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TUOUGUTS FOR TIlE IONTil. S 8O)IB Alt0NAeLE auUEt3TIO S FROM HGH AUTHORITY. What Work the Good Farmeri bhould ho in tI the Month or December--An Interesting Ant- a cie From an Intelligent Writer. (W. L. Jones in the I)ece:nbe.r "Cultivator.") Last niontli attention was calletd to r the imtportance of stipplyinug nimials, in wiitel', with wartm water and warm food. It was stiugested( that water be 1 brought from springs, inl Iuterground pipes, directly into the stalls, whenl ever this was pacticabile. 'itut as this cannot be done on many farns, we suggest anlot her arralgemetiii, which is practicable on CVry farm. A force 1 pump may be placed in the barn or stable with pipe running toi it to a i well near by. With such arrange ntent, the farmer without exposure, and without taking his animals from their stals, could supply them with iresh, warm water, by pipes trunning t from the pump to (lriinlig vessels iln each stall. 'lhe pipe, leading to the well, should be sunk deep enough in the grounmd to escape frceezin? in the coldest wcather. Ilow quickly, how easily, how pleasant ly could stock be supplied with fresh, warm water in winter, anld cool, l'resh wvater in sum mcr. '1'hc first outlay would be soon returned in the svilg of time and labor in taking animals in and out of their sialis. Irregularity in feeding and watering lays the foundatiol for nuch of the sickness of stock. Ar range everything, therciore, about barn and stable with reference to great est con venience and ('spatch. 'ile easier a tlting can be done, the more certainty of its being done. Rainy weather usually sets in thi.s month and continues durin (L win ter. If stock has been alICwed the run of the fields up to this tim', stop it at once. There is no practice in our farming more short-sighted (hant allow inO stock to tranp the wet fields during wInter. Pi'efly mlt evervthing of value as foodl huis bt:cn gltatlel al readv; tie stotk will get little or n othing, but they will dauage the lamt greatly. 'Ihe Ilnt is entitled to all the <tChrie; of the i 'op. )in't bec so short sighitcd as to try to get evert hing out of it at ouce. .1 !'rinetber the story of the goose lhat laid the golden egg. Moreover, it is trnctiinot\, as well as kindncss to stock, to keep~ them out of the cold rains. b'he lit ;le gleanilgs they get will not protlce more anital heat titan that wtici expo ure to cold raits will take t'rom their bodies,. li other wontis, IIhe animalls will galii nolhiiig, the fields will lose their vrge table matter and the soil its Friability. !n all the more thickly se tled 1)orltits of the country we ltve Iassedl bevotil the m!ixedl inttora! and fiirmting state, andt ha:vo renclied thc ltrt-ming state proper. Out pliy now is IO prutitle spcitial pa,tures :ni raise foodt for :ll the stock kept on the farmnl. 'i'tis lnilst becotme, as tuin t< atylV ottet', nit or g;:nized, wvell-tv ltpt'tl partt of our fartui eContiu y\. See h ow re:ttlilt 01111 quickly it a- stutnes t his shape ott the .stock lit'u- 'enttered ovcir Ilt ' .in - I ry. Owuuers lI rtt!,h vs---whto :ili:h vahue to their iuock- Ver\ soon I Lt+ goodl pastulres am:: tunlimtitld iupplies, of for'age. It otnly r(quires liat. (tie shothil nake ti p hti i iia t to ittre Ilieu. WVith l;ermutha lra,;, red, wchitc anal lutr clovers, intuerit :tu l anih (ch ver, orcharde11ti, hed tu:ul hhl rus, h .arle~~. rye I i oau a let , t'orghum,i pIeall vnsm dr lil-d cor twhv. ttho3hl 11111 ever heIt.C alt ' in t let'vidifo histtck ?Iheovir i'si t~' ith~ do m:nwl- haviai'ill crop, ,ny. c~iottonaee large ac i, o beit snnete suptoilhtIL'1'd.1 wh lhub feet somberoh i~ ese.itr rall o in ti I ic \' 'Slilt till led a)1 ofte rat'ere Ivn h le boll tiom, Sihe lott h sid t'l l 5 ) lt'he Il (h ilt'r?i \\'htt wsoh hreareds ofS tntIof huthIr andi oleil omargar'inte mth wNort11(1welhl -het shlIn athe . enth eve s 'i tas ot'it:in - ou harm eitjhoje' , nole bcollnl a glolni ptidCal h-oeo ittahisr , who n I itiuI e n\ tiE) i 1)' ep lehxcep th le 13130t tIl I , w i Itn be01 iiup. rais d nat ie wc. 