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SOME FACTS ABOUT CAPTAIN DRAKE'S TRIUMPH. UeWTwo Hundred and Fifty-three nshbb elm of oern were Grewu en One Acre The Larsent Crep Ever Known. Amerloan Agrlculturist.. The acre entered by Z. J. Drake was a sandy soil in Marlborough County,Soutk Carolina. The original growth was oak, hickory, and long leaf pine. Three years ago, before the land was improved, eight dollars per acre was a fair valuation, while thirty years ago, the plantation of which this acre is an average speci men was called by its owner "Starva tion's Empire." it had a gentle slope, with northern exposure, and was naturally well drained. The acre was a fair specimen of much of the poor land in the South, and its improve inent and productiveness affords an instructive lessen. As late as 1885, when it was in corn, it made a poor erop-practically nothing. In 1880, the acre yielded about 300 pounds of seed cotton, two dollars' worth of ammoniated fertilizer being used in the way commen to ordinary cotton culture. The fertility was so reduced that, in 1887, the yield of corn was not over five bushels per acre. But now Mr. Drake undertook to improve It. To provide the vegetable matter or humus so much needed, the land was literfly covered with rakings of leaves, straw, etc., from the neighbor ing woods. On top of this, 27) horse loads of stable manure were evenly spread broadcast; also, 75 bushels of cotton seed, 500 pounds of Wilcox, Gibbes & Co's manioulated guano. 250 pounds of cotton seed meal, and 250 pounds of kainit. This heavy dressing was all plowed under with Starko's Dixie turning.plow. It was laid off'in rows with the sasue plow, two furrows to the row,four feet apart; 100 pounds of guano were applied in the furrows, aid then each pair of fur rows werpthrow into a ridge witi the same plow. The Peterkin c )tton was tlAnted with a Leytch cotton-plantor, and made the great crop ot 917 pfunds of lint cotton on the acro, Allowing conclus-vely the result of the improve ment. Mr. Drake decided that this acre t the one for him to enter in ILhe 'n contept, and hie determined to ke the biggest crop on record, sea i permitting. The last of February, erefore, he hauled upon the contest .e fifty one-horse wagon-loads of' le manure,averaging twent.y bush to the load, or 1,000 bushels of ma o in all,worth $60, to which should added four dollars for hauling arid reading. This was the droppings orses and mules, led on corn and ler, and was not moved until haul *h tile acre. At the same time 600 ds of mani ulated guano, cotton meal, and ainit were also broad. ted, and the whole was then plow under. Following the plow, whole ton-seed were liLerally strown in h furrow,600 bushels being applied the aci e. A subsoil )lov came af r, breaking the soil to a total dep th 12 inches, and also burying the hole cotton-seed deeper than the her manure. Thus, the dlecaying ed should back up thne crop later in e.season when its roots had penletra td below' the first layer of manure. )ne horse and a man did the plowing, .lso the subsoiliag; both jobs being ompleted in one day (March 1), at a tal expense of two dollars. TIhe acre abarrowed on tile same day, with ,assmoothinig harrow, one man ud two horses doing the work in 'out one hoar. The next (lay, arch 2, the acre was laid oft, with e Starke plow, in each row. The vs were alternately three and six apartr-that is, there were aix feet reen twe rows, thlen three feet, six feet, and so on. ne seed planted was one bushel of' common GJourd variety of the hern white dent corn, but it , was hi'thatkhad been improveil by y years of careful selection from at of the corn grown on this .tion. T1he planting was done r hands in half a day, on March weather being warm and the noist. Five or six kernels were 01ed to each foot of the row. The were five inches deep, but the 'vas only covered lightly an inch tvby raking in the sides of the fur erain the next day washed in oril, and covered the seed rather trd. There were good raino March 15, the plants began to show on .L4,and by the 25th there was a teleray goed stand. On April 8 the erp s heed for the first time, thin ned to "one stalk every five or six inches Aand the few missing places re plante4 . On tne 20th, thel2wide spa ees (si feet) between the"alternate rows w re plowed out with the sub soil plo*. Then a mixture, compos ed of p~ lounds each of manipulated guano, anit, cotton-seed