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INVESTMENTS! J. P. Sullivan 4* Co. ABE SELLING DRY GOODS, CLOTHING AND SHOES AX LOW PRICES. We have no room to give you prices. We can sell our Goods for LBSS MON? EY than some other competitors. Don't buy until you examine our Stock and learn our prices. It shall be to your interest to?do so. * THE ZBE3ST OOPPEB You can always find, aud sure to get from April S, 18S6 J. I*. SULLIVAN ?Sc CO. 39 ? IS NOW RECEIVING ITS AND SUMMER GOODS, And Can Boast of the Handsomest in the City. W E GUARANTEE OUR PRICES TO BE THE LOWEST. JCST* We cordially invite the public to inspect our Goods before purchasing elsewhere, and SAVE THE PENNIES. Respectfully, March 25. 18S6 MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS, 37 OUR MOTTO : " LIVE AND LET LIVE." SPRING IS UEUK, and we are prepared to furnish all our friends and customers with Fine Carriages. Phtetons. Buggies, Etc., at prices so low that people arc astonished; Come and see the finest work in the State, every piece warrant? ed. See also our Western and Columbus Buggies, which are offered at very small profits Bring us your old Buggies to have them overhauled and repainted. We make a specialty of remodeling. Last, but n?t least, please remember that Reed & Stephens and C. A. Reed are two separate firms. You will find our Factory on Main'Street, between the University and Court House. Your visits will be appreciated. REED & STEPHENS. March 25,1880 36 W. 8. LIGON & CO., Leaders in Mudsill Prices on O- IR, O a EEIES! To Suit the Hard Times we have put down the Prices on Everything. ALARGE Stock of Flour, Bacou, Corn and Molasses of all qualities in stock, just a little-above Cost for the Cash. Come and see for yourselves and be convinced. Our stock of Tobacco can't be beat in quality and price. We mean to sell our share of the Groceries, and they will sell at the figures wc offer them. We are offering the old reliable? Soluble Pacific Guano and Acid and Generostee Fertilizer, All first class, highly ammoniated Fertilizers. The Soluble Pacific Guano has been in use 21 years, and it still carries its old" analysis of 3.05 per cent ot ammonia, as made by S. C. Agricultural Department official. We are offering these at prices to suit the times. Feb 25,188G 33 W. S. LIGON & CO. LOOK OUT FOR THE SIGN OF BARTON & SMITH, Near the Blue Ridge Yard, And don't forget they are still ahead in the Lumber Business. HAVING moved into our new Shop, and put all our Machinery in first-class run? ning order, we are now prepared to fill any and all orders for Dressed or Bough Lumber at short notice. We make a specialty of Flooring, Ceiling and Mouldings. Remember, that we keep the best grades of Shingles?any kind you want. Wo also furnish all styles of Scroll and Turned Work. . Headquarters for Doors, Sash aud Blinds. We also make Plans and. Specifications, and Contract for any and all kinds of Buildings. Satisfaction guaranteed. A trial is all we ask. March 4, 1886 34 6m SEEDS SEEDS SEEDS SEEDS SEEDS SEEDS SEEDS SEEDS SEEDS SEEDS SEEDS* SEEDS SEEDS SEEDS SEEDS SEEDS SEEDS SEEDS SEEDS Garden, Field and Flower SEEDS AT SIMPSON, REID & CO. S IRISH POTATOES, ONION SETS, MILL 0-MAIZE, MILLET. SEEDS SEEDS SEEDS SEEDS SEEDS SEEDS SEEDS SEEDS SEEDS SEEDS SEEpS SEEDS SEEDS SEEDS SEEDS SEEDS SEEDS SEEDS SEEDS When You come to Town it will Pay You to Call at CUNNINGHAM, FOWLER & COOLEY, AND see the LARGE STOCK OF GOODS in every Department, and be surprised at the LOW PRICES they ask for them. .We have a large Stock of Go<-ds, and intend to sell them. - Look at our beautiful line of Dress Goods, Dry Goods, Jerseys, Shawls, &c. &c. Our stock of Ladies' and Gents' Shoes is complete, and can be bought at prices that will astonish you. We keen a full Stock of Groceries. A car of Flour just in, another to arrive. Can sell yon 10 lbs. fine Coffee for $1.00, and anything else you want can be bought at a VERY short profit. If low prices, polite attention and bargains are what you want, we can suit you. We sell the best Wagons and Buggies on the market, aud in fact you can find under some of our roofe anything you may want. CUNNINGHAM, FOWLER & COOLEY. N. B.-Wo say to those who owe us, COME AND PAY US. We are obliged to push collections, and must have our money. A hint to the wise is sufficient. CUNNINGHAM, FOWLER <fe COOLEY. Jan 21,1886 _20_ R. A. MAYFIELD. J. J. STUART. A. W. TODD. . BE SURE AND SEE MJLYFIELID &c CO. Before you buy your Building Material, Decide on your Plans for Building, Or let out your Contracts. THEY will furnish you with PLANS and SPECIFICATIONS and guarantee prices and work. Up with the times. MAYFIELD Sc CO. p>y- Mill and Lumber at Blue Ridge Yard. Jan 7,1886 26 3m. SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS. Now in Store and to arrive a A FULL STOCK OF GENERAL MERCHANDISE, STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, GROCERIES, HATS AND CAPS, CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES, HAREWARE, SADDLES AND BRIDLKS, CROCKERY AND GLASS WARE, Bacon, Lard, Corn, Sugar, Coffee, Molasses, &c. ALL of which I will sell LOW for Cash or Barter. Give me a call before buying, at No. 10 Granite Row W. F. BARK. FarmW Column, E?