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TO THINE OWN SELr- BE TRUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS T \iGHT TH^DAY, THOU^CAKIS'I NOT THEN BE FALSETTO ANY jv KEITH, SMITH & CO, WAl^HALL/y, SOUTH CAROL^^ y^iSsj"^' VOLUME XXXIV --NO. 3. KOTED MEN ! ?DR. JOHN F. HANCOCK, Ate President of the National Phar na'ce?ucal Association of the United tates, says : "Brown's Iron Diners has a fitftvy, sale, is conceded to bo n Tino tonic ; tho character of thc manu* /acturert ls n voucher for ?ts purity and medicinal excellence." . DR. JOSEPH ROBERTS. ^President Baltimore Pharmaceutical College, says I "I Indorso lt as A (Ino medicine, reliable ns a ttrenglhcnlng tonic, free from alcoholic poisons. DR. J. PARIS MOORE, PH. D., Professor of Pharmacy, Balti more Pharmaceutical College, says: . " Brown's Iron Billers Is n safe Mid reliable medicine, positively free from alcoholic poisons, and cnn be recommended ns n Ionic for ur,e antoni; those who oppose alcohol," DR. EDWARD EAI?CKSON, Secretary Ballimore College of Phar macy, says . " I indorse It as an excellent medicine, a good digestive agent, and a non-intoxicant ?it the fullest sense." Dr. RICHARD SAPINGTON, one of Baltimore's oldest and most reliable physicians, says : " AH who have used lt praise its standard virtues, ?nd tuc well known characterof thc house which makes lt is a sufficient guarantco af its being all (hat is claimed, for they arc men who could not be in? duced lo offer anything else bul a reliable medicine tor public usc." ? Druggist CurecK Boonsboro, Md., Oct. is, 18C0. Gentlemen: lirown's Iron Bit? ters cured me ol' a bad attack bf Indigestion mid fullness in thc stom ach. Having tested it, I take picas tire In recommending it to my cus tomers, and am glati to say it gives entire satisfaction to all." Ono. W. HOFFMAN, Druggist. Asie your Druggist for BROWN'S IRON BITTERS, and take no other. Oho trial will convince you that it is just what you need. -TRADE NORMAN'S ^fcUTRALlx,^ -MARK ?fiURRand effectual Itcinoily for tho enroof nil Irregularities mid ilii-milcis ot' thc Stom ach nm) Dowels, whet lier 111 chllilrcu or nihill.". Itisneei'ptnblo to tho Stomach without being OfTotitdvo to tho taste. Prompt ly rollovhig Pvsentory, Diarrhoea, Choi -- tra Morbilli, tami, ia Infantum, Fills, driping; rain?, Klnttilcm-y, Kangra, Aridity of tho Stomach, Heartburn, Bick and Ncrvomt Heiulacho ami Dyspepsia. May bo used In nil derangements o? -- tho8tomnch and Dowels fioiii relaxation of tho Intest lues or a. chango of food or waler. NEUTRALIZING CORDIAL Is ns pleasant and harmless as Itlitclc berry Wino. Docs not contain Opium and will not constipate. Specially rc Oom 'mended for SonalcUuoss and Toothing Olilltlvoiit Price ase. and $1.00 per bottle. ?oUlby all Druggists ami Dealers lit Medicine. EX0EL8I0R OHEMIOAL 00, I Sole Proprietors, Walhalla. 8. C. U.S.A. A DISORDERED LIVER IS THE BANE of the present generation. It is ft>P the buro of this dlsoaso and Ita attendants", BICK-HBADAOHE, BTLI0U8?E83, DY8 fS^SH7COM8nPATI?yfrPILEB, etc. that TJTt'B P?LLfl haye gained a worid-widto roputotfon. Nfd Remody han ever boori .">ttlflfl?YProd that ftofa> BO gently on tho frervous fayatobi lb l5W6b?pvHtgor.to w~ fife iDovelopod, and the Body-llobus?. j B. RIVAli.a Plantor.stt.Bnyotl Bari?, r.a., soya: fSf plantation la Iii .> malarial dlstrlot. Po* hovoi al years I could not maka naif a crop on kooount of bilious dlseasee and ohllls. I was taonrly cMSbburaged when Z bogan the viss of XUTT'S i'ji,l,ft. Tb? result waa marvelous* ?ny laborors noon became hearty anil robuaa, knd I hnvo had no further trouble. i TI i OT vcl tove lito engorged I.tv?pt eleotun M'c Blood from poison o ii* hamers, mid ?ante tho bowel? to ?ot naturally, witts* out willett no one carn feel well. te nealtby ingestion. Vigorous Hotly, Pure .Hood, Ntroiig Nerves, ?tad at Mound Liver. Price, ?13 Cr nfs. OfDoo, SS Murray Kt., N. V. TUTT'S HAIR DYE. ORA Y ir AT ti or WntSRsns changed to a GLOSSY HI.ACI? by t\ Hlnglo application of this Dvp.. It Imparta ft natural color, find nets Instantaneously. 