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The Press and Banner. ABBEVILLE, S. C. A MILLION A YEAR Southern Plnnters Cun Save l>y a New Invention. Atlanta Constitution. One of the most important inventions of the age, which will cau?e a revolution iu the cotton world and which will save from one to two and a half million dollars a year to the planters of Georgia, and from seven to twenty million dollars annually to the Scuth, is on exhibition at the Piedmont exposition and is daily attracting tne deepest interest 01 visitors. Indeed, there is no other industrial display there which draws so much attention as this, the Eembert cotton compress. By a process simple in principle and using no more power than is required for the plantation bale, this compress turns out a bale of less bulk, greater density aad more even and smooth exterior, than the large steam compresses make. The \? f r\ folrn iko nlaOO f\4 1UVCUUUU 19 iuituucu iv iaac IUW ^tawu v? both the plantation press of to day and the big compresses scattered over the country. Aud it is going to do that. Substituted for the ordinary plaatatiou press, it will take the cotton right from the gin arid turn out a five hundredpound bale as small as, if not smaller, than a bale that has been crushed in the powerful hydraulic presses, such as there are here in Atlanta, and at Macon, Augusta and elsewhere. A bale from the Rembert roller compress is ready to be put on the cars and shipped direct tc Manchester. It never goea into the huge compress and that charge and the expense of unloading and re loading are saved. In fact, it just does away with one set of middle men altogether. The machine is a Texas invention. II was patented last November and last February. It has been operated in Galveston, and the owners of the large compresses there say that it solves the prob> lein of making a compressed bale at the country gin, and does the work of the great compresses. There is a big saviog in the expense of getting the bale to market. A hundred or more planters stop every day and make a careful study of the compress at the exposition. It does its work in the most perfect manner and is the admiration of all who see it and can appreciate it. There is no secret about the principle, which any one can see and understand in a moment. Without going into a minute ^flQPnnfinn nf tYta manKino U 1a onAiiffK to say that as the cotton is ginned it passes between two rollers which press the air out of it and make the cotton into a soft web which falls layer upon ? layer into the press. The web is smooth and even, and the bale is a delight to the spinners. The rollers really do the compressing. After the cotton goes into the press no more power is needed on the screw than is required to make the plantation bale. And the bale that comes out of this compress is a beauty! It is completely covered with bagging, and though it has one more tie than the old process, beiDg less in bulk, saves ten feet in ties and a yard of bagging on every bale. There is quite a pile of bales made by this compress in machinery hall and every one is handsome. The bales range in weight from 470 to 501 pounds and are the prettiest eyes were ever laid on. This compress is bound to introduce itself. A ginner, who was looking at it work a few days ago, said that it would Bave him ?2,500 a year and he applied for one on the spot. To the planter, this roller process ranks in value right alongside of the gin. In a few years the process is bound to be the universal compress. To the railroads it will be a great blessing because the baleB being less than half the size of the plantation bales, only half so many cars will be needed for hauling them. Then as they are uniform in size they can be stowed to better advantage in the ships and a larger cargo of them can be carried. The invention is a perfect success and is one of the most valuable of the age. As a labor saving and cost reducing machine it is invaluable. THE DIRECT BENEFITS. Renaming some and mentioning others anew here are the direct benefits to be gained by the adoption of this roller process : 1. A saving of labor at the ginhouse, as the process is automatic throughout; the cotton not being touched by hand from the time it enters the gin until it is ready for the bacds to be tied. It is claimed that the services of two hands are dispensed with, the work of picking the lint into the baling box being automatic. 