* Communications from our Farmers on any matter pertaining to Agriculture, are respectfully solicited/or this column. The Cultivation of Corn. MaDy readers of the Cultivator are aware that it i3 the practice with many farmers to plow up the entire corn-bed about the middle of May when the corn is about two feet high. If the season following be dry or if there are only occasional showers, the roots of the corn will grow mainly in the lower pulverized soil, where there is constant moisture, holding plant food in solution. The after cultivation ia usually done with a sweep, run shallow to clean the bed of grass and to pulverize the surface soil. We will suppose a wet spell of ten days or more to follow this May plowing? how will the corn be affected by it? It will cause the corn to grow rapidly. The corn roots will in a short time take pos? session of the entire corn-bed; upon ex? amination they will be found near the surface, because they cannot grow in the too wet soil below. The stalks will grow unusually large and tall, and the ground will be covered with grass and weeds. In this condition of the crop, the farmer finds himself in a dilemma. If he should conclude to let the corn and grass grow together, he cannot expect much of a yield, and if he should determine, as he usually does, to clean the corn bed of grass and weeds, what effect will this working have upon the corn ? It will have the effect of bringing the growth of the corn at once to a stand still. In a short time the lower blades will begin to turn yelloH, what is called firing, which will soon reach up to the insignificant shoot, the aborted ear. What has caused this sudden change in the appearance of the com ? Tbo answer I would give is, the plow has done it. It matters not what kind of a plow may be med, r.or how shallow it may be run over the com? bed, it will cut and destroy nearly all of those roots that grew near the surface during the wet spell of weather. The corn has been severely root pruned, and before it can recover from this root pruning the time for making the ear has passed, and the result is a complete fail? ure of the crop. In the last twenty five years I have seen this wet spell happen several times about the first of June, and in every in? stance the corn crop was more or less in? jured?not so much by the wet spell as, in my opinion, by the faulty cultivation before and after the rains. Such a wet spell happened in this section last sum? mer, commencing about the 25th of May, and lasted two weeks; the corn was plowed as usual and revived. Afterward I heard several farmers attribute the failure of the crop to the wet spell. But is it a fact that a wet spell happening about the earing time of corn is calcula? ted to injure the crop ? Unless it is in land too retentive of water, or not pro? perly drained, I cannot think so. I be? lieve it is mainly due to a faulty cultiva? tion. If such a cultivation be atteuded with so much hazard to the crop as I have shown what better system can be instituted to insure success, whether the season be wet or dry ? My object in this communication is to call the attention of farmers to a plan which both observation and experience have proved to be more certain than the one usually practiced. In a Southern climate like ours it is important to have the rows wide apart, say 5 or 6 feet, and not to have the corn too thick in the drill, I will confine what I have to suggest mainly to the use of the plow in cultivation, leaving de? tails to the good judgment of the farmer. As soon then as the corn is large enough, go around it one time with a four-inch schooter, running it as deep and as near the corn as possible. Fifteen or twenty days after this plowing, go around a second time, running one furrow with a 4 or 5 inch turning shovel just outside the schooter furrow, and throwing the dirt or soil well around the corn stalks iu the drill. After this second furrow is rue, the hoes should follow, cleaning the narrow com bed and bringing the corn to a stand, which should be thin enough to stand and do well in a moderately dry season. Again, in fifteen or twenty days a third furrow should be added to the corn-bed. So. far one furrow at a time and at suitable intervals has beeu given to the corn-bed; our object in this is to give a fresh supply of pulverized soil to the roots, but no more than is deemed necessary to grow a moderately sized stalk, reserving the middle to be given when the time comes to grow an ear. If in the meantime the middle should be? come foul, it should be cleaned with a sweep or other suitable plow. At this stage of our cultivation, sup? pose a wet spell should occur, how will the corn be affected by it? The roots will grow uear the surface for the reasons given above, but will be confined to the narrow corn-bed made by the six furrows already given, and the open third furrow will prevent them from reaching the un? broken middle. As soon after the rains as the ground is in a condition to be plowed, the cultivation can be resumed. The com bed is to be let alone whether it is grassy or not. The grass and weeds cannot be destroyed by the plow without also greatly injuring the com loots, the very thing to be avoided. But the mid? dle can now be plowed out entire with a turning plow, throwing the dirt as far over the corn-bed as possible to cover up all grass and weeds that have come up during the wet spell; those the plow