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/ Henderson Bros., ; STATE NEWS. •ATTORNEYS-AT LAW, AIKEN, - - SCLTH CAROLINA Will practice in the State and U. S. oonrts for Sonth Carolina. Prompt attention given to collections, Dr. B. H. Teague, DENTIST. Oter Aiken County Loan and Saving! Rank. ^lIIsloxa, - - S. O. HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST PAR. AGBAPHICALLY PORTRAYED LIPPMAN BItOS.. Prorrie’ors, Drug'fsfs. tip-man'-' Rlnr* ■JAMAN^’OSl, eA Have Your Eyes Properly fitted with glasses at Wessels Bros. F'roo I3Y33 TEJST. Agent. Fire. Lite, Cfclone, Accident Insurance, AND ESME AIKEN, S. €. WILLIAM TOBNBOLL’ Pari Lnm, Men, S. C. Choice and Fresh Grocer ies et REfiSON&BLE PRICES Wright’s:: Hotel, S.L. WRIGHTS SONS. PROPS- COLUMBIA, - - S. C. Table supplied with the best. Rooms largo aud well furnished. One of the most comfortable hotels in the south. VIRGINIA HOUSE. FrlA ail Hill Burl 602 Broad St., Cor. Wash* ington, Augusta, Ca. MRS. A. J. SMITH, Proprietress. HOTEL, ft. T. ALFORD, Proprietor. Corner of Hasell and Meeting Streets, CHARLESTON, S. C. House Newly Equipped. Large and Comfortable Rooms. Rates 82.50 PER DAY. NEW RECEIVERS NAMED. Northern Pacific Railroad Company Under New Management. At Milwaukee, Saturday, Frank G. Bigelow, of Milwaukee, and Edward W. McHenry, of St. Paul, were ap pointed by Judge Jenkins to succeed Henry C. Payne, Thomas F. Oakes and Henry C. Rose as receivers of the Northern Pacific Bailioad Company, Mr. Bigelow is to be known as the financial receiver and will have charge of all matters pertaining to finances or the property. Mr. McHenry, who for years jiast has been the chief engineer of the Northern Pacific, and who knows every inch of the road, is to Inrrw otwrgv uf its ojnjramm, WORK OF THE BODY NO! i>ER FULL HEADWAY. THE PROCESS IS BOTH LABOR IOUS AND COSTLY. In Conjunction With Political Notes and Press Comment. The Sonth Carolina college opened its regular session with a m ist fl itter iug attendance. There seems to be fierce opposition to the Seabrook connty scheme among the better class and most prominent citizens of those parishes which have recently been made a part of Charles ton county, and of which it is pro posed to manufacture the new couuty. The amount of the dispensary profits of Bichland connty for the quarter ending July 31, 1895, was 8898.78, and this sum, according to instructions from Governor Evans, has been deposited in bank by the couuty board of control to be subject to the order of the state board of control. The South Carolina and Georgia road is pushing forward with all pos sible dispatch the work on its new water terminals on the Cooper river. The docks of the company are being dredged out more thoroughly than they have yet been dredged, and a pile driver is kept steadily employed driv ing in the piles for the proposed ex tension to the wharves of the company. The officials of the road confidently < xpect to have everything in readiness for handling the road’s business there when the season regularly opens this year. • Although the convention will make to new counties, the constitutional provisions that will probably be adopted looking to the formation of new ones by the legislature is attract ing great attention, and as it has been intimated that one of the provisions as to distance between new and old coun ty seats may, if adopted, leave Green wood out in the cold some of these days, a strong delegation from that place is on hand at Columbia to make au effort to make the distance such as will not in any event kill the aspira tions of that growing and spirited lit tle city. portions of the s l .ate, wherej up to a 1 CONVENTION NOT'PS. MAP MAKING. week ago, it was most promising. In ™ the lower and central portions of the slate picking is progressing very fast ^ «nn V nom* UN. and the correspondents all agree that it will be picked out by the middle of October at the latest, if the weather remains favorable. Growth of the plant has stopped and it is wilting and „„ R* Jun In drying up in the up-country, where, ordinarily, growth continues until the plant is killed by frost. Cotton is be ing gathered