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CONGRESSTHE COMING SESSION LIKELY TO 23 E UNUSUALLY LIVELY. Gossip About the Organization of the House-The Struggle for Offices?Speakership Contest?Southern "Outrages" Legislation, Etc. Washington. October 20.?Although Congress will not assemble for six week.-, speculation has already become veiy lively as to the organization of the House of Representatives and the piobable course of legislation during the eight months that Congress may be expeeted to remain in session. Of all the candidates for I he elective offices of the lfouse it is likely that Mr. Edward McPherson. who wishes to take hue I his old place of clerk, can give the bes1 approximate estimate of his own strength. "'I- - > ... 1... !,!. ?? ? m/kt'ii : IHTU 1> |'IUimi;i> iiu uvuti i:ui luuii systematic canvasser i>i the United States than Mr. McPUerson. He always begins ahead of the other fellows, and lie obtains his pledge's in such shape that lie knows exactly who cm be depended upon and who is uncertain. When the last Republican House of Representatives came together, in December, 1881, it was found that Mr. MclMierson had received assurances of support from many of the members months before, .1 from not a lew even in advance of l eir election. This will doubtless^be the ease again: but whether, as before, Mr. MclMierson will have enough to give him the nomination can be told only after the meeting of the caucus rr.NNSY LVANIA "K a KI:US. " The only prominant candidates for clerk of the House arc Mr. Mcpherson and Major John M. (.'arson, the Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia 1/il'ji r. Both these gcntlcmcu arc Pennsylvania'!)*. They are both men of t1h* nigncx persun.ii ciuiracier, ui line ability and of enlarged experience. One or the oilier will be made clerk. The settlement of ihe contest may turn upon the strength which each has in Ills own delegation. Major Carson's friends contend that the majority of the Pennsylvania delegation will be for him, but tiii.; is denied on Mr. McPhersou's behalf. In 1 I several of the Pennsylvania members were bitterly opposed to Mr. McPhersou and declared they would not vote for him even if he received the "caucus nomination. It was also currently reported at the same time that several Republican members of the House would refuse to vote for Mr. Keifer, who owed his nomination for Speaker to the skill and finesse of a well-known Washington* correspondent, who has for many years been recognized as one of the very ablest and boldest politieal managers in the whole country, it was this same correspondent who conceived and carried out the plan which gave a Republican Legislature in Delaware last year and secured a United States Senator for that party. When the timecaiueto vote in the House for Speaker and Clerk all those who had threatened to bolt Keifer and McPherson catne to (he scratch, although some of them made aw fully wry faces over it. Then, as now, the Republican majority was slender, and a bolter ran the risk of not only seriously, but fatally, impairing his own party status. r?mr t mtm r\/,/a?T"n iui* ?uliu u&majsv* xriri uuwmvr.trtii. The talk of a bolt by the Southern Republican members, notwithstanding so much has been said about it in the papers, was never considered here of consequence. The disgust and disap pointment of the Southern Republican - members at their r.?lTure to receive from the Harrison administration what they held to be due them has beeh evident enough for a long time. But they could not better themselves by a bolt, and * that idea, which a few of them entertained, was long since abandoned Mr. McComas of Maryland, who laid his plans early in the last session of Congress for the election of his friend, Captain Adams, as doorkeeper, is entirely confident that Adams will be the winning man. The Southern Republicans, under the lead of Mr. McComas, will ask -for Mr. Adams, and the belief is they will get him. The doorkeeper of the House has most of the offices at his disposal, and it is generally conceded that the Southern Republicans will demand the lion's share of the offices under him. Mr. McComas will doubtless have a good deal to say about these offices. THE SPEAKERSHIP CONTEST. The contest for Speaker of the House is narrowed clown, like that for Clerk, to two men?McKinlev of Ohio and Heed of Maine. The chances of these t wo appear to be almost evenly balanced. The East seems to be nearly unanimous for Heed, and the West for McKinlev. The Southern Hepresentativcs, should they throw their votes in a body, can certainly make the Speaker. As it is, the canvass for I his oltiee will be prosecuted with unusual vigor and animation from now up to the minute of the meeting of the caucus. Both of the candidates arc in the contest with their coats olf. If it was to he decided simply on ilie intrinsic merits of the case, Mr. Melvinley would get the prize. For while lie may possess 1.0 higher intellectual gifts than Mr. Heed, he is broader, lie would come nearer to tlie elevated standard of a Speaker as set up by Mr. Carlisle. With Mr. Heed it would be a simple impossibility to rise above the blind partisan in the consideration of any question. PROSPECTS FOR THE SESSION. Quite a sprinklingof members of both houses are alieady in Washington for tne season, and many have been coining in the last week or ten days on brief visii.