cannot cover up had better be let aloue, except so much of them as can be de? stroyed with the hoe. They are in some respects like the tares found growing with the wheat, had better be let grow together until harvest, lest in destroying the one the other may be injured. If, however, there is no wet spell after the third furrow is run, when should the middle be plowed out? Just when the corn is about to put forth the tassel; then the entire corn-bed should be made that the roots may get possession of all the ground within their reach iu order that they may appropriate the fcrtiliziug elements of the soil to make the ear. If this be done too early, and the season be favorable, the stalk" is sure to grow too large, and then, if the season should be unfavorable about the time the ear is putting forth and maturing, the soil may not afford water and fertilizing elements enough to maintain a large stalk and to grow an ear at the same time. If it is necessary to plow corn after this to keep the bed clean, it should be doue with a sweep, ruu as shallow as passible. Any cultivation to be' success ful must avoid the cutting of the roots just before and during the time the ear is making. In this plan I have only given the main points, leaving minor details to be applied as occasion may re? quire. If it can be improved let it be done, for I am sure raauy readers of the Cultivator would appreciate anj sugges? tions that would enable them to increase the production of corn aud make it a more certain crop.?K. McKlNNON in Southern Cultivator. A Pica for the Renters, The system of renting the farms of our country is radically wrong and cre? ates dissatisfaction on one hand and ex? haustion of the lauds on the other. Many of our citizens find it necessary to rent from year to year, and indeed many owners of farms prefer to let out their lands. This being the case same plau should bo adopted that would work to the mutual benefit of both lesser and lessee. As matters now staud the renter enters into a contract for one year and at the end of it pulls up and seeks another home, not home but rather shel? ter. This is most disastrous both pecuni? arily and morally to the renters and in? jurious t? the lands cultivated under this system. The rent under the one year plan i8 too high, c >n3equently the effort of the tenant is directed more towards get? ting out of the land a full crop, than to the preservation of the soil. He feels no interest in improving the soil, but is necessarily forced to extract its power to produce rather than add to its quality. He exhausts and does not build up. But with all this effort, he finds that he barely comes out even and becomes dissatisfied and thinks a chaDge may promote his interest. The renter then goes from one place to another year after year, and his condition is not improved. His stock is poor, his farm tools worn out, his house? hold comforts most meagre, and general dilapidation exists. Worse perhaps than all, his family form no attachment for home and soon become divided. They cannot attend school regularly and have no stated place to go to church, and surely tht-re is nothing that tends to con? serve and preserve tho morals of our country as tho regular and systematic attendance on divine worship. These are some of the effects upon the renter. The owner of the land is also injured in his property, especially by the oue year system. His tenant has no incen? tive to build up his land, nor to improve the houses or places under his care. Ditches arc not properly opened and the land overflowing becomes in many cases almost useless. And year by year he finds his property growiug le33 in value and his rents proportionally reduced. The system is wrong and there should be a general change. Let the lease sys? tem of three or five years be adopted and the rents made lower because of the im? provement that will follow and of the certainty atteuding their collection. It is better to get lower reut and know that it will certainly be paid year after year than have the promise of a high rent with a probability of losing it. Of course the right to remain for the whole terra would depend upon the payment of each year's rent. Who can doubt the effect of such a plan ? Lesser and lessee would be benefited. There would be an incentive on the part of the one to pay promptly beet'use he had at least a tem? porary abiding place, and also to improve the land worked by him. On the other hand the owner of the land seeing that he had tenantry, could afford to reduce bis rents and find that he was more than repaid in the increased value of his lands. Let this plan be tried.?Abbeville Mess? enger. Salt and Charcoal. Farmers know the value of salt for stock, and yet we doubt if there are many of them who furnish it as freely as tbey should. Salt should be given once a week at least, and in most instances we doubt if it would uoL be better to keep it lying by the stock, or at their feeding places, all the time. Salt is healthful, acts healthfully on the blood, coun? teracts to a great extent the effects of bad water aud bad food, and protects from epidemic or contagious diseases. Plenty of salt to hogs and young stock tends to prevent worms. Salt, as is well known, tends to produce thirst, and ab? sorbs the gases by which the worms are sustained. Of