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I > i Jltotoled li ^jritullure, Horticulture, gom^stk (geonoraj,. folitt Sitqrature, ?olifita, and the (tturrenf ^eujg of the gto;. ? , .a. ,r'. ..w ??!? I i'"Lf ?"" ~ ' .' : ~ >. m VOL. xm.-New Sebuss. UNION C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, JANUARY 8, 1886. NUMBER 1. ,; >,, .... ' ' ' - . / ' * Tn. Pinnriui Pr .? V ? * *' * t ? ? vnnvwnn uu?i-mifiK?.-^lC DM been a matter of speculation for yuans a to why tho 'poor whito trash* of ceatra North Caroliua ate the clay that is f'ouoi in that part of the oountry. It remain* for a Philadelphia physician to solve thi mystery. A short timo ago Dr. Frank 19 Getohcll, of 1532 Spruoo street, weat on i gunning expedition to North Carolina His quest tor game led him into thtf wile country baok of Salisbury, which is in habited, for the most part, by a miserable race of beings with only juat enough en ergy to eke out a wretched -existence Theso creatures aro nearly all veritabU living skeletoos, and, with few exceptions aro addicted to ihc !rtbft of clay-oating. While shooting wild turkey and othei gamo in this wild regiou, Dr. Getchcll made an incidental study of this peculiar habit or vice among tho inhabitants. It is a mountainous country, and in the spring littlo rivulets start out from tho caps of snow on the mountain, and, as the days grow warmer, the little rivulets become torrents, and groat wash-outs are made along the mountain-side. The soil is of a heavy, clayey nature, but there are strata o( olay that is heavier than tho rest, and the water rushes down, this elay is formed into little pellets, and rolls and accumulates in heaps in the valloy. rri _ ? . * j.uubo mue peueis ana rolls are what the clay-eaters devour with as much avidity as a toper swallows a glass of whiskey. 'Among the poor people of this section/ said Dr. Getcholl, yesterday, 'the habit of eating clay is almost universal. Kven little toddlers aro conGrmed in the habit, and tho appetite seems to increase with time. While investigating tho matter, I entered a cabin occupied by one of these poor families, tmd saw n littla chap tied by the anklo to the leg of a tablo, ou which Was placed a big dish of bread and meat -''and potatoes within easy reach. Tho child was kickiug and orying, and I asked bis mother why she had tied him up. She replied that sho wanted him to eat some food before ho went out to the clay, and be re* fused to do so. The woman confessed that sho ate the clay herself, but cxplainod that the child's health .demanded tfrat it ** ICmi anhaHnlJabanod before eating any earth. .* <Almost every one I met in this section was addicted to this habit. They were * 11 very thin, but their flesh seemed to be < puffed out. This was particularly noticeable about the eyes, which had a roddish hue. 'All of the olay-eaters were excessively m and indolent* and all df these oondi.tiona combined led me to the conclusion that there must be aomo sedative or atiuiu* lating qualities, or both, io tho day, and I determined to find out whether there was or not. I consequently brought a lot the day home with me, and Prof. Tiernan and myself mado au analysis of tho stuff, and discovered that, instead of clay-eaters, the inhabitants oC central North Carolina Ihould more properly be oailed amnioeaters. 'AU of this clay contains arsenic, but exactly io what proportion, we havo not yet disoovered. Arsenic-eating is common in feaoY parts of tbe world, and is practiced v - to a greater or less extent throughout the world. It sots as a sodativo and foUo as a etimulaut. The moantaineors of Styr^ Austria, aro habitual araenio-eaters. Thej^ give.as their rcaaoft for eating it, that they are better able to climb the mountains after eating the poison, and their explanation is a perfeotly reasonable one, as arsenic acts as a sedative to the heart's action. The habit is also prevalent in the Tyrol and in the Alps. 