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, SUPPLEMENT TO UNION Tlk HPS. '. fW&mF- % .. > i ' ' *- ' ''" : ' - ' "^\ i . ,, \ I . . ; - 'v% w # TVUJU r Oltt?%tir n #twi6 ioni.Ntv. H. J. UlSTXKl. I ' \ J0NESV1I.LE AHEAD I %>., Wfi 11KI.IKVK IN TUB liltK.U' t'T r'? A11 ME US ALLIANCE - ' I Iljjt Price?. l?>* wiaro.it 3-our f'igons an I stock in hauling over L.ul roidt> k> aud from markets It), 1> an I 20 mi'tci 1 jom home, when jou can buy goods JUST AS GIIXQA1*. and Hell y.nr co Ion at P id try prices at Juiiesville ? We are now oj cuing up a coui|-lvto line of. Dry Goods, Notions, Moots n?-.d Sliced, Groceries, ttc., and out motto wi 1 be > QUICK SALES AN l> SMALL PROFITS. STOCK IS LAKGE, - -VJ / i OUR GOODS ARB NEW, ((^) VoUR PRICKS ARE LOW! Call onus, examine us, niul Ic convince! I ^ ^ that the above statement is "ALL wool, and a yard wide." SWINK OETZEL& CO., ( .ion fis villi;. , One dojr from McWliirtcr's. Oct 4 40 If ^ Eflr.Hen, lonrai and j Htiiiilrftii ~ i ?... , THREE SPECIAL SALES j THIS WEEK AT W. T.'BEATY'S. j t i f t J,000 yards Saline?, at 8^ con's. 6 2,000 " all wooL Tilling Jeans, 2> els. ^ Fall Stock P.rogHii?, ?1. j Aud all O'ber Dry Good.- and Noiiou? > proportionally cheap. OALL EARLY, (jet Yours, and Avoid tlie Iltislt. 1 / IV. T. UKATY. 1 Oct 18 42 2in j "ay* tie han thflW. T... Donjflnk 1 pnorp wiuioui iinmu *11111 pnvu Buuiim'ii 011 1 the bottom, put hi in down as a fraud. $3 SHOE GENTLEMEN. I ' B??t in tlio world. Examine 1> 1 * M.OO GENUINE 1IAHI?-SF.\VKI? SHOE. 94.00 IIAND-SEWKO AVKI.T SHOE. . 93.50 POLICE ANI) FAKMKK8' SHOE. 2.50 EXTRA VALUE CALF K1IOE. us WOKKINGMAN'S SHOE. 1 r? OO and 91.75 BOYS' SCHOOL SHOES All made lu Conxreas, Button ami Lace. \i. L. DOUGLAS ^ SHOE LAfO?.res. . Hat Material, Beat Stylo. Best Fitting. I u>t aold by your dealer, write W. L. DOUGLAS. BltOCKTON. MASS Examine W. L. Douglas' $2 shoes for Ladies and gentlemen. S. M. HICK, JR., K. U. AftCIH lininD,0. I/, Sfpt 6 36 6m -dl ' 9 f'MairtW* from Olilo. Mom U* U sfJayfc portrait of Mr. tlarrU I f<'jaxSSjf9k1*%**iiiri? "W i" at morkon n farm for o i Tni^ii, i ur?n bare an agency I ?3* TgdHM^at>"?>* uiij! Mli ii imikf n i!ay." one vlio take* liolil of '!ii? sx? mm! l-ii?int o pit. v nopinii'l profit*. JShuM we start Yl?o in lliis business. retiler .' Write to it* antl learn nil alomi if foryouro-Jf. Wo ifr nriinir i6""y . v e %\ill Mint % u if von iloii'i ifeluy until ii??i|?.? p? i? aln n'1 i.f y. n m *oi,r |?irl of ibc country. Ify?ui take liol'l you n ill In- a Me lo pi. li up tfoM f.t t. n if IC c:t?l ? tut amount of a ior? ? 'l inniiufleiuit-r a *n!i? I ?f>,000 (cti (loll.-it- riiohmt'iifill A Ilium* n?e to l>r?oM to ilio f..r fyj . i.? li. lb utiil in I., y .l t miii?oii HllkVclvil 1'IimIi. C lionimiyly i|rc? inleil in?i<!e?. ||i>iiiloiinr?| niluiin?iii ilio arurlil. I .at treat >!/. . I m?nno ever known. Air* rift nmiOt|, l.ihrrnl t*-rtio. I?iy m -im \ f..r a gent ?. Any one i nn l.frmiie a aiM-ei I >?. Hi h?i It on ^ijrlif?liltl?* or no talking neti N h? rarer *lo wn, ev? ry one wnno to purchase. Agent* lithe tliuu*?iml* ? f of.lerv nitli r.apMi'y never l?ef?rr k?o w ii. (Ip'nl p'oili* on eit r\ rv.n oil.er. Atr<-nf? are fwnkimr fortune*. lull a make ui nut* It mi men. Yen. r .i ter, can ilo ** well a* any one, full i??f rn?nii< nnml Irriin I i ??# In lliowe who ntlfr for ?atnr. w illt fitlltl<-t?!; -no ! m.i f-r o .r K*tnllv ? nii'1 |VihMlirnu. ,Ui. ' \..u i i. w i. i. lli 'UlU % I'll . II,. I.irii" I. ?% ||% I. I.if . . A.IJr??? L. C. ALLEN ? <??.. A'i i Money to Loan. ON improved fur in Inn,Is, in sums of $300, nii'l upwards. Loans repayable in small nnnnnl installments, through a period of six years, thus enabling the borrower to pay off his indebtedness without exhausting l-is crop in any one year. Apply at once to D. X. TOWNS END, Attorney, Union, S. C. Oct 18 42 Cm rwc key of death. "tranco old rntii! Weapon Employed by it Discarded Lover. About 1600 ft stranger named Tobaldo established himself as a merchant in Venice. IIo bccamo enamored of a daughter of an ancient house, and, asking her hand, was rejected, tho young lady being alreadj' affianced. Enraged, ho set himself to plan revenge, and, being a skillful mechanician, ho invented a formidable weapon. This was a largo key, the handle of which, when pressed, sent out from tho other end of tho key a needle of such fineness that it entered tho flesh and buried itself there, leaving no external trace. With this weapon Tebaldo waited at tho church door till tho maiden ho loved passed in to her marriago. Then, unperccivcd, ho sent tho slender needle into the breast of tho bridogroom, who, seized with a sharp pain From an unknown cause, fninted, was carried home and soon died, his strange illness ballling tho skill of the physicians. Again Tebaldo demanded tho