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m i ^ rx . nil0 K FLYNN|hnft always bc? thin scclic SPv. I HAVE now made the greatest ;> thing, if possiblo. And if Goods sacrit era, I can convince them that the Goo KggS^k.p It. E 8 A< Seal Plush Modjeskas advertise* 0 houses at ?1G 50 to ?20, I will scl Misses Newmarkets, fine Goods, Ladies 44 44 nice 44 Thoso Goods are worth double v I have the fashionable Tricot fr< Those Goods are 64 inches wide. Cashmeres, double width, from 1 I have all dress trimmings, inclu ..v. DOC. worth oOc. Yf orateddress Go Joans, Flannels, Ticking, Towel * boots a: HATS AN MY STOCK . . is acknowledged by every person, 1 [? have ever seen above Charleston. ? I havo thousands of other artiel tion ; but if you want as many G for ?16, DD * o fa: ' D. 0. LE ADER AND C May 27 William Warren an Pillleoddy. The John Potcr Pillicoddy of M Warren was almost worthy to bo call< a great creation. The old time fare which has nearly been superseded I burlesque and extravaganza, had a re nrtifttif! ivnsnn fni> hoinrr 1* hnrl ! samo nloco in tho drtima tbat liumc ous character has in painting, ai served a like purposo. Farce simp] took a natural human feeling or liabi magnified or intensified it, and sliow< how amusing a man might be who w: ^ entirely under its control. Mr. PiU coddy-'is a nursery gardenor and seedsman, n beautiful, perfect spec men of tlio small but prosperous E glish Philistine. Ho is devotedly fond of his wif who was tho widow of a sea captai named O'Sciittlc, and all his spirit possessed by a dread that Mrs. PiL coddy's "first," who was supposed have been drowned at sea, may tui up and claim his spouso. His fei soon has something substantial tofe< on, for a Capt O'Scuttlo docs turn i and demand a wife, and tho action occupied simply with the display1 Mr. Pillicoddy's emotions until lie di covers that ho is dealing with his pr ^A/iACcnu'a KMAIVint* ? ?'1 mvw?wvi o wiumti, UUU nut WILLI LI predecessor himself. Absurd ns tl character is, it fairly glowed with lif as well as drollery, in Mr. Wurrei hands.?Atlantic Monthly. Tlio Dog IIm! Flea*. Tho irrepressible small boy lived i A fashionable boarding house, c Washington boulqvard. Among tl boa Mors was an old maid, who many silly, girlish ways mado her tl object of much secret fun among tl boarders. It was after a dull Bunch afternoon, when it was a trifle earl Jf .to light the gas, and a momenta] summons to supper was expected, tk tho lady, a couplo of gentlemen at the aforesaid boy occupied ono of tl Pp. parlors. No ono seemed willing 1 start a conversation, so, for tho wai of a better thought, tho lady said i tho graceful hound, on the rug befoi 3 the grate: u0h, Fanny, how 1 env you your peaceful lot; no trials < cares 1" Tho littlo boy sprang to tl side of his fnvorito, ancf, looking v into the lady's face, blurted out: ' guess you wouldn't, if you had i ^ have fleas T-^Chicago Herald. If We did but half we are able to c we would bo surprised at the sum < our diligence. 10 fund. But he always passed through to tho perils of the great deep with safety at and roturned home in better health to than ever before. Then ho would tear re up tho will and leave tho church out y in the cold again. This sort of thing ir has becomo rather monotonous to tho le congregation, and it is understood ip that they havo taken matters into 1 their own hand and will muko up a to building fund by subscription instead of waiting longer for the demise of tho healthy church member. ? St. Paul |0 Pioneer Press. Df > - ' | adflit Selling Out ; ' lSEFDLLY' MEMBER, in'die TiOador of Low Prlow in >u or country.; (- - ' t 4 effort of my life to clean out the whole fiecri in nrion will nnnninnn ' ! ..... ?vu? IUVV MIV VlUSUOb UUjr da ORIFICE 1 > . 1 at Evrick's Ilidlcys and other large 1 at $12 50 and $15. , at $2 50, $2 75, $3, up to $5 50. at $3 25, $3 75, $5. fhat wo ask for them. >m 19c. to the finest grades at 671c. 4?c to 30c. ding watered silk, which I wili sell for ods from 4c a yard up. 3, White Counterpaines, very cheap. N"D SHOES, D TRUNKS OF CLOTHING ;o be the largest and best selected they es that space will not admit me to menroods for $10 as can be had elsewhere EL TO CALL AT FLYNN'S, 3HAMPION OF LOW PRICES. 