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~z .i" TIMEfcf TOfffrs. It is e*tf mated that the present pop u Lit ion of the United Statts isM.bOO, 000. Judging by the returns between 1870 end 1880 the rate of gain by ex cess of births over deaths is about two per o;*nt. per annum. The unoertain element iu these ~ " ? "? A' " ber of. emigrants. country is growl ulatlon at ** *"* ~ j The Laramie Boomerang tuid in a recent issue an editorial upon 44 The Acrobatic Cow." It w* s a vehy West ern etory of a very Western cow. which went up to the second story of a private house, calmly browsed on the flowers in the windows, and when the ^rejfcU&ifat? ended jumped out twenty feet to the ground without in juring herself in the slightest degree, a feat whtch should forever place her in history by the side of her famous sibtcr who jumped over the moon* rr There is a new movement in active, pr.grew anong enlisted melt of rthel United States army tq have passed at [ the next suuion of. Copgresa a bill to provide for the retirement with pay of | e illbted men, after twentr-flve years of continuous service. Copies of the till, with petition? for its passage, are being circulated in every regiment and com puny of tho nrmy, and those petitions, when signed, will be consolidated and forwardod to the secretary of war through tho proper military channels for presentation to Congress. , , The growth of telegraph bus-iness in England since the state has acquired control of the lines is said to have been enormous. The number cf messages per week has grown from 120,000 to OOlt.OOO. In 1878 the average number of messages per mile of wire was 147 ; now it is 2>8. In pross messages, 5,000 words per diem have grown al ready to 084,154 por day. The tele gra h in use on tho railways lifts grown from 27,01)0 miles of wiro in 1809 to 6^, 000 iu 1882, and the instru ments from 4,423 to 15,702. In Japan, last year, 2,228,214 messages were dis patched, of which ninety-eight per cent, were in tho native tongue. ? V; . The so'ioo)^ 0< tho noi>!63 in Tokio, Japan, has in the court behind the school building, ? physical map of that .country between three and four hun dred feet long. It 18 made 6fturf a^d rock, and is bordered with pebbles, which l.,ok at a little distance much like water. Every inlet, river and mountain is reproduced in this modor with a fidelity to detail which is slmjlv wonderful. Latitude and longitude are indicated by telegraph wirestand tablets show the position of the cltfts. Ingenious devices are eraployed^in Il lustrating botanical studies al o. For -example, the pine Is illustrated by a picture showing the con<% lent and dis rected flowi r, set in a. frame which shows the bark and longitudinal transverse sections of the wood. The papers In "Wyoming Territory predict tn^t the Rocky Mountain region will, before many more years, contalu the moat popul ir summer re torts iir the world. They clalrtT'for this rogion all the advantages which could be desired for a summe: resort. In Its lofty altitudes; tlxa.air is clear, ? oool and invigorating; flsfi ana game Jjfebpurid; the scenery is gVaUd and in t^pir]ng; and the tired denizens of cities find more real rest, recuperation ?if .and pl( aaure in a fortnight there than flfvthe seaside could furnish in all suin v1 Amer. ' Instead of listening to the ; . Monotonous blare ofhornsi and trying ,'v #Bo extract honey from the various arti .^Vi lloial flowers of a fashionable seaside ; ;* ' Sgresort, one could angle f^ : lie gamey ^^fltOUt, track the ru>' cinnamon, grizzly or black bear cj nis lair, ahd , lie in wfrit for panther, mountain Hon, elk, antelope, eage, chickens and an .4 ^ endless variety or game. Lucy Hooper writes from Paris with p?trd on aolo glee - over the horsewhip ping a young American girl recently I m 7*' toj| i no )i 1 r of the legion of hohor who had insulted her by per sistent arinoyanc~^l|b||i|MtaMMH peared in the addressed her day, wprn, we just r.B they . stand, byasudd one of the "dri sooket, andj'ur. out him sharply the lash. Mein Mtitfted b lie stooped to tip her ad blow upon stunning w was some time 7 headgear, every ^employed to th i?l(WV^tchIli|3 from the scene carry hlmi'foll. and Jeers of the who heartily '"brave your Lucy feels lolly old M* his . Kvin^eliei' ' i The indloatk saps' fc|i era the Medltei can-French era deprese v f lucccssf utlpltc ties. It isreprc, h has had it ail clear enoui - . mind for sever al years, but rd34Bltiy K government commission reported ^ agalnstlho prolect, holding Ufffnhi ?ountty we* rooky an<t that the iMeartble at all* would be; en< expensive. After a month's Journey' Inthe African desert M. De Lessens feels more I ban ever confident that the , work ?an be done end that Immense advantages wilt flow from it. Ills en K I noers report that J.he country^ U> be conquereclSKe wflv '^nchm sn" h as taken every precaution to be on good terras with the Arair- population. The project is to m*V a e*M*4welv* meters deep, fifty meters wide and one ^hundred and eighty kilometers ion*. De Lessops claims that It can be out in Ave years and a? ewe rtatfrot the coat estimated by the government. Risks end expenses Are to M Settled by ? ( French stock company. -*wo of-the lake* which It Is proposed to make out *ro*y? and the des thero*<v-averitabii ofthe northern Miert n Lake Oencvft> Old ar* to renew their > is to blossom as sriSiSST!!. 