Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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; f 1 \ JBSVE L. SWINK. #' W. J. OKTZEl I J0NE3VILLE AHEAD 1 -WE BELIEVE IX THE till EAT m farmers alliance WBBi.-' Wlfj!,Against HJ^h Prico?. tVhy winr out yom ?' ' W*g?ns an I mock in battling over bad ro-uli tojnud from- markets 10, 1? an I 20 iniloi ^**7 fro? home, when jou can buy goods ' 7f: JUST AS CIIKAP, and sell your co lon tu Ficlory prices at pou*. ' . JunesTille ? . We are now ojooing up a complete line Of. Dry (Joode, Notions, Hoots itnil Shoes, g-, Grooeries, tt?., and out mono wi 1 bo ?> qUICK SALES AND SMALL PROFITS. SfewOlt'STOOK IS LARGE, * OUR GOODS ARK, NEW, \3 ^"?UR PRICES ARE LOW I Call oil us, examine us. and l c eonvinocd ' , that the above statement is "ALL WOOL, AND A YARD WIDE." SWINE OETZEL & CO., mcifovir r l? . j, , w v/?t uu ? iiiUUf Ono door from MoWhirler's. Oct 4 40 tf For Jon, If omen and Cfflflren only. THREE SPECIAL SALES THIS WEEK AT W. T. IBEATY'S. 1,000 jards Hut iocs, at ? J coma. 2,000 " Ml wool filling Jeftue, 25 eta. jtmi OIUIK J>rognn?, ^>1. ^. And all ober Dry Good* and Notions . proportionally cheap. Jfe,? OALL EARLY, Got lonrs, and Avoid the Hush. / W. T. UEATY. Oot 18 42 2m i-fr iranr doalf p wij? he hM th? W. 1. Doarlai Bull without name and prion stamped on Nae bottom, put him down m a fraud. ^1 Ik S' . { w. l. douglas i .s? shcme ^gentlemen. wrcbouclas s3 shoe la'dt... Jhj? Material. BMt Style, Best Flttin*. | ^W.l^VoDQiul&UKOCKTOK. MAM R,.. J Bxsmine W. h. Douglas' $2 shoes for ' Ladies and gentlemen. 8. M. RICE, JR., K. U. Agent Union,S. C, Sept 6 86 f 6m eft*'-' * ^ M UAinC lYoinOblo. H?n Us pt illiaP |??rtf?U of Mr. OoniH JRHr ?W,?" of H.lrm, Ohio. O ft^BOUBs^llr whiM: "W? ol work on firm for CI WBWv.-ii a miMkili; I now hare an ifrne; 4 AJtk >w K. C. Allrw A Co s slb?m? and publlJ? Keaitonn a?4 often make l?40 a day." (rttfnrel) W. II* GAIRI&OM. ^ Kllnr, llarTiabnrfr, Ta., /t4MRA *rll'*i I liave r Known L /gMnn u Hna anything lo at-11 llkr your album. fmHDiliHlB *r4'' '*, k f* to I-*) "" ovrfl*Jfts? AB|HBBK9aSEKn anum, Hangar, Ma., wH'ni "I r *!Fti||yMMP||WOfn* r "n f"r J?ur album al jingil'' ?r houaa I visit. Mir rT?li|^\wS^TiWf7v prolh li (!( ! as murhM iHO ^ AlianByNJIiP^iilafivSf flTfr' " r 4 * ?*! day's work.'* LWflljfln( "*,*'r**r?,,'olnir#j?iiitfaa well; hA,<l *par? to glva ?BE fn m ih^lr Jettrra. Kvrry v> ml* trfcu takaa Isold ofthlaoranil bnaluvta |4l.'s ud(fran<! profit#. figV Shalt we start YOiJ in thin business, fratff f Writr to oa and Icnra all about it for yonrarlf. Wa ESt^i SraManias many: wa will atart you If yon don't dalay anlil Y+:~ awoilt.tacts ahrud of you iu poor part of tba rouutiy. If yon taka kvld yon will ba atiia to |4< k u|> ?{uld faat. Air* IKi*?i<l ? " * im arroimt of a fnrrrd mannfarturtr a aala 1 tS.OOO ten doll HI* Pboli>|tm|>li Alblimaarfto basMd to tha \. aeujtia for ft'4 ae*b. fbotnd in Ifoynl Crimson Silk Velvet rtueb. Charmingly dacdrattd inald??. lland?on*c?l aibuinaIn tha jlMsv trrrM. Ijfiost Kite. Gn-ataal Ixiipalat ?*et kiowa. Agrnta wantM. librnil Irrtna. HI* for agvmta. Any one ran Lornmt a tsHTsaahsl #?? !? . ftrlfa Ittrlf mi sight?liltU? or no i / talking tircrsaary. W h* rarer atmwn, rv? ry ??e wants to iturJf > ' rtsiao. agfnta Iskr lltousanda of ofilera with r?|diliiy never i Aefhr* kh>*n a. Ur*al pTvllta assail ev. ry?w orker. A gent a art making f-rt??nn?. l-ndi ? m?k? h as men. y< ". r .. t? r. I rsndoga well as any on*-. P*|lOformsiion and trriua ", #n fboo* nrhn wrtte f??r easnr. * it( panlenla*r* and lefnuAw our tC , poMMy IllldeV, howns and FVrLnlk-ala. After y.?ii hn-w nit. lJ i . . afiviaM \ ?*w ont-lnda to g*? n?? innh* r, wliv m ? l?avnt (4 AJdrtaa Ju. C. ALU.N A ( >.. A- . tvfA. 10 Monstr to Loan. I/"\N improved farm laoda, in soma o \J |800, and upward*. Loans repayable fa small anooal installment*, through I ported of sis yesrs, thus enabling the bor row?>' w r-j off his indebtedness withou exhausting t^s crop in any one year. Apply at once to _ D. TOWN8END, ? Attorney, Union, 8. C. Q?t 18 42 6no / .. % UPPLI 4 to ' . ' *. ' ^ tm? key of death. Strango tr.ti FnraWeapon Employed by a DUcar<lc<l Lorer. About 1600 a stranger named To- I baldo established himself as a mcr- i chant in Veriico. Ho bccamo enamored of a daughter of an ancient house, and, asking her hand, was roi jeetod, tho young lady being already I affianced. Enraged, ho set nimself to plan revenge, and, being a skillful mechanician, ho invented a formida1 bio weapon. This was a largo kev. iuo handle of which, when pressed, sent out from tho other end of the key a needle of such fineness that it entered the flesh and buried itself thero, leaving no external truce. Witli this weapon Tobaldo waited ftt tho church door till tho maiden he loved passed iu to her marriage. Then, unperceived, ho sout tho slender aoedle into tho breast of tho bridogroom, who, seized with a sharp pain from an unknown causo, fainted, was carried homo and soon died, his strange illness baffling tho skill of the < physicians. < Again Tobaldo demanded tho maiden Vhand, and was again refused. In a few days both her parents died in a .