21 tf Two Smart Bird*. Birds of many curious kinds aro t. found in Australia which cannot be ;d found anywhere else. One of them is e, tho bower builder, or walk builder, as >y it is called. It builds a long walk or al bower with grasses and sprigs, and 10 then collects all sorts of little things r- to decorate it. Gaudy feathers lie id likes particularly for this purpose, but ly I ho does not disdain shells, bleached t. bones, a pipo bowl, a penknife, or any id small object that ho can find. So well as is his propensity known, that when li- persons loso such things in tho bush a they generally find them in tho bower :i- bird's walk. It is evident that tho a- bird takes them purely as ornaments, for ho livesentirely on seeds and fruit. A il 4 .1 l-> i u, ixuuiiit'r uuivwuniiy uim nsiiivu iu in that fur oif lund is the lyro bird. lie is con not only imitate the notes of all li- other birds, but also nearly every to sound mado by man. Settlers arc n often deceived by him, and many oir amusing stories aro told. Sometimes id a man working on his clearing hears ij> somebody chopping wood a short disis tanco away, ana a dog barking at his Df heels. Ho goes in search of tho inis truder, and finds after a long walk e- that tho lyro bird has been making 10 garao of him. A man using a cross10 cut saw hears somebody doing tho e, same thing, and after searching uni's successfully for him, discovers that it is tho bird.?Philadelphia Times. It Hm I)?c*mo Monotonous, in Ono of St. Paul's distinguished citi>u zona who rejoices in the titlo of genie oral, and whose namo is a household so word all over town, is a member of ie the Presbyterian denomination. In io former years ho used to cross tho iy ocean quite frequently, and each time ly before venturing out on the briny *y made his will, in which ho bequeathed at a good round Sum to the church of id | which ho is a pillar, for a buildin? THE TURKISH ARMY. SoMtoo wno c, riAMM^Vk.. to-* Know fUcli* from LtO. Turkish soldiers are recruited from tho half starved peasants, whose lives' of perpetual privation havo trained them for just the kind of soldiers Turkey wants?men who can livo on next to nothing, who care little what they wear, and who, uever having hud any money, don't expect it simply for lighting. Sometimes they aro not paid for months at a timo, and their food is poor and insufficient. It is always a puzzlo how they aro equipped. 1'lie system By which military service in Turkey is recruited is this: Thorc aro ubout 7,000,000 or 8,000,000 Mussulmans who are eligible for military service between the ages of 20 ami 40. Tho law mentions Mussulmans only, but Christians, if Turkish subjects, must also servo, though tho latter can buy themselves out of the land service on paying about $230 of our money. Thoro are four classes in tho regular army?tho acting or standing army, called Nizams; tho Icbtyat, or reserve of the Nizams; tho first army of tho Kcdifs or rcsorvo, tho second army of tho Kcdifs and tho Mustaphiz or territorial army. On entering tho army as a recruit tho new arrival stays from one to three years in tho standing army, tho next four in tho lchtyat, then seven with tho Kcdifs and six with tho territorial army. If a recruit hns a horso of his own and keeps it at his own expense he gets promoted at onco to the first class of Kedif cavalry, without active servico. a ne xuricisn ompiro is divided into seven military districts, and each of tlicso is divided again into eight roj cruiting districts, tlicso districts comprising tho wholo dominion of Turkey | in Asia, Europe and Africa. There 01*0 nineteen army corps, divided into brigades, regiments, battalions and companies, all full with cavalry and artillery and engineers. While peace exists tho Nizutns alone are kept, tlio rest being disbanded to return to their usual avocations. Tho troop3 are armed with rifles of modern make, many Of them from America, and tho artillery is also of