2. Great saving in insurance. This process has been investigated by numbers of insurance experts representing fire and marine companies, both foreign and domestic, and from their opinions, freelyexpressed, as to the great improvement in tbe risk, this company confidently believes that rates now prevailing will be reduced at least one-half on ginning J establishments where the Rembert pro| cess is used. o tt> 1 ji:_~ / o. xjaxu ui uauunug uuu oaviug v room. This needs do explanation, whe it is considered that the Rembert bale i less than half the size of the commo bale, therefore occupying only half th space in wagons, warehouses, freigl cars, etc., which the plantation bal requires. 4. Its compact size enables it to t entirely covered with bagging, and it : therefore much better protected in evei way, and less liable to fire, or damage i handling, or transportation. />. By this process the cotton is lai evenly in the bale and draws a good saa pie. Competent judges claim that samples at least half a grade higher tha the same cotton prepared ia the usui way. The package is a desirable one i every respect, and its attractive appeal aace ana evident lmmunuy irom usibb^ cannot fail to secure preference for over the ordinary bale, both from sbif pers and consumers. 6. More cotton per gin can be madefc this process than by any other, the fu capacity of the gin being utilized, and ? . the bale is not formed in the baling bo: but on a separate tablo, the gins do n< have to wait for the box to be clearei This makes a gain of two to three bal( per day to each gin operating. Th company is now turning out from tvi Beventy saw gins, eighteen to twenl bales, averaging over five hundrc pounas eacn per aay 01 ten uour without overcrowding. 7. Railroad managers and agents wfc have seen the machines at work and ti bales turned out by them say that the will gladly carry euch cotton over the respective roads at compressed rate which is equal to 50 cents per bale le than the rate on ordinary bales. 8. Its acceptance by the railroads as compressed bale insures its prompt tran portation to destination, as the cars a; loaded from the local stations and tt cotton goes through in unbroken loti whereas the present bale is taken to compress somewhere along the roe where it has to wait its turn, and oftc has to wait two or three weeks. Ev? then the lots are frequently broken u and it is by no means unusual for fraj meats of a one-hundred-bale lot to coa straggling in after a month or six week thus entailing great annoyance to bol 1 shipper and receiver, as well as a dire 1 loss in interest, insurance, depreciatic 1 in price, and many other items that ai only too familiar to the cotton trac under the present system. 9. Ship brokers express a willingne to take the cotton baled by the Rembe process at a less rate of freight than th< do the ordinary compressed bale, a owing to their uniform size, they stow better advantage in the vessel. Swindling Negroes. The Lowrysville correspondent of tt Yorkville Enquirer relates as follows : Some time last spring a medicir wagon remained here for a week or tw selling medicine. No one supposed the met with any success. They were vei reticent with the white citizens, and coi fined their business exclusively to tt egroea. The tact baa been develops that they sold almost entirely on credi taking a mortgage on a pig, calf or pou try, as the ignorant dopes were led I believe. The collector was here on tl 17th inst., and early in the morning tb negroes began to flock in and the co lector was kept busy tearing the mor gages out of his book until the middle i the evening. The crowd reminded or of election day in the good old time and it is estimated that the fellow co lected six or seven hundred dollars i amounts ranging from $1 to $10. Eui ners bad been sent all over the count] notifyiog the negroes that "their papei was due, and those who could not ps were verv uneasy. After a cnrxl deal i money bad been collected, one of 01 citizens got bold of oue of the mortgage and at once saw through the who scheme. The mortgage not only cove the calf, pig, chickeD, etc., that wi understood in the verbal agreement, bi there is a printed clause which enurne ates every knowu article of househol and kitchen furniture, and winds u with a sweeping stake of greedines which includes "everything else ownei or in our possession, herein described < not." The poor dupes were advised not 1 i pay another dollar, as the mortgag* i were fradulent, and the swindler wi notified to make himself scarce, whic he did without standing on the order < his going, and without paying those wb bad served him as runners. Many of tb negroes unable to pay wanted to retur the goods?a bottle of pills worth twent cents for which they agreed to pay dollar?but of course the fellow refuse to take them back. ? Tho walls of the National Librar building in process of