course it tend? to improve the stock and keep them in better condi? tion. To make stock pay it is necessary to take care of it, but until all is provided in ample quantity you have uot quite fulfilled your duty toward them. But there is another article that is very beneficial to domestic animals, and per* haps as necessary for them as salt. And that is charcoal. All highly fed animals should have charcoal given them plenti? fully! a?d there is no stock that an occa? sional dose of it will not benefit. Char? coal heals and strengthens the stomach and alimentary canals, allays inflamma? tion, absorbs putreeceut gases and pre? vents colic, and imparts tone and in? creased power to the digestive orgacs. It is particularly useful in the summer season, as then stock partake of a greater variety and more succulent food calcula? ted to produce disorders of the system. The farmer and stock owner should provide himself with a quantity of pul? verized charcoal, and should give it to his animals about once a week and as much ofteuer as he finds any of them ailing. The dose may be from one teas poonful for a young animal to one or more table spoonfuls to a grown cow or horse.- It may be given with certainty that it will be eaten, by mixing it with salt as the latter is fed. Or it may be put with meal and hominy and fed dry. For poultry mix it with the dough. It is very good for young chickens and other young fowls, keeps them healthy and strengthens them against the papes, but will not prevent it. There would be much Ies3 heard of chicken cholera, too, if farmers would make free use of char? coal. Every farmer can make his own sup? ply of it. Indeed, there are so many uses for it in the summer that it is really surprising that it is so little used on the farm. The free use of salt and charcoal would do much to prevent disease and i ?sure healthy meat, milk aud butter. They arc nature's remedies, both simple ;.nd abundant.?Rural Messenger, How Every Farmer can Have Fruit all Summer. Every family who owns a small spot of land can have fruit all summer with very little labor, yet there are hundreds of families without fruit. A spot of ground forty or fifty feet square, or about the size of a square in an ordinary garden, will produce all the fruit that any family will need. Strawberries, raspberries aud grapes seldom fail to bear in this country because the fruit is not killed in the bloom by frost. Strawberries will yield two hundred bushels per acre, and three or foursquare rods will produce as much as one. family will need; they begin to ripen the last of April in this country, and continue through May. Raspberries come in about the time strawberries dis? appear, and a few vines will supply a family. Five or six grape vines will bear a greater quantity than one family will need for eating, and these will be in season from the first of August until frost if different varieties are planted. No family will be without fruit if they will give a little care to a small plat of ground set apart for these three kinds of vines. Where land is an object a grape vine may be trained to grow over the kitchen window or door, against the wall of a stable or barn, as it may find sup? port on a shade tree, in any of which places it will be ornamental as well as useful. Raspberries will grow in the corners of the fence or beside the garden wall, and strawberries will grow and bear spontaneously if started in an old field, but all these do best when properly cul? tivated. Give a little attention to these and you will never fail to have an abund? ance of fruit for your children. Two Stalwart Lies. Whenever a Mississippi man tells a lie it is generally robust and healthy and can walk; but the moment a Georgian hears it, so great is the rivalry between the two States, he girds up his loins and unloads a ''whopper" that is so strong it has ribs and a backbone and breathes. Not long ago a man living near Ellsville, Miss., said that the cold wave in January swept over that State so quickly that the ponds in the swamps wore frozen stiff before the snakes living in them could duck their heads under the water. He further remarked that he amused himsciffora whole day by walking on the ponds and kicking off the heads of the snakes which stuck up out of the ice. This ?tory traveled from one place to another until it reached Georgia, where for a time it? to use the language of the prize ring? knocked out everything it met; but finally a noble Georgian invented a muscular lie that climbed on the collar of the Mississippi prodigy and literally pulverized and mashed it into the earth. The Georgian said that while chasing a fox across an abandoned cotton field his horse and himself fell into an old well about seventy feet deep. The fall killed the horse instantly, but he escaped with? out injury, and at once commenced look? ing around for a way to reach the surface of the ground. To his dismay he dis? covered that it was impossible for him to get out by climbing the steep walls of earth that shut him in, and he commenc? ed howling for help at the top of his voice, but none came. On the morning of the second day the stench from the carcass of his horse was stifling, and he made up his mind to suffer a horrible death, when he noticed a number of buzzards hovering about the top of the