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BY KEITH, SMITH & CO. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FE BRU AH Y ?), 1882. VOLUME XXXIII_NO. 12.
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neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago,
Backache, Soreness of the Chest, Gout
Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swellings and
Sprains, Burns and Scalds,
General Bodily Pains,
Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted Feet
and Ears, and all other Pains
and Aches.
No Prepnratlon on earth equals ST. JACOBS OH. na
A tu fr., nitre, ahn?tlv and cheap External Keuiedy.
A trial entails lint the comparatively trilling outlay
of rsrt <vnis. ami every one suffering willi pain
can have cheap and positive proof of its claluis.
Directions iu Eleven iAiiguRRCs.
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MEDICINE.
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Final Discharge.
"I^fotico is hereby given that tho tinder
JL>I signed will apply lo Richard Lewis,
Judge of PrubutO, in his ntlicc on thc 13th
day of February, 1882, fur bis final dischnrgo
us administrator of liouck G. Sligb. deceased
J. Il sLiaii,
Administrator.
January 5. 1882
7-4t.
PUBLIC SALE.
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"IVILL offer for sale at Mountain Rest Farm
11 on FRIDAY, the 10th day of February
next, his Household Furniture. Farming Imple
ments, Wagons. Slock, kc. Terms cash.
January 20, 1882 10-21
Fifty thousand schools cost, probably,
about 8150,000,000, or about one-ninth as
much os tho liquor bill of tho nation. Thc
support of 50,000 ministers of Christ
costs, perhaps, ?50,000,000. There are
four times BS many ngenoics to destroy tho
pcoplo of this country as there aro agonoies
to sovo them. Them arc three teachers of
crimo and pauperism to one of morality and
thrift. Ten times in muoii money is spent
for thc destruction of men as for their
Having.
MRS. PARTINGTON SAYS, don't tnko any of
thc quack rostrums, as (hey are regimental
to tho human system; but put your trust
in Hop Hitters, which will euro general
dilapidation, costive habits and ernie
diseases. They saved 1*1100 from a severo
extract of tripod lover. They aro tho tie plus
ttiium o? medicines.- Boston Globe
"An infidel young lawyer, going
to tlic West to settle for lifo$ made
it his boast that ho "would locate
in some place where lhere were
no churches, Sunday Schools or
Bibles." He found a place which
substantially mot his conditions.
Hut before the year was out he
wrote to a former classmate, a
young minister, begging him to
come out and bring plenty of bi
bles and begin preaching, and
Start a Sunday School, for he said
'he had "become convicted that ti
place without Christians and Sab
baths, and churches and Bibles,
Was too much like hell for any
living man to stay in."-Exchange.
ALWAYS RBFRRMIINO.-A delicious odor is
imparted by Florieton Cologne, which is
nlwnys refreshing, no nmMcr how freely used.
A Worm TO MOTHERS.-.Mothers should
remember it is a most important duty at thin
fearon to look after tho health of their fami '
lies and elconso tho mnluiia and impurities
from their systems and that nothing will tono
up tho r-tomach and liver, regulato tho bowels
find purify the blood so perfectly ns Parker's
("linger Tonio, advertised in cur columns.
Post, Sec othor column.
Mischief Makers.
0, could thoro tu tho world bo found
Sonic little spot of happy ground
Where village pleasures might abound,
Without thc village tattling;
How doubly blest that placo would bo,
Whore all might dwell in liberty,
Freo from all tho bitter misery
Of gossips, endless prattling.
If such a placo was really known
Darno peuce might chum it os ber own,
And in it she might fix her throne
Forever and forever.
There, Uko a queen, might reign and live,
While every ono would soon forgive
Tho littlo slights they might re?oive,
Aud bo offended uovcr.
'Tis mischief-makers that remove
Far from our hearts that warmth of love,
And lead us all to disapprovo
What gives another pleasure.
They seem lo tuko our part, but when
They've heard our oa res, unkindly then
They soon recall them all again,
Mixed with their poisonous uicoBurc!
Oh! that tho mischief making crew
Wore ull reduced to one or two,
And they were painted red and blue,
That every ono might know them;
Then would our villagers forget
To rage and quarrel, to foam aud fret,
And fall into uu angry pct
For things so much below thom.