in excellent condition, but with few exceptions the crop is falling far short of what was expected ftom the acreage and condition up to within teu days ago. Complaint is made that the eitreme heat interferes Debate on Various Measures Beg Earnest. The Boston Herald says: “Thepoli tics of South Carolina has for its most prominent feature at present the ex change of billingsgate between Ex- Senator Butler and Senator Tillman. There are some qualities iu Butler that savor of the once proud aristo crats of that state, but we doubt if the representatives of them in its better days would have stooped to a wordy wranole with a mau like Tillmafi. With all their faults, men like Calhoun apd McDuffie, and Hayne and Pres ton were strong in personal dignity, and they discussed public questions on the plane of statesmanship. Tillman could not have been possible in their 1 HV j oqr, Vf apd atiR less Irbv, if there are spared this last ijuu5? Carolina. Mixed the Heroes Up. The Washington jackass cup, which is to be exhibited at the Cotton States exposition as a revolutionary relic by the Savannah Colonial Dames, and which was described recently by the News and Courier, was presented to William (not George) Washington by the Agricultural society of South Car olina about the year 1805; the date, 1790, has been put on since its sale by a descendant, who sold it a few years since. If any one is curious to know of George Washington's dealings iu jackasses he is referred to the Wash ington Light Infantry, who possess some amusing letters about “Royal Gift” from Gen. Wm. Washington to his kinsman, Gen. George. “Royal Gift” was a jackass given Gen. George Washington by the King of Spain. “Royal Gift” spent some years on the plantations of Gen. Wm. Washington and Gen. Wade Hampton, iu this state. Constables Very Active in Charleston. The dispensary war has broken out afresh at Charleston. Although the authorities will not give out the fig ures, it is no secret that the dispensa ries iu the city have been doing a los ing buiness for the last three or four months. They are patronized only by the negro and the lowest whites, who purchase only the lowest grade of goods, on which there is very little profit. Very recently the force of dispen sary constables has been doubled and the police authorities have made large details of policemen to aid them. The two forces, however, operate each on their own account and a dozen raids are made daily. The latest and most unique method adopted by the state constabulary was illustrated a few nights ago. Two constables took seats in a swell restaurant on King street aud watched every customer from the time he en- •>red the place till he left, following 'hem even into the private diniiur room. Xliese tactics will be followed in the hope of crushing the blind tiger and will be followed up shortly by the arrest of a hundred or more proprie tors of supposed blind tigers, who will be held for contempt of court in viola ting the injunctions that have beeu served upon them. In the meantime, the whisky con stabulary are disregarding the orders of the federal court forbidding them to seize liquors sent into the state for private persons and are seizing every thing in sight. A squad of constables board every incoming steamer of the Clyde lino and pounce on everything they see that looks like liquor pack ages. South Carolina Crop Report. The crop report for the past week issued by Director Bauer gives the fol lowing information: The hot, dry weather has affected cotton seriously by stopping growth on light, thin soils and causing shed ding on rich soil. it has also had the effect of causing halt-grown bolls to pop open prematurely. There will be iiltte or ntJ ertfp, evten in th« western with the labor of picking cotton aud is causing much sickness among pickers in a number of counties. The weather was favorable fdr dry ing out corn and putting it in condi tion to be housed, which work was car ried on in the eastern portions of the State, and the yields at husking shows the crop to be even more satisfactory than it appeared in the field. The hot,dry weather w'as injurious to a few very late