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jr* AID I Oil Mi:\ f T f l Con^r.’ss Pjiss In Uje Sc.. ;h * .'I ■xiean I’eusion Hill. on Alondry the chair; (by request; introduced a hi!! to j-top ! (r!1 payinejds of nuMic money to Jr.-. •B. I'^adea, his aay/cialts or assigns, for | past, present or future work at the •Tmrtith of the MiH'iHsipj.’river, until •jurtlier ordered by f’oi.gross, itefer- j rtxi. : The house fill granting pensions to, tiro soldiers and sailors of the Mexi-, tcun war liavir.g been i .acdiod on the | calendar, objection was, tnade by Tel ler, but (on appeal to him by Wilson, /of Iowa, and on the statement by i Harris, that no Democratic Kenator j fxrtuld cousnme any time in discuss- ; ing the bill) was withdrawn. The ; ibill was tlieu considered and passed j •with amenument reported by the j tjtmimittee on pensions. The bill as pas ed directs the secre- ./V. p iv ^ nr 1 v r fvy 'j ALONGSIDE CF A FtllGHTENEO A Wan<lcringe of a \V Off tlio Awrrican ‘ vice for Warning S. Wat pi—Cut Loose. the TEP.PC j! < -■*' '• r ■ r*. ^ *. mc*’’ as. -y . 3_ c,8^ V'<> C." Oil vviiig hiac hi tie • Aii; Co iSlICCOsSOl* to M . /'A(* ?" h vdrof A painting represented a wild tumble of t waves, on which a big red buoy war- r; !- ing, with a low stretch of treeless -and dunes in the distance. When the hydro- graphic ofllcer saw a visitor looking lie- picture, he said: “Jack has always been a superstitious mortal, but if, in the days when ocean navigation waa new. he happenerl to bring to alongside of a terroi which haunts the ocean in these days ho would Lave been frightened quite te the verge of insanity, if not to death. “A nurnbei of years age the Spanish ship St. Jago was trying to beat up to this port, haring been blown acrosa the gulf stream by a cyclone that caught her when i she wasn’t sixty miles from tho capes. V.Tiich Ocean ■ few companion? /Hi the strand v. my band c"a- on the short: o s-aii tipon the ■ A sia lt:l m the ocean they’ve «aileu o’er r.vTi upon the strand to me. : contains no crimson dtiLse, lip 110 pt-lirlij |i£||i^s ^ - THE g T I AVK r. A JL. selectc I d Eastern ireluli’ > ciVca CASL to There was a liglit breeze that kept her tafy of the Interior to place on the pen sion rolls the names of surviving olli-; fairly steady over the long rollers, al ipers and enlisted men, including ma- I though tho sails would occasionally shako rines, militia and volunteers, who be ing duly enlisted, actually served six- A3 VA Wt_ . The middle Its deepe view; Along the shore my hand is on its pulse, And I converse with many a shipwrecked crew. —Henry Tkoreau. Havana’* Milk-Wagon and Fruit Stand. To one who has never been in Spain the street sights are novel and often astound ing. After breakfast I took a walk down the Prado. The first sight was the Cuban Siiai iukIs I'i Al l' JF; » . W J » W I S.k ■ ’ /n. ?* f** S'? e-; i^4a » /"a : 13 O E The Celehraled Estey. Smflh Aiijerican, timi Chiea^o Coltnre Oi ^aiis. Q-JL. Ciirpruter mUK wagon—not a wagon at but a tv days with the army or navy of the United fjtutes in Mexico or on the coasts or frontier thereof, or en route thereto in the war with that nation, or who were actually engaged in ’»at- ‘.tle in said war, and honorably dh- 9darged, and their surviving widows; provided that such widows had noi .remarried, and provided that every such ottU,-er, enlisted man or widow wIkj is or may become 62 years of age, oy who is or may become subject to any •disability or dependency equivalent to some causes recognized by the pen sion laws as sufficient reason for the allowance of the pension,shall be enti tied to tho benefits of the act, except lwhere such disability or dependency was incurred in aiding or abetting the late rebellion. The pensions are to Ibe eight dollars per month, payable only after the passage of the act, the law not to apply to persons already receiving pensions at or over that late and whefe pension entitled under this law are already receiving pen- isious less than eight dollars per month the pensions shall only he for tho difference up to eight dollars. A Vermont 2Jridg«‘groo»n. liogton Evening Jlccnrd. Tho story about the Vermonter who proposed to add half a dollar to the amount which the • “law allowed” the parson for marry ing him, has brought to the historian a bran new story of another wedding ;fee transaction- in Vermont. It is from a glen village away hack from the .Connecticut, in tiie hills, where money