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v. Supplement to the Union Timesn . '? * 8 ?1 ?? For Sale. I WILL soil at prisalo sale the following properly : Trnct known at Mill place, consisting of Corn Mill. Wheat Mill# Saw Mill, together with necessary power for rumiiug, w.th the following buildings: Mill House, Siorc House, Dwelling, Stables, etc., nil iu good order, and doing n good business. Owner wishes to lease the Stnte. Property locaied nt the Meausstllc Cross-roads, iu Jonesville Township. I'roperty cnu be examined. TEU.US EASV. ! Apply to 1). A. TOWNSEND, , , Attorney, Union, S. C. or K. A. HOPKINS, West Springs, S. C. Oct II dl at jrn?r?1ealiT *t\yn lio had tho W. T,. IloiiKini Bhoea wllliout iiaino and orira Mnmixil <<r tho bottom, put I1I111 down its a fraud. $3 SHOE GENTLEMEN. Rnat In (hfl irorld. Kinmlno III* S.OO GRNIIINK IIAN D-SKWKI) SIIOK. *4.00 HAND-SKH'KIt WKLT SIIOK. S3.SO l>OMCR AND FAKMKUS' SIIOK. 3.61) KXTItA VAI.UK CAI.K SIIOK. 3.16 WORK I NO MAN'S SIIOK. 83.OO and (11.7.1 ROYS' SCHOOL S1IOKS Atl mailo lu ConRress, Itutton anil Lace. ?W. L. DOUGLAS S3 SHOE LAD?ies. , Best Material. ('est Stylo, ilppt Fitting. U ?ot mlil by your dealer, write TT. I.. DO V CI LAS. UKOCXTOV. MASS Examine W. L. Douglas' !j>2 shoes for Ladies and gentlemen. 8. M. KICK, JR., E. U., j Agent. Union, S. C. i Sept (5 aG Cm Smoke Jostcoo cigars. For sale at P isey's Drug Siore. ? TO-MORROW. tTlth cV'iy season 9 rouna n nnw rnj.e~ wtun J TliotnTghty world that U our small life's glass; And still, as (lows tho tido of Joy or Borrow. "To-morrow!" uo wo sigh. nnd yet "To-morrow 1" ^ Oomos April with her sudden gleams nnd glooms, Ilor bluo bright uoons of laughter atul of show crs, Tho sun (locked shade beneath wblto orchard blooms. Her wealth of primrose nnd of cowslip flowers; And yet, for this lnrgesie. from May to borrow rtiil rain nro we, and inarmur still, "Tomorrow!" Now Bummer's here. Warm 6klcs arc o'er us bent; Will to sheaves of lilies rise against tho bluo; Tho very nlrs aro hot and Indolent, Drentbing tho roso walks they have wandered through. Na thmiflif. hnvA ivr fap wIntpp'tt ?!r:ifh nml AOP> row, Yet must wo sigh, unsatisfied, "To-morrowl*" Lo, autumn's garners, rich with golden grain. Fair fruit In orchards, nuts browu on the tree. Last poppy petals, falling In red rain, Uluo mists r.t morn about tho daisied lea! Now look wo, mournful, out to coming rorrow, Andalgh, with falling breath, "Alas, to morrow!" . ? Slorley. Dog Thieves. Dogs have been trained to do many useful and many amusing tilings, but tho most degrading instruction over given to a noolo animal of its r.neciea camo to light early in the week. A great Nowtonndland dog ontercd a noted sforo near tho Bastilc, wandered about for sonio tinio among tlic customers aud finally seized a bundle containing soiuo shooting jackets with which lio limdo oil' as fast as ho could, t" vH Somo of tho clerks saw him and about a hundred of tlicin ran out after him. Tlio cry was taken up in tho street and tho "dog thief" was soon being pursued by half a dozen police and hundreds of hoys besides ino clerks, Tho ? animal was finally run down niul marched off to tho polico station, and oventually to tho pound, where lie has probably neon smothered before this. Several shopmen complained that they hod been visited by tho dog and had suffered from his depredations, so that there is 110 doubt that he had been taught to steal by some Fsgin of tho neighborhood, which is not n particularly respectable one. ? Paris (.lor. New Women mul ties Sinotiom. Women could do a great deal tostop tho habit of .smoking," said a genllfc vVi tin recently. They e:.<,.,;n: geutleinen to smoke i:i tin .r hon-i e and tlcclaro that in: lead of \ .br.ee > moko being objectionable Iney 1:1.e the fragrance of a nice cigar. Men > quite enough when they ; . alone without being eiicourag. d t> do n> when they are spending (!: > evening iu tho society of any of their friends. A great many women, too, nro learning to smoke cigarettes, and some men maintain that they like to see them do so. About one hundred years ago pr?' women used to smoko pipes, but they had better balanced brains than tho women of today. They had no tiino for flirting or for lazy luxury, and did not till their minds with lovesick stories. ? Ileruld of Health. 'Mils In Very Mr. G. II. Mock, who i-shiles near Cameron, says that .hiri-all's lake. near there, is the be: t place to catch lisli ho lias ever heard of. That when tho bream are hi a biting notion any 0110 can take a worm and mb it on his linger and hold his hand in tho water, and that the lish will coiv.o up and take hold of the linger, then by closing tho thumb down on its bead it can he taken in without any ctloit. This can be repeated until y? 1 become* weary of the snort. No'binor could indnco Ititu (??lojivo (lint section.