fields of corn in the extreme “up-cuuutry,” but the crop is practi cally. safe everywhere, and reports from almost every county state that the crops will bo sufficient for local needs, and many report a surplus. The rice harvest was favored by the weather conditions, and river rice has all been cut except some very late fields, which represent a small fraction of the entire crop. Upland rice is being harvested in the eastern and cfentral portions of the state,with very satisfactory yield. In the western portion, where upland rice is just heading, the dry, hot weather is af fecting it injuriously, and unless rain comes soon it will partially ruin the crop. It was an ideal week for gathering and curing peavinc and other hay, aud large quantities of forage were saved in other portions of the state. The dry weather practically stopped the growth of peas in the western coun ties, where the crop would ordinarily not be ready to gather for some weeks. Making molasses from cane is pro gressing favorably, and good yields are reported as a rule. Sweet potatoes are being gathered in the eastern counties, but are in jured by the heat and dryness in the western counties, where the tubers have not attained their growth. It is entirely too dry for fall plough ing, and consequently oat seeding has stopped and cannot be resumed until rain puts the ground into condition. The past week ended the gathering of tobacco,and it is said that the yield of late planting was just as satisfactory as the first cutting. In Horry county late fruit is of good quality, but, with the exception of grapes, not plentiful. The past week’s weather was very trying and damaging on growing crops generally,and particularly on gardens, but it was perfection for gathering and saving such crops as were ready to harvest. ELLIOTT VS. MURRAY. Tliirfenth Day, The constitutional conve entirely occupied Tuesday article in the executive dep the state government. The tions most vigorously foufgb were those creating a board and giving the governor rig marily suspend county offic port of defalcation or mal office. Compromises were both cases. A board of p provided for, but the legist name its members and its! will be subject to tevision ttndi tnjent of twjO sec- over rdons sum- on re- nco of ted iu ns was e is to cisions Change by the governor. In otbet Se is made the duty of the goY ordet an investigation by the judicial officer on receiving a malfeasance or defalcation an^ pend the accused official on fi a true bill against him by jury- tions it rnor to proper eport of tO 6U8- ding of grand mot Fourteenth Day. The convention at Wednes sion, after a strong fight, a its determination regarding nor’s powet of removal of c ficials and leaving the cainp< the .board of pardons to th assembly. Most of the day pied in discussion of munici ration articles. A section ( governments power to le taxes for special improve struck out. The section nicipalities right toconstru aud operate light aud wate modified by an aniendmen that such action shall be ta a majority vote of the vot» to vote bonded indebtedn The section allowing m, thorities to sentence perso of offenses to the chainga a long and occasionally hor"“^“ 3 ‘^- It was amended so as to \\ Q no person may be sentence* 1 the chaingang until he have had opportunity to obtain trial by jury of at ( eR3t 81X oltl zens. Ex-Governor Tillman, on the corporations manded some rfetion self-government for ini number of factory tow^ built on land owned and which are not char] porated. No action we but consideration of yet completed, the m ttr* until Thursday. ay’s ses- hered to e goter- ty of- sitiou of general ^as occu- al corpo- ving city |y special ents was ▼ing mu- , purchase plants was providing en only oh i qualified iS. nicipal au- convicted provoked discussion, -ide that work on pr she shall idemand and n a speech jlestion, de- secuie local itants of a in the state corporations red or incor- aken on this, ■t article is not going over hrsday’s see- ideity licenses diess and in Interesting Pci* A Wasj^ n6 rtol> ( Con* is some int ^special — -uerC tained iu the conMeolo^ion^ C ° n # Elliott vs. Murray iu the%!, "'f 