| liko mysterious manner. Suspicion , was excited, and on examination of tho bodies tho small steel instrument , was found in tho flesh. Tlicro was universal terror; no ono felt that his ( own lifo was secure. < Tho young lady went into n convent during her mourning, and after a few months Tobaldo begged to see and spcuk with hor, hoping now to. bend her to his will. She, with un instinc- J tivo horror of this man, who had from ! tho first, been displeasing to her, re- 1 turned a dccisivo negative; whereupon J Tcbaldo contrivccl to wound ncr through tho grutc. On returning to 1 her room sho felt n pain in her breast I and discovered a sinrrln ?lrOn r?f Ki/-^i ? Surgeons were hastily summoned, j Tauglit by tlio past, they cut into tho t wounded part, extracted tho needle 1 and saved licr lifo. Tebaldo was sus- t Ecctod, his house was searched, the j ov discovered and ho perished on the g gallows. ' I Thero is a tradition that Duke v Francis of Padua had 'a poisoned key of a similar character, which unlocked * his private library. When ho desired to rid himself of an obnoxious member . of his household or suite ho would send him to bring a certain volume v from his book case. As tho key was " turned in the lock out shot a poisoned " needle, stabbed tlio hand of tho holder v and instantly shot back again. Ex- ^ amination of tho hand rovceJcd only n v small, dark bluo spot, but In a few t moments tho person grew strangely li giddy, and would bo found on the u tioor, apparently in a fit In twenty- r four hours bo would a-*~*,V 'vr1 verdict rendered?"apoplexy. ?rvotcs v and Queries. t Town Lifo ns a C?u*o of Drgrncracy. Tho general unfitness and incapability o* tho dwellers in our large hives , or industry to undergo continued vio- r Innt AVA?lt IA*> m IV11V VAVI llUilf VI IV DUOU1IU 1U1I^ VXJ* duranco of fatigue, is a fact requiring littlo evidenco to establish: nor can they tolcrato tho withdrawal of food under sustained physical effort for any prolonged period as compared with tho dwellers in rural districts. It may bo affirmed also that, through tho various factors at work night and day upon tho constitution of tho poorer class of town dwellers, various forms of diseoso aro developed, of which pulmonary consumption is the most familiar, and whidTi is doing its fatal work in a lavish and unerring fashion. Thus it may bo conceded as an , established fact that tho townsman' is, on the whole, constitutionally dwarfed in tone, and his life, man for man, shorter, weaker and rocro uncertain than tho countryman's. I hold tho opinion that tho deterioration is more in physique, as implied hi tho loss of physical or muscular power of the Douy, tho attenuation of muscular fiber, tho loss of integrity of cell structure, and consequent liability to tho invasion of diseaso, rather than in actual staturo of inch measurement. Tho truo causes of this deterioration aro neither'very obscuro nor far to seek. They aro bad air and bad habits. To theso may bo added a prolific factor operating largoly to produco degeneration of race, and that is, frequent intermarriage, often necessitated by religious affinities.?G. B. Barron, M. D., in Popular Scienco Monthly. "A SUMBdcd The true scientific attitude of tho day, as expressed by the president of tho British association, Professor Fowler, is a "suspended judgment." Professor Fowler indorsee Sir John Lubbook's idea that the field of inquiry is limitless and that there may be "fifty other senses as different, from ours as sound is from sight, and even within the boundaries of our own senses there may be endless sounds which we cannot hear and colors as different as red from groen of which we have no conception. These and a thousand other questions remain for solution. The familiar world which surrounds us may bo a totally different place to other animals. To them it may bo full of musio which wo cannot hear, of color whioh we cannot seo, of sensation which we canriot conceivo."?Science Gossip. Convenient for Travelore. An arrangement has just been made that will considerably facilitate tho movomentof passengers from America wuo travel to London by way of Liverpool, and who are now detained at tho latter port so long as frequently to cause the missing of trains. The practice is to deposit the luggage in the custom depot at the landing stage, . where possongers must attend to open their boxes npd fasten them up again. t Tho new arrangement is that tho examination s!