is scarce and the ways are primitive, and the people frequently prefer to pay for their purchases in ^cind. One day a young couple came Jto the parson at the village to be mar ried. The hadn’t a cent of money, it had been arranged that the Eg room should bring a specified ?eswax witn which to The parson M as tod x?a-re before he [['Jirli inn*. ! an<l roar when the vessel gave an unusual plunge. It wits soon alter changing the i watch at midnight that one of the men | slipped aft and told the mate that some- 1 thing was maxing a queer noise a little on i the lee bow. The mate had heard the ! noise, and was ready to ascribe it to super j natural causes, because he could think of -jq, 0 ca j ves have or. a wire muzzle, no natural cause. Tne entire watch, ex- mule, on whose back was a pillion two ieet high, built up <*: straw and leather, on the top a boy, and hanging on all sides of him the numerous milk cans. I saw another method of distributing milk. The com" M'ith a calf is driven to the entrance of the house, and mill*:d the amount wanted. This method is for children and invalids. Th:* r'.cd;o1n»', combin’ug Iron with rtv-o Vegetable tonics, ouickly and completely ? ‘ires ii!«liKC*ii<*r>, Wenkneijs, Itii‘iiirc !{]»<><:, .>IiUarla,t hiitsuad Fever*, ami >Vs:r*tI»ia. I: is a . un.'siiiing remedy for Diseases of the Kidneya ami J.iver. It i- invaluable for Pheasco peculiar to Womo j, and ali who letotl sedentary lives. Itdovsnot injure the teeth, cause heiidache.or proluce conslipation—o<Arr iron medicines do. It enriches and purifies theblood, stimulates the appetite, aids the assimilation of food, re lieves Heartburn and Belching, and strength ens the muscles and nerves. For Intermittent Fevers, Lassitude, Lack of .Energy, 'xc., it has no equal. The genuine has above trr.de mark and crossed red lines on wrapper. Take no other. »Kd«ouOSr CHOWS tUESICAL CO.. IULTISOUE, HD. »- ! For lb^ Fall anti Winter truth floods than ever before.. Hhiec there his Tebr—Ti’.er; ’you r havcn’t brought all the Sswax you agreed to?” asked the "fpilnister. • n- “All I hutjl, parsqi).’' **Anayou haven’t got any more?” “Not another ounce.” “Have you got any money at all?” “Not a mite, parson.” There was a period of uncomforta ble silence, during which tho young farmer began to grow very much •alarmed. Ke was afraid the parson wmildnt marry him unless ho produc- el his uttermost ounce of beeswax, fand tiie prospect struck terror to bis •iiiul. Tiie parson was inclined to le! di.m “stew.” “Hook a’ liero parson!” said the countryman finally. “I tell ye what 'yedo; you take the beeswax and mar- jry us as far as it goes!” i » —-— I’ve Killml ^ly Best Friend. Marlboro Chronicle. Words too sad to repeat ! The wail of an unfortunate man who, under tin. •Inlluence of whiskey; takes the life oi his fellow-man and best friend. Pies Miles of Williamsburg County, with William Wilks and Sapi Nettles, left 'Bcrauton for their home on (Saturday afternoon, July thd, and before reach ing home, Miles, who was under the nntlueiice of whiskey, stabbed and killed Wilks, his best friend, lie was arrested and lodged in jail. He hu.« heen praying ever since he became Isoher and realized his crime, lie says he killed his best friend. Horrible to 'contemplate! (Jod send him deliver •anee, and may his misfortune prove a cept the man at the wheel, gathered at the rail forward and listened to the increasing sounds. FARAT.YZED WITH TERROR. To unaccustomed ears these sounds were frightful enough, rising from mur murs and sobs to unearthly shrieks, only to die away again in the most mournful of wails. The mate kept his ship on its course bravely for a lime, but flesh and blood could not stand it long, and he gave the order to go about on the other tack, hoping thereby to escape tho terror. But the men were paralyzed. They let g< halliards instead of the braces, bowsed down the fore tack, and did other tilings that might be expected of a badly fright ened crew of dagoes, until the crash ot one of the upper yards was added to th« howling of the monster that was appar ently all the time approaching them. This brought the captain on deck, where, find ing the sails shaking, he concluded tha : the trouble was due to a shift of Mind, and ordered the wheel put hard up. The vessel had not lost headway, and she im mediately wore round, bringing Lite un know terror dead ahead. “Soon after this was done there came the thump of a collision of the