'It is also said that the peasant girls of Switserland and parts of Germany and in Soandaoavia, eat anenio to giro lustre to their eyes aid color to their oboelfs, but this i? a matter I have not Investigated. It has boon shown that arseuio or arsenioal fames are k sore cure for intermittent 'T1h> ? "CM*. Ot Goto ; wait, Jfinglsnd. at ope lima all auffhrpd with Ibis type of feeer ; bat when ihe copper Workf were eeUbliebed there, ihe feter dUappeered. Tbia. was accounted for by * the agaeotttl fames created la the treet. meal (ft* copper. As to whether ?r?eDictating shortens life, I a Co uot yet preperod ** to"aiy, but I intend investigating the mat* tar tborougMp.'-i'Arta^w^aie,. 'Uncle John, I thought your oows were well bred ? ' , . , * HJf course they are, my dear. ' Thby are Alderneyn, and I bare their pedigrees from w ay back/ 'I don't care about that. They are no( well bred. One of them juat ehaeed oa< out^of the pasture lot, and I think thej are juaf ae rudo as they can be ! '*~Neu York Graphic. k. * J iJITTKR Fiuiit Between Te.vciie i and Pupil --aubukn, IlL, December 3c .1 ?Ooe of the most singular social disngrc 1 incnta tliut has over divided a comuiuoil 1 has separated the 1,500 iohabitnDts of th a peaceful vilhigo Into two rancorous fa< . tjons. Between tho families of J. A i Christopher and James R. Lewis, brother . in-law and rich farmers, a feud ha9 existc I for several yours over an inheritance, bu - not until recently have the ucighboi ) shown any disposition to champion th oauso of either. Throe month* ago Miss Eunice Christo > phor was* graduated a teacher and wc , give# what is knowu as the Finloy Schoo " She is twettty^iwo years old and for som . time had been receiving attentions froi Frank Hitchcock, one of tho village beau; Among her scholars sho was surprised i 'fiQd Miss Emily Lewis, her eightcen-year old cousin. Teacher and pupil soon dc velopcd a hatred for one nuothcr whicl the scholars were not slow to no'ice. Thi one was sevorc and tyrauical, the othe disobedient and at times intrnctablo. The scholars told of the nwful passages at word; which tho two girls passionately indulged in, and the town, from discussing tb< Boandal, unconsciously began to taku sides nntil at length many old frieuds found their social relations completely severed. Just bofors the end of the hol;day term an unusually hotter controversy was had over a geometrical problem which terminated in Miss Christopher callinz Miss Lewi# n blockhead and Miss Lnwis accusing Miss Christopher of knowing less about math' emetics than her pupils. Miss Christopher undertook to chastise Miss Lewis for hsr insolence, but nftcr a violent souffle in whioh both young ladies lost their bangs and inflioted several disfiguring scratches upon ono another, the teaolur retired, a little tha worso off for the effort. Tho town scandal ran so high that night that a number of young men quarrelled and fought over the merits of the affair. Miss Christopher gave no intimation of her purpose, but when school opened on the following morning young Hitohcock, the lusty and obedient lover, was the first to enter. IIo was given a sent beside Miss Ch ristopher's desk. Miss Lewis was called, but declined to leave her seat, whereupon Miss Christopher walked up the aisle HltchS* and, followed gr^fng 'tboTlhands-of Miss Lewis, held them pinned behind her baok until Miss Christopher had satisfactorily punished her with a long strap. Uf>on being released the girl fled home in tears and relate 1 i the method of her chastisement to her mother. The mother flew Into hysterical rage and, wnatchlog up her husband's revolver hastened ever to the school. Discipline had meanwhilo vanished, and when Mrs. Lewis arrived upon the seene it was one of wild disorder in which in? acnoiars were iouuiy uporaiutng tuc teaoher and tier lover for (heir conduct. Mrs. Lewie rushed into the room with pistol in hind and her finger on the trigger, and hid not a oouple of plucky boys taken the revolver away from her ehe would