\a1T bo transferred from I tho landing stage to tho London tei* mini of the mil way oompanieo, namely: Ruston station for travelers, by tbo'liondon and North western line, and St. Pan eras station by tbo Midland.?New York Home Journal , 5MEN . Children on Marrlngo. Children are the keenest of observers and the most practical deducers; indeed, their deductions aro often morse astonishing than agreeable to their elders. Thonffh wn 1o?ir?u -1? ?* - * ..~ .uuh.., no uu uui< aiways enjoy having our weakness revealed to us by tlio babbling of babes. Six little children wero 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 ulone," craved expression, they determined to linvo a wedding. John, aged 8, should marry Hattie, aged 5, and Brother Harry would S|>eak "the words that bind." Now, Harry had never heard a marriage ceremony and was entirely ignorant of the prevalent pledges, but was he at a loss? Not ho. He knew what papa and mamma considered of paramount virtue, and surely what they each so eagerly desired must constitute the requisite of happy married life. The candidates for wedlock were requested to stand side by side and gravely obeyed. "Hatty, will you get up in the morning and 600 that John has his breakfast In timo and that he has good things to sat and never lias to wait for his meals?" "John, will you give her all tho money alio wants?" That was all, but docs it not contain tho quintessence of married felicity?"? Kansas City Star. Wittered Milk. Tho milkman who waters his Broods generally does so under tlio impression' '.hat tlio water poured in Incorporates tself with the milk and cannot bo deleted except Upon chemical analysis, rhis shows gross ignorance. The milk will hold only its own fluid; all foreign luid will bo precipitated if the mixtnre 8 allowed to stand for a couple of days. Yny housowifo may spot a dishonest nilkrnan with very little trouble. Let ler tako a long slender bottle, clenso It horoughly and let it dry out. If, then, t Is filled with milk and allowed to itand in a cool?not cold?place for orty-eight hours, all tho foreign fluidvill be precipitated?that is, it will setle to tho bottom of the bottlo. The ourcd milk will then fill tho middlo of he bottlo and tho fatty substance will >o floating on top. Sometimes tho top vill bo a layor of cream, then will come i layer of albumen, nnother artificial lovice to mako tho milk look rich; then rill como tbo soured milk and at the ottom will bo tho foreign wnter. Tlio rholo schemo of deception can bo read >y a glance at tho bottle after oac has iad a single lesson in the rudiments of uilk inspection. This sort of work is iot scientifically satisfactory, but it will whether or not tho milk id normal.?Interview in St. Louis Globo-Democrat. A Joko ou tlie Doc. Last Sunday afternoon an old, gray laired gentleman appeared in Jackson >ark. Ho was accompanied by a small ap dog of tho pug 6pecies. This dog an about in an aimless way which indicted that ho did not have any more ienso than a stamped envelope. Ho trotcd over tho flower beds and left his footprints among tho plauts, and he had his >wn way until a park policeman caught tight of him. Finding out who was the pwner of tho dog tho policeman approached tho old gentleman, tapped him >n tho shoulder and said: "Soe, here, ny friend, you must have that dog keep iway from tho flowers. Don't you see hat sign reading, 'Dogs not allowed on ho gross?'" The old gentleman chuckled, crked his thumb toward the dog, and eplied: "Yes, I seo it, but that little :uss can't read." Ho thought it was a jood joke on the dog, and he rofused to hink otherwise until tho policeman hroatened to lock him up if he did not :all oil tho dog, which ho did.?Chicago Herald. School Teacher*. If every npav girl who is introduced as ischool teacher should bo "dropped" by ;ho board when she proves to bo a failire, wo would soon havo no teachers, or good ones at least. It is strange, but a f aot, hat, as usual, the girls who, for from two ? three years, seom utterly hopeless, flnilly beoomO the best in the staff, while, >n the other hand, those who start out nost promising, too often becomo worthess. While the Normal sohool lays a good foundation, it does not finish a :eacher?in fact, "making a teacher" inly commences when she makes her iebut in the school room. The superintendent's staff and her principal watch, Instruct and discipline her, for three to tour years, when sho is a thorough, reliable teacher, and then?she goes off and marries, generally.?Interview in St. Louis Globe-Democrat. ICxploxlvo Potash Tnblets. Engineer Foeburg, of the Chateaugay rodcf, hail a peculiar experience Wednesday. IIo hail a number of chlorato of potash lozenges in