meal, acid phosph te, and animal hone, wasn evenly'applied by sowing in each fur row (thus confining this application of plant food to the wide spaces), after whiek the whole acre was gone ever with a Thomas harrow. There was a rain on the 24th, and two days later the crop was again harrowed with the Thornm harrow. Now, on May 15, the aar w or three- foot rows were plowed but with the sub-soiler, and 800 pouznds of nitrate of soda was sow ,pd in tse rows, and worked in with g arrow er cultivator. On the 8e Thomas harrow was run o gh the wide rows, to break the 'cr It will he seen that by this be soil was not only well filled *%Isuh-food, but had been thor leiy cultivated on the surface, and atvell worked underneath by the oil plow, so that the whole soil etiot only full of fertility but was ust light and open oondltion ihat ,facilitates root growth. To rate further root development, irdally in the wide spaces between 0 pternate rows, where there was 'room for this purpose, three fur WK were run, side by sid1e,. in the idle of the wide rows, with the isell plow, and 200 pounds of ma lIted guano was applied in these w,the rows, then en wre ~a&Thomas harrow. The next day **1.was about an Inch of rain, about S?ches of rain fell four days later, on JTune 2 *. land was slightly tedwth ah~ A little earth was 4 Into the V~ zaking the land t level. T %~was .more rain j 4 and 6 14kthe 8th three we w Apne in the mid , time with a -sp. 10-, 40 equal, pArts of mai4ipulated guano, cotton-seed meal and kaialt was strewn Im the wide spaces, and the j corn on the entire feld was hoed. Rain came the next day, but., on June 11th, 100 pounds of nitrate of soda was sowed in the narrow rows and hoed in. The crop was now a wonderful sight. t It soon became necessary to put up v posts and nail slats to them, on each c side of the row to prevent the corn F falling. -o hilling was done but the o whole acre was kept perfectly level. 0 Arrangements for irrigating had bben c made,but the season was early and ti wet, as compared with other years; t rains followed frequently, and no irri- e gation was necessary. In fact, as Mr. e Drake says, " he season was the most b favorable for corn I ever saw." The A fame of the contest acre spread far fl and wide, and farmers and planters a came from all parts of Marlboro and a and adjoining counties to behold it. c Our engraving, from a dim photograph, a gives but an incomplete idea of this u tremendous crop. P. L. Breeden, a great cotton-planter, and one of the 1 mo it progressive farmers in the State, says it was "a wonder to behold." t S. A. Brown, editor of the Marlboro t Democrat, writes: "The harvest was indeed a curiosity. One laborer told I us that the crop, when pulled, was knee deep on the ground. The yield was not much of a sui prise to those who visited the crop while growing. Some Marion county farmers put, the estimate at about three hundred bushels. [Copyright 1890.1 General Southern News. The Chattanooga marble and stone quarries did an exceptionally large trade last, month. They shipped seven ty-nine carloads of stone during the month, each car coutaining 200 cubic feet of stone. The ramifications of this firm are between the lakes and the gulf, and the Atlantic and Pat cific. -4aui Jones has been waking ip) the sinners of Tyler, Texas. where he lia comparedI d'ncing girls to -adlpoles, and halls greatly offimdod the faslionl able girls by saying tbat they "look no more like God Almighty's woman then a Chiiatuan looks like a salt mine." -At Arkanisa iegro plowed lip aI Jug contaiirig $16,00, and inl hi4joy - ous deliruin rain off to town to tell of his find. leavilng the j1g il Ihe fHil after lotdinx hiinvell with '4&lo of t,he treasutre. Whou he ret.urned to the fieid the jig hadi been stolen. -Thez Tlenii ne-e iiegis.a ui o is get.. tiig dowl to busines-s in good earnest, ani witi lprobably get through with tihe b1usiness bfoire them in fifteen days. -Ail the towns which have been estabilied 1n111d boomed in Jelferson county have added to the growth and developmewnt of Birmitnihai. The saime thing will be true of Ainisten. The larger Oxford, Jacksonville ando Piedmont hoon iie better it will be for Anniston. --Ms Johu Out laud, who lives near Jackoon, Teni., is a very old lady, and camne to that ciuintry lifty eight years ago, settling three miles north of town, where she has lived ever since. 