the best. The Turks make good soldiers?obedient and courageous. Promotion is oneo in a long while tho result of personal merit, but moro often it is obtained by intriguo or actual purchase. All 1I10 generals and stall' oilicers are appointed by tho sultan himself .on tho recommendation of tho minister of war, but that functionary, no matter who he may be, is never abovo tho reach of proper arguments, and advancements aro obtained nino times out of ten by tho influcuce of women. There is a military school which was founded by a French gentleman, who also introduced percussion, caps into Turkey, under tho reign of Sultan Mahmoud, modeled after that of Saint Cyr, in France. Now at least one oilicer in a hundred can read and write, but tho rink and tile arc in the densest ignorance, and absolutely do not know their right hand from their left. There is also a school of artillery, and thoso schools have d<yiu much to 1 raise tho standurd of tho army. In civii government tho sultan is | cniei, anil nis power is aosoiute until his enemies want a change and he is .induced to resign, or, in other words, is put to death. But while ho lives his power is limited only by the laws of nature. Next to tlio sultan in national importance is the grand vizier ^ after him is tho sera.skir pacha, or minister of war; then tho minister of public works; then tho capitan poclia, or minister of marine, and after him the minister of justice.?Cor. New York Herald. Wise Cows. In general, cows aro supposed to be rather wanting in intelligence.' Else why do they invariably cross the road in front of a passing carriage? But Tho Pall Mall Gazette cites an mstanco of what looks liko genuine bovine sagacity and a true neighborly feeling: Tho other morning, a vory sultry one, two cows came to our gate, evidently on tho lookout for something, and ufter being at first somewhat puzzled by their pleading looks, I bothought myself that they might bo in want of water. Np sooner had this idea occurred to mo than I had somo water brought in a large vessel, which tho poor animals at onco sucked up with tho greatest eagerness. Tho pair then sauntered conteutedly away to a field near at liand. In about an hour or so wo were surprised and not a littlo amused by seeing our two friends marohincr un to the gate, uccompanicd by three other cows. . Tho water tan was again called into requisition, anil tho new comers were in like manner helped liberally. Then, with gratilied and repeated "boo-oos" ?a unanimous vote of thanks?our visitors slowly marched otf to their pasturage. It was quite clear to us that the two first callers, pleased with their friendly reception, had strolled down to their sister gossips and dairy companions, and hail informed them?how. I cannot say, c'an you v--of their liberal entertainment, and tlion had taken tho pardonable liberty of inviting them up to our cottage. Ia Marriage m Fuilarw? "Marriage a failure I I should say notl" remarked an Oregon farmer, whose opinion was deslrea on one of tlio groat questions of the day. "Why, there's Lucindy gits up in tho mornift', milks six cows, gits break fas', starts four childern to skewl, looks artcr the other three, feeds the hona, Iikewiso the hogs, likewise some motherless sheep, skims twenty pans o' milk, washes the clothes, gits din* ner, et cctery, et cetery. "Think I could hire anybody to do it fur what she gits? Not much! Marriago. sir, is a success, sir; a great suo| cess ("?Youth's Companion. Tho death of the (jptfrowit^h AlexiA,' v son of Peter the Great, is oho* pf the ? most tragical chanters in history; all p tho more tragical because the unhappy >( ftrince 60 nearly escaped his crflel ate. "It is impossible,' says the his e torian Dutens, "to collect more au thentic particulars in regaiil to the < czarewitoh than those which I received u from a Russian noble intimately con nected wyth Marshal Romanzon, son .j of tho general who was employed to arrest him. This noble informed me. c that boing at Schonbrunn on a visit * to the count of that name, he con <N ducted him to a small castlo near at hand, and