doubtlese havo shot both het niece and young Hitohoock. She sought the next beet, retaliation by having them arrested , They were tried before a magistrate for assault andbhttery lastThuraday and the jury disagreed. Then they were re-arrested for disorderly eonduot, and after a two days' hearing were last evening fined $10 nnd costs each by the magistrate. The ablest legal talent proourablo at Springfield was engaged in the oase,andlhe arguments were as elaborate and gropbio as if the trial was for murdor and tho prisoners victims of oircumstautial evidence. People from all the country around came in to the hearing! with their beat rigs as on churoh days. Young Uitchoook took advantage of tho tri.il to propose marriage to Miss Christopher, and his offer was accepted. Sho ia disposed to retire from the school, but the Christopher faction insists that she roust continue to teach. On the other hand, the Lewis faction declare that Miss Emily shall pursue her studio at the Pinley School, and intimate that if Miss Christopher ever attempts to chastise her again Ihorc will be a tragedy. The Commissioners will probably take the O&se in hand and dismiss both teacher and pUpil. The legal expenses of the two trigls will sum up over $3,000. McKeuuey, Texas, December 29.? Thomaa Hinaon, a boy aged fourteen years cut iced the three little daughters of John Gallagher, residing nt St. Paul, this county souie distance from home yesterday oven ing about sunset. 'After getting th^m ii x secluded spot he brutally assaulted > Jkilj ? ? AJWUIa, a vuiiu ui av(?u ui rijjiH jrcuio u age. The other children fled. Deputy Sheriff Broeke arret led Hinton hat nigh and lodged him in - jail. There is sotn< .dottbf as tp how long be will be poraiuei to remain there. . . .* i, ^ ; f "i "i 1 i ' El Pado, Texts, December 29.?It he oame kqowu hero >?aterday thai a bold al i tempt wis made on the night of the?23r< bat. to bjpij hp the bridge of the 8outh em Faefflo Itailroad acroee the Bio Grand i rirer, , eeverai niilea abovo this citj Dynamuf'waa placed on the treek and tk t bridge bolte wore Ipoeened. A doaen ? I more men, speaking Eoglieh, eeised brldg< r keeper Meitin about midnight, bound ? > blindfolded him, and then marobed htm( hie oabic. ;tt The IJaby Has Come.?Said one of . tho Western TJuion Telegraph receivers c- yesterday : 'Do you know that few people :y o.utside tho doctors and the telegraph reis oeivers realize how many babies sro born 3s in the world ? Why, thorc isn't a day, I. Sundays included, that I don't handlo from s- 15 to 25 'baby telegrams,' as we call 'em. d By theso I moan telegraphic announceit meats of tho advent of little strangers. s There's a good deal of human nature in c tbeso messages. Of course, they arc usually sont to tho little one's grandparents, aud , they tako on all shados of exuberance, i is from tho wildly exalted ecstacy of a first- ' 1. born to the cold, formal, aud not iufrc^'i o quently disgusted announcement of the i n sixth. I will s?*y, howevor, that after the \ i. second or third eveut of tho kind the light- , o ning is not drawn on so reckle.-slv. Tho * slower process of tho mails is considered 4 ? enough for the emergency. The coining t !i of the first, however, is as suro to briog I e ont an cxcitoJ telegram as the sun shines ] r It is great fun to watch the senders of t ; theso first baby dispatches as they prepare 8 3 them. A young fathor comes in with a I hurried step aud an exultant, beaming 8 i face. IIo grabs a blank and dashes off ^ , something like this : 'Groat news ! Mary ^ I very ill. Fiue boy !' Then ho tears tha', ^ up. Somehow* ho doesn't want tho rude ^ telegrapher to know tho name of the gentle g but happy sufferer, and ho tries it again : 'Expected event realised; n little girl; ^ , wile doing well.' *'But, pshaw !' ho says, 'that's rather a cold way to speak of her ^ to own father and mother. Wife, why of 0 course sho's wife ; but I do uot like that,'" ~ and he tears it up. Then