6f?Ol|<o,J?o?Iftrg8'B,,'01 "?nt by oxprcM 0D tece'P* Offioo, Bli Murray Street, NevV Vork. Dr. TVTT'S MAXVA??, of Val noblet. Tnfortitatlon ??td tJmeful Itecetofa ? will Se m o ?cd rou ot? ?j?j)Hoattom? July 13, 1882 84 ly Cheapest Klbtoatttffe ..ft WANTED jt. o.rttj Cunts WHERE Att EISE FAILS. 1 Beni Cough MyTUO. Taniosgood. Ugo In lime. Bold by druggists. CONSUMPTION. ?IJwi * potlllyorotiiody for the abovo dltjmio; by lt? &&MiV!wMlWV. ?f ,M0 wnr"? klnW?nd"?f fo lg K^'""B I'nvo Boon cnro.1. In.teo.1, no ttronr; li mv faliR III lt? ?ffliAcy, that f will KOiid TWO IIOTl'I.KH I" fx i,. anytufforor. OlvoKxprrcsniKl p. o. nihlrr>?. . . PR. T. A, BLOCUU, lirrPosririlVK?WYork'.' Whcil tho Hose* Droop lit Fall. Wheo tb? roses droop io fall, Aud the fragrant zephyrs ?eas'?, Wheo tho froets spread over ail, And the nun mer tithes release, Lovo will Hoger, ho?rtB bo true, Though tho hirds have flown away; Wo at home will hope reoew, While winds of wiotor play. Wheo tho roses droop io fall They again will come some day; WheU no winters storm will call. Wheo the sunshine beams io Mayy We shall always ju)ful be, Lovo will mah? fair Eden sweet; Eur in blissful unity, Heaven was mode for earth's rotrcot. When tho rosea droop in f?ll, Think not sadly of thc past; Winter's frost should not uppail, Trying times won't olirays last. Roses shall again appear, Hu ila will come ugsio to sing) All will be feweot aud dear, When the roses come in spring. The Finances of the State. Tho annual report of Coroptroller-Geno roi Brutton is full of isolld fuuts und s?g?? gcsiivc figures. It is u completa record of thc financial condition of the State and of thc operations in tho several departments of thc government-. UutJcr tho Act of 1880 requiring tho Comptroller Gcoerul to ex .mino all bonds and stnuks issued subsequent to Junuary I, 18GG. and which may bu presented for lund ing under tho Act of 1873, tho following bonds utid stocks wcro pussed upon during thc year ending October 31, 1882: Conversion bonds, principal und intcicst, 983,045; bills of thc Rank of tho State, principal and interest, $40,402; funning interest, principal und filterest, $16,393; bills receivable, principal and interest, $1,495; waking altogether 892,235 The invalidity found to exist in these securities was $2,002.50 and tho amount allowed on them wus $00,172.44. Tho tofu I bonded debt of thc State is given nt $0,071.820.43, us follows: Total Consols (valid) $5.429 '928 54, total deU ck'Doy bonds $501,002.24, Sluto scrip Agricultural College $191,300, to be funded for ante bellum principal and inter-- j cst, say $108,924.47, to be fonded for post bellum, principal and interest, (ull Valid) say $85.237.50, to be funded for post bel lum, principal db ll interest, (partly invalid) suv $88.275, to bo funded lor "Fondable interest," (partly invalid) say 8105,289.08, to be funded for bills of tlic Rank of thc .State, $378. The total Green consols, bonds and stalk*, < uistandinu October 31, 1882, was 81,982 391 90, and thc total Rrown consola, bonds and stocks, 81,152, 013.00, Tho invalidity in Green consols amounts to 8705 "77.02, or about 35 per cent. The General Assembly having author ised thc issue of certain deficiency bonds and stocks, lhere will have to bc provided interest as follows: On defioionocs 1879-80 8100, defiiencits 1881, 8100, interest fur 1883 on total funded debt of $0.123,720.78, ?t 0 per cent, ?307,423 25, ana on $448, 104 05 uot yet funded, $20,880.28, mak ing