80 ° sional district of South OarorW„ Atr. the governor’s certificate, wiK t)rs^ a8 testimony to show that in spite large colored majority in his distiY he was fairly and honestly elected He will also submit testimony to show that a number of colored men voted for him. One of the colored witnesses for Mr. Elliott states that his occupation is “catching terrapin for Senator Cameron,” of Pennsylvania, who ow T ns a plantation down in South Carolina. This contest will be one oi the most interesting struggles of the next congress, as Murray is a colored man who was a member of the last congress. Mr. Elliott has also seer service in the house, having bem sue ceeded by Murray. Many of the colored voters of t**? district testify that they voted for NE Elliott because it was through his ef forts while a member of the commitee of naval affairs that the provision was made for the construction of the dry dock at Port Royal, S. C. ornine^was issue, enly di last vote in favor aud cities should or e provision nt of capi- o that the tion. the debate of the com- GEN. S CRITTENDEN. His Invaluable Services as Comman der of ilic U. C. V. (From the Greenville Mountaineer.) The retirement of Gen. S. tendm from the commj^E ^ ie United Confederate A>*™ n8 8 iveR ftn occanon to his comrades to express thei’ appreciation of his devotion and unsdfishness in their interests. He wasorigiually placed iu charge of the Vebrans in upper South Carolina, aud wasassigned to the special duty of di recting the formation of camps under the constitution' of the United Con- fedirate Veterans by Geu. Capers. On y three camps then existed in this state, and now there are forty, which is due to his zeal and efficiency iu the cause to which he has devoted a great deal of his time. Gen. Critteudeu has won the good opinion, not only of his comrades in South Carolina, but has received the r JaU( ^ t8 of superior officers, who have commended him for tin*, assiduity with which he discharged the duties of his office. His excellent administration will not be forgotten, and the work he has done to bring the old soldiers into a compact organiza tion will always be held in grateful re membrance. Fifteenth The convention at sion took up the matte; and taxes, city indeti exemption, by towns, >f- or fh® purpose property for five j' JU manufactori«a, of encouraging J8 ed the great de- The section that ^ as follows: K«te ojJhe day r* d tow u 8 may exempt for school pur- , -t’hat citielHj manufactories es- Jrom taxation .4®jrlimits, after the poses for t b^^tHBition, whose tabjjgjjgj wi cUll BtitiJnot less than adoption q/. t „tock. is ITowjo’. eDtiI6 4 video - on the <iyvstiou stood leav^g it to the wheth <r such exemr . ^ shouK n °t be witl^oference to^ e ^ taj/toek waa amended 00 ,ncil could use its disC'j During the progress t fr. Henderson, chairm*^ jdttee took occasion to, ^ ^ nmand Congressman T £ j .. ing nn" 8 * 1 to “ to the te'et who were members, Fhat this was a protection.' or »o;Po«; (“ms. Mr. Headers! I i” 8 ' 84 '' 1 «*“ there was no corpora*! volved and that it waP tho entire people ar could be injured by the section. The question of amount of indebted cipalities may inc Mr. Parker, of < presented a substi c prepared by the cal Charleston and wl ably impress man. 8 * The convention to the time it wov] Senator Tillman if was au attempt tc“ resented by Irb Talbott, and the vigorous and gei members that th« to be called upon mau said it lookeNl Tlie Various Stages Through Which the Ordinary School Atlas Passes —Data Supplied bj* Adven turous Explorers. LL maps, large and small, are practically produced iu the frame way, and we can explain the process of map making by describing the various stages through which ordinary maps, such ns those iu any school or refer ence atlas, pas r . First of all, says a writer in Golden Days, the geographer decides what kind of map is required for the pur pose indicated by the publisher or author, the extent o f country to be shown, the amount of information re quired, and the like. Furnished with these data, the draftsman proceeds to prepare the drawing. He determines the projec tion and scale upon