erection in Wast ington are about half up. It will cos over ?0,000,000. Thoro are thirty-thre arches on the four sides of the building and it is proposed to ornament the key stones of these arches with represents tiro head of tho thirty-three races of man kind. A number of these have been fin ished and put in place and are very effec tive. Over tho arches at the main en trance will be the types of tho higher or der, and the very lowest typos will bo a tho back of the building. - Clemson College. ,f There are now at work here one hun- * n dred and forty seven State convicts?all j8 negroes whose terms ran all the way from n two months to a life sentence. Captain e Perry has had charge of this camp ever ' since the work began on the College. ^ |e He has employed under him eighteen ^ guards who are paid $16 per month ] ,e with board and washing furnished by j3 the State. While the convicts are com- i y pelled to work regular and steady, they 1 Q are well fed and show that many of them are in a better condition th in they were ' d at home. The stockade has been increasi ed in Bize, and they have plenty of fresh j it air, and yet will be kept warm enough n in cold weather. There is a room twenil ty by forty feet set apart as a hospital, n It is provided with better cots than the i r- regular quarters. The sick are kept je clean and everything possible done it to alleviate their sufferings both by nur> ses and the surgeon, who comes every day to see them. The bill of fare consists >v of meat?pork and beef alternately, corn 11 bread, vegetables, and soup occasionally, la with water. They have their meals at k, 6,12 and G every day is the year. At at the time of the visit of the Sentinel repel. reaentative, there were sixteen in the 28 hospital, but falAlities have been slight, is only 3 or 4 having died in this camp and ro were buried in the graveyard once used ty for the servants of the Calhoun estate, id There is now kept on the farm at b, ClemBon, and for hauling building material, fifty seven head of mules. This >0 department is under the control of Mr. >e Jule Shanklin, and the condition of the >7 animals Bhow that he is attentive and ir understands how to manage mules and 8) negroes. Besides the old stalls and barn as aaed last year, there has b6en erectcd a first class modern structure that would a hold fifty or sixty tons of hay, besides 8* harness and feed rooms. It has an eight re foot drive way the faUdfgth of the >6 buildiog. The bay is tJJn up in the 5; mow, or loft, by one of the patent bay a carriers that will unload two teams of td hay in ten miuutes when properly han* )Q died. The barn loft is now filled with !D provender enough to feed the mules the P> remainder of the year. There is also a herd of fifteen blooded cattle on the farm 16 at present, all registered stock, f^Psome :8? of the best dairy farms in th^south. -b The stables for the cattle is almost com* ct pleted and it will be, when done, the >n finest dairy barn in the State. It is 41 re feet wide by 225 feet in length. One ie hundred head of cattle can be housed on the lower floor, while the second floor 63 has ample room for provender for Bix rt month's feed. Each cow will be held in 37 her place by the patent Btanchiuns with ,8> which it has been fitted. This building t? also contains the three silos built an* der the supervision of Prof. Duggar and are estimated to hold 120 tons of ensilage which it is estimated will feed one hun!e dred cattle for three months, allowing them twenty pounds each per day. A ie cutting machine has the use of this barn, ro The material for the filling of silos and all the feed used will be raised on the farm 'J ry Green corn and sorghum are the princi-, a- pal articles used in the makiDg of this ie class of feed. The farm this year has procuced, under the management of Mr. t, Duggar, a very fair crop of corn and a 1- good crop of hay, which has been put up to for the mules and horses, is especially ie fine, comparing fovorably with the best ie northern article. The mules and other ]. stock in charge of Mr. Jule Shanklin t- are in extra good condition, considering Df the large amount of heavy work done by ie them for the past nine months in hauling 8) brick and stone for tbe College build1 imgs. in Aa to tbe cost of tbe work tbat has i* been done, and tbat which ia yet to be y done, to which will be added tbe many r" thousands that will have to be expended iy in machinery, utensils and the hundred of and one other things tbat will yet be relr quired to fit tbe Clemson College, for use a, of those in charge, it is too early to give le them out, but that it will be a large sum rs no one can