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B? E. 13. MURKAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, JUNK 21, 1883. VOLUME XVIII.-NO. 49 nt Ti PVT T fl "RT T tr AH on T? ??i JU V?A/ A.WMM.++WAU itAWAi??i 1?1LUK. .?C?ii.S ! Uwn<9HB I BARGAINS in HARNESS for the next Hiwv n... ld. * -ufcfi 1SS3 JAMES M. PAYNE. Gin ANDREW * PREVOST Still on the Square, at the same old Stand, and are Sell ing Goods as Low as any House in tho City. rtT?Uveacoiiij^ S$3?8 ?? the way.conslstin?oi CALICOES J^^?KffEllE?* C0TTONADES. *** *c, wi? OUR GBOCEBY DEPARTMENT ia full. The best Sudara, Coffees, feas and ?lUoodsat all prices, and satisfaction guaranteed. Everything delivered free in ' TO FAKME?^ -We are still agenta for the Celebrated CHAMPION REAPER ARD TIB. Testimonials from all over the County that it is the Machine for farmcn r'liiltalti' pleasure in showing and explaining our Machine. Tenus ?liberal. HICH GRADE FERTILIZERS ON HAND, b]?oM low <>? .?"1,40? Option. A few tons of KAINIT left. Call carly. Expectine to ?jftttonltliis v>'c would respectfully ask B nil to give us a showing. tob 1,1*83 ANDREW 27 Si PREVOST. DEPOT STREET. SPBINO OF X883. DEW GOODS ! NEW PRICES ! TAM PREPARED FOR A ROUSING TRADE I I keep always on hand a j FL'I.L STOCK of DRY AND FANCY GOODS, An Immense Stock of Dress Goods of every Description. SILKS, LACE CURTAINS, ?c. Gire me a call, and I will convince you that I mean business. My motto : ^chiles mid small profits. I make a Specialty of Zeijrkr Bros. Fine Simes. Come one, come all, and examine my stock before buying elsewhere. No wile to show Goods. Will compare prices with any house in the up-country. Very respecliully, April 12,1883 W. A. CHAPMAN. No. ii Henson Street, Anderson, S. C< 3?) WHAT IS THIS I HEAR ? THAT Have tlie Best Goods for the Least Money ! HE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A FINE LINE OF SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHING, ldapic-J lo the wants of all-Boys, Youths{ Young Men and Old. Also, a very line as rtkent of UNDERWEAR-such as Shirts, Drawers, Collars and Cravats. Also, a ta assortment of WORSTED DIAGONALS, SUITINGS, CLOTHS and CASSI K?RES, which wo are prepared to make up in thc very latest sti les, and will spare no Hps. either in Cutting or Fitting, that wc may thereby please those who will favor us riih their patronage. Call before purchasing elsewhere and he convinced. fS~ Pay last year's account and save costs. CLARK Sc CO. JOHN W. DANIELS, Proprietor. Jhrcii i.', 1*8:> Bft FERTILIZERS FOR 1883 ! JAM still selling the well-known brands of Fertilizers and Acid Phosphates, to wit Eutaw Fertilizer, Excellenza Fertilizer, Temassee Fertilizer and Eutaw and Ashepoo Acid Phosphates, .t?r CALL AND 8EE ME REFORE BUYING. My Stock of General Mercuaiuiise is Complete ! Such ns suits the Wants of tho people generally. Always on hand FLOUR, BACON, SUGAR, COFFEE, MOLASSES. Ac FULL STOCK OF DRY GOODS. NOTIONS, SHOES, BOOTS, HATS, CAPS, HARDWARE, CUTLERY. CROCKERY and GLASSWARE, ?Sc. fr fall at No 10 Oranite Row. W. F*. BARR. Fib 22,1833 32 _ _ TIIMIES OH-A-IfcTG-IE A IN 13 MEN CHANCE WITH THEM, i SD that is thc reason wc have just laid in A LARGE STOCK OF NEW GOODS, for we know that all our customers desire something that is new and at thc same bu serviceable. Our Stock comprises a fine assortment of Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats, NOTIONS, HARDWARE, GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, SC I Wi *Weh we will sell at the Lowest Prices. While other things ar? changing, wc would ?J that we are too young to change our plan of olTcring good and substantial Bargains 10?1 who favor us with a trial. WE ARE: IN THE COTTON MARKET, M will give the highest prices. Wc have a large lot of RAGGING and TIES on Got our prices before closing a trade. ^-v*-^ BROW3ST BBOS. Jypt 21.1882_ 10 _ HEApQUARTERS FOR STEAM ENGINES, SAW MILLS, THRESHERS, AND ALL KINDS MACHINERY. HAVl59??W??tahed tho Southern Branch of thc GE1SEB'^^9A^SSr m?3f** CO. at this place, I will keep constantly on hand a full supply or meir ?rated Machinery, consisting of their ^Regulating Grain Separator, Cleaner ana Bagger, Peerless, Portable, Traction and Domestic Steam Engines, SAW Ml?isLS, &C. VsA,**Pon hand a full supply of dum and Hemp ^l*B>?Tg SSSmA?^ SS5s??! Va,vea. 0,nM Water Gauges, Steam Gauges, Stearn ^?^"? . i^n.TriuniphInjectora, Kitting Injectors, Corn and Wheat Mills, ?!|-w?hflK. |S?fi*P. Klbowa. Nip,*ra, Un?on's Reh?ceT, in ^?TO^ngl***?St?*??t *AhE.VR ?n?P.-l ?m always ready, with first-class tools, to repnir all kind. ^'nery entrusted to me. . ?TVVWI? April ,?f H*W BUILDIHO, HEAR BAILBOAD BBIDOB, ABDMUOB.^C. DEALING IX DYNAMITE, How "Infernal Machine?" Are Made, ; Wound up anti Unrd. _ j From the Philadelphia Pres?. "Tho word "infernal machino" has been buzzing iu tho popular ear for sev- ! eral years past, and sanguinary dema gogues, Communistic and Nihilistic, have rolled the lugubrious term like a sweet morsel upon their wagging tongues, but ' the public has been kept in utter ignor- ? ance as to tho exact nature of these ex- ! plosive compounds, which arc beginning ' to play such an important part in the j eyery-day political history of Great Brit- l ain and the Continent. The nefarious business hns developed to an uususpeet- 1 c-d extent, but ita growth h;-s been silent. It was not until within the last twelve- i month, when this country waa made tho principal basis of operations, that the English detectives, able to see from afar those things which had flourished unob served under their very noses, grasped the full importance of tho movement, and 1 published it to tho world. Even all the I blatant utterances of O'Uonovau llosaa, ' mild-mannered man lhat ho ?H, pregnant > irith prophecies of hugo and terrible I machines of destruction, have not, queer y enough, directed the attention of tho ] mblic to a proper appreciation of the I leeret work of which he is the open apos- 1 le. ( In New York City to day, and ii. this i -itv, infernal machines of every conceiv- ? iblo pattern are being mai ufftctured, in 1 nany instances within a stone's throw of > he headquarter ?