ho starts again, and this time he says : 'Confound tho tel- ^ egraphcr, ho shan't know anything about ^ it,' aud ho writes: 'It has como?eight ^ pounds?female. Mother all right.' Ho ^ looks at it a minute, and then teara it up, with the remark : 'They wou't know wnetncr that means a Jersoy calf or * Ilamblctonian colt.' lly this time the C< young uiau has got into a sweat, and grab- JJ bing a pencil he dashos off: 'It's a girl. ^ Mother doing nicely,' and after looking at , that fivo or six minutes, and maybe with a | U1 "aire ?11 about aiiko,v^ these first young fathers. They're proud and happy and conscious, and yot they will do almost anything to conceal their idcu- 11 tity. Sometimes tho young man couics in ^ showing signs that tho great douicslio Cl event has been too much for him, and then 01 I bavo to take tho pencil and help him out, 'c and I do it io a practical way. I get the ^ address and I simply write: 'The little v< stranguria here. It is a girl (or boy.) ' Mother well.' And then the man pays tl his half-dollar nod nearly pulls me through rj tho wibdow in his fierce desiro to have mo go and give the baby a bath. There is c: great fun iu a telegraph office when the ^ baby business has been particularly good, n I can tell you.'?Chicago Herald. .*. South Carolina's Prosperity.? Charleston, S. C., December 31.?Tho News and Courier will print to-morrow a n review of the industrial growth and re- ^ sources of South Carolina covering a period of five years sinco tho United States P census of 1880. Tho review shows an in- 81 crease of 825,142,865 in tho value of roal aod porsoual property, of nearly 20 per P cent, decrease (more than ?500,000) in ' (he public debt of the Stato during the ? samo period. Ju 1880 tho value of tho products of tho Stato and agricultural mat * chinery was ?74,189,879 ; in 1885 the e value is 8114,908,647?an increase of ?40,- * 718,798, made up as follows: increased I 1 value of livestock 89,018,380, agricultu ml productions 88,629,221, agricultural b machinery 81.405,978, manufactured pro- 1 ducts 821,655,249. f Individual deposits in State and National banks during the past year show an in- * crease of $911,086. Tho commercial cap- 0 ital is estimated nt $46,982,000, as coins ? ; pared with $40,156,000 in 1980. There 0 i aro 3,256 manufacturing establishments in 0 I the Slate, aa compared with 2,708 in 1880. 1 j. The eapital oru ployed haa increased from- f $11,205,894 to $23,367,510, while the a t products haro increased from $16,738,006, 1 B to >#88,403,250. During the fieo yearn f j 240 milea of railroad hove been built, at a t ooat cf $2,600,000. In fine, the roview 1 ahowa that the people hare added io fire ^ (. years $60,300,000 to the total wealth of | > South Carol ioa. J i ? . J < I. Atlanta, Ga., Deeember 20.?Jamcr* 4 Turner, nephew of United States SertUetF. Joaepfe % Drown, was 1 ruo ovor^ by PJj o irtMgnt unguio ra ine y??(ro ana The Threatened Issue.?The up country is opo i mouthed about making a 1 propor npportiouuiont an issue in the next it campaign. This be ng tho case, it is as ai well to see w1. at is the ground of complaint t< which arises in default of an enumeration t( and reapportionment. As near as wo can tc approximate the figures we find the follow- w ing result*: Charleston county is very tl certainly under 00,000 population at this ti period, Edgefield and liarnwell together si possibly foot up 93,000 to-day, Abbovillc ai and Anderson 83,000; Greenville and Spar- <* tanburg 90,000; llichland nud Orangeburg Cl 78^100; Sumtjr and Mariyii ^8,000. Now ai Lbeo, if Charleston couuty has 12 represen. tatives to say 00,000 people, this gives one ft representative to every 5,000. At this ?' ate Edgefield and Barnwell should have y< 19 representilives, they lnro only 10; fla Abbovillc aud Anderson should have 16, er hey bavo only 9; Grconvillo and Spartan- 111 )urg should have 18, they have only 8; j? llichland and Orangeburg should havo 15, do hey have only 