- S,vl I vania (C!a.) Telephone. In n Persian City. Tcherm is or.oof the principal cities of ]' !"i i. and is a bustling, thriving place r 180,000 people, rapidly spreading ou; in all directions, und destined , soon to outgrow the limits now proscribed by the extensive earthworks and fosse laid out in modern stylo of fortification l>v tho lato Gen. liutlcr. who captured llcrat under Mohammed i Shah. Tho nucleus or center of tho ( city is composed of tho Ark, or tho , vast inclosure which embraces the ' palace now occupied by the shah and tho foreign olllccs, with the arsenal and barracks. Adjoining , the Ark are tho extensivo covered bazaars, tho finest in tho east after ' thoso of Constantinople, less magnifi- ( cent perhaps, in the external display of goods, but moro solidly and clo- ( gautly constructed. From tho center | tno city radiates in all directions, oc- j cupying tho spaco of a European city ( of thrice the population, owing to the numerous am! extensive gardens it in- j eludes, and tho large ground plan of tho dwellings. It is now divided into tho so called j old and new ttW^Jjlio latter being ( laid out with cotio. , Mo regularity, v with bro:*l streets aim eonv/ortable j walks. Public baths abound, but ni ... vainsuans aro not allowed to enter " thoso called public. Everything is 't open to tho public. The carpenter s finds his shop too small for tho win- ^ dow sash ho is framing; the good fel- ? low takes it out to tho shady sido of tho street and shapes it on tho pave- c mcnt, regardless of p:issers by. The f carpenters aro a curiously independent set, who require so littlo to livo on that they spend half the time in sleep- j ing and smoking; this hubit is cncouraged by the fact that custom allows them to hnvo an advance 011 what ? they aic to receive for a job, ostensibly 1 to Guv tho materials; but, if lazy, they spend it in smoking, and then iiavo to resort to rnako shifts to get their wood and nails.?Cor. fc$t. Louis Globe- j Democrat. , u r Feeding Oonl to tlio Fire. * Tho throwing of fuel upon tho fire n is generally considered as a means of augmenting tho amount of heat produced, and taken as a whole it does havo that ell'cct. But for tho main- < tenanco of a steady tiro and an even ( heat, only a small amount of fuel ^ should bo thrown upon tho liro at a fl time. Tho reason for this is, that coal is is dependent upon two constituents ino nrst win no ready ior ourmng, ino first cirect of throwing fuel unoti the ti tiro is that of cooling. Not. only must a tho solid coal bo raised to the furnace d temperature, hut the volatilization' *1 must ho carried on. Hero tho same s] laws ronio into play as in tho cvapora- li Hon of watcf. ti The evaporation and tho volatili- >> zation requiro more heat than that ac- t] counted for in tho elevation of ternperaturo, and which is therefore ran- ? tiered latent. llencc unless caro is li taken to burn theso gases as they arc v given oil', it would bo better that they ?' did not exist. For it will bo readily ' understood that if tho lire, which is t due to the combustion of solid carbons, j did not liavo to heat theso gases, it ' would give out just that same amount I of heat, that would ho available for 1 steam making. It is duo to this fact 1 that coko has been accredited with t greater heating properties than l>itu- 1 minouscoal,simmy because thegases in < tho coal have been distilled and not s burned. Hut when tho furnaces arc t so designed that these gases arc ' thoroughly burned, tho beating prop- e crties of the coal will bo found to be f greater by just tho amount of heat t given out by tho combustion of the fnrrtcoti tii nvnaci nf xrlvW uviu nrtfiinno/1 < to distill them.?American Journal of i Railway Appliances. i t jlto fJcvIl Scared by n Saint. ( When St.. Colum Cill was in Ire- c land there 1 iveil n Pagan priest ii: the ] county of Tyrconuell who erected a temple of great beauty and magniiiccnco. Among other curiosities cf art lie made an altar of tine glass, which lie supers!itiously adorned with representations of tho sun and moon. It happened that this priest was seized with a sudden distemper which took away liis senses and ho was without motion, as if ho had been in a swoon. Tho devil, who had a particular resentment against tho man, took advantage of tho opportunity and, seizing him with his talons..was hurrying niTTi iii.ougu mo air. ?