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VOL. III* ANN, LRNO COUNTY, S. C,~ WViDNESD Y, F 'BRUARY 17N.. -NYE AMO)NG THE- kUSll~i' THE L ':LY EX1'EliEN N . le Find-. an 1tu'im a n WMT North Carolina and Ta.-stes the Chem'zuival-. (I1,l1 Nye in :Le Now y. . AsHEvImiL, N. C., January 13.-Last week I went out into the nountains for the purpose of securing a holly tree with red berries on it for Ya etid. I had idice in all my pidtiiiis of Ch Inima festiv ides .in Eglm th~at7- the holly, with eraiiberries' onc'it, cons'iktt , e back groiud of Yuletide. A e England without a hujUy iborg. a a little mistletoe in it wouldn't be wirth half price. Iferethese vogettahles gro--v in great prof sion, owing to the quaoe .. im dso.the.loly m is within the reaoh of all. I resolved to secure 9pe persouady,so I p 8 261 ~ tountainsi -here, in Ies th"' the tinme it takes t o tell it, I had succeeded in finding a h' yecand losing myself. It is a very sk-mLin Sen sation to feel that you arelos, and that before you can be found somet:4gis liable to happen toh i I wandered aiimlessly about for half an - i t I.Dwld bb insed in 'society and some one sent in seaich of me. ..w-just -abouz o. giye up in dw -n &bt~ of moss with the idea o sluling of six or seven feet 'f 'iedaEiihe aciew rods away, I saw a blue smoke issuing from the side of the mountain' and rising td ward the sky. I went rapidly toward it and found it to be a plain dug-out with a dirt floor. : I entered and . cast myself upon a rude'naii keg, allowing my feet to remain suspended at the lo ser end of my legs:a=uttitude which I frequently affect when fatigued. - The place was not occuie ttime. I entered, thougg there was fire and t s IoAled otghchoaer 'ik not been1oig 2nt. S Ced to Ten and therete'earks of 'the cheinist. I feared at first that it was a bomb fac tory,,.bt as.I could not saeeany of these that it was safe and waited for the owner to arrive. After some time I heard a k,:j gutter al footstep appx;hing up the hill. I went to tae door And exelaimed to the proprietor as he: came, "Merry Christ mas, Colonel." '3ierg Ulgistmas be-~t""said he in th'e same bintenng tone. \-W\at in --thredashe -two hyphcns and an aston isher do -you waint here; you double dasl ed and doulbl blanketed blank to dash and retarn. I The wording herd is my- own, but it gives you an idea f hvLow the conversa tion was drifting.. -Youm c e 5cby his nn~ei ~fmterazITPeople are 'not alone in being suti irtt b iin i ont So I hrumored him .a=q si. ke kindly him'and-smoothed down is rumi plumage with my gay bain -, for he wow.a shawl n ce er t : I "iffer isan sennu a rmi oticcd that Ie was a dbouti medium heigi4hwia C.crIt !eatuxes and retretiAg siske* fs dam' and auug- in great %:aves, whic seemed to have -caught the sunlit and' 1 retained it together with a great many other atmospheric phe~~nmen. Hie wore Greeley catch. grasshoppers in, on the bans of the Winnickinmeck, just before] he caughtn aal trout. hims - ' " % -Ixpus exriiet ne'no Nerge that he had been engaged in p-erieeting. It was inclosedTh's.a dark- brownr stone receptacle, andvis ha~dain proce by a common corn cob stopper. . took sonie of it in order to show that I nided ini him. I do not remezpber a,nugiing else distinctly. The emasitis d.kwent at once to my brain, where it Lad what might be termied a coniplete walkover. 1lnow have no hesitation in saying that the fluid must have been alcoholic in its nature, for- when 1 rega~ined my consciousness I was extremely elsewhere. I found myself on 'a road which seemed to lead in two opposite directions, and my mind was very much confused. I hardly know how I got home, but I 5p4l~id,.- ce omlT.d"by a strong inmg feward promibin. . A fewdays Iber I regeived ~ia~bing ees: at myiatoratorvthtei Lr~ay'that you was a low, mqui-ttiv e enss and so I spoke to you in -harsh tones and re proached vou ad upbraided y-ou by calngyo evthing I could lay my: tongue to, but smeve then I have, con luded that y-ou didh't know 'any better. 'You said to me that von found my "NeW'sfeing flis shoke coming out of my chine that k. t 4pye'm e an da :th4 'ggAghte ksgi sonet hinl~ about what s eat~ei a sm ecnsmr of which I have lieard. I am doing a fair buints~- 1st amn a good deal pestered, as youu mighnt say, by people who come iin oni me when' id not 'want to mmngie. in. society. A man in the chemist business cannot succeed if he is ali the time interrupta ". T' om, Dick and ?Larry coming~ in on him when he is in the middle of :"n experiment. I am engaged in making a remledy for which there is a great demand, but its manufacture is regarded with' susicion by United States otlcilswo want t: be consider.:d zidoUus. Ii- tha 'ee j drawn into any difficuhy uta- lhee'i pe, I have ai~ways court' d re "irement and avoided the busy haunts of :a: n. Still, some strollin:g idiot or other win: occasionaily see the smnoke fromn my little home and drop i o e. Could you ila out about this smokk consumer and see what the price