maiden's hand, ami was again refused. In a few days both her parents died in a like mysterious manner. Suspicion wus cxcucu, and oil examination of the bodies tho small steel instrument was found in the flesh. Tlicro was universal terror; no 0110 felt that his own life was secure. Tho young lady went into a convent during her mourning, and after a few months Tebaldo begged to seo and speak with her, hoping now to. bend her to his will. She, with an instinctive horror of this man, who had from tho first, been displeasing to her, returned a decisive negative; whereupon Tebaldo contrived to wound her through tho grate. On returning to her room sho felt a pain in her breast aid discovered a single, drop of blood. Surgeons were hastily summoned. Taught by tho past, they cut into the wounded part, extracted tho needle nid saved tier life. Tebaldo was suspected, his bouse was searched, the key discovered and he perished on the fallows. There is a tradition that Duke Francis of Padua had "a poisoned key if a similar character, which unlocked liis jirivato library. When bo desired .o rid himself of an obnoxious member if his household or suite lie would send him to bring a certain volume from his book case. As tho key was urned in tho lock out shot a poisoned lccdlc, stabbed tho hand of the holder uid instantly shot back again. Il\iminutioii of tho hand reversed only a imall, dark bluo spot, but in a few nonicnts the person grew strangely fiddy, and would bo found on the loor, apparently in a fit. In twenty'our lioura lm would ^ -~*1 ** rerdict rendered?"apoplexy. ?iNotcs ind Queries. Town Liro us n Cause of l>cf;oiicracy. The general unfitness and inennul.ilty of tho dwellers in our large liives n industry to undergo continued vioent exertion, or to sustain long enlurancc of fatigue, is a fact requiring ittle evidence to establish: nor can hey tolcrato tho withdrawal of food wider sustained physical effort for lllj J/. JIW1W 4 <lO with the dwellers iii rural districts. It nay be alfirined also tlmt, through ho various factors at work night and lay upon the constitution of the loorer class of town dwellers, various forms of diseaso are developed, of which pulmonary consuniption is the iiost familiar, and wliini is doing Is fatal work in a lavish and inerring fashion. Tlius it may jo conceded as an established fact that tho townsman is, on tho whole, constitutionally dwarfed in Lone, and his life, man for man, shorter, weaker and more uncertain ihaii tho countryman1*. I hold the jphiion that tho deterioration is more in physique, us implied in the loss of physical or muscular power of tho body, the attenuation of muscular liber, tbo loss of integrity of cell structure, and consequent liability to the invasion of disease, rather than in actual stature of inch measurement. The truoeauscsofthisdetcrioratioii are neither very obscure nor far to seek. They are bad air and bad habits. To these may bo added a prolific factor operating largely to produce degeneration of riice, and that is, frequent intermarriage, often necessitated by religious nihilities.?O. 11. Barron, M. L>., in Popular Scicnco Monthly. "A SniDondcd Tho truo Bcientitlc attitude of tho day, ns expressed by tho president of tho British association, Professor Fowler, is a "suspended judgment." Professor Fowler indorses Sir John Lubbock's idea that tho field of inquiry is limitless and that there may bo "fifty other senses as different from ours a3 sound is from sight, and oven within tho boundaries of our own senses thoro may bo endless sounds which wo cannot hear and colors as different as red from groen of which wo have 110 conception. These and a thousand othorquestions remninfor solution. Tho familiar world which surrounds us may bo a totally different placo to other animals. To them it may bo full of music which wo cannot hear, of color which wo cannot sec, of sensation which we cannot conceive."?Scionco Gossip. Convenient for Traveler*. An arrangement has just been rnado that will considerably fucilitato tho movcmcntof passengers from America who travel to London by way of Liverpool, and who nro now detained at tho latter port so long as frequently to cause tho missing of trains. Tho practice is to deposit tho lugg.ogo in tho custom depot at tho landing stage, where passengcra must attend to open their boxes and fasten them up again. Tho now arrangement is that tho examination s!;;ill bo transferred from tho landing stage to tho London tormi ni of the railway companies, 11ar.i? !y : Paiston station for travelers, by the l/mdon and Northwestern line, and bit. I'ancras station by tlio Midland. 