tho totul ititerest for which provision will have to be uiado, 8394,509 53 The n?t receipts ot the State Treasury from November 1, 1881, to October 81, 1882, amounted to $773,8*9 43, which, with tho balance of $89.975.71 in thc treo8ury November I, 1882, makes thc aggregate receipts $813,805.14. Tho expenditutes at thc Slate Treasury during thc year on old accounts amounted to 114.129 18 and the totul current ex. penses $782 098 97. Thc expenses of thc offices of Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Secretury of Stato, Comptroller and State Treasurer umouuted to*825.891.49 office, of Attorney Geucrul $4,784.80, office of Superintendent of Education $5 993 75, office of Adjutant. General, including the special Appropriation of $12,000 for the Organisation of the militia, $17.700 4? legislativo department 120 500.50? office aepa'rt.nenr^f.l'?br'lax' pl??i 880 53, South t?urolinu University 37,500 ropuirs to South Carolina Military Academy 810.000, penal and chuiitable institutions $120.008. State IIuuso und grounds, $1,909, registration, $10,045 85, r-ommis sious on Elecllou law, common carrier.", Genrrnl Statutes nnd on Constitution, $4,124.30, miscellaneous accounts $10. 050 42, interest on Stato debt 1882, $310.-? 072.80, making tho agurcunto expenses ut tho Stute Government $300,228.16 It is estimated thal fi Will tio necessary to provide for the meeting inn i'Xpenses for the fiscal your 1882 83, lor ordinary ex penses of the government $305 400. for interest on debt $394,509.53, making a total of $099,900 53. Thu phosphate royalty should yield $140 OOO' und tho probable surplus from tho taxes ol' 18H). will bo $98.107.47, leaving to bc provided $401,802 00, which cun bo produced by u tux of 8 8 5 mil IP. The vulno of tho real property in thc State is given at $85,884^868, tho value ol ; personul property $45,100,179 09, tho value of fuilroud property .,$14,877,260, making a total of $145.442,202, n'n' inert-use over lust year of $>i,442,307: In reference to tho collection of t'lio poll tax thc Coinptroller-Gcn?rol suya, thar. "Ovli tlc no oae? of resista noe Ins been ut ten pied Or reported, there ??Mili eo?eld'O* ablo evasion successfully practiced." Tho net yield of tho poll tux iinnum-d d Url uti t'llo yew rV $intms>W Bird- ??tl?c tctnV ou ni ber of polls olmrgod nilli tho penalty at???ot to ?119.119.73. Tho dofau'te amount to 984,080.83, of this amount thero is io tho hoods of triul justioos the sv>ui of $12.470 48. Tho polia fur 1880- I 81 netted tho auto of $124.0()0.18, show- : ins ft deoreaso for 1881 82 of 8108.23 I The non cst polls for 1880-81 smountod to $7.658 98. for 1881-82 to $19.707.97." l i The roost important ro'oominondation , raido by ?enerul llrattuo in his report is ? i lb afc rolatiog to tho assessments of railroad j ?iropcrty. Ho rceouimends that tho gross ucotnii of the different railroad componicfl j be taken as tho basia of valuation fur pur ; poses of taxation. Under the present methods thero ia oo uniformity in fixing the value of auoh property fur assessment. Thu plan suggested by the Comptrjllor Gcuoral would ac??io uniformity oed fur nish a basis of valuatiou to whioh there OOUld bo UO objection With reference to insurance companies, the Goinptrullcr-Gcneral suggests thut tho existing Iowa are sufficient for tho protec tion uf the publia The pcoplo who insuro aro themselves to blamo lor oby losses they may aumain by insuring tweompanies with out tho Stoto whioh do not take out liaon&cs t? carry oo business within thc State. Under thc low, tho Comptroller General has authority to examine into tho official conduct of tho financial agents of tho Government in the various cuuntics, but tho law as it stauds ia a dead letter, Unless ho bo furnished witn tho meuna to carry on Mic