> ,. Colum Cill, looking up, perceived the fiend on tho wing hearing his prey, and | when ho was flying directly over him the saint made the sirro of llin raw : in i the air nbovo his head, winch so as- t tonishod the devil that he let go his i hold and dropped the priest, who fell ! aC "u: Cohan's foot. This deli vera nee < was r.o gratefully received by the i priest that ho been mo a convert to < Christianity. ? Kcnting's History of > Ireland. * i Mr. I'rontor In Stays. Considering himself somewhat too I fleshy and having been ad vised I hat cor- * sets would reduce corpulency tbo late i 11. A. Proctor tried tbem. And this is i what lie writes: ''I was foolish enough to iry llio tiling for a matter of four weeks. Then 1 laughed at mvself as a helpless idiot and determined to give up flio attempt to reduce, hy artificial means, the superabundance of fat, on which onlv starvation and much exercise or the air of America has ever had any real reducing influence. But I was reckoning without my host. As the Chinese lady sutlers, I am told, when her feet bindings nro taken oil' and as the Flathead baby howls when his head boards arc removed, so for a while was it with mo. I found myself manifcftly better in stays. For one month of folly I had to endure three months of discomfort. At tlio end of that time 1 was my own man again."?Dry Goods Reporter. Tlio f-lroci-o. Most of tlio hot winds of tho Old World aro modified fonn3 of tho simoon. Tho sirocco originates in tho Saham and travels north waixl to tho Mediterranean and southern Europe, but it is not so deadly as its prototype. It brings with it great quantities of the desert sand and the air becomes so ilcnso at times that tho sun is obscured as if by a London fog. While it remains on the African mainland it is ?hnrnctcrized by a very marked dryness, as there aro no extensive water <urfaces to supply it with moisture. \s soon, however, as it is launched ] 3ver tho Mediterranean it bogins to , lake up copious draughts, so that when ] t reaches Malta, Sicily and .tho south- i M'li shores of Europe as a wind from 1 jetween southeast and southwest it | las undergone a change from a hob t Irv wind to a hot, damp wind. i flio result of this alteration is that I t becomes most enervating to tho hu- f nan constitution. Indeed, while it 1 irevails from one to several days at a iuic life is scarcely worth living, so j lcpresxing and burdensonio is tlio A'!11(1 If 10 ll'n ..1. -1 A M. ....... .. .o tnu |/iuiiiuui:s nuswr 01 . 'loracc. Human energy is fjuito disi pa ted under its fatiguing influence * aid with a temperature ranging boween 05 degs. ' and 110 dogs., tlio n 'reefs of the towns afTcctcd by it are , leserted. According to the Italians, t i stupid book is put down as "era Y critto in tempo del.scirocco." To the t Sicilians tho oppressive wind is a per- k ect plague, for, although naturollj r ndolent, tlioy cannot stand tho fur- v her loss of energy induced by it. p "luring its prevalence iron rusts, t lotlics spoil with mildew, meat turns li lutrid, grapesand.green leaves wither, v viifb will not fine, airtl paint will not 1 ry. Sicily experiences tho sirocco 11 bout a dozen times a year, but it is 1 tot so frequently mot with in other n arts of Europe. There is no mistakng Hie origin of tho wind, as tlio redisli sand is still present when it ariveson tho northern shores of the f] Ieditcrranean and causes a misty at- j, lospbero.?Cornhill Magazine. * ], T f] riitns for I'liunblng. # b A proper set of working drawings y n* tho plumbing, of a house, upon (' liicli bids nro to bo mado and tlio re- g ponsibility for plan and workmanship f) I to on/1 K/v ??? 1 ' t4?iM "Uivii to uu [^rv^ITCU p s a giudofpr fu Lure. xvoric-m- -eltangos^" UtL ? up tU^Xlll.1 _ lui. .nlmjwU- ,,0. _ nd trap, in tlioir relations to walls, uibcrs, floors, ^ras and steam pipes nd ventilating Hues and give their imensions. From tneso plans and iiccilicationsi a comnctont plumlier liould be able, not only to make onto !st of every length ana size of pipe, rap, hanger and fitting that bo will eed, but to do a considerable nart of lie work in his shop and, deliver it eady to put in place. It must be dmiltcd that such plans and spociications aro rarely prepared, and that i hen they are furnished they arc iroly muuo in the ollieo of the urchiect. I do not think, however, that his fact is duo so much to tho inabilI v of architects to make such drawugsnnd specifications, as to the fact hat they aro unwilling to tako tho iin.0 and trouble to prepare them uness they aro specifically demanded by heir clients: thinking that any good >lutt\bcr will bo able to settle all the IctuOs of tho work if the general cherao is only indicated, and that deailed working drawings arc an uniccessary expense. Certainly the lourso of instruction in our schools or tho systematic education of arcliiects includes enough to enable the graduates of such schools to do this cind of work, although it may bo ? i i.