'itin 1 li gt e st dI i ikl llle y lshv g av it the 'lilu of'm133idlernenV,i i-lircois, bank's,~ l)tl . utlaC t'is, t., to ay otig tofste f'i e bondght up'on~ I ie ute:fill, (101liable1 alarer, Iin-orimidt ?nYoivea cowot goo always saillae atas brinroscadh. bio doesc tirt-cl s bte r,~ ito gidoe willnn vtle ~ or ho' eate hutie tiLnds readyci' Itl imp(31ly hera~uhow it iticoo btter he ownersil~ of1( sucht:I (ii li nebutter i n aip'VI buiness-'lik a way 's ableet hav gnl'ooil inekhseI ain propde' arra lngerets forl cing tamte koe,pinog csl milkae , power( or sheine They1, ni ot i1i( opat.ec li shoolt weail athe( Oino inaio ani abls bute. heyii ano l thae mare feeds o)'ifcotto sel spil btote, andt fc'o wimthiny~ bee. ni a)ll of tur farmt ilers de andi ablkdan toei lk.annr Aorthern bru3t W.l deoon ae drve tougt mil the refor, theren utime, thoitle nourphg-isbute os n otriu fm apteion ivnlit llne we haedo -let u ang thm e ever famranm omaesm ut~ Ioir ' Qlnpogitiop~, UHIL Qne w~ight nat rallyIt t'br tiata d with d oertal onpoeition iight bs'orp oasily and ompletely converted lnto milk than oto other of diflTrent character; an ther might be more readily converted ito ilesht and fat. In a general way his has been recognized and accepted s a fact. Corn, for iustance, is con iered a fattening food; cow-peas as milk-producing one. But experi ncuts have been made to test these latters more in detail and more deli itely. and the best rations for special urposes have been fixed with a degree f certainty suflicient for practical ourposes. Food may be rt:garded 5 lma(c up of three groups of' sub tances: nitrogenous com)ounds. which for brevity may be called pro ciu), starch, gun and sugar coln >onnds (called hy'dro-carbons) and ats. Now, for a cow weighing 1, 00 )ollldl, ex)eimernts r?how that Its hlly rations should contain 2' pounds )t protein, 124 pounds of hydro-car" ons and fourteenths of a pound of fat. I~his does not mean that the food ii' tmalyzed should contain the above Eluantities of those substences, but Ihat lhua nt.itie must 1e preset in li),cStible formn so the atnmal t'an digest and app ropriate Ihein. The atnonnts present andtt the atnotii Its digestible are cfuite I neqluatl especial ly in long forage, as hay, fodder, siraw, c'. Thus of ha' about Gi) per ceit. of its protein is ligestible ; about the sane of its hydrt"o-catrbon, atu fromt 20 to -1) per cent. of its falt. O straw, ibxout ;) per cent. of its protcill, -lu pc,r cet.. of its hydro-carb"ou and :14 Ia r cent. of its fat is dige.tible. Of cor t1 (grain ), nearly 81) per ceni. of its )rotoeiii, 91) per ccnt. o' its hvdro-car bon and I;tt pcr cent. of its fit is digest ible. Of oats (grain), 87 per ccnt. of it s pr"otein, 77 of i ts hiydro-carbon and 7 t pr cent. of its lit iS digestible. In nuking u) a ration t, there fore, attel - tion luist be hai, not (nlil to the comp)osition of stfll' (as shoi by an alv5is), but also to its digestibllity. Tables of coinlpositiol and digestiil lit v of the more commlwon kinds of food anil tora!re. are given inl a little boo k ealled ''1"armicr's Animial Ilandlbook,' 1>ublished by 1). Appleton & Co., of New York, which every I' rler wonld Ii nil useful and cowyenicnt to have. (''his is .ratui It) us advertiSilng, "LVe ii wit hut' the kniowledge of said puliishers). In naking up the ration for an animal, the proper proportion of the three in t edientts mtlioled above can be sec(ulrel only by lixing two or mnore fioods int certain propol'tion . -No .in gle food contains them e.xact ly iu p1ropcr proportions, thoughi souie ap proxilale it. nearer than othe's. 11 antty one of the tlree be present in a 'liton ii excess of the :unoiint calle<l hitw, it v.11 il nt be appropriatt'd by flihe anhiun:l, :u.nl nwill, thterefo re, be practi t'atly lost. A (questiont of eeonomty is, thcretore, :u"gely iuvolvedl. ( )r ob .et now is to (all atteltiol to it to 'f. otur re aders to thik about tlie mt1tel'. A! sonic future timte we hope to give su oral rattions p roperly 1r'opot ioned, :uii i:: de up of the fOoods anil forge's ''(nt'1ally t0und1 on Soutlherin fil'mtis. 'I'he w,ork of the V'e:n is ahout fini i ih:d. W1ottht if not hie wyell io bal na nt' :lcounllts and 5ea wlih e' hav ini:lc a' lost? We hot' all will find h li bl;::cc oU the right side o' lt' hI<h2tr. it' any ar"e so u t rttIn;iatle a' t) I' in1 d bt, we hol,: Ihey will titt tlemiiieilves nearer out han they 'wVere ia .sa ago:) aund,l -j0 nsired wi ii tresh hioliu, wiill enjioy the lihpy reuioniiis ofi in allll wrcyiiter senids h.is warmes WVhiii' TIii re'I i Lire 71ii' Ii j .4g,pu. iiIlaiy ofe:i 01 the ' diseases of ' thi saoin ail iillt oii <ii'e n< I al liltj I t' i (', b, 1.a Miorbus an<il like to~mlahints. ..A WeeJ'/cr shionhli be wil hout11 a1 bot1 Ie, a hsa teri, food'( ui elima:te, wViithioii its 1-4'. Tihie mo1sftialale micineil iln he'i woirkl, icnitahisallSI I the bes't anid ?ni't eurtiv4e1 prllpe~tiesI,IAe of allahe Fever' aind Agne, I 'hill- and1 F"everi, I )yspepsia, Ilitge> t ion, Sick I lead Ihlenmllatistal, etc., etc'., ii. is truly ai lIIercuhlin iitmey. it gives new lifeb and11 viigor to thle aged. IFor' ladlies iln (d4ien.te health I, weakil. and( sickly chil Csuit .i1:sTo, S. (), Sep' Si 1'-- il.Y II.t 1 atlO. i' i 1 wnaxa, Esq. Xl'sient ofi iiiy thmiily, :id ats a1 TIoie and Appei all whou arme sufferinig timI liility e'speemi1lly, haSve been much id