Paris are j models of cleanliness and good order, and instead of making difficulties about small ' joints you arc readily served with any amount you require, Thero are many reasons for this great superiority if compared with the same sort of shbps in London?the markets, t he supervision of the authorities,^ ! great economy of French housekeeping, and j the practice among Parisian housekeepers of I doing their own marketingi? Goods Words, j Uletliod of Printing Postage Stamps. e The mode of printing postage stamps is slow and tedious. The design is engraved on steel and plates are made for 200 stamps. This | number forms a sheet and no larger number is ever printed at one impression. The col1 orcd inks are now placed on the plates and a o hand press completes tlio printing process, t; The gum, a preparation of powdered vege- | y; tables and water, is put on the sheets and J j! steam is used until thoroughly dry. Tho sheets aro cut into halves, 100 stamps each, ' by hand and the paper between tho stamps is perforated in tho Amo manner. The stamps ore pressed and packed ready for sale. The ' sheets are countcd after each stop of comJ j pletion, and should one stamp' on a sheet be l_ I mutilated or imperfect the whole 300 aro deft ! stroyed. It was found that theve was more j destruction of stamps when machinery was ? | used than when the work was dono by hand, i-' Fivfi hundred thousand stamps were some times destroyed in a week.?Detroit Free Press. A Fiano Kccltul by Wire. F. \V. J ones, tho electrician, tells a little hoax that he practised upon tho good people of Porkopolis in 1877. He had invited a number of prominent Cincinnati people to listen to a piano recital transmitted by wire from Springfield, a distauco of two hundred and forty miles. Receivers were provided for all, and at his signal the concert lx'gan. The listeners were enraptured at the distinctness with which they heard the music, and went away delighted with the new sensation. The line instead of going to Springfield, however, only extended into tho room above, where a music box hail boon fitted to the diaphragm of a transmitter, and so arranged that it could bo started and stopped at any moment from tho room below.?Tho Argonaut. Sucli Is tjio s>piim*ii (.umu ii, Tho queen of Spain's baby is riot n fine child, but small and puny. Ilis complexion is fair and bis eyes are blue. It seems supremely ridiculous that a king should, within an hour of his birth, bo served up on a silver salver like an ante-il inner cocktail or sherry | and bitters to a gathering of illustrious fosj, sils. Yet such is the Spanish custom. His new-born majesty very sensibly, we learn, resented the proceeding anil screamed lustily, whereon one of the ministers present asserted [ in his choicest Spanish that the new Alfonso ' was destined to make a noise in the world.? I Cleveland Leader. Phenomena of tlio lteil Sunsets, il! Eminent meteorologists, who have investii r,o+rvi fim ,iiinnnniMifi of the red sunsets, ura 1 | 6""-" 1'" ' . now agreed that they were caused mainly by <) j the masses of aqueous vapor thrown out by il i the volcauo Krakatoa, ei Black jot. balls for dress ornaments. Win. E. Hell. 10-27 I MiuiO'er net in all colors for face veiling, us' Win. K. yell. 10-27 U I I will sell you dress {roods, wraps and cloaks ! a? cheap as yon can buy in Augusta or elsc? where. Win. K. Bell. 10 20 il | I,arse stock of ladles' and children's shoes, | ladies' and misses' corsets, hand satchels, y dress extenders and dress shields. Win. K. d Bell. 10-2D. j Polite clerk* ready and willing to show giods. a"d will gnaian'ee price* and quality 11 j of material. Win. K. Bell. 10-20 I guarantee prices on ali goods, and all f n?k the ladles i>. in give me a chance to show c, them. Win. E, llell. 