well. Finally the birds alighted in the well, and a bright idea flashed through his brain, and he determined to make the buzzards bear him up to the ground above. As they settled on the carcass of the horse he seized them by the legs until he had three of the buzzards firmly grasped in ? each hand, when he gave them a violent "shew," and they Hew up, carryiug him with them ; but they did not stop when they got out of the well, but continued to soar upward until he was horrified to find that he was fifty yards above the surface of the earth. Suddenly, however, it occurred to him to release one buzzard from each hand. This he did, and to his great joy his weight dragged the remain? ing buzzards slowly down until he was safely landed on terra firma, when he at once dropped on his knees and returned thanks iu prayer. When the story of the Georgia fox hunter reached the ears of the Mississippi man who launched the cold weather lie, it made him feel so utterly mean and worthless that he sold out and weut to Texas. A Wife Speaks Out. A married lady writes: "ll seems to be a common failing of the gentlemen, after they have been married a little while, to discard all the little courtesies which they had been wont to show their wives before marriage. The "piease" and "thank you" are forgotten. When I go to a place of amusement and see a lady and gentleman together, I can tell in almost every instance whether they arc man and wife. If the lady drops her programme or handkerchief aud has to stoop to pick it up herself, I say she is that mau's wife. On the contrary, if the gentleman is kind and polite to her, careful about draughts, etc., I say they are not married. We hear a great deal of talk about the trials and cares of a mau in business. They have to battle with the world, it is true, and labor for' our support; but women are the house? keepers, and the little trials aud cares which come up every hour in housekeep? ing are just as hard for them to bear as a man's office or shop duties are to him. To keep a house well is*no play business. I would like to see a woman wrestle with the servant girl question and preserve her "ideality." This will cause the roses to fade in her cheek quicker than anything I know of. "Now, I believe in marriage. I be? lieve that there arc a great many good and noble men in the world, and that there will be men angels in Heaven. There are men who rise at night to ad? minister soothing syrup to the baby and who struggle with the kitchen fire in the morning. On the other baud, there are idle, silly, selfish, exacting, extravagant wives, women who whine when their husbands bring them an orange instead of an apple, and vice versa, and yet it does seem to me as if these kind of women receive more adulation from the men than the kind, cheery, helpful wives we so often see. I claim that women arc not any more to blame and not as much to blame, for the "disenchantment" of married life than their husbands are. Women arc by nature more unsclfi h, more sensitive, truer and kinder than men are. Their duties are more varied and more wearing. They endure greater suffering, have more strain upon- their nervous system and bear up under ad? versities which a man often shoots him? self in the head to get rid of. They need more sympathy and tenderer care than a man doe?, and I am sorry to say they don't always receive it." ? "I Jut ton parlies," arc becoming pop? ular in the West. We don't know whence they derive the name, unless it is because they are always sure to come I Prohibition. The whiskey men seem to be agitated in all parts of the country. They are strong and earnest in protestations of their love for temperance. But, we infer from the newspapers, that they are alarmed for fear the saloons may be shut up. They sometimes even go to great lengths aud assume that they are tho people?the Democratic party?and speak of the temperance people as if they were public enemies, alleging that the furtherance of their purpose will break up the Democratic party. The license or no-license question furnishes the widest scope for argument. No actual facts are needed. All that the whiskey side need to do, is to appeal to a fertile imagination, and all the facts are at hand?great piles of jugs at the depot, drunken men on every comer of the town, and empty treasuries. The temperance people have about as definite facts on which to base their arguments. But they havo reason and common sense on their sido. If the closing of the bar? rooms gave the dram-drinker more whis? key, why does he object to the closing of the place in which he delights so much, and which he defends so vigorously ? If the bar-rooms are not an evil, why is it that a majority of the church people, and nearly all the women are opposed to them ? The temperance people certainly cannot be charged with a desire to in? crease the sale of whiskey by closing the bar-rooms. All the talk about the alleged increase in the sale of whiskey under the no li? cense system will go for naught if the proper means are adopted to enforce the law. Will any body say that the reve? nue laws of the United States has in? creased the stilling business in this State? We think not. If whiskey-malcing may be suppressed, then its sale may also be suppressed. It can and will be suppress? ed, in a large measure, if the