beiielittedcl bwy its use0. Respectfuilly, JIlTsoN LA:;-;. A\si< yourI drugge'ist 1i>r ICwinANa 's T'oPAz CINCIIONA CORiDIAI. and1 take no0 ofther. TI'm: TOPAZ (iCIIoNA Coiamn A. Co., *Spartainrg, 8. C2., U. 8. A. .' i i,i'ln ('n,,kii,g. Senator Itiley, of New Yor'k, .said the >ther eveninIg, whiile sp)eaing of the riamtous Broad(wa1y itnvestigation bly thet ipcial committee of thle Le~tgislaiture: "'I iover was so impiressed with a main is 1 ivas with RUoscoe Conkiling while we ,veoO Iholdiniig tat inivestigaltion. A fter ve had1 coincluded0( taiking the testimioiny, lhe coinsol for tIhe defense gave notice hatt they wishied to submit arigoinents at ilbantiy. Of course we wanited 3Ir. jonikling to go along ais tihe rep)resenlta iv'e of tIme committee. When the p)rop)o ition wa.s made to him in secret -session io sid that lie would prefer to have is iirtner, Mr. Seward, assume that share f thle work, because there were certin iemor01ies about Albany which would hie it very distasteful to him in case 4' should have to. visit there. Seward itly dleclinled to go, anid in1 the cour1so ff i e discussion one of the memITbersf of hec commnittee said that there were two enaitors who had particularly reqiuested is presence. They wvbre men who voted gaist Clonkling in the famous Sena 3ul11 contest of 1881. As their nanies rere mfentifoed, Conkling dIrew himself p to his fuall height and said: "(Gentle-. ton, I shall merely send these persons a olite note of regret.' After agreatdealof ersuasion, however, he consented to o.--Washington Letter to the Bloston 'raveller, he formatonm of Mother Eve's tomb on ue outskirts of Djeddah shows her to have eeni a womanSi over thIrty feet high. We aye always had a susplcion that Father Ldami, when he ate that quInce, Was a yie 5a of $00tlo1 cOoeroIo. WHAT tE "VI LAp IS 6o. an11( also fCltwrr4.i A. tuno. The Boston Globo prints letters from some of the best known editors of the country in answer to the query: "What should Pl esiden4 Clgvelnd lo during the ne,t PWO yesi in or*er that Demo, cratio sucaes ny ho nesured : in 1888?" Colonel Alexander McClure of the Philadelphiu Times writes: "if Clove-. land keeps straight along he will ho his own succes.sor." Charles A. Dana ot the New York Sun antagomizes the above with the follow ing: "IIe should in most respeet;s do difl.rently from whatt liehas done luriug the last two years." hauttol liowles of the Sprtiglit Ice. publican says: " shouh steadlustly ive up to the triiciples tinnistedi in his letter acceptil tlm noinitiutt in tor the Presidency aul in his letter (It . colber 2t, 1I8, to (;eorge Williaut Curtis." '. V. lawson of the ('harleston News anl Courier writes: ''I et himt go on1 to theend inl the way he his been going frot the beginnintg." M. 1M. (illamtt of Ite I'hil,athlphia Itecurd says ihat he sloumld till tiolie :1 wilth whde-awaLe, rteprcewtnttiv .I temo. eratOs IS speediiy am p0::.iie, mul.'r liie r ally interpret e civil terv ice rutleo, and allow the m:1eni so uppointed( to tork fer the party. Melville E. tine e the (iicago Nws says: '']le should be able to go btfore the Country with ctoni tbleltce u pont his reior(d. if, howtever, it. 1)0 trute t hat the majority of the American plpie do lit atpprove of his policy, do not regard 'a public otlice as ia public trust,' rather than a partisan reward; i it truo iie ti tat the geineral seitiite it of the e inltry 11y be arrayedt igimli:.. 5u h1ones. haith flll andlt intellig ent adintuitra;ttiuon of the0 I'i'sidenltial ollice, then the alt:ttio of tuglt ful iuinls Iay ho Wel tr n l to a weightir tiuestiton thint the welhire of of the 'resident or hio p:irly." htillbon II tttbiUS wirites that ("ve. land li:s strcngtheed his patty oui:.idhe its naonturl line, ie should now con tolidate ani energi it. lie has 11o do1bt of I)enociatit) success in ixi with or without l h:n, imt thiek; it wottuld be just like ('ltveland t pxoritively '. eclinet i renoimin:ttiot. (iforge \w. Abe ll of the Itallimur( Kun colulmienlds Clevelund1 for heiping i is phlgcs atnd l ides Ihe 1ay for ove of spoils. I)ritik imakt's a ilan a 0on1. La)h.' I'th wisestl 1n1(1 d uiitko him drunk, sn I i i;s liga 11)01 a5 the mos:t illiteute ti l silly is in the sam1e condlitiuo. in i.ct, thol wisetr the loan the I biggcr the h ol for mo0r rc1'asons tinttu otne. 1!ei, in ti., Itnh of their voung mlaitotua, :ii would not stoop to an1ytlhing bt neati the dig mity of gcntleinint whni 1olier, Imlt he:tt. known to It+o 101 t v.iten1 dritnking, in ordor to ;;,t more' of thet very stutli' Iltut wtas even Ihein nttio th< mi lose Ihieir self-r,:p t ai (1 forgot thilir namhoodt , wtitii a!I 'tli tiuno, the ble.uitiful and the good,"' anid becoiuie tr(:ublt tomie to th(ir fritnd.: and1 the C(umnin11111iity and liable to Viu!te lithe law ilt be lonisthe _ fur iti reekklc>n;t1 . Whiilte sligihy tunder ti.' i:.inu cu of li<ior, and1 itd (nsough t b, dot .d Ib utlrs, acts hvttVt: been11 .ouiunitte,l anltl wotil; LutteredI, une)hisciousyiv tlhroi;ul the el'eets of the ath.il:ulat, t"i;lich wentitd ina;tko alny sober, sensille persol think the " ,giltly mu in . .1 eithier tight or '"a niatuirl btornl-footjl."' .