For 'tis a sad degrnding part,
To make another's beso smart,
And plant o dagger in the heart
Wc ought to love and cherish.
In quietness, with all aiouud,
While friendship, joy and peace abound,
Let mo in happiness bc found,
And angry feeling perish.
Tho Election Bill
KU KL TEXT OF ITS MORE IMPORTANT PRO
VISIONS.
Thc following oro thc moro important
provisions of the Election Bill, as finally
passed by both Houses of thc General As
sembly.
SKHTION 1. All male citizens of thc
United States, of the ago of twenty one
years and upwards, not laboring under tho
disabilities of tho Constitution, without
distinction of race ot color or former con
dition, whosliall huvc becu a resident of tho
State for ono year, and in tho couuty in
which ho offers to vote for sixty days uext
preceding any general election, shall bo
entitled to vote: Provided, That no person,
while kept in any almshouse or asylum, or
of unsound mind, or confined in any public
prison, or shall have been convicted of
treason, marder, robbery of the goods or
chattels of n not tier with or without violence,
whether taken fruin thc person or other
wise, or of duelling, shall bc allowed to
vote.
SKC 2. All cleotors of thc State shall bc
registered as hereinafter provided, and no
person shall bc allowed to voto ut any elec
tion hereafter to bo held unless registered as
herein required.
SKC 3. Un or before thc first doy of March
next, and on or before the same day in every
second year thereafter, tho Governor shall
appoint, by and with thc advice and con
sent of tho Senate, if in session, and if not
io session, 8ubjeet to removal by the Gov
ernor, by and with tho advice and consent
of tho Senate, one competent and discreet
person in each county, who shall ho a quali
fied voter thereof, und who shall hold his
office at tho county scat, who shall bc
known as thc supervisor of registration of
suoh county, and whoso duty it shall bc to
superviso the registration of tho electors of
such otiuuiy ns hcrciu specified. Tho said
supervisor of registration shill keep a rc?
cord of his ofticiul oots and proceedings.
Tho term of his office sholl bo for two years
from tho date of his appointment, who shall
continuo in oflico until their successors arc
appointed and qualified, and he shall not be
eligible to any other offico during tho term
for which ho is appointed.
The Governor shall have tho authority
to nppoint un assistant supervisor iu oaso of
tho inability of' thc supervisor to act, who,
when so appointed, shall havo all tho pow
ers and bo charged with tho duties of tho
supervisor, and shall receive iivo dollars
per diem when ootuolly employed. Tho
Governor shall also appoint, two assistant
supervisors of elcotion who shall servo
without compensation-who shall sit with
tho supervisor in all eases where thc
supervisor shall refuse to register tho op?
plicant.
SKO. 4. Tho Soorotury of Stato shall, by
tho 1st Match, Anno Domini 1882, cuuso a
sufficient number of registration books nnd
blanks to bo proparcd, so that thoro shall
bo two of the said books for cooli precinct
in each county, whioh books shall bc ruled
in cot tun ns, with proper headings, so as to
indicate tho nome, agc, occupation ond
placo of residence of each doctor, with n
separate column to tho right side of tho
pago for all such entries os moy bo neces
sary.
SKO. 5. After tho opproval of thia Act,
tho supervisor of registration, in tho months
of May and June next, sholl moko a full
and completo registration of all qualified
voters in tho following manner; Ho shall
givo throe week's' notice of tho times and
pinces of rcgislrition by advertising in ono
cr moro county pnpers, or by posting in a
public phiCC in each voting precinct, whore
no paper is published in tho county. Tho
time for registration shall not bo leas thou
tbiee days at eoch registration prooinot.
