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COLUMBIA, S. C. Wednesday Morning. Ootober 21,1874 Thi Public Debt. We have a statement from New Or? leans that a duly commissioned repre? sentative of European capitalists, holding upwards of $200,000,000 of bonds of the Southern States, had ef? fected an arrangement with the States of Virginia, Soath and North Carolina, Alabama and Arkansas, throngh their respeotive Governors, by which the bonds are to be funded, principal and interest, to draw interest at fonr or five per cent., and tbe time of tboir payment to be extended to thirty years. It is stated that, in considera? tion of this indulgence, the States are to enter into agreement to provide, by taxation, a sinking fand for the re? demption of the principal and pay? ment of interest. The amount thus settled on aooount of South Carolina ib put down at $10,000,000. It is fur? ther added, that her 8,000,000 fraudu? lent debt has not been settled, but ne? gotiations looking to an adjustment aroin progress. There may be a commissioner sent out here authorized to treat upon this subject, bat it mast be a mistake that any arrangement baa been made with she authorities of South Carolina to settle 10,000,000 of foreign debt. Sooth Carolina owes no auoh foreign debt, and not the half of it. Nor is tbe fraudulent debt, consisting of con? version bonds, bonds hypothecated contrary to law, and bogus pay certifi? cates, held abroad. Foreigners can have nothing to do with it, except, perhaps, to get it out of the way of their own juat claims. Upon tho whole, the statements from New Oricans of these transactions are improbable in several respects. They are acceptable, however, if they may be taken as an indication of leniency to be exorcised towards us by tbe foreign bondholders. Tho Act passed last winter to reduce the volume of tbe public debt, and to provide for its payment, is viewed with a good deal of oomplooecoy by some persona. It is olaimed bb a positive denunciation of tbe debt, and sported as a feather in the cap of the State ad? ministration. The portion of tho Aot wbioh threw overboard the conversion bonds, amounting to nearly six mil? lion, as pat upoa the market "with? out any authority of law," was just and neeessary. It branded a fraud with legislative condemnations, although the legislative validation of these bonds iwc years before excites our ap? prehensions that it may be attempted again. The other part of tbe Aot, by which it is proposed to issue to hold? ers of bonds and stocks, upon their surrender, other bonds and stocks, in the proportion of fifty per oentum of tbeir face value, is very good to think about, bat we mast remember that it takes two to make a bargain. If the creditor should say nay to euch a proposition, we could not help our? selves. We have never thought, there? fore, that it would amount to muob, except with those parties who had dabbled in oar stocks to tbeir cost, and find themselves left in possession of bonds of doubtful validity, or who have a connection with some of tbe bond or other plundering rings. Suoh peopio Hb iu?a? n??lu be gl?u to got even less than fifty cents for bonds in their hands, whioh, perhaps, cost them nothing, or whioh tbey hold in tbe interest of a dissolving ring, de? sirous to realize upon almost any terms. Tho time has not oomo to sot tie the public debt yet. The parties are not in power in whom confidence can be placed as to any arrangements they may entor into. The more tbey tinker at tbe debt, tbe less confidence they inspire. Distrust would be felt of any present adjustment, as tbe work of weak and unprincipled men, not au? thorized in their oharaoter and capa? city to stand between tbe honorable men who have gone before tbem, and tbe generation which is to follow, and which, in finanoiai matters, as in ail] others, will prefer to look back for their lessons behind the present era and the men now upon tbe stago. Tbe valid debt will, somo day, be paid in fall. The fraudulent, contracted with? out authority, by persans betraying their trusts and tbe State equally, will be ascertained and repudiated, as it should be. Meanwhile, any stay, any liberal and