\ll ('uin. to A ll who takies 11 butone 'lrinhk lIt sei res ni 1111re cred it than he. who ilta,es twos.Th pri. icip i thCA ll :etIlms wa thronliVgh;I the eu 5i10 iua!c I im ot)) drl1~ink i lati il it m: :m i I :d I en -r for mailnr, h t b :na b:. hel onitly ilty, ontlls the (0 :na. t.t 1on I dndnot 15.ai.i \,he 1r- he an. i.tiaa v. akni. .-:ito dtib: Ii:i 1h O :. sauhit', atiotlsio. I\ mnhl 'r l w<* ti klr,iitr otf ab11t aiiipiie. . 12111') ai fondnii foro thi ng, t; a1(1 on)1 forI ways'i sut nther~u . In lI!an y10 ie ut Ini gaIbl.erso doies lot dintt 1; to iv yhe . rlind pa.iiins is not'i thlej ep tint lin 11o1 iets; tihie , 111e in t'xcah-d v.:t ithe lotve and1( sxitemenaidts s lie :'atio1.n:s0 Oft enj I. th et who drinks1 5u1e; in, Iollo-r fau 110Lhi faul 1:.51 i i o e urt iu '.to hotu-d selfi,than toi: oth er s i n il. iuithe te cntro of ii, h deisto his ibuai. der11 its ittu.ene l ne;1.kets' 1 hi buoi ugly 0Iuidlseas.adat shewol o beity f i didoi whe I:>t' Ai mantt'er whose1 cretite tur fe td cultVated it'a.d thei conutrol'f drain,emtl heIdeliberately reclils in(1 his is ttor u s. 110 s.IltIs in1to1 (t ises,yitnoug Ior telfe tSina to toy hke 011nhtilIk1 <iit drikitg hit iel himi cotract lithiie imit Ilild IhtC wil ind tla.ve ti111t itfhe ui nd n It il11 ll ilglo detsrvs itsretcredliu thanlil fllthel had eve bguni thehs. t 'd. len gramet oexhtibtIition tf Whyi1 don'tii yloulh t take oe drinik ami andt tt i magm e mIind ht itub hi aveo! made1'iigi il ture sgnmd and lo is as1it fit tpa icot 1md1been infamos amt bkg.ri iils.tCilgar Allens1tti Poe once thoughII t h wasut.i Ctongenosg . t f te one dr5ink and' 1uit.s tIli n t ht b illi) e 01 of1 1hi1s 1110 kitet brightrinh cicle lotts hash ttvening mtrin, te c tilIt abit him os foun to ie cotohahlcnd not.tk 1)1 ilil tal1( oneit drink andr qubsi.Prni,th matiebls Mn ..is siss ippcian, t une thI pw erh 1151 iflwhosl giantie minds aIl c locen. (dal s; hnc hought h i 'lle cio ul ' tak In dink nd tifuit.' uin te id o f ts is intllecua tnoh n the glor of h is lIiV';l 11 bowerin ind, hh .to found to his~ cost thhe ilcul. 'notl tet one drlink1i and thoug raa g ' ou tet.a 111 ('i'1l10, a sp nt iuluIIJCwo; le of1I ith h Il liiue 'hue rtof thlist in) Pauhi'm i'time lil h times ..he wasdh stii it)'nk It w(tii ch Hoi revri c e, si ittin(.,t a hi e ho iliujct f rmusin me)an hd' elsehere 'oIln' t~henuof is fmaney and lllt ic Euroy wasihadb, SENATOU JONES'S FLAE. A 1'eu Ilcture of ti Itlche4t Neirensa In the Vest. By-tho doath of Francis Palms, one of the oldest and best known citizens of Detroit, the entire estate which ho had accumulated descends to two childre.p, a son and daughter. The exact value of this estate, says a writer in the Philadel phia Times, it is impossible to fix with certainty, but it is believed that it will not fall below $15,000,000 at the lowest. Much of it consists in great land tracts in Michigan and Wisconsin, covered by the towering forests for which that region is famous, and the value of which is aorally certain to increase as timber for building and other purposes becomes more scarce. Added to this are bonds and Securities to the amount of an al most fabulous sum, and real estate in a niii bsr of western cities. Always an economie and thrifty man, Mr. Palms mile few blunders in the investment of his capital, the entire sum of which ho irdly knew hiself at the time of his ieathl from general debility. But little is known of the son, who will probably share jointly with the daughter in the list iii ution of this vast estate, and who is ni oll'pring of Mr. Palhs's first mar riage, 1t daughter being the fruit of a second union. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for Miss Palms, however, thank; to the conduct of a Senator of the United btates. A few years ago Miss l'alms visited Washington for the first time, and was given a cordial welcome by the wives of politicians whom her father had helped to make. Personally atccuioplished and beautiful, she won a ugh place in many hearts, and, as sub seLuen t c+vent5 proved, completely con Iuerel 1he susceptible Senator Jones. 