showed him tho apartment in which Alexis had lived in conceal * mcnt for a long timo after he had been q driven from his father's court. He . also told me that tho czar%according to Marshal Romanzoff, having resolved that his son should oe brought bock c to Russia, and knowing that be was Si secluded in some part of tho territories hi w. rjiu^w. viwnw-VT^W'ip IC. n thut sovereign, about 1717, to; obtain ,j his permission for Gen. Roman toff to see his son. wherever he might be, ? and pcrsuauo him to return to his r" father's court: promising to use no * compulsion if lie fefused. T "The emperor, who had daily ox- ,c Pjcted tliis demand, hail advised rinco Alexis to repair to Naples, fur _ nishing him with a strong recommendation to the viceroy of that kingdom. So that when Gen. Itoinanzoft' arrived " to fulfill his commission, ho was in >h formed that the czarowitch was 110 ?ri where within the territories of the houso of Austria. He' then extorted from the emperor an order to all the governors of his Italian states to give * 1 Facilities to the general for seeing ,n Princo Alexis if ho resided anywhere within tho limits of their respective mi governments. \ "With this order in his hand he traversed the Milanese and all Lorn- ^ bardy, and then passed inUfc?Naptes, but everywhere the same answer met ? him, that no one knew the place of th* prince's retirement. bi "One day when Gen. Romanzoff lai was conversing in Russian with the ih members of his suite before a barber whoso services ho had engaged, the barber showed so much astonishment that the general asked him, in Italian, the r,l reason. He replied tnat ho did not an understand a word of the language which the general had been using, th but that the cause of his surprise wub ht its resemblances to that spoken by a e, great oreign lord whom he often went to shave at the Castel del Novo. . "The general, much struck by his remark, continued to question the gar 01 rulous Darber, and having made him u? somo presents, learned that a young p: lord, whoso person he described, was tQ served with tho greatest --TaSp^ei. cf numerous attendants/ and le< I a very retired and secluded life in the Castel . del Novo. Prom tho details f irtiished bl by tho barber, the general haq not the slightest doubt, that he v.'as the czarc- dv witch. He immediately repaired to m the viceroy, and having shown him 5; again the imperial order, and'assured ta him of his conviction that> Prince Alexis was at the Castel del Nbvo, oh- 10 taiuod permission to see hint, on the *r conditions specified in the czaf s letter co to tho emperor. He had an interview la: with tho unfortunate prince, who at hi first refused to proceea to St Peters- pc burg. Tho general, however gavo a hanusomo bribe to a woman wno lived with the prince, and had muc^i influ- ~ once over him; and he was thus per- ? suaded eventually to return *to the 0< Russian capital, where we know what Tl destiny awaited him.'t^-W^ tl. D. th Adams in Gentleman's Magazine. p] Substitute tor UrA?v 11 Ono Christmas 1 spent lip on tho " mountain side with two or three others, and there we had our holiday cc dinner, and it was a wholesome meal, A but wanting in tlioso delicacies that a to mother or wife can best prepare. A rc snowstorm was raging along tho mountains, but with our cheerful firo ? and warm cabin, wo cared nothing ,n for it. d( itTf L-J rt ? ? - 1 xi wo uuu some uowers ior tne an wish table," said one of the boys. pc Wo all wished tho same. "Get out your old letters," said one. t0 Wo all knew what that meant, for' many a flower from tho old houso PJ flnds its way in letters to tho boys out 1,1 west. One found a rose bud, another a tr violet, another a daisy, and then an- li other rose was found in a mother's m letter. Withered and faded.were these f0 tokens from tho old homes, bat kever did men valuo flowers more than we did that withered bouquet. V. \ "Can't somo one say grace?" said " one of tho boys. U No ono volunteered. li "Tho closing lines in my mother's n letter," said a boyish fellow, "might ? do." "Read them," was the response that .. came from all. . Heads were bowed around that fru- " gal Christmas board, and tho young * Liiun rtuu: (( "God bless you, my son, and God n bless us all." ti I then looked up and saw tear* on tho checks of weather beaten faces.? " St. Louis Globe-Democrat pi He Couldn't Catch Op. J\ Pennock Pusey at one time hod a tenant who was very slow in the payment of his rent The first time the u( gentleman went around to oollect of M him ho discovered this. -The' tenant said be had no ready uidhey, gave dl various excuses for his impecunious condition, and finally referred Mr. m jrusey to judge (Jhandler, who. bo m said, would certify as to his good character and general nonestv of purpose. Judge Chandler was lolling back in j" hisofflcochair when Mr. Pusey went 'u around to see him regarding the ten ant who couldn't pay. "That man is all right," said the judgo, aftor hearing " his story; "the only trouble about him is that ho was bom about $50 behind > th and he has never been able to eatoh th up.n?^t, Paul Pioneer Press. I Q| 5baooD^rcr""-' Spartanburg, January 27.?Thera M a meeting of nearly n dozen Fsrm*' Alliances at Gaffoey City last Friday, be territory in Spartanburg ard Union tootles that does its trading there was ipreaented by many of the beat farmers ' the community. Dr. J. S. Heater 1 dressed the meeting. The principal usincss oo hand was the adoption of ime plan by which thoy uught got leaper supplies and fertilizers Carill A Caipenter offered terms which ere considered reasonable and wero acipted. The general opinion was exprossed tat a smaller quantity of fertilizers ould be used tbaa was used last year, ther similar meetings will be held in ie county. Your correspondent has heen watobig the .working of the Alliance in this Ute since the State organiser 6rst came sre rod began his work. T'bo ttiovcient baa met with sorno opposition on ie part of the morohants and tniddie n. Some ridicule it, and say that the rmcrs oannot stick together, and the bolo thing will soon fall through, here aro some unreasonable, bull-headL farmers who believe that merchants, wyers, doctors and manufacturers ive only one object in life, and that is rob the farmer of his hard earned >llars. They are Ishmaelites,and raise eir hand and voice against every man ith a calling or profession differing from eir owu. Such men as these honestly ilieve that there is a direct and conant antagonism bctwesn them and all en who make their living by buying id selling. This class, however, is very mil. The most of the members of the Hinnccs are reasonable mon. They idorstand that all professions are necea- j ry in a State and tboy feol that their | vcral interests are inter-dependent, tiey know that the spirit of the cornnation of classes prevails all over the nd. All trades and professions bavo eir organizations. These are generly for self-protection and improvement, tie farmers believe they bavo the same i?ht to combine for theso purposes that iy other class has. Then it ia evident thai ainco the war ey have bad a hard time of it. This is been an age ef wild speculation in cry marketable article. Such a coution is always unfavorable for the nro C icer. They have had to pay most exbitnnt prices for goods on time. In any instaoces 100 per cent has been lid. Tho farmers have been driven > organizing on account of what they insider oppressive conditions. They ime together not to pull down others it to build up themselves. They now tho process will be slow. They > uut expect the Alliance to create oney for them. They hope by cornnation to show that they are an impornt factor in the business aud workg world, and not mere isolated units, ciphers, as heretofore considered. Of urse, it is expeoted by all that tho zy, shiftless farmer will not change s ways. Tho Alliance does not proiso to mako men over. It famishes em with incentives to improvement. One of the Alliances represented at affney's from Wilkinsville, in Union aunty, is going on the cash basis, bey bavo raised tbe money amongst lemselves to purchase their tuaiu supioo. They have ordered a carload ofooru id