indulgent arrangement whioh oreditors offer, in order to give time to the Stato to rocovor itself and to reouperate its resouroos of moans and oharaoter, will, of course, bo ac? ceptable to us and wiso in thorn. It may be a shrewd devico on tho part of capitalists to prevent the catastrophe of the entire loss of tbeir claims. Amendments to the State Consti? tution.?Three proposed amendments to the Constitution of the Btato of Sooth Carolina will be submitted to tbe people on tbe third day of Novem? ber. Tbey are: 1. To ohnngo tbe boundary lino of Piokena and Ooouee Counties, bo tbat Tnxaway River shall take the place- of White Water River. 2. To add tbo following article, to bo known as Article XVII: Tbe General Assembly shall not an thorize any Couuty, city, town or vil? lage to become a stockholder in, or to loan its credit to, auy comp my, asso? ciation or corporation, for any amount in exoess of five per oentum of the as? sessed value of tbe taxable property of auch County, oity, towu or village, nor without the approval of a majority of tbe legal voters of euch County, oity, town or village, expressed at an election duly held according to law. 3. To ameud tho Constitution so us to mako tbo term of office of certain State officers two years iustcud of four. It reads thus: Section 23. There shall bo elected, by tbe qualified voters of tbe Stute, a Comptroller-General, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Attorney-General, Adjutant and Inspector-General and Superintendent of Education, who Bhnll hold their respeclivo offices for the term of two years, and whose du? ties and compeusatiou shall be pre? scribed by law. Bayonets PitEFEmutD.?A speoial despatob to tbe Baltimore Sun, dated Washington, October IS, says: Information from South Carolina, received upon tbe word of a gentleman who has traveled extensively through tbo State, is to tbe effeot that a peti? tion is being circulated and Humorous? ly signed at Columbia by Conserva? tives, Boiioiting the United States Go? vernment to resume military control of the State, on the ground that the peo? ple surrendered to tbe Union armies, and not to an irrepressible body of ad? venturers and carpet-baggers, who have systematically plundered the peo? ple, taxed property out of existence and ruined the financial credit of the State. This petition is kept secret for the present, so as not to effect a remote possibility of Greene's election over Chamberlain. Tho present House of Representa? tives?Forty-third Congress?is com? posed of 292 Representatives and 10 delegates from the Territories. Ac? cording to MoPheraon'a Manual, they are divided as follows: Republicans 194, Democrats 93, Liberals 6. The Republicans, therefore, have a majo? rity of 101 over the Democrats and 95 over both Democrats and Liberals. The complexion of tbo next Congress will, of course, bo materially changed. From present advioes 108 members have beeu elected to tho next House. Of these 52 uto IV-publicans and 5C Democrats. The same States send to the present Congress 76 Republicans and 32 Democrats. If tho Democrats gain in tho same ratio in the- States which are yet to elect, they will bavo 150 members in the next House?a ma? jority of 13 over tbo Republicans and of 8 over both Liberals and Republi? cans; or if tbe Liberals vote with them, of 18 over tbe Administration Republicans. This fuct is a source of muoh anxiety on tbe part of tho Ad? ministration office-holders, and must be a Bource of sorrowful reflection to Speaker Blaine, Mr. Dawes, Gen. Gar field, Gon. Butler, Judge Eelley and other prominent chairmen of commit? tees. Singers in School ?The ladies of tbo Atlanta Industrial School, which is now in successful operation, endorse the new improved light running Singer Sewing Machine as "the only machine capable of accomplishing tbo wide range and great variety of work" thoy are teaching their patrons. This en? dorsement ooming, as it does, from nu association of lodges who havo made domestio duties tho study of their lives, ?nd who are now teaching them with remurkable success, is undoubt? edly tbe highest recommendation auy sewing maohiuo has ever received. Its sales out-number