1)rring her visit to the capital the atten tions of the Florida statesman became so fr<ii)ent and annoying that when Miss I'alhns finally left the city it was said she had done so only to escape her elderly suitor's persecutions. In this, it will be rem:etbered, she was not successful, as )en:tor Jones followed her to her home in Detroit, refusing to accept an un <lutilted no from the lady in answer to 1)is offer of marriago. Physical force fitily succeeded in closing the door of the 'alms mansion against him, but it ha; iot served to prevent him from re maiing in the Michigan metropolis nor fron sending constant reminders in the rhape of fruits and flowers to a lady who as eonst.antly returned them without re ply. As )hwtographed by the gossips, AuPs Palms is tall and stately, like the tree whose plural name she bears. A wealth of dark and lustrous hair crowns ani uiusually shapely ead, which itself is poi ed upon a graceful figure of the nat ire development of some thirty odd yei'rs. icui nr: w,t in, the litume. It is from tight to sixteen that boys beiu to break away from parental con i rot aud the restrain of the fireside. It ii bhen that they seem to feel that they know more than they who bore them; it i thei that they begin to assert the lihtrty of the street, and taste its de 1le ns, its vices, and its crimes. Said an I iiglisli jurist of great distinction: "A large nmjority of all the criminals who are b rought before me have been nade what they are by being allowed to be away from home evenings bet veen tlhi a ;'s of eight and sixteen.'' What a ts iuony is (his, dear mothers and sin te!. t.urely one of the most practical tudies in this temperance work is how to h,ec)p the young away fronm tempta tin, and pleasantly and p)rofitably oceu py the evemnms. Ouard your own doors. 1 iere is one sort of drinking-house that nio Shite enactmient can touch, and that a a pivmate house with a decanter in its Cupboard. .Good friends, guard your on iidoors, with tectotalismn. A foolishi mue inanm who died lately disinherited hi dnmke son. In that same will lhe I e luen,thed his '"wine cellar'' to certain r Is. . lh ather mast insanely t. mpted ow n 'in to drink, and then on his .t I al dgave the boy a last kick into 01 i disgrace! T1he most ecetuial of all ompr'otection is to guard our own b I e From :uch templerance homes a o n ei the 1>ower to close upl the pub ierilnting thm,. iiallroad.. Iiiuli n,N, I )eenilber l).---Tlhe (on. nthe' initer-Sh;ite commnerce bill hi ainmiab's t his mioring andtt will ni rtm' la bit as 'oon ats it enn lbe printed. ii iam te-tion(if (enfoingiii the not, the 'u:i i aite of' thei Semite b,ill is ne: mmd byt the Illous;i confere's while the e initrm''s necepts thme systm pro V .,l i the 1 ega hill, iunder' which a| hIb'p1-r ist ntitledt to suie for damagutes it [lhe .l. .i''os CXoiit in his own behalf. I om ' v ph mper's thie op)tiont of making 'iiii'i'imns toi the conhnaission on instituting sii in tim l"ediral Couts. Railroadnais ate lmib id fml ii ehtarging more for a short th:mi fori" a lnger dlistance uipon t heir owni t a ini iIt- sa ne dirtection, t lhe shorter belini iii lide d umiin thec loniger distance and thn m"''"ii'tuu an ti( ondtiiitionis bteinn the :unI:mitt the e' numoi'ssion is authlortzed. .t p " t"'''Pilenitioni of the ratilroatd, and o irt in' stigat ion oft the faclts, to relileve tin-'i' rt" rimi the ('pen''itioni of the genmieratl rub-i t mlndt ce'. 'lie eimte contferemes a::r('' ie.l ' tlasmlutte lrolhibition oif pooling cot:.l i m 1 [eouse bill. Thee wer tih[le manin fettures of' differ til. O the mquestion tif then pubihlicity of ra'i thei pro'' iSitons (it the two b)ills have been imerigi'd so ats to r'eqirie eachi railtoadl i iunik(' pui th Ile rattes between poitnts till'in its own rtoal, as prosdl))ii ini thle I Iouse hill. itnd, itn addition, tIme cotnnission is re ir'' 10i siure pliclity of thrtough rates hi r fa'st iit umy lbe foundti necessamy, A Wanih oft itraim I1 \ \m l rox, I )ieomb i.--Tlhme people mi this '-t immn mit I le State tire ini a sadt con dii in 'ht eri le fr'ec',i of last Janmu-'y on rly de Iitroyed'f te out cro an tmd 'serously tabout tthie \ith of' a wh''leat (crop 'wa;s gathi ll sits and hatuil s['ttims, fromt thle 20t of \i, to th mIoiiddlle oft dultiy, detsItoyedl the iri ion''i ih bit' mtom landsd. Thle little cori "!" "" ' " mmiflt pliilad is atit out nowm'm. 'I'la- mimimin ('lol hits been'i gatheired, tand is di"'; M- It will limt te'ed tfmity Pe' .ini iof last vear's crop. Tlhiere is not a nme' w li ots imadoe exspenses. All are ot V, wi 'carc'ely anyi~ wheat or' (mit seed ii ii , i ito bu, exmepit hay. Tlhe outlook is T h minditioi of thie white people is blu nii h.' but lit hait imf the blaiks isSmrrow '',fti h m ontaf ofl thtemi will have t) letive 'mity. Theay live nothing to buy I' hmti tii eat, andim the whiite peopile are'( p'irhm'as t(i uim tliin. 