80? ? It. i "i i'fci- * I P' 1 ' - ? 110 we'?v<* depend upon one have but two, 1 ft comparatively fl member? If anvthi?B to disable our right hand, how terribly i dependent we artf upon the aaslstanoe 1 of our kind friends ; and yet surely something might be done early in life to train the other hand to tike its share of the w/>rk now almost entirely ' done by its fellow. That it can be li* | arij jrrot< hand right, and then 0 who b*T9 suf year? acquire a ions to iu 6th; who accident ! _ it member remains' at the and many are ? ? in which he is placed.* Hlow offai in old age a stroke of paralysis renders a hand and arm useless, and the matter of even signing the name becomes well nigh an impossibility. Now might it not be worth while in these days, when every one is doing ami learning more than ou* grandfathers and grand< mothers ever dreamt of, to make young pupils practice the use of their left hand at all events, so that fh case of need it could be available? Many years ago a gentleman in - Devonshire w.as known as a clever artist, but very few Vere aware that he contd sketch ??kith bolh hands at the same time. Whether as a rastjme or as - a serious study, it may be worth the suggi stion that all should learn equally to use tlr'r right and left. Tliat Advertising Pays. That advertising pays is too well known to business men to require de monstration. A mistaken process of so large dimensions as the advertising of our days could not bo sustained and continue to grow and increase year aftor year. Advertising is maintained, and grows rapidly. It Is customary to start new papers wherever these exist ipg give evidence of thrift, and the subscription price of all the papers is so low that they have to be supported mainly "by tho advertising. In this manner the business capital of the country* is ..made to supply cheap reading for the masses, vast numbers of whom are too poor to buy books. The business capital is tho foundation q? the advertising ; this in turn sup ports the paper, and the Issue can thereupon be sold to the poor and to tfio Vlcn alike for little more than the cost of tho white paper on which It Is printed. That thiB cheap reading mat tor Is appreciated by the people at largo Is abundantly shown by the num ber of readers. Tho nunjber of periodicals published In the United States during the census year was 11,314, of which 971 were issued daily, and the aggregate circulation per issue of these dallies was 8,566, 395, an average of about one daily paper every day to every fifteen inhabitants of the Union. But the weeklies and others published at Intervals varying from semi-weekly to semi-annually exnlblt a much wider field, their aggregato circulation per Issue being 28,213,291. The increase of newspapers since 1850 is astonish ing, The total number of newspapers lp tho United States In 1850is given in the compendium of thehmth census as 2,526, with a total circulation of 5,142,177. The aggregate circulation stated above for JS80 is 31,177,924, or almost six times as much as in 1850, while the population of the country only Increased durlhg that period from 23,19J,876 to 50,^55,783, or less than 118 per cent. This gratifying increase in the reading population iy a strong reason for suspcoting th^t our political institutions #ro safer than we bad sup posed. ? New Orltana Picayune ; Sim Pranclioo Cable Roads, The San Francisco householder, and* the Croesus particularly, has \'a station like the herald Mercury new-lighted on a heaven.kisslng hill." How in the world, I have asked, doss he get up there? Well, then, bytthe cable roads. I should consider the cable road one of the very foremost In the list of curi osities, though I have been able to re-j frain till now from bringing It for ward. It is a peculiar kind of tram way, quite as useful on a level, but In vented expressly for the purpose of overcoming steep elevations. Two cars, ooupled together, are seen moving, at a high ratajakepesd* . without jar and, in .perfect safety, up and down all ?tte extraordinary undulations of the ground. Ttifcy have no horse, no neA^f no 'vestiges of machinery, no ostensible means