woul be, and let me know as soon aspossible': If you oould do 3<>I easbe .A greit service to you. Leave the letter unau the big stone where-you found your'seU the- other uav 'when you came out of ; orr trance. I call it a trance, because this letter might lall into the hands of you: familv. If von will tina out nt1 smoke constime-r and le'a'.' th:m inform:i tion where c '.' yo, you. will find o:n the following day a large' jug of moun make your hair grow and give a roseat< hue to yourothe-rwise gloomy life. Do not try to come here again. I might compromise ne. A man in vom: 1 p tositio may ot have anythin.g to risk, but with me it is different. Mv unsullied reputation is all I have to bequeath tc my children. if vou come often there will fot be enough of it left to go around, as I have a large family. If yon hear of anybody that wants to trade a good double barrel shot gun for a niall portable worm and retort that is too small for my business, I can give hiin a good trade on it if lie will let you kV. 0 'This is a good machine for ex fimc untal purposes, aid being no larger -an a iieuek fi:e e-xtinguisher t can ere**iily covveved to a Iace of safety at very rapid rate. You might say to your friends that we ihall tv in the iture as we lave in the past to keep up the standard of our goos I, so as to merit a cuntinued patron age. Citizens of the United States, or those who have declared their intention to be come such, will always Ie welcomed at our worksrovided they are not office holdefs in 'any capaity. We have no itse for tho'se wo are in any way con-. uected with the public teat. I. B. Mooxsm1NE. Dietated letter. I hope that arny one will feel perfectly free to address me in- relation to any thing referref to iu the abt-ve letter. All communications containing remit tances \i-ill be rega-dd at strictly con fidential. A SHIP IN A TYPILOON. How Soie Temi1)*st-Tosw-d Mari iners Got up a Christnias Pudding. (From -h.! Gd,-eistoz, Tex , N- r.) The steamer Victoria was not the only udfortunate vessel that encountered the severe storm in the Western Ocean and had to put back for repairs before reach ing this port. In conversation with a -eUtlenman who has had considerable of! ifeon thehcean waves, he gave a har rowing desdription of the experience of the steamer Carrington in th'e saufe vio lent dorm that di'abledthe Victoria and ripped three of lerrew. On thoday .of the typhoon high waves rolled the ship as if it were but a cork on the sur face. It was impossible for the men to Sep tleir feest, and all who. oould took 'rsfuginheir bunks. The sails were blown away.' All the dishes and cooking -utensils were broken and destroyed. There were three feet of water in the cabins and the stores and provision were mostly injured or washld out. The wheel gear, the chocks and lower bridge deck were washed away and the star board light smashed in. The forecastle was carried away and the men had to stav in the sail lockers. It was simply rising one's to go forward or to bo on deck. Several of the firemen and sailors were <disabled, but none seriously in jured. In the judgment of the oflicers on board the Carrington would never have weathered the storm if she had been heavililadon. The relief meh bid ~eeh other good-bye in separating, and the sIuLchest and oldest seamen wore blanched faces and resigned themselves to the niercis of Providence. The seri ous and frightul part of the v'yage was over; Thevind had subsided and the was vre levelei!, but other disatgrce able conditions. prevaicd on board. jt was on Christunas day that all desired pudding in commnemoration of the an niversary. Dishes and utensils iad been broken and mashed, and while there were considerable provisions in condi tion to use there were no facilities for! ookngthem~? The cdndition of' affairs dall'ed into requisition the genius of Captain William Smith, the chief en gineer, and the first mate, who set to! work, to improvise a vessel in which to predar'e: a Christmas pudding. They yeoire-two pieces of broken-pans and bound them closely withi copper wire and closedl the seams with flour paste so 'that it would hold water tolerably well.1 By this means all hands were treated to a very good ainner. Word of Watrnin.. The Romne (Ga.) Courier, commenting upon the "glowing reports of great speculations in real estate in several of the cities of Alabama and Tennessee," takes occasion to say: "It should be borne in mind that the 'booms' in the other cities to which we allude are ba-sed solely upon their prospects of getting large iron industries, and that the pres ent buoyancy ~Ithe iron trade is~ due to an extraordinary demand and sharp ad vnce in prices,, caused ehifly by great ativity in railroad building. i It iskard I1 necessary to remind our people of the piecarious tenure of this 'boom.' They 'ave fresh 11i tlier memnorie~s the vicissi tudes of thie iron business during thme hast ifteen' or titenty years. They have seen the Cornwall and Round Mountain Works, once