which the area to be included in the map cau be best shown. This projection is drawn within the specified limits, and is generally subdivided into a perfect network of small “squares.” The material used in its compilation, be it an engineer survey sheet, a hydro- graphic chart, or a traveler’s manu script map, is similarly “squared,” if minute accuracy is desired. The outline—that is, the coast line and rivers—is then carefully drawn in pencil, aud when inked over the sheet is handed to au engraver, who places a tracing of it face downward on a finely polished copper plate that has been previously coated with a thiu Him of wax. By careful rubbing the “out line” on the paper is transferred to the waxed surface of the plate, of course in the reverse. With sharp-pointed gravers—which are worked from the elbow, and not like a pen or pencil from the wrist— the engraver cuts tho various lines more or less deeply in the plate. As he advances, proofs are pulled for the purpose of revision and when the out line is finished and finally passed a proof is taken on which the draftsman proceeds to write in the names selected by the geographer or indicated by the author or publisher. The lettering is in various styles and sizes, according to the import and relative “value” of the names. Some are sloping, others upright, some in italic, others in Roman. The “writ- t-en-iu” copy is then given to a letter engraver, who cuts the names in re verse on the outline plate, exercising the greatest care not to make the slightest mistake, as a wrong letter or name entails a great deal more trouble to correct than to engrave at first. Supposing, for instance, that a name has been wrongly engraved and has to be put right. To make the re quisite alteration, it is necessary, first of all, to gouge out the entire name, and with a pair of callipers to IT—*- f** 8 on the back of the plate, which is then laid, face downward, on a small anvil of pol ished steel. The indentation of the face of the plate is then foroed *>p from the back with hammer and punch. Thennm-, is regraved correct^ »»»<< fhe adjoin ing name* and outline damaged in tho process of erasure or punching are ro ta t. AVheu the names are all cut, a let ter proof is taken and carefully re vised. When pressed, a final proof is taken, and on this the draftsman fills in with with a brush mountains and hills in sepia. These the hill engraver renrod^ ne graver in more_or e ‘ d ^ hitch etching, r "L", ? ^ UB I '°“ e:The •ted are printed at tho same time on one sheet. The sheets are folded and the edges cut for an ordinary atlas, or are cut into single sheets for separate sale, for mounting on “guards” or for in sertion in books. Maps which measure twenty-two by thirty inches areprinted one at a time ; larger wall or schoolroom maps are printed in sections and joined togeth er. when being mounted on cloth. After being mounted they are var nished and then nailed to rollers. I Map making, then, even when the | material has been supplied by skillful aai) - surveyors or adventurous explorers, is , a ,ou ?> laborious aud costly matter. I rko three essential processes, as we hove seen, are the drawing, the en- gmviug and the printing, and t ‘^ood” map must necessarily have b?eu well drawn, carefully engraved aid finely jirinted. P.PP CURES ALL SKIN AND • / BLDDO DISEASES PhjticUna endorw P. K ]{>. g" nd pmerf form* and of ^Primary riii-Tfl'b. U-ith/eryii Secondary and Tertiary * P P P 8.- Cures SCROFULA. Old Kentucky. younger sons, lovers of the The Horse in Kentucky comes naturally by ifc, idieritauce of sporting blood. It was sittled by Virginian wo were to a mau hrse. In 1775 there were iu all Kentucky pobahly 150 men who meant to bo p . manent settlers. That year a kind o territorial legislature met in Fonesborough, in the open air, and pesed nine Jaws, three of which were rther remarkable. They were : An act to prevent profane swearing ad babbath breaking. An act for preserving game. Thus the horse gets one-ninth of te attention of the Kentuckian Mag- x Charta. This same year, when in the Ken- tvkian wilderness there were onlv rring bands of Indians and, dotted Ire aud