* i ' .1.. * IUUUIUU \> iiuuit'i |ii ciniuu Hi iih; \ )reparation of such drawing and | jpccifications is sulliciontly insisted on i is compared with that required in the lesigning of facades and ornamental > tarving.?John B. Billings, M. D., in I Popular Scienco >Jonthly. ' CofwIiiV llctort. , Tom Corwin, of Ohio, was a ready < nan. John O. Calhoun once pointed to a drovo of mules from Ohio and 1 >aid to Corwin: "Thcro go somo of rour constituents." "Yes, said Tom, "they are going down south to teach school." Governor Brougli was once matched ugaiust Corwin. and in the midst of his speech said: Gentlemen, my honored opponent himself, while lie preaches advocacy of homo industry, lias a carriage at homo which ho irdt in England?had it shipped across Lho ocean io him. How is that for sup porting homo industry and labor? When Cor win cnmo on tlio stand ho in ado a groat show of embarrassment, stammered and began slowly: "Well, gentlemen, von havo heard what my Friend Mr. B rough has to say of niy carriage. I plead guilty to tlio charges, and havo only two things to say in my ilcfcnso. Tlio first is that tho carriage canio to mo from an English ancestor us an heirloom, and I had to tako it. Again, I havo not used it for sovon years, and it lias been standing in my back yard all that timo, and tho chickens havo converted it into a roost. Now, gcntlomen," with a steady look at Brougli, "1 havo nothing further to say in my defense; but I would lileo to know how Brough knows anything about my curringo if ho has not been visiting my chicken "oost."?St. Louis Globo-Dcmocrai, A German expert rcokons that if a siuglo grain of wheat produces fifty grains, and that theso fifty grainseacn ltl'nfllll>n t'lfttf (Tl-nilH. nmwv nn/1 en nn , . v.ww ...vj t??l W ??| thcro \vi 11 bo m tho second ycar2,5Q0 grains;/ in tho third year, 123,000 grains; in tho sixth year, 15,023,000 grains; in tho twelfth year. 211,140.025,000,000 grains. Tho third year s crop would give 800 men ono meal, having enough bran to feed oight pigs for one day. Tho produce of tho single grain in tho twelfth year would buliico to supply all tho inhabitants of tho earth with fcod during thoir life* (inio.?l^ow York Tolegram. Major Terrol)'* Rpseoh-Concluded. RSPORTKD BT J. L. jfTBAIK, Now, gentlemen, I wish to say a few things about this grintiing credit system, before 1 close my remarks to you. This burden of debt makes us cowards. If you go to n merchant who holds a lien or mortgage on your crop, and perhaps everything vou possess, in a property sense, and tell nim you want a little bacon, he will very likely tell you that you and your family arc eating up more than you are making, and he will not let you have it. You belong to him, and you can't help yourself You can't say a word, but must submit to his autocratic dictation. Youwilfeven crouch your hea<lnnd say with a forced smile, that you are living on as little as you possibly cap. What a shameful condition you are In. (If ooursc you ought to pay every debt you contrast, but it is such lolly ou your part to Contract debts you can noi pay. I tell you it is more honorable to ;o in rags and live on the cheapest scale, :hnn to be some rich man's slave. Conic up iiul say, from this time on, "me ami my family arc going to do our duty. We are 5oing to pay cash for what we got, and tisc lot hi 11 g wo can possibly do without." A poor, honorable boy, in my neighborlood, started out in the world to make a iving for himself his mother and two sisters. Ic had nothing in the world but himself and lis honor. Renting a place, and by his itilustry ho procured some corn bread and orglium - for them to livo upon. He ilso raised some chickens. He went to work ind got his crop started, then he went to a iicrcliant and panted to get some supplies, flic merchant wouldn't trust hint. Ko ho rent home and continued to live on his corn >rcnd sorghum and water. Tlio first wo ;new about him he had his crop well nigh aised- We went to him anil told him that the ruy lie had been treated was a scandal and linmc, and told him we would stand by liui. He thanked us vcry^hirtdly.ajjd said e did not need any help Jtwt then. That ras ten years ago.; 1 tell you, tny friends, lint boy is tho most prosperous farmer in is county to-day. He has never bought a liing on a credit, has money in the hank nd has ono of the most refined and intellicut families I ever snw. He stands upon is honor, and has fairly won independence, le is an exemplary man, and has an cnviniculture ahead of him. [Amen to that, liy riend Franklin] I wish you had a few like im in this county to set such an example as c has put upon record. Can't you, too, my riends, colored as well as white, live on read, sorghum and water for a few years, if ou and your families can be independent? 