10; Sumter and Mat ion Pa hould have 15 they have ouly 8. Without going further these figures are ,e' ufheient to indicate the gross wrong done in in: lostponing the enumeration, and tho reap- ,al lortionmcnt under it as expressly dirco'ed y tho Constitution. At tho next State an /Onvention, called for the nomination of 101 date offioers, which is tantamount to an 9U lection, this inequality will transpire in a slling way. Doubling the couuty dolcga- 8Ul ion iu tho Legislature lor representation in an be Convention whilst Charleston will havo Pei 8 delegates Edgefield uud Barnwell com- Bet iocd will have 24, although the two couo- an' ies have over 30,000 more people than ^ei harlcston county; o Abbeville and An- J01 erson will hnvo but 22, Although they tra ave over 20,000 more people than rui Charleston county; Grccnvillo and Spartan- r^' urn will have but 20, though tliay have r" >mc 30,000 more people than Charleston >unty. This same advantage will enure CO E i other counties in the State besides harlerton county, und wo simply uiake ic comparison with it to make the stat-j- , , ,, be< ent more incnive, as it enjoys above ull Jfsdate. ' 1 JJ0, We do not prcteud to nice accuracy in C0| ?o figures given. We have allowed recnvillo and Spartauburg a larger in- uu rease from 1879 to 1885 than any of the jjj, :her counties, and Charleston county the iast increaso of all oj the figures of 1880. 0p fe tal^e it, however, that wo have not ;8j tried far from tbo true stato of the case. 0Q /e thus may see at a glauce what a dis- 80| irbing element has^cou thrown into the axt campaign-by tbo assembly failing to je( j its sworn duty. There is absolutely no n(j, tourfh, lbr it, aud wc siucerely trust that crc At^opular condemnation will uinkc such demoralizing incident in the legislation of ^C( le Stato a political impossibility hereafter. reJ - Col. Reg itter. pe Ull Why Not??Wl?y act plant Black Wal- ti uts, Butternuts nnd Chestnuts upon your tb irm? I oau remember a chestnut treo ov lot grew on our homcsteua that was a s0 leasant feature of the past.. The foliage 20 nd blossoms were possessed of great beau- ^ ft and hs tho chestnut burrs began to ap- ^ ear they suggested pleasant thoughts of vc tie nutting time oouiing. When tho first . uts began to fall, there was much scr.amb- ^ ug for tbcui among the little ones, and ce rben all wcro gathorod many a pleasant vening was spent cracking tItem by tho tire. Llthough I am an enthusiastic fruit grower, . am of tho opinion that thore may bo as K inch profit in planting these nut-bearing ni; tees as in planting fruit trees. 1 am ws (linking now of plautiog them about our ly u: aim. ill Tbo lllack Walnut succeeds almost any- w< rhcro. Wo have two young treos upon 8* or place oem .Rochester, from which wc ^ ;athcr every year from four to six bushels 8' if outs. Supposing wo had a ten-acre lot if trees, the revenue could not be less than n> 11,000 a year for the fruit alone. Aside v' roin tbo fruit, thotiinbar of tho Chestnut ?' md Mack Walnut aro exceedingly ralua* 81 >lo for many purposes. There > ro many c< arms iu tho groat West which are deati- l* :ute trees. Tho liluck Walnut there frt rould doubtless succeed hotter than the )l Jhestnut. At trees of all kinds can be l' . tl >rooure4 at* ?o-y l >w prios?from ten to. LneotjLfivo cents each?thero is no excuso be not planting tbeai.?Greet* Fruit Qroieet\ f * It knocks sIHbe gilt off tke Rihgerbresd .1 Season.vih.,k Duties ov Farmers.? 