will buy their flour and bacon tbe me way, or in such quantities as to it it at a a very small advance on first >8l and friecllt. One tendenav lho Uiaoce will be to work the farmers up a cash basis. When a man has the ady cash in his pocket he ia a prett) >od Alliance within himself. But actg alone, ho cannot do as well as if a izen or fifty men, with the ready cash tould eombiue to accomplish some pur>ae. Seme of the professional clashes seem Tear that the Alliaoce will become a ditical organization and seek to name 1 our officers from Governor down to ial justice. This is an unfounded fear ; is expected that when an Alliance an is a candidate his brethern will voto ?r him, if he is good and worthy, just i every brnkor or capitalist will now Dtc for the candidate from their class, loth these phases of politics were illueated in our election last fall. The Alanoo meD, then not very namerous, did ot vote for candidates who represented loncy corporations, or who had much loney by selling goods to farmers at en prices. On the other band, this itter class gave no support to candidates lV.? J ?!.- All! . ! ?V utmuficu tu ma SIIIIUUUO. I (1 a L IB > be expected in tbe future aod would Molt io that way without aoy combinaoo. Taking it all iu all, the Alliance* ireaien no evil to any other class, but ley hope as tbo years go by to accomliab much good for the farmers.?Cor. !ew? and Courier. Quits a Livslt Little Fiodt.?A bloody [bt occurred on Tuesday night io LHile's agnolia Street barroom. John Kirby waa -Inkiug and quarrelsome. He picked a [ht with Scruggs, but Scruggs did not rent it. Mr. John Little told Kirby that he ust not come Into his bar and insult his istimers ; that it was the second row that > nau raised there that evening. Kirhy rned on him and called him a liar. ittle promptly knooked Kirhy down ' and orlh Hit e jumped on bis face. It was amped out of recognition. Woith Little ms te have used his knife in some way id got his own hand cut. The account* of ? xffairare confused and contradictory but ey all agree that Kirby was badly used ?.?fp*rta?burg Htrtld, Tuw Onk-Houhb Kauh.-TIw editor of the N<va?toto (Tun) Toble loaded hie shooting iron not loog ago atid went gunning not on the prairie. Having bugged a one-horse farmer he i holds him up to viow as follows: ! The one-horse farmer has a life loog ' ambition to gain a repnUtion for wear- , iog a dirty shirt. , lie will alarui the neighborhood by i getting up two hours before day and f then sit around aud not go to work un- ( til after suu up. 1 Ho will ride around n week looking ( (or a two dollar hog. ( He will complain of bard times, then i tear his pants climbing over tbo fence 1 where agate ought to bo. He will buy a ucw bridle, and then t let the oalf chew it to pieces before Sun- c day. < He get all bis neighbors to help in ( gottiog a cow out of the bog, then let ' hor die from want of attention. Stock will get in and destroy his crops at a place in his fenco that he has been putting off fixing for six months. t He will sprain hia back lifting seme- 1 tl ing to show how strong ho is. J He will talk all day Sunday on what I ho knows of farming, then ride around the neighborhood Monday hunting seed I potatoes. ii He will go iu his shirt sleeves on a 1 cold day to show how much he can stand, v und then return homo at night and t ~r i. - c ? .mi L.J uuuupj vitu niuuaui vuu urepiacc llll Deu f time. s lie will ridicule the mechanism of a v corn planter; then go out and smash p his thumb nailing a board on tbo fence, t IIo will go to town ou Saturday and t come back with fifty cents' worth *f t coffee, a paper of pins nnd a dollar's I worth oi ehcwiag tobacco. r He is eeoeomical, economy is bis ? forte, ho will save ten cents' worth of t ak!o grease and ruin the spiudloof a 970 t wagon. t He won't sabecribo for a newspaper, * but will borrow from his fricud and for s get to return it?American Farmer. 1 I Health Tiioi/ohts.?A. rule to a follow closely while attending the sick, ^ is to give them what the nppctite oravps a for; first in small quantities, and when x satisfied the ingredients will not nauseate o?