investigations whenever such may bo necessary. Ki th er tho law upon this point should bo repealed or suitable pro vision should bc made to meet tho neces sary expenses involved in the examination of such irregularities us may occur. The effiuieucy of thu puMio service could be increased und irregularities in thc dischurgc of important trusts could bc prevented, or speedily corrected, were tho Comptroller General furnished with the means to make such investigation into the cuuduct of his subordinates au might be deemed necessary for thc public good. Tho recommendation of Gen. Bratton upon this point deserves ooustderatiou. 4*olfl Real' Woiide?'s. Gold leaf was made in Egypt 1700 B. C Homer refers to it Tho temple of Solo mon was profusely gi't. Pliny states chat in hin time a single ounce of cold admitted of being bern on out into 750 ICHVCS, four fingers in length by the sime in breadth This tenuity is .ar exceeded in tho present day. "About 1021," says Ucekinunn, "Mcrunrio excited general astonishment, when ho showed that the Parisian golds boaters could beat nn ounce of cold into 1,000 louves, which together covered a surface of 105 square feet. Hut in 1711. whoo tho polliolcs discovered hy the Ger mans oame to be used in Par's, Mourner found that nn minee of gold, in thu form of a cube, live und a half lines at most in length, breadth and thickness und which covered a surfueo of uhout twenty -seven square lines, could be so extended by thu gold beaters ns to cover n surface uf more thut 1,4001 square feet." Tho Habit of Saving Children who have a little money ought to practice i ho art of saving. Many buys und girls of to-dny hardly know n higher usc for money that coined into their hands than spending it lor sumo foolish thing us quit?kly us possible. To such, u lesson io self-denial and eoonomy is very important. Asgo tito boy's pennies and dimes, so, very likely, will go tho man's dollars and hun dreds by und by. Without having the spirit of a miser, thu person aocustomed to savu hat) moro pleasure in laying up than a spendthrift ever knows Tho way to koop money i3 td carn it fairly and honestly. Money sd obtained is pretty sure to Hbido with Its possessor. Hut money thut is inherited, or that in nny way comos without a fair and just equivalent, in almost ocr ta in to go us it cune. Thc young mun who begins by saving n few dollars a month nod thriftily increases his store - every coin being a representative ol good, solid work-stands a better ohanoo to become* lion' obValn8Af tmiotl^ tty ?t%WX speculations, or thc devious means willoh abound in tho foggy region lying bot ween fuir dealing and aotuai fraud. Among the wisest and most thrifty men of wealth, the current proverb is, ..money goos ns it come." Let tho young men luke n note of this nm) see that their money comes fairly, that it may long abide with them. Hight QoMoil 3P. ii ir*. 1. Knelt tu the truth; simply and sin eer?ly di* what is right 2. Ni-vor join in anything, ill which you nan nut !ook up mid say. ..llb-ss me tn this. O, my Heavenly Pitheif" 8 Try In bf kind and forgiving, both to friends and f?on 4 Speak no evil nf Others, under any circumstances. 6 Watoh n'gainst unger. 0. l/cny yourself indulgence, especially in tastiness. 7. Keep.down p?