trourishing and prosperous, closed because of a slack in the demand for iron and a great fall in its price, and they know that many other plants of the ssme kind, bouth in the South and the N- .th, have had either to close or great v to curtail ope-rationis for the same eaiuse. -Cities dependent uponl this one WKiims for their prosperity and growth must needs hold their own or decline according to the fortunes of this busi ness, and their own lots and neighbor ing real estate mui'st fail or rise in price withi the business' that gives tl.'um their vane. If the gre:1t land companies that are selling for perhaps we ought to say are oiifering to sell, their lots at such ex trvaant prices really mean to establish theC fturnaces and other iron works that are talked abuout,. this will maintain the prh-e of property ias long as the 'buom' in ii-onco' tinue-. 3r> f they are only wrking up : nlaius as to sell oil: noi rea-l tate at enorrmous profits and innte to lav th purchatsers to shift- for thiems.eh -s the drop willt antici na'te the deline in h iro trade. Wa that o- one. of our acq~uaintance w?o siuTeed from scr-ofula, a yellow ei mplexion, and distress of the stomach, for years before using Dr. Harter's iron Tonic, wihL finally cured her. -A Xth li ast meeting of the Cuimber ud PtIresbyterian Asembly, the use of ob.eo.asconidemned byV a vote of five 'ioe, and the Rteform P'resbyteriain - ne refuses to allow the licensure of AVOM AN AN 7 T 1.3 V , RA.N ;z:E. The a ppcai of' .ht Wor hia christ htia Tem tr:-u'e Uiua~aa--The imi s of fae Orgtni The following statement of the aims and objects of the World's W. C. T. U. is made in reply to numerous questions: The World's W. C. T V. Uis proposed to ba federation of all the women's societies engaged in temperance and socil prity work throughout the N orld, for the purpose of mutual enlightenment ar help;a?d with the objeCt Of eireatinrg a ioral power that sihall be felt in tLe govermeusof wvorld. The W. C. T. U. of the United biats hss proved bynnid the possibilitv of onest tat the' existence of a common or anizitiion binding togethi.r a large extent of country is I great. advantage in tranitmitting from oie place to auoth er sugestio for ork and help I car rying ttese suggestions out. It is obviou that a World's W. C. T. U. Must necesarily mnulhiply this ile tLveuess in propurtion to the extent of its organization. It will provide a world wide network by whicek-mperance- and iso(ial purity workers of every. nation SmaV communicate with one another, and r n-v b enabied to help each vthur in their great reforlms The especial advantages resulting ,ill be as follows: The workers in each country will have an opportunity to b-. come informed, tirst, of the methods of work succesfnlly carried on in all other countries; and secondly, of the mio.t useful provisions of the already existing laws on temperance and social purity in all civilized States, and the methods in which these laws can be applied with the advantage and the least risk; and also of all proposed and newly executed laws as they are brought forward In any nation. Besides these advantages of a network of comimunicatioa and a general intell gence depatrtment, it is intended that the whole force of the World's Union shall be turn, d upon the international questions affecting soci:l and temper ance reform. There is a work to be done in this direction in improving the Extradition Treaties as occasion arIcs, and in bringing pressure to bear against the fzrcing of alcohol and other stimu lants and narcotics upon savage and semi-civilized communities. There are immense and hitherto neglected seandals in relation to the forcing of the worst forms of drink upon the natives through out the continent of Africa and in other places, by tha so-called.. civilized Mer chants of all nationalities. As the un *civilized portion of the world i.s at Ls ent in the course of being rapidly Ii vided under the nominal sovereignty of the various great powers, this is exactly the time when pirC.mpt anid uniformi? action ought to be taken to force every government to protect thsce hoele's people froa the awful curse of the liquor trallic, as the Dominion of Canada pro tects the Indians of their Northwest Territory, not only by a strictly en foroed penal law against furnishing them with intoxicating drink, but also by abopting and maintaining, primarily fir the bent-lit of the Indians, a righi ex clusion of all alcoholic liquors from the whole territorv. There is at this very moment a crying need for international remonstrance and interference in regard to the adainistra tion of the great free State of Congo, which was placed under international control by the recent Congress at Ber lin. The liquor tratlic is steadiiy assum-.I ing an appalling magnitude in this State, under the sanction and protection of the Powers, and is likely, if not arrested, to utterly ruin the native population, who are as helpless as children before its in roads. The World's