those of auy other machine two to one, and in many sec? tions nine to one; it is tbe easiest to operate, tbo best to use, tbo simplest, the speediest, proved the must dura? ble und the most reliable, and, there? fore, these ladies^had good reason for adopting tbe Singer in preference to all others. Its ngents uro accomplished in all the details of work it is capable of doing, are gentlemcu and will pleaso tbe most fastidious. With all these advantages, no wonder the Hinger is the most popular. No won? der the Singer looks forward to tbe day when it will be the only maohiuo in general use.?Atlanta Constitution. -? ? -? The annual report of tbo Western Union Telegraph shows that tho profits on tue eight years' business, with a present capital of S33.785.000, bavo j been $23,100,000, of which 88,000,000 has been distributed in dividends, tho rest having been expended iu new ac? quisitions and improvements. The fiscal year, ending Jano 30, shows a falling off of $70,000 in gross roooipts, $250.000 in net profits, on account of the redaction of rates and tbo dullness in business. The present calendar year, however, shows an inoreaso in tbo profits amounting to $100,000 u month for the seven months ending September 30. The electricians of tbo company bavo perfected a now in? vention, more wonderful thou Steam's duplex, by which two messages can be sent each way over ono wire at tbe same time, in all, four simultaneous messages, which is now in successful operation between New York and Boston. Thk Toboh ik Georoia.?Mr. F. Dopree's residenoe, near Griffin, was destroyed by fire, Friday, and it is feared that hi* three children perished in ine names. The gio-bouBo of Mr. Alex. Thomp? son, of Houston County, was burned Friday morning. On Friday night, the gin-house of Mr. T. J. Gator, in tbe same neighborhood, was burned. The gin-house of Mr. Thomas My? ers, on his place, near Danville, was destroyed by tire, on Wednesday 0 ig Lit last. The tiro is supposed to have been accidental. Loss about $800. An unprincipled incendiary at? tempted to burn tbe gin-house of W. E. Parromore, near Columbus, ou Thursday. Tbo smoke was seen and an alurm given in timo to prevent tbe destruction of the gin-boii6e, though considerable damage was doue to u pile of seed cotton. It is thought tbe incendiary, a negro, is known, und will bo arrested. A uegro woman, living on tbo.place of Flem Dupree, in Spauldiug County, wont to the cotton field tbo other day, 1 leaving ber three little children in the bouse. During ber absence, tbe bouse caught lire and was consumed by the flames, and tbe children burned to death. _ . ^ ? -? - - Tue Illinois "Southern Outrage." ?Tbey make less fuss about it in the Egyptian Counties of Illinois. Iu Williamson, for example, where tbe conventional "Democrat" abounds, tbey 6hoot a nigger or a "Republican" once or twice a week, and send bis body borne in a wagon, aud wait pa? tiently, without bearing or seeing any account of tbe performance issued from tbe "Southern outrage fuotory," lence of that enterprising factory, tbey catch a nigger that bus not > ceded their warning to quit tbe State, tio him to a tree, and slash bis back with butcher knives, leaving him to die or to be resoned from death by some chari? table person who may not be in tbe habit of voting tbe "Democratic" tickot. And still tbey wait in vain for an account of their patriotio exploit from tbo "Southern outrugo factory." Why is it that tbe "Southern outrage factory" so persistently limits its labors in tbe dissemination of popular infor? mation to Democratic doings South of the Ohio Itiver, when there is a field quite na prolific in its yield of Demo? cratic fruits, and with plenty of that stylo of political workers in it, in tbe Southern part of Illinois? Is not Illi? nois entitled to a tittle respeot, if uota few troops, from tbe "Southern out? rage factory?"