of locomotion. The aitonlsjied oomment of the China wan, obsorvlug this marvel for tho first time, oljl as It is, may bo worth t Bm - once more for its quaint 'elUwn man's wagon, no iflfee; all same go top-side ee?'' The solution of the i an endless wire cable >* in the road-bed, and , great wheel In an engino top of the hill. Tito lO^wo cars Is provided or, pincers, running under ?ough,n continuous crevice, or box as the cable, and a -conductor. >Vhen hef oh he olutohes the always i; and goes with it; if ho \ ho simply lets go and ce. Fortur.ately there is idloe in this olimate to clog "^vlce, which, by tho no "i0 case, must be open. 9 been applied, however, [ons, in* Chicago, and no 1 in New York. ? liar Ostrlnh Farm. Alarm near Calrs extends "the Virgin's tree to tho desert, comprises several acres of land surrounded by high mud walls. The greater part of the farm is desert, the ioeee, pebbly sand being essential to the w?ll being of the ostrich. There are atpreseht on the farm 120 birds of WfrtrlWn a year's growth, and of these" fifteen are female and twelve are *nslo adinte~ that h to lay they are mcft^than three years old, the age at wfilch th?y Commence to lay. Twelve or th4 adults are new liylng and three are engaged in hatchings one being upon'twenty- tWo, ?ne upon fourteen and one upon eleven eggs. Strango to say,. tli q male bird attends more to the hatching part of the business than the female, especially in cold or rainy weather, ind, in fact, often undor tafceathe whole of that te^loUs duty himself, being only relieved by his bet ter half at meal hours. How I* Re?4ve tHe Odor ef *nsk. Quinine la the only new thing under the sun that seems to be good for Wcrythlng (Qulnologlst.) The last number of our oxoeiiont Vienna ex chanik ifhe VHarm<u)*uti*?h* Pott, states that l*rdfes*or Wlesonthal em ploy* ttm bydroehlorate or sulphate of onlnlnto for tfce purple of removing WWiAking the sine* of musk, llo states that a small atttount of qulnino MufltaM to completely mask the odor of fnuslt, and says that a few drop* of atftahlated water . poured upon the lands, end a few grains of quinine added, will at once romovo any odor of tnusk that may be on them. ? Medical London has two policemen to oacli 1,000 inhabitants. I HUMOROUS SKETCHES. ';V . . iu j ' 1" *? s'^'.v -y^V" ,^f^S "S?y. Mrs. Bunsoo," salda Uttlegirl to a lady visitor, "do you belong to a brass band?" "N(k my dear." - _ M1 bought you did."*". " ?? Why did you, luy child?" "Because, mamma said you was al ways bloving your own horn, and I thought you must belong to the band." ?Drummer. f*tkTkMiD?wa. Young Smith called on Miss Higgen bottom a few nights ago, and got very wet on his way to the young lady's residenoe. Alter he arrived nothing Crould do but she must make a Are for im, and in spite of his protestations she soon had a roaring Are started. Drawing near it Mr. Smith poised one foot on the other in front of the blare. For some momtnti not a word was spoken. Presently the young lady gently re marked: "Mr. Smith, please take down tho blower; I think the Are ha* a good start." Down came the feet amid smiles from the girl. Smith don't gothere any more. ? Qtorgia Major. * ( You're n Diudri 44 Does he really love me, or do?s he not?"' were the secret thoughts of a young girl as she stood by the side of her tall and handsome lover. " Did I imagine otherwise, it would make me wretched for all time to come," thought she. Looking down into the fair face of the girl, and while smoothing back the golden ringlets from her beautiful forehead, ho read lr r thoughts. There was a momentary pause. Afterward, drawing her to His breast, he ex claimed, fervently: "How dearly I loVe you." Then all the won nn spoke within her. Sho lifted her eyes, bright with softening tears, and passionately exclaimed: "Oh, Jim, you're a dandy." ? Pretzel's Weekly. 1 1 In Apologlm. , A young lawyer in Detroit, who had made an engagement to deliver a humorous lecture in an interior vil 1 lage, met with a domestic .misfortuno and was obliged to telegraph the fact that he could not keep his engage ment. "Explain to the assemblage," he added, 44 the nature of my misfortuno, and oxpress my sincere regrets." Next'mornlng ho receivod a tele gram from the committee reading: "Wo showed him the telegram, re funded his money, and he went off to play checkers perfectly satisfied with your apologies 1" The lawyer is ^trying hard to gee what 4thlm"bas to do. with "assem blage." ? Free Press. The null at flunnlnon. and a; PU,?ni80n lnst week a large and select ball was g;ven in a hall offfo??i?f Yhich ,Uid been Partitioned off for sleeping rooms. A young man w ?o slept in one of these rooms, and who felt grieved because he had not ,n^!ted' ftnd to roll around and suffer while