> To make arrangements tor winter quarters, etc. The House members, in j-pi a king of the offices of that body, oxjue>s naturally, of course, their individual preferences. The Democrats of the two hotists, having nothing to do with the question of the offices, confine the expression of their views to the probable legislation of the session. The Republicans talk both about the offices and legislation. Every one seems to think it next to certain that something wiil be done with the tariff, but as to that no one scc-ms disposed to venture upon a prediction. So far as any other legislation of gem rd importance is concerned there is a variety of opinion and of expectation. S<HTHERN LEGISLATION. The Chandlers and the lloars in the Senate, and their followers in the House, will, it is assured, make the usual motions for the raising of committees of investigation into Southern polities, and weeks ol time will becomsumed by them in going over the old stories they have been telling for a quarter of a century. From these discussions wil^bc hatched a new series of election biits for use in the South only. Whether or not these bills become legislation it matters but little. All the diabolical ingenuity which can be brought to bear to throttle the bouth will prove as inoperative as the I cuuuingly devised measures of tin* past, i The strong probability is that the greater ! portion of the ensuing session will Iv consumed in political discussions, and ihe bulk of th.* legislation will be of a private character. THE DEM JCRATIC LEADER, rncommon interest is taken in the question as to who will be the Democratic leader on i lie lloor of the House, and in some quarters a disposition has been exhibited to stir tip personal jealousies and rivalries. Nothing is likely to come out of this. It is thought by the oldest and the most experienced of the Democrats tha-. till such questions as this will naturally adjust themselves according to precedent and circumstances. Mr. Carlisle after six veers in tin? Sneaker's chair, will come down, on the floor. He will undoubtedly be assigned a prominent position on the minority representation of the eommitfee on ways and means. By common consent Mr. Carlisle will be regarded as the Democratic leader on all matters connected with the tariff or other legislation. The proposed change of rules and the disposition of contested election cases are not of a legislative eharaetei. It is here where Mr. Randall's remarkable qualities can cotne into play, and in these matters, in all likelihood, he will l>e called to the front. He is much belter suited to take command in parliamentary battles of this kind than Mr. Carlisle or my other man on the Democratic side. A STUBBORN FIGHT EXPECTED. Mr. Randall's decided views in reference to change of the rules is that the Democratic minority in the coming House shall not surrender otic iota of the parliamentary power to restrain the majority, enjoyed to the fullest extent for six years past by the Republican minority, and which lite Republicans thought perfectly proper until now. In reference to contested election cases. Mr. Randall is for opposing with might and main the seating of any Republican contestant whose right is not fairly demonstrated. With him, on these two points, to the bitter end, will be found solid, compact and resolute, the Democratic minority. ?Baltimore Sun. Hints to Southern Towns. In 1 lie groat advance the South is making every town may share in proportion to its advantages, be they few or many. A town is a compact aggregation of inhabitants, simply because the surrounding country made such a nucleus of population necessary. What is for the good of the farmers around it is good for iis citizens also. The relations between the scattered landworkers and the villages or larger communities must necessarily be those of mutual interest. The town prospers if the agricultural country around it does, not otherwise. There must needs be interdependence, not independence. The thing, therefore, for the citizeas of every town to see to is that all opportunities arc utilized to add to its industries, in order that a market may be made for whatever surplus is raised upon the adjacent farms. In other words, the more mouths there arc to feed in any place the better it will be for the farmers, aud the more the latter get for their produets the greater the trading done by them in the town. The one thing needful for any village, town or city is concert of action. The old fable of the bunch of sticks that could be broken singly, but, that kept together, could uot be fractured, has its counterpart in this. Harmonious action for the public good will accomplish wonders. Conflicting opwiioiw tlmt pre-voiik unitod? will injure all concerned. But the selfishness that looks so closely after its own as to render it indifferent to the public interests will defeat itself. What many Southern communities need is to abandon provincialism and to become as broad and liberal as the present age re Tk..t 15?? fhof i.mmwo quiriTS. J nut V>UJ I1UO lunv ptvgiv/cw which "leads to prosperity.? Baltimore Manufacturers' Record. Another Family Scandal. A San