Immediately after closing tho registration at
tho precincts, ho shall open his bi? t
tho oounty scot, to oorreot errors iu r
trotion, mid to register suoh electors as
failed to register at thoir respectivo pre
cincts, and who shall then and there prc?
sent themselves then und there for that pur
pose, entering tho namco ot' such voters ia
his book for their proper prooiucts. At
thc conclusion ot' tho registration herein
before provided for tho supervisor of regis
tration shall revise tho list; and in oaso it
bc mado to appear to his satisfaction that
there is a qualified voter ia a prcoinot who
has failed io register, ho may, upou Buch
ovideaco os ho may think necessary in his
discrotion, permit tho name of suoh voter
to bo pl ired on aid list, andj to issue a
certificate therefor. That for the purposo
of registration, caoh township us now laid
out and defined bc, and is hereby, dcolarcd
a registration prcoinot, and in those coun
ties in which there- arc no suoh townships,
that thc*parish as formerly known und de?
fined bc, und is hereby, declared such pre
cinct, nnd io tho cities cf Columbia und
Charleston each ward shall bc a registration
precinct.
SEC. 6. When tho said registration' shall
have been completed, thc bootes shall bo
closed, and not reopened for registration,
except for the purposes and os hereinafter
mentioned, until after tho uext general
election for Stuto officers. After tho said
next general election thc said books shall bc
reopened for registration of such persons as
shall thereafter become entitled to register
ou tho first Monday in each mooth, to and
until tho first Monday iu July, inolusivo
preceding tho following gcnerul election,
upon which last named day thc same shall
bc closed abd not reopened for registration
of such eleotors on tho days above men
tioned, until thc first day of July preceding
a general elction, when tho same shall bo
closed as aforesaid until thc said general
election shall have taken place.
SKO. 7. Bich elector in thc State shall
bc required, at thc time advertised for his
precinct us herciubefuro provided, to appear
before tho supervisor of registration at thc
place advertised, and make oath before tl o
said supervisor, which oath thc said super
visor is hereby authorized and required to
administer, that thc facts then and there
to bo stated by him us to his name, age,
occupation, and plaoeof residence, and du
ration of residen co in county und Stuto, ero
true, and thereupon tho said supervisor
shall enter thc name, ugo, occupation und
placo of residence of tho elector in thc ap
propriate column in hts registration book,
lie sholl make and keep a list of thc con
tested applications for registration whioh he
rejects, and report thc Hume for hearing be
fore the assistant supervisors heretofore re
quired.
SEC. 8. Tho supervisor of registration
shall determine ns to the tegul qualifications
of any applicant for registration by num
mary process, requiring oath, evidence, oi
both, if he deem proper, subject to revision
hythe assistant supervisors nm) himself in
all oases where ho has refused to register
the applicant. From thc decision of thc
supervisors of registration any applicant
who is rejected shall have tho right to a re
view thereof by the circuit courts, provided
he give uotioo in writing to tho supervisor
of such review and tho ground thereof,
within (ive days after the day of rejection,
and institute his proceedings within ten
days nftcr thc filing of suoh notice.
SKO. 0. Any person coining of agc, and
becoming qualified as an elector, may ap
pear before tho supervisor of registration on
tiny day on which the hooks uro opened as
aforesaid, and take oath as to his ago and
qualifications os herein before provided, nnd
if thc supervisor find him quo I i lied, ho shall
enter his natue upon tho registration book
of tho prcoinot wherein ho resides. Such
person phall havo tho right of appeal os
oforesaid, in case the supervisor shall God
him qualified: Provided, That in cose a
person shall not bc of age to qualify him as
an elector on thc day of thc closing of tho
books of registration before any general
election, but shall bc of such ago os will
qualify him as such elector before tho said
gcnerul election, and shall appear before thc
supervisor of registration and take oath
thereunto, and tho supervisor shall find
him qualified, he sholl enter his name upon
thc registration book ns oforesaid.
SEO. 10. Each olector registered ns
aforesaid shall thereupon bo furnished by
tho supervisor with a certificate which Bhall
contain a statement of his agc, occupation
and place of residence, as entered in thc
said registration book, nnd which certificate
shall bo signed by tho said supervisor, and
no person shall bo allowed to volo nt any
other prcoinot than tho ono for which ho is
registered, nor unless bc produces and ex
hibits to tho managers of elections suoh
certificate: Provided, In oaso there shall
bo no election prooinot within any town
ship or parish, tho supervisor shall desig
noto in thc certificate at which of thc
neighboring prooinotstho elector sholl vote;
and in case there bo moro than one prcoinot
in any township or parish, tho supervisor
shall likewise designate in tho certificate ut
which of tho soid precincts tho elector shall
voto. The certif?calo of registration shall
bo of thc following form:
Registration Certific?te Number -
-i-County,-Township, Flcotion
Precinct-. Tho borer,- is o
qualified voter in tho above precinct and
resides ot-, in-Township or
Parish, nnd is ? ? years of ?go and en
titled to volo ot said precinct.