'Yes, itid we's gwine to do so," couiesfrom I crowd of colored hearers in rear of the pcaker's standi Then you my friends will ;el and know that you are free and indeendent. You willdash aside thc sliackles iat liave bound you in the most cruel bondiT)6r~w6uld' jUBTlI? Jddr m *p*y < ou $25 dollars per .month for your labor, tut ho too is living hard and making nothig, and you see his land and property gradally getting away from him. Tho products f his labor is gone into the pockets of these rusts that are to-day grinding the life out f you, n? well as the white n>an, miu you nust organise for your own protection. Oct ip your Alliances and work with a dctcrmiintion to better your condition in all the venues that that organixation will opon up or you. Let 110 skulking white man, who he white farmers won't have in their Alliiiicc, conic into or have anything to do with on or your nffairs. Your white Alliance riends will advise you how and when to act, mil you will receive the same advantages rom the organization that they will. Take in obligation that you will not again go in lebt, and make your word your bond. Come ?ut with that determination to your sub-Aliaucc, where it willbrother helping brothsr. Talk to your tVRdren that it is the man klio docs his full duty is the inan after all. Sod forbid that we should worship wealth? he most contemutible thinir on earth ! It tivcs neither refinement, beauty or cliarncer. The man who uses his wealth to tyrnnzo over <hp*poor is the most contemptible lemon on the face of the earth. [Applauso pul cries of "that's so,"} I Jo not pretend o say that wealth is not n good thing to mve; bill if a man ip-a gentleman bo is as mod with it as without?its tho gentleman tot the wealth that makes him so. Don't mve your wives ami daughters to go in inery because somcbpdy else is able to do it. reach them that piety anil beauty of clinrictcr are more in the eyes of a true man, than all the finery they could put on. It is not the dress that attracts us, but the woman, iftcr all. Any good man loves a woman because she is a true woman, but not 011 account of what she has on. by paying your merchant, you farmers ought to understand that you are helping the Alliance in the best possible way. if a merchant has trusted you, don't make war on him if he wants his money. If you become satisfied that ho don't sell you reasonably go and buy sonicwhore else, but bind yourself |o 110 merchant and then cry when he skins you, Support your families, get out of debt and stay out. Jf all the farmers who hear mo speak would organize properly there would be no cause for complaint in a short time. 1 don't wish to say that the merchants don't extort from you. 1 know they do; but, iny friends, you would do the same tiling if you could, It is our sinful nature, and if we oould get a dollar for our cotton wo would take it. Tho way for us to do is to bring about such a condition of things tluit wo will have a say so, as well as the merchants. They price our cotton and they price our supplies, and any fool could make money on that plan. The Alliance will bring us out of that position, if we stand by it. There is another matter of which I wish to speak before 1 close: There is a feeling of hostility among sonic of yon against the lawyers. That is all w rong; but if a lawyer has been guilty of or caugjit in a questionable act?if lie lias done wrong and scoured the passage or exeoutioq of laws detrimental (o your inlersta, and you know i(, (hen remember him. Lawsuits are like whiskey; they won't hurt jrou as long as you let them alone. Settle your differences at home, among your friends?Alios* who feel on interest in you and your welfare. As intelligent men you can come together and decide your own difficulties without going into expensive lawsuits. If you can't do so you can't expect lawyers to work for nothing. I will relate an incident of an nrtist courting a farmer's daughter. The old man didn't like his daughter's sweetheart, but finally consented if the nrtist ^rouhl paint qlaw"' suit between farmers he v,uuld consent to the match. The artist then went to work and got up his pictufc. It represented a difficulty about a cow. One of the farmers bad the cow by the head and the other by the tail, and a lawyer was on each side milking her. lie drew another picture on the other side of the cqqvtui, Here the cow had kicked one of the fanners over the fence, batted the other into the ditch, ami the law yers who got all the milk vrerc getting nwaj with the cow as fasf as they could run. It certain cases lawyers are necessary?such a.> settling titles to real estate; hut keep them out of your personal quarrels, and don't apply to them to settle such matters. You farmers let other people's business alone; yon have enough to do to attend to your own. Now, another word to the colored people, and then I np? done. Organize yourselves into sub-Alliances ami live up to your sacred duties. Live honestly, uprightly, and bo good citisens, and the white people will respect and protect you.. He sure that you abuse none of the privileges guaranteed to you by your constitution ami by-laws. I.ct none but responsible men and women of your own color join your Alliance. Let no white man have anvthlnsr to do or ?nv t<> v.,.. ?i... is not in good find regular standing in lite white Alliance. If he is unlit to tolong to the white man's Alliance he is unfit to join yours. Kick him out when ho dares to intrudo himself into the sanctity of your councils. 