?Chicago Times. The Hoot on T'otheh Leo.?A num? ber of prominent Republicans assem? bled at tbe Fifth Avenue Hotel, on Tuesday night, all prepared for a grand jollification, over tbo good news which tbey expected to receive from tbo elcotious in Ohio aud Indi? ana. As the ovouiug woro away, tbey began to look gloomy. Tbe uews did not oome in as they expected. They could get nothing to jollify over, and by 11 o'clock they Lad all gone?no one know where. They departed without oven a sheer. This gloom is nothing compared to that which will take bold of them on tbo night of tbe 3d of November, when tbo news of tbe politioal death of the third tormites will fltsh over tbe wires, announcing an overwhelming Democratic triumph in tbo Empire State.?N. Y. World. The Savannah Daily Sun, of tbe 18th lust., gives tbe following account of a very distressing accident: "About 11 o'clock P. M., last Thursday, Charlie, the only son of Mr. Chas U. Farmer, a planter, twelve miles from Dawson, in Terrell Couuty, while playing around tbe cotton gin on bis father's plantation, wbicb wus in mo? tion at the time, was oangbt by the gearing and thrown headlong against tbo larger cog wheel, breaking his neck and otherwise injuring tbe child internally, from which be died almost instantly. The little boy was nearly ton years of ago. handsome, intelligent and hearty. At the timo of tbo sad occurrence, bis mother was iu this city." ? ? ?? ? ? Shall Cuisamen Vote??It has been discovered iu San Francisco that the revised statutes of tbo last Congress have nuthori'/sd the naturalization of tbo Chinese and any other adult males of the yellow race. Tbo old law of 1802 declared tbat "any alien, being a freo wbito persou," may be admitted to become a citizen, etc. In 1870 the provision was extended to cover "aliens of African nativity and per? sons of African descent." Tbo re? vision uses the words of tbo law of 1802, omitting "being a free wbito per? son," and inserts tbo law of 1870 about Africans. The law, therefore, as now stauding, broaks down all harriers of roco or descent wbiob California bas hitherto successfully opposod. .? Dull Times Abroad.?Tbo decline of trade wbicb has been so marked in tbo United States bas not, it seems, been confined to this country. From tbo quarterly account of British reve? nue, wbicb bas just reacbed bcro, it is shown tbat tbero bas beou a very sen? sible- diminution iu tbo trade of tbat omptro. The recent reduction of tax? ation made by the English ministry has, of course, something to do with the falling off in tbe revenue, but tbo largest portion of tbo decrease is from other items. For tbe qnnrtor ending September 20 tbodecreaso wus ? 1,800, 815, tbo dooreaso in customs being ?110,000, or leas than ouotbird of tbo total decrease. Tbo Lynobburg Tobnooo Warobouse, Lynobburg, Va , was burnod ou Sun? day. Loss, $10,000. Pi The Atlanta JS'ews says: "Ii srjou men as Joseph E. Brown are to be welcomed back to the Demooratio ranks and honored and tmated, then political treachery and dishonesty mnat be considered virtues, and it is time to canonize tho betrayer of the Saviour. When he tries to uontrol the people of Georgia, when we bear of him scheming and pianuiug to get hie fatal grasp once more upon the State, in the came and in behalf of the great mass of the people, wbo silently suffered, under a damnable oppression, which bo upheld and supported, we shall, so God may help us, strike a; him and war upon bim ceaselessly, unrelentingly, until bo has been fought down!" A very persuasive, paternal way the German Government have of develop? ing loyalty iu its recently ucqnirud citizens of Alsacu and Lorraine.' Their inherited French is a proscribed lan? guage henceforth, und they mint not eveu dare to speak of their countries otherwise than EIhubs and Lothringen. Iu the schools, even the private schools, pupils uuder fourteen must use German exclusively iu learning religion, history und geography, and, in districts now entirely French, Ger? dau is taught for a specified number of hours a week. Personal liberty uod private rights arc ut a di count iu tho conquered provinces. Supervisors or Elections ?The Supervisors of Election for Fair?Vld Countyr as will be seen in the court reports, were uppoiuted jesterday, iu the Circuit Court. The chairmeu of the various Couulies aro rapidly send? ing in their application*, und thirteen Counties have already beeu represent? ed. The supervisors will bo appointed by the court