>{ the law. ' INTEK. ?AL, TYPES. ! The moat common form of infernal i nach i ne is that known as the "ticker." fo all iutents and purposes it ia an ordi lary':n can, very like that in which j istra. oil is sold. The can, for such ?tis, , ? made of heavy galvanized iron, one- j ixteenth of an inch in thickness. It is t me foot high and four inches square, j Thia machine, as well aa all of those now Dade in this country, are filled with a [ lew powder, invented by George Holgate, t if Philadelphia. It has the form of irdinr.ry gun-powder, ia of a dark-brown ?olor, only explodes in connection with he simultaneous application of fire and lowder, and ia estimated to be 200 times s powerful as giant gunpowder. Tho t an .holds, therefore, the equivalent of j 00 pounds of powder. Upon one sido 'j nd near the top of the can is attached, c y means of brass screws, an ordinary 0 lock-Bpring movement. Above thia ^ lovement, and connected with it, is a B mall round brasa wheel, about an inch j, ri diameter, having upon one portion of :' he circumference a slot, or notch. A / pring presses npon the edge of tho q meei, which revolvea. When the alot j, 1 reached in the circuit, the spring falls c ato it with a snap, which in turn relea- j RS another spring falling upon a nipple t fon which ia a gun cap. Tho nipple is _ iron and extends down into the pow- tl er, and the explosion of the cap instan ineously sets off the compound in the n ottom of the can. The machine can be ?t anywhere between one minute and ?J lirty-six hours. When nil ia ready the ?j perator closes the lid, fastens it with an ?j on locker, and deposits it where he may g esire to cause the explosion. It can be %{ icked, rolled around or hammered, but j, ntil the spring falla into the slot and -, Eplodes the cap, there is no danger in n s handling. Hy putting the ear close c ) the lid the melancholy tick-tick of the :. ock can be heard, but this ia not notice- _ ale at a distance of six feet. The ma line is air-tight, and water or any like aid has no effect on the explosive com lund, even where it is not hermetically tated. It can be securely packed in a j irrel of lard, a barrel of petroleum, a ax of tobacco, a bag of flour, or with ? ay of thoHe articles of export which are at likely to attract attention. Tho a awer of such a machine depends, of ? >urse, upon the nature of the confined P lace in which it ia placed. AN EIGHT-PAY MACHINE. c The most powerful infernal machine '1 ade is what is known as an "eight-day e achine. Like the "ticker," it can, n awever, be set from one minute upwards, machino of this description recently ti ade by Holgate, of Philadelphia, waa ji ur teen inches high, six inches square, u id contained the equivalent of 3,000 c mniis ot gunpowder. It can, however, s ive either a square or spherical shape, ii is made of galvanized iron or stout a ti. The clock movement is BO arranged a tat it can be taken out and away from ti ie machine and connected again at a mo- h en t'a notice. The operator, if he desire ii i di vert suspicion.car ries the em pty can i n tl ls hand and the clock movement in his a Kit-tail pocket The explosion ia cauo- tl 1 by detonation. A sliding bar of brass, u rawn by a screw attached to the move- q ent, wben it arrives at the slot in the nell brass disk, springs upon a delicate & lass phial, made of a bair tube. The h .liai, which contains a powerful acid, a ul is hermetically sealed, in breaking C lows the acid to escape. This causes o ie detonation and the explosion follows, a he wire on top of the movement, which V held in place by a rubber band con- 1 ects with the cap. The acid runs into ri chlorate of potash combination. This 2 achine can be sunk in water or secreted o t any liquor or compound, in a box of r ranges, a keg of nails, or a loaf of bread, a he force of tho explosion would be a lfficient to tear tho largest building li i the world to atoms. ti A most pecular and deadly ma- b bine is tho "Little Extermi- a alor." It is two inches high and four p iches square, of thin sheet brass, nick- a led on the inside and outside, and bas b 0 lid, only a minute hole in ono cornor. ii he machine is filled with a volatile, tho o unes of which cause instantaneous tl eath. The principle is the same as that M f the ancient Chinese "stink pot" used c y them so effectively in warfare wi th tl 1 rates. A tbin brass tube runs in tl brough the small hole iu the corner, c aving upon its outer end a screw, cap. a Jpon the cap is a delicate watch move? e lent. A spring falls into a slot and C aleases a minute steel spring saw, which S i operated by thc movement, nnd saws b ff the delicate -tube. . This- establish- is s direct communication with the oxy- st en of the air, which ignites the volatile, n be most sickening perfumes pour out a ?om the box, killing every person with- t * a radius of one hundred feet The a .usation of this volatile is Uko that c aused by cayenne pepper. There is an- ii itenee burning in the mouth, ears and c yes and around the heart. Respiration 'snatched - , ay as if by ft puff of hot U ir Ex, .ments have been made Upon b ats. They die in less than three sec- u nds. f THE CZAn'S HAT. " There is a lnrge class of infernal ma hines known as "bottle machines.' ? ho moat ordinary forms aro enclosed in ft int beer bottles which can be invent- , nlly carried in the coat pocket. Ide eck of the bottle is hermetically sealed Uh a rubber