10-20 I can't lie undersold on dress goods, trimj mings. Xew styles in dres? sroods. vccived every wcci:. Wit. 1?. Dell. 19-20 "FEATUBES OF CHHAT ;|j \ VISIT TO THE INMATES OF A ;W GOVEKNM&N r Httiovru # Prisoners Who Get a Great Deal of <&a Pleasure Out of Life?Court of Justice^ ' Fani&bment of Periareit?Colnaj# of the Empire. Having a rainy day to spore I have spent V;j|R part ot' ft j'Aa visit to the government prison. < why the inmates remain here longer than /jS! ihey wish ? a puzzle I haVe yet to 6olve, for ' v^jf [jetting out seeuis ;the easiest thing in tucf ' , world A small fee to the man .m eharjgef, . took as all about the place. I saw bat one. ' - ^ rruard, and lie was sound asleep, with an outlit for smoking opram beside him. There wa# .-raM one locked door, tod that a haul piish would liave demolished. The- prisoners had chairtg nhoiit their feet, and were ncroritted to ' : roam about. They wert playing- cards and smoking, and seemed to life getting as much pleasure out of life as did the world outside. .'.'"3 They all wanted "cumshawy and as one ':1 can get 1,050 "cash" for a Mexican dollar, one can feel like a prince throating frandsful of money for as little actual exp6ft&D as in any place on earth, A solid pocketful <5f coin for an American tweaty-flvo cerit pieai '' will go long way in China. A few of the' worst prisoners were caged by themselves,, with a collar made of square planking ex* tending three feet either way about their a necks; these wero the only ones who could not " have departed when they were tired of confinemeiiti The women's department was in tho same style as that of tho men, and they too looked as if they had found a comfortable place and wanted to keep it Every day or , two cL few prisoners &ro decapitated, and thu? tho prison is kopt from being overcrowded. r -If ix a count or justice. The court was in session not far away, and . ,;' -i wo walked in to see how justice is ftdirriirb- JaPg tered here. One man was being examined by . ? tho mandarin and four or five more were being tortured. The guide told as that "they no6pcuk truth;" we found that they wertf' :".?0 witnesses with the truth of whose testimony' . the judge was not satisfied. A little torture he thought would extract tho truth.- This ' torture was simple. A plank is placed on end;. and at the top and bottom two othor pieces tit wood are fastened at right angles, making a frame something liko a carpenter's "horse." The knees of the unhappy perjurer are first) . beaten to make them tender; he is then placed * Xf hi a kneeling position with the arms drawn ' ct-ni^rnt-. hohind him wnfl keot there by a "wSSS Itring -which is tied about each thumb and iheu drawn up taut, the string being sus^ . pended from the sticks at the top of the*plank. Other cords hold up .his feet,-.being' , ,v?w fastened tightly to the great toe &nd then/ irawn up so that tho leg is bent behind hint* and held in tho air^-the weight of the body ' ,_>3 of course coming partly on tho tender knee ^ and partly on the great toes. A hole is made in the plank just behind his head, and through this the cue is drawn and fastened to a little ''ty* tvindlass; this being slowly revolved a not_ too pleasant result of pulled hair is obtained.' Fearful were tho yells of one 6f thobcmen;, . \ If a half hour of that would not bring the' truth nothiDg would. Two of thef men were,' softly groaning, and two others had faces like)' Btoics, and not-a murmer came from them/ . ;; ??<? They evidently believed that a lie well stack . ,'^j to was as good as the truth. The sight was /; aot pleasant, and we came away with a groat' / .??? respect for tho law as administered in China. >*$ This method of preventing perjury I recammend to the notice of our law makers, for it yl: Ij said to bring about the required result if ' : l:ept up long enough The only flaw seems td\ be that the mandarin alone has to bo satisfied<" . "A and it is just possible that ho might bo mistoken at times. . THE COINAGE OF THE EMPIRE. ^%5 The collecting of coins has a temporary.. * -* i-: fieifinfli fAroimifll' A IOSClliaUUIl lwr mu ? loin in China is ever called in, and the coinage. remains the same as when first issued about j / six ceuturics beforeChrist. Tho Chinese word/ ' i'-'M for "current money" and tho name of the.' ' . vg emperor in whose reign it was coined are on -vS cach piece. The coin is cast, not stampfedy .'