tho <?]ad thrnmJ trinpod tho light bombastic toe, at last diseo.vered a knot-holo in tho partition thrpugh which he could watch tho gidUy multitude. AVhilo peepijiK thrpugh tho knot-hole, ho discover? J that one ono of tho dancers, who had anither In" h ?? h,H sho? another in his lock t-> correspond was standing by the wall with the VntT latM foot near the knot-hole. It was but the work of a moment to hold a thisex posed heel until fUSSTrSSl Kmfe ",d becn rent n?n }e^ there was a wail that rent tjie battlements abova-^rfrHi drdwned tho blasts of tl^mus"^ There was a wild, sca*?d o#of ? fl r ' V, " tr,?ht?oed throng r^hinir hfthor an& thitfor, and thlrt, S^mirth anjl music had gladden edtho^e a indment ago, all was still save the low copvulslvo titter of a scantily clad jnjn, as he lav on tho lloor of his don hvnaua in th? W Ifarklaa* Greek Joke*. To-day I havo been reading the niri Greek -jokes of, Machines, Diogenes lmveZt -h0 " "w?1? t0 K'v<> fny 1(1(11 or tllo J.jkL ' Th?e/?^Wa? lh0 A'honlan joKes. lh?,e jokers wero all nuolls of hato. ami finally they all bSc?m? lo' ah"?0""1 1"km "lh" rage in Athens, and many of the best **???* Wr!tten out hy ^chines. attTlbut^ThA r?M g ?f tfuie are noor Hn,f J? A.r,lt,l>Pu^ ? ^?rned but poor and proud teacher. *One dav ? our rich men aro, came to Ariut<nr.,,n " ? WhrtSilf va ""t0" 10 hfrt. ? Mr r Z>ZTrg? t0 mnl"' hlT i.?ro?h' "?V.e drachmas" (<i0l biylh^!' 'Ul?tll,l'?-. parting tl.o "Five hundred drachmas 1" ex t^ much w[!0dTyit\ 1" wh>? that'j loo much. Why, I oould buy a slavn for flvo hundred drachmas.'' , 'Go and buy him thon," said Aris tippus, "and you'll have twins. You'll havo a pair of them !" . " * * *' ? " ? an" ?,k?d h "g,?,n0nurcl1 '? Athens, .. M?t ,or some money. rIi.J 'u? moncy exclaiuiotl Diprvy Vou, a philosopher/ ^'ant wavH aav T' ^Wh^r waJu ^tM0?"''elT ,M,VCr ""*>? bii'?'0!-v?o T"ZmSt"v" ?B,<1 Arl"?p W" ?. to""**: philosophy . ' Bftld Dlonyslin, hand ing him /orty drachmae. ? Zroir 1 wmt -w * * * * ? * .bo?kZTl ,ront ?' ll" K,"ck,,r ? " I'm the best swimmer In Greece '? !lfVa J'n C?n *wim 'arther than any other fellow in Athens." ?rtiS!0an * "oWmod Hi,,. todAth"nn,.?w? thm pu'^-n a bnl,ffOf." "aid AriHtlp. " 1 can run and kick higher than any man In Athons, and?" Plata ?rtn ft Ja^Vawi," interrupto I Atheng,,,I m 1,10 hftn<lBorn(V,,t man in inCJin(liR? '8 x ,,nww "tfttue -a hol tippiia. ? Ell Prrkini. Illinois has the largest number of farms of any fitato In the Union, or 256, 000; It also has tho largest num ber of farms containing 1,000 acfos or more. Martin Luther's statue, which is to be erected at Washington, Novemeer 10, will l>? a counterpart of the bronze statue at Worms, and will cost about *?6, MX). ncrs FOB THE) CURIOUS, It takes a cord of txvrk to make 200 pounds of sole leather. . In a Boston shop window is a bridge made of 300,000 miles olT spool silk. The first obelisk mentioned in his tory is that of Barneses wbioh was erected at out 1485 B. O v Fitz Stephen, a chrmicler of the time of Henry II., mentions the de light which the English look in horse races. Bantam chickens we; re originally brought from the East Indies, and are supposed to derive tbn name from Bantam, a residency of tiie island of Java. . . Down in the state of Cttuca in the republic of Colombia ther* are many deposits of auriferous grav el Most of the small gulches and marines have been worked out a hundred years ago, though more or less mining is still going on. Many large streams have auriferous beds, and the .natives nro not up to turning the course of the river, so they mine in a peculiar way. The women take a batea in their hands and dive down in ten or fifteen feet of water, scrape the loose sand and gravel into it and bring it to the surface. They then climb on the bank and "pan "it out. TTIPy^get all the way from a few cents to fofcr hits (half a dollar) a batea. Sometimes the men engage in this work* but it te mainly Uone by the women. After a dive thev jit down on the bank and si.ooke awhilo before going down again. They teach the children of twelve to divo for gold abo. Sometimes rich pockets or de posits are struck. Seeing1 a Hattleflcld. lie was from Syracuse, and ho saiil J he'd give almost anything to soj a ; battlefield. It was, therefore, arranged i that we should go up to Fort '.Pillow I in company. I never saw such an on | thus last on the subject of walr iind ; fields of carnage. He went oe\t and I ought thre> war .histories hef?