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owiNA U*rs*W*meT'1tttj Wrolttably Use she Preseat Thne of the Year. It is hardly necessary to urge the prompt gathering and housing of all Rnannred crops still remaining in the told. The days will get shorter and chorter, and the weather increasingly ra94 ad utinpleasant; corn \vill waste and. botton will drop on the ground and become stained and trashy. Every bonsideratlon prompts to energy and tiligence. A month hence the days will: be an hour shorter, and one-tenth less-work can be gotten out of a laborer than at present. Indeed, with our present labor, it is becoming unprofita ble to employ any more of it than one can help during the winter months. The negro is so averse to wet and cold during that period it is hard to get worL out of him. But for this, there is much about a farm which could be done, and most conveniently too during the winter. Almost every thing in the way of betterments can be attended to with more advantage then than during the busy crop season. Ditching, removing stumpa and stones, elearing and cleaning up, terracing, filling gullies, making levees across bottoms, making farm roads, hanling leaves for litter, making composts, and other like things, can receive at tention without detriment to growing crops. Such matters are generally put off until spring, and then there is a hur.rying, and rushing, and half doing, to get then done and out of the way, that preparations may be made for summer crops. Very much of this / kind of work may be advantageously done in November, if labor can be held steadily to it; end where hands are hired for the year, it ought to :e done. The fariner can give his whole at tention to these natters-study and plan and supervise closely. We tind that our presence is more imperatively called for by this kind of work than any other on the farm. In routine operations, trained hands can do pret ty well, but in betterments repeated exercise of judgment is called for at almost every step. We talk much of improving our lands by deep plowing, sowing peas, heavy manuring, but what availeth these if land is rolling, and the soil is washed away as fast as it is deepened or enriched. In all efl'orts to improve the soil, the firot step must be to hold it-attention, study, ingenuity, must all be directed to this point. Since terracing has acquired notoriety, hill side ditching has been almost entirely discarded. This may be well after terraces have become firmly establish ed, but anterior to this, whilst the ter races are being made, and the loose earth thrown up by the plow is easily washed away, ditches will be decided ly advantageous, especially if washes have alr3adv begun. In heavy rains, water acquires a terrible momentum down slopes that are long and stee), if allowed to traverse the whole dis tance; catch it in a ditch before it has had time to acquire volume and veloc ity. Make the ditch large and deep enough to hold the water in the heav iest rains; don t he timid about this, fearimg your ditch will become a gul ley. With the greatest fall given hill side ditches, it is an easy matter to get them filled up after they have served their purpose. Every one who has had much experience 'with hill side ditches knows that the trouble is to keep them open. Briars, wveeds, etc., falling into them are constantly catching earths and making a soil in their bottoms, up)on which spring up) grasses and wveeds; these cat ch mnore soil and soon the ditchs breaks over, unless often cleaned out. Inm crossing them with the plo0w dirt and trash fall its to such a (degree that it is next to impossible to keep them open when the plowman does niot turn at the ditch. Where rows are runst on a level onte year's breaking and cultivation of the land will comp)letely obliterate a dlitch that is crossed. A poorly made, inadlequate (ditch is worse than no ditch, but a prtoperly made, lasge ditch has onte (deild' drawback: especiaIlly otn seepQ slopes --the wvater falling into it iom above tenids to start little gullIic.s otn thle uipper edge of the dlitch ; andI these if not checked1 tend to elongate utp the hill in other wvords dlitches tendt to gener ate gullies. Fortunsatelv this canl be obviated by leaviing ans unaplowed strip along the upper edge of the dlitchi. Weeds and grass growing upon this strip hbinds its soil so that water will not cut through it, but checked, in its flow, deposits