2\vsv York Ilonio Journal, I Children on Mari tngv. Children aro the keenest of observers ! and the most practical deducers; indeed, their deductions aro often uiorse aston| ishing than agreeable to their elders, i Though we laugh, wo do not always enI joy having our weakness revealed to us by tho babbling of babes. Six little children were at play, and whether it was that they grew tired of familiar games or that that innato principle, "It is not good for man to be ulonc," craved expression, they determined to have a wedding. John, aged 8, should marry Ilattie, aged 5, and Brother Harry would speak "tho words that bind." Now, Ilarrv had never heard a marriage ceremony and was entirely ignorant of the prevalent pledges, but was he at a loss? Not ho. Ho knew what papa and mamma considered of paramount virtue, and surely what they each so eagerly desired must coustituto the requisite of a happy married life. Tho candidates for wedlock were requested to stand side by side and gravely obeyed. "Hatty, will you get up in tho morning and sco that John has his breakfast in timo and that lie has good things to oat and never has to wait for his meals?" "John, will you give her all tho money 6ho wants?" That was all, but does It not contain tho quintessence of married felicity?"? ' Kansas City Star. Watered Milk. The milkman who waters his goods generally does so under tho impression" that tho water poured in Incorporates itself with the milk and cannot be detected except upon chemical analysis. This shows gross ignorance. The milk will hold only its own fluid; all foreign fluid will be precipitated if tho mLxtnre is allowed to stand for a couplo of days. An}* housewife may spot a dishonest milkman with very little trouble. Let her tako a long slender bottle, dense it thoroughly and let it dry out. If, then, it Is filled with milk and allowed to stand in a cool?not cold?place for forty-eight hours, all tho foreign fluid will bo precipitated?that is, it will set>lo to tho bottom of the bottle. The soured milk will then fill the middle of the bottle and tho fatty substance will bo floating on top. Sometimes tho top will be a layer of cream, then will come a layer of albumen, another artificial device to make the milk look rich; then will come tho soured milk and at the bottom will bo tho foreign water. Tho wholo schemo of deception can bo read by a glance at tho bottle after one has had a single lesson in the rudiments of milk inspection. This sort of work Is not scientifically satisfactory, but it will wiTether or not the milk is normal.?Interview iu St. Louis Globe-Democrat. A .Toko on tlio Dog. L.ast buntlay alt or noon an old, gray haired gentleman appeared in Jackson park. lie was accompanied by a small lap dog of tho pug species. This dog ran about in an aimless way which indicated that he did not have any more sense than a stamped envelope. IIo trotted over tho flower beds and left his footprints among tho plants, and he had his own way until a park policeman caught sight of him. Finding out who was the owner of the dog tho policeman approached tho old gentleman, tapped him on tho shoulder and said: "See, here, my friend, you must have that dog keep away from tho flowers. Don't you see that sign reading, 'Dogs not allowed on tho grass?'" The old gentleman chuckled, jerked his thumb toward the dog, and replied: "Yes, I see it, but that little cuss can't read." IIo thought it was a good joko on tho dog, and ho refused to think otherwise until tho policeman threatened to lock him up if he did not call oil tho dog, which ho did.?Chicago Herald. School Teacher*. If every girl who is introduced as a school teacher should bo "dropped" by tho board when sho proves to bo a failure, wo would soon havo no teachers, or good ones at least. It is strange, but a fact, that, as usual, tho girls who, for from two to three years, seem utterly hopeless, Anally become tho best in the 6taff, while, on tho other hand, those who start out most promising, too often becomo worthloec Will In tlm Mnrninl cnlirtnl Inra n good foundation, it does not finish a teacher?in fact, "making a teacher" only commences when she makes her debut in the school room. Tho superintendent's staff and her principal watch, instruct and discipline her, for three to four years, when sho is a thorough, reliablo teacher, and then?sho goes off and marries, generally.?Interview in St. Louis Globe-Democrat. ICsjiloslvo Potash Tablets. Engineer Fosburg, of tho Chateaugay roAd", bad a peculiar experience Wednesday. Ho had a number of chlorate ol potash lozenges in his vest pocket, and t hese exploded while lie was at Lvon Mountain, tearing away and burning his vest and trousers on one side down to tho knee, and cpiite severely burning 0110 of his hands. Mr. Fosburg contends that lie had no matches in his pocket, and cannot nccount for tho explosion. However that may be, tho accident will servo as a warning to tlioso who habitually carry those tablets loosely in their pockets under the impression