ship with some solid substance, producing an awful yell that ended in a gurgle just under Hi? ■ l*ows. The teeth of the captain himself j chattered, but the screams ended with the j collision. By daylight tho wreckage bn ’ ; been cleared away aloft, and only tin ■ memory of a very bad scarce remained b the creM r . When the ship reached por the captain related his story to his eon signees, who at once reported tho matte i to me. 1 then entered in my log the state ment that on a certain date the ship-St. Jago had passed, whistling buoy adrift, but had probably carried aMay Uk M'histle by colliding with it. ADRIFT OFF THE COAST. “There is one of these whistling buoys adrift now off the American coast. It was first reported as blowing its way up tin- center of the gulf stream and a little be low’ the latitude of Norfolk, just before Christmas last year. It was a gas-lightec; buoy as M r ell as a whistler then, but the gas has long since given out. Ten days later it was seeu nearly 125 miles to the southard and eastard, having been drifted by the wind almost directly against the current. On Jan. 13 it waa still traveling south and east, but although it had got beyond the gulf it had only covered about Next I came upon a fruit stand, and , none in the north can compare with them, for the majority of Cuban fruits are so ! perishable when ripe that they can not be ; conveyed off the island. The pineapple, ! M’hich we never get ripe, is here like a massive ruby, whose interior you can eat ! with a spoon. In this condition it is the ! queen of all fruits. The inagno, looking something like a kidney-shaped pear, green rind, spotted m ith red. I‘eel this • il and around a stone filling three-quar- | ters its interior is the yellow pulp, re- ; minding one of the pineapple and the ! peach. The sapodilla, a broM n-skinned, round fruit, the size of a peach, and tast ing like a very, very insipid pear. The maumee apple is like a small brown melon the interior a vivid flesh color. Then there are watermelons, muskmel- ons, plantains, bananas, and many others •whose names I could not ascertain to-day. I have often prescribed tho tamarind to my patients. Here 1 got the fruit, like a large bean in the pod. soft acid, and fresh, prepared in water, and taste for the first time this delicious drink in its natural state.—Ur. E. M. Hale in Inter Ocean. TJ. ■ Kgg I>i;tJco at Jtarocla. A dance infinitely more graceful and in- ' : cresting than that executed by the ; X.iutch girls is the egg dance. Tho ; iuncing girls, dressed in the ordinary cos- i •ume ot- the women of the people—a j bodice and a very short sarri—curries on j icr head a w icker wheel, placed perfectly • horizontal. Hound this wheel threads are i attached at equal distances, which are j ; roviued at their extremities with a slip- j knot kept open by means of a glass bead. The dancing girl advances towards tho spectators, holding a basket filled with eggs, and, to the measure of a. monoton ous and jerky strain of music, begins turn ing herself around M'ith great rapidity i V £ We have a larger stock o Ladies’ Dies? ^.qdcs of Jtopollaiils, ( assimeres and Jeans Bleaching, Flannels, and Domestics in abundance. An extraordinary largt stock of first-class Boots and .Shoes, including tin* well known Bay State Standard Screw Goods and the Clement '.Viol *fc Ball Custom Work. A CLOTHING DEBAItTMEN 1 which is full and complete in quality style and prices. A stock of HATS and CAPS in which M r e can suit and fit any man. boy or child who may favor us with si csiiL An extensive j GltOCEitY Department, in M’hich will be found the choicest Family Gro-j eeries and Plantation Supplies. Hard Mare, Tinware, Glassware and Crockery cheaper than ever. Having purchased these goods during the past duli season at remarkably low figures, we propose to sell them at prices which will fully satisfy the closest buyers. TAS. L. QUIN BY & CO. TII C imp DECKER, ESTEY AND EVERETT PLLm iALL FIRST-CLASS then, seizing an egg, sn- -.f tin By inserts it in one slip-kaora. means of centrifugal action, the tin e.id holding the eg’ >s tihgtoned and placed in a straight line M’ith tho corre sponding spoke of tho wheel. One after gs are thrown into slip- ;;i a horizontal aureola ■’ TO PARENTS. ~ Many baking powders are very pernidmis to health and while every one regards his own, he should also have a care for tho tender ones—tho little children. *=• SEA FOATC eontainsnone of the bad qualities of baking powders—soda or saleratns. It contains no hurtful ingredient—no nium or ammonia. SCIENTIFIC. Ail Chemists who have .analyzed Fea -Loam eoTi-.mend it. Houcekecpers who have used it will have no other. Cooks, whose be -i (-(T;'"i-t . have fai 1 - i with other powders, are jubiiai. ■ over Sea I-'earn. Saves t ->tc, haves labot, saves tnei.r?