cork, through which runs brass lube divided into donarte by a j; ,in melallic disk, usuallyii be top compartment of tho tube is shut t ff from tba air by means of a screw can, s ?oug?i which, in turn, runs a ?"BrVjM; > contained in this upper compartment u is a small vial of powerful acid, ?ly turning the key the acid falling upon tho ? disk eats into tho powder, which is packed closely. Tho timo of explosion dependa upon thc thickness of the disk. I The acid, the instant it comes in contact with the powder explodes it. A large number of these machines were made for , the Nihilists, to be used at tho corona tion of the Czar. Tho newest iuven-1 tion, and ono in which has met with much favor ; St. Petersburg, is what is ; called tho "hat exploder." Two exceed- j ingly thin circular disks of sheet brass, I having a layer of powder an inch thick, are soldered and riveted hermetically to- j getber and sewn in tho top of an Oldina- ? ry hat. The entire weight of the ma-i chine, although it contains the equi va? ? lent of eighty pounds of powder, ia only ! ?sixteen ounces. The hat is waved or thrown up into tho air. Falling, it ex- j plodes. The devico looks for all the j world like two pancakes stuck together. A great many hand grenades aromado in New York. They are hollow balls of iron through which runs a tube, surmounted by a brass button. Thc button is lead. The grenade ills by force of gravity upon thc sido on which is the heavy lead button. Thc button is pressed, breaks a liai of acid, aud ibo acid causes the ex plosion. A grenade threo and one-half inches in diameter contains the equiva lent of IOU pounds of powder. Tho ?ight-day machine has been made to :ontnin Greek fire, which is set oil' by the dock-work, burning down the building in ivbich it is placed. In thia instance .here is no explosion. Ii is wonderful to what extreme* of ingenuity the inven tors of infernal machines have gone. Machines havo been and are being mnde in the shane of chunks of coal. They explode when thrown on the fire. Hol .ate bas made a novel machine in the ibapeof a satchel. The handle connects vi th a vial inside, or with a spring filli ng into a slot. Lifting the satchel, or ouching the handle, explodes it. Not ong ago, in New York, a machine of tho laucake pattern was so constructed as to >e made mto shoo ?oles. Walking on ho soles for a certain timo causes them to ixplode. The demand for infernal machines in :reases constantly, und from tho most inexpected quarters. Thero arc liviug it New York and Philadelphia rcprcsen ati ves of all tho revolutionary societies n the world. They are not confined to Curope, but exteud through ?l?xico and South America. A considerable number f eight day aud thirty-hour machines lave been made ia Philadelphia, and ent to San Domingo and 1 lay ti. A arge order is now awaiting shipment : nto Mexico. Peru alone, of the South American countries, has used them. - ?here were sent at one time into that I ingdoin a dozen of the eight-day ma hines, and this within six months, taly, Germany and Austria buy plen eouBly. From certain indications it 1 rould appear that some sort ot a move- \ aent is speedily contemplated in Italy. j in usually large number of machines . ave been bought in Philadelphia to be eut to that country, and orders are com- ? ng in every day. Holgate was asked he other day what would bo the effect of be explosive Act now before the Penn- 1 y 1 vania Legislature. He said: "It ' rill be inoperative. My machines are not afernal machines until they are made so. L ny thing can be made into an infernal ?achine-an orange, a hat, a boot, a , oat, a shovel, a pound of sugar, anything a fact. To crusii the business in this 1 my is impossible." ' Western Lard. The investigation conducted by thu j Mrectors of tue Chicago Board of Trade ver the charges preferred against the ', ird of the Fowlers is a star-chamber ( itUir, and the public will therefore be j pt to lose all interest in it. No matter j ow tho matter is decided the people will , e in possession of no evidence upon , mich they can base au opinion as to the ( orrectness of the decision of the Board, 'he investigation will last, it is said.Bev- ( ral day9, aud if it was conducted openly j lucb good might come of it. t Whether the lard in question was adul- ( "rated or not, it is admitted by all good j ndges that the inspection methods in , se in Chicago nod all other packing , ities of thc northwest are simply delu- J iona. They are inspections that do not ^ QBpcct, and auy reasonable degree of ( dulteration is branded by the inspectors , B prime steam lard. The Fowlers prac- ( ?cally claim in their answer that their , trd is as good as any other steam lard , ri the Chicago market, and doubtless ^ ney will be able to establish its oompar- ^ tive value ; but when thoy have done ( mt they have not shown that they man facture pure lard. Ou tho contrary uite the reverse. All lard, or nearly all lard-undoubt dly all shipped to Southern marketa i adulterated. Some of it is harmlessly dulterated and some of it ia not. The Ihicago Tribune printed a talk between ; ne of ita reporters and Dr. T. Williams, 1 chemist ot high standing. Dr. Williams stated that he frequently found 0 or 12 per cent, of water in steam mdered lard, when there should be but per cent. He added : "I heard that ne very prominent renderer here eceived 210 barrels of Missouri clay, nd I saw a sample. It is sent hero ns n adulterate, and is used not only in trd, but in almost everything else, where ?rra alba could not cut any figure. It as no texture, and hos a granulated ppearance under tho microscope when ulverized for tho market. It is a better dui teran t than tho white earth for lard, ecause terra alba would be precipitated 1 this climate and bu found at the bottom f