Registered on tho-day of -?-?,
A. I). 188
Supervisor of Registration.
SEO. ll. '"hat overy olector sholl have
tho right to a renown! of his oevtificato
without foo or charge, when tho samo bc
oouios dcfiocd by limo or aocidctit, upon his
I surrendering suoh ooitiGouto, BU defaced, to
tho supervisor of registration.
SKO. 12. In oaso of tho removal of an I
elector from ono rcsidcuoo to another in thc I
saino j,rcoioot suoh elector shall notify tho
supervisor of registration, and shall aur
reudor his ocrtitioato of registration, who
shall outer tho faot upon tho registration
book, and shall givo suoh elector u new ocr
titi into in accordauoo with suoh ohaugo of
residence
SEO. 13. In oaso of tho romovul of an
elector from one precinct to another pro
oinot in tho H une oounty, such oleolor uhall
uotify tho supervisor of registration, aud
shall, by tho said elector, enter tho fifrj;
upon tho proper registration book, and shall
givo such -iootor a new certificate for thc
precinct into which ho has removed.
SK.O. 14, In tho case of tho removal of
on elector from ono oounty to another, such
elector shall notify thc supervisor of regis
tration of tho oounty wherein ho is regis
tered, aud shall surrender his ccrlihoato of
registration; and thc said supervisor of reg
istration shill thereupon enter tho faot of
such removal upon tho registration book as
aforesaid, aud shall give suoh olector a cer
tificate of transfer to the oounty to whioh
such elector "shall have removed, upon tho
prcscntatiou of which tho supervisor of
registration for suoh county shall cause such
elcotor to bo registered in tho precinct of
such county to which ho shall have rc?
moved, and shall furnish such elector
with a certificate as hereiubeforo provided.
SKO. 15. No eleotor removing from ono
residence, precinct, or county to another
shall bo ullowod to register or vote without
a transfer of registration as abovo provided.
SKO. 16. Tho supervisor of registration
shall, immediately preceding each election,
reviso thc registration of electors and mark
off thc names of such electors as havo died
and such os have removed from ono resi
dence, prccinot, or county to another, with?
out notifying him nnd obtaining a certificate
of transfer as hereiubeforo provided.
SKO. 17. At each and every elcotioo th<
supervisor of registration shall furnish thc
managers of election with one of tho regis
tration .books for each prccinot for tho oarc
and custody of which tho manager receiving
tho same shall bo responsible, aud whiol
they s h u 11 return to thc supervisor of reg
istration within threo days uftor tho close o
election; and no elector shall bc allowed ti
voto whoso name ia not registered us hcrc
iubefore provided.
SKO. 18. Tho supervisors of rcgistratioi
shall receive, fur 'their compensation in th
County of Chirlcston one thousand dollar
and in caoh other county in this State liv
hundred dollars. Thc compensation of th
supervisors after tho prese ul your to b
fixed by thc General Assembly.
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SEO 24. Thc polls shall bc open at sucl
voting places as shall bo designstod ot '
o'el >ck in the forenoon, and close at I
o'clock in thc afternoon of tho day of cloe,
tion, and shall bc kept opec during thes
hours without intermission or adjournment
and thc managers shall administer to cad
person offering to vote an oath that ho i
qualified to vote at this election, occordin
to tho Constitution of this Stato and thu
he has not voted during this election.
***** *
SKO. 27. All bar rooms, saloons and otho
places for the salo of liquois by retail sha!
be closed at six o'clock of thc evening pro
ceding thc day of suoh election, and rcmai
closed until six o'clock in thc morning o
tho day thereafter, and during thc tim
aforesaid and thc salo of intoxicating liq.
uors is prohibited. Any person duly con
victed beforo a competent court of a viola
tion of this section shall bo punished by
fine not exiecding fifty dollars, or by iui
prisonmcnt not exceeding six months, or b
both, such fine and imprisonment in tho dis
bretton of tho court.