Francisco dispatch states that a family scandal was exposed there Monday last in Judge Hoge's court, when United States Senator Stewart of Nevada was cited to show why he should not be punished for contempt for failing to allow his son-in-law, A. W. Fox, to see his three children. Fox and his wife have been divorced several years and the children have been cared for by the Stewarts. Fox filed a sensational affidavit in which he makes various charges against Mr. and Mrs. Stewart. Mrs. Stewart testified that Fox was a worthless character with whom her daughter fell in love when she was only seventeen. To prevent the scandal of an elopement her parents consented to the marriage. The Senator repeatedly secured good employment for Fox, but he never kept any. No effort has been made to keep the children from Fox, but he failed to supply money for their support. In the Toils of an Adventuress. The New York Sun yesterday, in an (Ill H. II" l>Tt Ul?? UJ^ ll?UI VUIUUIII.'?, an account of the operations of an alleged adventuress, whose real name is Caroline F. Wells, but who has gone undet many aliases. According to the Suu, the adventuress, who has other wealthy New York victims, had estranged a rich contractor from his wife and family; she had secured from him property amounting to almost $1,000,000; a secret divorce and marriage hail been considered; the real wife had "barely escaped an assassin's bullet. Then the wronged woman appeared on the scene in vigorous defense of her rights. A mass of startling cviiTonee came into her possession, and man and adventuress suddenly left town. Mrs. Wells was once and probably is now the lawful wife of Emmet Wells, a hop commission broker in New York. Her principal victim is George F. Woolston, a contractor, known throughout the West as a builder of railroads and waterworks. The South Bound Ro&d. All reports concerning the building of tl>i? imnnrtQitl lino urn rlr?/?wli?rllv onooiir. aging, and from what we can gather in a round-about way, wc believe it will not be very long before work on it will be commenced. The interested parties in Savannah are wide-awake, sagacious business men, and have their eyes turned on everything that pertains to the adi vantage of the enterprise. A contiagra| tion tiiat recently occurred in their city leaves some vacant Ibis, which, if seemed, will bean excellent terminal spot, I *!)d from the manner in which they are working, it is more than likely that these will be secured for the company. She is coining and lu r friends arc jubilant over what is promised?the entire section through which she will pa>s from Savanuah to our State Capital.? Barnwell Sentinel. A PATHETIC SUICIDE. Mrs. Kay Drowns Herself at Belton?The Deed Deliberately Planned. Belton, S. G\, October 18.?Our town was much excited this morning over the mysterious disappearance ot Mrs. Hattie Kav. The fact was not known till after daylight, when a general search was decided upon. It is thought she left her residence about 3 o'clock, and during the still hours of early morning secretly directed her steps 10 the spot, a half mile distant, where, it seems, she had previously planned to commit suicide. Her friends were shocked by the first intelligeice. but unwilling to believe anything like the actual facts, were blindly casting about for a proper place of search, hoping against hope, when the information was received that the body had been discovered and recovered by Sergeant M. E. GrCcr and Cadet T. R. Allgood, who had made a voluntary search at G. W. MeGee's fish pond. Almost simultaneously with the news of her discovery was the finding of a note, written on the 15th instant, which clearly shows that Mrs. Kay had maturely considered the matter. The note was as follows: "October loth, 1839. Dear Children: 1 am gone. 1 have more on my mind than 1 can stand. Oh ! what will become of you all ? God bless you, my precious, darling children. Letnmie, you go to Uncle Reed and make a man of yourself. Bessie, I don't know what you will do unless you go to Louis. And poor little Minnie, what will she do? God bless her. 1 want some one to take her t hat will take care of her and treat her right." |Nol signed. J Mrs. Kay was an estimable lady and leaves many friends to mourn her untimely death. The cause of this desperate step is thought to be an overtaxed brain in the struggle to support her family and educate the three childrn mentioned in her note. She has several other children. All are married. Some are residents in Birmingham, Ala., others in Texas. Reed and Louis, men tioned in the above note, arc her brothers, Messrs. Louis and Reed Campbell. Several years ago she was a citizen of Greenville. KING SOLOMON DBAD. The Georgia Negro Messiah of Last Summer Dies Under Suspicious Circumstances. Savannah, October 19.?Liberty County has a great sensation. King Solomon's death is believed to have been a murder, and A. B. Dean, deputy Sheriff, is suspected. King Solomon i.was the old crazy negro, Shadraeh Walt bam, who succeeded one of tbo Messiahs in the religious craze in Liberty last summer. All of the other worshipers in the wilderness who were arrested gave bond and were released from jail. King Solomon could not get bail. Last Sunday he was found dead in the jail at Hinesvillc The next