its t,mrden of soil on said strip atndquietly percolates throtugh This strip shonld be not less than thrsee feet in width. Where this precautions has not been takeni, and gullies have started along the upper edge of ditches, it would be well to put trash of sotme kind in every one of these, wveighsing it down with rocks. A perfect edlge to the ditch can thus be soon estab) lished, and1 the unplowed strip will take care of it afterwards. D on't defer looking after these applarenttly little things; a stitch in time will save more than afterwards. Where moderate gullies have al ready formed haul leaves, straw or trash of any kind and p)ut in thsem-a little brush at intervals, or a ro w of stobs placed across them will serve to keep the leaves from being washed out of them. If this is (lotne, and plow men made to lift their p)lows over in crossing these washes, they wvill very soon fill up. More are less (dirt ril trash will drop into thetm from thme plows as thmep are lifted over, and( this will help to 1Ill them. If' waishies are plowed across without liftiing pionw the loose dirt in the waush is carriedl of!' by the first rain, and thuis everv plo0w lng serves to deepen the wash.' Matke it an unvlolable rule to have the plow lifted over every wvashs that cans lie crossed. At this season of the v'ear' it Is well to sow1 a little rye, whleat or other grain along these washes that are Oiled with leaves; it will help materially to -catch and hold the dirt. whIch Is entried into them b)y rains when this is done) in the spring, a spontaneous growth of grass andl weeds will do the same thing. It is all im por'tant. however, in every case to fix careftilly the lower end of' the wash or gusly so as to check the action of w'atesr there; tIhe filling up ill begin thetro asnd gradually work up the hill. We have repeatedly changed the face of' a fiheld by such simple devices as we have described, and w ith very little Land thus guarded Is ready for ter raeing, adter'aces, when well est ab llshed, will permanenstly. hold the soil ~ud ftt it for the reedption of all the ntanure you can apply to it. Aftesr the soil is prepared to receive manure, the next atep is to fit it for labor-say inlg implements. These are our main reliettee for lessenhtig the cost of pro dtuption, which Is but another expres,. ~i to? $eroelng npt prQIlts. Every tot'bb ti re0war dt e not apply to 44 nbwgrout s or .ekcessively rocky be lahd. It'probabl. Would. not pay to bs spend the requisite labor on these. rl But thoro is an abundance of open it1 laud in the country with very few Co stumps or rocks upon it, and this sti should be cultivateI and improved, an even if badly worn, in preference to kl any other. On all such land the rocks di and stumps should be removed;; he of cost wii not be great, and will soon pc be paid back In the saving of labor it from the use of implements which ra economize labor. The smoothing th harrow, with its broad sweep of ten at or twelve feet, in the early stages of cultivation, and the straddling culti tors, carrying a row at a go, at a later stage of the crop, will soon pay back 1' with large interest the expense of dig ging up a few stumps and( hauling ofr a few rocks. Perhaps these stumps are needed close by to build obstrue- E tions across gullies or ravines, or al levees across branch bottoms, to check of the flow of water during floods and w gather deposits of sediment upon the se soil. The building of levees across di valley lands is worthy of attention. W Braltch bottoms are in some respects our very best lands, but they are often iu badly washed or scoured by heavy w rains. Levees built across at narrow points, where the hills project into the of bottoms, would not only stop the dan age from water, but make the over- til flows a positive blessing tlrougrh the ji rich sediments deposited. Where the ao levees cross the main ditch, abutments nl of heavy rocks or of large timbers ~ should be built or willows planted oni b edge of ditch. Where rocks cannot ct be had to build a levee, a double row ot willows planted across the bottom, G with brush and logs between and di above them, will soonl make a good te dam; a willow darn would cest almost nothing; green willow stalks (rivetn , in along tile line is all that is necessary il as these take root and grow readily T A little work of this kind, not done because not thought of, would often si double the value of bottom lands. 