us soon as possible. I Charleston News ttnd Courier. A Christian Sect Goinq Over to Judaism ?From Teraesvar, Hungary, comes the report that au outire sect, formerly Christian?, has determined to embrace Judaism. The Sabbatarians have thus far confessed Christianity, believing in the Mes-duhship of Jesus of Nuz ireth, but celebrated the Jew? ish Sabbath us the Lord's day. Smart.?When a Washington female treasur3* clerk gets married, old Spin? ner requires her to "step down and out." It is said, however, that the pretty female clerks get married, do not report the fact, und are drawing pay as maid*, when they are, in reali? ty, wives. A Pennsylvania seveu-yi ar old was reproved luto'y for playing out doors with boys; she was too big for that now. But with ail imaginable inno? cence, she replied: "Why, grand-ma, tho bigger wo grow the better we liko 'em." Grand-ma took time to think. Williams.?It is said that Attorney General William? will sdl oat his patent for making Southern outrages dirt cheap. Tho man wbo bought the laudaulet ought to purchase the Blan? der mill. .Funny.?New Orleaus rejoices in processions of negro Democrats guard? ed by White Leaguers. If the black I people take u notion to vote the Demo? cratic ticket, some day, what wonder? ful sights will be seen in the Ridical ranks! The New York Herald says: "The voice of Ohio and the voice of Indiana in the lute elections are a protest against the continuance of the Louisi? ana usurpation. The moping owls of Congress cau no longer blink the question." An old clergyman, spying a boy creeping through u fence, exclaimed: "What! crawling through a fence! Pigs do that." "Yes," retorted the boy, "aid old bogs go along the street." "What is bull-beaded luck?" asks a Kentucky paper. Twisting a mule's tail and gettlug away from his heels without being kicked, oomes near enough to answer the question. At Sheffield, people drown them? selves in the reservoir from which water is drawn for public use, and in the timo of one keeper ninety bodies have boeu found iu that reservoir. With a surdouic grin, Wix poured some mucilago into his empty buir oil bottle, and tbo next day, tho hair of the servant girl was stuck so tight that she could uot shut her mouth, i "Thou rainest in this bosom," was tho remark of a Lothario when his fair ono threw a basin of water over bim for "cater-wauling" uuder her cham? ber wiudow. A largo number of workmen are en? gaged at the Capitol building, replac? ing carpets and making other prepara? tions for the mooting of Congress. A Boston court has decided that if a womun louds money to her busband abe cannot get it back. Tho decision will not bo uew to many wives. A darkey's instructions for putting on a coat wero, "First de right arm, den de left, and den givo ono general oonwulsiou." The Austrian printers have two suc? cessful co-operative priutiug offices at Yieunn. Over 2,000 printers aro in? terested. An Eastern paper thinks women ought to be hotel clerks. Probably because they part their hair iu tbo mid? dle. A dispute ns to whether angels cau really fly like birds got up n terrible fight botweou two Detroit men tho other day. Tho Now York Sun says that there aro 50,000 workingmen out of employ? ment iu that city. j Nurse blook, Montreal, was burned I recently. Loss estimated at $250,000. City Matters ?Subscribe for tbo Phoenix?don't borrow. Old John RobinBon'a "big show" exhibits on the South-west corner of Blanding and Humter streets. We regret to learn that Judge Mont? gomery Moses is suffering from a pa ralytic stroke. Transient advertisement* and no? tices must be paid fur in advance. This rule will bo adbcred to heroafter. Old John puts iu an oppeurunco to? day. All who oau do so. will certainly bo ou band. Newspaper readers do not like to pcruvo indifferent poetry by little girls, unless tbo littlo girls are their own. Job printing of every kind, from a miuiatore visiting card to a four-sheet poster, turned out, at abort notice, from Phoenix ollice. Try tut. The knock-down referred to, yester? day, was awarded to EJ.Mackey. Tbe friends of Solicitor Buttz carried him off. The Congressional 6crimmago is getting lively. There was a full