day an inquest was held. The jury sat out in the jail yard. No evideuce of importance was given at first. Two or three witnesses testified that the King was found dead. About the time the jury was preparing to make up a verdict, a negro prisoner looked out of a jail window, and, speaking loudly, said: "I know who killed the King. It was Mr. Dean. He struck Solomon with brass knucks on the head." Tne jury7 laughed, thinking the negro was lying." But some one suggested that they should look at the dead man's haad. When it was examined a fracture?was-dlscovwred. Wattham had been hit back of his left car. Two prisoners, one a murderer and the other a burglar, were then brought out ar.d examined. They swore that Dean struck the old negro because the King was reading his Bible too loud. That was hardly believed by the jurors, who regarded it as too improbable. A search was mad?pfor Dean, but he had disap peareci. nis son-in-iaw aaraineu tuiu the deputy sheriff slapped the old man on the head with his hand and with the Bible, but denied that the brass knuckles were used. The grand jury will investigate the ease. MIXBD-UP MARRIAGES. How Miller's Four Girl Children Are Tangled Up. Henry Miller, a shoemaker who died recently in this city, had a remavknblo matrimonial career. His first wife died in giving birth to a girl baby. He afterwards married his^ wife's sister, who also died in the course* of a year, just after having born to her a girl baby. Miller was an industrious fellow, and his father-in-law, a close-fisted dairyman, brought about a marriage between Miller and a third daughter. In three years a girl baby was born and the third wife and sister died. The lather-in-law had died a year before, and the mother, who was a treble mother-in-law to Miller, and he mourned the loss of their dead together. A mutual liking struck up, the result being that mother-in-law and son-in-law Miller became husband and wife Their marriage was a happy one for almost three years Then Mrs. Miller No. 4 gave b'rtli to a girl baby, dying within loss than ten days. After the little one was born Miller lived but two months. His four daughters, born under such peculiar circumstances, are still lirinrr Tlu> fir?f throe fire not. onlv stepsisters, but, are cousins. The fourth, the daughter of the mother-inlaw, is not only a cousin and stepsister, but likewise an aunt, while the grandmother was stepmother to her own grandchildren.- -Cincinnati Enquirer. How th3 Czir W13 Proiec ia B:rlin. The recent visit of the Czar to Berlin eauscd largo sums of money to be uselessly expended at the Old Schloss and and the palace at Potsdam for securing the isolation of tin Russian monarch if he should stay at either. No precaution seemed to satisfy the Russian officials. Tin; Russian embassy was fortified. Six Russian artisans especially attached to the Czar's retinue examined the walls. Hooting and furniture of the embassy and inserted grating barring at the tops and bottoms of the' chimneys. Sentries were also stationed upon the roof, apparently to prevent explosives being thrown down the Hues. The Berlin secret police assisted the Russian de | tec I ires as far as the frontier, in accordance with tlie Owr's desire, (he ! railway bridges at Neustadt, Dirschau and Marienburg, and all (lie streets of j Dantzic were guarded by troops. Until the moment the Czar left Dantzic even the officials were not allowed to know whether he would board the imperial yacht Derjava or make the journey by railroad. When the train started via the Dirschau line for (lie fro itior oru its were telegraphed to put 5:),0i0 Russian troops in uiolion to protect the i lines. FRIENDS. f Written for The Register.] Tou pity me, ray'friend, in this strange land, So in ny hundred leagues across the sea, Far from the clasp of any friendly haDd And light of eyes that once havo smiled on me. Yet even here the yellow sunset splendor Lingers as fondly on those foreign trees, That reach up skyward, dark and straight and s'endtr, With soft, faint sighs for every passing breeze. I And the simc dear.stars at night above me, in their accustomed places in the waste of b'ue, And faocy, as of old, that those who love me Are thinking of me still with hearts as true. The lie ... g. perfect g'ory of the sunset sk'es it ings hack a 1 ost of memories to soften, An : teirs unhid' en to mv unwilling eyes, iteme-i-bering silent voices once heard often Tiie pale bine morning glory 'round which h >vers The romance and the freshness of my youth, Smiles up at me with eyes of real loversEyes full of innocence and truth. The distant sail across the world of waters; A flint of onM irr.?<?n marsh crass nearer shore," ? Aud I Hin wrapped in dreams as sweet and real As life was in those days that come no more. You see, my friends are legion?can 7011 pity Me, now that you understand at last How these, my comrades, ia this queer o'.d city. Help me to live again the happy past? Nuy, then?not ever homesick or forsaken With the bright bluet ky at noon and stars by nighr, When dawn restores more than the dark has taken, "NU.