-ide;' allow none- bu't humble thoughts nf oelf ? Pray. Pray cvory day, fur in pr.iyer U your greatest ?ufety -L. Richmond. ?CcerV your promiso to to thc lotter, bo prompt and it will savo you much trouble* Virginia ?ins 172 tobacco faotorics, whioh consum? -f?.OOu.?DO ?oiindk df tho weed A cl vico to a iToung Man. And wI?Ki you ovoid ofJeosivo bluntness, my boy, it is well to oultivuto a habit of frankness.. Ho straightforward. When you soo anything you want ask for it Uko a tonn. If you want to borrow^ five dollars of a mao, or if you only wr.nt to murry his duughtcr-it amounts to tho nunc thing io tho end-don't sidle up to ri mun and hang on to your bat and talk polities and religion and weather; don't tell old, stale stories whereof you hav? forgotten tho point, and flat, unprofitable jokes that, nevin- had any, until you worry che tho poor old mun into ti flt of nervous irritation, (io ut him with a full head of stcum on and your bow ports open, litte a gunboat pulling for a shore battery. Snort and paw, if you feel like, no matter if you do astonish him. Bettor to astonish a tuan any timo than boro him. Muku a dash ut his affections or bis pock et bool;, or both, like a brindle bull, with u curl,in his fore head, head sot, eyes on Aro, tuii up anet tho dust n-flviog Then you'll fete li htm. Or, possibly, ho muy fetch you But never mind, you'll accomplish something, and you'll show bim that you huvo something to say and arc not afraid to suy it, und say it in plain United States. And take off your nott early in tho fight, my son. Don't bo afraid of hurd wotk. It can't hurt you. Ten o'clock isn't too lato to knock off, and Gvo o'olook doesn't coin? so very carly in the morning to a young mun. It doesn't come so early as three by two hours, and yet how often do you go to bcd al three? No? I'm glad to hoar you say it, beoause, while three o'clock is a very ca?iy hour ut which to risc, it is paradoxically ?1 very late hour ut which to go to bcd. In order to bo up with the lark in the morning. Telemachus, it isn't nt ul I necessary to sit up with him all night But if ynu aro at work tho indi night oil wuo't hurt you. It will do you good, because tho bard worker* arc long livers. You'll never wotk yourself to dculh, my boy. Now, ibero's your lister, she is more liablo to overwork herself than any man you ever knew. 1 believe tho Ceaseless, monotanous round of old ICuryclca's house hold dutico uud domestic Ohres, or young N'ausicaa's worry over the laundry, would kill tho oldest man in A m er tea in u week lt is true t hat winna n's work goos on for ever, but thvu, bless your soul, fair lier? niuiiie, don't let that worry you. You don't go on forever to do it nil. And you don't huvn nil of it to do, even while you live Min's work gocfi on forever, ton; und I'm el.ul of ii. But I'm not going to stay herc to do it nil, nod I shut n't do any more ol toy own while I do 6taj than I huvo to. Don't fret because wo? Hum's work goes on forever You wil have shirts to make and socks to darn foi Neoptoelmus not moro than sixty year any nov?. And ns for you. Telemachus, il isn't huid work that destroys young men its thc intervals thut kill. It's thc relaxa tion that hurts. Some time you may wak< in tho morning with tho worst head upoi you that ever made you sitih for death A-.il you weren't sitting up until 2 o'clocl A. M .either. Vou will lt now lhere isn' a linc of Virgil or a unit of mathematics or one stroke of honest hard work in thu hcad iohe that is going to throw ono mon wasted day into your bright yung life. I you hud bumed tim midnight oil over tin work bench, <<t tho forge or on tho desk o ut tho lathe, it would never huvo manufac lured such a headache as that lt might it would send you to bod, tired us u [ihiidov nf ?lentil, but yon would open your eye next morning on un honest world of hop* und sunshine lind manly ambition willum a blush of shume in nil its radiance. You'I never work yuiirsolf to death, my boy Thc harder yod work the loss mischief uni trouble you will get into.