that they were non-cxplosivo.?Platisburg (N. Y.) Telegram. American J'ork. Ilogs grown in this country aro fod cn lnrfruk' mi ivipn flint Atnnrirain ncrlf has acquired a distinctive character as being harder and containing niorolard than that of other lands. It is not a bad repute. This pork goes farther than it otherwiso would, and if it is less digestible than that containing more lean, it i;i mainly eaten by those who work hard and who liko l>e.st that food which stands by them the longest.?Boston Budget. A PERILOUS VOYAGE. . Capt. Andrews Relates His Bxpsrlenre of Crossing the Owan In a Ubry. Porhans few among the audiences | that nightly attend tne *j?erformanee ! of 44A Dark Secret" know that the Gink Andrews who a'npears during tno fourth act iB the plucky sailor wlio attempted to cross tho Atlantic in his dory the Dark Secret. A Mail reporter had a very interesting conversation with tho captain and asked hiro ! for a brief account of his attempt to cross tho ocean blue. "1 started." ho said, 44in tho little dory from Point of Pines bench near Boston, Monday, June 4ft. This is tho boat in which I mudo my journey. It measures, keel 12 feet, beam 5 feet, depth 2 feet It was built under my direction and supervision. Yes, I butruHi an aiono, not oven a dog or cat on board. When I crossed the Atlantic in 187$ tu the little dory Nautilus my briber Walter accompanied me. Tftkt bo&t was four feet longer than the Dark Secret. We made tho voyage in tho Nautilus in forty-five days from land to land, but wo had better weather than 1 experienced on the lost trip. "Tho rigging and sail aro very simple. I haa only ouo sail, what is usually called a lateen, or tnreo cornered sail, and tho rigging consisted of just three pieces of rope. Yes, the Dark Secret is an excellent sea boat* She behaved beautifully in tho terribly bad weather I encountered. I made a mistake in starting froip Boston. The weather at George s bank was awful, and it was a month before I got out of tho bay and into the northorn current After that I did not have quite so hard a time of it Tho longest time I went without rest was forty-eight hours during a gale, and I didn't eat much during that timo, either. In fact, all I did eat during tho voyago was crackers and" canned provisions. I luid an alcohol stove With ine, but it became useless after the first day out Living on crackers and drinking us little water as possible evidently didn't ngrco with mo, for J weighed 208 pounds tho day I started. When picked up I tipped the beam at 125, after eating a hearty dinner at that "Tho Norwegian bark Nor picked mo up about 1,555 miles from my starting point Aug. 21, after I had been just sixty-two days out I wus indeed in a sorry plight I had lost my drug, with wnfch I held tho boat's nose to tlio sea when I turned in, my 6ilod clothing was completely worn out, my provisions and water wcro' running short, and tho boat was in bad condition. "How did I sleep} I put tho craft to, threw out my drag, add turned in for brief periods only. My mattress got wot <1 uring the first galo and was not keep hio from sleep**-, -.JaaJ' dljL whon I got a chance. Sourio nights the boat drifted back so far that it took me from ouo to three days to mako up lost ground. During hetivy gales 1 used oil on the water. You liuvo read in the good book about putting 'oil on the troubled waters.' >Vcll, it works first rate. 1 let it trickle out at the rate of ten drops a minute. It lias a tvonderful ciTcct in reducing the wuves. "What started mo on such a tript Well, I havo always been an enthusiast on boating, and believe that small boats can bo built, if correctly modeled, that will live through storms that would sink an ocean steamer, and my ambition lias becii to cross in tlio smallest boat alono. I think it is a mistake to go alone, as ouo man can steer or cook while tho other.i3 sleep mg.?iJmcago Mail. A rrovldcnttal Rat. A woman in West Tennessee went liomo from church one Sunday impressed by a moving appeal whicn her pastor had mado in Dcnalf of a minister's widow recently left in want with six children. What could sho givo to relievo this caso of sutTeringf She was herself a widow and poor. Sho thought intensely over tho matter, and that night sho prayed over it, but no way of raising tho money occurred to her. Tho next morning when sho went out to sweep off lier doorstop sho noticed that tho earth on ono side had been .freshly thrown up, and something glittering lay in tho dirt. It was a *5 gold piece. During the night a rat had taken it into his licad to dig a hole under tho step, and ono result ol his labor was tho resurrection of that coin. Tho woman knew that during tho war hor husbund had buried his savings, all in gold coin, under tlioso stops, but ho bad dug up tho money after tho war was over, and