* hcr.ng in some new and fresh delight. Pats. P. Fkbbman. Columbia, 5. C. The South's Manifest Destiny. The whole world seems to be making a great advance movement in every line of industry. No one can study the signs of the times without being impressed with this fact, and without realizing that we are entering upon 11 peliod which gives promise of greatei and more widereachitig movements it the world's commercial and manufacturing interesta than has ever been seen before. It is not in this country alone that there is almost unprecedented activity in business interests. The work shops of Europe are crowded, and many of the long-idle plants of Great Britain are running night and day to meet the demand for iron and steel. And wherever we look there are indications ol development and advancement and ol gigantic enterprises that arc destined tc change many of the currents of the world's commerce. In this country we sec almost every furnace that can evei blow in, actively at work, while rolling mills, steel rail mills and kindred enterprises i re all equally as busy, and yet the consumptive demands are grad ually gaining on production and causing a decrease in stocks on hand. Grcal enterprises, from the building of the Nicarauguau canal; the construction ol t*inh minAPul QAnHnne tlie development of which means alrnosi as great a revolution in steel making as the development of Alabama's iron in tercets made in iron production ; tht building of new ports on the Gulf thai will turn the traffic of the rich and populous West from its present chun nels, and pour a vast business, scared} dreamed of now, through these new Southern ports; the great activity ir iron and steel ship-building, fully taxing to its utmost every ship-yard in tin country; the certainty of closer com mcrcial relations?and consequently i larger share of their trade?with the rich countries of Central and Soutl America, are some of the movement: that are now making themselves felt ir all the varied ramifications of the bnsi ness interests of this country. Just at this period, which is to marl a distinctive era in the history of th( human race?an era of advaneemeni and progress for the peoples of all na tions- the South is the centre of attrac lion. It has demonstrated that it has tjie advantages needed to make it tht centre of iron and steel production ol the whole world, and '-that nation oi that section of any nation which pos susses supremacy in the production ol iron and steel and i:i their conversion to final forms for use will dominate anc control the commerce of the world;" il produces three-fourths of the cotton ol the world, and it is inevitable that the South, which grows the cotton, is des tincd to spin and weave it; it has the most abundant supply and the greatesl variety of timber to be found in the United States anel mu>t. become the centre of wood-working interests; it hae the advantage of the best climate or this continent, and of agricultural ad vantages, which, taken as a whole, are not equalled in productive possibilities under wise agricultural methods by anj similar area elsewhere; it has a lon^ stretch of seacoast and many rivers, enabling its products to reach the corn suming markets of the world at the minimum of cost. To the fullest utilization of these advantages the South is now bending every energy, and it enter; upon this work at a time when the conditions of the world's business interests are most favorable for making the South the controlling factor in the great advance movement. No man can picture the commanding influence of the South in the world's industrial and commercial interests ten years hence.?Haitimore Manufacturers' Record. _____ A Strategic Criminal Lawyer. Lawyer Forest, the leader of the coun sol for the defense in the Cronin trial, is, doubtless, the most strategic criminal lawyer in Chicago. At one time he was retained to defend a prisoner charged with highway robbery. The case was in a police justice court. The defense was an alibi, and nins witnesses, one by one, stepped up and swore that (lie accused, at the time the alleged robbery took place, was basking amid the refined delights of a dog fight, three miles away from the scene of the robbery. The prisoner was discharged, but one by one as these witnesses stepped down from the stand they were "pinched" by a stern-faced minion of Chicago law and booked for the crime of participating in a dog fight. This result had quite evidently been foreseen by Mr. Forest, and he appeared even hilarious at the turn of affairs. He demanded a change of venue and an immediate trial. The nine were arraigned, pleaded not guilty, and in all the wide wastes of Chicago not a witness was to be found against them. ? A Stranre "Will. Henry Collum of White County, Ga., had a will drawn last week which will uouDneis ieaa 10 nilgai iou u uoi changed. He is the father of several children, and tiio will debars them of aoy right to his property, which amounts to about $10,000, consisting of farming lands and money. The entire estate is made over to the blind, one-armed and I oue-legged Confederate sddicrs of llnll ! and White Counties?madeso by the late war. No soldier of such disability i* included unless he has voted the Democratic ticket iver since the party was reinstated sin.'e the war. Mr. Colium, who is 77 years of ag', has always In en considered a | eculiar in in, hut upright u his dealings with his fullow-mau. BE OF GOOD CHEER. To the honest inquirer