-Burlington Hawkvyc. G HOWTH OK THU MANURE ll RAP - .Mu-t nf the products of lho lunn Lav been gathered for the year, but tho mn mir houp should now begin a rapid und health ful growth. The manure crop is perhap thc most important one of tho winter sea son. if not ol' thc whole year. Upon it size and quality thu success of tho fun Operations very largely depend, lt shout* bc tho tilth' of every one who luis ucres I piogs'of frfii' rar^etitttntf OT1 ?S?.! Unit is used to absorb th ir urine and kee them neat und clean. Tho best manor ia undo lindel cover und the greatest Inf of fertilizing materials is When tho nu. 11 ur is peru,it (ni to decompose so rapidly as t give off largo quantities of uiliii.oftiaj <i \ when drenched willi ratlin which wis uway dark golden siriatus ol the riches best mid mosi roMly of plant foods Th manum th.ll every f.ruier should plan ( make is wfil inned. in bu quickly uvailubl for ihn gtowiiiji tirop, ?iud li m ii"t susiaiiie thu ^Orions loss ttl it eonir* fmui iv?l?r pm hint! iliroutfh it lu re ia no doubt lin it won't) pay immy limners who now fee in hirgi' npi'ii yunis tu build t'diedri, 6'?di wbi-'b I he m-1 ti un- univ be protected. There >itc other points in firm oooiiom gained by Hh>d ur stable feeding. It t?kt leif's food lo keep thc uoiiUals wann an in n healthful condition. A Hhfvcrin animal is an appeal to bolli tho pocket an tho b'curf of tho owner. Oivo tho far stock good, comfortable winter quarters, un there will 60 n saying tu feed, a hetti preservation of tho manure and 11 k i ii cl lt fcoli'ng all round.- Agi icidturixt. Dictor-"Well, Pat hovo you tn^en tl box of pills I sent, your"' ?'at-"Yts, t be jabbers, I have! but fj dont , feel .01 better yet; uiuy bo tho lid hasn't como < The Columbia Ganai. COLUMBIA, Novoiubor 28.-Maj. Thomas 15. Leo, tho engineer in ohorge of tho work I in tho Columbia Canal, has prepared for tho ououl commission a report of tho work dono on tho canal. Tho surveys and esti mates having been modo tho actual work of construction on tho canal was begun on April I Uh last. Up to the first of November there lind been 104 working days, averaging nino houni. Tho working lcroe was eugaged in grading, quarrying and building musoory. Tho labor1 furnished by tho Penitentiary WOB very unequal in efi?oienoy und was divided into three classes, suuh as could bo h if od to (ipenmnrkct ut 81 ricrduy, such ns would oonimaOT ulTo^nto am$Q)uoh an would bring 25 content day, tho'lurjiorcr boarding himself. Up to November" 1 thoip had been dono 53,l?? oubis ya?cls of Jexoavu tion worth 87,202.50. On quarrying thcro hud been expended 3.472 days' labor wi'.h thc result of removing 4,010 cubio yards of excavation valued ut 82,400. Tho rou? woury work dono amounted in value to 82,511.75 und tho totul valuo of work dono is given at 812,210 25. The present vuluo of plunt, consisting of derricks, curs, pumps.&o,. is 83,100, mak ing with thc 82,112 00 paid for thc right of way, the vuluo ot labor and ninney ex pended on tho ouual $17,422.85. Sub tracting from this sum tho ootunl cash 83, 511.00 paid for the prosecution of tho work which was expended for supervision, ma terials, plant und right of way, ''tho actual return for tl.o lobor employed'' is given at *8 911.25. Tho roturn would hovo been belter, "even with the character of labor furnished, hud it been moro stable " An averugc daily force of ono hundred and twenty con victs is now employed on tho nanni in cru ding on the G leger hill-, quarrying Olid building tho masonry for tho waste wier aud retaining walls adjoining The pro gress of tho work is good, being better than nt uny previous timo, and the eflioicocy of the labor is greater, owing to the grouter peiiniincnoy of tho working force As Major Leo says, "tho future progress of thc work will depend on thc funds and labor provided for it," When tho cuiul is finished it will be worth 8500,000 to thc State, tho estimoicd rcvenua derived from rentals amounting ;o 850,000 a year. From the railroad bridge down tho liuo of thc canal for n half milo