Union will further bc great protective agency eneiheling the world for the saving of the 1boys and girls who are annually scattering them selves over every quarter of the glob, search of work cr of education. Snxare innumerale surround the unwary feet of these wanderers, and the organized mother and sister love of the World's W. C. T. U. may be, and we believe will be, the salvation of thousands. it would also be an invaluable help to. our work if the literature of temperance and social purity in every country, trans lated at need, could be the commna property of women all over the world and it is intended that there all be 'i each country a centrad depot under the control of the World's secretary for tha t country, where specimens ad tile of the literature can be found, aid where price lid:s of the larger works in all lan guages snall be, as far as poss5ible, kep~t up to date. in order to carry out these proxjects the followintg plan is proposed: 1. Pray~er by all the members at twelve o'clock daily. II . Te circulation of a petition for signares among the women of nll na tions, to be presented iinally to every governiment in turn, praying for protee tion for our hsrmes anid our chuihbmeu from the cusef the liwN'or trailic and its attendamnt evils. 3 II. The1 appij *tm'ent ina each aflliated counrtr". of a tre-'er and seeretary, win.: duties sh1l be as. foilows: fe treasurerl sha 1 reeive andt di-lurse all moneys subiioaribed orT tonted for the work of the Waod's Union in that con try, and shall keep a strict account of the same. The 'ecretarv shall conduct the correspondence of that eotuntry fo the World's Un ion, and shall be a means of inte.r-commtunicetion with other countries in the interests of the wo-rk. She ahall look after the temperance and socl inteets- n the lnternatiet Tries and' ' paticularjy ihe tr1'atmen: She shlld e~stai a" 'etral bureau o in -mtc wsto:l h wrk- :tnenmpted or carried through in'. evory country, along the fellowin lin': .1 Preventie workL. I I. Evnelitic work. 5. oca w"ork. b. Legal wo rk. She shall, as far as possible, keep fori sale a supply of all leallets, etc., isslued by the workers in the temperance andl social ptmity reforms all over the world, with price lists of the larger works pub ished in every :mguage up to date. Sh shall be authorized to issut from t-im tt time sucha leail ts, etc., a- lay b, - deemed necessary to further thje work o coiuntry, under the control of the World's executive committee for that counrV. Other plans may be developed later on, and suggestions and information are cordially invited. I would also beg that the superintend ents of dea:tments will send as early as convenient, samples of all their leaflets to me, and to the Dritish secretary, MIrs. i F. C. Costelloe, 40 Grosvenor Road, Westminster, London, S. W. England, as the necleus of the proposed central 1ureai of literature. If5:1 Iain Street, Germantown, Pa. A Sri.-N:;E DOCUM:NTr. A i..'1- n-'ma Cner:1 (rant to i C hief WarSi %. ard' is The New York Su publishes the fol lowing letter, written by the late General John .\. hw ia, and addressed to the late Genernd U. 6. Grant, dated "Before Vicksbrg, Miss., June 6th, 3%63, one! o'clock, a. mi.:", "Dear General: The great solicitude I feel ior tile afetv of the army leads me to mentilon that ;vhich I bad hoped never again A.do-the subject of your drink Tis may suirprise yoeu, for I may ie, u.Ld i rust I "aI, doing you an m justict hv ani uinfounded suspicion, but if in error it better be on clie side of his count--y's ,,taftv than in fear of uUinding a frieid. - I have heard that Dr. ci ian, a General Sherman's a few days ;Igo. indo:-ed you, notwithstanding your pedge to ie, to take a glass of wine, and to-da , when I found a box of wine in frot of your tent and proposed to raove iz, wvieh I did, I was tol you had forbid its being taken away, for you had intended to keep it until you had entered Vicksburg, that you might have it for vour friends; and to-night, when you because of the condition of your lealth, if nothing else. have been in bed, i 11nd you just where the wine bottle had been emptied, in company with hose who drink and urge yti to do iikise,-~and the -lac of. 'our usual romptness of decisioU and cIearnes's in xpressing yourself in writing tended to Cuiirm L my suspielns. "You can have full control of your onppetite and let drinking alone. HIad yon not'pledged me thes incerity-of your onor early last March that you would drink no more during the war, and kept I that p-edge during your recent cam aign, you would not to-day have stood tirst in the world's history as& a: success ful military leader. "Your only salvation depends upon rour strict adherence to that pledge. You cannot sacceed in any other way. As I have before stated, I may be wrong I in my suspicions, Lut if. one secs that which leads him to suppose a sa iLinul is iding asleep on his post it is his duty to lrouse him; and if one sces that that which leads him to fear the