after truth, who, troubled with some contagious blood disease, seeks a remedy which will completely eradicate from his system every , germ of blood poison, that the ones he loves?his wife and his children?may be saved, the experience of others comes as a mighty revelation. Common sense tells him actual results are the only sure proof of curative virtue. Read the following true testimony: Twelve years ago I contracted a terrible ci ^ of blood poisoning. My affliction wiv.. truly horrible. I had no appetite, did not sleep well at night, my digestion was impaired, my throat was full of ulcers, and in fact I was a total wreck. I had been under the treatment of several i of the leading physicians of Atlanta; tried nearly every blood remedy advertised; went to Hot Springs, where I re maincu several monms, receiving nu uen, efit whatever?the dread disease still clung to me. Three years ago I was laid up with rheumatism. My knees were drawn up in such a position that I could not leave my bed for months. Last summer the disease seemed to renew its attack upon me with all the rav' ages of death. My life was a lingering ! torture, and I had despaired of ever getting will when a friend of mine recommended B. B. B. I began to use it at once, and find myself permanently cured. I refer to Rev. C. C. Davis, Dr. John G. Westmorland, Dr. Knott, Garrett & Bro., and numerous others who know of my ; case. I cheerfully recommend B. B. B., f :r J really believe it is the best medicine i for the blood in the world. J as. L. Bosvorth, Atlanta, Ga. During the month of February I bought . one bottle of B. B. B for my four-year old boy, who had what doctors term hereditary blood poison, and to my utter astonishment one bottle cured him. In Feb1 ruary my elder son, twelve years of age, ! was literally covered with ugly sores on his legs, and a terrible eruption on his head. He was cured with two bottles of r B. B.B. As a quick blood cleanser it has i no equal. James Hill, Atlanta, Ga. For several years I have been suffering from a constitutional blood poison, which i has resisted the treatment of our best ) physicians, and the use of the most noted , medicines. | I was covered with a copper-colored ; eruption all over my body ana limbs, with ' loss of appetite, excruciating pains in my ? back, aching of my joints, general debil it /, emaciation, falling off of my hair, sore .U' .. 1 1a. T 1 - ' in rum anu great nei vuusucss. i uceaiuc incredulous, but being told that B. B. B. ; was a sure enough blood purifier and that t it did not require a patient to use a gross ! I;, fore he was cured, I commenced its J 'jse. Within two weeks' time I felt improved. I have taken about ten bottles [ and feel as well and sprightly as any man. | My appetite and strength have returned . and my hair does not fall out. I do not , hesitate to say that B. B. B. has no equal as a general Blood purifier, and any one , who will use only one bottle will be convinced that it has no equal in these parts | 1 still continue its use, as it is a splendid tonic and keeps my system in a fine conr dition. You nave the liberty to direct any 1 sufferer tO;iue in person, j K. P. B. Jones, i Atlanta, Ga. i I had 24 running ulcers on one leg, and ) 6 on the other, ana felt greatly prostrated. \ I believe I actually swallowed a barrei of . medicine in vain efforts to cure the disj ease. With little hope, I finally acted on the urgent advice of a friend, and got a bottle of B. B. B. I experienced A change and my despondency was somewhat dis: pelled. I kept using it until I had taken ; sixteen bottles, and all the ulcers, rheumat tism, and other horrors of bipod poison have disappeared, and at last I am sound and well again, after an experience of 5 twenty years of torture. ? A. P. Brunson, Atlanta, Ga. I KennesaWj Ga., Sept. 11,1887. B. B. B. Combanv?My Dear Sir: f I take great pleasure in acknowledging . tlic great benefit my wife has uerived lrom , yonr. gTeat and wonderful medicine, B. P 13. tor two years she was a great sufp ferer from Scrofula, or some blocd dis ' ease which had lain dormant all her life. 1 We had attention from some of the most skillful physicians in the country, but ali i to no effect, until we had all despaired ol t her ever recovering. Her mouth was one ? solid ulcer, and for tr "> months or more > her body was broken out with sores until 5 she lost a beautiful head of hair, also eye, lashes and eye-brows; in fact, she seemed to be a complete wreck. Now comes the great secret which I ' want all the world to know: That three ) bottles of Biood Balm medicine has done the work which would sound incredible to ' any one who did not know it to be so. i To-day my wife is perfectly healthy and clear from any scrofulous taint, ana she ; now has a three-month-old babe, also perfectly healthy. Very respectfully i H. L. Cassidy. Glen Alpine Station, N. C. ) February 13th, 1888.) This is to certify that thrae years ago I had my left leg amputated four inches below the knee, caused by blood poison 1 and bone affection. After it was amputated there came a running ulcer on the end of it that measured VA inches one wav and AV-, inches the other, and ccm tinued growing worse every day until a short time ago. I was given up to die b} the best doctors in