evidently supposed ho had recovered tho whole. It seemed that ho was miciolrnn A ml i?ntv Ilia \xjirlniu ttrna not slow to follow tho hint given her by tlio burrowing rat. Sho moved the steps and after a thorough search succeeded in finding$20. Regarding this money as a direct gift from heaven she sent it all to tho suffering family.? Boston Transcript. Strength of Walls. It Is found that walls laid up of good, liard burned bricks, in mortar composed of good lime and sharp sand, will resist a pressuro of 1,600 pounds per square inch, or 210,000 pounds per square foot, at which Ilguro it would require 1,000 feet height of twelve Inch wall to crush tho bottom courses, allowing 135 pounds as tho weight of each cubic foot. It also appears from accurate calculations and measurements that walls laid up in tho same quality of brick and mortar, with one-thiru quantity of Portland cement added to tho samo, are capablo of resisting some 2,500 {xmnds por square inch or 800,000.pounds i>or anun.ro foot: this wotihl remiiro n height of wall 2,700 feet to crush tho bottom bricks.1?Buildor and Woodworker. A rccont novelty is an invention designed to facilitate tho manufucluroof durablo boot heels. By its us? a heel shaped leather shell is made and filled witn a solid body. It has also a novel devico for pressing tho leather into tho approximate form and for molding and working it. -r.' Fabulous Wealth in North Carolina Qold Minks.?Charlotte, X. C., Nov. 1"?.? Great excitement prevails in tlic gold mining circles throughout Western North Carolina, on account of the heavy gohl find just made by Tebe Saunders in Montgomery County. Saundcas now has hundreds of hands at work, and is getting gohl by the peck, lie gets so much gohl that absolutely no pretense is made at weighing it. except on a largo pnir of grocers' scales. The find has created a profound sensation, and the people in Montgomery and adjoining Counties arc digging for gold by the hundreds. Experts who have examined the gold fields in this section say there is as much gold in Western North Carolina grounds as California ever dreamed of. One mine alone, near here, is said to be worth $1000,000. Syndicates arc being organized, with plenty of cash, to open up theso mines, and developments are expected at an early day that will startle the world. tiik story oonfirmki). Raleigh, N- O., Nov. Id.?The Carolina Watchman, published at Salisbury, has sent a mining expert to Montgomery County to Investigate the rJfchor* of the important {fold find there, and he reports that all flio statements about fabulous wealth having been discovered there arc true. * The find is said to be the richest ever discovered in the State. Three parallel veins have been found, about half mi inch in thickness, only a few feet apart. One pans out a large per cent, of pure gold and the Watchman ? representative ascertained that a bushel of solid gold had already been taken out of the deposit. Tito place is owned by the three Sanders brothers. Two of them have been living in Texas, but have started fpr Salisbury in response to a telegram. (treat excitement is reported in the neighborhood, and people are leaving their work to search for gold. I It is stated that one man in two hours' work got out 2,000 pennyweight of pure gold, and was then compelled by the owners to leave off work. SoiTIlKRN I.NDt'STUIAl. I)liYKt.OPMF.NT. IbvUimoro, Nov. 15.?The past week has been one of activity iu the organization of enterprises in the South. Florence, Ala., has led with investments bv Philadelphia ami New England capitalists, including a $500,(XX) cotton mill, a furnace to cost 000 to be built by Philadelphia parties ami to be known as the Philadelphia Furnace, ami a $800,000 loan ami banking company, ! while $1,000,000 in cash has been invested in stock and land of two local improvement companies in Florence by these Northern capitalists. In Florida, a contract has been made for constructing a tluec-hundrod mile canal to furnish a waterway nearly the entire length of the State. At llcssciner, Ala., two new furnaces to cost $400,(KX) arc to be built. At llricrfield, Ala., iron works are to be reorganized with $500,(XX) of bonds and $700,(XX) of preferred stock. At ltoine, Oa., a $125,(XX) furnace is to bo built. A steel nlati;_u?:u '-.-i ,J? TCT^teP nfhr extensivs fertilizer works at Norfolk, "Va. WllKKK TltK AP08TI.KS AKK lll'IMFD.?All that now'remains of the Apostles of Christ are in the following places: Seven are in Home?namely: Peter, Philip. James the l.eascr, Jiulc, Jiartliotoniew. .