doubt who haa seen anything is of the plans and Bhe amount of labor reit quired to carry on the work. It is one r- of the questions left for the future to Id solve.?Pickens Sentinel. s, ? Henry S. Bragg, colored, is the pos3, sessor of tbe greatest curiosity ever before )r exhibited in Lincoln County. It is a double lamb, boru some time since on the bo farm of Colonel Broady Hull, in this 38 County. The lamb, or lambs, it is bard is to tell which, lived but a short time after :h birth, and may be described as follows : )f The monstrosity haa one head, four ears, 0 eight legs, one body until midway, then te two. The body is natural about half its n length, when it divides, the remainder y being two separate and perfectly lormed a bodies. About where the shoulders d should be is tbe breast of one of tbe lambs, and here two perfect legs come out and bend backward. Instead of the y shoulders ia a breast out of which comes i 1 two legs. It is beyond doubt the greatest i e curiosity of the kind ever seen in thi? ?> section and hundreds have called to see i it.?Ttoy (Mo.) Timet. . ] ^ ? "No wonder the papers talk about * j. political extravagance," said Mrs. Gil- , - hooly. "Didn't I hear my husband talk- , t ing the other day about a convention that ] wanted a silver platform ?" i THE DBINKIHABIT. bs Can It Be Cored? What Atlanta Physician# . Hay About It. is Atlanta Constitution, in Tho question "Is Drunkenness Cure- Y ble ?" interests millions, and there is no j 1 subject to which newspaper space may j i" bo more profitably given, so long as there n Is ground for hope that the question may bo settled in the affirmative. 11 Happily, the doctors are agreed that ol many, if not all, cases of drunkenness are ci curable. As to certain cases of hereditary | p weak ness, long standing habit and special tc physical derangement, the physicians have different opinions. As a matter of "i Information the Constitution prints below ai the opinions, briefly expressed, of four of a the leading physicians of Atlanta. e: They are so explicit that comment is T unnecessary. It is noticeable, however, ti that while the enfeebled will is to be re- n inforced, there, appears to be hope held o: out in these articles for a treatment en- U tirely independent of the will of the pa- o, tient. ei The articles of Drs. Baird, Cooper, Olmstead and Avary will be found inter- " esting and instructive. t) Sometimes No, Sometime* Yes. P Atlanta, Ga., October 8.?Is drunk- ^ 11 enness curable? 11 Drunkenness may bo a transientcondi- n tion only, and not a disease. Under these a circumstances, the omission of the excit- ^ ing cause?namely, the overingestion of 11 alcohol or of alcoholic liquors?is sue- 8 ceeded by a more or less prompt subsi- e dence of the symptoms of intoxication. Chronic alcoholism or habitual drunkenness may follow, as a consequence, the excessive and prolonged use of alcohol v in any form. The habit of imnfoderato b indulgence may be a result, primarily, of ? physical disorder, or of mental defectcongenital or acquired?which, upon the 11 one hand, provokes a morbid craving for j1 the stimulant, and which, upon the other hand, weakens the individual's power to * resist the inclination or to repel the temp- 1 tation. ?. L Fortunately this class is not numerous, j3 for the prospect of a permanent euro in 11 these cases is not encouraging. The forced withdrawal of the stimulant, even for a considerable period of time, could not likely correct the constitutional infirmity or materially increase the individ- 4 ual's power of resistance. The drinking habit may be formed without pre-existing physical or mental derangement, but the excessive and pro- ? tracted use of aloohol is often followed by J disease ?r by structural changes or degeneration in the tissues of the body, es pecially in the brain and in other parts of & the nervous system, some of which ? changes are incurable, and any of which may, perhaps, become so. In this class of cases the possibility of J effecting a cure depends in a large degree upon the character and the extent of the c resulting lesion. The damage may not * be of such a nature as to preclude the 8 possibility of restoration, and if the vie- f tim can be surrounded by proportions in- 1 fluences and, when required, be placed 1 under suitable restraint, recovery in * many?in most?cases may be confidently ? expected. 