his vest noekeL find thoso exnloded while ho was at Lyon Mountain, tearing away unci burning his vest nnd trousers on ono sido down to the knee, and quite severely burning one of his iionds. Mr. Fosburg contends that ho hod no matches in his pocket, and cannot account for tho explosion. However that may be, tho accident will serve as a warning to those who habitually carry these tablets loosely in their pockets under the impression that they wero non-explosive.?PlotUburg (N? Y.) Telegram. Amertoaa Fork. Hogs grown in this country are fed sq largely on corn that American pors has acquired a distinctive character as being harder and containing more lard than that of other land* It is not a bad repute. This pork goes farther than It otherwise would, and if it is less digestiblo than that containing more lean, it is mainly eaten by those who work hard nnd wno like beet that food which stands by them the longest.?Boston Budget. ' T TO V - . 1.1/ I . r I . I ?. A PERILOUS VOYAGE. . Capt. Andrews Relates His Bspsriene* ol .Crossing tbs Oocan In a Dtory. Perhaps few among Ihe audiences that nigutly attend tne "performance I of "A Dark 8ocret" kim<? tfi?* ? ?? ??iwv mg viiwu. Andrews who appears during the fourth act is the plucky sailor who attempted to cross tho Atlantic in his dory the Dark Secret. A Mail reporter had a very interesting conversation with tbo captain and asked hira for a brief account of his attempt to cross the ocean blue. "1 started." he said, "in the little dory from Foiot of Pines bench near Boston, Monday, June 48. This is the boat in which I mudu my journey. It measures, "keel 12 feet, beam 5 feet, depth 2 feet It was built under my direction and supervision. Yes, 1 started all alone, not even a dog or cat on board. When I crossed the Atlantie in 187S in the little dory Nautilus my brjcafeer. Walter accompanied mo. TnModat was four feet longer than the Dark Secret We inaae tho voyage in tho Nautilus in forty-five daysirom land to land, but wo had better weather than I experienced on the last trip. "Tho rigging and sail are very simplo. I had only ono sail, what is usually called a lateen, or tnreo cornered sail, and the rigging consisted of just three pieces of rope. Yes, the Dark Secret is an excellent sea boat She behaved beautifully in tho terribly bad woather I encountered. I made a mistake in starting from Boston. The weather at Georgea. bank was awful. > and it was a month before 1 got out-of tho bay and into the northern current After that 1 did not have quite so hard n time of it Tho longest time 1 went without rest was forty-eight hours during a gale, 'and I didn't eat much during that time, either. In fact, all 1 did eat during the voyage was crackers and* canned provisions. I had an alcohol stove with me, but it Kn^omA mbaIA*? A * uwioH cm wsr mo iirei (lay out. Living on crackers and drinking as little water as possible evidently didn't agree with me, for ,1 weighed 208 pounds the day I started. When picked up I tipped the beam at 125, after eating a hearty dinner at that "The 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 was indeed in a sorry plight 1 had lost my drag, with which I held the boat's noso to tho sea when I turned in, my ftiled clothing was completely worn out, my provisions and water were running short, and the boat was in bad condition. "How did 1 sleepf I put tho eraft to, threw out my drag", add turned in for brief periods only. My mattress I got wet during tho first golo and was Piiot keen me from dfch whon l got a c Ha nee. Some nights1 the boat drifted back so far that it took me from ono to three days to mako up lost ground. During heavy gales 1 used oil ou the* water. You havo road in tho good book about putting 'oil on tho troubled waters.' Well, it works first rate. 1 let it trickle out at tho rate of ten drops a minute. It has a Wonderful effect in reducing the waves. "What started moon such a tript Well, 1 have always been an enthusiast on boating, and believe that small boats ran bo built, if correctly modoled, that will live through storms tlmt would sink an ocean steamer, and my ambition has been to cross in the smallest boat alono. f think it is a mistuko to go alone, as ono man can stcor or cook While tho other ia slecn ing."