>re wo left Memphis/and on the way up he talked war to every man who would listen to him. I warned him not to expect to see too much, antl not to be disappointed if Greeley, Headley and Abbi.tt had made some errors in de scribing the lay of fields wliuch none of them had seen witliin live hundrod miles. "01 h of course not," ho re plied. "I don't expect to soo more than a fort, live or six bursted can* non, a few sjtulls, half a dozen cannon wheels and a lot of musket barrels. I shall 4jring away about a dozen swords and revolvers as relics, and 1 wondor what It would cost to get one of the old cannon up to Syracuse?" < When ti e boat swung in nt Fort 'feUlow I saw my friend's chin begin to | fall. . The landing was a steep slide for I a distaneo of a hundred feet, and the mud was a foot deep. We dropped off { the gang plank and the steamer wont 1 her way. " W- what's this?'' inquired the Syra cuse man as he looked up the grade. 1 This is a historic bluff. Prepare to see a battlefield." ? We tugged and strained and swore, and finally roaclie.l the bluff, each man plastered with mud from his collar button clean down. "Now, then," said I, after we had scraped off a part of our loads, *' over there is the fort. You can see where the big guns wore mounted. Above it must be the citadel. Over to the right is the ravine up which. Forest's men advanced, and ? ?' See here," interrupted the gentle man from New York, "do you call thin a battlefield?" ? "Certainly." " This infernal sand ? those thickets ? that swamp? them two cabins aro a battlefield, eh 1" " Of course." "Well, sir, it's an infornal fraud ? a dead swindle on honest men, and I'vo a good mind to punch your head for bringing mo up here. IJattlefio'.d, eh t Why, sir, if I couldn't tako ton acres of Northern tamarack swamp and make a better battlefield than this, I'd nevor look a decent man in the face again ! (Jo on with you ! You aro a liar and a deceiver 1" And he went off and sat down on a i log, and sulked and growled aTd grumbled for six long hours, ?\nd when 1 showed him bullots and breastplates &nd Other relics, ho charged mo with having brought them up from Mem phis in my pockets. ? Free Preia. What an " Impression " I*. "Ah, I have ?m impression 1" ox claimed Dr. McCosh, the presidont of Princeton college, to the mental phil .osophy class. "Now, yoi'ng gentle men, can you tell me what an Impros Blon is?" No answer. " What 1 no one knows? No one can toll mo what an Impression isl" exclaimed the doctor, looking up and down' the class. . ? ' " I know," b: id Mr. Arthur. "An impression is a dent in a soft placo." "Young gentleman," paid the doc tor, growing red in the face. " you aro excusod for the day." Olftored Dp His Own LI To. The death occurre l recently of the Abbe Marteau, vicar of Vaux Tilaine, in the Fronch marine dopartmont, whode courage durlng'tho war excited the admiration of the wholo ni^lon. A Prussian officer had beon murder**! in the parish, and, adoordlng to the usage of war, tw^ inhabitants were solooted by lot to suffer deat)?, as the atitaPBin- could not bo discovered. The Abbo Marteau, without a moment's hesitation, offei .d his life in exchange for the release of ihh two hostages, and yraij about to he shot in their stead When the exocutitin was conn* tcrmanded by the suporlor authorities. , , ?? .. . ? ' The nnmbor of Utters, oards and newspapers that -passed through the llrltlshjno^tofflce rnst yeAr aggregated 1,766,000^000. i, ' ? 1'. ii>. ? 9 An Aocarate Tlme-plec*. * * * While oft the subject of Walthnm watches, .we may mention that we havo feen a letter frofti tho Commander of the Gordon Oaslle (Cas tle line of Steam Packets), who was fortunate enough to savo life at sea, and who lor his gallant conduct was presented in September last with a Gold Koyloss Walthnm Watch by tho President of the United States, on bo halfof the T,ondon Local Marine Hoard. Itoforring to this Presentation Watch, ho says : " When I left London tho watch was six seconds fast, and on my arrival at Singapore It was only threo seconds slow, a most extraordinary performance for a watch, as I enrrfod it on my porson the whole time. I compared It every day with my chronometers on the passage out, and It seldom or ever differed one second from them ; In fact, I found it almost, if not as good as mv chronometers, which Is a great deal to fay for a watch carried about and subject to all kinds of jolts." ? London, Kngland, The Watchmaker , Jtnotler and tmith, February 6, 1883. - THBJSEW& .Bnitw Klrt wife bu ?ran o fl htt divorce and Moused f4.?^000, the family *?*<*????* 8m Fnmcioo, ?nd the custody o# tW three youngest ohildren. An exhibition ot the conduit system of underground telegraphy has been given at Chicago. The working of the wires wa. entirely satisfactory. ? ? H?nrjr K. White dealer in straw goods at No. 648 Broadway, N. Y., has faileTli!! bilitiea $160,000; asset* $100,003. Audt?ou s pf6AA brick oompAoy'g works, It moooco ^ b**n ',arnod' LoMeBtiu?t?d ?i^ho local steamboat inspectors of New York have refused to issue certificates to th? ferryboats plying on the North and East rirws which store their illuminating gas iu tanks in their holds, *>n the groaad that a great explosion would be liable to oocur in ' case of oollision. i Hie late cyclone in Missouri lias done in- ' calnlable damage. Mhny lives have been ! lost, and loes to property in the hue of the tempest has been unparalleled Towns have ! been. damaged to such an extent that they ' are not recognisable. 