01 Some time ago we discussed at h some length the subject of farm roads, 01 and will not repeat. These should be tl looked after now and put in good 1] order. Ioads can kept in good condi- Ir tion much easier by a little work oft li repeated than by much work at inter- ei vls. As soon as a wash or hole % begins to form fill themn at once; a b; few well broken rocks or spadefuls of t dirt will do it then; a wagon load may hi be required if neglected long. Our Ic public roads would be kept in much :1 better order is small squads of hands pi were kept working on them all the n time, in place of many hands uponl s them twice in the year. This is. very bi emphatically one of the cases in which fu a stitch inl time savet nine. Rocks e. should always be broken tine when tI used upon roads; no piece should be more than one and a half inches through. Small rocks will pack into :t a compact nass, large ones will not ; sa the latter will continually work out to of their beds, 'uld a loose rock in a se road -bed is as o'jectionlable as a stump. tr A rock lma uner will be found a very o convenient thing on a farm, where ec rocks are found. A road bed of clav st is Iuttcl improved by thel addition of w sand. This may sometimes be very (it convieuently obtained by placing ob- el structions at intervals in the adjacent (;( ditches to catch the sand which washes e) into then. On (he contrary, a sandyl hi road-bed is impjrove<t by the addition of clay, and this can someltimues lie ci cheaply obtained where there is an es undimerlyinmg clay' subsoil by digging p, ditches, on each sidle oif the road, deep wv enough to get clay and1 throw it on tI: the road-bed.- Farmers are more dii- Cr reetly interested in good roadls thani any other class in the coimmunity, andt th it t>ehooves them to look carefully og into these matters. They neced gooil hi roadrs oni Iheir farms over whichi to til haul their crops to their barns, and( di goodi pulbbe roadIs to facilitate trains- th] 11ort of prodhuce to~ mar-ket-. t h A large supply of barny~ard mantire, of with wvhich to make compost, is every w ve'ir regardled as5 miore aind more essenm tial on ihe far'mi. Coiiiimicial fiert il- of izers give so multch better icsilts ini 0 conjinction with st all maniuura, thian ( whleni used a lone, thiat every farmer' is thI aniiXous to) have a lull .supply' of t he flh latter. Hie wVants enioughl to go over hi all the land lie culltiva:tes. This cani only be hadl by the use of ample (quan- en lit ies ot litter. l)u rinIg t.hem busy mron m season, he did not feel perhaps that he had time to stop) his teams and( hmands al to hauli leaves ; but. for so me monthis fe norw he will have ample)1 time. A rud(e 01 shelter undter w hichi litter could be th $toredC( and( kept (try is very~ desi rable. of TIhus arr'anged a hlimiItd quantity- could ti< be put iii the stalls at short inutervals, su and becomme t horougrhly incorporated sa1 wvith the dlroppling if5-of thme animals. y WVet leaves banumled dlirectl y from (lie i woods and( put1 ini the stalls, nlot only~ th~ b)rinlgs dliscomfotrt to t.he stock, tun't be acIIs sa muiich water- as (dead wveighit to be0 lianledtt anid hautildiout. Where th ther-e is a choice of oak andu p)ine leaves w thle tatter are rather to be preferred ; y. some persoins regard them of' little thi manuial valune--analysis (foes nt (ontirmIt this viewv. Fr-eshily falleni in leMives; of thle comimon ol field pinle contan n th le folltowinI g (P1uantities of mauial substances ini a hundi(red1 p)arts: t ANALYSIS OF 1-INE ST1sAw, . Aimmoniia (potential).............0.47 th Potash.............. ............1 lb1 Magnesia-----.--.-..........0.08 i.e. Lime...........................sg 1i Silica--'-----------.----.........22 th Sulphuric acid-l----.--.--.----.....0.05 NOW compilare the above with ordhi- g nmary damp or grteen stable manurme. gi A NALYSIs 0O-. STA BLE MANUR .. Atmmonia.......--..**..--..--..--....0.00 Phlospihoric acid--.-.-... .... .... ...0.5a0i Potash'*-.-------..--..... ..00a Mlagnsi.