41he says tkiat whea she passed t,rough Jackson the cotirt house was a little log hut sitting in one corner of the pr1sentL coutrt square, and that tough she has lived within three miles of Jackson all these years shte has never seen the town since She knows it nauist, be a great deal larger from the numiber of' whistles she can hear b,low ing the din ner hour. She is the mother of a large family ofechildi en, who, w,th their children, are among Madison's active, progressive farmers. A Louisiana P'latation. In 1871 and '72, on the Grevenmberg p)lanitation, bayou TVeche, parish of St. Mary, t here was a cok ny ot Creeles working 01n the share systemr-twelve fimilies, 100 persons, about twenty five workiug hands, not a negro work ing in the colony, in house or field. They cultivated about 500 acres of land, twenty acres to the hand, andl sent to market in two seasons $410,000 worth of sugar and molasses. It would be a large estimate to cal cutlate the field hands on the planta tions and farmsa in Louisiana in 1860 at 175,000. T1he Grevember'g colony made $800 to the hand for two years, besides making corn and feed for their teams and pouiltry and hogs, and most of the food for their fanmilies. rTheir women paid their grocery accounts in chickens and eggs and vegetables. If all the field hands of' the State had done as well, they wvouldl have sent to the market g140,000,000 worth of stap)le produc's beesides wraking rice, tobacco, hay, corn, p)ota toes, polas, beans, vegetables, fruits, etc., for home consumpnltion. T1he duoctor's bills, their p)hysician stated, did niot exceed $100 a year for the colony. A Traitor to HIs St ate. Ex.-Gevernor William Hlolden, of North Carolisa, was stricken wvith par alycis at a late hour saturday night, and his condition is extremely critical. His health has for several years been very feeble, and he has been usable to walk much this winter. Four years ago he had a stroke of paralysis. His death Is nowv expected at any hour. He. was for a quarter of a cestury one of the leading public men In thle State. He was editor of the Standard and afterward was ap)pointed provisional governor by President Johnson, and in 1868 was elected governor. In 1870 he was impeached for high crimes and was convicted and lost his citizenship. He was postmaster here several years. His age is about seventy-five. An Adieu After thme Blanqumet. A good story was told at the exlpense of Congressman Ashbel P. Fitch, of New York. Not long ago he received an invita tion to dine with the Hon. Herman Stump, of Maryland, at his residence in Baltimore. The table was y pread with all tile delicacies of the a - son. Rare wines were served an'h th ere wVas a plentifal supply of champagne. Many of the guests dined not wisely, but too well. As Fitch stood upon the stoop, bidding h's host good night, Mr. Stump said: "Go down carefully, Mr. Fitch. When you get to the foot of the steps you..wlll see two cabs. Take the first one. The other Isn't there." Encounter With Brigaida. 00NsTANITIxoPLE, March 18.-A ter rific encouster between Tusrki.h troops attd a band of Brigands bas takes place g liasomiat. TPh. Turkish troops spc - ded lb dispersing the Brigandes, but 69itWbaty, killed in the fight, while tb3iganrehat nly si. CORN AND WHEAT. nprecedented Quantitles lternaata' Sn the Hands of Grewnrs. WA911INGTON, 1). C., March 13.-Tb* tatistical report of the Department of Lgriculture for March relates to the dis ribution and consumption of corn and rheat. It makes the proportion of the orn crop in the hands of growers 45.9 er cent. or 970,000,000 bnshels, and of f the wheat erop 31.9 per cent., r 150,000,000 bushels. The stock of orn on hand is the largest ever report d in March, of the largest crop after he mildest winter. rhe average of ight annual returns is 077,000.000 bush. lp. That of last year was 787,000 000 ushels. Tho estimated consumption to larch 1st is 1,143,000,000 bushels. The gures are exreded only by last yeat' nd 1880. The proportion of luerchant ble corn of the crop of 1889 is 85.7 per ent., exceeded only uy those of 1884 od 1876. The average value of all corn a the first of December was 28.3 cents ier bushel. The average on the first of larch was 27.8 cents for merchantable ad 19.2 for unmerchantable, making he aggreg-ate of value $35,000,000 less han the December estimate, The wheat crop of 1889 was exceeded )y the crops of 1880 and 1882 anid 1684, L'he average remaining in the hands of he growers on the first of March for can fears past has been 130,000,000 bushels; ;he average yiel<.i during this period be ng 450,000,000 bushels. A MAID IN MASCULINE ATTIRE. ror Sex Revealed by the Way Ifhe Wruna Out a DU,okeloth, Annie Fisher,.a handsome young girl, apparently about 16 years of age, was found in a hallway of a Butler street house, Pittsburg, in a comatose condition at an early hour Manday morning by the people of the house. 