'I'e people tire oni -i'ed' of dlistrtes-' ail it hias not b,een nii iy fauit ofnt theirs. Thm'y could not h't tIe - 'hime.nts. There lust lie a great u lo if lirg this winlter.--ycews and Ie inoiise, the head iand founider of 101 es o f the Or)tder of Not re D)ame In lI 5 mi y,hm with their 700O sisters and 23w tt0 ighi 1l1upil15 dIed Friday afternoon I'n (mnlanaIti. SX houses of Notre D)ame on t he I atille slope also lose in her one of theIr pinci~ipatl founders. liianmit smelety feat ures-Bome people's 'O'I'ON U.A ITT8 IN y'ORK. Iorty Negroen Swear to 14111 any One Utichng thet Stealing Cotton-A Nt hue Ioy or Years their Itrst Vctm. YoRK, December 8.-Tt'' ?e,rsand c icr has already published in a dispatch from Chester the fact that a young whitr boy was found near his home. 'hi York County, so badly beaten and nmulelt:d Ihat he soon died. I'he following are the facts as far as can be learned: About sundown on the evening of the 80tht ult. Icries of distress were heard in the field of Win. B. (lood, who lives near Broad River, in the western part of this county. A negro boy in the lot hastentl in the direction of the cry, followed by Mrs. Good and her little diaughter. I'i ceeding They 'found the soi of Mr. Good, a lad 12 years old, named John Lee, lying in a water furrow in a senseless condition, his skull crushtd, his rlottlt kiioked in aitil his body bruised, lie was carriel to the house and died at 9 o'clock, never recover. Lng consciousncss, Trial .Justie- luaur, in the neighborhood, was notified and on Wednesday, acting its Coroner, lie sun monc d a jury and 1)roeeedcd with the in (qulest. After .xamlning a large number of witnesses the inquest was aljomuled and met again on 1Friday, when, after taking it:ch testimony, none of it conclelsivc chareter, the jury again ad,journed till next Friday. In the meantime circuulstances pointrd to Mose Iipscomib, Dan Boberts, Bailey Dowdle and Print Thompson, all colored, as the guilty parties, and they were c'on mitted to jail. The theory of the investi gation was that some of these negroes had been deteCted by the murdered boy in the act of stealing a basket. of (otton i rom his father's field, and to pm event deteetion they killed him, intending to throw his body into Broad river, only two hundred yards dis tant ; but they were thwarted in this by the approach of the )eople from the house. 'i he theory proved corrert, for th is morn ing Print and )an madt a cnfession to the above effect, and also implicated Mose and I;ailey as acccssories. 'hey (l1s) s:y' th at there is a conbinattion of abiout forty ne groes in that neighborlood pledged that it' either one is caught in the net of stealing they are to kill the person so tltec tin them. This adnission maty lead to a larg nubmber of urrests. Te'l're is muc cxcitt ment in Ethe Broad river :ection, a1n1 now that a confession has been made, your cir respondent toes not pretend t' know what may happen next, thoughi at this tin all is quiet. .ittnpling to .tsit e htntN .inir to tilt!, li Iheir own t'tti/.:nt, ltAli olit: , N . ('., l)cc;;mbl ri).-- ime tn. of 'mlle iagainst the State of NtrtIh (a lina and lloberts, auditor, involvii the right of holders of special tax )tIho I io '' force the collection of spe-ial ti xes levi.1 by the.sale Acts of Assetlibly tund'r whv the bonds were authorized, wis heard Vu. te'day in the initerl States Courit, bteor -Judges Bond and eyiouir, on a lmotion I the State to dismiss the bill. A iii qiue tion arises as to the rightt of a et i'in of at State to su it, when Ii is i'sdr:a ri,hts hta been invaded by alleged unconristitutionacl legislation. Edward I. An drews, if '. - YoRk, and Ex-Soliritor (hieral S. I. 1. PhillipV,in iaborate argument, lInhIt the jurisdiction of the court, wVhih- I. 1. I ''t the and John V. (rahna, for the State, o' posed it wi'h ability anid a free citation ( authlorities. The same Tutdgcs are to-tiny engai d ,i hearing the case of Mor'ten, Bliss ." Co. . Hloherts, auditor, whtich is a }setitit'n Ii. m andamlus to compel th" mttilit',r to) inel'li im the tax list at rctquisition for the" nth nlt (t of special taxes. Tie :une) c,un'iie l:t pear in this case. ''le decision of the CU'irt is awaited with m11l' interest. Tlhec laws of Ohio respilire all1 pro ;le1 it he listed hor taxaItloll "'at its trule volhm b money.'" Nationtal ban1k stoek is. as a rIt w~orthI inl the oplenl mrIlket moltre than:n ina baniks, aIdmilttinlg it was wvort li.u11h lmt. edln-etin oin so large a :dii 1 . 