----.....................3 fihe pinc' straw contains about four- no fifths as much ammonia, abouit One-m halt' as lauch hosphoio acidi, about o,me half as much lime as the manure. Siiie strawv is recommuiQIende also be Cause it brieaks upl antd mixes wit hle other imgr-edliemts rapidly, and r'ots o more, iasily thani oak le'aves. Afteor the P"ne leamved have lain on the gronndlou for among time much of their fertilizIng res contents havo been Washed out by' act ralis, and thegy aretlthen less valuable. ami Before the winter rains Bet in will be hei a good time to haul up an abundant supply of these leaves. Make pont of "A poles or rails, fill them with the. pine eff strawv and( color with planks, as beforeo her suggested, pianks make the best ton., wit porary roofs, especially during the E winter, when thley are not much wa*tp-ur ed b)y the sun. tht Litter the sthlis now as rapid4y ; ar~ they wvill bear It. Firom time to time. fork up the edges and dlryerm parts and Po throw theup-on the wet spots. A very tio troodo (6 ~k~ at~ tlie aj~ aps n; ebarua. '1o inorease the ihti a of the manure, and fa'cllitate tttnl whore much litter Is, used, rton seed m be scattered iI the a ll occasli alhy. To prevent loss oa n nonia aI little kainit may be sprin. it Ad in the stalls, a pound, or less, a IT y to each stall will suffice. Where 1 e I'roploses to ise kuinit in his com- 0 st, this is the best manner of doinga si it will become thoroughly incorpo- t ted with the stall manure; and i orough mixture of its ingre4lonts a ds much to the value of a conpost. d _ _ _ 0 THE I I EIi) LYNOHING. t 0 oceedings In the Court of Sessions--The trhal Poatponed, and the Prisoners Ad iitted to Baul. 1. As already stated, the grand jury of t lgetield found a "true bill" against t I tile partlie charged with the k4lling Culbreath. When the indictment i as read to the prisoners, their coun- 3 I interposed a motion to quash it on 1 fr'erent grounds, eighteen in number, t hich may be summarized as follows: 1 1. Tht the copy of the indictment rnished them by the clerk of Court k as not a true copy. 2. A challenge to the array or panel t the grand jury. ~ 3. The objections to the validity of C grand Jury because some of the rors were removed and some excused id others were instituted in their aces. 4. A muotion to quash the indictment i cause of defects in certain of the nnts. The State, through the Attorney eneral, answered these objections, mnying that any one of them was 1 llablo in law. t The argtment of the questions in )lved in the defendants' motion com enced before Judge Hudson on hursday morning. An hour was spent in a technical irmish over points involving the -der in which argument should be ard. The defence then proceeded to )en the case, Major Gary delivering t e opening argument in their behalf. e delivered a splendid legal argu ent, absolutely free from anything kc sensational appeals, but confined ititely to the legal grounds upon hich the plea of the defendants was tsed. He was followed by Attorney eneral Miles, who likewise addressed mselt wholly to the discussion of the gal questions involved in the case. r. Iliics took occasion, however, in t assing, to make a public acknowledg cnt of his indebtedness to the coun I associated with him, Messrs. Boil m & Bonham, and Gary & Evans, t r the valuable aid which they had :tended to hii in the preparation of e case. General M. C. Butler closed the ar utient for the defence in a very rong speech. Where human life, he t id, was concerned, it would not do come into Court and say that the len injunction of the law should be C ifled with. Before a mai can be put i trial for his life every provision, S ery injunction of the law, must be rictly aand scrupulously complied ith. The State could suffer no trimcnt by having the law strictly forced. The citizen could sufier no c triment and would, besides, have no :cuse for taking the law in his own md(s. Judge HI udson then delivered his de sion orally, sustainting the State in 0 'ery particular and overruling all the nts mnade by tile dlefendanlts, after hich tile Court adjourned for,dinner, t~ e dlefendiants giving notice~ of ex'. ptions to the rulinig of the Court. - TIhe defentce next moved to quash '11 e pantel of petit jurors, alleging vari is irregularities, and ar'oumentt was ard. Shortly afrterwvarc s, this no-t mi to quash was abantdoned. The :fend(anlts' counsel then moved that e trial of the case be postponed till e nlext termI of Court, on the ground the absence of , t umber of their ~ ilnesses and the expected1 absence 6f' entenaniUt-Giovernor Sheppard, one thle cousel, and Sentator Talbert, e of lie defendanits. Attorntey ineral M iles said lie consideired that C motion was addressed enitirely to (SeP0 dicrtin of the Court. TeState, aI adidedi, was ready for