gene:al com- I uIanding a great army is being seduced o that step which he knows will bring lisgrace upon that general and defeat to I is command it fails to sound the prop r note of warning, the friends, wives aid children of those brave men whose ives he permits to remain thus imperiled 3 vill accuse him while he lives, and stand %wift witnesses of wrath against him in he day when all shall be judged. "if my Luspicions are tnfoundd, let ny frincdship for you and my zeal for av country be may exnce for this letter; I d if they are correctly founded, and vou determine not to heed the admoni ions and the prayers of this hasty note >y immediately ceasing to touch a single iop of any kind of liluor, no matter by hom asked or under what circum ~tnces, let my- immediate relief from utv in this department be the result. Ii m,'General, your friend, Jomsc A. l'.vancs." I The retained copy of this letter was ~ndorsed by General Rawlins as follows: "This is an exact copy of a letter given o the person to whom it is addressed at ts d:ate, about four miles from cur head iuarters in the rear of Vicksburg. Its .donitons were heeded, and all went 1 -tea as~ a neverage. Use a china or porcelain pot. if you. lo use metal, let it be tin, new, bright ud clean; never use it when the tin is vorn out and iron exposed. If you do, rou arc playing chemist and forming a ~annate or tea-ate of iron. Use. black tea. Green tea when good s ket at home. What goes abroad is a, very had and1 horrible. Besides ~otaining thme .:; adulterations the Chi ese pihianthropit puts up for ihe out de m babai, it is alvays pervaded by op er du fom the dirty curing pans ,fti e rower~s. infuse y'ouri tea. D~on't il it. Place one teaspoonful of tea in he r'ot and your onl it 11~ cup~s of boiling ater, that is, water really t~oiling. if our tea is poor, usec more. it is cheaper, houghm, to buy good tea at the~ outset. ut your pot on the back part of the stove, carefully covered, so that it shall ot lose its heat,-and the tea its bouquet. et it remain there five minutes, then rik it. IDrinmk your tea plain. Don't add milk I ~r sugar." Tea-brolters and tea-tasters ever do; epienres never do; tiw Chinmese ever do'. Milk contains librin, alb u nen,. or someI othler stuili, andI the tea a! elicate amount of tanrin. Tihis tur- f idity, if 1 remember the eyelopiedia I right ,is tannate of Iibrin, or leather. eolel who put milk in tea are there fore drinking boots and shoes in mild lisguise.-Wong Chin Foe, in the Cook. 1nsultedi at Las.t. "D'id 'eou see that notice of your mar age in I he papahm, Wezinald?" U.aw old chalpie. Wihat did it say?" "Said '.ou' acted disoniowably in wun "Naw! W\el, tliese-awm-new.spap)ahs "It said th girl was too good for1 fou." "It sala v wa a dude and didn't me any b'ains, v' knaw." "A di it "Wll I don't mind." "tsiyou didn't know anything~ :utsdme of high olla mis anid dwess." "I don' care, old chlappie." "And it said your collahi was so high it was out of -tyle. N nw, ol feillah, you-aw-don't -- W n,:y, i nmitigW p pad . it, Oscam? PIll demine, II lBRTGIA-.M YOUNG SAMT TO IE ALl'v! A itory That. He Il. as leit-n A liv h:ar Lncolun. %ebran.'I. Ce.wio, January 1.-A speciai froi Lincoln, Neb., says: Two miles south of this city stands a palaiial residence owned by an English gentleman l-g identified with the formon Church. The residence has been untenanted for the last two years, save by an old ser vant named White, who at one time was connected with the Jezreis, of London, a sect similar to the 'Mormons. White claims he was defiauded bIy them out of his property and latterly beamei cOu vertcd to the Mormon faith. He was considered a trustworthy ran, and was partially taken into the coifidence of the leaders of the Mormonl Chnrch of Zion, while, according to 1ij statements, is about to perpetrate a fraud to whicb he is unwilling to become a party. He says: "Two months ago there arrived at the mansion an old gentleman bearing letters from rm-y master in London, the purport of wich was to obey his every wish and to keep his presence a secret to all except those to whom he saw fit to reveal himeif. Within a week persons began to arrive at the house in siuads. They were from Salt Lake City, and held long whispered consultations with my mysterious guest.. At first I did not care who or what he was until little by little I gathered from stray remarks that he is a person of note, and soon after tie truth burst upon me that he is none other than Britliani Youn-, the great prophet of the church, who is to appar ently be resurrected from the dead and preach to the people of Zion as one hav ing returnted from the grave to tell what lies beyond. That his death and burial were a deception will soon be seen )v the whole world, while thousands of his ignorant believers bow at his feet and he dictates to them their ways oi life. MLy guest's visitors are men of high stand ing, as their appearance indicates, and it was in conversation with one of them, who supposed