there uro sites for thc erection of mills, tho fall being ton feet, Between Geiger's mill and ibo Penitentiary there is room and and winer power for four moro mills, with a fall ol twenty feet, and below the Penitentiary there is room and wulcr power for four more mills thc full being twenty-nine and a half feel, Thc canal will give 10,000 horso-powcr of water power, or enough if properly devel oped to drive 800,000 spindles on yunis ur 300,000 spindles on wciiving. Tho Lcgislulurc will bo asked to make tho necessary appropriation for the proseou tina of the work ll is claimed that under thc Act passed last winter the upproprattoii then made is to bc continued from year to year until the oana! is completed. Tun Otr.ti MATIOSAL PIKK.-Tho open ing of tho Redstone brunch of Iho Pitts burgh, Virginia and Charleston Railroad marks a still further deciino in tho famous old National turnpike from Cumberland to Wheeling. "An Aot to regulato the lay ing out and making a read from Cumber land, Md., tO tho State of Ohio," became n law iu 1800. mut (he first, stago ooooh carrying the United Stato mails over that ronlo made its first trip August 1, 1818. Thc distance was one hundred mid thirty miles and thc total cost of constructing this great highway uoross tho Alleghenies was 81 700,000. Ils trallic soon became enor mous and inns to accommodate tho travel ing public sprang up so thickly along its lino that they wero ?aid to average two to a liiilc. Tho pike was admirably con structed, but tho heavy traffic which demon strated its necessity put it in need of fro quent repairs mid tho government finally turned il over lo ibo States of Pennsylvania, Maryland und Ohio, und they established loll gates to pay for its maintenance. Id 1852, with the opening of tho Pcnnsyl. vania llxilropd to Pittsburgh mid (ho Buili . o? i? ..VVj\)(>oling. its d?cline WHY STUOKS AUK PAXICV-New York Herald Editorial: Tho condition of tho tsnck market is just this-moro ni I roads tn ve been built ihm om possibly earn more than thoir working expenses for yours to come, moro bondfl, stcJoks und construction cert i flea f es buvo been floated than there is curit-iioy to pay for, und a competition for business has sprung up ninon?; tho Western rnlroids that cannot result, othcrwiso than tu thc detriment of thu bidders cf these properties. Knowing this tho boars for weeks past have t Cen pounding tho prices to their heart's conten? with tho result of m-srly braging about o panic On tho oilier, h md. railroad earnings uro greater ttmn wore ever before known, mid upon tho oh oap rutes nt present mudo by tho Northwestern to ids und tho eenuin:y that tho water ways must bo shortly frozen up still greater earnings aro cxpuotcd. Not withstanding thc fiot that the general out look is favorable tm unscrupulous lot of speculutois hiivo boiten prices down by haute force, nnd reduced tho stcok market to a condition of weakness, und indecision that in utterly unwiirrcnted by tho gcucral prosperity of ibo country. Although tho bear, movement to o great.extent has bern ari Hiela!, it han been potent, end tho entre, Stock lSxohunge is now Buttering under its influence.' Jpjr. Ta I inside 8?\jd?iins Hu Lute Revolution in /Winer* ican Politics. At tho brooklyn tuboroaolo, Sunday morning, Hov. Dr. Talmago s poko about the "Morning. Without Qlouda/ whoo thoro should bu honest dealings betrrcco all men and honost administration of all govoro ment. In thc latter conneotion ho said': i< "lOvcr since tho morning of tho eighth of November tho politicians hove been try ing to cipher out whst was tho causo of ino revolution in American politics. Somo say it mcaot ono thing} some 6ay it meant I will toll yon what it meant ult ovor that the neoplo of tho Uuited States wero infuriated ut thu fact