'hoso wlio have families of children shook ltdVost themselves in the district schoo ad seo lha? it is well Uught sod sustain 1. No farmer whole a parent can a (Tore > neglect his datj in this matter, or fai > manifest a lively interest in the schoo here his own neighbors' children receivi icir radimeutnry, if not principal, ednca on. Able school trustees and nommis ooors, with capable and efficient teachen re importaot requisites, and it is tbs inLimbcot duty of evory parent to aid in searing these desirable auxiliaries to pnbli< nd home education. To tJjW oodj atlcoc io school mooting, vote for tlio besr*meo r school trustees, and aid in making lib al provision for a first class school it >ur district. And do not fail to visit the uic occasionally and encourage tho teach. tu this and other ways you can dc ach to improve the school, aod every dicious effort in that direction will relund to tho benefit of all interested? rents, pupils and teacbors. Good officers and teachers caq best be cured"through tho personal attention and fiuence of parent* who manifest lively terestin their selection and management, irthcruiore, provide yonr family with pure d useful books and periodicals. Money rested in reading matter of the right ality pays largo dividends. The rule ould be to ''get only tho best"?only ch publicatious us aro instructive, useful d elevating. Avoid all trashy story pars, and other reading of a senseless and isational character?of the nickeh novel i love-aud-mujder genera. They are moralizing and worao than poison for ang people. Instead of such useless ah secure stnndcrd books pertaining to ral and domestic affairs, as well as histo> science aud literature.?Am. Ajricultut. imtwiAUE.? j. no reckoning of peritages, like the minus sign in algebra, U out taut stumbling block to tho novice, cn experienced newspiper writers often' some muddled when they attempt to " ^feofit. .Tti^ niOfiudiu-v r cent; given any sum of figurotf/ the tilling of it is an addition of 100 per it. But tbe moment the chxnge is * creasing calculation tho inexperienced ithematiciau betrays himself, sod even e expert is apt to stumble or go as&ay. 1 advance from 20 to 25 is an increase 25 per ccul; but the reverso of this, that a decline from 25 to 20, is a decrease of ly 20 per cent. There are many per^, is, otherwise intelligent, who canoOt see iy the reduction of 100 to 50 is not areaso of 100 per' centj - 1W so vanco from 50 to 100 is so iirtase of 100 per ceul. The other y au article of merchandise ^yrlfioh had sn purchased at 10 cents a pound waf. lold at 30 coats a pound, a pfofit of 200 r cent.-, whereupon a writer in chronic ng tin- sale, said that at the bogioning of e recent depression several invoices of o same class of goods which had co^t cr 30 cents per pound had been finally Id at 10 cents por pound, a loss of over >0 per cent. Of cours* thero cannot be a crease or loss of more than 100 per cent, cause this wipes out the whole of tbe iostmcnt. An advance of from 10 to 30 a guio of 200 per cent.; but a deoline am 30 to 10 is a loss of only 66} per ut.?New York Journal of Ccmmcrcc. Shot IIid Rival and IIiMefiLr.? ansas City, December 28.?Christina ght at Litilo lilac, Mo., Frank Vaughn is married to Eliza Swope. Immediate after the ceremony, while Vaughn and s wife wore standing at a. window, they ;re fired at from tbo outside the ball a zing Vaughn's bead. It was thought o shot was fired by Abraham Nave, cou? n of the bride, who had threatened that if ic (lid not marry him he would shoot the nu she should marry. Last night Nave sited the Vsju-bns and said ibe reports ' (bo Christmas affair worried hit motbei id asked that Vaughn and hit wife tonnpany him to hit homo and deny thai icy suspected him. This morniog they artcd on horseback. When half tin uroey was completed Nave rode ap t< te baggy and shot Vawghn dead. Hi ten rode homo, and npon the approach o to officers killed himself by shooting. ? ? ejl v *' Arrkstbd Aftek Tw?nty-Fivi 'bars.?Sedtlia, Mo., Dooemfeer I8.?. amcs L. Sigmond, a brother ofoneof tbi lost prominent eitiaena. o$0 ihh (petit ovhty, was brooght here last night by oteciivt and turned over to -the Bheriff < - Danaer or the Barber-Suop.?How ^ 1 rnasy prescriptions for sore throats do you 1 suppose I've written in the last woekf asked - a Detroit doctor the other day. i 'Ob, perhaps a dozen/ 1 'Nearly thirty, sir. And what do you I think the cause in every ease was?' s Change of weather, of oou.