1 he rumor that the dynamiters intended to damage the Weltend canal hits lod the authorities at St. Catherine's, Out., to take extra precautions to protect the oxposod points. The Northern and Southern Telegraph Company have Mod a certificate of inoorpo ration in New York. Its lines are project? J ! between Now York and Charleston. S. C. ' Southern News. , *rlC' ft town bo,ow Scran ton, P?M wa, ( ? ?adly shaken tap by an explosion or >>owder i in a powdor magazine at a coal brenkor. i One man was almost torn to pieces, and j another ha* not yet boen found. Windows | in nearly all the houses in the town were i broken. Judge Bond, of the United States Court, i at Richmond, Va., decidod in favor of tho I Baltimore and Ohio Railroad company ob- j taining an injunction to prevent property j from being sold for taxes, where the com ! pany had offerored payment in coupons. j Tho village of Waterloo, Ind., was com j plotely dostroyed by tho recent cyclone, j The lino iron bridgo over tko White river 1 was torn to pieces. The storm crosso.l over ' into Ohio and did considerable dnmano k I Preble county. Mark SpicXer, a travolling ngont was put off a train of tho Northern Central railroad in a drenching rain has roooverod damages of $f),000 at Philadelphia. Ho had offered a ticket two years old which tho conduotor , rcfusod and put him off tho train. In a moment of insanity Chas. Edward | Hanson brutally murdered Mr. ChaR. n. j White, an agod gentleman, at the Hanson estate in Howard county, Md. Tho detail, | of the murder are horrible. I Returns from the election in the third dis trict of West Virginia Indicate the election of Snyder, Domocrat, to Congress by 2,000 majority over Browu, Republican. Captain W. 8. Mclntyro, a Hudson rivor steamboat ca ptain, lost *125,000 in bonds and *876 in cash in New York. He thinks hi> pocket was picked. Hon. Philip B. Thompson, tried at Harris burg, Ky., for the murdor of Walter II. Davis, has boen acquitted. Foreign News. The / forth German Oaxettc attempts to prove by statistics that the danger of con tracting- trichinosis from American pork is > "Ixty times greater than it is from German pork. Tho report of tho discovery of an infernal machine on board a transatlantic steamer is deniod by tho head constable at Liverpool. ^London, May 17. ?-James Mullet, Edward IfcCaffroy, Daniel Delanoy and Wm. Mo roney were each sentenced in Dublin yester j day to ten years' penal servitude, and Tho*. Doyle to flvo years, for conspiracy to murder The crown decidod to drop the criminal charge against McCaffroy of having partici - Pftted in the murdor of Mr. Burke. Daniel Curley, one of tho alleged Phoenix Park murderers, will be executed to-day. IhoDukoof Edinburgh and Lord Wolso y ',RVe Ht??"ted for Moscow, to attond tho ceromony of tho coronation of the Czar. rer?rt ?f ft tronty of Ponco betwoen I Chili and Peru is not generally bolioved in Lima, i CALL AND SEK our FULL STOCK OF GKOOF.RIKS, Hardware, H AUNF.SK. Dry Goods, Boots' Shof.-<, Hats Canned Goods, Candiks, Ckaokkrh, & ?. * A A BOTTOM PRICES. Winbing to clone ont onr ntock of I1<IQTJ ORB, Wo nm celling ont r\t the following reduced pricon : Rost Rye Whiskey, f2.M) to $8.00 i>er gallon Good Rye " . 3 XX) " ? Rent "N. 0. Oorn Whiskey, 2 .(50 " Good Corn " 1.7A " Ram, 2.20 " Gin, 2.2fi " Applo Brandy, ? 8.00 " * W. A. ANCRUM & CO w. m. omm. *, ?. trmtamm. OHAFBB & O'BRIEN, Wholnol* Orooor? *06 Kurt Bay St., ?a *'?*'" '? y * L '? v Ch*rl*ton, ?* C, Aral) hr O** jy|RTAiA - iron, a kxm, , KOPR, OCWTON ? IlIDKfl, HKIKfl, " ? WOODWAX, FUBfl. AI.D Kvm Ot tkVtit STOCK, A*. ' tat We are p*y!ng the Highest CA*h Prldoe. MOffPA GOLDSMITH ft BONN, ?ntflA-l*. V. O. Bo* ln? WDLBERI I P1EPER, Wholesale Grocers And DmIwi In Provision#, Liquors, Tobacoo Ac. *1 mnd 1? MAMT BAY, *ng lf-ljr OHARLMTON, ?? 0. DR. T. BERWICK LVfflARK, DENTIST, QraduM? of the BdAkiore GoU?q? of DwtUI IVrfery. OFFICE I>FK AI.H HOtNR. ? Xntranco on Broad Street OLD OBaS) ESTABLISHED Charleston Ice-House, ALVA, GAGE & CO., Market, oor. Church St., Charleetou, S. J. importers and Salppcra, Wholesale and Retail 'Wan la ICE. lot packed tor th? country a specialty. Ioe by tho oar-load at special Waverly House, CuABUanox, 8. C, GEORGE T. ALFOKD, .... Manager Bates $2 and *3.50 per Day. This ftirorlto Family House, nnder Its new management, is rcoocameudvd fur tho exoel* lonoo of itscuisine Mid home-liko com forte. Ita airy and woll ventllatad r<<ome have )u*l been newly carpeted and elegantly furnished. A. R. XHOMLUCSON K&nuftctr.rcr of HARNTWS, of Every Doicriptior, SADDLES, DTtlDLES, Eto. KioC. SADDLES, NF.VY AND Ol J\. Importer of V.ngltsh Baddies, Sie-d hit*, Bpurs, ^tirrtiPH, V'.tf Faotorv and ??