trial, a After hearing the views of all thlea uinsel, Jiudge Hudson grainted the )tioni and1 conIi ttued the case.a A. motioan wvas then mlade to admltIit the dlefendanlts to b)ail, anld the die- I idanits' counsel sp)oke at some length ~u Ibhis. Th'ie attorneyr-general said1 it it wras simlply his dluty, ats the icer' of' t.he Staute, to call the atten ' ii of the Court to the law Oin theC1 b)ject. T1he State's attornecys, lie d, were glad that the responsibilityC is on the shoulders of tile Court, tey, made no0 active resistanlce to 3.linotionl, as they did not feel it to in the hu ae of their duty. i Judge IIndsonl said thlat he regarded i 3circumst15an,ces of' tis case tas some- N tat extraaordlinary1 andc piecuiliar', and - houti expressing ant opinlioni as to weight ef evidencee iln thle case he mId admIlit all the defendanats to bail I the sunm of $2,500 each. Poor Fentows. t (l'rsrtd ebilitated1, enfeebled, b ty.feel as if' ther wvere hardly wor'tll :kintg up. They~ would hardlly give toss of a bright penniy for a chanice a chloice betweeni life and death.k t even such forlorun peole can 1)0 aewed by the use of Brown's [ronl . [ters. It vitalizes thle blood, tones I nierves, and reniovates the system.k '.Iaac C. Bed urr's Miis O s, "[ used Brown's Iron Bitters for neral weakntess, and1( it helped me v Speakor Carlie loin, 1s speaker Carlisle was so ill when lie -ived1 at Washington on TIhursday er'inoot nht lie was obliged to tak'c fr his bed at on1ce. Visitors were not to naittedl to see htiml anad cards were ml takent to is room. Jie is now im.. cc )vilg h A Biiind andi Deaf Woman. g lihe Mlnnie Wallace, of Atlanta, lost a harlng, her sight and sense of taste. es covered heur body and limbs1). 11cr W its were swollen and piniful, her llimbs hr alyzed, alppe.tite lost, and she was eking at a miserableo lIfe. Six battles of B. B. B. Ia: L,ored her sight and( hearing, relIeved all to les andi paIns, added flesh and strength to she Is new a wvelI womian. Write to h .--.-.th promntenlt Alabama phlysician saId: os patIent whlo was almost dying from the in cts of Tertiary Myphillis and who had ICe n treated by several noted plqsielans it houit bcuefit, used oneO dozen b'ottleg of IB. B. and was entirely cured. Heo had go ers on his arms anld the bones.protruded thl ouigh the flesh and skin at the 'bow,t I deathi seelned Inevitable." 'fe 4 - he -Germany has acquieseed in the a Pc's settlement of the Caroline ques. Pu 9a, Nthor ahd Tw' e y! Ibi inao-Partld unae, go the (ibm $Ae LVe'a and l6rtfer.) . At noott on Wednesday the 18th Inst. white man, named Corley, and a agro, named Charles Brooks, galloped to Edefeld with the hewk of a ost horrible crime. The victims are dward Pressley, a white man, who is ver eighty years of age and hl two >nts Cjarles and Edward, aged about wenty-Aix and thirty years. redpect, rely. TLp murdorer,is RobQrt Jones, Iso. white, Who inarried the grand aughter of Pressley and who lives u the farm with them. The scene of 10 tragedy is about eight miles west f the court-house. The representative of the News and 'ourier, upon hearing of the occur once, at once set out to investigate it ud gathered the following 'details of he horrible affair: Jones, the mur erer, it appears, came here from ?org i several years ago and married ir. Pressley's granddaughter. The 'resslpys rent some land in the neigh orhood, a portion of which wls occu led by Jones, who, however, paid o ren for it. On Tuesday evening efore the homicide Charleb Pressley vcutt to Jones's house and told him hat lie would have to vacate the land a he and his brother could not afford o pay the rent for him. On Wednes lay about 11 o'clock Jones entered the leld where old Pressley and his sons harles and Edward were ploughing. a colored man who lives near the cene of the murder states that lie saw ones go up to Charles Pressley and, vithout any words, raise a double arrelled gun to his shoulder and myty the contents of both barrels nto the body of his victim. lie then urned and walked off in the direction f the woods. Edward Pressley, the >rother of the murdered man, putting lown his plough, started to pursne the iurderer of his brother. Jones waited intil he came up and, then taking a nife, stabbed hiin in the right side ipped the knife entirely across his hest, killing him almost instantly. In he meantime old Pressley was in the ield trying to hold his son's plough torse which had been frightened at the ound of the firing. Jones deliberate y reloaded his gun, approached the ,ld man and shot him dead. He then vent home, mounted his horse and ode off. John Pressley, the only emaining son, was in the house at the ime and came out after hearing the ring, only to find his father and his wo brothers lying dead in the field. 