\luttliias and I Simon. Three arc in the Kingdom of Na- j pies?Matthew at Lalcrno, Andrew at ( Ainulfi, and Thomas at Ortonn. One is in Spain, James the Oreater, whose remains arc ' at St. Jago dc Conipostella. Of the body of St. John, the evangelist, the remaining one of the twelve, there is no knowledge. The evnngelists Mark and l.nkc arc also buried in Italy, the former at Venice and the latter at Padua. St, Paul's remains are also believed to be in Italy. Peter is, of course, buried in the Church at Home which bears his name, as | also Simon and Judge. James the Lesser's remains are in the Church of the Holy Apostles. lhirtholomew's in the Church on the island in the Tiber which hears his name. 1 Matthias's rcmnins arc said to be under | the great altar of the renowned Basilica. , Little faith, however, is placed in the legend. How to uk Isdkpi:xi?knt.?The Southern Farmers' Alliance oilers the following good advice to the furmcrs: "Brethren, we urge you again to sow more grain. Keep before you the fact that in the. next year we will have the great struggle for independence. 1 You cannot be independent unless you have fill lifitul jl rrnrwl ?fnro *?f fnml I'lunl utlumf - M"? K..W.V ?. XHVUl, oats and barley. No man can be independent or feel independent while lie owes a debt, drives a poor hungry animal or imperfectly feeds and clothes his family. Now, brethren, if we arc to seek to bo free men who can look their fellow men in the face and owe no man anything but to love him, how can wc do it but by laying in a supply of food crops and making our cotton crop a surplus to meet our obligations. Make what you consume and it will take but little to pay the rest." ? It Was a "Fake" on Mike.?"Lintloss Cotton" is the biggest hoax of the season. A reporter docs not usually know much more about farming than Horace Greeley did, and our esteemed confrere of the News and Courier was completely taken in. The Observer saw Colonel Tom Moore, of Spartanburg County, on Monday and asked him if there was anything in the talk about Tode Ferguson's lintloss cotton. "Not a thing," said he. The Colonel tfhowed us the boll he showed to Captain MeK., of the Newt and Courier. It had no lint, but a dozen or so small, dry, angular seeds, lie said lie had no idea the Captain would take the matter so seriously.?Newberry Observer. Triumph or Two I?ovkws.?Cincinnati, Nov. 11.?The legal fight over the romance of two lovers from Holland who were arrested here, the man for abduction ami the woman upon the mere request of her father ' that she be returned, lias had a happy termination. Bertha Weber was released on a writ of habeas corpus by Judge Book waiter, and to-day Judge Sage held that the arrest ui \ UIIIUIIU3 wut'i ?jiiiivi Win i( KrUKn (ilivniffl', Iliere being nothing whatever to show that ho lmd been guilty of any offense. It was also apparent that llertha had conic of her own accord to this country, and so there could he no abduction, Oborwather and Miss Weber were married to-day and will remain here for some time. Colored Alliance Kxciiasoe.?A declaration was on Wednesday tile I with the Secretaiy of State and a commission issued for the incorooration of the Colored Alliance State Exchange, the principal 'pl-ce cfhusness of sh oh v*il! be loca'ed at Charleston, The capital Block is $6,000, with tlie privilege of increasing to $100,000. * f A Mystery for Chester.?Cheater, I November 12.?Chestor had somewhat of a sensation to-day. Lnto this afternoon a report was brought that the dead body of a white mm had beeu found a short distance from town, in the woods near Mr. Joe Mean 's residence. The discovery was reported to have been made by two utgroos while hunting, their uttcutiou having been drawn to the spot by those novor-failiug detectives, the buzzards. Your correspondent scoured a? v. in a hack as soon as possible, started fli^for tho seeds of the tragedy, mystery or whatever it uiay be, having bccu preceded a short distance by Acting Corouer Lcckio and a hastily chosen jury of iuquest Tho Coroner aud his party had started off hurriedly iu fact, but they 800U found to their sorraw lL>? u>>U of ihn tirpt rumor continued to stretch and grow until a weary tjrauip of throe or more miles brought them to the dead man's body. It was getting d irk by this time and thick clouds heightened tho gloom. At last the spot was reached, and a dreary place it was. Tho dead man lay in the middle of tho stream, Hut on his face, his body and legs straight, his arui9 at right angle to the body. The position was that of a man who had stretched himself in the brook to drink and had fallen with his face in tho water to meet death, perhaps by drowuing iu a shallow stream: A small Hro was nt onee kindled by the coroner's jury to furnish flight to work by, and a weird scene it was. The banks wero crowded with btiors aud tangled bushes, two big hills shut iu the investigating party so close that even 1 their conversation could be heard but a short distnuce away. The niau's frame had been denuded of its flesh save on tbo face and breast. His clothes wero rotten and gone excepting the fragincuts held beneath his iratne, and when tho corpse was raised from the half covering sand but little remained beyond n grinning skeleton. A small patch of ikin on the face, another on the chest ' ind a thui lock of straight hair on the ;rown indicated that the unfortunate , was white. A search was at once began for some i ;iuo io me uian s identity. Luckily. in 1 lie destruction aud waste of his clotting, the pockets had boon lield to their , daces aud a letter was soon fouud di- j ectcd to Henry Addison, Chester, S. C. I :Ys the letter was thoroughly soaked 1 vftli wa|er. liQatteiunt i* ?