Legislature will create an office, to be filled by an officer whose duty it shall be to see that the law is enforced. But without such an officer it would be little less than criminal to pass a prohibitory law for the whole State. Our people will not turn informers.?Abbeville Press and Banner. George Black's Announcement. The publication by George Black, of the Mansion House bar, in the News of his readiness to refuse liquor to all whose friends give written notice of objecting to their drinking, has become an issue. The Temperance Worker, of Sumter, prints the following: "The action of the barkeeper iu Greenville, who advertises that he will not sell liquor to drunkards and minors when a request to that effect is made by relatives of the persons affected, is worthy of commendation. If all the liquor sellers of the State would do like? wise and keep their bar-rooms closed ou Sunday, there would be a decided falling off in the interest now felt in prohibition in this State.? Charleston News and Cou? rier. "For impertinence and consummate ignorance the above extract caps the climax. "Every bar-keeper in South Carolina, before he can obtain license to sell liquors is compelled by law to ent.-r into a bond of one thousand dollars, with three good sureties, that he will not sell to minors to inebriates, or on the Sabbath, or be? hind screens. The bar-keeper in Green? ville has given the bond or he is au illegal whiskey seller. Now if he has broken, and without special notification to the contrary as above indicated, he still proposes to violate that bonded con? tract, what confidence can any relative of a drunkeu sot put iu his promise that he will not sell if such relatives request it? Can he be believed ? "And to think that the great metro? politan paper of South Carolina should commend his course to other whiskey dealers. This Greenville bar keeper has advertised himself, and the newspapers are heralding to the world that he has violated and intends to continue viola? ting a bonded contract, unless he is noti? fied not to do it. If the fear of the for? feiture of ?1,000 will not deter him, no request of a poor, heart broken woman can possibly affect him." Arc Wild Cherry Leaves Poisonous to Cattle. In reply to B. S. W. Clinton, Mass., who asks if wild cherry leaves, or peach tree leaves, arc poisonous to cattle, we would say that wild cherry leaves, if eaten when wilted, arc a deadly poisou to cattle if taken in any considerable quantity. Dr. Cressy j nee stated in our hearing, that if the leaves are eaten fresh from the trees, or from the hay mows in winter when thoroughly dry they rarely if ever injure cattle. Whether this is true may be questioned, since there are recorded cases of poisoning from eating of the fresh leaves. The leaves of tlie cultivated cherry trees have also been known to kill calves and injure older cattle. Peach leaves are probably un? safe to eat in large quantities when in a wilted state, as peach trees and cherry trees are quite nearly related. The poisonous principle in the leaves is un? derstood to be prussic acid, as this acid is found, though sparingly, in the seeds or pits of this class of trees. Cattle that eat freely of wilted cherry leaves are usually soon past all cure, and are not unfrequently found dead in the pasture. The treatment recommended is to give a solution of saleratus, (bi carbonate of potash,) or of carbonate of ammonia, and then administer a weak solution of cop? peras, (sulphate of iron.) Cold water dashed upon the head, or over the whole body is also recommended for this dis? ease, as is also the forcing of the animal to take a full bath in river or poud. A lady writes that a mixture of vinegar and chalk in the proportiou of one half pint of vinegar to two tablespoonfuIs of chalk, had proven effectual iu several cases of cherry poisoning. We are always very careful when cutting wild cherry trees or sprouts, to keep them away from cattle while the leaves are in a wilted condition. Our own cattle have never been injured by eating them fresh from the trees, but might have been under circumstances favorable to taking larg quantities.?New England Farmer, ? The most dangerous of all flattery is the very common kind that we bestow upon ourselves. Kitcklen's .Vrnaca Salve. Tim liest Salvo in the world fur Cuts, Brui-es, Sores, Ukvrs, Salt Rheum, Fever Sore.', Tetter,Chapped I lands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi tiucly cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guarantied to give perfect satisfac? tion, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Hill Bros., Auder BOU, S. C. THE SKIN. ITS DISEASES AND CURE. This class of troublesome complaints embraces a large list, some of which afllict nearly every family in the land. Heretofore the treatment of nearly all these diseases has been very unsatisfac toiy and unsuccessful, and the people have been very much deceived by pre? tended remedies. A majority are caused by an impure, vitiated condition of the blood, and as most ol the blood remedies of the day require 50 to 100 bottles be? fore you discover that they will not effect a cure, we offer B. B. B., which makes positive cures by the use of only a few bottles. The most common of the skin diseases which arc cured by the use of B. B. B., the only quick Blood