8ha was taken to the hospital, where she is in a critical condition. She was evidently drugged, and it is thougbt she tried to com mit suicide. A romantic story has been developed in her case. Some time last week she made her appearance in Pitts burg dressed in boy's clothing and appli od at various places for work. As she looked the simple country boy to per rection, a lady living (in Stanton avenue took pity upon the friendless boy and gave him a temporary home at her house. The girl could not have Lad her dis guise pbnetrated had it not been for a nere accident. Having had occasion to wash a cup while sitting at the table she went and got a dishcloth for the purpose. 'he larly who had befriended her bap pened to notice the matner in which she twisted tha disiclth as slae was wringing it out after washing t.he cup, tad at once became convinced that the supposed boy was a girl and taxed her with being in a disguise. The girl thereuipon broke down and made a com plete confession. She claimed that she had run away from er father's farm near Franklin, Pa. Her mother had died some years ago. She claimed her father bad not treated her right, iud she donned boy's clothing and ran away. Col. ), K. Norris Soriously Ill. It. has been learned here that Col. D. K. Norris, of Pendleton, has been the victim of a partial stroke of paralysis, depriving him of the use of the right side of his face. Few particulars have been received of the unfortunate sillic tion. Colonel Norris, who was one of the three Clemson College Trustees who went to Starkville, Mississippi, to ex amine into the State Agricultural College there, was stricken while at |Starkville. He was brous;ht home by his colleague, Col. R. W. Simpson, and reached Pen diteton last Trhursday. It is stated that his playsicians, while not being appre hensive of immediate serious results from the stroke, proscribe for the patient absolute rest and q1uiet and free dom from excitement. It is supposed that this unlooked for and sudden illness will result necessarily in the withdrawal of Colonel Norris from the race for Judge Cothran's seat in Congress from the Third District, in which he was fairly entered. Colonel Norris being a prominent Fairmers' Movement man and an active Alliance leader, was regarded as a strong candi date, and his enforced withdrawal, so much to be regretted, would probably make a decided change in the outlook. Ureenville News. Cotton Seed Iulite and Meal. Bulletin No. 3 of the Tennessee Ex periment station, c3ntains the investi gations of Professor Stone, upon the subject of cotton seed as food for cat tie. The following are the condensed conclusions: 1. The practice of feeding cotten seed hulls and meal as an exciusive diet is well established, and increasing in the vicinity of the cotton seed oil in dustry. All the information available indicates that the p)ractice is economi cal and proftable. 2. Ii seems in no way harm ful to the health of the animal nor to the health fulness of the products (beef and milk) resulting. 8. The diet seems adapted both to the production of beef and mutton as well as milk. 4. The average ration should con siut of 25.85 pounds of hulls, and five eighths pound of meal daily. 5. The hulls are a cheap and effect.. ive substitute for bay. 8. The manure produced by this system of feeding is an important fac tor in considering its profitableness. That Remairkable Jur-y. D)espito the denials of Mr. Chandler and other Republican Senators, the Jacksonville Times-Union reiterates its charge that the recont grand jury drawn in the United States Court for the North ern District of Florida, Judge Swain presiding, was packed with Republican grand jury men. It shows that of the twenty- three jurors selected, twenty-two wore Republicans and eniy one a Demo crat. A prominent Jacksonville mathe matican figured upon it, under the rules of combinations and chances, demon strating that, if the names in the jury box represented an equal number of Democrats and Republicans, and the drawing was