- j ind decipher it, wnioh e.inuot bo dono . nefore to-morrow. . i Dr.S. M. Duvcgn proceeded with his ? nvestig itioc, but failed to find any in- 1 licutiou of bodily injury. Although , ;be search for a wound was of necessity made with great difficulty, owing to tho advanced state of decomposition and the destructive effect of water on the fleshy 1 parts. Tho skull was intact and no wound was visible on that portion of the breast rcuiaiuiug. Tho most probable theory is tho one hinted above, that the man had been drinking and wandered out from tho road aud got lost, aud then in a weakened condition had dragged himself in tho etroaui miserably to die. From all appearances the man Deemed to be ^ouuir, probably under 25. Further facts will be developed at the completion of the c< roller's inquest to-motrow morning. Tho contents of the uiauV pockets aro in Acting Coroner's heckle's pocket haudkcrchicf tonight, that official swearing by all the r..?!...? i -...la ...? i-? |/v/nvia inui IIU *?UUiU IlUt IL'L II Ely IICWB" paper man in Christendom get a peep Fit ihe relics before morning. The skeleton was moved out on ilio bunk and left lhere, all ghastly and alone, to wait for to-morrow's light, when a closer Inspection will be made, the corpse disposed of and the official verdict brought in. Something New Under tiie Sun. ?Now York, Nov. 15.?Mr. W. J. Arkcll, proprietor of Judye and Frank Leslie's Illustrated newspapers, recently conceived a brilliant idea. It occurred to him that he could afford to pay the government of iho United States ?100,000 a year for the privilege of usiDg the backs of pobtagc stamps for advertising purposes. JudgeL. Amorcaux, for altornoy Mr. Arkell preceded to Washington and consulted the Postmaster General regarding the matter. The latter feared, however, that the statutes will stand in the way and preve nt any such K:?le. He decided to examine into iho matter and seo what could be dono. Mr. Arkell's idea is to pnntsomo one advertisement ofarcnutablo house on a certain part of the stamps for a certain time, or on all during n limited period, and follow this up by printing another advertisement for another period. The advettisoDicnt will be printed in delicate-colored inks before the stamps arc gummed, and the result would bo that every user of the postage stamp would have an opportunity to read something on its back before bo licked it. A Scouitou op Dii'iitiiehia.?Elk Park, Ind., November 10?Diphtheria has become so prevalent hero that all the schools have been closed. Several deaths have occurred. Mr. and Mrs. E. \V, liullock lost, within a few days, all their children, four in number, and f-ur other members of the family have the same disease in a bad form. Tho authorities arc taking strong measures to stamp it out. Stuck Fl Nov. Ik.?It saeiflr^N this oily last night, ^ rics hnvo inspired th^ o e^*> $- . the risky business. Nt# v Albort Fie'ds, the so\ . Vf^it 1 after attending ilio oxti^S; Q*\^ ^\V Uutt'a painting, deo:do hlC\v? ^ \\o sS ^ his hand at tlio burglary * v? to his father's grocory tslorev^ ^i o entrance. Not having a kcy^ii^ek va* try tbo chimney flue. Ho asc^B|ka^* roof, pulle i off his oont and \ down feet foremost. The hoy stuc.g^^^te^^ chimney. Tho chimney is built Htac3| ion, with a dividing wall, and Albert . himself in suoh close quarters that lie oo ^eters^^^^ neither go up or down, and saw that ft* Bast would smother to death if ho remained itij that position long. He saw the gamo wnif?cup, wnd set to lustily oa'ling for holp. No doubt but that ho would have remained there until suilbcatcd if tlio ftratchman at tho Savannah, Florida and Western depot ju?l Mriwii the etree', htit not tlMitfl him ' and went to his rescue. <% When tlio watchman found out what wm > tho mutter he sent for Jhe young man's father who came and opotied the store, and with soma friends tore away part of tha brick, thereby reloading tlio neatly trapped tvmilil-lin Iiiim?I?