/. It is positively nneqtiaied. Absolutely pure. Used b’j- th.e lending betels and restaurants in New York city and throughout the country. For sale by oil first-class grocers. GA2?TZ, JOXES 4 CO., T?6‘ Dunne St., AL Y. IF 5 -A. ID (3- lEO 'X' r I7 7 THE MAMMOTH FURNITURE STORE MAX, BEGs TO CALL AT TENTION TO THE FOLLOWING AWFULLY LOW ITtlCEri— GOODS G UARAN 1’EED: An entire Walnut Bed-room .Suite, full Marble Top, 10 piece*, $31); a very Large and Elegant Solid Walnut Parlor Suite, covered witli Plush, only !j'42J>0; an Elegant Walnut Parlor Suite, covered with either Good Haircloth or Fancy Ramie, at $27.50; a Large Assort ment of Poplar Ped-room Suites, full Marble Top, at .f32; or, in Wood Top, from 10.-SO to 2-5 dollars. A No. 7 Flat Top Cooking Stove, with 50 pieces, for 13 dollars; No.‘6 Step Stove, 25 pieces, $8.75. Every kind and every article of every kind in the Furniture, Bedding and Stove Line; also, a full line of Window Shades, Carpets, Bugs, Clocks, Pic- turos etc. I , , In Undertaking Department yVni can find Cofiins and Caskets, Gentlemen’s j BROAD SI RLE J Robes, Ladies’ Robes, Odd Fellow’s and Mason’s Trimmings, and .. full line | of alPother trimmings. Any information will he cheerfully given. Write for full particulars and prices. Need uo Praise, Being the Loadiug Instruments of the Country. The Doniostie, tr* ■L-atViftT**-! Davis, Now Home, and Household Sewing Machines ARE TIIE Finest Made in the World! CASH OR INSTALLMENTS, Write for Price List and Discounts . 200 Second-Hand Serving Machines , in Good Order at $5.00, $10.00 and $15.00 each. - - - - AUGUSTA, GA. L. F. PADGETT’S AT Furniture 1110 and 1112 BROAD STREET, 55to re, AUGUSTA, GA. SCHRODEli -I LAURENS STREET, ------ NEW SPRING GOODS. AIKEN, S. C. GOODYEAR’S PiEPOSITORY! CAN ALWAYS BE FOUND A FULL LINE OF Medium and Cheaper Grades of Open and Top 3BTTC?rC3-IE3S 7 . At Lower Prices than at any other House this side of Cincinnati. Work is all made to order, J fighter Running and Better Finished lie class of work Thi^ than encrally sold as Standard Vehicles. But I have jus£ We particularly invii-™ the attention of the ladies to our Ni-w and Beautiful ; received a Full Line of Fine Stock of Spring And Summer Dress Goods, which we will take pleasure in ; Doviuoirnu 1’Ti‘ntmic mifl rnhrmlot T showing and selling a 1 uriees to suit the times. Just think of it! Prints at 5 A<s.iL-x^ 1 JL U«- l. iS ollll v«Imi iOJUl • Just received another shipment of those Fine OPEN AND TOPBUG- I CUES, niade upon special orders, by the best miujufacturers North and East. | Nothing being used in lljo const ruction of these vehicles but tho best ' materials, and in Quality, Style and Finish, are unequalled by any other now Our Stock of Lady and Gents’ fine Shoes has been gotten up as a special 1 on the market. In stock a Full Line of (■'attraction, and we ai*> confident that we can suit the tastes of the most lasiid- j ei a 1? * VII if k ATT DT? 4 TYF'Q I ecus. Straw Hats arm Fur Goods for Ladies, Gents and Children. AM) AlxL lilCAH^. GROCEHIES! I G ets., lYress Ginghams and Seresuckers at 10 ets., Yard Wide Fruit of the Loom L. C. at 10 ets. nud an excellent Yard Wide Long Cloth at 8 ets. * *7 SII0ES. ROCEKIES!! • We keep none but the best Groceries. dh our Heavy and Fancy Grocc- k i ■ tho incing girl. At iar.ee becomes more and ■Warning to country. the young men of the “Yes” said theiidy lecturer, “wo men have been m rouged for ages; they have suttered in thorsands ol ways.” ’ “Theiv’soiit- way iliey never sufler- ad in” said a hen pocked man rising < “What is that?” demanded tin lecturer. “They have never sufier. d in si lence.”—Do- ton Courier. {<• A boy who was recently sent school in Concord, Mass., under tin influence of a bad attack of h imi-sick- iiess, wrote thus to his lather: “Dear Father: Life is very short. Let in spend it together. Your ate- tionat< son.” Mr. Froude says th.