>!o?ro<un 137 Melius fit., l'-ly. ClIMlLlvSl'OS, *. O. \V. \\ llll.OICN A. I O., Cotton & Naval JStoheb Faotorb, Ragging aud Tub Knruirtlio.1 at Liowest Mrtkct n ittp. Office, Nor. 8 k 10 Middlo Atlantic Wharf. Naval tttoroa Yard, Wharf, Oharlraton, H. 0. Liberal Advance# nittJo on all Oon lignn-.cnts. J.C. ROLLINGS, AliJST I'OR Staliouary anl Portable Steam Enpc?. 13ro\vn Cotton (*Jns Winrt3hlp Cotton Gin With Feeders nnd Condene* ro Talbot <fc Bonh Enoink's, Monarch Esoinm, | Bkinneh.V Wood Enoinm, Bobs' Corrox Paws, Baton bud Cotton rnrjia, Findi.ry Cotton Pbi'-s*, Corn and Vv'ur.AT >Jn.i<?, 8a w Mi i.i a, BrAKTINO AND Pl'U.KYS, And all kinds of maekinory. llii nuro t>> oil! snd ?co my prioea botoro pnrohminic any lut.d ??f machinery. J. C. ItOl, LINOS, Cjmukn, H. ('. Ho, Ye Tliat Are TSintj ! Como and Iry that fivor.te brand of Old. Family Whisky. Tin-re is nothing liko it under iho miii. (laving tried it once 1 know tlint your p;?t i ouugo la secure. I uso thin medium to inform my friend and tho publio generally, that I have removed to roy old stand ono door North of W. A. Ancruni, whore 1 mu prepared to furnish | diom with a ehoioo Block of OnoosHixs, Gannhd Goods, Winbs, Liquors, Tobacco ani< Gicnn >, \ Wldoh I will soil at "Hard Pan" piioen f> r oasb. FRESH LAOBSt B2LR Always on draught. Families supplied wi'h bottled Beer. Oentlino Rcotoh ALE a specially. Givo m< a call and vou won't rocrot it. ang31-(l Ja J. E. C. McDOWKLL. \V ajfons nnd 1 5ujyf?ieM HARNESS, ETC. Ths undersigned rcspactfully calls atten tion to tbe large stook of 1, 2, Sand 4 horse wagons, singlo and dotiblo buggies, open "and top buggies, wagon and buggy harness, cle., which ho now has on hand, and whioU ho is selling at living priooa? so low as to onsuro largo sales. Handling tl-3 hoavy stook I do, [ oan afford to sell at a small proQt. REPAIRI IV G In all ita branches promptly and satiafnctorilj exeonted by oompetsnt workmen. "HORSE SHOEING A speol ally. Qlvsmeaoall. M. A. MKTTR. sep7-lyr Y<rar Patronage Is respeotfnlly eolioited at tho storo of JA8. L. rWASINCTON ahrro yon will And an entirely now stook o FAMILY GROCERIES, CANNED GOODS, CONFECTIONER IKS, DRY GOODS, TOIiAOCO, CIGARS, tf o. The patronage of Diy ?l'l oustomers and (ho general publio la inont roapoolfully s>> Hoi ted. Mr. Wiley Bheorn anil Mr. Job Rhlvor are still with me, and will bo ploasod to servo my oustomers. JAH. L. BIIA8JN0T0N. Remoflelefl and Newly Fnrmsdefl, I.ATIIAM MOUNE, OAMDKN, S. O. Transient Board $2.00 Por Day. Amvrie accommodations. Tatilos supplie with tne best tho market affords. Every ad tont'.on paid to the comfort of gliosis. Oonneoted with tlie Ilonso is a first-class DA It, which is orderly kopt. Haok to and from too depot. Fare 25 cents each >ay. Feed and Livery Htahln on promises. R. It. LATHAM, I'nopnutron. WILLIAM CLYBURN, COTTON BUYER* And Fire Insurance Agont. CAMDEN, 8. O. rtfflo* <k>m?r Iiroad i *nd DoKalb fUr*ou. (loorgla Horn* Tnanranofl Oom pftny, umM* ...... wwn.Mi.f* (JommoroUI Union Inanranon I Company of I jonrton, a*??U, $10, 280,4/51 .73 I Homo jnanranoo Company of N?wYort, *M?t* lft.4101Wfl.il 09" Hghftct market prloo* paid for Cation in oMh. Corn and Btoon alwavii on hand at Whol?*a1?. Have Your Cotton Ginned On an BO-Haw IT*U Gin, wltli Feeder and Oond?DMr. IfAvingJnat pnl np an BO Raw 11*11 Oln, with Feeder ana Conneneer, I am prepared to gin unci puck cotton (n an expedition* manner, and guarantor *atWan ion to all my patron*. Th# patronage of Vie pnMlo la reapeolfully Holloltod. ? Oln looated at Rteam Planing Mill, oorner I<anr?n? and Fair atraet. M. I* CHAMPION. J.BLAKE STEEDMAN, nafncaKwrnm KNOOP, FREERICH A pO., Charleston. 8. C. / lairaM Kxobango on Charl^aton/ H?n OoHoq M Oaak PrUyvn. / ?rOI?llft.V. iOrdaoA Co**, j i'NEW ABRIVALS AT W. C. GERALD'S OLD CORNER STORE. I I hare Jasl returned from market, wh?r? I < t purobaMdfa hoary^stock of a>I Kinds of G o o cl h, At the Tory lowest prlcoe, and I intend to fclre my customers iL? benefit of my low ( priced parohasos. My stock oonsUU of i Fall and Winter Dry Goods. Notions, Hosiery, &o. rho beet make and latest atyles of Boots and Shoes. Clothing, Hats, k, GKOCKEIES! l:i Grocoues I have a? flue a tlook at oau be ?it-cn in town. HARD WARE! For Plantation, Oai den i>nd Household tise. Full liue ot Raddlery and Maine**. Tn faoi, 1 liavo got almost anything you can call for, t ml aui determined to soil CHEAP FOR CASH. CV.l beforo you bur elsewhere. Ita^-g'nR and Ties always on baiid . Hi;- 1 1 o a t pr'Cf>? paid lor i o'ton in cash. \V. 0. UKKALl), At the Old Cornoi Htoie. NOTICE TO DEDTOR8. All of niv par ?? have been placod in lh'> liaiu's of ifr. J. I\ Hay, Attorney-a'-Law, for loilro'iou. Mv buitiuo's mart bo ehwe.i up. i nd thoao imleutod to me will take uoiico Mid KOV<ru ihetusolvea accordingly. J. A. AKMSTRONO. Bollmann Bi others, Got' .mission Met'i'linnta, l> 'H'.t r ?