1 messenger was dispatched to the ourt-house to get out, a warrant. The 'ressleys have the reputation of being espectable, quiet and orderly people lie elderly son, John, having served hrough the war with bravery. Jones aine to Edgefield about six years ago nd settled in the county. His sisters re married there, one of them being lie wife of Mr. Parkmnan, one of the efendants in the Culbreath case. There is the strangest sequel to this orrible affair, however. About 2 'clock in the afternoon a short, thick et man, attired in an ordinary home pun suit, entered the village, carrying in his shoulder a double-barrelled hotgun. lie went to the postoffice, ,ft his gun with a man in there, and ien ,slowly and deliberately walked it to4the jail, which is situated next to eo court-house and which has a front ard, railed in by) an ordiniary "ir'on ailing. "That's Jones," said some nie, and as the news of the murder adl beenm knowni for some time a crowd pleedlily followed Jones. lHe app)lied > the negro turnkey, who opened the ate, anfd entered the place and gave imnself tip, iIe was followed into the uii by a miscellaneous crowvd, but 1no ne niade any attempt to injure him. Upion eniterinIg the jail lie remarked some of the plrisonierA who knew im that lie had kilted three of the est meni in the county, but lhe was blged to (to it. At this point his 3lative interposed and advised him to ry nothing more, andt lie obeyed the Th'le eviidence before tihe coroner's jury 'as brief. Charles Brooks ant eve itness of the killing testified as V'ol "I was at my) house shuckinmg cor*n ut the first noise I heard wvas a~ gutn, en I heard au scream, and I raised up id saw two meni running whomI ~cognizedl as Edward( Pressley, Jr., d( BIob Jonecs. 1 saw them catclh >ld of each other and I saw one ach out of his hanid as if lie was ling his knife hut I don't know which it was, but I saw Mr. Pressley fall, id Mr. Jones walked off'with his gun .hi.4hand, and theni I saw something ing on the ground that I took to be harles Pressley. Mr. Jones walked tck ini the direction of where Mr. hiarles Pressley was lying and stopi 3di and( loaded hisi gun, after -which walked to where Edward Pressley, .,vas standinig and said, "Dog gone I will shoot you too," and there ion lie raised his gun and shot him. r. Jones lien walked on towards a house, about 400 yards oil. AMr. esslev, Sr., fell as soonm as lie was ot. \Vhen I saw Mr. Edward Press y and Mr. 1ob .Jones r.unning Mr. mein was in front. The first report at I heard seemed to be as if biothi mrr'els were discharged at once. No me else conld have done tihe shootin' ithotut my seeing him. I am satis d from wvhat I saw that Mr. Jones lIed all three of the Pressleys. Dan itchell and myself were nabout the cond ones to get there after they lI- 1.did( nmot see aniy wveapons of anyv nd( lying aboutf. I never~ Leard of Mr. 'ess:ey and( Mr. Jones hauviing ally flcul ty." M,r. .J. B. P'resey, the oly Snrp. vinig malec member of the famIly was >t all eye-wit ness, and( his evidence not imnportanut. Mr. J. R. Terry testified as follows: "I was at m yhouse, about one mile )m Mr. Pressley's place, on thme road wards Edgefield village. I wvias ini y potato patch and sawv Mr. .Jones nmng upi through thie corn field, anid called to mec. I stoppied, and after akmig hanids saidl thI at lie was in eat trouble, lie had his gun 011 his oulder at the time. I asked hlim hat was the matter. Hie said ho had d a difficulty with the Presslys out land, le said hle boughlt the id and[paid for it and had papers rit, anid that the Pressleysa had at npted to sow oats upon it, apd th at had told them that he would shoot Lim if they did, and that they had nmenced to sow oats in the morn g, and that he had' shot them in con luence. Ho then said that ho would go the village and give himself up, or to Georb-la and die there- 1 thought it he was jest ing. HIe thon went in 3 direction of the village of Edge Id. .