1 In extreme cases, however, the percep- 8 tions may be so blunted, the intellect E may be so warped, the emotions may be ? so confused, the volition may be so en- * feebled?in a word, all of the facilities and y forces of the mind may be so oppressed and distorted that the individual is em- ( bruted, and Is rendered utterly incapable 1 of regulating his passion or of controlling * his appetite. fir* H.fl /innf rorrr if ia nnHrtllhfo/11 V fmfl ^ """ ?v. that even after the long continued abase v of alcoholic Btimulants, the habit may be * abandoned, the taste for strong drink may cease and restoration to a life of sobriety may ensue. This result may be reached without extraneous aid, but favorable environments, judicious management, and the employment of appropriate remedial agents adapted to the individual circumstances and conditions contribute directly and powerfully to the successful accomplishment of this end. Thus, it will be perceived that drunkenness, even in its worst forms, and yet more iu its milder manifestations, is sometimes carable, while in other cases ! alas! it must be considered a hopeless malady, and must, of necessity, bo consigned to a position among the incurable diseases. James B. Baibd. i Dr. J. C. Olmstead's Views. "Is drunkenness curable?" That depends upon the circumstances and conditions, surrounding and pertaining to the individual afflicted. What is the constitutional condition? ] Has there been an inherited tendency to * drunkenness, or is there inherited weak- t ness and disease especially of the nervous c system, of that particular character so often inherited from an intemperate parent e or parents, and which is so liable to de velop the habit? Or has the individual ? one of those chronic diseases which * make9 him a martry to pain ? s The length of time that the habit has t been indulged in, is another most impor- D tant consideration, it being true that the c outlook in long, continued, chronic alco- * holism is very gloomy as regards * "cure." 1 Again, what are the surroundings of the individual? Are they favorable or <3 unfavorable as regards social advantages, s healthfulness of occupation and freedom g from grinding want, and "carping care d or exposure to severe weather?" etc., 8 Btc. a All of theso considerations, and many more that could be mentioned, 1 profoundly affect and bear upon the c question of "cure." v In general, then, it may be stated that the "curability of drunkenness" depends d upon the particular form of the habit ^ presented, together with its environ- n ncnt. n First, as to bablt. Some individuals T ive a habit of going on a spree once in era x months, or maybe once a year. This Th< none the less a habit, however long the 2. 1 itervals between the sprees may be. enc et these cures differ from those babitoal aro joakers" who "are full:' all the time, for 1 i the intervals ot their spreee they may par 01 roucn aquor, ana may De perieciiy 01 >rrect in all their habit*. This class is, the think, favorable for "care." Everything, vai ' coarse, depends apon their desire to be I ired, and the amoant of will-poWer hoi assessed. Some, I think, have no desire ) be cared ; others have. tar Prior to the breaking out of their de< sprees" they are apt to become nervous sta ad excitable, and are often depressed ; C condition of perturbation of the system tor sists which causes them to crave drink, ins hey are truly sick, and if taken at this to me and properly treated by competent su< ledical means the attack can be warded dri or J 1 l-Jt.U... rrrifV. Int uj aim ujr juuiuiuua uvaiuicuv n??u ?v* snics, and care as to tbelr entire habits na f personal hygiene, the tendency may be mt ntirely recovered from. ] As regards the chronic or habitual it soakers," the outlook as to cure is very sh< favorable, although a great deal de- lcn ends upon how long they have been in-- an ulging in the habit. Where the physical in esons of various organs, which so com- th< lonly result from chronic alcoholism, rel re not far advanced, certain cases by pit iscontinuance of the habit and proper J reatment may be cured. I have known an uch and also a few who had will-power nough to fight it out alone and unaided. Habitual drnnkennness I regard as a by isease, and it muBt be admitted that m< sng continued habits of excess are very infavorable in their outlook; "cures" oing usually temporary, and not perma ient; "reiapees Lwug uivium, woium of habit" proving too strong. In the ^ aherited form the ontlook is gloomy in . be extreme, if not hopeless. Soch oases ^ nherit a weak, easily deranged nervous ystem, which is readily thrown off its ralance by the cares and strains, both aental and physical, of life. Such are D isnally "cured" as long as they remain * a the "retreats" provided for them. 1 Epilepsy, insanity and imbecility, be- 1 Dg not infrequently an inheritance from temperance, also give a warning to j hose who are "eating soar grapea," that