Purifier, are as follows: Eczema, Old Ulcers, Impetigo, Abscesses, Erysipelas, Dry Tetter, Ringworm, Carbuncles, Scaldhead, Itching Humors, Pruritus, Blotches, Old Sores, Herpes, Pimples, Boils, Itcb, Splotches, f.cautiful Complexion is sought by the use of cosmetics and all sorts of external applications, some of them being poisonous. All females love to look pretty (which gentlemen do not object to) and ? smooth, soft, clear complexion adds greatly to female charms. The use of B. B. B. will purify your blood, will remove blotches, splotches and bumps that appear upon the face and neck, and will tinge the pale check with the rosen.te hues of nature. One or two bottles will convince any one of its value. No family should fail to keep B. B. B. in the house, as there is no family medicine its equal. Rheumatism. One author says: "Rhumatism is due to the presence in the blood of a vegeta? ble organism of definite characters." Another says: "It is due to the pres? ence of a poison in the blood which is of the nature of a miasm." The disease having its origin in the blood, it is reasonable to f 'ippose that it must be cured by reraed es directed to the bloou A successfu\ remedy must produce certain changes in the composi? tion of the blood, and whei. this has been accomplished, all pain, swelling and stiff? ness of the joints subside. This accounts for the reason why ex? ternal applications fail to produce perma? nent relief. But we now have the reme? dy which acts like magic in giving relief to all forms of rheumatism, rheumatic gout, rheumatism of the joiuts, muscles and heart. It also cures syphilitic and mercurial pains and rheumatism in an iucredibly short time. The fact cannot be denied that B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm) has proven itself to be the most speedy and wonderful remedy for all forms of rheumatism ever before known. Men with two crutches, and hobbling along with stiffened and painful joints, withered flesh, loss of sleep and appetite, are cured by the use of B. B. B. Cast, aside all other remedies, use B. B. B. and you will soon have no use for crutches. Many who read this will refuse to be cured by the use of B. B. B., but we ad? vise all such to drop U3 a postal card for our Book of Wonders, free, which is filled with startling proof of cures made here at home. It also contains full informa? tion about blood and skin diseases, which everybody should read. Address Blood Balm Company, Atlan? ta, Ga., and you may be made happy. FOR SALE BY HILL BROS., ' Anderson, S. C. CROW CREEK, S. C. D. T. BACOT & CO.-Dear Sirs: I am a thousand times obliged to you for what your Bacot's Best Liver Pills have done for mc- I have been a sufferer for forty years with liver complaint Never a year "since that time bin what I havo had a spell du? ring the summer which disabled me from work until this summer. After taking several boxes of your Pills, I have been enjoying better health than for forty years before. REV. T. M. JOHNSON. Bacot's Bc?t Liver Pills for sale by all druggists and dealers in drugs. Call for free samples at HILL BROS. Drug Store. 1 E*3 NtRVC DEBILST AT SO MEH. You are allow-d u fret ? ' ' thirty jfr/j/.tof the USO Of Dr. d;.(V <.?'??].' ? ? : Vullnli! Belt wltn Electric s-.isi--Ii-?;? r?-r I lie speedy relief and perm; ? ' .i< M>ltlty,U?st et Vitality r.w\. :? id Mildred troubles. Atsofor many < ... ri>ni|iti.-te restora? tion to Health, v . ? ? ...| ficiranteed. Norl9h!slnci;r.-">;. ? ! ;"ip>i hlctln?eafe<f envelope mailed f:. ? - lug VOLT/,:.,., J .arihall, Mica. Dec 3,1SS5 21 7m I MRS. McSMITH 8 now prepared to receive a few more PAINTING SCHOLARS In The Kai:>i?l Art, which has given such perfect satisfaction. l5IA.IN~OS and ORGANS Always on band. Term easy?time or cash?at MRS. McSMITH'S. Opt 8,1885 13 "p?Tjpr? WM. G. HENDERSON, Patent Attorney And Solicior. OFFICES, 925 F STREET, P. 0. Box 50. WASHINGTON, D. C. Formerly of tiie Examining Corps, U. S. Patent Office, Practices before the Patent Office, U. S. Supreme Court and the Federal Courts. Opinions givei as to scope, validity, and infringements of Patents. Information cheerfully and promptly furnished. Hand Books on Patents, refer annexed, FREE. with Columbia and Greenville R. R. PASSENGER DEPARTMENT. 'Columbia, S. C, Nov. 15th, 1SS5. Daily, except Sundays-No. 53-Westward Leave Columbia.10 2u am Arrive Alston.11 15 piu Newborn-.12 IS pui Ninety-Six D. 2 03 pm Hodge's. 3 05 pm Helton. -1 11 P>" Pelzer. 1 " P"? Piedmont.5 01 pm Greenville.5 35 pm No. 52?Eastward. Beave Greenville.0 ? am Arrive Piedmont.10 10 am Pclzcr.10 33 am Beltou.11 03 am Hodges.12 IV pm Ninety-Six 1). 1 10 pm Ncwberry.3 0J pm Alston. -1 05 pm Columbia.5 15 Pm Sfartakuurg, Union ?fc Columbia Railroad. No. W?Westward. Leave Alston.11.50 am Union D.52 pm Arrive Spartauburg.I 5U pm No 52?Eastward. Leave Spartanburg.11 0.5 am Union I). 132 pm Arrive Alston.-1 05 pin Lackkss Railroad. Leave JNcwbcrry.3 25 P1U Arrive Laurcus. ?o0 pm Leave Laurena.s?0 a?? Arrive Ncwberry.U ?0 I"11 Anderson Branch and Bluk Ridok Division LcaucBelt?n.* ^l"" Anderson.1 Pm Fcndlcton..v-'ipm Seneca. ?? P?> Arrive Walhalla.SSpni Leave Walhalla.S30aro Arrive Seneca.? ?0am l'endlcton.9 3$ 8,11 Anderson.10 22 am Belton.l0'?< ?>?> arbkvh.ls Branch. Leave Hodge's.?*?!?? Arrive Abbeville. I ?0 pm Leave Abbeville.10 lj am Arrive Hodge's.??,.