1 thank you ladies ami gentlemen for the patience with which you have listened to me, and I hope that success will murk the future of your lives and county." The distinguished speaker then took his seat amid a thunder of applause. Jamks L. Strain. Alliance Demonstrations all along the Line.?Greer's Oct. 10.? This has been a grand gala day Tor Greer's. From early morn till night the Farmer's Alliance began to "let her roll" aud she did roll until 400 bales if cottou in solid phalanx, dross d in Alliance uniform and old juto. pull-d into the public square to await the arrival of | the 2.20 p. ui train and >Mr. Sims from Grccnvillo to c'assily the Alliance cotton before any w*s sold. Mr. SiniR came. Every man sampled -his cotton and carried it np to the Matonic hall where it was classed in bulk, with each man's name on his sample, and the buyers invited in, one by one to bid on the different grades. The highest average bid was 9.80, which was promptly declined by the cotton committee, nnd a regular btampodo of wagons ensued, moving in cvoty direction, until 200 to 250 bales rolled out of town to be hrld for ten conts. After tho adjournment 100 to 150 bales woro sold at 9.65 and 9} or dumped on the old field. ______ - Never was tlicro greater eon fusion and dissatisfaction to both buyer nnd IlltMlllI vtlK wi urMiwiw V \?r** wmv v w * cotton that wan duo thcni for ?ti|ij lies, and much needed just now to j.sy ihuir debts. BOYCOTTING ZTXBTAhi iiuiiu. Spartanburg, S. C. Oct. 17.?The Alliauce men are hauling away their cotton to-dny, in obedience to the resolutions adopted yesterday. Some of it will doubtless go to the factories direct, and some will be carried home by the farmers aud perhaps find, its way here again. The resolutions adopted by the Alliance referred not ouly to the 204 bales stored, hut looked further toward a boycot of this niarkot, and recommended that no more cotton he brought here for sale. They stated the belief of tbo Alliance that a combination existed to injure the order by keopiug down tbo price of Alliance cotton. This is the substaneo of tho preamble. The grievance seems to be that the buyers and tho Alliance grader differ in el-ssi lying the bales. 11. H. Grauiling offered however to take tho whole lot here yottorday at 9.GO bas:s, which means 9 07 J for atriot good middling, a price which no other buyer would vontu.e to iffer, and which conservative cotton men say was more than Grauiling could safely pay with a view of selling again. This offer was made oti their own guiding. Mr. Gramling sya he would havo had to rograde the lot, but thinks on an average he would havij^nit the grade up a little. Of course the disstoUfartion of their farmer friends is very much regretted | by the Iowa people. It is difficult to uuderttand how there cau bo any combination among the buyer1, who certainly practice the aiiarf est rivalry as a rule, and represent conflicting interests. It is hard to see also how the boycott will be carried out, or exactly what its effect will be it carried out. THE ALLIANCE RESOLUTIONS. llfCADQUAHTKIIS ok } Spartxniioho Co. Farmriis Ai.lianck , W. Mc/.irnmerinan, Fmnnc'l Agf. j "Spartanhuro, S. C., Oct. 1G, '8'J. "Greenville News : "I am authorized to send you the resolution below, "\V, McZimmerman, "Agent Spartanburg County Alliance.'' ''Whereas, we, the members of the Farmers Alliance, rcpresentiug two hundred and thirty-four bales of cotton, which properly graded by an experienced member of the Alliance long in the business, and offered for sdo in the Spartanburg market yesterday and in.iU> Rrmlv hrliovini' from all we can lenrn and from alliudie ttions, that there in a deliberate attempt among the cotton bujers nnd mills to cripple our order and to defeat our co-operative) plan of grading and selling ootton, ''Therefore, bo it resolved, that wc take our cotton off the market and fell in some other market, and recommend that members of the Allianco hereafter, as far as possible, keep their cotton nkny fj)om the Spait\nburg market.'' Kaslky, ()o*. 17.?On0( hundred an 1 thirtj-fivc bales vera brought in ou ] wagons to day and woro offered at auo" r | lion by th? Alliance. \V. M. llago>d | I & Co. offered 11. OS J. The bid waff reI jecled by the cmiNiiitoo Forty-throo bales woro sold, thirty of which were brought by Alliance ?nen. About sixty1 five more bales wero on baud by samples. The cottou not sold wlfs carried back. I ?? Prosperity, Oct. 17.?The n?w way of selling cotton adopted by the Alliances, went into fuU'effect yestorday at > Prosperity. It wan decidedly a big day hero.