he "chicken's teeth will be set on edire?" f ' John C. Olmstbad, M. D. ? ' fSi # ](V Editor Constitution?Yours asking y opinion on "Is Drunkenness Cure- ^ >16)" noiea. A jirmuuio uiuiiHuunH rom alcohol is meant. Whether drankmness is curable is dependent on contin- * ;encie8. We have in drunkenness, as in c ither diseases, different grades of disor- ' ler, varying from the mild to the gravest ? orms. We have drankenness resulting y rom inherited predisposition. We have he habitual drunkard developed from soial drinking without an especial predis- pi Kwition. We have the drunkards asareult of taking stimulants to relieve pangs if an accidental drunk preceding. We 01 lave habitual drunkenness creep on una- of vares from taking stimulants to relieve ired nature. We have drunkenness ? Ei gradually aeyeiopea irom tatting aicouoi or the relief of insomnia. At first only i small amount being necessary to induce ileep, the amount is Increased until the J* lubject is unable to sleep at nigbt unless n a beastly state of intoxication. And ve have drunkenness in creatures whose ow natures, idle habits and vioious assosiates combine to create an ambitiou to Ft -each and maintain a state of stupid in- in oxication. The successful treatment of J? Irunkenness is in my opinion dependent m >n as many contingencies as there are tfa auses of the disorder, conspicuous 18 imong which are environment, grade of ^ lisease, temperament and the all impor- ifl ant, indeed the indispensable element in be cure of any grade?the will. For vithout the consent and co-operation of 1D ndividual treatment all efforts at cure ar will nrncfl fntile. C? Nothing short of regeneration is ade- ^ juate for the cure of the individual whose n lighest ambition is drunkenness. Im>rison him, deprive him of all stimu- ! ants for a year, release him and his first ict is to realize the dream of his prison m ife?Drunkenness. Proper treatment, w n connection with the will of the subject, ^ n my opinion is capable of curing many T( irunkards whose will power is so shat- la ,ered by nerve disease, resulting from j8 irunkenness, that the will is no longer ? jotent against the cravings of a vitiated th ippetite. Kespectluiiy, ??' Arch A vary. 86 Is Drunkenness Curable? Editor Constitution?Yes and no. Vlany cases are curable, others are not. R< it is difficult in the limits of so short a a*> irticle to discuss this subject properly, ^ )ut I shall endeavor to make my meaning Sc ilear. hi By drunkenness I understand not occalional intoxication, but the habitual and pj, ixcessive indulgence in liquor, either tr< :ontinually or periodically. The habit- 8e' lal and excessive use of spiritous liquors ^ ooner or later produces a diseased condi- W( ion of the stomach, liver, kidneys, heart is md brain. These morbid changes not kii inly impair a man's physical ability to eslst the craving for liquor, but also reaken bis moral nature, and particulary his will power. The craving for liquor in such an one is 1 lue, first, to the flagging of the nervous j*a ystem as the effects of the last indul;ence dies out, and, secondly, to the con- on lition of the stomach, which will not di- He ;est food unless stimulated more or less 11 the time. e<j In a case where the indulgence has wl ieen so long continued a cure is practially impossible, with certain limitations yej r hich I will mention later. cot On the other hand, if a person has bu runk liquor to excess, but not for a long nough period to prod uce organic changes i the stomach, liver, and brain, a cure pe< lay be often effected by appropriate th< leswures. I tig here are several factors to be consid3 in judging of any particular case. 1. 5 length of time the habit has lasted, rhe patient's heredity. 3. The prese or absence of moral influences und the patient. /liuiAAnilA^ A?Atn ^wiinIran uo vtt uu&aiu uotv/Oijuuu tiwin vi* unnuu ent8 and grandparents, or with a strain insanity, epilepsy or other diseases of brain in his family history, is a "mans subjeot." Lgain, the drnukard who is without ne ties, who has never known a moths or a wife's devotion, who is by na e as well as liquor brutal and degrai, stands a small ohance of ever withnding the temptations of the wine oup. )n the contrary, where the family bisy is free from alcoholism, epilepsy or tanity, the patient may be considered ^ have a good nervous system to treat :cessfully. And again, where the unkard is hedged about by the tender re of wife or mother, or where he is by tore a man of fine moral sense, a cure ly often be effected. n order to make the cure permanent, is almost a necessity that the patient suld be upheld and strengthened by re, moral principle