that tho ofliocrs ojf tho government and those having tho ar* rangement of these things keep their taxes up when they might oomo down, A hua* died million dollars moro than tho necessary taxes taken from the hurd working pcoplo of this country and stored up os a tqmpto'?i lion to publio officials! Tho only wuy, to koop Congress nf tho Uuited States from misappropriating fifty millions of dollars put of the national treasury is to havo DO sur plus in tho treasury to steal! . . "Io this coming Congress tho .Repub licans will havo another opportunity of putting down tho taxes, pud if they do Dot put down tho taxis,' tho revolution. iA Massachusetts and Now York this Autumn will bo only ns nsnow?tko comparec? with with tho avalanche that sh ill oomo down upon their unworthy hoads.! And I toll you. Republicans, und you 1 >eim>erat:i,,thut if you do ont let thc taxes down and let tho people up you will form n now party ou tho platform of anti-taxes, nnii-runi and anti monopoly! And you who havo boon fat tening upon thc publio spoils, reckless of public virtue, shall not have as much aa thOvWages of u street sweeper!" An immense outburst of opplauso fol lowed tho delivery of thc last soutimeut, Thc Cu ITC ll I oA* lt iver* ? A very slight declivity suffices to givo tho running motion to water. Threo inches per milo in u smooth strait channel gives a velocity of about three miles an hour. The Ganges, which gather tho waters of tho Himalaya mountains, tho loftiest in the world, is at 100 miles from itu mouth only 300 feet above tho level of tho sea, and lo full 300 feet iu its long courso thc wo ter requires moro than o month. The great river Mugdclcno in South Amer ica, running for 1,000 miles between two ridges of tho Andes, falls only nbout 500 feet in ?ll that distance. Above tho dis tance of 1,000 miles it luis been deoeuding in rapids and cataracts from tho mountains. Tho gigantic Rio do la Plaits luifl . so gentle a docent to the ocean that in Para-. guay 1,500 miles from its mouth, largo ships aro seen which have sailed against tho current all the way by tho forco of tho wind alone-that ls to nay which, on tho beautifully inclined plano of thc stream, have been gradually lifted by tho soft wind, olia even against tho ou?rent, to un elevation greater thau our loftiest spires. 8IFTKD THUM OUT. Winnowing the Wheal from Hie Tures-A I'l'ohiem lousily Sim plified, "My friend," said (ho druggist, "you havo a Inmc hack, you say, and want a plaster lo put on it. Once I co-ild have shown a Urge assort ment lo chooan from. Now I keep only a few und soil most of BRNBOM'S OXPOtNB I'ORIIR PtAS TP.ll. Why? Hecau?o they nra Hie best, I have Alienist's, I ho Capsicum and same ol hers. They ure harmless and slow. Puniness is busli ness and I gradually censed lo deal in them to any grenl extent." "All righi, do me np a Cnpcinc, without tiny more talk, for my back aches as I hough I had boen working my passage In a baggage car." .. Hiero yeti are," said thc druggist, "with th? word C.\ri INK cut in the middle ol' lite plaste?? proving ii io he genuino." . . "And herc's your 21 cents," said thc lame backed man. walking slowly away. November 10, 18^:!. 62 Iw AN ONLY DAUGHTER CURED OF CON SUMPTION? VyilliN death was hourly expeclCJ, all reme lt dies having failed, and Dr. ll. James was experimenting with the many herbs of Calcutta, In- accidentally made a preparation which cured his.only child of < iiuMiaipi lon , His child Millif>? ????* can oe pusitMxft^lantriif the. best of cured. Thc Doctor now gives tho Recipe free, only asking two throe-cent stamps to pay ex penses This herb also cures night sweats, nausea nt the stomach and will brook up a fresh cojd iti 21 hours. Address Craddock & Co ,. 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