* otherwise disagree, the quantity can be increased. When the patient does uot ask for food the attendant should exercise ingenuity in getting up nalau 1 able dishes, daintily and nicely arranged c and bring them in without the patient V knowing what is coming. Always re- ? guru a sick persou whosj mind is feoble 8 with the body and act for them. The c physician and his medicines are only f potent when well and ably seconded by c good nursing. 8 Absolute rest in bed will do more to ^ 1 IiL . iw r usvuie iu uuiiiiu a person sunering with summer diarrhoea than much 0 medicine with the patient up and walk- 8 ing about. 8 Let your baby have a drink of nice ^ cool water frequently during the day. v The moment milk reaches the baby's * stomach it begins to curd. This is the * first act in the process of digestion and " always creates thirst. A little water 1 given at this time will comfort the 8 child, and relieve the mother of worry- 11 ing with a cross baby. c d Model Farmer 8.?Nearly every section has what might properly be * styled a few model farmers. At least ? they are such comparatively speaking. 11 Their farms, their barfis, their houses a and surroundings are far above the e averago in every respect. These farm- 8 ers show a degree of thrift and fru- ? gality too that is above the average. They aro on time with their work, tbey 11 get the top prices for their produce, ' they live better and nicer than their a neighbors, and generally are respected ^ more and held in higher esteem than ? any other set of men in their commu- , nity. They are held up aa examples for young men just starting out in life * aud as the title implies, arc good models to pattern after. If asked for a reason 1 why some men arc leaders in their liue j oi uusiness it would not be hard to give. First, they study their business. They ' go into the details and master them thoroughly. They work with their 1 brains as well as with their hands. They systematize and economize. They ] take time to read and post themselves, j and in this way get the advantage of , other's experience. They keep up with | the times in every way and bv doinc , their duty in the way that common ( sense and good judgment dictate they t clearly earn the title of model farmers, a and should enjoy the respect that such 8 a tide oolbmasds,?National Stockman. t <j Epoch.?The transitiea from long, lia. 1 goring and painful eiokness to robust health 8 marks an epoch in the life of the individual. 8 Such a remarkable event ia treasured in the memory and the agency whereby the good health has been attained is gratefully blessed. Hence it is that so muoh is heard in praise of Electric Hitters. So many feel they owe their restoration to health, to the use of the Great Alterative and Tonie. If you are troubled with any disease of Kid* ncys. Liver or Stomaoh, of long or short standing you will ourely find rslief by as# of Eleotrio Bitters. Sold at 60c and (1 per bottls at J, W. Posey & Bra's Drug Store, 'Milk 8iok* im tm# Nouktaims.? Tu thn Editor of The fiftriet and Uomrigj . .. 10 reply to the ioquiry ?f T. 8. your issue of to-day, I write to nilk siok is iftll-koowo disease of ckttie in the mountainous regions of this State, and as far as I am informed it is fatal in every instance. I remember that whou & clerk in Wnlhalla fifteen years ago a quantity of ;nllow from (ho mountains was sold to ny bouse, which, as it afterwards tranipired, hud been taken from cows that 11 . l . C .l!- j! fi * " ?icu in (ii 19 uiseaso. 11 proved quite isoful in ridding the premises of rats. About tweuty years since a party tamping on one of the border mountains 'ound all their mules dead in tbo morong. One of tbern scraped the black lew, as it is called, from the under sido if a tin plate that had lain all night inrertod on the grass. Analysis proved his dew to be highly charged with arienio. This is all I can say about the sause of milk sick. It was from this lisease that tho mules were supposed to ravo died. Piedmont. Sumter, Febuary 4. A Valley ok Death.?To the Edi,or of tho Neiosaiul Courien The Allowing is, I think, what your querist T. ?. L., Society Hill, S. C , desires to ;now: About a mile from Waynesvillc, 'lay ward Connty, N. C-, is a spot some icre or so area, called the Mooney Cove 'roui May to September the vegetation, vhich is very luxuriant, is covered every noruiug with a One powder rccnibliug dust of flour. Cattle how a great loudness for it, and rhen it is in seasou they will get in a icrfect rampage, bellowing and runuinp it iH A n wKern tKftW mrtflililii a/ "-r,v ',,vj ?