?Chicago Mail. A Providential Rut. A woman in . West Tenncssco wotit home from church ono Sunday impressed by a moving appeal which her pastor had made in Denalf of a minister's widow recently left in want with six(children. What could she givo to relievo this case of suffering? She was herself a widow and poor. She thought intensely over the (natter, and that night sho prayed over it, but no way of raising tbo money occurred to her. Tho noxt morning when she went out to sweep off her doorstep sho noticed that the earth on ono side had been .froslily thrown' up. and something glittering lay in the dirt. It was a $5 gold piece. During the night a rat had taken it into his ncad to dig a hole under tho step, and one result ot his labor was the resurrection of that coin. Tho woman knew iL.i .1 ! *v 1 1 L 1 l s uiai uunng mo war uor nusuana naa buried bis savings, all in gold coin, under tlioso steps, but he had dug un the money after the war was over, ana evidently supposed ho had recovered the whole. It seemed that he was mistaken. And now his widow was not slow to follow tho hint given her by the borrowing rat. 8ho 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 the suffering" family.? Boston Treesoript. Scrra?th of Walls. It Is found that walls laid up of good, hard burned bricks, in mortal composed of good lime and sharp sana, will resist a pressure of 1,500 pounds per square inch, or ?16,000 pounds per squaro look at which fig uro it would require 1,600 feet heighi of twelve inch wall to crush tho hot torn courses, allowing 135 pounds at the weight of each cubic foot It alsc ? appears from accurate calculation! and measurements that walls laid up In the same quality of brick and raor tar, with one-third quantity of Port land cement added to the samo, art capable of resisting oome 2,500 pounds per square Inoii or,SUO,OGO.pounds i>oi qaaro foot; tbir would require e i height of wall 8,700 feet to crush th< bottom brick*.1?33uiK?r and Wood ! ' worker. n ( . .1? . ?.*>* I ^ ( ' A recent novelty is an invention do . signed to facilitate the manufacture oi ; durablo boot heels. By its use a hoe shaped leather shell is made and ftllec with a solid body. It haralso a novo device for pressing the leather into th< approximate fonn and for molding and working it ' '" * > > f UNIOT Fabulous Wkaltii is North Carolina Gold Minks.?Chnrlotlc, N. C., Nov. lfi.? Great excitement prevail.-* in the gold mining circles throughout Western North Carolina, on account of tho heavy gold find just made by Tcbo Saunders in Montgomery County. Saundcas now has hundreds of hands at vrork, nnd is getting gold by the peek. He gets so much gold that absolutely no pretense is made u! weighing it, except on a large pair of grocers' scales. The find has crchtcd a profound sensation, and the people in Montgomery and adjoining Counties arc digging for gold by the hundreds. Experts I who have examined the gold fields in this RPCfinn anv 5- ? 1 1 ' ' ?..j w.vivib us iiiiicii gout m western North Carolina grounds as California ever dreamed of. One mine alone, near here, is said to be worth $ 1000,(XK). Syndicates arc being organized, with plenty of cash, to open up theso mines, and developments are expected at an early day that will startlo the world. the stout coxnrmki). Raleigh, N- O., Nov. lo.?The Carolina Watchman, published at Salisbury, has sent a mining expert to Montgomery County to Investigate the HUhors of the important (fold find there, and he reports that all flio statements about fabulous wealth having been discovered there are true. * The find is said to be the richest ever discovered in the State. Three parallel veins have been found, about hnlf an inch in thickness, only a few feet apart. One pans out a large per cent, of pure gold nud the Watchman ? representative ascertained that a bushel of solid gold had nlready been taken out of the deposit. Tho place is owned by tho three Sanders brothers. Two of them have been living in Texas, but have started fpr Salisbury in response to a telegram. Great excitement is reported in the neighborhood, and pcoplo nre leaving their work to search for gold. It is stated that one man in two hours' work got out 2,000 pennyweight, of pure gold, and was then compelled hy the owners to leave off work. Poem urn Industrial Dkyklopmknt.? Baltimore, Nov; lo.?The past week has been one of activity in the organization of enterprises in tho South. Florence, Ala., has led with investments hy Phil.-idelphM} and New England capitalists, including a $ ">00,000 cotton mill, a furnace to cost $200,000 to be built by Philadelphia parties nnd 10 oc Known na the Philadelphia Furnace, and a 5*300,000 loan and hanking company, while $1,000,000 in cash has been invested iti stock aud land of two local improvement companies in Florence by these Northern capitalists. In Florida, a contract has been made for constructing a^ three-hundred mile canal to furnish a waterway nearly the entire length of the State. . At Bessemer, Ala., two new furnaces to cost $400,000 are to be built. At Brierfield, Ala., iron works are to be reorganized with $">00,000 of bonds and $700,000 of preferred stock. At Home, Ga., a $125,000 fti : mice is to be I built. A steel plajy *-- ?-? .?? *?