SKC. 28. Tho voting shall bo by ballot
which ballot shall bo of plain white pape
of two and a half inches wide by liv
inches long, clear and oven cut without or
natnent, designation, mutilation, symbol o
mark of any kind whatsoever, except th
name or names of tho person or person
voted for, and thc offico to which suoh per
son or persons aro intended to bo chosen
which nanto or names and offioo or offioe
?hnll bc written or printed or partly writtei
or partly printed thereon in black ink; ant
such ballot shall be folded so ns to concea
thc nanto or names thereon, and so foldei
shall bc deposited in a box tobe constructed
kept and disposed of ns hereafter provided
.md no ballot of any other description fount
in any election box shall bo counted.
SKO. 20. There shall bo separate ont
distinct ballots for the following officers, ti
wit: 1, Governor and Lieutenant Governor
2, other Stuto officers; 3, Cirouit Solicitor
4, Stato Soojtor; 5, Members of tho llousi
of Representatives; G, County ofiioers; 7
Representatives in Congress; 8, Presiden
tial Electors; on whioh shall bo tho name!
of thc person or persons voted for as sud
ofiioers, respectively, and tho oflico fo
which they aro voted: Provided, Thu
whenever n vote is tobe tnken on any spe
cial question or questions, n box shall bi
provided and properly labelled for that pur
pose, and the ballots thcrcforo shall bo de
posited therein.
SKO.80. Tho commissioners of elcctioi
shall provide for each election precinct I
sufficient nt niter of boxes to meet tho re
quirements of tho foregoing sootioti. Ai
opening shall bo made in tho lid of ead
box not larger than suflioicut for a Bingi
ballot to bo itisurtcd therein nt ono time
through which caoh ballot received propc
to bo placed in suoh box shall bo inscrlut
by tho person voting, and bo no other
Each box shall bc provided with a euflioicn
look, und each box shall bc publicly oponci
und inspected, tu show that it is empty and
secure, aod looked just buforo tho opening
o? tho poll and tho keys returned to tho
managers, and shall uot bo opened during
thc election. Euch box shall bo labelled in
plaiu uud difMnot lloman letters, with tho
office or ollh. -otcd for, and tho mana
gers, on tho demand of tbo votor, shall bo
required to read to him tho names ou thc
boxes, and no voto for any office other than
that for which such box shall bo designated
aud labelled shall bo counted. At ouoh
precinct, a space or enclosure, such as tho
managers of election shall deem fit and
sufficient, shall be railed od or otherwise
provided, with an opening, ut ouo cud or
side for tho entronco of the voter, aud uu
opening at tho ottier for his exit, as a poll
ing place in which to hold thcclcotion for tho
Stute, circuit and county o Iii ces. A similar
but separate and distinct spuco or cuolosuro
shall bc railed off or otherwise provided us
a polling place for tho election of Congress ?
men, nud Presidential electors, nt such dis
tance from the polling plaoo for Stato offi
cers as thc Commissioners of clcctiou for
each county shall determine ond oppoiut
for caoh election precinct. Hut one voter
shall bo allowed to enter any polliug placo
ut a time, und no one exocpt thu managers
shull bo allowed to speak to tho voter while
in thc polliug plucc casting his vote.
METHODISM
[Columbus Enquirer J
Nothing better illustrates the properties
of heaven than Methodism. Nothing is
better to show tho possibilities of small
beginnings and humble men. God, in thc
workings of his providence, ignores tho
plans und means that human wisdom would
adopt, lu his ruling little things often
becomo groat und what men consider fool
ishness is wisdom is his eyes. A century
and a half ago Wesley and a few humble
adhoronts iu England, becoming weary of
the pomp and circumstance of form, longed
for what they considered deeper spiritual
manifestations aud determined to set up
fur themselves outsido of tho mother
church. Tho baud of God was in their
work and a revolution commenced in church
matters which hus gono on spreading till
tho whola world seems likely to become
permeated with the loaven of Wesleyan
Methodism. From tho few hutnblo and
obscure societies which wcro scattered herc
and there in Britain, tho denomination has
grown into millious und has a foothold in
every civilized nud hcuthcu couutry on thc
globo. Its influcuce is universally ac
knowledged and respeoted. lt docs not
claim to bo tho only true churoh nor in
thc lino of upostolical acocssion, but only a
branch of thal graud, true church which is
destined to subdue kingdoms and cooquer
thc whole curth. Its simplicity and earn
estness commends it to tho wants of thc
masses, and forces tho respect uud cou fi
deuco of even those who differ from its
polity and tenets. It used to be designated
as "religion in earnest," ond its final sue-'
?CBS ss an instrument ot'% God will depend
upon fidelity to first principles. It is well
calculated for tho grand mission of pro?