turn out of tbe Ll.cblaud Rifle Club, labt night, and their evolutions were greatly tidinired. Theio wus a large gathering of look? ers on, many of them ladies. Tbo attention of the parties inte? rested is called to tbe coudiliou of some of tbo street bridges crossiug the different railroads. Serions acoidduts may be avoided. Monster oabbage, potatoes, apples ami other ingredients for salmagundi; besides which Limhnrger oheoee, French candies, Bologna sausages, uud other good things in variety are to be obtained at Messrs. Huffman & Al brecbt's, two doors below tbo Phojnix office. Ph<?NIXIANA.?Whether a man feel lonesome in standing with a minority, depend* ou whether be is used to it or not The bread of lifo is love; the salt of life is work; tbe sweetness of life poesy; the waters of lifo faith. It bbould not discourage us if our kindness in unacknowledged; it has its inllueuee still. Fatal Riot in Newoerry.?About 12 o'clock, yesterday, a difficulty oc? curred in tbo town of Newberry, near tbo Court House, between Bevoral white aud colored persons, (who, it is believed, wore under the influence of liquor.) as to their rights on tbe side? walk. Shots were fired, and a colored* man was wounded in tbe leg. The difficulty then beoame more general, when a colored polioenian, named Hen? ry Buford, formerly a resident of the city, wbile attempting to quell tbe dis? turbance, was shot three times and killed. Several persons were wounded before quiet was restored. I Southern and Atlantic Telegraph Company.?Thi3 company haB just issued a circular from its executive office, 51 New street, Now York, pre? senting its claims to tbe patronage of tbo public, and soliciting an increased business. Tbey state tbat tbey have, witbin a few years, erected nearly 2,500 miles of poles and 4,000 miles of wire, entirely iu the Southern States. Tbey have made their way slowly hot surely to' a connection with nearly every important coast and interior town in tbe South. Tbey reached tbe gulf nt Mobile in April last, und but for tbe delays and impediments inci? dent to active opposition, would have bad a line completed to New Orleans before this. Tbey state further, tbat directly or through connecting com? panies, tbey reaoh every important point in the United States and Canada, and all parts of tbe world by cable. They bopo shortly to have increased faoilities at greatly reduced rates by tbo new direct United States cable, now being laid, nnd with which tbey bavo an exclusive contract for South? ern business. Sstatiug tbat all lines bavo been freshly repaired, and promisiDg tbe utmost despatch in business, tbo officers ask tbat, if a competing South? ern tolegraph line be really desired, tbo publio shall show it by a more general and earnest support. Tbey claim tbat to tbis company tb > public is indebted for tbo great redui tion of rates in tbe past few years, and tbat if it bo properly sustained it will stand Qrm. It requires tbo consent of tbe holders of thre '-fourths of its stock boforo any cbango oan bo made. Tbo office iu Columbia, under charge of Mr. H. K Rcid, No. 3 Central Bunk building, is doing a very good busi? ness and giving entire satisfaction. To day a branch office will be opened at tbe old stand in the Columbia Hotel, where messages will be received and promptly transmitted. Quests of tbe hotel, business men and otbers in tbat quarter of tbe oity will find this a de oided convenience. ACT empte? Ehcape. ? Yesterday morning, about 7 o'clock, three of the colored prisoners in the penitentiary succeeded in scaling the walls and get? ting into tho outer world, bnt ihey were closely followed by the guard, when a fnsilade was kept up, and after a sharp chase two of them stopped; but the third continued, and as he mounted the fence of the cemetery, was brought to the ground, by a bullet iu the thigh. The wound is not con? sidered dangerous. Reduction of Express Rates.?The Southern Express Company have ef? fected an arrangement with the rail? roads by which they aro enabled to offer greatly reduced rates to Green? ville, Spartuoburg, Walhalla, Fondle too, Union, Abbeville and other points in the up country, as well as to all points