-/ ? ??... -SJSwHs^ afbToxtcnsivs fertilizer works at Norfolk, A'a. WllKUK the ArOSTJ.KS AKK lll hied. All that now"remains of the Apostles of Christ ove in the following places: Seven arc in Home?namely: Peter, Philip, James the Lesser, Tude, Bartholomew. Matthias and Simon, t hree arc in the Kingdom of Naples?Matthew at Lalerno, Andrew at Amulfi, and Thomas at Ortona. One is in Spain, James the Greater, whose remains arc at St. Jago do Compostella. Of the body of St. John, the evangelist, the remaining one of the twelve, there is no knowledge. The evangelists Mark and Luke are also buried in Italy, the former at Venice and the latter at Padua. St, Paul's remains arc also believed to be in Italy. Peter is, of course, buried in the Church at Roine which bears his name, as also Simon and Judge. James the Lesser's remains nre in the Church of the Holy Apbstles. Bartholomew's in the Church on the island in the Tiber which bears his name. Matthias's remains are said to be under the great altAr of the renowned Basilica. Little faith, however, is placed in the legend. How to iik Independent.?The Southern I Farmers' Allianco offers the following good advice to the farmers: "Brethren, wo urge you again to sow more grain. Keep before you the fact that in the. next year wc will have the great struggle for independence. You cannot bo independent unless 3 011 have on hand a irood store of fnml Pl?nt ! < oats and barley. No man can be independent or feel independent while he owes a debt, drives a poor hungry animal or imperfectly feeds and clothes his family. Now, brethren, if we are to seek to be frco men who can look their fellow men in the face and owe no man anything but to love him, how can we do it but by laying in a supply of food crops and making onr cotton crop a surplus to meet our obligations. Make what you consumo and it will take but little to pay tho rest." ? w It Was a "Fake" on Mike.?"Lintloss Cotton" is the biggest hoax of tho season. A reporter does not usually know much more about farming than llorncc 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 | 1 him if thero was anything in the talk about Tode Ferguson's lintless cotton. "Not a thing," said he. The Colonel showed us the boll he showed to Captain McK., of the } News and Courier. It had no lint, but a dozen or so small, dry, angulur seeds. He said he had no idea tho Captain would take 1 tho matter so seriously.?Neuberri/ Observer. Trutmpu or Two Lovkbs.?Cincinnati, ' Not. 11.?The legal fight over the romance of two lovers from Holland who were nr' rested here, tho man for abduction ami the I woman upon the mere request of her father C that she be returned, has had a happy tcrl mination. Bertha Weber was released on a > writ of habeas corpus by Judge Book waiter, and to-day Judgo Sage held tha>. tho arrest . of Cornelius Oberwather was a gross outrage, > there being nothing whatever to show that ( ho had been guilty of any oflonse. It was . also apparent that Bertlia had come of her t own acoord to this country, and so there . could be no abduction. Oberwathcr and Miss Weber were married to-day and will remain here for some time. Colored Alliance Exchange. ? A declaf ration was on Wednesday tile I with ihe 1 8ecretaiy of State and a commission issued [ for the locorooralion of the Colored Alliance ( Stale Exchange, tho principal *pNco cf bus t nM> of oh nli wilt be located ai Clharlriatnn f I The oepitel stock is $6,000, with the privi' | lege of iotireeeiog to $100,000. J Til 'I A Mystery for Chester.?Chostei November 12.?Chester had Bomewha of a sensation to-day. Late this after noon a report was brought that the dea< body of a white uiiu hud been fouud : short distance from town, in the wood; near Mr. Joe Mounts residence. The discovery was reported to have beet made by two utgrooa while hunting, their attention having been drawn to the spot by those never-failing detectives the buzzards. Your correspondent secured a seat iu a hack as soon as possible, started off foi the seeds of the tragedy, uiystory or whatever it may be, having becu preceded a short distance by Acting Corouet Lcckio and a hastily chosen jury of iuquest The Coroner aud his party had started off hurriedly iu fact, but tbey soon fouud to their sorrow that tUo mile of tho first rumor continued to stretch and grow until a weary tramp of three or more miles brought them to the dead mau's body. It was polling dark by this time and thick clouds heightened tho gloom. At last the Bpot was reached, and a dreary place it was. The dead man lay in the middle of the stream, Hat on bis lace, his body aud legs straight, his arms at right aoglo to the body. The position was that of a inan who had stretched himself in the brook to driuk and bad fallen with his face in the water to meet death, perhaps by drowuiug in a shallow stream: A small firo was at onee kindled by the coroner's jury to furnish flight to work by, and a weird scene it was. The banks wero crowded with briers aud tangled bashes, two big hills shut in the investigating party so eloso that even their conversation could be heard but a short distance away. The tnau's frame had beeu denuded of its flesh save on the face and breast. His clothes were rotten and gouo excepting the fragments held bcueath his frame, and when the corpse was raised from the half covoring sand but little remained beyond a grinning skeleton. A small patch of skin on the face, another on the chest aud a thi^i lock of straight hair on the crown indicated that the uufortunate was white. a search was at once began for some clue to the man's identity. Luckily, in the destruction aud waste of his clothins, the pockets had beon held to their places aud a letter was soon found directed to Ilcnry Addisou, Chester, S. C. As the letter was thoroughly soaked with wajer. ngaiUunnt. it. ? and decipher it, which cannot bo dono before to-morrow. Dr.S. M. Davcgn procecdod with his investigation, but failed to And any indication of bodily injury. Although the 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 tho fleshy parts. Tho skull was intact and no wound was visihlo on that portion of the breast remaining. The most probable theory is the one hinted above, that the man had beon drinking aud wauderod out from tho road aud got lost, aud then in a weakened condition had dragged himself in tho stream miserably to die. From all appearances the man seemed to be young, probably under 25. Further facts will be developed at the completion of the coroner's inquest to-morrow moruiug. Tho contents of the man's- pockets aro in Acting Coroner's Leokie's pocket haudkcrchicf tonight, that official swearing by all the powers that he would not let any newspaper man in Christendom get a peep at the relics before morning. The skeleton was moved out on tho bank aod left there, all ghastly and nlouc, to wait for to-uiorrow's light, when a closer inspection will be made, tho corpse disposed of and the official verdict brought in. Something New Undeutiie Sun. ?New 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 tho government of tho United States 8100,000 a year for the privilege of using the backs of pobtago stauipS for advertising purposes. JudgcL. Ainorcaux, for attorney Mr, Arkell preceded to Washington and consulted the Postmaster General rc> garding the matter. * .?- latter feared, however, that tho statutes will stand it: the way and prevrut any such sale. 1I( decided to examine into tho matter ant sco what could be dono. Mr. Arkell's idea is to print some one advertisement ofnrcputablo bouse on n certain part of tho stamps for a certain time, or on nil during a limited period and follow this up by printing another advertisement for another period. The adveitisomcnt will bo printed ic delioate-oolorcd inks before the stamps aro gummed, and tho result would be that every user of the postage stamp would have an opportunity to read something on its baek before bo licked it. ?? A Scourge op Diphtheria.?Elk Park, Ind., November 1G?Diphtheric has become so prevalent here that at tho schools have been clossd. Severs doalhs have occurred. Mr. nod Mrs. E W, Bullock lost, within a few days, a! thoir children, four in number, ant f?ur other members of the family hav< the same disease in a bad form. Tho au tborities are taking strong measures V stamp it out. * \ Fast "i^'^^H flj^HHSI ihlH^H^K j^^^H9^S33EflHH tbo risky business. <3^E^HHB^K2z^I9ct Albert Fie'ds, i after attending tbo exh^H^B llBt!p&2tSvW%P^ttS&ET. i Hint's painting, decide im iniii'i lit mo ourguiry 1 to his tut her'8 grocery entrance. Not having a keyiWi (ry the chimney flue, lie ascw roof, pulle I off his coot and vest KnflSw^ down feet -foremost. Tlie h y k""'1Bw flfv chimney. Tho chimney is btrilt stao^^3H]H|^MMVBHK ion, with a dividing wall, and Albert himself in such close quarters that he neither g> up or down, and saw that would smother to death if ho remained i^JHeKREr^ that position long, lie saw the game wai^Hr^9^S9 up, end set to lustily ealing for help. No vB KB doubt but that lie would have remained H there until suffocated if tho Watchman at tho Savannah, Florida vol Western depot juet Mtriwii vh^rtree', hn?l tlOt bcanl him and went to his resoue. When the watchman found out what was ^ tho matter he sent for Jbe young man's falhor who came and opened the store, and with soon friends toro away part of the brick, thereby releasing tho neatly trapped would-be burglar. When released Albert's father asked him what was his intentions, where had he stai ted and what did he waui? His only 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 when the humiliating story was spread over the city this morning, the many friends of the family were deeply'grieve-1 that a boy with such bright prospects ami social standing should be guilty of such a foolish act. It is reported that he was under the iutiucnco of liquor when the raslt step was taken. . H Editor Sins Mahuikd.?Orangeburg, Novembcr 14.? Last evening at the residence of Oapl. II. G. Sheridan, on Amelia street, in this city, Mr. Jantes L. Sims, the editor atul proprietor of the Times ana Democrat, jflH was married to Miss Georgic 0. Sheridan, the eldest daughter of Cait. Sheridan, the llcv. G. 1*. Watson officiating. The brido is one of the nretti??t ??..l ?" ' ? , .. ...... <?