<t “none shapt or another Inune rule lias been tried a hundred times.” When James Amin - •liy undertakes to lie lie does it with tiie chic, tiie nerve, the abandon of a circus rider throwing a somersault through a paper hoop. — Dochester Post-Exprc $a. Lady (in butcher shop'—You can put aside about half a dozen of your plumpest partridges. Butcher—Yes ma’am. Shall I semi them right away? ■’ Lady—No; my husband is out shoot i ig partridges to-day, and he will ea’l dor them this evening.—HarperDcizur Very Kxelusive.-*-Mr Shoddy Smith — ’ar»’ : .in, is there no way of rvoid- i-iig these common trade winds? One does hate to mix m With ir.ide in a: y form. On Feb. 7 it had traveled seventy-live miles to the northeast, and on Feb. 12 it had returned to about the place at which it was-seen on Jan. 13. Then it got a ran to the north 4»gam, having been, seen on Feb. 15 in the ifttitude of Cape Hatteras and nearly 400 miles to the east of tint: point. Northerly winds followed thou to; on March 20 it was tooting away a. natural as life less than fifty miles north east of the Bermudas, and two days later M-ithin sight of those islands. When las; encountered on April 23 it had been travel ing in a straight line for New York, and covered at least 150 miles of the route. The prevailing winds in that region at this: time of the year are southerly and west erly. It is not at all unlikely that this in teresting current chip, for such a purpose it now serving, may get into the gull stream again, and go screaming and mourning across the Atlantic to astonish and frighten tho natives of the Azores o; the Cape Verdes or even tho natives of Africa itself. WHAT IT IS FOR. “The whistling buoy is u simple device for warning sailors against shoal water. It is merely a floating tank aranged with a big iron pipe projecting through the j bottom and a number of valves und*a loco motive whistle on the top. The rise and fall of the waves within the pipe coin- presses and drives the air in the tank out against the whistle and draws it in again through the valves. It is the varying pressure of the air that gives the un earthly sound to the whistle. Supersti tions sailors are not the only people disturbed by the M'histling buoy. The sounds are often clearly heard for ten miles inland from the shoals where they are anchored, giving tho heartache to the wives of the lishermen whose husbands are away on the water, and not a season passes that a nirtnber of these whistles are not destroyed or sent adrift by the people living along short. It is impossible to detect the miscreants except by accident, aud so the government simply goes on re pairing the damages and appealing to the people who are vexed by the whistle to re member the sailors’ lives that are imperiled by the shoals where ilia buoy is anchored.”—New York Sun. . he other the .mots, autl around the he; this point the more rapid, and the least false step, the slight* si stoppage, would smash the eggs one against another. The eggs are then withdrawn one by one in the same man ner in which they have been fixed, and this second operation is tho most delicate ries are just what you want and at just the price you are willing l-o pay, be cause they are just what they are represented, and are marked at Lowest Cash Prices. We are Agents for the AMERICAN SHvVTXG MACHINE, one of the besh.iu tiie market. Our Stock is complete in every line^ffrrcl polite and attentive salesmen ready to serve customers. ^ r SCHRODER & TH HORPE. U * I.uilies .DiXiing in tiie Sierras, As 1 neared tha stream to secure material for onr first lunch the pleasant sound of a woman's voice, followed by a rippling laughter, rather astonished me, and, going u few steps farther, somewhat more cautiously, J came upon a very re- trushing scene. Two young ladies, who had probably heard of the Indians’ mode of fishing by constructing a wicker-work dam aud driving the fish into the trap. Lad ingeniously simplified tho plan j and were just commencing operations, i They had divested themselves of their i foot gear, and were standing in the stream about twenty feet apart, in water some ten inches deep. As soon as the more muscular one suc ceeded in getting a large, flaring tin pan in position under water, she called to her companion. “Now start them!” and, brac ing herself, prepared to scoop up a fine muss of fish, while her friend advanced toward her, beating the water with some brush and “shoo’-iug continually. I watched them make two runs, both at- tur.dod with poor results as far as the catch of fish was concerned, but they had all the enjoyment they could manage, judg ing by the hearty peals of laughter they indulged in; and I passed ou, as I came, unobserved, and thoroughly amitsed at this harmless mode of fishing.