Charlotte. I heard oi the wonderful B. B. B. I resolved to try that. My weight at the time I commenced B. B. B. was 120 pounds- When I had taken three bottles I gained 87 ; pounds in weight; when I had taken , twelve bottles f was sound and well, but . continued taking until I had taken fifteen bottles. I now weigh 180 pounds and measure five feet ana three inches high I contend that your medicine has noeoua'. as a blood purifier. It certainly worker like a charm. (12) ]. R. Wilson. Pianos and Organs. Pianos $200. Organs $50 Chicker lag, Mathu^bek, Mason & Hamlin, ' Sterling and ArioD Pianos. Mason & Hamlin, Packard and Sterling Organs, at factory prices for cash or on easy in atallments. Fifteen days' tost trial ana freight paid both ways if ~ot sitisfactory. Order aod test in your o vn homes. Delivered to nearest depot freight free. Don't forget bottom prices and rquare dealing. Write for cuts and prices. N. W. TRUMP, Columbia, 8. C. The Cotton Oil Trust. New York, October 24.?The plan for changing the constitution of the American Cotton feed Oil Trust and merging it into a new incorporated company was made public to day. Under its provisions the new company will issue f21,000,000 stock and 111,000,000 in 1 five per cent, bonds. The new sceuri1 ties will be. exchanged for outstanding j certificates. The present holders will j receive 25 per cent, of the face nf their; certificates in new bonds, and 50 per cent, in new sto.-k. All the property of the present trust will be transferred to :the new company. [ MR. THURMAN'S INFIRMITY. ' I The Old Roman Breaks Down While Making a Campaign Speech. Cincinnati, October 25.?Hon. Allen G. Tburman did not complete his speech at Music Hall last night, but was compelled, on account of failure of strength, 10 stop suddenly. Putting his hands to his sides, he said: "1 would like to have stated more to you, but I am unable to do it; I am getting sick." His last words were not distinctly heard, and as his son assisted him to a chair there were few in the ball who knew that he had brokeu down. As soon as he was able to go, he was taken to his hotel, where he could have rest. He regretted this infirmity very greatly, because, as he stated afterward, he had reserved for the closing part of his speech some good words for the Democratic candidate for Governor. These be was prevented from utturing by the sudden weakness 1 that came upon him. SECOND ADVENTISTS. Still Patiently Awaiting1 the End of the World. Fredericksburg, Va., October 24.? Elder Brown, the leader of the Adventists, who are patiently waiting the coming of the King of Kings and the end of the world, says that October, 1889, is the month aud year, but be is not so positive about the date. He says the camp meeting will continue for another week. About forty persons aro living on the grounds in tents, having left their farms and stock to take care of themselves. An unbelieving farmer came into the grounds to get some one to sow wheat for him. The first person ho accosted was a camp attendant, who gave tho farmer a stoDy smre and remarked that ho had no time to sow wheal, he "had to go out to meet the Lord." The farmer was snubbed in other quarters, and went away disgusted, but unconverted. A Successful Man of Susinsss. Mr. Ferdinand Phinizy, whose death' at his homo in Athens, Ga., has been announced, had a remarkably successful business career. He commenced as a station agent on the Georgia Railroad, and he ran an eating house in connection with it. He saved money and in a few years embarked in the cotton business in Augusta, where he amassed a large fortune. It was said of Mr. Phinizy that everything he touched turned to money and he never made a failure of auything he undertook. Though deprecating any ostentatious show of wealth aud extravagant living, he was never niggardly or miserly. At his homo he had every comfort and was a princely host. Mr. Phinizy did not hold his fortune to await his death before dividing it among his children. He gave to each one liberally as be came of age and advised with him about his business and how best to succeed. Starting each one off with a snug sum be idded to it from year to year, as the demands of business required, and had tlin Ortni r> liic oa? a oil ni?AJ. IUU ^luaauic UL UIO DUUO evil Yjl wo ' porous and successful business men. It is probable ilia' he distributed in this way half a million of dollars amoug bis children. Despite this, Mr. Phinizy was one of the wealthiest men in Georgia and his fortune is estimated at considerably over a million dollars, his Georgia Railroad stock being worth over $400,000. Nothing so completely robs confi?om#nt or the pain and suffering attending it as the previous u?e of The Mother's Friend. Seld by all druggists. I'ARHAM VILLE STOCK.AND POULTRY FARM HORSES, CATTLE, SWINE AND POULTRY FOR SALE Gold Medal Batter Herd of Jersey Cattle. The Imported Percheron Stallion BICHE. (10.963) 7.950 will make the season ai f25. Choice young.Jersey Cattle. BKKKnHIKIi wine, Light Brahmas, Wvandots, Langshans Brown Leghorns. Plymouth Rocks and Gam' fowls for sale. Eggs in season. I'KESTON L. MELTON. Proprietor, Columbia, S. C. JAS. II. BALDWIN. Manager. LaMlfiv Brothers. U--J J 174 KINH ST., CHARLESTON, S. C., Manufacturers of ladies' and