on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad. > Mail arrangements.?Northern mail opens G.30 A. M., 3 P. M.; closes IIA. M.,6 P.M. Charleston opens8 A. M.,5.30 P. M.; closch 8 A. M..6P. M. Westoru opens 6 A. M., 1 P. M.; closes G, 1.30 P. M. Greenville opeus 6.45 P. M.; closes 6 A. M. Wil? mington opens 4 V. 11.; closes 10.30 A. M. On 'Sunday open from 2.30 to 3.30 P. M. List of New Advertisements. Cottage to Rent. Meeting Board of Fire Masters. The Honest Peoples' Ticket, Groceries?John Agnew & Son. Hotel Arrivals, October 20.?Hen drix House? ? Miller, J B Livingston, S C; W H Gibson, S Gibson, H A Merry, Ga; J H Campbell and lady, Ridgeway; D. Harrison, Yorkville; H H Hart, Rock Hill; R Stork, city; B F Bonlware, J A Gladden, J A Soott, A H Powell, Fairfield; M Glover, Orangeburg; A W Lindler, Leesville; D Kyzer, Lexington; E O Wagner, Charleston; D Efird, Line Ridge. Consumption Can Be Cured.? Scbenok'a Pulmouio Syrup, Sohenck'a Sea Weed Tonic, and Sobenck's Man? drake Pills, are the only medicines that will oure Pulmonary Consump? tion. Frequently medicines that will stop a cough will occasion the death of the patient; they look op the liver, stop the circulation of the blood, he? morrhage follows, and, in faot, they olog the action of the very organs that caused the cough. Liver Complaint und Dyspepsia are the causes of two-thirds of the cases of Consumption. Many persons com? plain of a dull pain in the side, consti? pation, coated tongue, pain iu the shoulder-blade, feelings of drowsiness and reRtles-iuefls, the food lying heavily on the stomach, accompanied with acidity and belching up of wind. These symptoms usually originate from a disordered condition of tho stomach or a torpid liver. Persons so affeoted, if they take one or two heavy colds, and if the cough iu these oases be suddenly checked, will find the stomaoh and liver clogged, remaining torpid and inaotive, and al? most before they are aware, the lungs are a mass of sores and ulcerated, the result of which is death. Sobenck's Palmocio Syrup is an ex? pectorant, whioh does not oontain opium or anything calculated to check a cough suddenly. Sohenok's Sea Weed Tonio dissolves the food, mixes with the gastric juices of the stomach, aids digestion and creates a ravenous appetite. When the bowels are costive, skin sallow or the symptoms otherwise of a bilious tendency, Sobonok's Mandrake Pills are required. These medioines are prepared only by J. H. Schenck & Son, N. E. corner Sixth and Arch streets, Philadelphia, and are for sale by all druggists and dealers. Cot 1 If 13 An Autumn Suggestion.?Now, aa heavy fogs arise and searching winds commence to blow; now, as the human body, exhausted like inanimate natnre by the beats of summer, begins to wilt and droop; now, ere the inclement weather makes its trying onset; now is the timo for a preparatory course of the best acclimatizing medicine in ex? istence, Hostetter's Stomaoh Bitters. Fever and Ague is rampant in all parts of the country. Quinine, the physicians admit, will not quell the phase of tho disease whioh at present pervades the entire West. It is well that it is so, for the remedy (so-called) is deadlier than the malady. But if quinine is inefficient in intermittent fevers, Hostetter's Bitters is irresisti? ble It would be safe to make a eon trait, under heavy penalties, that any given "fever-and-ague district" should bo exempted from the disorder for any particular time, provided every inha? bitant would take the Bitters accord? ing to directions daring the.term of contract. There has never been an in? stance in which this sterling invigo rant and auti-ferbile medicine has failed to ward off the oomplaint, when takon duly as a protection against ma? laria. Hundreds of physicians have abandoned all tbo offioinal specifics, and now prescribe this harmless vege? table touio, and nothing else, as a pre? ventive and oure for all the forms of obilla and fever. Vigor is the thing most needful iu these oases, as well as in dyspepsia and nervons affections, and Hostetter's Bitters are the safest, ! barest and most wholesome strength? ening preparation that human skill has yet concocted. 016tf[l