from the way I talked that I knew all, that my !iuspicions were verified, only my informant said Brig ham Young had risen from his grave in Salt Lake City and was instructing his lisciples here in order to prepare the people for the great event of his coming. My only reason for telling the: facts is hat I am an old man, with but little ain in this world, and do not want to ee the people deluded as I have been. he Jezrels absorbed my competence, mad now the Mormons have broken any .aith." The old man told the story with a sin- i !erity that warranted f:rther investig' '0 :ion, and a merchant who formerly d1 >usiness in Salt Lake City drove out t1 he mansion yesterday and rapped at the loor. Receiving no response, he started round the house to apply at the rear vhen through a bay window lie saw th orm and features of an ol man wLo ias sitting inside. A he was unaware >f his presence the merchant approached :o within a few feet of the window, scan iing the old man's face closely, and, tepping back, immediately pronounced he man to be Brigham Young, whose! narked features he had often studied in ialt Lake City, and which onceseen, he ays, can never be forgotten. For a few noments the man sat silently, then aised his hand to his brow, revealing a car about the wrist that still further es ablishes his identitr. It is a well known fact that the elders )f the 3ormon Church throughout tah and Arizona have of late been reaching the return of the prophet. Chis, together with the fact that it was laimed by a St. Louis man somic months go that Young was seen and recognized a London, that a number of prominent d.ormons from Salt Lake City have late y been seen upon the streets of Lin oln, that important legislation is about o be enacted to the detriment of the tormon Church, antd the veil of mystc y with which the prophet's death has Iways been shrouded, makes it almzos :ertain that the MIormon banners roughout Utah will soon Le unfurled, nmouncing that 'he is risen." Attacklng the Civil seri ce Comitttkion. Something hke a sensation was caused n the District Supreme Court in the ~eneral term in Washington by the pre-! entation of a petition attacking the Jivil Service Commission, and asserting he unconstitutionality of the law by irtue ot which it exists. The paper~ i caded, "a petition of rights by 31eris S. Ifiller, of Aider Creek, Oneida county, %tw York, fori redress in a ease whmere L P. Edgerton, J. Ii. Ob'erly and hares Lymian, commissioners, andQ >thers are trespassers upon his civil and >Oltical rights and privileges by exer isng unlawful authority andi Iowers.'" [he petition asks for au order or judg-: nent, restraining, enjoining and pro-: ubiting the comm1insioners an~d any and '1 persops from exercisnr the illegal: and unconstitutional powers set forth, ed such other and further redress as he court shall deem meet to indicate, he liberties of the petitioner, and which vita adjudge, determine and declare, tiat he people of the United States are not ubjectsl, but sove reign citie; tht h overrment is in lutc as n el a i orm, repldtican. The ptito form rinted volume ot ninety-fur pa ost of which a'cre' eoed to the deci' aton that the Civil ServceV law isun onstitutionial bec.au'.e it co-fer nite. ~oard created by the leg islaive branch~ f the government powers or sectimon ud appointment to o Ilie expr essl re erved to the Pr?esident by the Conistitu ion. Various othe reasons ae aho se t ut in the paper. It is believede tha his proceeding is Iirst takecn w.ithi a'vie . testing the legality of the Co(mmis ion's existeace. 'ter the pettio di een pres nted the court tated that i ntter camne up n sn1eli shape thatit ould be nece-sary to consder whether t should be takes up directly uon Ie ais of a petition or be allowed tO es ip on certinecation from the lower enur:. -Eight thousandi women wro:e C an on B. Fisk after his nomiation fo lovernor of New .Jersey, hidding him od-speed in his fight for tempe'rance' -The money w ich is worse than asted every year in this lanl would pay he salary of our Presidents for a period lTh law of England which reuires .in.''rriages to take lle e More i weivt 'eltc (n1oon1), w~e . lnu' bt:an-e i' timeC of day thle brl i'tliroo wo eapt to be too much inltoxieuted t er wnv eromtract. Ti Dit El 1 31S IN CUNCIL. ne pcn:- of C.e Proc((ceimru' of' thceir Recent tin:z in, %P!!.njia--scveralc Matters. o A, :1 e:- DalV cou...idercd. ( : cm ht- XN-n aa! Cfrjurier.) Cor.uI'uA. February 2.