claiming thc gospol to every creature. Its
ono hundrod thousand itincraut preachers
scattered throughout thc habitable globo,
aro indeed a great moral force which must
be respeoted and odmircd. No good men,
however widely differing in their notions,
as to forms and methods, can afford to
despise an instrument which God approves.
No spirit of rivalry should subvert thc
meed of praise lrom nu instrumentality so
grand and effective. Differences os to tbo
letter oro ndmissablo, but unity of spirit is
highly desirable. Methodism concedes thc
virtues of all evangelical creeds, and
good men arc found in all of thom.
lt nets upon that grand catholicity of spirit
enunciated by St. Peter when bo said:
"Now I perceive that God is no respect?t
ot persons, but in every nation'ho that
foareth God and workcth righteousness is
acoeptod of Him."
Statistics of Intemperance.
Reliable statistics show 175,8-13 places in
tho United States where alcoholic beverages
aro sold and over 8,000 distilleries and
breweries in full operation; 09,350,270
gallons of spirits oro distilled -n year and
13,347,110 barrels of fermented liquor
manufactured. Tho direct cost of this
liquor is at least ?720,000,000, whilo it
brings an indirect cost of $720,000,000
moro. Tho corn, ryo, barley and molasses
taken for tho manufacture of tb080 liquors
ts so much food taken out of tho mouths of
tho people.
According to thc census returns of 1870
tho wages that jcar in nil our manufactur
ing establishments amounted to about
8775,000,000; our church property was
valued nt$804,000,000; wo paid for edu
cational purposes 895,000,000; our public
libraries were estimated to bo worth $91,
000,000, whilo wo paid tho eatno year for
intoxicating drinks nearly os much as tho
wages amounted to in all our mat U foot uri ng
establishments, noarly $2,000,000 moro
than bli our church property and publio
libraries wore worth, together with what wo
paid for educational porposcs and more than
one-half tho value of all tho labor in tho
wholo country.
There aro ot least 100,000 engaged in
tho manufacturo and sale ot intoxicating
liquor in this country. Tho lubor of these
mon would bo worth 88,000,000 and tho
labor of tho 600,000 drunkards would, at
avery low estimate, bo worth $150,000,000
moro, whioh, together with tho timo lost by
tho army of modornto drinkors, would
moko tho enormous sum of 8000,000,000.
i Now if wo odd to all this loss of money
pud for drinks, tho labor iu its manufaoturo
und s ilo, und material wasted, tho IOEB of
timo spout by thoso who drink in rooover
iog from its effects and gcttiog ready to re .
sumo their lubors, wo ahull find that tho
actual cost of tho consumers ivory year ex
oceds ?1,400,000,000, being over 8230,
000,000 moro thou tho valuo of all tho
labor of every kind performed io this
whole country during thc same timo and
ncurly two-thirds enough to pay tho publio
dobt.
If this vost sum of money, which is
anou'illy takou from tho productive capital
and industry of tho oountry and worso
than wasted, could bo directed to legitimato
aod useful purposes, it would pay all tho
taxes, educate all tho children, build all
tho churches and school houses, feed and
clytie ul I thc hungry aud nuked, sud leave
a surplus which would bo sufficient to pay
nil thc interest ou our bonds aud wipe out
tho debt itself iu a very few years.
Poison for the Peoplo.
WHAT IS DONK WITH THE TWO MILLION
POUNDS OF AUSBNIO ANNUALLY
IMPORTED.