# At au early hour the loaded wagons began pouring in from every direction with the fleecy staple. Fully niuetenths of the coti<m was oovercd in cotton The selling e uimitieo, consisting of Jim. H. Fellers, J. S Hair, W. P. Hugh. Hnrr Stock nun nnd Hon Schumport. took charge of the cotton. They wont around to the different wagons nnd took samples from each bale. One of tiio committee cut tho cotton, another took out tho sample, nuothsr numbered each halo nnd nuotlior wrote n corresponding number on a esrd ?tbo samples nnd cards being given to tbo owners of tho cotton, who afterward carried it nil to a room to be grnded and classified. Quito a r umber of cotton bnycra 1 from Nowborry. Prosperity, Columbia and other pi ices worn present; but the market whs dull, nnd it was thought. i doubtful whether they would sell then, 1 or wait for a rise in the market. I Prtosi'KillTY, 3 p. in. ? No sale. Prico ' fibred i\ioo aud a half. Farmers refuse this. * ! The (iUadino ok Cotton.?Ono of , the most sensible and practical move- , ineuts yet taken by the Farmers All'- 1 aiice is that reported to have b-oti takcu < yesterday to soeu e changes in tho system of grading cotton. It is a well known fact here that every ; year hundreds of bales nro classed and i ! sold as "middling" which properly bo- < | longs much higher. It is not the fault | of tlie liuyorH^lLis tha rc^ult a>f thu dif' fcrencc in standard- Tho Piedmont [ cotton classes higher than any other up- . in our up-country markets asbciog of one grade is classed from ono to thrco ? grades higher elsewhere. 1 The chief difficulty in tho way of a ? I rofnrm ofth'.*. 0 ViI in illU BCarCIIJ Ot j competent graders. Tho difforonco in ( grades of cotton nr<* iuiperccptiblo to all < hut trained oyer. It is likely tho average farmer cannot estimate tho differ- j 00cos in the values of several satnplos ^ of cotton within halfia a cent, and tho general run of buyer* are probably lit- | tie better. The busiios is full of fine points, brightness or darkness of tho ( day, tho time, reflected lights and ( many other conditions causing differences iu gradings and prices. If the Alliance can find men who can grado and class cotton accurately and instruct its owners what prices to demand in relation to the market rate for middlings, it will put many dollars into the pockets of the farmers nuifr do further go >d by giving the careful and conscientious advantages they should havo over the less cartful or intelligent. ? Greenville A cum, Maine Snake Stories.? Mere are (wo sturtling snake stories from Maino: Tho first comes from Watorvillc, where the post mortem examination of a horse that died from unknown causes revealed in its stomach a "snake four and ouc half feet long, with head and eyes perfect, .<ix ilichen in circuinl'oreuce, aud the color of h'ood. with the exception of a white stripe on the hick." Another snake came from the stomach of Mrs. Frank Keuney, of Portsmouth, N. II., who was in liiddclord under medical treatment, in August, 180(5, at a camp uieetiug in Alton Hay, she drank water from a brook, and afterward became ill She was treated Ibr cancer of the stomach, but stou'ly iii-iisted that something moved within htr. Tho other day by means of a pwufful drug, ' a light colored snake twelve and three-eights inches lung was disgorged from her stomach, aud she has gone homo happy." ? Chicayo Times. ? .?. . ? V v<it111'it Xtite 11 vitv ltrii\r:i>.---Simrtnn burg, H. ('. Oct. 17.?The Slate burn at I lie experimental Station was entirely consumed by fire to-day, together with the machinery and gin*, a considerable <|iinntity of product# which was there stored belonging to the State, and several bales of cotton belonging to individuals. The tire caught from a spark from the engine which was running the gin. The live stock stabled in the building was , saved. The loss is not accurately estimated, but is probably to Insured for 1 .