—CoR Over land Monthly. Most oi tho diso&ses which afSict mankind are or ally caused by a disordered condition of the LIVER* For ail complaints of this kind, such as Torpidity of tho Liver, Biliousness, Nervous Dyspepsia, Indiges tion, Irregularity of tho Bowols, Constipation, Flatu lency, Eructations and Burning of the Stomach (sometimes called Heartburn), Miasma, Malaria, Bloody Flux, Chills and Fev^ Breakbone Fever, Exhaustion beford or after ^R-ers, Chronic Diar rhoea. Loss of Appetite, Headache, Foul Breath, Irregularities incidental to Females, Boaring-down ££££.STflDIGER'S AURANTH is Invaluable. It ia not a panaoea for all diseases, bui I IOC all diseases of the LIVER, trill Vf.jJ.gVlw STOMACH and BOW ELS. It changes the complexion from a waxy, tinge, to a ruddy, hoalthy color. It entirely remov low, gloomy spirits. It is one of the BEST AL" TERATIVES and PURIFIERS OF THE BLOODi and Is A VALUABLE TONIC. STADICER’S AURANTH Fat sale by all Druggists. Price ft 1,00 per bottle C. F. STADICER, Proprietor, 140 SO. FRONT ST.,' Philadelphia, Pal T. V. RHODES (Successor to RHODES & SCOTT.) . Wholesale and Retail CroceiV fi Broad Street, - - - Augusta, ave just received a largo and well selected Stock of Choice Ftmily Gro- s ,which I am ottering nt the very lowest figures. ’ Specialty is Fancy Melon Seed. I havje-heen particular in sorting the finest Richmond County Melons a largo lot of Choice Seed and offer same at a Low Figure.- I also handle in targe quantities Garden Seeds from Hiram Sibley Co. and D. SI. Ferry & Co. My stock of Seed Potatoes are the finest ever brought South. To the trade ell close. npnrcil Flour High Patent Guaranteed to Satisfy the most Fastidious, p the Best Selected Stock of Fishing Tackles in Amrusta. T V RHODES. ejxi Which I will olfer at Lower Prices than have ever before been known in the history of the business. Mill)urn, Studebakqr and Standard Plantation Wagons, all sizes. Oak and Hemlock Sole Leather, Calfskins, Shoe Find r ir.gs, Carriage, and Wagon Materials, Harness Leather, Belt Lacing of superior quality, Rubber and Leather Belting. Also a full line of nrl^k.IR.ID'W'.A.IR.ZE Guns, Shells, Powder, Shot, Table and Pocket Cutlery, Plow Points for all makes, Nails, Axes, Hoes, Picks, and Mattocks, Pitch Forks, Shovels, Spades, Steelyards and Seale Beams, Grind Stones, Rakes, Paddocks, Car- nenter Tools, Files, Hinges, Window Sash, Doors and Blinds, Farm ai Church Bells, which 1 am ofiering at LOWEST CASH PRICES^ A. R. GOODYEAR, A', • (Successor to R. H. MAY jUSTA, GA., opposite Georgia Two Long Islanders' Odd Match. Two Long Islanders had an odd match at West haven for ^100 a Ado, one picking the feathers from four chickens in !• > time than it took his competitor to skin twelve eels. A Sign of Financial Disti-esn. The visitors at the London Zoo during (885 were only GuD.SUU, against 745.dO) in :SS4, a falling of? di*t-, it is supposed, to financial distress among the working people. King Kalakaua lately rati with at. en jrinfc end pumped bravely to help put out a fire in Honolulu. Appearance of Sir. Uladstone’s Eyes. There La e good story told by Mr. Boehm about the appearance of Mr. Gladstone’s eyes when ho is excited or angered. The sculptor was taking observations of the great statesman for a statue one day. Mr. i Gladstone was laying down the law to j Professor Bluckie in some Homeric ques- ! tion, aud the sturdy old professor declared his great friend was talking nonsense. “Then,” said Mr. Boohm, “I learned for the first time that Mr. Gladstone’s eyes could open in two directions, like a vul ture’s.—Chicago Tribune. The Liveliest Paper In Japan. A native paper, The Jiji Shimpo, has adopted some novel ideas in advertising. Recently it gave out a lot of cakes bear ing the information in frosting that there were “only two good things in tha world” Ti.e Jiji Shimpo and its cakes. It is, more over, quite a common occurrence to see Vice kites bearing the well known name of ti e journal floating ou high.—Yoko hama Mupan) Gazette. Makf' It Thriving and Wide Awakt “Yes,” said tho new pastor, “you have a very to auditorium, and the pulpitis artistic both in conception and workman ship. So mr, so good; and with a stage properly fitted up in tha chapel, and a jjood dancing floor and the proper cocking materials, I don’t see why we may not make this a thriving, wide-awake church, and accomplish so end of good.''