and religion. It is easy thing to break the whisky habit an inebriate asylum, bnt unless one of 3 factors jast mentioned be present, a apse will almost inevitably take ice. finally, there are drunkards, ever and on, so besotted and degraded, so reek5 with the filth of the gutter, as to be lolly past all human help, are lilted up ' the mighty arm of God himself, and ide good and useful men. Hcnteb P. Coo feb, M. D. The Bock of Moses* How many readers know that what is lieved to be the identical rock struck ' Moses, when he commanded water for b famishing thousands who were wanring in the wilderness, is still to be an, as natural as It was in the days of e great law-giver? Dr. Thomas Shaw, D., at one time regins professor of eek at Oxford, one of the greatest of lKlish Seventeenth Century travellers, res this description of It on page 362 of b travels. "It is a block of granite marble, about c yards square, variously known as the .ockof Horeb,' 'Rock of Maaaab,' and tone of Moses.' It lies tottering and ose in the Valley of Rephidlm, and ems to have formerly belonged to onnt Sinai, which hangs in a variety of ecipices all over the plain. The waters hich flowed out and the streams which >wed wjtbal (Psalms Ixxvli, 20,) have allowed across one corner of this rock a annel about two inches deep and tweninches wide, which is now crosted all 'er like the Inside of a teakettle that has ten long in use. Besides several mosay oductions which are still preserved by e dew, we see all over this channel a eat number of boles, some of them four Ave inches in diameter, lively tokens ' there having been so many fountaina." Dr. Pocotek's description of the "Rock Moses," and that of "Prefetto of gypt," both of which the reader ~may id in Bishop Clogher's "Journal of a rip from Grand Cairo to Mount Sinai," ? M J .JUI - lit. ige it, aecouu euiuuo, currmpuuus wiui e above in every essential feature. The Tariff Is tbe Issue. Washington, October 21.?Senator aulkner, one of tbe party that has been the Northwest organizing Democratic ubs, says; "In tbe great Northwest wove men, with little regard to their forer political affiliations, want relief from e burdens imposed by the Republican riff policy. On the silver question tbe K>ple of tbe West are divided, as are wo ' the East, but tbey all agree on tbe tarI" question. "The Democrats of the Northwest have it had a good working organization long locgh for ns to be warranted in expectg to carry in 1882 all those States which e naturally coming into the Democratic lumn. Wo shall probably carry two of ? - OUtAn |M lOftO -W+A ?ni IU uon owwjo in xwdd nuu Tf o mil j^inu* illy become the dominant party of the orthweet. "In Washington we found a very efleece clnb organization. In Montana, orth Dakota, California and Utah Terriry there was considerable to be done to ake the organization perfect, but there as no lack of enthusiasm. We met with e greatest encouragement and the work perfecting the olub organization waa )ry successful. One disadvantage we bor under in that section of the country that the Republicans have most of the ading morning papers." RnAAklntr of the Presidential talk in at section, Mr. Faulkner aaid that nong the people generally the Cleveland ntiinent was very strong. Determined to Die. Columbus, O., October 23.?Martin ads, a German, en route with his Wife id baby from California to Pennsylvma, leaped from a Miami express going miles an hour, while theirain was near luth Charleston last night. Ha placed s baby in his wife's arm, and, opening e window, dove out into the darkness, le train was stopped and backed to the ace where the affair occurred, but no ice of the man could be found. He was en to alight ou his feet and then ran ay. The man was evidently insane, le passengers made up a purse for the Jinan, who is still here at the depot It reported here late this afternoon that 9 body has been found hanging near the llroaa track. He had hung himself th his suspenders. Tbe Old Story, Florence, S. C., October 24.?Yestery afternoon, on F. M. Roger's plantain, five miles from here, three children ?re burned to death. Jack Richardson, e of the farm bands employed by Mr. tgers, locked his three children and tbe g in the house, and went about his >rk. Shortly after dinner it was notlcthat the house was on fire, and those 10 were near hurried to the scene, but was too late, as tbe tbree children, tose ages ranged from two to seven ars, were then burned to a crisp, and aid not be gotten out of the burning ilding. - Miss Katie Cole, aged eighteen, drop1 dead on the street, at Pottstown, Pa., ) other day. Her physician said that ht lacing waa the cause of her death.