<K*0. ? ('<>r. (irrrnriHf \i im. The first demonstration of the strength of the Farmer's Alliance in politics will be given at the coming primary election for Senator in Kershaw County. There appears to be a s'pmre issue between Alliance and nnti- Mlianee I'ciuocrals, each side luivi ing a candidate in the field. ? : 1 Cotton Wedding.?ltaleigh, . ^8 Oot. 15 ?The gre?tost power in ftfow Carolina nt present, politically au?l oinlly, ia ho Far mora' Alliance, and it showed its earnestness to-day at u uuiquo nod memorable wedding ccrotnouy, A few weeks ago William M. Bate- ^ man, an enthusiastic young farmer and secretary of tliu Furuieia Alliunco in Washington County, uiado up his mind to * huff publicly how ho hated the Juto Tru-t by being married in a costumo of cotton b-vjgiuir. tlio fabric which the Alliance has by foriiisl icsolutiou adopted as the material Ibr covering the cotton aiii) which is ui?dti in ibis State at Lcakr-vd is. A* soon as Mr. Batsman's letter asking f??r houi* of this bsgging was received here, Secretary l'olk of the State Alliance wrote u>king hiui t> I o iiiarri- ! publicly tn-Juy at the State fair Ground*. Mr. But cm an agreed to this, and at unco picp'iratious were begun by " the Alliums'people lo tnako tho event ineiin ruble The Wake County Alliance took charge if "11 tho detail-; its Secretary, Otho Wilson, secured bridesmaids ami grcoumircn, all from well known Alliance people iu the country near here, and a l?o arranged *for entettaining tho briilo and bridegroom as guests of tho Alliance. Offioial notices of tho wedding were sent out As tbo State Alliance was called to meet hero at tho Fair, the day was set djrwn as a gala occasion which the members antioipate<H^iili spucitl ploas-uru. Muuy present.-; were suit in and have been dis[ilayed hero lor iuuio time. On oaoh is a card bearing this iuscripti <n : % Wedding Present to W. M. ll.VTKMAN ASI) WlFB, of Washington County, N. C., who are to he married on Tuesday Oct. 15, \t the grand stand in Fair grounds, in cotton liagging, under the auspices of the North Carolina Farmers' Alliance. They propose to make the Farmers sue iwuu ugiw against ilie .lute Hugging Trust incinnruhlc by this event, ami this wedding s given tu show appreciation of any just novo the fanners of North Carolina may unlcrtukc. _ Just nftoj noon today tho bridal party irrived at tho Fair (jroundp, having >c?n 05 cor to I from tho city by a largo WHfwion. The party* com prised tho Maad Stcpheuson and FJoronco Stephenion. Tho ceremony was performed in ;ho Judges'stand in front oftbo grand itand in which there were thousands of looplc. The couple woro married by ihc llev. J. J. Scott, Chapliiri of tho State Alliance, who is blind. Tho bride was drossod in white c itton bagging, effectively nude up and trimmed with buff satin. tier bonnet was adorned with cotton blossoms and bolls. Tho bridegroom wasnbo arrayed in cotton bagging and woro cotton blossoms in his bat. 11 is grootnsnion woro similarly attired, while tho bridesmaid* wore cotton bogging eaj-ln-s, Otho Wilson, who was master of coremonios, was dressed like Mr. Hate man. A IIuPi'idi.k Siti'atiox.?Chicago, Ocl. 17. ?A dispujeh from Columhiis, Ohio, says tho mayor of .Sandusky, Ohio, has telegraphed the State Hoard of Health in regard to small pox ravages at 1'eloe Island, a famous fishii g resort in Lake Krie. 'Die dispatch says tho wildest excitement exists, over one hundred cases oi small pox having ucvelopeu there within the last four days. The island has about 1,00<) population, every one of whom it is feared will contract the disease. All avenues of -escape from the place have been closed by (lie American and Canadian authorities. Kvery one of the entire group of Lake i'.ric islands, including Put-in-Hay, North llass. Middle Puss, Kclleys, and others. have 'pinrantiued against Pclcc, and the Canadian authorities have tpiarantincd the main land against the island, which has become a vast isolated pest- house. l>r. Probst, Secretary of the State Hoard, hat sent instructions and taken vigorous steps to prevent the disease spreading. Mitt in: it on Johns Isi.ank.?Charleston, S. ('., Oct 17.?News reached the city to-day that Octnvian Pischang, a German shop keeper nt Creekside plantation, on John's Island, had hcen hrutally murdered early on Wednesday morning. The facts of the case, as far as they arc kiiowii, aro that Mr. Fischang had been feeding his poultry in his yard, when, as he turned to go hack to his house, he was shot dead hy some one concealed behind a bank which runs along near Ins premises. I lie iir.irilercl man was very highly estocmcil l*y Ixitli whites ami blacks on (lie island, ami as soon as the news bail been circnlnleil a large party of men of both races started out to track the assassin. They finally arrcstc 1 a young negro named John Simons, who is now in jail, and who has confessed the crime. There Is talk at Mount Pleasant of lynching him. Anotiikh It vininil Tiikk.?As raining trees seem to be the latest novelty, several have developed themselves in the last few days. Thomas Davis has one in his back yard which begins to drip about four o'clock in the afternoon ami continues until sundown. The tree is a common pluin and the branches arc nearly bare. Close investigation fails to reveal insects, and the raining is apparently due to the moisture being absorbed by the roots ami dropping from the extremities of the branches, or else the in sects are very minute.?C'rcriivlllc Xner, *