there, a few whites in a slckade; when there was yet not em a horse trail into the woods from V’ginia, the first race track was laid o* In the State, at Shallow Ford sta tu, or fort. Hero a man who was sjeding his horse was in that very ytr of the Kentuckian settlement, l'o, shot by an Indian hid in the ciebrake. Vith no horse trail through the w>ds, how did these earliest racers g* into tho State? There was but o> way. They must have been led or dven along Braddock’s bloody path, nv in English hands and made some- wit safer by Lord Dunmore’s victory or the Ohio Indians at Point Pleas- a., to Pittsburg. There their owners bit big flatboats, or even rafts, Wireon to float their horses, with tHr less precious household goods,- dt-n the great river to some point atr where Louisville was to stand; hn led them through tho pathless 4 ods to their frontier home. .Vhat shall surpass tho love of a he Grass man for his horse?—New gk Recorder. BrphllU SyphlliUdlllicummtUm. Scrofulou* Ulcei S° k re \ wandulap Swelling*, RLmmatUm vfrionlc Hct* that Lav# retfitad all Malaria, old treatment, Catarrh, ODD (CURE 5 l.r.r. MOOD ftHSOK ^f****!- ®^**™7r^CbronrrT^mj!l^7jourp!au!tr™3er^ p Tetter * Scald fUad » et< •• etc - r. P. 1» a powerful tonic, W ;ij an excellent appetlaer. p. P. P. : Cures kheumatisM ©uildtnjf up the system rapidly. Ladlee who»e ytteme are poi.oned and wboee blood la (a Impnro condition, dne to inen»trual Irreyularltlee, are P.PP.M CURES ALARIA p-culiarly be.irtlwd Dy tii- won.li-rlul tonic cleansing properltae cf P. P. P.. Prickly Ail. and Pot-isBium. and CI o. id- Poke Hoot LIPPMAN EPOS., Proprietors, Druggists, Uppman’s Block. 3AVA3 3 AH, QA, CLYDE’S New Yuri, Cbarteon and Florida Steamship Lines. WM. P. CLIDE Sc CO., General Agents, 5 Bowling Green, New York. 12 South Wharves, Philadelphia T. G. EGER, Traffic Manager, 5 Bowling Green, New York. with the lines, interest in- r the good of that no one adoption of e manner and ss that muni- was loft open, rleston, having e that had been ercial bodies of eemed to favor- the members, into a tangle as eet again and ated that there buster. This was nd Congressman te got to be so !l between these geaut-at-arms had heu Senator Till- ke au attempt at filibustering to ddefet the will of the majority. Senator Irby replied that he did not know Hit he had a major ity. After a few jisses the conven tion agreed to tjV~* recess o’clock. OHIO DEMV until 8 :15 MOVING. All Dug Out Alive. One wall of the old Cottonade build ing at Nashville tumbled down Thurs day morning, burying six workmen under the debris. It was thought at the time that they had been crushed to death, but alter nn hour’s work they were all dug out alive. Some of them were badly injured. A Sensational Acquittal. William Hare Skaggs has been for several months in jail at Browns ville, Ky., charged with the murder of a miasing citizen. All the cir cumstances of the case pointed to his guilt. The missing man walked into town the other day. and was very much surprised to hear of SkBggs' jeopardy for his uppeurande» They Inaugurate he State Campaign • With a Big temoiistration. The Ohio demoratic state campaign was opened at Colimbus Saturday with an imposing demiustration. It is be lieved that the ppcession of clubs was the greatest, in pint of numbers par ticipating in it, e'er seen on a similar political occasion The procession was in seven large divisions and was com- posed of sixty-si; different clubs rep resenting the /pincipal cities and towns of the sta-j. There were thir ty-six bands in,tie parade and beside these fourteen i<rum corps. The pa rade was six mtas long and contained probably 10,00Cmen. Eighty demccratic editors of the state rode in the procession iu two brilliantly lighted electric cars and two large carnet from the Cincinnati zoo gardens hul prominent places in the line. The speechai werqnoade from stands in the state house grounds, the orators terns, oj. Gc~ttnor Campbell, John B. Featlee. candidate for lieutenant gov ernor , L. T. Neal, Colonel James Kilbotfvne, ct Columbus; J. A. Nor ton, Job* F. Follettee, of Cincinnati, fcuti Stdhn & DItake, Uf Ttfungrttfirn. us done