*? P'? [Through Coach forHendarsonville will be run from Columbia dally. Close connection is now made at Seneca with R. A D. B. R. for Atlanta and beyond.] O. R.TAU-OTr. n.CAismvi I I, Superintend'! A. <-. l ? A. PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM the i?nuUir favorite f<>r dre??Infc tho lij?r, ItectoriiiK color when prav, and preventing I'.mdrnlt. It cltanses the h.-nl|?, Stops tho liair f idling, and is sure to |ilease. u l tl sit." It Dft!??lll?. AT COST! DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, NOTIONS, HATS. In order to reduce our business to ?triotly Grroceries, To show you how cheap Groceries can he sold come around and get our STARTLING PRICES. Feb 18, 188G BROWN BROS. 32 SPRING AND SUMMER OF 1886, JUST RECEIVED, MY SPRING AND SUMMER STOCK OF DRY GOODS, A beautiful line of LAWNS, PRINTS, GINGHAMS, SHIRTINGS ami SHEETINGS 3-4 to 10-1 wide, HOSIERY* COTTONADE, CHECKS, CASHMARET, Charlottesvillc (Va.) CASSIMERES, best Goods in the market. Hardware, Woodenware, Boots, Shoes, a beautiful line of Summer Hats cheap. Best Flour, Buckwheat Flour, Sugar, Coffee, Molasses, Salt, Lard, Hams, Bacon. In fact, a full line of Heavy and Fancy Groceries. The Best Tea in tlxe market-Try It. A large assortment of Crockery and Glassware, Garden Seed, Yellow Dent Corn. I ask an inspection of my Stock, as I cannot nanio all in an advertisement. If you want OOOI) GOODS at low prices I can suit you. Come and see my HATS and SHOES. March 18, 18SG A. B. TOWERS. 36 B. F. CRAYTON * SONS NOT OUT OF BUSINESS. We have made arrangements to sell for this season THE GENEROSTEE FERTILIZER, Made by the ANDERSON OIL MILL. ? It is the same goods as made and sold by us last season, only of a higher grade. Also, B. F. Cray ton & Sons Ammoniated Guano, ? AND ? ACID PHOSPHATE. They need no recommendation. We keep in Store a first-class Stock of ? Groceries and Provisions, Which we will sell for Cash at the lowest prices. Office at No. I Main St., between the Bank and Post Office. Jan 28,1885 29 SOMETHING NEW FOR ANDERSON JOHN E. PEOPLES & CO.'S OCKERY STORE! WE have just received the Largest and most Complete Stock of CROCKERY and HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS ever brought to this market, and we are selling them at extremely LOW PRICES. Hand Painted China Tea and Dinner Sets at about one-half the usual cost. Decorated Tea Sets, of 44 and 06 Pieces, from $6.00 to $15.00. Decorated Dinner Sets, of 110 and 120 Pieces, from $15.00 to $25.00. Opaque Porcelain Goods, Gran? ite and C. C. Ware at bottom prices. We have an elegant assortment of Bohemian Glassware, and a select stock of Rodgers & Bros. Silverware, suitable for Bridal and Birthday Presents. Also, a large stock of beautiful "Vases* Dolls, Toys, Ladies' Work Baskets, Bird Cages, Feather Dusters, &c. &c. We continue to keep on hand a large stock of Stoves and Tinware, which we will sel 1 as cheap as anybody. Roofling, Guttering and Repairing done on short notice. We invite you to call and see our stock. JOHN E. PEOPLES & CO. QctS, 1SS5_13_ly IF T0U WANT TO GET BARGAINS GO TO N". O. Farmer & Bro., Waverly House Building, Anderson, S. C. We are Just Receiving our FaU and "Winter Stock of Dry 'Goods of all kinds, Boots and Shoes, Hats, Caps, HARDWARE AND CROCKERYWARE, AND, in fact, everything generally kept in a General Merchandise Store. We are determined not to bo undersold. Come and see for yourself. We will take pleasure in showing Goods and prices. Those indebted to us must come forward and settle at once, as we need the money, and must have it. Our Accounts are all due as soon as the Cotton is ready for market. We will give the highest market price for Cotton in scttiement of Notes and Accounts. Come at once. _?_ IV. O. FARMER ?Sc BRO. Oct 1, 1SS5 12 _ APRIL ? MAY. ONE more year has rolled by, and when we look back and sum up the tremen? dous trade bestowed on us by our friends and customers last Fall, we feel grateful, and would like to show our gratitude in some way. So now is you chance to get? 10 Pounds Very Best Coffee at $1.00. We have been buying by the 20 Sacks, now we get it by the 50, and if our salea still increase, we will get it in February by the 100 Bags. Three Car Loads of Flour, One Car Load of Meat, One Car Load Corn,. And other Groceries iu proportion. Bought in large quantifies, enables us to sell as low as any. The Best Brands Guanos and Acid on hand, And as low as any Standard Guam s cau be sold. Our "Mary Jane Coffee" is still sold under a guarantee if not the very best, money cheerfully refunded, with interest on same. TAYLOR & VANWYCK, DEPOT STREET. Jan 28, 1S8G 29 IT STANDS AT THE HEAD! the rpuiS cut shows the New Styleof wood JL work that the Company is now in? troducing. Artistically beautiful, without a peer in its mechanical construction, it has no rival. The new line of Attach? ments that are now being placed with each "Domestic"' are specialties. No other machine has them. These Attach? ments and the new wood-work make the "Domestic" more than ever, without question, the acknowledged standard of ,,xccllence. S$3J* Agents wanted in unoccupied t6r itory. Address Domestic Sewing Ma? chine Co., AO!) Main Street, Richmc id, Virginia. . For Sale by.C. A. REED, Agent, Anderson, S. C. July9, 1885 52 iy