the package. The clay is not so dense, dough quite heavy, and could bo used rith success to the extent of 10 or 15 per ent. Its presence can be detected with be microscope. By the use of water and be clay lard can be adulterated 25 per ent." Ile added that this kind of dulteration could not be detected by the ye-certainly not by the inspectors that fhicago prefers to employ. Water and lissouri clay are not, however, wholly to 0 relied on in the packing houses. It 1 known that tallow,- beef fat, cotton eed oil, nod low grade grease that Should ot to be seen outside of soap factories, re often used. It is known that lari rhlcb has become yellow is subjected to vile process of bleaching, restoring i a olor and market value without render rig it more palatable if tho entire pro ess was understood. The truth is, no family man who wants > know just what is put before him and ?a family at the breakfast table should se Western lard. Lard of home pro uction can be trusted, and whee that dis we have an excellent substitute in otton seed oil, which is now refined to uch a degree as to be unobjectionable for early all domestic purposes. It is also product of home factories.-Atlanta lonttitution. - "Do you love her still ?" asked the idge of a man who wanted a divorce. Certainly I do," "I love her belter still ?ian any other way, but the trouble is lio will never be still." The judge, who i a married man himself, takes tue case nder advisement. CAitRTixu or r A CONTRACT. Sulclilc and ilcmnrknbly Statement <>f mi 1'ukuuwn Yoting Mitn In Iowa. Tiie St. Louis Post-Dispatch of June '5 published Hie account of a suicide of a j young man who gave his name a* Rufus ! II. baton. He blew out Iiis brains at Delhi, Iowa, the night before. There I was nothing on the body to idcutify it savo the following remarkable letter, without date or signature : "I am going to take my own lifo, hav ing made up my mind to do so more than a year ago. Although I do not think that anybody cares a pin about my rea sons, yet it will give mo sonic satisfac tion lo state them, aud anybody who linds this paper need not road it if ho does not wish to do ;o. i nra 27 years of age, a lawyer by profession, but not very much HO, as far as practice is con cerned. I was born in Baltimore, und I suppose thr.t is moro my homo than any where else, although I have travelled all the way from Denver to New Orleans. I have always been an unlucky devil, and the only thing that bas kept me from suicide long ago was the lingeilng fear that there might bo a hereafter. I have arrived at tho conclusion, however, that there is not anything worse than I have gono through, and I'll chance the futuro slate. Rut I'll not preach. Two years ago I met a young lady. It don't matter whore, nor what her name was. Hie , was pretty. I wa?, as usual, a fool. I had tue education of a gentleman, but not the means to .'ive up to mv desires. . I had run through considerable money, and had not the industry to make a live- ' lihood at my calling. Well, of course, 1 fell overhead and cars in love with this girl. Sim liked me, 1 think, but she lind j sense, and she never let her sentiment run away with her prospects. I drank some, and gambled some, and was as wild as a young fellow usually is. ( Though I generally wore good clothes, my pocketbook waa usually very flat, j Well, when her parents saw that my i visits to tho daughter were growing fre quent, they immediately interfered. ? 'You know my child has been tenderly raised,' said her father, 'and she cannot , marry a man who cannot properly sup port lier. I like you, but you soe bow it j is. A man should not marry unless hu , can properly support his wife.' Thc j motlier was just as stern, and tho daugh- ? ter was persuaded to full in with their ? plans. I have laughed many a time nt n , fellow who was fool enough to kill him- ] Belf for a girl, but that was before I was . in love myself. I see it all now. Rut , love Btories have been told so often lliat lhere is little interest in them. The girl , jilted hie. Tho last time I saw her she , cried u little. She loved mo, bho said, ( 'but her parents wanted her to marry a middle-aged gentleman und BIIO could \ not disobey.' If she had told the truth . die would have said thnt she loved the ? middle-f-.ged gentleman's carriage and pair of horses and his bank account, bet ter than she did me and much bettor ? Iban she did him. 1 begged and plead 3d, and got the same answer all tho time. You know what I did then. I went to ? Jrinking harder than ever. I became a . nuisance, if I had not been before. One , Jay I was talking over matters with a j friend of mine named Jim Anderson, who always had moro money and sense j titan I had. I told him I was going to kill myself. Ho laughed and sneered. 1 I'll tell you what I'll do,' I said. 'I'll Insure my life for ?15,000 'ii different , tompnnics, and make the policies over tu . you. You puy me $2,500 a year for two ( years, let me have a little hurrah for that ( time, and when it's over I'll agree to kill myself and you will get the money. In ' Lhat way you make $10,000, and I have tome fun.' Jim laughed, but I insisted, md finally we drew up un agreement to :hat effect. I got out policies in the dif ferent life insurance companies. Ile ! mids them and the agreement. He paid < ne $200 a mouth during the last fifteen i nonths, although I don't believe that he i iver thought of holding me to the agree- I nent. Rut he was of a speculative turn < >f mind anyhow, and although he hardly < iHieved I would kill myself, he knew i hat if I had the money I would soon i lrink myself to death, and he was will- I ng to take tho chances. The time is I rat up yet, but I guess I'll let him mako 1 he extra money. He'll be surprised I ind not at all sorry. Nobody else