plot— coated with a composition called etching ground, on which the “tops” of the hills are traced. The different altitudes are shown by varying the strength of the lines, which is affected by allowing the acid used to “bite” them in to remain on the plate for a longer or shorter time until the requisite “solor” or shade is obtained. The printer takes an impression— technically known ns a “transfer”— from the plate, on specially prepared paper, coated with a preparation easily influenced by damp, using for this purpose au ink susceptible to heat. After being cleaned and “etched” with nitric acid and gum arable the “stone of maps” is ready for the ma chine printer, who fixes it securely on the bed-plate of one of the lithographic printing machines, and from it the map is printed, first of all in black. The portions of the map colored yel- ow, pink and blue are separately iransferred and “etehed” on other ithographic stones, aud printed, one after the other, in the order named. Each map or sheet of maps is thus printed once for the black and once for each color, except in the case of certain secondary colors, such as green or purple, which are produced by printing one of the primary colors over another—thus, red or piuk over blue gives purple; blue over yellow gives green. Many of the cheaper maps, both large and small, are not engraved on copper-plate or zinc, but are “written on the lithographic stones from which the “black” is printed or transferred to another stone for printing from. On such maps the hills are drawn in chalk. Political maps are colored to show Singing Fishes. arsons who catch catfish are famil- ^ith the croaking noise they m&k* Wi « thrown in the bottom of the l ,& \ But they are credited with sw '-3r cadences under tho surface andyhen they touch the water edge .y ^ shore in the night. A Waeh- ^^i'^iorrespondent, who had been P ro ’ ln !%hQut the Smithsonian Insti tu^on, , . _ ,, seem rather - absorb. Yet thereare mauy'speoies which seem to talk- and even to sing. Some famiBwt ^Sev^ are the blue fish, croak <lo like- pulled out of the water. 1£>ilt an<J.o ft « n wise in their native,^ quite musical iu concert, pjof of “grunters” will effects. example. From a vessel* furjyj.gd i n southern waters one fre quently hears at night the slow “boom boom” of the jew fish. Crews of ships have been startled on occasions by ex traordinary noises like the beating ol many drums in the distance. Like wise produced by fishes were sounds heard Lieutenant White, United Stats Navy, in 1824, in the mouth of a river iu Cambodia. They suggest ed a mixture ot the bass of the organ, the ringing of bells and the tones of an enormous harp. In Chilean waters musical cadences are sometimes heard rising from the sea and covering four notes, resembling the notes of harp- strings. The maigres are famous for their vocal powers, emitting loud whistlings and hummings. The way iu which fish make these sounds is as yet a mystery. Fishermen iu Eastern Asia are said to hang little bells on the edges of their nets to attract victims. The ether evening at Brighton Beach a German observed that during tho progress of the Seidl concert a fisher man might be very successful outside the pavilion, because the music at tracts myriads of fishes.—Brooklyn Eagle. The Fleet is composed of the fol lowing Elegant steamers: 3. S. ALGONQUIN, (new.) S. S. IROQUOIS, (new,) Capt. Kemble. 3. S. CHEROKEE, Capt. Bearso. 3. 3. SEMINOLE, Capt. Platt. 3. S. YEMASSEE, Capt. McKee. S. S. DELAWARE, Capt. Chicoster. for ^l!!^qt^d tri-weekly line to New York aud the Florida Ports, with state rooms all on deck, thoroughly ventilated and separated from the din ing saloon. There is no pleasanter traveling on the Atlantic Coast, and the_ Florida consumcsoftiBJ^BBfe address 1 !ll IKiUKTQN general T rci?