>*~?/ w" bo dusty vegetation. soon afterward, he calf, if there bo one sucking, a cow bat has oaten, dies. Persons using her nilk will be siezed with nausea anorexia oon developing into a violent gastro-encritis, whoso symptoms so uoirly resemde typhoid fever as to make differcnial diagnosis well nigb impossible, but nth obstinate, most unconquerable contipatioD. The disease is very fatal. .'be cow usually dies in a week in viosnt convulsions, A large reward has been offered for n antidote to the poison, and it has teoa analyzed North and South without .vail, for no light has bo.-n thrown on ts chemical constitution. William It. Mood, M. D. Ridgoway, S. C, Straw as a Resource.?Grainhreshiug is at hand, and what shall be lone with the straw? In the great 'rain growing.regions little thought is jivem it. It is often burned, loosely tacked, or spread about the barnyard ir fields where threshed, or any way to ;et rid of it. Straw is a valuable fodlor aEd, should bo housed or well tacked and Ted out to stock in winter, .t has been demonstrated in these colimns that Straw and less than a bushel if barley or its equivalent in other ;rain will winter a shocp well and that traw and four quarts of oats a day will o tho same for u horse-that is not rorking. If any one will take the roublo to compare the value of these ritll whAt.it nnsts In sinlAr auoh atnnlr rith hay it will bo hood that it is wise o save the straw carefully and make uch use of it.,,. It is two valuable to be ised as bedding for auimal; cheaper aateriai for this purpose can be obtained ?either dry muck, earth, leaves or sawlust. All know that hay will winter an animal rell and straw and grain in the proportion nmcd are the equivalent of bay in thoir agredients; 2 sud 7 make 9 as well as 5 ud 4; all of the same olements are in ach of the two groups. A quantity of traw is usually estimated at the value >f the plant-food it contains, and it may ic decomposed and made available for [rowing plants next year or the year fter, but when fed to stock it is avail.ble immediately. Wheat all the other ;rains make good manure, and I would is soon think of casting them into the >arnyard for this purpose as straw. A7 hat to do with ths straw then can bo inswered in feur words?feed it to stock, [f not stock enough on band to coniuuio it, buy breeding cwos in November tnd carry them through the winter for ess thai fifty cents a head, and in the ipriog thoy will be worth double their irst cost. T have seen this done eeve al times.?Galen Wilson. The Kind oe Men who Go to Heaven.?'There,' said a neighbor, pointing to a village carpenter, 'there is t man who has dono more good, I realy believe, in this community than any >ther person who ever lived la it. lie sannot talk very much in public, and he loes not try. He is not worth $2,000, ind it is very little be can put dowa on ubsoiiption papers. But a new family tever moves into the village that be loes not find it oat and give (hem a leighborly welcome and offer them somo erviee. He is oa the lookout to give itrangera a seal in his pew at ohuroh. He is always rendy to watch with a sick leighbor aud look after his affairs for lim. I believe he and bis wife keep liouso plants in winter mainly that they nay be able to send lit'le bouquets to friends and invalids,. He fiods time Tor a ploasant word to every child he meets, and you'll always see them climbing into his one-horse wagon when he tias no other load. Ho bos a genius for k/?]rvinrv fnllrs nnrl it Ham ma ivaa^ '""I""# " ?- 'v meet him ia the utreete.'?Loui< GYo&e Democrat, \