cares, i for tue giri i mentioned has since mar- < ried the hank account, thc carriage and ( .he middled-aged gentleman. This is no < :ase of temporary insanity. I have as t mich sense as anybody. I made n cou- i .ract, and I'm carrying it out. Bury mo I wherever you like. There is $35 in my [ rest pocket, and that will pay expenses t ind my bill so far." I 51 ur ion's (J ra ve in Ruins. ? A correspondent of tho Berkeley Qa- f .ette, writing from Pineville, S. C., on | he 4th instant, says : The recent cy- i ?lone ravaged in its courso through St. < stephen's Parish the burial ground of 1 he Deveaux family at Belle Isle plan? t nt ion, formerly tho property of General < Marion, about four miles from this Til age. Here lie buried General I-'rancis ?arion and his wife, nee Mary Videau, a wealthy Huguenot heiress, whom he mar ried in 1784. Some yean; ago u tree fell icross the slab which.covers the grave of dari on, cracking the marble and the brick vork beneath. This cyclone finished it. V huge hickory tree fell across tho omb, and it is now a moss of ruins ; the ?pitaph cannot be deciphered, and as it s of great beauty and has been repub ished only in the rare Jame's "Lile of durum," I give it in full. It was com losed, we have heard, by Keating Lewis limons, and is equal lo Professor Di mi ry's celebrated epitaph on Albert Syd ?ey Johnston : "Sacred to the memory of Brig. Gen. francis Marion, who departed this life in the 27th of February, 1795, in the ?ix ty - til i rd year of his age, deeply regret ed by all his fellow-citizens. History viii record his worth aud rising genera ions will embalm his memory as one of he most distinguished patriots and he oe? of the American Revolution, which ??ovated his native country to honor und ndependence, and secured to her the ilensings of liberty and peace. Thia ribute of veneration and gratitude is irected in commemoration of the noble ind disinterested virtues of the citizen ind the gallant exploits of tho soldier, vho lived without fear and died without eproach." - The difference between a male flirt ind a lamp eleanor lies in the fact that rae is up to women tricks, and tho other o trimmin' wicks. SCIPIO, N. Y., Dec. 1, 1879. lam thu. Pastor of the Baptist Church ?cro, and an educated physician. I am rat in practice, but am sole family phy sician, and nd vi?.- in roany chronic cases. )ver a year ago I recommended your lop Bitters to my invalid wife, who has >een under medical treatment of Alba ty's best physicians several years. She tas become thoroughly cured of her va ions complicated diseases by their usc. rYe both recommend them to. our friends, nany of whom have also been cored of .heir various ailments by them. DOWN AMONG THE HONKS. Minc* of YWullh Hidden for Cunturlen Un' tier tho Hivers uf South Carolina. From the Pittsburg Dispatch. A letter from Charleston, S C., says: "Tho chief source of wealth now to thc residents of Charleston and its vicinity aro the inexhaustible phosphate deposit?, which nro scattered near and far. Hav ing beard such wonderful accounts of thc innguitude of this new industry and being invited by a large operator in phosphates to visit several mining dis tricts near tho city, I sailed from Chis olin's wharf through Wnppoo Cut, and out into Stono Uiver, a distance of about fifteen tnile?<. Thc phosphate wealth beneath the waters of thia river is said to bc limitless, and numerous companies, employing hundreds of men and curi ously constructed machines, together with tugs, flatboats, lifters, dredges, ?fcc , drive an industry, tho profits of which are refilling rapidly and surely tho de pleted collen of the State and injecting new life into lier business arteries. Hav ing reached tho sceno of labor I was amazed at what 1 saw. Nothing is more wonderful than tho modes here employed in divesting Ibo waters of their hidden treasures. A large flat upon which arc fastened complicated machines of un gainly look mid titanic power, is anchor ed in tho middle of the deep black stream. Huge lifters, pendant from rafters above, movo their ponderous nnd capacious jaws tim way and Iben that. The heavy ir a grapples of the machino go down like living claws and ctnergo from tho water with its gorgo of mam moth petrified bones of extinct animals. Jaw bones almost ns largo na plough shares were brought up. I saw a section tube descend and in a few minutes return with its freight of stone and teeth. Somo uf these teeth, I was informed, aro those nf the shnrk, but they aro twenty times larger than the molars of any known species of fish now tobe found anywhere. Some of the.io bones are as black ns pol ished ebony. In a imus of bones and teeth are embedded many curious sp?ci mens of fish skeletons, the physiological structura presenting many remarkable points. In a clot of crude phosphate und mud, which wns discharged near my feet, I saw something shiny. Picking it ap, it proved lo b a gold coin of tho reign of King George. A subsequent haul brought up about forty of these old soins, which are retained as valuable relics. I shall not attempt to describe ill I saw whilo watching tho process. As fast iv these rocks, and petrefactionB of fishes and animals were emptied from tho tubes on the Hats, they were conveyed to the factories, where the grinding ma chines convert them into fertilizers. Much of this rock is shipped in its crude state to France, England and Germany, ind some goes to Australia, but the bulk is ground here a* then shipped abroad. At thi-i sent"-" 'icmaad for thc rocl is great ompanica are work ing tl Tho price of phos phates i*. - sharp fluctuations, but thc Statu . s gets her royalty of | $1.00 per ton for ..it tue crude rock mined. This produces no inconsiderable income Lo the Stute, and thc revenue thus rnisei is applied to thc