'm-1 foundedci thiri righlt It) a rIh 'ltion in (1:01im that otheri llEpoperl a s (lot V'u iI s.0 This limIoiunled to a cla'im tha' perrv T1o the amaz(iemendRt of huom-rt fl k nt i. t.. <iuinted wvitht the lor'e of the lar ii.o!s It courlt decideid in favor of t his steid-i ablsuird claimn. TIhe law as it now s-and Ii is therefore thatl t he' bastR1( shll h lave t1li . h-gl right to v'iolate la w because Ilother mei:l, *i c.onsIciettious ill listing property for taxa tion.. It is such1 deep antd mystter'iius '"h.ga;l dr(eisions' ais t he onRe 1'endCeed in ('levual last weuek that furnish unlluuition to *jw.v smn is alnd wild-eyed reformers.- Tim/. (own tOhk) TeleIram. Neier 'Too Old1 to Wed. Thalnt thte ftires of love somletimecs hmnuj birighity ve V1inl the b reasts oif tose wh'lo htave piassed the alIloted lint o f lifhe is ized in Mliddletown, IN. Y. , rIeeniv. Ta umtltedh ages otf the (contract ing partie are 10 1i Iyears, the groomR being I yearvs oblh ad tile bidehi foutr year's Ihis senior. Thie gmom~ wasi Sampson Trowxnse(I, a wIelI to it o r tirtedl farmer- of Light tret, Cohluiau cotnunty, Pa., andI te bide(l .i-t ,iulia Gil lespie of' 3Zidletown. The 1wed dhw' took hplace at thle residence of' thIte bid'cs i mh. telr. Whenci tile hour' frO hle iteretioiI hitl m. ived fte I('neralie hut sm1iling 'ndil li appa renly 1'very laippy cioul e weec(i' tscoredi toi thelir' station undetitr ai floral isl bi1 y thle six year--oldh granldson antd three-vea- old yret granddaughter. of t he bride. 'The 'eremoiny wxas pierformIed biy the bide's pastor, H er. C. -'1. Winelhester, and1( it 1' was t notie th1at1 the contract ing eoule wer*e as nlervousi amt,I as awkawvrd as if tis wals thiri fir'-t experei enee in mat rioy. About, tilhirty gu est wereIt. presenlt, nearly3 all of thleml being de. seendtanIts of tile bidte. It is inlttionted' that the couple wviilot, be very warm-oly neli comed-t by thle groom's famiily, twvo t'owx-i .u Snd 'Trnt.ed y. Laist 'taturda eve3 C'ning tw,o SuO-t (it .' Booth, Ashiby andIt Gorge, witht a 'ea o 'iir. Sam .ihowna nlamRed lrvini, wxere play lng with an1 untlOadedu pistidl, in a rioom at Mi's. Booth's. There was at lo:idl pistol onl theit nutlpie (c(e, and1( ill somt way 'Al v;in got hiold i)f it, thtinking it was unhltrI. and .ippihed. it at A shiby, sendintg thle buale int(o his brlamt. The1 bail stuck A.hbly 's head just b ack of' tilt earI, and1( passing lip wvards andt forwvardts penletrated ft' skull unear tile toll of thet head. I Ic lived, t boiugh~ unclonsciouns, uil thec next aftternioon.1 Atn Investigation liy thie Cotronert birouIght to light thle above facts. .\lr s. I ootht is al .nost era/e.d with gr-ief andi is iln a very erip ial (oniditionl.,-- m/l4r Wate/nnan,. I'rogrens~ or t*rohiition. Mti>' IOMR:ilv, A lx., D ecembetr 8.--Th'le lion(11 of IRepresentativyes oif Ithe General Asse.nbly, nIowI inl s5sion, hias piassed( a bill miailag the retail li<luor lifcense f.2?50, whlich Ip Opositionl1- to make it $50 wasll voted d (ownI by a sall major-it.y. Tfhe AssemIbly has1 passedl prohtibit ion hills outrighlt for two of lhe largest bldack counaties, upoICr. petittins from nearly all tile wite inhabitants. Local prohilbition bills are palssed almost withtout bjectioln from any mlemOber, The Senate ias patsed a general local optioni law for dl tile counLties4. The difference bet,wen a mattrimlonial tIe lad a neektlo Is thtt the hatter illh Wear nut and the former won't t ri fSo ri. t. .V " .. Adelard, .a l.oy of 12, i 1londay lalt. AS they diJ 01 rctur a tulr ti1o Iei;h)irt Marted into the 0.: )3 in sCath md(1 1' 1w! their dead bodies in a' terribly mImuI.((t (ond(lition. Bcetr tracks w(e' fouud mu t li di -tium:, hut it is alill .ucprtain v; hI her t he men11 were otil nked ittd klikd wh!e1i e p or it they 110(1 first fired upon hi V "(' 0)i11)11 is 1'i 101(1 h d een ulter. "l' o( 'Te(red. ! The bdies Were found abhout thrCI f((t l1!trt. " - e--. . - it : or it . ioutll. Ill t i l. " 1 in 'l'i; s lld i 111 Il iio 11.' , i'",' 3 IV( .'I'l',ti, II ; I lsI ton ati l. I I4 , , f I rcnthir i ( u . u 1e .i u i . ,' ,-in . t h e to !:juto !'. le teel. ,I ii ni'l ('l1.ed1 a loa it th e t c : r( :t'c l I.Uti ,(:), vi, or (It phe rict.t. ut the (ln t'rec e of t he nu int h. ACCOrdIil to Iii ' ( ;. / c( l Ice: bl,(e('u a de(!strcti'Sn I te i : the,; tilIuI' 11th 11 . e I i i I i; w i l i r' ce i 'i ((t pt 11 -. J'hh of i- . I(' Sh Lo l.lc m n . -A . il from (''ul, holived on iCHIu AND mEr tihclllr(! 1 h( wi1 aS .<u l t ed c of l,!: , dLRa,l robERy rOeP:.NT, w' C : I, Ii i o nd y niaht br yi l,: S c'ir b Or t ' . 1!:) -. - |t Cu ra un 1'c 'i' ~ - bo ot'cnebowe k: 01( hantltu for decdi1 . - n yestheil unor:ing till litlog 'in V."k ve t he nanc of the n w1l un( br rl bii1t OIUd the 'hcritl' inU1Iia'Iy - lhe' a('c (1se Itrth's- TIhe others (."rep I. 1i.h 0 1nY :s i t ee nndt r rrest me la. I'ceit fc~tfu'~ a mans f nv a i U[.1 thir ' l l ' ici s t 1 O01 ) :iie0 1 1(1' is ;!7j ~i 1 t\ la t1C'I ith os t it(an1. lcannot h prces. N"'t fIr !1 y ;V ar hI! e 1: there bee :.: O t i: ' hi winter. 