fairly done, such' a restult could happen but once in 823,537 times. The News and. Courier, having dia. tributed its hundred premiums for sub scriptions, has now instituted a main moth guessing match as to the cotton crop of 1889-90. Thbe cotton year closes the last day of September. The esti mate of the Financial Chronicle will be taken as authority as to the number of bales. One "guess ballot" may be found i. each copy of the Weekly News and Courier. On this your guess must be entered and forwarded to the office in Charleston. Nineteen tons of guano are amongst the premiums. Yetn may see particulars in the Weekly News and ARP 3M"wfRIVOMY. t I E T I INKS TIlE PEOPLE MUST 1 BE PIROSPERINO. h t ThO Founduation otihiasm elieiin tho Nask. bar o" 3larringes Among &hie Young Folki--Monso Recollections. d Atlanta CoutitIuttou, . C Our people must be prospering, for i the young folks are mating and marry ing all around us. t seems to an ' epidemic or a contagion or something, u and'the town talk is, "who next."- t Some of the poets sing sadly about mar. riage, but most everybody takes a lively interest in. the performance, and it looks lets like a funeral than anything I know of. Only afew days ago one of the churches was dressed in bridal robes, and half the town gath ered there to see and to hear and give good wishes, and everybody felt so good, that they kissed all-round, and they have been talking about the handsome couple and their bright prospects ever tince. And there was another one yesterday at another church, and the young people put in again to lend a helping hand. My young folks stayed at the churck All (lay, with a whole flock of chattering birds, and they said they wanted a frame for a wedding bell %o hang In the centre of the arch, and so 1 had to hunt qy an ld bird cage and take out the boutoin and equash in the top and make it bell shape, and then I got an old wash pan and cut ouo the bottom an4 II'tuned it upside down and fasten ed it -ecurely and made a first class bell frame. The girls covered it with ever.reen and roses and used a large calla lily for a clapper, and so it was a success al1 I contributed wy mite to the elysian show. There was nobody crying that I observed, and all wont merry as a marriage bell. I like the Episcopal marriage cere meuy boLter than any, execept for ona thnig that sometimes don't fit the poor fellow when he has to say "Witk all my worldly goud< i thee endow," and perhaps he han't, got anything but a dog and a pock. t knile. It reminds mnki of the fellow who w-nted to quit his wife and consulted a lawyer a% to the division of the asets. "Squire aid lie, "spost' a. feller what, had notlin' utarried a gal what, had nothin' anl I hey agree to quit one another, is his thing- hisen and hern hern-or how?" I marrii a coup's ane. It was thlirl-y-liv,e ye-ari ago, Wn1-. I lva at judge of the inferior court and lired out in the*flat woods among the poor folks. They sent for me one night, *1d I walked about a mile to a little log shantiy that had but one room avd two beds and a mud and stick chimney and a gieat, broad fire place. The old woman wan baking biscuit, and gingerbread on the hearlh, and frying chicken and roasting 'taters and mak ing coll'ee. She hi a pipe in her n,outh awdi her daughter hiad a auff stick in hers. There were about a dozen of the neighbors standing a ound the door, anti when I said howdy, I asked if tie parties wereready. They pointed to the girl and said she was, but. iii haiu't come. In a fNA minutots Jin: put in his appearance. He was a rough country boy and chewed his tobacco hard and fast. He was "skeer ed," th boy said, and so was I. The ouitside-rs cause in and I soon hati Jim and Sally before mae. I had got, my lesson pretty well and was proceeding along to t h. close, when suddenly I remenhbered that the lani requhied me to see the license before performing the ceremony. I paused and said: "Jim, I forgot. I must we the license befo,re I proceed." Jiml looked bewvil (ared an<t alarmed. Sally put the stick in her mouth After a few mo men' s of silent embarrassment one of the boys came forward andl haudod the document alnd said: "I reckon that's hit. I forgot to give it to Jim " So I had to begin at the beginning and do it all over again. Whe,. I pro nounced them man andl wife the old1 a oman smiled and said: "Jim, salute the bride-that's the way I was mar ried." Jim gave her a smack that sounded like pulling