-The State Gran-0 of South Carolina met in the b1 ui(l of teC .griCultural .De'artment r t 11 o'eiock. The follow iug o1eers were presett: Jas. N. Lips cm'ab, W. 3.; A. P. Butler, W. 0.; S. R. AL:uas, W. L.; A. M. Aiken, treas urer; Tho. W. Holloway, secretary; J . Stribbliing, A. S.; 11. D. C. Colvin, G. K. The attendance compares favor ably with that of late years, twenty-six delegates being present, including several ladies. Upon the organization of the meeting the Worthv Mlaster made his annual ad dress, and thereafter announced the ap pointment of the following comaittees: Un Worthy Master's Address--J. W. W orS. '. Aas .B c~l wee. On Report of Executive Committee N. F. Walker. Ak. Johnson, M. White. On reelntions-J. W. Stribbling, Tesse H. Tardin, I. F. Holland. on' Dr.sie,.s-G. W. Moseley, S. M. Greln, I". .. Jenkins. On Suggetions for Good of the Order -J. S. Gardner, J. J. Fry, 31. D. C. Colviu. On Auditing and Finance-J. H. Stone, B. F. Moses, J. J. Bell. Worthy Lecturer Adams made his re port, and ater reading several unimpor tant communications, the Grange, at 1.30 p. in., took a re'cess until 4, p. m. The Grange reassembled at 4 p. i. The secretary read a letter from Captain F. W. Dasou, of teNew. and Courier, uo'ering tobacco seed for gratuitous dis tribution. The oil'er, on motiou, was accepted wit" thanks. The reports of elicers and committees were made and adopted. A memoir was read and reso lution touching the death of Mrs. Lips corn, wife of the Worthy Master, were adopted. The Grn-ic then went into an elec tion for offizer.; with the following re stur: J. -N. Lipscomb, Worthy Yaster. J. '. \ Woord ', orthy Observer. S. . Adams, Wo rth Le tcturer. .NVW Stri-bi, WothySteard Ji. -toue Vorthy Assistant Stew ard. rev. J. .. Riehtrds, Chaplain. A. M1. Aiken,.rsr r. Tis W. Hoow, Seceay 'i. D. C. CO a :tekeeper. Mrs. A. C. Adac, Cercs, Mrs. R. A. Love, Pomona. Mrs. 11. C. Gardiner, Flora. Mrs. Julia Parrot, Lady A:ssistant Steward. 1. A. Love was elected a member of the executive committee. Yarious amendments to the constitn tion wi-re ratitled. R. A. Love was ap poi Oid 'o eh:df of the Grai:e to con-| t'r With th0 .Stite Agricultural Society w rega to tile inter-State (Grange o be held at Spartrnburg. Ajr at. eat night, after th, meeting of the State Agricaltural! Societ. Te' Gra:: met again at 9, p. M. Wo'tLiv 3-IaSter Lipsco:nb, Colonel A, P. Butler and J. W. iVoI'ord were appoint d committee to mianage the Grange E~nampment. After considering various commfittee reports the Grange took -a recess at 10.30 till 9 a. mn. to-morrow. Tile State Agricultural and MIechanical ociety held its spring meceting in the trgricuturad building to-night. The tresurerc ma-ea a repoj;rt showing the 101 !o* ecits from the last Statte fair 1:01.2 12attuc eon hand, $.!0. 00. T he society was invited by the State Gange to co-o1)erate with the Grange tnter- state Eieampnment. E. L. Roche, W. (. Ilinson and J. C. F. Sims were pointed to confer with the committee Ji the, Grauge in regard to the encamp et.iii Ater revising the premium list oer the uiext fair adjourned till to-morrow arng. CoLUMctu, ' ebruary~ :3.-T1he State :irange mect again this mnorning accord ug to adjoturamen: !ast night. Several .o~inmitteeS reporctedt. A committee, con ato ofI). P. Roa. A. P. Duatler,! lame~s N'. Linxcum an E. L. Roche, was appoite'd to sit Spartanbu'1rg to oeae nd:ake llneesary arrange ::nsfr the 'nter-Stte Grange En-' a'mp"'ent to be held th'ere tii suimmer. .he conna-ittee willi porobaby visit Spar The. follorcing preamble and resolu-j ~on.,' were unia' imouly adopted bya Whereas. wo e 1:v aavith the deep -t Cons 1'nd '"e "c et that onr Past wo v str D . et A-Jn , now! s't"'i' l' and. critca ondio, the '''t o:a 's uouwJra 'nt InerL. us me; u,:,whae ou ete ime.d a'' t iain .he a~thr a always been, '1r a .wal, Ihe fri eo'agriedtureI R.'-lved, That this x Grnmg, rec'ogniz uL' 1i eminent services, which have a "'toned reputation, and feeling thatwhile sat we mayv say may not relieve his ,u..er i or improve his condition, still sewnto tenldcr him our heartielt aympathy and express the hope that he nay. be rord to health sp.eedly, and tha ho ma b le spar('d to his counPtryV for ocany ver .to cime. Jai- dve ' , 3i a copy of thuese x'solu no i~ !arwrdedco Lcrotherlikn t "a: ti.is orning, 2i:.shed .I1 pnmhu1lt a da ornn s' io w-'L .as the. adoptioui of -lcs by which the" conduct of the Fkairs thet. 'oe'iety will be 'simaplined and the de epartnents fuacliated.I The ic"nn"r thc % ir m".1 i?aL Ihe en tom heretofore has been to elect officers anl conduct other important business at the Fair. meetings of the society, but thc rush incident to the Fair, itis urged, renders it inconvenient and impractical to transact at that time business not im mediately concerning the exhibition. A FAMOUS LION SLAYER. The Red Ribbon of France Given to an Arab Hunter. (Paris Letter in London Telegraph.) Among the notabilities on whom the red ribbon of the Legion of Honor has been conferred this new year is a hero whose one ambition for more than a quarter of a century has been to win it by his valor and prowess. Ahmed-ben Ahmar, the famous slayer of lions in the Province of Constantine, in Algeria, has even surpassed the celebrated Jules Gerard in his achievements. So great is the number of the king of beasts that he has caused to bite the dust that the local authorities to save themselves from the impending ruin have -had to out down the reward offered for every lion's skin to