'o v 1 c. l i l ,: t0eit h s enI ( .)c'ibe . 1 ' . ' g :<( o l in-he(t'Ili w- o ; ' m w . i ' ! itO thit mt' l'r Onial ttl(!. :(a 1 : .;y a they :tre i td y, CUR ES DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, WE AKNESS, CHILLS AND FEVERS, I'ALARIA, LIVER COMPLAINT, KIDNEY TROUBLES, N EURALGIA AND RHEUMATISM. IT it In vigorat' JTl gives NEW it [entd D t . C LIFE to the iir.htVei to tai., , T wholc SYSTEM: c.nd ef rr.:t v (: by itrengthcnin0 n19 n 1' lemecTn i-r \ tM the Mduscles, Ton1. v." ^k c'ed A)!'d in;g the NER:VE8 Vr;; e:id Ciii' an<i comnptetlyDi. '. gest g the food. C "N ", A ^ I3 A oo!c..vonl l, 1.o hurtful .bylcadin F.1m1 als, is CDo: I iacin,.t1 r 1 of crefui'y ' lcted Vegt- e s'owto treat de . (,( :in c d ill "c ith a sctto0 h nd. Ii!, nu,in'r a some cards by new - -=a ai ' ttliotyPcproCeSS, 1' ''"'.')n r0ICecpt of 1loc. Po ash V et m. Cured by S. S. S. S. S. S. vs. .T hsvi h'il bloodt po'.-on for ten venr.i. I I lodid1- of pitsh in thal itne, bult iti. d me3( n1 < nd IihnbIM 33ero (CVCovere with piorrp. aind I COnlh at. m in lily 1r houli det r. i 1ook r '. .4. 1 ., n11 it r miai I ii.hv taken. My facti . br a Ind neck mat31is i*ntirel y gonle. I weiL'bed t116 pounds 3 12 pi IOundsl. My 11rst bometl heilped me0 grealyI) I wouIld not3 be without 8. 8. 8. for several 1tim1 U. E. MI Ti (.olog i' ( no-ii -a'ig tihl concentratt AM l I, Yvy TONAI) CON COMJIN wo eri llilli larl.(y used byus the rue Ahc p i ll Ar a wondbl ENT.-veryN othe, ab'em arCndo yornadSaluri r Vi. ne pil d. e PAsnillsY co>tinSiVI iOE Sl eas-or take alnd n nCmps ep casFo Tims'n)ron on,vetmoias ad th>eaveons owef thompany, addessud a Thoe ilsi iern is wodr iveryvaail.I . JONON te Mrrleoakmne Nfdsaew nomto I FRIENDT Not only shortens the Urns of and lessena the pale, a it dtiminish4s the danger to life luother and1 cluldt, and leaves mt her In a collitton moro faV e to tpeedy recovery, and less liabi to Flooding, Convul6in, and of er alnrming symptumns. Its ofiloAOy in this respect entitles it to be called TitE rloTiin's l,nnt:i'+, and to rank a8 one of the lt'e-savin1g renodlee: of the nineteenth century. Ve cannot publihI certifteatea cott cern hg thas relliuly withont wound. tug tho dl:1tcy or l ie writerd. Yet we iave iundres on 00 ile. 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I h l)wuiltin,' is l'htedl with gas, wtrted wtthi theo b~st u\rnugt--ro iurtnaces, has hit :ai oil avte r lth lad t irsttit-celss - ap llg tiilOui1 na. a Ioardting School in 'VII .r.oaeof --nu s hool inl the South has uni :rior. I F o i" I . n,l 'an 'Tuit i C i1c\ e 'vrything iu itl! (;(!t te ci o utrs1', inclutlintg . aniggt ail dgler lanigulages, p.er 0eso --of 40l2 wicks..............$0o I In Iii.n fir I i ar mioie fromt samte faigly or ngei;ahigoiod. Puils che d (ly iio dallthte ofju entance. Fo Catali gnga, withllg i patiularsg, ad Cgirlt, N. C. UNRIVALED ORCANS (on the EA'SY PA f YMENT ,ystem, fromt $ii.25 pe'rltiont up. 10 0 te ? t o$900. Send for Cat,-. loguelI with full pa rtigulanI t !!d free UPRICHT PBAN'~OS, (ontstrutcted on the ntew igtog of 'rgug, on Eaiiar terms. Send for descriptive Caiilguge. MASON & HIAMLIN ORGAN AND PIANO CO., Boston, New York, Chicago. CAUTION, tih the numei7ro'ss im:itations. tubstitutes, p)otash and mierculgy m11!ix.'r' wicih are got ten uip to set!, not on their own megri t, but on tihe merit otf our renvdl~. A i imitation is algcays/ a fraud and1 a chleat, and thsey thrice only ae te can stealfromi the article imitated. T'reatie on Blood and Skini Diseaes mailed fre. For, eale by all druigjgies. TIllC SWIFT SPyCJzIC Co., D)rawter 3, Attlanta, Ga. POTASH. know 1~iig'v taken one hnndlred htottles of goaed. Lait summioer my face, neck, hodly i scarcely use muy armse on atccotunt of rhieut hase dlone mle mtore g~od than aill othier medii lire lerfectly clear iandi clean, and my rhu elhen f begun theo medlice and I now witcgh and gaive me an nppe)titeO like a strong man, '517 itw ight in gold. 1'UELL, W. 23d St. Ferry, Ncw York. J BLE JfUANO, d Ammitoniated Guitano, a complete High )1UN D) -A comptltt Ferilizer'i for thuese 1(ers un(ar Chiarleton for vegotatbles, etc. + ip antd excellenit Non-Atnmoiaied Fer. spsx, antd also) forj Fruit Tfr&e-i, Grape {' ACIJ PliIOSPJIATJi, of very lI!gh - 'or- the vaious attractive atid instructive IJATE CO., Obarieston,.5C, .a liko themn in the world. Will positively cure tottnd each box is wort.h ten times the e4st of a donmore to puritg th blood and cureochrot. io ill health than $8 worth of any other remedy yet discov re.If people could be made to realize 1:100 miles to get a box if they could not be had ustratcd pamphtlet free, postpaid. Send fbr it; % CO. 22 Customn Hloue Stroet, BOSTON, MASS, Uich Blood!>