GENTS' Underwent-. Fine Drew Shirtn to older a specialty. Directions for measuring sent on implication. seplO-fm JERSEY FLATS dill 1 nutl Fever Cure. Largt bjttles 5U cents, nnd guaranteed to cure anj we of Chills and Fever. Malarial, Intermittent, and Remittent Fevers, by THE BARRETT DRUG CO . Abocsta, Ga. TRY J ERSEY FLATS. Feb lftay TieTozer Engine Works (Successor to Dial Engine Works,) JOHN A. WILLIS, PROPRIETOR, 117 West Gervais Street. CO -r ?MAHUFACTURERS OF THETozer Steam Engines; AND ALL SIZES OF TOTI! LOCOMOTIVE AND RETURN TUBULAR BOILERS. FOUNDRY WORK IN IRON AND BRASS. REP A1 KINO PROA1FTLY EXECUTED. i July 13-otn H. II. P . GUARANTEED TO CURE I Siok Headache and Conatipation in a abort time. Prevents all Malarial troubles. Price fifty cents. For sale by dng<ista and mer- ' cnanLs. Manufactured by TI1E BARRETT DRUG CO., , Feb 15at August . Ga. ' ICOMPLETE OUTFITSL^^ SBBBB u AGE CANNOT WITHER HER," remarked an old gentleman, as he gazed fondly upon the comely little woman by hia Bide; "but frankly," he continued, "at one time I was afraid cosmetics would. The silly llttlo woman, in order to appear youthful, plastered her face with different varieties of whitewash, yclept 'balms,' 'creams.' 'lotions,' etc." " Yes," interrupted the little woman, " I did, until my skin became like parchment and so pimply and coarse." "Well," said the listener, "what do you use now?5' "Use," was the reply, "nothing but common sense and Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. Common sense told me that it my blood was pure, liver active, appetite and digestion good, that the outward woman would take on the hue of health. The Discovery did all those things and actually rejuvenated rae." If you would possess a clear, beautiful complexion, free from blotches, pimples, eruptions, yellow spots and roughness, use the "Golden Medical Discovery." It Is guaranteed to do nil that it is claimed to, or money.pald for It will be promptly refunded. Copyright, 1888, by WORLD'S DlS. Mec. Ass'ir. f#$50TiS \\ \ $ tor an Incurable case of Ca? l.y?in tarrh In the Head by the proprietors of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. By s its mild, soothing and healing properties, it cures the worst cases, no matter of how long standing. By druggists, 50 cents. ^jpriELDS Ft FEMALE. SI.REGUIATOR MENSTRUATION on MONTHLY SICKNESS \r TAKEN DURING CHANGE. 0? V.VJE (5RLKT SUFFERING WILL BE M01DU1 JBOOK T O" W 0 M WJUtUOffM BRADF1EID REGULA TOR CO. ATLANTA GA. MOID BY ALL OBVCaSTS. To Ginners and Mill Men Note My Line and Write to Me for Prices. Pratt, Winsbip and Brown Cotton Gina at lower prices than ever before. Liddell Company's Boss Single and Double Berew and Direct Acting Steam Cylinder Cotton Preuea.i Tiiddell-Tomi'kins, Wostinghouse, Atlaa and Oneida Steam Engines and Boilers I.iddell Company's Variable and Bcltj Feed Saw Mills. Lane Manufacturing Company's S.w Mills. '! Shafting, Pulleys, Hungers, Couplings, etc., at prices that cannot be bettered. Oil Mill supplies. Brown and Carver Linters, Hollers, Screens, Cuke Grinders and Breakers, Fertiliser Mixers, otc. "Ideal" Rubber Belt, and Oak Tanned Leathor Belt. I will meet any cempetition, value considered, but will not recommend INFERIOR machinery. Serve your interests by writing to me before placing your orders. Special estimates made on Wood Working Machinery, Sturtevant Dry Kilns, or anything wanted in my line. W. H. GIBBES, Jr., Columbia, S. C. FOR SIXTY DAYS. \\[E OFFER OCR NO. 2 HAND MADE VV ROiD CART to responsible parties on SIXTY DAYS' time for only 818 00. It has best hickory wheels and shafts, steel tires and axle, cushioned seat nnd painted nicely. Not a cheap made cart, but is first class throughout. We also offer our our N o 10 hand-mnda Buggy, put up on any kind of spring, on SIXTY DA\S' timo for the small amount of 845.00.' It has best patent wheels, steel tires and axles. Trimmed up and painted in good style. Not by any means a chenj) vehicle, but is very substantial nnd is warranted, For circulars and general description address HOLLER & ANDERSON. Manufacturers, P. 0. Box 110. ROCK 11 ILL, S. C. In writing please mention this paper. oc 1-fm GILDER'S LIVER PILLS, Remove the bile from the system, cure si! bilious troubles, and prevent malarial diseases. For tale by all druggists and merchant* at 25 cents a box, or mailed on receipt of price by THE BARRETT DRUG CO.. Augusta, Ga. TAKE GILDER'S PILLS. Feb 15ay Bookbinding. I HAVE TWO FIRST CLASS BOOKBINDERS?as good as'ean be found anywhere. Send me your Books and I will do them up nicely and at moderate cost. ACCOUNT BOOKS of all kinds made in'the best style of the art. CHARLES A. CALVO, JR., Printer and II o o It 1> I 11 cl e r 65 North Richardson Street, COLUMBIA. S. C. YOU NEED IT.?WHAT? Why, The Columbia, S. C.. Weekly Register. 8 pages. $1 a year. All the neivs from everywhere. Special Correspondence daily from all parts of the State. Always fresh and readable. If you ivant to keep up with the procession send along your dollar and be happy for a year. Remit by I\ 0V money order, check or registered letter. Clubs of six for $5.00. Get up a club and get a free subscription to The Columbia Weekly Register for twelve months. Address Charles A. 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