educational fund. Some idea of thu vastness of this industry may bo bad when I stato that one of thc com panies, mid by no mentis the most exten dive takes out nu average of 2?0 tons jay. These mines of wealth, moro profi laulo than those bf Colorado, have beet mercifully concealed for ages in tticbow i ls of the earth, to be providentially dis covered just when the impoverisher people molt need help. Economy of Threshing Oafs. Now that our farmers havo gono so largely into tho cultivation of oats, we desire to give them a few practical hints in regard to its economic use. The old -lylo plan of feeding in the sheaf is wasteful in the extreme, as any farmer :an ascertain who takes the trouble to jbservo. One hundred pounds of sheaf ? mia of fair quality will thresh out sixty sight pounds of shelled oats, all weighing thirty-two pounds as the standard weight for a bushel ; this would make two jushelB nnd four pounds of grain. In Teeding sheaf oats, 25 pounds to the nule or horse per day, is what is consid ered a proper allowance, fo.- an animal loing steady farm work. This 25 pounds )f sheaf oats contains 17 pounds of . helled oats, equal to a half bushel and )uo pound over, which, though entirely .oo much grain, yet it is necessary to rive this much in the sheaf to allow for he wasto occasioned by this manner of reeding, as tho animal is sure to loose mich of tho grain whilo biting at or ..hewing upon the straw. In feeding .helled oats, from six to eight quarts is imple for a pleasure or road horse, and a neck and a half or twelve quarts, which s equal to twelve pounds, is a liberal laily feed for a horse or mule engaged at tard ploughing. It will thus be seen hat feeding shelled oats involves a saving >f five pounds per day, as against feeding n the sheaf, which is equal to a saving )f a little more than one fourth on every mabel. Now as tho toll for threshing is only me-tenth, and as the straw, if properly loused or stacked, is just as valuable for oug forage after threshing ns beforo, it :au readily be seen how great is the econ >my of feeding the shelled oats over tho vastciul plan of feeding in the sheaf. Vn economy which involves the saving if twenty-five bushels out of oue hun Ired, is something worth considering, ind therefore we trust the readers of the liken Recorder, will ponder upon these lubstantial facts and profit by them. At ODO lime th ero existed in th>s sec ion a prejudice against oats as food for vorking animals, it being claimed that t was not strong enough and therefore ?rn waa better. Never did there exist a greater fallacy. Oats is the best grain iu he world for horses, aa it abouuds in hose elements which give strength and lealth to tho animal without heating his >Iood as the constant uso of Indian corn s more than apt to do. While we ad vocate aa occasional chango of food for he homo or mule, we are constrained to lelieve that no cereal is so nutritive and vholesome for a constant diet as clean .helled oats. We hope therefore that mr farmers will increase the acreage rcAr by year given to this valuable .creal, and that they will economize in ts use,by having every bundle shelled' :arefully and preserving every pound of | itraw.- Aiken Recorder. - The revised version of tho New Testament is but little sold by New York publishers. Public curiosity is .satisfied, md only one out of a hundred purchas ers will buy the new. - It takes an Irishman to turu a com pliment. When he saw Jones after hav ing met the latter with Mrs. J. Pat McFlaherty said: "Ye are mooch younger than your wife, surr." Present ly he met tho wife and remarked : "The idea of sich a young woman marrying Misther Jones !" The next day bo met | them together, but he wasn't at a lora for blarney. "Och," he exclaimed, "ye are | beth of yez too young for each other." YVOOIXH BT MAIL. Winnini; a ltriilo at Very Loos flange-A (Julliint HoIiHcr'it Love. instances of mutual love having been engendered between person? of the op- j posite sex, through the medium of a cor- j respondenco or exchange of photographs, are common, if all that is read about such affairs is true. In story talks of tho Waverly Afagasine order they aro very common, i'.ut in real life such instances are very rare. One has transpired in this city within the past few days, the ro mantic flavor ol' which is undoubted, and unsurpassed even by fictitious instances, and which at present form tho leading topic of gossip at Arbor Hill. Tho facts, as near as can be stated at preaent, arc ns follows: A year ago last December, Hergt. Wenrick, of tho regular army, waa sta tioned at n military post in Montana with his company, his wife, as a matter of course, living with him at the post when he was not in active service. In thc samo company waa a fellow sergeant named Davis, who was Wetirick's chum, so to .?penk, and shared his confidence, as they lind shared danger in many an Indian fight and scout among tbo hills. Davi?, according to Wenrick, wasn bravo and manly young man who had won bis sergeant's stripes through merit both in the camp mid field. In recognition of Homo valuable service lie had rendered, Wenrick was o fibred the privilege of a three months' furlough in which to visit his friends in thc Kost, if ho so desired. He accepted it, and shortly before Christmas started eastward. He bad friends in this city, or at least his wife had, but stoppages along tho routo and places in this State deferred their arrival here until February. Here they spent about two weeks. The friends of the couple gave them hospitable welcome, and nearly every evening they wore in vited out to this or that bouse, where tho cveuing was spent in unqualified enjoy ment. Friends of tho entertainers were invited to meet them, and among tho latter at sc verdi of tho houses to which tiie couple