a stopper out, of a jug andI the boys all followed suit, and they looked at mel In such a way that I took a delicate taste of what they had left on her juicy lips. I think she enjo, ed1 it, for I was p)retty good looking then. The old woman invited me to stay to supp)er, but I excused myself and de part.ed those coasts repeating those beautiful linos of Tom Moore about marriage: - And oh, there i.e an olyslum on earth It Ia thIs-it Ia tie! A poet cannot disguise his heart, and it is a comfort for woman to know that the greatest and purest and best of them have plaid homage and tribute to the marriage relation. But the man andl the women must, lbe mated as well as marr:ed. It is the mismating that bri n a so munch dliscredlit upon the is - stitut ion andI keeps the young men from prospering. They are afraid to ven ture -more afraid than the women. I have known many a girl to keep her lover in tow, but ait a respectful dis tance, hoping fora better catch. After awhile she accepts him as a last resort. Colonel Stansell told me to-day of a young married woman who some years ago who camo to h'm to procure a divorce. As she was very reticent aboutsatating her grounds for asking to be separated, he encouraged her by readling over the various things that the law expressedi, but she'said no to all of tlema. When lie pressed her for a reason, she blushed and dld she bad married him for fifty, ..ut had found out he was seventy-four. The poor thing had been tempted by his prop)erty to throw herself away, but he tightened his grip, and she was neither an old man's darling nor a young man's slave. How sadly roman tic was Sam Houston'. marriage. H e was a great man, a grand man; the gever:nor of Tennessee, the friend of Andrew Jackson. He married a beau tiful and lovely woman, and they had a 3parently -every reason in the world to be happy, but shortly after their union *he observed that she was not happy, and on pressing her gently for the cause, she told him frankly that she had married him through pique that she had another lover whom abe had diseerded without just cause, and her heart was break'ng. Houston never upbraided her, but in a few days kissed her an affectionate farewell, and left her forever. He wrote her from the Cherokee nation to sue for a divorce, as he had abandoned her. She did so, and was married to her lover the day the divorce w as granted. Hous ton married Miss Lee, of Alabama. af terwards, with whom he lived most happily, and they were blessed with a flock of good children. But tieing and unleng ar. ver -. ilerent hingd. Te 0 la lad an he other is sad.-very sad. Therk is io gloom upop earth as dark s that rhinh hangs over broken vows. It rings a cankering, corroding sorrow hat, ,reys upon the heart and ends uly with death. Our. people have Dug been blest with comparative free. lom from the good of divol ces that verrun the North. Illinois has only wioe our population. but tw'elve times ur number of divorces, and it is near as bad in all the Northern States. hey tie and they untie at their pleas re, but still they are unhappy because he negro :an't vote. May the good ord deliver us from ktheir miserable ondition. BILL ARP. A BOLD GRAB FOR DIAMONDS. rive Thoutaud Dollars' Worth stolen at One Time. One of the boldest robberies that ever ccurred in Texas took place Mon lay night, at 9:30 o'clock, at 008 Main trect, in the very heart of the city of )Allan. Domnar & Samuels are jewelers, and ieep a magnificent display of costly goods )ehind the plate glass of their large ihow window. Within and without are -lectric lights, and the neighborhood is cept almost as light as day. While Mr. Domnar was waiting on a ::ustomer, he heard a terrific crash of the window, and turning his eyes barely in time to see a tray of valuable diamond rings disappear, he ran out in an Instant, but the thief had disappeared up the stairway at the side of his store. The break was made with a rock weighing tweety pounds, wrapped is paper. The tray contained foriy-two fine diamond rings, valued at about $5,000. The man who was a slender white man, abent 5 feet 8 inches high, with out whiskers, and wore a black suit and light colored hat. After he ran up the stairs in front he was seen to descend to the street in the rear and go out through the alley. The sheriff and other officers followed with trained blood hounds and are now on his trail. How are the Folks? "Oh, they're all well except Mot