Committees of experts tell of adultera
tion in food that is simply appaling. Were
ingredients which aro mixed with food in
noxious it would ?still bo a very groat
hardship; but when it is known that tho
most violent poisons oro employed it is a
marvel that tho whole country docs not
risc up and put a stop to such proctiocs and
punish all dealers who sell poisonous articles
of food. If confirmation of thoso startling
statements wero needed ouo bas only to
read tho foots recently brought to light in
Chicago, where it is impossible to find puro
sugar aud where not ten per oent. of tho
milk is good. lu that oity thc broad,
without exception, is poisonous; tho teas
wero uever imported, but aro mado of
loaves "faced" with Prussian blue und
chromate of lead. Scvcnty-fivo per cont,
of tho cream of tartar is white earth, and
thc coffee is coated with lampblack. But
Chicago is no worse that other cities.
Baking powders oro largely composed of
alum. Pickling fluid is diluted with
sulphutio acid, alum and verdigris to give
it a peculiar ftavor. Tho manufacturo of
a groat deal of our coufectioncry should bo
punished as a crime, for much of tho
ouudy sold to children is simply a lump of
white earth inudo attractive to thc oyo with
arsenical paint und sweetened with glu
cose. Costly spiocs aro counterfeited 'ID a
j terribly grotesque manner, the flavoring ho
ing given by tho raakest poisons. Iti
theso and other adulterations arsenic plays
the largest part. Wc import annually two
million pounds of this deadly poison--ono
cent's worth of which would kill 2,800 peo
ple-aud tho bulk of this import is used in
thc preporntiou of food aud clothing.-Food
and Health.
Tho Sourco of tho Mississippi
Tho new found sourco of tho Mississippi
is a sparkling gem of a lake, situated
above and beyond Lake 1 taska. It nestles
among thc pines of an unfrequented and
wild rcgiou of Minnesota, many miles
from thc nearest white settlement and just
on the dividing ridge which forms thc
great watershed of North America. With
in a fow miles of it can bc found lakes
and streams whose wators aro tributary to
tho Red Uiver or tho North and tho Yel
lowstone, thus reaching tho sea thousands
of miles from thc mouth of tho mighty
Mississippi, which flows in a trickling
brook from Lake Glazier. This lako, dis
covered to bc tho truo source of tho great
est river in tho world by Copt. Willard
Glazier, on July 22, 188J, is about a milo
and a half in greatest diamotcr, and would
bc nearly round tn shape but for a singlo
promontory, whose rooky shores give it in
outline thc shape of a heart. Tho wotcra
of tho lako aro uxooediugly olear mid puro,
coming from springs, some being at the bot
tom but thc threo most prominent riso a few
miles book in low, wet land and
flow into tho luke in little rills. On tho
very point of thc promontory is a spring
whoso wators aro os cold ns icc and at
which Capt. Glazier's weary party slaked
their thirst while exploring thc shores of
tho now hike. So lonely is tho region
around the lake that for fonrtcon days not
even a redskin was soon, und, wearied by
tho hardship of this rough country, yot
with a feeling of having added something
to geographical knowlcdgo, Capt. Glazier
and his party were glad, indeed, to como
into contact again with their fellow crea
tures.-Dubuque Herald.
A Tempor?neo Tale.
[Bonham News.]
Sixty conts invested in whiskey in tho
timo of 1869 cost Fannin oounty, Texas, in
time and money moro than tho rcvenuo
arising from tho whiskey troffio for five
years amounted to. Wo speak of tho hw
vestment by young Deon. Ho shot Dan
Coultor and poor Dan passed into tho spirit
land. Then tho McDonald's shot and
killed Dean. For this ofFcnoo they woro
arrested and ofter continuing tho caso
several times, wero tried and conviotod of
manslaughter and sentenced to tho peni
tontiary. Whilo in jail they wero rescued
by their friends breaking oten tho jail and
liberating them. Taking this altogether,
this sixty cents worth of whiskey killed
two men, mado ono widow, caused two men
to bo incarcerated and kept in jail at au
onormous cxponso to Fannin county and
troublo to tho families aud friends of thoso
two men and then the expenso of witnesses
and ttinls in court, and loss of limo to tho.
sheriff and posso, put Fannie oounty tO
tho expense of not less than 810,000, and
that is just about tho usual per cent,
whiskey pays and pays it iu thc same way.