-sc/ Change of nothing! There were two cases where the patieuts slept with open wiudows i and get cold, but iu all tbw rest the ailment ? could be traoed dtrOctly to the barber' 'What did the barber do?' j 'Cut their hair. I tell you tho avera go I barber is a uiore dangerous foe to humanity i than cholera aud amalUpoz, WhilO tfc'fj v cau be guarded sgainst or stamped out, i he lives on, year aftor year.' V. 5 'Is it dangerous to get the hair cat.' Outside of the three summer months it > is. Take a raw day liko this and forty nine out of every fifty uion who get into a barber's chair to have their hair trim* tned will havo a cold or soro throat boforo to-morrow night. I would rather tako , walk for two hours without my overcoat tbau to havo two ouoocs of hair snipped off my bgad.' ^ ^ 'But if people want their hair cut how is the barber to blame!" ' He is all to blame. No one should have his hair cut more than twico a year?May and September?and it should be done only on a war m day. 'Take it in the case of young men and boys,' continued the doctor. 'A word from the barber ia sufficient to make them submit to a haircut or shampoo. Those who don't hear from the hair-cutiog may certainly expect to from the shampoo. You walk out of the shop into ?ho cold air, and within twenty-four hours you cau look for 1..:_ .?.1?? ivuivipiii, iuuiuacuc, earacnc, or sore throat.' Would you advise a law on tho subject ?' 'We couldn't uiako a law to cover tho cue. What I'd advise is for the people to investigate the matter and cxorciso judgment and common nenje. It is just as bad to rob your head as your feet. You Wouldol' dare to take vour socks off iog off aa^undershirt. People should ua- v deiit?d tt- is. I have seen a dozen eases of ft pneumonia brought on by hair?outiag on ' s a cold day. It is responsible for much of the asthma, and perhaps for some of the consumption.' How about shaving, doctor?' It is* a dangerous habit. You can trace nearly every case of toothaehe and faeial neuralgia in a man to the habit of shaving. If alt men protected their throats by chin jwhiskers,.and the nerves of the faeo by a liberal growth, you wouldn't boar of half the present ailments. Whoa I was a boy I never heard of a case of neuralgia in tho facial nerves. In these days it is as com-* mo* as cases of the ague. Men used to ' wear beards. ?1* fashion of to-day is meant to enqourage ailments. Shaving opens the pores of the f ce and invites neuralgia to step in and twitob the nerves.' ?Detroit Free Prctt. i /i. n?i ? . . A liOTTOK riRE IN MACON.?MaOOD, .Oa., December 31.?Fire broke oat this moratpg io the cotton warehouse of J. 8. ' Stewart & Son, containing about $1,800 bales of cotton belonging principally to planters. The building was damaged to ' the amount of 93,000 and til the cottow eras consumed except about 300 bate# which was badly damaged. Tho total loee ip cotton and building is estimated at , $50,000. The insurance on the building1 is $4,000 and ou $40,000. The fifb" ^ Was caused by sparks falling through '' the akjligb} into a basket of samples. * ? w , ,i - SP AsoTnEft' Exodus.? Another large number of colored poople left the Jlalaellvillo neighborhood for Little Ro^fc Ark; . on last Monday. This makes orer gOO that have left that yection within raa psat month. There arc ngjnts sent emong .1 I i 1 A i . n . t tgH?' ; . _ mm vj r.uiromi men, wno ten goiaeugJBMS ' to thcai a boot Arkansas: Tko negro*#"**# required to pay a tail sum of impi*y Wore starting and we understand they sign a contract to work out the balance of their t expenses in Arkansas. Wo hear otbera will leave this county soon for the same 4 destination.?Chester Bulletin 25/A. Yara, sir, she's seren-eights Jersey, am' ye may ash "Squire U o'er wood, ur tmy ' 'f 01 round bora, an' they'll tell ye so ? 1L, Seveu-oighths Jersey. We" . ] the other aiohtk f t in the comn* J 0 eow. ??rdw-.?rr, ML Ax?rr~*~^i <the bent tuenoe/jod o? ^^JH^STry. 1 order repaid for I : J .V .a.xw^iL-'a ?