her, she's about the same. Poor Mother, worn out by household cares, exposure and overwork. No wonder she gives up at last and takes to her bed. But oh! how much brighter the family gre side would be if mother's chair wai not vacant. The doctors don't seers to be deing her any goed. She saye their medicines don't seem to go to the spot. She feels so weak and longs for strength. "Ohl give me strength,' she murmurs. Why not give her the remedy her system craves? Her im poverished blood and shattered nerveE are starving for just such ingredientA as are contained in B. B. B. (Botani Blood BAin). Then try a bottle ol this excelleat re-nedy. It is truly woman's beat friend. It quickly re lieres pain and restores health and strength and functional regularity. James W. Lancaster, Hawkinsville, Ga. writes: "My wife was in bad health f3r eight years. Five doctor and as many more patent medi cines had done ne good. Six bottlet of B. B. B. have cured her." Expelled From the Southern Society NEW YORK, March 13.-Major Ian. cock Ciark, the man who shes Miltot Randolph as a result of a quarrel at thc Southern Society, a short time ago, wai cxpelled last night from the society, after en investigation of the chargei against him. Randolph, on the othei hand, was acquitted and exonerated. The Mother's Friend, used a few~ weeks bofore confinement, lessens the pain and makes labor quick and com paratively easy. Sold by all drug gists. Not the Same Party. Paster to hired boy-So I have caught you stealing apples out of the barrels. Hired Boy-Yes, parson, I own up. Don't you know, Tho~mas, that when you steal you commit a heinons sini Moreover, there is a being who sees all we do, before whom even I bow my~ head with fear and trembling. Do you know who I mean? Your wife, I suppcae.-Texas Sifting. Pianos Organg. .W. TaRur, 134 Mala Street, Ce ambia, sells Pianos and Organs, direct froms factory. N. agents' commi,slons. The celebrated Chickering Piano. Mathushek Piano, celebrated for its clearness of tone, lightness of touch ane lasting qualities. Mason & H1am lin Upright Piano. Stcrling Upright Pianos, frons $2%f up. Arion Pianos, from $200 up. Mason & Hamlin Organs, snrpasseei by none. Sterling Organs, $50 up. Every Instrument guaranteed f, r sis years. Fift.een daya' trial, expenset both ways, if not satiefactory, Meld cs irstalments. W~here He Struck Himt. "Did the prisoner at the bar strike you in the altercatlont" asked the lawyer. "No, sar, boss," replied the dusky prosecutor.'"he bified me rite behind the lef' yer. Ef yo'il .j >a' lean ober a ittle ways, I kin sho' yo' do zict spo t.' r'he lawyer didn't lean. DestructIve Fire in CincInnati. CINcINNATr, March 13.-The five story Wnilding on the southeast corner of l'hird and Vine streets, owned and oc upled by Stern, Mayer & Co., one of ~he largest and 'wealthleat clothing nanufacturing firms in this city, was ~ompletely destroyed by fire early this norning. The loss is estimated at $450 )00; insurance $250,000. An Agc4 Negro. J. H. Hunter of Blackst.ck, S. C., was In Charlotte a day or 'so ago, hay ng with him an old colored man nam ad Billie Alken, who Is 120 years old. He remembers having seen George Washington and LaFayette. He came to Charlotte on horseback, and is very hale and hearty for so advancedd an age.-Chronicle. Ho Heard It. "You should vIsit the seaside, Mr, Blank," said a gushing young maiden t( a crusty old lawyer, "and listen to the murmuring of the tide." "I hear enough of that every day,' grunted the lawyer. "Where at!", Inquired the girl. "In the divorce court," replIed the FAOTS,.~ I When soliclited to insure in Ott THE- MUTUAL . LIE .3 entitled to your first consideration, si tbe Life Insurance Institutions of the in all the features of business, together 1. It is the Oldest active Life Insurance 4 2. It is the Largest Life Insurate compi 8. It is the Strongest financial Institution more than One Hundred and Twenty 4. It is the Safest Company in which-to i 5. It is the Cheapest Company In which i ducing t' e tinal cost of Iasurance beko 6. This OP 4AT CORPORATION has eai in Cas) 8urplus, ii twenty-one years, is nea y eleven million dollars wort the l &t TWO leading companies. (ARHAMVILLE STOCK AND POULTRY FARMI HORSES, CATTLE, SWI[FE AND PlUL. 'I [01 SALE& llftdi Luev lrd of Jersey Cattle. The impoitcd Percheron Stidio 8 P' H '1A l':. 