one-half in his case. It will give your readers an idea of the services which this brave Arab rendered to the colony when I say that it is estimated' that his skill and pluck have from first to last saved it from losses in the shape of the cattle killed and devoured by the fierce animals with which he has waged an incessant war, amounting to nearly 11,000,000 sterling. This calculation is based on the fact that the butcher's bill of each separate lion reaches the respec table sum of 400 per annum. It would be interesting to learn how many human lives which might otherwise have been sacrificed have also been prolonged. through the timely intervention of Ahmed-ben-Ahmar. He has at length obtained the recompense which he covet ed far more than the gold meted out to him for every fresh skin which he brought to the station. DILE3DIA OF A P( LICE3!AN. ie Tries to uandcun' a Burglar Who Has No Hands. (Frcm the New York Star.) At ten o'clock on Thursday evening Johanna Brower, domestic in the family of Dr. Emil Truening, No.13 east Eighty third street, heard a suspicious noise in the dining room, and entering, saw in the dim light that came from a gas lamp in the street, the figure of a man crouch ing behind the table. Johanna was alone in the ~it use, so he ran into the street making an outcry that attracted two colore- men who were passing at the time. The men ran into the house, se cured the intruder in a chair, and one of them stood guard over him while the other went in search of a policeman . That worthy arrived full of importance at being called to arrest a burglar, and produced his handcuffs to shachle the prisoner, when he discovered that he had no hands, both having been ampu tated close to the wrists. At the Eighty-eighth street police station the man gave his name as John Murphy, and said that being homeless and hungry, he had found the basement door of the house open and had gone in to ask for shelter and food. In the Harlem Court Friday, Justice Welde sent the unfortunate mar to the care of the Commissioners of Charities and Correction, refusing to entertain a charge of burglary against a man with out hands. . An Open Letter to Wine-Makers. GT nrLEmEN: Believing tht you are not insensible to the best interests of mankind, and recognizing the great and. growing wine interests of this State, and also the great temperance army, who need some pleasant unalcoholic drink as a beverage and for the table, I seek to bring this want and supply together. And for this purpose I as1t you to put up some unfermented wine-that is the pure juice of the grape-having no deleterious substance in it. You are the proper per sons to experiment in this direction. I presume to ask this of you on the ground >f your common humanity, and also as a financial venture. The thing sought will certainly be found-demand and supply always keep company. Suppose you try some of the methods already in se by private families until some better ays are found to preserve the juice from fermentation. One of these ethods is by pasteuring; that is, heat ing to destroy the germs which cause fermentation, and tiltering or straining. Eirst "heat to 160 degrees, keeping it at his temperature for some time, then arefully filtering or straining, and again eating to 160) degrees, before bottling. [t must be put in the bottles hot. The ottles may be washed out with a alievlic solution to make sure of kiling al1 the germs. The corks must be care fuly disinfected, as it is they that com :only start the trouble inside. When utting them in the bottle take the corks out of a hot salicylic solution." No salicylic acid or other injurious substance izust be put in the wine, as this would lefeat the object of this enterprise-a leasant, healthy drink. The reward ired to him who shall discover the est method of preserving unfermented vine is a fortune to himself and the ever asting blessing of mankind. * Ilo4tel K~eelig. Some curious statistics have recently typeared respecting the results of hotel eeping in Switzerland. There is prob bly no district in the world which is so nch of a pleasure resort as this little epublic, and the a:annt of money in ested in providing living accommoda ions for pleasure seekers, is probably nuch larger there than anywhere else. 'here are said to- be nearly 1,000 hotels, :t distinguished fra inns and taverns, hse giving employment to 10000) ser ants. The value of these hotels is about 50,000,)000, while the furniture is valued t~ 010000. The gross annual in ume, baede' upon the average of the ast few years, is $10,600,000I, the ex >e I , ) o, leaving a net profit of :10' .I)4, which is not a large gain, rj::sidering the sam vf money invested. t would be interesting if statistics of a innlar character could be collected of arious dis.tricts in this country, though ve imagine these returns would show .aler investmenlts and larger profits. A~ay:s n-my ih be hdheory ,f a the sun, but iomton astronomy ...ehrl in.lh, we of -jen on t he. d bourhter.