<;ciiujp'isnea young Indies of thin ssciiou of tllB country. Mr. Sims is well known in this S'a'c as a ^ very live and energetic and enterprising newspaper n an, as all who read his journal * well know, and if lie-makes ns goad a husband as he docs manager of a neyrspapor his wife must he congratulated. The uewly married couple have already moved into their elegant and well apportioned home on Amelia street. They-have a host of friends in this Slate, who entertain best wishes for their future happiness. Fatai, Accident at Alston*.?Columbia, November, IT.?Passengers on Hie train from Spartanburg arriving here this afternoon bring tho news of the accidental killing ?f Mr. D. It. Elkins at Alston. It seems that iI.*Vc^~Vk:YfniHLt>dti1rb1 tor vn ecliVmc ibr xno purpose of riding across the river to Peaks, and that by some accident ho fell between the cars and was mortally injured. Both legs were completely cut off, and in a short while death ensued. Mr. Klkin3 was a wellknown farmer ami hoarding house proprietor, and gained some State reputation by liis affiliation with tho Greenback movement some years ago. lie leaves a large family and very little property.?Sj>ccial to Aqcs and Courier. The Standard Oil Company Makes a P.io Purchase.?By all odds the most important gobblo by tho Standard Oil Company sinco the date of tho dismantling of Pittsburg refineries, aggregating millions in value, was reported in oil circles Friday. This is the purchase by the Standard Oil Company, of tho Globe Befinery of Pittsburg, the I'rec,1 11.4 1 ?- - uuui iitunvi v uuu ?mil was xn.iwil as U?C Craig pipe line to the Washington field. Tlio refinery located in the eighteenth ward is one of the largest in the country, and tho interest dependent as it mis always hcen, is known to nave been the worst thorn the Standard Lad in its side. ? [Cotton Shout in Alabama.? Montgomery, Ala., November 1G.?The Stato department of Agriculture has completed its November report, based on reports from nil sections of the Stato. . The report is full of interest, particularly as it shows that but 8G per cent of a cotton crop has becu made io the State, tho average buinp rcductd by the almost total failure of the crop in some cotton produciug counties of North Alabama. The corn crop is above a full one, tho report showing an average of 105. Tho Durham Globe suspended publication on Tuesday la^t, after a brilliant career of four short months. A dispatch to tho Washington Globe, announcing the demise of tho beautifully printed and ably edited four-page, six column paper, says : '-Its suspension is duo to the fact that Durham is loo small to support a paper taking Press dispatches." Mr. Edward A. Oldham, who made this experiment of tryiug to run a nonpareil paper in a small pica town, will I gf> to Washington and carvo his way into . prominence ns a newspaper c<m respondent. Tur. IGsks of Thauk.?Choraw, November 10.?Mr. 11. 1). Malloy amnio an assignment J on November 14 to Thos. 1*. 11arrel 1 arul I W. II. Malloy for the benefit of his creditors. He at the same time resigned his position as j president of the hank, which is not effected ( t?y his failure. The failure was duo to short crops and a failure to collect. Mr. Malloy 1 has made ns honest n fnilurc^is ever was made, turning everything over to his crcdit ors and keeping nothing hack for himself. 1 An KnnEriKi.i> Laoy Att^mpto Sncinr.? 1 Trenton, Edgefield County, Nov, G.?Mr*. ) Hannah Jennings, of Kdgi fi dd C >url House, , attempted spied? lost M >n da? by taking landaDuiu. The dose proved too small to produce tbo desired effect, and she took chloroform which would have pr.>v*?l fatal had not friends discovered the. faot and ap* lied antidotes. J A FaiLURK at Atlanta.?Atlanta, j November 16.?M. K, Goldsmith, candy manufacturer, has (ailed, and a receiver j has been appointed. His assets and j liabilities are placed at $100,000 each. ? The fifth trial of Jones, of Edgefield; tho Ihutohor of tho l'rcssloy family ended on Pri- "V? day in a mistrial, the jury standing six for conviction of murder and six for acquittal.