* hi ' nr.oi-K'.iiK.s, wink-*. : iqioks tof.accq, Oid AllS, K 10. j 14^ anil ti.> I'ihi riitr, rhnrlrmn' , ?*. M. L CHAMPION. IrcWttct, Contractor ail Bonder, Camdon, 8 C. Rpoclal attention paid to farolahlng I'fcB* Wif Mtiuttf* Ivr puUUo antl j>nve?? b-> fid tag*. BoAig ? pnctic&l build* r of a*??ral JO?r? experience, l.o in TnaMcd to gnaretite* satieffceuon In all depiw tn rn'? ot hto Lm4h< m. Office at tba atora of Mr. J. L. BraslngVo. Ju38-ly J|f.^YBURN, General Insuranoe Agent And Cotton Buyer. Removed to hie old eta?d atOlyburo'a Blook IVill pay tho htsihoat pnoe fur Cotton and b?. Dioro freely than erer before. ?r Mr ?ountry friend* will pleaae rtr* uo a call. auglT-tr. PRICE8 REDUCED. ROBERT D. WHITE, MARBLE I GRANITE WORKS. PLANS FURNI8HED. Mooting 8tro?\ cor. H>tU>poVh A Hot n igl8-yl. CH AHLHSTON, 8.0. W. McO () M li, VTholo/mlo and llotall Dealor in Dry Goads, Hosiery, Notions, &c., _ * 425 King Street. Adams, Damon & Go,/ No. 18 Broad Street, Charleaton, B . 0. / Cooking BtoTM, Bangee, Qratea, M*rbl?vanl Blate Mantile, Pumpi of ab kind*. I/C*d and Iron Pipe, Bboot Load, Copper and Boof> tnjr Tin, Tinware, Ttnixir'a Toole, Aoi llonaa Furnishing Oooda In )ar? J quantity. Kir? Rricka. Ttlaa. Terra OolU Dr?lu l'ipea and Ohirmi^y Tope, All kluda of P.iunblng Work, 11 xifliig, Guttering and Tin Work gene-?lly promptly attended to by tbe rooat onrcfol and niperienood workmen. De|*ot and reliable OH erg 19 ly GRAND FALL AND WINTER OPENING at rnr. J \ ClotH'i ix s e <?1 , ZMI. Xj. KI1T A RD, Men's. Ymith'n and Roy> Suits. Men's. Youth's and Boy'.* < Worcoints. Fino Soft rnd Stiff Huts in nil Styles nml Colors. (ienU' FuruiMiiiiK Kotuls mid No-k've ir. GENT'S FIN 15 SHOES. \Vh'*n in t bo oily j oh nro cordially invited to oxamino my atock of Clothing. All ord?ra uddrc^Anl to ine will rec?*i\e prompt attention. CJolimi l>in, S. C., opposit c Grand ntrnl. (Vkrtdiin. S. Nov. Ill, 1V'N|. <>K AM. KINDS AND oi Tin; moilKsr OUAPI'. Of diuvt Importation. Col ton Seed Moal and all Fertilizer Supplies, for salo by Wando Phosphate Company, t'harhsstoiji, S. C'.? FR ANCIS H. HACK lilt. President. JOSlAlI RROWN. Tiensnrer, Wilcox, Cibbs&o.'s Manipulated Guano, Wilcox, Gibbs & o.'s Superphosphate, Are nek now lodged l?y everybody to be the Nest Fertilizers in use, nnd are xold low forCnoh and on reasonable terms on ereilit, with Cotton Option, by \Y ILCOX, (? 1 MliS & CO., Charleston, S. c., and Savannah, (J a. And their A?onts throughout I ho country. dee"-2m FOUNDRY, 50\214 Foot, MACHINE SHOP, 50x250 Foot. ROILKR RflOP, 40x120 Fort. GEORGE JR. LOMBARD & (JO. Foundry, Machine and Boiler Works, -5A.ii.il Srgtx.&'i.&t-y - Georgia. BUILDKR8 OF EnKinos and Boilers, Saw Mills, Grist Mills, ao<l all kinds of Mill inaohr ?cry of the Utr>?t impiovo l styles. Shafting, Hangers, Pulley*, G?r?i>k *n(l Journal Bonn. Wo l>ave a hiruo assortment of Patterns Hucrnr Iinlinr- ...-i rii- ? u.iv.j r<unnir?. o . ..|> obiim/ t.uvu.i. uiontf Urook Mill Rooks. ?r Iron and Bra? Casing*, and all kinds of Ropa rs pro npl.iy dono. Wo e*M er?rj day, and are working about <>no liundrod haii'l* CONPAREE IRON WORKS, COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA. I M P K ( ) V K D CIRCULAR SAW MILLS. SIMPLE, CHEAP AND DURABLE. We nfce the celebrated Friction Food on nil onr Haw Milla, We n?? the iftrj Met material in their oonstrnotion, ami npnre neither labor not eipenie to ren ter them m near porfect ah ponniblo. We warrant all onr work to be well made Md of good material. We wonld like if jon won id compare the following flgnree With thoee of other mannfaotureri and nee it we do not aell you a better and Urge* law Mill at same flgnree: PBIOHB. < MO. 1 Mill, with 88 Inchee.Baw, 18 feet cnrrlage 8278.08 ?? 1 " " 88 M 18 M 280 0# ??a ?? " 40 ?? 20 '? 800.60 ? a M M 84 " . 20 ?' 828 00 " 8 M 41 40 " 20 ?? 850 00 ??8 " M 48 " 24 " 875.08 "4 " " 50 " 24 '* 400 08 "4 " " 52 " 24 ?? 428.08 Extrn Oarrlncfo, 8H.OO por foot. The nhofo mill* complete to main t>elt. Docl lv JOHN ALEXANDER. Proprieto WILSON, 0HILDS I 00., PHILADELPHIA WAGON WORITS. rilXXjAU T.lirtll A, rA., 3 B is y-i 9 H ss mvr ' i v * f . MAKOfAOTfJftr.n O* ALL KTKI>?I Olf Plantation, Oity, Freight, Bnainens, Bxpraai and SPRING WAGONS, VBUOKB, MUYH.CAIVfrt. TlMHEft WHEF.L8 AND WnRKLnAUROWa