>^a r>„ *-'• AgenL. C. F. HUGHET Offers to the citizens of Aiken a Large and well assorted stock of Fine Groceries, Fruit, Cauneil Goods. and also of OF THE BEST MAKE. on East How lo Dry Umbrellas. During the frequent use of umbrel las we should keep in mind the oft- repeated caution concerning care in drying them. They will last much longer if they are always placed when wet°with the handle downward to dry. The moisture theu falls from the edge ol the frame and the fabric dries uni- tormly. When it stands handle up ward, which is commonly the case the top of the umbrella holds the moist ure and not only takes a long time to dry, but soon injures the silk or other fabric used for tho cover and rusts the steels. This is tho cause of this part of the umbrella wearing out before any other part. Umbrella cases are also responsible for the rapid wear of the silk. The constant friction causes the tinv holes that appear so provok Call and see him at his Store Side Laurens Street. BUMS Thirty-Fourth Annual Statement EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY For the Year Kudins December 31st, 1S93. ASSETS. Bond* and Mortsagwt •■•••••• Real Kstato.includinKthe Equitutile Buildings and purchases under foreclosure of mortgages... United States Stocks. State Stocks. City Stocks, <fc other investments Ixtans secured l;y Bonds and Stocks (Market value, $tt,'l49,‘.Ml) Beal Estate outside the Stave of New York, including^tnebases under foreclosure fash in Bank and in trs.nslt<smce received and invested! ••• Interest and Kents due am luce rued, Deferred Breniiums and other Securities Total Assets December 31. 1893... .*.. lilABIUITIES. Reserve on all existing Policies (t per cent. Standard} and all other liabilities - Total Undivided Surplus (4 per ct. standard), including special Re serve of 12.500,0*10 towards estab lishment of a 3 per ct. \ r luatlon... 122,808,916.74 23,928,724.53 89,253.593.43 «,934.463.33 14,396,857.64 5,294,468.18 6,439,378.11 >109,056,396.90 8136,689,646. ST clearly the limits of counties, or other j nc ,j v fc ' Hr iv. When not in use leave X • . - 1 T • 7 1 — w U. 1 1 ^-v ^ Ll X yx Q 1 ^ . « 5 X political divisions, while physical maps of counties aud continents are often colored orographically—that is, the different altitudes are shown by different colors, or by different tints o the same color. ..... Contour maps of the sea, lakes, etc., oubv which insist on all oi£ none generally show the varying depths by j had a cat which had long been ai | in * various shades of blue. The relief of | mate of the house, and received all the the land is usually shown by coloring I the lower lands green, the midlands ; light brown or yellow, and the uplands ; dark brown the umbrella loose. A Cat’s Jealousy. May I add to your animal stories a striking instance of that spirit of jeal- on all or- none ? I 32,366,750.33 tl60.C56.396.9O W*> certify to the correctn(~ of the above calcu lation of the reserve and surplus. From this sur plus the usual dividends will be made. Geo. W. Phillips, J. G. VamCise, Actuaries INCOME. Premiums *35.537^69.50 interest. Rents.etc 6,4-5,235.06 *42,022,605.56 Sometimes when the relict of both the seabed and the land is showu on the same map, as many as fifty con tour lines are drawn and the inter vening spaces differentia colored or tinted thus indicating in a graphic and most unmistakable wav the alter nations ot level from the lowest depths of the sea to the loftiest heights on hind. qfuifa a number Uf the smaller map* atteutions which it is weH-kuown old maids lavish on such animals. Find ing the mice were more thau one cal could attend to, 1 secured a kitten, and wished to keep the two. My cat wai indignant, and in very plain language requested the kitten to go. 1 endeav ored to make peace, lifted both oc to the table, an I expostulated with puss Skr listened with a sullen ex pressun. itid then sui-ienly gave « claw at the kitten s eye. I scolded and beat her, upon which she left th< house, and I never saw her again*-* London Spootstior, DISBURSEMENTS. Claims by Death and Matured En dowments Dividend*. Surrender Value*. An nuities <fc Discounted Endowments _ Total Paid Policy-Holders Commissions, Advertising, Postage and Exchange • • General Expenses, State, County aad City Taxes _ *10,761,402AO 6,888,912.63 *17,650,315.43 4,815,745.» 3,089,438,08 >25,355,498.80 *2i«,2S0,227.00 932,532,577.00 Ve-v Assurance written in 1893 Total Outstanding Assurance W. J. RODDEY, Rock Hill, S. C. SUBSCRIPTION.