were invited was a most charming and agreeable young lady. She manifested a lively interest in the sergeant's story of his cuterprise in tho far West, tho life in camp, and tho en counters with Indians. It was but natu ral that the sergeant Bhould mention in his narratives the name of hin comrade, Davis, and comment on his bravery, manliness, nod other good qualities. The sergeant noticed the maiden s inter est in his comrade and perhaps thought, "well, there is a chunco to securn him n wife who will provo a treasure." Atany rate, when it became time for him to re turn to Montana, lie departed, bearing with him tho ye maiden's address, which he had surreptitiously obtained. On reaching Iiis post, lie evidently aroused Serat. Davis s interest in the fair unknown by his description of her charms and the interest she had plainly shown in the account of his adventures. At any rate the current of Sorgt. Davis's life, so smooth and uninterrupted before, was disturbed. His dreams wero filled with visions of the unknown lady 2,000 miles away, and provided with the ad dress he at length muttered up thc cour ngo to write u fow lines, couched in proper and manly terms in which bo mentioned what ho had heard of her from bis comrade, closing with tho solic itation for n reply. It is difficult to im Bglhe what the lady's feelings were on receiving the letter, but it in ?uilicietit to know thai a reply was sent, and a cor respondence began. Through tho medi um of pen and ink a friendship was formed. Their feelings and tastes were found to be mutual. Finally photo graphs were exchanged, and the feelings which bad thus far possessed them de veloped into one of a warmer nature. As a matter of fact they fell in love with each other, and when a month or two truce the gallant sergeant offered her his heart and baud it was accepted in the same spirit in which the oller was made. By the next mail came a costly engage ment ring, which the maiden now wears. Last week a letter was received from him announcing that his time had ex pired and that he would nt once start for the East to claim his bride, and cement the vows already exchanged with the nuptial tie. He is to telegraph her tho time of bis arrival, there will be atender meeting at tho depot, for thfl firat time in their lives, soon to be followed with the ceremony that shall unite Two .mils willi but a singlo thought, Two hearts that beat as one. Albany Journal. Thc Solid Content a Farmer lins. Dill Asp in Atlanta Constitution. Farming is a slow way to make mon ay, but then theie is a law of compensa tion about everything in this life, and farming hos its blessings that other pur suits do not have. Thc farmer belongs to nobody. He is the freest man upon earth and the most independent. He bas moro latitude and longitude. He bas a house in the country with plenty if pure air and good water. If he makes but little in the Geld, he has no occasion Lo spend but little. He can raise his nvn hogs, and sheep, and cattle and chickens. His wood costa nothing, and Lbe luxury of big backlogs and blazing fires in open fire-places ail winter long is something that city oeople long for, but cannot afford. My own farm cost? ms ?7,000. I have 120 atrns ot open land in condition, and it yields me on an average about five dollars an acre over all expenses. Say nine per cent, upon the investment. Well, that is mighty little, :onsidering my own labor 'md supervis ion, i've seen the time when I made live times as much without any capital except my head. But then we have to keep a pair of horses to ride around and they have to be fed from the farm. There are little leaks around, but still we are happier on the farm than we were in the town, and fed more secure from the ills of life. We fear no pestilence or ?iseaso, no burglars or thieves. Wo lock no doors, and Mrs. Arp hos quit looking under the bed for a man. I love to hear the churn dasher splashing in the butter milk I love to hear the rooster crow and the peacock holler, and see the martins sailing around the martin gourds. I love lo take the children to the water-mill and fish below the dam amid the roar of falling waters, or paddle around the pond in an old leaky bateau. I love to wander through the woods and glades, and wear old clothes that can't get no older or dir tier, and get caught in a shower of rain if I want to. Old man Horace remarked about 2,000 years ago that the town was tho beat place for a rich man to live in, and the country was the best placa for a poor man to die in, and luasmuch as richea were uncertain and death was sure, it becomes a prudent man to move to the country as soon as be can get there. Farmers have their ups and downs of course, but they don't collapse and hurst up like tradesmen. They don't go down under a panic. The best cure for diseases of tba nerves, brain and muscles, is Brown's Iron Bitters. A VALUABLE INVENTION, A Chunco fur Another Now Kntcrnilic fur Atlanta- A Wheel ; Factory rronoaed. Yesterday :'; .. institution man met a gentleman at (he Markham house who carried in his hand what seemed to be a reduced model of au ordinary wagon, car riage or buggy wheel. The gentleman told an interesting story, ile said : "My father was a m? chame and wheelwright by trade, and, though I say it myself, a good ono. A few years ago while engaged one day re pairing an ordinary wheel such as are now in use, ho was seized with a convic tion that there could be an improvement upon wheels, which had been thought to have reached perfection. Ho set to work upon it and succeeded. The model that I hold in my hand is tho result of his work, and is a wheel which the very best exports declaro must sooner or later sup plant every wheel upon every vehicle in this country and wherever else it may bo introduced." Taking a small