—Boston Transcript, ADVERTISERS can learn the iexact cost of any proposed line of advertising in American papers by addressing Geo. P. Rowell & Co., Newspaper Advertising Bureau, lO Spruce St., Now York. Send lOcte. for lOO-Page Pamphlet. ■J Iif3 H ^ 8 Utiul Under Central Hotel, Augusta, Ga. q • With great pleasure I announce to the Ladies of Aiken that T am now exli biting a stock of STRING and SUM M EH M i FELIXERY GOODS unsurpass ed in the South. Space will not permit mention of the dilierent, articles—sufiiee it to say, I feel confident I can please every lady wiio will give me an oppor tunity to do so, IN QUALITY STYLE and .PRICE OF GOODS and WORK. To the Ladies of Aiken, I extend a cordial, invitation to come and see me when in the city, and examine my beautiful and stylish goods. MISS NELLIE PURCELL, —rieasure and Proiit to Ail!— JOHN II. EE ARY, Watches NERVOUS DEBILITATED MEN.' “Yon arofillGwod rr free, trial of thirty day* of tho Use of Dr. Dvc’s Celebrated Voltaic Delt with Electrie Suspensory Appliances. for the apeedy relief nd iwh nianeut cure of Xerroxts Tnbility. lOSJ of Vit irt j foi l J)f tuhixvd, and all kindred troubles.. Also for nuu.iv other di-i ’.sos. Complete restora- tion to II.Tdth, Vk;or and Manhood guaranteed. No risk is ineui red/ Illustrated pamphlet Instated envelope mailed free, by addressing VOLTAIC fli.LT CO., Harchall, Mich. Watches and Clockf repaired. 729 Broad Street, Opposite Central Hotel, - - Augusta, Ga. THIRTY YEARS experience in fitting lenses in Spectacles makes tin Optician Department Complete. Sole Agent for Diamond Spectacles. Dealer in Reliable Jewelry. Also Silver-Plated Ware at tne Lowest Prices. £2F“Personal attention to monogram engraving. .kJ COKNKK jlKOAl) AND CAMPBELL STHEBTS, AUGUSTA, CEO 1 O EhEDIEID IPOT’JY.TOIES I Wo have ou hand, and will keep during the entire planting season, the VERY BEST aud Host Reliable Seed Potatoes for planting purposes. EARLY ROSE and all other va tics. We buy direct from Boston, the very best market for Seed, and always get the best known to the trade. Our Poiataes are carefully selected and are the best that comes to this market. Loflin & Stulb, Wholesale and Retail Grocers, Corner Eroadand Campbell St M Augusta, Oa. -o~ 3885 E - r tt r li L, e,l ARK.. A B A11GA1N IN * Plantation of 1000 Acres for 10 Origin ol’lhe Name Harffird. A correspondent of The Hartford Times :ries to make cut that the name Hartford is not English Hertford, Lut is a corrup tion of “Hardewijk Fort,” through "iiar- terwyck’s Fort’ and "Hurt’r’k Fort” to ilartfort or Hartford. Thia derivation lias its basis in the fact that the Dutch from Harderwijk oa tho Znyder Zee founded a colony at a place “further down" than Wethersfield and called it • Niew Harderwijk.”—Chicago Journal A Torch Seen Ninety Miles. «B.’ke Bartholdi statue at New York Is to be lighted at night by a sbaft light from a torch which will bo seen ninety miles out at sea, and therefore long before any daylight on this coast, aud also by four large lights at the base of the statue.—Chicago Journal. Little Phil ami the Slalaria. Gen. Sheridan says the malaria ha caught when he accompanied President Arthur to the Yellowstone, three years ago, still hangs on and returns to give him a shake every seventh and twenty- first day as regular as clock-work.—Inter Ocean. Who aVas it Invented Uricks? Next, let us consider a very article, which most people would h deem worthy of notice as an invei i simple The Sculptor's Colossal Water-God. Larkin G. Mead, the Boston sculptor, has finished his “Mississippi River,” which is a colossal water-god, surrounded by emblems of the majestic stream.—luter Ocean. Method is the right hand of business.— Jud Lafagan. iv.uly . itiou, i ;tud yet which occupies a most imporfent , place in tne history of tho human race. 1 allude f o bricks. Whoever first pressed ! clay into 11 - form of a paralle logram, and | dried it in the sun, was a genius. It looks | simple enough now. One might say, “a | child could think of that”; but many gen | trations of men lived and died on the face ! of the globe without thinking of it. Con- : rider the millions cf millions of bricks composing our dwellings and factories and i churches; think cf tha inestimable benefits conferred upon mankind by this simple invention and of the load of gratitude | due to the memory of the great dLcov- j erer. But again, the question ari-os, who was - he? Where did he live, and in what age of the world? Alas! there is no answer to these questions; silence covers up his history. Let us hope that he lived long ’ enough after his inventiou to build him- i self a comfortable brick dwelling in which ' to end hie useful life. May we not hope ; that in some other sphere he is reaping the j reward of his inestimable gift to his fellow ; creatures. While he has passed away j from tho world—dust to dust, ashes to : ashes—the benefits of bis invention will continue as long as the world lasts, and nil generations should call him blessed. 