- He said that he was afrald*tlat had killed Oiharlos Pressl Ed. urd Premsley> Sr., and Wr essley,.Jr. He did tiot give any son o'the shooting other than or,' r den them. :Ie;d not saV what he had shot tileW with." TEM WA$ ~N TR25%WfftANsaW Prinee Alexander and his Baixarlas Gala A Great Triumph. The latest news from the seat of war In' Europe shows a complete change in the aspect ot' affairs. The prospects of Bulgarli, thanks to Prince Alexander'd bravery and generalship, are as bright now as they were gloomy recently. An offiolal report states that the Servians entered Bresnik on Wednesday. The town had been abandoned by the Bulgarians, who, In their haste to get away, let eight guns behind them. The capture of Bresnik leaves that route open to Sofia. The Bulgarian army of the Widden dis trict may be considered completely destroyed and dispersed. The Bulga rians have carried every one of the Sorvian positions:which were menac ing Slivnitza. Prince Alexander led the Bulgarian columns in person. Later news confirms the tidings of the great victory won by Prince Alex ander and his Bulgarians at Widden. Even the Servian dispatches freely acknowledge the truth of the Bulgarian account, although they first denied It Prince Alexander, however, feels the need of assistance, and has given up his claim on Roumelia in order to obtain aid from the Sultan. Bulgaria is denudinn the Turkish frontier of tr,ops and is sending all her available forces to combat the Servians. The public are allowed to go to the depots en route to see their relations and friends. Many of the villagers tramip long distances and wait at the depots several hours, and In some Instances whole days and nights, to see their friends aid give them flowers and presents. Prince Alexander's success before Slivnlitza has revived the courage of those going to the front, and they undergo extreme hardships with remarkable fortitude. In many cases they are compulled to march long distances in bad weather, and at night camp in open spaces where they are shelterless, not having even ordinary tents to protect them from the severity of the weather. The Rebel Rie1 Executed. Louis Riel, the leader in the half. breed insurrection against the Domin ion government in the Northwest Ter ritory, was hanged at Regina on the 16th inst. In his last hours he behaved with a coolness and courage that com manded the respect and oven admira tion of his executioners. Ie vas hanged, it is said, not so much for his leadership in the revolt as for partici pation in the killing of some of thc Queen's subjects, which the authorities called a slaughter, but to the last he denied participation or complicity i1 that killing. After his convictioi strenuous efforts were n.ade to set aside the verdict of the court which convicted him, by an appeal to the Privy Council, but this was refused. Then an effort was made to procure from the Governor-General a commu tation of sentence, which was also refused. The Canadian French took much interest in his case, he being of French parentawe, and it was urged in his behalf that he was insane. Three physicians were selected to visit him and make a test of his sanity. Two out of three were of opinion'that he w;as meintally unibalanced, while the third refused to say that he was niot. But all this did not save him. The edict for his execution wecnt forth, and the hangman obeyed it. Suicide In Marlboro. Mr. J. K. Glass, a promising young mani about twenty-one years of age, who has been keeping books for Messrs. Pegues & Brothers, of Marl. bore counity, committed suicide last Thursday unight about 9 o'clock by shooting himself in the head with 's pistol, le had made aii arrangement to.come over~ to Cherawv with some friends to a dance, and while convers ing with these friends handed over~ hi pocket-book, told them good-bye and, placing a p)istol to his ear, fired. No cause can be assigned for the rash deced. Trhe deceased was a native of Abbeville county. MALARIA Enesthe systemi fromn unknow causeu, at all season.. tsetNerves,eIepaIrp Digestion, and BRU1 Quikl anco BEST TONIC cn05 np'5 &. atJmulates thbp pejit. and atbr,the rsuoles anu ev 1roducece4n3ti Yo a ll..0 other Iron, medllef,nes do' o l b . f r h trott ad schoaly han se 5 iss and will always keep It on oenuine ha v trade arnark and crossed red lines tunin listof pr r. e c pe information abt", i ced toa yaddre s n receipto f's,.tam p.ne o TUTT'S PLLS 25 Y__E__A The Greatest ! p'lruh of thre Ago! SYMPTOMS OF A TORPID LIVER. 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