wrench from his pocket he unscrewed four little taps from as many small bolts which ran transversely through the flanges of thc hub and said, "Seo nero!" At the same timo he re moved tho entire back of tho hub, leav ing thc mortice of every spoke exposed to view." "Well, what of it?" "You see," the gentleman went on, "the improvement consists first in this. !f you break ono ?poke iu your buggy wheel ns now constructed, the blacksmith must first remove the tiru, and then the wheclright must tear up the wholu wheel to get out ono spoke. With this wheel neither tire or rim is removed. You simply take oil'uno half tho bub, draw your broken spoke out thus (suiting tho action to tho word) and put another in thuR, close up your wheel and tho work is done, without upsetting the rim of the wheel, or taking off and roh ri oking your tire, thus saving labor, time, annoyance and money. The second improvement is in tho box." Hero bc drew forth tho part of the hub in which thc spiudlo o? the axle runs. "You seo this box ia oigbt square, so it cannot go wrong, and is larger at tho point wnere the hub comes apart thnu it is nt tither end, so that when once placed in position and the hub locked together it holds tho wheel precisely concentric upon its axlo. Any wheelwright will tell you how diffi cult it is to box a wheel so it will r::n true, and many machines have been in vented for that purpose alone. The hub ?B made of in al nhl o cast iron, the box of tho f<amc material us wheel boxes are now mado of, and outside of this and tho hub thc wheel is the same as any other." "Havo you a patent on it?" "Yes, indeed. My lather patented it before his death, which occurred recent ly." "What do you proposo to do with tho wheel ?" "I desire to organize here in Atlanta, a stock company for its manufacturo upon tho Bamo plau of tho Boyer Wheel company of Cincinnati was organized to manufacture tho Sarven wheel. It mada its incorporators all wealthy, and though us I have said, the patent expired years ago, the company still does nn immense ami profitable business. Atlanta has every facility for thia business, geo graphical position, fuel, us fino timber in reach as there is in tho world, aud with u small capital a beginning eau be mudo which there is iittlo reason to doubt may grow into one of the greatest and moat profitable industries iu the South. I am not offering the patent for sale." In Spito or the Clothes. Kev. Dr. Milburn tells thc following of the lute Bishop Bascom of the M. E. Church. Mr. Bascom was ns attractive it? per son as he was remarkable for eloquence. Dressed in garments moro modern in cut than usually woru by Methodist preach ers, bis attire combined with his hand some figure and graceful carriage mado against him in tbf> mind of his nrethren who doubted whether ho were worthy to be admitted to tho ordained ministry. Dr. Milburn proceeds : Some light may be shed on the prob lem by tbiB accident : And old layman, who was really much attached to Bas com, was nevertheless, grieved te the core ty wb^t seemed his conformity tc the world in the matter of dress, and that conformity argued a very low stato of piety. "Henry, my boy," he said in a half admonitory, half pathetic tone, "what makes you such a dandy-why don't you try to be and look like a Meth odist preacher? You dress and carry yourself in such a way that many of ??our brethren think you'vo got no relig on." "My dear brother," answered Baa com, meekly, "my pay is so poor that I am obliged to wear what clothes are giv en me, and if I. happen to look well in them I can't help it; God mado mo what I am." "Yea, you can help it," said the old man, with somo warmth, "and you must help it. I'll cure the matter. Will you wear a suit of clothes that I'll havo made for you?" "Gladly." said Bascom. "All right," said his old friend, "I'll make you look like a Meth odist preacher ; the clothes shall be ready for you when you come round the next time to attend the camp-meeting." A month later, Bascom reached the camp ground, and bio old friend was ready for aim; taking him out into the woods, ho said, exulting, "Strip off those foppish clothes and put on these, and for once in your life, you will look like a minister." Bascom stepped aside and arrayed him self in the new garments, while the old man rubbed bia nanda and cluckled with glee at the prospect of beholding his protege in orthodox parsonic gear. The deformed, transformed Bascom stepped forth, bis fine person attired in a suit of bluejeans, the waistcoat buttoned straight to the throat, the coat a genuine Quaker "shad belly," something like an English Bishop's. As the old man saw him ap Eroaching with elastic step, in his radiant eauty, ho' started up aghast, could scarce trust the testimony bf his eyes, advanced, turned Bascom round and round, retired a few paces, surveyed him from every point of view, and, with a discomforted expression and dolorous tone, exclaimed. "Henry, there's no do ing anything with you: you're a born fop ; you look a hundred times more liko a dandy than you over did before." What could be done with rt man who waa so becoming in whatever ne wore, who looked like a courtier or prince even in homespun ! - Wealth ia not his who makes it, but his who enjoys it. - A lady returning from an unprofi table visit to church declared that "when sho saw the shawls of those Smiths, and then thought of the things that her own poor girls had to wear, if it wasn't for tho consolation.of religion'she did not know what she should do." A doctor at Richmond Bays that if peo ple will Uko a bath in hot whiskey and took salt twice a year they will never catch a Gold. Until somebody has tried this new remedy we would say :-slick to the old and reliable Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. . "