1 Aft ne, as soon os tho Grant monument fund is completed, open a new subscrip- Kri- aj i .y miles from Aiken, •re- of superior Bot- •Uv-ut Water Power irposes. On new ra : I roue. -For further patieu- •e of .?. D. TAY”LOB, • red, Ai!;en, S. C. 819 Broad Street. AUG USTA, GEORG I A, Has put in a beautiful new line of MILLINERY i'c FANCY GOODS, Hat I eat hers 1 T aud all Bonnets, Laces, greater variety and Lower in Price than ever before, purchase, we will suit you. vU DRESSES a!jo made in the very Latest Styles. • MRS. Y the Soring Novelties. In Examine before you R?t CLARK. r<Jew Goods. Fall Trade. 1885 I ace Curtains, Wilton, Velvet, Brussels,8-ply In grain Carpets, Hearth Rugs, Door Mats, Art Carpet, Window Shades of every size and ( olor, embracing all the New Styles, Cocoa, Cuton and Napier Mat tings, Floor Oil Cloths and Linolaums. Lace Curtains, Yfindow Cornices and Poles, New Walnut, Cherry, Ash Ebony and Brass Cornices and Poles. Turcoman Curtains and Draperies. Upholstery Goods. Raw Silks in a variety of Patterns. Fringes in all Colors. Hair Cloths, Cane and Gimp and Buttoms. Wall Papers, Borders and Decorations. Just Opened For AH Trades: li Oil Paintings, Ungraving a ml < 'luonios. Brooms, Dusters, Baskets, Door •fats, Walnut and Rubber Wbafher .Strips for Doors and Window, to keep ii, and all sold at Lowe. t Prices. >ul cold. 5 ft ^ -rax idO. BAILIE &, SGftiS, Chronicle Building, 711 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. n»mLi SMAL t 1 s A XVJLOK a ij V AT A Aft 2 ? Y i t JL Jl3e3 Yen. Y will amu L that I 1. 2 B hA ia, 3 nee to the public at large o resumed business at stand on Curve street in rear! - hleck. I v ill be hajipy to re- | y ol i eihtomers ami the pa-j of the public at large. I am awn to the public of Aiken, Hand Ed . field counties. Th - eiea’iingaml trimniing of ladies hair and Misses a specially. Shampooing is guaranteed without cold. Hair oii and tonic for sale. Very respectfully. JOHN R. BOYCE. HAVE secured Patterns and propose to furnish RIBS for nil makes of Gins at reasonable prUcs. CASTINGS of all kinds in Iron an Brass at short notice. Special attention given tc Repairs. for TII E S. (h S. Is the cheapest and the best and the only Specific Fertilizer small grain the mar/-.-.r. ASin.EY \SH U/1. CM EXT, a very cheap and excellent tion-ammoni* it‘ o fertilizer for small grain crops, fruit trees, grape vines, Ac. ’DCORN COMPOUND, a complete fertilizer for d by tha trucher.s near Charleston for vegetables. ASH I. U t C ()i ION . these two crops, and also atisfaction guaranteed! .\v. Fanil Far Salt V desirable Far calitv seven Nos. 615, 617 and 610, Kollock St., - - AUGUSTA, GA. CHAS. F. LOMBARD. Proprietor. V’M PENDLi f K OTTO F. WITTERS -WHOLESALE GROCER AND DEALER 1N- rm in a healihv !o- iniles from Aikeji, ! > oatnining T'.vo-li unurea Acres wdi Watered and with Dwelling and (Urt- j buildings thereon; wilt he sold a( a f bargain as theownerdcsires to clmmie ! ^ ^ investment. Address Lock Box fib, j t*o*5, to rai^Q a brick column whose head ^,’ , “‘ball roach even Into heaven, 0 in honor 3>an-h * ''S*>. 9m. y_ ic K —OetA"’* Min ASHLEY” COMPLETE GARDEN I> ERT1 LfZER, specially adapted to ro.ses, geraniums, j.aiisies, flowering annuals, &c. t?/ For terms, directions, testimonials, and for the various attractive and instructive publications of ihu Company, address, The Ashley Phosphate Company, tJhariestun’, - ".SC. OSKl'II it. JtOiiKKIiSON. ;ank E. TAVt.oR Geo. W. Williams J RiSFilT SQff,TSYLSO& WILLIAMS I FACTORS AND CEIRAI, S»h* agents for I. T. and J. G. FROSTS celebrated SELF-P ATSTNO FLOUR, and THORN BROTH ERS’celeb rated BU'ITER CRACKERS. t3f"Ofiiee and Salesroom t.Sl East Bay; Warehouse', No.s. 108, 1!0, 152 111 and 116 East Bay CHARLESTON. S C. CENT R A L W HARP THE- PHOSPHATE CO. CHARLESTON, s. o. ni