1 i will make tht season at h11o tc#yuunI tdursey Catt 0613Itit..R AtI itsa L .Iish D romw, WtAU 64. bash"s, arWp hughor,l4 4plynout iuak and tilame np~ thomiL. MELTOn, J'.opriotor. L elumbia. a. 0. FINE SHO SE *8-Ask for eatalWg. TERRY M'F'G CO.. NASNnVILLn . TENN. INIS'CA MINATIVE FORQCOKOTAIMAA D Y FOeitery, ha aid 9hora 1, fagtum. A pleasant medine at Isoakv. be merit in the home cbrele for ehlt adult. It Is pular, pleasant and emfi. Tr;y a me ls friend. It sveon b.ola the mu s memrases, and the mudous dwharge from heed, sou. and bowels. The nucovs dieharg fr thehead and lungs are an promptly lieved by it as the mucous discbare f the bowels. It is made so =eve 'mucous system and vore names, an. * does i. It makes the critical perim testideg children sfe and asy h vtgosAies and builds, up she sy0ter. It li aAleving and turing tIe wastei # X tscomsiendeld and used larg,4. 0 alides. For sale iv Wannawki, ituspy Co., Cedunioa, S. C., ad wia.. 'e by 1oward & Willett, Agusta. . A OUX4 1hf-1 .r j TU 0 E A !F!!jH=r,. WhIe-9 rdoCut 02 rele:kfr bwYrk. ie Af o6.1tm Agen:ts vanted to it Is a perleot sell Piulesn Clothes winter line. Sam Li1ns; o 110ore pie line sent by clothes pins neeued. --iiil tor 5oo., also Ithold" the ieavest soft. line by and 1lue-, fabi us INS mall $1.25 pre w I I hn o t piul. paid. For circu Clothes do i.,st freeze lo lar,price ht, terms It and cannot blow off. addresi the PINLM14 CLOTHIIS UINX CO., 17 Hermon 4t.. Worcester, blans. MADE WITH BOILING WATER E P PS' S 6RATEFUL-COMFORTING, OOOOA MABE WITH BOILING MIL-K. How Lost ~ w Regained, THE 8CE A Scienific and Standard P'opuunr Med ical Treatise on the lcrrurs of YoIutha,l'remnreL,, Ilelinec, Norvous and Physical k)ebltity, lamni! .of tihe Blood. IResulting froin Folly, Tice, ignorance, Excesses or Overtaration, Enrvahing aneb unfliting the victim for Work, Buinenss, the Married or .Mod4o Relatien. Avoid unskillful p:etenders. Pot. - thie great work. Iteontains 560 pgs, royal e -. Beautifut biuding, embossed, fullgl Prico *y $1.64 by mal, postpaid, conceaied in plaia 1. p ier. Jilla distinguts ed ator ,m. I ro5 r 4B so eelved the 6 OL D Ai DI JEWBDLLb ZUA L frea she Naional Medical Anselio fba. *Mii PRI'4E IBfIAY on NBRLV*WS raid PE YS3'AL DBJILITY.Dr. Parkeraud acos of Assistaat Phtysilans may be esulted e dentialliby mail or in person at the afe PMEA BeDY MUDICAt, INSTI'm . No. 4 fluinnok st., Boston, Ma.. to whom * orders for books or lettors for advice sheald be directed as above. Talbott & Sons, RICHIMOND, VAe, M anuf a ot ure r s. WVill furnish lowest estimante(',o an'll kindsa of MACHINERY. ENGINE~S AND) BOIL,ER3, SAW M(LLB AND G1RIST MiLL-I, COTTON GINS, PR-ESSE4t AND EL~E VATORIS, BRICK AND TILING MAeiIINERY, PLANERS AND WOOD)- WORKING MACHINERY, W~rite' to me for i < e 1,.I.. buying. V. C. BADHAM, Gen'i Agi'. .~Columli, S. ( ior Com panies, remember that IN8URANCE - COMPA W O Z. 3,L ice it holds the foremost place amo world, and offers superior advaditaR with unequalled Anancial security. )ompany In this Country. mny in the World. in the World-its assets amounti six Millions of Dollars. nsure. o Insure, its large dividend retur w that of aoy other Company. -ned for and paid out to its policy fc the enormous sum of $78,000,000 has the Combined Returni attaine EDWARD L. GERNAND GUNZAAL AOUNT, Columbia, 8, T-he Toe EDgin :uoato 1011i ArnA&M Wor JOHN A. WILLIS PROPR 117 WanT GzVAie St NEAR. -MAKFACTURER8 OF 'I Toer Iteam JOU 01 Tm~~' AMADMZ For Esttalates en STEAM SAW X Wa 1 lr . Harvesting 4 &to e .iory write the un rd %ill guarantee the goods offr-in- all vewpeet, and w intereetng both t* consn W0 wull also furalsh needed in tho lne o supp Is, r mps, W. H. GIBBUI, a at H. H. P. a.-A o r. gfek Readche and Coa3191 tine. Preveats al Malamial'... My oests. For male by drug.. ebants. Mannhetared by - - K1PJN Z& CJEARL 39 8OF ... -- .r. ceLaluv. )ir gions --- * - - -> i (on. . .1 W. A. CL.Amt tre. T. 0 -THE Colmbi P a.. ... r rry.. 11GOrt RU0 AOlD P'I ile.. h iltB GR&AD1B AMMIGOf. --- enls.- .. 6ER~MAN N )i on Ar.... Wston... fexce and 8; c Man sa d5J&. PassA Cohamt = R'S LIYLt RT]I aemove the bite from the - 13th, hilious trbrabtes, and prvn jrleston For sube by all druggista and arl ..ent. a boa, or malIled en receiplDUL.. T HE BA R RETC~~-3 Goin FOR mAT a::.. W E er 115,lie -r ... .. 8 ter ...11 anN.C0... 1 of 8 . ('., Lv 2 *-and on..,...12) 10 ...10 maation urg . .124 e, N. C 9 -1 ~ Charle'ston an I. EMERSON e n. Pass. Ag GERA pheri M- I Brotheus nlargemen e In wautcr_ *LI and plaint