.*$8 r.nd has a square hole for facility in handling, . any number being strung on a bit of bamboo. ' Our consul lately took about a hundred, net ' pickcd coins?but ones with which his servants 'f were buying articles from day to day?and . " hnd them classified by a man versed in tho history of the Chinese dynasties. These coins ' ' dated from 300 B. C. to the present reign, \yi have one issued about tho time of the Ro-~~" man conquest, but showing little signs of ita ^ age. The characters are worn qwayonono " T-V^ Bide, but tho reverse is as. plain as if it had been only a few years out of the mint r-: p I I have lately seen something of the, boat ' * ix V . _'.j I life of . L'anton, ana very queer u/ ia. tuuv | such a mass of humanity can be packed into' ! tho space the boats oecupy is hard to uhderj stand. They get along much better with ono " i another than one would suppose?waiting -"3 I their turn to get out of a jam without the \ ! Bilhngsgate that a jam is apt to bring forth elsewhere. I saw one or two cases where a j naturally sweet temper seemed to be ruffled a j little, but it was soon over. A largo family.. ; will occupy a few feet of space, living, eath. j ing, sleeping in a spot too small to fairly ; I breathe in. They tie a float to the boy babies, and if they fall overboard they tuv j safe. The girls are saved if convenient) for j girls do not count for much in China; they _ need civilization to learn their power. Tho \ boy is a brcad-wimier, and its life is valu| able. The smeller portion of the family they'* put along the keel under the floor at night; I hit up a board and there you'll flnd them, I packed in like sardines hi a box. For all . ' their crowding, and what must be a life of ; hardship and discomfort, the babies looked as i chubby, and tho older members of tbe family oi-e as healthy and in as good spirits, as if they lived with a few acres of green meadow j ubout each family.?Canton Correspondence i New York Tribune. /. ' , Toole Ailvantape of the Decline. a nrvviviinv who was eatins away at a yel . .... J w | low banana, while bo bad two red ones stuffed J Li bis pockets, was approached by another I and asked: ' ,) | "Did you get that tin typo took fur ten i coni?i;" j *Naw!? 4,Tco cloudy?". "Saw! I was on my way to the gallery i when bananas draped to three fur ten ceut>, ! mid I took advantage of the decline. Tin ^ i lypes are alios ten cents, but bananas bob up j i.ud down."?Detroit Free Press. ! Try'iis; Ortlor.l for the "Autocrat." '.* j Literary American:? O'j, this side of tbp war ; tor, fanning themselves under their o\vu viiieS, j r.nd lig trees, know little of the discomforts j i nd tortures Oliver Wendell Holmes is underj i.oing in England. Ho is obliged to take the | i.iost nauseating taffy, cat when be is not bun! cry, stay up when ho wants to bo in bed, sit j i.t table for horn's at a stretch at unholy hours, licar disgusting speeches from full men, and I iniilo and return thanks for all. Tho sufTerl.igs of a sensitive man being lionised must bo t.rrible.?New Orleans Picayune. One hundred and fifty of the 0G0 colleges In this country publish papers. * - Cuba is a heavy buyer of Florida straw* berries. Aldine sultlnjrs in all the ire-v shades wltfi j trimmings to match. W. K. Bell. Remember 1 don't consider it any trouble to show poods, evon if" you are not ready to buy. This is one way I have advertising my business. Wm. K. BcM. if 20 Ladies' hqi! children's slices, oil. (joat and kid, in lace and button. Wni. K. Bell. 9-22 Hustles and Loop in several styles. Wm. E. Hoi I !>-?> Press tl*:n?*cls In all 'the leading shades. Wm. ! :. Lie11. 0-22 Trieo flannels in single aiwl double w2dth.Win. K. Holt. 11-22 Winter wraps, AstrnkLan and fur trimmed* in omck, urown ana utn. w. jv. dhi. Jersjy stripes for Indies and Mlsses wrnps. W. K- Hell. Lilies colored Jersey with - vest front an<t Ip.rgc buttous. Wm. E. Bdl. 'J--J