> When released Albert's father asked him what was his intentions, where hud ho stui ted and what did he waui? His uuly reply was : I don't know sir." Albert is about 10 years old, tho reckless eon of one of Albany's best men and most highly respected citizens, and wke.n the humiliating story was spread over the city this morning, the many friends of the family were deeply grievod thai a boy with such bright prospects and social standing should bo guilty of such n foolish act. It is reported that he was under the influence of liquor wheu tho rash slop was taken. < Kiittoti Sims Mauuikd. ?Orangeburg, Novenibor 14.?Last evening at tho residence nfGnpl. II. G. Sheridan, on Amelia street, in this city, Mr. James L. Sims, the editor and proprietor of the Titnes ana Democrat, was married t.? Miss (leorgio C. Sheridan, the eldest daughter of Copt. Sheridan, tho Hcv. O. 1*. Watson officii)ting. The brido is one of the prettiest and most accomplished young Indies of this seciiou of tho country. Mr. Sims is well known in this 8*a'e as a very live ami energetic and enterprising newspaper n an, as all who read his journal * well know, anil if litr makes as goad n husband as he does manager of a neympapar his wife must he congratulated. Tho newly married c iujile Uavo- already moved info their elegant ami well apportioned home on Amelia street, 'l'hcy have ahostof friends in this State, who cnterlaiu best wishes for their future happiness. Fatai, Aicii?k.\t at Alston*.?Columbia, November, 14.?Passengers on fho train from SnartanlmrL'firiMviiidiii.vn it.;.. ..a d - ft.?v.v uiio Hiicniuuu >ring tlio news of tlio accidental killing Mr. D. It. Elkins at Alston. It scorns llmt ^lnci^lk.:YmiTr,-tnItnilil-n7r Tjicmn'ine idrnie purpose of riding across the river to Peaks, uul that l>y soino accident lio fell between lie cars and was mortally injured, Both legs were completely cut off, and in a short while death ensued. Mr. Hlkins was a wellknown farmer and boarding house proprietor, and gained sonic State reputation by his affiliation with tlio Greenback movement sonic years ngo. He leaves a large family and very little properly.?Special to Ne\c? awl Courier. The Stani>aiii> On. Company Makes a Pio Puuchask.?By all odds the most important gobble by the Standard Oil Company sinco the dato of tbc dismantling of Pittsburg rofiuerics, aggregating millions in Talue, was reported in oil circles Friday. This is tlio pure loose ly t lie Standard Oil Company, of iho Globe llefinery of Pittsburg, the Freedom lletiuvry and what, was known as the Craig pipe line to the Washington field. The refinery located in the eighteenth ward is one of the largest in the country, and tlio interest dependent as it Inn always been, is known to have be n the worst thorn the Standard had in its side. . [Cotton Shout in Alabama.-? Montgomery, Ala., November 1G.?The Stato department of Agrioulturo has comttloted its November reuort. based on reports from nil sections of the State. . The report is full of interest, particularly as it shows that but 80 per cent of a cotton crop lias been tnado in the State, the average btiinp icductd by the almost total failure of the crop in some cotton producing counties of North Alabama. The corn crop is above a full ono, tho report showiug an average of 105. Tho Durham Globe suspended publication oil Tuesday In*!, after u brilliant career of four short months. A dispatch lo tho Washington Globe, announcing the demise of the beautifully printed and ably edited four-page, six column paper, says : '-Its suspension is due to I lie fact that Durham is loo small to support a paper taking l'ress dispatches." Mr. Kdvrard A. Oldham, who made tins experiment of try lug to run a nonpareil paper in a small pica town, will gb to Washington and enrvo his way inlo prominence as a newspaper cot respondent. Tub ItisKs of Txadk.?Clicrnw, November 10.?Mr. II. 1). Malloy snade tin assignment on November 11 to Tlios. 1'. Harrell and W. II. Malloy for the benefit of his creditors, lie nt the same time resigned his position as president of the bank, which is not effected by his failure. The filialrc was due to short crops and a failure to collect. Mr. Malloy has made ns honest a failure "as ever was made, turning everything over to his creditors and keeping nothing hack for himself. X\n LIMltJIKI.I) 1MIM AllfcMIT.1 ouiftur,'? Trenton, Kdgcfio'd County, Not. 0.?Mm. 11 an mi h Jennings, of Kdgifitld C >urt House, attempted suiode last M m lay by taking lauilaiitiiii. The dose proved loo small to produce the desired effect, and she took chloroform which would hare proved fatal had not friends discovered the fact and *plicd antidotes. A Failure at Atlanta.?Atlanta, November 1G.?M.K. Goldatnitb, candy manufacturer, ban failed, and a receiver has been appointed. His Assets and liabilities are placed at $100,000 each. The fifth trial of Jones, of Edgefield; the butcher of tlio l'rcsslcy family endtd on Friday in a mistrial, the jury standing six for conviction of murder aftd six for acquittal. ? *4